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metamorph question?

I was wondering. can i flash a meta morph over another meta morph. for instance i am using a metamorph blue theme found here a day or so ago.. i wanted to change the bar ontop becasue you can see the time in it.. so i found a metemorph theme bar and tried to install it over the blue theme.. i just figured it wouldnt change all the skinned icons and things because it didnt say it was going to... anyway i tried it and it didnt change the top bar alougth i had no error it didnt work??///????

Did you reboot?

Meta morph rebooted it for me.. and since then I've rebooted many times
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Damn I googled here cuz I was wondering the same thing? ANYBODY?

I've used several mm's to male what I wanted in the past. Never had a problem. You just gotta make sure if what you want is in a subtheme folder that that's what you apply. Do not select apply all if the morph has more than one subtheme if you only want somehhing in particular. Find out which folder it is in and apply only that folder. I've used up to about 3-4 different ones at a time.
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To answer your question, you can use 10 different Metamorphs and not have issues. your issue might have been the file that it changed wasnt correctly named for your device. Check the zip to make sure it was setup correctly. Also, when I used mm on my eris, i would have to apply a theme 2-5 times before taking fully. So that could be the reason too.

Ninja Morph Problems

I recently flashed a gingerbread theme, and I love the black status bar, except how the notify icons look on it, since they were made for a white bar. So I'm trying to use Ninja Morph to change the icons, which seems like a simple procedure, but it's being very frustrating. I had the TweetDeck icon changed and working correctly, and then a half hour later it started FCing on me. Don't even get me started on the Google Voice app, that seems to work at complete random with no rhyme or reason.
This is frustrating. What's the trick here?

You know I was having the same problem I updated some of my Icons and i followed the instructions and made sure all my images were the same size name right ones and png's and everything then as soon as it rebooted it only gave me FC for every app but two and that was the dialer and the browser and the dialer only worked for incoming calls, the only solution was to sbf. No fun I cant figure out what i did, so no im thinking maybe i have a corrupted file and i need to go in and one by one change them out to figure out what was the cause if any. (oh did i mention this happened three time, what a pain in the a--) Well My advice would be to look at the specifics of what you are doing then maybe start over or try something different, but other than that IDK.

jayzeroeee said:
I recently flashed a gingerbread theme, and I love the black status bar, except how the notify icons look on it, since they were made for a white bar. So I'm trying to use Ninja Morph to change the icons, which seems like a simple procedure, but it's being very frustrating. I had the TweetDeck icon changed and working correctly, and then a half hour later it started FCing on me. Don't even get me started on the Google Voice app, that seems to work at complete random with no rhyme or reason.
This is frustrating. What's the trick here?
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I could test for you. What apps and what icons? Maybe you could post them and I will do it and see what you're doing wrong (if anything). You know market apps have to be signed. Stericson has an app for that too called Signapktic. Works on the phone but in order to use it you have to tell Ninjamorph "NO" after it creates the package then you have an APK of your project in the AndroidThemes/workspace directory. Once signed you can zipalign in terminal and install. Let me know if you need a walkthrough for this method and I will write one up for you.

I'm having problems with ninjamorph too with it just hanging and never finishing. I have some sweet ideas too

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I could test for you. What apps and what icons? Maybe you could post them and I will do it and see what you're doing wrong (if anything). You know market apps have to be signed. Stericson has an app for that too called Signapktic. Works on the phone but in order to use it you have to tell Ninjamorph "NO" after it creates the package then you have an APK of your project in the AndroidThemes/workspace directory. Once signed you can zipalign in terminal and install. Let me know if you need a walkthrough for this method and I will write one up for you.
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I could use a write up of how to do it via terminal if you could do this it would be greatly appreciated. Trying to switch a green for blue android in the Advanced task killer app and am having trouble

If you morph any thing different than a system app you have to re sign the app. Use Signaptic its free on the market. Also when you use signaptic choose the platform iption.
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Help!!!

First of all I will tell you a little about my phone. I have a Cellular South HTC Hero running CyanogenMod 7 for the HTC Hero CDMA :: V7.1.0-RC1 (26 June 2011). I found an awesome looking live wallpaper in the Android Market call Spring Zen Free. I downloaded it and tried to apply it but it shows just a blank, black screen. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but no change. I know live wallpapers work on my phone cause of it running Android 2.3 and it has worked on other live wallpaper before. I REALLY like this one and if I can get it to work then I will buy the paid version. Please help me figure out why it is not working for me! Thanks in advance!!!

Our little heros can't handle those intensive apps like that. Barely any live wallpapers work in the first place.

Oh ok! It just kinda confused me that it will run some but not others! Thanks!
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most lwp are heavilly optimized for hdpi phones and wont even load u can do an opengles mod but if u managed to get the lwp to stick it would be extremly laggy.

How do you do that?
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I'm not sure if you can literally change your ro.opengles.version, but I have had some luck through altering the ro.opengles.version line in the build.prop of /system be wary though, this will alter how some applications are used, perform and look. ie google maps would now have vector maps and a couple other small changes. I honestly doubt that it would effect how the live wallpaper would perform though.. it's mainly due to the fact that our processors are tiny =[

I would like to give it a try. What do I change it to?
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Actually, I was wrong, doing this tricks your phone into thinking it can use opengles 2.0+ and upon a reboot, it installs it. Basically what you need to do is have a program like root explorer or es file manager. Make sure that r/w and not r/o is enabled. Then you navigate to /system and from there, navigate to build.prop. This will be a .txt* file, so longpress on it and select open in text editor. Find the line that says "ro.opengles.version = (Some number, I think it starts with 6)"
Replace that number with 131072
Save the changes, exit and reboot your phone. I hope this helps.

Trying it now! Thanks!
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Actually, I was wrong, doing this tricks your phone into thinking it can use opengles 2.0+ and upon a reboot, it installs it. Basically what you need to do is have a program like root explorer or es file manager. Make sure that r/w and not r/o is enabled. Then you navigate to /system and from there, navigate to build.prop. This will be a .txt* file, so longpress on it and select open in text editor. Find the line that says "ro.opengles.version = (Some number, I think it starts with 6)"
Replace that number with 131072
Save the changes, exit and reboot your phone. I hope this helps.
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It did exactly what you said and I see no difference in the phone. The live wallpaper still won't load and not change in maps. I went back to that file to make sure I edited it right and I notice there was two build.prop files now, one with the line I edited and one with the original line. Not sure why it did that! I have been having problem with my phone freezing up for about a month now so I have now restored it back to factory and cleared out my SD card. I am starting over. When I get everything back up to date I will try this again.

[Q] [MIUI] [SLIDESCREEN] One app icon will not change

Icon will not change
Okay, this is a new problem I've never experienced before.
Have my icons all packed, zipped up,.mtz etc. Apply through theme manager. However, I have one application (Launcher SlidescreenPro) that will not change.
I've double checked the app name, double checked and triple checked the naming...
Now...here's the weird part. In EVERY app list and application that lists your installed apps, the new icon is there, just like it's supposed to be. App manager, titanium backup, all show the new icon for the app....but NOT on the home screen. (and yes, I rebooted )
I'm wondering if there is another "hidden" name for the app's home screen shortcut, since it was also meant to be a home launcher replacement. Can't find anything specific to that app, and it is no longer supported, so the developers are unavailable.
I'm puzzled..What am I missing? I'm sure there is an easy answer...
Thanks

That one i have too. It's weird and im looking for an answer, too
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Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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I've had to reboot up to 3 times to get some newly themed icons to change. Just my two cents!
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Try making a folder (zip) for slidescreen, with the "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_whatever.png" inside of it, in the theme. Also it may have an activity name attached to the end of the package name, for instance Clock is com.android.deskclock as well as com.android.deskclock.DeskClock

mac-wac said:
Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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since the new icon appears everywhere (an i mean everywhere, like titanuium, root explorer, app management) except for the launcher i think the process name should be good
i have this problem with "handsfree" ("com.grichenko.android.handsfree") and "word search" ("com.virtuesoft.wordsearch")
i started them and looked in the app manager to find out if they have a different process running, but nope, the main process is running, but it just won't change on home screen

mac-wac said:
Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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Thanks...I do know that the actual package name is the same for the icon, that's what I was saying. PLUS...it has changed throughout the system, just not on the home screens. Even when I look up running processes...the package name is the same, and the app's icon in the running processes list is correct.
However, I didn't know about that folder, so that will come in handy in the future.
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Try making a folder (zip) for slidescreen, with the "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_whatever.png" inside of it, in the theme. Also it may have an activity name attached to the end of the package name, for instance Clock is com.android.deskclock as well as com.android.deskclock.DeskClock
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Thanks for the suggestion...and that still might be the case, but nothing comes up when zipping up the app, or any folder within it. Just the same package name I already have for it. <sigh> Since it was meant to be a launcher replacement as well, I might blindly try a few activity names...see what happens. although I don't think so....as there doesn't seem to be a different process running.
As far as rebooting...I've never had trouble with theme manager...change out my screen once a day (at least) and it always works for me. This has me completely baffled. (PS...did reboot a couple of times for something else...no such luck)
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glange65 said:
Thanks for the suggestion...and that still might be the case, but nothing comes up when zipping up the app, or any folder within it. Just the same package name I already have for it. <sigh> Since it was meant to be a launcher replacement as well, I might blindly try a few activity names...see what happens. although I don't think so....as there doesn't seem to be a different process running.
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i managed to find the processes for my missing apps, i had to decompile files and look into androidmanifest.xml
you will find the first android process is usually the launcher process. look for lines starting with "activity". if you read these lines you'll find a portion "android:name" and that's where the process name is. if the first one is not good, you might find others inside, too

Can't find LbsTestMode

Hey all, I am running Captivating RC1 and am trying to fix my gps settings because like most people the gps sucks lol. I have tried the codes *#*#1472365#*#* and *#*#3214789650#*#* that dont do anything, I have also tried LauncherPro that no longer has a short cut to LBSTestSettings, and Any Cut is no longer on the play store. How do you access the gps settings these days? All topics on LBS seem to be outdated.
Thanks!

Try searching for Angrygps.apk
That replaced lbstest after Froyo.
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Well i have angrygps now. I installed it and put it in system/app folder... But cant i tweak it? I cant find it as an app and when i try to access the apk it just wants to install. Is there a way to get into it and make sure its working?

I thought I had got this to run at somepoint in JB, but when I try codes with my current rom, CM10.1.0 RC2, the dialer isn't launching Angrygps.
Sorry if the same is true for you.
I have found that using the hellstorm fix with some mods works well for me. I get reliable quick locks consistently - as good as can be expected with the weak location of gps antenna on captivate.
Here is link to my gps.conf file. If you make a backup of your current /system/etc/gps.conf file, then paste this version to replace it, make sure permissions are 644, then reboot, this should give you good gps.
if you are in usa, it should work as is. If elsewhere, you will need to check pool.ntp.org for best ntp servers for you, then edit the list of ntp servers in gps.conf.
I use xplore to do the copy, then chmod. I have also edited the system/addon script so that my gps.conf survives CM nightly flashes.
http://db.tt/YYwj6iMe
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nomotion said:
Well i have angrygps now. I installed it and put it in system/app folder... But cant i tweak it? I cant find it as an app and when i try to access the apk it just wants to install. Is there a way to get into it and make sure its working?
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Did you set permissions correctly when you placed it into /system/app? I haven't used it in forever but I do know that setting permissions was required when I was using it. Also if it's working correctly you'll get an app icon for it in the app drawer.
Edit: Although I'm on Slim I just installed and confirmed it does in fact still work on the latest Jellybean. You do have to fix permissions for it to work and if you don't have a file manager to manually change permissions just reboot into recovery and run the fix permissions option and reboot.

So I am guessing the only real reason I want AngryGps is to alter the SUPL settings, other than it being a "text editor" it doesnt really do much else behind the scenes. That being said that gps.conf file should suffice without the installation of AngryGPS. I have done so and have yet to truly test it out. I do never get reception indoors but I feel thats everyone's case. My car roof however also seems to block my signal, and make me drop lock, is this common as well? I have to hold my phone near a window; an inconvenient position while trying to drive... nor the safest or most comfortable "fix" in my opinion...
Oh and for the permissions on the gps.conf I just set them all to read write and execute, i dont know what 664 means but im assuming that should cover it

nomotion said:
So I am guessing the only real reason I want AngryGps is to alter the SUPL settings, other than it being a "text editor" it doesnt really do much else behind the scenes. That being said that gps.conf file should suffice without the installation of AngryGPS. ...
Oh and for the permissions on the gps.conf I just set them all to read write and execute, i dont know what 664 means but im assuming that should cover it
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Should be 644.
Linux/unix file permissions are the sum of
4 read
2 write
1 execute (for directories & executable files)
In 644, the first number is owner r+w, the second is group members read only, the third is everyone read only. If it were a directory, then it would be 755, to have the same effective permissions.
And thanks to m1batt1, I created an activity shortcut and I can launch angrygps, no code required!
About the car gps, I use a vent mount, which has worked well both in a VW passat and in Honda Accord. It keeps it near the window with a view of sky, and has the added benefit of cooling the phone when AC is on.
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How did you get that shortcut to work? My permissions are 644 and it isn't appearing in my drawer. I did notice tho that there is a version of AngryGPS that's named AngryGPSMod and some guy modded it so u can open it. Is this what you guys are using? Do u know how to set up this modded version? Do I put the original AngryGPS in the system app folder? Or the modded one?
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nomotion said:
How did you get that shortcut to work? My permissions are 644 and it isn't appearing in my drawer. I did notice tho that there is a version of AngryGPS that's named AngryGPSMod and some guy modded it so u can open it. Is this what you guys are using? Do u know how to set up this modded version? Do I put the original AngryGPS in the system app folder? Or the modded one?
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I don't have the modded one to my knowledge. Also after placing it and fixing permissions a reboot is required to see it. When I get to my PC I'll upload the apk I've been using.
Edit: Here ya go.
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Well now i found a new obstacle. I was going to remove and put in your AngryGPS that you posted but during my uninstallation process I hit a roadblock. I removed the old AngryGPS from the system->app folder but it does not appear in my settings->apps on any page. Which led me to think it was already uninstalled. But when I went to install the new AngryGPS it says there already is one and that it will update the old one
I tried to go ahead and proceed with the installation but it just returns installation failed. Where else can I look to get rid of the old AngryGPS?

nomotion said:
Well now i found a new obstacle. I was going to remove and put in your AngryGPS that you posted but during my uninstallation process I hit a roadblock. I removed the old AngryGPS from the system->app folder but it does not appear in my settings->apps on any page. Which led me to think it was already uninstalled. But when I went to install the new AngryGPS it says there already is one and that it will update the old one
I tried to go ahead and proceed with the installation but it just returns installation failed. Where else can I look to get rid of the old AngryGPS?
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You'll have to manually delete the apk from /system/app/ using a file explorer and then copy and paste the one I added into the same folder.
Again remember to change your permissions when you add it back in. unfortunately you have to do all this manually because this app only functions as a system app and the usual installation process will fail as you've already witnessed
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Use a file manager to browse to system/app folder and also to /data folder.
Delete any instances of AngryGPS.apk.
Reboot.
On creating the shortcut, I use holo launcher instead of trebuchet, but the process should be similar. After installing angrygps, go to launcher desktop, and select add. . ., then activity, then scroll down and pick the second activity under Angrygps. It shpuld be an activity named .angrygps alone, without further mod. This will plscr a shortcut on your desktop. If gps is enabled and you click it, then it will launch AngryGPS, else it will take you to settings menu before it launches.
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So I got AngryGPS to appear, must have been a bad apk to begin with. Problem I have now is when I click the app in my app drawer it just opens location services from the settings menu. Ideas?
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nomotion said:
So I got AngryGPS to appear, must have been a bad apk to begin with. Problem I have now is when I click the app in my app drawer it just opens location services from the settings menu. Ideas?
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Make sure you've got it set to use your GPS then hit the back button once or twice and it should take you to the angrygps menu.
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That works! Thanks for all the help!
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