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I'm using the CM from KalimochoAz, and it's working very well.
I've noticed that in the standard theme (Androidian) the status-bar icons are 25px height, but the status bar itself is 19px.
So the icons are rescaled and appear very blurred and almost unreadable (expecially the 3G one).
I have cropped all the png for status bar (extracted from Androidian.apk) to 19px, but I'm not able to repack them into a new theme.
Is there someone that can do that? I attach the images to this post, in case someone wants work on this issue...
Edit: i've repacked them into a new theme, there are probably some other icons to adjust...
Edit 01/03: other icons added
Edit 03/03: new version - gps icons fixed
Edit 08/03: this theme: Crispy Bread is more complete and resolves the same issue
Bye.
Diego.
Ok, I've just repacked it in an apk theme.
I dont know how to specify that's a LDPI theme, so choosing it theme manager pop a warn: you can do "Apply anyway" and go on.
I've actually been wondering about this blurryness myself but this certainly solves it! Works really nice
Thank you!
New version with other icons cropped.
Some icons appear gray instead of green... this update fixes it too?
Hello, I use your apk and this theme : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423
Really nice, together it's almost perfect, but if you know well android can you help me.
I changed few things in the apk, all worked well.
But I want to make horizontal lock bar in lockscreen looks invisible (they are grey translucide in CM7).
I modified the files "jog_tab..." but nothing changed.
Have you some clue?
P.S: With the honeycomb theme the lockscreen bar looks invisible when someone is calling, it's real nice.
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Some icons appear gray instead of green... this update fixes it too?
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Uhm... the icons are extracted from framework-res.apk of the cyanogenmod 7, some of theese are gray (for example the usb or the headphone one).
This theme only fix the blur effect due to the icons scaling from 25 to 19 pixels.
Bye
Diego
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I modified the files "jog_tab..." but nothing changed.
Have you some clue?
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Sotty, this is my first work on android, I don't know very well the system nor the T-mobile theme engine...
Bye
Diego
Little upgrade - 20110303
I was going to put this in the GingerBlur 2.5 thread, but got the smackdown for not having enough posts yet
I was thinking of theming kenneth's great GingerBlur ROM, but have noticed that some of the files seem to be in different places than expected.
It would be helpful if there was any guide or how-to on what .png files would need to be modified to theme particular areas specific to this ROM.
For example I had thought to change the color of the notification bar background you'd find statusbar_background.png in framework-res/res/drawable...alas nothing to be found.
Thanks!
I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
The vast majority of your editable pngs are in drawable-hdpi, but many of them are draw-9 pngs and require some special handling to alter.
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I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
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Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
Awwww man..
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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coool, cant wait. There are some aspects that I like changing (text colors mainly) and I hope it really is going to be a breeze. Changing images are easy in any case though. It's the text stuff that are tough.
Wow man that theme you got there looks pretty awsome!
jpinoy said:
Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
Sent from my Blue Steeled Atrix
Big-A-Rob said:
Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
Sent from my Blue Steeled Atrix
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Thanks... It's pretty much a mirror of that theme, but not as customized as Tones.. don't have that much time to mess with all the features
The origianl Galaxy S them has Blue, Green, and Red themes of the same.... which is where we both got the theme from to put it on the Atrix..
FYI some icons are in system/app/systemui.apk
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awesome news and a sincere thank you for all of your concerted efforts! Quick general question: do you know if Android supports transparency in the notification bar (the actual static bar at the top)?
I would assume so given they are .png; I think it would be pretty cool if you could have your notifications floating on top of your wallpaper.
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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WTH man??! Amazing screenshots!! This is exactly the color scheme I was wishing for on the Atrix!
How could you keep such good goodies only yourself? Or did you post your here somewhere?
Me would like it very much!
Thanks!
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Edit: Sorry! those beautiful screenshots got me a head-rush! I read later it's work-in-progress. gold luck.
tonecreationz said:
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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This sounds hard...maybe I just stick with black
tonecreationz said:
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
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Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
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please make a thread! i'm a little confused, i use 7-zip to extract (which you say is a no no), then change the images (even the .9's, i just add .png to the end, and yes i know that's a no no but that's the point of being deodexed, so you can throw any png in there and either match the name or change the xml, in my case, it works everytime....), throw them back into the apk, and either root exploror the framework back (with an immiediate reboot) or adb it in in between boots (the way your suppose to do it, unless you make an zip to flash which i don't know how).
this method works for me, but if you use root explorer, the rom erases your dialer history (odd, never happened on the cappy).
p.s. this isn't a guide, if somebody does this and bricks their phone, they can hold me responsible and sue me (as i have nothing, nor a job). but seriously, backup your framework and know how to use adb if you want to mod your framework...
chaosjh said:
that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
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I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
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I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
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The bar is a normal png, you can transparent it fine without any fancy coding.
Yes, the status bar image is a standard png and can be made transparent. However, the wallpaper does not expand behind where the status bar is - so even if you make your status bar transparent, some color needs to be represented behind it. I went into drawables.xml and set the status_bar_background to transparent as well but it still shows up black for the homescreen, it does stay transparent for apps though and shows up differently based on what app is running (aka, for words with friends it shows the blue stripes - but not when I screen cap). Here are some images of what I mean.
- black on the homescreen, wallpaper must not extend that high
- see straight through to the notifications
- shows more grey on my phone than here
Hello all,
I'm trying to build a ROM which has a dark theme but the problem is that you of course can't read black text on a dark grey background, in which files can you change the font colors, is it in the framework-res.apk XML's or somewhere else?
Thanks in advance.
DonUber said:
Hello all,
I'm trying to build a ROM which has a dark theme but the problem is that you of course can't read black text on a dark grey background, in which files can you change the font colors, is it in the framework-res.apk XML's or somewhere else?
Thanks in advance.
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While you can change the fonts (you will need to edit around 60 xmls in the framework, settings, systemui and any device framework file like com.HTC.resources.apk) you will still run into black on black with 3rd party apps and there is nothing you can do about it short of editing every apk.
zelendel said:
While you can change the fonts (you will need to edit around 60 xmls in the framework, settings, systemui and any device framework file like com.HTC.resources.apk) you will still run into black on black with 3rd party apps and there is nothing you can do about it short of editing every apk.
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Ok, thanks, then maybe it's better to put work in a light theme instead of the impossible font color changing job
sounds so hard
Just sharing some work I did to theme upndwn4par's CSROM. I have tested this with v6.8.
What I changed:
Added AlarmClock.apk
Changed Status Icons - Alarm Clock, Bluetooth, Signal, Mobile Data Type, Wifi, GPS, Vibrate, Airplane Mode, Signal, Battery (different color for each 1%), USB/SD/Memory, & Download/Upload
Changed Spinners
Changed emoticons to Blue
Changed Power Menu Icons
Changed Default Wallpaper (to Blue or Grey)
Changed Lockscreen Background to Transparent (so your wallpaper will show thru)
Changed Lockscreen Sliders to Semi-Transparent
Removed Shadow behind Launcher Dock
Blue Version of the Theme:
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?aiuz16b082h132d
Grey Version of the Theme:
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?mk1z254uyf11hmw
Matching Boot Logos are here: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914612)
To install:
1.) boot to recovery
2.) install from zip
3.) reboot
Thanks to upndwn4par for an awesome GB ROM to work with, and excellent support!!!! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846399)
Thanks to on21st for the work on the atrix themeing guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213071&highlight=theme+resource)
Thanks to jimbush3 for the work on the atrix themeing resources (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060199&highlight=guide)
Thanks to theimpaler747 android theme'ing guide and tools (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814&highlight=status+bar+clock)
Really nice. Thanks!
Hi! Cool themes. What do you think about white theme? Atrix display was born to make beatiful white color :cyclops:
ilya11g said:
Hi! Cool themes. What do you think about white theme? Atrix display was born to make beatiful white color :cyclops:
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I could do white, are you thinking this same style just with all the backgrounds as white? You want the status icons in color, but the wallpaper, lockscreen, and dialer in white?
I updated the themes with the fix to the Carrier Logo Removed. I updated the links in OP.
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I could do white, are you thinking this same style just with all the backgrounds as white? You want the status icons in color, but the wallpaper, lockscreen, and dialer in white?
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something like this one
http://developer.android.com/design/media/action_bar_pattern_rotation.png
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takenbyhim/5933010235/
Ok, that looks do-able. Give me some time and I'll try it. I'll PM you with the beta and we can perfect it to your liking b4 releasing here.
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how to install this
bernardwilkes3 said:
Just sharing some work I did to theme upndwn4par's CSROM. I have tested this with v6.8.
What I changed:
Added AlarmClock.apk
Changed Status Icons - Alarm Clock, Bluetooth, Signal, Mobile Data Type, Wifi, GPS, Vibrate, Airplane Mode, Signal, Battery (different color for each 1%), USB/SD/Memory, & Download/Upload
Changed Spinners
Changed emoticons to Blue
Changed Power Menu Icons
Changed Default Wallpaper (to Blue or Grey)
Changed Lockscreen Background to Transparent (so your wallpaper will show thru)
Changed Lockscreen Sliders to Semi-Transparent
Removed Shadow behind Launcher Dock
Blue Version of the Theme:
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?aiuz16b082h132d
Grey Version of the Theme:
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?mk1z254uyf11hmw
Matching Boot Logos are here: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914612)
To install:
1.) boot to recovery
2.) install from zip
3.) reboot
Thanks to upndwn4par for an awesome GB ROM to work with, and excellent support!!!! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846399)
Thanks to on21st for the work on the atrix themeing guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213071&highlight=theme+resource)
Thanks to jimbush3 for the work on the atrix themeing resources (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060199&highlight=guide)
Thanks to theimpaler747 android theme'ing guide and tools (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814&highlight=status+bar+clock)
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i followed the installation above but it didnt work on my phone.
anyone who can assist me with this? thank you so much
valcazar said:
i followed the installation above but it didnt work on my phone.
anyone who can assist me with this? thank you so much
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Can you provide more detail on what the situation is? What ROM have you installed, what CWM version are you on? Were there any errors when flashing? Will need a lot more information in order to help.
This will add blue 1% circle battery with white numbers, blue toggles with black background and white text, black status bar instead of the grey looking color, and remove the location icon from the status bar, and add a semi-transparent pulldown. This uses the vrtheme engine and will work on odex and deodex rom. Just flash in recovery and reboot. Tested using TWRP and stock odex rom.
-status bar is transparent when using stock wallpapers, and black in apps and if using custom wallpaper.
-updated with a semi-trans pulldown
-Updated with a V2 of this has dark grey background behind toggles, and notification row, and made a new clear button. Screenshot will be shown at the bottom ill put a v2 on the screenshot pic.
-Updated with a V3 it is the same as V2 but now has transparent status bar with any wallpaper, will still be black when in apps.
-Updated added a new version with an orange circle battery, slightly darker toggle backgrounds, and added a smooth charge animation.
-Updated- added a V4 with the blue battery. added the new toggle backgrounds, and darkened the toggles when off, smooth charge animation, made the battery text about as big as possible without cutting into the battery.
Thanks to KryptosX for the battery icons as they are the only ones I can find that are high resolution for our phones to not look all fuzzy.
Just installed on deodexed stock. Worked great thanks.
Just updated the OP with a new version that has a semi-trans pulldown, can be seen in the screenshots
rwc95 said:
Just updated the OP with a new version that has a semi-trans pulldown, can be seen in the screenshots
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Would you be able to incorporate the no wifi status mod into the package?
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Would you be able to incorporate the no wifi status mod into the package?
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Just flash both mods separately they won't interfere with each other
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Just flash both mods separately they won't interfere with each other
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Ok thanks.
Hi rwc95. Really appreciate you're work on making a 1% mod. I made these ones for the S3 (100 charges and noncharge batteries)....and been working on converting them without image loss. You're mod will allow me to put them on the S4, so thanks a lot for that.
Working on the white battery right now, and was wondering if you could add the signal bars as a separate mod?. This will allow me to change them to the ones in the pic.
Also, if possible could you remove all toggles from the pulldown . I like the old droid look of a clean pulldown. Thanks if you can, and if you need any graphic work let me know.
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Hi rwc95. Really appreciate you're work on making a 1% mod. I made these ones for the S3 (100 charges and noncharge batteries)....and been working on converting them without image loss. You're mod will allow me to put them on the S4, so thanks a lot for that.
Working on the white battery right now, and was wondering if you could add the signal bars as a separate mod?. This will allow me to change them to the ones in the pic.
Also, if possible could you remove all toggles from the pulldown . I like the old droid look of a clean pulldown. Thanks if you can, and if you need any graphic work let me know.
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Yeah I can do the signal bars no problem, Ill look into removing all the toggles, probably be a day or two since I got work. Let me know when you get the white battery done im pretty interested in that. Ill just make a little vrtheme zip for you that only does the signal bars so you can just replace them with yours and flash. Also by looking at your screen shot you might be interested in my other mod that removes the ongoing wifi notification in the pulldown plus the little dim eye from smart stay. I just upped it in my other thread.
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Yeah I can do the signal bars no problem, Ill look into removing all the toggles, probably be a day or two since I got work. Let me know when you get the white battery done im pretty interested in that. Ill just make a little vrtheme zip for you that only does the signal bars so you can just replace them with yours and flash. Also by looking at your screen shot you might be interested in my other mod that removes the ongoing wifi notification in the pulldown plus the little dim eye from smart stay. I just upped it in my other thread.
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Sweet.....and thanks a bunch.
And heck yeah....hate that dim eye. :cyclops:
Flashed on stock rooted. Works great, thank you!
rwc95 said:
This will add blue 1% circle battery with white numbers, blue toggles with black background and white text, black status bar instead of the grey looking color, and remove the location icon from the status bar, and add a semi-transparent pulldown. This uses the vrtheme engine and will work on odex and deodex rom. Just flash in recovery and reboot. Tested using TWRP and stock odex rom.
-status bar is transparent when using stock wallpapers, and black in apps and if using custom wallpaper.
-updated with a semi-trans pulldown
Thanks to KryptosX for the battery icons as they are the only ones I can find that are high resolution for our phones to not look all fuzzy.
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Hi. Can you tell me what you used to decompile and compile systemui? My apktool errors on compile even when I do nothing to it. And I did install frameworkres and twframeworkres
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jbeitel said:
Hi. Can you tell me what you used to decompile and compile systemui? My apktool errors on compile even when I do nothing to it. And I did install frameworkres and twframeworkres
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You have to edit some files in a few xmls to get it to recompile. It's in two xmls but I'm away from my pc so I can't remember off my head. I can send you the edited xmls to drop in later tonight when I get home from work if you want them. And just using Apk tool 152.
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You have to edit some files in a few xmls to get it to recompile. It's in two xmls but I'm away from my pc so I can't remember off my head. I can send you the edited xmls to drop in later tonight when I get home from work if you want them. And just using Apk tool 152.
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yeah if you can send me those tonight, that would be awesome.
Looks great, thanks. Any way that you can incorporate the WiFi nag removal into this???? That would be awesome.
Also the smart eye removal, or relocation, since it looks a bit funny sitting right in the middle now.
mexiken said:
Looks great, thanks. Any way that you can incorporate the WiFi nag removal into this???? That would be awesome.
Also the smart eye removal, or relocation, since it looks a bit funny sitting right in the middle now.
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Just flash both mods they won't interfere with each other
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Made a V2 of this mod changed a few more things in the pulldown can be shown in the screenshot here and I added one to the OP. Im open to any suggestions of anything you guys want or thing would look good or better. I change things a little all the time till I get to my liking . The V2 in the screenshot is just there to show which one it is it not there for real, but someone will probably ask lol.
Works great thank you!
Added a V3 of this that looks the same as the V2 but now has transparent statusbar with any wallpaper instead of just on stock. The bar will still be black when in apps due to the app not filling in behind the bar.
Great Mod, works great on HyperDrive. Thanks for the work.
Im working on this one should be done later today, white stock 1% battery, white toggles, and little different shades on the backgrounds trying to get them just right on the backgrounds so they are dark but dont all blend together or too light they look weird lol.