Is anyone interested in a dark stock messaging app? In settings...Display > Background Styles does indeed allow for a dark background for the individual messaging threads but the main panel remains white and bright as my screenshot demonstrates.
So does anyone out there know how to change the background of this panel or could you instruct me how to do this myself?
Thanks in advance.
thcbytes said:
Is anyone interested in a dark stock messaging app? In settings...Display > Background Styles does indeed allow for a dark background for the individual messaging threads but the main panel remains white and bright as my screenshot demonstrates.
So does anyone out there know how to change the background of this panel or could you instruct me how to do this myself?
Thanks in advance.
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If you can flash in recovery (not Safestrap) then you could try this and black it all out. Though this might work with Safestrap flashing on one of the rom slots. Not sure. But I know this works on Hyperdrive me7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42252835
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Mightycaptain said:
If you can flash in recovery (not Safestrap) then you could try this and black it all out. Though this might work with Safestrap flashing on one of the rom slots. Not sure. But I know this works on Hyperdrive me7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42252835
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I am ME7 stock rooted with SS recovery and I did flash that to the stock ROM and it created FC's. Had to restore from my backup unfortunately.
Would like to stick with my stock ROM if possible. Just want to black out the stock messaging app.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks again
thcbytes said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I am ME7 stock rooted with SS recovery and I did flash that to the stock ROM and it created FC's. Had to restore from my backup unfortunately.
Would like to stick with my stock ROM if possible. Just want to black out the stock messaging app.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks again
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I think that might be what would prevent what you want. The stock rom is Odexed. I'm pretty sure Most of the edits for the message app require a deodexed rom. Which is why your getting the FC's. It's all personal preferences in the end but if you have Safestrap up and running you should consider Hyperdrive, beans, or bonestock. All are excellent. And you can stay very close to stock. But maybe still have dark messaging.
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does anyone know a way to make the Droid 2 notification bar black?
I'm running the stock rom and i don't want to flash any other one.
so can anyone help me?
Just use any theme you see here with a black notification bar... or do a search for black notification bar.... searching is key
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I found a theme.....but do all notification bar themes work on any phone?
Crap didn't mean to thank you for that post.
All themes under droid 2 themes and apps should work as long as they are made for your rom
Do you need to be deodexed to apply themes like this?(excluding metamorph and ninjamorph)
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I don't think you necessarily have to be, but it is recommended.
Completely wrong
You need to be deodexed or flashing themes will FAIL.
I would just recommend using fission and then flashing a theme over fission. Fission has tons of features and themes and you'll like your phone much better after that. Any custom rom is deodexed though so it should work with any rom.
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I don't think you necessarily have to be, but it is recommended.
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I said what I said because I had read that there were some deodexed themes. Not sure how true that is though, as being that I've never actually tried looking for any.
thanks for the tip.
i just flashed Fission with the black theme, works fine and is amazing
thx again
I'm not sure what deodexed means. Does this mean I can't change the notification bar theme on stock rom?
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Anyone?
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U have to run a custom rom to change the color to black for example: liberty 2.0.1
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Old thread. I did it using metamorph and am now on liberty 2.0.1. Thanks though
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domcalmusic said:
I'm not sure what deodexed means. Does this mean I can't change the notification bar theme on stock rom?
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If you're running the D2's stock ROM, they your most likely ODEXED. As they said before, install any custom ROM and you'll then be DEODEXED. Hope this helps...
ayerman3 said:
does anyone know a way to make the Droid 2 notification bar black?
I'm running the stock rom and i don't want to flash any other one.
so can anyone help me?
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I have been wondering this same thing, and after some research and googling I found a very simple solution. Locate my post titled "Theme Kitchen" and go to the link provided. It is a theme kitchen, it has instructions included on how to do everything.
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ayerman3 said:
does anyone know a way to make the Droid 2 notification bar black?
I'm running the stock rom and i don't want to flash any other one.
so can anyone help me?
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I have been wondering this same thing, and after some research and googling I found a very simple solution. Locate my post titled "Theme Kitchen" and go to the link provided. It is a theme kitchen, it has instructions included on how to do everything.
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[Theme/Mod] Black Status Bar/Quick Setting & Lock Icon Removal [SnowJB!] [3/08/2013]
Hey again, I have redone this with the SystemUI for the SnowJB Rom. I didn't even want to install JB until I had the time to do this.
Do a backup first. I make no promises and take no responsibility for your OG's spontaneous combustion resulting from flashing this.
I would suggest wiping cache and maybe even dalvik after flashing.
Reported working on stock AT&T Roms. I can't vouch for this because I have not tried it. Backup if you wish to attempt it.
I also modified the QSlide add on to black it out for those who would want it.
SnowJB Black Status Bar/Quick Settings
V1: Self Explanatory, see screenshot 5. View attachment 1750838
V1.1 Same as V1 with the QSlide bar, see screensot 6. View attachment 1753136
V2: V1 with the clock color changed to stock blue, see screenshot 7. View attachment 1789917
V2.1: V1.1 (QSlide) with the blue clock. View attachment 1789920
Original ICS Post:
Hey guys, I have been playing around in some of the system .apks and making some small edits to them and wanted to share.
I am running The Base Rom and therefor (for now) all of these use Base (7.3) .apks.
I would not install these on any other Rom without a backup and the understanding that I have not tried them myself.
I adapted The Base Rom v.0.7.3 update.zip script (because I have never made an update.zip before), so I would like to thank Nottach for the original script.
If Nottach has a problem with this, please let me know, I will remove it.
I have absolutely NO affiliation with Nottach or The Base development, if you run into any problems Nottach is NOT responsible.
I have heard it works on stock if you delete (or rename) /system/app/SystemUI.odex after you install it (and then reboot again), I can't guarantee it will work correctly, but it is reported to work. As always, backup first.
Also posted working on Nocturnal, again, backup first.
Base 7.3 black status bar mod.zip (V1-3)
I have made the status bar for The Base v.0.7.3 black (and the Quick Settings background in V3).
V1: This is a darker (very dark gray) status bar, but not completely black. (screenshot 1)
V2: V2 is a pure black status bar.
V3: V3 has a pure black status bar and also themes the background for the Quick Settings (screenshot 2).
V4: V4 is V3 with the gray dividers removed from the Quick Settings (screenshot 3).
Base 7.3 lockscreen no icon.zip
I noticed when using the first lockscreen clock (the minimal one) that it added a lock icon in the middle of the lockscreen.
I have removed it and the small animation that goes with it (I have only made the .pngs transparent, they are still technically there).
(See screenshot comparison [pic 4]).
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This comes with the normal disclaimer, I have installed these successfully on my phone with no issues, but can not promise a similar result for you.
This replaces system apps from /system/app/, so I strongly recommend either a system backup in recovery or at least making a copy of your version of the edited apps before installation.
Install via recovery.
Thank you for your support, I'm a noob, but really love getting my hands dirty here.
What lock screen are you using and what is the button on the bottom left corner
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What lock screen are you using and what is the button on the bottom left corner
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I believe that they are using the tsf shell home screen replacement and that button is apart or the app that brings up an overview of the diffrent screens
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Dsmforlife92 said:
What lock screen are you using and what is the button on the bottom left corner
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Dr0!dFreek said:
I believe that they are using the tsf shell home screen replacement and that button is apart or the app that brings up an overview of the diffrent screens
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That is true, it is TSF shell, Apex was laggy for me. I am also using THIS clock and THIS app launcher.
TSF Shell is HERE. It takes some getting used to.
Apex is so smooth for me
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This works beautifully for me Thanks for your work!
Just flashed this, v2. Works great! Thanks for the work.
Edit: Flashed v3. Also awesome. Thanks for the work! I need to learn how to do this.
This looks great. I'll flash it tonight after work. Any chance for all white text/icons in the status bar too?
Copied your SystemUI.apk to my stock ROM... worked perfectly! THANKS!!!
inneyeseakay said:
Copied your SystemUI.apk to my stock ROM... worked perfectly! THANKS!!!
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Ah, nice to know it worked.
I was planning on making a stock one soon.
There could still be issues, I'm not sure (don't know how much Nottach did to it his version).
Thanks for this mod, installed just fine over the base rom and mod pack.
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Thanx. Installed with Twrp recovery and then on root explorer went to system/app and renamed sustemui.odex to systemui.odex.bak rebooted and and have a black status bar and settings.
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bleached45 said:
Ah, nice to know it worked.
I was planning on making a stock one soon.
There could still be issues, I'm not sure (don't know how much Nottach did to it his version).
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would love a stock one
Just installed v.3. Very nice. Thank you mucho much.
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gsrrr said:
would love a stock one
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I'm hoping to do a stock one, but have to learn to deodex first (am looking into it).
I can't promise anything here.
I'm loving the blackness! The lock icon removal is sweet too. Thanks!
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bleached45 said:
I'm hoping to do a stock one, but have to learn to deodex first (am looking into it).
I can't promise anything here.
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I use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Has anyone tried this on Nocturnal's ROM?
blenkows said:
Has anyone tried this on Nocturnal's ROM?
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+1
I was using statusbar+ and didn't like it so I'm hoping this would work on Nocturnals ROM
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yaooitsbrett said:
+1
I was using statusbar+ and didn't like it so I'm hoping this would work on Nocturnals ROM
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Make a backup and flash it. If it doesn't work, it's not like you'll brick the phone. :thumbup:
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Black / Blue Stock Dialer and Stock Messaging wanted. For some reason Verizon/ATT and maybe more decided to make these so white! Other variants, like in Canada, of the S4 are like the S3 black / dark blue.
Agreed I miss the style on note 2 and s3 etc. This white dialer and messaging is annoying.
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The stock messaging lets you change color for message screen but the conversation list stays white.. gag!
Yeah its retarded. Can't wait for custom roms. Come on beans and scotts
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imablackhat said:
Yeah its retarded. Can't wait for custom roms. Come on beans and scotts
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Maybe I'm missing something but clean rom appears to just be a stock rom with very mild to no tweaks, so why would we be wanting his to come for these mods?
mbh87 said:
Maybe I'm missing something but clean rom appears to just be a stock rom with very mild to no tweaks, so why would we be wanting his to come for these mods?
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I'm hoping its just something as simple as taking the apps from the other carrier s4's and just making a flashable zip. From there the makers of clean roms can also just substitute the other carrier dialer/messaging app instead of having to actually theme them.
JimmyHACK said:
I'm hoping its just something as simple as taking the apps from the other carrier s4's and just making a flashable zip. From there the makers of clean roms can also just substitute the other carrier dialer/messaging app instead of having to actually theme them.
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It's just some png images and a few xmls I may look into it. Should be able to pull the files from other carrier Apk and just drop them in the Verizon one
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rwc95 said:
It's just some png images and a few xmls I may look into it. Should be able to pull the files from other carrier Apk and just drop them in the Verizon one
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Please keep us posted on this. I definitely want in.
Same. Hate the way they made this look
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There's no easy way to do the theming ourselves, is there?
Does anyone have the AOSP toggle theme to post or direct me to where I could find it? Thank you!
kheltek said:
Does anyone have the AOSP toggle theme to post or direct me to where I could find it? Thank you!
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Eclipse 2.0. Go to Android development and flash it. The closest you'll get and still be TouchWiz.
I did flash some custom stuff on Hyperdrive and got a good dark and holo look to the menus and stuff.
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Mightycaptain said:
Eclipse 2.0. Go to Android development and flash it. The closest you'll get and still be TouchWiz.
I did flash some custom stuff on Hyperdrive and got a good dark and holo look to the menus and stuff.
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Thanks a bunch for the reply but I'm a little confused lol. If I understand correctly, Eclipse is its own separate rom. Do you have a zip file for the dark and holo look that I can flash on Hyperdrive (by far my favorite rom but I love the aosp look). Thanks again.
XT912 - CM 10.1.3
CM has the all-white message threads. Is there anyway to easily make small changes to it (such as have the threads simply be a different color for sent/received) or a theme that accomplishes this without being too dramtic and completely changing everything else on the phone?
I know I can install a third-party app, but I'd rather not go that route.
The dark theme doesn't work for me. I check it in settings and nothing. Is that working for you? That has been the case with several different nightly loads for me. CM 11 now.
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moset said:
The dark theme doesn't work for me. I check it in settings and nothing. Is that working for you? That has been the case with several different nightly loads for me. CM 11 now.
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This setting is for the quick reply pop up dialog
I've deleted Stock messaging app and installed 8sms, it has all needed features and it's based on stock app
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gruev said:
This setting is for the quick reply pop up dialog
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Duhh! I saw that after I posted.
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Stock app works well, but def could use some theme love for sure!! :laugh:
stock this work
stock this work Good
Late to the thread, but
DumbleCore said:
I've deleted Stock messaging app and installed 8sms, it has all needed features and it's based on stock app
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What's the name of the .apk for the stock messaging app? I can't find it. I want to replace it with Textra.