Heya,
Pretty basic tutorial on how to get rid of the god awful honeycomb clock font.
1) find a font you like, make sure it's a TTF (True Type Font).
2) make three copies of said font, and name them:
AndroidClock.ttf
AndroidClock_Solid.ttf
AndroidClock_Highlight.ttf
3) Get them on your xoom (email them to yourself, connect via USB and stick them in a folder, whatever floats your boat).
4) fire up Root Explorer (or your file browser of choice) and navigate to /system/fonts
5) rename the existing files listed above, just in case you ever want them back.
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You can see the ones in hot pink are the actual files that get read, and the blue ones are those I've renamed by adding an "x" to the end of the name.
6) drop your own files in that folder. Be aware that Android is case sensitive, so "AndroidClock.TTF", as well as "androidclock.ttf" would both fail.
7) profit
Again, this is hardly a "tutorial" and more like "hey just replace some basic files".
Get to the lock screen and you can see right away the fruits of your labor:
In order to see the lower right hand clock change, you'll need to reboot:
I'm not wild about the font I used in my demo here. It looks alright in the corner, but the lock screen looks bad. Then again, I don't really use the lock screen (No Lock app FTW), so meh.
Hit the thanks button if you love me.
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oops, forgot to explain why there are three versions of the font... I mean, it's pretty basic... but if you look at the original clock font, certain parts "show through" the font and are more opaque then others... the "_Solid" is only parts of the numbers, and the "_Highlight" serves a similar function. Basically, as you can see in my screens above, my entire font is opaque, since I'm using the same file in all three places.
If you want to get fancy and edit a TTF you could end up with really nice drop shadows or whatever. I'm just showing you how to do it. The creative part is in your hands
Is it really that bad? lol. I don't think it is bad but to each his own. Thanks for giving more options.
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oops, forgot to explain why there are three versions of the font... I mean, it's pretty basic... But if you look at the original clock font, certain parts "show through" the font and are more opaque then others... The "_solid" is only parts of the numbers, and the "_highlight" serves a similar function. Basically, as you can see in my screens above, my entire font is opaque, since i'm using the same file in all three places.
If you want to get fancy and edit a ttf you could end up with really nice drop shadows or whatever. I'm just showing you how to do it. The creative part is in your hands
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Regardless of how you feel about the stock font, this is a great tutorial for customizing your Xoom and making it your own.
Thanks for a great post!
Awesome!
One question I have. Since the original Honeycomb clock uses three fonts, is it possible to nix two of them and just have one font load?
arrtoodeetoo said:
Awesome!
One question I have. Since the original Honeycomb clock uses three fonts, is it possible to nix two of them and just have one font load?
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I'll go out on a limb and say "probably yes".
I say this because during my font shuffling last night, I would up with two different fonts overlapping each other. I had one Bauhaus style font named AndroidClock.ttf, and one that was a handwriting style named AndroidClock_Solid.ttf... since they were totally different, I was able to see one through the other, and it was generally a jumbled mess.
I reckon you could get rid of _Solid and _Highlight if you just want a single semi-transparent font file being loaded.
I'll also throw out that you'll need to experiment with which fonts work... some look great on the lock screen, but then have the bottom 10 pixels or so cut off while it's in the corner... other times it looks great in the corner, but has a few pixels cut off on the lock screen. Something about the native size of the font probably comes into play.
I'm still poking around with options... currently running a "busted old typewriter" font that looks kinda cool.
Will probably poke around with making custom _Solid and _Highlight pieces, and maybe trimming the font down to just the numbers to lighten the load. I work in IT at an art school, so we certainly have a zillion apps to dink around with fonts on the machines here.
ixobelle said:
oops, forgot to explain why there are three versions of the font... I mean, it's pretty basic... but if you look at the original clock font, certain parts "show through" the font and are more opaque then others... the "_Solid" is only parts of the numbers, and the "_Highlight" serves a similar function. Basically, as you can see in my screens above, my entire font is opaque, since I'm using the same file in all three places.
If you want to get fancy and edit a TTF you could end up with really nice drop shadows or whatever. I'm just showing you how to do it. The creative part is in your hands
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So if I want to design this, what you're saying is, _Solid is where I need to have my completely opaque file, _Highlight is where i put what i want my shadow file to look like?
Whats the other file do?
just grab the TTFs off the Xoom, and get them on your windows desktop. Double clicking a TTF in windows will open up a preview of what the font file is "made" of (what the font looks like, different sizes it will scale to, etc).
It's pretty apparent looking at the file. I'll grab some screen caps in a sec...
edit** here ya go, you can see which each font "does"... I'm going to mess around in FontLab Studio tonight and see what I can come up with.
Where do you get the fonts from? Can I just move them over from my windows fonts folder and they will work?
Have you figured out/found how to change clock colors yet?
Sprockethead said:
Where do you get the fonts from? Can I just move them over from my windows fonts folder and they will work?
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As long as you name them accurately and make sure they are TTF then yes.
I've just tried it with the Calibri font from Windows fonts folder and it's a vast improvement already!
One pointer (on something that threw me for a few seconds) is when you're in Root Explorer make sure you set it to Read/Write access otherwise you'll just get an error message about protected read only system files.
hmm...
I wonder what's causing the edges of some fonts to get cut... I tried changing the glyph size. I thought it might be the larger characters some fonts have but the glyph size didn't seem to make a difference.
ixobelle said:
just grab the TTFs off the Xoom, and get them on your desktop. Double clicking a TTF in windows will open up a preview of what the font file is "made" of (what the font looks like, different sizes it will scale to, etc).
It's pretty apparent looking at the file. I'll grab some screen caps in a sec...
edit** here ya go, you can see which each font "does"... I'm going to mess around in FontLab Studio tonight and see what I can come up with.
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Just curious if you ever came up with something you want to share? I use the lock screen version as my alarm clock, but it is hard to read sometimes - 5's and 3's in particular.
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80 Prada Plus Icons Specialized Icons can be created as well using this template.
More Games (Just Icons)
PNG Images in post 38
RENAISSANCE http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/Renaissance.jpg PNG Images in post 38
World Flag Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/wf.jpg (Any requests?)
Internet Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/RegionCapture1-1.jpg
Game Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/RegionCapture2.jpg
SummerBoard Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/iFoley_Summerboard_Springtime_by_ra.jpg PNG Images in post 38
Comic Iphone Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/handdrawiphone.gif I know it it shows only 3 handmade icons, but in the file, there's close to 20 icons. PNG Images in post 38
Prada Icons http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm227/rmingram/prada.jpg PNG Images in post 38
(special note), "Calendar" Icon will not display as in pic, due the type of device. Only on a Iphone will it be displayed that way.
With the help and inspiration from Bluemetalaxe and many others here, I was able to create some icons for UL. All the icons are 48x48 pixels, which the size can be altered in the UL settings. Up to five 48x48 icons can be placed side by side and flushed on the bottom of your today screen.
What I suggest is creating a new "UL Icon" folder on your SD card, so that you can save and use as many icons as you'd like, without worrying about memory.
I also posted some PNG images and icons here as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378260&page=4 post # 37, but from now on I'll be posting my releases here.
The application I use to make the icons (Icofx) can be located in post # 13. Also if you have any icon request, please let me know.
A Brief Tutorial about using UL icons is in Post #9
PC-Style
Transformer
Credit goes to luiggi for taking the time to convert these (PC- Style and Transformer) PNG images into ready-made UL icons.
Original Images are in Post #13
robosiris said:
I have these icons as well. If you'd like, I'll make any of these icons for you as well.
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Nice icons robosiris, thanks, would love to have them.
Thanks
Very nice!
iggy said:
Nice icons robosiris, thanks, would love to have them.
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Thanks iggy, still learning though. Which ones, lol? I have them in png now because I'm coming across some many pictures, and can possibly convert them all. But, if you'd like I can post them in png format and you can create the icons yourself.
karch4 said:
Very nice!
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Glad you like them. There's more to come
I can only say "They are a beauty", man all of them are work of art. Thanks
the icons are simply gr8,.. but i dont know how to use them
kindly guide me... thanks
A brief tutorial on using and installing UL icons:
Bottom Task Bar: If you and when you want to disable the bottom task bar in your today screen, download and install dcinobar.exe, and place it in your windows\startup folder in your device, then reboot.
Scroll Bar in Today Screen: If you and when you want to disable the scroll bar on your today screen, (so you can place your UL icons on the bottom), go into the registry settings of your device, (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\Ultimatelaunch\" and change "Type" from "4" to "5”. This value locks the plugin to the today screen effectively, thus disabling (removing) the today screen scroll bar (then reboot so the setting will stick). Special note … you have to also Uncheck all your “today” plugins, which is located in your settings/today/Items folder, you want nothing but icons on your today screen like the pics in the first post.
Icons on the bottom of the screen: If and when you want the UL tabs/icons to sit against the bottom of the today screen, you have to go into the UL settings, then go into the “Display” folder like in the picture above. Pllease note the settings I currently have. Checking the "Fixed Plugin-height" box will enable you to adjust the space between the top and bottom tabs. The higher the number, the more space between and vice versa get it? Good!!. Now also make you choose "bottom" in the "Tab Headers position" drop down box as well.
The quickest and easiest way (for me) of placing these icons on my deivce is through active sync. Now go into your "Program Files/Ultimate Launch\Icons" folder in your device. This is where you place the icons.
(1) go into your UL settings on your phone, (for example) in the "Tab" folder,
(2) Highlight the first item and hit "change" which is the 3rd button on the right,
(3) Go to "tab" again, and you'll see XP-Icon button. Hit that and it'll browse your device/storage card. Look for where icon you placed it, which was in Program Files\Ultimate Launch\Icons folder. There you will find the icons.
Also remember, you can assign two images to one (.exe) an application, "Normal" and "Pushed'. This is a cool feature many other launchers don't have.
If anyone comes across anything significant I missed and should mention, please don't hesitate to tell me, and I'll update the tutorial.
MySpace Icon?
The icons look great man....Could you create a MySpace icon also?
robosiris said:
I have these PNG pictures and can convert them to icons as well. There's way too many to convert them all...
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Maybe you could post them as png so long and some creative members can convert what they like to ico format, and share what they convert? This way, the burden is not all on you...
robosiris said:
Thanks iggy, still learning though. Which ones, lol? I have them in png now because I'm coming across some many pictures, and can possibly convert them all. But, if you'd like I can post them in png format and you can create the icons yourself.
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Excellent, PNG would be fine.
Moe5508 said:
Maybe you could post them as png so long and some creative members can convert what they like to ico format, and share what they convert? This way, the burden is not all on you...
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Good Idea
Below is the app I use to create/edit icons. Basically using this is fairly simple. If I can do it, you or anyone can too, lol.
I'm still learning how to use the application because the original picture size varies. Also, I included some ready-made icons as well (some of which are pictured above). Hopefully, this will spark many to create unusual and interesting new icons
Ya Boi D, I'm not sure if you're looking for something like this. You can see it on my today screen, and it's included in the random icon file. I'll keep searching. You know have the tools to create some yourself and share.
Very nice icons - Thanks
ico not as mamy as in the finger
I downloaded the summerboard zip and found few icos not exist in tne zip shown in your posted finger. How can i get them?Thanks
awesome! thanks for the great collections.
all i can say is wow ive probably downloaded over 300 icons for UL and none of them even hold a candle to these looks like im not gona sleep for a few days i hope i can figure out how to convert them or i might not ever leave my computer. but ive got no job and 2 cases of beer ill get em done thanks for some killer icons
To all, I'm glad you like the icons,
The "Summerboard" zip has been updated with the 4 missing icons. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Several icons on the bottom of my today screen are game icons, which I'm currently working on. I have 19 of them and will post them (in icon form) tomorrow at the latest.
is there a tutorial on how to install the skins?
first time using UL xD
Hi!
Excellent icons but can you you explain how you did the firts screen shots like iphone without windows task bars?
I use too UL but i still have the task bar...
Thanks
Here is simple s2u2 theme, manila-inspired
wasnt going to upload it, but got a request, so figured I might as well!
looks like this:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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left is the lock screen, right is the picture that comes up when you get a call from someone that doesnt have a contact picture
to use it, you have to put all the images in the gfx folder in this gfx.zip in the gfx file on your device.
Overwrite all files, the only change in the clock is that the AM and PM are smaller than the numbers, looks better I think (breaks it up)
TO HAVE THIS THEME LOOK JUST LIKE THE PREVIEW ABOVE....
...You will have to remove the files "topbar.png" and "vtopbar.png" in order to disable the top and bottom gradient bars
...You will have to remove "slide.png" and "slideanis.png" to hide the bottom slide background/"slide to unlock" animation that is default with s2u2
the "home.jpg" I provided can be used as your home's contact image (just assign it to your contact)
I am also including three templates so that if you want to have contact pictures show up to look like the above, you can fit them inside the boxes:
the .zip is templates.zip (you have to put your contact's photos in the boxes in something like paint or photoshop - and then assign them to your contacts)
I think that's all
Enjoy!
htctoucher
Thanks alot htctoucher, your photoshop skills are amazing.
Was wondering if you had a charging/battery artwork to go along with this?
wonderfull
Looks great, but can you upload the same for VGA Devices?
sean222 said:
Thanks alot htctoucher, your photoshop skills are amazing.
Was wondering if you had a charging/battery artwork to go along with this?
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I havent actually upgraded s2u2 since .99p.. a little behind (but it works so I figure why change .. plus I hear newest version has battery drain issues)
but once I upgrade I will look into that!
XCJSX Looks great, but can you upload the same for VGA Devices?
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I can try to see what it will look like resized, I am working on a wm7 theme right now for PCM, rltoday, s2u2, dialer, and a slight mod of the qvista mortplayer theme, so when I am done with that I will look at it
bluemetalaxe: wonderfull
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glad you are all enjoying the theme!
htctoucher
these graphics are incredible, good work on them!
htctoucher said:
Here is simple s2u2 theme, manila-inspired
wasnt going to upload it, but got a request, so figured I might as well!
looks like this:
left is the lock screen, right is the picture that comes up when you get a call from someone that doesnt have a contact picture
to use it, you have to put all the images in the gfx folder in this gfx.zip in the gfx file on your device.
Overwrite all files, the only change in the clock is that the AM and PM are smaller than the numbers, looks better I think (breaks it up)
You will also have to remove the files "topbar.png" and "vtopbar.png" in order to disable the top and bottom gradient bars and have this theme look like the preview.
the "home.jpg" I provided can be used as your home's contact image (just assign it to your contact)
I am also including three templates so that if you want to have contact pictures show up to look like the above, you can fit them inside the boxes:
the .zip is templates.zip (you have to put your contact's photos in the boxes in something like paint or photoshop - and then assign them to your contacts)
I think that's all
Enjoy!
htctoucher
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Were there any other files to remove? I can't seem to get rid of the slider background.
hellz said:
Were there any other files to remove? I can't seem to get rid of the slider background.
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ahh.. I knew I forgot something..
added to first post:
TO HAVE THIS THEME LOOK JUST LIKE THE PREVIEW ABOVE....
...You will have to remove the files "topbar.png" and "vtopbar.png" in order to disable the top and bottom gradient bars
...You will have to remove "slide.png" and "slideanis.png" to hide the bottom slide background/"slide to unlock" animation that is default with s2u2
enjoy!
htctoucher
htctoucher said:
ahh.. I knew I forgot something..
added to first post:
TO HAVE THIS THEME LOOK JUST LIKE THE PREVIEW ABOVE....
...You will have to remove the files "topbar.png" and "vtopbar.png" in order to disable the top and bottom gradient bars
...You will have to remove "slide.png" and "slideanis.png" to hide the bottom slide background/"slide to unlock" animation that is default with s2u2
enjoy!
htctoucher
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I also had to remove "sliden.png" to get the right result
Very nice thanks htctoucher
hmmm
bro..how to get the sms and email icon on the slide wallpaper?
Hey toucher, i was curious if you were going to make any of your awesome skins and themes in vga? Please. great work
thanks..very very nice
I can't seem to find the topbar and bottom bar png files in my 'gfx' folder. But the bars are there. Is this 'hard coded' into S2U2 v.1.22?
By the way, how did you move the 'number' (for missed call, sms, etc) from bottom to top??
is there is a way this will be made to support HTC Diamond VGA device
i loved it on my HTC Touch
and i just upgraded to the diamond and i miss it
Thanks for your effort a lovely theme
awesome gfx, just what I was looking for. very clean and polished.
i am running this theme on s2u2 1.33. there seem to be problem with the notification icons on s2u2. i have a new email, but on the notification, its show MMS instead. i tried removing the notice.png and replacing it, it still the same problem. anyone else experiencing this?
This is great!!
BUT....I have a Touch Diamond, and the wallpaper is very small aswell the slider.
So, could this be made for a VGA device? For the Touch Diamond?!
Thanks
Sian said:
I can't seem to find the topbar and bottom bar png files in my 'gfx' folder. But the bars are there. Is this 'hard coded' into S2U2 v.1.22?
By the way, how did you move the 'number' (for missed call, sms, etc) from bottom to top??
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You can simply disable top and bottom curton in s2u2 settings!
hey guys sorry I havent checked this thread forever.
I cannot really convert this to VGA, as when I made this theme I accidentily flattened the lock icon and never saved my vectored version, meaning I cannot really resize it without redoing it completely (which I would do if I had a VGA device to test/use this on)
problems you are having with the notifications are due to a new notice.png in verson 1.33 i think which added two more icons, you can fix this by opening the new notice.png default in 1.33, then taking mine and fitting my icons into the correct positions again.
i moved the number of the missed call etc to the top of the icon by increasing the canvas size of the notice.png and moving the notice icons underneath the numbers
hope that helps
wish I could help you guys out with VGA, seriously if I had a VGA device I'd do it in a second, there just isnt much reason since I cannot test it or use it myself
thanks guys
htctoucher
I played with a couple hero ROM's back in the day, but have been running Cyanogen for a while.
Due to the 2.1 ROMs floating around I figured I would check out the old Hero ROMS to see if they picked up speed... and they have. A LOT.
My only issue is that the two ROMs I tried doesnt have a real flip clock anymore. They are the same as the weather widget app. Before you could actually watch them flip around. Also, in the past, everytime you went to the home sceen showing the weather widget it would go animated. Now you have to give it a vertical swipe to see it do its thing.
What gives?
HTC did an update to help with the speed of the Sense UI (removal of the flipping animation from the clock among other things)
Is there anything I can do to get the old flip clock back. That was half the reason of running a hero ROM.
Markley02 said:
Is there anything I can do to get the old flip clock back. That was half the reason of running a hero ROM.
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Can't you just flash one of the old ROMs you used to use?
There is a paid app on the market that looks just like it, I think it cost like $.99 or $1.99.
Theres another app called Flip Clock but its just that. It flips though
meh, the features kind of useless anyways, slows down the phone for a flip animation lol...
yeah true.
mylostlonelysoul said:
There is a paid app on the market that looks just like it, I think it cost like $.99 or $1.99.
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Doesn't flip. It just looks like a flip clock
Macrophage001 said:
Theres another app called Flip Clock but its just that. It flips though
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I did check that out and it does flip when the time changes, but the old Sense flip clock was 10x better as it flipped several times basically whenever you looked at it
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meh, the features kind of useless anyways, slows down the phone for a flip animation lol...
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Oh so true. But then again, what is the point of multi-touch when you can zoom with one finger?
Its cool and I like it. lol.
Ok so I found this in an old thread
"go find the old one that has all of the animations you like then extract the .zip folder then go to system, framework, then find framework-res.apk, extract that, then click on it, then go to res, then anim, and theres all your animations."
I found an old ROM with the flip clock and I want to put it into MLIGN's as his seems to run the best/fastest on my phone. Does anyone know what he means by "then go to res, then anim"? Can't I simply replace the framework-res.apk in MLIGN's?
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Doesn't flip. It just looks like a flip clock
I did check that out and it does flip when the time changes, but the old Sense flip clock was 10x better as it flipped several times basically whenever you looked at it
Oh so true. But then again, what is the point of multi-touch when you can zoom with one finger?
Its cool and I like it. lol.
Ok so I found this in an old thread
"go find the old one that has all of the animations you like then extract the .zip folder then go to system, framework, then find framework-res.apk, extract that, then click on it, then go to res, then anim, and theres all your animations."
I found an old ROM with the flip clock and I want to put it into MLIGN's as his seems to run the best/fastest on my phone. Does anyone know what he means by "then go to res, then anim"? Can't I simply replace the framework-res.apk in MLIGN's?
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oh, good idea! I'll try it if it works for you!
Markley02 said:
Ok so I found this in an old thread
"go find the old one that has all of the animations you like then extract the .zip folder then go to system, framework, then find framework-res.apk, extract that, then click on it, then go to res, then anim, and theres all your animations."
I found an old ROM with the flip clock and I want to put it into MLIGN's as his seems to run the best/fastest on my phone. Does anyone know what he means by "then go to res, then anim"? Can't I simply replace the framework-res.apk in MLIGN's?
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No you can't just replace as the framework controls more than just animations, it controls just about evry aspect of Android's UI and android would brek if it did not have the correct framework-res.By open up res then anim, he means rename framework-res.apk as framework-res.zip, unzip it and you'll find what you're looking for
JAguirre1231 said:
No you can't just replace as the framework controls more than just animations, it controls just about evry aspect of Android's UI and android would brek if it did not have the correct framework-res.By open up res then anim, he means rename framework-res.apk as framework-res.zip, unzip it and you'll find what you're looking for
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oh ok. That makes more Sense (lol). If I did that would I need to resign anything? If I do, is it the framework-res.apk, the final update.zip file, or both. (I have never done any of that BTW)
Would it be better just to replace the files somehow through adb or via the console just to see if it works?
Also, what is the worse case scenario with all of this? I can't brick it right? What makes sense to me is the worse I would have to do is boot into recovery and re-flash the ROM.
Thanks a lot! You guys are awesome!
Markley02 said:
oh ok. That makes more Sense (lol). If I did that would I need to resign anything? If I do, is it the framework-res.apk, the final update.zip file, or both. (I have never done any of that BTW)
Would it be better just to replace the files somehow through adb or via the console just to see if it works?
Also, what is the worse case scenario with all of this? I can't brick it right? What makes sense to me is the worse I would have to do is boot into recovery and re-flash the ROM.
Thanks a lot! You guys are awesome!
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I don't think you could brick, it doesn't affect your spl, radio, or recovery..
Ok, I hope I did this right.
I opened up the framework-res.apk on both MLIGN's and JAC's 1.6r2a as I am told that has the old flip clock. I couldn't tell which .xml would make it flip. There were a lot more xml's in MLIGN's than JACS by the way. I took all of the xml's from JAC's and pasted them into MLIGN's so it replaced them.
I then re zip'ed framework-res.apk and signed them using Stericson's signing bat file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
From there I just put it into the update file for maps v3.4. That way I wouldn't need to make a new update-script file and it kills two birds with one stone. Then I resigned that.
Does that sound right? What about the CERT.RSA, CERT.SF, AND MANIFEST.MF files? They seem to be different in each update.zip file I come across.
Edit: After fooling around a little bit more, I found out that the CERT.RSA, CERT.SF, and MANIFEST.MF changed when I signed the files! So I understand that now. I guess my only question/issue is if it is ok, that I changed a bunch of the xml files in framework-res.apk/res/amin/ when I think I should have only changed the ones pertaining to the flip clock. I just dont know how to tell which ones those are.
i did this for the hero, maybe it helps
see here, the flipclock is a widget. i deodexed the file from the old rom, now it works on the latest released roms for the hero.
Animating Flip Clock Widget
I have a clock widget with a real animating flip, which does not require sense. Check my thread.
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For those who are like me and want a different lockscreen and not always looking at the wallpaper, this simple Mod is for you.
This mod should work on all Sense ROM`s, just ensure you load the correct version for your ROM base (2.2 or 2.2.1)
As always - NANDROID IS RECOMMENDED BEFORE YOU APPLY THIS MOD
This is what it takes:
1. Download the matching lockscreen update.zip for your ROM (2.2 or 2.2.1)
2. Create a 480x788 pixel png (no jpg) and name it lockscreen_topedge.png - if desired you can add a little transparency if you want this effect
3. Extract the HtcLockScreen.apk from the lockscreen.zip
4. Open (NOT UNPACK) HtcLockScreen.apk with winrar and drag your lockscreen_topedge.png in the res/drawable-hdpi folder and just close the apk. Make sure your compression settings in winrar are store to avoid any issues.
5. In a perfect world you zipalign your apk for less Ram consumption, but since this is only 1, you will not notice a difference anyway.
6. Now drag the HtcLockScreen.apk in the lockscreen2.2.1 or lockscreen2.2.zip (depends what you have downloaded for your type of ROM) in the system/app folder and close the zip. Again - no need to pack or unpack anything, this would only break the signage.
7. Install like a ROM with ROM Manager or directly from recovery.
8. Enjoy
Download Custom Lockscreen for 2.2.1 ROM`s
Default
http://www.multiupload.com/TA9VKNZUVL
Green Eyes
http://www.multiupload.com/K5G3L9GZYW
Feel free to post screenshots of your own versions here and give feedback, on which ROM`s the mod works (should on ALL Sense based DHD ROM`s).
Example of Custom Lockscreen (which is the default in this mod):
Green Eyes
Sadly i need a more step to step guide than this, really looks great and cool! But it says nothing about exactly "where" i should be getting these files from, i thought you only needed the Zip file you uploaded to get those effects, but seems i have to do it myself depending on my rom.
Thanks though!
Edit:
I just tried it out, and it seemed to work without any modification, but i noticed a bug with the very lowest border is missing, i can see thrue it, and see my normal background there, like the picture is not scaled enaugh for the screen resolution
Thanks!
If you want exactly this lady, just download the zip (if you are on a 2.2.1 ROM) and flash the zip.
If you want to customize the lockscreen yourself, all you need is to build your own png with 480 x 774 pixel in Photoshop or whatever image editor you use and replace the png in the apk, drag the edited apk in the update.zip and flash.
Shidapu said:
Edit:
I just tried it out, and it seemed to work without any modification, but i noticed a bug with the very lowest border is missing, i can see thrue it, and see my normal background there, like the picture is not scaled enaugh for the screen resolution
Thanks!
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I will look into it, once there is time - but bigger png like 480x800 just will cause the background to shine through on both sides (that was the first size tested). I might adjust the padding in dimension.xml, but unless you don`t use a very bright wallpaper with a very dark lockscreen or vice versa this is barely noticable.
Edit: In my tests the bottom of my wall had a similar color, so that wasn`t noticable. I uploaded a fixed version and adjusted instructions for png size
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I will look into it, once there is time - but bigger png like 480x800 just will cause the background to shine through on both sides (that was the first size tested). I might adjust the padding in dimension.xml, but unless you don`t use a very bright wallpaper with a very dark lockscreen or vice versa this is barely noticable.
Edit: In my tests the bottom of my wall had a similar color, so that wasn`t noticable. I uploaded a fixed version and adjusted instructions for png size
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I just noticed, you might be right about the adjustment of the picture as you have to include the statusbar aswell, but it might actually be the missing area at the bottom to be the Statusbar size, and its just aligned wrongly?
Thanks for the fast fix!
Edit:
Nwm, just checked again, and it's not the same size missing as the statusbar, probably half of that
Shidapu said:
I just noticed, you might be right about the adjustment of the picture as you have to include the statusbar aswell, but it might actually be the missing area at the bottom to be the Statusbar size, and its just aligned wrongly?
Thanks for the fast fix!
Edit:
Nwm, just checked again, and it's not the same size missing as the statusbar, probably half of that
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In fact even less, has to do with the automatic resizing in the layout files.
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In fact even less, has to do with the automatic resizing in the layout files.
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Yellow Eyes works perfect! Absolutly fantastic!
Thank you!
how to return to stock... do u flash that file with a fully transparent background or els ..
not that my lock screen doesn't look extra good now but you know just in case. thanx
Just grab a HTCLockscreen.apk from a 2.2.1 ROM, draw it in the update.zip folder and flash.
great job, thanks for sharing
is it possible to use live wallpaper?
No - not without major adjustments.
nice bat the clock?
.. nice! I wanted to ask one more thing, where did you get clock? Metamorph installation?
Installing green eyen on leedroid 1.41 rom, only change on wallpaper. Lockscreen not changed T.T
beppeguitar777 said:
.. nice! I wanted to ask one more thing, where did you get clock? Metamorph installation?
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If you`re talking about the lockscreen, that is part of my Revolution theme.
i have a splash with the green eyes lady, somewhere i saw a bootanimation.zip with her but i cant find it anywhere and its driving me mad. Anyone have it?
I made the splash screen to as addon for my Revolution theme, but never saw a bootanimation with her...
is this mod not working for android revolution with no-sense script and readded sense lockscreen?
Yes, it works without problems.
it worked after i converted it with amend2edify script converter to use it with cwm 3.0.0.6
but it only changed the lockscreen wallpaper and not the slider
and my semi transparent notification bar shows the background of my live wallpaper instead the lockscreen wallpaper
any way to fix this?
is the default zip to undo the custom lockscreen changes?
UPDATE! Check out the Metal Gear Solid 4 Sounds in the next post!
So I got my galaxy gear, and after installing null rom I'm loving it!
I used ifont to install a modified segoeui light font to have everything lowercase and the effect is just amazing! (it should have came like this!) (dl link below)
I also have sideloaded some super useful apps that work 100% (paid apps are brought via titanium backup (backup on phone move it to watch and restore on watch))
APPS:
Fine Chromatic Tuner (to tune my violin)
Sworkit (Pro) to workout in small quick intervals
Silence! (since it doesn't mirror the phone's silent times)
GMD Gesture Control (to add a menu and home gesture [this is super useful, I have it mapped to other apps too including Nova Launcher])
Speed Reader <- this one is amazing, (I'm actually using it until spritz comes out) but it lets you read text (like books and stuff) super fast, I can coherently read "Divergent" at 600 words per minute.
(Make sure to set the bg color to black and the text to whatever color)
to help optimize the speedreadrer app (so it takes advantage of the OLED screen) I also use
Full!Screen <- removes the status bar (be careful it also, for some reason, removes the recent app list)
Ultimate Rotation Control <- forces everything to remain in portrait mode so I can actually use apps that force landscape (and make it perpendicular to your hand)
Screen filter <- to read at night and lower the brightness intensity! (the grey probably affects the OLED black battery life thing)
I would post links but the system won't let me ahaha
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Do you guys have anything you recommend putting on also?
Got some awesome sounds on my gear! (replaced the touch sounds and the charger sounds with effects from MGS4)
Use the Media Human converter to convert anything into an OGG file
Place all the .ogg files except for Ticktac.ogg into /system/media/audio/ui
USING ROOT BROWSER! (place on sdcard then use root browser to replace the files in the folder)
Ticktac.ogg goes into /system/media/audio/alarms
You can also set the codec sound as the ringtone by putting in on the SDcard in a folder named "Ringtones"
You can set an alert sound by putting it in the root of the SDcard named "Notifications"
I'll post a video soon.
RikuDesu said:
Got some awesome sounds on my gear! (replaced the touch sounds and the charger sounds with effects from MGS4)
Use the Media Human converter to convert anything into an OGG file
Place all the .ogg files except for Ticktac.ogg into /system/media/audio/ui
USING ROOT BROWSER! (place on sdcard then use root browser to replace the files in the folder)
Ticktac.ogg goes into /system/media/audio/alarms
You can also set the codec sound as the ringtone by putting in on the SDcard in a folder named "Ringtones"
You can set an alert sound by putting it in the root of the SDcard named "Notifications"
I'll post a video soon.
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There's a couple .zips within this .ZIP file. Where do those extracted sounds go? Thanks
lazer9 said:
There's a couple .zips within this .ZIP file. Where do those extracted sounds go? Thanks
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The extra zips are extra sounds that you can use. If you decide to use them, you can parse them through Media Human Converter and rename them to what you wish to replace. The sounds that you can replace are in /system/media/audio/ui just make sure they are in an ogg format.
I'm just a fan of metal gear, I changed some of the svoice pings to the codec openings etc.
I actually quite like this, nice find dude !
I may include this font among others in the next version of the rom.
I'm curious where exactly did you find that lowercase font ? Did it by any chance come with a bold version also ?
fOmey said:
I actually quite like this, nice find dude !
I may include this font among others in the next version of the rom.
I'm curious where exactly did you find that lowercase font ? Did it by any chance come with a bold version also ?
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A response from a recognized developer?
I made it. I can make you the bold version if you want. Send me a PM with which styles you want and I'll make em and send them back
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So I got excited and made it for you anyway. Here you go! It includes the other missing styles AND the WP fonts ripped straight out of the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK.
I put the font on my Galaxy Note II (Skynote TW) also (using the AllBacksBlack theme) and it looks amazing too. Going to fix up a theme for it to make it more streamlined with the gear. The black and white scheme also helps save a bunch of battery life thanks to AMOLED screens.
RikuDesu said:
So I got excited and made it for you anyway. Here you go! It includes the other missing styles AND the WP fonts ripped straight out of the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK.
I put the font on my Galaxy Note II (Skynote TW) also (using the AllBacksBlack theme) and it looks amazing too. Going to fix up a theme for it to make it more streamlined with the gear. The black and white scheme also helps save a bunch of battery life thanks to AMOLED screens.
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Question. With ifont installed on the gear, how does one go about installing this font pack? Do you unzip it first or place it in /ifont/custom or what?
Thanks
lazer9 said:
Question. With ifont installed on the gear, how does one go about installing this font pack? Do you unzip it first or place it in /ifont/custom or what?
Thanks
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You would place the extracted ttf files into a folder called IFont on the root of the 'sd card' and use the app (click custom) and use it to install it. (Or you can tap the click this button in the app and navigate to where it is). Afterwards, hit the name of the font you want to install and click set.
If you still have access the the stock gear settings app, just place it in a folder called fonts and go to settings and change the font.
Look Google glass fonts! (not lowercase lol)