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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ragin said:
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.)
Spike_M said:
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
EarlZ said:
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.
skiddhard said:
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.
ragin said:
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.
skiddhard said:
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.
ragin said:
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
EarlZ said:
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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skiddhard said:
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.
EarlZ said:
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.
Does anyone know of a good notification bar mod that will display EVDO and 1 X RTT? I know Calkulin's rom has that as part of the rom. I was just wondering if knows if something like this is out there. I would like to add it to my rom.
any ideas?
klquicksall said:
any ideas?
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theres an app for that...
edit: not what i was looking for.. but.. Mobile Signal Widget
I would like some insight on how I would go about changing one of the button's on the pulldown bar. I wanna change the Bluetooth to a 3G toggle.
Me too, I wanna change 4g to brightness
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Note that I'm asking for general steps. Doesn't have to be exactly for my peronal use.
*mystery where are you?!*
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Mystery or one of the other devs already explained that it is just too much work to modify it. Wait for Cyanogenmod if you want the feature badly.
Well,
Think it's better to bump this thread rather than writing a new one...
I'm looking for the same thing and many Samsung users seem to have the same questions. In my country I have no WiMAX, so I want to change the button so it toggles data completely.
If someone had at least a clue where this is configured, I would be glad to take a look into my rooted Epic and see if I can do it at least manually, would be the first step.
Really? Cause Maddoggin is working on it and apparently has it just about finished for his gingerbread mod. A lot of work? Maybe. Too much work? Guess that depends how much you want it.
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It's suppose to be almost the same work as porting the puzzle lock.If anyone can we know Maddaggin will and could.
Well,
As far as I had checked the posts, I had no clue of someone doing it already. I see two parts that can be time consuming: finding what to change and getting proper icons so it looks seamless.
I will be checking out more often to see if there's a solution. I just don't need the 4G toggle at all, so it's much better if I can replace it with something else...
I haven't ever seen this, so maybe I missed an explanation somewhere of why we haven't seen any six bar signal mods for CyanogenMod 7? I only see them for HTC ROMs..
Thanks.
General Crespin said:
I haven't ever seen this, so maybe I missed an explanation somewhere of why we haven't seen any six bar signal mods for CyanogenMod 7? I only see them for HTC ROMs..
Thanks.
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Usually only sprint ported roms have the 6 signal bars. I know its possible for the incredible but it actually makes it less accurate as it is still only using 4 signal inputs, just spread out over 6 bars.
General Crespin said:
I haven't ever seen this, so maybe I missed an explanation somewhere of why we haven't seen any six bar signal mods for CyanogenMod 7? I only see them for HTC ROMs..
Thanks.
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Have you looked around UOT kitchen? They have all kinds of status bar mods and there might be a six bar one, not sure though.
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I second the UOT kitchen. They definitely have 6 bar there, though as previously mentioned, it might be a less accurate reading if your phone doesn't naturually support 6 bars.
I flashed sacs note 5 port and im not really a fan of the lte sign for my signal. I like the stock one. Anyway there is a zip i could flash to get it back? Thanks!
jdmeg88 said:
I flashed sacs note 5 port and im not really a fan of the lte sign for my signal. I like the stock one. Anyway there is a zip i could flash to get it back? Thanks!
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I am on the same amazing ROM from ya boy Sac. What you are referring to is the new "heads up notifications" and I hate that crap also. Download the SQLite editor app (found here... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor ), follow the attached screenshots and change the "heads_up_notifications_enabled" value from 1 to 0. You may need to reboot for the change to work.
Hey thanks for the reply. I followed your steps to the T and unfortunately it didn't work for me.
jdmeg88 said:
Hey thanks for the reply. I followed your steps to the T and unfortunately it didn't work for me.
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Not sure why, your obviously rooted and I am on the same ROM as you. There is also an app called Heads Off that should do the same thing, give this a try.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.noheadsup
Hmm i just tried that heads off bit i didn't see what I was looking for. I know there's a way. I was looking through all of the posts in sacs thread and someoje posted a screen shot and I saw he had the sprint spark icon. Im using 'Flat style bar indicators' on xposed. But i can't seem to get 4g in front of the signal bars. So basically i just have bars...not knowing if I'm on 3g or lte. Sorry for being a headache. Just like all my stock stuff up there. The rom is amazing though. Can't wait for another update. Thank you again for your help
One more thing. I messed with my keyboard the other day and had to reflash stock s6 one. Now i dont have the symbols inside the letters. So i cant long press for a '?' Anymore i have to go to the symbols. Pretty annoying lol. I took a screen shot but i honestly have no idea how to add it to this post.
jdmeg88 said:
Hmm i just tried that heads off bit i didn't see what I was looking for. I know there's a way. I was looking through all of the posts in sacs thread and someoje posted a screen shot and I saw he had the sprint spark icon. Im using 'Flat style bar indicators' on xposed. But i can't seem to get 4g in front of the signal bars. So basically i just have bars...not knowing if I'm on 3g or lte. Sorry for being a headache. Just like all my stock stuff up there. The rom is amazing though. Can't wait for another update. Thank you again for your help
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jdmeg88 said:
One more thing. I messed with my keyboard the other day and had to reflash stock s6 one. Now i dont have the symbols inside the letters. So i cant long press for a '?' Anymore i have to go to the symbols. Pretty annoying lol. I took a screen shot but i honestly have no idea how to add it to this post.
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Best to ask in the Note 5 thread, cant help with that.
Cool thanks for all of your help. I appreciate it
The signal icons used on the status bar are determined by the build prop. "noble" devices use the icons which you don't like. (not to mention that they are not sized correctly in his N5 port). "trltespr" devices use the sprint spark icons that you are wanting, However changing from noble to trltespr can also effect other features in the rom. If you want the sprint icons then you will need to change the ro.device entries in the build.prop to reflect trltespr... use our N4 OG5 build.prop as reference and you will see what I'm talking about. Last thing. Making these changes in the build.prop requires a factory data reset so that the rom can setup again with the new configs. Simply editing them and rebooting will not do the trick.
Usually i dont mind doing something like this but i dont know what to change in the build.prop . If there was a guide I'd read it. But thank you. I'm glad you know what im trying to do lol
So i found this. .... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...988642&usg=AFQjCNEq-YSRLtSLgHf6b8pLijNw0sFyGg ......but it doesnt tell me which line to edit. Then i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...ps/mod-edit-build-prop-international-t2951057 ...but i cant see the pics that shows you which lines or line to edit....sorry im trying here lol
I got it...thank you very much. Now id like to adjust the size of it but i didn't see that anywhere