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[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Anytime man im uploading final one now, stericsons impossible.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] uberingram:
It is much appreciated. I <3 XDA. :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] punkofevil:
WOW, thank you.

GlossSuite is full on victory and mammary glands.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Phromik:
It was a close one for me. Aero just won over GlossSuite for me. Aero just feels a little more polished, and it works better with dxTop (the trash tab is my main annoyance, if you have dxTop and want to see what I mean). I know that dxTop integration shouldn't be a factor, but Aero is just a little better.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mannyb:
Agreed, 100%. Except i don't use dxTop.

Aero just snagged my vote by the slimmest of margins over GlossSuite.

All in all this competition brought out some truly amazing themes.. hopefully word will spread that you can actually make some cash by entering. Let's face it - money will always be an incentive even though most of these guys do it because they love it and want to help make the Android community even better.

I think the next competition will be an even greater success, with more contestants and more themes and more technical know-how.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] matthewboii:
this is such a difficult decision,

i love everything about glosssuite

its got so many deeply rooted features, even in the messaging it looks different

and its so polished

but.. aeros icons have me caught between the two...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
As far as sexiness goes i would vote for Gloss Suite anyday. I voted for dark knight with mario droid and moon dust not far behind. In my opinion those 3 were the most complete themes. Most of them were great except a few, but those 3 to me put more effort into there themes and left no detail unturned. Great job to all!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Mikey:
My remark, will be a simple request from all the themers that entered.

If these themes can be remade for all roms. Rc-33 adp and rc9.

This way everyone can enjoy your themes on whatever rom anyone is using. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] santaninja:
it could just be my browser but when i go to the browser with "Gloss Suite" installed i cant use the touch screen,,,,any one else?

i just installed aero and now it works so im guessing its Gloss Suite
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Mikey:
Worked and works fine for me.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] brandenk:
You guys need to be more adventurous with ADP!!!

Just click the install cupcake link in my sig and it will tell you how to use Nandroid backup to restore your phone. You can make a backup, go to ADP1.1h, use all the themes, and then flash back to the way your phone was just before you went to ADP, all the settings, call logs, everything. Its worth it.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
Dark Knight man. The most complete theme of the competition in my opinion.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sangeet.003:
Ya Really no-one has used/voted any of adp themes......first the competition was going to be adp theme competition........ :(
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sstmcarr:
Not sure if it just my phone or not (though i did a complete wipe before testing any themes and this is the first I used), but when changing the wallpaper using Dark Symmetry as you scroll over to the right it force closes Android.Process.Acore every time it scrolls over the green default wallpaper that came with the phone.

Can anyone else verify this? I have replicated the issue 5 times in a row.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Paging Dr B:
NVM got it working. Phew!

BTW Love the new themes guys. You seriousy outdid yourselves!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] futango:
Im stuck between GlossSuite and Aero. If the GlossSuite had the aero battery meter, it would be hands down to glosssuite. i will have to play with the 2 themes for a couple days each to determine.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Yes he has been made aware of this issue, is not just you
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bigballa:
wow amazing job to everyone!

wow these themes are ridiculous

if it was possible everyone should win something for their efforts

these are some of the best themes i have ever seen

overall, i think glosssuite wins in my opinion

the developer really took his time and considered alot of factors.

i think what won it for me and from what i can see, the customized lock screen put it over the top

the only problem i found with this theme so far is that the gps icon on the top bar is black and the bar is black so its kind of hidden but w/e im not complaining

aero is also good

before any of these themes were released i think deep black was the best theme ever!!!

but gloss suite ftw man

props to u and ur hard work and badass skills
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] DAKIDD236:
I bet stericsons Impossible is a great theme, I just don't have adp 1.1 installed..

Its either Gloss suite or Aero and its definetly a hard choice.. but I think Gloss Suite is a little bit more sleek and cool. it even has more icons that you can download
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] JLine05:
I used every theme.

Yours ranked up in my vote for creativity but I had to give Mo0n Dust the nod due to the complex amount of editing that the creator did.

All of the themes were great though!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] sstmcarr:
Sorry, should have searched better for others with the same issue. Disregard :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Hey your ok man, i sent him a pm didn't post it. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] chrisag92:
glosssuite hands down is the best

its sleek and so many cool edited things 2 it

i luv the trey handle also

and the fact it has more downloadable icons
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Paging Dr B:
after toying around the new themes i think GlossSuite seems the most polished overall (of the ones i have tried). Like someone else mentioned, the lock screen really puts it over the top. Oh and that menu bar is awesome. Moon Dust (GREAT notification bar and signal/battery/icons) came in a close second with Areo (loved the icon set). I was really hoping SystemForce (A+ in terms of artwork and the boot/splash screen was outstanding) woulda won me over and even though the icon set was really cool, it wasnt as customized and well polished as my top three (in the future maybe different color options instead of gold/black, maybe silver/red... just a thought). Overall everyone did an outstanding job. But with all of that being said i still havent tried them all and will hold off on voting until i get to test drive every single one of them.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] dandaninc:
I just want to say thank you for setting this up! CHEERS!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
I am getting an error message when I am attempting to install "Bloody"

When verifying the update package I get the message:

E: No signature (2 files)

E: Verification failed

Installation aborted.

Can someone else advise if they are having this problem?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] brandenk:
I posted the wrong file, go back and redownload the file and all will be good.

- BrandenK
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
I'm getting a similar error with the aeroglass theme. 1 file not signed.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ultra spikey:
Sorry about the screw up. I'm at work right now and I must have forgot to sign the apk before I uploaded it. I just signed it and uploaded it, try it out now and let me know how it goes.

Aero1.0-RC9.zip - 9.20MB
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] anddep:
not voting.. every theme is equal, devs put alot of hard work into these theme's great job guys!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] joe v:
they all came out so great!! wow!! for me it was "darknight" !! theres just so much dude how did you get all the bats on the maps wow thats was a sweet treat and the boot screen is just badass.. thank you guys for all the hard work you guys put in to all the themes
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
getting the map tiles was just one file, which made it easy :) did you happen to catch what shows up before the map has time to load anything?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] TripleMPower:
Most of the themes are for JF 1.42 RC33 right?

(Eg. Aero and Gloss Suite).

Do we need a specific amount of phome memory before installing the themes?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] speoples20:
I must say it was hard to pick one theme they were all so good. Just want to say all the devs did a great job. In the end I finally picked one.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
Well, all I can say is I am so very disappointed. This just goes to prove that some standards need to be in place for the next competition.

I have attempted to install six themes from the competition so far...

My results:

Success - Dark Symmetry and Glosssuite (I have also installed Deep Black and have been using it for awhile).

Failures - MoonDust - appears to install. But, won't pass initial boot screen.

Dark Knight - appears to install. But, hangs on beautiful boot screen.

Bloody - error on install saying 2 files not signed.

AeroGlass - error on install saying 1 file not signed.

So far I haven't tried out the rest. But, after eight hours of reflashing my phone over and over again... I'm not sure how much more time I can put into this.

I am running the Lucid JFmod with my apps on the ext2 partition of the sdcard. Everything else is on the phone.

I don't have any more time (shouldn't have used up the last eight hours!). If each theme has a different requirement - but, I have no way of knowing how to set up my phone - then I am just wasting my time.

Seems to me that the theme designers need to come up with some type of standard way of implementing their requirements or at least of providing notice of the theme's requirements. I would suggest that with each theme a text file is added with the following information:

1) what version of JFmod is required

2) if the apps are required to be on the phone, if they can be on an ext2 partition, or if they can be on the fat32 partition

3) if files will be needed to be moved to the sdcard such as the sounds, etc.

I have wasted hours and am just so frustrated. Don't get me wrong I don't mind trying to set up my phone in different ways to try out a theme so I can judge it for this competition. But, I refuse to waste any more time trying to guess what I have to do to set up the phone to get a particular theme to work.

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That having been said! I pray that NONE of the developers take this to mean that I don't appreciate your hard work. Whether or not I am able to get your theme to work does not mean I don't appreciate your hard work. It is readily apparent from the screen shots that all of you have put an enormous amount of work into the themes and they all look great!

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Update!

After wiping and re-installing the Lucid/JF mod for the third time! I finally got Aeroglass to install. I have been doing everything exactly the same every time. I don't know why it worked this time!

I wipe the phone, run the update file, "copy.sh app" file to ext2 partition, reboot. Delete Lucid/JF update file, move and rename theme as update to correct location, reboot.

This time it worked!!! Third time of doing the SAME thing worked?!?!?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] uberingram:
Sounds like something is up with your phone. I was able to install all the RC based themes rather quickly and efficiently.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
uberingram - I can only hope that my phone might be the issue.

Maybe, the phone was the issue. I updated the above post. After wiping and re-installing three times (more than that if one counts my trying to install the Dark Knight theme) I finally got the AeroGlass theme to work!

I'll try this out for a day or so and try to update to a different theme so I can vote. I really hate to vote without having tried all of the themes! But, I'm not sure I'll have enough time if I have to wipe and re-install every time.

I'll update this post later with my success or failures!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] brandenk:
I installed all the themes fine. :confused:
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] speoples20:
@shaneaus

The dev for aeroglass had said something got messed up but fixed it so I would try it again. MoOndust theme might be to big so you would have to move or delete the system tones. As for the dark knight theme its the whole rom so you would have issues with your apps on your sd card, you would have to move yours apps back to the phone and follow the original manual steps to move your apps to the sdcard.

I'm currently running aero glass theme and it works fine no issues. MoOndust installed fine but I have all my system tones deleted. Haven't tried dark knight yet because my apps are on my sdcard and I'm lazy setting up my apps again. And the couple others I tried worked fine.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
Wow so far on the poll my theme is in the 10th spot...i was expecting it to do better then that, im taking my theme and going home now!...haha jk

Good job to all the theme devs!

The top 3 are the ones i expected though. =)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] joe v:
Yes I did its almost like a boot screen of the bloody happy face b4 the map comes out lol.. so nice....

I had no probs loading all the themes. I'm on jfrc33 light ..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
It is not the themes, all work just fine.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
Are you running lite?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
No I'm running mod version of jf1.42 for apps to sd i just delete system sounds myself.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Binary100100:
First theme that I tried was damnitpud's Vista RC33 because I like his fadetoblue theme. No problem. Nice job pub! This morning I didn't feel like wiping but I did nandbackup everything just in case. Before I even got started. I tried Android Ware. Not bad... just not my taste. I then tried Aero. Uh oh. Stuck at boot screen. Well... I'll fastboot my backup of damnitpuds VistaRC33 and everything went back to normal so no harm done. If I get the guts I'll try a few more. Since I don't want to keep wiping I'm not going to try the ADP versions. Sorry guys. RC33 only for me! I appreciate all the hard work you dev's put into this and I really want to try them all but it sucks because it's so freaking inconvenient. Let's face it... everyone needs a phone to use and just can't keep resetting it to factory settings every hour. Some of us actually need to use our phones. :p
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] ultra spikey:
Which version of Aero did you install? Are you on RC33 lite?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
Why do you keep on factory resetting. Keep the original theme and font on your sd and when you are done with a theme, go back to original theme and font then try another theme.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Binary100100:
The file says Vista_Comp_Theme.zip. So i guess thats v1.

I didn't check his thread first for an updated version. I assumed that the updated version would have been posted in this thread.

I have LucidREM's modded RC33 (apps to sd) but I made it lite by rm the stock ringtones and notifications. But I made it unlite (or whatever) by adding my own mp3 ringtones to it. So maybe I'll try again with this latest 1.1 version and if that doesn't work, I'll fastboot restore, rm the ringtones and try again. If that doesn't work... well... I'll deal with that when the time comes. I just got off work so I'll give it a go later maybe.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jleake:
Wish I could vote, for some reason the form keeps getting kicked back to me. Love the themes though, favorites have to be Glosssuite, MoOn Dust, and Aero. Cant seem to make up my mind. Thanks for all of these.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
How are we sure that our votes went through?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
What are the rules with us improving the theme and uploading it to its own thread?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
You can always improve your theme, but they cant be used for judging. Meaning voters cannot, or are not suppose to, use an updated version and vote based on the updated version. Since the competition is over people are only suppose to be trying out the original themes submitted and voting soley based upon that.

The competition is over and the judges have done their grading so I am sure you are free to do whatever youd like to do to your theme since the competition is over.

Stericson
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jzajzz:
Where are teh screenshots of these themes... all i see is a download link ..
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
There are no screenshots here, thats so you wont go based on screenshots but will install them to try them out.

The idea is for people to try them all, not just pick on and not try the others.

Stephen
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
Even with screenshots, people already have favorites. All the themes should be tried out.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] pixel-painter:
Perhaps more links to pics would make it a little easier to vote :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Thats the point stericson is making, people shouldn't vote on pictures, they should be trying out all the themes before voting. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
exactly. :)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] brandenk:
Current Stats

Just to give you guys an idea of the top 3 downloads.....

661 downloads - Gloss Suite

411 downloads - Aero

122 downloads - MoOn Dust
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Ryanmo5:
Holy cow lol, that's what i figured no one is trying they are just voting.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
This Comp

Yeah people are just trying the themes they like. Next time we should not put screenshots, force everyone to test the themes. Cause this really sucks for themers who put all their hard work out there and are getting NO LOVE. And we should stop the themers from making fixes to their themes after the contest is over. If the theme does not work , then tough luck. I know that sounds harsh but this is a competition with major mulla on the line. We also need a standard. All rc33 and if the themer chooses, adp1 or rc9 added. I really really really don't want to come off as a dic* but a comps a comp.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] doooshty:
Over all I am disappointed that people arent giving all the themes a shot. with Nandroid there is really no excuse not to. All the judges that we decided on have tried all themes and I appreciate that. That is also why the judges vote counts for a much larger part than the general vote. remember that the poll on top doesnt reflect the final votes of people. I know my favorite has changed since I voted in the poll. Time will tell. I hope the cream rises.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] damnitpud:
Can you give stats on all the themes?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] dandaninc:
?!?

I agree... if you are going to post download stats for the top 3 than all of them should be listed. I first read the post and just glanced over the fact that it said top 3 and the first thing that came to my mind was that those were the ones that people should be voting on.

Posting that is almost worse than just showing people screenshots.

If I haven't been posting here for a while and tried numerous themes and donated than I would have look at that post and just tried out those 3 since they had the most downloads so they must be the best...

But I'm glad I didn't read that until today and since I emailed my ballot a few days ago and did try them out I am happy to say I based my opinion on what I viewed and what I enjoyed using for at least the 20 min it was on my phone.

Cheers!

I am a huge fan of this comp and I am also glad I was able to donate.

Everyone here has put so much time and effort into this and you all deserve an even share of the donations in my eyes.

OH AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT COMP! :D
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Lieu10ant:
you should have realized that not many people were going to download the whole theme. honestly, the pictures are what get people the most. espicially the background of the images. maybe if all the themes were required to have white backgrounds for the screenshots, things would be more fair. this way, people would focus more on the icons and other modifications besides a simple background, and when someone downloads a theme, then they will see the background. this will encourage people to download the themes and see what they are really like. just some suggetions. take it for what it is. but overall, everyone did a great job! these themes are amazing and we've just recently started making themes. i wonder what they will look like 6 months down the line.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] shaneaus:
Those stats won't be accurate ANYWAY... I downloaded many of the themes individually until I got my link that had ALL of the themes in one file sent to me as a donator.

So, at least for the donators, we wouldn't have downloaded from all of the individual theme threads.

I agree about NOT putting screen shots of competition themes up for people to view prior to the themes being judged.

It was pure hell for me to get started checking out all of the themes due to some unknown issue with my phone. But, once I got that sorted out...

NOTHING is a substitute for using a theme for several hours or a day and finding all of the altered images, menu buttons, etc. that were changed. That is something that someone who just votes by screenshots will NEVER appreciate.

I would like to thank all of the theme developers for their efforts. I am a major TIGHTWAD as I don't make a lot of money and have two kids to support (a situation many are experiencing). But, I consider my $20.00 WELL SPENT!

My biggest and most pleasant surprise... Seeing the JOKER in the Dark Knight's boot screen holding Android in his hand... "Why so serious?" I had to keep tinkering with the settings of my phone to get that theme to install successfully. But, every time I saw that boot screen it put a smile on my face!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
Im a little confused about this whole thing some themes have three people working on them and I had to do as much work as three people by my self?. O.k i'm not going to say how long i have been doing this again but as far as i know as a theme creator and graphic designer altering a image such as a default icon is not original work and very easy to do because i did that many years ago. Where im going with this is how can someone who has know idea about graphics and how much work it would take to make some of the stuff inside these themes how could they be judged properly? It's the first comp and it was a great start but I dont think ill enter another comp unless I know it would be fare to me and im sure others feel the same way.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] jdwme:
who was in a team of 3?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Stericson:
Yea, I never heard of a team of three.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] rickyteddyb:
I really, really would like to see the full download numbers. If most people were downloading and trying each theme, there would be a small difference. But 661, 411 and 122 is a straight up smack in the face of other themors. Man, i started this comp not liking the idea of the judges counting for 50% but now i see why. I see it so clearly, i'm willing to give them 60% of the vote now.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] prash:
I honestly believe you can NOT go by the downloads numbers. For example there are theme download links that are NOT the same as the OP's links for some themes. People could easily download from other sources for the themes and it would not show up in those numbers.

I think everyone should just relax and not get mad over little things. Its just a fun competition, lets not discourage any future ones wiht the negative behaviour.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] dandaninc:
Cheers Prash! That last line was perfect!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] manup456:
What i meant was the next time it should be one designer per theme entered or team themes and single theme two categories,thats all i was saying just would be a little more fare. Every time i speak my mind its as if i'm mad or complaining its just my opinion,people make comments on my themes all the time lighten up a little. :cool: