Changing app icons in sense? - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Sorry if this has been asked but I did search before asking. Is there any way of changing the icons (the pictures representing apps) in sense? I know it can be done with different launchers but I'm curious about the stock launcher?

dsmaori said:
Sorry if this has been asked but I did search before asking. Is there any way of changing the icons (the pictures representing apps) in sense? I know it can be done with different launchers but I'm curious about the stock launcher?
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Im sure there are plenty of apps that do this but one that I used was folder organizer. You can upload pictures and use them as icons in the app, than select those shortcuts on your screen.

dsmaori said:
Sorry if this has been asked but I did search before asking. Is there any way of changing the icons (the pictures representing apps) in sense? I know it can be done with different launchers but I'm curious about the stock launcher?
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Install xposed installer then download icon themer
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Successfully Flashed Honeycomb theme on FF 2.2

I know some people were requesting for the I9000 Honeycomb theme(s) to be ported over to Captivate. For those of you who were doing so, try flashing this theme with CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958788. I am currently running FireFly 2.2, and haven't had any issues. The developer however did recommend deleting bootanimation.zip as it would sometimes cause a loop. I did so, then replaced it with a custom bootanimation. The screenshots in the original thread show LauncherPro being used. I however prefer ADW launcher, and it works flawlessly with the theme/ROM. Obviously its not exactly like the real Honeycomb, but it looks and feels awesome. Flash at your own risk. Take a look below.
EDIT: screenshots didnt work. see attached below...
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do u think it would work with cognition too? theyre based off the same rom rt?
I also flashed it to FF2.2. No issues. Looks nice!
kuherrm said:
do u think it would work with cognition too? theyre based off the same rom rt?
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I honestly could not tell you...I dont know much about the differences. I just flashed to stock, flashed FF, then flashed the theme on top. Had my fingers crossed the whole time....
Hopefully someone else here can indulge.
Found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11511162&postcount=18
Guess not. But I do remember seeing somewhere on these forums a Honeycomb theme based off of Rogers 2.2. If I find it I give you the link...
jlsesler said:
I also flashed it to FF2.2. No issues. Looks nice!
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Yes you can as long as it is Cognition 3 you are talking about (any version of 3 so 3.1, 3.2, etc.). NANDROID before though in case it doesn't
What Calendar widget is that?
Good to hear its working. I will give this a shot. I was trying to cobble one together but its lacking polish since Im just replacing images and swapping XML files...lol.
I tried the other day but I think there had been too many theme flashes and something went wrong, so I had to go back to fresh sweet FF2.2
I like those oversized app icons, source? These are for ADW?
eep2378 said:
I like those oversized app icons, source? These are for ADW?
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The icons are available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828832
Just load to SD card, and set each icon as a 1x1 widget using Desktop Visualizer. Yes, I am using ADW but you can do this with practically any launcher. I have it set for 5 rows on my homescreen
MikeyMike01 said:
What Calendar widget is that?
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The Calendar is Jorte Calendar, available on the Market. Just do a search for "Jorte" The widget I am using is the Black set with 50% transparency
sandrich said:
The icons are available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828832
Just load to SD card, and set each icon as a 1x1 widget using Desktop Visualizer. Yes, I am using ADW but you can do this with practically any launcher. I have it set for 5 rows on my homescreen
The Calendar is Jorte Calendar, available on the Market. Just do a search for "Jorte" The widget I am using is the Black set with 50% transparency
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Thanks alot.
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Are you using a dock at all? What about accessing the app drawer?
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Also what app drawer icon is that (little android guy)?
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I have the ADW settings to be a 1 icon dock with no dock background (find this under dock/advanced in settings. Just a personal preference). The drawer icon is an icon in the ADW "Eyefold" theme available on the market. Hope this helps.
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I flashed it n only have two problems, force close on contacta and drm protection service, ne ideas on how to fix?
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I dont get any force closes. What are using for DRM protection. Are you trying to play protected music? Or is it an app that removes DRM protection on protected music (like a Zune subscription)
sandrich said:
I dont get any force closes. What are using for DRM protection. Are you trying to play protected music? Or is it an app that removes DRM protection on protected music (like a Zune subscription)
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its all good, i just flashed the newest cognition so im using that for now
sorry, im mistaken. the android dock icon is not from Eyefold theme, but from "AndroidPhone7"
What widget are you using to display the day of the week?

How to change app icons in CM9?

Really like the Suave HD Icons that I was using on MIUI but now that I am using CM9 I am wondering how difficult this is.
I looked a the numerous theme tutorials and it seems to get really in depth and complicated. I don't want to theme everything... I just want the icons.
Here is the link to the SuaveHD thread. Maybe someone could be kind to either explain how it's done? If it's too complicated? Or maybe just make it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330577
Thanks!
alaindesjardins said:
Really like the Suave HD Icons that I was using on MIUI but now that I am using CM9 I am wondering how difficult this is.
I looked a the numerous theme tutorials and it seems to get really in depth and complicated. I don't want to theme everything... I just want the icons.
Here is the link to the SuaveHD thread. Maybe someone could be kind to either explain how it's done? If it's too complicated? Or maybe just make it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330577
Thanks!
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Download a pack for your launcher and use it. Else, hold the icon on home screen and click on edit, manually select the icon.
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If you are using apex launcher...
tap and hold the desired icon...
touch edit..
tap the icon and touch select picture.
now you can select and icon from gallery.
I'm using Teamhacksung's CM9 build 14 and I think it uses the trebuchet launcher? Sorry, I'm still new to CM9 since I came from MIUI.
I'll have to look into that launcher. Is there performance degredation from using different launchers? I don't quite understand that part yet... all I know is that I installed the MIHome launcher and it really wasn't that great since it was mix-matching a lot of stuff.
alaindesjardins said:
I'm using Teamhacksung's CM9 build 14 and I think it uses the trebuchet launcher? Sorry, I'm still new to CM9 since I came from MIUI.
I'll have to look into that launcher. Is there performance degredation from using different launchers? I don't quite understand that part yet... all I know is that I installed the MIHome launcher and it really wasn't that great since it was mix-matching a lot of stuff.
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Just download apex or nova launcher. Whichever suits you. Download an icon pack for it and then in settings of the launcher, select the icon pack under theme menu.
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Customizing Dock Icons

Is it possible? I really like the stock Messaging app, but for ease of Emoji etc, I like to use Go SMS. Unfortunately it comes with a hideous stock icon, and trying to change it while keeping it in the dock is proving to be quite difficult.
Any ideas without running a third party launcher? I'm trying to keep the phone as light as possible.
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nick_sixx said:
Is it possible? I really like the stock Messaging app, but for ease of Emoji etc, I like to use Go SMS. Unfortunately it comes with a hideous stock icon, and trying to change it while keeping it in the dock is proving to be quite difficult.
Any ideas without running a third party launcher? I'm trying to keep the phone as light as possible.
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Surprised this hasn't been answered yet. Anyway, it's fairly simple. You can only change your docked apps when you have the app drawer open. Simply open the app drawer first, then move the current app in the dock and drop it into the drawer. You can then move any other app from the drawer into its place. Hope that helps.
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Surprised this hasn't been answered yet. Anyway, it's fairly simple. You can only change your docked apps when you have the app drawer open. Simply open the app drawer first, then move the current app in the dock and drop it into the drawer. You can then move any other app from the drawer into its place. Hope that helps.
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Sorry, but this doesn't really help me as I can't change the icon for Go SMS when it is in the dock. Using an icon switching app seems to only let me create a Go SMS shortcut with stock Messaging icon on a homescreen, not in the dock or app drawer, which is what I need
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nick_sixx said:
Sorry, but this doesn't really help me as I can't change the icon for Go SMS when it is in the dock. Using an icon switching app seems to only let me create a Go SMS shortcut with stock Messaging icon on a homescreen, not in the dock or app drawer, which is what I need
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If you have root download desktop visualizer from the play store very easy to use
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To put it simply:
I want Go SMS in the bottom dock, but with a different icon.
How?
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Download desktop visualizer open app pick the icon image you want then pick what app you want it to open click ok it will create the shortcut you want on the homescreen drag to dock done
here is the icon
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jerrycoffman45 said:
Download desktop visualizer open app pick the icon image you want then pick what app you want it to open click ok it will create the shortcut you want on the homescreen drag to dock done
here is the icon
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You can't drag icons to the dock on the One...
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nick_sixx said:
You can't drag icons to the dock on the One...
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oops i get mine tomorrow and just reread what you posted sorry have been up 20hrs i know that is no excuse but i do apologize i must have sounded like a ass
jerrycoffman45 said:
oops i get mine tomorrow and just reread what you posted sorry have been up 20hrs i know that is no excuse but i do apologize i must have sounded like a ass
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No problem!
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***nevermind*** you already stated above that you can't drag icons to the dock on the One.

Where are icons located?

Does anyone know the directory/folder where the "app drawer" icon is located? I plan to modify/change the icon to match the rest of my icons and theme. I dont want to use a launcher I just would like to locate the file so that if possible, I can change it manually.
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TOdblD said:
Does anyone know the directory/folder where the "app drawer" icon is located? I plan to modify/change the icon to match the rest of my icons and theme. I dont want to use a launcher I just would like to locate the file so that if possible, I can change it manually.
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Oh, bro, if you can figure that out, you have to let me know! I've been searching up and down for a way to change that bastard. I haven't found it either. It's like LG buried it in the deepest, darkest file it could find just to mess with us...
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Yeah, I know, it seems like they really didn't want that app drawer icon messed with. But now that I think about it , I may be completely wrong. It may not even be an icon at all but maybe something more like a widget.
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TOdblD said:
Yeah, I know, it seems like they really didn't want that app drawer icon messed with. But now that I think about it , I may be completely wrong. It may not even be an icon at all but maybe something more like a widget.
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That's an interesting thought right there. Didn't consider that. If that's the case would it be changeable?
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njstein said:
That's an interesting thought right there. Didn't consider that. If that's the case would it be changeable?
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As far as im concerned everything is "changable" on the phone, its just a matter of how far your willing to go to change it. One way or another I will get all my icons to match, including the app drawer icon, and i'll be sure to post how i did it here.
TOdblD said:
As far as im concerned everything is "changable" on the phone, its just a matter of how far your willing to go to change it. One way or another I will get all my icons to match, including the app drawer icon, and i'll be sure to post how i did it here.
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Have you tried this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad I think it may work for icons one by one, I think I've read about people using it for the app drawer icon. For applying icon packs system wide, the Xposed module Unicon is great for that. Especially the beta version, it has the ability to use icons from multiple packs using the custom icon assignment feature. Theming the app drawer icon is also a plan for the future, just currently not available.
JRJ442 said:
Have you tried this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad I think it may work for icons one by one, I think I've read about people using it for the app drawer icon. For applying icon packs system wide, the Xposed module Unicon is great for that. Especially the beta version, it has the ability to use icons from multiple packs using the custom icon assignment feature. Theming the app drawer icon is also a plan for the future, just currently not available.
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I use Unicon and it does theme the icons, works great actually.
I haven't tried the posted app though.
I'll look for the beta version of Unicon, could see the fun in changing icons using different packs.
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TOdblD said:
As far as im concerned everything is "changable" on the phone, its just a matter of how far your willing to go to change it. One way or another I will get all my icons to match, including the app drawer icon, and i'll be sure to post how i did it here.
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Dig the attitude, bro! Let me know what you find. I feel like I've gone through every folder on this phone to no avail!
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@njstein Here's a link to the community. http://goo.gl/RA3LkC Make sure to uninstall the current version before using the beta. New package name. Eventually the current Unicon app is going to just become a pro key.
JRJ442 said:
@njstein Here's a link to the community. http://goo.gl/RA3LkC Make sure to uninstall the current version before using the beta. New package name. Eventually the current Unicon app is going to just become a pro key.
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@JRJ442, thank you bro for saving me some searching time!
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JRJ442 said:
Have you tried this app? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad I think it may work for icons one by one, I think I've read about people using it for the app drawer icon. For applying icon packs system wide, the Xposed module Unicon is great for that. Especially the beta version, it has the ability to use icons from multiple packs using the custom icon assignment feature. Theming the app drawer icon is also a plan for the future, just currently not available.
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Thanks for the info, I like the app. I just flashed a new ROM so I'll be making use of it here soon. And theming the app drawer icon would be a great addition to the xposed module. Right now to get the look I want (all icons being same shape and size) I have to switch between themes that use either a round appdrawer icon or a square one. And then have to have all round icons or all square icons otherwise the appdrawer icon sticks out like a sore thumb. But the app you referred helps to find matching icons, thank you. I'll check out the xposed module too, probably tomorrow.
njstein said:
I use Unicon and it does theme the icons, works great actually.
I haven't tried the posted app though.
I'll look for the beta version of Unicon, could see the fun in changing icons using different packs.
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Dig the attitude, bro! Let me know what you find. I feel like I've gone through every folder on this phone to no avail!
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I'm thinking now that the app drawer icon is actually part of the theme more so then an actual icon. Could be wrong but would explain why there is no actual icon anywhere.
TOdblD said:
I'm thinking now that the app drawer icon is actually part of the theme more so then an actual icon. Could be wrong but would explain why there is no actual icon anywhere.
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I'd think the themes for the LG launcher work similar to Nova launcher themes. Skinning images in the LG launchers res folder. If you browse through the LG launcher apk you should see a res folder, with other folders inside. Somewhere there would be a app drawer icon. Usually to replace that, you have to use something like apk tool to decompile the launcher apk, change the launcher icon to whatever you want and recompile and install the apk, or go through the same method with a launcher theme. Decompiling it and so on. Which might be a little easier. I've never browsed through the LG launcher, but that's how it works on other launchers usually. The icon changer app would be a far easier approach if it actually works. But I'm not 100% sure it will since I haven't actually tried it.
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I'd think the themes for the LG launcher work similar to Nova launcher themes. Skinning images in the LG launchers res folder. If you browse through the LG launcher apk you should see a res folder, with other folders inside. Somewhere there would be a app drawer icon. Usually to replace that, you have to use something like apk tool to decompile the launcher apk, change the launcher icon to whatever you want and recompile and install the apk, or go through the same method with a launcher theme. Decompiling it and so on. Which might be a little easier. I've never browsed through the LG launcher, but that's how it works on other launchers usually. The icon changer app would be a far easier approach if it actually works. But I'm not 100% sure it will since I haven't actually tried it.
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That information is very much appreciated. That is exactly the info I've been looking for. I just came over to android from iOS so I'm still getting familiar with everything. I run Linux on my PC though so I'm picking it up quick. Anyways thanks again for the info.
Icons are not stored in the system. They are pulled from the apk files and then listed in the app drawer. This is all done via the XML and java files in the system.apk and then the application.apk. There isnt a way to just swap out a icon unless you use a modding app or you decompile the apk and rebuild with a new icon. If you want a perm way of change the icon, you can pull the apk from your phone and then open it with 7zip, and then just replace the icons in the /res.drawable-* folder. Other then that you need a modding app
The app drawer icon was the only icon I was having trouble figuring out how to customize. I really appreciate the information you provided already but do you happen to have information pertaining to the app drawer icon itself?
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Moving App Drawer to middle

Is there any way to move app drawer from right to middle !
i don't want to install 3rd party app like nova, i found way to change icons now i want to move app drawer
PS i have rooted Note 5 SM-N9208
ramzy_92 said:
Is there any way to move app drawer from right to middle !
i don't want to install 3rd party app like nova, i found way to change icons now i want to move app drawer
PS i have rooted Note 5 SM-N9208
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Hey dude, I would like to know how can you change icon pack on the stock Launcher. Sadly I don't have an answer to your question.
DeadPixel98 said:
Hey dude, I would like to know how can you change icon pack on the stock Launcher. Sadly I don't have an answer to your question.
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Hello, u should be rooted to change stock TW launcher by using app called galaxy icon themer it changes default icons from system .
i know the answer for my question but im not programer to change launcher coding so i need help from s1 know how to code to do it
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ramzy_92 said:
Is there any way to move app drawer from right to middle !
i don't want to install 3rd party app like nova, i found way to change icons now i want to move app drawer
PS i have rooted Note 5 SM-N9208
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You're rooted but don't want to install a launcher. Why not, may I ask?
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You're rooted but don't want to install a launcher. Why not, may I ask?
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sure, i like the way how samsung makes the folders and how big icons are
i've tried many launcher but not the same experience
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