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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Before getting started I need to thank some people who have hlped me with this project or offered help to me. These people can be seen as contributors to this project, and I am grateful for their help.

Contributors:

JesusFreke (XDA)

Rogue7474, thanks for the help even though we never got it to work right. Hopefully we can continue to work together!

Coyote711

Also, before we get started, you will need root, and Jesusfreke's Mod rc30 installed(pref. v1.2), or RC8.

THIS COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE!

While I highly doubt it will, it still could!

If you are going to do this, I very highly URGE you to install the G1 engineering bootloader. With this installed, if something does go wrong, your phone is salvageable!

JesusFreke's Mod RC30 update V1.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=443713

G1 Engineering bootloader: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860

One more thing! Let it be known that this update will wipe your phone! (This means all your apps, data, etc. will be gone and you will have to sign into your gmail account once more.) This has to happen to install the theme correctly!

However, after you have done this once, and providing you still have the theme installed, you will not have to wipe your phone for future updates, I will provide another update which will install updates to the theme and will not wipe your phone.

With all that said an done I can get rid of that bold font.

This is a very simple process thanks to Jesusfreke helping me understand how to make an update.zip file which will work with his mod rc30 update.

Simply download the file, place it on your sdcard, boot your phone into the recovery mode(power+home), and hit alt+S.

Once it says its done, reboot the phone and enjoy!

Let me know if you run into any problems at all!

Let me know what you want to see in the next release, be reasonable I'm not a master image maker, and android does some strange things to some images.

Let me know if something seems out of place, or wrong.

I will try to resolve all issues as quick as I can.

The non destructive updates are for those that already have the theme installed and wish to upgrade to the newest version.

The destructive updates are for those that have never before installed this theme. This update will wipe the phone as is required the first time this update is installed.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] TheDudeOfLife:
Ok, well I applied it....

Here goes nothing.

US G1 running JF RC30 1.2 and dev bootloader.

I just backed up all my apps using astro too.

Welcome to T-Mobile G1... :D

See you in a minute.

I don't wanna get off topic here, but we need an all inclusive (how to back up your stuff) thread. Something that hits on Astro, My Backup, TXTract etc... and I need to pull up that thread about backing up your desktop layout and read that...(just can't remember which forum it was on...thing it was AC.com)

Thanks so much for doing this. I'm glad we finally got something different to look at. I'm glad someone is out there defending the pretty.

PS: FIRST!!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] nombatca:
good job man:D keep continues
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
Looks good, except I'm having a bit of a problem. I don't have my browser icon. Kind of weird. So, thinking I could get to my browser by doing a search through the widget, "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly." I'm going to flash Jesus's V1.2 back on, and then try this again. Will post back.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] humble:
WOW

this is remarkable!:eek: I haven't been here for a while. but that just gos to show that in time anything is possible. keep up the great work. will report if i catch any bugs. THANK YOU:)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bhang:
very cool

But you'd think they would have made it easier to skin/theme, I mean what's the first thing most of us look for as soon as we get a new phone, myself its walls, themes and ringtones in that order and I don't think I'm that diferent than the average g1 owner, and the average g1 owner is very different than the average mobile user.

But everybody wants to personalize a new phone, that's why we don't all wear the same clothes...

To the OP, thanks for all this hard work you have given to the community.

Bhang
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] lazee_smurf:
See I knew it. I always had my faith in the awsome ppl here @ XDA-Developers.com. Just can't wait to see what's in store for the future, I know it will be more things to come that'll make you wish we never should of doubted the G1 and Android. Keep up the g00d work guys
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
Got it to work. Looks great! Except i now have to re-enable my browser Auto-Rotate. No biggy though, great work!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] allyourbasekris:
I've had a small amount of trouble with this, although I'm not convinced 100% that it's at fault.

I've attempted to install this on my uk t-mobile g1 and it seemed to flash ok, however I couldn't get past the sign up screen as it force closed before completing. I re-flashed back to my original modded TC5-RC8 and the problem persisted until I then forced a hard reset ALT-W in the bootloader.

On my second attempt (I know I'm an optimist) I just got a hang on the g1 splash screen (Which I managed to recover via adb). I'm thinking it's related to my being on TC5-RC8 as opposed to RC30.

Any ideas, or has anyone else had more luck with TC5-R8?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] afbcamaro:
All the apps for the base rom have to be resigned separately /system/app. So if you use the UK rom some apks will not be signed and cause a looping android or crashes. I had actually done this to the UK rom(skinning) but I am a mediocre image manipulator so i just changed hues.

This will work with with RC30 JF image. not the uk. If its needed I can remake his work with his permission for the UK rom.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] afbcamaro:
Ive modified it for use with the uk rom here is the download link

http://rapidshare.com/files/175199050/update.zip.html

let me know if works
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
To All:

About Koush's auto rotate browser, if you replace the browser in that update with his, one of the status bar images will change I believe, no biggy, you will just need to replace it the image if you like. I may do this then post his auto rotate browser.

Thirdly for those missing icons, it is likely maybye something did not get copied. If this is the case, and you are missing programs, please let me know which one as I can send them to you and you can manually push them to your phone without having to do another wipe.

Bhang: Google made this really difficult.....I agree you would think that themes would have been a first to settle....SHRUG

EDIT: afbcamaro, Thanks so much for taking the time and doing this. With the rc8 update does everything look the same?

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] usmc2k:
Excellent job !!!! Patience is the key !!!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
When I go to do the auto-rotate browser, there is no room left. Oh well.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
To push file to the dir /system NEVER do it while the phone is on, running normally. You need to boot into recovery mode and push it from there.

when you get into recovery mode you will need to type the following to mount /system

adb shell mount /system

adb push /whereveryoufileis/Browser.apk /system/app

This will eliminate the problem you are having.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] humble:
i found a bug

Everythings good. But I found something. When you make a folder and open it the res is off

Hope you can fix this its not a biggie but I told you I would report any bugs. Thanks again
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
So when you make a folder in the file manager or what? You have to be specific as to what program you were using, etc. I have to know exactly what your looking at....maybe you can take a screen shot?

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] pershoot:
nice work stericson!

some things i noticed:

-opening a folder (shortcut) on the desktop. label is not displayed, and folder contents are not superimposed enough when its in the foreground.

-can't see the highlight when pressing an entry (inbox, sent, etc.) in the gmail app.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Ok. first, thanks for reporting back.

What do you mean the label isn't displayed? I put items on my desktop and I can see all of theie labels. I am also not catching what you are trying to tell me about the folder contents not being superimposed enough when in the foreground, maybe a screenshot would help.

Also the highlight, when pressing an email, etc should turn a bright white, as it does for me, does it do this for you? Also, what suggestions would you have for the colors or solutions to these problems?

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] hbguy:
I agree with thedudeoflife. I didn't even know you could save apps on sd card? (wtf? really?) I think a how to back up stuff before a wipe out would be great!!! :)

P.S. you want to start a thread thedudeoflife since you brought up such a good point?? pretty please haha?

hbguy
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
You cannot save applications to the SDcard. you can download them to your SDcard, but you cannot install them there.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] hbguy:
oh true, so its like a back up so you can save all your apps and the data associated with it? or is it just the raw app package with no personal data from use?

hbguy
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
raw app package with no personal data attached. If you were to open it from your sdcard it would install onto your phone.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
I love this Q; I made alot of themes for the a1200 an i want to make themes for the G1 but I'm having a hard time resigning the .apk. I can create the theme can someone resign it for me or walk me through it.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
manu, send me your apk's and I will resign them. Stericson.G1@gmail.com
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] kron2:
stericson if you get the time can you make a tutorial on how to resign the apk. like where to put the signapk folder and do the apk. you won't to resign go in it or not and can the resigned apk. go in your update.zip
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
@Stericson

o.k as soon as it is done ill do that :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
this post is old and too short:P
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
Trying now :)

@Stericson

I sent that email 8)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
The search bar is default now i liked it better before :(
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Well, I know that what I've done will not appeal to everyone's taste, but you can make your own theme and personalize it to your liking just as I did.

My main goal was changing things up a bit and giving people something different to look at at.

It was also my goal to inspire other themes, so I really hope you do push a theme out to your own liking.

Stericson

P.S. I sent your email back.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] teflon252:
finally...i like it alot the status bar just seems too dark...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
teflon, what would you like to see? I can push something out for you specifically. As long as it's not an entire theme makeover. Moreover, that goes for anyone. I can easily tweak things and send out the resulting apk's, which you will have to push to your phone in recovery mode.

Let me know.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
I got the email butim having some problems i sent you an email back about an error i got. Thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
I just realized that I accidently added the wrong apk in the update (V1.1) which I have corrected. If you updated using this one that I just posted recently you need to do it again, using the non-destrictive update. Thanks to manup456 for pointing this out to me.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] humble:
Look the bug

Sorry for the long wait.(life happens) long press on home screen then press shortcuts then folder. i attached a picture down at the bottom. I haven't tryed the new version yet so i don't know if its in there too il let you know. thanks
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Ahhh.....yep thats a bug... thanks for pointing it out. I will def. fix....this is a result of something android does. I have yet to figure out why but some images I edit get extremely distorted on android.....I appreciate you pointing this out.

I will have a fix for it by this week.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
Also, the calendar events are showing up like a big flame, literally. Could you look at that?:eek:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Can you post some screenshots, I think I know what your talking about but I need to be sure I get the right thing, maybe you found something other than what I found. I will push a fix for this by the end of this week also.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
Yup, you'll notice the "fire burst" around the "Fill Out Insurance Info" event. All in all though, a wonderful theme.

P.s., is anyone else having troubles with trying to Auto-Rotate the broswer with this theme applied? Not a big deal, just wondering...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Ok, I have developed fixes for both of these. Unfortunetly they are not as I would have them but they render correctly. For the calender Items they will remain the same white and orange colors, and for the picker box, the title will remain white indefinitly. So the color will not change when pressed or selected.

Let me know if this is acceptable or if you really want it to highlight when touched. I don't see where its a big deal but it is up to yall.

I will release these fixes by tomorrow, because I don't have the time to put together the new update files before I go into work. But rest assured that they are both fixed.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
Great bro now the google search with the droid is back.:D

Cant wait till you resign the one i sent so i can install it,oh an plz add the google search like the one in your theme. :cool:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] I7oobie:
Great, it wasn't that big of deal, just hard to see. Thanks for putting in the work on this, and listening to our complaints. Glad to see the hard work! :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] humble:
No problem

Your pioneering:D

(looking forward to the updates)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
I have released V1.2 of my theme which fixes the render issues mentioned by two members within this thread. You can download them from the first page.

Also, I have good news, you can expect another update, sometime soon, that will come with some major changes as I have figured out how to do something that was stumping me before. So look forward to it!

P.S. if you find any more bugs or want to see something specific let me know!

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xcallibur:
Great Work

This is AWESOME DUDE... I may not be a developer but I have design logistic and engineering know how so if it's ok. I'll definitely be posting suggestions on future skins.

My two cents= So far it look SICK! I could live with the minor detail flaws, I know they'll be rectified in the future seeing as the were caught already by previous members.

Not quite sure if this was addressed already but there are black gaps in the media player, around the buttons... Just an FYI

All in All, Brilliant
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Nope that issue has not been addressed. I will correct these asap. Also...I have absolutely no problem with people building upon my theme or using things from it, the only thing I ask is just some recognition for my work if you do decide to use or build upon different aspects of this theme.

In fact, I am working with someone right now on a new theme and it is going to blow this stuff away....I can't wait until we get it released.

Thanks for the comments.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] xcallibur:
Will do Stericson... Not the type to steal so they'll know it's you...:D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Z51:
any update on the OTA RC30 ?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
This post is old and way too short:P
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
Looking good i love it!!! ;):D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] pablizzo:
Fantastic work that you guys are coming out with. Loving V2, I think I might just have to start messing with this stuff. Truly leading to customizing ones own phone.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mack:
whats the difference between the non wipe and the normal version? Have you solved the issue of themes wiping your phone? or is it only for those who already have the first theme installed which wont wipe everything?

btw, thanks for your wonderful work however I am looking forward for another theme by you....I am just not a fan of the gradient colours. I'd give it a try if it doesnt wipe my phone though.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
To All:

The non-wipe version will not wipe your phone when installing this theme, the destructive one will. The non-wipe is meant for those that have already installed a custom theme and wish to update that theme, or install another one. Unfortunetly, the first intial wipe version is neccessary when installing a theme, any theme, for the first time. You can try the non wipe version if you would like, however, be aware that if it doesn't work(meaning your phone wont boot), you will have to go into recovery mode and do a wipe manually.

I have recieved an email from one person that has told me that the non-wipe version worked fine for him on his first time. However, that is not a typical result.

If you do decide to try the non-wipe first, let us know the results please.

Also, while I hate to say this, This may be my only theme that I push. I did not do this to simply make themes, I did this for two reasons:

I did this to make my phone more appealin to myself,

And to encourage other people to start pushing out themes.

I post updates to fix things in my themes, and to improve them. I am trying to showcase what can be done with the phone to make it better. These things that I am doing, such as the transparent notification bar, custom buttons, slider gone from homescreen, etc. are things that I want to see developed on. I want to get people to do more than just change the color of the status bar, or change the default wallpaper.

I am already working with one person, to specifically help him push his themes out because I have seen his prior work and it is amazing. He has already previewed his first theme and got great reviews on it.

I personally, want to be able to focus more on the inner workings of Android rather than working on different themes all of the time. So, ultimately, I hope noone will be too depressed with the fact that I probably will not be pushing any more themes after this.

Though, I will still push out things that I think are groundbreaking in this area and should be developed on further.

Just wanted to make clear my intentions here. Thanks a lot for all of the great reviews, appreciation, and those that are working on, and pushing out new themes.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mack:
thanks for clearing that up Stericson. functionality is of course more important that just colours etc.

I will give your theme a try since i really like the no slider on the desktop. makes the home screen a lot cleaner.

last question...are you planning to change icons in your next version of this theme?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Thanks, there will be an update to fix two issues that I know of in the coming week. However, once you install once, the upgrading process is really painless.

I will work on getting some custom icons.

Please let me, and others, know what you think about the slider being gone. Let us know how easy/difficult it is to pull up the menu, and what you would suggest. I too agree that it free's up the homescreen and just makes it look less crammed and better all together. Personally, I love it not being there.

Thanks again.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] momentarylapseofreason:
A) Love the no slider

B) Can you change the "margins" so that the slider goes up all of the way (or perhaps a little more)? It looks "naked" at the top IMHO.

C) Can you add a little more transparency to the menu? I like the subtlety, but just a pinch more would be great in my opinion.

I moved my shortcuts to the top for the fact that again, it looked like they were just hanging out in the middle of the screen. I understand that they can't go down further as this would affect the slider and not horribly concerned about moving them up top.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mack:
Hey ok just to update.

I was quite lazy so I decided to use the non destructive version (non wipe) and it worked remarkably well. I guess I am one of the lucky ones.

Anyway now to the actual theme

1. The no slider is awesome. Does not affect my usability one bit. Even before your theme. You don't need to select the slider for it to slide. So essentially it still functions 100% the same way as before.

2. The gradient is not that bad. =)

3. I did not encounter any bugs yet. Everything seems fine so far.

Great work stericson! I look forward to your future versions with icons and more breakthroughs!

Cheers.

Posted on my G1
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] momentarylapseofreason:
Hmmm... this was your first theme and you didn't need to wipe? Have you rebooted?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
First off, I am very glad to hear that you like the no slider, I love it!

Secondly, I have heard reports of people not having to wipe their phones, which is strange to me....I had to wipe when I did this. I also know others that have had to wipe as well, but I will post this information in the download section so that people can make the decision for themselves if they want to try the non wipe version first. I will need to know the results of this...because if people don't need to wipe their phones then that would be awesome.

Thirdly, the next thing that I am working on is custom buttons and changing the color of the status bar text, however, this requires me to rebuild the entire apk's from the source in order to achieve this. But until I get my laptop back from being repaired I cannot work on this, so I am at a standstill. Also, I will be redoing the entire theme, because I have discovered some potential problems. These problems are not apparent to end users but since starting this and learning about how android works, and how these images work, I have realized that is necessary to redo everything by building my own apks with the changes seen here. If I am able to change the text color of the status bar then the gradient status bar will be gone and a dark. shiny button looking status bar will appear. I am also working on editing the key guard(lock) menu.

Also, untill I am able to edit xmls and other stuff, I will not be able to change how far up the menu slides. The same goes for the transparency of the menu itself since this is, to the best of my knowledge, drawn using xml. Until I can edit these xmls and impliment them I cannot change this either. However I am working on it!

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mack:
yup this is my first theme and i rebooted several times (with power button and call + home + end)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] momentarylapseofreason:
One thing I noticed is you cannot open the program menu when you have the keyboard open
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mack:
you mean from landscape mode? I can slide the program menu easily. it comes from the right side...not from the bottom like in portrait.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] momentarylapseofreason:
I'm a weetawd.... Without the little doo-dab thing I forgot it came from the side... lol... thanks!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] gatman23:
so i took a risk and tried the non wipe file and it worked for me, i was a little nervous when i read that it may not work but it came out alright, love the theme