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[Guide] How to change the color of your notification bar / background

This is my first "guide" so bare over with me
In order to change your status bar color along with the Background color, do this:
First we need the framework-res.apk from the phone
- adb remount
- adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
Take a backup of this file in case you failed and wants to go back.
Rename your local framework-res.apk to: framework-res.apk.zip
Open the Zip file and go here:
/res/drawable/
Locate these files and unzip them:
statusbar_background.png
status_bar_background.png
status_bar_close_on.9.png
status_bar_header_background.9.png
status_bar_item_background_normal.9.png
These are the files you want.
I sugest that you use Photoshop to do what you want with the colors, if you are using Photoshop, be carefull editing status_bar_close_on.0.png, it might look weird if you are doing it wrong.
After your done editing these pictures go here:
/res/drawable_land/
Locate and unzip:
statusbar_background.png
Do the same here as you done with the first pictures.
After you are done editing the png's, save them in your zip file.
Rename framework-res.apk.zip to framework-res.apk.
- adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Now restart your phone, and your Notification bar has been fixed
I'm using Open Home along with HTC Hero skin and this just looks PERFECT!
This doesn't change the Text's on your Notification Screen, that you will have to find out for yourself, or post a solution here.

Can't wait to try that out I want mine to be changed..

Update:
For changing the color of the clock, take a look at this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630
Solution will be there during the week.
It's already available for Rogers ROM's.

WebghostDK said:
Update:
For changing the color of the clock, take a look at this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630
Solution will be there during the week.
It's already available for Rogers ROM's.
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Yeah i have tried to push a heap of different G1 services.jar files over to my Magic (ion rom) but was in boot loop city for every one. Oshaka has said he will modify a sapphire services.jar for me... still waiting on that- will post my results as soon as he has it for me.....
TBH though, having a status bar background black with green behind the black clock is actually probably easier for me to read than the white one......will test it out when i get the correct services.jar

got green notifications but for some reason the services.jar doesn't change....
working on it... maybe oshaka can come up with a reason for me...

I cant seem to get the services.jar to change either. I have asked Oshaka to fix it for me, and he said he would do it like 3-4 days ago.
Waiting

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I cant seem to get the services.jar to change either. I have asked Oshaka to fix it for me, and he said he would do it like 3-4 days ago.
Waiting
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services.jar will work on hofo rom or any rom without .odex files. The problem with hero and ion roms are that they dont have the classes.dex files within services.jar. I am assuming they are in the services.odex file, which so far i have been unable to open and read to find the correct smali files.
I have called it quits trying to figure it out for now...... until the colorchanger app includes support for this i am putting it in the too hard basket.
Let us know if ohsaka gets back to you. If we get this we can theme anything we want- i made a theme template for ion which worked......
***edit*** just got a reply from Ohsaka, he said there is no way he knows of to open .odex files to edit colour inside of them. that kind of means those of us running ION or hero are **** out of luck. Until someone starts modding the HTC build a bit more (kind of like how cyanogen mods the standard 1.5 and also pulls from donut etc) then we are stuck with what we have got
Hofo rom has some potential.... maybe we should all chip in and buy cyanogen a Magic (32A of course )?

Is it possible to edit the png's in the framework zip to a translucent opacity, and push the entire zip back in to make the notification bar have some transparency?
Edit: Nm, tried it and it is more complicated than I thought lol. Screenshots of a 50% status bar png to come

I have adb etc set up and willing to try ,would be my first action on editing my phone.
Does my phone need to be rooted/re-rommed for this to work ?
I own a original out of the box T-Mobile G1 , and I really would like to change the colouring of the notification bar to match the colour of my background picture, but not at the expense of giving up my warranty ( not yet ) , depends on future updates of G1 which is doubtfull at the moment I believe

jinglebinkie said:
I have adb etc set up and willing to try ,would be my first action on editing my phone.
Does my phone need to be rooted/re-rommed for this to work ?
I own a original out of the box T-Mobile G1 , and I really would like to change the colouring of the notification bar to match the colour of my background picture, but not at the expense of giving up my warranty ( not yet ) , depends on future updates of G1 which is doubtfull at the moment I believe
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I haven't tried this out at a non-rooted phone, but yes, it will work on a non-rooted phone, so just go ahead.
Don't be affraid about the warrenty, you can always say you downloaded a skin on market

MontAlbert said:
services.jar .......
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Totally noob to this crazy world, what does the services.jar do?
What effects does it have? I'm trying to edit the notification bar/icons.
Am I limited to what can be done because of this "services.jar" ?

I keep getting "remount failed: Operation not permitted" when i try to remount

can you do this on the droid eris

should work on eris,just do a nandroid backup first just in case you need to roll back

I just wanted to let people know, i ran into a problem with force closing constantly.
Solution i came up with is if you have the custom OC kernel, you must edit the
pictures and stuff for your UI and then flash the kernel. If the kernel is already in place
it will conflict with the 'adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk'
And a data value will change, causing force closes.
~

So, is there any way I can grab the smileys aswell and change them? I want the SonyEricsson smileys instead of those android ones.

I also get force close (of the market app) after modifying images in a custom ROM, on a T-Mobile Pulse. jamsk8er1994, could you explain in more detail what you mean by "edit pictures and flash your kernel"?

The same goes for those of you who want to change the smileys that you see on your phone. If you're tired of those robots you go into
- framework-res.apk\res\drawable-mdpi-v4
and find the files called "emo_im_"
There is 17 files, png's. open photoshop and make the smileys you'd like in a 20x20 canvas (pixels). save for web and devices -png 24, with the same name. In example: (The grinning smiley :-D) is emo_im_laughing.png
Then you drag the new png you've made into the apk file and choose replace existing.
Note: this is only for your viewing, others will not see the smileys you have on your phone unless they got the same on theirs. If they have the droid ones that is what they see when you send. But if they send you a droid smiley you see the custom one you've put in yourself.

i changed all the colors to black on PS. dragged them back into the zip file, renamed it to "framework-res.apk" and typed in the command in the cmd. I got a message saying "failed to copy 'framework-res.apk' to '/system/framework/framework-res.apk' : No space left on device".
what do i do?

Awesome thingy, I'll make everything non-glossy.

"porting" lockscreens

I've searched through the forums but i can't find an answer that works.
I want to take a semi-transparent lockscreen from one hero rom and put it on another hero rom that doesn't have a transparent lockscreen
i've tried replacing com.htc.resources.apk and when the phone reboots i hear the notification sound that the USB is connected but all i see is the htc loading symbol. the home screen never loads.

mgorman said:
I've searched through the forums but i can't find an answer that works.
I want to take a semi-transparent lockscreen from one hero rom and put it on another hero rom that doesn't have a transparent lockscreen
i've tried replacing com.htc.resources.apk and when the phone reboots i hear the notification sound that the USB is connected but all i see is the htc loading symbol. the home screen never loads.
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totally going in the wrong way for that
the reason your getting a htc screen hang is bcuase the resources.apk your using prolly came from a different WWE build than the one your applying it to.... so go back to the one that came with your rom ... moving on to transparent lockscreen
what hero rom are you trying to modify and are you trying to mod the lockscreen grafics as well?
if your modding the graphics for the lockscreen bar unzip (using winrar) the apk (keep the original apk file) and inside one of the folders is one called draw port 480x280 the loscreen bar images are right there to edit
when your done editing
open the original resources.apk with winrar and navigate to that drawport480x280 folder
drag your modified images to the winrar window that is opened to the drawport480x280 when you modify the images keep the names that were originally corresponding with the images...so that the system can find them when it loads the lockscreen. and it will have a prompt click on ok and it will put those images back in your apk
now adb push your new resources.apk to your phone reboot to enjoy your modified lockscreen bar.
to change the image to transparent....(use photoshop to make a transparent .jpg image) get in root explorer on your phone and navigate to your /system/etc/lockscreen/port/ folder and the htc.lockcscreen1.jpg image is the one were gunna replace so name your custom image from photoshop the same thign that that htc.lockscreen1.jpg and then adb push (or root explorer copy) it to the /system/etc/lockscreen/port/ to replace original effects should apply immediatly then enjoy your fully modified lockscreen

i'm looking for original lock screen from android to replace hero's one cuz the time and date in original is bigger and backlight timeout is set to 5 sec ( in hero is 15- waste of battery). If you find a way how to do this - please let mi know cuz i've been trying and asking and nobody answered me...

Zarboz said:
totally going in the wrong way for that
the reason your getting a htc screen hang is bcuase the resources.apk your using prolly came from a different WWE build than the one your applying it to.... so go back to the one that came with your rom ... moving on to transparent lockscreen
what hero rom are you trying to modify and are you trying to mod the lockscreen grafics as well?
if your modding the graphics for the lockscreen bar unzip (using winrar) the apk (keep the original apk file) and inside one of the folders is one called draw port 480x280 the loscreen bar images are right there to edit
when your done editing
open the original resources.apk with winrar and navigate to that drawport480x280 folder
drag your modified images to the winrar window that is opened to the drawport480x280 when you modify the images keep the names that were originally corresponding with the images...so that the system can find them when it loads the lockscreen. and it will have a prompt click on ok and it will put those images back in your apk
now adb push your new resources.apk to your phone reboot to enjoy your modified lockscreen bar.
to change the image to transparent....(use photoshop to make a transparent .jpg image) get in root explorer on your phone and navigate to your /system/etc/lockscreen/port/ folder and the htc.lockcscreen1.jpg image is the one were gunna replace so name your custom image from photoshop the same thign that that htc.lockscreen1.jpg and then adb push (or root explorer copy) it to the /system/etc/lockscreen/port/ to replace original effects should apply immediatly then enjoy your fully modified lockscreen
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alright ill give that a shot. thanks

pegaz said:
i'm looking for original lock screen from android to replace hero's one cuz the time and date in original is bigger and backlight timeout is set to 5 sec ( in hero is 15- waste of battery). If you find a way how to do this - please let mi know cuz i've been trying and asking and nobody answered me...
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just delete htclockscreen.apk?
idk
haha

[Q] Help needed for transparent status bar

Hey,
I really need help for modding the status bar of my Desire (ROM: Pre-rooted Stock FroYo 2.10.405.2; fully deodexed). I would like to get something like the shaded/transparent for the Droid Incredible and read about every tutorial I could find on how to customize the framework-res.apk.
So I basically did this (phone in recovery):
update-zip a modded services.jar on the phone (I used the one on from LeeDrOiD's customization options for FroYo 2.10.405.2 modded by snq-; directlink: here)
adb pull my framework-res.apk
use 7zip to extract the image and put it back into the apk after editing it in Photoshop
adb push framework-res.apk back to /system/framework and overwrite the old one
When I reboot my phone after that it boots correctly straight to the PIN input and the unlock pattern after that. But after that when the Sense launcher tries to start I get a whole lot of error dialogs and force closes and the phone goes back to the boot screen and boots normally until I hit the PIN input again. Strange enough the modded status bar is displayed correctly all the time (means: transparent). It also makes no difference if the apk is signed or not. Oh, and the framework-res.apk is already modded by Smooth Sense Icons if that matters...
What am I doing wrong here? Does anyone have a hint?

[Q]!HELP! Status bar colours !!Now i need serious HELP!!

Warning: Might contain some noobish and also badly written english
I was wondering if there was an easy way to change the colours in the status bar, the battary and signal and that colours?
And an easy way to get the status bar also transparent i saw here how to use some kitchen tool and it showed image of an old kitchen and i find it rather complicated :
I'm using CM7 7.1.0
EDIT: I used uot kitchen and tried doing a transparent status bar which did not work, when i pulled it down it notification area was transparent but the status bar is not and for example if i get an sms then the sms notification stays until somthing else kind of takes it place. I took a nandroid before doing this but when i try to restore it i get a md5 error. I also tried flashing the rom i flashed yesterday without any problems and now i get an (bad) error and i can't even fake flash a cwm. I wiped the phone nothing workes PLEASE pretty PLEASE help me !

Well you can either use kitchen, uploading your framework-res and systemUI or you can use apk tool / apk manager to decompile both of those apks, manually edit the images, recompile them.
Actually kitchen is easiest.

i find kitchen rather complicated but pulling the apk and doing it myself in paint seem harder.
You made it sound harder with "uploading your framework-res and systemUI"
But souldn't i be able to find some guide to do so in kitchen?

Its dead easy. What do you find complicated?
You just go to uot.dakra.lt and go to the uploads tab in kitchen, upload your files or select rom from drop down if exact version is there.
Then go through each tab of the mods you want to add.

[THEME] ICS Lockscreen + ICS Style Pattern Lock

Featured on XDA Portal Thanks guys!
Also, thanks to zhuhang for including this in his CM7 ICS / Jelly bean look and All in One ICS patch thread
UPDATE: You can now choose between ICS blue/ white style colours or the default green/ red colours for the lock rings, etc., I have attached different the applicable zips ("Lockscreen Icons ICS Blue.zip" and "Lockscreen Icons Default.zip")
Hi XDA
This is my first attempt at doing some DIY themeing, this is very simple and did not take very long to do. Before I say anything else, bear in mind you must have root, and I am not responsible if your device is bricked, set alight or abducted by aliens due to this tutorial.
Screenshots are attached
On the G1, by installing CM7 it is possible to end up with a very nice ICS looking UI. You can do this through applying AChep's ICS theme, installing the Roboto font from ICS using an app such as Type Fresh from Pixelpod INTERNATIONAL and finally from finding ports of actual ICS apps, such as Holo Launcher by Mobint.
There is one problem though, which is that the lock screen is untouchable by themes such as Sonny Sekhon's.
And so we realize that we must theme it ourselves!
The actual lockscreen itself shouldn't be a problem, as CM7 has the option to use a holo style lock ring and to be set to "minimal", and once you have installed the ICS clock font for Clockopia (note that this isn't Roboto) found here (it's in the FontPack-Roboto_E2.zip file), you have a pretty clean looking ICS lock screen (See first attachment). Note I have also set the clock, etc. to be on the right side of the screen.
Now that that's done, onto the pattern lock :laugh: .
So, I don't particularly like the Gingerbread pattern lock anyway, and it looks especially horrible when everything around it is nice and ICS-y.
I found a page here which is a tutorial on how to change the look of the pattern lock, but the icons are the wrong colour and the wrong size, and some icons are missing.
For that reason, I've done the "hard" work for you :laugh: , so on to the tutorial ---->
Firstly, make a nandroid backup, although there shouldn't be much risk involved with this.
The apps you will need are Ninjamorph and to make things easy, a good file explorer, I personally use Ghost Commander.
You are now ready! The steps are as follows...
1. Open up Ninjamorph, grant SU permissions. I think you need to select "Start Checks" first.
2. Select "New Project", and locate framework-res.apk, it will be under /system/framework/ .
3. Although it backs up automatically, enter your file browser, go to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi and copy the following files to a safe location on your sdcard:
btn_code_lock_default.png
btn_code_lock_touched.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_default.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_green.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_red.png
ic_emergency.png
4. I have attached a zip file named "Lockscreen Icons.zip", in here you will find the icons to theme the pattern lock.
5. Unzip "Lockscreen Icons.zip", then copy the contents to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi . Notice that the icon names are the same as the ones you backed up, and also the same size. If you feel the need to edit them, do not change the name or size and do not save them as anything other than png files.
6. Open up Ninjamorph and select "Start Checks" as usual (you may need to locate back to the main screen first).
7. Select "Finish Project", then select "framework-resapk".
8. It will ask you to verify, to which you say yes, then ask if you want to zipalign, to which you will say no, I repeat: Do NOT zipalign.
9. Blah blah blah, it will do it's thing, extract and recompile the apk.
10. Now you've just got to reboot! , then admire you're ICS style pattern lock .
I've attached some screenshots of the results, the first 3 are blue/ white theme (no interaction, interaction, wrong pattern) then default green/ red theme (no interaction, wrong pattern, interaction). Note that I have swapped btn_code_lock_default.png and btn_code_lock_touched.png as they were the wrong way round. It is too difficult to get a screenshot, but when the corretc pattern is drawn the small rings/ nodes open up (become "o"s instead of filled in circles) again.
I hope this has helped, please thank me if it has and happy theming .

Media icons + emergency call icon
All screenshots attached at bottom and also in zip file.
I have now extracted the media icons (play, pause, etc.) from the CyanogenMod 9 framework-res.apk and put together this guide so you can make your G1 even more good looking. I have done this as, although CM7 themes do change media icons, as previously mentioned, the lockscreen is not effected
but no worries :victory: just read on --->
1. Read the above tutorial so you have everything you need, etc.
2. Once you have gotten up to step 2, stop reading and follow this insead --->
3. Enter your file browser, go to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi and copy the following files to a safe location on your sd card:
ic_media_ff.png
ic_media_next.png
ic_media_pause.png
ic_media_play.png
ic_media_previous.png
ic_media_rew.png
4. I have attached a zip file named "Media Icons.zip", in here you will find the icons to theme the media icons.
5. Unzip "Media Icons.zip", then copy the contents to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi . Notice that the icon names are the same as the ones you backed up, and also the same size (as in image size (width, etc.), not file size). If you feel the need to edit them, do not change the name or size and do not save them as anything other than png files.
6. Open up Ninjamorph and select "Start Checks" as usual (you may need to locate back to the main screen first).
7. Select "Finish Project", then select "framework-resapk".
8. It will ask you to verify, to which you say yes, then ask if you want to zipalign, to which you will say no, I repeat: Do NOT zipalign.
9. Blah blah blah, it will do it's thing, extract and recompile the apk.
10. Now you've just got to reboot!
I have also attached "Emergency Call Icons.zip", this themes the emergency call button (transparent background, grey call icon and blue on press). Do the same as above with btn_default_pressed.9.png, btn_default_transparent_normal.9.png and ic_emergency.png .
I will attach some screenshots later. Hope you like it , if you do, thank me and happy theming. :good:

Looks awesome!

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Looks awesome!
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Why...are you here?

King ACE said:
Why...are you here?
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and y r u here ?

King ACE said:
Why...are you here?
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I can be wherever I wanna be!
Anyways, I saw this thread on the Portal!

Thanks!
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Looks awesome!
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Glad you like it

Nice work. Had to modify the zip for my ldpi Wildfire. Anyone interested in resized zip for ldpi?

Thanks
3RMD said:
Nice work. Had to modify the zip for my ldpi Wildfire. Anyone interested in resized zip for ldpi?
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Yeah, forgot to say, but obviously anyone feel free to make this better / resize for another device , This isn't all my original work as half the icons are resized and recoloured from another device.

Samsung Galaxy S II T989
Can someone resize the icons for the Galaxy S II T989 PLEASE?
The Dots are to small for my phone can someone teach me to rezsize or do it for me Please?
-Thanks

Found Out how to make them Bigger
USe this online editing tool h_tt_p://_pixlr.c_o_m/editor/ Without underscores , It wouldnt let me post the link...
Any who just use the lockscreen download which is provided in this thread, and open up the link...Locate the folder and one by one in the editing tool, go under IMAGINE and under imagine click on Imagine size to 120Pixels or what ever you like for every picture EXCEPT these two "indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up" & "indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up" I Did these for my Galaxy S II T989 using NinjaMorph...
Sorry for Double posting

I was looking for a guide like this, because I don't like the pattern lock of cm7 the dots are overlapped, etc. But I follow your steps and all, and after ninjamorph rebooted my phone, it went onto a bootloop. Why? What did I do wrong? Luckily, I made a backup before doing this, but I wonder why I can't have the ICS pattern style...

rolo143 said:
I was looking for a guide like this, because I don't like the pattern lock of cm7 the dots are overlapped, etc. But I follow your steps and all, and after ninjamorph rebooted my phone, it went onto a bootloop. Why? What did I do wrong? Luckily, I made a backup before doing this, but I wonder why I can't have the ICS pattern style...
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hmm... Did you make sure Ninjamorph had fully finished (there should be a message saying "all done" and if it worked your wallpaper would have reset before a reboot). You say ninjamorph rebooted your phone - do you actually mean this, as it should tell you to reboot, but should not reboot for you; if it froze and rebooted, that means something didn't. work .
I can't remember if there are hdpi etc. folders but also make sure you're sticking everything into the drawable-mdpi folder and that you're replacing files as opposed to just making copies (filename.png, filename-1.png etc.).
The only other thing I can think of is that I've made a typo (unlikely as obviously I tested these myself first) or your framework-res is weird (I practicaly pulled that idea out my ar*e - I highly doubt this is the case). I think all you can do is tell me what rom you're on and which theme (blue or green) you used..... it would help alot if you could PM me your unthemed framework-res.apk if at all possible.
I hoped this helps and sorry for the late reply, but if all goes well you might want to check out post 2: I've got stuff for media icons + emergency call button
One last thought... I've been assuming you're trying this on a g1... if not then the sizing is probably incorrect (sorry, just checking )

HTCDreamOn said:
hmm... Did you make sure Ninjamorph had fully finished (there should be a message saying "all done" and if it worked your wallpaper would have reset before a reboot). You say ninjamorph rebooted your phone - do you actually mean this, as it should tell you to reboot, but should not reboot for you; if it froze and rebooted, that means something didn't. work .
I can't remember if there are hdpi etc. folders but also make sure you're sticking everything into the drawable-mdpi folder and that you're replacing files as opposed to just making copies (filename.png, filename-1.png etc.).
The only other thing I can think of is that I've made a typo (unlikely as obviously I tested these myself first) or your framework-res is weird (I practicaly pulled that idea out my ar*e - I highly doubt this is the case). I think all you can do is tell me what rom you're on and which theme (blue or green) you used..... it would help alot if you could PM me your unthemed framework-res.apk if at all possible.
I hoped this helps and sorry for the late reply, but if all goes well you might want to check out post 2: I've got stuff for media icons + emergency call button
One last thought... I've been assuming you're trying this on a g1... if not then the sizing is probably incorrect (sorry, just checking )
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Thanks for your reply, I'm not using a G1 I tried this on a Live with Walkman, but for what I know I think it's the same resolution, (320x480) and I followed every step in order, I even tried replacing files with the ninjamorph app, and with the root explorer too, but nothing seems to work, when my phone reboots it always goes into a bootloop, is it possible for you to upload the framework-res.apk? If you need mine I can upload it, just tell me, I'm using CM7.2 official rom, with the default kernel that comes with the rom. I don't know where did I go wrong. :/

rolo143 said:
Thanks for your reply, I'm not using a G1 I tried this on a Live with Walkman, but for what I know I think it's the same resolution, (320x480) and I followed every step in order, I even tried replacing files with the ninjamorph app, and with the root explorer too, but nothing seems to work, when my phone reboots it always goes into a bootloop, is it possible for you to upload the framework-res.apk? If you need mine I can upload it, just tell me, I'm using CM7.2 official rom, with the default kernel that comes with the rom. I don't know where did I go wrong. :/
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If you're using a different phone then perhaps there is a different naming scheme or dimensions or something (but probably not because you're using the same ROM) not entirely sure but it would help alot if you uploaded / PMed me your (unmodded) framework-res.apk . Thanks

what about drag path
do you maybe know how to make drag path (trace) thinner...? like this
???

filix97 said:
do you maybe know how to make drag path (trace) thinner...? like this
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No, sorry, I believe this is probably coded into an xml somewhere.

HTCDreamOn said:
No, sorry, I believe this is probably coded into an xml somewhere.
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thanks for information

Will this method work for CM9.1? If not, is there a thread that details how to?
Thanks
HTCDreamOn said:
Featured on XDA Portal Thanks guys!
Also, thanks to zhuhang for including this in his CM7 ICS / Jelly bean look and All in One ICS patch thread
UPDATE: You can now choose between ICS blue/ white style colours or the default green/ red colours for the lock rings, etc., I have attached different the applicable zips ("Lockscreen Icons ICS Blue.zip" and "Lockscreen Icons Default.zip")
Hi XDA
This is my first attempt at doing some DIY themeing, this is very simple and did not take very long to do. Before I say anything else, bear in mind you must have root, and I am not responsible if your device is bricked, set alight or abducted by aliens due to this tutorial.
Screenshots are attached
On the G1, by installing CM7 it is possible to end up with a very nice ICS looking UI. You can do this through applying AChep's ICS theme, installing the Roboto font from ICS using an app such as Type Fresh from Pixelpod INTERNATIONAL and finally from finding ports of actual ICS apps, such as Holo Launcher by Mobint.
There is one problem though, which is that the lock screen is untouchable by themes such as Sonny Sekhon's.
And so we realize that we must theme it ourselves!
The actual lockscreen itself shouldn't be a problem, as CM7 has the option to use a holo style lock ring and to be set to "minimal", and once you have installed the ICS clock font for Clockopia (note that this isn't Roboto) found here (it's in the FontPack-Roboto_E2.zip file), you have a pretty clean looking ICS lock screen (See first attachment). Note I have also set the clock, etc. to be on the right side of the screen.
Now that that's done, onto the pattern lock :laugh: .
So, I don't particularly like the Gingerbread pattern lock anyway, and it looks especially horrible when everything around it is nice and ICS-y.
I found a page here which is a tutorial on how to change the look of the pattern lock, but the icons are the wrong colour and the wrong size, and some icons are missing.
For that reason, I've done the "hard" work for you :laugh: , so on to the tutorial ---->
Firstly, make a nandroid backup, although there shouldn't be much risk involved with this.
The apps you will need are Ninjamorph and to make things easy, a good file explorer, I personally use Ghost Commander.
You are now ready! The steps are as follows...
1. Open up Ninjamorph, grant SU permissions. I think you need to select "Start Checks" first.
2. Select "New Project", and locate framework-res.apk, it will be under /system/framework/ .
3. Although it backs up automatically, enter your file browser, go to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi and copy the following files to a safe location on your sdcard:
btn_code_lock_default.png
btn_code_lock_touched.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_default.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_green.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_red.png
ic_emergency.png
4. I have attached a zip file named "Lockscreen Icons.zip", in here you will find the icons to theme the pattern lock.
5. Unzip "Lockscreen Icons.zip", then copy the contents to /mnt/sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk/res/drawable-mdpi . Notice that the icon names are the same as the ones you backed up, and also the same size. If you feel the need to edit them, do not change the name or size and do not save them as anything other than png files.
6. Open up Ninjamorph and select "Start Checks" as usual (you may need to locate back to the main screen first).
7. Select "Finish Project", then select "framework-resapk".
8. It will ask you to verify, to which you say yes, then ask if you want to zipalign, to which you will say no, I repeat: Do NOT zipalign.
9. Blah blah blah, it will do it's thing, extract and recompile the apk.
10. Now you've just got to reboot! , then admire you're ICS style pattern lock .
I've attached some screenshots of the results, the first 3 are blue/ white theme (no interaction, interaction, wrong pattern) then default green/ red theme (no interaction, wrong pattern, interaction). Note that I have swapped btn_code_lock_default.png and btn_code_lock_touched.png as they were the wrong way round. It is too difficult to get a screenshot, but when the corretc pattern is drawn the small rings/ nodes open up (become "o"s instead of filled in circles) again.
I hope this has helped, please thank me if it has and happy theming .
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richdav1971 said:
Will this method work for CM9.1? If not, is there a thread that details how to?
Thanks
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No need, this is attempting to emulate the look of the ICS lock rings, which is what you've got already
btw please don't quote the entire OP thanks