Sorry guys
i have 435 Firmware and baseband 54, and a theme on it (2.1 Theme Green Glow) - now i want a other theme - what i must do - only flash over the old - or all new?
thx - sorry for my bad english
The only problem I can think of with just writing over the old theme is if the new theme does not have a modded battery & reboot option and the old one does then I'm not really sure how the icons would appear or if the phone would even run properly.
But if the new theme has either reboot or battery mod or both you should be ok.
Install via xRecovery.
as usual, do a backup, and apply through xrecovery.
A theme replaces /adds various system app and usually the framework-res.apk. You shouldn't suffer any data loss. But depending on the theme, you might loose some functionalities like 180° rotation (Cyanogen based themes).
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hello,
yesterday i installed wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V054 and really liked the look of it, then i installed a certain zip (not sure which one it was from the wolfbreak CM 6.1.3 V054 thread, but it changed the dialer to the arc style and got rid of the colour icons in the setup menu etc) and dont like the look of it, is there a way i can uninstall the zip or do i have to flash the whole rom again and start from scratch? i installed all of the extras zips on the wolfbreak CM 6.1.3 V054 thread page, so if someone could tell me the name of the zip that changed the look and feel then that would be great!
i would also like to know if there is a way to either change the clear background to white on the blue version of the market, or just revert to the normal green version? the blue version was also installed with a zip file in xrecovery.
thanks in advance,
woopypants
Well first of all if you don't know which zip file and where it is located, unfortunately you have to factory reset, wipe cache partion, wipe dalvik cache and battery status. Then install the Rom then the update and other zip files all from scratch but this won't take long.
Secondly if you don't like the blue market just flash new market and not the new blut transparent one.
Hope this helped
thanks for your reply, i the location of the zip file (its just on the sd card) and am pretty sure i know which zip file i want to 'unzip' so basically i just need to know if its possible to get rid of a certain file (as in unzip it, if there even is such a thing).
thanks for the tip on the market too
actually i realise know which file it must have been- "arc icon and ui.zip". just for future reference i would like to know if there is a way of unzipping a file, or should i just do a backup everytime before i uninstall a zip, so that if i dont like it then i have something to revert back to instead of having to reinstall the rom everytime.
By default, the dialer for wolf's rom has always been the arc dialer...so if you want to get rid of it, the best thing to do would be to flash over a theme like matted blues.
well you can install themes to cover them if you don't like them
eg. X HC theme by SEMPITERNAL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958879
Since I saw some AMAZING themes but I was unable to install'em, I wanna ask if somebony is able to link some themes which are compactable with Khalpower's V4 GalaxtXT ROM, couse I tryed like 20-25 themes and from all only DarkFroyo V2 and 1 more works.
Thanks alot!
The Honeycomb-theme works fine on V4 (except that you need to replace the keyboard with some keyboard from the Market, but that's the only bug there is).
Keyboard
Vistaus said:
The Honeycomb-theme works fine on V4 (except that you need to replace the keyboard with some keyboard from the Market, but that's the only bug there is).
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Kahl has this one posted somewhere in one of his threads. It replaces the stock LatinIME.apk & works fine. Just copy the zip to openrecovery/updates boot into Open Recovery, appy the update, wipe the dalvik-cache & cache partitions & reboot.
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Kahl has this one posted somewhere in one of his threads. It replaces the stock LatinIME.apk & works fine. Just copy the zip to openrecovery/updates boot into Open Recovery, appy the update, wipe the dalvik-cache & cache partitions & reboot.
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When i try to apply the galaxyxtv4 theme update, it does not work! i still have the red theme and i dont know what to do anymore. Isnt that how one apply a theme? am i missing something?
I believe others had issues with that update too. If you're running the PersonaRedv4 I think you can just restore the system partition from KP full GalaxyXTv4 (nandroid restore) & wipe the dalvik-cache & cache partition & reboot.
I was wondering... if I install propper theme which works woth this rom but replace apps from other theme (and apps are more - 6 in compactable theme and about 20 in that one that I will replace with), so will it work as it works with bootanimation, couse if I keep the working theme but put difetent bootanimation it still works.
I'd give a guarded yes. If the filenames of the apps you want to replace match EXACTLY (e.g. maps.apk is not the same as Maps.apk) then they will be overwritten. If they don't match your best bet is probably to remove the apps you want to replace before installing the new ones. You will be limited as to the size of the system partition so adding files as system apps could be problematic but replacing one modded app with another should generally be OK. Another thing to note is (I think) not all apps can be installed as system apps. Note that it is always a good idea to do a nandroid backup before you try making the changes so (when) things go wrong (and they will ) you can get back to a functioning device as painlessly as possible.
Hi guys.
I'm looking for a working Gingerbread Theme for the V4XT rom.
Could you please help me?
Thanx in advance.
I was wondering if this one coud work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9784619&postcount=13
I was previously used it on my original 2.1 Rom and it was absolutely perfect.
I have today tried to install many themes with the new khalpower v4.
Result was the follwing: I was able to get a decent outcome. Keyboard bug could be fixed but after a couple of theme flashes things started to get weired. First my gmail app stopped working.
After that I only got jibberish as fonts so that I was unable to change languages or anything else for that matter.
I'd very much appreciate ports for the new v4. Right now I'm using the fix described above. Thanks so much! Worked like a charm
I've downloaded and applied a few themes from this thread (applied via cm7 Theme Chooser), but for some reason the themes only change the phone's appearance partially. In the screenshots for example, you've got a new lockscreen, the market is different and the main dock is a different colour. But when I apply these themes, none of those change, nor do I know how to change them. No option to do so in the settings of ADW nor CM7 menu...
Am I doing something wrong?
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I've downloaded and applied a few themes from this thread (applied via cm7 Theme Chooser), but for some reason the themes only change the phone's appearance partially. In the screenshots for example, you've got a new lockscreen, the market is different and the main dock is a different colour. But when I apply these themes, none of those change, nor do I know how to change them. No option to do so in the settings of ADW nor CM7 menu...
Am I doing something wrong?
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you should look thru the post the lock screen changes are usually zip files and wont work cause they are mdpi and i think we are hdpi you can reaserch it im pretty sure but i could be wrong thats also why the rest of the themes dont work if you want to ask you should ask the thread you pulled the themes from
Try to make a reboot after aplying a theme. Mine are all working great.
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you should look thru the post the lock screen changes are usually zip files and wont work cause they are mdpi and i think we are hdpi you can reaserch it im pretty sure but i could be wrong thats also why the rest of the themes dont work if you want to ask you should ask the thread you pulled the themes from
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No, I think our device is mdpi, because hdpi themes don't work. I also tried to reboot but it didn't help... I dunno...
Eh...
- first of all, reboot is required after changing themes, unless you use Notification Restart app
- second, this device is MDPI obviously, Google it
- additional mods, such as the lockscreen, do require patching of framework via MetaMorph or ZipThemer. This can only be done on deodexed ROMs. mik's ROM is not deodexed by default, you need to deodex and reflash it yourself.
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- first of all, reboot is required after changing themes, unless you use Notification Restart app
- second, this device is MDPI obviously, Google it
- additional mods, such as the lockscreen, do require patching of framework via MetaMorph or ZipThemer. This can only be done on deodexed ROMs. mik's ROM is not deodexed by default, you need to deodex and reflash it yourself.
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1. I use notification restart app.
2. Isn't that what I just said?
2. I didn't know that, but I have already used MetaMorph to change the lockscreen.
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2. I didn't know that, but I have already used MetaMorph to change the lockscreen.
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Well, that obviously will not work correctly, as explained. Best case it will bail out, worst case it will mess up the files.
P.S. I sincerely do NOT advise to use the MetaMorph app, since it does not backup anything, and the way it patches and "reboots" the device is just a nice WTF. ZipThemer is way safer and way more controllable.
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Well, that obviously will not work correctly, as explained. Best case it will bail out, worst case it will mess up the files.
P.S. I sincerely do NOT advise to use the MetaMorph app, since it does not backup anything, and the way it patches and "reboots" the device is just a nice WTF. ZipThemer is way safer and way more controllable.
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Well as I understand it only messes with the lockscreen files, so even if someone manages to mess everything up with it, it's easy to fix.
But thanks, I'll try ZipThemer instead
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Well as I understand it only messes with the lockscreen files, so even if someone manages to mess everything up with it, it's easy to fix.
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It can mess up anything from framework-res.apk to SystemUI.apk to Phone.apk to overwriting your system fonts (big thumbs down to Android font "management") and even more - all depending on the scope of customization done in the mod.
ZipThemer:
1/ Shows you exactly which files will be modified.
2/ Makes a flashable backup of them.
3/ Makes a flashable ZIP for the mod.
4/ Does not half-reboot your device, making you wonder WTH is going on.
I have tried this with a few different framework & system apks. Im on power_rom evergreen. I tried this with stock evergreen apks, the older power_rom apk, the stock deodexed 407 apks, and even the theme Vantastic glow apks.
The vantastic glow theme flashes on my phone and works great. I dont know why my theme wont work.
Heres the problem, everything changes even the icons, BUT when the phone is not using any data the signal icon changes back to the stock one from that framework & system apk that I used. And when data is used it changes back to the theme icon.
How do I make it so it stays on the theme icon I picked.
In the kitchen I changed to this- "Amend scripting. Old scripting, compatible with old recoveries. Use this if you having problem with flashing (no changes, error 0) or have not HTC Desire phone"
everything else I left alone,
I uploaded both files frame & system
it cooks & flashes fine.
I wiped the dilvak & catch partitions.
WHAT AM I MISSING?????
about phone: I have a aws, with power rom evergreen, kernel=2.6.35.14-gxkernel1.0, baseband= gausb1a140514-aws, android version 2.3.3
Please help..
Attached is the latest theme I made. based off the deodexed 407.
You probably aren't doing anything wrong. I had that problem when I used Kalagas animated (I think that was the name) for icons. It didn't have icons for that particular data state, so the stock ones were used. I fixed it manually in my theme.
Take a look at this theme:
http://www.multiupload.com/1V0DU6AD2S
It's one I made for gingerbread roms. If these are the icons you are talking about, rebuild your theme on UOT and use my framework-res and systemui as your base. The icons are already fixed in it and your changes will overwrite whatever I had in there.
Thanks I will
Sorry just seen this post I will try that
Thank-you
I don't know if they are all like this or not. I only recall having three problem with this pack. I don't remember the exact process i used, but basically i unpacked the mdpi and hdpi folders out of the apk's, found the offending png files and noted their names. I found other icons that could take their place (in this case it was one of the animated icons), copied them and gave them the same name as the offending icons. I overwrote the offending icons with the new ones and everything was good to go.
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Cooking it right now, I think I used your theme in the past, Thats why I like these icons. Ill post how it turns out.
Works flawlessly
Thank you again
Ryan
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No problem, glad it worked out for you.
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i modified these apps because i did not like the icons of these apps
these apps are from FDE 4+ final ROM for stock kernel , Xperia x8..
Music.apk ---> changed the icon to ICS style icon
Settings.apk ---> changed the icon to appolo music app's icon
Framework-res.apk ---> changed the default background image to Jelly bean default wallpaper and lock icons.
i dont know how to make a flashable zip
i personaly used adb to push these apps onto my phone.
so i advice you to do the same, its realy easy
so if you are sick of the icons use these apps
INSTALL THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE OR FOR ANY OTHER ISSUES TAHT MAY ARISE.