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[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
Great news..

So anyone who flashed the googler dialer/contacts fix did you lose your phone icon?

Contacts works fine and I can still make calls but the phone icon is no where to be found. Had to flash the old phone.apk back.

No biggy because the contacts.apk works fine and thats where I had the text issue but was curious.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] keith777:
I flashed this, lost phone app. Contacts is still there and works and i can dial from contacts. Using root explorer i see the dialer, but cant get it to show up in apps, any ideas?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
same thing here..i just put my old phone.apk back for now.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Yeah, I lost it, but I thought I had to uninstall first. After I restored a backup, I just flashed over again and it showed up. And layers worked with it.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] keith777:
i didn't have that.....just did a quick restore i just backed up. Now when i boot is asks for pin - put in the only pin i ever use, says wrong pin. This is great
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Yeah, I just realized that happened to me too. I been using Hangout Dialer so never bothered to search for the phone apk.

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This is the thread where the modified app came from: http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/apps-themeable-hangouts-layers-cmte-t3113192

I suggest posting your issue there and ask for help.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Why I rooted my 6P:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8p9m80uulvl9n3/MagryffScreens6P.jpg
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] opz187:
for some reason the layers manager from the play store won't work for me.. went back to test.apk. and working perfectly. weird
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Did you wait for the update? 4.3.3
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
For me it was somewhat buggy on a soft reboot, but I hard rebooted and it worked fine.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
The updated layers app isnt in the Play store for me yet..Been checking all day.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
You might not be on the beta channel: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.lovejoy777.rroandlayersmanager
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
awesome..thanks

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tells me im not part of the program..do i need to join something first?

thanks
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
You need to join the Layer gplus community first https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102261717366580091389
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
Since I have updated to the beta app and used it I can no longer manually move any files to my vender folder no matter what file explorer I use. Just says copy failed.

Seems app related since it only started after updating the app.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Post that issue as a bug in the gplus community and people will help you.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communi...9/stream/faa1378c-1ab4-41cd-a0fb-cec17829e040

Ofc the more info you can provide the better, Rom used, error screenshots etc.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] r1ndr3w:
Any chance you have a copy of the old phone.apk for stock 6P to share? I did something not so smart. :D
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
I pulled this from stock
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] puritan007:
I can't seem to figure it out lol. Smh
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] r1ndr3w:
Thanks for the quick reply. Did you just replace the apk in the folder or do an install?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
No because we have GoogleDialer.odex and GoogleContacts.odex which isn't needed with the modified files it only has GoogleDialer.apk

So I deleted the folder /oat/ from both of them before I flashed.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Goronok:
Wish I could help with the dialer issue. I have changed themes dozens of times now and have yet to encounter that or messages claiming to not have enough space.

Wonder if its a theme issue, or an issue related to marshmallows implementation of RRO. I don't recall those issues with Lollipop.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] davidwilson83:
Guys this has just been brought to my attention so I'm going to have a look at it now and see what the issue is. If I find it then I will post the results/fix here and in my thread where the links to the flashable zip is. Stay tuned.

#whiteuimustdie
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] ChongoDroid:
Working fine here, using Timberwolf and I also tried Art
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
How'd you fix the black font on contacts ?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Themeable Contacts apk
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
I just read users were losing phone apks when flashing it. So I guess backup phone.apk and all will be well?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] davidwilson83:
Theme Ready Google Contacts & Dialer Nexus 6P

Hello all,

For anyone that flashed the Theme Ready Google Contacts & Dialer zip, I have fixed it for the Nexus 6P. Head on over to post #3 of this thread: [APPS][FLASHABLE ZIPS]Theme Ready Google Apps for Layers/Theme Engine for the download link. A big thanks to [MENTION=5281524]NovaSlim[/MENTION] for bringing it to my attention and also to [MENTION=4585559]adrok76[/MENTION] for testing it for me.

Thanks and happy themeing!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Thanks, works for me too.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] puritan007:
I finally got it working very nice
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Anyone know how to fix incomplete system themes? Is this an issue only with dark themes?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] davidwilson83:
What theme is that mate? I have it working well on my theme which will be released shortly and so do a number of other themes. It's different on Marshmallow to what it was in Lollipop.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
I'm running timberwolf currently. Does yours have SwiftKey themed too?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] davidwilson83:
No sir, that's what Super SwiftKey is for :good:
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Great find!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Timberwolf is woefully outdated and no longer being debugged, use Magpie if you want up to date layers from the same dev.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Aww. I don't keep up with layers but I'll switch over. Thank you!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Also, MagPie is best used the plugin called "TheColor" which allows you to pick the Primary/Background/Accent color for your theme.

Best place to keep up with layer development and ask the devs questions is the gplus community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102261717366580091389
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
I'm learning a lot from you guys. I'm downloading both right now.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Same error with magpie and the colors.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
No happening with me, Set up is Black/Black/Blue and I hard rebooted after applying the theme.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
I don't have that issue running destiny dark either.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Weird. I'm doing dark/blue grey
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] shadowstep:
Need some help guys! I'm new to RRO Layers. I was earlier using Euphoria-OS on my Nexus 5, which had CM 12.1 Theme Engine. Now, I've made the shift to Nexus 6P. So here's what I did after unboxing -

1. Unlocked bootloader & updated to the newest radio, bootloader and factory image using fastboot

2. Flashed TWRP for recovery using fastboot

3. Removed encryption by formatting userdata, since I don't need it

4. Flashed custom boot image to enable root using fastboot and then flashed SuperSU 2.52 beta (NOT the systemless one, since I was okay modifying the system image)

5. Flashed ElementalX 0.02 kernel

Profit! Everything worked, booted, rooted, all good. However, I am not able to use (or understand how to use maybe?) the layers. I have done my research and I installed the beta version of layers manager which supports 6P. I also went ahead and installed multiple rro/layers apks, which then showed up in my layers manager app under installed overlays.

As soon as I open one of them, select the apps/things I want to be themed and apply, ALL the checkboxes get unchecked automatically and it asks for a reboot (which I tried, both hard reboot and soft reboot). However, post the reboot, everything is the same and the app shows that no overlays are currently applied.

I have no idea where I'm going wrong. I even tried removing system apps to free up some space in the system folder (which I read in the FAQs) and installed BusyBox beforehand.

Any help would be appreciated!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] uodii:
Any way to change the color of the received bubbles in hangouts? They're showing up in pink/purple and I'm not the biggest fan of that look.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
remove just the layer for hangout and try another one.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Goronok:
After you apply a theme in Layers, open up a file manager and verify that the theme APKs are in /system/vendor/overlay/

If that directory is empty, or the directory is missing entirely, nothing will theme. You may have to manually create that folder for anything to work.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Hard reboot, I had that when I first applied magpie+color but a hard reboot(through flashify or just shut off and turn back on) solved it for me.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
What is the exact installation that you followed? I'm going to try to replicate it and see where I went wrong. Thank you.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] uodii:
I'd like to know this as well because I've tried installing, but it caused NFC Service and System UI to crash. I had to remove the overlays folder through recovery in order to reboot.

I am however on MBD08M. I guessing it could be that the theme hasnt been updated for this release?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] shadowstep:
I checked that as well, and don't see anything in the folder. An interesting thing I found is that when I go to /system, there is a shortcut to the "vendor' folder in there which is present at the root, not at the /system level. Additionally, it does contain the "overlay" folder, but it is empty.

I also tried manually unzipping the overlay apks and placing them there, but the operation fails (using Solid Explorer with root). Do you think the issue can be related to the /system partition not being mounted as rw someway? Just a thought..
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
MDB08M, Rooted(SuperSU2.52), BusyBoxOnRails 1.24.0(BusyBox Pro/Stericson having issue with certain themes last I heard from Layer devs).

Install MagPie(nearly everything in the Style specific section, except Framework for L/Hangout(used ThemReady Hangout), Base Theme)

Followed by Installing TheColors(Background Black, Primary Black, Accent Blue).

Go into Flashify-> (Hard) reboot.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Thanks! I'll have to get busyboxonrails.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] shadowstep:
EDIT: Figured it out, was using an old version of the Layers Managers app. :)
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] uodii:
Followed this exactly and am getting NFC and SystemUI FCing on reboot :crying:
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Same
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] varun.gid:
I'm having a problem. I downloaded the official app from playstore. Installed gave it root permissions etc and installed inversion theme. It doesnt stick after i reboot. there i no change, any help?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
this has been discussed here..

you need to join the google+ group for the app and become a beta tester and use that version.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
For the quick settings Pulldown does magpie make it translucent as well? Everything else is transparent except that for me. It's just plain black with some opacity.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
yeah, I do that and encounter no bug what so ever. How a layer theme can get you NFC FC is beyond me.

Go to the https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102261717366580091389 Layer gplus community and post the screenshots of your bugs and layers manager screenshots(showing what you installed-> the uninstall layer page) in the Bug Reports(Theme) page and the devevloper himself will try to assist you, you can speed up the process by referencing him +Jimmy Setiawan directly.

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Get on the beta channel, as only the beta version support 5X and 6P right now, you need to be a member of the Layer Gplus community as well.

As much as I love to answer all the Layer questions here, you get much better informed answer straight from the layer devs if you monitor the Layer Gplus community and ask your questions there.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
If you have TWRP 2.8.7.1 installed you can mount Vendor in recovery and just delete the overlay folder, Although I have had no problem uninstalling layers from layer manager.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] TechBSwift:
I have zero issues
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Mag Pie or Commute UI works fine for me, make sure you got layers for SystemUI & Framework applied.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] g0t-cheeri0s:
ART theme working perfectly for me. Installed Layers beta, applied Art, soft reboot. No issues.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] zbealeo:
Yep, unable to uninstall overlays aswell
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Try hard reboot(flashify or just shutoff/restart) and see if you can uninstall after that, if that fails try busybox on rails(stericson busybox known to have conflicts with layers), when all else fails make sure you have TWRP 2.8.7.2 then mount vendor and delete things from the vendor/overlay folder to uninstall.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] PewPewK:
There an easy way to restore a backup of our overlays when we're in a FC loop? NFC and SystemUI are in an infinite crash cycle and I'm guessing there's no easy way to recover from that bar restoring my backup?

Edit: Well I went and restored from the stock system.img, userdata.img, and cache.img and managed to boot back up so I could restore my Titanium Backup, but I noticed a bit of a... peculiarity to say the least. My theme had changed to the one I tried to set it to, lol, but now I'm not having the NFC/SystemUI crash loop. That's cool and all, but how did the themes persist through flashing system, userdata, and cache? Where the hell are these themes installed to? And why the hell did flashing those three fix the crashes, but not take away the theme?

All kind of weird to me...
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Reboot in Recovery-> Mount Vendor -> Go into Vendor/Overlay and delete either the whole folder or specific apks/Reboot

After all above, go into layer managers and restore your backup made there.

The theme persisted because they are on the Vendor Partition, which now a separate partition on N5X/N6P and TWRP don't have a wipe option for yet.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
I fixed not being able to do anything with my vendor section by flashing the correct vendor.img via fastboot.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=42434

depending on which one you're on there is a download for both .
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AndrewM3:
bugs

I installed pitch black theme, and at first everything was fine until I tried to copy highlighted text in chrome. All the menu was completely black.

can anybody recommend a good dark black layers theme to save battery that is compatible with android M.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
You can always mix colors yourself with Communte UI+Evolve or MagPie+TheColors. , neither theme chrome though.

Inversion UI themes all chrome(beta/dev included) but it is more material dark than black.

Midnight is pure black, but a bit outdated and don't theme chrome.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] PhilPan:
Are there any layers that change the colors of the status bar?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tcat007:
Almost all of them. Magpie has many variations.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] PhilPan:
Status bar? Like the WiFi Symbol and Network symbol?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
I don't think so, but you can ask here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102261717366580091389

There are layers that change color of specific icons(like battery or signal) but not the whole bar(always transparent).
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] PewPewK:
Is there a way to make each individual app have a different color with Evolve + Commute? It seems like color is set in the Evolve theme and Commute sets if I want to theme the app or not. I dunno, kind of a confusing set up of themes for someone totally new to Layers. ;)
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] OneNutShort:
This is my first time using layers manager. I have had several themes that for whatever reason make my settings go wonky like the attached screenshot. Does anyone know why? I'm not sure if it's me doing something wrong, or if it's the themes not being compatible for whatever reason.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] xSilas43:
One alternative is the transparent theme is one of my favourite and even tweaks the popup windows! My second is material glass though. But I had to change over because it seems a little buggy
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
ROM/Theme used/BusyBox Version?

Screenshot of your applied overlay page would be really helpful(Layer Manager->Uninstall overlay).
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] OneNutShort:
I'm running the 11/10 build of purenexus by beanstown. I don't remember which theme that is as I was trying a few, but I just tried shades of grey by Dejan Baric and got the same results. I have BusyBox 1.24.1 installed.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
That is an outdated Theme that haven't been updated since June 24th and not M compatible.

If you want update to date and working layer themes: here is a good place to find them: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communi...9/stream/d31773fe-c129-4ede-bab0-869bc7870274 search your favorite developer if you prefer their theme
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] AndrewM3:
black out

can anybody recommend me a theme that will completely black out the device I'm trying to save the most battery possible.

also is there a theme that will go into chrome and black out every webpage like night mode for other browsers?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] MrDSL:
I use destiny dark but add far as chrome you won't find a layer that won't have broken text colors because chrome had a lot of hard coded text colors in the apk that causes issues.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
I use MagPie+The Colors(Choose Base Theme + Black/Black/Accent) or Commute UI+ Evolve(Stock M + Blackout/Black/Accent) and they are very good dark themes, you can also search for more here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communi...9/stream/d31773fe-c129-4ede-bab0-869bc7870274

There is no Chrome layer for what you are looking for b/c it is hardcoded to the core, better picking a browser with night mode(UCMini, Dolphin+Night mode).
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] RED ZMAN:
I used layers of it on my Nexus 7 2012 version and really loved it, so when I found out this was available on the 6 P I was ecstatic. I've read through this whole thread and I'm still a bit confused on where we stand. Sound like a noob here but can somebody take the time to write up a post on the current situation?

Some of the thread is saying that you need to go get a beta version of the app others are saying its in the Play Store now, some folks are saying we need to join a group on Google+ to get the theme layers that should work but the Google+ group stay there for developers and themers only.

I think some of us would appreciate post or two about the current situation on how to get this up and running correctly on the 6p as of now. Thanks ahead of time, and definitely a thank you to your clarification post.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Could have just answered this with : follow whatever I say in my post and ignore all contradictory ones, but I happen to have time so...

The Current situation:

Layer Manager version you need: 4.3.3 or newer as those have support for N5X/N6P and their unique file structure(4.4 beta or newer are needed for some of the latest layers-check their changelogs/update dates), best way is to signup through the playstore beta channel. You need to be a member of the public layer community to be in beta, links to that is listed later.

In addition you need TWRP 2.8.7.2, this is needed so you can mount the Vendor partition and delete the vendor/overlay folder in case of a bootloop. You will also need the latest busybox, I recommend BusyBoxonRails, as the more popular Stericson Busybox have had issues with Layers.

Pay very close attention to the Playstore description and last update date of the Layer Theme you are using, most of the newest layers have detailed installation instructions(follow them or bootloop, your call), you also don't want to install a theme that haven't been updated since June/July as it is probably not M compatible.

G+ community for ALL USERS is this one: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102261717366580091389

You don't need it for the theme to work, but it is the best way to find/preview the latest themes, talk to the developers and debug any issue you may encounter. You get much more direct answers if you post your bugs/issues/questions there than if you do here since most developers roam there.

When posting an issue on G+, List the following:

Your Applied Overlay page(all of it, scroll down and take multiple screenshots if you have to) screenshots

ROM/BusyBox/Framework applied(some layers have multiple framework versions you have to choose between)

Screenshot of the issue you are encountering. Also it is best to search to see if similar issues have been reported recently.

There is a separate G+ community for developers(there is a pinned post on the public community about that, which might be why you got confused) where they discuss the insider stuff about how to write theme apks and such, you don't have to be concerned with that one.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Suicidal Chicken:
Hi mate,

Would you be able to elaborate on this? There are a LOT of options within the layer manager app - and quite frankly it's overwhelming. I've tried the combination what you've suggested here, but it's not applying correctly.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] jay661972:
Try not to install framework and the systemui. Got that before
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
If you deem it overwhelming, it is better try a simpler one like PitchBlack or Inversion UI(which you just check "Hide unnecessary overlay" in Layer Manager then apply everything). However the infinite customization afforded by MagPie+TheColors or CommuteUI+Evolve is much better if you have the time and patience to figure it out(or ask questions on the gplus community pages)

Below is my MagPie(Base Theme)+TheColors Combination, to make it work it is best to flash the following theme ready gapps : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086991490

This a blackout+blue accent look, if you want to change it around you can alter the three TheColor Layers to other colors. However please follow the playstore instructions: you can only have 1 selected under any heading and 3 total.

If you wish to just apply a pre-made theme instead of making it yourself, don't select any Background/Primary/Color/Toast in TheColors and scroll to the bottom: select 1 of the pre-made themes.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] Suicidal Chicken:
cheers for the reply buddy!

I actually figured it all out a few moments after posting!
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] NovaSlim:
Glad you did, Things always seem more complicated than they really are in Layers.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tf2manu994:
Are there any (preferably free, but not necessary) OLED friendly layers themes?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
What does oled friendly mean?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] puritan007:
Black. If black it saves battery. My screen is not this type but I still prefer black.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
Try magpie. It's great with the add on 'the colors'. You can make it black with whatever colored accent.
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] tf2manu994:
is it 000000?
[Nexus 6P Themes and Apps] FuMMoD:
You set it to whatever you want. That's the point of magpie along with "the colors".