Hello world. Quick question on the systemui.apk....I noticed my sprint cdma has a ton of unused png files in there for Verizon and stuff. I'm assuming its safe to remove those? Seems cheap to just dump extra crap on phones that hit multiple carriers but I'm sure it makes sense from their angle. I'm away from the house and need my phone up so I can't just nand and test just yet. Any input?
I've done a few quick "first attempt png mods" in there but I wanted to ask before I gut all the extras and do my full theme now that i'm comfortable. I'll share the quick icon replacements i've done for now in a link below (spent maybe 15m on em today so pardon minor imperfections).
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/mail.jpg?w=da362127
^Link is fail...i'll repost somewhere else when i get home. (15SEPT 0758 hrs EST)
-Icons for alarm, wifi, virbate mode and headphones shown (and invis gps off)
Also...anyone have a guide for how to remove item containers for stat bar icons? As you can see (via the gap) i've inserted a blank icon for gps off and sadly two or three icons show to the left of it (one being the headphone icon, the other being account sync...and i think one more).
Thanks all. As i make better png's i'll try and host / share them!
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Skyphos said:
Hello world. Quick question on the systemui.apk....I noticed my sprint cdma has a ton of unused png files in there for Verizon and stuff. I'm assuming its safe to remove those? Seems cheap to just dump extra crap on phones that hit multiple carriers but I'm sure it makes sense from their angle. I'm away from the house and need my phone up so I can't just nand and test just yet. Any input?
I've done a few quick "first attempt png mods" in there but I wanted to ask before I gut all the extras and do my full theme now that i'm comfortable. I'll share the quick icon replacements i've done for now in a link below (spent maybe 15m on em today so pardon minor imperfections).
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/mail.jpg?w=da362127
-Icons for alarm, wifi, virbate mode and headphones shown (and invis gps off)
Also...anyone have a guide for how to remove item containers for stat bar icons? As you can see (via the gap) i've inserted a blank icon for gps off and sadly two or three icons show to the left of it (one being the headphone icon, the other being account sync...and i think one more).
Thanks all. As i make better png's i'll try and host / share them!
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
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Alright, so first question, is it OK to remove the unused pngs.
Yes. Kinda.
If you remove them without editing the associated xml you will get compile errors. So in theory you could just extract the apk and remove them. Or, decompile and edit the xmls as well as remove the pngs.
As far as removing the gps off icon from being displayed, it's in an xml. Don't know of a tutorial for it, just do some file surfing
I just started theming myself, it's pretty rewarding making your phone look like you want it to, huh?
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Btw, the link doesn't work for me.
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To reply to the OP, without quoting that bigassed thing: there aren't enough of the "other carrier" pngs to make a difference, so just leave them, IMHO. They're not gonna hinder performance or space issues really.
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Thanks for the input guys. It is very rewarding to have your phone display things you create and want to see! Honestly once you get past the ramp up time to figure out what to do and how to do it...it can be done very quickly (at least individual changes that is). My biggest problem is trying to think of what I want to do for my daily driver. Its cool enough being able to place your custom images but I dont want it to be a hodge-podge of individual "cool things" but rather look as if they were all selected intentionally. Maybe I'm to anal ... which leads me to the next post:
Yeah I guess there arent TOO many other carrier icons on there..and they're small enough to be negligable....but I'm anal lol.
Off to find the XML edits for the many things we discussed here today.
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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)
Ok, so I've been trying to apply custom framework from a fellow xda member without success. I've flashed these metamorph files dozen of times and only half the icons show up, but the signal bars NEVER change, NEVER! It's so frustrating!! I just tried using the UOT Kitchen to see if that worked and it didn't. For gingerbread ROMs you have to upload systemUI.apk, com.htc.recourses and framework-res.apk which seems to take care of all the icon locations. After flashing the zip on first boot it shows the new signal bars for a few seconds, then switches back to the ugly stock 4 bars.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be? I figured uploading all three files I listed above would take care of the stupid signal bars, but once again I was wrong. Any help/advice/ideas is greatly appreciated.
Mods I apologize if this is in the incorrect section.
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Ok, so I've been trying to apply custom framework from a fellow xda member without success. I've flashed these metamorph files dozen of times and only half the icons show up, but the signal bars NEVER change, NEVER! It's so frustrating!! I just tried using the UOT Kitchen to see if that worked and it didn't. For gingerbread ROMs you have to upload systemUI.apk, com.htc.recourses and framework-res.apk which seems to take care of all the icon locations. After flashing the zip on first boot it shows the new signal bars for a few seconds, then switches back to the ugly stock 4 bars.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be? I figured uploading all three files I listed above would take care of the stupid signal bars, but once again I was wrong. Any help/advice/ideas is greatly appreciated.
Mods I apologize if this is in the incorrect section.
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Driving me nuts too. Gladly buy someone a 12 pack (donate) if you can get me Gtalk, Gmail, Messages and Mail Color Icons like HERE
I posted my problem in the UOT thread in android development section. Hopefully someone can figure this out. I just don't understand why if you have to upload all 3 files where the HTC stock icons are why they don't change. It's mind boggling
Could not agree more.
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Is UOT setup for the Thunderbolt? Meaning will it replace the right signal bars, etc? Doesnt sound like it. Just use 7zip and replace the images yourself.
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Is UOT setup for the Thunderbolt? Meaning will it replace the right signal bars, etc? Doesnt sound like it. Just use 7zip and replace the images yourself.
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It's set up for gingerbread sense, so I think that it should work. AFA replacing icons manually, I don't know how to do that, you should know considering I tried it with your framework and had no luck I just don't understand why the new icons show up for a few seconds then they switch to the stock icons.
Yeah but they probably don't have it set up for Tbolts gingerbread. The signal bars are more than likely named different than the other phones.
That's understandable, but why would the new signal icon show up for a few seconds then disappear?
Also, since you're very familiar with this, could you post in here or pm me the name of all the signal/wifi/3G/battery icons and where they're located that need to be changed in order to get custom icons working properly? Or if there's a list you know about could you please link me to it?
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Also, since you're very familiar with this, could you post in here or pm me the name of all the signal/wifi/3G/battery icons and where they're located that need to be changed in order to get custom icons working properly? Or if there's a list you know about could you please link me to it?
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Battery is in framework-res.apk/drawable-hdpi (Example - stat_sys_battery_0). Signal/wifi/3G is in SystemUI.apk/drawable-hdpi (example - 3G ICONS -stat_sys_data_connected_3g and cdma_sys_data_connected_3g WIFI -stat_sys_wifi_signal_0). BUT, if you use any of the BAMF toolkit edits they will override the SystemUI.apk. You would have to modify the eSystemUI.apk and dSystemUI.apk. They are located in system/etc/scripts. Hope this helps ya out a little bit.
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Battery is in framework-res.apk/drawable-hdpi (Example - stat_sys_battery_0). Signal/wifi/3G is in SystemUI.apk/drawable-hdpi (example - 3G ICONS -stat_sys_data_connected_3g and cdma_sys_data_connected_3g WIFI -stat_sys_wifi_signal_0). BUT, if you use any of the BAMF toolkit edits they will override the SystemUI.apk. You would have to modify the eSystemUI.apk and dSystemUI.apk. They are located in system/etc/scripts. Hope this helps ya out a little bit.
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Wow, this seems crazy hard. I'm going to give it a shot, though. Thank you for telling me where they are located
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Wow, this seems crazy hard. I'm going to give it a shot, though. Thank you for telling me where they are located
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I personally replace the battery images only. I was in total shock when I first started but now I can do it within minutes.. The one thing I don't know how to do is edit the xml files which you have to do in order for the icons to display properly. So in other words the stock battery only has 5 or 6 images but if you use a rom or theme that has a % (which I hate) it would have 101 images I believe.. so what I do is pull the xml/image files from a stock theme and place them in the rom I want. I'm not sure how to replace signal bars but pm me if you need help with battery.
It sounds way harder than it is
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hey guys. is it possible to hide the status bar from the lockscreen? I'm good with .xml, .smali or any other kind of edit. i just need to be pointed to where I would need to go.
I tried searching and came up empty handed. i'm trying hard to like the lock screen. i already changed the backgrounds (much better now), currently working on a custom lockring, last thing would be to hide that ugly status bar...it's only showing me what the lockscreen already shows anyways.
thanks for the info.
Download the app Widget Locker...U can remove taskbar and also a lot of customization to your style
I'm a big WidgetLocker fan, with my own custom themes made and all that when i was on the Evo 3D. i'm trying to move on with the times and use this nifty sense lockscreen. just has a few kinks to work out.
but if i dont end up fixing it to my liking soon enough i'll download widgetlocker again.
anyone else have any ideas as to how to get this done?
If you go into titanium backup, and freeze statusbar, it will do what you want, it will also remove in regular screen, possibly decompile lockscreen.apk and see if you can do it there.
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If you go into titanium backup, and freeze statusbar, it will do what you want, it will also remove in regular screen, possibly decompile lockscreen.apk and see if you can do it there.
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that is not what I want to do at all. I don't want to make the status bar unavailable everywhere in the system. just within the lockscreen.
if I knew where to go, I can make .xml and .smali edits or whatever else. I just don't know how to search for things from scratch :-(
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that is not what I want to do at all. I don't want to make the status bar unavailable everywhere in the system. just within the lockscreen.
if I knew where to go, I can make .xml and .smali edits or whatever else. I just don't know how to search for things from scratch :-(
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I'm just guessing, so this could be a useless thought, but... I think checking in idlescreen base would be a good start. You wouldn't probably want to mess with this in system UI because that would likely just hose the whole bar. Team d3rp seems to have maybe figured out making the bar transparent, which would leave the icons and if course be clear everywhere else too... but it's still finicky across the roms, so not quite done yet. pstevep is the man, and maybe could help? See what you can find and then maybe send him a pm.
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any way to do this?
i would say edit lockscreen.apk (decompile and fish around) and also look in a androidpolicy.jar probably some lines of code your could remove/add to make it happen.
clever idea by the way. i am still trying to resolve issues with my idea of clearing notifications from the lockscreen by double tapping the home key. had it figured out for a little bit but it was causing apps to force close :/
again i like your idea... i probably wouldn't use it myself simply because i wouldnt be able to see important details or notifications etc without unlocking the phone
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So does anyone know which xml file tells the battery where to display?
I know in framework-res.apk res/drawable/stat_sys_battery(_charging).xml tells which
icon to display, but I can't figure out which xml tells it where to display...
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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I think I've looked through almost all of the xmls... Sadly, still no luck.
Slow night, eh?
Not sure, check statusbar.apk
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Not sure, check statusbar.apk
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Statusbar.apk? Haven't seen that one before. The status bar is in SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk....
The reason I wrote it is somewhere is a statusbar code. Go into settings-applications-manage applications. Hit All and scroll down the list...you will see it...Status bar. You can also freeze it in titanium. Which apk it is, I do not know. And this might be a wild goose chase also. After some digging..I believe you are correct..in systemui.apk
ok, yeah, I see your logic. However, its not an actual apk but a service(wrong word?) running from the SystemUI.apk, and framework-res.apk. That much I know. I have also done extensive editing of the xmls within those apks. I just haven't found what tells it where on the screen to put the pics. I thought it would be easy because I already knew which xmls tell which button to be displayed, just still not where. Maybe its in the smali?
Long story short, I am trying to port the MIUI battery bar that goes atop the screen lol.
Lil Buger is hard to track down, a while ago, I was trying to do a clear transparent status bar...could not find it and simply used launcher pros hide status bar function. Hope you get what you want. I'm having a ***** of a time trying to modify Rosie for landscape. So I feel for you.
Thanks. And yeah, that sounds like fun lol. Good Luck.
I have a kingdom port and am able to get it in landscape, just can't put any damn sense widgets in it. Other widgets, no problem. I believe it's a combo of XML and smalli code, just like your statusbar work. The new sense 3.0 is a fucxxxing tangle web..one thing effects others and there is no modular base to it. I am used to code and developing a mindset to work with both XML based rules and code is new. It's like learning oop programing again. I wish you luck also.
Yeah I ditched working with sense after cm came out. To many damn layers to everything.
Still haven't figured it out :/
I am coming from my old touch pro 2 from verizon to the rezound now. I have never messed with an android phone till now. I have much much to learn. So far I am loving this phone bigtime! One of the things I loved was having a transparent flip clock on my TP2. Is there a way to do this on the Rezound? What I want is for it to look like this.
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And also have the little window behind the clock that shows the weather ,date.temperature transparent as well. Also is there a way to change all the little symbols at the top of the home screen like the 3g or 4g, the signal, the time, battery icon etc etc... I guess thats called the notification bar maybe? Can anyone help me out here or point me in the right diffection on doing this? Or is there even a way to do it? I have no idea? Thanks in advance for any replies.
once s-off is achieved it all can be done
I never had to root my old tp2 to make those changes? So in order for me to make these changes I will have to root my rezound?
well maybe not but you would have to edit the .apk files, and use adb to pull them from your device
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I never had to root my old tp2 to make those changes? So in order for me to make these changes I will have to root my rezound?
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That's probably because there's no such thing as "rooting" a windows mobile device
You best option is grabbing a different clock Like beautiful Widgets LINK
Best $3 I ever spent on an app.
If your hoping to get the stock clock transparent. It cant be done. Heres why:
1. Right now themers cant even modify sense 3.5 images.
2. Even if we could mess with them, you cant make the flip part transparent. Htc draws that clock really weird. All the numbers are actually right there on the screen, you dont see them because the flip part is hiding them. So eliminating it makes all the numbers visible at one. Quite annoying.
I know, over kill explanation but, thats how it is.