[GUIDE NOT FOR NOOBIES][HOW-TO][WINDOWS ONLY] Fix custom font "question mark" problem - Xperia Play Themes and Apps

[GUIDE NOT FOR NOOBIES][HOW-TO][WINDOWS ONLY] Fix custom font "question mark" problem
Hello again!
As you may know, almost every custom font has got this problem. These strange question marks (or other) that appears very often in many places with text.
In my favourite custom font called Zrnic this symbol looked like this:
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"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"
}
In my case this was mainly appearing:
- in YT apk while reading comments:
- in Titanium Backup Pro while browsing app list:
- and even when receiving SMS:
Finally I got pissed off and thought about fixing this annoying bug.
While I was browsing some threads on the Internet I've found a little bit tricky way how to get rid of it. I wasn't sure about the 100% success on Android but I've tried this fix and IT WORKED!
This guide will be the step-by-step one mainly because the program you will use to fix the font bug is in Japanese. Personally I don't know it but it was easy to intuitively do some clicks
I warn you - this is not for noobies, only advanced users should proceed as I probably won't do any video guide soon.
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Files you need:
- Font Installer *ROOT* by JRUMMY16 - install this program and find yourself some nice font.
- .ttf file with your bugged font (for Font Installer *ROOT* the directory for the font is sd/romtoolbox/fonts/previews
- Japanese version of fontforge ported to cygwin. THIS WORKS ONLY ON WINDOWS!
Optional (if link above doesn't work):
http://www.geocities.jp/meir000/fontforge/ - file called "fontforge-cygwin_2011_06_06.zip (20MB)"
Things you need to do:
1. Download your .ttf file to your computer.
2. Download ported fontforge to your computer.
3. Unpack fontforge-cygwin_2011_06_06.zip and open that folder.
4. Run fontforge.bat and wait PATIENTLY for the cmd to unpack all the files you need and start the program. It takes a minute or more. Just wait.
5. Finally you will see this window
6. Select your .ttf file directory from the expandable menu and open that .ttf file
7. After opening .ttf file you will see this window
8. Scroll up until you see this. Select the very first symbol called "space". Mostly it's to the left of exclamation mark. Click on that symbol and press CTRL+C
9. Now a little bit hard part. Scroll down until you see this (help yourself a bit by clicking to different symbols until you find "U+FEFF")
10. While highliting this symbol, press CTRL+V. Congrats! You have almost fixed your problem!
11. Right-click on this symbol and select this option
12. Change EVERY VARIABLE TO "0"! And click OK.
13. Now you only have to generate your new .ttf file. Click these things.
14. Rename your font to "FontName"-Fixed.ttf and from the expandable menu right under the file name select TrueType. Click on the button with "somethingjapanese"(S).
Then click this
15. Congrats! Font generated! You can close the window, click on the X button on the top and select this option
Ok, that's all with font editing. Now some work with your phone.
1. Backup your original .ttf file with non-fixed font somewhere else.
2. Change "FontName"-Fixed.ttf to "FontName".ttf
3. Place this font back to sd/romtoolbox/fonts/previews OVERWRITING ORIGINAL FONT WITH THE FIXED ONE.
4. Run Font Installer *ROOT*.
5. Find again your font, tap it and select install (don't delete it because you will have to oerwrite it again!).
6. Reboot and... enjoy your fixed font
If you did everything right after reboot you should see this:
IF THIS HELPED YOU, CLICK THANKS!

The link to fontforge doesn't work
Found it somewhere else, and done it
BEFORE: .................................................. ................................. AFTER:

I'm glad that helped you too. I don't know why you couldn't download fontforge from provided link so I've added new one - original site with that file.

romco47 if u don't mind me asking what sms app are you using in screenshot ? thanks

Shaun27 said:
romco47 if u don't mind me asking what sms app are you using in screenshot ? thanks
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It's just called Send Multiple sms ;-)
Sent from my beautiful Xperia PLAY using xda premium

Isn't this in a Irelavant section Most likely has nothing to much in common with theming it shiuld be in the Q&A or General as a GUIDE!

GDSH said:
Isn't this in a Irelavant section Most likely has nothing to much in common with theming it shiuld be in the Q&A or General as a GUIDE!
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I have to disagree. If you are putting in a custom font, I would call that part of theming. This is just a how-to on how to fix unrecognized characters in font packs you were to apply. A rather handy explanation of what is going wrong and how to fix it. Well done in my opinion.

I feel awfully lazy for doing this, but since a) I don't have access to a Windows computer, and b) FontForge on OSX does not allow me to copy-paste the space symbol, I am kindly asking you to fix these fonts for me.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10491109/Fonts/Fonts.zip

No problem, it will be fixed soon ;-)
Sent from my beautiful Xperia PLAY using Tapatalk

Define 'soon'

Really sory, Corman- for the delay. I'm abroad.
Check if these ones are working.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27760326/Font fix/Fonts corrected for Corman-.rar

Sorry for my impatience, will try them and report whether they work or not.
The symbols are gone, thanks!

Corman- said:
Define 'soon'
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Jeez... that's a bit rude of you. Too lazy and too impatient.

English version now available
The optional link is the best link, it points to the English version, so you do not have to guess the words in the dialogue boxes!
Thanks for including this guide. I have been puzzling over this problem for some time now and you've taken a lot of trouble to show us how to fix it

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[How-To] Replace the Stock Android Emoticons with Smiley Face Type Emoticons

I replaced the stock android emoticons with regular looking ones.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Figured I'd post this guide in case anyone else wanted to do the same,
Instructions:
1 nandoid backup
2 download the attached .rar file
3 adb devices
4 adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(make a backup copy of this file)
5 open the apk file with winrar
6 insert the .png files that are in the attached rar file into the framework-res.apk's \res\drawable-hdpi folder
7 adb remount
8 adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
9 adb reboot
For those looking for an easier way to do this you can make a flashable file here --> http://circle.glx.nl/
Oh wow! Can you do that with the Blacy emotes?
trying!
@martijua i just tried it and let see if it worked. rebooting now!!!!
It worked great!!
@GENEius what are blacy emotes?
Update i saw the" blacky emotes" and i would say yes you can if you had all the icons the right sizes
I decided to try other icons and i found out that....
- nandroid backup is a must just in case you mess anything up!
- If it is not the right size 24 x 24 px it will show a blank space instead of an icon.
-While doing this process you will see a FC error but that's ok just adb reboot
POSSIBLE CAUSES FOR FC ERRORS!
- If you do not adb pull before you abd push.
- Receiving a text while trying this out.
Not 100% sure because both of these things happend within the same try!
-I noticed that i actually put >PNG instead of .png and that may have been the problem.
NOW IT"S WORKING WILL UPDATE WITH A IMAGE!
SINCE I AM ACTUALLY DOING A LOT FOR THIS AND WILL TRY TO DO MORE I WILL CREATE MY OWN POST!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8690694#post8690694
GENEius said:
Oh wow! Can you do that with the Blacy emotes?
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Yes that could be possible provided the dimensions are correct and you name them accordingly.
For those looking for an easier way to do this you can make a flashable file here --> http://circle.glx.nl/
martijua said:
For those looking for an easier way to do this you can make a flashable file here --> http://circle.glx.nl/
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+1 on that!
Is this something that should not be done on a custom rom? I tried on my phone with the latest fresh rom and all of my contact disappeared.
ElAguila said:
Is this something that should not be done on a custom rom? I tried on my phone with the latest fresh rom and all of my contact disappeared.
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Google contacts? Make sure that your google account is still there...if it isnt re-add/sign back into google account.
Hm. I can use any pixel size. HTC Evo 4G seems to support most (I'm on 40x40 now). Using kawaii kitty faces from MSN :3
Anyway of doing this with APK Manager? Or NinjaMorph?
****..I wish someone could get emoji working! Seen a few threads about it but seems kinda shoddy.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
thanks for the instructs, buddy. i've changed my icons like 3 times already tonight using this, lol
I have issues getting adb to work but I really hate the aliens... anyone have an easier way (I am rooted).
No1ustad said:
I have issues getting adb to work but I really hate the aliens... anyone have an easier way (I am rooted).
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well....use root explorer, navigate to system/app and extract the framework, replace the emoticons, and copy-paste the mms app back where it came from
Reboot
you're done
thank you
These are awesome thank u!
Just wanted to add my testimony.
This works, but it will remove all your accounts from the Accounts section, thus removing you contacts, and resetting your wallpaper, and probably other personal settings.
However, setting them back was easy, and re-adding the account was also easy. Got all my contacts back and so on.
Thanks martijua!
http://circle.glx.nl/ is gone. Any alternatives?
ATM I don't have time to deal with missing stuff and restoring them back
P.S. Which way of those two mentioned exactly leads to losing some data? ADB or RootExplorer way?
New Emoticon Pack
Here is a pack of Emoji Emoticons if anyone wants to try out.
Do it at your own risk, i am not responsible for any damage.
O.K., that's cool - but is it possible to "replace with nothing" or simply turn them off?
What happens if i try to put empty files with png extension or blank png files or something - I believe that won't work...?
i want Sony Ericsson c901 & k800 smiley pack on my Samsung Galaxy Ace..
how do i get that?

[Tutorial]: How to change the size of a .ttf font file

Ever wanted to change the base size of the system font file? I spent quite a bit of time looking into this and I found and open source program called FontForge which will modify the .ttf font file. It will run on both Win and Mac.
Here are 300+ existing flashable Font-Packs 300+ existing flashable Font-Packs which you can use and even modify the size of the .ttf file within and re-insert using 7-zip.
Font Forge Instructions:
I spent hours, trying to figure this out, but it is really rather simple...now! FontForge is very powerful and I know how to modify the font size and that is it. I am by NO MEANS an expert!
Once the the selected .ttf file is open - FontForge ALWAYS fc's on my macbook the first time I open a file. Once I relaunch, it is fine...just the nature of the beast.
1. go to: Edit>Select>SelectAll (all characters should be selected)
2. go to: Element>Tansformations>Transform
3. On the transform menu, I have chosen to increase by 20%...make sure all boxes below are checked.
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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"
}
4. Click ok
5. It should now render them 20% larger (or whatever you choose)
6. go to: File>Generate Fonts
make sure you change filename to keep the original clean and de-select validate - otherwise you will get about 200 warnings
7. Click ok...there will be a couple of warnings that appear, but I have not found any visible font issues or errors-you can ignore them - hat is it. When you close Font Forge, it will ask you about saving changes...if you do, it creates another file type, but I have never paid attention to it.
Thank you for this, been wanting to do it for a while.
Edit: Well it took forever to get everything set up to run on windows, but I finally got the Ubuntu font to not be cut off when used as Clockopia.ttf in DeskClock.apk/assets/fonts/Clockopia.ttf. I wouldn't use it for anything else other that Clockopia.ttf because I had to move the numbers -220 on the y axis after resizing them to be 20 percent smaller than normal.
The file is not to be flashed in recovery and is only in the .zip file so that I could upload it to the post.
thank you for pointing me to this.. i started making my text changes as we speak.. u rawk.. thankkk you
Nice tutorial bro! I'm gonna give this a shot this weekend
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how can i export my phone's font from system/font to alter its size using fontforge? when i connect my phone to my pc, i'm only able to see files on my sd card, not the phone's entire system.
trapzz said:
how can i export my phone's font from system/font to alter its size using fontforge? when i connect my phone to my pc, i'm only able to see files on my sd card, not the phone's entire system.
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Even with root, I do not believe this is possible. I think you can do a backup and then pull the file from the backup.
Hi i'm new to fontforge, and I need some help installing it. When I type ./doinstall into cygwin it says 'bash: ./doinstall No such file or directory" Apparently, there is no 'doinstall' folder. Help would be appreciated thanks.
boulder96 said:
Hi i'm new to fontforge, and I need some help installing it. When I type ./doinstall into cygwin it says 'bash: ./doinstall No such file or directory" Apparently, there is no 'doinstall' folder. Help would be appreciated thanks.
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Unfortunately I have only run it on my Mac.
Thanks!!! I've been looking for this.
Program crashes on Windows 7 every time. show stopper...
Anyone else manage to use the windows version ?
Looking at the windows logs, it appears to be an issue with 64bit windows, I'll give it a shot on my netbook later.
Thanks alot! It is very impressive to see all those clear steps which is given by you.... For mi, it is still works like a charm. Cheers...
TTF
do u know what clock font style is in the image?
it resizes it but stretches it virtically
Ya... It strech vertically... Any idea increase size without strech?

[MOD] Different Background Image Sense 3.0 Lockscreen TAKING REQ's

As mohit1234 did not create a Thread for it and I thought that maybe a few others are interested in that.. also it's actually an addition to his MOD
Also Notice that there will be a Message when there is no weather Data availible, if that happens, which is once every while, just open your weather app and let it load,see below for fix, MANY Thanks to mohit1234 who found a fix for it
But before I start, YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE UP YOUR WEATHER LOCKSCREEN
I don't use the weather lockscreen so I modded it to fit my needs, (with lots of help of mohit1234)
Can't do it on your own?? don't get it how to decompile etc? just ask in the comments and I'll be happy to make them for you!
First you need to get your IdleScreen_Weather.apk, you can get using
Code:
adb pull /system/app/IdleScreen_Weather.apk IdleScreen_Weather.apk
(this is just one example.. )
After you have done that, open the apk using the M10 Editor, which is in the M10 Tools zip (attached to post)
Once open just drag your IdleScreen_Weather.apk into the M10 Editor and wait for it to unzip your apk
As soon as it finishes go to the "m10 files" tab and select the "Decode Images" Checkbox
Then double press the first item which is Lockscreen_weather.m10
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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"
}
Unfold until the Lockscreen_Weather and change the "Visible" Value on the right to 0
Then You will need to go back to the m10 tab, and decompile the second item, which is Lockscreen_weather_bg.m10 and unfold the Texture, while selecting the Texture right click on the Image and chose "Show in Explorer"
There you will find 3 Images..:
Replace all of those with the images you want, you can have three times the same or different Pictures for each part of the day
After you replaced the Image go back to the "Start" tab in the m10 Editor and hit Save, Insert the new IdleScreen_Weather.apk into the Blank_Update.zip (attached) under /system/app
BEFORE YOU FLASH, MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!! or at least backup your original IdleScreen_Weather.apk
Flash it via CWM
No Weather FIX:
First pull Idlescreen_Base.apk using:
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Idlescreen_Base.apk
then open the m10 Editor again and load the apk using drag and drop, as soon is it has loaded switch to the "m10 files" tab again and choose the "Lockscreen_common_error.m10":
then unfold until "Lockscreen_common_error" and change "Visible" (on the right) from 1 to 0
ENJOY
And don't forget to thank me
Awesome tutorial!!
Great work!!
Btw, I've got how to remove the "no weather data available" error message:-
Decompile Idlescreen_Base.apk using m10 tools.
Decompile the Lockscreen_common_error.m10
In the last one (0x0dc10c5e), you will see Lockscreen_common_error
Change it from visible=1 to visible=0
Recompile and zipalign the apk and either push it or flash it.
Enjoy!!
You can add this to your tutorial if you want.
mohit1234 said:
Awesome tutorial!!
Great work!!
Btw, I've got how to remove the "no weather data available" error message:-
Decompile Idlescreen_Base.apk using m10 tools.
Decompile the Lockscreen_common_error.m10
In the last one (0x0dc10c5e), you will see Lockscreen_common_error
Change it from visible=1 to visible=0
Recompile and zipalign the apk and either push it or flash it.
Enjoy!!
You can add this to your tutorial if you want.
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awesome!! thank you very much, I'll add it to the op right away!!
can this be don with the stock lockscreen
daman215 said:
can this be don with the stock lockscreen
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Yes, it should work with every ROM that uses the normal HTC Lockscreen
darKpoiSonend said:
Yes, it should work with every ROM that uses the normal HTC Lockscreen
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no i mean the stock lockscreen as in stock market
daman215 said:
no i mean the stock lockscreen as in stock market
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ah, well I tried it, but it resulted in the picture having stripes in it, and I have no idea why.. I'll try to find different lockscreen, except for the weather
sorry
darKpoiSonend said:
ah, well I tried it, but it resulted in the picture having stripes in it, and I have no idea why.. I'll try to find different lockscreen, except for the weather
sorry
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yeah i tried also and seen those same lines
Agenda widget on lockscreen
Hi Sir,
can u help to make an installable zip the default HTC calender ( agenda mode ) widget to appear on Homescreen when it goes to lockscreen mode.
Thanks
whosnex said:
Hi Sir,
can u help to make an installable zip the default HTC calender ( agenda mode ) widget to appear on Homescreen when it goes to lockscreen mode.
Thanks
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I'm sorry, but I'm not a dev
And to be honest with you, I have no idea how I would begin or how it would be possible create such mods,
But If I knew where to start, I sure would try!

[THEME] Htc Explorer/Pico BlueMOD

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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
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Hello everyone, I'm here to present my BlueMOD! If you have a HTC Explorer you know how limited we are when it comes to roms, mods and themes (we don't even get Cyanogen!) so I worked over many days to design this blue mod as perfectly as possible. Works with Stock ROM & JaggyROM!
Screenshots
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Instructions
Make sure your HTC Explorer is rooted - GUIDE
Make sure you have HTC Sync & Android Commander installed:
HTC Sync DOWNLOAD
Android Commander DOWNLOAD
Watch the video tutorial HERE!
1. Download the latest version of BlueMOD (link is at bottom of this post)
2. Extract BlueMOD.rar
3. Connect your phone to your PC (Charging Only mode)
4. Open Android Commander
5. In Android Commander, on the right side, navigate to '/' on your phone (you should be there already, you will see there is a 'system' folder there)
6. On the left side, navigate to the 'system' folder which you extracted from the BlueMOD.rar, now you have to go into each folder within this system folder and copy every file manually to the corresponding folder on the phone (note: you cannot copy the whole folder because the files will not copy, easiest way is to go into each folder then right click and select all, then copy).
7. Press 'OK' if prompted.
8. After you copy the files to their folders, disconnect your phone from the PC and restart it. (If the phone has errors or you cant restart, then just pull the battery out, put back in and turn on.)
9. Enjoy!
BlueMOD Features
- Custom Lockscreen.
- Blue system theme.
- Blue status bar icons.
- Most apps are themed.
- Changed music icon.
- Better stock wallpapers.
- Added 'Volume+' app for enhanced audio (full version).
If you like this Mod and would like to thank me, you may send a donation through paypal to [email protected]
Your thanks are much appreciated!​
DOWNLOAD BlueMOD v1
*Please feel free to post any feedback/requests and I will try to make them happen*
Thanks to jaggyjags for creating a great custom rom which helped me make this, find it HERE.​
jinjamal said:
Hello everyone, I'm here to present my BlueMOD! If you have a HTC Explorer you know how limited we are when it comes to roms, mods and themes (we don't even get Cyanogen!) so I worked over many days to design this blue mod as perfectly as possible. Works with Stock ROM & JaggyROM!
Screenshots
​
Instructions
*WARNING: Doing this might delete some of your apps' sync data*
Make sure your HTC Explorer is rooted - GUIDE
Make sure you have HTC Sync & Android Commander installed:
HTC Sync DOWNLOAD
Android Commander DOWNLOAD
1. Download the latest version of BlueMOD (link is at bottom of this post)
2. Extract BlueMOD.rar
3. Connect your phone to your PC (Charging Only mode)
4. Open Android Commander
5. In Android Commander, on the right side, navigate to '/' on your phone (you should be there already, you will see there is a 'system' folder there)
6. On the left side, navigate to the 'system' folder which you extracted from the BlueMOD.rar, now you have to go into each folder within this system folder and copy every file manually to the corresponding folder on the phone (note: you cannot copy the whole folder because the files will not copy, easiest way is to go into each folder then right click and select all, then copy).
7. Press 'OK' if prompted.
8. After you copy the files to their folders, disconnect your phone from the PC and restart it. (If the phone has errors or you cant restart, then just pull the battery out, put back in and turn on.)
9. Enjoy!
BlueMOD Features
- Custom Lockscreen.
- Blue system theme.
- Blue status bar icons.
- Most apps are themed.
- Changed music icon.
- Better stock wallpapers.
- Added 'Applanet' app for free market apps.
- Added 'Volume+' app for enhanced audio (full version).
Download BlueMOD v1:
*Please feel free to post any feedback/requests and I will try to make them happen*
Thanks to jaggyjags for creating a great custom rom which helped me create this, find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473218​
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Awesome! how did you manage the lock ring change? it didnt worked for me!??
BTW Awesome work!
salut jinjamal impossible de telechargé ton theme blue
the link you gave just redirect me to google
where is the download link?
Theme looks amazing but the link doesn't work.
acedexplorerABL said:
Awesome! how did you manage the lock ring change? it didnt worked for me!??
BTW Awesome work!
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The ring lock can be modified by replacing icons in drawable-mdpi folder of htc lock screen.apk.It worked for me but to make a whole theme look like this takes lot of time and I'm lazy enough to find time for doing one like this.So i'm happy downloading this
Hey guys really sorry the link wasn't working. I'm uploading a new file so link will be fixed within 1 hour
Link Fixed!
explorerman said:
where is the download link?
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pchandra said:
Theme looks amazing but the link doesn't work.
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Sorry for that, link is good now.
Nice mod, working smooth
Make it flashable to recovery
Working on it.
explorerman said:
Make it flashable to recovery
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Currently making, but isn't this method easy enough? Takes only a few mins...
the wallpaper picker still shows the old ones hope to fix it then that's all
explorerman said:
the wallpaper picker still shows the old ones hope to fix it then that's all
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Thanks, I'll try to fix this ASAP.
When I installed this theme the language changes to English in most of the phone. Only few little things stay with the language I was using (in my case it was Portuguese).
Is it a known problem? Is there any way to change it back?
Great job
thanks for this mod..its amazingly blue ! xD
and for those who wanna flash it through recovery rather than copying files
here is the file ..just extract it in the BlueModv1 directory then compress it again to zip..copy it to ur sd-card and flash through recovery
Download link not working
Hi!Please,make a version-lite to ABL(e)v.2 without paragraph personalisation in settings.Thanks.
i want ring to unlock
hi i want my default ring to unlock the screen plz help me to get it.......:cyclops:
how to change the background in settings menu?
I want to replace black color with it image.
sense 3.5 rom htc explorer.
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[GUIDE] Changing status bar icons and more (framework-res.apk)

So friends, here is a quick and easy guide for changing the status bar icons of your Gingerbread(Actually any phone )
For those who don't know how to do it(for anyone actually :highfive
Theory
Android is the awesome platform which is easily configurable and is able of being edited very easily
The icons used in every app and Android framework are located as png images in apk of those respective apps in location:-
*.apk/res/drawable-mdpi (in my case, as our phone is mdpi)
So, we can change any icon of our status bar like battery, signal, (not clock[clock is to be configures in SystemUI.apk{will post how to change it shortly}]), etc by editing png's in framework-res.apk
Not even that, you can edit images of any app as I told you
There are several ways to decompile and compile apk in which we have made change
If we want full access of apk and want to change every thing like the xml's in it and smali content in jar files, then we would have to do it on computer by apktool or apkmanager
But, we are here to only change image, so we would not go in detail of apktool or apkmanager. For changing images, that can be very easily done even on the phone by an app NinjaMorph that is made for developers by our senior head and DEVELOPING LEGEND Stephen(Stericson)
But be careful as backing up the original file if you do something wrong
And as you all know any developer or even a newbie posting something interesting that you want to try WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for your mobile blowing up, resting in peace, sleeping like a dead, behaving like a non-living BRICK, or anything whatsoever that may or may not happen to phone in this universe or any other universe known or unknown
What to do if anything happened to my mobile
We have had a backup of your original file so we can restore it
But if while editing the system files like framework-res.apk
If you deleted some un-backed up apk's
Well you can always have backup of your ROM and that is why Koushik Datta has made clockworkmod Recovery
You can restore your ROM from there
Pre-Requisites
Patience
Mind
A Android (A spare one if you brick your phone, just kidding)
Root access(to change the apk)
NinjaMorph(http://bit.ly/ninjamorph)
Root Explorer(Optional)(http://bit.ly/stericson)
GUIDE
So Let's Start
Download NinjaMorph. Install it and give it root access. It will prompt for starting checks. Click on start checks.
Now you would have three options, namely, New Project, Finish Project, Existing Project
Click on new project. Go to system/framework/ and click on framework-res.apk. It will start extracting files
Once it has extracted all the files, it will open to show you what is inside framework-res.apk.
Exit it and go to your file explorer.
Go to /sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace/framework-resapk
This is what is inside apk. Go to res/drawable-mdpi folder
There you will see hundreds of icons of your menu, lockscreen, battery, signal, and everything
You can edit them and replace them as you want. But the name of the file you are replacing and size and dimension must be equal to the file you are replacing with(I recommend Googling and finding icons of battery, signal, and other things)[I have even used hdpi icons, there was no problem]
If you download a theme file which is to be flashed in recovery that is not for your phone, no problem, extract the zip and place its framework-res.apk in your sdcard and extract the apk with Ninjamorph. Replace your icons with its icons and TADA
After you have done replacing the icons and you are satisfied(I am never)
Go to NinjaMorph. Click on Fininsh Projects. Click on framework-resapk. It will recompile and ask to replace the original apk with modded one. Click OK
Then it will ask if you want to remove the completed project, Say No(As you would need it if something gets wrong)
Reboot your phone
Maximum chances are that your icons will be replaced. Rare cases have their status bar gone or no change, if so:-
Download(Buy) Root Explorer. Go to /sdcard/AndroidThemes/workspace,
There you will see framework-res.apk. Copy it and go to /system/framework
Mount as R/W
Paste the apk. If it asks that file already exists, overwrite it.
SET PERMISSIONS
Long click on framework-res.apk and click on permissions
You will see three columns
Read Write Execute
You have to set them in the following way
x means you have to tick it
blank means uncheck
Read Write Execute
.....x........x.................
.....x...........................
.....x...........................
Click OK
You will see it as rw-r--r--
Reboot
Do it over again if nothing happens
Enjoy
This way you can edit not only framework-res.apk but any apk
Treat
This section is different from the thread topic
I: Faking Up
Want to make your device show Jelly Bean in About Phone
Go to Root Explorer
Go to /system
Long click on build.prop
Click on Open in a Text Editor
Change the files as
ro.build.display.id=Jelly Bean
ro.build.version.release=4.1.4
Save Changes
Reboot
II: Easter Egg
You all must know that an image of GingerBread Zombie comes up when you repeatedly click on Android Version in Setting>About Phone
Wanna change it to look like Jelly Bean?
{
"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"
}
Extract framework-res.apk
Go to res/drawable-nodpi
You will see platlogo.jpg
Replace it with the file in attachment
Recompile
Reboot
Troubleshooting
Will find and update it
Tell me what problems are you having
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thanks - interesting reading!
Wow Amazing.. will check and post the results ..
Phelin said:
Wow Amazing.. will check and post the results ..
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Thanks
Please include screen shots
o0ojake13o0o said:
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Will do after exams
o0ojake13o0o said:
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I know it's old
But why do you need screenshots for a guide?
Where attach for platlogo
Any guide for marshmallow?

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