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[MOD] 2.2-Style Notification/Power Menu/Settings Icons for 2.1 Captivates

Figured I'd share these since I threw 'em together after using 2.2 for a bit and going back to 2.1...
They're modified framework-res.apk, Mms.apk, and Settings.apk files. You can copy and paste them over the existing apks via RootExplorer (which is the method I used), or you can push them via adb...provided your permissions are setup and you don't get the "access denied" messages.
I think I managed to get all the notification/settings menu/power menu icons skinned. Most of the dialogue pop-ups are also the dark blue now, instead of the regular blue from 2.1. Also, the battery meter is basically the stock battery meter, but it's actually accurate. It's the same one used in the Cognition ROMs, minus the numbers.
I've only tested these on my phone, obviously, but they worked on Cognition 2.1 as well as stock 2.1 ROMs.
Instructions:
#1: Rename files by removing "TWEAKED-" portion from file name(s).
#2: Copy or push files to appropriate folders via RootExplorer or adb. (framework-res.apk goes in the "/system/framework/" folder, Mms.apk and Settings.apk go in "/system/app/" folder).
#3: Reboot. Depending on how you copy files over, you might get a force close error before you reboot.
Enjoy!
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RapidShare link with all 3 APKs: https://rapidshare.com/files/424152667/FROYO-KB-Mods.zip
Credits:
- designgears : Original notification bar battery meter.
- a.n : For telling me where the dang MMS/SMS notification icon was so I could change it.

That's awesome. How did you do this if you don't mind me asking?
Yay no more fc

tytdfn said:
That's awesome. How did you do this if you don't mind me asking?
Yay no more fc
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I just copied the framework/mms/settings apks from both 2.1 and 2.2 to my computer, and then grabbed the image files out of the drawable-hdpi folder in the 2.2 apks...moved those into the 2.1 apks, and then moved the updated apks into the appropriate folders on the phone with RootExplorer.
Hopefully that makes sense. Haha.

Any idea why my battery icon wont show? I have the phone rooted and have Root Explorer installed. I renamed the stock apks and just pasted the new ones in. Also the Power Control widget does not work any more. Says "problem loading widget"

88EVGAFTW said:
Any idea why my battery icon wont show? I have the phone rooted and have Root Explorer installed. I renamed the stock apks and just pasted the new ones in. Also the Power Control widget does not work any more. Says "problem loading widget"
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No idea, I've never had either issue. You can try copying the APKs over again and rebooting to see if the battery meter shows again.
None of the APKs should have any effects on the widgets. I don't use Power Control but SwitchPro and everything else works fine.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate (AT&T/XDA-App)

Also, if you're renaming the stock APKs on the phone with RootExplorer, instead of just making backup copies of them, before copying over the new ones, that could be causing problems. That's the same as actually deleting the stock APKs, which are necessary system files. I've only installed them by overwriting the existing APKs with the new ones, then rebooting.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate (AT&T/XDA-App)

KaLiBLeeK said:
I just copied the framework/mms/settings apks from both 2.1 and 2.2 to my computer, and then grabbed the image files out of the drawable-hdpi folder in the 2.2 apks...moved those into the 2.1 apks, and then moved the updated apks into the appropriate folders on the phone with RootExplorer.
Hopefully that makes sense. Haha.
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please give us a step by step instruction on these... thank you

[Q] Can I extract an icon.png(?) from an .apk?

Hi all,
I've downloaded these icons and would like to use the psd's that the artist provided to make lots more.
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I think the quickest way to make more would be to get the official icon and shrink it so that it can be placed on the little coloured squares.
So my question is: How do I access the icon in an .apk file and also the icons for the default apps like the calculator, navigation etc? I see them on the phone screen smiling back at me but just can't seem to get my hands on the raw .png file.
Perhaps there's some kind of .apk extractor or maybe they are in the phone memory when it's on and can be lifted from there?
Many thanks to any bright spark that knows how to do this. I've searched plenty but maybe I'm just not using the right search terms or something

if all you're after is the .png to make an icon, you could copy the .apk to your computer and rename it to a .zip and extract it. the icons would be in the drawable-hdpi folder.
just in case you were asking where the .apk files are, look in /data/app or /system/app, depending on the app.

Thanks brewcrewwheels,
That worked great for stand alone .apk's but I still can't seem to find the icons for the default apps. I can't find the folders you speak of...

noomski said:
Thanks brewcrewwheels,
That worked great for stand alone .apk's but I still can't seem to find the icons for the default apps. I can't find the folders you speak of...
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which folders are you referring to? actually let's start at the beginning. are you rooted? if so, do you have root explorer? if those are both yes, then in root explorer you would navigate to system, then app, then select the .apk you want. for example, let's say you want the icon for gmail. go to system, app, then long press gmail.apk. copy it to your sd card (make sure you have selected mount r/w in the top right corner), then copy it to your desktop. rename it to gmail.zip and extract it. go to the folder called res, then you will see drawable-hdpi. this contains all the icons used by the app. in this case, the png you are after is called ic_launcher_mail.png
all of the app logos will be in drawable-hdpi, but they may have different file names. that is why i recommend extracting everything, so at least you will have thumbnails to guide you. hopefully this clears things up a bit, but let me know if you need anything further.

brewcrewwheels said:
if all you're after is the .png to make an icon, you could copy the .apk to your computer and rename it to a .zip and extract it. the icons would be in the drawable-hdpi folder.
just in case you were asking where the .apk files are, look in /data/app or /system/app, depending on the app.
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thanks for the tips...

brewcrewwheels said:
if all you're after is the .png to make an icon, you could copy the .apk to your computer and rename it to a .zip and extract it. the icons would be in the drawable-hdpi folder.
just in case you were asking where the .apk files are, look in /data/app or /system/app, depending on the app.
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A little off topic here, what about mp3's inside apk games. How do you extract it??

earthworm1102 said:
A little off topic here, what about mp3's inside apk games. How do you extract it??
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same method, different folder. inside the apk, you can have fun exploring all the different folders and you'll find all files. the way I find music inside apk's is to play them in vlc player (google it), and it should point you to its general location. that's how I ripped a couple of hidden songs from my phone's system folder that are inaccessible any other way.

see http://androidmtk.com/extract-icon-apk-application

rahul964 said:
see http://androidxda.com/extract-icon-apk-application
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No need to have a computer. It can also be done from a phone.

Splash Screens, CM7 and Sense 3.5 Mods

Splash Screens are in the 1st Post
Sense 3.5 Mods are in the 2nd Post
CM7 mods are in the 3rd Post
Splash Screens
To change your splash screen - ( I know there might be simpler and possibly better ways to do this, but I like doing it this way and so am posting it here). Before doing this copy paste any of the splash screen files to the tools folder in your android sdk folder.
1. Restart your device in bootloader mode
2. Connect your usb
3. Start fastboot mode. Make sure you are in fastboot usb
4. Start up command prompt
6. Navigate to your android sdk folder (Using cd ... etc)
7.
Code:
cd tools
8.
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 {name of splash image}.img
fastboot reboot
Note: If you are getting an AdbWinApi.dll error. Just copy paste the one in your platform-tools folder to your tools folder
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Wallpapers
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Sense 3.5 mods
Some mods I have put together for the Sense 3.5. I have tried to keep the look as much stock as possible changing only some parts to give it a more pleasing look. This is still very much a WIP. I am not gonna make a theme out of it as lots of the parts are borrowed, but I will not say no to sharing.
Most of the icons on top are from MIUI, The battery is from elegant blues by he_stheone64
Download and push to system/framework/framework-res.apk
Download
Download and push to /system/app/SystemUI.apk
Download
Download and push to /system/app/Settings.apk
Download
I have changed the system icons as well. The icons are from the faenza pack. And I will upload based on requests. I am posting a few here just for starters.
If you want to change a system icon just pull the file from either system/app or data/app change ic_launcher_'app_name".png or icon.png or 'app_name'.png
Mail
MMs
Phone
Camera
Just remember that files from system/app have to be pushed and files from data/app have to be installed. I have posted an in depth method here

CM7 Mods
System Mods
This one is quite a work in progress. Will be modified a lot in the next few days. I am combining a lot of slate and light blue elements. Would have made an apk for theme manager but I am modifying the lockscreen too and theme manager doesn't handle that. (Atleast thats what uot tells me)
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blue desire hd is cool thank

anyone cpuld help me to get a downanimation for cm7?
I have a bootanimation and it works well.
Any downanimation?
Where I have to put it?

just name your zip file to downanimation.zip and copy it to the same place as you would for your bootanimation.zip

irteza_h said:
just name your zip file to downanimation.zip and copy it to the same place as you would for your bootanimation.zip
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I did it but it doesn't show the downanimation......
Thank a lot

sgroimax said:
I did it but it doesn't show the downanimation......
Thank a lot
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It doesnt work with Cyanogen roms! its like the boot sound.... but with the bootsound there is a way to make it work (i know this from when i used CM6&7+ versions) but after using the LeeDroid rom i never looked back

i love this combination ....
irteza_h said:
Some mods I have put together for the Sense 3.5. I have tried to keep the look as much stock as possible changing only some parts to give it a more pleasing look. This is still very much a WIP. I am not gonna make a theme out of it as lots of the parts are borrowed, but I will not say no to sharing.
Most of the icons on top are from MIUI, The battery is from elegant blues by he_stheone64
Download and push to system/framework/framework-res.apk
Download
Download and push to /system/app/SystemUI.apk
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I have changed the system icons as well. The icons are from the faenza pack. And I will upload based on requests. I am posting a few here just for starters.
If you want to change a system icon just pull the file from either system/app or data/app change ic_launcher_'app_name".png or icon.png or 'app_name'.png
Mail
MMs
Phone
Camera
Just remember that files from system/app have to be pushed and files from data/app have to be installed. I have posted an in depth method here
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deanr1977 said:
It doesnt work with Cyanogen roms! its like the boot sound.... but with the bootsound there is a way to make it work (i know this from when i used CM6&7+ versions) but after using the LeeDroid rom i never looked back
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With cm7 you have to put the animations in /system/media/ . With sense you use /data/local/ . Also in sense you have to rename the file to htc_bootanimation.zip and htc_downanimation.zip
If the above two areas dont work, you can also try /system/customize/resources/

[GUIDE] How make themes to QQLauncher

Hi.
This is tutorial "how to make themes to QQLauncher". It's pretty easy
What you need:
- Android 1.5+ phone
- QQLauncher
- 7-Zip
- Notepad++
- Photoshop, GIMP or whatever you like for resizing pngs
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1. First you need to install QQLauncher (like a normal app).
2. Then download theme from online gallery (follow menu button -> Theme -> Theme gallery -> choose one of themes, i.e. "复古印象"), but don't apply it!
3. Now connect your phone to computer and navigate to "sdcard/QQLauncher". You need to copy "log.log" file and theme (with strange chinesse name) from "theme" folder to your desktop.
4. Open your "log.log" file with Notepad++ and you'll see lines like these:
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"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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- in blue square there is app name
- in yellow app package name (like in "data/app")
- in red app activity name - we need this to name icon
5. Find icon which you want to add (if you need to resize it, there are recommended sizes <because QQLauncher doesn't support icon scalling>: for HDPI 86x86 to 90x90 and MDPI 53x53 to 65x65) and rename it to this "com.cih.gamecih2.gamecih" (you need to write all name in lowercase, otherwise it won't work!)
6. Open your theme file with 7-Zip and copy icon to "icons" folder.
7. If you want to have other dockbar background, you need to replace "dock_bg.png" file in "icons" folder.
8. If you want to have other app background for apps without definied icons, you need to replace "appbackground.png" file in "icons" folder.
9. Copy your theme file to "sdcard/QQLauncher/theme" and apply it in Theme gallery
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If you have any questions or suggestions to this tutorial, just write me on PM

Amazing !! Thx a lot, i'll try this week end.

Thanks!

8.1 if you wanna change folder icon put image called folder.png

Okay, i want to theme the ChompSMS icon, so i just isntalled it, but in the log.log file, I cant even find chompsms, so what should i do. Ill attach my log.log file

Hmmm, I don't see it in your log file. Try to find apk file in "data/app" and then search for it in log
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@supetawesomedude you said you just installed it, you have to reboot after install to update log, so just reboot then browse your log

@supetawesomedude, just delete log.log file and then restart launcher, I will generate with these app you have got
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Thanks to both of you! Both methods advised have worked fine and my phone is even sexier

i made a ADW theme with 1050 icons http://i2theme.webs.com/
i have port my theme to this MIUI Launcher
download here --> http://www.sendspace.com/file/8cni4s
EDIT: add the right appbackground.png for my theme

Vipitus, am I blind? Where in the launcher.apk can I find the screen indicator(s)?
Cheers!

drawable-hdpi/walkerdot_(...).png
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Thanks man

Im using a mac . How do you convert it from a zip back to a document file ?

it restarts? :-s
i dont hav any task killer!
but this launcher seems to kill itself every now and then and .. restarts!
is it only me? :-s
i love this launcher! please help!

Not working for me
Anyone mind taking a stab at making a theme using the icons (with permission from teh OP) from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225629

What the hell, I've added many icons to my own personal theme and I have correctly named, replaced, resized, compressed, and then I renamed the zip file to 圆润有爱 and then placed in the qqlauncher. then i try to apply it, and it gives my some kind of error in chinse. I have no idea what to do, ill attach my 圆润有爱.zip as a link to mediafire. http://www.mediafire.com/?693bt619sdg4iq9

You've choosen another theme you are working on NOW first?
So apply other theme, mount USB, put file in QQlauncher/theme
and then unmount USB, go to themes and apply the new one?
Or?

add the right appbackground.png for my theme
download here --> http://www.sendspace.com/file/8cni4s [1050 icons]

Hi guys, i have a strange problem on my gf phone with qqlauncher.
She has a sonyericsson x10 mini pro, and with QQL i cannot add widget bigger than 3 colums. If i try to add a 4x1 for explample, QQL says that i haven't enough space on home... But i can add 4 folders or icons.

[TUT][MOD][NEEDS TESTERS] AOSP Lockring Mods

Does Need Testing on the 4x HD, works for me, can someone please confirm for me thou please? And test on CM10.2, BACKUP first!​
Bored of the same old crappy lock icon in AOSP Roms?!​
Well Look no further, these icons will change the Lock icon to a selection of custom images, made by me :3​
Code:
I am not responsible for anything at all, if you brake your phone, your problem not mine, but i will help because i'm a nice guy!
Notice
Don't ask for Flashable Zips, 2 Reasons. 1. Makes it too Noob Friendly, this will help you see what else makes up the system ui of your phone and open you up to be able theme them accordingly. 2. I couldn't actually get it to flash properly xD It's good to get experience with the below method thou! And it's totally Worth it tbh!!
These will probably only work on AOSP roms, but i have only tested these myself on my Desire C and they work flawlessly, no lag, nothing like that! So enjoy using them guys :3​
Okay so now on how to install you desired ring, it is not as easy as just flashing the zip in recovery, plainly because, their is no zip for you to flash :highfive: Haha, so you need to make some edits to your Framework-res.apk instead until i can be bothered to make a flashable zip for these
First Thing you guys need to do is find your framework-res.apk, i'm sure you allknow where it is but just incase i'll tell you :3 It is Located in the Desired Rom Zip under System>framework>and there it is! I personally would extract it to my desktop and leave it there for later :3​
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The second thing your gonna wanna do is Decompile or find any way in which you like to extract the res folder that is inside the .apk, again, i'd extract this to my Desktop again because it's an easy place to put it :3​
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The next thing your gonna need to do is press Thanks on this post to unlock the download Just kidding but, yeah, What you gotta do is download my zip of mods, have a browse of them until you find the one you like, and extract the two images in the Resized/root of the folder to, you guessed it, the desktop You can use the other images outside the folder but the image will be bigger (HDPI)​
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So Now you've got the two chosen images on your desktop, navigate into the res folder you extracted earlier and navigate to drawable-mdpi, this is all the images and stuff that make parts of your phone, i'd leave most of this alone unless you know what you doing​
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Now drag and drop the two custom images into the drawable-mdpi folder and allow the files to be overwritten, now put the res folder back into the framework-res.apk and recompile it or do just whatever method it is you like to get the custom res folder back into the .apk​
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Now, you can either put the framework apk back into the rom zip, and reflash it with your custom lockring, however this is time consuming, and takes longer, can cause errors blah blah blah, you get the idea, so instead just copy the apk to your SD card and use a root browser to copy it​
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Once the custom framework-res.apk is copied, simply paste it in the system>framework>HERE of your phone, accept the overwrite, your phone will immediately reboot and this is okay, it will then boot up, and your lockscreen ring will change :3​
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Example of the kinds of rings you can have and what they look like on my Device ​
However i only have three, because that's all i took screenies of, the first two are ones that wernt resized, but the third one is :3 i think the resized are MDPI so better off choosing the HDPI ones which are outside the Resized Folder
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Downloads!
V1 has got quite a lot of Rings, make a request, or whatever, more updates = more Mods :3 Download it from Here :3
I have permissions for some of the images i used, the others are made by me...