I am running stock 2.3.6 and it is rooted. I am wanting to change the icons for some of the stock apps. I have done this plenty of times before with a couple of my other phones and i know how to do this. I am not used to Motorola software and i am having a hell of a time locating where these icons are stored at. I'm wanting to change the Text Messaging app icon and the Email app icon. Usually they are in the system/app with the app itself. I have dug around in this location and can't seem to come up with anything. If someone could give me a location of these two icons i would greatly appreciate it.
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/system/framework/blur-res.apk
Thank you very much. When i first started digging for the icons i didn't realize how much Motorola made their software different than the other manufacturers. I really appreciate it, thanks again.
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Ok, i got the email icon to change but the txt icon stayed the same.
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Nevermind, got it finally.
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I use Desktop Visualizer for this, works like a charm!
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I tried to change the browser icon and ended up with the apk in the system but missing from the home launcher and couldn't get it to show up at all so i had to flash back to 2.3.5 and start over. That's what i get for not installing bootstrap and making a backup. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the oversized Google search bar so i can just have a normal one.
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I tried to change the browser icon and ended up with the apk in the system but missing from the home launcher and couldn't get it to show up at all so i had to flash back to 2.3.5 and start over. That's what i get for not installing bootstrap and making a backup. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the oversized Google search bar so i can just have a normal one.
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Wow....if u just used Desktop Visualizer you'd end up with the icons u want and via a less tedious way to get them and no worries of the inconvenience you outlined above. Just sayin'
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Wow....if u just used Desktop Visualizer you'd end up with the icons u want and via a less tedious way to get them and no worries of the inconvenience you outlined above. Just sayin'
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Just downloaded, it does what i need it to do. I wished i would of known about this app last night. It would of saved me from having to flash back to 2.3.5. O well, at least i learned what not to do and it was good practice. Screwing **** up is the best way to learn. Thanks
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Just downloaded, it does what i need it to do. I wished i would of known about this app last night. It would of saved me from having to flash back to 2.3.5. O well, at least i learned what not to do and it was good practice. Screwing **** up is the best way to learn. Thanks
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Using that app is for guys like me who have no intention of learning the guts of Android, but you seem like a guy who wants to learn that stuff so it makes sense you'd go about it the way you did. Glad it worked for you though, it's a pretty nifty app that can be used for more than just changing icons too, def a must have for any Android user IMO.
I like to actually do personal theming with roms by actually tearing a rom apart on my computer and changing things. I really don't like just getting things off of the market to do theming. It's a little too easy . Since we are limited with the a2 as far as roms go i haven't really got into it as much as i did with my infuse or my captivate. Once i start learning more about motorolas software ill get back into it. Thanks again for your help, that app is pretty good.
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I have another question regarding the apk itself this time. I am a big swype person and I have a big collection of swype apks that are themed. I am wanting to get rid of any traces of Swype from being a system apk, that way i can install any of the swype apks that i store on my sd card without any hassle. Now, i have uninstalled the stock swype, i got rid of the com.swype file that is in the data/data folder. The phone still sees it as a system apk. Does anyone know where there might be a file or a text telling the phone that it is a system apk?
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ok so i know you can usually just use titanium backup to remove the respective lockscreen apk to get rid of the custom lock screen on android phones, that doesnt work on galaxy phones though. I HATEthe galaxy lockscreen. ive found some info on removing the samsung lockscreen from the captivate/vibrant/epic, but nothing on the 4G. Does anyone want to try to tackle it? Ive read somewhere that the same method wont work on the 4G.
There have been a few lockscreen threads but not just to remove the default lockscreen on the 4G.
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bump....anyone?
Its not that simple. You have to modify a lot of framework behaviors. I'm working on a mod but I'm stuck with one file and will probably contact hawkx to see if he can give me a hand.
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Its not that simple. You have to modify a lot of framework behaviors. I'm working on a mod but I'm stuck with one file and will probably contact hawkx to see if he can give me a hand.
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thanks for the response, I know it isnt easy, I was wondering if anyone started tackling it yet. I found a flashable zip for the vibrant and epic, but we havent got to that point on the 4G yet. Hopefully someone can figure it out..im sure im not the only gs4g user who hates the lockscreen!
Actually, if all you want is the Aosp lockscreen, it 1 word that needs to be changed.
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Actually, if all you want is the Aosp lockscreen, it 1 word that needs to be changed.
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True. I was talking about additional lockscreens.
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Actually, if all you want is the Aosp lockscreen, it 1 word that needs to be changed.
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krylon, would you mind helping with this when you get the 4G that is being sent to you?
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krylon, would you mind helping with this when you get the 4G that is being sent to you?
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If it even was sent. Person said they sent it Monday morning, haven't seen him nor the package.
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Can I remove the browser, email and messaging apps? I currently have them frozen in TB with no negative outcome. I simply don't use them, ever.
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Can I remove the browser, email and messaging apps? I currently have them frozen in TB with no negative outcome. I simply don't use them, ever.
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Short answer, yes.
Long answer, yes but it's probably not a good idea to do so.
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Why wouldn't it be good? Serious question not cocky.
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A lot of things rely on then to function. Freezing isn't the same; I freeze Wifi Calling with no issues but when I try to uninstall it I get constant force closes every second until I do a battery pull, and that's on a bit of propriety software! I sincerely doubt letting Messaging or the like exist is hurting you enough to warrant risking potently annoying problems
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I just hate having things installed I don't use, like rom manager and dev tools. Never use either.
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A lot of things rely on then to function. Freezing isn't the same; I freeze Wifi Calling with no issues but when I try to uninstall it I get constant force closes every second until I do a battery pull, and that's on a bit of propriety software! I sincerely doubt letting Messaging or the like exist is hurting you enough to warrant risking potently annoying problems
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Those apps are tied to android system dunno why it wont give fc on freeze since its almost the same as uninstalling them. But ya if you did delete those you would get tons of fc on startup and be forced to do a battery pull and reflash rom or backup.
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A lot of things rely on then to function. Freezing isn't the same; I freeze Wifi Calling with no issues but when I try to uninstall it I get constant force closes every second until I do a battery pull, and that's on a bit of propriety software! I sincerely doubt letting Messaging or the like exist is hurting you enough to warrant risking potently annoying problems
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Because you also need to delete the corresponding .so file in the lib folder.
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If you are on a stock rom and delete system apps you can never install any future OTA updates. The updates check all system files first and make sure they are unchanged. If you freeze apps you just defrost them before installing an OTA. If you deleted them then no chance of OTA update, period. If you are not on a stock rom then it doesn't matter. You might wind up with a continuous force close issue that requires reflashing the rom.
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If you are on a stock rom and delete system apps you can never install any future OTA updates. The updates check all system files first and make sure they are unchanged. If you freeze apps you just defrost them before installing an OTA. If you deleted them then no chance of OTA update, period. If you are not on a stock rom then it doesn't matter. You might wind up with a continuous force close issue that requires reflashing the rom.
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You don't have to unfreeze them just can't remove them.. You can get update with them froze..
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Can I remove the browser, email and messaging apps? I currently have them frozen in TB with no negative outcome. I simply don't use them, ever.
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Just make a backup and give it a try!! I personally would just leave them froze.. Good luck
PS: if you do try let us know how it goes
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Just make a backup and give it a try!! I personally would just leave them froze.. Good luck
PS: if you do try let us know how it goes
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I just froze them instead. Maybe before I flash my next rom I'll give it a go.
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I got rid of stock browser and tmobile stuff off of my phone and didn't receive FC's.
The downside ro this is if you remove the browser or anything when you do a hard reset it won't be there so you have to rely on a back up and be careful what you unistall.
I learned that the hard way when i first started with android. I unistalled swype since i use SwiftKey but did a hard reset to clear everything out and well i couldn't log in to my google account at the beginning because there was no virtual keyboard to use.
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Ok. So I may be the only person here that likes twlauncher. The one thing I don't like about it is that the apps do not get sorted alphabetical ... I figured out that if u clear the app data on it, when it resets all apps will be arranged alphabetically.
Just throwing this out there.
Edit. It will reset ur home screens so it is pretty much a 1 time deal. But it isn't that hard to place any new apps where they belong
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Look up appzorter on the market. It should do the trick. I think you need root to use it, though.
Sweet. Now I think my thread is pointless now. Lol. Thanks for the info
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Look up appzorter on the market. It should do the trick. I think you need root to use it, though.
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This is the best post I've read since having my charge lol. I've been giving tw launcher a go and was using list mode because I'm too lazy to organize my app drawer. This is a great app!
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I have been using the mms_cyan.apk
Found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901216
And have been quite happy with it, with a couple exceptions. 1) It does not show the notification on my lock screen like my stock mms app does and 2) found out last night than anytime I go to send an audio or video file, the app FC's. If anyone could help me either figure out how to resolve these 2 issues or if it's too complex for someone who had little to no experience working w/ apks perhaps resolve it and tell me what had to be done so that I can learn from the experience I would be greatful.
I have included my stock mms.apk, the mms_cyan.apk, as well as my framework-res.apk in the zip file.
Thank you in advance.
Edit: I am using a LG-C800 on 2.3.4 if that matters
Any idea guys? And this may need to be moved to the Android specific forum?
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Maybe the mms.cyan is missing files from your stock mms.apk
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Maybe the mms.cyan is missing files from your stock mms.apk
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But where would I begin to try and resolve the issue? I'm pretty computer savvy, but programming and the like has never really been my strong suite; although not afraid to try if pointed in the right direction.
The files u downloaded, r they designed for your phone?
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I haven't been able to find anything designed for my phone yet. Newer model. But everything works aside from being able to send audio or video sends pictures fine.
That might be why then, maybe
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Actually, just tested it and I can't send any mms with this app... can receive just fine though. Where would I have to start to make the mms_cyan compatible? Cause the stock mms app sucks horribly, cannot even choose what folder to download attachments to. Really like the one I'm using but the limitation of not being able to send an mms just isn't a viable option...
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A dev could probaly help you on that, I have no dev experience
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Well here's hoping some dev responds.. lol
Mod, please move this post to the android dev questions forum.
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Ok so after looking at the logcat I'm seeing that for picture messages it's being denied by the server for some reason... as for the problem with adding audio and it crashing I'm still at a loss... any dev able to possibly offer some insight?
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if it worked in ur phone place the apk in the rom and reload it, if never worked, the apk might not be for your phone
Maybe the mms.cyan is missing files from your stock mms.apk
Any idea as to where to start? After decompiling both apks with autoapktool and looking in the folders the stock has a lot more folders inside, but don't know where to begin narrowing it down as to where the problem may lie. Thanks in advance...
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what its mms.cyan can change skin?
It appears to be a modded stock mms.apk with the option of a white or black background and with the black background the names on the main conversation screen as well as 'new message' are colored cyan as well as the default contact image is modded, really like the app and wish I could get some help to mod it to work on my phone properly...
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I'm in about the same boat as you as far as skills go. If we can get dev attention to a ClorkworkMod recovery, then CyanogenMod (which I assume is where your preferred MMS comes from, judging by the name) opens up to us. The MyTouch Q is supposed to get an OTA update to ICS second quarter of this year, so it can definitely run the latest stuff-- even when bloated down with T-Mo apps and CarrierIQ. It's really a neat slider.
Yeah, after tweaking the phone some its pretty quick and love the fact its a slider... keep checking into the post hoping they will figure out cwm for the c800 but no such luck so far.
And judging from the original post where I found the mms_cyan, the OP has a lot of posts for HTC so thinking it was from one of those roms... but having no luck so far figuring out where to start so I can mod it to work fully on my phone.... not that I have any programming knowledge anyhow but... lol
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Ok, so since I've been unable to figure this out on my own... I would gladly donate to whoever can figure this out so that I can have the Mms.apk that I want.
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Almost hate to bump such an old post of mine, however still have been unable to figure out how to modify my prefered mms.apk to work as the stock mms does. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tried the alternative messaging programs out there and none are what i'm looking for...
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Just wonder if anyone knows how to disable the scrolling wallpaper besides using after market apps?
Thanks in advance
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I think only custom launchers.
Im not sure though...
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Just wonder if anyone knows how to disable the scrolling wallpaper besides using after market apps?
Thanks in advance
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Download some wallpaper app from Google Play like PicSpeed it has the option to set the non-scrolling wallpaper, well that's what i do..
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Download some wallpaper app from Google Play like PicSpeed it has the option to set the non-scrolling wallpaper, well that's what i do..
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I use wallpaper wizardrii but every now and then it doesn't work so that's y I wanted to see if the was a non Google play option
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I use wallpaper wizardrii but every now and then it doesn't work so that's y I wanted to see if the was a non Google play option
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Yeah that happens with me too, mostly after unlocking the device it goes back to scrollable wallpaper again.. let's see if someone comes with a better solution..
You could use Apex Launcher (or any other custom launcher) other than that those apps will act that way because the android memory management will shut them down after being in the background for a while.
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You could use Apex Launcher (or any other custom launcher) other than that those apps will act that way because the android memory management will shut them down after being in the background for a while.
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But for those are still on gb???
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techsavvy.jaz said:
But for those are still on gb???
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...(or any other custom launcher)...
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ie. Launcher pro, go launcher, adw.launcher, etc.
I think I'm going to dig around the framework.apk and see if there's something in there
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I think I'm going to dig around the framework.apk and see if there's something in there
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Off topic:
You reminded me the cartoon that i saw few years back somewhere, about the closed nature of iOS and and the almost unlimited possibilities in android. The story goes like
Android user: i need this task to be carried out, is there any app for that, if not let me check the forums, if i cant find it there let me put a request, if nobody responds, heck i can develop it myself let me dig into the sdk..
iOS user: i need to carry out this task, is there any app for that?, no? Ok whats there on tv today?
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Off topic:
You reminded me the cartoon that i saw few years back somewhere, about the closed nature of iOS and and the almost unlimited possibilities in android. The story goes like
Android user: i need this task to be carried out, is there any app for that, if not let me check the forums, if i cant find it there let me put a request, if nobody responds, heck i can develop it myself let me dig into the sdk..
iOS user: i need to carry out this task, is there any app for that?, no? Ok whats there on tv today?
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Off topic:
You reminded me the cartoon that i saw few years back somewhere, about the closed nature of iOS and and the almost unlimited possibilities in android. The story goes like
Android user: i need this task to be carried out, is there any app for that, if not let me check the forums, if i cant find it there let me put a request, if nobody responds, heck i can develop it myself let me dig into the sdk..
iOS user: i need to carry out this task, is there any app for that?, no? Ok whats there on tv today?
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Lol ive been working so much i havent had time. Thinking about putting apk manger on my laptop to work on this on my breaks
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