Hi,
I want to create my own Samsung Galaxy S I9000 theme, but how?
Is there any sort of software or can I edit excisting ones?
Ofcourse I will publish the theme for free on XDA
Anyway, Thanks!
Cheers,
Applefaq
Applefaq said:
Hi,
I want to create my own Samsung Galaxy S I9000 theme, but how?
Is there any sort of software or can I edit excisting ones?
Ofcourse I will publish the theme for free on XDA
Anyway, Thanks!
Cheers,
Applefaq
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This is the guide i normally send when im asked this question:
First of all, get your framework-res.apk and twframework ,(they're located in system/framework). If you are on gingerbread you also need systemui.apk (in system/app)
Then, download 7zip in case you dont have it.
Right click on framework-res.apk and with 7zip click to extract to /framework-res
You will now have a new folder.
Open it, then open /res and then /drawable-hdpi (framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi)
There are most pngs you'll need to theme.
Edit them and when you've finished editing them, open framework-res.apk with 7zip, delete the res folder, and drag the res from framework-res folder onto it. (Make sure it has copied correctly)
You should now have a framework-res with a new theme
do this also for the other two apks.
There are too many pngs to tell you the function of each, but you can pm me about some
To copy it onto your phone, you can use root explorer or a cwm installable zip.
For cwm, you'll need an updater-script and update-binary or update-script. If you want, i'll make you one.
Damn thanks for your great reply, im gonna read this!
Thanks for the reply I will post my theme next week!
Cheers,
Applefaq
how can I modified the update-binary?
Thanks for the info on gingerbread theming. Is it also safe to swap one 2.33 framework for another while on your cell?
Or is this strictly pc based? I'd like to try exact one already made and replace mine.. Or is that gonna bootloop
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Dont unzip. Use apkManager to decompile. This way you will decompile the 9patch png's too.
When compiling remember to say its a system file and delete the modified files from the keep folder.
And convert the 8 bit pngs to rgb 32 bit before editing. Then convert them back to 8bit before recompiling. Or find an editor that supports 8bit. But Adobe Photoshop does not!
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If the OP needs any help im glad to give it.
But one question for you other theme gurus:
When decompiling with dependencies do you use twframework or systemui? I always use tw but with gingerbread im getting some wierd errors.
Cheers
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and how to theme odex versions ... do u delete odex files before themes them or jyst decompiling with apk manager will work ?
Any help regarding changing text colours
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ronhoover88 said:
Any help regarding changing text colours
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Decompile twframeworkres.apk and change "twcolor3" in res/values/color.xml(should be close enough).
Frameworkres.apk res/color/zzz_tw_secondary_text_sub.xml
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and how to theme odex versions ... do u delete odex files before themes them or jyst decompiling with apk manager will work ?
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racerboy3801 said:
If the OP needs any help im glad to give it.
But one question for you other theme gurus:
When decompiling with dependencies do you use twframework or systemui? I always use tw but with gingerbread im getting some wierd errors.
Cheers
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I dont understand the question. You decompile with the files it depends on. That's all. SystemUI.apk needs framework-res.apk for example.
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Decompile twframeworkres.apk and change "twcolor3" in res/values/color.xml(should be close enough).
Frameworkres.apk res/color/zzz_tw_secondary_text_sub.xml
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Thanks a lot does it change the text of all the frameworks...when i edit the xml my phone goes into bootloop
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I dont understand the question. You decompile with the files it depends on. That's all. SystemUI.apk needs framework-res.apk for example.
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I mean that when you decompile frameworkres did you select either.twframeworkres or systemui for the dependancy.
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racerboy3801 said:
I mean that when you decompile frameworkres did you select either.twframeworkres or systemui for the dependancy.
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No. framework-res.apk does not depend on any file.
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and how to theme odex versions ... do u delete odex files before themes them or jyst decompiling with apk manager will work ?
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If you only want to change image files then just decompile the apk file and forget about the odex file.
ronhoover88 said:
Any help regarding changing text colours
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If you want to know how to change the color of the clock in the statusbar then look at my thread. 3rd post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037157
RobZarzecki said:
Thanks for the info on gingerbread theming. Is it also safe to swap one 2.33 framework for another while on your cell?
Or is this strictly pc based? I'd like to try exact one already made and replace mine.. Or is that gonna bootloop
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RobZarzecki said:
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You can make a cwm flash but that will require a reboot.
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You can make a cwm flash but that will require a reboot.
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Thanks.. So it has to be flashed? Cannot just extract and switch one framework for another?? Not sure how to zip, sign a framework
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The usual method posted in kurotsugi's thread doesnt work for me... it gives an error when compiling framework-res.apk... so is there any work around?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678241
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View here.
CLoSe.
Instead of compiling and decompiling just rename the framework-res.apk to zip open up and follow the stuff told by kurotsugi and instead of compiling just rename back to apk and replace it back ur done ....atleast worked for me dnt know about other try it out and tell if it works then it will be officially posted on xda...
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Or u can download the xml file from kurotsugi use it....
Another thing copy ur roms framework-res.apk to username/apktool and over there backup the 1.apk if u use apktool or skip this step if using apkmanager
Backup 1.apk and paste ur framework.apk and rename it to 1.apk and then do the remaining steps as in tut it works perfectly for me atleast...
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SSSidGGG said:
Or u can download the xml file from kurotsugi use it....
Another thing copy ur roms framework-res.apk to username/apktool and over there backup the 1.apk if u use apktool or skip this step if using apkmanager
Backup 1.apk and paste ur framework.apk and rename it to 1.apk and then do the remaining steps as in tut it works perfectly for me atleast...
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Thanks buddy.. i will use ur method tomorrow..
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Hey guys as the title says I have been having some problems while recompilling systemui.apk .
Well the decompiling and everything else goes well but when I try to recompile it it just gives some errors and says 11 more errors.
Please can someone help me .
For the note I didn't change even a single letter in any file just decompiled and tried to recompile.
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I used to have this problem but fixed it easily, can you confirm what OS you are using? (Linux, windows, Mac OS X)
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rohil surana said:
Hey guys as the title says I have been having some problems while recompilling systemui.apk .
Well the decompiling and everything else goes well but when I try to recompile it it just gives some errors and says 11 more errors.
Please can someone help me .
For the note I didn't change even a single letter in any file just decompiled and tried to recompile.
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plz tell the code you used to compile
mostly it is becuz you wrote it in wrong syntax..
see this .. it will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27340150&postcount=2
if you are editing ics apk, try to decompile with apktool 1.4.2 and recompile with apktool 1.4.3 or vice versa, i read somewhere apktool has issues
with ics apks and that is the trick to make it work
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VigiDroid said:
I used to have this problem but fixed it easily, can you confirm what OS you are using? (Linux, windows, Mac OS X)
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my OS is Windows 7
mhrsolanki2020 said:
plz tell the code you used to compile
mostly it is becuz you wrote it in wrong syntax..
see this .. it will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27340150&postcount=2
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as I told I didn't even edit any code, then also its giving the errors
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if you are editing ics apk, try to decompile with apktool 1.4.2 and recompile with apktool 1.4.3 or vice versa, i read somewhere apktool has issues
with ics apks and that is the trick to make it work
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Nope systemui.apk from stock DEODEXED ROM
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Please see this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27610101
It's just that I created a theme with transparent background and black colour notifications.
So the text is not visible on the notifications.I tried to change with the option in uot but it just doesn't change.
So I decided to recompile the apk gold the xml responsible and then edit and recompile it.
This is the story hope anyone can help.
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You have to set the path, I'm not sure about windows if you can set the path in cmd. I will have a look when I get to my PC
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What are you talking about I started command prompt in apk tool directory then
gave APk tool both the dependency files
Then decompiled then didn't edit anything just recompiled and got errors if any one could try please take the system UI apk from uot pack from the link in my last post.
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I am trying to edit some information.
Where can I edit Android version to say Windows version?
Decompile settings apk
And open xml
Control + F button
Search android version
Edit to windows
Save file
Recompile
Done
I know what you did there/going to do
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voetbalremco said:
Decompile settings apk
And open xml
Control + F button
Search android version
Edit to windows
Save file
Recompile
Done
I know what you did there/going to do
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Thanks
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so i just decompiled Framwork-res.apk to modify a file inside it (i didnt mount it, i was doing a tethering modification). i tried to recompile the folder that everythings in but apktool just wont recompile it. some help would be greatly appreciated 
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Are you using the latest version of apktool? If so, maybe try a previous version.
Do you have the latest sdk installed?
Are you just using apktool? Or one of the programs built around it (like apk multitool)?
Do you have a logfile?
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