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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
True, sounds like your thunderbokt has seen its day.. i just wish my upgrade date was available sooner, 7 more months with my phone might be alittle harder than i thought. the possible ics update might bring a new flavor to the phone, but i am also getting tired of it, as much as i love it
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buton2:
i would if i can keep my unlimited data plan, but thanks to verizon i think i will be with my thunderbolt for a long time.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elrichmeister:
I'm switching, luckily I had an upgrade available on one of my other phones on my account. And I was able to keep my unlimited data.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokeefe10:
ordered one for my wife to replace her thunderbolt....her phone constantly freezes and apps are always crashing. she'll be much happer with the SGIII
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beeholtz:
i will be also. my upgrade is in august and i cant wait. im sure since i am not preordering i wont even be able to get one for months but oh well. it was either this or the nexus one which id much rather have the gs3 any day... im excited just hopefull theyll have some in stock
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krusty46:
I know it's too late, but this info might help others down the road. I got 2 T-Bolts the day they came out last March and my upgrade date on both was something like November 12th. I spoke to 3 different reps at various points and told them all I am a long time Verizon customer and do not want to lose my unlimited data. I want my upgrade dates moved up so I can get 2 GSIII's now and keep my data and all 3 were fine with moving my upgrade date up--no checking with a supervisor or anything.

I know a lot can depend on who you get, but sometimes if you just call and ask you may be surprised.

Hope this works for someone moving forward.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beeholtz:
they definately did not help me. they wouldnt push up my upgrade date from august 8 to now. sucks you would think after being a verizon customer for 12 years they may try to help you out a little bit more. it just makes you not want to give them your money at all but damn i wanna get rid of my bolt finally and get a gs3 for something new. the only reason i truly rooted my thunderbolt was to get better battery life and some customization of course.... damn i want a new phone
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santod040:
I advise anyone considering a GS3 from Verizon,

That you should think about and thank Verizon for the only GS3 with a locked bootloader....:confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Heh that's not surprising. Verizon is notorious for locking bootloaders.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow Death:
Honestly, I just switched to Verizon from Sprint. Going from my Nexus S 4G to the HTC Thunderbolt. The one thing I miss is ICS. :(

I plan on going to the GS3 later though :D
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Don't worry we are scheduled to get ics this month or next from what they have said anyhow. I don't know if it has been delayed though.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow Death:
Yup, that was my first question when the guy handed the phone to me. "Will it have the ICS update?"
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santod040:
Haha, yeah no real big surprise I suppose, though it was the first Samsung device I can think of to get such "special" treatment.

Despite Verizons' efforts to lock it down, it only took devs a day to achieve Root and recovery for it.

So I don't suppose that should stand in anyone's way of their decision now.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
Update: still have 6 months with this thing, but i was able to preorder a nexus 7! Hopefully that keeps me occupied. Latest android software, pure google, quad core... I think i can last 6 more months :thumbup:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow Death:
It'll get bypassed in no time. I wouldn't worry about it. So far the only thing this Tbolt has going for it is the camera and music software. SRS with Sony Xtreme Bass Ear buds sounds pretty awesome. That aside this is my second Tbolt in 6 days. My first one did a reboot on Saturday as I left Verizon so I figured it was just a fluke or update. The second time was when I was on my way home from college. Then Tuesday it boot looped then just sat at the HTC boot logo.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
Yesterday I bought the GS3 (full retail, ouch!), and honestly I don't think it's that great. Yes it looks great, and the display is awesome, but I got so used to the awesome battery life of the TB with the extended battery, that I took it for granted. I barely used my phone today and I got down to 15% after a full day, whereas my TB would have been around 60-75% remaining. I also noticed that because it's so thin and slick, it's difficult to easily hold without it slipping.

I'm actually leaning towards returning the GS3 and going back to the TB.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackfrost12:
I thought about grabing one, but couldnt let go of the unlimited data or pay retail prices. I would love to have a device with the latest android but is it really worth giving up unlimited data? imho not so much.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
+1... plus eventually we will get updated to the latest builds (hopefully) through rom development.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Not me. Played with it a bit today, not that impressive. Im sticking with htc for build quality alone. All other phones just feel cheap.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadow Death:
After the problems my family and I have experienced with our Tbolts I think we're all going to be making the switch to a different phone ASAP. My first one wouldn't unlock, then went into a boot loop after I pulled the battery, and eventually just wouldn't get past the original HTC screen. Another oddity is that I had to manually assign IP addresses at the house because of some weird setup on these phones. So, GS3 here I come ASAP! :D
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
I agree, the GS3 feels extremely cheap compared to the One X.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
I've had several HTC phones now (Eris incredible 2 and thunderbolt) and the quality of the phone is much more solid than other phones i have used or had the opportunity to play with. Most of the others just feel cheap and flimsy alsmot. Even the Eris feels like it had better build quality than 90% of the Motorola phones I have used.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
got my nexus 7, my phone isnt barely even used. this device can definatly hold me until march, and hopefully the razr hd or possibly a new verizon htc flagship device hits
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigd5783:
I dont know why I would trade a phone that is not updateable to the newest builds for a phone with a locked down bootloader that hasnt been unlocked yet. Im about finished with Verizons ****. Maybe its time to put up with AT&Ts **** instead. Or maybe Sprints terrible coverage. Oh the decisions.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcmaniac:
I'm not that impressed with the S3. It seems overhyped to me by Samsung's marketing machine and the people itching for something shiny and new. I'm going to wait until the end of the year before deciding what I'll be switching to, as I'm sure there will be plenty of new high end phones being released for the holiday season.
[Defy Themes and Apps] NI55AN:
Will you be doin a cm9 version or just cm7?
[Defy Themes and Apps] hackergnome:
Dude move it to Android Themes!! Really!!
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
I take that you like it then? -thanks.

Well, like I said in the OP, it's my first real attempt at making a theme and it is far from perfect. There are many little glitches I can still see like the date on the statusbar [2nd pic] when the notification panel is down, the general font color change is really also not the best way to do it...

I also have a lot to learn and many things I want to try first.

Although I did spend quite a few hours on this already, I still feel that it is far from meeting my personal quality standards and I would not post for such a wider audience yet; by respect to other themers and users...

Afterall, this is just a personal theme that I share here...

When the time comes maybe...

Please, let me do my learning and experimenting first...

But for now, I'm happy with cm7; especially with the level of support that Maniac103 is still bringing to it for us.
[Defy Themes and Apps] Cocolopes:
Thanks this theme is awesome!

Thanks ALL...its a great work. :D

Im using it on my defy but....is there any way to change the keyboard theme? Its the only thing I dont like. :(

And can I ask for something?:confused:...Can you make a black or dark version? I mean change all the blue stuff to a black or maybe dark blue...:o

It´s just and idea/opinion.:cool:

Again thanks for the hard work.;)
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
You're welcomed and thanks - I appreciate.

As for your question:

well, as I said, I'm no expert at Photoshop and I know that I'll one day have to redo all this many times... But simple answer is yes - it can easilly be done.

By simply modding 5 picture files basically.. - believe it or not.

Check the zip, do your changes and I could switch it for you.

To replace those file in, you to be familliar patch - 9 format patching and how to compile them... [the kind of stuff I kept post #2 for eventually... Theming/forum posting overdose lately here...]. Once you know that, it would be just a matter of replacing the files in the apk with 7-zip and resigning it... [or re-compile the theme with uncompiled .9.pngs; what I would do..]

But again I could take care of that part for you np... So plz have a go at the PS part - go wild at it!! -hehehe. :good:
[Defy Themes and Apps] ksrao_iete:
great theme

my phone looks better now with this theme..
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Good; I'm glad for you :p

- - - - -

* * * New UPDATE to v1.1 (June 28 - see changelog) * * *

Enjoy!

/AL
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Yo,

I don't know if there's really any interest for it any longer; 31 downloads for over a 1,000 views... (maybe most users are on ICS)...

But anyhow, v1.2 attached on OP.

Cheers,

/A
[Defy Themes and Apps] ksrao_iete:
Just installed..yippy......:D...what attracted me your theme are dialer and the colors u applied for sms notifiication icon with animation in status bar..that really really nice...

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mr AL i hope you too want to try that theme in ICS..
[Defy Themes and Apps] Cocolopes:
I think so...Im waiting for the ICS....:)
[Defy Themes and Apps] observingi:
Nice theme :good:
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Happy Friday the 13th all!!

Here's maybe what will be my last update for this theme (we'll see about that...).

My guess is that well over 100 pics were added or retouched since v1.2.

And here's a rough changelog:

- Blue themed FM radio and icon
- Colored stat icons for Skype status: oh yeah! - finally!!
- ICS-style installation progress bar

and slight changes to:

- Tapatalk pro
- AdvanceTaskKiller
- DI Radio (Digital Interactive)
- SoundRecorder (colored the 3 buttons from white)
- Wiki Pro
- Email checkmarks
- Player Pro logo and stat icons
- SU icon
- DSP icon
- 3 text selectors color
- Terminal icon
- dialers buttons again
...and many single changes here and there

So go to the OP for the apk

Cheers

/A

P.S.: And sorry for the ones waiting for the ICS version of the theme: don't hold your breathe on this.

I've had good intentions of doing it (especially after seeing full HWA finally working), but after trying CM9 again,

I just don't like it and don't think I'll ever move to it. Maybe for Jelly Bean... who knows!?!
[Defy Themes and Apps] hanu_blr:
AL, thanks for the theme, i liked it verymuch, am still on cm7.1.RC.1.5.jordan, am uisng v1.3 and looks like i hv a bug in the dialer,

numberpad 3/6/9/# column are cutoff, i can see only D/M/W chars on these number pad.

check the attachment,

Anyways am unsing touch pal dialer, not a big issue.

request: is it possible to add antenna with 'Y', check this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1277549, forget abt the color of the bar if its too difficult, atleast Y in the signal icon ???

-thx
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Hi and thanks - I'm glad you like the theme.

I really don't know why the dialer doesn't display properly for you.

Did you do like I clearly stated on the OP and reboot your phone after applying the theme?

Are you using a non-standard screen dpi setting by any chance??

For the Y-shaped signal statusbar icon, I've never seen or used a theme with 5 bars, so I would not know off-hand how to do it. But I'm sure that it would take more than just different pics. So if you know of such a theme, give me a link to it and I "might" have a look into it. But I can tell you right away that I'll be extremely busy for the next 2-3 weeks and will likely not have any time for this - sorry.

But anyhow, I put something together for you (very quickly - I did not even try it to see how it looks..); so try it to see if it fits your taste.

The first state of signal reception will show the first 2 bars and the no signal state will show a very dimmed first bar. And as usual, you'll get the full colors when Google is 'connected' and ready to sync (on wifi or 3G, 4G...)

Otherwise, I suggest that you try to do it yourself; it fairly easy to do. On your destop, use 7-zip and right click on the apk and chose "Open archive" [not Extract just Open], navigate to "WizAL.apk/res/drawable-hdpi" folder and find the signal pictures. They're all named "stat_sys_signal_X.png" or "stat_sys_signal_X_fully.png" (where X is 0 to 4 --> so 10 pictures total). Do your changes and replace them in. Re-sign the apk, re-install, re-apply and rebooot: done!

If you're not familiar with apk signing, you can do it straight on your phone: just look for something like "zipsigner 2" on the Playstore.

Lastly, if you like my work (and this answer): don't be shy and hit that "Thank" button - it's the least you can do and it's free.

At least, it shows a little more appreciation.... ;) I'm sure that you can imagine how long a 1,200+ pictures (all the picture editing and related xml entries) take to put together...

Cheers,

/AL

P.S.: I strongly suggest you to update your CM7 to Maniac103's latest build. You're really missing out on many great improvements and bug fixes by staying on CM7 RC1.5....and who knows if you're dialer display problems is not also related to this !? [it really shouldn't but still...]
[Defy Themes and Apps] hanu_blr:
Thanks AL, i did as u said to reboot after applying the theme.

I still see the dail pad issue.

I did try ur quick fix theme, it looks good on non-transparent bg, but since its transparent bar, so its little hard to see the colors. attached both screen shots..

Anyways thanks for it :) . I hv not yet edited any themes till now and my PS skills are bad :(

May be ur default singnal bar color shd look good i guess.

I have seen some themes, but dint remember it now :(

Yes am on old 7.1 1.5RC version for a very long time. Have to update to ur suggested build.

thanks for ur time .
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
OK, thanks for the info; I will try to investigate the dialer...eventually (really don't know when I'll find time for that..)

Maybe your 3rd party dialer interferring with it? Have you tried to uninstall it to see if my theme's dialer becomes OK?

I don't know really; here I use 1.3 since I've posted it and all is fine...

OK, regarding your icons, try this new one, I think it should be better... I did it too quickly the first time and didn't think too much about it...

Cheers,

/A
[Defy Themes and Apps] ksrao_iete:
Simply Awesome...the changes really looks best for my baby defy ....sing CM7.2 stable, Wizal theme, launcher pro, Defy Red lens
[Defy Themes and Apps] hanu_blr:
AL,

i did try uninstalling the 3rd party dialer, didnt help. No need to worry, hv alternatives 3rd party dialer :)

The new icons looks very good now :p , thanks for ur time.
[Defy Themes and Apps] carterych:
great job i appreciate the theme
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

Thanks for your first post - welcome to xda.

Wanna try your first "Thank" button hit? hehehe! :D

Cheers.
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Yo all,

Here's another small (minor) update to my theme.

I don't have much free time lately, but when I did have some and was waiting for the SD data for Asphalt 7 to download [which works awesome on CM7-jordan btw], I've made the following changes:

- I've finally themed the default Music.apk
made it's tabs and button presses more consistent with the rest of the theme.
I should have done it earlier but I don't really use it much...anyhow...;
- also retouched my blue FM radio theme
and made the red station scanning progress bar more K.I.T-like [as in Knight Rider] :p
- retouched/resized a few more icons/statusbar icons here and there
(2-3 for SmartAppProtector-free), but nothing major as I said due to lack of time.

Like always, read the OP for proper installation.

Finally, I've removed v1.1 from the OP as I will limit apk versions to 3 there....

So go to the original post (OP) to download and enjoy!

--

edit:

Added the screenshots, but you will not see the word "stereo" on v1.4 [wip] ..maybe in next update if v1.5 ever is...

I still can't believe how people take things for granted on the internet; over some 200 downloads of all the different versions and only 6 thanks on the OP...:cyclops: I smell leeches :laugh:

--

And if you install this and appreciate it, you know what to do :) - if you don't, watch the last ten seconds of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA :p
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
OK, not much interest in this it seems [it will then just be my personal theme archive anyhow...;)],

but here's another small update to my theme. ...still almost 100 icons reworked or added...

v1.5 changlog:

- As mentioned on last update; the work "stereo" appears beside the orignal icon
on the blue FM radio;
- Mainly worked on overall visual consistency and reworked tab icons / bar
of Music.apk, PlayerPro, Tapatalk 2, Manage Applications and TW Calendar
[pic1] and decided to choose black for selected tabs [it looks less 'light blue-ish'
that way...];
- Themed the Torch.apk... I just did not like that big lightbulb and reworked
the MIUI torch [pic2];
- Revisited PlayerPro and added some bling to it [glow on some buttons]
and made the "previous" and "equalizer" buttons bigger as it was my only
rant with PP; those where too small and hard to press [pics 3 and 4];
- Changed the icon and app background color of the SoundRecorder app;
- Slight changes to Widgetsoid; like the surrouding highlight of a pressed toggle switch;
- as usual, a few resizes, shade fixes and re-coloring

Lastly, here are two suggestions for you to make the theme (and your phone) look best:

1- As I've previously mentioned here, I strongly invite you to switch to that TouchWiz-styled calendar.

-->

But read that post properly for original app backup and calendar entries safegarding

;

2- I've tried them all, but PlayerPro is still my favorite music player and if you haven't tried it yet, please do so.

As mentioned above, I've theme'd the main app but I've also revisited the "Blue Wonder" skin [as seen on pics 3-4] -

which I strongly recommend using with this theme.

So go on the OP to get WizAL_v1.5 [READ IT] and hit that Thank button - it's free!!

/AL
[Defy Themes and Apps] juan296:
I've downloaded this theme, apk... click in install, now ... I was to "theme chooser " apply but I wonder ... what does HDPI mean? :)

I am afriad, then I didn't apply this theme right now ..

Maybe later ...explain me please, HDPI? :)

Thanks for your hard work..
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
You're welcome and thanks to you.

HDPI is just a name for a category of screen size/resolution. H is for high and DPI is for dot per inch. There is also smaller ones MDPI and LDPI (med + low) and bigger XDPI.

CM7 is installed/ported on many different phones (/tablets?) so this is just a warning for users that would not have a screen resolution close to what we have on the DEFY.

So no worries: go ahead and apply it! Like I wrote on the OP, just ignore the warning popup and choose "install anyway" in Theme Chooser, R E B O O T and enjoy.

Cheers
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Welcome back to my blog !!

[...since I'm pretty much the sole participant here...

Hopefully some of you will/do enjoy it or at least get some

theming ideas from it...]

Today another small [almost weekly lately] update but mainly a couple app suggestions...:

1-) I talked about PlayerPro for music before, now I'd like to recommend Dice Player for video

playback.

If you like MXPlayer, this one has all the same features and more: Examples: playback speed adjustment

from 0.5X to 2X speed and most notably: the player can play videos in a popup video that let you

multi-task - just like Samsung was ranting about with their quad-core Galaxy S3 at launch...[pic 1].

In fact, their last update just added the seekbar on that popup player - all pretty cool stuff !!!

...I had to theme that a little - hehe! :p

--> So I borrowed the PlayerPro extra big glow on seek so that we can see where

we actually see where we are on the progress bar when time-seeking... [pic 2]

2-) There are many radio streaming app around [I already themed DI radio icon..], but I do enjoy the

station list variety of Jango radio. So i had to have a go at this also...

--> Main attration here: the revisited semi-transparent widget [pic 3]

For the rest, here's a quick changelog:

- made my own phone and wifi signal bars (19 pics - no new 3G or others yet);
- Widgetsoid's: volume control popup with some more volume adjust glow [pic 4];
- Dice player: made playback speed icon wider + extra large glow on seekbar!;
- Jango radio: new icon, recolored many icons and a semi-transparent widget

As usual: here to the OP for the WizAL_v1.6 app and instructions

Cheers

/AL
[Defy Themes and Apps] [] AL []:
Well, it's been more than a week since last update and since theming never stops...

here's another release with a few changes; I hope you like them.

To start, another couple app suggestions (nothing new, but they look and work fine):

The MIUI Compass and Soundrecorder which can be found here.

[go download them and give your Thanks to m11kkaa]

Changelog for v1.7:

themed both MIUI compass and soundrecorder to match the rest of the theme:
- blue accents;
- blue VU meter indicators;
- blue pressed icons.

For the rest, as usual: re-tweaked various icons:

- new FM radio icon to match the blue radio;
- wifi powerwidget buttons to match the new statusbar wifi signal bar;
- resized PlayerPro's playlist button to match other settings buttons size;
- re-colored PlayerPro's next menu and prev/next song main widget buttons;
- replaced PP's repeat and shuffle icons with more obvious ones (more glowy - Music.apk's ones in fact) when selected;
- other small re-adjustments like the calendar's month tab icon;

And my favorite this time around: the CM7 camera:
(sorry no screenshots; you'll have to see it for yourself)

- added color to settings icons to make it obvious when a scene mode or something non-default is set;
- made settings selection icons bigger and blue;
- also made vertical settings scroll handle, videocam rec and stop buttons blue;
- replaced the videocam's recording indicator with the word "REC" to make recording state more obvious;
- made the shutter/record/stop buttons 50% bigger as there was room for it and I've always
found them too small anyway.

OP for instructions and download

Cheers,

/A|

L