[Q] CyanogenMod v4.5.7 Change Avatar - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello all,
Sorry for posting this here
(And not in the forum for my custom ROM but i will have to spam 6 more messages to get to my minimum of 10 before I can do that)
Anyway, the default avatar in the contacts is boring...i would much more prefer an avatar like mine on the left.
After searching the forums I am not too hopeful that this could be done but if anyone can shed any light on it please let me know..
Many thanks in advance

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You've to modify the contact.apk if i'm not wrong

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Cheers. I have just had to go through all my contacts without a pic and assign them the avatar I wanted. There should be an easier way....surely
Sent from my X10i CM6.1.3 v4.5.7 with spb shell 5.0 launcher using XDA app.
Thanks to Wolfbreak.

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gregbradley said:
Cheers. I have just had to go through all my contacts without a pic and assign them the avatar I wanted. There should be an easier way....surely
Sent from my X10i CM6.1.3 v4.5.7 with spb shell 5.0 launcher using XDA app.
Thanks to Wolfbreak.
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Well you have to open contacts.apk with 7zip or winrar then go to this directory: res/drawable-hdpi-finger/, in this folder you will find; ic_contact_list_picture.png, ic_contact_picture.png, ic_contact_list_picture_2.png, and ic_contact_list_picture_3.png
Just replace these four files with any picture you like. Just remember to use .png files and make them the exact same size as the original files
after you finished just replace everything that you have modified in your .apk file
then you may flash it using xRecovery
...in case you dont know how to do this...
Youre using Wolfbreak's rom, right?
Just go to the file "CMUpdate 4.5.7.zip" open it
go to: system\app\
place the "contacts.apk" that you have just modified here, and delete all the rest apk files in there
then flash it
hope this helps =]

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smnsnt said:
Well you have to open contacts.apk with 7zip or winrar then go to this directory: res/drawable-hdpi-finger/, in this folder you will find; ic_contact_list_picture.png, ic_contact_picture.png, ic_contact_list_picture_2.png, and ic_contact_list_picture_3.png
Just replace these four files with any picture you like. Just remember to use .png files and make them the exact same size as the original files
after you finished just replace everything that you have modified in your .apk file
then you may flash it using xRecovery
...in case you dont know how to do this...
Youre using Wolfbreak's rom, right?
Just go to the file "CMUpdate 4.5.7.zip" open it
go to: system\app\
place the "contacts.apk" that you have just modified here, and delete all the rest apk files in there
then flash it
hope this helps =]
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Excellent....many thanks I will be doing that tomorrow.
Sent from my X10i CM6.1.3 v4.5.7 with spb shell 5.0 launcher using XDA app.
Thanks to Wolfbreak.

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And can you post it? So others can flash it too? And can you please post screenshots alltogether? ;p
Thanks.
Sent from my X10i using XDA Premium App

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shahkam said:
And can you post it? So others can flash it too? And can you please post screenshots alltogether? ;p
Thanks.
Sent from my X10i using XDA Premium App
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Will do, but I have just goto into work and found a massive pile in my inbox
It may be more like the weekend that i get to it, but i will share what i do....
Sent from my X10i CM6.1.3 v4.5.7 with spb shell 5.0 launcher using XDA app.
Thanks to Wolfbreak

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just changed mine to blank facebook photo to see what it looks like

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dannyj78 said:
just changed mine to blank facebook photo to see what it looks like
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Looks cool ! me want !

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@ smnsnt
"Just replace these four files with any picture you like. Just remember to use .png files and make them the exact same size as the original files"
When you say the same size do you mean the same height and width or the same file size?
Cheers

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gregbradley said:
@ smnsnt
When you say the same size do you mean the same height and width or the same file size?
Cheers
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same size picture wich is 81 pixles x 81 pixles

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CoopZor said:
Looks cool ! me want !
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here you go
https://rapidshare.com/files/454172070/Contacts.apk

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gregbradley said:
@ smnsnt
"Just replace these four files with any picture you like. Just remember to use .png files and make them the exact same size as the original files"
When you say the same size do you mean the same height and width or the same file size?
Cheers
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The height and width, of course!
Whoa! imagine how hard it would be if you have to make it the exact size in kbytes or something
xD

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shahkam said:
And can you post it? So others can flash it too? And can you please post screenshots alltogether? ;p
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CoopZor said:
Looks cool ! me want !
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Here we go.....
http://rapidshare.com/files/454178120/Contacts.apk
Here are the screen shots...

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smnsnt said:
The height and width, of course!
Whoa! imagine how hard it would be if you have to make it the exact size in kbytes or something
xD
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Forgive my noobiness.....i only found out any of this was possible this week...never even heard of XDA before monday....dont think I am doing too bad

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this is actually a pretty good idea never thought of it actually, but i think i could come up with some pretty good images.

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[Q][cyanogenmod 7] [xperia x10 2.3.3]
hi...guys..
thank you very much for developing this beautiful ROM..
i have installed it in my phone(x10i)..
i found that there's no enter button in d keyboard of messages..
guys plz dont get mad if ne1 has already posted this query..
plz help..