Not sure if this is the right place or not, but I just got my s5 tonight and I would like to theme it a bit by changing some icons. On my old phones, I would just pull framework res or sysUI and replace the pngs I wanted to, then push it back to the phone. It does not look like that is an option since it looks like most everything is qmg now. Should I use Samsung theme designer or do custom roms play nicer with custom themes? I am rooted, but I have not installed safestrap or a rom yet.
Check out themes n apps section.. or search for an app on xda called qmg2png. It'll convert qmg to png for editing
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I would like to take the systemui.apk from the galaxy rom and apply it to the stock honeycomb 3.1 rom, is there away to do such a thing? I ask this because i like the theme from the galaxy rom and am up for a change but i don't want to flash an entire new rom. I ask this assuming that the systemui.apk is responsible for the theme of a rom.
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Just a couple of days ago I themed the Home/Back/Recent Apps icons on the bottom bar to be a different color. All I did was replace those three png files with ones i photo-shopped in the systemUI.apk I used 7zip to replace the pngs within the apk and ES file explorer to replace the systemUI.apk on the tab. If you're interested in more detailed instructions hit me up.
I don't think its all of what you're looking to do but it's a step closer.
no that's not exactly what I am looking for. Although that is cool you should post instructions and screenshots for everyone to see.
Is there a way to change to clors on clock/menues with .50?
Just love how it looks but it would have been nice to change colors from time to time.
Couldnt post in the regular page of .50 since I was an new user.
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Why didnt you search the main thread? It is possible but its not a PA specific feature. To change the colors you need to either edit the SystemUI.apk or download and apply a CM10 theme. The latter being the easiest.
Ok, thank you. Gonna check out the Theme. To edit the SystemUI.APK you need a program or is it just color codes with notepad and such like a cfg?
You can find a bunch of cm10 themes on the play store.
Editing .apks IMO is a pain. If you are doing anything more than swapping out .PNG files you will have to decompile, edit, then recompile. If you want to do that just search around and you will find a tutorial.
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Is it possible to mix-and-match components from different themes? For instance I wanted to use the dialer/contacts, calculator and messaging apps from one theme with another theme but keep the other themed UI components from the second theme. Both themes work on my current rom/kernel setup.
Can I just overwrite the files in the second theme with the stuff I wanted to keep from the first theme? If so, what files would I need?
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Can I just copy over the apks from the one theme into the other or is it more complicated?
Hello guys,
Im building a custom rom which will be pure kitkat base on AOSP and will be name Bleach Xtreme. The problem is that for me to make it original and unique I need to theme it in white instead of any Black from kitkat. I like to see something different and unique. How can I archive theming to white the status bar, navigation background and same for the System Settings, SystemUI like popups etc and few system apps like calculator, etc?
I can use the help and willing to donate if ask or need it.
Thanks
Anyone have some time to guide? I see my concept was already stole on a new rom. Lol
Try using XPOSED Framework with XBLAST TOOLS and/or the Frame work.apk
Not much of a Dev but I know a Lil bit
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Well the problem is that i know how to do that. I want to theme manually the framework-res.apk, Settings.apk and the systemui.apk. I want to theme the rom itself.
Thanks very much for your help
I am trying to learn how the theme a ROM. Example GoldenEye37 ROM (for my personal theme), the only thing I edit was some PNG's (not 9.png)using gimp but every time I try to flash the themed ROM i get this "com.android.keyguard has stopped " or just stuck on Samsung boot. Sorry been at this for 3 days now and normally I am good on searching for the answers. Couldn't find one that worked so far.
Any ideas why?
This is the guide ive been following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251719
Thank You
Edit: So found out my problem in another forum. I was signing the framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk . Signing them was causing the problem.
Now I need to find out when I need to sign the apk and not to, also what zipalign does.
Sorry for making a useless thread. I got impatiant after the 3rd day
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You could also grab a flashable vr theme zip, put all you .png files into their correct places in the flashable zip and zip it up and flash. No need for decompiling/recompiling/signing/zip aligning at all. The VR Theme flashable zip will integrate your .png files into each respective .apk file and do everything for you. You can grab my Red BadAss Flashable Theme and use it as a template. It is made for use on 4.2.2-4.3 roms or 4.4.2 roms. It has checks in it that will see which you have and flash the correct version.
It really is a easier way of making a theme. It will allow you to put .png, .9.png, .xml, or any other file type used inside the .apk and will change it for you.
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RockRatt said:
You could also grab a flashable vr theme zip, put all you .png files into their correct places in the flashable zip and zip it up and flash. No need for decompiling/recompiling/signing/zip aligning at all. The VR Theme flashable zip will integrate your .png files into each respective .apk file and do everything for you. You can grab my Red BadAss Flashable Theme and use it as a template. It is made for use on 4.2.2-4.3 roms or 4.4.2 roms. It has checks in it that will see which you have and flash the correct version.
It really is a easier way of making a theme. It will allow you to put .png, .9.png, .xml, or any other file type used inside the .apk and will change it for you.
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Thank you! I really appreciate it. Love your work! I downloaded your Red Badass theme to use as a template.
I want to theme different custom roms.
1.Do I just delete the framework, systemUI...etc..files you made in there and replace it with my theme?
2. Do I need to do anything to META-INF folder for different Roms 4.4.2 I want to theme?
3. What do you mean by zip it up and flash? Do I need a tool for this?
My apologies if my questions are common sense. I'm just starting to learn on my free time. I'm really good at building circuits/electronics though [emoji2]
Haha!
stric85 said:
Thank you! I really appreciate it. Love your work! I downloaded your Red Badass theme to use as a template.
I want to theme different custom roms.
1.Do I just delete the framework, systemUI...etc..files you made in there and replace it with my theme?
2. Do I need to do anything to META-INF folder for different Roms 4.4.2 I want to theme?
3. What do you mean by zip it up and flash? Do I need a tool for this?
My apologies if my questions are common sense. I'm just starting to learn on my free time. I'm really good at building circuits/electronics though [emoji2]
Haha!
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1) I would suggest that you delete out all of the .PNG files inside of each folder, then add your .PNG files into the correct folders where they came from.
2) The Meta file should not need to be replaced and should work on any touchwiz 4.4.2 based ROM. When you unzip my theme you will see different folder right away. You will see "system" and "system4.3" inside. The one labeled "system" will work on 4.4.2 based Roms, the one labeled "system4.3" will work on 4.2 and 4.3 based Roms. Likewise for the other folders like "vrtheme" =4.4.2 and "vrtheme4.3" =4.2.2 and 4.3 based Roms.
3) Once you have put all your .PNG files into their respective folders, then you can use Root Explorer (on the phone) to ZIP the theme back up. Or you could use a PC based software to zip the theme back up (if your working on a PC to change out the .PNG files). Once it is zipped up you can put it on your phone and use your custom recovery/safestrap recovery to flash the created zip file.
Any further questions feel free to ask, I can help as needed.
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1) I would suggest that you delete out all of the .PNG files inside of each folder, then add your .PNG files into the correct folders where they came from.
2) The Meta file should not need to be replaced and should work on any touchwiz 4.4.2 based ROM. When you unzip my theme you will see different folder right away. You will see "system" and "system4.3" inside. The one labeled "system" will work on 4.4.2 based Roms, the one labeled "system4.3" will work on 4.2 and 4.3 based Roms. Likewise for the other folders like "vrtheme" =4.4.2 and "vrtheme4.3" =4.2.2 and 4.3 based Roms.
3) Once you have put all your .PNG files into their respective folders, then you can use Root Explorer (on the phone) to ZIP the theme back up. Or you could use a PC based software to zip the theme back up (if your working on a PC to change out the .PNG files). Once it is zipped up you can put it on your phone and use your custom recovery/safestrap recovery to flash the created zip file.
Any further questions feel free to ask, I can help as needed.
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hey um quick question. theres a theme out there called forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467075. How can i apply this theme to the samsung touchqiz stock rom. Im rooted withs afestrap and i backed up my current rom. If i extract the apkj i see a bunch of files pertaining to the system/fonts/wallpapaer. will moving these to /SYSTEM apply the theme being that stock roms lack a theme engine. Or do you know of any other way to apply this theme.
**THANKS IN ADVANCE
androidfine16 said:
hey um quick question. theres a theme out there called forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467075. How can i apply this theme to the samsung touchqiz stock rom. Im rooted withs afestrap and i backed up my current rom. If i extract the apkj i see a bunch of files pertaining to the system/fonts/wallpapaer. will moving these to /SYSTEM apply the theme being that stock roms lack a theme engine. Or do you know of any other way to apply this theme.
**THANKS IN ADVANCE
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I checked out the link a bit. It is made for CM11. You could grab all the PNG files and copy them into the vrtheme flashable zip. BUT you will need to RENAME ALL/MOST of the .pngs for use on a Touchwiz based rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467075
It is a lot of work, but can be done. I did it with one of my themes from an older phone where I had a Touchwiz Based Theme and a CM/AOKP Based ROM Themes.
There is no way just to flash it as Touchwiz does not use the theme engine.
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I checked out the link a bit. It is made for CM11. You could grab all the PNG files and copy them into the vrtheme flashable zip. BUT you will need to RENAME ALL/MOST of the .pngs for use on a Touchwiz based rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467075
It is a lot of work, but can be done. I did it with one of my themes from an older phone where I had a Touchwiz Based Theme and a CM/AOKP Based ROM Themes.
There is no way just to flash it as Touchwiz does not use the theme engine.
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Okay so forget about flashjng it on or applying it via theme engine. How about remove touchwiz all together and use this theme/up instead .
Lol I really don't want to do the whole renaming/editing to get this to work right.
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