[TUTORIAL] How to change Android's black background - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

If you ever get bored with the black background in Android, now you can change it by making a few small edits to framework-res.apk/res/values/styles.xml
This will affect MOST of the black background you see in Android (e.g. settings, contacts, mms, installer etc.) with the exception of certain apps that use their on backgrounds (e.g. contacts logs, email etc.).
Difficulty level: Medium
1. Decompile framework-res.apk
2. Navigate to res/values and open styles.xml
3. Locate <style name="Theme">
4. Replace
<item name="colorBackground">@color/background_dark</item>
with
<item name="colorBackground">@color/transparent</item>
5. Replace
<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/screen_background_dark</item>
with
<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/mybackground</item>
6. Locate <style name="Theme.Black" parent="@style/Theme">
7. Replace
<item name="colorBackground">@color/black</item>
with
<item name="colorBackground">@color/transparent</item>
8. Replace
<item name="windowBackground">@color/black</item>
with
<item name="windowBackground">@drawable/mybackground</item>
9. Create a 480x800 png to your liking, name it mybackground.png and place it in drawable-hdpi folder
9. Recompile framework-res.apk
DONE!
Always create a backup before making any modifications!!!

Great job. I wished i had the confidence to do this lol. bu thank you for the info

smccall said:
Great job. I wished i had the confidence to do this lol. bu thank you for the info
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I think it's more intimidating for most people than anything else.

AvatarOfFrost said:
I think it's more intimidating for most people than anything else.
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Any way you can make a video or maybe qbking77 could im more of a visual learner. i would love to learn how Do do this

smccall said:
Great job. I wished i had the confidence to do this lol. bu thank you for the info
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Its really not that hard.... Its time consuming in the beginning with trial and error and nandroid recoveres. But its worth it in the end and the selfsatisfaction feels great. "yes, I figured it out" or "I really can do this". Try and see.
As longa you doa back up you really can't screw it up.
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spdwiz18 said:
Its really not that hard.... Its time consuming in the beginning with trial and error and nandroid recoveres. But its worth it in the end and the selfsatisfaction feels great. "yes, I figured it out" or "I really can do this". Try and see.
As longa you doa back up you really can't screw it up.
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I will give it a whirl.

Mind posting screenies? I'll try if I like what it turns into.
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Updated OP with screenshots.
You might wanna enlarge the ppics too see better as my background is more subtle. I am using the Ice Cream Sandwich texture.

I'd like to know how to successfully make the font color white in the bubbles of mms and change all of the white background images to black and invert it's color so it's white font on black background. The white background with black font is ugly.
And this is definitely nice! I'll give this a shot, too!

Overstew said:
I'd like to know how to successfully make the font color white in the bubbles of mms and change all of the white background images to black and invert it's color so it's white font on black background. The white background with black font is ugly.
And this is definitely nice! I'll give this a shot, too!
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There is no white background in mms.

AvatarOfFrost said:
There is no white background in mms.
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Oops. I meant black font in mms. I was wanting to make the bubble backgrounds black and make the font white.

Great guide. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Tiffany84 said:
Great guide. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
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Speaking of guides, Tiffany how does one change the tab colors at the top of the phone and contacts apk.? I've tried swapping out nearly every PNG I can think of in the framework res.apk, system ui, phone, and contacts apps and still can't get my phone off the stock Samsung blue. Thanks.

fnut6969 said:
Speaking of guides, Tiffany how does one change the tab colors at the top of the phone and contacts apk.? I've tried swapping out nearly every PNG I can think of in the framework res.apk, system ui, phone, and contacts apps and still can't get my phone off the stock Samsung blue. Thanks.
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I've never even looked. My theme is blue so I've always kept it. I'll look and get back to you if someone doesn't give you your answer before hand.

The tabs are located in twframework-res.apk. They are called tw_tab_focused.png and so on.

Thank you, that probably explains why nothing happens when I switch out the PNG's in system UI.

AvatarOfFrost said:
The tabs are located in twframework-res.apk. They are called tw_tab_focused.png and so on.
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Your information was spot on got most everything swapped out, thanks again.
If I could borrow your expertise again would you know where the files are located in the attached photo. They mostly show up in contacts even though I swapped out the dialer and contacts apps from Crysis21's SensatioN ROM?

fnut6969 said:
Your information was spot on got most everything swapped out, thanks again.
If I could borrow your expertise again would you know where the files are located in the attached photo. They mostly show up in contacts even though I swapped out the dialer and contacts apps from Crysis21's SensatioN ROM?
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framework-res
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PhantomHacker said:
framework-res
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Thank you, I must be overlooking something I'll just go through it more carefully.

For the life of me I can't get the Framework to recompile successfully. Even if I don't make any changes. I used this guide. Is there a better way to do it?

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[Q] To themers: name of an image

Trying to theme my status bar dropdown, and it's driving me insane.
I replaced the quicksettings and clear notifications icons, but when pressing them they get a green overlay.
Right now I'm trying to find out where this is controlled. Must be one of the .xmls or in smali, but so far I had no luck finding anything.
Anyone else know where to look?
KamikaZeeFu said:
Trying to theme my status bar dropdown, and it's driving me insane.
I replaced the quicksettings and clear notifications icons, but when pressing them they get a green overlay.
Right now I'm trying to find out where this is controlled. Must be one of the .xmls or in smali, but so far I had no luck finding anything.
Anyone else know where to look?
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I'm facing the same dillema. I bet it's in smali somewhere... if we're lucky it calls the RGB value from an XML we can change somewhere.
NRGZ28 said:
I'm facing the same dillema. I bet it's in smali somewhere... if we're lucky it calls the RGB value from an XML we can change somewhere.
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I checked most of the xmls in systemui and had no luck finding anything. If it calls an xml, then it most likely sits in com.htc.resources.apk which would suck :/
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KamikaZeeFu said:
Trying to theme my status bar dropdown, and it's driving me insane.
I replaced the quicksettings and clear notifications icons, but when pressing them they get a green overlay.
Right now I'm trying to find out where this is controlled. Must be one of the .xmls or in smali, but so far I had no luck finding anything.
Anyone else know where to look?
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It's skinned blue in our Rom so its not in resources. I'm pretty sure it's in framework-res.apk values/colors.xml. holo_green_light & holo_green_dark
But to be sure I'll ask our lead dev sergio tomorrow.
rayford85 said:
It's skinned blue in our Rom so its not in resources. I'm pretty sure it's in framework-res.apk values/colors.xml. holo_green_light & holo_green_dark
But to be sure I'll ask our lead dev sergio tomorrow.
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Thanks I'll give it a try
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since it will be changed if one applies a HTC Sense theme, and the Matte theme for instance has a blue on pressed color i did a quick apktool d Matte.apk
i found no graphics file inside but i found this inside /res/values/colors.xml
Code:
<color name="overlay_color">#ff0087b4</color>
endursa said:
since it will be changed if one applies a HTC Sense theme, and the Matte theme for instance has a blue on pressed color i did a quick apktool d Matte.apk
i found no graphics file inside but i found this inside /res/values/colors.xml
Code:
<color name="overlay_color">#ff0087b4</color>
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Yeah it doesn't do what we want it to do though
I found it's easier to just put all your changes in a skin that's already got blue highlights, such as aluminum or matte. Now if I could only get rid of the black clock in the Matte theme I'd be golden!
endursa said:
since it will be changed if one applies a HTC Sense theme, and the Matte theme for instance has a blue on pressed color i did a quick apktool d Matte.apk
i found no graphics file inside but i found this inside /res/values/colors.xml
Code:
<color name="overlay_color">#ff0087b4</color>
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Nice catch, too bad that the default skin is com.htc.resources.apk, which can't really be edited atm until apktool is updated.
Edit: with your hint I think it's "<color name="multiply_color">#ff00beff</color>" under values/colors.xml. for stock HTC theme, I think it's in SystemUI.apk, trying it out now.
Edit2: yup, that's the value that colors the icon on press . Editing SystemUI.apk is enough. Bear in mind that the color gets overlaid as a multiply layer (think Photoshop)
Yeah that makes sense with the multiply overlay
It was late yesterday when i posted my findings :-D
- One X -

Why are all my notifications grey?

Its really ugly. But aside from being ugly its confusing, my text, whatsapp, voicemail, missed call, update and whatever else all have grey icons in the notification bar and don't stand out like they did on every past phone. Ive never had this with any past android (also never had an android with 4.0 or higher).
Is this just the way the nexus looks?
It looks like this on both ICS and JB
It's just the design aesthetic that Google is going for on Android 4.0 and 4.1, and its pretty easy to see how it fits in with the whole design of the OS. I think it looks sleek and streamlined.
The icons aren't all the same though... they actually look different lol. Just because they're gray doesn't mean they are the same. I'm not confused when I see a GMail and a Google Voice message in my status bar.
Some people are just never happy...
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Zeinzu said:
Some people are just never happy...
Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
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I second that. Don't see how anyone could possibly find notifications confusing... I think it's sleek looking as well... Oh well.
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I'm sorry but what???
Goggle is actually TRYING to make it simple. So they made it simple and cleaner. Gary & white.
And I like it.
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Pepper67 said:
Its really ugly. But aside from being ugly its confusing, my text, whatsapp, voicemail, missed call, update and whatever else all have grey icons in the notification bar and don't stand out like they did on every past phone. Ive never had this with any past android (also never had an android with 4.0 or higher).
Is this just the way the nexus looks?
It looks like this on both ICS and JB
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It's a matter of taste. I actually prefer it, instead of a row of colorful notifiation icons.
Okay so its a google thing. Good to know it was done on purpose.
I never said they were all the same icon or that I couldnt tell the difference, just that they blend in together at a glance.
But hey to each their own, if people love this then they thought the old way was ugly I guess.
More importantly, does anyone know of a rom or something that lets you change it?
thanks
Pepper67 said:
Okay so its a google thing. Good to know it was done on purpose.
I never said they were all the same icon or that I couldnt tell the difference, just that they blend in together at a glance.
But hey to each their own, if people love this then they thought the old way was ugly I guess.
More importantly, does anyone know of a rom or something that lets you change it?
thanks
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There are ICS themes for jellybean. U just need CM10.
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I do this edit for myself all the time, like OP I find it hard (that's what she said) to see what specific icon it is in daylight.
Decompile systemUI.apk
Navigate to SystemUI.apk\res\values
Open dimens.xml
change from:
Code:
<item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha">65.0%</item>
change to:
Code:
<item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha">100.0%</item>
compile and enjoy bright icons.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
I do this edit for myself all the time, like OP I find it hard (that's what she said) to see what specific icon it is in daylight.
Decompile systemUI.apk
Navigate to SystemUI.apk\res\values
Open dimens.xml
change from:
Code:
<item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha">65.0%</item>
change to:
Code:
<item type="dimen" name="status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha">100.0%</item>
compile and enjoy bright icons.
good day.
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I know this post is kind of old, but what if I wanted to brighten/change the color of the vibrate icon or the alarm icon? I implemented the change you mentioned but it only brightened the icons on the left side of the status bar. Thanks
mrpink10 said:
I know this post is kind of old, but what if I wanted to brighten/change the color of the vibrate icon or the alarm icon? I implemented the change you mentioned but it only brightened the icons on the left side of the status bar. Thanks
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Those are images in systemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi. stat_sys_alarm, stat_sys_ringer_silent, stat_sys_ringer_vibrate.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
Those are images in systemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi. stat_sys_alarm, stat_sys_ringer_silent, stat_sys_ringer_vibrate.
good day.
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Hmm, yeah those images are already white in the systemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi folder, but in the status bar of the phone they look grey. I didn't know if there was some kind of "resolution" thing going on, similar to the other icons you mentioned before. Anyways, thanks for your help.
mrpink10 said:
Hmm, yeah those images are already white in the systemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi folder, but in the status bar of the phone they look grey. I didn't know if there was some kind of "resolution" thing going on, similar to the other icons you mentioned before. Anyways, thanks for your help.
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That's because those images have transparency to them that makes them appear grey. In the screen cap on the left is the stock icon compared to a solid white icon.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
That's because those images have transparency to them that makes them appear grey. In the screen cap on the left is the stock icon compared to a solid white icon.
good day.
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Yep, I just discovered that messing around in Paint.net. Thanks for your quick responses.

Modifying Dialer & Contacts Silhouettes

I'm trying to do a little theming with the phone dialer & contacts so I thought I'd start out with some easier ones like the dialer & contacts Silhouettes (see screenshots).
BTW, what used to be SecPhone.apk is now system/priv-app/SecTeleservice.apk. The silhouette images are there and I can change them out but there is no change in the dialer and contacts (contacts.apk changed too btw).
Any of you brainy themers out there can help with this one?
Tnx - TD
How to remove Banner from incall screen:
(Examples in attached screenshots 3 & 4)
Change only the values in InCallUI.apk/res/values/colors.xml to match:
Code:
<color name="incall_call_banner_active_bg">#00000000</color>
<color name="incall_call_banner_disconnect_bg">#00000000</color>
<color name="incall_call_banner_incoming_bg">#00000000</color>
<color name="incall_call_banner_onhold_bg">#00000000</color>
<color name="incall_call_banner_default_bg">#00000000</color>
tdunham said:
I'm trying to do a little theming with the phone dialer & contacts so I thought I'd start out with some easier ones like the dialer & contacts Silhouettes (see screenshots).
BTW, what used to be SecPhone.apk is now system/priv-app/SecTeleservice.apk. The silhouette images are there and I can change them out but there is no change in the dialer and contacts (contacts.apk changed too btw).
Any of you brainy themers out there can help with this one?
Tnx - TD
Update:
Moderators - I do realize this is a 'question' but please be kind enough to leave this post in Themes & Apps thread as we find a resolution.
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Looks good so far! Definitely diggin' the black n blue themed contacts. Would be awesome if you could black out the dialer!
Joe0113 said:
Looks good so far! Definitely diggin' the black n blue themed contacts.
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Ahh yes, I'm importing a theme from a Note 3. The image sizes are very similarly sized and I've used this guys work before. It's pretty awesome if I can figure out the file differences. Our 4.4.2 is totally different than the other builds out there.
I think the file we need to deal with is called InCallUI.apk. I side-tracked a little though because I'm trying to repair the InCallUI file so it will fully recompile so I can try removing the call banner because that method is not working an longer either.
tdunham said:
Ahh yes, I'm importing a theme from a Note 3. The image sizes are very similarly sized and I've used this guys work before. It's pretty awesome if I can figure out the file differences. Our 4.4.2 is totally different than the other builds out there.
I think the file we need to deal with is called InCallUI.apk. I side-tracked a little though because I'm trying to repair the InCallUI file so it will fully recompile so I can try removing the call banner because that method is not working an longer either.
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Yes I believe you are correct, InCallUI and SecTeleservice are the main APKs for phone/contacts now.
What do you mean by "removing the call banner"?
Joe0113 said:
Yes I believe you are correct, InCallUI and SecTeleservice are the main APKs for phone/contacts now.
What do you mean by "removing the call banner"?
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An example of the call banner is that large green banner at the top of the screenshots I posted for the in-call screen. It changes color depending on the call status but I hate it, want it gone and prefer the full screen display without it. If I get it working, I'll post a screenshot so you can see the difference.
tdunham said:
An example of the call banner is that large green banner at the top of the screenshots I posted for the in-call screen. It changes color depending on the call status but I hate it, want it gone and prefer the full screen display without it. If I get it working, I'll post a screenshot so you can see the difference.
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Ok sounds good!
tdunham said:
An example of the call banner is that large green banner at the top of the screenshots I posted for the in-call screen. It changes color depending on the call status but I hate it, want it gone and prefer the full screen display without it. If I get it working, I'll post a screenshot so you can see the difference.
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looking right now brotha....On the S4 the Call Banner was in res-Values-Colors.xml and was incall_call_banner_in_call_background...which i always made Transparent
Sammy moved a TON of stuff around and has throw myself oiff a bit too lol.
Im just a little over halfway with my stuff, but still working on the COntacts and Dialer
GImme one sec, lemme see if i can track it down real quick
EDIT....YWait....are talking about the GReen in the SS? or the In cAll banner when your in an actual call? THere is a Banner for "In Call" and "End Call" which is in the Colors XML in the TeleService apk. THat will get rid of the Banner there, which i reall Dislike. If your trying to get rid of that Ugly green, thats an image
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looking right now brotha....On the S4 the Call Banner was in res-Values-Colors.xml and was incall_call_banner_in_call_background...which i always made Transparent
Sammy moved a TON of stuff around and has throw myself oiff a bit too lol.
Im just a little over halfway with my stuff, but still working on the COntacts and Dialer
GImme one sec, lemme see if i can track it down real quick
EDIT....YWait....are talking about the GReen in the SS? or the In cAll banner when your in an actual call?
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I already tried the colors.xml edit in SecTeleService and it did not work so I'm going to give it a shot with InCallUI here in a bit.
reverepats said:
EDIT....YWait....are talking about the GReen in the SS? or the In cAll banner when your in an actual call?
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That SS is the incall screen. Is there another one?
tdunham said:
That SS is the incall screen. Is there another one?
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NO, your right..SOrry i might have confused ya lol. Some Edits need to be chnage, like icons and such, which have a label of "End Call" rather than "In Call"...
Interesting, some icons changed when I morphed incallui but still the silhouettes are the same. I'll have to go through the drawables and make sure the filenames are the same but I think they are.
tdunham said:
Interesting, some icons changed when I morphed incallui but still the silhouettes are the same. I'll have to go through the drawables and make sure the filenames are the same but I think they are.
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i hate using morphs...Honestly....It sounds Real Stupid (Especially today) but i stopped Morphing images a long time ago. Some apks dont seem to like em, but VRTheme seemed to work pretty good on the Note 3 i heard....
You using VRTheme?
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tdunham said:
Interesting, some icons changed when I morphed incallui but still the silhouettes are the same. I'll have to go through the drawables and make sure the filenames are the same but I think they are.
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i know how to REPAIR the InCallUI apk
Have you done that yet? You'll get the usuall "appt" errors, but it will recompile
HERE
Go To InCallUI>res>values-es>strings.xml
Then go to Line 544 and you'll see this: <string name="throttle_time_frame_subtext">"%1$d% del ciclo transcurrido.
Remove the last Percent sign from this "%1$d%" and make it this "%1$d"
InCallUI will now Recompile..You'll get the usual "appt" errors but it will be fine.
reverepats said:
i hate using morphs...Honestly....It sounds Real Stupid (Especially today) but i stopped Morphing images a long time ago. Some apks dont seem to like em, but VRTheme seemed to work pretty good on the Note 3 i heard....
You using VRTheme?
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I only use the term 'Morph' as an acronym. I really do use VRTheme. The real Morph template does not play well with TWRP but seems to be ok in Philz but I stopped using it because of that.
Alright, looks like I found all the images for the silhouettes are new filenames in the callui file. I think I better resize all of them to make sure they are happy as well. That's going to take me a little while... I'll report back in later.
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i know how to REPAIR the InCallUI apk
Have you done that yet? You'll get the usuall "appt" errors, but it will recompile
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Yes, repaired it already. Tnx.
tdunham said:
Yes, repaired it already. Tnx.
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ohh sorry lol, ok nevermind, i was just reading one of your previous posts...My bad!!
Ok, I'm getting there.
I still don't have proper images for contact silhouette images though for some reason.
Got rid of the banners as well.
tdunham said:
Ok, I'm getting there.
I still don't have proper images for contact silhouette images though for some reason.
Got rid of the banners as well.
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I gotcha. I'm gonna be home in an hour or so. If you want, you csn DL one of themes from the sprint S4 for a reference if you'd like. I gotta do this all myself today, so I'm gonna take it in a bit. There is a Contacts apk, just can't remember the correct file name off hand, but the contact photo will definately be there.
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reverepats said:
I gotcha. I'm gonna be home in an hour or so. If you want, you csn DL one of themes from the sprint S4 for a reference if you'd like. I gotta do this all myself today, so I'm gonna take it in a bit. There is a Contacts apk, just can't remember the correct file name off hand, but the contact photo will definately be there.
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Great the avatar icons are killing me (the ones for the contacts/call logs/favorites). The only ones I can find are in SecSettings believe it or not but replacing them does not help.
Plus, I need a fresh set of eyes.
I posted a little guide on the OP to remove the banner from the call screens.
It is different than previous versions btw.
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I posted a little guide on the OP to remove the banner from the call screens.
It is different than previous versions btw.
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I actually like the banner. Would be cool if it was blue when connected and then red when ended though haha.
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[Theme] Sprint ND8 4.4.2 Stock Elegant White Theme [Updated 6/4]

Hey guys. Here's an Elegant White Theme for the new Sprint ND8 update. I thought I'd share it here since there were some folks who liked it back on MK3. There are a few minor little things that are still wip, since Samsung changed some things around in the ND8 framework. All icons are from stock TW but I'm working on another zip which will include icons from the WPX MK3 roms. Thanks to @bilgerryan, @dazednconfused and the rest of TeamWicked for allowing me to use them. I hope you all enjoy.
Included Apk's
framework
twframework
SecSettings
SecMms
SecContacts_OSup
SecPhone
SecNoteMyFiles
SecLauncher2
MusicPlayerWT
SecGallery2013 - wip
ClockPackage_OSup
MusicCommonUtility
SecBrowser_SPR
SecDownloadProviderUi_2
JobManager
SecCalendar_NAmerica
SamsungIME
SamsungCamera​
Make sure to back up your existing rom. Download zip and place in either internal or external sdcard. Boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik cache and install zip.
Download link:
6/4 V2: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358542721​ 5/29 V1: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358540121​
5/31 Updated SecSettings - Now included in V2
Fixes wifi connection dialog text
Push to system/priv-app, change permissions to rw-r-r and reboot
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358540473
Changelog:
V1
Initial release
V2
Corrected some menu dropdown panels, menu hardkey panels and texts which affect 3rd party apps.
Corrected texts affected when installing certain Wanam mods
Includes S5 Mms
Reserved for screenshots
Great job.I was waiting for this
mholloway said:
Great job.I was waiting for this
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Thanks man. It's been a little frustrating trying to get this one to look just like the MK3 release. Samsung changed a few things around in framework. I haven't been able to figure out one text in particular because it definitely affects the text in some 3rd party apps. As always, thanks for supporting the theme!
nyfl2004 said:
Thanks man. It's been a little frustrating trying to get this one to look just like the MK3 release. Samsung changed a few things around in framework. I haven't been able to figure out one text in particular because it definitely affects the text in some 3rd party apps. As always, thanks for supporting the theme!
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Can you tell me where and what file changes the settings background.
edit -reason I am asking I have a white carbon fiber pic .maybe can be used instead of just white.?
mholloway said:
Can you tell me where and what file changes the settings background.
edit -reason I am asking I have a white carbon fiber pic .maybe can be used instead of just white.?
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No problem. Go into framework-res/drawable and look for the following 2 xml's: tw_screen_background_selector_dark and tw_screen_background_selector_light. You can also control them in framework-res//res/values/styles.xml.
Edit: Those 2 xml's will actually direct you to "tw_background_holo_dark" and "tw_background_holo_light". Since you want to use a png image, you're going to have to add your png to the drawable folder and then edit the following xml lines:
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_dark/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#ff000000" /> change this this line to the name of your png. Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_light/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#ffffffff" /> change this line to the name of your png
Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
nyfl2004 said:
No problem. Go into framework-res/drawable and look for the following 2 xml's: tw_screen_background_selector_dark and tw_screen_background_selector_light. You can also control them in framework-res//res/values/styles.xml.
Edit: Those 2 xml's will actually direct you to "tw_background_holo_dark" and "tw_background_holo_light". Since you want to use a png image, you're going to have to add your png to the drawable folder and then edit the following xml lines:
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_dark/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/screen_background_dark" android:state_accelerated="false" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/tw_background_holo_dark" /> change this line to the name of your png
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_light/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/screen_background_light" android:state_accelerated="false" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/tw_background_holo_light" /> change this line to the name of your png
</selector>
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Man... thanks.
mholloway said:
Can you tell me where and what file changes the settings background.
edit -reason I am asking I have a white carbon fiber pic .maybe can be used instead of just white.?
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Wow, what a mess I made of that. It should be correct now. Sorry for all the changes..
Edit: This is what it should look like..
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_dark/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#ff000000" /> change this this line to the name of your png. Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_light/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<solid android:color="#ffffffff" /> change this line to the name of your png
Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
nyfl2004 said:
Wow, what a mess I made of that. It should be correct now. Sorry for all the changes..
Edit: This is what it should look like..
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_dark/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
change this this line to the name of your png. Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
framework-res/drawable/tw_background_holo_light/
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
change this line to the name of your png
Example: "@drawable/framework_background"
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What do you use to edit the xml. Notepad++ ? It won't doit for me.just opens to one line across the top in notepad++.???
This is the pic
mholloway said:
What do you use to edit the xml. Notepad++ ? It won't doit for me.just opens to one line across the top in notepad++.???
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Yes, I always use Notepad++. Do you have a screenshot?
Of the pic .already posted it above
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mholloway said:
What do you use to edit the xml. Notepad++ ? It won't doit for me.just opens to one line across the top in notepad++.???
This is the pic
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Give me a little bit. I'll give it a shot. The Heat game is on. They're destroying Indiana...
nyfl2004 said:
Give me a little bit. I'll give it a shot. The Heat game is on. They're destroying Indiana...
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Lol.ok cool.I appreciate that.
Awesome work buddy. 2nd time doing the hardest theme. Glad you kept at it. You must know every line and PNG in this theme by heart by now. Too notch.
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Thebear j koss said:
Awesome work buddy. 2nd time doing the hardest theme. Glad you kept at it. You must know every line and PNG in this theme by heart by now. Too notch.
[email protected]'$ [email protected]@XY- Screw the Canadiens
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Thanks brother. It's definitely gotten easier this time around. Although, Samsung got a little tricky with this release. I think they were a little peeved that we managed to invert MK3. Lol
mholloway said:
Lol.ok cool.I appreciate that.
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Here you go brother. I hope this is helps.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kcfrju178fhgcu1/framework-res.apk
nyfl2004 said:
Here you go brother. I hope this is helps.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kcfrju178fhgcu1/framework-res.apk
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Your awesome.I will download and check it out.thank you.
mholloway said:
Your awesome.I will download and check it out.thank you.
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No worries man. I'll hit you up with some thanks tomorrow. No more left for today. Lol
nyfl2004 said:
No worries man. I'll hit you up with some thanks tomorrow. No more left for today. Lol
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No need to give me thanks.
Not bad.I maybe should of got a different white carbon pic, but still I think is awesome. Thanks again.this is cool.
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Thanks, loving the theme...
Can can you use S5 mms, phone in the next version?
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Enabling AOSP StatusBar SignalCluster in stock Sense rom

I tend to be more of a lurker than anything else around here, but I've wasted enough time on my own so here's my question.
Basically I want AOSP style (filled in) signal and wifi icons on my stock HTC 10. It seems that there is only one substratum/layers theme for this, and the icons are in png format rather than xml and don't look quite right, so that's a no go.
Upon decompiling stock SystemUI (currently using US Unlocked 2.28.617.8 firmware) it looks like HTC left the AOSP resources in /res/drawable, named stat_sys_wifi_(whatever) and stat_sys_signal_(whatever) but they never get loaded. Instead it looks like /systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar loads up /systemui/statusbar/policy/HTCGenericNetworkController which references the lame png icons located in /res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4. Can anyone familiar with editing smali give me some pointers? I've tried several edits but they fail horribly each time. Also if there's an easier way I'm all ears. Attached is a zip of my decompiled SystemUI for convenience. Thanks!
skyhawkrr said:
I tend to be more of a lurker than anything else around here, but I've wasted enough time on my own so here's my question.
Basically I want AOSP style (filled in) signal and wifi icons on my stock HTC 10. It seems that there is only one substratum/layers theme for this, and the icons are in png format rather than xml and don't look quite right, so that's a no go.
Upon decompiling stock SystemUI (currently using US Unlocked 2.28.617.8 firmware) it looks like HTC left the AOSP resources in /res/drawable, named stat_sys_wifi_(whatever) and stat_sys_signal_(whatever) but they never get loaded. Instead it looks like /systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar loads up /systemui/statusbar/policy/HTCGenericNetworkController which references the lame png icons located in /res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4. Can anyone familiar with editing smali give me some pointers? I've tried several edits but they fail horribly each time. Also if there's an easier way I'm all ears. Attached is a zip of my decompiled SystemUI for convenience. Thanks!
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/system/customize/ACC/default.xml
change those lines, so they look like:
<item type="integer" name="signal_icon_level_cdma">4</item>
<item type="integer" name="signal_icon_level_gsm">4</item>
stock value should be 5
j to the 4n said:
/system/customize/ACC/default.xml
change those lines, so they look like:
<item type="integer" name="signal_icon_level_cdma">4</item>
<item type="integer" name="signal_icon_level_gsm">4</item>
stock value should be 5
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Thanks for replying! I made those edits and it did switch the signal to 4 instead of 5 bars, but is there any way to have the whole triangle filled in? Same for wifi, just like on an aosp/cm/lineage based rom. I'll keep digging around in that default.xml though
skyhawkrr said:
Thanks for replying! I made those edits and it did switch the signal to 4 instead of 5 bars, but is there any way to have the whole triangle filled in? Same for wifi, just like on an aosp/cm/lineage based rom. I'll keep digging around in that default.xml though
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mhhh, on Android M it showed the AOSP icons...what was the stock setting for sprint.
I changed it to 5 there intstead, so our statusbar theming engine works.
Not sure if you are into custom roms, but we have a feature to apply custom icons/icon sets to the statusbar.
skyhawkrr said:
I tend to be more of a lurker than anything else around here, but I've wasted enough time on my own so here's my question.
Basically I want AOSP style (filled in) signal and wifi icons on my stock HTC 10. It seems that there is only one substratum/layers theme for this, and the icons are in png format rather than xml and don't look quite right, so that's a no go.
Upon decompiling stock SystemUI (currently using US Unlocked 2.28.617.8 firmware) it looks like HTC left the AOSP resources in /res/drawable, named stat_sys_wifi_(whatever) and stat_sys_signal_(whatever) but they never get loaded. Instead it looks like /systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar loads up /systemui/statusbar/policy/HTCGenericNetworkController which references the lame png icons located in /res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4. Can anyone familiar with editing smali give me some pointers? I've tried several edits but they fail horribly each time. Also if there's an easier way I'm all ears. Attached is a zip of my decompiled SystemUI for convenience. Thanks!
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It's probably not the method you're looking for, but I'm also a fan of the solid look, so I just drew the icons in that style and swapped them in /res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4. You're welcome to them if you want (attached).
j to the 4n said:
mhhh, on Android M it showed the AOSP icons...what was the stock setting for sprint.
I changed it to 5 there intstead, so our statusbar theming engine works.
Not sure if you are into custom roms, but we have a feature to apply custom icons/icon sets to the statusbar.
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I see. Well I tried the magisk version of Viper and it was pretty neat but even using an icon pack the spacing was a little off. Oh well...
itiskonrad said:
It's probably not the method you're looking for, but I'm also a fan of the solid look, so I just drew the icons in that style and swapped them in /res/drawable-xxxhdpi-v4. You're welcome to them if you want (attached).
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Thanks! I might just use these for the time being until I figure out another way. The thing that drives me nuts is how even with edited icons Sense just gets the scaling and spacing of the icons totally wrong I would just flash Lineage but I don't want to break SafetyNet

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