quick question:
I downloaded an icon pack which is a zip folder I want to use it with out installing one icon at a time in ADW icon edit settings. My question is can i unpack this folder with Root explorer and move it to the folder where the icons are store for ADW so the I can use them to theme the entire thing all at once.
thanks in advance
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Just gonna post this here because im confused of where to post in the main forums because i never use them......but im wondering......with the latest Launcher Pro.......where in the helllll do you install a downloaded icon pack to be able to select it from the theme menu in preferences? I cant find the location anywhere in root explorer.........i cant even find anything about launcher pro in general in there
Once you download a pack from the market(I guess), the pack(s) should be in
/data/app and it should be in Preferences>Themes>Icon packs
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Yep = once you download a compatible Theme / Icons , they will show up under Theme Settings > Icon Pack
You can find tons of free icon / text packs as zip files searching with google. Download, unzip, transfer the png / image files to your sd card and long press anything on the app drawer or press the default icon when adding a shortcut and choose "custom icon" and pick anything from the gallery or whatever file explorer you use.......
You can find a quite large selection of files at launcherpro.droidicon.com also
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Alkah0liK said:
You can find tons of free icon / text packs as zip files searching with google. Download, unzip, transfer the png / image files to your sd card and long press anything on the app drawer or press the default icon when adding a shortcut and choose "custom icon" and pick anything from the gallery or whatever file explorer you use.......
You can find a quite large selection of files at launcherpro.droidicon.com also
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That's what I have done. I have probably about 2000 different icons on my sdcard.
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did have a totally bog standard (stock) desire hd til yesterday, then i decided to root it and installed Revolution on my phone.
I've been using Desktop Visulizer to change icons on my main screen, but does anyone know how i can go changing the icons in the app drawer??
Any help....much appreciated.
matt
Install root explorer, go to system/app and pull any apk u want to change the icon of, open archive of the apk (with 7zip, winrar, etc), find the icon png and edit to your taste, save your changes and update archive, put back the apk file and reboot your phone.
u can find the icon png in res/drawable-hdpi folder
I recently received my Galaxy Nexus - and love it!
My idea was to keep it as stock as possible, but I wanted to change the look and feel to be more minimal, without having to install a non-stock launcher or use a different ROM. (The inspiration for this came from Nitroz's 'Black Exodus' theme.)
Phone : Galaxy Nexus, Rooted, now with a slightly modified stock ICS 4.0.2
There were a number of posts all around the Internet that led me in the right direction. To the cast of thousands who shared their information - Thank You!! The instructions below are just a compilation of the work already out there, but hopefully as they are in one place they will speed things up if you want to do this.
I am assuming that any future OTA updates will reset this.
Instructions for a Newbie (like me)
Requires :
One Rooted Galaxy Nexus
Way of getting files on and off the phone - I am using ES File Explorer
7-Zip on a PC
The new icons
The icons are located in the APK files located in the \system\apps folder.
To change the SMS icon
On the phone
Backup the original \system\apps\mms.apk file
Copy the \system\apps\mms.apk to a PC with 7-ZIP installed
On the PC
Open with 7-Zip (DO NOT EXTRACT)
Change to the res\mipmap-xhdpi folder
Drag and drop the new PNG file (ic_launcher_smsmms.png) over top the old one.
Copy the APK file back to \system\apps on the phone
The phone does not require a reset, but you will need to add the icons back.
To change the Contacts and Phone icons
These are located in the \system\apps\contacts.apk.
Folder - res\mipmap-xhdpi
Files - ic_launcher_phone.png, and ic_launcher_contacts.png
To change the Browser icon
These are located in the \system\apps\BrowserGoogle.apk.
Folder - res\mipmap-xhdpi
File - ic_launcher_browser.png
To change the App Drawer icon
These are located in the \system\apps\launcher2.apk.
Folder - \res\drawable-xhdpi\
File - ic_allapps.png
Removing the line above the App Doc
The file from the phone to edit is \system\apps\launcher2.apk.
On the PC create a blank file called hotseat_track_holo.9.png.
Overwrite the file in the /res/drawable-xhdpi directory of laucher2.apk
Just a thought, but Nova Launcher looks exactly like the stock launcher, but you can change the icons to whatevery .png you want directly from the homescreen. They will remain even after updates to the app. It's entirely up to you, but i thought that might save you a ton of work
And save myself 2 days of pain and frustration?? ;-) It was a good learning exersize, although when the config gets nuked by an update, and I don't have the time to play, I will look at using a different launcher. Thanks for highlighting Nova as an option.
Hello guys,
I'm trying to change my app drawer icon in (stock) ics 4.0.4. I realy dont like the original and dont want to use a launcher.
I replaced the .png in the Home.apk / res / drawable-hdpi and drawable-mdpi. All with the same name then the originals.
Then placed it back to Sytem/app with root explorer.
Renamed the old stock Home.apk and reboot.
After reboot its still the stock icon and it works normal. Only thing i have to do is put widgets again on home screen.
How is it possible that the stock icon appairs even if i deleted the .png from /drawable?
And whats the correct way to change it?
Many thanks
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I'm completely new to the android scene just want to know the procedure on downloading icon packs from here on the forum to my G3 phone like for example I want to download icon from seriously crazy how do I do that?
Download the zip
Unzip it and save it somewhere
They are in png format
Now if you use any 3rd party launcher e.g Nova, put the app on your desktop and long press to edit icon. Now choose gallery/quickpic to choose the folder and your choice of icon.
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