I looked into the issue of changing the apperance of my SGS running CM6 but I am confused
Unlike the "normal" SGS there is no twframework-res.apk and I am therefore reluctant to change something within the normal framework-res.apk
Can I just exchange .pngs and then push the framework back like with all other roms or to I need to do it differently?
Also I do not know which themes I can use. I guess it is only those specifically written for the Galaxy S or am I mistaken?
What about bootanimation.zip and changes to the statusbar. Can I use any coded for any device or do they have to be Galaxy S specific?
Thx for the info.
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Hey,
I tried to do this myself using the UOT kitchen (http://circle.glx.nl/) but the resulting framework-res.apk keeps crashing my phone, thus I have to ask for some help from you guys.
What I'm looking for is a framework-res.apk with the Enhanced battery icon with gradient (as seen on http://circle.glx.nl/?c=Uj0xJkI9MTQ...GRkZGRkYmNlY9MCY2VD1GRkZGRkYmRz0xJk09MiZTPTM=)
+ Sense Icons (known as "G7 HD Sense" in the kitchen).
If someone could help me create such a .apk or even build it for me it'd be highly appreciated!
What firmware are you using so to use the correct framework file?
make it for jpa cause i want it too.. its what everbody is making themes for now.
XlAfbk said:
Hey,
I tried to do this myself using the UOT kitchen (http://circle.glx.nl/) but the resulting framework-res.apk keeps crashing my phone, thus I have to ask for some help from you guys.
What I'm looking for is a framework-res.apk with the Enhanced battery icon with gradient (as seen on http://circle.glx.nl/?c=Uj0xJkI9MTQ...GRkZGRkYmNlY9MCY2VD1GRkZGRkYmRz0xJk09MiZTPTM=)
+ Sense Icons (known as "G7 HD Sense" in the kitchen).
If someone could help me create such a .apk or even build it for me it'd be highly appreciated!
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Something like this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802248
JPO. sorry i forgot to mention that
any idea why the kitchen isn't working though? would be nice to know and how to fix them
I'm running the most recent official Sprint ROM. Rooted of course. There's a theme I've found that is for a more recent build of Sense. I already converted the clock over to Fancy Widget Pro but the espresso (dock) and taskbar match perfect and it looks awesome. I got into the new ROM's rosie.apk and found the necessary files that make up the taskbar and espresso (dock) so my question is this:
Can those files be renamed and placed into the old rosie.apk from the rooted original Sprint ROM and installed over the existing one to update the dock and taskbar? I've poked around in the old rosie.apk and found that it seems to be put together a little differently. I'm feeling like that's precisely the problem and this isn't possible, but I wanted some experts' opinions.
Thanks guys.
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I'm running the most recent official Sprint ROM. Rooted of course. There's a theme I've found that is for a more recent build of Sense. I already converted the clock over to Fancy Widget Pro but the espresso (dock) and taskbar match perfect and it looks awesome. I got into the new ROM's rosie.apk and found the necessary files that make up the taskbar and espresso (dock) so my question is this:
Can those files be renamed and placed into the old rosie.apk from the rooted original Sprint ROM and installed over the existing one to update the dock and taskbar? I've poked around in the old rosie.apk and found that it seems to be put together a little differently. I'm feeling like that's precisely the problem and this isn't possible, but I wanted some experts' opinions.
Thanks guys.
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Png are not coded anyway to match a certain Rom or device. They're just an image.
Rosie for sense 1.0, has more dependencies in com.htc.resources.apk. Ie, the dock icons are located in com.htc.resources.apk (res/drawable-port-hdpi/).
But thee is an alternative and that is to rewrite rosie where all of its pieces are located in rosie.apk and do not deal with com.htc.resources.
Aamikam rewrote the regular app, phone, custom rosie to support this. I made one with phone, app, custom. Anyways, click on my themes thread in my signature. Go to my rosie galore. Find the ones that say they work for all Sprint ota 3.70 based roms. Those are all inclusive. Feel free to use it as your base. Just give a shout out to where you found it if you post it. Thanks!
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I have been using Nils Gingersense for two days now and love it. One problem I have is the notification icons are ugly. I used to have Riptide's status bar Mod on Chingy's Incredibly Reengineered ROM and love those icons. Is there a way to get those on Gingersense? I have tried to Metamorph like in Inc Reen. but it didn't work. Any help is greatly appreciated.
You'd have to get the icons you want, and use a program like 7zip to open the framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk to add the icons, as that's where they live. I haven't seen any mods for this really as far as full blown themes go, but that'd be how you'd do it.
You could use ADB to pull the framework-res and com.htc.resources apk's from your phone to see if the icon names match. If not, you'd have to rename the icons you want to the names of the icons that exist in the apks already. If you simply just replace the icons with new ones and they are named something different, it won't work. Make sense?
Hello i was wanting to know how to change the image in the pulldown bar like you see in the UOT kitchen and if its possible to change the top buttons images like the wifi on / off and 4G on /off ect or the whole button itself
there in the SystemUI.apk located in system/apps
res/drawablehdpi folder
just edit in any image editor but try and stay away from the .9.pngs they are special and a pain in the bum.
you can just change .apk to .zip to unzip then rezip and rename.apk
you want the quicklaunch icons for the drop down icons
and status_bar_background for the actual background
thank you bro for such a fast answer
no problem i just happen to be trollin through
do you happen to know were the battery images are ?
and if i could just remove all the stock ones with ones from another theme for my phone ?
battery images are in framework-res
system/framework
if using ones from another phone you'll probably need to do some renaming
most roms currently on our phone use full 100 % increments
if i remember correctly there are 203 total 100 unplugged
100 plugged and a full empty and unknown
thanks again you have been a huge help
anytime
if noone shares the info this stuff can be a royal pain.
If you use the UOT Kitchen and keep getting errors, try un-checking Patch9 autofix. This will not decompile the 9patch images and may allow your theme to build. It worked for me with modding ACS Ice Cream Sandwich Theme (modded battery only).
thank you
and are there any other theme kitchens or rom kitchens for our phone ?
oh and i noticed there are two different default pull-down backgrounds one under systemUI.apk and one under the frameworks.apk and both are different sizes and dimensions , witch ones do i change ? or do i change both ?
the one you want for the drop down background is
status_bar_background.png
in SystemUI.apk
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if noone shares the info this stuff can be a royal pain.
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I'm fairly new to Android, coming from my FrankenPre to the Epic Touch. I want to begin editing the icons and images on my phone, and I've been exploring some ROMs ansd themes and switching up some icons, which have worked fine. However, I have no idea exactly where all the images are kept. For instance, I tried to change the stock Email icon, but the images I changed weren't right, and I was somehow left with the "Android Robot" icon.
My question is, seeing as how you know where these images reside on the phone, how do I go about knowing which icons are where, and which ones I need to change? Is there a list somewhere of the stock system images and their locations, or is it trial and error to figure out where they are? Thanks for the help.
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no problem i just happen to be trollin through
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haha "just rollin thru""
This might seem stupid, but would it be possible to have a rom that allows you to choose to have add some touchwiz interface onto an AOSP rom or vice versa? Like have a TW rom then go into some settings and enable the AOSP status bar and pulldown menu for example.
Maybe this has been done on other phones and some could be done through a different launcher, but figured I would ask. Thoughts?
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SGH-T999 with Frosty JB V3
I always thought it'd be cool to have a 'ROM Control' like Roman did in a lot of his ROMs, simple ones like, different battery views, add % next to battery (Samsung already added this), init.d tweaks, speed tweak settings, crt off animation enabler, lockscreen options, custom carrier label, etc.
I wish I knew how to do that, I'd go back to the TW ROM.
Sounds like what you're talking about are mostly cosmetic things that can be done fairly easily by changing .png files in the systemui.apk, framework-res.apk, and twframework.apk. It's really as simple as copy and paste.
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Then you'd have to decompile systemui and framework-res with changes. That isn't exactly easy access.
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Not necessarily if you're just changing out .pngs.
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Not necessarily if you're just changing out .pngs.
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+1 you could do it right from your phone using root explorer. Just unzip, switch pngs, rezip, and rename from zip to apk
afbengochea said:
+1 you could do it right from your phone using root explorer. Just unzip, switch pngs, rezip, and rename from zip to apk
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I don't think the frameworks are totally compatible like that. Seems like you're asking for force closes.
I know its easy to swap in the aosp messaging app or calendar or keyboard etc. by swapping your sec.apk files, but I don't mean apps. Like things such as the tablet style notification thing at the bottom or just other UI type stuff not just changing apps.
Thanks for answering though everyone.