Is there an easy way to combine aspects of different roms and themes?
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OSully said:
Is there an easy way to combine aspects of different roms and themes?
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Not to sound like an ass, but copy and paste works well for basic stuff.
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OSully said:
Is there an easy way to combine aspects of different roms and themes?
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Most likely, not easily. You'll need to edit images in certain framework apks to do it.
Bleh. I'm looking to have a transparent app drawer, transparent notification window, and the smooth sense icons / smooth circle battery icon. Whenever I try to install the smooth sense or the notification window zip, they overwrite each other. I can't find a transparent app drawer only mod. Does anyone know of a theme that will take care of all three together? If anyone would be willing to do it for me, I'd make a donation.
tcberg2010 said:
Not to sound like an ass, but copy and paste works well for basic stuff.
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I'm sorry but I needed a good laugh today!!!
Pretty sure you can't just copy and paste.
Okay, I figured out how to move images between the apks. Does anyone know which image represents the app drawer background? I want to make it transparent but I don't know which png it is.
Just make a metamorph theme and take whatever images you want from various framework-res.apks and put them in the metamorph's theme folder.
Metamorph will only copy the files you add to it to the apk, it won't modify anything else that's already there.
I've figured the images out.
Anyone know which xml file needs to be edited to make the app drawer and add to home screens transparent?
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One of the reasons i love android so much is the ability to customize your phone. What id like to know is whether or not there is any way to change the color of the application icons?
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One of the reasons i love android so much is the ability to customize your phone. What id like to know is whether or not there is any way to change the color of the application icons?
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Hello fellow Ontarian... I don't think you can just change the colour of the icons without extracting and actually making an icon pack with your edited icons. Once you do that, then you can use what I use to change the icons. I use Folder Organizer. There's also Bettercut. Here's an example of the icon pack I use.
h t t p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691294
BTW, no need to be rooted to change these icons.
Thanks man im going to give it a shot. Im trying to learn a bit more about apk files and fidling with them. But, just the same im glad there is an easy solution.
Cheers,
Brunswick
Here's what I want to do...I like how the signal bars in honey comb are vertical instead of the usual horizontal. Is there a way to mod the position of the signal bars in the notification bar in cm7?
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The easiest way would just be to use the Honeycomb theme for the CM7 theme chooser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423
If you don't want the entire theme then your best bet is to pull the stat_sys_batt png files and port them over to your current theme. The theme chooser theme apk's can be ported, they are just a bit more tedious since the png files have been slightly renamed and moved to different folders.
Someone may already have a metamorph/zipthemer mod with these signal icons, but I'm not sure.
I'll give it a try. Thanks
byrong said:
The easiest way would just be to use the Honeycomb theme for the CM7 theme chooser: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943423
If you don't want the entire theme then your best bet is to pull the stat_sys_batt png files and port them over to your current theme. The theme chooser theme apk's can be ported, they are just a bit more tedious since the png files have been slightly renamed and moved to different folders.
Someone may already have a metamorph/zipthemer mod with these signal icons, but I'm not sure.
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I just noticed you said stat_sys_batt, what's the file name for the signal bar?
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Never mind. I found them. I just need to know what other file has to be replaced, such as an xml.
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Yea sorry about that - meant stat_sys_signal instead of stat_sys_batt
If you're just changing the appearance of the icons, nothing else needs to be changed besides the pngs
EDIT - forgot an important detail: you'll have to hit SystemUI.apk as well, not just framework-res.apk
Ok i love the bionix rom i just dont care for the white status and dropdown menu so i used UOT kitchen to cook a theme and i tried flashing the. Zip with framework-res. apk inside through cwm but nothing changed so i just pushed it manually and did the same with twframework and everything changed and looked nice except the icons at the top of the notification dropdown menu look like the stock froyo icons but everything else in the dropdown menu looks the way it should. I also cant find where to change the dropdown notification icons in UOT anyways? There not even an option? You figure it would be under status bar mods but i dont see anything? Anybody know a solution?
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Heres some pics!! just remember there's still a couple of things that still need to be adjusted but i can handle that i just need to figure out the drop down notification icon problem. Also i forgot to mention the time is missing in the notification bar?? It showed it in green text in UOT why doesn't it show up?
Probably because you set your time color the same as your status bar color
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rickyy00 said:
Probably because you set your time color the same as your status bar color
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No i set it to green it even showed it correct in the preview but when pushed its still black or not there at all.
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That is a sick looking color scheme. I like it!
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I got trigger working for bionix I just had that same problem with the black text on the black status bar.
Eric-1987 said:
I got trigger working for bionix I just had that same problem with the black text on the black status bar.
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how did you fix it?
Ok made some adjustments and tried again but no luck i dont know if its UOT or the ROM?? But i think it looks good so far just need to get the time green so i can see it,lol and some better dropdown menu icons the match the theme. If anybody can help me fix this it would be great, thanks.
Bryanb82 said:
how did you fix it?
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I didnt that was the problem.
Bryanb82 said:
Ok made some adjustments and tried again but no luck i dont know if its UOT or the ROM?? But i think it looks good so far just need to get the time green so i can see it,lol and some better dropdown menu icons the match the theme. If anybody can help me fix this it would be great, thanks.
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You can't change the color of the time in UOT Kitchen only the date I would maybe make the status bar green and your icons black.
And you can cook the twframework-res.apk and make your own drop down menu. Only change the status bar in uot kitchen and you will have to unzip it and rename it back to twframework-res.apk copy it then replace it in system/framework.
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You can't change the color of the time in UOT Kitchen only the date I would maybe make the status bar green and your icons black.
And you can cook the twframework-res.apk and make your own drop down menu. Only change the status bar in uot kitchen and you will have to unzip it and rename it back to twframework-res.apk copy it then replace it in system/framework.
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Theres got to be a way to change the color of the time at least back to white anyways can i extract the frameworks file to change the time color? If so does anybody know how to?
Also i have already made my own dropdown menu i just cant figure out how to change the 5 wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate and flip icons. Theres gotta be a way? how do other people make themes with the icons changed?
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Bryanb82 said:
Theres got to be a way to change the color of the time at least back to white anyways can i extract the frameworks file to change the time color? If so does anybody know how to?
Also i have already made my own dropdown menu i just cant figure out how to change the 5 wifi, bluetooth, gps, vibrate and flip icons. Theres gotta be a way? how do other people make themes with the icons changed?
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Not in uot kitchen. Maybe ninjamorph?
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This has potential"!
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Hey gang!
I was perusing the Themes and Apps Section for the Evo 4g and noticed a couple trends. A lot of the themes and mods are for the ports of late, which is awesome! But I know some of you are very happy with the Sense 1.0 with GB that we've received recently (OTA 4.22). While I prefer the Sense 2.1 with GB Roms myself, I want to provide mods and themes for all sorts of stuff. The other trend I noticed was that a few flashers wanted transparency. Everyone loves transparency, right? With Gingerbread, as many devs and themers have found out, theming is much more ingrained in dex code than previous issues of Android OS. No worries, there are some smart cookies floating around.
Well, I just wanted to upload this for the folks out there who would like to start theming or want to incorporate transparent Statusbar and Notification Area but are not quite familiar with smali/baksmali and xml editing. I have uploaded deodex and odex versions of the mod.
Here is exactly what I did in general terms.
used baksmali to decompile the SystemUI.odex
edited two lines in "com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.smali"
used smali to compile the smali folder back to classes.dex
made the statusbar 100% transparent (just for sample purposes, ie it can any level of transparency, not necessarily clear) but PhotoShopping "statusbar_background" in SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
used apktool to decompile SystemUI.apk
made the notifications text white instead of black by editing values
made the notification area a transparent black instead of stock white
I think that is all that I did...
This little mod was by request and I can't guarantee that everything is 100%. I should also note that the ROM I used to was xHausx's stock odex rom as found HERE. Thanks xHAUSx! I figure this one would be as stock as it gets, and also the requester is using this ROM.
Let me know how it goes. I do not to take credit for actually coming up with the mod for transparency for Gingerbread. That smali hack should be credited to KBanause. What I did was make it work for the Evo and also inverted the text color a little bit. I also do not take credit for broken devices. Please Nandroid.
Sorry for the long post!
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Thanks Tom, I will let you know how things go.
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Well...it works, and it looks nice on my home screen, but the white icons and stuff make it impossible to read the notification bar in some apps like gmail. Still cool though
p.s. This was on Fresh 4.1.1.0 btw
Would it be difficult to make it play nice with this status bar mod? The only thing that remains after flashing your mod over his is the battery percentage. Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127475
Hey guys. I'm sorry but I do not use this ROM, and thus it will be difficult for me to make mods for it.
I only wanted to release this so peeps can do it with their flavor. Maybe one of the other themers who use this Rom like rydah can fill these requests.
I do however, agree with the white icons being too white.
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Love the mod. We just need the status bar up top solid black while having the dropdown transparent. I'll take a look at it and see what I can come up with . I'm good with xmls not smalis.
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Love the mod. We just need the status bar up top solid black while having the dropdown transparent. I'll take a look at it and see what I can come up with . I'm good with xmls not smalis.
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Just insert a black png for the status bar. I only enabled the transparent, but it isn't necessary.
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tommytomatoe said:
Just insert a black png for the status bar. I only enabled the transparent, but it isn't necessary.
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awesome! great work!
I really want to use this mod however I get no status bar at all when i run the zip. Android just starts up with no status bar, what's the issue?
xlxcrossing said:
I really want to use this mod however I get no status bar at all when i run the zip. Android just starts up with no status bar, what's the issue?
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Let me ask you. What Rom are you using? Also, if you using stock Rom, you're likely on 4.24 ota. This was made for 4.22.
I've had same issue btw. A full restart worked for me.
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I'm using MikG which is using 4.24 OTA. It's Sense 2.1 so I guess no go. What would be the best way to replicate your theme? I know how to replace the background png but I don't know how to edit scripts or anything for the font color change.
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I'm using MikG which is using 4.24 OTA. It's Sense 2.1 so I guess no go. What would be the best way to replicate your theme? I know how to replace the background png but I don't know how to edit scripts or anything for the font color change.
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MikG is not based on OTA. It is based in Evo shift ota which had sense 2.1.
Go to themikmik.com and you will find this mod in several themes.
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Is there a way to theme the icon of an app? I've used Launcher Pro to theme the icons on the homescreens and Alt Launcher to theme the app drawer, but I want to theme the icon overall. Is the icon find in the app's files/folders?
To re theme the icon on an app you need to decompile with apk manager and go to either res/drawerable-hdpi/ or res/drawerable/ and there should be a PNG called ic_xxxxxxx_xxx.png. Those are the ones that need changing. But be careful as some apps use different names also the icon needs to be the right size. If you hover your cursor over it, it will say the size. E.G. 54x54 or something similar.
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.. I and then recompile and sign?
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.. I and then recompile and sign?
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oh yes. forgot the recompile. Only decompile if you need to change .xml files but otherwise just extract as sometimes decompile can have errors. and if its a system app then just retain the signiture and just copy and paste into /system/app/ and set the correct perms.
R|W|X
Y|Y|N
Y|N|N
Y|N|N
R=Read, W=Write, X=Execute, Y=Yes for Tick, N=No for Unticked