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Hi Guys,
is it possible to change android (magic) taskbar color/theme for the device without root access?
I don't like the boring white, I want black taskbar with white font.
any suggestion will be appreciated .
thanks
I would like the same my device is rooted though
Draxter said:
I would like the same my device is rooted though
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dont think it is possible if you aren't rooted. If you are rooted open up the update.zip file you are using as your rom using 7-zip, go to where framework drawable folder is. Open status bar and change its colour, drop it back in and resign app. There are instructions how to do this in themes section of Dream.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471586 I use post number 6 the way i do it.
I'm using the Vodafone rom... I don't think I can get my update.zip from that? I rooted my device with haykuro's stuff in this tutorial.
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting
I want to keep my Dutch XT9 so I can't flash anything else but smartphone france or my stock vodafone...
all the drawables should be in the root-me rom. open it and have a look for them.
But if they aren't I will brick my device by flashing a wrong framework...
no you wont. All you do is open it and drop in the .pngs you want, then resign it. they will be there in the rom- if not look at one of the other roms- Rogers, or daldroid will have them.
If it does go in to boot loop reboot into recovery and flash the last working rom you have until you figure out what went wrong. The only thing you are changing is the pngs. you shouldnt go intoa bootloop doing this- i have done a heap of theming for myself for the G1 and each time i got a boot loop it was cos i was playing around with services.jar and xml files. each time i just rebooted into recovery and reflashed previous working rom.
The thing is, I don't know which ROM I have... I have rooted my magic by using the android-dls tutorial with haykuro's stuff. There are still some vodafone relics left. I still have the vodafone shortcut, and i still have support for Dutch XT9.
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Rooting
I haven't made a Nandroid backup and I don't know how to make a backup either so... There is only one alternative, flashing Smartphone France firmware, it has Dutch support. I wouldn't mind trying out that one but that'll be the first time that I flash firmware onto my Magic so I'd like some guidance on MSN with that
Drawer
Im looking for the application drawer button in the res folder that is inside framework... found the status/notification bar and all icons but can't seem to find the app drawer button... i want to change it to a darker grey and make the notification bar black...
the app drawers are in launcher.apk
Easiest/safest way of changing the graphics I have found was to:
1. Connect your phone via USB and make sure you have the drivers installed
2. do adb remount
3. Do a adb pull on /system/framework/framework-res.apk for example
4. Open the apk with something like winrar etc
5. Locate the png files you want to change and extract them
6. make modifications to the files
7. pop back to the apk
8. do an adb push of the file back to the device
I've done this with fairly few apk's such as the launcher.apk and framework-res.apk and never had to resign the file =o)
The advantage is that you are using the file from your phone that you know works =o)) certain apk's don't even need a restart such as the Launcher.apk, I did alot of modding with the app drawer without ever needing to restart the phone.
This is good for changing the images but things like changing the clock color is ALOT harder, it requires you to edit the services.jar file with a hex editor =o(
Hope this helps.
Draxter said:
the app drawers are in launcher.apk
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Ok, i did find the file in the launcher.apk, i edited it and all the other files and now need to resign in linux... was looking for the SignApk.jar in the SDK and didn't find it... also tried JF's testsign.jar and didnt work... can anyone point me in the right direction so i can resign the file using test keys in linux.
Thanks,
If you just changed the png's you shouldn't have to resign it
fxn said:
If you just changed the png's you shouldn't have to resign it
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What about the hour and date font in the status bar... if i change the notification area to black it wont automatically switch to white text... do you know where i can find the parameters to change it?
Some of the text like notification texts etc are held in framework-res.apk xml files in the drawable folder if I remember correctly.
The clock is the difficult one as it is inside services.jar file, its a serious pain in the back side, the dream forum has more info about it but it involves opening up files in hex editor and changing the hex code directly there
I'll be having a look at this and see if I can make step by step guide of this but it is seriously a pain!
Any idea which XML's in framework-re.apk (or other location) hold the various notification font colour(s)?? I can't seem to find it.
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I am trying to edit the battery icon XML files in framework-res.apk. Awhile ago I found a tool that would convert from binary XML to human-readable XML and back again, but for the life of me I cannot find it again.
Anyway, I opened stat_sys_battery_charge.xml with it and all was good, except it mentioned weird names for filenames. Eg instead of 'res/drawable-hdpi/stat_sys_battery_0.png' it was '89845b4jrqyuq34gy34q89tyq34' (or some gibberish like that).
I understand everything up to this point. I understand why those names are encoded like that. What I don't understand is how people figure out these codes. I have been using someone elses framework-res.apk as my base, and they use "v4" folders. Eg 'drawable-hdpi-v4' instead of 'drawable-hdpi'. These filename codes in the XML value were generated for this V4 folder, correct? How did they do that?
I do not want to use a V4 folder in my theme if I can avoid it. If I have to, I still have a problem as to how to correctly point to my battery icons. And no I cannot just replace the PNGs because my changing icons have more frames than the stock XML allows.
Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you.
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Please read this whole thing before you reply!
I am trying to edit the battery icon XML files in framework-res.apk. Awhile ago I found a tool that would convert from binary XML to human-readable XML and back again, but for the life of me I cannot find it again.
Anyway, I opened stat_sys_battery_charge.xml with it and all was good, except it mentioned weird names for filenames. Eg instead of 'res/drawable-hdpi/stat_sys_battery_0.png' it was '89845b4jrqyuq34gy34q89tyq34' (or some gibberish like that).
I understand everything up to this point. I understand why those names are encoded like that. What I don't understand is how people figure out these codes. I have been using someone elses framework-res.apk as my base, and they use "v4" folders. Eg 'drawable-hdpi-v4' instead of 'drawable-hdpi'. These filename codes in the XML value were generated for this V4 folder, correct? How did they do that?
I do not want to use a V4 folder in my theme if I can avoid it. If I have to, I still have a problem as to how to correctly point to my battery icons. And no I cannot just replace the PNGs because my changing icons have more frames than the stock XML allows.
Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you.
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Well I'm using apktool for decompiling and I'm also trying to add some icons so maybe the help Daneshm90 has given me can help you Apkmanager
EDIT: Lol you didn't even write you were trying to add icons It is seriously stuck to my brain xD
Does apktool let you change the paths for the filenames in XML files, and correctly re-encodes it when you compile it back? I have been trying desperately to get apktool to work for me, but it just refuses. I'll have to try it on another computer or perhaps a VM then.
If apktool does not correctly handle paths, is there any tool that can? From what I've read, its impossible, but there must be a way!
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Does apktool let you change the paths for the filenames in XML files, and correctly re-encodes it when you compile it back? I have been trying desperately to get apktool to work for me, but it just refuses. I'll have to try it on another computer or perhaps a VM then.
If apktool does not correctly handle paths, is there any tool that can? From what I've read, its impossible, but there must be a way!
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What do you mean by "paths in XML files"? Apktool decompiles XMLs fully, so you could do everything that you could do with your own app/sources.
I need help creating a theme for Go Contacts. I have all of the .png's ready to go but after I replace all of the original .png's and pack it into the .zip and then into the .apk and put it on the phone I go to instal it. But every time after trail and error it says "Application not installed". I have gone through each and every .png to see if I have made an error and I believe I haven't. Any idea to what I could be doing wrong?
Same problem here, does anyone know the answer?
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masonspisz12, did you use apk manager?
Basically I decompile the apk, swap images, compile apk then sign it.
Other things to do before compiling:
To change the name, its in res/values/strings.xml
Version number is in AndroidManifest.xml
Till this part the theme will still install over whatever theme you based it on.
To make it it's own, you need to change the package name.
The package name can be found in AndroidManifest.xml (package="blah.blahblah.something")
But changing that is not enough.
Go into the smali folder, right to the deepest folder.
There change the package name too.
Then change the folder structure names in the smali folder.
I got the hints for package name stuffs from the following posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14547534&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725870
Go Contacts theme .zip format
Hey Guys! I wasn't sure if I should ask but I hoped you might not mind. I really need a go contacts theme file in .zip format instead of .apk. I have searched everywhere to no avail. I saw your posts and thought maybe you may have one you're willing to share? If not I understand! Thank you! Email: [email protected]
For the life of me, I can't get the Camera.apk to decompile.
(I wan't to mod the battery percentages and maybe the shutter sound)
Still refuses when I add twframework-res.apk.
I'm using APK Multi-tools, but I'm doing something wrong.
Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Daan
Use "7z zip" and do extract it. just select as "Open Archive" then drag and drop the file u want edit. after edit again drag n drop to same folder u Opened.
Right that took care of the "focus sound", already deleted the "click sound" in /data/media/audio/ui/
But without decompling I won't be able to edit anything else than drawables, raws and some xml's.
Thanks though.
Does anyone know how to decompile Camera.apk?
DaanJordaan said:
Right that took care of the "focus sound", already deleted the "click sound" in /data/media/audio/ui/
But without decompling I won't be able to edit anything else than drawables, raws and some xml's.
Thanks though.
Does anyone know how to decompile Camera.apk?
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Note that using 7zip/winzip is a wrong method of decompiling an apk.You can open it with 7zip/winzip and edit photos and audio files but not any xml file.If you use this method to edit xml file,you wont be able to run the camera app.So you should only use apk-multitool to decompile apks.What does apk-multitool say when you try to decompile it?First try to decompile it without any dependencies and if it doesnt work try with dependencies.
The dependencies would most probably be services.jar,framework.jar.Dont forget to use the same frameworks from which you pulled your camera.apk Frameworks are not interchangeable in all situations
Hey guys, I recently just got into the rooting and modding stuff here so excuse me, but im just a beginner and don't know much of what I'm doing. I've searched and searched and searched for the mods that i want, but with no luck, so I'm wondering if anyone had any free time to make some mods for me? I have a Sony xperia TL (Lt30at) and its rooted. I have CWM to flash zips so if i could get a zip made up to be able to do this, i would greatly appreciate it! okay, so this is what i was looking for. I wanted to change the statusbar background to a different image, which is the first attatchment i have. I would also like to make the chat bubbles that same image in the sms app. I also wanted to change the clock, battery, notification icons, all of that stuff on the statusbar to red instead of the stock colors, but keep all of the stock icons. Now, only two more things. If somebody could make, or point me in the direction where to find red soft keys for my phone, that would be awesome. I found some on here but none seemed to work on my phone, it just made systemui crash. Last, i wanted to change the sms background from white to the picture i have in my second attatchment. I have JB v4.1.2 with stock rom and whatnot. If anybody could do any of these things for me or point me in the direction of an already made one, i would greatly appreciate it!! Thank you very much.
I don't think you can change the nav bars background to a picture, just the color. You can however, change the softkeys. Check this thread for new ones. Or download one, make your own images, and just replace them in the zip with yours using winrar, 7zip, or even unzip and re-zip on your phone with root explorer.
As for the background image on sms... Use winrar, 7zip, or whatever and unpack the apk. Navigate to the "res" (meaning resources) folder, then into the "drawable-xhdpi" (other drawables are for other phone resolutions, we use xhdpi always). In that folder, see if you can find a background image. If not, then its probably not an image but a color code thats inside an xml file. Other than that, use another sms app such as GoSMS. Which allows custom themes/backgrounds.
Info about zips from the link above...
The SoftKey threads zips are ones that modify apk's without actually replacing them. It does it that way in case you have mods on an apk that you don't want to lose just because you want to change an image.
When you unzip one you'll normally see a few folders but the one you'll need to focus on is the "vrtheme" folder. Inside vrtheme there is a "system" folder with two folders "app" and "framework". Inside "app" is a folder "SystemUI.apk", which is the file to be modified. Inside that folder will be the layout of the original apk, excluding folders that your not modifying. If u don't understand that, try unpacking your original SystemUI.apk and you will see a ton of folder and files. But since we only need to replace specific images, only those folders are reconstructed in the SystemUI.apk folder as... "SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi/"
If this confused you then you might have to wait until someone decides to drop what they're doing for everyone else, and help you. Which is as about as possible as you unlocking our bootloader. So ill try to help, but I'm still learning here as well. Luckily I've been a PC software programmer for over 15 years so the transition isn't as bad for me.
- Xperia TL, XperimenT v2.6 ~ via XDA App
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433053
This might help also... http://rootzwiki.com/topic/17417-updated-solution-in-op-navigation-bar-background-image/
Ill attempt it in a minute and let you know my results. If it works, ill upload you a flashable zip.
- Xperia TL, XperimenT v2.6 ~ via XDA App
First, about the status bar, I haven't tried yet so I can't help
Second, about the soft keys, it's quite easy, decompile systemui (remember installing framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxpRes.apk in apktool), go to res/drawable-xhdpi, edit the nav buttons (open in PTS and change the color to red ), then recompile the SystemUI
about the background image of sms, it use the background semc_bg_bright_tile.png in res/drawable-xhdpi of SemcGenericUxpRes.apk, but if you change this image, other apps using this background will be affected like SemcPhone T___T.
About nav background, you can edit the navigationbar.xml in SystemUI , you can search for Transparent Nav bar in this section, instead of giving the hex color, you can change it to the path of the image like /drawable-xhdpi/background.png (of course you have copied the file into editing folder). You should know some about xml editing . This is just some quick ideas, I'm quite busy so I can't help you out , good luck
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I don't think you can change the nav bars background to a picture, just the color. You can however, change the softkeys. Check this thread for new ones. Or download one, make your own images, and just replace them in the zip with yours using winrar, 7zip, or even unzip and re-zip on your phone with root explorer.
As for the background image on sms... Use winrar, 7zip, or whatever and unpack the apk. Navigate to the "res" (meaning resources) folder, then into the "drawable-xhdpi" (other drawables are for other phone resolutions, we use xhdpi always). In that folder, see if you can find a background image. If not, then its probably not an image but a color code thats inside an xml file. Other than that, use another sms app such as GoSMS. Which allows custom themes/backgrounds.
Info about zips from the link above...
The SoftKey threads zips are ones that modify apk's without actually replacing them. It does it that way in case you have mods on an apk that you don't want to lose just because you want to change an image.
When you unzip one you'll normally see a few folders but the one you'll need to focus on is the "vrtheme" folder. Inside vrtheme there is a "system" folder with two folders "app" and "framework". Inside "app" is a folder "SystemUI.apk", which is the file to be modified. Inside that folder will be the layout of the original apk, excluding folders that your not modifying. If u don't understand that, try unpacking your original SystemUI.apk and you will see a ton of folder and files. But since we only need to replace specific images, only those folders are reconstructed in the SystemUI.apk folder as... "SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xhdpi/"
If this confused you then you might have to wait until someone decides to drop what they're doing for everyone else, and help you. Which is as about as possible as you unlocking our bootloader. So ill try to help, but I'm still learning here as well. Luckily I've been a PC software programmer for over 15 years so the transition isn't as bad for me.
- Xperia TL, XperimenT v2.6 ~ via XDA App
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Thank you very much! tons of help!
dully79 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433053
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thanks for the reply!
redincali said:
This might help also... http://rootzwiki.com/topic/17417-updated-solution-in-op-navigation-bar-background-image/
Ill attempt it in a minute and let you know my results. If it works, ill upload you a flashable zip.
- Xperia TL, XperimenT v2.6 ~ via XDA App
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Did you work anything out for that? I've been trying to do it myself but i'm not all that familiar with what to do.
blackcat510 said:
First, about the status bar, I haven't tried yet so I can't help
Second, about the soft keys, it's quite easy, decompile systemui (remember installing framework-res.apk and SemcGenericUxpRes.apk in apktool), go to res/drawable-xhdpi, edit the nav buttons (open in PTS and change the color to red ), then recompile the SystemUI
about the background image of sms, it use the background semc_bg_bright_tile.png in res/drawable-xhdpi of SemcGenericUxpRes.apk, but if you change this image, other apps using this background will be affected like SemcPhone T___T.
About nav background, you can edit the navigationbar.xml in SystemUI , you can search for Transparent Nav bar in this section, instead of giving the hex color, you can change it to the path of the image like /drawable-xhdpi/background.png (of course you have copied the file into editing folder). You should know some about xml editing . This is just some quick ideas, I'm quite busy so I can't help you out , good luck
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Ive been trying to do this, but i can't get my framework onto my computer. When i copy it to my sd card using root explorer it just doesnt show up when im looking for it on my pc..frustrating...
I forgot to add this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40026013&postcount=20