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[REQ] EL26 stock with some exceptions

I was going to ask this for EL13 but being that a new leak is out, might as well ask on that, lol...
I like to run stock but 2 things I'm addicted to are the battery % mod and the transparent drop-down drawer.
if I'm the only one, I wouldn't expect a themer to go nuts... but I know a lot of people like to run stock so if this can happen, I'd be eternally thankful

might want to change your topic it's EL26 EL22 was talked about but just as an RDF file that showed up iirc.

cidica said:
might want to change your topic it's EL26 EL22 was talked about but just as an RDF file that showed up iirc.
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ACK! you're right. stupid typos
thanks

Wizard Knight said:
I was going to ask this for EL13 but being that a new leak is out, might as well ask on that, lol...
I like to run stock but 2 things I'm addicted to are the battery % mod and the transparent drop-down drawer.
if I'm the only one, I wouldn't expect a themer to go nuts... but I know a lot of people like to run stock so if this can happen, I'd be eternally thankful
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You don't know about UOT kitchen? Also you should read up on theming since the two things you are asking for can easily be done by you. Its just a matter of changing PNG files within the apk.
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playya said:
You don't know about UOT kitchen? Also you should read up on theming since the two things you are asking for can easily be done by you. Its just a matter of changing PNG files within the apk.
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here's the problem with that
I have absolutely no idea what you just said, lol

PNG files are image files. Like a .jpg they end with .png
An apk (.apk) is the application package. Every application on your phone is an apk file. You can open them with 7zip - don't unzip it though unless you feel like signing it and other crap. Also, make sure you zipalign and optimize the PNG files (Google that).
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KCRic said:
PNG files are image files. Like a .jpg they end with .png
An apk (.apk) is the application package. Every application on your phone is an apk file. You can open them with 7zip - don't unzip it though unless you feel like signing it and other crap. Also, make sure you zipalign and optimize the PNG files (Google that).
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hahaha now he is really confused. Lol Hey try UOT Kitchen hopefully by now you have looked it up and not just said I dont know what that is. If you have not then pm me and I can try and help you further. But try to help yourself as well...Good luck

Wizard Knight said:
I was going to ask this for EL13 but being that a new leak is out, might as well ask on that, lol...
I like to run stock but 2 things I'm addicted to are the battery % mod and the transparent drop-down drawer.
if I'm the only one, I wouldn't expect a themer to go nuts... but I know a lot of people like to run stock so if this can happen, I'd be eternally thankful
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If this is something you really want I can do it for you. I would say do it yourself but the battery % mod can be a little tricky. I am assuming you just want the stock battery icons then?
PM me and we can chat more.

Uot kitchen is so easy to do. Just upload the needed files and theme it up
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rujelus22 said:
If this is something you really want I can do it for you. I would say do it yourself but the battery % mod can be a little tricky. I am assuming you just want the stock battery icons then?
PM me and we can chat more.
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What's tricky about exchanging files. He will be.alright and its great practice for future theming. Its android not IOS so nandroid and go at it.
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Thanks for all the info guys, Im not the OP of this thread but I have learned just as much by reading it, thanks!

i would also like this done...

jocampo86 said:
i would also like this done...
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Have you ever tried UOT Kitchen, it may also even teach you something about theming....Maybe? Give it a shot

playya said:
What's tricky about exchanging files. He will be.alright and its great practice for future theming. Its android not IOS so nandroid and go at it.
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The default system is not setup for % icons so you have to add a bunch of images and set the xml file to use them. It was more going through the xml. If this is all he wants changed then why would he learn xml?

|MOD|NavigationBar|ICS

-You need a xml editor for this. Something like Notepad++
-This mod is untested because I dont have the device at the moment.
-Make a backup of your current framework-res.apk and Systemui.apk files
-After 2 weeks I believe I found all of what I need for this MOD after going through the framework and Systemui of my Galaxy Nexus
-This did work on my Galaxy Note
-Please try at your own risk
How To
1. Decompile the framework-res
2. In the values folder you will find bools.xml
3. Open up the file and search for "config_showNavigationBar"
4. This should be false, change it to True
5. Open up the dimens.xml and search for "navigation_bar_height"
6. Change the value there to either one of these because im not sure how it would look (25, 30, 35)
7. Recompile your framework-res.apk
8. Extract or Decompile the systemui.apk
9. Navigate to the drawable-hdpi folder
10. Download these NavBar_Icons images and place them in that folder
11. Zip or Recompile the systemui.apk
(OPTIONAL)
After completing the above
Disable the light on the capacitive touch keys(Home-Back-Menu-Search)
1. Decompile the framework-res.apk
2. In the values folder you will find arrays.xml
3. Open that xml and search for "config_autobrightnessbacklightvalues"
4. Change all values to 0
5. Recompile the framework-res.apk​

Thanks!

What does this MOD do or what is it for? Sorry for the noob question.
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Datfoooo said:
What does this MOD do or what is it for? Sorry for the noob question.
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I think its the on screen buttons at the bottum like the GN
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Datfoooo said:
What does this MOD do or what is it for? Sorry for the noob question.
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Sure is. Its for a custom status bar
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apktool seems to have trouble with compiling system apks from this leak. What are people using to compile system ICS apks for s2 leaks?

jim93 said:
apktool seems to have trouble with compiling system apks from this leak. What are people using to compile system ICS apks for s2 leaks?
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I know i have a modified version of APK manager for my team
But try using APK manager 5.0

Soo whoever wants to make a flashable zip...
Sent from one of my phones! Thank me.

This is a mod i could achieve with xboarders aosp rom but I cant even get to decompile framework-res.apk from the leaked tw rom tried apktool 4.9 and 5 and always says theres an error 21 something
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felips.110 said:
This is a mod i could achieve with xboarders aosp rom but I cant even get to decompile framework-res.apk from the leaked tw rom tried apktool 4.9 and 5 and always says theres an error 21 something
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Read the error log
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sorry to hijack your thread master & slave. i know you're always doin' good job. but from what i tested this bad boy there is trouble with it on any ics rom. if you look @ bottom of the screen it cuts it. meaning the size of that nav bar cuts off screen in phone.apk, camera.apk and other apps even the whole home screen.i find this lame thanks to samsung for skrewing our things 0v3r =\

wali01x said:
sorry to hijack your thread master & slave. i know you're always doin' good job. but from what i tested this bad boy there is trouble with it on any ics rom. if you look @ bottom of the screen it cuts it. meaning the size of that nav bar cuts off screen in phone.apk, camera.apk and other apps even the whole home screen.i find this lame thanks to samsung for skrewing our things 0v3r =\
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Nah no Hijack...It should cut the screen because the buttons are always on screen on the GNex so Its cuts the screen here as well.
What I will do is try on my GSII on Thursday when I have my day off from work.
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Master&Slave™ said:
Nah no Hijack...It should cut the screen because the buttons are always on screen on the GNex so Its cuts the screen here as well.
What I will do is try on my GSII on Thursday when I have my day off from work.
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Thank you sir. I'm really dying for this mod, oddly enough, and the compile process isn't going so well. Thanks again for putting some time into this.
-the ultimate black dragon-

masamichi7 said:
Thank you sir. I'm really dying for this mod, oddly enough, and the compile process isn't going so well. Thanks again for putting some time into this.
-the ultimate black dragon-
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Everyone is having trouble compiling...post your error logs
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bump. i wanna see this mod get fixed... as crazy as it sounds, this is one of the features of ICS I've anticipated most... sad to see devs and "the man" cuttin' it out of their roms and overlays... Thanks for getting this started M&S!

acexnx316 said:
bump. i wanna see this mod get fixed... as crazy as it sounds, this is one of the features of ICS I've anticipated most... sad to see devs and "the man" cuttin' it out of their roms and overlays... Thanks for getting this started M&S!
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I wrote this blindly...but I don't think its broken...most people are having trouble compiling...not actual errors on the device...I asked people to post error logs but no one has done it
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I don't know why people want them now, since it looked like nobody wanted them like a month ago.
See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531317&highlight=onscreen+buttons
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xxKamikazexx said:
I don't know why people want them now, since it looked like nobody wanted them like a month ago.
See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531317&highlight=onscreen+buttons
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People have always wanted them. We were just pushed aside by those who think only their opinions matter. Its part of ics and actually a cool feature. Now those manufacturers making them hardware keys in their néw devices is just stupid. I can understand not wanting them on existing devices but new ones come on. What about the consumer
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If you have trouble compiling then post your error logs here
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Sup M&S, I am goin to give this a shot, seeing as how I just fixed my apk manager. If I receive an error trying to compile, I will post the log.
Well, here it is... It worked but, is there a way to center the icons?
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Theme Help, Looking for PNG Location

I have been trying to find this image and cannot. In the screen shot I am trying to take the progress bar you see in green and go blue with it. I have looked through both frameworks and systemui and anything else I can think of. I can find several twprogressbar PNG's but they are already blue from the theme Im using. Does anyone know where that image is at. Thanks in advance.

try secdownloadprovider.apk

Just checked. No green pngs in it either. Thanks.
Checked both. The actual provider doesn't even have a Res folder. Kinda odd.

Its an xml not a PNG. I don't have a PC right now so I can't look and tell u the exact one but dazed knows. I would send him a pm. Sorry I couldn't be more help but it changed in ICS and without being able to look I can't remember which it is.
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Tiffany84 said:
Its an xml not a PNG. I don't have a PC right now so I can't look and tell u the exact one but dazed knows. I would send him a pm. Sorry I couldn't be more help but it changed in ICS and without being able to look I can't remember which it is.
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Hey that is awesome. Thank you. I throught I was going insane. Its the only green really left and I wanted to try and change it. I'm not the greatest with XML but I can give it a shot. Thanks again. I'll shoot him a PM after while.

Its really easy to change. If u want u can download my theme or Dazed‘s blue theme or an ICS theme and when u know the exact one u can swap them out or you can open them up and look at it so u get an idea. U need to use something like notepad++ to edit the XML and if your going to make the change yourself your going to need to decompile the apk because just extracting it with 7zip or something won't allow u to edit the XML. U won't be able to read it.
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Hi tiff.

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Hi tiff.
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Hey!! Where u been?? Why aren't u building themes??
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Tiffany84 said:
Its really easy to change. If u want u can download my theme or Dazed‘s blue theme or an ICS theme and when u know the exact one u can swap them out or you can open them up and look at it so u get an idea. U need to use something like notepad++ to edit the XML and if your going to make the change yourself your going to need to decompile the apk because just extracting it with 7zip or something won't allow u to edit the XML. U won't be able to read it.
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Thanks. Once I know which one it is I may do that. The hardest time I'm having right now is decompiling and recompiling ICS frameworks without issues. I am using APk multi tool and for the life of me I cannot get it to see the project. I try to decompile with dependencies and it says select a project so I do. But it never selects. I'll keep playing with it. But if burst knows which one it is that would be awesome. I see he's now in the thread.

Have u tried using the tool agat posted in development?
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Tiffany84 said:
Have u tried using the tool agat posted in development?
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You know I downloaded it but didn't really give it a shot. Maybe that should be were I move to instead of keep beating my head against the table with the Multi tool. I'll give it a shot.

Apk manager is the best. I'm tired so too lazy to read previous posts, but the progress bar XML is progress_horizontal.XML under framework-res.apk > Res > Layout.
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Ascertion said:
Apk manager is the best. I'm tired so too lazy to read previous posts, but the progress bar XML is progress_horizontal.XML under framework-res.apk > Res > Layout.
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I just decompiled that and couldnt seem to see that file in the layout folder. maybe im looking in the wrong place?
Edit, there is one in the drawable folder?

Well I changed out the Progress_horizontal.xml and the TWprogress_horizontal.xml from the drawable folder. I used the framework from Tiffs ICS with a twist of Honey theme v1.0. That damn bar is still green. Verified all the PNGs were right. And made sure that I did indeed get thee right xmls switched over. Not sure what else to try. I looked in the layout folder and there wasn't a file named that in there. and ideas?

My bad, it is drawable. For ICS, it might be a part of SystemUI. (They also placed the battery mods in there.) Try those sub folders and search for "progress". I haven't done any ICS theming as of yet, but I think that should do it.

Ascertion said:
My bad, it is drawable. For ICS, it might be a part of SystemUI. (They also placed the battery mods in there.) Try those sub folders and search for "progress". I haven't done any ICS theming as of yet, but I think that should do it.
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I think I may have got it, I just decompiled and changed the color code in the progress_horizontal.xml and recompiled. I looked through systemui and didn't see any files with that name. I'm flashing now so we will see shortley. Thanks for all your help. I will post back in just a few with the results.
Nope. OK, time to browse systemui a little better.
Found another one in tw.framework
OK, so I think I know what my issue is, problem in my process. thanks again. post back when i figure something out. if anyone has anymore input its all welcome.
OK, Im at a loss. I have changed it in both frameworks. still that bar is green, i dont get it.

scarmon25 said:
I think I may have got it, I just decompiled and changed the color code in the progress_horizontal.xml and recompiled. I looked through systemui and didn't see any files with that name. I'm flashing now so we will see shortley. Thanks for all your help. I will post back in just a few with the results.
Nope. OK, time to browse systemui a little better.
Found another one in tw.framework
OK, so I think I know what my issue is, problem in my process. thanks again. post back when i figure something out. if anyone has anymore input its all welcome.
OK, Im at a loss. I have changed it in both frameworks. still that bar is green, i dont get it.
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It's gotta be the framework-res one. Are you editing the hex values? Eg: #ff475864
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Ascertion said:
It's gotta be the framework-res one. Are you editing the hex values? Eg: #ff475864
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Yeah, I am having some trouble getting apk manager to find the project. it keeps telling me to select a project and I select one, but it doesnt sellect., any ideas on that one.

scarmon25 said:
Yeah, I am having some trouble getting apk manager to find the project. it keeps telling me to select a project and I select one, but it doesnt sellect., any ideas on that one.
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Not sure lol. It should show up if you have the apk in the right folder. I think u gotta place it in the 'pleace apk here for modding' folder. Option to select should be 25.
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[Theme] Alternative Conversation Skins [V1.2]

Hey guys, I'm a relative from the AT&T LGOG community.
I made a small (amateurish) theme for the mms.apk for my phone and wanted to try and port it to the sprint variant.
I used the LGUSMms.apk from a deodexed ZV9 stock ROM (posted by b-reezy HERE).
I do not have the Sprint LGOG and therefor have not been able to test this.
Some great users have tested and reported it works. Thanks guys.
LINK to original AT&T thread.
I have spent the last 2 days re-theming the conversation skins for the stock LGUSMms.apk.
I was inspired by whiteguypl's theme HERE.
This has his dark holo theme included. (Has the same little issue where the text color of links that people send you is the same as the background color).
(If you have an issue with this whiteguypl, please let me know).
I have included screenshots for all the themes.
I know they are a little rough, I am still brand new to themeing.
This was some pretty tough work (mostly because I had to learn a lot and made a few mistakes in the process).
Usual Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any harm done to your device from flashing this.
I have flashed it fine on my phone without issues but cannot promise the same for you.
This replaces the LGUSMms.apk from /system/app/, so I strongly recommend either a system backup in recovery or at least making a copy of your LGUSMms.apk before installation.
Install via recovery.
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Download HERE!V1.2 (Was too big to attach).
Thank you for your support and help guys.

Flashing now..
Flashed it and nothing changed..?

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Flashing now..
Flashed it and nothing changed..?
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Are you on a deodexed rom?
If not, maybe try renaming /system/app/LGUSMms.odex to LGUSMms.odex.bak (I'm assuming this is the name of it).
Then reboot.
I had a user say that that worked for another mod on a stock odexed rom.

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Are you on a deodexed rom?
If not, maybe try renaming /system/app/LGUSMms.odex to LGUSMms.odex.bak (I'm assuming this is the name of it).
Then reboot.
I had a user say that that worked for another mod on a stock odexed rom.
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I am on the deodexed rom you took this from and let me try renaming it..
Changed the name and the messaging icon disappeared.

_Epic said:
I am on the deodexed rom you took this from and let me try renaming it..
Changed the name and the messaging icon disappeared.
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Right, if you are deodexed there shouldn't be a .odex file, so there shouldn't have been anything to rename (if you renamed the .apk then the system won't see the app anymore, you'll want to change it back).
Did you try changing the conversation skin at all? Maybe one just didn't work (my guess it would be the blue striped background, the image names were different).
Can you try copying the THIS file (just the .apk in the .zip, maybe the .zip didn't flash right) to /system/app and making sure permissions are set to -rw-r--r--.
You'll have to reboot every time you change an app in there.
Thanks, and sorry it didn't work like it should have at first, I appreciate the help.

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Right, if you are deodexed there shouldn't be a .odex file, so there shouldn't have been anything to rename (if you renamed the .apk then the system won't see the app anymore, you'll want to change it back).
Did you try changing the conversation skin at all? Maybe one just didn't work (my guess it would be the blue striped background, the image names were different).
Can you try copying the THIS file (just the .apk in the .zip, maybe the .zip didn't flash right) to /system/app and making sure permissions are set to -rw-r--r--.
You'll have to reboot every time you change an app in there.
Thanks, and sorry it didn't work like it should have at first, I appreciate the help.
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Perfect! Works great now.
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Perfect! Works great now.
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Great!
By copying the .apk or something else?
If so, maybe the .zip was messed up.
I'm thinking maybe the script is not mounting the partition correctly due to differences between the AT&T and Sprint versions.
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Looks like that may have been the issue, changed the script, updated to V1.2.

Thanks for bringing this to our community
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Works perfect! Thank you.
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Works perfect here as well thanks...
Sent from my LGOG!!!!BOOM.....

Just did this!!! Nice work!!
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Beautiful themes man. Great work.
Let's work on some LG Home themes.
If you have gtalk shoot me a PM. I'd be down to collaborate on some theming.

Thank you so much! I had been waiting for someone to make more mms themes since I got the phone.
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Any plans to update with more? or plans to fix the ICS blue and black one that had text in colors you can read?
But works great, thanks! :good:

b-reezy said:
Beautiful themes man. Great work.
Let's work on some LG Home themes.
If you have gtalk shoot me a PM. I'd be down to collaborate on some theming.
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Thanks.
And I would love to, but class just started back up for me (today was the first day and I have an assignment and quiz already tomorrow) and until I know how my schedule is going to balance out, I'm not sure how much time I can devote to themeing/etc.
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Any plans to update with more? or plans to fix the ICS blue and black one that had text in colors you can read?
But works great, thanks! :good:
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And I was hoping to do more, but don't know when (see above) and was also hoping to fix the text color issues. I have been looking around in the .xmls and think I may have found the link colors, but I have yet to find out where the colors are set for individual skins (ie. the green "nature" theme has blue text in it because the original paper skin had blue text in it, I haven't been able to find where that is set).

Just wanted to give you an update, changed ROM's and flashed V1.2 and it worked perfect.

Works great wish we had more color schemes or choices
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If I could make a request for a blue and yellow theme, like from IGPX, I'd love that option. Lemme know if you need help, I can try to assist
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Can we please get this for ZVB jellybean?
The stock themes are aweful. I know all I really want is the blue/gray one.
Thanks!

^this ^
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Need a developers help

I am looking fire a developer who can help me port over a simple mod. I tried in my own but do not know enough. I do but want them to just do it I want them to explain what to do so next time I can do it myself.
I originally thought I just needed to change the Mount points but that did but fix it. After installing the mod the phone hangs at the boot splash animation fir the Rom.
Please can someone help me learn
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What MOD is it?
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
What MOD is it?
I like to break stuff!
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It is a morph mod to change all the text Color on the phone
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Downloading it now I'll take a look and see what needs to be done to port it over and let you know
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Downloading it now I'll take a look and see what needs to be done to port it over and let you know
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks. . Keep in mind I want to learn from this. .
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What phone is it for? If it involves a resource file from another phone it prob needs to be modified for our device's framework-res. Will also DL and take a look later
Edit: there is a resource file in there, that would be device and android version specific. And since its not a whole Apk it'd be hard to decompile and port. What's it from?
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sleshepic said:
What phone is it for? If it involves a resource file from another phone it prob needs to be modified for our device's framework-res. Will also DL and take a look later
Edit: there is a resource file in there, that would be device and android version specific. And since its not a whole Apk it'd be hard to decompile and port. What's it from?
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Pretty sure it's from the sgsIII thats where I saw it as part of morphology so it shouldn't be extremely difficult to port or remake if need be. As a matter of fact mackentosh may add it in if he updates his morphology port since it's included in the newset sgsIII version. Really all it does is flash new font colors to the /system and launchers you can choose one or the other or both heres the original thread over on sprint sgsIII themes and apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091572
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Pretty sure it's from the sgsIII thats where I saw it as part of morphology so it shouldn't be extremely difficult to port or remake if need be. As a matter of fact mackentosh may add it in if he updates his morphology port since it's included in the newset sgsIII version. Really all it does is flash new font colors to the /system and launchers you can choose one or the other or both heres the original thread over on sprint sgsIII themes and apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091572
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It "flashes new font colors to the /system" by replacing the compiled resources.arsc from the framework-res.apk from the sg3 Which is why he's getting a bootloop. And unless we have his framework-res.apk its not all that easy to decompile the resources to change. So unless you know something I don't this is built for the wrong phone and can't just be "ported" by replacing a few files here and there.
You could chuck this resource file into the stock framework-res that he's using and decompile, that sometimes works. Then copy the appropriate lines in colors.xml etc to our framework-res then compile. Then take that resources file and put it in a morph zip and it should work. But there's tons of xml's in there that are dif on our note
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It "flashes new font colors to the /system" by replacing the compiled resources.arsc from the framework-res.apk from the sg3 Which is why he's getting a bootloop. And unless we have his framework-res.apk its not all that easy to decompile the resources to change. So unless you know something I don't this is built for the wrong phone and can't just be "ported" by replacing a few files here and there.
You could chuck this resource file into the stock framework-res that he's using and decompile, that sometimes works. Then copy the appropriate lines in colors.xml etc to our framework-res then compile. Then take that resources file and put it in a morph zip and it should work. But there's tons of xml's in there that are dif on our note
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Its universal for TW roms on the sgsIII so it would probably be easier to just redo the mod based off of the note 2 files instead of trying to actually port it over. I haven't had a chance to open it up and see what we'd need to mod for a note 2 version. But seeing as how the sgsIII version works with any TW rom it shouldn't be too hard to make something similar for the note. The flashing part was just what they said in the sgsIII thread, I just haven't had the time to look and see what exactly it does.
Edit: I was actually thinking it was xml and smali edits to change the system font colors. I'm not all that great with smali/backsmali but I can manage as long ad I have my cheatsheet handy
I like to break stuff!

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Edit: there is a resource file in there, that would be device and android version specific. And since its not a whole Apk it'd be hard to decompile and port. What's it from?
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Hmm I didn't think it would be that big a deal. I flash lots of sg3 stuff and they run fine. This is from morph like people have said and I run the morph itself directly as was written for the sg3. I am told something needs to be modified but it works fine for me the way it is and none will tell me what the original morph needs changed. I was thinking since this is pay off the morph it would be simpler than De compiling. I used to be a programmer and it kills me to have to wait around for someone to do something I could easily learn to do with a little guidance. . I will just keep trying. .
What resource is it using that would need to be changed?
Thanks for the input even if it didn't help
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Hmm I didn't think it would be that big a deal. I flash lots of sg3 stuff and they run fine. This is from morph like people have said and I run the morph itself directly as was written for the sg3. I am told something needs to be modified but it works fine for me the way it is and none will tell me what the original morph needs changed. I was thinking since this is pay off the morph it would be simpler than De compiling. I used to be a programmer and it kills me to have to wait around for someone to do something I could easily learn to do with a little guidance. . I will just keep trying. .
What resource is it using that would need to be changed?
Thanks for the input even if it didn't help
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It's not that it's a big deal, its just that without the entire apk it makes it a little more difficult getting the values from his work and transferring them to ours. Most likely one could just download the rom he was working with (was it like LJ7 or something?), pull out the framework-res.apk, put the resource file from the morph into the framework-res.apk, then decompile it.
The rub is that we are not just dealing with single xml's in the morph. Alot of the time morphs with single xmls will work between phones, as the description for a battery mod or whatever is generally the same in Android. The problem is there is a resource file, which is several xml's bundled together from the values folder of a decompiled framework-res. In there there's several things that are device specific, the dimensions of things, the styles.xml, the public.xml etc. That is what is most likely causing the problem. All you want from the resource file is the info and values from the colors.xml, it's just by itself and needs to be reunited with its apk to be decompiled and transferred. like a tiny example, your transferring a resource file with a colors.xml bundled that doesn't have entries for the SPen, doesnt have a public xml that has all the info and id's of the SNote images in framework etc.

Yes I understand that if a resource file is used it is but a simple move . What does would I look for to know it had a resource file?
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Yes I understand that if a resource file is used it is but a simple move . What does would I look for to know it had a resource file?
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Not sure what your saying here, but I saw it had a resource file included by opening up the zip and looking inside.
In general I'll just say, it seems like your making it sound very easy to simply change all the text colors of a phone. Its not. The xml and such are scattered all over and different for each phone. So essentially your asking someone to either do it, or teach you how to theme as it would take hours and hours to explain the whole process of compiling, searching and changing all the appropriate spots.

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Not sure what your saying here, but I saw it had a resource file included by opening up the zip and looking inside.
In general I'll just say, it seems like your making it sound very easy to simply change all the text colors of a phone. Its not. The xml and such are scattered all over and different for each phone. So essentially your asking someone to either do it, or teach you how to theme as it would take hours and hours to explain the whole process of compiling, searching and changing all the appropriate spots.
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I was asking what kind of file is a resource file. . .xml ? When I open up a zip what would I look for to know it is not going to be compatable
I did not think it would be a big deal. I know now it is.
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I was asking what kind of file is a resource file. . .xml ? When I open up a zip what would I look for to know it is not going to be compatable
I did not think it would be a big deal. I know now it is.
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Resource.arsc is the file. Needs to be decompiled to change. Its not a big deal, you just can't swap files between phones all willy nilly.
Doesn't seem like there's much more I can do to help. You've had a few people chime in with good info and try to help and you haven't even thanked anyone for the effort, so...I'm out
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Unfortunately all the suggestions went over my head. Not yet knowledgeable enough to understand. As i said I am trying to learn. Thanks for trying. I guess I need to figure out how to decompile a rom. Got everything installed to do it but cannot figure it out. Looking for some hand holding but cannot find any.
Thanks anyway
And for the record only you and evil have posted and neither of you seen willing to God my hand and guide me through this. Not a big deal as I have been looking for someone for awhile and still am on my own trying to figure this out. I THOUGHT this was an easy task to break my teeth on but know now it is not. Sorry to have wasted your time. I will keep plugging.
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I have been looking for someone for awhile and still am on my own trying to figure this out.
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You probably end up being on your own with that attitude and not even willing to throw in a thanks. JS

LaloHigh said:
You probably end up being on your own with that attitude and not even willing to throw in a thanks. JS
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did i miss something? as i just read the entire thread and there was no attitude noted. you seem to be the only one with an attitude in this thread!