how do you get that start menu thing, to the bottom left? i see alot of people with that, but it isn't always the same picture. Some are the windows symbol or something. can i have a link to a thread, or just an explanation of what it is and where i can get it? sorry, i'm really new. I also already tried searching for it, but i don't exactly know what to search. Thanks in advance.
Hmm, i can't post the picture since i'm a new user... but hopefully some of you will know what i'm talking about. its a little start menu button on the bottom left, where the softkey bar is.
bumpp: i put the link in the tags, just change ".cm" to you know what.
stock roms are windows mobile 6.5, and have the start button top left.
Many custom roms use windows mobile 6.5.3 or 6.5.5 and teh start button has been moved to bottom left.
The different icons are easily changed, but not on your stock rom.
Flash a custom if you want start at the bottom.
samsamuel said:
stock roms are windows mobile 6.5, and have the start button top left.
Many custom roms use windows mobile 6.5.3 or 6.5.5 and teh start button has been moved to bottom left.
The different icons are easily changed, but not on your stock rom.
Flash a custom if you want start at the bottom.
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i don't know what a stock rom is.. or a custom rom.. or what 'flashing' a custom rom is. maybe i'll just stop looking because i don't know anything
windwaker said:
i don't know what a stock rom is.. or a custom rom.. or what 'flashing' a custom rom is. maybe i'll just stop looking because i don't know anything
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Don't be disheartend by not knowing - 3 days agoI had NOOO idea about any of this stuff butthis site is FANTASIC you just need to keep reading.
Mind you a Beginners section would be very helpful there is soo much info but hard to find were to start.
Good luck
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Don't be disheartend by not knowing - 3 days agoI had NOOO idea about any of this stuff butthis site is FANTASIC you just need to keep reading.
Mind you a Beginners section would be very helpful there is soo much info but hard to find were to start.
Good luck
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thanks hahah. yesterday i took an hour to decide if i should install Cookie's home tab because i thought i'd mess up my phone. but everything turned out well, and its really cool! i didn't have to install anything except the cab, and that made my day
bump for more help
best thing youcan do is read. doesn't matter what the thread is called, read everything on the first few pages of this section and the general section and keep reading. things will start to sink in and become a little clearer. don't rush in just read and see what questions people ask and the answers they get. I did nothing but read for the first week.
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Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
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You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
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Oh ok cool. I had a friend willing to trade his Motorola Droid for my Droid Eris today....I said no simply because I'm not so sure I would like the Moto Droid....What do you think? Have you had any experience with it?
Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can get a new lock screen in the market, I have lock 2.0. It's a iPhone style lock, slides from left to right, and you can customize the font and color of the text on it as well. I flashed 2.1 leak too, I can't wait for root either but I'm having fun with 2.1 in the mean time. Check out helixlauncher in the market too, if you want more customization.
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So, this here would be my very first post to XDA Forums! With that being said, I think it's safe to say I'm somewhat, if not very much a noob.
But let's get into it shall we?
I recently (2 days ago) flashed the Liberty 1.5 Rom onto my D2. Previous to that I rooted my phone about two months prior using the Z4 easy root app, but shortly after realized I didn't really know what I was doing (all I wanted to do was delete, what I now know is called 'bloatware' apps off of my phone) Then I found Liberty. so beautiful! .. so I figured out how to flash it easily by dl it from my pc and copy and pasting it to my sd card then loading using D2 Bootstrap Recovery.
Okay okay, now REALLY getting to what this is all about..
I saw, and fell in love with the Kovicon Hybrid icon pack. I want it!.. I just don't know how to go about getting it! I already dl'd it onto my pc from a Droid Forum site droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/48683-release-kovicon-hybrid-icon-pack.html to be exact. And now I'm not sure where to go from there. Do I use MetaMorph, do I unload the .zip file from Bootstarp Recovery?
Please help!! I'd be eternally grateful!!
Thanks for bearing with my, how you say, noob..ie..ness?
It's all good. Everyone has to start somewhere.
I glanced over the article, and it looks like you'd use Metamorph. I am, honestly, to lazy to type up a full set of instructions, so if you will forgive that short falling, I will direct you over to a set of pretyped instructions:
http://droidpirate.com/2010/08/18/installing-custom-metamorph-theme/
If ya have any further questions, encounter any problems, need some elaboration, etc feel free to ask.
Oh, I understand, I too suffer from said laziness .. Okay, I am looking into it now! This may take some time ha Thanks for responding in the first place! :-D
Omgosh!!! I did it!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!! this is awesome .. now I just need to find out how to change the launcher thing, the thing that normally has the app list button, and phone button and browser .. do you have any idea how to do that???
Congradulations. And, I prob do (or atleast can find instructions if i dont), but I am not sure what you are wanting to change? To a diffrent launcher? Change the buttons that are there? Change the look/background? Something else entirely? Give me alittle more info, and I'll do my best to find you the info you need.
hahah alright, well I tried posting a rather amazing picture that summed it up completely, but since I am so new it wouldn't let me .. Okay, it's the button(s) on your main screen. The one that is normally in the middle, if you tap it, it brings up all your apps. And then next to it usually on the left is the phone button to dial numbers. Then usually on the right is a button for a browser or sms! .. Ya know???
That's usually how it is by default? Unless you mean you wanna apply a new theme to it?
Maybe try PMing me the pic/link?
Sorry to get back like a whole day later! .. I found out it's called a dock. And yeah I was just wondering if I could custom theme that, and where to find different dock icons and such .. I know I could always use Adw Launcher, but I can never really get into that.
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I dont really think you can theme the stock launcher that much. Though custom launchers - such as ADW, Launcher Pro, etc - have a wide variety of customization options.
Gilgamesh, you are pretty wrong. You CAN theme launcher2.apk
If you look at my pink steel theme it is completely different from other launcher2s. It has 4 shortcuts at the bottom 6 items in the menu and a 3d app drawer. I could even make the dock invisible if I wanted to. You can't do as much to the stock launcher (launcher2) but you can still do a bunch of customization.
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Didn't say you couldn't do it at all, just was saying the options were more limited compared to the other launchers. Being that the other launchers have far more options, far more information, imo are easier to theme, and again imo preform allot better; it would, as always, imo, make the OPs life allot easier if he focused on the other launchers.
I rooted my app months ago and I see people with all these cool themes and homescreens but I want to know how they get them. Like I keep reading CM7 DasBamf all these things like what are they? How do I start using them so I can download themes. The forum makes things so complicated can some one please break down amd like guide me step to step process on how to get cm7 or any other thing so I can start getting cool themes
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I rooted my app months ago and I see people with all these cool themes and homescreens but I want to know how they get them. Like I keep reading CM7 DasBamf all these things like what are they? How do I start using them so I can download themes. The forum makes things so complicated can some one please break down amd like guide me step to step process on how to get cm7 or any other thing so I can start getting cool themes
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Awesome guide http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/718-How-to-flash-a-ROM
Easiest way is to download stuff from market such as beautiful widgets and go launcher. With those two you can download themes and widget packs that are much easier for a new comer to understand than flashing a theme that may break your Rom.
If I helped you in any way please use the thank you button
I've read that but like for cool themes it says I for CM7 or for DasBamf and like whars the difference between a rom and a theme x(
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Roms are the operating systems of the phone, so to speak. Themes make them look how you want. For example, changing all button presses to blue. You need to install a rom, as someone linked a few posts up. Then from there you will have to install the theme. If its a sense based rom and theme (similar to what your phone was stock), then the theme will be flashed through recovery. If it is an AOSP rom and theme (CM7, OMGB) then there is a theme changer included in the apps to easily change themes. I suggest you read the faq's on here and on the other sites to grasp how to flash roms before you tackle themes so you don't get yourself into too much trouble! Good luck.
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Roms are the operating systems of the phone, so to speak. Themes make them look how you want. For example, changing all button presses to blue. You need to install a rom, as someone linked a few posts up. Then from there you will have to install the theme. If its a sense based rom and theme (similar to what your phone was stock), then the theme will be flashed through recovery. If it is an AOSP rom and theme (CM7, OMGB) then there is a theme changer included in the apps to easily change themes. I suggest you read the faq's on here and on the other sites to grasp how to flash roms before you tackle themes so you don't get yourself into too much trouble! Good luck.
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haha... I have a feeling you confused him even more.
I find its impossible to explain what a ROM is to someone. Only way for them to understand is to see it and use it with their own eyes.
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haha... I have a feeling you confused him even more.
I find its impossible to explain what a ROM is to someone. Only way for them to understand is to see it and use it with their own eyes.
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Well i tried. "A" for effort? haha
Here is a little write up on what a rom is for him if he's confused
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
you have 2 options also.
1. find theme you want first then READ THE OP of that theme thread and flash the rom they say its for, then flash theme.
2. find a rom you like the best then find themes that are compatable.
either way your gonna need to get comfortable with flashing items. It may take you a few tries to get the set up that works best for you.
I had the same question... (yaay! noob searched before starting a thread!!) Thanks for the responses. And it DOES make sense to me, so original poster should have little/no difficulty doing either.
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haha... I have a feeling you confused him even more.
I find its impossible to explain what a ROM is to someone. Only way for them to understand is to see it and use it with their own eyes.
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ROM = read only memory...
Lol I know I know, still doesn't explain anything. Just felt like being a bit of a ****
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So just started running paranoid android, and I really like it, but I'm used to a few settings I used to have when I ran Liquid Smooth, and was wondering whether it was possible to get them for Paranoid Rom for S3, for 3.99
They are:
1. Can I add a brightness bar to the top of the screen? in the Task manager area bit?
2. Can I add a settings button in the top of the screen, in the Task manager area bit?
3. Is it possible to get menu long press for kill app?
4. Is it possible to get shortcut stuff to wifi and things like that on the task manager bit? I think its called a power widget?
5. is it possible to turn on the thing where I can swype left and right on the bottom of the task manager bit to go in between the two take manager windows.
I apologise if these are pretty mundane questions, I've tried racking through the settings area many times, but I don't know if its just not possible, or if I'm completely missing the setting, or if its just some place that I didn't think of.
Cheers
Paranoid Q&A is where you ask
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Paranoid Q&A is where you ask
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Hi, thanks, is that a paranoid website, or there Q and A on xda? If it is the XDA is that the same one that usually links to there download (the main page). If so I will definitely try there , I did try once before but unfortunately I got some message about needing a minimum of 10 posts to be able to post there . Now I have more then 10 though, so I think I can if its the page I'm thinking of
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Hi, thanks, is that a paranoid website, or there Q and A on xda? If it is the XDA is that the same one that usually links to there download (the main page). If so I will definitely try there , I did try once before but unfortunately I got some message about needing a minimum of 10 posts to be able to post there . Now I have more then 10 though, so I think I can if its the page I'm thinking of
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this is the page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1887819
So here is a theme im working on for the p600.I had it all done good but then i updated my tablet and i had to redo it.A big thanks to bobcat for letting me use his theme to put into my theme.I am totally a beginner at this and he did all work i just had to edit it to fit onto my tablet.You can check his thread out here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535240 to see the theme for note 3.Attached is the zip you can flash in recovery.Make a backup first before you flash this just in case something goes wrong.I have some screenshots attached but there is to many things themed for me to take all screenshots.I am using hyperdrive rom and not really sure if it will work on any other roms.You can try but just make sure you have a backup first.
The apps that are themed are framework,system ui,tw framework,my files, stock internet app,and settings.
Download will be in second post down
So here is the download for the zip to flash for theme.You need to install the 3mint battery mod apk first before flashing or else you keep getting system force close.Link is down bottom for that.I already edited the samali file and framework for 3mint to work.After you install 3mint flash the theme and you should be good to go.I will be updating theme when i get some free time.I am not a developer and this is the first theme i have ever done and i had to teach myself everything.It took me a while to do but i did it and wanted to share with everyone so you can use also.
If anyone sees any bugs or something doesnt look right feel free to leave a comment so i can include in the update.The links for dropbox are for the zip and the 3mint page are under this post.
I just wanted to thank the people for testing for me and thanks to zionator cause he has been helping me since i started this.
Im attaching some screenshots of how my colors are set in hyperdrive tweaks and what I have set in wanam exposed to get full effect of theme. In hyperdrive if the box has checkers in it slide the slider all the way to the right and set it at clear. If the box is blue put in #FF66CDFF. You can check out the screenshots.
In wanam I attached some screenshots of stuff you need checked. There are a few that you need to make transparent so it makes all the dropdown notification backrounds clear. I attached a screenshot also of all the ones you need to make clear for notifications panel. It says on screenshot to make all zero. If anyone needs help just pm me or post here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/smp30zrhmle9muq/[email protected]?dl=0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799958
Nice. By far the best looking theme on xda for note 10.1. Seams like the only thing needed now is the bottom picture to fit the rest.
OK I love the theme but the status bar icons are a bit to big and the same with the on/off buttons in settings but the rest is spot on . Couldn't be better.
Good work for a first theme I am impressed.
Take your time no hurry. Just keep it as a hubby and do it as when ever you want to basics.
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Take your time no hurry. Just keep it as a hubby and do it as when ever you want to basics.
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I know what the blue is I thought I changed all of them. I use a older themed gmail so I didn't see that. Its a easy fix so ill do tomorrow.
Hmm I did theme those icons but cant get mine to pop up like that on status bar. I see what you mean now. Ill make smaller but you might have to test out for me. I think I have a setting somewhere blocking them out.
Can't wait to try this out. It looks good!
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Can't wait to try this out. It looks good!
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Almost done,i had someone testing and im fixing a few minor things now.It should be done over weekend.
Just to update if anyone was wondering,I had it done but with the new update with hyperdrive i need to change some things so it works with update.I hope to get done today or tomorrow.
Where can I download?
Supports 601?
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Where can I download?
Supports 601?
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Its not done yet,i had to redo it cause my rom i use got updated and i had to change the theme around and use the new framework.I dont think it will work on p601.I also only think you will be able to use for hyperdrive rom.
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Its not done yet,i had to redo it cause my rom i use got updated and i had to change the theme around and use the new framework.I dont think it will work on p601.I also only think you will be able to use for hyperdrive rom.
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How's your back doing ? I have eagerly been awaiting the theme hehe and keep checking this post to see if any updates had come but it's pretty dead in here.
Hope you are doing better then last time I spoke to you.
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How's your back doing ? I have eagerly been awaiting the theme hehe and keep checking this post to see if any updates had come but it's pretty dead in here.
Hope you are doing better then last time I spoke to you.
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Im good now,i will post in a day or 2.I needed a break plus all the holidays.There is a few boxes i need to figure out how to change then ill post.I havent been on computer for a few weeks.
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Im good now,i will post in a day or 2.I needed a break plus all the holidays.There is a few boxes i need to figure out how to change then ill post.I havent been on computer for a few weeks.
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Oh yes the holidays. I didn't get any holidays at all I worked nonstop through December so I forgot all about it hehe.
Empty promises
Watch this topic from the beginning. The only thing that I can not understand- why it was necessary at all to open this topic ? In order to show pictures ? There is not even presentation of developments, some promises. If the author can not give anything, he does not have time to develop -for what to promise? The whole topic to the furnace
what waste of time too all
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Watch this topic from the beginning. The only thing that I can not understand- why it was necessary at all to open this topic ? In order to show pictures ? There is not even presentation of developments, some promises. If the author can not give anything, he does not have time to develop -for what to promise? The whole topic to the furnace
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agree completely with you bro.
Iluhan said:
Watch this topic from the beginning. The only thing that I can not understand- why it was necessary at all to open this topic ? In order to show pictures ? There is not even presentation of developments, some promises. If the author can not give anything, he does not have time to develop -for what to promise? The whole topic to the furnace
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Yeah i feel ya,im waiting for someone to test feel free to test if you want.I just wanna make sure it flashes fine and he was supposed to test this morning.
Ill post in second post.
Posted in second post and yup i was a ass for delaying but i wasnt expecting to delay and im a modern combat 5 junkie so been playing that and working 10 hour days.
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agree completely with you bro.
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zip is in post 2,i apologize for the delay.
Very Nice Theme "Unfortunately"
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zip is in post 2,i apologize for the delay.
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Hey Mike, this is Mike and i tried(tested) your theme. It is a Very Cool theme, really like the icons..."Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped" comes up after the tablet boots and although you can touch "ok" it will pop up every 10 seconds if you don't touch anything on the screen.
if you do touch an option it will pause a couple seconds, change to the new screen and the same error message pops up again. i was able to select options apps & settings with all the same results.
i am running Hyperdrive 4.1 with Xluco V3 Kernel so i wasn't able to pull a logcat but i will try to go back to my first nandroid tomorrow with the stock kernel and see if i can get some more detailed info.
i really like your theme, i believe it will be worth the wait. there was no trouble at all during the flashing process and i did it twice, once with wiping the caches and one just flashing it and rebooting with no difference at all. using TWRP 2.8.1.0.
hope this helps
good luck :good:
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Hey Mike, this is Mike and i tried(tested) your theme. It is a Very Cool theme, really like the icons..."Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped" comes up after the tablet boots and although you can touch "ok" it will pop up every 10 seconds if you don't touch anything on the screen.
if you do touch an option it will pause a couple seconds, change to the new screen and the same error message pops up again. i was able to select options apps & settings with all the same results.
i am running Hyperdrive 4.1 with Xluco V3 Kernel so i wasn't able to pull a logcat but i will try to go back to my first nandroid tomorrow with the stock kernel and see if i can get some more detailed info.
i really like your theme, i believe it will be worth the wait. there was no trouble at all during the flashing process and i did it twice, once with wiping the caches and one just flashing it and rebooting with no difference at all. using TWRP 2.8.1.0.
hope this helps
good luck :good:
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Ok guys he was waiting for me but I was busy at work.
I have just tested it at I got the exact same issue as the guy above me with the system fc's which makes the rom unusable and i was using the Hyperdrive v4. I am downloading v 4.1 now just to see if it would work better. tonight is my last night at work and then I am off for the next 3 days and I will test like mad.
Edit: I was using the stock modified kernel and then I reflashed v4 with stock but same system fc's.
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Watch this topic from the beginning. The only thing that I can not understand- why it was necessary at all to open this topic ? In order to show pictures ? There is not even presentation of developments, some promises. If the author can not give anything, he does not have time to develop -for what to promise? The whole topic to the furnace
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You guys should take a chill pill. Some people have life's and this is just a hobby which you guys get for free. I can vouch for mike that was almost ready to post the theme before Christmas but had some lets call it health problems making him incapable of sitting by the pc and also most people want to spend there limited time with family members for Christmas. Furthermore Hyperdrive was updated which broke the theme so mike had to redo all his work.
mikmock said:
Hey Mike, this is Mike and i tried(tested) your theme. It is a Very Cool theme, really like the icons..."Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped" comes up after the tablet boots and although you can touch "ok" it will pop up every 10 seconds if you don't touch anything on the screen.
if you do touch an option it will pause a couple seconds, change to the new screen and the same error message pops up again. i was able to select options apps & settings with all the same results.
i am running Hyperdrive 4.1 with Xluco V3 Kernel so i wasn't able to pull a logcat but i will try to go back to my first nandroid tomorrow with the stock kernel and see if i can get some more detailed info.
i really like your theme, i believe it will be worth the wait. there was no trouble at all during the flashing process and i did it twice, once with wiping the caches and one just flashing it and rebooting with no difference at all. using TWRP 2.8.1.0.
hope this helps
good luck :good:
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Thanks for trying the zip. It seems to work fine on my tablet but not others. I think I just need help making the zip. This is my first time trying to make a zip and I think I should try a different method. Im going to write some people today to see if they can help me. I use twrp 2.6.3.3 but I dont think that should matter. When I test the stuff after I theme it I usually just throw on sd card copy to where apk goes fix permissions then reboot. I havent had a problem so its gotta be how im making a zip. Hopefully ill have it fixed today with a different zip.
Edit= Ill have a new zip up in second post soon. I have to make a standard zip not a advanced one which I made. Im still learning with all this . Ill post when new one is up.