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Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
Ngmanis said:
Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
droidkevlar said:
You can change your boot and icons. You can use better cut do change icons. There a lot of topics for changing boot ani.
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Oh ok cool. I had a friend willing to trade his Motorola Droid for my Droid Eris today....I said no simply because I'm not so sure I would like the Moto Droid....What do you think? Have you had any experience with it?
Hey, I am big into making things completely custom - especially when it comes to my phone. But my impatient self didn't follow up with enough research on "rooting" - essentially leading me to flash the 2.1 leak (seemed a lot simpler/less risky than rooting except I didn't know the endless customization possibilities that came with root)
So now I am stuck with a 2.1 leaked Eris and I see all of these AWESOME ROMS on here. Yet all I can do is look
So my question is, Are there other ways to customize things such as lockscreen, bootscreen, icons/icon names, etc without being rooted?? Any type of customization program or application you guys have would be awesome. Post them here!!
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You can get a new lock screen in the market, I have lock 2.0. It's a iPhone style lock, slides from left to right, and you can customize the font and color of the text on it as well. I flashed 2.1 leak too, I can't wait for root either but I'm having fun with 2.1 in the mean time. Check out helixlauncher in the market too, if you want more customization.
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how do you get that start menu thing, to the bottom left? i see alot of people with that, but it isn't always the same picture. Some are the windows symbol or something. can i have a link to a thread, or just an explanation of what it is and where i can get it? sorry, i'm really new. I also already tried searching for it, but i don't exactly know what to search. Thanks in advance.
Hmm, i can't post the picture since i'm a new user... but hopefully some of you will know what i'm talking about. its a little start menu button on the bottom left, where the softkey bar is.
bumpp: i put the link in the tags, just change ".cm" to you know what.
stock roms are windows mobile 6.5, and have the start button top left.
Many custom roms use windows mobile 6.5.3 or 6.5.5 and teh start button has been moved to bottom left.
The different icons are easily changed, but not on your stock rom.
Flash a custom if you want start at the bottom.
samsamuel said:
stock roms are windows mobile 6.5, and have the start button top left.
Many custom roms use windows mobile 6.5.3 or 6.5.5 and teh start button has been moved to bottom left.
The different icons are easily changed, but not on your stock rom.
Flash a custom if you want start at the bottom.
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i don't know what a stock rom is.. or a custom rom.. or what 'flashing' a custom rom is. maybe i'll just stop looking because i don't know anything
windwaker said:
i don't know what a stock rom is.. or a custom rom.. or what 'flashing' a custom rom is. maybe i'll just stop looking because i don't know anything
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Don't be disheartend by not knowing - 3 days agoI had NOOO idea about any of this stuff butthis site is FANTASIC you just need to keep reading.
Mind you a Beginners section would be very helpful there is soo much info but hard to find were to start.
Good luck
kjac014 said:
Don't be disheartend by not knowing - 3 days agoI had NOOO idea about any of this stuff butthis site is FANTASIC you just need to keep reading.
Mind you a Beginners section would be very helpful there is soo much info but hard to find were to start.
Good luck
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thanks hahah. yesterday i took an hour to decide if i should install Cookie's home tab because i thought i'd mess up my phone. but everything turned out well, and its really cool! i didn't have to install anything except the cab, and that made my day
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best thing youcan do is read. doesn't matter what the thread is called, read everything on the first few pages of this section and the general section and keep reading. things will start to sink in and become a little clearer. don't rush in just read and see what questions people ask and the answers they get. I did nothing but read for the first week.
So, this here would be my very first post to XDA Forums! With that being said, I think it's safe to say I'm somewhat, if not very much a noob.
But let's get into it shall we?
I recently (2 days ago) flashed the Liberty 1.5 Rom onto my D2. Previous to that I rooted my phone about two months prior using the Z4 easy root app, but shortly after realized I didn't really know what I was doing (all I wanted to do was delete, what I now know is called 'bloatware' apps off of my phone) Then I found Liberty. so beautiful! .. so I figured out how to flash it easily by dl it from my pc and copy and pasting it to my sd card then loading using D2 Bootstrap Recovery.
Okay okay, now REALLY getting to what this is all about..
I saw, and fell in love with the Kovicon Hybrid icon pack. I want it!.. I just don't know how to go about getting it! I already dl'd it onto my pc from a Droid Forum site droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/48683-release-kovicon-hybrid-icon-pack.html to be exact. And now I'm not sure where to go from there. Do I use MetaMorph, do I unload the .zip file from Bootstarp Recovery?
Please help!! I'd be eternally grateful!!
Thanks for bearing with my, how you say, noob..ie..ness?
It's all good. Everyone has to start somewhere.
I glanced over the article, and it looks like you'd use Metamorph. I am, honestly, to lazy to type up a full set of instructions, so if you will forgive that short falling, I will direct you over to a set of pretyped instructions:
http://droidpirate.com/2010/08/18/installing-custom-metamorph-theme/
If ya have any further questions, encounter any problems, need some elaboration, etc feel free to ask.
Oh, I understand, I too suffer from said laziness .. Okay, I am looking into it now! This may take some time ha Thanks for responding in the first place! :-D
Omgosh!!! I did it!!! Thank you sooooooo much!!! this is awesome .. now I just need to find out how to change the launcher thing, the thing that normally has the app list button, and phone button and browser .. do you have any idea how to do that???
Congradulations. And, I prob do (or atleast can find instructions if i dont), but I am not sure what you are wanting to change? To a diffrent launcher? Change the buttons that are there? Change the look/background? Something else entirely? Give me alittle more info, and I'll do my best to find you the info you need.
hahah alright, well I tried posting a rather amazing picture that summed it up completely, but since I am so new it wouldn't let me .. Okay, it's the button(s) on your main screen. The one that is normally in the middle, if you tap it, it brings up all your apps. And then next to it usually on the left is the phone button to dial numbers. Then usually on the right is a button for a browser or sms! .. Ya know???
That's usually how it is by default? Unless you mean you wanna apply a new theme to it?
Maybe try PMing me the pic/link?
Sorry to get back like a whole day later! .. I found out it's called a dock. And yeah I was just wondering if I could custom theme that, and where to find different dock icons and such .. I know I could always use Adw Launcher, but I can never really get into that.
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I dont really think you can theme the stock launcher that much. Though custom launchers - such as ADW, Launcher Pro, etc - have a wide variety of customization options.
Gilgamesh, you are pretty wrong. You CAN theme launcher2.apk
If you look at my pink steel theme it is completely different from other launcher2s. It has 4 shortcuts at the bottom 6 items in the menu and a 3d app drawer. I could even make the dock invisible if I wanted to. You can't do as much to the stock launcher (launcher2) but you can still do a bunch of customization.
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Didn't say you couldn't do it at all, just was saying the options were more limited compared to the other launchers. Being that the other launchers have far more options, far more information, imo are easier to theme, and again imo preform allot better; it would, as always, imo, make the OPs life allot easier if he focused on the other launchers.
Hey all,
Here's some of the things that i wish comes to custom developing roms from miui -
1.Full screen gestures - honestly, i didn't thing i would get hooked to this after using it just for 3days (root limit!) and now i miss it more everyday (i always first swipe right to left only to realize i have to reach down to back button.)
Used & tried all sorts of apps like T- swipe gestures & Xda's own -Navigation gesture app, none of them can satisfy that animation & control.
2. Both wifi & hotspot on simultaneously
Seriously, this is one of the first things that shocked me, coming from a Yu Yureka, this thing literally surprised me, imagine having a repeater/receiver/broadcast at the same time(now i know it's not a big deal for some of u, but in some areas where there is a weak network and u need that wifi speed on both ur laptop & mobile, this thing is a blessing.)
3.otp copy right on notification
Small thing, but crucial for fast work
4.lock screen's quick animation
Ok this is one those things that miui did in order to look fast in unlocking (which it is!) but on casual custom ROM, all default animations make it look slow, & changing speed of such from develpment causes other animations (such as music visualisation!) to seem like they are lagging or catching up.
5.sim card minute control
dual sim exists for one good one ok ( or one personal & business) and some one doesn't have any network & simply becomes a dead weight for the battery (checking for network every 5secs!) this thing also makes what we as a control freaks more aligned to our quest to total control of phone? (atleast last is true for me, it annoys the hell out for me.)
So, u guys must be thinking, why not switch to debloated miui & use other developments ?
First because there is no 9.0 pie in it( new phones needs latest and greatest for me!)
Second, i hate miui UI and after been using stock-ish rom for past five years(in yureka!) u can't blame me for those clean animations & material design.
These are some of the things i hope i share is common with u all, as if this agrees with u, just show it to ur near & dearest developers & hope they agree too.?
I'm Tanmay Dwivedi, and i'm happy to be a part of the poco f1's family!
P.S add more features & things which u think should be in custom roms!
IR face unlock is all that's stopped me flashing a custom ROM. I'm hooked
For the gestures, https://forum.xda-developers.com/poco-f1/themes/gestures-custom-rom-t3855076
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For the gestures, https://forum.xda-developers.com/poco-f1/themes/gestures-custom-rom-t3855076
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Yep, saw them in play store and using it right now, thanks for reply!
thesoupthief said:
IR face unlock is all that's stopped me flashing a custom ROM. I'm hooked
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I doubt xiaomi will easily give up its proprietary drivers to be used in custom roms, but this is xda, anything can happen here!~
LoneRanger007 said:
I doubt xiaomi will easily give up its proprietary drivers to be used in custom roms, but this is xda, anything can happen here!~
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Fingers crossed
So i made a custom "ROM" (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/6-0-1-ng-omni-t4176629) but as i wrote there its just a regular old custom rom with some apps added, the most impressive thing i did there is edit build.prop. So that should tell how clueless i am. So i thought why not write here and hope a person who actually knows what he is doing helps me.
I have a "couple" of questions:
1: How can i make a ROM pre-rooted. Or how can i make the ROM to flash super su while flashing itself?
2: Kernels. How do they work and how can i make my ROM to come with one?
3: Features. If you have used SlimRoms you know how cool their recents are. How can i port it to other roms? Or features from other roms in general?
4: Customization. Themes, Battery Icons, Boot Animations, Wallpapers, Etc Etc Etc...
5: System UI. How can i add menus to settings and move stuff around there? Or changing the entire look of the system?
I have NO idea what compiling means and i can't even do it since i have windows.
Can't code stuff.
Should I give up?
Thanks in Advance
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So i made a custom "ROM" (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/galaxy-tab-2-unified/6-0-1-ng-omni-t4176629) but as i wrote there its just a regular old custom rom with some apps added, the most impressive thing i did there is edit build.prop. So that should tell how clueless i am. So i thought why not write here and hope a person who actually knows what he is doing helps me.
I have a "couple" of questions:
1: How can i make a ROM pre-rooted. Or how can i make the ROM to flash super su while flashing itself?
2: Kernels. How do they work and how can i make my ROM to come with one?
3: Features. If you have used SlimRoms you know how cool their recents are. How can i port it to other roms? Or features from other roms in general?
4: Customization. Themes, Battery Icons, Boot Animations, Wallpapers, Etc Etc Etc...
5: System UI. How can i add menus to settings and move stuff around there? Or changing the entire look of the system?
I have NO idea what compiling means and i can't even do it since i have windows.
Can't code stuff.
Should I give up?
Thanks in Advance
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See
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/guide-how-to-build-lineageos-15-1-t3750175
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AlaskaLinuxUser has made tutorials about building roms and his videos are very beginner friendly.
See his youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnGqG_jyyXmTzdamBpKfeHA
His XDA thread about his tutorials
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-how-to-build-custom-roms-kernel-t3814251
This "Where should I start" video explains where you should start pretty well.
He has made tutorials about most things from your list.
I don't think he has made a video about pre-rooting roms, about system ui customization and about adding features from other roms (that is easy tho, just cherry pick what you want), but I know that he covered everything else. Also, it's worth mentioning that when you know the basics you will be able to figure out how to do everything from your list.
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Watched some of his vids. I know i can't build a rom. I have 8 gigs of ram. This isnt even my own PC so when i get one it will probably have even less RAM. So i guess i will just edit pre-built roms. Looked around his channel couldn't find these videos can you please send link?
And
(that is easy tho, just cherry pick what you want)
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Well lets say i pick what i want. Do i need to build the rom to implement it?
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Seppppx said:
You can build even on 8GB. It will just build slower. I know a person who was able to build cm-14.1 with 4GB of RAM, but it took like a whole day to do so.
It depends in what you do, but most of the times you must build it to be able to use it.
Otherwise you will have to resort to tricks like hex editing, which is very hard and a lot of times so hard that it is impossible in the case of Android.
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ah yes building android on 2 gb ram. will be nice waiting 48 hours