OK so I've made it official and contacted the creator of the BN 3rd Place font asking for permission to modify his font. (I know this is long over due and most have the font already but now its legit)
The only modifications that were made were to make it look more like the font used in Verizon's Droid commercials.
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The original font: BN 3rd Place
Created by Ben Nathan of hafontia.com
Modified by sickbox
NOTE: This is a Hebrew font and will show up further down the list than English fonts in Photoshop.
Ok, donning my flame-proof suit before asking questions. (I did try putting "BN 3rd place" into the search box first...honest, this was the only hit I got) So is this a font you install to your phone for your viewing on the phone? Or can you incorporate it into texts or emails you send from the phone so others see it? Does it work in conjunction with another app? How do you go about installing it? Just trying to get edumacated. Your patience will be appreciated.
Tanks,
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Ok, donning my flame-proof suit before asking questions. (I did try putting "BN 3rd place" into the search box first...honest, this was the only hit I got) So is this a font you install to your phone for your viewing on the phone? Or can you incorporate it into texts or emails you send from the phone so others see it? Does it work in conjunction with another app? How do you go about installing it? Just trying to get edumacated. Your patience will be appreciated.
Tanks,
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I was actually hoping for something a little more exciting 'phone-wise', but thanks for the answer just the same.
Sorry, this was not intended to be a font to change the text on your phone it was fixed up for people who want to use [insert name of word processing or photo editing software] to create content with a verizon droid like font.
You may be able to use it on a rooted phone but I have no idea how to change fonts since I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
It's pretty easy to do.
Rename the ttf to droidsans.ttf (It will only change non-bold letters, though.) and place it under /system/fonts.
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I've been using this fix on my own mods, as you can see from my screenies. Since editing androids xml files is an absolute pain in the arse, I've choosen to edit two png's with great effect. The two files are located within your roms framework-res.apk, so this edit isn't for your everyday user. A poor edit of your framework-res.apk can leave your current rom crippled. Having said that the two files are both located in "framework-res.apk / res / drawable-hdpi". Within drawable-hdpi, the files are "divider_horizontal_bright_opaque.9.png" and "divider_horizontal_dark.9.png". Be aware that the files used to produce that line may be different in different roms. I use this currently in a modified version of Trigger 2.9.2, without problems.
One method you may want to use to edit these files is by using an app from the market called "NinjaMorph". It allows you to edit apks on your phone.
And for those wondering, my rotary is completely custom, with an LCD density set to 200. At that density my screen width is actually 580px, so all related files need to be edited accordingly. Have fun...
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Thanks! nice mod. i love messing with my framework a lil
- are you saying just to delete those 2 .png's from framework?
- also what horizontal line are you referring too? attached is a pic of mine and i dont see anything really that could be removed
Oh I think i see the line, is it above the charging and below the date?
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- LOL, ok so its definitely not just DELETE those 2 .png's if anyone does that ur gonna bootloop(at least i did) restore nandroid and try again. I'm gonna try maybe to replace the .png with a different pic we'll see. I have a transparent .jpg ill try out.
- I wonder what about the exact opposite .png's? "divider_horizontal_bright_.9.png" and "divider_horizontal_dark_opaque.9.png"
I'll keep playing with it
Appoligies for the belated reply...
Firstly, never, ever, ever, just delete things from your framework-res file. Like I said, It'll cripple your rom.
Second, I apologize for not clarifying, I attached the 2 files to my post. But like a retard, I forgot, ((( They're Transparent PNG Files!!!! ))) lol.. they're attached to my post, you just can't see them because they're quite literally, "invisible". Here's the relevant Links.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=561888&stc=1&d=1302690330
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=561889&stc=1&d=1302690330
And yes, your spot on with the horizontal line location. It can be seen in virtually all rom's with a rotary lock.
Hey everyone, kinda new here (although not so much to the world of smartphones and computers and all that jazz) and I'm looking for an app to provide a certain function.
I'll explain in words real quick what I'm looking for, and I posted some pics to make it easier.
I'd like an app that adds a softkey to the status bar, much like the home/back/menu buttons that I have in CM7 in the status bar (see img 1, and how it changes in img 2). I'd like to be able to click that soft button, and have a popup of some user-defined apps. I know that I can put icons on the home screen and just push the home button, but I really think this would be a cool app and would appreciate it if anyone could point me in the direction of an app like it or could make one (I do some minor java programming on BlackBerry, but nothing this complex and with my baby and internship I don't have time to figure out how to make this).
I'd definitely be willing to pay for this, so if any devs read this I'm not just looking for a freebee. Althoug, of course, free is always nice
Either way, loving the XDA forums, and need to get my post count up there so I can post in the technical threads lol.
Images:
Stock status bar
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What I imagine the softkey might look like once it's added:
One way the app popup might look:
I don;t care about the look that I made in those images as I do about the general idea.
Thanks in advance
Shane
i dont think thats probable from what i know about the android os.
Smart bar allows you to set 'favorite apps'. Good luck!
PS On appbrain it says that the latest version does not work well on froyo; I don't know about gingerbread (I have not used smart bar for a long time).
Thanks case-sensitive!
That's not exactly what I was looking for, but its good enough and will certainly do the trick
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there are a lot of threads/posts on the forum with moded phones.apk to display bigger contacts pictures, i already tried a lot of phone.apk's and none of these are working fine in our galaxy ace (FC), maybe someone can do it?
i already tried to modify the xml files, but i got a lot of errors when compiling the apk and i don't even know if im right with some values (my first try doing something like this hehe)
yes, i know there is an apk called full screen caller id, but i like more the "android" style.
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info about how to do it, here: Russian
info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050251
im not asking for a full screen because of contacts pictures limitations, etc. i just would love to have a slightly bigger contact picture.
thanks
stranxk said:
there are a lot of threads/posts on the forum with moded phones.apk to display bigger contacts pictures, i already tried a lot of phone.apk's and none of these are working fine in our galaxy ace (FC), maybe someone can do it?
i already tried to modify the xml files, but i got a lot of errors when compiling the apk and i don't even know if im right with some values (my first try doing something like this hehe)
yes, i know there is an apk called full screen caller id, but i like more the "android" style.
examples:
info about how to do it, here: Russian
info here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050251
im not asking for a full screen because of contacts pictures limitations, etc. i just would love to have a slightly bigger contact picture.
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i am using Smart CallerID
i am also searching for modification of phone.apk.
this would be nice ... the only mod i managed to do with success on phone apk was changing that horrible green background ... bigger picture sizer would be awsome!
Just found out about IIDA Home Launcher after looking through the screenshots thread. Made a CWM zip to try it out, it's attached.
Original Thread
The original download was the entire system/app dump of the Xperia(i think). I cut it down to only the IIDA apks, nothing get over written so you can delete the files after installing if you decide to ditch it.
My first impressions, it's really cool. It's like WP7 Metro but the app drawer is just a downward scroll instead of an icon.
But we'll have to work on it a bit to make it work on the Atrix. Also we'll have to figure out how to add locations to the lists, right now it seems to be only Japanese cities. And the email tab doesn't work. Also, we'll probably want to silence the beep on touch, but that's probably as easy as replacing a sound file with silence.
Here's a few screens:
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I used this launcher for a couple days just before CM7 was updated. It was fun finding pictures and "flare" but it was also kind of buggy. At one point the calendar just disappeared and when I reflashed I forgot how frustrating moving all of my apps from the bottom to their respective sections was. Moments later CM7 came out and I left it in the dust. But I'm back on Darkside now since I need Webtop. I'll definitely give it another go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313247
This is awesome, i cant wait.
the weather app(the one with japanese cities only) is a different game, it pulls the information from a 2 different websites one for area and one for prefecture, we do not use prefectures in America so im kinda scratching my head to see how we are going to make this app work , the twitcheck app does not deodex properly according to another member who tried and i can't seem to find the facebook check or the music tile for the launcher, the Launcher itself is more than stable and it can be used on a daily basis.
check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313247&page=10 there is a conversation between me and another member who is working on the same launcher too.
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Is it possible for us to have those shiny panels on android?
Then we can place icons/shortcut on top of it to make them stand out?
*Note*
I remembered i could do that thing with window mobile phones
Seems like nobody knows the answer to this, please share knowledge if you have an idea
if those are just png files in android then I'm pretty sure you can but you or someone would have to make them look like that as in coloring the old image file from whatever apk those apply to then reload the edited apk back onto your android phone. So I'm saying yes with a more experienced package creator. I myself have been doing my own editing and picture creating, just haven't figured out how to properly compact the apk yet.
Sent from my htc evo
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mizzouse said:
if those are just png files in android then I'm pretty sure you can but you or someone would have to make them look like that as in coloring the old image file from whatever apk those apply to then reload the edited apk back onto your android phone. So I'm saying yes with a more experienced package creator. I myself have been doing my own editing and picture creating, just haven't figured out how to properly compact the apk yet.
Sent from my htc evo
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Those are panels in the mobile sense i believe they're not png files, its more like widgets i believe? then we can place an icon/shortcuts on top of that to makes them stand out
am still a noob in android world, but i think it can be done so am following this thread hoping to find an answer soon
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am still a noob in android world, but i think it can be done so am following this thread hoping to find an answer soon
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Android Creators/developers/etc... look to look into something like this
So we can make the home screen icons look even more stand out with the shade/shiny panels...
The original screen is still cool but it a bit plain to my opinion