Hello dear Forum...
First off I have to apologize if I missed something in a sticky,
since I'm new to the forum and the hole rooting/customizing on my GT I-9000.
I've successfully rooted my phone and I'm running Darky_v10_RC5_Final now.
Could anyone provide a link or an explanation how to:
# set own icons for apps
# set lockscreen (as its said there are 4 different ones on this ROM; plus changing the lockscreen image in the settings is not quite working for me)
# setting another theme - if not too complicated.
many thanks in advance - seems to be a truly nice community!
reimi said:
I've successfully rooted my phone and I'm running Darky_v10_RC5_Final now.
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Final ?? When did it come out ?? Didn't find on Darky's website.
Sorry , wasn't logged in.
GT-I9000 said:
Final ?? When did it come out ?? Didn't find on Darky's website.
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its the files name, I downloaded from somewhere in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
reimi said:
Hello dear Forum...
First off I have to apologize if I missed something in a sticky,
since I'm new to the forum and the hole rooting/customizing on my GT I-9000.
I've successfully rooted my phone and I'm running Darky_v10_RC5_Final now.
Could anyone provide a link or an explanation how to:
# set own icons for apps
# set lockscreen (as its said there are 4 different ones on this ROM; plus changing the lockscreen image in the settings is not quite working for me)
# setting another theme - if not too complicated.
many thanks in advance - seems to be a truly nice community!
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To change the icon in an apk, you need to get the apk, open it with winrar and go to drawable-hdpi
There are pngs there. Normally, the icon one is called icon.png, but on some apps, it has a different name, for example ic_launcher_phone.png
You edit it and substitute it.
Then you push the apk back into your phone into /system/app in case it's a system app or you just copy the apk to your sdcard and install it.
Lockscreen background may not work with some specific lockscreens.
For a theme, to make one you'd need to edit the pngs in framework-res.apk/drawable-hdpi (opening it with winrar) and then push it back. That's for changing icons and part of the appearance, but to change text colours and other things you'd need to decompile the apk and edit some xml's.
To apply a theme you just need the zip of the theme, copy it into your sdcard and install it through cwm.
coldflid said:
To change the icon in an apk, you need to get the apk, open it with winrar and go to drawable-hdpi
There are pngs there. Normally, the icon one is called icon.png, but on some apps, it has a different name, for example ic_launcher_phone.png
You edit it and substitute it.
Then you push the apk back into your phone into /system/app in case it's a system app or you just copy the apk to your sdcard and install it.
Lockscreen background may not work with some specific lockscreens.
For a theme, to make one you'd need to edit the pngs in framework-res.apk/drawable-hdpi (opening it with winrar) and then push it back. That's for changing icons and part of the appearance, but to change text colours and other things you'd need to decompile the apk and edit some xml's.
To apply a theme you just need the zip of the theme, copy it into your sdcard and install it through cwm.
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thank you for the answer!
Is there no way to change the icons of stock applications?
And how may I change the lockscreen?
could you please give me a link, or something how to apply themes via cwm - to be honest I don't even know what cwm is.
sorry for all the questions - many thanks in advance!
reimi said:
thank you for the answer!
Is there no way to change the icons of stock applications?
And how may I change the lockscreen?
could you please give me a link, or something how to apply themes via cwm - to be honest I don't even know what cwm is.
sorry for all the questions - many thanks in advance!
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Sorry, had lost track of this thread.
You can change the icon of stock applications in same way, but you must be rooted since they are located in system/app
For the lockscreen, to theme the glass lockscreen, you need to edit the pngs in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi named zzz_unlock_arrow_0000.png up to zzz_unlock_arrow_0009.png and the zzz_unlock_blackbg.9.png and zzz_blackbg_dual.9.png
To theme puzzle lockscreen:
edit zzz_unlock_puzzle_noti_icon_unlock and zzz_unlock_puzzle_noti_icon_unlock_fit
For android lockscreen (in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-land-hdpi):
ic_jog_dial_unlock
ic_jog_dial_sound on
ic_jog_dial_sound off
For epic unlock on framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
mod zz_unlock_lockbg_press
mod zz_unlock_lockbg_press
In case you want to get a stock framework and get aosp lockscreen:
To get aosp lockscreen you'd need to decompile classes.dex in android.policy.jar and edit a few files.
For that, i use ubuntu.
You open android.policy.jar and extract classes.dex
Then get baksmali and smali and place them in the same location as classes.dex
Open up a terminal and type cd and the location
Example:
cd /home/coldflid/Desktop
Then type java -jar baksmali-1.2.5.jar classes.dex
(if you've got another version of bajsmali change the 1.2.5 for the version you have).
You can type java -jar baksmali-1.2.5.jar classes.dex -o *
Where * is the name of the folder where you want classes.dex to be decompiled
Then you'd need to mod LockPatternKeyGuardView.smali or replace it with a modded one.
Then type in terminal
Then type java -jar smali-1.2.5.jar *
Where * is the name of the folder where classes.dex was decompiled
out.dex should be generated, rename it to classes.dex and copy it to android.policy.jar (replace the old one).
Then use root explorer to copy it to system/framework
coldflid said:
Sorry, had lost track of this thread.
You can change the icon of stock applications in same way, but you must be rooted since they are located in system/app
For the lockscreen, to theme...
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thank you for the answer!
I'm currently using LockBot Pro to change the locksreen and its background, works fine for me.
I'll try to change the stock app icons as soon as I have time. Thanks!
coldflid said:
Sorry, had lost track of this thread.
You can change the icon of stock applications in same way, but you must be rooted since they are located in system/app...
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I'm currently trying to substitute the stock app icons.
My question is, how I can find out, which of all those images is used for the menu and how can I browse the folders on my pc, which I can browse on my phone via root explorer...
thanks for the answer!
Although it does seem rom cooking is difficult, in fact, it's easy to create a simple rom, with everything you want in it. There are still a few things missing which i'll add in the next few days
Here it goes....
Lets start with a bit of theory:
Needed programs:
Cygwin
7zip
Baksmali/smali
Apk manager
Text editor (notepad ++ for example)
SGS kitchen (https://github.com/rmgeren/Android-Kitchen/tree/galaxy_s)
Autosmali: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970728
First of all, download the cwm stock deodexed rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948790
This will save a lot of time since you wont need to deodex, nor to extract /system from factoryfs.rfs
There are three folders inside:
META-INF - here is where the updater-script and updater-binary are located. This files are very important, because they are in charge of making the phone copy files from the zip, symlinking etc...
updates - here is were the kernel (zimage) and modem (modem.bin) are located
system - here are all libs, apks and things that will be copied to /system
Explanation of some directories in /system
System/app:
Here are all system apps
System/framework:
By modding files here, you'll be able to theme.
System/lib:
Here are libs needed for many things to work.
System/Build.prop:
Mod this line to change the name of the rom shown in about ro.build.display.id=
System/media -
Ringtones, bootanimations and othet things are stored here
System/etc:
Here are some files you might want to mod, like hosts ( for adfree), files for gps, and you can create an init.d folder for scripts that you want to get executed at startup (if kernel supports it)
Those are all the main directories you'll need to mod
Setting up the kitchen
Download cygwin and install it. Then download rmgeren's sgs kitchen. Create a folder called kitchen wherever you want and copy all files of rmgeren's github into it.
Create a folder inside kitchen called WORKING_111111_111111
Extract the zip of the stock deodexed rom to kitchen/WORKING_111111_111111/
In case you are having any problems with it, please do take a look at this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5626300&postcount=3
Cleaning up system/app
I usually delete this apks:
Aldiko
Layar
Infoalarm
Dualclock
Protips
Samsung widgets
Minidiary
Writeandgo
Phonesetupwizard
Days
Pressreader
APK Modding:
For theming use method 1, for modding xml use method 2
Method 1 - right click on the apk and select 7zip and extract in /* (* is the name of the apk)
Open the folder, then res, then drawable-hdpi, and then mod the pngs you want.
Once yoy're finished, open the apk with 7zip and replace res/drawable-hdpi with the new one
Method 2-
Place the apk inThe apk modding folder (apk manager)
Open script, choose a project to work on (22 in windows), then decompile (for some apks you'll need dependencies).
Go to projects and the folder of your apk, then mod any xml you need to mod
Recompile it, it will ask if it is a system/app. Just answer Y or N.
You'll be asked another thing, type Y, press enter
Then it'll say something about a keep folder, go to the keep folder and look for the xmls you modded and delete them. In case you cant find one, delete the ones you can find and delete resources.arsc
Now press enter
You'll have an unsigned*.apk just rename it to the old ones name.
Theming
Same process that you use for apks, but this time you mod twframework-res.apk and framework-res.apk, you also mod systemui.apk for status bar
Some xml and pngs you might want to mod (framework-res.apk)
Xml:
Res/values/styles.xml
Res/values/bools.xml
Res/drawable/progress_horizontal (for colour of this bar View attachment 637481)
Png's (drawable-hdpi)
default_wallpaper.png - it's the default homescreen wallpaper
For overscroll glow:
overscroll_glow.png
overscroll_edge.png
For this (the bar you move) View attachment 637482:
seek_thumb_normal.png
seek_thumb_selected.png
seek_thumb_pressed.png
There are many more, but this are a few that are quite useful. You can easily find out about any, but in case you can't, you can just ask here and i'll be glad to answer
If you want to pre-install a theme, just copy the files of the theme into the correct places. For example system/framework to system/framework
For ctr off animation, decompile framework-res.apk, go to res/values/bools.xml
and in the line: config_animateScreenLights, turn it to false. If you want a more step by step guide, try this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977501
Using baksmali/smali
To mod classes.dex, i use baksmali/smali
I use ubuntu for this, but you can use another linux distro if you want.
This is what i do in Ubuntu:
Steps to follow:
1. Get the .jar you want to mod. framework.jar for example
2. Open it and get classes.dex
3. I usually copy it to the desktop
4. Open terminal
5. Type sudo su and then your password
6. then cd /home/Coldflid/Desktop ( type the location where you have copied it).
7. java -jar baksmali-1.2.6.jar classes.dex
8. Once you've modded it, type java -jar smali-1.2.6.jar (name of the output folder)
9. A new .dex file will be generated, just replace the old one with the new one
This is what i do in windows
1. Grab the jar you want to mod
2. Open it with 7zip and get classes.dex
3. Copy classes.dex to the same folder autosmali is in
4. Run baksmali.bat
5. Make the desired changes
6. Create AutoSmali_In folder and place the folder of the decompiled classes.dex inside
7. Run smali.bat
8. Rename AutoSmali_Out.dex to classes.dex and replace the old one in the .jar with the new one (using 7zip)
Finishing the rom
Now that you've finished with modding, theming etc... Now replace apks with new ones, add a few that you want, and copy libs if needed.
You can add ringtones from other phones to system/media, bootanimation of sgs ii etc...
Replace the kernel with the kernel you like the most, and the modem with the one that works best for you.
Now it's time to zipalign. Open cygwin, type cd c:/ * (where * is where you have the kitchen). Press enter
type ./menu, then press enter
Now you just select the zipalign option.
When it finished, select all three folders of the rom and right click, 7zip, add to file, zip, name it and then you're good to go.
Install it using cwm.
If you want to make it flashable through odin, follow darky's guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960946
If this was useful, hit the thanks button
Hope you like it.
If there's something wrong, tell me and i'll correct it. Also post if it was useful
Thanks
rmgeren for sgs android kitchen
[Ramad] for stock deodexed roms
creator of baksmali/smali and the creator of cygwin
Daneshm90 for apk manager
Thanks to dsixda for cygwin faq, and to gazza1988 for suggesting the idea of including it in this post
Thanks to Daneshm90 for the ctr off animation tutorial i've linked to in this thread
schmittx for autosmali: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970728
Reserved...
thanks alot...will try this so how can we make wipe and non wipe? is there a way?
zaanrider said:
thanks alot...will try this so how can we make wipe and non wipe? is there a way?
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You need to modify the updater-script
Enviado desde mi GT-I9000 usando Tapatalk
There's option for Wipe state in kitchen right?
Not interested in doing this myself, but a very informative guide, much knowledge gained......only one critisism....how about some credits ie ramad for deodexed etc etc....once again many thanks
Insanity cm 015/glitch
Thanks for the guide. Always wanted to try, now this guide make me want to do it. Thanks gain Coldflid! You are Awesome!
Hi Tweaky,
I am not a ROM cooker but hopefully I can pass info to UTO Kitchen. A lot of devs like to add "overscroll glow". Can you tell us how to revert this if possible?
I for one like the default overscroll effect like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyWCDhlxv8
And if it is possible I would like to pass the information to UOT.
Thanks.
Hello.. I did exactly what you said in OP. Can you assist me, what if I've to add custom kernel in my custom ROM? There's option for it in Kitchen. I placed zImage into working folder, Kitchen moved it to /updates. I packed the files in zip using menu BUILD ROM in kitchen. I got bootloops..
Can you help me please?
Very nice Cold, GJ m8. Helped me a lot
cenonmin said:
Hi Tweaky,
I am not a ROM cooker but hopefully I can pass info to UTO Kitchen. A lot of devs like to add "overscroll glow". Can you tell us how to revert this if possible?
I for one like the default overscroll effect like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyWCDhlxv8
And if it is possible I would like to pass the information to UOT.
Thanks.
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overglow sux
Fr4gg0r said:
overglow sux
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Same here I never really liked it.
Rahulrulez said:
Same here I never really liked it.
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Fr4gg0r said:
overglow sux
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I dislike it in samsung roms, but i do like it in cyanogenmod.
cenonmin said:
Hi Tweaky,
I am not a ROM cooker but hopefully I can pass info to UTO Kitchen. A lot of devs like to add "overscroll glow". Can you tell us how to revert this if possible?
I for one like the default overscroll effect like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyWCDhlxv8
And if it is possible I would like to pass the information to UOT.
Thanks.
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To get rid of it, get classes.dex from the framework.jar of the rom you're running that has it, and get classes.dex from stock framework.jar
Using baksmali, decompile classes.dex from both.
Then get the overscroll glow source. Open the decompiled classes.dex folder of the stock one and the source. Find the files that have been modded and copy them to the folder of the decompiled classes.dex of the rom that has the overscroll glow.
Then use smali to compile it back to classes.dex and then copy it into framework.jar
This will become easier as soon as i post the baksmali/smali guide.
Anyway, i'm going to upload the JVP original scroll source.
Rahulrulez said:
Hello.. I did exactly what you said in OP. Can you assist me, what if I've to add custom kernel in my custom ROM? There's option for it in Kitchen. I placed zImage into working folder, Kitchen moved it to /updates. I packed the files in zip using menu BUILD ROM in kitchen. I got bootloops..
Can you help me please?
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I wouldn't use the build rom option, much better if you select the folders and make the zip with winrar or 7zip.
Just extract ramads deodexed stock rom zip, and change the zimage in /updates, then compress META-INF, system and updates into a zip and you have ramad's stock deodexed rom with the kernel you chose. Same process for every rom (location of zimage may vary though, some devs tend to place zimage in other folders)
somberi said:
Thanks for the guide. Always wanted to try, now this guide make me want to do it. Thanks gain Coldflid! You are Awesome!
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Thanks. there's no problem in trying and seeing what you can do, you may prove to be the best rom cooker
slaphead20 said:
Not interested in doing this myself, but a very informative guide, much knowledge gained......only one critisism....how about some credits ie ramad for deodexed etc etc....once again many thanks
Insanity cm 015/glitch
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Will add the credits as soon as i add the baksmali/smali part
Rahulrulez said:
There's option for Wipe state in kitchen right?
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Yup, but it'll work on update-script only, (amend scripting) which you can't use in older versions than cwm 2.x
Wipe/no wipe is just if it deletes /dbdata and /data or not.
Vertumus said:
Very nice Cold, GJ m8. Helped me a lot
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Thanks, glad it was useful
Thing's i'll add today:
Baksmali/smali tutorial
I'll upload META-INF no wipe and META-INF wipe that you can use
Modding the updater-script tutorial
So wiping data means only recursive deletion of /system, /cache, /data and datadata. am i right??
One more thing. when i zip the rom contents using winrar or 7zip, what compression settings should be used?
Rahulrulez said:
So wiping data means only recursive deletion of /system, /cache, /data and datadata. am i right??
One more thing. when i zip the rom contents using winrar or 7zip, what compression settings should be used?
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Wiping data means wiping /data (where apks you've installed are stored) and /dbdata (where the data of the apps is stored)
Just use winrar, select the folders, add to file, and you type a name and in file format you choose zip
Hi i have done all my modding and themeing etc, but as i follow instruction to zipalign
i do cd c:/kitchen then ./menu (as instructed) and all i get is constant error messages
ie scripts/check_binaries: line 12: clear: command not found
lots of stuff about asking for help for htc android kitchen
ignore and proceed anyway? y or n
i type y and then get another one saying "gcc" is not installed
y or n to continue?
then perl, then wget, then cpeo, then i get a menu, should i be getting those error messeages and is it safe to continue?
EDIT can i suggest the OP links to this post as it contains info on how to setup the rom kitchen properly, and avoids errors like the ones i am experiencing,
Hey awesome guide. Have been trying to learn.
Heres my question if i wanted to use a premade JVP theme such as crysis or any of those that works on deodexed ROMS such as the ones from that section how would i do that?
Thanks and awesome guide
EDIT: Alright I got it booting finally I just have 4 more questions and then Im done.
1. For the captivate port how did y'all fix the home button fix, I have a flashable zip I created that fixes the home button but I know that used to be a problem on the old i9000 2.3.3 ROMs, so I'm just wondering how you implement that
2. How do you implement the CRT Screen Off Animation
3. If I wanted to use this theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083188 in my ROM how do I implement it into the ZIP?
THank you so much!
I want to integrate TalonDEV modem in JVP..
I found this in kernel updater-script of JVP zip (CWM flashable)
Code:
show_progress(0.200000, 80);
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Installing Primary Kernel...");
run_program("/tmp/redbend_ua", "restore", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml7");
show_progress(0.200000, 90);
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("Installing Secondary Kernel...");
run_program("/tmp/redbend_ua", "restore", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml8");
Whereas, in TalonDev modem's updater-script, it is written like this -
Code:
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/bmlwrite");
ui_print("Flashing kernel...");
run_program("/tmp/bmlwrite", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml7");
set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/etc/init.d");
ui_print("Done. Please reboot.");
Somehow, I'm finding it difficult to know the different between these two. There's redband_ua in ROM's updater-script. Is it necessary? Or I can replace it with the script from Kernel's updater-script?
Please tell me meaning and difference between following lines -
run_program("/tmp/bmlwrite", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml7");
and
run_program("/tmp/redbend_ua", "restore", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml7");
run_program("/tmp/redbend_ua", "restore", "/tmp/zImage", "/dev/block/bml8");
totally confused in bml7 and bml8. Kernel needs to be restored in both bml7 and bml8? Because in TalonDev's kernel installation script, it is given ONLY bml7
Please help me
Is there any way to run smali, baksmali on windows?
Rahulrulez said:
Is there any way to run smali, baksmali on windows?
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Yes. Works a charm. Syntax is:
java -jar baksmali.jar
java -jar smali.jar
Obviously you need java installed