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Only had my nexus a few days and i'm new to the layers theme setup...
Anyway installed layers manager, got the spectrum layers theme from playstore which says its marshmallow comp...
Installed the theme i wanted you have a choice choose black marshmallow framework with electric blue detailing, phone keeps rebooting, so removed virtually everything except system UI and dark marshmallow framework and get a lot of black on black issue's and also the phone still reboots occasionally, removed all the layers phone is fine no more rebooting...
Running Sinless rom if that makes any difference...
Any idea why i can't get the theme to install without reboots and i presume the black on black issue's are theme related ?
I did read somewhere about joining the layers community on google plus which will then allow a layers beta install and this was more stable on marshmallow so i've done that its still not working but i'm not sure the layers app has updated to a beta version...
Any advice will be greatly appreciated...
Thanks
I'd say give something else a try before. If I remember correctly, there's a Layers theme by SpaStef (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitsykolayers.InversionFree) give this a try and report back.
cheers dude that seems to work perfect...
Many thanks...
Must be a theme issue with the spectrum theme i purchased...
Tested working on MI5-Gemini running on CM14 LineageOS, Other CM-Based ROMs still to be tested.
NOTE: Admin kindly delete this thread or close it if it has already been discussed.
WARNING: Your device may end up in bootloop if you are not careful! Follow at your own risk! BACKUP EVERYTHING BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE...
Now, unto the best part!
Tired of the whites? Try going dark! We all know CM Theme engine has been missing on the latest CM 14.1 builds. And we all know that substratum causes bootloops in cm 14.1 based ROMs. I have found a workaround for this problem through a substratum theme provided at the playstore (hurray to the developers!)
How to make it work (Root Access Required)
1. Download substratum app at the playstore
2. Install this paid theme (also at the play store)
(Swift Black Substratum Theme *compatible with Nougat 7.1.1)
3. Open substratum and select Swift Black Substratum Theme
4. Allow root access
5. Choose android version 7_1_1or 7_1_1_OMS
Patch everything Except Android system!
(Device may end up in bootloop if you do so... I havent tested compatibility with this yet so if you are not sure, un-check it! (Refer to attached pic in post)
EDIT: if you choose 7_1_OMS setting it will work fine without bootloops even after patching Android System provided, that the thene supports this option. (thank you @etoy)
6. Restart device.... Enjoy!
Credits to all the developers of Substratum and theme makers!
and to Cyanogen/LineageOS
*This is my first XDA thread ever so please forgive me if i cant post some links and pics ATM(due to post requirements) but im very much obliged to answer your questions)
Confirmed working settings for LineageOS in substratum
*Android 7_1
*Patch everything except android System
*Theme is lost after every LineageOS OTA update or Version update.
*If this happens just re-patch substratum all over again...
*Haven't tested Non 7.1.1 compatible themes, only this one... If other themes worked for you, then let me know so i can check out too...
UPDATE:
Using an alternate rooting technique for the latest LineageOS Build, I got it up and running again!
*Works with 7_1_OMS setting
etoy said:
i'm using swift black theme on 0116 lineage and i can confirm it works 100%
i applied all v7_1_OMS overlays (including "android system") which should cause bootloop, but it totally worked somehow.. all apps are OK, notifications are black, accent in settings icons is themed.
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Other working themes (Free on Playstore)
PixelUI(fully compatible with 7.1.1 LineageOS)
Galaxy Evolution (fully compatible with 7.1.1 LineageOS)
SIX Theme(Works but dont patch "Android System")
Lemme know if any other themes worked for you so we can add it on the list!
The only substratum stuff I want for LineageOS is the font changer!
I also tested some others Substratum themes ... will add functional later.
I do hope they will be fully compatible with LineageOS soon as CM Theme manager seems to be dead on CM14.1 due to a different RR implementation.
Just installed, testing now...
Stuck in bootloop, any help ?
Ramshu97 said:
Just installed, testing now...
Stuck in bootloop, any help ?
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If stuck in bootloop just reflash cm14.1 all over again... And remember always make a backup... And dont ever patch android system in substratum.... It will always end up in bootloop!
Follow this setting... this always worked for me. Highlight everything except ANDROID SYSTEM. hope this helps!
jamponget9 said:
If stuck in bootloop just reflash cm14.1 all over again... And remember always make a backup... And dont ever patch android system in substratum.... It will always end up in bootloop!
Follow this setting... this always worked for me. Highlight everything except ANDROID SYSTEM. hope this helps!
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Thank you very much for your help, I just flashed the latest version of LineageOS and everything back to normal, specially no data loses. I did the same method which you mentioned in the screenshot and it's working perfectly.
Ramshu97 said:
Thank you very much for your help, I just flashed the latest version of LineageOS and everything back to normal, specially no data loses. I did the same method which you mentioned in the screenshot and it's working perfectly.
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Glad that i could be of help.... Anyway, enjoy! We definitely benefit from lesser power drain with a dark theme like this.
jamponget9 said:
Glad that i could be of help.... Anyway, enjoy! We definitely benefit from lesser power drain with a dark theme like this.
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1. You don't need to install that paid theme. I'm using Pixel UI Substratum theme just fine. Those instructions are misleading. One might think he need to put money in that theme developer's pocket as a necessary step to use Substratum.
2. Dark theme is cool and less painful for your eyes. And that's about it. Less battery drain? Only on AMOLED display. Our MI5 is LCD so the leds will produce light. On black, on gray or on white. No difference. And even on AMOLED displays, a dark theme will save battery only on true black (#000000). Anything else means led "on" and therefore power consumption.
i'm using swift black theme on 0116 lineage and i can confirm it works 100%
i applied all v7_1_OMS overlays (including "android system") which should cause bootloop, but it totally worked somehow.. all apps are OK, notifications are black, accent in settings icons is themed.
etoy said:
i'm using swift black theme on 0116 lineage and i can confirm it works 100%
i applied all v7_1_OMS overlays (including "android system") which should cause bootloop, but it totally worked somehow.. all apps are OK, notifications are black, accent in settings icons is themed.
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Gee... Thanks for sharing! Ima gonna try it too...
Edit: yup its working! Gonna update the thread mate!
Whenever I changed to the new theme i have to restart the phone, do they have any options to apply the new theme without restart.
Thanks
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Whenever I changed to the new theme i have to restart the phone, do they have any options to apply the new theme without restart.
Thanks
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while in legacy mode (as on lineage os) you need to restart
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while in legacy mode (as on lineage os) you need to restart
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There is any version other than legacy?
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There is any version other than legacy?
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not on lineage. some other roms have full support to OMS/substratum/masquerade/rro/layers or how the hell they call it now. those roms have full compatibility with subs themes, including android system, fonts, bootanimations, etc and usually don't require a reboot
Res.w
通过我的 Mi 5 上的 Tapatalk发言
Is it still appear after OTA update, i used Lineage os
I'm using the substratum dark theme stock in LineageOS 14.1. I activated all the options, including the android system and everything is running perfectly. No bootloop.
Enviado do meu Mi5 Pro
fridrik said:
I'm using the substratum dark theme stock in LineageOS 14.1. I activated all the options, including the android system and everything is running perfectly. No bootloop.
Enviado do meu Mi5 Pro
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can anyone confirm that it's working on the LG V20?
I've just come from Dirty Unicorns and Pure Nexus on a 6P, and I've loved substratum for theming my phone. But... OOS would be legacy, I understand. Has anyone tried Subs on OP5, any recommendations? I've also seen a Magisk module for making legacy systemless. Anyone tried it? I don't feel like boot looping my new phone!
Also if I'm just rooted, can I install themes like swift black?
Don't use Substratum on OOS, rooted or not, I tried it and ended up having to restore the backup I'd made after it caused all sorts of complications, my advice? Wait for the custom roms to start appearing.
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Don't use Substratum on OOS, rooted or not, I tried it and ended up having to restore the backup I'd made after it caused all sorts of complications, my advice? Wait for the custom roms to start appearing.
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Thank you for saving me all sorts of trouble.
I tried "Navigate" to configure the navbar. Works without issues. But i wouldn't apply system wide themes. Like @djsubterrain said.
With root you can apply themes system wide that support OOS (I think only swift dark and black right now)
I did and it's working fine, full black apps and system.
If you're paranoid then you can just theme apps and use built in themer to make system black or white.
Does anyone tried ozone substratum?
im rooted and with sustratum working fine, im using swift black and inversion themes.
Interceptor777 said:
With root you can apply themes system wide that support OOS (I think only swift dark and black right now)
I did and it's working fine, full black apps and system.
If you're paranoid then you can just theme apps and use built in themer to make system black or white.
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hounter17 said:
im rooted and with sustratum working fine, im using swift black and inversion themes.
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Thanks guys!
hounter17 said:
im rooted and with sustratum working fine, im using swift black and inversion themes.
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Yeah... I was always able to theme via substratum on all of my rooted devices, including oneplus 3 on stock.
The thing is, you generally, (lie 99% of the time) should not theme system ui or android system as that almost always results in a bootloop.
This is with the exclusion of themes specifically designed for oxygen os like k clock and swift dark
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So I just need to be on stock rooted OP 5 with Subtranium installed to use Swift Dark on system ui?
pharpe said:
So I just need to be on stock rooted OP 5 with Subtranium installed to use Swift Dark on system ui?
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Yes, that will do, I'm running that too. There is an option to enable OxygenOS 4 compatibility right under the logo. That will make sure that you have a compatible (a.k.a. none) SystemUI overlay
caki25 said:
Yes, that will do, I'm running that too. There is an option to enable OxygenOS 4 compatibility right under the logo. That will make sure that you have a compatible (a.k.a. none) SystemUI overlay
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Great thanks. My OP 5 is being delivered today so I'm doing some research on I'm going to load on it. I saw that FreedomOS has Substratum Legacy support but I'd like to try the stock rom first.
HatRiGt said:
Does anyone tried ozone substratum?
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I'm running it right now, but i'm using it just for centered clock and to change the "4G" to "LTE" in the status bar.
No issues on my side so far.
Currently running OOS 4.5.1 with magisk v13 beta (96f8efc)
HatRiGt said:
Does anyone tried ozone substratum?
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I use it for centered clock, QS Tiles 4 icons and Clear All (tasks) button on the left.
No problem so far.
I'm using Valerie as the main theme, and Big Blu to fill in things that Valerie doesn't do.
Also, Ozone for center clock and QS 5.
Fontio works with a .ttf file (or choose one of the provided fonts) if you use the flashable zip option - in the settings there's a place to create a restore zip, so do that first in case. Both files will be put on your internal memory in a Fontio folder.
edit: I forgot that the power menu doesn't work with this setup, so I made my own with Tasker/GMD.
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Yes, that will do, I'm running that too. There is an option to enable OxygenOS 4 compatibility right under the logo. That will make sure that you have a compatible (a.k.a. none) SystemUI overlay
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I can't even see any difference when you theme the system lol so I don't even think it's necessary
pharpe said:
Great thanks. My OP 5 is being delivered today so I'm doing some research on I'm going to load on it. I saw that FreedomOS has Substratum Legacy support but I'd like to try the stock rom first.
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Stock has the same substratum support as freedom Os... It's the legacy layers theming, so if you root stock, it will work the same way. Just install the substratum app from the store and try out. ?
fully working here, rooted with magisk and substratum is ok with theming everything, but yeah, like above, power menu doesn't work and if pressed it soft reboot phone... resolved installing material power menu
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Don't use Substratum on OOS, rooted or not, I tried it and ended up having to restore the backup I'd made after it caused all sorts of complications, my advice? Wait for the custom roms to start appearing.
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...Soon™
As the title suggests, I installed OOS Oreo Open Beta 1, and neither the default system dark mode nor Substratum overlays work. In Substratum, it says overlay installation successful, but then it doesn't show up in the overlay list, and rebooting doesn't help either. Idk what's wrong, it'd be great if someone could help.
If you want to use substratum with OOS, use Ozone theme. And if you want custom accent themes, you have to use either the light or dark theme. It won't work with the default one.
I'm on the open beta and am using substratum with pitch black theme and swift black theme. Both working well for me. They are paid themes though and have been updated for Oreo
Piplup702 said:
I'm on the open beta and am using substratum with pitch black theme and swift black theme. Both working well for me. They are paid themes though and have been updated for Oreo
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I use a purchased version of Swift Black too! I install all the overlays, it says it was successful and there weren't any errors, but then they don't show up in Manager and a reboot doesn't help either.
Piplup702 said:
I'm on the open beta and am using substratum with pitch black theme and swift black theme. Both working well for me. They are paid themes though and have been updated for Oreo
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Shanmukh1608 said:
I use a purchased version of Swift Black too! I install all the overlays, it says it was successful and there weren't any errors, but then they don't show up in Manager and a reboot doesn't help either.
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If it helps, I clean flashed it, along with Magisk, no-verity ZIP, iYTBP, Product Sans font from Android 8.1 DP, and iOS 11.2 emojis.
I really think something's wrong with the OS, because even the dark theme in settings>display>theme isn't applying, even though it says 'success!'.
I'll probably clean flash tomorrow, but it'd be great if someone could help me now before I go through all that pain again.
I was on Open Beta 1 and default dark theme and substratum themes was working great.
I was using xXx No Limits OB01 (8.0), Substratum was working OK (not 100%) but it had to be installed via the PlayStore not through the Aroma installer from the ROM.
However the OOS dark theme was not working at all, as soon as I selected it settings would FC and then all the apps that used the dark theme constantly FCed without evening opening. Clean installed the ROM 3 times and happened every time. Not sure what exactly is the root of the problem as other people have had no problem applying the dark theme.
Open beta 1 substratum and dark theme are working perfectly even with android system themed no power menu bug... i tested and are workings: oozone (from playstore), belo, mono/art, swift dark and swift light, ethereal...
try to factory reset if you have problem with the default dark theme there's surely something wrong
Thanks everyone! I'll clean flash in a while and report.
Clean flash worked! Thanks a ton.
I have problem with the swift dark theme. The oneplus launcher continues to stop when i try to move an icon
Sethlans said:
I have problem with the swift dark theme. The oneplus launcher continues to stop when i try to move an icon
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Afaik, that's a bug with the open beta. I'm using Pixel Launcher instead.
Same for me, can't get it back to "dark" anymore, simply ignored on OP5
Has anyone tried this yet ? Since we don't have a fully working TWRP I don't want to risk a bootloop just yet!
saccentekennedy said:
Has anyone tried this yet ? Since we don't have a fully working TWRP I don't want to risk a bootloop just yet!
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Its working for the most part. Cant get the quick pulldown themed though. Only using stock theme.
saccentekennedy said:
Has anyone tried this yet ? Since we don't have a fully working TWRP I don't want to risk a bootloop just yet!
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I'm using Swift black with absolutely zero issues.
Yamvmax1 said:
Its working for the most part. Cant get the quick pulldown themed though. Only using stock theme.
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Swift black works fine.
bp328i said:
Swift black works fine.
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That's what I'm using...wtf?
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That's what I'm using...wtf?
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Did you reboot after you applied the theme? Pie took away OMS support so Substratum doesn't theme on-the-fly anymore so you probably have to reboot for the changes to take effect.
Yamvmax1 said:
That's what I'm using...wtf?
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What part is not themeing for you, the background or the icons?
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What part is not themeing for you, the background or the icons?
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I redid it. It's working now. Thanks.
Which substratum are you guys using.. Mine just keeps spinning loading circle on themes??
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Which substratum are you guys using.. Mine just keeps spinning loading circle on themes??
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I'm using the latest one from the Play Store
emotley18 said:
Which substratum are you guys using.. Mine just keeps spinning loading circle on themes??
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Are you still trying to use Andromeda?
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Are you still trying to use Andromeda?
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No I got it to work. Had to reinstall magic dish
I have the T-Mobile OP6T. Can I use Substratum w/o root?
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I have the T-Mobile OP6T. Can I use Substratum w/o root?
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No not supported on pie without root. Google made some changes to pie that purposely killed Andromeda.
bp328i said:
I'm using Swift black with absolutely zero issues.
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when i tried to apply substratum with djdarknjghts Sprite, i rebooted to apply the theme. when i rebooted, i was forced to wipe the phone to get it to boot. i had another member say you have to set the boot slot etc, but if you dont mind, can you tell me precisely what your steps to apply were?
i miss my theme, but if i can avoid another full wipe for nothing, that is ideal. lol.
im on OOS 9.0.5 rooted with magisk 17.3 . Thank you!
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reppi said:
No issues at all. Swift black, pitch black, swift installer. All work without any issues.
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Presume I haven't been flashing and theming android devices since a855 (d1) what are your steps?
my steps were:
1) bl unlock
2) root with Magisk 17.3 (beta)
3) install substratum
4) install Sprite
5) Build and apply theme.
6) Reboot
Then i ended up having to wipe the device and could not boot.
What am i missing? lol
edit 2: yeah, gotta use a theme compatible with OOS. lol.
No issues at all. Swift black, pitch black, swift installer. All work without any issues.
kitcostantino said:
when i tried to apply substratum with djdarknjghts Sprite, i rebooted to apply the theme. when i rebooted, i was forced to wipe the phone to get it to boot. i had another member say you have to set the boot slot etc, but if you dont mind, can you tell me precisely what your steps to apply were?
i miss my theme, but if i can avoid another full wipe for nothing, that is ideal. lol.
im on OOS 9.0.5 rooted with magisk 17.3 . Thank you!
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Presume I haven't been flashing and theming android devices since a855 (d1) what are your steps?
my steps were:
1) bl unlock
2) root with Magisk 17.3 (beta)
3) install substratum
4) install Sprite
5) Build and apply theme.
6) Reboot
Then i ended up having to wipe the device and could not boot.
What am i missing? lol
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The theme you are installing is not oos compatible, try themes like Swift Dark/Black/White, PitchBlack, Flux themes etc which are OOS compatible :good: Other themes may require full OMS support which is not present on OOS so you would end up bootloop.
Funk Wizard said:
The theme you are installing is not oos compatible, try themes like Swift Dark/Black/White, PitchBlack, Flux themes etc which are OOS compatible :good: Other themes may require full OMS support which is not present on OOS so you would end up bootloop.
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yeah, that was my experience. i checked in the devs telegram and its not compatible with OOS as he doesn't own a OP device. if i were wealthy, id straight buy him one bc his themes are that amazing and thorough. i havent seen another one that themes status bar icons which is awesome.
i bought PitchBlack a while back, so i guess i will just live without statusbar icon colors for now.....
i actually like stock OOS more than i ever thought i would have. i wish they would make a status bar background and icon color picker just like the theme color picker, but with a simple RGB color picker like old school android apps had, but its probably just a pipe dream. lol. that and long press button functions are all im missing to complete my android experience on One Plus.
Good news, the wait just got shorter.
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Good news, the wait just got shorter.
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lol. the theme dev whose work i wanted to work on OOS is getting a OP6T...so the wait to Sprite on OOS is shorter.
maybe i should want to win the lottery or land a decent paying job in tech if my wishes are coming true. lol.