yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Haha I wasn't saying that.

What I mean is if you use black and white to create depth, then if you change your mind about the colour you can use hue/saturation to modify the colour and it won't look out of place, I learned this the hard way, that's why phone candy hasn't been expanded to multiple versions.

I've just flashed it back on tonight, I'll have a look tomorrow if you haven't found it.

I don't know why ICS uses parts of dark Holo themes and parts of the default theme it seems messy to me!??

Edit:

Just thinking.....

Maybe you can leave your popup dark but edit the xml that controls the power menu popup to not call the darkened background. Id have to have a look really.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sam5154:
thank you dude.

but what should I do if I changed something in "values" folders? they disappear after compiling and I cant find anything related to them.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
you need to put the resources.arsc from the compiled apk into the correct morph directory, or add the apk into correct xtras directory.

resources.arsc= hidden res folders (e.g.values).
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Hey mate did you find what you were looking for??

If not then ill make an educated guess and say "tw_popup_full_dark.9.png" in framework-res
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
No not yet mate. I did try changing something, think it was dialog_enter xml in anim as its like a system effect i wanted to change...but gave up as clearly didn't know what I was doing. Yeah that's a good guess although luckily I don't have tw ;) I'll probably leave the transparency for now as you don't quite get the same effect with white...gold is old now lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
well it might be popup_full_dark.9.png or popup_full_bright.9.png
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
Its dialog_full_holo_dark (on slimrom) I've briefly gone through styles trying to trace things as couldn't find anything obvious elsewhere, but I find it a bit overwhelming tbh.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
dialog_full_holo_dark controls the volume popup on slimrom??

Can you post a screen of what your wanting to change?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
I posted one before mate, its not the volume popup thats accessed from settings which does use the popup png...but the 1 when you press the volume button, slim uses a mixture of cm9 aosp and aokp so I guess things will be quite different to stock.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
At the minute im running Omega ICS and the only thing in my drawable folder that resembles the popup in the picture is "tw_popup_full_dark.9.png"

In GB that was controlled by "panel_background.9.png"
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
Yeah that's the one, looking good btw :)

If I do the power menu 75% transparent most others that use the same dialog :mad: look about 50% because the power menu screen dims and they don't, so it's either stop the power menu screen dimming or direct it to its own popup independent of the others...but i'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
I would imagine the same xml controls both, either way your going to need the xml.

Ask kahvitahra, he was messing around with the power menu recently, he probably knows which xml/smali it is.

And thanks, thats the bastard child of flashing Phone Candy GB over Omega ICS.:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] toxicthunder:
There is a neat, free program called Fotografix (portable version available as well).

It will allow you basic customizations, layerings etc. Not as extensive as Photoshop but certainly more than sufficient for our purpose.

Small size file (around 4-5 MB) and can be downloaded

here

from the official site of the developer.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Cheers mate.

I had downloaded it a looong time ago with a load of other software when i was trying to change indexed png's but never really tried it out to it's potential.

Here is a link for a site i use for changing indexed png's if cant be arsed to fire up fireworks:

http://pixlr.com/editor/

Just open and save and wave goodbye to the dreaded indexed png.:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Here's a tutorial how to create a action to batch hue .9.png's with Photoshop, although you can probably apply the technique into other software like Gimp.

Open up your image and choose "Window>Actions"

From the window that opens, at the bottom click "Create new set"(name it what you like) and then "Create a new action"

Click the "Select" tab then "All".

Click "Select>Modify>Border". From the window that opens enter 2 and click ok.

Click "Edit>cut" then "Edit>Paste special>Paste in place"

This will seperate the .9 border from the image.

Click "Window>Layers" then choose "Layer 0"

Now click "Window>Adjustments" and select "Hue/Saturation".

Adjust the Hue to your desired value.

Click "File>Save for web & devices".

In the window that opens click "Save".

This will open up another window, in this window choose your destination to save your files.

TIP: I would recommend creating a new folder named batch and save your image to there. This way if you make a mistake the originals are safe.

DO NOT RE-NAME THE IMAGE YOU ARE SAVING!!!!.

Now you can click the "Stop" button on the "Actions" window (bottom left) and you now have an action to batch process.

Click "File>Automate>Batch", in the window that open choose the action you want to use (the one you just created), choose the source of the files to process and click "Ok".

Sit back and relax, it could take some time depending on your machine and the number of images.

Why did we seperate the border from the image?

The reason we seperated the border is because if you decide to change a value like brightness it will affect the border.

In the screen shot the border has lost it's "000000" value, if the border isnt set at that value then the images will cause force closes within the apps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Hey dully, for a while I'd been working on theming the on/off toggles in framework-res, the kinda wedge-shaped ones that for example show up in settings.apk for toggling wifi and bluetooth. I got my pngs looking ok, but I'd more or less given up on it because I hadn't been able to track down an xml or an entry in styles.xml that controls the layout of the buttons and background. Then I saw in your "vote for the new theme" thread, I believe in the "Utopia" theme, that you've managed to do what I couldn't. So I dove back into it, but I still haven't managed to work this out. Now I have these nicely gradiented buttons sitting on top of a background that resembles a bratwurst, which definitely isn't what I was aiming for. I've scoured styles.xml and the layout and drawable folders in both framework-res and settings, and I'll keep scouring as needed, but I'm hoping that you'll take it on good faith that I've tried, lord how I've tried, to do this on my own and maybe help me out with at least a nudge in the right direction. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Hello mate, long time no hear.:)

I've just got home from a long shift so I'll have a look in the morning when I've had some sleep and I can think straight.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Thanks, take your time! I've worked 300 hours in the last month, so I can relate! :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Take a look at this screen:

You'll notice that the right edge(on) and left edge(off) is cut off slightly. I think the reason is when i 9 patched it, i didnt go to the very end of the the image (along the bottom) so it gets pushed off.

Have a look at the red indicator on this image:

If you can send me or post an image of your switches ill try and help you patch them to show correctly.:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
300 hours:eek: Id be feeling like your avatar!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Intensity007:
Is there a simple way, just editing only Icons and Backgrounds on your own Rom or does it takes hours? ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Depends what your changing.

What exactly do you want to do?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Intensity007:
Just like this=

Simple Ui Background Change

Simple Dailer Background Change

Simple Lockscreen Logo change
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Use the Universal theme zip to apply your new icons, there is a link fot a guide using it in the first post.

By the way, nice background. I had all the Thundercats toys as a bin lid (kid).:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Intensity007:
The download link got removed or doesn't work with Box.com ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Get the latest version here:

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=258333

The file is at the bottom of the first post.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
Did you fix this mate or still on with it? I encountered the same issue but gave up in the end :banghead: if you didn't fix it you could try changing switch padding and/or switch min width in styles
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
I can't find my latest version of the buttons, however, I did find an older rough version that will serve to show you the problem I'm having, check the attached screenshot. I want to cut the layout width by probably about 1/2, keeping the buttons the same size but tightening up the background. I also want to pull the background in tighter so it's not peeking out past the edge of the button. I wonder if this is at all related to your problem with your buttons getting cropped on the outside edge, as I had a similar problem with one of my iterations as well, and I still haven't been able to get the edges to line up - no matter what, I either have the cropped ends or the extra bit of background. Like I said, I can't find an xml that controls the layout, so I don't know if there's an offset I can adjust/eliminate, or something. A good start would be to know what the button setup is actually called! :laugh:

I definitely don't recommend it. The worst part of it was knowing the whole time that it didn't have to be that way. Working 70+ hour weeks due to somebody else's lack of planning is never fun.:silly:

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
In framework-res values/styles -

Widget.Holo.CompoundButton.Switch & Widget.Holo.Light.CompoundButton.Switch

Sorry I can't point you directly to the others but if you look in framework drawables and layout for the xml's with switch in them.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
I havent tried yet mate, ive given up on that theme so ive been doing other stuff. ill have a fiddle now and report back.

It looks like you just need to patch the images properley, send me them and ill show you.

I dont recommend what im doing either.

Out the house at 3pm, home at 3am, showered and asleep at 4am, awake at 9.30 am.:(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Here we go, switches= fixed.:)

Here are the my images used if you want a gander:

All i done was expand the bottom 9 patch on the buttons, not the background. simple.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Great, thank you! I guess I didn't think those were the right ones and passed them over for some reason, but I'll give them a poke sometime this weekend!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
I'll get them off to you in the next couple days, I finally managed to get a weekend off! :)

Ouch! :eek:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
God help me, somehow I managed to patch the images to pull the buttons all the way to the end of the background! I had seriously given up on it after working all night on redoing the buttons (because I never found my old files), and I didn't even notice until I took a screenshot to upload along with my 9.png's for you to have a look that somehow everything was exactly how I wanted it to be, lol! I think what happened was that when I forgot to cut away the 9-patches when I added a drop shadow in my template and then had to redo them, I must have fixed a mistake I had made earlier without realizing. Whatever, I'm happy. I still need to figure out where to change the layout width, I only found a setting for MinWidth in framework-res's styles.xml and adding a MaxWidth and playing with the numbers with those didn't have any effect, but it'll turn up somewhere, and at least now I kinda know what I'm looking for. Thanks again m1keyb for pointing me in the right direction on those, and of course thank you again dully, I appreciate your offer to help, even though I ended up not needing it this time!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Glad you fixed it.You can also use empty pixels to create a smaller image.

Anyway if anyone needs any help you can find me on my site.

Goodbye.;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kaweksl:
Thanks for tutorial
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maskerwsk:
Does this work with ICS?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJBoxer:
Yes this guide will help theme in ICS also
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maskerwsk:
Sweet :)

Does anyone know which Png or xml files i can edit to change the (swipe to clear) notification bar? And settings panel See pic.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phone_Guru:
the notifications bar is located in drawables.xml in the values folder of SystemUI.apk

<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color">#ff000000</item>

<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed">#ffff3030</item>

I don't know the settings bar because I don't have it on the SGS2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maskerwsk:
Ahhh sound ill try changing that. Do you know the code for completely transparent?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
#00000000
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] maskerwsk:
Would this work for replacing system fonts? Assuming files are in correct place
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] simster007:
OP Link

Can we get another universal Theme template link?

Htcmania seems to have database errors...

BTW AWESEOME THREAD!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
It's ok for me now but if you're having issues with it here's an alt link

http://db.tt/f88jFq7G
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
So, I'm working on modding sammy's Mms.apk, and I've got it more or less under control, except for two things I can't work out how to edit: the text color inside the conversation bubbles (the actual message text - the timestamp text, etc., are pretty easy to find), and then the background color of the conversation view (ie behind the conversation bubbles, the default is a somewhat depressing grey color). Apologies if this should be easy, sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees, but I spent a few hours last night digging through xml's and came up blank, so any help is very much appreciated!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] m1keyb:
If you can post the mms.apk i'll have a look at it
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Deal! I pm'd you the link, thanks!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] makhdumz:
can you please teach how to modify notificaction bar of a custom rom.....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
What rom, what android version, and what exactly are you trying to do?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] seljachina:
could someone change colour of this 9.png? I always got bad streshing when I do it . Just add more darknest (about dark gray). please.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Quantum_Sensation:
Is this tutorial applicable to non-rooted phone?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Shamestick:
no because you would have no way to install the updates on your phone without a custom recovery

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How would one go about editing the colors of the settings menu itself and stuff like that? or making all of the accents a different color in the rom itself?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sanket_skm:
regarding universal template

hi dully......

thanks for the wonderful guide u provided. but the link u provided for universal theme template is not working. can u give a new link???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] FleetFanatic:
Incorrect. You can download a zip file of cwm, cleverly called cwm.zip.

You go to recovery, flash cwm.zip first to go into a temporary clockwork recovery & then you flash the files.

:good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
http://goo.gl/iek9N
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Holy hell, you're back!! :good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Sort of, I'm not as active due to a few reasons, one being the ever increasing frustration provided by noobs that i don't want to be sucked into.

Also I won't be around these parts much longer as I'm waiting for a micro Sim to put in my xperia T, then this is getting shipped off to the farm and I'll probably lurk around there.:)

How are you mate?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Re: [Guide/Tutorial][17/06/12]How to make "basic" theming mods + .9.png tutorial

Ok, we'll be neighbors then, I bricked my S2 and replaced it with an Xperia V, which shares a forum with the T. Nice phones, unfortunately we're still trying to work out how to flash a recompiled framework-res without it bootlooping. For some reason it won't play nice with apktool. Frustrating as hell.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jacolguz:
geat tutorial... trying... :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
How'dya manage to brick it lol??

I wanted the V but couldn't find it for a reasonable price so i went with the non-removable battery version.:(

What firmware are you compiling, JB??

Thanks, give me a shout if you need help on my site, or G+.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Luckily for you, the short novel I wrote in response to this got lost in the ether. That'll teach me not to be long-winded. I'm still on ICS although probably not for long. JB has the same issues, and it appears to affect both the T and the V. The relevant thread is here, you can probably skip to the last page as most of it is just me asking stupid questions.

Damn good question lol! Honestly, I don't know what happened. The screen stopped responding (but was still on), it wouldn't reboot past the bootanimation, restore and reflash from recovery didn't help, and then finally it gave up the ghost and hasn't powered on since. Luck of the draw, I guess, as I was never a flashaholic by any means, and only ever used kernels that supposedly had the brickbug defused. :confused:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sanket_skm:
hi dully

thanks for the link..........
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sanket_skm:
havent u tried wiping dalvik cache.....???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] shockwaverider:
Re: [Guide/Tutorial][17/06/12]How to make "basic" theming mods + .9.png tutorial

I think I tried that, not sure though. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sanket_skm:
error installing custom rom status 0 on galaxy mini

Hi all

I don't think this is the right section but I have a simple question

I try to make a custom rom for my device with dsixda kitchen, but when I try to install my own rom on my device via CWM, I get this message: Error in /sdcard/(name of my rom).zip (status 0) installation aborted.

What is wrong????

This is what I did:

I just extracted the stock kernel (boot.img) and the system folder from my device, then I cooked the rom with dsixda kitchen and I finally converted the script from update to updater

please help...........

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im out of ideas ....... but let u know asap i know something new......
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] eclyptos:
Replace framework-res.apk

Hi dully79,

I have a question, I already have the icons like I like from another rom and I want to ask you if I just replace the framework-res.apk in the zip rom before installation or in system folder the icons will change and work?

Please let me know, thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
It depends what icons and where they came from(name of the apk)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] CarlM34:
HELP!

If anyone can help it would be really appreciated!

Not sure what I have done here but my volume slider seems to be scrunched up slightly and am unsure how to rectify?

I have not altered the volume_slider_bg.9 and have changed the size of the icons but no change.:eek::silly::(

As said, any help is appreciated, thanks:good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] CarlM34:
Anyone????:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Without seeing the images you either have mismatched sizes or there are some compiled and non-compiled .9.png's causing it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] CarlM34:
What images would you need to see....I really need to fix this:fingers-crossed:

EDIT - This is being used a VRTheme (flashable) if this is of any help.....
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/progress***.png
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] CarlM34:
Attached...and thank-you for anything you could advise:fingers-crossed:

EDIT - Many thanks for you time fella....I have fixed it....like a douche I omitted some ***png's from other framework folders:o:cowboy:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] abidaddy:
uni theme template

hi I try getting the empty universal theme template, is something wrong with the link
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheFaixy:
out of context but can you port a theme?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
As in:

Do I know how to port a theme?

Or

Will I port a theme?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheFaixy:
As in will you port a theme
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phone_Guru:
Has anyone tried this on an ICS ROM? I changed some images in the framework but nothing changed. Do I need to edit XML files as well?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
No, I don't like to use other peoples work.

I would also rather bring something fresh and different instead of recycling themes, including my own.

Out of curiosity what do you want porting?

What exactly have you done.

Please give as much info as you can.

Saying you changed some images but nothing happened doesn't help me to help you.:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] :
Any other link? Not able to access MU.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheFaixy:
black infinitum ported from GN but to only CM9 I want it with GB
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Check out their thread here:

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=258333

Porting to and from cm bases involves a lot of renaming of pngs. That's one of things that makes Android ****, too much variation between bases.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phone_Guru:
I changed the wi-fi and network signal images in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi. I made them red, put them into the template, flashed and they are still blue.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
They live in SystemUi.apk
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Phone_Guru:
silly me. I did it and it worked. I now have red signal , bluetooth and wi fi icons. Can you tell me where the notification icons live? I want to change them next.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Either systemui our framework res, you'll just have to open them up to see what's where, there's far too many for me to list.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] teju4u:
This is very good Guide Indeed :)

:D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dully79:
Thanks, im glad you found it helpful.