I have recently put cm 11 on my Galaxy ace 2 but on the unlock screen and notification bar it shows my carrier. I have looked all over the web and found multiple ways to change this by for instance downloading an apk which will allow you to change it to whatever you want but it does not work for me. The other way is to g in your firmware files and get an apk file from there and change that but when I open the file my carrier is not there. Instead it shows the old name for cyanogen mod. So if anyone knows a different way to change or delete the name I'd be happy to hear it.
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I'm calling out to all people who amend Task Bar icons such as battery / Sound etc to see if anyone knows how to change the signal bars on a GSM frequency?
At present all I can find are Icons that use the standard 4 bar for GSM (4 bar cannot be changed and will always be 4 bar) but I'm wanting to amend these and cannot find the .dll responsible for them.
I've searched all the forums as much as I can and found ways of changing the .dll's, but none change the signal bars. They do for CDMA, 3,4,5 or 6 bars, but only 4 for GSM.
Anyone any the wiser on which file it is?
Thanks
Anyone got any ideas? I'm scrolling through loads of .dll's but can't find it. Think it could be a system one which I can't get access to.
I've looked for this info as well, but not come across anything so far.
Even if the resource file is in the ROM, we should be able to use the rom extractor to get it shouldn't we?
When using resource hacker, occasionally "access denied" pops up when trying to look at certain icon groups. I'm not sure how to access these groups, but maybe it is in one of them?
Aaronc1978 said:
I've looked for this info as well, but not come across anything so far.
Even if the resource file is in the ROM, we should be able to use the rom extractor to get it shouldn't we?
When using resource hacker, occasionally "access denied" pops up when trying to look at certain icon groups. I'm not sure how to access these groups, but maybe it is in one of them?
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Yeah thats what I'm thinking. Not sure how you would get access to them. I know you can unsign the files, but first we need to get them off the HD which I'm not sure how as it won't let me copy all of them.
Then theres the issue of how do you put it back on if the one on the HD is protected?
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Yeah thats what I'm thinking. Not sure how you would get access to them. I know you can unsign the files, but first we need to get them off the HD which I'm not sure how as it won't let me copy all of them.
Then theres the issue of how do you put it back on if the one on the HD is protected?
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You use the rom extractor (a quick search of this site will find it) to get the ones you can't copy with your explorer(I assume you are total commander or something similar).
I've already done all this (previously), the icon groups to which access is denied are within these extracted and unsigned files. I still haven't checked each and every resource file yet, so the icons may still be accessible within one of them. As far as getting access to the inaccessable ones, I have no idea where to start.
As far as putting back on, all you need to do is copy a protected file to your storage card (which removes the protection on the file) and then copy it straight back to the windows folder (this replaces the original with the one where protection is removed). Now you will be able to rename the original file and copy in your edited file. Alternatively you can create a CAB file to install it, for some reason this method doesn't require renaming/removing/whatever the original file and is reversible by uninstall.
I installed the stock MMS.apk file on my de'odexed stock rom (rooted of course). Everything worked well and the app runs, but when reading text threads there is an ugly white border around the edge of the screen, its strange. Its not present when viewing the list of conversations, only in the thread view. I'm not sure if that's how its supposed to look or not, but if not, anyone have any idea how to fix this?
I'll get a screenshot up as soon as I get home.
I first obtained the MMS.apk from the cyanogen rom, then thinking that it might be modified and thus creating my problem, I grabbed the AOSP version from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789493
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE:
Found another thread where people are experiencing the same issue, apparently its a problem with how sense handles the application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752604
I attempted to open up the Mms.apk (AOSP version) with APKtool and play around with the xml files for the UI, but wasn't able to get it to recompile and test any changes I made, the app would just crash on launch. I simply made a few changes to the colors, but I admittedly don't really know what I'm doing and it wouldn't run. If anyone who's more experienced in this area could offer some advice I'll try again.
That's a picture of the issue, it appears in both landscape and portrait mode.
Texts were blacked out just for privacy sake.
Well after a few hours of messing around in the XML files for the AOSP messaging app, I was able to find a solution to this issue. I modified the XML file to have it correctly display the black color background when using the black theme. I was not able to eliminate the border entirely, but by changing the scrollbar type from Inset to Overlay I was able to make it uniform and far more visually pleasing.
I have attached my modified Mms.apk file, feel free to test it out.
For the specifics of what I did for those who are interested:
Two files were modified in the apk
- /res/layout/compose_message_activity.xml
- /res/layout/compose_message_activity_black.xml
In both files I changed the scrollbarStyle propery to "insideOverlay", in addition to removing the reference to always show the scrollbar track.
In the black xml file I changed the background color to "@android:color/black".
The original XML files were extracted using APKTool and Recompiled to their binary format, then reinserted into the original apk without resigning.
This is awesome! ... Except it doesn't filter out the VVM message streams that come through. :|
I haven't encountered this problem though I use google voice so I'm not really sure what it is you're referring to.
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Imma cry
I cant send mms!
Try turning off wifi while sending/receiving mms
no wifi
i don't have wifi on when i do this i just have 3g on so i can send mms!
i zipped the file with the one that had the white outline .is there a way to make this new apk. file into a .zip file for me ?
I'd imagine you could simply replace the APK file in your zip with my modified one and install that way. Use a program like winrar or 7zip to replace the apk within the zip.
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I'd imagine you could simply replace the APK file in your zip with my modified one and install that way. Use a program like winrar or 7zip to replace the apk within the zip.
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sorry but i cant find either of thoses programs u mention to replace the APK file in my zip with your modified version .is there another program or a manual way of doing this process ?
how do i install this? since it's an APK, i thought i'd just install it from Astro but it says it's already installed and asked if i wanted to uninstall.
To install this you need to either delete or rename the Mms.apk that's already on your phone in the /system/app directory (I just rename to Mms.apk.bak) and then copy the modified one into that same directory followed by a restart of the phone. Because its a system app you cant install it the same way you would a regular apk, at least from my understanding.
You will need to get write access to the system directory to accomplish this (I used an app on the market called root explorer, though you can also do all this through the ADB shell)
Hi guys, i was wondering if their is a way to have the same program twice on your phone?
Reason why i ask is because there is a program i have with a widget and that widget is configured with user name and password, now what i wanna do is have the same program installed twice so i can have the second widget on that second installed program, configured with a different user name and password.
Is this possible
Pretty sure that's a no, but I'd like to know if it is possible as it's be handy
Have you tried pulling the apk, changing the name with some apk editor (also the com.###.### stuff) and see if it installs next to the other app? I have no idea how to do this but it might work.
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Have you tried pulling the apk, changing the name with some apk editor (also the com.###.### stuff) and see if it installs next to the other app? I have no idea how to do this but it might work.
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yea i just tried this now, opened the apk file with winrar and i changed the com.###.### stuff in files AndroidManifest.xml and resources.arsc with a different directory and when i go open the app in my phone, it shows the apk is screwed
any other ideas
I was wondering if it was possible to change the name of the Messaging app in Sense based roms to something like "Messages2" Reason i want to do this is because i want to make to have to instances of the application running at once on the phone. This is for people who have phones on metro but dont have root on their phones so they cant run my scripts to get mms. Any help would be appreciated.
I've never done it before so I can't guarantee that something won't go wrong but use a file explorer like Root Explorer and go to /system/app. Scroll down to the messaging application "MMS.apk" long press and rename it
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I was wondering if it was possible to change the name of the Messaging app in Sense based roms to something like "Messages2" Reason i want to do this is because i want to make to have to instances of the application running at once on the phone. This is for people who have phones on metro but dont have root on their phones so they cant run my scripts to get mms. Any help would be appreciated.
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You can go decompile the apk and go into strings and change the app name but that will only change the name not the package name. If u want to change that you will have to decompilecthe entire apk then open up all the smali and XML files in note pad++ then do a search for the package name. U can find that in the manifest. Usually com.something.something. do a search and replace for the package name and then replace the .(periods) with a / and replace all in open documents again.
Then go into the smali folder and click on the com folder. If u cluck through it you will see the first "something" that u saw in package name. Change that if u changed it in package name. Click that folder and see the next "something" that u changed and change it as well. Then recompile apk. Don't forget to save the changes u made in notepad++ before u change the folder names.
I have a Verizon G3 running stock 4.4.2 rom, it is also rooted with stump root. I have not changed anything extreme with the root only used G3 TweaksBox to change colors and themes. I also installed the google dialer and contacts apps by downloading the .apk files and moving them manually, these have been working fine. I tried to change the LgInCallUI.apk with a different black themed one I found on the forums and overwrote the original one however it is not working now (also forgot to backup the original one). When I try to make a call I hear the call connect tone however the screen never changes and stays in the dialer app, It also does not change when a call comes in, the ringtone goes off but there is no way to answer the call. I tried removing the file from the priv app folder and trying to manually move it again by changing the permissions and moving it back to the folder but this did not help. There is also a file in the priv app folder called LGInCallUI.odex that I think was a part of the old version since it is dated a few months old like all of the other files. Any assistance would be appreciated, thank you.