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[HOW TO] Make your own bootscreen and create signed zip

Here's a tutorial for those wanting to make their own (animated) bootscreen for the HTC Hero. Decided to write it after I'd seen a couple of posts from people asking about this, and some encouragement from yet another. I've tried to write this in greatest detail possible, so everyone can have a go at doing this.
Tools
It's really quite simple, if you have the proper tools for the job:
SignAPK.jar + testkey.pk8 + testkey.x509.pem
SignAPK.cmd (batch file written by me to facilitate signapk.jar use)
Graphics editor that can work with animated GIF files (Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks recommended)
a plain text editor capable of editing UNIX files (if you're unsure about this, use the free, and open source Notepad++. You can get the Installer.exe here.)
These aren't required, but make things easier:
Android SDK Tools installed (working adb.exe at the very least)
Hero's stock bootscreen to start from)
I have attached two stock Hero bootscreens (one with and one without the HTC startup sound), as well a zip file with the signapk files.
Setting up SignAPK
First, make sure you have Java installed. If not go to www.java.com to install it.
Second, I recommend to unzip the SignAPK_xda.zip file to C:\SignAPK.
Lastly, add the signapk folder to your PATH environment variable:
[*]Go to Control Panel, System
[*]Click on "Advanced" (or "Advanced System Settings")
[*]Click the button "Environment Variables..."
[*]Locate the PATH variable under "User Variables" (or "System variables" if you want to use SignAPK under other user accounts) and double-click it to edit
[*]In the "Variable Value" field, at the end of the line, type a semi-colon and the path to the signapk files ;C:\SignAPK
[*]You could also add the path to your java.exe file here if you have troubles with running signapk.​
A note on signapk.CMD
I wrote this batch file so it's possible to sign a zip file from a command line with the least amount of typing (saves time and less chance of a typo). It will check for java.exe and if it doesn't find it in your %PATH% it will let you know and try anyway. It will also prompt you to overwrite or not, if it finds the signed destination file already exists. Open in notepad to find out more.
Contents of bootscreen_stock.zip
You can delete the following three files, as they are created by the signing process:
META-INF\CERT.RSA
META-INF\CERT.SF
META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
This file contains the command to copy the files to the SYSTEM: volume on your device - you never need to edit this:
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
This file tells Android how and which files to display - open in Notepad++:
system\media\bootscreen\boot_animation.xml
Then we have the actual bootscreen files:
system\media\bootscreen\boot1.gif - shown first, and plays only once
system\media\bootscreen\boot2.gif - shown after first ends, and loops forever (i.e. until end of boot sequence)
system\media\bootscreen\boot_bg.gif - optional file, this file is used as background during entire boot sequence if the 2 aforementioned files are smaller than Hero's screen
system\media\bootscreen\boot.mp3 - optional sound file, played once during boot
boot_animation.xml file contents
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
* Copyright (C) 2008 HTC Inc.
*
-->
[COLOR="Red"]<!-- For new bootup animation
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
image2="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif" (optional)
image3="/system/media/bootscreen/boot3.gif" (optional)
screenX="100" (optional)
screenY="130" (optional)
image_bg = "/system/media/bootscreen/boot_bg.gif" (optional)
useAudio="1" // 1: true ; 0:false (optional)
/>
</BootConfiguration>
-->
[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]<!-- For cropped version -->
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
image2="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
image3="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
loopimage="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
image_bg="/system/media/bootscreen/boot_bg.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
screenX="10"
screenY="180"
useAudio="1"
/>
</BootConfiguration>
[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]<!-- For full screen version -->
<!--BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
useAudio="1"
/>
</BootConfiguration-->[/COLOR]
This is the file included with the stock bootscreen. This file actually contains 3(!) configurations, however the first and third (red-colored) have been commented out. In short, edit the middle (green-colored) "BootConfiguration" section.
Delete the line that begins with image3= as you won't need it.
If you do not wish to include a startup sound, delete lines starting with:
audio=
useaudio=
Alternatively, simply set useAudio=0
If you boot1.gif and boot2.gif files are both 320x480 pixels, delete lines starting with:
image_bg=
screenX=
screenY=
Alternatively, simply set screenX=0 and screenY=0
If you delete the audio= and image_bg= lines, you can ofcourse delete the files audio.mp3 and image_bg.gif to keep the update.zip as small as possible.
ScreenX and ScreenY are coordinates in pixels, that tell Android where to place the GIF files on the screen. Top-left of the screen would be ScreenX=0 and ScreenY=0; bottom-right would be ScreenX=320 and ScreenY=480. This means that if you make a GIF file that is 200 px wide and 180px high and you wish to center this on the screen, you'd use ScreenX=60 and ScreenY=150 (i.e. ScreenX=320-200=120/2=60 and ScreenY=480-180=300/2=150). If your GIF files are exactly 320x480 pixels, you can set ScreenX and ScreenY both to 0, or leave those two lines out entirely.
Creating a GIF animation from scratch
(boot1.gif and boot2.gif)
Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 (cannot speak for older versions, I think you'd need the now discontinued Adobe ImageReady instead):
Create a layer for each frame of your animation (yes, I didn't say creating an animation from scratch wouldn't be a lot of work)
Click Window -> Animation to show the Animation panel
Click the panel menu (top right icon in panel) and choose "Make Frames from Layers"
If the frames are loaded in reverse from what you intended, choose "Reverse Frames" from the Animation panel menu
From the panel menu, choose "Optimize Animation" and UNtick both "Bounding Box" and "Redundant Pixel Removal"
Finally, go to File -> Save for Web & Devices, UNtick "Transparency" and play with some of the options to reduce file size.
To (re-)open an animated GIF file in Photoshop CS4, go to File -> Import -> Video Frames to Layers and type in the file name box *.gif then hit the Enter key so you can see GIF files, browse to it, select and click Load.
Using Adobe Fireworks CS4:
Make sure the "States" panel is visible, via Window -> States
Create a new "State" for each frame of your animation
To set frame delays, or basically set how long each frame will be shown for, in 100ths of a second, select one or more states and right-click, choose "Properties"
Make sure you do not use transparency (this gave me problems)
To save, go to File -> Save As, set "Save as Type" to "Animated GIF (*.gif)" and "click Options"
Do check "Dither" for better looking gradients and transitions
Play with the options on the first tab to reduce file size
On the "Animation" tab, UNcheck "Crop each state" (don't do this and get some crazy glitchy results in your bootscreen)
Creating a GIF animation by converting a G1 bootscreen animation to Hero format
(boot1.gif and boot2.gif)
You can also import a bunch of PNG files as layers (and subsequently frames) from, for example, a G1 bootscreen.
The fastest way in my experience is simply using Fireworks' File -> Open dialog, make sure all files are in one directory, select them all, do check the "Open as Animation" checkbox and click "Open". This will open each file into its own state in one big file. Then use instructions above to set frame delays and proceed to save as animated GIF.
You can also do it in Photoshop, but this method is very slow, via File -> Scripts -> Load Files into Stack (UNtick "Create Smart Object after loading layers"). Then follow the steps above to create an animated GIF file.
Compiling your bootscreen
If you have the files you want, it's time to zip them and then sign the zip file.
Make a folder "mybootscreen" and unzip the stock bootscreen into that, so it looks like this:
META-INF\CERT.RSA
META-INF\CERT.SF
META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
system\media\bootscreen\boot_animation.xml
system\media\bootscreen\boot1.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot2.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot_bg.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot.mp3
Delete those first 3 files, edit the XML file as needed and replace the GIF files with your own (see my explanations above).
Use for example 7-zip to select the 2 folders META-INF and system and click "Add" (to create new archive)
Make sure you set "Archive Format" to ZIP
Open a Command Prompt window (click Start, Run, type cmd and click OK, or if you have Vista or Windows 7, click Start, type cmd and hit Enter key)
Use this command to go to the directory with your zip file: CD /D C:\path\to\your\file
Type signapk mybootscreen.zip and hit Enter key
Barring any typo's you should now have a file named mybootscreen_signed.zip. You can copy that to the root of your SDCARD and flash it via your recovery image, or use DroidExplorer's flash function.
If this tutorial was of any use to you, or you have ideas to make it better, please reply and let me know. Thanks for reading!
EDIT (2010-04-11): updated SignApk_xda_v20100411.zip. Fixed a couple of forgotten quotes in signapk.cmd that made signing files with spaces in their filenames impossible. New zipfile attached.

wooooo THANKS!
THANKS A LOT! I have made the animated gifs and the sound, but I was insure how to sign and create the signed zip. I'll be trying this ASAP when Ive finished work. Ill keep you posted....
Thanks again m8.

Great guide, I have made my own bootscreen for the Villain rom, but for some reason, when i flash it to my hero, on boot, it plays less than a second of it, ad then messes up completely and displays random static like on an old tv, and then just a black screen for the remainder of the boot time
Help!! my gifs are not that big, i made sure of that (only slightly more than the stock) and i made them in photoshop CS4 with the animations panel, and followed your instructions to the letter.
Gifs are bellow, please help, as i would really like to release these, as i think they are really nice.
Boot1
{
"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"
}
Boot2

Hey, very nice work! Try the zip I've attached. I think it came out great.
It boils down to a few small problems. Here are some steps I took to correct them:
Imported your files into PS as I described in the tutorial using "Video frames to Layers"
Edit -> Convert to Profile -> sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (UNcheck "Flatten Image")
For just boot1.gif in Animation Panel, bottom left, set looping to "Once"
For just boot1.gif via Image -> Image Size... -> Width:320px, Height:480px, Resolution:72dpi, Check Resample Image and set to "Bicubic"
File -> Save for Web & Devices, with these settings: Selective, Diffusion, UNcheck transparency, UNcheck interlaced, Colors:64 (as this is a grayscale animation, it looks fine), Dither:100%, Matte:none, Web snap:0%, Lossy:0, Metadata:none.
The end result is bigger files, but they work. The XML was fine.

Great! thanks a lot for your help, and your original guide, I might do a few more boot screens now as it looks really good (in my opinion)

mattyyey said:
THANKS A LOT! I have made the animated gifs and the sound, but I was insure how to sign and create the signed zip. I'll be trying this ASAP when Ive finished work. Ill keep you posted....
Thanks again m8.
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How'd it come out? Would love to see your results!

Really interessant, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this How-To!
For the signing process I haven't use your "signapk.cmd" (since I'm a linux user)But I have a question: testkey.x509.pem & testkey.pk8 you provied are only to sign app for the Hero? or is it a standard Android singning process? I mean... where are those key from?
For now i've just "resign" the stockbootscreen for "educational purpose", soon I'll try to create something, I hope
EDIT: Okay I was able to resign the original one correctly since I was able to flash it, BUT my bootscreen is still this nexus one animated. So maybe I don't understand wich bootscreen we actually modifing. I know this is not the really first one (this one is fine: spend one day to find that we need a custom SPL to change my ex horrible T-mobile first bootscreen to a Hero one) So why can't I remove the nexus one coming with aHero ROM?
EDIT2: using
Code:
./adb pull /system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif ./Desktop
I get the right image... that mean the files are correctly flashed on my ROM but nothing change so that mean aHero is using a different path for the 2nd bootscreen ???
Thanks for any hint

carbonyle said:
Really interessant, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this How-To!
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You're most welcome!
carbonyle said:
For the signing process I haven't use your "signapk.cmd" (since I'm a linux user)But I have a question: testkey.x509.pem & testkey.pk8 you provied are only to sign app for the Hero? or is it a standard Android singning process? I mean... where are those key from?
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The signapk files (except signapk.cmd) came from a 5MB file named "AndroidMod.zip" that floats around the internet, so to speak. It also contains 3 img files, part of a tutorial I guess, which are not needed for signing. The testkey certificates were created by whomever made that zipfile. The credentials for those files are quite anonymous ("Android" and "[email protected]", etc), so they should be fine to use. You could use openssl to generate your own key files. I tried, and they generated okay, but zips signed with my own certificate wouldn't flash. Recovery (Amon RA) kept saying the files weren't signed. So if you figure out how to properly generate your own certificates, I'd love to hear it.
carbonyle said:
For now i've just "resign" the stockbootscreen for "educational purpose", soon I'll try to create something, I hope
EDIT: Okay I was able to resign the original one correctly since I was able to flash it, BUT my bootscreen is still this nexus one animated. So maybe I don't understand wich bootscreen we actually modifing. I know this is not the really first one (this one is fine: spend one day to find that we need a custom SPL to change my ex horrible T-mobile first bootscreen to a Hero one) So why can't I remove the nexus one coming with aHero ROM?
EDIT2: using
Code:
./adb pull /system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif ./Desktop
I get the right image... that mean the files are correctly flashed on my ROM but nothing change so that mean aHero is using a different path for the 2nd bootscreen ???
Thanks for any hint
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I don't know I'll download aHero and have a look.
EDIT: Okay, just had a quick look in "aHero07-signed.zip" and it appears Android 2.1 uses a different bootscreen format. Do this:
adb shell
cd /system/media
ls
Instead of a bootscreen directory you'll see a file "bootanimation.zip". Instead of 2 animated GIFs, it contains 2 directories. Each directory is an animation, with a bunch of PNG files for frames. A text file describes which dir is what animation (order of playback) and the delay between frames. If you want to convert a 1.5/1.6 bootscreen from GIFs to seperate PNGs for use in this new format, just open the GIF file in Photoshop (or GIMP I guess) as described and save each frame as a seperate file (Photoshop has a function or script for that, maybe GIMP does too).
Maybe you'll find more information in this thread. I got the Supernova bootscreen graphics (see my sig) from there, which I converted into a bootscreen for Cupcake.

Well, my experience from running 2.1, you can use the bootanimation.zip, or if you delete it and create the bootscreen folder, it also works.
I have the same problem though, when I load up my gif, using the old method, it looks like hells just got unleashed on the gif. Nothing in place, static, etc... I followed your tutorial, tried a couple things, nothing has been working so far...
EDIT: Nvm, found another program to remove the transparency, works now! Got bored, haven't seen any terminal style logins - this works great for my phone, the timing might be different for others though.
To get it working, just delete your bootanimation.zip and flash the zip as usual.
Boot1
Boot2
http://groups.google.com/group/admin-panel-dev/web/terminal_signed.zip

Great tutorial! And nice work that one is Warhawk
I have a problem. I made one by screen capturing some video. Converted it to .gif fine. I can play it in windows fine, but when flashing to android the image just gives a black screen (its only the gif area of the screen cos the animation is only 300x120.
I have provided the .gif above, if anyone can help.
Thanks

I went ahead and removed the transparency from the gif, it showed up on my Hero just fine when I zip/signed it.

Aaah Thanks so much buddy. I swear i tried that though (maybe i made a mistake)
Cheers so much!

I am getting an error after flashing. My installation aborts.
...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
E:Can't find update script
Installation aborted.
...
Can you help??

quan_one said:
I am getting an error after flashing. My installation aborts.
...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
E:Can't find update script
Installation aborted.
...
Can you help??
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Upload your update.zip. Some-one should be able to help.

Did you include the update-script to: \META-INF\com\google\android

Hey guys I created my own boot screen but I am failing to see why my gif will not display on my hero. I have created it from scratch being careful not to include any transparent images or layers but it still displays as a black screen. I am not sure what would cause my gif not to play on my phone other than a transparency issue.
Any help would be more than welcome.
(I am able to sign my zip and flash it no problem)
(edit: The image was my actual .gif but after upload it turn into a jpeg. I will host the file and upload from there.)
My stuff can be found here at mediafire : http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=43b651ad9cd91774e7c82ed4b8f0c380e53d1e35008d24d5d8c7c6998cb4ca21
.psd
signed zip
Thanks again!

rejectedkid said:
Hey guys I created my own boot screen but I am failing to see why my gif will not display on my hero. ...
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You need to go into mybootanimation_signed.zip\system\media\bootscreen and edit your boot_animation.xml.
phaelox said:
...ScreenX and ScreenY are coordinates in pixels, that tell Android where to place the GIF files on the screen. Top-left of the screen would be ScreenX=0 and ScreenY=0; bottom-right would be ScreenX=320 and ScreenY=480. This means that if you make a GIF file that is 200 px wide and 180px high and you wish to center this on the screen, you'd use ScreenX=60 and ScreenY=150 (i.e. ScreenX=320-200=120/2=60 and ScreenY=480-180=300/2=150). If your GIF files are exactly 320x480 pixels, you can set ScreenX and ScreenY both to 0, or leave those two lines out entirely...
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The difficult thing is that you have two .gifs that are diff sizes so not too sure what to do.
On the one I made, my .gifs are both the same resolution so the value I set for ScreenX and ScreenY work for both.
Look at some other people's .xml files and hope you find someone elses that also uses two different resolution .gifs.

ah. thanks for your input
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

And just because there are no transparent images that you can see or know you put in, doesn't mean that they aren't in there. For some reason, even if I untick Transparent layers in PS, I still get them. I went and got Animation Shop 3, optimized the gif after making it in PS, then re-wrote the file, and everything works fine.
Hope everything is working

Hi !
I have 2 questions :
First one :
To ddotpatel : Your bootscreen is really nice ! Is it working on any 2.1 rom or do I have to change it ? On which rom did you create it ?
And the second one, that tuto is working on 1.5 and 2.1 roms ? Because I heard that it was different to make an 1.5 bootscreen and an 2.1 one...
Thanks for your answers

[MOD] DIY Transparent Notification Drawer for Captivate FROYO

Like the title says, this is how to modify your Notification title drawer on the Captivate with Froyo like Tatuyama's theme's drawer(notification slide) for the i9000. This will tell you how to make it transparent and add a graphic or change the colors. This has been tested on Cog B7, dont think it works on i9000 roms like Shep's. I can help you though on this if you absolutely are dieing to do it. It will just take a little fandanglin and searching but can be done. I ripped apart Shep's rom and found all of Tat's mods, I jsut dont remember them off the top of my head..
I have also attached the drop bars from Tat's theme and another black AOSP bar should you want to use it. I have also included a PSD file to modify to your liking, my APK's for the frameworks I edited below (these include the tat icons already inside), a blank black background bar to use should you want, and other goodies for your modding needs. I have also slapped some screenies below to get an idea of wtf I am even talking about. Also if you use my Frameworks be aware that I am using the battery mod version "I" from that one thread, injected Tat's icons and goodies, and other MISC things.
I will try to do this as simple as possible. I dont linger in the themes area so you are pretty much on your own. I am going to write this tutorial based on Windows O/S and Adobe Photoshop. Attempt this at your own risk. If you biff it up its not my fault. I wrote the directions as I did it, and I am working great with awesome sauce dripping from my phone. I cannot be held responsible if you are below par of the preqs listed. I assume if you are going to attempt it you are competent and comfortable with all things required. However, should you somehow mess up, I do provide some SYA (save your ass) directions below. That being said, Good luck and Mod On!
Prerequisites:
1) ADB Dev Kit and experience using it (push, pull, shell)
2) Photoshop or other photo editing software & experience
3) Basic Windows experience: cut/copy/paste/rename/zipping/moving files. (if you use linux you shouldnt worry as you more than likely are a power user already and can cross apply).
Step 1: We need to download the APK's off the phone and get them ready for editing (or yank them out of the ROM package you download).
1) open a CMD (command prompt) window type:
adb pull /system/framework/twframework-res.apk C:\
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk C:\​This will save the files to your root of C:. Should you want to do it elsewhere you can specify or else leave it blank and it will stick the files in your developer kit folder.
2) (OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED! STEP) Navigate to where you saved the files, right click and copy/paste to make a set of backups of these files.
3) Rename the .apk to .zip files. You can also associate your .apk to a program like WinRAR or WinZIP instead. This will open APK Files by default or optional secondary(open with). This makes the whole thing a lot easier as you can open the file(APK) and leave it up, make the edits and drop them directly back into the APK. KEEP FILE STRUCTURE PROPER!
4) Extract the APK files to seperate folders or dig out the below files for editing.
Step 2: Editing the proper files.
1) Navigate to twframework.apk's extracted folder from above or these files you extracted.
2) Find and open sub folder /res/
3) Once in /res/ find and open /drawable-hdpi/
4) Once in /drawable-hdpi/ locate the following files:
- status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
- status_bar_header_background.png (this is the 5 icons across the top of drawer)
- status_bar_close_on.png (this is the dropdown bar at the bottom of drawer)
- quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)
5) Open these files in Photoshop(or another editor)
6) Verify these are set to RGB not Index color mode so you can edit them.
7) Edit the layers to make them transparent. If there are not layers, right click and "create layer from background". You can then edit your layer settings. I set mine to 75% transparency in Photoshop, the actual background to 85% to darken it up a little. This will take some tweaking to get it just perfect for you. Make sure you save them in .png format with the same name they started with and not the PSD or "copy". Also you want non interlaced if it prompts you.
8) Do the same steps for the framework-res.apk.
- status_bar_item_app_background_normal.9.png (not sure if this one is necessary)
- status_bar_item_background_normal.9.png (this is teh notifications)
Step 3: Put it together and upload.
After you update the files, you will need to inject them back ito the APK's where you got them (/res/drawable-hdpi/). You can do this by opening the APK with Winzip/WinRAR/7zip and put them in there or if you extracted the entire contents just zip it all back up. You will need to remove the .zip extension if you went that route. Also, make sure you open it after zipping and verify it maintains the correct structure or you will be doing the recovery shuffle after you reboot. If you see only 1 folder in your zip this is WRONG! You need to see assets, RES, META-INF, and 2 other files in there(manifests and resources). If you see all these then you are ready to rock and roll.
After you get them back together upload them to your device using:
adb push <location of apk you edited>\framework-res.apk /sdcard/
adb push <location of apk you edited>\twframework-res.apk /sdcard/​
then in teh same command prompt window (or another, whatever)
adb shell
su
cd sdcard
cp twframework-res.apk /system/framework/twframework-res.apk
cp framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
reboot​
It shouldnt take but a second to come back up. You are done.
It may take a little bit of editing of the files to get them to look OK. I spent most of my day today getting mine together. You can use them if you like the "hootie edition" or just edit your own.
SEE POST #6 IF SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!!
Screenies:
http://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-1.pnghttp://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-2.pnghttp://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-3.png

That looks fantastic. I want your notification drop down and all minus the owl of course and text, but can this be done by using metamorph instead of having to adb everything?

awsome write up. Looks pretty simple and I will attempt this when I get home today.

This is an absolutely EXCELLENT tutorial. Props to you. I will be doing this shortly to all my Captivates in the house, 3 in use, plus the 4th one I'm using as a Dev phone.

Hi,
I've followed your instructions. After the files have been pushed up, my phone goes through the usual errors due to the framework change. The problem I'm having is that after I restart my phone, the phone gets past the galaxy s screen, but then it goes black and does not respond. Any suggestions?

smeltn said:
That looks fantastic. I want your notification drop down and all minus the owl of course and text, but can this be done by using metamorph instead of having to adb everything?
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To be honest I have never used metamorph on the Captivate. On my G1 yes you could acheive that. I googled the metamorph tutorial Junkdruggler did and it looks rather lengthy and involved editing XML files. You can find that info here. Also, the files you would need to do my way with just a blank one are above. Just download the closebars zip and the "blank" zip. Then mod/inject your APK - or hell mine from above- and push it to your device. This is a rather quick ordeal.
thehavock18 said:
awsome write up. Looks pretty simple and I will attempt this when I get home today.
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miztaken1312 said:
This is an absolutely EXCELLENT tutorial. Props to you. I will be doing this shortly to all my Captivates in the house, 3 in use, plus the 4th one I'm using as a Dev phone.
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Thanks guys, took me a little while to figure it all out and a lot of framework pushing to get it just right Let me know how it turns out for you! Hell post some screenshots when you are done. I want to see them
gangpe said:
Hi,
I've followed your instructions. After the files have been pushed up, my phone goes through the usual errors due to the framework change. The problem I'm having is that after I restart my phone, the phone gets past the galaxy s screen, but then it goes black and does not respond. Any suggestions?
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THIS IS HOW TO SAVE YOURSELF
Well, not sure what you mean "usual errors" with framework change? I havent ever had any issues with the framework replacements. I occasionally have then crash if I replace them while phone is on and not in recovery. A reboot fixes this though. Are you using a Cap rom or an I9000? This doesnt work on I9000 roms as thier APK's are slightly different- teh HDPI folder has a v4 at the end (IIRC). I can help you through this though if that's the case..
If it truly is a cap rom, I did experience a similar problem on my phone one time when I pushed the framework.apk. What had happened is I right-clicked the ROOT directory I had placed all the files in and said to zip it. This caused the folder to be INSIDE the zip. So the file structure went like this:
>>ZIP FILE I CREATED>>
--------->>FOLDER ALL FILES WERE IN>>
------------------>>FILE STRUCTURE OF THE ORIGINAL APK>>
Which should have been
>>ZIP FILE I CREATED>>
--------->>FILE STRUCTURE OF ORIGINAL APK>>
To better explain it- If you open the zip you created, do you see the RES folder, META-INF folder, assets folder, and then there will be 2 other files? Or do you see 1 single folder? If you see 1 single folder you zipped it up incorrectly. You will need to go into the folder and select all-> right click-> zip (send to-> compressed folder). This should fix it. If this isnt the case something else went horribly wrong. To fix it we will need to restore the original files you hopefully backed up. If you didnt back up you still arent totally hosed- just redownload the ROM you are running, open it up and navigate to the /system/framework folder and pull out the original frameworks. Then follow these instructions to get them back on the device.
Step 1:
A quick way to get out of this situation is to take the copies rename them back to twframework-res.apk and framework-res.apk (or pull from the original rom package as mentioned above).
Hopefully you have the 2e recovery kernel, as you need it to get back to where you started. If you cant do clockwork, well you may as well odin cause you are a few flashes behind anyway.
K, so first you will need to download the update.zip I have included with this post. This is the clockwork recovery file. You will next need to put your phone in reocvery mode. to do this do:
adb reboot recovery
Step 2:
Next you will need push that file you downloaded to your SD. to do that you need to:
adb push <location of downloaded>\update.zip /sdcard/
Now, once in recovery- tell it to reinstall packages. This may reboot the phone. If it does, tell it to reinstall packages again. This should get you to clockwork recovery.
Step 3:
once you have a green clockwork recovery screen, you will get the chance to SU via ADB SHELL. You can then repeat the pushing of your ORIGINAL fles back to your phone and retry the process.
You could also pull the files you pushed to see what went wrong- but do that first as if you push before they will be overwritten with the original files.

Looking into doing a little custom work but before I do. Like Tat's theme do you need to edit XML files for specific things like the pop ups being black. Or do I just get the naming right and put the proper PNG in the apk.

thehavock18 said:
Looking into doing a little custom work but before I do. Like Tat's theme do you need to edit XML files for specific things like the pop ups being black. Or do I just get the naming right and put the proper PNG in the apk.
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This is only for the notification drawer and not the actual pop ups. If you want to edit the popups you will need to edit the XML files.

Thanks for the quick response. I might have to dive into all the XML edits.

thehavock18 said:
Thanks for the quick response. I might have to dive into all the XML edits.
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If you do post a how to thread cause I would like to know how myself

status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
If I ONLY wanted to make the pull-down menu background transparent the above file would be the only one that I need to mod... correct??

jslee1020 said:
status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
If I ONLY wanted to make the pull-down menu background transparent the above file would be the only one that I need to mod... correct??
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That is correct.
The one problem though is the AT&T (carrier part) at the top is also transparent and you quickly notice it looks a little strange with your items not transparent. I tried to live with it for a little bit but ended up modding the rest too.

malfuncion said:
That is correct.
The one problem though is the AT&T (carrier part) at the top is also transparent and you quickly notice it looks a little strange with your items not transparent. I tried to live with it for a little bit but ended up modding the rest too.
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quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)
is this the file for the AT&T carrier part??

The quick panel is actually the part that says "Notifications" or "On Going" below the AT&T part. THe AT&T and clear button is part of the actual background peice. So what happens is the AT&T part becomes transparent, while the notification peices are solid. It may not bother you but it bugged the crap out of me. It's personal preference really..

malfuncion said:
The quick panel is actually the part that says "Notifications" or "On Going" below the AT&T part. THe AT&T and clear button is part of the actual background peice. So what happens is the AT&T part becomes transparent, while the notification peices are solid. It may not bother you but it bugged the crap out of me. It's personal preference really..
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I get it. Well I'll try it out and see... I guess no better way to learn then to experience it first hand Thanks!

I was able to take the Cog Beta 7 framwork and Tat's framwork. I pulled out all the changes from his theme and put them in cog beta 7. I actually did not have to edit any files and was able to apply it.
I had to change a few file names around so all the backgrounds / pop ups applied to the theme. I left DG's background.
I don't want to post it since it is not my own work but if you want to take a look at the framwork and twframwork I can send them PM.

notification bar??
What file is the actual notification bar with the battery/clock/etc... would it be inside twframework-res.apk or framework-res.apk?
EDIT: Just set background transparency to 80% in photoshop and changed the color to black. The transparency seems ok, but it resembles minimalistic theme too much... gonna fiddle with it some more today.

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What file is the actual notification bar with the battery/clock/etc... would it be inside twframework-res.apk or framework-res.apk?
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it is in the framework.apk. The notification bar's file is:
statusbar_background.9.png
This is confirmed. I j ust set mine to a gradient and it actually looks kind of good.
screenie:
http://wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-4.png

Hey Malfunction,
Finally got it working past the galaxy S screen, thanks for the info. One last question, then I should be out of your hair. Where can I change the settings for the media scanning icons? Currently, the white default icons are showing, but I'm trying to change that to the black SD card. I'm going to look into it myself too; figured I'd ask though.
Thanks,

gangpe said:
Hey Malfunction,
Finally got it working past the galaxy S screen, thanks for the info. One last question, then I should be out of your hair. Where can I change the settings for the media scanning icons? Currently, the white default icons are showing, but I'm trying to change that to the black SD card. I'm going to look into it myself too; figured I'd ask though.
Thanks,
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Good deal, glad you got it working. What was the problem?
As for the SDCard- depends which you need. In framework-res there are these 3:
stat_notify_sdcard.png
stat_notify_sdcard_prepare.png
stat_notify_sdcard_usb.png
I had to do some hunting to find out which program was the running process for the Media Scanner. It is "MediaProvider.apk" on your /system/app folder. I edited mine and it now works and has all the Tat icons loaded. Thanks for that heads up I hadnt noticed that little piece before you mentioned it.
I looked at Tat's ROM section and also saw that he has edited these, may consider if you are wanting to mimick his:
DownloadProvider (Market)
MediaProvider (Media Scanner)
Vending (Market)
PackageProvider.apk (Uninstallation Screen)
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk (Google Search)

9.png framework-res.apk problem

ok... status_bar_close_on_cust.9.png
i believe i have followed all the guides i have seen correctly. sorry. i've been stuck on this for almost 4 hours.
i opened the apk in 7zip, exported the image.
removed the 9 from the file name
edited the png in PS
opened draw9patch,
added the full bottom and right side lines.
added the 2 dots i need on top and made the leftside work after eclipse failure
did the eclipse project thing
pulled new status_bar_close_on_cust.9.png from the eclipse created apk
opened framework-res.apk in 7zip again
i tried both..
- deleting the original image and then adding the new to the archive
- drag-drop the new image thus replacing the original
resign the rom's zip
when i install on system i get the bootloop with each loop getting shorter.
i have tried converting framework-res.apk to a zip, resigning it, and then back to an apk
i know this is a much descussed subject on this forum and all the other's i googled looking for the missing step or something i'm doing wrong
i have tried apkmanager, apktools, shorter suggested methods i've seen, and full drawn out methods.
i dont know if i'm messing something up in the png edit, the draw9patch, eclipse, signing or not the apk, or somewhere else.
i've tried pulling a logcat/boot.log from the device but i get some sort of error. i dont know if it's not creating one or i'm trying to pull it from the wrong place.
i'm sure a ton of you guys have had this happen to you. please offer some advice

Do you get an error when importing into eclipse? If so what does it say?

im sorry shoulda clarified that. originally i failed to put the patches on the left side. it failed when trying to make the apk. put thos there and the apk was created. my proplem is with the framework-res.apk i guess.
i put it back in the rom, sign it, and boot-loops.
i guess it has something to do with adding the image to the framework-res.apk. apparently it doesnt like the new image, so to speak. i have tried finding out how to re-build the framework-res.apk, to no avail. hell, i may be using the wrong terminology when searching. at this point, i have no idea.

If i change any images i use metamorph, free from the market. You dont need to sign and flash full apk's, just the files that need changing, a lot quicker and easier.
You could create your ***.9.png as a full size png and remove the 9 patch data, eg. instead of having a 5x32.9png make it 320x32.png(depending on your resolution).
In fact come to think of it ive never seen the "status_bar_close_on_cust.9.png" on my screen, just "status_bar_close_on.9.png".
EDIT: If you've used apktool or other to decompile, crop the the edges by 1 pixel each side, this will remove the 9 patch data, edit your image, then use your draw9 tool, and recompile with eclipse.
You may have been adding another 1 pixel 9patch border to the already existing 9patch border, hope that makes sense.

this is the custom pull down notification bar in gingerfly-1.7.0 based on cm6.1 i believe with some gingerbread looks.

This is how I do it:
1. Extract image from framework-res.akp. You can right click on the framework > 7-zip > open archive and extract the image this way or just extract the whole apk.
2. Edit the image. Open the image in Photoshop and do what you want. Don't worry if you don't have the border. Save the image as a .png file.
3.Add the border. Open draw9patch and add the image. A border for the dots should be created automatically so just do what you need to do and save it as the same file name. It should automatically change the file type to .9.png.
4. Compile the image.9.png. Download the file attached. In the zip, you should see a file called 'xUltimate-d9pc' and a folder called 'Original'. Put the image into the folder 'drawable inside 'res' inside 'Original'. Then open the file named 'xUltimate-d9pc' and wait. When it has finished, there should be a new folder and inside should be the compiled image.
5. Replace the image in framework. Right click framework-res.apk > 7-zip > open archive. Drag the new image into the framework, make sure you have the same file name. You shouldn't need to sign it.
Now you should have a framework-res.apk working with no problem.
I'm not sure if it will work for a custom rom as I use the framework-res.apk from my X10
Hope this helps.

that worked! thanks much!!! the one step i did add to this is to re-sign the rom. i have had nothing but problems anytime i have not signed it after making any changes. it may be an un-needed step, but it worked. thanks again!!!

Can I bump this real quick?
This is my first post here and I'm sorry if I shouldn't bump this thread but my problem is closely related and I hope someone out there knows what I'm doing wrong.
First things first, I'm using the EVO, that's probably important information.
I just flashed Warm Z TwoPointTwo and I love it, except... I really want the vanilla lockscreen. No problem, right? Just rename or delete HtcLockScreen.apk and you're good to go.
That works, and the vanilla lock screen appears upon hot reboot, but the images aren't right; they are all transparent in Warm Z. I have been trying basically all day to get the stock images back into framework-res.apk and nothing has worked; I bootloop every time.
The images are jog_tab_* except that the images in MY framework-res.apk have for example jog_tab_bar_left_end_confirm_gray.png (for all of the left and right end confirm images), whereas the AOSP framework-res.apk has 9patches for all of those.
I've tried deleting the jog_tab_* images in mine and placing in the ones from AOSP, I've tried placing the AOSP images in alongside the ones already in my copy, but nothing works.
I've tried apktool, apk manager, xultimate... I've read about 25 xda threads on this and tried every new suggestion. It bootloops no matter what I do. I think I'm missing something.
I've done the 7zip replacement without re-signing, I've re-signed, I've done xultimate with compression 0, and I've tried creating my own metamorphs. Something about Warm Z is conflicting with the vanilla images, but I'm too inexperienced in themes and the Android OS to know what's up.
Perhaps Warm Z changes definitions elsewhere as to which images are used, or perhaps something else isn't lining up properly with the vanilla lockscreen code. I hope someone out there knows what on earth I'm talking about.

[18 JAN][TUT][Added New % Battery Icons] How to Mod/Change framework-res.apk(NAND&SD)

[18 JAN][TUT][Added New % Battery Icons] How to Mod/Change framework-res.apk(NAND&SD)
This thread is mainly intended for those of us using Desire HD based builds but these methods should work for any Android build that is not squashed. I have seen many posts of people stuggling to mod this file and get it to work. I don't really know anything about squashing so I can't be of much help there. It took me a while to figure out how to get the % Battery mod after flashing to a NAND Android build so I thought I'd start a thread to let people know how to do it, beacause I had to reflash my ROM about 20 times before I finally got it right. Using Root Explorer or any other type of file explorer within Android to change the file always gave me a bootloop. Fortunately, with the SD card Android builds its a little easier.
Here is one I've created with some of my own stuff, and some of others:
{
"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"
}
I've added these custom styles. The custom large digit one has large digits so I can see how much life Android has sucked out of my battery at any given moment. I added a second one with whiter digits as well, cause I had a hard time seeing the gray ones real clearly. I take no credit for the UOT Vertical battery style, it is from UOT Kitchen. All I did was change the border from white to gray. They are stock Desire HD (Base 1.72) framework-res.apk's with only the battery changed. They all have 1% increments.
If you are not using a Desire HD Android build just ignore the Desire HD stuff on here. You should still be able to mod your own framework-res.apk however you like and use it. You can take the battery icons out of the ones I've created and put them in your own. If you post the battery icons I created myself somewhere else please just let me know.
Here is a step by step method for replacing the file on a NAND Build:
1. Backup with titanium backup, clockwork or whatever you like to use. If applying this mod doesn't work, you will get a bootloop and have to reflash your ROM.
2. Droid Explorer is necessary.
It is available here: http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/50997
To use Droid Explorer one needs the JDK and Android SDK, available here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
The USB Drivers for adb are also necessary, they are attached to this page. One should google how to properly install them as it varies depending on what version of windows you use. I had a hard time finding them which is why I've included them in this post. Android SDK is supposed to come with them but I couldn't find them in the Android SDK. If you are using a windows x64 machine (like me) you may need to edit a few registry keys on your machine to get Droid Explorer working properly. Read the FAQ carefully on the Droid Explorer website, and when you edit the registry file, make sure you properly specify the path to wherever you installed the Android SDK. Droid Explorer will not work otherwise.
3. Connect phone to computer, leave charge only checked (make sure adb is turned on in settings). Start Droid Explorer and connect to your phone. Sometimes I have to connect/reconnect a few times before Droid Explorer works properly.*
4. Navigate to root/system/framework. Scroll down to the F's. Look for the file towards the top of the F section titled "Android System." Delete that file.
5. Copy and paste the new/modded framework-res.apk into the root/system/framework folder.
6. Hit the Reboot button on Droid Explorer and enjoy!!
7. You may need to re-enter your google account and facebook (sense builds) info.
*NOTE:
Droid Explorer has not been treating me well lately and will not properly connect to my phone so I have had to change my method slightly:
1.Instead I delete framework-res.apk with root explorer within android
2.Then I long press the end key to pull up the power menu, which causes a bootloop.
3. While the phone is in bootloop I can connect with Droid Explorer and put framework-res.apk where it belongs
4. The bootloop ends, and I usually need to reboot for real
To replace the file on an SD Card build, just create these folders in your android folder on your SD card: root/system/framework. place framework-res.apk in the framework folder and reboot.
How to Modify your framework-res.apk:
framework-res.apk can be mofidified in a number of different ways, but this is the method I've found easiest for me and seems to work every time. If one is interested in using only UOT Kitchen, then it is a simple task to have your framework-res.apk modded.
UOT Kitchen: http://circle.glx.nl/
To use the UOT Kitchen one must run this script on the .zip UOT Kitchen provides. Although this script is labeled as being only for MDJ Desire HD SD Card builds, it works for NAND Desire HD and I think would work for almost any HD2 Android build, not just Desire HD ones. (Can't promise that though):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856915
Follow the directions for the script, though you may have to specify the path to 7zip (I did). For NAND bulds just grab the framework-res.apk out of the root/system/framework folder the script creates.
To modify the framework-res.apk from UOT Kitchen: (There are many ways to do this, this is just the method I use)
1. Find a framework-res.apk that has something in it you like, such as certain icons or graphics, even animations, and rename it to framework-res.zip and extract it.
2. Take your flashable .zip from UOT Kitchen and open it with winrar. open the framework folder and framework-res.apk (don't extract anything)
3. Take whatever you want out of the other framework-res.apk that you extracted and paste it in the new one that is still in archive. Close all the windows and run the script. Load the new framework-res.apk the script created on your phone.
For A Non-UOT Kitchen Created framework-res.apk:
Sometimes I don't want to use anything UOT has to offer but I still send my framework-res.apk through the kitchen (If for no other reason than to get the battery .xml's put in there). After that I change it however I want and run the script. I do this because I have yet to mod framework-res.apk in this manner and not have it work. IT ALWAYS WORKS, if I can get it in the framework folder in android properly.
Most images (battery, signal bars, etc) are in the folder called drawable-hdpi
Battery Animations are in drawable
And window transition animations are in anim.
I have been able to take the animations from MDJ Revolution HD, modify some graphics from CoreDroid, use some of UOT Kitchen's stuff and create my own battery Icons all in one file. Personalized just for me.
Here are a few useful links:
Stock Desire HD Battery with %: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894837
Battery Theme Mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838413
Circular % Battery Mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778
sopL87's Skins and Frameworks: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801928

Would this work to replace a launcher? Suppose I have a normal FroYo Nexus One ROM with the 5 page Launcher2 installed and want to install the 7 page G2 Launcher2, would I be able to simply delete the current Launcher2 and paste the new Launcher2?
Also, what does it mean if files and folders won't delete? I've tried to change kernels using DE but I select to delete the zImage and associated modules but they don't delete.

MartyLK said:
Would this work to replace a launcher? Suppose I have a normal FroYo Nexus One ROM with the 5 page Launcher2 installed and want to install the 7 page G2 Launcher2, would I be able to simply delete the current Launcher2 and paste the new Launcher2?
Also, what does it mean if files and folders won't delete? I've tried to change kernels using DE but I select to delete the zImage and associated modules but they don't delete.
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I'm not sure if it is as simple as that, but maybe. I suppose it couldn't hurt to try. I'm really kind of new to all of this but I can say I've had a bit of trouble with Droid Explorer. The first time I used it I screwed something up and had to reflash. Also, for some reason sometimes when I connect it only shows maybe a third of the files in any given folder. Usually if I disconnect and reconnect a few times it connects properly and then I can see everything in there. I'm certainly no expert on the subject of Droid Explorer, I've only started using it recently.

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I'm not sure if it is as simple as that, but maybe. I suppose it couldn't hurt to try. I'm really kind of new to all of this but I can say I've had a bit of trouble with Droid Explorer. The first time I used it I screwed something up and had to reflash. Also, for some reason sometimes when I connect it only shows maybe a third of the files in any given folder. Usually if I disconnect and reconnect a few times it connects properly and then I can see everything in there. I'm certainly no expert on the subject of Droid Explorer, I've only started using it recently.
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I have the same experience with showing files and folders. I usually have to disconnect and exit DE 2 or 3 times before it will work normally.
I will give the launcher a try and see if I can get it to work when I flash the specific ROM I desire to use it with. But I didn't know if there was something else I needed to do to make DE delete files. In SUFSB, you have to tap the little "s" to make it red, which puts the system into read/write, before it will delete or replace files in SD builds. Whether there's some specific button or such to enable in DE, I do not know and can't get anyone in the other section to answer.
Thanks for the reply.

I think I just highlighted the file and pressed delete in DE. I didn't do anything special I don't think.

patmorris said:
Here are a few useful links:
Stock Desire HD Battery with %: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894837
Battery Theme Mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838413
Circular % Battery Mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778
sopL87's Skins and Frameworks: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801928
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FYI, I couldn't get the UOL kitchen to work work with the stock Desire framework from the DFT "Stock" ROM so modified it by hand. You can find a link here inc. install instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10253074&postcount=2004

Thank You. It's working.
I dont know why but Droid Explorer showed root folder as an empty folder
So I just used UOT Kitchen to create zip file and updated like any update by using MAGLDR.
Usefull Info
I like your battery style. very convenient.
Thank you.

How did you change time theme. For example, I have a timer in the left upper corner with NO pm/am. But you have it on the picture. Where is that folder which contains clock design?

Ramidalf said:
How did you change time theme. For example, I have a timer in the left upper corner with NO pm/am. But you have it on the picture. Where is that folder which contains clock design?
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It's not part of framework-res.apk. I think you need to go into Android settings for the clock. Date & time. Mine is set to use network provided values, and not to use 24 hour time.

I did the way you told me. That's right there are two options but am/pm doesn't show up anyway. I'm running Gingerbread so i think that am/pm sign was excluded.
Its not important. I just was curious.
Thank you for reply

boba23 said:
At least the example framework files you provided do not work in gingerbread. I just copied the new framework over to my MDJ 2.5 Gingerbread. Tripple checked permissions and ownership (system:system, 644) rebooted, and am now stuck in a boot loop :-(
boba
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yes, the ever wonderful bootloop. It has become my friend... I was using droid explorer just now and I got as far as deleting framework-res.apk but got stuck trying to put the new one in there. The phone started to bootloop on its own and amazingly somehow I was able to put the new framework-res.apk in there while it was bootlooping. Probably a freak occurence. I thought for sure I'd have to reflash.
I wonder if you just copy and paste all the .png's and battery .xml's from the framework-res.apk I've provided into the gingerbread one it would work? I think I changed the framework-res.apk around on MDJ's SD card gingerbread build like that, but I haven't tried the NAND build at all.

My root folder is empty, what do I do?

iwin2000 said:
My root folder is empty, what do I do?
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Just hit the connect to device button a bunch of times until it connects properly and shows everything as being there like it should. I've really been having trouble with Droid explorer today. It wouldn't delete files or put them back like usual. I used root explorer to delete framework-res.apk from within Android. Then I had to let it start bootlooping and then Droid explorer was able to copy my new framework-res.apk into the system. It worked but I'm not realy happy with that sort of performance.

wow that is ALLOT of work lol.

Works like a charm
Thanks man.
Your guide is awesome I'm using MT4G running Ice Glacier 1.1.6 Themed with Red Glacier and all it needed were animations. I have been trying for days to get it working. Thanks a lot.

If anybody can make this work on the JDMS 1.7 NAND build, it would be awesome if you could upload a framework-res. Don't care what it looks like as long as it's got % numbers. I couldn't get it to work.

mattfmartin said:
If anybody can make this work on the JDMS 1.7 NAND build, it would be awesome if you could upload a framework-res. Don't care what it looks like as long as it's got % numbers. I couldn't get it to work.
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Is that build squashed? If not post your framework-res.apk and I'll try and mess with it later tonight or tomorrow. The hardest part for me lately has been getting the file on the phone. Droid explorer has not been treating me well.

Hey Pat Morris, yea the build is not squashed Thanks again for your effort, I really appreciate it. Here is the framework-res.apk

mattfmartin said:
Hey Pat Morris, yea the build is not squashed Thanks again for your effort, I really appreciate it. Here is the framework-res.apk
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I hope this works.
I beg of you please back up everything first cause if you don't you will most likely have to reflash. I don't know if you use clockwork, but if you do here it is in flashable zip. I don't use clockwork so I can't tell you if the flashable zip method works, but it should. Otherwise just extract the zip. Droid Explorer is the only way I've found to get the new framework-res.apk put in framework folder properly. there are probably other ways. they didn't work for me at least.

Thank you Pat Morris I really appreciate it my friend

[MOD] Change Lockscreen in Cyanogen 7 [MDPI/HDPI]

After a lot of trial and error, here it is. Pretty simply you will be able to change your lockscreen background to whatever your liking is.
This has been mentioned to be working on both MDPI and HDPI resolutions.
This mod works only for CM7, as it includes the rotary lockscreen code.
IMPORTANT This will alter your framework-res.apk folder, and this means you will lose your current accounts and sync settings. So backup with titanium first (or whatever you use). ALSO, NANDROID TO BE SAFE
I've made 2 versions so far:
1) First version is your normal lockscreen, with altered background. Nothing else is changed.
2) Lockscreen with altered clock. Moved to the top-left to leave more space for your new background to show. Here's how it looks:
{
"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"
}
FIRST STEP - How to apply Lockscreen for the first time
1) Included are 2 CustomLockscreen .zip files. Choose wether you want the edited clock version or not, then go ahead and download
2) Use either metamorph, or simply overwrite in your own framework-res.apk files the contents of the zip file (if you overwrite, make sure you leave out the .xml file in the ROOT of the zip)
3) Apply Metamorph, or use your own framework-res.apk and push it via adb.
4) Reboot. Note this also changes your home background picture, just simply change it to your normal one. Don't worry, the lockscreen one won't change after you change your home background.
STEP TWO - After having applied the first step, you need to do this to change image everytime you want to
1) Download the ChangeLockscreen.zip
2) Use metamorph to extract the zip then exit metamorph
3) Mount your phone to your pc and place your 320x480(MDPI) or 480x766(HDPI) picture in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/ChangeLockscreen/framework-res/drawable
4) Go back to metamorph, choose "Pick existing theme" and Navigate to the ChangeLockscreen folder, and choose the ChangeLockscreen.xml
5) Apply
6) Reboot
7) Change home wallpaper again.
NOTE Use a 320x480 JPG IMAGE (MDPI) OR 480x766 JPG IMAGE (HDPI) of your liking and place it in /drawable named as default_wallpaper.jpg
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG
Extract your framework-res.apk from your current rom
Boot in recovery and enable USB toggle
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/framework/framwork-res.apk
adb push /the-folder-you-extracted-your-framework-res/framework.res.apk /system/framework
Reboot
NOTES MDPI devices use the normal zips. HDPI devices use the HDPI zips.
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V1.0 Out 25/1/2011

Just wanted to confirm that this also works on HDPI devices. I built the keyguard XML into my framework on my EVO and it works perfectly.

where´s the difference to [Custom] Lockscreen Background ? (besides of not changing frameworks-res.apk)

rori~ said:
where´s the difference to [Custom] Lockscreen Background ? (besides of not changing frameworks-res.apk)
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I haven't actually seen what is edited in your xml, but seeing the name of the files they seem to have the same layout, except yours targets /drawable-hdpi (which doesn't exist in MPDI or LDPI screens).
Tried to morph it (because as i said i was too bored to decompile your xml), and it doesn't seem to work. Have you included the rotary lockscreen code?
+ the small edit to the clock position.
I'm sorry for not seeing it earlier (i did search online, but didnt come across it, could have made my life easier). All i found on the net was an eclair edit of the lockscreen, and based on that, and on what png's were already included on the framework-res.apk files in CM7, i decided to use that obvious choice (default_wallpaper)
@gomorrah
Thanks for letting me know

petsasj said:
I haven't actually seen what is edited in your xml, but seeing the name of the files they seem to have the same layout, except yours targets /drawable-hdpi (which doesn't exist in MPDI or LDPI screens).
Tried to morph it (because as i said i was too bored to decompile your xml), and it doesn't seem to work. Have you included the rotary lockscreen code?
+ the small edit to the clock position.
I'm sorry for not seeing it earlier (i did search online, but didnt come across it, could have made my life easier). All i found on the net was an eclair edit of the lockscreen, and based on that, and on what png's were already included on the framework-res.apk files in CM7, i decided to use that obvious choice (default_wallpaper)
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No prob
What I did was for cm6 and could been used on any resolution, just has to be updated to cm7 and can be easily used as a morph after every nightly.
For cm7 I did this now

im a little lost on how to change the whole lockscreen like your where u have the 4 lock/unlock . how do i get my lockscreen like that. please help

notnice564 said:
im a little lost on how to change the whole lockscreen like your where u have the 4 lock/unlock . how do i get my lockscreen like that. please help
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Can you be a little more specific? What's going wrong with your case?
1)You need metamorph. Download it from the market.
2) Flash either CustomLockscreen_petsasj.zip (normal clock in lockscreen) or CustomLockscreen_WITHCLOCK.zip (edited clock)
Then for simply changing the picture, use the other script, ChangeLockscreen.zip.
Extract it in Metamorph, insert the picture of your liking in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/drawable/default_wallpaper.jpg (use the mentioned picture sizes depending on MDPI/HDPI)
Edit: Wrote the steps again, should be easier to understand (was in a hurry yesterday, sorry)

gomorrah said:
Just wanted to confirm that this also works on HDPI devices. I built the keyguard XML into my framework on my EVO and it works perfectly.
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Can you tell my how you did this on your EVO? I have tried applying both ZIPs through metamorph and I always end up with this grass screen. Also, the clock is higher in my image than the one in the original post.
If there is a way to do it through Root Explorer, I don't mind doing...just need to know the steps. Metamorph has never wanted to work correctly on my phone that's why I had abandoned it long ago.

thetaman said:
Can you tell my how you did this on your EVO? I have tried applying both ZIPs through metamorph and I always end up with this grass screen. Also, the clock is higher in my image than the one in the original post.
If there is a way to do it through Root Explorer, I don't mind doing...just need to know the steps. Metamorph has never wanted to work correctly on my phone that's why I had abandoned it long ago.
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Seems like the xml edits in HDPI phones are a bit off, as the screens are higher, and that makes sense.
Thetaman, i posted an update for HDPI Devices, get that from the first post.

Petsasj,
Thanks for trying to help. I extracted your CustomLockscreen_WITHCLOCKHDPI.zip in Metamorph. I get some kind of error message when extracting in Metamorph, I think, but it flashes so quickly and is a long message I'm not sure what it says or means. Do you get a message?
I then select Pick Exiting Theme and see a CustomLockscreen_WITHCLOCKHDPI folder. I click on it and there is a CustomLockscreen_WITHCLOCKHDPI.xml file and a framework-res file. If I dig into the framework-res file and get to drawable-hdpi and click on it, it shows no files. Screenshot below. However, if I follow the same path through Root Explorer to the same location it shows the default_wallpaper.jpg. Why do I see it in Root Explorer and not in Metamorph? I'm guessing whatever the problem is, this is why when I apply it in Metamorph...it never changes off the Green Grass screen (default Android)?

I have no idea what could be wrong. I'm sorry =/
What can be done is this:
Get your Rom's framework-res.apk, then:
1) Navigate to the HDPI zip file from the first post, and copy the /res/layout folder content.
2) Open your framework-res.apk (the one you extracted from your rom) with Winrar, navigate to /res/layout and paste (this should overwrite the two files)
3) Use a picture of your liking, sized @ 480x766, named it default_wallpaper.jpg and place it in /res/drawable-hdpi
4) After having added those two files in your framework, use adb to adb push your framework back in place
This is how, if you don't know:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb push C:\framework-res.apk /system/framework
adb reboot
You can copy these lines in, so long as the edited framework-res.apk file is in the root of your C:\ drive. Let me know.

Just want to confirm this is working on my G2 running GingerVillian 1.5

Caused a bootloop on my inc running CM7

Is it possible to tell me which changes i have to do in the keyguard_screen_tab_unlock.xml? I want port it for the Milestone CM7 by nadlabak. I've tried to use your version but it ends in reboot loop.
Also to add the content from yours into the MS Version fails. Hopefully u can help me. In attachement the original framework-res.apk from the lastet Version.
TIA
bandit79

downloading now

fckd my dell , via this lockscreen help needed
petsasj said:
After a lot of trial and error, here it is. Pretty simply you will be able to change your lockscreen background to whatever your liking is.
This has been mentioned to be working on both MDPI and HDPI resolutions.
This mod works only for CM7, as it includes the rotary lockscreen code.
IMPORTANT This will alter your framework-res.apk folder, and this means you will lose your current accounts and sync settings. So backup with titanium first (or whatever you use). ALSO, NANDROID TO BE SAFE
I've made 2 versions so far:
1) First version is your normal lockscreen, with altered background. Nothing else is changed.
2) Lockscreen with altered clock. Moved to the top-left to leave more space for your new background to show. Here's how it looks:
FIRST STEP - How to apply Lockscreen for the first time
1) Included are 2 CustomLockscreen .zip files. Choose wether you want the edited clock version or not, then go ahead and download
2) Use either metamorph, or simply overwrite in your own framework-res.apk files the contents of the zip file (if you overwrite, make sure you leave out the .xml file in the ROOT of the zip)
3) Apply Metamorph, or use your own framework-res.apk and push it via adb.
4) Reboot. Note this also changes your home background picture, just simply change it to your normal one. Don't worry, the lockscreen one won't change after you change your home background.
STEP TWO - After having applied the first step, you need to do this to change image everytime you want to
1) Download the ChangeLockscreen.zip
2) Use metamorph to extract the zip then exit metamorph
3) Mount your phone to your pc and place your 320x480(MDPI) or 480x766(HDPI) picture in /sdcard/AndroidThemes/ChangeLockscreen/framework-res/drawable
4) Go back to metamorph, choose "Pick existing theme" and Navigate to the ChangeLockscreen folder, and choose the ChangeLockscreen.xml
5) Apply
6) Reboot
7) Change home wallpaper again.
NOTE Use a 320x480 JPG IMAGE (MDPI) OR 480x766 JPG IMAGE (HDPI) of your liking and place it in /drawable named as default_wallpaper.jpg
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG
Extract your framework-res.apk from your current rom
Boot in recovery and enable USB toggle
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell rm /system/framework/framwork-res.apk
adb push /the-folder-you-extracted-your-framework-res/framework.res.apk /system/framework
Reboot
NOTES MDPI devices use the normal zips. HDPI devices use the HDPI zips.
If you like this, please THANK away
Contact me
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Suggestions, problems etcetera, please post here so others can help as well. Let me know if this works for you.
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I tried to install this lockscreen and i ****ed my dell, it just restart again and again, like blinking screen on dell logo again and again, please help guys tried factory reset via recovery mode,nothing happened

cannot make it....return boot loop on my CM7
any help?

doesnt work with GSB CM7. It either puts it in a bootloop or doesnt change it period.
btw, great surprise with the changelockscreen.zip wallpaper

Cant get this to work on G2 using cm7 rc1 meta freeze when installing the costum lockscreen zip
Sent from my G2 using XDA App =)