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#1 · (Edited)
So over the past week or so I've been photoshopping the crap out of the Mazda Connect infotainment system and I'm in love with it. I've created my own Blue Theme for the system (you can see it here) and someone asked if I could upload it.

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I went ahead and decided to be super nice and go back and update the system for a variety of colors. I also included a modified version of the boot animation. I haven't tested it yet. But I will in the next few days and let you know if it works for sure. If you want to try it out feel free at your own risk.

After you install make sure and reboot the system. (Mute + Nav + Back for 10 seconds)
You should see the screen go black then start loading with the Mazda logo.

**JAN 6 2016 - V56 FULL UPDATE - USB INSTALL**

USB Install Files are below:

RED (DEFAULT)

ORANGE

YELLOW

GREEN

BLUE

PURPLE

PINK

SILVER

If you have any questions shoot me a PM and if you get yours working take pictures or video! I want to see them in action!

- J
**FEB 11 2016**
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**FEB 26 2016**
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#3 ·
Also, would you possibly mind if i included a script in my stuff to auto-push these files to the correct location?
That would be splendid because it looks pretty tedious to copy every image manually given that the images are spread out over a lot of directories.
 
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hey @mrnerdbanger I just flashed your Blue theme on v55 and everything looks fine but I was looking at the gui/common/controls folder and it appears that a number of folders were removed from v55 (such as Ump2, now there is only Ump3). I took a breath and ran your script anyways, and even though all of the old folders were copied over, there doesn't seem to be any adverse effects. Do you plan on updating your theme script to properly support v55 and the modified folders?
 
#20 ·
I'm not sure. I've been kinda crazy busy with some other projects at the moment. I actually wanted to change the look of the GUI more. Did that other thread ever figure out how to do the themes they were speaking of? I updated it recently but now I'm trying to make sure all the images work and instead of running out to my car every time by running it locally on my computer but V55 this is the only thing i get it to show. if anyone can help me with getting the console to actually show up that would help me a lot quicker
 

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#21 ·
Hey Great work and helpful scripts to deploy. Just a friendly heads up to OP or anyone wanting to use this, the "Default" folder doesn't have original images included, so reverting won't be as easy. A quick grep for pngs can pull the folder hierarchy to script&backup what you need though.

Thanks for your work - much appreciated!
 
#22 ·
Hello. I was looking to see if anyone had the torrent still up, or could share it somewhere (dropbox or something)? I left the original magnet open and didn't see anything connect after a while (like half an hour to an hour) so I'm just checking.

Also, I'm new to hacking into the ITS, so any help for a newbie is greatly appreciated. :)
 
#24 · (Edited)
Not to necro the thread, but +1 to this. Been putting off doing any type of system modifications to mine, but now I'm really hoping for a blue theme. I have a dedicated seedbox I can host this on for awhile if needed as well.


Edit: Looks like I got a seed overnight, woke up to the download being finished :) I'll keep seeding this from my desktop for now and will eventually move it over to the seedbox. I also gotta say, I like the batch files for flashing these. Really great idea for those that are scared to touch Putty/SFTP themselves.
 
#26 ·
yes. a bunch of the files have moved locations, merged, or changed names so i need to take some time to go through and find all the images again. if someone wants to go through and single out all the images inside the ici/ folder i can batch do the color change again and push out an update. i've just been super busy lately and haven't had time to go through every folder and replicate it with just the images
 
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@fitisgo... yes and no. i have one version that i use that fully changed all of the stock images. i don't have this anywhere yet.

as for the stock images to be just tinted no, i was waiting for someone to grab all the images from the /jci folder since they've all moved around. last i heard @velse was going to attempt it.
 

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#33 ·
wow... this is already down. If anyone can get these files up again and let me know, I'm creating local backups of all the tweaks and such.

are these getting removed because they are direct customizations of the buttons on the infotainment? is mazda sending in these takedown requests?
 
#37 ·
Hello everyone.

In my case, it's the Entertainment section that didn't change colors.

I have v55 and i'll be looking for a way to copy the missing files for that section. I'm quite new in all of this, so it might take a while until I find the way to extract them. If anyone could give some pointers as to where to start I'd be grateful.

Here's some pictures. I stuck with the purple theme in the end :)

Thanks to everyone involved in this!
 

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