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Swiftkey keyboard skin?

Was wondering if you can change the skin of the key? Thanks

Bump please!

I've been waiting for this too, been using SwiftKey since release, if am correct i read on another forum that they would add the skins on a future update. Hope it's soon..
HtcEvo 4G

SwiftKey is my favorite keyboard too and was not satisfied with the graphics in general.
So I decided to decompile and reskin it completely.
The result is astonishing. I'll post a screenshot soon.
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LowrentV said:
SwiftKey is my favorite keyboard too and was not satisfied with the graphics in general.
So I decided to decompile and reskin it completely.
The result is astonishing. I'll post a screenshot soon.
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Yes would like to see this! Thanks

That's what my latest version looks like.
I'm still working on the Suggestions buttons (not in screenshot) and I have a couple of tweaks to do (1 or 2 more pixels of space between microphone and cog...)
After skinning is done, i'll work on the layouts.
I want to have fewer keys and make them bigger.
There is no reason to have separate keys for { [ and <.
I'll make a key for < and put [ and { in the pop-up.
All currencies can be on one key.
You get the idea...

Very nicely done! I've been using SwiftKey as my main keyboard for the last month or so on my Evo, and my only complaint is that it's a bit ugly. Yours looks much better.
Any download coming soon so we can apply this ourselves?

LowrentV said:
That's what my latest version looks like.
I'm still working on the Suggestions buttons (not in screenshot) and I have a couple of tweaks to do (1 or 2 more pixels of space between microphone and cog...)
After skinning is done, i'll work on the layouts.
I want to have fewer keys and make them bigger.
There is no reason to have separate keys for { [ and <.
I'll make a key for < and put [ and { in the pop-up.
All currencies can be on one key.
You get the idea...
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Perfect job! How can we get this?? Thanks

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to distribute the .apk file.
To stay legit, I could zip only the files I created by myself and instructions on how to mod your app by yourself. I guess... ?

LowrentV said:
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to distribute the .apk file.
To stay legit, I could zip only the files I created by myself and instructions on how to mod your app by yourself. I guess... ?
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I'm ready to attempt this..

i could do a pull from my purchased version (paid $.99 when it was the special. i don't see why that wouldn't be legit, or if you had steps to modify that would be great. Especially one to go along with Myn's theme.
LowrentV said:
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to distribute the .apk file.
To stay legit, I could zip only the files I created by myself and instructions on how to mod your app by yourself. I guess... ?
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If you want finish what you started to have it complete.. Thanks

LowrentV said:
That's what my latest version looks like.
I'm still working on the Suggestions buttons (not in screenshot) and I have a couple of tweaks to do (1 or 2 more pixels of space between microphone and cog...)
After skinning is done, i'll work on the layouts.
I want to have fewer keys and make them bigger.
There is no reason to have separate keys for { [ and
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Hi guys,
I work for the company that makes SwiftKey, and I'm sorry we've yet to release a version you can customize!
Soon we'll be releasing a new skin, and soon after than we'll be introducing custom skinning. We'd be intrigued to see the changes you made though, so would be grateful if you got in touch!
I'm on joe [at] touchtype - online dot com.
Thanks!
Joe

xlGmanlx said:
i could do a pull from my purchased version (paid $.99 when it was the special. i don't see why that wouldn't be legit, or if you had steps to modify that would be great. Especially one to go along with Myn's theme.
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+1 Just let me know what I need to do to get my hands on the theme or instructions to do it myself.

mysterfix said:
+1 Just let me know what I need to do to get my hands on the theme or instructions to do it myself.
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+2 let me know also.. thanks

It's my favorite keyboard, but the look needs tweaking, any love for beta users turned full version owners haha?
JoeBeats said:
Hi guys,
I work for the company that makes SwiftKey, and I'm sorry we've yet to release a version you can customize!
Soon we'll be releasing a new skin, and soon after than we'll be introducing custom skinning. We'd be intrigued to see the changes you made though, so would be grateful if you got in touch!
I'm on joe [at] touchtype - online dot com.
Thanks!
Joe
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We'd love to give you guys special love. We've just set up a VIP area on our website for this purpose. If you sign up at swiftkey dot net forwardslash vip I'll be sure to see you guys are approved.
In there we're going to start releasing beta versions of our latest work. But I'd still love to hear from the guy who hacked it
Joe

Joe, signed up
JoeBeats said:
We'd love to give you guys special love. We've just set up a VIP area on our website for this purpose. If you sign up at swiftkey dot net forwardslash vip I'll be sure to see you guys are approved.
In there we're going to start releasing beta versions of our latest work. But I'd still love to hear from the guy who hacked it
Joe
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Joe,
I signed up too. I would love to beta test for you guys, I use your keyboard exclusively. Tried out some others but always come back ;-)

Is there a how to on changing your Sense lock to AOSP?

Title pretty much says it all. I've been hopping from mod to mod, theme to theme, framework to framework to get exactly what I want in my phone aesthetically. I'm using this frame right now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12131447&postcount=37210
The guy who ported was kind enough to point me to this AOSP lock that worked, but didn't quite match what I wanted to accomplish. I'm really looking for this lock, and if not then just a straight up AOSP lock.
As I said, I've tried just about every combo possible but everything takes something away that I want to keep. I tried the how to theme thread, and it was a great resource but only offered advice on how to change the png on HTC's lock; something I'm not particularly interested in.
Is there a howto on how to get this accomplished myself? I've looked everywhere, but I can't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

You can just use root explorer to rename your HTC lockscreen to something else to get the vanilla lock
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skndeep102 said:
You can just use root explorer to rename your HTC lockscreen to something else to get the vanilla lock
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Do you know which files get accessed when it reverts back to the lockscreen then? I did what you said, and it basically gave me the same version that I linked to before. Even if I can extract the files and alter them myself, I feel like I'll be accomplishing something. I just don't know where it draws from.

That I'm not sure of
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Widgetlocker
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I definitely asked for a paid app which will put a bandaid over the real issue here.

sobis1dm said:
Do you know which files get accessed when it reverts back to the lockscreen then? I did what you said, and it basically gave me the same version that I linked to before. Even if I can extract the files and alter them myself, I feel like I'll be accomplishing something. I just don't know where it draws from.
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Open up framework-res.apk
nav to > res
nav to >drawable-hdpi
>all files with the work jog in them control the AOSP lock bars
ie... jog_dial is for rotary and jog_tab is for tabbed lock bars
Further into it if you scroll up anything with ic_jog will be your buttons like the Lock icon and Vibrate icon on the tabs/rotary.

sobis1dm said:
Do you know which files get accessed when it reverts back to the lockscreen then? I did what you said, and it basically gave me the same version that I linked to before. Even if I can extract the files and alter them myself, I feel like I'll be accomplishing something. I just don't know where it draws from.
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If you're still having trouble with this.. post your framework-res.apk...and we'll get it working as a flashable zip for thee.

Envynet said:
Open up framework-res.apk
nav to > res
nav to >drawable-hdpi
>all files with the work jog in them control the AOSP lock bars
ie... jog_dial is for rotary and jog_tab is for tabbed lock bars
Further into it if you scroll up anything with ic_jog will be your buttons like the Lock icon and Vibrate icon on the tabs/rotary.
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Exactly what I needed man, thanks. I pretty much ninjamorphed whatever he had with CM's and it looks great. the only thing I'm missing is the "unlock" text over the bar. I know that's nitpicky, but do I just reopen the sliding tab and print it on there myself?
thanks again guys. everyone should learn this.

sobis1dm said:
Exactly what I needed man, thanks. I pretty much ninjamorphed whatever he had with CM's and it looks great. the only thing I'm missing is the "unlock" text over the bar. I know that's nitpicky, but do I just reopen the sliding tab and print it on there myself?
thanks again guys. everyone should learn this.
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Your most welcome
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Ok, I seem to have spoken too soon. I successfully did it, but now for whatever reason my camera FCs now. Would someone mind slipping the aosp lock/clock into my framework if I attach? a thousand thanks to anyone that can, because clearly I'm not meant to, lol

Well here's my framework, just in case soneone can work a little magic. Id truly appreciate.
http://db.tt/Z6gpLsR

sobis1dm said:
Well here's my framework, just in case soneone can work a little magic. Id truly appreciate.
http://db.tt/Z6gpLsR
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Here you go. I made the mod that this is ported from, and I fixed your framework for you. You'll see some other little changes that were left out of the original mod put back in there also. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10051019/framework-res.apk

sobis1dm said:
I definitely asked for a paid app which will put a bandaid over the real issue here.
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He wasn't trying to be a ****. It's a very flexible and effective way to change your lock to just about anything including a ton of custom locks. Well worth $1.99 to people who want a high degree of customization and control over their lockscreen.

Why not purchase widgetlock? You can switch between aosp lc and lense lc. Just my opinion
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gomorrah said:
Here you go. I made the mod that this is ported from, and I fixed your framework for you. You'll see some other little changes that were left out of the original mod put back in there also. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10051019/framework-res.apk
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First off, I love your work on this. The whole theme is great, and the only reason I keep trying to Frankenstein this one in particular is because I love the black on-screen notifications over that HTC grey. Unfortunately when I replaced frameworks I bootlooped :-/
@the other two previous to this post: I don't want to do that because its unnecessary. I don't need to spend money on a bandaid when I (with the help of others here) can go into the filesystem and do it myself.

sobis1dm said:
First off, I love your work on this. The whole theme is great, and the only reason I keep trying to Frankenstein this one in particular is because I love the black on-screen notifications over that HTC grey. Unfortunately when I replaced frameworks I bootlooped :-/
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Are you using Myn's RLS5?

Ya. Like i said, I would typically just rename the HTC lock but i was looking for a more stock screen as opposed to the theme one.

sobis1dm said:
Ya. Like i said, I would typically just rename the HTC lock but i was looking for a more stock screen as opposed to the theme one.
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Try flashing thishttp://db.tt/IB2h14Z:

Bootloop city

Team Gummy Sanctioned Themers and Themes!!!!

We at team Gummy want to make Gummy Charged a themer friendly rom. We want to make a wide variety of themes available through the gummy tool box. to this end we will be "sanctioning" themers. however we only want the highest quality themes sanctioned and released through the gummy tool box. we will have a list of requirements that must be met for each theme.
Team Gummy theme requirements:
1.Minium apk’s: These are the minimum, you can of course theme more apk’s
a. Framework-res
b. Twframework-res (Froyo)
c. Systemui (Gingerbread)
d. Dialer
e. Phone
f. Settings
g. Browser
2. All apk’s must be able to be decompiled and recompiled without errors. The exception to this, if the unaltered apk cant decompiled and recompiled with out errors.
3. All themes must be submitted to Team Gummy 24 Hours before release on any forum.
Sanctioned themers will have access to a Gummy Themers Drop box account.
Sanctioned themers will have early access to all updates and ROM releases.
Sanctioned themers will have their themes distributed through the Gummy Tool Box.
All interested themers post in this thread and i will contact you via pm.

I have no idea how to theme, but this sounds like a pretty friggin good deal
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1

I may get into this. I'm thinking a Windows 7 inspired theme, lots of see thru sh*t.

Sweet!
I am looking forward to work done for this! Thanks, gunnermike!
Team GummyCharge rocks!

I just recently figured out the whole Android theming process, and I'm still very new to it, but my technical skills are fairly advanced and I learn quickly. I'm no noob.
I've only messed with the framework-res.apk, but I imagine the process is similar with other .apk's like the Phone, Contacts, Calendar, etc. .apk's. I also imagine there's different problems to run into when modifying other applications.
What IRC channel does everyone hang out on? I'd love to help out and create various themes. I have a few colored schemes in mind, and I've been planning on making my own Volkswagen theme for a bit. I actually created a handful of the icons already in my attempts to use GoLauncher's Theme Factory, but eventually stopped the theming once I discovered the fact that the Export function was busted.

letsgophillyingeneral said:
I just recently figured out the whole Android theming process, and I'm still very new to it, but my technical skills are fairly advanced and I learn quickly. I'm no noob.
I've only messed with the framework-res.apk, but I imagine the process is similar with other .apk's like the Phone, Contacts, Calendar, etc. .apk's. I also imagine there's different problems to run into when modifying other applications.
What IRC channel does everyone hang out on? I'd love to help out and create various themes. I have a few colored schemes in mind, and I've been planning on making my own Volkswagen theme for a bit. I actually created a handful of the icons already in my attempts to use GoLauncher's Theme Factory, but eventually stopped the theming once I discovered the fact that the Export function was busted.
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irc.andirc.net -> #charge
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory

letsgophillyingeneral said:
I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory
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This is the Web version if you can use from work.
http://chat.andirc.net:9090/
#charge

letsgophillyingeneral said:
I can't really use IRC at work, but thanks for the heads up.
There are so many images to edit in the drawable-hdpi folder, and I feel like I haven't seen the majority of them when using my phone. I'm just going to start modifying the obvious until I can get on IRC to ask questions.
Are these file names standard? If so, someone should create a tool similar to the GoLauncher Factory
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The files names are indeed standard. But when you throw touchwiz into the mix it adds a bit of new stuff.

And no metamorph junk. Only real themes and themers.
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gunnermike said:
And no metamorph junk. Only real themes and themers.
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So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?

mbh87 said:
So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?
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Most likely not because he ditched us and got rid of his charge.
Guess some people never change.

glsteve said:
Most likely not because he ditched us and got rid of his charge.
Guess some people never change.
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His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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gunnermike said:
His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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It's a shame gunnermike as you all tried really hard to help him out.

gunnermike said:
His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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very true or stolen i remember what happened on the fascinate forum im still surprised he didn't get the boot for that.

mbh87 said:
So you mean MuffStuff themes wont make their way in?
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I must admit I lol'd at this.
gunnermike said:
His themes were drag and drop crap any way, he is just to lazy to do a good job. Its ashame because he isnt stupid, I know he could have been a good themer. He just needs to grow up.
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So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
Thankfully the charge has GrainOsand and you mike from the fascinate to theme! (I wish nitsuj would have gotten a charge instead of the inc2 as well but oh well)

DroidBlaze said:
I must admit I lol'd at this.
So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
Thankfully the charge has GrainOsand and you mike from the fascinate to theme! (I wish nitsuj would have gotten a charge instead of the inc2 as well but oh well)
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He was to lazy to edit the .xml files for his themes. If you look at GoS themes, he makes multiple .xml edits to the status bar text, download text, market text. The little details in a theme make a big difference. You cant just swap out images and hope it works out. I also suspect he was a big time kang artist........
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DroidBlaze said:
So true. The only time I flashed one of his themes was on the fascinate and then I had to clean it up extensively so I would be satisfied with it. It was just sloppy. I wish him the best and hopefully he decides to take the time to theme a bit better.
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He didnt even take the 5 minutes it would take to zipalign. He left so many useless images that his frameworks were double in size. It was a shame he even put out something so sloppy, but at least he is gone now.

would love to see a honeycomb theme for gummy on ep1q.

mrtruckincowboy said:
would love to see a honeycomb theme for gummy on ep1q.
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that will happen when we release the official GummyCharged GBE. FE is our stable "store front" rom, and is our priority at this point.. the gb leaks just dont have the stablility and reliability of source built froyo. once we release GC FE 2.0 then i will begin working on GBE.

Question on Theming

I've built themes for my old Captivate and Infuse using UOT Kitchen and had very good results. I would like to build a couple for my Skyrocket to try out. The one thing I've run into is UOT icon packs only have a few with LTE icons and I don't really care for them. I currently use the zips added on for whichever rom I'm using. I like the red version with Sky Coke, but the blue with Sky ICS is cool too. I'm not sure how they'll react after building a theme, installing it and dropping one of these LTE files on top of it.
Anyone have any advice or suggestions? A guide on how to tear down an icon pack, customize it and repack it would be good if anyone knows where find one. Thanks.

TX_Mason said:
I've built themes for my old Captivate and Infuse using UOT Kitchen and had very good results. I would like to build a couple for my Skyrocket to try out. The one thing I've run into is UOT icon packs only have a few with LTE icons and I don't really care for them. I currently use the zips added on for whichever rom I'm using. I like the red version with Sky Coke, but the blue with Sky ICS is cool too. I'm not sure how they'll react after building a theme, installing it and dropping one of these LTE files on top of it.
Anyone have any advice or suggestions? A guide on how to tear down an icon pack, customize it and repack it would be good if anyone knows where find one. Thanks.
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Dude you need to get 7zip and unzipped that pack you want to mode or you apktool then you need photo shop or Gimp witch is free to edit your png's if you use apktool u will have to learn how to decomplete and recomete the apk which I am sure is the systemui if u use 7 zip then extract your apk mod them then open the apk with 7 zip with no compression when u put the icons back in, but that is a every dirty way to do. I suggest you search apktool and how to use it
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dfuse06 said:
Dude you need to get 7zip and unzipped that pack you want to mode or you apktool then you need photo shop or Gimp witch is free to edit your png's if you use apktool u will have to learn how to decomplete and recomete the apk which I am sure is the systemui if u use 7 zip then extract your apk mod them then open the apk with 7 zip with no compression when u put the icons back in, but that is a every dirty way to do. I suggest you search apktool and how to use it
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all i can suggest to the mod is to follow theme guides google it. but as far as this its mind boggling im almost about to come out with a perfect theme but its taking soo much time/mind and all that it gets to u but great things u can learn from it and be a pro eventually..

wali01x said:
all i can suggest to the mod is to follow theme guides google it. but as far as this its mind boggling im almost about to come out with a perfect theme but its taking soo much time/mind and all that it gets to u but great things u can learn from it and be a pro eventually..
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Dude its really not that hard and few png's hex color codes and.few tools bam your done. I guess if you get it you get it if you don't you don't best of luck to u with your theme learn how to do .9's will make your life easier
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dfuse06 said:
Dude its really not that hard and few png's hex color codes and.few tools bam your done. I guess if you get it you get it if you don't you don't best of luck to u with your theme learn how to do .9's will make your life easier
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well so far im editing xmls and it is easy for sure you just gotta get a hang of it once u do as i was saying its icing on the cake and yeah even a kid can replace pngs but to xml them is a different story. and thanks i do this for hobby so far and hopefully get a degree in computer hardware/programming ..but anyways best of luck to everyone that does it and its good people are getting smart we need smart ppl today/future anyways.

wali01x said:
well so far im editing xmls and it is easy for sure you just gotta get a hang of it once u do as i was saying its icing on the cake and yeah even a kid can replace pngs but to xml them is a different story. and thanks i do this for hobby so far and hopefully get a degree in computer hardware/programming ..but anyways best of luck to everyone that does it and its good people are getting smart we need smart ppl today/future anyways.
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Lol. I hope u get your degree work real hard dude. I made some bad decisions in my life when I was young but things happen if you need any help just pm me
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dfuse06 said:
Lol. I hope u get your degree work real hard dude. I made some bad decisions in my life when I was young but things happen if you need any help just pm me
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thanks dude..i mean i made some bad decisions too in life. dropped out of high school and then dated a wh*** who claimed to be pregnated by me but wasn't mine. and then didn't complete high school. now im 27 and im finishing up school, married, 1 daughter, and was working 2 yrs ago up until i was diagnosed with central canal stenosis so yah 2 yrs of being @ home and learning alot in life before i die. but yah keep in touch add me @ [email protected] ..

Download apk_manager and use it to decompile and compile your APKs.
You can manually decompile using apktool, as well. Either way, you can actually read the XML files as well as open and edit all PNGs contained within the APK.
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Question + Cool Hint

I finally got my computer working again, so I have some questions regarding rom cooking. Would I need permission to use ayOteddy's "Stock [email protected] Deo Rooted" as a base for my roms. And If I really wanna get into this, some recommendations for ideas even if I dont use them?
ALSO. Its well known that we do not really have a soft lanscape keyboard, no matter what keyboard used, right? Well that's wrong. Its been awhile since Ive used this keyboard, I used it on my old Optimus T actually, however, the keyboard known as "Hacker's Keyboard" has an option to always view the landscape keyboard even if a hardware keyboard input is present. Just thought you all would like to know that I figure my little discovery could be useful to you all ^_^ Welcome.
*** One more thing, does anyone know ways I can change the settings options and navigation + links? Like, the Theme Settings space for example?

Zydrate_blue said:
I finally got my computer working again, so I have some questions regarding rom cooking. Would I need permission to use ayOteddy's "Stock [email protected] Deo Rooted" as a base for my roms. And If I really wanna get into this, some recommendations for ideas even if I dont use them?
ALSO. Its well known that we do not really have a soft lanscape keyboard, no matter what keyboard used, right? Well that's wrong. Its been awhile since Ive used this keyboard, I used it on my old Optimus T actually, however, the keyboard known as "Hacker's Keyboard" has an option to always view the landscape keyboard even if a hardware keyboard input is present. Just thought you all would like to know that I figure my little discovery could be useful to you all ^_^ Welcome.
*** One more thing, does anyone know ways I can change the settings options and navigation + links? Like, the Theme Settings space for example?
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I actually used KJ2 for TigerFusion without permission. I figured since ay0teddy retired long ago, he would not reply to my PM. I think as long as you give credit to him it should be fine.
I recommend using ASimmons Theme Injector if you want to port over a theme. Just remember that the Sidekick 4G uses hdpi. What I did for Froyo Iced Up was just change one letter in the apk.....the m in mdpi to h. If you don't do this, the result will be a brick. I had to use Odin to flash back to stock....lol.
And remember that the Bali kernel with keylogger removed will only work on KJ2. You can actually extract the zip and copy the contents from the kernel_flasher folder right into the update folder of your kitchen project.
Thanks for the keyboard app recommendation. I'll definitely try it out! Good luck with the rom cooking. :good:

RicAndroid said:
I actually used KJ2 for TigerFusion without permission. I figured since ay0teddy retired long ago, he would not reply to my PM. I think as long as you give credit to him it should be fine.
I recommend using ASimmons Theme Injector if you want to port over a theme. Just remember that the Sidekick 4G uses hdpi. What I did for Froyo Iced Up was just change one letter in the apk.....the m in mdpi to h. If you don't do this, the result will be a brick. I had to use Odin to flash back to stock....lol.
And remember that the Bali kernel with keylogger removed will only work on KJ2. You can actually extract the zip and copy the contents from the kernel_flasher folder right into the update folder of your kitchen project.
Thanks for the keyboard app recommendation. I'll definitely try it out! Good luck with the rom cooking. :good:
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Re: Thanks RicAndroid I was actually gonna theme the rom from each file individually though ^_^ and I could also use some help with another thing. How do I get the extended power menu? 0.0

Hats off to ayoteddy, sduvick, and krylon for the work they did. When all is said and done, those are really the people that pushed things forward and got the Sidekick 4g a couple useful 3rd party kernels.
As I recall, ayoteddy shared his stock deodexed rom so other people could have some fun cooking up their own custom. So, just credit him and move on. I don't think he'll be upset at all.
Make sure to also credit krylon and sduvick in anything you do. If you dig back into the forum, you'll see that they worked together.

Zydrate_blue said:
Re: Thanks RicAndroid I was actually gonna theme the rom from each file individually though ^_^ and I could also use some help with another thing. How do I get the extended power menu? 0.0
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That was way tricky. You need to add three pngs to the drawable-hdpi folder after you decompile the framework-res.apk.... reboot, reboot_ recovery and download. Then edit the strings.xml folder.... after that, it gets pretty hairy. I'll send you a pm with all the steps needed to configure the android.policy.jar file.
Oh, and thanks for the advice orange808!
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RicAndroid said:
That was way tricky. You need to add three pngs to the drawable-hdpi folder after you decompile the framework-res.apk.... reboot, reboot_ recovery and download. Then edit the strings.xml folder.... after that, it gets pretty hairy. I'll send you a pm with all the steps needed to configure the android.policy.jar file.
Oh, and thanks for the advice orange808!
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That would be very helpful! Thank you. And about the keyboard, no problem. Have you checked it out yet?
Also, any ideas for a good color scheme? I wont name my project til I have a scheme for the look. AND.....should I kill touchwiz launcher? o.o

Zydrate_blue said:
That would be very helpful! Thank you. And about the keyboard, no problem. Have you checked it out yet?
Also, any ideas for a good color scheme? I wont name my project til I have a scheme for the look. AND.....should I kill touchwiz launcher? o.o
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Dude...I just thought of something. Why don't you make a custom Key Lime Pie theme? Just use the various images found on the net for inspiration....maybe you can make a kind of CM theme based on yellow and green...just a thought!
As for TouchWiz....ugh...I personally hate it. Why not go with Go Launcher? It is a bit on the hefty side but is very theme-able!

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Dude...I just thought of something. Why don't you make a custom Key Lime Pie theme? Just use the various images found on the net for inspiration....maybe you can make a kind of CM theme based on yellow and green...just a thought!
As for TouchWiz....ugh...I personally hate it. Why not go with Go Launcher? It is a bit on the hefty side but is very theme-able!
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That is a great idea not gonna draw conclusions yet, but the whole green color seems to look nice on the SK. And I used to love Go Launcher, but it became so chock-ful of ads and weird buying with credits and just....it became a bit too much I think? I might poke around and try to find an older version of ADW and just break the market link so it doesnt upgrade to the new one. Which by the way, I wanted to suggest in case Holo Launcher starts to get old for you, it looks alot like the ICS update, spare the icons. But with a theme installed its gotta be the best ICS launcher I've seen yet IMO anyway.
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Well, I tryed to set up the EPM for Sidekick from scratch. No go, it's different than a lot of other devices it seems. Could anyone direct me with this a little? Please? It would be awesome because I really want to learn some while building this.
I know I have a lot of questions, but believe me, I appreciate it more than you know and I love the community for all its provided help. I have one more:
Which file happens to be for the notification background? Have tried a few but see no differences :/

It is amazing how PDT and ayoteddy got all of this working. I tried editing the classes.dex file on my own, but it seems that the Sidekick 4G is a freak mutation of some sort.
I wound up taking a shortcut and used GenericGinger's android.policy.jar file. I edited the GlobalActions.smali file using Notepad ++ and added the reboot info from the public.xml located in the framework.
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SurvivorZer0 said:
need 10 posts. What a stupid rule
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Then make em useful posts instead of blabbing in random posts... if there is time to shoot the **it, then there is time to help. Just do some searching or redirecting. Or, post some opinions on someones theme or app or whatever, then they could use that feedback for the better rather than some random post.
Just saying, could be doing other things bud. Not to sound like a jerk or any bad way that can be taken. Good-luck with the posts.

Dude...you still working on this?
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