Switch custom themes sharing thread

pk92 · Dec 7, 2018

Shiny Umbreon Theme (updated)

Updated with pics of using dark theme in nintendo settings, and had to move a few labels for buttons

Lockscreen Home screen Settings All Games

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XJU7rap0BPiM9W6PbZba9Bv9uvkiQET9

cagerhager · Dec 11, 2018

Thank you so much for the program!!!! Works great!

Cyan · Dec 17, 2018

sorry, it's not allowed to share pre-patched szs theme files, nor link to websites where you can get them.

Zahimi made a theme and wants someone to verify if it's working before working on more themes:

ABZU:
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8home.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8lock.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8settings.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8all-apps.dds

can someone try and report? thank you

I'm still on 4.1 and didn't extract my szs files yet.

cagerhager · Dec 17, 2018

What patch for the main menu is this?

Cyan said:
sorry, it's not allowed to share pre-patched szs theme files, nor link to websites where you can get them.

Zahimi made a theme and wants someone to verify if it's working before working on more themes:

ABZU:
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8home.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8lock.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8settings.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8all-apps.dds

can someone try and report? thank you
I'm still on 4.1 and didn't extract my szs files yet.

exelix11 · Dec 17, 2018

Cyan said:
sorry, it's not allowed to share pre-patched szs theme files, nor link to websites where you can get them.

Zahimi made a theme and wants someone to verify if it's working before working on more themes:

ABZU:
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8home.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...tps://res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8lock.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8settings.dds
https://exelix11.github.io/SwitchTh...//res.cellenseres.de/dds/95AFF9B8all-apps.dds

can someone try and report? thank you
I'm still on 4.1 and didn't extract my szs files yet.

I didn't check that subreddit, but afaik it is used to host .nxtheme files ,that's a new legal format i'm working on, hopefully it will be more popular than Auto-Theme. The beta of the tool to install and create them is in the qcean discord only currently, i think i'll post a stable version here soon enough

MassiveRican · Dec 18, 2018

Hmm, I have enough skill to figure out how to use, d/load and install custom themes thanks to auto theme injector (lovely app and workaround btw), just wish there were more themes being shared here, cuz what I'm not skilled at, is making themes lol.

Cyan · Dec 18, 2018

exelix11 said:
I didn't check that subreddit, but afaik it is used to host .nxtheme files ,that's a new legal format i'm working on, hopefully it will be more popular than Auto-Theme.

the links I tried on that site had the szs and layeredFS ready folders, with different links for 5.x and 6.x firmware.

I saw you are working on a new format, and also a switch tool to manage themes directly on the console.
I didn't see if you did it yet, but it would be great : a theme file extractor homebrew! if you can make one that would be nice, no more need to dump full nand and use hactool to extract szs. or maybe that's what you are doing, a nxtheme file extractor/installer?

As for auto-theme, I tried to force users to go legal and use it. you worked hard to make theme sharing legal, and they all prefer the easy route with layeredFS szs sharing :/
theme creator also seems to think auto-theme is hard, I had to explain that it's just dds and layout diff !
I hope your new format will be more popular.

exelix11 · Dec 18, 2018

Cyan said:
the links I tried on that site had the szs and layeredFS ready folders, with different links for 5.x and 6.x firmware.

I saw you are working on a new format, and also a switch tool to manage themes directly on the console.
I didn't see if you did it yet, but it would be great : a theme file extractor homebrew! if you can make one that would be nice, no more need to dump full nand and use hactool to extract szs. or maybe that's what you are doing, a nxtheme file extractor/installer?

As for auto-theme, I tried to force users to go legal and use it. you worked hard to make theme sharing legal, and they all prefer the easy route with layeredFS szs sharing :/
theme creator also seems to think auto-theme is hard, I had to explain that it's just dds and layout diff !
I hope your new format will be more popular.

The theme installer is pretty much ready, today i posted the first stable build on discord if nobody reports any issue i'll publish it on github and here as well.
It can install both szs files so people don't complain and this new nxtheme format, it can dump the home menu nca directly as well without having to go trough nand decryption but i couldn't manage to extract it on the console directly so you will still need a pc and to follow a guide, but this time it's really easy cause there's lockpick to get the keys so it is basically: run lockpick, run my dumper, put the sd in the pc, run the extractor, done.

About Auto-theme i've seen that thread, i guess the current guide is too techincal for some people, hopefully this nxtheme thing will fix things up.
To create nxthemes i added a button in the injector, instead of clicking on save when you make a theme you'll just have to press "build nxtheme" so the workflow stays the same.
As nxtheme is basically offline Auto-Theme the webiste will not output szs files anymore, i'm changing it to output only nxtheme files (so all current links don't break).

The only caveat is that to install nxthemes you have to dump the szs files first, but as i said this time it's much easier and i received positive feedback from many people on discord, you can check out the new guide here
And if this doesn't work i guess i'll just give up to szs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sharky1980 · Dec 18, 2018

Why delete my themes
It was make with Auto-theme

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ok

Cyan · Dec 18, 2018

no, it was sharing the pre-patched szs file.

auto-theme is the way to share, not the way to create them.
if you created them with auto-theme, then share the auto-theme link.

dds and layout are fine to share.
szs is not, as it's an extracted file from the switch firmware.

if you want, you can wait for the new theme format to be released.
when you create a theme, select save as nxtheme and share that file.

Sharky1980 · Dec 18, 2018

doesn't work for me.
I put the files under auto them but where can I find the link?

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I can't the a link under auto theme on my phone. I will try it on my PC

Sharky1980 · Dec 18, 2018

Sharky1980 said:
doesn't work for me.
I put the files under auto them but where can I find the link?

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I can't the a link under auto theme on my phone. I will try it on my PC

okay believe now understand how that works. Do I see that correctly, that I can not take a finished theme afterwards, but only the dds image file?

zahimi · Dec 18, 2018

exelix11 said:
The theme installer is pretty much ready, today i posted the first stable build on discord if nobody reports any issue i'll publish it on github and here as well.
It can install both szs files so people don't complain and this new nxtheme format, it can dump the home menu nca directly as well without having to go trough nand decryption but i couldn't manage to extract it on the console directly so you will still need a pc and to follow a guide, but this time it's really easy cause there's lockpick to get the keys so it is basically: run lockpick, run my dumper, put the sd in the pc, run the extractor, done.

About Auto-theme i've seen that thread, i guess the current guide is too techincal for some people, hopefully this nxtheme thing will fix things up.
To create nxthemes i added a button in the injector, instead of clicking on save when you make a theme you'll just have to press "build nxtheme" so the workflow stays the same.
As nxtheme is basically offline Auto-Theme the webiste will not output szs files anymore, i'm changing it to output only nxtheme files (so all current links don't break).

The only caveat is that to install nxthemes you have to dump the szs files first, but as i said this time it's much easier and i received positive feedback from many people on discord, you can check out the new guide here
And if this doesn't work i guess i'll just give up to szs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Will we still need to reboot to apply the new theme after using the theme installer?

KingMuk · Dec 18, 2018

MassiveRican said:
Hmm, I have enough skill to figure out how to use, d/load and install custom themes thanks to auto theme injector (lovely app and workaround btw), just wish there were more themes being shared here, cuz what I'm not skilled at, is making themes lol.

Hey bud! Long time no chat or anything! If you like I can link you (through PM) to a bunch of themes I cam across outside of GBATEMP

exelix11 · Dec 18, 2018

zahimi said:
Will we still need to reboot to apply the new theme after using the theme installer?

Yes, unfortunately i couldn't find any workaround for this

exelix11 · Dec 18, 2018

IT IS UPDATE TIME ! A bit earlier than i anticipated, but here we are.
The new switch theme injector and switch theme installer use this new nxtheme file format, a legal and cross-firmware container for themes.
The process of sharing and installing has been massively simplified, don't believe me ? check the OP now. So clean such few words.
To create nxthemes you don't need szs at all on your pc, just use the new tab "nxtheme builder" on both the pc injector and the online version.
Auto-theme won't be supported anymore, it will still work but it will only generate nxtheme files. (if you still get the old auto-theme just clear the cache, shift + reload on chrome and firefox)
Enjoy !

@Cyan could we get this update to the front page ?

NEOGEOKAI · Dec 18, 2018

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Cyan · Dec 19, 2018

sorry, I'm not good at writing portal news. my english vocabulary is not rich enough.
Maybe @Chary could do it ? please, thank you

just for information in case you want to talk about it, about the old format : you had to dump your full NAND and run tools on computer. then upload many files to a website before patching them with auto-theme. and the resulted file couldn't be shared because of copyright file extracted from firmware.
now, with this format, it's a container with only the changes (like a patch for ROM translation), and the patching is done directly on the console with a homebrew instead of the browser on computer.
the nxtheme can now be shared legally.

why still post discord chat servers instead of posting publicly? there's no more illegal szs sharing you can't post here. I'll never understand the need to advertise a chat server.... advertising is even not allowed, read the rules.
You go up to create screenshots, upload the files, and create a post about it, why not post the nxtheme file instead? Do you win money based on how many users come chatting?

zahimi · Dec 19, 2018

is there a way to get the keys with sx os? i dont want to mess with hekete.
i think many people will still use szs until an easier way to setup is released.

Cyan · Dec 19, 2018

is the nxtheme file patching only one szs at a time, or does it contain information for all the possible screens in a single file? (home, lock, etc.)

zahimi : this is the easier way.
getting keys is very easy now.
if you don't want to use hekate (why?) you can probably use biskey payload instead, but that's exactly the same thing you need to do.
you are already using a payload if you hacked your console, just use a different payload once to get keys.

keys are needed for MANY many many tools, and a lot of users already got them.
if they don't want to get their keys, they could even find them with google. keys are required for a lot of homebrew and application, without the keys you limit yourself to what you can do.

an even easier way would be to extract the szs from nca directly on the console instead of using hactool, but you still need your keys to do that.

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