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[Q] adding battery % mod to existing theme

I've been reading the theme guides and, time permitting, would like to start playing around. I've been comparing files from the stock theme template to crakes battery percent mod found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793805&highlight=battery+mod and have been trying to figure out how to use it in another theme. Is it as simple as adding the extra stat_sys_battery_#.png's or does something else have to be done to the framework-res.apk to get the phone to point to the added pngs? I hope thats understandable, thanks in advance for your help all!

amosher13 said:
I've been reading the theme guides and, time permitting, would like to start playing around. I've been comparing files from the stock theme template to crakes battery percent mod found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793805&highlight=battery+mod and have been trying to figure out how to use it in another theme. Is it as simple as adding the extra stat_sys_battery_#.png's or does something else have to be done to the framework-res.apk to get the phone to point to the added pngs? I hope thats understandable, thanks in advance for your help all!
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If your theme has 1% intervals already its just a matter of swapping the png files. If the theme don't your gonna have to devompile the apk and edit 3 xml files then recompile
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okay, ya thats what i was wondering. any help on the xml files to edit and how? i've got apk manager and have it decompiled, i dont see anything that jumps out.
EDIT: okay i've got in the drawable folder stat_sys_battery, stat_sys_battery_charge, stat_sys_battery_charge_err_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_charge_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_vinsq. my guess is its 3 of those, i guess i can just compare the stock theme with the stock battery mod to see what to do.

amosher13 said:
okay, ya thats what i was wondering. any help on the xml files to edit and how? i've got apk manager and have it decompiled, i dont see anything that jumps out.
EDIT: okay i've got in the drawable folder stat_sys_battery, stat_sys_battery_charge, stat_sys_battery_charge_err_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_charge_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_vinsq. my guess is its 3 of those, i guess i can just compare the stock theme with the stock battery mod to see what to do.
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You can do that but do you know how to add a line to an xml file
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mysteryemotionz said:
You can do that but do you know how to add a line to an xml file
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in general, yes, but i may not know how for these purposes. what might i be missing?

There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!

art3mis-nyc said:
There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!
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very interesting, i'll certainly check that out. though i am interested also in learning how to do it myself, but that looks pretty cool!

art3mis-nyc said:
There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!
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Thee problem with this is if there's any edited .9 pngs in the theme the out come is ****
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mysteryemotionz said:
Thee problem with this is if there's any edited .9 pngs in the theme the out come is ****
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so how about this: i pull the xmls from crakes framework-res.apk (do i need anything from twframework-res.apk?), recompile into the framework-res.apk from the theme i'm hacking, then dump the pngs into drawable-hdpi from the % mod i want to include and just make sure theres an image for each line in the xmls. sound good?

amosher13 said:
so how about this: i pull the xmls from crakes framework-res.apk (do i need anything from twframework-res.apk?), recompile into the framework-res.apk from the theme i'm hacking, then dump the pngs into drawable-hdpi from the % mod i want to include and just make sure theres an image for each line in the xmls. sound good?
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Sounds great but just remember if your theme has any edited .9.pngs you will get errors with the framework.
What there are you trying to edit?
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mysteryemotionz said:
Sounds great but just remember if your theme has any edited .9.pngs you will get errors with the framework.
What there are you trying to edit?
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basically i want to work in a battery % mod into the theme from AOSP Magic (partially just to see if i can do it ). when you say "has any edited .9.pngs" do you mean if i edit any? or if the theme contains any that are already edited.

amosher13 said:
basically i want to work in a battery % mod into the theme from AOSP Magic (partially just to see if i can do it ). when you say "has any edited .9.pngs" do you mean if i edit any? or if the theme contains any that are already edited.
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If the theme has any edited already out if you edited any
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mysteryemotionz said:
If the theme has any edited already out if you edited any
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ya i'm a little confused at that point on how i'd handle that. anywhere i can read up on that?
so basically if the theme i want to mod has .9.pngs that were edited from stock, when i decompile and recompile with the new xmls its going to break something? if so, what would i do? use the battery % mod theme and dump the drawable-hdpi folder into the apk after?

amosher13 said:
ya i'm a little confused at that point on how i'd handle that. anywhere i can read up on that?
so basically if the theme i want to mod has .9.pngs that were edited from stock, when i decompile and recompile with the new xmls its going to break something? if so, what would i do? use the battery % mod theme and dump the drawable-hdpi folder into the apk after?
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What I do is modify the xml files ona stock framework. Make all the changes I need then recompile. Once compiled its a matter of dragging and dropping the pngs
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mysteryemotionz said:
What I do is modify the xml files ona stock framework. Make all the changes I need then recompile. Once compiled its a matter of dragging and dropping the pngs
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gotcha, perfect thanks!

System Color Theme

I have installed Blu Kuban ROM and loving it. However I liked the default color them of stock FF18 or even the GS3. How would I go about getting the original color scheme back to my system settings and ONLY system settings? I'm pretty familiar with system/app and the framework folders... I just dont know what goes where...
Thanks.

It would almost be easier to flash stock FF18 systemui and framework back to the phone than to retheme it and work up from there for the few things you want to change.

tdunham said:
It would almost be easier to flash stock FF18 systemui and framework back to the phone than to retheme it and work up from there for the few things you want to change.
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Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
Thank you for the response.

changlo said:
Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
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You're going to lose quite a bit. He has a lot of mods, including the extended toggles if you go with stock. You will have to experiment. You can copy over all the stock icons over to his systemui and framework files from res/drawable-hdpi as a start. More advanced color modding (changing color codes) would be necessary in the decompiled xml files otherwise.
Edit: Don't replace the battery icons though when you copy over the entire contents of the drawable-hdpi.

changlo said:
Ok, ya that sounds like an idea.. unless there is something inside those files I can copy from the stock to the custom and replace within Systemui and framework..
I really like all the other customizations he made to his ROM.
Thank you for the response.
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He has a ROM pretty close to aosp type....never seen another TW based ROM so updated or having so many easy custom installs. But if u want changes, you either need to theme or go with cm9/aokp to install other themes- and there are quite a few to pick from. Do a nand and see what suits you best.
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[REQUEST] Stock ICS Blue Softkeys

I was hoping that someone could create a flashable zip that includes stock ICS blue softkeys, like the attached zip, that also includes a blue "hide keyboard" button as well. I'm currently running CM10 so if it can work with that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance

RTNDO128 said:
I was hoping that someone could create a flashable zip that includes stock ICS blue softkeys, like the attached zip, that also includes a blue "hide keyboard" button as well. I'm currently running CM10 so if it can work with that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance
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That is already a flashable zip.. well partially.. all you have to do is Download ZipThemer and using ZipThemer make a flashable with the included Zip. If you've never made one before i have a tutorial in my Themes OP. Its linked in the Main Page at the bottom.

I'm trying to stay away from ZipThemer, and I'll explain why. It appears that when making a flashable zip in ZipThemer, it backs up EVERYTHING from your systemUI.apk, adds in the themed files, and zips it all up. I've run into an issue the past week with not being able to see the new battery circle mod included in the latest CM10 as well as not being able to customize the icons on my navbar. I found out that an old ZipThemer mod was to blame.
Basically, I don't want to create a new ZipThemer mod every time my rom has new features added. How can I make a flashable zip without ZipThemer?

RTNDO128 said:
I'm trying to stay away from ZipThemer, and I'll explain why. It appears that when making a flashable zip in ZipThemer, it backs up EVERYTHING from your systemUI.apk, adds in the themed files, and zips it all up. I've run into an issue the past week with not being able to see the new battery circle mod included in the latest CM10 as well as not being able to customize the icons on my navbar. I found out that an old ZipThemer mod was to blame.
Basically, I don't want to create a new ZipThemer mod every time my rom has new features added. How can I make a flashable zip without ZipThemer?
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Take the SystemUI.apk from your ROM.zip 7zip extract the file contents. In /res/drawable-xhdpi you will find the softkeys. Take the images from the Zip you have and paste them in the folder (they should already have the correct file names.) Then put the /res/drawable-xhdpi back into the archive of the original APK. Then put that apk in a flashable and flash away. You can just gut a Flashable zip *i have one in my MMS tutorial* .
Which is not as easy as a ZipThemer.. you'll also have to redo this entire process everytime you flash a new nightly.. you'll either get lost in a bootloop... the systemui will force close.. or you'll be absolutely fine.. but have an old SystemUI.

ÜBER™ said:
Take the SystemUI.apk from your ROM.zip 7zip extract the file contents. In /res/drawable-xhdpi you will find the softkeys. Take the images from the Zip you have and paste them in the folder (they should already have the correct file names.) Then put the /res/drawable-xhdpi back into the archive of the original APK. Then put that apk in a flashable and flash away. You can just gut a Flashable zip *i have one in my MMS tutorial* .
Which is not as easy as a ZipThemer.. you'll also have to redo this entire process everytime you flash a new nightly.. you'll either get lost in a bootloop... the systemui will force close.. or you'll be absolutely fine.. but have an old SystemUI.
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By doing that though, aren't I going to have the same issue because all the files in systemui are being preserved?

RTNDO128 said:
By doing that though, aren't I going to have the same issue because all the files in systemui are being preserved?
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Yes but that IS the only other option... I'd just make the zipthemer and be done with it.
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ÜBER™ said:
Yes but that IS the only other option... I'd just make the zipthemer and be done with it.
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How about this attached theme...
It only replaces the icons it's theming. That's what I'm trying to do.

RTNDO128 said:
How about this attached theme...
It only replaces the icons it's theming. That's what I'm trying to do.
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Same thing as ZipThemer... but does things differently. I would just make the zipthemer. And when you need to update all you have to do is update the zipthemer to flash it. Its a vrtheme and creates extra folders.

Alright, I'll do it in ZipThemer then. Anyway, can someone with good photo editing skills color ic_sysbar_back_ime and ic_sysbar_back_ime_land so they are the same ICS blue as the files in my first zip? I have attached the files.

RTNDO128 said:
Alright, I'll do it in ZipThemer then. Anyway, can someone with good photo editing skills color ic_sysbar_back_ime and ic_sysbar_back_ime_land so they are the same ICS blue as the files in my first zip? I have attached the files.
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I have a full set of ics blue nav buttons. I can make a ZipThemer for you if you like. The reason ZipThemer is the best way o go, is that it uses your exact SystemUI to make the package. No bootloops that way. Yes, you'll have to remake the update.zip every time you update your rom, but you use the same ZipThemer theme each time. And it seriously only takes about 3 minutes to do each time anyway, which is quicker than pulling your apk & swapping out images with 7zip. And you don't get the duplicate drawable folders like with vr-theme or universal flasher. I actually made a theme chooser for a customer last night with just ics blue navkeys & custom lockring. Strangest request I've ever had.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

stumpy352 said:
I have a full set of ics blue nav buttons. I can make a ZipThemer for you if you like. The reason ZipThemer is the best way o go, is that it uses your exact SystemUI to make the package. No bootloops that way. Yes, you'll have to remake the update.zip every time you update your rom, but you use the same ZipThemer theme each time. And it seriously only takes about 3 minutes to do each time anyway, which is quicker than pulling your apk & swapping out images with 7zip. And you don't get the duplicate drawable folders like with vr-theme or universal flasher. I actually made a theme chooser for a customer last night with just ics blue navkeys & custom lockring. Strangest request I've ever had.
.....memoirs of a flash addict.
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If you could upload an archive with the icons included, that would be great. You don't have to make the ZipThemer though.
Thanks.

Here you go. http://db.tt/UmMktJyv
.....memoirs of a flash addict.

thk u very much for this! i been trying to get my icons blue without a theme apk for ever on cm10!

HTC Sense battery mod

Looking for the HTC battery mod. I had it on LJC then I odin'ed back to stock to do the MA7 update and lost it I didn't save it on my hard drive either. Searched and searched and now I can't find it. Hoping someone has it saved and can link me/upload it!!
**EDIT**
Found all the .png files necessary to do the mod by searching the GS3 forums. Open SystemUI.apk and place them in the res/drawable-xhdpi folder.

Re: Request: HTC Sense battery mod
kalapa said:
Looking for the HTC battery mod. I had it on LJC then I odin'ed back to stock to do the MA7 update and lost it I didn't save it on my hard drive either. Searched and searched and now I can't find it. Hoping someone has it saved and can link me/upload it!!
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Morphology has it bro. I'm pretty sure u can flash it with ma7. Mack did. Just flash the updater. Then morph away. I love sense. I love there battery mod too. Lol
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Haven't looked too much at morphology but I don't want to download an entire theming mod.. all I want is the Sense battery.
I found all the correct .png images from the S3 forums, but MA7 doesn't seem to work the same way as LJC did.. in LJC(unless I'm mistaken) you could just decompile SystemUI.apk, replace the battery .png files in the res/drawable-sw720dp-xhdpi folder with the modded battery images, recompile, and you'd be good to go. Now that doesn't seem to work. SystemUI reloads as if no changes were made.

Re: Request: HTC Sense battery mod
kalapa said:
Haven't looked too much at morphology but I don't want to download an entire theming mod.. all I want is the Sense battery.
I found all the correct .png images from the S3 forums, but MA7 doesn't seem to work the same way as LJC did.. in LJC(unless I'm mistaken) you could just decompile SystemUI.apk, replace the battery .png files in the res/drawable-sw720dp-xhdpi folder with the modded battery images, recompile, and you'd be good to go. Now that doesn't seem to work. SystemUI reloads as if no changes were made.
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Goes in drawable-xhdpi and there is no need for compiling to replace those pngs

kalapa said:
Looking for the HTC battery mod. I had it on LJC then I odin'ed back to stock to do the MA7 update and lost it I didn't save it on my hard drive either. Searched and searched and now I can't find it. Hoping someone has it saved and can link me/upload it!!
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I like your clock and weather widget. What app are you using for both?

fryingpan0613 said:
Goes in drawable-xhdpi and there is no need for compiling to replace those pngs
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ahh, yes, I had the wrong folder. That got it to work. Thank you sir! and yeah I just added them to the folder using 7zip.
mranonymous said:
I like your clock and weather widget. What app are you using for both?
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That's Beautiful Widgets

Success! Going to update OP with the files I used for anyone else who wants to do this.

Tahnks:good:

Can we flash in the recovery
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(Request) ICS Blue Status Bar Icons for MSG&Chubbs 4.0

Does anyone have ICS blue status bar icons for MSG&Chubbs 4.0? Other than that been loving the rom!

I believe you can find the icons you want in systemui.apk. find a Rom or theme that has what you want and use 7zip to copy the pictures over.
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gbell28 said:
Does anyone have ICS blue status bar icons for MSG&Chubbs 4.0? Other than that been loving the rom!
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Go to the morphology thread and follow the steps to flash their theming options

Morphology is a no go on this ROM will break their systemui.

studentjunk said:
I believe you can find the icons you want in systemui.apk. find a Rom or theme that has what you want and use 7zip to copy the pictures over.
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I was wondering if you could provide a little more detail? Would I just extract the APK and then replace the icons and then compress it again?
Thanks for the help.

If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
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Do a backup before you try anything

csolander said:
If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
Well not quite...if you do that, it will break the UI because the 23 toggles mod will be gone.
I tried morphology by itself, tried to change only the status bar icons. Worked OK, for some reason the signal bars were the only thing that couldn't change.
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Originally Posted by*blue5055
*I use*Morphology*with this rom without a single issue. U just have to do the following:
1. download*morphology, stock system ui, and 15 toggle mod aka lidroid.*http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968724
2. In recovery make a nandroid backup in case u need to back
3. wipe cache and dalvik*
4. Install in*THIS*order: system ui, lindroid,*morphology. Be sure to make a backup inside the*morphology*aroma installer in case u want to go back to rom default.*I've been using*morphology*on all roms I flash both asop & touchwiz and as long as everything is flashed in the correct order it works perfectly
You might have missed a step or done the incorrect order
You will lose the 23 toggle mod but gain a lot of personal customizability. plus this is a lot easier than going into system ui apk or framework res apk

I'm on the Rom you are asking about. I followed the instructions and everything is working fine. Had to run morphology twice and had to change everything on the status bar, not just leave it alone.
Edit I did some research and the devs over in the Rom thread say definitely don't use morphology with this Rom. It breaks some of the mods. I have restored my nandriod and back to grey icons. Small price to pay for a great Rom.
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I tried replacing the status bar icons in systemui.apk with blue ones and then put it back and rebooted but I still had the grey icons. Not sure what I am missing.
Thoughts?

Which mods does morphology break?

csolander said:
Which mods does morphology break?
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I am not 100% sure but I think it will break all the 3minit stuff which is baked into the systemui and framework. Key word is "i think".

Upload your SystemUI.apk here and I'll see what I can do.

Overstew said:
Upload your SystemUI.apk here and I'll see what I can do.
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Thanks a lot man, I started by trying to change just the 4G icon, but when I put it back it was still grey. I am not sure what exactly happened. I had to zip it to get it under the 8MB limit for uploads.

csolander said:
Originally Posted by*blue5055
*I use*Morphology*with this rom without a single issue. U just have to do the following:
1. download*morphology, stock system ui, and 15 toggle mod aka lidroid.*http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968724
2. In recovery make a nandroid backup in case u need to back
3. wipe cache and dalvik*
4. Install in*THIS*order: system ui, lindroid,*morphology. Be sure to make a backup inside the*morphology*aroma installer in case u want to go back to rom default.*I've been using*morphology*on all roms I flash both asop & touchwiz and as long as everything is flashed in the correct order it works perfectly
You might have missed a step or done the incorrect order
You will lose the 23 toggle mod but gain a lot of personal customizability. plus this is a lot easier than going into system ui apk or framework res apk
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dante32278 said:
csolander said:
If you do a search in the msg&chubbs 4.0 thread for morphology you will find that it does work. you have to flash the morphology stock system ui before the morphology zip or your system ui will crash but if you follow the steps you will be fine
Well not quite...if you do that, it will break the UI because the 23 toggles mod will be gone.
I tried morphology by itself, tried to change only the status bar icons. Worked OK, for some reason the signal bars were the only thing that couldn't change.
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gbell28 said:
I am not 100% sure but I think it will break all the 3minit stuff which is baked into the systemui and framework. Key word is "i think".
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Morphology is compatible with MSG & Chubbs only if u flash it correctly as outlined above. U still get to have all the toggles & more importantly u can customize them along with the status bar icons & the settings icons. Yes the 3minit options will no longer work, but since u can customize the clock items in morphology u dont lose anything. I've attached some screenshots to show
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gbell28 said:
Thanks a lot man, I started by trying to change just the 4G icon, but when I put it back it was still grey. I am not sure what exactly happened. I had to zip it to get it under the 8MB limit for uploads.
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Sorry I took so long.
Try this one (non flashable, push to System/App.)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37471265/AOSP SystemUI.zip
EDIT: This hasn't been tested as I don't use MSG and Chubbs ROM. (I hear it's awesome, though!) Let me know if it is what you're looking for.