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I've decided to go ahead and make a tool mostly for themers to make their life of porting the endless amounts of pictures from rom to rom. Now, this doesn't mean users cant use this as well, but PLEASE make a nandroid before hand. It's in beta so don't expect it to be perfect. I have an auto updater with it as well so ill be updating it that way.
*** i had no idea there was a working theme porter on here untill after i made this. I tried i think 1.3 and it failed so i decided to make my own. I just came across the 1.0 posted last month.
WILL NOT PORT GAPPS IF ITS NOT IN THE STOCK ROM.
Im currently working on a fix for that, if you want gapps, throw them in the stock rom your self and then port it.
Notes:
This has only been tested on Motorola Droid.
Instructions:
1. Make a nandroid. I don't want to hear whining if it doesn't work and you lose everything. I'm also not responsible if this bricks your phone. Even if it does, you have recovery, then you have SBF.
2. Download, DO NOT simply just run if your using IE (Who uses IE anymore...?)
3. Select the theme as "Select Theme".
4. Select the STOCK rom you are running as "Select Stock Rom".
5. Hit port and sit back and watch.
Limitations:
Only supports Update.zip formats, for now. i may support Meta Morphs in the future.
Only moves .pngs to new rom, Meaning if the theme has custom .xmls in it, it WONT port.
Change log:
Code:
Version: 1.0:
Ability to port themes from one rom to another.
Progress bars on extracting / moving (Title of console window)
Output log on screen (Not great, will work on.)
Version 1.1:
Added Auto Updater.
Added some crash fixes.
Version 1.2:
Fixed bug where if theme has no themed /system/app's it would crash.
Version 1.5 (Initial Release):
Fixed Progress bar on extracting / moving to archive.
Implemented Suggestion/bug reporting system.
Some general bug fixes.
Added audio on port completion.
Version 1.5.1.0
Added options form.
-Change colors of output console.
-Save last used .zips (toggle)
-Play sound on port completion (toggle)
-Fade out on exit (toggle)
Download:
TheDeathly said:
Only moves .jpgs to new rom, Meaning if the theme has custom .xmls in it, it WONT port.
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Hmm so it will port the default wallpaper xD
Did you heard about MetaMorph? From your description I think it does exactly the same and more and it's some kind of standard in theming world.
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Did you heard about MetaMorph? From your description I think it does exactly the same and more and it's some kind of standard in theming world.
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I've heard of people having lots of issues with metamorph over a standard update.zip, and at least in the moto droid community we use update.zip's over metamorph's especially since metamorph was buggy with Froyo for the longest time, I do not know if it still is or not.
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Hmm so it will port the default wallpaper xD
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Oops, i meant it'll only port over .pngs. sorry for the typo lol
Hey cool, haven't tried it but does it work for porting eclair/froyo themes to cupcake/donut roms ? and vice-versa ? A lot has changed since the firmwares (including some .9 being changed to .png and vice versa). Checkout the last beta i posted, it had support for that, u cud prolly use most of the schemes.
@Brut, correct this is a lot like metamorph but metamorph is firmware dependant whereas this isnt/shudnt be. For eg, title_bar in pre eclair/froyo roms was a .png and now is a .9 png. Metamorph just inserts images and hence would cause problems. This only brings over files if they match and in some cases like my script renames them to match the firmware's naming convention (eg, pre-eclair/froyo didnt have mdpi,hdpi, just plain drawable). Hope that clears the air.
Also another thing that makes these have the upperhand to metamorph is the capability to take a dump of ur phone, put the dump of a rom u want to try and BAM ur theme is ported to that rom. Whereas with metamorph, id have to go out and look for the individual morphs that helped me accomplish the look/feel of my phone.
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Hey cool, haven't tried it but does it work for porting eclair/froyo themes to cupcake/donut roms ? and vice-versa ? A lot has changed since the firmwares (including some .9 being changed to .png and vice versa). Checkout the last beta i posted, it had support for that, u cud prolly use most of the schemes.
@Brut, correct this is a lot like metamorph but metamorph is firmware dependant whereas this isnt/shudnt be. For eg, title_bar in pre eclair/froyo roms was a .png and now is a .9 png. Metamorph just inserts images and hence would cause problems. This only brings over files if they match and in some cases like my script renames them to match the firmware's naming convention (eg, pre-eclair/froyo didnt have mdpi,hdpi, just plain drawable). Hope that clears the air.
Also another thing that makes these have the upperhand to metamorph is the capability to take a dump of ur phone, put the dump of a rom u want to try and BAM ur theme is ported to that rom. Whereas with metamorph, id have to go out and look for the individual morphs that helped me accomplish the look/feel of my phone.
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Hey, i actually have not had a chance to look at donut/eclair themes. My first Android phone was the moto droid so ive never done anything with a donut rom. i will make sure to take a look into that though. Ill go take a look at your latest beta now and see what i can come up with. thanks
Edit: i just took a look at your script and very nice work i have to say also, i may in the future decide to add support to 1.6 and lower to 2.0 +. it'll port most of it over as is except for the .9 and everything that does get ported over wont be resized properly as it does in yours. This should port eclair to froyo fine. ive actually ported over a mdpi to hdpi just fine with this so im assuming it works fine. in anycase thanks for the heads up.
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@Brut, correct this is a lot like metamorph but metamorph is firmware dependant whereas this isnt/shudnt be. For eg, title_bar in pre eclair/froyo roms was a .png and now is a .9 png. Metamorph just inserts images and hence would cause problems. This only brings over files if they match and in some cases like my script renames them to match the firmware's naming convention (eg, pre-eclair/froyo didnt have mdpi,hdpi, just plain drawable). Hope that clears the air.
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Ahh, ok, thanks for explanation.
But I don't understand, how such tool would work so it'll be flexible and reliable. I mean... it would need to guess what to do. Human could look at files and say: "Ohh, this file was moved here, so I should rename it to xxx.", but what about the computer? How it will know how to port themes to other platforms? Of course you could implement hooks for specific situations as porting between eclair and froyo. But what about custom frameworks from manufacturers? What about changes made by themers? I could add, rename, remove anything I want, so how this tool will know, what I did and how to port my changes to other systems?
Maybe I don't understand something.
Correct its definately not perfect and apks modified more than theming ie smali\xml edit will have to be left out.
Also user must select which firmware theme is and which rom is.
Still its a step up from metamorph imho. In the end the user must recognize a products limitation and react accordingly.
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help please.. i get this error....
Error: Could not find file 'C:\Users\Jason\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EX00.444\port\new\META-INF'.
Whats next
What do I need to do when finished it says my ZIP file is the final folder but it is just a folder not ZIPPED please help this is too cool to not use.
Edubyah said:
What do I need to do when finished it says my ZIP file is the final folder but it is just a folder not ZIPPED please help this is too cool to not use.
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Just go inside of the final folder and zip all the contents with a winzip, and make sure it zips as a zip file and not a zipx. after you're done you can use a program to sign your zip like RegawMOD Zip Signer v1.0.
The supplied zip file is not flashable for some reason - have had to manually add them to a ROM.
Going to test this out tomorrow. Any success stories?
I'm giving this a run, but I'm trying to port an hdpi theme to mdpi... will let you know the results. All in all, this is really nice work!!!
Unfortunately for me, the theme I wanted to port is giving me issues because it's a UI rather than a theme. I was trying to get DarkEdge on my Eris. I did want to say though that every thing worked beautifully and this is really an incredible resource for the android community.
From me to you on Cyanogentazz [insert latest version here] Eris
This works great now that it get that instant update! Thanks for the work!
I don't have any ROM cooking experience, but hopefully someone can work on an ideal ROM for JPK
It would be a rooted and optimized ROM with the following:
- LauncherPro Plus
- Music PlayerPro
- Fancy Widgets
- DroidX Multi-touch keyboard for Froyo (confirm working awesome on my i9000)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764021
- Latest Swype
- APPS2NAND
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756157
Place the following to NAND:
- Default App List from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756157
- LauncherPro Plus
- Music PlayerPro com.tbig.playerpro
- DroixX keyboard (com.android.inputmethod.latin)
- Swype com.swype.android.inputmethod
- Fancy Widget com.fancywidget.android
Feel free to chip in ideas
LauncherPro Plus - u serious? ;d
Would be awesome for this with launcher pro though you can activate the plus afterwards. Also touchwiz should be removed.
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Good luck getting someone to help you, I'm flat out getting an answer to my updater-script problem!
You can try to download a custom rom like the froyo remix and mod it according to your needs.
Open files with winrar, delete or add and try it... also i found a script to create update.zip but cant remind, try to search for it.
edit:
If you want to create a full custom rom you need to use a "kitchen" (can be found at samdroid or modaco).
It could be possible to create rom using tools like nandroid and clockwork recovery (flash, install app/mod without sim or sd, then backup).
If you just want to mod a rom already flashed, you can use an updater script like this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769374 but if you change fils inside you will probably need to edit the "updater-script" and validate the apks using this: http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
It would be good to create some kind of "how to create your own custom rom" whitout using kitchens or harcode, some kind of gui tool where we could put an official rom, and remove/add apk/odex then choose to build the full rom or just the update.zip ...
Good luck
Why would you want APPS2NAND? It is slower than any lagfix available.
Apps2NAND is needed because Oneclicklagfix 2.0 becomes slower than going without any lagfix after a day or so.
The only good solution for JPK roms at the moment is apps2nand. Try putting your keyboard on NAND, you'll be able to type really fast like I am doing right now without any lag *I even have word suggestion on*
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Hi everybody ..
Arabic users always want to use wonderful Roms like CM7 and other Roms but they stop with no Arabic support ..
her the solution
thanks to madmack
http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11
I try it .. and it was perfect i use it with cm7 and iceandfire ..
it was work perfect.. just apply patch to framework.jar .. and use libwebcore.so all will found in zip file there
for those can't open link .. steps of arabic shaping
framework.jar takes care of shaping texts in android on all texts except Gmail and the browser.
Note: Please perform a nandroid backup of your system before attempting to use this patch.
Requirements:
Your device needs to be rooted.
Your Android version is 2.1 or newer
Your ROM needs to be deodexed. To find out if your installed ROM is deodexed, navigate to /system/framework on your phone. If you see a file called framework.odex then this patch will NOT work for you.
Steps to apply the patch:
1. Download the patch below and extract it to a folder on your computer.
2. Pull /system/framework/framework.jar from your phone and place it in the subfolder framework that you extracted in step 1
3. Double click on commands.exe. Do not close the black cmd screens that will pop up. Once the patch is done, you should get a patched framework.jar in the subfolder generated
Verify that the generated framework.jar is bigger than the original framework.jar that you pulled from your device. It should be about 1MB larger.
4. In subfolder generated: Place the generated framework.jar in your phone in /system/framework and reboot
I’ve also included the Aljazeera fonts in fonts. You can place these in /system/fonts and reboot
Sometimes permissions and xml data doesn’t get updated correctly resulting in corrupted data entries. If you receive a bunch of Force Closes after a reboot, you’ll need to Factory Reset.
Note: This will not shape the letters in Gmail and the Browser correctly. If you want this, you’ll need to get the appropriate libwebcore.so for your system. Each Android device and ROM will need a separate one, therefore I’m not including one in this post to avoid confusion.
v. 0.789
http://www.multiupload.com/868WFGNER6
v. 0.785 << this one i use
http://www.multiupload.com/V98TYUHUO1
THANX
Great Job
Thank u very much
now i can use CM7 with it's fantastic features plus full arabic support
except for hardware keyboard
thanx again
regards
would you please write the solution here as the link to blog does not work for me!(by giving credits to madmack)
oops ..
its look like network error .. link temp not work..
when i ll reach home i will upload the files and the method in the post ..
wait few hours ..
Thank you for putting this widely open to the international community.
All the credits to our friend Madmack for the great work.
I've been using this in Arabaizing all the goodies here & hope to find a way for Odex systems..
I hope developer use the patch to support arabic in there great roms here
thanx alot for this post. it is realy helpful.
I have a question, or two ..
is the CM7 a rom for Froyo or Gingerbread??
I am still using the Official Eclair and I am planning to root my phone. if you would list the way to Upgrade the Milestone to CM7 from scratch and then Install Arabic..
3mar84 said:
thanx alot for this post. it is realy helpful.
I have a question, or two ..
is the CM7 a rom for Froyo or Gingerbread??
I am still using the Official Eclair and I am planning to root my phone. if you would list the way to Upgrade the Milestone to CM7 from scratch and then Install Arabic..
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CM7 is GB AOSP with Moto Froyo kernel.
IF you want to upgrade to CM7 procedure would be as follows.
Flash GOT 2.2.1 sbf
Apply CM7
Apply your Arabic patch.
thnx alot sileshn ,,
do u recommend the CM7? or an earlier Rom? the CM6?
Can't we just copy-paste your Framework.jar file using root explorer, like with libwebcore.so?
Thank u very much
Why:
i really like the custom apps etc that needed to be in the /system/app/ folder but i really often change my ROM so i needed to do it everytime again so that's why i created this zip.
What is this?:
it will first backup the apps that are going to be replaced/deleted into the folder .backupappstim on the SD card then it will copy the apps, mods etc. to the right folder... That's it! (see the ChangeLog for the apps, mods and witch apps are going to be deleted/backed up)
v0.1:
Add Miui Camera (with muted shutter/focus sounds)
Add Miui Music
Add Miui file manager
Add Miui Gallery
Add Beats audio mod
Add Bravia engine mod
Delete ArcCamera.apk (Backed-up)
v0.2
Add ported ICS keyboard (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS52bGx3cC5pbnB1dG1ldGhvZC5sYXRpbiJd)
Add Roboto font (original font backed up)
Delete Camera.apk (Backed-up)
Add Titanium Backup 4.8.4
Next release:
2 Separate flashable zips; one with backup and one without (cuz on some ROMs the backup feature not work )
Tested and Working for:
All Zeus
Marvel
SAPPHIRE
I think it will work on all roms, but please share if its working for your current rom.
Downloads:
Timvdhoorn's usefull flashable ZIP v0.1
Timvdhoorn's usefull flashable ZIP v0.2
*This is just a flashable zip usefull for me so it may not usefull for you so please, don't cry to me!
*You could request if i wanna add apps/mods, and maybe i will add them
timvdhoorn said:
Why:
i really like the custom apps etc that needed to be in the /system/app/ folder but i really often change my ROM so i needed to do it everytime again so that's why i created this zip.
What is this?:
it will first backup the apps that are going to be replaced/deleted into the folder .backupappstim on the SD card then it will copy the apps, mods etc. to the right folder... That's it! (see the ChangeLog for the apps, mods and witch apps are going to be deleted/backed up)
v0.1:
Add Miui Camera (with muted shutter/focus sounds)
Add Miui Music
Add Miui file manager
Add Miui Gallery
Add Beats audio mod
Add Bravia engine mod
Delete ArcCamera.apk (Backed-up)
Tested and Working for:
All Zeus
I think it will work on all roms, but please share if its working for your current rom.
Downloads:
Timvdhoorn's usefull flashable ZIP v0.1
*This is just a flashable zip usefull for me so it may not usefull for you so please, don't cry to me!
*You could request if i wanna add apps/mods, and maybe i will add them
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naiceeee...thanks
Useful indeed...
Tried on cm7 n#73. Installation aborted in cwm. Though can manually push via adb command anything.
officialreloaded said:
Tried on cm7 n#73. Installation aborted in cwm. Though can manually push via adb command anything.
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Gt no problems flashing here...
Maybe u can split every app in separate zip?
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Maybe u can split every app in separate zip?
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No...cuz thats the same as copying them everytime to system folder
Ok with Marvel v4!
Hi, thanks for the pack, but Beats audio mod is not a "must have" for me...
Thanks
Good Job dude. Especially MIUI camera a good replacemnt for the stock cam
Works with SAPPHIRE V2
Tanks man.
thank you for this useful zip!
Really useful!
Thks for the zip, installed in Zeuz 5.02
im try v0.2 and miui camera is not responding..
im using zeus v5.3
i tried a few times installing 0.2 but always the same: FC until reboots from ICS Keyboard and i cant install third party things because it reboots.
On ZEUS, MARVEL i can install apks and FC still same...
Who put on zeus 6.11
Very useful indeed
just flashed your first one
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one question, what does the bravia engine actually do? :$
I have modified the Htc_ime.apk from RunElite Sense 4.1 V1.5Beta ROM. For those who want arrow keyboard. May work on other Sense 4.1 ROMs/devices I am not sure of.
Instructions:- Copy to \system\app folder using Root explorer and tick all permissions. Reboot and enjoy.
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