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[Q] Framework-Res.apk & SystemUI.apk

Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?

suwu10 said:
Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?
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Hey man, unles you are changing anything OTHER than pngs, you DO NOT have to extract the pngs. Just drag and drop what you want. Ie pngs you edited. In other words, Open frame work with 7zip, take the pngs you've edited and make sure the name and file exstension matches what you are about to replace and drop it in the proper file OVER the existing png. This works for JUST pngs. Then close 7zip and you are done. No other special commands needed...

Alright thanks ill try this

Did you edit any .9 png's? If yes, you need to draw the patches and recompile them before injecting back into the apks. That is most likely why you got FC's.

AvatarOfFrost said:
Did you edit any .9 png's? If yes, you need to draw the patches and recompile them before injecting back into the apks. That is most likely why you got FC's.
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Didn't even think about this man, ill check it out
Edit: I just checked and none of the images I edited were .9 pngs. They were mostly status bar icons

suwu10 said:
Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?
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You have to change the permissions of both the System UI & Framework apks to look like this before pushing to their respective places. I use Root Explorer for doing so.
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journeyman73 said:
You have to change the permissions of both the System UI & Framework apks to look like this before pushing to their respective places. I use Root Explorer for doing so.
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Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before

suwu10 said:
Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before
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Also if your rom is not deoxeded and your putting a regular theme into it, (odexed) it won't work... the rom and theme have to match... deoxeded to deoxeded and odexed to odexed (odexed would be the full Rom. Just change the pngs in the rom and then reload the rom). Hope this helps...

So I can switch the images from inside the rom with the images I want then flash the rom?

suwu10 said:
Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before
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You must move the items to the system folder before u can change permissions. If you get denied for trying to move the apks make sure the system folder is mounted as Read/Write in the top right corner of Root Explorer. When you have correctly did this, you will see Mount R/O in the top corner. Now change the permissions. You should get a "permission change successfully" message on screen. Now copy the apk to it's respective folder & reboot. I recommend doing one at a time.

I did it! I just switched out my images with the ones in the rom and flashed it and it worked . Thanks to everyone that helped

I am off to try the same thing... All I want to do is change a few images so hopefully I can handle this

puff601 said:
I am off to try the same thing... All I want to do is change a few images so hopefully I can handle this
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Goodluck mate!

[Q]Sense 1.0 theming issues

Hello all, I was wondering if someone more experienced with Sense 1.0 theming could help me out.
I'm trying to re-theme rosie from Jermaine's stock plus rom. I found the 8 pngs I need to edit and went to town on them. I placed the edited pngs into my htc.resources project folder (using apkmanager) and recompiled. I then flashed a from with the new HTC framework apk but Rosie would not load and kept force closing upon first boot.
I know there's an issue with my pngs, but what could it be? I'm a little curious as to how a simple image change could cause an application to crash. I retain the same dimensions and format (PNG) but I still get infinite crashes.
Is there a certain way I need to be saving the PNGs? Are there any other restrictions with how the images need to be? I know .9 patch images are insanely touchy with where pixels can and can't be, so is it a similar issue here? I'm not working with 9 patch images at all in this instance, so I am very confused. Do I have to edit some smali or XML files when I change image data?
I use Photoshop to do all my work and use the save for web and devices option. I leave the PNGs at 24-bits and take out all the metadata.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.

Div033 said:
Hello all, I was wondering if someone more experienced with Sense 1.0 theming could help me out.
I'm trying to re-theme rosie from Jermaine's stock plus rom. I found the 8 pngs I need to edit and went to town on them. I placed the edited pngs into my htc.resources project folder (using apkmanager) and recompiled. I then flashed a from with the new HTC framework apk but Rosie would not load and kept force closing upon first boot.
I know there's an issue with my pngs, but what could it be? I'm a little curious as to how a simple image change could cause an application to crash. I retain the same dimensions and format (PNG) but I still get infinite crashes.
Is there a certain way I need to be saving the PNGs? Are there any other restrictions with how the images need to be? I know .9 patch images are insanely touchy with where pixels can and can't be, so is it a similar issue here? I'm not working with 9 patch images at all in this instance, so I am very confused. Do I have to edit some smali or XML files when I change image data?
I use Photoshop to do all my work and use the save for web and devices option. I leave the PNGs at 24-bits and take out all the metadata.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
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If all your changing is images in an apk file you can just open (not unzip) the framework-res.apk file with 7-zip, navigate to the res\drawable-hdpi folder, and replace the images you want changed (drag and drop). Once done close 7-zip and push the edited framework-res.apk file to the phone.

cmlusco said:
If all your changing is images in an apk file you can just open (not unzip) the framework-res.apk file with 7-zip, navigate to the res\drawable-hdpi folder, and replace the images you want changed (drag and drop). Once done close 7-zip and push the edited framework-res.apk file to the phone.
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I'm actually editing com.HTC.resources.apk, is it still okay to do it like that?
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Div033 said:
I'm actually editing com.HTC.resources.apk, is it still okay to do it like that?
Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
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Yes it is. As long as its image files and not xml or anything else.
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Alright. I messed with some images (a couple were blank -- pure transparency, that a problem?) am I'm gonna try again. I also read never to sign HTC apks, which I was doing.
Thank you for the help everyone.
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Thanks again everyone. I'm not sure if not signing or adding some data into those blank pngs fixed it, but at least I can move on.
So here's another question: if I want to edit 9 patch images, I do need to decompile, edit the 9 patch images correctly and recompile right?
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[APP] Dark themed MMS 4.0.4

Please be nice, this is my first APK.
Big thanks to the other developers who I have learned from to make this APK.....
This is a Dark themed Stock MMS application.
Just download the apk in to your sdcard and then with a root file explorer, copy and paste in the system/app directory
4.0.4 has been out for a few weeks, and no one updated their version to work on it, so I took 4.0.4 stock apk and made the needed changes.
If you use it please click thanks!
Link to download SMALL ICON https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D6468915_751_890018472
Link to download LARGE ICON https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D6468915_1520698_1453511
Link to pics
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just a heads up. your mms.apk seems a little light at about 400KB. MMS.apk are usually ~700KB. I did try using your mms.apk just to try, but it doesn't load, even after a reboot following replacement it in the system/app folder. you might have recompiled it incorrectly. gl.

trixnrice said:
just a heads up. your mms.apk seems a little light at about 400KB. MMS.apk are usually ~700KB. I did try using your mms.apk just to try, but it doesn't load, even after a reboot following replacement it in the system/app folder. you might have recompiled it incorrectly. gl.
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Thanks for the info, very strange as that is the size of the MMS.apk on my phone that I am using, and it works 100%.
I am 100% stock, just rooted, not deoxed or anything......

trixnrice said:
just a heads up. your mms.apk seems a little light at about 400KB. MMS.apk are usually ~700KB. I did try using your mms.apk just to try, but it doesn't load, even after a reboot following replacement it in the system/app folder. you might have recompiled it incorrectly. gl.
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This appears to be for odex'd (ie stock) roms. There's no classes.dex in the apk, which is probably why it's smaller than deodex'd Mms.apk's.
Thanks OP.

all .apks that have been modded and recompiled will be smaller in size. this is normal.

Would you have one for deodexed roms?

GeLopez said:
Would you have one for deodexed roms?
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I don't but if you got me the apk from a deodexed ROM I could make one.

4rs fed said:
I don't but if you got me the apk from a deodexed ROM I could make one.
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I posted it here
Thanks

I couldn't get this to work on the latest CM9 nightly. Now my mms is gone. Whoopsie.
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jcjr81 said:
I couldn't get this to work on the latest CM9 nightly. Now my mms is gone. Whoopsie.
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Download your full rom to your computer, extract mms.apk from /system/app and push it to your phone from adb. All better.

Is there any way to get the Icon to be normal size? on my stock-rooted GNex its about 25% smaller than the original apk. Is there a way I can edit that myself?
EDIT: I found an earlier dark-themed MMS apk and just ported the icons over.

Just tried on liquidsmooth rom 4.0.4, cant get it to work

zok-star said:
Just tried on liquidsmooth rom 4.0.4, cant get it to work
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I would be that your liquidsmooth rom is deoxed.
his is not for deoxed roms

Dark themed MMS 4.0.4....................nice

VincibleAndy said:
Is there any way to get the Icon to be normal size? on my stock-rooted GNex its about 25% smaller than the original apk. Is there a way I can edit that myself?
EDIT: I found an earlier dark-themed MMS apk and just ported the icons over.
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Mind sharing that mms.apk with the fixed icon?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Says I cant post outside links until i have more posts/comments.

caifan said:
Mind sharing that mms.apk with the fixed icon?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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Give me the icon and I can recompile and sign the APK and update the thread.

4rs fed said:
Give me the icon and I can recompile and sign the APK and update the thread.
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VincibleAndy...you have it??
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Here go.
EDIT: For future reference, you don't need to recompile it. just change it from a .apk to a .zip and open it like normal. then put that picture in where the xdpi icon folder is. A .apk is basically a fancy zip file.

See Emoji Throughout Entire System (Not just with an App)

This is NOT for being able to send emoji! You need an app or keyboard that supports that. This is so you can see Emojis in places you usually can't (stock SMS app, your twitter timeline )
Download this http://db.tt/9CwK9x2H
Extract folder using root explorer, go to extracted folder , select all files inside of it and copy to system/fonts. (Make sure to mount r/w and select replace on the fonts it asks you too)
Reboot your phone and now you can see emoji throughout your phone (obviously you can use it in a texting app but this allows you to see emojis in your stock messaging app, twitter, etc)
It is to note that the emojis only show up in black and white. Sorry (unless you're in an app that is designed to display emoji like gosms, hand cent, whatsapp, pansi. Those apps will display them in color as you are already used to)
Oh and its compatible with ios5 emoji's ! Enjoy !
Disclaimer:I tried this on AOKP b25/26 cdma, and a few other ROMS (Liquid ICS) and on an HTC Incredible running cm7. It shouldn't affect anything and should work on all android phones but remember I'm not responsible for anything.

Odd this didnt do anything for me

BlackDino said:
Odd this didnt do anything for me
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Did you try seeing an Emoji? Lilke I said earlier, this is not for sending Emoji, nor does it magically add the ability to get Emoji on your keyboard. Go download GO SMS, the Emoji Plug in, and send yourself a message with Emoji.
you should even be able to see it in your notification bar, and if you go back to the stock messaging app, you'll see it in there instead of those empty boxes people see on their Twitter timelines.
It's been confirmed to work by multiple people over at Rootzwiki, and all of my devices that are rooted.

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is this device specific or will it work on my sgs2 e4gt?
and is it only for ics?..im still running gb
EDIT: i am an idiot..just reread the post and you clearly stated that it will work on all android devices..sorry for my stupidity
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i can confirm that it works on the samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch running rooted stock, and it also works on the nook tablet 8gb running ribbon root...thanks a bunch!!!

This works perfectly on my HTC Inspire 4G running IceColdSandwich 8.0. thanks!

Works great. Just wish we could use it in instagram in have it seen by everyone.

Neat, awaiting colored support.

will there be color support and what makes this different from the miui roms?

Thank you. . Perfect

doesnt seem to be working for me on my sprint sgs3

cannot delete through root browser
trying to do this just now...
i have rooted my Droid xt910 that is still on android 2.3.6
i have downloaded the DroidSansFallback.ttf and copied it to my phone (it doesnt have an SD card).
I tried using root browser. there is no option though of mount r/w. when i delete the original DroidSansFallback.ttf at system/fonts, what appears is "failed to delete DroidSansFallback.ttf"
when using ES file explorer, shady file manager, and solid explorer, i could not go to the main system folder.
all these explorers were downloaded for free.
how do i delete the original DroidSansFallback.ttf? Thank you for this last step help.

jekkherg said:
trying to do this just now...
i have rooted my Droid xt910 that is still on android 2.3.6
i have downloaded the DroidSansFallback.ttf and copied it to my phone (it doesnt have an SD card).
I tried using root browser. there is no option though of mount r/w. when i delete the original DroidSansFallback.ttf at system/fonts, what appears is "failed to delete DroidSansFallback.ttf"
when using ES file explorer, shady file manager, and solid explorer, i could not go to the main system folder.
all these explorers were downloaded for free.
how do i delete the original DroidSansFallback.ttf? Thank you for this last step help.
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just rename it..like DroidSansFallback.bak
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I still see just boxes, somebody knows why?
I'm on galaxy s3.

Ok I found the way to make it work on the GS3, I'll post it as soon as I'll reach the 10 posts I need to insert links into my messages....

Have there been any efforts towards adding color? I'd like to get this working in color and have begun doing research into it. I have all of the emoji faces in color, I just don't know how to make the font point to the .png emoji.

ka bump. Color? Will this work on my lucid probably?

I, too, am still interested in making this work, but have been overwhelmed with starting college. I will work on this now assuming that someone helps me with making the text file point to the specified .png color images. If we can get support for b/w .png's, why not color? I just don't know where to begin.

Not enough disk space
when i try to paste this file into system/fonts i get a message saying that there is not enough disk space. i have a galaxy s2. anyone know what the problem is?

sacking16 said:
when i try to paste this file into system/fonts i get a message saying that there is not enough disk space. i have a galaxy s2. anyone know what the problem is?
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you dont have enough internal memory for the font

[Q] Trying to change water drop sound on phone dialer - failing

I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1712215
Within that thread is a link to Nexus4 sounds, I've managed to change almost all the annoying TW nature sounds except for the damned waterdrop on the phone dialer pad. When I play the S_HW_Touch and TW_Touch oggs they play correctly, that is they're not waterdrops, but the dialer still plays the damn drop sound.
Am I replacing the wrong files? Any suggestions appreciated.

rcook55 said:
I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1712215
Within that thread is a link to Nexus4 sounds, I've managed to change almost all the annoying TW nature sounds except for the damned waterdrop on the phone dialer pad. When I play the S_HW_Touch and TW_Touch oggs they play correctly, that is they're not waterdrops, but the dialer still plays the damn drop sound.
Am I replacing the wrong files? Any suggestions appreciated.
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Are the permissions set correctly?
RW-R-R?
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Yeah, just checked and both are RW-R-R
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For the Doink sound in the dialer you have to decompile the SecContacts.apk and replace a file in the raw folder. I was able to do it this way. The EXACT file location is: SecContacts.apk/res/raw/touch.ogg For some reason just replacing it via a VR theme just causes the contacts to force close. So just replacing the touch.ogg for the dialer is not as easy as with the other touch sounds
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For the Doink sound in the dialer you have to decompile the SecContacts.apk and replace a file in the raw folder. I was able to do it this way. The EXACT file location is: SecContacts.apk/res/raw/touch.ogg For some reason just replacing it via a VR theme just causes the contacts to force close. So just replacing the touch.ogg for the dialer is not as easy as with the other touch sounds
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Well poo, that sounds almost more difficult than just flashing a rom Thanks for the information I'll need to learn how to decompile an .apk, by chance do you have an already modded .apk that I could have?

rcook55 said:
Well poo, that sounds almost more difficult than just flashing a rom Thanks for the information I'll need to learn how to decompile an .apk, by chance do you have an already modded .apk that I could have?
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What ROM are you on? Actually PM me your framework-res.apk and Seccontacts.apk and I will fix it up tonight. The one I made is for my theme I made so it is ALL themed up
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Running stock, rooted DLK3. I uploaded the files to my dropbox but I'm not totally sure that this will work hopefully this link takes you there: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ffoleq0eltllylv/YGsUFphin1
If that doesn't work PM my your email and I'll invite you through dropbox.
Thanks for doing this, very cool!

Give me a few to upload it but I made a stock lk3 SecContacts.apk with it already fixed with a different tone/click sound.
Here you go http://d-h.st/8ee
1.Just download it and use Root Explorer to move it to system and paste
2. Long press and set the permissions to rw/r/r
3. Long press again and MOVE
4. navigate to system/app and paste
5. Hit yes to overwrite
6. Reboot phone
If you cannot do the above steps let me know and I will make a cwm flash able zip
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RockRatt said:
Give me a few to upload it but I made a stock lk3 SecContacts.apk with it already fixed with a different tone/click sound.
Here you go http://d-h.st/8ee
1.Just download it and use Root Explorer to move it to system and paste
2. Long press and set the permissions to rw/r/r
3. Long press again and MOVE
4. navigate to system/app and paste
5. Hit yes to overwrite
6. Reboot phone
If you cannot do the above steps let me know and I will make a cwm flash able zip
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Thanks that totally worked! This really makes switching to a different ROM less tempting. Question on that however, if I make a nandroid now with the custom sounds and restore to it I will have the same custom sounds? I know that should be the case but I just want to be sure.
Again thanks for making that .apk, very cool of you!

It is the SecContacts.apk for UCDLK3 so it is a complete .apk so it will only work as long as your using it on the same firmware. So if you switch to a different firmware it probably would not work. As far as performing a nandroid then yes if you restore a nandroid it will still be there. But if you switch to something like aokp,cm10., or another Sammy based firmware it won't work. One would have to be built from whichever firmware you are using.
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