I have been using the blue glass Samsung Keyboard Mod By akapaul26for a couple of weeks now, and I love that keyboard theme. I was wondering if anyone knows how to theme the Swype keyboard? I have been looking into it, but I can't really find a good thread on XDA.
I tried to find the apk file after I bought Swype off of the play store yesterday, and I can't find it in either the /system/app folder, or the /data/app folder. I was going to take that apk file, and try to experiment with some of the image files inside, and hopefully create my own custom Swype theme.
So if anyone knows how to theme the Swype keyboard, please direct me to a thread, or please share with me your secrets!
Thanks in advance...
paulrileysullivan said:
I have been using the blue glass Samsung Keyboard Mod By akapaul26for a couple of weeks now, and I love that keyboard theme. I was wondering if anyone knows how to theme the Swype keyboard? I have been looking into it, but I can't really find a good thread on XDA.
I tried to find the apk file after I bought Swype off of the play store yesterday, and I can't find it in either the /system/app folder, or the /data/app folder. I was going to take that apk file, and try to experiment with some of the image files inside, and hopefully create my own custom Swype theme.
So if anyone knows how to theme the Swype keyboard, please direct me to a thread, or please share with me your secrets!
Thanks in advance...
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The easiest way would be to pull the images you want to use out of the themed apk apk rename them to the ones you want to replace in swype and overwrite them.
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The easiest way would be to pull the images you want to use out of the themed apk apk rename them to the ones you want to replace in swype and overwrite them.
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I tried doing exactly that, but for some reason when I try to replace the Stock "pkg.apk" with the one i had my custom images put into, Root Explorer says I can't complete the paste action because I don't have enough free space, when I clearly have enough space on my phone. I tried changing the permissions for the "/mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1" folder (the folder that contains swype's pkg.apk), but after changing the permissions to RWX-RWX-RWX, I still can't replace the modified pkg.apk.
Also, I don't know how to use Android SDK, so I don't know how to push files and folders using adb.exe, maybe I'll learn tomorrow after work.
Thanks for your suggestion!
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I tried doing exactly that, but for some reason when I try to replace the Stock "pkg.apk" with the one i had my custom images put into, Root Explorer says I can't complete the paste action because I don't have enough free space, when I clearly have enough space on my phone. I tried changing the permissions for the "/mnt/asec/com.nuance.swype.dtc-1" folder (the folder that contains swype's pkg.apk), but after changing the permissions to RWX-RWX-RWX, I still can't replace the modified pkg.apk.
Also, I don't know how to use Android SDK, so I don't know how to push files and folders using adb.exe, maybe I'll learn tomorrow after work.
Thanks for your suggestion!
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Try doing it on your computer with 7zip
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Try doing it on your computer with 7zip
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Yeah, I did that this morning, then pushed the pkg.apk in the right folder. When I changed my input method to swype, I saw my new custom keyboard! :victory:
BUT! After I rebooted my phone, I went to text my wife, and my Samsung keyboard popped up, and when I went to change my input method back to swype, it was no longer an option! In fact, I had to go back into the Play Store and reinstall Swype.
Might that issue have occurred because i'm modifying a paid app from the Play Store? Should I go into Titanium Backup and Detach "Swype + Dragon" from the Market?
Thanks again in advance.
Swype beta comes with themes. Not the one from play but from their direct site.
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I don't mean to bump an old thread, but did anyone get anywhere with this? I would love to be able to change some of the colors on these swipe keyboards. Most of the themes are laughable, and a few are tolerable at best.
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I was wondering if there was a way, and how to, edit the default app icons, so when opening up the app list or placing one on the home screen, the icon is one other than the original?
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You would have to change the icon in each apk file.
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What rom are you using? Because cm6.1 and 7 nightlies you can pick any picture you want on your desktop only. I think there are some launchers that will let you pick also.
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What rom are you using? Because cm6.1 and 7 nightlies you can pick any picture you want on your desktop only. I think there are some launchers that will let you pick also.
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redemptive, but i have launchepro, so I know I can use the feature on that. But what I mean is: I have really nice icons i found, and I use SiMi folder widget. I can't edit the icons in the widget, those are the default ones in the apk. However, i tried editing the apk itself, but it disappeared when i rebooted, which seems to happen a lot.
Did you sign the apk after you got done editing it? Any third party apks will need to be resigned, any stock apks do not.
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Did you sign the apk after you got done editing it? Any third party apks will need to be resigned, any stock apks do not.
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Last time i tried this using apk manager, it still wouldnt work, but i can give it another shot.
I get to signing it, but from there i try to install and it says "application not installed"
Do I need to uninstall the original apk first or something?
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I was wondering if there was a way, and how to, edit the default app icons, so when opening up the app list or placing one on the home screen, the icon is one other than the original?
Thanks
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If you use adw or lp, you can do that by long pressing the icon and selecting a custom one. If not, you'll have to theme them
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FINALLY I figured out apk manager for image editing!!!
Now my apps dont disappear on reboot and my widgetlocker is sexy again!
Thanks guys
How did you do it? Does it have to be signed?
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Download apk manager from the forums...then when you use it on the apk, just extract it, don't decompile it, then drop in your image and zip it as a regular apk, don't recompile, and then sign it...that's it
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I am trying to add fonts to the clockq widget. I've never done anything like this before and it isn't working, so I am hoping for some help here.
I tried going to the apk for clockq under data/app and renaming it to a zip file, then extracting it. At that point in the assets folder there is a fonts folder. So I figured I would just paste in a bunch of fonts, rezip the whole thing and rename it to .apk
Didn't work. Broke the app. Had to re-download from the market.
Anyone able to tell me what I did wrong? Please
Pretty sure that would involve decompiling, adding your fonts, modifying several .xml files, then adding your changes to resources.arsc before re-compiling, signing and installing.
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Pretty sure that would involve decompiling, adding your fonts, modifying several .xml files, then adding your changes to resources.arsc before re-compiling, signing and installing.
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Woah.
way over my head, thank you. I might've tried to figure it out if it just involved signing or something, but even that would've required more help.
Oh well.
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Download rom toolbox from the market you can change the whole system font
I know a simple apk decompiler, it turns Apk to zip and zip to apk it has a ui to let me know if u still like to try
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Linch89 said:
Download rom toolbox from the market you can change the whole system font
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Unfortunately doesn't effect the widget font. Wouldn't necessarily want the same font there anyway.
@ubuntunerd: I am always interested in learning more. Isn't that what I was doing already though? (Change .apk to .zip, unzip, fiddle around, rezip, change from .zip to .apk)
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TheAtheistReverend said:
Unfortunately doesn't effect the widget font. Wouldn't necessarily want the same font there anyway.
@ubuntunerd: I am always interested in learning more. Isn't that what I was doing already though? (Change .apk to .zip, unzip, fiddle around, rezip, change from .zip to .apk)
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Well I guess it will be about the same but I have try some apks that wouldn't change to zip so I use the decompiler
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TheAtheistReverend said:
Unfortunately doesn't effect the widget font. Wouldn't necessarily want the same font there anyway.
@ubuntunerd: I am always interested in learning more. Isn't that what I was doing already though? (Change .apk to .zip, unzip, fiddle around, rezip, change from .zip to .apk)
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I'd use apk manager. Search for it here on xda. Great tool.
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artvandelay440 said:
I'd use apk manager. Search for it here on xda. Great tool.
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That's the one I was talking about
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Can't hurt to try. I'll let y'all know if it works.
OK, I don't know if I am missing something but that doesn't seem to do anything that the phone's installer doesn't already do.
What is the point of that app if all it does is install/uninstall apks?
TheAtheistReverend said:
OK, I don't know if I am missing something but that doesn't seem to do anything that the phone's installer doesn't already do.
What is the point of that app if all it does is install/uninstall apks?
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It allows you to decompile/recompike, zipalign, and sign apks.
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I'm looking for the status bar icons that come with vanilla Gingerbread. Like the ones in CM.
Also, would like to know where I should copy them to.
I tried looking inside the CM7 zip, but couldn't find anything that looked familiar.
Anyone knows if it can be extracted somehow from the CM7 ROM and be used with the stock rom?
Yes, theyre in system/systemui.apk
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Thanks! Found it. It's actually: system/app/systemui.apk
The folder structure is obviously different from the stock rom. Anyone have an idea how I replace the existing icons?
Use 7zip to open the apk and replace them in system/res folder i think it is
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There is no res folder inside "system". There's a res folder in the root, but there's only one file called "encryption"
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There is no res folder inside "system". There's a res folder in the root, but there's only one file called "encryption"
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Is it in framework/res?
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The one he wants its in systemui.. Look in the res/hdpi or so folder
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I've found it. I tried modifying the stock SystemUI.apk by replacing the icons in it with the ones from the CM7 rom. I then replaced the original SystemUI.apk with the modified one using Root Explorer, but by doing it the SystemUI process force closed leaving me with no status bar. It remained without status bar even after reboot.
So I guess this is not as easy as it seemed to be. I don't want to mess around with the root folder anymore, so if anyone has a flashable zip that can replace the status bar with AOSP icons I would greatly appreciate it!
Really easy to do, next time change the permissions then you wont get FC but if you have the odex version of the update heres the link to get the icons. Its by mikeyinid towards the bottom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20377172
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Really easy to do, next time change the permissions then you wont get FC but if you have the odex version of the update heres the link to get the icons. Its by mikeyinid towards the bottom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20377172
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That's exactly what I need! But the link is down Thanks anyway!
I'll PM the guy for a copy I guess.
I pm him too last night for some files.. Dont know if he replies at pms. Some people on here get really mad.. But any chance you can help me out on the swype files?
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Sure I'll try to help. I'm not sure what you're referring to though. What swype files?
I pmed you
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Without having to download THIS messaging app? The messaging app in my ROM has direct call and a couple of other goodies that I really like... just the colors are very boring and plain! Any help is very much appreciated, thanks.
The standard way of theming is open the mms. Apk in a zip viewer. Either win rar or 7 zip, then find the area that holds folders named draw able hdpi. Extract ONLY THE ICONS AND IMAGES You want to change. Font extract the whole apk. Then, open the images in photo shop or any editing program, change the colors as you please, save, (DONT CHANGE IMAGE NAME OR TYPE), then drop them back into the apk in the folder you found them and save changes to the zip. Once that's does, go into system/app, rename the end of the name .Bak. So apkname.Apk.bak
Then just copy and paste it into system app and then give it correct permissions if it doesn't already and then reboot
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The standard way of theming is open the mms. Apk in a zip viewer. Either win rar or 7 zip, then find the area that holds folders named draw able hdpi. Extract ONLY THE ICONS AND IMAGES You want to change. Font extract the whole apk. Then, open the images in photo shop or any editing program, change the colors as you please, save, (DONT CHANGE IMAGE NAME OR TYPE), then drop them back into the apk in the folder you found them and save changes to the zip. Once that's does, go into system/app, rename the end of the name .Bak. So apkname.Apk.bak
Then just copy and paste it into system app and then give it correct permissions if it doesn't already and then reboot
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Too complicated for me man!
Joe0113 said:
Without having to download THIS messaging app? The messaging app in my ROM has direct call and a couple of other goodies that I really like... just the colors are very boring and plain! Any help is very much appreciated, thanks.
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Try using gosms or handcent. I believe they have theming capabilities.
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adamdelozier said:
Try using gosms or handcent. I believe they have theming capabilities.
All Battery results are on a 6300mah battery, unless otherwise noted!
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I used Handcent since my EVO 3D days but I really like the 4.2.2 Messaging app.... I just hate that I can't theme it. No need for a 3rd party messaging app... I can live with the plain colors, I'd just rather be able to theme it if possible!!
Then if Reapers response is too complicated the answer to your question is then No. There's no other way to do it.
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Then if Reapers response is too complicated the answer to your question is then No. There's no other way to do it.
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Guess I"ll just have to live with it or extract another MMS.apk from another ROM!
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Guess I"ll just have to live with it or extract another MMS.apk from another ROM!
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Sorry, i made it sound over complicated lol.. just find the thing you want to change and then save it and put it back and save the apk and then just put it on your phone..
Why wouldn't you just download that app? It makes it a lot easier on you to theme the stuff the way you want. :what:
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Why wouldn't you just download that app? It makes it a lot easier on you to theme the stuff the way you want. :what:
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I'm honestly thinking about just doing that hahaa.
For those looking to have different launcher grids (4x5,5x5,5x6,etc) check out this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462912
Since we don't have recovery you have to manually push the files...
Download and install another launcher just in case something goes wrong...( Nova,Apex,etc)
BACKUP your stock SecLauncher4.apk and SecLauncher4.odex files from your system/apps folder
1. download the preferred zip
2. extract and copy the launcher grid size you want to use
3. Delete the SecLauncher4.odex from the system/apps folder
4. paste the new SecLauncher4.apk and overwrite the existing one
5. reboot and profit
***Some widgets will not work properly***
Be sure to thank Termit901 in the original thread...
I'm currently using the 5x5 and have had no issues...
hmmm.. not to be rude or something, but this isn't something new. I think someone already posted same thing beginning of Nov.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516701
miini said:
hmmm.. not to be rude or something, but this isn't something new. I think someone already posted same thing beginning of Nov.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516701
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Not rude at all. I did not see the thread.
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i see like me you have the line through the date/time on bottom right of transparent accuweather widget. i would LOVE to figure out how to fix that on stock launcher.
any ideas?
thanks
fletch33 said:
i see like me you have the line through the date/time on bottom right of transparent accuweather widget. i would LOVE to figure out how to fix that on stock launcher.
any ideas?
thanks
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Not exactly sure how to fix it. I'm using the deviant development transparent app. I think from the t mobile note 3 themes and apps. It may be the same that is in hyperdrive but not sure. I'll ask and see.
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