Due to the volume of requests I've had to make a tutorial on custom lock rings, I've finally made the time to go ahead and do it! Introducing the Custom Lock Ring Kit!!! Everything you need is included in the .zip file, all you have to do is follow the instructions on the video! Now get out there and BE CREATIVE!!!
Tutorial Video
What you'll need:
Lock Ring Kit
Your own custom .png file sized to 271 x 270 px
A Windows machine, and basic knowledge of the Windows command prompt(Don't panic, you don't have to know much)!
A creative mind!!!
Reserved For Future Use!
Nice some tutorials, would much rather learn how to make my own. Thank you for this.
nicely done. Definitely better than the jibberish instructions I put up lol
jmaher, just wanted to point out your thread title says LICK ring kit. Lol. Anyways, thank you for this tutorial. I was wanting to make a request but seen you mention you had alot of requests to fulfill. Now I can try to do my own with your tutorial. Thank you.
Nice thx
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3|Saint|5 said:
jmaher, just wanted to point out your thread title says LICK ring kit. Lol. Anyways, thank you for this tutorial. I was wanting to make a request but seen you mention you had alot of requests to fulfill. Now I can try to do my own with your tutorial. Thank you.
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You mean you don't have a lick ring for Sense 3.0? lol!!! Thanx for pointing that out!
Not to be picky, but your process is slightly over-complicated. All one needs to do to change the lock ring is open fusion.apk in m10 tools, open Original/drawable/shared.m10 with "decode images" checked, hit the drop-down arrows to get to textures, right click one of the textures on the right to open in explorer, find and replace the lock ring with new one of the exact same filename (of the exact same size image size as well).
Same must be done in lock_ring_motion m10 in idlescreen_Base.apk (much easier since it is the only drawable in the folder).
The thing that sucks about decoding and theming m10 files is that the m10 files never decode the same way twice. This means that the images' filenames are different every time you decode the m10 files. Luckily the lock ring is a unique image in the apk making it fairly easy to identify and replace.
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Nice some tutorials, would much rather learn how to make my own. Thank you for this.
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If you know how to make your own images, just make one in whatever image editing software you use and save it, then replace the lock ring with your new image. The only rule is the image must be sized at 271 x 270 or it won't work.
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Not to be picky, but your process is slightly over-complicated. All one needs to do to change the lock ring is open fusion.apk in m10 tools, open Original/drawable/shared.m10 with "decode images" checked, hit the drop-down arrows to get to textures, right click one of the textures on the right to open in explorer, find and replace the lock ring with new one of the exact same filename (of the exact same size image size as well).
Same must be done in lock_ring_motion m10 in idlescreen_Base.apk (much easier since it is the only drawable in the folder).
The thing that sucks about decoding and theming m10 files is that the m10 files never decode the same way twice. This means that the images' filenames are different every time you decode the m10 files. Luckily the lock ring is a unique image in the apk making it fairly easy to identify and replace.
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I haven't been able to get the m10 editor gui to work properly. This method has proven to be sound for me. I have tried to make it as painless as possible for the avarage user where all they have to do is plug their image in and encode the files instead of having to search the out themselves. Another reason for my method is being able to encode multiple files in one session. Also, I have found that decoding m10 files using the command line, the file names are the same each time. Thanx for the input though!
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I am trying this and cannot get the C:\, I can only get C:\Users.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
HoosierRealtor said:
I am trying this and cannot get the C:\, I can only get C:\Users.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
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try cd.. agian and you should get c:
I keep getting error no such file or directory
I did it right the first time but windows 7 didn't asked if I wanted to replace the old .png file tried again and now I can't get it to work at the command port
My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
HoosierRealtor said:
I am trying this and cannot get the C:\, I can only get C:\Users.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
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just type "cd.." again
my problem is even though I saved the unzipped file directly to the c: it cannot find the path...
c:\>cd lock ring kit\m10 tools
"the system cannot find the path specified"
is what shows up
any help would be great thanks!
t!g3rbl00d said:
just type "cd.." again
my problem is even though I saved the unzipped file directly to the c: it cannot find the path...
c:\>cd lock ring kit\m10 tools
"the system cannot find the path specified"
is what shows up
any help would be great thanks!
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Open up "my computer" or on vista and win7 "computer" then open ur c: drive and make sure that the folder is there. Or from the command prompt cd.. until it only has C:\> then type dir/w and look for the directory there. If you can't find it using one of those methods, try unzipping the lock ring kit file again.
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I keep getting error no such file or directory
I did it right the first time but windows 7 didn't asked if I wanted to replace the old .png file tried again and now I can't get it to work at the command port
My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
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In vista and windows 7 don't put the .png when renaming the files. Vista and 7 both automatically keep the file extension intact so you end up with filename.png.png.
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jmaher bruh it works great. Thanks Donation Sent.
nativi said:
jmaher bruh it works great. Thanks Donation Sent.
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Very much appreciated! Thanx!
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Very much appreciated! Thanx!
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Not much. But trying to close on a house and move, paint. But thanks a lot for taking the time to make a video for us. Now if I could do a better job editing pictures using gimp. But again thanks.
My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
Any chance of a tutorial or guide on how to actually make the rings in gimp? would be awesome!
Nevermind I figured it out
Related
I searched the forum to see if someone had done this and couldn't find it. I back ported the weather widget from 2.0 in case anyone is interested (works fine on donuts). This is the beginning of my development work. Hope this helps!
Please just take the .zip file and rename it to .apk
copy to your sdcard and install with any file explorer or
connect your device to your pc with development enabled
type "adb install MotAccuWeatherWidget.apk"
Red
G1 with latest Cyan
Thank you to this site and all the developers for their inspiration and hard work.
This has been around for a while...
Good work, though. Kudos and thanks for the effort.
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
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Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
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If anyone flames you, they're stupid. You did good work, even if it was in vain. Car Dock has been ported to Donut, though I don't think the little nightstand Dock from Droid is running on anything prior to 2.0... Not sure, though, as it doesn't interest me all that much.
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
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thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
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Not to my knowledge. It might not be a bad idea for one of the leading devs to start a thread here on things we want from new phones to run on our phones, and check them off as they are accomplished. 75% of the list would be from the Nexus One, at the moment. You really want to help? See what you can do to get Launcher2 from the Nexus working on Dream... Just changing the build.prop doesn't work, so we'll have to fix errors one by one. Hope you're better at coding than I.
There is also more info in the Dream app section, where these apps are usually released...good work, keep it up!
Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
I'm not sure. I pulled this weather widget from Eugene373's AOSP Rom port and hex edited the AndroidManifest.xml to make the MinSDK 3 instead of 5. I can't tell you much more than that. I hope this helps you.
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Give this widget a shot and see if it's the one you are looking for. At least one person might make use of it. haha
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Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
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So, does anyone know if this will work on 1.6? Cyanogen MOD ROM?
It will work on any 1.6 rom. I am running Cyanogen's 11.1 (most recent.) This widget typically works on most people's "custom roms" as long as the 1.6 base is the same, it's just that there is a MinSDK value that prohibits users on a lower SDK from using the application. I dropped that value to 3, so I think that it should also work on hero roms (1.5 cupcake base) if someone likes the graphics on this widget better than the weather app that is included. Hope this helps.
Red.
Ps. I am going to be trying my hand at creating themes instead. My only experience with programming was C++, Pascal, and Visual Basic and that was close to 8 years ago! lol. I'm a little outdated as far as Java goes.
I'm really looking forward to using Stericson's Metamorph. It is such a great effort for theme development.
i sure could use it im new to xda im non root for now, but i would like to make a few nice add ons to my mt3g till i get the guts to root. is thr some good stuff here for a non root like me
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
Nice Widget, thanks. I was using weathereye before. I like this one better.
Thanks. In the case of this widget, it was ok to backport it because it doesn't call on any other functions that are proprietary to a specific rom (ie. Happenings widget from Blur calls tons of other functions in the home.Blur). There are a few places online when you look up backporting (I'll try to remember to post the links for people.)
You want to start by unziping the aplication you want to backport. Just rename it to a .zip file.
When you look in the file, you will see AndroidManifest.xml. This file has been compiled out as a binary file so you can't read it like a normal .xml file. You want to then download AxmlPrinter2.jar and run that to change the AndroidManifest.xml to AndroidManifest.txt by typing "Java -jar AmxlPrinter2.jar AndroidManifest.xml > AndroidManifest.txt"
The hard part is to find the byte offset in the AndroidManifest where it says the MinSDK value is. The MinSDK value needs to drop from 6 or 7 down to "2" so that you can use the widget on Cupcake or higher. There is a program online and I will post the link when I get home that you use with Eclipse to find the byte offset and then you have to use a Hex editor to change the value in the original .xml file.
Once you use the hex editor and save your changes, you zip up all the files and use the apkbuilder.exe that is in the sdk tools directory by typing "apkbuilder application_name.apk -z application_name.zip"
that will make an apk from a zip file and then you right-click and resign the apk file. From there, you just copy it to your sd card and you know the rest.
It is a pretty dirty and painful approach to porting an app. That is why I am more interested in working on themes. You can just unzip the apk's you want to use and edit the /res directory and then rebuild the app and sign it. Photoshop works great for it.
I'm planning on making a theme/rom that uses hero (1.5) for a base, but slimming it down and using widgets that are smaller like the one that I ported and changing a lot of the graphics for the clocks and such.
I hope this helps for anyone interested in developing.
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Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
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I've just started to try my hand at making themes, and I've watched the tutorials on using metamorph and such, but I've run into a few problems.
first, while looking through my framework.apk (via root explorer if that matters) I found that there are two res folders inside it. both named res, but from supposedly different dates (apr 15 and aug 31) within each res folder are the usual folders (I assume) plus two more "doubled" folders called drawable-hdpi. Is this normal? to summarize what I mean, I have folder structures like this within framework.apk
framework.apk/res(dated apr15)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr15)
framework.apk/res(dated apr15)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr31)
framework.apk/res(dated apr31)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr15)
framework.apk/res(dated apr31)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr31)
Finally, I'm hoping for my first theme to change the look of the slide tabs on the lock screen. Where are the images located? I've been looking through the files and have no idea where they are or what they're titled
Thank you in advance for any help, and if things need clarifying, let me know, I'm sure I didn't explain myself all that well.
I wouldn't say that's normal, but that's just from me never having seen it before.
As for the sliding bar images, they are the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/jog_tab images
The lock and mute/vibrate images are the ic_jog_dial images in the same folder.
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I wouldn't say that's normal, but that's just from me never having seen it before.
As for the sliding bar images, they are the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/jog_tab images
The lock and mute/vibrate images are the ic_jog_dial images in the same folder.
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Just so I'm sure on making themes, the images I make to replace them need to be named the same as the images they're replacing correct? This may seem kind of obvious, but I'd rather be sure.
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Just so I'm sure on making themes, the images I make to replace them need to be named the same as the images they're replacing correct? This may seem kind of obvious, but I'd rather be sure.
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Yes, and you may want to take a look into editing .9.png's (although it seems all of the guides went obsolete once the newest version of apktool was released).
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Yes, and you may want to take a look into editing .9.png's (although it seems all of the guides went obsolete once the newest version of apktool was released).
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I remember reading something about .9.png's but what are they? I'm assuming I can find the guides somewhere here on xda? even if they're out of date, they're sure to be some help.
Also, thanks again for all your help, I truly appreciate it
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I remember reading something about .9.png's but what are they?
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http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/wiki/9PatchImages
Does anyone have an apk of Tap n Tap Western keyboard? I would like to try it on my Dell Streak.
Want to give you a +1 bump. I'm in the same boat with the Adam & I can't seem to find the apk
Someone running VEGAn rom could pull the apk using titanium. Would do it but I wouldn't have a place to upload it so you can download.
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Bump bump. Please. Someone.
Ill pull it for ya and throw it in my drop box. Ill post the file here in just a little while..
I know this isn't necessarily what you were looking for, and I am still trying to get the west.tnt keyboard. In the mean time here is a link to a few others that might interest you.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14075340/LatinIME.apk ---close to the original (I think)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14075340/AdamKeyboard.apk -- an adam keyboard.
Ill keep looking for the original but let me know via PM if these helped or not ...
There are 2 files needed
You need to copy two files. The first one needs to be saved in /system/app/TapNTapIME.apk and the second file needs to be saved in /system/lib/libjni_tapntapime.so. I've placed a copy of them in my Dropbox folder for you.
TapNTapIME.apk
libjni_tapntapime.so
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You need to copy two files. The first one needs to be saved in /system/app/TapNTapIME.apk and the second file needs to be saved in /system/lib/libjni_tapntapime.so. I've placed a copy of them in my Dropbox folder for you.
TapNTapIME.apk
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Just a warning. I tried this once because I wanted a split keyboard for honeycomb. No joy. It just kept force closing on me.
Try the A.I.Type keyboard for tablets still in beta:Here
I'm basically looking for transparent/ glassy looking icons. Someone on another forum linked me to the following site:
http://icons.mysitemyway.com/category/3d-transparent-glass-icons/
Stylistically, that's pretty much exactly what I'd like them to look like. The problem is, those are mostly generic icons, rather than ones made specifically for apps. Does anyone possibly know of a comprehensive icon set that looks like this, for Android apps?
Glasklart is the closest I know of.
That's what I'm using now, yeah, but I want something without a border, where the icons, themselves, are transparent and glassy-looking.
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That's what I'm using now, yeah, but I want something without a border, where the icons, themselves, are transparent and glassy-looking.
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http://tutorials.mysitemyway.com/premium-psds/
here are the psd files for this set, so now you can create any icons you want with this look
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here are the psd files for this set, so now you can create any icons you want with this look
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Hm. Well, I don't have Photoshop, I use GIMP, so I don't know how (or if I even can) make that work. There is a GIMP .pat file in the zip of the download, but GIMP won't recognize, it for whatever reason; it keeps giving me an error when I try to access it.
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Hm. Well, I don't have Photoshop, I use GIMP, so I don't know how (or if I even can) make that work. There is a GIMP .pat file in the zip of the download, but GIMP won't recognize, it for whatever reason; it keeps giving me an error when I try to access it.
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actually i think the pat file is a photoshop pattern file, but you can open the psd file in gimp as well
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actually i think the pat file is a photoshop pattern file, but you can open the psd file in gimp as well
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Ah. Just tried that, but not really sure what to do from there... When I go in GIMP, click File>Open, and choose the psd file, it's just a few layers (with "etc" in large text), covered up by a large black rectangle.
then probably you'll need photoshop for full support. sorry
I've foudn a fantastic LCARS boot animation that id like to use on my Note but it is a little two small. Does anyone know how to resize it please.
I have tried to edit the desc file to 1280 x 800 and also 800 x 1280 but it wont work. It is either distorted or all I get is a black screen while the boot sound is played....im using a seperate boot ogg file.
Here is the link to the boot animation file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701574&page=12
Thanks in advance and a large cookie to whoever does it :laugh::silly:
theres an app called Absolute System that can do it, Unfortunately it is a paid app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5jYW52czIzMjEuYWJzb2x1dGUuc3lzdGVtIl0.
EDIT: found this, I think its what you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
thanks il give it a try.
Would i just copy the bootanimation.zip to my phone then run it through this programme?
yes, once the program has created it, move it to your phone and replace the original one with the one you made
What about ones someone else has made but just need resizing?
I should imagine it would be the same as creating your own, Just edit the resolution and let the program generate it ??
Ive never actually used the program i just remember seeing it one time, and when you asked about it i remembered
Curious did it work for you
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Curious did it work for you
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Im just about to try it buddy, just finishing off on Fleabay then its prodding tiime....Ill post back laters.
unfortunatley it wont work for me I keep getting FC's with it...so im back to the drawing board.
I have just used the other app ( boot animation creator ) and bongo worked perfectley. top advice thank you.
if the animation comes in typical zip file, you should be able to unpack it and just resize all the pics,
or am I missing something? (sorry, now unable to check the file by myself)
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ITs ok bud i managed to sort it out
can someone resize this
I have this bootanimation but its small so i want to resize to fit the screen of my nexus 5 pls