The latest build of stock with August security update gives a strange glare after locking. I have attached the screenshot of the lock screen and the home screen. What is this difference? Earlier it wasn't.
You mean the dark overlay in the lock screen? It's been in stock Android since Nougat at least.
_mysiak_ said:
You mean the dark overlay in the lock screen? It's been in stock Android since Nougat at least.
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Yeah I am aware of the dark overlay. But this time it's somewhat white overlay which looks ugly (for dark wallpapers it is ok but as you change to colorful and lighter ones the white overlay comes on).
pkrajpur said:
Yeah I am aware of the dark overlay. But this time it's somewhat white overlay which looks ugly (for dark wallpapers it is ok but as you change to colorful and lighter ones the white overlay comes on).
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It's probably an "optical illusion". I've tried to simulate this effect in Gimp (add black layer with ~25% opacity, decrease saturation by ~15% and add a bit of blur) applied to your homescreen image and the result is similar to your lockscreen screenshot. Maybe someone can find in AOSP source code what exactly is being applied to the picture, but IMHO it's the same for light and dark backgrounds, just the result is different to our eyes. But I fully agree that it's ugly as hell, I was always removing this overlay with Xposed before Oreo.
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Hi, just simple question. How can I setup black background for all ROM apks that doesnt have their own background?
I tried Omega 5.0, Wanam 1.2, prerooted MF2 ROM and all of these have very dark grey colour backgroung in settings, contacts, messaging etc. Before MEA (e.g. on ME2 I used quite long) there was 100% black background (with well known smearing efect which doesnt bother me so much). So, sammy changed the background from black to dark grey for eliminating smearing efect and to shut our mouth up THX for advice I think many of us love our AMOLED display with true blacks and hate samsung for these cheap tricks!
Here are screenshot, if you cant see the difference, just use the pipette (colour picker) in your favourite photo editing program and observe what colour it truly is...
Hi,
I have the XT1625 (G4) rooted and running stock. All the action appears to be in the G4 Plus forums, so I'm posting here. Anyway, I'm not a fan of the MM theme (white bg with the putrid green accent/settings icons). I would love to change to a dark theme/background and change the accent color to something aesthetically pleasing. I've tried using both Layers and Substratum, but have only had varying degrees of success. Using Deity in both Layers & Substratum is a fail. I select red for my accent and/or primary colors but still get a blue theme. Inversion works for the most part but notifications are not readable due to black on black...plus it retains the purtrid green accents. I believe both themes also have problems in Contacts with black on black. I'm currently using Pigment in Layers. It kind of does what I want but not totally.
I have decompiled apps for other phones and been able to change some themes/colors, but am not sure which xml/value(s) to modify for the G4. My priorities are to change the green accent, and then, if possible, invert the white to black. I've looked into creating a Substratum theme but feel over-whelmed by the process atm. If I can do this simply by modding system apps that would be great!
Thanks,
I have learned the putrid green color I do not like is actually "Teal"...silly me.
I attempted to create a Substratum theme following this guide, but it is too complex (for me, at least). However, I have decompiled my framework, settings, and SystemUI and attempted to theme them according to this guide. I have successfully changed the putrid "teal" to a nicer red. Unfortunately, my background is still white although I have edited the apps to have a dark background. For some reason the change is not taking effect. Also, my expanded header color is not changing either.
Any suggestions?
mn1968 said:
Hi,
I have the XT1625 (G4) rooted and running stock. All the action appears to be in the G4 Plus forums, so I'm posting here. Anyway, I'm not a fan of the MM theme (white bg with the putrid green accent/settings icons). I would love to change to a dark theme/background and change the accent color to something aesthetically pleasing. I've tried using both Layers and Substratum, but have only had varying degrees of success. Using Deity in both Layers & Substratum is a fail. I select red for my accent and/or primary colors but still get a blue theme. Inversion works for the most part but notifications are not readable due to black on black...plus it retains the purtrid green accents. I believe both themes also have problems in Contacts with black on black. I'm currently using Pigment in Layers. It kind of does what I want but not totally.
I have decompiled apps for other phones and been able to change some themes/colors, but am not sure which xml/value(s) to modify for the G4. My priorities are to change the green accent, and then, if possible, invert the white to black. I've looked into creating a Substratum theme but feel over-whelmed by the process atm. If I can do this simply by modding system apps that would be great!
Thanks
hi. which android api ? only themes built for oms work for me at 7.1.1 . the themes i can use usually have 7.1.1 in bottom right corner of app icon. also there are somtimes options that very from between apis in one app and u have to manually select your api (a swift black e.g) usually first option below toggle.i also cannot compile with the stable aapt compiler i have to use aopt and disable legacy fallback.
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mojoswagger1980 said:
mn1968 said:
Hi,
I have the XT1625 (G4) rooted and running stock. All the action appears to be in the G4 Plus forums, so I'm posting here. Anyway, I'm not a fan of the MM theme (white bg with the putrid green accent/settings icons). I would love to change to a dark theme/background and change the accent color to something aesthetically pleasing. I've tried using both Layers and Substratum, but have only had varying degrees of success. Using Deity in both Layers & Substratum is a fail. I select red for my accent and/or primary colors but still get a blue theme. Inversion works for the most part but notifications are not readable due to black on black...plus it retains the purtrid green accents. I believe both themes also have problems in Contacts with black on black. I'm currently using Pigment in Layers. It kind of does what I want but not totally.
I have decompiled apps for other phones and been able to change some themes/colors, but am not sure which xml/value(s) to modify for the G4. My priorities are to change the green accent, and then, if possible, invert the white to black. I've looked into creating a Substratum theme but feel over-whelmed by the process atm. If I can do this simply by modding system apps that would be great!
Thanks
hi. which android api ? only themes built for oms work for me at 7.1.1 . the themes i can use usually have 7.1.1 in bottom right corner of app icon. also there are somtimes options that very from between apis in one app and u have to manually select your api (a swift black e.g) usually first option below toggle.i also cannot compile with the stable aapt compiler i have to use aopt and disable legacy fallback.
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U need to run a ROM compatible for substratum as stock currently is not. Thus the reason why you are not getting what u want
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Thanks for the (late) replies everyone. Since I originally posted in December I have already learned the limitations of stock ROMs and Substratum.
I have also moved on to Lineage OMS 14.1 and am able to theme to my heart's content...I'm good to go!
The Settings for the icon frame is GRAYED OUT as per photo attached.
any help?
Oh man. Hope that can be changed. Hate those frames
Go back to stock theme and then turn it off.
it's grayed out cause its not the default theme, set the default theme back, turn it off then change theme
ahh i see. got i and fixed. thanks xD
I have the same problem, some icons kept the frame after upgrading to oreo, any ideas?
(it's the default theme by the way, and some icons doesn't have the backgound)
ourSalaheddine said:
I have the same problem, some icons kept the frame after upgrading to oreo, any ideas?
(it's the default theme by the way, and some icons doesn't have the backgound)
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Samsung updated a lot (not all) Google's apps icon to fit their icon frame design.
What that means is, instead they make their frames completely opaque white (it is still transparent), they changed Google's apps icon at system level.
If you install a new launcher, you will still see the 'frame' on Google's apps.
This is stupid imo, they should have simply made their frames opaque white.
Hi team!
I just got the Essential yesterday and am really enjoying it. One problem I'm having is after applying a theme to my lockscreen notifications using substratum I'm unable to find a matching black lockscreen wallpaper. Everything I try is making it slightly more gray than the notification backgrounds and I really want it to just be black. Applying the same background in the home screen does look like the black I'm looking for - it's just the lockscreen giving me the issue so I don't think another pure black wallpaper will do the trick.
Try this.
It was created with a editor and is as black as you can get.
You will need to zoom to get it to cover the whole screen. Otherwise you get a thin gray bar at the bottom.
Did OP change the way active quick titles look on the Jan update? This looks like garbage and i could of sworn they weren't white before.
I looked through my screenshot since before the January patch and they are black, appear white for me now but I have a dark accent
Setting it to default theme changes it back to black but any custom accent immediately white no matter how bright
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Did OP change the way active quick titles look on the Jan update? This looks like garbage and i could of sworn they weren't white before.
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If you want to try these, you are more than welcome. These Magisk modules were made to get rid of the pale colors and replace them with more basic colors. And you can pick to either leave the icon colors stock or pick white or black (regardless of light-dark theme). I don't have this phone but these work on my Pixel.
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If you want to try these, you are more than welcome. These modules were made to get rid of the pale colors and replace them with more basic colors. And you can pick to either leave the icon colors stock or pick white or black (regardless of light-dark theme). I don't have this phone but these work on my Pixel.
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Do you need root for these?
krolla03 said:
Do you need root for these?
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Yes. These are Magisk modules.