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[Theme] (metamorph) Orange selection buttons and tick boxes

OK this is a very simple morph, it just changes the colours of your radio buttons, selection boxes from yellow to orange, and tick boxes and selection stars from green to orange. I used the image files from the stock Rogers 1.5 rom as I think they look pretty good.
This works for sure on any stock Android 1.5 or 1.6 rom, don't know about 2.x as I haven't tested it. Also not tested on hero roms.

if I edit the .png files, do I need to resign the zip file? I want to do my own custom color like you did.

If you do it as a flash, yes, you always need to resign it. Those buttons are located in the framework-res.apk, so if it is a flashable update, it needs to be made for that specific ROM.

With metamorph you dont need to sign the zip file, just edit the files and save them into the zip in the right folder structure - use this one as a template and you'll be fine. This is my first morph theme, I created it after watching stericsons youtube tutorial videos in the top sticky thread. I like the way there is no file signing involved ... its nice and simple!

I posted in wrong thread. Delete this please.

Froyo + sense theme instructions

EDIT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743703
I was looking through xda forums today and found this. Didn't even knew it existed when I wrote this post 2 days ago. I haven't tried it (if you want to try it remember NANDROID backup) but looks like an easy alternative to my method (plus from the screenshots it looks like a complete sense theme, even widgets if you have Launcherpro plus).
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For those anxious for froyo + sense I found a way to make any Froyo/CM6 rom look like sense. (pictures in attachments, The rom I tried this on was CELBFroyo 1.9.)
*this is not a rom, this is instructions on how to theme Froyo to look like sense, I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, ALWAYS DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE ANY THEME, themes can really mess up your rom*
step 1. download and install launcherpro (from the market, .apk version at launcherpro.com)
step 2. download perfectsense from http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=854&p=8123&hilit=sense#p8123 and move the folder to your sd card. (edit: Their are some great custom dockbar's for launcherpro here
http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=854 you can make launcherpro look like sense expresso, you can make it look like motoblur, or many other things.)
step 3. on phone under menu>preferences>appearance settings>Dock background>custom and go to the sense dockbar on your sd from step 2, but when you go to the homescreen the dock icons will be showing, just click and hold then tap change shortcut (change it to whatever you want) and select custom image and choose the blank png included in the folder downloaded in step 2.
step 4. [sense clock] download + install fancywidget (it used to be on market but was taken down, download links >>...http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=399&t=127233 ...http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1840-anyone-have-fancy-widget-found/) and put it on your homescreen.
step 5.[theme white status bar to sense status bar] for this step I used the tool APKManager (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701) I adb pull'ed /system/framework/framework-res.apk from my phone (option 0 in APKManager), extracted it (option 1 in APKManager, APKManager automatically puts the extracted apk in the "out" folder in the the same directory as APKManager), then I took status bar images from a sense based rom (status bar images are located in /system/framework/framework-res.apk>res>drawable-mdpi) I copied them and replaced the stock status bar images in the "out" folder of APKManager, then zipped up the apk (option 3 in APKManager) and pushed it to /system/framework/framework-res.apk (option 8 in APKManager) and rebooted.
step 6. Go to menu>settings>cyanogenmod settings>user interface and under Status bar customization I suggest you change things such as date and clock to white, along with some other tweaks.
step 7. reboot for changes to take effect.
Sorry if it there are typo's/it is hard to understand I wrote this at 5AM, I was just messing around with my phone and I thought someone else might enjoy this. Also since this uses launcherpro it is extremely customizable and feels quicker than sense, plus it rotates . By far the hardest part is step 5, I don't know much about metamorph but perhaps this could be automated using metamorph.

Very cool! Thank you! This will have to suffice until someone graces us with actual Sense UI on Froyo.

Could you post your updated framework-res.apk to push to the system folder?
Thanks, great job on this post

dhbdhb2000 said:
Could you post your updated framework-res.apk to push to the system folder?
Thanks, great job on this post
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+1, would save us all from doing the job all over again. Thanks!

You could just use beautiful widgets. They have the clock with the weather but unfortunately not the weather effects
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App

want sense look on CM6?? look inside

so i found this while trolling around the forums and it looks good on my aria. thought i'd post it up incase anyone wants an easy, free method to have froyo and the sense look.
THIS IS NOT MY WORK!!!! I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR IT
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR SCREENSHOTS
instructions from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751291
"For those anxious for froyo + sense I found a way to make any Froyo/CM6 rom look like sense. (pictures in attachments, The rom I tried this on was CELBFroyo 1.9.)
*this is not a rom, this is instructions on how to theme Froyo to look like sense, I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, ALWAYS DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE ANY THEME, themes can really mess up your rom*
step 1. download and install launcherpro (from the market, .apk version at launcherpro.com)
step 2. download perfectsense from http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=854&p=8123&hilit=sense#p8123 and move the folder to your sd card. (edit: Their are some great custom dockbar's for launcherpro here
http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=854 you can make launcherpro look like sense expresso, you can make it look like motoblur, or many other things.)
step 3. on phone under menu>preferences>appearance settings>Dock background>custom and go to the sense dockbar on your sd from step 2, but when you go to the homescreen the dock icons will be showing, just click and hold then tap change shortcut (change it to whatever you want) and select custom image and choose the blank png included in the folder downloaded in step 2.
step 4. [sense clock] download + install fancywidget (it used to be on market but was taken down, download links http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=399&t=127233 ...http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1...-widget-found/) and put it on your homescreen.
step 5.[theme white status bar to sense status bar] for this step I used the tool APKManager http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701 I adb pull'ed /system/framework/framework-res.apk from my phone (option 0 in APKManager), extracted it (option 1 in APKManager, APKManager automatically puts the extracted apk in the "out" folder in the the same directory as APKManager), then I took status bar images from a sense based rom (status bar images are located in /system/framework/framework-res.apk>res>drawable-mdpi) I copied them and replaced the stock status bar images in the "out" folder of APKManager, then zipped up the apk (option 3 in APKManager) and pushed it to /system/framework/framework-res.apk (option 8 in APKManager) and rebooted.
step 6. Go to menu>settings>cyanogenmod settings>user interface and under Status bar customization I suggest you change things such as date and clock to white, along with some other tweaks.
step 7. reboot for changes to take effect.
when I set up my icons on the bottom, i have them set like this 1. App drawer
2. phone 3. phone 4. phone 5. messages (i use it for messages)
I have no problem with missing the buttons on the dock. it looks pretty good and is fairly simple. I skipped steps 5 &6

ZipThemer - theme installer with support for MetaMorph files

ZipThemer is a theme installer app with MetaMorph compatibility. It builds flashable "update.zip" files onboard your Android device by combining your existing system files with modifications from the theme files of your choosing. Supported theme files formats are ZipThemer and MetaMorph theme files.
The app determines which system files need to be patched by reading the XML descriptor information from the theme files. It then creates patched versions of the system files by merging in content from the theme files. The result is then packaged as a signed "update.zip" which you flash via recovery to apply the changes.
Add as many theme files as you want to install in a single "update.zip" file. Order is important when two theme files update the same resources. For example, lets say you have a status bar theme which updates all of the status bar icons, and a cool circle battery pack which updates only the status bar battery icons. You'll want to add the battery pack theme after the status bar theme so that the battery pack takes precedence. In other words, the battery theme should appear further down the list.
This method of patching/modding preserves themes you've installed previously that don't conflict with newly applied themes. It also allows multiple themes to be installed in a single recovery/flash/reboot cycle.
ZipThemer has the capability to also create flashable "undo" files that can be used to quickly and reliably revert a theme install. See the user manual for more information.
Unlike MetaMorph, ZipThemer works with the theme files in their unextracted format -- there is no step to unpack the theme files. ZipThemer will not work with the extracted zip files.
The following links will take you to the official ZipThemer website for more information:
User Manual
Overview and Feature List
Issues & Limitations
Screenshots
Donate
Edify workarounds:
NOTE: as of version 2.0 workarounds are no longer required. ZipThemer 2.0 can create an Edify configuration on the device by reading the required information from a flashable ROM or update on your sdcard. In the app, visit Menu -> Update Edify.
Deprecated workaround instructions...
Select the "Update Edify" menu item to force the creation of /sdcard/ZipThemer/edify.
Download the edify-support.zip file for your device.
Extract and push the two files, phoneDatabase.xml and update-binary, to /sdcard/ZipThemer/edify/. Use 'adb push' or your favorite onboard file manager app.
In ZipThemer's settings, change the 'Update Script Format' to the Edify option with your device name in it.
ZipThemer will now be able to create flashable updates with the correct Edify commands for your device.
NOTE: if you use the 'Update Edify' menu option after installing the workaround, it will overwrite the phoneDatabase.xml and you'll either have to delete the update-binary file or re-install the workaround.

I just published version 1.1 to the market. This removes three of the previously listed limitations.
Changelog:
* Added checkboxes to enable/disable theme subcomponents.
* Fixed update zip script generation so it automatically includes commands for copying to DATA and SDCARD as appropriate for the theme content.
* Improved the theme meta-descriptor format to allow files to be copied at build time.
* Added build completion status/log display.

This is sweet! I had a little trouble at first but then I realized that all the themes I was trying to build either had 'spaces' or 'periods' in their filenames. After renaming the main folder and the xml file it works fine.
Thank you!

Glad you like it. If you can point me at a theme with spaces/periods in the name I can probably fix ZipThemer to make it work without having to change the theme file.
Ken

Version 1.2 is out. The list of limitations just got shorter again.
Changelog:
* Added long press context menu to items in the theme list.
* Added ability to remove themes from the list via context menu.
* Added ability to move themes up and down in the list (because order is important, see first post).
* Added theme details screen which displays information from the theme's XML file and screenshot.
* Some minor fixes.

Error on build out
I'm trying to build a zip to theme swype. I'm using one of the zip files from here and trying to apply it to the swype.apk in the system/app folder.
When I click "build it" I get the following error "IllegalArgumentExecption: Incorrect offset/len parameters"... any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Do you have the Android SDK installed on your computer? If so, it would help to run the 'adb logcat' command while doing this and then send me the output so I can get a better idea about what's going on.
Was Swype was installed from the market? ZipThemer doesn't yet support theming market apps (but its on my TODO list). The error may be related to that.
Ken

Swype wasn't installed from the market. I'm on Calkulin's EViO 2 ROM v1.7.1 swype came in package ROM so it's the OTA version.
I've attached the log file

mwhiz said:
Swype wasn't installed from the market. I'm on Calkulin's EViO 2 ROM v1.7.1 swype came in package ROM so it's the OTA version.
I've attached the log file
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Thanks. Unfortunately I forgot to tell you to increase certain log levels, so the output is not as useful as I had hoped. Anyway, after thinking about the problem and reading the SwipeHD theme thread I see at least three things that need fixing.
First, I'm pretty sure that the "IllegalArgumentExecption: Incorrect offset/len parameters" error is what happens when you try to theme what I call a "market app". But what I mean by that is any app which is not signed by one of the four well-known Google keys. An OTA version of Swype falls into this category because probably signed by a key private to the app makers. Anyway, there's a bug in ZipThemer which results in this error when you try to theme such an app. FYI, MetaMorph doesn't sign the files after patching them. Two things for me to do here -- provide a better error message in this case, and implement an option to patch market apps by a) re-signing with a Google key, or b) not signing the result.
The other thing I noticed is that the SwypeHD morph files have an item to copy a custom system library into place. I missed this feature of MetaMorph during my analysis, so I also need to implement support for this also.
I'm not sure how long it will take me to get a new version out that supports these features. Maybe a week or two. There are certain experiments that will help determine which way to go with the signing/not-signing part -- e.g., to figure out which one to implement, or if both are need which one is the best default, etc. Let me know if your willing to help with this.
My appologies for not having better news at this time, but with your help we can make ZipThemer a great app.
Thanks again,
Ken

Ken,
Thanks for the quick replies! I'll do what I can to help, let me know what I can do.
-Mark

mwhiz said:
Ken,
Thanks for the quick replies! I'll do what I can to help, let me know what I can do.
-Mark
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Try the attached 1.3-beta1 version...
adb uninstall kellinwood.zipthemer
adb install ZipThemer-1.3-beta1.apk
or Gmail the attachment to yourself and click the "install" button in Gmail onboard the device -- this probably requires allowing "Unknown sources" to be enabled in the phone's Applications settings.
Your first attempt to build an update zip file should result in a "Key Selection Error" dialog. This is the fix for the incorrect offset/len parameter exception in the previous version. This dialog is issued when the key signing mode is "auto" (the current default) and the certificate of the app being patched is not recognized.
Next, visit ZipThemer's menu, select Settings and change the Package Key Mode to "auto-none". Retry the build... it should succeed. The Swype app should get patched but not re-signed because the app's certificate will not be recognized. The log ouput should say it updated entries, but should not say that it was signed.
Create a second update zip before flashing the first. This time set the package key mode to "auto-testkey", rename the output file using the "*Output" button and build again. In this version, the Swype app will be resigned with the Google testkey.
BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM BEFORE FLASHING EITHER OF THESE UPDATES!!!!
See what happens when you flash one of the files and reboot. Test swype and then flash the other update and reboot. In my tests I updated the YouTube app and didn't see any difference between the signed and unsigned versions.
I'm anxious to hear how it goes.
Ken

Worked like a charm! I flashed both updates with no problems and both updates appeared to work just fine. Nice work!!!
Going to try a few more and I'll let you know how it goes.
For my info does it matter which Package Key mode I use? Does one give me anything that the other doesn't?
Thanks again..

Nice!
I'm not exactly sure which one is better... auto-testkey results in a signed app which means it has a valid digital signature, but the certificate is different than the original and could cause problems in the future, e.g., if an updated version becomes available you might not get the update.
auto-none results in the same outcome as using MetaMorph -- a patched app with an invalid digital signature, because the file was patched and not re-signed.
I might be inclined to use auto-testkey myself until a problem was discovered, especially since I like the idea that everything is signed correctly. But with auto-none having the same result as MetaMorph which as been around for a while, it might be a better choice in the mean time.
I'll try to get an official 1.3 release out to the Market in the next day or two.
Ken

I uploaded 1.3 to the Market this morning. Most of the changes address Mark's issues above, but I also sneaked in the theme list save/restore feature and fixed a few bugs along the way.
FYI, in the 1.3 release the package key mode is "auto-none" by default, which means user's are unlikely to have to change it. The default was "auto" for the beta version.
Change log:
* Added support for including plain files to the generated zip via "xxx.cpy" item's in the theme control files.
* Preference settings to control key signing mode for patched packages and the update zip file
* Theme list save and restore operations
* Various other bug fixes.

Is the final output a theme file or an entire rom with the theme incorporated into it?

Neither... its an update zip file that you flash in recovery to apply the changes for the themes. The file is bigger than a theme file, but much smaller than a full rom. For example, say you have a theme which modifies the icon for the Calendar app. The theme file contains a single image and the theme control file. The resulting update zip file will contain a patched version of /system/app/Calendar.apk and the update-script file. When you flash the update the new version of Calendar.apk gets installed and you'll see the new icon. ZipThemer can easily create update zips to install multiple themes and therefore patch multiple packages/apps in one update, so this is just a simple example to explain things.
Hope that helps,
Ken

kellinwood said:
Neither... its an update zip file that you flash in recovery to apply the changes for the themes. The file is bigger than a theme file, but much smaller than a full rom. For example, say you have a theme which modifies the icon for the Calendar app. The theme file contains a single image and the theme control file. The resulting update zip file will contain a patched version of /system/app/Calendar.apk and the update-script file. When you flash the update the new version of Calendar.apk gets installed and you'll see the new icon. ZipThemer can easily create update zips to install multiple themes and therefore patch multiple packages/apps in one update, so this is just a simple example to explain things.
Hope that helps,
Ken
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Worked like a charm and thanks for the quick response!

Kfunk said:
Is the final output a theme file or an entire rom with the theme incorporated into it?
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Sorry, if you meant "theme file" as a something you flash in recovery to apply the theme, then the answer is the final output is a theme file.
I tend to think of theme files as MetaMorph files, and I forget that there are a lot of themes delivered as flashable updates.
Ken

kellinwood said:
Sorry, if you meant "theme file" as a something you flash in recovery to apply the theme, then the answer is the final output is a theme file.
I tend to think of theme files as MetaMorph files, and I forget that there are a lot of themes delivered as flashable updates.
Ken
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Yes, that was my intent by using the word "theme". It is a relative term in the world of Android!

I just released 1.4 after fixing some issues which came up installing a large morph that patches about 20 apps. Some of the apps were missing on my device...
Change Log:
* Better support for installing themes when some system files are not found on the device. This version skips theme sub-components when the corresponding system file is not present. A notice is displayed when themes are loaded indicating which files are missing and the completion status display also notes skipped files. This is not an error condition but an FYI that some of the files the theme is capable of updating will not be updated because they weren't found. The previous version issued a "file not found" error during the build and you had to explicitly disable sub-components as a workaround.

Installing widgetlocker themes

Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.

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Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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Hello!! Extract the files on the zip y put the folder in sdcard/data/widgetlocker..
Regards

dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?

thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes

10507 said:
No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
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I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?

Concordium said:
I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?
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If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
Sent from my GT-I9100

GANJDROID said:
If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.

Concordium said:
Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.
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Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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GANJDROID said:
Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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Ok so I took all of the themes out of the larger archive and zipped them each individually, making sure that each zip had just the folder and the theme files within. Still nothing. I have no clue why these files arent being read.

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so where do you download this theme?

thesludge said:
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done

devlirian said:
1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done
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You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??

Screenshots of your device and what it supposed to look like would be very helpful.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda premium

Same here
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You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??
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I think I am having the same problem, although some it loads fine on others it shows the name of the new theme but shows an old preview of a stock locker. Even when I add it it will not change?!?

Solution
thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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ES File Explorer
or
XArhiver is a solution