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[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I have noticed this as well. It had been a while since I had face unlock on my phone, so I forgot how it all worked last time I used it. I'll have to look into it. Not sure if it can be cut out. I've got to get ready to go to work in a few. I still love it, as it keeps people out of my phone who shouldn't be there :)

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I will admit that it could be quite trick to try this, but it's VERY different from our current setup. It has an updater string I'm very unfamiliar with, complete with folders, shell scripts, etc. It also has folder setups that are unlike any rom I've ever seen. I am sure that given enough time, I could make some sense out of it. My biggest problem for it is that the update binaries needs to work for our phone, and I don't know that they will.

I've found the page for the actual updater (Aroma), and will check it out. One HUGE concern is that there could be the potential for some issues if someone doesn't know what they are picking in those menus.

Gonna give it a serious look though. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
I hear you there thats my one complaint and was the main pull to miui the amazing themes.....lol the white hurts my eyes...I seen in market the themer needEd updating tempted to delete and try the market version...lol

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
i am using zk-buuf theme, it themes a good amount.

I am now working on modifying the latest build with improvements for this theme..

IE status bar is now themed, icons on status bar 80% done, phone dial pad, sms bubbles, color status bar (miui home only) themed icons all around.

most of this I am editing the apk's to add whats missing.

I still have the notification background and toggles to theme, sms background, phone canvas background, and prob a few others i am missing.

If anyone is intersted let me know, and with bill and spleef permission ill upload my themed rom. U can flash ontop of the current build but still gotta flash twice its built off 2.4.6.

screenshots to come after my work pc restore is complete

screenies at the bottom

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
This pretty much confirms what I thought...that it's not an MIUI issue, but that the themes are not set up properly for MIUI V4. Thanks for the update on this. It gives us a good starting point to look at for anyone looking to take a crack at theming this rom. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
im not actually conviced its not a miui issue...

as themes works in your v6 awhile ago...

after some diggin it looks like some xml are missing which is what determines the layout.. specifically there is no statusbar.xml that previous miui build included. without that xml, the themes do not know where the images go

my thought so far but i could be wrong

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] XCellPhoneSalesRep:
New theme Interface for MIUIv4...
[Motorola Photon 4G] tetrabyt:
OK, the only issue I have, is "the black sleep of Kali" :-) phone goes to sleep and doesn't want to wake up. Have to do a battery pull and then everything is back to working as usual. It has happened at least 4-5 times since installing yesterday morning. Anyone else experiencing this ? Other than that, beautiful work. Thanks for all the time and hard work you all do to make my photon ***king awesome!!!!

Edit: oh yeah, face unlock works great.. thanks :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I'll have to take a look at it and see if I can't get that as part of it. Not sure why that would have been removed by MIUI...?? Honestly hadn't noticed that file missing...LOL

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I haven't had that happen yet. Are you using any sort of battery "saver" or advanced task killer? I know that some of those can cause issues at times.

For those of you considering using those apps, I can say this:

I unplugged my phone yesterday morning. I have 1day, 2 hours, 46 mins so far on this charge and have 15% remaining. I use NO battery "savers" or advanced app killers. I simply turn off gps of BT when not in use, set my screen to turn off after 30 seconds inactivity, and set all my email accounts to polling mode instead of push :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
very interesting when I get home ill do some digging in the older builds see what is missing and try using it see if it fixes it

Haven't had the black screen that is unusual next time it happens try to write down/ remember what exactly you were doing when it happened....

Also I know its random when it happens but if you could download alogcat from market and try to capture it and send us the log we cab look deeper into it... Thanks

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
been working on reimaging the rom all morning, aside from the screenies i posted earlier, i now have a themed phone canvas, sms wallpaper, and few other fixes, the last thing Im working on is the notification background and toggle images, when I have something complete I will share

peace

byte

I only found out about the missing xmls as I started to theme from scratch and couldnt find these files, however build 6 (i believe did have some of them) v6 whene using theme manager use to theme status bar, sms and phone, but since v6 that function was brokem (possibly by the missing xml files)

btw toggles are the easy part, its the background and layout that is driving me nuts, once the layout is complete ill add in the toggle icons...hope to have these done by this evening. its nice to see all that white go away...only a little left :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Alright! Looks like we have our theme guy! We have camera/music (spleef), phone, data, mms, framework (me), and cool gadgets (Xcell)...now a themer :)

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Ok....so, I finally am putting my phone on the charger...it's at 4%. It took:

1 day

4 hours

20 minutes

to get there. Now THAT'S some battery life...especially with a 4029 quadrant dual core beast with a puny 1650 battery :)

Edit...that's the stock size...mine got run over by car...that battery life is with a 1600 Anker..even smaller battery...LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
im a mashem up coder, dont write from scratch (atleast anymore) easier to cut someone elses work up to your own liking(ofcoarse giving credit where do).

I can design, but not a designer(although probably could be one), so if someone wants to help with the design aspect, I can mash them all up together....I can create from scratch but thats alot of icons to edit, so better to think of theme, and work off that

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdrice15:
I looked at the theme editor and admit I was lost. I have been reading up on themeing but am a long way away from being able to. I was gonna take the black android theme as a base. I for one like the black/blue look of ice/cm9. I hope to eventually learn how to theme but it struggle reading to learn something. I'm better with visuals to show me what I need to learn. I've been relying on the work of others for a while and figure its time I did something to help out. I'll get there eventually.

Sent from my Electrified android
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Best way to learn is to jump in with both feet. Believe me...2 months ago, I was in same position...looking at what Joker was doing and wondering how the hell he did it....seemed like magic, honestly. Now, I'm working on porting roms and editing all sorts of stuff. Give it a shot...make a nandroid...worst case scenario, you have to restore...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
i ditched the theme editor, as themes are still broken.

instead I am open up each apk and replace the images in the proper folders.

apks of concern or i think:

contacts.apk - phone skinning

mms.apk

miuisystemui.apk - this one is wierd im actually pulling images from the 2 framework-res and replacing them in this apk... this seems to handle the most we have issues with

framework-res.apk

framework-miui-res.apk

launcher.apk

miuihome.apk

phone.apk

im sure there are more, but those are my focus as the theme im using is handling the rest

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Only issue with this will be that for each release, there will be a lot of work to get the theme back, as it'll all have to be re-done....lots of apps change between versions...

Still, it's pretty cool to have someone doing all this stuff
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
once i have everything figured out, it will be just dropping images in the apk..should be painless and only take a few minutes
[Motorola Photon 4G] tetrabyt:
NO, not using any kind of battery savers or task killers. as for the log, hmm I may have to look into doing that. but its happens after a while of not looking at the phone. I'll go to turn the screen on, and it wouldn't come on. as for the battery, mine has been dying rather quickly. gonna try to recalibrate and see what happens. Thanks for a quick response and all the help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Hmmm...I never put much faith in battery calibration. Your battery stats automatically wipe after each full charge. I have never done a calibration, and seem to get really good battery life on this one. It's also all about what you have running...have BT, wifi, or gps set all the time, and your battery will take a steaming dump in a hurry...LOL

Email programs are another that can kill...especially if set to push. In push, your phone constantly runs the email so that it can notify you the second that an e-mail arrives...I personally set to poll, as it only runs every so often and uses much less battery. Once we get a darker theme, it will also save battery :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
just my opinion on battery stats..... But here it goes......

Yes its true they get wiped every flash when you wipe in recovery but here's the trick who flashes at 100% I've been guilty of flashing close to 20% percent before and upon booting it shows me have significantly more than when I flashed...... Its creating new stats but they are based off a low battery so it drains quicker...... So what I do is no matter what bat level I'm at I run it until almost dead then charge to full and calibrate that way I know my phone is reading the proper info..... Like I said is just my 2¢ and what I do pretty much after every new ROM I flash that I plan to stay on for a while..... Doesn't hurt anything but can be seen by some as a wasted extra step IDK user choice I guess

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
what i have so far

this is what i got going on so far

peace

byte

4 home screenshots why? 2 are launcher pro and 2 are miui home....launcher pro status bar color does not change and wanted to show, why 2? one is charged and one is percentage to show you the icons
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Also, you will see people recommending that you calibrate by running your battery down till your phone shuts off. Do not do this...please! I beg of you...for the sake of your phone. Allowing your battery to totally crap out on you can be very similar to unplugging a desktop computer while it's running. It can cause loss of data at the very least. True, run your battery down, but at 5%, start the charge.

Also, it's not good for the battery to be run till they give out. These are not NICD batteries. Lithium Ion batteries have nearly NO memory effect, but can be damaged by running them completely down.

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Looking very nice!
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
looking real good... Can't wait to see your finished product..... I use APEX mostly IDK why but I like it my main issue on theme in three pulldowns and back grounds in menus being white they just need to be inverted...imo

Yeah I never run it to 0 usual around when the red lights pop on I go plug it in I think thats 10 or 14 even

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
improvements

i think i got most of what i wanted, there willbe slight improvements, but I have a base theme now If spleef and bill are ok with me sharing, I will.

bill and I have been talking an he would like to theme the rom, so now i can easier with my base theme...time to dig for some goodies

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Share share share bro! Looking AWESOME! That's some kick-ass work. Definitely put it up!

I'd like everyone's opinion if we should make it the official theme for the rom...please let us know....

In any case, we can make a buuf version of each build so that people who like it (like me) can use it without having to flash too much :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
yea now that i have it, integration is easy...

I think we should keep buuf aside, although I love it, i think for an official theme for this rom, we should get some more classy icons and less cartoony colors...I mean i love it in all. also we could attempt to build our theme that we said we made :)

peace

byte

edit have to figure how to share...i dont have any online storage, can i post a link to my website and host there?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
If integration is easy, then we can do variations of the original. I like to make things simple for people...if we can have something where they can flash it already pretty well themed, is probably easier than having them editing and changing files...LOL :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] MobileAllStar:
Personally not a fan of the brown... Black n blue all the way baby!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
We can work on black and blue, but I don't think we would do that as official...those are cm9 colors...MIUI is brown, red, orange....we can try to make a variation for it (as I said in above post), but I think official release if themed will have the miui colors (more than likely most orange and black in it...wanna find just the right shades)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I think black with brown or orange would be cool. like ics/cm9 but with the orange or brown text.

Sent from my Kick Ass MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
well thats tricky, txt requires some xml editin, and since these are binary xmls i havent been able to change the color of txt....not sure what i am doing wrong, I have been only replacing icons and images to force a themed look. btw I am uploading my current release to my website, maybe 20 mins or so
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
That's the idea :) I want to find a really cool, sort of slightly reddish orange to use...
[Motorola Photon 4G] MobileAllStar:
Maybe "Black Miui" With black n orange...

Maybe a separate version replacing the orange with ics blue for a simple ics theme ;-) lol

Doesn't matter what I think... I'm happy with whatever you all decide is right for your main theme... One of these days I'll dive in and create my own, hopefully ;-)

Cheers, gentlemen
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
i take no responsibility if anything goes wrong

http://bytethegroove.com/PublicDL/MIUI.us_sunfire_v4_2.4.6Deo_ZipA_Sgnd_BuufByte23.zip

to prepare for flashing:

backup first

go to themes search for buuf

download and install (uncheck boot animation its kinda weak)

apply font and reboot

once your theme is set to buuf...

reboot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik install zip reboot recovery install zip

and your good to go...

enjoy

now to work on a black and orange theme :) give me a few day on this one though
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
One lockscreen I love is eighteenth row and second column. When you unlock it you can see gears turning, too bad we could not add some orange to replace the yellow.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
In under online themes and hottest.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ski21:
I keep getting errors, when trying to download anything from the play market. Any ideas?
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
nice themed rom bud the screenies look real good once time Warner cuts cable back on (they working on it entire block is out) I'll download and try myself then put link and credits in the op

Very nicely done and quick too... Thanks

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
That's why you wifi tether with your phone, bro! LOL

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What error are you getting? What apps are you trying to download?

I've had no issues with it so far....can anyone confirm the errors?

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It's probably possible to do it...just would be difficult work....
[Motorola Photon 4G] ski21:
I'm trying to download speaktoit assistant, and it says "could not be downloaded due to an error(921)

It's like it only wants to download when on wifi
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
This is a google play problem...not a rom problem. If you google it, you can see at least a dozen other phones listing same error message. "Fix" (if you can call it that) is to go into system settings, apps and clear data on google play and google services framework, then reboot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
now why didn't I think of that....lol... Hand to face smack

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
It's not a smack...it's a high-five to the side of your face! :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] ski21:
Thanks Bill that worked.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
Is it a large file? If so have you changed your file size in download settings?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
Sorry that post that said it worked showed up when I sent it
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I found a theme that changes the status bar to transparent, maybe it will help you guys if you take it apart? It's called "v4 stock blue" Don't know if it will help but it might

Sent from my Kick Ass MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] JamesChilds:
Don't know if anyone else is experiencing this or if my Photon is broke but, my menu, home, back, and search key don't light up at all. Not sure why.
[Motorola Photon 4G] JamesChilds:
Also, is there a way to get my voicemail notification in the status bar to work again? And maybe even sprint visual voicemail?
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
try toggleing auto brightness IDK why but it will reactivate them small bug but not very bothersome

I tried it and my status bar hasn't changed

I don't use vvm you should be able to use the app and the instructions in moonbabys thread fur vvm to get it working

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
Got alot done with the rom theme, or a stab at a official theme for this rom.

I will post screenies tomorrow...girlfriend took over my pc.

Peace

Byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
LOL! That's why we have 3 computers at my house...one for the wife, one for the kids, and one for ME....

:)
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
i have several, but laziness is keeping me from firing one up,and my files are on the one, the only one i ask for people to leave alone, but i like gettin some, so i look the other way sometimes :P

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
Has anyone tried motomizer on this rom? I tried it on cm9 with no luck.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
Icon changer from the market works good for customizing icons in miui.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tetrabyt:
You guys still have time warner out there ?! :) I thought they changed to brighthouse everywhere ... :) I'm gonna give this theme a turl when wake my happy ass up, it's 4:26am and I gotta get ready for work.... I looks great tho... thanks for all the hard work..
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I know what you mean...keep em happy. .they keep you happy :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yeah buddy momma not happy no one is

I'm on it now looks good ,what's funny but I like it.... I use APEX so.... Anyone using it cab try this...... Switch from APEX to miui home but watch status bar changes from brown to black.... Figure supposed to do it ..... Miui home theme APEX not.... And yeah sadly still TW cable... its back on now but wasn't when I went to sleep

btw our device is listed again in rom download page at miui.us woohoo.... Guys need to thank linds from miui

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Yeah Buddy! Got that wonderful MoPho image back on that downloads page...gotta love it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
here is a preview on the new theme...keep in mind wallpaper and lockscreen wallpaper will change, look at everything else :P

also I changed the dialpad, the white one below is now orange with white letters/numbers

also ignore by buuf beautiful widget, kinda throws you off, but due to laziness I forget to turn off before I took the snap

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I guess it only is transparent in the MIUI home screens. When I'm in an app it's black

Sent from my Kick Ass MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
very nice an idea for you if youd like....

In the toggle pull down need to dull out the orange some or pick different color its very bright

In the not. Pull down maybe try to make the back ground an off white or dull it down some too or even three gray in the toggle would be fine.... Its just very bright...lol

One of the menu boxes are too transparent...ie.... in xdaapp hit menu its so trans. Can barely read the text in the menu...... Other than that loving it very nice

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Yea I use the 3g tweak. If you do the one time optimizer it will mess up your phone

Sent from my Kick Ass MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
orange is being replaced by a logo of some sort..maybe or something better, they are more placeholders,, same with the brown and blue (left over from my buuf stuff) its more layout I was showing, and what we can change... Im open for any ideas.. on the pulldown I was thinking f throwing a miui logo instead of the orange, but if someone would like to create one, we can use a our own logo there

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
yeah that Would be bad ass we really need a logo made

MIUI/ICS for the Photon

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdrice15:
This is something simple with a similar font of the theme. Since this rom is used on the photon and electrify i thought this would look good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] brandonfranck:
What is your phone doing. I've done every thing to mine, bet I can help
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
Updated Buuf version coming out this evening....more apps themed...too many too list, but alot of work was done, will upload screenies and files when i get home....this one should be real slick and has allowed to figure out more stuff for our theme.

I will try to update the 2 themes regularly. ive been working on more custom stuff for our theme to give it a truely different look and feel.

more to come later

peace

byte
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdrice15:
Here are 2 more logo ideas. I like the ics/moto.

Sent from my Electrify
[Motorola Photon 4G] bytethegroove:
love the first one, but i would suggest a different background other than white/cream...maybe make some variations of them...solid colors, gradients and themed backgrounds...give it a whirl...just my thought,,but love it so far
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
added the themed rom to the op and took down the missing device message about miui since its listed again....
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdrice15:
A few more logo ideas.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Sent from my Electrify

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My fav is #3. A phoenix rising up from the world of miui!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sdw79:
I like the third one as well