First and foremost, this would not have originally been possible without all the hard work zimphishmonger and the3dman13 did to bring fighspit's original battery mod to the vibrant, please see the original thread here, and give them some thanks! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756441
I'm also borrowing zimphishmonger's warning, as i think it works to keep warning messages standard across all these battery mod threads.
WARNING: ALWAYS make a nandroid backup prior to installing any modification, including this one. You are making the decision to install this on your own, and I am not responsible for anything nuclear that may happen to your device.
UPDATE.. I lost count (10/5/2010)
So I dig Eugene's Frankin-twiz rom's, but I still want to keep my accurate battery mod, and well, I think his glossy-black skin is ugly. I also think the stock vibrant touchwiz skin is ugly (for the love of all that's holy samsung, why did you decide the vibrant would be the ONLY galaxy s phone to get your stupid glossy version of touchwiz?!)
So, I ported my battery mod to frankin-twiz and at the same time, ripped all the matte (non glossy) drawable's from the I9000 touchwiz skin, and added in my colored status/signal, mms, calendar, music player, and gmail icons, restored the black background for the power control widget, added HTC's weather icons to GenieWidget.apk, changed to the stock I9000 bootup and shutdown animation and sounds, and of course, I probably missed something else too, lol. You can see some (semi-outdated) screenshots here: http://picasaweb.google.com/113127051130934911253/AndroidStuff?feat=directlink
Also, if you find yourself being a typography nerd like me, you can use this zip to switch the default system font to Comfortaa I take NO CREDIT WHATSOEVER for making the original font, or the android port, I only re-packaged the files into a Clockwork-mod zip file for the vibrant. This will also change the lockscreen clock font to comfortaa, but ONLY if using the default android lockscreen.
Comfortaa system fonts: http://www.4shared.com/file/hYu1TYHL/Comfortaa_system_fonts_ONLY.html
New for ftwiz_final: I'm including an extra version with the samsung calendar AND the AOSP mms app, per Eugene's thread, since it resolves issues with being unable to send sms/mms messages. I'm also including the newest version of my battery mod (this is the version I personally like best and use daily), based on the upright/vertical icons, but with colored borders/outline, and a smoother charging animation (thanks to untermensch!) This can be applied on its own, after you flash either of the other versions. If flashed without flashing one of the other versions first, it DOES NOT contain the gmail/calendar/mms/music player icons, or the startup & shutdown animations and sounds. You can see a screenshot added to the post below too.
Download links here, ftwiz_final ONLY:
Removed, sorry, too many people use other people's work without giving credit, and it leads to way too many headaches, he-said/she-said, ignorance, etc.
Everything should flash via clockwork recovery fine, place the zip on the root of your INTERNAL /sdcard directory, reboot into clockwork, I recommend wiping the cache & dalvik-cache, then install zip from sdcard, locate the specific zip, reboot.
Enjoy, cheers everyone, and if you come in here posting bugs/whining for help without first making sure you cleared your cache and dalvik-cache, then I'm just going to ignore you,
Looks Great!!!
Thanks alot works well on my phone
i love it! not a big fan of the round battery icon, so this is great
Great work! Glad to see everyone is making their own customized battery images. We are gonna have a battery collection soon.
just a quick update to the OP with a new version with some colored/themed status icons.
cheers
=)
~ Jocelyn
Is it ok to flash right over the top of a previous battery mod?
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bstromberg said:
Is it ok to flash right over the top of a previous battery mod?
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I did, switched from the green circle. The battery indicator works fine.
I used the circle one but saw this with the other colored icons and thought they were cool. Seems that they don't quite work properly. Stock the GPS indicator shows in the notification bar any time it's on. With the new icons from the op the indicator is only on if I'm in an app that is using the GPS. I'm going to flash back to stock then to the battery only mod (i figure I need to to switch the other icons?)
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I did, switched from the green circle. The battery indicator works fine.
I used the circle one but saw this with the other colored icons and thought they were cool. Seems that they don't quite work properly. Stock the GPS indicator shows in the notification bar any time it's on. With the new icons from the op the indicator is only on if I'm in an app that is using the GPS. I'm going to flash back to stock then to the battery only mod (i figure I need to to switch the other icons?)
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Hi,
Thanks for trying it out. I have no idea how there might be issues since this is literally just img replacement from the segmented green circular battery mod, so however icons should work with that mod, is how they should work with this mod.
Maybe run a fix permissions from rom manager and see if that helps?
Also, my GPS icon has never worked like you described, even stock, (in other words, mine isn't always visible in notification bar, even when not in an app actively using gps, its displayed only when using an app that needs GPS, and disappeared when exiting the app.)
If you want to try and modify your own framework-res.apk with these files, I may upload just my png images once I'm done replacing/coloring all the icons I feel like modifying.
Thanks again for trying it out though, cheers
Lastly, I got bored and colored the wifi icons, cell-signal icons, and vibration indicator icon, I'll post the framework-res.apk in the first post, but won't package a new update.zip until I decide I'm done modifying icons, lol.
=)
~ Jocelyn
s0niqu3 said:
Hi,
Thanks for trying it out. I have no idea how there might be issues since this is literally just img replacement from the segmented green circular battery mod, so however icons should work with that mod, is how they should work with this mod.
Maybe run a fix permissions from rom manager and see if that helps?
Also, my GPS icon has never worked like you described, even stock, (in other words, mine isn't always visible in notification bar, even when not in an app actively using gps, its displayed only when using an app that needs GPS, and disappeared when exiting the app.)
If you want to try and modify your own framework-res.apk with these files, I may upload just my png images once I'm done replacing/coloring all the icons I feel like modifying.
Thanks again for trying it out though, cheers
Lastly, I got bored and colored the wifi icons, cell-signal icons, and vibration indicator icon, I'll post the framework-res.apk in the first post, but won't package a new update.zip until I decide I'm done modifying icons, lol.
=)
~ Jocelyn
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Excellent work! I like the new colored signal icons. Consider possibly creating a metamorph of it, as they are very easy to update.
zimphishmonger said:
Excellent work! I like the new colored signal icons. Consider possibly creating a metamorph of it, as they are very easy to update.
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Thanks for the help in getting everyone started with the battery mod, now I just need to decide when enough is enough for theming icons, lol.
Anyway, I'm about to head to bed, but I'm attaching a zip with the signal icons I modded, so if anyone wants to make a metamorph, go ahead, just please give a link back to this thread when/if you post.
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
s0niqu3 said:
Hi,
Also, my GPS icon has never worked like you described, even stock, (in other words, mine isn't always visible in notification bar, even when not in an app actively using gps, its displayed only when using an app that needs GPS, and disappeared when exiting the app.)
~ Jocelyn
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So I went back to stock to check and you're right. I must have imagined that.
I'll be switching back to your colored icons and battery now.
And as soon as you are done changing the icons and create a zip I'll switch to those. I like the color.
joshthewaster said:
So I went back to stock to check and you're right. I must have imagined that.
I'll be switching back to your colored icons and battery now.
And as soon as you are done changing the icons and create a zip I'll switch to those. I like the color.
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Hey again,
Glad I wasn't screwing up phone's, lol.
Anyway, I'm still working on changing all the icons, can't seem to decide where to stop yet, since now I've started modifying icons for other apps, gmail, mms, google voice, trillian, etc. And of course, now that I've gone with a slightly brighter green in the other icons, I may go back and tweak the color of my battery icon to match.
Anyway, here's a screenshot of some of the icons I'm mostly finished with (though for some reason I'm not digging the alarm icon, anyone have color suggestions for it?)
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
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Hey again,
Glad I wasn't screwing up phone's, lol.
(though for some reason I'm not digging the alarm icon, anyone have color suggestions for it?)
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
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Yeah...sorry about that. Anyway I hate that stupid icon to begin with so maybe something totally different? I did a GIS for alarm clock icon and there are a lot of possibilities. I think that maybe the stock one with a red square and white clock could be good.
Edit: Maybe something like this
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/concepts-and-ideas/5891895-alarm-clock-icon.php?id=5891895
This is REALLY awesome, guy!
Great work.
so i just need to put this on my internal sd, boot into recovery and hit "reinstall packages" or whatever the hell it says? Im kind of new to all of this stuff.. so im just making sure you have to learn sometime haha
The K-Zoo Kid said:
so i just need to put this on my internal sd, boot into recovery and hit "reinstall packages" or whatever the hell it says? Im kind of new to all of this stuff.. so im just making sure you have to learn sometime haha
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If you don't already have it, I suggest you install Koush's Clockwork Recovery. You can install it quickly by using ROM Manager.
Once you boot into the recovery ROM, you can back up your entire phone using Nandroid (highly advised) and then you're free to experiment to your heart's content.
Now back to your question: you can save the file to your internal SD card and search for it using the 'Install from SD' (or something like that) option in the Clockwork ROM, install it and reboot.
Good luck, friend.
What's the right way to revert this? framework-res.apk restore?
Updated OP with newest mod.
I think I'm done with this for a while now, though I might zip all the png files if someone else wants to try and make this into a morph when the app gets updated.
cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
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What's the right way to revert this? framework-res.apk restore?
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Hi,
Yes, restoring your backed-up framework-res.apk will restore the battery mod. If you used the newer zip that also includes the Gmail icon mod, then you'll need to restore Gmail.apk too /system/app too.
Cheers,
=)
~ Jocelyn
I was wondering if anyone has messed around with metamorph on their atrix? I would like to have a way to switch between different notifications bar mods...there are a few different mods out now for the atrix such as gingerblur, honycomb, xperia arc, cherryblur, etc...it would be great to have a way to switch between the different themes without having to install and uninstall via adb...i know cwm has been implemented which is great for modding without having to use adb, but i would like to see if anyone has tried metamoprh and if it's safe to use on my device...thanks!
I tried it once. The first zip (a status bar icon) I ran worked, the second (black notification bar) caused a softbrick.
I wouldn't trust it. Yet.
Nottach said:
I tried it once. The first zip (a status bar icon) I ran worked, the second (black notification bar) caused a softbrick.
I wouldn't trust it. Yet.
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what version of metamorph were you running and what did you run for the black status bar?
I haven't used metamorph but I have used Ninjamorph several times for a honeycomb mash up I made for myself. That will definitely do what you need.
Sent from my Honeycomb Atrix
hello, new user here.
I could not stand how my status bar did not show the % of battery, so I flashed a zip from towards the end of the bumblebee 2.4 ROM thread. It works great, except the status bar is dark and the clock, although readable is also dark.
I'm afraid when using my phone as a clock in the daytime outside I will not be able to read the time.
I don't know how to go back to stock bumblebee besides flashing bumblebee fresh again.
the mod I used was named UOT-06-14-08-22-1.zip
is there an easy way out? Everything is perfect except the clock.
I've used search, can't find anything and read the bumblebee thread start to finish before I flashed the zip, a post led me to believe it had a readable clock because another user was unable to figure out using "kitchen" how to make a readable clock and thanked the person.
what I would like is a nice battery mod that could overwrite my changes, but I'm not sure that is possible. The ones on the market alluded to not being able to remove the default battery icon even though they added more battery info in the status bar.
tl;dr
How do I overwrite a battery mod to bumblebee to make it like it was before, and is there a battery mod that shows a % meter, without the stock battery icon, but changes little else for bumblebee 2.4
thanks
tried replacing the framework and META-INF files from original bb rom.zip, but got a missing file error and sig verifiction error. Those were the only folders besides fonts that were added from the status bar mod.
guess I'm a little over my head.
oh what the hell, time for Titanium back up and a re-flash. Could probably fix it faster than a reply here.
But are there any good battery mods for BB 2.4 that show %?
edit: discovered what UOT kitchen was, OMG just what I wanted. But its not running currently
kizh said:
edit: discovered what UOT kitchen was, OMG just what I wanted. But its not running currently
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Yes, that was my taskbar mod that was posted--and I "baked" it specifically for the black bar--from the UOT Kitchen. Glad you found it!
Same problem...love the mod but can't see the time and the kitchen is down.
Great mod though, just need the time to be white.
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Yes, that was my taskbar mod that was posted--and I "baked" it specifically for the black bar--from the UOT Kitchen. Glad you found it!
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thanks for that mod! but unfortunately that clock is so dark, if you use a widget clock I could see how it wouldn't matter, but I already have calendar and weather hogging up my main screen.
back to stock BB now
to return to stock courtesy of androidforums
http://www.mediafire.com/?3ubm3dbzy222039 - return to stock
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?h4ekdjd99i23mdz - and this to give you a battery meter, works fine on bumblebee
I would go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik-cache. Seemed to work for me
thanks, will give the battery meter a try.
Had no problems re-flashing I was already done before a reply Still had the bbrom.zip on my sd card, so just wiped and reloaded. No need to go back to a pure stock rom. Only thing new was titanium backup, which seemed to work fine. I only have a few apps, I probably could have almost re-downloaded as fast.
C'mon kitchen. I want to mess around a bit.
edit: new battery bar works great, thank you
See my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16332210&postcount=320
This one uses the edify script instead of amend... if you are running into that problem.
kizh said:
tried replacing the framework and META-INF files from original bb rom.zip, but got a missing file error and sig verifiction error. Those were the only folders besides fonts that were added from the status bar mod.
guess I'm a little over my head.
oh what the hell, time for Titanium back up and a re-flash. Could probably fix it faster than a reply here.
But are there any good battery mods for BB 2.4 that show %?
edit: discovered what UOT kitchen was, OMG just what I wanted. But its not running currently
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I tried to post a link to a BBBlackNotificationbar.zip that has white clock text that once flashed would allow you to flash any black status bar you might cook in UOT's Kitchen over it,and still have the white clock text. Some rule that says I have to wait until 8 posts before I could. So go to Android Central. Optimus V,Optimus V Rooting .ROM's,and Hack's. Go to page #2 look in Change time color on status bar? Go to permalink #6. I posted said link there. I used it on several ROM's(don't need it right now I got a cool theme with the ROM I'm running)..... Man that was a lot of extra work!
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
infernaz said:
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
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3. you can download and install "Remove recent apps from status bar" under Options from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090186
4. you can try this lockscreen for Wildfire which is similar to default 2.1 lockscreen for Hero, download and install "Wildfire Lockscreen" from the same thread mentioned above.
Cheers!
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
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I found that if you select the slate skin, you get the status bar back and the whole rom feels faster. I also like the blue button highlights.
Thank you for your answers
Prof Peach I am currently using Slate theme but it just doesn't feel right
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
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I have found out that this problem is related to sd-card. It seems to be mounted as read only and some programs force closes when they cant write to that sd-card. I suppose this kind of stuff should be defined somewhere (maybe some ini file). So now the question is how can I make it writable.
P.S. I doubt it's my cards fault since I can access it through recovery USB mount without any problems.
P.P.S. I cant mount sd-card as disk drive through ROM.
P.P.P.S. I am also using LVX 0.6.2 so that may be a problem... I'll try flashing 0.5 when i get home
I guess I'm gonna need to reflash the ROM <looking for encouragement >
infernaz said:
Hello
First I would like to thank bharat_goku for this awesome ROM, so thank you
Now lets get to the business
1. Sometimes I have an odd problem. Apps that are installed not from the market force closes. On some apps this problem fixes itself after half a day or something like that. Magic, isn't it? I remember reading in some ROM thread that broken APK signatures may cause force close problem. The question is how can i fix it?
2. Is there a way to replace current transparent status bar to default one?
3. Is there a way to remove recent apps from notification box? It really feels sluggish now and lacks some space.
4. Is it possible to get default 2.1 lockscreen running? If so, what would I need to do to get one running? However this is more like for experimentation
5. Is there a way to *lock* apps like Phone and Messages in memory so they could always respond as fast as possible. I remember them being auto-killed on some roms... I currently didn't experience such behavior on this ROM since I didn't get any calls but I would like to be sure
6. I suppose I could manage to find this one easily but since I'm asking already... Where could I find old market app?
7. I'm thinking of making swap file and enable Compcache since GB eats memory pretty fast. I've seen them doing magic on Heroine (Sense 2.1) ROM. I'm gonna try these tweaks when I find some spare time... Has anyone tried something like that on this ROM? Was it worth it?
Well I think thats it for now. I'm not afraid of (adb) shell so if some answers involves using it that would not be a deal breaker
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1. I think I've fixed it. I reflashed the ROM without wiping everything and now SD card works as it should, no FC's after that..
2. I have changed theme to Slate and then just accidentally changed back to default theme and the status bar is not transparent anymore
3. As stated few posts above the mod from SalsaSense works perfectly.
4. Same as 3.
5. It does seem to work well so I think it may not be needed here. However it would still be interesting to have some information about this.
6. Seems that old market app does not want to work with this ROM.. Oh well..
7. I've found out that compcache is not compiled into LVX kernel (or not enabled) so I could not test it out. About swap I did not test it either since atm my sd-card is too slow to even begin with something like that.
I hope this information will be useful to someone.
However I still have some issues... The phone drains battery in a day or so while doing nothing. Thats odd since with older sense 2.1 roms I could manage to push 3 to 5 days with light phone usage (really light, like 1 call a day, 3 texts and 10 mins browsing and of course alarm clock). However I did not use LVX kernel back then and governor was ondemand where now govenor is smartassv2. So battery life may not be entirely roms fault.
I'm gonna try to wipe battery stats and see how it goes then.
EDIT: Seems that wiping battery stats helped somehow. I don't have any idea how battery stats works, seems strange...
2. I have changed theme to Slate and then just accidentally changed back to default theme and the status bar is not transparent anymore
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This doesnt work for me, are you sure you didnt do anything else to remove transparency?
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This doesnt work for me, are you sure you didnt do anything else to remove transparency?
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Well the thing is I used Slate theme from the beginning and then after having problems and reflashing ROM without wiping any data etc I changed theme to Default one. Since then the status bar is just like the original one, no transparency.
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this. Strange.
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Well the thing is I used Slate theme from the beginning and then after having problems and reflashing ROM without wiping any data etc I changed theme to Default one. Since then the status bar is just like the original one, no transparency.
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this. Strange.
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I tried reflashing ROM without wiping any data still its transparent, which confirms the second part
I have also flashed a mod that removes recently used apps from notification bar so maybe that has something to do with this.
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If you want the normal statusbar,just flash the battery mod from the optionals in the cdma thread....
Sent from my HTC Hero using xda premium
The battery mod just changes battery indicator, notification bar is still transparent.
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The battery mod just changes battery indicator, notification bar is still transparent.
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not really it reverts it to the default statusbar which is not transparent....
anyway i've removed the transparent status bar in Rose V4 so it shouldnt be a problem now on...
I would like to get rid of some things in my notification bar. I am not likely to forget that ATT is my carrier and the battery icon is wasted space that could be put to better use.
I should add that my phone is rooted and on stock GB
I am not ready to flash a new ROM. I'm hoping for ICS. When it becomes clear that ICS won't happen, then I will flash.
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
ADW Launcher (and Go) let you hide your status bar completely, but they don't seem to be more granular than that. I too would love to choose which icons show there.
If you want more control over the status bar, I believe you need to install a custom ROM, which can be somewhat intimidating (but isn't really all that scary). I do not profess to be a ROM expert at all, but I've played around with a few and the CM7-based ROMs allow to customize some of the icons that appear in your status bar and notification screen.
There are, of course, a ton of additional benefits to installing a custom ROM. If you're interested, you might want to check these threads out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600 (General guide, howto, faq for ROMs, kernels, and more. Start here.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574 (Thread for the official CM7 build)
I am using Go, but am looking for a more fine grained solution. As stated in original post, I am not going to flash a new ROM until the ICS situation shakes out.
Thanks
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
I applied the mod from this thread to my 2.3.6 system:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353414
Make sure you read the first thread carefully in case you need the mod for 2.3.4 (which I suspect you do since you haven't changed anything).
It's not a new ROM, but it does require CWM to flash (probably because the bar can't be modified while the system is running).