could any of you themers tell me please where I can find the wallpaper which is under the icons, when you press the Launcher Button?
It's stock black and I want to change it?
Thanks!
Ummmm.....
Are you asking for the location of the launcher background? I am not positive, but I would check inside the apk for the launcher. Just a guess.
I think that is more of a line of code somewhere and not an image if you are referring to the app drawer in launcher2.
You can tell a special .png by the helmet it wears.
Yeah, Launcher2.apk was my first look. It isn't in there.
What do you mean with "You can tell a special .png by the helmet it wears" please.
Sorry!
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Yeah, Launcher2.apk was my first look. It isn't in there.
What do you mean with "You can tell a special .png by the helmet it wears" please.
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It was an off color joke.
I was thinking it was in an xml file in launcher2.apk somewhere but couldn't find it. Then there is an xml called grid color selector or something like that in drawable of framwwork. But I couldn't find the color in there either. I am still looking though so if anyone finds it please let us know.
So I cant' change the picture, only the colour?
it most likely isn't going to be referenced as a color, it is probably calling it out from the system framework (I just got my nexus yesterday so I only started the new theme today, so this is a guess). I have the source, but havent gone thru it yet. It would be possible to add a line of code, to the correct .xml, and either place an image or at least a background=color to it
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I need to change the color of the clock in the Taskbar, but I need to know where its at and what to modify. Anybody? If you know what file i'll rip it apart myself...Thanks!
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I need to change the color of the clock in the Taskbar, but I need to know where its at and what to modify. Anybody? If you know what file i'll rip it apart myself...Thanks!
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I wanna say htcresources but I can't remember if that includes the clock or not. I know that it is the taskbar icons. that color is more than likely set in the xml which can't be edited.
Kcarpenter said:
I wanna say htcresources but I can't remember if that includes the clock or not. I know that it is the taskbar icons. that color is more than likely set in the xml which can't be edited.
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It can be edited, I just wanted too know where it was...LOL I'll have a look in that .apk.
Anybody...??
While looking in the MetaMorph, 'Post your morphs', thread I saw this:
Check out amacs thread for info on how to get white text in the notification bar and more customization options.
The thread is 30 pages long though so I didn't read through it... Hope this helps?
Many people including myself tried with no success I think in order to change the color in the taskbar clock you need to edit the service.odex. There is a way to decompile the odex but when I tried to recompile it back I get an error message.
Maybe you will have better luck with it. Here is a video on how to Creating Android Themes for the G1. Video 2 shows how to change the clock color.
Hope this helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593932
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Many people including myself tried with no success I think in order to change the color in the taskbar clock you need to edit the service.odex. There is a way to decompile the odex but when I tried to recompile it back I get an error message.
Maybe you will have better luck with it. Here is a video on how to Creating Android Themes for the G1. Video 2 shows how to change the clock color.
Hope this helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593932
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Thanks for the vids. It looks like in services.jar there is suppose to be a classes.dex file, but for some reason the ROMS aren't including this file...hmmm weird. I also noticed the videos didnt have sound... LOL Im gonna give it a shot.
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Thanks for the vids. It looks like in services.jar there is suppose to be a classes.dex file, but for some reason the ROMS aren't including this file...hmmm weird.
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That's because our ROMs have a services.odex instead of services.jar. I've tried a few times to decompile and re-compile the services.odex file with no success.
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That's because our ROMs have a services.odex instead of services.jar. I've tried a few times to decompile and re-compile the services.odex file with no success.
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Ahh that makes sense. I do see a services.odex file. Now I gotta figure out how to deodex them. LOL
So does anyone know yet?
VinceOB said:
Ahh that makes sense. I do see a services.odex file. Now I gotta figure out how to deodex them. LOL
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need Baksmali and Smali for that. I was looking around on Jesus-Freke's website and saw "How to deodex with Baksmali" but I never clicked it since CyanogenMOD is deodexed.
heres the file you helped me edit Vince lol. I made it gray instead of black.
nm this is for older fresh style roms. they probably changed the new ones hadnt ripped em open since running froyo and you can edit clock color in the cm settings.
I can't find the original post on this forum that contained the attachment, so I am attaching it here. I'm not sure what was changed in the file to get it to do it. Was hoping I could find more info from the person who made it... but I can't find the post.
Can anyone help with this, please?
Thanks!
That's weird. I just got a PM about an hour ago regarding the same question. When the "mods" thread got "cleaned up" much of the stuff went missing, unfortunately.
The phone text is cleared out in:
Rosie.apk\res\layout-port\button_bar.xml
Attached is a patched XML file that will clear the text out. You will still need to replace the applicable .png files with transparent ones, for example, if you want to remove the phone icon, etc.
Download <--- Right click to save the file, otherwise, it will attempt to load in your browser.
wow lol thats kinda funny
wtphoto said:
wow lol thats kinda funny
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I know, right? Well, here you go .
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That's weird. I just got a PM about an hour ago regarding the same question. When the "mods" thread got "cleaned up" much of the stuff went missing, unfortunately.
The phone text is cleared out in:
Rosie.apk\res\layout-port\button_bar.xml
Attached is a patched XML file that will clear the text out. You will still need to replace the applicable .png files with transparent ones, for example, if you want to remove the phone icon, etc.
Download <--- Right click to save the file, otherwise, it will attempt to load in your browser.
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Thanks. That worked in removing the phone text, but it didn't center the phone icon on the button. Can you do that, too?
I can't seem to find the file that centers the phone image onto the middle button for the launcher. I've tried launcher.xml but no dice. bb_btn_middle.xml perhaps?
Also, could you provide some insight into what folders to edit? What is mdpi, land, port? Which folders get edited with our phone? I find myself constantly playing a guessing game with which folder the edits go into.
EDIT: Ok, it turns out it was the button_bar.xml file. Now that I knew that, I pulled it out of the zip in the first post and the phone icon is centered. Attached just the xml.
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I can't seem to find the file that centers the phone image onto the middle button for the launcher. I've tried launcher.xml but no dice. bb_btn_middle.xml perhaps?
Also, could you provide some insight into what folders to edit? What is mdpi, land, port? Which folders get edited with our phone? I find myself constantly playing a guessing game with which folder the edits go into.
EDIT: Ok, it turns out it was the button_bar.xml file. Now that I knew that, I pulled it out of the zip in the first post and the phone icon is centered. Attached just the xml.
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The phone icon is in Rosie.apk res/drawable-normal-mdpi. Its called icon_p_phone_rest.png and icon_p_phone_on.png.
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The phone icon is in Rosie.apk res/drawable-normal-mdpi. Its called icon_p_phone_rest.png and icon_p_phone_on.png.
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I didn't need to edit the actual png, it was just something in the xml file that centered the placement of it. It's all fixed.
My goal is all Metamorph's with the black droid launcher with phone text removed, all clear widgets (Digital Clock Widget, GenieWidget, pure calendar, pure music player, power control widget, etc). Genie, pure calendar/music is done. Digital Clock Widget is working, but tapping on it to edit the alarm is busted since the WorldClock was removed for the lockscreen...
I'm sick of remembering which files were editted in the apk files to achieve the mods... Metamorphing will make everything much easier, but it's a process to figure out which files were edited, since repacking the zipfiles usually modifies the 'modified date'.
I'm working on a complete AOSP taskbar, however I'm having trouble with one pesky little icon (see attached). If I'm correct, then that's where the location icon should be, however for some reason it's giving me the roaming icon. Now, I'm not roaming for one thing, and for another, I have the correct .pngs in the file (sym_gpsone_[0,3]_[sprint,vzw].png in com.htc.resources.apk) but it doesn't want to use those.
Am I editing the wrong icons? Or is there another hack necessary to get it to use the correct ones?
Thanks.
What are the names of your gps icons in com.htc.resources.apk? Should be sym_gpsone_0_sprint.png and sym_gpsone_3_sprint.png. Make certain...If you can, zip up your com.htc.resources.apk and i'll take a look...
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Am I editing the wrong icons? Or is there another hack necessary to get it to use the correct ones?
Thanks.
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If you're positive that you know you're editing the correct .png file and that you aren't roaming, then next logical problem would be in the .xml programming of the taskbar...but I highly doubt many of actually mess with the code inside the .xml files.
Double check the icon and your network settings.
Take a look for yourself. It's sym_gpsone_0_sprint.png and sym_gpsone_3_sprint.png.
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Am I editing the wrong icons? Or is there another hack necessary to get it to use the correct ones?
Thanks.
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What ROM is this for? And where did you get the services.jar for it? I only ask because the same thing happened to me when I was puttin some **** together and used a .jar for Legend on Sprint(or the other way around I dont remember). Anyways, it looked exactly like that. So, you might want to check that first...
My ROM that I'll be releasing soon has, I think, all of the icons changed to their AOSP counterparts. (might be missing mail, since I don't use that apk) The headphone icons I had to derive from the black versions, but I think they look very good. (I couldn't find aosp icons for headphones??) I don't have the rest of the ROM exactly how I'd like it yet, so I'm not posting it yet... but if you'd like to look at (or steal) what I've got, you're welcome to, just send me a PM and I'll link you to it. It's highly based on the Gomorrahs Green Hero One theme, and he had most of them already fixed.
I'd also like to add that I've got the notification panel AOSP themed too, minus the carrier text color.
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What ROM is this for? And where did you get the services.jar for it? I only ask because the same thing happened to me when I was puttin some **** together and used a .jar for Legend on Sprint(or the other way around I dont remember). Anyways, it looked exactly like that. So, you might want to check that first...
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Good point, I snagged the services.jar from one of the posts in the themes thread, I think it was for one of the earlier Fresh ROM's...
I'll try a different one and see if I get different results. Thanks for pointing that out!
i'm wondering if there is a way to do away with the slider bar in the default wm6.5 home screen. in the pic below (i'm a new user so just copy/paste without spaces, lol.) i just slid the bar all the way to the top to take a screenshot, and i wanna know if i can just remove it for a simple clean homescreen.
i53. tinypic. com/2zeypuh .jpg
Why not switch to "classic today" screen, then check out the themes forum for themes you can apply or search for specific plugins? Is it just that you want the titanium function but not the outline around the selected panels? I'm not sure how to do that, but it should be possible by editing the xml file.
well, when i switch to the classic today screen, or just uncheck Windows Default, under Items, i lose the transparency of the toolbar and taskbar. i guess that if i cold just get rid of the big dark bar in the middle of my screen i would be satisfied. i would just like to be able to see my wallpapers. and yes, i want the titanium function but not the outline around the selected panels.
Ok, gotcha. I don't know off-hand how to do that, though It probably would be as simple as editing the file, or finding the .png that is of that image (in the windows directory) and replacing it with a panel that is completely transparent.
Maybe someone with some experience will come along that already knows how to do that.
To get you started, you may want to look at this theme, which has already made the panels transparent. if you like it, you can just use it. Otherwise, you could potentially compare the xml files, of find the transparent image that he is using in there and copy it over to your device. It's been a long time since i checked/looked, but the xml that controls the sliding panels today screen is usually something like home.xml or something.
[note: if your phone is not touchscreen, use/look at this thread instead]
If you start playing around, back everything up first! You may also want to browse the "post your screenshots thread" and see if you don't come across some other UI that you like better (or another theme w/o the panels). good luck!
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i'm wondering if there is a way to do away with the slider bar in the default wm6.5 home screen. in the pic below (i'm a new user so just copy/paste without spaces, lol.) i just slid the bar all the way to the top to take a screenshot, and i wanna know if i can just remove it for a simple clean homescreen.
i53. tinypic. com/2zeypuh .jpg
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Yes, you can but you need to edit the bronzeres.dll check this thread to learn how to do it, backup first your original file.
Check these screens from my phone
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Enrique
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Yes, you can but you need to edit the bronzeres.dll check this [link] to learn how to do it, backup first your original file.
Check these screens from my phone
Regards,
Enrique
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thank you all. but i'm not as experienced with xml, and editing. but whenever i do i end up running into security issues when trying to copy the files back to my phone.
about this bronzeres.dll file.. where is it located, and what would i need to change to alter the transparency?
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thank you all. but i'm not as experienced with xml, and editing. but whenever i do i end up running into security issues when trying to copy the files back to my phone.
about this bronzeres.dll file.. where is it located, and what would i need to change to alter the transparency?
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The bronzeres.dll is on the windows directory, but modifying the dll is more complicated than editing xml or cpr files, in my previous post there is a link where you can learn how to unsigne, edit, resign the dll file.
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Enrique
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Hi i have the HD2
my ROM is 2.13.531.1 (90963) WWE
Manilla version 2.5.20121412.2
Radio 2.10.50.26
I downloaded the final cab and my phone still freezes when text messages come in and i cant send picture messages can someone please help me
thanks for all the help! i edited the bronzeres. dll and got exactly what i was looking for. check the URL for my result.
i52. tinypic. com/35l5bg9. jpg
but another question.. is there anyway to do away with the slider functionality and just have the titles. and when you tap it it takes you to the application? so there is no titile thats larger than the others, there just clickable links. just a question, because i'm content with my results.
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Hi, I made a couple of CABS to make the slider transparent.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909746
I've been opening up framework-res.apk as a zip file and changing around icons for my status bar with other themes. I just replaced the signal bars icons and the 3G icons, repackaged the framework into a zip file, and applied it via rom manager. No Icon change. I've been able to replace several before, any ideas why it wouldn't work now? I reopened the file and verified the icons had been changed.
The icons you are looking for are in com.htc.resources.apk
If you have something specifically you want changed I can tell you where it is located and what the filename is. I am building some theme tutorial videos because I had a hard time finding all of this information. I want to make it easier for others. I remember all the way back in June when I got frustrated finding what files went where. I am making a list to help others out, let me know what you are looking for.
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The icons you are looking for are in com.htc.resources.apk
If you have something specifically you want changed I can tell you where it is located and what the filename is. I am building some theme tutorial videos because I had a hard time finding all of this information. I want to make it easier for others. I remember all the way back in June when I got frustrated finding what files went where. I am making a list to help others out, let me know what you are looking for.
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subscribed as well, a video with some info would be great. I am definitely no developer, but not afraid to mess around a bit. I was also interested in making similar changes as OP.
In fact I am using Jerick's smooth sense mod with white letter mod by squintz, and a couple of the icons were coming up out of order. I was not cool enough to be able to repair the info that points to an icon so I found the icons in framework-res.apk and changed the names of them so that I would get the correct icon in status bar. But obvously that is not the correct fix. However this is where the icons OP is talking about. So if I can make a name change to a png can't you also replace that png. I believe that the apk has to be signed correctly after manipulating?
Anyways any basic info about doing such would be greatly appreciated
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subscribed as well, a video with some info would be great. I am definitely no developer, but not afraid to mess around a bit. I was also interested in making similar changes as OP.
In fact I am using Jerick's smooth sense mod with white letter mod by squintz, and a couple of the icons were coming up out of order. I was not cool enough to be able to repair the info that points to an icon so I found the icons in framework-res.apk and changed the names of them so that I would get the correct icon in status bar. But obvously that is not the correct fix. However this is where the icons OP is talking about. So if I can make a name change to a png can't you also replace that png. I believe that the apk has to be signed correctly after manipulating?
Anyways any basic info about doing such would be greatly appreciated
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You don't need to resign the apk unless you completely extract it. Then good luck trying to get a system apk to work. Just open the archive and replace needed imgs then update the archive and you're done. All depends on what os your using. Linux makes it easy to edit apks without extracting. In win you have to rename to .zip then do line I said then rename back to .apk
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Which files specifically are the signal meter? I just want to change those ones back to the stock icons.
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Which files specifically are the signal meter? I just want to change those ones back to the stock icons.
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I can tell you later (i dont have the dump on hand) but the signal meter pngs are located in com.htc.resources.apk under /res/drawlablehdpi/ thay have a name like sys_status_cdma1 or something like that. I think if you get that far the images might jump out at you. If you want the exact ones I can tell you when I get back from work.
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I can tell you later (i dont have the dump on hand) but the signal meter pngs are located in com.htc.resources.apk under /res/drawlablehdpi/ thay have a name like sys_status_cdma1 or something like that. I think if you get that far the images might jump out at you. If you want the exact ones I can tell you when I get back from work.
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Found them. Thanks for the direction. I was looking through the folders and I couldn't find them, because they are transparent backgrounds, so the white on white blended right in. I changed out the signals for the ones I wanted and everything looks like its working now.
Thanks for your help!