Not sure if this goes here or in Q&A, sorry if I'm wrong
I just found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15014591&postcount=183
and i had previously flash a theme that was for the Desire HD and it worked grate.
Will this be the case with a Incredible S theme, or do a risk messing to bad (brick and the sort) my G2
I'm still trying the doubleshot ROM, but once I put Unity 1.26 Id like to try this them, is it a high risk?
By the way, I can't seem to find themes made by G2/DZ people, do we lack theme creator? XP
We do lack themers for the DZ/G2. But if you using unity all of the themes designed for other handsets should work. Do a nandroid incase though. I have tried most of the DHD themes on my DZ and not had any problems
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Works and looks great!
I would love to have the 4G icon instead of H like the U.S. Sensation, but I haven't found it yet. Any takers?
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We do lack themers for the DZ/G2. But if you using unity all of the themes designed for other handsets should work. Do a nandroid incase though. I have tried most of the DHD themes on my DZ and not had any problems
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Yeah I though so will try it, thanks
Sengalang said:
Works and looks great!
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Grate thanks, I was still kind of paranoid XP
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I would love to have the 4G icon instead of H like the U.S. Sensation, but I haven't found it yet. Any takers?
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You know, I'd like that too, I've search around and I did find some Icons and for CM7 and some that will change your 3G to 4G but not much, I want one that actually works XD
Omizuke said:
You know, I'd like that too, I've search around and I did find some Icons and for CM7 and some that will change your 3G to 4G but not much, I want one that actually works XD
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Ya unfortunately, afaik, UOT Kitchen doesn't have 4G icons on their own and I don't know how to theme.
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Ya unfortunately, afaik, UOT Kitchen doesn't have 4G icons on their own and I don't know how to theme.
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YGPM (10chars)
heybobitsme said:
Ya unfortunately, afaik, UOT Kitchen doesn't have 4G icons on their own and I don't know how to theme.
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Yeah, well if you find way, would you mind letting me know.
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Yeah, well if you find way, would you mind letting me know.
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It would be fairly easy to create a flashable zip to change the H icon to a 4G icon. If I get the chance I will have a look into it for you.
Or modifying it your self wouldn't be to hard. You just need to extract the 4G icons from a Rom that you know has them. I can't remember exactly if they are in framework-res.apk or SystemUI.apk. then using adb pull the appropriate files from the phone, rename the .png's and swap them using 7zip and push them back to your phone
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can someone let me know if this systemui.apk removes the H and replaces it with 4G? or if you get errors? I run cm7 and I'm not about to install unity just to test.
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It would be fairly easy to create a flashable zip to change the H icon to a 4G icon. If I get the chance I will have a look into it for you.
Or modifying it your self wouldn't be to hard. You just need to extract the 4G icons from a Rom that you know has them. I can't remember exactly if they are in framework-res.apk or SystemUI.apk. then using adb pull the appropriate files from the phone, rename the .png's and swap them using 7zip and push them back to your phone
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FYI, 4G icons are already in unity's systemui.apk... it should just be a matter of renaming them so that they are picked up in place of "H". this is what I did in the above post's systemui.apk
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FYI, 4G icons are already in unity's systemui.apk... it should just be a matter of renaming them so that they are picked up in place of "H". this is what I did in the above post's systemui.apk
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Cheers, would test but lack of DZ makes it difficult
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can someone let me know if this systemui.apk removes the H and replaces it with 4G? or if you get errors? I run cm7 and I'm not about to install unity just to test.
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Confirmed here that it works, although it also seems to mess up my notification pulldown background. See attached screenshots. First screenshot shows the 4G icon. Second screenshot shows how my notification background was changed. Third screenshot shows how it should look (after I reverted back to my SystemUI.apk). It looks like the UI is using some other graphic in your APK that is intended for another, much smaller element, and scaling it up to fit somehow.
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nothing else in the apk was modified aside from deleting the H pngs and duplicating the 4G pngs, then naming them as the H's, effectively replacing H with 4G, so I'm not sure why status bar images would have been modified.
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Hrm, interesting. I diff'd all the graphics between the two SystemUI.apk files, and aside from the 4G changes, all the other differences were with the so-called "9-patch" PNGs (http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/draw9patch.html):
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Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/btn_default_small_normal.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/btn_default_small_normal.9.png dif
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Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/common_music_progress_fill.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/common_music_progress_fill.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/common_music_progress_secondary_track_thick.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/common_music_progress_secondary_track_thick.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/divider_horizontal_dark_opaque.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/divider_horizontal_dark_opaque.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/divider_horizontal_light_opaque.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/divider_horizontal_light_opaque.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/ic_notification_overlay.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/ic_notification_overlay.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/page_indicator.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/page_indicator.9.png differ
Files SystemUI/res/drawable-hdpi/shade_handlebar.9.png and SystemUI-4g/res/drawable-hdpi/shade_handlebar.9.png differ
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I compared this against the SystemUI.apk from Virtuous Unity 1.26.0, and the PNGs match what I have, not what is in your APK. So I suspect your source of the other PNGs (not related to the 4G changes) has somehow been tainted. Your 9-patch PNGs all have an extra 1-pixel border around the outside, with visible black bars indicating the stretchable areas (see the URL above for an illustration). Those are not present in the VU ROM. Those black pixels then get stretched and smoothed out, which results in the screenshot I posted earlier.
Here's the VU 1.26.0 SystemUI.apk, if you want to peek inside at the "*.9.png" files to see the difference: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2639253/SystemUI.apk
yeah, let me try from scratch again. give me an hour or so, about to eat lunch.
Good luck pmcqueen i hope it works! i will check back later! (have a nice lunch?)
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yeah, let me try from scratch again. give me an hour or so, about to eat lunch.
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Oh, good idea... I'm gonna go have lunch too.
hey, I already posted this in the Unity development thread, tell me if this works for u guys too. I used the zip from xboarders 4g icons zip and changed the systemUI.apk to the one that I modified (and works for me) with the 4g icons for unity. I just changed the names of the H and 4g png files and so far no problems at all.
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I just changed the names of the H and 4g png files and so far no problems at all.
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Right, that should work, and is the same approach pmcqueen took. As long as your 9-patch PNGs are fine, this mod should work. Keep in mind though, this replaces the entire SystemUI.apk, which includes a ton of other icons and graphic elements. Anyone who has a custom theme in there will lose what they have.
The best approach would be to patch just the PNG files inside the APK, but I'm not familiar enough with Android themeing to suggest how to do that (aside from manually doing it).
Wait DaygosTommyT's zip file works correctly? no graphical issues with the drop down? im not going to have any other themes on my phone so would this zip work for me? all i want to change is the h icon to 4g... thanks? haha
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Hi all,
The other day when I was having a drink or two & looking at the screen of my SGS, I got this brilliant idea. I am an architect & the architect in me said, DO CIRCLES.
From Top-Right, Circle Clock, Circle Battery, Circle Signal Strength, Circle 3G Strength, Circle Bluetooth.
I asked franklin01 if he could help me with Circle 3G, he has shown me an example here.
To any developer thats interested in developing this further, Give credit to franklin01 first, then to me for posting an idea that will make your SGS screen a better looking one.
Well, I am asking everyone if they have any ideas. Bring out the designer in you & suggest ways to improve this idea. I will start posting all your ideas in the first post. Thanks.
I am posting all the png's related to my post. If I have missed a few, tell me.
Unleash the designer in you, lets see some results.
- EarlZ - Nice but if there was a mode id love to see my signal strength in dBM instead of the boring bars.
franklin01 said:
All circle:
This is just a test, it is awful but it works so if someone want to try/edit/make something beautiful feel free to do.
How to:
Get system\framework\framework-res.apk from your phone (using adb or root explorer).
Open it using 7zip (or winrar but 7zip is better to repack).
Extract res\drawable-hdpi\
Edit png you need (open to see which one is)
Then put things back to the framework-res.apk (using 7zip, drag and drop modified files)
Put back framework-res.apk to your phone (using adb, root explorer or update.zip method).
Here is my moded all circle awful mod... tested on JP6/JPM and the update works with CW and 2e recovery (rename to update.zip).
WARNING:
Can damage your phone as usual (well if you have JP6/JPM it works fine, no worries) but can also damage your eyes ! (it is just a test, I am no artist and this mod is awful... should not edit with mspaint)
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1-NOV-2010--9-00pm-IST.
Work started. I have only 66 files that need to be modified. I am going with white, light-grey, dark-grey concept for the first attempt. All ideas are welcome.
The website designer in me says, not everything looks good in a circle.....
But on a serious note, a well conceived idea.
Hopefully this catches up.....
Oh. By the way, if you have the PSD's, do send them over and I will try make them just a wee bit better if you like. Or I could design some and send them across anyway.
I have ideas
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I have ideas
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Yes sir. You sure do. And I love this circle thing quite a bit. Apart from the terrible joke earlier, I would like to help with your idea a bit. If you will take it that is.
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i will try this
good job
Well this was just a test, I used circle battery mod png to do, but I think a designer can do a better work than I did... (obviously)
Work on it, and edit everything you can, I saw the "puzzle" picture in the file so there is a lot of things to play with
Also I ll try to figure if it is possible to unpack/repack the framework-res.apk from the phone using some .sh scripts so we could manage mods directly from the phone (add or remove custom icon without having to copy an entire framework-res.apk to get some space.)
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i will try this
good job
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This is only a first draft, far from complete. I am asking if any developer can take this forward & complete it.
Nice but if there was a mode id love to see my signal strength in dBM instead of the boring bars
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Nice but if there was a mode id love to see my signal strength in dBM instead of the boring bars
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EarlZ, I have posted all the files needed to be modified on the first post.
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Yes sir. You sure do. And I love this circle thing quite a bit. Apart from the terrible joke earlier, I would like to help with your idea a bit. If you will take it that is.
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All the png's are on the first post unmodified.
I am starting editing the png's BUT want someone to confirm if THIS list of files is complete.
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I am starting editing the png's BUT want someone to confirm if THIS list of files is complete.
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Work started.
I have only 66 files that need to be modified. I am going with white, light-grey, dark-grey concept for the first attempt.
All ideas are welcome.
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Yes sir. You sure do. And I love this circle thing quite a bit. Apart from the terrible joke earlier, I would like to help with your idea a bit. If you will take it that is.
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Do you work in CorelDRAW? I have drafted the design outlines in AutoCAD for accuracy, imported into CorelDRAW for joining the curves, & the template is ready.
We can work together.
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Do you work in CorelDRAW? I have drafted the design outlines in AutoCAD for accuracy, imported into CorelDRAW for joining the curves, & the template is ready.
We can work together.
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Oops....
My bad for the late reply. Was terribly busy with a few deadlines.
To your question about Corel Draw. Sorry pal. No Corel for me. Pure Adobe stuff. But since you have the PNG's attached, I should be able to make something up over the weekend (perhaps). All still tentative for the next 5 - 6 days, but the concept is interesting and would like to chip in to it.
Cheers....
Just wondering instead of bars/circle indicators can we show the raw signal like -89dbm
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Just wondering instead of bars/circle indicators can we show the raw signal like -89dbm
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I am not quite sure how that can be done on Android. I had that after jailbreaking my iphone for quite some time.
Anyone who understands dBm, I am sure, will find that nifty. Let me see if I can get something worked out over the weekend. Was planning to take a couple of days off to design a theme for myself anyway.
Perhaps a few pointers from you could help. Will the "Status" under "About Phone" help? That shows the Signal Strength in dBm.
From my own understanding the phone bases the graphical bars on the raw dbm measurements, like example -100 to 89 = 1bar.. Signal Widget also shows the raw dbm numbers.
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Thats what I mean the dbm showed after "About Phone" should be reflected on the notification bar.. if its possible and not bars.. well thats just me.
EarlZ said:
From my own understanding the phone bases the graphical bars on the raw dbm measurements, like example -100 to 89 = 1bar.. Signal Widget also shows the raw dbm numbers.
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Thats what I mean the dbm showed after "About Phone" should be reflected on the notification bar.. if its possible and not bars.. well thats just me.
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Then this, sir, will be a task for the weekend.
Will post results via PM.
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Then this, sir, will be a task for the weekend.
Will post results via PM.
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Hi thanks for coming forward to help. the signal strength can be shown within the circle as dBm if possible.
Anyway, I am posting a jpg of my draft, see if it helps.
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Just wondering instead of bars/circle indicators can we show the raw signal like -89dbm
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I dont think it is possible but you can try:
Download apktool http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/
exe and bat: http://code.google.com/p/android-ap...ol-install-windows-2.2_r01-3.tar.bz2&can=2&q=
apktool.jar: http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/detail?name=apktool1.3.2.tar.bz2&can=2&q=
Extract everything in a folder.
run cmd
cd *apktoolfolder*
apktool.bat d framewor-res.apk framework_extract
(to extract apk file)
(change things)
apktool.bat b framework_extract framework-res-mod.apk
(to rebuild the apk)
then use adb or rootexplorer to push your modded apk.
The thing is that there is no stat_sys_signal.xml (like stat_sys_battery.xml to manage how battery is shown) I tried to add one using settings from the battery xml but after phone reboot I am stopped by a black screen, even after wipe/reset so maybe my rebuild failed or maybe the stat_sys_signal.xml I added messed up the whole framework.
Best we can do atm is to edit signal png to show average dbm since 0 bar means -100, 1 bar means -89, 2 bars means - something etc...
Also if keeping the circle concept I doubt -89 dbm written inside a circle will be readable.
(working on aiork atm but at next kernel compiling I will try to look at this topic since compiling on a netbook takes age...)
Keep it up, it can be awesom.
think u guys can port this?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038270
That'd be pretty sick
There's another thread that requested this but it's long buried it does look sexy though
iSaint said:
There's another thread that requested this but it's long buried it does look sexy though
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I really hope some dev's see this man, cause its too sick!
Are there videos of this somewhere?
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Are there videos of this somewhere?
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no but they have gifs in the thread I linked in the OP. They are said to work with Desire and Evo series phones, and for function on non HTC phones all thats needed is some filename switching (from the little that i read)
This would be really awesome if someone could get these ported over.
Doesn't seem too hard. I will take a crack at it in a bit.
tried it with this beta theme i flashed but it didn't work. Not sure why. Maybe the drawable xlms need to be modified?
Looks really cool, gl to anyone who tries to get this done Would be awesome for sure.
Its just a copy and paste with probably some renaming of the images..... doesn't seem hard to incorporate at all.... I could do it but I don't know how to make a flashable zip but I could just move it to a aosp theme
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Its just a copy and paste with probably some renaming of the images..... doesn't seem hard to incorporate at all.... I could do it but I don't know how to make a flashable zip but I could just move it to a aosp theme
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I tried it. I didn't bother checking every single file name to see if they match but they all look familiar to me. you can google how to create flashable zip. I just used a theme and replaced all the icons but like i stated, it didnt work. I have swapped out icons many times before so I am sure the file names had variation.
Well did any icons copy over to the theme and flash right? That's what I do is just tweak the icons in the Res folders of the framework apks in themes and roms..... it must be conflicting names like you said.... ill take a look at it here soon and see what it is.... ^_^
Extended toggles for your Epic Touch 4G
Decided to bring these back in a flashable zip. 14 toggles. Controls built into Settings>Display. Completely stock other than this mod. Enjoy.
Download [EK02]
No 4G toggle, working on a re-write when time permits.
Huge thanks to lidroid.
Nice!! Anyway to incorporate the wide app drawer and 5 icon launcher dock? I would love to incorporate this into my Calk 1.5a running on my phone right now. Appreciate the support
So what roms will this work on?
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Good stuff; sort of looks a little "Cyanogen-ish!
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So what roms will this work on?
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Any ROM you want. It will remove any theming done to SystemUI though.
xlGmanlx said:
Nice!! Anyway to incorporate the wide app drawer and 5 icon launcher dock? I would love to incorporate this into my Calk 1.5a running on my phone right now. Appreciate the support
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Different beast. I think there are already a few TouchWiz launcher mods that incorporate this. However, I will look into it cause it interests me as well and it's much more fun doing it yourself =P
Hmmm....it does sound interesting. What files in those are actually changed? Is it swappable like theming is? I hate to trouble you for a zip if i can crack open my own files and just make the changes etc.
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Different beast. I think there are already a few TouchWiz launcher mods that incorporate this. However, I will look into it cause it interests me as well and it's much more fun doing it yourself =P
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This will also remove the 1x3G mod.. I assume?
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Hmmm....it does sound interesting. What files in those are actually changed? Is it swappable like theming is? I hate to trouble you for a zip if i can crack open my own files and just make the changes etc.
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Files in this mod? The three attached are all changed. I can try to get a zip up later. You can use an app such as root explorer as well, if you don't know adb, to put these in their place.
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This will also remove the 1x3G mod.. I assume?
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That is in systemui, yeah? Never looked into that one. If so, then yes, it will. However, I wouldn't mind adding that.
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Hmmm....it does sound interesting. What files in those are actually changed? Is it swappable like theming is? I hate to trouble you for a zip if i can crack open my own files and just make the changes etc.
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Gman.. I am not sure if you are still on one of my odexed roms..
I think I will do the smali edits to add back in 1x3G, odex, swap out images, and make flashable for my blue.
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Files in this mod? The three attached are all changed. I can try to get a zip up later. You can use an app such as root explorer as well, if you don't know adb, to put these in their place.
That is in systemui, yeah? Never looked into that one. If so, then yes, it will. However, I wouldn't mind adding that.
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Cool.. then I will wait for you to do the smali edits
as in i don't think every file in those are being modified so i was wondering if i could use a program like ninjamorph to open up those files and swap out applicable files. That is the extent of my "development" knowledge and its trivial, but less work to burden a dev with. Plus if its something "basic" like that, then no need to wait for theme's to incorporate the changes as i can do all that in one shot myself as the new stuff drops etc.
Basically i want to know if i can frankenstein this mod into my current ROM on my own or is it above my skill set haha
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Files in this mod? The three attached are all changed. I can try to get a zip up later. You can use an app such as root explorer as well, if you don't know adb, to put these in their place.
That is in systemui, yeah? Never looked into that one. If so, then yes, it will. However, I wouldn't mind adding that.
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as in i don't think every file in those are being modified so i was wondering if i could use a program like ninjamorph to open up those files and swap out applicable files. That is the extent of my "development" knowledge and its trivial, but less work to burden a dev with. Plus if its something "basic" like that, then no need to wait for theme's to incorporate the changes as i can do all that in one shot myself as the new stuff drops etc.
Basically i want to know if i can frankenstein this mod into my current ROM on my own or is it above my skill set haha
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Well the only way to do that would to bring over the classes which would cancel any java mods anyway. You could try dragging your theme over to systemUI, I can't guarantee it will work perfectly though. Worth a try
Updated OP with a 1x/3g compatible systemui
No worries, i am sure this will be incorporated across the board pretty soon anyways, just wanted to get bleeding edge. I sent Calk a PM to see if he had seen it, but patience is a virtue. Thanks again!
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Well the only way to do that would to bring over the classes which would cancel any java mods anyway. You could try dragging your theme over to systemUI, I can't guarantee it will work perfectly though. Worth a try
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Looking at the OP, I take it this doesn't have screen rotation in the options.
maybe the "orientation" option?
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Looking at the OP, I take it this doesn't have screen rotation in the options.
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Thanks been waiting for this. This version does have working 4g icon and 3g signals in the staus bar.
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It's Auto Rotation
Man, this mod works great. Even fixed the stock volume toggle being slightly lowered after changing lcd density. Is there a chance you can change the lockscreen toggle to actually lock the device and turn off the screen(or I guess make a separate toggle)?
Can someone help me install using root explorer this is my first time using that app and I really wanna use.it
Awesome! I've been dying for this. I wish I could thank you more than once
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jxb25 said:
Can someone help me install using root explorer this is my first time using that app and I really wanna use.it
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Just put the files on your SD card. Hold down the file > Copy, then go to the directories stated in OP, Hit the Mount R/W button, and paste. And then reboot
So, does this add toggles in addition to the stock ones? Will my 4G toggle and the other stock ones remain after these are added? Thanks.
As the title suggests, I need help with theming my ROM. It is based on 4.67 RUU, but mostly de-sensed and using GO Launcher EX. I'm looking to theme the various Sense bits remaining (like SystemUI.apk and other Sense themed .apks) to match GO Launcher's default theme, but I suck at graphic design and am still new to theming in general.
This would end up being the default theme of AlterROM and all credits would be given where due. I'm looking to collaborate on this so that I can learn more about themeing, as well, not just get a packaged theme, if possible. You can find screenshots of what I am currently working with here. Keep in mind that it is under active development, so those images are subject to change...
If interested, please PM me or post any questions or requests for clarification here and I'll provide you with whatever you need.
Thanks!
Have you tried UOT kitchen yet? It has all kinds of theming options for systemUI (and other stuff). It doesn't really teach you how to theme, it's pretty much plug n play.
Also, I believe there are some theming guides in the broader xda forum (rather than the Evo forum). Hope any of that helps, I know it's a bit vague lol.
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Tommytomatoe wrote a real nice thread about theming sense...I'd find it for ya but in on tapatalk but It's a pain
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You have apktool 1.4.2? b/c youll need it and m10 tools and probably optipng and tommyt's tool for linux at least thats what I use for zipaligning... Photoshop or something close to it. Tommyt's tutorial is more android 1.0 seeing as thats what he builds but yeah its basically the same... Making your own .9.png's using draw9patch... It takes a while to learn but once you get the hang of it youll be able to theme like me lol
scottspa74 said:
Have you tried UOT kitchen yet? It has all kinds of theming options for systemUI (and other stuff). It doesn't really teach you how to theme, it's pretty much plug n play.
Also, I believe there are some theming guides in the broader xda forum (rather than the Evo forum). Hope any of that helps, I know it's a bit vague lol.
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UOT Kitchen is a little light for the amount of changes I need to make to the SystemUI.apk. I've looked into it, though, a while back.
jboyer0000 said:
Tommytomatoe wrote a real nice thread about theming sense...I'd find it for ya but in on tapatalk but It's a pain
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I've read it, but it is for theming rosie, which has been ripped out of my ROM. I've read a lot of the others in the more general forums, as well, but they are not exactly what I am looking for or they are missing something that I need.
Pneuma1985 said:
You have apktool 1.4.2? b/c youll need it and m10 tools and probably optipng and tommyt's tool for linux at least thats what I use for zipaligning... Photoshop or something close to it. Tommyt's tutorial is more android 1.0 seeing as thats what he builds but yeah its basically the same... Making your own .9.png's using draw9patch... It takes a while to learn but once you get the hang of it youll be able to theme like me lol
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I should have all the tools that I would need (photoshop & android-utility) and have already implemented various modifications to several apk and jar files. My issue is that I can't do much in Photoshop outside of text manipulation and opacity/fill changes. Even then, I managed to successfully modify the pngs, 9-patch and xml files the tutorials I followed said I needed to and successfully recompiled the SystemUI.apk, but none of the changes actually seemed to take.
Basically, I need help from someone who can create the pngs that I need to theme the statusbar and notification bar to resemble GO Launcher, instead of Sense 1.0. I can make the .smali and xml edits myself, provided I have a complete list of the files that I need to edit, but I am likely missing a step that keeps them from showing the changes after the apk is recompiled.
Send me the images and Ill change them to what you want... Yeah what are you using apk_multitool or something? If you modify a .9 image and you recompile it and it doesnt error on the .9 image the .9 should should in your output .apk? make sure your signing your files btw...
ive tried looking everywhere but nothing to be found for aosp..
i need to know is there a way to get rid of the DC and H H+ signs off and have it show 4G for H+ and 4GLTE in replacement of 4G..
i appreciate the help and hope there is something out there for this,
ezsoulja said:
ive tried looking everywhere but nothing to be found for aosp..
i need to know is the to get rid of the DC and H H+ signs off and have it show 4G for H+ and 4GLTE in replacement of 4G..
i appreciate the help and hope there is something out there for this,
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Have you tried Romtool box pro? It helped me get LTE icon for a TW rom. The theme i was using didnt have LTE so Romtoolbox did the trick. Never tried on AOSP
G7Baker said:
Have you tried Romtool box pro? It helped me get LTE icon for a TW rom. The theme i was using didnt have LTE so Romtoolbox did the trick. Never tried on AOSP
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Was able to replace the 4g to 4g Lte but it gets annoying when I lose Lte and it shows h+ lol.. Wish it was a option for h and h+ to change and I'd be set
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ezsoulja said:
Was able to replace the 4g to 4g Lte but it gets annoying when I lose Lte and it shows h+ lol.. Wish it was a option for h and h+ to change and I'd be set
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Read my thead here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35630081#post35630081
I think you can do what you want yourself. Link above is a basic "How To" guide on changing icons in a system apk using Windows "Open Archive" functionality. What this means is you can use this method to edit/swap-out existing image files (png) without having to decompile/recompile the apk. If you need/want to start changing xml files however, you will need to decompile/recompile the apk. But for images, you can create/edit (using a Paint program or similar) existing pngs to your liking... or swap them out for other png files... the trick is to make sure the image dimensions are the same and the file name is EXACTLY the same as the one it is replacing (why? because the xmls are calling those images by file name... so png file names must remain the same as the replaced png).
I think the files you want to replace are:
"H" data icon is "stat_sys_data_connected_h.png" and
"H+" data icon is "stat_sys_data_connected_h_plus.png"
I'm not sure about AOSP roms... but on TW roms, these files are found in SystemUI.apk in the /res/drawable-xhdpi folder. Just read through the guide link above and I think you'll be able to change what you want. Just find a desired replacement png (4G, etc), copy, and rename to the ones above... then follow the guide. Remember: always do a backup first (/system /data etc) in case things go south. You can also make a copy of your current SystemUI.apk (before you change anything) and put it in a safe place (computer, external SD, etc) just in case. Hope this helps.
Hey thats Awesome. I'm at work now but when I get off. Ima go through your TUT.... I found the easy way ouy $2.99 on sale ...lol thanks for your input and TUT.