[THEME] eViL Lockscreen Port! - Android Themes

After converting from G1 to Hero I am amazed by the lack of themes for hero, I would of though there be at least colour changes??
Anyway after giving myself a crash course on package stripping building and signing I've come up with this
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None of work was mine, I just re-packaged it to run on Hero's Custom ROM's.
Download Modaco 2.2 to 2.8 version here >>http://www.4shared.com/file/137484516/5a864521/update.html

Will it run on other ROMs, do you need root?

Yep you will need root I'm afraid. It should work on both 2.2 & 2.3 MoDaCo's rom

How does this fit in with music player? As that curves around the curved bar...?

nicelad_uk said:
How does this fit in with music player? As that curves around the curved bar...?
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Works fine

I've just tested it on my updated Orange hero...seems to be working fine at the moment and no problems..........but does anyone know if this isn't safe to do (cause some future problems)? Should I not use it and revert back because I dont have the modaco rom installed?

should honestly be fine

It looks awsome thank you!

Tried this with the stock RUU EU Rom and it worked fine.
Wondering about the transparent background that Evil uses, is that just a Transparent image i could make in photoshop or is there much more to it?

ratcom said:
After converting from G1 to Hero I am amazed by the lack of themes for hero, I would of though there be at least colour changes??
Anyway after giving myself a crash course on package stripping building and signing I've come up with this
None of work was mine, I just re-packaged it to run on 2.2 MoDaCo Custom ROM.
You will need to push this onto your phone for it to work (make sure you are in recovery mode BEFORE pushing)
I used these commands......
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb push c:\com.htc.resources.apk /system/framework
Once I know how I will make this into update.zip for ease
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DU4RNF8N
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can you please explain step by step how you did that? i know there are instructions on these forum, but they do not work for me (especially i would like to know, how you signed the apk again?)

Nice one mate and great to see you here on Hero!

Sorry double posted from my Hero!

felikz said:
can you please explain step by step how you did that? i know there are instructions on these forum, but they do not work for me (especially i would like to know, how you signed the apk again?)
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I found these instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467639
Before using this you need to know how to set this up:
I will assume that you have the sdk downloaded and extracted somewhere(if not, do that now), extract both files to the tools directory of your sdk.
Now you will need to add the tools dir of your sdk to the environment variable CLASSPATH.(seem to work with windows 7)
To do this, right click on My Computer click properties, then choose the tab that says advanced. Click the button that says environmental variables. Go to system variables find the one that says CLASSPATH, double click it, go to the end of variable value. There should be a semicolon ; at the end. type in the path to the testsign.jar located in the tools directory of your SDK, for example the path to my testsign.jar was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1\tools\testsign.jar If CLASSPATH is not in your system variables then create it. Secondly, Find the system variable called PATH and add to the end of it, the full path to your sdk directory. For example, mine was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools
Now right click the reg file that you extracted and choose to install it, or merge.
Now, right click an apk, do you see an option that says ResignApk? That's how you will resign your .apks and .zips.
If you find the right click menu not working for some reason you can type the following in cmd to sign your files: java testsign whateverfiletosign
Now through doing this you have done two things, first off you have made the resigning process extremely easy, secondly you will not have to cd to the tools dir of the sdk to use adb or any other tool in the sdk.
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Does this just install now with the custom bootloader? ie, click on update.zip and it will do the rest?

yes

Fantastic, looks great. Got any more?
Is there a way of theming the main UI ?

Got this on and its perfect so I put it on my brothers, he's not too keen. How do we revert back to the default lockscreen?

nicelad_uk said:
Got this on and its perfect so I put it on my brothers, he's not too keen. How do we revert back to the default lockscreen?
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There you go mate
http://www.4shared.com/file/138265831/d9916ba3/update_-orginal.html

Is there a way to remove the dark transparent curve on the music player and also the dark transparent box that covers the lower part of the screen when you get a message or touch the screen? That would make this already great mod perfect
Thanks

That's pretty cool.

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**Drizzys Lockscreen Port** Updated for 2.9

Clear Lock Screen Only
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Enjoy
Oh my... Where to get the wallpaper only?
The wallpaper can be found here. Not lockscreen resolution though.
By the way thanks a lot ratcom.
Sweet!
Cheers bro, keep up the good work!
is it somehow possible to have also a own backgroud image (set through settings)?
just use whatever wallpaper you want. This update is for the lockscreen icon not the wallpaper!
help
thanks for your work.
can you explain how to do that?
which file to edit? and how to make it an update file?
good day!
Brilliant, thanx for putting these together.
Would it be possible to remove the transparent box at the bottom of the screen when u touch it or recieve notification? The one that the slide down to unlock txt is on.
i love this lockscreen but im with djmace 100%, if you can remove the darker transparent box that appears when you get a text or if you touch the screen it would be absoulutly perfect
please please please
ypyp said:
thanks for your work.
can you explain how to do that?
which file to edit? and how to make it an update file?
good day!
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I would be very interested in this also!
Thanks man!
I unpacked the update to see how this worked and in the lockscreen folders, the graphics have all been blanked out apart from lockscreen_prompt_back.png.
I'm guessing if you made this one blank as well the transparent box would become clear too. I'd test it but need to learn how to sign apk files again first.
Can u confirm ratcom? Good work anyway!
sounds like you're onto something, can someone please try this as I havent the foggiest idea where to even start trying
I'l love you forever
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I unpacked the update to see how this worked and in the lockscreen folders, the graphics have all been blanked out apart from lockscreen_prompt_back.png.
I'm guessing if you made this one blank as well the transparent box would become clear too. I'd test it but need to learn how to sign apk files again first.
Can u confirm ratcom? Good work anyway!
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this was posted by ratcom as to how ti sign the apk's again
I found these instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467639
Quote:
Before using this you need to know how to set this up:
I will assume that you have the sdk downloaded and extracted somewhere(if not, do that now), extract both files to the tools directory of your sdk.
Now you will need to add the tools dir of your sdk to the environment variable CLASSPATH.(seem to work with windows 7)
To do this, right click on My Computer click properties, then choose the tab that says advanced. Click the button that says environmental variables. Go to system variables find the one that says CLASSPATH, double click it, go to the end of variable value. There should be a semicolon ; at the end. type in the path to the testsign.jar located in the tools directory of your SDK, for example the path to my testsign.jar was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1\tools\testsign.jar If CLASSPATH is not in your system variables then create it. Secondly, Find the system variable called PATH and add to the end of it, the full path to your sdk directory. For example, mine was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools
Now right click the reg file that you extracted and choose to install it, or merge.
Now, right click an apk, do you see an option that says ResignApk? That's how you will resign your .apks and .zips.
If you find the right click menu not working for some reason you can type the following in cmd to sign your files: java testsign whateverfiletosign
Now through doing this you have done two things, first off you have made the resigning process extremely easy, secondly you will not have to cd to the tools dir of the sdk to use adb or any other tool in the sdk.
does anyone that knows what they're doing fancy giving this ago?
Il try when i get home but dont count on me
Thanks for that djmace.
I will test my theory asap, hopefully will have some time to try this afternoon.
pookie1 said:
Thanks for that djmace.
I will test my theory asap, hopefully will have some time to try this afternoon.
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I tried last nite but they failed to work. Then this morning I took another look and think that i have found my problem. I copied and pasted the file path from above as my classpath, however i have the 1.5 sdk so therefore need to change that. Won't get chance till I tonite though.
Nice one, cant wait for this, good luck!
Ok I managed to make the changes I wanted, but that file I mentioned is not the one responsible for the transparent block. I'll see if I there is anything else that might be causing it, but nothing jumps out after a quick glance over the files.
But at least I learned a lot
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Ok I managed to make the changes I wanted, but that file I mentioned is not the one responsible for the transparent block. I'll see if I there is anything else that might be causing it, but nothing jumps out after a quick glance over the files.
But at least I learned a lot
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Agh poooo!!! lol
Actually looking at the file its curved at the top so was a long shot anyway. Saying that though, i cant find any other file that could be the one we want either.
My next thought is that it is actuall drawn by an xml file. There is a file in the layout folder called htc_locks_creen_control.xml that could hold the answer but i have no idea how to view what is written in the xml.
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Agh poooo!!! lol
Actually looking at the file its curved at the top so was a long shot anyway. Saying that though, i cant find any other file that could be the one we want either.
My next thought is that it is actuall drawn by an xml file. There is a file in the layout folder called htc_locks_creen_control.xml that could hold the answer but i have no idea how to view what is written in the xml.
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is this of and help?
http://www.w3schools.com/xmL/xml_view.asp

[PC BETA APP] AndroSkinner .1 - Mix and merge themes

This is currently for HDPI devices
This is something I made personally to help with constantly merging themes to get the desired look I want. It wasn't until I saw ThemePorter that I thought this would be useful. I plan on developing this to the max if the interest is there. This will allow you to virtually merge any roms no matter what version of android the themed ROM is running (froyo/sense/2.1/2.2). It does this by analyzing the files within the hdpi/mdpi/ldpi folder of the themed ROM and replacing it with the new version only if it exists in the old ROM.
Requirements:
-Windows based PC
-.NET 4.0 framework installed (If you dont currently have it installed, the program should download and install.
-If you have any issues running it, try running as adminstrator
Features
-Mix and match system framework images from different ROMS
-The current version only allows for framework images (status bar icons, buttons, checkboxes, etc..)
Instructions
Important:
**Extract the contents of the zip file to C:\AndroSkinner**
Once the program is installed and loaded, select your current ROM be selecting load from the dropdown. Do the same for the themed ROM. Once both are loaded, click the merge button.
After the program completes the merge, your modified system.framework-res.apk will be in C:\AndroSkinner. You need to push this back to "system\framework\" using ADB.
Important Notes
--I take no responsibility for any damage done to your phone--
There is still a possiblity that you may get a bootloop after pushing modified framework back to your phone so I reccommend creatin a nandroid backup. Depending on the themes you chose to merge the level of elements combined will vary. All I can say is try and report back. There may be something I can do to fix it.
Planned Upgrades
-Make it universal (right now it only supports hdpi)
-Convert mdpi themes to hdpi themes? (Not sure if possible)
-Ability to chose which items you want to merge IE: Only status bar icons, Only buttons, or combination of the both
-Automatically push the new framework to your phone
-Optionally create a metamorph to be used for flashing
-Optionally create an update.zip for flashing
-View which items were merged
-Merging things other then the system framework
-TBD
Please submit any bugs any ideas for future improvement. You are what will make this an useful tool or not
http://www.mediafire.com/file/9j4rrel57sjfhd4/AndroSkinner.zip
If you'd like to support the future development of AndroSkinner please do so below. Every bit helps
Stealing this +)
Maybe this one too
I like this, i'll have to try it. I currently use theme porter
mrono said:
I like this, i'll have to try it. I currently use theme porter
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It's the same concept only it has an UI. If people find it useful I plan on integrating a lot more features.. I was using it to switch my status bar icons from the cyanmod nightlies.. It saved me some time and I figured I would share it..
WOW amazing work those updates couldnt come fast enough lol. What about the xml files?
I keep getting a licensing error"? Quits the app
rjmjr69 said:
WOW amazing work those updates couldnt come fast enough lol. What about the xml files?
I keep getting a licensing error"? Quits the app
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I'll be re-uploading shortly
ComplexMinded said:
I'll be re-uploading shortly
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ok
will be waiting
rjmjr69 said:
ok
will be waiting
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one more sec.. thought I fixed the issue
ComplexMinded said:
one more sec.. thought I fixed the issue
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ok lol take your time rather a good working product
It's back up.. Existing users just replace the contents of the existing folder and run the setup. It will update your existing application.
ComplexMinded said:
It's back up.. Existing users just replace the contents of the existing folder and run the setup. It will update your existing application.
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Same problem here. Win7 64bit with .NET 4 installed.
Hey guys, try again.. If it fails i'll have to build this without some of the tools that make my life easier =P
Worked for me. Thanks!
I keep getting an error. Tried different roms, different themes, XP 32bit and Win7 64 bit.
I'm getting the attached error. You should also add a 'default' radio button in the options, or make them check buttons as to unselect them you gotta restart it.
Win7 64-bit
nugzo said:
I keep getting an error. Tried different roms, different themes, XP 32bit and Win7 64 bit.
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I'll be working on this tonight. The issue stems from it looking for the framework-res.apk in a full ROM. It then looks for the res/drawable-hdpi/ folder within that apk. It looks like there is no res folder in your framework-res.apk.
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I'll be working on this tonight. The issue stems from it looking for the framework-res.apk in a full ROM. It then looks for the res/drawable-hdpi/ folder within that apk. It looks like there is no res folder in your framework-res.apk.
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Thanks a lot. Something i'm doing wrong?
I finally was able to run it all the way through without getting the "res" error, but it did not create a folder under c:\Androskinner. Not sure if it was 100% complete or not.
I do all my Theme tweaks the long way so cant wait until the next update.
Thanks

need help with themeing

ok i can make a theme and push it to my phone but i have no clue how to get it to flash able or how to put it in a rom ant help would be awesome im trying to learn how to do metamorph but i wanna learn how to do flashable zips also thanks in advance i will post some of the apks i have so far
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ok i can make a theme and push it to my phone but i have no clue how to get it to flash able or how to put it in a rom ant help would be awesome im trying to learn how to do metamorph but i wanna learn how to do flashable zips also thanks in advance i will post some of the apks i have so far
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Do you have a windows or a mac computer?
i have both but i do all of the stuff on my hp running vista i replyed 2 days ago but it didnt show up for some reason glad i checked it
i have tryed everything and i cant get it to sign when i push it with adb it works perfict no problems with nothing
so what you need is an update script to do this, its contained in the meta-inf folder, easiest thing i would do is download 7zip and another theme (anyone of them will do but i would try to use one for the rom the theme is to like a CM6.1 or AospMod) i would either move the meta-inf from that zip into yours or delete the system folder in the downloaded theme and replace it with your themed one then it should be flashable
ok do i just open the them with open archive or do i need to completely unzip it i have 7 zip and apk manager but im lost
hero32 said:
ok do i just open the them with open archive or do i need to completely unzip it i have 7 zip and apk manager but im lost
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just open the archives and drag and drop the folders (thats how i do it anyway)
and its that easy just take it from another them and drop it n mine and its set for everyone to flash it
hero32 said:
and its that easy just take it from another them and drop it n mine and its set for everyone to flash it
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as far as i know yes just after thats in sign it and try it
yea that is another problem signing i cant figure it out
hero32 said:
yea that is another problem signing i cant figure it out
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i found on here a while ago a way to sign by right clicking its the most convenient thing ever, also make sure your dont sign .apks in the /system folder they don't need to be at all either.
a forum search should show you how to sign a whole .zip if you still have any issues with signing PM me a link to your build and i can sign it for you
http://www.4shared.com/file/C14v7RL4/comquoordtapatalkxdaactivity.html this is a link to a little change i did not sure if i did the link right i changed it all blue to match my phone let me know what u think its not signed i just push it i would like to get it out to everyone though
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http://www.4shared.com/file/C14v7RL4/comquoordtapatalkxdaactivity.html this is a link to a little change i did not sure if i did the link right i changed it all blue to match my phone let me know what u think its not signed i just push it i would like to get it out to everyone though
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oh its just a single .apk you want to make flashable thats a totally different story, did you move the meta-inf into this if not thats good i thought you were asking for a whole build to be themed.
if you did find the orignal meta-inf that was inside it and put it back in, you have to make a flashable zip a totally different way
im going to put up some screen shots of what i have let me know what everyone thinks
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lol ok it only took three trys but hey i got it
http://img189.imageshack.us/i/snap2...mg827.imageshack.us/i/snap20101124165027.png/ and everyone keep in mind this comes from a whole bunch of diffrent roms like south paw hexskrew leadfoot papasmurf regaw and a crap load more so give them the applause not me i just used there stuff so thanks guys and the rom is southpaw v2
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[BOOT ANIMATION] Vaudeville Android - with Preview

I posted this over in the Vibrant forum, but wanted to share it with all of you. I have one other that I posted there that I'm redoing to include a shutdown animation as well. Let me know what you all think of this!
The zip is flashable through CWM on at least galaxy s phones and a mt4g, so I imagine it works on others, too.
Credit to jlbmgrnr for collaboration on the idea and packaging it.
- Standard disclaimer about me not being responsible for phones getting messed up goes here -
file: dancing-boot-anim.zip is just the dancing, without the fake apple bootscreen.
file: bootanim-dancing-edify.zip is flashable with CWM3
*Preview*
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I love the vaudeville green man. Can you put up a version without the -unqualifiable- apple?
In 2011, it's not as if we still have fight to get the green man a seat at the table.
awesome boot animation man. already installed it to my HTC Desire HD. good thing it's 480-800 resolution by default. i thought i would spice it up by adding my own custom sound mp3 to go along with it. sound file link at the bottom of this post.for those with a DHD you can push the files through AndroidSDK adb with the following commands. for this instance i am using the rom LeeDROID 2.2.2. connect your dhd to your computer and make sure it is set to charge only and make sure debugging is set to on.
first download vaderville-boot-anim.zip and extract the contents to a folder on your computer. first go to system folder and then media folder and find the bootanimation.zip file. copy and paste the bootanimation.zip into the same folder where your adb.exe is located which is usually program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools\. open up adb through your cmd prompt and execute the following commands to load the new boot animation.
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
also extract and put the android_audio.mp3 file into the same folder as adb so type:
adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local
now we test everything out by rebooting
adb reboot
if everything goes well, your dhd will reboot and play the awesome boot animation along with the "new york, new york" song by frank sinatra minus the voice. this tutorial can be applied to any android phone provided you know where your rom stores it's boot animation file and sound file.
thermanlee maybe you can ask jlbmgrnr to add this sound file to the package so it can be flashed through cwm. in the bootanimation.zip you can open up the desc.txt and change the resolution to fit your android phone and then save and flash it. enjoy
Awesome
Can has MDPI version pweez?
nice!!! good work mate...
Awesome! One of the things we were going to do is add sound, but we weren't sure how. Thanks for the heads up. I'll let him know if he hasn't already read this.
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PdtS said:
Awesome
Can has MDPI version pweez?
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What size are you needing?
please....
i want this too for a htc hero (flashable thru recovery if possible) love it!!!!
Great bootanimation! Makes me happy :3
is this appliclable to QVGA devices(240 X 320)??
Love it. Thanks!
Awesome work!
Haha, such a cool bootscreen! Time to replace the Honeybee one I'm currently using.
droidjems said:
Can you put up a version without the -unqualifiable- apple?
In 2011, it's not as if we still have fight to get the green man a seat at the table.
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I have a new version without the apple. I verified that it runs on my phone, but let me know if there are any problems with it:
(I can't post the link because I haven't made eight posts yet, but maybe someone can post a clickable version)
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip
jlbmgrnr said:
I have a new version without the apple. I verified that it runs on my phone, but let me know if there are any problems with it:
(I can't post the link because I haven't made eight posts yet, but maybe someone can post a clickable version)
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip
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Here you go mate:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/dancing-boot-anim.zip
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Looks great but didnt seem to want to install from CWM on my phone, does this not work with the CWM 3.0.0.5?? Sorry for the noob question
exploited000 said:
Looks great but didnt seem to want to install from CWM on my phone, does this not work with the CWM 3.0.0.5?? Sorry for the noob question
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It may not, and I didn't even think about that. I'll look around tonight and see what I need to set up differently for CWM 3, and I'll repackage it if I find any info.
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It may not, and I didn't even think about that. I'll look around tonight and see what I need to set up differently for CWM 3, and I'll repackage it if I find any info.
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Thanks so much i would appreciate it
OK, here's the CWM3 version. It installed successfully on my phone with CWM2.5, so I believe you should have no problem. Let me know how it works out, and if it goes well then I'm 100% Edify from now on.
http colon slash slash dl.dropbox.com/u/3780990/bootanim-dancing-edify.zip
(Same deal as before. I imagine thermanlee will want to pop this into post #1.)

Trying to create a custom theme for my phone. Need help!

As the title reads, I've recently rooted my HTC One; and installed the Ecliptic ONE Inverted rom (the kit kat version) along with the custom theme that you can install with it. Though theres a few parts of the theme that I want to change. They aren't drastic changes, just small things changing the opacity of notification bar and the dock. Along with color alterations to a few things like the color of the text on keyboard and keypad to red, changing the color of the clock in the notification window, changing the color of the quick setting toggles when they're on, and some color alterations to the icons on some apps. I'm mostly doing this because my HTC One is red and it looks weird when a lot of the elements of the theme are blue (to me it looks weird just because of the color of the phone, don't judge). I'm also to looking at changing some of the icons in the notification either to a different icon, or just to the stock HTC sense icons.
My problem has been that I've trying to do this, but I kinda got confused by a lot of this; and I'm still relatively new when it comes to creating a theme or rom for android devices.
So far I have the Android SDK installed, and I have the android utility installed. Though I've been having problems with android utility, the utility keeps spitting out a ton of errors whenever I trying installing the framework-res.apk to the utility, and whenever I try to decompile a apk it doesn't fully decompile the whole apk. I'm using OSX 10.9.1, I also have photoshop CS6 for image editing. If needed I can supply more specifics as to the errors that are popping up or anything else you guys need.
If anyone out there has experience in this matter thats willing to help me out in any way or collaborate with me on this project just reply to this thread. Any help or advice or help that can be given will be appreciated.
DISCLAIMER: This custom theme is going to be for my own personal use only. This will not be distributed to the general public.
Why not use linux or windows? I used VTS to do personal edits and it's fantastic. It will pull the appropriate framework apks from your phone through usb also. It does take a bit of programming knowledge to do this type of thing as you may run into bugs when messing with frameworks. Just my two C. Good luck!
Why don't you look into this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/resxploit-allows-theming-without-decompiling-apk-files/
I totally hear you on the color/theming thing. I have the blue ONE and a red or otherwise colored 'theme' seems strange. I use my Beanstalk build; it offers quite a bit of customization. Not every single thing you may want to customize, but the vast majority. Not trying to pimp my build, just sharing how I dealt with similar feelings.
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insuusvenerati said:
Why not use linux or windows? I used VTS to do personal edits and it's fantastic. It will pull the appropriate framework apks from your phone through usb also. It does take a bit of programming knowledge to do this type of thing as you may run into bugs when messing with frameworks. Just my two C. Good luck!
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I would use Linux if I could but at the current moment I don't have a Linux machine readily available that I can use. That and I don't feel like screwing with the bootloader on my mac in order to install Linux on it; or spending the disk space for partitions to run Linux off of. I'll see if I can get for the mac though and go from there.
BMP7777 said:
Why don't you look into this:
http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...ing-apk-files/
I totally hear you on the color/theming thing. I have the blue ONE and a red or otherwise colored 'theme' seems strange. I use my Beanstalk build; it offers quite a bit of customization. Not every single thing you may want to customize, but the vast majority. Not trying to pimp my build, just sharing how I dealt with similar feelings.
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I'm glad to hear you know where I'm coming from. I'll also look into the link you posted as well.
MrTechie890 said:
I'm glad to hear you know where I'm coming from. I'll also look into the link you posted as well.
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Didn't know you had a Mac. When looking around, I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814
Also, from what I read, APK Tool has versions for Mac and Windows. Hope you have success. Be cool
BMP7777 said:
Didn't know you had a Mac. When looking around, I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814
Also, from what I read, APK Tool has versions for Mac and Windows. Hope you have success. Be cool
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I actually tried the using the apktool a few days after posting this thread. Sadly I had no success. After I installed the framework files that came with the rom and theme I'm using the only thing it would extract was the smali file; and the folder would be empty in most cases. You're input is appreciated though.
MrTechie890 said:
I actually tried the using the apktool a few days after posting this thread. Sadly I had no success. After I installed the framework files that came with the rom and theme I'm using the only thing it would extract was the smali file; and the folder would be empty in most cases. You're input is appreciated though.
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What version apktool did you use? The latest that works for me is 1.5.1. Try that and see if it works.
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What version apktool did you use? The latest that works for me is 1.5.1. Try that and see if it works.
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The version I was using was v 1.3.2, but I tried it with the latest version like you suggested and it extracted everything except the META-INF folder.
Also the classes.dex isn't showing up either.

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