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Clear Taskbar

I did a search, found one but the icons are changed. Does anyone have a .zip to have a clear taskbar (completely see through bar at the top) and leave whatever current icons I have on?

DirtyShroomz said:
I did a search, found one but the icons are changed. Does anyone have a .zip to have a clear taskbar (completely see through bar at the top) and leave whatever current icons I have on?
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unless its metamorphed then it will change ur icons at the top. the png is in the framework files so what ever the framework file where someone changes the png will also change the icons that are in the framework file. like mentioned above the only other alternative is to use a metamorph to just change that one file.

Can you point me in the direction to that through metamorph?

cbarlan said:
unless its metamorphed then it will change ur icons at the top. the png is in the framework files so what ever the framework file where someone changes the png will also change the icons that are in the framework file. like mentioned above the only other alternative is to use a metamorph to just change that one file.
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Why cant he through in a transparent one? change the PNG to transparent I mean?
EDIT: Like this one! ;P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6271011&postcount=14

MyDroidHax said:
Why cant he through in a transparent one? change the PNG to transparent I mean?
EDIT: Like this one! ;P
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6271011&postcount=14
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yes thats where I saw it

i have been asking for that to...clear taskbar, clear rosie, everything. right now i kinda have it clear but all my stuff is black.
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DirtyShroomz said:
yes thats where I saw it
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Then why not just extract the apk? and put it in yours? lol
Or shall I do all the work for you, and let you learn nothing.

MyDroidHax said:
Then why not just extract the apk? and put it in yours? lol
Or shall I do all the work for you, and let you learn nothing.
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I have no comp I do everything on my phone

DirtyShroomz said:
I have no comp I do everything on my phone
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OHHH.. Okay one sec ill brb... Do you need a flashable zip? and do you also want clear task bar buttons so it doesn't show that stupid square around the icons?

Yes please to all questions!

DirtyShroomz said:
Yes please to all questions!
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Kay.. Working on it now
EDIT: The entire frame work is changed and I cant find where teh notification bar is.. Do you want a zip with the entire frame work? (it will change more than the notification bar)

hahah stupid squares around the icons good one. those tend to bother me to.
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hey mydroid, can you let me know which files the power control widget are? i'd like to clear them out and couldnt find them. also i changed the location icon in the tasbar. looking for the usb connection to change too. thanks.
http://www.4shared.com/file/XS9fbxCS/clearnexus-signed.html

MyDroidHax said:
Kay.. Working on it now
EDIT: The entire frame work is changed and I cant find where teh notification bar is.. Do you want a zip with the entire frame work? (it will change more than the notification bar)
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What do you mean?

DirtyShroomz said:
What do you mean?
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hey if you feel comfortable, pull the framework-res.apk. drop this image into the drawable-mdpi folder. then push back to phone. should make clear.
dont just right click and save or will make white. open then right click. if you want the icons i used pm me and i'll zip them up for you.

sdotcarlisle said:
hey mydroid, can you let me know which files the power control widget are? i'd like to clear them out and couldnt find them. also i changed the location icon in the tasbar. looking for the usb connection to change too. thanks.
http://www.4shared.com/file/XS9fbxCS/clearnexus-signed.html
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Where is your clear notification bar though? It's not in the same spot as every other theme/rom?
EDIT: I will look into getting that clear for you.

sdotcarlisle said:
hey if you feel comfortable, pull the framework-res.apk. drop this image into the drawable-mdpi folder. then push back to phone. should make clear.
dont just right click and save or will make white. open then right click. if you want the icons i used pm me and i'll zip them up for you.
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Could this be done from phone?

MyDroidHax said:
Where is your clear notification bar though? It's not in the same spot as every other theme/rom?
EDIT: I will look into getting that clear for you.
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thanks. its in framework-res.apk in the drawable-mdpi folder. i post the clear png in the post above yours.

MyDroidHax said:
Where is your clear notification bar though? It's not in the same spot as every other theme/rom?
EDIT: I will look into getting that clear for you.
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Thanks a lot for your work man really appreciate it

sdotcarlisle said:
hey if you feel comfortable, pull the framework-res.apk. drop this image into the drawable-mdpi folder. then push back to phone. should make clear.
dont just right click and save or will make white. open then right click. if you want the icons i used pm me and i'll zip them up for you.
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He cant, no computer.... He needs a signed zip.

theming Power Control Widget

Hey all,
I need some help identifying the location and name of the .apk that I can modify to theme my power control widget. I am running Fresh ROM 2.3.3.
thanks for any assistance you can render.
mbuchholz
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my zip is too big... I don't have any place to host it, so if you want to try it out, pm me and I'll email it to you. If someone wants to host it for me, I'm cool with that. Here's a screenshot so you can at least see what it looks like.

Settings.apk
in system/app/
at least that's where in is on Cyanogenmod
mbuchholz said:
Hey all,
I need some help identifying the location and name of the .apk that I can modify to theme my power control widget. I am running Fresh ROM 2.3.3.
thanks for any assistance you can render.
mbuchholz
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Thanks for the assist. I found it with your info.

Ok, so I found the Settings.apk in /system/app/ but I can't seem to locate the .png that sets the background of the app. I'm trying to rid my power control widget of the dark gray backdrop so it looks nice and clean and clear. Can anyone help me out on this?
Thanks,
mbuchholz

mbuchholz said:
Ok, so I found the Settings.apk in /system/app/ but I can't seem to locate the .png that sets the background of the app. I'm trying to rid my power control widget of the dark gray backdrop so it looks nice and clean and clear. Can anyone help me out on this?
Thanks,
mbuchholz
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It should be in \res\drawable-mdpi
and the file name is appwidget_bg.9.png
I uploaded my metamorph file that makes a clear power control widget and makes the genie widget look like the one posted in this Clear Genie Widget you can take the png file from there and use it

Russss said:
It should be in \res\drawable-mdpi
and the file name is appwidget_bg.9.png
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That's the correct image, however, it is not located in Setting.apk, with the rest of the images, rather in com.htc.resources.apk.

JsChiSurf said:
That's the correct image, however, it is not located in Setting.apk, with the rest of the images, rather in com.htc.resources.apk.
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You are right, I forgot he was on Fresh....in AOSP roms it is located in the settings.apk

Cool. I'll take a look tonight. Thanks!
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Once you get this done would you consider uploading it? I would love to have a clear Power Control Widget, as I'm sure other's would as well!

Yes please, me too!!!

steindog99 said:
Once you get this done would you consider uploading it? I would love to have a clear Power Control Widget, as I'm sure other's would as well!
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Thanks to everyone's help I have figured out how to remove the background. I need to tweak the icons a bit so it may be a day or so before I can upload a flashable zip. Keep in mind, if you flash the zip, it will reset your com.htc.resources.apk to stock fresh 2.3.3 except for the clear power control app background.
I'll post a reply with the flashable zip asap.
thanks again!
mbuchholz

[Q] Black Lockscreen Sliders

Just wondering if someone is already working on changing the lockscreen sliders to a glossy black, moto sliders are fugly. I have seen many posts for people requesting this in other threads and being a noob to theming I have no idea where to start.
What is the name of the file that needs to be modified and in which .apk is it located? I might make this my first "theme" project if I find the file and if this has not already been done.

The sliders are part of framework. Pull framework-res.apk from /system/framework and open the apk in any zip program like 7zip or WinRAR. Then look in the drawable-hdpi and drawable-land-hdpi folders and you should see the sliders. Then edit in Photoshop or something. Put back in framework-res.apk then push back to the phone and reboot.

Explodee said:
The sliders are part of framework. Pull framework-res.apk from /system/framework and open the apk in any zip program like 7zip or WinRAR. Then look in the drawable-hdpi and drawable-land-hdpi folders and you should see the sliders. Then edit in Photoshop or something. Put back in framework-res.apk then push back to the phone and reboot.
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Not that simple...they're .9.png's. if you just edit them in photoshop they'll mess things up and not turn out right.

Even with just simply changing the color?
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MXMike said:
Even with just simply changing the color?
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nope.. when saved in photo editor it loses its .9 properties...
have to used draw9patch in android sdk to apply guides..
just decompile original apk with apktool or apkmanager to get the original showing you where the guides are located

I changed the colors of the sliders from the dark green whatever color to red using photoshop and they work fine.

Explodee said:
I changed the colors of the sliders from the dark green whatever color to red using photoshop and they work fine.
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You got lucky somehow. All .9's have a 1 pixel border that exist as guides to the OS of where to stretch and where to anchor the image. Changing the color can remove/alter these guides. Rarely can you just change the color of a .9 and expect it to work/appear as it should. I would look at the thread with the how to video for draw9patch if you want to edit the lock sliders or any other .9 image.

Thanks for the info.
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Something like this?
BTW this if fully functional, drop it in your framework (rename it!) and push it. If its what you need let me know, ill finish the rest.
Black sliders
If you see page four ... Clear / cant see sliders
you might be able to use ninja morph to apply these, or you need to know how to add files to an apk and push back. These go in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
Dont add these to a decompiled apk! drop these straight into the apk with your perfered method.

Yeah that is what im looking for...if you wanna finish em that would be awesome!
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MXMike said:
Yeah that is what im looking for...if you wanna finish em that would be awesome!
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shoot me a pm with your email, wont have em to ya till 3-4. Unless someone beats me to em.

bad4u6669 said:
Something like this?
BTW this if fully functional, drop it in your framework (rename it!) and push it. If its what you need let me know, ill finish the rest.
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I downloaded your theme and you successfully changed the color, but the slider doesnt slide. But it is still functional. Just doesnt actually show the bar sliding. This is where the .9.png comes into play

My current update.zip that's up right now? The sliders in that don't work? Every one else reports no problems. Could you be more specific.
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I just decompiled my whole theme and checked the sliders. They are compiled and working correctly. Something might of went screwy on your install.
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bad4u6669 said:
I just decompiled my whole theme and checked the sliders. They are compiled and working correctly. Something might of went screwy on your install.
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lol, nevermind. I was thinkin you did Froyo Dynomite. The slider doesnt slide in that one.

You can easily changed the color of the sliders. But you have to decompile first. If you just unzip the apk it loses the 9 patch info(see below). If you have a theme and the slider does not slide then this is the reason.

Natemz said:
lol, nevermind. I was thinkin you did Froyo Dynomite. The slider doesnt slide in that one.
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Ahh crap you're right. I never noticed because I always use WidgetLocker. I fixed the notification font and now I'll get going on fixing the sliders. Update will be tonight.

black sliders sent, post up a screen shot after you get them on your phone.

Any way I can get the black sliders from you as well?

phissionkorps said:
Any way I can get the black sliders from you as well?
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As long as you can post a pic after you apply them. pm me with an email addres to send them too.

[request] Themed 3G icon

can anyone post up a themed version of the stock or new MIUI rom flashable 3G indicator, themed to match this (or both):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788214
Thanks!

Do you mean you're after:
A theme for MIUI which has the 3G icons from that theme
or
That theme with the MIUI 3G icons?
Josh.

fllash said:
Do you mean you're after:
A theme for MIUI which has the 3G icons from that theme
or
That theme with the MIUI 3G icons?
Josh.
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I would like the 3g icon from that rom to flash over SkyRaider 3.2

^Same^ but likt the one from the smooth blue theme that is a blue 3G indicator. Or JUST the stock HTC 3G indicator in blue if possible. Thanks

just pull it out of the framework and color it yourself, it's like 4 images

worm- said:
just pull it out of the framework and color it yourself, it's like 4 images
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How do I do this?
Thanks

Funny. I was just going to post asking anyone if they had it in red. I would also like to know how to do it.

Contempt4You said:
Funny. I was just going to post asking anyone if they had it in red. I would also like to know how to do it.
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I know. I really want it lol, because i kinda hate the 3G indicator in the theme i have currently, as it's hard to see the upload/download arrows, so i just wanted a flashable indicator so I dont lose the cool notification pulldown

I can edit it with photoshop if I can find it. Can anyone give me a hint to the file path?
EDIT: Hah...ok I suck and fail.
I found the apk and edited the images. Looked great. Put the apk back together. Unistalled the original apk and tried to install my modified apk. Would not install. I'm done with it for now. I guess I will read up on signing tomorrow although I thought I had read that system apps didn't need to be signed.
I'll play with it more tomorrow.

do adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
And the images should n in the drawable-hdpi. Folder if not just look around until u find the images
Then pull the framework from your current Rom and replace your images with the images you want then repush your framework hack to the phone and reboot
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Contempt4You said:
I can edit it with photoshop if I can find it. Can anyone give me a hint to the file path?
EDIT: Hah...ok I suck and fail.
I found the apk and edited the images. Looked great. Put the apk back together. Unistalled the original apk and tried to install my modified apk. Would not install. I'm done with it for now. I guess I will read up on signing tomorrow although I thought I had read that system apps didn't need to be signed.
I'll play with it more tomorrow.
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If you figure it out can you pack a zip of just the 3g icon in blue as well for me?
Thanks man

Thanks for the tips. With a little help from google, I was able to figure it out.
Which icon did you need exactly? The 3g toggle or the notification bar?

well, i did it and replaced some old icons with cooler looking ones, but the 3g icons (along with similar data icons) did not show up. all of the other ones showed up. also, i read a thread where this dude got 4g icons from another rom and installed them on his phone to make it look like he had 4g, but then hours later, he experienced loss of mobile data... and now i think i am too... any suggestions?

I'm sorry I can't help you. I am learning all this myself and wouldn't pretend to know where to start on that. All I can say is that if you are going to make any changes then backup early and often.
The 3g toggle icons I was looking for were in system/app. I merely reskinned them and dropped them back in.

Contempt4You said:
I'm sorry I can't help you. I am learning all this myself and wouldn't pretend to know where to start on that. All I can say is that if you are going to make any changes then backup early and often.
The 3g toggle icons I was looking for were in system/app. I merely reskinned them and dropped them back in.
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i wanted notification bar icon

I'm running a theme and mine is already skinned. I think either way you would still have to adb push it onto your phone. I did some googling and took a crash course on changing system icons.
Once I figured it out, it made sense (i know that sounds stupid, but after i did it, I was like oh yeah I get it now). I know that's not a big help, but I'm new to this and wouldn't want to bork your phone. Maybe someone more knowledgable will come save the day.
Otherwise I would google in terms like editing apks and adb pull adb push etc. and maybe you will figure it out too.
Hell I can't wait to ruin my phone now that I am armed and dangerous =)

Contempt4You said:
I'm running a theme and mine is already skinned. I think either way you would still have to adb push it onto your phone. I did some googling and took a crash course on changing system icons.
Once I figured it out, it made sense (i know that sounds stupid, but after i did it, I was like oh yeah I get it now). I know that's not a big help, but I'm new to this and wouldn't want to bork your phone. Maybe someone more knowledgable will come save the day.
Otherwise I would google in terms like editing apks and adb pull adb push etc. and maybe you will figure it out too.
Hell I can't wait to ruin my phone now that I am armed and dangerous =)
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Lol, i actuallly finally figured out how to extract the png's, so i am going to edit in photoshop, then replace the current images with the app ninjamorph.
*didnt work* left a huge blank space on noti. bar and when I rebooted to see if it would show, I bootlooped*

Well. I spent last night learning to resign edited apk files, so literally nothing on my phone is safe now.

Contempt4You said:
Well. I spent last night learning to resign edited apk files, so literally nothing on my phone is safe now.
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Is there any way to pack the png's so that I can flash them or install as an apk?
Anyone know how I'd do this? I already have the edited png's.
Can I send any of you guys the folder with the icons and you can help me out with this?
Thanks again

It seems the easiest way to change or theme icons is to not unzip them. Just open them with 7zip and make your changes, then close it. They will stay compressed and all of the info and size will remain intact.
Once changed you will have to resign the apk or zip file.
I spent the better part of 2 hours reading up on it using these forums and google, but I do not in any way feel knowledgable enough to instruct you on the finer points. There are oodles of topics on editing apk's and signing them when you are finished.
The steps seem pretty clear:
1. download or pull apk
2. open with 7zip
3. make changes keeping sizes and file names the same
4. close
5. re-sign the apk or zip file (most likely have to delete the existing files to the original signing which will be replaced with your own)
6. push or install the zip or apk (make sure the original app is uninstalled prior to reinstalling the changed app)
There are various methods and tools. The most helpful thread I found on signing is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
I hope this covers it all and is helpful to you. I am new at it and can only tell you to backup everything and if you are unclear on any of it, then don't attempt it.
Read all the posts related to it. There is great info and plenty of feedback on known issues or mistakes others have had.

Sense 4.0 all app background image

Hi there!
One of the thing that I'm struggling with HTC is the fact that from the moment the have moved to android they have always put the black background on the all apps menu which isn't so beautiful. Is there anyway here who know if it could be possible to have, at least, the same background image of the home for the all apps menu?
P.S. And by the way I don't get why is not possible to customize the background iamge of the all apps menu, come on this was possible on windows mobile!!!!

light_n_roses said:
Hi there!
One of the thing that I'm struggling with HTC is the fact that from the moment the have moved to android they have always put the black background on the all apps menu which isn't so beautiful. Is there anyway here who know if it could be possible to have, at least, the same background image of the home for the all apps menu?
P.S. And by the way I don't get why is not possible to customize the background iamge of the all apps menu, come on this was possible on windows mobile!!!!
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i havent had a chance to look into sense 4.0 yet but in sense 3.0 all apps background was a color reference in the rosie apk > res > layout> all apps view .xml
you can edit the code to reference a wallpaper of your own
i was having trouble decompiling sense 4 files so didnt really look into it

thesparky007 said:
i havent had a chance to look into sense 4.0 yet but in sense 3.0 all apps background was a color reference in the rosie apk > res > layout> all apps view .xml
you can edit the code to reference a wallpaper of your own
i was having trouble decompiling sense 4 files so didnt really look into it
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sp do you think that I can also put a different background image from the one on the home screen ? It would be awsome!

light_n_roses said:
sp do you think that I can also put a different background image from the one on the home screen ? It would be awsome!
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yea you sure can, easiest is to make the background transparent so the home screen wallpaper is visible but you can surely make it reference an image

thesparky007 said:
yea you sure can, easiest is to make the background transparent so the home screen wallpaper is visible but you can surely make it reference an image
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actually I have tried to open that file from a custom rom with sense 3.5, I have extracted the file with 7zip but it was not readable with notepadd...

light_n_roses said:
actually I have tried to open that file from a custom rom with sense 3.5, I have extracted the file with 7zip but it was not readable with notepadd...
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Well of course, you extracted it with 7zip. Grab apktool or something else that can unpack APKs properly and decrypt the XMLs etc., use it to extract the APK and then you should be able to edit it easily enough.
EDIT: You'll also need to pull com.htc.resources.apk from /system/framework and install it with the command
Code:
apktool if com.htc.resources.apk
to properly decrypt the APK
EDIT: Although I can't find the XML referenced above in the Rosie.apk from my Sense 3.5 device...(HTC Explorer).
EDIT: In res\values\colors.xml I found a reference for a colour "all_item_background" which is #ff000000 (i.e. black), but it only appears to be used for as the colour for some text. Despite not really wanting to have a transparent background here, it's bugging me.

Is it possible to have this background on all aps for galaxy y s5360
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stokaa said:
Is it possible to have this background on all aps for galaxy y s5360
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Galaxy Y is a Samsung phone, so it doesn't have Sense. It has TouchWiz. So the launcher is different to the Sense one. It is almost certainly possible to do a similar thing, but it won't be done exactly the same.
I believe the TouchWiz launcher it called twlauncher.apk or something like that. Pull that file off your phone and use apktool to extract it, look in the XMLs in res\layout and try to find the background colour. It'll probably be #ff000000. You could try using something like grep to search for that in the folder to try and narrow down the possibilities.
Just a few thoughts that might possibly help.

SifJar said:
Well of course, you extracted it with 7zip. Grab apktool or something else that can unpack APKs properly and decrypt the XMLs etc., use it to extract the APK and then you should be able to edit it easily enough.
EDIT: You'll also need to pull com.htc.resources.apk from /system/framework and install it with the command
Code:
apktool if com.htc.resources.apk
to properly decrypt the APK
EDIT: Although I can't find the XML referenced above in the Rosie.apk from my Sense 3.5 device...(HTC Explorer).
EDIT: In res\values\colors.xml I found a reference for a colour "all_item_background" which is #ff000000 (i.e. black), but it only appears to be used for as the colour for some text. Despite not really wanting to have a transparent background here, it's bugging me.
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actually it would be nice to have the chance to put also a different image on background not just have the black background turn transparent so you can see the same of the home.

light_n_roses said:
actually it would be nice to have the chance to put also a different image on background not just have the black background turn transparent so you can see the same of the home.
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Well that is easily done once the right value is found in the right XML. It's find the value that is the tricky part.

yea I see...have you made any progress with that?

light_n_roses said:
yea I see...have you made any progress with that?
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Nope, I gave up because I couldn't find it in the Rosie.apk from my device.