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Anybody know how to change the color of the time?

I need to change the color of the clock in the Taskbar, but I need to know where its at and what to modify. Anybody? If you know what file i'll rip it apart myself...Thanks!

obannvi said:
I need to change the color of the clock in the Taskbar, but I need to know where its at and what to modify. Anybody? If you know what file i'll rip it apart myself...Thanks!
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I wanna say htcresources but I can't remember if that includes the clock or not. I know that it is the taskbar icons. that color is more than likely set in the xml which can't be edited.

Kcarpenter said:
I wanna say htcresources but I can't remember if that includes the clock or not. I know that it is the taskbar icons. that color is more than likely set in the xml which can't be edited.
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It can be edited, I just wanted too know where it was...LOL I'll have a look in that .apk.

Anybody...??

While looking in the MetaMorph, 'Post your morphs', thread I saw this:
Check out amacs thread for info on how to get white text in the notification bar and more customization options.
The thread is 30 pages long though so I didn't read through it... Hope this helps?

Many people including myself tried with no success I think in order to change the color in the taskbar clock you need to edit the service.odex. There is a way to decompile the odex but when I tried to recompile it back I get an error message.
Maybe you will have better luck with it. Here is a video on how to Creating Android Themes for the G1. Video 2 shows how to change the clock color.
Hope this helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593932

chubbzlou said:
Many people including myself tried with no success I think in order to change the color in the taskbar clock you need to edit the service.odex. There is a way to decompile the odex but when I tried to recompile it back I get an error message.
Maybe you will have better luck with it. Here is a video on how to Creating Android Themes for the G1. Video 2 shows how to change the clock color.
Hope this helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593932
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Thanks for the vids. It looks like in services.jar there is suppose to be a classes.dex file, but for some reason the ROMS aren't including this file...hmmm weird. I also noticed the videos didnt have sound... LOL Im gonna give it a shot.

obannvi said:
Thanks for the vids. It looks like in services.jar there is suppose to be a classes.dex file, but for some reason the ROMS aren't including this file...hmmm weird.
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That's because our ROMs have a services.odex instead of services.jar. I've tried a few times to decompile and re-compile the services.odex file with no success.

daryelv said:
That's because our ROMs have a services.odex instead of services.jar. I've tried a few times to decompile and re-compile the services.odex file with no success.
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Ahh that makes sense. I do see a services.odex file. Now I gotta figure out how to deodex them. LOL

So does anyone know yet?

VinceOB said:
Ahh that makes sense. I do see a services.odex file. Now I gotta figure out how to deodex them. LOL
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I'm pretty sure you're going to need Baksmali and Smali for that. I was looking around on Jesus-Freke's website and saw "How to deodex with Baksmali" but I never clicked it since CyanogenMOD is deodexed.

heres the file you helped me edit Vince lol. I made it gray instead of black.
nm this is for older fresh style roms. they probably changed the new ones hadnt ripped em open since running froyo and you can edit clock color in the cm settings.

Themed Calendar

I really didn't like that wooden calendar and it's colors, so I changed it a little bit.
There is only one color that I couldn't find. (picture number 2)
Special Thanks to biopsin for helping me to build this,
and thanks to cheatman for looking in to it.
If you want to try it, just download the zip file and flash it via recovery.

Does anyone know why I can't change those colors?

Hey guy,
I'm sorry but I can't help you. But i like your app. Please don't give up!

odysseus84 said:
Hey guy,
I'm sorry but I can't help you. But i like your app. Please don't give up!
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I'm trying, but I haven't found a way to edit that xml. I don't have any problem
with other xmls but this one... I don't know what's wrong.

Looks like some great work there mate. As for your odd xml file problem, I'm not sure there's much you can do. I've had problems like that with a couple of apk's and I've never found a reliable fix. Sorry

Decompile the apk using apktool or apkmanager .... n den edit the xml....n compile agn
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agc93 said:
Looks like some great work there mate. As for your odd xml file problem, I'm not sure there's much you can do. I've had problems like that with a couple of apk's and I've never found a reliable fix. Sorry
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Yeah, I've had this problem before with a framework.

Thats a nice theme. The wooden calendar wasnt really bad, but your theme makes it really nice!

I realy like your theme. The contacts.apk and the phone.apk are "woody ugly" too. Would you theme theese apps too?

Can you post your said XML alone as an attachment (the already modified and original)? I'd like to take a look at it.
As some resources (files in the /res folder) are shared between apps through the framework, changing anything shared might result in an inconsistency and FC the app.
A workaround might be to completely decompile the framework as a dependency and modify it there. It would result in a more dramatic change, but it would cross over to other apps such as the contacts, dialer and calendar simultaneously.
PS: this also applies to the browser, email app, contacts and so on, depending on what you change.

cheatman said:
completely decompile the framework as a dependency and modify it there.
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but How?
by using what software?
I face similar issue and tried with apktool and apkmanager with no hope.
Would u give me a hand?

odysseus84 said:
I realy like your theme. The contacts.apk and the phone.apk are "woody ugly" too. Would you theme theese apps too?
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I've already woked on both of them, you can find them in Themes and Apps section.

cheatman said:
Can you post your said XML alone as an attachment (the already modified and original)? I'd like to take a look at it.
As some resources (files in the /res folder) are shared between apps through the framework, changing anything shared might result in an inconsistency and FC the app.
A workaround might be to completely decompile the framework as a dependency and modify it there. It would result in a more dramatic change, but it would cross over to other apps such as the contacts, dialer and calendar simultaneously.
PS: this also applies to the browser, email app, contacts and so on, depending on what you change.
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So there are lots of things that should be checked.
I uploded the xml here. There are 3 colors in this xml and I can't change any of
them. The xml is in layout folder and there is another xml with the same name in
layout-land folder. I've tried working on this one as well but the result is the
same as the other one.
Anyway, thanks for looking in to it, mate.

sohrab1985 said:
I've already woked on both of them, you can find them in Themes and Apps section.
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Yes, i know that. They are nice but they don't look as good as the calendar (cause blue). Maybe you can change the colours to a few dark colours like your calendar (it's perfect for Meizu's Dark Theme)
What ever is come... thanks for your work
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odysseus84 said:
Yes, i know that. They are nice but they don't look as good as the calendar (cause blue). Maybe you can change the colours to a few dark colours like your calendar (it's perfect for Meizu's Dark Theme)
What ever is come... thanks for your work
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I see what I can do.

Ok, in the XML I can see you have three variations of brown/orange. Judging by the colors, I suspect this is the default XML, before editing it.
The colors are #ffbe801d, #ffede3c2 and #ff503200. What values are you trying to set instead of these? What I mean is, how EXACTLY are you replacing the actual text in the XML:
#ffbe801d becomes: ???
#ffede3c2 becomes: ???
#ff503200 becomes: ???
This is important as the color representation is not the basic HEX code encountered in regular web dev (for example). It's a 16-bit hex representation with alpha. The first two elements (ff) stand for 100% opacity.
C.

cheatman said:
Ok, in the XML I can see you have three variations of brown/orange. Judging by the colors, I suspect this is the default XML, before editing it.
The colors are #ffbe801d, #ffede3c2 and #ff503200. What values are you trying to set instead of these? What I mean is, how EXACTLY are you replacing the actual text in the XML:
#ffbe801d becomes: ???
#ffede3c2 becomes: ???
#ff503200 becomes: ???
This is important as the color representation is not the basic HEX code encountered in regular web dev (for example). It's a 16-bit hex representation with alpha. The first two elements (ff) stand for 100% opacity.
C.
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Yeah, that's right, this is the default xml.
I edit the xml same as other xmls which I edit without any problem, I just open
the xml in a text file and change the value I want to edit and then I save it and
after that I compile it with Apk Manager.
I just want to change them to something like gray, for example I want to change
#ffbe801d to #ff787878 and #ffede3c2 to #ffbcbcbc. It dosen't matter if they
are not exactly these colors, like I said before I just want to make them gray
For the third one, I don't think it changes those two colors that I want to change.
Btw, thanks for helping.

Well, I've looked into it and I can:
1. Fully Decompile the APK. It doesn't need any shared resources from external packages.
2. Edit the XMLs accordingly. I have also seen that you were very thorough in your theme creation process.
It's all good apparently, however, I am unable to recompile everything back. The APK tool reports some missing resources. For some reason, there is a dependency that is not satisfied, although the package decompiles correctly (I have never seen a similar package before).
I'll have to scour some Google documentation before I'll come up with a relevant result, so it may take a while. I'm not gonna let it fly, though. The entire process should be plain smooth and must be doable anyway.

Hi
I have no issues bulding the calendar. If u send me your edited files i can try build it for you..also chech if apktool is up to date, using older ver. will hand out errors..
Edit
Tested these colors
#ffbe801d becomes: ff6090bf
#ffede3c2 becomes: ff9198b1
#ff503200 becomes: ff001d50
ref. : http://www.color-hex.com/
and it builded ok
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cheatman said:
Well, I've looked into it and I can:
1. Fully Decompile the APK. It doesn't need any shared resources from external packages.
2. Edit the XMLs accordingly. I have also seen that you were very thorough in your theme creation process.
It's all good apparently, however, I am unable to recompile everything back. The APK tool reports some missing resources. For some reason, there is a dependency that is not satisfied, although the package decompiles correctly (I have never seen a similar package before).
I'll have to scour some Google documentation before I'll come up with a relevant result, so it may take a while. I'm not gonna let it fly, though. The entire process should be plain smooth and must be doable anyway.
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I'm sorry for putting you throurgh all of this, it's not really a big deal, mate.

[Q] A Path to Take

Hey Guys,
I wanna learn modding and developing Android. I'm new to XDA and don't know which path to take. Should I start by modding some .apks or should I use Android SDK to learn to develop apps. BTW, I use Linux (Xubuntu 1.04) and I'm familiar with the Command Line. I just want somebody to point me in the right direction.
Thank you...

JasonKZLY said:
I'm new to XDA and don't know which path to take.
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Hi.
Take which ever comes naturally, but you should have some idea before signing up as modding an apk or two is a bit different to developing a full app I would say. I would start by reading reading and reading some more.

Hmm...
XperienceD said:
Hi.
Take which ever comes naturally, but you should have some idea before signing up as modding an apk or two is a bit different to developing a full app I would say. I would start by reading reading and reading some more.
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I found this thread by Cyanogen --- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298. I decided to take his advice but I have another question, a bit stupid one perhaps, I was trying to edit my Android's Phone.apk. I was changing the colour of the numbers in the dialpad to blue, I used Gimp (Yes, I changed the mode to RGB) and edited the .png files in both drawable-hdpi-finger and drawable-mdpi-finger. I signed and zip-aligned the .apk, after putting it in my phone's system/app, changing permissions and rebooting. The Numbers in the dial-pad was still white in colour, I had also edited the unknow-caller png and that worked but the dialpad thingy didn't work. Any ideas???

JasonKZLY said:
I found this thread by Cyanogen
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A third path then. :silly:
JasonKZLY said:
The Numbers in the dial-pad was still white in colour, I had also edited the unknow-caller png and that worked but the dialpad thingy didn't work. Any ideas???
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It might not be an image but controlled by an xml, or the buttons you've changed aren't what's used by the Phone etc, for example the dialer buttons in my Phonebook to make a call aren't the same as when I'm on a call, as the ones used while I'm in a call are in another apk, which for me is SEMCPhone.apk, which you'll only find on SonyEricsson/Sony Phones.

[Q] Edit .9.png files

Hi everyone, I'm searching and trying for quite a while now but still can't get it right.
I'm trying to edit the chat bubbles of whatsapp to match my theme. I decompiled the app, used gimp to edit, tested it with draw9patch, compiled it & signed. But when I put it back on my phone it just won't show the edited files. I checked with 7z and the files are in there, checked any other map for the same files but nope.
I did encounter a few errors with compiling and working with .9.png's since it is my first time. But I could find everything I needed to fix them and eventually got it right, just can't find how to get it to show my edited files.
Some help would be really appreciated=)

anyone?

turkey744 said:
anyone?
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How did you edit it with gimp? You cant test it with the draw 9 tool that is used to redraw the lines.
Also remember that you have to remove the border before you edit the image or run it through the .9 tool.

zelendel said:
How did you edit it with gimp? You cant test it with the draw 9 tool that is used to redraw the lines.
Also remember that you have to remove the border before you edit the image or run it through the .9 tool.
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I put in 2 layers since I changed the opacity which affects the whole picture. So i redrew the black lines in a new layer at the same spot with the same colour(many people mentioned that you could just redraw it).
Previously I didn't redraw the black lines but then it failed to compile the app.

turkey744 said:
I put in 2 layers since I changed the opacity which affects the whole picture. So i redrew the black lines in a new layer at the same spot with the same colour(many people mentioned that you could just redraw it).
Previously I didn't redraw the black lines but then it failed to compile the app.
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You can but it is unstable and it has to be the top layer when you merge the image. I would not advise doing this way and would tell anyone that is that they are doing it wrong.

zelendel said:
You can but it is unstable and it has to be the top layer when you merge the image. I would not advise doing this way and would tell anyone that is that they are doing it wrong.
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Just made sure it was the upper layer, still the same result. And I already tried manually drawing the lines in 9patch with the same result. The files seem to be fine, if they weren't then shouldn't whatsapp be unable to open/install?

turkey744 said:
Just made sure it was the upper layer, still the same result. And I already tried manually drawing the lines in 9patch with the same result. The files seem to be fine, if they weren't then shouldn't whatsapp be unable to open/install?
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Then it is pulling the images from another folder. Use the layouts folder to find out where. I no longer use whatsapp so I'm not sure where they would be.

zelendel said:
Then it is pulling the images from another folder. Use the layouts folder to find out where. I no longer use whatsapp so I'm not sure where they would be.
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I can't find anything else that could be used as the balloons. Even checked my theme if that has something inside from whatsapp. Since it does overlay some parts, but not the bubbles. Can't I put my edited files in there so my theme overlays them?

Still could use some help

[Q] How to dim soft keys Loli 5.1

Title say all , i have a Nexus 5 lolipop 5.1 and i want to full dim 0 my visor . Softkeys inclued.
Need help please.

If you want to dim the navigation bar (why would you need to?) you'll probably have to decompile SystemUI, modify the drawables then recompile, or use Xposed.

It's not necessary to decompile. As .apk is actually a .zip, you can simply change .png-s inside drawable folders.
But if you use 5.1 it will be much harder to change original SystemUI with yours, because of security changes in system partition.

zagorteney said:
It's not necessary to decompile. As .apk is actually a .zip, you can simply change .png-s inside drawable folders.
But if you use 5.1 it will be much harder to change original SystemUI with yours, because of security changes in system partition.
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This one is tricky though since you have to make sure, not to damage the signature. Some PNG use a "special" format and need to be decompiled first --> modified --> recompiled --> injected again in the Framework.

Gorgtech said:
This one is tricky though since you have to make sure, not to damage the signature. Some PNG use a "special" format and need to be decompiled first --> modified --> recompiled --> injected again in the Framework.
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I wrote this many times: you DON'T need to decompile apps which came from factory image. And even .9.png-s can be simplycomment on this are changed. For example: We wish to change background of power widget. 1. Pull the Settings.apk from /data/priv-app. Copy to PC. Rename it to .zip (you don't need any extra tool for this) or use TotalCommander - you even don't need to rename .apk to .zip with it. We must look for appropriate image (appwidget_bg_holo.9.png in /res/drawable-xxhdpi-v4) inside. Make some regullary png in Photoshop in size and resolution of original one - you can free your imaginations about colors as you like. Now copy the name of original image and with paste rename your own. Put your renamed image into .zip (overwrite original one) and thats all philosophy.
This is possible just with apps from factory image and you will not brake any signature. This works for me since Xperia X10 until Nexus 5 with 5.0.2. On 5.1 biggest problem is (at least for me) that I don't know how to integrate updates of system apps into rom. But if you are on 5.0.2 or above, you can simply try. Just remember to backup first.
Regards, Zagor
P.S. Any further informations are welcome, but at least people try this first. And it's a little annoying to write this down over and over again.

Extracting and inserting pictures is not the problem but like I mentioned before, the "9" PNG. If you simply copy them, edit them and reinsert them again, it might turn out to be a mess and these pictures are not displayed the right way. I gave up theming stuff a long time ago since it´s not really worth the trouble anymore. At least if you use a legal Gfx tool ( since I have my doubts that most people own a real licensed version of Photoshop anyway ) like eg. GIMP, you might expect some trouble if you don´t decompile "9" PNGs first. At least I can tell that I had to go through the trouble while I still had my old Galaxy S3 in order to make them usable, the way I wanted them to be
I know the procedure, don´t worry

Gorgtech said:
Extracting and inserting pictures is not the problem but like I mentioned before, the "9" PNG. If you simply copy them, edit them and reinsert them again, it might turn out to be a mess and these pictures are not displayed the right way. I gave up theming stuff a long time ago since it´s not really worth the trouble anymore. At least if you use a legal Gfx tool ( since I have my doubts that most people own a real licensed version of Photoshop anyway ) like eg. GIMP, you might expect some trouble if you don´t decompile "9" PNGs first. At least I can tell that I had to go through the trouble while I still had my old Galaxy S3 in order to make them usable, the way I wanted them to be
I know the procedure, don´t worry
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As I said: you must not copy and edit existing .9.png. You have to create a new one and just name it with the procedure as I wrote above. So you have to copy the name of .9.png and paste that in the name of your own image. Am I clear enough now?
Forgive me to say, but you don't know this. Sorry.
Best regards, Zagor

I guess you don´t read what I write ? If you want to color a existing image ( "9" ), it will be displayed faulty if you don´t proceed like I did. End of the story. You can replace it with another image you can rename but it won´t be displayed the right way in some circumstances. I´m out.
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As I said: you must not copy and edit existing .9.png. You have to create a new one and just name it with the procedure as I wrote above. So you have to copy the name of .9.png and paste that in the name of your own image. Am I clear enough now?
Forgive me to say, but you don't know this. Sorry.
Best regards, Zagor
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Gorgtech said:
I guess you don´t read what I write ? If you want to color a existing image ( "9" ), it will be displayed faulty if you don´t proceed like I did. End of the story. You can replace it with another image you can rename but it won´t be displayed the right way in some circumstances. I´m out.
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Out of what? Space?
I don't guess, I conclude: You don't read or understood what I wrote.
Back to topic: OP: If you want to change navbars buttons (those are ordinary .png-s) you can simply pull them off, modify them and put back into .apk as I already described. You don't need to decompile, compile, undercompile or hipercompile anything.
Regards from Jupiter (yes, I'm also out), Zagor

And the last and for all!
This has been done without superduperpuper compiling. Just pure windows and photoshop.
@Elluel, @Gorgtech and all of the other sceptics: Look at the navbars of attached screenshot and next time, please check the informations before you disagree with them.
Regards, Zagor

IMO @zagorteney is right as long as you do not unzip/extract the apk. If you check the .9.png with a zip viewer then you can see the black border of 1px. Modifying the icon/log/picture without touching the black borders should not create bugs.
Regarding the navbar buttons it's easier as explained above.

@Primokorn
I've changed almost all of Xperia S UI on that way, to looks more AOSP. But at the end I figured it out, that it's simplier if I get Nexus.
Just to notice you. The problem is because in photoshop you can't create .9.png-s. But if you create your own png and rename it with the mentioned method, there will be no problem with those images either. For example, you can try to change power widget background on this way.

zagorteney said:
@Primokorn
I've changed almost all of Xperia S UI on that way, to looks more AOSP. But at the end I figured it out, that it's simplier if I get Nexus.
Just to notice you. The problem is because in photoshop you can't create .9.png-s. But if you create your own png and rename it with the mentioned method, there will be no problem with those images either. For example, you can try to change power widget background on this way.
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Actually you can create .9.png files with Photoshop. I did it a lot of times.
Anyways all my modded apks have been decompiled/modified/recompiled because you cannot use this method for .xml files, can you? Moreover, theming files with a phone is a mess compared to a comfortable destop version of PS lol

@Primokorn
Yes, its true if we are talking about some serious theming. But OP just want to get little different nav buttons. So, I just want to say, that you don't need to change any .xml for that purpose, you don't need to decompile and recompile and you don't need to worry that you'll break signatures. As simple as that.
That's all folks.

zagorteney said:
@Primokorn
Yes, its true if we are talking about some serious theming. But OP just want to get little different nav buttons. So, I just want to say, that you don't need to change any .xml for that purpose, you don't need to decompile and recompile and you don't need to worry that you'll break signatures. As simple as that.
That's all folks.
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Yes, I know. Everything is clear on my side

Primokorn said:
Yes, I know. Everything is clear on my side
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At least one who deserves all of those thanx.

zagorteney said:
At least one who deserves all of those thanx.
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Do not be rude. Nobody can know everything and it is one of the goals of XDA to learn every day. All recognized members deserve their status.

A app that do that easy and without so much work is nice , my know how on this stuffs are limited :crying: , im kitkat i use a app that does that without so many work , now i use another but just dim the visor the softkeys still are very white full light... :crying:

Primokorn said:
Do not be rude. Nobody can know everything and it is one of the goals of XDA to learn every day. All recognized members deserve their status.
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The problem is that n00bs are mislead by recognized members who think that they know everything. At least they could check before post.
And no, I'm not rude. Rude are exactly those contributors.