Okay, so i've been playing around with theming for 2 months and i've just about figured it all out, except for one thing.... the VZW banner on the lock screen for the D2 doesnt seem to give two ****s what i put in any of the keyguard .xmls that is supposed to control the layout and keeps on just being white...
im running fission 2.5.7 and i've tried everything that is supposed to do the lockscreen on the xml side (as far as i know) including the colors.xml in the values folder(more on this issue later)... so i started poking around .jar files in the framework but unfortunately i have little understanding still of .smali files because im still on the baby steps side of coding beyond the beginners html stuff i learned in the 6th grade ('99) and i could use some help/pointers toward i should be looking for.
i noticed mentions of wakelock (or something like it, its 2am and im mentally fried right now) in one of the smali files in a telephony folder in framework.jar but im just not sure if it is even close to the right thing because it may just be the phone doing something to the cdma radio on wakeup....
I'm open to try any suggestion you guys are willing to throw at me because finishing this project is important to me.
every guide i have been able to find so far just mentions line 7 and 8 of the .xmls in layout, if you find another idea besides that already posted send those too...
ALSO, when i edit colors.xml and then compile and push framework-res.apk to the phone i get 2 results depending on what i do
1) move the file that values folders gets turned into into the original framework-res.apk and get a boot look
2) use the newly compiled framework-res.apk (in whole) and lose the functionality of lockscreen selection app...
any idea on how to make this work would also be awesome
may end up having to work with the devs in the chatroom on this issue (im sure) but its also somethign i want to do so i can change the text colors of sound on/off (along with a couple other default text colors)
As I have never been happy with the connectivity icons of neither stock Atrix nor Gingerbread, I have created my own. I put them here to share. Note that these only look good with a black taskbar and greenish icons there... I.e., the best idea is to use GingerBlur in the first place.
Note: The icons are now included in the 1% battery mod available here.
The differences here are not huge (due also to the size of the icons themselves):
Bigger, more legible font
Arrows are not shown when there is no data traffic
Arrows are bigger than stock gingerblur
Fancy looking 3G, where the 3 is slightly smaller than the G
In order to use these icons, there are two ways. The second one kind of assumes that you know what you are doing, so if you don't - use the first one.
If you have not yet flashed GingerBlur (you can also do this when you have already flashed, it is a bit redundant though and will take quite long)
Download GingerBlur (from the dev section)
Download the attached zip
Extract the attached zip
Open framework-res.apk with a zip tool without unzipping it
For GingerBlur 1.1 and up: it is easiest to extract framework-res.apk from gingerblur-1-X.zip, and open the apk from there. Push the modified apk back into the zip archive, and you should be good to go.
Drag and drop the icons from the attached zip file in the right folder (where the same files are located)
Close the zip tool
Install GingerBlur
If you have already flashed GingerBlur
Pull framework-res.apk
Download and extract the attached zip
Open framework-res.apk in a zip tool (no unzipping!)
Drag and drop new icons where they belong inside the apk
push the apk to a temporary folder on the phone
copy the apk from the temp folder to /system/framework/
reboot phone
The icons look like this:
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In a phone screen, they'd look like this:
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There is a 1%
It looks great, thanks!
With https://market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.bmw and the "Defy compatible" mode enabled it is possible to display the battery in 1% steps.
Maybe you can incorporate that feature!?
MaluNoPeleke said:
It looks great, thanks!
With https://market.android.com/details?id=ccc71.bmw and the "Defy compatible" mode enabled it is possible to display the battery in 1% steps.
Maybe you can incorporate that feature!?
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Glad you like it!
Yeah, I have that app installed... it does not 'activate' anything, afaik. The single percentages can be grabbed from a pipe, basically, or estimated from voltage, but that does not mean the right-hand battery icon will get updated.
I have an idea though,that I will try out on Thursday (no time today and tomorrow, sorry).
Okay, no problem.
I will be watching this thread, maybe you can post your results here
I am working on the battery mod to display 1% natively in the status bar. I am making good headway in figuring it out, expect it in the next couple of days!
Ok, a little setback on the 1% battery mod. Ok, talking to myself here
Anyhow, will start a separate thread on this, as I am a bit stuck currently.
I hope that you can make it work with the new update (1.5.57)
How can I get the GingerBlur notification bar (plus your icons when I replace them) without installing GingerBlur? Do I just replace my framework-res.apk? (I have backed up)
LayzeeEyez said:
How can I get the GingerBlur notification bar (plus your icons when I replace them) without installing GingerBlur? Do I just replace my framework-res.apk? (I have backed up)
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I have not really tried doing that... but you should be able to roughly follow the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=536271
Note that:
- With 7zip, there is no need to rename the apk. Just open, but don't unzip it. Drag and drop files in.
- As GingerBlur already has the files you need, there is no need to create them
- You need to figure out which are the icons you need to copy. Obviously, the post above just talks about the statusbar itself; you also need to copy some icons (for cell signal, wifi signal, etc.). Where it gets a bit fiddly is that there are some things to watch out for. One, icons may not have the same number of levels - e.g, cell signal has five levels in motoblur, but only four levels in gingerblur. Two, I am still not sure whether icon sizes are hard coded; in which case, changing files like this may not work. And three, when I played around with battery icons (this included changing a binary xml file, though!), I managed to make my battery icon disappear completely, which is something you should be prepared for.
Bottom line? In your worst case scenario, be prepared to flash the 1.2.6 SBF if you mess up. If you want to be on the safe side, just install GingerBlur - much less hassle
Much harder than the copy and paste method I had in mind lol
Yeah I'll install gingerblur when its out for 1.5.7
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Just a note: The icons are now included in the 1% battery mod here.
So, I have installed the Home.apk that is being used in the Xperia Arc.
It works perfectly, but.... I decompiled it using the APKtool, changed the Dock background (the one that is in the bottom of the screen) into a grayscale version of it. I didn't change absolutely anything else.
I compiled it, signed it, did the whole procedure, moving it to its folder with the correct permissions.... But, when I restart the phone i get an error about the Sony Ericsson Setup Wizard, and the SEMC ID something. I get a completely black screen.
I even tried to build it in to my rom, I still cant get it to run. Just a black screen with the taskbar.
If i change the Home.apk to the one with the original blue tint on the dock, it works perfectly. Any ideas?
Apparently i was taking the long way... You can just move files and edit them (if they are pictures) and then paste them inside the apk without even having to decompile it.
I just moved the edited dock background to its correct folder and it worked... Whatever...
Hey there everyone, I am wanting to edit my framework to get a better looking notification bar. I have an android phone called SH7218U, I am rooted with all Gapps.
If you look this up phone on Google, you will see that the notification bar and icons are very similar to stock Android 2.2 ( I am running 2.2.1). The only difference is that the signal bar is located to the left of the bar as well as some icons getting set there as well. You can really see this here: http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Sharp-SH7218U-Clamshell-Android-Phone.jpg
When going into root explorer and checking out system/framework I am see the familiar framework-res.apk file, but I also see an apk file called dianxinos-res.apk. It seesm to be able to mess with framework and change the UI and other things, both of these files need to be edited. This is just a guess though since I have been able to find a post on a Chinese forum that gives a new notification bar (the only difference being the battery icon replaced with a numerical battery representation and the (when bar is pulled down) shortcut to the useless built-in task killer is gone. Inside of the package to this new framework I get both framework and dianxinos files so it seems I would have to replace both of the old files with the new ones.
As you can see in the above image there are virtual android buttons on the bottom of the screen as well, for when you want to use the phone normally. I do not think that the dianxinos-res.apk is linked to the virtual buttons as exploring system/media/pics contain.bmp images of the virtual buttons and I have confirmation by another SH7218U user that editing these images will directly effect how they are displayed.
I was just wondering anyone know how to edit the framework when there are two files corresponding to this. I don't know much about editing the framework but even so I am quick to learn but figured I would just ask around before I do anything. Worst comes to worst, like a bootloop for instance, I have a system.img for my phone so flashing that with fastboot will get my phone working again.
Anyway, Ive uploaded both files in case anyone would like to look at them. I am trying to go for a gingerbread-esque notification bar with blue instead of green possibly.
If anyone thinks this thread would get better hits elsewhere I would appreciate any input.
I tried myself but always get errors when recompiling apk. Basically, this will work simply by decompiling SecLauncher3.apk, edit Bools.Xml in "values" folder
<bool name="config_fixedWallpaperOffset">true</bool>
to
<bool name="config_fixedWallpaperOffset">false</bool>
and recompiling the apk.
I'm on 4.2.2. Xposed module for enable scrolling homescreen does not work. Can someone edit the launcher for our gt-i9195??
nvm, I did it after an extra bit of trial&error.
I attached the modded launcher if someone needs it. Some things:
_obviously, this apk won't install like regular apks! Move it to system/app
_backup original seclauncher3.apk just in case. Oh, backup with titanium data of tw home too
_modded apk is smaller than stock one. Don't worry IT'S FINE
_don't worry about bootloops, if something goes wrong your phone will reboot in touchwiz easy home (assuming you've not deleted it)
_fix permissions of seclauncher3.apk after everything is done (rw- r-- r--), even if I don't think it's that important
_scrolling from the very left to the very right homescreen with one swipe to the left looks weird, don't know why. Maybe this feature was just meant to be off. However, if you turn off infinite scrolling, problem will stay hidden (very simple to turn that feature off, do a little search)
enjoy