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[Q] Noob question will probably get flamed

ok so i tried readin the guides and i have to say i was completely lost. might be cuz i havnt gotten any rest in a while but anyways i was looing for a way to be able to combine 2 themes. i really like the status bar icons on one theme like the bluetooth and wifi however i like everythig else from the other one also one is using launcher pro the other one tw launcher. would like to keep the one with launcher pro and just changethe top icons that always show. if i missed something please let me know any help would be greatly appreciated

Make a copy of the original themes to fall back on first.
What you have to do is open up the zip files of the themes. Extract the res folders from each themes framework-res.apk. Obviously you will have to rename one of them to something like res1 or put it in another place. Once you have the two folders extracted make the launcherpro one your base. Copy the images that you want to keep from the other theme (probably located in drawable-hdpi or drawable-hdpi-v4) and paste them into the same folder of the launcherpro theme and overwrite them. Once you have everything copied the way you want it open the framework-res.apk of the launcherpro theme. Go to the res folder and remove whatever folder you are adding back in (drawable.hdpi for example). Now drag the launcherpro folder that you made all of the changes to (drawable.hdpi or whatever) into the res folder of framework-res.apk. If you took the framework-res.apk file out of the zip file to begin with you have to also add it back into the themes zip file. Otherwise you just put the zip back on the phone and flash. It is always a good idea to put the original theme zip file on the phone also just in case something goes wrong you can just reflash the original theme and start over. If you need any additional help let us know.

^^^What he said
What you're really trying to do is essentially to create your own theme. If those instructions seem overwhelming or dont work, go to the top of this forum and start reading up on theming. Its a fairly simple concept but you might want to familiarize yourself with what it is exactly that you are doing. Everything visual on the phone is stored in image files, you're just swapping out the images. Maybe you'll get inspired and create something totally new that you can share with the community.

I tried reading theming on the top but I guess all that info at once was kind of overwhelming at the moment I was almost dead asleep however the info here seems more direct to the point so ill go ahead and see if I have time to mess with it today. I might also need to install gimp because I only saw like 1 or 2 image files when I opened up the zips with 7zip. Thanks for the help guys ill go ahead and give an update when I'm done maybe post some screen shots

jsredlineracer said:
I tried reading theming on the top but I guess all that info at once was kind of overwhelming at the moment I was almost dead asleep however the info here seems more direct to the point so ill go ahead and see if I have time to mess with it today. I might also need to install gimp because I only saw like 1 or 2 image files when I opened up the zips with 7zip. Thanks for the help guys ill go ahead and give an update when I'm done maybe post some screen shots
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You will only need gimp if you are editing images. Make sure you are looking in the right directory. You should see a ton of png files. The bulk of the images are located in drawable-hdpi (the native folder) or drawable-hdpi-v4 (some themes have this folder instead). The only tool you need for moving images from one theme to the other is a zip program. I haven't used 7zip but maybe it didn't extract all of the files. I use winrar myself. Let us know how it works out.

OK I made a really quick video. Nothing fancy but puts a visual to the text I wrote. Hope it helps.

Well here are the screenies. Thanks for the help. And also thanks to those who created the original themesblue one is after changes
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sorry was having some issues. i couldnt upload pics from my phone
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replacing xt9

not really sure which forum to post this in (sorry if this is the wrong one), but all of the new roms that have been created seem to lack the xt9. i had really started to like it. i downlaoded the system dump and was wondering, if i copied the T9DB folder (from the dump) over to the system folder of whatever rom im going to flash, would that fix the problem.

Melvin's ROM: Beast MOD II has it. I'm pretty sure this is more a general question though. Also pretty sure copying and pasting is a no go.
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Adj. said:
Melvin's ROM: Beast MOD II has it. I'm pretty sure this is more a general question though. Also pretty sure copying and pasting is a no go.
Sent from the future, back to the past.
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the xt9 option is in all of them under keyboard, but doesnt work. open up sms and try to type something.
i just checked :\

You also need the lib, libXt9core.so. Melvin probably removed it. You should be able to drop that and the apk in their right places and it should work.

Romanbb said:
You also need the lib, libXt9core.so. Melvin probably removed it. You should be able to drop that and the apk in their right places and it should work.
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the lib is acutally there. im going to try n drag the t989odex folder over and see if it works, since i cant get an answer from melvin :\

camf3xu said:
the lib is acutally there. im going to try n drag the t989odex folder over and see if it works, since i cant get an answer from melvin :\
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That's a bad idea, lol. If you can get the logcat when it FCs I might be able to help identify the issue

Romanbb said:
That's a bad idea, lol. If you can get the logcat when it FCs I might be able to help identify the issue
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moving the folder over to the rom's system folder within the zip fixed it :] and it didnt force close, just didnt work (even when it was enabled)

how did u get this to work? i dont understand what you are saying. Android is super new to me.

you can always install Go Keyboard, which offer XT9

imsohungover said:
how did u get this to work? i dont understand what you are saying. Android is super new to me.
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its very simple. first i downloaded this system dump. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300682 . then opened it up and dragged the folder T9DB over to my desktop. then plugged my phone in the computer and connect to usb storage. dragged the file over to my external sd card and unplugged my phone. then open up root explorer (or some file explorer that allows root access) and copied the file and navigated your main folder (just titled /) scrolled down to find system and pasted the folder in there. restart and it works
the lib is also required for it to work but that wasnt removed witht he rom im using. if you want to check to see if its still there go to the lib folder located within your system folder and scroll all the way to the bottom and their should be a file called libxt9core.so
i tried to go into as much detail as possible to make it as simple as possible for you :]

This is one of the few features of the SGH-T989 which I truly despise. I LOVED the auto-correct on the Nexus S, but XT9 frustrates me terribly because a) it assumes English and I do not always type in English and b) it will drop entire words into my sentences if I hit space or something, ending in some REALLY weird messages!! I turned it off, because it was taking me a lot longer trying to go back and edit my messages ex-post-facto than just make a spelling error here or there.

do you know where i can get the lib file at? im using bombaridier and it doesnt have it in the lib file.

heinrich said:
This is one of the few features of the SGH-T989 which I truly despise. I LOVED the auto-correct on the Nexus S, but XT9 frustrates me terribly because a) it assumes English and I do not always type in English and b) it will drop entire words into my sentences if I hit space or something, ending in some REALLY weird messages!! I turned it off, because it was taking me a lot longer trying to go back and edit my messages ex-post-facto than just make a spelling error here or there.
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i suppose i can understand non english. pretty sure u can fix the space problem in options tho
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do you know where i can get the lib file at? im using bombaridier and it doesnt have it in the lib file.
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the lib is also in the system dump i described earlier. located at T989odex/lib/libXt9core.so

do u know any other root explorer i can use? Right now i am using Explorer and its giving me the "you cannot paster here because the file system is read-only"

[Q] Need help with boot animation

Is there anyone who can make this boot animation for our epic 4g? possibly flashable with the sound? would kill to have it... ive tried and cant seem to get it to work... it was created for the evo but we definetly need this one!! Just google modern warfare 4 boot animation or email [email protected] for link.. forum wont let me post it. but its easy to find
permission was given to port if needed but have no idea how.. sorry to be such noob. all credit for this goes to CrAcKaNuG for creating even if it was for evo
thanks to anyone, much appreciated

Should work fine without sound on an aosp rom but for touchwiz you'll need to rename it to sanim.zip and place it in the /system/media. And for the sound if you can find the file for sound take that and make it a .wav and rename it to PowerOn.wav. Should be placed in /system/etc I think... dunno I forget exactly.
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thanks
thats what ive been trying to do.. great with flashing anything not so great when it comes to modifying files.. i found the sound its a .rar file
thanks for all the help is there anyway to make this flashable through cwm for fc19 or fc09?
u rock

Its a little difficult if you can find a flashble that is used for bootnaimations then that might work... dunno off hand but you'd need to modify the updater-script which is daunting if you don't know what your doing.
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Oh that and the .rar files... hmm its might be too long of a sound because the the PowerOn.wav will only play as long as the original boot sound is... so the sound is pretty pointless. If you get es file manager from the market, open it up and go to the settings and make sure its checked as root browser and that the system is mounted as rewrite then you can go to the favorites and go to the / which is the phone icon or your home. Once there find the /system folder then go to the /media folder then you can place the boot animation you renamed to sanim.zip and overwrite the current one. Reboot and it'll be done.

almost there
ok there is a bootani.qmg file and 1 called bootsamsungloop. do i delete both of these and add the zip?? also u were right on with the sound file there is a poweron.snd and poweron.wav file do i just convert the .rar file to .wav and replace just the .wav file?? thanks so much i think we r almost there... fingers crossed!! also found a flashable zip but its the full mw3 boot animation and i just want the begining part.. couldnt i just delete all the extra files to modify it?.. the sound is wrong too but can i just replace it with the other once i convert it?

animal1589 said:
ok there is a bootani.qmg file and 1 called bootsamsungloop. do i delete both of these and add the zip?? also u were right on with the sound file there is a poweron.snd and poweron.wav file do i just convert the .rar file to .wav and replace just the .wav file?? thanks so much i think we r almost there... fingers crossed!!
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LOL no no dont delete those files. The bootanimation.zip that you want which is the modern warefare bootanimation.zip... rename that to sanim.zip and place it in that folder... it will overwrite the one currently in there. As for the .rar i would forget it... its not worth it because it wont play the whole sound anyways.

Yes delete those files, otherwise they may flash screens of the Sprint boot ani.
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trying this
the .rar sound for this is just a beat in the backround so really doesnt matter how long it is as long as i can make it work. do i just convert to wav an replace the other .wav? i can always shorten it to save space.

son of a!!
I just realized i updated to fc19 an is just stock rooted... so naturally it said i dont have permission to delete those files.. so i have to go back to fc09 and reflash the rom i had... kenny will the peoples rom work on fc19??

animal1589 said:
the .rar sound for this is just a beat in the backround so really doesnt matter how long it is as long as i can make it work. do i just convert to wav an replace the other .wav? i can always shorten it to save space.
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.rar is a zipped folder with winrar.. you have to extract that and depending on whats in that it might work.. other wise no. The sound is too big of a file so what they do is compress it and make it smaller to work. But in our case its not the size of the file but the length of the sound which is only like 10 seconds or so....

gonna try
gonna give this a shot but have to flash a new rom first. i dont think there is anything for fc19 so i guess im going back to fc09.. ive been have problems with the wi-fi staying connected on fc19 that i never had before so might be better off.. i would imagine that would be the fc19 modem?? ya think?

[MOD] Windows Phone 7 Tick Sound AT&T / T-Mo

I customized the UI sounds for the SGS3: Tick Effect & Keyboard sounds with that of WP7 tick sound and customized the camera / video button sound, etc.
Make sure you rename your stock UI sounds (Example: *tick_effect) before you over-right them.
Upzip / copy and paste in: System>Media>Audio>ui
Download:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h284u46zm6pmr10/ui.zip
Enjoy!

Oh man thank God I hate the drip sounds they put on this phone! Thank you!
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Changing the UI whether it is sounds, colors, bootani, feel is a themeing process
NOT Development
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jroyalty7 said:
Oh man thank God I hate the drip sounds they put on this phone! Thank you!
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YW, ya thats why i did it. lol

kennyglass123 said:
Changing the UI whether it is sounds, colors, bootani, feel is a themeing process
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Sorry, no prob.

therealdamiani said:
Sorry, no prob.
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anyone help a noob here lol been trying to ad these cant figure it out

jonandjanette said:
anyone help a noob here lol been trying to ad these cant figure it out
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What seems to be the prob? Just download the zip to your sdcard, unzip it, open root explorer, copy and paste the apk's you want to install and copy and paste them in: Root/System/app
Should be it. *might have to install it and or change permissions*

Awesome! I had to turn off the touch clicks and, since I hate haptic feedback, it's nice to be able to regain some response in the phone's UI.
Thanks.

If you want to further customize your UI to resemble WP7 here is the font.
Should be able to just install the apk and go to settings display and set font.http://db.tt/Wmgm3nST
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when i try to rename the stock ui sounds so i can ad the new ones root explore says something about bricking my device lol can anyone give me the steps to do this correctly

Use root explorer, make the directory r/w, copy the sounds into system / media / audio / ui folder.... You will (or should be if you are doing it right) be overwriting pre existing files. Once done and you have overwritten the sounds you wanted to change, reboot phone.
You may need to rename the file if you want it represent/be used for another function. For example, inside the zip file there is a file names backspace.ogg..... Say you want to use it for the TW_touch.ogg sound.... You will need to rename it and all that. Only problem is by the time you cuztomize things to the way you like, a new updated rom is put out and you have to do it again!
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jonandjanette said:
when i try to rename the stock ui sounds so i can ad the new ones root explore says something about bricking my device lol can anyone give me the steps to do this correctly
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It's just warning you because you are editing system settings. Renaming anything in the specified folder won't cause any damage.

ok so i unzipped the file on my sd card extracted to a folder i named ui on the sd card....now when i try to copy the files and move them to the system ui folder it says copy of all files failed..i mam using es file explorer

jonandjanette said:
ok so i unzipped the file on my sd card extracted to a folder i named ui on the sd card....now when i try to copy the files and move them to the system ui folder it says copy of all files failed..i mam using es file explorer
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Use Root Explorer, other file managers won't have permission to change system files. With Root Explorer you will also need to select Mount R/W to be able to write to the system folder.
Make sure you rename all the original files if you ever want to use the original sounds again...I just went back to AOSP lock/unlock sounds, the WP7 sound was a bit sharp.

all worked as soon as i got root explorer thanks guys, am dissapointed though as i am looking to get away from the drip and water sounds, i guess i want a more iphone like sound for typing and lock and unlock without having the iphone....any ideas

jonandjanette said:
all worked as soon as i got root explorer thanks guys, am dissapointed though as i am looking to get away from the drip and water sounds, i guess i want a more iphone like sound for typing and lock and unlock without having the iphone....any ideas
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You can replace them also... Just need to identify the sound files you want and the name(s) of the files to replace... Easy peasy.....
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jonandjanette said:
when i try to rename the stock ui sounds so i can ad the new ones root explore says something about bricking my device lol can anyone give me the steps to do this correctly
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I assure you, you wont brick your device from just renaming a sound file. I do it all the time. Maybe its for when you try and rename a needed framework or system file.

Naddict said:
Use root explorer, make the directory r/w, copy the sounds into system / media / audio / ui folder.... You will (or should be if you are doing it right) be overwriting pre existing files. Once done and you have overwritten the sounds you wanted to change, reboot phone.
You may need to rename the file if you want it represent/be used for another function. For example, inside the zip file there is a file names backspace.ogg..... Say you want to use it for the TW_touch.ogg sound.... You will need to rename it and all that. Only problem is by the time you cuztomize things to the way you like, a new updated rom is put out and you have to do it again!
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Thats why i back up my Media folder and any other mods i do to the Rom and upload it to DropBox and then when i flash a new rom, i just download it back to my phone with DropBox.

jonandjanette said:
all worked as soon as i got root explorer thanks guys, am dissapointed though as i am looking to get away from the drip and water sounds, i guess i want a more iphone like sound for typing and lock and unlock without having the iphone....any ideas
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Ill try and port over the iPhone Sounds for it when i have time.

therealdamiani said:
Ill try and port over the iPhone Sounds for it when i have time.
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Uggh... Gonna make an android phone like a.... gulp..... Iphone
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[HOW TO] [ROOT]: Install Custom S-Pen Pointers and Sounds

Hello everyone. This is my first attempt at making a useful thread for the community so if it isn't formatted correctly or isn't right in anyway please PM me and I will fix it., it might be helpful to me to leave instructions on how to fix it as well. If something like this already exists, I am sorry please notify me of that and I will take this down.
This is a thread to instruct you on how to make custom s-pen sounds and install them as well as how to install custom s-pen pointers on any TW based rom including stock ( this is just install, I don't know how to make custom pointers yet). There are two requirements YOU MUST BE ROOTED AND RUNNING STOCK OR TW BASED ROM. This is my method, I am not saying that there aren't better ways just that this is how I do it and I know it works. I am not responsible for things going wrong and you being left with a device that doesn't work. You do this because you choose to and understand the risk involved. Also, please make back ups of all the files you want to change so that you have all the original files.
For Sounds: (You can use any sound you have or even the voice record app to make the sound you'd like)
1. Make sure you're rooted
2. Have some sort of root permission file explorer installed (I use Rom Toolbox)
3. Find or record the sounds you want to use as your s-pen attach and detech sounds If they aren't in the .ogg format then convert it to .ogg (I use wavepad for this step)
4. Decide if you want the sound to be sound 1,2 or 3
5. Once you have your sound the way want it rename the file for attach to Pen_att_noti1 (the number can also be a 2 or 3 depending on where you want the sound) and the sound for detach to Pen_det_noti1 (again the number can be different)
6. Place the files on your phone where you can locate them with the file explorer you have installed.
7. Locate the file(s) you want to use and using your explorer navigate to the directory system\ media\ audio\ ui and paste the sounds there. (You might be asked to overwrite whats there. If you want to save the original sounds simply find the file with the same name before you paste and rename to (thefilenamehere.ogg.bak)
8. Restart your phone
9. Once rebooted navigate to your spen sound selector and choose the sound want.
Thanks to my friend TheGrammerFreak for this nexxt bit
For Pointers:
(I don't know how to make pointers. This is assuming you have a file that you know can be used as the pointer. i am trying to learn and when/if I do I will add that to this thread)
1. Make sure you're rooted
2. Make sure you have some root permission file explorer installed.
3. Make sure you have a program that can open .apk files on you PC (I use 7-Zip)
4. Using the explorer you have navigate to the directory system\ framework and copy the file framework-res.apk to a place that you can access via the pc (I used my extsdcard)
5. Attach your phone to the computer
6. Find the framework-res.apk and move it onto your computer
7. Take the file you want to use and reaname it to tw_pointer_spot_hovering_spen
8. Open (not to be confused with unzip. Right click the apk and select "open with") the framework-res.apk with a program that will open it
9. Once open navigate to res\ drawable-xhdpi and find the file named tw_pointer_spot_hovering_spen delete that file and take the file you made/have of the same name and paste it directly into that directory. exit the program after doing so.
10 Take the framework-res.apk file that you edited and place onto your phone where you can locate it.
11. Detach your device from the computer
12. Using your explorer on your phone navigate to the edited framework-res.apk[ and select to copy it.
13. Navigate with your explorer to the directory system\ framework and paste the file there. WARNING: You might get several errors and force closes, don't worry this is normal.
14. Either restart your phone or pull your battery and boot up and you will now see your new pointer. Enjoy!
NOTE: If you want a different pointer for your files that air view capable or if you want your new pointer to be used as your air view pointer follow the same instructions except that the file you are wanting to use and the one you replace are both named tw_pointer_spot_hovering_spen_more and these files can be the same as your normal pointer if you choose.
Please PM me with any questions you might have and MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!!!!

Thank you for the contribution. It's great to see more people getting involved, with the Note 3 out to keep the Note 2 going we need everyone to contribute how they can. By the way very complete guide! One question, did you notice a time limit for the clip?
On a side note guides would probably be best suited in the themes and app section or general, but not a big deal.
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kintwofan said:
Thank you for the contribution. It's great to see more people getting involved, with the Note 3 out to keep the Note 2 going we need everyone to contribute how they can. By the way very complete guide! One question, did you notice a time limit for the clip?
On a side note guides would probably be best suited in the themes and app section or general, but not a big deal.
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Thank you for your kind words. I know most of us didn't need a guide this complete but I wanted anyone who wants to do this to be able to. As far as a time limit. I can't say what the limit might be. My current attach and detach sounds are roughly 3 seconds long so I know anything up to 3 seconds will work but can't say for any that might be longer.
I have no objection to the thread being moved. It is my first actual guide/helpful thread so it might very well be in the wrong place.
Sent from my Jedi Infused Note 2. May the force be with you!

Great guide, and I echo @kintwofan with his sentiments on more people getting involved! Personally I tend to err on the side of complete and thorough when it comes to guides (probably why I haven't made too many lol), so I tip my hat sir

dwitherell said:
Great guide, and I echo @kintwofan with his sentiments on more people getting involved! Personally I tend to err on the side of complete and thorough when it comes to guides (probably why I haven't made too many lol), so I tip my hat sir
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That's very kind of you. Thank you for that!