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[Android Themes] sag7392:
Yeah, you're not the only one. A friend of mine created a background with text, but it doesn't show up. He made the slider transparent and the icons he made appeared, but again the background text does not. He and I have tried several combinations with no luck. I'm going to attach the file and hopefully, someone can assist.
[Android Themes] OneDeep:
He have to add a 1x1 black pixel at the very top of the background.. I could look at it when I get off in a couple hours.
[Android Themes] polstein:
I re-did my very-very simple totally transparent Sense slider on this new version (you still see the date/clock, but that's it).

I'm trying to resize it 1/2 height to take up less space, but when I try to resize it shrinks the built in date/time to 1/2 size as well (even though there is space for it).

Anyone know if I'm doing something wrong, or just a limitation?

I prefer the pull down approach over the slide to right, but seems to go hand in hand with the date/clock thing, trying to think of a way to take a widget (say Minimal Text Widget) and make that pull-down-able to double as the unlocker...?
[Android Themes] sag7392:
Thank you so much! If you could look at it and make the corrections, I'd greatly appreciate it. And I'll pass this on to him as well for future reference.
[Android Themes] donhu:
Hmmm...

This is my lockscreen mods, not sure if anyone would want it, so let me know and ill add it to the themes section.
[Android Themes] OneDeep:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Here You Go!!! :D
[Android Themes] Gnarley_Grem:
You're very welcome. Glad you like it:D
[Android Themes] Hullie NL:
@ donhu

Lookin good !

I want it :)
[Android Themes] donhu:
Re: Colorful wltheme

Its up man. Its WIP let me know if there's anything you would change and ill consider it!
[Android Themes] knifer:
Maybe somebody can help me out here. I created a clock using Minimalistic Text but for some reason the time doesn't change unless I open my keyboard so the home screen rotates. Anyone know why this may be happening? My battery and SMS update fine using Minimalistic Text but not the time or date.
[Android Themes] 2leaponover1:
Completely confused at this point. I downloaded the zip file from the previous forum showing the themes. I put it in the correct folder. Now when I go to make a custom slider it shows up, as expected, but it is the only slider i can use and it is just the unlock volume slider. I can't even customize any sliders now. I have no idea what happened but it's made the apps virtually worthless. Please advise, thanks!!
[Android Themes] shokwaav:
Whut I did that but my background still wont show up
[Android Themes] :
anyone can make a widgetlocker 2.0 theme with honeycomb style?

THX
[Android Themes] shrm:
Not possible. The Honeycomb unlocker allows you to slide the lock in any direction.

Non of the unlocker styles for WL2.0 allow for that type of motion.
[Android Themes] shrm:
Check the themes thread... I finished my triple slider
[Android Themes] nickdc986:
Could someone make a qvga port of jsimpson theme?

The original looks scratched on a qvga device, i can't figured it out by myself...
[Android Themes] WormDoes:
I've noticed that the new WL 2.0 still doesn't fix permissions and widgets disappear on boot? Is there a way to stop this or is it something we have to deal with? Thanks in advance
[Android Themes] reinbeau:
My widgets have not disappeared on 2.0.
[Android Themes] samuraixzodus:
Help?

I'm having issues creating a slider theme for newest widget locker. It would seem pretty straight forward....being that there are no .3 pngs involved. But I guess I'm wrong in thinking that. All I am trying to do is swaping the included png with the other slide png.... but it appears not to be working. The issue is when I apply the theme I have only the center slider visible with the edges cut off. I made sure to use a template from another slider theme to get the correct image size. Still no luck......does anyone have any insight....?
[Android Themes] OneBadLT123:
How in the heck do you modify the backgrounds here? It was so much easier with just changing the apk's but right now I can not get any backgrounds for the sliders to work right. It's all messed up.

I went into photoshop and even tried to modify the original with just a paste over and still its all messed up
[Android Themes] OneBadLT123:
Same exact issue here. The tutorial (if you want to even call it that) really isn't that helpful at all. Man they really changed the modding aspect of it thats for sure.
[Android Themes] samuraixzodus:
Well at least I know I'm not the only one having issues .....lol.
[Android Themes] WormDoes:
Really? That's weird! I've had to reboot a couple times and each time my widgets have disappeared. I only have 2 widgets and they're one click setups so it's not a big deal, I was just hoping there was a fix

edit: btw, just noticed you're from Boston. I live in MA as well. Beantown WHAT! haha
[Android Themes] hungmung:
Just out off curiosity are you on cm7 using a theme from the chooser? I've had the same issue with widgets but only when using a theme.
[Android Themes] WormDoes:
Yes, I am! Thank you! I thought I was going crazy or got the s**t end of the stick with 2.0. At least I know what's causing it now
[Android Themes] Little Dragon:
got an example of this? i'm curious and intrigued to see this
[Android Themes] caleoss:
im lost, why are people posting themes with screen shots in other thread if the theme zip is only a custom slider? what about the wallpaper...icons...widgets and everything else
[Android Themes] Little Dragon:
Because you supply all that yourself. The themes are themed sliders only
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
A WIDGETLOCKER THEME IS A SLIDER!

The widgets and wallpapers that come with are user-chosen.

Unless the user gives a link to the wallpaper and lists the widgets you're pretty much on your own.
[Android Themes] DJ Carpenter:
Glad to see things are coming along for the most part.
[Android Themes] :
a sense style unlock but WITHOUT the clock seems awesome :)
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Been playing with this idea as well.
[Android Themes] Alxaro:
After the WidgetLocker update I'm having problems getting my custom slider into the new system. I've managed the slider (airplane) fine, but not the background (runway).

Could anyone give me a hand with it?

hxxp://i.imgur.com/FxFPA.png

Replace the two x with t so that the link reads http...
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Have you added a black 1x1 pixel on the very top of your background image?
[Android Themes] nickdc986:
I agree, i think we need a better how to tutorial...
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
In the first post there are three links. Use them. It'd become obvious that the WidgetLocker 2.0 does use the _3.png standard. If you don't add a 1x1 black pixel on the very top of your background image it won't show. The tutorials which are in SIZE=1 and greyed out are obviously old and don't apply anymore: Hence the "MODDING THE ACTUAL .APK IS NOW OBSOLETE" message in the first post.
[Android Themes] gadzio:
Hi,

I duno who done the Minimal Mod theme but for the Standart version, it seems that there's a small bug: when you slide to the left the sound slider to switch from "vibration" to "sound" ,at the end the slider appears like the stock version one, not modded. Does anyone else have this too ?
[Android Themes] d_1000:
ahhhhhhhh! Now I know! I kept remaking the pngs, zipping the files and then the background would not show. Does it matter WHERE you place the black 1x1 pixel? Top, middle, right or randomly on the top?

Thank you for posting....I am now a little less crazy this morning!:D
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
You place is on top - where exactly doesn't really matter. But if your background has text on it don't put the dot right over it. It can be on the either side or in the middle - but if it's straight over text it will come out looking bad, at least in my experience.
[Android Themes] d_1000:
Thank you again!:D
[Android Themes] karlarso:
i got problem with widget locker 1.2.9

following this :

(i can't post an outside link as i am a new user,so... here should be the "Installing Theme" essay from the WidgetLocker Blog)

the 1st and the 2nd way both are not work on my nexus s (android 2.3.3)

then i do as the 3rd way told, nothing changing in the widget locker settings menu

the old mod works well (i don't mod by myself,i installed the mod version from other websute), but the new modding way just not work for me

could anyone give me a hand? is there anything going wrong with the android 2.3.3 ?
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Sure you've updated? .. "Old" themes aren't supported at all.

The "old" way we modified the actual .apk
[Android Themes] d_1000:
What font are you using on your clock?
[Android Themes] Artholic:
Annoying totally.. I thought that in 2.0 theming would be easy as hell.. but no, not for me. I m adding black 1xp on the top.. and my images getting fuc**up every time. And if its not the background then it is the slider image. Just a stupid question, but can u resize slider image? Or are the standards those images what comes whit "iphonegeneric" folder.

I really just dont want to go older widgetlocker, this is just much more smoother.
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
It's not that hard. You just need to know what you're actually doing. If you're having problems creating a theme follow the link in the first post that redirects to "How to make a theme" on WidgetLokcker's official homepage.

You can make both images whatever size you want, actually.

But you need to add an extra pixel when it comes to height (background).

Lets say your background is 150x150 pixels. That means you need to create a new document that is 152x152. Now you can add your black pixel.

The meaning behind the _3.png is that sliders can be upscaled to bigger devices like tablets.

Read this: http://widgetlocker.teslacoilsw.com/themes-doc/creating-themes/
[Android Themes] karlarso:
i install the lastest version first, and then copied the .wltheme.zip file to sdcard following the guide

after i failed that way i unistalled the lastest version app and then install the old-way moded .apk

so i am sure i was having the lasted version of widget locker and the new way of appling themes. it was just not working on my device. i could not figure it out
[Android Themes] karlarso:
is the latest version 1.2.9 or 2.0 ?

am i making misstakes ?
[Android Themes] OneDeep:
Heres another slider theme I am working on. I kind of think the word 'unlock' is to small. I Been trying to fix it but I can't get it any bigger what do you guys think?
[Android Themes] RedSkyRoad:
Mine disappear as well... The Dev says it's CM7
[Android Themes] SquiZoNes:
nah.. I actually like it that way, looks pretty awesome :) would love to try it out on my phone :P
[Android Themes] formicae:
I think you're talking about my port. I didn't notice that problem, I use Extended Controls for volume control instead of a slider. What happens, I think, is that in the absence of a 'custom' image WidgetLocker uses the default image for the theme 'class' (the Android theme in this case). If I can find out what the default image is called, I can switch it. Does anyone know?
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Hope it helps someone.

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[Android Themes] Artholic:
Okey, well first i thought that i just dont get it. but now i got backgrounds workin. ok.. but what about position of slider? I played whit on of my older theme and got it working somehow, slider still goes of its area.

Here is image sample:

Or do i have to just try until it fits perfectly?

EDIT: oh, u kind'of answered my question already :D
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Until someone informs me of a better and more efficient way of doing it: Yeah :p You're gonna have to try until it fits.
[Android Themes] Artholic:
Haha :D I thought so, i was just dreaming of a better way..
[Android Themes] OneDeep:
Its impossible to get the slider all the way on the bottom of the screen... well I can't figure it out
[Android Themes] Scrupix:
WOW, very nice, I hope that after you will finish it you will share with us because is very nice ;)
[Android Themes] OneBadLT123:
That link isnt very helpful, it just explains what a 3 patch image is, and compares them to 9 patch images. I does not tell you specifically how to make one. It assumes you should already know.

It's a terrible write up for the average theme dev. Most of us working with these images never dealt with 3 patch images. Before it seemed easier with editing the apk. Now a lot of us are just confused to to end lol
[Android Themes] pjames:
try going widgetlocker settings and look under buttons and inputs. there is a setting to turn menu in lock mode. uncheck it if its checked and that should stop the menu from coming up
[Android Themes] deolarte:
Here are mine, I just made them, they are Beats themed, You can get them below also i have icon in other thread I made a while back below is the link. Thanks

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=793055

I added black looks better
[Android Themes] BriEE:
what weather widget is that
[Android Themes] vali_ics:
that arrow can be customize :P the color what you want. if you want psd tell me.
[Android Themes] BriEE:
and battery widget
[Android Themes] bouloud:
Hi, I have read the whole topic but couldnµt find a solution. It is actually quite embarasssing, I bought the apps and installed it but I can't find it in data/app (with ASTRO) it is empty....

As described in the first post:

adb devices

adb remount -> Operation not permitted

adb pull data/app/teslacoilsw.widgetlocker-1-apk -> remote object does not exist

with HTC Desire unrooted.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] jolenemae21:
Can you tell me the demensions of the background and the font size you are using? I am trying to make my own but it looks all streched and wierd.

THANKS
[Android Themes] vali_ics:
the backround 480 x 143.

font size 30.
[Android Themes] wisenick:
where did you get your wallpaper.

never mind i found it by google image search "**** happiness"
[Android Themes] pjames:
did you install widgetlocker? you have to install it for it to show up in the data/app folder
[Android Themes] vali_ics:
http://the-marazmo.deviantart.com/art/****-happiness-149850262

there you go.
[Android Themes] ijob:
Sometimes, when the phones screen wakes up, the original sense lock is still visible for a second then it changes to widgetlocker.

Is this usual? Is there anyway to disable the standard sense lock?
[Android Themes] wisenick:
what widget do you use to display unread messages and such?
[Android Themes] theeedy:
Can someone please tell me what Weather-widget that is?

Thanks!
[Android Themes] wisenick:
beautiful widgets, you can theme it and they did a flat black theme
[Android Themes] theeedy:
I know Beautiful Widgets, I am using it as a clock.

But even with this theme, mine looks nothing alike.

Mine looks like:

(Screenshot stolen from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8871602)
[Android Themes] wisenick:
its the weather 4x1 with the same theme
[Android Themes] peniston:
You have to use the 4 x 1 BW widget.
[Android Themes] theeedy:
This IS the 4x1 Beautiful Weather Widget (small)
[Android Themes] soypoi:
I have to say that this is quite frustrating!!! o_O I've followed the instructions to a T on both the root explorer and ninja morph w/ modded .apk and non-mod. I don't have a PC so I guess I'm totally screwed :mad:
[Android Themes] reinbeau:
There are way too many of these apps that have lousy documentation, unfortunately. I do wish people who are trying to learn would be given proper guidance rather than being tossed teasing snippets and no real info.

Sent from a state of Serendipity
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Okay. Hopefully this will help some of you. This covers Photoshop but applies no matter what tool you use to create your themes. This is something I threw together real fast so bear (hah) with me here.

How to work _3.pngs:

1) Create a new document.

The height of the slider is 150 - but we're going to add two extra pixels. WidgetLocker uses _3.png which allows for up and downsizing of the sliders. That means the themes can be used with basically any device, ranging from HTC Wildfire to the Motorola Xoom. It's still not a hundred percent - but it's a hell of a lot better than the old way of theming. More on _3.png in the next step

2) The black pixel (_3.png)

As you can see in the image below I've added a 1x1 pixel on the very top of my image. You can either zoom in a couple of times or create a smallest box you possibly can in full view. The pixel has to be 1x1 if not it'll be shown in the theme. Which doesn't look good. In the picture below I'm zoomed in at 200 % (I think).

Continue making your design.

3) The slider

The actual size of the slider you can change around just as much as the background. I usually go with the same height, that way aligning the slider and background seems easier. This is pretty self explanatory, see the below image.

Continue making your design.

This is what you want your themes folder to look like. The slider_right is fully transparent. There's no need to actually make it transparent. If your background doesn't contain any text you can include a second arrow (like above) but the other way so other users can choose themselves if the want to slide left or right. (Protip)

Then finally .zip the themes-folder!

I'm using 7zip, which is free and GREAT!
[Android Themes] WormDoes:
Has anyone noticed that putting your device (Incredible in my case) in disk drive mode will break whatever slider you're currently using? For instance I was using the "arrow slider", mounted my Inc and after unmounting the whole theme changed to the standard iPhone slider. I'm not sure if it's the ROM I'm on (IR 2.3), the slider or just my device. Deleting the slider and readding still results in the standard iPhone as well. I had to go back in a redownload to get it back
[Android Themes] OneBadLT123:
I still dont understand. I think I need to see a finished product to fully grasp how it applies to the images I am trying to mod.

Could you change these images to what it's supposed to look like, then maybe I can get a better idea as to what the black line means. I am confused as to where to put it. One guys says one at the top, another says all the way around, then one says leave an empty pixel around with a black line on the side.

Here is what i want to do see attached images:
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Refresh this page.
[Android Themes] HellG11:
I'm really bad in those things... Can someone build a peeing Android on the left hand side which you slide over to an apple on the right hand side?
[Android Themes] OneBadLT123:
Hmm I will try that out. Thanks for the tutorial, now this is what I was talking about! :D
[Android Themes] Arkalos13:
has anyone been able to make a MIUI locksceen for widgetlocker. i wish i knew how to and had the time to . if someone could make one that will be great thanks
[Android Themes] natious:
its one more clock, look for it in the market

swyped from a galaxy far far away...
[Android Themes] toosurreal01:
The themes are stored on your SD card and when you mount it it's no longer account yuo the phone so WL defaults back to the standard slider. Once you remount the card it goes back to the custom slider.
[Android Themes] funkpod:
question, i created a test theme called "test.wltheme.zip" and placed it in my sd card, under "data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes".

i can see it in Astro, but when i try and add it using widgetlocker, i don't see it under the themes list.

help?
[Android Themes] 10.DEEP:
Thanks for the tutorial zHk3R. I was finally able to port my slider to WL2.0!
[Android Themes] KingDavid36:
Mounting your Device is the equivalent of rebooting in terms of using WL. The Themes are stored on your SD as previously mentioned, so mounting your disk is actually disconnecting the SD from the Android OS. I hope this is clear!
[Android Themes] dgwood12:
Has anyone else been getting lots of force closes from widgetlocker since the update? Im loving the theming but the thing crashes about 3x a day :(
[Android Themes] stragabenz:
I'm having an issue getting the sliders to stay at the very bottom of the screen on Widgetlocker. Any idea's on how to get the custom sliders to lock onto the bottom of the screen?
[Android Themes] gwar24:
im using this sense mod

http://64.19.142.11/img638.imageshack.us/img638/1935/snap20110226simpson1.png

and the clock doesnt update right. For example, It'll say its 10:00 when its 10:07.

Does anyone else have this problem?
[Android Themes] vivmar:
I have tryed this mod but doesn't work well because i can't see the background with padlock..i see only the left double arrow..

Someone can try to fix it?
[Android Themes] XSilentCobraX:
How do you make those smsnone widgets? and does it change if you get an sms from "none" to "one" :P ?
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
I would guess that's a combination of Minimalistic Text and Tasker.

Not sure, though.
[Android Themes] akakitsu:
txMissed
[Android Themes] XSilentCobraX:
Sweet thanks for sharing :D
[Android Themes] OneDeep:
Same here i get a force close alot and when I try to add themes.. this app need an update bad.
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
You guys don't have to report posts in the Theme Collection thread.

I am policing that thread personally. If there's anything inappropriate in the thread I'll have it removed.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] hotleadsingerguy:
Here's my question...would it be possible to make an Android or iPhone locker that's extra tall...then turning it vertical so that it would basically be a Sense-style locker but without the clock? I realize how simple this sounds and I'm sure somebody's probably tried it...

Just any idea. I'm too lazy to try it right now...but if I think about it a bit later I'll give it a shot. Basically all I'm thinking is just make bigger sliders, and then making a taller slider (without making it wider). Not sure how to make _3 files completely so might have to experiment with that too...but we'll see!

Feel free to try it for yourself guys and take credit lol just wanted something cool
[Android Themes] s197:
Did you try resizing? I had to play with it a little but I eventually got it to be flush with the bottom.
[Android Themes] WormDoes:
I was hoping someone with experience making sliders could tell me how to change the font on sliders that have already been created? I've been using the "just simple" slider (awesome btw, my favorite on by far) and would like to change the "unlock" to a different font. Thank in advance
[Android Themes] dgwood12:
I haven't seen the theme you are referring to but the sliders are purely .png images meaning the text is part of the image. If you know how to use PhotoShop or Gimp you could edit the file without any problems and enter your custom text and font.

Sent from my Droid Incredible
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
What he said or ask for the .PSD :]
[Android Themes] gomisan:
I Downloaded a folder from one of the Widgetlocker theme threads. It has 82 different slider themes. How do I apply these themes to the widgetlocker application? Do I simply copy them into the sd/data/com.teslacoilw.widgetlocker/themes folder? I have the .zip files on my sd card, but when I use Astro File manager to open them, I don't get an open option.... Does anyone know about this?
[Android Themes] zHk3R:
Put all your themes.wltheme.zip in /data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes

Go into Tool Mode and longpress the lockscreen

Choose Custom Slider from the menu that appears

Choose from your themes!

:D
[Android Themes] gomisan:
I do that and they don't appear in my themes at all. Maybe I should uninstall and reinstall Widgetlocker? I figured it was that simple, but was wondering why they don't appear? Thanks.
[Android Themes] KingDavid36:
Make sure all the themes have the .wltheme.zip file name, because WL will not recognize them at all. I have made that mistake!
[Android Themes] jfish43:
Wondering if someone could modify the theme, "SenseMod_2" made by dzelaya18, with the color #ff27ff? I like the transparency, but would like that color instead of white. I'd be willing to paypal a buck or 2 for the help. Thanks
[Android Themes] KingDavid36:
Where is the Theme located (What page). No fee required
[Android Themes] KingDavid36:
Here you go. With the transparency that's about the best you gonna get it!