yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Don't be skittish. It really and truly is the only way to get everything back to how it should be. Ton's of people have tried it and this allows you to push the IMEI back into your phone the way it came from the factory. It's not for spoffing or doing anything illegal.

Now its usually for replacng a lost IMEI from flashing a ROM. Sometimes happens when going from a non-stock type ROM (i.e. CM or AOKP) to stock type ROM (i.e TW)

Search on how to push files with ADB and you should be good to go

BE CAREFUL though and don't skip steps or go fast.

I meant to ask...can you use your phone ? does data work ? Have you tried to get into download mode ?

If you can then download good manager and select reboot into recovery or any other number of apps that let you boot into recovery without having a power menu
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
Yeah, the phone works perfectly other than a lack of lock screen, no power menu, and the pop ups that annoyingly show every once in a while. Download mode works, and I pushed stock back to my device using ODIN. It now occurs me me to wonder if I might have had a different result if I had flashed my stock rom using ADB.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
I hate to ask but did yo factory reset the phone...like in stock recovery ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703175

check out post #8

the user restored the backed up EFS folder with Root Explorer and his device is fixed now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Beer,

I'm not thinking he has a backup of his EFS though

Try his first but this might do the trick as well:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703175&page=2

post #14
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
you are correct. i looked back over the thread. i had thought he posted something yesterday about having an EFS backup.

your find seems like it should do the trick
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
Yessir. When the phone booted back up it didn't go through the setup process. Just goes straight to the homescreen. Also when I boot into restore mode I see this under the menu options:

E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument)

E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument)

# MANUAL MODE #

--Applying Multi-CSC...

Applied CSC-code : unknown

Successfully applied multi-CSC.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
I tried turning it off with terminal emulator at one point last night, but it didn't seem to work, I THINK because the EFS folder is empty. I'll have to re-root tonight and try it again since I've restored my stock firmware.

It may seem like I'm shooting down every suggestion you guys throw at me, but I really appreciate the input. XDA is a big place and I tried to be very thorough when searcing for a solution before posting this thread, but I'm sure there's something out there I've missed. Thank you for your efforts.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
I think I found something that will allow me to restore a generic EFS here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39523753&postcount=4

Asked the originator if it will work to restore my files. If so, gonna try it when I get off work tonight.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Ah exactly what I have been looking for on this one for you. I found a few that explained how to push your old EFS folder with ADB but none about making another. How crazy it was yesterday it popped up on a post. That looks like your best shot as you folder seems to be corrupted and although IMEI is intact you need a new one folder that is intact. Let us know how it turns out
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
Can you hit me with the stuff you found about pushing it through ADB? My efforts have been less than fruitful on that front. I'd rather be armed with as much information as possible.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Here is one I had found earlier:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1169805
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
When you say it empty it makes me think for some reason you can't see what's in it. Or maybe it really is empty. Thing about your issue is no in the googleverse seems to post a definitive solution.

And root explorer is invaluable. It never messes up and its completely intuitive and doesn't make you go through hoops to use it and opens at the root menu. Its best app I've ever bought.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drunkenscholar:
Maybe you're right. I could have falsely assumed that because I was rooted, any app claiming to be a "root" explorer would show me all my files. If that's the case I'm gonna feel really stupid...

EDIT: So I'm rooted now and took a peek with Root Explorer. Alas, the folder is indeed completely empty. Even tried to run the emulator fix again just in case and that told me there was no such file or directory.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Sounds like you have to make a new efs folder and push it with adv. I wish I was adept at that but I'm not wish a more knowledgeable source could chime in.

I've restored and imei and backed up refs on a sgs2 and this phone but having an empty efs seems rare.

Have you tried creating a general one and then using imei recovery tool to write your imei to it ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] godmode75:
day late, dollar short to say the least but I just encountered the Factory Mode even upon reboot and resetting to factory settings. I noticed that the permissions to the EFS, FactoryApp folders in the root directory along with folders and files in FactoryApp were not set correctly. rwxrwxr-x is what they should be and it worked for me. No more factory mode or weird issues.

On the other hand, I have an IMEI of 0 from a few weeks ago (original fw to CM10.1) ...I can make calls and am bound to Edge network...no more 4G. Only one file in the IMEI folder, mps_code.dat for a d2att
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
You lost imei. It will let you make calls and be on edge but if imei says 0 you need to restore it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] godmode75:
I tried, going back to stock and gradually upgrading back to ofw (4.1.1) but phone seemed frozen at samsung logo, deleted efs folder and rebooted to see if it rebuilds it but no luck, looked on google for either imei create/restore/recover/inject tools but couldn't find any... what i haven't tried was using backup efs because i made no back, arggg... there are plenty of getdataback windows software out there... shame there is none for android...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DamienRushe:
YOU SIR ARE AN ABSOLUTE LEDGEND MOMENTS BEFORE PULLING THE LAST HAIR FROM MY HEAD I FOUND THIS AND IT WORKED :good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dkrytical22:
Factory Mode on Galaxy s3 which works for me

steps to take to fix yellow writings/ factory mode

1. Root your s3

2. you can download ES File Explorer apk or from app store

3. install es file explorer

4. open file explorer and navigate to top left option then select tool

5. turn root explorer on

6. navigate to local device in es explorer

7. open efs folder

8. select factoryapp

9. open factorymode using text mode

10. click edit to edit either write ON/OFF depending which options you have

11. press back and select save

12. Restart.

Now if the yellow writing/factory mode still there ::

1. go back to option 7 above

and delete the entire efs folder

2. do a data wipe by holding volume up+menu button+ Power button and select wipe option

3. reinstall es explorer and follow option 4 to 12.... thats it..
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] johnseeking:
I looked everywhere I could for insight into this, but found nothing conclusive.

I am running (see screenshots) the 2013/01/23 build of the AOSP rom found here. I am using the 10-point touchscreen firmware, and the kernel, etc., as shown in the screenshot.

Ever since I "traded up" to this rom, I have not been able to "fast charge" my Nook using the stock AC adapter, as I was once able to running (rooted) stock 1.4.1. No matter what combination of charger, cable, wall-wart, etc., it thinks I'm charging via USB. (See other screenshot - that's AC folks.) I've tried rebooting while it's plugged in, tried two different B&N chargers, a Kindle cable, and another 2-3 micro USB cables. No dice. So it trickle charges all the time. I have to either shut it off or near-sleep everything, and it still takes 4+ hours to fully charge. I miss the 1-2 hour fast charges I used to get.

Would a newer kernel address this? And if so, how do I go about obtaining one? Or does anyone else have any suggestions? I'm stumped.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] datallboy:
If I were you I would make an SDC version of the ROM and have stock on your internal. You could charge your nook on the stock os and run your ROM off the SD card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] johnseeking:
Does anybody ELSE have any suggestions? Is this an issue that anyone else is seeing on this or any other 4.1.x rom or this or other kernels?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
I'd suggest you try a different 4.1 build such as CM10.0 build dated 12/31 by Succulent which is posted at http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] johnseeking:
*sigh* Thanks for the suggestion. I think since the charging speed isn't really a deal-breaker for me, and since I'm loath to re-redo all the tweaks I've put into my tab on this rom, I will probably just wait 6-12 months for a phenomenally stable (official CM?) 4.2 rom (or higher??) to come along before I make any more big moves. 1st world problems, amirite? :crying:

Edit: noob question. For the sake of argument, since they are both built on 4.1, would the world explode if I tried dirty-flashing said CM 12/31 over what I'm running now? Would all my apps and other crapola still be there? I.E., would Android just see it as an "upgrade" like the other AOSP builds I have dirty-flashed in the past?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
When you dirty-flash a different build (i.e. not wiping /data), your downloaded apps should be intact but some might not work properly with the new build, in which case an option could be to un-install and re-install those apps that ill-behave. With a clean flash, if you use Google Backup/Restore your downloaded apps should be automatically re-downloaded following first boot and Google account setup, but you will have to re-enter your apps personal settings. To preserve the apps and personal settings you can try to use a Backup/Restore app such as Titanium Backup.

So, a potential course of action for you would be to first try out a different build on SD to see if it fixes your charging problem; if the new build does fix your problem then you can proceed to flashing it internally on emmc:

Do a full back up of your current ROM using CWM Recovery's backup feature (see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31).

Do a Titanium backup of your apps & settings

Try a dirty flash and see you can get away with it and use Titanium to restore any ill-behaving apps

If the results from previous step are not satisfactory, do a clean flash and use Titanium to restore apps and/or their settings as needed.

If you don't like the new build for any reason, use CWM Recovery's restore feature and the full-backup dataset (that gets created in the first step above) to fully restore your NT to your previous build.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] johnseeking:
You make it sound so easy. Thanks again. I will give it a go sometime in the next few weeks and report back here.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] alevineman:
Try downloading the BatteryCalibration app from the Play Store, charge your device to 100%, and click the button (assuming you're rooted because you're running a custom ROM).
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
Hi guys! Please dont be shy to comment, share and suggest. Hope this thread will help users find that sweet spot for W cpu frequency. Must be stable and can be used daily :beer:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] kabychow:
To me, I underclock my wonder to max 1ghz and its enough smooth and gaming :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
Can we play TR2 on ur set up bro? No lags also? What governor and scheduler are you using? Sharing your config would really help users compare. :beer:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] kabychow:
ya temple run 2 works perfectly with 1ghz - 1.2ghz

use smartassV2, sio. 16bit trans and KSM

currenly using my oneofakind rom :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
Im on sb 4.2 i dnt really know if ur config will work fine in my rom.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
Im using 1ghz now with interactive. Seems quite smooth, plus this would eat my batt less.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] S♥NE:
last time i use 1804 with performance and nearly broke my w, now using stock voltage
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
What happened that it nearly bricked? Its not advisable to OC as we all know. Its not risky but dangerous :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] S♥NE:
My phone cannot turn on for about 1hour. :o
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] eluspo:
Waaaah! Maybe it got exhausted from OC lol
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] aepkyo:
thanks for sharing.

i also underclock my cpu to 1ghz, use smartassv2, and sio. i played subway surfers smooth enough :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] djdu90:
super
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] spadesoface:
try hd games :D
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bionicbowtieguy:
I been lurking on XDA for a long time just have made any posts, lots of great info has been found here and I usually find my answers without having to ask, that is till now. This might be a long post but I want to give the best information possible to get the best help. I recently updated my tf300t to jb4.2 and that's when the bottom fell out. First I thought I was bricked, flashed the update and it booted fine, flashed twrp and it booted fine, tried flashing Energy rom and that's when it started. Twrp would not mount cache, sd, nothing. Then after rebooting it would give the Asus screen with unlocked bootloader in the top then go straight to twrp, where I could not flash anything. I finally got it to reboot to fastboot where I can reboot to jb but if turned off it will still load straight to twrp and I have to adb fastboot reboot to the RCK android wipe screen and load jb from there using the android. I have tried wiping from that screen, wiping from twrp and even adb push the rom again to wipe with no success. When adb pushing any recovery or rom/software it seems to take but have to manually reboot with power button after to get it to reboot. I tried adb pushing different recoveries with no success along with Energy rom, no success. To me its like I have a dual partition on the storage. Is there any way to wipe everything completely clean and start fresh? Without using recovery since it is not working.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sbdags:
Sounds like you have bricked like a lot of other people. There is a guide in General. Which version of TWRP did you use on the latest bootloader. If it was not TEWRP 2.4.40 or the patched version then you have bricked unfortuntely.....
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bionicbowtieguy:
I haven't bricked yet, it still works. I just have to adb reboot to bootloader if I power it down and restart it. I just cant wipe it and reinstall anything. I dont remember right off which version of TWRP I did use, but it wont mount anything to allow me to wipe or install from it though.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longstreet:
I'm on the latest CM10 nightly. Of course the battery drains faster when wifi is on and device is unplugged, but on my NC the battery discharges even while plugged in. In other words, the wifi drain is so great that even while plugged in, with stock charger, the battery continues to discharge.

Is this normal? I love the CM10 builds otherwise, but that one issue really affects useability for me. I haven't heard any one else complain about this, so don't know if it's to be expected. If it's normal I'll live with it but I sure would like to find a fix.

Thanks for any advice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
on cm10.1 based roms the activation bug has pissed me off quite a bit is there any sure fire build that didnt have it? oir a way to fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cammykool:
i mean like... i odnt even have to rebott for ot to happen
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cohoman:
I just installed the Meanbean ROM on my EVO LTE after using the stock OS for about one year. With the HTC stock Jellybean, I remember having the name of the connected WiFi network in the handle of the pulldown notification shade. But, with the Meanbean ROM I don't see the WiFi network name (all I see now is "Sprint"). For me, I'd like a convenient way to check what WiFi network I'm connected to.

Is this a bug in Meanbean, or is this a new "feature", or am I just crazy??!!

Thanks,

cohoman
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
I'm voting your just crazy! The feature you mention has never been part of the stock rom as far as I know. But I have never run a stock rom on this phone. I went s-off the day I bought it and always have had a custom rom installed. Never remember seeing anything but Sprint on the pulldown.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cohoman:
Man, I was pretty certain the name of the WiFi SSID was on the handle of the notification shade. But, I could be wrong (getting too old I guess!).

Thank for the response.
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
Sliding Messaging now supports fully customizeable themes! For that reason, I am starting this thread so that any of you out there who decide to create a theme and wish to share can do so. Its easy, here's the steps:

To post a theme in this thread:

1) Get the .theme file from your sdcard/SlidingMessaging folder

2) Take a screen shot of the theme from the screen preview in the Custom Theme Settings area

3) Post them both and let everyone else see your creation :)

To use a theme from this thread:

1) Download the .theme file from the post

2) Put the file in your sdcard/SlidingMessaging folder

3) Go into the Custom Theme Settings area and select the theme that you just added

Easy as that!

Here are two that I created for Chicago Bears or Iowa Hawkeyes fans out there!

Chicago Bears Theme

Iowa Hawkeyes Theme

I will do my best to put all of your themes in the OP so that they're easy for people to get to! Lets try and keep all of the posts strictly about themes.
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
From deathblade:

Blue Holo Light

Green Holo Light

Red Holo Light

Purple Holo Light

Orange Holo Light

Nighttime

Utter Black

Dark Red

Pinky

Black and White

Purple

Smoke

Inverted Red

Dark Holo Blue

Dark Holo Red

Dark Holo Green

Dark Holo Orange

Dark Holo Purple

Dark Blue

Dark Green

Dark Orange

Dark Purple

Seafoam

White Ash

Purple and Blue

Night Blue

Patriotic

Hobbit Brown

Golden

Ice

Stock

Golden Brown

Xmas

Cotton Candy

Blood Red

Link to all Deathblade's themes in case some links above are down: http://d-h.st/users/deathblade/?fld_id=12808#files

From wavedashdoc:

Holo Dark

From blackbearblanc:

Holo Black

From Youngunn2008:

Dark Holo Blue
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
and one more just in case... reserved :)
[Android Themes] raymond4:
Can u do a Pittsburgh Steelers ?
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
well you can :)
[Android Themes] wavedashdoc:
This is a slightly modified dark theme that is more compliant with the holo dark colors 8)

Edit: Change the .txt to .theme before using.
[Android Themes] deathblade:
here are a few themes i wipped together

"Blue Holo Light"

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"Green Holo Light"

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"Red Holo Light"

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"Purple Holo Light"

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"Orange Holo Light"

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"Nighttime"

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"Utter Black"

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[Android Themes] Christiancs1969:
Great themes;)

s2 rootbox
[Android Themes] deathblade:
I have made over 20 themes just today, will post more later
[Android Themes] deathblade:
Here are a few more, just posted links

"Dark red"

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"Pinky"

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"Black and white"

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"Purple"

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"Smoke"

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"Inverted red"

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"Dark holo blue"

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[Android Themes] deathblade:
Here are the rest I've made thus far:

"Dark Red Holo"

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"Dark Holo Green"

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"Dark Holo Orange"

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"Dark Holo Purple"

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"Dark Blue"

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"Dark Green"

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"Dark Orange"

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"Dark Purple"

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"Seafoam"

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"White Ash"

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"Purple&Blue"

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[Android Themes] Christiancs1969:
I've done cyan but its not as cool as yours. Great job

s2 rootbox
[Android Themes] deathblade:
Just made a patriotic one and a really nice dark gray and deep blue theme probably upload soon and since the custom font isn't working for me I'll also upload a font that I think works very well with the dark theme
[Android Themes] blackbearblanc:
Here is the HoloBrown

But maybe adding custom images would make it more exciting for theming?

Anyway this is great so far - and custom fonts are the greatest new addition in my humble opinion.
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
Looks good! There are 2 options for custom backgrounds on the message list and menu backgrounds in settings just underneath the custom theme settings option.
[Android Themes] Christiancs1969:
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How. To change little Andy colour on bottom left?

s2 rootbox
[Android Themes] blackbearblanc:
Ah. Missed that thanks
[Android Themes] deathblade:
here's 9 more:

"Night-Blue"

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"Patriotic"

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"Hobbit Brown"

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"Golden"

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"Ice"

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"Stock"

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"Golden Brown"

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"Xmas"

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"Cotton Candy"

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[Android Themes] CaptainGoSlow:
Hi,

Thanks for sharing your themes, downloaded a few to keep on rotation.

You mind me asking where you got your fonts, think a few of the themes def look better with the added font!

Cheers again on sharing, great work!
[Android Themes] deathblade:
Ill post a link for you but I got it from the app rom toolbox pro, it also turns out i ment to use a different font... so

here is the exact font you see in the pics: download here

and here is the one i ment to use: Download Here

also here is one more theme i just did

"Blood Red"

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also might i add i am willing to do theme requests if anyone is interested, just pm me your idea and what colors you want and such and ill put it together to the best of my abilities, and will keep in contact with you to make sure its to your liking
[Android Themes] Youngunn2008:
I'm loving this app and the themes, keep em coming! :)
[Android Themes] CaptainGoSlow:
Much appreciated on the links and liking the new theme. Unfortunately the fonts won't load for me, just crashes Sliding Messaging at the moment. Hopefully be fixed in future update.

Cheers
[Android Themes] klinkdawg:
Should be fixed for the next update. Got confirmation that it is working from one person whom it was not before at least.
[Android Themes] CaptainGoSlow:
Cheers on the quick fix and reply. Impressed with how far the main app has come and the theme engine as a whole.