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Hi Guys,
is it possible to change android (magic) taskbar color/theme for the device without root access?
I don't like the boring white, I want black taskbar with white font.
any suggestion will be appreciated .
thanks
I would like the same my device is rooted though
Draxter said:
I would like the same my device is rooted though
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dont think it is possible if you aren't rooted. If you are rooted open up the update.zip file you are using as your rom using 7-zip, go to where framework drawable folder is. Open status bar and change its colour, drop it back in and resign app. There are instructions how to do this in themes section of Dream.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471586 I use post number 6 the way i do it.
I'm using the Vodafone rom... I don't think I can get my update.zip from that? I rooted my device with haykuro's stuff in this tutorial.
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting
I want to keep my Dutch XT9 so I can't flash anything else but smartphone france or my stock vodafone...
all the drawables should be in the root-me rom. open it and have a look for them.
But if they aren't I will brick my device by flashing a wrong framework...
no you wont. All you do is open it and drop in the .pngs you want, then resign it. they will be there in the rom- if not look at one of the other roms- Rogers, or daldroid will have them.
If it does go in to boot loop reboot into recovery and flash the last working rom you have until you figure out what went wrong. The only thing you are changing is the pngs. you shouldnt go intoa bootloop doing this- i have done a heap of theming for myself for the G1 and each time i got a boot loop it was cos i was playing around with services.jar and xml files. each time i just rebooted into recovery and reflashed previous working rom.
The thing is, I don't know which ROM I have... I have rooted my magic by using the android-dls tutorial with haykuro's stuff. There are still some vodafone relics left. I still have the vodafone shortcut, and i still have support for Dutch XT9.
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting
I haven't made a Nandroid backup and I don't know how to make a backup either so... There is only one alternative, flashing Smartphone France firmware, it has Dutch support. I wouldn't mind trying out that one but that'll be the first time that I flash firmware onto my Magic so I'd like some guidance on MSN with that
Drawer
Im looking for the application drawer button in the res folder that is inside framework... found the status/notification bar and all icons but can't seem to find the app drawer button... i want to change it to a darker grey and make the notification bar black...
the app drawers are in launcher.apk
Easiest/safest way of changing the graphics I have found was to:
1. Connect your phone via USB and make sure you have the drivers installed
2. do adb remount
3. Do a adb pull on /system/framework/framework-res.apk for example
4. Open the apk with something like winrar etc
5. Locate the png files you want to change and extract them
6. make modifications to the files
7. pop back to the apk
8. do an adb push of the file back to the device
I've done this with fairly few apk's such as the launcher.apk and framework-res.apk and never had to resign the file =o)
The advantage is that you are using the file from your phone that you know works =o)) certain apk's don't even need a restart such as the Launcher.apk, I did alot of modding with the app drawer without ever needing to restart the phone.
This is good for changing the images but things like changing the clock color is ALOT harder, it requires you to edit the services.jar file with a hex editor =o(
Hope this helps.
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the app drawers are in launcher.apk
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Ok, i did find the file in the launcher.apk, i edited it and all the other files and now need to resign in linux... was looking for the SignApk.jar in the SDK and didn't find it... also tried JF's testsign.jar and didnt work... can anyone point me in the right direction so i can resign the file using test keys in linux.
Thanks,
If you just changed the png's you shouldn't have to resign it
fxn said:
If you just changed the png's you shouldn't have to resign it
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What about the hour and date font in the status bar... if i change the notification area to black it wont automatically switch to white text... do you know where i can find the parameters to change it?
Some of the text like notification texts etc are held in framework-res.apk xml files in the drawable folder if I remember correctly.
The clock is the difficult one as it is inside services.jar file, its a serious pain in the back side, the dream forum has more info about it but it involves opening up files in hex editor and changing the hex code directly there
I'll be having a look at this and see if I can make step by step guide of this but it is seriously a pain!
Any idea which XML's in framework-re.apk (or other location) hold the various notification font colour(s)?? I can't seem to find it.
Well I haven't had much time lately to make themes but I figured i got enough time to explain how. This is how i do it in windows 7.
1) First thing i assume that you already have androidsdk on the root of your C drive. Lets go ahead and add it to your system path. If it's not called androidsdk go ahead and change it to that. Now open up your startmenu, right click computer, click properties, then click advanced system settings, in the advance system settings select environment variables. In the second box down look for path select it and choose edit. copy and paste this
Code:
;C:\androidsdk\tools
in there. Click okay.
2) download the jre and jdk from here and install them. Now you need to add them to your system path so copy paste this
Code:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin
to your system path just like you did in the first step.
3) Download apk manager from here. Now run it and when it says clean out all current projects click yes. Now thats ready to go.
4) Download an image editing program. I use gimp. Also if you don't have it 7-zip
your all set to go now so lets start over with the numbers
1) choose a mymode apk and extract it with 7-zip. Open up the res folder select a png that you want to change and change it with the image editor you chose.
2) when you've changed the images you want open up the original apk as an archive with 7zip. Then place the res folder of the modified unzipped apk into the archive and close the archive.
3) Now open up apk manager and place the mymode apk into the place here for signing folder click script batch choose no then type 15.
4) Now put the newly signed apk into your androidsdk/tools folder and close apk manager.
5) open command prompt and type this
Code:
cd\
cd androidsdk/tools
adb install whatever.apk
I'll update this with pics a more thorough guide.
Thanks to everyone that made this easy
reserved for themes to come
Thanks been waiting for a thread like this.
thanks, if i ever get any free-time between jobs and kid and fiancee i will look into this a little more
This is an awesome guide! I messed around with theming mytouch/g1 back when I had one.. so this will be great to make some themes for the slide..
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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ryanolson7 said:
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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The nest theme is in the framework, its not an .apk like the rest, its built into the system. The rest of the mymodes themes are .apks and if you edit those they will override the stock "nest" theme. The only way it will show up different in the theme chooser is if you edit the preview snapshot to be a preview of your theme. If you wanna keep the original theme, the nest theme is it and you should edit a different theme .apk...
-BMFC
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Okay so I got the next three days off and I already got two mymode themes pretty much done well their done but I just learned of a way to change the name so they are there own standalone apk instead of using another apk name. I've been using puppypride (which by the way isn't puppies those are full grown dogs) and switching out the pngs and you couldn't have the regular puppypride now you can have both
hope you don't mind but I did a mod of your themes and took out the bubbles since some people always create threads about it
Help with following guide
I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.
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I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.
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Actually the guide needs to be fixed a little because i'm guessing your getting compiling errors when using apk manager? But the best way to do this is to open up the mymode theme (using 7zip) as an archive delete meta-inf folder then replace the pngs with ones of your choice as long as they are the same scale. Then resign. and install
totally lost
I've followed these directions to a T and when it comes to using the apk manager i am getting nothing, please help
You guys that are having trouble with apk manager...its honestly not necessary to use Apk Manager for this. Mymodes themes are system .apks and shouldn't be re-signed. What you need to do is forget about apk manager (for now) and drop the UNsigned .apk into the ROM update you are using, and resign the whole ROM using the autosign tool created by jesusfreke. Or just adbpush the .apk. but don't resign the .apk.
Here's the link for the autosign tool to sign ROM updates. its in the THIRD POST and its auto-sign .zip, NOT the signing.zip in the first post. you can put it anywhere you want and you just drop (a copy of) your ROM update in the autosign folder, rename it update.zip, then run the sign.bat to sign. it will create another file, update-signed.zip. you shouldnt need to wipe when flashing the same ROM over itself, but i cant guarantee this is true for all ROMs.
you can also make an update that will only flash the .apk to /system/app, and nothing else will be changed. basically just make a copy of the update for the ROM youre using, then delete everything but the /system directory from the zip. then go into that /system directory and delete everything but the /app directory, then go into it and delete all the .apks and odex file or whatevers in there. ALL OF IT. when you are finished you should have an update with nothing in it but a /system/app directory. you put your modded .apk in there in /system/app, and thats it for that.
then you must edit the update script and remove MOST of its contents so that it only does what you want it to. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Go here to learn how to create an update script. what youll need is way simpler than the examples, youll want it to look basically like this...
Code:
assert compatible_with("0.2") == "true"
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 10
this update script will copy ANYTHING in the /system directory to /system on your device, regardless of subdirectories. that means anything in /system will go in /system, anything in /system/app will go to /system/app, etc. but since you only have one .apk in there it wont mess with anything but what you put in there. this way, you have a NOWIPE update for...well, whatever you want to put in it.
so you just drop the new shortened update-script in /META-INF/com/google/android/
and then use the autosign tool to resign your new update then flash away! This also takes less time cus its only flashing one file instead of flashing a whole ROM just to replace that one file...
hope this helps...
-BMFC
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So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo
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So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo
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I'm having issues with this as well... After I do the whole signing apk thing, it installs fine, but when I go to MyModes, the preview is black and when I select it, the MyModes app force closes. I don't get it.
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?
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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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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.
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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.
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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??
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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.
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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.
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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..
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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,
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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)
A lot of people have asked in various threads lately about getting this theme on x rom, or can someone port this theme for me, etc. It really isn't that hard. It actually is pretty much a simple matter of copying and pasting. This will work on any ROM, and it only takes a few minutes, easy enough for an amateur to do it.
1. First, download the ROM that has the theme that you want on your current ROM.
2. Extract framework-res.apk from /system/framework and rename it to framework-res-old.zip and then right click it, and click extract all. Just extract them to currentdirectory\framework-res-old, which should be the default option anyway.
3. Take your current ROM, and extract framework-res.apk from /system/framework, and repeat step 2 except name it framework-res-new.zip.
4. Browse to the framework-res-old\res folder and select all of the folders starting with "drawable", such as "drawable-mdpi"
5. Browse to the framework-res-new\res folder and paste those folders, it should prompt you to merge and replace files and all that jazz, just click yes and do for the next x conflicts. It will copy and replace all of the image files.
6. Go back to the root of your framework-res-new folder, highlight all of the contents, right click, Send to > Compressed (zipped) archive
7. Windows will re-zip framework-res-new. When it finishes, rename the new zip file to framework-res.apk and push it to /system/framework. If you haven't gotten s-off on your phone, you have to do this while in clockwork recovery (make sure you mount /system in the partitions menu, or if you are s-off and booted, type adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system if it gives you memory errors)
For other operating systems, the steps are similar. If you use a linux distro, I'm going to assume you are smart enough to figure out the compression tools and menu items to unzip and rezip the apk files.
NOTE: You don't actually have to change the extensions to .zip, in fact, you won't be able to unless you unchecked hide known file extensions in the windows folder options in control panel. I just thought it would be easier. If you don't want to unhide extensions, just use a tool like 7-zip or winrar to open and extract the APK. In simple terms, all you are doing is replacing the res folder of your new framework-res.apk with the one from the theme you want. Not very hard.
ANOTHER Note: Sense roms are a bit more difficult to theme, since all of the HTC apps are themed from images in com.htc.resources.apk in /system/framework. But if you are on a sense ROM, you probably can just use a MyModes theme. If you do however choose to try this on a sense ROM, it will only theme user and non-HTC apps. This guide will technically work for any ROM but it works best for AOSP based ROMs, like CyanogenMod or ArayrayMod. The only thing is that if there is a change in the color of text, then you have to decompile both framework-res APKs and copy styles.xml from the old one to your new one and recompile it. APKtool or APK Manager both work great for that.
DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE PUSHING THE NEW FRAMEWORK! Sometimes you can get boot loops from screwing with other files in framework-res, or if it is not signed properly. But you shouldn't get boot loops as long as you stay away from XMLs.
how do i extract an apk? it shows up as an apk and when i click extract it does nothing
Sometimes pushing new frameworks cause boot loops fyi..
Happened to me twice :/
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purple1 said:
how do i extract an apk? it shows up as an apk and when i click extract it does nothing
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Did you try renaming it to framework-res.zip rather than .apk? If you have 7-zip or winrar you can also right click, open with, and choose 7-zip or winrar from the choose default program option.
arayray said:
Sometimes pushing new frameworks cause boot loops fyi..
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Only if you screw with the non-drawable folders. If you leave the XMLs intact and only change the images it boots fine. The boot loops are caused by incompatible or conflicting XML files, which happens when you just push a random framework-res from another ROM, you have to just move the images over.
I use apkmanager for linux and its immensely helpful. Also you can loop one even without modifying the xmls. Least I have that's why the most important part of theming is knowing how to backup/restore or flash sbf or w/e.
Only if you screw with the non-drawable folders. If you leave the XMLs intact and only change the images it boots fine. The boot loops are caused by incompatible or conflicting XML files, which happens when you just push a random framework-res from another ROM, you have to just move the images over.
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I think you should state that in the OP
Added a note at the bottom, thanks
Hello A little while ago I managed to learn how to theme totally from scratch. I knew nothing of anything before I started, but now I know how to port themes As I still see myself as a n00b there may be some weird things I've done, but at least I manage to create the themes This might not be the best way to theme, or the easiest, but it works
Overview PNGS
1) Getting the files
2) Getting the images
3) Port
4) Package and Sign
The only programs I've used is 7zip and autosigner download them and install 7zip and extract autosigner to a nice location for example your desktop
Getting the files
The first you need to do (after getting the programs) is to find the file you will mod (edit). This will mostly be the framework-res.apk because this decides most of looks of phone (for example the statusbar). Download the .zip of the rom your going to theme. Open it up (shouldn't require any programs, if does, use 7zip: either drag it onto the 7zip icon or right click and choose open with). Open system -> app and copy the framework-res.apk (or any other apk you would like to theme, for example the settings). Now paste it into an appropriate folder.
Getting the images
Now you need to find the images you want to use in your new theme. Find either an update.zip with a theme or an .apk with a theme chooser theme (if there is both a version for Froyo and GB, use the Froyo version as this will make it easier ) Open it up with 7zip (drag it into the 7zip icon). Now you can do either of two options:
1) You can take the whole drawable-mdpi folder and copy it out. You should probably don’t do this with a Themechooser apk, as they usually don’t have all icons in this folder, as they often lend a few from HDPI.
2) Take only the images you want and copy them to a folder. For example if you want the signal icons, copy the “stat_sys_signal_0” (-4 of course) and copy them out. If you want the statusbar background, copy “statusbar_background”. This way you can mix several themes, take the best of several themes and make your personal theme
When you’re done getting your icons, close the window.
Porting
Now open the Rom’s default framework-res.apk with 7-zip. If you’re going to port a whole theme, delete the /res/drawable-mdpi folder and copy in your own. If you’re going to port just a few icons, open the /res/drawable-mdpi folder and paste your icons. You might want to check if the icons have the same names in the different framework. For example the headset icons can be both “stat_sys_headset” and “stat_notify_headset”. Also if you port from a theme chooser theme, you will have to rename every single .png you port. This is really boring, but necessary. You need to remove the “framework_res” and the “android_systemui” from the beginning of all the names. So “framework_res_activity_title_bar.9.png” needs to be changed to “activity_title_bar.9.png”. Because this is so boring you better keep your renamed icons, so it’s easier to port it to another rom
This is kind of off-topic: my carrier lends network of another carrier. Therefor my phone is allways roaming. This puts a stupid “r” with my signal icons. To avoid this I allways take normal signal icons, copy them, and rename one of the two .pngs from for example “stat_sys_signal_1” to “stat_sys_r_signal_1”. This way I get rid of this stupid “r” and it will always show the normal icons
Packing and signing
Now the porting is done and the next job is to push the new framework to your phone. If you are familiar with adb, you can push it to system/framework on your phone. You don’t need to anything more with the apk before pushing it. Else you can create a flashable .zip for your theme. I’ve attached a .zip with update script (I haven’t created it. Just stole it from one of Elelinux’ add-ons ). Download the zip. Create a folder named system and a folder named framework. First drag the new, modded framework_res.apk to the framework folder, then drag the framework folder into the system folder, before you drag the system folder into the attached zip. If you use Clockworkmod recovery, you can just flash the zip right as it is, but if you use Amon_Ra or want it to be compatible with every recovery because you want to post it, you need to do something.
Unpack autosigner and launch the exe file inside. Drag the .zip into the new window and press sign. It will now appear a new file in the same folder as the file you wanted to sign. Its name is the same, but with “_signed” at the end. You can rename the file as you wish both before and after the signing.
XML Editing:
I decided to add a little section about XML editing as well I really don't know all about this myself, but i can tell how to set it up and some examples to what you can do Even though this may seem really complicated, it's not written in a completely different language, like Java in the smali files, so often it is possible to use logic to get what you want
Tools needed: APK Multi-tool. as well as Java, if you don't have it installed.
Overview:
1) Setting up
2) Examples
3) Finish
Settings up
Download APK Multi-tool and extract/ unzip it to wherever you want ( I have it on my desktop). Now you can place the apk you want to modify (usually the framework_res.apk) in the "Place_apk_for_modding" folder. Then you open the script. If you don't get an error, proceed to b), if you do get an error proceed to a)
a)) If you do get an error where it says something like "java not found" you need to correct the Java path (or install Java if you haven't done that, which you should have) . I had to do this to get it working. First open my computer and click disk C, or D if you have installed Java there. Open programfiles (or whatever it's called in your language) and scroll to the Java folder. Now open the folder there jdk folder or whatever you have there and open the "bin" folder. Look at the top of your window, where it says where on you're computer you are (like Windows: C to the left, and then Programfiles and so on). Right click it and click copy address. Mine is "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_01\bin . Now you can close the window.
Open "My computer" again. On the top bar below the navigationbar, click Sytemoptions (sorry, not really sure what it's called in Englsih, as my computer is Norwegian, please correct me if I'm wrong). On the left click the "advanced" link and in the popup that appears click "environment variables". Scroll down to the "path" variable and edit it. Paste the address you copied and click OK. You should now be able to proceed to b). If you still get an error, please tell me and I'll try to help
b) type 25 and press enter to select current project. Here you will see all the apks in the "Place_apk_for_modding" folder. Select the appropriate number (in this case probably 1) and press enter to continue. Then you hit 9 and enter to decompile it. I cannot really explain it, but it enables you to edit the xmls in the apk. If you try to edit them by using 7Zip, the xmls will be just messed up. When it's done decompiling, you have gotten a new folder in the "projects" folder. In this case it is probably named framework_res.apk. Minimize the script (DON'T CLOSE IT) and you're ready to edit the xmls
Examples on edits:
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Finish:
When you're done editing, open the script again (remember what I said about not closing it? ). Click 11, unless you are editing a non system apk. If you are editing the framework or settings or such, use 11. If you get an error now, you have probably done something wrong, try to see in the log what you have done wrong. Every time I've had an error, I've ended up in bootloop when I've flashed, so it is probably better to just start over. Another tip is to do one thing at the time. For example: you decompile, edit the notification color in pulldown, compile. Take the compiled apk, decompile edit another thing and so on, this makes it easier to not mess up and it also shows what you are doing wrong.
On the "Is this a system apk?" you should probably say y, as I said above. I also usually copy over the files I didn't edit, as this seems safer. Follow the instructions and you should be fine. When you're done and the script is done compiling, you will find a unsigned_**** (for example unsigned_framework-res.apk) in the "place_apk_for_modding" folder. This is your modified apk, and you can try to push it to ur device with an update.zip or adb, if you know how to use that
Well this was the end of my guide for now If there's anything which is unclear or you have other suggestions, feel free to post I've probably forgotten something
Finally after all my attemps to modify the android framework before i have do it correctly. I have changed a couple of things, the lock screen and battery icons so far. The framework I'm modifying is the one on Ele's Gingerbread and i wonder how to get the battery icon percentage 1 by 1 as i saw in some other themes. What i mean is that in the original framework there is only battery icons for 15, 20, 25 and so on, and if i push the 16, 17, 18, 19 they won't work. Is Theme Chooser the one on charge of this? how can i get that? some help please?
(Also tryed to theme a sense rom, but everything was messed up, i guess because of sense or maybe I did something wrong)
So thanks for your guide, really helpfull
Yeah, I've never tried to theme Sense so I don't know. It is probably possible to make icons for every %, but then you'll have to decompile using APK tool, and it is harder. I don't know how. If you want to try, you could try asking a question here
thanks
so funny=))
i'm tried
Great guide helped me a lo thx.
Finally, someone who CAN explain it...
I'm now porting ICS to GB (no cm7), cause I think CM sucks.
mDroidd said:
Finally, someone who CAN explain it...
I'm now porting ICS to GB (no cm7), cause I think CM sucks.
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Hmm, ICS themes can be made really awesome, if you do some more advanced stuff. For example you want to remap the pulldownbar a bit, and change som text colors. But to do this you need to use a tool like APK multi-tool, and it is a bit more advanced. If you want to, I can create a new section where I show how to this
Thank you.
GUIDE UPDATED! Added a section about XML editing really quick, probably forgotten something and such, so just ask if there is something you don't understand This is for those who are getting used to the PNG editing and want to proceed to something slightly more advanced, for example you 7Tosta
Cheers
BTW: I should've reserved the 2nd post, this is getting messy
Edit: If there's anything specific you want me to add to the EXAMPLES section, tell me