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[HOWTO] Gingerbread Theme + Ext Pwr Menu + % Battery + Custom Anims on JPU (any rom)

Adding Ext Power as well as % Battery Mod is very easy thanks to Jim Panses super Arbeit
Many thanks also to Dena and whiskeybro for their Theme as well as vukandric for the Gingerbread theme.
This is how I did it on Darky's Rom, but it should theoretically work for any Rom based on JPU.
Possibly the Rom needs to be deodexed what most custom roms are anyway.
You will possibly lose animations but there is an easy way to get them back!
Read end of post for this!
Ok let's get started with the simple (but limited) method.
Step 1:
Download the theme from Dena, the Gingerbread Theme as well as the framework-res.apk attached to this post. Put them on your SD card.
Step 2:
Install Dena's Theme with extended Power Menu
Step 3:
Install Gingerbread Theme
Step 4:
With Root Explorer copy the framework-res.apk file out of this thread to /system/framework
Your system will most likely crash after that and reboot with the new framework-res.apk active. Then change the permissions to 644 meaning all boxes in the first column selected as well as the topmost row of the second column selected. All else unselected.
Done!
This should work for any rom, but I can't confirm it yet.
For anyone interested in making their own themes compatible with ext pwr + % battery here is the more complicated way to do this and the way I actually did it:
Step 1:
You will need Dena's Theme again as a base as well as a another theme that already has the % battery but lacks the power menu. (It work too if you don't have % battery yet, but then only for the ext Power Menu)
Step 2:
Extract the framework-res.apk of each theme.
Step 3:
copy everything from framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi of the theme you want to use into the same (sometimes also called "...\drawable-hdpi-v4") folder within the framework-res.apk of Dena's Theme.
Do not extract the framework-res-apk files. Use 7-zip to open them and do the copying!
Step 4:
Do the steps from the "simple" guide but instead of gingerbread theme you use your theme of choice and the framework-res.apk you use is the one you created.
Animations:
Many Themes use custom animations now.
The most common is the fly-in animation.
These animations might be lost with this method.
To get them back simply download the "Animations.zip" from this thread. Extract and move to /sdcard/AndroidThemes and then install with Metamorph (app can be found on market)
Here is another way provided by kenkiller
kenkiller said:
extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.
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Haven't tried yet, but I see no reason why it should not work

reserved for me

you might wanna change super arbeit to great work

Jonas.M said:
you might wanna change super arbeit to great work
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That was intentional

Very useful, someone should try this on Darkyy's 5.2

I AM on Darky 5.2!

Were you able to retain all of Darkyy's animations after doing this?

Mycorrhiza said:
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... but it should theoretically work for any Rom based on JPU.
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No it doesn't. Not all rom can use it. Each rom framework-res.apk is different.
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g00ndu said:
No it doesn't. Not all rom can use it. Each rom framework-res.apk is different.
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differently themed maybe, but it should still work as they are all based on the same framework-res.apk (that of JPU)
Animations are gone, but I have a good idea how to fix this

Animations are what puts Darkyy's ROM apart. Apart from his very good themed colors & graphics.

Thank you for the credits!

ragin said:
Animations are what puts Darkyy's ROM apart. Apart from his very good themed colors & graphics.
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The fly in animations are exactly the ones used in darkyy's rom,or at least similar enough that I didn't notice a difference yet.
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If you used my files as the base for this, its only a little part of the fly in animation, because i dont liked the whole package!

What Dena theme do you mean? That link is to the captivate forums?

jim_panse said:
If you used my files as the base for this, its only a little part of the fly in animation, because i dont liked the whole package!
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After installing the Gingerbread Theme all transitions are lost. I used the ones from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774738
If you want to add your own animation set I would gladly upload it here, too

HaTeNL said:
What Dena theme do you mean? That link is to the captivate forums?
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My mistake, fixed it!
Thx for the info

Giving it a 5-star. Helpful.

it's pretty easy to regain the animations if u prefer the original.
Just extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.

This actually does work on most custom roms, as long as they are deodexed.. Great work though..
Is it also possible to only add ext menu and keep glass window lock screen? I like the instant sms reader

kenkiller said:
it's pretty easy to regain the animations if u prefer the original.
Just extract the anim folder inside darkky's framework-res.apk with 7zip, and then overwrite the same folder and contents with the framework-res.apk you intend to copy to ur phone. But in the case of animations, it's needed to clear dalvik cache in CWM.
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I added this to the front page, hope you don't mind.

[Request]Black background instead of gradient

Can someone provide me with a flash able zip or something so the gradient throughout the system changes to solid black
I have tried the universal gradient fix the black version and it did not work
I'm running paranoid android 1.99
Please thanks in advance!

I have a free blue theme that does that. If it has theme chooser you could use that.
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Paranoid darkness by nordpolcamper does that, but also changes the Nav bar buttons, which are a little too big for me, but Its definitely worth checking out.
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ÜBER™ said:
I have a free blue theme that does that. If it has theme chooser you could use that.
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Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like

Shadow_Android said:
Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like
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... Just try it. And more than likely it won't matter if you use that theme and I make a flashable as the theme chooser takes image priority and if he has the gradient background in the theme it will be useless.
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... Just try it. And more than likely it won't matter if you use that theme and I make a flashable as the theme chooser takes image priority and if he has the gradient background in the theme it will be useless.
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I dont think he does but anyway what's the theme called?

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I dont think he does but anyway what's the theme called?
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The thread is a couple threads down. UBER Jelly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741949
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Shadow_Android said:
Can you make a flashable zip out of it?
The thing is that I have the theme ICS fixer already installed
It changes all the old gingerbread pngs to other more ICS/jb like
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There should be a frameworks_res_background_holo_dark.png file inside the theme file. Replace it with a black png. This way you get to keep your existing theme while changing the background.
If it isn't there, you'll need to replace the file background_holo_dark.png inside your framework-res.apk file under the drawable folder

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There should be a frameworks_res_background_holo_dark.png file inside the theme file. Replace it with a black png. This way you get to keep your existing theme while changing the background.
If it isn't there, you'll need to replace the file background_holo_dark.png inside your framework-res.apk file under the drawable folder
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Is it possible to change it without a computer?

I just checked in the ics fixer theme & background_holo_dark.png is not present, so I could make a ZipThemer theme with just this black image if you like.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

stumpy352 said:
I just checked in the ics fixer theme & background_holo_dark.png is not present, so I could make a ZipThemer theme with just this black image if you like.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.
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Please!!!!

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Please!!!!
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Here ya go. Do you know how to use ZipThemer? Make sure you use your rom to update edify. If you can't work it out use the tutorial here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...Ghost ZipThemer][STOCK ROMS. ALL GNEX MODELS]
Blackout-ZipThemer.zip
http://db.tt/bhbtm1db
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There's a theme called ThyrusHolo Black that does exactly what you're aiming at.
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Thanks man it worked perfectly
Do you have a guide on creating zip themer themes?

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Thanks man it worked perfectly
Do you have a guide on creating zip themer themes?
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Glad it worked for you. I haven't written a guide, but its really not hard. I make them on my phone using root explorer. Extract the zip and have a look. You'll see that there is a folder for the apk(s) you want to theme without the .apk file extention. Subfolders inside that are structured exactly the same as inside the apk. Then you have the xml file that tells ZipThemer where to put what. Using the same format, create a line for each apk you're theming, followed by a line describing the path. Edit the author, theme name and description. Once you're done, zip the whole thing up & it's ready to go.
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stumpy352 said:
Glad it worked for you. I haven't written a guide, but its really not hard. I make them on my phone using root explorer. Extract the zip and have a look. You'll see that there is a folder for the apk(s) you want to theme without the .apk file extention. Subfolders inside that are structured exactly the same as inside the apk. Then you have the xml file that tells ZipThemer where to put what. Using the same format, create a line for each apk you're theming, followed by a line describing the path. Edit the author, theme name and description. Once you're done, zip the whole thing up & it's ready to go.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.
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That sounds easy!
I thought the XML file was auto generated by some program

Shadow_Android said:
That sounds easy!
I thought the XML file was auto generated by some program
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Nah, you have to edit it yourself. Go to my ghost thread and download the theme. Unzip it and study the file structure and xml structure in ghost.xml. Should give you a feel for it. Images will theme on any rom using this method, but you've got to be careful with adding xml files to the app folders. Some xml, especially layout stuff will break some roms. That's why I've only made ghost for stock roms.
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[REQ] Flashable .zip file with the attached Softkey pics for PA

Hello fellow xda members,
can someone help me to create a flashable .zip file for PA with the attached pictures of my own Softkey creation?
I tried myself, replaced the images in another flashable file for PA, tried zipThemer but nothing worked... :crying:
I think there could be other members who like those softkeys, they would appreciate it as much as me. If you're a themer and want to implement the softkeys in your theme, feel free to do so!
Attached is an overview and the individual pics, you do not see the individual pics since they have a transparent backgroung, but they are there
Thanks in advance!

flx-grafix said:
Hello fellow xda members,
can someone help me to create a flashable .zip file for PA with the attached pictures of my own Softkey creation?
I tried myself, replaced the images in another flashable file for PA, tried zipThemer but nothing worked... :crying:
I think there could be other members who like those softkeys, they would appreciate it as much as me. If you're a themer and want to implement the softkeys in your theme, feel free to do so!
Attached is an overview and the individual pics, you do not see the individual pics since they have a transparent backgroung, but they are there
Thanks in advance!
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Let me know nice looking s keys
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can't see anything at all.....
*edit-now I can

So we're already three people
No one willing and able to help?

cut that out into individual .png's and i will do it for you. not sure if they will be cross compatible with later ROM updates though.

Thank you, highly appreciated. Attached is a zip with the individual .png's.
If I have a working file, maybe I can figure it out how to update for future versions.

flx-grafix said:
Thank you, highly appreciated. Attached is a zip with the individual .png's.
If I have a working file, maybe I can figure it out how to update for future versions.
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it's actually quite simple to do yourself for future versions and requires nothing more than 7-zip. you are just modifying the images in SystemUI.apk, and 7-zip won't affect the signatures.
1. open (open, not extract) the ROM zip with 7-zip, and browse to "system/app/SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi".
2. drag your images into "drawable-xhdpi" folder in 7-zip, it will overwrite the existing softkeys. you will see a prompt asking if you want to replace those files, say yes.
3. close 7-zip, you will be asked if you want to update the archive, say yes.
4. follow standard flashing procedure with the modded ROM zip.
i am not familiar with vrtheme or zipthemer, so i only know the "old-fashioned" way of modding your SystemUI.apk, so if you upload that, i could help also. liquid150 has already nicely offered to help, hopefully more knowledgeable about that sort of thing

Thanks, for the guide. I was trying it that way, but with another program than 7zip. Unfortunately I'm on a Mac and there is only an unofficial 7zip version. Will try that out.
But how do you open the SystemUI.apk inside the archive?

flx-grafix said:
Thanks, for the guide. I was trying it that way, but with another program than 7zip. Unfortunately I'm on a Mac and there is only an unofficial 7zip version. Will try that out.
But how do you open the SystemUI.apk inside the archive?
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ahh i didn't know about there not being an official Mac version.. well, assuming the unofficial version functions the same way, when you open the archive, you can click into the .apk files as if they were folders. so as you are clicking down into the folders, just double-click the SystemUI.apk and it opens into the apk folder structure.
or you could always just extract the SystemUI.apk from the ROM and do the 7-zip modifications directly in the apk file. then make your own little flashable zip with just that apk to put it back onto your phone.

Working on a ZipThemer zip where this will be Universal for ya give me a few.

That sounds awesome, ÜBER!!!

Okay so i need somebody to test.. this is the first time i've done it for the softkeys... but everything should be fine. let me know how it works.
FLX-Softkeys.zip
Its a ZipThemer zip so you need to use Zip Themer to make the flashable if you dont know how visit my Theme Thread and in post #7 there is a tutorial it is linked at the end of the OP. Enjoy

Ok, I'll give it a try now.

flx-grafix said:
Ok, I'll give it a try now.
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It work?

Will tell you inna few, just made a fresh clean install of the newest PA version and gonna try it now.
EDIT: Works like a charm. Thanks very much!
EDIT2: It only works in the PhoneUI mode in PA. This is weird, but I think it has something to do with how PA works...

flx-grafix said:
Will tell you inna few, just made a fresh clean install of the newest PA version and gonna try it now.
EDIT: Works like a charm. Thanks very much!
EDIT2: It only works in the PhoneUI mode in PA. This is weird, but I think it has something to do with how PA works...
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Yes its.. its because PA uses MDPI when in tablet mode not XHDPI which is where the softkeys get put.
Edit:
Okay fixed it for MDPI and HDPI go ahead and download it again from the previous link.

Thanks for your efforts, but it still only works in PhoneUI. ZipThemer tells me that 15 entries are updated...

flx-grafix said:
Thanks for your efforts, but it still only works in PhoneUI. ZipThemer tells me that 15 entries are updated...
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Weird.. :S anyways you forgot the landscape softkeys.. which i am making my self.. as well as modding the little menu for my personal use. This is what it looks like. Im using the original menu key you had as the menu_big.

Looks very nice.
I created those keys a while back and used them in an AOKP version in which you could change the softkey pics in the ROM's settings. I never used anything in landscape mode, this is why I left it out.
PA moves the navbar to the bottom of the screen when switching into landscape, so I thought I don't need it since I always used PA in TabletUI.
But thanks for your efforts and making the png's for landscape mode

flx-grafix said:
Looks very nice.
I created those keys a while back and used them in an AOKP version in which you could change the softkey pics in the ROM's settings. I never used anything in landscape mode, this is why I left it out.
PA moves the navbar to the bottom of the screen when switching into landscape, so I thought I don't need it since I always used PA in TabletUI.
But thanks for your efforts and making the png's for landscape mode
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No problem ill let you know when its finished and ill reupload the new keys. If you dont mind i would like to post them up in the Nexus 7 forums .

Mod Theme Question

I'm on Freeza's 4.1.2 stock ROM with his kernel. Are these files flashable to the Sprint S3? And if not, how could I manually flash them? I want the grey/transparent complete mod. I flashed the battery successfully, but it boot looped me when I tried the transparent status bar.
This thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995320
Edit: I'm on the deodexed ROM btw. And would I have to decompile and recompile the SystemUI.apk?

galaxyman635 said:
I'm on Freeza's 4.1.2 stock ROM with his kernel. Are these files flashable to the Sprint S3? And if not, how could I manually flash them? I want the grey/transparent complete mod. I flashed the battery successfully, but it boot looped me when I tried the transparent status bar.
This thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995320
Edit: I'm on the deodexed ROM btw. And would I have to decompile and recompile the SystemUI.apk?
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BUMP BUMP.

galaxyman635 said:
BUMP BUMP.
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It says only for the I9300
If it's an app or some add in like that (for example the Note 2 keyboard) then those are interchangeable. But core apps like SystemUI are not because they are built off the SystemUI that THEY got for their update, and not the one that we got
You can get a transparent status bar by using Morphology I think

CNexus said:
It says only for the I9300
If it's an app or some add in like that (for example the Note 2 keyboard) then those are interchangeable. But core apps like SystemUI are not because they are built off the SystemUI that THEY got for their update, and not the one that we got
You can get a transparent status bar by using Morphology I think
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That's what I thought! But i'm pretty sure if you decompile the SystemUI.apk, you can flash the PNG manually. I don't like the changes that Morphology offers, thanks though.

galaxyman635 said:
That's what I thought! But i'm pretty sure if you decompile the SystemUI.apk, you can flash the PNG manually. I don't like the changes that Morphology offers, thanks though.
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Yes, that would probably work. Sorry that morphology doesn't float your boat, I personally don't like it that much either haha

galaxyman635 said:
That's what I thought! But i'm pretty sure if you decompile the SystemUI.apk, you can flash the PNG manually. I don't like the changes that Morphology offers, thanks though.
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If you're just wanting to change out PNGs, you can normally take the apk change it to systemui.zip open it as an archive with 7zip, do the same for your systemui then rename and replace the PNGs, save the modified zip, rename it to .apk again and then pack it into a flashable zip for your device then flash and profit. SystemUI is a royal PITA to try to push on a running device, however if your ADB proficient you can push it with adb while in recovery.
I should add if you need to change anything in the source decompiling is a must, but PNG image changes can usually be swapped out without needing to decompile. I've been themeing my playstore updates that way since the new play store 4 popped up and keeps being updated every week or so.
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Is a .zip that is flash able by CWM just a normal .zip? Or how do you make it flashable by CWM. Thanks for everything so far dude!

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Is a .zip that is flash able by CWM just a normal .zip? Or how do you make it flashable by CWM. Thanks for everything so far dude!
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You can just take any flashable zip like a rom zip open as archive in 7zip and delete all the apps from the folders and everything except META-INF and system folder and then put the SystemUI.apk in system/app in the zip and save it.
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galaxyman635 said:
That's what I thought! But i'm pretty sure if you decompile the SystemUI.apk, you can flash the PNG manually. I don't like the changes that Morphology offers, thanks though.
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Yo u don't have to change everything in morphology. You can only change the status bar to transparent if that's what you are going for. Everything else can be left alone.
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Modded Toggles for UVDMD5

Are there modded toggles out for UVDMD5?
I tried doing it by hand but can't seem to decompile SystemUI.apk.
If there is one already done I would rather just copy the files over.
Thanks in advance.

re: toggles
jrosetto said:
Are there modded toggles out for UVDMD5?
I tried doing it by hand but can't seem to decompile SystemUI.apk.
If there is one already done I would rather just copy the files over.
Thanks in advance.
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You can try this if you like, this is a full theme with toggles like you never seen, this is the most graphical,
fancy, colorful and professional theme I have ever seen on a cellphone.
This theme comes with statusbar mod'ed battery, wifi, signalbar and other mod'ed graphics and backgrounds.
Another nice thing about this theme is that it automatically makes a backs up a cwm/twrp flashable zip file
so if you happen not to like it at all, you can revert back to whatever you have now.
Here is the link: JB_MAD_THEME
Give it a try!