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[Guide] MetaMorphing! (Updated 5-2-10)

MetaMorph has been updated so that all old MetaMorphs that use a .thm control file WILL NOT WORK! This guide has been updated to instruct you on how to convert your themes to the new format
MetaMorph uses .zip files for its themes which the app unzips and places in a folder.
Inside the .zip is a .xml file and several folders for the apps you want to edit. (For example, you'll see com.htc.resources and Rosie folders in themes that change the bottom bar.) Treat these folders as if they were the .apks themselves. They use the same folder structure. So if you have a file in the folder Rosie/res/drawable/ in your theme's .zip, then MetaMorph will open up Rosie.apk and stick it in the /res/drawable/ folder. Get it?
So that's how you place the files. And the great part about MetaMorph is that you only need to put in the files that you're changing. That's all it needs. This keeps the themes very small and easy to edit, since you can see exactly which files need to be changed!
To create your theme control file, download the attached theme_control_template.xml.txt (rename it to remove the .txt extension) and fill in the required fields using any xml editor (I recommend Notepad++). Name the .xml file the EXACT SAME NAME as the name of the theme. If they do not match they the theme won't work.
Once you have your .xml file created, zip up the folder, place it in the AndroidThemes folder on your sdcard and start MetaMorph. MetaMorph will unzip it, create a new, unzipped folder in AndroidThemes, and add a .nomedia file in there.
This is a very simple process that can easily be done in as little as 5 minutes.
Here is a more in-depth guide if you so desire (by the author of the app): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591329
And here is a collection of MetaMorphs created (Note: most of these WILL NOT work on Sense ROM's! Read what ROM each theme is created for carefullly! If you have a question, ask and someone will tell you if the theme is usable on your Hero): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=589315

Thanks for the tutorial. I've always wondered why more people don't use metamorph (for the Hero at least). It's such a great application. Hopefully we'll see some new themes popping up soon. Thanks!

So If I wanted to change a file in rosie.apk I would only need to place the modded file in the apk into metamorph? All the other junk can be left out?

Just did a little more reading and looking at some examples and looks like I got it. Thank for the information

Yea I hope to see more themes using this, seems alot easier and more flexible for designers/themers

I have a few font replacements that I found within the G1 forums:
SonySketch - Credit teradaz
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Custom_Font - Credit DeadBody79 *(note that this font causes some stacking in the text, such as the alarm clock time and some app names)*
Please Nandroid before installing. Both were verified with Damage Control v.2.05. Should work for any ROM based on DC v2.05, not verified on 1.5/6 ROMs although I think they would work if the font files are in the /system/fonts directory and named the same as the Morphs. Stock fonts have also been provided.

I am having bit a problem with MetaMorph. After I open up Metamorph, it says that it needs to check a few things to make sure the phone meets all the requirement. After I press "Start Checks" it opens up Superuser but does nothing. I know superuser is working fine cuz it works for wifi tether. What am i doing wrong?

What ROM version do you have installed? After it checked for updates did you get the option to select "allow", "Always Allow", etc.? If there was something wrong Metamorph would probably have given you and error.

Re: [Guide] MetaMorphing!
so use meta to change those fonts you zipped. wondering if there is a way to apply the font changes to only certain parts of the phone. would this make it easier to change the colors of backgrounds and menus etc?

souless poet said:
so use meta to change those fonts you zipped. wondering if there is a way to apply the font changes to only certain parts of the phone. would this make it easier to change the colors of backgrounds and menus etc?
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Not sure if you could change certain fonts without it affecting all fonts on the phone.

srkmagnus said:
What ROM version do you have installed? After it checked for updates did you get the option to select "allow", "Always Allow", etc.? If there was something wrong Metamorph would probably have given you and error.
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I am using Fresh 2.0d. I just get a blank screen on superuser. It doesn't show the option to "Allow" just blank screen!

skhonda said:
I am using Fresh 2.0d. I just get a blank screen on superuser. It doesn't show the option to "Allow" just blank screen!
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I have the same issue on my phone, using DCv2.05. Most of the time SU force closes.

skhonda said:
I am using Fresh 2.0d. I just get a blank screen on superuser. It doesn't show the option to "Allow" just blank screen!
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Hey I'm new to these forums but I had a previous issue that did the same thing on Fresh's 2.0d. I did a search on here and it told me to make sure USB Debugging was on. It wasn't but once it was problem solved. Hope I could help!

OsNaYa said:
Hey I'm new to these forums but I had a previous issue that did the same thing on Fresh's 2.0d. I did a search on here and it told me to make sure USB Debugging was on. It wasn't but once it was problem solved. Hope I could help!
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Yeah, that did it. Just turned on USB debugging and everything worked. Thanks

Does anybody have a good resource for metamorph themes?
Edit: nevermind, missed the link on the first post. Any other suggestions are welcomed

Every theme I download and put on my sd card gives me a invalid theme or theme is missing error. I would know exactly what it said if it stayed up for more than a second and 1/2. I am downloading themes based on the Rom I have yet NOTHING will work. Am I missing a step here. I download, put it in the AndroidThemes dir on the sd card then open Metamorph Pro and extract. I then get the message about it being invalid or it is missing.

redram38 said:
Every theme I download and put on my sd card gives me a invalid theme or theme is missing error. I would know exactly what it said if it stayed up for more than a second and 1/2. I am downloading themes based on the Rom I have yet NOTHING will work. Am I missing a step here. I download, put it in the AndroidThemes dir on the sd card then open Metamorph Pro and extract. I then get the message about it being invalid or it is missing.
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I'm getting the same message? I have no idea what I am doing wrong, I followed the guides?
Running Dammage 2.06ROM

Looking for a little help here. I want to change my bluetooth images in the framework-res.apk.
I keep getting this error.....
"The theme you selected is invalid because the the theme control file could not be read and may be missing"
This is what I have in my .thm file...
framework-res.apk
/system/framework/
This is the directory structure for my zip file (test.zip)....
-test
- framework-res
- res
- drawable-mdpi
My .thm file is in the test directory my images are in the drawable-mdpi directory.
Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Is BusyBox required for this to work? I saw some posts that led me to believe it was but others don't say anything about it. I am rooted and downloaded Metamorph and it seem to run okay accept for the error when trying to load my zip file.
Thanks.

Ok, for the people who are getting invalid theme messages:
Recently, Stericson changed MetaMorph - Donate to MetaMorph Pro. MetaMorph Pro uses a different theme format than MetaMorph free does! Instead of using .thm files, it uses .xml files. This means that any themes that were made for MetaMorph free WILL NOT work for MetaMorph Pro! Kinda lame, I know, but that's the case for right now.
My best advice for you is to just install the free version for now. I know you paid $3 for the Pro version and I don't want you to waste your money, so as soon as I am able to I will look into converting these into themes compatible with MetaMorph Pro.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Gregalous said:
Ok, for the people who are getting invalid theme messages:
Recently, Stericson changed MetaMorph - Donate to MetaMorph Pro. MetaMorph Pro uses a different theme format than MetaMorph free does! Instead of using .thm files, it uses .xml files. This means that any themes that were made for MetaMorph free WILL NOT work for MetaMorph Pro! Kinda lame, I know, but that's the case for right now.
My best advice for you is to just install the free version for now. I know you paid $3 for the Pro version and I don't want you to waste your money, so as soon as I am able to I will look into converting these into themes compatible with MetaMorph Pro.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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I saw that and also tried a xml file.
"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<item>framework-res.apk</item>
<path>/system/framework/</path>
"
That's what I had. Very basic but thought it was enough to work but got the same message.
I am running the free version 1.9.4 I think?
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[Themes] 2.x Metamorphs

I started porting some of the themes done in 2.x to metamorph by popular demand. This has many advantages over just using apks as these should be pretty standard across roms & they are easier to work off of. Id consider all of this experimental as I havent had time to test every rom/scenario so if something doesnt work please leave details on what rom & theme + whats broken. Nandroid first.
Please leave feedback if stuff works & Feel free to work off of these, post your own metamorphs with screenshots and ill update this.
To apply get metamorph from the market. Dump zip file in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/ Do not rename zip file. Run metamorph & apply all.
If you were running a previous non metamorph theme or you do not get all the intended updates try pushing a 'stock' com.htc.resources.apk & framework-res.apk to /system/framework/ (or whatever APK its tripping up on) from the original rom & trying again.
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STOCK LOOKS
===========================
Stock Espresso Download - Stock_Espresso.zip
Resets EVERYTHING modified in these zips back to stock Espresso.
Espresso bottom rosie Bar ONLY (keeps statusbars & everything else intact)- JustEspresso_TrevE.zip
Stock bottom curved rosie bar ONLY (keeps statusbars & everything else intact) - JustCurvedRosie_TrevE.zip
Other stock looks & Droid Launcher (thanks gregalous) - ?t=656958
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Full Themes
=======================
My Darkstar Mod:
Download- http://www.4shared.com/file/259420679/f42a8086/TrevE_Darkstar_mmv1.html
Heres the version of darkstar i just did. I think i got all the changes in here. Black dialer, clock mods, launcher mods, status bar, fade in/out animation:
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-BlackIce Theme- Ported from ( ) Download: http://www.4shared.com/file/259501736/81bd584/BlackIce_TrevEMMPort.html
-MarksTheme Taskbar Skin with cleared lock (FIXED EVDO/1x symbols- ported from ?t=576256) Download: MarksTaskbar_TrevEPort.zip
-Brocks Taskbar - (ported from here) - Brocks_Taskbar_TrevEmm.zip
====================
Dialers:
====================
-Black Dialer: Download - http://www.4shared.com/file/259475733/8e6fb9e9/BlackDialer.html
This is just the black dialer, not the statusbar.
-DarchVader Dialer (ported from ?p=5946362&postcount=1092) Download - http://www.4shared.com/file/259477611/f99c18fb/DarkVaderDialer_TrevE.html
Just dialer, not statusbar.
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LockScreens
==========================
Cleared Lockscreen (thanks gregalous) ?t=652623
===========================
FONTS
===========================
New fonts (thanks srkmagnus) ?p=6118436&postcount=6
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IN PROGRESS (some of these are done already will update as my slow dsl connection gets them uploaded)
-Original 'Full' Taskbar Skin with espresso look & cleared lock (see screenshots for full mod)
&postcount=44
-BuffDwang theme (ported from ?t=574139)
-ADWon theme - (ported from ?t=641247)
-Darkstar theme (in progress)
-AlienAqua Theme (in progress)

reserved for future

Are you using this thread just for your own morphs or for ALL morphs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656958
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652623
If it's for all morphs, those are a few I did.

Hey TrevE I flashed the the Darkstar mod metamorph you posted in the other thread which is what I assume the same as the one you posted here. Just some more feedback, I noticed that the one thats on my phone is the normal Darkstar theme and not the mod version with the grey battery icons and what not. Applied it a second time to make sure. Also the stock espresso spits out an error about halfway through stating that it cannot be processed due to theme control file being invalid.

Cordy said:
Hey TrevE I flashed the the Darkstar mod metamorph you posted in the other thread which is what I assume the same as the one you posted here. Just some more feedback, I noticed that the one thats on my phone is the normal Darkstar theme and not the mod version with the grey battery icons and what not. Applied it a second time to make sure. Also the stock espresso spits out an error about halfway through stating that it cannot be processed due to theme control file being invalid.
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What APK was metamorph on when it died off? Did you try to apply the metamorph from inside launcher instead of having sense running? I had some issues inside sense. I applied the espresso one again and it seemed OK.

TrevE said:
What APK was metamorph on when it died off? Did you try to apply the metamorph from inside launcher instead of having sense running? I had some issues inside sense. I applied the espresso one again and it seemed OK.
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That was on just extracting the espresso zip. it died at 57% everytime and spat out that error and shutdown metamorph. I'll try running both from launcher instead.
Edit: Actually I noticed when I was about to clear defualt it says there is no default set. I'm running DCv2.05 btw.

Files appear to be missing from:
-MarksTheme Taskbar Skin with espresso look & cleared lock (FIXED EVDO/1x symbols- ported from ?t=576256) Download: MarksTaskbar_TrevEPort.zip
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The screenshot shows different indicator lights, but they're not in the framework-res directory.
Should be these files:
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_default.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_green.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_red.png
indicator_input_error.png
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Do you know where they came from if they're not in this zip?

Cordy said:
That was on just extracting the espresso zip. it died at 57% everytime and spat out that error and shutdown metamorph. I'll try running both from launcher instead.
Edit: Actually I noticed when I was about to clear defualt it says there is no default set. I'm running DCv2.05 btw.
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Id try to redownload + make sure you have ~30mb free on your sd card to extract to after putting the zip on.

TrevE said:
Id try to redownload + make sure you have ~30mb free on your sd card to extract to after putting the zip on.
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I tried downloading it a 2nd time but I will again. I have about 90MB free on my SD
I also just downloaded homeswitcher to check but on DCv2.05 there is only Sense no launcher2 or anything else. Seems kinda strange cause I always remembered being able to atleast use the default Home on other roms before.

Xerxes321 said:
Files appear to be missing from:
The screenshot shows different indicator lights, but they're not in the framework-res directory.
Should be these files:
Do you know where they came from if they're not in this zip?
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good catch - uploaded something iw as testing with by mistake. heres new download - http://www.4shared.com/file/259521856/2fdd665f/MarksTaskbar_TrevEPortv2.html

Cordy said:
I tried downloading it a 2nd time but I will again. I have about 90MB free on my SD
I also just downloaded homeswitcher to check but on DCv2.05 there is only Sense no launcher2 or anything else. Seems kinda strange cause I always remembered being able to atleast use the default Home on other roms before.
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I dont think DC had it in it. You can just push this to /system/app/ its the launcher i hexed with 5screen home. If its failing extracting can you open the zip in winzip?

TrevE said:
I dont think DC had it in it. You can just push this to /system/app/ its the launcher i hexed with 5screen home. If its failing extracting can you open the zip in winzip?
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Thanks, interestingly even though my sd card said it had about 90MB free I extracted it on my pc and then transfered it to my phone which initially gave me disk full so I cleared some space and transfered it. Whats wierd is it only shows as being 17.6 MB

Font replacements for 2.x ROMs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6118436&postcount=6

your darkstar theme and blackice didnt work for fresh 2.0d :/

Got a question. Which file do I have to edit to change the font color of the text in the task bar? I'm working on a theme, but the white text doesn't work on a light background.

I was intially going to just post the results after a couple days of playing around with your metamorph themes and what worked and didn't. The only one theme that I got the best results out of was your Darkstar Mod them. Most of the team applied with a few exceptions. And I could never get the stock espresso to work it would always loop on com.htc.resources. I had minimal luck with MarksTheme. After a little bit of digging I noticed after comparing what was working with what wasn't as well as the original rom apks the folder structure was incorrect for some themes or they weren't in the right folder which explained why things wouldn't change. What I noticed thus far:
Darkstar Mod - HtcClockWidget: pngs are in root instead of /res/drawable-normal-mdpi
Darkstar Mod - WorldClock: pngs are in /drawable-mdpi instead of /res/drawable-mdpi
Marks Theme - com.htc.resources: pngs are in /res/drawable-mdpi/drawable-mdpi instead of /res/drawable-mdpi
Thats what I got thus far from examining the themes and just wanted to give you a heads up. I'm gonna fix them myself as realized how relatively simple it is to port to Metamorph. Hopefully you can look through yourself and fix anything else you find. Thanks though for giving me a reason to get into this a little bit more. Personally I'm still reluctant to actually try editing png's myself.
Edit: After a little more playing I made a stock Metamorph of Damage's Rom so I can revert back to. I found that just like you're stock espresso it would stay forever on com.htc.resources.apk. Just like you I extracted the stock apk's and put them in the corresponding folders and created a thm for it. I noticed that it wasn't frozen at com.htc.resources it just seemed to keep going forever and ever (+5min). My logical thought was it's trying to replace sooo many files in there that it's taking very long. After checking most Metamorph themes I realized they don't even change half of the files inside of com.htc.resources.apk so I removed all of them except drawable, drawable-mdpi, and drawable-port-mdpi tried again and voila it finished installing. (Note there is only 1 Metamorph theme that I found that changes drawable and drawable-port-mdpi everything else thus far is only drawable-mdpi)
Edit2: After putting the correct file structure and nandroiding back to a pre-metamorphed backup I was able to apply your theme and everything changed that should have changed without a problem. I'm assuming as well that the current themes will still work on the new DamageControl as the frameworks should still be the same from the previous version.

TrevE said:
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wondering if we can get some color changes to the contacts lists etc.....maybe some grey and black....or even godzons ported over to the new damage?

Clear Colored Powerbar:
Icons borrowed from Aloysius mod. Changed 'on' indicator to the stock green.

How do you just install the notification bar
Anyway to use MetaMorph to only install the notification bar on one of these themes? I like the different notification bars but want to leave the remainder of my Rosie Stock theme intact...
Any guidance would be appreciated.

jonesdana said:
Anyway to use MetaMorph to only install the notification bar on one of these themes? I like the different notification bars but want to leave the remainder of my Rosie Stock theme intact...
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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You need to track down what files were modified in what apk's in order to create a metamorph theme. It's a pain to do it the first time around, but from then out on, it's much easier than incorporating the changed files into a new apk with every new rom.

[MODS] by neb

I decided to start this thread because I just finished my first EVO mod.
I'll continue to use this thread to post any more stuff I do in the future.
Don't expect too much from this thread, I'm pretty much a weekend warrior when it comes to this stuff but I do like to tweak things to my preference and if anyone else digs it then cool.
I'm partial to DC roms so anything I post here was built on DC, if it's not I will clarify.
Most DC mods will work on other roms also built on the Sprint release but I make no guarantees and will probably not be doing any testing on other builds
NANDROID FIRST!!!
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Gray Dials for DC 3.5
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signed zip
graydials_signed.zip
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Battery Gauge Icons
I haven't figued out how to make the .xml's for metamorph so these are flashable signed.zips of each battery set.
I've also included a NON flashable .zip of all the flashable .zips and a .zip of the images for
those who would like to drop the .png's in themselves to preserve any other themes/mods (to the framework-res.apk).
See the bottom of this post for "How To Add .pngs to framework-res.apk".
None of these have a BG, I put gray behind them so you can see the depth a little better
DOWNLOAD - batt_gauge_black_signed.zip
DOWNLOAD - batt_gauge_blue_signed.zip
DOWNLOAD - batt_gauge_red_signed.zip
DOWNLOAD - batt_gauge_glow_signed.zip
My first Metamorph!! METAMORPH _ GlowBattery.zip
Metamorph - View attachment GlowBattRN.zip
DOWNLOAD - batt_round_blue_signed.zip
DOWNLOAD - batt_round_white_signed.zip
These two .zips are NOT flashable.
They are a .zip of all of the flashable .zips above (if you want to try more than one )
and a .zip of the .pngs themselves along with the .psd (if anyone wants to play )
They also both include this Alarm ON Icon
Battery_Gauge_Set.zip (all the flashable zips above)
nebs_2.2_batt_Icons.zip (all the icon .pngs)
I just realized the Alarm ON Icon I included has the stock Sense taskbar bg..
Here is one w/o the bg if anyone wants it:
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The following transparent notification tray works on 2.1 ONLY
Please don't flash this if you are running 2.2 or you WILL get boot loops after your first boot animation cycle
I'm sorry I haven't posted it for 2.2 yet, I'm too damn lazy
Transparent Notification Tray
For: DC 3.2.3 - THIS ONLY WORKS ON 2.1 ROMS
-some have reported the ear icon showing up, I have not seen this myself..
Be warned:
The notification bar background is part of the system framework. If you flash this
it will undo any mods you have done to the framework-res.apk
Download HERE
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HOW TO CHANGE FRAMEWORK ICONS AND PRESERVE OTHER MODS:​These instructions will work on Sprint/HTC as well as AOSP builds​
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP !!!!
Plug phone into PC (USB)
Open a cmd prompt (may need to open as administrator in win7/vista, not sure)
Navigate to "c:\android-sdk\tools" (unless it's in your path)
Type the following:
Code:
adb remount
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk c:\
Open a windows explorer window and locate the framework-res.apk you just pulled to c:\
Use 7zip or WinRAR to open the archive of the framework-res.apk (right click on the .apk)
In the archive of the .apk open res/drawable-hdpi, you should see a TON of .pngs
Open the folder that contains the images you want to use
Drag and drop the images into res/drawable-hdpi (the new images must be the same name as the original)
Close 7zip/WinRAR
Go back to your cmd prompt and type:
Code:
adb push c:\framework-res.apk /system/framework
[COLOR="green"][B]#Once the push is finished QUICKLY TYPE:[/B]
[/COLOR]
adb reboot
*Replacing framework-res can have some funky effects on the phone. When you are booted (only once, the first time after pushing the apk) it's likely your wallpaper will be reset to stock and you may have to add your google account back and re-sync, neither have been terribly inconvenient for me

how do you install? sorry for a noobish question.

lawnmower said:
how do you install? sorry for a noobish question.
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place on root of sd, in recovery flash from zip.
works great with new DC rom.

^^ Boot into recovery and flash it like an update package.

BTW, flashed this and it works beautifuly had to re metamorph my battery icon, but other than that looks fantastic. Thank you.

Badious said:
BTW, flashed this and it works beautifuly had to re metamorph my battery icon, but other than that looks fantastic. Thank you.
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cool
Yeah I should have mentioned the notibar bg is part of the framework so there's lots of stuff that will return to stock if you flash this.

I expected it to replace it so it was no surprise when it did

Badious said:
I expected it to replace it so it was no surprise when it did
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What battery icons are you using?
I really liked the glassy looking 6bar battery icon set on the hero.

Beautiful man! Love it, had my nexus like that too. Looks real slick with the clear lock screen too. My phone is comming together perfectly, and you helped with that. So THANK YOU

Its one from the nexus one. Its a circular six part one. See attached.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Looks great on Calkulin's ROM. Thanks a lot

Thanks
Sup Nebz.. been a minute hope all is well. Thanks for the mods, awsome work.. added to themes for easy find. Keep up the skills

good stuff Nebz

FYI .. this messes up the battery icon with the ROMS with the new RUU .. ex fresh 1.01 .. battery icon turns into an ear

iTouch24 said:
FYI .. this messes up the battery icon with the ROMS with the new RUU .. ex fresh 1.01 .. battery icon turns into an ear
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FROM THE OP said:
Be warned:
The notification bar background is part of the system framework. If you flash this
it will undo any mods you have done to the framework-res.apk
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makes sense if you are running acustom rom. you made a nandroid right?

[email protected] said:
makes sense if you are running acustom rom. you made a nandroid right?
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yup i am back to normal from the backup .. hopefully there will be an update on this mod

Working on stuff for 2.2 now..
I will be posting a transparent tray for DC FroYo soon
Right now I'm working on some taskbar icons. I thought it might be cool to have a fuel gauge for the battery..
I have the whole battery set done once I get a couple more things done I'll zip and sign an update if anyone's interested
I thought about doing a speedometer for cdma but FroYo only uses 4 icons..

nebenezer said:
Working on stuff for 2.2 now..
I will be posting a transparent tray for DC FroYo soon
Right now I'm working on some taskbar icons. I thought it might be cool to have a fuel gauge for the battery..
I have the whole battery set done once I get a couple more things done I'll zip and sign an update if anyone's interested
I thought about doing a speedometer for cdma but FroYo only uses 4 icons..
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That is a cool idea!

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That is a cool idea!
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thanks man
I thought they would look kinda hokey when I got them on the phone but I just put them on this morning and I have to say they're actually pretty cool

I'm starting to like where these gauge icons are headed
These are WiFi, dBm, and battery
I don't know how I'm gonna do EvDo yet. There are 8 images for evdo/1x...

[THEME] Desire Theme for MoDaCo r21 and CyanMod6 [7/29/10] update.zip

Desire Theme v3 [update.zip] MCR21/Cyanoen 6-RC1/RC2 [7/29/10]
Will only work on Modaco's r21 ROM and CyanogenMod 6 RC1/RC2!
Here is my theme for those that really wanted it
It contains everything from the Desire Status bar and Settings Icons to my customizations to the launcher and framework-res. Enjoy!
PS: I will continue to update this theme
Screenshots:
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This is an update.zip that you flash through the recovery! Metamorph sucks to me till I read more on it...
Changelog:
Code:
v2: (cyan6-RC2)
Added:
-Music App Icon
-SpeechRecorder Icon
v3: (MCR21)
Added:
-Settings Icons Redon (added Dock Icon New)
-Stock Camera/Camcorder/Music/Contacts/Gallery/Phone Icons from Desire Rom added
-My Wallpaper to Launcher2
Fixed:
-Desire Close Bar (Was weird when in landscape so I fixed it. Looks better now)
-Many Problems with update-script fixed..
-HTC Sense LWP
Download v3:
MoDaCo r21 ROM Links
Desire Theme v3 - w/Transparent Power Widget
Desire Theme v3 - w/Stock Power Widget
CyanogenMod 6.0.0 - RC1! ROM Links
Desire Theme v1 - w/Transparent Power Widget
Desire Theme v1 - w/Stock Power Widget
CyanogenMod 6.0.0 - RC2! ROM Links
Desire Theme v2 - w/Transparent Power Widget
Desire Theme v2 - w/Stock Power Widget
Stock Clock and PowerWidget! RC2 ONLY!! (If you dont like the Cyan Clock and Cyan In power Widget)
Stock Clock and Power Widget Colors
Just copy to your SD card boot to recovery and flash the zip file
If you Like my work read my Sig! Would greatly appreciate it!
EnJoY!

Thanks for the Morph. Looks like I am the first one to try
Will report how it goes.

looks pretty good
but how can i apply it on modaco's r21 frf91 rom?
i m new to themes
EDIT: nevermind,i found about the MEtamorhp app,but why does it require "full internet access"?
EDIT 2: unzipped theme from MEtaMorph, applied,and was getting repeated FC's (process.android.PHONE)
took the battery out
gonna try for a last time
EDIT 3:reboot and i m missing two home screen icons, setting menu is using new coloured icons,rest of the phone not
EDIT 4: (last one) just noticed its for your own ROM but i m not gonna install it,i m happy with modaco's ****

Doesn't work
The control file is missing or is not written correctly according to metamorph.

didnt work
Ok tried on theofficial ROM but unforutnately didnt work. says some files were missing. too bad, as i really liked theoffical rom but at the same time desire feel...

Sorry guys im new to metamorph but all you really have to do is copy the files to the folders in the apk's I suggest using winrar or an app such as that and just coopy them in and push them :\ sorry I dont know how to do it right..but ill upload just the files if you guys want?

death1246 said:
Sorry guys im new to metamorph but all you really have to do is copy the files to the folders in the apk's I suggest using winrar or an app such as that and just coopy them in and push them :\ sorry I dont know how to do it right..but ill upload just the files if you guys want?
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Thanks, so nice of you to offer to upload files. I assume I can unzip files from theme you already uploaded. So if you could just point what files to be copied to what folders it would be very helpful.

Thanks man!

someone that knows how to do,can create a flashable package?

I gave this a go but got a few issues.
First time I ran it on MCR R21 I noticed that there where spelling mistakes in the XML file which may have meant the theme was trying to be applied to apk that didnt exist!
So i corrected the spelling mistakes however when it was trying to apply the changes to the phone.apk this caused it to Force Close in a loop.
The only way to get round this was to reboot. No major problem...
I took out the section in the morph xml to not apply anything for the phone.apk and tried again this wen't through without any problems however on reboot it caused the phone to boot loop. it got past the static X logo but didnt get to the animation and was boot looping on a black screen
again no major issue as i had done a nandroid so just did a wipe and restore
Just trying to help really

ok scratch that!
I managed to create an update.zip however it caused a couple of FC's and the clock and notification text wasn't white! in fact the text for the network identification doesn't exist!
I thought this might have been because i didnt include androidmanifest.xml and resources.arsc so i included them into the framework-res.apk but this caused a bootloop! :S
anyone got any suggestions?

I really, really like this. Simple, clean, sexy. But I'm not grasping what needs to be done to apply this. Could someone explain?

Update.zip added for simple install.. Since metamorph was having problems...
make sure you are installing the update.zip on a clean install because all its doing is replacing some files with the customized ones
made it easier and should not be any problems now.

Code:
Opening update package...
Installing update...
E:Syntax error in update script
Installation aborted.
Clockwork Recovery on fresh MoDaCo MCR r21.

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Code:
Opening update package...
Installing update...
E:Syntax error in update script
Installation aborted.
Clockwork Recovery on fresh MoDaCo MCR r21.
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Redownload and reboot your N1 and reflash..
There was a screw up in the update-script :\

Patch applied without error, didn't change anything
It ran without an error but everything looks exactly stock. It didn't change anything. Keep up the good work though death, once again sorry we got into it!
UPDATE:
Ok so I went through everything, the update-script, the manifest and there's no reason that this shouldn't be working. I have ****ed with a lot of stuff -- it is MCR21. All I've really done though is change applied some Swype skins in metamorph and moved APKs that I consider critical (Swype, LauncherPro), to the system/app folder because I'm using a2sd and I'm only using a Class 2 SD. So the question is is it just my device or are other people facing this problem too?
I'm going to try pushing this stuff manually -- I'll get back to you.

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brashmadcap said:
It ran without an error but everything looks exactly stock. It didn't change anything. Keep up the good work though death, once again sorry we got into it!
UPDATE:
Ok so I went through everything, the update-script, the manifest and there's no reason that this shouldn't be working. I have ****ed with a lot of stuff -- it is MCR21. All I've really done though is change applied some Swype skins in metamorph and moved APKs that I consider critical (Swype, LauncherPro), to the system/app folder because I'm using a2sd and I'm only using a Class 2 SD. So the question is is it just my device or are other people facing this problem too?
I'm going to try pushing this stuff manually -- I'll get back to you.
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A few things changed when I applied this theme, but the most noticeable change to me (the bar up top) remained white. That's one of the most important aspects of the phone I wanted changed.

Just push the files out manually
Push the files to the device manually according to the directory structure in the ZIP file. It takes a little longer but it's totally worth it. It looks AWESOME. Thanks death!

brashmadcap said:
Push the files to the device manually according to the directory structure in the ZIP file. It takes a little longer but it's totally worth it. It looks AWESOME. Thanks death!
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Np!
should be working fine on RA Amon recovery
v2 added
Changed SMS/MMS Icon for status bar notification

CI Premium Icons (Dezire Z Set) 12/22/2010

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This is the new set of Conservative Icons. I have decided to make seperate threads for each of the roms that I have developed these for. This set includes some basic icons that have been made to help spruce up the Android Operating System.
Installation Instructions
1. Download the base set based on your rom
2. Put the ZIP file on root of MicroSD card
3. Reboot into Recovery
4. Backup/Nandroid current Rom
5. Install ZIP from MicroSD card
6. Reboot
Download HERE
Extra Packs
APK File Installation Instructions
1. Do a nandroid/backup
2. remove App Completly icluding in System (In File Explorer goto System\App and look for App Name. If there Delete
3. Put APK in root of SD Card
4. Install using a file explorer software. I used Estrong File Explorer
6. Reboot Phone
5. Run program
MetaMorph Installation Instructions
1. Download the base set based on your rom
2. Put the ZIP file in the AndroidThemes folder on your MicroSD card
3. Start MetaMorph
4. Select Unzip/Extract new theme
5. Select icon pack ZIP file
6. Select Close
7. Select Apply all!
8. After it is finished if the phone doesn’t reboot automaticly, Reboot it manually
Flashable Installation Instructions
1. Download the base set based on your rom
2. Put the ZIP file on root of MicroSD card
3. Reboot into Recovery
4. Backup/Nandroid current Rom
5. Install ZIP from MicroSD card
6. Reboot
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MetaMorph Download
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Quick ? Dark, Nils just changed to the six signal bar will this overwrite? I think it will but want to confirm
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yes, this version was just for the Desire Z Rom. If you want one for the Nils Rom then I will have to make one. I should add that I have not reworked the default 6 bar signal bar yet. But everything else would be changed

I couldn't get any of the apks to work on SR 3.5. Has anyone else been able to?

Sweet.
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Alright, so I am trying to use only a few of the icons rather than all of them, putting together a personal set. For some reason, I am unable to change the 3g icon. I have replaced all the data icons in framework and com.htc.resources, but for some reason I still have the stock icon when I boot up. Pulled both apks straight from my phone after flashing, and all changes are there, and all other icon changes are working, just not 3g icon. Any idea why? is there another change that needs to be made?

mb02 said:
Alright, so I am trying to use only a few of the icons rather than all of them, putting together a personal set. For some reason, I am unable to change the 3g icon. I have replaced all the data icons in framework and com.htc.resources, but for some reason I still have the stock icon when I boot up. Pulled both apks straight from my phone after flashing, and all changes are there, and all other icon changes are working, just not 3g icon. Any idea why? is there another change that needs to be made?
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my 3g icon never changed either..

Will these work for Cyanogen Mod 6.1?

mb02 said:
Alright, so I am trying to use only a few of the icons rather than all of them, putting together a personal set. For some reason, I am unable to change the 3g icon. I have replaced all the data icons in framework and com.htc.resources, but for some reason I still have the stock icon when I boot up. Pulled both apks straight from my phone after flashing, and all changes are there, and all other icon changes are working, just not 3g icon. Any idea why? is there another change that needs to be made?
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The 3G icons are located in a different place for Roms with Sense. It is still in com.htc.resources.apk that file is located under /System/framework/ I hope that helps.
I don't mind if people use certain icons just remember if you post a thread with them to give credit where it is due. The icons in the CI Premium were created by me. I did that so that they could have the transparent background

DarkTharen said:
The 3G icons are located in a different place for Roms with Sense. It is still in com.htc.resources.apk that file is located under /System/framework/ I hope that helps.
I don't mind if people use certain icons just remember if you post a thread with them to give credit where it is due. The icons in the CI Premium were created by me. I did that so that they could have the transparent background
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Oh I am not making anything for a release or anything, just compiling something for myself. But I did replace the icons in framework and in com.htc.resources in the beginning. That's why I am confused because I replaced all of the pngs related to 3g and it hasn't done anything.

mb02 said:
Oh I am not making anything for a release or anything, just compiling something for myself. But I did replace the icons in framework and in com.htc.resources in the beginning. That's why I am confused because I replaced all of the pngs related to 3g and it hasn't done anything.
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It is good to see others customizing for themselves. I would double check that you for sure transfered the right image names into the files. In com.htc.resources uses a slightly different name. I would decompile the file and take a look just to make sure it overwrite the right images

I used to theme back in 2.1 and early 2.2 days, for some reason things seemed to be much easier back then. I have gone through both framework and resources making sure all 3g files have been replaced (properly named) and they are the new png's. The weird thing is, once I boot up the 3g icons are still stock no matter what I do, but the 1x icons are the new ones that I pushed in.

To get the mail and mms metamorph to work i needed to rename the draw folder by adding "-v4".. just a heads up!
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link is down; anyone have this?

Some of the links to to a Dropbox that give a 404 error.
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rberry88 said:
Some of the links to to a Dropbox that give a 404 error.
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I got all the links fixed and I double checked they all worked for me. I am not sure what happened in DropBox they are in the same location as they were before.