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Can I make a duplicate app??

I have a themed facebook app, and I want to have the official one to do something since it is a little hard to see things with this theme. The apps are seen to be the same by the phone.
Is there a way I can have both apps installed at the same time? If I renamed the current app would it still work?

While its not a direct answer... whats the worst that could happen? Try it.

I have tried, and searched, which is how I know the phone thinks it I the same app

I have a themed Black transparent Facebook and also have original facebook installed. Both work together. I found that the themed facebook limits the characters typed on my posts unlike the original.
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LikeaG2root said:
I have a themed Black transparent Facebook and also have original facebook installed. Both work together. I found that the themed facebook limits the characters typed on my posts unlike the original.
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Th problem with mine is that it when trying to install the second one, it just tries to replace the first

The problem is both app have the same packagename (i think com.facebook.katana), the filename itself doesnt matter. Unless you change the packagename of one, you cant install both.
To do this you will have to decompile the app, change the packagename in the androidmanifest.xml and everywhere else and recompile. But this will most likely break functionality.

If I did decompile it, how could I make sure it worked?

You compile it and reinstall it.
Though im pretty sure it won't work as there will be problems with the generated resources in the .apk

What if I changed the name in the resources as well?

package, version, and titles
you must have individual package name, version number, and title for the app to be considered different by your phone.

Sounds like good fun. I will get on this

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you must have individual package name, version number, and title for the app to be considered different by your phone.
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As long as the packagename is different apps can have the same name and version number...

Alright I will try changing it soon

ICS Roboto font

You can find the new Roboto font here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309619
I recommend that if you're not going to install the font yourself using a file manager, don't use the flashable version -viperboy- has provided. Instead use the one mackster248 has posted in the 5th post under this one.
There you will also find the /system and /system/apps folders, but for now they're not very usable. They currently can't be deodexed with current tools.
On a side note, for those using a file manager to change fonts, here are some general instructions:
1. Ensuring you have R/W permissions to edit system files, copy the Roboto family of fonts into the /system/fonts folder.
2. Keep backups of your current fonts you plan on replacing (DroidSans family) by renaming their file types to .orig (For example, DroidSans.ttf becomes DroidSains.orig).
3. Change the fonts you plan on using into the names of the fonts you just changed to the .orig file type (Roboto-Regular.ttf becomes DroidSans.ttf).
4. Make sure to change the permissions of each font to rw-r--r-- once you've renamed them. if you don't know what I mean by that, make the permissions identical to the other fonts found in the folder.
5. Restart.
Be careful when doing this, if you do it incorrectly, you'll be stuck in a bootloop and will have enter the recovery to re-install the ROM to replace the system files again.

Thanks! I installed the replacement fonts after taking a suitable backup, just in case. It replaces three fonts in /system/fonts: Clocktopia.ttf, DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf. I think the difference is subtle on a per-character basis but taken together, I find it more easily readable. I did a side-by-side comparison and found that the characters in some cases are a little bit larger.

short/y said:
Thanks! I installed the replacement fonts after taking a suitable backup, just in case. It replaces three fonts in /system/fonts: Clocktopia.ttf, DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf. I think the difference is subtle on a per-character basis but taken together, I find it more easily readable. I did a side-by-side comparison and found that the characters in some cases are a little bit larger.
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No problem. I'm really big into typography and I'm really enjoying this font. Windows Phone 7's font Segoe comes in a close second though, and I wish I could find a usable version of Nokia Pure.

Love this font! Switched from Segoe n they're similar but this is so neat
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Here's a flashable zip for our G2x's, for some reason the other one wouldn't work on a G2x because of it's update script.
forums.acsyndicate.net/ACS/acs%20graphics%20work/ICS.Roboto_fontFlash.zip
All credit goes to Tiger13 for this one.
I tested it and works.

mackster248 said:
Here's a flashable zip for our G2x's, for some reason the other one wouldn't work on a G2x because of it's update script.
forums.acsyndicate.net/ACS/acs%20graphics%20work/ICS.Roboto_fontFlash.zip
All credit goes to Tiger13 for this one.
I tested it and works.
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Thanks for posting. I've updated the original post to guide them to your link.

Is it just me or does anyone not see a huge difference? Maybe I'm just blind.

mackster248 said:
Here's a flashable zip for our G2x's, for some reason the other one wouldn't work on a G2x because of it's update script.
forums.acsyndicate.net/ACS/acs%20graphics%20work/ICS.Roboto_fontFlash.zip
All credit goes to Tiger13 for this one.
I tested it and works.
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Zip link doesn't work, at least for me.
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barqers said:
Is it just me or does anyone not see a huge difference? Maybe I'm just blind.
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The differences are many, but all mostly subtle. I worked for a newspaper and page design/typography grew on me a lot so I notice the little things.
If you're not that much into typography, I can't blame you, it wouldn't appear much has changed.

htc2364 said:
Zip link doesn't work, at least for me.
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Check permissions of the fonts, maybe?

why go through all this work? install font installer from the market it has this font already included.

bigfatfrog said:
why go through all this work? install font installer from the market it has this font already included.
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You make a good point, but like myself, there are those who know they don't need to install another app when their familiar with use file managers to change system files.
For someone who is familiar and confident with how to do it themselves, the steps should take no more than 2 minutes, that doesn't like much work to me.

jamadio said:
You make a good point, but like myself, there are those who know they don't need to install another app when their familiar with use file managers to change system files.
For someone who is familiar and confident with how to do it themselves, the steps should take no more than 2 minutes, that doesn't like much work to me.
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Agreed. That's how I learned all of this back in the G1 days. Which was either commands via Terminal or switching out files via Root Explorer, so I never even knew there were apps that do all of those things for you these days.

jamadio said:
The differences are many, but all mostly subtle. I worked for a newspaper and page design/typography grew on me a lot so I notice the little things.
If you're not that much into typography, I can't blame you, it wouldn't appear much has changed.
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Well I'm in business studies right now. So it's kind of whatever font makes everything look bigger
But yeah it seems like a subtle change I'm sure I notice it subconsciously!

This font really is great, thanks for making it available.

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.

need help with ifont

I have ifont donate version and I have always used it to change my fonts. I've always stuck to the preloaded fonts within the app but I've started playing g around with the custom ones by just searching them on google and downloading them to my phone, saving to custom folder in ifont, and then applying the custom font. Well I've used a few without any issues, until the other day when I applied one and ended up bricking my phone. So my question is can someone give me kind of a walk through on what the best settings to use are, and what to do and what not to do kind of thing. Under settings you can change the font mode (which is on auto automatically) to different things like Samsung, miui, recovery, and system mode (requires root). Would it be better to leave it on auto or change it to system mode? Also, when you go into the custom screen to add a custom font directly from your storage instead of adding it to the custom folder and applying it that way, there's a little button on the top right where you can change it to a ttf. What does that do and should I do it? How does a font brick a phone and how can you avoid it, or is it just sort of a gamble with every font? I am just trying to learn as much as I can so I know how to avoid getting bricked again. I am terrified to change it now but I miss my custom font =[ thank you in advance for the advice.
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Galaxy_S_ said:
I have ifont donate version and I have always used it to change my fonts. I've always stuck to the preloaded fonts within the app but I've started playing g around with the custom ones by just searching them on google and downloading them to my phone, saving to custom folder in ifont, and then applying the custom font. Well I've used a few without any issues, until the other day when I applied one and ended up bricking my phone. So my question is can someone give me kind of a walk through on what the best settings to use are, and what to do and what not to do kind of thing. Under settings you can change the font mode (which is on auto automatically) to different things like Samsung, miui, recovery, and system mode (requires root). Would it be better to leave it on auto or change it to system mode? Also, when you go into the custom screen to add a custom font directly from your storage instead of adding it to the custom folder and applying it that way, there's a little button on the top right where you can change it to a ttf. What does that do and should I do it? How does a font brick a phone and how can you avoid it, or is it just sort of a gamble with every font? I am just trying to learn as much as I can so I know how to avoid getting bricked again. I am terrified to change it now but I miss my custom font =[ thank you in advance for the advice.
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Sorry the button says "ttf to apk" could someone break that down? Would that be something I would want to do? And also I just realized I have another problem. For some reason my ifont folder doesn't contain a "custom" folder this time around..
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not familiar with the app but I'll give you a couple tidbits. ttf = true type font, these are the kinds of fonts windows uses, and I'm sure most anything these days. FontName.ttf
there are other kinds and so that button would change it to ttf format, which is likely what the phone needs.
as for the system mode, since it requires root, I assume what it's going to do is copy the fonts to the /system/fonts folder for you, which sounds like the best idea to me assuming you have root. I don't see how a font program could brick your phone, the only thing it should be doing is copying files to and from the /system/fonts folder, which shouldn't harm anything.
So, make sure you are using .ttf fonts, and if not use the tool to convert them, and I would tell it to use the system(root) mode if you have root.

screwyluie said:
not familiar with the app but I'll give you a couple tidbits. ttf = true type font, these are the kinds of fonts windows uses, and I'm sure most anything these days. FontName.ttf
there are other kinds and so that button would change it to ttf format, which is likely what the phone needs.
as for the system mode, since it requires root, I assume what it's going to do is copy the fonts to the /system/fonts folder for you, which sounds like the best idea to me assuming you have root. I don't see how a font program could brick your phone, the only thing it should be doing is copying files to and from the /system/fonts folder, which shouldn't harm anything.
So, make sure you are using .ttf fonts, and if not use the tool to convert them, and I would tell it to use the system(root) mode if you have root.
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Oh ok, that clears it up a little bit about the ttf. So if I download a font from my browser and it is already a. Ttf then there's no reason to have to change it in the ifont app. Unless it is a different format then. Ttf.
However, I know that the font program is capable of bricking phones because it happened to me just last week. I wasn't aware that could happen either until it happened. Haha. And in my findings trying to research it, it's actually pretty common and happens a lot. I guess that when you change a font to anything that isn't a system font that comes stock on the phone there is a potential for something to go wrong because it changes around some of the system files so if the tiniest thing is wrong or it isn't compatible in some way it can happen. I don't know what happened with mine, I know the one I installed was a .ttf and it wasn't anything big or bulky or anything too crazy so I have no idea what went wrong. I'm just staying away from that font now.
What I'm really just trying to figure out is whether there is really any way to avoid it happening or to tell whether it would be compatible or not, or if it's really just a gamble and a chance of luck.
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Note 3 Fonts - Screenshots

Hello guys,
Suggesting we use this page to share our Screenshots of different fonts. Which is good and maybe recommend some fonts.
Thanks
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1234kingbling said:
Hello guys,
Suggesting we use this page to share our Screenshots of different fonts. Which is good and maybe recommend some fonts.
Thanks
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Why using different fonts? I like the standard one.

Part of my app drawer. Lightning Launcher Extreme, vertical scrolling only. p22johnston font (as used on the London Underground).

avatar_ro said:
Why using different fonts? I like the standard one.
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Other people may like different fonts base on their style.

I can't seem to find a good decent font. Everything is either too curly, too small, to bold. Lol.
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1234kingbling said:
I can't seem to find a good decent font. Everything is either too curly, too small, to bold. Lol.
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There was a time I got obsessed with different fonts. I remember when I had the S2 I tried at least a hundred of them, and then some days later came back to stock font. As you said, there is some imperfection with all custom fonts but stock.
Still out of them all I remember a font called Storopia, which I really liked, I mean if you are in that sort of thing. Another font I remember was Sony Sketch, but that was too small for my eyes.

Well, the best way to change fonts is to have the apk, install it and change it through settings. But there are not many font apks compatible with languages other than English. So you have to install something like a font changer and that kind of apps are draining the battery faster than can you imagine.

angelopap said:
Well, the best way to change fonts is to have the apk, install it and change it through settings. But there are not many font apks compatible with languages other than English. So you have to install something like a font changer and that kind of apps are draining the battery faster than can you imagine.
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But for the note 3 i dont think its a problem with battery draining. There are numerous apps in the play store that enable us to download fonts and they dont take up much battery.
Cheers.