How to make your own animated battery
A Beginner's Guide You can do this for MK3 stock-based builds ~ i.e. the MK3 builds of MOAR or Wicked Sensations
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For example, this animated gif shows the battery charging animation from the one I made for myself. It uses my own app icon plus a google-like cube I drew. The animation I made looks like this (view in browser or click image). Fun for me...
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This is actually very easy once you see what you have to do. The time-consuming part is editing 203 tiny images. Okay? Check it out.
Update: You can also make a huge animated battery - more space for more detail. Be creative! You could make all sorts of different animations with more space. I have ideas. I'm sure you can be creative. I made one with my google-ish theme. It looks like what you see here. If you want to make a gigantic animated battery, follow these same steps in this OP and just use the correct template file below. See also here for more info on the gigantic animated battery.
First get these things:
1a. Download this file Template_Animated_Batt.zip. for regular sized animated battery: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407569005
1b. Download this file BIG_Goog_Anim_Batt.zip if you want to make a gigantic animated battery: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407576520
2. Get 7-zip if you don’t have it. Free here: http://www.7-zip.org
3. Get Paint.net if you don’t have an image editor that can work with transparency/alpha layers and png files. Free here: http://www.getpaint.net/
4. Find or create two different images to use as a base. This is the reason you’re doing this, because you want a certain thing. Find or create two images that you want to use for this. You’ll use one image to make the 101 images for unplugged percentages. You’ll use the other image to make the 102 images for the animation when plugged in. They need to be 45 px X 45 px, transparent png files, or you can make them into that. For gigantic animated battery they need to be 42 px X 84 px wide, or you can make them into that.
Once you have your two base images at the correct size for your desired animated battery sequence, let’s get you started on the little bit tedious part…
Do these things:
1. Do not unzip, just navigate into your template zip to this folder:
Vrtheme/system/app/SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi
2. TAKE THAT FOLDER OUT to your desktop or something (drawable-xhdpi)
3. Look inside that folder. Replace all of those images with whatever you are creating for your own animated battery image set. (That part can take a while.) You must use the exact file names for every one, and use the same image size as what I have in there. Just “save as” and double click on each one to replace, so you’re certain to not change any of the file names by mistake.
4. After you’ve done all your images, drag that shiny new drawable-xhdpi folder back into the zip file. Close the zip file. Rename the zip file so you know it’s the one you just made.
5. Make a backup then flash that zip to check out your work.
Or if you are a visual person, I recorded making one that I wanted to make for myself. Not my best video, don’t judge, but a quick thing if you need to see it happen. I had a robot voice do the talking in the video too, for no particular reason other than it’s funny to me. The video refers to the regular sized animated battery. Making the gigantic animated battery is the same process. Just use bigger images.
Video Walk-through:https://vimeo.com/85832144
Please do not quote the OP in a reply.
Hope this is helpful. Here are the four I have made up to share:
New! Giant Animated Google-ish (as shown in the larger gif of the OP): http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407576520
Seahawks: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407568579
Red Sox: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407566593
Sigma and Cube (as shown in the top gif of the OP): http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407569004
If you make some good stuff, take screenshots and share the zip file on this thread!
Wahoo my first, first reply.
Oh and this is awesome, exactly what I've been looking for.
SGS3
Android 4.3
MK3 modem
KT747 kernel
Nice job erikalin putting this how to together. Thanks for sharing with us all.
This is great. Nice job
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Nice write up. Thanks .
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I see some downloads and video views. Anyone have a screenshot to show off your creations for animated batteries?
New Question...
Any interest in a tutorial for how to create your own custom toggles? Not talking about just replacing the image behind them but actually drawing the individual toggles out how you want? Let me know. Lots of creativity around here and I'm glad to support that. And newbies don't need to sit back and not take part in things like this kind of basic theming. I'll set ya' up.
Such as this example.
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I see some downloads and video views. Anyone have a screenshot to show off your creations for animated batteries?
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Any interest in a tutorial for how to create your own custom toggles? Not talking about just replacing the image behind them but actually drawing the individual toggles out how you want? Let me know. Lots of creativity around here and I'm glad to support that. And newbies don't need to sit back and not take part in things like this kind of basic theming. I'll set ya' up.
Such as this example.
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I'm interested. ...always like to learn new things.
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
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I'm interested. ...always like to learn new things.
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
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Always interested in learning something new
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Okay, right on. I'll put it together in a few days. I think I don't need to start a new thread for a new tutorial of this nature. I will just keep it in this thread and change the title when I add the tutorial on drawing and replacing toggle images. I hope people will notice it's here!
I'll use the same format - explaining in steps plus making up a video demo with the robot-voice, same as what I put in the OP here. I'll do that unless someone has a suggestion for a different format. No need to reply unless you have a request or suggestion for how to make the toggles tutorial better than like what you see in the OP for the animated battery tutorial...
Otherwise, stay tuned.
Hey OP, how do you edit the SystemUI to show the charging pngs sequentially? The thread I followed to get the charging animation to work on my ROM has it only switching back and forth between the tw_stat_sys_battery_charge_x and the tw_stat_sys_battery_x
Hi Chad, I'd have to look it up, but rompnit and dazed already have it in MOAR and Wicked. So this is just a newbie guide about image editing and morph zips to replace existing images in the ROMs that have these things already.
I made a Superbowl battery and shared it on both threads, and got inundated with emails from people asking me to make these for them for their own teams. Thought I'd show the few hours of work involved in what they were asking me to do for them, while showing them that it can be time consuming but it is actually simple. Dat's about it.
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Hi Chad, I'd have to look it up, but rompnit and dazed already have it in MOAR and Wicked. So this is just a newbie guide about image editing and morph zips to replace existing images in the ROMs that have these things already.
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Thanks. I'll decompile MOAR's SystemUI and compare the code. Thanks
Chad The Pathfinder said:
Hey OP, how do you edit the SystemUI to show the charging pngs sequentially? The thread I followed to get the charging animation to work on my ROM has it only switching back and forth between the tw_stat_sys_battery_charge_x and the tw_stat_sys_battery_x
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You'll need to edit the 'stat_sys_battery_charge.xml' in the drawable folder.
Now, if only we can get someone to port all of these cool "Samsung only" features to other devices (specifically the RAZR HD, cough cough)...
I made a new, oversized animated battery for my own phone. I'm into this google-ish theme I've been working on, so here is another fun animated battery if anyone wants it. It has a sort of flickering lightning bolt for under 30, and then four google-color cubes that fill in from left to right. Unplugged images are the same in this one but you can always make them different if you want for your own.
This is an animated gif. If viewing on mobile, click thru to view animation:
Download here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407576520
This works on Wicked Sensations MK3 to add some goggley color variety to your theme.
My screenshot shows it on MOAR MK3. To use this oversized animated battery as your stock battery in MOAR:
Go into Settings -> My Device -> MOAR Mod control - Battery Settings -> change color to white and uncheck alpha.
Backup first in case you don't like it. I like it. :good:
If you want to make a huge animated battery image set for yourself, follow the steps in the OP. Instead of using the template ZIP in the OP, just use my flashable zip fle from this post. Replace all of my images with your own of the same size, one by one. The little video in the OP walks you through how to do that. Enjoy.
Won't let me thank you but this looks awesome! And I love the Google themed stuff BTW, if you've got anymore.
Good stuff! :good:
@erikalin -- awesome job! Keep it coming!
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And I'm just now noticing this.. Lol. Thanks for sharing!!??
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e30/chancetgo/Mobile Uploads/TheNugdestrroyerPP_zpsbytb12zl.png
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Here is the latest Icon Pak Enjoy!
Update 5-27-09:
* Battery depletion icon - now match the 5% depletion battery icon I created in Stericson's custom lock screen which can be found here Custom Lock Screen, White Clock...
* New GPS icon
* Updated googletalk notification icon
* New USB icon
* New sync / sync error icon
* Darker notification bar (Easier to see the icons with something a lil darker)
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* The available file will only be the .png files
* If you would like to use these icons go for it just please give credit if you release a theme or somethin
* All these icons can be used in all version EXCEPT the US version of the 1.5 update (seems that the framework-res.apk file has changes - Cramfs )
* If you are not familiar with installing the .png files into the update.zip file then please visit [HOW TO] Manuals for creating a theme There is gonna be a ton of info there on how to do this process.
Androidd-Icon-Pak <---- Download and Enjoy!
Dude, those are sweet looking icons. I'm fonder of the darker colors, so IMO they'd look better on something like the Gloss Suite bar rather than the standard.
Mi|enko said:
Dude, those are sweet looking icons. I'm fonder of the darker colors, so IMO they'd look better on something like the Gloss Suite bar rather than the standard.
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Yeah I'm gonna try and see how a darker notification bar would look with these icons.
this is the latest of what I've done with font and new slider icon and a new font...
Looking good man, keep it up!
Excellent! For the EDGE indicator, you could have the center light up the same green for 3G. This looks great! Keep it up.
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So I wanted to show some of the stuff I've made / changed for my G1 notification Icons.
*This is a work in progress but think it's starting to come along thanks for all the help from everyone on the boards and reefermattness for help on creating the icons.
I also added a couple screenshots to show how they look with the phone running them
Row 1: No Signal / Airplane Mode / Regular Cellular Signal Bars
Row 2: BlueTooth Connected / BT not connected / Edge In & Out / Edge In / Edge Out / No Data
Row 3: Battery Charging Animations / Battery Meter Icons
Row 4: Battery 0%
Row 5: Wifi Signal
Im working on the rest as we speak! So more to come XD
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whats that sca thing for???
JackD3ath said:
Excellent! For the EDGE indicator, you could have the center light up the same green for 3G. This looks great! Keep it up.
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Thats a great idea!! Wouldn't be hard to do and implement will post with what it looks like
I would definitely love to use this on my theme (personal theme) Im glad you liked the idea, just seemed the natural progression. Only thing that could be a little different, making the greens the same shade, either the android green or the neon green, but i would definitely stick with one shade.
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I would definitely love to use this on my theme (personal theme) Im glad you liked the idea, just seemed the natural progression. Only thing that could be a little different, making the greens the same shade, either the android green or the neon green, but i would definitely stick with one shade.
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I've been thinking the same thing... prolly will go with the android neon green just haven't been able to get to it with work in all lol ok maybe a lil bit of laziness lol
LOL
androidd said:
I've been thinking the same thing... prolly will go with the android neon green just haven't been able to get to it with work in all lol ok maybe a lil bit of laziness lol
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I try to get him to work on this kind of stuff when he is at my house but he is a slacker, and i end up doing it for him.
LMAO JKJKJK
Ok so here is the newest look to the batt icons as well as a link to download the .png files if u want to use it on your own g1 just remember where u got them from lol The biggest diff on this one is that the battery icons are a brighter green.
However the only files contained in the .zip file is what is shown in this pic if u want the wifi signal and the cellular signal icons let me know. Everything for the battery / wifi / edge in and out all go in the framework.apk file under drawable. I also included a link if you want to download the HTC icon for your slider bar. Those icons go into apps/launcher.apk under drawable-land and drawable-port you also need to rename the files to replace what is there.
This worked for JF1.42 rc33 update as well as JF1.42 1.5ADP
http://www.4shared.com/file/104756006/2e3cd561/Icons-Final.html <--- Download Icons
http://www.4shared.com/file/104765643/6ba24d66/Htc-Slider.html<--- Download Slider icons
Thanx!! I will check them out!
Pardon me for a stupid question, as I've just started going crazy with the rooting, customization, etc.
Are you saying that these icons need to replace the applicable files prior to a flashed update(ie, alter the build prior to installation) or can these be just updated with the flash utility after you are already running cupcake, etc?
Sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
You have to edit the update first then sign then install.
@ androidd,
I threw these in my phone, and they are working great. Im gonna try to implement my idea with the same green for 3G, the standard grey for EDGE, and red for GPRS. Ill let you know how it goes thanx for the initial files.
EDIT: I have edited the files and sent you a PM. Lemme knoe what you think.
Crackbone said:
Pardon me for a stupid question, as I've just started going crazy with the rooting, customization, etc.
Are you saying that these icons need to replace the applicable files prior to a flashed update(ie, alter the build prior to installation) or can these be just updated with the flash utility after you are already running cupcake, etc?
Sorry if it's a dumb question.
Thanks.
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No worries you have to edit the update.zip >system>framework> unpack framework-res.apk extract the res folder outta the unzip program and then edit the files you want edited (Easiest to just name the file the same as the icon your replacing and then replace the file that is there.) every thing is a .png file and I think most is in a drawable / drawable-port / drawable-land... after your done with all that you have to repack the update.zip file, then you have to resign the update.zip and drop on your sd card... then do a system update to implement the new changes... i.e Home and power button... etc
whew... lol Hope that sheds some light on this, I know it's a lot lol one tip I would say is watch your res folders.. android uses that file for alllll the icons it seems lol This is really a nutshelled version of how to do all this so you may want to check some other threads to get detailed info
So are all these png's already named correctly? Or do we need to search through the framework-res.apk to rename them?
EDIT: Nevermind just downloaded the zip. Can you post the extra icons also?
Beast84 said:
So are all these png's already named correctly? Or do we need to search through the framework-res.apk to rename them?
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They are good to go, the only one that is diff is the htc slider icons for the landscape view.
Im going to be fixing the missed call icon, doesn't look right...
androidd said:
The are already named correctly. The only ones that are not is the slider icons and thats because the landscape view of the htc icon is a different size. so thats the only one you have to rename. Other than that the are g2g
Im going to be fixing the missed call icon doesn't look quite right.
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Thanks how bout those extra icons? The wifi & edge/3g/airplane mode icons would look sweet with these
Updated HTC icon for network usage.
See first post...
Beast84 said:
Thanks how bout those extra icons? The wifi & edge/3g/airplane mode icons would look sweet with these
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Yeah if you want them you are more than welcome to have them
enjoy! just do me a favor post a pic of how they look im curious to see how it looks with other peoples phones.
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Hello and Welcome.Contents:Post 1 Info and Screenshots
Post 2 Universal Theme and links
Post 3 Add ons
*Viewing through the xda app?? Select menu>more>browser.If you download my work hit thanks or rate the thread. If your generous, both. Thank you.Intro:Basically i wanted a big, bright, colourful theme to get the most out of my SAMOLED screen.
Why use a theme containing just 2 colours, black/white, black/blue, black/red (you get the point), when the screen has 16Million colours?!.
Better battery life is negligable, but anyway, that's what chargers are for.
You don't buy a 50 inch L.E.D. television and then watch it in black and white!!, so why punish your screen display?? Let the beast off the leash.
Want to make your screen "burst" into life??
Menu> Settings> Display> Screen Mode> DynamicCompatabilty:This should work on all TW and AOSP ROM's
*Q: Why??
*A: It only changes the files that are in the zip with the files in your system. If the files inside the zip don't exist on your sytem then they will not be added.
ICS Rom's
*Iv'e tested and it work's on the following rom's:
-Codec 5.7
-HydrogenICS
-Omega v13READ THIS!!!The modified status_bar.xml included will allow you to use a "CUSTOM" status bar NOT a transparent status bar!!!What is in the theme??So far i have modified nearly 3000 images, and presonally hand crafted 1500 images.
I have tried to theme "everyday apps", and the following has been edited/modified:
*Theme support for Jkay Mod (JKay Mod NOT INCLUDED!!!.)
*AxT9IME.apk (android keyboard).
*Browser.apk.
*Calendar.apk (AOSP) it's the same as TW Calender.apk!!.
*ClockPackage.apk
*Contacts.apk.
*Email.apk
*Gallery3D.apk (AOSP).
*Gmail.apk
*framework-res.apk.
*GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
*LatinIME.apk (AOSP android keyboard).
*MediaProvider.apk
*Mms.apk
*Music.apk (AOSP).
*MusicPlayer.apk
*Phone.apk.
*Settings.apk
*SystemUI.apk.
*TouchWiz30Launcher.apk
*TouchWizCalculator.apk
*TouchWizCalendar.apk
*TwCalendarAppWidget.apk
*twframework-res.apk
*Youtube.apk
*Phone Candy boot animation
*Power battery with white numbers
*Fonts Attached to bottom of post 3
There will be some images i've missed or forgotten!!. If you find any bugs let me know (prefably with a screenshot) and i'll try fix it ASAP.ScreenShots:
MORE SCREENSHOTSFinally:Always try to apply themes on a fresh Rom install.
Most importantly.......... Enjoy.
And
BACKUP!! BACKUP!! BACKUP!! BACKUP!! BACKUP!!
DONT SAY YOU WASNT WARNED.Credits in no particular order:*Thanks to the creators of the majority of the ic_menu icons used within the theme found on various icon sites.
*Brut.all and Daneshm for apktool/manager here and here.
*esk02k for help in general.
*chainfire for rooting my sgs2.
*Pulser for villainRom, which this is based here.
*Uot kitchen for battery mods here.
*ecsnead69 for the inverted Gmail app here.
*00.ante + BMWpokerAce for the neon vending here.
*animelover for his quality boot animation here.
*Apex Predator for his help and motivation, thanks man.
*nil.shunya for help testing.
*Especially all those who sent donations, thank you very, very much.
UNIVERSAL FLASHER TOOL v.3.2
by JRsoft & Intronauta*Villain Team for the concept
*Stericson for "Metamorph" system
*Core Utilities for the tar binary
*Blades" for the 7z binary and libs
*All testers, especially to SuperCocoV6.5 and lexullde
*doctorcete for helping with the translations
*Anyone else who might find their work in here please PM me and I'll add appropriate credits.
If you would like to donate then you can do so by clicking THIS LINK.
It will take you to the British Army charities link page where you can choose a charity to donate to.
As an ex Royal Engineer who has lost friends in conflict, i would get more satisfaction from donations being recieved by these charities than me.
If you do donate to me it will be paid forward to these charities.
Thank you.
You are more than welcome to use any of MY images from this theme. However if you do use any of MY images please don't be a pirate, show some consideration and respect for the people who spend their spare time on various projects and ask, or at the very least give credit.
You can find a zip containing all MY images i created in the 2nd post.
I can even provide psd's if necessary.WARNING:DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE MY WORK AND CLAIM IT AS YOUR OWN.
I HAVE ADDED IMAGE PROTECTION, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
FAILIURE TO FOLLOW THE RULES(#12) AND YOU WILL BECOME THE VICTIM OF TEA-BAGGING!!
***DON'T KNOW WHAT TEABAGGING IS***
CLICK ME TO FIND OUT
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Add-On's
Go Launcher Ex + Widgets Theme can be found >>>HERE<<<.
ScreenShots:
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Clear Add-On
BE WARNED THE NOTIFICATION AREA IS VERY CLEAR!!!
If you dont like it clear here is the revert:
Back 2 Black
If you try it let me know what you think, good or bad, i personally think it needs some opacity added to the notification area and a couple of image bug's to fix.
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ScreenShots:
>>>Phone Candy v1 Audio Manager Skin<<<
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Here is how to gain a new battery using UOT kitchen:
Get your "framework-res.apk", there are many methods to do this, i'll let you pick one.
Go HERE and click the "file upload" tab, select "system files" and upload your framework-res.apk. To avoid problems please us a CLEAN framework-res.apk
Now click the "battery" tab, check "use this mod", click "Custom battery", any of these styles will modify your framework to give you 100 charging and 100 discharging images.
Scroll down to the bottom and select a charging animation style, I would reccomend hybrid.
Click the "summary" tab and "submit work to kitchen"
Wait for the kitchen to cook your files then flash your new framework from CWM
Once flashed you can then flash the Universal theme on top.
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[/INDENT]Ic menu icons
Dont like the ic_menu icons?
Prefer AOSP style?
Look here
Choose a colour and flash from CWM.
Looks great!!
Gonna try it tomorrow.
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Looking good so far, keep up the good work
There's really need to replace system fonts? You know you can use flipfonts through apk in android?
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there is also a ninja morph..whats the diffrence..i ahve never tried or used any of those
Thanks for the kind words
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there is also a ninja morph..whats the diffrence..i ahve never tried or used any of those
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Ninjamorph lets you switch out images in apks on board without the need of a PC and lets you edit market apps.
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There's really need to replace system fonts? You know you can use flipfonts through apk in android?
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The font I wanted to use wasn't available to download through the market. I've also had bad experiences with font switcher apps and this way is quick and works safely. And the beauty with metamorph you only have to apply the parts you want
Looks stunning mate. You could name it Mean Machine - Don't know why but it seems to fit
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Thanks for the kind words
Ninjamorph lets you switch out images in apks on board without the need of a PC and lets you edit market apps.
The font I wanted to use wasn't available to download through the market. I've also had bad experiences with font switcher apps and this way is quick and works safely. And the beauty with metamorph you only have to apply the parts you want
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You don't have to use any app to change the fonts. It's under display settings
And all the needed fonts could be found on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894397
Don't stop at first page. There's a lot of fonts in the other pages too
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Nice one Dully. glad to see you here mate. Maybe we can work on something together one day.
Btw ive never used metamorph... does it just replace the images rather than the whole apk? If so that sounds like the way forward to save people hasstle with incompatible parts.
Have a good one!
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You don't have to use any app to change the fonts. It's under display settings
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And all the needed fonts could be found on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894397
Don't stop at first page. There's a lot of fonts in the other pages
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I'll hit thanks when I get home from work. I was aware of the display settings but I haven't dabbled with them yet.
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Nice one Dully. glad to see you here mate. Maybe we can work on something together one day.
Btw ive never used metamorph... does it just replace the images rather than the whole apk? If so that sounds like the way forward to save people hasstle with incompatible parts.
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Cheers m8, I'm definitely up for a joint effort
Metamorph just changes the images you want instead of the whole apk, helps keep the file size down and can be applied across multiple platforms also.
awesome theme...keep up the good work
btw, can your theme apply on VR1.4 and/or TK-ROM v0.3.7?
Araf said:
awesome theme...keep up the good work
btw, can your theme apply on VR1.4 and/or TK-ROM v0.3.7?
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It should work on any ginger bread based rom as its only replacing images.
Updated morph, now has-
-Browser.apk.
-Contacts.apk.
-framework-res.apk.
-Phone.apk.
-Settings.apk
-SystemUI.apk.
-twframework-res.apk
-Fonts.
will this work on 2.3.4 or new darkys rom based on 2.3.4
ashok said:
will this work on 2.3.4 or new darkys rom based on 2.3.4
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Very nice theme!!!A battery %??
thank
Will this work for litening rom v1.5?
It should work on all ginger bread roms as its only images being changed so it shouldn't cause any conflicts, backup though just in case and please report back if it works.
I haven't changed the battery as I've noticed different roms are using different steps so some original images would show.
I'll have a look inside some roms and make a separate battery morph.
Hope this helps.
Thanks!! Works Perfectly for litening rom
*Note: this is for the Nitro from AT&T and apparently is not compatible with other versions of the p930*
*I made this before any of these new roms came out and as such it was meant for and has been tested on only the stock Gingerbread rom that comes with the phone. I doubt it will be compatible with the new roms.*
SEE Blue Icons and removed carrier logo! for instructions. Installing this SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk works exactly the same way as in that thread!
*SAME DISCLAIMER*
I AM NOT A DEV! I just like tinkering with how things look because I'm extremely picky. I am not smart enough to figure out how to save someone's phone if it gets bricked, I'm just sharing what I've played with since I want this forum to grow =). So everything I say, you are welcome to try, but keep in mind that it can always hit the fan, especially right now, while we still don't have a recovery mode yet. And since I lack the omniscience of the all-seeing all-knowing devs, I cannot be held responsible for what happens to your phone, if something undesirable (*ahem*, bricking) should happen! That said, everything I've done here I've done multiple times and tested, and it seems to work just fine in my hands so long as instructions are followed precisely. But regardless, try at your own risk! Until we have a nice recovery mode set up, you have to be willing to live on the wild side to mess with this phone, which apparently, a lot of us are...
This is a modification of my previous thread "Blue Icons and removed carrier logo!" Thanks to [email protected], I incorporated the individual percent onto the battery icon I previously used in this set. I didn't end up actually using the framework he posted since I wanted to include my other modifications, but since he was brave enough to try UOT kitchen modifications on his phone and it worked, I decided it'd be safe to use UOT to modify my own framework-res.apk to add the proper xml's for 100% battery (I tried doing it manually... possible, but oh my god, oh so painful). I then changed all the pngs for each battery to ones that I made (individually =P) from splicing the blue version of the stock icon battery with the percent value.
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So attached are the SystemUI.apk and the Framework-res.apk for installing the blue icons with no carrier and now, with % on the battery. It will look like this on your phone:
***If you've already installed the blue icons with no carrier from my other thread, then to add the % battery, you ONLY NEED TO INSTALL THE FRAMEWORK-RES.APK. The SystemUI.apk is identical to the one used for "blue icons - no carrier". If you're starting from a stock phone, then install both.***
Instructions are the same as my previous thread.
**If someone wants a framework-res.apk that changes NOTHING in the phone, adding ONLY % to the stock green battery icon, let me know. I don't mind doing the work, but only if someone actually wants it =)**
Thanks again to [email protected] for showing me that the UOT % works for this phone and letting me tinker with his apks! =)
Just to add, this works just fine with the blue icons with carrier SystemUI.apk as well.
Thanks again for your hard work on this!
Sent from my LG-P930 using xda premium
Great! Glad it worked well for you! =) Thanks!
Call me greedy, but when clock set to 24H, on either side of it is so much wasted space.
Here is my attempt remove that extra space which allow more icons on the status bar:
[email protected] said:
Call me greedy, but when clock set to 24H, on either side of it is so much wasted space.
Here is my attempt remove that extra space which allow more icons on the status bar:
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Vano, can you kinda give a quick walkthrough as how to accomplish it? I dont wanna brick my phone from doing the wrong things.
also, to both u and itiskonrad, is it just me, or the phone kinda takes a bit longer to boot up ever since I replaced systemui.apk? I feel it takes a few seconds longer than wat it used to be. Not a problem at all, just wondering if it was just me.
Just use instructions from this post: Blue Icons and removed carrier logo!
And use my SystemUI.apk file instead.
My phone takes about 30 seconds after screen goes black and before animations shows up, then another 30 seconds goes through the animation. I do think it was booting much quicker the first time I started it, but since then I've installed bunch new apps.
I can't say I notice a difference. Mine was quick to boot when it was still pretty bare, but I didn't change the SystemUI.apk until after I'd put all my programs and everything onto it, which already slowed down startup. Maybe there is a difference and I just don't notice it...? Not sure
Cool beans Guys! Thank you.
Just did this to my phone the other day, its awesome! This is perfect for me since all i look for in a ROM is stock look with speed and a battery percentage mod.
Great! Glad you like! Let me know if there are other random mods you'd like. There's something addictive about fiddling with xmls =) I've also been removing the carrier from the lock screen, getting rid of buttons that bother me... I think I have too much free time
@itiskonrad:
Do you still copy modified .xml files after they were compiled into "original" .apk?
I could use my compiled version before I tried deoxed process, since then (even though nothing has been changed on the phone) it bricks my phone every times I recompile original SystemUI.apk, even if I don't change anything, just decompile and compile.
Can't figure out what's wrong...
Yeah, pretty much.
Long story short, I never use recompiled SystemUI.apk or framework-res.apk in the phone. I don't trust them to not brick my phone, and I don't want to have to go through the effort of unbricking it. I always decompile original apks, change the XMLs I want, recompile the apk JUST TO RE-ENCODE THE XML, not to use the actual whole apk, and drag and drop the modifications (any changed XMLs or swapped PNGs I want to keep) back into the original apk that was never decompiled to begin with, just to be safe =) This way, I've never had a bricking issue
I did this to my phone today with ZERO issues. Thanks! It's perfect! Exactly what I wanted when I bought this phone. I'm a total noob at this stuff, but if you know how to navigate a computer and have basic copy/pase/move skills, this isn't hard at all.
EXCELLENT write up OP!
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**If someone wants a framework-res.apk that changes NOTHING in the phone, adding ONLY % to the stock green battery icon, let me know. I don't mind doing the work, but only if someone actually wants it =)**
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I'm interested..!
After the change SystemUI.apk & Framework-res.apk, I noticed a small problem in ringtones setting - ringtones list has duplicate. I mean that is all the audio files in the phone (system/media/audio/) are also displayed in notification ringtones and phone ringtones (now notification ringtones and phone ringtones has the same audio files). Is there swapping the SystemUI.apk & Framework-res.apk could affect this?
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Haha, okay, I'll get right on it. You know this will wipe the changes you did to your lock screen, right? You'll just have to re-swap the lock pattern png's and xml's and stuff again, to get the minimalist lock screen back, that's all. If you REALLY want, I can make one just for you with those changes included, I guess =P
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Haha, okay, I'll get right on it. You know this will wipe the changes you did to your lock screen, right? You'll just have to re-swap the lock pattern png's and xml's and stuff again, to get the minimalist lock screen back, that's all. If you REALLY want, I can make one just for you with those changes included, I guess =P
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That would be ideal. =]
works perfect on my freshly unbricked phone!
itiskonrad said:
**If someone wants a framework-res.apk that changes NOTHING in the phone, adding ONLY % to the stock green battery icon, let me know. I don't mind doing the work, but only if someone actually wants it =)**
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This is exactly what I've been looking for. Is there not something in the marketplace?
There are apps that can add an additional battery icon with percentage, but replacing the stock one with percent is unfortunately not so easy. I'm almost done with it, I got distracted with stupid work =) I'll post it here later today- stock everything, even battery, just with an added percent value on the stock battery icon.
hello lads of xda
i've decided that it was necessary for a battery mod collection thread because quite a few are scattered throughout several different forums and threads. my hope is to make a one stop place for them all to be found and used. this will be a work in progress while i collect them.
*note
none of the zips contained within this thread are flashable. to install, you must pull your own SystemUI.apk from your current ROM and place the images within res\drawable-xhdpi\. if you are unable to do this, upon request, i may be willing to make a flashable for you specifically if you attach your current SystemUI.apk. your provided SystemUI.apk must already support battery percentage increments of 0-100. i am unable to decompile and add that in for you because i would have no way of testing to make sure it works correctly (i can't load everyone's different ROM just to test one apk, this would be too time consuming).
also, please keep in mind that all previews are at full res. in other words, images *should* appear sharper on your phone.
YOU CAN HELP, TOO!
you can help this thread grow and be more productive by pointing me to battery mods i may have missed. just PM me a link or post it here and i'll take care of the rest
Lucid Battery by sonnysekhon
i have modified this slightly by making sure the charge_anim looks the same
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http://d-h.st/3xf
1% Battery by he_stheone64
http://d-h.st/iVN
http://d-h.st/jcY
http://d-h.st/e6f
CirclesMod by Hooolm
had to create a stat_sys_battery_charge_animfull.png because there wasn't one
http://d-h.st/JsE
Circle Battery by currently unknown
http://d-h.st/S3t
Axiom Batteries by reverepats
http://d-h.st/ZIn
http://d-h.st/qkz
http://d-h.st/hbo
http://d-h.st/ukp
http://d-h.st/qCb
http://d-h.st/THR
http://d-h.st/epR
http://d-h.st/RPf
Off Center Battery by mrvirginia
modeled after AOKP. stock images with numbers
http://d-h.st/Nl9
Numbers by Gyufus
http://d-h.st/3zR
Full Circle by evilkal
http://d-h.st/mpT
http://d-h.st/hID
Full Circle by Pendo
http://d-h.st/uyc
Digital Numbers by Zaphod-Beeblebrox
http://d-h.st/mMK
ICS Circle by nbeebe24
http://d-h.st/uLf
Circle Battery by mrvirginia (source frame)
http://d-h.st/Ppz
http://d-h.st/XiK - no numbers
GingerBlu by ktmbikerman
http://d-h.st/V18
if anyone would like Metamorph support, please make it and i will post a link here. the last links were to direct links to someone who dropped support for them. thanks!!
maybe more to come...
reserved 10char
mrvirginia said:
hello lads of xda
i've decided that it was necessary for a battery mod collection thread because quite a few are scattered throughout several different forums and threads. my hope is to make a one stop place for them all to be found and used. this will be a work in progress while i collect them.
*note
none of the zips contained within this thread are flashable. to install, you must pull your own SystemUI.apk from your current ROM and place the images within res\drawable-xhdpi\. if you are unable to do this, upon request, i may be willing to make a flashable for you specifically.
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MrVirginia, you are an absolute legend. Thank you.
and reserved just in case
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MrVirginia, you are an absolute legend. Thank you.
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you beat me to my last reserved spot haha
np mate!
mrvirginia said:
you beat me to my last reserved spot haha
np mate!
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Oops...sorry :/ Didn't know you were making more than two.
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Oops...sorry :/ Didn't know you were making more than two.
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no worries.
first one added, btw
okay, i've added 3 more which should help any new comers out. there are many many many more to add to this thread (i know of at least another 10 that can be added to this that aren't found here ). i'm a little pressed for time right now but i'll try to add some of those tonight. cheers!
You can add my battery mod I made if you want I'll PM you.
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You can add my battery mod I made if you want I'll PM you.
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please and thank you!
a flashable zip with the 1% battery for eaglesblood would be perfect.
Maerki said:
a flashable zip with the 1% battery for eaglesblood would be perfect.
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the first one by he_stheone64? please send me your SystemUI.apk or attach it in your reply. thanks!
Right. The first one (stock-style) for IML74K Base. I flashed the one from his thread but than I lost my notification bar and the softkeys
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Right. The first one (stock-style) for IML74K Base. I flashed the one from his thread but than I lost my notification bar and the softkeys
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haha not sure why that happened but possibly because the SystemUI.apk you're currently running doesn't support 0-100 battery images.
edit: doniqcc might make one for you if you ask nicely. i could make it, but i couldn't guarantee it would work, since i'm not running that ROM.
to other forum members, please make sure the ROM you are running supports battery percentage increments of 0-100.
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haha not sure why that happened but possibly because the SystemUI.apk you're currently running doesn't support 0-100 battery images.
edit: doniqcc might make one for you if you ask nicely. i could make it, but i couldn't guarantee it would work, since i'm not running that ROM.
to other forum members, please make sure the ROM you are running supports battery percentage increments of 0-100.
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It doesn't necessarily have to support 0-100 you just need to make sure the existing image names line up with the ones you're putting in there heh.
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It doesn't necessarily have to support 0-100 you just need to make sure the existing image names line up with the ones you're putting in there heh.
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it does if you're wanting images 0-100 to show up. the SystemUI.apk calls these images in via xml. if the xml only supports 0,15,28,43,57,71,85,100 (a stock SystemUI.apk), and you throw images in that go from 0-100, that SystemUI.apk is still only going to call in those 8 numbers, skipping over the other images. for example, when your battery is at 50%, it's going to show an image in reference to 57. so a battery sitting at 50% but displaying an image that says it's at 57% is inaccurate haha. hope that makes sense.
alright, added a few more. there's still plenty for me to get to haha. expect another update tomorrow! thanks to those of you who have PM'd me with your own! i'll get them on here asap
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it does if you're wanting images 0-100 to show up. the SystemUI.apk calls these images in via xml. if the xml only supports 0,15,28,43,57,71,85,100 (a stock SystemUI.apk), and you throw images in that go from 0-100, that SystemUI.apk is still only going to call in those 8 numbers, skipping over the other images. for example, when your battery is at 50%, it's going to show an image in reference to 57. so a battery sitting at 50% but displaying an image that says it's at 57% is inaccurate haha. hope that makes sense.
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Yes I know. But I've lived with 10% battery increments on the DX for ages so I know how it is. Odd that they went with 71, 57 etc =\ Stupid increments but thats a lot less to deal with instead of 200 images xD
I will send you a copy of my new battery mod when I finish it tomorrow evening.
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Yes I know. But I've lived with 10% battery increments on the DX for ages so I know how it is. Odd that they went with 71, 57 etc =\ Stupid increments but thats a lot less to deal with instead of 200 images xD
I will send you a copy of my new battery mod when I finish it tomorrow evening.
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very odd indeed. i remember when i first opened up the ICS SystemUI.apk. i thought it was a mistake or something.
but yeah it would be okay for ones without numbers. otherwise, it would annoy me personally
awesome, looking forward to it!
edit: Lucid's updated from his thread
Very nice mods! Thank you!
Oh, and keep'em coming please
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Hi Everyone - After a little nagging from a few of them, I've finally been persuaded to put together a thread
to share some of the mods I've made with the help of my NeatROM family.
Without them and _Sale_ 's NeatROM, I'd still be staring at a stock Samsung Galaxy SII, which is a scary thought.
I'm partial to 'tarting' up my phone a bit so most of this stuff is sort of 'fancy'.
I mean, we have a HOT color screen, so why not enjoy it!
This thread will be a WIP (work in progress) lots of screenshots to make and Zips to prepare.
Be patient, be kind and I'll even accept requests, within reason and time permitting, of course.
I work all day, have a family and this is just a hobby!
DOWNLOAD LINK - See Post #3.
Blue Glow Theme mods Menu POPUPS, Dialer, Contacts, Mms, Phone, Framework and Lidroid Toggle Background. Also adds all the S4 Faces.
Pics show my Bottom Toggles - will only change the background behind your Lidroid Toggles to Blue Glow
Notification Panel Backgrounds for 23 Bottom Toggles
(Mod based on churapa's guide) with Brightness slider.
These are based on the expectation that you have already flashed one of engloa's 23 Toggle Mods.
Picture has been sized and laid out so as not to be hidden by the toggles or slider. The png used REPLACES the
notification_panel.9.png with a std png file.
My '23 Bottom Toggle with Brightness Slider' mod is linked in Downloads. I've added a 'Recent Apps'
button to the Notification Bar Header. The mod comes with a plain black background.
You can then flash the Notification picture of your choice after this.
For our Top Toggle users.
S4 Contacts faces to replace the 'Mr Nobody' look we got on our S2's.
This mods SecPhone, SecContacts and SecMms.
Framework Mods to tart up the Menu Popups.
Dialer Mod to match Blue Glow Menu Popups also adds all the S4 Faces.
To all those who have helped and guided me, I hope I've remembered you all. Please let me know if I leave anyone out.
THANK YOU.
-Sale- / engloa / Spannaa / hawkerpaul / ApriliaM3 / churapa / bombaybadboy
To all those who've inspired me,THANK YOU.
Calvo1 / electricsheepdreamer / bobdoblo / Rosario34 / CarlM34 / The Red Blur / kentandrei / momo.martinovic / parag1dubey
THANK YOU to engloa / hawkerpaul / Spannaa for your permission to use and abuse your mods.
xda Developers - I'm glad I found you. Old dogs can learn new tricks!
And last but not least THE WHOLE NeatROM family who inspire me everyday.
A Guide I made and shared with a few of you a while back on changing the png images inside your apk files.
It's aimed at beginners, you know that place where we all started out.
I hope it helps and inspires some of you.
See post # 4 below - Guide
The NeatROM home.
Spannaa's Theme home
bombaybadboy's Guides home
churapa's Mods and Theme home
engloa's Mods home Thanks 'Eddie'!
NeatROM Off Topic Home
Rosario's S4 Wallpaper Thread
Rosario's S2 Wallpaper Thread
**** WARNING - MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU FLASH ****
**** You are responsible for what happens on YOUR phone, NOT ME! ****
UPDATE:
Please see the post linked below for latest details.
Thread 're-open' post #117 and update.
I've used the "VillainROM' VRTheme structure/scripts to enable the flashing of these mods.
A HUGE thank you to them for creating this and allowing us to use it.
23 Fancy Toggles as shown in above screenshots.
This will work on MS1 as 23 toggles are built in to the ROM!
(Anything pre XWLSZ - Will only work if you have flashed engloa's mod first)
(Updated Vibration and Rotation Toggles)
All direct links to files removed due to Dev-Host issues.
You should be able to find what you are looking for from the file names and descriptions.
Changing PNGs inside your APKs - Guide
Simple Mods for Toggles and other Icons for NeatROM.
This is aimed at beginners who, like me, have a Chernobyl moment when faced with coding and modding for Android.
It’s simple, like me, and it’s how I started.
Tools:
7Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/ or
Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/ or
Photoshop.
Some form of android decompiler/compiler – search xda or Google.
Toggles:
The toggle icons or XXXXXX.png files are in two places depending on whether you are modding the stock icons or engloa’s 23 toggle icons.
Stock will be in SystemUI.apk - res\drawable-hdpi
These toggle icons are called:
‘tw_quick_panel_icon_rotation_on.png’ & ‘tw_quick_panel_icon_rotation_off.png’ and so on all starting with ‘tw_quick_panel_icon_xxx_off’ or ‘tw_quick_panel_icon_xxx_on’
Engloa’s, Wanam's and Sale's 23 Toggle mods are in lidroid-res.apk - res\drawable-hdpi
These toggle icons are called:
‘stat_airplane_off.png’ & ‘stat_airplane_on.png’ and so on all starting with ‘stat_xxx_off’ and ‘stat_xxx_on’
We will be talking about modifying the 23 Toggle Mods engloa has made for us.
With his kind permission and giving him all due credit of course.
What I do is use 7Zip to open the mod zip…..
There will be other files in the zip that we are not interested in for this exercise, HOWEVER, leave them alone, don’t remove what you are not sure of. Open ‘system’ to see below.
Open ‘framework’ to see below
Open ‘lidroid-res.apk’ to see below. This opens the apk (like a zip file) within the open mod zip(I hope that makes sense – it is important for later so get it right now)
Open ‘res’ to see below the contents of the ‘res’ folder. Remember the ‘drawable-hdpi’ folder…
Open it up to see its contents like below. If 7Zip is behaving correctly, you will still not have ‘EXTRACTED’ anything from the zip files.
Now for ease of use and to be able to view things a lot better, go back one step so you are at the screen below, use the up arrow just below the big Add button.
Now open up a new folder, labelled of course, and drag ‘drawable-hdpi’ into it.
Open that up to see all the png files inside. You will see in this pic that the ones I’ve modded are VERY different to the others and easy to find. View them as ICONS of course, not the file names.
You can now create new toggle icons to your hearts content and replace the ones here with your own.
No I don’t know where all of the other png’s are used.
As future ‘Recognised Themers’ and ‘Recognized Contributors’ and ‘ROM cookers’, that’s your adventure.
You can create all your icons and store them in a separate folder or in here, overwriting the existing ones.
Where you store them will change the path we follow when we update the mod zip for testing.
Use the same sizes as what you found the originals to be, would be my recommendation.
Example: 60X60 for the ‘six on a screen’ toggles in the ‘23 Toggle Mods’.
NOW to see whether your creation works.
I don’t have an emulator or know of one so I test on my phone.
You are going to replace all the modified PNG files inside the ‘res\drawable-hdpi’ folder in lidroid-res.apk.
Use 7Zip and open the mod zip following the same path all the way down until you get to here:
Now we simply drag the ‘drawable-hdpi’ folder containing all the new icons and all the unmodified icons across and drop it into the zip. It will ask you if you’re sure and of course you will be so ‘YES’.
You will see that the ‘drawable-hdpi’ folder now has a date when you modified it.
Use the ‘back’ button again and again until you get this message. Answer ‘OK’ and the lidroid-res.apk will be updated inside the main mod zip file.
Use the back button again and again until here and then exit out of the mod zip.
Your MOD is now ready to be copied to your phone and flashed via CWM for testing and more testing!
If it doesn’t work, well I’m sure you made a NANDROID backup BEFORE you started messing around, so restore to a working phone and try again.
That’s it – if it works and you think others might like it SHARE IT! Fame and fortune awaits.(Well maybe!)
Yes, there are ways to update these files on the phone using apktool and other ‘strange’ methods, but they involve changing file permissions and such and then you don’t have a readymade MOD file that you can share with everyone on the NeatROM thread.
Obviously this is just the basics. Once you start exploring the Villain Rom Theming methods I've used for most of the mods above, things change slightly and you will only have the pngs you have changed in your zip files.
That is altogether another guide and I would point you to the Villain ROM thread for more info.
NB!!
This will not work with the 9 patch or xxx.9.png files. (unless you are simply swapping out pngs and not editing them)
They are a special case and require special handling. There are guides here on xda for them.
Let me be the first one to congratulate you!
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Let me be the first one to congratulate you!
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Hi mate - man that was fast - you keeping an eye on me? :laugh:
Thanks bud. Hope it doesn't keep me tooooooo busy. :silly:
Mate..
Congrats congrats...:good::thumbup::thumbup:
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Mate..
Congrats congrats...:good::thumbup::thumbup:
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@HighlanderZA: Very nice work :good:
I'm really tempted to flash your mods
Good to see you taking the next step with this thread Rob... Best of luck with it.
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The form looked quite past few days.
Looks the storm is back
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The form looked quite past few days.
Looks the storm is back
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Ha ha ...:thumbup:
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It_ler said:
+2 (ESD + me )
@HighlanderZA: Very nice work :good:
I'm really tempted to flash your mods
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If I can tempt It_ler, then .......................... Thanks my friend, that's a big compliment.
corruptionfreeindia said:
Mate..
Congrats congrats...:good::thumbup::thumbup:
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Thanks bud!
ApriliaM3 said:
Good to see you taking the next step with this thread Rob... Best of luck with it.
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Thanks Pete - will try and keep it nice and clean and tidy so you and your colleagues don't need to visit!
vishal11in said:
The form looked quite past few days.
Looks the storm is back
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Thanks very much - please no hurricanes, tornadoes or monsoons!
Looks good Rob:thumbup:
Looks like starting a thread is the trend....
Awsome Mate. Good Job.
Now who's the next?
Thanks @It_ler.
Another great thread to subscribe.
I hope Tapatalk won't crash. :thumbup:
:thumbup: Appreciated, thanks!
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Good job . . Downloading . Thanks .
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Nice!!!!!!!!
Awesome mate....took you long enough.:victory:
There is some really good stuff here....and pretty too:laugh:
Great Stuff!
Update to Toggles.
Hi All
I've updated the Fancy Toggles with new ones for 'Vibration' and 'Rotation'.
Dev-Host has old and new available.
Can you make a nice dailer and contact buttums like your popup menu style??
And than with the blue of Blue Ginger Plus theme ??
THX
and sorry for my bad english