Hello all,
I am new here and just got my Galaxy S 4g. I am used to creating themes on the iphone and am getting very frustrated with this phone so far. I have rooted my phone, and also downloaded go launcher and a couple widgets. and a couple different file explorers.
Problems I am having is that everyone says the apps and themes are located in the phones data folder. My data folder is always blank with nothing inside. I search for the exact name or location of the apps and it says 0 files. I look at the apps running and details of them tell me they are in the /data folder, but My folder says empty. I even have the show hidden files checked.
Also I am trying to find a way to browse the phones files (not the memory card files) from my computer. I have now read over hundreds of pages of searches and can not find any answers.
Please help me.
the files that you are going to want to find are the framework-res.apk and twframework.apk.
those files are located in the system/framework/
i use android commander to push and pull files cause it is the easiest for me. you will need winrar to unzip the apk's but if you want to edit the .9.png's you will need APK manager to unpack the .9.png's and Ultimate Compiler to recompile after you edit or the png's will stretch wrong and look horrible.
There is a link on the main Android Themes page on XDA that has a wonderful write up in PDF about theming...
ill see what else i can post when i have time later to help you out.
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I have Conflippers 10-21 ROM on my alltell touch.. So far I have not had to many issues and the problems I have had, I found the answers pretty easy either here or over @ ppcgeeks.. But these themes are killing me.. I'm sure it is something simple I am just not seeing but here I am anyway..
I have found and read through the theme threads, found some I like and downloaded the zip files. I unzip them to my pc no problem.. Here is where the problems start.. about half the time when I try to move them to my storage card through activesync I get a alert telling me it cannot convert a file.
now if it does copy over ok, I can go through the md2c and see the folder on my storage card but if I try to add it to my themes folder I get a error that says I am missing the HTChomesettings.xlm(I think) file and it will not add it?
what am I missing here.. since this does not seem to be a common issue I know it's something simple... but it is just escaping me...
P.S.. sorry for the poor grammar. I am doing this at work from my phone...
Thanks for the help.
U're absolutely missing .xml file (HTCHomeSetting). Try to use another xml file, m2dc should be working after u put .xml file on windows folder
Is there just one file for all themes or is this a file that should be included with every theme I download??
the reason I ask is a couple of the themes I have tried work just fine.. most though give me the error though..
Some of the themes has no .xml file. Just look at the clock style in the home tab. If it's similar with another themes that u ever used succesfully, simply put the .xml file in windows folder. Good luck
What file are you copying to your device? The file you copy should be some how compressed and contain the xml in the root folder.
Some of the themes I have downloaded seem to be packed into a folder and some of when you unzip it are all the file individual.... (does that make since?)
Either way I put them on my storage card and then point M2DC at the storage card a couple of them seem to work fine and some of them give me the error
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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for ease of use several people have create cabs out of their themes.. simply install the cab file. look for a thread created my mobile matt (username mchapman) it has several themes and mods in it.
one of the themes i've installed is a cab. however, it does not show up. that's what the problem is.
i guess the title of thread could be a little misleading. i'm not having trouble locating themes to install - tf3d config is having trouble finding them, after i do.
ETA - i searched for the thread you mentioned, but it says "mchapman" is an invalid username
ETA - i've found this instruction to be a little confusing. if somebody could PLEASE give me a little clarity on exactly what they are telling me to do:
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
thank you
can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
injunwil said:
can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
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Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).
injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Go to here for find themes, wallpapers, everything you need....please read and read some more before posting....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470023
slawcop` said:
Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).
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is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx
injunwil said:
is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx
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Maybe this will help. If you were to create this folder on your pc instead it would look like this:
C:\themes <- C:\ is your root directory.
so on your phone the folder should appear in the list with windows and program files and document and storage card. It should be \themes NOT something like \Program Files\themes
So, I've got a lot to say and will try to be as thorough as possible. I will answer questions if needed to know certain issues of mine better. I'm sure I'll probably forget a couple things but will say what's going on to the best of my ability.
I'd like to say I am in a real bind and my folders are a complete mess with WAY too many tools and I don't think I need them all. But these are tools that were suggested to me or in a link containing several more tools. I am no longer going to edit APK files or do anything else till my issues are resolved and I've been given the best suggested tools that are CURRENT (please no outdated stuff). I can provide links to most of the tools or suggestions that were given to me if needed. I've bookmarked every link.
I don't know who is going to see and read this but really do hope someone can work with me on fixing up my issues I'm having with all this. Also, if this thread has responses from whomever, could you also tell me where each folders should go and what needs to have its' own folder?
Here is my current set-up:
2 folders on C:\ directory (contains: android-sdk-windows and Android folders and separate)
In android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder it contains:
lib (folder)
llvm-rs-cc.exe
source.properties
aapt.eve
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
aidl.exe
dexdump.exe
dx.bat
NOTICE.txt
finishedpngs (folder)
framework (folder)
SystemAppsOriginal (folder containing my original /system/app APKs from Droid 2)
projects (folder containing nothing yet but placing specific APK(s) here)
eclipse (folder)
Eclipse Workspace (folder belonging to eclipse program)
SDK (folder containing another SDK just like android-sdk-windows, don't know why I have this now)
NotePad ++ (folder)
Update Modifier (folder)
PNG Gauntlet (folder)
XMLEditing (folder when I get to editing XMLs I'll place it here for work)
xUltimate Draw9Patch (folder)
xUltimate Theme Optimizer x64 (folder)
xUltimate (folder)
xUltimate Color Converter (folder)
APK Manager (folder)
These are all on my laptop on the c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder. The reason I put them all in there is because some of them are requiring adb.exe and those 2 DLL files to be able to function on but it's not working like that. So, what I did was copy adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, and AdbWinUsbApi.dll into the APK Manager and Update Modifier folders so the Script.bat would work. Now I don't know if that was a good idea or not. It worked on making them operate but I'm getting errors in the APK Manager when I need to compile stuff, or adb push back to phone. It's not working correctly.
In Android folder:
PSPad (folder containing the program to read and supposedly edit XMLs)
RSDLite (goes with SBF)
SBF (contains the zip to restore my Droid 2 back to stock)
The rest are misc. stuff that's just screenshots and stuff not associated with my issues
Only success I have been able to do was run Command Prompt and do adb pull and adb push which runs through the adb.exe in the android-sdk-windows\platform-tools folder.
I had to boot into recovery via Clockwork bootstrap, unmount system and then do the adb push on one of my APK when I was finished editing just PNG image files. No .9.png image files. I hear you need APK Manager to take care of issues with that due to boundaries and chunks being lost or messed up.
I have tried several different methods. Only success was finally doing adb pull and adb push through android-sdk-windows tool but that took me ALL weekend. I'm not talking 3 or 4 hours. I'm talking from 9am to noon, lunch break, then till 3am in the morning and then repeat on Sunday morning till 2am. I DO NOT want to go through that again yet I'm still trying to sort through all this mess and eliminate tools and such and get the right things and MAKE them work according to how they are suppose to function.
I don't know if all those extra tools are suppose to be in the platform-tools or not. I don't know what else to do here. Like I said, I went through several methods but most are applied to what the dev has like for G1's and other phones. My phone is the Motorola Droid 2 A955 build.
I was able to successfully push Music.apk back to the phone and see the changes I made. I was happy. All I did was just change the colors in the PNG image files. I really want to do more than this. Even to .9.png image files, XMLs, smali and baksmali and all that and eventually get onto creating my own theme.
Also, I do have the latest version of Java. I have entered my environment variables. Check here to see what I did:
Under System variables:
Variable Name: adb
Variable Value: c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
Variable Name: Path
Variable Value: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\10.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;
My laptop build: Dell Inspiron 1525 with Windows Vista 32 bit x86
I have 3 threads at the DroidForums site but I had to edit this thread because I can't post outside links till I've posted more than 8 times. I've been a member here for a couple months, just haven't really posted much. I do more reading and researching here on the XDA forum rather than posting, which is what I've been doing for the last 3 days. If you need links to see my more thorough issues then I can provide links by PMing you with them.
Bottom line: All I'm asking is someone who knows my issues to work with me getting this mess sorted out and placing the folders in right places, getting adb to work with multiple scripts that rely on the adb.exe and those 2 dll's, and pointing me to the right direction so I can get out of the woods finally.
Sorry this is long but people understand more when things are laid out more thoroughly, which lacks in a lot of these threads explaining instructions and resolving issues.
Please close this thread. I will be working on my own since I have solved most of these issues on my own and there is no response to this thread in helping.
Hello guys.
I am wondering if there's any option/programme/app that can detect changes in apk files.
For example:
A dev releases a mod for something, let's say swaps a .png files to a custom .png and shares the mod in a thread.
And i want the same mod but in a different .png.
Now i can ofcourse ask the dev to do it, which is easy but i wont learn anything.
So i decide to try to make it for myself, but having no past experience with android i don't know how to do it.
And here's where the app/programme comes in (if there is one, ofc). A software that can detect any kinds of changes after decompiling apk files. Now many of you know that apk files have several folders inside, and inside those folder are various files.
So this software (if it exists) could be able to detect changes in the modded apk compared to my unmodded apk, and tell me where exactly the change(s) have been made.
In this way i don't need to bother a dev, and i maybe start to learn how to mod special areas of my phones UI.
Thanks for any reply!
Good day!
Hello, hopefully I am posting in the correct section.
I want to give my phone app access to write and delete files on my SD card, but unfortunate Android remove this ability in newer android versions, so I found the following thread.
https://android.stackexchange.com/q...ccess-to-external-storage-to-an-app-in-nougat
When I plug the phone into computer, only three folders is found in /data, the system folder is missing. Why ain't all folders shown when accessing through computer?
I found the packages.xml file in using root explorer, which showns all files, I opened it, but I have no idea how to edit it.
Can someone give me a general instruction on how to edit the package.xml?
Thanks.