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[genti7]

i tried this theme and its awsome, the only bug is with the black background and black text in some menus. Is there any progress with fixing this bug?

[TheManicGibbon]

genti7, on Jun 15 2011, 00:10, said:

i tried this theme and its awsome, the only bug is with the black background and black text in some menus. Is there any progress with fixing this bug?

Sigh...it's coming...I just can't get the fix to work! I know exactly what to change, but whenever I rebuild any apk all my changes revert   beginning to make me very angry now, I will do my best!

About the contacts bug, it's unlikely to be my fault since this theme doesn't change anything to do with contacts, except some PNGs.

[That-Guy]

It may be worth asking flibblesan to take a look, he now has this phone

[Cirno]

That-Guy, on Jun 15 2011, 19:02, said:

It may be worth asking flibblesan to take a look, he now has this phone

That's great !
Flibblesan is a good person, he did wonders when using the ZTE.

[flibblesan]

 framework01.jpg   22.58K   21 downloads  framework02.jpg   26.75K   18 downloads  framework03.jpg   31.18K   12 downloads

Is this OK?  

It's late now so I'll polish it up tomorrow and upload a complete gingerbread transformation pack.

TheManicGibbon: I'll let you know exactly what I changed.

[TheManicGibbon]

Thanks flibblesan, that's great. I was working on V2 anyway which adds a bit more "Gingerbreadness"   so that will fix the bug for me, great!

I'm having real problems with APKTool which is why I couldn't change it. I know that when you decompile the apk, the values folder(s) appears, and change the appropriate value in styles.xml. I know that when recompiled, this folder is part of resources.arsc...but when I extract resources.arsc and place it in my original apk, the phone never boots. I know I'm doing something wrong, but what!? It's driving me up the wall!

[That-Guy]

Great job Flibblesan look forward to your upload and thanks for helping TheManicGibbon

[flibblesan]

I had a few problems doing this. First problem was that apktool just flatly refused to recompile the theme that TheManicGibbon made so I ended up completely re-doing this on a stock B136 framework.

apktool d --keep-broken-res

Very important this. Seems that the framework has some errors which apktool doesn't like. Also should mention that using that switch didn't help with recompiling the already edited theme which sucked.

So now that apktool has decompiled the framework, it also listed some errors. I deleted the folders listed (the ones with ERR in the name) which then allowed apktool to compile the framework without any errors.

Then I edited the XML files to change colours. This guide came in useful. Make a note of the files you have edited!

Once you've finished editing your xml files and you are happy, build!

apktool b framework-res

Once built enter the 'framework-res' folder and you'll see a folder called 'build'. Enter this, then enter 'apk' folder. This is the build components of the framework.

Now the hard bits!

rename your original framework-res.apk to framework-res.zip and open with WinRAR.

Drag and drop the NEW resources.arsc file from the folder into the WinRAR window. Use compression method 'store' then press ok. That's step 1 done.

Next in the WinRAR window open the res folder. Now you need to drag and drop the edited XML files from the build/apk folder on your computer into the winrar replacing the original files. Make sure the location is correct. Use the default compression method.

Final step you need to replace images. drag and drop the new images and save using the STORE method again.

When finished close winrar and rename the framework-res.zip to framework-res.apk

[flibblesan]

And for people to play with (and ManicGibbon to look at) I've uploaded a quick pack that will flash the new theme along with edited system apps. When I release my rom I'll have a facility to theme system apps on the fly.

http://www.mediafire...fpu8v33cdw8o45b

This is only for B136

[Cirno]

flibblesan, on Jun 16 2011, 07:36, said:

And for people to play with (and ManicGibbon to look at) I've uploaded a quick pack that will flash the new theme along with edited system apps. When I release my rom I'll have a facility to theme system apps on the fly.

http://www.mediafire...fpu8v33cdw8o45b

This is only for B136

So this one will not work with B160?
TheManicGibbon's version worked quite well with B160, only bug was the menu text were black.

[flibblesan]

Cirno, on Jun 16 2011, 08:49, said:

So this one will not work with B160?
TheManicGibbon's version worked quite well with B160, only bug was the menu text were black.

You can try it, it might work. But it's built from the B136 framework so I don't know.

[That-Guy]

flibblesan, on Jun 16 2011, 08:36, said:

And for people to play with (and ManicGibbon to look at) I've uploaded a quick pack that will flash the new theme along with edited system apps. When I release my rom I'll have a facility to theme system apps on the fly.

http://www.mediafire...fpu8v33cdw8o45b

This is only for B136

Downloading now, will let you know if I find any bugs!

[genti7]

flibblesan, on Jun 16 2011, 07:52, said:

You can try it, it might work. But it's built from the B136 framework so I don't know.

Works fine with the B160 here it also has the gingerbread laucher, thank you very much flibblesan

[flibblesan]

genti7, on Jun 16 2011, 12:36, said:

Works fine with the B160 here it also has the gingerbread laucher, thank you very much flibblesan

Actually it's the original launcher themed  

[Cirno]

Tired the theme update works well with B160 !

[That-Guy]

Flibblesan are you going to create a separate thread for your theme or are you saving the theme for your first ROM?

Was going to add it to the Ultimate U8800 Thread thats all

Also feel free to edit/add/change/update anything in the thread you stuck for me

[flibblesan]

That-Guy, on Jun 16 2011, 18:53, said:

Flibblesan are you going to create a separate thread for your theme or are you saving the theme for your first ROM?

Was going to add it to the Ultimate U8800 Thread thats all

Also feel free to edit/add/change/update anything in the thread you stuck for me

Going to leave this here for TheManicGibbon to play with. When I get the rom released there will be an option to download the theme too.

[That-Guy]

flibblesan, on Jun 16 2011, 18:57, said:

Going to leave this here for TheManicGibbon to play with. When I get the rom released there will be an option to download the theme too.

OK won't add it to the guide then, will wait until your ROM is released

[Xann]

Erm, sorry for asking a stupid question, but how do I install the theme..? Do I have to have ClockworkMod Recovery installed first..?

[That-Guy]

Xann, on Jun 16 2011, 19:48, said:

Erm, sorry for asking a stupid question, but how do I install the theme..? Do I have to have ClockworkMod Recovery installed first..?

Yes you will need ClockworkMod installed first

THIS GUIDE may help you!