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[FIX] Cyanogen Signal Fix With Instructions

Here is the zip that fixes the visual signal fix on Cyanogen (and all AOSP roms for that matter). However, don't flash this if you're running an theme on top of froyo. It wont hurt your phone, but it wont help any A big thanks to Kyouko for the fix!
Having trouble applying this with the newest CM 6.0.0 Stable? Take a look here for some help to get it working. Thanks to dirkydirk23 for these tips!
Download metamorph (free) from the market
Download the zip attached to this post
Unzip the visual fix file onto your sd card. It doesn't matter where on your sd card, just somwhere where you can find it.
Open metamorph, and allow it to run checks. Sometimes on the first time you open it, it claims that something is wrong on your phone and will close. If this happens, just reopen the aplication again and allow it to run checks. It will work the second time.
Click on "apply existing theme" on metamorph.
Navigate to the extracted file of the visual fix on your sd card.
Click on it, and then select the .XML file
Allow metamorph to flash the .XML and rebbot your phone. When it boots up again, the signal bars will be fixed!
Post if you have any questions or would like to express thanks

I'ma noobie
hey, lemme ask you, is there an issue with it showing inaccurate bars? or is this giving us more visual bars as others have complained about only having 4?
also you spelled cyanogen wrong haha

BuddahWolf01 said:
hey, lemme ask you, is there an issue with it showing inaccurate bars? or is this giving us more visual bars as others have complained about only having 4?
also you spelled cyanogen wrong haha
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gives you more visual bars.

nice, I'm gonna get on this band wagon tonight when I get home, now if someone would just get back to me on the circular battery symbol thing, I'll be set. ha

BuddahWolf01 said:
hey, lemme ask you, is there an issue with it showing inaccurate bars? or is this giving us more visual bars as others have complained about only having 4?
also you spelled cyanogen wrong haha
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This gives you more visual bars. On the default rom without this fix, the max amount of bars that will show up, even if you have amazing signal, is 3. With this fix, you get a more accurate reading; If you have great signal, you'll have the full 4 bars, not only 3. And if you have ok signal, you'll have 2 bars, not only one. And I fixed the spelling thanks

Good write up and instructions Impaler ...
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ragu78 said:
Good write up and instructions Impaler ...
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Thank you! It's nice to know people appreciate my work

I put it on my phone then did what you said. Now I have got 4 bars! Then I was talking with my friend who has a droid, found out he had 4 bars all along. I was mad.

BuddahWolf01 said:
I put it on my phone then did what you said. Now I have got 4 bars! Then I was talking with my friend who has a droid, found out he had 4 bars all along. I was mad.
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Why were you mad? This fix is for the hero, and it worked because you have a full 4 bars now. The droid has always had the full 4 bars, but AOSP on the hero never has. Now with the fix, it does

ragu78 said:
Good write up and instructions Impaler ...
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+1
Same here..your help is greatly appreciated
Mac

Just a note, there's no file attached to the OP if your looking via the XDA app.
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PMDColeslaw said:
Just a note, there's no file attached to the OP if your looking via the XDA app.
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I know, but that's just a flaw with the xda app not allowing attachments to be viewed.... nothing I can do about that
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theimpaler747 said:
I know, but that's just a flaw with the xda app not allowing attachments to be viewed.... nothing I can do about that
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Yeah I wish that would get fixed!
BTW, if I download and extract the .png files from this fix, can I just add them to the Framework-res.apk in my theme? Will that do the same thing once I flash the theme?

PMDColeslaw said:
Yeah I wish that would get fixed!
BTW, if I download and extract the .png files from this fix, can I just add them to the Framework-res.apk in my theme? Will that do the same thing once I flash the theme?
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Yes it will if I'm understanding the question correctly... you're making a theme and changing out the default PNG images and replacing them with these? If that's the case then when you flash the new theme it definitely should work, but if it doesn't you can always just metamorph this file and make it work
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theimpaler747 said:
Yes it will if I'm understanding the question correctly... you're making a theme and changing out the default PNG images and replacing them with these? If that's the case then when you flash the new theme it definitely should work, but if it doesn't you can always just metamorph this file and make it work
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Yeah thats what I meant. I figured it would work but I wanted to double check

PMDColeslaw said:
Yeah thats what I meant. I figured it would work but I wanted to double check
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Yeah it definitely should work.
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It seems like all this did was change my wallpaper!? Still no bar fix.. is this just for nightlys? Because I am running RC1
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Vandelay007 said:
It seems like all this did was change my wallpaper!? Still no bar fix.. is this just for nightlys? Because I am running RC1
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No this is for everything AOSP, and it shouldn't have changed your wallpaper. How may signal bars do you usually get wherever you are now? You should see one more than that, as that is what this visual fix does.

I was plesently surprised to find out I don't have to repeat this step when I flash the nightlies, like I do with the voicemail apk

BuddahWolf01 said:
I was plesently surprised to find out I don't have to repeat this step when I flash the nightlies, like I do with the voicemail apk
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Correct, and that's because the nightlies shouldn't override the framework.apk

Anybody have this wallpaper?

its on the skyraider 3.1 sense rom, the one that has 2 andys popping out from behind a cracked wall that reads HTC in green........does any body have that in blue?
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If you have a copy of the original I can likely convert it into blue. Just give me an example of the colour of blue you want.

Thanks but I can't find its folder location...its not in the customize/resource folder..those are the stock ones...skyraider has its own set...
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Seems to be the case... heh I downloaded what you are running (I'm on stock, just because I need everything working, even if it's slightly boring x.x) and was unable to find any custom wallpapers in any of the folders (it must be packed in an .apk or other resource file somewhere). Someone from the community should be able to provide further info though.

I have this one...can you do a navy blue?
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mikesincredible said:
I have this one...can you do a navy blue?
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Sure, but do you want to use the file you uploaded as source (compared to a larger image)?

Im not sure how clear this image is cuz im on my phone..i could use a jpg tho if its more clear..whatever is easiest for u, I appreciate it
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Yea id like that as the source image..sorry for the "huh" response
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No problem, a larger image is normally easier to work with (and would probably look better on your phone), so let me know if you ever have another file you'd like blue-ized. Also the Tap-A-Talk program might have made the upload size smaller. I attached a quicky version of a blue-ization. I don't know if you can view attachments in Tap-A-Talk, so I'll post a url in this post as well.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=405695&d=1285128979
Edit 2: Also if you don't like the color of blue, let me know (I can try and match it to the hue SkyRaider blue... I kind of just picked a random blue =p).

A tad lighter if possible, sr blue is nice, im using the ported theme..i like it only theres still a somewhat red appearnce, are u able to clean it up some?
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heh, I thought I was seeing things (sorry about that red)... this should fit more in with the theme and all traces of red should be gone! Feedback is welcomed if it's not what you were hoping for =).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=405724&stc=1&d=1285133598

mikesincredible said:
its on the skyraider 3.1 sense rom, the one that has 2 andys popping out from behind a cracked wall that reads HTC in green........does any body have that in blue?
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I'm looking for that set of wallpapers too. Where did he put them?

DeeBG said:
If you have a copy of the original I can likely convert it into blue. Just give me an example of the colour of blue you want.
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i was wondering if i sent you a couple wallpapers could you adjust the colors on them for me????

Heres this one. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5528/droidblackskinlight.jpg

Can of worm's.

I did some Googling and came up with 2 conflicting answers...some dudes say they are replacing .9.png with regular .png and not having any problems...I tried doing the same and once again all sorts of witchery happened. Do I have to use drawn9 and eclipse (or whatever the hell they're called) to get it to work?
Thanks!
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Abracastabya said:
Do I have to use drawn9 and eclipse (or whatever the hell they're called) to get it to work?
Thanks!
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Short answer, yes.

Envynet said:
Short answer, yes.
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Damn.
Thanks though
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It depends on the .9 image. some of the images never stretch. I notice a lot of people have made the pull down notification background a regular png and not a .9 but if you have it like this your framework file will not be able to re compile.

rujelus22 said:
It depends on the .9 image. some of the images never stretch. I notice a lot of people have made the pull down notification background a regular png and not a .9 but if you have it like this your framework file will not be able to re compile.
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Exactly what I'm running into...thanks for your input!
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[Q] Best way to manually change color of clock?

Hey just recently i had to urge to change change the color of my taskbar to black. So i ended up using UOT Kitchen do so so but for some reason it dose not change the clock font to white so i can see the time. Any help would be great at this point..
oh and I am running aosp 9.2

Can you link the kitchen you're talking about? I want to do the same thing. I was considering trying cm6 but I'd rather keep aosp
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caliboy99 said:
Hey just recently i had to urge to change change the color of my taskbar to black. So i ended up using UOT Kitchen do so so but for some reason it dose not change the clock font to white so i can see the time. Any help would be great at this point..
oh and I am running aosp 9.2
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colorchange.jar or if you wanted to make your life super easy, you could grab my twopointtwo theme and pull the services.jar from that and push it or flash it to your system, that should make the change for you also in the framework-res the status_bar.xml controls the ticker color gank that from twopointtwo also

abadasstanker69 said:
Can you link the kitchen you're talking about? I want to do the same thing. I was considering trying cm6 but I'd rather keep aosp
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http://uot.dakra.lt/?p=OTguMjI0LjEwNy4zNg==

caliboy99 said:
http://uot.dakra.lt/?p=OTguMjI0LjEwNy4zNg==
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Thanks man. As soon as I get home I'll see what I can do with it. If I have any luck I'll update you
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thoughtlesskyle said:
colorchange.jar or if you wanted to make your life super easy, you could grab my twopointtwo theme and pull the services.jar from that and push it or flash it to your system, that should make the change for you also in the framework-res the status_bar.xml controls the ticker color gank that from twopointtwo also
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So I tried this and the font color still isn't right. It's supposed to be white but it's black just as stated before. I pulled your framework res apk and everything but still nothing...any ideas?
It's just the clock font that's screwed up. I'm not sure why....I'm gonna keep messing with it but I really have no idea why it's doing that

If you post up your zip I can see what I can do what isn't colored right just the clock?
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So I tried this and the font color still isn't right. It's supposed to be white but it's black just as stated before. I pulled your framework res apk and everything but still nothing...any ideas?
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thoughtlesskyle said:
If you post up your zip I can see what I can do what isn't colored right just the clock?
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No it's the clock font in the system tray. It's black so you can't see it when the system tray is also black. It should be white but I don't see an option for it. But here it is chief

I tried messing with it for a few hours and couldn't get any where. If anyone else has any luck please let us know
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abadasstanker69 said:
I tried messing with it for a few hours and couldn't get any where. If anyone else has any luck please let us know
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I got it to work I did have to change background that the carrier label is on because the color change did work which is weird, but I made it black and it works just fine I will post it when I get some spare time
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thoughtlesskyle said:
I got it to work I did have to change background that the carrier label is on because the color change did work which is weird, but I made it black and it works just fine I will post it when I get some spare time
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What did you use to change it?
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The way I told you the services.jar and the status_bar.xml along with status_bar_expanded.xml then changed that one png to one from a sense theme
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thoughtlesskyle said:
The way I told you the services.jar and the status_bar.xml along with status_bar_expanded.xml then changed that one png to one from a sense theme
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Gotcha
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here it is like i said i had to change the 1 png but everything else was working fine for me on my hero, sorry if i seem a little rusty i havent themed froyo in forever gingerbread is much more straight forward with everything

Thanks bro. I got in to building android stuff and didn't realize how bad l had got with java script and xml lol
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Help decompiling framework-res.apk?

So, I have been using supercharged V5 for a while and am loving it. However, I have been unable to update to either update one or two without having massive moto fc's.
Eventually I found out that the app I use to change my window animations is what's causing it. Cause the fc's don't happen until I install the animations and reboot. What's weird is that the fc's don't happen on the initial release.
Sooooo, I know that animmod (the app) changes the framework-res.apk for the animations and I'm thinking that maybe if I track down what it changes, I can figure out why it does it on the updates and not the initial.
So I guess I need to decompile the apk. But I have no clue how to do that or what that apk even does.
I'm PC savvy, but Java and Linux are brand new to me. Help would be awesome! I'd love to be able to update and keep the app!
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I have had some luck in the past using apk edit

alldoom65 said:
I have had some luck in the past using apk edit
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Sweet man I'll give it a whirl!
So you're recommendation led me here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890199
And this is leading me to believe this is for editing application apk's, not necessarily system apk's?
Or have you used it for that?
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Fall of Enosis said:
Sweet man I'll give it a whirl!
So you're recommendation led me here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890199
And this is leading me to believe this is for editing application apk's, not necessarily system apk's?
Or have you used it for that?
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I have edited the system apk once before with it.

I'd try 7zip...
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So I was able to decompile both my current modded framwork-res.apk and the un-modded one straight from supercharged V5.
The differences lie in the "anim" folder. (imagine that?)
All the xml files in the folder are the same except mine (the modded ones) are bigger in size.
What on god's green earth could be changing in the updates that causes all the Moto FC's? Thoughts anyone?
I've attached both of the framework's if someone get's curious or bored. Help would be rad!