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[GUIDE]Enable more homescreens on default launcher

In this guide I will show you how to enable more than the defaulft 5 homescreens
First of all, you'll need Apk Manager, this can be downloaded here.
Extract the zip to a folder you like, I'll use C:\Apk Manager\ in this guide!
Download the Home.apk from this post, note: it's for the .145 fw only.
Copy the Home.apk to C:\Apk Manager\place-apk-here-for-modding\
After you've done that, open Script.bat.
Select option 9.
Now the Home.apk will be decompiled.
When it's done decompiling, go here C:\Apk Manager\projects\Home.apk\res\values.
Open integers.xml with Notepad and go line 10. Will look like this:
Code:
<integer name="number_of_desktop_panes">5</integer>
You can change that number 5 to any number you like, let's use 9:
Code:
<integer name="number_of_desktop_panes">9</integer>
Open values/styles.xml and change line 16:
Code:
<style name="Layout.ButtonContainer">
to this
Code:
<style name="Layout.ButtonContainer" parent="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper.NoTitleBar">
Save and close the files. Now go back to the Apk Manager tool and select option 11, the apk will now be compiled again. It will ask you this:
Is this a system apk (y/n)
Answer with y and press enter.
After that you'll get another question:
Aside from the signatures, would you like to copy
over any additional files that you didn't modify
from the original apk in order to ensure least
# of errors (y/n)
Anwer with y again.
Now this will show up:
In the apk manager folder u'll find
a keep folder. Within it, delete
everything you have modified and leave
files that you haven't. If you have modified
any xml, then delete resources.arsc from that
folder as well. Once done then press enter
on this script.
Go here C:\Apk Manager\keep and delete resources.arsc.
Now go back to the Apk Manager tool and press enter.
In C:\Apk Manager\place-apk-here-for-modding you'll find this: unsignedHome.apk. Rename it to Home.apk and push it to your device with adb.
Adb commands:
Code:
adb push Home.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
$su
#mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
#busybox cp -R /sdcard/Home.apk /system/app/
#sync
#reboot
After the restart you should have 9 homescreens
{
"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"
}

Thanks,works perfectly.
Now all I need is landscape rotation ...

Cool stuff. What will happen to my existing homescreens and all the widgets and icons on them after doing this? Will they get wiped?
And what about the overall performance? Any "lags" during games with so many homescreens?
Edit: Tried it, but got a message after starting the script.bat, saying that i have no java?! I have Java installed on my system. What should i do?

Montechristo1979 said:
Cool stuff. What will happen to my existing homescreens and all the widgets and icons on them after doing this? Will they get wiped?
And what about the overall performance? Any "lags" during games with so many homescreens?
Edit: Tried it, but got a message after starting the script.bat, saying that i have no java?! I have Java installed on my system. What should i do?
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For some reason some widgets disappear, the best thing to do is clear data with Titanium backup and design your homescreens again
I didn't noticed any lag at all
Uhm, you might need Android SDK to be installed on your pc.. I could also compile the apk for you

I think i have the SDK on my netbook, but its about 100 km away. If you could compile it, i wouldnt say no

How many screens would you like to have?

I would like to try it with 9

Then you could just download the package from the first post

Oh, hehe, yes, um, i think i missed that one
I have root. Do i have to use adb push, or can i copy/paste the file to my device?

It's probably possible to just copy/paste it, but I prefer using adb

Maybe i did something wrong?! I copied the apk, but i played around with the permissions. After reboot the homescreens were empty, but not 9, just 5. So i checked the permissions of the old home.apk (did a backup before copy). I took the same permissions and did a reboot again. Now the phone boots up, i can unlock it, but there is no homescreen. All i see is the notofication-bar. What can i do?
Edit: I can access my apps and data using my WaveLauncher. I try to set other permissions. Maybe it will work.
Edit2: Ok, i set permissions like every other app within /system/app. Now i can access the homescreen again. Its empty, and i have 5 screens. But when i try to add a widget on my "main" homescreen, it says that there is not enough space. So i think the old widgets are still there, but i cant see/remove them. What can i do?

Montechristo1979 said:
Maybe i did something wrong?! I copied the apk, but i played around with the permissions. After reboot the homescreens were empty, but not 9, just 5. So i checked the permissions of the old home.apk (did a backup before copy). I took the same permissions and did a reboot again. Now the phone boots up, i can unlock it, but there is no homescreen. All i see is the notofication-bar. What can i do?
Edit: I can access my apps and data using my WaveLauncher. I try to set other permissions. Maybe it will work.
Edit2: Ok, i set permissions like every other app within /system/app. Now i can access the homescreen again. Its empty, and i have 5 screens. But when i try to add a widget on my "main" homescreen, it says that there is not enough space. So i think the old widgets are still there, but i cant see/remove them. What can i do?
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happened to me before, stop the process and clear the data

Didn't work for me, couldn't get it to install, kept getting persmission denied through adb, despite the fact I'm rooted!
Could someone upload a version with 3 homescreens please?
Also, in the res/xml/default_settings_apptray -> could someone change the default sort to az instead of free! This means it should automatically sort it alphabetically and will remember it on restart...a bug in the current build.
Thanks guys
Niall

Works for me now. I did a complete new flash and root and now building up everything from scratch. Feels better now

Nhialor said:
Didn't work for me, couldn't get it to install, kept getting persmission denied through adb, despite the fact I'm rooted!
Could someone upload a version with 3 homescreens please?
Also, in the res/xml/default_settings_apptray -> could someone change the default sort to az instead of free! This means it should automatically sort it alphabetically and will remember it on restart...a bug in the current build.
Thanks guys
Niall
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Added the one with 3 screens to the first post
No luck on the order thing yet, sorry..

works a charm, thanks man

Works like a champ lo lags on 9 screens.Thanks

xperia play not showing up on adb devices. Why?

do I need root for this or will it push without? I used adb to save the angry birds high score successfully without root but don't know if this will work same way or not. thank you

is it possiable to make an app that will install it for us

[Mod] Change Default Incoming Pic [How to]

Tutorial – How to change the default incoming call picture. Root required.
In this tutorial I will describe the steps in which to change the default incoming call picture (I.E. The green android that is shown when there is no picture assigned to the contact) as shown below:
{
"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"
}
The programs used in the tutorial:
• WinRAR
• Root Explorer
• Adb
• Microsoft Paint or your favorite photo editing program
By default, two images are used for the incoming call pic, one for receiving the call and another for when the call is answered. It’s your choice to use two different images or just use one. I used two different images in the tutorial.
Let’s get started:
*It is highly recommended that you perform a nand backup before attempting this!
1) Find 2 images you would like to use. The image must be converted to create a 336 x 336 and a 300 x 300 PNG. Repeat for the other image. There will be a total of 4 PNG images, two 336 x 336 and two 300 x 300. Use Paint or another photo editing program to convert the images.
Images I picked:
2) Choose which image you will like to be the incoming call picture. Rename each as the following:
For the 336 x 336 PNG: phone_default_incall
For the 300 x 300 PNG: phone_default_incall_300
For the call answered picture, rename as:
For the 336 x 336 PNG: phone_default
For the 300 x 300 PNG: phone_default_300
3) On your phone, using Root Explorer, go to system/app scroll down to Phone.apk. Long press it and select copy, press the back key twice and paste it in sdcard. Attach your phone to your computer and transfer Phone.apk from the sdcard to your desktop.
4) Right click Phone.apk and open the apk with WinRAR(you do not want to extract the apk).
With the apk opened in WinRAR:
Drag and drop the images phone_default and phone_default_incall to res/drawable-port-hdpi.
Drag and drop the images phone_default_300 and phone_default_incall_300 to res/drawable hdpi.
After you replace the images, close WinRAR
5) Your phone should still be connected to your computer, change the usb connection type to charge only. On your phone open Root Explorer and go to system/app, towards the top of the screen is a Mount R/W button, press it.
6) On the keyboard hit the window key + r, enter cmd and press ok. Right click on Phone.apk and copy the Location (should be C:\Users\name\Desktop) under the General tab. In the cmd window type: cd (paste location) and press enter. After that type: adb push Phone.apk /system/app and press enter. It should copy the file to your phone.
7) Close and reopen Root Explorer and go to system/app, scroll down to Phone.apk and long press it, select Permissions. Make sure that for Owner: Read & Write are selected, for Group and Others: only Read is selected. Press ok. Change the directory back to Read Only by pressing the Mount R/O button on the top and exit.
8) Test it out by calling your phone from a number that doesn’t have a contact picture assigned to it.
Here are my results:
Thank you and hopefully this will help you out.

Awesome been needing this. U are the ****.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio

KingDavid63 said:
Awesome been needing this. U are the ****.
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No problem, thanks
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

Outgoing call image
You've stated that this method will change the default incoming call and in call image but I was wondering what happens to the outgoing call image? That also appears as the android logo by default so does that change or is another modification required for that?

It also changes the outgoing call pic.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

Venoms the man always finds away 2customize 2the next level
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium

Problem With Steps 4 & 6
When accessing the files via WinRAR res/drawable-port-hdpi. does not appear but red/drawable-port-car-hdpi. instead. Also regarding ADB, isit a software we're meant to download on the phone, PC etc? If you could just clarify these steps for me as the rest of the process seemed reasonably straightforward.

thanx man really i like it

AbZ14 said:
When accessing the files via WinRAR res/drawable-port-hdpi. does not appear but red/drawable-port-car-hdpi. instead. Also regarding ADB, isit a software we're meant to download on the phone, PC etc? If you could just clarify these steps for me as the rest of the process seemed reasonably straightforward.
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For your first question, which Rom are you using? As for ADB, it's software that you would download on your PC, more information on ADB can be found in this post.

I am using the default ROM which came with my desire s, just to clarify you cannot carry out this process without having ADB on your computer correct?

Error during step 6
I went through the post on ADB and followed the steps correctly. When trying to carry out type: adb push Phone.apk /system/app and press enter. It should copy the file to your phone. An error stating that 'adb is not a recognised internal or external command' comes up, solution?

AbZ14 said:
I went through the post on ADB and followed the steps correctly. When trying to carry out type: adb push Phone.apk /system/app and press enter. It should copy the file to your phone. An error stating that 'adb is not a recognised internal or external command' comes up, solution?
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Try this:
Go to Start and in the Search box type cmd, right click and Run as Administrator
Type:
setx path /m "%PATH%;C:\AndroidSDK"
and hit Enter. Close the cmd window
To check is it working properly open Command Prompt (Start -> Search -> type cmd -> Enter) and type adb
If everything is configured properly, this will list the Android Debug Bridge version and the available commands. If it's working, you should be able to copy the file to your phone.

Actually it was even more simple in my case.
I'm running ViperS 1.6.3 on my HTC Sensation.
For steps 5) and 6) I've used X-plore to delete phone.apk in system folder and to copy a modified one.
After permissions where set I rebooted my phone and voila - no more Shrek on my phone!
Thanx a lot for this easy guide.

So someone bumped this thread and I went through all the steps on ViperS 3.0.1 and yet the pictures stay the same. It's not the little green shrek robot but a silhouette of a human, which was the original. There are different file names but I assumed the rest of the steps were the same. If anyone else has some help for me here...
EDIT: NEVERMIND, it's the skin. I changed back to default skin and I got it working perfectly. Note that the names of the files are not the same for ViperS 3, and you only need the 336x336 one.

Looks Nice. How do you do it in JB 4.2.2 (Albino Kang) ROM?

Just an alternative suggestion...I use an app called full screen caller I'd. It replaces the main call screen with a full screen photo of your choosing for each caller. It is not the solution this thread is looking for at ball, it it might be a good alternate solution for some people.
Sent from my GT-P5110 using xda app-developers app

thank you !! :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

[GUIDE NOT FOR NOOBIES][HOW-TO][WINDOWS ONLY] Fix custom font "question mark" problem

[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:
{
"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"
}
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

Change T-Mobile Wifi Calling icon for Sensation 4G

This icon has bugged forever... and I finally took care of it...
I couldn't find this for Sensation 4G... so I took from Galaxy SII forum and with a little guidance from XDA member KaneHusky got it done
So if you are on T-Mobile, and rely on wifi calling like I do, and want an ICS syle icon that is always in upper left corner... this is for you
(I am running CM9 RC1)
Before:
{
"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"
}
After:
1. Use root explorer to copy wifi calling .apk from system\app to root of sd card
(In CM9 file is: HTC-PYRTM-ICS-4.0.1-2.3-49986-4.3.apk)
2. Mount to PC and use 7-Zip to explore .apk (dont extract or mess with anything, just explore)
3. Explore to the folder: res\drawable-hdpi\
4. make sure icons are saved and renamed accordingly:
blue: "ic_status_notify.png"
green: "status_icon_incall.png"
5. Right-click drag to Copy the two attached icon files into the folder (they will overwrite ugly ass icons)
6. Copy over original .apk in system\app (backup original to be safe)
reboot into recovery, wipe cache, (i also fixed permissions although I don't think it's necessary) then reboot and enjoy the cleaner look
Boom
UPDATE:
Sorry Everyone.... didn't realize the attached images are renamed when inserted into a thread...
which makes my whole post meaningless as they will only overwrite the proper icons if named the same.
the step by step above has been elaborated on to hopefully alleviate this issue.

What weather widget you using. Looks awesome
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app

Thanks... Beautiful Widgets - Super clock with Vanilla ICS skin and full alpha transparency

i must be doing something wrong , i open apk file in 7zip (open archive) then i copy icon files but when i right click on drawable-hdpi, i doesnt give me option to paste???

Try Ctrl-v when inside the folder
Sent from my Sensation 4G running CM9

The icons attached in the op save as attachment.php

not working for me??? oh well looks nice.

What rom are you using?

cooljoe226 said:
What rom are you using?
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arhd 1.2

Thanks for sharing.

see my update
derekny said:
not working for me??? oh well looks nice.
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I didn't realize the file names were changed when linking to dropbox

see update...

screenshots
some images of me trying to do this????

derekny said:
some images of me trying to do this????
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Open the 'drawable-hdpi' folder in 7Zip so you can see all of the png files.
then right-click drag the new icons into that open folder and you should see this:

worked
much thanks for all the help!

Updated APK
Hello,
Thanks first to Da_Sheezy for making this, I really like the new icons.
In the spirit of making things easier and the implied approval of Da_Sheezy, I am attaching the modified apk, so people don't have to do the whole 7zip thing.
In short, here are the steps:
1. Turn off Wifi in your phone, this is just a precaution.
2. Download the attached file.
3. Save it to root directory of SD card.
4. With Root Explorer, [/B]copy original apk (for backup purposes) anywhere in the SD card, but the root directory.[/B]
5. Now, copy the downloaded file to system/app, it will ask you if you want to replace the file, say yes. You phone will freeze for a couple of seconds and reboot automatically.
6. After rebooting, go back to system/app using Root Explorer and change permissions to rw-r--r--
7. Reboot your phone one more time and you are done.
I hope that this helps some people. I am currently running CM9 RC2 and it is working like a charm.
Thanks again to the OP for this.

cgjjaf said:
Hello,
Thanks first to Da_Sheezy for making this, I really like the new icons.
In the spirit of making things easier and the implied approval of Da_Sheezy, I am attaching the modified apk, so people don't have to do the whole 7zip thing.
In short, here are the steps:
1. Turn off Wifi in your phone, this is just a precaution.
2. Download the attached file.
3. Save it to root directory of SD card.
4. With Root Explorer, [/B]copy original apk (for backup purposes) anywhere in the SD card, but the root directory.[/B]
5. Now, copy the downloaded file to system/app, it will ask you if you want to replace the file, say yes. You phone will freeze for a couple of seconds and reboot automatically.
6. After rebooting, go back to system/app using Root Explorer and change permissions to rw-r--r--
7. Reboot your phone one more time and you are done.
I hope that this helps some people. I am currently running CM9 RC2 and it is working like a charm.
Thanks again to the OP for this.
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How dare you imply my approval!...
JK... solid work!
I just flashed RC2 myself and had to do this all over again...
and I am glad I kept my upgraded APK...
only had to do what you explained above.

[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:
Please include screen shots
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Will do after exams

o0ojake13o0o said:
Please include screen shots
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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?