Just thought I'd share what I've run across so far. After updating to rc33 the market would not work, I have since done a wipe, tried installing a complete them I converted to rc33 and it gets stuck on the second boot screen, so I decided to play with some files and see what could be causing it. I removed the framework-res.apk and replaced it with the stock one. Now I'm getting to the android logo screen, so something may have changed with framework and I am using the template to create this theme. I noticed I was still getting txt messages even though I was on the android logo screen, I've seen this before when I removed Launcher.apk and didn't replace it. So I replaced my launcher with stock and it boots up my theme, sorta.
I have a list of icons that do not take the new icons i've created.
Amazon
Camera
myFaves
Market
Pictures
Settings
Superuser
Terminal
Voice Dialer
Voice Search
Youtube
Everything else is working just fine and copied over. What kinds of problems has anyone else run into? I'm done for the night, gonna work on it some more tomorrow
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including a link to a modified jf rc33 file that frees up system space by removing media files
http://www.mediafire.com/file/zy4myo...C33_light2.zip
I can't get past the Android screen. Is there a way to go back to RC30?
I updated to RC33 and had Buuf installed before the update. Installed the RC33 first then the radio, no issues. It even kept my Buuf wallpaper.
I just installed the light version of Buuf that the creator released a bit ago and had no issues updating that. Maybe he can shed some light
SVTRacer said:
I can't get past the Android screen. Is there a way to go back to RC30?
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did you make a back up with Nandroid? You can also put RC30 update on your SD card and boot into recovery console and update back from there.
Not sure how the new Radio is going to work with RC30 though
any theme creators wanna chime in?
I am not a creator but I have some input I guess. It is very puzzling.
I edited Stericson's stock theme template, changed app icons (removed some apps) resigned each APK, modified the framework-res.apk (did not touch any xml files, and tried to only modify images I thought were changed to create Blue Star 5 - my basis for theming). I zipped it up, signed the zip. And updated my phone.
It took a while to get past the android logo (which by the way did not change color as I expected with the new framework files), but eventually booted up for me. No problem. My case may be special, because before I applied my update I removed some stock APK's and all the stock ringtones, ensuring I had room to spare on my /system partition. I removed amazon, email, and IM - the APK's and ODEX's. My update zip that I used initially to apply my theme contained :
All APK's except those listed above - resigned all that I modified.
And JUST the framework-res.apk
I have since modified some more files in the framework and created another update.zip that just included that file - it applied just fine.
However, no one else has been able to install this theme on their phone (that I know of), and I can't figure out why. Maybe it is the space that I had free?
I am at work right now but when I get home I am going to start from scratch. last night I was using stericson rc33 and was installing the hole drawable folders to the apk.did not think there are new images in some of the apk.that is what you get when you try to get a theme out fast and I am going to look to make sure the images are still the same name .there is some new apk. in rc33 and not just voicesearch.apk and tmoimplugin.apk and like i said at work so i don't have the names rc30 has one apk. not in rc33
yeah tmoimplugin.apk is where all the emoticons for Im are stored.
I just tried editing the clock in launcher and applying it but it didn't work. Maybe it does have somehthing to do with system being too full, that could explain why only some icons are changing.
I installed a theme and now I'm stuck on the Android screen.
I have RC 33 and I tried wiping data and still won't work.
Help Please
Anyone know how to get rid of the theme and wipe everything back to RC 33?
I don't have access to my sd card so I can't reinstall RC 33.
Can anyone help me?
please don't spam the boards, this thread is about figuring out what issues are keeping us from installing themes. If you don't have access to another computer you can't reflash the jfrc33 update
daveid said:
I am not a creator but I have some input I guess. It is very puzzling.
I edited Stericson's stock theme template, changed app icons (removed some apps) resigned each APK, modified the framework-res.apk (did not touch any xml files, and tried to only modify images I thought were changed to create Blue Star 5 - my basis for theming). I zipped it up, signed the zip. And updated my phone.
It took a while to get past the android logo (which by the way did not change color as I expected with the new framework files), but eventually booted up for me. No problem. My case may be special, because before I applied my update I removed some stock APK's and all the stock ringtones, ensuring I had room to spare on my /system partition. I removed amazon, email, and IM - the APK's and ODEX's. My update zip that I used initially to apply my theme contained :
All APK's except those listed above - resigned all that I modified.
And JUST the framework-res.apk
I have since modified some more files in the framework and created another update.zip that just included that file - it applied just fine.
However, no one else has been able to install this theme on their phone (that I know of), and I can't figure out why. Maybe it is the space that I had free?
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I think you are on to something with this, I removed the amazon app then reflashed one of my update files and now my custom my faves icon showed up. Of course i got forceclose on a few things and my phone wouldn't find service. I wonder how we see how much free space is in system
I am not spamming.
Obviously I installed a theme which caused my phone to screw up.
Don't worry I'll try and figure it out myself, thanks for your help.
Possible solution to RC33 theme crisis!
Ok I'm not entirely sure how or why this works, but with any luck a sharper mind will! Whenever i replaced the application icons or frame images the phone hangs at boot and i'm forced to unplug and restore via nandroid. However if i copy the image file, edit it with gimp and then put it back (resigning both the apk and the zip, it updates perfectly. At present i have modified about half of my icons and got a new splash screen. I just thought i'd share this success and hope someone can work out whats different about the new icons etc.
three posts in 10 minutes is spamming. starting a new thread would have been better
I am not sure what changed but i tried copying the PNGs i changed in framework-res from FadetoBlue and it won't go past the first screen. But i did try editting a bunch of files from RC33 and it works fine. So i think most the themes will need to be rebuilt from RC33.
Just my 2cents. hope i am wrong though.
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I think you are on to something with this, I removed the amazon app then reflashed one of my update files and now my custom my faves icon showed up. Of course i got forceclose on a few things and my phone wouldn't find service. I wonder how we see how much free space is in system
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From terminal emulator or ADB run "df".
Try removing some stock APKs from your update file, and see where that gets you. Of course, remove them from your phone.
Safe ones are (if you don't use them) com.amazon.mp3, email, IM. You can remove the apks and odex's if you don't use those programs. That's what I did and my theme flashed fine on my phone, but not on others (who probably have those files installed) also I removed the stock ringtones, you can just pull the whole /system/media folder and push it back after testing.
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I am not sure what changed but i tried copying the PNGs i changed in framework-res from FadetoBlue and it won't go past the first screen. But i did try editting a bunch of files from RC33 and it works fine. So i think most the themes will need to be rebuilt from RC33.
Just my 2cents. hope i am wrong though.
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I just copied pngs as well, and it did work for me. I think Stericsson hit it on the head when he mentioned free space in my other thread. Definitely an avenue to explore.
yeah this is a free space issue, with the stock rc33 update I only have 352k avail in system, I just made a file with only app icons being changed, by rebuilding from scratch and now system has 0 available and not all my icons flashed over, infact it even removed myfaves.
Hi there,
So I've been able to finally configure the not. bar from root, pushing over files onto the system folder, etc. (Actually did it by putting on the SD card, then Android Emulator'd in into place).
As soon as you go through the launcher pro route, if you change anything the notification bar switches back to the full jet black kinda theme.
So the real question is, is there a file to pull from the phone specifically for launcher pro to edit these kind of interfaces? If so, where is it, and is as easy as pushes files to and from .apk folders?
Running samset 1.9 on android 2.1
No one?
OK, I've searched everywhere I can think of - so can anyone help?
New Android user, still learning. I have created a few folders on my home screen for regularly used apps (Games, Admin, etc.) but everytime I reboot I seem to lose the art for a number of them (I suspect the ones that have had updates since original install).
I can refresh them by deleting the icon from the folder and re-adding from 'all apps' - but this is a pain everytime I reboot (i.e. every morning).
Is there anyway I can stop it losing the art?
fyi: I am now on Virtuous ROM, but I had the same issue with the original Stock ROM (Overclocked) before I flashed.
Any advice appreciated.
Ok, I am so flippin' confused right now!
I am running redemptive revolution rom and noticed that the background for the clock is "missing" (or just transparent).
I have looked at the png files inside the apk for htcclockwidget but can't seem to figure out what is changing the color!
I've even tried pushing the htcclockwidget.apk file from other roms to the phone but they never work. (always end missing from the widget adding screen) even after changing permissions with root explorer the widget never shows up after numerous restarts!
Anyone have a suggestion that I might not have tried?
ok, feel free to delete this.....I tried flashing a new clock via recovery and it actually worked that way!
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Also, I think I would have been fine replacing it with root explorer too but needed to go into programs and find HTC Sense and clear data! (just in case someone else runs into the same problem I had)
Files saved to the Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarm folders show up in the lists on the phone for selection, but the displayed names include a very long file path and on some screens the actual names of the sounds are not visible.
Is there any way to hide these paths and just display the file name?
Thanks.
Could you just rename the files?
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk
The file names are already only one or two words each. Android is adding the paths when it displays the names of the sounds in the UI lists throughout the OS.
I don't have this problem when looking up alarm sounds with the stock clock application. I also don't have a problem using the stock file manager nor the sound picker (when choosing notification or ringtones from settings menu)
What application are you using for this? If it is a 3rd party application the developer needs to fix the app.
It's not a problem with any app, as it OS wide with any files that I manually added to the Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms folders. Stock sounds that came already on the phone appear fine in all lists.
Thanks
wspaw said:
It's not a problem with any app, as it OS wide with any files that I manually added to the Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms folders. Stock sounds that came already on the phone appear fine in all lists.
Thanks
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I can't reproduce the issue on my end. I also don't get the tabbed screen you placed in your first post (what app are you using for that?).
What is the model phone you have? Are you running a custom launcher? What firmware version are you using? Have you tried a factory data reset?
Have you disabled, removed or flashed something other then the original firmware (i.e. custom rom, U1 firmware to replace U firmware, etc) that came with the phone?
The first screen shot is from the Google Clock app.
I am using an AT&T branded Note 10+ (SM-N975U). The launcher is the Microsoft Launcher. Firmware Version N975USQ2BTA6. I have not done a factory reset (and don't want to).
I have not flashed anything. It is stock, except for AT&T OTA updates.
wspaw said:
The first screen shot is from the Google Clock app.
I am using an AT&T branded Note 10+ (SM-N975U). The launcher is the Microsoft Launcher. Firmware Version N975USQ2BTA6. I have not done a factory reset (and don't want to).
I have not flashed anything. It is stock, except for AT&T OTA updates.
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Try using the stock launcher and clock app.. your wanting to see if the issue is present with stock apps.
Granted factory data resets are not fun, but it maybe necessary in case of file corruption.
Switching to the stock launcher and using the Samsung Clock app doesn't change anything. The second screenshot is from the list of sounds straight from the Notifications screen in the OS Settings interface.
I don't think any files are corrupted, as everything is there, it's just how the OGG files are displayed in the lists that the Android uses to present the sounds for selction.
wspaw said:
Switching to the stock launcher and using the Samsung Clock app doesn't change anything. The second screenshot is from the list of sounds straight from the Notifications screen in the OS Settings interface.
I don't think any files are corrupted, as everything is there, it's just how the OGG files are displayed in the lists that the Android uses to present the sounds for selction.
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Try converting the .ogg files to (and replacing the .ogg file afterwards with the) .mp3
Same. Anything I put in those folders on the phone via file explorer show up with the entire path, regardless of format.