yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I'd really appreciate it... I've attached it in Metamorph form, if you don't mind, what xml is responsible for those properties?
[Android Themes] Benny879:
For some reason ApkManager isnt allowing me to re-compile this framework. You can find the code changes you need here --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=864112&page=8

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[Android Themes] joenathane:
Thanks, but problem is I don't have a "values" folder in my framework, much less an xml called "style" in any of the folders...

wait..

I'm an idiot... found it
[Android Themes] joenathane:
It wasn't re-compiling the whole framework for me either, i had to to trick it to get it to re-compile the styles.xml by putting it in a different folder and renaming it... Flashed it to my phone.... and... no difference, pulled the framework back down and made sure the changes where present and they are... the Ascend doesn't seem to use those files at all... I'm pretty sure too because i accidentally deleted all the files in the values folder except the styles.xml and the phone works fine...

Thanks for your ideas Benny879, if you have any insight as to whats going on, I'd appreciate any help you could give, in the mean time i'm going to be pouring through these xml files, looking for any clues...
[Android Themes] joenathane:
For anyone following the progress on this, the problem seems to be that this phone uses odex files instead of the more easily assessable jar or apks, so I'm looking into deodexing the necessary files... If anyone could offer assistance, I would appreciate it...
[Android Themes] xlarkascendingx:
How would this theme be applied once its working?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Metamorph my good man, metamorph!
[Android Themes] xlarkascendingx:
Will metamorph work with launcher pro?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
The gingerbread metamorph theme I'm working on will change your lock screen sliders, your notification bar and slide down, your dialog confirmation buttons, market place tab button and a bunch of other misc graphics, your signal bars, battery, bluetooth, etc... The theme i'm working on doesn't touch the launcher. i personally use launcher pro, so this theme doesn't conflict with it, but if you want your launcher specifically to look like gingerbread's, you can find themes already made for launcher pro..
[Android Themes] Benny879:
Definately deodex your ROM first. It will make your life easier.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Thanks for your feedback, sent you a PM...:D
[Android Themes] fame13:
Does this Rom include a custom kernel to up the Mhz past 600?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
This is not a rom just a metamorph theme... One day we shall overclock, and that day we be a turning point for mankind, nothing will ever be the same after that day.
[Android Themes] xlarkascendingx:
And how the hell do we deodex?
[Android Themes] fame13:
o duh lol mybad man but i will b usong the theme when complete!
[Android Themes] Mustang915:
Ok noon question lol. What is a Gingerbread theme?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Did it work? I have few other things I could try. If it works I'll detail the changes.
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
Nothing happened. I flashed the phone again and reinstalled metamorph but no changes again. With more luck this time no errors occured.
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
Did you restart your phone?
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
Yes, of course.
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
Had to check, lol.
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
No problems :D
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Upload your framework-Res.apk so i can take a look at the layout.
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Joenathane, the finished theme you have up, what is it called so i can download it?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
It's the gingerbread3ascend.zip for ascend users combined with the build.prop, just follow the instructions in the first post and you'll be good to go.
[Android Themes] takenone:
Hey I got a question is therea way to change the colour of my stock messengers text and background the conversations through the build.prop? Or is that another type of modification

~From my Ascend using the XDA App~
[Android Themes] joenathane:
That would entail modding the mms.apk, but the phone would have to be deodexed first...
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
Here's my framework-res
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I took a look at your framework, it's not very different than most, the theme should work.... I was just looking through your initial post, it seems I didn't read it too well the first time, I can't see why you would get errors having to do with youtube and the market, this theme doesn't modify those apks.

Delete or rename your AndroidThemes folder on your sdcard and download the gingerbread3.5zip and give it another go, let me know how it works out....
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
The FW, does change the Market, it may have adverse affects on the Youtube junk. I have not checked this, as I do not use it. I will look into it, and will msg you my findings. I don't believe that it is an issue, other than needing to update that apk, but, as I said, I will look into it.

EDIT: I am painting my Dinning Room, so it will be a few hours, before I look at it.

I am Sure that Joe, has a better understanding than I do of the FW!
[Android Themes] joenathane:
All programs will use some resources from the framework-res but the theme I put together only modifies the drawable-mdpi and such. He should'nt get any errors when applying the theme that relate to the market or to youtube, I would only expect those errors if the theme modified those apks(as of course some themes do). Unless I'm misunderstanding and Android.Nis is getting those errors after restarting and not while applying the theme, that would imply something else entirely...
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
I am not seeing anything, that would change the YouTube, only the post update to the market. Tho post update only seems to be a minor graphical issue, that is corrected after the first launch and closure of it.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Also his framework doesn't seem to have been modified at all by the theme, unless he restored a backup and then posted that framework...
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
Youtube and Market were examples. A great deal of services didn't work after the morph. Let's try Gingerbread3.5.zip
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
Ok, it works. Thanks Jon, this new zip works like a charm. I don't know how to thank you. Love u! ahahahah thanks again for the support. Bye!

Got only few problems:

1) Dialer is the same as before, maybe the one of the screenshot is different?!

2) I can't see changes in icons like icons in settings

for the rest, statusbar and lock have been morphed.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Sorry about that, the dialer in the picture is the stock Ascend dialer w/ a black background, I can probably make a metamorph for it if you want.

Every Android phone is a little different and so there really is no theme that'll do everything for everyone, I only have the Ascend, it gets the most benefit from this theme...

edit: made a metamorph for the phone, make sure to backup your phone.apk first... Let me know if it works for you...

Second edit: It could be your Contacts.apk that needs to be modified, I only have the Contacts.apk from the Ascend and one from gingerbread and they are quite different, upload your Contacts.apk if the Phone metamorph doesnt work for you and i'll see what I can do...
[Android Themes] k4r1m:
about the HDPI version.. if im running aosp 2.2 will it work on my device? I have a x10..
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I can't see why not...
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
I tried apply this megamorph but it gave an error. I rebooted and nothing happened. Thanks in advance!
[Android Themes] blackthought:
It looks like you got another error too, let me read it to you.

"Error with post, you did not included the type of error you got or even the error message itself, if you want the developer of the theme to be able to help you please repost with the missing information"
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
Hmmm i used to enjoy reading this thread.

Has anyone heard back from any mods about a separate forum?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Ignore that guy, it's best you don't say anything to him or about him. Momma always said never feed the trolls. We really could use our own forum...
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I'm not sure why it would give you an error, what was the nature of the error? Error before, during or after applying?
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Joe, how do I install the buildprop, I tried but I dont think i did it right, can you list a step by step procedure? Thanks in Advance
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Serious problem!! I need all the help i can get. I used the gingerbread3.5 theme for my ascend, and it froze and wouldnt move, so i pulled battery, when i started my phone back up, my phone wont load past the "android" screen, somebody please help me :(
[Android Themes] joenathane:
You'll need a program like root explorer or SUFBS, neither witch are free, either one of these programs are a good buy and will be worth every cent for the life of your phone. Unzip the Build.prop and put in on the root of your sdcard, open Root explorer, mount the system, copy the build.prop from the sdcard and paste it in the system directory. reboot the phone. That's all.

There is another way if you don't want to spend any $$, but you'll need to use adb. After placing the build.prop on your sdcard and with your phone plugged into your computer in debugging mode, you'll run the command:

adb shell

su (make sure your phone is unlocked when you run this command as the super user will pop up and ask for permission)

cd sdcard

cp build.prop /system/build.prop
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Serious problem!! I need all the help i can get. I used the gingerbread3.5 theme for my ascend, and it froze and wouldnt move, so i pulled battery, when i started my phone back up, my phone wont load past the "android" screen, somebody please help me
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Few questions, are you on Cricket or Metro? Also did you install the Amon-Ra recovery and make a backup?
[Android Themes] quail:
Nice theme.

What has been altered in the build.prop file to get this theme to work under Huawei Ascend?, as I have a Huawei IDEOS U8150 and like to get the white clock and date working. :-)
[Android Themes] Android.Nis:
The error was given by the phone service... i cant realize why.
[Android Themes] bigb1324:
yaaaaay!!!!!! Read the location of the post....

Sent from my Huawei Ascend 2.2 Update
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
I am Cricket, and I have no backup whatsoever.
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
I just checked, am not seeing any updates.

Posted from my Ascend, via the XDA app.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
hw_customizetype=02 for the white text

and ro.config.PopupTwink=false to customize the pop ups

If you upload your phone.apk and contacts.apk from your /system/app folder, I'll take a look at what I can do

Should be same way as everyone else, you need to be rooted, have busybox downloaded and installed, usb debugging turned on.... use metamorph with the gingerbread3.5.zip and everything should work fine.

Are you on Cricket or Metro, I'm on Cricket and haven't received anything, luck you...

You'll need to flash back to stock, download this file http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...3&attachmentName=M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip

Unzip and put the dload folder on the root of your sdcard, then with the phone off hold end call + vol up and then tap power... In the future make sure to backup before you try to make any real change on your phone, you'll thank yourself, in the "Official" Ascend thread there are instructions on how to flash the Amon-RA recovery....
[Android Themes] dEris:
Screenshot=

Also, capture the URL if you can from your phone.
[Android Themes] _atlien_:
Would love to see the screenshot of that.
[Android Themes] quail:
thanks, but they not work :-(

got anything else I can try?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Have you tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=535630

Either that or you'll need to use a hex editor and change the values in your styles.xml in your framework-res.apk
[Android Themes] sookieball:
so does this theme work? i'd really like to apply it to my ascend.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Yes sir, it works...
[Android Themes] salas2324:
Prove it with a screen shot atleast
[Android Themes] sookieball:
wooooh woooh huawei ascend 2.2????? do tell!!!

please dont holdout!
[Android Themes] sookieball:
now i know somethings up with the 2.2 update! whats going on! please dont hold out!

Edit: you know how many people
[Android Themes] sookieball:
joenathane thanks! love the theme! looks awesome!
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
If we got the 2.2 update, you would be able to update from the main menu, right? Anyway, i think that was a rumor.

Has anyone found a fix for the drag down portion of the notification bar? Also, the send button when texting has no word until you click it. Can you change the color of the google search bar and power settings and powersaving widget?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Can you describe the problem you have with the notification pull down? I've attached a mod of the Mms app, it'll change the send button and the icon. Which reminds me, the Ascend it odexed, in order to make changes to the apps the'll need to be deodexed, I've deodexed my /system/app folder, I could share if enough people want it, I'll make a separate thread for it... So as of right now, I don't imagine my attachment will work for you while you are odexed....

Edit: for clarification, "De-odex: Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes)"

TL;DR: Deodexing your apps make them easier to theme, there is no other benefit than that.
[Android Themes] sookieball:
what is deodexed and what good will i benifit from it?

my ascend is rooted and what-not and im using the gingerbread theme.

BTW flippin love it! and the keyboard is kick-ass! :D
[Android Themes] joaoennes:
Salaxy S I9000

*Galaxy S I9000

Hi all, I tried to install this theme on my Galaxy S using metamorph, but when the phone reboots...it's like before.

I'm in Doc's v7.6 with the latest busybox installed.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
maybe this would be better suited to your needs

http://android-roms.net/galaxys/2010/12/30/darkys-v7-6-gingerbread-edition/
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I edited my post to clarify...
[Android Themes] BobZhome:
After installing your build.prop file. I would get a "Roaming Indicator Off" scrolling message on the top right hand side where it use to say MetroPCS on the lock screen.

When I put back my saved version of build.prop, MetroPCS message came back.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
I didn't really think about the differences between the Cricket version of the build.prop and Metros. To change it manually edit these values

hw_customizetype=02 for the white text

and ro.config.PopupTwink=false to customize the pop ups

If you upload it, I'll update my OP to include it for Metro users.
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
I have been using Notepad++ to edit my build.prop. I hope this helps.
[Android Themes] BobZhome:
Here is my build.prop file: http://www.mediafire.com/?l4un3ne9e8diu8s
[Android Themes] kobusvdsandt:
when i extract it using metamorph it goes to 39% , then it says the theme is invalid cause the theme control file could be missing..

What should i do?

LG p500

EDIT::: i unzipped it and putted v3 on phone and it worked, then i tried v3.5 and just a black screen! no i have to unbrick my phone again allready unbricked my phone phone 1am this morning, now i have to do it again. this is the third time today all my data was erased. i had to download it all 3 times now.

it my fault i know but i can't help..:(:(

i'll just leave my phone how it is from now on..:(:(:(
[Android Themes] joenathane:
It would appear that there is a custom recovery build for your phone, with it you can make a full backup, so you don't have to erase your data if your phone gets bricked, you can just go back to exactly how your phone was before it got bricked.

The download is here, called RC2

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9278672&postcount=89

The instructions to flash it are here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9012580&postcount=20
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Joe, My phone is not going past the Android start up screen on my Cricket Ascend, and I have no backup at all. I dont care if I lose all my data, I just want my phone to stat back up again, help me? :(
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Sorry, I missed your earlier reply, follow these instructions and you'll be back up and running in no time

download this

http://huaweidevice.com/worldwide/d...3&attachmentName=M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip

copy the dload folder to the root of your sdcard

Power off your phone, press and hold the volume up key + the end call key and then tap the power

your phone will take care of the rest....
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Many problems.

1. That download does not work

2. I dont have acces to my sdcard through my phone because I can't mount it

3. My sdcard cannot come out of my phone
[Android Themes] joenathane:
The download works try it again, sometimes their servers are slow, it that keeps giving you problems download it from here http://www.multiupload.com/VXYIW07P8U

your sdcard should come out of your phone, it's spring loaded so you'll need to press it in and then it'll pop out, just use your nail to press it in...

let me know how it works out for you...
[Android Themes] king_xerxes:
I d/led it a while back for Cricket, and am hosting it on my site:

http://muh****.com/downloads/ You need to read the files and d/l the M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip but be sure to read the docs first!
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Joenathane and king_xerxes

ThANK YOU SOO MUCH! MY PHONE IS WORKING NOW!

Now for the theme, I should get GingerbreadAscend3.5.zip

RIGHT?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
thanks for the build.prop!!!
[Android Themes] cdomin1:
What is the possibility of running this theme on an Android Tablet such as the Telechips X5A-G/X6D?
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
Ok i put the GingerbreadAscend3.5 on my phone, the slide down notification bar was the only difference, The Settings app and Dialer app are still white. But in your theme it was black, How do I get mine like yours?

To Joenathane.
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
You may need to update your build.prop or individual apk's.

Right now I'm looking into removing the battery from the taskbar, since i use a cool battery widget that i think was listed earlier in the thread.
[Android Themes] Chinedu678:
How do I do that?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Honestly don't know, I say give it a shot if you have a nandroid backup made...
[Android Themes] joenathane:
It's all there in the first post, download the build.prop and copy and paste it over the old one, you'll need a program like root explorer or SUBFS in order to do it...
[Android Themes] dEris:
Did I miss something?

this message was sent from space via android
[Android Themes] joenathane:
The metro build.prop seems to be different than the Cricket build.prop so some Metro users were having problems after applying the Cricket one I linked to in the OP
[Android Themes] dEris:
Didnt know you needed it. I've had it for days lol

this message was sent from space via android
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
I wanna keep my lolpink magenta bars. How do you just change the notification letters to black?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Your best bet would be to change the text to black in the build.prop and then modify the progresshorizontal.xml in the framework, either decompile it, make the changes and then recompile it or just use a hex editor to change the color values...
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
I tried that and bricked, so do you know what var to change? Thx
[Android Themes] bugmenever:
Thank you ;) Applied to my X8, though not completely integrated.
[Android Themes] joenathane:
One of my hard drives took a dump, part of a RAID 0 that has all my Android stuff on it, I can't look right now to tell you exactly.... From what I remember I used a hex editor to compare a different theme I downloaded, one had a red progess bar ang the other yellow, to find out where the differences where so i'd know what part to modify. Also the hex color codes are reversed... Once I get a replacement hard drive i'll be able to tell you for sure...

Sorry, about that, every phone is a bit different, if you search you can find out how to tweak your phone to make the theme more to your liking.

For most phones you can use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=535630 to change a lot of the system colors...
[Android Themes] bugmenever:
Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm quite happy about the few elements that got styled ;)
[Android Themes] Fodoom:
Your raid failed?

So it looks like I just look for the reversed hex equivalent of magenta. I dont know if there is one since magenta is in CMYk and hex colors represent RGB correct?
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Yup, really sucks, hard drive just died, glad it wasn't my boot drive, I do have backups that i'll have to restore once the new drive comes in...

it would probably be easier to decompile it

taken apart the last group looks like this, the first 6 characters or the color the last two are the transparency I think...

<item
android:id="@android:0102000D"
>
<clip
>
<shape
>
<corners
android:radius="5.0dip"
>
</corners>
<gradient
android:startColor="#FF40FFFF"
android:endColor="#FF00FFFF"
android:angle="270.0"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:centerColor="#FF30BFBF"
>
</gradient>
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
</layer-list>

If you check this hex color FF40FF http://mrnatural3.tripod.com/tools/colorcheck.html

you'll see it's the magenta we are looking for, just replace the first 6 characters with the hex color you want, of the start, end and center colors(it's a gradient). and recomplie and you'll be good to go..

On second thought, there could be a couple of things going on here, either, one, that's not from our progress_horizontal but from some other one I downloaded, and/or two the values are reversed for the hex color codes, that color above might not be magenta but be yellow... I don't have access to all my files or tools right now to tell you for sure. but now that you have a backup, I'd say play around with it, you should be able to find out real quick whats what...

edit: here is the info straight from google:

Color Resources

Color resources are created in a way very similar to string resources, but with the <color> resource tag. The data for these resources must be a hex color constant of the form "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb". The alpha channel is 0xff (or 0xf) for opaque and 0 for transparent.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color id="opaque_red">#ffff0000</color>
<color id="transparent_red">#80ff0000</color>
<color id="opaque_blue">#0000ff</color>
<color id="opaque_green">#0f0</color>
</resources>

so the alpha channel is the first two characters and the hex color code follows...
[Android Themes] boleminoga:
thx for the version 3.5 but, they change my battery icon (etc.) but the notification bar don't change ;(
[Android Themes] joenathane:
Upload your framework-res.apk and anyother -res.apk file you find under your /system/framework folder, i'll take a look...
[Android Themes] lube123:
Sorry, im a newbie to modding, i don't really understand how to install this, anybody mind to elaborate a bit more? thanks..
[Android Themes] jadden:
1st of all install metamorph from the market ànd create a folder on your SD card called ''Androidthemes'' and then create a folder in that folder called 'gingerbread theme'. Now put the files you downloaded in there. Then go 2 metamorph and chose apply theme click gingerbread and then apply. YOU MUST HAVE BUSYBOX LATEST VERSION INSTALLED AND REMEMBER DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK.

$ent from my bada$$ rooted a$cend
[Android Themes] boleminoga:
here you go