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Desire Z/HD Sense Skins and Notification Bars [UPDATED] Gingerbread themes

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Hey guys found this while looking through the Desire Z side. I'm running Virtuous 0.7.1 on my G2 and installed most all of them and they all work. Just thought I would post them here in case people haven't found this already. See post #10 just below for some trial and errors on my part that may benefit you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801928 See this link for Themes and also see post #6 for some custom notification bars.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9526289&postcount=249 See this link for an even more customized notification bar with great battery icon. These files must be flashed via clockworkmod.
Requirements
1-Have a T-Mobile G2
2-Your G2 is perm rooted and S-OFF. SEE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
3-You have clockworkmod recovery flashed. SEE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834731
4-You have a custom SENSE based Rom flashed on your G2, be it Virtuous, eVil D's Desire HD, MoDaCo,VillianRom. I do NOT think that this will work with eVil's My Touch 4g rom because I believe it uses different framework. SEE Virtuous: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042, eVils http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835687, MoDaCo:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837389, VillianRom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855560
STEPS-4 icon sets
1-Download eitheryour desired iconset/notification bar and place on your sdcard where you will easily be able to lacate later.
2-Boot into clockwork recovery(with phone off press in trackpad and then power and hold both, press power buttom to select bootloader, then vol down to select recovery
3-Once in clockworkmod recovery go down to backup and restore and push in trackpad and select bakup.CYA
4-Press power button to get back to first clockwork screen and move down to "Install zip from sdcard"
5-The move down to "Choose zip from sdcard" and then find your downloaded Theme/Icon set. Once highlighted press in track pad.
6-Move down to"Yes-install(yourfilegoeshere)
7-Once done installing press power button to get back to main screen and select reboot phone.
8-ENJOY!
STEPS-4 sopL87 Themes
1-Donload desire theme/skin from links above.
2- Have Astro File Manager installed from the Market Place. It's free and a handy app anyways.
3- Navigate to your downloaded theme and select it and a box/menu will appear and you will want to selecte open app manager.
4- Select install app- You may be asked to change a settings for installing from unknown sources. But you'll be fine cause you did a NANDROID backup right!
5- Once installed go to you HTC Sense Skin Picker and apply your newly installed theme
6- Enjoy!
Also I take no credit for any of this work, just wanted to post it in a new area for more eyes to see and use some of this great work.
Thanks to sopL87,vibez icematrix for making these and all their work. Also THANKS to rmk40, eVil D, Paulobrien and nprussell for their amazing Roms and kernels. YOU ALL ROCK!

Hey, I'm new to Droids and noticed my friend has this clock with weather (I think its like Beautiful widgets) on their evo and I was trying to find something similar for my new phone. Is this what you're talking about in this post? Does it require 'rooting' or 'hacking'? Thanks man!

Lol I am in the same boat as you g2man. I'm new to android also and after playing with my friends evo I fell in love with the weather clock and the bookmark widget. I found the clock under beautiful widgets on the market but I am still looking for the bookmarks. I also don't know what's up with hacking or rooting lol.
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if you want those cool widgets then you need to load a sense rom. There are similar ones out there just look in the post your home screen thread and stay looking at other people screens to see what they have and what you like. If you do decide to go with a sense rom then yes you need to be permanently rooted.
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How do I root my phone and what exactly does it do ?
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I found the tronsense causes a boot loop using his method through clockwork.....
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pimpmaneaton said:
Hey guys found this while looking through the Desire Z side. I'm running Virtuous 0.7.1 on my G2 and installed most all of them and they all work. Just thought I would post them here in case people haven't found this already.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801928
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Did you use that apk manager or did you just install the apk?
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I installed them all through Astro File Manager and then you can toggle between all of them through the skin selector. Also to answer from the second post yea you will needto root and install a customsense Rom if you are on the T-Mobile G2 which I would guess you are. These will just change certain aspects of the HTC sense operating system.
Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.

Do you have the battery indicator in the top right notification bar?
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mike96789 said:
Do you have the battery indicator in the top right notification bar?
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If you look in post number 6 on the link I supplied there are some frameworks there and the RougeSense one has a circle battery indicator with number in middle. Those files are also .apk format and could also be installed via Astro if I'm not mistaken but I have yet to try that so don't quote me on that. Also there is this link that have and very nice mod for the notifacation bar that has great icons and even better battery icon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9526289&postcount=249 The files from this link MUST be installed via clockwork recovery.
I would say if your going to try these before I do I would do a nandroid back up before just incase something goes wrong. CYA(Cover Your A$$) if you know what I mean. I'm going to try them right now and I'll post and let you know how it goes.
Well I flashed the v3 with animated menu onto my G2 with Virtuous 0.7.1 and all is well. It is currently charging and battery circle is rotating as suppose to. All icons seem to be working just fine. Have to side affects that I can see yet. Posted a screenie for you all to see. Also just want to say this again, MUST flash the icematrix frameworks via clockwork and I highly recommencd doing a backup. If no problems are found the just delete the backup and no harm done. CYA!
EDIT: Find small glitch with v3 w/ animated menu. When screen is unlocked you will get a very quick flash of the home screen preview except upside down. Then just goes to the main screen. So far this only seems to happen if the phone was locked when on the main home screen. Going to try v3 with out animated menu.
EDIT2: Currently running v3 w/out animated menu and seems to be unlock glitch free. But with the animated menu option menus that would normally pop up while using your phone have a effect where it looks like they come out of the side of the screen. But I just really wanted the custom icons.
EDIT3: Well after running v3 for awhile still not having any problems but have noticed a change though. If you look at my first screen shot you'll notice that my contact app is named "Contacts". Well after two reboots my contact app is now named "People"(see screen shot two below). Not that this is a big deal just thought would let you all know.

master.peterm said:
I found the tronsense causes a boot loop using his method through clockwork.....
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I installed it thourgh Astro and then selected it thourgh skin selector and it works just fine.

How do you flash the icons, do I need to rename the zip file as update.
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immune15 said:
How do I root my phone and what exactly does it do ?
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youtube it!!!

theXeffect said:
youtube it!!!
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No. Most of the stuff on YouTube is just scams. Just search on xda if you want to know how to root your phone.
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mike96789 said:
How do you flash the icons, do I need to rename the zip file as update.
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If you are wanting to flash the icematrix icons then you MUST do it through clockwork recovery. So yes your phone must be perm rooted and you must have a custom Rom installed such as virtuous or eVils desire hd roms. These will only work on sense and NOT stock or cyanogen.
Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.

immune15 said:
How do I root my phone and what exactly does it do ?
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Look under G2 Android development and one of the top posts is a guide on how to perm root and s-off. Then you can install ROM Manager which can flash clockwork to your phone from within the app itself. There is also a post in Android dev about clockworkmod recovery.
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Do I need to rename the st file as update.
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mike96789 said:
Do I need to rename the st file as update.
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No there is no need to rename any of these files. The custom icons from icematrix are installed through clockwork recovery and from clockwork choose "install zip from sdcard",the select "choose zip from sdcard" than just navigate to where you placed the file on your sdcard and will flash it. There is no need to wipe anything when flashing one of icematrix frameworks. The other files from sopL87 are all .apk files and those all install from an app like Astro File manager which can be downloaded from the market for free. Great app to have even if not using it form this reason.

Tried installing the other icons from sopl through astro and it said launch or uninstall. When I hit launch it said it could not. To afraid to hit install unless you have done this already and it works.
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mike96789 said:
Tried installing the other icons from sopl through astro and it said launch or uninstall. When I hit launch it said it could not. To afraid to hit install unless you have done this already and it works.
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I haven't tried the ones from sopL87 just cause I liked the other ones better.
EDIT: Okay i just tried and can up with the same result. So I did some more reading and there is a bit more involved. EDITED OP with some more instructions on how to do so. Please read instructions from both sopL87 and also the new link that is up.

Galaxy S sounds

is there any way to get the sound when you tap on an application ate from the galaxy series on the G2??

so nobody does...

Just a heads up, you won't find many galaxy s lovers here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Rei6wSCMI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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lol may i ask why u need that annoying sound?!

here it is .. dowload and delete the .zip

Did that method work in the youtube video I would like to get that sound back
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is there any way to do it without having the partition?

wait never mind..... but i cant get the file to over write the stock one please helllp.

Beagan said:
wait never mind..... but i cant get the file to over write the stock one please helllp.
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which method are you using to do this? and is the file named correctly?

Beagan said:
wait never mind..... but i cant get the file to over write the stock one please helllp.
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Did you get this to work I like the sound too
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ebatr8 said:
Did you get this to work I like the sound too
I'm using it right now on the newest cm7 nightly, suits the rom just fine .
Find the correct .ogg file, using root explorer or any other file manager move the .ogg file to system/media/ui/ and overwrite the initial one. A reboot is needed for sounds to take effect.
U can also adb push "filename.ogg" system/media/ui
/system needs to be mounted 'rw'.
Good luck!
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is there any way to do it through terminal?

I hadn't done this on my G2 yet when I posted the youtube link, but I just did it and it took about 20-30 seconds to do it.
I've always found that SU File Manager was easier to do this, so people should try it out.
It overwrites the file, make sure you pressed the S in the top left corner. Then just reboot after you've done everything.
Also make sure that you rename the file and delete .zip at the end.

EuroSpeed said:
I hadn't done this on my G2 yet when I posted the youtube link, but I just did it and it took about 20-30 seconds to do it.
I've always found that SU File Manager was easier to do this, so people should try it out.
It overwrites the file, make sure you pressed the S in the top left corner. Then just reboot after you've done everything.
Also make sure that you rename the file and delete .zip at the end.
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i have done it properly, but when it says it is over writing the file but the kilobites just stays the same so it doesn't work :O

iv done everything im ment to ,like it says it copying but the kilobites dnt change and it just does nothing, im running villianrom sense

I was able to get the sound on here but its very low and I'm not figuring out on how to make it louder...
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turn up ur media volum i git mine all sorted out cheers

I tried to use this on Enoms The Official Rom...but I see no UI in media, only notifications, and that's cuz I added that one. Where is the UI folder I need to stick this in?
When I look at the .zip of the rom I can see system, media and then Notifications ringtones and UI. But just in the .zip of the rom I flashed.
Any help would be appreciated
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Lazy361 said:
I tried to use this on Enoms The Official Rom...but I see no UI in media, only notifications, and that's cuz I added that one. Where is the UI folder I need to stick this in?
When I look at the .zip of the rom I can see system, media and then Notifications ringtones and UI. But just in the .zip of the rom I flashed.
Any help would be appreciated
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Where are you looking for the UI folder?
It's suppose to be in System > media > audio

Custom transition animations!! (REQUIRES ROOT)

okay so i dont really like sense's transition animations so i started searching for some new ones and came up with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920024
decided to share it with the G2/DZ community cause i know some of you guys dont like sense transitions either
im using virtous unity, i dont see why it woudnt work on any other rom
REMEMBER TO MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE DOING THIS just so if you want the original transitions back or if anything goes wrong or if your rom is not compatible etc
i recommend using the metamorph method, its way easier
for those who arent familiar with metamorph u can dl it for free on the market and do the following:
1-download the transition youd like from here :
https://bitly.com/bundles/haxzamatic/1?preview=1
2-place the zip in the root of the sdcard (or any other folder you want)
3-open metamorph and select Unzip/Extract new theme
4-go to the root of your sdcard or the folder you made and select the zip
metamorph will extract the zip and a new window will pop up select close (pretty much your only choice)
5- tap where it says SubTheme: framework-res.apk
Located in /system/framework/
(Requires Reboot)
your device will reboot and there you have it new transitions!!
im using the fold ones myself and they look amazing!!

awesme.thanks

nice work. thanks

bumping !

place the zip in the root of the sdcard (or any other folder you want)
open metamorph and select Unzip/Extract new theme
go to the root of your sdcard or the folder you made and select the zip
metamorph will extract the zip and a new window will pop up select close (pretty much your only choice)
tap where it says SubTheme: framework-res.apk
Located in /system/framework/
(Requires Reboot)
your device will reboot and there you have it new transitions!!
im using the fold ones myself and they look amazing!![/QUOTE]
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I tried this action but it did not work. I also think it screwed with the backlight on my keyboard? I realize this should happen but that is only thing I can think of that would have done it. Is there any way to reverse this?
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jtadak said:
I tried this action but it did not work. I also think it screwed with the backlight on my keyboard? I realize this should happen but that is only thing I can think of that would have done it. Is there any way to reverse this?
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hopefully u made a nandroid backup?

nonione said:
hopefully u made a nandroid backup?
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Yes but after the restore it was still out. I tried again and got the animations but still no backlight.
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jtadak said:
Yes but after the restore it was still out. I tried again and got the animations but still no backlight.
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if you restored your backup its like if you never tried this on your phone, so its something you did before or it can be due to the ROM youre using

nonione said:
if you restored your backup its like if you never tried this on your phone, so its something you did before or it can be due to the ROM youre using
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Problem is, I've flashed a few ROMs since then. I need to find out when the system location is that contains the config. for the soft buttons and keyboard.
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I need the stock musicplayer.apk for my epic4g

So I just got the randomrom, and I noticed it doesn't have stock music player , and I like that music player because it has the options to puase forward previous on the notification menu, no other music player has that so far that I've used or know of. So can someone , give me the .apk file to that?
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Here ya go, it might be from ef02 but im not sure. you have to use sdxstockappremover (http://roc-city.com/android/SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk) to install it put the apk in sdcard/sdx/backup/app/ and use the restore option
hope this helps

I have not the slightest clue how to do that . Can you explain it to me in well writen instruction, can I do this over my phone? Or will I need my computer?
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Do this instead(might be easier for you) Put this on the root of your sd card(this ones from froyo ec05): http://db.tt/7sxDLX4
Download ES file explorer from the market
Go into its settings and turn on the both root options.
Copy and paste the apk into /system/app
Then turn of the root options in settings, the bottom one first.
Exit the file explorer
Reboot
Voila.
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ok so basically its just an apk file but it is a system app so you cant install it directly by pressing install it will say unsucsessful which is why you need the sdx tool. the sdx tool is for managing system apps (like musicplayer.apk) which is a very simple and useful app. you dont need a computer
Step 1. You need a file manager from the market i use androzip
step 2. download and install http://roc-city.com/android/SdxAppRemoval-1.5.apk and perform a backup of any system file (ex. AccountAndSyncSettings.apk) to establish the folders in your sd card
Step 3. use androzip (or any file manager) to navigate to sdcard/tapatalkxdapre_download/ and copy musicplayer.apk (assuming you already downloaded it with the xda app) to sdcard/sdx/backup/app/
Step 4. go to sdxstockappremover in your app drawer and hit manage backups and if everything is alright it will be there aong with the other app you backed up so just check it and hit restore selected files.

I will attempt both methods if one does not work, Thank you guys for your help. Oh another thing. Can you guys give me a feedback on the syenergy rom if it is good for epic, If so what features does it have that are good , no just give me the pros and cons.

Synergy-cons its old and uses eb13, go with midnight 5.5 or srf 1.2
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x Dronez said:
I will attempt both methods if one does not work, Thank you guys for your help. Oh another thing. Can you guys give me a feedback on the syenergy rom if it is good for epic, If so what features does it have that are good , no just give me the pros and cons.
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Hope you get it working! I can't answer about ROMS, since I haven't used one yet, but if you want froyo, go Syndicate Frozen ROM 1.2 or the latest MidNight.
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The eeo3 method didn't work, I will try the ec05 method sometime later, mhm, your right , I will try midnight rom 5.5 boyr since I haven't tried that yet.
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I mean ef02
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[Q] Wildfire CM7 Fingerprint needed

Hi All,
Have made a bit of a rookie mistake - have changed my wildfire CM7 fingerprint for market patching, but I think this is screwing with my skyFire optimisation routine as it thinks I have a Nexus 1 now.
Needless to say I forgot to back it up first and now do not have the original values from before.
Can someone supply the contents of thier wildfire system/default.prop file so I can restore it at all?
CyanogenMod-7.0.3-buzz
Thanks

Just open The zip file with the Rom
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jonas2295 said:
Just open The zip file with the Rom
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Thanks Jonas, simple when you think really Much appreciated though.
Turns out it wasnt that screwing with skyfire anyway - I'm just not destined to be able to get iPlayer on wildfire at all. Period.

Ok. For unpatching the market I think you need system/build.prop and system/apps/vending.apk. And there is also another file which I don't remember correctly. here attaching some files of nightly 115. I think the market unpatching values should be same with stable 7.0.3
Just edit the values . but this time make a backup of your files. if anything goes wrong , mount the system via recovery and push your backed up files from adb. remember the permissions should be. rw-r-r.
And clear data and cache for market and Google services framework before and after doing this.
As as already suggested, you can have those files from your rom zip file which will be perfect if you had it.
build and default.prop link (nightly 115)
http://db.tt/VOeO1qj
vending.apk link (nightly 115)
http://db.tt/bGKoJqr
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Thanks both, done and done