THEMES, Overlays and Such

[mil1lion718]

In light of the fact there's no real root I figured I must DO something to this phone! I MUST make it different than Samsung intended. I was going thru withdrawal. Really. I got to messing around with different Samsung themes (black is Always Right and all of that developers dark themes are pretty dope..btw); but I found in the process many of the s8 unrooted mods usually work. Do some research but I've personally used better nav colors, remove lock text, remove lock carrier name, more precise animation scale, transparent qs, different nav buttons etc. And they are mostly apks, so no struggle. At all. Overlay apks also work too.

Not taking credit for any of this and props to the developer/s. I'm just sharing. Here's a link to one of the best list I've found.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/mods-small-collection-tweaks-t3657119

Even though it's a substratum thread the mods work without it. I tried substratum but it didn't play nice with my phone. Look for s8 threads in theme section by tigerhood and also clck. Most of their apks work on our phone.

Anyway maybe this is common knowledge but i couldn't find it anywhere else on the board so don't roast me if its nothing special. Lol

 

[PapaMag]

Thanks for this link, I have been looking and waiting for a long time for a way to hide the clock and battery icon in the status bar and this mod worked perfectly.

 

[MrAwesome75]

How did you change the nav bar icons?

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[PapaMag]

How did you change the nav bar icons?

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I have in the past but some are a bit weird and confusing so I went back to the stock ones

 

[ggrant3876]

How did you change the nav bar icons?

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Lots of options for nav bar.
Here is a list of nav bar layers plus many more.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73042403&postcount=1442
With substratum you have lots of choices too.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/themes/theme-statusbar-icons-extras-samsung-t3674792
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ami.vividiconset

 

[mil1lion718]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/substratum-inversion-ui-overlay-overlays-t3604341

Most of these work. Check the links at the bottom too. I can't remember where I got my nav shown in the picture but I've had no issues with any. Only ones seems not to work are those that try to adjust the nav bar height. It doesn't break anything you just don't see any change in the size.

Other than that you have to reinstall all your overlays again if you change your theme.

Nav bar shown apk below. Works 100%

Again, I take no credit for these and props to the developer/s.

 

[DarkManX4lf]

The closest I can get to all black UI is by using Mini Black Edition V2 from the Samsung theme store and Swift Black overlays. I still have white pull down notifications and white nav bar when the keyboard is shown.

Is there a way to black out the pull down notifications and nav bar while the keyboard is shown ?

 

[mil1lion718]

There's an apk around on one of the links I posted or somewhere else, I can't remember, with an overlay that gives you a black notification panel. It looks really nice, but you can't see the text on notifications very well.
For the black nav bar use the following by Draco.

Edit: first post on this link is the best list I've found. I've tried many of them and they work just fine. Props to the developers and the member who pulled them all together in one place.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73042403&postcount=1442

 

[mil1lion718]

Looks good don't it? All courtesy of the links posted. Honestly with these mods, there's really no need for root. So until we get full root this is the set up.

 

[tongueman87]

Thank you for this post!

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[PapaMag]

Looks good don't it? All courtesy of the links posted. Honestly with these mods, there's really no need for root. So until we get full root this is the set up.

Which apk is that? The one that I came close to has a white background behind the notifications. Yours is black, Thanks

 

[mil1lion718]

Which apk is that? The one that I came close to has a white background behind the notifications. Yours is black, Thanks

Use any of the ones that are system ui black notification. It should say that or something like that when you install. Then install the custom grey/ black notification. Or use any of the grey notification only ones and then the custom grey/ black

 

[PapaMag]

Use any of the ones that are system ui black notification. It should say that or something like that when you install. Then install the custom grey/ black notification. Or use any of the grey notification only ones and then the custom grey/ black

Thanks I figured it out shortly after posting. I just used the black and gray.

 

[mil1lion718]

Thanks I figured it out shortly after posting. I just used the black and gray.

Np. Nice!

 

[ggrant3876]

The closest I can get to all black UI is by using Mini Black Edition V2 from the Samsung theme store and Swift Black overlays. I still have white pull down notifications and white nav bar when the keyboard is shown.

Is there a way to black out the pull down notifications and nav bar while the keyboard is shown ?

This is what I'm using but the text is grey.

 

[PapaMag]

The latest update for Swift Black included several stock TouchWiz apps which makes it even better

 

[andrewoid71]

Loving this
Touchwiz and nova both look really good

What is the name of your icons on your first picture, in black?

 

[mlock420]

Nvm

 

[mlock420]

Guys how do I fix my phone I forgot i had overlays and subs themes and accidentally software updated

 

[mil1lion718]

Try a recovery factory reset , or download the firmware and flash

Guys how do I fix my phone I forgot i had overlays and subs themes and accidentally software updated