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Wallpapers

How can I package images together into a wallpaper package and have them showup in the wallpaper gallery?
I know you just set any image as a wallpaper, but if they were in the wallapaper gallary it would be much easier.

jz9833 said:
How can I package images together into a wallpaper package and have them showup in the wallpaper gallery?
I know you just set any image as a wallpaper, but if they were in the wallapaper gallary it would be much easier.
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Can't do it without rooting.

uansari1 said:
Can't do it without rooting.
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im rooted, so that isnt an issue.

Then all you have to do is copy the launcher.apk to your computer, open it in 7zip, find the folder where the wallpapers are and drag & drop the wallpapers you want into that folder within 7zip. Don't unzip the file... just drag and drop.
Then, just copy the file back into the appropriate system folder on your phone and you're done.

Music Player colors

Ok, so this hasn't really been a problem for me before since I couldn't use the samsung music player at all since it wouldn't sort by artist. However, now that I'm using JM6, it is letting me sort by artist. I really like the widget on the lock screen and on the pull down notification bar, so I'd like to use music player of Mixzing.
The problem is, on both of the widgets the background is an ugly purple color. Why would they do this? Ew. Is there any way to change the background color of these widgets? If I could do that, I would be as close to 100% happy with this phone that I've ever been.
Edit: Nevermind. I got it.

Care to share what you did? I didn't see anything in the settings. My ultimate goal would be to have the widget with a transparent background.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

keredini said:
Care to share what you did? I didn't see anything in the settings. My ultimate goal would be to have the widget with a transparent background.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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You could do that. The files you need to change are located in the twframework and framework apk's. They are in system/framework, but I just used the twframework file from here. I don't remember the names of the files I changed (sorry). I just searched for music or background or bg in the drawable-hdpi folder of the apk's and when I found the ones I wanted to change, (really the only purple ones) I changed the color to something else. To make it transparent just replace the file (keep the same name) with a transparent .png file.
The twframework file can just be edited and then copied back over the original, but the framework apk caused a lot of force closes on me when I tried that. So I just edited the files inside the circle clock.zip file and then ran the .zip file and it applied the changes for me without any problems.
I also changed the ugly pink icon to something that looks like a real cd in the background with an orange music note on top. Looks a billion times better.
I apologize that I can't be more technical with you, if you have any questions about anything shoot me a pm or post it up here.

dontshakepandas said:
You could do that. The files you need to change are located in the twframework and framework apk's. They are in system/framework, but I just used the twframework file from here. I don't remember the names of the files I changed (sorry). I just searched for music or background or bg in the drawable-hdpi folder of the apk's and when I found the ones I wanted to change, (really the only purple ones) I changed the color to something else. To make it transparent just replace the file (keep the same name) with a transparent .png file.
The twframework file can just be edited and then copied back over the original, but the framework apk caused a lot of force closes on me when I tried that. So I just edited the files inside the circle clock.zip file and then ran the .zip file and it applied the changes for me without any problems.
I also changed the ugly pink icon to something that looks like a real cd in the background with an orange music note on top. Looks a billion times better.
I apologize that I can't be more technical with you, if you have any questions about anything shoot me a pm or post it up here.
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Strange, I couldn't get this to work...here are the steps i took:
Used adb push to get the twframework-res.apk file to my PC.
Used APK Manager to unzip the APK.
Modified the purple background file (quick_panel_music_bg.9.png) to be transparent.
Used APK Manager to zip the APK using the new PNG file. (I only Zipped the APK, I did not sign it since it was a system APK and did not Zipalign it)
Dropped the APK on the root of my sdcard.
Used Busybox to copy it over the existing APK.
Rebooted.
Any ideas why this wouldn't work? I tried twice, both times the background is still purple.

Hmmm, I went back and looked at the framework-res.apk and noticed i missed a file in there with purple background, so i edited that PNG file, then used APK Manager to zip and then ADB to copy over the original.
Now my phone will boot only to the Galaxy S boot screen, then just goes black. Looks like I will need to adb the backup files back onto the phone. Can you explain how you did this using an update.zip file. That seems like maybe an easier route.

when changing the twframework file I used 7zip to open the archive without ever unzipping the file. I dragged the already edited png files into the correct directory to replace the purple ones.
For the update.zip I downloaded the .zip file for thecircle battery mod. I then put the updated png files that I wanted to replace using 7 zip again. I ran the update.zip file and everything worked.
If you are able to use metamorph (using older su version) you can download the simplistic theme, replace the res files with the ones from the stock apks then apply them in metamorph.

htc stock apk's

Does any one have stock htc apk's like lock screen, rosie, splash screen, ect... ? can some one pull these files from completely stock rom... also pandora transparent ect.... thank's

Download one of the de-bloated roms and open the zip file. The apks will be under the /system/app folder.

[Q] Problem while icon changing

i´m trying to change the settings.apk icon.....
so
1) i rename the apk to .zip
2) open the archive
3) replace the original with another .png
4) save the new archive
now comes the strange part,
after saving my archive, i only got half the size of the original archive but it contains exactly the same files (4,4 mb <--> 2 mb)
i did the same way when i changed all folder icons in the arc launcher and it worked without any trouble
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and is there a way to have two icons for the same app?
for example:
settings in app drawer ---> white icon
settings in widget menu ---> black icon
or does android automatically use the same icons for both?

still didn´t solve this problem ;(
tried via root manager and using 7zip under windows....filesize stayed the same but didn´t work.
and when i changed the icon, i couldn´t open the widget menu or go to options --> settings
oh boy....

try this :
1.) do all your customizing with this apk ...
2.) copy AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from original settings.apk to your new settings.apk
3.) put in update.zip to flash in CWM, or push to system/app manually, check if permissions are ok (rw-r-r)
this worked for me theming framework-res.apk from FR18b2 ...
without copying AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from old to new file, i always had bootloop ...

if it´s still not working, you can try and
1.) decompile with apkmanager or apktool
2.) do your customizing
3.) compile apk
4.) copy AndroidManifest.xml & META-INF (folder) from original settings.apk to your new settings.apk
5.) flash

tried your first hint but it didn´t work......
so, when i try to open the widgets i get this message:
sony ericsson home (process com.sonyericsson.home) gets force closed
maybe it has something to do with that?
i deleted lglauncher.apk and launcher2.apk and replaced it with a modified arc launcher as main launcher
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im thankful for your advises but i have ZERO knowledge and experience in stuff like adb, apktool, scripts and stuff...
i can handle illustrator or photoshop
if it´s not working, i think i have to let my idea go.....

please help

Please connoisseurs who can remove the screen from dimming blinds? I will be very grateful. sorry for my english

Goretss said:
Please connoisseurs who can remove the screen from dimming blinds? I will be very grateful. sorry for my english
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To get rid of the Brightness slider do the following:
- Decompile SystemUI.apk
- SystemUI > res > values folder
- Open bools.xml (with Notepad++)
- Search for:
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<bool name="config_useBrightController">true</bool>
- Set the value from "true" to "false"
- Recompile your SystemUI.apk
PS: Is your ROM/firmware deodexed? Because the size of your attached SystemUI.apk is only 1.97 MB... Usually it should be around 2.3 MB or above... If you have "SystemUI.odex" in your System > app folder then you need to Deodex your ROM/firmware first, then do all the modifications on your desired apk file..

Sami Kabir said:
To get rid of the Brightness slider do the following:
- Decompile SystemUI.apk
- SystemUI > res > values folder
- Open bools.xml (with Notepad++)
- Search for:
PHP:
<bool name="config_useBrightController">true</bool>
- Set the value from "true" to "false"
- Recompile your SystemUI.apk
PS: Is your ROM/firmware deodexed? Because the size of your attached SystemUI.apk is only 1.97 MB... Usually it should be around 2.3 MB or above... If you have "SystemUI.odex" in your System > app folder then you need to Deodex your ROM/firmware first, then do all the modifications on your desired apk file..
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No, I odexed. SystemUI.apk works for me now odexed. will remove the brightness adjustment on odexed? you can remake it? at the moment my computer is not working properly, he can not do.

Goretss said:
No, I odexed. SystemUI.apk works for me now odexed. will remove the brightness adjustment on odexed? you can remake it? at the moment my computer is not working properly, he can not do.
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Its always better to Deodex System apps and Framework - in order to avoid errors, etc.
I can do it for you but I will need your entire SystemUI.apk - so send me your SystemUI.odex also then

Sami Kabir said:
Its always better to Deodex System apps and Framework - in order to avoid errors, etc.
I can do it for you but I will need your entire SystemUI.apk - so send me your SystemUI.odex also then
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I'm the SystemUI.apk replaced without touching SystemUI.odex. in principle, does not have any errors. you need the original SystemUI.apk?

Hey.. While decompiling your SystemUI.apk I got some errors (I've attached the picture of it below).. Anyways I've removed the Brightness controller but the size of your SystemUI.apk after doing the modification has decreased
I have no idea why this happened but I've still attached your new modified SystemUI.apk
It MAY or MAY NOT work.. so backup your System partition (just to be safe) and Replace your current SystemUI.apk with my modified one.. Then delete SystemUI.odex and then Reboot your phone... Keep your fingers crossed and hope that it works

Sami Kabir said:
Hey.. While decompiling your SystemUI.apk I got some errors (I've attached the picture of it below).. Anyways I've removed the Brightness controller but the size of your SystemUI.apk after doing the modification has decreased
I have no idea why this happened but I've still attached your new modified SystemUI.apk
It MAY or MAY NOT work.. so backup your System partition (just to be safe) and Replace your current SystemUI.apk with my modified one.. Then delete SystemUI.odex and then Reboot your phone... Kepp your fingers crossed and hope that it works
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thanks. everything works, until no errors