Hello, I'm fairly new to the whole customization thing. I've got a rooted Droid 1 and am running UltimateDroid 2.0 right now. After looking at some of the posts on digitalvanity.me, I've taken more and more liking to transparent notification bars.
In order to implement this, would I have to go in manually and play around with this? My only fear is that since I'm not as experienced as others that I might accidentally mess up and brick it.
Any advice?
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As long as you do a nandroid backup you shouldn't have too much to worry about but anything you do to customize, you run that risk. I would experiment with other ROMs to find the look your going for, personally I like cyanogen mod and liquids ROMs the best but they all have their benifits and draw backs. Good Luck and welcome to the world of modification.
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I'll just start and hopefully I don't mess up
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Would you please be so kind and post the .zip file?ยจ
I also want the transparent bar for my Milestone but cant find it anywhere..
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Ok so before I start to tackle this 100%,I want some thoughts on what I have planned. Ive already made a Frankenstein android bot for the notification backdrop 75% transparincy,on black 50% trans.Ive made several launcherPro icons for the dock.I am also going through each ringtone,notification and alarm and amping them up sound wise and putting an N behind each title indicating it should be used as a notification to increase the sound level just like it was an actual ringtone sound level. Im going to try and keep the theme mostly black,but Ive never been a fan of all one shade of color for all the notification icons,so they will be diffrent,and as the name says,I will pull icons from many ROMs to make this one.I was using Super heroes 2.2.4 as a base,but he has started using Mammons Bonzai4all,so I might switch.But I will tweak it the way I want before I post it up...Any more suggestions or if someone wants to help let me know what you can do,this will not go prime time for atleast 2 weeks,I need to make a boot ani,and shutdown ani,I have the sound bite from Young Frankenstein,Gene Wilder," alive,Its alive,ITS ALIVE" ,look it up,sounds awesome for a startup.And Ive included it as a ringtone,alarm,notification,2 versions for each,one normal,one amped up.
I really want to see how big the interest is for something like this.
I know how fast things get burried arond here,so Ill bump this,wont do that often.But really want to se if there is an interest before I put the real work in...
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Interested.... mock-up pics (or actual pics) for more feedback.
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Ill put some up soon,just got home.Not much to look at yet,no dialer yet.Ill thow some up.
Ok,I was gonna rush some things just to put up an image or 2,but I ran into a snag,and I dont have enough icons made yet to call it my own,,,so Ill keep working on it,I really wanted to see more than 1 person respond,and maybe offer up some icon help,but Ill do it solo,just gonna take more time,so for now Ill keep it under wraps and wait till FROYO drops to see what changes,then add what I have finished.
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Just like when someone wants to create a movie, an art director will throw together a few mockups to peak studio executives interest. To get feedback from this forum it might be easier to paint a picture than to tell a story!
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If its frankenstein centric, why not use gingerbread theming as a base since its already green
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I was also thinking about this aswell,but I really dont want it to be a shading theme,I still want it mostly black with some killer icons,but I like some icons from some ROMs.The main reason behind the name is because I planned on pulling things from several ROMs and have slight hints of Frankenstein.I will have alot of Launcher pro Frankenstein icons,but I want the notification icons to be classy I guess,nothing like a Frankenstein head that lights up 4 diffrent colors and the eyes to be red when its at full strength (I thought about that for like a minute). But all in all I want to provide somethings that no one else does,like amping up notification,alarm, ringtones.I know this can be fixed in a system tweak or kernel hack (not yet),but I figured this would be somthing I could do easily. I will continue to tweak my ideas and make sure I put somthing out that shines.If you want your name associated with this just let me know what you can do,main things I need now are a boot ani,and shutdown ani. Everything else I can do. I could use a high res Frankenstein android bot made up as a watermark for the notification backdrop image,the one Ive made is weak,really weak,but I planned on redoing it over the holidays when I can get some free time. I dont want major fame,just want to put somthing out there. I really want this to be a community ROM with ideas from other people,I dont just want to add what everyone else is adding,but ofcourse some things will be a must have feature,but I got used to the new lock screen now after playing with AOSP lock screen again for awhile.So Ill keep the new Sammy version.I find swiping up is easier.
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Ill be releasing my first ROM today,not 100% in regard to all the icons I dreamed up just yet,still getting used to gimp compared to photoshop...What is the best place to host the file for free? Testers wanted...
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Multiupload.com works great
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thanks,,,it will have a black themed market,and black themed miui player,plus some other goodies,but it has been stripped down,and it fast and clean,no FC's at all...I know its late in the game for a DK28 rom,but I would love a tester or 2 before I work on the official update.
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Count me in!
Sent through the Cosmos by Carl Sagan
I will do it
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Uploading soon...Will post in Development.
Released and fixed in development section..
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Is it possible to put the blur messaging.apk on blurless roms... i've always stuck to blurry roms like apex and bazinga, but i want to check out liberty and i've used the aosp messaging and i don't really like it...
I don't think the blur messaging is something u can add in. liberty has a toolbox that allows you to add in some blue features, but messaging is not one if them...
Try searching around for adding blur messaging into non blur roms, but I dont know any way at the moment
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Try Tranquility 3.6. You can add and remove a lot of things
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Ohhh I know there are roms where you can add the blur stuff you want, I'm specifically asking if there is a way you can add the blur messenging into blurless roms, like liberty
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The point of a blurless rom is that it doesn't have blur. If you want true blur go back to stock
I understand that... I guess you weren't fully grasping my question
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Ok then it depends in the rom that you are running. Fusion seems like a good idea for you because it is a slightly blurred version of fission. Give that a try
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Ok then it depends in the rom that you are running. Fusion seems like a good idea for you because it is a slightly blurred version of fission. Give that a try
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+1 for jmoney's comment. I would suggest trying out fusion or apex. Or zapX bazinga, but I havent really followed zapX for a while, so I dont know its current status.
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Yeah I've tried zapx and apex... I was just wondering if you can specifically install the blur messaging .apk on a blurless rom...
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I guess if it is an .apk you should technically be able to install it... I'll do some digging around different forums
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I guess if it is an .apk you should technically be able to install it... I'll do some digging around different forums
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Just because it is an .apk, does not necessarily mean it will install. With that, if it does install, it may not work correctly either. Some .apk files (blur files for instance) have other dependencies such as the moto-res.apk or the blur-res.apk files that come with the stock Motorola ROM's. These additional apk's have the dependencies built into them that allow the blur components to run correctly. Without the necessary configuration (not exactly sure, as I have not done ROM development) these blur apks will not work.
My guess with blur apps such as the blur camera, is that they do not rely on the moto-res or blur-res files in order to run, or only need a modification to a lib file to work correctly. Again, I'm not a programmer, but have a decent amount of IT knowledge and background for basic ideas and concepts. If you can find an answer that allows you to install what you are looking for, I would very much like to know about it, as many people here ask the same question you are asking.
However, (and I hate to sound redundant) the blur-less ROMS are created because many people dislike blur. Along with that... If I can find an answer to help you out, I will be sure to post back here as well!
Sorry to sound repetitive or a downer, just trying to provide you with any info I have.
What you said makes complete sense
.. I guess I just like the "build" of the blur messaging compared to the aosp messaging... I'm slowly getting used to the aosp messaging in liberty.... I guess you can only take what you get!
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I come from the Samsung Vibrant Dev area. A friend of mine has a Droid X and all he does is flash Roms, doesn't know much about them. His phone does a TV like on/off animation when the screen goes on and off. What is that? Where is it located/ implemented. any info on it would be great. As search is down right now i cant search it. I am interested in possible porting it.
The liberty tool box has a bunch of different startup animations to choose from, I'm not sure if the one your looking for is in it but it does have the option to add ones from your SD card. Its meant to run on the x with the liberty rom but if you can port it then it might be a good place to start.
Edit:ah just reread your post you're looking for when it goes to sleep, sorry don't know that one. Sounds cool I'll have to look out for it.
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I think its part of the apex rom, might want to contact the dev
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thanks for the quick reply, ill contact the dev. and look into the Rom files as well. and get his permission of course before i kang it
No prob, good luck.
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I think its part of the apex rom, might want to contact the dev
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Unless his rom is built on 2.3 I don't think it is. Since that power off tv animation is part of 2.3 and 2.3 only good luck.
I think you might be right but I thought it was a feature he was planning on adding. I did some searching and did find that the ultimate Droid has the feature, here's the link...
http://www.theultimatedroid.com/forum/index.php?/files/file/68-the-ultimate-droid-300-beta/
Edit: and just because its a feature of 2.3 doesn't mean its impossible to port it.
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Hi,
I am a noob here. I did some search before posting this thread,but the search returned unsuccesful for me. I am looking for coloured icons for Gmail, messaging etc for the NOTIFICATION BAR. I am not able to find them and definately want to know the procedure to put them in correct place or install them
If someone can help me, id be obliged.
Tnx.
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I think the only way is to root your phone and flash a custom ROM.
Try a look at the developement section and the Android Revolution and CM 7 ROMs. There are themes with coloured notifications.
But be careful you can brick your phone!!!
Is there no other easy way to do it? I cannot risk bricking my phone, already i am a noob. I dont want to get into all this trouble. I once tried stuff at my TP2, it took some time and a few tries to put new rom, before my TP2 started to work again. But the results were amazing.
Anyways, if somebody can suggest me some easy way to put the coloured notification icons in the notification bar.
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UOT Kitchen.... try search mate..but u need to root your dhd...
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select a sense theme, use launcherpro or adw after doing it if you hate the sense ui
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I know alot of you are probably waiting on cm10 to flash, but i wanted to see if anyone was interested in a tweaked stock rom, with some extra features to flash while we wait, if so ill get working on a rom for us all to play with while we wait for cm10 just dont want to invest the time if no one wants it! so what do you guys think?
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I know alot of you are probably waiting on cm10 to flash, but i wanted to see if anyone was interested in a tweaked stock rom, with some extra features to flash while we wait, if so ill get working on a rom for us all to play with while we wait for cm10 just dont want to invest the time if no one wants it! so what do you guys think?
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Hell yeah I'm interested!
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I miss flashing so I'm definitely interested!
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Can u make a deBloated version ?
Remove all and every junk Verizon thing ?
Also need the GSM part to work so having the ability to flash the Aussie Radio on it is a must.
I am interested =)
Interested, would like some debloatation of the stock rom maybe kill the google search bar at the top to regain some screen real estate.
Also have the setting turn on for hot spot so those of us with unlimited data can easily go in and mod it. I cant seem to get the setting turned on keeps telling me i need to call Verizon.
And and and lol
reboot & sleep mode back for JB (ie when the power button is pushed) not sure if its easy or not just a wish list.
If nothing else would be happy with just the stuff in the first line. But a fella can dream right.
Good stuff guys I have a bad case of the flu ATM as soon as I'm able to leave this god forsaken bed I'll get started see what I can do
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Just throwing this out there... deodexed and zipaligned.
I'm sure anyone who publishes a tweaked rom that is STABLE enough to be a daily driver is good for anyone.
shucks. build it man. ill throw it on my phone for a try.
unlock?
how do u flash it without doing safestrap because i am much more comfortable flashing then safestrapping
If you're on a retail M you don't flash w/o safestrap... Ever. Unless somebody finds an unlock bootloader leak like on the S3 (not gonna happen)
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Oh thanks because safeatrap seems really complicated
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How do I flash DSPManager on the stock ROM? I can't stand not having it and I don't really like any of the custom ROMs.. and I am working with very limited space, so a custom ROM really is t an option for that reason alone. I recall a way to flash things without using recovery, but forgot what program did it..