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Hey guys. I fell in love with the transparent Rosie that i used to put on Hero. I dont know what happened but this new crop of Heros wont take it.
I originally took the transparent Rosie.apk from one of the palmhero themes, if i remember correctly. I would then just copy through terminal to /system/sd/app_s, press home, and after the screen reloaded, voila, transparent Rosie.
I've tried this on a couple of the newer Heros and it just froze then up. Im running JAC 1.8. I havent tried it yet on this but thats because ive just been putting it through its paces. And I dont want to have to reflash yet. Ill try it in a while. But until then....
Can someone explain this and possibly tell me if its still possible to do on these newer Heros?
Thanks
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I just tried it on JAC-SKI 1.8 and the strangest thing happened. It went back to a cupcake stock look?? I checked settings and it still said Hero. Really weird.
Docavelli said:
Hey guys. I fell in love with the transparent Rosie that i used to put on Hero. I dont know what happened but this new crop of Heros wont take it.
I originally took the transparent Rosie.apk from one of the palmhero themes, if i remember correctly. I would then just copy through terminal to /system/sd/app_s, press home, and after the screen reloaded, voila, transparent Rosie.
I've tried this on a couple of the newer Heros and it just froze then up. Im running JAC 1.8. I havent tried it yet on this but thats because ive just been putting it through its paces. And I dont want to have to reflash yet. Ill try it in a while. But until then....
Can someone explain this and possibly tell me if its still possible to do on these newer Heros?
Thanks
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I just tried it on JAC-SKI 1.8 and the strangest thing happened. It went back to a cupcake stock look?? I checked settings and it still said Hero. Really weird.
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As far as I know, only TwistedHero has the transparent drawer look on it, you can either try pushing his framework over, or you can try flashing his ROM, then the JAC1.8 Boot Kernel over it for the BFS support or leave it off for multi-touch. Your choice.
Thanks h.nocturna. Ill try messing with twisteds framework.
I searched the forum to see if someone had done this and couldn't find it. I back ported the weather widget from 2.0 in case anyone is interested (works fine on donuts). This is the beginning of my development work. Hope this helps!
Please just take the .zip file and rename it to .apk
copy to your sdcard and install with any file explorer or
connect your device to your pc with development enabled
type "adb install MotAccuWeatherWidget.apk"
Red
G1 with latest Cyan
Thank you to this site and all the developers for their inspiration and hard work.
This has been around for a while...
Good work, though. Kudos and thanks for the effort.
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
redd12345 said:
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
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If anyone flames you, they're stupid. You did good work, even if it was in vain. Car Dock has been ported to Donut, though I don't think the little nightstand Dock from Droid is running on anything prior to 2.0... Not sure, though, as it doesn't interest me all that much.
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
Red.
redd12345 said:
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
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Not to my knowledge. It might not be a bad idea for one of the leading devs to start a thread here on things we want from new phones to run on our phones, and check them off as they are accomplished. 75% of the list would be from the Nexus One, at the moment. You really want to help? See what you can do to get Launcher2 from the Nexus working on Dream... Just changing the build.prop doesn't work, so we'll have to fix errors one by one. Hope you're better at coding than I.
There is also more info in the Dream app section, where these apps are usually released...good work, keep it up!
Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
I'm not sure. I pulled this weather widget from Eugene373's AOSP Rom port and hex edited the AndroidManifest.xml to make the MinSDK 3 instead of 5. I can't tell you much more than that. I hope this helps you.
Red.
Give this widget a shot and see if it's the one you are looking for. At least one person might make use of it. haha
Red
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Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
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So, does anyone know if this will work on 1.6? Cyanogen MOD ROM?
It will work on any 1.6 rom. I am running Cyanogen's 11.1 (most recent.) This widget typically works on most people's "custom roms" as long as the 1.6 base is the same, it's just that there is a MinSDK value that prohibits users on a lower SDK from using the application. I dropped that value to 3, so I think that it should also work on hero roms (1.5 cupcake base) if someone likes the graphics on this widget better than the weather app that is included. Hope this helps.
Red.
Ps. I am going to be trying my hand at creating themes instead. My only experience with programming was C++, Pascal, and Visual Basic and that was close to 8 years ago! lol. I'm a little outdated as far as Java goes.
I'm really looking forward to using Stericson's Metamorph. It is such a great effort for theme development.
i sure could use it im new to xda im non root for now, but i would like to make a few nice add ons to my mt3g till i get the guts to root. is thr some good stuff here for a non root like me
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
Nice Widget, thanks. I was using weathereye before. I like this one better.
Thanks. In the case of this widget, it was ok to backport it because it doesn't call on any other functions that are proprietary to a specific rom (ie. Happenings widget from Blur calls tons of other functions in the home.Blur). There are a few places online when you look up backporting (I'll try to remember to post the links for people.)
You want to start by unziping the aplication you want to backport. Just rename it to a .zip file.
When you look in the file, you will see AndroidManifest.xml. This file has been compiled out as a binary file so you can't read it like a normal .xml file. You want to then download AxmlPrinter2.jar and run that to change the AndroidManifest.xml to AndroidManifest.txt by typing "Java -jar AmxlPrinter2.jar AndroidManifest.xml > AndroidManifest.txt"
The hard part is to find the byte offset in the AndroidManifest where it says the MinSDK value is. The MinSDK value needs to drop from 6 or 7 down to "2" so that you can use the widget on Cupcake or higher. There is a program online and I will post the link when I get home that you use with Eclipse to find the byte offset and then you have to use a Hex editor to change the value in the original .xml file.
Once you use the hex editor and save your changes, you zip up all the files and use the apkbuilder.exe that is in the sdk tools directory by typing "apkbuilder application_name.apk -z application_name.zip"
that will make an apk from a zip file and then you right-click and resign the apk file. From there, you just copy it to your sd card and you know the rest.
It is a pretty dirty and painful approach to porting an app. That is why I am more interested in working on themes. You can just unzip the apk's you want to use and edit the /res directory and then rebuild the app and sign it. Photoshop works great for it.
I'm planning on making a theme/rom that uses hero (1.5) for a base, but slimming it down and using widgets that are smaller like the one that I ported and changing a lot of the graphics for the clocks and such.
I hope this helps for anyone interested in developing.
Red.
Wisefire said:
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
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Ok so I have been searching the forums and I cannot find an exact answer for what I want to change so if this is a problem that had already been solved, please direct me to the thread.
I just recently dl'd the chm binary release and like it. But the on screen keyboard is hard on my eyes.
So my question is how would I go about replacing it with something like, o say the buuf on screen keyboard instead?
HTC_IME is not what I want just to clarify.
And once again, I apologize if this has already been threaded...
There is no way that none of you know this...
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There is no way that none of you know this...
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We could help you, but it is a 3rd party keyboard. What keyboard is it?
I'm not really sure. After installing the HTC_IME, I now have 2. Htc keyboard and android keyboard. If I knew how to take a screenie, I would but I don't.
As far as I know, its the on screen keyboard I've had since I rooted...
The keyboard that comes with chm binary is what I want to change...
well, I know how to modify the look of the builtin keyboard, but I haven't messed with 3rd party stuff.
The stock keyboard can be changed by theming. They're just png files, although the .9.pngs make it a little bit more complicated.
Well I kinda figured as much but what I'm really trying to ask is where do I find them?
They're in framework-res.apk on the phone. If you extract this file they'll be under res/drawable/
The filenames are btn_keyboard*.png
By using metamorph or creating an update.zip style theme you can change these and apply a theme to the phone. Theming is a real pain, but I think it's worth learning how to do.
Ya, I have already pieced together a blackbar to my liking so I'm well aware of the hassles it is to do. I'll be learning the .9's as soon as I get my pc parts back from rma and then I'll try to put out a skin.
Thanks bud, I'll look into this tomorrow after I've slept...
If you want to do this easily, download the buff keyboard skin for better keyboard, and take the .9.pngs from there.
Wow! Now that should have been said at the very beginning. Good thing I was too busy today to get to that. Cloverdale, you just saved me a few hours of frustration. still though, I thank the both of you for the help. I will update the thread when I have success so everyone knows its solved!
Ps- anyone else try to read the forums on your phone? Its a little tricky...
Sorry for the off topic comment but I felt the need...
ok so I couldn't really find a way to download the better keyboard/buuf theme on the pc so I went and tried swapping the btn-keyboard---'s and noting happened after add.
So now I'm on the hunt for the better keyboard dl
I don't know where to look for the file when dl'ing to phone so if all else fails, I guess I could dl to phone and then search for it by folder by painstaking folder...
Update - I cannot for the life of me find the file on the web or on the phone. I dl'd from marketplace but I must not be very smart cause I don't know where marketplace stores stuff...
Downloading the better keyboard theme was supposed to save me grief but in fact, it did the exact opposite...
Update - Well I thought by removing the btn_keyboard_key.xml would solve my problem considering the BUUF skin does not contain one. Same nasty black and blue keyboard. All the buuf keyboard .--- are there so I'm confused once again.
I do not want to install another pay-for app and I don't want the entire buuf theme as of now so I will wait till later today after sleep and try again.
Unless someone knows exactly what's wrong. I'm doing everything I can to keep this 3 month old drywall from having holes in it...
I thought the black bar mod was hard to do... hahaha! That was a cake walk compared to this...
Update - Removing the xml's to the keyboard was a bad idea. It forced closed the android keyboard cause it wanted to change the language to latin or something like that. Touch Input keyboard (HTC_IME) will still work though and I made backups so all of this is just a learning experience for me.
...This is so not like modding and skinning a moto. Way more complicated. So much can go wrong.
Which reminds me, how do I view the .xml's with win7? Never done it before...
So does anyone have any other ideas? Maybe there's something I've been missing this whole time?
I have replaced the btn_keyboard--- files in the framework-res.apk like I was told to do and there is no effects... at all. Positive or negative...
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So does anyone have any other ideas? Maybe there's something I've been missing this whole time?
I have replaced the btn_keyboard--- files in the framework-res.apk like I was told to do and there is no effects... at all. Positive or negative...
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Well the only other place I can think of is the LatinIME.apk, but I'm not sure about that one
You know, that almost makes sense cause when I removed the .xml for the keyboard to make it match with buuf, the phone kept screaming at me about ..... latin something. So I will check this out and let you know.
But now I have a new problem. I think I need to remove a few applications cause my phone keeps force closing everything after reboot due to an update.zip file. So once I conquor this then I'll start working on the original problem...
Hey there guys,
As the title says, i am meaning to ask about the HTC Desire lockscreen.
Our 2.1 Roms, including the ones from the HTC Legend, whenever you want to unlock you pull down the bar and the transition pulls down the lockscreen picture down as well.
On the HTC desire though, you just pull down the bar, and it unlocks in a better (for me) transition. The lockscreen picture stays intact, and the bar is just pulled down. I seem to prefer that.
Here's a video showing this @ 1:01.
Is this possible to achieve?
TIA
EDIT: 14/6/2010
Thanks to HomerSp (many many props) Desire lockscreen is now available!
Get it HERE as an update.zip.
Well..
Everything is possible! And I totally agree with you.
Yes, would be very nice. Perhaps a theme could resolve this or hopefully the official 2.1 will include this.
Now that we're three, anyone mind giving us a hint? I'll try and work on it myself if needed.
Gotha be something in the HTCLockscreen.apk !!
Hax some there making the lockscreen "wallpaper/background" not following the unlock bar. Instead you make it stand still and fadeout to the homescreen when unlock has been done.
Don't ask me how to do this tho
really liked it !
now , we are four
the lockscreen would be nice if it wre to be for the 2.1 roms
Also (thought I might add this in, might be some help), when answering a call only the bar slides down (not the background).
About whether this will be in the official 2.1, I'm not sure if this any indication of what to expect but on the HTC Wildfire (2.1 and similar specs to our Hero), the lockscreen is the same as the one we have in 1.5 (ie bar + background, not just bar).
My guess its just a modified HTCLockscreen.apk
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My guess its just a modified HTCLockscreen.apk
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lol me2, hasn't anyone just tried it? i was expecting to be hit with problems when opening this thread, just make a nandroid backup and push the file to /system/app.
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lol me2, hasn't anyone just tried it? i was expecting to be hit with problems when opening this thread, just make a nandroid backup and push the file to /system/app.
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Yea figured as much as well, thing is i have no idea if, due to the difference in screen size, it would get affected ( i suppose it will).
And due to me not knowing HOW to edit apk's, thought maybe i'd ask first.
I'll be uploading in a while the Lockscreen.apk off of MCR ROM for the Desire. My ROM isn't deodexed, so I can't test it, if any of you guys wanna give it a try, please do so and let me know. Nandroid first, as kendong said.
edit. just remove the HTCLockscreen.apk from system/app/ and push this one via adb.
Well, as noone tried it, i did a nandroid and cooked a Villain rom 5.5.0 with the APK integrated in it.
Freezes on boot. Ill try again and get a logcat, see if someone can help out.
I like the collapsing effect we have on 1.5..
Ok so instead of a cooked rom, i went ahead and installed 5.5.0 Villain Rom today, and removed the normal HtcLockScreen.apk via adb, and pushed the new one.
As expected, same as above, it wouldn't boot. I've got a logcat now.
Anyone mind giving this a look?
I am still not giving up here.
Decompiled the apk's via the APKTool, and i am "trying" to compare the two. Anyone with more knowledge please help me out.
Here are the two decompiled apk's. One from VR 5.5.0 and the other one from the Desire.
I do believe that this might be a problem with /system/frameword/com.htc.resources.apk. If it is, i have no idea how to fix it. This guess is based upon the fact that most themers update that particular apk in order to move from old framework rosies to new ones (1.5 =>2.1).
ANY help is appreciated.
There are 4 changed files located in DesireLock\smali\com\htc\lockscreen
HtcLockScreen$1.smali
HtcLockScreen$5.smali
HtcLockScreen.smali
R$string.smali
Comparing these would probably come up with only the bar going down as these files are smalled then the original hero lockscreen.
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There are 4 changed files located in DesireLock\smali\com\htc\lockscreen
HtcLockScreen$1.smali
HtcLockScreen$5.smali
HtcLockScreen.smali
R$string.smali
Comparing these would probably come up with only the bar going down as these files are smalled then the original hero lockscreen.
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You based this on the file size difference, didn't you?
Well, substituting the files from the old lockscreen to the new desire lockscreen, then recompiling would make it work, you believe?
If all the other requets are the same, then yes it should be just a few lines actually. But i have no idea what the other differences between say the dialer, or other functionality the desire lockscreen adds/remove's.
I really want this too
Wouldn't it be easier to get the desire lockscreen.apk and put the graphics from the hero into the apk-file and edit the layout so the images fit into the screen?
Since seeing the Dell Streaks UI (Dell Stage Launcher) i downloaded it and put it on my phone. As a launcher it works great, but there are alot of issues. So I am going to work on porting it over to the Eris, becasue it is a well built fast ui ( i am clocked at 710 and there is not lag). But I do need some help so this will be a slow process.
Here we Go
Ok im already pretty lost any suggestions on where to start?
we're all gonna need "a little" more than "i started to port a rom and am now stuck, please help."
what have you done? what's the ROM doing? booting? any errors when DDMS is running? what are they? logcat?
the streak has an 800×480 pixels resolution display, correct? so there are gonna be some sizing issues that you'll have to correct as well (honestly, a PITA)...
on top of that, isn't the streak still on 1.6? has it got a 2.2 update yet?
or... are you JUST using the launcher? or the entire ROM?
i don't mind helping anyone here when i can... just need a little to work with
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we're all gonna need "a little" more than "i started to port a rom and am now stuck, please help."
what have you done? what's the ROM doing? booting? any errors when DDMS is running? what are they? logcat?
the streak has an 800×480 pixels resolution display, correct? so there are gonna be some sizing issues that you'll have to correct as well (honestly, a PITA)...
on top of that, isn't the streak still on 1.6? has it got a 2.2 update yet?
or... are you JUST using the launcher? or the entire ROM?
i don't mind helping anyone here when i can... just need a little to work with
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Its not the rom i am porting its dells Stage UI it is a launcher
The streak is going to get 2.2 here soon. But this was leaked. I have it installed and it runs no FCs which is a plus. Off the bat i did notice that there is a massive screen resolution difference so it doesnt like to scale like you said. That is what i am trying to over come. I am sort of a newbie at this so i am doing research at the same time to expand and learn.
Somethings i am noticing.
1. It looks like portirate and landscape are backwards. So the widgets are all funky.
2. When first booting up there are no icons in the app draw.
At this current moment i am installing all the android development tools that i will need (Eclipse and so on, I already have Android Sdk installed). But im trying to get my hands on ADW's apk to compare the xml files for how ADW scales to different resolutions so i can apply that to Dells Stage UI
Thank You in advanced for dealing with a newbie who wants to learn.
gotcha!
i've got the files sitting here.
it looks pretty nice... but you'll have to resize all the png files each of the apks... as well, you'd have to edit (hex) a few of the xml's as well.
the resizing might be tricky, as the resolution isn't an "even" scale with our screen res. 320 x 480 "x" 1.5 = 480 x 720... but that would probably look ok and be best "match"
however, i've done LOTS of editing of the png's in many files, roms (theming, etc)... and it's quite "enjoyable" hex editing... meh, not really my strong point!
would definitely be "sexy" to pull it off! hopefully someone smarter then me can give some insight to the hex editing
did you have to use/install the LCD density change too? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639&highlight=dell
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gotcha!
i've got the files sitting here.
it looks pretty nice... but you'll have to resize all the png files each of the apks... as well, you'd have to edit (hex) a few of the xml's as well.
the resizing might be tricky, as the resolution isn't an "even" scale with our screen res. 320 x 480 "x" 1.5 = 480 x 720... but that would probably look ok and be best "match"
however, i've done LOTS of editing of the png's in many files, roms (theming, etc)... and it's quite "enjoyable" hex editing... meh, not really my strong point!
would definitely be "sexy" to pull it off! hopefully someone smarter then me can give some insight to the hex editing
did you have to use/install the LCD density change too? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639&highlight=dell
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Yes i did but it didnt do anything so i guess im down to editing the pngs...here we go again.....where are the PNG's?
Might be of some help
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/11/htc_evo_4g_gets_dell_stage_user_interface.html
for png locations... use 7zip (or your favorite archiving program)... open up each of the apks...
you will find all the png's in the various folders
Has anyone got a port of the entire ROM to boot? Mine bootloops and I haven't had time to really look into it.
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for png locations... use 7zip (or your favorite archiving program)... open up each of the apks...
you will find all the png's in the various folders
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That is the first thing i did ( i did use seven zip) but there are no png files. I pulled appart the actual launcher to get started on that because i think if that gets fixed the widgets might be de-opxted. so they should scale. Other than that in all the files it is either xml or orl.....wait i found them lol great . Any sugestions on what programs to use to edit them?
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Has anyone got a port of the entire ROM to boot? Mine bootloops and I haven't had time to really look into it.
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Running an Eris kernel in it?
Has the rom been deodexed?
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Running an Eris kernel in it?
Has the rom been deodexed?
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Well, yes and yes, of course. I took DJ Steve's Froyo and ported it. Not real successfully yet, but I gave it a try. If I get a chance, I'll logcat the boot if it gives me such a thing.
okay I'm also working on this but for the sprint hero. The launcher and it's widgets install fine without any mods (running cyanogen 2.2) But of course since it's an mdpi device it's really out of whack. So far I was able to change the shared uid by removing the meta-inf from all the apks and resigning them all using release keys. I then used apk manager to decompile the apks. I can decompile and recompile the widgets no problem but when it comes to the launcher it doesn't compile. Of course without the launcher having the correct dimensions none of this really matters. If anyone has any ideas.
Almost forgot that this is basically the same stock launcher that comes in 2.2 so the dimensions could pretty much be copy pasted over