Credit goes to auni for giving the idea.
As we all know that the DefaultThemes.apk in xperia arc (dont know about others) contains 7 themes. My friend auni wanted to increase this count to 10-12.So i have been working on it from past 3 days and unfortunately am not getting any success as its the first time am trying such thing.
Am able to edit the xml and smali files properly but its the recompiling thing thats creating the problem (as far as i think).
My question here is that has anybody tried doing this thing, i mean i have heard people talking about it but has anyone actually did this in real, cause that might help me a bit!
Here is what i do...
1. Decompile DefaultThemes.apk using apktool
2.Edit the res folder and android manifest file
3.Recompile the file (using apktool offcorse) but something unusual happenes everytime i try it, still i get the files.
4. Push it using adb without signing it as its a system app.
Sometimes it work...but the files i added or modded won't be there.
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Check out the "Black and White Theme", it has more backgrounds than the stock DefaultThemes.apk
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Check out the "Black and White Theme", it has more backgrounds than the stock DefaultThemes.apk
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More backgrounds...as in more themes to apply? Can you please post the link of the thread?
[Edit] its just the system background...number of themes are same as that in the stock apk!
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A lot of stock apps as well as core .jar files in the framework folder depend on the Default Themes. I reckon it is not possible to increase the number of themes without breaking something else, if at all. And it is not really necessary as we can only use one theme at a time after all.
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A lot of stock apps as well as core .jar files in the framework folder depend on the Default Themes. I reckon it is not possible to increase the number of themes without breaking something else, if at all. And it is not really necessary as we can only use one theme at a time after all.
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You are right about using one theme at a time...but imagine if its possile, m a guy who keeps on changing the theme every now and then. And changing the res folder eveytime i need new themes is something i wanna skip! Am curiois how things work in my phone as its the first time i havr dared to do something like this! I read somewhere on xds written that everything is possible...! Thanks for enlightening, will get my hands on the framework tooo! B-)
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I too want to believe everything is possible, it's the very core of XDA community.
However, Sony has done quite the changes on Android. The disappointing part is, SemcGenericUxpRes.apk (the Sony framework) cannot be decompiled and recompiled correctly until we have the Sony UXP sources, which is very unlikely to happen ever. I am not suggesting you give up, just preparing you for the most possible outcome.
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iridaki said:
I too want to believe everything is possible, it's the very core of XDA community.
However, Sony has done quite the changes on Android. The disappointing part is, SemcGenericUxpRes.apk (the Sony framework) cannot be decompiled and recompiled correctly until we have the Sony UXP sources, which is very unlikely to happen ever. I am not suggesting you give up, just preparing you for the most possible outcome.
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iridaki said:
I too want to believe everything is possible, it's the very core of XDA community.
However, Sony has done quite the changes on Android. The disappointing part is, SemcGenericUxpRes.apk (the Sony framework) cannot be decompiled and recompiled correctly until we have the Sony UXP sources, which is very unlikely to happen ever. I am not suggesting you give up, just preparing you for the most possible outcome.
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Am getting a feeling that even you tried this thing!! Did you?
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Fuel-The-Droid said:
Am getting a feeling that even you tried this thing!! Did you?
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Yes, as a matter of fact I have tried to include an extra transparent theme to Theme Manager but it was a dead end. I ended up working around it rather than on it.
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Yes, as a matter of fact I have tried to include an extra transparent theme to Theme Manager but it was a dead end. I ended up working around it rather than on it.
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And i thought i was the first to try this! Lol
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Fuel-The-Droid said:
And i thought i was the first to try this! Lol
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You might be the first to get it right though!
You need to focus in decompiling and recompiling SemcGenericUxpRes.apk successfully before doing anything because this is the SE framework and Theme Manager is controlled by it, not framework-res.apk.
Other files of interest would be framework.jar, probably android.policy.jar and maybe core.jar. Also Conversations, InfiniteView, TimeScape and their extensions are affected. Good luck!
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Check out the "Black and White Theme", it has more backgrounds than the stock DefaultThemes.apk
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@Varun: I believe Flow95 was referring to this theme. This thread.
Black & White Theme
This one indeed contains 14 themes in total. 7 are SONY's stock themes and 7 other are added by the developer. Thanks to Dev. Great work.
But there are many other files were included as iridaki mentioned.
And I tried only the DefaultThemes.apk from the B&W package, it didn't worked. I can only access the Stock themes. Other themes were not accessible. For that i believe i need to flash many other files that were included in the package.
iridaki said:
You might be the first to get it right though!
You need to focus in decompiling and recompiling SemcGenericUxpRes.apk successfully before doing anything because this is the SE framework and Theme Manager is controlled by it, not framework-res.apk.
Other files of interest would be framework.jar, probably android.policy.jar and maybe core.jar. Also Conversations, InfiniteView, TimeScape and their extensions are affected. Good luck!
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Phew! So much files to get my hands on! Will surely try it after m done with my exams! Btw thanks mate!
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auni said:
@Varun: I believe Flow95 was referring to this theme. This thread.
Black & White Theme
This one indeed contains 14 themes in total. 7 are SONY's stock themes and 7 other are added by the developer. Thanks to Dev. Great work.
But there are many other files were included as iridaki mentioned.
And I tried only the DefaultThemes.apk from the B&W package, it didn't worked. I can only access the Stock themes. Other themes were not accessible. For that i believe i need to flash many other files that were included in the package.
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Installed the theme ( or tried to) via recovery but my phone aborts the installation. Will try to push them manually. But this might be the file we are searching for....as it got the files iridaki was talking about.!
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Off topic... thats my girlfriend with me in my display picture...! :-D
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Fuel-The-Droid said:
Off topic... thats my girlfriend with me in my display picture...! :-D
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Related
I was wondering if someone with a bit more experience could help me out? This may not be possible till source is out but hey no hurt in trying. If so when source is available then I will know where the files I need are located.
Here's what I found in my research so far...
I see a keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml and keyguard_screen_tab_unlock_land.xml that are used in framework-res.apk as well as the 4 holo drawable's.
Then I found the WaveView.smali files in framework.jar widget folder.
Also in android.policy.jar impl folder is LockScreen$WaveViewMethods.smali.
Here is a link to the files I pulled out - http://bit.ly/fJpF6V
Any help would be awesome, again I have no clue if this is possible?
If the Honeycomb lockscreen could be ported to phones it would be genuinely amazing!
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If the Honeycomb lockscreen could be ported to phones it would be genuinely amazing!
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Ditto. Wish I could be of assistance. G'luck!
via blue gingerbreaded 32b magic
Made some progress and got the .jar's compiled and the framework-res.apk compiled as well Only a few errors left - http://goo.gl/XC9v6 I think I just need to use all the honeycomb lockscreen stuff and it may just work I'm still experimenting and really hope this works...
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Made some progress and got the .jar's compiled and the framework-res.apk compiled as well Only a few errors left - http://goo.gl/XC9v6 I think I just need to use all the honeycomb lockscreen stuff and it may just work I'm still experimenting and really hope this works...
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Nice. Im feining for this Ill be glad to test when you have something cooked up
This is exciting.
This will be awesome
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This will be awesome
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++++++++1
Good luck guys, i'd love to see this finished
But, wouldn't it just be far easier to re-create it rather than to port it?
Hope you get this working, I would love to use the Honycomb lockscreen =D
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I was wondering if someone with a bit more experience could help me out? This may not be possible till source is out but hey no hurt in trying. If so when source is available then I will know where the files I need are located.
Here's what I found in my research so far...
I see a keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml and keyguard_screen_tab_unlock_land.xml that are used in framework-res.apk as well as the 4 holo drawable's.
Then I found the WaveView.smali files in framework.jar widget folder.
Also in android.policy.jar impl folder is LockScreen$WaveViewMethods.smali.
Here is a link to the files I pulled out - http://bit.ly/fJpF6V
Any help would be awesome, again I have no clue if this is possible?
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I ! This is for flash to recovery or not ?? Thank s
Is there a way to rename the files and NinjaMorph them in place of the original lock screen files?
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Screenshots??? Or is that a no go??
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I suppose we will be able to get it after the source code or files or even the Xoom come out maybe
I think adding the lock screen from scratch may be easier. I have the files we need decompiled here...
http://pastebin.com/SDf0mi3f
http://pastebin.com/C1fG0kQn
http://pastebin.com/JZe1N0kR
http://pastebin.com/W77DsMAs
http://pastebin.com/3vaqQVJQ
http://pastebin.com/tsXvu3H0
http://pastebin.com/DkDHpKyy
you asked for a dump from the xoom. it would be really nice to get it. i'm lookin' for the boot animation. that would be the best imaginable live wallpaper
This would be sweet
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any more info on this?
Nice going hax. I cannot wait till you get this working and fit it into your theme.
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Mylenthes said:
Nice going hax. I cannot wait till you get this working and fit it into your theme.
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OMG YES!!! cuz im actually not liking the current "honeycomb wannabe lockscreen" thats out
So hey, i got tired of that graphic glitch, extracted the apk and decompiled it and looked thru the xml's and found errors in 2 of them (icon_camera_selector.xml & icon_play_selector.xml) and fixed what png's they called for.. camera selector was referencing pngs in com.htc.resources.apk that were the wrong ones obviously, and the play_selector.xml was referencing 2 play png icons in it too, i copied those from the htc apk and put them in the camera apk and fixed the xml..
original fixed apk:View attachment HTCCamera.apk
my question is, how could something like this happen? from what i can see its almost like someone used some app or script that constructed this apk from scratch and it "guessed" what the files where supposed to be..? i dont know...
FIX UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11900569&postcount=41
Don't using apk tool to decompile it. There are a lot of bugs to decompile the system APK.
You have using HEX Editor software like UltraEditor to modify the APK to fix the resource issue.
Can you explain what are the "graphic glitches" you are talking of?
Thanks!
iamgpc said:
Don't using apk tool to decompile it. There are a lot of bugs to decompile the system APK.
You have using HEX Editor software like UltraEditor to modify the APK to fix the resource issue.
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hmm, ive used apk manager for awhile, and i see that it does use apk tool, but ive decompiled and recompiled so many xmls with it and as long as i do things in a certain order and the right way, it hasnt failed me..
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Can you explain what are the "graphic glitches" you are talking of?
Thanks!
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you know, the thundercloud, wish list or globe (it seems to vary)..
its supposed to be a 54x54 png, but it was set to access a 200x200 png...
Im curious, does anyone know of a version of the camera apk or a build that its in that doesnt crash when you hit the send button in review?
i want to compare some code and see if maybe i can spot where the issue might be..
pyrorob said:
hmm, ive used apk manager for awhile, and i see that it does use apk tool, but ive decompiled and recompiled so many xmls with it and as long as i do things in a certain order and the right way, it hasnt failed me..
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Because of the htccamera is using the HTC customize resource, it will fail on decompile and recompile.
You mush modify from hex code, there is no easy way to use some tools to fix it.
htc camera force close
force close on gpc pure gingerbread 2.0c over n over
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Im curious, does anyone know of a version of the camera apk or a build that its in that doesnt crash when you hit the send button in review?
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In my memory, no body fix it
You can fix by yourself, it is very easy to do, just waste a lot of times
I had fix Thunder-cloud before, it is more complicated than this issue.
iamgpc said:
Because of the htccamera is using the HTC customize resource, it will fail on decompile and recompile.
You mush modify from hex code, there is no easy way to use some tools to fix it.
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wow the "iamgpc"? good to meet you sir.....your gpc pure gingerbread is my daily driver thank you much for all your builds
gh0zt36 said:
force close on gpc pure gingerbread 2.0c over n over
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it's for desired hd build and not for gb.
iamgpc said:
Because of the htccamera is using the HTC customize resource, it will fail on decompile and recompile.
You mush modify from hex code, there is no easy way to use some tools to fix it.
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jose makalolot said:
it's for desired hd build and not for gb.
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oops haha now i hafta go find a gb camera hehe
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oops haha now i hafta go find a gb camera hehe
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there is one in themes and apps...
it is an miui camera app. works better than stock gb camera app.
Well On the 1.84 Builds - The Review Doesn't work ..
You Get graphic error DURING Review ..
Your ONLY Option was/is To Turn Off Review ..
CMY Made a Ver That Disabled The Review Totally.
Most Important to me anyway Is The Review! I Use My Phone For Work.
And Its Nice To See The Pictures So I Know They Are Good ..
The send button in review - is a Different Issue ..
And I Never Use It Much Anyway .. Would Be Nice If It Got Fixed
iamgpc said:
Because of the htccamera is using the HTC customize resource, it will fail on decompile and recompile.
You mush modify from hex code, there is no easy way to use some tools to fix it.
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well, i dont know what to say, i decompiled it with no issues, i identified 2 xml's that were using resources in the htc resource apk, fixed those xmls to point to the right ones in the camera apk, recompiled and installed, and its working just fine.. as far as i can tell it had no built in dependence towards the htc resource apk..
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Well On the 1.84 Builds - The Review Doesn't work ..
You Get graphic error DURING Review ..
Your ONLY Option was/is To Turn Off Review ..
CMY Made a Ver That Disabled The Review Totally.
Most Important to me anyway Is The Review! I Use My Phone For Work.
And Its Nice To See The Pictures So I Know They Are Good ..
The send button in review - is a Different Issue ..
And I Never Use It Much Anyway .. Would Be Nice If It Got Fixed
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well the build im working with right now is imilka's RAM Desire HD v1.0 and its based on the 1.84 oem build, so thats what this camera apk is from and fixed for, i know about cmy's fix, which really isnt, since like you said all it does is disable review, this fixes that...
jose makalolot said:
there is one in themes and apps...
it is an miui camera app. works better than stock gb camera app.
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thank you sir ....... that camera is ported for cm7 gb and it wont install on gpc_pure_gingerbread
This has already been done, a while ago. But hey thanks for not searching!
Thread reported.
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and if your still too lazy to search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959927&highlight=thundercloud
MotoMudder77 said:
This has already been done, a while ago. But hey thanks for not searching!
Thread reported.
EDIT::
and if your still too lazy to search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959927&highlight=thundercloud
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reported for what? you were able to take out the globe and thunder cloud without disabling the review? can you share your file?
edit: it just disable the review and did not correct the error.
MotoMudder77 said:
This has already been done, a while ago. But hey thanks for not searching!
Thread reported.
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and if your still too lazy to search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959927&highlight=thundercloud
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yeah, i should report you for not reading... the thread you "quoted" doesnt offer an actual fix, it just disables review, this actually fixes the graphic issue and not just disables it so you dont see it..
the fricking balls on some people.. call me lazy, hey heres a tip! try not to be a jerk.
pyrorob said:
yeah, i should report you for not reading... the thread you "quoted" doesnt offer an actual fix, it just disables review, this actually fixes the graphic issue and not just disables it so you dont see it..
the fricking balls on some people.. call me lazy, hey heres a tip! try not to be a jerk.
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+1... should have been reporting himself.
Just Installed a backup Of Cmys Rom .. Uses 1.84 Base ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915159
And .. I Now Have Review ! Nice Job!
Thanks for taking the Time to look at this!
Some People .. What Ya Going to do with them :{
I am desparate to steal a few ICons from the nexus 4 kitakata for the white battery etc.
to give to Hercules device aka sgs2. so I look inside system/apps and not one there. look other places that I would never look for it , not there either of course.. so I think well they have hidden it somehow.. I use the kitchen to tear down the images and of course no systemui in /system/apps there either.
Can someone please tell me what they are doing with systemUI.apk what and where it is now...
:laugh: am I crazy??
I am not sure I looked for the nexus systemui.apk before on say 4.2.2
. maybe everyone knows but me haha.
thanks for any help and answers.
Rushing said:
I am desparate to steal a few ICons from the nexus 4 kitakata for the white battery etc.
to give to Hercules device aka sgs2. so I look inside system/apps and not one there. look other places that I would never look for it , not there either of course.. so I think well they have hidden it somehow.. I use the kitchen to tear down the images and of course no systemui in /system/apps there either.
Can someone please tell me what they are doing with systemUI.apk what and where it is now...
:laugh: am I crazy??
I am not sure I looked for the nexus systemui.apk before on say 4.2.2
. maybe everyone knows but me haha.
thanks for any help and answers.
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System Ui is under system priv-app
However google screwed with a few things battery wise. They coded it into smali or java, one of those two. So you can't just chnage images and xml anymore in system ui. There's a thread in themes and apps that does it though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529236
22sl22 said:
System Ui is under system priv-app
However google screwed with a few things battery wise. They coded it into smali or java, one of those two. So you can't just chnage images and xml anymore in system ui. There's a thread in themes and apps that does it though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529236
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Thank You! Cheers!
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Use This Module of mine to enjoy Xperia Theme.
NOTE : IF THE THEME DOES NOR WORKS FOR SOME REASON THEN TRY WITH ROOT & SUPERUSER MOD/PATCHED SERVICES.JAR
Credits :
Sony for this awesome possibility to Theme our Xperia™ Devices.
LG for Graphical Assets.
@hoangnova for his public links to download LG G3 Apps from this THREAD.
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demonicangell™ said:
playstore links are dead : Not Found. We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.
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They will take some time to go live.
So wiat till they are live and then try again.
SArnab©® said:
They will take some time to go live.
So wiat till they are live and then try again.
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ok it is live now
sorry dude i wouldent pay for a theme, lol no matter how good it looks, it dont float my boat looks like sony stock ,regards joe,NOTE : IF THE THEME DOES NOR WORKS FOR SOME REASON THEN TRY WITH ROOT & SUPERUSER MOD/PATCHED SERVICES.JAR. lol
You missed smth in the theme, in the original LG firmwares the on/off switches are like real light switches
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You missed smth in the theme, in the original LG firmwares the on/off switches are like real light switches
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lol i missed that one,
joecool666 said:
sorry dude i wouldent pay for a theme, lol no matter how good it looks, it dont float my boat looks like sony stock ,regards joe,NOTE : IF THE THEME DOES NOR WORKS FOR SOME REASON THEN TRY WITH ROOT & SUPERUSER MOD/PATCHED SERVICES.JAR. lol
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It's totally OK. It's your hard earned money and you have the total control over it's usage. I shared my work in both free and paid forms so that users can test and then only buy if they want to.
I too don't buy apps that often but if a paid app is useful then I wouldn't think twice.
I myself like the stock Sony look but that doesn't means that we shouldn't try new things.
For the note, I have root but not patched services.jar or superusermod but theme works.
Yet it has been previously reported that some themes fail to work that's why I wrote that.
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You missed smth in the theme, in the original LG firmwares the on/off switches are like real light switches
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Did I said that the theme is completed?
It's just the initial version and you are complaining about absence of assets.
If you had ever tried to make Xperia™ Theme then you will understand why Switches are absent.
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lol i missed that one,
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Read the quote above.
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SArnab©® said:
It's totally OK. It's your hard earned money and you have the total control over it's usage. I shared my work in both free and paid forms so that users can test and then only buy if they want to.
I too don't buy apps that often but if a paid app is useful then I wouldn't think twice.
I myself like the stock Sony look but that doesn't means that we shouldn't try new things.
For the note, I have root but not patched services.jar or superusermod but theme works.
Yet it has been previously reported that some themes fail to work that's why I wrote that.
Did I said that the theme is completed?
It's just the initial version and you are complaining about absence of assets.
If you had ever tried to make Xperia™ Theme then you will understand why Switches are absent.
Read the quote above.
well why you selling a app if it's not complete, but it's all good, hope it sells well good luck, kind regards joe,
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well why you selling a app if it's not complete, but it's all good, hope it sells well good luck, kind regards joe,
joecool666 said:
well why you selling a app if it's not complete, but it's all good, hope it sells well good luck, kind regards joe,
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I am selling it because it's useable.
An app/theme can never be complete. There will be something or the other to add/update.
That means I or anybody should never sell anything??
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SArnab©® said:
I am selling it because it's useable.
An app/theme can never be complete. There will be something or the other to add/update.
That means I or anybody should never sell anything??
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it's all good, hope it sells well good luck, kind regards joe,
Honestly your price tag is way steap. No offense and you are allowed to charge whatever you want but may I suggest coming down on the price a bit. Notice anyone else selling xperia themes here on xda? Not saying you shouldn't be selling it but I'm pretty sure it's the reason you're getting so much negativity.
Good luck with the theme. It looks promising.
Jammol said:
Honestly your price tag is way steap. No offense and you are allowed to charge whatever you want but may I suggest coming down on the price a bit. Notice anyone else selling xperia themes here on xda? Not saying you shouldn't be selling it but I'm pretty sure it's the reason you're getting so much negativity.
Good luck with the theme. It looks promising.
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Thank you for your suggestions.
You see the negativity is not due to the price but differences in thinking.
I provided a free version with adequate theming if not much.
I linked to my guide and xposed module if someone wants to make his/her own theme or try before buying.
I am not forcing anyone to buy my theme.
They want 100% of everything at a little or no cost but as a user everyone needs to understand that that's not possible.
I am trying my best to provide the community with good content.
For that am charging a small amount which gives me boost to work better.
I don't work alone. We are a team. I will discuss with my team members for the price.
Once again thanks for your suggestions.
I truly appreciate your help.
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SArnab©® said:
Thank you for your suggestions.
You see the negativity is not due to the price but differences in thinking.
I provided a free version with adequate theming if not much.
I linked to my guide and xposed module if someone wants to make his/her own theme or try before buying.
I am not forcing anyone to buy my theme.
They want 100% of everything at a little or no cost but as a user everyone needs to understand that that's not possible.
I am trying my best to provide the community with good content.
For that am charging a small amount which gives me boost to work better.
I don't work alone. We are a team. I will discuss with my team members for the price.
Once again thanks for your suggestions.
I truly appreciate your help.
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Points taken. I definitely understand what you mean about the 100% of everything at no cost. I do appreciate your work though. I really like your Android L theme that you made, I'm rocking that one now on my ZU.
Anyways I do look forward to see how this theme will progress. I do have one request; and that is to not keep the Free version too far behind the paid version. I have seen so many Devs that provide a Free version to their Themes and don't update them. Maybe it's a time strain, I don't know but it would be nice to keep them maybe 1 version apart and that should spark the interests for trials to become buyers.
Cheers
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Points taken. I definitely understand what you mean about the 100% of everything at no cost. I do appreciate your work though. I really like your Android L theme that you made, I'm rocking that one now on my ZU.
Anyways I do look forward to see how this theme will progress. I do have one request; and that is to not keep the Free version too far behind the paid version. I have seen so many Devs that provide a Free version to their Themes and don't update them. Maybe it's a time strain, I don't know but it would be nice to keep them maybe 1 version apart and that should spark the interests for trials to become buyers.
Cheers
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Ya actually it's a time strain to provide support for 2 versions at the same time and as a Dev I need to keep the paid version updated for showing Thankfulness to all those bought the theme.
But that certainly dose not means that I will never update the free version.
Right now I am trying to add Boot animation changer to Xperia Themes[Only Paid for now] as one can with CM11 themes. Taking backup of original one works. Moving bootanimation.zip from Theme App to sd-card works too. Now I need to figure out how to apply the theme bootanimation.zip. I tried 3 different methods but all failed.
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Ya actually it's a time strain to provide support for 2 versions at the same time and as a Dev I need to keep the paid version updated for showing Thankfulness to all those bought the theme.
But that certainly dose not means that I will never update the free version.
Right now I am trying to add Boot animation changer to Xperia Themes[Only Paid for now] as one can with CM11 themes. Taking backup of original one works. Moving bootanimation.zip from Theme App to sd-card works too. Now I need to figure out how to apply the theme bootanimation.zip. I tried 3 different methods but all failed.
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Awesome. When you say it's failing to apply, do you mean moving the animation from the sdcard to the media folder?
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Awesome. When you say it's failing to apply, do you mean moving the animation from the sdcard to the media folder?
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Yup that's what I exactly mean.
As Sony didn't added direct support for this in Xperia Themes, I searched for workarounds.
Do you have any idea of moving it to Media folder from sd card?
SArnab©® said:
Yup that's what I exactly mean.
As Sony didn't added direct support for this in Xperia Themes, I searched for workarounds.
Do you have any idea of moving it to Media folder from sd card?
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Seeing that it's failing I have a feeling it has to do with mounting and setting permissions. I am in no way a coder/dev of anything, but is there a way for you to add a command string to have the xperia themer(when applying the theme), send a command to a root browser program to do the copying and setting of permissions for you? Kind of how Tasker works.
SArnab©® said:
It's totally OK. It's your hard earned money and you have the total control over it's usage. I shared my work in both free and paid forms so that users can test and then only buy if they want to.
I too don't buy apps that often but if a paid app is useful then I wouldn't think twice.
I myself like the stock Sony look but that doesn't means that we shouldn't try new things.
For the note, I have root but not patched services.jar or superusermod but theme works.
Yet it has been previously reported that some themes fail to work that's why I wrote that.
Did I said that the theme is completed?
It's just the initial version and you are complaining about absence of assets.
If you had ever tried to make Xperia™ Theme then you will understand why Switches are absent.
Read the quote above.
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You are takeing it hard, i wasnt complaining it was just a observation. Great work keep up the good job.
OH and PS: I am do make themes, and i know what it involves.
beniamin24 said:
You are takeing it hard, i wasnt complaining it was just a observation. Great work keep up the good job.
OH and PS: I am do make themes, and i know what it involves.
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That theme making part was not for you.. @beniamin24 Sorry, it was actually for you but I didn't meant to offend you. I didn't took it hard either. Actually I should say thank you. These comments help me make my works even better.
hey, i just want to play with this tool, i got the 3.0 version, but its dosnt support 7.0
can someone give me a link to download this?
would appreciate it....
https://resources.samsungdevelopers.com/Galaxy_Devices/Theme_Products/020_Design_and_Develop_Theme_Products/010_Install_the_Samsung_Mobile_Theme_Editor try here
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https://resources.samsungdevelopers...s/010_Install_the_Samsung_Mobile_Theme_Editor try here
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You need to be verified that that works
For having the theme editor from that link, meaning officially, you have to prove that you're a good designer and some of your works, in order to let Samsung "graphic team" to decide if you're worthy to became a "themer" and to download their tool.
I've tried several times last year, when I had the S7, and even if I've made some best and most downloaded HTC themes, even if I'm a graphic designer, even if I've proven my skills...they've always rejected my request...
No matter if in the Samsung Store most of the themes are ABSOLUTELY S*IT (sorry to say that, but hey...just take a look at the 80% of the themes out there...I mean...just take a look and tell by yourself) and finding one or two themes worthy of download is like finding an oasis into a desert...
Sad about that...just hope that SUBSTRATUM will soon cover the entire Samsung system theming module...THIS will be the real deal...
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For having the theme editor from that link, meaning officially, you have to prove that you're a good designer and some of your works, in order to let Samsung "graphic team" to decide if you're worthy to became a "themer" and to download their tool.
I've tried several times last year, when I had the S7, and even if I've made some best and most downloaded HTC themes, even if I'm a graphic designer, even if I've proven my skills...they've always rejected my request...
No matter if in the Samsung Store most of the themes are ABSOLUTELY S*IT (sorry to say that, but hey...just take a look at the 80% of the themes out there...I mean...just take a look and tell by yourself) and finding one or two themes worthy of download is like finding an oasis into a desert...
Sad about that...just hope that SUBSTRATUM will soon cover the entire Samsung system theming module...THIS will be the real deal...
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agreed..hw the hell they approve all the theme in the market...
all the designs on the store are from Samsung. they make it look like there are other designers but its only so it doesnt look like a monopoly. or they source from a third party company.
Yeah there's a lot of crap in there. I like a lot of Hiten Soni stuff. Nebu UI is my go to with Swift Black taking care of a lot of user apps.
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Yeah there's a lot of crap in there. I like a lot of Hiten Soni stuff. Nebu UI is my go to with Swift Black taking care of a lot of user apps.
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hmm...... so that are the themes you like hmm? .... nvmd, i need to kick someone out of one of my tg chats... ;D
DD S8.... that's all you need to know
Did anyone ever find a download for this? Samsung's application process is screwed to say the least. Some of their allowed themes are complete trash, but they block people from being able to create better ones.
I can't get it
New version 5.0.50
any source
for 5.0.50
share it please the old one can't support 7.0
I agree most I see in there are crap that you even have to pay for. I tried also. Have a cool Ninja theme with cool icons and everything and still can't get approved.
I do think though they look at image optimization which is still not the best even with those that have been approved.
Better to just find a download somehow. I doubt though you will find anyone willing to blow their own access to make it available to all.
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So is installing this app on your PC let you make your own theme so you can apply to your own phone?
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mgdorbit said:
So is installing this app on your PC let you make your own theme so you can apply to your own phone?
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In theory it should work.
Created .apk just wallpaper, but the phone do not see new wallpaper when i install .apk . Friends, someone can help? Where am I wrong?
Create a theme with the old program than change the api in the xml with apk editor to 26 maximum 19 minimum and install it on your phone then move the xml file from trialjson to userjson
[REQ] Samsung Mobile Theme Editor 7.0.16
Portos2008 said:
[REQ] Samsung Mobile Theme Editor 7.0.16
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Where ???