Galaxy S5 Mods and Guides Directory
So most people know me from being an active member at the T-mobile Galaxy S3 forums where I had a popular thread that was dedicated to indexing all the mods, tweaks etc. availalble for the
device. Well know that I am switching over to the brand new shiny S5 I figured that I would start the same! Development is just picking up on the brand new device so its easy just to start from scratch and update it
as more gets released.If you know of any that I missed, please post and I will update it as soon as possible.Please note that I am aware that there is not many already but they are being
worked on and this thread will be updated when they are released.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Obtaining Root Properly
Known Issues -
Samsung Knox will get tripped
Privacy mode will not function
Xposed installer will work properly but SHealth will not function when the framework is installed.
1) Guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713950.
2) Fix external SD Card issues
Automatic - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
Manual - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51898610#post51898610
System Modifications
Sound Boost - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51851596&postcount=49
Wanam Xposed Module - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/app-wanam-xposed-customize-stock-t2383484
The Wanam Xposed module does work perfectly for many of the mods that people deem to be necessary on other devices.
The 4 Way reboot menu works perfectly as does disabling loudness warning etc.
This is a great temporary solution until the devs start working on hard mods or custom roms.[
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Themes
None Yet
Guides
None Yet
Saved for me
Saved Again
Another one
One more just in case
GravityBOX (KK) works nicely too - change status bar colors - change clock options and quite a few others all working nicely.
mocsab said:
GravityBOX (KK) works nicely too - change status bar colors - change clock options and quite a few others all working nicely.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow thanks. Ironically I think that those are some things that dont seem to work in Wanam. Ill put a link for that later on when I get home from work.
I thought I'd share with everyone that THEMER is finally LG G3 Compatible as of today.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer&hl=en
Installed just fine over the restored version I have.
Now to check out all of the new themes from the last month.
I had been checking daily for an update. I'm glad they finally made it happen. :good:
When I try to pick a theme I get the message...
"Themer is not detecting a supported screen dimension or resolution."
Current screen dimensions
2413x1440, DPI=560
Only the stock DPI is supported for any given device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/themer/general/best-dpi-to-themer-t2842008
And here's their sub forum here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/themer/general
Lastly, this thread has some tips on how you can force compatibility through DPI and other tricks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478947
So is Themer *fully* compatible with the LG G3, or does it just let us download the app and attempt to apply themes?
I had two instances where I was 'testing' themes without having Themer set as my default Home Screen, and it locked up my phone. Had to remove the battery both times in order to reset.
Is this a known issue, having to do with DPI settings needing to be adjusted?
wosiek said:
So is Themer *fully* compatible with the LG G3, or does it just let us download the app and attempt to apply themes?
I had two instances where I was 'testing' themes without having Themer set as my default Home Screen, and it locked up my phone. Had to remove the battery both times in order to reset.
Is this a known issue, having to do with DPI settings needing to be adjusted?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Fully. I've had no issues at all. As long as the DPI and nav bar are stock, shouldn't be any issues.
Thanks. Good theme
Today I tested the Layers Manager on my fresh installed 20A firmware (7HD 7.1 from S3V3N) and happily noticed that RRO layers are working. This might open a new door for theming our beloved G4 running Marshmallow.
Tested some third party layers with success.
The best thing that LG itself is using layers for several system applications. I have to investigate further, but maybe we can have themes for the system apps by using simply layers.
Definitely good news.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"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",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Good news thx @Kickoff
TapTap in 7HD 7.2 3D for LG G4 by S3V3N
Not able to change the looks with layers....maybe i am doing something wrong...
exmatproton said:
Not able to change the looks with layers....maybe i am doing something wrong...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have created some layers for the system apps but no success so far. But the third party layers (G+, PlayStore etc) are definitely working.
Kickoff said:
I have created some layers for the system apps but no success so far. But the third party layers (G+, PlayStore etc) are definitely working.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah ok, getting there, i presume
It works! I was able to change the statusbar icons with an overlay. [emoji6]
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
I am a genius ?
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
We are waiting sir Genius
..... KLAP...KLAP.....
what is it actually? do we need root for that?
emprize said:
what is it actually? do we need root for that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Of course.
Without root no fun.
a inverted / blacked out system ui and settings layer would be fantastic!
using layers for inverted apps at know is not usable because there are here and there some black fonts on dark backgrounds.
I'll comment here so it gets added to my participated list so I can follow it.
As far as getting layers fully working on it, if you are changing status bar icons that you got full system access with rro.
Would need a dump of the system apps and the /framework/framework-res.apk too so the themers can decompile it and take a look at what resources are different.
Since this is the first MM update for any OEM device, we got no clue what changes the oems might making and the resources could be way different.
Since rro works on exact naming of the resource, we need to know the resources in order to be able to theme them.
sykopompos said:
I'll comment here so it gets added to my participated list so I can follow it.
As far as getting layers fully working on it, if you are changing status bar icons that you got full system access with rro.
Would need a dump of the system apps and the /framework/framework-res.apk too so the themers can decompile it and take a look at what resources are different.
Since this is the first MM update for any OEM device, we got no clue what changes the oems might making and the resources could be way different.
Since rro works on exact naming of the resource, we need to know the resources in order to be able to theme them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for coming here and for your interest. I have been following your activities as well and wished for long time that layers would work on LG stock roms. I also posted some question in your G+ circle but had the feeling that you have been focusing on AOSP stuff and OEM-s were not so important (which was also reasonable to a certain extent).
We have a certain subculture here because of the specialties LG implemented into their system. Many thinks are different. If you check my threads you will see my efforts bringing different design concepts to the G3 and the G4. When somebody is coming from AOSP it has to learn many many differencies compared to stock Android. LG has its quick settings panel totally differently, navbar keys are vectors, the system apps are redesigned from zero ground etc... I have been developing my knowledge for years beginning with the G2.
In terms of design MM did not bring many changes. Practically only some icons are redesigned (in my opinion they become not better). Doze has been implemented and the big thing: we can mute our phone without activating DND.
The strange thing that vendor/overlay folder was present even on Kitkat and contained several overlay apk. Unfortunately, could not get Layers Manager working. This definitely changed with MM. Third party apps are working as well. I just released my first theme with simple overlays instead of vrtheme modules. Very nice way of working, I really like it. And are really grateful for all your efforts to maintaining Layers Manager. Niklas helped me also a little bit, so the plugin is working nicely as well.
I have issues, however. I could replace resources in all system apps, but not in framework files (LG uses framework-res.apk and lge-res.apk together). Could not create working layers for the framework. Also not quick settings icons caused headache because the switch on/off animation called different resources than expected although (I am sure) the reference xml-s were fine and contained the correct drawables.
Let me know what I can do for the development of this beautiful tool.
And thanks for coming here again.
Kickoff said:
Thanks for coming here and for your interest. I have been following your activities as well and wished for long time that layers would work on LG stock roms. I also posted some question in your G+ circle but had the feeling that you have been focusing on AOSP stuff and OEM-s were not so important (which was also reasonable to a certain extent).
We have a certain subculture here because of the specialties LG implemented into their system. Many thinks are different. If you check my threads you will see my efforts bringing different design concepts to the G3 and the G4. When somebody is coming from AOSP it has to learn many many differencies compared to stock Android. LG has its quick settings panel totally differently, navbar keys are vectors, the system apps are redesigned from zero ground etc... I have been developing my knowledge for years beginning with the G2.
In terms of design MM did not bring many changes. Practically only some icons are redesigned (in my opinion they become not better). Doze has been implemented and the big thing: we can mute our phone without activating DND.
The strange thing that vendor/overlay folder was present even on Kitkat and contained several overlay apk. Unfortunately, could not get Layers Manager working. This definitely changed with MM. Third party apps are working as well. I just released my first theme with simple overlays instead of vrtheme modules. Very nice way of working, I really like it. And are really grateful for all your efforts to maintaining Layers Manager. Niklas helped me also a little bit, so the plugin is working nicely as well.
I have issues, however. I could replace resources in all system apps, but not in framework files (LG uses framework-res.apk and lge-res.apk together). Could not create working layers for the framework. Also not quick settings icons caused headache because the switch on/off animation called different resources than expected although (I am sure) the reference xml-s were fine and contained the correct drawables.
Let me know what I can do for the development of this beautiful tool.
And thanks for coming here again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The apps shouldn't be a problem, it all comes down to how they are coded, same with system ui for the status bar.
Vectors aren't an issue, we do them already.
Would have to pick through and see the way things are coded for the resources.
As far as the framework-res, would have to look into both lg's and stock to see what the differences are.
As far as vendor/overlay being in kit kat, that was most likely rro iteration 1 and since lollipop it was upgraded to iteration 2 (it was there for a few years but never merged) and the underlying versions are quite different.
sykopompos said:
Would have to pick through and see the way things are coded for the resources.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here you find the extracted system.img of the 20A stock ROM. Files are still uploading, so wait for a while with dl.
We expect that perhaps 20B will be the final MM update to be released worldwide, 20A is a sort of testing version for Poland from the developer site. But this means nothing many of us running 20A based custom ROMs.
Apktool 2.0.2. works fine on the system apps.
Kickoff said:
Here you find the extracted system.img of the 20A stock ROM. Files are still uploading, so wait for a while with dl.
We expect that perhaps 20B will be the final MM update to be released worldwide, 20A is a sort of testing version for Poland from the developer site. But this means nothing many of us running 20A based custom ROMs.
Apktool 2.0.2. works fine on the system apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, I fell asleep and gotta run out and about first thing this morning but with grab them as soon as I get the chance
I couldn't get layers manager to work, but I've been able to theme pretty much everything but settings using a workaround through the /vendor/overlay folder, where LG keeps all of its layers. Wrote it up here http://www.androidorigin.com/lg-g4-themes/
There are apks for settings and LG settings in that folder. I'm sure someone that knows how to theme apps using rro could modify them to theme the rest of the ui.
synesthesiac said:
I couldn't get layers manager to work, but I've been able to theme pretty much everything but settings using a workaround through the /vendor/overlay folder, where LG keeps all of its layers. Wrote it up here http://www.androidorigin.com/lg-g4-themes/
There are apks for settings and LG settings in that folder. I'm sure someone that knows how to theme apps using rro could modify them to theme the rest of the ui.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I already commented your article. You forgot to mention that Layers only work on Marshmallow. Check my Flyme Theme and you will see that it is possible to theme the UI (all LG system apps). I am only struggling with the framework files...
Kickoff said:
I already commented your article. You forgot to mention that Layers only work on Marshmallow. Check my Flyme Theme and you will see that it is possible to theme the UI (all LG system apps). I am only struggling with the framework files...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not true. I have an LG G3 running stock LG software (5.1.1) and layers work fine. LG apps need their own custom layers though (not many resources match aosp). I've made a new settings layer as well as a systemui layer.
Sent from my LG-VS985 using Tapatalk
Great for you. On the G4 layers did not work for me before MM. Tested only 815 international. Don't know how the G3 behaves but learnt the G2 is also struggling with layers.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
Hello,
One of my favorite features to mod in Android has always been the navbar. So much so, a couple years ago I. Purchased Xstana, an Xposed module to mod the navbar. It came with magnificent icons.
I'm currently running a OP 6T on an Android Pie. I'm also running edxposed. I would love to have Xstana back as an operating Xposed module but don't know where to begin .
I'm no newb to decompiling and recompiling apk's.....but mostly I've just done theme relayed png swapping and a little XML editing here and there.
Anyone have any info on how to even begin porting an older Xposed module to a newer version android?
Thanks!
Pain
It's a shame that nobody respond to this... I was wondering the same... Altough I wish I can make this module -
NavBar / StatusBar media visualizer [L-M]to work with Nougat +...
I want to do the same with battery shutdown manager, I found the source on github but even adding new xposed api and sdk version is not enough and it returns java errors
My V30 Korean V600L phone has a built-in SIGNATURE Edition theme, but it doesn't show it. Of course it cannot be implemented. I installed it to my V10 (H962) can be displayed in the theme but it does not show up. Can you know how to use it in V30? Thank you. V30 system (9.0) V10 system (7.0).
wwd212 said:
My V30 Korean V600L phone has a built-in SIGNATURE Edition theme, but it doesn't show it. Of course it cannot be implemented. I installed it to my V10 (H962) can be displayed in the theme but it does not show up. Can you know how to use it in V30? Thank you. V30 system (9.0) V10 system (7.0).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello
I think you know that the theme for the lg v30 signature edition just have a different wallpaper compared to stock theme so here's a guide to apply the wallpaper
1 donwnload nova launcher
2 download the wallpaper.apk from this link and install it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0gQbnEGfRITbWJQHeElq-eTTQLXViY3/view?usp=drivesdk
3 go to wallpapers in nova launcher
4 in wallpapers slide to the left and you will find live wallpapers
5 you will find lightwave select that and apply it
wwd212 said:
My V30 Korean V600L phone has a built-in SIGNATURE Edition theme, but it doesn't show it. Of course it cannot be implemented. I installed it to my V10 (H962) can be displayed in the theme but it does not show up. Can you know how to use it in V30? Thank you. V30 system (9.0) V10 system (7.0).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for providing me with a way to use Live Wallpaper. I also used Night Sky Wallpaper. However, I am referring to the use of the built-in theme below.
My level is too low to post pictures! I don't know how to describe it.
Its file name is (SIGNATURE Edition 8.0.3 com.lge.theme.signatur.apk)
It can be displayed in the L10 theme of V10, but the execution shows an invalid theme. V30 will not display .... but it is a V30 file.