Swift Installer vs Substraum - Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers

I'm trying to find the best theme engine. I have used theme galaxy and it's alright. I am using swift installer now. If I wanted more stuff themed could I install swift dark on substraum? Would that mess up anything up?
What are the themes you guys recommend or are using through Substraum? What are some good overlays?
Thanks in advanced guys!

I'm using swift installer now

fayeharuna said:
I'm using swift installer now
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I am as well. I was just trying to see if I can use swift dark in substratum with it to make sure everything is super themed lol.

I use swift for Samsung, system mods, yoru and status bar mods. These substratum themes cover most of my applications and provide some status bar tweaks as well. I used swift installer for a while and switched back to substratum.

vishnu8058 said:
I use swift for Samsung, system mods, youru and status bar mods. These substratum themes cover most of my applications and provide some status bar tweaks as well. I used swift installer for a while and switched back to substratum.
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Did u ever use swift installer and substratum at the same time

THey are both sort of the same, but Swift is basically set up for the Galaxy S series. I would stick to it, it works well, and it is hard to mess things up. Substratum is slightly more complicated and harder to fix things if something goes wrong.

UnicornHub said:
Did u ever use swift installer and substratum at the same time
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Yes, used system mods from substratum and swift installer together.

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[Theming][Guide][ME7] Using XposedInstaller and then some

First, I know all of this is mentioned in various areas of the forum. All I am doing is putting the process for using Xposed in one place.
This process definitely works on rooted ME7 Stock or Custom ROM's.
Requirements to do what I am showing below:
Rooted
XposedInstaller - Link
XQuickSettingsToggles - Link
XThemeEngine_beta5 - Link
GunmetalCobalt and other themes - Link
Wanam xPosed for mods like hiding battery - Link
1 and 2 are mandatory.
3 is required for the quick settings themes
4 is required to install themes such as 5. Gunmetal Cobalt which I uses as a base
6 if you want a wide variety of tweaks like colors of icons, hide battery, etc.
XposedInstaller
So, to get started you must first install XposedInstaller so follow these instructions or the ones on that thread.
Download and install apk like any other application with your favorite file manager
Reboot
Open Xposedinstaller and tap install/update to install the framework
Reboot
XThemeEngine:
Install apk just like any other application with your favorite file manager
Open xposedinstaller from applications and go to modules and enable xThemeEngine
Reboot
Install the theme of your choice. I used Gunmetal Cobalt
Install apk like any other application with your favorite file manager
Open xThemeEngine from applications
Choose theme
Apply theme
Reboot when prompted
If it does not look right do a full reboot
If signal bars don't theme use Wanam and change signal bars to 4
Optional: XQuickSettingsToggles
Download and install apk like any other application with your favorite file manager
Reboot
Open xposedinstaller from applications and go to modules and enable XQuickSettingsToggles in modules
Reboot
Go into XQuicksettingsToggles and choose a theme. I like Kalagas.
Optional: The clock is HD Widgets from market
NOTE1: If you don't get network immediately on boot then it is probably Wanam (???) so either wait or just reboot immediately.
NOTE2: Also best to use the power button reboot rather than the one in each app.
Enjoy
That setup looks a lot like business sense
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brycekerr said:
That setup looks a lot like business sense
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Yeah, I am having a hard time giving up. HaHa
If my replacement S4 coming Wednesday is MDK there will soon be a Business TW
NilsP said:
Yeah, I am having a hard time giving up. HaHa
If my replacement S4 coming Wednesday is MDK there will soon be a Business TW
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I didn't know you came over to the s4?! That's awesome. Would love you run your Rom on my phone..... Again
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Evocm7 said:
I didn't know you came over to the s4?! That's awesome. Would love you run your Rom on my phone..... Again
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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Snuck over here a couple of weeks ago but just lurking
Getting my feet wet tinkering with this
NilsP said:
Snuck over here a couple of weeks ago but just lurking
Getting my feet wet tinkering with this
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So installed the XTheme and the XQuick settings .. Quick settings appeared to work fine, but no matter what I did I couldn't get the theme to apply entirely to the status bar (Cobaltx). How did you get it to theme the whole thing? Did it just work for you?
roboots21 said:
So installed the XTheme and the XQuick settings .. Quick settings appeared to work fine, but no matter what I did I couldn't get the theme to apply entirely to the status bar (Cobaltx). How did you get it to theme the whole thing? Did it just work for you?
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Post a screenshot so I can see what's missing
I used Wanam to change some options on the statusbar like hiding the battery icon which can make a difference.
NilsP said:
Post a screenshot so I can see what's missing
I used Wanam to change some options on the statusbar like hiding the battery icon which can make a difference.
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I'll try a reinstall and see what I get. It was the battery icon, signal bars, and wifi bars that didn't work.
roboots21 said:
I'll try a reinstall and see what I get. It was the battery icon, signal bars, and wifi bars that didn't work.
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You may also need Wanam to change signal bars to 4 with cobalt
I tried this per the OP and GunMetalCobalt theme and it sorta made my Gmail and new messages titles un-distinguished and hard to decipher.
Also, the quick Settings tweak (assuming that's how you get the colors, ect... at the top of the notifications Pulldown, did nothing for me.
lazer9 said:
I tried this per the OP and GunMetalCobalt theme and it sorta made my Gmail and new messages titles un-distinguished and hard to decipher.
Also, the quick Settings tweak (assuming that's how you get the colors, ect... at the top of the notifications Pulldown, did nothing for me.
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I don't use g-mail so I didn't notice
You need to go into xQuicksettingsToggles app and pick the theme you like. I am using Kalagas
NilsP said:
I don't use g-mail so I didn't notice
You need to go into xQuicksettingsToggles app and pick the theme you like. I am using Kalagas
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Here's an example, I switched to plain Cobalt but it's doing the same thing:
Also I tried xQuicksettings Toggles with setting theme as Kalagas but doesn't seem to change anything in the dropdown.
lazer9 said:
Here's an example, I switched to plain Cobalt but it's doing the same thing:
Also I tried xQuicksettings Toggles with setting theme as Kalagas but doesn't seem to change anything in the dropdown.
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I would post in the Cobalt thread that there is a problem with the G-Mail theming.
Did you select enable at the top of thexQuicksettings setup screen?
Well as soon as I root this thing I will give this a try.
Im a theme junky for sure
Thanks for the step by step
I'm having an issue with the XTheme Engine where it only seems to be theming Icons. I downloaded a theme called Chromium from one of the theme threads here and the screenshot shows it theming almost the entire UI (Settings, Notification Panel, etc.) but I can not seem to get any of those changes to take effect by re-applying/rebooting etc.
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I'm having an issue with the XTheme Engine where it only seems to be theming Icons. I downloaded a theme called Chromium from one of the theme threads here and the screenshot shows it theming almost the entire UI (Settings, Notification Panel, etc.) but I can not seem to get any of those changes to take effect by re-applying/rebooting etc.
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Not all themes are going to work correctly unless the are specifically ported for TW and even then not all will work.
The Cobalt series seem to work best for me anyway when I also use Wanam
NilsP said:
Not all themes are going to work correctly unless the are specifically ported for TW and even then not all will work.
The Cobalt series seem to work best for me anyway when I also use Wanam
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It was found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251952 which seems to provide only XTheme Engine themes.
Edit: I tried "Cobalt Gunmetal" from the first post with the same results. It themes a few of the status bar icons and some portions of the notification center and that is it.
frc3260 said:
It was found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251952 which seems to provide only XTheme Engine themes.
Edit: I tried "Cobalt Gunmetal" from the first post with the same results. It themes a few of the status bar icons and some portions of the notification center and that is it.
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Did you install Wanam and change the signals to 4. That will at least add the signal bars
Which others are not themed?
Sorry for off topic, but did your replacement s4 end up coming with mdk or me7?
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Evocm7 said:
Sorry for off topic, but did your replacement s4 end up coming with mdk or me7?
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My luck it was ME7. Gonna wait and try again
On the other hand I don't like to abuse exchanges and with the arrival of safestrap it may be good enough to move forward.

[API 21+]Materialize Official Xposed Installer - Xposed Installer With Material UI

Open Source Xposed Module to Convert Xposed Installer App to Material Theme
Convert official Xposed Installer App from @rovo89 to have Material Theme.
DOWNLOAD MODULE
SCREENSHOTS
Dear users, we have released a donation package on our website. The module file is same as free version and you can always download the module for free here at xda. If you liked our work do consider buying the donation package to support us. Thank you.
DONATION PACKAGE
Features:
Easy activation/Deactivation of module.
On the go changes [After choosing a different theme simply swipe out Xposed Installer App from recent apps panel].
Contains Stock + 3 different Material Themes.
Set custom Primary[Action bar and Statusbar], Accent[Highlights, links, etc] and Background colours.
Light weight.
Open Source.
Note : I am using a slightly modified icon from official app. The credit for original icon goes to the developer of it.
Credits :
@rovo89 for Xposed.
Icon creator for the original xposed installer app icon.
TraYse101 @ IconArchive.com for the new icon
XDA:DevDB Information
Materialize Xposed Installer, Xposed for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
SArnab©®
Source Code: https://github.com/Proficient-Apps/MaterializeXposedInstaller
Xposed Package Name: in.proficientapps.MaterializeXposedInstaller
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.1
Stable Release Date: 2015-09-18
Created 2015-09-06
Last Updated 2015-09-18
Change Log
V1.1:
Added options to set custom Primary[Action bar and Statusbar], Accent[Highlights, links, etc] and Background colours.
Updated Material Light Theme with dark ActionBar to support Background theming.
Updated App Icon.
V1.0:
Initial Release.
Support to choose from 3 different themes.
Do you plan to send your changes to @rovo89?
Hi, thanks...
Which theme is this?
I do not have blue bar in any theme...
pyler said:
Do you plan to send your changes to @rovo89?
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We would be more than happy to send it to rovo, that is why we made it open source
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Hello!
pyler said:
Do you plan to send your changes to @rovo89?
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What changes?
It's a module and not a modified app.
This module changes app theme to Material Theme from Holo Theme.
Nothing Less. Nothing More.
Ja_som said:
Hi, thanks...
Which theme is this?
I do not have blue bar in any theme...
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Those screenshots are from a Galaxy S4[with S6 Port Rom].
Your Device will have some other colour.
Each Android Skin has it's own combination.
I am trying to bring in the option to manually choose certain UI colours like that of Action Bar, Accent Colour, Primary Colour, etc. Stay tuned for next update. It won't be coming out anytime soon though.
Amazing, thanks! But update with a option to hide app icon from launcher
Hello!
rodrigoswz said:
Amazing, thanks! But update with a option to hide app icon from launcher
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Yeah sure. Will add that in next version.
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Upcoming changes...
Update Released
Hello,
I am glad to announce a new update for the module.
It's better than ever.
Change log :
V1.1:
Added options to set custom Primary[Action bar and Statusbar], Accent[Highlights, links, etc] and Background colours.
Updated Material Light Theme with dark ActionBar to support Background theming.
Updated App Icon.
Any chance of making this compatible with v64 of Xposed ?
oroboros74 said:
Any chance of making this compatible with v64 of Xposed ?
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Hello,
We don't have any device to test if this supports x64 or not.
Can you test and report if it works or not?
SArnab©® said:
Hello,
We don't have any device to test if this supports x64 or not.
Can you test and report if it works or not?
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I am using it with AOSP rom. I'd be happy to test it if it's possible.
@oroboros74 Xposed installer app is same for all builds, x64, x86 and arm. So this module should work, or?
oroboros74 said:
I am using it with AOSP rom. I'd be happy to test it if it's possible.
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Yet it's totally possible to test.
Everything is well surrounded with exception handling so you won't get into any issue even if it does not works[I don't see why it won't].
Ja_som said:
@oroboros74 Xposed installer app is same for all builds, x64, x86 and arm. So this module should work, or?
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Exactly. Xposed Installer App is same. Also a 32bit App/Module is compatible for both 32bit/64bit Android.
Shared your mod in LG G4 forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3206497
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Works well on Moto G (falcon) with CM 12.1
So this doesn't work on Kitkat?
terrorist96 said:
So this doesn't work on Kitkat?
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No, we can't make it work for KitKat as Material UI was introduced with Lollipop.
Xposed developer clearly states that it's not possible to make changes in styles/themes of android apps using Xposed.
Yet we came to know that this is partially wrong. Even though a style in Android App can't be modified it can be replaced with one present in Android framework.
So since Material Themes are present in framework in Android Lollipop we replace Holo Theme by Material Themes. This is impossible to achieve in KitKat as the framework does not has Material Themes.
Really nice. Wondered why all root tools are badly designed. Thanks for the work look cool
Gopinath15 said:
Really nice. Wondered why all root tools are badly designed. Thanks for the work look cool
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Root tools? Badly Designed?
What are you talking about?

[MOD] [H2O2][OB2] New accent colours

Features
- New accent colors in Light Theme: Wine, Navy Blue, Green (the default color in OOS 3.2.8)
- New accent colors in Dark Theme: White, Red and Lime (from OOS 3.2.8)
Instructions
1. Make nandroid before you flash this.
2. Download the zip and flash it.
3. Hit thanks and enjoy
Bugs
-While using dark theme the names of colours are not synced(Will not affect appearance)
For reporting bugs, please attach screenshots if possible
Compatibility
V7.0 for Open beta 2
Downloads
Ob2
Drive link(v7.0)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FY-XKZtgn4NmVwNjZWN2x4dkU/view?usp=drivesdk(beta)
Revert back to ob11(op3)/ob2(op3t)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FY-XKZtgn4eGFEWW52ZVVGcGs/view?usp=drivesdk(beta)
Do not get confused because ob11 on OnePlus 3 is same as ob2 on 3t
Credits
Thanks to @ungeeked
@Rajeev
@Nishidh(me)
Hit the thanks button if my work helped
Invalid link. The file doesn't exist.
Just tested, the aroma installer is gone, which is kind of a downside, plus, it made my system settings crash every time I tried to open it..
adanteon said:
Just tested, the aroma installer is gone, which is kind of a downside, plus, it made my system settings crash every time I tried to open it..
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This is for the open Beta's. I'm assuming you got it mixed up with this thread . That's why there is no aroma installer and you are getting the crashes.
Sent from my OnePlus 3T using XDA Labs
Thanks a lot for this. I'm glad that someone took the relay in this.
For those who want dark notification, the developer has no time for that. So you could try installing this substratum theme, if your rom supports it, and just theme the notification tray.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.r3ds.divinitytheme
(If stating this information here is breaking some rule let me know I'll remove it immediately)
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This is for the open Beta's. I'm assuming you got it mixed up with this thread . That's why there is no aroma installer and you are getting the crashes.
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Welp, seeing the same name and a superior version number got me a little confused, then... Thanks for the head up
adanteon said:
Welp, seeing the same name and a superior version number got me a little confused, then... Thanks for the head up
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I agree. It is confusing.
Sent from my OnePlus 3T using XDA Labs
who are success install it ?
ddaharu said:
Thanks a lot for this. I'm glad that someone took the relay in this.
For those who want dark notification, the developer has no time for that. So you could try installing this substratum theme, if your rom supports it, and just theme the notification tray.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.r3ds.divinitytheme
(If stating this information here is breaking some rule let me know I'll remove it immediately)
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How do you specifically theme the notification tray?
please can you create file to work in 3.5.3 ??

[Oreo] Substratum Theme Compatability

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.
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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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.
wruyter80 said:
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.
wruyter80 said:
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
wruyter80 said:
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

[Theme] Make your phone darker like your life "Pun intented"

Warning: This process involves root and altering system files, if anything happens to your devices, it is not my fault. BACKUP EVERYTHING
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I know most of you heard about an app, substratum.
What is Substratum?
Substratum is a theming tool that can apply system-wide themes with or without root. There is a huge community of developers and designers making beautiful themes and tweaks. The history of Substratum starts with CyanogenMod, which was an extremely popular custom ROM. Cyanogen included a theming engine that made it super easy to apply themes. Unfortunately, Cyanogen eventually died off, but Substratum rose from the ashes. At first, it required root to apply themes, but Android Oreo made it possible to use without root.
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But hey, it is recommended to have root to increase the probability to theme an app. So, I made steps on how to make some apps have dark theme or any other theme you'd like.
Steps
1. Download substratum theme engine on Google Play Store (it is free)
2. Download any theme apps (even paid or free) or just find some on the internet.
3. Open substratum app then select your downloaded theme (in this case, let's use Dirty Dark theme from the play store)
4. Select an app to be themed (let's use calculator)
5. On the bottom, there should be a button, click that and select "Build & Enable"
-If an error pops up, there are 2 cases.
>Your theme app is outdated, update your current theme app or you have to find another theme app that is updated
>Your app to be themed is outdated (e.g. Instagram v77), you have to update it (e.g. Instagram v78)
6. If the name "Calculator" has a highlight colored Yellow, it means it is disabled.
-To enable it, on the bottom, there should be a button, click that and select "Enable"
7. No need to reboot, just go to your app and see for yourself.
This happens
Is this for custom ROM or will work also for MIUI?
I just downloaded Substratum and when opening, it's stuck in loading. Im on MIUI EU 9.1.24
Update:
Already opened Substratum app by granting SU.
Now my problem is I can't apply the overlays
I think it would not work on MIUI. I will test the latest stable. Be right back.
It should be clear that Substratum works only on AOSP-based ROMs. Right now the OP doesn't make that clear.
Substratum *might* work on MIUI. Partially, at least, but there is no support and don't expect stuff to not just randomly break in the next release of either MIUI or Substratum. It's not intended to work on MIUI, as it has its own theming capabilities and is a wholly different beast than AOSP.
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It should be clear that Substratum works only on AOSP-based ROMs. Right now the OP doesn't make that clear.
Substratum *might* work on MIUI. Partially, at least, but there is no support and don't expect stuff to not just randomly break in the next release of either MIUI or Substratum. It's not intended to work on MIUI, as it has its own theming capabilities and is a wholly different beast than AOSP.
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Yepyep, MIUI limits that because it has its own theming engine. substratum might work but not fully 100%

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