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[GUIDE] How to customize a ROM

I've been getting a lot of messages asking, 'How do you create ROM's?' Well, I got so many I decided to make this. This process is called cooking a ROM.
The first thing you have to do is get a ROM that's already been created and signed that you'd like to change around. Make sure it's a signed update.zip. Then, you unzip the rom, and you should see directories, like data/ and system/. If you want to add/remove applications in the ROM, you would goto data/app/. In there you will find the apk's of files that will be pre-installed on the ROM. You can add or remove the apk's there. Another place for the apk's is in /system/app. You really shouldn't put new apk's in here, but you can remove the system apk's. So, if you wanted to remove Sprint TV, delete Sprint_tv.apk. Also, the apk's can be treated as zip's; you can unzip them and look inside, and if you wanted to, change around the icon's and stuff like that. After you are done changing around the ROM, you might want to edit the build.prop (This part is optional!) You would find it in system/build.prop. Look for a line that says 'ro.build.description='. You can edit that with the name of your ROM. When your all done, you would zip it all back up, and sign the update.zip. On windows, this is pretty easy. Download flipz pre-kitchen, and use a setting in tools called something like sign apk/update.zip. Navigate to where you put your rom, and sign it. Then, your rom should be ready to flash.
This is also a good post to read:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
Notes:
*DO NOT* TRY TO FLASH A GSM ROM TO A CDMA HERO!
If you edited a apk, make sure to sign it before zipping it and signing the update.zip.
If you have any problems, I created a IRC channel for this, so I can give live support:
server: irc.bikcmp.info port 6667 (port 6670 for SSL)
channel #hero-cdma
If you don't have a IRC client, use mibbit:
http://widget.mibbit.com/?server=irc.bikcmp.info&channel=%23hero-cdma

Told ya! But, seriously -- thanks a whole hell of a lot, this is very much needed!!

pseudoremora said:
Told ya! But, seriously -- thanks a whole hell of a lot, this is very much needed!!
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You're welcome! If you have any problems, get me on IRC.

This should be a Sticky!!! Was thinking about doing it but not best speller.......

Thanks for the guide, what I really like is the irc, I think we should have had one of these up for awhile now, it would help keep the clutter in the forums down.

theoottesen said:
Thanks for the guide, what I really like is the irc, I think we should have had one of these up for awhile now, it would help keep the clutter in the forums down.
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What's even better is it's being DDoSed. . Anyone got a spare server? LOL.
But seriously, DDoS'es ARE NOT COOL.

Alright, I've got my ROM made and everything -- signed it as well. I put it on my SD Card, and its flashes successfully -- but now I'm stuck at the HTC Screen?
I took the battery out; went back into recovery and Wiped and formatted my SD Card, and flashed again (successful), but still stuck on HTC screen?
Any ideas?

bikcmp said:
What's even better is it's being DDoSed. . Anyone got a spare server? LOL.
But seriously, DDoS'es ARE NOT COOL.
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I think this is crazy awesome to give a small how to on 'cooking' ROMS....I've always been interested! However what are DDoS'es....if it's all good to ask?
I don't have linux on my windows laptop...but do I need to get a dual boot/OS on my laptop to get this running. Last I knew, Linux and Windows were not friends...?

pseudoremora said:
Alright, I've got my ROM made and everything -- signed it as well. I put it on my SD Card, and its flashes successfully -- but now I'm stuck at the HTC Screen?
I took the battery out; went back into recovery and Wiped and formatted my SD Card, and flashed again (successful), but still stuck on HTC screen?
Any ideas?
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What ROM did you start with...? Did you do all kinds of crazy stuff to it? I found a ROM, downloaded it and opened it....saw a bunch of stuff in there that the OP described. Not quite sure what is game to pull and what is cool to add...?

Konikub said:
What ROM did you start with...? Did you do all kinds of crazy stuff to it? I found a ROM, downloaded it and opened it....saw a bunch of stuff in there that the OP described. Not quite sure what is game to pull and what is cool to add...?
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Alright -- this is what I did.
1. I made a new folder called Penguin
2. Took Gumbo1.5c and unzipped it
3. Moved all the stuff from Gumbo to Penguin
4. Began removing apps I didn't want in /system/app
5. Added some apps in /data/app
6. Added a white taskbar to its respective dir
7. Added Espresso -- again to its respective dir
8. Added the 2.1 Icons
9. SIGNED the new zipped folder (Penguin) successfully
10. Copied to SD Card
11. Flashed successfully
12. When I reboot, I stuck at the HTC Screen (I waited about 2 and half minutes)
Steps I've taken to solve:
1. Removed battery
2. Wiped
3. Formatted card
4. Flashed again
5. Stuck again at HTC (again 2 minutes or so, until removing battery again)
5. Stuck again

Konikub said:
I think this is crazy awesome to give a small how to on 'cooking' ROMS....I've always been interested! However what are DDoS'es....if it's all good to ask?
I don't have linux on my windows laptop...but do I need to get a dual boot/OS on my laptop to get this running. Last I knew, Linux and Windows were not friends...?
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DDoS is a denial of service attack. They are attacking my server and also my home network. I've got a lot of it cleared out, but still a lot of IP's doing it. Also, try Wubi for that Linux and windows issue.

Should you have waited longer than 2 and a half mins? I flashed Godzson Dialer and rebooted and it took 5 or 6 mins to boot, and when it did...I was happy.
Not sure if you took too much out or added something you shouldn't have, or just perhaps didn't wait long enough for it to boot.
...OH Wait, you mean that HTC symbol at the very begining..........gotcha now! I at least was on the nexus bootscreen when I waited.
Hope you get an awnser soon, I am looking forward to playing around and perhaps cooking up something good of my own

Konikub said:
Should you have waited longer than 2 and a half mins? I flashed Godzson Dialer and rebooted and it took 5 or 6 mins to boot, and when it did...I was happy.
Not sure if you took too much out or added something you shouldn't have, or just perhaps didn't wait long enough for it to boot.
...OH Wait, you mean that HTC symbol at the very begining..........gotcha now! I at least was on the nexus bootscreen when I waited.
Hope you get an awnser soon, I am looking forward to playing around and perhaps cooking up something good of my own
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Exactly what I was saying, 2 minutes isn't enough for the first boot. It takes 5 or maybe even 10!

bikcmp said:
Exactly what I was saying, 2 minutes isn't enough for the first boot. It takes 5 or maybe even 10!
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Well -- I've reflashed and am now playing the waiting game -- going to wait 15 minutes. Started at 2:17 (central)... we'll see in a little bit.

Here is a good list of Apps/Apks I found to help out some who don't know what to remove without causing a slew of FC's......if anyone knows of anymore that are safe, please keep this "How To" going strong!
APPS that are SAFE to remove
Question....where would the respective 'dir' be for throwing 2.1 icons into a ROM while cooking...? data/apps?
I'm honestly trying to google all my questions as well as search this forums threads....but sometimes I don't get the answer I need

Konikub said:
Here is a good list of Apps/Apks I found to help out some who don't know what to remove without causing a slew of FC's......if anyone knows of anymore that are safe, please keep this "How To" going strong!
APPS that are SAFE to remove
Question....where would the respective 'dir' be for throwing 2.1 icons into a ROM while cooking...? data/apps?
I'm honestly trying to google all my questions as well as search this forums threads....but sometimes I don't get the answer I need
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The directory that the 2.1 icons should go in is /system/app/
Lets say I want to change the Browser.apk icon. I would pull it, open it as a zip file, look for ic_laucher.png (or something of this sort) -- and replace this file with the newly created icon (has to be the SAME name as the original file), you'll copy this new "icon" into the original dir, overwriting the changes -- and that's it.
If you need some help:
This will help you changing icons:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/6070-changing-hero-application-icons.html
ROM FAQ/Building
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hacking/6037-general-rom-faq.html
I waited 15 minutes and still nothing -- so I just did a nandroid. I'll work on it some more tomorrow.

pseudoremora said:
The directory that the 2.1 icons should go in is /system/app/
Lets say I want to change the Browser.apk icon. I would pull it, open it as a zip file, look for ic_laucher.png (or something of this sort) -- and replace this file with the newly created icon (has to be the SAME name as the original file), you'll copy this new "icon" into the original dir, overwriting the changes -- and that's it.
If you need some help:
This will help you changing icons:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/6070-changing-hero-application-icons.html
ROM FAQ/Building
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hacking/6037-general-rom-faq.html
I waited 15 minutes and still nothing -- so I just did a nandroid. I'll work on it some more tomorrow.
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Any luck...? Anyone out there having success in trying to get this to work?

pseudoremora said:
The directory that the 2.1 icons should go in is /system/app/
Lets say I want to change the Browser.apk icon. I would pull it, open it as a zip file, look for ic_laucher.png (or something of this sort) -- and replace this file with the newly created icon (has to be the SAME name as the original file), you'll copy this new "icon" into the original dir, overwriting the changes -- and that's it.
If you need some help:
This will help you changing icons:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/6070-changing-hero-application-icons.html
ROM FAQ/Building
http://forum.androidcentral.com/hacking/6037-general-rom-faq.html
I waited 15 minutes and still nothing -- so I just did a nandroid. I'll work on it some more tomorrow.
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Have you tried just opening the zip,editing the name and files inside the zip,then resign it an flash. I ran into problems when I tried to take the files out and make my own.

[email protected] said:
Have you tried just opening the zip,editing the name and files inside the zip,then resign it an flash. I ran into problems when I tried to take the files out and make my own.
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What files exactly are you saying I should edit? I'm up for any ideas -- I'm definitely going to get this to work, I want to contribute damn it!!

I just downloaded a ROM and took some apks that were on the "SAFE" list to remove from the link in the above post. Replaced some apk files with the 2.1 icons....using the same name as the ones I replaces (so I'm not 'adding' anything new)
Renaming my ROM and then zipping it up to flash. (doing it now, and if that works....then I will play with it a little more and see how far I can get until it does not boot)
HOPEFULLY this boot with what I've just done....lol. I should, I've done nothing really...

[Theme] Blue Sense

By request I put together a blue theme for a friend so I figured i would share.
Every thing is stock sense except for a couple changes that were made to stock images.... all the green has been removed from framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk and has been replaced with blue. I re-drew all the .9pngs and there should be no major bugs... if there is please let me know. Location icon was also removed.
This theme will work on any 2.1 based sense rom.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jdntmjgxmyd

jonnybueno said:
By request I put together a blue theme for a friend so I figured i would share.
Every thing is stock sense except for a couple changes that were made to stock images.... all the green has been removed from framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk and has been replaced with blue. I re-drew all the .9pngs and there should be no major bugs... if there is please let me know. Location icon was also removed.
This theme will work on any 2.1 based sense rom.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jdntmjgxmyd
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So how do I get that on my phone??? #noob

jGroves said:
So how do I get that on my phone??? #noob
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Flash zip in recovery. Make a nandroid first.

can you do blue for the wifi and signal bars ?

Mthodmn101 said:
can you do blue for the wifi and signal bars ?
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K i will try to get to that soon

edit: nevermind i took it from a different theme

jonnybueno said:
Flash zip in recovery. Make a nandroid first.
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Sorry, I have no idea what that means.

Works Great
great theme, thanks

how do I get this **** on my phone?? someone answer like you'd would explain to someone who doesn't know anything about all your techy jargon - because I don't.
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jGroves said:
how do I get this **** on my phone?? someone answer like you'd would explain to someone who doesn't know anything about all your techy jargon - because I don't.
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Sorry I've been busy working on putting together themes for the community. You want to put the zip file on your sdcard then boot into recovery. You can boot into recovery by holding the - volume button and then power when your phone is off then choosing the appropriate options on the bootloader screen. Once you get into recovery, select the choose zip from sdcard option and find the theme.
You must be rooted in order to apply. If you don't know how to flash a zip from recovery then you may need to do more reading before modding your phone. If you need more assistance than this, please donate and I will walk through the process via gtalk or gmail. Please don't post rude comments because haven't replied for a day.
Thank you that is all.

jonnybueno said:
Sorry I've been busy working on putting together themes for the community. You want to put the zip file on your sdcard then boot into recovery. You can boot into recovery by holding the - volume button and then power when your phone is off then choosing the appropriate options on the bootloader screen. Once you get into recovery, select the choose zip from sdcard option and find the theme.
You must be rooted in order to apply. If you don't know how to flash a zip from recovery then you may need to do more reading before modding your phone. If you need more assistance than this, please donate and I will walk through the process via gtalk or gmail. Please don't post rude comments because haven't replied for a day.
Thank you that is all.
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Yeah, my fault man. Thanks for your work. I'm not rooted & don't know how & don't know as much as I should about how to do all that stuff, so I don't guess I'll be using this theme. It's hard to learn just by reading when you don't know what a lot of stuff you're reading even means.

i just tried this. just noticed that you said you removed the location bullseye icon. you did, but it leaves a black space where it used to be. something else needs to be edited for the icon and the blank space to completely go away.

jasonb1985 said:
i just tried this. just noticed that you said you removed the location bullseye icon. you did, but it leaves a black space where it used to be. something else needs to be edited for the icon and the blank space to completely go away.
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Unless you can get me source code for htc sense, i don't see this happening anytime soon. This is probably coded deep into the framework...

Running this until the red is ready. Can the progress bar be blue too?
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bblanski said:
Running this until the red is ready. Can the progress bar be blue too?
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The browser progress bar? Volume progress bar should already be blue

Yup, the browser progress bar.
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jonnybueno said:
Unless you can get me source code for htc sense, i don't see this happening anytime soon. This is probably coded deep into the framework...
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ok, i was just curious. it's not a huge deal.

jonnybueno said:
Unless you can get me source code for htc sense, i don't see this happening anytime soon. This is probably coded deep into the framework...
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I dont pretend to know a lot about theming for Android, cause I dont, but can you replace the missing icon with a transparent blank image causing the black box to disapear and show the bar below it?
I understand it wont remove it completely but it might help for the black box he is seeing.

fader01 said:
I dont pretend to know a lot about theming for Android, cause I dont, but can you replace the missing icon with a transparent blank image causing the black box to disapear and show the bar below it?
I understand it wont remove it completely but it might help for the black box he is seeing.
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Have you loaded the theme up? His issue is the space the invisible icon takes up, there is no black box.

Green Status Bar Fix for OTA

This is a modified SystemUI.apk to give you the green Signal & Wi-Fi bars. They will be green all the time, but it looks better this way. I installed it using NinjaMorph, but you could install it any way you'd like..
Message me if you need help.
You MUST be rooted for this to work!

FatalityBoyZahy said:
This is a modified SystemUI.apk to give you the green Signal & Wi-Fi bars. They will be green all the time, but it looks better this way. I installed it using NinjaMorph, but you could install it any way you'd like..
Message me if you need help.
Screenshots will be up soon
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I would love to have them work so green means uninhibited connection, but i agree I do like me some green =)
do you know of any thing (other than a new ROM) where you can set what color it uses?

Is there any other way to install this other than ninja morph?

You could probably just use a root file manager

FatalityBoyZahy said:
You could probably just use a root file manager
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I am not rooted. I am running the LG GB leak from yesterday. I have astro installed, will that work?

tidewaterns said:
I am not rooted. I am running the LG GB leak from yesterday. I have astro installed, will that work?
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if it writes anything to system, i doubt it will work unless rooted. why not just flash the rooted leak?

Looks perfect I used Root explorer
sent from Abbottabad, Pakistan with no internet connection

I'm sorry but could someone be a little more informative on exactly how you would go about using thing thing????

FastJoe78 said:
I'm sorry but could someone be a little more informative on exactly how you would go about using thing thing????
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Download root explorer from the market. Download the .apk from the first post and place it on the root of your sdcard. Open root explorer and find the .apk you just placed on your sdcard and long press it and hit copy. The go to system>app and paste it there. It should replace the stock SystemUI.apk. Then reboot and you should have the green icons.

Thank You. Any info on maybe a segmented accurate battery mod? (Im sure their are a few floating around here, but thought I would post)

They have one posted now
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[MOD] MDPI Phone apk for CM9/AOKP 160dpi

I'm fairly new to the xda community... So I'm hoping this works for others like it worked for me. I tried about 20 different modded phone apks that were supposedly designed to work for 160dpi setting on AOKP and CM9 roms and I was just about to give up when I stumbled across one that actually works!!! Directions are pretty simple...
1. Download phone.apk file from below
2. move to root of sd card
3. In root explorer (or any file browser with root access) go to /system/app and rename original phone.apk to phone.apk.bak
4. Copy and paste new phone.apk in /system/app
5. Reboot phone and enjoy
No need to change app permissions to -rw-r--r--
UPDATE!!!! For those of you that prefer a flashable zip, Mr. Apocalypse was kind enough to upload one in post #12 of this thread
If you run into any problems let me know and I'll try to help with troubleshooting.

Wat exactly does it do?
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GD3tyrone said:
Wat exactly does it do?
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It replaces the stock phone app... The stock phone app will crash on any LCD density below 200 dpi. This modded phone app will run on the lower densities so you can use the 160 dpi setting and still be able to make/receive phone calls without a FC error.

jmack89 said:
It replaces the stock phone app... The stock phone app will crash on any LCD density below 200 dpi. This modded phone app will run on the lower densities so you can use the 160 dpi setting and still be able to make/receive phone calls without a FC error.
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What he's asking.is how does this help us? What purpose does it serve the phone? Speed up? Better battery life? Etc etc etc
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djimpulsion said:
What he's asking.is how does this help us? What purpose does it serve the phone? Speed up? Better battery life? Etc etc etc
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It's nothing major... Just a fix for a force close error when using the phone app on different LCD densities. A lot of ppl like the look of 160 dpi and 128 dpi (tablet mode) but you lose call functionality as a consequence... This fixes that issue.

Also... If you decide to return the phone to stock LCD density there's no need to revert back to the old phone apk... This one will work in all densities from 128-240 dpi. (I haven't tried anything larger than 240 yet... IDK why anyone would though )

Ah, okay got it..
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thankyou so much! fixed my issue wondered why it kept crashing when it was lower than 200 lol

I'll try it out. That FC pop up gets annoyings as stopping and clearing data after every reboot gets annoying lol.
Does this permanently replace the stock phone apk?

I can't get anything to work. Not the rename, not the copy and past. Nothing.

aaCotyaa said:
I'll try it out. That FC pop up gets annoyings as stopping and clearing data after every reboot gets annoying lol.
Does this permanently replace the stock phone apk?
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Yes it permanently replaces the stock phone apk.
aaCotyaa said:
I can't get anything to work. Not the rename, not the copy and past. Nothing.
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Make sure the /system folder is mounted as read/write before you do this... If your file explorer app doesn't have the option to give you root access you can mount /system by using terminal emulator.
Use the following commands:
su
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system

[TROLL]You know, a flashable would really help [/TROLL]
Lol, jk, attached is a flashable, uses the same Phone.apk in the OP for those who's having trouble with the push process.
I personally haven't tested it, but it should help with those who are.

Thanks I'll give that a go. Can I flash this directly to the appropriate file or do I need to move it after flashing?

aaCotyaa said:
Thanks I'll give that a go. Can I flash this directly to the appropriate file or do I need to move it after flashing?
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Flash it and it will replace whatever Phone.apk you have with the one in the OP.

Mr. Apocalypse said:
Flash it and it will replace whatever Phone.apk you have with the one in the OP.
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OK Thanks a lot.

Mr. Apocalypse said:
[TROLL]You know, a flashable would really help [/TROLL]
Lol, jk, attached is a flashable, uses the same Phone.apk in the OP for those who's having trouble with the push process.
I personally haven't tested it, but it should help with those who are.
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Thanks for that! Yea I'm not quite skilled with these things as of yet... Hopefully I'll get there soon though.

The file flash fine, but I'm still experiencing a problem. Fortunately, I think I've narrowed down the problem to Wfi Calling. I started a new thread in search for an answer. Eith way, thanks for the effort guys!

Does this fix the issue where the slider to answer the call is off the screen?

navjot94 said:
Does this fix the issue where the slider to answer the call is off the screen?
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No, unfortunately not.
I just ran in this issue, looking for a fix right now.

LuHe said:
No, unfortunately not.
I just ran in this issue, looking for a fix right now.
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Didn't find any working package so I started browsing the Android source.
I think I found the root of this problem:
https://github.com/AOKP/packages_apps_Phone/blob/ics/res/layout/incall_touch_ui.xml#L52
Code:
<!--
(1) incomingCallWidget: the UI displayed while an incoming call is ringing.
See InCallTouchUi.showIncomingCallWidget().
Layout notes:
- Use an opaque black background since we need to cover up
a bit of the bottom of the contact photo
- The verticalOffset value gets us a little extra space above
the topmost "Respond by SMS" icon
- [b]The negative layout_marginBottom shifts us slightly downward;
we're already aligned with the bottom of the screen, but we
don't have an icon in the downward direction so the whole
bottom area of this widget is just wasted space.[/b]
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<com.android.internal.widget.multiwaveview.MultiWaveView
android:id="@+id/incomingCallWidget"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
[b]android:layout_marginBottom="-46dp"[/b]
android:background="@android:color/black"
android:visibility="gone"
I guess this -46dp is too much and needs to be lowered a bit.
Downloading AOKP source right now and trying to rebuild the Phone.apk

[MOD][Discontinued][Tutorial] Jandycane Battery Mod Collection(With tutorial)

Nice collection

Josepho1997 said:
I accidentally made these with a green softkeys theme. I will fix that ASAP.
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Ok. Im going to make a few mods for cm10 in a little but i might not finish. Its 1:08 over here. How bout you.
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Josepho1997 said:
Right now its 2:16
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Ok. Do you zipalign your ui's
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Just to be sure these all are for jandycane. I dont want to accidentally Brick my kf by installing a cm10 battery mod

The circle mod above powerpoints isnt working. im flashing it using twrp

does this work on jandycane only?

Zip file not flashing
Hello! This is some great work on the battery mods, something I'd love to take advantage of. I'm trying to install the Neon collection, but the archive is not flashing.
I followed the instructions in the OP, copied the 100 battery files and the stat_sys_battery.xml into the systemUI.apk, then swapped it into the archive. I uploaded the new archive file to my Dropbox account, then downloaded it onto my Fire, rebooted into recovery (TWRP 2.1.1) and tried to install the Neon_with_Percentage_Mod.zip file. I keep getting an error that says "E:Unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip /sdcard/my_directory/Neon_with_Percentage_Mod.zip".
Do I need to use adb to manually push the archive file onto the Fire rather than passing it through my Dropbox account? Seems unlikely to be the cause of the problem, but I'm not sure what else the problem could be. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I just worked my way back through all the steps, and this time the flash was successful. However, now that I've rebooted into normal mode, there are no battery icons at all in the status bar - just the clock and the wifi signal indicator. I opened the /system/app/SystemUI.apk file and verified that the modifications (stat_sys_battery.xml and 100 battery image files) are indeed there, but for some reason they're not being picked up. I've tried using both the normal tablet statusbar and the quicknav tablet statusbar v2, but no battery icons show up anywhere, though the notifications pop-up contains the text percentage next to my network name. Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks in advance!

thecarlsoncrew said:
Hello! This is some great work on the battery mods, something I'd love to take advantage of. I'm trying to install the Neon collection, but the archive is not flashing.
I followed the instructions in the OP, copied the 100 battery files and the stat_sys_battery.xml into the systemUI.apk, then swapped it into the archive. I uploaded the new archive file to my Dropbox account, then downloaded it onto my Fire, rebooted into recovery (TWRP 2.1.1) and tried to install the Neon_with_Percentage_Mod.zip file. I keep getting an error that says "E:Unable to open zip file. Error flashing zip /sdcard/my_directory/Neon_with_Percentage_Mod.zip".
Do I need to use adb to manually push the archive file onto the Fire rather than passing it through my Dropbox account? Seems unlikely to be the cause of the problem, but I'm not sure what else the problem could be. Any thoughts?
EDIT: I just worked my way back through all the steps, and this time the flash was successful. However, now that I've rebooted into normal mode, there are no battery icons at all in the status bar - just the clock and the wifi signal indicator. I opened the /system/app/SystemUI.apk file and verified that the modifications (stat_sys_battery.xml and 100 battery image files) are indeed there, but for some reason they're not being picked up. I've tried using both the normal tablet statusbar and the quicknav tablet statusbar v2, but no battery icons show up anywhere, though the notifications pop-up contains the text percentage next to my network name. Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks in advance!
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Your using jandycane right. I can help.
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powerpoint45 said:
Your using jandycane right. I can help.
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Yes, Jandycane. I'm now on 1.7.2, with Gapps from 7-26. I had given up since this post says it's discontinued, but if you know how to get this battery mod working that'd be great. Thanks!

Josepho1997 said:
I'll make one for you...
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Wow, that's very kind of you! I actually really like the "Neon Battery Mod with Percentage" mod from the OP here. It just didn't work when I put them into my SystemUI.apk file.

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Josepho1997 said:
Sorry. I've had this made for a while, but forgot to give you the link.
Here it is: http://goo.im/devs/Josepho1997/Neon_Battery_Mod/Neon_Battery_Mod.zip
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http://tinyw.in/9ItI
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Great, thank you! What's the procedure with this? Just flash it, or do I need to follow the instructions in the OP to insert these images into SystemUI.apk?

Josepho1997 said:
Flash it. I didn't test it though, so tell me if it worked. It should.
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I tried installing it twice, once just straight up, and the second time after wiping the cache and Dalvik cache. Got the same result for both, and the same thing as when I tried it initially a few days ago - no battery icon is visible at all now. This version of Jandycane has an option to have the percentage overlaid on top of the icon, and since I had that option enabled now all I can see is that number where the icon should be. What should I try next?

Josepho1997 said:
Maybe the sys_stats_battery.xml is messed up...
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Before I started doing any of this I copied the original SystemUI.apk. I'm back on that original file now, so it should be the original sys_stats_battery.xml, too.

So...any thoughts, or am I just plain stuck?