yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] david1171:
i could but then if some of the apps or paid then it would be an issue of warez and i would rather not get into that. also it would need to be done every time the app is updated.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
true. too much work and trouble. well then, guys if you want a simple black bar, be ready to sacrifice some notifications. none of mine are black, except weatherbug, but thank god you can change that one to white :) its an option in the app!
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
Sorry 4 being such a noob but how do I use this
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
just download it, put it on the ROOT of your sdcard(meaning NOT in any folder) then go into recovery and just flash it like you would flash a rom.

basically its exactly the same as flashing a rom.
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
That's wat I did but it said bad file and then it aborted the instalation
[Android Themes] david1171:
hmmm. which one are you trying, also what did it say , did it tell you it was a bad file (i had that one with a rom, and redownloading it fixed it) or did it say something about about verification or not being signed properly?
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
I was flashing it normally and it said the blackbar(bad) instalation aborted I was using cm 4.11.1 but I will redownload and try again
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
i think it might be the signing thing.. does the file name have anything to do with it? cause i see for 4.0.4 it says signed but 4.1.11.1 does not. might be that?

crap i gotta go back to work. be back later!
[Android Themes] david1171:
nawh man, (or else i probably would've heard something from the 15 or 16 that have got it so far).

i think that means that the download got corrupted, try to redownload it and flash it again, if that doesn't work i will resign it and upload it again.
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
ok i tried redownloading but its not working with 4.1.11.1 then i tried to download the other one to see if it was a problem with my conection it downloaded fine. i think i might need a mirror
[Android Themes] Quie2TP:
Will this work on the Droid with Andoid 2.0.1??

The Droid was just rooted and I was wondering if this black notification bar mod will work on that phone? Any help would be appreciated.
[Android Themes] david1171:
The quickest way to get this to work on the droid (lol quickest:rolleyes:) and from the 30 seconds i read into how to root the droid, you would need to adb shell, get an adb shell session with root, make a copy of framework-res.apk and services.jar on your sdcard from the system partition, modify the images in framework-res.apk (no, these will not work, different sizing on the droid), and the services.jar will have to modified for the clock and the date to be made white (maybe colorChange.jar will work on this, if not baksmali and smali are your friend) and statusbar.xml in framework-res.apk/res/layout (i again am just assuming it is the same file for another device i have never used/played around with or really looked at the system dump much) to make the notification text white, finally after all the edits are done, you will need to place the modified framework-res.apk and services.jar onto your sdcard, start another adb shell session with root access, mount the system partition as read write, copy the framework-res.apk and services.jar in the /system/framework folder, then reboot the phone.

and that would be the quickest way i can think of at the moment to do it. (again, there may be an easier method, but from the bit i got from what kind of root access is had with the droid at the moment, this would be the way to do it.)
[Android Themes] Quie2TP:
Holy crap, I don't think I would be able to do all that and not screw something up. :confused:
[Android Themes] RicFusion:
Is there a way for me to edit this into a metamorph file, so that I can consistantly have the white text, or is there another way to add white text to the notification bar? I have a gradient I'm using as a notif bar, but it's a black/blue gradient.
[Android Themes] david1171:
I use colorChange.jar to edit the text/clock/date color in the notification bar. i don't know if it will work with metamorph.
[Android Themes] RicFusion:
Ok, I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing with that colorChange.jar file, or how to run it, so I'm obviously over my head. I was wondering if someone would be able to help make my theme for me. I would be willing to donate a few bucks for their time. I'm going to be creating my theme with photoshop, and gathering all the materials I need for it. If someone would be willing to work with me on it, I would be much obliged. Thanks for your assistance, and please PM me if you have some time, or questions. Thanks again.
[Android Themes] shizzyraw585:
Any chance we might be able to get an update for cyan's 4.2.9.1? Thanks for the work bro!
[Android Themes] geova87:
Please port it to latest cyanogen? 4.2.9.1?

thnx
[Android Themes] david1171:
i uploaded them both to the OP, the only reason i didn't do it last night was i being lazy and they were already on 4shared from earlier.

see if it works now:)
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
i just redownloaded and it worked downloaded fine i flashed it and no problem came up i am just waitng on it to boot now.
[Android Themes] coolmarkoo:
thanks alot for ur support its really great keep up the good work
[Android Themes] david1171:
no problem, i was needing to upload it the OP anyways to save on the waiting time at 4shared, this just gave me a reason to :) glad it is working now
[Android Themes] Cherice:
Very nice! Just wanted to say thank you :D
[Android Themes] david1171:
your welcome:)

if anyone still wants it, i think i have all the files floating around on my computer for the pulldown from the smorg theme with the statusbar icons.
[Android Themes] Cherice:
I just noticed something. Is there a reason the upper most right and left corners have white? It looks like the black bar is rounded in each corner instead of being squared off. I'm just using the default cm 4.1.11.1. No home replacement or theme of any kind. Is it just on mine? LOL
[Android Themes] david1171:
oh yeah :rolleyes: (looks away) when i did the one for 4.1.11.1 the notification bar was rounded at the top so i just inverted it. i can get rid of that real quick if you want.;)

(i was wondering how long before someone would comment on it:p)
[Android Themes] Cherice:
That would be awesome! Sorry for the hassel...
[Android Themes] david1171:
no problem, will be in 5 with the new one

OP has been update with blackbar4.1.11.1-full.zip to get rid of the curve in blackbar4.1.11.1-new.zip

haha 5 minutes exactly
[Android Themes] Cherice:
Perfection! Thanks again. This saves me from installing an entire theme just to get rid of the gray status bar. Have a good night David!
[Android Themes] All~G1:
Thanks david! much appreciated!!!
[Android Themes] david1171:
i still have the smorg files from when i did the one for you a while back, would you like me to make on like that again?
[Android Themes] All~G1:
Im good with what you've already put out, but if you insist, :) the black and white notification tray from smorg would top this off... till 4.2 comes out.
[Android Themes] david1171:
i have something i am currently working on but when i get done with it i will do the smorg icons in the bar, it won't take long to implement so its no big deal
[Android Themes] david1171:
updated the OP with the smorg black bar and icons so it should look better now :) thank you jonnybueno
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
I was happy to find this on the other post and flashed it without thinking about the consequences to my lockscreen. Could I ask you to upload a version that works with v0.5 lockscreen?

Also when I tried another version of this, gmail would force close on me. Any idea why?

Thanks a lot for this.
[Android Themes] NguyenHuu:
for a "just black notification bar" theme, it has a lot of following haha. i woulda definately jumped on this too. a reason i chose enochx and ted hero themes was for the black bars haha. i totally removed and customized aspects of their themes on my phone so much that its not like ted hero or enochx anymore haha. so if i had this it would have save me time back then.
[Android Themes] m0j09987:
Yea i would like that too, for a full bar please
[Android Themes] david1171:
I will look into stericsons newest lockscreen when i get home from work tonight
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
well logically of course it would get a following :D im guessing at least more than half of ALL g1 owners would LOVE a black notification bar without the hassle of an entire theme..
[Android Themes] david1171:
OP has been updated with a version for Stericson's v0.5 lockscreen

sorry cloverdale, no force closes in gmail or anything, from a wipe then flash of 4.1.11.1 then a flash of blackbar4.1.11.1-full.zip sorry... i have no clue, can you get a logcat? (don't know what good it will do since i don't know much, but it's worth a shot)
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Thanks for this, I will flash and if any fc comes up again I will send a logcal.
[Android Themes] m0j09987:
thanks so much for this!
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
So, no more fc issues with gmail, but for some reason I am again getting a fc when I hit the notification box in the market (which was fixed by cyanogen for this rom). I personally do not care about this, but thought I should let you know, and ask if anyone else is getting this.

I love the look though, it is so nice to be able to have a black bar and not a theme full of (too often) iphone-esque images. Thanks you so much for this, and if there is any probability theory I can help you with in programming (queing theory, Markov theory, etc), please let me know.
[Android Themes] NguyenHuu:
so we flash regular cyanogen rom. then we flash stericon's lockscreen. THEN we flash the blackbar .5 on top of everything? it's not currently working for me. after the cyan boot screen, i get led to a black/blank screen and it stays there for long time. have to pyull battery and reflash the entire rom to fix it. strange, any advice?

what i did was flash CM rom. then took stericon's lockscreen files andpush them over since he didnt include a signed update zip. settings.apk go to apps while the rest go to framework dir.
[Android Themes] david1171:
sorry the confusion, blackbarv0.5 will only work if you have the files on your phone since it is not a full update to the lockscreen. I will look at this tonight when I get home from work (about to go in so it'll be a while).
[Android Themes] All~G1:
Hey david is there a way we can get an update for this with the new lockscreen??? I know the build number is the same, but the option of having the ICE screen as default was added.
[Android Themes] david1171:
yeah i need to make the new one work with my theme as well, so i will look into later today, sorry for not getting to it sooner, been tired from work.

also i will make the one for new lockscreen have all of the need files so even if you don't have the lockscreen you can install the mod and get it. also it shouldn't mess up anything for the people that already have the lockscreen
[Android Themes] All~G1:
No worries and no rush david. Thanks for your support!
[Android Themes] david1171:
Ok, just put a version for the latest release of Stericson's Lockscreen. It will add the lockscreen if you do not have it, and should update the lockscreen if you already have it.

Also its only for CM 4.1.11.1
[Android Themes] punkmanj:
Cyanogen 4.1.99

Are you going to do one for CM4.1.99? I would LOVE to have the black bar with custom icons.
[Android Themes] david1171:
will do it for 4.1.99 or whatever is the latest when i get off work tonight (around 11pm my time, its 6am now)
[Android Themes] str4vag:
Can't wait for the 4.1.99 patch :)
[Android Themes] david1171:
updated the op with a version for 4.1.999 with and without the stericson lockscreen.
[Android Themes] str4vag:
thanks for the update. great work. loving the way it looks now.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
does this also change the highlight thing?

you know how when you pull the bar down, everything is still white(or least it was on 4.0.4, havent tried since then.) is it possible to make the black too? and the text white of course(or green to match hero, whichever you see better!)

if you could do that too that'd be awesome :D anyway im about to try the stericson one in a minute
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
Would you mind adding the app tray button to the mix?
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
hes gonna end up making another full theme xD but really im suprised nobody has made a thread that just has parts of themes. like for example this one, if it became a thread for parts of themes(only in black though) then everyone could just pick and choose what parts they want and flash them. not advanced modding or anything just mainly simple color changes :) but either way, this is awesome, so thanks again david!
[Android Themes] david1171:
i can make a black with white text version, and if i have time, i will work on a black with green text version as well.

which one? link me and i will throw it in, or at least make a seperate version that has it.
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
True, just that I've never cared much for icons and such, just notification bar and tray icon.
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
I haven't thought of a specific one, actually thought you'd just design it to match with the black notification bar. I'll have a look around the other themes for design.
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
Took a look around, I'd like to see something similar to the app tray from Manup's Black and Blue or Dark Dream.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
wow man what difference it makes!!! i love my phone again lol. thanks bigtime! just how cant figure out how or what the ICE thing does =/
[Android Themes] bulletproof77:
Black Bars

I would prefer this also. I also suggest making one for cyanogen mod considering how those that requested this will probably always upgrade such as myself. I am patiently waiting for a CM 4.1.999 release now. :)
[Android Themes] david1171:
:confused: there is one for 4.1.999 in the OP. one with stericson's lockscreen and one without.

i have only released versions (in this thread) for cyanogen's roms. :confused: i am thoroughly confused.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
I think hes new david.. or ignorant? 0.o
[Android Themes] str4vag:
ICE = In Case Of Emergency

all you have to do is create a contact with "ICE" as the name

add 1 phone number for the specific contact (who ever you want people to call in case of an emergency)

and put your name in the home address column.

oh, you can write stuff in the notes column as well.

the lockscreen takes care of the rest.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
yeahi figured it out. i think was what happening was after making the contact it wasnt saving the name ICE(i was forgetting too lol) anyway i double checked triple checked everything and now it works. my bad lol. but thanks!
[Android Themes] phatmanxxl:
works and looks great on my MT3G running 4.o.4. thanks for this mod, it looks like a theme without the theme. very much appreciated.
[Android Themes] str4vag:
haha..cool.. :)
[Android Themes] Ryanmo5:
Hey david how about one for the official donut here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=538456 :):):)
[Android Themes] david1171:
ok, i will look into making one in a bit. like usual, will need someone to confirm whether or not they work :)
[Android Themes] david1171:
got enomther's adp 1.6 up in the OP
[Android Themes] lorenzo.themax92:
Bug Hour Color bbo-1.6new.zip

in the last file , BBO-1.6new.zip, on the notification bar, the color of the hour is black, and i can't see the hour, can you convert the hour color from black to white? ps i have raV 1.6.1H, htc magic 32a
[Android Themes] david1171:
I will run it through colorchange again when i get home.
[Android Themes] lorenzo.themax92:
ok :)

thank you very much
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
hey the lockscreen has issues(i think, not sure if theyre dependant on the version). the gallery wont rotate when veiwing a picture, and the contacts, when you scroll using the little thumb thing, shows weird characters instead of the usuall abc etc. in my opinion the lockscreen is so cool its worth those little bugs lol. as long as theres no huge problems though
[Android Themes] str4vag:
i have those issues as well.

minor issue for me.
[Android Themes] david1171:
sorry, felt like crap last night and passed out as soon as i got home from work, but i put and updated version of it in the OP

I observed this while using my theme with the lockscreen. I imagine it comes from it being made for this certain version. I have noticed no big problems though, and theses problems are not enough to make me leave the lockscreen either. :p
[Android Themes] Skatturbrain:
Is it possible to have the battery indicator green like some other black bars? Its kind of hard to make out if your not looking closely...
[Android Themes] david1171:
eventually
[Android Themes] aohmer:
Just waitin for the 4.1.9999 update :)
[Android Themes] david1171:
If you have balls, then nandroid and test it. I am 90% sure that the one for 4.1.999 will work. Its hard to make stuff while at work :p
[Android Themes] skozsert:
Yeah I tried and it seems to work fine on cm 4.1.9999.
[Android Themes] All~G1:
I can confirm the same.
[Android Themes] david1171:
sweet, thanks for testing. my theme works with 4.1.9999 so i figured this would too.

will update OP
[Android Themes] aohmer:
Yeah its working fine with 4.1.9999 along with the lockscreen :)
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
im dumb. i went ahead and got other themes and they screwed my phone

M_blend changes the color schemes of some of the google apps, mainly market. and i tried different methods but turns out the only real method that works well to restore those apps is to wipe and reflash the htc image and all that. so if you dont wanna do taht again! dont get m_blend

dark dream was good but idk just seemd to slow my phone.

so, now im back to simply changing the notification. i dont even want the lockscreen(also slows down i think, and definitely screws with the gallery veiwing.)

SO, thank you! for keeping up with one of the simplest, yet imho best theme mod for android :)
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
You probably could've just reflashed 4.1.9999 and then flash another theme. You can't go from one theme to another, and you remove theme by flashing the ROM over the theme to return to default.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
NO. thats what people THINK. people are forgetting cyanogens roms dont carry the google apps anymore. so flashing that wont restore them. and most themes wont carry those apps either because its pointless(if theyre still stock). some themes might carry them, but if they have them, theyre probably themed, so doesnt help. and i know abuot flashing the roms before switching themes. used to work when roms carried the google apps. doesnt work anymore. point is, simply flashing a rom wont remove/restore a themed google app. like the market is themed black and red in m_blend. flashing the rom wont restore it.

only ways i know of:

1. the one that works perfectly- basically starting over with the 4.1.9+ process. flashing. do wipe, htc, rom, blah blah.

2. a method that bkmo made, i tried his prior to the htc way, but everytime i did it i would lose my auto rotation for some reason. i tried fix_permissions, tried that code that was in the old stable thread, fix file systems, nothing fixed it. i didnt try a wipe, because the whole point was that i dont wanna wipe. if im gonna wipe i might aswell do it the htc way.

3. and the third, and probably worse way, is to flash that rom that i think dave or someone made. basically he just put the google apps inside the cyanogen rom again. problem with flashing that is, then you rely on him doing that for every update. cause you cant just flash the updates if you flash his rom(this is what bkmo said when i asked him, and i agree because i remember the dave guy said something about removing "backup.sh" or something like that.). and as you can see, 4.1.9999 is out and theres still no update from the dave guy. not sure if hes working on one or not, but i trust cyanogen more so ill stick to cyanogens methods

i just wish all themers would post a little warning letting people know whether or not they have themed the google apps. its not really a problem, as long as your okay with being stuck with those apps like that.
[Android Themes] All~G1:
any way we can get an update with the official release of the lockscreen. Stericson posted it last night.
[Android Themes] david1171:
there you go, OP has been updated with the link. :)
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
if anyone trys the new lockscreen, check to see if the veiwing in the gallery will still rotate. the previous lockscreen had screwed that up. so let us know and thanks!
[Android Themes] david1171:
its called fixed, that's why it is an update :p
[Android Themes] All~G1:
Thanks david!!! Another donation coming to you before the end of the year... lol
[Android Themes] JonInAtl:
Just installed on Enomther's adp 1.6, VERY slick! Thank you!
[Android Themes] matthian:
Black bar on Cyanogen 4.2.1

Guys, call me crazy, but I flashed the version for 4.1.99 ontop of the new cyanogen 4.2.1. And it is working just great.

Could not wait to get my black bar back...
[Android Themes] All~G1:
I can confirm this!
[Android Themes] Cherice:
Hi David! Question. I don't know if anyone else would be interested in this, but, how hard would it be to make the drawer handle black as well? I am running CM 4.2.1. I like dark wallpapers....and love the dark notification bar, but think my screen would look even better if the drawer handle were also black instead of the standard gray. Please consider ;) Thanks!
[Android Themes] raziel200:
i would also be interested in knowing if this could be done.
[Android Themes] All~G1:
uploaded by ScottGood in the official thread. Stericsons 4.2.1 official release

http://www.mediafire.com/?yz1ljzfh1zm
[Android Themes] str4vag:
Any new updates for the Black bar?
[Android Themes] All~G1:
I flashed the latest file on top of 4.2.2 and it seems that there is little or no ill effects by doing so. I had a random reboot, but thats already been reported by others in the CM thread.
[Android Themes] Rolligt:
can anyone post the energiewidget in black?! :confused:

Thanks!
[Android Themes] david1171:
i have no clue what that is.
[Android Themes] Rolligt:
The Donut energiebar with gps on/off, wifi on/off ...
[Android Themes] cigar3tte:
It's called Power Control.
[Android Themes] Rolligt:
Oh, sorry! :rolleyes:
[Android Themes] Rescue7:
Will this work with Cyanogen 4.2.3.1?
[Android Themes] ml2514:
I tried, froze at the Mytouch3G screen.

Can anyone confirm if I did it right?

1) Put file into root of sdcard

2) rename to update.zip

3) apply it with recovery image

Thanks.
[Android Themes] str4vag:
that method is correct. just maybe the changes in the new version of CM broke it.
[Android Themes] roadrunnerx7:
i tested 4.1.999(WITHOUT the lockscreen) on 4.2.3.1 and it works fine. i think it will work on all the newer cm roms, untill cyanogen changes something with the notification bar or lockscreen?
[Android Themes] david1171:
sorry it has taken me so long to update this (long past few days).

i am/was drunk at the time of making these, so they should work, but if for some odd reason they don't, shoot me a pm, or comment on here, or hit me up on gtalk if you have it, you know who you are ;) ) and tell me it doesn't work, and i will update it when i get up in the morning/afternoon.
[Android Themes] ml2514:
Thanks for the updates!

Gonna try it out and post back.

EDIT: up and running works great!

Props to david1171!

Also, david1171 do you know if you can release one with black power bars + search bar?
[Android Themes] oMszKikiIzWavyo:
You Should Think About Porting This To TMO Official 1.6 U.S

Amazing Work And Lol At Being Intocsicated

Keep Up The Great Work
[Android Themes] All~G1:
You can do all this with metamorph. There is no reason to derail the main point of this thead. Then again its up to David1171