Is there a simple way to manually change icons? Not just for homescreen but in the app drawer as well
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twiifm said:
Is there a simple way to manually change icons? Not just for homescreen but in the app drawer as well
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Install a 3rd party launcher like Nova. It'll change the icons on your home screen as well as the app drawer. That's after you download and apply icon pack.
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I know about launchers. I want to change some icons not covered by the icon pack im using
twiifm said:
I know about launchers. I want to change some icons not covered by the icon pack im using
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad&hl=en Icon Changer? Idk Ive never used it.
Also I know theres some Icon packages by Black Bear Blanc over in his thread that Themes EVERY icon, no matter what it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804627
or look at the icons here on his playstore:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Black+Bear+Blanc
Personally, If I ever feel the need to really change an icon, Ill photoshop it myself and replace it in the res folder of the app and re-install.
twiifm said:
I know about launchers. I want to change some icons not covered by the icon pack im using
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Well then there is no easy way to do it. You'll have to do what the guy above me said.
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That icon changer app only changes the homescreen icon
So unzip the apps apk with 7zip then replace the icon file in the res folder? I might be able to do that.
I had a Meego Icon pack once that I could just add icons using a template from Nokia. It was packed as an apk so I could just add icons using 7zip and install it.
Do you know where icon pack apks are located? Maybe if I can pull it off the phone then I can add icons to the icon pack
If you're using a launcher like apex or nova you can change the icon and name by holding down the app icon and choosing edit
If that's not what you want then use the icon changer app above
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hi guys.. i need some help..
cause i didnt get an answer at Q/A ill give it a try here..
looking for the answer the hole evening, but i dont find it..
you probably can see my problem when looking at the screen..
the background of the icons at my dock is not transparent..
and i dont know how to make them transparent...
tried everything..
googled for it for hours ....
try using transparent background icons?
It depends on what launcher you are using.
If you are using LauncherPro its in the display->dock settings
If you are using Touchwiz then you will need to change the dock background ping in TWFramework.apk, there's tutorials on here for changing themes in TW
I can't advise on ADW as I've not used it for about a year
Im using adw ex ...
When I take icons from gingerbread theme they are transparent... But when I take different ones ( I.e. the ones from launcher pro ) they are not transparent
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Download gimp from internet. Open your icons with gimp then select transparency on the right top in the layer toolbox. Save your image. Your icons done transparent
gomek111222 said:
Download gimp from internet. Open your icons with gimp then select transparency on the right top in the layer toolbox. Save your image. Your icons done transparent
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^ This ^
You'll probably find the icons you are using don't have transparency set in them, you'll ned to edit the .png files
I already tried with transparent mode at my draw program.. Using mac, I don't have photo shop or sth like that... Guesd it's called " don't show background " ... But it just affect the drawing program and not the png file ...
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Ah. I just saw, gimp is also available for mac, il give it a try tomorrow,
Thanks
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I tried the launcher pro icon pack app .... Still not working, and those icons should be transparent, shouldn't they?
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ok i downloaded gimp .. made icons transparent .. saved the png ...still not transparent on my phone
I have been using 7zip to replace icons for my docked apps. The only one that has eluded me so far is the phone icon. I found the stock green phone icon in res\drawable and replaced it but it did not change on the app or dock. Usually the icon for others was in res\drawable-hdpi. Soooo my question is where the heck is the one I need to change. Thanks.
I believe its in dialertabactivity.apk
Thats where it takes the icon from
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gtuansdiamm said:
I believe its in dialertabactivity.apk
Thats where it takes the icon from
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That was it! Thanks.
No problem
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Now, any idea where that default apps icon is stored? The white 16 square rectangle that Zeam, launcher and LP use? Is it in Framework-res? I can't find it in Zeam so think it is in the system somewhere. Thanks.
kennyglass123 said:
Now, any idea where that default apps icon is stored? The white 16 square rectangle that Zeam, launcher and LP use? Is it in Framework-res? I can't find it in Zeam so think it is in the system somewhere. Thanks.
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What launcher are you using? It is in the laucher. I use adwex, one of its features is the ability to change the icons....I change them all the time.
shiftr182 said:
What launcher are you using? It is in the laucher. I use adwex, one of its features is the ability to change the icons....I change them all the time.
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Zeam. It's not in the drawable-hdpi where I found all my other icons for apps.
The way I do it sometimes it just open the apk with 7zip, the take the res folder and drag it to the desktop, or whatever, open it in windows, and change the view to large icons, then you can look at all the images in the apk and find what you want.
shiftr182 said:
The way I do it sometimes it just open the apk with 7zip, the take the res folder and drag it to the desktop, or whatever, open it in windows, and change the view to large icons, then you can look at all the images in the apk and find what you want.
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Yeah, that is what I have been doing, but Zeam has so many drawables... I guess I have no choice but to look at them all. Really though the apps icon was a system default a lot of launchers used.
Got it! Had a wierd name action_apps_grid or something like that. Thanks for the help. I have made my phone my own now...
Is there a way to apply icon packs to all icons (drawer and desktop) in Nova Launcher, without doing it one by one?
Bumping as I am very interested in this as well
bump, im keen to know too!
I may be wrong but I think you can install adw icon packs and it should change them all
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Nova Launcher supports ADW and Go Launcher icon packs
Neera said:
Nova Launcher supports ADW and Go Launcher icon packs
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it supports them, but i couldn't find any way to apply ALL the icons at once
Nova settings >> Look and feel >> Icon theme
HTH
I only see some of the icon packs I downloaded. Anyone else notice this?
3rdstring said:
Nova settings >> Look and feel >> Icon theme
HTH
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When I tried this, it doesn't change any of my icons. Is there something else that has to be done?
snolfi said:
When I tried this, it doesn't change any of my icons. Is there something else that has to be done?
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Long press an icon and manually change each? This was the only way I could do this, as opposed to a "change all." I only tried it once, though.
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snolfi said:
When I tried this, it doesn't change any of my icons. Is there something else that has to be done?
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That should work for some of the icon packs. Others do not show up as available. If you want to test with a free icon pack download Dark Matter HD from Google Play Store and try it. i now show 4 available to select when i attempt it.
Whenever I install an icon pack it always don´t change some icons like Contatcs and Messages and other icons. Why? I have a Deodexed Stock ROM and every icon pack has the same issue it only change some icons and the rest change only in the recent apps. Any way to fix this? Because I want to install a icon pack properly. Thanks.
anyone?
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You can always manually change the icons using a root explorer.
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anasdcool71 said:
You can always manually change the icons using a root explorer.
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How? Extracting then replacing the icons? The question is that I changed the icons they are there but no changes, only in recent apps.
???
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there are many techniques to install icons
1. If you want to install icons then download the icon pack by abhirockz and replace the icons in it with the ones you want
2. There is a software named as "apk edit" which allows you to change the name and icon of the desired apk.
Any more probs? PM me
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Hi so i installed the Sony Walkman apk onto the one v but i dont like the icon its the original orange "W".
Can someone give me a link with downloadable icons and instructions?
Thank You!
sorry there is nothing like that, you cannot change a unique icon from app drawer but from home screen with the help of nova launcher/ apex launcher you can change by long pressing on it and selecting edit option then you may choose what icon you want, still if you want to change icon from app drawer then you have to download whole icon pack for apex/nova by this it will change all icon in app drawer
im not using apex or nova launchers nor do i want to use them!
A thread over an icon change? Its that bothering? Wow lmao and you can't do anything unless you use a different launcher or are smart with apk tools. (Need to be rooted)
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In a CAVE actually
k0k0t0 said:
im not using apex or nova launchers nor do i want to use them!
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then don't do anything just sit a clap