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[MOD] Black Notification Bars - CM 4.2.7.1/Dwang v1.13 [12-05]

Credit to jonnybueno for all of the edited .png files in here, I took 90 images from it. Sorry for the period of time this wasn't up here, I was drunk when I redid the thread.
I have received a few requests in the past for a black notification bar from some members, and figured that if a few people want it, well then more do as well request thread)
Latest updated 12-01​
CM 4.2.7.1 (no longer has smorg icon, apparently it is really hard to tell how much battery you have when the battery looks good)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xgzmjqqzzcf
Dwang v1.13 (still has smorg battery icon)
http://www.mediafire.com/?no4znnwymjn
CM 4.2.3.1 with Stericson's Latest Lockscreen
http://www.mediafire.com/?jezgymucuzy
mirror: http://www.4shared.com/file/147284694/a28bfa58/black_bar_4231_SL_110309-new.html
Old Versions​If you need an older version shoot me a pm, comment in this thread, or look in the attachments. (it could be there depending on if it had the lockscreen in it.)
Sorry it has taken me so long to make an official update for this.
About various other apps/widgets being skinned, well basically you can take the apk that it is in the theme and put it on the root of your sdcard and do this in the recovery console
Code:
mount system
mount sdcard
ls /system/app (only if you need to find the exact name, skip if you don't need the exact name)
cp /sdcard/exactappnamecapsandall.apk /system/app/exactappnamecapsandall.apk

awesome! keep up the great work

We can haz screenies? Or am I missing something blatantly obvious?

AdrianK said:
We can haz screenies? Or am I missing something blatantly obvious?
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you are actually having a massive fail (but its ok). there are 3 files edited. one .png, one .xml, one .dex.
literally all this is is a black notification with the clock and date and the text for the notifications white.

david1171 said:
you are actually having a massive fail (but its ok). there are 3 files edited. one .png, one .xml, one .dex.
literally all this is is a black notification with the clock and date and the text for the notifications white.
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Oh I see...thanks.

I would prefer black bars too, but the problem is that app icons are designed for white background, so some of them can't even be seen when the bar is black.

cigar3tte said:
I would prefer black bars too, but the problem is that app icons are designed for white background, so some of them can't even be seen when the bar is black.
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if there is a theme with icons you like i can pull them from there and drop them into it so that the icons are visible.

david1171 said:
if there is a theme with icons you like i can pull them from there and drop them into it so that the icons are visible.
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I personally never cared about the app icons on main screen; I only look at the tray icon and notification bar colors and icons.
The icons I'm talking about are notification ones like the one for Swift, which is just a black flying bird. This would be a black bird on black bar background, making it invisible.

cigar3tte said:
I personally never cared about the app icons on main screen; I only look at the tray icon and notification bar colors and icons.
The icons I'm talking about are notification ones like the one for Swift, which is just a black flying bird. This would be a black bird on black bar background, making it invisible.
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ooohhh i was talking about battery, signal, wifi, notification icons, but yeah i can't really do anything about other apps

actually i think you could probably use that one method to do this also. where you make the apk match the theme. here wouldnt you just have to look for the png and invert the color? or no? i really dont know just says what I's thinks

roadrunnerx7 said:
actually i think you could probably use that one method to do this also. where you make the apk match the theme. here wouldnt you just have to look for the png and invert the color? or no? i really dont know just says what I's thinks
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i could but then if some of the apps or paid then it would be an issue of warez and i would rather not get into that. also it would need to be done every time the app is updated.

true. too much work and trouble. well then, guys if you want a simple black bar, be ready to sacrifice some notifications. none of mine are black, except weatherbug, but thank god you can change that one to white its an option in the app!

Sorry 4 being such a noob but how do I use this

coolmarkoo said:
Sorry 4 being such a noob but how do I use this
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just download it, put it on the ROOT of your sdcard(meaning NOT in any folder) then go into recovery and just flash it like you would flash a rom.
basically its exactly the same as flashing a rom.

That's wat I did but it said bad file and then it aborted the instalation

coolmarkoo said:
That's wat I did but it said bad file and then it aborted the instalation
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hmmm. which one are you trying, also what did it say , did it tell you it was a bad file (i had that one with a rom, and redownloading it fixed it) or did it say something about about verification or not being signed properly?

I was flashing it normally and it said the blackbar(bad) instalation aborted I was using cm 4.11.1 but I will redownload and try again

i think it might be the signing thing.. does the file name have anything to do with it? cause i see for 4.0.4 it says signed but 4.1.11.1 does not. might be that?
crap i gotta go back to work. be back later!

roadrunnerx7 said:
i think it might be the signing thing.. does the file name have anything to do with it? cause i see for 4.0.4 it says signed but 4.1.11.1 does not. might be that?
crap i gotta go back to work. be back later!
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nawh man, (or else i probably would've heard something from the 15 or 16 that have got it so far).
i think that means that the download got corrupted, try to redownload it and flash it again, if that doesn't work i will resign it and upload it again.

ok i tried redownloading but its not working with 4.1.11.1 then i tried to download the other one to see if it was a problem with my conection it downloaded fine. i think i might need a mirror

[WIP] White Notification Bar

Hello everyone, I am hoping some more developers will try to help out and keep this project alive. Hoping these issues might be figured out by someone.
Issues:
3G and 1X dormant icons are default HTC as well as USB
White clock text
Clear button is dark with black text
Some things worth noting. The stat_sys_data_usb.png icon and the stat_notify_sync_error.png icon are already in /system/framework/framework-res.apk but the weird problem is for some reason these icons are not showing up correctly, and instead they default to HTC. Other icons in framework-res and com.htc.resources are not doing this.
I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR.
Credits:
Zifnab06
DiGi|
ivanmmj based off his Eris Offical 0.7.1 Rom
The original post can be found here:
http://www.thefuzz4.net/home/AndroidPhones/Eris/HowToRootYourHTCEris/WhiteNotificationBar.aspx
Downloadlink for current white notif bar:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/doh3g4
Hoping some further talented devs can keep this alive and finish it...

alexhendershott said:
Hello everyone, I am hoping some more developers will try to help out and keep this project alive. Hoping these issues might be figured out by someone.
Issues:
3G and 1X dormant icons are default HTC as well as USB
White clock text
Clear button is dark with black text
Some things worth noting. The stat_sys_data_usb.png icon and the stat_notify_sync_error.png icon are already in /system/framework/framework-res.apk but the weird problem is for some reason these icons are not showing up correctly, and instead they default to HTC. Other icons in framework-res and com.htc.resources are not doing this.
I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR.
Credits:
Zifnab06
DiGi|
ivanmmj based off his Eris Offical 0.7.1 Rom
The original post can be found here:
http://www.thefuzz4.net/home/AndroidPhones/Eris/HowToRootYourHTCEris/WhiteNotificationBar.aspx
Downloadlink for current white notif bar:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/doh3g4
Hoping some further talented devs can keep this alive and finish it...
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There is a TON of info on editing task bars and other theme elements in the cdma hero section mater of fact a good deal of their stuff works with various eris roms. Some of the roms running over there are legend or eris based now we have ports based off the Sprint roms so theyre themes and various add ons working also (ive tried a few) as far as text and icons I believe it has to do with the .9pngs etc...give it a read and there are a ton of helpful heroc fellas. chubz, vince just to name a few.

Yeah I've been waiting for someone to come up with a fix for the clock font color, but it seems to be fairly difficult to find? Or perhaps other things are being worked on by the limited amount of devs we've got on the Eris.

you forgot me the guy who was trying to finish it, and posted it for all!:d
alexhendershott said:
hello everyone, i am hoping some more developers will try to help out and keep this project alive. Hoping these issues might be figured out by someone.
Issues:
3g and 1x dormant icons are default htc as well as usb
white clock text
clear button is dark with black text
some things worth noting. The stat_sys_data_usb.png icon and the stat_notify_sync_error.png icon are already in /system/framework/framework-res.apk but the weird problem is for some reason these icons are not showing up correctly, and instead they default to htc. Other icons in framework-res and com.htc.resources are not doing this.
I take no credit for any of the work that has been done so far.
Credits:
Zifnab06
digi|
ivanmmj based off his eris offical 0.7.1 rom
the original post can be found here:
http://www.thefuzz4.net/home/androidphones/eris/howtorootyourhtceris/whitenotificationbar.aspx
downloadlink for current white notif bar:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/doh3g4
hoping some further talented devs can keep this alive and finish it...
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ORIGINAL link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657229

I'm a super noob at this, but I spent part of the day yesterday trying to fix my title bar with the icons I wanted in the Aloysis ROM. It seemed like the text color and icon image files were referenced by xml files? Have you tried looking there for fixes to your issues?
For the record there is a hero theme the Aloysis 4.1 ROM is based off of which may be configured close to what u want. I wanted to configure mine to look more like yours but I got frustrated and gave up.

hex editing
DeezNotes said:
I'm a super noob at this, but I spent part of the day yesterday trying to fix my title bar with the icons I wanted in the Aloysis ROM. It seemed like the text color and icon image files were referenced by xml files? Have you tried looking there for fixes to your issues?
For the record there is a hero theme the Aloysis 4.1 ROM is based off of which may be configured close to what u want. I wanted to configure mine to look more like yours but I got frustrated and gave up.
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A lot of this stuff is xml hex editing from what I've read. There's a ton of info in the cdma heroc forums. It's stickied there. Good info check it out.

Whats up with the black clear button

COMPLETELY OT...
What clock is that ??

is there any way to get a transparent notification bar?

pman219 said:
COMPLETELY OT...
What clock is that ??
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The clock is from the com.betterandroid.deskclock.apk from GrdLock's VanillaDroidv1.zip.
ekolon said:
is there any way to get a transparent notification bar?
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Yes, you could do any color.
Also, I've made quite the progress, this is where I am now. All I have left is the "Clear" button.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Awesome! Can we get an upload? And please tell me how you got the clock. Was it something in the services.jar/involve the odex file included or something more simple?

The last piece has now been figured out.
No more black "Clear" button.

awesome alex! you got a link for us all?

laxattack said:
awesome alex! you got a link for us all?
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Coming soon, give me a day or so. I will post ASAP.

ekolon said:
is there any way to get a transparent notification bar?
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+1 That would make it perfect if you ask me.
And the CLEAR text isn't centered.

alexhendershott said:
The last piece has now been figured out.
No more black "Clear" button.
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Way to go! I was thinking about this last night and trying to figure it out as well. Glad to see you got it.

this is sweet! any news on the link?

I would love a link to this!

awsome! I want it bbbbad!
Sent from my Eris using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

me too (again)
Sent from my rotary phone using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

[Q] Replacing Icon .pngs.

Ok, so I've been using that APK Manager to change the slider and unlock on the WidgetLocker screen, like that thread provides.
I thought I'd give it a try with my "SMS Unread Count" apk that I have. I changed the icon successfully and now I'm wondering if I can change the little red circle with the number in it? To another color. Where would that be?

peniston said:
Ok, so I've been using that APK Manager to change the slider and unlock on the WidgetLocker screen, like that thread provides.
I thought I'd give it a try with my "SMS Unread Count" apk that I have. I changed the icon successfully and now I'm wondering if I can change the little red circle with the number in it? To another color. Where would that be?
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If i'm not mistaken i think that involves actual code editing for the file.

boogieEpic said:
If i'm not mistaken i think that involves actual code editing for the file.
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Ah. That's way beyond my level for now. Thank you.

I have a sort of simular question... forgive me if i shouldnt post it here..
I was thinking of replacing the sms-unread icons for my lockscreen. And i wonder if it is even possible.
What i want is:
when there are no missed calls - no icon is visible
when there are missed calls - icon and number of missed calls are visible!
Same for sms (and mail)
Is this possible? If yes how? If someone could give me a little push in the right direction i will ofcorse try it myself and share it here!

tikker said:
I have a sort of simular question... forgive me if i shouldnt post it here..
I was thinking of replacing the sms-unread icons for my lockscreen. And i wonder if it is even possible.
What i want is:
when there are no missed calls - no icon is visible
when there are missed calls - icon and number of missed calls are visible!
Same for sms (and mail)
Is this possible? If yes how? If someone could give me a little push in the right direction i will ofcorse try it myself and share it here!
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You'll have to pull the .apk from your phone
Edit the images found in /res/drawable folder
Yeah, that's it
Android SDK
Photoshop/GIMP.
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb pull /data/app/sms.unre.. app
adb push sms.unre... /data/app/sms.unre...

zHk3R said:
You'll have to pull the .apk from your phone
Edit the images found in /res/drawable folder
Yeah, that's it
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when i pull the apk (i used apk-manager, should be ok i guess)
i can only see 1 png. so that is 1 png for both 0 and more missed calls.
since i want to see no icons when i have no missed calls i figured i needed 2 images: 1 "invisible" and 1 "normal".
Is this possible or should i get deep inside the code for that?

Uhm..
No. Use CMD to pull the apk.
Rename the .apk to .zip
res\drawable - There are all the images.
You need to edit the ones you wanna.

it makes no difference... i see the same files
still stuck with the same question

tikker said:
it makes no difference... i see the same files
still stuck with the same question
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The images you're looking for might be in drawable-hdpi or something similar.
All pictures (pngs) are located in the drawable folders.

i have found the images... and i know how to replace them...
But that is not the problem!
i want the widget be invisible when there are no missed calls and visible when there is a missed call.

tikker said:
i have found the images... and i know how to replace them...
But that is not the problem!
i want the widget be invisible when there are no missed calls and visible when there is a missed call.
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DUDE.
You obviously need to edit the images, something along the lines of:
- Make the NO MISSED CALLS image 100 % transparent
- Make the MISSED CALLS image .. whatever you want.
(OMG!!)

zHk3R said:
DUDE.
You obviously need to edit the images, something along the lines of:
- Make the NO MISSED CALLS image 100 % transparent
- Make the MISSED CALLS image .. whatever you want.
(OMG!!)
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If it was simple like that... i wouldn't have to ask here
but...
The problem is that there are no separate images for "no missed calls" and "missed calls"
tikker said:
i can only see 1 png. so that is 1 png for both 0 and more missed calls.
since i want to see no icons when i have no missed calls i figured i needed 2 images: 1 "invisible" and 1 "normal".
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I figure it won't be easy as replacing a png or two.
but i am still hoping to find out how to make this...

You can orobably control that in the XMLs. But you have to know how to work with them.

ilangoadigal said:
You can orobably control that in the XMLs. But you have to know how to work with them.
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Use APKManager to decomplie the XML first.
It's basically binary if you don't decompile it.
Do a quick search for APKManager on Google.

tikker said:
I have a sort of simular question... forgive me if i shouldnt post it here..
I was thinking of replacing the sms-unread icons for my lockscreen. And i wonder if it is even possible.
What i want is:
when there are no missed calls - no icon is visible
when there are missed calls - icon and number of missed calls are visible!
Same for sms (and mail)
Is this possible? If yes how? If someone could give me a little push in the right direction i will ofcorse try it myself and share it here!
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Just pushing this Question up....
Are there any updates if exactly that is possible??
Its exactly that what i am looking for ...
So, any Updates on that???

Found similiar Widget....and modded
Okay...so if anybody is interested...
Found another (Fun-)Widget....that simply does what i am looking for -> changing Icon if SMS is received and show a "Bubble" with Counting unread SMS !!
Link to Original Widget: HERE
I changed the Icon if NO unread SMS to transparent. Changed the "notification bubble" and the icon if SMS is received and unread!!
EDIT:
Talked to the Developer...and seems that we will create a new one that will be really exciting...stay tuned

[Theme]UPDATE 5-21 DrtyKangwich v1.1 For Broken out

DRTYKANGWICH V1.1​
For Broken Out 1.1 Only​
By HighLimit​
V 1.1
***Change Log***
Clock moved back to right side - fixed sizing and padding
Calculator.apk themed
fixed broken .9's in framework
Up next:
DolphinHD
(maybe sooner rather than later b/c someone at work decided to drop a 500lbs on my toe)
Contacts Overhaul
Call Log
Mms.apk
Calendar
V 1.0
Toned down the pull down menu from cyan mixed it with ICK
Phone.apk
Screen on and off call receive
Contacts.apk - unfinished
tions...Call log - unfinshed
PowerControl.apk (made completely clear)
Mms.apk - unfinished
adw long press menu
SystemUI.apk
Settings.apk
Boot animation
This is a WIP
Wipe cache partition and Dalvik before flashing.
Flash over any theme for Broken Out 1.1 only
Shown: Icons. Antique CM ADW Theme
Clock by Thalion
Based Off: Cyan volt by Drt045 and IceCreamKangWich by KaneOfMars
Thanks to KaneofMars for uploading the stock APK's so quick so I could fix .9's
All Your Thanks Belong To Us?

Nice work, wish I could flash it to check it out
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

Nice work. Same as Kane I would like to see this.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Thanks means a lot, didnt realize what a grind this is, got a long way to go though, really gotta buckle down and figure out why adb wont compile my xml edits so i can finish it.....

Which XML did you try to fix??
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

status_bar.xml
Trying to uncenter clock and change Hex value
Apk multi tool wont compile after decompile, even with no changes
keeps referencing missing .9's

Looks damn good!
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA

Thanks man really glad you like it

Looks really good.. and love the name also lol

awesome! dling now!.... i dig the centered clock tho.

Thanks glad you likethe name, and as for clock I think I prefer it also, think im gonna hide heafphone ringer and gps icons

HighLimit said:
status_bar.xml
Trying to uncenter clock and change Hex value
Apk multi tool wont compile after decompile, even with no changes
keeps referencing missing .9's
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Did you set dependencies on framework-res and RES_cappuccino? That should fix the missing .9's.
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA

found out about the RES_cap through trial and error but it says framework-res isnt the dependee, ill figure it out, at the point now where i have to all i have left is xml edits.

Hey, just a heads up, I don't think the link with instructions for hiding status icons i sent you is accurate when it comes to hiding the GPS icon. I tried it but couldn't get it to work. Also, any chance of hiding the alarm clock too?
I also noticed that the trash can for removing apps/Widgets from the desktop is ick color. I haven't found any other remnants of wrong colors, which is quite impressive for a first theme. Kudos to you my friend.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium

You mean the plain colored quick pop up trash can or the red android at the top?
I Skipped over all the widgets and home screen long press menus cause I never used em, i'll take a look
And as for the icons I saw that in Notepad++ couldn't find those exact instances, codes a bit different but similar, didnt wanna break anything so didn't touch yet...more research required (gotta learn some c++) but definitely am hiding alarm headphone and gps icons...
bear with me as i have literally never done any of this before and learning in between working 2 jobs leaves little time.
as all ways thanks for Testing / Rockin DirtyKang

JohnnyAn said:
Hey, just a heads up, I don't think the link with instructions for hiding status icons i sent you is accurate when it comes to hiding the GPS icon. I tried it but couldn't get it to work. Also, any chance of hiding the alarm clock too?
I also noticed that the trash can for removing apps/Widgets from the desktop is ick color. I haven't found any other remnants of wrong colors, which is quite impressive for a first theme. Kudos to you my friend.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium
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Simply just making the icon all transparent with no logo would simply take it away but not sure if there'd still be a space in the status bar.

There will be, tried that already. lol
I'm trying to edit the status_bar.xml to remove/change the formating of space to even allow it to be drawn there, wich was easy enough but apk tools bein stubborn, i posted my log in general HERE.

Ok, I found out why the SystemUI.apk won't recompile for you. There are two files that need to be deleted, and you need to replace one other file that is corrupted.
Decompile your SystemUI.apk. All the relevant files are in res/drawable-hdpi/ First, delete:
status_bar_close_on.png
statusbar_background.png
Those files are redundant because they have .9 versions. Then you need to delete status_bar_close_on.9.png and replace it with a file of the same name. For some reason, this file is corrupt and is screwing things up.
You can then also just drop my statusbar.xml into the res/layout/ folder.
As proof of concept, here is the status_bar_close_on.9.png from ICK and my statusbar.xml (with appropriate color and 2.6dip for the top buffer) dropped into your theme:
https://www.box.com/s/796e172de222cba000b9
I don't remember if you had the date in the statusbar the same cyan color, but after flashing the above zip, the date, usb, and debugging icons in the status bar are white.
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HighLimit said:
You mean the plain colored quick pop up trash can or the red android at the top?
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Mmm... neither of those sound like what I have. When I long press an app on the desktop, a gray bar with a dark blue trash can slides down from the top. I'm using just the default adw theme, so it might look different for me than you.
HighLimit said:
bear with me as i have literally never done any of this before and learning in between working 2 jobs leaves little time.
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I definitely feel your pain. I'm in the middle of law finals and am desperately looking for excuses to avoid studying for my last final tomorrow =) Learning how to theme sounded much more fun =)

I believe that trash can is specific to the launcher you would have to theme the launcher.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

It is

[Q] Overlapping text and icons in status bar solutions?

Hey guys. So one problem I've been trying to find a solution for is I like allot of information in my status bar but I have so much in it I keep running into the issue of the text and icons overlapping. For example when I use Wanams setting to center the clock allot of things overlap or when I try to add more and nothings overlapping it whatever is on the right side just runs off the screen. Is there a way to create maybe a marquee style where I could add as much I wanted and just have anything that runs off the screen in the status bar constantly scroll across? Currently running Firekat v6.

First possible solution listed here by another member, didn't work though, fishing for more ideas...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-anj7-extremely-t2916463/page560#post57520889

t83wood said:
First possible solution listed here by another member, didn't work though, fishing for more ideas...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-anj7-extremely-t2916463/page560#post57520889
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Bro I thing your font just sux... change the font or the size of it. See attachment.

Yeah man I know it is a little on the bold side but I kinda like it, other than changing the font I'm thinking there's gotta be another way because no matter what the font someone could have too much up there and be facing the same situation....

t83wood said:
Yeah man I know it is a little on the bold side but I kinda like it, other than changing the font I'm thinking there's gotta be another way because no matter what the font someone could have too much up there and be facing the same situation....
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At least you could make the font smaller and honestly I don't know a mod to make the icons scrollable..
I found this but not sure if it works or if it can help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546180

Hmm, well just noticing how when the network speed indicator changes everything to the right of it expands to the right and the contracts back, wondering if that could placed on the left and tweaked to pull everything on the right smoothly to the left, then repeat... Not trying to kang though

Lol like pac man in your status bar? That's a fun idea