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[help] problems changing status bar notification icons

Hello XDA,
I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to change the status bar notification icon for a new sms from the standard Samsung closed envelope icon to the stock AOSP ICS square smiley face with the little tail. I have already got the icon and it is the correct size and file type (.png) and name (stat_notify_message.png) and I have tried a few ways of adding it into Mms.apk such as simply using 7Zip and decompiling & recompiling numerous times but the end result is always that the Messaging app is being removed completely and I'm having to restore a nandroid backup to get it back.
I have been looking all over XDA and have used trusty old Google to find solutions to my problem. Both come up with lots of different ways to theme, but none that solve my problem (as far as I can see anyway). Could anyone please point me in the right direction to find the guide on how to do it/explain to me how to do it successfully?
I am on a stock odexed XWLPG rom which is rooted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

If I remember correctly, its in SystemUI.apk
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GANJDROID said:
If I remember correctly, its in SystemUI.apk
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Really? Any idea what the file is called and where it is? I have gone through all of the drawable folders in SystemUI.apk and there is not one in there. The only place I could find it was in Mms.apk and it was called stat_notify_message.png

daveyannihilation said:
Hello XDA,
I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to change the status bar notification icon for a new sms from the standard Samsung closed envelope icon to the stock AOSP ICS square smiley face with the little tail. I have already got the icon and it is the correct size and file type (.png) and name (stat_notify_message.png) and I have tried a few ways of adding it into Mms.apk such as simply using 7Zip and decompiling & recompiling numerous times but the end result is always that the Messaging app is being removed completely and I'm having to restore a nandroid backup to get it back.
I have been looking all over XDA and have used trusty old Google to find solutions to my problem. Both come up with lots of different ways to theme, but none that solve my problem (as far as I can see anyway). Could anyone please point me in the right direction to find the guide on how to do it/explain to me how to do it successfully?
I am on a stock odexed XWLPG rom which is rooted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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What I have done in the past is put the mms.apk on your pc. Use 7zip to OPEN ARCHIVE (NOT EXTRACT), then put the NEW .png file with the correct name on your pc. Now without unzipping the mms.apk just use 7zip to find the location of the file you want to replace. Now just hold down on the new .png file and drag it into the corrext location. Then 7zip will ask if you are sure you want to replace it. Hit ok or yes or whatever it says. Now move the mms.apk back onto your phone. Use root explorer and move it to /system. Then long press on it and choose permissions. Change it to rw,r,r. Then long press again and select MOVE. Then navigate to /system/app and paste. Reboot phone. It will work.
For some .apk they are picky like mms.apk dont like being extracted and zipped back up for some reason while others have NO issues when you extract them and rezip and rename then place them in.
Sent from My SGH-I777 Running UCLE5 SANGRE AZUL 2 Rom

Is that "stat_notify_email_generic.png" in the .apk, res, drawable-hdpi, by any chance?
Although, I think RockRatt may be on the ball. He posted while I was writing this.
:silly: me, too slow...

HotrodHarry said:
Is that "stat_notify_email_generic.png" in the .apk, res, drawable-hdpi, by any chance?
Although, I think RockRatt may be on the ball. He posted while I was writing this.
:silly: me, too slow...
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If you copy the drawable-hdpi folder somewhere outside the zip, look at the 'stat_notify_blahblah.png' then you can see what ones you want to change over
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RockRatt said:
What I have done in the past is put the mms.apk on your pc. Use 7zip to OPEN ARCHIVE (NOT EXTRACT), then put the NEW .png file with the correct name on your pc. Now without unzipping the mms.apk just use 7zip to find the location of the file you want to replace. Now just hold down on the new .png file and drag it into the corrext location. Then 7zip will ask if you are sure you want to replace it. Hit ok or yes or whatever it says. Now move the mms.apk back onto your phone. Use root explorer and move it to /system. Then long press on it and choose permissions. Change it to rw,r,r. Then long press again and select MOVE. Then navigate to /system/app and paste. Reboot phone. It will work.
For some .apk they are picky like mms.apk dont like being extracted and zipped back up for some reason while others have NO issues when you extract them and rezip and rename then place them in.
Sent from My SGH-I777 Running UCLE5 SANGRE AZUL 2 Rom
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Thank you so much RockRatt, you have solved my problem. Words cannot express my relief, thanks & gratitude for your sound advice. I had tried what you said to do previously, but never with the permission changes. Is that something that needs to be done for every apk or just some? Thanks once again, I am so happy! What an easy was to change the icon. It looks great. See screenshots.
So anyone out there in XDA land that is looking for a quick, easy mod (provided you're rooted) then simply follow RockRatt's easy to follow guide and you will never go wrong. And give him a thanks if his guide helped you in any way!!

hi .. sorry for interrupting your thread but i have a similar problem .. i'm using vk 5.1.2 rom and there is a battery mods that you can install which made specially to work with vk 5.1.2 .. when i'm installing my favorite battery mod it doesn't work .. nothing changes .. how can i fix that ?

mosheg91 said:
hi .. sorry for interrupting your thread but i have a similar problem .. i'm using vk 5.1.2 rom and there is a battery mods that you can install which made specially to work with vk 5.1.2 .. when i'm installing my favorite battery mod it doesn't work .. nothing changes .. how can i fix that ?
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What's the mod and how is it installed? Does it have to be flashed by CWM? A little more info on the problem would probably help.

daveyannihilation said:
What's the mod and how is it installed? Does it have to be flashed by CWM? A little more info on the problem would probably help.
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yes it have to be flashed by cwm .. here are the battery mods .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23907488&postcount=2
thanks for your help .. i very appreciate that

mosheg91 said:
yes it have to be flashed by cwm .. here are the battery mods .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23907488&postcount=2
thanks for your help .. i very appreciate that
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You could try clearing the cache & dalvik cache.

HotrodHarry said:
You could try clearing the cache & dalvik cache.
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you mean clear those after installing the battery mod ?

mosheg91 said:
you mean clear those after installing the battery mod ?
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You can clear the cache & dalvik-cache either before or after flashing the battery mod. I'd probably try it before and see how you go.
You know how to clear the dalvik-cache, yes??

I think the problem with the VK battery files is they are from a pre jkay release. Now the Rom is using jkay framework I don't think you can flash them. It could be possible to swap the icons like the OP did though using 7zip?
Sent from a Galaxy S 2 far away.

daveyannihilation said:
You can clear the cache & dalvik-cache either before or after flashing the battery mod. I'd probably try it before and see how you go.
You know how to clear the dalvik-cache, yes??
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sure, i know how to do that .. i'll update here

Please help me install gallery3d.apk in system apps

I installed the stock ICS gallery as I much prefer it over the 3D gallery that comes with the Galaxy S2 and I stupidly deleted the 3D Gallery from my system apps.
I would normally make a back up but I wasn't thinking I would ever need this again, I was wrong. I can no longer have picture frames on my homescreens or set my lock screen wallpaper! I had no idea that all this would be effected.
If someone could help me out with reinstalling it I would be very much grateful. Im running Stock XWLP7
I have a CWM back up but don't want to back up the whole system folder as I have modded other things since such as Framework files.
Can I find the Gallery3D.APK and Gallery3D.odex file and simply copy and paste them back to my system/app folder and change permissions?
Any help would would be much appreciated
Thank you

As long as the pics gallery and the 3d gallery are named differently and u set the permissions correctly you should be able to. I have had both on one from before.
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Obagleyfreer said:
I installed the stock ICS gallery as I much prefer it over the 3D gallery that comes with the Galaxy S2 and I stupidly deleted the 3D Gallery from my system apps.
I would normally make a back up but I wasn't thinking I would ever need this again, I was wrong. I can no longer have picture frames on my homescreens or set my lock screen wallpaper! I had no idea that all this would be effected.
If someone could help me out with reinstalling it I would be very much grateful. Im running Stock XWLP7
I have a CWM back up but don't want to back up the whole system folder as I have modded other things since such as Framework files.
Can I find the Gallery3D.APK and Gallery3D.odex file and simply copy and paste them back to my system/app folder and change permissions?
Any help would would be much appreciated
Thank you
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You can extract the apk from the system zip inside the cwm backup file using root explorer...

Thank you for your help guys.
I managed to extract the apk and odex file from Cwm back up, set permissions and it worked
Lesson learnt never delete things if it might interfere with others.
Who'd of thought that removing the gallery would mean I couldn't set lock screen wallpaper!

Obagleyfreer said:
Thank you for your help guys.
I managed to extract the apk and odex file from Cwm back up, set permissions and it worked
Lesson learnt never delete things if it might interfere with others.
Who'd of thought that removing the gallery would mean I couldn't set lock screen wallpaper!
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Could you please post the files in here as I need to try it on my Galaxy S2 Jelly Bean if it will work. Thanks

i have same problem but i cant do that as u have done it.. i cant find .apk
Obagleyfreer said:
Thank you for your help guys.
I managed to extract the apk and odex file from Cwm back up, set permissions and it worked
Lesson learnt never delete things if it might interfere with others.
Who'd of thought that removing the gallery would mean I couldn't set lock screen wallpaper!
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can u tell me exact location where you find .apk of gallery and odex file.. Coz i have same problem as like u

Another method
-Take the apk from a rom with that gallery included (e.g. villainrom) and install it asyou normally would
-open titanium backup and long tap on the gallery, then select "convert to system app"
-???
-profit

HELP! System ui has stopped working s3 i747

Hey guys, i tried flashing a theme which was the circular battery percentage w/15 toggles last night, via cwm and when i rebooted after flashing it took longer than usual and when it finally booted i got a pop up saying " unfortunately system ui has stopped working" how do I fix it? i didnt have any backup (yes I know im a genius), now, i was wondering, does any of you guys have the stock system ui files to flash it via cwm?

here is the h9 one

thanks, man but when i try and install it it tells me that the app was not installed

you dont intall it rename your old systemui.apk to systemui.bak and place the new one in the same spot it should be system/app then reboot your phone and it should work or you can reflash your rom with out wipe and that will fix it too

avilesjorge3 said:
thanks, man but when i try and install it it tells me that the app was not installed
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Use an app called root explorer or ef file explorer push the systemui.apk in system/app, set the permissions and then reboot your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2

thanks for the answers guys, sorry for being such a noob, but where can i find the systemui.apk file? in order to replace it

in the folder system/app

is there any tweak i must know of in order to replace/rename the file systemui.apk it doesn't let me do anything because it's a read only file
and does it matter if mine is a telus i747m?

what app are you using to do this

root explorer, with superuser permissions

ok when your in the folder where systemui is click mount r/w at the top of the screen then you can rename it

thanks man, you saved my life right there, now, the other question is, where did you get the systemui.apk file? and could I find it for a galaxy note i717d as well?

i pulled it from the zip in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1902178
as for the note you should be able to pull it from a stock rom in its section on these forums

Thank you
Thanks so much I was finally able to get 7.1 to work with your UI file!!:laugh::good:

Phone and contacts Force Closing

I'm running the new 9.1 ROM with the new modem.
Everything was working great except I tried to download the new blacked out phone, but I screwed it up.
When I get a call the com.android.phone app FCs and I can't answer the call, when I try and place a call, it says CONTACTs has stopped responding.
Can anyone post the phone and contacts app that I can push to the system/app folder?
Thanks,

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seanvree said:
I'm running the new 9.1 ROM with the new modem.
Everything was working great except I tried to download the new blacked out phone, but I screwed it up.
When I get a call the com.android.phone app FCs and I can't answer the call, when I try and place a call, it says CONTACTs has stopped responding.
Can anyone post the phone and contacts app that I can push to the system/app folder?
Thanks,
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You already have it, it's inside the Wicked rom zip file you downloaded and flashed.
Open the Wicked rom zip file which you flashed and open the SYSTEM folder.
(if you don't have the zip file just re-download the wicked v9.1 rom)
Inside that folder there is a folder called APP, open that folder and scroll down until you see
"SecPhone.apk" copy/extract that file to you desktop and then push or copy it to your phones
internal/external sdcard or if you PUSH the file, push it to /system/app .
You will need a root capable file manager like root explorer to do the above.
Be sure to reboot the phone after you are finished doing the above.
Once that's done you will have the same phone (contacts/dialer screens) as you had when you
first flashed the rom.
Just in case you have an issue with it or its not working right be
sure to use the fix permissions options in cwm or twrp recovery.
The reason the blacked out phone did not work for you and caused all the issues
you are having with it is because its not compatible with the phone and or the rom.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
You already have it, it's inside the Wicked rom zip file you downloaded and flashed.
Open the Wicked rom zip file which you flashed and open the SYSTEM folder.
(if you don't have the zip file just re-download the wicked v9.1 rom)
Inside that folder there is a folder called APP, open that folder and scroll down until you see
"SecContacts.apk" copy/extract that file to you desktop and then push or copy it to your phones
internal/external sdcard or if you PUSH the file, push it to /system/app .
Be sure to reboot the phone after doing the above.
Once that's done you will have the same phone (contacts/dialer screens) as you had when you
first flashed the rom.
Just in case you have an issue with it or its not working right be
sure to use the fix permissions options in cwm or twrp recovery.
Good luck!
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Hey, thanks, I really appreciate it, can you confirm what the permissions are supposed to be?

or you could just flash the ROM again without wiping.
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baseballfanz said:
or you could just flash the ROM again without wiping.
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I tried that. still force closing.

re: permissions
seanvree said:
Hey, thanks, I really appreciate it, can you confirm what the permissions are supposed to be?
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When you look at the permissions it should look like the diagram below.
R W R R
(an upside down backward "L")
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.
Good luck!

Did you do a nandroid backup?
You might need to do a full wipe and flash ROM again if pushing SecContacts doesn't solved it.
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baseballfanz said:
Did you do a nandroid backup?
You might need to do a full wipe and flash ROM again if pushing SecContacts doesn't solved it.
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Yeah, this isn't working.
I tried ripping out and replacing both the contacts and phone, changed the permissions, but it's still not working.
Is the phone app permissions the same?
****! Any other last ideas before I do a full wipe?

seanvree said:
Yeah, this isn't working.
I tried ripping out and replacing both the contacts and phone, changed the permissions, but it's still not working.
Is the phone app permissions the same?
****! Any other last ideas before I do a full wipe?
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(there is only one app which needs to be copied back to the phone)
(it's filename is SecPhone.apk - the permissions are RWRR)
(there is no contacts.apk or any other filename which is needed)
Sorry I have no other ideas.
Good luck!

[Q] instal stock keyboard

Hi all
i have N-5100 note 8.0, with cyanogenmod 11 nightly ROM
i have the stock keyboard apk & odex files (SamsungIME.apk & SamsungIME.odex)
i'm tried to copy paste them in System/app (Failed for premmission)
i'm also tried this Method but no thing new, no samsung keyboard found in input methods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228836
any way to install them or install stock samsung keyboard ?

anyone can help me ?

moha_moha20106 said:
anyone can help me ?
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I have the same problem.N5100 with chinese as default. I'd like to change that to samsung.

After pasteing you have to change the permissions of the pasted files to match the permissions of other files there.
I've never pasted apks, but changing the host file I have to fix permissions to rw-r--r--. Maybe you can paste, reboot into recovery and fix permissions to correct the permissions.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app

All the Stock Samsung Apps need also Samsung framework and CM based Rom do not have is framework included. So this will never work.

The Sonos said:
After pasteing you have to change the permissions of the pasted files to match the permissions of other files there.
I've never pasted apks, but changing the host file I have to fix permissions to rw-r--r--. Maybe you can paste, reboot into recovery and fix permissions to correct the permissions.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app
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can you tell us the steps for that , and we can do it dear
thank you

User_99 said:
All the Stock Samsung Apps need also Samsung framework and CM based Rom do not have is framework included. So this will never work.
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so what we can do please to add the framework, i have the framework folder that inclode .jar files,
i extracted them from System/Framework folder, from the older system recovery
help us please if you can

User_99 has a valid point that I overlooked.
If you want to try anyway:
(This is for root explorer options/methods may vary with other apps but it should give you an idea.) After pasting the files long press them to bring up the options. Press permissions, make sure read and write are checked for owner, and only read for groups and others. Then reboot for good measure.
To fix permissions in recovery (instead of using the method above) it depends on the recovery you have installed. Cwm has a fix permissions option under 'advanced'. Twrp has one too but I'm not well versed in it to guide you to it. After running the fix permissions option reboot.
As user_99 stated tho, if they are tied to the stock framework it still won't work.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app
Edit: typo.

The Sonos said:
User_99 has a valid point that I overlooked.
If you want to try anyway:
(This is for root explorer options/methods may vary with other apps but it should give you an idea.) After pasting the files long press them to bring up the options. Press permissions, make sure read and write are checked for owner, and only read for groups and others. Then reboot for good measure.
To fix permissions in recovery (instead of using the method above) it depends on the recovery you have installed. Cwm has a fix permissions option under 'advanced'. Twrp has one too but I'm not well versed in it to guide you to it. After running the fix permissions option reboot.
As user_99 stated tho, if they are tied to the stock framework it still won't work.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Free mobile app
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thanks dear, and we will gave it try, but do you suggest Root Explorer program or we can use any root explorer apk ?

You can use any file explorer that allows you access to root files.
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The Sonos said:
You can use any file explorer that allows you access to root files.
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now i did the steps right and also fixed the permissions from the TWRP recovery, but still not working
what the next steps or will i can try another method
Edit : i was added the .apk & .odex files in System\app folder

Nothing to do, only flashing and using a Samsung Stock Rom. Will never work on CM based Roms, never, ever! ONLY STOCK.

i just installed SwiftKey keyboard and it helped me
thanks a lot