[Q] Change system colour ? - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Hello, is it possible to change the "blue" system colour ? maybe in black.
or does anyone know where in the root the system wallpaper is ?

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install some like helix launcher 1.2 for donut .... it`s black, stable, quick and with possibility have more than one widget per screen ..... also your batery will be happy

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lanege said:
install some like helix launcher 1.2 for donut .... it`s black, stable, quick and with possibility have more than one widget per screen ..... also your batery will be happy
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Just tried it, it didn't change the backgrounds for me. ADW is sexier imo, too ;P

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I found the folder with original SE system wallpapers, I also replaced that blue one which is as a background for system things, but it did not work.. I have it still blue even the originall wallpaper is different.. the folder with original walls is in my case:
etc/customization/content/com/sonyericsson/homescreen/wallpaper and the blue wallpaper is semcdefault.jpg

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Isn't it possible that the background files used is stored elsewhere? Also, how are the fonts defined. Can we change them or their color?

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I'd like to be able to change the status bar, that dark blue is just tacky.

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Yes, and many themes look aweful with this dark blue.
Sent from my U20i using XDA App

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there is a guy in a nother forum he created a black theme with black status bar !
google with these words : "X10 Mini Pro Black - Theme"
and you find the post !
But there are some problems to run it, does anyone understand this ?

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TalisaC said:
there is a guy in a nother forum he created a black theme with black status bar !
google with these words : "X10 Mini Pro Black - Theme"
and you find the post !
But there are some problems to run it, does anyone understand this ?
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It is not for X10 mini, it is for Samsung...

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There is an .apk file on the phone called framework.apk as far as i recall, this is the one, which contains all the image resources, including things like the title bar and properbly also the system background, so with the know-how you should be able to pull it from the phone, extract it as zip file, replace the pngs inside, repack it and push it back on the phone. The tricky part is to get your apk signed. I did this on a HTC Hero, one time it completely frooze the phone, so i had to use nandroid to recover it, so it is risky, but it should work. You need to restart the phone to apply the changes.
Search XDA for a way to sign. I remember i found a small java app which could sign apks, which was the one i used (the time it did NOT brick my phone).
But this is one of the things that definatly got a high fail-rate, so i would wait until i had a recovery image installed!

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superb, I found those bcgrounds as you described, I already modified them to simple black, now just to pack it back and apply to the device.. :/

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Id someone managed to replace the blue tjene would that person be so kind and share it as an .apk file herr om the forum?
Thanks in advance
Sent from my E10i using XDA App

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darebak666 said:
superb, I found those bcgrounds as you described, I already modified them to simple black, now just to pack it back and apply to the device.. :/
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Be really interesting to see if you can get it to work. Post some pics if you do.

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done
after short discussion in this thread (Edit system apks?), I am almost black
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edit:but I must say that first time I totally bricked my device, so I had to do a recovery and reload all backups. Also the secont time I copied the file to the device, it worked, but only on 20%, I was not able to access system apps, everything was FC after I tried to launch it. Third time I had a success and here is the result. I will try to change all other blue buttons to gray, but not today.. black status bar and main backgrounds are enough for me for now

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Can u post ur framework.apk?
Sent from my E10i using XDA App

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darebak666 said:
done
after short discussion in this thread (Edit system apks?), I am almost black
edit:but I must say that first time I totally bricked my device, so I had to do a recovery and reload all backups. Also the secont time I copied the file to the device, it worked, but only on 20%, I was not able to access system apps, everything was FC after I tried to launch it. Third time I had a success and here is the result. I will try to change all other blue buttons to gray, but not today.. black status bar and main backgrounds are enough for me for now
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and post those fonts also

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fonts I use find here
and the modified apk, give me one day and I'll post black one with grey buttons/bars ...that blue is still irritating me
..I'm currently working on it

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due to the fact there is a black/gray already available here
I am going to modify my one to black and instead of blue button, I'll make red ones

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Hi darebak666
I really like your work, Can you please post a how to for us newbi's pls
Please save the black and blue one before you modify it .. i really like it

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darebak666 said:
fonts I use find here
and the modified apk, give me one day and I'll post black one with grey buttons/bars ...that blue is still irritating me
..I'm currently working on it
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would you be able to post it with the blue buttons as well?