[Q] Changing default system Wallpaper and default system launcher in new ROM - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello.
I have some issues here.
I wanna change default system Wallpaper in my new rom, but i have some problems.
I changed default_wallpaper in framework and TWThemechoser, and I've got bootloop.
I don't know what should I do
And another question
If I want change default system launcher, I need to download new launcher, change it at default and delete old launcher app from /system/app ?
For now, I've only these questions.
Thanks for help.

I have the same questions here!

SmokedDuvel said:
Hello.
I have some issues here.
I wanna change default system Wallpaper in my new rom, but i have some problems.
I changed default_wallpaper in framework and TWThemechoser, and I've got bootloop.
I don't know what should I do
And another question
If I want change default system launcher, I need to download new launcher, change it at default and delete old launcher app from /system/app ?
For now, I've only these questions.
Thanks for help.
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System default wallpaper is in framework-Res.apk extract, and its in 2 folders inside/Res. Just make sure its same size (pixelsxpixels) then rezip.
Launcher, just add the one you want to/system/app and delete the old one.
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gatormark08 said:
Launcher, just add the one you want to/system/app and delete the old one.
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But should I rename it with the same name the default Launcher was (launcher.apk) or can i leave the name the file name of go launcher as it is ?
Thank you very much for your help !

GreekSpace said:
But should I rename it with the same name the default Launcher was (launcher.apk) or can i leave the name the file name of go launcher as it is ?
Thank you very much for your help !
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You can leave the launcher name as it is.

thanks
I am looking forward in trying this my self thanks for some helpful tips here.

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[Q]how to add pics to default wallpaper gallery of our ace?

just want to know how to put pictures(EX. my pictures taken from my phone) to default wallpaper gallery of our fone..
i want it because if i make my pics as homescreen wallpaper it was looked like zoomed in any launcher i try(except the stock launcher)..
but if i chose in the wallpaper gallery as homescreen, it fits the ace in any launcher..no zoomed look like..
im using froyo..thanks..
geraldgeron said:
just want to know how to put pictures(EX. my pictures taken from my phone) to default wallpaper gallery of our fone..
i want it because if i make my pics as homescreen wallpaper it was looked like zoomed in any launcher i try(except the stock launcher)..
but if i chose in the wallpaper gallery as homescreen, it fits the ace in any launcher..no zoomed look like..
im using froyo..thanks..
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If you want add wallpapers to 'default wallpaper gallery' then my friend you would have to edit the default Launcher .apk [they are in the drawable-hdpi folder]. unpack the apk>>> edit the contents>>> repack the .apk ... that's a lot of work!
check this out really cool wallpapers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
er.davinder said:
If you want add wallpapers to 'default wallpaper gallery' then my friend you would have to edit the default Launcher .apk [they are in the drawable-hdpi folder]. unpack the apk>>> edit the contents>>> repack the .apk ... that's a lot of work!
check this out really cool wallpapers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
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i wanted those to be in my default wallpaper gallery =D
is there any easy way out?
hmmm..im kinda newbie in editing those kind..
im using adw launcher..but if i set some cool pic as my homescreen it was zoomed..but in stock launcher of froyo which is the samsung home..it doesnt zoomed..but you know i dont want the samsung home..its kinda boring..hihi
BTW,,what apps to pack and repack?
hey..i had tried to unpack the twlauncher30.apk of ace..but i didnt saw the folders containing pictures that was on default wallpaper gallery..
The wallpapers are located in TwWallpaperChooser.apk
To unpack, just extract it with 7zip or similar, to repack just zip it and rename .zip to .apk. You need 2 versions of the image, small and large. For large version use 640x480 resolution and for the small one resize the image to 107x80.
fla.sh said:
The wallpapers are located in TwWallpaperChooser.apk
To unpack, just extract it with 7zip or similar, to repack just zip it and rename .zip to .apk. You need 2 versions of the image, small and large. For large version use 640x480 resolution and for the small one resize the image to 107x80.
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gonna try it great fla,sh..
hihihi..hitted thanks^^
ei..flash..
i had tried to edit those..
unpacked it..then i saw folders that contains the default wallpaper..
then i put my pics i want (in 2pcs..in sizes you said which is same with the defaults)..
the repacked it to apk..
then i put again the apk via rootexplorer..
rw-r-r
unfortunately..
i had try to wallpaper gallery..but the option of wallpaper gallery was gone..
restoring backup now..any suggestions?
geraldgeron said:
ei..flash..
i had tried to edit those..
unpacked it..then i saw folders that contains the default wallpaper..
then i put my pics i want (in 2pcs..in sizes you said which is same with the defaults)..
the repacked it to apk..
then i put again the apk via rootexplorer..
rw-r-r
unfortunately..
i had try to wallpaper gallery..but the option of wallpaper gallery was gone..
restoring backup now..any suggestions?
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I think you might need to use apk manager .
EmoBoiix3 said:
I think you might need to use apk manager .
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what was its purpose?
hehe
i wanted d default wallpaper of galaxy ace (2.3.3) the blue skyscraper
anthonyivodias said:
i wanted d default wallpaper of galaxy ace (2.3.3) the blue skyscraper
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please guy need it soon...!!! i was searching for it all over d net but couldnt get it ...plz plz...my only request

Galaxy Tab Original Weather Widget

Hello.
Please I need the weather widget like the link below that comes with the stock galaxy tab 10,
any help is appreciated.
thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=666196&d=1311664466
here you go
isnt there a transparent version of it?
crazy_elmo said:
here you go
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Thanks for the quick help....However I cant install it...it says app not installed!!!! Im running overcome room.... any help please....
thanks
HcMAX said:
Thanks for the quick help....However I cant install it...it says app not installed!!!! Im running overcome room.... any help please....
thanks
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You have not to install it! copy the apk to system/app/, then reboot and add the widget on your desk!
ps: I prefer beautiful widget...
I can't copy...it says something like file is read only..
I downloaded root explorer, found the apk file, made copy, access system/app and then tried to paste...
Thanks for the help
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ZeuBug said:
You have not to install it! copy the apk to system/app/, then reboot and add the widget on your desk!
ps: I prefer beautiful widget...
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I can't copy...it says something like file is read only..
I downloaded root explorer, found the apk file, made copy, access system/app and then tried to paste...
Thanks for the help
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I made it
When arrive to PC sent thanks
Appreciate all the efforts
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HcMAX said:
I made it
When arrive to PC sent thanks
Appreciate all the efforts
Sent from my GT-P7500 using XDA App
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How you made it? This can help others, so please write a short report, Thnaks.
Please i need the photo gallery widget original from tab 10.1 the one can change photos. Nonstatic. Thank you ver much friends
Enviado desde mi GT-P7510 usando Tapatalk
lfaria said:
isnt there a transparent version of it?
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Here's an apk with the background for the 4x3 widgets set at 25%. I could go full transparent for all backgrounds if you'd like, but probably won't be able to get to it 'til after the weekend...
varelawarfare said:
Here's an apk with the background for the 4x3 widgets set at 25%. I could go full transparent for all backgrounds if you'd like, but probably won't be able to get to it 'til after the weekend...
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Cool m8 thx a lot!
I use Task650 extreme ROM. I put this apk into /system/app but the application still not run.
I made what he said, open root explorer, system/app- click long on app and then at the option permissons I clicked them all...and them I open file 'app' and pasted the app...
any questions just ask, sorry for late reply I was [email protected]
Did not worked for me. The file was in /system/app even not appeared in widgets
Repeated many times and still not working
Any ideas ? (I prefer HD Widgets or Accuweather For Honeycomb. Trying only to learn some tricks)
Edition after work:
Tips & Tricks
If any reason you´ve installed another version of widgets from accuweather.com, look at /system/app for both com.sec.android.widgetapp.weatherclock.apk and SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk (there are a conflict here)
Mount rw /system/app
Copy files to anywhere you want to backup
Remove both files
Reboot
Copy file SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk found at begin of this thread to /system/app
Set permissions rw-r-r
set RO back
reboot.
Stock weather widget will appear and you can install Accuweather for Honeycomb from Market. Both will work together.
Speedwizard said:
Did not worked for me. The file was in /system/app even not appeared in widgets
Repeated many times and still not working
Any ideas ? (I prefer HD Widgets or Accuweather For Honeycomb. Trying only to learn some tricks)
Edition after work:
Tips & Tricks
If any reason you´ve installed another version of widgets from accuweather.com, look at /system/app for both com.sec.android.widgetapp.weatherclock.apk and SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk (there are a conflict here)
Mount rw /system/app
Copy files to anywhere you want to backup
Remove both files
Reboot
Copy file SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk found at begin of this thread to /system/app
Set permissions rw-r-r
set RO back
reboot.
Stock weather widget will appear and you can install Accuweather for Honeycomb from Market. Both will work together.
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Didn't work for me on JB AOSP.
bkastel1 said:
Didn't work for me on JB AOSP.
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Didn't work for me on Pershoot's CM10 JB Mod either. Copied to /system/app and changed permissions but it doesn't show up in the widgets.
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Galaxy Nexus on Rogers
Jelly Bean 4.1.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7500D on Telus
Pershoot CM10 JB preview build 0811
Gapps-jb-20120729
Speedwizard said:
Did not worked for me. The file was in /system/app even not appeared in widgets
Repeated many times and still not working
Any ideas ? (I prefer HD Widgets or Accuweather For Honeycomb. Trying only to learn some tricks)
Edition after work:
Tips & Tricks
If any reason you´ve installed another version of widgets from accuweather.com, look at /system/app for both com.sec.android.widgetapp.weatherclock.apk and SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk (there are a conflict here)
Mount rw /system/app
Copy files to anywhere you want to backup
Remove both files
Reboot
Copy file SamsungWidget_WeatherClock.apk found at begin of this thread to /system/app
Set permissions rw-r-r
set RO back
reboot.
Stock weather widget will appear and you can install Accuweather for Honeycomb from Market. Both will work together.
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actually i did that and it worked but my widget is invisible, is this the widget i downloaded from this site?
New weather widget from Galaxy Note 10.1
Does anyone know where I can find the new weather widget like the one in the picture?
Thanks
thanks

Change the icons in custom rom

Hi, i have a custon rom on my phone, and the custom icons are not good for me, but the rest of the rom are GREAT.. my question is, how i get the stock icons?
just delete the modded apk and build in the original or what i have to do!? i want use a tool like desktop visualizer because i will change the icons in drawer too. and i will use the stock launcher..im just a noob in this, and i wont wait for the perfect release for me, so i decided to make my own
bstiti said:
Hi, i have a custon rom on my phone, and the custom icons are not good for me, but the rest of the rom are GREAT.. my question is, how i get the stock icons?
just delete the modded apk and build in the original or what i have to do!? i want use a tool like desktop visualizer because i will change the icons in drawer too. and i will use the stock launcher..im just a noob in this, and i wont wait for the perfect release for me, so i decided to make my own
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It depends if ur using ics. If its ice then u need to mod SystemUI.apk from system/app but if its not then u need to mod framework-res.apk in system/framework. I suggest looking up a tut for the Modding because it is a long process
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powerpoint45 said:
It depends if ur using ics. If its ice then u need to mod SystemUI.apk from system/app but if its not then u need to mod framework-res.apk in system/framework. I suggest looking up a tut for the Modding because it is a long process
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first thanks for the fast answer
my phone is the htc one x, Android 4.0.3 and with stock launcher ''rosie''
okay im looking for a tut thanks a lot
If you just want to replace icons with others, all you need do is use 7zip or similar to open the apk file and literally just swap the existing icons with some new ones.
If you want to add icons, or change how they're displayed, then you're looking at decompiling.
Need help !
Can I jus replace the contacts.apk , phone.apk and get a new look or can I jus replace the PNG's on those APK's ?
Or , should I have to deal wit' the systemui.apk and framework-res.apk ?
Also , is there any way that I can extract the icons from an icon pack ??
Check this thread. You will find what you are looking for.

[Q] Changing rom default font.

I am using Real ICS Lite r4 rom and in it's font folder it contains 7 different fonts and I want to chage the default font to a different one in the font folder. I know you can get apps that can change fonts but I would like to know how to change font by editing the rom on my pc, so if anyone can help I'll be grateful.
Cheers
stikkki
Replace the fonts Roboto-Bold, Roboto-BoldItalic, Roboto-Italic and Roboto-regular in system/font folder with your prefered fonts.
RavinduSha said:
Replace the fonts Roboto-Bold, Roboto-BoldItalic, Roboto-Italic and Roboto-regular in system/font folder with your prefered fonts.
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I think I may of found the default font selection code in the aroma installer, which is the prefered way I'd like to change my font but if that don't work I will use your method.
cheers
stikkki said:
I am using Real ICS Lite r4 rom and in it's font folder it contains 7 different fonts and I want to chage the default font to a different one in the font folder. I know you can get apps that can change fonts but I would like to know how to change font by editing the rom on my pc, so if anyone can help I'll be grateful.
Cheers
stikkki
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There's also an app called font changer...
Needs root access..
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skb6T9 said:
There's also an app called font changer...
Needs root access..
Sent from my ST18i
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It does say I don't want to use an app
i use font changer to change my font but some text still doesnt change, dey have tha ROM font....
"Sony Sketch" Font
Have a try
For now I haven't been able to do what I wanted, install a new font into the rom as defsult and not just rename my chosen font, which happened to be the 1 linked to RavinduSha which have had to use for now and drop it into my rom then install the rom.
I have found in system/etc a .xml file called system_fonts.xml that looks like it needs editing for this to work, I wil look into this further and if I do come up with a solution to change the default font of a rom and not just using a renamed file to "trick" the rom, then I'll post it here.
stikkki said:
It does say I don't want to use an app
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U can just uninstall that app after changing your font.
Sent from my ST18i
skb6T9 said:
U can just uninstall that app after changing your font.
Sent from my ST18i
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I have seen it stated that the font changer doesn't always change all fonts and you can end up with more than 1 font type, this is echoed above by whalesplaho saying it didn't change all their fonts and that just isn't good enough. I have a custom bootanimation, custom theme, custom lockscreen icons, every app having a paid custom icon all installed directly to app's, etc, etc, to make things how I want and don't want fonts that don't 100% match and frankly I prefer to do my designing/editing on a pc and not rely on app's to do it for me.

[Q] Wallpapers and live wallpapers.

Hi guys i would like to know how to remove stock wallpapers( normal and the live wallpapers) from a Rom and how to add the ones which i like!
G.Ashwinkumar said:
Hi guys i would like to know how to remove stock wallpapers( normal and the live wallpapers) from a Rom and how to add the ones which i like!
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If your phone is not rooted, you can only disable the wallpapers under Settings>Apps. If your phone is rooted, you can install titanium backup and uninstall the wallpapers permanently under Backup/Restore.
You can always delete the images using file explorers.
Cheers!
Nexus Almighty said:
If your phone is not rooted, you can only disable the wallpapers under Settings>Apps. If your phone is rooted, you can install titanium backup and uninstall the wallpapers permanently under Backup/Restore.
You can always delete the images using file explorers.
Cheers!
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thanks for reply but i think you didn't understand. I'm asking how to change it in the rom itself like i want to delete some default wallpapers and add some in the rom not after flashing it!
G.Ashwinkumar said:
thanks for reply but i think you didn't understand. I'm asking how to change it in the rom itself like i want to delete some default wallpapers and add some in the rom not after flashing it!
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Oh! That. You can delete the wallpapers in the zip . Just explore the rom zip and go to zipfile>>system>>media. Its different with every Rom. You might or might not find the wallpapers in the same location. It's rather easy to delete the wallpapers after flashing.

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