Guide to Install Themes and Nav Bar on Xperia C

Posted on by Somesh Chaudhary

Xperia C fans are increasing by many folds day by day at a rapid pace which is quiet interesting to know. And hence Informationlord now needs to cater your demands by working day and night. As a result we are going to launch Forum in the coming days and will let you know as soon as Discussion Forum is launched. Currently Informationlord is poured by the comments from newbies requesting for the Tutorial to install themes and also change Navgation menu for XPeria C which currently runs on Android 4.2.2 jellybean. As Xperia Themes designing has now become more easier but it becomes limited as it runs on Android 4.3 and higher versions. So today’s Guide to Install Themes and Nav Bar on Xperia C will enable readers to install Android 4.3 or above Xperia Themes on their very own ANdroid 4.2. running Xperia C very easily.

You may also like to read: How to create your own themes for Xperia Devices

Things you must be well equipeed with before proceeding to Install themes and Bav Bar on XPeria C :

  • Of course,Rooted Xperia C smart phone. If not rooted then read Rooting Xperia C.
  • Theme of your choice. One can look at various list of themes that will contain both Theme and Navbar from our Facebook Xperia Group (If you are unable to view them, then see at the bottom of the post for the Download links) or if you want only themes then check our earlier post of Android Themes for Xperia C.
  • Pro Version of Root Explorer. Sorry guys i cannot provide you this directly as it is against Google policies. One can Google for it and Install it for free rather 😉 
  • Keen Interest to learn and always open eyes while following the guide.

Note: Please Backup your stock “Home.apk” and “Systemui.apk” by Opening Root Explorer and then going to System>App folder and copying them to some safe place you remember. This will be helpful in case you wish to revert back 🙂

Part I : Guide to Install Themes on Xperia C:

Theme package will include change of colors of the battery, sim , signals ,time etc icons and also change of icons which you see in options menu. An example of applied theme is here from the World Cup theme : Menu 3

To install themes on Xperia C regardless of the nature of the theme- whether it supports Android 4.2 or not- One needs to have the “Home.apk” file which is located in the theme package. For example i downloaded Clean Foggy Theme from the Facebook group page themes list. Clean Foggy Theme

Now copy Home.apk from the theme and Open Root Explorer, Go to Root Directory ; Now browse for System >> App Folder. and simply paste the Home.apk here. If you get popup saying like this as in the picture below: Read Only Root Explorer

Simply tap on yes and this time you will see a warning screen like this : Copy home.apk

Then tap on Yes. Do not panic now, if your system crashes. Just press power button and restart your phone. For forceful restart just press Power + Volume Up continuously until your phone restarts. Once Xperia C is restarted, you can see the difference, I mean you have successfully installed the theme on your Xperia C.

Part II: Guide To Install Navigation Bar On Xperia C :

Changing navigation bar would include changes in the bottom buttons, change of icons in the header navigation bar. One can see this example of Navigation Bar change : systemui.apk mod

This is all done by replacing stock “systemui.apk” with the one in the theme package you have downlopaded. One can also use only systemui.apk to change your look of the phone. To install Nav Bar on Xperia C , just follow the Part I procedure i.e Copy systemui.apk which you wish to install and Paste/Overwrite at System>>App Folder systemui.apk overwriteand the phone will autorestart after you tap on yes. If it didnot restart automatically or hangs then press Power + volume Up simultaneously to force restart and hence enjoy the new system user Interface.

I tried my level best to create a video tutorial for this guide to install theme and nav bar on Xperia C. One needs to Volume Up your speakers to listen in order to understand the Video Tutorial i made:

Download Links for Nav bars and Themes:

LEGO Themes

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u8s8k5sq5opsqa4/Home%20Lego.ziphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.lego.thelegomovie.theme

 

 

CloudyThemehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/tbydsgbo7pfor3p/Cloudy%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.meatballs

 

 

WORLD CUP BRASIL Themehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/wac4j6fpplcbbuz/World%20Cup%202014%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.themes.fifaworldcup2014

 

 

SPECTRUMTheme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/klqyb2z8n4ly5d6/Theme%20Spectrum%20.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.spectrum

 

 

AMAZINGSPIDERMAN2Theme 

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7p6r7i9i7x7lr0/Amazing%20Spiderman%202%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonymobile.themes.spiderman2

 

 

SONY BLUE Themehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/1ni4na1qta1vakt/Sony%20Blue%20Theme.zip

 

 

NIGH CITY Themehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/wjkrp8nx02uptdr/Night%20City%20Theme%20.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.nightcity

 

 

POLYGON Themehttps://www.dropbox.com/s/q2fzsa6bf4xtc7a/Polygon%20Theme.zip

 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.polygon

 

 

PROBOT Theme https://www.dropbox.com/s/xmw3dhrkjzescj2/Probot%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.probot

 

 

FOREST Theme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek5sgu5joxce61d/Forest%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.forest

 

by Hrithik Sharma

 

 

CIRCLE VAGANZA THEME

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cr212gdyphkujd/Circle%20Vaganza%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.circlevaganza

 

 

TRIFLAT Theme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0q4wyhwuac1rji/Triflat%20Theme%20.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.knowit.mobile.triflat

 

 

ROCK OnTheme 

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/inj8r9u60qrpa48/Rock%20On%20Theme%20.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.knowit.mobile.rockon

 

 

TATTERED STRIPES Theme

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wllp3fbqfbbxdmx/Tattered%20Stripes%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.tatteredstripes

 

 

WALKMAN Theme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/q31398ip8fs8qr9/Walkman%20Theme.zip

 

 

Organix Theme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdsc4uqbzwlwrv9/Organix%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.knowit.mobile.organix&hl=en

 

 

COLOR PIXEL THEME

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wy6gz38mub7zyj3/Color%20Pixels%20Theme%20.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.knowit.mobile.colorpixel

 

CLEAN FOGGY Theme

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wtr538n0zxn6yc/Clean%20Foggy%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.knowit.mobile.cleanfoggy

 

 

NEW ENGLAND THEME

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6iqwmw4vm30rj1/New%20England%20theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.newengland

 

 

RETRO POPART THEME

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hn8sos1rx5wbctj/theme%20retro%20popart.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.retropopart

 

 

BEST FRIENDS THEME

https://www.dropbox.com/s/47wxl4fdu0cyugk/Best%20Friends%20Theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.bestfriends

 

 

TROPICAL THEME

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m00cs2hbi2pj16w/tropical%20theme.zip

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.thegreen.themes.tropical

Thank you for following this post peacefully. Hope you liked it.

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42 thoughts on “Guide to Install Themes and Nav Bar on Xperia C”

  1. Good Day Sir Somesh, the download link for sony xperia c themes is still broken can you send it to my email directly, please please, please (the crew and split seconds specially. God Bless always. Thanks and regards.

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  6. hi Somesh , great work. but in my phone the wallpaper is not opening for CleanFoggy . It is coming with a predefined wall paper.

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  8. Hi last time i downloaded polygon themetheme and replaced the system ui of it with the company’s system ui and when is restarted my xperia c it camed black screen and afterwards it came system ui has stopped working thank god my phone was in warranty so it cost me free but again now iam downloading theme so please tell me what was that

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  9. Hi Somesh,

    I did copied the home.apk and systemui.apk to the system/app folder and once i restarted the phone is either stuck after sony logo or it shows blank screen after it boots up to home.
    Shows lockscreen fine but when you unlock it nothing shows only blank.
    Pls tell me what to do now. Really got stuck here

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  10. Hi…. 1 question…. Kya nav bar mai. Back. Home. Multitask…. Ke alawa koi or bhi icons aayenge kya???? Jaisa screenshot mai dikhaya hai..?

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  11. i do this bro overwrite the system ui nd home.apk to root directory nd my phone is restarted but themes is not apply yr
    i want freddy crugger theme completely on my phone i am using android jelly bean 4.2 with root how can i do now plzz tell me

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      1. Thanks! 😀 Lastly, what can I do about my back button as it became bigger than home and recent? I can’t use gravitybox to change it as appear an error that it can’t run

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      1. Actually, to set permission, move the file to system 1st. Set the permission 1st. After you’ve done set the permission, move the file to app… It will crash if you directly move file to system/app

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