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[Q] Theme Questions (noob)

ok so i have had this idea sence i bought this phone of making a complete rework theme/rom and all the icons, i have been searching around for all the info i need and found some but not all so i am going to post some questions and hopefully when i get off work the main ones will be answered so i can start. i have been dieing to do this for a week lol.
1. i have windows 7, to make things easy should i just dual boot win xp?
2. i want to change the notafication bar but i have not been able to find ware the icons are?
3. I read that i need to sign all the apks i change if i stay with win7 will the program someone made to sign apps work?
4. If i edit the image in the drawable dpi(i think thats the folder) do i also need to edit the XML docs?
5. if i want the rom to install lancher pro by default and set up a custom tray is that possible or dose it have to be changed after you install the ROM?
i know some of the questions might seem stupid but im trying to learn because i really do enjoy tweaking this phone i have been walking around with a notepad all week sketching ideas down as they come to mind so any help would be great thanks everyone.
Here is my current theme and widgets
well apparently i cant post outside links so i will have to add them later here is the album to them thou
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/repazentin_269/mobile%20upload/
Enjoy and Thanks ahead of time

+1, I have had a hard time finding enough info to make me comfortable to start editing the 100 or so .pngs in drawable-hdpi.

Gingerbread: Change Quick Settings Menu

Hey folks,
i've found many people in the web with the same question but nobody had an answer to it yet:
i'm on arhd 5.1.4 with a mod that gave me additional quick settings in the notification bar. i would like to remove some of them because i won't use them..
is there a way to do this? i mean, the dev added some settings, it can't be that hard to remove them again...
maybe there is a way to modify the installation-zip-file before flashing the mod?
thanks guys!

You would have to patch the SystemUI.apk (edit some smali files).
Try asking capychimp, he managed to add settings so I'm pretty sure he can tell you how to remove them.

thanks! will try it and report when i got a solution!

fyi
bad news. no way to do this for non-developers...

thx for that info
I searched exactly for the same "problem"

[Q] How do I install themes for the arc S

Hi, I'm sorry if this is a silly question. But how do I install Themes for the xperia arc S. I found a few themes that I would like to install, what should I do ? Do I need to download them into my phone ? or can I download them directly into my SD card? I'm sorry but I'm really new to android and dont want to take any risks in breaking my device. thanks i advance.

anyone ? just point me towards the thread and ill read it myself. thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213888
I suggest start here..
download the themes, extract, copy to sdcard, then install the apks
hope this helps

Look around or use the search function, dude.
It's not hard to find articles like that and wait before posting again.

I dont get it, I'm reading some of the guides here to install themes and they sounds complicated with replacing files and setting permissions. On the other hand, I browsed the web out of this forum and found out that I can simply install ADW Launcher and download themes very easily that way. What are the differences between these 2 methods ?

Replacing makes it inbuilt while awd launcher overwrites i.e. It's above default inbuilt theme. For the first method, you need to root your phone and need a root explorer.
Feel free to write if you are not aware .
Press thanks
Xperia Arc (rooted)

[Q] Add buttons on navbar

Hi!
Sorry for create a thread, but i have install the aosp jelly bean, and i want to add the "menu" button on navbar, i already put in systemui the icon for the button, but i don't know what line i have to create in navbar.xml to a new icon appears.
Srry for my bad english

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/63404537/LocoZipJellyNAVMenu.zip
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765493

Thank you, i looking for that also !^^

Help for a mod/Google_Now/SecMms.apk

Hello Guys i need help,
first Question
I want to make a mod for SecMms.apk from 4.1.2. I want to put 200 receiver in 1 single short message. but this is not possible whit version mod from the 4.1.1 . I already do have a guide for Android 4.1.1 but i can not solve my problem whit it. Any suggestion ???
second Question
i had modded Velvet.apk in Black Blue everithink fine, but everytime i had tryed Google search it collapsed (Fc).
what i have done ??
i had decompilied and move pngs and in Values/color mod the color hexcode then recompiled
all is going but google search crasht (Fc)
here is the apk https://www.dropbox.com/s/dialg6l9cgd8bpt/Velvet.apk
Please Guys help me
I hope you understand my english

nobody573 said:
Hello Guys i need help,
first Question
I want to make a mod for SecMms.apk from 4.1.2. I want to put 200 receiver in 1 single short message. but this is not possible whit version mod from the 4.1.1 . I already do have a guide for Android 4.1.1 but i can not solve my problem whit it. Any suggestion ???
second Question
i had modded Velvet.apk in Black Blue everithink fine, but everytime i had tryed Google search it collapsed (Fc).
what i have done ??
i had decompilied and move pngs and in Values/color mod the color hexcode then recompiled
all is going but google search crasht (Fc)
here is the apk https://www.dropbox.com/s/dialg6l9cgd8bpt/Velvet.apk
Please Guys help me
I hope you understand my english
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok buddy , no offense but please change the title from , mod/so and so to may be ( please help me to mod /so and so )
now i dont know if you are editing it properly or not ,
but even if you edit it properly are u signing it properly or not
and are u compiling/decompiling it with proper framework installed .. these things need to be checked
is simple words , go through as many how to compile/decompile guides available and read it as much as u can , thats how i learned :good:

i decompile whit the same Rom in ther the apk is.
and it is all the same signed or not signed.
I don't know who is the problem