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Root {MetaMorph}Transparent Chaos

andrizoid

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Mar 25, 2010
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Transparent Chaos!
This is a Metamorph theme that should work on ANY CyanogenMod rom.
It has been tested on the following
Code:
White Widow
Nonsensikal
CyanogenTazz
KaosFroyo

I love how the transparent widgets look. With my black wallpaper they looked even better, but since some widgets didnt come with a transparent skin, I made a few of my own with Andrizoids MM Builder. That was the beginning of this theme. Its all based around transparency or semi-transparency.

This is a pretty complete theme, it takes parts from the Nonsensikal Black theme, parts from the CyanogenTazz theme, and quite a few custom pieces.

Thanks go out to the creators of those two themes, Andrizoid for his awesome MetaMorph Builder, and all the other devs for their roms to run this on.
Also, in no particular order
-Ultra Lynx
-Daneshm90


Change Log
v2.1 DOWNLOAD HERE
Code:
Pandora <--transparent; [B]the full app is copied to your sdcard. use a file manager to install it![/B]

Yr.No Weather <--transparent; ALL bgs are transparent for ALL widget sizes

MessagingWidgets <--updated theme

Added SIMPTEXT Icons from ULTRA LYNX

FancyWidget <--transparent bg; installed as Fancy_Widget.apk in /system/app

v1.6 DOWNLOAD HERE
Code:
Facebook Widget <--transparent and brightened the arrows; installed as Facebook.apk in /system/app

3Banana Notes Widget <--transparent; installed as 3BananaNotes.apk in /system/app

Youtube Widget <--transparent; installed as YouTube.apk in /system/app

v1 DOWLOAD HERE
Code:
Lockscreen <--transparent tabs and new icons

Status Bar BG <--semi transparent 

Status Bar Icons <--cyanogentazz icons

Pull Down Notification Bar <--semi transparent with the android from nonsensikal black

Keyboard <--semi transparent keys

Font <--Russel Square font

Wallpaper <--black WP looks nice with transparent widgets

Settings Icons <--cyanogentazz settings icons

Power Control Widget <--transparent with white highlight

Genie Widget <--transparent

Google Search Widget <--transparent

Messaging Widgets <--must be installed as MessagingWidgets.apk in /system/app; only the 
DARK skin is transparent

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Notes

If part of a theme doesnt take, make sure that you have the right app named the right way and installed in the right place.

If this gets to be a widely used theme, I can make an update zip to push the apps to the right spot and with the right name. Sort of a "setup" zip.

I TAKE REQUESTS!
If theres widget that you often use that you would like to see themed, let me know!
This is just the beginning, but I'm already running out of ideas, so give me some of yours!

Just to let you know, you will probably find it best to theme them one at a time. You will most likely get a reboot when applying it to the Google Search box and, of course, like most Metamorphs, it will require another reboot after you apply the framework-res. So don't freak out. ;)
 
all the fonts applied. but no wall paper and the keyboard has the same previous grey letters on black keys. your has white letters (which i prefer).

re run the meta morph again?

Here is the apk for the white lettered LatinIME keyboard: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9903887/LatinImeGoogle.apk
For the Wallpaper:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9903887/default_wallpaper.jpg

What is MetaMorph exactly? Is it just like a program...? I remember it being on Xtrrom 3.03 but I never understood what it was.

Metamorph is an amazing app for customizing your phone. Everything from colors to icons. Read more here: How to MetaMorph/Theme - xda-developers
 
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to fix the automatic/force reboots.... change the setting in Metamorph:

within the app, Menu, Settings, adjust the Delay to 5000, it will take longer to process the morphing, but it wont throw you into a reboot. I noticed even at 4000 it would reboot so I just went all the way up. Some of the images didn't apply right until after I got it to be stable and then prompt me to reboot manually.
 
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Hey Andrizoid!

I'm on Nonsensikal Froyo. I'm trying to apply the FB widget theme but it says that FB is not located in my system/app location. I located the FB file and its in DATA/APP...how can i get it to apply?

Oh and it's named differently...

You just have to rename the app to whatever it mentions on the Metamorph XML. I do believe it's just Facebook.apk. Hope this helps.
 
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and do I move it to system/app location?

Sorry, totally didn't read the part where you said it was in your data/app folder. What you will need to do is, open your command prompt and change directories to your SDK/tools folder. Plug in phone, but do not mount of course.

adb pull nameofyourFBapp.apk /data/app

then rename to Facebook.apk

adb push Facebook.apk /system/app

If you don't use adb, you can try using Root Explorer, not sure how well that works for this kind of thing, although I am not sure why it wouldn't...
 
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