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[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] molohov:
Hey sileshn, I decided to try and learn how to theme and I did some really rough work in porting this theme to CM6.3:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733450

But I am finding myself in need of guidance in order to refine it.

The only thing I have tried is to replace the images in drawable-hdpi with the ones from the source. What else is it that you usually do when you port themes? I think a quick guide would be great, if you have time to write one! Cheers.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] eSu.Matix:
I really like this theme. Clean, simple and nice. Hope you're able to port it soon. ;) Good luck mate.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Depends on the theme. Changes in statusbar wont be a problem since you can use cyanogenmod extras to change those.

Others like battery icons, progressbars, menu colours will require decompiling/recompiling framework.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
If you want a guide, take a look at this. You should learn almost everything.

This should also help.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] ashish7350:
Hi is there anything new is cooking? ;)
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Mioze7Ae:
Here you go! These are the ones from update-cm-6.3.0-RC3-MilestoneXT720-signed.zip
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Black android theme for CM6 is online. Check OP.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] eejin2:
Thanks Silesh! Can't wait to try it out. Studying now.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] AA1973:
Again a very sexy theme. Thanks sileshn!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] eejin2:
hoho i just flashed this theme over molohov's cm6 (with crt animation) and its awesome. a little weird tho, because it has crt-on animation too and it fades+crt on the screen, but when screen off, it just fades out. hm... should i just use rc3?

edit: flashed to rc3. i cant hear the sound for the boot animation in the black android theme (not that i need it)... Silesh, is there a way to put in the overscroll glow? it would be the best theme for cm6! loving this theme. i like the new latinime keyboard too. heh heh :D
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
That involves a lot of work and honestly, i dont have such skills. I can try to port it from SGS, but you have to check and 95% it will not work.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] eejin2:
you know i think the overscroll glow effect might be just the same as the crt animation, hard coded inside android. molohov managed to integrate in the crt animation because someone else had already done it on a cm6 rom and that guy shared the code, i think. i cant find anything related to integrating the overscroll glow effect into froyo though. the guy (doixanh) did it but he might not have wanted to shared?

here's doixanh's froyo rom which has both the crt and overscroll glow.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079463

heres the crt animation thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1073930

might be good for some studying if you're interested! =P
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] eejin2:
@Silesh, the keyboard in the theme is much nicer than the one in your screenshot! i'll upload a picture later.

done!

its almost flat black with is pretty darn cool! goes very well with the theme!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
That's becoz I can't take any screenshots. I just pulled out that one from the original thread.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
Hey this theme looks pretty cool! can we have this for the CM 6.3.* versions as well?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] AA1973:
It works on the CM6.3.0 RC3 as I am using it.

Or did you ask for the Milestone CM 6.3.XX by milaq?

Milestone XT720 - CM6.3.0 RC3
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
yep the one by milaq
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] AA1973:
You could try it out - on your own risk of course. sileshn made very nice themes for milaq's CM6 which we (XT720) users could apply as well. So, why not the other way round? But to be sure - ask sileshn himself.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
ok i just gave it a shot and it works perfectly well! cheers!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] AA1973:
You're welcome. Glad to know it works.

Milestone XT720 - CM6.3.0 RC3
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] androidlover123:
btw the black android theme doesnt work on cm6.3.0 RC3 rite? i can only use themes from the milestone cm6 themes rite?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
No, it works afaik.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] androidlover123:
oh no wonder haha ok it looks cool i have to try it btw if i am currently on one theme (eg:twisted inception) and want to move to another one (eg: black android) i just update as normal rite? the update replaces the framework-res.apk fully rite so no overlap rite? oh and i tried your MIUI 6.3.3 (on the motorola milestone page), it doesnt work (i can get the lockscreen but once i touched the lockscreen,it went back the bootanimation and after sometime back to lockscreen but i touch again back to bootanimation).
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Get back to stock first, else you will have reminiscent's of the previous theme, especially if you are flashing over TI.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] androidlover123:
oh ok. but that means i have to factory reset? i dont have backup of cm6 with stock, only with themes. is there like an update.zip to take me back to stock?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Just flash the stock theme.

Just realized that I have not put up the stock theme. I'll do it tomorrow.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] androidlover123:
Thx a lot!! Saving me a factory reset :D Thank you!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
hey is there a way we can have the black android theme without the boot animation?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Woody:
You can find a boot animation that you like and swap it out. Go into /system/media/bootanimation.zip and replace it with one from another theme.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
oh ok cool. thanks!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Stock theme for CM 6.3.0 is up. Check OP.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
sorry quick question. how do u swap out the boot animation built in the theme with a new boot animation? I know it is located in the system/media folder but I cannot delete that boot animation from there or add another one in there.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Woody:
If you are using Root Explorer, don't forget to hit the r/w-r/o tab in the upper corner.

Side note: I keep a folder in my SDcard called***wait for it***Boot Animations and keep all the ones, especially the original, in there. They are all going to be called Bootanimation.zip, so I have a folder inside that one like this /sdcard/bootaminations/xdaspecial/bootanimation.zip OR /sdcard/bootaminations/CM6/bootanimation.zip.

If you have /sdcard/bootanimations/ and just start dropping them in there, you'll never be able to tell which one is which.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] tuffballa:
thats a good idea! thanks :)
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Ok, so just tried both methods, first to delete the files before updating - Stuck on M logo..

Updated without deleting the files - Boot animation loop.. :(

I don't understand, I may be doing something wrong? I'm gonna flash back to stock SBF and try all over just to see..
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
What abt metamorph flashable zip i sent you via pm?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Will try now, sorry just flashed from stock and now back to cm6..

So I flash it via OR update as well..?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Yes. Just flash it like a rom using OR.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
By "flash it like a rom using OR" do you mean flash it via "apply updates" in OR or flash it in nandroid like a ROM? As I tried flashing via apply update in OR and still got bootloops.. :(

Flashing via nandroid i believe doesn't support zip files, should i try unzipping and flash in nandroid? **EDIT: Of course i can't unzip and flash it in nandroid! :eek:sometimes my noobness gets the better of me..

Anyway, I still can't figure out, why the first theme i tried (cool blue with flying anim) and the sense theme worked fine and this would not.. :confused:

Many thanks! And thanks for your patience with my noobness.. :D
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Ok. Enough failures for today. I'll try again tomorrow. Just not able to figure out what's wrong. All methods work on the milestone. I created a version for FroyoMOD which i am about to upload.

I'll probably download another copy of the rom and start afresh.

If you can give me a logcat of your boot process, i can figure out what's happening.

Ya, its bizzare that themes made for milestone cm6 work without issues but themes made with the rom files bootloop. Some things don't have an explanation.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
But don'rt get me wrong, i have no problem flashing and restoring and flashing all over, it's the least i could do. :)

I'll PM you the logcat, just adb logcat right? do you want everything that it will give me?

**EDIT** This just popped up, i don't know if this happened while bootlooping though as i was waiting for texts to appear while bootlooping for about 20 minutes but nothing.. When i maximized cmd to close it i saw this.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Yes, everything till the bootanimation loops.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] spectacle:
Tried this. Doesn't work for me. Having bootloops at the boot animation. Reinstalled everything again
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Mioze7Ae:
Can you send me a theme in your preferred format? I'll see if I can figure out what the problem is on the ROM side. Somewhere you mentioned fufu minimod. Is that the preferred way to do theming? If so, we should get that working. mchlbenner said he had some luck porting it to XT720 recently. I can also test that out this weekend.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Ya sure. I send you the link. Fufu minimod has got a metamorph theme flash option. I also use a flashable version of the metamorph theme. But don't seem to work. No idea why? The metamorph is the easiest way to get the same theme working on different roms.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Mioze7Ae:
I know 3rdstring has mentioned a few times when helping others with theming that we have to use edify-flavored updates and that the default flavor doesn't work. I don't know enough about theming to know if that helps. I'll look into getting the fufu stuff working.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
But the older default update-script used in CM6 milestone themes worked. That's why i am confused. I dont know if i screwed up the files so i will start afresh tomorrow.

Anyway, i am attaching the metamorph script that FuFu uses. Can you see if you can get it to work for xt720. It works perfectly for milestone. My linux skills are very limited.

Update

: I was double checking the DarkFroyo theme's update-script and the only change i see is that the apps that are pushed to system/app folder are given explicit permissions ( 644 ). I'll modify my script and see if that makes any difference. Thanks for helping me out.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
I use ZipThemer & on Dexter's ROMS I used a generic HTC Edify script format, that didn't work On WanHu's ROM & ZT added an option to configure itself by reading a known "good" update.zip so on the WanHu ROMs I read in one of your updates & that worked.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Bumpbumppp.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Dude, can't you read? Let me get it working first. Then we can think of porting new themes.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Twisted Inception theme metamorph

Another version to test. Backup before trying.

http://www.mediafire.com/?behm8ss8uy7kb37
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Working..!

Downloading now.. will update asap.

**Update**

We've got ourselves a winner..!!! It worked!! Even the tiny keyboard that we have in CM6 is themed! Means it's working!

Thank you very much for putting time to get this to work..! :D

BTW, what did you change from the first 2 versions to get it to work? Though i'm sure i won't understand half of what your answer is but for the benefit of those who will.. :D
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Yay, good news at last. Involved removing 2 words in the update-script and adding one line. But xda version is not working for LibertyMonger. Btw, was the clock/date/spn/notification ticker colours in white?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
Great !!!! It seems so good in the pictures!

I m gonna test it right now!

Thanks
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Oh bummer, well at least you got 1 to work, still great news..!!

Anyway, i couldn't tell, since I was on the coolblue prior to applying the twisted inception, so the date and carrier and all that stuff i've already customized to match cool blue, they stayed the same color.

Maybe i should've reset them to defaults I applied the TI theme to check..

O btw, is it anyway possible to theme a gingerbread keyboard or any other keyboard for that matter, to match Twisted Inception? As it is a known issue in our port of CM6 that the Android keyboard is squashed and tiny.. LOL.. Thanks again!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Just push GB keyboard to /system/app and flash the theme again. As long as the keyboard is called LatinIME.apk, it will work. I have a modded GB keyboard with bigger buttons. I can give you the link for that if you are interested.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
I m interrested !!!!!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15444246/Ginger_keyboard.zip

This is how it looks on my SGSII.

I can start porting the other themes now.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
Thanks but can i make it european?? (azerty)

I m gonna try to reinstall the theme over my old gingerbread keyboard (on the market) like you say
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
If the original android keyboard is already named LatinIME, wouldn't that make 2 LatinIME's in the system/app dir? Or should i remove the original keyboard first?

*Edit* Nevermind my question Silesh, i just flashed your GB keyboard version and love it! Will just have to reflash the theme to see if it will do the trick.

Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
The new one will overwrite the old one. Please note that you need to push the corresponding libjni_latinime.so file to /system/lib folder, else keyboard will not work.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
It does...

And like the stock keyboard it automaticly change to azerty for me

My phone is so classy now!!!! :cool:

Thank you so much Sileshn
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
working like a charm!

Working like a charm..! Love the bigger buttons on your keyboard bud! Much easier to type now, and flashing the theme again themed the KB as well..!! All good!

Now if you need tester's for your upcoming themes ;) i'm willing to try anything! LOL..!

Thanks again Silesh.

Ok so i just dropped by the XDA Special thread and saw Liberty's post on the un-themed places on his phone.

For me, as i double checked, everything is themed, camera, call history, dialpad message button, clock, and pretty much everything else, i dunno about FM radio and Audio effects though as these are not on the CM6.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
The Ginger Original Glass looks like the same keyboard as an update.zip with the lib.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Dude, can't you read too? I was asking in GENERAL. Or are you the only themes-creator here? Don't think so.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
When you post a question in my thread, I think it is for me. If it was not for me, no issues.

I never said I am the only themer. Good luck with finding a blur theme.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Bro chill out.. sileshn created this thread as per my request that he port the twisted inception theme to our phone..

This thread was created by the OP to port themes for xt, so i agree that if you post a question here the OP would assume it's for him..
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] spectacle:
Nice job there! Thanks for porting for us. Really appreciate it. Have flashed the new theme. Feels good. Btw for those who are going to flash, the first boot will take quite awhile. Be patient. It isn't stuck. I got scared initially =)
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
As of now and for as long as I have been here he is the only themer we have. We have had a few from Khal and we have 3rd's awesome creation but sileshn is the only themer we have. Thanks sileshn that's what makes your help so great

***with that said I would sure like to learn how to theme, I think that is my next XT720 goal. It's pretty bad we haven't really had a themer but I guess with the way Motorola stuck us with 2.1 everything has been a challenge for our phone. So our brains here had to focus on more deving than say a thread where phones got the upgrades.

***Ps... Does anyone have the facebook apk from Khal's SteelBlue? or something similar being in black?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
I have khal's steelblue rom.. I'll pull the facebook.apk.and upload it, if anyone else hasn't. Come to think of it, that version will look great on this theme.. specially the mangled facebook logo.. it matches the "twisted" theme..
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
I was thinkin, a Twisted Smurf boot animation would go good with this theme as well! lmao. And a twisted smurf pissin on the Moto logo HaHaHa!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
LOL..!! But seriously that'll look good on this.. plus I'm stuck with the starhub logo on boot, I'd love a boot logo with anyone pissin on moto's M. Lmao
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
Maybe you should flash over Ben's nandroid, i would think that you shouldn't have to do a full wipe and you would get the calvin/M logo back plus he has it with the twisted theme
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
And if you only want the "pissing logo" just flash the logo (and not the system and boot) i think Mz post a thread with the logo only

Good idea LybertyMonger for the twisted pissing logo I m laughing alone at work imagining it...:D
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Does this rom support 1% battery steps?
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Hmm that would make sense.. I'll flash Ben's nandroid then flash a backup of what i have now.. Nice..!! Will try this tomorrow first thing.. it's already midnight from where I'm from, im calling it a night .. Nice progress we've had today..!
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
I think not, i believe there's an issue with that one when it's selected in CM settings as advised in the OP..
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] B_e_n:
No sadly it make a bootloop (the last time i try)
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Thanks for letting me know. My themes usually contain 1% battery steps so was confirming.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] 3rdstring:
I've got 10% battery steps working, I haven't been able get 1% increments working on any of the ROMs.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Mioze7Ae:
Not yet. For some reason batt2d wasn't built and I wasn't sure if it was safe to just copy the A853 version. The current CM6 isn't fully built from source yet. I'm working on that for the next build.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
Twisted themed apps

**EDIT**Only tested on the XDA Special ROM**

Here is some Twisted themed apps:

Facebook-1.5.0.Twisted.apk - With Facebook, delete original from system/app and reboot then install twisted from Sdcard

Twisted_Gmail.apk -you will need to push it to system/app (copy and paste) and delete the former one and reboot before installing. Then install from system/app

Pandora-1.5.3.Twisted.apk -I had to uninstall original, reboot then install twisted version from Sdcard.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Well, sorry for misunderstanding the topic title. When you read the topic title, you would think that it's a general topic.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
Twisted themed apps

in case you missed it...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16395029&postcount=68

***Also I noticed the DarkFroyoRemix WanHu Undo didn't remove the Orange clock for me. Also my Dialpad message/envelope button is orange along with camera icon, call history icon, Audio effects icon, ADW icon, FM radio icon. Not a big deal, I don't mind it just reporting! Maybe it is cause I used it after I already installed Twisted theme, it may have worked correctly if I used it before installing a new theme.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
The Joker

WOW First purple theme i have seen looks pretty sweet! Maybe have a look see if anyone interested... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916882

***Maybe just a little too purple and crazy lol
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Couldn't get the FB to install.. deleted the apk in system/app, deleted dalvlk cache, and still it won't install, I ended up reinstalling the one from the market.. The Gmail.apk I was able to install, although it's just the same, not themed.. :confused:

A tad too purply for me buddy, reminds me more of Barney than Joker.. LOL :D
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
Honeycomb theme first build is up.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
Yes I agree on the joker lol but it is way different than anything else I have seen.

All three twisted apps work for me on the special. the facebook even installed from my sdcard while i still had the orange one, so I had both. The gmail, I had to delete the system one from system, then reboot to get it to work. after reboot, install twisted gmail from system. if that doesn't work then it must be a CM6 thing I guess. But the Gmail is slightly themed, still has a white background

***Check this out for Twisted Inception, I'd love to have the boot logo, haven't changed that before, gonna try the boot animation out now... So it's not tested just throwing it out for testing!

***Make a Backup if testing!!!

Skull boot Logo DOES NOT WORK! it sucks too cause it is a skull givin the finger lmao

***Skull boot animation works for me on the special, make sure it is without sound, apply it as an open Recovery update. It is pretty freakin creepy though! lol.

***@sileshn hey bud, just wanted to let you know, the Twisted Inception for the XDA Special has a black clock with black notification bar. The special isn't customizable like CM6. I will try to find a clock that works for it i guess.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] JiroPrinz8:
Downloading now. Will try and update this post. :D Thanks!

**Edit**

Ok, Honeycomb theme is working A-OK!! Themed everything, applied through OR after wiping Dalvik/Cache. I've got to say, i'm now torn between TI and Honecomb, great work Silesh! Thanks!

As for the white on white, yes the bottom pop-up menus on TI is white on white, didn't bother me too much though as once you hit the buttons, it highlights the menu and you'll see the text.

Will try both Logo and animation, love the blue flaming skull.. Hope it will work!

**Edit

Boot animation is working great, I agree, kinda creepy.. LOL! :D Boot log is not.. :( Haven't had the chance still to get rid of the Starhub logo on boot.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
I may have not included the modified services.jar file for clock color change. I'll post an update. Not at home ATM.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] LibertyMonger:
Logo did not work for me. it just said install aborted or something. Boot Animation did. flash from O.R. update. I love skulls, i'd love to have a theme based on skulls. haven't seen any anywhere though. I liked the skull battery indicator from mean green. If I figure out how to make themes I'm gonna do a badass skull theme! lol
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] Woody:
I love the Twisted theme. Quick question, when I open Titanium and push more options it is white on white. I have fixed clock, notification ticker and date but not sure how to fix this one. Pretty much anything with a bottom pop up menu is white on white.
[Milestone XT720 Themes and Apps] :
You mean to say that the pop-up menu has white text?