Stock Phone Dialer Theming - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I know of a method to get rid of the ugly white dialer interface on the Galaxy S4. Other carriers may have the dark interface. You can use apktool to edit the GUI of the dialer. I just can't do it efficiently. Using dialers from the play store is pointless. I wish there were some configurations or modified SecPhone.apk replacements for the original one. Of course it would be wise to keep a backup of the original. I'm so sick of this bright white dailer. It's such an eye sore.

swrght13 said:
I know of a method to get rid of the ugly white dialer interface on the Galaxy S4. Other carriers may have the dark interface. You can use apktool to edit the GUI of the dialer. I just can't do it efficiently. Using dialers from the play store is pointless. I wish there were some configurations or modified SecPhone.apk replacements for the original one. Of course it would be wise to keep a backup of the original. I'm so sick of this bright white dailer. It's such an eye sore.
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Ummm..... not sure if u know but there r a few dialers out there. Not sure if ur into dark dialers. Just search the thread a lil. Not sure what carrier ur on
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Phone: Verizon Galaxy S4
Tablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1

swrght13 said:
I know of a method to get rid of the ugly white dialer interface on the Galaxy S4. Other carriers may have the dark interface. You can use apktool to edit the GUI of the dialer. I just can't do it efficiently. Using dialers from the play store is pointless. I wish there were some configurations or modified SecPhone.apk replacements for the original one. Of course it would be wise to keep a backup of the original. I'm so sick of this bright white dailer. It's such an eye sore.
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I agree the VZW stock phone is ugly. I use the jkruse's international stock dialer. I flashed Cobalt on top of it to give a nice effect to the dialer numbers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2340255
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Thanks a lot! Flashed the .zip and worked perfectly!

swrght13 said:
Thanks a lot! Flashed the .zip and worked perfectly!
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Glad it helped. Happy dialing!
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dialer worked contacts crashed
i have Samsung galaxy s4 sprit running sacs custom rom android 4.4.2
any chance you could make it compatable?
i really hate the white dialer on my phone!

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Transparent Lock Screen Background

I read about potentially using a transparent png image to be able to see your screen before unlocking but after trying several .png files I came up with no luck. The phone either uses black background before your image or it just doesnt recognize the transparent. Any ideas?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261860
If you want to do it yourself, here's how:
I use notepad++ for editing, but any editor will work. Use apkmanager to decompile / compile framework-res.apk.
Edit res/layout/keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml.
In line 2 replace android:background="@color/background_dark" with android:background="@drawable/default_wallpaper".
In line 5 replace android:background="#30000000" with android:background="@color/transparent".
In line 12 replace android:layout_marginBottom="80.0dip" to android:layout_marginBottom="0.0dip".
Edit res/layout/zzz_keyguard_screen_lockscreenwallpaper.xml.
In line 2 replace android:background="#ff000000" with android:background="@color/transparent".
In res/drawable-hdpi:
Replace default_wallpaper.jpg with default_wallpaper.png. Replace zzzzzzzz_default_lockscreenw.jpg with transparent zzzzzzzz_default_lockscreenw.png (can be any png size 480x800).
Thats it.
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Thank you!
And this will allow for transport and non transparent (opaque?) backgrounds right?
No idea honestly, just came across that thread a few days ago and haven't gotten around to trying it.
Anybody actually try this yet??? sounds like a cool idea
I have transparent zzzzzzzz_default_lockscreenw.png
can I replace it over the original without decomp/recomp? I haven't done that yet, iffy about doing something wrong. (I've heard of people not recompiling right and unhappy results)
AntwanL said:
I read about potentially using a transparent png image to be able to see your screen before unlocking but after trying several .png files I came up with no luck. The phone either uses black background before your image or it just doesnt recognize the transparent. Any ideas?
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Jkay settings has this feature. You should be able to find the apk on XDA.
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Jkay mod
Is Jkay mod available allready as a separate apk, so I can run on any rom. I've been looking hard, even asking Jkay himself, and haven't got any answer yet.
anonymous! said:
Is Jkay mod available allready as a separate apk, so I can run on any rom. I've been looking hard, even asking Jkay himself, and haven't got any answer yet.
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You can get jkay from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439635
And here's the version for XWKLJ1 ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154278
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Man_Cave_Tech said:
You can get jkay from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439635
And here's the version for XWKLJ1 ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154278
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How do I know which to download? I'm not on XXLA4/6 or anything else he lists
Tried flashing the LA4/6 one with no luck
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AntwanL said:
How do I know which to download? I'm not on XXLA4/6 or anything else he lists
Tried flashing the LA4/6 one with no luck
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I can't do all the work for you. Best way to learn this stuff is to do a little foot work. If you can't find one for your ROM, there are plenty of great ROMs with jkay preinstalled.
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Man_Cave_Tech said:
I can't do all the work for you. Best way to learn this stuff is to do a little foot work. If you can't find one for your ROM, there are plenty of great ROMs with jkay preinstalled.
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But you're saying it is possibly on KH7 or KK6? Just looking for a nudge in the right direction since there is a lot of misinformation floating around.
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As far as I am aware, they are not avaliable for UCKK6. Additionally, Jkay himself states in his post not to ask about porting to anything other than what is listed. I’m not trying to be rude, just saying that is probably why you aren’t getting a reply. #3 on the third post
Well I'm hoping it's something like i9100 roms, they are intended for i9100 devices but with hellraiser mods they work fine on our devices.
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AntwanL said:
Well I'm hoping it's something like i9100 roms, they are intended for i9100 devices but with hellraiser mods they work fine on our devices.
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I have used v12 on Villian ROM and v13 on Check ROM (both hellraised) and they both worked great. I recently moved back to Unnamed and the Jkay stuff is the one thing I miss most.
I found this. It isn't jkay, but it might have what you want. I will try it out myself and get back to you.
*edit* Not exactly what your looking for. It has a transparent pull down and you can change the order and appearance of quick toggle items but no transparent lock screen. Still pretty neat mod though.
There is a mod out I'm going to try, the maker of it made one for 2.2.1 for me but before I was able to install it I ended up going back to 1.3.2 and now I'm going to try it myself.
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You know what's funny is, I rooted my mom's brand-new T-Mobile SGS II using their odin instructions, then booted into CWM and flashed Superuser, and when I rebooted the phone back into Android, the lockscreen was transparent.

[Q] Stock ICS MMS.apk?

I've flashed around a bit with different roms and as much as I enjoy touchwiz, I love the stock mms app that comes in AOKP/ vanilla android ICS and was just wondering if anyone had made any type of universal port for touchwiz roms that work just as smoothly? Saw a couple on the play store but they were total rubbish and full of bugs. gonna stay on AOKP in the meantime. Just curious if anyone else shared the thought
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ChocolateSnow said:
I've flashed around a bit with different roms and as much as I enjoy touchwiz, I love the stock mms app that comes in AOKP/ vanilla android ICS and was just wondering if anyone had made any type of universal port for touchwiz roms that work just as smoothly? Saw a couple on the play store but they were total rubbish and full of bugs. gonna stay on AOKP in the meantime. Just curious if anyone else shared the thought
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Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
Biporch said:
Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
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I did see that but I read the actual ability to receive and download MMS is broken in it. And I'm not knocking the Samsung mms, I just personally prefer the overall UI and feel of the stock 4.0 one. Sammys is great though.
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Serendipity Rom has Samsung stock feel with aosp as well. I know he uses the mms /sms app in his Rom yer looking for.
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Biporch said:
Most people love Samsung mms app lol.
Have you tried this app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
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Hey! This app looks great. I just don't know how to disable the messaging app given normally...any ideas?
pfaction said:
Hey! This app looks great. I just don't know how to disable the messaging app given normally...any ideas?
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That's the problem. Even if you get a compatible full asop mms, you have to keep the default samsung app. If you delete it, it will cause problems and FCs.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Serendipity Rom has Samsung stock feel with aosp as well. I know he uses the mms /sms app in his Rom yer looking for.
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Thank you phalanx, I hadn't realized serendipity incorporated aosp apps into touchwiz. That does further spark my curiosity as to if It's possible to pull the AOSP mms app as a stand alone apk that I could keep and install no matter what ROM I switch to since serendipity makes it seem possible if I just disable the stock mms app.
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ChocolateSnow said:
Thank you phalanx, I hadn't realized serendipity incorporated aosp apps into touchwiz. That does further spark my curiosity as to if It's possible to pull the AOSP mms app as a stand alone apk that I could keep and install no matter what ROM I switch to since serendipity makes it seem possible if I just disable the stock mms app.
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Yer welcome and i wish it was that easy. But Im sure he had to do some work to get it to work properly. I would PM him and ask if he'd be willing to share some info with ya. He's a nice guy.
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you could theme the Samsung mms.apk to look like the AOSP mms.apk if nothing else, if all you're looking for is the aesthetics of the AOSP mms.apk
Good point, jrod ! That's actually what i like about it is how it looks. I really kinda despise the stock Samsung sms app
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is the samsung mms the iphone style one?
OFWGKTADGAF said:
is the samsung mms the iphone style one?
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Yeah it is
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jrod091 said:
you could theme the Samsung mms.apk to look like the AOSP mms.apk if nothing else, if all you're looking for is the aesthetics of the AOSP mms.apk
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How do you do this? I'm the same way as jrod. Love what TouchWiz offers aside from the messaging app. Favour the look of stock ICS one instead. (Because I like the pictures inside the message thread)
Joborule said:
How do you do this? I'm the same way as jrod. Love what TouchWiz offers aside from the messaging app. Favour the look of stock ICS one instead. (Because I like the pictures inside the message thread)
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Simple way would be to change your pngs in your drawable-hdpi folder and change some xmls as well, not really all that difficult once you get started
Edit: sorry, completely forgot that Samsung's has text bubbles, so it would get a little trickier, I'll look into it
Edit: So, I've been real busy with school and stuff, so I haven't been able to look at the apk. Also, I don't have a Samsung Mms.apk since I like the AOSP feel of ICS better and have been on AOKP since it came out. So in trying to find a Samsung Mms.apk in our dev threads, I found that Serendipity 9 has an AOSP Mms.apk in it and is TW-based. It also has a lot of other AOSP apks in it, and it looks nice and runs pretty well. (flashed it to see everything first-hand). That might be an answer
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[REQ] Black / Blue Stock Dialer and Stock Messaging

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?

S4 messaging app for note 2?

i love the messaging app for the s4, the bubbles, different wallpaer etc...has anyone ported /themed it for the Note2? i looks so much better i think..and also, i like how white the menus etc are on the newer touchwiz on the S4. can/has that been themed/ported at all to the note2?
thanks..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305829 this is a t-mobile rom maybe you can send the developer a pm and see how he got it to work.
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dvigue said:
i love the messaging app for the s4, the bubbles, different wallpaer etc...has anyone ported /themed it for the Note2? i looks so much better i think..and also, i like how white the menus etc are on the newer touchwiz on the S4. can/has that been themed/ported at all to the note2?
thanks..
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I'm interested in this as well, if you get any info will you please let us know? I pmed that development but I'm definitely not very tech savvy
Have u tried pulling the s4 messaging app from his rom with permission of coarse as long as your running a tw rom I would think it would work
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This would be awesome. I agree you should be able to take the app and change permissions and drop it into a touchwiz rom
Now that I think about it probably won't t work s4 is 4.2.2 soon to get 4.3
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How to theme your Tablet!

Hi,
I noticed that there ain't any themes for this tablet so here is an easy way to theme your tablet.
And of course you will need to be rooted to do this.
Also use common sense when messing around the modules. If you end up in boot loops from wrongly setting up the modules then there is always a Xposed disabler zip file in the root of our sdcard that you will have to flash in recovery to remove the bootloops.
First Install Xposed app.
Second Install xTheme Engine.
Here is a collection of xThemes i have collected and uploaded in one place to easier access them.
Fourth if you want to further mod you Tablet then try the modules here.
The Xposed Framework and xTheme Engine works on all roms. The themes will only do basic theming so do not expect to move mountains with it.
Happy Theming
I was wondering if you had any pics of the specific themes. Would help a lot to see which ones would suit my taste.
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moabizzi said:
I was wondering if you had any pics of the specific themes. Would help a lot to see which ones would suit my taste.
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Sorry i dont have that as i dont use this at the moment.
I got a Note 3 and there are some awesome themes for that but i am ether gonna buy a Note 10.1 or a Note 8 tablet and was browsing the forums to see what roms was available and noticed you guys don't have any themes.
So i just made a post but when i get my tablet i will be posting the screens of the themes i try out.
If you try any of the themes then you could help the community by uploading some screen shots for others to see
Might be an uber noob question, but root needed?
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And of course you will need to be rooted to do this.
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DeBoX said:
Might be an uber noob question, but root needed?
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I think.. yes..
lol, I'm blind
Nice km gonna try some of these out later
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it works fine although not all themes are fully supported. I'm using Royal Elegance and i like it.
Here is the xtheme engine Beta 5 apk in case you can't get it from the OP. Hf
http://d-h.st/MUR
Oh man I can't wait
I just ordered my Note 10.1 4G 2014 and it will be here in a week or so.
Once I receive my Note 10.1 I will try out all the themes and delete those not compatible with this device.
If I get the time I will make as many screen shots of the themes I try out.
Please if you guys can do the same and upload your screen shots of the themes you try then you will help out the community.
Screenshots
I am a bit disappointed or maybe I did something wrong? I tried royal theme and miui sony theme and the only thing that changed was wifi icons and some stuff in the notification are. If anyone knows some full themes that would be great. Screenshots attached, first two are royal elegance and the last one is sony miui. I only took screen shots of what was themed because nothing else changed for me
I would suggest The guy who did True Icon (keygenSVK)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286137) I believe gave up on it at 4.2.2
There is a post later that had this Link hidden...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k7wttxi31jxl8jv/trueicon1.01-Updated-for-Omega-Roms.zip
There was someone that Ported that specific Theme to 4.3 OMEGA Rom. I've Personally Flashed it but only a few things changed, mainly App Icons. Nothing on status Bar Changed which is what Iooking for.
I've Used Wanam Exposed to change Colors at least.
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I'm using the DeNITE! Blue Leather Theme, it adds the right amount of "uniqueness" in the notification panel.
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What do your quick toggles look like?
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They look stock. I like the leather notification bar, compliments the back of the Note 10.1 nicely (mine is black).
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