i have been trying to get MetaMorph to work on my Nexus One to get themes on my phone and i have had no success whatsoever. I keep either getting to the install screen and getting stuck there or it gives me an error message that says "the theme you selected in invalid because the theme control file could be missing or is not correctly writtten (contact theme creator). Anyone have any idea what is wrong??
I was going to post images of the error messages but my account has to be approved by the moderators first
This should be in the q&a section.
The error you're getting means you have an old morph and it needs to be updated in order for the latest metamorph to use it. (i.e. the new .xml config file is missing)
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i can't seem to figure out why i can't apply nextheme.
i'm on enom's latest ROM, and got the appropriate (well, mostly, only difference i believe between 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 is the camera app, i think).
i unzipped the nextheme folder, brought over only the folder containing the modifications and xml file, and put them into a folder on sd card. using metamorph i navigated to the correct folder, selected the xml file, and then hit 'apply all'.
it says it starts with the first file (browser.apk), then just sits there with the little 'busy' indicator spinning around. i let it go for like 10 minutes, and nothing happened, it just sat there and spun. so, i killed it.
second time i just selected one apk to adjust (calendar.apk) rather than the whole lot. same thing. sit there and look busy, but do nothing. forever.
so i killed it.
any suggestions?
Which version of MetaMorph are you using?
3bs said:
Which version of MetaMorph are you using?
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the newest one. i picked up the morph in the themes thread. somebody said that they packaged up the theme into a morph. i tried to get it to fire up, and it just locked. if i tried to update all, it would lock on the first one. if i would pick any single one, it would lock on that.
i'm not going to hold my breath. i'll just wait for froyo, i guess. or, at least news about froyo.
Sorry for hijacking your thread but since you're talking about metamorph here i might as well ask instead of creating a new thread.
So i have the most recent version of metamorph and when i try to apply themes it says it had successfully patched things but nothing changes. Anyone know why or how to fix this?
I'm using HelixLauncher2 so that could be why but it used to work before the update so i dont know
After installing busybox and metamorph from the market, i get an error when running "Start Checks" in Metamorph:
"Some files could not be extracted and set up. Please make sure you have enough free space in /system"
any suggestions
Have the same problem, would love to know the solution!
EDIT: Using xtrROM 3.0.3
Might help others if you guys put which ROM you are using as well.
Open up the apk and find zip and zipalign. If these two binaries are not in /system/bin, MM tries to copy them there. If it is unsuccessful due to insufficient rights, you will get that message. One way around it is to put the files there yourself.
that worked you are a genius i have been working on this for days. Thanks for the help
I got the same message then I ran it again and it ran checks again no problem and I applied Dk's Froyo theme no sweat
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Open up the apk and find zip and zipalign. If these two binaries are not in /system/bin, MM tries to copy them there. If it is unsuccessful due to insufficient rights, you will get that message. One way around it is to put the files there yourself.
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how do you **open up** the apk.
Hello everyone.
I have been searching for hours and found nothing relating to my specific issue. Basically it is this, I have recently finished a theme and am ready to release it. Before doing so I wanted to test its functionality. Now pushing the apk's through android commander works perfectly, installing my themed apk's via update.zip through recovery has become a headache. After the "update" has finished and I boot the phone i run into an interesting scenario. Once I slide to unlock I get an error that com.phone.apk is fc'ing then boot loop. Same error until I pull the battery. I have no idea wtf is going on and I came here to you fine folks searching some assistance. Btwi haven't touched the phone apk. Here is what I themed:
ADW
Browser
Google quick search box
MMS
Settings
Framework
All the above are directed to system in the update script.
I also included two widgets that I made and directed those to data.
Script looks like this:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
copy_dir PACKAGE:data DATA:
Now this is my first time doing this and from everything I have read this will do what I want, and for the most part it seems as if it has copied the right files but somehow in the process fubared other things.
Any ideas, help and solutions are greatly welcome.
Syn
I installed Metamorph to install Darknessv2.5 theme. But whenever i run it I get an error saying "Some Files could not be extracted and set up. Please make sure you have enough free space in /system.". Attached is a screenshot.
I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could help me with this one.
Dumb question I know but are you using the cwm flashable darkness file?
Other than that try uninstalling and reinstalling metamorph. It normally does give errors but only the first time you run the app in ntt experience
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Dumb question I know but are you using the cwm flashable darkness file?
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I wouldn't need metamorph if I flash it trough CWM. So yeah dumb question.
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Other than that try uninstalling and reinstalling metamorph. It normally does give errors but only the first time you run the app in ntt experience
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Just tried and nope, same error again.
Thanks anyway tho.
Most of the time its duet o MetaMorph not extracting the zip correctly. Easiest way to fix it is you will have a folder called Android Themes under your SDCard.
Just unzip the MetaMorph on your desktop and copy the <theme name> Folder into that one on your SDCard and the error should go away.
What do you mean with "unzip the MetaMorph"? I made a folder called "Android Themes" on my sdcard and moved the theme zip in there. Still doesn't works, it's giving me the same error and I have like a 100MB free on /system.
I think he is saying to extract the fileon your computer and then move it to the themes folder on your phone
Well, the thing is Metamorph won't even run. It gives me the error when it does the initial check.
What rom are you running? I have not had any trouble with metamorph aside from the normal first install errors...always works fine the second time it is opened except for one rom I was using a while ago that also had other issues.
Yup never had an issue using MetaMorph on any ROM I've had.
And I had requested that you take the metamorph.zip (the theme) and unzip it then copy it to your SDCard.
But if it is failing right when you start the application.
Try re-installing the app.
Or go to the Metamorph form on XDA here and do some research.
Im running Cog2.3b8 (it's on my sig). And yeah I already tried reinstalling.
Anyways, thanks for the help.
Yea.. I would def go to their post and see if you can get any better luck there.
I have read a few posts about the error your getting but dunno if there is a resolution yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591329
Hey,
I tried to theme the app "Swift Key" by extracting and modifying the *.png image files. Afterwards, I packed the whole thing again, but as soon as I try to install the archive, it keeps returning the error "Application was not installed."
Before that error message I can at least see the modified icon in the app installer.
What can I do? :/
Did you uninstall the market version? & Did you resign the APK?
Yes, of course I uninstalled previous versions (otherwise I couldnt even start the installation of the themed one). What means "redesign the apk"? I unpacked the original one, modified the images and packed it again. I read on the internet that this would be a possibility to theme an app. So I didn't use eclipse or something like that.
Not redesign, resign. Try this.
Ow, sorry. :/
Thanks, your solution somehow helped to solve that problem and I am able to properly install the app. I can also open the settings and tutorial and the keyboard is shown properly as well (and its themed).
However, as soon as I try to touch any key, it says that the application was unexpectedly terminated. Any idea what could be wrong now?
*push*
I could not solve the problem yet. Does anyone have any idea, why modified images lead to unexpected terminations of the keyboard?