[Q] Themes for Moto-X Pure? - X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I don't get it. We have an X Style (Pure) Themes and Apps thread, but you cannot ask questions in it like where do you get a nice dark theme and can you theme the stock rom?
Okay I have not found any suitable custom roms for this phone, they seem to introduce more problems that are not there in the stock rom. But we do have things like Nova Prime Launcher, Xposed modules, and of course, root. And I really want a nice dark theme for this phone.
But all of the themes I have found seem to need a custom rom to install with a theme engine. Can we actually theme the stock Pure rom and how would you do it? And, does anyone know of some nice dark themes to choose from?
I really love this phone and don't want to wreck it with an alpha rom so sticking with stock. Please have some good news for me and us! :fingers-crossed:
Thank you very much!

When you have root, you can always try layers manager. Works very good with stock rom. Just install it from the google playstore.
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Make sure you have a backup first before trying layers. I've tried using it a few times on stock and TruePureX and I start getting bootloops.
Besides that the only method I know for getting a dark theme is manually decompiling a few of the system apks, changing resources, recompiling, and then flashing the edited apks. That's the method I've been looking into in my freetime. I've had some results but I haven't gotten all the colors like I want them nor figured out where all the resources are yet. I was able to get most of the quick settings themed decently and some progress with Settings. If I do get it working without any noticeable color issues then I'll be giving the flashable zip to the guy working on the TruePureX rom seeing that is the rom I'm on.
(The colored status bar, navbar buttons, and extra quick setting tiles are from using Gravity Box and Xblast Xposed modules. The dark/transparent stuff is the resources I changed though)
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Layers will not work until the phone gets Marshmallow.
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Ohmster said:
I don't get it. We have an X Style (Pure) Themes and Apps thread, but you cannot ask questions in it like where do you get a nice dark theme and can you theme the stock rom?
Okay I have not found any suitable custom roms for this phone, they seem to introduce more problems that are not there in the stock rom. But we do have things like Nova Prime Launcher, Xposed modules, and of course, root. And I really want a nice dark theme for this phone.
But all of the themes I have found seem to need a custom rom to install with a theme engine. Can we actually theme the stock Pure rom and how would you do it? And, does anyone know of some nice dark themes to choose from?
I really love this phone and don't want to wreck it with an alpha rom so sticking with stock. Please have some good news for me and us! :fingers-crossed:
Thank you very much!
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I have been using smart launcher. Best launcher I have used. And i have used them all. Takes getting used to but its worth trying. They have full themes on play store. DT2S works. I really am surprised more people don't talk about it.
Of course you could dive in and start modding. Above my pay grade. Anyways, good luck.

jmileti said:
I have been using smart launcher. Best launcher I have used. And i have used them all. Takes getting used to but its worth trying. They have full themes on play store. DT2S works. I really am surprised more people don't talk about it.
Of course you could dive in and start modding. Above my pay grade. Anyways, good luck.
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Yeah, I am starting to learn that if I cannot have a custom rom, a really launcher can do most of what I want and really, that is good enough for now. Using Nova Prime as a lot of my friends have recommended it and, it really has opened a lot of customization doors that the stock Google Now launcher simply cannot do.
Never heard of Smart Launcher but have it in my sites now, thanks!
Modding? No, I skipped that in favor of electronics school, long ago. Just have to wait for someone who is good at it, releases something I/we can use, and be grateful for it.

I can confirm layers on a stock ROM doesn't work. Just hangs after boot animation and requires restore from backup. I'd kill for can dark theme on stock or working layers.
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siralsmooth said:
I can confirm layers on a stock ROM doesn't work. Just hangs after boot animation and requires restore from backup. I'd kill for can dark theme on stock or working layers.
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Excuse me, what exactly are "layers"? I hear this term a lot and do not quite understand what it means. My phone is rooted, I use Xposed, and my most recent rom was CM11 on my previous phone, the Droid Razr Maxx. But still, what is this "layer" thing you guys talk about?
I am with you, siralsmooth. Dark Themes are so much nicer to look at, easy on the eyes, and I would kill for one too!

Layers is a theme manager that was implemented into AOSP by Sony to become the standard theme engine in android. I used it on my nexus 6 and loved it.
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CM - Nightlies new feature "theme chooser"?

Anybody notice the theme chooser in cyanogen 7 build 8, i believe it just came up on the most recent one.
It changes a lot, i choose the "Androidian", and the animation is different, don't know what changes it makes to ADW not fond of that launcher anymore, use Zeam.
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thanks for finding this!
very nice addition...
No problem, wasn't sure which build it first came up on lol, skipped 7, CM 7 getting smoother and smoother, can't wait for stable.
it was introduced in build 8
Androidian theme is a beast.
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I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!
how do you get to the theme setting?
Its in the app drawer.
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wase4711 said:
I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!
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I really hope so. Obviously right now its very new and not finished so I can only comment on what I have seen so far but its pretty limited on what it actually changes..
I really hope it eventually is like the MIUI theming system and allows you to change any image pretty much for any app etc. even installed apps..
This is going to be a nice addition
MrDSL said:
I really hope so. Obviously right now its very new and not finished so I can only comment on what I have seen so far but its pretty limited on what it actually changes..
I really hope it eventually is like the MIUI theming system and allows you to change any image pretty much for any app etc. even installed apps..
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I have a feeling it will, considering they opt-out for the changes in the status bar, there might be integration into the theming that way. Think it will be nice if they made a windows application similar to blackberry theme manager, where any common joe can make a theme. And do you think each theme will work on every device? So every theme developers can work as one and apply it across all devices? I really hope so.
i dont find where i can change my themes, could somebody help me please
juancaperez2000 said:
i dont find where i can change my themes, could somebody help me please
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its in your app drawer; the program is called theme chooser
wase4711 said:
its in your app drawer; the program is called theme chooser
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This should be added to the OP. First thing I did was go to Cyanogenmod Settings.
On that note though: anyone notice things are moved around quite a bit in the CM settings? Took me a second to flip through them to find everything but it seems like a more logical layout. I'm just glad the "Dragons Ahead!" warning is still in place.
rstuckmaier said:
This should be added to the OP. First thing I did was go to Cyanogenmod Settings.
On that note though: anyone notice things are moved around quite a bit in the CM settings? Took me a second to flip through them to find everything but it seems like a more logical layout. I'm just glad the "Dragons Ahead!" warning is still in place.
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yeah, I noticed that..I assume its because there are going to be some new menu items added throughout the settings menu, and they are changing the layouts now to be ready for when that happens..
Its nice to find new/different stuff in this ROm!
This has a lot of potential to make theming easier & quicker. Could be cool to not have to flash a theme & just go to the theme app & change themes. This is a win for me.
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Oooh it changes the theme for the camera app as well! I'm very pleased with how CM7 is progressing
This is a port of the TMobile theming engine. TMobile posted the code on github and the CyanogenMod team was able to use the code under the Apache license. Cyanogen posted comments about it on Twitter yesterday.
wase4711 said:
I bet this will introduce a change in how we theme CM7..
no more flashing zips in recovery; I bet there will be an implementation to import the theme somehow directly from this app..
Just another reason why Cyanogen just puts EVERY other ROM to shame!
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I love cm just as much as the next guy, but more of an FYI; MIUI has a SUPER slick theme changer that links to a webserver, directly downloads, etc. So while this is awesome it's not the first time I've seen something like this.
spiicytuna said:
I love cm just as much as the next guy, but more of an FYI; MIUI has a SUPER slick theme changer that links to a webserver, directly downloads, etc. So while this is awesome it's not the first time I've seen something like this.
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Well considering your statement, themes in general is nothing new, just a nice add-on for Cyanogen 7 users like myself, albeit MIUI is fine just loving gingerbread more.

[ROM] [6.20.11] BAMF Stripped BETA v1.8 - Huge toolkit update plus more! LINKS UP!

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Here is the default wallpaper for those who want to go back to it.
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Team BAMF Presents.. Matte HD v1​
Okay guys, now that I spent most of my free time this weekend mucking around in our frameworks, it is time to release the beta version of Matte HD for you guys. I hope you enjoy my hours of piddling.
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This theme is framework only right now, and I'm not even totally happy with it yet. In the coming versions I will be reworking the status bar and pulldown, theming more aspects of the UI, Dialer, etc. As always, it's up to you guys to weigh in on what direction you would like this theme to go. More color, less color, etc. Just let me know! The best feature so far of this theme is the modded AOSP lockscreen. I reworked the xmls so that now the AOSP lockscreen background image will be whatever is default_wallpaper.jpg in your framework. To get the effect pictured above I made a wallpaper with a transparent rip through it so that you're homescreen wallpaper shows through which creates a great effect. I also nuked all the text besides the clock. I will be posting a tutorial in a day or so as well as a PSD so that we can make different lockscreen images and use metamorph to quickly apply them.
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Theme Includes
Power Toggles
4-in-1 Reboot Options
Modded AOSP Lockscreen (Changeable wallpaper, carrier and text deletions)
Accurate Battery
Square Menus
Themed UI
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As always, any support is greatily appreciated, look for more from Team BAMF real soon.
Download Matte HD v1: http://goo.gl/CqMPN
NOTE: Remember, to enable AOSP lockscreen via BAMF Toolkit to use the new features of this theme. This theme is compatible with all BAMF versions.
Next Version: Dialer, made from scratch power toggles theme, more UI enchancements, etc.
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Perty!
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Perfect! I'm one of the Sense haters. This is gonna be great! Thanks again guys for these great quality ROMs.
Looks good, but flashed so many goodies today on the remix I can't change now, lol.
Nice, the best ROM on the TB just hit a wider audience. Sense has grown on me though and I have no desire to leave BAMF remix
Haha good to hear it guys, this should hold over the purists. Will update accordingly with the others but should need way less "supervision" in this thread.. It's the tried and true base with no sense to confuse anyone. I'd like for someone versed in Android to help moderate this thread. PM me if ya wanna help out.
Butchdude, would you happen to know if zhp pilots mods like red 3g/4glte icons and his battery mods would work with this Rom or do we have to wait for him to reconfigure?
IN!
gonna try this right now
gregnice37 said:
Butchdude, would you happen to know if zhp pilots mods like red 3g/4glte icons and his battery mods would work with this Rom or do we have to wait for him to reconfigure?
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The battery mods will work with this ROM but will also theme this ROM with the Remix pulldown as it is all located in framework-res.apk. If you are okay with losing the pulldown in the above screenshot, by all means flash away.
PS: NOW, I'm goin' to bed.
Dammit. BAMF remix is so good and all the mods... Oh well downloading now ROFL.
Curious on the zhp pilot mods too.
Nighty night.
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no matter what rom I try, i dont hey the 6 signal bar nor the pulldown power thing
is there something wrong with my tbolt?
Wow this is nice man for a beta.
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anyone know if the leaked skype with video works in this? i know it req some htc libraries and isnt working in some ROMs
thanks!
Oh thank god! I have gotten so tired of flashing numerous add-ons and removing apps with Titanium.
Thanks guys!
noooooooooooooo!!!!! right when i was loving bamf remix 1.6.2, you had to go and break my heart... keep up the AWESOME work guys!
How do you stop the auto download of market apps if you sign into Google?
Started clicking around, disabled auto sync and some other things (not sure what) but it seems like it's not auto dl now.
Z51 said:
no matter what rom I try, i dont hey the 6 signal bar nor the pulldown power thing
is there something wrong with my tbolt?
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I can't seem to get it working either.

[Q] Custom Themes for A500?

Just wondering if there are any custom themes in the make just something different than the stock look? Different icons and such?
Look in themes and apps.
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I did but I dont really see anything was hoping someone was working on something cool maybe soon
subnoize soulja said:
I did but I dont really see anything was hoping someone was working on something cool maybe soon
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Different custom ROMs sometimes come with themes you can flash. If you're not rooted, you're not going to be able to apply a theme anyway.
kjy2010 said:
Different custom ROMs sometimes come with themes you can flash. If you're not rooted, you're not going to be able to apply a theme anyway.
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Unless you mean something like a custom Launcher. I use KJY's ROM but I have ADW launcher EX running on my tab. If I can recall correctly I think its the only custom launcher that has honeycomb support. With it I can change the icons to whatever I like (but your home, back and task switcher buttons will always look the same unless you download one of KJY;s themes, which are pretty slick).
hardslog said:
Unless you mean something like a custom Launcher. I use KJY's ROM but I have ADW launcher EX running on my tab. If I can recall correctly I think its the only custom launcher that has honeycomb support. With it I can change the icons to whatever I like (but your home, back and task switcher buttons will always look the same unless you download one of KJY;s themes, which are pretty slick).
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Go launcher works with tablets, but it acts like a phone would.Same with lwuncher pro. I recently tried a bunch trying to find one that supports the stock app drawer (with no luck).
nifterific said:
Go launcher works with tablets, but it acts like a phone would.Same with lwuncher pro. I recently tried a bunch trying to find one that supports the stock app drawer (with no luck).
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408364
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408364
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Alright 2 launchers, but ADW is a little more affordable. I know the other launchers work too, but most of them you can't get from the market because they are deemed "incompatible", you will have to get them from other sources.
ADW actually has a tablet interface. I have attached a screen shot of it.
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hardslog said:
Alright 2 launchers, but ADW is a little more affordable. I know the other launchers work too, but most of them you can't get from the market because they are deemed "incompatible", you will have to get them from other sources.
ADW actually has a tablet interface. I have attached a screen shot of it.View attachment 850457
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Was just giving the OP another choice lol
I just saw that new 3D launcher just minutes before I posted here.
It's expensive, but it's pretty slick!
I'd actually like to see Google incorporate something like that into Android!
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Go launcher works with tablets, but it acts like a phone would.Same with lwuncher pro. I recently tried a bunch trying to find one that supports the stock app drawer (with no luck).
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Something on Go Launcher: I just read that the dedicated tablet version will come in the coming month.
Screenshot: http://www.mobiflip.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/go-launcher-tablets-2.jpg
GO Launcher should release that asap I love SPB SHELL 3D but .. you can't customize it much Is very pretty though and well put together.
Adw has a crap load of themes and you can download these to spice up any theme.
Best icon packs for launchers
4.99
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidicon.launcherproicons
Free
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.droidicon.thaicon
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kjy2010 said:
Was just giving the OP another choice lol
I just saw that new 3D launcher just minutes before I posted here.
It's expensive, but it's pretty slick!
I'd actually like to see Google incorporate something like that into Android!
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That's what Android is all about right? Choice
I am currently using the SPB Shell 3D. I do really like it. I would however love to have the Go Launcher. That's what I use on my phone and I love it. I don't have any reason aside from themes to root my Iconia, so I won't. I think the Go Launcher and ADW Launcher are about the best options for theming for now.
i have adw launcher ex but I was talking about different flashable theme with a whole new look with different fonts and buttons colors etc...
Yea agreed but I wish go launcher tablet would be available cuz the current version lags during screen transition and after about an hour of use it asked about my resolution in which case it changes it to tiny mode with icons the size of half of the original .. I think every launcher development team is now seeing that tablets tegra 2 10.1 are dropping in price so more people are picking them up before they are discontinued for new tegra 3 devices.
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subnoize soulja said:
i have adw launcher ex but I was talking about different flashable theme with a whole new look with different fonts and buttons colors etc...
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Once again if you're not rooted there is nothing you can do!
If you are, there are quite a few stock based, and non-stock based ROMs that have flashable themes for them
subnoize soulja said:
i have adw launcher ex but I was talking about different flashable theme with a whole new look with different fonts and buttons colors etc...
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Sorry bud, let's try and get back on track then.
I used SPB-shell for a time, the A500 runs cool. It is with a bit of lag if you add many widgets
i am rooted I have the falcon galaxy rom its a little different looking my question just was if any one was working on flashable themes that's all sorry for the confusion

[CM12] [UPDATED][1.1] Themes - Hurricane, Dragonfly, Rust and Saturn

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Seeding update 1.1 for all themes. Have a good day CM12 Users
Links:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siddheshpatil.blackhand.rust
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siddheshpatil.blackhand.saturn
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siddheshpatil.blackhand.dragonfly
here is the video overview of Dragonfly : http://youtu.be/o3eg5mh9M18
Actually using dragonfly right now, great concept. Obviously because it's so early it needs a bit of work but I love the colours. Keep up the good job!
Do you plan on adding any fonts?
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christopherrrg said:
Actually using dragonfly right now, great concept. Obviously because it's so early it needs a bit of work but I love the colours. Keep up the good job!
Do you plan on adding any fonts?
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Yes, I am working with the fonts. The problem is English users are happy with the fonts but other language support and emoji are not working. I am trying to fix it. I am almost updating the app every 2 days, fixing minor bugs.
Thank you for using my themes
nice! I found these from the xda news feed, thank you thank you thank you!!
Looks good. It's also possible to get the apk? I haven't the play store.
Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z3C
Congrats mate. You just made it to the portal. Thanks a lot for the themes you've created and primarily keeping them for free.
Dragonfly playstore link doesn't work. These themes looks awesome!
FPSUsername said:
Dragonfly playstore link doesn't work. These themes looks awesome!
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siddheshpatil.blackhand.dragonfly
The newsfeed put me on to these.. Most excellent and free as well! Massive thanks for making my white lollipop dark dragonfly
Not a problem with your theme but with CM12, your theme and a lot of others I Downloaded are not showing up in the theme app. Is there a step I'm missing?
drago10029 said:
Not a problem with your theme but with CM12, your theme and a lot of others I Downloaded are not showing up in the theme app. Is there a step I'm missing?
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same problem here
drago10029 said:
Not a problem with your theme but with CM12, your theme and a lot of others I Downloaded are not showing up in the theme app. Is there a step I'm missing?
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If you have developer reboot options on select 'soft reboot'
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Playstore says "your device isn't compatible with this version." Any mirror guys?
Thanks for making these. These are damn good. Also thanks for keeping it free!
Also last link is not working. It is however available on the play store. You may want to update link.
Adorable its Themes, I'm having fun with them! Thanks for your work.
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If you have developer reboot options on select 'soft reboot'
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I've done actual full reboots like a million times, still don't none of the 20 themes show up. I'm using CM 12 from 1/26/15. also I keep getting corrupt bload error when attempting to update CM 12, I wanna blame it on that but I don't know what's the problem for sure.
Thank you!
Really nice Themes for cm12. Using them on OnePlus One..
I have one quesiton: Aren't themes Sharable, via sharing apps like ShareApps or ShareIt? I did not find these themes in the available app list.
drago10029 said:
I've done actual full reboots like a million times, still don't none of the 20 themes show up. I'm using CM 12 from 1/26/15. also I keep getting corrupt bload error when attempting to update CM 12, I wanna blame it on that but I don't know what's the problem for sure.
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Same problem here. The theme's components show up, like in the Fonts and Styles menu. It is there. But it doesn't show up as a Theme pack.
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Same problem here. The theme's components show up, like in the Fonts and Styles menu. It is there. But it doesn't show up as a Theme pack.
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So it's a CM thing, I switched to screw'd android last night because the theme issue and the themes work just fine and load fine now.

Lowered DPI: Massive waste of screen real estate

I lowered the DPI on my Note 4 (910F) via terminal with
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wm 520
and now on the main screen there's a huge gap between the bottom icons and the apps icons area. same for the apps drawer as you can see in the photos.
I'm not very keen on the idea of installing a launcher. from what I've seen the coords for these areas should be in a file somewhere. does anyone have any ideas?
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If you are rooted you can use one of those exposed modules to apply different dpi per apps. Otherwise you cannot re-engineer Samsung apps for different dpi, at least not in an easy manner.
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yeah, I thought about that. but that's not the ideal situation as the main reasons why I lowered the dpi was so the icons on the home screen and drawer would be smaller and I'd have more room, also so fonts and elements across the system would be smaller. I just think it's a real waste to have a device with such a large screen and everything looking so big. not to mention the fact that it's bad for privacy as any one within a few feet can clearly see what's on the screen.
I'm using a launcher for the time being, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to.
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iSlaker said:
yeah, I thought about that. but that's not the ideal situation as the main reasons why I lowered the dpi was so the icons on the home screen and drawer would be smaller and I'd have more room, also so fonts and elements across the system would be smaller. I just think it's a real waste to have a device with such a large screen and everything looking so big. not to mention the fact that it's bad for privacy as any one within a few feet can clearly see what's on the screen.
I'm using a launcher for the time being, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to.
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Stock launchers are a joke so why use them?
Just use nova or any other one. then u can customize sizes of everything.
text size u can adjust in settings also.
crazykiddo said:
Stock launchers are a joke so why use them?
Just use nova or any other one. then u can customize sizes of everything.
text size u can adjust in settings also.
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this isn't about whether stock launchers are good or bad. I personally hate TouchWiz because it's too colourful, too childish for my taste. but throwing another launcher on top of it is just not the ideal. when you use a launcher, you're not replacing the stock one. the stock launcher is still running behind the scenes eating up resources as far as I know. so you have to compromise: you either put up with something ugly and not that useful or you lose processing power and consequently battery.
the only reason why I'm sticking with the stock ROM for my Note 4 is because I've tried all S-Pen apps/mods for custom ROMs I could find and none, absolutely not one of them works as well as the one the comes with the phone. and I use that a LOT!
I don't need multi-windows, I don't need fingerprint scanner, I don't even need the camera to be honest. I need the S-Pen to work flawlessly. and until I get that on a CM ROM I have to find a way to deal with my problems with the stock ROM.
iSlaker said:
this isn't about whether stock launchers are good or bad. I personally hate TouchWiz because it's too colourful, too childish for my taste. but throwing another launcher on top of it is just not the ideal. when you use a launcher, you're not replacing the stock one. the stock launcher is still running behind the scenes eating up resources as far as I know. so you have to compromise: you either put up with something ugly and not that useful or you lose processing power and consequently battery.
the only reason why I'm sticking with the stock ROM for my Note 4 is because I've tried all S-Pen apps/mods for custom ROMs I could find and none, absolutely not one of them works as well as the one the comes with the phone. and I use that a LOT!
I don't need multi-windows, I don't need fingerprint scanner, I don't even need the camera to be honest. I need the S-Pen to work flawlessly. and until I get that on a CM ROM I have to find a way to deal with my problems with the stock ROM.
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try custom stock ROM such as DR.Ketan latest ROM DPI is 560.
Or just root then xposed. What I do with stock rom remove cap and tweak it.
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Or just root then xposed. What I do with stock rom remove cap and tweak it.
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phone is rooted and xposed. I couldn't find a module for the xposed frameword that would handle that. I'm not sure now as I've read through so many threads my memory is a bit scrambled at this point, but I think the guy who created XTouchWiz said he would not take requests. I think if anyone knew about this setting it would be him, I'm thinking about PM'ing him.
on a note, I am a developer and I find it very unlikely that the width and height for those areas would be hardcoded.
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try custom stock ROM such as DR.Ketan latest ROM DPI is 560.
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I checked his ROMs. he hasn't released a Marshmallow version for the N910F yet... even Samsung has :laugh:
iSlaker said:
this isn't about whether stock launchers are good or bad. I personally hate TouchWiz because it's too colourful, too childish for my taste. but throwing another launcher on top of it is just not the ideal. when you use a launcher, you're not replacing the stock one. the stock launcher is still running behind the scenes eating up resources as far as I know. so you have to compromise: you either put up with something ugly and not that useful or you lose processing power and consequently battery.
the only reason why I'm sticking with the stock ROM for my Note 4 is because I've tried all S-Pen apps/mods for custom ROMs I could find and none, absolutely not one of them works as well as the one the comes with the phone. and I use that a LOT!
I don't need multi-windows, I don't need fingerprint scanner, I don't even need the camera to be honest. I need the S-Pen to work flawlessly. and until I get that on a CM ROM I have to find a way to deal with my problems with the stock ROM.
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Use Cyanogen , its as minimalistic as Possible on a 5.7 inch phone
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Use Cyanogen , its as minimalistic as Possible on a 5.7 inch phone
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thanks for the input, mate, but I think you missed the point I've made in my previous posts.
regards
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I checked his ROMs. he hasn't released a Marshmallow version for the N910F yet... even Samsung has :laugh:
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He does not released rom based on N910F but using kernel he recommend and data fix it can run on N910F if you read on his thread many N910F users use dr ketan latest ROM.

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