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Ok, this worked for the icon shadows but I also removed three files from the springboard bundle in Jaku essentials. It kind of returned the glossy dock reflections but not fully. Should I put any of these three files back in where i took them out?

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Thanks for your help! :)

OK, those may have been in control of your previous dock reflections. Not knowing how much you know about how these work, and knowing we have a bunch of new folks around now who may be curious, here's what those files are for:

In the pic of my homescreen below, you'll see a really strong reflection. That's from the mirror dock that has been posted in this thread a couple of times.

The second pic shows the files for that dock; the first file is the dock image itself--what the icons appear to be sitting on. It looks like there's no preview image next to that one in mine--if you opened that file, you'd see it was a blank transparent image. That's why the icons look like they're floating. The second file, the one with the dark preview to the left, is the dock mask; that's what produces the actual reflections.

Every dock theme has png files with those names. Many bundled themes also have a set hiding in that same springboard bundle. Whichever theme is highest in the list in Winterboard controls those images. Different combinations of images with those names will produce different results.

So if your Jaku theme is the only one enabled with those files, or it's the highest in the list, then yes, those files you removed were the ones responsible for your earlier reflections. Not knowing what else you have enabled, I can't tell you for certain what yours were doing, but since your dock did change, it's a fair bet they were controlling those reflections before you removed them. Without them present, most likely some other theme you have enabled is producing what you see now. (If there were no dock files enabled at all in any of your Winterboard themes, you'd see the stock dock & reflections--assuming you're not using another tweak to disable the dock.)

Hopefully that makes sense! (And you can set preview images in iFile like those below--click the gear at the bottom left, then on File Manager. Scroll down to the bottom. Enable Thumbnails, then change the number below that to 1000000.)

(current setup--Edius Bleached icons (WIP), Iconoclasm 6x4 iP5 layout + Gridlock, Mirror Dock, Icon Renamer, iWidgets Drifters GPS Icon, Description, and Temp, plus a modded version of his Clock Words)
 

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OK, those may have been in control of your previous dock reflections. Not knowing how much you know about how these work, and knowing we have a bunch of new folks around now who may be curious, here's what those files are for:

In the pic of my homescreen below, you'll see a really strong reflection. That's from the mirror dock that has been posted in this thread a couple of times.

The second pic shows the files for that dock; the first file is the dock image itself--what the icons appear to be sitting on. It looks like there's no preview image next to that one in mine--if you opened that file, you'd see it was a blank transparent image. That's why the icons look like they're floating. The second file, the one with the dark preview to the left, is the dock mask; that's what produces the actual reflections.

Every dock theme has png files with those names. Many bundled themes also have a set hiding in that same springboard bundle. Whichever theme is highest in the list in Winterboard controls those images. Different combinations of images with those names will produce different results.

So if your Jaku theme is the only one enabled with those files, or it's the highest in the list, then yes, those files you removed were the ones responsible for your earlier reflections. Not knowing what else you have enabled, I can't tell you for certain what yours were doing, but since your dock did change, it's a fair bet they were controlling those reflections before you removed them. Without them present, most likely some other theme you have enabled is producing what you see now. (If there were no dock files enabled at all in any of your Winterboard themes, you'd see the stock dock & reflections--assuming you're not using another tweak to disable the dock.)

Hopefully that makes sense! (And you can set preview images in iFile like those below--click the gear at the bottom left, then on File Manager. Scroll down to the bottom. Enable Thumbnails, then change the number below that to 1000000.)

(current setup--Edius Bleached icons (WIP), Iconoclasm 6x4 iP5 layout + Gridlock, Mirror Dock, Icon Renamer, iWidgets Drifters GPS Icon, Description, and Temp, plus a modded version of his Clock Words)

U have auto icon themed for jaku or all ur icons are custom? TIA
 
U have auto icon themed for jaku or all ur icons are custom? TIA

When running Jaku (or almost anything else) I don't use the auto theme setup; those tend to interfere with any custom icons you want to use. The ones I'm currently running in the screenshot are alts of the old theme, Edius HD (same artist as Jaku), and are all custom--either my work or found on MacThemes/deviant art. Not every icon on the phone is themed yet, which is annoying, but I've did abou 50 icons a couple of years ago, and all the stuff I use the most is basically complete.

Most of the Jaku screenshots I've seen either show icons the theme includes, or custom ones from the Jaku repo that various artists have made. I'm not sure I've even seen the auto theme in use.
 
When running Jaku (or almost anything else) I don't use the auto theme setup; those tend to interfere with any custom icons you want to use. The ones I'm currently running in the screenshot are alts of the old theme, Edius HD (same artist as Jaku), and are all custom--either my work or found on MacThemes/deviant art. Not every icon on the phone is themed yet, which is annoying, but I've did abou 50 icons a couple of years ago, and all the stuff I use the most is basically complete.

Most of the Jaku screenshots I've seen either show icons the theme includes, or custom ones from the Jaku repo that various artists have made. I'm not sure I've even seen the auto theme in use.

Thank u very much pal!! Thanks for talking ur time to explain #
 
Guys what am I missing to get my dock to match my icono layout? Such as a dense 3x3 I've tried a 5x5 and removed side dock icons but then they spread out. TIA!!!

Maybe try iBlanks and put one at each end of the dock? I don't know another way to arrange dock icons closer like that.
 
Guys what am I missing to get my dock to match my icono layout? Such as a dense 3x3 I've tried a 5x5 and removed side dock icons but then they spread out. TIA!!!

CustomGrid 2 solves that problem for you, allowing the spacing to be exact within your springboard and also your dock.
 
OK, those may have been in control of your previous dock reflections. Not knowing how much you know about how these work, and knowing we have a bunch of new folks around now who may be curious, here's what those files are for:

In the pic of my homescreen below, you'll see a really strong reflection. That's from the mirror dock that has been posted in this thread a couple of times.

The second pic shows the files for that dock; the first file is the dock image itself--what the icons appear to be sitting on. It looks like there's no preview image next to that one in mine--if you opened that file, you'd see it was a blank transparent image. That's why the icons look like they're floating. The second file, the one with the dark preview to the left, is the dock mask; that's what produces the actual reflections.

Every dock theme has png files with those names. Many bundled themes also have a set hiding in that same springboard bundle. Whichever theme is highest in the list in Winterboard controls those images. Different combinations of images with those names will produce different results.

So if your Jaku theme is the only one enabled with those files, or it's the highest in the list, then yes, those files you removed were the ones responsible for your earlier reflections. Not knowing what else you have enabled, I can't tell you for certain what yours were doing, but since your dock did change, it's a fair bet they were controlling those reflections before you removed them. Without them present, most likely some other theme you have enabled is producing what you see now. (If there were no dock files enabled at all in any of your Winterboard themes, you'd see the stock dock & reflections--assuming you're not using another tweak to disable the dock.)

Hopefully that makes sense! (And you can set preview images in iFile like those below--click the gear at the bottom left, then on File Manager. Scroll down to the bottom. Enable Thumbnails, then change the number below that to 1000000.)

(current setup--Edius Bleached icons (WIP), Iconoclasm 6x4 iP5 layout + Gridlock, Mirror Dock, Icon Renamer, iWidgets Drifters GPS Icon, Description, and Temp, plus a modded version of his Clock Words)

Thank you for a proper explanation! :)
 
Thank you! However I have dockflow turned off with springtomize if that mattered and Ive tried every setting in the dock section with custom grid and they still just have the same default spacing for all three, what am I missing? Tia!

Update: turns out it was sprintomize...just shut it off.
 
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You're welcome.
I'm using it now with my theme.
(I use the four icon dock, but had it been the three, would have been equally spaced as the springboard icons.)
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