Specific theme/skinning questions - HD2 Android Themes and Apps

1- Where is the gmail icon located for the status bar? stat_notify_email.png in the gmail apk does not seem to work (nor does anything i am finding in the systemUI or framework...) been looking and cannot find it!
2- bootscreens
-- anyone figure out how to cover up the 2nd bootscreen (cotulla screen)? - i don't think so
-- where is the third boot screen located (stagnant image; prior to animated boot)?
-- i cannot for the life of me make the animated android bootscreen work. i can flash other people's work. but if i edit their images or use my own it just becomes black. any tips?
thanks in advance.

jsmccabe78 said:
-- where is the third boot screen located (stagnant image; prior to animated boot)?
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You need replace the .rle inside initrd.gz, or replace initrd.gz with compatible one.
What Rom are you using?
The gmail notification was in the gmail.apk in froyo. But I'm not sure in gingerbread.

thanks for the reply.
icon - on further investigation, it was in drawable-hdpi-v9 and not drawable-hdpi where it always seems to be.
bootscreen - hmmm...what you wrote is something i have never really even comprehended to mod. i am using TyphooN's CM7 for what it is worth...thoughts on how to attack it? also, if you know, any ideas on how to make the animate bootscreen work?
thanks, again.
edit - found the .rle. googling around, have not found an easy way to make them. do you know of an easy way? will keep looking...

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Christmas Theme - MetaMorph for CM 4.2.x - v2 New Boot Screen

A Christmas theme was requested so I ported my Open Home theme. This is for the G1 and MyTouch. The MetaMorph files are for Android 1.6 ROMs, not for Hero ROMs
The base of this is my Ice Crystals theme.
To give credit where credit is due:
The calendar widget right now is from sir*mez's M_Blend.
Thanks as always goes to:
beagz - For all the help with the themes
Stericson - For making so much possible
JesusFreke - The Original
Haykuro - A lot of great ROM work
Cyaongen - Great ROM's
Manup465 - So many great themes and the transparent folders
brandenk - a great tutorial
jbourque - black gloss popup
LatinSilEighty - black gloss keyboard which I made the white ones from
jonnybueno - black framework from Smorg
Sir*Mez- Calendar Widget
I have not made a Boot Screen yet, so it is the Boot Screen from my Ice Crystals theme
Read This First:
Code:
Before applying the MetaMorph, Flash the White Notifications[/B]
Screens:
Boot Screen:
Download Links:
White Notifications:
White Notifications - Download the one for your ROM and flash before applying the MetaMorph http://www.jbthemes.com/index.php?p=1_34
I moved them all to one page on my site instead of having to update 10 threads every time there is a new ROM
Theme:
MetaMoprh APK - http://www.jbthemes.com/web_documents/root_themes/metamorph/Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip
MetaMorph Script - http://www.jbthemes.com/web_documents/root_themes/metamorph/Christmas-theme-v2.zip
wow, this is nice! how's the status bar look on the actual device? can you clearly make out the time?
merry christmas everybody!
jcarrz1 said:
wow, this is nice! how's the status bar look on the actual device? can you clearly make out the time?
merry christmas everybody!
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I didn't flash the white notifications before taking the screen shots., but if you flash that before apply the MetaMorph it will change your clock and the notifications to white, for example:
Any chance you can point in the direction of the info needed to create open home themes I would love to be able to spit out a few of those. I have searched but I can never find a template for open home or did you just use an existing apk.
DeaDnuLL said:
Any chance you can point in the direction of the info needed to create open home themes I would love to be able to spit out a few of those. I have searched but I can never find a template for open home or did you just use an existing apk.
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http://code.google.com/p/betterandroid/
jairomeo said:
http://code.google.com/p/betterandroid/
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Thank You
The white notifications for 4.2.8 are now in the OP
v2 is now out with a Boot Screen
I placed the White Notifications for 4.2.8.1 in the OP. If you apply the full MetaMorph, remove the Contacts.apk from Cyan's update, place it in your sdk/tools directory and push it to your phone. I have not redone all the dialers yet for the eclair dialer.
Code:
cd your-sdk-location
cd tools
adb remount
adb push Contacts.apk /system/app
this is my first time using metamorph, so it may just be me being a noob...when i apply christmas-theme-v2 it just gives an error for each part of the theme and doesn't apply anything. i am using the latest cm rom 4.2.8.1.
i tried applying Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip and it ran, then it rebooted and started force closing everything and kept rebooting.
am i doing something wrong here?
ole_rascal said:
this is my first time using metamorph, so it may just be me being a noob...when i apply christmas-theme-v2 it just gives an error for each part of the theme and doesn't apply anything. i am using the latest cm rom 4.2.8.1.
i tried applying Christmas-MM-apkv2.zip and it ran, then it rebooted and started force closing everything and kept rebooting.
am i doing something wrong here?
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Well the first one without the MM in the name is meant for the script version that's why that one didnt work. For the fact that after you ran the version meant for the apk version and it did that, well thats not normal lol
Reboot into the console and run fix_persmissions, most likely something just happened when you applied it.
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Well the first one without the MM in the name is meant for the script version that's why that one didnt work. For the fact that after you ran the version meant for the apk version and it did that, well thats not normal lol
Reboot into the console and run fix_persmissions, most likely something just happened when you applied it.
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mkay, trying that now
well it was doing the same thing, so i was going to reflash the cm update and i noticed my SD card was full...doh! so i cleared that off, replaced the theme, and we'll see what happens now.
yup, it was my card being full. sorry to bug you, guess it's time to upgrade from that 1gb card that came with the phone
merry christmas!
ole_rascal said:
yup, it was my card being full. sorry to bug you, guess it's time to upgrade from that 1gb card that came with the phone
merry christmas!
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So it worked after you cleared off some of your card then?
well it worked once. i cleared space off the card, then i unzipped and replaced the theme, then applied it and it worked. then i realized that i didn't do the white notifications, so i flashed that and then tried again, i've tried 3 times and it gets to the framework portion and chunks. it never completes. i've let it run for over an hour. so i dunno if it's something with my phone now or what.
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well it worked once. i cleared space off the card, then i unzipped and replaced the theme, then applied it and it worked. then i realized that i didn't do the white notifications, so i flashed that and then tried again, i've tried 3 times and it gets to the framework portion and chunks. it never completes. i've let it run for over an hour. so i dunno if it's something with my phone now or what.
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Remove the unzipped folder and then do pick theme and let it unzip and just do the framework then
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Remove the unzipped folder and then do pick theme and let it unzip and just do the framework then
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tried this and still no dice...
the last thing i see in logcat from MetaMorph is always:
I/MetaMorph( 1509): Executing [rm -r /system/framework/framework-res]
I/MetaMorph( 1509): Executing [rm -r /system/framework/framework-res] os.flush()
so it looks like it's failing to remove something, so it never gets to putting the new images in. probably why the system becomes unstable afterwards...
If I have time, Ill port it to 4.2.9.1 as an update.zip
white notifcations
hey i flashed the white notifcation zip but when i try to boot it just goes to a black screen after the boot screen. so idk if i did something wrong or if there is something wrong with the zip. hit me back text or pm. cell # 850 221 9779

[Q] Changing sense flip clock

I was trying to look for a way to change the sense flip clock from white with black letters to black with white letters. I'm coming from WM6.5 phones so android sense themes are different to me. I'm running the Liberated Froyo w/ sense ROM right now. I was looking at something like this, but not sure if it would work.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4...mes-mods-more-2-1-playground.html#post1766858
I'm completely new to Android scene as a whole, but I think I understand enough of the basics to try and help you out here. I compared the image sizes between the link you posted and the original HTC Clock Widget on the Aria, and the linked clock's are larger.
I went through and resized all the images to the Aria's, and tried to make it look as close as I could to their theme. I attached a thumbnail of what I ended up with.
I included the altered HtcClockWidget.apk to this post, which you'll need to push to /system/app/ in Recovery (that's what I did it anyways). Hopefully this is what you're looking for. [I didn't change the preview thumbnail, so it won't look any different within the widget itself until you actually place it on a homescreen.]
That's exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks! I tried to push it in recovery and after I rebooted, the clock widget is gone and now I have a 0.0dip widget that fails to load when I try to load it. Is it because I'm using a different rom?
Hmm, that's strange. I am also using the FR001 Liberated Froyo with Sense.
When you went into Recovery, did you mount /system/ from the partitions menu and then push the file?
I'm not really sure why it wouldn't work. I'll attach a stock copy of HtcClockWidget.apk for you to push back just in case you can't get it working.
Yeah I went into recovery, mounted the /system, pushed the apk in /system/app/, then rebooted. weird might be because i'm using FR003 deodexed I'm guessing?
Actually I just reflashed to FR005 deodexed now and pulled the apk from it. maybe this can help?
The only thing I can think might be wrong is that I'm not using deodexed (I honestly don't really even get the different between the two)? Anyways, I altered the apk you just posted from 005, so hopefully this time it'll work.
I just pushed that latest file and it finally worked. Much thanks! I guess the first one can be used for standard and the last one you posted can be used for deodexed.
btw I read this thread to find out about what deodexed was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709630
Awesome, glad it worked. Thanks for the link!

[DISCUSS] General Questions/Problems with Theming

There seems to be a lot of things that are new when it comes to theming the Nexus S and Gingerbread in general.
A lot of us have run into various problems.
The purpose of this thread is to discuss the problems we're facing and to ask general questions regarding theming.
Issues:
1. [SOLVED] I can't flash anything unless it is the full ROM. I tried jabbawalkee's base zip but no luck.
Solution: Post 12. Thanks to ogdobber.
2. If I make a nand of a themed ROM and try to restore it, I get a bootloop. Unthemed ROM works fine.
Temporary Solution: Don't use ROM Manager to restore your themed Nandroids. Go to recovery and restore the Nand and don't reboot.
Flash the pertinent ROM again without wiping anything, then reboot. Flash the theme again.
3. How to get out of a bootloop? I've been doing the battery pull and volume up + power button does not work during a bootloop.
Solution: adb reboot recovery
4. [SOLVED] Nexus S loses signal after reboot.
After unlocking the bootloader, I used paul's Superboot to get root and used ROM manager to flash the latest CWM. All is well except every-time I reboot, I lose the signal (it shows emergency calls only) and I have to search for available networks in Mobile network settings.
Solution:
In the dialpad enter *#*#4636#*#*
Select phone information
Scroll down to preferred networks
Select "WCDMA only"
Click on Update
You need to re-enter the SMSC Carrier number. For WIND Mobile Canada, SMSC is 16135009000
Android requires you to enter this info in Hex.
Hex = 07916131059000F0
For Mobilicity Canada Hex = 07916174080001F6
In the dialpad enter *#*#4636#*#*
Select phone information
Scroll down to SMSC field, enter 07916131059000F0 and done. Then reboot.
Theming Guide:
Masterâ„¢ started a guide where we could post useful stuff like the transparent notification bar & anything else in a simple Nexus S (or gingerbread guide...)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZSTpSuFg_ox7cEzn5YZSx3P8nXMgly4Q-AvVRC8Lfw/edit?hl=en#
If you guys want to edit it, PM him so he can add you.
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Stuck this useful thread
theimpaler747 said:
Stuck this useful thread
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Thanks a lot!
Issue number 2 has been confirmed by another users. Maybe its a bug in CWM.
sonnysekhon said:
Thanks a lot!
Issue number 2 has been confirmed by another users. Maybe its a bug in CWM.
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Could be that, I remember on my hero I tried to restore a recovery of my theme and it looped too
sonnysekhon said:
Issues:
1. I can't flash anything unless it is the full ROM. I tried jabbawalkee's base zip but no luck.
2. If I make a nand of a themed ROM and try to restore it, I get a bootloop. Unthemed ROM works fine.
3. How to get out of a bootloop? I've been doing the battery pull and volume up + power button does not work during a bootloop.
4. Nexus S loses signal after reboot.
After unlocking the bootloader, I used paul's Superboot to get root and used ROM manager to flash the latest CWM. All is well except every-time I reboot, I lose the signal (it shows emergency calls only) and I have to search for available networks in Mobile network settings.
Anyone else having this issue? Any fixes?
If you guys can provide some insight, I will be most thankful.
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In regard to #1, you're right about that. The mount line is incorrect, I believe it needs to be changed to ext4 instead of mtd but I haven't gotten the line just right yet. I contacted PaulOBrien and Koush for assistance but didn't have much luck getting it right.
In terms of #4, I actually didn't have that same issue with his Superboot...but perhaps I overlooked it.
Hopefully we can get a theme zip base to work from. I'm hoping one of the ROM devs can jump in and maybe push us in the right direction. I'm not a code type of guy so I let the coders do the update script stuff . In the meantime, we'll just have to use the full ROM.
Thanks for this thread sonny!
On the Galaxy S I can find the data and wifi icons for the notification bar no problem, but I can't seem to find them anywhere for the Nexus S (along with a couple of others). Sorry if the answer is obvious, but I'm stuck. Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Dean-O said:
On the Galaxy S I can find the data and wifi icons for the notification bar no problem, but I can't seem to find them anywhere for the Nexus S (along with a couple of others). Sorry if the answer is obvious, but I'm stuck. Could someone please point me in the right direction?
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system/app/SystemUI.apk
Great, thanks.
Found a solution to issue number 4, updated the post.
sonnysekhon said:
Issues:
1. I can't flash anything unless it is the full ROM. I tried jabbawalkee's base zip but no luck.
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this is a solution to problem 1.
in the META-INF\com\google\android needs to have updater-script and update-binary
the updater-script needs the following line
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
attached is a meta-inf. use it in place of your current one for flashing themes
Thanks ogdobber.
Hi,
I'm a newb to theming. Can anyone point me to the right direction to change my stock news widget to transparent?
Thanks in advance
cyc1120 said:
Hi,
I'm a newb to theming. Can anyone point me to the right direction to change my stock news widget to transparent?
Thanks in advance
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start with the 2 links below, you basically need to change the transparency level on the widget_background in the drawable(hdpi) folder. but it is not that easy because it is a .9 png (unless you go 100%)
[GUIDE] Want to learn how to theme?
The Ultimate Android Themeing Guide
Here is a thread by rori that he themes a bunch of stuff to transparent smoke http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
I can't for the life of me try to figure out how to make an object in photoshop have a transparent background. I make the background transparent, add the object (eg: a number) and everything looks great. Then once I flatten the image the transparency disappears. What I don't get is up until I flatten it, the whole background is transparent. I'm completely baffled, can anyone offer an idiot some help?
kenvan19 said:
I can't for the life of me try to figure out how to make an object in photoshop have a transparent background. I make the background transparent, add the object (eg: a number) and everything looks great. Then once I flatten the image the transparency disappears. What I don't get is up until I flatten it, the whole background is transparent. I'm completely baffled, can anyone offer an idiot some help?
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What image is it? And by flatten it, do you mean you are making it an indexed image?
theimpaler747 said:
What image is it? And by flatten it, do you mean you are making it an indexed image?
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Its a number for a Beautiful widgets clock skin. By flatten it I mean in photoshop CS5 when you make an image with multiple layers (the layers get created automatically when I try to add anything, in this case text) in order to save it as anything but a .psd you have to flatten it (IE force all of the layers into one).
kenvan19 said:
Its a number for a Beautiful widgets clock skin. By flatten it I mean in photoshop CS5 when you make an image with multiple layers (the layers get created automatically when I try to add anything, in this case text) in order to save it as anything but a .psd you have to flatten it (IE force all of the layers into one).
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Never save it as a psd for edits on android Save it as a .png
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Never save it as a psd for edits on android Save it as a .png
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Exactly, I'm trying to save it as a png but in order to do that I have to flatten the image which causes the transparency of the background to disappear.

Custom Notification Bar/Custom Theme

Ok so I modified the framework-res.apk file to have a custom notification bar. My question is how to make it so I can flash just the notification bar onto my phone? I know Metamorph is real easy but I want to be able to flash it in Clockworkmod Recovery. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
easiest way to do it is adb pushing it back to /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Well that's what I have been doing, but I want to make it be able to be flashed in recovery.
You need to make an update.zip
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You need to make an update.zip
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How do I go about doing that?
Go to circle.glx.nl and choose flashable theme. Upload your framework-res.apk and voila !
badeaioan said:
Go to circle.glx.nl and choose flashable theme. Upload your framework-res.apk and voila !
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Tried it and it seems great, but for some reason its causing everything to crash and force close on my phone.
Ok, so I think I narrowed it down to the fact that I need the correct update-script. I made one, flashed it and it went fine, but then I rebooted and didnt see a difference. So I tried to reflash it and then it gave me a syntax error. I know what a syntax error is, but my question is if anybody could give me the info of what I should put in the update-script so that it'll work correctly. Thanks!
i have a question too...
my phone has touchwiz 3.0
which in the notification bar there is a toggle buttons like; wifi, silent, bluetooth... etc.
i know it's important and useful, but why have to put it in notification bar... wasting some space, especially when in landscape mode.
is there any way to remove that toggle button?
I have that toggle widget too on my P500.
My .apk is located in /system/framework/lge-res.apk .
Backup it and then delete the .apk and see if it goes. If it doesn't work you will need a custom ROM with the toggle widget stripped out.
I want touchwiz on my phone.
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circle battery on thunderbolt

how do you add different icons into the status bar
Use an app called metamorph. You can modify the framework...and that's the status bar icons
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Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.
Get the framework.apk from the rom your using (/system/framework/framework-res.apk) and from the theme that has the icons you want, then use 7-zip to get into the framework res apk / drawable (drawable-hdpi) folder and swap out the .png files that you want to change. Make sure the new file has the same name as the one you are replacing.
You'll have to copy the .png files onto your desktop to view them and get familiar with the apk folders, it's not difficult.
Close the framework-res.apk in 7-zip, no need to re-sign it, and push it back onto your phone.
reboot.
or Ninjamorph.
is the methods described only for custom roms? im running stock rom...
any apps u guys recommend that use the least amount resources?
update....I just installed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8639993
is editing framework-res.apk a better solution? im just looking for least amount battery consumption...thank u kind sirs
adding the circle battery was the first thing I did on stock rooted ROM...it's easy to do again if you change ROMs.
IISiDeK1CKII said:
Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.
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So easy! Thanks!
IISiDeK1CKII said:
Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.
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I had no idea there was a kitchen like this available without the nasty coding.
Thanks very much!
do you have to be rooted to use this
OK I just tried this. After I flashed the .zip I got a TON of force closes from various places. Browser, google search, some others, right when the phone booted. I followed the directions and extracted and uploaded my ROM. the only options I wanted to flash were the circle battery and the bootanimation. The bootanimation and circle battery did show up, but after it booted there were just way too many force closes.
Can anyone help on what I need to do?
First thing I always do out of habit is go into CW, clear cache, clear dalvik cache, then reinstall my zip. Takes care of most FC issues.
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OK I just tried this. After I flashed the .zip I got a TON of force closes from various places. Browser, google search, some others, right when the phone booted. I followed the directions and extracted and uploaded my ROM. the only options I wanted to flash were the circle battery and the bootanimation. The bootanimation and circle battery did show up, but after it booted there were just way too many force closes.
Can anyone help on what I need to do?
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I want to try the UOT Kitchen but I can't confirm if the stock TB rom is odexed or deodexed. I am a newb, been looking for an answer, but I can't find one.
**UPDATE** So I been browsing my rom files and ive seen some .odex files. I think this means its an odexed rom and can't be used with the kitchen. Is that correct?
all confusing to me! haha
I have done quite a few mods to the graphics in the Framework, including the battery one here. My question is that every time I push the framework back and reboot. I have to re-setup a few things (i.e. passwords) and clear contacts and resync. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help anyone may have.
Stock rom is odex. You can download plainjane rom that is deodex stock and rooted.
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Stock rom is odex. You can download plainjane rom that is deodex stock and rooted.
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Thanks, I'm actually doing that now

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