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[Q] Allowing All Weather Animations

I'm running 32659 New Manilla.
How do I get all of the spiffy weather animations on the home screen and the weather tab? (TouchFLO enabled to show on the home screen) Whenever "showers" is displayed, it does the raindrops and window wiper animation, but none of the other ones such as the clouds on a cloudy day.
(First post, about a month long lurker.)

Larbo said:
I'm running 32659 New Manilla.
How do I get all of the spiffy weather animations on the home screen and the weather tab? (TouchFLO enabled to show on the home screen) Whenever "showers" is displayed, it does the raindrops and window wiper animation, but none of the other ones such as the clouds on a cloudy day.
(First post, about a month long lurker.)
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Which device are you using? You shouldn't have the raindrops/wiper animation in the Vogue. The Vogue does not have TF3D/Sense (which is what you are referring to). The version of Manila on the Vogue is M2D (or Manila 2D), which is a less graphical version of TF3D.

I thought it was strange as well. I had all of the animations when I flashed Super Hero 2.1 RLS1 to the device. I stopped using it and went back to a 6.5 ROM because it couldn't handle it and would lock up constantly.
Ever since then though I've had the raindrop and wipers animation on the Sense weather tab, and nothing more.
I'll try and get a screenshot some time- just have to wait for a rainy day.

Larbo said:
I thought it was strange as well. I had all of the animations when I flashed Super Hero 2.1 RLS1 to the device. I stopped using it and went back to a 6.5 ROM because it couldn't handle it and would lock up constantly.
Ever since then though I've had the raindrop and wipers animation on the Sense weather tab, and nothing more.
I'll try and get a screenshot some time- just have to wait for a rainy day.
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I believe that you are right. I have not used Touch Flo, Manila, or what ever you want to call it in a long time. There was some animation with rain drops & wiper blades but not to the degree of Touch Flo 3D.

jadesse said:
I believe that you are right. I have not used Touch Flo, Manila, or what ever you want to call it in a long time. There was some animation with rain drops & wiper blades but not to the degree of Touch Flo 3D.
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In Manila 2D? No way...

egzthunder1 said:
In Manila 2D? No way...
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Yes way.. I also get it when it's rainy. Animation starts with raindrops and then the wipers comes in.
I never thought there was other animations? Would be cool to see what they look like..

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In Manila 2D? No way...
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Jeeeeeeeeezzzzzz,
If your going to be a news writer check your facts before you make statements.
EG your a smart guy and I normally respect your posts, flash your own ROM and set up M2D when it rains............raindrops and wipers......really......it's the only weather animation in M2D but yes it's there, and actually just as cool as the latest Android Sense version.
I know your guys (Lmiller etc) liked to troll the NFSFAN thread and talk about it's irrelevance, but NFSFAN, VIN, and WDM worked hard to perfect manila, including porting different parts of it directly from sense / 3d. This is one reason their ROMs though outdated are still relevant. Everything (especially manila) worked and worked well. Now that I have retired my Vogue I have flashed every latest ROM, they all have the base (not working well) manila files, no tweaks, no extras like the new date picker, calendar, sound profiles etc. Flash your last Vogue ROM, then NFS's and use TouchFlo, you'll see what I mean. I gave my Vogue to my son and he was disappointed, he asked what I did to it. I reloaded NFSFAN's ROM for him and now he's happy showing the phone off and impressing his Iphone toting friends like I used to do (of course he has my latest JMITR mega black theme on it as well).
Not taking away any of the rest of your work from you, I repect ALL fellow XDA'rs, especially devs BUT you guys never took the time to learn and tweak Touchflo / Manila / sense like the "older" chefs.

jmitr said:
Jeeeeeeeeezzzzzz,
If your going to be a news writer check your facts before you make statements.
EG your a smart guy and I normally respect your posts, flash your own ROM and set up M2D when it rains............raindrops and wipers......really......it's the only weather animation in M2D but yes it's there, and actually just as cool as the latest Android Sense version.
I know your guys (Lmiller etc) liked to troll the NFSFAN thread and talk about it's irrelevance, but NFSFAN, VIN, and WDM worked hard to perfect manila, including porting different parts of it directly from sense / 3d. This is one reason their ROMs though outdated are still relevant. Everything (especially manila) worked and worked well. Now that I have retired my Vogue I have flashed every latest ROM, they all have the base (not working well) manila files, no tweaks, no extras like the new date picker, calendar, sound profiles etc. Flash your last Vogue ROM, then NFS's and use TouchFlo, you'll see what I mean. I gave my Vogue to my son and he was disappointed, he asked what I did to it. I reloaded NFSFAN's ROM for him and now he's happy showing the phone off and impressing his Iphone toting friends like I used to do (of course he has my latest JMITR mega black theme on it as well).
Not taking away any of the rest of your work from you, I repect ALL fellow XDA'rs, especially devs BUT you guys never took the time to learn and tweak Touchflo / Manila / sense like the "older" chefs.
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I am going to be as politically correct as I possibly can here.
First of all, I do not like to be called off like that. Yes, I am a News Writer and in fact, I am one of the Site's Administrators. My knowledge of Manila (or lack thereof) should be no reason for you to treat me like that. A simple "I believe you are mistaken because x y and z" would have sufficed. I don't give people attitude and I don't appreciate being given attitude either.
As far as your comment about LMiller, myself, and others being around in the NSFAN's thread (thing that I haven't done in close to 3/4 of a year), the only reason why we normally go into that thread is because tons of people still go to that thread for advise from an OP that has left that thread long ago. I respect his work as well as Vin's and WDM's (it is no coincidence that NFS rom is still featured in my tutorial thread. I know that there are numerous other newer roms out there, but his is good and bug free enough for anyone out there). I personally don't troll that thread, but rather help people out whenever I see something that I can answer. I cannot think of a less irrelevant thread in the whole Vogue section. That thread is full of useful info, tweaks, and more...
Why we don't go into manila/sense development? Very simple, I personally don't have the knowledge (LUA, among other languages required) nor the time to sit down and code/develop. In fact, I believe that there are very few people actually working on this thing as it is a dying UI. I don't like being called a chef, cause truth be told, I am not. I made a rom with a kitchen, added as many tweaks and useful packages as I deemed necessary and gave the people the chance to use a device for a carrier that does not have many preconfigured roms for. Plain and simple.
Lastly, if I have not seen the rain animation in M2D is probably because I never had data enabled in my account, so I never did use it. The few times I had my weather updated was by having it connected to USB and I only used it to make sure that the fix was working right, and considering I am in Miami, FL, you would have to understand that "rainy" is not exactly the normal weather down here. The only animation I was aware of was the flip clock... again, a mute point as I hardly ever used the weather tab.

egzthunder1 said:
I am going to be as politically correct as I possibly can here.
First of all, I do not like to be called off like that. Yes, I am a News Writer and in fact, I am one of the Site's Administrators. My knowledge of Manila (or lack thereof) should be no reason for you to treat me like that. A simple "I believe you are mistaken because x y and z" would have sufficed. I don't give people attitude and I don't appreciate being given attitude either.
As far as your comment about LMiller, myself, and others being around in the NSFAN's thread (thing that I haven't done in close to 3/4 of a year), the only reason why we normally go into that thread is because tons of people still go to that thread for advise from an OP that has left that thread long ago. I respect his work as well as Vin's and WDM's (it is no coincidence that NFS rom is still featured in my tutorial thread. I know that there are numerous other newer roms out there, but his is good and bug free enough for anyone out there). I personally don't troll that thread, but rather help people out whenever I see something that I can answer. I cannot think of a less irrelevant thread in the whole Vogue section. That thread is full of useful info, tweaks, and more...
Why we don't go into manila/sense development? Very simple, I personally don't have the knowledge (LUA, among other languages required) nor the time to sit down and code/develop. In fact, I believe that there are very few people actually working on this thing as it is a dying UI. I don't like being called a chef, cause truth be told, I am not. I made a rom with a kitchen, added as many tweaks and useful packages as I deemed necessary and gave the people the chance to use a device for a carrier that does not have many preconfigured roms for. Plain and simple.
Lastly, if I have not seen the rain animation in M2D is probably because I never had data enabled in my account, so I never did use it. The few times I had my weather updated was by having it connected to USB and I only used it to make sure that the fix was working right, and considering I am in Miami, FL, you would have to understand that "rainy" is not exactly the normal weather down here. The only animation I was aware of was the flip clock... again, a mute point as I hardly ever used the weather tab.
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No problems,
If I could take back some of my "tone" I would, you've admited to not having the knowledge of others, and even said you don't like being referred to as a chef.
Takes a man to admit he was wrong, you didn't blast off from my response, you admitted your lack of knowledge in some areas and I can't help but to respect that.
Please accept this humble apology for my tone I set in the previous post.
Also, yep you are a chef, I've tested your ROM and I think there's nothing wrong with it if someone just wants to use titanium, you guys picked up development after NFS and the others literally abandoned it and continued. The Vogue would have died a long time ago in terms of Windows development without you guys. I wish someone was as interested in Manila / sense but.....oh well.
Sorry again,
Jason

jmitr said:
No problems,
If I could take back some of my "tone" I would, you've admited to not having the knowledge of others, and even said you don't like being referred to as a chef.
Takes a man to admit he was wrong, you didn't blast off from my response, you admitted your lack of knowledge in some areas and I can't help but to respect that.
Please accept this humble apology for my tone I set in the previous post.
Also, yep you are a chef, I've tested your ROM and I think there's nothing wrong with it if someone just wants to use titanium, you guys picked up development after NFS and the others literally abandoned it and continued. The Vogue would have died a long time ago in terms of Windows development without you guys. I wish someone was as interested in Manila / sense but.....oh well.
Sorry again,
Jason
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Thanks for understanding and apology accepted
I should have made some popcorn to enjoy this bit of drama a little better

egzthunder1 said:
Thanks for understanding and apology accepted
I should have made some popcorn to enjoy this bit of drama a little better
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mmmmmmmmm......... Popcorn!!!!!!!!

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mmmmmmmmm......... Popcorn!!!!!!!!
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I'd say, who's that guy???? but good one!!!!!!!!!!

Evolution of a CM fan.

I suppose this one is for the folks that are new to rooting and custom ROMs in general. I should say from the start that I am NOT a developer. Just a flashaholic.
I started out as a big fan of HTC's sense UI. I still appreciate the spit and polish of the little details in their work and will flash a Sense based ROM just to have my FriendStream widget back for a day or two. The visual appeal is still a few steps ahead of the AOSP ROMs that are available. Sense is also easy to customize, for the parts that can be customized. HTC offers a fairly good variety of stuff and in my experience most of the apps that make your phone "prettier" are compatible with my Evo.
Things started to change for me the first time I tried out a MIUI ROM. I was astounded to find out the number of things that my phone was capable of that Sense either locked out or simply could not integrate successfully. I got frustrated with the bugs in the version of MIUI I was using at the time pretty quickly and bounced back over to another Sense ROM. It took about 48 hours before I was so annoyed with the lack of user discretion in actual system settings that I hopped back over to that Friday's release of MIUI. I like that ROM in the overall for the ease of flashing. Just download, wipe, flash and voila! You're ready to go. What I didn't like was the amount of infighting and chaos that the American team seemed to be struggling through. This does seem to have been resolved. Now I just want to see them iron out a few wrinkles caused by the leap to GingerBread.
I do want to mention here that I still have the utmost respect for the people who bring us MIUI every week. Thank you to Stiffspliff, who brings a fresh port to our Evos every weekend, and usually less than 24 hours after the Chinese team releases it!
That being said, I looked at flashing a Cyanogen ROM and at the time was frankly intimidated by what was needed to flash it. Initially I couldn't even figure out the difference between Stable, Nighly, Release Candidate and Experimental. So, again, back to Sense for a while and yet more reading. It should mentioned for the sake of the new folks reading this that I have done, and will continue to do, a TON of reading. I spent six months just lurking here at XDA before I tried rooting and still needed help on IRC. Many thanks to Eyeballer over there for getting me through that process. Once I had enough confidence flashing different ROMs I finally gave Cyanogen a shot and was truly bummed at the lack of "bling". So I flashed back almost immediately. Curiosity is what made me want to try another CM ROM. What I didn't know at the time was that Cyanogen truly shines under the skin. It finally made sense (no pun intended) when a senior member here made the comment that Sense was just dead-weight on what is already an incredibly efficient OS. The number and variety of elements that can be modified to an individuals tastes and needs is mind blowing. With the bug fixes that came out with 7.0.2 today there is very little about Sense that draws me back. Like I said at the top, my FriendStream widget is all I really miss, since Facebook's widget stinks. And I am still having trouble getting my Visual Voice Mail working, but I think that has more to do with my lack of knowledge than any inherent problems with Cyanogen. (Yes, I have tried the fixes posted here but I'm probably missing something obvious.)
In summary, in my long-winded sort of way, what brought me to Cyanogen was wanting to have access to the full capabilities of my phone, not just what HTC thought we should have. I do still like Sense and am interested to see what kind of improvements are coming down the pipe. However, if those improvements aren't absolutely exceptional I'll be sticking to Cyanogen ROMs as my daily driver.
Before anyone gets all hot and bothered I should also say that I know these Opinions are not universal. There are a number of experienced and talented devs who prefer Sense ROMs. This is just me sharing my experiences for people who are on the fence about trying out a ROM that is more AOSP than not. The great thing about the community here at XDA is that you have a huge variety of well supported ROMs to choose from. So if you haven't already, give Cyanogen a shot. If you don't like it, pick a different one and flash away! I would also like to hear about anyone else's opinions or experiences on the subject.

I agree, cm7 rocks

CM7 is definitely an incredible ROM and, as you mentioned, the seemingly endless amount of settings makes it difficult to use any other ROM. One of my favorite features is the long press volume up or down to change a song, I use this feature so much and no other ROM has this option. As far as VVM and FriendStream, try google voice and Launcher Pro paid. Launcher Pro mimics the calendar, friendstream, and email widgets of HTC Sense, but function slightly better.

mlin said:
CM7 is definitely an incredible ROM and, as you mentioned, the seemingly endless amount of settings makes it difficult to use any other ROM. One of my favorite features is the long press volume up or down to change a song, I use this feature so much and no other ROM has this option. As far as VVM and FriendStream, try google voice and Launcher Pro paid. Launcher Pro mimics the calendar, friendstream, and email widgets of HTC Sense, but function slightly better.
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Thanks for the heads-up! I have heard of LP but didn't know that it included those features. I'll give it a shot for certain.

No worries, here are a few screenshots. The widgets are themeable as well.
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mlin said:
No worries, here are a few screenshots. The widgets are themeable as well.
Firstly, Holy Smokes! Those are some serious medical terms in your agenda. Med student? Second, do you really know someone over in Hotchkiss? The only reason I ask is because I grew up there and in Paonia for a few years. Tiny town that I never would have expected to see the name of here on XDA. If I'm being nosy just tell me to mind my own business. Great sig by the way.
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Your experience almost sounds like I could have written it. I went with mostly sense roms because I really didn't ahe the tech know how to feel comfortable with the "stripped down" AOSP roms. I installed cm one day and was, well, underwhelmed with the opening screen. I then went to Myn's 5, but found that 4g didn't work. I loved Myn's roms, but hated the idea of taking a step back to get a rom that had working 4g. Philly has 4g and since I'm paying for it, I want it! Then came the announcement that cm had working 4g. I gave it a try again. This time I was more patient and read, and then read some more. I found that I like Jorte's calendar better than the sense one. Then I found out how to put the clock and weather back on the main screen. Wasn't to my liking, but I made it work. Voicemail was a problem and I went to g-voice as many have suggest. It was okay, but kludgy for me. Then I discovered youmail. Very nice. My friends really like the custom greetings that it offers. Score! The other day Amazon had fancy widgets as their free paid app of the day. Well, as far as I'm concerned that was the missing piece for my home screen. With that installed I now have animated weather and clock running from one app again. Facebook still sucks, but its certainly no reason for me to go back to sense.

Pierceye said:
mlin said:
No worries, here are a few screenshots. The widgets are themeable as well.
Firstly, Holy Smokes! Those are some serious medical terms in your agenda. Med student? Second, do you really know someone over in Hotchkiss? The only reason I ask is because I grew up there and in Paonia for a few years. Tiny town that I never would have expected to see the name of here on XDA. If I'm being nosy just tell me to mind my own business. Great sig by the way.
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Yeah, 1st year MD/PhD Student. And yeah, my wife's grandparents lived in Hotchkiss for about 10 years. My Hotchkiss friend on FB is the best friend of their youngest daughter.
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mlin said:
CM7 is definitely an incredible ROM and, as you mentioned, the seemingly endless amount of settings makes it difficult to use any other ROM. One of my favorite features is the long press volume up or down to change a song, I use this feature so much and no other ROM has this option. As far as VVM and FriendStream, try google voice and Launcher Pro paid. Launcher Pro mimics the calendar, friendstream, and email widgets of HTC Sense, but function slightly better.
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I love that feature too but it stopped working for me on my 3rd party music player.

mlin said:
No worries, here are a few screenshots. The widgets are themeable as well.
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What launcherpro theme is that?
Delivered via my CyanogenModinized Supersonic

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What launcherpro theme is that?
Delivered via my CyanogenModinized Supersonic
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Signals23-XTG

m4rk0358 said:
I love that feature too but it stopped working for me on my 3rd party music player.
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What 3rd party music player do you use? I am using the MIUI music player and it still works.

[Theming] Swype.apk and MMS.apk ideas?

I know I am new to the Android Modding world and these forums and all, but today I finally figured out how to make a 9 patch PNG image quite easily. I was playing around with RandomKing's Modified Transparent MMS.apk and his Blue Swype.apk today to get it to look more like I would want it on my device.
This brings me to wondering what other people would like to see in these to .apks and far as theming goes. I am going to totally revamp the Swype Keyboard with the font that is used in RandomKings Hawk v.2 ROM as well as change the look of the buttons, colors, etc. side note: I tried playing with transparency of the swype keyboard a bit to mimic the transparent MMS, but there is the other 'keyboards' behind that image. IIRC it is the 'shift' version of w/e active keyboard.
For the MMS.apk, I am looking to make more color options, bubble styles and some gradiesnts'borders/glow instead of solid transparent colors.
I have been given the 'go' by random as I understood as long as I credit his original modifications.
I have no idea to code or compile a .zip to install and all that stuff, so these will be just the .apks that you will need to replace. ( I have done this already with my Swype.apk and MMS.apk about 20 times, haha)
Brings me to my next area of biniss... What would YOU guys like to see as far as themes go? I will probably do a few variants (colors) of one or two major styles.
Personally, I am all about dark themes, but i know everyone has their preference's
So, post up, throw in some ideas, ask questions.. I will NOT be taking donations or charging for ANYTHING, ever..
It took me a while to find out how to get this 9 patch stuff working and I almost lost hope when I saw that you had to use Eclipse (which i am NOT ready to learn) but now I found a MUCH easier way. I can do a tutorial and compile everything you need for this also if i have enough requests.
EDIT: you can choose as many or as little choices in the poll as you would like. If you don't see something you want, post it in the thread. I will try to keep on top of the comments in this thread, but I am going to start working on it right now.

I'm a fan of dark themes myself, and I really like the froyo AOSP theme with the white status bar. Do you think you can make a theme I've been thinking of for awhile I have a lot of ideas nd icons you can use?

Wp7 bubbles on mms?
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I'm just excited you showed up! Make the background transparent.

Pm me I'll help you do the zip scripting.easy peasy.
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just started all the mms bubbles from scratch.. not exactly the look i was going for but here is 1 hr of work..
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Ooh I got a great idea
Make swype full transparent
except for the line and add it a changeable theme to nexus swype
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as i said before, i dont think the way the swype keyboards overlay that the transparency will work. i will have to look into it a bit more though.
here is a little more playing and refining with different colors.. i think the slight borders will look nice and the transparency on the bubbles is about right. i think making them a little more transparent will be nice for people with dark wallpapers, but might get a little busy/ugly looking with people with lighter wallpapers that have a ton going on, like so VVV
let me know what you guys think about the general button look so far.
@tpike, sending PM in a moment, really appreciate the offer to help a n00b like myself.
background of the MMS is already slightly transparent, what you see in the background is my wallpaper.
@gtuansdiamm, show me exactly what you are looking for and I can try to make something for you.. and let me know what colors you would like.
again, I just figured out how to get these patch 9 dealios to work today, so don't be to critical I love these things now.. SOOO easy.. created, edited, patched and compiled 12 pngs in ~1hr. not to bad!!!
I will try to make a camstudio video tutorial on how to create a patch 9 from scratch. I just downloaded it and had an issue, so ill try again tomm. Starting to be a huge PITA looking at this screen also. I have my computer hooked up to my 52" rear projection TV right now .. my eyes hate me..

turbosocks said:
as i said before, i dont think the way the swype keyboards overlay that the transparency will work. i will have to look into it a bit more though.
here is a little more playing and refining with different colors.. i think the slight borders will look nice and the transparency on the bubbles is about right.
let me know what you guys think about the general button look so far.
@tpike, sending PM in a moment, really appreciate the offer to help a n00b like myself.
background of the MMS is already slightly transparent, what you see in the background is my wallpaper.
@gtuansdiamm, show me exactly what you are looking for and I can try to make something for you.. and let me know what colors you would like.
again, I just figured out how to get these patch 9 dealios to work today, so don't be to critical I love these things now.. SOOO easy.. created, edited, patched and compiled 12 pngs in ~1hr. not to bad!!!
I will try to make a camstudio video tutorial on how to create a patch 9 from scratch. I just downloaded it and had an issue, so ill try again tomm. Starting to be a huge PITA looking at this screen also. I have my computer hooked up to my 52" rear projection TV right now .. my eyes hate me..
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That looks pretty cool. That blue is pretty close to what I was thinking for HCFE mms in the update.

I would like left blue and right black
And the shape of the bubbles like the ones in the crappy low res picture I gave
Thanks for taking the time
xda app now has ty button so I'll do that too
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^^ ill try to get on that this weekend if i get a chance..
heres the start to my re-vamp'd keyboard for swype, im not just coloring it, i am re-designing the buttons and using the smooth font in RandomKings ROM.
the 14 different pngs for the keyboard will keep me budy for a while, but since i will be saving PSDs of each one, i will be able to fully customize colors and the look of the button (bevel, shadow, etc.) quickly and save them all to PNG, recompile apk and voila, new swype look in less than an hour...
i can also post any PSDs i create for those interested in taking this on themselves as long as you credit me with the PSDs

This Is looking good dude!
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thanks.. I think I am going to add some subtle gradient to the button itself, but not so its to flashy and eye burning.. not quite like the dark horse theme with the glassy look, more subtle.
I am going to keep the .psds so i can easily modify the look of the buttons if someone wants something different. these PSDs are going to end up being like 100 layers a piece.. at least the layout of PT and LS are pretty much the same for the button layout!
For the MMS, I am also going to try to modify the look of the top 'contact background' and the compose line background to match the respective theme.

alright!! sorry for the week or so hiatus!! I HAVE been trying to find time to work on this..
I just spent a couple hours getting the 9 patch tutorial together and posted that up.
I started working on an Actual theme that should be complete by tuesday. This will be a blue/black theme with gradients.. the send message for example will have a blue top/ black bottom and the receive will be black top/blue bottom. the shades of blue will differ slightly. This should cover the blue/black theme. The bubbles will be slightly transparent and less transparent when pressed.
Some other theme mods will include the 'NEW MESSAGE background, text input background, contact header background (within message stream) contact PRESS background within overall message area, the 'slide for call and message' (left and right) will be darkened slightly to more match the theme.
Next up will be continuing to work on the Swype theme to match the blue/black theme. After everything is complete, creating new themes based on these will be a cake walk..
There hasn't been many votes, but as of right now i will be doing the following themes for MMS and Swype.
Blue/Black
Gray/Black
Purple/Pink
Green/Black
I will be modifying a script and such so these can be installed via a .zip flash and WILL test it on a few phones before I post it up.
Hope you guys enjoy! and I hope this will continue to go decent so I can continue to theme other apps!!

here is what i currently have with my black/blue theme. any opinions?

turbosocks said:
here is what i currently have with my black/blue theme. any opinions?
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I want this.
Sent from the American Dream.

can you toss in a transparent background?

It looks amazing
/sig
Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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Can this mms be available soon?
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The Root said:
I want this.
Sent from the American Dream.
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That's hot! I hope someone does it.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium

[Mod][FlexreaperR14][5/3/2012] Softkeys & Accurate Battery

Disclaimer
I, nor anybody, anywhere is responsible for what you do to your device!
Support for: Flexreaper R14 and CM9 Alpha1
So seeing a total lack of mods around this place I took it upon myself to kang together some things for myself, and am uploading them here for all to enjoy (or not, really doesn't matter to me)
I am not a themer, developer, or anything of the sort. I am a copy and paster. With that being my situation, there are several thanks that need to be given here.
Thanks to:
Vache for the kickass rom
UOT Kitchen. They provided the .xml edits for the accurate battery mod and the flashable zip I'm using
iammodo. He compiled this great collection of softkeys on xoom board
s60mike for the blue circles softkeys
mr_physco. For providing the battery images.
civato For the awesome Flexreaper rom and requested Acer ring icons.
waydownsouth, gh123man, and the whole CM team!
If I forgot anyone I assure you it is because I am an idiot, not because I don't value and appreciate your work.
All the files contain this battery image
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Just because it's my favorite
CM9 Alpha1
Flexreaper (Thanks civato)
ICS blue bullseye
Just started off with these 5 so far, will do more if there is interest/if I feel like it.
Blue Circles
Droid Font
HTC Blue Reflective
Metro Blue
Roboto Blue
ADDED 3/12/2012
HTC White
HTC Reflective
ICS Blue Reflective
Asus ICS Blue
ICS Blue Reflective
Added 3/15/12
ICS Blue 15% bigger
Added 3/17/12
A200
Added 4/29/12
Sammyblue

Hmmm... tried 3 times, different wipe scenarios, and she don't work mate.
Batt mods don't work as advertised. Still the stock batt. Other things seem to work though. Well, mostly.

Moscow Desire said:
Hmmm... tried 3 times, different wipe scenarios, and she don't work mate.
Batt mods don't work as advertised. Still the stock batt. Other things seem to work though. Well, mostly.
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Ok well until I can research this is just a softkeys mod, mostly.
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Moscow Desire said:
Hmmm... tried 3 times, different wipe scenarios, and she don't work mate.
Batt mods don't work as advertised. Still the stock batt. Other things seem to work though. Well, mostly.
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Which one/ones did you try on what rom?
To test I just did a full wipe (wipe data/cache, format system, cache, data, flexrom) and reinstalled taboonay (3.0, then 3.01 update, then wifi fix, then acer ring, then my mods) and it worked great
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bfranklin1986 said:
Which one/ones did you try on what rom?
To test I just did a full wipe (wipe data/cache, format system, cache, data, flexrom) and reinstalled taboonay (3.0, then 3.01 update, then wifi fix, then acer ring, then my mods) and it worked great
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Well, I might have to eat some words.
I tested 2 of them. I didn't see it on the first mod (#1), but (when things got dark in the room), I could barely see the white numbering on the battery icon on the "reflective". So "maybe" it was working after all. Kinda hard to see the white numbering on the light blue battery.
Must be my eyes

Aw man idk how we're supposed to dl these- ... that link just goes to minus homepage :-\ I sign up it still brings me there, these are exactly what I was looking for too!! Amazing work, I can't wait to download em lol
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bdubs4200 said:
Aw man idk how we're supposed to dl these- ... that link just goes to minus homepage :-\ I sign up it still brings me there, these are exactly what I was looking for too!! Amazing work, I can't wait to download em lol
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Try either from a computer or opera set to desktop mode, it wouldn't let me get to them from the stock ics browser
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thank you. Dolphin HD, worked just fine
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

Just wanted to confirm that these will work on Civato's FlexReaper R9 Rom. At least the droidfont mod will, thats the one I tried. I wasn't expecting the yellow circle at the bottom to access the Acer ring, but all works as it should. Nicely done, and thanks.

I love the HTC icons wish they were white ..
Edit: nvm love the blue anyone try with flexreaper ics? I dno if itle work..
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dincdoes.me said:
I love the HTC icons wish they were white ..
Edit: nvm love the blue anyone try with flexreaper ics? I dno if itle work..
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
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karlkarloff above says that the droid font worked with flexreaper. If one of them works they all should, they only difference between each mod is the 5 to 7 sofkey .pngs. Do a backup and if all else fails you can just restore the backup. Give me about 15 mins and I'll add the white HTC ones too.
Edit: Added White HTC to folder

bfranklin1986 said:
karlkarloff above says that the droid font worked with flexreaper. If one of them works they all should, they only difference between each mod is the 5 to 7 sofkey .pngs. Do a backup and if all else fails you can just restore the backup. Give me about 15 mins and I'll add the white HTC ones too.
Edit: Added White HTC to folder
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Does this look normal I figured it would and that in would gain the bulls eye sense they are based on the same base.
I will take a look at white thank you!
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dincdoes.me said:
Does this look normal I figured it would and that in would gain the bulls eye sense they are based on the same base.
I will take a look at white thank you!
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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looks about right to me, not sure what you mean by bull eye but if it's related to the acer ring it shouldn't change anything, everything related to the acer ring should be in acering.apk. The only thing my mod replaces is your framework-res.apk and your systemui.apk.

Yea if you look at the pic the greenish/yellowish dot with a circle around it the acer ring launcher used to look different like a grey line.
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dincdoes.me said:
Yea if you look at the pic the greenish/yellowish dot with a circle around it the acer ring launcher used to look different like a grey line.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
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Right you are looks like that icon is in the systemui.apk
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The link in the OP just takes me to the minus homepage, no files. Do I need to sign up just to download?

TFordham said:
The link in the OP just takes me to the minus homepage, no files. Do I need to sign up just to download?
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Try it from a computer or a browser in desktop mode, for some reason it doesn't work on a browser in phone or tablet mode.

(i miss my vibrant) but anywho, why search icon when its the recent tab??.. did you make these? if so how!? lol i got some cool icons id like to throw in there

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(i miss my vibrant) but anywho, why search icon when its the recent tab??.. did you make these? if so how!? lol i got some cool icons id like to throw in there
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No, I didn't make any of these, credits are in the op. Search icon there because some tablets have search icon I guess???
Pretty easy to switch in any icons, if you want to link or send me some wouldn't take me a few minutes to resize, rename, and swap in the icons. If you wanted to do it yourself all you need is 7zip and Gimp (actually paint might even be able to handle this). Maybe I'll sit down Friday while I'm off and type up a detailed tutorial.

bfranklin1986 said:
No, I didn't make any of these, credits are in the op. Search icon there because some tablets have search icon I guess???
Pretty easy to switch in any icons, if you want to link or send me some wouldn't take me a few minutes to resize, rename, and swap in the icons. If you wanted to do it yourself all you need is 7zip and Gimp (actually paint might even be able to handle this). Maybe I'll sit down Friday while I'm off and type up a detailed tutorial.
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wow that is extreamly (?) nice of you! now that i think of it, the metro blue is near perfect, but the search (for recent) and the clock (for list/menu) would drive me nuts lol they just dont fit right haha... so could i somehow extract icons from the metrostation.apk ? this is the first time im digging into system files to aesthetically mo, so im a noooob in this theming field lol anything you can do would not go unappreciated
EDIT, your taking all my "thanks" for today to btw

[REF] Ultimate X8 Customization Guide!

Welcome to the Utimate Customization Guide for the XPERIA 8!
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Basically, this is a Reference Guide on how to Customize your X8 (or any Android device) to the MAX! (But this guide
will focus on what works for the X8, not what doesn't )
I will include a quick FAQ section too for all the questions you need answered. (e.g What is MDPI etc?,
What is Theme Chooser, etc)
So, let's get started shall we?
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Themes (Most Popular / Smooth)
Here we've got the Themes Index.
Now, I'm not copying & pasting these over.
I've tried all of these and I will give my take on them here.
I'll only list a few but if you want a complete list then I will refer you to this thread
Also, this app is where I find new themes to try out.
It's been on the Market for quite a while now so I decided to share it here too.
Now, on to the list. The TOP 5 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) Most Popular / Smooth
5. A-Chep: CM7| ICE Cream Sandwich | MDPI | LDPI
This one has got to be everybody's favourite? Probably the best ICS theme for MDPI / LDPI out there yet!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Available for DOWNLOAD on GPlay and XDA
4. A-Chep: CM7| Sense MDPI | LDPI (?)
Well A-Chep is the man! I love this Sense theme, really awesome for when you want to Sens-ify your X8!
Available for DOWNLOAD on GPlay and XDA
3. UpwardSpiral: CM7| Minimal Magic MDPI
One of my favourites,this is a really simple minimalistic white GB theme.
Available for DOWNLOAD on GPlay!
2. R3Ds Themes: CM7 iKaNDee MDPI | HDPI
Nice theme for users who really love eye-candy UI's.
Available for DOWNLOAD on GPlay!
1. kGill7: CM7| Naked Simplicity MDPI | HDPI (?)
Available for DOWNLOAD on GPlay and XDA!
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Homescreen Tips!
Welcome to the homescreen tips sections. Here I'll show you how to make your homescreen look and feel the cleanest, smoothest and fastest!
Let's get right into it!
1. Try not to use a Live Wallpaper. It will drain battery and reduce performance.
2. Use a light launcher for best performance, if you want more features then use a launcher of your choice and reduce performance in it's Settings and use a Minimalistic theme.
3. Heavy Launchers will REDUCE PERFORMACE!
4. Try not to use the Default Launcher that ships with your device or ROM. Generally these are slow and have very few effects, customization options.
5. Stuck for inspiration? Check out XDA Member "tohno"'s thread!
Located here.
Also check out this thread from XDA's "Android Themes" Board.
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Widgets (Lag Free / Popular)
This part of the thread will focus on Widgets.
Not just the "most popular" widgets (because we obviously know about them ) but also the ones that don't lag your launcher and cause it to crash.
Let's get started!
5. LevelUp Studio| 2.0.1+ | Beautiful Widgets | PAID
Oh come on! This has been around since the Vikings. I mean, its the most popular "Widget Pack" on Android along with "Fancy Widgets". Beautiful Widgets is a collection of "Beautiful looking Widgets" with thousands of themes to choose from. It's got loads of cool effects and honestly, it's worth the money. Definitely worth a look!
Buy now on Google Play!
4. Android Does| 1.6+ | Fancy Widgets | FREE & PAID
If you didn't like Beautiful Widgets or you're looking for something a little bit different then I can assure you, you might want to check Fancy Widgets out. Even though Beautiful Widgets gets more frequent updates than this, I recommend you check it out. It's based around the same concept as Beautiful Widgets. But if I were to choose between the two, it'd be Beautiful Widgets.
Download now for free or buy it on Google Play!
3. Devmil| Version varies with device! | Minimalistic Text | FREE & DONATE
Okay, I get it. You're all fed up with all this premade-clock and weather widget bazaar! Let's move on then, shall we? This is "Minimalistic Text". One of the most popular widget creator apps on GPlay. It gives you a crap ton of options to create your own widgets but with keeping a Minimal look and feel. Try it for yourself.
Download now for free on Google Play, or Donate to show your appreciation!
Also, check out Chris95X8's thread for his MT widget! Pretty Awesome!
2. Cédric Depoortère | 2.1+ | Circle Battery Widget | FREE
Name explains it all. It's a Minimal 1x1 Battery % Widget! Sweet!
Download now for free on Google Play!
1. A-Chep | 2.1+ | acWidgets: Your Calendar | FREE
This one is my favourite calendar widget. Not because the developer is part of our very own X8 section but because it has an awesome UI!
Download now for free on Google Play!
Also, check out the other widget(s) in the acWidgets series! Here!
Don't worry! Don't fret!
There WILL be more widgets added but I have to test them first!
Thanks for reading this section anyway! Check back soon.
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F.A.Q
Q. What is LDPI, MDPI, HDPI (etc)?
A. These are short for xDPI (x being L,M,H) DPI means Dots Per Inch. The X8 has an MDPI compatible screen.
Q. What is Theme Chooser?
A. Theme Chooser is pretty self explanatory.
It's a Theme Selector application included in CM7 & CM9 ROMS which allows the user to select a theme of their choice. Themes must be installed first.
Q. How do I add/install themes compatible with Theme Chooser?
A. Installing a theme is as simple as downloading an app. Simply find the APK of the theme and install it!
Q. How do I apply a Theme Chooser theme?
A. Open the Theme Chooser app and Scroll to the theme of your choice and press the "Apply" button. Wait.
Congratulations, you've now applied your theme! (Reboot may be needed to refresh SystemUI!)
Q. Where do I get Theme Chooser?
A. You cannot install Theme Chooser by copying it to /system/app.
Your ROM must be compatible with it. Most CM7 & CM9 ROMs will have this pre-installed.
Q. What is a Widget?
A. A widget is like a mini-app on your homescreen. Think of you home screen as a container for all these mini-apps.
For example; You can download a clock widget and that would simple be a clock within your homescreen.
Same with a Power Control widget. It's usually for quick access to feature(s) of an app from your homescreen.
Is your question not here?
If not, then do these steps before posting!
1. Read this F.A.Q again.
2. Look through Lucastan96's ULTIMATE FAQ GUIDE (which is stickied) in X8 Q&A.
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Awesome guide buddy.
EDIT: I'm still looking for inspiration. I have been wanting to create another thread for ages, I just don't know what to do it about.
But well done to you! I'm positive that this will be an ultimate guide soon
W!LßSO! @ XDA

wilbso said:
Awesome guide buddy.
W!LßSO! @ XDA
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Thanks, planning on adding 2-3 more categories tomorrow or soon but right now I'm with family and on my phone, so...

- Swift - said:
Thanks, planning on adding 2-3 more categories tomorrow or soon but right now I'm with family and on my phone, so...
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What time is it in Ireland right now?
Here, in england , its about 11:00pm here....
W!LßSO! @ XDA

wilbso said:
What time is it in Ireland right now?
Here, in england , its about 11:00pm here....
W!LßSO! @ XDA
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Same timezones here y'know
10:55PM right now.
In actual fact I live literally a pond away from Britain.
Well a sea but you know what I mean

- Swift - said:
Same timezones here y'know
10:55PM right now.
In actual fact I live literally a pond away from Britain.
Well a sea but you know what I mean
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I know
Would BD interesting if it was a pond.... (*stares at his glass of water*) (shakes head quickly) meh,
W!LßSO! @ XDA

Nice man

Actually, widgets are mini-apps, they aren't mini-desktops (the homescreen is a container for these mini-apps).

Awesome guide!!!! Adding thread link to my FAQ soon!
Sent From My W8 Using Tapatalk On MiniCM9 3.0.1

I see an RC work Thanks really nice.

RoberGalarga said:
Actually, widgets are mini-apps, they aren't mini-desktops (the homescreen is a container for these mini-apps).
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Thanks!
I actually had a hard time thinking about what I'd put there.
Edited it
lucastan96 said:
Awesome guide!!!! Adding thread link to my FAQ soon!
Sent From My W8 Using Tapatalk On MiniCM9 3.0.1
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Thanks Lucas
deedii said:
I see an RC work Thanks really nice.
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We got promoted for something, this is what we're here for. Well, you get the idea.
RohinZaraki said:
Nice man
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Thanks Rohin
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Kewl tutorial for new members

Hey Swift, I think DPI means dots per inch, as per pixels, not dimensions.
Sent from my X8 to your screen

Chris95X8 said:
Hey Swift, I think DPI means dots per inch, as per pixels, not dimensions.
Sent from my X8 to your screen
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Whoops.
Looks like my teacher was wrong
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- Swift - said:
Whoops.
Looks like my teacher was wrong
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And who was your "Teacher" ?

Anyways, nice guide here for beginners.
Sent from my XPERIA X8 using xda premium

Spevky said:
And who was your "Teacher" ?
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In school.
A few months back I was talking to my friend before class and my teacher came in the door just as I said MDPI and for some reason he explained DPI..
Math class :what:
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- Swift - said:
In school.
A few months back I was talking to my friend before class and my teacher came in the door just as I said MDPI and for some reason he explained DPI..
Math class :what:
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lol

Chris95X8 said:
Hey Swift, I think DPI means dots per inch, as per pixels, not dimensions.
Sent from my X8 to your screen
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I always thought DPI meant "Density per Inch
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RohinZaraki said:
I always thought DPI meant "Density per Inch
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It is in a sense. Look it up.
Sent from my X8 to your screen