[Android Themes] speedysilwady:
If you are running Dwang on a Stock SPL and you are having problems installing a theme, I have some suggestions and ideas, some of these are very basic and common but ill repeat them anyway because youd be surprised at how many people dont follow these:

1) Make sure the theme you are using is compatible with the right version of Dwang that you are using. (keep in mind that v1.13-1.17.1 themes are interchangeable among those versions. ex: you can use a 1.13 theme on 1.17.1)

2) Make sure to ALWAYS have a Nandroid/BART backup, in case anything goes wrong.

3) Make sure youre using an EXT 3 file system.

4) Do NOT wipe BEFORE or AFTER flashing a theme. If you are using one theme and wish to switch to another theme, simply flash your base ROM over the old theme, then flash the new one.

5) Always have your apps backed up if you dont want to go looking for them again. I suggest ASTRO File Manager which can be downloaded from the Market for free.

Q. STUCK AT THE G1 SCREEN?

A. This happens sometimes if the theme is a little too large and you have Stock SPL....but what if you really want the theme and are afraid to upgrade your SPL because youre afraid of bricking your phone, or because youre one of the few people like me who are unable to upgrade to the latest radio? Theres a solution for that, I cant promise itll work for every single theme, but Ive tested it with Darkstar and DBeCe's black theme which gave me problems before I tried this method. I believe it will work for most themes on Dwang.

The solution is simple, try to free up space in your SYSTEM partition by moving your ringtones, sound effects, alarms, etc to your sdcard. This will free up around 2.66mb in the system partition. You can do this using Terminal Emulator.

type in

$su

mount -o remount,rw /system/dev/mtdblock3 /system

cp -r /system/media/audio /sdcard/

rm -R /system/media/audio

and you should see your audio folder in the root of your sdcard. You can add ringtones and sounds there too if you like, but the point is, now your SYSTEM has a little more space.

Restart your phone and boot into recovery and try to flash the theme again, and it should work now.

Q....OKAY SO I GOT PAST THE G1 SCREEN AND IT SHOWS THE ANDROID SPLASH SCREEN BUT AFTER A WHILE I GET A BLACK SCREEN!!!

A. If this happens to you, then you must format your EXT 3 partition. I suggest using the latest Amon_RA Recovery (v1.5.2 at the time of this post, MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT RECOVERY FOR YOUR PHONE).

If youre still having problems, i suggest wiping everything including the phone, dalvik cache, battery and rotate settings (i like to wipe everything 3 times, but thats just me), reinstall dwang, login at the beginning, wait for the sync, and make sure to open up market and agree to the terms otherwise you might have problems with the market when you install a theme, (also keep in mind when u flash the rom again, you have to move the ringtones back to the sdcard again using the method i mentioned above), after you have done all that, reboot into recovery, flash the theme again, and it should be okay.

I hope Ive helped. Im still new to the scene but Ive found that this works for me and I just wanted to share, and I hope I helped and that your themes are working now.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to share.

Thank You!