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Replace the AlarmClock?

I was just wondering if I could put Koushik's klaxon alarm clock app over the alarmclock app built into the phone?
If I could, would a simple adb push do the job?
<-- Linux Noob.

why not just use both? You can delete the alarm clock app as far as I know... just adb pull it for backup first.

It's a bit more reasonable to have one.
So I am going to adb pull the original alarm clock and push the better one. Hopefully it would work.

adb pull the original and then just delete it off the phone (adb shell rm /system/app/alarmclock.apk
then just use klaxon instead

Lets say I put klaxon in place of the standard alarm clock in the system/app folder & he releases an update, would downloading the update cause me to have to instances of klaxon on my phone? Or would the update overwrite the system/app version?

I assume 2 instances but if you just install his like normal you wouldn't have that problem.

neoobs said:
I assume 2 instances but if you just install his like normal you wouldn't have that problem.
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Thats what I figured. I was just thinking if i put his in system/app, I wouldnt have to reinstall it if i have to do a wipe. And if its in there, it wouldnt take space from the rest of my apps correct?

negative to both questions
just because it is in system/app doesn't mean it will be there after a wipe... and it takes the same memory.

neoobs said:
negative to both questions
just because it is in system/app doesn't mean it will be there after a wipe... and it takes the same memory.
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/system is not cleared if you do a data only wipe. However, if you do a update.zip or DREAIMG.nbh, you will lose your /system directory.

Koush said:
/system is not cleared if you do a data only wipe. However, if you do a update.zip or DREAIMG.nbh, you will lose your /system directory.
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So if I do a factory reset, klaxon will survive the wipe?

Beast84 said:
So if I do a factory reset, klaxon will survive the wipe?
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Correct, a factory reset does not wipe the /system partition.

Koush said:
Correct, a factory reset does not wipe the /system partition.
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Sweet that was the main part I was looking at. I don't wanna have to reinstall it if I ever have to reset. Next question, what would the commands be to yank the original & put klaxon in its place?

adb shell rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/AlarmClock.odex
adb push klaxon.apk /system/app/klaxon.apk

neoobs said:
adb shell rm /system/app/alarmclock.apk
adb push klaxon.apk /system/app/klaxon.apk
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does the odex file have to be removed as well?

doesn't need to be but I guess since it isn't being used you can adb shell rm /system/app/AlarmClock.odex as well

neoobs said:
adb shell rm /system/app/alarmclock.apk
adb push klaxon.apk /system/app/klaxon.apk
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For me alarmclock had to be AlarmClock.apk for it to work
Caps make a difference?

oops sorry yes it is case sensitive and since I didn't have my phone readily available I miss quoted... changing it now

If Koush updates Klaxon, would it still be updateable on the System partition?

neoobs said:
adb shell rm /system/app/AlarmClock.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/AlarmClock.odex
adb push klaxon.apk /system/app/klaxon.apk
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This is done through the computer right? Does the Klaxon.apk have to be in the tools folder of the SDK? And speaking of case sensitive, would it be Klaxon.apk?
Off topic, just out of curiosity, what is an odex file? What are they used for?

yes on the computer, and klaxon would just be the name of the apk... I am not sure what it is named for you I just used it as an example.
You will also need the sdk to do this. There are instructions with the sdk that tell you about the adb
And it should but I am not sure. all new stuff but I assume it would update where the file is since that is where the system sees it.

Deleting system sounds

Was just wondering if anyone has deleted ringtones, notification or alarms successfully? `ould love to get rid of them if possible. Tried making a copy of jf rc30, deleting them and amazon apk then installing but didn't work gave me error message.

i removed unused ringtones w/o any issues

If you have JF's RC30 1.31 installed you should be able to just delete them. Astro should let you goto where they are saved and just delete em. You may need to use DroidSans Tweak tools to remount /system as read/write first.

Hmmm, changing to read/write and trying to use Astro gave me "error deleting file"
Any other ideas?

Dharkaron said:
If you have JF's RC30 1.31 installed you should be able to just delete them. Astro should let you goto where they are saved and just delete em. You may need to use DroidSans Tweak tools to remount /system as read/write first.
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No neither of those work but thanks for the effort to help. I tried those when i first got root. Im gonna try deleting the same way as i did amazon and see if it works.

stats555 said:
No neither of those work but thanks for the effort to help. I tried those when i first got root. Im gonna try deleting the same way as i did amazon and see if it works.
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Word let me know if this works. I asked in another thread how to do it but no one answered. All I got was the "yes you can delete them" response

I deleted all of my ringtones without any issues. Just use adb shell and remove them. You can also "pull" them first if want to have a backup. In adb shell type "cd /system/media/audio/ringtones". Now you are in the ringtones folder, now type "ls" and then a list of all the ringtones will display. Once you know the name of the one you want to delete just type "rm filename.ogg" and thats it.

BlueBoar said:
I deleted all of my ringtones without any issues. Just use adb shell and remove them. You can also "pull" them first if want to have a backup. In adb shell type "cd /system/media/audio/ringtones". Now you are in the ringtones folder, now type "ls" and then a list of all the ringtones will display. Once you know the name of the one you want to delete just type "rm filename.ogg" and thats it.
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Worked great thanks!

No problem, that was one of the first things I did was to change all of the ringtones. Couldn't stand the ones that came with it.

BlueBoar said:
No problem, that was one of the first things I did was to change all of the ringtones. Couldn't stand the ones that came with it.
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Yeah i hear you on that, just a bunch of crap taking up space. I use mp3's for ringtones so no need to waste system space on them! I just learned how to use adb thank god!
Update - deleted most of the ringtones and 4 notifications, freed up 2mb's

BlueBoar said:
I deleted all of my ringtones without any issues. Just use adb shell and remove them. You can also "pull" them first if want to have a backup. In adb shell type "cd /system/media/audio/ringtones". Now you are in the ringtones folder, now type "ls" and then a list of all the ringtones will display. Once you know the name of the one you want to delete just type "rm filename.ogg" and thats it.
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Sweet worked like a charm! Thanks a bunch

Ok I read how to delete the ringtones but what is ADB Shell? Lke where do i go to type in all those commands?
My phone is rooted JF1.41 with the latest RC33 modded update.

Cargo75 said:
Ok I read how to delete the ringtones but what is ADB Shell? Lke where do i go to type in all those commands?
My phone is rooted JF1.41 with the latest RC33 modded update.
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You can do it all right from the phone with Terminal.
Type
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock03 /system
cd /system/media/sounds/(whichever directory you want)
ls
rm (whichever .ogg file you want)
The .ogg files are case sensitive, so beatplunker.ogg isn't the same as BeatPlunker.ogg
Also the .ogg extension has to be at the end of each file you rm.
If you want to save a backup on your sd card I just typed this before I started removing things. Good luck
Code:
cp /system/media/sounds /sdcard

Beast84 said:
You can do it all right from the phone with Terminal.
Type
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock03 /system
cd /system/media/sounds/(whichever directory you want)
ls
rm (whichever .ogg file you want)
The .ogg files are case sensitive, so beatplunker.ogg isn't the same as BeatPlunker.ogg
Also the .ogg extension has to be at the end of each file you rm.
If you want to save a backup on your sd card I just typed this before I started removing things. Good luck
Code:
cp /system/media/sounds /sdcard
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wow, thank you!

Cargo75 said:
wow, thank you!
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No problem. Just figured I'd pass some of the knowledge these fine peeps here have passed on to me

Cargo75 said:
Ok I read how to delete the ringtones but what is ADB Shell? Lke where do i go to type in all those commands?
My phone is rooted JF1.41 with the latest RC33 modded update.
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In the future, you may what to do this through your PC to prevent carpel tunnel... You can download the Android SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.1_r1/index.html
Extract it to your drive. Navigate to that folder in a command prompt window then "tools". Once there you can run(make sure the G1 is plugged in the usb):
adb remount (remounts the system read/write)
adb shell (this drops you into the shell to interact with your phone)
cd /system/media/audio/
From there you should be able to follow the proceeding directions.

I went and did all this and even went the extra mile and pushed some of my custom mp3's to the file (about 3 meg worth). Is this going to cause problems with updating in the future?

You don't need to remount the system to read/write manually if it already has been done with DroidSans do you?

I usuall y do the mount through Terminal emulator.
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm -r /system/media/audio/ringtones
rm -r /system/media/audio/notifications
bam gone!

I tried to copy and after mounting I typed:
cd /system/media/audio/
ls
then got:
alarms
ringtons
notifications
ui
then I typed: cp /system/media/audio /sdcard
and got this message:
cp: omitting directory '/system/media/audio'
is it something small and dumb that I'm doing or are the files copied?

How to get rid of amazon mp3?

I would like to remove this and Im having no luck?

Are you rooted?
If so,
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*amaz*

Or with out adb get Su file explorer or root explorer from the market.

Also:
/data/data/com.amazon.mp3

djnutz said:
Or with out adb get Su file explorer or root explorer from the market.
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Or just get Droid Explorer *Free* works if you installed busybox

Mi|enko said:
Are you rooted?
If so,
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*amaz*
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Thanks alot, worked like a charm.

Mikey1022 said:
Also:
/data/data/com.amazon.mp3
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Weird. Since you mentioned it, I went to remove it, but it didn't exist.

it did on mine but that s cool
At least it's here for people that might have it

Mi|enko said:
Are you rooted?
If so,
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*amaz*
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I keep getting permission denied. Any help?

Mi|enko said:
Weird. Since you mentioned it, I went to remove it, but it didn't exist.
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it is a directory, so need to remove with -rf
adb shell rm -rf /data/data/com.amazon.mp3

Mikey1022 said:
Or just get Droid Explorer *Free* works if you installed busybox
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Does Driod Explorer still work if you havent rooted the phone?

Would the same method work for the default Facebook app?
I like Bloo better
IF SO: what's the app path, or, whatever?!

Mi|enko said:
Are you rooted?
If so,
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*amaz*
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Thanks, that worked for me...just a question, how do you know about *amaz*
?
Thanks,
Lou

zok-star said:
Does Driod Explorer still work if you havent rooted the phone?
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No cause you need root to install busybox
samawil said:
Thanks, that worked for me...just a question, how do you know about *amaz*
?
Thanks,
Lou
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*amaz* is a wild card....anything with them 4 letters will be removed.

OrganizedFellow said:
Would the same method work for the default Facebook app?
I like Bloo better
IF SO: what's the app path, or, whatever?!
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/system/app/Facebook.apk
/data/data/com.facebook.katana/
Remember though, whenever you flash a theme or upcoming roms or add-ons, If these/this app is in the update.zip it will be re-installed on your phone

Could you also remove using a Terminal on the N1?

Mikey1022 said:
*amaz* is a wild card....anything with them 4 letters will be removed.
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I see...thanks

stewart1988 said:
Could you also remove using a Terminal on the N1?
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after you get su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
busybox rm /system/app/*amaz*
busybox rm -rf /data/data/com.amazon.mp3
use ls to get a listing of a directory
So on with any other app you wanna remove
If you're using Enomthers add-on:
you can also just;
To make /system read/write
rwsystem
Then when done:
rosystem
Per: Enomther

did su and always allowed root:root.
when I do rm /system/app/*amaz* I get
rm failed for /system/app/com.amazon.mp3.apk, Read-only file system
Anything idea what I'm doing wrong?

Edit: Inserted mount /system command

Clear Genie Widget for evo

is one around i had it on my hero not sure if it would work
i searched but i failed

Nobody ..... ?

I would like that!
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I still have my clear W. widget from my hero, and it does install but it shows the regular one. There must be a tweak in the EVO OS to allow the transparency.

adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/GenieWidget.apk
exit
adb push /path/to/GenieWidgetClear.apk /system/app/

Then go to /system/app using root explorer or something and click on the apk to install it...at least what's how I do it. Then I remove it from /system/app...

RavenII said:
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/GenieWidget.apk
exit
adb push /path/to/GenieWidgetClear.apk /system/app/
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That worked, thanks
For those following this, you need to rename the download apk from GenieWidgetClear to GenieWidget. If you dont do that before pushing it, it wont work.

Kykiskly said:
That worked, thanks
For those following this, you need to rename the download apk from GenieWidgetClear to GenieWidget. If you dont do that before pushing it, it wont work.
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You're welcome...I didn't have to rename it though, but as long as it works, that's all that matters.

Sporkman said:
is one around i had it on my hero not sure if it would work
i searched but i failed
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On a side note, how does someone with such a signature...NOT use ANY punctuation?...

Does anyone have one with 25% transparency? 100% is fouling my mojo.

What does this do? Screenshots?
EDIT: Never mind. Thanks for this!
NOTE: I don't have an original geniewidget.apk in /system/app

Thanks will give it a shot once i get home.
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Sorry for digging up an old thread, but does anyone have one that is compatible with froyo? This one always crashes.

[THEME] Gingerbread with Accurate Battery [Test][EDT]

Ok, to know if I have an understanding of the SK4G enough to begin development, as I don't own the phone, I have developed a quick Gingerbread theme.
Full GB theme with accurate GB battery.
This is not a flash. Push the files to your framework folder, test, take screenshots, and report back - please.
I do not have the phone so no screenshots but this is based off my Vibrant ROM located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061811
Framework is based off the Dump found in the dev section.
If there is no input, then I will assume there is no interest and find my way back to the Vibrant section.
Download <8.62MB> - http://www.mediafire.com/?ecqf24b15u6cgtk

Ill try it later today hopefully. Busy day today.

Anyone test this yet? Is it sgs II theme?
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jellette said:
Ok, to know if I have an understanding of the SK4G enough to begin development, as I don't own the phone, I have developed a quick Gingerbread theme.
Full GB theme with accurate GB battery.
This is not a flash. Push the files to your framework folder, test, take screenshots, and report back - please.
I do not have the phone so no screenshots but this is based off my Vibrant ROM located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061811
Framework is based off the Dump found in the dev section.
If there is no input, then I will assume there is no interest and find my way back to the Vibrant section.
Download <8.62MB> - http://www.mediafire.com/?ecqf24b15u6cgtk
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Hey, I've been quite busy so I haven't been able to try this out yet. My only question is how I will revert after doing this? I can get into the recovery but its or the epic so the keys aren't mapped correctly.

bburke88 said:
Hey, I've been quite busy so I haven't been able to try this out yet. My only question is how I will revert after doing this? I can get into the recovery but its or the epic so the keys aren't mapped correctly.
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I'm busy but I made a quick rar for you. Flash it in CWM to push back stock framework-res.apk and tw-framework.apk in case system won't boot. (you may want to clear cache before flashing as I didn't add it into the script Im in a rush)
edit: also you can just adb push the stock files back from inside recovery... your pc should still detect the phone

blu9987 said:
I'm busy but I made a quick rar for you. Flash it in CWM to push back stock framework-res.apk and tw-framework.apk in case system won't boot. (you may want to clear cache before flashing as I didn't add it into the script Im in a rush)
edit: also you can just adb push the stock files back from inside recovery... your pc should still detect the phone
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What are the movement keys for cwm? I booted into recovery once and saw that the correct keys weren't working..

Id save his cwm flash on the card just in case, then use root explorer to push mine in place.
Or right click on his choose copy then paste. Rename the new ... - copy.zip to gbtest.zip. Then using 7zip, open, not extract, the gbtest.zip, navigate to the framework, and drag my framework in and it will overwrite his - now close the zip and save both to your card. You can now flash mine and then revert with his.

jellette said:
Id save his cwm flash on the card just in case, then use root explorer to push mine in place.
Or right click on his choose copy then paste. Rename the new ... - copy.zip to gbtest.zip. Then using 7zip, open, not extract, the gbtest.zip, navigate to the framework, and drag my framework in and it will overwrite his - now close the zip and save both to your card. You can now flash mine and then revert with his.
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K. Sounds good. Ill try this tonight if I get a chance. If not, then tomorrow. Ill report back with the screens.

Jellete! good to see you come to the sk4g! If you could send me detailed instructions on how to push it, i'll be a guinea pig for you.

mustang9438 said:
Jellete! good to see you come to the sk4g! If you could send me detailed instructions on how to push it, i'll be a guinea pig for you.
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Not trying to hi-jack I'm just bored.
Code:
C:\platform-tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
C:\platform-tools>adb push C:\path\to\framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
C:\platform-tools>adb push C:\path\to\tw-framework.apk /system/framework/tw-framework.apk
C:\Platform-tools>adb reboot
note that if this is your first time doing the su command in adb shell it prompts superuser.apk on your phone and you have to hit allow

mustang9438 said:
Jellete! good to see you come to the sk4g! If you could send me detailed instructions on how to push it, i'll be a guinea pig for you.
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Let us know if you if you do the theme. I didn't have a chance to do it tonight. If you don't do it ill try pushing it tomorrow after work.

if im correct .. clockwork is working for you guys except when it comes to restoring nandroid backups ?.. i'd flash it but im not sure if someone is working on a recovery for the SK4G already

ayoteddy said:
if im correct .. clockwork is working for you guys except when it comes to restoring nandroid backups ?.. i'd flash it but im not sure if someone is working on a recovery for the SK4G already
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I can get into clockwork, but i cant do a nandroid backup. it says "cant mount sdcard"

blu9987 said:
Not trying to hi-jack I'm just bored.
Code:
C:\platform-tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
C:\platform-tools>adb push C:\path\to\framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
C:\platform-tools>adb push C:\path\to\tw-framework.apk /system/framework/tw-framework.apk
C:\Platform-tools>adb reboot
note that if this is your first time doing the su command in adb shell it prompts superuser.apk on your phone and you have to hit allow
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That'll do it.
I push everything from recovery and save the files I want to push to the tools folder so I just have to use:
cd c:/android/tools
c:/android/tools adb push framework-res.apk system/app/framework-res.apk
c:/android/tools adb reboot

im a little confused.. i cant seem to access adb. theres no bootloader, so what state does the phone need to be in?
also, i would flash via cwm, but the sdcard wont mount, so im a tad confused at this point.
ok, i figured out how to get into adb, but the files wont push. i get an error:
c:\Users\Bryan\AndroidSDK\tools>adb push framework-res.apk system/app/framework-
res.apk
failed to copy 'framework-res.apk' to 'system/app/framework-res.apk': Read-only
file system
c:\Users\Bryan\AndroidSDK\tools>
EDIT: I ended up just using Root Explorer and i put the 2 framework files into system/framework manually. If you need more screens let me know. Also, as you can see in the screen shots, the txt is hard to see in the options and "add to home screen" windows.. i went to the theme options and changed the theme bar colors, which changed the txt to black.

@bburke88 where did you go to find theme settings and change the text to black ?
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ayoteddy said:
@bburke88 where did you go to find theme settings and change the text to black ?
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Hey, I just used the theme changer. Its built into the sk4g. I had my theme set to the default, but when I changed it to the light blue It changed some of the txt on the widget selector menus black. Though, the power off menu is still white, so its hard to read.

Thanks alot, and that could be handled by xml edit to change the text color most likely or change the popup background color.. thanks again though.
Have you tried pushing the stock framework back to make sure it'd work ? I might see if I can change the popup background color to a darker color like black or grey to keep it in sync with he gingerbread theme
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ayoteddy said:
Thanks alot, and that could be handled by xml edit to change the text color most likely or change the popup background color.. thanks again though.
Have you tried pushing the stock framework back to make sure it'd work ? I might see if I can change the popup background color to a darker color like black or grey to keep it in sync with he gingerbread theme
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Yeah let me know if you get something going. Im waiting for Jellette to get back on so we can figure out what to do next.
By chance, do you have a working recovery? i can boot into it, but the controls are weird, and i cant get my sdcard to mount, therefore it wont let me do any nandroid backups..

Looking at the pics now. But thats what I needed to know, it looks like the themechanger overwrites xml changes in the framework.