Themes for HTC Legend

[c_man]

Hey all,

I've noticed there is not one single theme posted in this sub-forum...

Are none being developed?
Do you guys go elsewhere to grab them?
Is everyone using the stock/non-modified theme?

I would guess the way they are loaded in the same way as described on TheUnlockr??
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-load-a-theme-on-an-android-phone/

...If so, where are the themes for Legend in the first place?

 

[Firecold]

There are no themes, cause the only root method doesn't gives /system access. Yup, we have root, but it's not actual root

 

[c_man]

Thanks for the reply and info - I had no idea!

Is gaining the necessary level of root simply not achievable, or is it a case of no-one having a go at it yet?

 

[cryshop]

Our legend doesnt have Nand access, which allows us to modify anything deep inside the phone, Desire recently has it. The app for theming - Metamorph - doesnt work on Legend, so, you may interested in this theme (actually its a ROM), it's Espresso from HTC.

 

[c_man]

Thanks for that info, slowly I am understanding more and more ...

Will the Legend ever get 'Nand access' ? Or is that a silly question?

 

[Firecold]

Hope it will. Everything ordinary user can do is keep on requesting for it=)

 

[cryshop]

Yeah, It possibly will, because people can do that on Desire, EVO 4G. It's just the matter of time, more Legend users, more chances

This is how they do Nand root on HTC EVO 4G : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835

 

[SiL3nTKiLL]

good themes

 

[Firecold]

Yeah, It possibly will, because people can do that on Desire, EVO 4G. It's just the matter of time, more Legend users, more chances

Which root method makes this possible on desire? Never heard about it before

 

[c_man]

Well here is one theme that apparently works on the Legend: [Theme] Weiss Theme 0.6 for CM6, 21/8

 

[MacaronyMax]

try looking in the hero themes section im sure most aosp themes will work with

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

Well here is one theme that apparently works on the Legend: [Theme] Weiss Theme 0.6 for CM6, 21/8

Indeed it does work, I'm using it right now.

 

[c_man]

Indeed it does work, I'm using it right now.

I used it for a while too, I think it looks very nice. However, I couldn't get the battery to show as percent whilst keeping the notification bar of that theme, so I reverted back to the 'default Azure' one.

 

[elessarion]

I used it for a while too, I think it looks very nice. However, I couldn't get the battery to show as percent whilst keeping the notification bar of that theme, so I reverted back to the 'default Azure' one.

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but how do you revert it? Install Azure rom again or?

 

[c_man]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question but how do you revert it? Install Azure rom again or?

I didn't know either.
So, as I wrote in the thread for that theme, I reinstalled Azure. I'm sure there's a more simple way to do but I had no idea how...

 

[BlaY0]

Is gaining the necessary level of root simply not achievable, or is it a case of no-one having a go at it yet?

One would need a SPL that allows write access to certain mtd partitions. There's realy so little interest in hacking Legend as it is not so widely spread and atractive as for instance Desire or EVO. There's one other thing... engineering SPL for Legend haven't been leaked from HTC yet

But there's an alternative which could make theming possible...

 

[mccard]

Oh man, just rooted my Legend and was looking forward to appying some themes!

So, is there no way we can apply themes? What about metamorph?

 

[c_man]

Oh man, just rooted my Legend and was looking forward to appying some themes!

So, is there no way we can apply themes? What about metamorph?

I *think* the door to many possibilities has been opened by this mod:[MOD] full r/w access via overlay filesystem, since it allows access to part of the system that we didn't have before.... and allows for themes to be applied. See BlaY0's post above.

Anyone know what the next step is....?

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

I *think* the door to many possibilities has been opened by this mod:[MOD] full r/w access via overlay filesystem, since it allows access to part of the system that we didn't have before.... and allows for themes to be applied. See BlaY0's post above.

Anyone know what the next step is....?

It doesn't give actual write access, but it should allow for metamorph to work.

The next step is persuading ROM developers to actually put that script into their ROMs.

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