Hero without Rosie/senseui/touchflo - G1 Android Development

Sorry all I didn't mean to abandon the thread. I drove 11&1/2 hours yesterday from Elburn, IL to Dimondale, MI and back to pick up a rare polydactyl kitten. "Mew mew mew mew meow mew mew".....
Se7eN43 said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6bf0dcc2f919bfb907258ee67c679e4ae04e75f6e8ebb871
download and take the 2 files "launcher.apk and launher.odex" and copy them to the root of your sdcard. then open terminal and type the commands..
su [enter]
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system [enter]
cd /sdcard/ [enter]
busybox cp launcher.apk /system/app [enter]
busybox cp launcher.odex /system/app [enter]
then reboot
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You heard the man! get downloading.
I have to redownload hero myself. I was in traffic going down I-94E coming into Indiana, and maps took over a minute to get me back to the home screen. I was furious lol. so i went to the forum and grabbed the latest cyanogen and flashed on the go.
while my downloads are going, and my skillet is cooking I'll throw out what cleanup commands I remember using.
Code:
su
cd system/apps
rm ./*idget*
rm ./*itter*
rm ./*eather*
rm ./*tock*
Yes I am one lazy ass bastard more to come ...
mmmmm skillet.
Here's what I have in my /system/app
Code:
# cd system
cd system
# cd app
cd app
# ls
ls
gtalkservice.apk
Launcher.apk
checkin.apk
Vending.apk
UserDictionaryProvider.odex
UserDictionaryProvider.apk
UploadProvider.odex
UploadProvider.apk
Updater.odex
Updater.apk
TelephonyProvider.odex
TelephonyProvider.apk
Talk.apk
Superuser.apk
Stk.odex
Stk.apk
SettingsProvider.odex
SettingsProvider.apk
Settings.odex
Settings.apk
Phone.odex
Phone.apk
PackageInstaller.odex
PackageInstaller.apk
NetworkLocation.apk
Mms.odex
Mms.apk
MediaUploader.apk
MediaProvider.odex
MediaProvider.apk
ImProvider.odex
ImProvider.apk
HtcStreamPlayer.odex
HtcStreamPlayer.apk
HtcSoundRecorder.odex
HtcSoundRecorder.apk
HtcSettingsProvider.odex
HtcSettingsProvider.apk
HtcMusic.odex
HtcMusic.apk
HtcLockScreen.odex
HtcLockScreen.apk
HtcLocationService.odex
HtcLocationService.apk
HtcLocationPicker.odex
HtcLocationPicker.apk
HtcContacts.odex
HtcContacts.apk
HTMLViewer.odex
HTMLViewer.apk
HTC_IME.odex
HTC_IME.apk
HTCNew.odex
HTCNew.apk
HTCCamera.odex
HTCCamera.apk
HTCAlbum.odex
HTCAlbum.apk
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.odex
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk
GoogleSettingsProvider.apk
GoogleSearch.odex
GoogleSearch.apk
GoogleContactsProvider.odex
GoogleContactsProvider.apk
GoogleApps.apk
GmailProvider.apk
GSD.odex
GSD.apk
FlashPlayer.odex
FlashPlayer.apk
FilePicker.odex
FilePicker.apk
DrmProvider.odex
DrmProvider.apk
DownloadProvider.odex
DownloadProvider.apk
DCSUtility.odex
DCSUtility.apk
DCSReverseGeocode.odex
DCSReverseGeocode.apk
DCSImpl.odex
DCSImpl.apk
DCSGeocode.odex
DCSGeocode.apk
CustomizationSettingsProvider.odex
CustomizationSettingsProvider.apk
Clicker.odex
Clicker.apk
CheckinProvider.odex
CheckinProvider.apk
CertificateService.odex
CertificateService.apk
CalendarProvider.odex
CalendarProvider.apk
Calendar.odex
Calendar.apk
Calculator.odex
Calculator.apk
Browser.odex
Browser.apk
AccountManager.odex
AccountManager.apk
Launcher.odex
#
Warning you will get a force close message each boot if you remove the social network provider file. i still did it and I'm looking on how to get rid of the message

The "One Thing" about Hero above all else is its Rosie interface. Get rid of it and you have a really crippled Hero. Of coure Hero has a nice dialer, facebook/twitter support etc but I'm pretty certain 90% of people want Hero for its UI

one word: FLASH
F**K the rest

This is exactly what ive been hoping for!!!!

yeah i recently left all social networks ... i remembered that I'm not a social person and I really dont even like to leave the house so who needs 'em?
I have a feeling that plenty of people know whats wrong but wont tell me because my searchFu is weak

The Launcher.apk that comes with the latest Hero releases will work as the standard Launcher. For example, I'm running JACHero 2.1 right now in this same fashion (Rosie, Stocks, QuickOffice, Widgets and various other bloat removed) It functions very well, and makes everything way more responsive when you ditch the TouchFlo UI, but you will also lose the widgets. The upside to it though is that almost every widget in TouchFlo is basically an interface for its main app. So even though you're using a standard Launcher.apk, you can still fire up Weather, Twitter (HTC Peep), Stocks, etc. The dialer, Contacts, Facebook integration and such remain intact.
This a great way for people who don't have class 6 SD cards and run into excessive loading times, or the few users who just plain don't like the TouchFlo interface.
If you're running JACHero, you should already have a Launcher.apk in your apps directory. You can either go into your applications list, click on Rosie, and Clear defaults (then press the Home button to select your Home of choice) or simple delete the Rosie.apk and Rosie.odex files from your build to automatically make Launcher.apk your default home screen (Make sure you actually do have the Launcher.apk in the apps directory before you do this though, or you'll be stuck staring at a ghosted boot screen)
Also, I'll add that i did attempt to use the 5 icon 5 screen Launcher from TheDude's build, but it wouldn't work in the Hero rom for some reason.

Ima try it out

Seems that the Launcher.apk has been removed from JACHero builds 2.3.1 and higher. If you don't have it in your build, you can most likely pull it from and earlier 2.x build that is 2.3 or lower.

here you all go. i needed this because i have to create a "Phone Info" shortcut with Any Cut to switch to "WCDMA Only" so my 3G signal does not drop and the shortcut doesnt show up on the TouchFlo interface.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6bf0dcc2f919bfb907258ee67c679e4ae04e75f6e8ebb871
download and take the 2 files "launcher.apk and launher.odex" and copy them to the root of your sdcard. then open terminal and type the commands..
su [enter]
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system [enter]
cd /sdcard/ [enter]
busybox cp launcher.apk /system/app [enter]
busybox cp launcher.odex /system/app [enter]
then reboot

You will need to grab Launcher from an earlier JACHero 2.x build if you want to use it. It is not included in the roms you mentioned, and as you have already noticed ones from non-hero builds won't work. Sure would be nice to get the 5 screen mod working on the launcher from hero.
Touchflo is definately more appealing to the eye, but it really isn't happy running on the Dream. All the Hero roms I've tested run great with launcher as default. Even the ones from before the tweaking was done. I know there are moddified versions or Rosie in some of the roms that are supposed to use less ram, but I still didn't really notice much of a differance when using them. Just installed the new "Super Optimized" one that coolbho3000 posted and it works great so far.
Here's a couple ideas (for someone more skilled then myself)[still learning]
How about a modified version of launcher to mimic touchflo? Would it be hard to make an overlay above drawer level that has links to dialer, add to home, and open drawer? If most people just like use it for the look
someone could even make one for non HERO builds.
Also, since all the "HTC" widgets are linked to apps, could we possibly make "Android" widget clones of them? I know it's probably too much time and hassle, but this would be good for use with hero apps (like the music player) that are ported to other builds.

Personally I'm getting sick of the hero build ... yeah the launcher looks good but the only good point is that it has flash player while its looking by the end of October its will be released to the android community
I'm now waiting for the Ophone build to be ported lol I actually sat there and said I WILL BE THE ONE TO DO IT! ..... I haven't a clue where to start ha-ha
but my quick answer to the above question I Believe if you push the old launcher .apk first then u should be able to upgrade to cyanogen launcher.apk

hey im getting ready to remove rosie and what not.....since im not gonna be using rosie, cant i do away with all the htc widgets??

jj972 said:
hey im getting ready to remove rosie and what not.....since im not gonna be using rosie, cant i do away with all the htc widgets??
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yea u can.. while in reg home u can't use them widgets anyways
i use TouchFLO for the looks im use to the lag by now...

Yeah that's fine to do just either adb it or manually uninstall them you're choice

jshields said:
Yeah that's fine to do just either adb it or manually uninstall them you're choice
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is there any other files besides the apks and odexs i can remove for the widgets and rosie?
EDIT:Everything seems real smooth....exactly what i expected...

Se7eN43 said:
here you all go. i needed this because i have to create a "Phone Info" shortcut with Any Cut to switch to "WCDMA Only" so my 3G signal does not drop and the shortcut doesnt show up on the TouchFlo interface.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6bf0dcc2f919bfb907258ee67c679e4ae04e75f6e8ebb871
download and take the 2 files "launcher.apk and launher.odex" and copy them to the root of your sdcard. then open terminal and type the commands..
su [enter]
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system [enter]
cd /sdcard/ [enter]
busybox cp launcher.apk /system/app [enter]
busybox cp launcher.odex /system/app [enter]
then reboot
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hey thanks for the help... umm the only problem im having is that i dont know what to do with launcher.rar how do i open it to extract the Launcher.apk and the Launcher.odex files (im on a mac, but also have a PC i could use)....Do i open with winrar (i only have on my PC)......the rest of the steps i know how to do cuz i've done this before.....thanks in advance
P.S
PLZ if some on knows how to make a 5 screened (auto-rotate *cough*) Launcher.apk that is compatible with JACHERO 2.3.3, that would be grate and i think im talking for all of us when i say "THAT SH*T WOULD BE AWESOME"...so if you want the respect of many, and have the skill to do this...PLZ DO!!!!
Thanks again in advanced

Se7eN43 said:
here you all go. i needed this because i have to create a "Phone Info" shortcut with Any Cut to switch to "WCDMA Only" so my 3G signal does not drop and the shortcut doesnt show up on the TouchFlo interface.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6bf0dcc2f919bfb907258ee67c679e4ae04e75f6e8ebb871
download and take the 2 files "launcher.apk and launher.odex" and copy them to the root of your sdcard. then open terminal and type the commands..
su [enter]
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system [enter]
cd /sdcard/ [enter]
busybox cp launcher.apk /system/app [enter]
busybox cp launcher.odex /system/app [enter]
then reboot
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thanks for this,
I tried touchflo hero but it was way too slow and clunky but I really like the HTC apps so using the alternative home launcher is much better for me.
Best of both worlds
BTW I'm one of those rare people who haven't done apps2sd
me = Black G1
JAC2.3.3 with old launcher = happy

If you've never heard of rar it means you must be a windows only user which means you probably want this
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

stupid cat made me double post. i've only got 10 fingers, he's got 14 how can i compete

tried to get jachero again. got a boot loop after alt+w alt+s (three times) gonna redownload

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Porting Hero Parts

Well I dont know if someone else is working on this..so MODs spare with me. if someone is then close this thread. Moving on.
I've actually ported the Official Hero Camera/Camcorder (the one used from the Speedup Hero thread) to JF1.5 and it worked. A
LL FILES CAN BE FOUND IN HAYKURO'S HERO ROM(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521059) EXCEPT HTCCAMERA.APK WHICH I POSTED LINK FOR.
REMOVE CAMERA.APK FROM YOUR BUILD FIRST!!!!
NOTE: Installing the HTC Camera will also remove the old Gallery app with the old Camera, So HTC Gallery has to be ported.
PUSH THESE FILES TO THE FOLLOWING PLACES. THERE ALSO FOUND IN THE EXACT LOCATION FROM HERO. HTCCAMERA.APK IS FROM TEHSEANO'S SPEEDUP FOLDER
# NECESSARY FILES
Code:
SYSTEM - FRAMEWORK FOLDER
i.) com.htc.android.pimlib.jar
ii.) com.htc.framework.jar
iii.) com.htc.resources.apk
iv.)com.htc.android.easopen.jar (Dont know if needed but still ported it)
v.) ime.jar(Cant say if needed, it already has But still can have differencs)
SYSTEM - ETC - PERMISSIONS FOLDER
i.) platform.xml (MUST BE REPLACED VERY IMPORTANT FOR HTC APP FRAMEWORK)
II.) com.htc.framework.xml(Not sure if needed but doesn't kill to port)
SYSTEM - APP FOLDER
i.) HTCCamera.apk(FOUND HERE TEHSEANO:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521421)
SYSTEM - LIB FOLDER
i.) libcamera.so
ii.) libcameraservice.so
iii.) libqcamera.so
iv.) libcamerahal.so
v.) libc.so(dont know if needed)
HTCALBUM (Gallery) [So cant say these libraries are complete files needed]
Code:
SYSTEM - APP FOLDER
i.) HTCAlbum.apk
SYSTEM - LIB FOLDER
i.) libexif_htcalbum.so
Known Issues
1.the camera is now affected by the auto rotate sensor so when holding the phone upright, the camera is rotated oddly. (but have taken the pic, the pic is upright how its suppose in the gallery)
2. the shutter sound can't be shut off. Even with the option unclicked in the menu it still sounds off, although if I have read correctly, this is a Google bad in Android & not the actual app.
3. clicking the icon on the bottom (the gallery icon I'm guessing?) causes a force close
AS YOU CAN SEE I CANT ALL CREDIT FOR THIS BECAUSE I USED SANGEET.003 THREAD AS REFERENCE(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=515840)
WILL TRY OTHER BUILDS WITH MY SPARE G1 AND TRY DIFFERENT APPS/WIDGETS..HELP IS APPRECIATED
CREDIT GOES TO HAYKURO,SANGEET,TEHSEANO, JF, IF I FORGOT YOU THEN PM ME AND ILL ADD
see if you can port the browser with flash, that would be a nice addition
I just posted a thread with the opposite in mind, but the same search for matching files. I am trying to find what files go to what apps so I can remove them to make rosie work even faster. you might check out my thread to see if any of those apps are on your list or vice versa.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3883770#post3883770
Darkrift said:
I just posted a thread with the opposite in mind, but the same search for matching files. I am trying to find what files go to what apps so I can remove them to make rosie work even faster. you might check out my thread to see if any of those apps are on your list or vice versa.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3883770#post3883770
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will do...reading now
Anyway to have Rosie on Roger's?
Hmm if I have this correct then you and I are trying to do teh same thing =). I'm trying to find all teh necessary files to port the HtcMusic.apk from Rosie to Ion and in doing so I hope to extend this to other apps as well (possible get widgets too, dunno if it works that way though).
thelamacmdr said:
Hmm if I have this correct then you and I are trying to do teh same thing =). I'm trying to find all teh necessary files to port the HtcMusic.apk from Rosie to Ion and in doing so I hope to extend this to other apps as well (possible get widgets too, dunno if it works that way though).
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i think music app you will also need the .odex file. i think for everything you will need the files i posted as necessary for theme to work because it has to deal with htc framework.
try these:
libm.so
libmedia.so
libmedia_jni.so
libmediaplayerservice.so
Try to port the Twitter widget .
defconoi said:
see if you can port the browser with flash, that would be a nice addition
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oh crap does it really have flash player
This sounds like a wonderful idea. I'd love to see some of the widgets that rosie have come to the other roms. I hope this plan stays in motion!
is there a reason why my gallery isnt there and wont work when i click on the gallery icon on the camera screen?
superg05 said:
oh crap does it really have flash player
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yeah just to give you a visual.... went to adobe on the browser to check...
How about the twitter widget.. i'd love it!
doubleokneegro said:
yeah just to give you a visual.... went to adobe on the browser to check...
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we must port this at the least over, any idea what dependencies/libs it needs to work on 1.5 ?
hmm all the libraries wont fit on /system we may need to use the alternate spl...
maybe we can just symlink the individual files wherever we have space on the device
i highly doubt the widgets can be ported over.
the widgets were designed specifically for the Rosie UI.
as you all know Rosie, is just a fancy home replacement, similar to aHome, or Open Home.
remember before 1.5 when each of these had there on specific widgets.
well this works the same way.
regardless, good luck.
Porting the Hero Browser to DudeOfLife 1.2b
I am trying to port over the browser with flash, I spent a few hrs on it but gotta go to sleep, here is my progress...
Ok basically I moved the old framework to .bak files and copied over the htc framework from the hero rom and created symlinks to /cache/lib and /cache/framework and I still seem to be missing some libraries that I have symlinked. Note dont do any of this unless what you know what your doing, because it will cause your phone to constantly cycle while trying to load some libraries I am missing...
Here is the error im getting because im missing something:
D/dalvikvm( 137): Trying to load lib /system/lib/libwebcore.so 0x0
I/dalvikvm( 137): Unable to dlopen(/system/lib/libwebcore.so): Cannot find library
W/dalvikvm( 137): Exception Ljava/lang/UnsatisfiedLinkError; thrown during Landroid/webkit/WebViewCore;.<clinit>
D/AndroidRuntime( 137): Shutting down VM
And below is commands I used to symlink these libraries/apks because there isnt enough space in /system so I decided to use the 66 meg free on /cache
Of course you will have to adb push or cp your files from the hero rom thats either on your pc or on a sdcard
Code:
cd /system/framework/
busybox mv com.htc.framework.jar com.htc.framework.jar.bak
busybox mv com.htc.resources.apk com.htc.resources.apk.bak
ln -s /cache/framework/com.htc.framework.jar com.htc.framework.jar
ln -s /cache/framework/com.htc.resources.apk com.htc.resources.apk
cd /system/lib/
busybox mv libwebcore.so libwebcore.so.bak
busybox mv browsertestplugin.so browsertestplugin.so.bak
ln -s /cache/lib/libflashlite.so libflashlite.so
ln -s /cache/lib/libwebcore.so libwebcore.so
ln -s /cache/lib/browsertestplugin.so browsertestplugin.so
And of course the Browser.apk needs to be copied from Hero to /system/app
What libs am I missing?
Ok its 4:45 in the morning in Colorado, and im too tired to go on, if someone can continue where I left off and possibly suprise me in the morning with the browser ported that would be great!
Peace
defcon
Porting the Hero Browser to DudeOfLife 1.2b
I am trying to port over the browser with flash to dudes rom, I spent a few hrs on it but gotta go to sleep, here is my progress...
Ok basically I moved the old framework to .bak files and copied over the htc framework from the hero rom and created symlinks to /cache/lib and /cache/framework and I still seem to be missing some libraries that I have symlinked. Note dont do any of this unless what you know what your doing, because it will cause your phone to constantly cycle while trying to load some libraries I am missing...
Here is the error im getting because im missing something:
D/dalvikvm( 137): Trying to load lib /system/lib/libwebcore.so 0x0
I/dalvikvm( 137): Unable to dlopen(/system/lib/libwebcore.so): Cannot find library
W/dalvikvm( 137): Exception Ljava/lang/UnsatisfiedLinkError; thrown during Landroid/webkit/WebViewCore;.<clinit>
D/AndroidRuntime( 137): Shutting down VM
And below is commands I used to symlink these libraries/apks because there isnt enough space in /system so I decided to use the 66 meg free on /cache
Of course you will have to adb push or cp your files from the hero rom thats either on your pc or on a sdcard
Code:
cd /system/framework/
busybox mv com.htc.framework.jar com.htc.framework.jar.bak
busybox mv com.htc.resources.apk com.htc.resources.apk.bak
ln -s /cache/framework/com.htc.framework.jar com.htc.framework.jar
ln -s /cache/framework/com.htc.resources.apk com.htc.resources.apk
cd /system/lib/
busybox mv libwebcore.so libwebcore.so.bak
busybox mv browsertestplugin.so browsertestplugin.so.bak
ln -s /cache/lib/libflashlite.so libflashlite.so
ln -s /cache/lib/libwebcore.so libwebcore.so
ln -s /cache/lib/browsertestplugin.so browsertestplugin.so
Oh and dont forget to push the Browser.apk over
What libs am I missing?
Ok its 4:45 in the morning in Colorado, and im too tired to go on, if someone can continue where I left off and possibly suprise me in the morning with the browser ported that would be great!
Peace
defcon
In the hero rom there's a FlashPlayer.apk, you might need to port that over too for it to work
im really interested in getting this camera and camcorder to work correctly. what files do i move over to get the gallery back? because its kinda pointless to take pictures and videos if you cant send them anywhere? i tried doing it twice and i noticed that the gallery folders werent in the HTCCAMERA.apk so anyone have an idea? and flash would be nasty

HTC Keyboard installation on Magic Dev build (CRA71C)

I've been trying the various ROM builds (SFR 1.3,Hero and G2 Sapphire port) and found them slow/buggy but really only really wanted the HTC keyboard as opposed to the standard Android installed one. I then got hold of the HTC keyboard app "key.apk" and installed it
I can see it in "Locale&Text" as TouchInput and can enable it. The problem is I can't disable the built in one (Android Keyboard). Does anyone know how I can go about uninstalling/disabling the built in one so that the TouchInput one becomes active using abd for example?
Cheers
Dave
I think that would be like this:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/HTC_IME.apk
adb install key.apk <- i dont know where you can find this app i think in the original rom from your provider.
I dont now if this works but in roger thread somebody wrote it.
BR.
yes, you can't disable the HTC default keyboard, but I've seen the solution in one other topic on xda
First select the language keyboard you need and then go to where you want to type
When you're typing, press long the trackball or press on the text box and you'll see "Input method" (it's "mode de saisie" in french), and then you can select the new keyboard.
Thanks for your speedy replies. HTC_IME.APK doesn't exist in the APP folder...:
# ls
ls
GoogleContactsProvider.apk
CalendarProvider.apk
GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk
gtalkservice.apk
Vending.apk
Browser.apk
Contacts.apk
YouTube.apk
Talk.apk
SetupWizard.apk
GoogleApps.apk
GmailProvider.apk
Gmail.apk
Camera.apk
Calendar.apk
BugReport.apk
IM.apk
ImProvider.apk
checkin.apk
Mms.apk
TelephonyProvider.apk
SystemUpdater.apk
Street.apk
UserDictionaryProvider.apk
SettingsProvider.apk
Settings.apk
Phone.apk
PackageInstaller.apk
NetworkLocation.apk
Music.apk
SoundRecorder.apk
Launcher.apk
Live.apk
MediaProvider.apk
LatinIME.apk
HTMLViewer.apk
GoogleSearch.apk
FieldTest.apk
Email.apk
DrmProvider.apk
DownloadProvider.apk
Calculator.apk
AlarmClock.apk
MediaUploader.apk
Maps.apk
...so I tried the last suggestion and could select the keyboard but it just force closes as soon as selected. Back to the drawing doard for me (different apk maybe)...
Cheers
Dave
I followed haykuro's instruction to get Touch Input as one of the option and it worked.
Result!!
Thanks for that. I hadn't installed the libt9.so library file which was causing the problem. Works a treat now and as a bonus, seems to stay as the default keyboard. I was expecting to have to select the HTC keyboard each time I wanted to use the keyboard.
Thanks very much for all your help guys!
Dave
bachviet said:
I followed haykuro's instruction to get Touch Input as one of the option and it worked.
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I followed this too (and from post #3)and I love the new keyboard.

[Theme] 1.5 CDMA Hero BlackMashup Theme

Alot of this is from about a month ago when I started, been traveling alot since so just wanted to update this with my latest add-ons. Screenshots & update- TEBlackMashup_0.1_signed.zip - have been posted. I am going through updating below instructions.
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I love how fast my phone feels after fresh 1.1 & gumbo fw with setcpu but I wanted to start getting into changing some of the icons like some of the other android skins ive seen. I take 0 credit for any of these mods, I just took other skins and pieced them together. I will try to give props to everything i used at the bottom of the thread. Some of this is copypasta from other threads i posted so you might have seen this before. Also if your phone spontaneously combusts from following this its not my fault. This is my first shot at doing this so im shooting in the dark as much as most of you are. AS ALWAYS RUN A BACKUP FIRST
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Using all my changes:
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Attached TEBlackMashup_0.1_signed.zip that should be flashable like any other update. Tested update on mine running Gumbo FW/Fresh1.1 & all seems well. HtcContacts.apk & Phone.apk are zipaligned. Run a backup first.
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Using just part of theme:
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If you only want black dialer or only want status bar
Open TEBlackMashup_0.1_signed.zip in winrar, extract APKs you want. Send to phone using below instructions
HtcContacts.apk and Phone.apk contain the black dialer buttons.
framework-res.apk contains the statusbar mods
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Sending individual APKs to phone:
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(only needed if you are only applying part of this theme)
*One method is using fresh's kitchen to send files down.
*Use ADB to push files:
This example expects apks duped in C:\android\ Only run the push commands for the files you ripped out of rom.
Code:
cd C:\android\
adb remount
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb push HtcContacts.apk /system/app/HtcContacts.apk
adb push Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.apk
adb shell reboot
*Copying from sdcard if remount fails or probably from terminal on phone
Code:
adb shell
$ su
# cd /sdcard
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
# cp HtcContacts.apk /system/app/HtcContacts.apk
# cp Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.apk
# reboot
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Changing different parts of mod from scratch yourself:
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*Modifying the Status Bar:
Open /system/framework/framework-res.apk with Winrar. Status bar files are in /res/drawable & /res/drawable-480x320. Status_Bar*.png control the looks of the status bar (when you drag down on the notification bar). I took the one from enoch morph and replaced them into my framework-res.apk.
*Top Icons:
The voicemail icon is in in /system/framework/framework-res.apk in the /res/drawable folder called stat_notify_voicemail.png. I didn't like the pinknish purple background so i took the one from modaco and replaced the one in fresh.
Next I wanted to work off of Ratcoms battery icon. In the same /system/framework/framework-res.apk in the /res/drawable folder i took stat_sys_battery_* from his rom and plopped em back into the one from fresh1.1. Working on putting a charging symbol in.
Ratcom also had cool Download/Upload animation. In /system/framework/framework-res i put his stat_sys_download_* and stat_sys_upload_* from /res/drawable.
The wifi icons Ratcom I wanted to use as well. These are the stat_sys_wifi_signal* pngs.
CDMA Location & EVDO/1x data icons are in a different spot. I have not tried changing them yet but they are in /system/framework/com.htc.resources under the /res/drawable-480x320 folder. The EVDO/1x icons are stat_sys_data_*, The CDMA location seems to be sym_gpsone0 & sym_gpsone3
*Dialer Buttons:
Now i got into modifying the dialer buttons. These seem to be in /system/app/HTCContacts.apk. I took the phone_number_* pngs from /res/drawable-480x320 in CC SEO's mod (for the dream) and placed them in our HTCContacts.apk. I did the same in Phone.apk. I had to resize the top row of buttons to be 4px taller or there was a ugly grey bar inbetween rows, couldnt quite figure out where it was coming from. Only happened in htccontacts.apk not with phone.apk.
After you have your modified APKs you may wish to zipalign, then just push to phone following above steps.
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Props: (aka other roms i ripped apart)
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Fresh 1.1 - Amazing rom. Thanks for all the hard work flipzmode. More here
Modaco 1.3a unofficial used to grab VM & other stock icons from. Rom here
Battery Icon/Wifi Status from Ratcom's black metamorph theme
Translucent Status bar from Enoch morph here
Brock Task bar for Some bluetooth/syncing icons here
Phone Button mods CC SEO did for dream. Located here
nice work!
I have a Sprint Hero with Fresh 1.1 and I tried to change the dialer but it's not working. I downloaded HTCContacts.apk from your link to CC SEO and this is what I did but no change after reboot?
adb shell
# cd /sdcard
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp HTCContacts.apk /system/app/HTCContacts.apk
# reboot
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i wanna change the dialer also it works? aparently jpeepers could not get it to work o.o
FYI you guys can use the kitchen (v0.2) to push these back. It will allow you to push any file you want.
jpeepers said:
I have a Sprint Hero with Fresh 1.1 and I tried to change the dialer but it's not working. I downloaded HTCContacts.apk from your link to CC SEO and this is what I did but no change after reboot?
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You misunderstood I think. Don't take his HTCContacts.apk from his rom, i just took the PNG files and replaced them in the file from fresh's rom. Ill update the first post with the apk's i used in a second, just push those to your phone if you want it to look like mine.
flipzmode said:
FYI you guys can use the kitchen (v0.2) to push these back. It will allow you to push any file you want.
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what directory do i push the file too .o
magicalan said:
what directory do i push the file too .o
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Not sure about using fresh's kitchen, it might be easier. HTCContacts.apk has the black buttons mod, framework-res.apk has the battery/wifi/vm changes in it. Take whatever zip file you want to from my first post, extract it somewhere on your local computer. Push the .apk you want to the root of your SD card.
If you want just the framework-res file (battery/wifi/vm changes) after you have copied the apk to the sd card run this to put it in /system/framework/
Code:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
# reboot
If you want the black button mod in dialer after you have copied the HTCContacts.apk to the sd card run this to put it in /system/app/
Code:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cp HtcContacts.apk /system/app/HtcContacts.apk
# reboot
So I modified one picture in framework-res.apk. put the new picture in. Pushed the file...
Now I get stuck at the HTC boot screen??? WTF did I do? framework-res shouldn't stop it from booting!!!
I had to restore a back up and all seems well but I am totally freakin confused as to what I did wrong.
Anyone else had this happen?
I am going to try again now, but I am puzzled.
NVM After I pushed it again, it booted just fine.
Figured I would post my edit... I like it, you may not. First time I have ever done anything like this. Criticism is welcomed. Needs some touch up, not bad for 5 minutes worth of work.
BTW: the phone doesn't like it when you zipalign framework-res.apk thats what caused me not to boot. but it does take almost 1 mb off the size.
cant seem to get my phone to take the key stokes in command prompt it gives me an error about it not being able to be remounted. is it supposed to be in recovery? and can someone post every key stroke needed in command prompt to get these to work right?
whatsleft4her said:
cant seem to get my phone to take the key stokes in command prompt it gives me an error about it not being able to be remounted. is it supposed to be in recovery? and can someone post every key stroke needed in command prompt to get these to work right?
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Phone doesn't need to be in recovery...that may actually hinder it since BusyBox needs to run...I think thats how it works at least.
Boot the phone up.
Plug it in.
Open Command Prompt
"CD C:\AndroidSDK\Tools" - Or where ever your SDK file is
"adb shell"
--Then if you are pulling stuff from the phone
cd /system/app
cp /system/app/HtcContacts.apk /sdcard
cp /system/framework/framework-res.apk /sdcard
exit
exit
To put stuff back follow his stuff above. or reverse this.
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Another Note:
I changed the button_press files in HtcContacts, pushed it to the phone rebooted...no change.
Anything that I could be doing wrong here?? Maybe these can't be changed?
got it using freshs pre kitchen!
flipzmode said:
FYI you guys can use the kitchen (v0.2) to push these back. It will allow you to push any file you want.
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How do you use pre kitchen to push the file? I tried and keep getting a message that push.bat was not found or something like that?
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how do i change the signal icon?
jpeepers said:
How do you use pre kitchen to push the file? I tried and keep getting a message that push.bat was not found or something like that?
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I also get that error when pushing using the pre kitchen....
Inever could find that farmfrenzy game...
Ah crap, requires 1.6
That could be why. Oh well.
after playing around alot and modifying things, they just don't turn out right. for now i went back to the stock taskbar.
This might be completely off-base, but anyone looking to build a custom skin needs to be aware that there are 2 types of PNG images on the phone, and they need to be treated differently. Regular PNG (name.png) are fine, edit away. However, .9.PNG are stretchable images and must be manipulated in a completely separate fashion. There are several how-to articles on the G1 boards, for those so inclined.
mkeyslehman said:
This might be completely off-base, but anyone looking to build a custom skin needs to be aware that there are 2 types of PNG images on the phone, and they need to be treated differently. Regular PNG (name.png) are fine, edit away. However, .9.PNG are stretchable images and must be manipulated in a completely separate fashion. There are several how-to articles on the G1 boards, for those so inclined.
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well i got the battery icon changed along with alot of other things. the only thing i couldn't get changed was the network EV or radio signal icons of the taskbar. any ideas?

[THEME] all 2.2 UPgrade red / royal blue

Beyond outdated dont use
YOU MUST have a deodexed system
This will also work on all versions of 2.2
list of themed items
BlurHome by me and Explodee RED theme only
Blur phone by me RED theme only
Music by me
Settings by me
Swype (fully functional w/ colored tracer!)original by bilbobrian modded for our phones by me
Browser by me RED theme only
framework based off the 2.2 in rom manager modded by me, special thanks to teenfaces, explodee and phimuskapsi
Google search by me RED theme only
Google market by me RED theme only
misc apks for a cleaner look
Download V1.3 here ..... RED OR Blue
1.2fixes miscoloring in notification bar when downloading, changed UPgrade on lockscreen to DROID X,
1.3 added google market red theme only
By clicking the link you take full responsibility for your actions
take the downloaded file and place on the root of the sdcard, this means not in any file...
Open bootstrapper app
click top button (says success)
click reboot recovery
Open bootstrapper app
click top button (says success)
click reboot recovery
once it boots into recovery use the volume buttons and scroll down to /mounts and choose mount system
power button to go back
select install .zip from sd. camera button to select. (use power button to go back if you make a mistake)
choose zip
scroll to the royalbluezip and apply
let it run through and then choose reboot
Im still working on updated versions of launcher pro, handcent, facebook and twitter and pandora and.... and..... list goes on and on...
For all those that pm me to buy me a
BEER , this is how.
reserved for UPgrades to UPgrade
also have you ever clicked on the album art in music player? TRY IT! also try long pressing
UPgrade 1 themed launcherpro and handcent, this is for those using these programs so the icons in the menu are themed. Stock launcher pro icons are red now.
tricky install, terminal emulator. some reason you have to uninstall and reinstall to new location at the same time in terminal em, all other ways i tried failed
place apk on your sdcard
handcent - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WNMB55DC
Use root explorer and navigate to your /data/app location check if your files have a 1 or 2 at the end, if you have a 2 then edit the downloaded apk to match and replace 1 with 2 in the following commands...
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/userdata/data
rm /data/app/com.handcent.nextsms-1.apk (if it says file not found, you might have a 2 not a 1, you can check with root explorer)
mount -o rw, remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/com.handcent.nextsms-1.apk /system/app
reboot (type this in terminal emulator then hit enter)
Launcher pro 2.0 Themed Launcherpro Widgets
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M0XVAJ50
Signed so throw on sdcard uninstall old one, then browse to this one on your sd and install. If you have the plus version you will need to re input your key. If you have my previous launcher you have to manuall uninstall
su
rm /system/app/com.fede.launcherpro-1.apk
reboot
then install
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UPgrade 2
Red and black twitter, took a while to get it looking good but definitely keeps with the theme.
Its signed, so drop on your sdcard, uninstall old one, install new one, shows up in market as installed.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UQSI3OFL
Launcherpro upgrade 9/13. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q38170SW This is just an upgrade not the full thing, must have either the stock LP or mine already installed.
If you already applied this upgrade you need to uninstall the updates, Skip this if your market shows an update for LP
, go to settings>applications>manage apps>all> choose launcher pro then choose uninstall updates.
Go to where you dropped my update onto your sdcard open it then choose install
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UPgrade 3
Pandora update 9/6
uninstall old pandora, drop this one on your sd and install
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JLMF88KI
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UPgrade 4
Dazzle widget, its like the power widget but with a few extra toggles
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMASP6K9
I HAVE TAPATALK THEMED I will not provide this as a link, I will only give this out to people with the paid version. Post in my thread via tapa and with a screen shot of the tapa widget on one of your home screens. I dont wanna get banned for warez
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UPgrade 5
Finally had time to finish facebook, ugh...
widget matches perfect to twitter
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQP882B2
Simple addition if you hate the gallery on the x and want the 2.1 gallery from the D1. If you never had a D1 you will want this!
its signed so drop on sdcard, navigate to it and install. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B8GEDYXM
Also heres a few red launcher pro icons
If your looking for txt icons go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780192&highlight=tallmin
for dark blue ones here are a few modded from le3ky
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UVWQXQQQ
Damn that's a lot of red!
Too much for me, but I applaud the work & effort. I'm sure it will be popular!
Thanks.
Too much red? ! Never!
Anyone that might want individual apks just ask... Give credit if your gonna kang though.
sent by your mom on tapatalk
any chance I could get just the themed swype?
nitsuj17 said:
any chance I could get just the themed swype?
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If anyone wants an individual piece please pm me with the request and your email addy.
Install the usual way with terminal emulator
place the apk on your sdcard
su
mount-o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21
cp /sdcard/NAMEOFAPP.apk /system/app
reboot
UPgrade #2 twitter now up in second post
almost 50 people have dl'd my theme and across 3 forums i have maybe 12 people commenting...
eh.. im over it back to work!
Man I would love the red unlock sliders. Anyway I can just add them?
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tx3kgtman said:
Man I would love the red unlock sliders. Anyway I can just add them?
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if your comfortable with moding and pushing the framework i will send you my red sliders.
If you dont want to mod it, let me know what rom/version/of 2.2 your on and i will send you a framework.
pm me the info
Well I tried to change the slider colors in my framework.apk last night. I used root explorer to place the new framework.apk and rebooted and went into boot loop. After sbf and everything I don't think ill try again lol. Im running 2.2 flyX 0.1 final with bignadad's theme.
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tx3kgtman said:
Well I tried to change the slider colors in my framework.apk last night. I used root explorer to place the new framework.apk and rebooted and went into boot loop. After sbf and everything I don't think ill try again lol. Im running 2.2 flyX 0.1 final with bignadad's theme.
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you crashed because you used root explorer, it wont work that way. Have to push it with term emu or update.zip.
bad4u6669 said:
you crashed because you used root explorer, it wont work that way. Have to push it with term emu or update.zip.
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ok so if I modify my framework apk and push it with these commands it should work?
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
Do I have to mess with the services.jar?
tx3kgtman said:
ok so if I modify my framework apk and push it with these commands it should work?
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
Do I have to mess with the services.jar?
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that will work, as long as you only dropped the editied pngs into the already compiled fram.apk. Dont unzip an apk!
Also it will reboot before you can remount.
if your going from a light status bar to dark one then you will need someones services file. so before cp/framework do a cp /services command.
bad4u6669 said:
that will work, as long as you only dropped the editied pngs into the already compiled fram.apk. Dont unzip an apk!
Also it will reboot before you can remount.
if your going from a light status bar to dark one then you will need someones services file. so before cp/framework do a cp /services command.
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ok all im changing is the lock bars. If it reboots before I remount do I need to finish the remount after it boots up?
Sorry im coming from an Iphone. First android device here
it couldnt hurt, some people have said do it..
Honestly I never have and havent had a problem..
Welcome to the dark side, we all have to start somewhere...
bad4u6669 said:
it couldnt hurt, some people have said do it..
Honestly I never have and havent had a problem..
Welcome to the dark side, we all have to start somewhere...
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ok I will try it. Can you send me your red slides? Thanks for the help man
added my sliders to post #2
bad4u6669 said:
added my sliders to post #2
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Thanks. Ill let you know how it goes
Edit: looks like what you uploaded is music.apk and setting.apk?
Great work! Love the theme. Easy install.
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[MOD] Circle Battery for Tranquility 3.0

Hi all,
So, I'm no coder, themer, whatever by any means, but I looked around, couldn't find it, and decided that I wanted it. So I created a quick mod of Tranquil.'s framework-res.apk by switching out the battery related .pngs. This is nothing special... but I figured I'd share in case someone else likes it.
Credit for original PNG's goes to Fightspit. Original thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778
Please, please make a nandroid backup in case it hoses your phone. It shouldn't but be warned... If your phone decides to become an expensive paperweight, it's not my fault. You knew the risks (though in worst case you should still be able to sbf).
I'm attaching a screenie, and the apk. To install the apk, this is how I did it, there might be easier ways, but dunno, I like ADB so that's what I use.
1) Download the apk and put it onto the root of your sd card
2) The steps
a) open the adb shell and become root if you're not already
adb shell
b) become root
su -
c) mount /system as RW
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
d) Temporarily place file in /system/app to change permissions. I moved it here so I could change permissions before overwriting the original apk since for some reason it wouldn't let me change permissions on /sdcard, ... otherwise I guess there'd be boot loops galore
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/app/framework-res.apk
e) Change directory to where you just moved the apk
cd /system/app
f) Actually change the permissions
chmod 644 framework-res.apk
g) overwrite original apk with my changed one
mv framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
b) reboot phone to make changes
reboot
Let me know if you like it.
Looks really good. I was just modding my TranQ 3.0 framework-res last night myself to change the batery to the round clock. I did however use one of the other circular battery icons tho. After seeig this tho I may have to make another change to mine now.....lol.
great job, i will incorporate that into the next release.
jimmydafish said:
great job, i will incorporate that into the next release.
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Hey, thanks man! I like it, looks good on my phone

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