Themes? - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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livebyknight said:
I just saw a post that was using optimus g pro themes for the g2. How would I access the theme changer (stock) on the At&t version ? Was it removed?
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I'm guessing on your phone when you hit the menu key it doesn't show theme so go to settings/Home screen and it should be there.

Depends what you mean by theme. I am pretty sure the stock phone can really just change wallpaper and move icons around. With root access you can install the Xposed framework which allows much more customization which is probably what you want, and with custom launchers such as Nova or Apex you can also do wallpaper changes and run custom icon packs. But maybe the theme you saw was nothing more than some UCCW widgets, IDK since I haven't seen the one you are talking about.

shaungregg said:
I'm guessing on your phone when you hit the menu key it doesn't show theme so go to settings/Home screen and it should be there.
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I think may be he is asking for your previous post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45953292&postcount=4

EniGmA1987 said:
Depends what you mean by theme. I am pretty sure the stock phone can really just change wallpaper and move icons around. With root access you can install the Xposed framework which allows much more customization which is probably what you want, and with custom launchers such as Nova or Apex you can also do wallpaper changes and run custom icon packs. But maybe the theme you saw was nothing more than some UCCW widgets, IDK since I haven't seen the one you are talking about.
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The stock launcher on the G2 has a theme changer and comes with two themes that change icons, walls and the clock widget maybe more. So its basically good for changing icon packs and then just reset your wallpaper after you get the icons you like. Yes you can use Nova or whatever and customize icons to your hearts content but I prefer the LG launcher and I'm thrilled they added this.

shaungregg said:
The stock launcher on the G2 has a theme changer and comes with two themes that change icons, walls and the clock widget maybe more. So its basically good for changing icon packs and then just reset your wallpaper after you get the icons you like. Yes you can use Nova or whatever and customize icons to your hearts content but I prefer the LG launcher and I'm thrilled they added this.
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Yea I love it, just wish it theme'd widgets but guess i will splurge on Beautiful Widgets/HD Widgets
(stock transparent clock-weather widget would be nice tho)

I'm on the at&t variant and I can't find the theme option anywhere either. I'm guessing they took it out. I can still change individual icons by holding the icon, tapping the purple brush that pops up, hitting Menu and selecting a theme I've installed from the previous thread and then they all show up for selection. This only works for individual icons though and will not help you change the app drawer button, which is the one I wanted to change.
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Wow that sucks, makes no sense. I know carriers add bloat but didn't think they touch anything in a UI. This is the theme manager on the G2.

shaungregg said:
Wow that sucks, makes no sense. I know carriers add bloat but didn't think they touch anything in a UI. This is the theme manager on the G2.
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I've got nothing that says theme anywhere I assume it would be. Checked Home Settings and Menu on the Home Screen. Nothing. I'm really bummed about that. I wanted to change the app drawer button so badly. Damn.
Edit: going to try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447311
[MOD] LG Home [AT&T][Verizon][International]
Edit 2: Some things changed, like the blank screen text, but others didn't like the ability to theme. Weird. Maybe that isn't ready for the at&t version of that mod.
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Pretty sure I found the apk, I'll provide a link in a few minutes. Let me know if I'm wrong about this so I can delete this.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uykerxtdvlwx5yw/98J6tOJTWX
Never done this before, its my Dropbox public folder I assume its shared. File is uploading slow should be about two more minutes if anyone is awake lol.
In this other thread a guy created a mod that does a bunch of things including giving you the themer, here is the link if you want to try that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447311

shaungregg said:
Pretty sure I found the apk, I'll provide a link in a few minutes. Let me know if I'm wrong about this so I can delete this.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uykerxtdvlwx5yw/98J6tOJTWX
Never done this before, its my Dropbox public folder I assume its shared. File is uploading slow should be about two more minutes if anyone is awake lol.
In this other thread a guy created a mod that does a bunch of things including giving you the themer, here is the link if you want to try that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447311
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I don't think just flashing yours would work. It might but the guy needed all the files for the models he was building the mod for from the devices he was building for. I think it would need a little more than just swapping it.
And I tried that mod. No theme ability on the at&t version of the phone. Still.
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colbyfink said:
I'm on the at&t variant and I can't find the theme option anywhere either. I'm guessing they took it out. I can still change individual icons by holding the icon, tapping the purple brush that pops up, hitting Menu and selecting a theme I've installed from the previous thread and then they all show up for selection. This only works for individual icons though and will not help you change the app drawer button, which is the one I wanted to change.
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Yep this is the same for me. I dont have any of those options you mentioned about theming.

shaungregg said:
Wow that sucks, makes no sense. I know carriers add bloat but didn't think they touch anything in a UI. This is the theme manager on the G2.
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How did you get those themes to show up?
Thank you

I believe the international and Verizon version have the theme chooser, along with the Korean version. It allows you to switch to the Marshmellow stock theme, and others to come in the future. However, I think its apparent that the At&t version is missing this functionality. Would it be possible to add it back in an APK?
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livebyknight said:
I believe the international and Verizon version have the theme chooser, along with the Korean version. It allows you to switch to the Marshmellow stock theme, and others to come in the future. However, I think its apparent that the At&t version is missing this functionality. Would it be possible to add it back in an APK?
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You'd probably have to wait for a dev to add it to their ROM

T-mobile version has it.

There's an internal application I found with system tuner called home chooser, don't think its enabled though. Anyone with another carrier version know if this is what were looking for?
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Bionix V Change icons??

i just download bionix V and 3 words " I LOVE IT " thanks TW.
I showed it to my girl and she likes it and want it too, with only one condition, she wants to keep the old icon from 2.1.
My question is, Can i download Bionix V.zip to my computer and open it with 7-zip and modified the Icons, and the flashed it? please advice, BTW she wants the BionixV TW version.
thanks.
Get a new girlfriend. Bionix is just that good.
huasamaya said:
i just download bionix V and 3 words " I LOVE IT " thanks TW.
I showed it to my girl and she likes it and want it too, with only one condition, she wants to keep the old icon from 2.1.
My question is, Can i download Bionix V.zip to my computer and open it with 7-zip and modified the Icons, and the flashed it? please advice, BTW she wants the BionixV TW version.
thanks.
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A far easier method is to download LauncherPro from the market. Then just Google for some free icons or TouchWiz Icons. Launcher Pro will let you set whatever icons you want for apps. Way easier and way less chance of screwing something up. I wasn't a big fan of the green icons either, so I went this route and made it look just the way I wanted.
You can unzip the old apks and find the appropriate .png file, then copy it into the Bionix-v apks and adb push them to /system/app
That's what I did when I ran Nero, getting back the original (FAR LESS UGLY AND GREEN) AOSP icons (though, the AOSP mms app already has an ugly icon, but I hate it anyway and use TouchWiz mms).
Yaz75 said:
A far easier method is to download LauncherPro from the market. Then just Google for some free icons or TouchWiz Icons. Launcher Pro will let you set whatever icons you want for apps. Way easier and way less chance of screwing something up. I wasn't a big fan of the green icons either, so I went this route and made it look just the way I wanted.
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How do u do this with launcher pro?it only lets me change dock icons
xriderx66 said:
How do u do this with launcher pro?it only lets me change dock icons
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Delete the icon from the home page. Then long press to add a shortcut. When you do, Launcher Pro will pop open a window and give you the option to change the name under the icon. While it's in that mode, look under the icon in the pop up window and it will say "touch the icon to change it". It will then take you to your gallery where you can select a new icon.
Yaz75 said:
Delete the icon from the home page. Then long press to add a shortcut. When you do, Launcher Pro will pop open a window and give you the option to change the name under the icon. While it's in that mode, look under the icon in the pop up window and it will say "touch the icon to change it". It will then take you to your gallery where you can select a new icon.
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Ooooh thanks
Thank you guys.
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Shes trying to run your life. resist!!
There are themes for adw launcher. Give her and tell her to pick one. Then tell her to make you a sammich.
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[UPDATED 7-11-2011][Theme][Sense UI] 99% complete / CM7 / aospCMod

THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST UPDATE, AS THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY.THIS THEME IS NOW ZIPPED AND IS READY TO BE DOWNLOADED ALL IN ONE PACKAGE. Please refer to the readme file in the .zip folder for instructions. DOWNLOAD LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. DROPBOX LINK HAS BEEN UPDATED, IF IT *STILL* DOESN'T WORK, THE MIRROR DOES
Sorry I had to yell like that.
Changelog:
v1.0 First version
v1.0.1 Added free flipclock, and market links for convenience
v1.0.2 Added bootanimation
v1.0.3 Added HTC app: Calculator (requires ADB push)(Instructions below)
Added HTC app: Music
Added HTC app: Teeter
Added 25 Wallpapers (All included wallpapers are 640 x 480 in resolution)
v1.0.4 Added an icon pack, for those of you who aren't rooted and running CM7 / NTSense (courtesy of wwalczyszyn from DeviantArt)(Link to his page at the bottom)
Added Ringtones
Added Alarms
Added Notification Ringtones
Added general UI sounds (they aren't applied to anything in the theme, but they are there)
Added a bunch of Fonts
Added application: "Type Fresh" for installing fonts (root required)
v1.1.0 Added ~15 Sense Themed Clocks, courtesy of FactoryWidgets and DNSProject
Just a thought here....I've spent a bunch of time on this theme, between searching the vast interwebs for applications that work, to editing files, to theming apps and testing them, at least 60 hours of my life have been put into this project. I don't take donations or anything, so could you guys help spread the word to all of your friends so i don't feel like I did all of this for just a few people? Or at least hit the thank you button every now and then. I would appreciate that.
Alrighty fellas, I've compiled a theme together for pretty much any android device capable of running CM7, but since I created it on my Optimus V, I'll post it here.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE FILES USED IN THIS THEME, I SIMPLY COMBINED WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO ME. Furthermore, a few of these apps are paid apps, and I cannot suppply those to you.
I'd like to give a big ol' thank you to AOSP for creating such a great base ROM to work with, nhnt11 for creating the themed menus and status bar, and the devs of all of the apps used in this project.
What is themed:
-Status Bar
-Notification Drawer
-The entire Launcher
-App Drawer
-Menus (including highlighted text)
-Widgets (Only "LP Sense UI widgets" "Toggles" and "Search" are themed)
-Keyboard
-Lockscreen
-Clock
-In-App Titles
-Boot Animation
-HTC app: Claculator
-HTC app: Music
-HTC app: Teeter
-Wallpapers / backgrounds
-Alarms
-Ringtones
-Icons
-Fonts
HOW TO FIX "ERROR INVALID_KEY" WITH FACEBOOK WIDGET
In order to get functionality from the Facebook widget back, as per THIS, you will need to uninstall the facebook app from your phone, then uninstall and reinstall LP sense ui app. From there, when you enter your credentials in the widget settings, it should work. After it is done synching and whatnot, you may reinstall Facebook app. It *should* work.
Step One
You are going to need to install a CM7 ROM with the Theme Chooser application if you want the status bar / menu themes to work. At this point, I'd like to give you this warning:
IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF YOU EFF UP YOUR PHONE, YOU ARE DOING THIS OF YOUR OWN ACCORD
#Step 1a (Skip if not rooted)
In order to install the fonts that I've included, you will need root access. There are two ways to install them: one through ADB, the other through a
market app, Type Fresh (included in the "app" folder) I feel it necessary to link to the original page for instructions. Here is the URL:
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2009/04/25/how-to-change-fonts-in-android/
Step Two
After installing the ROM, you will need to download NTSense, provided by nhnt11 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970459
Just follow the instructions on the link provided.
Step Three
Now you will need to install LP Sense UI, provided at the bottom of this thread. THIS IS NOT THE PAID VERSION, IT IS THE REGULAR FREE VERSION, HOWEVER WIDGETS DO WORK.
You will need to set it up properly for it to work. Do the following:
From Homescreen:
Menu>Preferences>Sense Mod Configuration
Set Number of docks to "1"
Dock Background>Standard (be sure to press it, even though it is selected, or else it wont work properly)
Home button on app drawer "on"
Enable auto Rotation "off"
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That should be it for the launcher. You can set other things how you like, I usually use "Rotate 2" as my transition, it looks great with the theme
Menu>Preferences>Homescreen Settings>Transition Effect> "Rotate 2"
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Step Four
You will need to purchase "WidgetLocker" from the market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
It is $1.99 USD, but it is worth it, it is helpful for many other themes and is great as a lockscreen in general.
be sure to open WidgetLocker from the app drawer to open it in edit or "Tool" mode.
FROM "TOOL MODE:"
Menu>Settings>Enable WidgetLocker
(Skip this if you don't have root) Menu>Settings>Advanced>Root Helper>Check All Boxes, set Autoswipe Pin/Password to "Auto"
Menu>Settings>Advanced>Check "Hide Notification Icon" and "Hide Interaction Warning"
Configure the rest how you prefer.
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While you are in tool mode, long press every app, slider and widget and drag it to the trash bin at the bottom of the screen. Then do this:
Menu>Add>Custom Slider
Select "Sense" from the box directly underneath the picture of the slider.
Save.
You will need to long press the slider and drag it all the way to the bottom of the screen, being careful not to put it in the trash bin (or else you'd have to make a new slider )
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Step Five
Install any of the clocks in from the included "clocks" folder found under "apps"
Should you install the flipclock app, be warned:
NOTE: THIS CLOCK HAS NO FLIPPING ANIMATION. HOPEFULLY, I WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE THAT DOES FLIP IN THE FUTURE, BUT NO GUARANTEES. I WOULD NEED A LOT OF HELP.
Step Six
In order to get the toggle widgets, such as wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate, silence, etc. you need to Purchase Beautiful Widgets from the Market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.levelup.beautifulwidgets&feature=search_result
I have included a brightness control and battery indicator themed to look Sense-esque. They are at the bottom of the Post.
FOR THE BATTERY INDICATOR:
1. Apply Widget to Homescreen
2. Tap on it
3. Select the "Preferences" tab in the top right corner.
4. Check every single box, especially Swap Low/High res. You can select the temperature unit of your choice.
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Alright Guys, have fun with this, Feel free to thank me if this helped you at all. screen shots will be posted in The Second Post.
DOWNLOAD LINK FROM MY DROPBOX
Sense UI theme hosted by Dropbox.
MIRROR
Sense UI theme hosted by 4shared.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157626954358030/
Sorry I couldn't post in-forum screen shots, I don't know how to.
Also Reserved.
Yo man you can also take framework .png sources from my sense port
ciaox said:
Yo man you can also take framework .png sources from my sense port
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Hey, I appreciate the offer, I will keep that in mind
even if i dont like htc based themes i like your idea
this is good, but i wont use it,
(Im android forward fan, not htc)
i will use it when times come, thank you
SWEATTAIMI said:
even if i dont like htc based themes i like your idea
this is good, but i wont use it,
(Im android forward fan, not htc)
i will use it when times come, thank you
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Thanks a million, dude
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Nice one bro!
Thank you for your hard work. +1
If I want only black status bar with sense icons which steps I must done?
Layio said:
If I want only black status bar with sense icons which steps I must done?
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You would head to the NTSense page and click on the link to download older versions and then get the Gingerbar theme. But since I'm nice, here is the direct link:
To the list of all older NTSense themes:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjstlbwbel2s34y
To the one you are looking for (Gingerbar):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjstlbwbel2s34y/NTSense-gingerbar.apk
kovacsgellert said:
Nice one bro!
Thank you for your hard work. +1
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Hey man, no problem! I enjoy doing stuff like this to help out my mates!
It wont let me login to sense Facebook widget. Says error:invalid_key
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Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
b00gieMan_droid said:
Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
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Dude, there's no need to be a complete d1ck. It may have some problems, but it far from sucks. Its really nice looking. I just need to know how to fox the fb widget.
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You can't fix the FB widget...!!! If you want that then you'll have to purchase from LP Sense UI's blog or use an old "ahem" russian version where everything is in english... but certain parts are in russian... certain button language.
EDIT: AM NOT BEING A D1CK! I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING. I MOD MY PHONE MORE THAN YOU EVER ATE FOOD OR FARTED!
Sigh... chill out people. Just use web browser mobile version of FB for this social crap. (The whole FB is junk anyway.)
b00gieMan_droid said:
You can't fix the FB widget...!!! If you want that then you'll have to purchase from LP Sense UI's blog or use an old "ahem" russian version where everything is in english... but certain parts are in russian... certain button language.
EDIT: AM NOT BEING A D1CK! I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING. I MOD MY PHONE MORE THAN YOU EVER ATE FOOD OR FARTED!
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Yeah, not a D1CK at all... just cause you think you're perfect, you don't have to go around and call someone else's work a complete price of crap. There's no point. And this theme is visually appealing, which is the major role of a theme. It just has some bugs that need worked out.
Oh, and if you're so great, why don't you make a cm7 sense theme that looks an acts identical to the real thing, including all the icons, app drawer, and Widgets. You should be able to get that done in a couple hours right?
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Woah chill out people. I dont want a flame war here. I didn't make any of this, its just compiled together from what's available. If you want something fixed take it up with the original Dev.
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b00gieMan_droid said:
Its a piece of ****... sorry to say but you've done / mentioned nothing new.. and besides all of that the LP Sense UI 1.5.3 SUCKS! Facebook error all the time. Used this around 2months back and trust me its a peice of crap!
People dont waste your time on it.. sorry OP, not trying to fume you or so..
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Hey, I'm sorry you feel this way, but I've posted a fix in the OP. It is not a true "fix" but more of a compromise. I would appreciate it if you would please stop posted offensive comments.
Hope it helped.
bjones72751 said:
Dude, there's no need to be a complete d1ck. It may have some problems, but it far from sucks. Its really nice looking. I just need to know how to fox the fb widget.
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Hey man, check the OP for a Facebook widget fix. I haven't tried it yet, but the kind gentlefolk over at android central believe their fix works. Hope I helped.

Change stock icons?

Curently running ForceRom 2.1 and love it. I haved messed around with other roms and launchers but nothing else seems right for me. The only thing I want is a different set of stock system/dock icons, such as stock android icons. Is there a simple way to change 5-10 of the stock icons. Im actually not interested in a fully pimped out theme changing all apps icons since I rather like the different colors.
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Kingmdm said:
Curently running ForceRom 2.1 and love it. I haved messed around with other roms and launchers but nothing else seems right for me. The only thing I want is a different set of stock system/dock icons, such as stock android icons. Is there a simple way to change 5-10 of the stock icons. Im actually not interested in a fully pimped out theme changing all apps icons since I rather like the different colors.
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You may have to sacrifice something if not running a third party launcher or icon pack/theme. The easiest way right off the top of my head is to use Desktop Visualizer or a similar app. You can create shortcuts for apps and make the icon whatever you want. Might see if it will do what you want.
Kingmdm said:
Curently running ForceRom 2.1 and love it. I haved messed around with other roms and launchers but nothing else seems right for me. The only thing I want is a different set of stock system/dock icons, such as stock android icons. Is there a simple way to change 5-10 of the stock icons. Im actually not interested in a fully pimped out theme changing all apps icons since I rather like the different colors.
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"Icon Changer Free" from Google Play Store. Works flawlessly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad
mmmajor said:
"Icon Changer Free" from Google Play Store. Works flawlessly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad
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Yep, this works nicely and is simple! Now able to change out stock icons on dock. Just wanted to change Icon appearance from the millions of others without affecting or adding unwanted functionality. Thanks!

[Q] Anyone tackling the hideous folder background?

So far I don't really mind the stock launcher, it's alright. I'm a long time user of Nova on my GNex and generally liked the options for folder backgrounds.
The biggest complaint I've got about the launcher so far are the hideous backgrounds and icon ordering. Is anyone working on a mod to change that, or seeing that it is part of the stock launcher, are we pretty much screwed?
Any info on how to change them would be awesome, they are the biggest problem i have with the stock launcher. Thanks!
I'm not sure what you're talking about but if you hit the menu key you should be able to sort them how you want.
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I've attached two screenshots. The background is the tan or blue square, and you'll see how stock layers them. Thats what I'm looking for.
Lol.... Stop me if I'm wrong but can you just drag the icons out the folders and drag any icon you want into them?
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Sure, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. Maybe I'm being unclear.
The UI for a folder in LG's skin is an ugly box, and they just put the icons as little tiny icons. To me it is very ugly. In stock Android they layer them as you can see.
What I'm looking for is a possible mod to change the look of a folder on the homescreen. That is really all.
Azeolus said:
Sure, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. Maybe I'm being unclear.
The UI for a folder in LG's skin is an ugly box, and they just put the icons as little tiny icons. To me it is very ugly. In stock Android they layer them as you can see.
What I'm looking for is a possible mod to change the look of a folder on the homescreen. That is really all.
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I totally understand your point and I think so too that's an ugly folder implementation and a shame to an otherwise awesome Launcher, also once you have items in the folders, you can't have them reordered alphabetically. I'm sure there are ways of changing at least the folder design (if rooted of course).
I'll try to find some time to do something about it, but don't hold your breath okay?
Cheers!
As far as someone working on making a better interface, I would think that there is a mod out for that, but I'd have to check on it.
If you want to reorder the icons, open up said hideous folder, click and hold the icon you want to move for around 2 seconds, then move it to your desire location WITHIN the folder. I reorganize my icons all the time.
For me, coming from 3 years of vanilla android, I like some aspects of the LG skin, but there are definitely things a lot of little things that I miss from stock android.
I hope that I answered, at the very least, one of your questions.
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dynamikd said:
As far as someone working on making a better interface, I would think that there is a mod out for that, but I'd have to check on it.
If you want to reorder the icons, open up said hideous folder, click and hold the icon you want to move for around 2 seconds, then move it to your desire location WITHIN the folder. I reorganize my icons all the time.
For me, coming from 3 years of vanilla android, I like some aspects of the LG skin, but there are definitely things a lot of little things that I miss from stock android.
I hope that I answered, at the very least, one of your questions.
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Thanks, but I wish there was a better solution. I'd hate to rearrange my huge folders. For small contents it's ok though.
Cheers
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Hideous or not, these are probably the most useful folders I've ever used, to me. Have any of you tried resizing the folder? You can make the folders whatever size you want and scroll through all of the app/shortcut icons. These are the only thing keeping me from using a custom launcher because I haven't found a way to duplicate the scrollable folders.
See pic attached.
I freaking hate these folders on stock, it's a freaking eye sore
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thewihlygeek said:
Hideous or not, these are probably the most useful folders I've ever used, to me. Have any of you tried resizing the folder? You can make the folders whatever size you want and scroll through all of the app/shortcut icons. These are the only thing keeping me from using a custom launcher because I haven't found a way to duplicate the scrollable folders.
See pic attached.
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Dang I love when I learn something more new about this phone.. It's never ending.. I agree folders stack kind've ugly, but i like changing background color and love the resize thing!
Azeolus said:
So far I don't really mind the stock launcher, it's alright. I'm a long time user of Nova on my GNex and generally liked the options for folder backgrounds.
The biggest complaint I've got about the launcher so far are the hideous backgrounds and icon ordering. Is anyone working on a mod to change that, or seeing that it is part of the stock launcher, are we pretty much screwed?
Any info on how to change them would be awesome, they are the biggest problem i have with the stock launcher. Thanks!
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I figured out a way to insert the stock AOSP folder PNG's into the LGHome.APK in the necessary spots but the problem is you would also need to build the framework (i think) for the icons in the folders to appear/arrange themselves like AOSP does. Even after i have put in the stock PNG's the launcher just arranged them the same as stock.
So is it possible to replace the 10 available folder icons with 10 other ones of your own? Sure. Get it to be perfectly AOSP, maybe, but going to take more skillz than i have.
thewihlygeek said:
Hideous or not, these are probably the most useful folders I've ever used, to me. Have any of you tried resizing the folder? You can make the folders whatever size you want and scroll through all of the app/shortcut icons. These are the only thing keeping me from using a custom launcher because I haven't found a way to duplicate the scrollable folders.
See pic attached.
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I'm with you 100%. This is the one thing that no other launcher I've tried offers (admittedly I haven't tried that many, since I prefer a minimalist approach and most launchers seem overloaded with "features").
The stock LG launcher really feels better than most custom ones to me.
My ideal would be a home page/screen with scrollable folders and a dock that can hold widgets and multiple app drawers. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?
Folder look
I use Nova Launcher. Folder settings to 'custom'. then I choose a image of a folder with a transparent background (alpha channel)

Android L Launcher - Change Icons

hi, I installed the latest Android L preview and I like it a lot but the only thing I miss is my moonshine icon pack that I used on my kitkat build.
I looked around if there is any way to change icons on the stock launcher and I came across "Beautiful Icon Styler" and I found an old apk online but it does not seem to be compatible with the android l launcher.
does anyone know if it is possible to change the icons without changing the launcher? even if it is only home screen icons I guess it is still better than nothing
thanks
I dont know for exact but u can change pngs of ur stock icons. U can google it or wait till some one answer.
Wait for xposed to release an update for android L
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so there is no app/mod that will do this right now
Did you try desktop visualizer?
bigwillis said:
Did you try desktop visualizer?
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yea I just figured out that one. However I think I might have found an easier way.
the app is called Icon Changer free and it basically creates a shortcut for the app on your homescreen with a custom icon. the icon doesn't change in the drawer but I guess it'll have to do for now
thanks
Beautiful Icon Styler
Here you go. Was looking for a app that allowed me to style the icons while using GEL (or pretty much any other launcher). This did the trick for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calciumion.themepicker.app
Just use this app called Unicon. You need root but it works.
fablife said:
Here you go. Was looking for a app that allowed me to style the icons while using GEL (or pretty much any other launcher). This did the trick for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calciumion.themepicker.app
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Doesn't work with the latest L preview
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maxell505 said:
Just use this app called Unicon. You need root but it works.
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Its 4 lollipop? Without xposed? ?
Try this app, works on L preview. It's called Awesome icons.

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