Here's an idea,
With all the hype and excitement of the successful WP7 OS, many apps are being made for android phones to copy the look of WP7. One of the best launchers in the market based off of wp7 is Launcher7. It has good customization like change the tile colors, Background, option to have a wp7 style status bar, etc. And there are apps being made to duplicate the look of the music player app, contacts app, Photos app, etc.
What i am proposing to u developers is to make a WP7 rom based off of cm7 and using these look-alike apps to replace the stock apps. It would be very pleasing to the Sprint hero and the android community.
its not possible all the win7 devices are hdpi so nothing would be compatible with the hero witch is mdpi however theres as good alternative home launcher called launcher 7 i believe and theres a couple of themes floating around as well.
Bierce22 said:
its not possible all the win7 devices are hdpi so nothing would be compatible with the hero witch is mdpi however theres as good alternative home launcher called launcher 7 i believe and theres a couple of themes floating around as well.
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Bah, it would just be png resizing. A fair amount of work, but not impossible.
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That's actually not a bad idea, but it wouldn't really be a ROM, since CM7 is the ROM. If it's just using the launcher and some other WP7 apps, all it would need to be is a flashable zip to put the apps in /system, the user would just have to remove the stock apps. And yes it would be a lot of png and 9png work, but could be done. Of course if the hdpi-mdpi converting was done, each user could also just use the WP7 apps they like, moving them into /system and deleting apps with whatever method they like.
The point is i want to replace stock apps with wp7 themed apps as much as possible. Also shouldnt apps be made for both hdpi and mdpi? cuz some apks i see when i look in them to mod some parts of it theres a hdpi folder and a mdpi folder.
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The point is i want to replace stock apps with wp7 themed apps as much as possible. Also shouldnt apps be made for both hdpi and mdpi? cuz some apks i see when i look in them to mod some parts of it theres a hdpi folder and a mdpi folder.
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Sure, if you are going to run apps on a hdpi device. For just the Hero, no, you wouldn't need to, and you could probably delete the hdpi folders to save space.
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user7618 said:
Sure, if you are going to run apps on a hdpi device. For just the Hero, no, you wouldn't need to, and you could probably delete the hdpi folders to save space.
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Delete them using 7zip while keeping everything in a apk file so it stays signed? You know what? This encourages me to start getting into android development, I need to figure out how to use androidSDK.
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http://www.wp7android.com/
Saw this site the other day, they started a project called WP7Android and I saw that they are gonna start development for Roms for the "popular devices", wouldn't the hero be popular? Even though its outdated, it was the first android phone to have HTC Sense. And it seems like our hero is still pretty popular here at xda-developers especially after it being out for 1.5 years. I will be watching this site for info for cdma hero.
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I'm looking for a Hero skin that is identical to the one they use for the Sense UI. Ideally, I'd like the app drawer to look exactly the same, even without the functionality of the real hero skin. I know there are some themes that are close, but none of them are close enough, or most deviate into a personal approach to the Hero theme. I just want exactly what you get with the Sense UI. I don't care about the Hero widgets, or the Calendar, or whatever, I just want a skin that looks exactly like the one on the hero.
Has this been done? Can anyone do it? Will I have better luck learning how to do it myself?
teds hero theme..
or, use a theme with the hero status bar then use open home and grab a hero theme for it from the market.
When is someone going to port sense onto the droid? I just got my droid after a screw up where verizon sent me the eris, and i had to put up with it for 2 weeks. I love sense, but the hardware of the eris was terrible. HTC needs to step up there hardware. I tryed openhome with 2 different themes, one was good, but it forced closed sooooo much it i couldnt use it. I tryed aHome, same problem. Im not sure how safe rooting is, and i really dont want to mess up my phone. What is the best hero rom or theme for the droid? Has any one ported sense ui onto the droid? I mean, i know its possible. I would be willing to root my phone if there are any good roms/themes availible. Also, what are some good roots out there? Ive seen it on so many devices EXCEPT the droid! Im currently running GDE with the hero theme, and it works well, certainly the best ive used, but the only difference is the conversation widget, bar at the bottom, and 7 home screens. Still stuck with all the boring stock android widgets. I want to see sense run on a droid. I want it on MY droid. Thanks in advance.
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When is someone going to port sense onto the droid? I just got my droid after a screw up where verizon sent me the eris, and i had to put up with it for 2 weeks. I love sense, but the hardware of the eris was terrible. HTC needs to step up there hardware. I tryed openhome with 2 different themes, one was good, but it forced closed sooooo much it i couldnt use it. I tryed aHome, same problem. Im not sure how safe rooting is, and i really dont want to mess up my phone. What is the best hero rom or theme for the droid? Has any one ported sense ui onto the droid? I mean, i know its possible. I would be willing to root my phone if there are any good roms/themes availible. Also, what are some good roots out there? Ive seen it on so many devices EXCEPT the droid! Im currently running GDE with the hero theme, and it works well, certainly the best ive used, but the only difference is the conversation widget, bar at the bottom, and 7 home screens. Still stuck with all the boring stock android widgets. I want to see sense run on a droid. I want it on MY droid. Thanks in advance.
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.......what does this have to do with android themes?
I just thought this was the best place to put it. If it needs to be moved, move it. I didn't see any catagories that it fit in better, and it discusis themes.
I don't know maybe Android Development since you are looking at rooting and booting a new rom on your phone? Just a thought.
sense has been ported, check out the alldroid.org forums, but some vital things such as battery do not work (it must be plugged in)
this might have been fixed tho... idk check it out.
u might have to click on a dev's username in that forum, try eugene373.
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I just thought this was the best place to put it. If it needs to be moved, move it. I didn't see any catagories that it fit in better, and it discusis themes.
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it's not a theme. it's a complete rom. which is not a theme. which would mean it does not belong in the themes section. which this is.
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When is someone going to port sense onto the droid? I just got my droid after a screw up where verizon sent me the eris, and i had to put up with it for 2 weeks. I love sense, but the hardware of the eris was terrible. HTC needs to step up there hardware. I tryed openhome with 2 different themes, one was good, but it forced closed sooooo much it i couldnt use it. I tryed aHome, same problem. Im not sure how safe rooting is, and i really dont want to mess up my phone. What is the best hero rom or theme for the droid? Has any one ported sense ui onto the droid? I mean, i know its possible. I would be willing to root my phone if there are any good roms/themes availible. Also, what are some good roots out there? Ive seen it on so many devices EXCEPT the droid! Im currently running GDE with the hero theme, and it works well, certainly the best ive used, but the only difference is the conversation widget, bar at the bottom, and 7 home screens. Still stuck with all the boring stock android widgets. I want to see sense run on a droid. I want it on MY droid. Thanks in advance.
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Panda Home also has got got reviews on the Droid versus Open Home. I haven't looked into what would be needed to change to theme the Music and Power widgets for their themes yet, thats the only thing they dont import from the Open Home themes.
I see a LOT of great themes in this section...absolutely amazing.
Unfortunately I have a Nexus One....and being that our community is a lot smaller we have a paltry selection of themes....
I noticed that a lot of themes here lack HDPI support...and I was wondering if any kind fellow here could either port their themes they make to HDPI devices or if someone else can (with permission) pick up a theme and port....
It'd be great and the entire HDPI android scene would be pleased.
Suavesque is free to port. :]
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I've been getting a lot of pm's asking for HDPI version of my theme.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7208540#post7208540
I'm working on it myself, I've grabbed most files from Nexus CM6 and I'm working with that specifically. Either way its free to port if you have the time and beat me to it... or you could help me out lol
well I can't do .9 pngs, suck at XML, have no clue how to do metamorphs or pack update.zips and know nothing about .jar files for framework....
but I can make a mean mockup. lol
AbsoluteDesignz said:
well I can't do .9 pngs, suck at XML, have no clue how to do metamorphs or pack update.zips and know nothing about .jar files for framework....
but I can make a mean mockup. lol
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HD devices are 480x800 am I rite? I'm skinning launcherpro for HD now for my theme.
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HD devices are 480x800 am I rite? I'm skinning launcherpro for HD now for my theme.
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yea 480 x 800 (or in the case of Droid and Droid X 480 x 854)
the resolutions for things are what you'd really need to know though right?
I know app icons have an area of 72 x 72...that's pretty mcuh all i know off the top of my head though.
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well I can't do .9 pngs, suck at XML, have no clue how to do metamorphs or pack update.zips and know nothing about .jar files for framework....
but I can make a mean mockup. lol
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Have a look at this: http://goo.gl/TvPE might dispell some myths around .9 pngs for you.
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AbsoluteDesignz said:
I see a LOT of great themes in this section...absolutely amazing.
Unfortunately I have a Nexus One....and being that our community is a lot smaller we have a paltry selection of themes....
I noticed that a lot of themes here lack HDPI support...and I was wondering if any kind fellow here could either port their themes they make to HDPI devices or if someone else can (with permission) pick up a theme and port....
It'd be great and the entire HDPI android scene would be pleased.
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The reason why there are not many HDPI themes in this section goes back a long time when the G1 and MT3G were the only android phones...
The thread is here. Some "genious" decided to move all the G1 themes to the android themes section, so it became the de jure place for G1 themes. When other android phones came out, they did not enforce them to move the themes to this section. Now G1 themes almost exclusively go in here de facto and themes for other phones go in their respective phone sections. It's a messed up system, but you gotta live with it.
Has anyone ported over the HTC Thunderbolt widgets or at least the clocks? idk if anyone has seen them but they are pretty kick a$$...I know there is beautiful widgets, etc. but I think these have a clean, classy, slick look. Just curious, I have searched and didnt find anything.
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Has anyone ported over the HTC Thunderbolt widgets or at least the clocks? idk if anyone has seen them but they are pretty kick a$$...I know there is beautiful widgets, etc. but I think these have a clean, classy, slick look. Just curious, I have searched and didnt find anything.
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if you look in my sense theme thread i have a lot of the clock apks as flashable zips
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994561
when i revisit the theme ill add some more of them as well
also lp sense ui in the regular android app/game section imitates sense widgets about as good as can be done
Thanks, those are nice...Im running the community rom and just want some eye candy, I get bored fast. I just dl them and will try them out later...good work!
Just to let you know, the Sense Widgets on the Thunderbolt is tied to the Sense framework, so unless the rom is ported, you can't get the Widgets seperately
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What would be sick is the notification panel. when pulled down, the top shows the most recently used apps. If I knew more on how to port/develop, I would do it, but I digress...
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nhugh406 said:
What would be sick is the notification panel. when pulled down, the top shows the most recently used apps. If I knew more on how to port/develop, I would do it, but I digress...
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that is actually a feature that is so unpopular on sense roms that its either 1) stripped out of the roms 2) replaced with power controls
Right on. But I'm sure there are some people that would like it. I imagine it's a waste considering the native android multitasking management....plus, it's probably Huuuuuugggeee memory hog
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Right on. But I'm sure there are some people that would like it. I imagine it's a waste considering the native android multitasking management....plus, it's probably Huuuuuugggeee memory hog
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yeah im sure some people would like it..but not worth the effort prolly imo given that its redundant with holding down the home key showing latest used apps
Exactly. Along with the long press of the home button, is there or had there been any way to get the most recently used 8 apps as opposed to the last 6? This had probably already been addressed our isn't a point of concern, so I apologize for thee possible redundancy.
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Clutch from the market is a good way to be able to recall recently used aps and it makes a nice transparent widget on the home screen.
Hey I was just wondering why this does not work .
Why can I not cross use different apks from different roms .
I am using Ice cold sandwich atm and the Camera application sucks on it , half the stuff doesn't work so I am forced to use a third party application.
I tried to access the app folder inside the "system.ext3.tar" which was found in one of my backup roms . ---> Created with CW MOD
I basically tried to take the working camera application and install it on my current rom but it crashes on startup, how do you actually go about doing stuff like this? What are the requirements ?
I just dont get why it does not work
I also hate the clock APK in the rom it does not have a world clock which I really need. I tried to again take the World Clock apk from another rom and it did not even install.
They were all from different icecream sandwiches but with sense 4 , the rom I am using does not have sense but I dont see how that would really affect this
Can someone explain to me how to cross use APK system files ?:good::good:
I believe you can't cross sense with aosp and aokp. If you want sense apps to work then port to a sense Rom. Your trying to put a square peg in a triangle hole.
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I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
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I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
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I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
Nanafy said:
I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
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I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
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I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
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I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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HTC apps require HTC framework and other HTC apps in order to work
So without the other apps, just come of them won't work
Most apps from other Roms, like Sony Ericsson and miui Roms will work, I have some of them
I think just Samsung and HTC apps won't work
But Samsung apps can be hacked
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I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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There are dependency on HTC framework for sense APk,thus causing sense apk not working at aosp/aopk rom.
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