[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] tx_dbs_tx:
The new Lollipop Hybrid X-Series rom will remain in this thread because it is the same concept just a new version of android. I've been studying Material Design and I will be treating my donators with a preview of what i'm working on. It's a nice original stock looking theme (dark ofcourse!) that should please most if not all.

For future flashing & testing purposes, I want to suggest all of you to be on one of my stock roms in my other thread found HERE so that when I release independent flashable themes/mods you will be 100% compatible. Another thing I want to suggest is for you to create a backup folder on your external micro-sd card with this folder structure...

On your external (or internal storage) create a single backup directory containing these three folders... app, priv-app and framework. (use deodexed or odexed folder depending on your current rom)

Backup_System_Files/deodexed/system/app

Backup_System_Files/deodexed/system/priv-app

Backup_System_Files/deodexed/system/framework

Once you do this use root explorer or whichever root file manager you prefer and place copies of the stock system files for either your deodexed or odexed system files from the stock untouched system directories. You can also unzip the stock rom on your pc and copy these system directories to your backup directories on you phone's internal/external storage. Either way will work.

If you're on the odexed rom you will obviously be backing up the art folders with the odex files. This is why you should make sure you use the "odexed" folder inside you main backup directory as I suggested above so you know which folder contains the files you will need in the future, incase you switch to the other odexed/deodexed rom. This will keep you from replacing the wrong type of files into you existing rom. The purpose of this is to give you an easy way to go back to stock after trying out a mod or theme, if you choose to. You will simply copy & paste the entire folder of the corresponding system directory then paste it into your backup directory with the same folder name. When prompted to overwrite/merge the original folder, choose yes. Last thing, you don't necessarily need to backup every system app/jar etc. You can just backup the main system apps/jars that are commonly used in themes & mods. If you have plenty of room on your removable sd card then go ahead and backup all files in the three system folders that I showed above. No harm in doing this. With all of these system files backed up you can flash mods/themes and have no problem going back to stock if or when you need to without having to flash the entire rom again. Just know which files you need to replace that where in the mod or theme that you flashed. This setup isn't required but if you flash and test things a lot then I highly recommend you do this and make things easy on yourself. It serves a good purpose and I use this method myself when I push a modded system file that happens to have a problem and I need to quickly get my phone back to original working order. Again. this isn't required but for those who test for me i think it's a good idea and will save you time and frustration as well as give you piece of mind.

I'll post a preview theme as soon as I get it ready.