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[request] htc slate skin lockscreen

I'm looking for the rectangular lockscreen associated with the HTC slate skin. anyone have that? the normal htc lockscreen is a curved arc... not that one.

You can change the skin and there's rectangular ones
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I should have been more specific. I'm on a sense less rom. I'm looking for an apk or whatever. I copied over the htc lock screen apk but it was the arc shaped one.
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Here's a .zip with the 4 lockscreen images from Rosie when the slate theme is applied. Just to be clear, this is ONLY 4 of the lockscreen images and I'm not guaranteeing these are all of them, or that if you yank these and drop them in a different lockscreen that they'll work. Best of luck to you

I guess I need more hand holding. How do I apply those skins? Do I need to unpack the apk and drop them in?
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Well, for one, you can't just carry over the lockscreen, you need Sense in order to use it. I provided the 4 main images from the theme, from there you might be able to open up the corresponding apk on whatever ROM you're using, and replace the lockscreen images in there with the ones provided above, but the names of the files might change, not really sure.
If you knew what apk the lockscreen images were in, and what the filenames were, you could probably get away with a morph for use with metamorph, but without knowing that stuff it wouldn't really do a lot of good.
A better question might be "Hey guys, I have **ROMNAME* rom and I'm looking to edit the lockscreen, can anyone point me in the right direction?"

tehgeekguy said:
Well, for one, you can't just carry over the lockscreen, you need Sense in order to use it. I provided the 4 main images from the theme, from there you might be able to open up the corresponding apk on whatever ROM you're using, and replace the lockscreen images in there with the ones provided above, but the names of the files might change, not really sure.
If you knew what apk the lockscreen images were in, and what the filenames were, you could probably get away with a morph for use with metamorph, but without knowing that stuff it wouldn't really do a lot of good.
A better question might be "Hey guys, I have **ROMNAME* rom and I'm looking to edit the lockscreen, can anyone point me in the right direction?"
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good advice. I'm using cognition senseless rom. I pushed the htclockscreen.apk on from his sense rom zip into the system/app folder and that's about as far as I got. I opened up that apk and looked around but didn't see anything that made sense to me.

Sense 4.0 all app background image

Hi there!
One of the thing that I'm struggling with HTC is the fact that from the moment the have moved to android they have always put the black background on the all apps menu which isn't so beautiful. Is there anyway here who know if it could be possible to have, at least, the same background image of the home for the all apps menu?
P.S. And by the way I don't get why is not possible to customize the background iamge of the all apps menu, come on this was possible on windows mobile!!!!

light_n_roses said:
Hi there!
One of the thing that I'm struggling with HTC is the fact that from the moment the have moved to android they have always put the black background on the all apps menu which isn't so beautiful. Is there anyway here who know if it could be possible to have, at least, the same background image of the home for the all apps menu?
P.S. And by the way I don't get why is not possible to customize the background iamge of the all apps menu, come on this was possible on windows mobile!!!!
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i havent had a chance to look into sense 4.0 yet but in sense 3.0 all apps background was a color reference in the rosie apk > res > layout> all apps view .xml
you can edit the code to reference a wallpaper of your own
i was having trouble decompiling sense 4 files so didnt really look into it

thesparky007 said:
i havent had a chance to look into sense 4.0 yet but in sense 3.0 all apps background was a color reference in the rosie apk > res > layout> all apps view .xml
you can edit the code to reference a wallpaper of your own
i was having trouble decompiling sense 4 files so didnt really look into it
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sp do you think that I can also put a different background image from the one on the home screen ? It would be awsome!

light_n_roses said:
sp do you think that I can also put a different background image from the one on the home screen ? It would be awsome!
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yea you sure can, easiest is to make the background transparent so the home screen wallpaper is visible but you can surely make it reference an image

thesparky007 said:
yea you sure can, easiest is to make the background transparent so the home screen wallpaper is visible but you can surely make it reference an image
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actually I have tried to open that file from a custom rom with sense 3.5, I have extracted the file with 7zip but it was not readable with notepadd...

light_n_roses said:
actually I have tried to open that file from a custom rom with sense 3.5, I have extracted the file with 7zip but it was not readable with notepadd...
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Well of course, you extracted it with 7zip. Grab apktool or something else that can unpack APKs properly and decrypt the XMLs etc., use it to extract the APK and then you should be able to edit it easily enough.
EDIT: You'll also need to pull com.htc.resources.apk from /system/framework and install it with the command
Code:
apktool if com.htc.resources.apk
to properly decrypt the APK
EDIT: Although I can't find the XML referenced above in the Rosie.apk from my Sense 3.5 device...(HTC Explorer).
EDIT: In res\values\colors.xml I found a reference for a colour "all_item_background" which is #ff000000 (i.e. black), but it only appears to be used for as the colour for some text. Despite not really wanting to have a transparent background here, it's bugging me.

Is it possible to have this background on all aps for galaxy y s5360
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stokaa said:
Is it possible to have this background on all aps for galaxy y s5360
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Galaxy Y is a Samsung phone, so it doesn't have Sense. It has TouchWiz. So the launcher is different to the Sense one. It is almost certainly possible to do a similar thing, but it won't be done exactly the same.
I believe the TouchWiz launcher it called twlauncher.apk or something like that. Pull that file off your phone and use apktool to extract it, look in the XMLs in res\layout and try to find the background colour. It'll probably be #ff000000. You could try using something like grep to search for that in the folder to try and narrow down the possibilities.
Just a few thoughts that might possibly help.

SifJar said:
Well of course, you extracted it with 7zip. Grab apktool or something else that can unpack APKs properly and decrypt the XMLs etc., use it to extract the APK and then you should be able to edit it easily enough.
EDIT: You'll also need to pull com.htc.resources.apk from /system/framework and install it with the command
Code:
apktool if com.htc.resources.apk
to properly decrypt the APK
EDIT: Although I can't find the XML referenced above in the Rosie.apk from my Sense 3.5 device...(HTC Explorer).
EDIT: In res\values\colors.xml I found a reference for a colour "all_item_background" which is #ff000000 (i.e. black), but it only appears to be used for as the colour for some text. Despite not really wanting to have a transparent background here, it's bugging me.
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actually it would be nice to have the chance to put also a different image on background not just have the black background turn transparent so you can see the same of the home.

light_n_roses said:
actually it would be nice to have the chance to put also a different image on background not just have the black background turn transparent so you can see the same of the home.
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Well that is easily done once the right value is found in the right XML. It's find the value that is the tricky part.

yea I see...have you made any progress with that?

light_n_roses said:
yea I see...have you made any progress with that?
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Nope, I gave up because I couldn't find it in the Rosie.apk from my device.

The sickly green color HTC used in the UI

HTC provided quite a few skins for this phone which I'm grateful for and combing the Matte skin with Apex is close to giving me the benefits of both ICS and Sense 4.0 looks (the Matte skin uses what appears to be the/a close representation of the ICS blue). Unfortunately, for whatever reason, HTC decided to leave a certain disgusting looking green present in its default menu/selection popup. Whats odd though, is that when you select something, it uses the blue from the Matte skin. HTC evidently didn't think this far through because there is no way those go together. What I was wondering was if anyone knows of where this green is, whether its a color code used somewhere (this is what I would expect) or an actual image. This is just very irritating to look at when it pop ups and really ruins the consistency of the phone IMO.
If your not sure what color I'm talking about long press on a photo and its that menu I'm referring to. The reason I think its just a color code is because the same green appears in the Root Explorer app at the top (thin line, right underneath the icon) so I would imagine the app is just referring to some default system color and using it to color that image. Could be totally wrong though and its just calling for an image that stretches to fill the space since its only a solid color.

Your solution would be to edit the systemui.apk and the framework-res.apk
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PurpleFries said:
Your solution would be to edit the systemui.apk and the framework-res.apk
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I figured it was one of those two. I've only looked through the images contained in the SystemUI.apk file and didn't see anything that looked quite like the green bar. Guess I have to go through looking at the .xml files I'll check the framework-res.apk first thought and see if there's anything in there.

If I remember correctly, the images that are stretched in android are the png files that are the .9 images
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Just change the skin type under the Personalize settings. Implements system wide changes for colors and everything.

root for this?
PurpleFries said:
Your solution would be to edit the systemui.apk and the framework-res.apk
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probably a dumb question, but do we need root access for this, or can I find other means of access? I have encryption mandated by my corporate administrators and I dont feel like decryption/factory resetting/rooting/editing and finding out that it's all for naught when my conpany re-encrypts so i can get my email. Also, please note i'm a noob and may have just said nonsensical things herein

fitchpuckman said:
probably a dumb question, but do we need root access for this, or can I find other means of access? I have encryption mandated by my corporate administrators and I dont feel like decryption/factory resetting/rooting/editing and finding out that it's all for naught when my conpany re-encrypts so i can get my email. Also, please note i'm a noob and may have just said nonsensical things herein
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You can't edit those without Root access You won't even be allowed to edit files in the /system directory without root.
So I looked in the framework-res.apk file and I found a lot of images that I believe are the green selectors I was referring to in the OP. The only problem, is I'm not sure of a perfect way to replace them (tried naming the original something weird, but then everything started crashing and needed to use adb to rename the file) and I'm not sure how good it will even look since it appears when you select something it uses several images to create a "light -> dark" type selection. I suppose I could edit the transparency of the files, but I don't know if it will be worth the effort. I might not even be doing the process correctly because I just rezipped my customized framework-res file and changed the extension from .zip to .apk. Is that even the proper thing to do?

Look at the second post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869198
This is NOT a complete guide for our phones, but reading this will get you on the right track. I know about a bit of themeing, and can try to help you on the way.

i know this hasnt been seen or touched lately but can any one tell me where and what to edit/change to change the color of the green since i dont realy like it? if its possible

curly9 said:
i know this hasnt been seen or touched lately but can any one tell me where and what to edit/change to change the color of the green since i dont realy like it? if its possible
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i know this post is fairly old now, but i too would love to know how id be able to change this fugly green color in messages. i have a coredroid theme zip that includes a nice blue message "bubble" but i would have no idea how to go about putting it in my current rom.

LeeDroid tweaks as an APK or alternate tweaks?

Hi all,
I am interested in finding Leedroid tweaks as an apk file or an alternate way of centering the clock and hiding the battery and signal icons.
I also like the long press back, recent and home buttons to apps and functions and removing the three dot menu bar.
Is there any way to find these as an apk or is there some other tweak system that can do the same?
Thanks

htckt said:
Hi all,
I am interested in finding Leedroid tweaks as an apk file or an alternate way of centering the clock and hiding the battery and signal icons.
I also like the long press back, recent and home buttons to apps and functions and removing the three dot menu bar.
Is there any way to find these as an apk or is there some other tweak system that can do the same?
Thanks
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This would be cool, he developes for the one s you could ask if he could port it over.
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kleeman7 said:
This would be cool, he developes for the one s you could ask if he could port it over.
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I asked him quite a while back if he had any intentions of bringing his Rom to our phone and his reply was he only develops for phones he owns
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htckt said:
Hi all,
I am interested in finding Leedroid tweaks as an apk file or an alternate way of centering the clock and hiding the battery and signal icons.
I also like the long press back, recent and home buttons to apps and functions and removing the three dot menu bar.
Is there any way to find these as an apk or is there some other tweak system that can do the same?
Thanks
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Aokp has most of if not all the things you have mentioned. Not an apk but Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702405
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E.Cadro said:
Aokp has most of if not all the things you have mentioned. Not an apk but Rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702405
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Thanks for the replies,
Actually, if you install Insert Coin 7.0.0.0 all the tweaks I mentioned can be found there including removal of three dots, center clock, etc.
I also found a Leedroid tweaks.apk in a thread somewhere here, but the tweaks aren't applied after restart, probably because the phone is not supported.
Also tried Zipthemer with these mods: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661162,
but after you install there is a confirmation window on which the OK buttton can't be seen because of screen size.
Hopefully one day there will be an .apk or something similar for these simple tweaks. I think they come very handy, especially hiding the battery and center clock.
All the best

htckt said:
Also tried Zipthemer with these mods: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661162,
but after you install there is a confirmation window on which the OK buttton can't be seen because of screen size.
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Lol that was my post and zip themer does work on the one x. I didn't mention that post because since most of the devs are using a modified system ui to get extended quick settings and I for the life of me can't get the new systemui to decompile and recompile to mod the satus bar xml. That center clock mod you linked to still works on stock roms and I wrote that before we could flash zips so the zip file that zip themer creates can now be flashed. I am actually using now I just an original systemui with my current Rom and apply the mod to it. What Rom are you running? Also can you supply a link the the insert coin mod your offering to I'd be interested n taking a look at it.
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htckt said:
Hi all,
I am interested in finding Leedroid tweaks as an apk file or an alternate way of centering the clock and hiding the battery and signal icons.
I also like the long press back, recent and home buttons to apps and functions and removing the three dot menu bar.
Is there any way to find these as an apk or is there some other tweak system that can do the same?
Thanks
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Here It Is
View attachment Tweaks.apk

Changing the navbar size

I'm currently on cleanrom and my navbar is just to big. One of my favorite things about viper was the ability to adjust the height. I haven't found a way to do that in cleanrom without breaking ART by enabling closed, which I really don't want to do.
Anyone know of any apps or edits I can do to change this?

Most likely it would be in SystemUI.apk in the dimens.xml file
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icedventimocha said:
Most likely it would be in SystemUI.apk in the dimens.xml file
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+1 this, or maybe the blinkfeedlauncher.apk or the framework-res.apk

andybones said:
+1 this, or maybe the blinkfeedlauncher.apk or the framework-res.apk
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If you install Xposed Framework, the Sense 6.0 Toolbox has this as an option. I ran it for a while, but decided I was okay with the default navbar size.

Dimensions Editor using the exposed framework also resizes the navbar, and the statusbar. Not just a fixed dimension like Sense 6 Toolbox. It is still in experimental stage, so you may have to change setttings in exposed to find it, but I have been running it for nearly a month now flawlessly on Bonestock Rom.

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All4TheFam said:
Dimensions Editor using the exposed framework also resizes the navbar, and the statusbar. Not just a fixed dimension like Sense 6 Toolbox. It is still in experimental stage, so you may have to change setttings in exposed to find it, but I have been running it for nearly a month now flawlessly on Bonestock Rom.
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Thanks, but Xposed isn't currently compatible with ART, which I'm very fond of. I'm hoping there is some sort of build.prop tweak that will make this possible, but its not looking lime there is.

Lykarsis said:
Thanks, but Xposed isn't currently compatible with ART, which I'm very fond of. I'm hoping there is some sort of build.prop tweak that will make this possible, but its not looking lime there is.
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Nav bar edits can be done decompile the systemui.apk from system/private-app/
Under the res/layout/navigation_bar.xml
Would be the location to look to make any changes
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