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help modifing system/framework/framework-res.apk

Hi Everyone
I hope this is the right place for this posting.
I pulled system/framework/framework-res.apk from my phone. I was trying to find the launcher button images that my rom (Aloyuis) uses (turns out the images aren't in this particular apk nore are they in htc.com.resource) Any ways, I didn't like the direction the battery indicator was pointing in on the status bar so I rotated all the images. I then zipped the file back up keeping the name (framework-res.apk) and then pushed it back to phone (adb push <path to file on computer> /system/framework/framework-res.apk)
No problems occurred pushing the file to the phone. I then issued the reboot command from the sdk. The phone rebooted but I could not get past the HTC load screen. Any ideas on why this is and what I am doing wrong?

Don't re zip it. Use 7 zip, pull out the files you want to modify, while leaving the apk intact, modify, then use 7 zip to open (right click on the apk, go to 7 zip then open), navigate to the applicable res folder, drag and drop your modified files on top of the stock ones. Then push your modified apk. As for the launcher, look in system/app for launcher.apk (or he might be using adw)
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danaff37 said:
Don't re zip it. Use 7 zip, pull out the files you want to modify, while leaving the apk intact, modify, then use 7 zip to open (right click on the apk, go to 7 zip then open), navigate to the applicable res folder, drag and drop your modified files on top of the stock ones. Then push your modified apk. As for the launcher, look in system/app for launcher.apk (or he might be using adw)
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dana I really want to thank you for your reply to my post. Since you were so awesome to help me out the first time maybe you can help me out a second time. I am not entirely sure what happened. I was able to modify the png files I wanted to and push the package back to the phone. All the changes were present last night. They were also present again this morning when I turned my phone on. Though here is the confusing part. I went to check my phone and something seemed different, after looking at my status bar more closely all the changes I made were gone. The battery indicatore had gone back to its original right facing image with a blue level metter. Do you know what could have caused this? Should I pull the package again to see of the png files reverted back some how (not sure how since I replaced them so not sure where they came from) and if so push the changes back?

BTW if its the sense launcher then the png's u want r in htcresources /Res/mdpi port. Also some r in Rosie app. If Modding the files open up app. Copy and paste Res file out to a place u can work on it. Mod the files. Drag and drop back into app. Either push files back to phone via adb or create a folder. Name it update inside folder create another folder...call it system. In that make another folder. Name it app the put the app or apps in there that u modded. Now back in update folder itself...go find a theme or mod someone else did and open it up with 7zip. Take the Meta file out of it and put it into the update folder. Zip up update folder via 7zip. Next find app on forum via a search called avabox. Dl it. If in a zip take out of zip. Open it. In there is a file called auto sign. Drag the update zip into the auto sign folder. Click on sign. Put new signed zip onto SF card(u can rename file now if u want). Go into recovery and flash the file. Reboot. LOL really it isn't hard

you may have to repush the file, then reboot to recovery and clear dalvik cache. It's reloading images from the cache

[GUIDE] How to make mymode themes

Well I haven't had much time lately to make themes but I figured i got enough time to explain how. This is how i do it in windows 7.
1) First thing i assume that you already have androidsdk on the root of your C drive. Lets go ahead and add it to your system path. If it's not called androidsdk go ahead and change it to that. Now open up your startmenu, right click computer, click properties, then click advanced system settings, in the advance system settings select environment variables. In the second box down look for path select it and choose edit. copy and paste this
Code:
;C:\androidsdk\tools
in there. Click okay.
2) download the jre and jdk from here and install them. Now you need to add them to your system path so copy paste this
Code:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin
to your system path just like you did in the first step.
3) Download apk manager from here. Now run it and when it says clean out all current projects click yes. Now thats ready to go.
4) Download an image editing program. I use gimp. Also if you don't have it 7-zip
your all set to go now so lets start over with the numbers
1) choose a mymode apk and extract it with 7-zip. Open up the res folder select a png that you want to change and change it with the image editor you chose.
2) when you've changed the images you want open up the original apk as an archive with 7zip. Then place the res folder of the modified unzipped apk into the archive and close the archive.
3) Now open up apk manager and place the mymode apk into the place here for signing folder click script batch choose no then type 15.
4) Now put the newly signed apk into your androidsdk/tools folder and close apk manager.
5) open command prompt and type this
Code:
cd\
cd androidsdk/tools
adb install whatever.apk
I'll update this with pics a more thorough guide.
Thanks to everyone that made this easy

reserved for themes to come

Thanks been waiting for a thread like this.

thanks, if i ever get any free-time between jobs and kid and fiancee i will look into this a little more

This is an awesome guide! I messed around with theming mytouch/g1 back when I had one.. so this will be great to make some themes for the slide..
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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ryanolson7 said:
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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The nest theme is in the framework, its not an .apk like the rest, its built into the system. The rest of the mymodes themes are .apks and if you edit those they will override the stock "nest" theme. The only way it will show up different in the theme chooser is if you edit the preview snapshot to be a preview of your theme. If you wanna keep the original theme, the nest theme is it and you should edit a different theme .apk...
-BMFC
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Okay so I got the next three days off and I already got two mymode themes pretty much done well their done but I just learned of a way to change the name so they are there own standalone apk instead of using another apk name. I've been using puppypride (which by the way isn't puppies those are full grown dogs) and switching out the pngs and you couldn't have the regular puppypride now you can have both

hope you don't mind but I did a mod of your themes and took out the bubbles since some people always create threads about it

Help with following guide
I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.

impimms said:
I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.
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Actually the guide needs to be fixed a little because i'm guessing your getting compiling errors when using apk manager? But the best way to do this is to open up the mymode theme (using 7zip) as an archive delete meta-inf folder then replace the pngs with ones of your choice as long as they are the same scale. Then resign. and install

totally lost
I've followed these directions to a T and when it comes to using the apk manager i am getting nothing, please help

You guys that are having trouble with apk manager...its honestly not necessary to use Apk Manager for this. Mymodes themes are system .apks and shouldn't be re-signed. What you need to do is forget about apk manager (for now) and drop the UNsigned .apk into the ROM update you are using, and resign the whole ROM using the autosign tool created by jesusfreke. Or just adbpush the .apk. but don't resign the .apk.
Here's the link for the autosign tool to sign ROM updates. its in the THIRD POST and its auto-sign .zip, NOT the signing.zip in the first post. you can put it anywhere you want and you just drop (a copy of) your ROM update in the autosign folder, rename it update.zip, then run the sign.bat to sign. it will create another file, update-signed.zip. you shouldnt need to wipe when flashing the same ROM over itself, but i cant guarantee this is true for all ROMs.
you can also make an update that will only flash the .apk to /system/app, and nothing else will be changed. basically just make a copy of the update for the ROM youre using, then delete everything but the /system directory from the zip. then go into that /system directory and delete everything but the /app directory, then go into it and delete all the .apks and odex file or whatevers in there. ALL OF IT. when you are finished you should have an update with nothing in it but a /system/app directory. you put your modded .apk in there in /system/app, and thats it for that.
then you must edit the update script and remove MOST of its contents so that it only does what you want it to. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Go here to learn how to create an update script. what youll need is way simpler than the examples, youll want it to look basically like this...
Code:
assert compatible_with("0.2") == "true"
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 10
this update script will copy ANYTHING in the /system directory to /system on your device, regardless of subdirectories. that means anything in /system will go in /system, anything in /system/app will go to /system/app, etc. but since you only have one .apk in there it wont mess with anything but what you put in there. this way, you have a NOWIPE update for...well, whatever you want to put in it.
so you just drop the new shortened update-script in /META-INF/com/google/android/
and then use the autosign tool to resign your new update then flash away! This also takes less time cus its only flashing one file instead of flashing a whole ROM just to replace that one file...
hope this helps...
-BMFC
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So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo

Tbrewer80 said:
So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo
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I'm having issues with this as well... After I do the whole signing apk thing, it installs fine, but when I go to MyModes, the preview is black and when I select it, the MyModes app force closes. I don't get it.

Android particle ring bootup

Sometime I forget there is a main page on xda. That is a sweet bootup animation, but when I put the .zip onto my card and try to flash it I get a fail message. Can anybody make this flashable for the epic?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/boot-animation-android-particle-ring/
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You need to take the bootanimation.zip and replace the one in data/system using a file browser that allows r/w permissions.

Migital Warfare said:
You need to take the bootanimation.zip and replace the one in data/system using a file browser that allows r/w permissions.
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I have root explorer and I've just started to touch on the r/w method. So which file am I over writing? Or deleteing?
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husher said:
I have root explorer and I've just started to touch on the r/w method. So which file am I over writing? Or deleteing?
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Its named exactly the same...bootanimaton.zip, which is in /system/media
Just copy paste and says yes to overwrite
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squshy 7 said:
Its named exactly the same...bootanimaton.zip, which is in /system/media
Just copy paste and says yes to overwrite
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Awesome thanks for the help. Both of you. I got it to work, looks sick on the superamoled
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Adding Audio
The animation looks great! I was wondering how to add a sound to the bootup. I've read to just throw an audio_android.mp3 into /system/media, but that isn't doing anything for me.

husher said:
Awesome thanks for the help. Both of you. I got it to work, looks sick on the superamoled
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any way to share with the other kids in class? =P

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any way to share with the other kids in class? =P
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i broke down and bought root explorer and did what they said. there is a toggle in root explorer that does R/O and R/W and if you long press a file (like .zip or .apk) permissions will be in the sub menu select it (permissions isn't in the free version) there is a 3x3 grid of check boxes and most of them are selected, select them all. then long press the item and select move.
the boot zip goes to system/media paste it asks if you're sure say yes, if it says it's read only toggle that little button on the right hand corner to r/w and try paste again.
to change the MMS to black and bubbless (iphone esh) same thing only paste it in the system/apps and paste
reboot, look at your new splash screen and minimal MMS
i tried the free stuff but having to toggle between two apps was a pain and I've been using root explorer for installing transparent .apk and moving files around so it's paid for it's self. Even though i tried to buy it / refund it after i was done with it.

husher said:
i broke down and bought root explorer and did what they said. there is a toggle in root explorer that does R/O and R/W and if you long press a file (like .zip or .apk) permissions will be in the sub menu select it (permissions isn't in the free version) there is a 3x3 grid of check boxes and most of them are selected, select them all. then long press the item and select move.
the boot zip goes to system/media paste it asks if you're sure say yes, if it says it's read only toggle that little button on the right hand corner to r/w and try paste again.
to change the MMS to black and bubbless (iphone esh) same thing only paste it in the system/apps and paste
reboot, look at your new splash screen and minimal MMS
i tried the free stuff but having to toggle between two apps was a pain and I've been using root explorer for installing transparent .apk and moving files around so it's paid for it's self. Even though i tried to buy it / refund it after i was done with it.
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Where did you obtain the files to work on the boot up screen? How well is yours still working? (This next one is a bum questuon) any chance of providing your end product? I'm curious to what this boot screen looks like and couldn't find anything on the article about it.
Thanks for the reply!!!
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Edit... I think I found the files to work with, found a nice blue =D

husher said:
i broke down and bought root explorer and did what they said. there is a toggle in root explorer that does R/O and R/W and if you long press a file (like .zip or .apk) permissions will be in the sub menu select it (permissions isn't in the free version)
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I find using adb while hooked to a computer is the easiest for filesystem modifications. That's mainly because I'm really used to linux in general though, command lines are fairly easy for me to use

nbutala said:
The animation looks great! I was wondering how to add a sound to the bootup. I've read to just throw an audio_android.mp3 into /system/media, but that isn't doing anything for me.
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The Epic uses the PowerOn.wav file in /system/etc for the boot sound

optmsprim2 said:
The Epic uses the PowerOn.wav file in /system/etc for the boot sound
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Yeah, im also wondering bout that cuz ive been trying to figure out how to implement sound on my boot but had no success! ill try that but is their any method to implent sound on there, or do i just rename the mp3 file i want in there with poweron.wave? or how do i do that? and for flashing boot animation with sound? how can i go bout that?
Im currently on the CWM 3 with SyndicateRom Twilight 1.1.0 on my Epic 4G
Best Choice ive ever made, Epic has never been so smoothly and super fast

Do you have to be running a modded kernel or something to get this working? I looked in /data/system and /system/media and don't have a bootanimation.zip to overwrite. I am stock rom and kernel with root.
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Miui Theming Question

Ok, so I'm trying to add icons to this theme, I don't have a computer, let that be known. So my exact process, all done my phone is:
Open androzip
Rename mtz to zip
Extract zip to folder
Rename icons to icons.zip
Extract icons.zip into folder
Replace icons with proper activity names.
Multiple select and zip icons, not the folder but the individual files.
Rename to icons
Move to parent folder
Edit description.xml
Zip files into themename.zip
Rename zip to mtz
Open file explorer and click new mtz
Screen flashes and I get warning message of "theme does not have the required resources" and closes.
Please, tell me where I'm going wrong?
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Bump?
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You don't HAVE to edit the xml.
To select a theme you have to do it in theme manager not file explorer.

Um, thanks, but I doubt it's my problem, I've tried that.
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Upload your mtz and I'll check it out.
I know sometimes when I'm editing mtzs on my phone I'll zip a folder by accident instead of just the files.
If it's saying no resource something, it's not reading the files. Possibly a folder too much....

http://db.tt/P0m95aPP
Thanks again.
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Alright....yeah you had the icon folder doubled up. icons.zip/icons.zip/
But i fixed it for you and made the preview folder. All you have to do is take off the .zip extension as you could see it's "hfg.mtz.zip" i just threw the.zip to be able to upload it to xda.
Cheers

thanks guy~

Sweet tooth's killer custom's UPDATED 6/30/14

KEYBOARDS
DIALERS
BOOT ANIMATIONS
VIDEO GAME EMULATION
AND MORE!
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KEYBOARDS
KEYBOARDS (NEW)
Note: These keyboards are build off of aosp format and should be compatible with any ROM out there including rooted stock! If you run into any issues feel free to pm me thanks in advanced! THESE ARE APKS!
MANY MANY MORE TO COME!
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
Edit: if you are on a stock rooted ROM that does not have a asop or Google keyboard you should be able to just install the keyboard with out having to do the method below if it is not working g than you will have to do the method below!
First download the HOPSIN-KAT keyboard you want to use! Next you need to download from Google play ROOT BROWSER now open the app go to DATA then APP and delete anything that says com.Google.android.inputmethod or com.android.inputmethod now go to APP/LIB and look for the same files and delete them next go to SYSTEM then APP and delete the same files and then go to SYSTEM then LIB and delete the same files one last time now reboot your phone! And install the HOPSIN-KAT keyboard you want to install and install it! Make sure you set your input method in settings! NOTE: ALSO DOWNLOAD TITANIUM BACKUP AND DELETE ANY EXISTING KEYBOARD THAT IS ON THERE AS WELL!
NOTE: once you have installed one keyboard you will never have to do the above ^^^^ installation process again just download and install!
ALL KEYBOARDS AND SCREEN SHOTS CAN BE FOUND AT THIS DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW THANKS GUYS!
http://www.mediafire.com/?o6ol2du2styqp

Boot animations
CUSTOM BOOT ANIMATION
I will take requests and make personnel boot animations for you just let me know what device you have and what you want pics are always helpful!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step #1
You'll need a proper root browser. JRummy's Root Browser is a good pick, but you can use an alternative, too
Step #2
Once installed, go to the root folder and navigate through system > media. Once there, locate your current bootanimation.zip file.
Step #3
Long-press your current bootanimation.zip file, and click copy, as we'll want to have a backup just in case. Install it wherever convenient for you, we chose the root folder
Step #4
assuming that you already have a bootanimation.zip file that you want to replace your current animation with. Load it onto your phone (we had it in /sdcard/DCIM/), locate it, and again long-press it. Click move...
*Step #5
Once your new bootanimation.zip has been selected for moving, navigate back to system > media and paste it there. You'll have to overwrite your current animation zip, but that's fine since you have a backup in case something goes wrong. Go for it....
6.
For many of you, the previous step will be the last step. But, if for any reason you're still stuck with you old animation, you can try aligning the permissions of your newly-copied bootanimation.zip file with the permissions in the system/media folder. In our case, those were rwxr-xr-x. Just long-press your new bootanimation.zip file and click Permissions and change them until they fit. The logic behind these abbreviations goes like this: Owner - Group - Other. Read for 'r', Write for 'w', and Execute for 'x'. Save the changes and restart...
DOWNLOADS
(All downloads can be found at the link below thanks guys)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ns1ck08d8yjcf

Video game emulation
VIDEO GAME EMULATION
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
EMULATOR-download and install like a normal apk.
GAMES- download and make a folder named whatever you want and can remember move the games into that folder
BIOS- download and place bios in the emulator bios folder with in the apk
(ALL EMULATORS BIOS AND SOME GAMES CAN BE FOUND HERE AT THE DOWNLOAD LINK BELOW THANKS GUYS)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ibe6p7a364wzr
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custom dialers
CUSTOM DIALERS
I WILL NOT BE WORKING ON THESE TILL ANDROID L IS RELEASED
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