Hey gang!
I was perusing the Themes and Apps Section for the Evo 4g and noticed a couple trends. A lot of the themes and mods are for the ports of late, which is awesome! But I know some of you are very happy with the Sense 1.0 with GB that we've received recently (OTA 4.22). While I prefer the Sense 2.1 with GB Roms myself, I want to provide mods and themes for all sorts of stuff. The other trend I noticed was that a few flashers wanted transparency. Everyone loves transparency, right? With Gingerbread, as many devs and themers have found out, theming is much more ingrained in dex code than previous issues of Android OS. No worries, there are some smart cookies floating around.
Well, I just wanted to upload this for the folks out there who would like to start theming or want to incorporate transparent Statusbar and Notification Area but are not quite familiar with smali/baksmali and xml editing. I have uploaded deodex and odex versions of the mod.
Here is exactly what I did in general terms.
used baksmali to decompile the SystemUI.odex
edited two lines in "com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarService.smali"
used smali to compile the smali folder back to classes.dex
made the statusbar 100% transparent (just for sample purposes, ie it can any level of transparency, not necessarily clear) but PhotoShopping "statusbar_background" in SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi
used apktool to decompile SystemUI.apk
made the notifications text white instead of black by editing values
made the notification area a transparent black instead of stock white
I think that is all that I did...
This little mod was by request and I can't guarantee that everything is 100%. I should also note that the ROM I used to was xHausx's stock odex rom as found HERE. Thanks xHAUSx! I figure this one would be as stock as it gets, and also the requester is using this ROM.
Let me know how it goes. I do not to take credit for actually coming up with the mod for transparency for Gingerbread. That smali hack should be credited to KBanause. What I did was make it work for the Evo and also inverted the text color a little bit. I also do not take credit for broken devices. Please Nandroid.
Sorry for the long post!
Deodex download
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Thanks Tom, I will let you know how things go.
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Well...it works, and it looks nice on my home screen, but the white icons and stuff make it impossible to read the notification bar in some apps like gmail. Still cool though
p.s. This was on Fresh 4.1.1.0 btw
Would it be difficult to make it play nice with this status bar mod? The only thing that remains after flashing your mod over his is the battery percentage. Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127475
Hey guys. I'm sorry but I do not use this ROM, and thus it will be difficult for me to make mods for it.
I only wanted to release this so peeps can do it with their flavor. Maybe one of the other themers who use this Rom like rydah can fill these requests.
I do however, agree with the white icons being too white.
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Love the mod. We just need the status bar up top solid black while having the dropdown transparent. I'll take a look at it and see what I can come up with . I'm good with xmls not smalis.
Evolutionmods said:
Love the mod. We just need the status bar up top solid black while having the dropdown transparent. I'll take a look at it and see what I can come up with . I'm good with xmls not smalis.
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Just insert a black png for the status bar. I only enabled the transparent, but it isn't necessary.
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tommytomatoe said:
Just insert a black png for the status bar. I only enabled the transparent, but it isn't necessary.
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awesome! great work!
I really want to use this mod however I get no status bar at all when i run the zip. Android just starts up with no status bar, what's the issue?
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I really want to use this mod however I get no status bar at all when i run the zip. Android just starts up with no status bar, what's the issue?
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Let me ask you. What Rom are you using? Also, if you using stock Rom, you're likely on 4.24 ota. This was made for 4.22.
I've had same issue btw. A full restart worked for me.
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I'm using MikG which is using 4.24 OTA. It's Sense 2.1 so I guess no go. What would be the best way to replicate your theme? I know how to replace the background png but I don't know how to edit scripts or anything for the font color change.
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I'm using MikG which is using 4.24 OTA. It's Sense 2.1 so I guess no go. What would be the best way to replicate your theme? I know how to replace the background png but I don't know how to edit scripts or anything for the font color change.
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MikG is not based on OTA. It is based in Evo shift ota which had sense 2.1.
Go to themikmik.com and you will find this mod in several themes.
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I have a white xperia, ive been looking at ALOT of forums and I dont understand code that everyone posts up, all i want to do is make a white status bar with the blue like font that usually on the background of the x10, is this impossible???
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I have a white xperia, ive been looking at ALOT of forums and I dont understand code that everyone posts up, all i want to do is make a white status bar with the blue like font that usually on the background of the x10, is this impossible???
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I't possible. However it's a lot of work. You have to redo all the icons with a paintprogram. Rynoons actually made a white statusbar for the X10, see here:
rynoons modified framework-res.apk: (post #43)
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The white statusbar looked really awesome on my white X10. However a white statusbar has some problems though.
-The color of the clock can't be changed as far as I know. That's why Rynoons added a black box. However when a message appears in the statusbar (like when connecting the phone to the pc), the clock (letters) will disappear. However the blackbox stays (as it's part of the statusbar background).
-Some SE apps (like mail, Timescape, Mediascape etc) include icons with a blue background. These icons will remain when using the white statusbar and thus will just not look right.
That's why I removed the white statusbar after some days of use and reverted to a black statusbar. Still some icons appear to be on a blue background. However they don't stand out that much on black as they did on white.
U can adjust the font colors by modifying the odex files. I have wanted a white status bar and black letters since I got the phone too. I'm working on it but it requires a lot of work. Hopefully this weekend.
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gavriel18 said:
U can adjust the font colors by modifying the odex files. I have wanted a white status bar and black letters since I got the phone too. I'm working on it but it requires a lot of work. Hopefully this weekend.
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Snap. I have been working on this as well
gonna give font color a try hopefully lol
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Mhmmm if anyone creates one without bugs please send out over, the kinks stated were just too much for me, but hopefully it turns out alright... :/
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OH OH OH, I forgot to ask about changing the app drawer slider colour, domoco made abunch of different themes for their users like a different app drawer slider button thingy, I saw pirple and pink and other stuff
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I've tried deodex the whole framework, and changed the color in services.jar. And then transfer the jar files to the x10 and odex all the files. but after restart the mobile phone froze on the bootscreen.
If I change the services.jar, I need to deodex the applications too? or just the framework?
As I understand it everything needs to be deodexed, then pushed back to the phone where it will be reodexed. Keep in mind the phone will take a while to startup bc its odexing everything.
I may be wrong and I still don't fully understand it. Lots of stuff to learn, not enough time.
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Edit: if the phone gets stuck at boot is there a way to view what went wrong? Would ddms work for that? I would try before asking but I'm not at home. Thanks
How do I install Rynoons theme?
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Rebuilt my theme from the moment http://forum.sdx-developers.com/theme-files/suave-enamored-di18-di06-and-de03-versions-updated/ for the EVO.
Dont let the name fool u it will diffenetly have sense
This theme has a modded services.jar taken from the azreal rom. So if your runing a different rom that has a modded services.jar u will lose those changes. As always nand backup b4 u flash
http://www.mediafire.com/?ct584khzzamr0u0
note: do not flash more then one zip at a time. flash theme then reboot to system then flash clock
Red Htc clock: flash via recovery
http://www.mediafire.com/?o54af5g4jzsga9a
Original thread/author http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853832
Wallpaper: DO NOT FLASH, UNPACK AND PUT ON SD CARD
http://www.mediafire.com/?fz15sqohfjd318q
PLANNED FUTURE CHANGES:
power controls in the notification bar
themed htc widgets
This theme has only been tested running the newest azreal rom based on the 3.70 ota. But should work with any 3.70 rom.
I'm not responsible if u turn your lovely evo into a paper weight
Having a problem, i have been trying to make the notification pulldown transparent and i made the png transparent, but now it just shows a black background. So i'm assuming there is a second background controled by a xml file or another png. Does anyone know what i have to edit to get it fully transparent?
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Reserved for my use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748868&highlight=Transparent
2.2 requires an .xml edit in the services.jar to allow transparency in the notification background.
nebenezer said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748868&highlight=Transparent
2.2 requires an .xml edit in the services.jar to allow transparency in the notification background.
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Thank you, thats what i was thinking. So i guess i will go poke around in the service.jar. Themeing the evo/2.2 is way more involved then 2.1/other phones
Looks good, can't wait... Thanks
Looks pretty sweet. My chick would love this on her evo
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One request: make a stock battery but red all the way through.
Yeah thinking about doing that but with % inside it.
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flight01 said:
Having a problem, i have been trying to make the notification pulldown transparent and i made the png transparent, but now it just shows a black background. So i'm assuming there is a second background controled by a xml file or another png. Does anyone know what i have to edit to get it fully transparent?
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it's not an xml edit... you just need to resize the png to fit. it uses a small png and tiles it. so just resize it to 480x800 and you're cool. i've been modding those far a long time.
Oh, nice clock, by the way... if you are going to use my clock, can you please use my download link instead, thanx.
you want power widgets with custom themed pulldown backgrounds and pulldown bars hit me up...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852858
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it's not an xml edit... you just need to resize the png to fit. it uses a small png and tiles it. so just resize it to 480x800 and you're cool. i've been modding those far a long time.
Oh, nice clock, by the way... if you are going to use my clock, can you please use my download link instead, thanx.
you want power widgets with custom themed pulldown backgrounds and pulldown bars hit me up...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852858
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Sorry bout that i thought i put up a link back to you. I purposely put it as a seperate dl to make sure i credited u. Awesome will look over your thread and get back to u
I love the theme . But quick question , how are you changing the colors of the signal bars in the status bar ? I have tried and tried but once i pull them out GIMP2 only lets me darken them not change the color . I already know I must be doing it wrong so any help would be nice .
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I love the theme . But quick question , how are you changing the colors of the signal bars in the status bar ? I have tried and tried but once i pull them out GIMP2 only lets me darken them not change the color . I already know I must be doing it wrong so any help would be nice .
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What!!!!! your asking me to give away my trade secrets? Just Kidding!!!! In gimp right click png go to image=mode=switch to RGB mode. Now u should be set to change color.
Also quick note Not sure if u know but the signal bars are actually in the com.htc.resources.apk and are named cdma_sys_6signal_X
I did not know that's where they were. Thanks I am going to give that a try.
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Thanks. Worked great. Now my next question is where is the location and location off png I have checked all pngs and can't find it ,, I could be overlooking it but does any one know the correct file to look in ?? Thanks
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I believe what u are looking for is the gps pngs and it is in the com.htc.resources.apk and the pngs are sym_gpsone_3_sprint for gps off and sym_gpsone_0_sprint for gps on
I've searched this forum for the last week on and off since going with RR213/#4 and loving it. I'd like to tweak it a bit to my taste though.
I can't seem to find add on or theme that will work other than in this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827081
I've tried so many themes, circle batterys, status icons and none have worked with RR because Lou is a little ahead of his time with the way he breaks out the different elements of this rom.
Hopefully if there are other add ons that work with RR 213 the links can all be posted in this thread.
I'm a dev and didn't dig too deep, but it appears all the mods out there need to be "paired down" for compatibility with Lou's Redemtion roms.
If anyone else has any add ons or themes working please post thread here so we can have a single location to find anyting that is working with Redemtion roms.
Thanks.
I agree the inc /evolution hybrid is a bit different than regular oem sense roms. But its the best running sense rom I've used bar none with #4 kernel. I have a metamorph mod for the entire notification bar pm me if your interested in using it.
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What are you trting to accomplish? With the help of many of the developers, I have been able to make flashable rosie mod remaps. There are numberous battery immages that you can use if you replace the images in the Framework and resources apk's. It is easy enough to make a flashable zip of those things.
I have attached some screen shots of changes I have made. On the stock Rosie, I made it semi transparent and used JsChiSurf's remaps to create different rt button combos (I have adjusted the images). Different Icon sets in the notification bar as well as different battery mods. There is also an image of the Carbon Expresso version rosie.
But will we lose the 4x5 app drawer? And the transparency? That's what the op was asking I think, for mods specific to RR2.1.3....
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Mine is the 5x5 with transparency. I also have the version that says "all apps" instead of redemption. I can make it 4x5 as well. I just need to remeber what the file was.
Everything in my screen shots are done in RR 2.1.3.
Cool I have some metamorphs...maybe we should start a RR mod thread.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873206
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7213843&postcount=2
I'm using these and they work perfect.
Thanks that worked with Slayer Black Bar.
ADDON_V12_3_70_Only_BlackTB_SlayersTransitions causing fc on all apps and rebooting. Doing restore.
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Trying ADDON_R9V8_BlueGlassTB_signed_wTra.zip next.
Force close after boot up on everything, looks nice though, gonna have to recover again.
Am I missing something, is there some other framework that is required besides stock rr2.13?
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What are you trting to accomplish? With the help of many of the developers, I have been able to make flashable rosie mod remaps. There are numberous battery immages that you can use if you replace the images in the Framework and resources apk's. It is easy enough to make a flashable zip of those things.
I have attached some screen shots of changes I have made. On the stock Rosie, I made it semi transparent and used JsChiSurf's remaps to create different rt button combos (I have adjusted the images). Different Icon sets in the notification bar as well as different battery mods. There is also an image of the Carbon Expresso version rosie.
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You have custom zips? How about sharing, your screen shots look good or is that the whole theme you used?
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Thanks that worked with Slayer Black Bar.
ADDON_V12_3_70_Only_BlackTB_SlayersTransitions causing fc on all apps and rebooting. Doing restore.
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Trying ADDON_R9V8_BlueGlassTB_signed_wTra.zip next.
Force close after boot up on everything, looks nice though, gonna have to recover again.
Am I missing something, is there some other framework that is required besides stock rr2.13?
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Dude your flashing slayers framework when you flash his taskbar mod unless he used metamorph. Also you can't flash any service or framework jar or you will lose the taskbar power mod. You can change any image you want with 7zip.
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Can anyone mod our framework to make white statusbar and black icons like in original eclair/froyo? I can put framework-res.apk with such icons/color from Acer Liquid if you need it...
Post the framework res and ill take a look at it. Not promising anything but shouldnt be to hard.
Basically you want white bar with black text right?
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So stock Android status bar and icons?
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Yes, stock android white bar and black text/icons.. Here is framework from my liquid (and screenshot how it looks)
Ill see what i can come up with.
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Any news?
Hi,
Not only framework-res.apk is required for this mod., services.jar is essential for changing clock color
I think this guide will help:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9066440&postcount=1
good luck
Tried.. Tab hanged after first boot animation, without vibration or displaying anything..
So, I must wait for clever people to do that
Sorry for my late reply, I was away for work. As Galaxyer stated above more file are need to change the bar to white. I have some early builds locally that I am testing but hopefully by end of week I should have something. If you could post the services.jar file from your acer as well as I could do a diff on the two to see where the clock changes are, that would save time.
Here is services.jar
Do not Add any (framework - service - ect) Files to your Galaxy tab
you will hanging up
That files it very specific should be deference for your mobile
Heres my two cents, you can mod all the icons and the background color but modding the clock color is a huge pita. You need to deodex then reodex, push the new files and reboot. Be forewarned that the first boot after doing odex mods takes a while. You can easily replace the icons by downloading the theme you want then use ninjamorph to make the changes. Hope this helps.
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I am running tehgyb's rom ( 2.3.6 ) and I want a transparent top bar but for some reason UOT never works and it always stays black. Could someone who has done it tell me how they did it please? Before anyone says " just edit it yourself ", I can't because my PC will not run Photoshop nor Inkscape or Gimp. Thank you for any help.
bswann said:
I am running tehgyb's rom ( 2.3.6 ) and I want a transparent top bar but for some reason UOT never works and it always stays black. Could someone who has done it tell me how they did it please? Before anyone says " just edit it yourself ", I can't because my PC will not run Photoshop nor Inkscape or Gimp. Thank you for any help.
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Just decompile systemui and edit status bar.xml
I've tried it, and am working on it, thing is a lot of apps have a gray bar where the status bar is, it gets hidden by the status bar, it looks like complete crap and is distracting. So i'm working on making that go away
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Just decompile systemui and edit status bar.xml
I've tried it, and am working on it, thing is a lot of apps have a gray bar where the status bar is, it gets hidden by the status bar, it looks like complete crap and is distracting. So i'm working on making that go away
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OK, thanks, looking forward to it.
I tried editing the XML but, it still isn't transparent. I quess ill wait and see what you come up with.
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Thats because transparency is not a png its a color code in the status bar xml decompile system ui res layout status bar xml status bar background change the #ff0000000 to #7700000 wala black transparent first 2 numbers determin if its filly filled ff full 00 100 percent trans parent the other numbers dictate color
Also note drop down a few lines n make date background all 00s to not cause bg bleed over
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Thats because transparency is not a png its a color code in the status bar xml decompile system ui res layout status bar xml status bar background change the #ff0000000 to #7700000 wala black transparent first 2 numbers determin if its filly filled ff full 00 100 percent trans parent the other numbers dictate color
Also note drop down a few lines n make date background all 00s to not cause bg bleed over
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Didn't work. I give up, i guess i was never meant to have a transparent top bar. Feel free to send me a SystemUI for Vahalla black 1.5 with transparency in the top bar.
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Didn't work. I give up, i guess i was never meant to have a transparent top bar. Feel free to send me a SystemUI for Vahalla black 1.5 with transparency in the top bar.
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Just a note not all launchers support it when done n make sure you turn off any launcher wallpaper hack
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Just a note not all launchers support it when done n make sure you turn off any launcher wallpaper hack
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I have, I have also tried three different launchers. Maybe you should include it on your next release or just go ahead and send me a systemUI with it done already.
Also, on my Optimus V running unofficial CM7.2 we just got the option of changing the color of the status bar. I do not think it is a CM7 mod either, so maybe that could be included in a update later down the road.
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I have, I have also tried three different launchers. Maybe you should include it on your next release or just go ahead and send me a systemUI with it done already.
Also, on my Optimus V running unofficial CM7.2 we just got the option of changing the color of the status bar. I do not think it is a CM7 mod either, so maybe that could be included in a update later down the road.
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Or you could just went through the themes section where i put the origional guide with pics n dl s
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Or you could just went through the themes section where i put the origional guide with pics n dl s
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Yea, I have read it and the problem with that is that I cannot install the java SDK or the Android SDK and apktool does not run properly. I am on a 7 year-old E-Machinces PC with a 1.2 processor and 512 MB of Ram. I cannot run half the programs I need to do this kind of stuff. I had a friend try your guide and others for me and the result was the same- not transparent. Thank you for your help anyway.