Help making systemui and the rest of the apps black - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I need help making the ui black in my z2.
i know how to decompile, recompile but i dont know which files to edit.
anyone who can help me with this?

skaggmuff said:
I need help making the ui black in my z2.
i know how to decompile, recompile but i dont know which files to edit.
anyone who can help me with this?
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Its not easy dude.. Colors.xml, styles.xml, layout files and pngs.. There is plenty of roms available with black ui add ons.. U can flash one of them na? Easy na?

no i have seen that yes there is a couple of roms available with black ui add ons, one of them is yours and i like it.
but the reason why i want to do it on my own phone is because i want to learn how to do it
i have found guides on how to theme media apps from white to black and that was not so complicated but to theme system seems not to be easy

skaggmuff said:
no i have seen that yes there is a couple of roms available with black ui add ons, one of them is yours and i like it.
but the reason why i want to do it on my own phone is because i want to learn how to do it
i have found guides on how to theme media apps from white to black and that was not so complicated but to theme system seems not to be easy
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Some apps like Packageinstaller, Clock, TeleServices, Sound picker are very easy to theme black. But some like InCallUI and Phonebook is little tough...

@Rajeev
hi bro,
hoping my wish is a little bit easier ...
can you tell me how to turn the backcolor of the statusbar and navbar into black (Kitkat 4.4.4 stock)?
Always open Settings or any apk the statusbar and navbar changed to ugly grey...
i am no noob in compiling system apk´s, so what´s the trick?
Thx

Rajeev said:
Some apps like Packageinstaller, Clock, TeleServices, Sound picker are very easy to theme black. But some like InCallUI and Phonebook is little tough...
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yep i saw that
i have tried a little and get some apps black but right now i am on aosp/cm rom with layers and testing that out

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[updated] Slim Purple Theme v2

Hi,
Here is the XXJPS Extra slim & purple apk’s V2 pack ( new Dialer, almost .9.png resized now )
Perhaps you’ll be interested by this package if :
-you use English, Portuguese or French (all other locales removed). I thought some improvement should appear doing that (RAM space) but not … just a disk space gain. It’s done so I will not pull back missing locales, sorry for those who need other locales ! But you can add them if you know how.
-you’re running with XXJPS base
-you like purple color (screenshots link in my signature)
-you don’t use 5 lockscreens modd (framework is modded for extended power menu but not for 5 lockscreens)
-you want more space in your /system partition : mdpi/hdpi icons are properly converted into ldpi. Removed locales increase space too. For some apps this modd offers some improvement as the phone doesn’t need to resize icons in ldpi. Other improvment : shadows are disabled as it doesn't make a lot of sense on a low res device (in my opinion). Note that the .9.png files are properly modded so you can decompile/recompile apk without problems.
-you just want to extract some icons I made, like the 1% batt icons that are (too much) sharp but not blur (status bar is only 19pix high so It’s almost impossible to make a nice & readable icon). Some .psd files are available to facilitate color change if you want to.
Of course, before pushing the files, make a full backup ! we never know what could happen … and I do not take any kind of responsability . But it's working fine on my phone.
Hope someone else will enjoy that !
Credit to Sektor-x who made metal icon base.
Nice work. But Can u make it in red or in any red shades? I would like that...
vikraam said:
Nice work. But Can u make it in red or in any red shades? I would like that...
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Thanks, at least one guy liked it !
I've made some changes, and totally reworked the DialerTab which was too much pink. I also find a way to resize in automatic mode almost all the .9.png without loosing black border pixels ... I'm going to update the pack.
I thought too in a dark red theme, kind of dark red we can see in orientals carpets. Will try ... but it will take a while ... it's a f... job !
Screen shot are looking damn good can you please make a update.zip of the same.??
mohitgalaxy3 said:
Screen shot are looking damn good can you please make a update.zip of the same.??
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I can but ...
I didn't do that thinking that everyone would like to choose what he wants. If someone like GoLauncher the way it is it will be erased. If someone use 5lockscreens and want to keep it, he will loose it, etc ... there are a lot of combinations ...
so I don't know how to do ... perhaps doing various update.zip with coherent apps groups.
Any idea ?
new Dialer
here is the new Dialer.
aproved ?
vikraam said:
Nice work. But Can u make it in red or in any red shades? I would like that...
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i'm doing it ...
preview attached ! (and jpg converted with my profile so it looks the same on the phone)
need to adjust saturations of a lot of file ... will take a time ...
sambastrakan said:
I can but ...
I didn't do that thinking that everyone would like to choose what he wants. If someone like GoLauncher the way it is it will be erased. If someone use 5lockscreens and want to keep it, he will loose it, etc ... there are a lot of combinations ...
so I don't know how to do ... perhaps doing various update.zip with coherent apps groups.
Any idea ?
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Let me take a deeper look on it and then will tell you what we can do...

[Q] Interested in modding

Hello guys, I am very interested on modding some roms, I've already managed to modify devilsking's TheMythICS Lite. I've managed to change stuff like, overglow color, icons and some text colors
But I am not really familiar with scripts and stuff like that. So can anyone enlighten me here?
Btw, I have experience on XML programming
If you have experience in xml,try modding apk files
You know changing icons and pngs
you are good in xml then what you want to know
Prawesome said:
If you have experience in xml,try modding apk files
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I've already modded the SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk and managed to change the icons and text colors
nims11 said:
You know changing icons and pngs
you are good in xml then what you want to know
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Idk. lol there's so much to do and deal with, I don't know where to start
Lead me?
hey u can try making lockscreens me to finding a tutorial about it.....

[MOD][THEME][CYANMOBILE][CM7] Jelly Bean inspired Theme

Hi!
I made a Jelly Bean inspired Theme for the new rom: CyanMobile eXperience [2.3.8][MB526]
Instructions:
- download the file
- copy to your SD Card
- install it with File Manager
- go to ThemeChooser, and apply
- ignore the warning, apply anyway
- REBOOT!!!
- after that, just use Your Phone!
If You find some bugs, errors or something, just report me here in post, or send me a private message! If You can, make a screenshot, so it is easier to find, what is the problem!
There are two different files, one for CyanMobile Experience, and one for "pure" CM7.
If You use some of CM7 version, than download: JBT v1.2
If You use CyanMobile Experience, than download: JBTEX v1.1
Here are a lot of screenshot for CM7 version and here for CyanMobile !
If You have any question, suggestion, support, or anything else, just find the way to do it!
hi,
it looks really nice but the system ui stat icons for off (e.x.com_android_systemui_stat_2g3g_off.png) are to dark, i can see it on the status bar is it possible to make it brighter?
the signal png never go blue and i have a H connection.
i use the maniac cm7 rom.
thnaks for your work
smoky
I updated the Theme, You can download here: JBT v1.1
Now the power widget OFF color is the same, as the icons on the statusbar. It is more visible on Sunshine
Edit: At ThemeChooser, it's no preview screen. It's a windows bug.
Edit_2: The H connection problem: I don't know, what is the problem, I tryed it now, and at me everything looks good. Anyone else, who has the problem, that the signal bars don't go blue? (see attached file below)
plzz....support mdpi
thanks
MDPI
It's difficult, to support MDPI size. I made this theme for my Defy, an it's HDPI, so the theme is also HDPI ONLY!
And why? Because when I change something, I can verify that looks good, it fits, the color or something is good or not.
Unfortunately I don't have any phone with mdpi screen, so I can't test. That is the reason for HDPI only.
Hi there, I'm using it on my Defy+ (with CMX) atm, and I love it.
Thank you
I have, one simple question thou. I happen to have a little bit diffrent color (cyan) than the one your screenshoot (lightblue).
All I found was how to change color of diffrent items, or global font color, but...
Is there easy way to change the whole color setup so it would look exactly like on the screenshoot? Oh, and btw, may I know the hex code for that lightblue color of yours?
Savix Reito said:
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Hi!
Ideally the color change automatically, but in CMX I find this bug too, but for me was just the lockscreen, what doesn't changed the color. If You go to Settings (I use now euroskank, so sorry, if I don't remember exactly where You sould go), CyanMobile Settings - Interface tweaks - Status bar tweaks - here You find a lot of "xyz color" , and the hex code is the right color ( ff33b5e5 ), just the system can't change. Just choose the option, that you want to change the color, then pick in the middle of the color circle, and it will be change!
The colors, what I used, is the same as find HERE, but what You looking for is: 33b5e5 !
Thanks, looks great
Great theme, could you change the color text of the "state" of the sms? I mean, Sent at 13:28, because I use the black wallpaper in mms.apk, and the color text is black, so I can't see it, im using CM7, thanks.
Thanks for reporting, I changed the color to blue. The new version have some minor updates too.
Download:
JBT v1.2
JBTEX v1.1
I changed the files in the first post too.
Fugitive05 said:
Thanks for reporting, I changed the color to blue. The new version have some minor updates too.
Download:
JBT v1.2
JBTEX v1.1
I changed the files in the first post too.
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Thank you, i'll try it!
nice work
i have wildfire ( ldpi ) and its good theme for my phone
but a problem with program |: phone.apk
the numbers are very big in dialer and are not fit wiz screen
and i think beautiful and smaller signal bars can make the theme more awsome
nice.
Thanks!
Change the color for incoming notification. Blue on black is hard to read.

[Q] Restoring/Reusing Icons From Theme

I've been tweaking my phone's theme and i'm absolutely stumped on this.
I'm using the "Twilight" theme as a starting point. While messing around and adjusting settings, I deleted one of the dock shortcuts. Only problem is, I can't restore it. I can make a new shortcut to the app I want, but the icons for the theme are nowhere to be found. So now I have these really nice icons and one giant ugly icon that doesn't match, with no way to replace it with the icons from the theme itself.
Is there a way to fix this? I don't want to reload the theme because that's just avoiding the problem.
Nosjojo said:
I've been tweaking my phone's theme and i'm absolutely stumped on this.
I'm using the "Twilight" theme as a starting point. While messing around and adjusting settings, I deleted one of the dock shortcuts. Only problem is, I can't restore it. I can make a new shortcut to the app I want, but the icons for the theme are nowhere to be found. So now I have these really nice icons and one giant ugly icon that doesn't match, with no way to replace it with the icons from the theme itself.
Is there a way to fix this? I don't want to reload the theme because that's just avoiding the problem.
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Hi,
Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately the icons aren't stored on the device in a neat and easy to use way. I'll try contact the designer today and see if he still has the icons. Else the only way would be to restore the theme. Saving a theme after every big change also helps in case you lose an icon/widget.
ThemerSupport said:
Hi,
Sorry for the late reply. Unfortunately the icons aren't stored on the device in a neat and easy to use way. I'll try contact the designer today and see if he still has the icons. Else the only way would be to restore the theme. Saving a theme after every big change also helps in case you lose an icon/widget.
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Thanks. It's alright if you can't get the icons. I like the theme, and I might make my own icons for the apps that aren't included, so worst case I just need to add a few more.

[Q] How to modify an already done theme ?

Hi,
There are some themes I love and I would like to use, but some details doesn't seem good to me, such as shortcuts. Is there any way to modify those shortcuts in order to make mine, but keep using the particular theme ? I didn't find anything about this...
Thanks for your help
AutruiP said:
Hi,
There are some themes I love and I would like to use, but some details doesn't seem good to me, such as shortcuts. Is there any way to modify those shortcuts in order to make mine, but keep using the particular theme ? I didn't find anything about this...
Thanks for your help
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Hi,
Editing a theme is easy - simply long press on the homescreen - select Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Now you can add/remove widgets and shortcuts till your hearts content. Then when you are satisfied with your theme repeat the process to lock the items into place
ThemerSupport said:
Hi,
Editing a theme is easy - simply long press on the homescreen - select Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Now you can add/remove widgets and shortcuts till your hearts content. Then when you are satisfied with your theme repeat the process to lock the items into place
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Awesome, thanks ! I was looking for this during hours... Didn't find anything on the Themer website :/
Another question, I have sometimes a pop-up with "crash data failed to send, retry later", but I can't find where to send it, and the pop-up doesn't disappear... I have to uninstall-reinstall the app in order to fix that... I have a One Plus One on CyanogenMod 11 38R
Semi related question, is there anywhere I can download images of the standard icons you use for smart categories? I like a lot of themes but would like to change the categories on them and to do that need the images to match the theme.
Thanks
chickengrease said:
Semi related question, is there anywhere I can download images of the standard icons you use for smart categories? I like a lot of themes but would like to change the categories on them and to do that need the images to match the theme.
Thanks
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Hi,
We're still working on this feature, hopefully it will be added soon!
Thanks for the info

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