S.G.Note 3 Super Black

[unisol107]

Bro..can you do me a favour? i can decompile the framework but the apktool program is giving errors in recompiling. i have modified the 9.png files and color.xml. if you or someone else can plz put them in the framework for me...it would be very nice of you. Also, i want the original blue ascent of your previous theme. so if possible plz mod the color.xml accordingly. Thanks.

Never mind bro. Done it. Got this great tool. Thanks for the guide.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/apk-tool-windows-t3483308/post69200023

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[zack4200]

Awesome, thank you kindly. I'm in the process of trying to port these themes over to my Verizon Note 3, little trial and error so far but nice work. If you have any tips for smoother transfer, by all means please tell lol

I've also got the Verizon Note 3, and was about to start trying to get these to work on it. Is there any way you could let me know what all you had to change so far, or possibly pm me a link to what you've got modified so far, if that's okay with the OP? I haven't done much theming/porting of themes, but I think I could probably even of some help.

 

[ervanthe]

Never mind bro. Done it. Got this great tool. Thanks for the guide.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/apk-tool-windows-t3483308/post69200023

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Bro u should make a black theme for note 3 lollipop, like your darkness theme for kitkat..awesome still using it on kitkat

 

[unisol107]

Bro u should make a black theme for note 3 lollipop, like your darkness theme for kitkat..awesome still using it on kitkat

Thanks mate. But my theme is nothing compared to badboy's theme. And it's for lollipop bro. I was using an updated version of my darkness theme. I thought no one would be using kitkat now so haven't updated it. Now will update.

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[ervanthe]

Thanks mate. But my theme is nothing compared to badboy's theme. And it's for lollipop bro. I was using an updated version of my darkness theme. I thought no one would be using kitkat now so haven't updated it. Now will update.

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Great..been using your darkness theme since forever :laugh:

 

[badboy_6120]

Bro..can you do me a favour? i can decompile the framework but the apktool program is giving errors in recompiling. i have modified the 9.png files and color.xml. if you or someone else can plz put them in the framework for me...it would be very nice of you. Also, i want the original blue ascent of your previous theme. so if possible plz mod the color.xml accordingly. Thanks.

Sorry for my delayed answer
But if your still looking for it
Please give me your errors so I could help you

 

[badboy_6120]

I decided to pass my knowledge about theming to everyone so you could theme your Roms way better than mine
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Some tips for those people trying to port these theme to another Rom or even another phone :

1. I used " TickleMyAndroid " for all my theming in windows (It is way better than just using apktool, trust me)

2. Always before any modification in an APK file after decompiling, test it if it could be Recompiled without any problem (Sometimes this little tip will save you hours or even days, again trust me)

3. " BS Folder Compare " is another amazing windows program that saved me lots of times during process (You can Compare two folder's files and it will let you know if there is any differences)

4. " Search My Files V2.47 " is another absolutely amazing windows program that will look for any key word you give her in any folder's files ( I used this to search in Xml or even Smali files contents. for example I want to see which files has the color code #ffff0000 in it and I just open this app and in the " Search Options " window I change the drawer next to the " File Contains... " from "None" to "Wildcard" and write my keyword in front of it and select my destination folder at " Base folders : " and then hit " Start Search " at the bottom)

5. You can use a color picker app in your phone and pick the color from the part of your phone you want to modify it. for this matter I used " Pipette " app and you can download it from Play Store. Just take a screenshot from the parts of your app you want to change the color of it and then go to Pipette app and open this screenshot, then click on the center Icon at the top right that looks like a lock and then touch and hold the screen and go over the part of the image you want it's color and get the color at the bottom. you can also Zoom in or out on your screenshot in this app for easier reading but you have to hit that lock button and then Zoom and hit it again for color picking)
* You can do this job way better on your computer and in Photoshop but this way works way faster than that
Note : This method won't work if the color code of your desired part has transparency in it

6. The best thing about Android is that when you modify an APK files you can see that the most file names matches the parts of the app that you're modifying and at most time you can find them very easily

At this Point I'm gonna share with you an easy way to modify an APK files without spending so much times looking for color codes :


First make a copy of your decompiled app
Then open every single Xml files in all " drawable " folders and also in " layout " and all " values " folders and change all the color code to random colors. I strongly suggest that you use a pattern like this :
1- #ff00000f
2- #ff11000f
3- #ff22000f
4- #ff33000f
5- #ff44000f
6- #ff55000f
7- #ff66000f
8- #ff77000f
9- #ff88000f
10- #ff99000f
11- #ffaa000f
12- #ffaa110f
.
.
.

Note : As you all may know Hex Color code begin with #ff000000 (black) and go to #ffffffff (white) and the order in it from the lowest to highest is :
0 (Lowest)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
a
b
c
d
e
f (highest)

The point of all is to make a pattern for colors so you never use a color for two or even more object so you could track it down easily in the next part

 

[badboy_6120]

As you may know Hex color are 6 digits but in android we are dealing with 8 digits
The first two digits indicates the transparency of the color and 00 is completely transparent and ff is a solid color without any transparency

Transparency list:

100% = 00
95% = 0d
90% = 1a
85% = 26
80% = 33
75% = 40
70% = 4d
65% = 59
60% = 66
55% = 73
50% = 80
45% = 8c
40% = 99
35% = a6
30% = b3
25% = bf
20% = cc
15% = d9
10% = e6
5% = f2
0% = ff

 

[badboy_6120]

Any question are welcomed but do not ask me to do the whole thing for you
I guided you in the right direction in above tips that if you use them it could save you many many hours

But if you face a problem in the way you can ask here and I will help you if I'm fimiliar with it

 

[ervanthe]

Great guide mate..gonna try it on my spare phone

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[unisol107]

Any question are welcomed but do not ask me to do the whole thing for you
I guided you in the right direction in above tips that if you use them it could save you many many hours

But if you face a problem in the way you can ask here and I will help you if I'm fimiliar with it

You are a true genius Bro. By the way, haven't you themed scrapbook till now? And I am familiar with Tickle my Android program by Madfysh since my xperia days. Great Guide. But don't abandon us anytime soon bro.

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Great guide mate..gonna try it on my spare phone

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Have you tried my new darkness theme yet? If yes, how does it look?

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[badboy_6120]

Thank you dear
Unfortunately I didn't get to some apps like scrapbook or easyChart
Maybe you could theme those

My work hours is quite much and I don't have lots of times on my hand to do any theming but I could help anybody trying to build a theme for our Note 3

 

[ervanthe]

You are a true genius Bro. By the way, haven't you themed scrapbook till now? And I am familiar with Tickle my Android program by Madfysh since my xperia days. Great Guide. But don't abandon us anytime soon bro.

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Have you tried my new darkness theme yet? If yes, how does it look?

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Yep looks awesome..using it now

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[badboy_6120]

ES.File.Manager

Hi guys

Long time haaa ???

I'm back with Black themed ES.File.Manager
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzbyYHJHXED1Unh4aS16TVJOb3M/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy

 

[ervanthe]

@badboy_6120 great to see u still themeing for our old device mate...
If u have free time can u make this theme universal for all lollipop rom, not just @sieuan rom

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[badboy_6120]

@badboy_6120 great to see u still themeing for our old device mate...
If u have free time can u make this theme universal for all lollipop rom, not just @sieuan rom

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thank you dear
I don't think that such a thing exist because each rom has its own signature
the only way around this is an exposed module I guess ???

why not using this rom???
it's a great one and between the ones I've tried yet it's at the top of the list

 

[ervanthe]

thank you dear
I don't think that such a thing exist because each rom has its own signature
the only way around this is an exposed module I guess ???

why not using this rom???
it's a great one and between the ones I've tried yet it's at the top of the list

Yeah its a great rom, but theres much battery drain maybe cus of all the mods he's using..so i used his pb1 lite rom...most of your theme works only system ui and framework seems to cause bootloop when i use them

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[badboy_6120]

Yeah its a great rom, but theres much battery drain maybe cus of all the mods he's using..so i used his pb1 lite rom...most of your theme works only system ui and framework seems to cause bootloop when i use them

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Only files in the framework folder can cause boot loops
with SystemUi you may get Force Stop and with SecSettings you may loose your touch

Please give me a link to your current Rom download page
the battery drain you're referring to is in Standby condition or everyday tasks???
with this Rom I played Need for speed Most Wanted for about 2.5 hours (the phone was pretty hot while playing but I think that was a good result from a 3 years old battery

did you run any test on that rom????

 

[ervanthe]

Only files in the framework folder can cause boot loops
with SystemUi you may get Force Stop and with SecSettings you may loose your touch

Please give me a link to your current Rom download page
the battery drain you're referring to is in Standby condition or everyday tasks???
with this Rom I played Need for speed Most Wanted for about 2.5 hours (the phone was pretty hot while playing but I think that was a good result from a 3 years old battery

did you run any test on that rom????

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66893645&postcount=1149
here, and sorry you are right framework is the one causing the bootloop