I'm trying to do a little theming but have run into a bit of a roadblock...which is probably because I don't know where to look.
I'm trying to mod the signal strength icons and cannot seem to locate where they are in this phone. Modding the OG Evo, they were located in SystemUI.apk. I've downloaded a few Roms on the dev side and none have this apk. Is there another location? Or are the roms I've downloaded just not included it?
Framework- res.apk I think.
im pretty sure there are more signal icons in systemUI.apk located in system/app
I was looking in the wrong place...as usual. Thanks
Related
I have searched everywhere trying to find a way to change the signal bars. I want either the four bars like the dinc or the five bars that show up before they chnge to six. I tried metamorph but it wasn't working right for me. i just really hate the six bar look. I'm currently on mikfroyo 4.3 and really like everything about the rom and only want to change the signal bars everything else is perfect.
Try CM7? I am running it and I have a 4 bar signal icon...
dman4915 said:
I have searched everywhere trying to find a way to change the signal bars. I wat either the four bars like the dinc or the five bars that show uo before they chnge to six. I tried metemorph but it wasn't working right for me. i just really hate the six bar look. I'm currently on mikfroyo 4.3 and really like everything about the rom and only want to change the signal bars everything else is perfect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You'll have to edit some PNGs in your framework. Although its not really 4 bars, it will just appear that way.
You can find the zip of your rom that you flashed, mikfroyo. Open it with WinRAR, or something similiar. Look in /system/framework/ for com.htc.resources.apk. Extract that to somewhere you will remember. Then open up that framework file with the same program you used above and look for drawable-hdpi. Look for the cmda radio signal pngs and swap in the ones you want. If you want to only use 4, then you can use the same signal for a few. Then put that drawable-hdpi folder back in the /system/framework directory from your ..resources.apk. This will overwrite the old one. Then push it with ADB. If you're not familiar there are a bunch of guides on xda here.
I have seen a couple themes (one of which I made a while back) for sense using the gingerbread status bar icons and those themes usually do the edit mentioned above to make it appear as 4 bars even though it is reporting more. I can easily whip this up for you if you need help, I just need to know exactly which ROM you are using.
Thanks for the replies. I have tried cm7 and I just can't get used to the stock android look. I just really like sense and the mikfroyo roms.
I am on mikfoyo v4.30. It would be awesome if you could help me out with that. I want to learn how to do the editing but I need to find a way to do it with my macbook.
How many does it have now and what color are they?
it has six bars and they are green
Im not running that ROM so I cant test the colors or look of it compared to the rest of the ROM but here is my best shot at it. Just flash that zip from the recovery screen and always make a nandroid backup first.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3000044/KspecKustom-HTCresources_for_Mik4.3.zip
Man I really appreciate that brandnek that looks a 100% better than the 6 bars. It looks great it's exactly what i was wanting
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?
i have some icons that i want to make for notification icons on my desire. i am totally rubbish with paint / photoshop and have tried many times already to learn. all i want is the icons resized and colour added to show the different phases of the signal / 3g and 4g signal. if anyone would like to help me reach my goal either reply to the thread or pm me. thanks.......................sudeki300
Have you looked at UOT Kitchen? there are some to choose from.
yes that was the first place i looked and was hoping i could just upload the icons there but it needs to already be an apk file such as systemUI.apk. so i'll still need the icons resized and rejigged then put it back into the apk file before uot kitchen can do it's magic.......................sudeki300
@ sirtagada, here the icons i was talking about............................sudeki300
Ok, what colours do you want for signal 3g and 4g?
And how many icons for each one?
I was wondering if there is an easy way for me to see which of the icons under the SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi folder are actually used in my rom? I am going to modify the colors but notice that a bunch of those are not even used.
I noticed that I can do that with the UOT kitchen, but when I installed the new SystemUI.apk not all of the icons were changed to the color I put in. So, I figured I will just go in and do it manually. It will be a learning experience anyway.
I am just getting into customizing and it is pretty fun. As long as I don't screw it up too much.
Thanks,
Jeff
My suggestion would be to grab another theme for the rom you are running, from an established themer, and rip the drawable-hdpi folder out of that SystemUI.apk to see what they have themed. Also helps in pointing out those real pesky icons that you only rarely see but are used.
oh.. and keep an eye out for those crazy .9png's!!!
Does anyone know how I can install the stock 2.3.4 signal icons, the connection indicators and the signal bars. I have Batista ROM but I don't really like the icons that it brings. And I don't want to change the whole theme. Thanks.
soulja30589 said:
Does anyone know how I can install the stock 2.3.4 signal icons, the connection indicators and the signal bars. I have Batista ROM but I don't really like the icons that it brings. And I don't want to change the whole theme. Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In systemui.apk, just open it in archive with 7zip and their in res/drawable-hdpi and drop the ones you want to replace in there(must be named the same and size )
brought to you by the little voices in my head
dased14 said:
In systemui.apk, just open it in archive with 7zip and their in res/drawable-hdpi and drop the ones you want to replace in there(must be named the same and size )
brought to you by the little voices in my head
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks mate