I'm fairly new to actually "cooking" roms, and in no way am I a developer, but I thought I'd contribute to a fairly slow developing community, just throw something somewhat different out there, a twist. I don't need the crap about not being original, no one wants to hear it. I'm aware of what I am posting, and that it is based off of another ROM. I am in no way calling this an original ROM. Please, don't hesitate to make comments or suggestions, or even to contribute something more. I'll gladly take advice and help from the community to better the ROM
I will also take requests for other themes to be ported to CR_Mod, but keep in mind that I am attending school, and that I have a life, and that this is a side project and it might take awhile to get through requests.
This ROM is based off of CR_Mod 1.35.531.1 OTA, so you MUST be rooted in order to flash this ROM. You can find out how to root your MyTouch Slide by reading the respective thread in the Slide Android Development section.
Almost all of the credit here goes to ChiefzReloaded, who originally gave us the rooted OTA stock ROM, MiguelTheRocker, who ported themes from other devices to CyanogenMod, which gave me the idea for this, and of course, MRagu, who originally made the AndroGreen theme.
Also thanks to TrueBlue_Drew for giving me TONS of advice and pointers while working with the theming obstacles.
Here is a full list of the modifications I made + the changelog:
12/19/10 Original
-Removed AmazonMP3 (honestly who uses that?)
-Deodexed
-Did my best to port the GreenSlide theme
-Added ADWLauncher (Don't worry, I didn't remove the Sense UI; see below for more info on that, minor glitch)
12/20/10 Revision 1
-Made minor color changes in the browser to match the theme
-More thoroughly ported GreenSlide (notification bar and its icons are now GreenSlide, UI is significantly more green now)
-Replaced HtcMusic and MyTouchMusic with MusicMod (the one that's in cyanogenmod, it's much sexier.)
12/21/10 Revision 2
-Fixed 9patch glitches (let me know if you find any, like buttons or text fields being stretched or distorted)
-Replaced HTC IME and Swype with the Gingerbread keyboard (I can't edit the secure android settings file without a platform certificate or something rather, so dragon dictation is set as the default on first boot, so the first time you enter text just longpress on the input field, input method, and gingerbread keyboard. If anyone knows a workaround or a way to set the default system keyboard, the help would be most appreciated)
-Even MORE thoroughly ported GreenSlide, the stock HTC apps and interfaces should either have the GreenSlide framework elements or at LEAST be green instead of blue. The only things that I know are still blue are the progress bar, and the big buttons in the MyModes app, the ones where you select change mode or change theme, and the ones where you select the widgets to be placed on the home screens.
-Added the circle battery meter (I love that thing )
-[12-25-10] Added flip window animations (If you already downloaded the ROM, there is a flashable update to add the animations [6:45 PM PST]
Issues:
-Default new SMS icon is still the old notification theme, white on solid black, so it doesn't look quite right against the gradient notification bar. Same thing with the USB icon. Still looking for the location of those two icons
-Default input method is not GB keyboard (if that's even a fixable issue)
-Browser loading progress bar has a 9patch glitch, will post an update tonight Fixed with the flashable update attached to this post. You need to flash this only if you downloaded revision 2 before 11:15 PM PST 12/22/2010. I integrated the browser fix and reuploaded it, so if you have not downloaded revision 2 yet, you don't need to flash this. (I tried to decompile the APK and edit the 9patch and then recompile it, but for whatever reason, there are framework resources missing, at least according to apktool, so it won't properly recompile the apk. So, I had to leave the progress bar blue. BUT the rest of the icons are still green. Sorry!)
I also attached a flashable update that will revert your battery icon to the regular icon, if you don't like the circle one.
Still to do:
-Live wallpapers (I'll probably just end up implementing this into the current revision, rather than bother with a separate one. For those of you that have already downloaded and are running this, I'll post a link to a flashable zip for live wallpapers, it'd be too much of a pain in the ass to flash a whole new rom just for live wallpapers) Attached a flashable zip to this post titled LWP.zip, but you ONLY need to flash this if you downloaded the full ROM before 5:55 PM PST 12/24/2010. I integrated the flashable zip into the full ROM and reuploaded it, so if you are just downloading, you don't need to flash the zip.
DOWNLOAD & INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download both of the files in this folder to the root of your SD card (the archive is for older versions, no need to download anything in that folder)
2. The GreenSlide Addons is a zip that contains LauncherPro icons and dockbar background, as well as wallpapers and a themed fancy widget to match the theme. Use it if you'd like by extracting and selecting manual shortcut and dockbar images in LauncherPro, which you can download from the market.
3. Reboot into clockwork recovery, and flash CR_Mod-Deodexed-GreenSlide-signed.zip
4. If you'd like, download dumfuq's OC kernel here, remember to edit your init.d files, or you might not boot. (I have found that the OC kernel actually increases battery life while sleeping, but it does drain quicker while awake. It makes everything really smooth though)
5. Use, you should be good to go
OPTIONAL: etu_aty provided this link for more mymodes themes if you'd like them, but they will override the green theming I did to the stock HTC apps (I won't include them in the ROM because they add 20 MB to a ROM that's already tight on space).
MORE INFO:
ADW Launcher info: For some reason, HTC Sense has itself set as the default launcher on first boot, so you have to go into Setings>Applications>Manage Applications>HTC Sense>Clear Defaults and then press your home button and select ADW Launcher to use ADW.
I initially was just going to do this for myself, because I hated the battery life issues on CM6.1.1, but I loved the theming I had on it. But, I also loved the battery life and 2d animation speed and quality on Sense ROMs, they never lagged with window animations and such, but I disliked the inability to theme. So I thought, why not try and combine the two? I also thought why not give it to the community, contribute, even if it isn't anything too special, you know? It's not an original ROM but it has some cool things like the GB keyboard and of course, the awesome theme, that I thought I'd share it.
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We need more deox! Thanks dude
Carnivore9 said:
We need more deox! Thanks dude
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No problem, thanks for the props, and yeah I'm hoping to learn more as I go, hopefully make this something more original with my own little tweaks here and there, but this is a start haha
MusicMan374 said:
No problem, thanks for the props, and yeah I'm hoping to learn more as I go, hopefully make this something more original with my own little tweaks here and there, but this is a start haha
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Looking good man!!! Keep it up!!
Im loving the green!!
which of the features of sense couldn't you remove?
edit: second question, does the facebook app let you sync the facebook phonebook or is it just the online directory?
Carnivore9 said:
which of the features of sense couldn't you remove?
edit: second question, does the facebook app let you sync the facebook phonebook or is it just the online directory?
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I couldn't change the notification bar without making it glitch up, I'm still working on that. Also for some reason in certain htc apps, like contacts and settings, their theme still shows up for buttons. Basically, occasionally you'll see an occasional blue button or something, rather than the greenslide ones, but for almost everything it's themed. Like the dialer is still totally htc, as well as the contacts app for example. I will probably spend some time tonight working on getting it more completely themed, first priority is the notification bar, since that is only barely themed. When I get more work done on it I will post a flashable zip that will just replace the things I changed so that you don't have to go through a whole new wipe and reflash and resetup again. As for your facebook question, it syncs to your contacts but differently. You can't use the market facebook to sync, you have to use Facebook for MyTouch, which is built in. Then it links facebook friends to your contacts through the contacts app. You can also manually link facebook friends to your contacts by pressing link. When I'm done with this I may also port blackslide, or whatever the really black one that miguel ported is.
As for the dialer and other htc apps, I may be able to theme up settings, but probably not the dialer, it would screw it up to replace it with the stock android one I'm pretty sure.
I'll post a new full rom as well as an update zip when I get more work on it done tonight
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
This sounds (and looks) very cool. It's just what the CR_OTA needs. I think I'll flash and try this out. I'll report back and let Arayray know if you know what you're doing, as this is still Espresso.
Cheers, MusicMan.
Hayzie said:
This sounds (and looks) very cool. It's just what the CR_OTA needs. I think I'll flash and try this out. I'll report back and let Arayray know if you know what you're doing, as this is still Espresso.
Cheers, MusicMan.
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Thanks! I still have a bit of work to do with the notification bar and possibly other HTC apps to make them more reminiscent of the theme, I'll post an update probably later today
Looking forward to it. This is great work.
Suggestions only if you're up for it: only thing I can think of is remove more stock apps. Too many open up on their own and run in the background frequently and are known to drain battery (in all roms). Other than that, I don't even need to tell you anything else. You got it pretty much covered.
I'm thinking this should be added to the Rom Bible.
Hayzie said:
Looking forward to it. This is great work.
Suggestions only if you're up for it: only thing I can think of is remove more stock apps. Too many open up on their own and run in the background frequently and are known to drain battery (in all roms). Other than that, I don't even need to tell you anything else. You got it pretty much covered.
I'm thinking this should be added to the Rom Bible.
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Yeah I may take a shot at that again, but last time I tried that with some of the widgets, sense kept crashing because it couldn't open the widgets. When I froze calendar with titanium the phone wouldn't sleep because calendar sync was on, glitching everywhere. I'll take another shot, maybe remove some of the redundant music apps and include the musicmod app instead. Thanks for the input.
Update for everything else, themed up the browser to be a bit more green with the buttons, rather than the blue. No luck with the dialer, no matter how much I screw with the images it just won't display the images. Also, there is ONE notification icon that is still stock, the rest have been changed to GreenSlide. For whatever reason, the USB data icon is still white w/black background stock icon, you'll know what I'm talking about when I post the update. I just have to work on changing the text color of notification items and it should be ready to upload. I still have not figured out the stock HTC apps themes, I keep editing their individual drawable-mdpi folders, but they aren't effective when I push and reboot. It must be taking them from something else that I haven't found yet. Somehow it's retaining its own theming. I will post the work that I have in a little bit though. I will continue to look for the theming of the stock apps, it must be in some funky location.
Great job Musicman n_n
oh and another thing, since this is a espresso rom i dont know if you guys have all the themes (my modes) but i managed to get them from a thread somewhere and i removed the bubbles in the desktop and the drawer from all of them (i hate those freaking bubbles) if you want me to post them just tell me.. i have bubbles and no bubbles, i think there is 18 themes apk.. so you know, just let me know if you want them n_n
Proper good winzip!
etu_aty said:
oh and another thing, since this is a espresso rom i dont know if you guys have all the themes (my modes) but i managed to get them from a thread somewhere and i removed the bubbles in the desktop and the drawer from all of them (i hate those freaking bubbles) if you want me to post them just tell me.. i have bubbles and no bubbles, i think there is 18 themes apk.. so you know, just let me know if you want them n_n
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What exactly are you referring to, bubbles? And I didn't remove the themes, so yes they're there. I'm almost finished, just having a bit of trouble finding the XML files that specify the color of the text for the notifications themselves, they are black by default. Once I figure that out I'll upload. Then I'll get some work done hopefully with the stock app theming, that's next.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
I like how we have 6 ROMs in this section for the exact same thing.
MusicMan374 said:
What exactly are you referring to, bubbles? And I didn't remove the themes, so yes they're there. I'm almost finished, just having a bit of trouble finding the XML files that specify the color of the text for the notifications themselves, they are black by default. Once I figure that out I'll upload. Then I'll get some work done hopefully with the stock app theming, that's next.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
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the bubbles around the icons, and im not saying you deleted the themes but the stock rom includes just 3 or 4 i dont remember... these are the other themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695439
there is the thread, i found it again and the files are still up
Someone acknowledge my trolling!
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Someone acknowledge my trolling!
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I temporarily came back to XDA, just so I could tell you that this seriously made me LOL.
Back to my self imposed exile.
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the bubbles around the icons, and im not saying you deleted the themes but the stock rom includes just 3 or 4 i dont remember... these are the other themes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695439
there is the thread, i found it again and the files are still up
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Oh yeah okay I see. Huh. Well this actually gave me a little bit more context to what I was doing. The default "nest" theme is the one I was actually editing when I was editing framework-res and such. If you change the mymode theme, it modifies a lot of the changes I made. But if you change it back to nest, it goes back. Interesting. This might actually help a lot with the issues I'm having with stock HTC apps.
I wanted to know if there is a program that can do what you guys are talking about. I would like to make my own themes with themes made by other people. If the is no program then where would one start. Thx in advanced.
Ok I don't want to piss people off but how can I make a theme. Where do I start, is there a program to help you make themes instead of copying off of people. That's what I really like to know.
What mind of theme are you talking about? There are different methods for different types of themes.
I think u just need Photoshop and u have to edit the images then repack them to the zip for install just be sure u don't lose where the icons are placed and don't rename them... I think.... but I have no idea "/
CM7 wtf else....
Well I'm talking about themes poeple make that are in android market. I dont know what type of themes they are. Forgive me I'm new to android, I had a iPhone 4 and used winspc to change themes other people made on cydia.
Now do you just got to only use Photoshop cuz I use gimp is it the same.
You can use any image editing software. Read this thread. It pertains to the same thing that you are trying to do. You will use almost the exact same process to edit themes made by others.
Like the previous posters have mentioned, Photoshop or Gimp photo editor which is free would be your best bet, if you wanna make your own designs... If you want to theme your home screen using other people's work visit this thread, might help you out a bit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901649
It also has an instruction on how to change the icons after you make the design
Good luck!
If you use anything that is not yours, ask first. A lot of time goes into making a theme (even a not-so-good one) and I've seen too many people just say "credit goes to blah blah" but never asking. Please be considerate of the work of others.
As for actual theming it all depends on what you are theming. Some apps (launchers and widgets mainly) have built in theme functionality and should have a guide specific for them. Theming a ROM is a lot more time intensive and involves decompiling frameworks, setting up development tools, dealing with many possible problems, hoping compiling works, being frustrated about forgetting something, testing, etc. etc.
good info was looking for something very similar
Is making a them for a stock MT4G that uses the theme installer different than those made for custom ROMs?
It seems the androidian theme is the only one that can be installed and used on a stock MT4G. I'd love to see that exact theme with the green replaced by a dark gray.
So, I'm trying to figure out how to theme Android. Currently, there's some really overdone glossy/gawdy themes out for my device, and I want to bring something back more elegant.
I'm not looking to do anything insane, what I really want to try doing to start with is just changing the notification icons that appear in the status bar, for starters, like the GMail, missed call, messaging, and the signal/wifi/bt stuff (not yet interseted in changing the battery indicator).
What am I looking to edit? My understanding is that I can replace the image files with the same name as what I want to replace with, and then resign the framework apk as well as resigning the zip. Am I totally off?
dont know any stuff yet which allows u to change ur notification bar view or somethin... but i've tried a good interactive live wallpaper available in market place which make ur notifixation bubbles n show on ur homescreen.... u shud try if the case is for making somethin interestin in ur device......
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LiquidSolstice said:
So, I'm trying to figure out how to theme Android. Currently, there's some really overdone glossy/gawdy themes out for my device, and I want to bring something back more elegant.
I'm not looking to do anything insane, what I really want to try doing to start with is just changing the notification icons that appear in the status bar, for starters, like the GMail, missed call, messaging, and the signal/wifi/bt stuff (not yet interseted in changing the battery indicator).
What am I looking to edit? My understanding is that I can replace the image files with the same name as what I want to replace with, and then resign the framework apk as well as resigning the zip. Am I totally off?
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Don't resign anything in the system folder. Well there are some exceptions. Also you will only be able to change the stock apps icons as 3rd party have their own built into the apk
Hi, as we all know androids notification is quite great. Apple however took this concept and in my opinion improved it. Many developer also seemd to like it and there are many apps on cydia that offers some customization.
What I'm looking for is an app or any way really that lets you customize the drop down window.
I'd like to b able to change wallpaper, change color of text, add widgets and info for fast updates.
I have spent many hours googling but I cant find anything like this. Is there any way to do this or does someone have thw ability to make souch an app?
I hope
I'm pretty sure access to the android notification can not be done through an app. Its like a core system process that probably can't be edited in real time. You would have to embed some sort of "notification drop down settings" into the OS.
But he is right Apple should not be ahead of us in any way..
Has no one left with common computer skills?
There's many topics on this here one just for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363528
Google and search button's seems to be extra these days
Good stuff I'll have to try. I don't know about everyone else about the search function, but I like to use my phone as a PC so the search does not work all that great through the android browser. Then filtering through the results.on this smaller than PC screen will give anyone a headache. Maybe the xda app is better idk..
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Good stuff I'll have to try. I don't know about everyone else about the search function, but I like to use my phone as a PC so the search does not work all that great through the android browser. Then filtering through the results.on this smaller than PC screen will give anyone a headache. Maybe the xda app is better idk..
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I used my standard international SGS2 found results NP..
Cool, we're gettimg there.
However im looking for more than just a theme. Widgets and the ability to add my own background. I wamt the functionality, not just the look