i want to apply the minimal magic cm7 theme using the theme chooser, but every time i do, it changes some app icons to be black/white. is there any way to use a theme without having the app icons changed?
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i'm curious to this as well
Hi... Am sorry to bother you guys... Its been a week that I rooted my wildfire and have it running on CM7...
The problem is...
Hope the hell in the world do I get themes installed with the default wallpaper and layout...
please help. Am new out here...
And have been trying to get some solution for the themes.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
More information is needed as to "default wallpaper and layout" ? as CM7 for Wildfire originally has a Theme Manager supplied with a few themes for you to change it. For more information on choosing the right theme or applying your desired themer, you may refer to this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
No theme can change the layout of your phone. Initially, I was under the impression (and still am) that the themes cannot change your wallpaper as well, but there are a few posts which state that themes can change the wallpaper. (Yet to see it myself though - But, I am very sure on the layout part)
Besides, theme choosers use a lot of 3rd party apps like clock / weather widgets, minimalistic text etc to get their desired layout that best suits the theme. If you don't have these installed, how can it work?
Hey Thank you Xeno for your reply...
What you said makes sense...
But the question I would want to ask if, if a theme is download on the phone... Is it not supposed to load the wallpapers, clock, calender, etc. on it own?
I am sorry, I might sound to be a dumb A** but am new here and EAGER to learn.
I purchased a few themes thinking they would be fully loaded but to my surprise they werent.
For E.g.:
I Purchased the MattedBlues LauncherPro Theme from the market.
A pop-up came saying 'Sorry, this theme is missing assets for your devices screen size'.
From what I have read, I selected CONTINUE ANYWAY and Rebooted!
And all it changed was just the COLOR for Icons. Rest all remained the same, I mean the wallpaper, layout, icons...
Is there is a beginners guide I need to refer to for CM7?
Thank you in advance Buddy...
It's a LP theme buddy. If you needed the entire thing, you should have purchased the Theme Chooser Theme for CM7 (Which I have - And, it's fantastic, may I add ). And no, no theme can change the layout as I said before. Different themes theme a different number of elements, so again, your mileage may vary.
For the MB Theme, it is the colour that is the main appeal. They follow the stock look, but change the colour. It can be seen in the screenshots as well.
One last thing - Most of the theming stuff are for HDPI Phones, infact, the MB LP Theme explicitly says no MDPI version, and the Wildfire is LDPI. So, one's mileage with theming stuff will vary a lot between themes.
Basic Ready Reckoner: (What I have stated below are the "best case scenario". Some themes may change one or more elements)
- LP / ADW Themes changes the icons, the launcher specific widgets, and the wallpaper
- CM7 Themes changes the entire UI essentially - Menus, Status Bar, Default Widgets, Icons, Dialer etc. It cannot theme elements like the Lockscreen, some system menus etc
I have been using a Custom Rom for the Droid Razr called Avatar for some time now. Within the Rom they have included the application Theme Chooser. Theme Chooser allows the user to pick and download various themes to install within interchanging them by wallpaper, boot animation, resources, ringtones, etc.
I downloaded a theme because I really enjoyed how the icons looked. The problem is the transparent background of many icons and fonts are a Salmon looking Pink Color that I wish I could change. I could change this with the Theme Chooser App but it also changes to the Icons.
Is there a way I could just change the color?
Thanks for any help
Before I hurt my self trying to get something to work that possibly can't be done... lol.
If you have a cm12 theme applied ,is it all possible to override the android framework colors? I have had no trouble overriding a color that was themed with the theme chooser engine with normal apps like Youtube, but have had no such luck when it comes to the android framework colors. The only colors I am concerned about are the accent and ripple colors.
A couple of things I've noticed:
The colors are replaced in the advance reboot dialog menu that normally has not be able to be touched with the theme chooser engine in cm12 when a theme is applied.
Once I disable the theme, the other colors are replaced just fine.
Is there a workaround for this, or am I stuck with what I got? I spent all night trying to find a similar case, but had no luck :crying:
Hi, I have just updated my phone to B330 and have installed google now as my launcher. I have a theme installed which shows the icons as i want them to but when i set google now as my default launcher it changes the icons to ones with coloured backgrounds. I have tried to go into themes and set the icons i would like to use but to no effect. Hopefully someone can help. On B180 i was using the spectrum pure theme which seemed to work but now does the same thing.