I have searched everywhere trying to find a way to change the signal bars. I want either the four bars like the dinc or the five bars that show up before they chnge to six. I tried metamorph but it wasn't working right for me. i just really hate the six bar look. I'm currently on mikfroyo 4.3 and really like everything about the rom and only want to change the signal bars everything else is perfect.
Try CM7? I am running it and I have a 4 bar signal icon...
dman4915 said:
I have searched everywhere trying to find a way to change the signal bars. I wat either the four bars like the dinc or the five bars that show uo before they chnge to six. I tried metemorph but it wasn't working right for me. i just really hate the six bar look. I'm currently on mikfroyo 4.3 and really like everything about the rom and only want to change the signal bars everything else is perfect.
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You'll have to edit some PNGs in your framework. Although its not really 4 bars, it will just appear that way.
You can find the zip of your rom that you flashed, mikfroyo. Open it with WinRAR, or something similiar. Look in /system/framework/ for com.htc.resources.apk. Extract that to somewhere you will remember. Then open up that framework file with the same program you used above and look for drawable-hdpi. Look for the cmda radio signal pngs and swap in the ones you want. If you want to only use 4, then you can use the same signal for a few. Then put that drawable-hdpi folder back in the /system/framework directory from your ..resources.apk. This will overwrite the old one. Then push it with ADB. If you're not familiar there are a bunch of guides on xda here.
I have seen a couple themes (one of which I made a while back) for sense using the gingerbread status bar icons and those themes usually do the edit mentioned above to make it appear as 4 bars even though it is reporting more. I can easily whip this up for you if you need help, I just need to know exactly which ROM you are using.
Thanks for the replies. I have tried cm7 and I just can't get used to the stock android look. I just really like sense and the mikfroyo roms.
I am on mikfoyo v4.30. It would be awesome if you could help me out with that. I want to learn how to do the editing but I need to find a way to do it with my macbook.
How many does it have now and what color are they?
it has six bars and they are green
Im not running that ROM so I cant test the colors or look of it compared to the rest of the ROM but here is my best shot at it. Just flash that zip from the recovery screen and always make a nandroid backup first.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3000044/KspecKustom-HTCresources_for_Mik4.3.zip
Man I really appreciate that brandnek that looks a 100% better than the 6 bars. It looks great it's exactly what i was wanting
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Does Any one know if its possible to change the signal bars from 6 to 4 like in the other galaxy s models.....i think the 4 bars looks way better than 6....thank you.
Yes its possible. The phone reports more than those four steps so you can just have it show four bars full for 5 and 6 too, or any other combo you'd like. The images for them are in the framework-res.apk I believe. Not sure anyone wil do that for you until official froyo though...try it yourself if your adventurous.
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The Elegant Steel port that I did for 2.1 has only 4 signal bars. When 2.2 is officially released I will port it to that as well.
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thanks ill try it....dont mean to bug anyone but is there any steps that can be given?
vmgc1131 said:
thanks ill try it....dont mean to bug anyone but is there any steps that can be given?
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Certainly, inside of any theme .zip is a file called framework-res.apk. You can rename the .apk to .zip and open it in any compression tool, such as 7zip or WinRAR. If you would like, you can decompress and unpack this to a folder for ease of use. There are tons of guides on XDA that will help you with this, I would suggest taking a look at some of the guides made by Dreamsforgotten as they are incredibly detailed, and you can find links to them by looking at the sticky wiki thread. Once you get inside of the framework-res.apk, you will see a folder called "res" and inside of that, another folder called "drawable-hdpi". This is the heart of the framework, and the majority of the images that you see on your phone are contained within. The status bar signal icons are named something like "stat_sys_signal..." etc. Just open em up and edit them to your liking, or grab some images from somewhere else to replace them. Hope this helps, feel free to pm me if you need any more help!
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thank you so much it kinda worked i grabbed a theme with aosp status bar and replaced the pics for the bars and got curious and also changed the battery....well the battery worked it has the gree aosp style one but im not sure which ones i have to replace for the signal bars
vmgc1131 said:
thank you so much it kinda worked i grabbed a theme with aosp status bar and replaced the pics for the bars and got curious and also changed the battery....well the battery worked it has the gree aosp style one but im not sure which ones i have to replace for the signal bars
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Yup no problem. There are multiple different sets of signal bars, on for roaming, 1x etc. Your best bet would be to replace them all, unless you can discern which is which. Look for this in the name "_r_", and if they have this then those are for roaming icons. All others should just be the normal signal.
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thank you....by the i used this on one of the leaked froyo roms.
vmgc1131 said:
thank you....by the i used this on one of the leaked froyo roms.
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Nice, welcome to the world of theming Just an FYI, you may have to change some things again when the official froyo release comes out, there is quite a difference between all three of the leaks, leading me to believe the OTA will be different as well. Glad it worked for you, feel free to ask away someone around here will be happy to help!
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The actual images for the signals start with zz_ if I remember right.
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well thanks again really helped it looks great.
raiderep said:
Yes its possible. The phone reports more than those four steps so you can just have it show four bars full for 5 and 6 too, or any other combo you'd like. The images for them are in the framework-res.apk I believe. Not sure anyone wil do that for you until official froyo though...try it yourself if your adventurous.
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You are correct.
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ok so i decided to replace em all with the files from an aosp rom eveything worked but i dont know how to change the color of the clock or any other font in the status bar.
vmgc1131 said:
ok so i decided to replace em all with the files from an aosp rom eveything worked but i dont know how to change the color of the clock or any other font in the status bar.
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The clock color is controlled by services.jar. You need to edit smili. some of fonts are controlled by the xml files in the colors folder
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say i wanna make my own how would i go about that?
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say i wanna make my own how would i go about that?
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Make your own what?
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my own icons or replace images....ive seen a couple of themes which include green signal bars, different battery icons, custom icons for wifi, bluetooth, usb, etc.
vmgc1131 said:
my own icons or replace images....ive seen a couple of themes which include green signal bars, different battery icons, custom icons for wifi, bluetooth, usb, etc.
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You need to make your own images per pull the ones you like from the different themes. Replace the images in the framework
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I'm not sure if this annoys anyone else, but I really hate the stretched out 3G icon that Verizon put into their ROMs to replace the EvDO label. Is there any way to replace this with the standard size 3G label that shows when connected to UMTS networks or just go back to the old EvDO icon?
if you are talking about these two icons, it's very easy to make a MM theme or .zip to change this. I actually love the bigger 3g icon.
Upload the SystemUI.apk from your rom and Ill change it for you... I Personally like the MIUI 3g Icon!!!
andybones said:
if you are talking about these two icons, it's very easy to make a MM theme or .zip to change this. I actually love the bigger 3g icon.
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That's the one! It just looks half-assed to me, especially when they have it right in other non-HTC Android devices.
1107963 said:
Upload the SystemUI.apk from your rom and Ill change it for you... I Personally like the MIUI 3g Icon!!!
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Here ya go. Thanks in advance!
I don't mind the MIUI ones, but I prefer the HTC...
Edit: I unzipped the file to check out the contents, and I have a few more favours if they're doable. I would like it to show the 3G+ icon when on Rev. A, 3G for regular EvDO, and the other ones left as is. Also, would it be possible to use the six bar signal icons instead of the ones with four?
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Here ya go. Thanks in advance!
I don't mind the MIUI ones, but I prefer the HTC...
Edit: I unzipped the file to check out the contents, and I have a few more favours if they're doable. I would like it to show the 3G+ icon when on Rev. A, 3G for regular EvDO, and the other ones left as is. Also, would it be possible to use the six bar signal icons instead of the ones with four?
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what rom are you in and I can anly help you with the 3g icon you can use OUT kitcken to create the 6 bar signal!!
1107963 said:
what rom are you in and I can anly help you with the 3g icon you can use OUT kitcken to create the 6 bar signal!!
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I am in the RMK GB ROM with the latest patch... I'll look up the OUT kitchen. Thanks!
So UOT has been down every time I've tried to work on it, and I can't seem to find the right XML file in which to change which icon gets referenced by Rev. A... Can anyone help?
That is the 3G LTE icon, somehow they got switched. Maybe this is what VZW wants you to see now.
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That is the 3G LTE icon, somehow they got switched. Maybe this is what VZW wants you to see now.
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Yeah, I discovered that in the PNG file name, but that makes no sense at all since LTE isn't 3G, and this device isn't even capable of LTE. Ugg. Verizon kills me sometimes. I actually got this sorted last night in UOT (I think), but then I couldn't find my ZIP for pickup so I never got to see if it worked.
I would love to just use MIUI but it appears that I lose Visual Voicemail with it.
I managed to get my battery and a few of the icons I wanted to switch. Unfortunately, the 3G and Signal icons are the same, and I'd love those to change to the Steel Blue pack from the UOT kitchen. I kind of enjoy the wavy bars lol. Either way, anyone know what exactly I need to change doing it with like ninja/metamorph manually? Tried changing a few, but nothing has seemed to do it for me, so not sure which set I need to change in this rom.
I believe that the signal bars used are in SystemUI.apk. You may want to check there, and try using 7zip to do that.
Anyone with a zip for just signal bars in green?
Huh?
Need more info what rom this is for... what exactly are you talking about?.
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I'm sorry , i'm on sleeper rom odex 2.03 , i'm looking to make my signal strength bars green , i cannot find instructions on how to do this and any files people normally list always change the 3g icon as well. Uot kitchen doesn't seem to change this on my phone. I found one file that changed it while leaving the 3g alone but it had other things changed that i don't want edited. Any help appreciated
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I'm sorry , i'm on sleeper rom odex 2.03 , i'm looking to make my signal strength bars green , i cannot find instructions on how to do this and any files people normally list always change the 3g icon as well. Uot kitchen doesn't seem to change this on my phone. I found one file that changed it while leaving the 3g alone but it had other things changed that i don't want edited. Any help appreciated
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You can't theme an odexed rom that your biggest problem right there it must be deodexed and them uot theme kitchen will work like a charm.
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i had one that worked but didn't like that it added the words legendary Era to the notification window. sucks i have everything else set the way i like it, overscroll, battery mod and other green highlights, ;(
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i had one that worked but didn't like that it added the words legendary Era to the notification window. sucks i have everything else set the way i like it, overscroll, battery mod and other green highlights, ;(
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UOT kitchen worms first. It doesn't add legendary era at all unless you based it off of the legendary rom framework...
In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!
i tried uot kitchen, but i think there odex support is limited because it won't change the signal bar color. thanks
I am running the anthem 3.3 Rom and really like it. I was wanting to swap the signal bars in the the status bar for a dBm reading like in cyanogen. Does anyone have a zip I can flash for this or know a way to mod this? I don't want some half ass app cluttering up my status bar by just placing it off to the left. I have searched what seems like the world to try to find an answer but keep coming up short. Thanks in advanced for the help.
Thanks Jason
I've never used it before but I know the UOT Kitchen is reliable. You can customize a lot of items through them:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
I tried kitchen and its great, but the one thing you can't change is the signal to dBm.
Id imagine it would take some major recoding of a couple different system files to make this work nativley.