I've been trying to figure out how to change the battery icon and get it to stick. I tried earlier with rom tool box and it installed it and it was there for a minute or 2 before it was replaced with the one before I don't know how that happened. Every once in a while i see the new one flash up there but that's it. How can I get the icons I install through rom toolbox to stick or how do I make a zip file able to flash them through recovery? Thanks!!
Have you tried using Morphology? Users have reported it has worked for ma7 odex roms.
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Here is the link to Morphology...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096547
One way would be to flash "mack's updater" first. You can find a link to if in the themes section under Morphology 1.5 thread. It tweaks your system ui and gives you the center clock mod as well as a round battery with the 1% increments. Then the battery mod from rom toolbox should work. But it's not perfect, so make sure you make a back-up first. If that doesn't work you'll have to manually transfer the png files into the system ui recompile it and install it.
I used those apps too download battery changer from play store but it sucks whenever I close the app the battery changes.
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Or... In the mods section, I have a writeup how you can mod your own SystemUI.apk file and add whatever icons you want AND the 1% battery display instead of the default 10% countdown.
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OK I've been trying to make some themes with the uot kitchen I've got it to work right once I know how and what files to upload but the past few times I've done this it doesn't seem to work right for me this is what I do .
I pick the battery icon I want.
Then pick the icons I want.
Then the fonts.
I upload the file framework res apk for a froyo ROM.
Then submit my work and then download the uot zip.
When I flash it from ra recovery I first wipe cache and dalvik cache then flash the zip.
But when it boots sometimes I only have the battery icon and the fonts and sometimes I can see all the icons for a second when the phone starts then they go right back to the original look and I still end up with just the battery and the fonts .
Now I use the file from the ROM I'm trying to theme anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong any help would be awesome thanks in advanced for any help and just reading all this LOL.
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Wondering if someone can help me. I'm looking to change my battery icons. Having a hard time finding them. Can I get a path and what I should do to change them? Can I just swap them out in a file explorer?
Thanks for any help.
What i am really looking to do is get calks battery percent in the unnamed rom. if anyone can help.
thanks
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Ok i was able to extract the images from calks rom using apk manager but really dont know what to do from here well enough to try it. what would i need to do next to get the images in the unnamed file?
thanks
idk i extracted both and i cant seem to tell the difference however when i am using the roms i thought there was. who knows...
bump... I'd also like to know how to change my battery indicator. I want to have a numeric percentage up there. i don't want to install an app that adds a separate indicator either. My phone is rooted, and I'm hoping I can do it without installing a custom rom.
Gentlemen, all you have to do is download ROM Toolbox. Once installed, go to interface, then icon changer, there you can choose from a large variety of icons to replace the battery icon.
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+1 on rom toolbox
jasone4gt said:
Gentlemen, all you have to do is download ROM Toolbox. Once installed, go to interface, then icon changer, there you can choose from a large variety of icons to replace the battery icon.
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Awesome, thanks. I checked it out, and it gives a warning that not all the battery icons will work with all phones, due to different increments. Anyone know if the ones with 1% increments will work with the Epic 4G Touch?
It also says that I should do a nandroid backup first, so I'm gonna figure that out before I try out the icon change. The first "how to" that I read for doing a nandroid backup says that I need to install ClockworkMod Recovery, and to do that, "In ROM Manager, tap ‘Flash ClockworkMod Recovery’". I can't find any mention of ClockworkMod Recovery in ROM Manager. I'll look for an alternate way to install CM Recovery, but I thought I'd mention it in case I'm missing something in ROM Manager.
Use this to get CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19269878
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Oooooooooooohhhhh.... just realized that the app that I keep reading as recommended to install CWM Recovery is ROM Manager and not ROM Toolbox.
Brent212 said:
Oooooooooooohhhhh.... just realized that the app that I keep reading as recommended to install CWM Recovery is ROM Manager and not ROM Toolbox.
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Just wondering if anybody's rooted but running stock Rom still can answer a question
Can I change my status bar icons even though I'm running stock Rom? I'm rooted and have Rom toolbox pro (which let's you change icons) but I don't want to try and change them if it's going to mess something up.
Thanks in advance
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You should be able to. As far as I remember, icons are in Framework.apk and SystemUI.apk. You need a tool to unpack, replace icons, put it all back and move to phone into System/apk folder (as far as I remember)
schriss said:
You should be able to. As far as I remember, icons are in Framework.apk and SystemUI.apk. You need a tool to unpack, replace icons, put it all back and move to phone into System/apk folder (as far as I remember)
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Or he can upload the files to UOT kitchen and choose one of the many options in there. Then simply flash the returning zip file and reboot.
it doesn't work using rom toolbox pro, it tells me the icons installed successfully but it doesn't actually change them.
going to have a look at the uot kitchen but ive never used it before so heres hoping its not too complicated
I want to be 100% stock but still add a search and menu softkeys to my navigation bar. I don't want to have to flash a rom. Most of the softkey threads I looked through assume you are already on a rom and I am not.
How can I do this without a rom?
ap3604 said:
I want to be 100% stock but still add a search and menu softkeys to my navigation bar. I don't want to have to flash a rom. Most of the softkey threads I looked through assume you are already on a rom and I am not.
How can I do this without a rom?
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If you modify your system files, you are no longer 100% stock. OTA updates will not apply correctly in the future, FYI.
To modify your softkeys you need to modify your systemui.apk. The process shouldn't be much different than doing it on a rom.
Extract the files using root explorer, replace them, then repackage them.
ap3604 said:
I want to be 100% stock but still add a search and menu softkeys to my navigation bar. I don't want to have to flash a rom. Most of the softkey threads I looked through assume you are already on a rom and I am not.
How can I do this without a rom?
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Then is not 100% stock lol
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ap3604 said:
I want to be 100% stock but still add a search and menu softkeys to my navigation bar. I don't want to have to flash a rom. Most of the softkey threads I looked through assume you are already on a rom and I am not.
How can I do this without a rom?
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The softkey .png files are in this location:
/system/app/SystemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi
You should then be able to push using adb.
But yeah, as others have said, don't do it if you want to remain 100% stock.
Use the vrtheme system. It will modify just the images, and backup whatever it modifies.
I did this on stock before. Just pull the systemUI from a rom that has what you want and flash it to your phone. You're good to go and still stock rom.
Wow, some funny responses here.
Well first off to add search and menu keys will require more than just adding images to systemUI. It will also need to have the additions of the commands added to xml and java files within systemUI.
And I would also NOT recommend just yanking a systemUI.apk from any old rom and pushing it to your device while running a stock rom with odex files.
Grow some balls and flash a rom and enjoy.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
Wow, some funny responses here.
Well first off to add search and menu keys will require more than just adding images to systemUI. It will also need to have the additions of the commands added to xml and java files within systemUI.
And I would also NOT recommend just yanking a systemUI.apk from any old rom and pushing it to your device while running a stock rom with odex files.
Grow some balls and flash a rom and enjoy.
good day.
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Yeah you have to delete the system ui odex file too. But I've done this already and it works no problem.
This mod is a flashable zip which was created by biohazrd51 and I. It changes the 'H' icon in the status bar to the '4G' one. See below for all devices.
Note that it works for Mimicry only. Also, you will lose this mod every time you update the rom. I will take no responsibility if you magically transform your phone into a new device, the HTC paperweight
That said, all you need to do is:
1. Download the attached update-signed.zip to the root of your sd card.
2. Reboot into recovery, and make a nandroid backup, incase anything goes wrong. (It shouldn't)
3. Then, select install from sd card, and click on the update-signed.zip.
4. Reboot and enjoy.
Any questions,feel free to ask.
*Edit* blk_jack has put together a flashable zip that'll modify the H icon to 4G on any ROM (hdpi only). This also works in JB.This doesn't actually replace the SystemUI.apk, it just replaces the icons inside it and re-zip/zipaligns it.
Download and flash through recovery:
http://mimic.ca/~jeff/h_to_4g-blk.zip
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Hm, which SystemUI.apk are you guys using for the base? The reason I ask is because mimicry contains many SystemUI changes that other cm9 based roms don't have. Replacing that file will break things for sure.
There are definitely better ways of doing this than providing a SystemUI.apk to flash over, though. I'll see what I can do.
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Alright I just put together a flashable zip that'll modify the H icon to 4G on any ROM (hdpi only). This should also work in JB, though I haven't tested it. This doesn't actually replace the SystemUI.apk, it just replaces the icons inside it and re-zip/zipaligns it.
http://mimic.ca/~jeff/h_to_4g-blk.zip
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unless you updated it from the general section
dragon-son said:
unless you updated it from the general section
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Added blk_jack's mod.
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masterleron said:
Also, you will lose this mod every time you update the rom.
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It won't do that if you add addon.d support for it in /system/addon.d/ to preserve the SystemUI.apk app during updates. (course it would be better to perform the update and simply flash the zip back over it due to the type of app being modified).
Though instead what you could do is have a script in /etc/init.d/ to swap out the icons on bootup, and use the addon.d script to preserve that init script. That'll keep without having to reflash it all the time, like is already don't with google apps, or my dataswap/sd-ext enabler.
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This also works in Jelly Bean, tested not too long ago.
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