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Music Player colors

Ok, so this hasn't really been a problem for me before since I couldn't use the samsung music player at all since it wouldn't sort by artist. However, now that I'm using JM6, it is letting me sort by artist. I really like the widget on the lock screen and on the pull down notification bar, so I'd like to use music player of Mixzing.
The problem is, on both of the widgets the background is an ugly purple color. Why would they do this? Ew. Is there any way to change the background color of these widgets? If I could do that, I would be as close to 100% happy with this phone that I've ever been.
Edit: Nevermind. I got it.

Care to share what you did? I didn't see anything in the settings. My ultimate goal would be to have the widget with a transparent background.
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keredini said:
Care to share what you did? I didn't see anything in the settings. My ultimate goal would be to have the widget with a transparent background.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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You could do that. The files you need to change are located in the twframework and framework apk's. They are in system/framework, but I just used the twframework file from here. I don't remember the names of the files I changed (sorry). I just searched for music or background or bg in the drawable-hdpi folder of the apk's and when I found the ones I wanted to change, (really the only purple ones) I changed the color to something else. To make it transparent just replace the file (keep the same name) with a transparent .png file.
The twframework file can just be edited and then copied back over the original, but the framework apk caused a lot of force closes on me when I tried that. So I just edited the files inside the circle clock.zip file and then ran the .zip file and it applied the changes for me without any problems.
I also changed the ugly pink icon to something that looks like a real cd in the background with an orange music note on top. Looks a billion times better.
I apologize that I can't be more technical with you, if you have any questions about anything shoot me a pm or post it up here.

dontshakepandas said:
You could do that. The files you need to change are located in the twframework and framework apk's. They are in system/framework, but I just used the twframework file from here. I don't remember the names of the files I changed (sorry). I just searched for music or background or bg in the drawable-hdpi folder of the apk's and when I found the ones I wanted to change, (really the only purple ones) I changed the color to something else. To make it transparent just replace the file (keep the same name) with a transparent .png file.
The twframework file can just be edited and then copied back over the original, but the framework apk caused a lot of force closes on me when I tried that. So I just edited the files inside the circle clock.zip file and then ran the .zip file and it applied the changes for me without any problems.
I also changed the ugly pink icon to something that looks like a real cd in the background with an orange music note on top. Looks a billion times better.
I apologize that I can't be more technical with you, if you have any questions about anything shoot me a pm or post it up here.
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Strange, I couldn't get this to work...here are the steps i took:
Used adb push to get the twframework-res.apk file to my PC.
Used APK Manager to unzip the APK.
Modified the purple background file (quick_panel_music_bg.9.png) to be transparent.
Used APK Manager to zip the APK using the new PNG file. (I only Zipped the APK, I did not sign it since it was a system APK and did not Zipalign it)
Dropped the APK on the root of my sdcard.
Used Busybox to copy it over the existing APK.
Rebooted.
Any ideas why this wouldn't work? I tried twice, both times the background is still purple.

Hmmm, I went back and looked at the framework-res.apk and noticed i missed a file in there with purple background, so i edited that PNG file, then used APK Manager to zip and then ADB to copy over the original.
Now my phone will boot only to the Galaxy S boot screen, then just goes black. Looks like I will need to adb the backup files back onto the phone. Can you explain how you did this using an update.zip file. That seems like maybe an easier route.

when changing the twframework file I used 7zip to open the archive without ever unzipping the file. I dragged the already edited png files into the correct directory to replace the purple ones.
For the update.zip I downloaded the .zip file for thecircle battery mod. I then put the updated png files that I wanted to replace using 7 zip again. I ran the update.zip file and everything worked.
If you are able to use metamorph (using older su version) you can download the simplistic theme, replace the res files with the ones from the stock apks then apply them in metamorph.

[REQ] Captivate Stock AT&T Theme

I would like to flash a new ROM but i like the stock captivate theme the best.
is there any update.zip packages of the default theme floating around? i want to wait until i know i can do it before i flash. Also, is there any way to "rip" the theme from my ROM? because then i can just do that

I posted a request for this a few weeks back and got really no help.... What I did was unzip the framework.apk's from the theme I wanted and from the JH7_OTA that's floating around here somewhere and compared the images in the drawbale-hdpi folder. I think there are some files in tw-framework.apk that need to be changed if you want to change the pull down menu.
Hope this helps

The themes are mostly inside framework-res.apk, which is very ROM-specific. You can't just install them randomly inside one another.
If you'd like to port a theme, you can either replace the image files using 7-zip, WinRAR, etc. or decompile the .apk using APK Manager for more extensive changes (things like battery mods, etc.).

MikeyMike01 said:
The themes are mostly inside framework-res.apk, which is very ROM-specific. You can't just install them randomly inside one another.
If you'd like to port a theme, you can either replace the image files using 7-zip, WinRAR, etc. or decompile the .apk using APK Manager for more extensive changes (things like battery mods, etc.).
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what he said ^^^^
but as a beginner's guide, you will need to pull your FRAMEWORK-RES.APK and TWFRAMEWORK-RES.APK from /system/framework folder
For this, you will need to use either ADB or an app like ASTRO or ROOTEXPLORER
when you copy these two apk's to your computer, you will need to open it up (NOT extract it) and simply replace the images inside with those from a stock FRAMEWORK-RES.APK & TWFRAMEWORK-RES.APK
The images you want to change are going to be in res/drawable-hdpi folder
Don't just replace everything, you will need to see which one's are different.. if there is something you want to change and don't know what .png file it is, just post it back up here and I will help you out

APK files and swype keyboard

OK.. so I want to change the keyboard colors on my phone and I've been reading for a while on apk files and just want to make sure I have it right
I took the original swype apk (after backing up a copy) and changed it to a zip file and unzipped. Went into where the keyboard png files live and changed the color of the text to my liking.
I took the original backed up swype.apk and used the apk package manager to decompress it (files were in projects folder). I copied over my keyboard pngs over the originals and then use apk manager to package it back up I'm pretty sure but
1. Is swype a system app?? Apk manager warns about keeping the signature or not
2. Does my new swype apk have to have the same name?? I now have a unsignedswype.apk file in my "place-apk-here-for modding" folder probably because I chose that
Was planning on using sideload wonder machine to put it on the phone, just wanted to make sure I had everything correct before screwing something up royally

I've played around a bit with Swype themes. MetaMorph is an easy way to apply your theme. I've also had no problems with copying my Swype.apk from /system/App, opening it with Astro, deleting the files I changed, and pasting in the replacements. Then I just overwrite the original apk with mine using Root Explorer.
Let me know if you need any more help, can also show you how to hex edit the lib to change the trail color (mine is green).
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Simple Simple Request

Im sick of the green smiley face touchwiz icon, anyway I can get the stock samsung galaxy s touchwiz one? Is there a mms.apk or something I can just swap?

I always get mine out of the AOSP rom or Superclean with root explorer and paste it in system/app. I like the AOSP mms.apk a lot more, anyway.

That what im looking for, Can someone just post it.

Just download the ROM from adrynalyne's Superclean 2.9.2 thread, open the .zip file using Root Explorer (mms.apk will be in the /system/app folder). Copy this file, and paste it in your own /system/app folder.
Another Fascinating post by my XDA app...

Or do it yourself. From computer (with 7zip) right click mms.apk and choose open archive. Within the 7zip navigate to res/drawable-hdpi rename "new icon of choice" to ic_launcher_smsmms and simply drag the new icon into the open 7zip window. Push via adb and reboot or copy to system/app with RootEx and reboot. And new icon of choice should roughly be about 72x72px.
good day.

Edit. Found it.

Yay, I bet you feel on top of the world right now? Now get to themeing your own framework.... (hint you can do the same thing with framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk and you can even extract the res folder and look around make changes and drag back in).
good day.

[Q] Problem while icon changing

i´m trying to change the settings.apk icon.....
so
1) i rename the apk to .zip
2) open the archive
3) replace the original with another .png
4) save the new archive
now comes the strange part,
after saving my archive, i only got half the size of the original archive but it contains exactly the same files (4,4 mb <--> 2 mb)
i did the same way when i changed all folder icons in the arc launcher and it worked without any trouble
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and is there a way to have two icons for the same app?
for example:
settings in app drawer ---> white icon
settings in widget menu ---> black icon
or does android automatically use the same icons for both?

still didn´t solve this problem ;(
tried via root manager and using 7zip under windows....filesize stayed the same but didn´t work.
and when i changed the icon, i couldn´t open the widget menu or go to options --> settings
oh boy....

try this :
1.) do all your customizing with this apk ...
2.) copy AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from original settings.apk to your new settings.apk
3.) put in update.zip to flash in CWM, or push to system/app manually, check if permissions are ok (rw-r-r)
this worked for me theming framework-res.apk from FR18b2 ...
without copying AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from old to new file, i always had bootloop ...

if it´s still not working, you can try and
1.) decompile with apkmanager or apktool
2.) do your customizing
3.) compile apk
4.) copy AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from original settings.apk to your new settings.apk
5.) flash

tried your first hint but it didn´t work......
so, when i try to open the widgets i get this message:
sony ericsson home (process com.sonyericsson.home) gets force closed
maybe it has something to do with that?
i deleted lglauncher.apk and launcher2.apk and replaced it with a modified arc launcher as main launcher
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im thankful for your advises but i have ZERO knowledge and experience in stuff like adb, apktool, scripts and stuff...
i can handle illustrator or photoshop
if it´s not working, i think i have to let my idea go.....