Trying help my friend set up his One X with Nova Launcher. However, when we go to change icons, they don't have transparent backgrounds. Although they are saved as transparent .gif and .png formats.
Works fine on my GS3. Wondering if there is a trick with the One X ??
dont choose a picture from gallery, choose a file from your sd card. u have to browse with a file explore (ES for example) to the file
Thanks, I'll give that a shot.
stiffmast3r said:
dont choose a picture from gallery, choose a file from your sd card. u have to browse with a file explore (ES for example) to the file
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It´s sooooo easy, thanks a lot. Searched a long time for this simple solution.
Hey baldi!
Nice to see you here,I am a fan of your wallpapers selection
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Alright so I ran into some trouble while changing my Icons. When I change the phone.apk Icon it works. But when I change the contacts app icon it changes the phone apps icon to the contacts icon. I dont know why. Im relatively new at this sooo any help would be much appreciated. thanks!
Are you editing directly (i.e. using APK Edit) or you using something like BetterCut/LauncherPro/ADW? I've never tried editing the icons directly, but I have changed my icons on my homescreens using these apps and have never have any issue. If you want a different launcher, ADW/LP will make changing the icon simple, BetterCut can be used with Sense to achieve a similar effect
Ah I was editing directly.
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techobsessive said:
Ah I was editing directly.
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Yea, I very much suggest using launcherpro, it's as easy as holding down your finger on the homescreen, selecting application and then choosing an app. When it opens the text editor, just click on the actual icon to change it. I keep a special folder called "My Icons" on my sd so it's always in my gallery for use.
dankblaze said:
Yea, I very much suggest using launcherpro, it's as easy as holding down your finger on the homescreen, selecting application and then choosing an app. When it opens the text editor, just click on the actual icon to change it. I keep a special folder called "My Icons" on my sd so it's always in my gallery for use.
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Hey I had no clue launcher pro could do that, I've been using folder organizer for all that stuff. Now I have one less program installed taking up resources, thanks.
N-Forced said:
Hey I had no clue launcher pro could do that, I've been using folder organizer for all that stuff. Now I have one less program installed taking up resources, thanks.
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FYI LauncherPro/ADW cannot change the icons for folders, just for apps, you're still going to need Folder Organizer for changing folder icons
EDIT: At least the free versions can't
Zoon0n said:
FYI LauncherPro/ADW cannot change the icons for folders, just for apps, you're still going to need Folder Organizer for changing folder icons
EDIT: At least the free versions can't
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Both paid and free cant.
Does anyone know to add pictures to the "Wallpaper Gallery menu"???? I use the stock ROM rooted which only comes with only about 4 or 5 wallpapers embedded into the Wallpaper Gallery menu however I decompiled the TwWallpaperChooser.apk and found there's waaaay more wallpapers than what the OS actually allows us to choose from... In the end I would like to have all the wallpapers shown under the Wallpaper Gallery menu. Can anyone help with this? Anyone??
I went to sys/apps/twwallpaper picker.
Extracted all.sent as email to myself.
Downloaded.
Went to gallery and then applied wallpaper.
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you have to decompile the twwallpaper.apk
go into res/values and open up arrays and in there you will see picture names...add the ones from in the drawable-hdpi folder that are not present in the arrays
TY for the help. I was wondering the same thing myself. Is this also how to change the default wall paper when preparing a custom rom?
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you have to decompile the twwallpaper.apk
go into res/values and open up arrays and in there you will see picture names...add the ones from in the drawable-hdpi folder that are not present in the arrays
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Res/value/arrays?? no such directory exists. Let's rewind a little bit, which APK needs to be decompiled?? There are about 33 wallpapers sitting in TwWallpaperChooser.apk. They came pre-installed to the following directory:
TwWallpaperChooser\res\drawable-hdpi ...
however only 4 or 5 only appear and the rest do not show up under the Wallpaper Gallery menu. How can I get all 33 wallpapers visible when I access my Wallpaper Gallery menu?? If we are referring to the same APK that you suggested earlier, then I can assure you there no Res/value/arrays directory listed after decompiling. Any suggestions anyone??
Can one see these "hidden" pics on the default manufacturer's ROM?
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Res/value/arrays?? no such directory exists. Let's rewind a little bit, which APK needs to be decompiled?? There are about 33 wallpapers sitting in TwWallpaperChooser.apk. They came pre-installed to the following directory:
TwWallpaperChooser\res\drawable-hdpi ...
however only 4 or 5 only appear and the rest do not show up under the Wallpaper Gallery menu. How can I get all 33 wallpapers visible when I access my Wallpaper Gallery menu?? If we are referring to the same APK that you suggested earlier, then I can assure you there no Res/value/arrays directory listed after decompiling. Any suggestions anyone??
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First thing i told you to do was decompile.
U must be extracting because Im looking at it right now....
M&S
AlchemistAndroid said:
TY for the help. I was wondering the same thing myself. Is this also how to change the default wall paper when preparing a custom rom?
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The default wallpaper is in the the framework/res/drawable-hdpi folder
"Default_wallpaper"
M&S
Master&Slave™ said:
First thing i told you to do was decompile.
U must be extracting because Im looking at it right now....
M&S
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My mistake, man you are good. It worked! Good job man.
sippinalizay said:
My mistake, man you are good. It worked! Good job man.
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Its cool, we all make them including myself numerous times. I tried that on a whim one day and i was like holy ****!
M&S
Ummm , sounds like you guys are making this overly complicated ......
Wallpaper, Gallery, is your phones gallery, not the TWwallpapers ....
If you are asking how to add more pictures to Wallpaper>Gallery, just create a folder on your phone, call it wallpapers or whatever else you want, and copy the 960x800 wallpapers to it and "rescan media" using an app from the market or reboot ...
Then open up Wallpaper>Gallery, and choose your wallpaper folder .....
Maybe I read your first post wrong but you did ask about Wallpaper Gallery not the TW wallpapers ....
@Watcher64 - I believe the reason behind this is when installing custom ROM, you would like to have the wallpapers already present when it is installed and not worry about downloading a bunch or transferring them from your computer. This is why I am editing/adding to mine.
While it is located under "Wallpaper gallery" on the phone, the actual apk is TwWallpaperChooser.apk in system\app
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The list of the wallpapers in the array.xml file was not located in \res\values, rather \res\values-hdpi in my ROM.
Thanks sippinalizay and M&S for helping sorting it all out!
Using custom.xml?
I recently stumble myself on this same question and the answers I found on the Internet either didn't properly apply to my phone ROM or they were not much feasible (like tampering with the system resources files).
But I observed something interesting... a custom vendor wallpaper image added to the default wallpaper gallery; I tried to find the trace back to the source files that made it possible that addition and I found this:
/system/csc/custom.xml
Code:
<Display>
<NbWallpaper>1</NbWallpaper>
<Wallpaper src="/Customer/XTE/Wallpaper/Sun 480 x 320.jpg" width="480" height="320">
<Position>1</Position>
<FileType>JPG</FileType>
</Wallpaper>
</Display>
Modify that at your will and add pictures to the Wallpaper Gallery in a simple way.
Note about the attached pic: the 3rd wallpaper is a custom one that I added by injecting it directly to the TwWallpaperChooser.apk with same name of a previous one picture, actually replacing it.
How can I decompile an APK file?
I found some cool wallpapers. How can I copy these wallpaer to my Galaxy Nexus? What is the location of wallpapers and is there any special method of transfer? I will appreciate your help.
Just put them on your phone somewhere using USB then open them in the gallery and use the menu to set them as wallpaper.
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Ryjabo said:
Just put them on your phone somewhere using USB then open them in the gallery and use the menu to set them as wallpaper.
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Thanks fro your advice but the problem is that you have to crop the image when you try use any image from gallery. I was looking for the path or location of wallpapers on the phone so that I just copy jpeg files.
I downloaed new galaxy s3 wallpapers and wanted to use them.
I think if you download "QuickPic" from the market...
Long press your homescreen and select wallpaper>quickpic you can drag the sliders to the full image.
Jubakuba, thanks. Quickpic did the job.
rookie8155 said:
Thanks fro your advice but the problem is that you have to crop the image when you try use any image from gallery. I was looking for the path or location of wallpapers on the phone so that I just copy jpeg files.
I downloaed new galaxy s3 wallpapers and wanted to use them.
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The "cropping" in the Gallery doesn't actually downsize it if you go to the full size, it just shows what you'll actually see when taking away the top/bottom bars.
Is there a way to save a shortcut on one of the home panels to:
1) open a file such as a saved PDF?
2) open a saved bookmark on internet browser?
Or are we only able to save shortcuts to apps and Widgets?
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The short answer is yes you can
mojohio said:
Is there a way to save a shortcut on one of the home panels to:
1) open a file such as a saved PDF?
2) open a saved bookmark on internet browser?
Or are we only able to save shortcuts to apps and Widgets?
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I responded to this once with great detail on how to do it, but when I went to post, the site was down and all was lost. Now you get the short version.
With ADW Launcher you can add shortcuts. Get free or paid version of ADW and have a file manager. I use Astro File Manager. When you add a shortcut, choose ASTRO and it will open the app. Then simply choose your file.
This feature and not being able to have my 5x5 grid is why I don't use Touch Wiz.
I think you can do this by downloading ES File explorer, with any launcher, rom, etc. Just navigate to the file with ES file explorer, then long hold it, and then choose create shortcut. I know that works for videos, PDF's, and other document like things, but probably not for webpage shortcuts. For that, you should be able to just add those using the stock launcher, or any other launcher by long holding the screen, and selecting add shortcut, then from there choosing the bookmark.
Tried this with ES and it works! I might be one step closer to using TouchWiz.
Why do I need a signature when I use the XDA app?
Got them all to work. Thanks for the tips guys. Each one was a success.
First off i think CM10 has done a very good job with the wallpapaers but i still like my own custom wallpapers and i would like to move my .png wallpaper onto the CM10 wallpaer folder so that whenever i want to chage my wallppaer there all in one folder. So yeah wheres that folder?
Just make a map on your SD card. Put your wallpapers in there. Then press the 'menu' button on your home screen and choose 'wallpaper' (or something similar). Then browse with the gallery and your wallpaper map will be in there.
You can also browse directly in the gallery and long press on a picture.
Good luck!
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