Theres a Con though- So far i did all the decompiling and xml edits on my own
BUT i hit a rock wall.
I cant seem to find the right xml/smali to edit the colors of the email texts from black to white. I know so simple yet so important. Ive upleaded the file in an effort to get some professional help here.
Installing is the same as found on my other post here
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878911)
Again remember this isnt quite done yet you can see read emails
but new unread ones text isnt readable YET due to the black on black
Thanks in advance and after this we can move on to theming the calendar
Nevermind I missed all the op did it late at night sorry, was on the other one first. just did not look where i was posting and downloading from. very sorry
It forces close by me :-(
bgx said:
It forces close by me :-(
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I was curious if there was an alternative to the default text messaging software. The main reason I don't like it is that it is a little plain. So if you know of any it would be great if you could point me to it with a link or just give me a name. I have done some searching but could not find anything.
Thanks,
Bob Hoil
Hey, There is something that is similar, but a little bit nicer (has smileys, and stuff), but still a little plain looking. It's called Shogunmark? if i remember correctly :S
I really like Birdsoft's Extreme Text
This is not the actual company's website, it is down for some reason, but you can still download a trial from this site and even buy it from this site.
If you have pictures loaded for your contacts it shows them, and it also threads your sms and will even allow for hyperlinks to be clicked on. I only have WM6 and it works great for threading your conversations all without messing up your inbox or anything. All this program does is just reference your inbox and merely just groups your conversations by contact in nice looking app for you. You can install and uninstall without it messing up your messagin settings or losing any sms cuz its a stand alone program that just merely looks at your inbox and references it as I said before. Only downside is if someone sends a MMS, all you will see in the program is the message they sent with the pic/video. You woiuld then have to go into your actual message inbox to look at the pic/video.
try pocketcm
Extreme Text works well, looks good
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I was curious if there was an alternative to the default text messaging software. The main reason I don't like it is that it is a little plain. So if you know of any it would be great if you could point me to it with a link or just give me a name. I have done some searching but could not find anything. . .
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asofiker said:
I really like Birdsoft's Extreme Text . . .
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I use Extreme Text also, and really like it. It looks nicer, and it types smoother - there is no lag in landscape mode from keypress to display, as there seems to be in the standard message app, in my experience. And it integrates fine with the standard message app - you can use them interchangeably.
Thanks for all of the posts and suggestions I will be sure to check them out. If anyone knows of anymore I can try out it would be great if you could post them.
Thanks,
Bob Hoil
Txt Msg software
You can also use iMov messenger....very convenient and simple
I like sms-Chat by Vito, But you have to have the most recent version, Version 1.10 has a bug and you can't see your text as you type in landscape... Version 1.15 should fix that bug..
Ive been trying to change the color of the background on the home screen of facebook but if i change it in colors.xml it wont compile and if change it anywhere else it compiles and installs but the app force closes ive searched all around on the topic and have found nothing i know its possible there are themed facebooks with it change could someone please help me out...
Well best bet man look for others on here who have moded facebook theres about 5 or 6 people that I'm aware of that are big on modding the facebook.apk and there is a huge thread about it they update all the time so... Get in touch with one of them and maybe they can help you around your specific problem... Ask them how they got it to work best bet send them a pm...preferably someone on alot.
Wished someone would come up with a quik fix. Sometimes the old eyes have a hard time reading with the white background..
I wanted to make someting nicer than Galaxy Tab's original phone, so I'm
working on both "Phone.apk" and "Contacts.apk".
There are some problems that I hope someone could help.
As you can see in the pic 02, "Logs" page's font are white and when I press
one of them they become orange, so far there is no problem, but when I press
the other one the last one become black, I don't know why.
In the "Contacts" Page, pic 03, fonts are still black and I don't know what value
should I change anymore , because I tried evrything.
Does anyone can help to make this complete?
The white look real clean man! Nice work so far.
Wish I can help you with the compile part, but I'm not that smart
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Nice work! First off. The colors for text aren't always only in the xml's.. you'll want to search the smali files as well.
Ill have a look tomorrow if I get a chance.
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Nice work! First off. The colors for text aren't always only in the xml's.. you'll want to search the smali files as well.
Ill have a look tomorrow if I get a chance.
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If it's one of the smali files, I don't know how to edit them.
It would be great if you could have a look.
Thanks mate.
sohrab1985 said:
I wanted to make someting nicer than Galaxy Tab's original phone, so I'm
working on both "Phone.apk" and "Contacts.apk".
There are some problems that I hope someone could help.
As you can see in the pic 02, "Logs" page's font are white and when I press
one of them they become orange, so far there is no problem, but when I press
the other one the last one become black, I don't know why.
In the "Contacts" Page, pic 03, fonts are still black and I don't know what value
should I change anymore , because I tried evrything.
Does anyone can help to make this complete?
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Looking forward to seeing this complete!
i think in this case if u tried to change every text color and wont to change ! you have to add it by yourself , with hex editor
k0sh said:
i think in this case if u tried to change every text color and wont to change ! you have to add it by yourself , with hex editor
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Unfortunately I don't know how to use hex editor, but I'm trying to learn.
Thanks man for your help.
sohrab1985 said:
Unfortunately I don't know how to use hex editor, but I'm trying to learn.
Thanks man for your help.
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no prob mate , u can check this thread for the dirty sucker ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984510
this one will answer your question for damn sure
EDIT : am using CM7 now on my tab , and i don't have to be a wake all the night to play with the framework or systemUI . i just install theme from the market and everything will change .. like ur phone.apk , i just had it now ... after i install the theme , CM7 is freaking awesome
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no prob mate , u can check this thread for the dirty sucker ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984510
this one will answer your question for damn sure
EDIT : am using CM7 now on my tab , and i don't have to be a wake all the night to play with the framework or systemUI . i just install theme from the market and everything will change .. like ur phone.apk , i just had it now ... after i install the theme , CM7 is freaking awesome
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Thanks man. Now I khnow how to edit smali files, but the onley problem is
I don't know which file should I edit.
But before that I'm trying to find another backgroud, a brighter background.
because this way there is no need to chnage the colors.
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Thanks man. Now I khnow how to edit smali files, but the onley problem is
I don't know which file should I edit.
But before that I'm trying to find another backgroud, a brighter background.
because this way there is no need to chnage the colors.
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most of ppl here like this background ..
am going to sleep now , after i woke up , i will look up for it , i'll try to play with the stock phone.apk ..
u just now try by what i give you and look inside the phone.apk for all the XML ..
and when i woke up , i'll see your update if u found it , then congrats if u didn't i'll look for it , but i can't promise u i'll 100% do it
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most of ppl here like this background ..
am going to sleep now , after i woke up , i will look up for it , i'll try to play with the stock phone.apk ..
u just now try by what i give you and look inside the phone.apk for all the XML ..
and when i woke up , i'll see your update if u found it , then congrats if u didn't i'll look for it , but i can't promise u i'll 100% do it
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Thanks mate.
I'm a little busy right now but I'll look for the right xml.
I like this background, too. I really don't want to change it,
but if can't change those colors I'll have to.
Anyway, thank you for helping me.
I love this background..... im Just waiting for a release.....
i want to manipulate the image of the dialpad in android. what folder in the phone are the images kept?
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i want to manipulate the image of the dialpad in android. what folder in the phone are the images kept?
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From the great info you gave on what device and rom your on I am sure alot of people will be able to help.
Start with the dialer apks and the phone apk
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From the great info you gave on what device and rom your on I am sure alot of people will be able to help.
Start with the dialer apks and the phone apk
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wat are u talking about? the info i gave isnt "great" or fabulous or amazing so i dont know what ur taling about or watever ur trying to say.
anyway id like to know how to manipulate the image of the dialpad so it looks like wp7 dialpad. does anyone with great intelligence know how to do this?
it's in drawable-hdpi-finger for theme chooser and inside the phone.apk if you decompile it.
or you can simply search for theme chooser themes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219691
or wp7 dialpad app
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5mdXR1cmVkcmVhbXMud3A3LnBob25lIl0.
other than that port it to your rom by decompiling phone.apk
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it's in drawable-hdpi-finger for theme chooser and inside the phone.apk if you decompile it.
or you can simply search for theme chooser themes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219691
or wp7 dialpad app
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5mdXR1cmVkcmVhbXMud3A3LnBob25lIl0.
other than that port it to your rom by decompiling phone.apk
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hi r3d.. the 1st link you posted is for CyanogenMod roms. i got virtuous unity with sense. the 2nd link is about the dialer app. i tried it and it sucks big time.
what i dont understand is why something as simple as taking a pic from the android directory, manipulating it, then saving it back to the phone is so godamn difficult? is there a good explanation for something that should be this simple??
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wat are u talking about? the info i gave isnt "great" or fabulous or amazing so i dont know what ur taling about or watever ur trying to say.
anyway id like to know how to manipulate the image of the dialpad so it looks like wp7 dialpad. does anyone with great intelligence know how to do this?
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That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
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That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
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yup... lots and lots and lots of research.. and def need the right tools...
zelendel said:
That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
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hi zel.. this sounds like a task. got a question for you and anyone else reading this: is there a theme for the call record behind the dialer where the font is white instead of black and the background is black instead of white?
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hi zel.. this sounds like a task. got a question for you and anyone else reading this: is there a theme for the call record behind the dialer where the font is white instead of black and the background is black instead of white?
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To be honest I am not sure, I run a custom theme named gotham and dont enclude call recording at all so I have never come across it nor I have looked for it.
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To be honest I am not sure, I run a custom theme named gotham and dont enclude call recording at all so I have never come across it nor I have looked for it.
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im confused here. you mentioned call recording. how is call recording related to custom theming a dialpad?
also... why isnt the dialpad and call record themed like crazy? why is the iphone more customizable than android in this regard when it should be the other way around, especailly when android is touted to be more customizable than iphone?
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im confused here. you mentioned call recording. how is call recording related to custom theming a dialpad?
also... why isnt the dialpad and call record themed like crazy? why is the iphone more customizable than android in this regard when it should be the other way around, especailly when android is touted to be more customizable than iphone?
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Sorry read it wrong. Ok that will be an xml in the dialer apk. The main reason is that each dialer is device dependent. The same dialer will not work on all devices
It is more customizable then the iphone in the sense you can use different apps then the stock default which the iphone doesnt allow you to do, Android themeing on a base level takes more knowledge then the iphone as it was made to be a geeks phone. There are plenty of apps that allow Simple theming for the dialer. I would try dialer one.
Is it possible to change the messaging app to a dark skin?
I like the stock keyboard, once I realized that you can add comma and period keys and give it a dark skin. But I can't find a dark skin for the messages app.
Thanks.
PS. I'm about to start 2 more threads. I'd normally ask my three simple little questions in one post but it's so quiet in here that I hoped you wouldn't mind. And in case anyone wants to know the same thing in future, it may be easier for them to find the answer like this. I hope that's OK - I'm sure the mods will tell me (ban me :angel: ) if not!
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Is it possible to change the messaging app to a dark skin?
I like the stock keyboard, once I realized that you can add comma and period keys and give it a dark skin. But I can't find a dark skin for the messages app.
Thanks.
PS. I'm about to start 2 more threads. I'd normally ask my three simple little questions in one post but it's so quiet in here that I hoped you wouldn't mind. And in case anyone wants to know the same thing in future, it may be easier for them to find the answer like this. I hope that's OK - I'm sure the mods will tell me (ban me :angel: ) if not!
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If you are rooted, you can take the Messaging apk and edit its HDPI images using a good photo editing tool on a computer, and I would recommend to find an apk emulator to test the result.
^ Thank you. That sounds a bit daunting but I might try it.
moocou said:
Is it possible to change the messaging app to a dark skin?
I like the stock keyboard, once I realized that you can add comma and period keys and give it a dark skin. But I can't find a dark skin for the messages app.
Thanks.
PS. I'm about to start 2 more threads. I'd normally ask my three simple little questions in one post but it's so quiet in here that I hoped you wouldn't mind. And in case anyone wants to know the same thing in future, it may be easier for them to find the answer like this. I hope that's OK - I'm sure the mods will tell me (ban me :angel: ) if not!
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Try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348289
Extract the zip and replace the Conversations.apk found under /system/app/ from the zip file.