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Does anybody out there know how I can just apply the skinned android keyboard without applying the entire theme?
Thank you.
I had the same question posted in his thread with ni answer yet. All I need to know is which apk the stock android keyboard is...I don't know which one. I'm used to Sense which is clicker.apk for calibration and HTC_IME.
If anyone knows it would be appreciated.
Open he heme in winrar go into the framework.apk in th keyboard image and extract it... get the original theme from enoms thread and put the image in the dame place on that theme
Resign the framework.apk then resign the .zip
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Open he heme in winrar go into the framework.apk in th keyboard image and extract it... get the original theme from enoms thread and put the image in the dame place on that theme
Resign the framework.apk then resign the .zip
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I don't have the 1.2 keyboard though. Can't seem to find it searching. Can someone post a link to it or a link to the keyboard apk?
Thanks.
I did this by accident but it works. I flashed CyanogenMod 5.0 Beta 3 and then the Googgle add on. Then I flashed the extra memory zimage. Next I flashed the NexTHEME but found it didn't work with the memory hack. So, I flashed back to CM 5.0 B3 (only CM 5.0 B3, not the Google add on). I ended up with the NexTHEME keyboard skin on CM 5.0 B3. If you flash the Google add on, you will end up with the stock keyboard. I flashed the memory zimage back. Next I used the MetaMorph app and added the black notification bar. I did not wipe between any of the flashes. So far, I've had two random reboots in the last 48 hours. Other than that, things are working very well on my phone.
Okay... open the theme in winrar ... go into system then framework
scroll down until you see framework-res.apk
open it with winrar again... then go into the folder "res" then "drawable-hdpi"
find the files which start with "btn_keyboard"
extract them and then open the original theme that enom has uploaded and do the same proccess, instead of extracting the images copy these ones into it and replace them with the images extracted earlier.
all you have to do then is resign the apk ... then resign the .zip theme
i could do this if i had access to my own computer... maybe tommorrow
I wont have time for the next few days to sit down and move the framework around. Girl is moving in...
Updating to Cyanogen beta 2, then NexTheme, then Cyanogen causes a few too many random reboots. If you wipe everything, update to beta 3, update to the 32 kernal with mem hack, JIT off, I get 0 rebooted and its beyond fast enough.
If you made an update that would be hella appreciated lolittle.
djnutz said:
I wont have time for the next few days to sit down and move the framework around. Girl is moving in...
Updating to Cyanogen beta 2, then NexTheme, then Cyanogen causes a few too many random reboots. If you wipe everything, update to beta 3, update to the 32 kernal with mem hack, JIT off, I get 0 rebooted and its beyond fast enough.
If you made an update that would be hella appreciated lolittle.
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+1 that would be great. I tried playing around with it, but failed...
Hmmmm... sorry you guys i thought that would have worked
seeems there must be something else themeing the keyboard ... i will look into it
Thanks man ill keep an eye out.
Thanks for looking. I wish I knew how to do more with the technical stuff...
Manups Theme (Keyboard Only)
Download Here
Nandroid backup 1st
Only tested on Enoms 1.5.1 ROM
lolittle said:
Manups Theme (Keyboard Only)
Download Here
Nandroid backup 1st
Only tested on Enoms 1.5.1 ROM
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Holy ****!!! A million times thanks!! looks beautiful!!!
Manup did all the hard work ... i just compiled it LOL ... Thank Him
Thanks a million!
Dang. Tried updating on Cyan beta 4 with the memory bank enabled and jit turned off and hangs before the Nexus animation.
Like i said its only tested on Enoms 1.5.1
I used his Orig Theme for 1.5.1, so i assume it wont work on CMs ROMs
Im not a themer i just know how to compile the images n stuff
No worries at all - I just appreciate you making it for enoms.
Didn't work.
Hey guys. First off, I want to thank Darch for his time and dedication he's put into getting us 2.2! You're awesome xD
Second: This theme is NOWHERE near complete yet. I spent quite a few hours today figuring stuff out as I went along, and it is still a work in progress. This means the theme is not complete yet. So don't whine about how some stuff isn't themed yet. I know
Currently all that is partially themed in the framework-res.apk. This means that your taskbar, along with certain controls will be themed. I'd also like some tips on editing .9.png's.
Install instructions:
1. Backup your current ROM! Either Nandroid or backup your framework-res.apk file.
2. Unzip the attached file.
3. adb push the framework-res.apk to your phone.
4. adb push the services.jar to your phone.
Code:
adb remount
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework
adb push services.jar /system/framework
adb reboot
OR
If you have ClockWorkMod Recovery installed, you can flash the zip as normal (my signing script is broken).
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That's actually pretty slick. Isnt the real cyanogen supposed to be adopting the hero for froyo?
Froyo White Clock
Push the attached to your /system/framework folder to switch the clock, permanently, to white.
*Remove the .zip extension from the attached file. It is NOT a zip file, extension changed to allow for uploading to forum.
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Push the attached to your /system/framework folder to switch the clock, permanently, to white.
*Remove the .zip extension from the attached file. It is NOT a zip file, extension changed to allow for uploading to forum.
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Hes gonna need the status_bar.xml for the notifications too. I have both already, and asked him if he wanted them last night on the irc but he never said anything so I assumed he had it taken care of.
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Hes gonna need the status_bar.xml for the notifications too. I have both already, and asked him if he wanted them last night on the irc but he never said anything so I assumed he had it taken care of.
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Oh sorry Gomorrah!!! I was watching a movie with my parents (Tears of the Sun) last night. I just leave my IRC on But if you could help me out with the status_bar.xml, that'd be awesome
And thanks JsChiSurf for the services.jar!
Good work brotha!! I dig the launcher. Is that the actual Froyo launcher or one from the market? I installed Froyo last night and so far im impressed. I also changed a few things around.
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Oh sorry Gomorrah!!! I was watching a movie with my parents (Tears of the Sun) last night. I just leave my IRC on But if you could help me out with the status_bar.xml, that'd be awesome
And thanks JsChiSurf for the services.jar!
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Its no problem man. Here's the file: its inside the zip, so you dont have to rename it. It goes in frame-res\layout.
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Good work brotha!! I dig the launcher. Is that the actual Froyo launcher or one from the market? I installed Froyo last night and so far im impressed. I also changed a few things around.
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The launcher is actually ADW Launcher. It's the same Launcher that is used in DarchDroid 2.7. I'm rather fond of it
And thanks Gomorrah! I'll be sure to update my theme now. And I have to apologize, but I'm going out of town soon today, so I won't be able to work on this for the next 5 days
Looks good can't wait for it to be complete. Keep it up.
Anybody got this theme to work? I pushed both files to /system/framework and rebooted and its still showing the default theme.
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Anybody got this theme to work? I pushed both files to /system/framework and rebooted and its still showing the default theme.
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It should be working... did you try wiping your cache or anything? I just downloaded the upload and checked the files, and they are correct.
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It should be working... did you try wiping your cache or anything? I just downloaded the upload and checked the files, and they are correct.
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I'm having no luck. Can you make it into an update.zip?
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It should be working... did you try wiping your cache or anything? I just downloaded the upload and checked the files, and they are correct.
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You have to update it. This will only work on the first release. The frameworks have since changed.
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You have to update it. This will only work on the first release. The frameworks have since changed.
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Oh ok. I didn't think that the framework-res.apk or services.jar could've changed in a release since it's mostly graphical stuff... Oh well
Hey mrinehart,
I was just wondering if there is a update for this theme coming up for the newest 2.2 release.
To anyone who's wondering about an update on this: I'll release an update when a more "final" version of CyanogenMOD is done for us. I don't want to have to keep constantly updating it to match up with the frameworks
Would it be possible to get the task-bar for CM6 Test 4?
This would really look amazing paired with touchwiz, the stock
android seems kinda bland.
Anyways I hope to see more wonderful things soon.
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Would it be possible to get the task-bar for CM6 Test 4?
This would really look amazing paired with touchwiz, the stock
android seems kinda bland.
Anyways I hope to see more wonderful things soon.
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I'll work on it later
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I'll work on it later
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Sweetss =D
Thank you,
Ok, in the first post I posted an updated theme that will work with CyanogenMOD 6.0.0 Enjoy.
Ok, so i renamed a default adw theme apk to .zip to unpack and add the images I want and change the orange glows etc after renaming back to apk cant install on phone 'problem parsing package' assuming this is because i unpacked it and re zipped / renamed to apk.
Is there another way of doing this?? Originally made the theme using template and eclipse / sdk with the adw theme template release package but when i install my app [which was packed unsigned as ive no idea how to go through this keymaker stuff] it cannot be installed on x10 [for 2.2] and you cant use the theme template in eclipse with 1.6 minimum it doesn't work and noticed on github site I got the template from [AnderWeb original] that it needs to be based on 2.2 but will work on 1.6 etc [it doesn't].. this was in the comments when ppl were getting errors in the manifest file, was becuase they set it for 1.6
So anyway aside from confusion I only need to change the png images surely theirs a simple way to unpack / explore and change the APK ??? Spent far too long getting nowhere now and killing chrome with over 50 web tabs and searches open lol
open the apk with 7-zip, and just drag the images straight into the archive - no need to unpack at all!
I'm using a modded theme, but have apks open with Winrar by default so don't need to rename them. When you open the apk leave it open whilst you work on it then once you've added your files just close and install it.
... And don't forget to sign it . Thats the reason you are getting this error.
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... And don't forget to sign it . Thats the reason you are getting this error.
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this after changing the archive with winrar or whatever?
How do you go through siging the app dont have a clue
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this after changing the archive with winrar or whatever?
How do you go through siging the app dont have a clue
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you only have to sign it if your extracting it - keeping it open in winrar or 7zip your not doing that, so i tdoesnt need resigning
Ok messed up a little didnt create a new apk to work on now its buggerd does anyone have a x10 compatable apk of the basic theme? lol
pleeeease
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Might be as well re-downloading it to your phone and pulling it, I cant seem to find the default one on my phone but can see the one I modded.
What you using to pull it, as they are hidden in drawer the file manager i use to back up also doesnt see adw or its themes lol. I d/l the one i had from god knows what side cant find it now. Just goin g to mod a stock adw laucnher v1.1 apk see if that works also because the new version i had messed up alot of themes and not many are updated for it yet.
ahh cant find an apk of donut 1.6 version of adw v1.1
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What you using to pull it, as they are hidden in drawer the file manager
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I used ADB and pulled from data/app.
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ahh cant find an apk of donut 1.6 version of adw v1.1
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Not sure what version this is, but I do know it's an older one...
thanks.. now saying this application cannot be installed on this phone lol happy days! used winrar and zzip to open and add new images, very annoying now lol.
Uploaded the APK below
'ADW.Launcher could not be installed on this phone'
Would this be because its replacing a newer version? although it gets passed the promp telling me it will replace another app on the phone
Ok annoyd now uninstalled current adw and tried still wont install lol now im stuck with stock hope it keeps saved settings lol
how are you editing the archive im copy/pasting im my drawable-hdpi etc folders in which is replacing the old ones within the archive
When you modify the apk, theres something about the certificates that prevent you from installing a modified version. if u learn how to sign it ul b fine.. btw if there's a stock version u after let me know.. iv got quite a few of them! lol
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Comparing files from the older apk and the one you posted, some of the file dimensions are different as in your images are bigger, and some of yours don't look right either, what are the little dashes dotted around some of them...
open it in photoshop its fine. Thats PNG transparency doesnt show in image viewer
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When you modify the apk, theres something about the certificates that prevent you from installing a modified version. if u learn how to sign it ul b fine.. btw if there's a stock version u after let me know.. iv got quite a few of them! lol
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Any guides on signing?
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open it in photoshop its fine. Thats PNG transparency doesnt show in image viewer
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But it doesn't show on the original files, and shows for me in PS and Photo Viewer...
Ive been trying to change my pulldown menu to transparent without any luck! ive tried replacing the status_bar_background.png with one i made via Ninjamorph, and no luck.....i tried unzipping the "systemui.apk" and putting the png file in the drawable-hdpi folder and then zipping the systemui and renaming it to apk, and then replacing the current systemui.apk with the one i did using "RootExplorer", rebooted the phone, fixed permissions,rebooted again and still no change.....im using Eaglesblood 2.3.5 Rom! Please help!
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Ive been trying to change my pulldown menu to transparent without any luck! ive tried replacing the status_bar_background.png with one i made via Ninjamorph, and no luck.....i tried unzipping the "systemui.apk" and putting the png file in the drawable-hdpi folder and then zipping the systemui and renaming it to apk, and then replacing the current systemui.apk with the one i did using "RootExplorer", rebooted the phone, fixed permissions,rebooted again and still no change.....im using Eaglesblood 2.3.5 Rom! Please help!
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Use the UOT Kicthen. Much easier method of getting that notification bar modded as u lease.
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Use the UOT Kicthen. Much easier method of getting that notification bar modded as u lease.
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im a hardcore noob....what is UOT kitchen? oh, and i have a mac!
Edit: Tried the UOT kitchen, did the notification bar the way i wanted, and for some reason, i cant submit it to the kitchen because the button "submit to kitchen" is not able to be pressed! ugh!
Edit: never mind, got it to work....now uploading!
created the zip, tried to flash it, and it said installation aborted........why is this so damn hard (for me)????
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created the zip, tried to flash it, and it said installation aborted........why is this so damn hard (for me)????
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try copying the update-binary from a working zip to your "kitchen" file. Install should work
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try copying the update-binary from a working zip to your "kitchen" file. Install should work
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it didnt work....still aborted.... curse my noobness! :/
If you're on the latest version 1.08 of Eaglesblood for 2.3.5, then just push this SystemUI.apk into /system/app , fix the permissions, and reboot, and it should do the trick.
The reason you were having trouble before is because the stock image is a .9.png...I won't go into the details of that, but a little extra work is needed to make those files work.
This file I've included should work for ya.
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If you're on the latest version 1.08 of Eaglesblood for 2.3.5, then just push this SystemUI.apk into /system/app , fix the permissions, and reboot, and it should do the trick.
The reason you were having trouble before is because the stock image is a .9.png...I won't go into the details of that, but a little extra work is needed to make those files work.
This file I've included should work for ya.
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Still didn't work man....sorry I'm having so much trouble, maybe I'm just unable to do it! Thanks for trying guys and taking the time to try and help :/
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Ok, so you're on the latest version (1.08) of Eaglesblood for 2.3.5, correct? If you are not 100% sure, you can check in "About Phone" and check on the build.
Using the SystemUI.apk that I uploaded, what is your procedure for getting it into your phone?
Because that file has a transparent status_bar_background.9.png with correct patch handles drawn...not sure why it won't work. I will admit, that I don't have a 2.3.5 nandroid backed up to test. Anyone else?
I think I found the problem. Your rom's SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml points to shade_bg.png for the background. I made that image transparent for you, and recompiled the apk. I really hope this works for you. I have to admit, I"m feeling rather dumb right now.
Yes I'm on 1.08 and my exact procedure was I downloaded the file on my phone, I went to root explorer to the xda download folder where it was located, I copied it to system/app and overwrote tthe current systemui.apk that was there, at that time, a constant endless force closes occurred so I had to pull my battery and rebooted that way, as it rebooted, the notification bar was gone, I then went to the systemui and changed permissions to where the first column is all checked and the first of the 2nd ccolumn is checked, I then pulled the battery again (cuz of the apn issue without the hard reset) and when it came back, nothing changed, so I fixed permissions via rom manager, to no avail......its frustrating!
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I think I found the problem. Your rom's SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml points to shade_bg.png for the background. I made that image transparent for you, and recompiled the apk. I really hope this works for you. I have to admit, I"m feeling rather dumb right now.
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holy crap it worked.....a million times THANKS!!! You effin rock dude! thanks for taking the time to help me! So to my understanding, u just edited the shade_bg file???? that was it??
Yeh, essentially, all I would have needed to do was edit that shade_bg.png file. But I didn't know to look there until I was forced to try to save face after giving you bad advice, lol. Now I know that some roms will point to status_bar_background.png, some will point to shade_bg, and some even simply define a hex color code...just have to decompile the SystemUI.apk, and look in res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml to see where it's looking....and then edit that file.
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Yeh, essentially, all I would have needed to do was edit that shade_bg.png file. But I didn't know to look there until I was forced to try to save face after giving you bad advice, lol. Now I know that some roms will point to status_bar_background.png, some will point to shade_bg, and some even simply define a hex color code...just have to decompile the SystemUI.apk, and look in res/layout/status_bar_tracking.xml to see where it's looking....and then edit that file.
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so now that i know it works, i was wondering if i wanted to create one, do i make it 200 x 200 like the current shade_bg file is? i kinda want to make one with a black background with semi transparency! I tried editing the shade_bg file u made, with a program called Gimp, but it didnt work
Can you give me your exact method to doing this? I created an image from gimp, i saved it as shade_bg.png, so basically , i extracted the systemui.apk from root explorer, it put the extracted in my sd card, so i plugged in my phone in my mac, and i took that folder from my sd card, now from here, the extracted file is a zip file, so i double clicked it b/c macs can unzip files easily, so in the folder, i placed my shade_bg file into the appropriate folder.....now this is where i think i mess up, what do u do from here? I "compressed" the systemui folder to make it back into a zip, and then placed it into my sd card, i then "renamed" the file thru my phone from a .zip to a .apk, now in root explorer there is usually an icon that shows up next to the name of the files, now when i changed it, a green android icon showed up, but on the file that you had edited for me, there was a "settings" icon, u know, the standard icon for the settings app in android! i put the apk in the system/app and it didnt work, even after permissions set up! hmmm.....i promise, this will probably be my last post!
please keep in mind, i have a mac, and i do have that 7zip u mentioned in the development thread, but its called EZ7Z.....just in case i need it
If you are doing it the way you described, then you need to find a way to zip with no compression. 7 zip does that with the "store" setting...not sure about the mac version.
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.
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If you are doing it the way you described, then you need to find a way to zip with no compression. 7 zip does that with the "store" setting...not sure about the mac version.
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.
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man, for some reason i just cant get the "settings icon" to appear after renaming the .zip to .apk from root explorer.......im pretty sure thats way too easy, i must be doing it wrong?
my apk file is not right...i tried signing it with an app from the market, tried searching for a fix, and nothing.....ur my only hope man! lol! :/
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man, for some reason i just cant get the "settings icon" to appear after renaming the .zip to .apk from root explorer.......im pretty sure thats way too easy, i must be doing it wrong?
my apk file is not right...i tried signing it with an app from the market, tried searching for a fix, and nothing.....ur my only hope man! lol! :/
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anyone know how to convert a .zip to .apk correctly?
I'm pretty handy with Photoshop (I do graphic design) and I was wondering how I would go about making a theme. I am on Melvins stock ROM and I don't use a launcher. It was so simple on the iPhone, so is there a method similar to that of the iPhone?
Hey I'm in the same boat as you being design graduate myself. Its pretty easy actually you just need to get to know all the apk files and what goes where. The framework-res.apk, systemUI.apk house the majority of the files overall that you will most likely wanna mod. Then you have app specifics. Anyway here is a little vid to get you started very basic like. Its the dev M&S from the Tmob thread. His themes are super slick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSB8iQvpU9k
That is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much. It's actually fairly easy, and I'm glad I don't have to use winSCP anymore.
Quick question though, what do I download to get the script and all that? And the SDK part?
I downloaded the APK manager and I have no idea how to get the framework into the script. Any ideas?
well you should watch the video! if you don't wanna watch than.
Copy framwork-res.apk from system>framework folder.
Past it in the apk folder where it says "Put here for Modding" and than you can open up the command prompt and go from there!
Hope this helps!\
Make sure to do nandroid because messing with framwork will give you softbrick and you will be F*****!
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I downloaded the APK manager and I have no idea how to get the framework into the script. Any ideas?
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well you should watch the video! if you don't wanna watch than.
Copy framwork-res.apk from system>framework folder.
Past it in the apk folder where it says "Put here for Modding" and than you can open up the command prompt and go from there!
Hope this helps!\
Make sure to do nandroid because messing with framwork will give you softbrick and you will be F*****!
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lol I was like the vid shows it too! And also you will need to do a search on how to mod .9 png files. They have code in them so if you mod them in photoshop ( I did this at first) they end up all warped and busted. At first I recommend the "extract" for starters in APK manager. Gives you access to all the png files and such. Once you get more familiar then choose "decompile" so you can edit the xml files (change text color etc). Hope that helps
I will be closely following this thread as I am learning to theme as well, let's help each other!
Does anyone know how to do the videos first part in "apk multi tool"?
Actually nvm I figured it out
I did watch the video. There are some steps he skips, however. Like selecting the framework, he never tells you how to get it in the folder. I figured it out, eventually.. but I still don't know how to get it onto my phone using the SDK that he uses. That is my question.
Ive been at this for about an hour lol. I figured out how to push the file but I couldnt do it from /tools/ so I tried pushing the apk from /platform-tools/ and it worked the only problem is that I edited the battery colors just to test and see if it would work. They were supposed to be red but their still the same color.
Btw to the above post, go to cmd and type "cd c:/" and then wherever your sdk is located. Unless thats not what your talking about then idk =/
Update: It worked...but...bootloops so I had to push the original frameworkres and it booted up and when I re-pushed the one I edited it still gives me a bootloop
I've started building themes. Everything has worked fine so far. I themed my gmail apk blue. And have been working on framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk and twframework-res.apk. Far from done but I've made changes to all three and pushed them to my phone no problem. Im using pirateghosts stock Rom space_pirate i believe is the Rom name
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I'm using alien 5.5 and I'm still getting bootloops trying to push my modded framework-res apk.
The cake is a lie.