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Translucent notification tray background in 2.3 Gingerbread Guide ?

Anyone know how to get a Translucent notification tray background in 2.3?

martijua said:
Anyone know how to get a Translucent notification tray background in 2.3?
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It has to be done in systemui.apk. Have to open that specific file to the rom your running and edit the files inside. What exact rom are you running?

fdb8231 said:
It has to be done in systemui.apk. Have to open that specific file to the rom your running and edit the files inside. What exact rom are you running?
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Thanks. I am running the stock rooted deodexed rom.
Here is what I did:
1 nandoid backup
2 adb devices
3 adb pull /system/app/SystemUI.apk SystemUI.apk (made a backup copy of this file)
4 open the SystemUI.apk file with winrar
5 inserted the "status_bar_header_background.9.png", "status_bar_close_on.9.png" and a transparent "status_bar_background.png" into the SystemUI.apk's \res\drawable-hdpi folder
6 adb remount
7 adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/
8 adb reboot
as you can see from the attached screen shot...the "status_bar_header_background.9.png" and the "status_bar_close_on.9.png" worked but the transparent "status_bar_background.png" isnt transparent.
Any ideas?

martijua said:
Thanks. I am running the stock rooted deodexed rom.
Here is what I did:
1 nandoid backup
2 adb devices
3 adb pull /system/app/SystemUI.apk SystemUI.apk (made a backup copy of this file)
4 open the SystemUI.apk file with winrar
5 inserted the "status_bar_header_background.9.png", "status_bar_close_on.9.png" and a transparent "status_bar_background.png" into the SystemUI.apk's \res\drawable-hdpi folder
6 adb remount
7 adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/
8 adb reboot
as you can see from the attached screen shot...the "status_bar_header_background.9.png" and the "status_bar_close_on.9.png" worked but the transparent "status_bar_background.png" isnt transparent.
Any ideas?
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You should use 7 zip then you can open and edit without unzipping. Is this like what you want
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More like this
It used to work in 2.2.
Oh, you dont have to unzip the apk when using winrar.

I believe that in system ui that is actually part of an xml and needs to be moddified using xml.

Is this a simple PNG swap, or are there any XML/smali edits required?

if you're having a bunch of trouble, send it on over to me and i'll help u out.

_Burst_ said:
Ok, check it out, obviously you will need to know how to use apktool. Do not ask me how to use it. Educate yourself.
To make the Notification Bar transparent I followed these steps:
-decompile SystemUI.apk
This is a direct quote and was very similar to what I had to do. The only different is that the code:
isn't exactly that. But, just look for the the const/4 and corresponding 0x2 and change that one to "-0x3."
Also, you may have to hunt for it, but it is there about 5-8 lines up.
To make the Notification Bar Shade transparent I followed these steps:
Again, direct quote and same situation, the v# might not match but just change the "0x2" to "-0x3."
And there ya go. Thanks to Master and ogdobber.
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Enjoy yoself

SteelH said:
Is this a simple PNG swap, or are there any XML/smali edits required?
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"status_bar_header_background.9.png" and the "status_bar_close_on.9.png" are simple PNG swap in the SystemUI.APK
Transparent notification background in the deodexed [ROM][STOCK] --- Version 4.22.651.2 --- Odexed & De-Odexed --- that was posted by xHausx requires that the SystemUI.apk be decompiled and then edit the status_bar_tracking.xml changing the default "android:background="#ff000000"" to "android:background="@drawable/shade_bg"". I'm getting a W: could not decode attr 0x20 error when decompiling so I havent been able to successfully make the changes to get the transparent shade_bg notification tray backdound to work.
If anybody can get this done an post the updated SystemUI.apk we'd appreicate it!

I finally figured out what was causing the error and have successfully decompiled the systemui.apk. Next i'm going to try what _Burst_ posted.

_Burst_ said:
Enjoy yoself
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status_bar_tracking.xml does not have the line in it that is referenced in the link that you posted. I've attached the file.

martijua said:
status_bar_tracking.xml does not have the line in it that is referenced in the link that you posted. I've attached the file.
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What? yes it is.
so the numbers are different...
Here comes the airplane.... zoooooooooooooooooooooom.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.TrackingView androidrientation="vertical" androidaddingLeft="0.0px" androidaddingRight="0.0px" androidaddingBottom="0.0px" android:focusable="true" android:visibility="gone" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<View android:id="@id/background" android:background="@drawable/shade_bg" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1.0" />
<LinearLayout androidrientation="vertical" android:id="@id/swtich_buttons" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<View android:background="@drawable/divider_horizontal_dark_opaque" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="1.0px" />
<View android:id="@id/tab_header" android:background="@drawable/list_item_background" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="4.0sp" />
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martijua said:
"status_bar_header_background.9.png" and the "status_bar_close_on.9.png" are simple PNG swap in the SystemUI.APK
Transparent notification background in the deodexed [ROM][STOCK] --- Version 4.22.651.2 --- Odexed & De-Odexed --- that was posted by xHausx requires that the SystemUI.apk be decompiled and then edit the status_bar_tracking.xml changing the default "android:background="#ff000000"" to "android:background="@drawable/shade_bg"". I'm getting a W: could not decode attr 0x20 error when decompiling so I havent been able to successfully make the changes to get the transparent shade_bg notification tray backdound to work.
If anybody can get this done an post the updated SystemUI.apk we'd appreicate it!
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I'm working on it . I'm at work now but tomorrow I'm going to hit it pretty hard.
Uot kitchen wouldn't even work for it so.... I'll have to look at the smalis and change the const/
But the v #'s are off and don't match like the op said. But it only looks like there is 2 options for it . I'm just going to do both and report back. If you get it working before I do hit me up. Thanks.

I havent got this to work. I dont think much people have as I dont see any themes or roms with this feature.

martijua said:
I havent got this to work. I dont think much people have as I dont see any themes or roms with this feature.
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it's in many cm7 themes. should be around soon enough for sense.

Finally got it. I used the uot kitchen site to get it going. Will be sending them a donation after I get home from work. \m/

Widgets
martijua said:
Finally got it. I used the uot kitchen site to get it going. Will be sending them a donation after I get home from work. \m/
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What are all the various widgets you are using there? They all look pretty useful!

Minimal Text Date, Time, Weather, Battery
S2 Calendar widget
CalWidget

martijua said:
Finally got it. I used the uot kitchen site to get it going. Will be sending them a donation after I get home from work. \m/
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Looks sweet. Unfortunately the kitchen does not work for the drop down on any kingdom ROM. I've tried to no avail.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Status Bar Clock Removal

I Have figured out how to do this if you pull the systemui.apk from your phone then decompile it you can remove the line that puts the clock in the status bar.
I did this using a program called gingerscript i got from XDA it allows you to pull the file from your and decompile them with a simple menu so you do not have to use bali or smali
Once you have the Ginger script utility run the gigerscript bat file it will give you a menu with 5 options choose number 3 to process sysui this will take you to a framework utility script then you dot the following steps
1 choose menu item 1 to download current systemui.apk from phone
2 choose menu item 2 to decompile systemui.apk
Once you have done this you will find in the directory where you installed Gingerscript a folder called extracted-systemui
open this folder then you want to open the res folder then you want to look for a folder named layout open it and look for statusbar.xml and open it with a xml editor that will allow you to make change I used microsoft word with no problems
find this line <com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:textSize="16.0sp" android:gravity="left|center" android:id="@id/clock" androidaddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
and delete it
then go back to gingerscript and recompile the system.apk
The chose menu item number item 4 to push it to your phone and follow the instructions it will tell you to boot to recovery it says use clockwork but I use Amon RA and it worked just fine after it pushes the file to your phone wipe the Dalvik Cache and repair permissions then reboot and if every thing goes well you will have a task bar with no clock and does no leave a blank space on the bar all the icons shift to the right so every thing looks right this method is a lot easier than when I did it on the Sprint lovers rom
See attached screen shot
Here is the thread for GingerScript
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14561328

Good work man! Its not for me, but im sure some others around here may try it.

UMMMM it didnt work for me on MikG!

gruesomewolf said:
UMMMM it didnt work for me on MikG!
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I am running mikg also and from you see from the screen shot it work for me and i did it twice once on a the systemui.apk that come on mikg and again on one I had modified with a modified taskbar and both worked
what xml editor did you use?

ginger script utility
is there a link to the tool?

dirk411 said:
is there a link to the tool?
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Interested in this as well !

dirk411 said:
is there a link to the tool?
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Here is the thread where I found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14561328

CDobra58 said:
Here is the thread where I found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14561328
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Thank you it works. Thank you button pressed.

i dont have a statusbar.xml only status_bar_latest_event_content.xml
im on Mikg 1.04

cds36 said:
i dont have a statusbar.xml only status_bar_latest_event_content.xml
im on Mikg 1.04
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Did you open it and see if it had line refering to the clock

i have amon ra recovery not clockwork my bad

Nice guide. Always good to see more than one way to skin a cat!
Here's another clock removal method - LINK

Must be dumb!
Update,
Sorry about that man this did end up working for me! I must not have done it corectly when I previously tried. I tried to do this a while back when I was trying to make the dropdown bar semi-trans. Must have done it wrong then. I went back through and did it again and it worked like a charm. Thanks.

gruesomewolf said:
Update,
Sorry about that man this did end up working for me! I must not have done it corectly when I previously tried. I tried to do this a while back when I was trying to make the dropdown bar semi-trans. Must have done it wrong then. I went back through and did it again and it worked like a charm. Thanks.
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Gald it works for you

Got it to work finally, amon ra wasn't playing nice with it for some reason had to manually push it

This worked fantastic for me. No issues whatsoever, thanks! I'm on the MikG 1.04 rom and used Amon RA 2.3.

Worked great here also thank you.

Perfect instructions! Worked awesome THX!!!

help
I have one this to a T and yet no results im sure i am doing everything right help pls

If you could find how to take off just the am/pm that would be super!
;D

[MOD] Remove Recent Apps from Notification Bar

I haven't seen this around, so I went ahead and made this for myself, and I decided to share it with anyone who wants it...
I hate the Recent Apps section of the Notification Bar Dropdown... so I removed it.
I wanted the Recent Apps to be removed without having to flash a complete ROM or use some theme.
1. Flash the attached file in CW Recovery
2. Clear Cache and Dalvik Cache
3. Reboot
4. Profit (It will remove the recent apps section)
There are no side-effects that I have noticed.
It was made from the SystemUI.apk from the stock US 2.3.4 Build, and should work on any 2.3.4 build for the Sensation.
There are no other changes in this from stock 2.3.4 besides removing the Recent Apps.
It will work alongside the Battery Mods I made with no issues... One mod does not affect the other.
Let me know if you have any issues.
As always, I'm not responsible if your phone breaks beyond repair and you lose all your data.
Thanks to j4n87 for the smali change required.

Work for me on EagleBlood rom.

It would be helpful.

NoRecents - installed with tiwili - take it, work it, leave it
Hi,
thanks for this mod. As always all actual modifications in existing SystemUI.apk are changed by this installation.
I took both of your modified files in my tiwili-installation method. So all other existing files in SystemUI.apk will rest in peace.
I publish it here because it´s your work, your files; It took 5 minutes for me, that´s nothing to be proud of...
Greets
idephili

So pretty much this needs root?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

thevietmonk said:
So pretty much this needs root?
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
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Absolutely. You can't push SystemUI.apk to the apps directory without root.

Thanks for this...finally I can remove it...just a small issue...where I am, there is no 4g network yet...however it is now showing 4g icon on the notification bar, anyway I can change it to 3g icon?
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

This will also remove the extended quick settings I had installed, flashed the EQS again though, no prob just thought I'd let ya know
Edit: Flashing EQS again, makes the recent apps come back..
ARHD 3.1.1

bigg8k said:
This will also remove the extended quick settings I had installed, flashed the EQS again though, no prob just thought I'd let ya know
Edit: Flashing EQS again, makes the recent apps come back..
ARHD 3.1.1
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That's because both mods modify the same system file. You can only choose one or the other unless the EQS Dec decides to put this in his mod.
sorry.

No worries, thanks for the effort anyways

This does not work on 3.5 SENSE but thank you for your work

EQS-Mod + Recent App
Hey
What do i do if i want the Recent App, with EQS-Mod ?

thanks...... I'll try this app

If any of you want to do it youself.....
1.Pull Systemui.apk from system/app
2.Decompile SystemUI.apk
3.navigate to com/android/systemui/statusbar
3.open up StatusBarFlag.smali using notepad or notepad++ (recommended)
4.Around line 89 (using notepad++) you should see this:
Code:
sput-boolean v0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarFlag;->HTC_RECENT_APP:Z
5. Change v0 to v2.
6. Recompile Systemui.apk and push via adb to system/app or copy to system/app using root explorer.
**NOTE**If using root explorer make sure to set permissions as Owner = Read/Write Group = Read Others = Read. A reboot will be required after pasting SystemUI.apk before you can change persmissions.
7. Reboot and your done!

same outcome for me with p3d had to reflash to get extended settings

I tried this but it appears to remove the entire header bar. That is, there was no pull down bar at all pushing it and rebooting. Any suggestions?

mfrost66 said:
I tried this but it appears to remove the entire header bar. That is, there was no pull down bar at all pushing it and rebooting. Any suggestions?
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Sounds like you have decompiled SystemUI.apk incorrectly and then not signed it before pushing it. What method did you use for decompiling the APK?

I'm having some trouble with decompiling the SystemUI.apk. I get a bunch of "Invalid config flags detected" error when I try to load the com.htc.resources.apk framework; when I try to recompile I get a handful of other errors (related I'd imagine) and it doesn't recompile. Googled around a bit, found similar problems but no answers - any advice?

jimhart3000 said:
I'm having some trouble with decompiling the SystemUI.apk. I get a bunch of "Invalid config flags detected" error when I try to load the com.htc.resources.apk framework; when I try to recompile I get a handful of other errors (related I'd imagine) and it doesn't recompile. Googled around a bit, found similar problems but no answers - any advice?
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How are you decompiling the apk...??

Didn't work. Edited what was suppose to be edited and the recent apps still show up....

[q] help with framework mod

Hi. I'm making an ics mod to my phone. I've tried to change the progress bar like ics. I know that the files that i have to change are progress horizontal (drawable folder) to make it square changing to 0.0 dip and change the color, and the other file is styles.xml (values folder) to change the width of the bar changing the values of widget progress bar and seekbar to 5.0dip. When i change everything and recompile using apk multi tool i followed the steps, and when i get the recompiled apk I read in other post that i had to move the meta-inf folder, the manifest file, to the original framework and when i put it back to my phone nothing changes. So i moved the resources.asrc file too but i get a bootloop. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? Maybe is because i don't sign the framework? thanks in advance.
PD: I'm using Froyo

mschief148 said:
Hi. I'm making an ics mod to my phone. I've tried to change the progress bar like ics. I know that the files that i have to change are progress horizontal (drawable folder) to make it square changing to 0.0 dip and change the color, and the other file is styles.xml (values folder) to change the width of the bar changing the values of widget progress bar and seekbar to 5.0dip. When i change everything and recompile using apk multi tool i followed the steps, and when i get the recompiled apk I read in other post that i had to move the meta-inf folder, the manifest file, to the original framework and when i put it back to my phone nothing changes. So i moved the resources.asrc file too but i get a bootloop. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? Maybe is because i don't sign the framework? thanks in advance.
PD: I'm using Froyo
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Did you resign the new apk?

Victorian09 said:
Did you resign the new apk?
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At the first time no. But I tried resingning the new framework but it's the same result (bootloop)

change toggle icon?

hi guys! I'm running uxuma on sgh727, vincom deodex Rom, 23 toggle mod, I'm trying to change the
toggle icons. I replaced the icons in lidroid with apktool, decompile, recompile...
what else do I have to edit to make it work?
when I changed the toggle icons I get systemUI fc and my status bar is gone.
any help, ideas, anything at all...
thank you

nbnion said:
hi guys! I'm running uxuma on sgh727, vincom deodex Rom, 23 toggle mod, I'm trying to change the
toggle icons. I replaced the icons in lidroid with apktool, decompile, recompile...
what else do I have to edit to make it work?
when I changed the toggle icons I get systemUI fc and my status bar is gone.
any help, ideas, anything at all...
thank you
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Did you run the Signing Tool? Been using that program a lot the past few days and that made it work for me.

mrfeuss said:
Did you run the Signing Tool? Been using that program a lot the past few days and that made it work for me.
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no, it's that the name "Signing Tool"? did you use it with lidroid-res?

nbnion said:
no, it's that the name "Signing Tool"? did you use it with lidroid-res?
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See attached. I haven't used lidroid, but I tried recompiling apps without hitting the Signing Tool button and they all failed.

mrfeuss said:
See attached. I haven't used lidroid, but I tried recompiling apps without hitting the Signing Tool button and they all failed.
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i tried it now, still same issue..
im missing some steps in the whole process and im sure its something stupid but...
thank you for your time

nbnion said:
i tried it now, still same issue..
im missing some steps in the whole process and im sure its something stupid but...
thank you for your time
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Wish I could have been more helpful, but I'm pretty new to this whole thing, too.

Unless you're replacing .9.png, you don't have to decompile the framework - just open it with ZIP, navigate to the right drawable folder and drop the new .png-s there.
After you recompile, make sure you take out the AndroidManifest.xml and META-INF folder from the original framework ZIP and push to the new one, overwriting whatever is there.

Jack_R1 said:
Unless you're replacing .9.png, you don't have to decompile the framework - just open it with ZIP, navigate to the right drawable folder and drop the new .png-s there.
After you recompile, make sure you take out the AndroidManifest.xml and META-INF folder from the original framework ZIP and push to the new one, overwriting whatever is there.
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thank you!
yes it was a bit confusing, with compiling/decompiling the framework but I got it to work.
do the png have to have the same size? the ones that I want to replace?