Just a heads up for anyone looking to darken things up on their XZ1C...
I decided to make myself a guinea pig for the Substratum theming engine with the Andromeda plugin. The bright white menus were driving me crazy. It worked!
Here are the steps I took:
1. Install Substratum engine/app on phone
2. Purchased and installed Andromeda app on phone
3. Installed Swift Black theme (noted as compatible with Android 8.0.0)
4. Downloaded and unzipped the Andromeda client batch folder to my PC
5. Enabled ADB debugging on phone
6. Set the connection to "Transfer files" on phone
7. Ran the batch file on my PC
8. Batch file automatically runs Substratum in Andromeda mode on phone
9. Selected Swift Black theme
10. Selected "Android 8 - Nexus and Pixel" in dropdown menu
11. Applied all available overlays in Swift Black theme
12. Rebooted phone
I was pleasantly surprised after I rebooted. Everything looks perfect! No crashes. So far, all menus and apps seem to have themed correctly. Notifications look as they should.
EDIT: I found one small hiccup. Notifications on the lockscreen are still white. Font is a bit hard to read. I just disabled lockscreen notifications, since i'm wearing a smartwatch.
EDIT 2: Phone dialer app not theming
Cheers for the tips, I tried it and it works.
Great.
Thanks for sharing.
I can't seem to get black on the phone app though, everything else looks fab. Am I missing something?
Didgesteve said:
Cheers for the tips, I tried it and it works.
Great.
Thanks for sharing.
I can't seem to get black on the phone app though, everything else looks fab. Am I missing something?
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I am having that problem too.
Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have a theme released for XPERIAS. Settings, SystemUI and the Dialer is done, almost finished the framework but as usual a new version of Android brings new code so figuring that out, on top of Android Studio and the Substrtum theme template is taking time. Might have to disable Sonys theme app too as I know the theme apks also have their own assets which overlay certain colours.
EDIT: Confirmed that Sonys themes will need to be uninstalled because they overlay the top of Substratum themes. @Didgesteve, @WaxysDargle, can you post some screenshots of the themed menus etc please?
Does this require root
km8j said:
Does this require root
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Have a look at Andromeda app, which seems to do the magic.
No, doesn't need root.
SXUsr said:
Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have a theme released for XPERIAS. Settings, SystemUI and the Dialer is done, almost finished the framework but as usual a new version of Android brings new code so figuring that out, on top of Android Studio and the Substrtum theme template is taking time. Might have to disable Sonys theme app too as I know the theme apks also have their own assets which overlay certain colours.
EDIT: Confirmed that Sonys themes will need to be uninstalled because they overlay the top of Substratum themes. @Didgesteve, @WaxysDargle, can you post some screenshots of the themed menus etc please?
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not exactly sure what you're looking for, but here are a few menu shots
let me know if you want more
WaxysDargle said:
let me know if you want more
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Thanks. Is Settings/Apps & Notifications/App Permissions menu black too? What about the power menu?, that's giving me issues but my lockscreen notifications are white text on a dark background after removing all Sony themes so give that a try and see if it changes yours.
Code:
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.themes.sou.cid18.black
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.themes.sou.cid19.silver
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.themes.sou.cid20.blue
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.themes.sou.cid21.pink
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.sonymobile.themes.xperialoops2
SXUsr said:
Thanks. Is Settings/Apps & Notifications/App Permissions menu black too? What about the power menu?, that's giving me issues but my lockscreen notifications are white text on a dark background after removing all Sony themes so give that a try and see if it changes yours.
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lockscreen notifications still white. i did see one android system notification that looked right, but messaging, email etc are still white with grey text.
however, that did fix my power menu colors (black now)
what theme(s) are you using? i think some of this could be related to which themes we are using.
also, maybe we should try "Other" instead of "Android 8 - Pixel and Nexus"?
WaxysDargle said:
lockscreen notifications still white. i did see one android system notification that looked right, but messaging, email etc are still white with grey text.
however, that did fix my power menu colors (black now)
what theme(s) are you using? i think some of this could be related to which themes we are using.
also, maybe we should try "Other" instead of "Android 8 - Pixel and Nexus"?
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Success installing google dialer and then using that as my phone app, this can be changed in Substrutum.
I had best results with my settings menu using Spectrum
WaxysDargle said:
what theme(s) are you using?
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I was talking about the ones preinstalled on the phone, the only Substratum one I'm using is the one I'm making in Android studio.
Didgesteve said:
Success installing google dialer and then using that as my phone app, this can be changed in Substrutum.
I had best results with my settings menu using Spectrum
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Your dialer looks like my stock one in terms of colour but have a bit more modding to do in Settings as my app permissions are white.
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I was talking about the ones preinstalled on the phone
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I have black theme enabled by default, although I didn't think it did anything much other than change the wallpaper, but perhaps there are some other tweeks that I didn't notice.
Didgesteve said:
I have black theme enabled by default, although I didn't think it did anything much other than change the wallpaper, but perhaps there are some other tweeks that I didn't notice.
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are your notifications on lockscreen white, like mine? it wouldn't bother me so much if they were readable, but gray text on white background is rough.
WaxysDargle said:
are your notifications on lockscreen white, like mine? it wouldn't bother me so much if they were readable, but gray text on white background is rough.
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No, they are standard white with black writing. But I didn't tick the framework box (top option) in the Swift Black. I think playing with the three dropdowns underneath that first tick option will decide what colour your notifications are and what colour the writing is. That's where you will find the solution. I'm not that fussed about getting notifications black. Previous experience with Layers on my Z3c leads me to believe that it's incredibly difficult to get notifications right and you usually end up making some app or other unreadable. Swft Black is great, but I think Spectrum is also worth a look, a couple of apps look better with that.
Didgesteve said:
No, they are standard white with black writing. But I didn't tick the framework box (top option) in the Swift Black. I think playing with the three dropdowns underneath that first tick option will decide what colour your notifications are and what colour the writing is. That's where you will find the solution. I'm not that fussed about getting notifications black. Previous experience with Layers on my Z3c leads me to believe that it's incredibly difficult to get notifications right and you usually end up making some app or other unreadable. Swft Black is great, but I think Spectrum is also worth a look, a couple of apps look better with that.
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Notifications theming has become much more streamlined in recent months. I think this is just a matter of "what has Sony done to the lockscreen".
Dark notifications and menus are the main reasons I theme at all.
WaxysDargle said:
I think this is just a matter of "what has Sony done to the lockscreen".
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Again, Sonys themes overlay certain colours in certain apps, in each theme there are about 7 or 8 assets from the framework to the SystemUI so if a certain colour isn't changing it's because Sonys theme has taken preference. I've removed all of them so Substratum is the main theme engine and not Sonys.
WaxysDargle said:
Dark notifications and menus are the main reasons I theme at all.
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Same here, the only reason I'm using Substratum is because we're unable to backup our DRM keys or I'd be using apktool to theme system apks directly.
SXUsr said:
Again, Sonys themes overlay certain colours in certain apps, in each theme there are about 7 or 8 assets from the framework to the SystemUI so if a certain colour isn't changing it's because Sonys theme has taken preference. I've removed all of them so Substratum is the main theme engine and not Sonys.
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haha! i never found a theme that did anything but change the wallpaper and icons. pretty sorry "theme" engine.
SXUsr said:
Same here, the only reason I'm using Substratum is because we're unable to backup our DRM keys or I'd be using apktool to theme system apks directly.
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it's unclear to me what functionality we would lose without DRM keys (never had a sony before). do you have something i can reference to get a good idea of the implications?
WaxysDargle said:
haha! i never found a theme that did anything but change the wallpaper and icons. pretty sorry "theme" engine.
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Sonys isn't the best but it does have potential.
WaxysDargle said:
it's unclear to me what functionality we would lose without DRM keys (never had a sony before). do you have something i can reference to get a good idea of the implications?
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This THREAD pretty much sums it up, but if we can backup our TA partition we can restore such functions whilst enjoying the benefits of an unlocked bootloader.
SXUsr said:
Sonys isn't the best but it does have potential.
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so, even after removing all sony themes, i still can't get lockscreen notifications right with any substratum themes. i've uninstalled all sony themes and cleared all app data from themes app. is it possible we need tailored substratum module for these to look right?
Related
Credit goes to @xpirt for his idea!
Here is a video showing some of the LG G6 UI. Images attached of stock system apps!
Let me know if you'd like to see something specific.
In this video I played with:
Stock Launcher, and you'll see Nova Launcher
Some Display Settings Display Scaling, theme switch, and extended screen capture.
Link here if the embed doesn't work!
https://youtu.be/k7JH3cVxW0M
Hello, could you post screenshot for adding new event and how date/time picker looks?
arek00 said:
Hello, could you post screenshot for adding new event and how date/time picker looks?
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Here you go
Thanks! Does G6 have full month calendar widget? If yes please post screenshot of it with some example event added.
On new event page there is: cancel, pocket and save. What is "pocket" for?
and the last thing: incoming call and during call screen please
arek00 said:
Thanks! Does G6 have full month calendar widget? If yes please post screenshot of it with some example event added.
On new event page there is: cancel, pocket and save. What is "pocket" for?
and the last thing: incoming call and during call screen please
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Attached, there is a button to "pocket" in the calendar. I haven't used it!
Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
markbencze said:
Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
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Here you go. Let me know if you need anything else. I am also super interested to test your themes if you need any testers.
Is there much bloat apps?
markbencze said:
Can you show me what the theme chooser app looks like?
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Also interested in testing if needed. I've purchased several and would love for them to work on the G6.
bamfsig45 said:
Also interested in testing if needed. I've purchased several and would love for them to work on the G6.
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Well i have one theme working on thr G6 right now and I have a thread open in the themes and apps section for support and feedback.
Now this is slightly tricky because there are some obstacles I am facing with porting some of these over. I cannot port over them all due to some extreme ui differences in a few apps. The main issue (but not the only one ) is because with the G6 there are a few apps where the text is hard coded white and thr same apps the trxt is hard coded black. So in short one device will get screwed with either dark text on a dark background or white text on a light background which creates readability issues. I most certainly cannot have that happen. And also the G6 has a lot of different elements that can be themed. So if i were to add those to an exisiting v20 theme it will cause the v20 to no longer work because it's telling the theme engine to theme xxx icon or xxx color which isn't supported. Thus the theme doesn't function. So that's an issue.
So what the plan is, is to port over a few themes that I can get it to function properly on both devices and the ones that can't will have to be a new theme.
Off the top of my head the ones that can expect to work on all devices are: Dark Nougat (already updated and live), Flow, Indigo flow and crush.
Remix, Vector, Dark Material, Dark AOSP, Pixel Ui are not going to work and will have to be new themes that will only work with the G6.
I'm not sure about Dark Ui theme yet. It may or may not work.
i
markbencze said:
Well i have one theme working on thr G6 right now and I have a thread open in the themes and apps section for support and feedback.
Now this is slightly tricky because there are some obstacles I am facing with porting some of these over. I cannot port over them all due to some extreme ui differences in a few apps. The main issue (but not the only one ) is because with the G6 there are a few apps where the text is hard coded white and thr same apps the trxt is hard coded black. So in short one device will get screwed with either dark text on a dark background or white text on a light background which creates readability issues. I most certainly cannot have that happen. And also the G6 has a lot of different elements that can be themed. So if i were to add those to an exisiting v20 theme it will cause the v20 to no longer work because it's telling the theme engine to theme xxx icon or xxx color which isn't supported. Thus the theme doesn't function. So that's an issue.
So what the plan is, is to port over a few themes that I can get it to function properly on both devices and the ones that can't will have to be a new theme.
Off the top of my head the ones that can expect to work on all devices are: Dark Nougat (already updated and live), Flow, Indigo flow and crush.
Remix, Vector, Dark Material, Dark AOSP, Pixel Ui are not going to work and will have to be new themes that will only work with the G6.
I'm not sure about Dark Ui theme yet. It may or may not work.
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I tested this theme for the Dev and it definitely had white on white text in the sms app. The dialer had black text (ABC) on a dark grey background as well but I don't know if either are hard coded.
*edited out url*
bamfsig45 said:
I tested this theme for the Dev and it definitely had white on white text in the sms app. The dialer had black text (ABC) on a dark grey background as well but I don't know if either are hard coded
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Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
markbencze said:
Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
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appreciate that.
markbencze said:
Correct. There are some issues. Some are fixable amd some are not.
Oh btw you're not allowed to link to play store themes that are paid. You may get in trouble for that. I purposely didn't quote that part of your post should you wish to edit that out!
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Interesting you say that, because I have some issues with some of the LG free themes from their smartworld store. Mainly with the notification panel. When there is a notification, the text is white same as the background. I am surprised on how they can mess up big time like that!
matteosaeed said:
Interesting you say that, because I have some issues with some of the LG free themes from their smartworld store. Mainly with the notification panel. When there is a notification, the text is white same as the background. I am surprised on how they can mess up big time like that!
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Oh dude the smart world themes are so bad. I mean i get that they're free but they are just bad!
UPDATE!! added v2 Blue .. and Red ..
using new High contrast from theme store, which has blue accent and new icons.
PS: I will not update these apk anymore, so this is end of life for high contrast blacked theme. Thx guys for the support :good::laugh:
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UPDATE!! it works with substratum on some conditions
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73580652&postcount=60
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73709169&postcount=135
Thanks @osuki9x and @Therexin
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This is basically Samsung High Contrast Theme with black notification & light colored text.
Yes, it is possible without Root and unfortunately, without Subs (those who use subs, it doesn't work)
this is a usual Custom Trial theme, so install and apply like it.
- install
- apply (free trial)
- reboot
- re-apply (go to theme store, Stop trial, and click Free trial again)
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Q & A
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Q: Awesome man, finally have this without root. How / what did you do?
A: it all began here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...y-overlays-t3604341/post73336824#post73336824
Thx to @Tigerhoods @clck @Venom0642 @envy~ and many guys there :good:
Q: I cannot install this theme, after install doesn't show on theme store?
A: try to install with theme store opened, higher chance (open theme store, press home, install this, wait until install complete toast)
Q: dude my notif text still dark?
A: are you on substratum?
- Yes = read the top of OP sorry dude, it doesn't work in subs.. maybe someday,, when subs devs make it work
- No = need re-apply after reboot.. on some apps that still have dark text, let me know app package name.
Q: dude I already have white text cause I'm rooted.
A: good for ya.
Q: theme revert back to default after 10 minutes or after reboot
A: you've never use custom themes then.. u can search google or xda on how to make themes not reverting back.
I'm personally using this (cost money but very worth it) https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73317476&postcount=2264
Q: how to uninstall this?
A: apply other theme, go to this theme and Delete, reboot.
Q: how to update this theme if there's new one?
A: delete this theme then install the new one
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Apps Assets repository
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/themes/apps-assets-repository-custom-samsung-t3666061
Good job man. Love it !
crayonyes said:
This is basically Samsung High Contrast Theme with black notification & light colored text.
Yes, it is possible without Root and unfortunately, without Subs (those who use subs, it doesn't work)
this is a usual Custom Trial theme, so install and apply like it.
- install
- apply (free trial)
- reboot
- re-apply
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Q & A
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Q: I cannot install this theme, after install doesn't show on theme store?
A: try to install with theme store opened, higher chance (open theme store, press home, install this, wait until install complete toast)
Q: dude my notif text still dark?
A: are you on substratum?
- Yes = sorry dude, it doesn't work in subs.. maybe someday,, when subs devs make it work
- No = need re-apply after reboot.. on some apps that still have dark text, let me know app package name.
Q: dude I already have white text cause I'm rooted.
A: good for ya.
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Firstly,
Thanks for the mod theme. Really looks great.!
However, some notifications dark, only one white text.
Please take look at screenshots.
What app package name do you want?
I am not rooted.
I have SM - G955F
Philt198 said:
Good job man. Love it !
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it's working for you? nice man :laugh::good:
willcor said:
Firstly,
Thanks for the mod theme. Really looks great.!
However, some notifications dark, only one white text.
Please take look at screenshots.
What app package name do you want?
I am not rooted.
I have SM - G955F
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if you re-apply theme after reboot, I'm sure download manager and screenshot are white.
for the other apps, yea I need package name, (eg. whatsapp is com.whatsapp )
crayonyes said:
if you re-apply theme after reboot, I'm sure download manager and screenshot are white.
for the other apps, yea I need package name, (eg. whatsapp is com.whatsapp )
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Bit confused, sorry as ti what app package name you want.
Some apps in Notification is white
and some not.
Do you want package names of apps not showing white text in the notification bar?
see new screenshot
Thanks
willcor said:
Do you want package names of apps not showing white text in the notification bar?
see new screenshot
Thanks
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Yes. please send me app names
have you reapply theme after reboot ? (go to theme store, stop trial, and click Free trial again.)
Are you using substratum ?
Further information,
I followed your instructions as set out in post #1.
I rebooted and could re apply theme (in App store showing)
However after a while i noticed
that i could only "stopped trail" No more re apply?
Also That theme reverted back to my previous theme
i had on phone.... but my Notification bar is still black.?
Here's a screen shot of what I mean in my above post.
willcor said:
Further information,
I followed your instructions as set out in post #1.
I rebooted and could re apply theme (in App store showing)
However after a while i noticed
that i could only "stopped trail" No more re apply?
Also That theme reverted back to my previous theme
i had on phone.... but my Notification bar is still black.?
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yeah, don't look for "Reapply" button, you should go to theme store again and click "Free Trial" on this theme again.
As for notification still in black, don't worry, it will revert back after reboot
(Custom trial theme mod from outside theme store needs reboot to apply and clear )
And to make custom theme stick and not revert back to default themes,
I will update the post later.
crayonyes said:
yeah, don't look for "Reapply" button, you should go to theme store again and click "Free Trial" on this theme again.
As for notification still in black, don't worry, it will revert back after reboot
(Custom trial theme mod from outside theme store needs reboot to apply and clear )
And to make custom theme stick and not revert back to default themes,
I will update the post later.
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Yes, i followed your original guide /instructions,
in post 1.
All installed as set out in your instructions.!
Secondly the black notification bar did not revert
back after a reboot.?
What i did was just installed the original
Samsung black theme, over all all is well. and it worked.
See screenshot below
However, i have for a long time looking for a way to get the notification bar black (without root)
So i appreciate your theme mod..!
Going back to apply your black theme mod
as i can still read the other notifications !!
I will update you later.
Thanks for a super Theme mod.
Good luck
Hey you @crayonyes, some apps as viber, zalo, messenger, facebook, instagram, skype... also black, so hard to see.
Will you help me ? Good man
Update
Just a screen shot as you can see
theme reverts back. to previous.
Philt198 said:
Hey you @crayonyes, some apps as viber, zalo, messenger, facebook, instagram, skype... also black, so hard to see.
Will you help me ? Good man
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all in queue will update
willcor said:
Update
Just a screen shot as you can see
theme reverts back. to previous.
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yes, you will need to do procedure on how to make theme not reverting back,
using package disabler app, try BK package disabler,
after you apply the theme, disable samsung theme store and Themes (themecenter) and go to
developer mode\running apps\, then you stop this apps named "themes". *Thanks Philt198
(read post below this. haha)
I just updated apk in post 1 , added some of your apps, you'll like it
@crayonyes and @willcor
yes, you will need to do procedure on how to make theme not reverting back,
using package disabler app, try BK package disabler,
after you apply the theme, disable samsung theme store and Themes (themecenter) and clear their Data.
you dont need clear data. You only do 2 steps:
1. you install this theme and use Samsung disable package to disable theme center and samsung themes.
2. you enter developer mode\running apps\, then you stop this apps named "themes".
Afterall you done. Will never revert !!!
P/s: you must do step 2 again when you restart phone !
Good man
Tried as you mentioned..but it's not working. Some text are coming perfectly in white but some notification are still coming in grey. I am using S7 Edge.
However WhatsApp notification is showing text perfectly in white.
Philt198 said:
@crayonyes and @willcor
yes, you will need to do procedure on how to make theme not reverting back,
using package disabler app, try BK package disabler,
after you apply the theme, disable samsung theme store and Themes (themecenter) and clear their Data.
you dont need clear data. You only do 2 steps:
1. you install this theme and use Samsung disable package to disable theme center and samsung themes.
2. you enter developer mode\running apps\, then you stop this apps named "themes".
Afterall you done. Will never revert !!!
P/s: you must do step 2 again when you restart phone !
Good man
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awesome, Thanks man :good:
also, apk updated in post 1, please try haha.
mohitgalaxy3 said:
Tried as you mentioned..but it's not working. Some text are coming perfectly in white but some notification are still coming in grey. I am using S7 Edge.
However WhatsApp notification is showing text perfectly in white.
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please share what apps are affected and what are not, or screenshot
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please share what apps are affected and what are not, or screenshot
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Sure see the attached screenshot and one more thing I would like to ask you. Now when I get what's app notification popup the pop up background is not black it's transparent.
See attached.
mohitgalaxy3 said:
Sure see the attached screenshot and one more thing I would like to ask you. Now when I get what's app notification popup the pop up background is not black it's transparent.
See attached.
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oh it's samsung gear app I presume ... any other apps u noticed ?
and heads up notif,,, will fix that :laugh:
Has anyone had any luck applying Substratum/other overlays on Oreo (specifically CRA1)?
I have Andromeda, Sungstratum, all that stuff installed.
Yes but it took a while to find out how it worked. I'm rooted BTW so I don't need Andromeda.
Compile & activate the theme.
Reboot.
Go to substratum - manager
Activate all overlays again
Reboot
That's how it works for me.
reppi said:
Yes but it took a while to find out how it worked. I'm rooted BTW so I don't need Andromeda.
Compile & activate the theme.
Reboot.
Go to substratum - manager
Activate all overlays again
Reboot
That's how it works for me.
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This works for me to!! Thankyou, finally got my clock into the middle. Thankyou!
How do you root CRA1?
Just recently got the manual Oreo CRA1 update coming from Nougat on T-Mobile S8+. It is incredibly quicker and much more fluid.
On Substratum I'm on Swift Black Complete Edition, along with Material Black from Samsung Themes. On Nougat that worked buy using the "Sungstratum" add on from the Play Store. When I upgrade to Oreo 8.0, I was no longer able to see Sungstratum in the Play Store. Instead, Substratum asked for another plug-in to allow it to run fully, Andromeda. So of course, had to buy that too.
But anyway, it's working nice. Visually that is. After finally being able to set it up to where I need it. Although, I am only still trying to figure out how to get a dark overlay for the notification card. Haven't figured that out yet.
You will have installation issues of overlays if you upgrade to Oreo CRA1 because of the new different plug-in used to activate Substratum. In my case, here is what I had to do when I installed a new overlay from a new theme. The symptom is, I install an overlay, but it doesn't show in under the "Manager" tab. Only under the theme and in the orange color, so it's saying that it's disabled. No matter however many times I select the overlay and choose options and re-enable overlay OR change overlay status, nothing happens.
What I had to do was simply restart the phone, run the Andromeda client from my computer and then go back to the overlay in Substratum and enable it, only then does it enable and turn green. The overlay actually installls this time.
I hate that part. Sucks for when trying and messing with new overlays just to try them out, makes the whole process just a freaking hassle.
Now, to the real question. You know how to get dark notification cards? Maybe dark notification tiles for the lock screen ?? that would be awesome.
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ktimque said:
How do you root CRA1?
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No need for root. Substratum doesn't require it.
omar0aziz said:
Just recently got the manual Oreo CRA1 update coming from Nougat on T-Mobile S8+. It is incredibly quicker and much more fluid.
On Substratum I'm on Swift Black Complete Edition, along with Material Black from Samsung Themes. On Nougat that worked buy using the "Sungstratum" add on from the Play Store. When I upgrade to Oreo 8.0, I was no longer able to see Sungstratum in the Play Store. Instead, Substratum asked for another plug-in to allow it to run fully, Andromeda. So of course, had to buy that too.
But anyway, it's working nice. Visually that is. After finally being able to set it up to where I need it. Although, I am only still trying to figure out how to get a dark overlay for the notification card. Haven't figured that out yet.
You will have installation issues of overlays if you upgrade to Oreo CRA1 because of the new different plug-in used to activate Substratum. In my case, here is what I had to do when I installed a new overlay from a new theme. The symptom is, I install an overlay, but it doesn't show in under the "Manager" tab. Only under the theme and in the orange color, so it's saying that it's disabled. No matter however many times I select the overlay and choose options and re-enable overlay OR change overlay status, nothing happens.
What I had to do was simply restart the phone, run the Andromeda client from my computer and then go back to the overlay in Substratum and enable it, only then does it enable and turn green. The overlay actually installls this time.
I hate that part. Sucks for when trying and messing with new overlays just to try them out, makes the whole process just a freaking hassle.
Now, to the real question. You know how to get dark notification cards? Maybe dark notification tiles for the lock screen ?? that would be awesome.
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No need for root. Substratum doesn't require it.
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I'm using the Coffee theme that crayonyes has in the forums for my blacked out settings and notifications. Then using Andromeda for middle clock, nav bar, blacked out apps, etc. Working great so far.
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I'm using the Coffee theme that crayonyes has in the forums for my blacked out settings and notifications. Then using Andromeda for middle clock, nav bar, blacked out apps, etc. Working great so far.
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how did you get this theme and this black notification ?it's part of coffee theme ?
also for the QS the icons are awesome
narcisse56789 said:
how did you get this theme and this black notification ?it's part of coffee theme ?
also for the QS the icons are awesome
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Yep. Search Coffee in the forums and install it. It will then be in your Samsung themes to apply. It will black out your settings, phone, contacts and notifications. The QS Tile color comes from the coffee theme. The actual icons are from a Substratum theme.
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Yep. Search Coffee in the forums and install it. It will then be in your Samsung themes to apply. It will black out your settings, phone, contacts and notifications.
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thank you i find it
i will try it.
there will be no problem with substratum overlays?
narcisse56789 said:
thank you i find it
i will try it.
there will be no problem with substratum overlays?
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I've had no problems. I would disable your overlays before you apply coffee. Apply coffee and see if the notifications are blacked out. If they are Grey change the resolution on your display back and forth and see of that fixes it. If that doesn't rebooting should fix it. The only minor drawback to this theme is that Samsung wants to kill it after it's been applied for 10 minutes. To stop that from happening once you get the theme working properly go in to developer options and stop the themes app. Then go in to settings-Apps-Enable system apps and clear cache and data for the Samsung themes app and the themes app. It seems like a lot of work but once you've done it a few times it only takes a minute or 2. Any time you reboot your phone you will have to redo that process. Hope it works out for you. Reach out with any other questions.
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I've had no problems. I would disable your overlays before you apply coffee. Apply coffee and see if the notifications are blacked out. If they are Grey change the resolution on your display back and forth and see of that fixes it. If that doesn't rebooting should fix it. The only minor drawback to this theme is that Samsung wants to kill it after it's been applied for 10 minutes. To stop that from happening once you get the theme working properly go in to developer options and stop the themes app. Then go in to settings-Apps-Enable system apps and clear cache and data for the Samsung themes app and the themes app. It seems like a lot of work but once you've done it a few times it only takes a minute or 2. Any time you reboot your phone you will have to redo that process. Hope it works out for you. Reach out with any other questions.
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the notification wrote in white that's great thanks for your help
narcisse56789 said:
the notification wrote in white that's great thanks for your help
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No problem. Some notifications depending on the app might come in grey. Most should work though.
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No problem. Some notifications depending on the app might come in grey. Most should work though.
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another question it's possible to make disapear the line in the settings sorry for my english
narcisse56789 said:
another question it's possible to make disapear the line in the settings sorry for my english
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I don't think so
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I don't think so
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thanks for the help this theme is awesoe
wruyter80 said:
I'm using the Coffee theme that crayonyes has in the forums for my blacked out settings and notifications. Then using Andromeda for middle clock, nav bar, blacked out apps, etc. Working great so far.
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Thanks. I'll have to check it out and see.
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Thank you sir!! This is currently working very nicely on Oreo.
Here's the link to the Coffee thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8 /themes/theme-c-o-f-f-e-e-t3676994/amp/
Please guide me I am using S8 exynos variant with orea ota but hand'nt had any luck in installing substratum on this phone. I have both substratum and andromeda installed and bought via playstore.
omar0aziz said:
Just recently got the manual Oreo CRA1 update coming from Nougat on T-Mobile S8+. It is incredibly quicker and much more fluid.
On Substratum I'm on Swift Black Complete Edition, along with Material Black from Samsung Themes. On Nougat that worked buy using the "Sungstratum" add on from the Play Store. When I upgrade to Oreo 8.0, I was no longer able to see Sungstratum in the Play Store. Instead, Substratum asked for another plug-in to allow it to run fully, Andromeda. So of course, had to buy that too.
But anyway, it's working nice. Visually that is. After finally being able to set it up to where I need it. Although, I am only still trying to figure out how to get a dark overlay for the notification card. Haven't figured that out yet.
You will have installation issues of overlays if you upgrade to Oreo CRA1 because of the new different plug-in used to activate Substratum. In my case, here is what I had to do when I installed a new overlay from a new theme. The symptom is, I install an overlay, but it doesn't show in under the "Manager" tab. Only under the theme and in the orange color, so it's saying that it's disabled. No matter however many times I select the overlay and choose options and re-enable overlay OR change overlay status, nothing happens.
What I had to do was simply restart the phone, run the Andromeda client from my computer and then go back to the overlay in Substratum and enable it, only then does it enable and turn green. The overlay actually installls this time.
I hate that part. Sucks for when trying and messing with new overlays just to try them out, makes the whole process just a freaking hassle.
Now, to the real question. You know how to get dark notification cards? Maybe dark notification tiles for the lock screen ?? that would be awesome.
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No need for root. Substratum doesn't require it.
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Jazsharma said:
Please guide me I am using S8 exynos variant with orea ota but hand'nt had any luck in installing substratum on this phone. I have both substratum and andromeda installed and bought via playstore.
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This method worked for me. I agree this is annoying to have to restart the phone connect to the pc and run the andromeda application then go back in substratum and enable the overlays just to see the changes. But if you want it you'll do it
Jazsharma said:
Please guide me I am using S8 exynos variant with orea ota but hand'nt had any luck in installing substratum on this phone. I have both substratum and andromeda installed and bought via playstore.
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If u are on oreo u dont need to install andromeda
enideruon said:
If u are on oreo u dont need to install andromeda
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I'm on oreo an substratum wont work with out andromeda. If your not on oreo then you probably don't need andromeda
Hello , I downloaded Swift installer and I really like what it can do but there's only one thing that bugs me and I was wondering if anybody can help me out? Because it could just be an easy fix and I might be doing something wrong. But I was wondering when you seem your OS to anything and I use like the Android p notifications and all that when I open up an app the notification bar on the top stays there as an overlay my app does not go full screen? Does anybody know how to fix that or if I have a setting off somewhere? Any help is always appreciated thank you
NVM figured it out thanks
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NVM figured it out thanks
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What happens when there's a market app update? Do you have to reapply the theme for that app? Or wait for the swift team to release an update?
Edit: found this on Reddit
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I'm not entirely sure why anyone would be having problems with swift installer. I've been using it for a couple of months now and while sometimes an update would break an app causing it to force close all you have to do is uninstall the theme for said app until swift updates again. Otherwise it always updates and never causes me phone wide crashing or formatting.
Can't get pitch black BG on apps
When I select the background color from the six default ones for apps I choose the pitch black one (bcoz i got an amoled screen) and install the overlays and reboot then i open the apps and the background is like dark grey
Any help? I don't know what i did wrong.
Thanks
Grey background here despite choosing pitch black
Despite uninstall all overlays and reinstalling and reboot... No pitch black background but grey backgrounds for all apps.. Plz help how to solve
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When I select the background color from the six default ones for apps I choose the pitch black one (bcoz i got an amoled screen) and install the overlays and reboot then i open the apps and the background is like dark grey
Any help? I don't know what i did wrong.
Thanks
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Dr. behzad Bhandari said:
Despite uninstall all overlays and reinstalling and reboot... No pitch black background but grey backgrounds for all apps.. Plz help how to solve
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Assuming you have a Samsung phone, this problem occurs if you have a Samsung Theme applied when you install the Swift Installer overlays.
You should un-install all overlays, reboot, use Samsung Themes and apply the default theme, then re-install the overlays with Swift Installer, reboot, and all will be AMOLED inky black.
Anyone found a really good black theme compatible with EMUI 9?
Battery settings, turn on dark mode...its the best and most consistent
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Battery settings, turn on dark mode...its the best and most consistent
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Yeah got that one on and its good, though wondering if there's one that can theme the quick toggles too... Cheers
cd993 said:
Yeah got that one on and its good, though wondering if there's one that can theme the quick toggles too... Cheers
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You mean change the icons? There are pixel/aosp themes just Google them... Also dark themes available... Emui8 themes work just fine with emui9. Also you can edit those icons with the EMUI theme editor from the play store
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You mean change the icons? There are pixel/aosp themes just Google them... Also dark themes available... Emui8 themes work just fine with emui9. Also you can edit those icons with the EMUI theme editor from the play store
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Sorry no, more customise the current blue toggles in the quick settings. Will check out EMUI theme editor, cheers
cd993 said:
Sorry no, more customise the current blue toggles in the quick settings. Will check out EMUI theme editor, cheers
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I'll be adding theme support once I get mine. Week or two and then I'm gonna kill it
markbencze said:
I'll be adding theme support once I get mine. Week or two and then I'm gonna kill it
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Wow nice to hear, will be keeping an eye out!
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Wow nice to hear, will be keeping an eye out!
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I've got 30 or 40 lg themes on Google Play so I'm looking forward to adding Huawei to it and see what kind of things I can do
markbencze said:
I've got 30 or 40 lg themes on Google Play so I'm looking forward to adding Huawei to it and see what kind of things I can do
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Looking forward to your themes, mark. The LG themes, especially the G7 ones, were amazing.
Basically the whole phone go "dark" after we enabled dark mode in battery settings.
And yes, including the toggles.
However, for messaging app. You will need to switch it to dark mode manually in the top right setting icon.
Don't think we will need a dark theme for this one.
Tried the dark mode. However, anyone still getting a white 'light' navigation bar even when using dark mode? Especially when using apps, etc.
Yup, just waiting for a decent dark theme like everyone else.
I wake in the early hours, so need a theme that doesn't burn my retinas.
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Tried the dark mode. However, anyone still getting a white 'light' navigation bar even when using dark mode? Especially when using apps, etc.
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Yes its quite annoying. However there is a free app called Navbar Apps that can fix that although not ideal.
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Yes its quite annoying. However there is a free app called Navbar Apps that can fix that although not ideal.
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Tried Navbar Apps. However, I'm guessing the task manager keeps killing the app.
Did realise for some apps, after an update, the task bar stays dark. So it might be individual apps having to update.
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I'll be adding theme support once I get mine. Week or two and then I'm gonna kill it
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You better support the 20X! @marcbencze
Don't forget about me! Lol
Is anyone currently using a theme besides the in house dark mode right now? Specifically not one that just does icons. Before I start tinkering I wouldn't mind trying something out to tide me over. And I guess I want to get confirmation that themes even work and that Huawei didn't block them or something ridiculous.
Themes do work and Theme Editor for EMUI works, too, kind off, doesn't support EMUI 9 yet, you have to make do with 8.
I'm just using Theme Editor for Icons and Fonts and KLWP to get my Homescreen to look like I want it.
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Is anyone currently using a theme besides the in house dark mode right now? Specifically not one that just does icons. Before I start tinkering I wouldn't mind trying something out to tide me over. And I guess I want to get confirmation that themes even work and that Huawei didn't block them or something ridiculous.
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Is anyone currently using a theme besides the in house dark mode right now? Specifically not one that just does icons. Before I start tinkering I wouldn't mind trying something out to tide me over. And I guess I want to get confirmation that themes even work and that Huawei didn't block them or something ridiculous.
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it really annoys me this stupid theme with white nav bar i cant wait for you to release something.You did great job for V30 and i miss those themes man...
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Themes do work and Theme Editor for EMUI works, too, kind off, doesn't support EMUI 9 yet, you have to make do with 8.
I'm just using Theme Editor for Icons and Fonts and KLWP to get my Homescreen to look like I want it.
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Hmmm I hadn't been able to get any full themes to work at all. But I'm thinking maybe it's because I had a crappy themes app installed by default. Once I installed app gallery it updated the themes app and it has way more options now. That might be why. But the ones I tried last night from Google Play prior to this only changed the icons. They were for emui8 which I understand likely won't work in everything but none of them did anything. May have to try again with new themes app
Ok so for fun I did try a couple emui 8 themes and it looks we can theme everything. Mind you none of them worked well. So I'm hoping to start making something. But first I gotta figure out why I can't decompile any system apps. Everything errors out so that's a bit of an issue