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.dll Request

Can anyone extract shellres.dll, browsres.dll and outres.dll from the WM6 ROM and post 'em here?
TIA
--Mal

I'd love if someone posted the entire rom extract I tried but couldn't get any of the tools around here to extract and image-ify the nb files from the T-Mobile distribution.

I tried to extract those files for Malatesta but had no luck. Does anyone know what tools will work with the Excalibur?

g-funkster said:
I'd love if someone posted the entire rom extract I tried but couldn't get any of the tools around here to extract and image-ify the nb files from the T-Mobile distribution.
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Curses! lol
Yeah there's still a bunch of little things we can take out of WM6 for WM5 devices...hopefully something will be figured out.
And thanks curtislanham for trying too.
Anyone else have any input?

I think I have successfully dumped my ROM. I have never done it before. I am using the official WM6 ROM released by T-Mobile on 5/4/07....the contents of the dump folder are 113MB in size.....does this seem reasonable? Malatesta I do have the files you are looking for but am unable to attach them here. If you can give me your email I will send them to you.

curtislanham said:
I think I have successfully dumped my ROM.
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Please can you explain how you did that?
I need the tapres.dll in Windows folder.
Could you please post it (or PM over the board)?
Thanx alot

Keep in mind I am new to smartphones and Windows Mobile for that matter. I ran the Dash update posted on T-Mobile's website (Dash_Software_Update_1.22.531.4.exe). I used psdread to create an img file on my hard drive. Then I used prepare_imgfs and view_imgfs to extract the contents of the img file. The only thing is that the directory structure is not intact. Each file that was extracted resides in it's own folder, accompanied by an imageinfo.txt file, and S000, S001, S002. S003 files.

curtislanham said:
I think I have successfully dumped my ROM. I have never done it before. I am using the official WM6 ROM released by T-Mobile on 5/4/07....the contents of the dump folder are 113MB in size.....does this seem reasonable? Malatesta I do have the files you are looking for but am unable to attach them here. If you can give me your email I will send them to you.
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Sweet! just go to http://www.rapidshare.de and upload it, and then post the resulting URL here and we'll take it from there. literally!

I will post it as soon as I get home and post the link here. Rapidshare is blocked here at work.

Damn.
I can't get those files registered in my system.
They're suppose to be the system icons (for those who are wondering) but my system just hangs after I replace them.
I've tried notsignedoff.cab and regsrvce.exe to no avail (and I don't have regasm.exe to work with).
Hmmm....I think I need to kill off the .dlls first before I replace/sign them but I'm not sure how to do that as they don't show up in my Processes viewer.
Calling g-funk! lol

Ok all you hackers and developers, tell me if this is what you have been waiting for......
http://rapidshare.com/files/31884903/T-Mobile_Dash_WM6__Official_Release__ROM_Dump.zip

malatesta said:
Damn.
They're suppose to be the system icons (for those who are wondering) but my system just hangs after I replace them.
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I think we had similar ideas
The tapres.dll holds the image of the Windows-Flag in the Start-button, which I wanted to change to an apple (for iPhone Homescreens) or a penguin or whatever.
I hope you can get the changed .dll's accepted by the phone.
Just an idea:
With CeleTask you can see what processes use this dll's. Maybe you could kill these processes and then change the .dll.
With my tabres.dll I had no luck because there are six processes which use it and the phone freezes after killing the last of them...
BTW: Thx to curtislanham for the work

r0p3 said:
I think we had similar ideas
The tapres.dll holds the image of the Windows-Flag in the Start-button, which I wanted to change to an apple (for iPhone Homescreens) or a penguin or whatever.
I hope you can get the changed .dll's accepted by the phone.
Just an idea:
With CeleTask you can see what processes use this dll's. Maybe you could kill these processes and then change the .dll.
With my tabres.dll I had no luck because there are six processes which use it and the phone freezes after killing the last of them...
BTW: Thx to curtislanham for the work
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indeed we did have the same idea!
Funny thing is I tried CeleTask too (great program) but it only showed .exe files (even the hidden ones) but I couldn't see any .dlls. Searching for a program to bring up the .dlls lead to nowhere.
I know people have gotten this to work on the non-landscape devices, usually without too much hassel. Guess we'll have to wait till some of the more expert people take a gander at the files...
and thanks curtislanham, hopefully now we can start ripping part WM6 and posting it piecemeal, lol.

I found a wm6 version of shellres.dll on another site and I was able to overwrite mine on the Q. I didn't try any of the other files. First boot after I overwrote, it worked and my icons for a lot of things changed, many look Great though the IE looks a bit weird against a white background and the messaging icon, I'm no big fan of either.
Note: Upon booting, my Q made a serious of Alert sounds, I pressed the left softkey and was allowed to confirm the first-run alert for the dll.
I tried copying over the version of shellres posted here, but it just would not let me overwrite the new version I already have

curtislanham said:
Ok all you hackers and developers, tell me if this is what you have been waiting for......
http://rapidshare.com/files/31884903/T-Mobile_Dash_WM6__Official_Release__ROM_Dump.zip
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thank you so much!

malatesta said:
indeed we did have the same idea!
Funny thing is I tried CeleTask too (great program) but it only showed .exe files (even the hidden ones) but I couldn't see any .dlls. Searching for a program to bring up the .dlls lead to nowhere.
I know people have gotten this to work on the non-landscape devices, usually without too much hassel. Guess we'll have to wait till some of the more expert people take a gander at the files...
and thanks curtislanham, hopefully now we can start ripping part WM6 and posting it piecemeal, lol.
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When you go in CeleTask to the "Process" Page you'll find your running .exe's.
Simply "click" on any and you see what dll's this exe is using.
Go through all (also hidden ones) and you have the exe's you have to kill.
Maybe you can overwrite when the dll isn't in use anymore.
But when I read g-funkster's post I am sure there is an easier (and also "cleaner") way to get the dll's changed.
I believe the answers might already be found here in another (PPC)-forum/wiki and our issue is just "noob-stuff"

g-funkster said:
I found a wm6 version of shellres.dll on another site and I was able to overwrite mine on the Q. I didn't try any of the other files. First boot after I overwrote, it worked and my icons for a lot of things changed, many look Great though the IE looks a bit weird against a white background and the messaging icon, I'm no big fan of either.
Note: Upon booting, my Q made a serious of Alert sounds, I pressed the left softkey and was allowed to confirm the first-run alert for the dll.
I tried copying over the version of shellres posted here, but it just would not let me overwrite the new version I already have
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I take it it's the one from a certain Chinese site like PxDx...? B/c I have that one but haven't tried it (I thought there was a warning about using it on landscape devices). If not, could you post it here?
Also, I assume besides the initial boot up alert/sounds it runs fine now?
[b/]r0p3[/b], good to know...next time I might try that, although I need a day to recover from all the hard-resets, lol.

Yep, that's the site
lol you listen to those guys?! yes that was the site, those ppl don't make sense most of the time so, meh, Sprite Backup if anything.
See the attached images, the majority of icons are improved, for instance, the non-icon icon (see the AE.png for Internet Explorer) is much prettier and the majority of icons for everything else are nice.
But yeah, the icon for IE is off, or maybe I'm picky. you be the judge. Also, I can't seem to get rid of the shellres once its installed. And yes, it works fine after the alerts and confirm.
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g-funkster said:
lol you listen to those guys?! yes that was the site, those ppl don't make sense most of the time so, meh, Sprite Backup if anything.
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lol, guess I shouldn't listen to them! I was just worried. Then again I had to hard-reset numerous times myself soo...
I put a post up at ppcgeeks about this for others. I like the look a lot better, plus it's simple to do.

Editing APKs to match themes (Not just app icons!)

I've never started a thread here, as I rarely have a unique idea - but this time I've decided to bite the bullet and share my experience.
It has been discussed on these forums about editing the APKs for non-stock apps in order to make the icon match the theme throughout the OS (as opposed to using Bettercut or similar to just change the homescreen icon). It has also been discussed elsewhere, but I can't find the link.
My problem was very similar, yet different, so I figured I'd play around and see what I could come up with.
I use the unbelievably sexy GlossSuite theme by Moonsspoon which uses this cool little icon in the notification bar to alert you to having a new SMS (and maybe MMS, not sure...).
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I also use the app from the market called SMS Popup. If you dont know what it is, check it out - very handy. One of my favorite features of the app is that you can use it for your SMS notifications, and it allows you to set a custom vibe pattern and it will flash the LED the color of your choice - both very helpful to let you know that it's an SMS you're getting instead of a call or whatever...
You need to turn off the native SMS app's notifications when you use this feature of SMS Popup so that you dont get 2 alerts every time you get a message. The drawback to this, while using a theme like GlossSuite, is that the notification icon for messages that SMS Popup uses is the stock icon:
This is only a problem if you're OCD like myself.
I had already gotten the png icon extracted from the GlossSuite theme in hopes that I could just swap it out with the icon inside the SMS Popup apk (if I could find it, that is).
So I decided to crack open the APK for SMS Popup and see if I could find the icon used and what I could do to make it use the icon from the GlossSuite theme.
Inside the APK in the /res/drawable folder there are 2 images: The app's icon, and the icon used in the notification bar. And to make it even easier, the file name was exactly the same as the file used by the GlossSuite theme! Easy enough!
I used 7zip (WinRAR should work just fine too) to:
1. Open the APK
2. Navigate to the /res/drawable folder
3. Delete the stat_notify_sms.png
4. Drag and drop the png I extracted from the theme into it's spot
5. Delete the META-INF folder inside the SMS Popup APK
-- I got this info from the previously mentioned thread about swapping non-stock icons. It is so that when you resign the APK in the next step, the keys don't conflict with what the APK dev has used (or something like that - I admittedly don't know anything about keys and signing and all that jazz)
6. Close your archiving application.
I then used this auto-signing tool posted by "Dave Da illest 1" to resign the APK using the testkeys. It had to be edited slightly to sign APKs instead of ZIP files. If you want to download my edited version of the auto-signing tool, click here.
Uninstalled the previous version of the app, copied the APK over to my SDcard and then used AppManager to install the APK, and now:
(yes, I know there are typos...)
It works!
I'm sure most of your brainiacs here at XDA have figured this out on your own, but I couldnt find any solid information on it so I figured I'd share what little knowledge I had on the subject.
If you want to try this for yourself and want the icon from the GlossSuite theme, it is here.
And if you just happen to have GlossSuite installed and are using SMS Popup and would like my already edited version of the APK, click here.
[DISCLAIMER: If my sharing of this APK goes against any rules of the forum, please excuse my ignorance. If I find out this is the case, and a mod hasn't beat me to the punch, I'll gladly remove this link!]
So - with all that being said, I should clarify that I haven't done any theme creation (although I have edited a few pngs here and there, but nothing major), so obviously this bit of information is probably well below most of you... But if it can help anyone, then yay for my first real contribution to this community.

Awesome find. When I finally settle on a version I think I will sit down and do this for a few Apps. I havent heard anything on it before so as far as I'm concerned your the first!
|Spike|

i am trying to do something very similar- i am trying to install the file below as my status bar icon but when i use your autosign app (and the other auto sign app) i still get a "this cannot be installed on your device" or something similar....
did you have this issue ever?
After resigning with your tool did you then name it back to what is originally was or did you leave the name as to what the autosign converted it to?

fixed. apparently you need to uninstall the app first. wonder how this affects updates of it in the future?

MontAlbert said:
fixed. apparently you need to uninstall the app first. wonder how this affects updates of it in the future?
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great find. im also curious to know how updates will affect the app (if the market place will even tell us if ther is an update)

MontAlbert said:
fixed. apparently you need to uninstall the app first. wonder how this affects updates of it in the future?
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Yeah thanks for pointing this out - I added the "remove old version" step to my information in the original post.
And since the process goes as such, as far as the Market is concerned, the app isn't even installed on the phone, so I would assume that you won't be notified of updates.
And, of course, if you manually notice an update in the Market and install the app from there, you won't have your changes in place... would have to go thru the process again I believe.

That's where aTrackDog comes into play.
Keep all your apps uptodate even if the market doesn't know.

APrinceAmongMen said:
That's where aTrackDog comes into play.
Keep all your apps uptodate even if the market doesn't know.
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yeah- for sure. now that i have flashed to 5.0G none of my apps show up in my downloads so i stick with atrackdog. i am wondering if an update is found by atrackdog will it be able to be installed over the top of the altered one we have installed....

2. Navigate to the /res/drawable folder
Am I supposed to open the APK on my phone or computer? I can't find this folder.

creid2352 said:
2. Navigate to the /res/drawable folder
Am I supposed to open the APK on my phone or computer? I can't find this folder.
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you drag the apk file from your phone to your pc. from there open with 7zip.

MontAlbert said:
you drag the apk file from your phone to your pc. from there open with 7zip.
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and how do i get the apk to my sd so i can transfer to my computer?

delete plz

Its simply just replace the image with your own, resign, install and you're good to go. Heres an example of what you could do.
I made this months ago but didn't think it was anything special so i never said anything. Lighting bolt at the top is the triangle notification.

copy it from your phone to your pc using adb.

MontAlbert said:
copy it from your phone to your pc using adb.
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how do you pull stock apps?

I get the Apps out with "My Backup Pro"
and I modded the Weatherbug and Battery Level:
(see statusbar)

nice- i like battery level- now if only i had access to paid apps in australia so i could get it!

MontAlbert said:
nice- i like battery level- now if only i had access to paid apps in australia so i could get it!
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For non-stock apps, you can use a free app called AppManager to copy non-protected apps to your SD card.
Or, you can just use the terminal emulator
cd data/app
ls
[shows a list of all non-protected apps installed]
cp [filename.apk] /sdcard/[backup folder of your choice]
This same method can be used for protected apps if you can find the correct folder... But I won't provide that info, because I'm sure that's against the rules of these forums.

im.l0ltn said:
Its simply just replace the image with your own, resign, install and you're good to go. Heres an example of what you could do.
I made this months ago but didn't think it was anything special so i never said anything. Lighting bolt at the top is the triangle notification.
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Congrats. Like I said, this isn't rocket science. But for a n00b like me (and apparently others) this was good information that I'm glad I posted.

so how do edit the files in update.zip without getting an error?

[Guide] How to Add Arabic / Persian / Hebrew support to your Kaiser

Hi everybody. I will explain the process here, it is fairly easy
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Here is what you’re going to need:
1.Fonts/Language support: this is the most important part. I took the required files for Arabic support from this site
http://code.google.com/p/arabicandroid/downloads/list
all credit goes to Mr. alsanad for his great code
Persian and Hebrew seem to work fine with the font I'm using right now, but I can read both, so I can't say it's 100% working.
Persian: you may want to play with it a little, maybe add newer fonts later by yourself.
Hebrew: when I search Google I found only fonts for Android 1.5. however if you find the fonts, the process should be the same
anyway, the Arabic font package I am using right now apparently can display Hebrew characters...
2.7-Zip or any program that can create “tar” files
Please note that the fonts you get in most of the cases are made for HTC android devices in mind, not for WM devices. And they require recovery mode and other stuff (I can’t explain a lot because I don’t own Android device). So we’re going to convert the file, and make it suitable for our devices.
Steps:
1.Get the fonts file and extract the content to whatever place you like
In the case of Arabic, you should see two folders:
PHP:
META-INF
System
2.Select the folders, and right click on them, them choose 7-Zip > Add to Archive
3.Make sure you choose archive formate as “tar”
4.Name the file “androidupdate” and save
5.Copy the file to you SD card: put in andboot folder
6.Installing the update: I quote this from “How to replace Windows Mobile with Android”
Place the SD card in your phone and power on your Kaiser. When you see text on your screen hold down the D-pad. D-pad is that button in the center of your up, down, left, right buttons. Keep holding down the D-pad until you see something like this appear on your screen.
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7.Choose install update: you will see then some lines and then word Installing.
8.When finished, choose quite, or soft rest.
9.You’re done
Make sure you choose the right font for your Android. Apparently each version of android requires some modifications.
You might want to add some specific keyboard. I recommend Smart Keyboard... it is super fast, very accurate, and has support for different languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew.
I tried these steps on Kaiser running VaniljEclair RLS7c with the latest kernel.
I know this guide is basically unpacking, renaming, then installing... But it might be a little hard for some people..And I hope it will help them.
Make sure you back up you date or whatever important information you have on your phone and SD card before you start.
I have uploaded the files I used for my device. these fonts are meant for android 2.1
Cheers

Duke that has got to be the best timed guide I've ever seen, just finished making up a hebrew fonts update for shar1r, lol
Excellent guide, this deserves a sticky, since it is a question that has been asked before, and will be again
I usually edit an existing androidupdate.tar using 7zip, but this method is more complete, ( my method is mostly a lazy hack ).

Awesome!! I just posted a question about this - and voila this great tutorial!
Thank you!!

Sure, no problem. glad I can help

first i gotta tell u this thread is cooool
and thank u for ur effort
but i gotta a porblem
which is first of all i couldn't download the file cuz i'm in syria and google doesn't allow to download from it
i tried ultrasurf
but the same thing happened
anyway i found that u uploaded the files that u use
and u use vaniljeclair as i do
i did the update
but it still giving me error and repeat the same lines before boot
i use vaniljeclair too but rls11 not rls7c
does it has anything to do with it??
-sorry for the long speech lol-
i appreciate ur help
and one more thing
i searched for rls7c but i couldn't find it cuz it always reach for the rls11
thank u again
peace..

man_77 said:
first i gotta tell u this thread is cooool
and thank u for ur effort
but i gotta a porblem
which is first of all i couldn't download the file cuz i'm in syria and google doesn't allow to download from it
i tried ultrasurf
but the same thing happened
anyway i found that u uploaded the files that u use
and u use vaniljeclair as i do
i did the update
but it still giving me error and repeat the same lines before boot
i use vaniljeclair too but rls11 not rls7c
does it has anything to do with it??
-sorry for the long speech lol-
i appreciate ur help
and one more thing
i searched for rls7c but i couldn't find it cuz it always reach for the rls11
thank u again
peace..
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If the guide isn't working for you then you can always try a multi language build. I know both Scoot and I keep our multi language Cyanogen 6.1 based builds updated. You might want to look towards those.

Link in 1st post doesn't seem to be working for me either.
Yet i think you should change the title of the thread, something like:
How to add YOUR language to a build
Also:
man_77 said:
first i gotta tell u this thread is cooool
and thank u for ur effort
but i gotta a porblem
which is first of all i couldn't download the file cuz i'm in syria and google doesn't allow to download from it
i tried ultrasurf
but the same thing happened
anyway i found that u uploaded the files that u use
and u use vaniljeclair as i do
i did the update
but it still giving me error and repeat the same lines before boot
i use vaniljeclair too but rls11 not rls7c
does it has anything to do with it??
-sorry for the long speech lol-
i appreciate ur help
and one more thing
i searched for rls7c but i couldn't find it cuz it always reach for the rls11
thank u again
peace..
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Avoid return key, learn to use space. For a moment i thought i was reading a poem...

the coder apparently switched from Google code. here is the new website
http://ardoid.com/
I would recommend using generic Froyo libs as they might work. I don't have my TyTN II anymore... all my testings are on HD2.
http://ardoid.com/?p=64
most of the mutlilang builds will have native support for Arabic/Persian fonts, however, they won't look connected.
you migh need to use "libskia.so" and/or "libwebcore.so" only in this case.
Adding language support is trail and error, so give yourself plenty of time before trying this out.
I am using the libs for the Desire HD on my HD2 and they work perfectly fine.
And yeah, you can try a program called Tor www.torproject.org or Hotspot Shield www.hotspotshield.com to change your IP address.

[MOD] Persian/arabic/urdu support for js3/js5/js7 custom Roms

This a CWM update for your js3/js5 custom roms/deodexed roms. it will simply add persian/arabic and urdu support to your phone.
Credits go to
- Darkyy for his RTL language support (base of this update is Darkyy RTL which you may find it here )
- g00ndu who made the great guide for adding locale to the roms (find it here)
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Spec of this update:
-Samsung default keyboard with persian/arabic/urdu support
-Swype keyboard with persian/arabic/urdu support
-web surfing with above mentioned languages
known issues:
-you should choose default font only or install fonts which are supporting your language otherwise some alphabets are not shown correctly
-in sending sms when you are typing the firs alphabet of your first word for some unknown reasons will get additional alphabet which you have not typed it
you may test this issue by this word in your language : salam سلام
then it will write سسلام or اسلام this issue was reported on darkyy RTL support also. I wish Darky will see this post and do some mod for it
for those who are looking for the persian language support can take a look at the main forum here
Due to the problem with themed roms the locale and some applications has been removed from the file which means you will not have menu in persian/arabic or ordu but web surfing or typing is supported in above mentioned languages.
now let's get to work
Backup first
-Download the file (Main update) from below link
HTML:
http://www.multiupload.com/NCTAQ7YYRL
or from this link
HTML:
http://rapidshare.com/#!download|161dt|451814235|WOF_HU_taha_e_Farsi_js5-v2.zip|20306
copy the file to your internal sdcard and flash it via CWM/recovery
the first reboot will take a while please be patient

Great work, and I can confirm the issue of the first letter, though it isn't that disturbing.

Great work......

thanx so much for Arabic support
but where i can find those custom roms any link pls

hitbit911 said:
thanx so much for Arabic support
but where i can find those custom roms any link pls
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custom roms means like "Doc and stefunel rom" or "darkyy rom' or any other unofficial rom
you may also make a deodexed rom by yourself. if you don't know how then search the forum I'm sure there are many threads regarding this subject

@ OP,
Congratulations!! You have made many people very happy.
It is a lot of hard work, but certainly you have done yourself proud!
Excellent work.
Edit: I'm not sure the bug of additional letters is due to lib issues or framework issues. I would suggest to compare the lib folders for these 2 roms, maybe Darkyy may have not included one more .so file?
If you are using gtglauncher, you can also add the locale you want without decompiling the gtglauncher. All you need is to decompile twlauncher, add the locale and recompile back. Then just copy the resources.arsc to the gtglauncher. Of course, you will need to add additional strings to your values folder xml, like what gtg465x has done before recompiling.
Note that it works on 16bit, will always fc once if you do it with the 16bit-disabled. Check out webstar1 Starlauncher thread where I have posted.
Good luck.
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Thank you for the Persian support
I'm currently using Darky's Rom and his patch for Persian support. The issue of the first letter is not the only issed! When writing an SMS, additional blanks and spaces are appended to the text. Wonder if yours does the same...
Great job, well done!

Looks like it is the framework that is controlling the input. Hence it will be extremely difficult to resolve, unless you have the knowledge to understand fully the mechanics of the xml.
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Is is possible to use framwework parts from an Arabic rom like JPJPG for example?

SirM2X said:
Is is possible to use framwework parts from an Arabic rom like JPJPG for example?
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It is possible, but it will be extremely difficult to do it. You will need to baksmali framework.jar and see if there are distinct differences between the arabic rom and the 2.2.1 rom.
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g00ndu said:
It is possible, but it will be extremely difficult to do it. You will need to baksmali framework.jar and see if there are distinct differences between the arabic rom and the 2.2.1 rom.
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Hi again g00ndu good you can remember me , well I have checked framework.jar and I found one file with the name of arabicreshape.smali which I could not find it in persian/arabic rom (jpjpg) in the same file. I think I have to work on it, on the other hand if darkyy could give me a hint for what he has done it might be helpful

taha_e said:
Hi again g00ndu good you can remember me , well I have checked framework.jar and I found one file with the name of arabicreshape.smali which I could not find it in persian/arabic rom (jpjpg) in the same file. I think I have to work on it, on the other hand if darkyy could give me a hint for what he has done it might be helpful
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That's a good start, right now is to find out how this interact with the overall framework of the rom.
Perhaps you can just add this $smali to the 2.2.1 framework.jar and recompile it back. See if it will throw out any errors. If there is, look at what the errors say.
If not, then see if you can replace this modded framework.jar with the stock one.
You better get your original one into a flashable cwm zip, and put it in your internal sd card. In case it doesn't work, you can always flash back without going back to odin.
I wish you luck, brother taha-e.
If you can do it, I'm sure our ME friends will be very happy. And you have my full support on this.
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If you do include camera.apk as part of the rom, just make sure you don't compressed the modded apk. For me it always fc, until I modded a decompressed version.
Hope this helps you.

g00ndu said:
That's a good start, right now is to find out how this interact with the overall framework of the rom.
Perhaps you can just add this $smali to the 2.2.1 framework.jar and recompile it back. See if it will throw out any errors. If there is, look at what the errors say.
If not, then see if you can replace this modded framework.jar with the stock one.
You better get your original one into a flashable cwm zip, and put it in your internal sd card. In case it doesn't work, you can always flash back without going back to odin.
I wish you luck, brother taha-e.
If you can do it, I'm sure our ME friends will be very happy. And you have my full support on this.
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Thank you very much for your support here is the file which darkyy has added to framework.jar
HTML:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mayrcr4i97oyz17
maybe you or those who are familiar with xml can take a look and see if there is any problem with this file
I also will continue with other files. the file libskia.so is missing in darkyy update
I think this file has some relations with RTL, Im going to try it tomorow

wrong post I could not delete it.

For those who want persian/arabic locale (menues in persian/arabic) and they are using Darkyy 9.3 you may download the file below and replace the 2 files (framework-res.apk and tw-framework-res.apk) with the files in the main update
or you may do it by root explorer , just copy files to /system/framework
HTML:
http://www.mediafire.com/?47fpeqaes5o6ncb

taha_e said:
For those who want persian/arabic locale (menues in persian/arabic) and they are using Darkyy 9.3 you may download the file below and replace the 2 files (framework-res.apk and tw-framework-res.apk) with the files in the main update
or you may do it by root explorer , just copy files to /system/framework
HTML:
http://www.mediafire.com/?47fpeqaes5o6ncb
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Did you manage to resolve the known bugs, my friend?

This is great work ... and it works just fine , it has some bugs but ignorable
thank you and again , this is coooooool

g00ndu said:
Did you manage to resolve the known bugs, my friend?
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I'm still working on it,I have limited information on this issue as a result of that I have to do research and study at the same time,so the progress not so smooth, on the other hand the gingerbread rom made me a bit lazy , seems 2.2.1 will be out of date soon

taha_e said:
I'm still working on it,I have limited information on this issue as a result of that I have to do research and study at the same time,so the progress not so smooth, on the other hand the gingerbread rom made me a bit lazy , seems 2.2.1 will be out of date soon
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Maybe, maybe not. Because, there are plenty of issues to be ironed out for Gingerbread before it can become stable. That is going to take some time. Besides that, there is an added advantage, which is that whatever you have done now, could be easily be ported over to Gingerbread. In fact I can bet that you may be the first one that release a 2.3 rom that supports hebrew, arabic and urdu!
Don't give up now.
I'm certain you are pretty close to resolving those issues, even though some don't mind. Just do it whenever you have the time, buddy!

[Themed App] ES File Explorer - Red Themed

Hi guys,
Inspired by the stunning ICS Domination Theme created by Vertumus and addicted to the Blood Mode i started theming my every-day-use Apps to Red.
As first App i have chosen ES File Explorer (by EStrongs Inc.), its a free app and a pretty handy explorer.
(Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop)
Maybe someone else also likes the Red Touch so im happy to share the modded APK with the community.
Installation Notice:
Uninstall your previous version of the ES File Explorer before installing this one!
Have Fun and keep on modding!
Screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download:
See Attached Files
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2012-02-28 - Updated to Version 1.6.1.2

WoooooooooooooooooW
WoooooooooooooooooW man !!!!
Exactly what i was lookin' for !!!
Just have to install the apk, or have to push it in system/app?
THANX BUTTON PUSHED
Waitin' for your answer, thanx again my friend ! Great work !!!
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DONE ! just installed the apk. JUST SPLENDIIIIIIIID !!! I love it man!
Pretty pretty pretty job!!!
Would you be agree for me to share YOUR link in my thread, please...?
Thanx in advance,
PS: Works perfectly on ICS 4.0.3 !!!

Just install it as usual. (remember to uninstall your previous version of es file explorer)
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Nice to hear you like it mate. Share it wherever you like

the mistake you made here is a big one. You themed the apk instead of making a flashable themed .zip.
so now people have to delete their app to install yours... and when a new version of that app comes out and they update, it will all get back to default, and you will have to edit a new apk on and on and on... waste of time
instead make a vrtheme zip that people can flash , that will be universal, i.e you won't have to theme it for each update, just once
hope i made sense

gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
the mistake you made here is a big one. You themed the apk instead of making a flashable themed .zip.
so now people have to delete their app to install yours... and when a new version of that app comes out and they update, it will all get back to default, and you will have to edit a new apk on and on and on... waste of time
instead make a vrtheme zip that people can flash , that will be universal, i.e you won't have to theme it for each update, just once
hope i made sense
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You are right about the VRTheme script mate and its the "common theming procedure" but how can someone without cwm install the theme?
With a fully apk file you are able to install it on a stock phone.
(as side note i have noticed that some png sizes changed from the last es file explorer version to the newest so the cwm zip would also needs to be readjusted when this happens or am i wrong?)
anyway thanks a lot for all advices, allways learning here

clonednull said:
You are right about the VRTheme script mate and its the "common theming procedure" but how can someone without cwm install the theme?
With a fully apk file you are able to install it on a stock phone.
(as side note i have noticed that some png sizes changed from the last es file explorer version to the newest so the cwm zip would also needs to be readjusted when this happens or am i wrong?)
anyway thanks a lot for all advices, allways learning here
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I get what you mean mate but see it this way
If a person doesn't have CWM, then they can't flash Vert's theme anyway,especially not the Blood Mode.
And I doubt anyone would want a red app that stands out from the rest of the theme for that matter ( though I may be wrong )
Anyway, it was just an advice mate
PS. File sizes are not important, changing a .png name or something would make it unusable. So once a new version comes out, you just have to check if the file structure is the same, if it is, then you have nothing to do, if it is not, you just add new edited pngs to the zip, make it a new version and upload Fast and reliable
Great job on theming the app there

gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck said:
I get what you mean mate but see it this way
If a person doesn't have CWM, then they can't flash Vert's theme anyway,especially not the Blood Mode.
And I doubt anyone would want a red app that stands out from the rest of the theme for that matter ( though I may be wrong )
Anyway, it was just an advice mate
PS. File sizes are not important, changing a .png name or something would make it unusable. So once a new version comes out, you just have to check if the file structure is the same, if it is, then you have nothing to do, if it is not, you just add new edited pngs to the zip, make it a new version and upload Fast and reliable
Great job on theming the app there
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Youre again right with CWM and Verts theme + Blood Mode but as you allready mentioned maybe someone wants a red explorer anyway
I appreciative your advice about VRTheming and will try to get more knowlegde about it (thx for pm).
As for file size, i think i have used the wrong words.
I didnt meant the "file size on storage", i meant the image dimensions. When they change i will for sure have to addopt the VRTheme flash file or otherwise the app page layout can get deformed..?
Thanks and regards

clonednull said:
Youre again right with CWM and Verts theme + Blood Mode but as you allready mentioned maybe someone wants a red explorer anyway
I appreciative your advice about VRTheming and will try to get more knowlegde about it (thx for pm).
As for file size, i think i have used the wrong words.
I didnt meant the "file size on storage", i meant the image dimensions. When they change i will for sure have to addopt the VRTheme flash file or otherwise the app page layout can get deformed..?
Thanks and regards
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Oh yes, that can be a serious problem, didn't quite understand you the first time
But again, it's just a few edits, shouldn't be too hard to fix if it comes to that
Happy theming

nice job mate!!like i already said its great and going well with master verts blood theme!!

fatjivi said:
nice job mate!!like i already said its great and going well with master verts blood theme!!
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happy you like it mate and thanks for your testing support!
ps: hope you will get your toy back soon!

thanks! i love red themes!
but i think grandmaster is right, i think it would be easier for you to just create a cwm-flashable theme and just edit that if future versions of es explorer comes, instead of editing an entire apk.
and for the user's point of view, it would be easier for them as they wont have to uninstall and reinstall, and then again configure their own settings for the app.