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*NOTE*: Substrate requires you to have "root"access on your device. Substrate may be incompatible with yourdevice (such as missing symbols), but will attempt to detect this.There is also an irritation with many HTC devices; Substrate has anew workaround in it as of June 1st (0.9.4008) that should allow itto work on these systems.(June 2nd now: it seems a small number of Samsung devices have asimilar issue, and Substrate correctly detects that it canot usethe same workaround; I will work on a new solution, likely one thatsolves both of these use cases at the same time. There is no harmin running Substrate and seeing if the workaround is possible:that's detected.)Substrate is a platform for customizing software. Due tolimitations of the Google Play Store it must be installedseparately, but its primary purpose is to support other products:users should not expect Substrate itself to do anythinginteresting. Instead, it should be thought of as enabling yourdevice to support other things you may install.Products that use Substrate are able to modify any otherprogram, whether it came with your phone or was installed later, orwhether it was developed by Google or by a third-party developer.These kinds of changes carry an inherent risk: changes to theunderlying software being modified may break the modifications("extensions") you install.*IMPORTANT*: Substrate for Android is new. While I've spent abunch of time testing it on a bunch of devices with many versionsof Android, there is always the possibility that there's somethingunique to your setup that causes an incompatibility. If possible,I'd recommend having a backup of your device handy; I'd alsorecommend being setup with a recovery mode image that allows you toeasily delete Substrate. For more information, see this FAQitem.http://www.cydiasubstrate.com/id/164f33e4-ca1e-440f-9379-3ff03b11cf5a/Users should keep in mind that Substrate includes a safetyfeature: by holding down the volume-up button on your device youcan disable Substrate while it is attempting to load thesemodifications (such as while it is turning on and starting); thiswill give you an opportunity to use Google Play to uninstall thingsthat might be broken.Substrate has been tested fairly extensively. It is designed towork on Android versions 2.3 or above, but will work on any"equivalent" versions (systems like CyanogenMod or the Kindle Fireuse their own versioning schemes). It is supported on devices thatuse either ARM or Intel CPUs and works on "strange" devices(including Google Glass).While Substrate support for Android is very new, Substrate wasfirst released in 2008 for Apple's iPhone and is now being used bytens of millions of devices worldwide. Many people know it as"MobileSubstrate", how it is usually distributed for the iPhone,iPad, and iPod Touch via Cydia, the alternative to the App Storefor "jailbroken" devices.If you are a developer, you can learn more about how to workwith Substrate at http://www.cydiasubstrate.com/. There, you willbe able to find documentation, tools, and examples. Substrate forAndroid also shares many development concepts and APIs withSubstrate for other platforms, so tutorials from third-partywebsites may help.(Users of Substrate on iOS may remember that there is a moregeneral "Safe Mode" feature that will catch crashes, allowing for amore intuitive response to failures. This will be implemented in anupcoming version of Substrate for Android, but please remember: youcan always use the "volume up to disable" feature to skip badextensions.)(Substrate requires the ACCESS_SUPERUSER permission, and duringits installation it will add a few files to your device. No fileswill be modified or overwritten: only a few new files--all symboliclinks, taking up virtually no space--are added. Substrate onlyrequires root during installation and to help it restart yourdevice to use new extensions.)

*NOTE*: WinterBoard requires you to have"root" access on your device. You also must install Cydia Substrate*before* installing WinterBoard.WinterBoard is a "theme engine" that allows you to use thenumerous themes you may find in the Google Play Store on yourdevice without having to install custom ROMs or use customlaunchers. It allows you to use almost any launcher icon theme withyour stock launcher and supports "Theme Chooser" themes withoutCyanogenMod.This is accomplished using a modification to the software onyour device managed using Substrate, a code modification platform.You will therefore also have to install Substrate to useWinterBoard. You can find Substrate in the Google Play Store; ifyou attempt to use WinterBoard without Substrate, you will bedirected to install Substrate.Users may recognize the name WinterBoard: we distribute asimilar program for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Availableto users via Cydia, the alternative to the App Store for users of"jailbroken" devices, WinterBoard is used by tens of million usersworldwide, supporting well over ten thousand known themes ofvarying complexity.Artists who want to make themes compatible with WinterBoard donot do anything special: the goal of WinterBoard is to supportthemes designed for most other theme systems. In specific, you canuse themes designed for ADW Launcher, GO Launcher Ex, Launcher Pro,dxTop, and the T-Mobile/CyanogenMod Theme Chooser platform.Please note, however, that WinterBoard is still underdevelopment: while the core features of these themes will likelywork, many others might not. The priority for launcher themes hasbeen "icon packs". It is a goal of WinterBoard to support as manyfeatures of these themes as possible, so users should check backlater for updates.Within WinterBoard, users will see a list of themes that theyhave installed on their system. To activate themes, click the entryto mark them with a check. Yes, you can turn on multiple themes ;P.Themes override each other based on their order in the list: tomove them around you drag them up and down using the handles on theright.When using Theme Chooser themes, please understand that theseare often tailored to the specific version of the firmware you arerunning, and that even finding a theme for the "equivalent" versionof CyanogenMod to what you have installed might not have everythingaligned for the theme: things may look awkward or simply bemissing.The expectation is that, like on iOS, people will eventuallystart building themes optimized specifically for the stock softwarethat can be used with WinterBoard. The result is that, just as youfind themes currently that claim compatibility with certainversions of CyanogenMod, themes might claim support for "Android4.2 w/ TouchWiz".(WinterBoard requests the ACCESS_SUPERUSER permission, but onlyuses it to restart the system to apply your new themes. It does notphysically modify any of the stock software stored on your device:all modifications are made dynamically via Substrate, souninstalling WinterBoard is guaranteed to remove all traces of itsinstallation.)If, while using WinterBoard, you run into any problems (such asit crashes on boot, preventing your device from starting), pleaseremember that Substrate has a safety feature built into it: you canhold your device's volume up button to temporarily disableSubstrate so that WinterBoard is not loaded, and then your deviceboots correctly.The launcher icon pack and Theme Chooser theme that are used inthe screenshots are both available from the Play Store. The formeris free, while the latter costs money (sorry, not my product; Iwill attempt to find another theme that works well together for theexample screenshots in the future, but my goal right now is to getthis released ;P).https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samanthaconner.tinywhitehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flow.theme.flow