★[HOW TO] Customize your 2.1/3.0 Lockrings★
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NEEDED ITEMS:
Windows- Either 32 or 64 bit is fine.
The M10Tools located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060648 Thanks to Flemmard & DiamondBack2010 for creating this wonderful tool!
The "fusion.apk" from the 2.1/3.0 Hybrid or 3.0 ROM your trying to customize
An image editing software. I prefer Gimp. Its open source and free!
ADB for pushing the apk back to system/app after you've edited it.
Download the M10Tool and extract it to your desktop into a regular folder. Grab the fusion.apk for whatever hybrid 2.1/3.0 or full 3.0 rom your wanting to edit and place it on your desktop. Open up that folder with the M10 Decoder in it and run the application "M10Editor" Hit the "Load File" button and navigate to and select the fusion.apk. That will load and then just click ok. Now click on the "m10 Files" tab at the top. You will see the Available m10 Files screen. At the bottom click the check box "Decode Images". Single click the line that looks AppData\Roaming\M10Editor\fusion\assets\Default\drawable\shared.m10 and then click the "Decompile/Show" button. Click yes on the following window. It will decompile for a few seconds and then the Editor window will open up. Double click shared.m10. Double click that thing right after that looks kinda like "0x7c8bed89". Now double click Textures. Now highlight the first texture after you've double clicked. You chould now see an image appear in the window on the right. Now just scroll all the way down till you find the lockring. In mine its name is 0x00002053.dat.png. Now with your mouse pointer just right click that image and select open in explorer. You'll notice for reference that it is located in C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\M10Editor\fusion\assets\Default\drawable\shared just incase you have to leave or something you'll know where it is when you come back. So now that the explorer is open the ring should be automatically highlighted for you. just open it now with your favorite image editor. Been the open source lover that I am I use Gimp.
As a side not you will notice that all of the images are upside down. Thats just the way it is. When you edit it make sure you rotate it so that its right side up. And then before you save it make sure to flip the image back to upside down. The size of the new lockring image should generaly be the same size as the old lockring image. I wouldn't go changing the demensions to much, lol
Now after you have edited the lockring and resaved it back upside down go back into that editor and select the "Start" tab and hit "Save File". It will work for a minute then pop up and ask where you wanna save the apk. Just save it where ever. It will work for a little while longer and then say "Done" Just hit close and then you can exit the editor all together and go grab your new fusion and push it to system/app and reboot. Done!!!
Enjoy your new lockring.
wildstang83 said:
★[HOW TO] Customize your 2.1/3.0 Lockrings★
NEEDED ITEMS:
Windows- Either 32 or 64 bit is fine.
The M10Tools located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060648 Thanks to Flemmard & DiamondBack2010 for creating this wonderful tool!
The "fusion.apk" from the 2.1/3.0 Hybrid or 3.0 ROM your trying to customize
An image editing software. I prefer Gimp. Its open source and free!
Android Kitchen
ADB for pushing the apk back to system/app after you've edited it.
Download the M10Tool and extract it to your desktop into a regular folder. Grab the fusion.apk for whatever hybrid 2.1/3.0 or full 3.0 rom your wanting to edit and place it on your desktop. Open up that folder with the M10 Decoder in it and run the application "M10Editor" Hit the "Load File" button and navigate to and select the fusion.apk. That will load and then just click ok. Now click on the "m10 Files" tab at the top. You will see the Available m10 Files screen. At the bottom click the check box "Decode Images". Single click the line that looks AppData\Roaming\M10Editor\fusion\assets\Default\drawable\shared.m10 and then click the "Decompile/Show" button. Click yes on the following window. It will decompile for a few seconds and then the Editor window will open up. Double click shared.m10. Double click that thing right after that looks kinda like "0x7c8bed89". Now double click Textures. Now highlight the first texture after you've double clicked. You chould now see an image appear in the window on the right. Now just scroll all the way down till you find the lockring. In mine its name is 0x00002053.dat.png. Now with your mouse pointer just right click that image and select open in explorer. You'll notice for reference that it is located in C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\M10Editor\fusion\assets\Default\drawable\shared just incase you have to leave or something you'll know where it is when you come back. So now that the explorer is open the ring should be automatically highlighted for you. just open it now with your favorite image editor. Been the open source lover that I am I use Gimp.
As a side not you will notice that all of the images are upside down. Thats just the way it is. When you edit it make sure you rotate it so that its right side up. And then before you save it make sure to flip the image back to upside down. The size of the new lockring image should generaly be the same size as the old lockring image. I wouldn't go changing the demensions to much, lol
Now after you have edited the lockring and resaved it back upside down go back into that editor and select the "Start" tab and hit "Save File". It will work for a minute then pop up and ask where you wanna save the apk. Just save it where ever. It will work for a little while longer and then say "Done" Just hit close and then you can exit the editor all together and go grab your new fusion and push it to system/app and reboot. Done!!!
Enjoy your new lockring.
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dude you are on a roll with these tutorials maybe sooner or later you could put them all into one sticky or sticky into whatever part of the Dinc forum they belong in... thanks for the time your putting into helping!
tribbey said:
dude you are on a roll with these tutorials maybe sooner or later you could put them all into one sticky or sticky into whatever part of the Dinc forum they belong in... thanks for the time your putting into helping!
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Thanks tribbey. Its getting easier and I notice a lot of devs prefer not to share but thats not how I roll... I intend on sharing everything that I've learned or will be learning.
This is amazing
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks again for throwing this up.
wildstang83 said:
Disclaimer:
As usual your attempting this on your own. Don't expect a new phone a hotter girlfriend a better paying job. This mod will not do that for you.
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Priceless btw lol
This is amazing Thanks man, This is what I got so far.
http://s1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff389/o0DIDDY0o/
o0 DIDDY 0o said:
This is amazing Thanks man, This is what I got so far.
http://s1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff389/o0DIDDY0o/
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Looks good dude. Noticed you went sideways instead of up and down. Makes it look darker.
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Looks good dude. Noticed you went sideways instead of up and down. Makes it look darker.
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Yea I like it darker, I'm messing with color scales now. This is fun, great write-up
WOuld anyone be willing to make me a long ring?
Thanks,
Travis
so whenever i do all the steps and save the lockring then save the fusion.apk and push it back, that all works fine. but when i reboot my phone nothing has changed. any suggestions? i reallllyyyyy want this to work.
wildstang83 said:
Thanks tribbey. Its getting easier and I notice a lot of devs prefer not to share but thats not how I roll... I intend on sharing everything that I've learned or will be learning.
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I definitely agree with you there it took me forever and a lot of trial and error for me to learn how to theme and stuff. I also was gonna do a guide that would teach people how to get 6 bars in their services.jar but it is a messy job lol.
Gumby63 said:
so whenever i do all the steps and save the lockring then save the fusion.apk and push it back, that all works fine. but when i reboot my phone nothing has changed. any suggestions? i reallllyyyyy want this to work.
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Sorry bud I need to update my guide for full 3.0. Grab the idlescreen_Base.apk and do the same to it also. You need both the fusion.apk and the idlescreen...
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wildstang83 said:
Sorry bud I need to update my guide for full 3.0. Grab the idlescreen_Base.apk and do the same to it also. You need both the fusion.apk and the idlescreen...
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I think I will just wait for the updated guide to make sure I do it right lol. But I've been looking to do this for a while so thanks for making a guide in the first place
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App
Gumby63 said:
I think I will just wait for the updated guide to make sure I do it right lol. But I've been looking to do this for a while so thanks for making a guide in the first place
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App
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Oh... But its the exact same process...
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You never cease to amaze me! First pure speed v6, then the porting guide then v7 and now this!
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Sorry bud I need to update my guide for full 3.0. Grab the idlescreen_Base.apk and do the same to it also. You need both the fusion.apk and the idlescreen...
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i got the idlescreen_base apk, now which m10 file should i decompile?
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i got the idlescreen_base apk, now which m10 file should i decompile?
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Honestly I would have to look myself. Just scroll through there and look.
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I just made a real nice lock ring... its the old Ford badge...
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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Get it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32036151/Other/Fordd_Lock_Ring.zip
If you like it please give thanks! Flash in recovery just as you would any other mod...
Graydon1 said:
I just made a real nice lock ring... its the old Ford badge...
Get it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32036151/Other/Fordd_Lock_Ring.zip
If you like it please give thanks! Flash in recovery just as you would any other mod...
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Oh man that's nice!
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So, lately I've been dabbling in making my own themes. Well, I've hit a wall when it comes to text fields. I want to color text fields red like the rest of the highlights in my theme. I start with the basic png and use Gimp to colorize them to red and save again as png over writing the original. After I use MetaMorph to apply the theme the text fields come out like garbage. Btw, I was stumped on GoogleQuickSeachBox and hadn't moved on to other textfields.
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Modified:
Example of result (this is actually from MicroMod777's red glass theme but, it's the same result I'm getting):
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
you probably need a patch9 png
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you probably need a patch9 png
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Hmm, they are all the .9.png files. How do I handle them specially? Is there a certain format I'm supposed to save them as? Thanks for the help.
Actually I think you put me on the right path to figure it out myself. I found the draw9patch program in the SDK tools folder. I'm guessing you just drag and drop in your images and save them from that program. If it's this simple, then I'm happy and it works. If it doesn't work I'll be coming back for more help.
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
britoso said:
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
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Thanks agian... Sucks to be me I guess. Now I have a lot more to learn. I found this guide though, it seem pretty thorough.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5206698
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If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
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I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
InsightGoalie said:
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
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Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
mythamp said:
Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
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Yeah, I guess I could just expand the image. That seems kind of like cheating though. And now I think I have it figured out. I even got Eclipse to run hello world.
That modded keyboard is actually not modded at all. That keyboard is the stock swype. Its in beta and you might find it somewhere on here if you look. You can send a pm for more details.
InsightGoalie said:
Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
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Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
britoso said:
Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
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Ok, new day, new problems. Well, I found out my problem above was a build path error. That is apparently tricked into solving itself by adding and then removing a library. Now, I added the text fields to the res/drawable-hdpi folder. I have two errors for each one, and an error for the icon.png file it placed in there (it's the hello world test) looking at the error it says:
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'icon' with value '@drawable/icon').
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
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So, I'm assuming this means I haven't placed a guide in the draw9patch program along the bottom and top of the image to stretch horizontally. So, I go back to to draw9patch, move my text field into it and try to draw a guide on the bottom of the image and this happens:
FML, I can't draw anything along the bottom. I checked, the bottom clearly has room and the top has a few pixels of transparency for room as well. I even renamed it without the .9 before I dropped it into draw9patch. It looks like in the preview area it's stretching just fine vertically though, those guides most be intact and also why I'm not getting an error for them eclipse.
Of course the problem is something as simple as being zoomed in too far. Now I got the draw9patch program running fine. I was even able to compile one without a problem. Ok, now I'm going to retry to make that GoogleQuickSearchBox and see if it all worked out for me.
Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
MicroMod777 said:
Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
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I haven't got to that one yet. Your browser searchfield is what got me into this mess . Since, I'm doing it for my personal theme I was copying textfields from your theme when I ran across that issue. I started working on another theme for my fiancee after I figured it all out. I'll let you know if/when I find it.
post the original file and the color you need and I'll take a crack at it. (first with mspaint of course )
I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
InsightGoalie said:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
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I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
carnegie0107 said:
I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
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It's pretty easy once you have it figured out. It took me a day of frustration but, I got it working now.
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
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PM will be sent when I'm done typing this post.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
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Well, it was just for personal use. I really love the concept of a couple themes out there but liked bits and pieces of them. So, I've taken bits and pieces of different themes and sort of put them together the way I wanted. Because, I sort of kanged it all together I hadn't planned on releasing the theme to everyone as a lot of it isn't my work. I suppose if MicroMod and Manup gave me permission I could. I took a lot of their pieces (status bar, widgets) but, a lot I've made myself (notifications, textfields, check marks).
The thought behind the theme is that I really like when people leave stock icons. When you start to theme icons, then your apps from the market that aren't theme stick out like sore thumbs and I don't like it. However, I like the dark status bar, widgets, etc... Recently I decided red goes best with black and want various check marks, text fields, highlights, etc... to be red. I attached a screenshot of it before I started changing it to red highlights. I also made a pink version for my fiancee because she likes those sorts of things. I kind of want to release that one though because I don't really see too many girly themes out there.
sn0wmis3r said:
I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
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I have used the Gimp and Eclipse without issue. It's pretty simple (but time consuming) once you figure it out.
xcf templates and Gimp files? You have me lost on that. How could something be done different? I guess I'll have to pay attention.
Ok, this is a how to customize your own themes for dummies/n00bs. This is for all the people that might love a certain them, but may want a particular image for something that’s only in another theme. This is what I was doing for all my stuff. Since there are so many new people brought to the dark side because of the X I think this was in order.
*******must have ROOT, must have a TERMINAL EMULATOR app*****
Im sure there are more how-to’s like this out there but currently there isn’t one in the X section.
First thing you will need is the program 7-zip. Quick google search will get it for you.
Second thing you need to do is to know where what image you want to change is stored on the phone. Most themes change usually 2 files. Settings.apk, Framework.apk, other changes will be app specific. Say a gloss black music widget will be part of the Music.apk file.
Mjones made a complete system dump of /system/app from the droid X Get it, it will come in handy
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/d...hose-who-deleted-apps-without-backing-up.html
Download it and make a copy of it, put one in a safe place, and never edit one of the files.
Now lets do one simple one Music.apk
Find it in the second system dump file, and with 7zip installed, right click music.apk and hover the mouse over 7zip, in the new option window choose extract to music.apk. You now have a folder of everything in the apk. 99% of the time the images you will be editing will be in the res folder, and one of the sub folders with hdpi in the name. In the case open drawable-hdpi-finger. Here you will see lots of images.
Next thing you need to know is what images you want to change, Now if you have photoshop skillz you can have a field day here But for the unlucky few like me, you will have to find the image you want elsewhere.
Lets use my music.apk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7529911#post7529911 download my music.apk . Follow the same steps to open it and browse to the same location. Right now I suggest having both the stock apk and the one your kanging images from open, each one taking up half the screen. Helps keep things neat and tidy. Lets say for now you have my folder on the right and the stock music.apk on the left, and your in the right folder.
Lets say all you want is a glossy black app widget. Widget images typically start with appwidget****. You can see this in the 4th image over. Compare the 2 and verify the one you want. !!!! make sure that the name matches exactly as well as the pixels!!! That is very important when pulling images from themes for other devices, actually even same devices may have different names down the line when we have custom roms.
*** for only doing very few images, <10, I will typically copy the these images to a separate folder. So right now make a folder called temp on your desktop. Were only going to copy the ‘appwidget_bg.9’ file. Copy this folder to your temp folder you just made. Close the other 2 music windows and just keep you temp window open. Now find your intact music.apk, NOT YOUR MAIN BACK UP BUT YOUR COPY!!, right click, choose 7zip, choose open archive. In this window navigate to where the image is that your replacing. In this case, res/drawable-hdpi-finger, you will need both the archive window and your temp folder open and side by side, select all the images in the temp folder you are replacing and drag and drop into the 7zip archive, confirm you want to do this, then close the archive, save if prompted. You now have your own custom apk.
***** when im doing a major over haul or mas up, I will have the main file I want on the left, Say so and so’s metal theme, and the other theme im grabbing better images from on the right, I will drag the images I want from the right and drop them into the one on the left, I will do this for as many images im changing. Again the who time verifying names and sizes. Extra files or incorrect sizes could screw up your phone after install. Once I have my customized metal theme, I keep this on open and open a 7zip archive of the untouched apk to the right. Since I now don’t remember which files were changes I will select all files in the folder of the metal them im changing and drag them to the proper folder of the original metal theme. Now I have the base metal them with images I prefer over the originals.
Now that we have our modified music.apk, throw it on the root of your sd card. At the time I wrote this we are pushing all files to the proper directory. Im sure update.zips will come, but for now I wont worry about it.
!!!!! Important, at no time should you edit the name of the apk, it needs to match the original exactly!!!!
On your phone open Terminal emulator
We need to mount the system so we can write to it,
So type
Su <hit enter>
Gives a # sign
Type
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system <hit enter>
now we need to copy (cp) the source file(/sdcard/Music.apk) to the source destination(/system/app)
cp /sdcard/Music.apk /system/app<hit enter>
Make sure it is spelt right! In this case the M needs to be capitol not m
Also there is a space after cp and a space after the k
No we need to remount the system
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system<hit enter>
notice its now ro not rw
type exit<hit enter>
close out of the app
If you had a music widget on you phone before if might now say cannot load.
Drag it to the trash and reapply
!hurray! you can now mod your own themes.
Start slow, small files here and there.
Don’t ever publish files that have other peoples images without first asking permission to use their image and giving credit.
I hope people add their 2 cents for better guidance to this post.
Special thanks to tparker76
Man I'm not gonna get any sleep tonight...!!! Good Job bad4u6669
I am pretty sure an easier step without using terminal on the phone to mount is to just use root explorer to mount r/w access - works well - I just throw the apk in there from SDcard and overwrite existing and then restart and boom done...
yourfriendwayned said:
I am pretty sure an easier step without using terminal on the phone to mount is to just use root explorer to mount r/w access - works well - I just throw the apk in there from SDcard and overwrite existing and then restart and boom done...
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Root explorer works for some apks, but not all, So i used a method that does work for all.
Baby steps grasshopper
Have any of you tried using Stericson's NinjaMorph?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674604
I would say give ninja morph a try after you are comfortable with the whole process of replacing images.
Ninja morph is basically what i outlined you are just navigating in one window only. Me, I need to have multiple windows. Adhd gets me too side tracked
Im sure some will end up preferring Ninja, hey to each their own. If it works better for that person. Awesome! Thats the thing is there are so many different ways to do this, its easy enough for everyone. Think how many more sweet themes we will have if we get more people involved.
bad4u6669 said:
I would say give ninja morph a try after you are comfortable with the whole process of replacing images.
Ninja morph is basically what i outlined you are just navigating in one window only. Me, I need to have multiple windows. Adhd gets me too side tracked
Im sure some will end up preferring Ninja, hey to each their own. If it works better for that person. Awesome! Thats the thing is there are so many different ways to do this, its easy enough for everyone. Think how many more sweet themes we will have if we get more people involved.
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Just used NinjaMorph to change out my Notification Bar background and it worked great.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
HA, LOVE IT!
your going to get requests for that one!
psst... could i get the pngs you used
Here you go...
Just replace the image in framework-res.apk /res/drawable-hdpi
Man that scared the crap out of me, used ninja to add that image. After it recompiled it and added it, it automatically restarted. I half expected that, kept my fingers crossed through the boot animation, when the animation finished it started over
but the second one finished and phone loaded. man that loop made my heart skip.
What the possibility of using this image in my soon to be posted framework?
bad4u6669 said:
What the possibility of using this image in my soon to be posted framework?
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I didn't make this image and take no credit for it. It was made by a forum user at DroidForums and was distributed freely for anyone to use so you should have no problems using it.
I have the image in the following colors if you're interested:
Black
Blue
Green
Pink
Let me know if you're interested in the others and I'll post them.
hacku said:
I didn't make this image and take no credit for it. It was made by a forum user at DroidForums and was distributed freely for anyone to use so you should have no problems using it.
I have the image in the following colors if you're interested:
Black
Blue
Green
Pink
Let me know if you're interested in the others and I'll post them.
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awww, no red?!?
not sure i followed you correctly...
so i used your music.apk widget BG file which by the way was pixels 101x101.
the file i was replacing was pixels 103x103.
i resized the BG from your music to 103x103 and followed instructions, line for line and this is what i get...
Ive included the actual .apk i wanted modified, maybe i did something wrong
bad4u6669 said:
awww, no red?!?
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Made a red one for you.
Here's all the colors I have:
hacku said:
Made a red one for you.
Here's all the colors I have:
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YAY! can you send me the link?
NM: found it!
quadjacks said:
not sure i followed you correctly...
so i used your music.apk widget BG file which by the way was pixels 101x101.
the file i was replacing was pixels 103x103.
i resized the BG from your music to 103x103 and followed instructions, line for line and this is what i get...
Ive included the actual .apk i wanted modified, maybe i did something wrong
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Messed around with it a lil last night and a lil today, but it keeps not showing up as installed??? What process did you use to install it?
bad4u6669 said:
YAY! can you send me the link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7597467#post7597467
hacku said:
Here you go...
Just replace the image in framework-res.apk /res/drawable-hdpi
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Did you do that with the method listed above? I tried to tweek the framework-res.apk and it put me in a loop.
Suggestions?
nu2droid said:
Did you do that with the method listed above? I tried to tweek the framework-res.apk and it put me in a loop.
Suggestions?
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You need to use this method...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750555
hacku said:
You need to use this method...
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I tried the NinjaMorph last night on the Launcher2.apk. It worked for some but not others. I havent tried that one yet, I'll give it a try.. Appriciate sir...
Also these methods work for regular ol droid too, right?
Six different color options for all the fruity pebble goodness!
Here is the premise..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here is how it works now.
Step ONE.. make sure you have already installed the DigitalClock for Cht2.0 and CHTS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8319907&postcount=4
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Step TWO
Go to your phone in active sync and go into StorageCard/_CHTScheduler
Drop in the Folder from the .zip called "CHTSLayout_cubism 2"
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/CHTSLayout_cubism 2.rar
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Step THREE
Soft reset then click the windows button and go to CHT_Switch and click on "Cubism 2" load cubism.
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Step FOUR
Assuming you have JWMD Icon Changer (if not get it) and replace
solitare
Windows Media
Reset
Shake to Save
File Explorer
Camera
Opera
Bing
Youtube
Google Maps
With BlankIcon.png
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Step FIVE
Install Dic3ptors Green Slider
Tacchan23s Dusk Green Taskbar
then
DotSlider
In that order
Soft reset and i think thats it..
The only other thing you might have to do is reload the wallpapers.. not sure why.. but if so.. its prett simple just add the wallpaper as an HQ 1400x800 wallpaper (its in the file) and Skin the Soft and Taskbar..
Let me know how it works out.. in the mean time ill be trying to make it more automated.
Save
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/blankIcon.png
Somewhere on your phone or sd card.. youll need it later.
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/NoIcon.cab
This is the NoIcon cab for incase you need it to remove the icons are left after you run scheduler, scheduler should remove them but here is the fix just incase.
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Digital Clocks and Cht WhipeOuts
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Green DIGI Clock
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/GreenDigiClock.cab
Green CHT Whipeout and Touch Button
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/cht whipeoutG.cab
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Red DIGI Clock
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/RedDigiClock.cab
Red CHT Whipeout and Touch Button
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/cht whipeoutR.cab
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Pink DIGI Clock
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/PinkDigiClock.cab
Pink CHT Whipeout and Touch Button
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/cht whipeoutP.cab
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Blue DIGI Clock
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/BlueDigiClock.cab
BLue CHT Whipeout and Touch Button
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/cht whipeoutB.cab
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Yellow DIGI Clock
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/YellowDigiClock.cab
Yellow CHT Whipeout and Touch Button
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/cht whipeoutY.cab
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Matching Tacchan Dusk Taskbars
<<<<<<<<<<Green>>>>>>>>>
http://www.4shared.com/file/240318583/5702ecc4/tacchan23_Dusk_Taskbar_VGA_wm6.html
<<<<<<<<<<Red>>>>>>>>>
http://www.4shared.com/file/248751211/4d77c51f/tacchan23_DuskRed_Taskbar_VGA.html
<<<<<<<<<<Blue>>>>>>>>>
http://www.4shared.com/file/240320493/cdcfe58d/tacchan23_DuskBlue_Taskbar_VGA.html
Dic3ptors Matching Sliders
Black
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404348&d=1284942089
Blue
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404349&d=1284942089
Green
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404350&d=1284942089
Yellow
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404451&d=1284959150
Pink
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404461&d=1284960256
Red
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404814&d=1285005392
Wallpapers
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/CubeGreenWP.png
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/CubeRedWP.png
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/CubeYellowWP.png
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/CubeBlueWP.png
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/GreenDigiPink.cab
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/GreenDigiChameleon.cab
The Dot slider mod...Which i LOVE and will NEVER go back to an image slider must be installed "AFTER" Dic3ptors slider.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=409239&d=1285698004
For those that dont like the bottom being completely invisible i give you this..
http://www.brittondelizia.com/josh/Dont use.cab
The last and most important step... Go by their threads or catch them on someone elses and say thanks to Tacchan and Dic3ptor for all the work that goes into some of their work that helps folks like me NOT have to rebuild sliders and taskbars when there is already amazing stuff like theirs out there!
And of course thanks to Micheal Diamond and Cookie for making tying any of together and making this possible in the first place.
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This looks sick! I've been waiting for this, I'll try it now.
Thanks a lot
gargon01 said:
This looks sick! I've been waiting for this, I'll try it now.
Thanks a lot
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Ill be sitting here till you get it installed.. so just hit me if it acts weird.. im here.
Thanks, these look nice man. Glad you made the red & that green is so sick too! Gonna have to try the red out tonight.
JonnieLasVegas said:
Thanks, these look nice man. Glad you made the red & that green is so sick too! Gonna have to try the red out tonight.
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As soon as i know the green works ill start uploading the rest.. im trying to eliminate some steps.. i think the issue is on MY phone when i save it and then re install it.. its pulling the files automatically from where they WERE not from where they are in the zip.. so when i save the theme i have to figure out how to point it at the correct NEW file locations. If i can do this i should be able to get it down to one step i hope.
Ok, I,m almost there! The main stuff is up and running but I just need to clarify a few things:
1. I don't have some of the apps linked to by the cube icons. Is there a way to link some of those icons to other apps ie the Mario & Luigi pic to maybe Morphgear (SNES emulator) etc....
2. Installed the Green Digi clock but I can't select it from the editor.
I'll keep adding any other problems I have to this post as they come up...
the clock should pop up automatically if you have it in stalled.. if not.. add a widget and digital clock should be the next to last thing from the bottom.
The mario brothers are just linked to solitaire.. i figured after we got it all running id describe how to delete and add links to whatever you want.. but i wanted it all running first.. but yea.. for now mario should just link to solitaire.
EDIT
Ill go ahead and post it now.. but lets not get ahead of ourselves.. to swap out icons.. just go to home edit.. and double click/hold down a sec.. where the icon SHOULD be.. then click remove.
Then just add a new free link and place it on top of the picture you want to activate it with.. click on remove lables.. then go back to JWMD Icon editor and replace the icon of the new thing you placed there... i.e. morph gear.. and replace the stock icon with the blank icon file.
Clear cache / soft reset ect.. and now your new icon will be there instead of the original (same clickable pic thoug)
When you add digital clock if its not my version i know why.. i placed .png files in the cab instead of _manilla
Im used to building on brute force not using soft install (cab files) so there is a little learnign curve here for me to make it easy to install/uninstall to everyone
m0bmentality said:
the clock should pop up automatically if you have it in stalled.. if not.. add a widget and digital clock should be the next to last thing from the bottom.
The mario brothers are just linked to solitaire.. i figured after we got it all running id describe how to delete and add links to whatever you want.. but i wanted it all running first.. but yea.. for now mario should just link to solitaire.
EDIT
Ill go ahead and post it now.. but lets not get ahead of ourselves.. to swap out icons.. just go to home edit.. and double click/hold down a sec.. where the icon SHOULD be.. then click remove.
Then just add a new free link and place it on top of the picture you want to activate it with.. click on remove lables.. then go back to JWMD Icon editor and replace the icon of the new thing you placed there... i.e. morph gear.. and replace the stock icon with the blank icon file.
Clear cache / soft reset ect.. and now your new icon will be there instead of the original (same clickable pic thoug)
When you add digital clock if its not my version i know why.. i placed .png files in the cab instead of _manilla
Im used to building on brute force not using soft install (cab files) so there is a little learnign curve here for me to make it easy to install/uninstall to everyone
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No problem,
You've got my phone looking futuristic and I love it! I feel like Tron lol.... Nah almost there, just few little glitches like the digi clock and swapping out a few icons and it'll be complete. Fantastic work, you're a star!
gargon01 said:
No problem,
You've got my phone looking futuristic and I love it! I feel like Tron lol.... Nah almost there, just few little glitches like the digi clock and swapping out a few icons and it'll be complete. Fantastic work, you're a star!
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I just came up with an idea to make this a lil more one click i think... only thing that will suck is i will personaly have to install all the colors and hard reset and do the next and so on.. to get the files all in one pile.. imma try it now with green though.
I think im gonna do all the colors tacchan and dusk both have theres done in.
Make sure oyu post pics here as soon as you lock it down.. im stoked to see the first clone!!
think this might work on vga also
Kameirus said:
think this might work on vga also
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What is the max resolution on CHT 2.0 on your phone? we have 1400x800 so im not sure what the cut off is on yours.
The concept is the same.. as long as the icons arent up too high.. worst case.. you can be a hero and let us know .. and if it doesnt.. a hard reset will bring you back to zero.
In sure all the vga guys would be appreciative.
m0bmentality said:
I just came up with an idea to make this a lil more one click i think... only thing that will suck is i will personaly have to install all the colors and hard reset and do the next and so on.. to get the files all in one pile.. imma try it now with green though.
I think im gonna do all the colors tacchan and dusk both have theres done in.
Make sure oyu post pics here as soon as you lock it down.. im stoked to see the first clone!!
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Yeah, just doing like you said and removing unneeded links and replacing them. It's all working as planned, I'd love that green digi clock though so let me know if I've done something wrong. I used the one in your folder and the one from the link you posted and neither show up in the editor. I'll post some screenies once I'm up and running. Good job!
gargon01 said:
Yeah, just doing like you said and removing unneeded links and replacing them. It's all working as planned, I'd love that green digi clock though so let me know if I've done something wrong. I used the one in your folder and the one from the link you posted and neither show up in the editor. I'll post some screenies once I'm up and running. Good job!
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Yea thats the issue.. i used .pngs instead of manillas.. gimme a sec.. working the other idea.. do you have CFC_GUI ? If so ill give you a shortcut and build the cab in a few minutes.
it says 1440x640
sure i will give it a shot lol
m0bmentality said:
Yea thats the issue.. i used .pngs instead of manillas.. gimme a sec.. working the other idea.. do you have CFC_GUI ? If so ill give you a shortcut and build the cab in a few minutes.
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No, I don't have any of those image editing apps. Not to worry, take your time, I'll wait for you to cab it up.
gargon01 said:
No, I don't have any of those image editing apps. Not to worry, take your time, I'll wait for you to cab it up.
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ok im almost done with the quick version... ((crosses fingers))
As far as vga goes.. the only problem i can see is either icons being too hight to click.. or mapping being top down.. which would make them too low to click.. either way.. i might be able to fix it.. so let me know if its perfect and if not what problems it has so i can fix it now for future themes.. thanks for being the guinee pig
m0bmentality said:
ok im almost done with the quick version... ((crosses fingers))
As far as vga goes.. the only problem i can see is either icons being too hight to click.. or mapping being top down.. which would make them too low to click.. either way.. i might be able to fix it.. so let me know if its perfect and if not what problems it has so i can fix it now for future themes.. thanks for being the guinee pig
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No probs, I'm gonna check back here later today anyhow, it's like 3am over here now. Trust me though my screenshots will look just like yours in the first post, it worked! Just need that clock and to make a few minor adjustments and it will be perfect. Thanks for your hard work.
PS The Dot Slider doesn't seem to be working either
all im gonna say isssssss gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssssss ..i followed your instructions to a T only icon i couldnt find was bing ..the only button that works is the reset device....and the rest you can see
Kameirus said:
all im gonna say isssssss gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssssss
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im assuming that means no dice.. do we know where it messed up? or is it just ****ed
hey guys. can someone please advise me...?. im using the notification buttons on my home screen but i want to do my own. is it a simple case of re-skinning the ones i have showing now..?, if so what files do i need to alter please. one more thing, as you get more text's, missed calls and so on, the buttons show this with a number by the side of the button, how will i change this. am i out of my depth....?
anyways guys, thanks for any help given.
ps: im on the latest version of cht.
donwhann said:
hey guys. can someone please advise me...?. im using the notification buttons on my home screen but i want to do my own. is it a simple case of re-skinning the ones i have showing now..?, if so what files do i need to alter please. one more thing, as you get more text's, missed calls and so on, the buttons show this with a number by the side of the button, how will i change this. am i out of my depth....?
anyways guys, thanks for any help given.
ps: im on the latest version of cht.
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If you mean the CHT Notifications its quite simple
The 4 Notifications are png files with the names:
CHT_messages
CHT_missedcalls
CHT_voicemail
CHT_email
All of them are 128x128 pixels and if you want to make your own, just create them with this dimensions, give them the names I told you and copy to windows directory
Assuming that I am right and you mean the Notifications you would mean the Bubble with the number inside, right?
If you want to edit that you would need to have these two manila files:
7fc6de76_manila
41bcf042_manila
within these files there is a 64x64 pixels png image with the bubble or whatever inside
This is the background file on which the number of messages etc will be displayed.
Hope I got you right And if so, that was of help for you
hey there Nord. i should have explained better bud. i want to keep the cht notifiction icons im currently using, its the notifictions in the red box i want to change. i think rat made these and no offence to the man, i really like them, i just fancy a change, i've been using these for ages now. im thinking theres a bit more than just "skinning" over these ones........thanks a lot mate.
donwhann said:
hey there Nord. i should have explained better bud. i want to keep the cht notifiction icons im currently using, its the notifictions in the red box i want to change. i think rat made these and no offence to the man, i really like them, i just fancy a change, i've been using these for ages now. im thinking theres a bit more than just "skinning" over these ones........thanks a lot mate.
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you need to edit the file 6467A103_manila
lapis21 said:
you need to edit the file 6467A103_manila
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thanks for pointing that out. i found the file but as i thought, im a bit out of my depth. im ok at skinning thinks but i dont even know how to open the file you said. oh well, never mind......thanks for your help bud.
donwhann said:
thanks for pointing that out. i found the file but as i thought, im a bit out of my depth. im ok at skinning thinks but i dont even know how to open the file you said. oh well, never mind......thanks for your help bud.
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program for editing graphics files _manila
lapis21 said:
program for editing graphics files _manila
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coooool !!!. thanks a lot for this. i'll have a look at it over the weekend to see what "masterpiece" i can create . seriously though, thanks !!
ok, i couldnt wait for weekend... i have the icons sussed. i've managed to apply some roughly done icons to my phone, i now need to change the number bubbles. do i use the files i was pointed to earlier in the thread, if so which one, or if both how come...?, or do i need a different file now i'm changing something different to what Nord thought i wanted to change..?. sorry for going on.... thank you.
donwhann said:
ok, i couldnt wait for weekend... i have the icons sussed. i've managed to apply some roughly done icons to my phone, i now need to change the number bubbles. do i use the files i was pointed to earlier in the thread, if so which one, or if both how come...?, or do i need a different file now i'm changing something different to what Nord thought i wanted to change..?. sorry for going on.... thank you.
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I only edit one file 7fc6de76 manila (maybe I'm wrong, but I have everything working), icon Bubble me everywhere, for example so
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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I only edit one file 7fc6de76 manila (maybe I'm wrong, but I have everything working), icon Bubble me everywhere, for example so
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you have been very helpfull. thanks a lot.....
lapis21 said:
I only edit one file 7fc6de76 manila (maybe I'm wrong, but I have everything working), icon Bubble me everywhere, for example so
View attachment 568851View attachment 568852View attachment 568853
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ok, im having problems changing the green bubble showing the number of texts, missed calls......
i even tried using one of your images but it was no good. i understand the overall canvas size is 64x64 but is that the actual size the image needs to be..?. when i try to export my image from pc to phone using the program you gave me i get a failed message....any ideas..?. appart from that im having fun messing about changing things....
donwhann said:
ok, im having problems changing the green bubble showing the number of texts, missed calls......
i even tried using one of your images but it was no good. i understand the overall canvas size is 64x64 but is that the actual size the image needs to be..?. when i try to export my image from pc to phone using the program you gave me i get a failed message....any ideas..?. appart from that im having fun messing about changing things....
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did you back up your original manila file png? I usually use that as a template.
answer to your question..image could be any size within the bounds of the canvas (with that being said canvas needs to be transparent)
im not personally familiar with the file your trying to edit. but keep in mind on most of those manila images don't adhere to the entire size of the canvas because of the dimension needs.
hope that made sense.
ericv99 said:
did you back up your original manila file png? I usually use that as a template.
answer to your question..image could be any size within the bounds of the canvas (with that being said canvas needs to be transparent)
im not personally familiar with the file your trying to edit. but keep in mind on most of those manila images don't adhere to the entire size of the canvas because of the dimension needs.
hope that made sense.
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sure it did mate...I kinda guessed about the image/canvas size..........just after I didn't back the original file up lol, trial an error, im very new to this. its all good though, I still have the green bubbles (at least), but ill soon have them changed..... ;-)
cheers bud.
what color you trying to get em?
ericv99 said:
what color you trying to get em?
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this......
donwhann said:
this......
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if you haven't got it by morning.ill give it go for ya
donwhann said:
this......
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ok try this and let me know if its working correctly
while I was at it changed mine as well..
ericv99 said:
ok try this and let me know if its working correctly
while I was at it changed mine as well..
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thanks for trying man, i gave up yesterday after i got this message. im also getting the same message when trying to install your file. take a look....
better picture....
Use totalcomander or resco explorer
Hello. I'd like to introduce myself. I am Bubba from the AT&T Note 3, Note, and Infuse forums. I have had several people PM me asking for help or information on starting to theme. So I decided to start a learning thread.
WHAT THIS THREAD IS: A place to gather the basics to get you started if you want to learn. A place to ask questions about theming and theming issues. A place to interact with Recognized and Unrecognized themers as well as people who are at your level or maybe the next level you will reach. A place you can learn from advanced, intermediate, and beginners, and maybe even yourself. A place where any theming question can be asked and hopefully answered. Keep in mind I am no expert. I will do the best I can, and I have enlisted the help of a few of my Teammates to help us out. We are all from Team Alliance.
WHAT THIS THREAD IS NOT: This is not a place to request themes or apps to be themed. This is not a place for flaming or negative opinions of others works.
WHO WILL HELP OUT: Myself,lacoursiere18, daveyannihilation, Tired Storeman, Mikeymopar, Nunhugger, sparky b, and hopefully a few others will be stopping in to help.
WHAT CAN I LEARN TO THEME? We expect to cover TW apps as well as other apps. 4.4 as well as 4.3
WHO THE HECK ARE YOU? A little background on me. I started learning to theme just over 2 years ago. I released my first theme (A theme chooser theme) as a gift for myself and anyone else on my 50th birthday .. (so you are NOT too old to learn) with the help and guidance of a great friend and fellow "The Family" member ppalbicke who is truly the most patient man ever created lol. I am now on the forever locked AT&T Note 3, so no more Theme Chooser. So I am continually learning to theme TW apks and I keep intergrating other apps into the theme I want to keep building.
IS THIS A STRICK ON TOPIC STUFFY THREAD? Hell no.I want this thread to run a like every "favorite" thread I have been involved in. Light humor is not only permitted.. but encouraged. Trust me ... you will need humor as a stress relief for this stress relieving hobby.
So ... if your in ... tell your wives/husbands, boyfriend/girlfriend goodbye .. this will soon become an obsession. You will want to do nothing but make every app you see "purty". Trust me .. my wife hates my phone. "Why can't you just leave it alone dammit".
OKAY BUBBA.. SHADDUP AND GET THIS STARTED: Okay then .. here we go. I have packaged up some basic tools and links you will need to get started. You will find the link in post #2
Some instructions in Post #3
Tool Section
BASIC STARTER TOOLS
In this zip, you will find a few basic tools to get you started. I also have a Read Me in there that has link you will need. Download the zip and watch the video about SDK.
The apktool and the framework installer (thanks @zelendel ) should be placed in c:/users/whatever you named your pc .. and then place shortcuts on the desktop.
I included a link to Gimp because that is what I use. I had one Photoshop lesson from a master (Nunhugger) and have since failed miserably .. plus I am old and set in my ways. Some of the other guys use PS, so I will rely on them for those questions .... yours and maybe mine.
I will add more tools as we need them .. lets just see how this pans out.
ADDED TOOLS:
Theme Flash Zip
Syntax Highlighter
Android Color Converter
.9png Patch Suite
Instructional Videos:
Lesson in notepad++ by lacoursiere18
Bubba's Gimp Help Videos:
Frameworks Installer tool with Apk Decompile and Recompile.
Simple .9png editing
.9png Edit #2 using Gimp
Repair of a .9png using Gimp
Finding hex color with gimp
lacoursiere18 Photoshop Help Videos:
Finding Hex Colors with Photoshop
.9 image editing in Photoshop
Helpful Links
Some good insight into editing styles found by @lacoursiere18
Important Post Inside This Thread:
A Look Inside the Color Folder By @lacoursiere18
A look inside the Values Folder By @lacoursiere18
INSTRUCTIONS:
First you will need to install framework-res, twframework-res, and SystemUI.
You will need the rom you are running or the one you want to theme. Use 7 zip to pull those 3 apks from it. Drag them into Zel's Frameworks Installer tool and click install .. If yoiu are wanting to theme an app from the playstore or some other place .. you will need that apk as well. .. step 1 done
Next lets decompile something
I use a basic apktool that always works for me .. although feel free to use whichever you like. To decompile place the apk into the tool ( just drag that puppy in there).
Commands are as follows:
Click on the command prompt and type apktool d name of apk.apk (inserting the actual name of the apk in place of my wording name of apk) lol.
So lets do frameworks ... drag into tool the framework-res.apk open command prompt and type
apktool d framework-res.apk
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and hit enter. Let it do its job and finish.
It will create a folder named framework-res. This is where you edit. The Note 3 is xxhdpi although I have found some images in xdhpi need to be edited at times.
ANY IMAGE NAMED .9 NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION. These .9 images stretch and change size. They are bordered by 'Black Lines of Death" .. okay it ain't that bad, but they can be a *****. For these you must select the area inside the black lines and edit. If you mess with these lines .. they will haunt you. It's good practice to save these for last.
To recompile type
apktool b -d -f framework-res
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It is always best to make one edit then try and build .. just to see. Your edited apk will be inside the framework-res folder in the folder named dist. System apps: Pull the new apk from the dist folder and place it on your desktop then open with 7 zip. Open the original folder and copy the manifest and META folder inside there. Then drop those into the open new apk and your ready.
It is not necessary to sign system apkswith the tool. The sign tool is used for third party apps. To use this tool place the built apk into the unsigned folder and back out .. click sign ... then the signed folder will contain your new edited signed apk which should install for you.
Themed apks to Share
Non Specific apks
Updated Telegram App Jan 2015
Inverted Telegram Messaging By Bubba and Lacoursiere18
Inverted Seed Email By Bubba and Lacoursiere18
Inverted 8sms Text app
Root Browser
4.3 apks
Inverted Splanner By BubbaJoe Signed Install
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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4.4 Apps
Apps Done by Users
Themed Accuweather Stock Background by Note Crazy
ThunderKat Background Accuweather by Note Crazy
SecMms_Batman by kevinoliva1134.4 From the stock NG2 Rom.
Projects:
SPlanner4.3
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Here is a video of editing a ".9.png" in CS5 (photoshop)
Video on patching .9.png correctly for them to scale properly
Decompile to Modding a xml and drawable, then Recompiling..Tutorial
Reserved..
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Awesome Theming Tutorial
i hate posting with meaningless drivel but...bring it on Bubba. you're not a recognized themer for nuthin'
while most users want things handed to them there are a LOT of very talented and imaginative people lurking around that just need guidance. i can't wait to see the stuff that's gonna come out of this thread.
enough chat....back to on-topic. i know how serious you are......heh
edit: not to post twice (not a post whore like some people :silly...this tutorial will work for devices other than the Note3. Images will be in different folders but the structure and ideas and ways to go about it are the same. just sayin'
I have a question. I am looking to remove the icon text and page indicator on my TW launcher. I am on 4.4.2 and have modded the launcher to enable theme support and hide apps in app tray. Once decompiled, would my search begin in res/values?
Attemting to theme is new to me and i have learned a great deal from all of you here.
thank you for this thread and your knowledge.
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phillymade said:
I have a question. I am looking to remove the icon text and page indicator on my TW launcher. I am on 4.4.2 and have modded the launcher to enable theme support and hide apps in app tray. Once decompiled, would my search begin in res/values?
Attemting to theme is new to me and i have learned a great deal from all of you here.
thank you for this thread and your knowledge.
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I think the easiest way would be to find the text color and make it transparent, the issue is actually finding it, could be in values/colors, values/ styles or even in an xml in drawables...
phillymade said:
I have a question. I am looking to remove the icon text and page indicator on my TW launcher. I am on 4.4.2 and have modded the launcher to enable theme support and hide apps in app tray. Once decompiled, would my search begin in res/values?
Attemting to theme is new to me and i have learned a great deal from all of you here.
thank you for this thread and your knowledge.
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I have not touched the TW launcher because I am sold on Nova ..But you want to the app names?
Who's a whore? Bubba? Where's my seed mail?
correct. I prefer a clean look and don't mind using the stock launcher
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RErick said:
Who's a whore? Bubba? Where's my seed mail?
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It's next .. got to conquer SPlanner .. almost there
phillymade said:
correct. I prefer a clean look and don't mind using the stock launcher
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Sparx's idea sounds correct. try and search out the color for them and make transparent .. invisible is the next best thing to gone .. lol
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It's next .. got to conquer SPlanner .. almost there
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Done yet?
How about now?
How about now?
Now?
phillymade said:
correct. I prefer a clean look and don't mind using the stock launcher
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I would look under res/values/styles.xml.. Look here:
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<style name="HomeIcon" parent="@style/BaseHomeIcon">
<item name="android:textSize">14.0dip</item>
<style name="HotseatIcon" parent="@style/BaseHotseatIcon">
<item name="android:textSize">12.0dip</item>
You can just adjust the textSize to 0.0ddip.. I found this in values-sw359dp, but you may need to look in the other values folders as well. BTW Home is Home (like Home screen) and HotSeat is the dock
RErick said:
Done yet?
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Nope
RErick said:
How about now?
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RErick said:
How about now?
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RErick said:
Now?
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Lemme check
nope
lacoursiere18 said:
I would look under res/values/styles.xml.. Look here:
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<style name="HomeIcon" parent="@style/BaseHomeIcon">
<item name="android:textSize">14.0dip</item>
<style name="HotseatIcon" parent="@style/BaseHotseatIcon">
<item name="android:textSize">12.0dip</item>
You can just adjust the textSize to 0.0ddip.. I found this in values-sw359dp, but you may need to look in the other values folders as well. BTW Home is Home (like Home screen) and HotSeat is the dock
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thanks for this. found an old guide that did it this way. Think this would be the best solution
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
Nope
Nope
Nope
Lemme check
nope
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Glad to have you aboard.