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Standalone Stericson Lockscreen

Can anybody point me in the right direction so I can port Stericson's lockscreen over to a Roger's rom?. I imagine there are other people that switch themes often and would just want the lockscreen without having to flash an entire theme so even if this is something that is exclusive to Cyanogens roms is it possible to just port the lockscreen?

CC CEO said:
Can anybody point me in the right direction so I can port Stericson's lockscreen over to a Roger's rom?. I imagine there are other people that switch themes often and would just want the lockscreen without having to flash an entire theme so even if this is something that is exclusive to Cyanogens roms is it possible to just port the lockscreen?
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yes can someone explain the process for porting stericsons lockscreen over to a rom/theme what all needs to be included?

It has hooks in the .jar files. So until Stericson provides info on which smali files are needed.it cannot be ported

beagz said:
It has hooks in the .jar files. So until Stericson provides info on which smali files are needed.it cannot be ported
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how do you just go about putting it into another cm 4.0.4 based theme then?

david1171 said:
how do you just go about putting it into another cm 4.0.4 based theme then?
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Armyranger did it for dark hero
Services.jar
Policy.jar
Framework.jar
Framework-res.apk
Then just copy png files

beagz said:
Armyranger did it for dark hero
Services.jar
Policy.jar
Framework.jar
Framework-res.apk
Then just copy png files
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thank you beagz, you always save my ass some way or another lol. if i have any problems with i will pm him.

beagz said:
It has hooks in the .jar files. So until Stericson provides info on which smali files are needed.it cannot be ported
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i believe he did. unfortunately i am not familiar with github and havent the slightest clue what i might be looking for. u seem to be knowledgeable tho care to share?

Where is his github for the lockscreen?

http://twitter.com/stericson

david1171 said:
thank you beagz, you always save my ass some way or another lol. if i have any problems with i will pm him.
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you also have to use jdwme's services.jar also until one is released the regular services.jar from cyanogens rom will not work i think stericson changed some stuff in it to allow the lockscreen

Heres my Github guys, got it up last night: http://github.com/stericson
The files that I edited are:
Strings.xml
Drawables folder
/anim/fade_in1.xml
/anim/fade_out1.xml
/anim/fade_in1_delay.xml
/layout/keyguard_screen_lock.xml
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/Lockscreen.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardUpdateMonitor.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardViewMediator.java
And I think thats it...
In reality these files should build into most dream builds...
Stericson

Stericson said:
Heres my Github guys, got it up last night: http://github.com/stericson
The files that I edited are:
Strings.xml
Drawables folder
/anim/fade_in1.xml
/anim/fade_out1.xml
/anim/fade_in1_delay.xml
/layout/keyguard_screen_lock.xml
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/Lockscreen.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardUpdateMonitor.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardViewMediator.java
And I think thats it...
In reality these files should build into most dream builds...
Stericson
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Will the smali files have the same names?

More or less.... Might be a little different...
Any questions just ask me about them....
Stericson

Stericson said:
Heres my Github guys, got it up last night: http://github.com/stericson
The files that I edited are:
Strings.xml
Drawables folder
/anim/fade_in1.xml
/anim/fade_out1.xml
/anim/fade_in1_delay.xml
/layout/keyguard_screen_lock.xml
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/Lockscreen.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardUpdateMonitor.java
framework/policies/base/phone/com/android/internal/policy/impl/KeyguardViewMediator.java
And I think thats it...
In reality these files should build into most dream builds...
Stericson
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uhhhhhh....that and that github site are like reading a different language to me. I just want to get the lockscreen from xtheme onto my phone. Not sure where to locate those files on github. Im usually not this dense as ive ported the majority of ted's hero theme to my rogers rom. maybe someone would be so kind as to post links to the files or make a update.zip for it?

CC CEO said:
uhhhhhh....that and that github site are like reading a different language to me. I just want to get the lockscreen from xtheme onto my phone. Not sure where to locate those files on github. Im usually not this dense as ive ported the majority of ted's hero theme to my rogers rom. maybe someone would be so kind as to post links to the files or make a update.zip for it?
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framework/policies refers to the android.policy.jar file and those are the .java files he edited.

beagz said:
framework/policies refers to the android.policy.jar file and those are the .java files he edited.
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where is strings.xml?

it becomes resources.asrc
stericson told me

beagz said:
it becomes resources.asrc
stericson told me
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do u know what files specifically in the drawables folder? if its just the files starting w/ZZ i did that but it hangs on the g1 screen when i try to boot it up. I think its because i am unable to edit the policy.jar myself as i am on a mac so i just took the jar file from the cyan build and placed it on the rogers 1. I also did the same with "resources.asrc". Im fairly certain if i can edit the files for the respective builds it will work.

stericson on the hero rom
hey just wondering, tried looking around for this answer and i didnt see any so i thought i ask the question. Can i flash the stand alone stericson lockscreen to a hero rom? or any other way to get this lockscreen in to a hero rom? im currently using the jacHEROSKI 1.6r2. any answer would be great because i really like that lockscreen.. thanks again

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hey just wondering, tried looking around for this answer and i didnt see any so i thought i ask the question. Can i flash the stand alone stericson lockscreen to a hero rom? or any other way to get this lockscreen in to a hero rom? im currently using the jacHEROSKI 1.6r2. any answer would be great because i really like that lockscreen.. thanks again
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I spoke with Stericson about that and it doesn't seem possible to port it. (for now anyway).

Themeing for Slide

I remember when I had my myTouch, you could essentially pull the framework-res.apk file, modify it using a program like 7zip which keeps the file verified, then push it back to the phone.
It was nice and easy changing the graphics. Was wondering if anyone's tried this with their Slide so far? I know sometimes (only if done wrong) it could cos infinite boot = nandroid. Not sure I want to try it just yet, anyone out there doing any themeing so far? If so, how'd you do it?

android007 said:
I remember when I had my myTouch, you could essentially pull the framework-res.apk file, modify it using a program like 7zip which keeps the file verified, then push it back to the phone.
It was nice and easy changing the graphics. Was wondering if anyone's tried this with their Slide so far? I know sometimes (only if done wrong) it could cos infinite boot = nandroid. Not sure I want to try it just yet, anyone out there doing any themeing so far? If so, how'd you do it?
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there is a theme forum for this phone, please post this in there(there is also already a post in there full of people trying)

android007 said:
I remember when I had my myTouch, you could essentially pull the framework-res.apk file, modify it using a program like 7zip which keeps the file verified, then push it back to the phone.
It was nice and easy changing the graphics. Was wondering if anyone's tried this with their Slide so far? I know sometimes (only if done wrong) it could cos infinite boot = nandroid. Not sure I want to try it just yet, anyone out there doing any themeing so far? If so, how'd you do it?
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Im working on one right now...i got the red slide but it has no red themes to speak of...the Fuzzy_Kittens one has a kindof a red theme to it, but all the selectors and highlights and button_press's are all still blue, and its UGLY. so im working on eradicating all the blue, in favor of red.
For the most part its the same as themeing for the G1. There's a LOT more apks in /system to make changes to, and ive found that theres TWO frameworks to take care of, the normal android framework-res.apk, and the also in /system/framework there is com.htc.resources.apk, which is apparently htc's version of framework-res. it contains all kinds of images called common_<whatever>.png and this is where i found the files that make up the default "Nest" theme. all the other themes that you can choose for the Slide are in .apk form and up until we had root i was modifying and installing the apk's to theme this puppy, but i could never find the .apk for the default theme...well thats why, the default theme is in com.htc.resources.apk, and its the default espresso theme, not a tmobile theme.
Im still working on my theme, its not ready yet, i just had yesterday to work on it, and ive made some progress, but i still have to get a generic 2.1 ROM to build so i can extract the xmls from it to inject into the ROM to change colors that are coded like progressbars, white backgrounds, etc. so whenever i get time for that ill be rollin...then i wanna try to get colorchange.jar to work on SlideMEROOT2 so i can change the clock and notif. text and stuff...alll in due time!
-BMFC

You have to de-odex the framework-res and the com.HTC.resources to theme
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thatguythatdid said:
You have to de-odex the framework-res and the com.HTC.resources to theme
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Sorry, but im afraid you're wrong...i didnt de-odex anything, and my theme is working fine...i can upload screenshots if you dont believe me.
-BMFC

bmfc187 said:
Sorry, but im afraid you're wrong...i didnt de-odex anything, and my theme is working fine...i can upload screenshots if you dont believe me.
-BMFC
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even though you sound like a di*k. Good find I had been theming using de-odexed files but I'll give this a try.

Sorry, but im afraid you're wrong...i didnt de-odex anything, and my theme is working fine...i can upload screenshots if you dont believe me.
-BMFC
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even though you sound like a di*k. Good find I had been theming using de-odexed files but I'll give this a try.
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Honestly you're kinda right, I do come off sounding like a **** a lot...sorry didn't mean for it to come out that way...
anyway yeah you can do it without deodexing, I'm just using winrar to extract the whole ROM to a folder, then I go into and extract all .apks using 7zip (winrar doesn't recognize .apk files, you hafta rename them to *.apk.zip, but 7zip works on .apks without renaming them at all). Then I just modify or replace whatever images then inject them into a copy of the ROM .zip and resign and reflash...works great for me!
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Need help porting theme.

If anyone can help, please take this zip and make it compatible for the Hero. right now it's for the Droid running Cm6. http://www.multiupload.com/BHME414DUC
Thanks

abu_noah said:
If anyone can help, please take this zip and make it compatible for the Hero. right now it's for the Droid running Cm6. http://www.multiupload.com/BHME414DUC
Thanks
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Its not something you do in a few minutes.

He's been working on it for a bit, think he needs help with the finishing touches
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MrSpradlen said:
He's been working on it for a bit, think he needs help with the finishing touches
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I have been working on this for a bit, but this is just the Full on flashable zip, made for the Droid. I got three kids and not alot of time to resize every image to mdpi. plus this is coming from the a droid theme, so I'm not sure what to do with the drawable-nodpi images and other if any nopi images. anyway, i'm just asking for help, not for "I can't help you" or "Alot of work" answers. I know it's alot of work as i have driving myself crazy on how to do it. Thanks.

I tried using the theme porter to save time but it will not recognize 9.pngs and I'm pretty sure that's why it's not porting.

abu_noah said:
I tried using the theme porter to save time but it will not recognize 9.pngs and I'm pretty sure that's why it's not porting.
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What errors are you getting, what issues are you having? sorry to be so coarse.

ASimmons said:
What errors are you getting, what issues are you having? sorry to be so coarse.
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I have converted the hdpi to mdpi now I think. before I used the theme porter, but it kept saying system file cannot be specified. well i got the pngs converted and the folders renamed, but I don't have a hero to test it on. I use my wife's when she's here. Don't know if this will work or not.

I also need to know if the images in the framework-res are the only thing I need to change, and then I can flash that same package that was meant for the droid or if I need to transfer those over to the Hero's framework-res?

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I have converted the hdpi to mdpi now I think. before I used the theme porter, but it kept saying system file cannot be specified. well i got the pngs converted and the folders renamed, but I don't have a hero to test it on. I use my wife's when she's here. Don't know if this will work or not.
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I almost positive you cant just rename folders like drawable-hdpi to draw-mdpi as theres more in the apk that specifies that the apk is built for an hdpi phone.
This is how I do it (short version cause I'm working out kinks). basically just copy over the pngs from the hdpi folders to the mdpi folders. Basically the difference in size from hdpi to mdpi is about 66% the size of an hdpi png so in the process of copying them I also shrink them. 9 patch pngs are a alot harder to get right and I currently working through some ways to port those now, but for a basic port you can just leave them as is. If you wanted to fix the 9 patch you basically have to decompile the apk and then use the 9patchDrawable tool in the android sdk and gimp to shrink them and then redraw the patch borders.
Your problem is most likely trying to rename the file folder. The port should only bring over the pngs and maybe ( i never do) some minor xml tweaks and put those in the rom your porting to you can't use anything from the ported rom except the pngs unless you want a buncha headaches.

Themed System Apps not Working

I'm just trying a bit of theming myself, found plenty of guides on the topic however I have found one slight problem. No matter how I try to install my modded system apps, it always fails to install or doesn't change the original app at all.
I use APKmodder to do the editing if that affects anything, however the same issues arrise when using NinjaMorph on my NS.
I have tried multiple methods of getting the apps onto my device. Using adb push, creating a custom update.zip (which is all set out properly), NinjaMorph and even just the regular apk install, all of them either don't update the apps or are pushed to /system/apps but are not in the app launcher.
Any ideas? I have searched for hours about this and I haven't found anything to help me. Finally, if it helps I have tried with Launcher2.apk and Camera.apk.
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Any ideas at all? I've never had much luck with Modding apps full stop. Could it be my copy of APKmodder?
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is your rom deodexed?

I imagine so, running CM7 and I can't find any odex files in /system. I also read somewhere else that CM6 was deodexed so I figured it would be the same.
What difference would it make if it wasn't deodexed? Would you need to remove the odex or something?
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Jonathon Grigg said:
I imagine so, running CM7 and I can't find any odex files in /system. I also read somewhere else that CM6 was deodexed so I figured it would be the same.
What difference would it make if it wasn't deodexed? Would you need to remove the odex or something?
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CM7 is deoxed. It's probably because you're changing the apk, don't understand why you're playing with it but whatever.
No idea, my recommendation is to not mod it.

I am not familiar with the tools you're using, but I've heard that people have had trouble with them in the past.
The best tool for theming is Apkmanager 4.9 used along with Apktool 1.3.1.
However, if you're simply swapping some images, just do so in WinRAR or 7zip. No deed to decompile, resign anything. Just put your system apps in a Flashable zip in this order: Zip/system/framework/framework-res.apk and Zip/system/app/<your system apps> and drag and drop your images in the right locations.
Also, your zip must have a META-INF folder with the proper update script.
You can use any one of my themes as a template.
Hope this doesn't sound too convoluted.
Cheers.

Thanks for that, some changes are image based but there are also some XML based changes which I require, would the 7zip method work there?
And sorry if I'm being vague, but Im not near my computer now, but how would you use two tools in conjunction? Because I have used apktool before but not the other.
Thanks very much though! I am finally getting somewhere
Edit: thanks for the template offer, I will have a look and see what's different to my tests. Just one final question, is there any difference between an update-script and updater-script?
Double EDIT: For future reference if anyone finds this, there is a difference between update-script and updater-scripts. From Android 1.5 onwards, Google moved to updater-script's, leaving update-script's behind. Make sure you remember this!
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Jonathon Grigg said:
Thanks for that, some changes are image based but there are also some XML based changes which I require, would the 7zip method work there?
And sorry if I'm being vague, but Im not near my computer now, but how would you use two tools in conjunction? Because I have used apktool before but not the other.
Thanks very much though! I am finally getting somewhere
Edit: thanks for the template offer, I will have a look and see what's different to my tests. Just one final question, is there any difference between an update-script and updater-script?
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For xml changes you have to decompile/recompile the apk. Apkmanager is a GUI for apktool so you don't have to learn/remember the java commands.
If you download Apkmanager, it comes with Apktool 1.3.2, be sure to replace it with 1.3.1. It's way more stable and reliable.
Not sure about the difference between updater and update, maybe one has Amend scripts and one doesn't.
I am not a developer so can't say for sure , but the one person to ask would be ogdobber.
He literally knows everything about everything .

sonnysekhon said:
For xml changes you have to decompile/recompile the apk. Apkmanager is a GUI for apktool so you don't have to learn/remember the java commands.
If you download Apkmanager, it comes with Apktool 1.3.2, be sure to replace it with 1.3.1. It's way more stable and reliable.
Not sure about the difference between updater and update, maybe one has Amend scripts and one doesn't.
I am not a developer so can't say for sure , but the one person to ask would be ogdobber.
He literally knows everything about everything .
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Ok thankyou very much for the help once again. I have finished school for the week so I should have time to test these methods out now.
If I need any further help I might drop ogdobber a note then.
Thanks for all your help!
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[Q] What apktool to decompile Sense 5

What do themers use to decompile/recompile sense 5? I've used apktool, autoapktool and none of them seem to successfully decompile and/or recompile systemui.apk, etc

F4M0U569 said:
What do themers use to decompile/recompile sense 5? I've used apktool, autoapktool and none of them seem to successfully decompile and/or recompile systemui.apk, etc
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I'd like to know this as well, I tried Virtous 10 Studio and it also gives errors and won't decompile properly...

I used this one and check out this post I only had problems with com.htc.resources
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3y34cge7kcpr76e
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229230

HTC is still using m10 to encrypt their graphics? as far as I see in the One apks like prism, graphics are open, like normal png in an apk file! anyone knows if some graphics are encrypted or not?

Tabtoub said:
HTC is still using m10 to encrypt their graphics? as far as I see in the One apks like prism, graphics are open, like normal png in an apk file! anyone knows if some graphics are encrypted or not?
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You can easily change pngs will no problem. The reason for apktool is to decode an apk file back to its original form and then rebuilds it after modifcations have been made to smali code or xmls.

benny3 said:
I used this one and check out this post I only had problems with com.htc.resources
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3y34cge7kcpr76e
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229230
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VERY COOL, this should really help! THANKS!

Tabtoub said:
HTC is still using m10 to encrypt their graphics? as far as I see in the One apks like prism, graphics are open, like normal png in an apk file! anyone knows if some graphics are encrypted or not?
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I use VTS for M10 it works real well