I'm very new to Android, my previous phone was a P3300... got my Legend 2 days ago. Very pleased with it!
Now, I see all this Custom made themes in some sites, that are zipped. I have been reading about it and have a very basic question...
How do you install those? I've read that on Hero you need to root the phone, but that isn't possible to do on the Legend yet.
I know it's really basic, but if someone could give a hand, would be very appreciated.
Thanks
I don't know how to install themes from zip file.
But if you want a different look to your legend look for home screen replacements in android marked. Home++ is my favorite, I hardly use the sense home screen any more..
Be carefull with the themes.
To install it you need start de recovery and install as a rom.
I don´t have sure that without root we can do this.
warriorofice said:
Be carefull with the themes.
To install it you need start de recovery and install as a rom.
I don´t have sure that without root we can do this.
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I agree root is required for themes , paulobrien from modaco has rooted the legend
I´d recommend downloading ADW launcher, which is free and installing themes for that launcher....there are some free ones available on the market.
it´s really easy to use
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ok, so ive reacently rooted my wildfire and flashed it with cyanogen 6.
and i want to try a new theme, ive downloaded the theme injector and all that stuff. I understand how to install it BUT: if i theme my cm6 will the phone act like i installed a new rom and will i have to do all settings and homescreens again? or will all my settings contacts and apps still be on the same place just with a different appearance?
if you want me to explain better, let me know!
dont blame my english, im swedish
disastercow said:
ok, so ive reacently rooted my wildfire and flashed it with cyanogen 6.
and i want to try a new theme, ive downloaded the theme injector and all that stuff. I understand how to install it BUT: if i theme my cm6 will the phone act like i installed a new rom and will i have to do all settings and homescreens again? or will all my settings contacts and apps still be on the same place just with a different appearance?
if you want me to explain better, let me know!
dont blame my english, im swedish
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have u installed adw launcher? it has many themes on android markets
sonny210183 said:
have u installed adw launcher? it has many themes on android markets
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yes i have and i found it!
but if i want to install using the theme injector
in my experimce everything stays the same, if you do no wipe date I don't see how everything could go away...
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Details:
This is my Second Custom Rom for X10(had to delete first one in just an hour as according to XDA Moderators there were some warez[paid apps] in it),thanks to zdzihu's xRecovery we can now flash user ROMS to our X10.This is a modified and customised SonyEricsson 2.1 2.0.2.A.0.24 Rom(rooted with JIT Enabled).The biggest reason why i created this ROM is that i have personally experienced some great changes(on a positive side) in this firmware(2.0.2.A.0.24),and i therefore created it with JIT Enabled,full root access and some usefula and entertaining apps and games.
Changes in this Firmware:
There are many differences but some of the most prominent ones are as follows:
1. It is stable and faster then ever.
2. Mediascape and timescape are now very fast and fluid,the lag is gone now.
3. The lock screen is acting better and now it is more fluid and doesnt lag at all.
4. And above all the biggest issue has finally been resolves by SE to most extent,that is the incall volume is finally loud and clear(much better then previous,(though not perfect,coz nothing is perfect is this world.lol!).
How to install:
Copy the zip file[SK_007(Custom)ROM V1.1.zip] to the root of your sd card,then reboot into xRecovery and click intall custom zip,then select SK_007(Custom)Rom V1.1.zip,it will start installing it,when finished reboot your device and Voila! its done,Enjoy.....
Whats included in this Rom:
1.It is based on the latest 2.0.2.A.0.24 Rom
(Firmware version 2.1-rooted-zdz)
(Baseband version 2.0.4.9)
(Kernel version 2.6.29
[email protected]#1)
2.Off course it is rooted and JIT Enabled
3.I have included a lot of useful apps and some nice games(all tested and working fine)the names of some prominent apps and games are below:
***ADW Launcher EX(Removed on the request of XDA Moderators,as it is a paid app)***
1.Launcher Pro
2.Games for e.g Asphalt 5,FIFA 10,Gangstar,Lets Golf,NFS Shift,Homerun Battle 3D,Angry Birds and a lot others...
4.Res mod 1.4 applied(Thanks to XperiaX10iUser)
5.Many more things,but feeling tired to tell about all of them,lol!
Download links:
Rapidshare:
LINK REMOVED
Screenshots:
http://img227.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160736.png/
http://img266.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160748.png/
http://img716.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160641.png/
http://img218.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160757.png/
http://img143.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160853.png/
http://img153.imageshack.us/i/snap20101228160657.png/
http://img26.imageshack.us/i/snap20101226015136.png/
http://img836.imageshack.us/i/snap20101226013444.png/
New Custom Boot Animation(MATRIX Styled)screenshot:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7397/matrix098.png
I hope you will like my work,dont forget to thank me and also advise me if u want me to improve on something.
Regards...
Note:I want to appologise Mods,as it wasnt my intention,but i did that as i was a bit unaware of some rules,i hope now this Rom is ok and i promise i will be careful in future.
Any chance you can do a backup of the new ROM, which is just Vanilla, with just Root and Jit enabled? No other modifications?
Think this would be handy for quite a few people
superleeds27 said:
Any chance you can do a backup of the new ROM, which is just Vanilla, with just Root and Jit enabled? No other modifications?
Think this would be handy for quite a few people
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Sure i can(though i would not happily do so as it require some time,lol!)if some more people ask me to do so...btw why dont u try this ROM,pls check it i dont think you will hate it....
After looking at the screenshots, Im not a fan of the font/theme/Boot Animation that you have used.
Just my 2 cents.
superleeds27 said:
After looking at the screenshots, Im not a fan of the font/theme/Boot Animation that you have used.
Just my 2 cents.
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Ok sure you have every right to express your opinion,anyway if you want a stock ROM with root,xrecovery and JIT enabled,i can create it for you,but what you want me to do,i mean should i start a new thread with that stock ROM or anything else?
What's your suggestion?
Regards.
Yeah, start a new thread, Keep things easier i think
superleeds27 said:
Yeah, start a new thread, Keep things easier i think
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Ok as you wish before 7:00 p.m(i guess 2:00 p.m in your country),you will get your hands on Stock ROM..
Regards...
ill pay someone if they can do it!!
It might not be a problem and I'm sure many people would do it for free.... But what theme? And to whhat rom?
just ask and read a little,is very easy to learn!!!!!
i want the flavoured ice themes ported to the legend, i am using cyanogen nightly 16 right now but am thining of trying blayos b.06 i think it is, i have spent the last week reading and researching, trying different things, i cant get any of it to work and i lie to thin im prety good on computers, it took me 5 days to root my damn legend lol
anyone? please
I would say:
First, what of these ICE Themes?
After that, you should let us know which ROM you use.
On the other hand:
Download Theme-Porter and you have your theme on Legend...
i tried a few theme porters, none worked, ive even tried doing it myself but i cannot get my damn phone into s-off mode so i cant get metamorph to work, the ice theme i would lie is the original blueberry one, the blue and white, i am using a nighty cyanogen 7 rom, cyanogenmod-7-01282011-nightly-legend, if anyone can do this for me it would be greatly appreciated and as i say i will pay you for your time, thanks
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okay.. now you throw in a LINK for the rom/theme you want ported.. None of us will use time finding it.. Please provide enough info..
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App
this is where i got the rom although he updaes it so not sure how to get the exact one i have which is cyanogenmod-7-01282011-nightly-legend:
http://derhofbauer.at/android/
and the theme i would lie is the original blueberry one, the blue and white, i have 2 links here for different phones, no sure wheher i will be easier porting from a certain device or not:
flavoured ice for nexus one:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/..._7845__hl__blueberry__fromsearch__1#entry7845
flavoured ice for htc evo:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...1943__hl__blueberry__fromsearch__1#entry31943
my phone is a htc legend rooted but i have s-on, any more info i can give that will help??
Many many many thanks to whoever has a go a this!!!
:-( please there must be someone
ill do it i sent you a pm but you never replied i can have it done hopefully by sun, sat maybe today but i have school so it just depends when i get out but i can do it and im not looking for money... lol ill do it for free.
so you want the ice theme ported to the latest cm7 rom. right? or to a different rom?
oh i just realized why when you ported the theme with a theme porter it didnt work its because the theme your trying to port has hdpi and the legend has only mdpi image so before you port the theme all the images need to be converted to mdpi. and that i dont know how to do that
oh right, thanks for the info, i will try and research how to do that, if i can change them to mdpi and the themechanger still doesnt work, are you still ok to port it for me, many thanks!!
djslyda87 said:
oh right, thanks for the info, i will try and research how to do that, if i can change them to mdpi and the themechanger still doesnt work, are you still ok to port it for me, many thanks!!
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Yea if it doesn't work in themeporter then ill port it for you.
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Okay, I´ve ported your theme (but only LITE version), and the nightly #29... but may work also on other nightlies...
-> You have the sidebar etc.. from the theme, but there are too much apps (google apps....) so I don´t have the time to port every apk. This means, everything looks like the theme u wanted, but not the custom APPS...
The signal-icons couldn´t be ported, cause gingerbread has other icons than Froyo etc...
Perhaps there´ll be a Gingerbread theme, so then I could port everything...
I got a problem with signin the ZIP File... So you´ll have to use ADB to get this working.
Unzip the file and copy settings.apk and framework-res.apk to you ADB/tools directory.
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE CONTINUE.
BE ALSO SURE THAT YOU HAVE NO HTC-SYNC PROGRAMM ON YOUR PC RUNNING!
U should first get #29build from CM and install it.
Then, get into recovery and select PARTITIONS MENU
and then: - MOUNT /SYSTEM
After that open your command prompt on your Windows pc, change to your SDK/tools folder and type follwing commands:
adb push settings.apk /system/app
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adb push framework-res.apk system/framework
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adb reboot
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After all, your phone reboots and your theme is installed...
If u like it, make a donate for our XDA Forum.
Download Link
BTW: I´ve tested the theme, there should be no risk
ok i lost my legend other day and have jus had another sent through do i have to roo tha again b4 i can try this, difference is this new legend is still on 2.1 no 2.2 so im hoping it will be easier to root, many many thans for porting it, i really appreciate and will certainly mate a donation
i have my phone all ready to try this, rooted with nightly 32, i keep[ getting a device not found error in cmd prompt. :S
aikon96 said:
Okay, I´ve ported your theme (but only LITE version), and the nightly #29... but may work also on other nightlies...
-> You have the sidebar etc.. from the theme, but there are too much apps (google apps....) so I don´t have the time to port every apk. This means, everything looks like the theme u wanted, but not the custom APPS...
The signal-icons couldn´t be ported, cause gingerbread has other icons than Froyo etc...
Perhaps there´ll be a Gingerbread theme, so then I could port everything...
I got a problem with signin the ZIP File... So you´ll have to use ADB to get this working.
Unzip the file and copy settings.apk and framework-res.apk to you ADB/tools directory.
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE CONTINUE.
BE ALSO SURE THAT YOU HAVE NO HTC-SYNC PROGRAMM ON YOUR PC RUNNING!
U should first get #29build from CM and install it.
Then, get into recovery and select PARTITIONS MENU
and then: - MOUNT /SYSTEM
After that open your command prompt on your Windows pc, change to your SDK/tools folder and type follwing commands:
After all, your phone reboots and your theme is installed...
If u like it, make a donate for our XDA Forum.
Download Link
BTW: I´ve tested the theme, there should be no risk
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Can you post some screenshots?
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
Sometimes it is helpful to search for a certain topic... I made a thread how to port a theme Look at this.
I saw this thread a few weeks ago, but now i wanna ask you guys that will this method works for our O1? I personally hate the clock font a lot!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061483
And if it works, do i need to root?
or just directly fire up the adb?
hon kin said:
I saw this thread a few weeks ago, but now i wanna ask you guys that will this method works for our O1? I personally hate the clock font a lot!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061483
And if it works, do i need to root?
or just directly fire up the adb?
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adb cannot communicate to your device if your device is not rooted. it needs SU (super user)permission.so rooting is a must.
then how to....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007244.
before you play with anything please install custom recovery and take a back up( i mean a nadroid backup)
before theaming it check that the rom you are using is deodexed unless you cant see the changes.
Just use Widget Lock it does all you want without flashing ****, use ClockR for different clock fonts.
Hello everyone. I am new here, sorry if I have posted in a wrong place. I've searched for similar problems, but I haven't found anything. Probably I am just dumb, but...
The problem is, I have Xperia SP C5303 with Android 4.3, rooted and of course bootloader is unlocked. On Google Play there are many Xperia themes that need root to change things like buttons etc. I have rooted my phone, yet they just don't work. It didn't really bother me, until I saw Legend of Zelda theme, which i immediately fell in love with. It says it needs root to work. Ooookay, so I download it, aaaand... Guess what. It didn't work. Please, help a dummy in need. Thanks.
Edit: Also official themes from Sony Select work.And the themes I am talking about don't need themers, I mean things like theme launchers etc. They install just as official themes do.
Doremic said:
Hello everyone. I am new here, sorry if I have posted in a wrong place. I've searched for similar problems, but I haven't found anything. Probably I am just dumb, but...
The problem is, I have Xperia SP C5303 with Android 4.3, rooted and of course bootloader is unlocked. On Google Play there are many Xperia themes that need root to change things like buttons etc. I have rooted my phone, yet they just don't work. It didn't really bother me, until I saw Legend of Zelda theme, which i immediately fell in love with. It says it needs root to work. Ooookay, so I download it, aaaand... Guess what. It didn't work. Please, help a dummy in need. Thanks.
Edit: Also official themes from Sony Select work.And the themes I am talking about don't need themers, I mean things like theme launchers etc. They install just as official themes do.
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From what I have seen, it's a bug with some Xperia devices running 4.3. Seems like you need to use your root access to convert the downloaded apk into a system app and reboot and then it should show up.
es0tericcha0s said:
From what I have seen, it's a bug with some Xperia devices running 4.3. Seems like you need to use your root access to convert the downloaded apk into a system app and reboot and then it should show up.
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Oh, okay, thank You. Could You please shortly explain how to do that? I am a dummy in these things on smartphones
This should work:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.systemappmover&hl=en