Im alittle new to the mobile device side of things, but i am pretty tech savvy.
I want to know how i can change the color of the very top and bottom bar on my verizon touch pro screen. I have already installed a very groovy black custom theme, but anything below the touch flo bar doesnt change.
I can go into setting>today and change the main theme but i do not have a black one like i want. All that are in the list are default windows mobile themes in blue and green. Currently i have my TP set to the vzw theme and its a very handsome burgundy, but i would really love to see something more black. Like.....Grimm reaper black......darth vader black.......skeletor and such...
Im assuming i need a windows mobile theme and not a touch flo theme to do this, is that correct? if so, could i find one that darth vader would want on his mobile device?
Thanks,
*Darth Grouper*
Aww, it was just a windows mobile theme needed. Darth Vader would be proud...
If you only want to change the colors, and not the themes, get a registry editor.
Browse the phone's registry to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Color and change the "BaseHue" value. You can either tool around with different values to see different colors appear with about a 1 second delay.
Protip: 1 = black.
So... Has anyone figured out if there is a way to change the text bubble color on GB roms? I don't have any experience with xml, so I haven't the slightest where to start going about doing that? Thanks in advance...
Text bubble? Like toast or something?
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Haha. No. The sms bubbles in a conversation. I want to know if there is a way to change the colors.
Check in mms.apk
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They are located in the mms.apk. There is two .9.png files that you could edit in order to change the colors. There is a thread here on xda that explains how to edit .9.pngs if you need help.
Where can I find that thread? And I'm guessing that's going to require a bit of adb and xml knowledge?
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Where can I find that thread? And I'm guessing that's going to require a bit of adb and xml knowledge?
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Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5206698
I am not sure about needing any knowledge in adb or xml editing as I have not tried editing the bubbles the RIGHT way yet. I did manage to change color though.
How did you change the colors? I usually just roll with whatever the theme I'm running does, but my girl is nagging me about changing the colors.
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How did you change the colors? I usually just roll with whatever the theme I'm running does, but my girl is nagging me about changing the colors.
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Decompile the apk. Find the two 9.pngs. open them in your image editor. Select the whole image then move each side of your selected box in one pixel so that the black lines are on the outside of the selected area. Don't change any pixels in the outer edge of a 9.png at all. Change the color of your selected area to whatever you want. Save it. Run it through the x9patcher ( I think that's what it is called) and then get your patched 9.pngs from the done folder and drag and drop them into your apk that should already be in a flashable zip file. Flash in clock work and your done.
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If only changing the color, and its a solid color, I generally just load the .9 images in paint.net and use the simple hue/saturation adjuster. This saves the pain of having to patch it and no worries about affecting the outer pixel layer that controls the sizing. Have not had a problem with this method yet.
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Okay... I know realize I know absolutely nothing about this at all. Mcluvn... My head almost exploded reading that post. Haha. I would really like different colors but I am fairly sure I would break something. Actually... I don't think I could even get far enough into this process to break something since I have no clue what you're talking about. Thanks for the try though. :/
mms 3.0 bubble colors
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Okay... I know realize I know absolutely nothing about this at all. Mcluvn... My head almost exploded reading that post. Haha. I would really like different colors but I am fairly sure I would break something. Actually... I don't think I could even get far enough into this process to break something since I have no clue what you're talking about. Thanks for the try though. :/
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It might sound hard but its actually pretty easy.
What rom are you using?
What colors do you want them to be?
I can wip up a few different colored bubble mods this weekend for you.
Well I did it again, More Dialers and more Honeycomb. This will probably be my last dialer theme for a while. I will eventually look into recoding the layout for hi-res landscape, I'll bet ya, Dell just copied the one from 160 density, and never tested it.
Anyways here it is, I actually started on 160, but had to build on 240. All dialpad keys are visible at 240dpi in portrait mode. In high res, landscape dialpads will be cut off as usual. Best I could do for now. You'll just have to rotate to portrait I guess.
You can change the backgrounds of course by following my Tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1215898
the screenshots in this first post will be at 160dpi, the 240dpi will be in the 2nd post.
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for future use, thanks!
update:HCPhoneThemev2 (without glow): icons updates, jog tabs now HC Style, and in call buttons now stock instead of transparent( just mute, bluetooth , and speaker).
update: Aug. 16 - HC Theme with Glow uploaded. Its slightly involved to add glow, and since I resized buttons to fit all densities, you'll noticed the pressed square effect, that's about the best I can do. Glow Color is actually much brighter, but the dark background darkens it. All icons updated in Glow and Regular version. Also added stylish highlight for tab selections.
I have tried to change the layout at hdpi to fit in the landscape dialer, I dont think this can be done via .XML, although it sure looks like it. the .xml calls out the Button Grid Layout as well as height and widths, I have tried changing them all, even ones I knew were not correct. Best I did was change the total layout allowed for buttons, but buttons size would not change. I saw in the .smali code where it calls to get height and get width, so I would think .xml controls it. Even I change the .png sizes it would still center them in the same spot in the layout I think.
Oh well, portrait is more than fine with me. I usually use my phone in portrait and try not to rotate it because Im on 220 lcd density right now.
Looks great @ 180 density.
Thanks!
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sure, thanks for the feedback!
I like your avatar, thats the Dude your getting a Dell guy right ? with a Streak?
funny
Nice work Chris! Thanks! I'm learning so much just picking this stuff apart.
sure, no prob. Id like to see your custom color dialers @ NickShertzer
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sure, thanks for the feedback!
I like your avatar, thats the Dude your getting a Dell guy right ? with a Streak?
funny
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Yea, I actually found that pic on Dell's website when the Streak first came out. I used it as my Facebook profile pic until all my friends got mad at me. It seems everybody hates the Dell Guy...
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Chris love this dialer but is there anyway to get the buttons to glow when u press them?
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possibly, sure, like what color glow did you have in mind, white or blue?
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possibly, sure, like what color glow did you have in mind, white or blue?
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Cyan with light mix of blue would b nice
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jitin02 said:
Cyan with light mix of blue would b nice
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That will work
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working on it, noticed a lot of icons still needed top be updated as well, should have some screenshots later today.
OP updated, Glow Version ann also updated many icons for both version.
this was good to help me learn how to create glow effect, I may be able to do another one with a very thin effect, like an out line, but I like the larger effect my self. It doesnt matter a whole lot to me, I was satisified with original version.
Waiting to hear your feedback.
would like to see this on a lighter background if anyone has one.
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OP updated, Glow Version ann also updated many icons for both version.
this was good to help me learn how to create glow effect, I may be able to do another one with a very thin effect, like an out line, but I like the larger effect my self. It doesnt matter a whole lot to me, I was satisified with original version.
Waiting to hear your feedback.
would like to see this on a lighter background if anyone has one.
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Good job Chris but the bottom three buttons don't glow or is it the background?
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Im aware of this. I'm not sure If I could do those the same way. I'll see what I can do.
wow, managed to cook em up pretty quick, but they wont work because they are .9.png's they stretch and distort, so I could just try a blur but likely wont look good. I'll check it out.
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Im aware of this. I'm not sure If I could do those the same way. I'll see what I can do.
wow, managed to cook em up pretty quick, but they wont work because they are .9.png's they stretch and distort, so I could just try a blur but likely wont look good. I'll check it out.
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Thanks for the great work.
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Im aware of this. I'm not sure If I could do those the same way. I'll see what I can do.
wow, managed to cook em up pretty quick, but they wont work because they are .9.png's they stretch and distort, so I could just try a blur but likely wont look good. I'll check it out.
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The blury .9 png's can still be fantastic! Reminiscent of a lightsaber. Maybe Star Wars themed over HC could be cool
ok, I'll check it out later
I can get back, call and voicemail to glow as well as voicecall in landscape. I could make the glow effect smaller so you dont see the edge of the button and looks cut off... would probably be better, this is a really bright blue, but doesnt look as bright with dark wallpaper. I dont think I could make the glow effect on the numbers so small that it doesnt get cut off, because the numbers and letters take up so much room it would have to be a 1 or 2 pixel glow and that would still probably get cut off, unless I did similar to the bottom buttons and just use a generic gradient bubble background, but that doesnt look as nice.
Ill keep playing around with it when I have time, based on everyones feedback.
Seeing as how, CRT animation and gingerbread Overscroll looks a bit too involved for me. Quite possible for someone like DJ or Fards.
edit: idea: how about changing the bottom 3, .9.pngs to not touch the button edge, and have a transparent horizontal oval in the center, so it doesnt overshadow the icon. And.. I could try to edit the dialpad keys to "round" out the glow so again it doesnt look so boxy. I'll give it a shot when I have some time.
progess made.. sort of
heres what I got, changed quite a few things,
lets hear what you think, I will look into making the glow.png oval instead of square, maybe that will help.
and the .9 button glows area gamble, some will look nice, others too large, etc.
change jog tabs to HC style. also change in call buttons such as speaker back to stock, just those 3.
next release will likely be last for this project. probably because I use phone so little and would like to focus on other things.
I have cooked several themes for my gnote in the UOT, however the overscroll glow doesn't look/function correctly. It appears as an arc that is more intense at the middle of the screen. Anyone else having the same issue? I want a complete glow accross the entire screen. Hopefully someone knows what I am talking about, and has a solution for me. Thanks.
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Mine is like that.
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There is nothing that can be done just live with it
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Great answer, wish I would have thought of that!
I think it has something to do with the screen size of the Gnote, and the kitchen not supporting that size.
It relates to the actual png (icon) used. There are two effects: overscroll_edge.png and overscroll_glow.png. Overscroll_glow.png is the item in question. Nearly all overscroll glows I've seen are designed this way, to highlight the middle. You'd have to find one that gives the full effect. I guess you could colorize it yourself, and distribute it evenly; I haven't tried. I happen to have an orange one to demonstrate the difference.
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EDIT: I forgot to mention where they are located. Once it has been enabled, both files are in the framework-res apk.
Hi -
is it possible to have custom accent color for tile on wp8?
i have the Nokia 920.
Thanks
Antonio
awillys said:
Hi -
is it possible to have custom accent color for tile on wp8?
i have the Nokia 920.
Thanks
Antonio
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not until you can edit the registry. I did not see any attempts at unlocking/hacking WP8 yet to do this. Maybe a third party app will come along that allows that. Not yet though.
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derausgewanderte said:
not until you can edit the registry. I did not see any attempts at unlocking/hacking WP8 yet to do this. Maybe a third party app will come along that allows that. Not yet though.
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Okay - thank you.
Best
Antonio
They would have been better off with us using either hex codes or that circle thingy you change colour in, than to have premade ones.
I agree. I hope somebody can make an App for it like we used to have on WP7.5...
What I also would like to see, is some adjustable background colors instead of only white and black. Blue or the likes would really be nice, or even the possibility for a custom wallpaper. It's not much, but it gives the phone that extra touch of personalisation.
I think this is really quite something that could please users.
I'd absolutely love an option to truly customize the accent colors. I'm never quite satisfied with the built-in selection so hopefully this is something a clever developer will figure out how to alter.