[THEME ELEMENTS] Zune HD Basics - Android Themes

I'm sure you've already seen my post on the font from the zHD. If not see here.
Anyway, I don't have the expertise nor the time to make a full Zune theme. Here are some resources I made that could be useful if anyone gets the initiative to make a theme *wink wink @cacheinjection* lol. Anyway, I know at least one other person had expressed interest in this in the other thread.
I've attached the android-logo-shine.png file with a Zune gradient, and two boot screens designed as splash1 screens for now. Feel free to use them as you like, just give me credit please. I will be updating this post as I add more items to it.
Feel free to contribute some of your own icons, next up I have some media icons. If I finish my homework, they'll be up later tonight, if not then it'll be tomorrow night.

I AM VERRRY INTERESTED. My brother has a zune hd and i'm jealous
So yea. Very interested. very.
Cacheinjection is Da Man!

jcarrz1 said:
I AM VERRRY INTERESTED. My brother has a zune hd and i'm jealous
So yea. Very interested. very.
Cacheinjection is Da Man!
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Ditto. Cache rocks, and yeah I love my zHD. At first I was wary of switching from carrying my iPhone to my G1 and a Zune, but the Zune media interface & the subscription service is WAY better than the iPhone media ecosystem, and they have way better sound quality. Then of course Android could kick the living crap out of any iPhone on Earth.
Also, I just now finished my homework, and since I have 3rd qtr finals tomorrow I'm gunna catch some z's. New icons tomorrow.

Very Nice! I like it.

Geniusdog254 said:
Ditto. Cache rocks, and yeah I love my zHD. At first I was wary of switching from carrying my iPhone to my G1 and a Zune, but the Zune media interface & the subscription service is WAY better than the iPhone media ecosystem, and they have way better sound quality. Then of course Android could kick the living crap out of any iPhone on Earth.
Also, I just now finished my homework, and since I have 3rd qtr finals tomorrow I'm gunna catch some z's. New icons tomorrow.
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nice to hear. Yea, I have an ipod touch and my bro's ZHD is much better. in many respects! especially cuz theres a facebook app now.
What app did you put on market that has enough downloads to get you a N1?

im workin on one for galaxy s devices... hopefully itll be up and runnin soon!

Looking forward to see your theme. Since you develop for the Epic. Also can't wait to see the icons

I'm currently changing elements on my phone to have more Zune/WP7-like looks. I posted screenshots of my homescreen in the show-off thread, but I'm about to start attempting to make my notifcation bar and tray look a bit more Zune and/or WP7 ish. I'll post whatever images I come up with, starting with my boot animation (based on OP's android_logo_shine.png).

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Hero clocks!

new hero clocks on the market great looking stuff
hero clocks and hero clocks donate check it out!
This needs to be bumped, it's awesome. All Analogue clocks for Hero in 4x3 and 2x2 for $1.50
Can anyone report if it works on donut?
Yes it does work fine if you are using the free ones please unistall before using hero clocks donate
Bump for new Hero SE clocks in market free!
They're selling HTC's intellectual property...
there is no second hands there not selling anyone's property.
actually it kinda is. i agree it should all be free, but the dude did put some of his work and time into it, and $1.50 isnt a lot to ask for lol. plus! he even made free versions! come on lets not be too greeedy with wanting everything free, the guy deserves at least something.
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They're selling HTC's intellectual property...
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Wow, didn't think of that. I 100% agree, since they're basically just selling HTC's images...Not saying that they don't deserve to be paid for putting it together, but still, that's all it is, HTC's images.
gtrplr71 said:
there is no second hands there not selling anyone's property.
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This guy would definitely would lose in a lawsuit.
He is MAKING MONEY by using HTC's copyrighted images. Plain and simple. Regardless of what he included or didn't include.
MOONSSPOON said:
This guy would definitely would lose in a lawsuit.
He is MAKING MONEY by using HTC's copyrighted images. Plain and simple. Regardless of what he included or didn't include.
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Thats very true, bot does that also mean weather widgets donate and beautiful hero widgets are also infringing on this?
beatle7777777 said:
Thats very true, bot does that also mean weather widgets donate and beautiful hero widgets are also infringing on this?
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Most images in those widgets are almost identical copies. They aren't exactly the same. Some images are direct rips though, I'm fairly certain. I can't imagine these would hold up too well in court either.
if htc has a problem with it they will send C&D letters, just like what Palm did with the pre theme.
I will gladly pull the apps if HTC has a problem with it,I am not in any way trying to steal from them like some of you are portraying (thanks to those that understand its alot of hard work to make the people on the market happy)Yep the images are theirs though search google for clock parts and you will see how they put their clocks together.I am the one though that brought it to the market how long has it been around now? If HTC one day decides they want to put up their clocks I will surely step aside...Seems like some here are jealous I have been the one to bring this and my themes to the market.There are a ton apps on the market infringing on copyrights that are far worse than mine I never once claimed the clocks as my own and the only reason I do a donation app is to make something for the work I do.Again they may be their images but I am the one putting it together into an app fielding questions and concerns 24-7 for it so no I dont feel like I am doing anything wrong or infringing on anyones trademarks.If anything I would bet HTC probably likes the advertising,because of the hero clocks widget a few that would have never even heard of it are gonna go get a hero now.I like how this thread started but then of course it has to go astray and people all the sudden become lawyers thanks for the advise guys.I am going to contact htc right now to see if we can work something out where everyone is happy....
I would have paid 10 times what I paid great clocks and great support!
crotalusfreak said:
I will gladly pull the apps if HTC has a problem with it,I am not in any way trying to steal from them like some of you are portraying (thanks to those that understand its alot of hard work to make the people on the market happy)Yep the images are theirs though search google for clock parts and you will see how they put their clocks together.I am the one though that brought it to the market how long has it been around now? If HTC one day decides they want to put up their clocks I will surely step aside...Seems like some here are jealous I have been the one to bring this and my themes to the market.There are a ton apps on the market infringing on copyrights that are far worse than mine I never once claimed the clocks as my own and the only reason I do a donation app is to make something for the work I do.Again they may be their images but I am the one putting it together into an app fielding questions and concerns 24-7 for it so no I dont feel like I am doing anything wrong or infringing on anyones trademarks.If anything I would bet HTC probably likes the advertising,because of the hero clocks widget a few that would have never even heard of it are gonna go get a hero now.I like how this thread started but then of course it has to go astray and people all the sudden become lawyers thanks for the advise guys.I am going to contact htc right now to see if we can work something out where everyone is happy....
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i actually do work with lawyers. though theyre empployment, bankruptcy and real estate lawyers, they also sometimes to that rights type crap. and i can tell you, htc would not give a crap if you do this. it wouldnt be worth sueing you because to them your worth crap, and they would lose more money in sueing you then just lettnig this be. i say to make everyone happy just lowetr the price to $1. the less money you make from there property the better.
now say if you were making like $500 a month from this, thenn your screwed lol.
Okay look people if HTC really cared do you think we would even have this web site? Really me, chrisag92 and manup put these clocks up months ago granted they were for free but any ways that doesn't matter what I'm saying is HTC leaks alot of the roms so we are basically beta testers so that they can make improvements based on what we say if they cared that much the whole site would be shut down no just certain apps removed from the market and thats cortalus for putting up my SE clock
Thanks for the support guys I really appreciate it,I would drop the price but then it gets me .69 cents each.I know 1.50 is a little more than most themes on the market but I have added tons of clocks and its not openhome,ahome whatever home specific and I feel as if its worth the $1.05 it gets me after googles cut.I dont think alot of people realize how much google takes for posting to their market,I am not complaining or anything just an fyi for those who didnt know.But aside from that this matter is in HTC's hands now I definitely wanna make a living and provide for my wife and kids the right way so I have contacted them to see if a partnership can be made.It does mean though if they say I gotta pull them I will, I am not trying to make any enemies in the Android world especially HTC.
Not a problem r_dub I am glad to do it I think your guys' special editions are gonna be in the top 5 soon at the rate they are going.Almost 3000 downloads already!
r_dub said:
Okay look people if HTC really cared do you think we would even have this web site? Really me, chrisag92 and manup put these clocks up months ago granted they were for free but any ways that doesn't matter what I'm saying is HTC leaks alot of the roms so we are basically beta testers so that they can make improvements based on what we say if they cared that much the whole site would be shut down no just certain apps removed from the market and thats cortalus for putting up my SE clock
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+1 now just go on over to cyans thread or jacs thead and start this crap about property and see how long you last!
crotalusfreak said:
Thanks for the support guys I really appreciate it,I would drop the price but then it gets me .69 cents each.I know 1.50 is a little more than most themes on the market but I have added tons of clocks and its not openhome,ahome whatever home specific and I feel as if its worth the $1.05 it gets me after googles cut.I dont think alot of people realize how much google takes for posting to their market,I am not complaining or anything just an fyi for those who didnt know.But aside from that this matter is in HTC's hands now I definitely wanna make a living and provide for my wife and kids the right way so I have contacted them to see if a partnership can be made.It does mean though if they say I gotta pull them I will, I am not trying to make any enemies in the Android world especially HTC.
Not a problem r_dub I am glad to do it I think your guys' special editions are gonna be in the top 5 soon at the rate they are going.Almost 3000 downloads already!
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WOW top 5 i guess people like my and chrisag92's work
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+1 now just go on over to cyans thread or jacs thead and start this crap about property and see how long you last!
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I hope that comment wasn't directed at me and yeah if this was a dev forum all of you complaining about what's belongs to who you would get flamed very quickly so i suggest take it as it is and let it be sorted out by whatever means necessary

[teaser] ⌘⌘⌘New level of animated wallpaper for manila⌘⌘⌘

[teaser] ⌘⌘⌘New level of animated wallpaper for manila⌘⌘⌘
hi everyone!
I have been fired from my office as the company became the bankrupt at January.. So I got some time for starting new project (and earn some money as i hope (It will be donationware or will have a price around 1-3$)). Plz, don't be angry for that.. I just want to feed my family and me.
So i would like to show my new project...
⌘⌘⌘Animated wallpapers for manila 2.5⌘⌘⌘
This is a newer level of animated wallpaper that was before. My project is in alpha version now, but iI would like to show some results. In future I'll make many kinds of animated wallpaper with interesting features
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I'll get additional info as soon as it will be. This is a first teaser, enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD0ar_dyrjA
Nice!
It's a great idea to change the animations, imagine the possibilities!
i'll send a donation for it, Hope it will help you out.
mun you're always the best! keep up the great work!
ive got a cdma diamond if you need any testers.................otherwise I can't wait!
Congratulation man i think u gonna rock .we will help u out........imagine what u can do.....u can put like ......yourself as a moving avatar lets say or your baby to move or something?????.........
hahaha, sweet
looks nice..
Coool!
bad luck on the job..hope you get sorted soon..(i'm in the same situation too!)
looking forward to more from you.
If you could make an "animated theme builder" tool, I reckon you'd get loads of donations. don't know how difficult it would be..but it would be nice.
finally, all I need is the scripts.
any more teasers/developments mun_rus?
Really nice, I can imagine a fish swimming at the bottom of the screen already.
hey, I patterned that thought, so dont take it.
Any updates on this
Ill donate if you can successfully port the Nexus One or Desire LIVE wallpaper to the HD2.
wow really nice !!!
PS: hope you'll get a new & even better job soon
@mun_rus:
some news on this project??
wowww its good

Need feedback about my first theme

Hi Guys,
I've made my first theme and popped it on the android market, I made the decision to charge £0.99 for it as I believe it to be worth that and I know if I saw it then I would have no qualms with paying this at all, however since releasing it around 10 hours ago, ive only had 3 downloads all of which were cancelled so im trying to work out reasons why. One possible reason I can think is that they are using the Motorola Droid, where most these don't look particularly good because of the resolution, the second is that they just plain didn't like it! I do find this rather odd though as I have included 2 screenshots.
So if here's the androlib link (http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-nd-android-pandatheme-psimpleblack_5896-pExj.aspx) (screens dont do it much justice), I would appreciate any feedback. If anyone wants to download it for real then for today I will refund anyone from XDA developers who purchases it, just PM me your name after you have done so.
Thanks a lot for any help .
Looks pretty good to me, i take it the fuzziness is just in the screenshots? There's certainly A LOT worse on the market that have quite a few downloads, so I think you just have to give it time.
Yeah the fuzzyness is just the screens, thanks for the comment . Feel free to download if you want to take it for a spin and I'll refund your money making it free.
Anyone else got anything to add? getting a lot of views but little in the way of comments .
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Anyone else got anything to add? getting a lot of views but little in the way of comments .
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I would suggest making the notification bar black. The white bar does not look quite right. On the other hand, I only theme AOSP ROMS, so this may not be an option for you.
I want you to know that what follows is constructive criticism in the hopes that it will help you. If I offend I apologize, and give you full permission to tell me to piss off.
When I look at the theme, it looks nice, very clean, all the graphics work, but there is nothing that grabs my attention. It seems very "flat" and I personally would refund and get a theme that would draw me in to the screen. Having said that, I think it is really great work, that with a little bit of effort could really sell. I am sorry to say that I can not tell you what it needs, but I suggest making a few mock ups in gimp (or photoshop) and asking people what they think.
Additionally, the theme looks a lot like an iphone, which may be why I do not care for the look as much another may. The idiots on the market are always looking for iphone this and that, and thus I think it could really sell given time.
Thanks, comments noted, very helpful. The black notification bar isn't an option in this sort of theme but I'll definately be looking into ways of jazzing it up for a version 2.0 .
While I love themes like this, the only issue is that every other app installed will have a regular icon. Which unfortunatly takes away from your great work..
Yeah I recognise this, i was thinking of adding extra ones for the most popular apps (facebook, twidroid etc). Maybe this is something I'll look further in to.
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Yeah I recognise this, i was thinking of adding extra ones for the most popular apps (facebook, twidroid etc). Maybe this is something I'll look further in to.
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That is exactly what I did. There is no way to legally theme and distribute most market apps, so just make an addition icon pack and let people apply via bettercut.
By the way, I showed this to my wife, whom is a professional graphic designer, and asked her opinion. She suggested it is way too flat, and needs more contrast. I realize that you do not want to add color to accomplish this, as it defies the point of your theme, so she suggested to do away with the symmetry. Stagger some icons, give the homescreen a look that carries the eye of the viewer around it.
Thanks cloverdale, will definately take this into account in my future themes. Currently selling ok on the market place after making a few colour variations .

Need artist to form my ideas of an icon set!

Hello
I've been searching for a specific sort of icon set for android apps, but haven't been able to find it. My idea is to have an icon set of stickies / post it´s in different colors, angles, sizes, roation and with either text, drawings or text and drawings for the icon itself.
To give you a better picture of what I'm imagining I've found some pictures to illustrate fractions of the idea - "combined" they kinda look like what I imagine
Hope you can help me or guide me in the direction of something alike !
there is nothing like that...Have to make them...
Seems simple enough to make, I've actually worked on something like this before but never finished it because I didn't really imagine myself using it. I probably still have my resources gathered, and could materialize it for you - but be warned that I'm not a professional and the amount of time I have to work on it is limited. If you want to work something out, send me a pm. There are better designers out there, so if you find someone else to do it I won't be offended.
I'm not saying I suck, I'm just letting you know I'm not the best. Your idea is fairly easy to implement, so it shouldn't take a professional. Anywho, just let me know.
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Pneuma1985 said:
there is nothing like that...Have to make them...
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Be my guest ! I have an idea of them in a homescreen setup, where the wallpaper is a vintage white polished fridge (like 50's kind of style) up close and then with all the post its apps *Haven't been able to find such wallpaper either tho :-(
well
I like the idea and could probably pull it off... the only thing bugging me is the random post-it rotation... if they could all face the same direction i'd do it...
but otherwise...
ok
So after much thought i decided to do this set... without compromise, different colors and positions... this is the most logistically challenging set so far...
I hope there's a demand for this because its gigantic work
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So after much thought i decided to do this set... without compromise, different colors and positions... this is the most logistically challenging set so far...
and its coming, with the ability to choose the color and position of every icon. For example, lets say you want the facebook icon, you'll be able to have five choice for it... This is going to be a lot of icons... trust me.
I hope there's a demand for this because its gigantic work
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Looking very forward to see the result of this and how it looks in use! Good luck from here!
get ready...
This will be released today... stay tuned!
Glad you got Phlash on this! For one, I'm super busy right now and don't have the time.
And Phlash is an amazing artist! I remember when I first came across Tha Icon months ago, I used those icons for at least two months straight!
He'll do a great job, you won't be disappointed
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great
These kind words are totally appreciated!
Been working on a MAJOR update for Tha Icon for the past couple months... maybe tha will win you back!
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Glad you got Phlash on this! For one, I'm super busy right now and don't have the time.
And Phlash is an amazing artist! I remember when I first came across Tha Icon months ago, I used those icons for at least two months straight!
He'll do a great job, you won't be disappointed
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These kind words are totally appreciated!
Been working on a MAJOR update for Tha Icon for the past couple months... maybe tha will win you back!
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I've actually been thinking about buying a couple of your newer sets. They look really nice. I set a monthly limit on how much I can spend on my phone - apps, dev donations, etc. If I don't, I'd be broke, lol. It resets on the 20th, so I'll probably buy a couple next week
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Here they are!
Remind, communicate and organize!
Head over to my thread and get some samples to play with!

[APP] Eurovision Song Contest

Hi everyone
After the semifinals yesterday I thought I'd download an app for keeping track on the artists in ESC. What do you know... Couldn't find one...
So I put a simple one together so I'd have one for the finals.
The newspapers always have a page where you can grade the contestants, but I thought it'd be nicer with an app for us techies.
The app shows the contestants in order and allows you to see the lyrics for the songs. It also allows you to rate the contestants with a 5-star system and write notes about them. On one page you can see them contestants listed in the order you voted.
Since this was made in the matter of hours I didn't really put the energy to support light theme... so if you want to use it during the finals, switch to dark theme.
This app won't go to the marketplace, but if there are any dev geeks here who'd like to install the XAP and run it, it is attached for your pleasure.
It might seem stuck at start but give at a few secs and it should run fine... Heeey what do you expect from a few hours work.
Anyway... if you like it... compensate me by sending a phone vote for the Finnish contestant. I'm not from Finland, but Paradise Oskar kicks butt.
Haha. I was considering building one for the finals, but I couldn't find an easy way to get all the data without hard coding it all in - seemed like more trouble than it was worth!
i tried the app. It's pretty cool, but too late released!
Heh... sorry about the late release date, but it was released on the same day it was built
In regards, to the lyrics I made a quick and ugly hack to get it in quickly.
I pasted the lyrics into a function in VS and made a regex-replace and surrounded each row by a stringbuilder appendline
Yep.. ugly... but faaast
Will it support 2012 Eurovision ?
Nice program. I very like this songs.
very cool app...
great

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