This is a trivial question but I would like to ask. In a ROM, let's say "flexreaper", there is a background -not the home screen wallpaper- that appears in some apps, in flexreaper it is a brown with yellow lines with like a halo effect on it. My question is, can you change this in the system? It has to be somewhere I just don't know where. I do know you would have to find the file in the system ans change it, so does anyone know where it is, what size it is and what format it would have to be. Thank you for your time.
Hello
You can change it using different mod. See the first post of Civato. You have different screen to choose.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517181
Thanks, do you happen to know the path to the file to just change it manually? It's fine if you don't. Just interested in knowing is all, the mod works for now.
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First I want to thank everyone for all the help perfecting my new 8125!
I've searched high and low, and I've found tons of threads showing peoples Today screens, I haven't found a good way to create them. I'm looking for something basic that doesn't take up device memory. On my old Mobile3 device, I could edit the file by hand, but haven't found a way to do this yet.
I'm just looking to be able to change colors, get rid of backgrounds, move items around, and maybe change fonts.
Any advice? Is there a thread somewhere that outlines the process that I may have missed?
Thanks again
Sounds like you want to change the theme of your phone, not add new today plug-ins. Try searching for ThemeGenerator or something like that--it might have the settings you're after.
A while back I was browsing about and came across a thread on here in another catagory with some files to change the battery icon to have colours depending on the battery level. (the icons in the top right) I believe these were for the touch HD, but I have been unable to find the thread since.
What I am wanting to know is, is there a way to say take the icons off the device, are they stored in the windows folder as .gif's or .png's for instance, so that I could edit them and change them.
Im not too familiar with this business, but im not a fan of the plain white icons and would like to jazz them up a tiny bit. Though I have a feeling they will be cooked? into the rom so that one would need to cook? them in and onto a custom rom.
Now obviously I know this can be done one way or another but the reason for posting here is wanting to know if this could be done on the Xperia. I imagine so as it's just WM6 and nothing specific to the Xperia, but wasn't too sure. Thus creating the thread in here.
Apologies if I posted this in the wrong place.
EDIT: In my haste to become the worlds fastest post creator, I have come across a thread with information on changing the start icon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378084&highlight=battery+icon&page=8
One would presume it would be the same for the other icons, but I shall have to check after following that thread.
Though I still cannot seem to find the thread with the icons already in which I mentioned earlier.
Hi, I'm new here and am amazed to see the visual modifications people have managed on their Diamonds. I have already changed my clock to a transparent one thanks to this forum. However, I'm getting increasingly tempted to change other visual aspects including icons, and knowing about as much about this stuff as the average person knows about rocket science, I'm hoping someone could tell me what I can and can't do in regards to the phone I have.
My rom is version 1.93 and I know nothing else except that I bought it and have used it like a normal phone since. Finding this forum, I'd immediatly spotted a thread regarding theme changes, but it stated explicitly not to do it on a 1.93 rom. So instead I managed to change my clock, by simply downloading a .cab file and installing it (surprisingly easy).
To get to the point, I'd just like to know whether it is safe for me to install icon packs or whatever on my diamond without damaging it. I know themes are out of the question because of my rom, but to my knowledge icons, curtains etc are not themes?
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.
could anybody please help?
Hi... and welcome to the forum
As far as I know you can't damage your phone when copying/Installing themes, icons, dll's whatever...
It could happen that you will need a hard reset... and in that case you will lose everything you have on your phone (not the External Memory)
And you said you can't use .theme's on a 1.93 ROM... well some you can and some you can't...
Try it...
if it should happen that you cant start TF3D...
you can always delete all _manila files in windows... (your phone)
this way all the original manila files will 'pop up'...
Start reading some of the threads, and find out what other people have done and what they have encountered...
In conclusion... don't be afraid to experiment.. it's the best way to learn
And you can always do a Hard Reset...
Install a backup program on your phone (PPCPimBackup is a good one) and backup all your contacts, sms...
The only way you could damage your phone is when flashing a new ROM...
Well, hope this helps you a bit...
/Nisse
Thank you so much. Guess I can have a play around now.
so i was checking out the forums.... did some searching and kinda got lost... so i decided it was time to join and see what i can find out..... got my evo a couple days ago... first thing i thought when checking out my phone is how i can change the theme...
i figured that such a powerful phone it should be possible to do it.... well i found themes and other info... but it all seems contradictory.... some sites and info it seems i need to "root" my phone (which i'm not sure what that is still).... others say i need to "rom" my phone (again still not sure what that is either)...
so what do i need to know to change the theme of my phone? what other things should i know about my phone (besides the basics i read in the guide)?
is it possible to create my own theme for the phone? or is it very complicated?
sorry if this is a repost i did search and as i said i kinda got lost and confused.. it's obviious you all are smart and some of the terms and info you put out kinda has me scratching my head.... it there's a way to explain it simply i can probably understand...
i feel the same way
Well it took em a few days to figure out everything.. I am too a new evo user..i managed to root my evo, add a custom theme and kernel and change my banner..i had figured it out all on my own..theres a evo wiki that might help you...
thanks banks.... i'll look into it...... but thanks to fachadick i learned a little what i needed to know.... my next step was to learn how to root and add roms and the like.... i'll look into that wiki....
the reason you get a lot of different information depending on where you look is because there are multiple options for themes depending on what exactly you are looking for. there are some things that can be done without root. for example many launchers (OpenHome ADW etc) will let you download themes made for it which give you different icons and backgrounds. Other options are to go with a launcher liek Launcher Pro and youcan change your dock around a lot, you can download folder organizer or application organizer and make folders with custom icons, you can use better cut to change icons on single applications. All these you can do with out needing root.
what you will need root for is if you want a theme that changes the rosie UI, changes the menus(ie adds color) or changes the notification icons\color of the top bar, and even changing fonts used by the rosie ui itself
if you dont care about that stuff then you dont actually have to root, though i suggest it anyway, to change your theme.
Hey folks, quick question. I tried to read up on this but there is SO much information that I can't seem to get a good direction to start in.
I would like to make a market app, to change battery icons to what I have created. I would also like to make them compatible with most roms if possible and foremost, I would like the app to make a backup file within the app so users can flash back their old icons at any time and choose from different colors I have to offer.
I have read through this guide and looked at this as well. Is there something more streamlined to be able to do what I want to do or is the first guide sufficient enough? Thanks in advance, any help or input would be appreciated
I'm pretty sure to change the battery icon you need to have root access.
I would suggest having a look at the theming section of the forum, because what you wan't is what they are doing there, replacing stock icons/images and styles with custom ones.
I think there are even apps or programs to flash the themes for you