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Hello everyone....
1st part:
For users with 0.02 kabaldan's releases........
To all users who want to install my THEME:
I strongly recomment to use the latest version of OpenRecovery made by colaianni.andrea and Luca.dimaio1 HERE.
From now and on i will release my theme as two (2) XXXXXXXXX.zip files....
So there will be two(2) .zip files with modified apps:
1) The first .zip file will be the same name as kabaldan names his releases (f.e. update-cm-6.1.0-RC0-Milestone-signed-2010-10-02.zip).
2) The second .zip file will be the latest google apps modified by me (f.e gapps-hdpi-20100930-signed.zip).
So lets begin:
Download .zip files:
1) Kabaldan's latest release (Modified by me - see screenshots at the and of this post, except the notification bar color and the color of the fonts in notification bar, as you can choose your own color combinations from Settings - CyanogenMod settings - User Inteface).
2) Latest Googles Apps (Modified by me - see screenshots at the and of this post, except the notification bar color and the color of the fonts in notification bar, as you can choose your own color combinations from Settings - CyanogenMod settings - User Inteface).
Put these two(2) .zip files you downloaded to /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates.
Then reboot into OpenRecovery made by colaianni.andrea and Luca.dimaio1 and follow the next 2 steps:
1) Wipe dalvik-cache and Wipe cache.
2) Apply the two(2) .zip files you downloaded from Update menu.
That's it.......
Reboot and enjoy !!!!!
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2nd part:
For users before 0.02 kabaldan's releases........
I made a theme for our Milestone (ONLY FOR CyanogenMod 0.01c for Milestone made by kabaldan HERE)
To install my theme you will need OpenRecovery v1.2 by Azhad that you can download from HERE...
First Do A Nandroid Backup Just In Case...
So you can download my theme from HERE...
Mirror in multiupload.com HERE...
In .zip file you will find 3 folders (apps, CMTheme and framework).
Take all the .apk from my apps folder and put them in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/apps
Take framework-res.apk file from my framework folder and put it in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/framework
Take the forder CMTheme and put it as it is in root of your sdcard
Then reboot your Milestone in Recovery mode and from Azhad's OpenRecovery go to Theme menu - Install Theme to install my Theme...
Then restart your phone.When your phone reboots, go settings - CyanogenMod settings - User interface - Tweaks extras - Select a theme and select kalagas.
Then restart again your phone.... and here you are with my theme....
I have to say that i' ve changed almost every icon in a lot of .apks (which can you see in screenshots) and almost every icon in framework-res.apk. So you understand that it took me a lot lot time to finish my work....
For full screenshots please go HERE...
To see a small sample here is some screenshots:
I don't have any kind of responsibility if something happens to your Phone...
If you like my work, feel free to buy me a beer...
kalagas said:
Hello everyone....
In .zip file you will find 3 folders (apps, CMTheme and framework).
Take all the .apk from my apps folder and put them in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/apps
Take framework-res.apk file from my framework folder and put it in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/framework
Take the forder CMTheme and put it as it is in root of your sdcard
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Rapidshare?
Please use multiupload.com
And for the zip file, if you make a zip with all the files in the right folder, there is no need for the user to copy the files manually, but just unzip in the root of the sdcard.
[Start zip]
/CMTheme
/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/framework
/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/apps
[End Zip]
Sent from my Milestone
Azhad said:
Rapidshare?
Please use multiupload.com
And for the zip file, if you make a zip with all the files in the right folder, there is no need for the user to copy the files manually, but just unzip in the root of the sdcard.
[Start zip]
/CMTheme
/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/framework
/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/apps
[End Zip]
Sent from my Milestone
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It's not so difficult for anyone, I think, to copy the files manually...
As for multiupload.com when I am at home I will add a mirror...
Edit: Done. Now you have an multiupload link to download my theme....
yea, you're right, the problem solved, and its good work!
I'm glad that it was so easy to solve your issue.... Tell me your impressions about my theme....
after i apply this theme, when i put my milestone on the dock, it will mount the sd card to computer automatically, any way not to mount everytime?
I think you must change the mount to "charge only", wait to prepare the sdcard and then remove your phone from dock...
Then every time you put your phone to dock, i think it will be in "charge only" mode....
Dumb question I know.. but I'll take it this can be put on the Droid 2 since its in the Droid 2 section right?
No it's "Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes" section....
Both Droid and Milestone....
My badddd. Im def in the wrong section!
nice, problem solved,
overall its a very good theme
@kalagas
Sorry mate, I should have told you before: when we included eclair in the recovery I changed the folders for the themes, now they are in:
/sdcard/OpenRecovy/theme/eclair/
/sdcard/OpenRecovy/theme/froyo/
You should use the froyo folder, inside you will find the usual app, framework, bootanimation and font folders
Sent from my Milestone
Azhad said:
@kalagas
Sorry mate, I should have told you before: when we included eclair in the recovery I changed the folders for the themes, now they are in:
/sdcard/OpenRecovy/theme/eclair/
/sdcard/OpenRecovy/theme/froyo/
You should use the froyo folder, inside you will find the usual app, framework, bootanimation and font folders
Sent from my Milestone
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As you can see in first post I changed the way my theme is installing. I made 2 separate .zip files, one for Rom and one for Google apps. And both .zip files go in OpenRecovery/updates folder and apply them from your OpenRecovery Update menu....
I think it's easier this way, don't you think?
kalagas said:
Hello everyone....
1st part:
For users with 0.02 kabaldan's releases........
To all users who want to install my THEME:
I strongly recomment to use the latest version of OpenRecovery made by colaianni.andrea and Luca.dimaio1 HERE.
From now and on i will release my theme as two (2) XXXXXXXXX.zip files....
So there will be two(2) .zip files with modified apps:
1) The first .zip file will be the same name as kabaldan names his releases (f.e. update-cm-6.1.0-RC0-Milestone-signed-2010-10-02.zip).
2) The second .zip file will be the latest google apps modified by me (f.e gapps-hdpi-20100930-signed.zip).
So lets begin:
Download .zip files:
1) Kabaldan's latest release (Modified by me - see screenshots at the and of this post, except the notification bar color and the color of the fonts in notification bar, as you can choose your own color combinations from Settings - CyanogenMod settings - User Inteface).
2) Latest Googles Apps (Modified by me - see screenshots at the and of this post, except the notification bar color and the color of the fonts in notification bar, as you can choose your own color combinations from Settings - CyanogenMod settings - User Inteface).
Put these two(2) .zip files you downloaded to /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates.
Then reboot into OpenRecovery made by colaianni.andrea and Luca.dimaio1 and follow the next 2 steps:
1) Wipe dalvik-cache and Wipe cache.
2) Apply the two(2) .zip files you downloaded from Update menu.
That's it.......
Reboot and enjoy !!!!!
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2nd part:
For users before 0.02 kabaldan's releases........
I made a theme for our Milestone (ONLY FOR CyanogenMod 0.01c for Milestone made by kabaldan HERE)
To install my theme you will need OpenRecovery v1.2 by Azhad that you can download from HERE...
First Do A Nandroid Backup Just In Case...
So you can download my theme from HERE...
Mirror in multiupload.com HERE...
In .zip file you will find 3 folders (apps, CMTheme and framework).
Take all the .apk from my apps folder and put them in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/apps
Take framework-res.apk file from my framework folder and put it in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/azhad/theme/framework
Take the forder CMTheme and put it as it is in root of your sdcard
Then reboot your Milestone in Recovery mode and from Azhad's OpenRecovery go to Theme menu - Install Theme to install my Theme...
Then restart your phone.When your phone reboots, go settings - CyanogenMod settings - User interface - Tweaks extras - Select a theme and select kalagas.
Then restart again your phone.... and here you are with my theme....
I have to say that i' ve changed almost every icon in a lot of .apks (which can you see in screenshots) and almost every icon in framework-res.apk. So you understand that it took me a lot lot time to finish my work....
For full screenshots please go HERE...
To see a small sample here is some screenshots:
I don't have any kind of responsibility if something happens to your Phone...
If you like my work, feel free to buy me a beer...
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Can this work with ROM "alpha 0.03-10.10.27][27 oct 2010]CyanogenMod 6 " semms dose not work with this rom!
Thanks!
Not yet.... If you see in description you will see it's only until 0.02 releases...
But soon i will theme the 0.03 releases too....
hey guys,
just curious if you could some how choose what you want to have in the theme and if you can mix themes, if so how? for example i installed epic unleashed 2.5 and i loved the battery indicator and i installed the 982dark theme for the droid 2 and it's great with a couple exceptions... personally I think i'm going back to the Kangerade Blue for the Droid2 but i still want the original battery indicator from the epic rom.
thanks
-Jim
As far as I know, we don't have this level of customizability on D2 as of now. However, we are starting to see this. Like this, for example:
http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=784855
I used to use a ROM for the old Touch CDMA that did in fact have this level of customizability - there was a thread that had pretty much every individual piece available to customize. But again, I haven't seen this for D2 yet.
damn... ok well hopefully we get there eventually... until then I'll just stick with the theme I overall like the best lol
I have this problem with themes too, and the solution is simple. Take the theme that you are going to install, open the zip, and just remove the apps, fonts, or framework you don't want altered.
For example, I despise the font changes alot of themes force on you. Makes my twitter streams unreadable, so I just open the zip, and delete the fonts folder. That way it won't override the stock fonts. I've never tried deleting individual files, but that method should work for icons as well.
Just open the framework.res (rename the .res to .zip or .rar if you have WINRAR installed, or just use the "open with or choose default program" option) goto the res folder, then drawable-hdpi and just delete the battery images from the folder before you install the theme.
An easy way to do this, is to make a copy of the zip first so you'll have a proper version of the theme to view. Open it up with winzip, WINRAR or whatever archiving tool you use on your computer. Then browse the files in thumbnail view to find the images you want to get rid of. Make a note of their file names, then open up the other zip, locate the files in question, right click, delete em.
I'm not quite understanding what you're saying Natty
For example, right now I'm using the Revolution Remix theme. If I unzip it, there are 2 folders: META-INF and system.
Under system there are 3 folders: app, fonts, and framework. In the framework file there are 2 .apk files (framework-res.apk and blur-res.apk) and the systems.jar file.
In the app folder there are all .apk files, and the font folders are all .ttf
I'm not seeing any pictures to be deleted, unless you mean to actually delete the respective app .apk files (for example, I dislike the Talk app icon and the Market app icon)
Edit:
So I guess you're supposed to just rename the .apk to .zip, but for some reason the files are not allowing me...Could these files be locked? (I don't know if that's a stupid question or not lol)
Edit #2:
So I got 7zip (yay for google), but when I go to open the .png files they don't want to open...an application opens to view them, but it just sits there saying "loading"
Natty_lite said:
I have this problem with themes too, and the solution is simple. Take the theme that you are going to install, open the zip, and just remove the apps, fonts, or framework you don't want altered.
For example, I despise the font changes alot of themes force on you. Makes my twitter streams unreadable, so I just open the zip, and delete the fonts folder. That way it won't override the stock fonts. I've never tried deleting individual files, but that method should work for icons as well.
Just open the framework.res (rename the .res to .zip or .rar if you have WINRAR installed, or just use the "open with or choose default program" option) goto the res folder, then drawable-hdpi and just delete the battery images from the folder before you install the theme.
An easy way to do this, is to make a copy of the zip first so you'll have a proper version of the theme to view. Open it up with winzip, WINRAR or whatever archiving tool you use on your computer. Then browse the files in thumbnail view to find the images you want to get rid of. Make a note of their file names, then open up the other zip, locate the files in question, right click, delete em.
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I'm not sure if that would work for png files inside of framework-res.apk.... I would think that would cause a bootloop
It will work for the fonts folder and for any app you dont want to get altered in /system/app.
So just remove the app from the system/app folder? That's what I'm somewhat confused about.
DGalt11 said:
So just remove the app from the system/app folder? That's what I'm somewhat confused about.
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If you dont want a themed app to overwrite your current app, then just delete the apk file from /system/app inside of the themed zip file. Or if you dont want a themed font to overwrite ur current font, then just delete the fonts folder inside of the themed zip file.
But deleting files from inside the framework-res.apk... I doubt that would work.
Any idea how to edit the Market? It's not under system/app.
Edit: Never mind, didn't know "market" was actually vending.
removing the png specifically will cause an issue however if you have another png that you would like you use you can just replace this and it will not overwrite then.
theecho said:
removing the png specifically will cause an issue however if you have another png that you would like you use you can just replace this and it will not overwrite then.
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yeah that's what I did. just copy / replace.
DGalt11 said:
yeah that's what I did. just copy / replace.
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So did the install go smoothly without the M logo freeze or bootloops? I hope so.
I'm Glad others came to pick up my pieces, lol. That's why this forum is so great. To summarize for those joining the party late, just take the .png's from another theme, and replace the unwanted images with those. Don't just delete them
It's working fine, no reboots or stuck in boot loop or anything. Didn't even need to wipe data / cache.
Now if I could just figure out a way to remove the font they used from just the browser and my apps and nothing else (b/c it looks really nice in the notification bar, the menus, on the widgets, etc. but makes reading email or reading stuff in the browser really difficult) I'd be golden.
So I started removing one font at a time, nothing changed.
So I removed the whole fonts folder, and still didn't get any change in the fonts in the theme.
Ideas?
Thats exactly why I got rid of it. What good is a font that you can't read? I'm not sure if you can just remove it from the statusbar specifically.
Remember, removing them prevents it from changing the fonts that are currently installed. So if they're already different, then they'll just stay that way when you install the edited version of the theme. You're gonna need to flash to the stock theme first, then flash to another theme (like the NexTheme for example) with all the edits that you made.
I see, so those files in the fonts folder aren't actually fonts. They're more like...where the fonts you want get stored. So you need to actually replace the file.
From what I've figured out, the majority of the fonts are derived from DroidSans. If you change that, you change most of the fonts including those in the apps, widgets, etc. So is there no way to specifically change a font in, lets say, apps vs. widgets? And what are all those other files in the fonts folder for
I have no idea. I just deleted the whole folder prior to installing to ensure I kept all stock fonts.
Hello there. This guide is very basic and looks at how you can add ringtones, notifications, applications, alarms, bootanimations and other MISC in to a ROM before you flash the ROM
Step 1. Download your chosen ROM to your computer
Step 2. Have all of the desired files you would like to add ready to go If you want to make your own ringtones, alarms, notifications by cutting down songs that are mp3 files I have attached a small and safe program I am using.
Make sure your desired bootanimation is named "bootanimation"
Step 3. Download 7 zip http://www.7-zip.org/
(Used to open the ROM zip without extracting it) ***DO NOT EXTRACT ANY ROM***
Step 4. Use 7zip to OPEN the desired ROM zip
Once inside you can literally drag and drop files into the zip, Navigate to the following areas.
For Apps: system>app
For Bootanimation: system>media
For Ringtones: system>media>audio>ringtones
For Notifications: system>media>audio>notifications
For Alarms: system>media>audio>alarms
If you look around you might notice some other familiar folders such as fonts. Feel free to investigate further AT YOUR OWN RISK
*NOTE* I have been using this method for a long time but since Gingerbread all of my tones have been saving directly to my internal sd card after I use this method once.
For example if you were to flash your desired ROM with your desired tones they will be placed into folders on your internal sd card. folders are: notifications, ringtones, alarms
After this point you can simply drag and drop the tones to these folders. After a reboot they will show up to be selected as tones.
Before every ROM you flash after this you should go inside the allocated folders and delete all of the tones you already have or do not want. If you don't then you might end up with multiple files
Not all apps will install from the apps folder .
No idea why but normal for me is on last two custom roms only one out of the ten i added to app folder actually installs .
Data folder all will install but i have yet to work out the script for it on SGS2 .
WinRar works fine for me on the unzip and zip custom roms .
jje
JJEgan said:
Not all apps will install from the apps folder .
No idea why but normal for me is on last two custom roms only one out of the ten i added to app folder actually installs .
Data folder all will install but i have yet to work out the script for it on SGS2 .
WinRar works fine for me on the unzip and zip custom roms .
jje
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You might be trying to put a system file in the wrong area. I haven't had such an issue before. Moving files to system/app OR data/app should have the same effect unless it is a system file.
system apps are not supposed to be placed in data/app so I always just advise to put everything in system/app as it does no harm and it works for all apk files
System/app
APNoff installs .
AppBrain market app fails GPS test fails etc etc .
To a rom i normally add ringtones Power on sound Boot animation wallpaper home made CSC and gps.conf
jje
JJEgan said:
System/app
APNoff installs .
AppBrain market app fails GPS test fails etc etc .
To a rom i normally add ringtones Power on sound Boot animation wallpaper home made CSC and gps.conf
jje
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I usually do the same
I decided to detail and share how I used 7zip to Theme my favorite ROM. Im doing this because I found it a bit tough to find a detailed guide that contained all the steps. Hope this will help some people who would just simply like to change a battery or signal icon, or whatever.
Have you ever seen a ROM that you really liked the icons but it was not for your phone. Well I did so heres what I did.
1. Download 7zip.
2. Download your current ROM, and the ROM which contains icons you like.
3. Right Click on your current ROM, choose 7zip and choose" extract to "what ever your rom is called"". This will create a folder with contents of your ROM.
4. Do the same for the ROM that you may want to take icons from.
5. Now start opening up the folders. I like to keep one ROM on one side of the screen and the other on the other side. Depending on whether the two roms are for the same phone will determine whether similar files will be in the same location. For the most part you will be opening framework_res.apk and systemui.apk.
6. Opening these apk's is as simple as following step 3 again. Right click apk, choose 7zip, extract to whatever apk is called.
7. Go into the folder of the apk, go to res, go to different hdpi folders, there may be a few. I found it helpful to have both roms open at the same time. Looking for icons of the same name.
8. So you've found the icons you want to change. Once you are ready to copy them from one rom to the other, you must be certain they have the same name, if they dont, then you must change the name of your new icons to match the ones you plan on replacing. Do this before copying them. When you copy them over its important that your computer ask you if you want to replace the file of the same name. That means it does in fact have the correct name.
9.This is where I got confused, putting it back together again. So here is what you do. Back out of the folder that you just changed all the pngs in. Lets say its drawable hdpi. Keep this drawable hdpi folder handy cause you will need it in a moment. Now open up the folder which contains your ROM in a seperate window. Lets say we are changing stuff in the systemui.apk. Navigate to the original apk for systemui, not the new folder of the same name.
10. Right click it, Choose 7zip. But this time select open archive. Now in archive navigate into the res folder and you will see drawable hdpi.
11. Right click it. and delete it. Now remember I said to keep the other drawable hdpi folder handy....drag and drop it into the archive to replace the one you just deleted. Now close the window. Do this for as many system apks you choose, most common are like I mentioned earlier framework-res and systemui, but you may want to change things in settings, dialertabactivity, contacts....etc.
12. Now you want to put these newly themed apks back into the original rom. Its easy. Keep the newly themed apks handy.
13. Right click on the original rom zip, choose 7zip, choose open archive. Navigate to the apk you want to replace. Delete it. Now drag and drop the newly themed one into the archive. Repeat this process for all the apks you may have changed.
14. Close the archive window and install the newly themed zip in cwm. You may want to add something like a V1 onto the end of the newly themed rom, that way when you copy it onto your sd, you can keep the original on there as well.
Hope this will help someone get there rom exactly how the like it...and if it did...hit thanks.
Lets say you are running cm9 with theme Chooser but you don't like some of the icons but more less like the theme.
Copy the apk from your data app folder using root explorer or whatever you are using...paste to your SD....copy it too your computer.
Use 7zip the same way you do with a system app. But this time at the point where you are in the archives delete the Meta folder also. Don't replace, just delete it. Now close 7zip.
Next you will need a tool called autosign, just Google it. With this tool you will drag and drop your newely themed apk into it and run it. Its very easy you will see, the result be an new signed apk being produced. Rename it back to original and move your modded apk back to your SD. By now you should have uninstalled the original from your phone so that you can install this one.
Remember if this apk ever has an update on the market it will revert back and you would need to mod the new version.
Hope this helps. If it does hit thanks.
vanisleryan said:
I decided to detail and share how I used 7zip to Theme my favorite ROM. Im doing this because I found it a bit tough to find a detailed guide that contained all the steps. Hope this will help some people who would just simply like to change a battery or signal icon, or whatever.
Have you ever seen a ROM that you really liked the icons but it was not for your phone. Well I did so heres what I did.
1. Download 7zip.
2. Download your current ROM, and the ROM which contains icons you like.
3. Right Click on your current ROM, choose 7zip and choose" extract to "what ever your rom is called"". This will create a folder with contents of your ROM.
4. Do the same for the ROM that you may want to take icons from.
5. Now start opening up the folders. I like to keep one ROM on one side of the screen and the other on the other side. Depending on whether the two roms are for the same phone will determine whether similar files will be in the same location. For the most part you will be opening framework_res.apk and systemui.apk.
6. Opening these apk's is as simple as following step 3 again. Right click apk, choose 7zip, extract to whatever apk is called.
7. Go into the folder of the apk, go to res, go to different hdpi folders, there may be a few. I found it helpful to have both roms open at the same time. Looking for icons of the same name.
8. So you've found the icons you want to change. Once you are ready to copy them from one rom to the other, you must be certain they have the same name, if they dont, then you must change the name of your new icons to match the ones you plan on replacing. Do this before copying them. When you copy them over its important that your computer ask you if you want to replace the file of the same name. That means it does in fact have the correct name.
9.This is where I got confused, putting it back together again. So here is what you do. Back out of the folder that you just changed all the pngs in. Lets say its drawable hdpi. Keep this drawable hdpi folder handy cause you will need it in a moment. Now open up the folder which contains your ROM in a seperate window. Lets say we are changing stuff in the systemui.apk. Navigate to the original apk for systemui, not the new folder of the same name.
10. Right click it, Choose 7zip. But this time select open archive. Now in archive navigate into the res folder and you will see drawable hdpi.
11. Right click it. and delete it. Now remember I said to keep the other drawable hdpi folder handy....drag and drop it into the archive to replace the one you just deleted. Now close the window. Do this for as many system apks you choose, most common are like I mentioned earlier framework-res and systemui, but you may want to change things in settings, dialertabactivity, contacts....etc.
12. Now you want to put these newly themed apks back into the original rom. Its easy. Keep the newly themed apks handy.
13. Right click on the original rom zip, choose 7zip, choose open archive. Navigate to the apk you want to replace. Delete it. Now drag and drop the newly themed one into the archive. Repeat this process for all the apks you may have changed.
14. Close the archive window and install the newly themed zip in cwm. You may want to add something like a V1 onto the end of the newly themed rom, that way when you copy it onto your sd, you can keep the original on there as well.
Hope this will help someone get there rom exactly how the like it.
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Thanks Vanisleryan for this. I always wondered exactly how to do this!
Subscribed to it and looking for more guides...
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If I understand your tutorial, we modify the ROM apks/theme before flashing the whole ROM on phone ?
But what if we just want to adjust some icones without re-flashing the complete ROM ?
I may not have really understood tour tutorial I try to do my best with english language lol, anyway thanks for it
That's how I do it, but yes you could just theme one system app like say contacts. Delete it using root explore and then reinstall it after. You may have a few force closes but everything should be fine after you do a reboot.
Personally I like having the whole rom themed so its easy to get back to reinstall if go and try some other rom. To each there own..there is always more than one way to do just about anything.
JW1 with Dmore 3.1, personally themed to look like Omega black and blue.
Updated second post how to change a market app and reinstall on phone.
JW1 with Dmore 3.1, personally themed to look like Omega black and blue.
HUAWEI P8
First off, my huge thanks going to @somboons as he has apparently found the way to make it for Huawei Mate 8. So I am taking no credits for this. To me this is just fantastic as that has been a real pain for me to "live" without any other additional themes and I didn't want to change the launcher.
All you need to do is to create a folder
hw_init in /data then subfolder hw_init/system/themes
make sure to set permissions to rwxrwxr-x
All themes you download please move to created /data/hw_init/system/themes
set the permissions to rw-r--r-- and you're done, reboot, enjoy.
Don't forget that themes you normally download are being stored on your SDcard in HWThemes folder.
And they do not come with originial name, but eg like 12345660002333.hwt (originally it e.g. was called Starrysky)
So rename it to the name you found it with and move onto the /data/hw_init/system/themes and reboot
For further details please head over to the original @somboons's thread.