Question about specific UI changes I want to make - Android Themes

There are specific things that I'd like to customize on my lockscreen and main screen but have had no luck finding what I need online. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could provide suggestions on following if any of them are possible:
I'd like to...
1. Make my status bar transparent.
2. Add battery percent on top of the battery icon (in status bar) or replace the default one, instead of installing an app which adds an additional battery icon.
3. Make the dock borders transparent or gone (is this dependent on the theme?)
4. Have lockscreen use regular wallpaper while main screen uses live wallpaper.
5. Display my network carrier in status bar
6. Be able to change volume/vibrate without having to turn the screen on.
Thanks guys!

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[Q] How to modify the Lockscreen

Good morning guys,
I recently installed this custom rom . Everything seems to be fine, I hide the status bar with the Launcher Pro (it just show up inside the menu and the lockscreen).Now I would like to remove the status bar on the lockscreen and add another battery widget.
I already found this thread. Are there any further information about this?
Greetings
Muffel2k
One easy way would be to use an app, You can use a number of lock screen apps they offer features you are after
Ive used this one in the past http://www.appbrain.com/app/widgetlocker-lockscreen/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
Yeah, that would be another way but I like the lockscreen, just want to remove the status bar on the top.
Well try to contact the custom rom designer, perhaps he can do it for me
Edit
Spoke with the developer and it's not possible with his rom .. so this thread can be closed
There's a thread on this already. >>> Here <<<
omg
Thanks a lot

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Thanks for looking, please read the whole post
Please note that although based on and named Revolution HD this theme should work on ANY 1.72 based hd rom
Please checkout my new site HERE!
I will always recommend Android Revolution HD rom for your Desire HD when using my theme. My theme is mainly based on that rom and that rom is by far the best out there for DHD :-D
That doesnt mean my theme wont work on other roms, my theme should work on all DHD roms based on 1.84 RUU
Screenshots:
(please note that changes to lockscreen and rosie homescreen are the result of the blue (liamstears) skin being applied from the personalise menu. Not applying the skin will give the standard htc look)
Changelog (Will be updated from 18-1 onwards):
6.5.1
Fixed GPS Icon
6.5 (Based on 2.36.405.8 Gingerbread, Will most likely work on others)
Fixed text in setcpu and similar apps
New wifi icon
New wifi in range icon
Sense 3 apps included: Weather, Messaging, lockscreen, task manager, live wallpaper
16 Tab Browser
Lots of new icons in various places
The following in quick settings:
Brightness, Wifi, Bluetooth, Wifi Hotspot, GPS,
Mobile Network, Auto Rotation, Vibration Mode,
Silent Mode, Media Volume, Total Memory, All settings
6.0
Gingerbread Version Added
Crt animation (can be turned on and off in display settings)
Stock android lockscreen option in settings
5.5
Fixed mic and speaker icons in call
Added new dialer menu icons
Removed tab limit from browser
Added new rotation removal patch as a seperate download
5.0
Based on the new 1.84 rom
More rotating apps/widgets added
Some rotations fixed, i/e Dialer now looks perfect!
4.0 Beta 2
Based on the new 1.84 rom
More rotating apps/widgets added
Some rotations fixed, i/e Dialer now looks perfect!
4.0 Beta 2
Dialer Rotates
Clock Rotates
FM Radio Rotates
Contacts Rotates
4.0 Beta 1
All same changes as 3.7.0
Rosie Now Rotates!!!
Changed some widgets to work when rosie rotated
3.7.0
Market Updated
Changed 2 icons in call history
Changed car panel dialer right icon
Changed icon in friendstream
Changed icon in news
Changed icon in quick lookup
3.6.9
Fixed some icons that did not quite fit
Added some new icons
Changed vibrate icon in power bar
Tested and working on cwm 3.0.0.6 (also backwards compatible with 2.x)
3.6.8
Many New Icons
3.6.7
New icons when using camera/camcorder
Framework works with UOT kitchen
3.6.6
Some optimisations
File sizes reduced
3.6.5
Fixed major framework issue that created various issues
3.6.4
New market icons
3.6.3
Fixed position of clear button in notifications menu
Removed black square from behind icons on notifications in pull down
New spinner
New icons in framework and some apps
3.6.2
Changed power bar transparency value
Made RecentApps bar transparent for people that use it
Removed bubble from around text under icons on homescreen (rosie) and added some shading to the text
Couple minor changes
3.6.1
To keep people happy many icons have been reverted (you wont really notice this)
New hybrid battery icon (version I by trinityEon)
Reverted signal bars (decided I prefer previous ones)
Other minor changes for icons
3.6.0
Renamed theme to Theme animation and theme is no longer based on Revolution HD but is universal for all 1.72 based roms
Added a seperated download to flash the LeeDroid autobrightness values (this will also work for any other rom)
Updated PowerBar app
Theme comes standard with 5 column app drawer, 4 column is a seperate flash
Lots more apps now changed to make more colorful
Also updated themes, slight changes, mainly fixes for green.
3.5.3
Removed Blue (liamstears) skin
liamstears skin is now a seperate download and comes in blue or green
Added browser mod which allows unlimited windows, seem to have forgot this before
3.5.2
New battery icons
3.5.1
Removed G icon from above signal bars
3.5
New power bar icons
Power bar background now transparent
Fixed clear text position on notification pull down
Changed notification item background and select color/images
3.0
New Blue (liamstears) HTC Skin, access from the personalize menu
New Power Bar in notifications pull down
App for power bar tweaks
Other minor fixes/tweaks
Please make these changes before flashing
New power bar can be easily customized or edited and changed back to rom default.
You can have any amount of toggles up to the amount of 6.
To choose which toggles are in the power bar you need to open up "widget.txt" in a text editor and change the toggles as you wish. widget.txt can be found in /system/customize in the theme zip file.
The following toggles can be used:
toggleAirplane
toggleAutoRotate
toggleBluetooth
toggleBrightness
toggleFlashlight
toggleGPS
toggleLockScreen
toggleMobileData
toggleScreenTimeout
toggleSleepMode
toggleSound
toggleSync
toggleWifi
Default values are:
toggleWifi|toggleBluetooth|toggleGPS|toggleSound|toggleFlashlight|toggleBrightness
After changing them just drag and drop the widget.txt back into the zip and then flash.
Now to change between having the power bar and the stock recent apps you need to edit the "notification_config.txt" which is also in /system/customize
Default is "enablePowerControl"
Simply change to "enableRecentApps" without the quotes to revert back to the recent apps list. (currently this will leave a black bar above the recent app list where the power bar use to be)
Or change to "enablePowerControl|enableRecentApps" to have both power bar and recent apps
To Download Go Here
To Make downloads easier all link will now only be posted on my site, the above link.
Please Donate
There are lots of thanks to go out for everything in this theme so if you had something to do with this mod and you want your name here just send me a pm
Thanks go to:
Fightspit
JsChiSurf
trinityEon
kalagas
he_stheone64
mike1986 (Great Inspiration)
Sergio76
Cheers mate.
As soon as it's uploaded I will give it a shot.
Edit: Okay I see it is uploaded now. Just flashing the new 2.0.6 ROM, so will dl this and flash in a few mins.
Thanks again.
This without rosie + modified to screen toggle would be the best ever. Half of it could be done by me, changing text file name :-]. Can it be done on the phone with text manager?
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FitzysDHD said:
Cheers mate.
As soon as it's uploaded I will give it a shot.
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Links are up now :-D
jolaren said:
This without rosie + modified to screen toggle would be the best ever. Half of it could be done by me, changing text file name :-]. Can it be done on the phone with text manager?
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What do you mean? remove rosie.apk?
Modified to screen toggle?
It also brings a lot more sense related stuff, screen toggle.. to turn off auto rotating. Thanks for your contribution by the way
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jolaren said:
It also brings a lot more sense related stuff, screen toggle.. to turn off auto rotating. Thanks for your contribution by the way
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you will have to use a pc to make what you need, just delete apk you not want and edit txt file as described, enjoy! :-D
Ive reverted back to recent app list, but theres a big black bar above it where the toggles used to be, how do i get rid of that? Otherwise amazing theme!
Alex
alexmason14 said:
Ive reverted back to recent app list, but theres a big black bar above it where the toggles used to be, how do i get rid of that? Otherwise amazing theme!
Alex
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I have not yet looked into this or tested this but I will look into it but if you do want a quick fix just flash 2.0.3 theme and pull blue (liamstears).apk from 2.0.6 and install it or add it to 2.0.3 zip
Applied the quick fix, that's alot better.
Cheers mate.
Alex
alexmason14 said:
Applied the quick fix, that's alot better.
Cheers mate.
Alex
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Also please check back on first post for a way to have both power bar and recent apps list :-D
blue theme
hi there and thanks for the cool theme. One question though...you mention that "New Blue (liamstears) HTC Skin, access from the personalize menu", the problem is I am using Android Revolution 2.0.6 and I only have the choice of current, slate and blackboard themes. Where do I find the blue one?
georgek_gr said:
hi there and thanks for the cool theme. One question though...you mention that "New Blue (liamstears) HTC Skin, access from the personalize menu", the problem is I am using Android Revolution 2.0.6 and I only have the choice of current, slate and blackboard themes. Where do I find the blue one?
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This could be a 2.0.6 problem
Extract blue (liamstears).apk from my zip and place it on sd card and try to install
please let me know results
georgek_gr said:
hi there and thanks for the cool theme. One question though...you mention that "New Blue (liamstears) HTC Skin, access from the personalize menu", the problem is I am using Android Revolution 2.0.6 and I only have the choice of current, slate and blackboard themes. Where do I find the blue one?
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Me too (other than the few other Skin's I have downloaded), cant see the liamstears skin either.
Cheers
Edit - Tried above - Application not installed ?
tried to install it with ES File explorer but is kept saying "application not installed"...any other suggestions?
i know what error is i will fix in 24 hours
ok all fixed please re-download and re-flash then all will be working :-D
Cheers, will have a go. It took me nearly 3 hrs to download the last one (much faster this time).
Also, 1 more thing. When I try to modify the .zip file so that I have both the powercontrol & recent apps, the flashing bit falls over. I tried searching the forum on a guide to edit .zip files but came up with nothing.
I was trying to do it just on my PC, but the flash fails ??
FitzysDHD said:
Cheers, will have a go. It took me nearly 3 hrs to download the last one (much faster this time).
Also, 1 more thing. When I try to modify the .zip file so that I have both the powercontrol & recent apps, the flashing bit falls over. I tried searching the forum on a guide to edit .zip files but came up with nothing.
I was trying to do it just on my PC, but the flash fails ??
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Its just a simple drag and drop operation for editing the zip and as for re-download you can just drag and drop the attached apk to the zip you already have to make the process quicker but make sure it goes in the right folder ;-)
Thanks mate.
Skin is working now.
I will try the notification bar edit soon.
Thanks.

[Q] Status bar - How to mod it / app?

Greetings ya'll!
My home Screen, Widgets and everything look nearly perfect now that I've upgraded to 2.3.3.
But I'm not advancing when it comes to editing / modding / app using my status a.k.a notification bar.
I'm using LauncherPro though even there I seem to miss a function to exchange symbols / icons in the status bar.
If you know a good app for:
Battery icon change
Wireless Icon change
etc.
for the status / notification bar, please point me the way. Or even discuss which ones exist and are great.
Cheers!
you can modify them yourself with the 'framework-res.apk' you just need to locate and change the .png files.
or quicker way is to just get yourself a theme from the themes section.
lots to choose from, including stock themes with minor tweaks
azzledazzle said:
you can modify them yourself with the 'framework-res.apk' you just need to locate and change the .png files.
or quicker way is to just get yourself a theme from the themes section.
lots to choose from, including stock themes with minor tweaks
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Thanks for the reply
Yeah there are some themes, though I've my own except for that status bar. And I'm still a bit too much of a noob to undestand how to just edit that status bar, even when using a theme.
I've found the famework-red.apk and installed it. Now trying to figure out the next step...maybe you might be so kind and give me a helping hand?
i wish i could but there are that many files / folders / sub folders i dont know which one is which lol.
what exactly are you trying to do to the status bar ? make it transparent ?
azzledazzle said:
i wish i could but there are that many files / folders / sub folders i dont know which one is which lol.
what exactly are you trying to do to the status bar ? make it transparent ?
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Status bar background: real black
Icon: clock > anything fancier than the original, something a bit blue / modern
icon: wifi > along the same lines
icon: battery > maybe something like the glowing blue circle one
Basically a mod for a status bar revamp would be great.
Example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837569
That's just green, of course.
why dont you use that example and use some sort of photo suite software to change their colours to blue (or whatever you desire ) or if that is too hard.
ask the Creator of that example how he did it, or would he do it in another colour for you.
I use MIUI and their are millions of themes to choose from so i just stick to that. Im not so good at modding themes, just flashing roms lol

(Request) Galaxy Tab 10.1 Status Bar

Hi all,
I'm really not a fan of the stock Tron-Like status bar and am thinking about changing it. I have looked into it and can prob figure out how to do everything bar the clock. Would it be possible for someone to walk me through this, or even better provide a CWM flashable zip to change from Stock Xoom to Stock Galaxy Tab?
I'm currently running stock UK 3.1 as i haven't seen a need to Root up until now. I would prefer to stay on the UK 3.1 also, as although i have tried Hammerhead and Morray, i dislike the soundset for the lock-screen and keyboard. (mainly the KB is far too quiet!)
Many Thanks in Advance!
Dex
it wouldn't be hard to change but it would require a rom that has the images you want and we could only change images.
I'm searching for the images now! Its weird, all the images on the Web show the Galaxy 10.1 as having different icons, but every rom i download has Stock HC ones...
dexta211 said:
I'm searching for the images now! Its weird, all the images on the Web show the Galaxy 10.1 as having different icons, but every rom i download has Stock HC ones...
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For some odd reason everyone likes the stock ones. I don't on my build of mantaray i have the icons and clock font changed. You'll probably have to find a stock rom to get images.
I'll keep looking, in the mean time, i have worked out how to change the font of the clock - do you have any clue on how to change the colour?
Thanks
Just outta curiosity how did u change the font for the clock? I have font changer but I just want to change the clock font
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So keunhuvac has ported a touch wiz theme to the xoom but it's for tiamat 2.1 it works with 2.2 but you lose all the new moray features but the images are there anyway http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16312414
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In \System\Fonts you change AndroidClock_Solid.ttf for the font you want! (Obv renamed to AndroidClock_Solid.ttf)
Awsome thanks much appreciated
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Hi Everyone,
I've been modding my install of Moray for the last couple days - changing images and backgrounds, trying to remove as much of the blue blur as I can. I've used some images from a tab 10.1 rom I downloaded. I've been pretty successful at this so far.
I've also changed the stock clock, but once I replace the font files, the clock on the lockscreen has a lot of extra space between it and the date, as well a very little bit of the left side is cut off. Any suggestions as to how this can be solved?
Snapshots are below of before & after.
dexta211 said:
I'll keep looking, in the mean time, i have worked out how to change the font of the clock - do you have any clue on how to change the colour?
Thanks
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its probably an xml i'll search around and see if i can find it
chrisryn said:
its probably an xml i'll search around and see if i can find it
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It is indeed, i found a really good theming guide in case anyone else is looking!
here
masterslacker said:
Hi Everyone,
I've been modding my install of Moray for the last couple days - changing images and backgrounds, trying to remove as much of the blue blur as I can. I've used some images from a tab 10.1 rom I downloaded. I've been pretty successful at this so far.
I've also changed the stock clock, but once I replace the font files, the clock on the lockscreen has a lot of extra space between it and the date, as well a very little bit of the left side is cut off. Any suggestions as to how this can be solved?
Snapshots are below of before & after.
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I noticed the font not quite fitting on the lock screen too, so for now i've gone back to stock font for that.
I've used the Galaxy Tab icons and given them the same colour as the Wifi and Battery icons, then used the DroidSans font for the clock and used the same colour there too.
Here is a screen, its simple but far preferable.
dexta211 said:
I noticed the font not quite fitting on the lock screen too, so for now i've gone back to stock font for that.
I've used the Galaxy Tab icons and given them the same colour as the Wifi and Battery icons, then used the DroidSans font for the clock and used the same colour there too.
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How did you change the status bar font, and leave the lockscreen font as stock? Which of the three stock files did you modify?
Also, how did you change the colour of the clock in the status bar? I assumed this was possible with xml files, buti haven't adventured into this area yet.
masterslacker said:
How did you change the status bar font, and leave the lockscreen font as stock? Which of the three stock files did you modify?
Also, how did you change the colour of the clock in the status bar? I assumed this was possible with xml files, buti haven't adventured into this area yet.
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The status bar clock colour can be changed in SystemUI.apk/res/layout-xlarge/status-bar-notification-area.xml, under the entry "holoclock"
I changed only the AndroidClock-Solid.ttf for the font, the other 2 fonts combine to make the lock screen and notification pop-up font.
All is explained really well on the XML editing here on method 2 in post 3.
Hope This Helps
I would like to change the status bar too!
Here are the pngs for
Wifi
Battery
And toggles (bottom left)
You can edit them how you like and place the in the right apks
(systemui or framework.res)
inside the zip tells you where i got them from
Hope it helps!

[Q] Modifying SystemUI

I am looking for some information and assistance with attempting to modify the SystemUI.apk or in creating a custom Theme for my HTC One M7 on Android 4.4.3 with Sense 6. I am running the ARHD Rom but I would like a method independent of using Custom ROMs or Xposed framework if possible, requiring root is fine. I have seen some packages that do some of this which contain a vrtheme folder in them but haven't been able to find a tutorial on building one of these and which files are for which icons.
I have tried modifying the background color in res/values/drawable.xml and in res/layout/status_bar.xml files to #ff000000 but the status bar still appears grey on the home screen. This seems to match with the theme I selected from the Personalize menu in Settings. It's my guess that somehow, these theme settings override the systemUI settings. So I would like a way to create my own theme to select which will hopefully also allow me to change the color for selected notifications and the like.
In addition to this, I have a set of icons for the status bar such as battery power, battery charge, wifi signal, cellular signal, mobile data quality, etc.. which I would like to use to replace the systemUI icons for these. However, there seem to be several versions of icons in various drawable folders. So if I could find out the requirements for these files (size, naming, location to replace them at) or if there is a way to replace them as part of a theme that is, again, independent of custom rom or xposed framework if possible.
If anyone knows of a tutorial that already exists for any of these things simply pointing me to that is answer enough, I just didn't have luck finding it when trying to search for it.

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