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Enable Galaxy S6 Theme Engine on Samsung Galaxy S4, S5 and Note 4

Rakesh | 17 Mar 2015 | Samsung/ Themes

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Whether you are a seasoned Android user or a new one, you must have felt the lack of a native theme engine on your device. For most Android users custom mods, ROMs, 3rd party launchers, and icon packs are major means to theme their device the way they want. It’s not that all Android devices of bereft of a native theme support.

Some OEMs now seem to understand the wish of users. LG, HTC and Sony devices support color based themes and recently Samsung introduced an inbuilt theme engine in some of its phones. The newly launched Galaxy S6, along with a plethora of hardware and software improvements, also brings a default theme engine. The Galaxy S6 houses a powerful theming system that allows users to do heavy customization on the TouchWiz UI.

The S6 theme engine is quite different from the theming system found on LG, HTC or Sony devices and closer to CM Theme Engine. Applying a new theme on the Galaxy S6 changes things like the home screen wallpaper, fonts, settings and notification pop-ups, dialer, messaging and dialog boxes and so on.

Samsung’s new theming system is currently exclusive to the Galaxy S6 only but in the world of Android, such kinds of exclusivities stayย intact just for a fewย days. Thanks to our smart developer community and the open source attribute of Android! Yesterday, we shared the all new HTC One M9’s camera port for all devices running AOSP and CM based ROMs and today we got another port from the Galaxy S6.

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If you ownย a rooted Samsung Galaxy S5, S4 or Galaxy Note 4,ย Albe95 has a big surprise for you! Yes, he has found an easy way to enableย Galaxy S6 Theme Engine on these devices. Getting the Galaxy S6’s theming system on your phone is as easy as copying some files to your phone’s system partition and doing a little modification in the features.xml using a root browser.

Instructions toย Enable Galaxy S6 Theme Engine

  1. Make sure you have a rooted Galaxy S4, S5 and Note4. You can also try the mod on the Galaxy Note 3.
  2. Your device must have stock TouchWiz based Lollipop ROM.
  3. Make sure you have a root file browser app installed on your device. If not, install it now:ย [googleplay url=”https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree”]
  4. Also install BusyBox on your phone. When the app is installed open it and install the BusyBox script.ย [googleplay url=”https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox”]
  5. Download the Lollipop theme enabler files in a single zip and unzip the file:ย Lollipop_Themes_Enabler.zip
  6. Now copy theย Lollipop_Themes_Enabler folder to your device.
  7. Open Root Browser app, navigate to ย Lollipop_Themes_Enabler folder open it. You would find two sub-folders inside, namely app and CSC.
  8. Open the app folder and copy its contents to System/app directory on your phone. Do not forget to set file permissions for each of the copied Apk files to rw-r–r– ย (0644). For detailed instructions on fixing file permission, read this tutorial.
  9. Now open the csc folder, copy theย theme_app_list.xml and paste it toย System/csc. Do not forget to fix file permissions for this file too.
  10. Using Root Browser, now go toย system/etc/,ย tap and hold floating_feature.xmlย and select open/edit option.
  11. Now find the following string:
    <SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_CHANGEABLE_UI></SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_CHANGEABLE_UI>
  12. Andย add ‘theme v2″ in the middle of the code as shown below:
    <SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_CHANGEABLE_UI>themev2</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_CHANGEABLE_UI>
  13. Save your changes and exit Root Browser.

Make sure you have done everything correctly and then reboot your phone. When your device boots up, tap and hold and empty space on the home screenย and along with Wallpaper, Widgets and Home screen Setting, you’ll find an extra option called Themes. Just tap it and start playing with the 4 themes available there. Cheers!

Tags: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Samsung Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy S5

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Discussion

  1. Nov 1, 2016 at 1:15 AM
    Chris Prunty says:
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    Hi followed all steps set the folders and the apps permission to 0644 (rw–r–r) when I click theme button the touch wiz crashes anythin I did wrong?

    • Nov 1, 2016 at 6:50 AM
      Rakesh says:
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      What’s your phone’s firmware version?

  2. May 4, 2016 at 9:34 AM
    freezo says:
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    followed the steps. theme option is available but touchwiz keeps crushing when i try opening the theme option>:(

  3. Oct 10, 2015 at 3:16 PM
    Iftekhar Khan says:
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    Same problem with me.
    I have rooted my s4 and installed s6 rom
    It’s now complete s6 but the themes are not being installed like humans kavdia said.
    How can I install themes now ?
    Plz help me anyone

  4. Oct 6, 2015 at 12:09 PM
    Omar says:
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    hello guys, first of all I apologize my English. Having said that I performed step by step procedure and the selector themes works fine without error. The only problem is that when I select the theme …….. only the backgrounds are changed, the icons do not you? Has anyone had the same problem?

  5. Sep 7, 2015 at 7:11 PM
    Ali Chamaa says:
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    When i tap on theme , i show touchwiz force stop … please help me ๐Ÿ™

  6. Aug 28, 2015 at 6:26 AM
    jayvy diomaro says:
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    It works on my galaxy s4 but how can i download another themes like iron man of s6

  7. Jul 12, 2015 at 12:14 AM
    Ihtisham Nadeem says:
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    I followed every step and also set permission to 0644 but when every i click on theme change it gives error touch wiz home has stopped working : any help

  8. May 31, 2015 at 6:13 AM
    Himanshu Kavdia says:
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    I followed all your instructions, it did work but when I click to choose any of theme it showed that theme is not installed. Can anybody help me out, please?

  9. May 28, 2015 at 7:29 PM
    Yunggthuggzz says:
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    This is not the Galaxy S6 theme engine this is just an old theme option lmao. The Galaxy S6 theme engine is only available on the Galaxy S6 or a samsung device with the Galaxy S6 firmware port. Stop making clickbait articles.

  10. May 27, 2015 at 12:54 PM
    Akshat Sharma says:
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    i m not able to find theme_app_list.xml in csc folder???

  11. May 27, 2015 at 10:33 AM
    Stha Kamal says:
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    great job bro…. I am using Samsung galaxy S5 sm-g900h…. it is really work ๐Ÿ™‚ .Give more themes plzzzzzzzz

    • Jul 29, 2015 at 8:06 PM
      Leandro Saleia says:
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      Mine is G900H too, and i follow all the steps, still when a go and click themes touchwiz stop working…:(

  12. May 19, 2015 at 4:51 PM
    Antonio says:
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    Tested on rooted Note 3 Lollipop (Qualcomm). Everything displays correctly but no icons change. Only wallpapers, i can see the themes, i can choose them but they will modify just the wallpapers.

    • May 31, 2015 at 6:16 AM
      Himanshu Kavdia says:
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      Yeah, man .Same here

  13. May 17, 2015 at 1:39 AM
    Jim Stass says:
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    I believe that i have followed the instructions properly but touchwiz is force closing when i touch the themes button. I have stock updated lolipop on a galaxy s4 rooted with cf autoroot. Any ideas how i messed it up?

    • May 17, 2015 at 1:51 AM
      Jim Stass says:
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      ah i have it… the folders also needed new permissions rwxr-xr-x

      • May 17, 2015 at 4:29 AM
        Rakesh says:
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        Glad to know!

  14. May 15, 2015 at 3:19 AM
    Blitz says:
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    followed all the steps.. i saw the theme menu but after tapping it, it says touchwiz stop responding ๐Ÿ™

  15. May 8, 2015 at 6:06 PM
    Hashir Ahmed says:
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    Give more themes bro pls

    • May 8, 2015 at 6:22 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      They will be available via theme engine.

      • Jun 29, 2015 at 11:56 PM
        Matthew Kennett-Ny says:
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        How do I access the theme engine once I have it installed?

        • Jul 2, 2015 at 7:36 PM
          Rakesh says:
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          You can access it from Settings> Themes or just tap and hold the homescreen and select Themes.

          • Jul 2, 2015 at 11:24 PM
            Matthew Kennett-Ny says:

            Is there anyway to add more themes, I only have 4 and when I click Samsung apps is says no apps

  16. May 1, 2015 at 9:30 AM
    Mikey Ynwa Heath says:
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    my bad. sorted it. i changed the file permissions also, changed them back and worked

    • May 1, 2015 at 4:09 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      Glad to know you made it work! ๐Ÿ™‚

  17. May 1, 2015 at 8:56 AM
    Mikey Ynwa Heath says:
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    hi
    I followed the instructions but as i open themes i get a force close message

    do i set all the permissions to 0644? thats what ive done.
    s5+ g901f running touchwiz 5.02

  18. Apr 21, 2015 at 3:08 PM
    Aminshd says:
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    hi

    plz plz make galaxy s6 launcher for galaxy s5 with lolipop rom without root

    look like another launcher can i install on my phone wihtout root for example go launcher . nova launcher and etc plz plz make

  19. Mar 18, 2015 at 5:24 AM
    Shalini says:
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    Nice information. I am using Samsung galaxy S5. The Samsung phone has proven to be a must have for the Android users. I’ll also enable the same. For more detailed features of latest mobile you can visit Samsung India site.

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