Just wondering if anyone could post up the Default Grass wallpaper that usually comes defaulted on CM. I really like that wallpaper and I cannot find it anywhere. Once the wallpaper is changed it seems to just disappear. Can anyone tell me how/where to find in on my phone or post up a link where I can get it.
Thanks
Not sure which wallpaper that is, but you could try using the app "wallpaper set and save" from the market. It will let you save whatever current wallpaper you have set to your sd card.
gzibell said:
Just wondering if anyone could post up the Default Grass wallpaper that usually comes defaulted on CM. I really like that wallpaper and I cannot find it anywhere. Once the wallpaper is changed it seems to just disappear. Can anyone tell me how/where to find in on my phone or post up a link where I can get it.
Thanks
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that's because it is embedded in the framework-res apk. you can get it out of any stock cm framework by using zip to open/extract it. or i suppose i can give it to you.
t3project said:
that's because it is embedded in the framework-res apk. you can get it out of any stock cm framework by using zip to open/extract it. or i suppose i can give it to you.
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Thank You very much. I am not sure how to go about finding the framework-res.apk. I am getting pretty good and finding what I need but I was at a loss with this one.
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Looking to see if anyone could lead me in the direction of a working transparent widget pack, mostly for power control and genie widget. Tried the threads i could find from the nexus dump, but it doesn't work, it "applies" but when i add the widget its still black, even after a reboot.
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Looking to see if anyone could lead me in the direction of a working transparent widget pack, mostly for power control and genie widget. Tried the threads i could find from the nexus dump, but it doesn't work, it "applies" but when i add the widget its still black, even after a reboot.
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That's because they're changing the images in the drawable-hdpi folder, you want to change them in the drawable-mdpi folder.
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That's because they're changing the images in the drawable-hdpi folder, you want to change them in the drawable-mdpi folder.
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So i have to edit them within the ROM zip file, sign, and flash? I was hoping not to have to go through all that.
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So i have to edit them within the ROM zip file, sign, and flash? I was hoping not to have to go through all that.
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You can also make a metamorph to replace the images.
+1 to metamorph saves A LOT of time, imho.
Well if I thought it was easy to build a metamorph file, I'd have done that. It's just so frustrating to see all these morphs and none of them ever work on cy's roms. They even successfully apply, then you reboot, re-add the widget, and its exactly the same.
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Well if I thought it was easy to build a metamorph file, I'd have done that. It's just so frustrating to see all these morphs and none of them ever work on cy's roms. They even successfully apply, then you reboot, re-add the widget, and its exactly the same.
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They work on Cy's roms... for the Nexus. The Nexus and G1 use different folder for the images they use (which is why you won't see any changes).
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Looking to see if anyone could lead me in the direction of a working transparent widget pack, mostly for power control and genie widget. Tried the threads i could find from the nexus dump, but it doesn't work, it "applies" but when i add the widget its still black, even after a reboot.
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power control widget
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680154
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
Click the following-
Lots of themes
Google is your Friend.
Hope this helps.
mmm thanks for that buddy.
Just seems odd that i have done the above already but nothing has changed bizarrely.
Only the slider has appeared and i cannot it seems that i can see the custom made icons that were in the package.
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mmm thanks for that buddy.
Just seems odd that i have done the above already but nothing has changed bizarrely.
Only the slider has appeared and i cannot it seems that i can see the custom made icons that were in the package.
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Long press on a slider, or press menu then add slider and you can choose theme. It doesn't change the theme as soon as you install.
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Sense3 ring widget locker theme
Hello just thought i'd upload a widget locker theme i made and use,
pretty simple to edit,
just put it in sd:data/com.teslacoil.widgetlocker/themes and it shud come up on the app
ive attached screenshots and zip file hopefully they work
and yes im a noob lol
How do you assign the lock homie wsllpaper? I copied the the theme to correct location & naming convention is right but canae see paper? Do you have to save wallpaper to download folder and assign from there or am i losing the plot?
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the wallpapers separate you can download this attachment
that was just a screenshot of my lockscreen on my phone
theres an option in widget locker settings under look & feel where you can select a wallpaper tick alternative wallpaper and select whatever you want
Is there any way you can make a theme just like this without the lock icon in the middle? Thanks.
Hi
Quick question RE: Widget locker
I've only ever used this biefly on my old Desire.....this was some time back so my memory is a little hazy
i seem to remember that on occasions that it would either flash up the standard HTC lock screen or require me to unlock one then the other.....or something similar to this
Does this lockscreen work without the above issues (or indeed, any issues) on the S2 ?
is there any lag or any other nasties ??
Cheers
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Hi
Quick question RE: Widget locker
I've only ever used this biefly on my old Desire.....this was some time back so my memory is a little hazy
i seem to remember that on occasions that it would either flash up the standard HTC lock screen or require me to unlock one then the other.....or something similar to this
Does this lockscreen work without the above issues (or indeed, any issues) on the S2 ?
is there any lag or any other nasties ??
Cheers
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Works fine on mine so far. always showing the widgetlocker except after a fresh reboot. slight lag on the slider at times. my only concern was battery life but it doesn't seem to affect much.
Is there any way you can make a theme just like this without the lock icon in the middle? Thanks.
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use this attachment
hope it helps
Hello Peeps, a black theme for widget locker
thought i'd share
hit thanks if u like
I have noticed that in the TWWallpaperchooser.apk that there are quite a few more wallpapers in there than the default 4 that we see in Wallpaper Gallery.
I was wondering if there was to enable the rest of them, and on a related question, is there a way to add your own into that apk too?
any response??
hey have you figured this one out yet.. i have been waiting anxiously for this answer.
Attached are zipped .pngs of the wallpapers. Credit goes to some XDA member - I can't find the original post. Extract and set them as you would any regular image file (gallery > set as)
Bonus cat wallpaper is from LPH leak. I don't think it's in the GB roms.
thanks for the response lonathe and the hookup. I think we're looking for the "How To" on tweaking the TwWallpaperchooser.apk to show ALL of the embedded wallpapers via Android's "Wallpaper Gallery" rather than just the ones they WANT you to see. For me I have both a SGS2 Skyrocket and T-Mo SGS2 (white) and they have different wallpapers embedded inside the apk. I am looking to extract ALL the Skyrocket's wallpapers from the TwWallpaperchooser.apk into the T-Mo SGS2's apk and then have them ALL visible via the "Wallpaper Gallery". Can anyone explain to me how to accomplish this?
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thanks for the response lonathe and the hookup. I think we're looking for the "How To" on tweaking the TwWallpaperchooser.apk to show ALL of the embedded wallpapers via Android's "Wallpaper Gallery" rather than just the ones they WANT you to see. For me I have both a SGS2 Skyrocket and T-Mo SGS2 (white) and they have different wallpapers embedded inside the apk. I am looking to extract ALL the Skyrocket's wallpapers from the TwWallpaperchooser.apk into the T-Mo SGS2's apk and then have them ALL visible via the "Wallpaper Gallery". Can anyone explain to me how to accomplish this?
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Check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529603
Yeah, it's a achievable. I have done it in my new ROM. If you want, I can help you to open all up.
Just send me your system/app/TwWallpaperChooser.apk.
I can just link everything up for you.
Edit: I have tried open up GB rom and ICS rom TwWallpaperChooser.apk, they both have the same wallpapers plus hidden one. Btw, the cat is included too. They got more than 10 cool hidden wallpapers.
If you want my help, just pm me. I will be quite busy modifying my new ROM. I might miss your post here.
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Is there not a way to change the color of the dock icons in tw 4.0? I can't seem to find it if there is.
Ttrain721 said:
Is there not a way to change the color of the dock icons in tw 4.0? I can't seem to find it if there is.
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Pull the apk. Open it with a file manager. Navigate to res/drawavle-hdpi. Find the icon. Hue it, color it, replace it with whatever you'd like. Push the apk back. (assuming you're rooted).
If you're not, short answer is no. You'd need a launcher that lets you change icons.
With other launchers such as Nova or Apex, you can select a different icon. Just long-press, edit, then click the icon and browse to your new one. I think Nova is far superior to TW launcher anyhow, if that means anything to you.
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With other launchers such as Nova or Apex, you can select a different icon. Just long-press, edit, then click the icon and browse to your new one. I think Nova is far superior to TW launcher anyhow, if that means anything to you.
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I'm guessing you have to flash nova?
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barnacles10 said:
Pull the apk. Open it with a file manager. Navigate to res/drawavle-hdpi. Find the icon. Hue it, color it, replace it with whatever you'd like. Push the apk back. (assuming you're rooted).
If you're not, short answer is no. You'd need a launcher that lets you change icons.
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I'm fairly new to all of this. I'm not sure how to mess with the apk files, haven't even read up on it. Yes, I'm rooted, Blazer 4.1.
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Ttrain721 said:
I'm fairly new to all of this. I'm not sure how to mess with the apk files, haven't even read up on it. Yes, I'm rooted, Blazer 4.1.
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Well then your options are either use a different launcher or rip apart the apks.
If you don't have knowledge of adb (which I recommend anyone with a rooted phone should have as it is a great tool to know how to use) and you want to keep the touchwiz launcher you can use an app like es file explorer or root explorer to move them about.
You say youre on blazer 4.1, so for example say you want to change the messaging icon. Open the zip for blazer rom , the one you flashed, and navigate to system/apps through a file explorer like 7zip on your pc
Once you find the apps folder you can scroll through and find the app for the icon you want to change. In this case messaging or Mms.apk.
Drag that apk out to your desktop. Again, open it with 7zip same way you opened the blazer update.zip. Navigate this time to res/drawable-hdpi. Pull the folder drawable hdpi out to your desktop. You now have the drawable folder to work with.
Scroll through the images and find the application icon image. How do you know which one it is? It looks like the one on you're phone for messaging.
Once you find it you can rename any other png to the same file name and drag it into this folder to replace it. You can also edit the image itself in gimp or photoshop and then just save it as a png again.
Once you are done drag the drawable-hdpi folder back into the apk within the res directory. Then put this apk with your change on your sd card.
Open a root explorer. Navigate to your sd card, find the apk, and move it to system/app. Reboot. Done.
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I'm guessing you have to flash nova?
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Nope ... it's available in the marke.. oh, I mean the Play Store
Hmm, on second thought, you can only use Nova or Apex with ICS 4.0. I think your tw 4.0 threw me off. I think you'll have to look at ADW or Go launcher. Also another route would be to flash a theme pack for Blazer. It's been a while, so not sure what's available, but hop over and have a look at the Themes & Apps section.
Great information, barnacles10. Thank you. I will definitely give this a try. I have been getting better at using 7zip lately.. swapping out zimages into flashable kernels and things like that. Do you have any suggestions of a good site to find icon png images online. I guess I can pull the images I want to use from other apk files as well.
DataHawg said:
Great information, barnacles10. Thank you. I will definitely give this a try. I have been getting better at using 7zip lately.. swapping out zimages into flashable kernels and things like that. Do you have any suggestions of a good site to find icon png images online. I guess I can pull the images I want to use from other apk files as well.
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I usually just stick to aosp icons, or if I'm changing anything I'll just modify those.
If you're looking for icon sets I'm sure you can find some in general xda android theming.
Deviant art is always a great place to find quality work as well. This should pull up my search on deviant art with a bunch of icon packs.
http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/icons/?q=android
Let's say I have a theme I really love except that the background for apps/widgets icon screens is plain black and I want background to be the same as the wallpaper. Given that there is no setting for this, I assume I will need to learn how to open theme, replace plain background with wallpaper and reassemble theme. Yes?
What are the likely names of the home screen and app/widget backgrounds and where in res would they be? They're going to be a png file, yes?
I assume with this information and Photoshop I can follow instructions in how to theme thread to actually accomplish this task.
Is there any other way to accomplish this task?
A lot of apps don't actually have a plain background. It's written in the code to draw every pixel black. So it mostly really comes down to the app developer. If it's not written in the code, then it certainly would be possible to replace the background
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A lot of apps don't actually have a plain background. It's written in the code to draw every pixel black. So it mostly really comes down to the app developer. If it's not written in the code, then it certainly would be possible to replace the background
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I wasn't being clear. I meant the background on the screens with apps/widgets icons.
Given that wallpaper png is already in apk, I'm thinking changing xml settings for background of apps/widgets screens to wallpaper.png would work...if I knew what these settings were and in which xml file they would be. The other issue is there are several versions of the wallpaper png files in the apk, with different sizes and, I think, resolutions.
It sounds like your talking about the APP DRAWER? If so then you would need to check in the xxxxLauncher.apk (this depends on anything like what firmware/ROM your using. So it could be SecLauncher.apk, ApexLauncher.apk, NovaLauncher.apk, Etc....
So depending on the launcher you would need to see if it has an option already in it or extract the .apk and look for whatever file it uses for the background and replace it with whatever you want to.
For example: Apex Launcher has a setting in Apex Settings/Drawer Settings/Drawer Background Transparency/ popup with moveable bar that will allow it to see through to whichever wallpaper you have on your home screen.
Once you figure out how/where it is located inside the .apk then make sure the wallpaper you want to use is the same pixel size. Now open 7zip and find the launcher.apk and hit OPEN ARCHIVE. Next navigate to where the background.PNG or background.jog file is. Now drag the WALLPAPER you want onto the screen of 7zip. Hit okay when it ask if you want to add it. Now take that .apk and put it back on your phone, use a root explorer and move it to system and paste it there. Now long press on it and choose permissions and set it to rw-r-r. Next long press and hit move. Move to system/app and paste. It should ask to overwrite the .apk so hit yes. Reboot phone and it should be done.
These are just BASIC HOW TOs but should help guide you in the right direction .
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It sounds like your talking about the APP DRAWER?
These are just BASIC HOW TOs but should help guide you in the right direction .
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Yes, it is the app drawer. I'll go over your reply and parse out the details. I'm running LiquidSmooth on one S3 and Vanilla Rootbox on other one. LS came with Nova, which I disabled and installed Android stock launcher. I don't know what Rootbox is, but it seems like stock. Same theme on both. Thanks for reply.
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It sounds like your talking about the APP DRAWER? If so then you would need to check in the xxxxLauncher.apk (this depends on anything like what firmware/ROM your using. So it could be SecLauncher.apk, ApexLauncher.apk, NovaLauncher.apk, Etc....
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I checked with several of the launcher devs, and they said that while their app drawer has variably background transparency, they don't support separate wallpaper background. Is that not your experience?