[Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard] cphilip:
Djiban

Thanks for your reply and always ready to help.

if i do update to Android 5.1.1 with emui 3.1, i will most probably give the method used by Taka Sampei a try.

I hope Taka sanpei will continue to give us feedbacks on how xposed framework is working out. When i was using lollipop on sony xperia tablet z, I used that same method and it worked very well. But then Xperia is not tied up to EMUI themes.

At the moment, I think no one has succeeded in implementing xposed framework properly on to EMUI 3. kit kat or even emui 3.1 lollipop.

On kit kat 2.3, Xposed framework can be used for some modules but popular modules like gravity box still cannot work.

Since I want xposed framework, I have to remain on emui 2.3. But once, it is proven that lollipop with emui 3.1 can be friendly to xposed framework, I would prefer to upgrade to the latest Android 5.1.1

I think when you converted your 501L to 503L, you used the special "dload" folder hack.

I converted mine using the special already configured B011 503L that do not need the special "dload" hack. For some reason, it partitioned my emmc nand drive before installing the rom.

If i do decide to go for Lollipop, I will need to convert again to 503L B011. But this time I think I will convert my 501L by using the special "dload" hack.

Maybe I should look for 503L kit kat with emui 2.3 and start converting my 501L to 503L by uisng the special "dload" hack. In that way, i can use xposed framework for now and then later on when I want lollipop, I can upgrade from 503L emui2.3 to 503L emui 3 (B011).

I don't deny that emui is nice in its own way but unfortunately, it doesn't want to play nice with xposed framework.

What a frustrating dilemma. And yet, in cyanogen roms, some cyanogen themes can make a system look like as if it is EMUI. EMui cannot be fast enough to offer all the exciting tweaks of what cyanogen roms or xposed framework modules can offer.

In order to find a way to get xposed to work more fully, I even changed the home launcher to a 3rd party home launcher then tried to edit the local.prop found in /cust/.../.../prop/

the moment i change

ro.config.hwtheme=1 > ro.config.hwtheme=0

the settings pages doesn't work anymore after reboot.

this shows that it is not only huawei home launcher that is tied to EMUI themes but all pages that is needed to configure the system settings are also closely tied to EMUI themes.

My hope is in emui 3.1, Huawei can slowly find a way to make emui become more friendly with xposed framework.

Basically, it seems to me that what emui does is it tries to make Android devices look and feel like the Ipad. And it does a good job i must say but then the ipad system is a system that insist on uniformity and users can do very little to add any customized features.

Actually, the good points about ipad is not necessarily about its uniformed themes. It is about the way the system handles ram , the way it manages battery (power management), the quality control of hardware, the way apps run like as if they are sandboxed, not vulnerable to corruption by other apps. Some of the good points can also be its bad points. I tried it and i ended up using Android more than the ipad because the Android is closer to the Linux system which means as the owner, you can make it yours and take control. But that is me. Others will feel differently i understand.