[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
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Hi there,

I've spent some time learning how to make my own CM7 theme lately and I thought that I would share my work here in a new thread.

It's still a work in progress and I will most likely update it once in a while; but please remember the 1st rule: do not ask for ETA (timeframe) [and please also do not 'full-quote' long posts unnecessarily].

I've used some different UI text colors and did it kind of the "rough way"; i.e.: the colors will also be changed in some of your installed apps. It's really not the best way to do it, but I find that it does bring something new to the phone anyway... And in some cases [see the pic about storage], I find that it is quite convenient to see which options are actually selectable or not.

Again, this is a work in progress and I'm sure that there will be a few things to improve and I count on everyone's feedback. So if you see things that look weird (some 3G/4G stats icons for example - which I cannot test at the moment) or things you would like to be changed, please let me know and give screenshots... I'll see what I can do about it.

But most of all: try it, if you like it good! if not: trash it! :good:

This is my first real shot at theming so I'm no expert and I'm even less experienced at 'photoshopping'. So from the get go, big thanks to xda members MrDSL and kevin2516 for their respective themes (and guidance) which I picked from and modded.

This theme is transparent statusbar friendly [and look best that way] but to make that happen, you will need to do a slight modification within a smali file inside the SystemUI.apk of you specific build. Details on how to do so can be found here on this post and you can skip the part about changing the png pictures sinces those are changed within the theme already.

Again: this SystemUI.apk file is one a the backbones of cm7 for user interface and changes from build to build --> so the tweak has to be redone for every new nightly installation.

Finally, since I've made this on a PC running Windows, you will get an error message when applying the theme with Theme Chooser saying that the theme is missing assets for your phone's resolution. It's a Theme Chooser's limitation: just choose "Apply anyway" and

do not forget to reboot

.

I hope you enjoy!

/AL

P.S.: i) XDA apk file attachments are somehow transformed to zip files once downloaded; so don't forget to rename the theme to xx.apk before trying to install; ii) some of the screenshots might be slightly outdated and not fully representative of the current state of work.

Changelog:

v2.5: [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37706912&postcount=47"]Changelog on post 47[/URL]

v2.4-dark: notable visual changes update

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37249199&postcount=46"]here on post 46[/URL]
Will had newer screenshots to the OP another time...just try it... :p

v2.3 (no final 2.1 and 2.2 released)

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36211689&postcount=41"]here on post #41[/URL]

v2.0

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36211689&postcount=34"]here on post #34[/URL]

v1.9

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34299159&postcount=32"]here on post #32[/URL]

v1.8

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32832681&postcount=31"]here on post #31[/URL]

v1.7

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32376000&postcount=28"]here on post #28[/URL]

v1.6

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32033078&postcount=27"]here on post #27[/URL]
(This will replace v1.5 here)

v1.5

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31755367&postcount=24"]here on post #24[/URL]

v1.4:

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31293658&postcount=23"]here on post #23[/URL]

v1.3:

Changelog [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28687299&postcount=14"]here on post #14[/URL]

v1.2:

- minor update fixing various small glitches
- retouched the dialer and made it semi-transparent
- fixed patch-9 file on keyboard
- fixed a couple icons that were barely visible
- changed the sms "sent" tag text color and made the box for new messages green
(I suggest using the option 'use black background' for nicer look
-->requires killing messaging cached process to apply or a reboot)

v1.1:

- new ADW app drawer icon;
- fixed the shade of most menu icons (black ones for white bg) and
changed a few of them: settings, edit, delete, emoticons...;
- changed most icons related to mms attachement choices + Gallery icon;
- reverted Install animation back to TouchWizzed green;
- new "Ongoing/Notifications/Carrier text color;
- new mms animation and re-tweaked the new sms one;
- fixed the dialer's call log single-entry selected background
(couldn't read the black text and uggly);
- new Dropbox icon, upload AND download animations;
- fixed dialer's button size and wrongly enable/disable states display (3 action btns)
and pressed background color (no more uggly light blue on those ones ;P -for Coco);
- changed the dialer's ('Manage applications' and others) top Tabs
to TouchWizz style: slightly less light blue and vertical and separators now showing
[and 5-6 icons for it];
- retouched most of the light blue 'pressed' color (there were >10 shades of it...)

-> might still need some patch 9's tweaking for slight light blue shade stretching;
--> still looking to solved the statusbar date display (bg) when dropdown panel is down;
--> looking into modding sms for transparent background and popup dialogs.

v1.0:

- changed many icons and tab icons;
- changed keyboard blue keys color;
- fixed transparency of popup dialogs;
- added statusbar animations for missed call;
- added simple keys (buttons-like) on the dialer;
- fixed the overscroll glow and bars;
- added statusbar animation for new sms;
- made the 'scrollbar_handle_accelerated' semi-transparent;
- fixed the keyboard shift key indicator light;
- fixed the keyboard suggested words strip and font colors;

- ... and a few other things that my old brain forgot

What's themed [can be anywhere from 1 icon only to 700+ (framework): so for you to find out...]:

ADW Launcher

aLogCat

aNotePad

AlarmClockXtreme

Avanced Task Killer

Astro file explorer (*: old one v 2.5.2)

AutoPlus

Battery circle mod

Beautyful Widgets

Browser (stock)

CalcBuddy (wip)

Calendar (TouchWiz style one - see this)

Catlog

Camera

Contacts and Dialer

CpuSpy

DaTuna

DeskClock

Dice Player

Digitally Imported (DI) Radio

Dolphin Browser HD (*: old one v 5.1)

DroidWall

Dropbox

DSP Manager

Email

extendedcontrols (can't remember what this is for??)

FM Radio

Framework

Google Translate

HanPing Pro Chinese Dictionary

Jango Radio

Keyboard (LatinIME stock and Kii keyboard [select their GB built-in theme])

Locus Pro

MIUI Compass

MIUI SoundRecorder

MMS (sms + mms)

Music

Phone

PlayerPro

PlayerPro Blue Wonder Skin

PokerKing Blue

PoliceLights Free

QuickPic

RootExplorer

Settings

Skype

Smart App Protector Free

SoundRecorder

SuperUser

SystemUI

Tapatalk 2 Pro

Terminal

Timeriffic

Torch

Vault (NQ)

Vending (PlayStore)

Widgetsoid

Wifi Analyzer

Wiki Pro

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(59 apps as of v2.5 - Feb 8, 2013)

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