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[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
In the last few days, some themes will not open. About half of my themes get a gray screen or dim when I touch them and never go anywhere. Some of these are themes I use the most and purchased from playstore. Valerie, Swift Black, Biohazard are some examples of the themes not opening. Others open fine and are not effected by whatever is causing this issue. I have disabled all overlays and this still happens, and tried uninstalling substratum itself and reinstalled with no fix so far.

Screenshots are supplied, but do not believe it will show the dim screen. Valerie turns grey, because it opens a little subscreen before opening the apps. But the result is the same, nothing. All my overlays are working fine, but I will not be able to update any overlay with this problem.

Any help is kindly appreciated. Can provide logs if necessary
[prjkt.io] rahulroy.e1004:
Is there anyway to install custom icon pack through substratum on pixel launcher...??

I am on resurrection remix rom 7.1.2
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
iam having a problem that my andromeda does not open and so the substratum does not work
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Try uninstalling Substratum then reinstall from playstore.

No can't theme icons for launchers.

You have adb working? Check by open andromeda folder, holding shift right click empty space, select open cmd prompt and with phone connected type adb devices. Should show phone serial number. Let me know, then we go next step.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
thats what you want ?
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Yep perfect, now with Substratum open and still connected run the start_andromeda file let me know how it goes
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
it did a load and refreshed then gave me this screen again iam really happy that you help me thanks alot
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Ok show me what happens if you hit check status?

My pleasure
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
whats status ?
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
The button in your screenshot
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
when is press it it does not do anything
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Hmm try opening the andromeda app. See anything?
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
it does not open or give me any window thats my problem
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Reinstall both subs and andromeda. Since your pc and phone are good now we need andromeda to catch up. This should fix it.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
i did try this and installed many versions of the andromeda and also all doesnot open
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Try for me please, if not working now with proof of connected device I can get us both better help.

Edit:

Your screenshot shows me something wasn't right before but is now.
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
I did do that as already mentioned in my message. But I did not clear any caches in recovery or reboot or anything else for fear of having to reapply my entire elaborate setup. I just strictly uninstalled substratum, went into playstore and reinstalled. Let me know what else I can try please. I'll try to catch log in the meantime
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
i did all what you told me and reinstalled them again but nothing changed ?
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
I thought it may be play services not detected my paid themes, but most paid apps still working. Just checked all and themes that will not open are aospui, Biohazard, shadeui, Valerie, pitch black. Do not know if that is relevant. On Nitrogen, magisk... No major updates to anything previous to this problem starting
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Yeah try the log because of my theme Sprite works then I'm no help lol

Ugh you may need the ci "beta subs" build to override something. Oh I don't think I asked. What device and firmware? Sorry if you already mentioned.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
no problem my device is sony xperia xz with oreo no root
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
HA! Okay! You're the Sprite guy! You're the guy I emailed the other day about boot animations. Sent you the 3 batman gifs. Nice guy

There is 2 that go dim for a second, but then opens up to where I can enable, Sprite is one of them, but it will open. All the other ones, just stay dim forever. I'll catch a log, but may not be til later.

I'll try opening maybe two that I'm having problems with and one like big blu that is working fine, and see if I can find any difference in the logs

Thanks man
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Yeah we added new dialogs might be part of the issue.

Yep I'm gonna try adding those very soon.
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
Okay. I thought of one more thing I could do, before I caught logs and totally wiped anything with substratum. I felt like it might be playstore or related. Because ALL the apps not opening were paid on Playstore, even though several others from playstore worked. I didn't have Biohazard overlays on anything but YouTube. So I disabled that, and uninstalled it. Ran a sync for Google. Installed Biohazard and it is fine now. So for some reason Google wasn't recognizing my purchases, therefore Substratum wouldn't open them. Seems like I should have got a "cannot verify purchase" or something like that, but I didn't. The good news is, I figured it out.

The bad news is that the others that won't start STILL aren't recognized as purchased and I must do the same process with them, and two of them I use a lot.

Anyways, if anyone else has this problem, they need to uninstall the theme and reinstall. I would suggest reboot after uninstall may help with getting playstore to sync. I checked at the beginning of this issue, and all of my purchases were on my account. So it is Substratum not picking up the license information for some reason. Maybe a recent gapps update. I don't know
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Hmm, have you restored data recently? I know there's been a long time playstore bug verifying purchases after restoring data. I had to go to online playstore to install everything to get it syncing.
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
I did do a restore of Nitrogen after a recent bootloop. And some apps including themes, including SPRITE, I had to purchase again. But then Playstore canceled the purchases, and didn't charge me twice. It's weird how it picked up certain themes, but not others.

If I installed an older gapps package, would it pick up those, or does it automatically update playstore?
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Yeah it's the restored playstore data that's causing it. Clearing playstore data and reboot will fix it but not right away. Needs to sync on its own then will catch up. The online playstore doesn't have that issue so if you see it asking to buy again try online playstore to verify apps bought.
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
Awesome!

Thanks
[prjkt.io] Café King:
Stock Note 8 Exy here. I have randomly updated Substratum via the Telegram channel. But when I open it now, all I get is this.

Any ideas?

Thanks

/CK
[prjkt.io] dropdan:
I'm facing two problems.

When I start the bat file on windows without admin privileges, the cmd opens, runs and finishes after loading the code. Then when I look at my phone phone the substratum app loads itself how it should,so I download a theme select the overlays I want and then a few seconds after I click "Build and Enable" the app disable the overlays automatically. When I look at the andromeda app it says I'm connected but as soon as I disconnect my phone from the PC the app shows that I'm disconnected.

The second problem happens when I try to run the bat file using admin privileges, and it says it can't find a file that IS inside the folder I extracted from the zip file. See the images.

Any help?

DEVICE: Sony Xperia XZ - (F8331)

ROM: Stock Sony Android Oreo (8.0.0)

SUBSTRATUM VERSION: 953
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
i sent you my phone and did not answer me is that a problem with my phone or what ? as many people have andromeda work
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Sorry Life happened, try the beta subs in telegram. Many fixes done there. If that doesn't work I'll get a dev here.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
where is this beta ? iam new to these things sorry for your fatigue and thanks
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
No problem

https://t.me/substratumci
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Those are theme issues not subs. You have opened it and can apply themes my job here is done.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
please i still have the problem the offline mode does not make it work and only let me delete the themes and the problem with me is the andromeda app that does not open so it does not work or let the substratum work the substratum is not the problem the andromeda is the problem what should i do ? please help me i want to make it work by any cost
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
You only posted a log, how was I supposed to know all that. No more logs unless asked please. Uninstall both andromeda and subs. Reboot start over. Install the beta one though not playstore Substratum. When you get back to where we left off come back here.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
iam sorry for making you angry i only wanted the themes only with anyway i did all you said and nothing happened the andromeda still does not open so the substratum wont work its no problem if you cant help i appreciate your effort with me and finally thanks alot and sorry for making you angry
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
No no bud I'm not angry at all. Just trying to help you. I think it's out my hands though. Pc sees device but not andromeda and nothing happens opening plug in. I'm going to ask a few devs to look at this.
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
thank you alot and dont forget that my problem is that andromeda does not open and so the substratum is not working
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
can i ask you something if it is no then no problem can you give me a link to andromeda apk if you can please i think i will work
[prjkt.io] pkelly517:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda
[prjkt.io] m7md1995:
no i mean an external link without play store by the wqy thank you so much
[prjkt.io] Ja_som:
It is paid app, you can't get the apk w/o paying.
[prjkt.io] pkelly517:
Hey, if you want to put it out there that you are into stealing apps, see how far that gets you on XDA.
[prjkt.io] zelendel:
It's not about stealing apps all the time. There are millions of Android devices that don't have access to the Play store at all.
[prjkt.io] p0izn:
Hi guys,

Would appreciate your help with Substratum and Andromeda

The thing is... It doesn't work as described on videos (and on my previous devices) - choosing correct version of Android, choosing layers and Buildenabling does nothing: new apks could be seen in All Apps, overlays versions are displayed as Up-to-date. But nothing is themed, overlays list in Manager is empty - no overlays installed.

Andromeda latest version from Play market. Connectivity status is green/ok. Substratum is from Play as well, tried several free themes.

Android 8.1 (March security update), unrooted stock for Pixel 2XL (Verizon ver). Tried to reboot and reconnect. Nothing :(

Thanks in advance for your help
[prjkt.io] Spannaa:
The March Security patch prevents the installation of unauthorised overlays so, after you've built and enabled the overlays you want, try rebooting and then enabling the overlays via substratum manager.
[prjkt.io] p0izn:
Thanks for the prompt response, will try.

Does it make sense to add this to FAQs of related threads?
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Well they have a beta with a fix, just needs thorough testing.
[prjkt.io] shaggyskunk:
Uhm - I have the March 1st Security Patch on one of my Samsung devices and there's no issues with Substratum on Nougat for that device... Maybe I missed something & this is only affecting Oreo?

Sent from my SM-G955W ??
[prjkt.io] Spannaa:
Not sure about Samsung but I didn't think security patches were still being released for Nougat so I assumed it was just an Oreo March issue.
[prjkt.io] shaggyskunk:
The Samsung S7 is still getting Security Patches for Nougat until Oreo is released for the Stock Firmware ??
[prjkt.io] zelendel:
Not all security patches are the same. They differ for each oem. So the patch that the pixel gets Samsung will get a different set of patches. Yes they "may" enclude what Google added but not always.

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Many devices are still getting security patches. I have an old og note edge that still gets them.
[prjkt.io] p0izn:
And one more bug report from me:

Summary: Free themes are labeled as Paid after scrolling down and up

1. Go to the Dark themes section, remember couple of free ones

2. Scroll down to the bottom, scr up

Result: obsreve the remembered themes are labeled as Paid.

Play store shows them as Free

Latest Substratum version from Play. Applicable to the old and new UI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14rhFRpyfbod3wrp1uBYx4N0XqcZT0hbD/view?usp=drivesdk

Confusing behavior IMHO.
[prjkt.io] Spannaa:
Maybe the issue is only affecting devices that have the Google issued March 5th Oreo security patch then.
[prjkt.io] ReZzA_No.1:
Any help?
[prjkt.io] Seannyuuu:
black screen after installing overlays

i have a galaxy s8 updated to android o. i cant get the phone to show me any display info aside from boot animation and the edge screen.

i need help. ive tried rebooting in safe mode & now its stuck on emergency mode.
[prjkt.io] javiwz:
Hello,I have a xz premium running Android oreo.

I tried substratum + andromeda, but not working 95% of the themes I have installed, nothing happens after to apply the theme or simply got a error, I need help.

Enviado desde mi G8141 mediante Tapatalk
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Uninstall everything, themes too and start over..something has bad data.

Did you have overlays installed before you updated?

We need more info to help. Have you tried the Oreo march update fix? Build update, reboot...go back to theme and enable then they will show in overlay manager. Also not sure what that device is so not sure many themes will be compatible perfectly. Send theme devs build errors.
[prjkt.io] javiwz:
Hi, friend, it is possible that I have a bad step that is why it does not work. I'm going to try again, but I do not know if the following are the right steps.

" 1, connect the phone in adb to PC and run " start andromeda" bat file

2, select the theme, compile and activate.

3, after the process of compile and activate, with the phone still connected, reboot it

4, after the reboot layers will show in overlay manager, enable them, enjoy.

For the whole procedure it is necessary to be connected to the PC

"

If it's right, I will try it and share the crash log if it does.

Enviado desde mi G8141 mediante Tapatalk
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
For most now:

Connect phone to pc and open Substratum

Run bat file on pc....Will validate and reopen Substratum by itself

You can disconnect now

Build and update overlays

Reboot

Connect phone to pc

Run bat file again to validate from rebooting

Disconnect phone from pc

Go back to theme and enable overlays...Done

Overlays will now show on overlay manager and act like normal.

Any errors on building send logs to theme devs.

Hope that helps

DJ
[prjkt.io] Pkt_Lnt:
Correct only Nexus / Pixel with March Oreo. Here is the changelog screen from Swift Black.
[prjkt.io] javiwz:
Thanks fella, I've followed those steps and now it works perfect. It's amazing !

Enviado desde mi G8141 mediante Tapatalk
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Awesome
[prjkt.io] synesthete:
I am getting errors when building most themes in Substratum. I just updated to a newer version of ABC ROM (Clean Flash), so maybe something went wrong there. I am attatching a log, but basically it is the following error for every app:

ERROR: resource directory '/data/user/0/projekt.substratum/cache/SubstratumBuilder//res/' does not exist

Device: Nexus 5X (Bullhead), 32GB

ROM: ABC ROM (ABC_ROM_bullhead-8.1.0-20180331)

Substratum Version: Nine Hundred Fifty Three

I have tried deleting the /data/user/0/projekt.substratum/ folder, uninstalling substratum and reinstalling, hoping that it would fix the directory structure, but that didn't work. There still isn't a "SubstratumBuilder" folder in /data/user/0/projekt.substratum/cache. Could anyone help me get this fixed?

Thanks.
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
That error suggests you need to select the OS used at the top of the theme list.
[prjkt.io] ckfalls:
Hey thank you for this post, got me at least part way to a successful substratum + andromeda use.

Issue I'm having now is I'm not getting a complete integration of the themes, and the same issues seems to be presenting on different themes.

There are two themes I've tried: Neon Colors and Baltic UI which is the theme andromeda post uses in their tutorial example. In both cases using your steps above, I noticed that the notifications and quick settings menu icons did not change per the theme, nor did notifications persisting in the notifications tray. Any thoughts on how to get around this? Using a VZW variant of the Pixel 2 XL. Only major change to the phone since purchase was using Nova launcher. Was controlling light vs dark notifications icon but stopped that before starting all this.

Welcome any thoughts.
[prjkt.io] ilmaistro:
not applying themes

i downloaded substratum and andromeda but any theme i download doesnt get applied even after a reboot. any fixes?

i also downloaded swift light theme. but there is no version available for my device. Im running Oreo on S8, but there's no option for that. suggestions?
[prjkt.io] R77:
Phone: Moto X Pure

ROM: Lineage 14.1 20180321 Nightly Android 7.1.2

Substratum Version: 953

I did a clean wipe and flashed lineage, magisk v16, and HandBag msm-2.3.3-20170731 with gapps and rebooted fine the only problem that I have is that I get Substratum Legacy with this ROM.

I was on AICP 7.1.2 and Substratum works fine is it a problem with Lineage or Substratum?
[prjkt.io] Pkt_Lnt:
Lineage does not have the necessary commits to support Substratum.

https://github.com/substratum/documentation/blob/master/SupportedROMs.md

On old thread below on Lineage -note it is *CLOSED*

[REFERENCE] LineageOS with full Substratum support - Closed until Oreo
[prjkt.io] limewekit:
Hi guys.. I've installed substratum & andromeda. connection was succesfull. manage to download the theme.. i tried Baltic UI. Tick the toggle in the app and click Build & Enable . everything was sucessful but nothing change in my phone UI .. why is this happening ? i tried download other random themes. status bar etc and all can be applied succesfully but nothing changes.. Im Using Samsung S9+ android 8.0 oreo.. someone can help me please ??? Also i revert to my stock theme nd try again incase it was the samsung themes that have fault.. but still nothing changes.. downloaded sai theme.. yoru. etc. and all shows no changes despite stated sucessfully applied and active.... ??
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
Substratum not creating a rescue file?
[prjkt.io] Pkt_Lnt:
Four doors down the hall on the left. :D

https://xdaforums.com/apps/substratum/resource-substratum-rescue-archives-t3652435
[prjkt.io] gFknQ:
Cool. I thought the rescue zip would be device specific, but I guess it just disables any overlay, any phone. THANKS!
[prjkt.io] limewekit:
anyone can help me ?
[prjkt.io] redsun_ravi:
Device- redmi 3s prime ( land )

Rom- nitrogen os ( 8.1)

Substratum- ss below

Problem- my purchased theme wants a licience check ?✌️✌️

Ss for prove i buyed it

Re installled multiple times both subts and theme

Same error every time

How to fix?
[prjkt.io] redsun_ravi:
Sorry to bother

I turned off wifi and used mobile data

It worked ?✌️✌️

Bug is that substa doesn't use internet from wifi

Cool! Isn't it?
[prjkt.io] KeithDuck:
Samsung Note 8 Android 8.0

Is it really work on note 8 android oreo ? 'cause i'm about to buy andromeda and i'm seeing some said its not work on note 8.
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
There are some things I heard that it takes a few build and updates before it will enable pixel systemui. Try it twice in a row...reboot then enable.

Look a page or so back for instructions I posted on how to enable on S8 Oreo

https://xdaforums.com/apps/substratum/projekt-substratum-t3423623/post76075692:

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Using S9+ right now fully themed. You cannot use Samsung themes with subs. Also you need to build update all overlays, reboot then go back and enable them in the theme list. Blame Google

Yep my son has note 8 on Oreo using my theme.

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Contact theme dev, nothing wrong with subs itself.
[prjkt.io] limewekit:
I have disabled the themes and using the stock theme before.using substratum now but doesnt work also.. also tried rebooting and reconnecting again however it was aplied sucessfully yet nothing changes

Attached pic link.. has been applied but no changes.

sorry i dont know ho to add a thumbnail pic

https://ibb.co/cQWMZx

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Using S9+ right now fully themed. You cannot use Samsung themes with subs. Also you need to build update all overlays, reboot then go back and enable them in the theme list. Blame Google

Yep my son has note 8 on Oreo using my theme.

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Contact theme dev, nothing wrong with subs itself.[/QUOTE]
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
[/QUOTE]

Ok you're sure those themes work on Samsung Oreo? I'm using Sprite no issue.

Sai's Oreo theme for stock pixel not Samsung.
[prjkt.io] ReZzA_No.1:
Cleaned overlays and reinstalled substratum from gp

Everything is fine now ;)
[prjkt.io] andrewoid71:
Updated Oreo but cannot get substratum to run

I updated my NOTE 8 to OREO and I'm trying to use SUBSTRATUM but it doesn't connect. I did the whole process TK BAY showed on Youtube but to no avail. ANDROMEDA keeps staying in the red X as not connected. USB DEBUGGING is on and I can access it but there seems to be some security feature blocking the use of ANDROMEDA. Sounds confusing I'm sure but can someone help me?
[prjkt.io] g2uzer:
Thanks for all the great help, I've read back a few pages but my issue is a bit different, I'm able to connect to my PC and I'm able to install the themes but after I reboot my themes are gone. If I got to my settings I see the theme apks installed but they are not applied.

I'm running TMobile completely Stock Oreo. Thanks again
[prjkt.io] X_TonyK_d:
I'm using self-customized Dirty Unicorns 12 (w/ SubstratumService & V4A) on Nexus 5.

Everything works flawlessly, but Overlay manager, Disabling overlay and Overlay enable status is not working corretly. (because of march security update... maybe?)

I have no idea for how to get it work again. Which line should I modify/remove in android_frameworks_base?
[prjkt.io] Spannaa:
This worked for me:

I got the DU background, accent & font pickers working with subs installed too.
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
Can you show screens of Substratum and Andromeda open please?

You have a Samsung theme enabled? Turn it off you can't use both, reboot kills subs themes with Samsung theme active. Or just don't reboot :)
[prjkt.io] g2uzer:
Im not using a Samsung theme, you mean I have to disable the actual Samsung theme app as well? Sorry I'm new to this Andromeda app. I've just been using substratum for a long time. Thanks for your response.
[prjkt.io] g2uzer:
Oops sorry for the double post
[prjkt.io] alitaleb:
Same for me with Note 8
[prjkt.io] Jiggs82:
So......does anyone know if we will ever be able to theme status bar icons on Oreo or above? Its been a year already and i would like to know if it's possible or not going to happen since Google did something to make it harder for themers? Thanks in advance
[prjkt.io] djdarkknight96:
No but you have same issues as if you were using Samsung theme with subs theme. Make sure you are on default theme just in case.

Blame Google they hard coded the signal icon and battery. Only WiFi can be themed with exception of Samsung. They exposed it themselves. Custom roms wouldn't expose it because 2000 lines med to be reverted, they denied the request as I would. Sucks but it it's what it is.
[prjkt.io] Jiggs82:
Ugh dammit Google -_- lol but alright thanks for the clarification!