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Editing TouchWiz30Launcher.apk

I need a help. Please look at this topic
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822523&highlight=touchwiz
This man and many others people on XDA-forum editing TouchWiz app. Original homescreen by Samsung. They are changing icons, adding backgrounds etc etc. Please could anyone help me or anyone know how to do that? This app - TouchWiz30Launcher.apk - is in system/apps. How or in which program I could edit for example icons or add new dock to bottom? Anybody know?

Please for all. Could anyone help me with this?

ok first you have to be on jpy firmware then you have to take the twlauncher30.apk from the thread you referenced and you need to be rooted an use root explorer to install to your phone by backing up the existing .apk and .odex (rename see instructions in other thread) and then overwritting it with the one from that thread.
the one from that thread is de-odexed so you can edit the .png (icons) using microsoft photo editor or something else and then replace the .png directly in the .apk file with 7zip.. then you can put modified .apk on phone in sameway..
here is my modified version with a modified "bender" launcher icon
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Ok i learned this now but where I can change norification bar? In which app? Also in TouchWiz30Launcher.apk?

notification bar is in framwork-res.apk in system/framework..
same method using 7zip to change icons and then put back on phone with root explorer.. after putting back on phone stuff will start crashing and you should reboot.. (may need to pull battery).. make sure you have backups of originals.
notification pulldowns (not the bar) are much more comlicated and you have to change .jar files in the system as well.

Many thanks =) Changing icons in notification bar looks quite hard Is there any easier method?

what i did is find some other rom or custom rom you like and get the framwork-res.apk from that (you know you can just unzip the .apk and then use windows explorer to browser the directories to see all icons at once)
then you can open your framework-res with 7zip and the one with icons you like in another instance of 7zip and then just cut and past the icons (they need to be the same name... as some have additional icons and that entails decompiling and changing .xml files and recompiling and resigning.. much more complicated)... anyway just cut and paste directly from one 7zip into the other (your modifed framework-res from your curent firmware on your phone) then put it back on your phone.

Themeing Question?

Anyone know or want to help me theme the boxed in part?
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Thanks!

is it just a .png file?
If so give me the dimensions and I can try and do something up....you just want the 3 small lines colored?

Mortem Tuam said:
is it just a .png file?
If so give me the dimensions and I can try and do something up....you just want the 3 small lines colored?
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I just want the three lines colored... I can't find it at all

systemUI.apk --> status_bar_close_on.9.png

well when you find it...get me the dimensions or better yet...the actual .png file

watsa said:
systemUI.apk --> status_bar_close_on.9.png
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Yeah but maybe I am missing something but that is only a segment of the whole bar right? Or do you just chance that?

For the most part got it but.... Anyone, help please?
I just recolored it and pushed it via ADB.
Why did this happen?

iRide113 said:
For the most part got it but.... Anyone, help please?
I just recolored it and pushed it via ADB.
Why did this happen?
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Its a .9 image so it needs to be decompiled first... edited then recompiled.

shoman94 said:
Its a .9 image so it needs to be decompiled first... edited then recompiled.
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I get errors when trying to decompile it...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21172955/Error.txt
It is a UOT Kitchen file...

iRide113 said:
I get errors when trying to decompile it...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21172955/Error.txt
It is a UOT Kitchen file...
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Not sure what you mean. You decompile the whole apk with that in it. Then you edit it without messing up the .9 image. Then recompile it.
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shoman94 said:
Not sure what you mean. You decompile the whole apk with that in it. Then you edit it without messing up the .9 image. Then recompile it.
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When I use Apk Manager and go to Decompile with dependencies, I select SystemUI.apk first, then I drag and drop Framework-res.apk into the Cmd, but I get error "Sorry that's not the dependee apk, try again."
EDIT: I figured it out... Had to change some settings inside Apk Manager... Thanks a lot

[Q] How Can i Install Statusbar Icons from other Themes ?

Hello Guys,
I Have the Revolution HD + HTC Sens 3 Rom and i Like the Standard Theme but i want to Include the Green Statusbar Icons from this Theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884888
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Anyone Knows how i can "steal" the Icons and how i can install them simply ?
Thanks

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eshok said:
Hello Guys,
I Have the Revolution HD + HTC Sens 3 Rom and i Like the Standard Theme but i want to Include the Green Statusbar Icons from this Theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884888
Anyone Knows how i can "steal" the Icons and how i can install them simply ?
Thanks
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open frameworkres.apk and systemui.apk with 7zip and copy drawable hpdi from the one you want to take from. then open the current one from your rom and put them in making sure that the .png files are named the same. ex status bar icons and not/qs are in systemui and battery is in framworkres

thank you, i will try and take a statement

When i Copy the System.apk from SD Card to /system/app it says Replace Failed. how can i replace it ?

eshok said:
When i Copy the System.apk from SD Card to /system/app it says Replace Failed. how can i replace it ?
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Put it in a fladhable zip file and flash it or set permissions right. Then copy to system/app.
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rayford85 said:
Put it in a fladhable zip file and flash it or set permissions right. Then copy to system/app.
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How to put it in a flashable zip ?
Can you explain more detail
Thanks

lebonghoatan said:
How to put it in a flashable zip ?
Can you explain more detail
Thanks
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take a zip from a rom down load or a theme you downloaded and delete all the files out, leave the meta-inf alone dont touch it now place your file in the right folder.. for systemui.apk place it in system/app folder and flash it it recovery.

Better use this empty update zip made by he_stheone64, it's easier: http://www.multiupload.com/THCTLMRDBU
Btw, copying the whole drawable-hdpi also changes other stuff, better extract the SystemUI.apk from the theme, find the right icons and drag and drop them into the original SystemUI.apk (don't extract this one) from your rom. Then put it in the update zip and flash it.
Remember to do a backup first.

Activate CRT Animation

I wanna share about Activate CRT Animation on this forum
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Your HH has been rooted.
Go to system, there's build.prop
Tap and hold on the file. Then, Open in Text Editor.
*Don't forget to mount r/w system on right side.
Find :
debug.sf.hw=1
Give # into it
So, it can be like this :
#debug.sf.hw=1
Up next,
U need to decompile framework-res.apk with APKTOOL that u can download here
*Don't forget to backup your data, if there something that u don't want it happens
After u downloaded it, go extract it into a directory that u wanna, and name it APKTOOL.
Then, u use command prompt.bat file on the folder.
Type these commands :
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool d framework-res.apk
After u decompiled it, u find bools.xml on folder res/value, u search line :
<bool name="config_animateScreenLights">true</bool>
Change true to false
<bool name="config_animateScreenLights">false</bool>
After u edited the data, u go back to operate command prompt.bat
Then, type :
apktool b framework-res
Have a look folder build.
U'll find file resources.arsc and other folders (Go to folder res, find file u edited).
Drag it into framework-res.apk
May this help ya!
CMIIW ^_^

Would this work on the incredible? Kind of a noob..sorry.

jksigmon said:
Would this work on the incredible? Kind of a noob..sorry.
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I think it is.
Cause it's a base of activating

I tried to compile but, there isn't values folder.
Command Prompt shows:
W: Could not find sources.
And then compile files without it.
What i can do?

Unn113 said:
I tried to compile but, there isn't values folder.
Command Prompt shows:
W: Could not find sources.
And then compile files without it.
What i can do?
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do u use Linux OS?
and use terminal?

I use Windows 7 and also don't see any values folder. In fact no such folder exists in the original .apk file either.
It seems whatever is in value folder being saved into resourses.arsc file

[email protected] said:
I use Windows 7 and also don't see any values folder. In fact no such folder exists in the original .apk file either.
It seems whatever is in value folder being saved into resourses.arsc file
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value folder can be found in res folder.
Like on this picture :
and build folder (results of compiled apk) like this :

I am trying to do this for stock rom on Froyo.
There is no line called <bool name="config_animateScreenLights">false</bool> in Bool.xml, can I just add it?
Also, can you help me understand what to do after I rebuild? Which folders or files to do I need? How do I add it back to framwork-res.apk?
Thank you!

[REQUEST] Help!

Please help me to decompile SystemUI.apk, I tried to put the notification bar transparent modifying this line of XML systemUI:
changing: android: id = "@ id / notification_panel" android: background = "@ drawable / notification_panel_bg" to "# 00000000" and soon after recompiling the APK tool nothing happens, it seems that the signature changes and my systemui is corrupted why the notification bar disappears.
Can someone teach me the correct way to decompile/compile system applications? Wanted it to be so.
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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Drag the original meta-inf and manifest into the apk
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How to do it? Since these files will already be decompiled? We took a step by step I would appreciate

GiRaFa-SAMA said:
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How to do it? Since these files will already be decompiled? We took a step by step I would appreciate
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When you use apk-tools you could do a compile system app, it copies good signatures automatically
Whatever, if you want to copy the good signature, open your apk with winrar or 7zip, then open the original apk.
Drag and Drop the Folder META-INF and the file manifest.xml from the original apk to the new compiled apk.
And it's over

ezaechiel said:
When you use apk-tools you could do a compile system app, it copies good signatures automatically
Whatever, if you want to copy the good signature, open your apk with winrar or 7zip, then open the original apk.
Drag and Drop the Folder META-INF and the file manifest.xml from the original apk to the new compiled apk.
And it's over
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I use the tools apk modified by Madninj (think is asim who writes their nickname)
But anyway, thank you for explaining, and I've tried previously with apktool and it did not work, I'll try with 7zip.