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[Q] theming swype?

Aight, been looking around the boards and well all i can find is themes for WVGA rather then HVGA. So can anyone point me in the right direction to creating some and is it possible to just resize the wvga to the hvga size? Using 7-zip and a paint shop or similar photo editor?
IF so does the apk have to be resigned? Read a mixture of threads saying yes and saying no..
Any help or links would be nice.

definitely resign the apk and as far as resizing that should work long as you place the new image inside the old one meant for the slide. but if your using the system(stock version) of swype then you shouldn't resign because i rmr reading somewhere signing system apps with test keys causes problems

Don't resign the .apk. just stick in ur rom update and reflash...
You don't wanna resize images man its not quite as easy as it sounds.
If you need help with theming Ill help you out, just lemme know what you need help with. Swype is, imo, one of the easiest .apks to theme...just edit the one that's already the correct resolution...
Oh btw if you reflash a full rom you may hafta wipe...I can't guarantee one way or the other but sometimes stuff gets messed up. I can help you make an update just for your swype so you can just flash that without needing to wipe....
-BMFC
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Ty both for the help I am so eager to learn but damn I keep failing.
Here's what I tried at first I resized all the pngs from the wvga theme and copied to hvga one that I found.
Tried signing and not signing also tried pushing and tried installing with astro. Tried putting the apk directly in rom without signing with 7 zip all with the same result swype failing.
I used apk tools and apk manager same result
Any pointers on what I may be doing wrong?
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twiztidnutzzzzz said:
Aight, been looking around the boards and well all i can find is themes for WVGA rather then HVGA. So can anyone point me in the right direction to creating some and is it possible to just resize the wvga to the hvga size? Using 7-zip and a paint shop or similar photo editor?
IF so does the apk have to be resigned? Read a mixture of threads saying yes and saying no..
Any help or links would be nice.
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I'm with you on this one. I found a sweet theme that would go with the look I'm trying to get on my phone, but its wvga and metamorph will only skin the glow and not the actual keys or anything. Here's a screen of what I want.
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And here is where I found the morph http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/62702-metamorph-themes-swype.html
I have another one that's similar but I can't remember where I found it.
I want to be able to change to black keys with green letters and green tracer.
I am so lost, lol.
Edit: Currently using swype 2.4

twiztidnutzzzzz said:
Ty both for the help I am so eager to learn but damn I keep failing.
Here's what I tried at first I resized all the pngs from the wvga theme and copied to hvga one that I found.
Tried signing and not signing also tried pushing and tried installing with astro. Tried putting the apk directly in rom without signing with 7 zip all with the same result swype failing.
I used apk tools and apk manager same result
Any pointers on what I may be doing wrong?
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What version of swype are you using? You need to find one that doesn't run out I wouldn't use the one that came with the phone.
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im looking to get a black one kinda like the stock look

Japanese arc camera sound

Now that we've got root, is there any way to get rid of the loud, godawful camera noise? It seems to be part of the stock ui since selecting silent in vignette doesn't work, etc.
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slide out the left menu in stock camera app.. option in there to change shutter sound.. 3 sound options and off..

Nope, there's no off option in the stock app, and silent options in apps like vignette don't work for Japanese market phones. It seems to be forced at the rom level. Anyone rooted on a Japanese arc that can relay whether custom roms get rid of the shutter sound?
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that's odd.. I got this on my uk one.., did not think they were that different!..
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Could have to do with different laws.
In some countries it's forbidden to take 'silent' pictures.

That's just weird!

Nirak said:
Could have to do with different laws.
In some countries it's forbidden to take 'silent' pictures.
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exactly it's forbidden to take pictures without a sound.
try this:
Go to "/system/media/audio/ui" there are folders like sound1, sound2 and sound3. go in the folders and remove the "camera_click.ogg"
of that didn't work go to "/system/media/audio/camera/sound*/ and remove "shutter.ogg"
Hope this works, good luck

commodoor said:
exactly it's forbidden to take pictures without a sound.
try this:
Go to "/system/media/audio/ui" there are folders like sound1, sound2 and sound3. go in the folders and remove the "camera_click.ogg"
of that didn't work go to "/system/media/audio/camera/sound*/ and remove "shutter.ogg"
Hope this works, good luck
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Or in case it crashes, rename a silent .ogg file and replace, so it will still play just it will be silent. might also be a idea.

Will get rooted and give this a shot. Results to follow, thanks!
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maidguitar said:
Will get rooted and give this a shot. Results to follow, thanks!
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So did it work?

maidguitar said:
Will get rooted and give this a shot. Results to follow, thanks!
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Please let us know the results
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Hiya, back with an update, just rooted and tried this with an on-phone explorer, and it says it doesn't have privileges to modify the sound file. Do I need a better file explorer or try this from the ox when I get home?
Thanks for the help !
Edit: permission type is -r- or something , says system files are read only
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punkmonkey1984 said:
Or in case it crashes, rename a silent .ogg file and replace, so it will still play just it will be silent. might also be a idea.
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Yes, it's work in my case

gl2k1 said:
Yes, it's work in my case
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so did you delete the sound file or replace it with a silent one? Also what program did you use to delete or replace the file?

Don't you guys worry about probably breaking the laws of your country?

I've done it. First, I rooted the S0-01C, then got all the ADB drivers and such working on my PC. Remounted the /system in rewriteable mode using this guide here, http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2...stem-partition-in-read-write-mode-in-android/
then went to the /system/media/audio/ui directory, and replaced camera_click.ogg with an empty ogg (opened notepad, saved as camera_click.ogg) using root explorer. Vignette is now completely silent.
Thanks for all the help!

Use Root Explorer
Rename /system/media/audio/camera/sound3 to /system/media/audio/camera/soundx (or anything you like)
Rename /system/media/audio/camera/sound0 to /system/media/audio/camera/sound3
Then select sound3 as the shutter sound in camera.
This is for HK rooted model LT15i 3.0.A.2.181

proliant's method is work on my Arc
thx

and for unrooted sony phone?

You have to live with the sound then unless you can turn it off in the camera menu.
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Gs3 gallery

Anyone got the gallery.apk from the gs3, I like how they have previews of the videos playing while looking.
I don't even know if it is the gallery.apk it might be another app but not sure of the name
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+1

I suppose you talk about watching video ,try in play store ,,stick it,,

4onu said:
I suppose you talk about watching video ,try in play store ,,stick it,,
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No its in the gallery, it give you previews of videos saved while scrolling through
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it is this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ19QPTv3YA&feature=related

No its on the end of this video, basically its the gallery but the videos are playing previews while browsing throught the videos/images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JLVhuv8qZI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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+1

Put me down as a +1 as well

+1

Now that the S3 is out, has anyone managed to get hold of the Gallery.apk?

Repeatedly saying '+1' wont get this working guys
We need to get hold of the gallery.apk and see how much it relies on the GS3 framework. It may be able to run as a standalone .apk but I doubt it. It'll probably need porting by someone who knows much more about it than I do

Meltus said:
Repeatedly saying '+1' wont get this working guys
We need to get hold of the gallery.apk and see how much it relies on the GS3 framework. It may be able to run as a standalone .apk but I doubt it. It'll probably need porting by someone who knows much more about it than I do
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+1. Lol. Only kidding.
I can see from the S3 forum that 1 custom ROM is available. I'll download it now and try and extract the Gallaxy apk and see if it works with a straight port.
fingers crossed!

Guys,
Just get any rom from here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300
Unpack and check

sean.trinidade said:
+1. Lol. Only kidding.
I can see from the S3 forum that 1 custom ROM is available. I'll download it now and try and extract the Gallaxy apk and see if it works with a straight port.
fingers crossed!
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OK. Extracted the gallery apk and tried to install on the HOX and it fails. Have also tried to push to system/app and fix permissions, but that also doesn't work.
Any devs out there willing to try and get this to work, the apk is here.

Have you tried it together with the s3 launcher? I know some system apps work in conjunction with launcher.
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FYI, I tried scalado album on play store have this preview-thumbnail function
have a nice weekend

sean.trinidade said:
OK. Extracted the gallery apk and tried to install on the HOX and it fails. Have also tried to push to system/app and fix permissions, but that also doesn't work.
Any devs out there willing to try and get this to work, the apk is here.
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Yes downloaded this and I cant get it to work either
would like a DEV to look at please if possible

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here you go it doesnt work tho

malcovitch said:
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here you go it doesnt work tho
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Yes we know, that why we need someone to take a look at it to fix it so we can install it
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Super Video
If you like the video feature, why don't you try "Super Video" from Play Store?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImdwYy5teXdlYi5oaW5ldC5uZXQuUG9wdXBWaWRlbyJd
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[REQUEST] Sense 4.0 MMS Theme

I know nothing about theming but would LOVE to see a theme that makes the AOSP MMS look like the MMS on the One X. If anyone could do this or has a link to one that already works for our ATT GS3 I'd appreciate it!
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Thanks!
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dante2512 said:
I know nothing about theming but would LOVE to see a theme that makes the AOSP MMS look like the MMS on the One X. If anyone could do this or has a link to one that already works for our ATT GS3 I'd appreciate it!
Thanks!
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+1

Are you sure its from the One X? Maybe the messaging apk can be pulled. I'm trying to find these images myself.

Doubt that the HTC MMS app would work without the sense framework. Found some themes for the older Galaxy Nexus touchwiz MMS and one looks nearly identical to this one but it doesn't work. I'm all for theming the touchwiz MMS as I love the lock screen notifications and am not a fan of any of the aftermarket MMS apps.

Here's Something I've been tinkering around with an am currently using. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the blue from the HTC theme better aligned on the left side so if anyone can assist I'd greatly appreciate it. Anyway, these are all in a modified SecMms.apk which I'll upload if anyone's interested. I also added that white background as a choice.
P.S. Please be aware that this is a rough hack so maybe someone could help me clean up the file a little. I'm just an intermediate modder who just like to see modest theme options.
Extra Note: I had to rar the file in order to upload it due to the forum size limits for uploads. Just extract the apk.

Upload your SecMms.apk and I'll decode it and see if I can help correct the alignment.

ibanezbass said:
Upload your SecMms.apk and I'll decode it and see if I can help correct the alignment.
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Done.

Okay, here's what I'm thinking. You have a message_skin_bubble.xml and message_bubble_activity.xml under res/layout/. I'm not real familiar with Android system layout, but I would think one of these two, or both would control text layout in the bubble. There's a line in message_bubble_activity: "gallery_receive_vertical" android: paddingLeft="10.0dip"", try changing 10.0dip to... say, 12.0? And if that isn't it, try in message_skin_bubble, change "android:layout_marginLeft="9.0dip" />" to say 11.0dip?
I'm going on a limb from just glancing at it and not really sure if that's the controlling xmls. I'm having trouble rebuilding the apk or I'd test it myself. I'll see what I can do when I get home. :laugh:

Sounds good. Although, so far, I only changed the images by opening the .apk. I didn't decompile or recompile. I simply took images from other devices that I've owned or found on xda and swapped and renamed image files. They worked on all of them except for the blue htc bubble in the first image.

pro_b said:
Sounds good. Although, so far, I only changed the images by opening the .apk. I didn't decompile or recompile. I simply took images from other devices that I've owned or found on xda and swapped and renamed image files. They worked on all of them except for the blue htc bubble in the first image.
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Well thinking more about it, if my suggestion did skew the text, which it may or may not, it will also skew the text in every bubble which we don't want... perhaps I can edit the original blue bubble image to allow the text to center.

That would be great. I tried doing it in Photoshop. I no PS expert but I'm ok so maybe there is something I'm missing. The png file would look fine and would save ok but the image would become stretched in the actual mms app.

is there anyway to add emoji support to it?

[Q] So... Anything new on Smart Updates?

Still gotta DL the WHOLE app (eg. a 1GB game update) instead of just the new/replaced files that Google announced will be launched with the JB release.
Smart Update: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/17/3248874/google-play-store-smart-updates-enabled
Anyone know what going on with that?

I don't know the technical details of the technology, but from what I read about it I assume it only works for changes in the APK. Games often contain a lot of graphic data, which probably renders this technique kinda useless
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I'm pretty sure they are already enabled but they still show as if you are downloading the entire file. So there is no way to know when they are put to use and how big the apk diff files are.

Busybox free uses it..and facebook 1.9.9 update too...
With the last updates it was finished within seconds..the download....

Interesting. So how does Google select which apps start using it? Or is it some kinda automated update adding apps to its list for Smart Update support?

Noo the devs of the apps must build it in aka support it

DJxSpeedy said:
Noo the devs of the apps must build it in aka support it
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I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. Google automatically enables smart app updates for all (I presume) apps. This was said at the I/O conference that developers didn't need to do anything and personally I haven't seen any new API calls nor manifest lines that I need to add.

zenithz said:
I don't know the technical details of the technology, but from what I read about it I assume it only works for changes in the APK. Games often contain a lot of graphic data, which probably renders this technique kinda useless
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FWIW, I updated Dead Trigger the other day and it only downloaded around 500k of updated data... so, yea, it does work for games as well.
Again, it depends on the APK and the changes involved.
Something I noticed the other day: the progress bar on the Play Store was slow, and would cut off somewhere in the middle just before updating. If you want to see the real update progress, look in the notification shade.
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I think its an switch that the dev must activate to use it

Yes..u r ri8...notification bar shows correct % of update where as progress bar shows size of kbs downloaded...
See these screen-shots i took..
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Yes, I have noticed this also recently. So I guess it was a slow rollout.

I have encountered several updates that use this. I remember Google saying that it is something that will happen automatically and not something that will require any changes on the part of the developers
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clintkev251 said:
I have encountered several updates that use this. I remember Google saying that it is something that will happen automatically and not something that will require any changes on the part of the developers
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I know. This question was asked a couple of weeks ago. I see that it working more often these day, so I guess a MOD can lock this up to prevent more replies. Th for the earlier info guy! :good: