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XML file that controls Signal Strength Bars?

Does anybody know which file(s) generate the signal strength indicator in the status bar?
I am running the Redemption ROM, and really want to 6 bar strength indicator in Redemptive rEVOlution, but I have a couple of problems with rEVOlution that I can't get rid of, so I can't use it.

It's services.jar
It's located in /system/framework/
Be careful though, it controls other things as well.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup and then push the file using adb. That way if it doesn't work you can always fall back.
I have done this with skyraider3.5 with no issues so you should be fine.
sent from my HTC Incredible
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Skyraider 3.5 RULES!

Whats so great about the 6bar vs 4bar? Is it just really just aesthetics?

gadget! said:
It's services.jar
It's located in /system/framework/
Be careful though, it controls other things as well.
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Skyraider 3.5 RULES!
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Thanks, I was hoping it was just gonna be one of the xml files in the framework-res.apk.
As to what's do great about the 6 bar meter, I don't know, I just know I want it.

I mean in all reality you could just edit the four .png of the 4bars into .png of the 6bars, only thing is you have to take out two files so say you'd make 4 bar1 into 6 bar1 4bar2 into 6bar3 ect.. I've done it to do the opposite haha I did it to get 4 bars instead of 6. but the true way is to edit the .xml and I have no experience with that at all. sorry.

Well, pushing the services.jar to the framework directory just threw my phone into boot loops, so that aint gonna work.
Anyone know which XML file and or png's I need to swap out or add.
The problem with just adding png files is that it's not really gonna give correct indications.

gadget! said:
It's services.jar
It's located in /system/framework/
Be careful though, it controls other things as well.
I suggest you do a nandroid backup and then push the file using adb. That way if it doesn't work you can always fall back.
I have done this with skyraider3.5 with no issues so you should be fine.
sent from my HTC Incredible
Rooted - S-off - 2.15 radio
Skyraider 3.5 RULES!
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You need to edit HtcCdmaStatusBar.smali, which is deep within services.jar. You need to decompile classes.dex within services.jar using baksmali and go to /android/server/status/ and then edit HtcCdmaStatusBar.smali in several places, recompile with smali and put the new classes.dex back in services.jar and then push that to your /system/framework/.

Or.......you could pull the services.jar from IncROM beta4 which is posted a page or two from the end of the thread .... unless lou has something other than the power widget mod it should work just fine for ya
Sent from IncROM

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sk806 said:
You need to edit HtcCdmaStatusBar.smali, which is deep within services.jar. You need to decompile classes.dex within services.jar using baksmali and go to /android/server/status/ and then edit HtcCdmaStatusBar.smali in several places, recompile with smali and put the new classes.dex back in services.jar and then push that to your /system/framework/.
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Just to add to this...if you fail to edit statusbaricon.smali also the 6 bar edit will never show more than 4 bars of signal
Sent from IncROM

lllboredlll said:
Or.......you could pull the services.jar from IncROM beta4 which is posted a page or two from the end of the thread .... unless lou has something other than the power widget mod it should work just fine for ya
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That threw the phone into boot loops too. But, now I have another ROM to try anyway.

lllboredlll said:
Just to add to this...if you fail to edit statusbaricon.smali also the 6 bar edit will never show more than 4 bars of signal
Sent from IncROM
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Oh, yeah! Forgot about that. thanks.
mark-in-dallas said:
That threw the phone into boot loops too. But, now I have another ROM to try anyway.
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I have had the same issue, that's why I put up instructions. If you want, you can email me the services.jar in question, and I'll mod it for you.
PM me if interested.
Steve

mark-in-dallas said:
That threw the phone into boot loops too. But, now I have another ROM to try anyway.
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sorry i assumed it would work....since we both utilize evo framework-res.apk and both have the power widget mod... sorry about that

Someone posted the 6 bar signal mod in the Redemption thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768626&page=165. I flashed it last week and it's working good on Redemption 2.2.

sk806 said:
Oh, yeah! Forgot about that. thanks.
I have had the same issue, that's why I put up instructions. If you want, you can email me the services.jar in question, and I'll mod it for you.
PM me if interested.
Steve
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Thanks so much, I had just pulled my services.jar and was going to upload it and send you a download link, when I saw the post below.
tweebee said:
Someone posted the 6 bar signal mod in the Redemption thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768626&page=165. I flashed it last week and it's working good on Redemption 2.2.
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Works great, thank you!

Can anyone tell me the exact code I need to add?

mark-in-dallas said:
Thanks so much, I had just pulled my services.jar and was going to upload it and send you a download link, when I saw the post below.
Works great, thank you!
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Cool. Glad you found something that works.

gmichaelow said:
Can anyone tell me the exact code I need to add?
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Code for what?

mark-in-dallas said:
Code for what?
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To htccdmastatus.smali and statusbaricon.smali?

I've done this with skyraider before, but now I am on cyanogen. Is there any way to get 6 bars on aosp roms?
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Help Please Decompile This

can anyone please decompile this apk and compress to zip and upload here...
i cant decompile cause apk manager quits whhen i try to decompile it...
this is ucweb moded for free internet in the Philippines using globe network
UCBrowser7.2 Globe MGC
its working fast...can anyone try to find where is the edited server??

Here you go :
http://www.mediafire.com/?m538c19yw778ye5
Press Thanks

oh man..you just extracted it..please decopile not extract...

http://db.tt/SAdyYzhS
There you go
Tapatalk on Evo-x 2.1 @ SGY

Please decompile this also....cant find a way to decompile it on my netbook...
download and decompile thhen uplload me

devion14 said:
Please decompile this also....cant find a way to decompile it on my netbook...
download and decompile thhen uplload me
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Dude, this is a forum to learn. This is not a place where everyone will do the work for you. Use apktool to decompile.
Code:
System.out.println("Sent from my SGY");

im not just a noob..i know how to decompile but this apk is giving me head ache cause when i try to decompile it. it just closes apktool or apk manager. it seems like my netbook aint powerful. i have my desktop but my ram stick is fried so im askin for help..can you help? xda is a forum of sharing and helping

anasdcool71 said:
Dude, this is a forum to learn. This is not a place where everyone will do the work for you. Use apktool to decompile.
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System.out.println("Sent from my SGY");
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So didn`t you got it the decompiled yet??

not yet. can you help? unlike the other one commented but did nothing..

devion14 said:
not yet. can you help? unlike the other one commented but did nothing..
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Don't be so ungrateful. Alright, i'm decompiling for you and giving you the decompiled folder, for once. The folder is in a zip file.
Get the files here.
But remember this :-
Originally posted by FallenSpartan
You can lead a fool to wisdom, but you can't make him think! XDA, mobile wisdom, not a n00b feeding ground!
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ok thank you...finally...but remember this dont judge a man to be a fool because one day youll also be judge as a fool..adios my friend...

anasdcool71 said:
Don't be so ungrateful. Alright, i'm decompiling for you and giving you the decompiled folder, for once. The folder is in a zip file.
Get the files here.
But remember this :-
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Youre good member with great heart bro.
MANY GREEEEETZ!!!

Please help me with theming!

Okay, I am really sorry if this sounds negative or like a rant, first off. I really want to get into theming. I have been trying for weeks, possibly months, to figure out how to do certain things. I have only recently been able to successfully make a zipthemer mod, and that's very easy. I really need specific help. The tutorials that I have seen are not specific enough, as they assume that you have prior knowledge of things like SDK and ADB. I am a completely clean slate. I have been completely unsuccessful in finding a step by step tutorial that I can actually follow to get the things done that I want to do. Maybe it's just me, but I have been literally hours searching for it. I have asked for help, but never get any because people tell me to go research how to do it.
I want to do only two things now...I am running dark paranoid android and I want to change the circlemod battery from the stock to white. I have the pngs, I just don't know where to put them or what files need to be edited. I also have no coding experience, so I need fairly specific help to learn what things need to change.
I also want to change the clock in the status bar from the ICS blue to white.
That's it....I know it sounds like it should be simple, but it's not to me. I have tried and tried to find the answers on my own, but have been wholly unsuccessful. It has left me feeling jaded and frustrated, leading to this thread.
Can somebody please point me somewhere that will teach me what I need to know with kid gloves? I want to really get into doing this and participate in the community, but I fail time and time again. I have tried to find pre-made themes to do what I want, but everything is usually too deeply modded whereas I only want to change a few things. Please help!

they go in the systemui.apk /res/drawables-xhdpi folder. If there is already a circles mod there, you don't need to code anything. The status bar clock color is in styles.xml of systemui.apk. The color code for ics is #33b5e5, so change it to #ffffff.
Here's the line of code you need to change. https://github.com/android/platform...r/packages/SystemUI/res/values/styles.xml#L41
change @android:color/holo_blue_light to #ffffff.
This is called hard coding, and in an ideal world, you'd change it to @color/status_bar_clock then add that value to colors.xml, but i know google will never optimize their code that way

artvandelay440 said:
they go in the systemui.apk /res/drawables-xhdpi folder. If there is already a circles mod there, you don't need to code anything. The status bar clock color is in styles.xml of systemui.apk. The color code for ics is #33b5e5, so change it to #ffffff.
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Thank you very much. I didn't know which XML to look at.
I am pretty sure I tried putting the mod in that folder but it didn't take for some reason. I have looked pretty deeply into any other place they could be and can't find it for some reason.
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liquid150 said:
Thank you very much. I didn't know which XML to look at.
I am pretty sure I tried putting the mod in that folder but it didn't take for some reason. I have looked pretty deeply into any other place they could be and can't find it for some reason.
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Look in the /drawable folder in systemui. If the mod is present, you should find a stat_sys_battery_circle.xml in there.

artvandelay440 said:
Look in the /drawable folder in systemui. If the mod is present, you should find a stat_sys_battery_circle.xml in there.
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Thank you I will check it out.
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No problem. I'm writing a guide for my site on theming that's aimed at both beginners and advanced. I'll link it here when I'm done.
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artvandelay440 said:
No problem. I'm writing a guide for my site on theming that's aimed at both beginners and advanced. I'll link it here when I'm done.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Any idea why when I flash white numbers into phone.apk it doesn't change anything? I am not in a place I can play with XML (no computer) so I tried something else.
Does pa/cm10 use a different apk?
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liquid150 said:
Any idea why when I flash white numbers into phone.apk it doesn't change anything? I am not in a place I can play with XML (no computer) so I tried something else.
Does pa/cm10 use a different apk?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Phone.apk dial numbers used for "During a call dialer" so you have to change Contacts.apk dial numbers.

Yep- he's right. The ones in phone.apk are for the in-call dialpad.

Is there a fairly specific tutorial thread that I can turn to for editing XML files? From my very limited understanding I have to decompile it and work through it myself. Do I do this through ADB and push it? Is there an ADB tutorial to do things like that? I was hoping somebody here has a fairly specific noob-friendly tutorial.
My issue is that most of the tutorials that I have seen just say things like "use X tool and decompile." Well, I don't know how to do that. lol.
Thanks to everyone for all your help, and also to anybody else that helps in advance.

liquid150 said:
Is there a fairly specific tutorial thread that I can turn to for editing XML files? From my very limited understanding I have to decompile it and work through it myself. Do I do this through ADB and push it? Is there an ADB tutorial to do things like that? I was hoping somebody here has a fairly specific noob-friendly tutorial.
My issue is that most of the tutorials that I have seen just say things like "use X tool and decompile." Well, I don't know how to do that. lol.
Thanks to everyone for all your help, and also to anybody else that helps in advance.
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For decompile:
*you will need to have Java runtime installed*
1.download http://minus.com/mwgtTbmZd
2.create a folder c:\apktools
3.Take the zip and unzip all 4 files to c:\apktools
4.You will need to pull the framework-res.apk from the rom you are working on. Copy it to c:\apktools
5.Rename apktool.jar.1.4.2 to apktool.jar
6.Open a command window and make sure everything you do from now on is while you are in this folder c:\apktools
* If you don't know how, just open command window and by use this command ( cd.. ) until you are in ( C:\ ) driver then ( cd apktools )
7.In command window type: java -jar apktool.jar if framework-res.apk
You only need to do this once, unless you are working on a different Rom
8.decompile framework-res with apktool: java -jar apktool.jar d framework-res.apk
make any changes you want
9.Now compile: java -jar apktool.jar b framework-res
If you get error compile it with apktool version 1.4.3, So what I do at this point is rename apktool.jar to apktool.1.4.2, and then rename apktool.jar.1.4.3 to apktool.jar
10.Once it is done compiling you will need to go to c:\apktools\framework-res\dist and you will now see your new framework-res.apk
Just remember to copy any apk you want to decompile right into the root of c:\apktools
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Now put your new for example framework-res in flashable zip (attached) and flash by using Rom Manager aka CWM.
Note that framework-res.apk should be inside framework folder, and SystemUI.apk inside app folder.

I'll make one tonight and link it.
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Oh, one more question...is this a lot easier to do in Linux? I haven't installed my copy of Ubuntu on my new box yet because I haven't felt the need yet.

liquid150 said:
Oh, one more question...is this a lot easier to do in Linux? I haven't installed my copy of Ubuntu on my new box yet because I haven't felt the need yet.
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I'd start in Linux since more of the advanced concepts require it.
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Check this out. It might help http://www.jbthemes.com/artvandelay440/theming-guide/

I am having trouble finding the status bar xml controlling clock color (battery, too). I am not seeing a values nor styles folder nor XML in System UI. My ROM is DarkPA. If anybody knows offhand where I should look please let me know, otherwise I will continue on my own.

you won't see a /values folder until you decompile it. then, it will be in /res.

liquid150 said:
Oh, one more question...is this a lot easier to do in Linux? I haven't installed my copy of Ubuntu on my new box yet because I haven't felt the need yet.
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get that ubuntu booted
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If you still need help tomorrow let me know. I could either do the edits for you or help you with the apps you need ...

Thyrus said:
If you still need help tomorrow let me know. I could either do the edits for you or help you with the apps you need ...
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I am available as well. Hit me up via talk if need be. I have helped many setup theming. Although i use xdaautoapktool which is much more comprehensive theming tool...
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[Q] Edit system/framework/services.jar

Can anyone fill me in on details of how to edit java executable files? I would like to remove the GPS icon from the notification bar in the ROM I am using and the best I could come up with is this: The file I need to change is in system/framework/services.jar
Better yet, does anyone have a flashable zip with an edited services file that has no GPS icon? I would like one that works with Sense 3.0 ROMs.

If you use gimp or photoshop its pretty easy just make the GPS.png file or what ever its named in the framework-res.apk and make it transparent.
Then zip the app and sign it with a META-INF signer.
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Or you could replace the picture itself with an empty picture so that when GPS is on and so are other radios, there won't be a random empty space there. Also, to explain how to edit the "java executable", let me explain how java works
So the reason that java is great is that its cross platform. But how? So when a .jar file is created, that's actually not 100% compiled itself, its more like 60/70% of the way there. And that's where the JRE comes in. When you open a .jar file, the code is compiled the rest of the way into bytecode that the specific OS its running on can interpret.
So there is really no such thing as a "java executable". The "jar" format is basically just a ZIP file with partially compiled code, so what you need to do is extract all the files from it (use 7Zip or something) and then get a .class decompiler (I recommend JD-GUI, its free and one of the best out there. It also has an option to decompile all the files into .java files and packages it into a .zip) and then just look at the source code. The problem is to find where exactly the GPS icon is set up, because when you decompile it, its going to be a huge mass of folders and folders and folders of files
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lreyes said:
If you use gimp or photoshop its pretty easy just make the GPS.png file or what ever its named in the framework-res.apk and make it transparent.
Then zip the app and sign it with a META-INF signer.
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Thank you very much for your reply. The information I originally found pointed me in the wrong direction. I found the images I want to edit in the data\sysapp\SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi. There are five .png files all starting with names like sym_gpsone_0_sprint.png. I've included some below.
All of the other modifications I have made to the ROM I am running involved using m10 and the fusion.apk or the Idlescreen_Base.apk. I know how to make those changes work on my phone. If I alter the .png images in the SystemUI.apk, I know how to zip it again, but I could use some instructions on how to sign it with a META-INF signer.

HopHead68 said:
Thank you very much for your reply. The information I originally found pointed me in the wrong direction. I found the images I want to edit in the data\sysapp\SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-hdpi. There are five .png files all starting with names like sym_gpsone_0_sprint.png. I've included some below.
All of the other modifications I have made to the ROM I am running involved using m10 and the fusion.apk or the Idlescreen_Base.apk. I know how to make those changes work on my phone. If I alter the .png images in the SystemUI.apk, I know how to zip it again, but I could use some instructions on how to sign it with a META-INF signer.
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Let me get on my comp and I'll link you
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CNexus said:
Let me get on my comp and I'll link you
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Thank you everyone who replied and tried to help me out. After searching around some more, I managed to make the modifications work.
Damn, ain't things easy once you know what you're doing? Anyhow, the results are below. No more GPS icon whether the GPS is on or off now.
Thanks again.
If anyone wants a brief tutorial just ask and I'll be glad to help.

HopHead68 said:
Thank you everyone who replied and tried to help me out. After searching around some more, I managed to make the modifications work.
Damn, ain't things easy once you know what you're doing? Anyhow, the results are below. No more GPS icon whether the GPS is on or off now.
Thanks again.
If anyone wants a brief tutorial just ask and I'll be glad to help.
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Dude. So sorry, completely forget to post after telling you
But anyway, the process is explained in the following thread, as well as how to make a flashable zip in case anyone else is interested
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611615
But again, so sorry about that
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CNexus said:
Dude. So sorry, completely forget to post after telling you
But anyway, the process is explained in the following thread, as well as how to make a flashable zip in case anyone else is interested
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611615
But again, so sorry about that
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium
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No worries at all. Before you put this up, I figured it out. Part guidance, part stumbling though the dark and some luck led to success.
Thanks for the help.
Cheers.

[NOOB] My First Mod

Hello all,
after a rather once-in-a-blue-moon stint at xda, I was able to finally get going on a mod of my own! Well, it is just a few change of colors in an app.
I am using a GT-S6102 running stock ROM and Compact kernel by Deadly.
Also, a BIG thanks to Deadly for taking the time to go through my stupid questions, and answering them.
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I know it isn't much, guessing by the standards of the people around here - but I though it would be good for noobs like me, and so here I am!
WHAT I DID
Nothing much. I did the following:
Pull out the Mms.apk and Mms.odex from /system/app/
Deodex the application using baksmali and smali
add classes.dex into the apk with 7zip
decompile the apk with apktool
make a few changes to the images (and hence the look of the app)
package it back
install it with adb, by pushing it to /system/app/ after removing the original apk and odex from /system/app/
AND A QUESTION, PLEASE!
I tried to find a complete tutorial from A to Z for this process, but didn't find anything that was COMPLETE and SELF-SUFFICIENT (i.e. Doesn't get away with partial information).
Is it a good idea to make one here, or has everyone had enough of those tuts? Please post your comments in the thread.
And for those interested, here is the modified apk.

I think this isn't a mod,but a tutorial.
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74M3NUMB3RS said:
I think this isn't a mod,but a tutorial.
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Well, on second thought, it does seem like one - but it wasn't meant to be...
It barely explains what I did in those steps.