Hello everyone
I was almost sure that a thread like this would exist already, but after doing some searches, i did not find any.
Regarding the visual elements (not the transitions, those are fine) of the newly released official Jellybean ROM for the Xperia P, is there anyone else around here who thinks that the ICS graphics (for apps like settings, messaging, browser) looked MUCH better than the ones they used for the new update? I mean, ICS had beautiful transparent borders, JB has embossed matte grey borders. A lot of icons look like they were drawn in a hurry and poorly rendered (check the toggle switches, the I and O's are not even properly centered as they were in ICS), and that quick toggle widget ! It looks absolutely terrible. In ICS it was a big transparent block with simple buttons on it. Now it looks like it was drawn by a 12 year old who found out that photoshop can apply effects to layers.
In the last 2 years or such, UI designers have started simplifying the graphics, making them look very nice. That was the case with ICS on the xperia P, it looked gorgeous. This thing looks like crap. It looks like a 3rd party theme you would download in 2004 on your sony ericsson K310i.
"But there is more than one theme that comes with the new ROM!". Yes, but they all have the same flaws. After all, only the color scheme differs. The graphical elements are the same.
Does anyone share my opinion?
If yes, then the more important question is : Since the themes that come preinstalled can be found in the Apps section (4.0KB being the minimum storage space one file can occupy, i am not sure if they contain anything at all in that "application"), is there any possibility that devs here could port the old themes to this ROM? This might be a stupid question, in which case, you are free to reply with the noob-on-xda youtube video.
Yeah !!
another one complain, tthat all is your Opinion be happy that Sony give us JB
all look waaaaay better now then ICS, but think that Sony is not Unicef they have also ther work todo.
P.s. here you go xD
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Just like the tittle .
I installed the defaulttheme.apk from xperia Arc but it didnt work .
Can anyone port the old theme to our new xperia s ?
I found that the new theme matte effect is kinda ugly to me .
It's probably not possible without a lot of work. The Xperia S' high resolution requires higher quality graphics, and they're not available in the 2011 interface.
By the way, all 2011 devices are getting the same interface as the Xperia S with the ICS update, so I'd just get used to it
(how can you prefer the 2011 one, the new one is the most stylish phone UI I've ever seen!)
yep I got a Xperia neo V and a lot of us is trying to make our interface look like xperia S... I think this is the best deflaut UI ever on phone
I think( like me) people prefer the old wave background compared to the textured Dark Gray, though even the infinity view in contact profiles seem a bit meh compared, contact picture is just a small box in the corner, whereas before it was a large banner across the top
There's been a lot downgrades actually since the X10, I remember when the my phone would recognize people in photos I took and would add them to their contact profile, it is a shame a lot of what made xperias great have been slowly diminishing as time goes on, mainly because the more vocal people want a vanilla android.
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oANUBISo said:
I think( like me) people prefer the old wave background compared to the textured Dark Gray, though even the infinity view in contact profiles seem a bit meh compared, contact picture is just a small box in the corner, whereas before it was a large banner across the top
There's been a lot downgrades actually since the X10, I remember when the my phone would recognize people in photos I took and would add them to their contact profile, it is a shame a lot of what made xperias great have been slowly diminishing as time goes on, mainly because the more vocal people want a vanilla android.
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well yes...Remember x10 android 1.6 rich animation interface? They never tried it again however with todays hardware they could do all of those animations (just my thoughts)
Actually the matte black really ugly and doesnt feel modern than just plain black theme .
Nevermind , i already figure out how to do it myself .
p/s : i am and exclusive as i undo my theme change instantly on my Arc S 2 weeks ago after i apply the xperia s theme . The matte blue hurt my eye and i have to stare at it every time i open setting .
1)Install Espier launcher(For the home screen)
2)Install iLocker Stock(For the lock screen)
3)Install iPhone Notifications Lite(For the notifications)
After you install all these from google play you can enjoy!!!!
Notes-1)Do not install Espier launcher HD cause it does not look good(The app name does not display)
2)iLocker Stock works best in a rooted phone so it would be good if you root your phone using a suitable update.zip root package.
3)iPhone Notifications Lite is a free version so it only displays notifications for certain things like(missed calls,Msg,and some more)
The images seem to be broken for me.
On a related topic, I'm working on a theme for HYBRID4 so that the status bar looks like an iPhone
EDIT:
My progress:
the status bar is slightly transparent.
Only things left are:
- fixing the battery
haha why do you want a theme look like iphone ??
but you an android make the best of it dont imitate a iphone look a like
if you want to look like a iphone buy an iphone
just my expression ...
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This phone was £90.
iPhones are rubbish and cost £400.
Admittedly I do like the look of an iPhone but hate the features of it.
So making my ANDROID look like an iPhone seems like the best of both
iRhyiku said:
This phone was £90.
iPhones are rubbish and cost £400.
Admittedly I do like the look of an iPhone but hate the features of it.
So making my ANDROID look like an iPhone seems like the best of both
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yes man, no doubt..
i love this phone more than iPhone, Cost many Get moore
1)Firstly, slicktrick22 i could buy an iphone but only if it would cost like ~15000INR(Im a 14 yr old indian)
2)iRhyiku i agree with your point. The looks of iPhone and the app grouping stuff is awesome but iPhone would be better if it could be open source like android so that it could have stuff like rom flashing and custom kernel. And good luck on ur theme..By the way srry for the broken links
iLocker
Where can I get the iLocker in flashable zip file?
Anyone could help me?
slicktrick22 said:
haha why do you want a theme look like iphone ??
but you an android make the best of it dont imitate a iphone look a like
if you want to look like a iphone buy an iphone
just my expression ...
peace
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so apple could sue samsung even more when they see that not only their design was copied but also the looks of the ui.. hahahah
Nice theme for hybrid btw,
as much as i hate apple,
i think that was an awesome theme
orginal post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668766
its a launcher
iRhyiku said:
The images seem to be broken for me.
On a related topic, I'm working on a theme for HYBRID4 so that the status bar looks like an iPhone
EDIT:
My progress:
the status bar is slightly transparent.
Only things left are:
- fixing the battery
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Can you share you ios systemUi???
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Anyone tried ICS for xperia mini yet?? Please give feedback about the rom used. I would like to see which ICS for XM I wanna use thanks!
anyone? :highfive:
I can say only about official ICS.
I was excited about update and the wait was painful, but when was released, I reverted back to old official rooted firmware with Launcher Pro and alot of stock aps removed.
I don't like the new ICS. The interface is realy ugly in my opinion. It looks like an alpha build without a proper theme. The text is fuzzy, but there is a font size feature. The small is useless, the medium looks more fuzzy than in GB and large is way to large.
What can you do in ICS and can't do in GB ? The only cool feature I found is the integrated advanced data traffic monitor, and larger file size on photos. (but the camera apk was redesigned with bad interface) In GB I installed a modded camera apk with better quality compression for photos and videos, and the default data monitor is enough for me (update v6)
They say the ICS require better hardware. I don't know how it works with games, because I am not interested, but from other Xperia phones I heard that performance is worse.
For me, ICS brings nothing great for my Mini. Maybe is better for other phones but for Mini the long awaited ICS looks like its ported in a rush in few days. Maybe Android 5 will worth the update.
ionutph said:
I can say only about official ICS.
I was excited about update and the wait was painful, but when was released, I reverted back to old official rooted firmware with Launcher Pro and alot of stock aps removed.
I don't like the new ICS. The interface is realy ugly in my opinion. It looks like an alpha build without a proper theme. The text is fuzzy, but there is a font size feature. The small is useless, the medium looks more fuzzy than in GB and large is way to large.
What can you do in ICS and can't do in GB ? The only cool feature I found is the integrated advanced data traffic monitor, and larger file size on photos. (but the camera apk was redesigned with bad interface) In GB I installed a modded camera apk with better quality compression for photos and videos, and the default data monitor is enough for me (update v6)
They say the ICS require better hardware. I don't know how it works with games, because I am not interested, but from other Xperia phones I heard that performance is worse.
For me, ICS brings nothing great for my Mini. Maybe is better for other phones but for Mini the long awaited ICS looks like its ported in a rush in few days. Maybe Android 5 will worth the update.
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hey thanks for the feedback. arh.. im getting so confused now. UI is nothing big for me as I use go launcher.. Main thing for me is performance. Some say its better some its worse and some the same .. Lets see any custom ICS will be better
I found MiniCMSandwich Lite AOSP from kamarush pretty descent and fast.
ionutph said:
Maybe Android 5 will worth the update.
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Actually there will be Android 4.1, and there might be even a chance to get updates for it.
ionutph said:
I can say only about official ICS.
I was excited about update and the wait was painful, but when was released, I reverted back to old official rooted firmware with Launcher Pro and alot of stock aps removed.
I don't like the new ICS. The interface is realy ugly in my opinion. It looks like an alpha build without a proper theme. The text is fuzzy, but there is a font size feature. The small is useless, the medium looks more fuzzy than in GB and large is way to large.
What can you do in ICS and can't do in GB ? The only cool feature I found is the integrated advanced data traffic monitor, and larger file size on photos. (but the camera apk was redesigned with bad interface) In GB I installed a modded camera apk with better quality compression for photos and videos, and the default data monitor is enough for me (update v6)
They say the ICS require better hardware. I don't know how it works with games, because I am not interested, but from other Xperia phones I heard that performance is worse.
For me, ICS brings nothing great for my Mini. Maybe is better for other phones but for Mini the long awaited ICS looks like its ported in a rush in few days. Maybe Android 5 will worth the update.
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i agree with u but one thing about ics is all app ,games etc. before it ur can used in gb now doesnt work on ics and it not only happen to xperia mini or to sony only....so still with gb and wait till ics realy2 stable...
This is not problen of ics but apps,games which not ready fo ics.
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madhouses said:
This is not problen of ics but apps,games which not ready fo ics.
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yap agree but we got some new os update but old app and games can't run on it
ionutph said:
I can say only about official ICS.
I was excited about update and the wait was painful, but when was released, I reverted back to old official rooted firmware with Launcher Pro and alot of stock aps removed.
I don't like the new ICS. The interface is realy ugly in my opinion. It looks like an alpha build without a proper theme. The text is fuzzy, but there is a font size feature. The small is useless, the medium looks more fuzzy than in GB and large is way to large.
What can you do in ICS and can't do in GB ? The only cool feature I found is the integrated advanced data traffic monitor, and larger file size on photos. (but the camera apk was redesigned with bad interface) In GB I installed a modded camera apk with better quality compression for photos and videos, and the default data monitor is enough for me (update v6)
They say the ICS require better hardware. I don't know how it works with games, because I am not interested, but from other Xperia phones I heard that performance is worse.
For me, ICS brings nothing great for my Mini. Maybe is better for other phones but for Mini the long awaited ICS looks like its ported in a rush in few days. Maybe Android 5 will worth the update.
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How I can Get the Modded Camera.apk ?
k..sense 6 themes really suck. I hate to say it but keeping it REAL.
Sense <5.5 had a really DEEP black background that was like digital octopus ink.. I LOVED it.
What do we do about these crappy themes? I want my TMO ONE to look like it used to..
Custom Photo wallpaper does absolutely nothing for theme color modification.
and on a side note..the scrolling touch response is now borderline sketchy...enough already with the super hyper screen sensitivity.
radio performance thus far has been excellent.... A+:good:
Odd to be replying to my own post but as a follow up after installing the elemental x kernel the scrolling smoothness is now perfect like before the update..the improvements are perfect now..
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Serpentene said:
Odd to be replying to my own post but as a follow up after installing the elemental x kernel the scrolling smoothness is now perfect like before the update..the improvements are perfect now..
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HTC sense 6 themes wallpapers truly sucks. I specificity goggled: ,,HTC sense 6 themes wallpapers sucks ,,........
Green and deep purple! What a fukkk...I tried really hard to play around but my phone UI looks much uglier now then before. I can't believe HTC did it.....
did you try swapping to the black theme? makes all highlighted app colors black.
also, if you have root, you can install Sense 6 toolbox (from Xposed framework) and customize each app color.
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k..sense 6 themes really suck. I hate to say it but keeping it REAL.
Sense <5.5 had a really DEEP black background that was like digital octopus ink.. I LOVED it.
What do we do about these crappy themes? I want my TMO ONE to look like it used to..
Custom Photo wallpaper does absolutely nothing for theme color modification.
and on a side note..the scrolling touch response is now borderline sketchy...enough already with the super hyper screen sensitivity.
radio performance thus far has been excellent.... A+:good:
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I have to admit the themes for HTC sense 6 are horrible!!!!!, WTF htc?? and no way to customize unless I possibly root my phone, which scars me, I afraid something will screw up making my phone unusable. Htc should have put an easy way for users to customize the colors!!!! Even Microsoft gives the users the ability to customize windows!!! I should not have to root my phone to get a better color theme!!!! I love HTC but this is one thing that really frustrates me. Not everyone likes the same colors, giving only 4 choices is ridiculous, event the dark theme is not truly dark it uses and ugly green in some places(like the setting screen). COME ON htc give the use some native control over the UI!!!
Updated version (no notch) Looks great on S4
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...er-borderlightv2-amoled-t3851383#post77818352
Another user release
https://forum.xda-developers.com/re.../live-wallpaper-borderlightv2-amoled-t3851383
While it looks really cool, it's not really optimized for S4. Corners especially. It would be great if someone could make a Tab S4 equivalent to that. With and without notch thing as I kind of like it being there around the clock but it won't be everyones favourite feature.
Thanks for sharing even though I've installed it prior to seeing your post.
Also, have a look at the live wallpaper I've posted in this section.
And here's screenshot of op wallpaper with unmatched corners to Tab S4 display, uneven thickness and interference with status bar icons. Shame as I'm really digging it.
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While it looks really cool, it's not really optimized for S4. Corners especially. It would be great if someone could make a Tab S4 equivalent to that. With and without notch thing as I kind of like it being there around the clock but it won't be everyones favourite feature.
Thanks for sharing even though I've installed it prior to seeing your post.
Also, have a look at the live wallpaper I've posted in this section.
And here's screenshot of op wallpaper with unmatched corners to Tab S4 display, uneven thickness and interference with status bar icons. Shame as I'm really digging it.
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Wait... developer is working on a no notch version and many other options... this is the first release...
Yeah I hope we get a versions optimized for Tab S4 and other devices. I will definitely keep an eye on it.
Also, it bothers me in its current state but some may still like and enjoy it as it is.
Search for "Shiney" live wallpaper. It Is the same black background with rainbow outline, but it adds radius and thickness adjustments without a notch.
Yeah, I have that one on my Op6..I like it and will try to reach out to the guy who built this one ...