My Droid Incredible's Sense UI has all these HTC-only icons that are a lot uglier than vanilla Android (i.e. Android 2.0+). These are the icons for things like the settings panels (e.g. "Wireless & networks," "Sound & display," "Accounts & sync"), and HTC's custom versions of basic apps (e.g. Messaging, Phone, Internet, et cetera). I once had a Motorola Droid, and it had beautiful, stock vanilla icons. Now, I like HTC Sense UI overall, but I can't stand the HTC icons.
How could I go about replacing said icons? I checked the contents of framework-res.apk and didn't see any of the appropriate icon files there. Also, where can I download the vanilla Android icons?
Thanks for any help you can give!
P.S. I have rooted, and I have busybox and clockword recovery mod installed. However, MetaMorph reboots the phone during its self test. BetterCut cannot replace icons inside of apks, and it's not free anyway.
Progress!
I think I've got all the stock icons now, which I found in this file named Team_CHAOS_Clean_black_froyov1_1_stock_icons.zip, and I figured out that the Sense UI icons that I want to change are almost entirely encapsulated in com.htc.resources.apk. What's the proper way to replace the icons in com.htc.resources.apk with the stock icons?
If you are looking to replace pngs in com.htc.resources.apk, then just pull the file and replace the pngs in the /res/drawable-hdpi folder with your replacements. Then push it back to your phone and reboot. Note: you will only be able to push it back to your phone in recovery.
Thanks, I gave it a whirl, starting small by replacing only common_app_ic_launcher_settings.png inside res\drawable-hdpi, and then I booted into recovery (Clockwork), mounted /system, and successfully pushed the new apk. However, when the phone reboots, the icon hasn't changed. I tried pulling the apk back off the phone and it seems to have the new icon inside of it. Am I putting com.htc.resources.apk in the wrong place? I pushed it to /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk.
Do I have to replace com.htc.resources.odex as well? If so, how would I do that?
First, imho, I would ditch Sense.
What you are doing is correct. Leave the odex file alone. Make sure when you replaced the file, you have your case exactly the same as the original (all lowercase) and it is spelled the same. Also, even though it's not entirely necessary, make sure the dimensions are the same as the original (72x72). If it still does not work, then that is not the correct icon for what you are trying to change. It looks like the one from Add to Home->Widget->Settings while using the Sense launcher.
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First, imho, I would ditch Sense.
What you are doing is correct. Leave the odex file alone. Make sure when you replaced the file, you have your case exactly the same as the original (all lowercase) and it is spelled the same. Also, even though it's not entirely necessary, make sure the dimensions are the same as the original (72x72). If it still does not work, then that is not the correct icon for what you are trying to change. It looks like the one from Add to Home->Widget->Settings while using the Sense launcher.
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Nice, thank you! I looked where you suggested and found that you're right; this particular change did work and I'm just mistaken about how to replace the icons I want to replace. How would I go about replacing the home screen icons for the Settings app?
Try /system/app/Settings.apk
Konikob made the exspresso rosie for stock before but he had kinda fell occurs the face of the earth. I was wondering if another dev could make this happen. I am willing to donate to make this happen. For clarification it is the stock rosie that come with the fresh rom.
Also someone made a remap of the rosie but it wasn't what I was looking for.
I have a espresso theme with my theme if you wanna check it out its in the Evo Themes and apps thread
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I have a espresso theme with my theme if you wanna check it out its in the Evo Themes and apps thread
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Whats the name of your theme.
It's on page 3
I'm looking for the exact same thing and nothing else. A black glass expresso. Please anybody?
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dukins said:
Konikob made the exspresso rosie for stock before but he had kinda fell occurs the face of the earth. I was wondering if another dev could make this happen. I am willing to donate to make this happen. For clarification it is the stock rosie that come with the fresh rom.
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Rydah805 said:
I'm looking for the exact same thing and nothing else. A black glass expresso. Please anybody?
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Are you both 100% stock ROM with root only? I.E your ROM is still odexed / never flashed any sort of custom rom or theme?
A MetaMorph would make it a moot point, but if you do not use MetaMorph, and want a simple flashable zip via recovery, it is best to know EXACTLY what you are running, so that the same apk files are flashed, with the exception of the changes for espresso.
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Are you both 100% stock ROM with root only? I.E your ROM is still odexed / never flashed any sort of custom rom or theme?
A MetaMorph would make it a moot point, but if you do not use MetaMorph, and want a simple flashable zip via recovery, it is best to know EXACTLY what you are running, so that the same apk files are flashed, with the exception of the changes for espresso.
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I dont use MetaMorph, let alone know what it is lol. I basically want a simple flashable zip via recovery. Im running this rom SteelROM its basically deodexed stockrom. Hope this helps.
dukins said:
Konikob made the exspresso rosie for stock before but he had kinda fell occurs the face of the earth. I was wondering if another dev could make this happen. I am willing to donate to make this happen. For clarification it is the stock rosie that come with the fresh rom.
Also someone made a remap of the rosie but it wasn't what I was looking for.
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When you say remap, are you referring to a different skin of the bottom soft keys? I have a zip that will simply replace the look of the bottom buttons, but there is no functional difference from stock.
Espresso Rosie for Stock Deodexed ROM (3.29.651.5)
Okay, here is a flashable zip that should modify your Rosie to black espresso from the current Fresh ROM, and change nothing else.
Black Espresso for Stock Sense Deodexed ROM <--- Flash via Recovery
Note: I did not test, so please nandroid before flashing and confirm if you could. Source is pulled from the SteelH ROM referenced above.
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Are you both 100% stock ROM with root only? I.E your ROM is still odexed / never flashed any sort of custom rom or theme?
A MetaMorph would make it a moot point, but if you do not use MetaMorph, and want a simple flashable zip via recovery, it is best to know EXACTLY what you are running, so that the same apk files are flashed, with the exception of the changes for espresso.
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I'm using 3.29 stock with root. Odex (but with flashable themes. New Files Added To My Rom.)
Edit: works great. One request tho, it has a blue highlight when pressed. If you can mod it to have a black glass button (just a little darker) to match. Thanks!!!
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Rydah805 said:
I'm using 3.29 stock with root. Odex (but with flashable themes. New Files Added To My Rom.)
Edit: works great. One request tho, it has a blue highlight when pressed. If you can mod it to have a black glass button (just a little darker) to match. Thanks!!!
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Thanks for the confirmation. The OP's request was to pull from Fresh ROM, so that's where the source came from...
If you know a different espresso rosie from another ROM, I suppose I can quickly modify / whip up another version.
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Thanks for the confirmation. The OP's request was to pull from Fresh ROM, so that's where the source came from...
If you know a different espresso rosie from another ROM, I suppose I can quickly modify / whip up another version.
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Thanks. I know caulkulins Rom has the all black glass espresso.
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Thanks. I know caulkulins Rom has the all black glass espresso.
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Just downloaded this rom, and looking at the applicable files, the espresso has green highlights when pressed, as opposed to blue, but definitely not black. Do I have the wrong one?
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Thanks for the confirmation. The OP's request was to pull from Fresh ROM, so that's where the source came from...
If you know a different espresso rosie from another ROM, I suppose I can quickly modify / whip up another version.
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Thanks I appreciate this. It works im a happy happy guy right now.
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Just downloaded this rom, and looking at the applicable files, the espresso has green highlights when pressed, as opposed to blue, but definitely not black. Do I have the wrong one?
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No, you're right. I had used a previous version that was all black and assumed it was the same. Thank you tho. I just packed a file with the "Sense" green highlights.
How would I go about with combining rosies. I want this rosie look, caulkulins 5 apps in a row mixed with your transparent drawer.
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No, you're right. I had used a previous version that was all black and assumed it was the same. Thank you tho. I just packed a file with the "Sense" green highlights.
How would I go about with combining rosies. I want this rosie look, caulkulins 5 apps in a row mixed with your transparent drawer.
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Sounds like you got yourself an espresso rosie with green highlights, mind sharing it? Been looking for it. Preferably without the 5 apps in a row.
I decided I couldn't wait and I went ahead and made my own. I realize that the Espresso Rosies floating around at the moment are not as polished as they could be, and even slightly blurry, so I set out to fix these issues as well as customize it to suit my tastes.
Changes made:
- Redid images to suit the higher resolution of the Evo. Cleaned up the edges.
- Changed the styling and colors of the buttons a bit.
- Updated the widget removal button to match the rest of the theme.
- Made all buttons transparent.
- Changed position of the button dividers.
- Made four different colors: light green, dark green, black, and blue.
- A different version that comes with the Espresso Lock Screen (not quite done with this yet).
I am running an unthemed stock deodexed Android 2.2 ROM (based off the latest OTA). So I expect this to work with the same and similar type ROMs. These ZIP files are signed and flashable through recovery.
Download Espresso Rosie:
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Light Green
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Dark Green
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Black
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Blue
Download Espresso Rosie with Espresso Lock Screen*:
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Black w/ Lock Screen
EspressoRosie-prjkthack Dark Green w/ Lock Screen
* I'm not completely done with the Espresso Lock Screen for the ones listed above. I want to work on the images to clean it up a bit, because it does appear to be a bit low-res. So for now, these contain the lock screen that's already all over these forums.
Note: The way the highlighted colors will look on your phone will vary slightly since it is a transparent color on top of whatever color wallpaper you currently have. Best way to see how it will look would be to simply flash it on your phone and see for itself.
Espresso With Green Highlights (Odexed & De-Odexed In One.) :
http://db.tt/TWA2ocK
Enjoy.
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So I get how to install these, but what if I want to uninstall them?
Shane112358 said:
So I get how to install these, but what if I want to uninstall them?
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Search koni kub stock rose.
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prjkthack said:
Sounds like you got yourself an espresso rosie with green highlights, mind sharing it? Been looking for it. Preferably without the 5 apps in a row.
Update: I decided not to wait and I simply made my own. I realize that the Espresso Rosies floating around at the moment are not as polished as they could be, and even slightly blurry, so I set out to fix these issues I have as well as customize it to suit my tastes.
Changes made:
- Redid images to suit the higher resolution of the Evo. Cleaned up the edges.
- Changed the styling and colors of the buttons a bit.
- Updated the widget removal button to match the rest of the theme.
- Made all buttons transparent.
- Changed position of the 2 button dividers.
Note: I am running an unthemed stock deodexed Android 2.2 ROM (based off the latest OTA). So I expect this to work with the same and similar type ROMs. Flashable signed ZIP file.
Download: EspressoRosie-prjkthack.zip
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I definitely like yours except I think that the green highlight is too light. Any chance of getting it the same color or tone of green as the espresso that I posted?
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Hey guys. So I'm running Kings Unleashed R5 w/ Gravity On Ice theme and couldn't be happier with it. I'm kinda new to theming so I apologize for the noob question. I found and downloaded an icon pack for GOI which had about 10 in it. What I'm trying to find out is does this mean that's all I can use? Are widgets from other Sense roms compatible. I can't find it now but there was a Pandora 4x1 clear widget that I really liked. I've searched the forums only to turn up nothing. Anybody can help I'd really appreciate it.
If thats all the icons that it had in it, then yes. That said you can use any icons you want depending on how you want to install them, ie via root explorer by swapping the .png files, pushing them or via your launcher if you use adw or lp. Im very new to this so I'm not sure on the sense widgets. I would think that so long as they arent for a version of sense that's newer than the one on your rom you would be fine, but please verify before trying as I dont use sense often (waiting for virus to finish fixing his kingdom port). Oh and no idea on that widget sounds sweet I like clear backgrounds. Hope this helps
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?
pl..... dev team some one pl make some blue or dark black/blue themes for one x.tired with stock look.this is request.pl.....
any way great phone phone with great build.this is my first htc phone.earlier i am with samsung .but i realy told u htc is great.
check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601408
Sense 4 is alright as it is. However, I'd like to figure out a way to skin the current dock bar. Does anyone have a n00b guide out there?
I don't want to replace the Sense Launcher with Nova or Apex, since that'll basically disabled Sense widgets which is not a big deal but since a lot of other elements will remained skinned (in Sense) it would look worse to combine Sense with the AOSP-look
So in short, I want to be able to skin the current dock bar oh and also, does anyone know to replace the icons quick and easy? or are we looking at decompiling the framework-res.apk files and hack away?
Thanks!