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I am now using the awesome all black mod and was wondering how hard would it be to "all black" the gmail and gtalk apps to match. Black background and white/grey text perhaps. I would think in my case this would save a lot on battery as well as I check email frequently.
I would love this as well though I am just a user, not a programmer or the like. However I don't think this would be too hard. It could be as simple as implementing maybe a high contrast which pretty much almost flips the colors. No idea though
If their layouts, styles, etc are defined in accessible XML files it could probably be done.
yeah add me! this would be an awesome mod. can totally see 2+ days with something like this.
Anyone able to actually do this I poked around some and was unable to make it work.
I'll take a look...
That would be awesome. If you would be willling to share your findings that would be icing on the cake as I would love to learn how to do this myself.I tired to change the background colors by changing color values in the chat_view.xml but that seemed to have no effect. I am sure its just a matter of changing color values in a few key xml files but just dont know where to look.
Thanks again
Check out the thread called "tiles by ardchoille" in the section I think it may be what your looking for
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Wykedx said:
Check out the thread called "tiles by ardchoille" in the section I think it may be what your looking for
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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Thanks for the link but no that is not what I am looking for. What I want is for the background screen inside the apps to be black background with white text. The default for gmail and gtalk is a white background with black text on it.
adm1jtg said:
Thanks for the link but no that is not what I am looking for. What I want is for the background screen inside the apps to be black background with white text. The default for gmail and gtalk is a white background with black text on it.
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Almost positive framework for google apps (gapps) is closed source and not to be modded or distributed. that is why CM got the cease and desist letter.
You could create a metamorph to do this but it would take quite a lot of hunting to find all the .xml files needed, as well as all the .png's used. The easy part would be editing the basic framework files. Editing all the apps you've installed is a whole new story.
Snoop around in framework.res and twframework.res if you like. That's what the AllBlack mm changes.
FYI, Cyanogen got a C&D for the _distribution_ of Google apps. I strongly doubt Google would care if you change the graphics of gapps for yourself, so long as you're not making the apps themselves available for download.
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Any new way to accomplish this?
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Bump (Throws up a shield to avoid tomatoes)
Any new way to accomplish this?
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Same here. I would love to get a blacked out Gmail.
I had found one on a droid x forum recently. Someone has done it.
Scarinzi said:
Same here. I would love to get a blacked out Gmail.
I had found one on a droid x forum recently. Someone has done it.
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Hi,
Blacking out apps is a royal pain to do it right. I've been working on this for my newest (still unreleased) honeycomb theme, and its slow, and tedious. I can spend hours changing one color value, or one line of code, re-compiling, push to phone, test, only for it to not work properly, and then I have to undo the change, and start over.
https://picasaweb.google.com/113127051130934911253/HoneycombTheme?feat=directlink
Gmail for instance, uses XML layouts, colors coded into the java directly, and then custom CSS for the message view.
I've been tweaking and debugging for days, and still can't override enough of the font colors to black out the message view to a level I'm happy with.
Anyway, I've done gmail, gtalk, googlevoice (well, like 90%, can't blackout the setup process properly no matter how I try) AOSP 2.2 calendar (I hate touchwiz) CM6/AOSP Mms (just touchups), google quick-search-box, twitter 2.0.1, android market, and the ABSOLUTE worst of them all, google maps (only like 85-90%, I can't decompile the resources, so some parts will never be inverted properly.) And then there were also tweaks to Contacts, Browser, Beautiful widgets, Voodoo control app, and the frameworks themselves.
And I still need to blackout facebook, google reader, google books, and a few more.
I had planned on releasing eventually, but in order to blackout maps, the framework-res.apk has to invert every call for a "light" theme to "black" instead, so it WILL break other apps that use custom display styles, but rely on default android text colors (or vice-versa.) And of course, if anyone starts asking for a release-date, I'll likely just abandon it entirely. This was all done for my own personal enjoyment and use, not anyone else's.
Blah, sorry for sounding *****y, I'm tired of people causing drama in the android world, its supposed to be FUN, not high-school.
Cheers, =)
s0niqu3 said:
Hi,
Blacking out apps is a royal pain to do it right. I've been working on this for my newest (still unreleased) honeycomb theme, and its slow, and tedious. I can spend hours changing one color value, or one line of code, re-compiling, push to phone, test, only for it to not work properly, and then I have to undo the change, and start over.
https://picasaweb.google.com/113127051130934911253/HoneycombTheme?feat=directlink
Gmail for instance, uses XML layouts, colors coded into the java directly, and then custom CSS for the message view.
I've been tweaking and debugging for days, and still can't override enough of the font colors to black out the message view to a level I'm happy with.
Anyway, I've done gmail, gtalk, googlevoice (well, like 90%, can't blackout the setup process properly no matter how I try) AOSP 2.2 calendar (I hate touchwiz) CM6/AOSP Mms (just touchups), google quick-search-box, twitter 2.0.1, android market, and the ABSOLUTE worst of them all, google maps (only like 85-90%, I can't decompile the resources, so some parts will never be inverted properly.) And then there were also tweaks to Contacts, Browser, Beautiful widgets, Voodoo control app, and the frameworks themselves.
And I still need to blackout facebook, google reader, google books, and a few more.
I had planned on releasing eventually, but in order to blackout maps, the framework-res.apk has to invert every call for a "light" theme to "black" instead, so it WILL break other apps that use custom display styles, but rely on default android text colors (or vice-versa.) And of course, if anyone starts asking for a release-date, I'll likely just abandon it entirely. This was all done for my own personal enjoyment and use, not anyone else's.
Blah, sorry for sounding *****y, I'm tired of people causing drama in the android world, its supposed to be FUN, not high-school.
Cheers, =)
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I don't blame you at all.
If you decide to make this available to everybody, it will be awesome. Good work.
I couldn't find it on XDA but a quick Google search found one on a droid x forum in zip form.
I flashed it with CWM and it worked.
Not as nice looking throughout as s0niqu3's but looks alot better than the regular version.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/blacked-out/128296-release-gmail-2-3-4-1-blacked-out.html
I found a, new to me, widget that will replace the missing Friend Stream. The app is called SocialStream and is a 2 part app.
The first is a widget that looks kind of like the older version of Friend Stream. It will display Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds. It allows you to choose the update time and how many posts are available to be seen. You can also set the color of the link and regular text. This is all done at the time you set up the widget.
Edit to add: To get the color selection to work you need to choose the new color and then tap on the color dot in the middle. This will select the new color and then tap save settings to get out of the settings area.
The second part of the app is a status updater. It will update your status is Facebook and Twitter at the same time. It is called kAmMa's Status Updater and is located in the app drawer. This is where you set up the logins for your accounts and what RSS feeds you want to see.
My overall opinion right now is that it is an OK replacement for Friend Stream. It is not nearly as polished as Friend Stream and was a bit more difficult to get started. I'm having trouble changing the link text color which makes the links hard for me to read right at the moment. I'm hoping to get it figured out. It doesn't seem to be maintained any longer as the last post in the thread was from March of this year so I wouldn't expect it to get any better. It's not available via the Play Store so you will need to side load it.
Link to Widget: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=795673
Hello everybody, this is my first theme, and I hope it's a good enough product for XDA and the Streak 5 community!
I have been forced by circumstances to stop all hobby projects for some time, and unfortunately this includes this theme. If anyone has the time and wants to continue work on this theme, or just to make a theme starting from this one, he/she is free to do so, as long as the people I have thanked here in the thread as well as myself are credited. Once again, thank you _n0p_ for a good ROM and I apologize for leaving my work unfinished.
Before I start, I want to thank _2bad4u_, nickshertzer and tenorntex for letting me use PNG's from their MattedBlues theme, the original MattedBlues theme creators for their theme, Google for a much improved interface for Android after version 4.0, LG for their smart (IMO) mod of white popups and backgrounds, and _n0p_ most for the most complete ROM for Streak, and the best performing one. (_n0p_, if you could add longpress-back-key-to-kill-app functionality from CM in DSC, I'll owe you a big case of beer.)
NOTE
This theme is made for DSC (1.5 currently) running in MDPI Portrait. I didn't test extensively in Landscape, but so far I didn't find any bugs that weren't already there in Portrait, so I guess it's ok. I have NOT tested any other GB ROM, DSC version, or other DPI, and I DO NOT guarantee that it will work if you flash this theme on anything other than DSC 1.5.
Installation Instructions
I am a noob with the more complicated stuff, so I went for the simplest solution I could find. In post #3 are .zip files that contain the framework, systemui and settings app. Just flash the suitable zip using Streakmod Recovery and you're good to go. USE ONLY ONE ZIP. The difference between them is explained in the Bugs post.
DESCRIPTION
As some of you probably agree, stock GB looks like crap, stock ICS looks much better. So I started making a theme for DSC, my ROM of choice, that would fulfill (most of) my aesthetic and functional ideals. However, this is an ICS-inspired theme, not an attempt to replicate that interface style, so please don't ask me to copy ICS, because that's not what I'm trying to do. I follow my own guidelines (listed below) when doing this theme, and some of them are actually the opposite of stock ICS.
Main Features
Starting from the ICS look, I want the theme to have the following characteristics:
MDPI base, because on our device, in HDPI, a lot of apps take too much screen space with interface elements, and this lowers the amount of useful information on screen
All white popups (windows, dialogs, popup menus, toasts) with black text, because IMO black on white is easier to see in direct sunlight , given the same screen brightness and text size, and we don't have LED screens so the battery drain isn't any higher. Also, popups should be obvious and clearly visible, either because they were brought up by the user, or because they were brought up by Android and contain useful information
Blue text (on black) for titles, hints and other text that can't be interacted with (pressed, copied), to better distinguish from black or white text, that can be copied, pressed or otherwise interacted with
Clear text hierarchy: Main (application) title (largest), Category title (large), Main text, buttons (medium), subtext/note/description (small)
Secondary modifications
There is also a number of smaller scale modifications, that include but are not limited to
Bigger text on buttons, because MDPI makes it too small on our device
Bigger text in Recent Applications, because it takes up the whole screen anyway
Thin volume/seek bars, ICS Style, with handle (not in the Music app, because the app isn't themed)
Modded Settings app for ICS Icons
Modded Quick Toggles from the DSC ROM to suit the theme, added overscroll effect
Modded gradient background
ICS notification icons
New menu popup icons
Replaced radio buttons with check buttons, for consistency
Increased text size in popup menus to Medium (from small), decreased text size from the "more" popup menu to Medium (from large). (Why were they different in stock GB?? It's basically the same menu!)
Hidden the Notifications and Ongoing titles from Notifications (but not the separators), because they are useless, every Android user knows which is which, and the notifications are already full of text most of the time
more stuff I don't remember now but you'll find out!
SCREENSHOTS
KNOWN BUGS
I have modified quite a few things for this theme, so a few bugs are to be expected. Here are listed the known bugs, and below I attached screenshots.
1. The stock phone app has some trouble with backgrounds other than black, as far as I can tell. In the screenshots you see a black square behind the "call" icon in the call log. It can be fixed using a non-transparent icon that covers that entire space, but since I'm using exDialer (MIUI fan!) with the white ICS theme, this fix was low on my priority list. I will add it in a later version for those who want the stock phone app, but I recommend you use another dialer/contacts app if the theme is important, because I will not theme other apps than the ones already themed. I don't have a lot of time and I've already worked more than I wanted to do this theme.
2. The stock alarm clock app also has problems with the gradient background. The alarm times are not visible in portrait, only in landscape (it's visible in the screenshots). You can turn the alarms on and off, and if you press the bugged area where the alarm time used to be, it still takes you to the alarm edit screen, where there are no bugs, so it's only the alarm selection screen that has bugs. I won't be theming this app either, so again I suggest using a different alarm app if you want to have the gradient background.
3. The email app overlaps 1 bigger and 1 smaller activity title bar. I don't know why, and I haven't used the stock theme since I started working on this one to know if the problem was there before. Again, I won't be theming this app either, so there probably won't be any fixes coming from me.
4. Not really a bug, but in some apps the popup menus use some of their own icons and some of the icons from the framework you have installed. In most cases they won't be the same and will look like crap together, and there's no fix (that I know of) other than theming all the other apps (which I won't do). Below is a screenshot of the issue in Terminal Emulator.
5. Mismatched light bottom popup. I couldn't track down the problem, and now I won't be able to.
BUG FIXES
A fix for the clock and phone, for those who do not want to use alternate phone or clock apps, is to eliminate the gradient background and revert to the stock black background. Until I find an alternative fix, I will attach 2 zips for each release version, a black background and a gradient background. Other than that there is no difference between them.
BUG REPORTING
If you find a bug, either in stock apps or in other apps, and you are sure it's my theme that causes the problem and not a problem with the app itself, then please report here. A screenshot would be most helpful as well. Bugs include white on white, black on black or grey on grey text (popups aren't perfectly white, so white text could still be visible, and black text should be visible on grey popups)
Releases
Releases
Current version: 0.6b for DSC 1.5
v0.6b changelog:
-Grey panel_background png, used for USSD popup and Root Explorer permissions popup, for example, is now white
-minor color modifications
-bottom part of popup fixed
As stated in the Bugs post, "gradient_background_vXX.zip" is the full theme, while "black_background_vXX.zip" uses the stock black background to eliminate the phone and alarm clock bugs. Flash either one using Streakmod, over DSC 1.5.
Great job, i like it, make's wanna come back to dsc. Because it's a great rom, and now it's looking like ics. Great job.
_2bad4u_ said:
Great job, i like it, make's wanna come back to dsc. Because it's a great rom, and now it's looking like ics. Great job.
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Thanks man. Now I regret my decision a little, it's a lot of work to do a theme, more than I thought. I hope people like it.
Please make it for longhorn2.9.3. pls
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Both framework-res and systemUI are missing META-INF folder with manifest. This will cause system to bootloop (no rights in system) right from start, or if you are lucky, after factory reset
Simply copy that folder from original.
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Attached - quickly changed manifest and install script of black background version, works for me.
_n0p_ said:
Both framework-res and systemUI are missing META-INF folder with manifest. This will cause system to bootloop (no rights in system) right from start, or if you are lucky, after factory reset
Simply copy that folder from original.
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Attached - quickly changed manifest and install script of black background version, works for me.
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Fixed! It always booted fine for me, so I never checked, I completely forgot. Thanks! I'll be using your install procedure from now on.
Edit: I just tested and saw the message the install script shows. Very cool, thank you. I always wanted something like that!
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Please make it for longhorn2.9.3. pls
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I'm sorry, but to port the theme to CM based ROMs is like starting over, as far as I know. I need to take a look at it to be sure. It's too much to do for the little time I have at the moment. Maybe I'll look into it once the theme goes into a more final stage. Right now I'm trying to track down all the bugs and make the last few popups white.
Sorry, i forgot to mention that you need to also copy AndroidManifest.xml from source.
I will try to diff and create a zip mod for your theme.
This will free us from recreating the theme for framework/system apps changes.
[ROM] 【4.4.2_r4】【SENSE-6.0】(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.9•'´¯)【11/14/14】【VZW】【SPR】【INT】
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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* Your warranty is now void.
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do
* some research if you have any concerns about features in this
* ROM before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these
* modifications, and if you point the finger at me for
* messing up your device, I will look away with an evil grin...
Features:
Sense 6.0
Massively Debloated (less than half the size of Stock)
All Social Media Removed (I like a fresh, clean rom)
Android KitKat 4.4.2_r4
Xposed Framework
Hand selected, pre-installed modules that you're sure to enjoy which include a variety of different options such as:
-APM (Advanced Power Menu)
-Video Screen Recorder
-Dark Theme
-Youtube commercial remover
-Bluetooth unlocked to transfer ANY files
-Center Clock Mod
-Circle Battery Mod
-Security Flag Disabler for Screenshots
-Play Store DPI spoofer for missing apps (Make sure you set it to 480)
-Double Tap Status Bar to Sleep
-Tap status bar clock for alarm
-Screenshot delay remover
-Transparency for just about anything
-Brightness Slider
-Custom status bar icons
-Android L Heads Up Notifications
-Long Press Back to kill
-Power button during sleep for flashlight
-and much, much, more!
Support Music Ringtones
Shortened that annoying shut down vibration by 1/2
Custom Bookmarks
Faster SMS retries on sms fails.
Gif animations auto enabled in browser
Default HotSpot name changed
Annoying Wi-Fi Popup Nag removed
Delivery Reports enabled by default
WiFi Disconnect Notifications enabled
Custom Boot and Shutdown Animation
ALL Gapps completely up to date
Apps that would be found in the playstore have been moved to data apps so as not to clutter the system.
Navigation icon is back! Yet still on the latest maps
Flashlight
Extreme Power Saver Launcher
Beats and BoomSound Pre-Installed (can be turned off)
Custom Wallpaper
Fast and Light rom, built for speed!
What's Working:
EVERYTHING
Variant Editions
ADRENALINE NEO (Variant of the Official Release)
This is the rom further de-bloated to my personal liking and is created specifically for me. I'm really a sort of no-frills kinda guy yet I still appreciate some theme action and abilities. However, I have chosen to share this with everyone. I will not address complaints or issues resulting the use of this version as to what's missing or what you'd like to add back however I don't mind helping with the usual crash or system related issues should any ever arise.
The following separates it from the standard release:
APPS REMOVED
*Bluetooth unlock module
*All Apps Mirror Enabler
*Double Tap Status Bare to sleep module
*Google Navigation Arrow
*Play Store Fixes module
*ALL WIDGETS EXCEPT FOR WEATHER CLOCK
*ALL HTC BACKUP, VZW BACKUP, ETC BACKUP Utilities except Google Backups
*ALL live wallpapers and live wallpaper functionality
*Music Channel Disabled and removed (I've noticed a major decrease in audio *quality once switching over to the animations until a full reboot takes place and you stay away from it)
*Verizon Visual Voicemail
*The extra added ringtones and the Earthquake alert removed (no earthquakes where I live)
*All Mirror Casting services
*NFC and TAG abilities
*VZW Cloud Service
*Media output like HDMI output, etc.
*Boot-up and Boot-down custom animations
ADRENALINE DEVELOPER (Variant of the Official Release)
I created the Developer Edition for you guys who like to take a reasonably debloated base without Neo's adding like and dislikes and drag and drop apk files whether from the computer into the rom zip or from in your phone using a root explorer app to add back in apps you want. The Developer Edition is debloated even further than my Neo Edition as I've removed those apps which catered to me and only contains your most basic features: Calculator, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Data, Flashlight, Gallery, Mail, Playstore, Talk, and Text. For those who like to build up their own DD, this can be used as a starting point for dragging and dropping back into the rom things you need.
Aside from what is already removed in the Developer's Edition, the following has also been removed (but can be added back in at your discretion/ability):
APPS REMOVED
*Google Maps
*Youtube AdAway module
*Screenshot Delay Remover module
*The XPosed Installer
*Flashlight
*GoogleTTS (Google Text To Speech Engine)
Installation InstructionsI recommend users of this rom to be on the latest firmware and Hboot with an s-off device.
NOTE: You need to be on at least TWRP 2.7.1.1 or above if you intend to flash this rom.
If you are NOT on this recovery and have a rom complaint, I will not address it.
DO NOT WIPE SYSTEM WHILE IN RECOVERY UNLESS YOU WANT PROBLEMS.
The installer script does it for you already. Simply do a factory reset "Swipe Wipe" and you're good to go.
Flashing Procedures are as follows:
1. Put the Rom on the root of your internal memory
2. Compare MD5 Sum
-Windows: MD5 Calculator
-LINUX: Open Terminal and type: md5sum [path to the rom on your sd card]
-Mac: Open a terminal and type: md5 [path to the rom on your sd card]
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. Scroll down and select "Wipe"
5. Do a "Swipe Wipe"
7. Install Rom from SD Card
8. Reboot and enjoy!
For Best results, reboot the rom once after it has settled after all your syncing and such. You will need to reboot anyway in order to active the xposed framework.
Further questions about the ROM
Please check the FAQ in the second post. (Coming Soon)
Note: DO NOT Mirror this Rom, Quote this entire OP, or Use this as a base for your Rom. Thanks.
DOWNLOAD
Thank You to the following individuals for their heavy involvement in making this possible for the HTC One Max and for their continued efforts to improving the platform:
Flyhalf205 Answering questions and a few files from his base - Donate
[email protected] For showing me how to theme and the use of his Sprint base - Donate
rovo89 - For his XPosed FrameworkKernel Source:
Stock OEM Factory Shipped Kernel
Guys if you like the rom, consider donating! It's always appreciated and will go directly to helping me support my mini me's insatiable desire to consume ice cream!
I WANT TO DONATE TO NEO!
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CHANGEL LOG / OTHER DOWNLOADS / Q&A
CHANGE LOG
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*Initial Release
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.1•'´¯)
***A Clean Flash is recommended, but not required***
*Fixed Music Player Force Close on launch
*Re-Added HTC Theme Engine and with customized theme choices! (a few more to come in the future)
*Fixed the missing images for selecting fingerprints in the fingerprint scanner settings.
*Fixed some Gallery Force Close issues
*Kernel Frequencies are now set at a defaulted lower minimum (saves on battery!)
*New Zoe Beta added with community support and help info
*HTC Keyboard data reduced (faster and lag-free)
*All XPosed Modules Updated
*All Google Apps Updated
*Xtended Settings Module added which brings the following added features:
-Statusbar Changes like Clock, Battery, MIUI Battery Bar with animation styles, color changes, etc.
-HTC Sense Settings such as animations, color changes, icon and folder modification, blinkfeed mods, etc.
-System options such as led flash during charge, flashlight flash for notifications, button backlight brightness, etc.
-Lockscreen Options such as AOSP lock with custom widgets, weather image style, gestures, custom shortcuts, etc.
-Several custom programmable button settings
-Misc settings like access to the old *#*#4636#*#* diag screen, overscroll custom color, etc.
-There are a Plethora of abilities that the Xtended Settings Xposed module is capable of and most of them can be viewed on the Developer's page HERE
*Xtended Sound Effects (Xtended Settings Module)
-Bass Booster
-Intensity
-Virtualizer
-Reverb Levels
-Preset and programmable custom equalizers
*Gravity Box Xposed module added which brings several features to play. Gravity Box was meant for AOSP but many of the mods work nicely for sense. Search through it and you may find something you like
*HTC Backup removed (who really uses this anyway?)
*Visualization Wallpapers re-added
*30 custom wallpapers added
*More foreign fonts removed
*A few apps Re-added for stability issues
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.2•'´¯)
***A CLEAN FLASH IS REQUIRED***
*Completely Re-Based and Rebuilt from scratch on 4.4.2_r2!
*Visual Voicemail Fixed
*Screen Casting Fixed (I think)
*Phone Crash/Drop Calls/Fail to ring Fixed
*Fixed Contacts Instability
*Updated Xtended Settings Module (already outdated again)
*Complete UI Overhaul and new Custom Sense Theme Integration with 15 theme selections! Courtesy of [email protected]
*Updated all other modules
*Fixed Music Channel freeze and crash
*Fixed Visualizer in Music Player freeze and crash
*Fixed BlinkFeed crashes and Instability (I think)
*Fixed Gallery force close when attempting to share albums
*Improved Beats Audio Implementation. Now louder and crisper than ever!
*Removed Zoe as it is a Social Media downloadable from the PlayStore
*Fixed Turn by Turn Navigations (Now speaks street names)
*Fixed "Ok Google" Anywhere Integration (can now say "Ok Google" from any app or screen including the lock screen (requires an elective activation in Voice Search)
*Fixed the I/O Crash when plugging up to a pc via USB cable
*Security Improvements
*GPS Improvements
*Debloated further
*Much faster, smoother, and more battery efficient then the other versions.
*Switched back to stock oem kernel (Fly's is still flashable from his kernel thread if you want it)
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.3•'´¯)
***A CLEAN FLASH IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED***
*Taken back to unmodified, fresh, new RUU. Pulled, Deodexed, and modified by me alone. Rebuilt from scratch.
*Fixed Sense 6 Toolbox Module crash!
*Fixed HTC Backup! Selection for Google Drive or DropBox
*Fixed other phone/account transfer functionality including vzw backup assistant
*Removed the recently added Genie Widget (meant for AOSP as our Weather Clock does this already)
*Added the Live Wallpapers back in
*Added Street View back in
*Disabled the WiFi Pop-up nag whenever launching apps (I hated that thing)
*Disabled the wipe policy for incorrect password attempts
*Re-Enabled Extreme Power Saver Mod
*Re-Enabled Allowance and Support for National Roaming
*Hid Setup Wizard and Help from the App Drawer
*Enabled Notification LED Color (Untested and likely won't work)
*Re-Enabled Support for Group Messages
*Enabled support for MMS shared browser screenshots (untested)
*Enabled support of gyro functions
*Enabled support of No lock screen
*Defaulted allowance for non market app installs
*Defaulted GPS location on
*Re-Added my custom wallpapers
*Changed default home screen to display Weather Clock once again
*Added XDA and My Site to your bookmarks
*Enabled SMS and MMS delivery ports by default
*Upped the max recipients per MMS ans SMS from 20 to 100 (no idea if this will work lol)
*Google Location settings enabled by default
*Removed CD Rom mount and PCTool so you won't have 3-4 pop up windows when connecting to the PC
*Removed more Social Networks Integration for further power saving and debloat
*Removed a handful of unnecessary libs cluttering the system
*Re-Added Device management as it's required by a few processes which includes phone finding apps as well
*Re-Added the Google+ Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Re-Added the Instagram Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Re-Added the Linked-in Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Removed the HTC File Manager (Did anyone really use this anyway?)
*Updated Gapps
*Updated Modules
*Removed a few unnecessary build.prop edits.
*Debloated further than the previous build, yet retaining full functionality.
*Cleaner, Faster, Most Stable, and even better on battery
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*Moved a stock version of HTC Album back into data/app to fix FC issue with the Downloads Album. This however will keep it from theme changing with everything else
*Added "Mirror Enable" which allows you to Mirror Broadcast from any app
*Added Blurred UI Exposed Module
*Re-Added Visualization wallpaper (by accident)
*Disabled ISO mount on boot
*Disabled the Safe Volume Nag
*Enabled Extra Quick Settings
*Enabled the use of Alarm volume while in Silent Mode
*Added back a few fonts for stability purposes
*Re-added a handful of ringtones
*Re-added SystemUI and keyboard tones
*Re-added the HTC File Manager
*Removed all the Social Network Plug-ins and updated the Social Networks Zip file
*Added the VZW Cloud Storage option
*Fixed the World Clock edit FC issue
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*Introducing Dev Edition and Builder's Edition. More to be explained in the OP soon.
*Updated the Xposed Modules
*Removed Gravity Box as it offered barely any added mods (since it's primarily meant for AOSP)
*Updated Google Apps
*Downgraded Xtended Settings Module from 1.1.0 to 1.0.9 as he is no longer supporting it and the added function of Xtended on-line is dead.
*Removed a few live wallpapers
*Removed Car Dock and Automotive Home support (If many of you truly used this function, let me know and I may re-add it later or create a flashable)
*Removed Street View, but can be re-downloadedfrom the playstore if you need it
*Removed a lot of unnecessary background processes thus improving battery life and memory
*Removed a few of my custom wallpapers (outside of the integrated theme)
*Changed MMS back to the stock MMS. If you want the Bubble theme version b [email protected], it can be obtained from his Themes thread
*Removed the Toggles+ (extra quick settings toggles). If you want them back you may flash [email protected]'s mod in his thread. Keep in mind however that this may break some of the changes I've made to the rom as it will overwrite my modified default.xml in /ACC
*Added the Seeder Entropy generator for a smoother and more improved android experience. Feel it for yourself
*Removed a few more unnecessary libs.
*Removed the Extreme Power Saver Launcher (Already hae a power saver launcher feature in place)
*Removed the ringtone trimmer and low quality sound recorder. If you really need these back just let me know
*removed the Stock app. If you need it back let me know
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[Q]: What is the difference between Textra and Google Messenger?
[A]: A Comprehensive and Thorough User Level Comparison Review of Google's "Messenger" VS Delicious Inc.'s "Textra SMS"
So in an effort to prepare all of you for lollipop in an "ease into it" kind of fashion, I've come to find that many are either hesitant over the newly included messaging app, or would rather prefer Google's Messenger app over Textra. It has also occurred to me that many users don't actually know the difference between the two (other than the fact that Textra comes with a dark skin default which is changeable). So I have taken the time to compare the many different abilities and functions that each app provides in comparison to each other (at user level).
I hope that you find this informative enough to make a decision in the future as to which you would prefer. So without further delay, I present to you my review.
Now many of you may not care about the messaging app as you've selected Hangouts to be your default SMS receiver. For those of you like myself however that prefer SMS messages to be kept separate from hangouts, this may be of good use to you.
So to the Left we have Messenger and to the Right we have Textra.
Right off the bat you will notice that Textra does a full system theme where your status bar coloring is altered to reflect the theme (as with most of our apps including our Kit Kat stock Message) where as in Messenger it remains untouched.
You will also notice that the contact icons in Messenger are slightly larger than those appearing in Textra which I personally feel would limit the amount of text being displayed due to the "create a new message" button covering the last recent message. Yet the font is slightly larger in that of the Textra app making it easier to read which is what we care about most in a messaging app.
Both layouts appear to be nearly identical with exception to color.
Here we have an example where a single message has been long pressed.
In Messenger, the message selected is indicated by a slight discoloration of the field in which the text inhabits along with changing the contact icon to a Blue Checkmark (which only deselects the message if pressed). Notice also the create a new message icon disappears (as it is not needed for this current function).
In Textra, the message selected is indicated by a highlighted check mark that shuffles in from the left of the message (shuffling the message dates to the right off screen). Additionally, the create a new message button in the bottom right corner becomes a grayed out Checkmark which when pressed, changes color and selects every message currently in the chat summary. However, there is no Archive function built into Textra as there is in Messenger which for some of you, very well may be a deal breaker as you may actually use that function (I don't).
The options that appear above in Messenger are that of cancel (go back), Archive, Delete, and options.
The options that appear above in Textra are that of cancel (go back) Silence notifications, delete, and options.
In the following two images, we see what a multi message selections looks like in both Messenger on the left, and Textra on the right.
Immediately in Messenger, the options button vanishes and converts into simply silence notifications (as that is apparently the only multi message function it can perform).
However in Textra, the options to silence, delete, and "options" remain.
I have gone and deselected one of the messages in both Messenger and Textra so that we can compare and explore the options that are presented for a selected message (since it disappears in Messenger if multiple messages are selected). However, I have included the multi selected messages in Textra also so that you can see the options remain unchanged.
To the left, Messenger displays the only options to be Silencing notifications (which for some reason was not available until multi messages were selected) Add contact which adds the person to your contacts if not already, and block or “blacklisting” (which prevents you from receiving their messages).
To the Right, Textra displays Notifications Settings, Bubble Color settings, Delivery Report settings, Signatures, and black listing. Keep in mind also that silencing notifications is already present in the main window as well.
Since we pretty much already know what Notifications off, add contact, and block do, we will go over them through Textra while we explore the additional options it has to offer in the next images to follow.
We now are looking at the notifications settings specifically for the selected messages. What you will notice, is that in Textra you can define message/people specific themes, options, and settings.
In here you can enable or disable notifications on the main page.
Tap Notifications allow you to select the action to be taken when you tap a message notification from that specific message/person. You can choose to open a floating quick reply window that will disappear after you send a message and resume whatever activity you were currently doing, or you can have it open textra like most stock messaging apps will do.
Floating notifications settings will allow you to decide the duration of the pop up notification for that specific contact (should you decide to have pop up notifications in the previous setting)
Notification Icon Settings allows you to decide what color that selected contact/message should appear in. As you can see, there are 44 different color options to choose from (wow!)
LED Blink Color is an awesome option for phones that support it. You have the ability to specify what color your selected message/contact should appear in when you have received a message from them. While our device doesn't support every color listed, I have taken the liberty of providing you with the huge variety of LED colors that actually do work for our device: Green & Red.
Default Notification sound although "says" Ringtone, actually pulls from your notifications folder (like it's supposed to).
Vibrate Settings allow you to set specific vibration instructions for that particular selected contact/message.
Now, if you've elected to allow vibrations, you can go so far as to even select contact/message specific vibrate patterns!
Wake Up Screen options allow you to decide whether or not a message from that particularly selected individual should wake your phone and turn screen on or not.
Repeat notifications let's you decide how often your phone should harass you for not checking or acknowledging the newly received message per contact/person. Hey if it's mom you may actually want it to keep telling you her message is waiting to be seen
This ends all the options available for Notifications.
Backing out now we select the option to go into Bubble Colors for the specific contact/message. You can decide what color your text bubbles should be in, and what color their text bubbles should be in. Check it out, you have 42 color options
This ends the options available for Bubbles.
Backing out now we select the option for Delivery Reports
Here you can decide if you want to receive a report for a MMS or SMS message successfully received by the end user's device to which you sent a message to. Very handy for those who claim they never got your message or simply informative to you for those who honestly didn't receive it and perhaps should be called.
This ends the options available for Delivery Reports.
Backing out now we select the option for Signatures to be displayed in your messages to these specifically selected individuals. After having opted to include a message, you can edit and create your own. Note that after confirming your new signature, the signature displayed looks overwritten but a quick back out and back in to the Settings will provide you with visual proof of the correct change. (This is likely a glitch they are probably working out).
This ends the options available for Signatures.
Backing out and selecting the Blacklist option will immediately BlackList (block) those messages selected from ever being received to your device again. Don't worry however, as this can be undone by going to the main settings for the app outside of these message specific options we've explored through this review. Pay no mind to the fact that I just blacklisted my mother-in-law by "accident"
Deselecting all the contacts in both Messenger (Hey what was this app for again?) and Textra, we are now able to enter their Primary App Options via the same options button to the top right of both apps.
Notice that since Messenger has Archive functions, you are able to go into your Archived Messages as seen in the image above. Since I don't have any messages archived, none will appear but if you had used it to Archive them, that is where you would find them. This is the same feature that is present in Google Hangouts where you can archive a conversation for later viewing (and to keep it out of your primary chat summary).
On the main page you will see a search button (magnifying glass). Perhaps you had a conversation with someone a long time ago in your messages about a certain topic but can't remember who it was or when it took place. To easily recall that conversation, you can type in a word or phrase used in the message as indicated in these examples.
A very crucial thing here to note, is that Messenger will only highlight and provide you with the very last time the subject was ever discussed and take you back to that moment in time via clicking on it.
Textra however, will display a brief message from each and every time that particular subject was discussed and take you to that exact moment in time you were looking for by clicking on the specific search result.
Since it will be extremely brief, due to the minimal activity taking place in this app, we will go ahead and explore the main options taking place in Google's Messenger App first.
As you can see, aside from having 0 message specific settings, only very little remains for any of the global settings. Whether or not you want notifications for all incoming messages, one specific sound for all, whether or not all vibrate or don't, and your typical MMS settings which appear in every MMS app.
Now in Textra's Main Global Options/Settings, we see all the following choices.
Many of these you recognize from the per message/contact options/settings we covered earlier. These will be the primary settings to take place globally in no settings are specified per contact/message.
We will only cover those that were not covered in the individual settings.
Under the "About" option, selecting "What's New?" will give us a detailed change log for all the advancements Textra has made per release.
Enable Debugging is set for times when Textra provides support to you for an issue related to their app (wow)
Tell your friends allows you to share the playstore link for this app via a variety of different sharing options.
Resync Textra does what it says: Basically re-syncs all your messages should you have strayed away experimenting with other apps that intercept messages and wish to return to stability It will re-sync everything for you without changing any of your settings.
This ends the About Options.
Backing back out into Settings you'll notice a support button. Click this and you will have the option to contact the developers directly with any issues you may have that aren't listed in their provided Q&A/FAQ listed below. They also provide a button to tap to link directly to their Feedback Forum (yeah, they have one).
This ends the Support Options.
Backing back out into the main Settings, there is a Customize Look menu. Here you can change the text size of the fonts being viewed as presented in the image above.
You can also change the Dark Mode Settings to "Off", Dark (default) and Black.
In Theme color, you can change the overal theme color of the entire app! You have 40 selectable themes to choose form. Take notice of the checkmark and circle color of each theme you select. It is the color of your secondary colors like menu option font color, check boxes, etc.
Under the Default Notifications Settings, the only difference you'll see that wasn't discussed before is whether or not floating notifications will appear while the phone is both locked and unlocked (or duration of the notifications).
All the other settings are global and as mentioned before, work for all those who don't have individually set settings.
This ends our exploration of the Settings options.
Now, we go into a message as it appears in Messenger.
Uh oh, my chat window with my buddy Justin is in Pink and White?? Gee thanks Google.. Apparently, Google thought it would be cute to pre-select random theme colors per conversation in your messages. There is no way to change the color options as they appear in this conversation nor can you change any of your chat bubble colors or font sizes.
Long pressing a message as indicated in the second picture above yields a couple options. Delete that single post, return to the chat, Forward that post to another contact, or information regarding that post (type, from, to, sent, received).
There is no multi selection option, there is no swiping side to side for additional options or navigations. However options for the entire message is present without post selection.
Now in Textra, I'm happy to say that I have assigned this theme to the chat with my buddy and I.
Pressing on his image pulls up his personal info and gives me the option to call.
Swiping from left to right in the chat window sends me right back into my main chat summary.
Swiping from right to left however, will display the exact time and date of every sent and received message regardless of the time interval between as indicated in the 3rd image.
Long pressing a message gives me the option to multi-select individual posts where I can either trash them, send them all as a new message to someone in my contacts, forward the messages to another contact, copy the text, lock the individual posts, or share in an email Man I love options!
This concludes my review of both Textra VS Messenger.
I hope you have found it enlightening and will have taught you how to operate either app like a pro by the time Lollipop roms surface.
Guess now I should go and un-blackllist my Mother-In-Law
Mine for Skittles
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What devices are supported
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What devices are supported
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Only the HTC One Max Verizon variant.
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Niiice!! Great job man!
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Only the HTC One Max Verizon variant.
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Do you think Sprint will be added? Sounds like a great Rom regardless
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Do you think Sprint will be added? Sounds like a great Rom regardless
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I may consider other variants in the future.
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friday nite delite
alright Thank you i am fixing to flash it as its
Friday nite and ill have all the time i need to set it up
-itle be my friday nite delite -THANK YOU
Thanks Neo... I've been waiting for you to release a Rom for the Max... I will install tomorrow.
I have no idea whats wrong! Fresh install. Did factory reset. Nandroid first of course. Booted up fine and logged into my Google account. Once I hit the home screen for the first time it rebooted. It has continued to reboot every time it boots into android since then. Can't even get my apps to finish restoring from the Play Store. Not to mention my Google account as a whole hasn't synced lol. Help?
xhunter187 said:
I have no idea whats wrong! Fresh install. Did factory reset. Nandroid first of course. Booted up fine and logged into my Google account. Once I hit the home screen for the first time it rebooted. It has continued to reboot every time it boots into android since then. Can't even get my apps to finish restoring from the Play Store. Not to mention my Google account as a whole hasn't synced lol. Help?
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Did you follow my instructions for flashing exactly as described in the OP? Also, are you S=OFF? Keep in mind also that this is only for the Verizon variant.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Did you follow my instructions for flashing exactly as described in the OP? Also, are you S=OFF? Keep in mind also that this is only for the Verizon variant.
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Of course! I learned a long time ago back with my Rezound to follow your instructions. Yes I am S-OFF, Unlocked, using 2.7.1.1, didn't wipe system in recovery, and have a Verizon One Max.
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Of course! I learned a long time ago back with my Rezound to follow your instructions. Yes I am S-OFF, Unlocked, using 2.7.1.1, didn't wipe system in recovery, and have a Verizon One Max.
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Baffling man.. Are you flashing gapps or something? Should just be wipe, flash, boot. Make sure you're flashing the standard rom and not dev edition. Only thing I can think of is perhaps your phone doesn't like the high kernel frequency.. As soon as it boots, try going into trickster and drop the max frequency down a few notches.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Baffling man.. Are you flashing gapps or something? Should just be wipe, flash, boot. Make sure you're flashing the standard rom and not dev edition. Only thing I can think of is perhaps your phone doesn't like the high kernel frequency.. As soon as it boots, try going into trickster and drop the max frequency down a few notches.
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Clean flashed again. Got into Trickster and dropped it down to 156600 and dropped read ahead to 2048. Also dropped GPU to 400. Set all to apply on boot. Didn't even sign into Google this time. Kinda just skipped through the setup process. Still rebooting. I haven't been able to flash any custom kernels on my One Max. Fly and Lunar both cause the same thing.
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Clean flashed again. Got into Trickster and dropped it down to 156600 and dropped read ahead to 2048. Also dropped GPU to 400. Set all to apply on boot. Didn't even sign into Google this time. Kinda just skipped through the setup process. Still rebooting. I haven't been able to flash any custom kernels on my One Max. Fly and Lunar both cause the same thing.
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Bummer. On Monday I'll create a flashable zip for the stock kernel for those who have issues on these custom ones and I'll add it to post #2.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Bummer. On Monday I'll create a flashable zip for the stock kernel for those who have issues on these custom ones and I'll add it to post #2.
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Thanks a lot! I was really hoping to finally be able to try FlyKernel. Do you think I would be able to just flash Flyhalfs stock insecure on your rom? Plus any idea why your rom won't play nice with my phone? Either way..... Great to have you back making HTC phones awesome!
xhunter187 said:
Thanks a lot! I was really hoping to finally be able to try FlyKernel. Do you think I would be able to just flash Flyhalfs stock insecure on your rom? Plus any idea why your rom won't play nice with my phone? Either way..... Great to have you back making HTC phones awesome!
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This has Fly's 2.4 kernel baked in so if you've had issues flashing his or any other custom kernels, then you're bound to continue having them if they are baked in.
There are a handful of things that would need to change in order for you to run this rom on a stock sense 6 kernel and I will have a flashable for you on Monday.
As for why you have issues flashing their kernels, you may wanna get with them to figure out what's up.
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Rom is sick... Everything is working great. Still playing around with it.
Thanks!
I'm trying to make a custom ROM (for now, only for x86, because I don't want to flash anything on my actual phone) and I want to modify the default UI throughout the entire system. This includes colors, outlines, corners on buttons, etc. Is there something in the AOSP source that would allow me to make these changes? I'm hoping I don't have to open the source for each individual application to change the look.
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I'm trying to make a custom ROM (for now, only for x86, because I don't want to flash anything on my actual phone) and I want to modify the default UI throughout the entire system. This includes colors, outlines, corners on buttons, etc. Is there something in the AOSP source that would allow me to make these changes? I'm hoping I don't have to open the source for each individual application to change the look.
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Sorry to say that but you'll have to mod each and everyone of your apps to have those changes (outlined, colors).
I've heard of a substratum theme that might fit your expectations, but I you want to do it yourself (which is more fun) you'll have to modify each and every apps. When you'll mod systemUI your modification will go "system wide" (quick settings and stuff) but the phone app won't be changed.
Have a good day
@MasterPixelDestroyer
Several XPosed Framework modules exist that do the job.
Study their source code to get an idea how to tweak system UI ( read: home screen ) is done.