[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] freaz27:
FAQ Solutions: appreciating contributor's time of answering unlimited same questions

firstly, i am writing this comment In my very humble personal opinion, in order to respect other people's handwork and their time (in this matter, people who actively contributing in the thread and especially mr. vertumus as thread starter and creator of all these great theme and mods).

how can we respect other people in this virtual forum, what i mean by not repeating a questions over and over again? by READING IT of course. i really spent my time reading comments like 'will it work on this .... rom and ...... rom' or 'will it work on dxkl3 or whatsoever'. after reading all of these i conclude and suggest some steps for mostly new to android (like me of course), and basically all of these is just a simple logical thinking pattern, if u ever try to think about it:

1. STOCK rom

should people consider, that stock ROM is absolutely an ODEXED rom, because it is left as an official build made by the samsung, so there is no way an official ROM will work to stock rom. stop asking these kind of questions. it is like questioning ' is pepper taste hot?' of course it is.

2. ODEX and DEODEXED rom

currently there are two method to apply a theme to a mod, that is building a rom completely built in with a rom (with is very not effective, rom version is rapidly developing in high pace, and starting from scratch will be pain in the a**), and the other is VRTheme, like vert use in this thread.

using a VRTheme (as long as i know) is requiring DEODEXED rom, because the system file and apps (apk in android, for those who does not know/new to android) is opened, and VRTheme is just skinning on top of it without changing the system file, generally. you can imagine like if you prepare a dish (ROM in this case) and if it's still too plain for you, you can add seasoning (VRTheme) based on your preferences, not making a new dish with a correct seasoning (explaining a built-in theme within a ROM)

what i want to address here is: GET A CUSTOM ROM FOR YOUR SGS2. SERIOUSLY. you don't enter this forum (especially this thread) just to ask a simple basic questions. for those like this, PLEASE READ MORE. Rooting your phone is a MUST way in order to make your phone in a better shape, giving it a better power management system like custom kernel, or even speeding up your whole rom.

3. Suggestion of stable custom ROM for DAILY USE

not dare to find a stable custom ROM for you? i will give u suggestion:

Checkrom revoHD v4 (XWKK5) and hyperdroid v6 (or the v5, if you want to use the theme in full shape: there is no Jkay integration in XILA version like checkroom v5 and hyperdroid)

*why checkrom: because checkrom is good! even mr. vertumus is a good friend of Gadgetcheck, one of the creator of checkroom; and even mr. vertumus is one of the contributor of checkrom. why not use the rom which the master use also?

*why hyperdroid: seriously, there are so many people here with a signature of hyperdroid rom, and those people contributing and helping this thread and the theme to make it better, even manage to answer countless questions like mentioned above. they are actively developing the rom and this theme also even in a better shape. so check their ROM out.

and please think about this: if their ROM is not good? why do they get a million views in their thread, and even millions of download and increasing version? because the project is alive. and why the project is still alive? because they have the QUALITY AS A BETTER ROM THAN THE STOCK ROM.

4. regarding mods in post 2

this part is a bit tricky, but some mods cannot be integrated within the theme, because people may use different type of based rom (xwkk5, xila2, dxkl3, xxki4, and so on). and certain mods on certain rom OBVIOUSLY cannot be integrated in another type ROM, because type coding or the program within it is DIFFERENT. as mentioned above, VRTheme is only skinning the top of it. but regarding mods, it has to do within the modification, so if you are crying about boot loops, the first things you have to check is whether a single mods even apply in your rom or not, because VRTheme will not work if you have mods first (generally speaking, but different case can be talked differently).

please do make not that i am no contributor, even a developer. i just an end user who very loved this theme and thread, especially mr. vertumus who is very kind. please, know that mr. vertumus is also a man with his own private life and has family to take care on. and yet he is doing this WITHOUT ANY COST AT ALL and with COUNTLESS TIME, and depends ONLY in his love towards this kind of thing, and with single virtue: to make SGS2 displayed WAY better than the stock. so why not helping him by giving time to do more about the theme instead answering the same questions over and over again?

i think it would be best to use the thread communication to showing respect comments, bug reports, suggesting regarding the rome, newest info about other thread, and so on.

finally, i really want to apologize everyone in this thread and community, since i am also a new comer for this. i humbly ask for an apologize for typing this soooo long. but i hoped it will turned even better if people more realize about the general terms. i also a newbie but everybody always improving.. by READING first right?

if the instructions in page 1 is still considered confusing, i am willingly taking contribution to make any parts from this thread to get even better, so people not get confused easily.

i hope you enjoy the theme as much as i do, and in much more simpler way of thinking

sincerely

freaz