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First - Let me start by saying I did a search of black notification bar and didn't really find anything specific to the vibrant. Actually I did find when using the search but still confused. Initially I was just uing the auto fill pop up for information.
Second - Instead of posting in Q&A, I figured it would be better posted here since it's a theme/app. Moderator please move if appropriate. Thanks.
Third - This is strictly for Stock JL5 deodexed.
With that out of the way...
The black/sort of transparent bar is driving me crazy. I'd like for the notification bar to be just straight black. Initially, I was running NeroV3.0 and liked how the notification bar was completely black. But, I just wasn't digging the gingerbread theme. So, I borrowed some of Sombonix's pngs and just copied them to my framework. That was a completely disaster. Man, am I glad I made backups.
Can any of you themer gurus help me out?
what's the name of the png file that is the notification bar? I am on my way home as we speak so I can help as much as I can from there.
I thought this is all I would have to replace but was I sorely mistaken.
statusbar_background.9.png
I am by no means a themer, but I have modified my notification bar, basically all I did was find the notification bar I wanted and used adb push to copy over the framework-res.apk from the desired source to system\framework whilst in cwm.
What all PNGs should I be modifying? There's so many in there that has to do with status bar that I'm getting lost. Also, although I'm running launcherpro, do I need to modify both the framework and twframework?
Yes there's three folder u should be looking at. One is ib the framework-res.apk. the other two are In the twframework.apk. there's 2 seperate folders u need to look into.. I believe one is hdpi, the other might be hdpi-4.. u must change all status bar png. Although I could be wrong because different roms place their png in diffrent folders.. and have a different set up...
Thanks for the tip. Looks like I'll be doing a lot of stare and compare tonight.
Yeay! I did it. Thanks for everyones help with your suggestions. Here is what I ended up doing.
1. Copied my framework and twframework from my phone on to my PC.
2. As a test, took this status bar from here: http://www.devsforandroid.com/forum/index.php?threads/axura-skins-and-themes.39/ (Thanks junkdruggler and Master).
3. Did a search of *status*.
4. Copied *status* to the appropriate places on my framework and twframework.
5. Created a zip.
6. Flashed zip via CWM.
I think one problem is I tried just copying the framework and twframework over and the OS doesn't like me doing that while it's running.
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.
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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,
Im trying to add parts to a theme I'm using. I've themed quite a bit on my captivate and Infuse 4G. This has me stumped though.
Now, for the simple parts im using UOT. Specifically the notification drop down. I'm trying to theme the header, notification, footer etc. Everytime I try it dosen't work. None of the files are replaced. I can see a few of them looking through the framework-res and systemUI res folders. Some of them I can't. They seem to be in diferent places or renamed compared to the captivate systemUI and framework. I've tried three different times and no go.
Question is...Are the notifcation drop down images renamed or in different places on MOTO roms? Any hints for a MOTO nub trying to theme?
I appreciate any help. Thank you.
What images are u talking about.. dropdown notifications are in system ui.. when u use the kitchen make sure u click amend script b4 finishing motor and blur r more dependencies than anything in a custom rom
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If your talking about the status bar, you can't use UOT Kitchen to theme it, it will give you errors! Not sure why, just how it is
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My memory is horrible and and I haven't touched this in a few days but I can give the places to look and if you change them at all it should be pretty apparent which did what. Sorry, I don't have enough time right now to give a detailed answer.
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > statusbar_background.9.png
--- I believe this is the status bar at the top of the screen
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > title_bar_portrait.png
--- I believe this is the notification toggle background if you have them
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > (toggle buttons if you have them... right at the top of the folder)
SystemUI.apk > res > values > drawables.xml
--- shade_bgcolor is.... not sure :/ the notification header I believe (it was a nasty blue bar for me that says "no notifications" most of the time )
--- notification_header_text_color is the color of the text on that header
--- notification_number_text_color I'm not even sure if it's visible. I've never seen it and haven't changed it at all.
framework-res.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > status_bar_background.png
--- not completely sure if this changes anything but figured I'd throw it in
--- right after this is the status_bar_item_background_(focused/normal/pressed).9.pngs and they are the notification items that pop up, change color on press, etc.
The clear all button, I believe, is in SystemUI somewhere, pretty sure it's an xml.
The minus button that appears on the notification to clear is an image also in SystemUI I believe.
I think that's everything for the notification and status bar. Sorry again for the less informative answer. When I get home from work I'll try and check to see if you asked any more questions and I should have more time to explain the little I do know. Really hope this helped and good luck with the theme-ing! Looking forward to seeing new themes come for the X²!
Pretty much right on point... clear button is not an xml though.. except for text colors in these areas everything else is an image that can be edited
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The images that UOT doesnt get (which btw works fine for most of the notification bar) are located in blur-res.apk and moto-res.apk.
I vaguely remember UOT working for the status bar a while back when I tried, but since I've been on Molten it doesn't seem to work. Not sure if it's unique to Molten or maybe gingerbread or whatever; I also don't have the knowledge to know. All I know is that on my phone right now, UOT doesn't work for status bar and bootanimation. Lockscreen started working after I got Molten v2 it seems... my guess is it really depends on what ROM, if any, you're using. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm kind of curious to know.
UOT will work regardless the ROM your running. The only thing UOT will work for on our phone is the status bar/battery/icons/fonts mods.
You need to feed UOT the SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk from the rom you are running. Be sure to select Amend scripting in the options on UOT and you are good to go.
That being said there are a few graphics/colors from the status bar that are not in systemui or framework-res.. you can find these in moto-res and blur-res.
Icons and battery work with UOT, just not status bar or boot animation. I haven't tried window transition so I'm not sure if that works.
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If you are theming the stock 2.3.4 the background color where it says no notifications, on going, etc. is a hex color value in an XML file /drawable/shade_bgcolor.xml. (But in the Eclipse rom nitro changed it to point to an png image called title_bar_portrait.png.)
Thank you guys for all the answers. I really do appreciate it.
I found out what I was doing wrong based on them.
Now I'm on track Found everything I needed to. Thanks again!
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Icons and battery work with UOT, just not status bar or boot animation. I haven't tried window transition so I'm not sure if that works.
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UOT will work regardless the ROM your running. The only thing UOT will work for on our phone is the status bar/battery/icons/fonts mods.
You need to feed UOT the SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk from the rom you are running. Be sure to select Amend scripting in the options on UOT and you are good to go.
That being said there are a few graphics/colors from the status bar that are not in systemui or framework-res.. you can find these in moto-res and blur-res.
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I vaguely remember UOT working for the status bar a while back when I tried, but since I've been on Molten it doesn't seem to work. Not sure if it's unique to Molten or maybe gingerbread or whatever; I also don't have the knowledge to know. All I know is that on my phone right now, UOT doesn't work for status bar and bootanimation. Lockscreen started working after I got Molten v2 it seems... my guess is it really depends on what ROM, if any, you're using. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm kind of curious to know.
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My memory is horrible and and I haven't touched this in a few days but I can give the places to look and if you change them at all it should be pretty apparent which did what. Sorry, I don't have enough time right now to give a detailed answer.
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > statusbar_background.9.png
--- I believe this is the status bar at the top of the screen
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > title_bar_portrait.png
--- I believe this is the notification toggle background if you have them
SystemUI.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > (toggle buttons if you have them... right at the top of the folder)
SystemUI.apk > res > values > drawables.xml
--- shade_bgcolor is.... not sure :/ the notification header I believe (it was a nasty blue bar for me that says "no notifications" most of the time )
--- notification_header_text_color is the color of the text on that header
--- notification_number_text_color I'm not even sure if it's visible. I've never seen it and haven't changed it at all.
framework-res.apk > res > drawable-hdpi > status_bar_background.png
--- not completely sure if this changes anything but figured I'd throw it in
--- right after this is the status_bar_item_background_(focused/normal/pressed).9.pngs and they are the notification items that pop up, change color on press, etc.
The clear all button, I believe, is in SystemUI somewhere, pretty sure it's an xml.
The minus button that appears on the notification to clear is an image also in SystemUI I believe.
I think that's everything for the notification and status bar. Sorry again for the less informative answer. When I get home from work I'll try and check to see if you asked any more questions and I should have more time to explain the little I do know. Really hope this helped and good luck with the theme-ing! Looking forward to seeing new themes come for the X²!
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If your talking about the status bar, you can't use UOT Kitchen to theme it, it will give you errors! Not sure why, just how it is
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The images that UOT doesnt get (which btw works fine for most of the notification bar) are located in blur-res.apk and moto-res.apk.
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If you are theming the stock 2.3.4 the background color where it says no notifications, on going, etc. is a hex color value in an XML file /drawable/shade_bgcolor.xml. (But in the Eclipse rom nitro changed it to point to an png image called title_bar_portrait.png.)
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okay. so with all of these conflicting posts its hard to determine if it will work to modify status/notification bar/window/pulldown.
but since IDMA is the only.one saying it wont work I am inclined to believe it WILL work and that IDMA is mistaken /doing something wrong somewhere. I hope someone smarter than me can help IDMA figure out what's going wrong. it would just be nice to have everyone on the same page good luck. sorry I don't really have any info on this.
You can nod status bar, but in UOT it gives SHTF errors. Talked to Mendozina about it and said it was something with the phone. You can mod it manually though.
If there is a way, then please please please tell me, it would make it easier!!
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You can nod status bar, but in UOT it gives SHTF errors. Talked to Mendozina about it and said it was something with the phone. You can mod it manually though.
If there is a way, then please please please tell me, it would make it easier!!
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Not to deter you from UOT, but why I not change it manually? My experience w/ UOT was that it's limited in what you can do so recently I just stick to manually changing things.
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Not to deter you from UOT, but why I not change it manually? My experience w/ UOT was that it's limited in what you can do so recently I just stick to manually changing things.
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I use it as a base, then I do manual changes. But I have a bug with the status bar right now so it would be easier to just use UOT to fix it out. The status I would just copy it over to my theme zip.
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The SHTF errors occur when you feed UOT a framework or systemui that has been previously modded incorrectly.. (ie when you go switching graphics and 9.pngs out without recompiling etc..) Try feeding it a stock systemui and framework from your framework..
For instance.. If your ROM is based on 2.3.3 take the stock 2.3.3 framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk and feed it to UOT when you are done then you can anything you want back in.
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You can nod status bar, but in UOT it gives SHTF errors. Talked to Mendozina about it and said it was something with the phone. You can mod it manually though.
If there is a way, then please please please tell me, it would make it easier!!
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Sweet! That makes sense. Thanks!
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I haven't really played with our modded the icons since 2.3 on my d2g. Where do I find png files to edit for the taskbar and such? Any help appreciated.
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I haven't really played with our modded the icons since 2.3 on my d2g. Where do I find png files to edit for the taskbar and such? Any help appreciated.
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The majority of them will be found in SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk.
The uot is your friend. just made a nice all red theme ,couple flukes but fixable
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can anyone help me out? i'm pretty good with uot now however I can't seem to get the signal bars to stop being a light grey as well as the 3g/4g and arrows to change color. im using cleanrom 1.5.5. they rest of the top bar and statusbar was changed but for some reason i cant get anything related to the 3g/4g arrows and indicator as well as the 4 signal bar to go red. i supplied the flashable zip. it's mostly based off the transparent mod but changed a few things to be like a black/clear/red type of theme. any help in getting the other status icons to change color would be greatly appreciated.
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can anyone help me out? i'm pretty good with uot now however I can't seem to get the signal bars to stop being a light grey as well as the 3g/4g and arrows to change color. im using cleanrom 1.5.5. they rest of the top bar and statusbar was changed but for some reason i cant get anything related to the 3g/4g arrows and indicator as well as the 4 signal bar to go red. i supplied the flashable zip. it's mostly based off the transparent mod but changed a few things to be like a black/clear/red type of theme. any help in getting the other status icons to change color would be greatly appreciated.
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The problem is that the 3g and 4g arrows aren't
stat_sys_data_inandout_3g.png or stat_sys_data_inandout_4g.png
they are
stat_sys_data_inandout_3g_lte.png or stat_sys_data_inandout_vzw_lte.png
If you have the icons you want in 3g/4g then copy them over the similarly named 3g_lte and vzw_lte files. Then you'll get what you're looking for. If you want I can edit up your file to show you what I mean.
yeah if you don't mind. I used the uot kitchen so the mistake was on the automatic cooking. only icons that aren't red is the CDMA signal 4 bar,3g with arrows as well as the 4g lte. thanks for the help
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Never used uot. Always ninjamorph and metamorph and just edit what's pulled apart by hand. Xhdpi folders?
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Never used uot. Always ninjamorph and metamorph and just edit what's pulled apart by hand. Xhdpi folders?
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Xhdpi wasn't an option so I chose hdpi although i did see something about qhd within uot
Edit: rezound uses xhdpi or whatever and I read uot isnt good for icons but everything else works
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yeah if you don't mind. I used the uot kitchen so the mistake was on the automatic cooking. only icons that aren't red is the CDMA signal 4 bar,3g with arrows as well as the 4g lte. thanks for the help
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I grabbed the file but I can't edit the files without GIMP. I'll beat this up for you tonight if you can wait. Otherwise if you want to try yourself, these are the files that need to be replaced to do 1x, 3G, and 4G on the Rezound.
/system/app/SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi (and/or drawable-xhdpi)
1X:
stat_sys_data_connected_1x.png
stat_sys_data_inandout_1x.png
stat_sys_data_in_1x.png
stat_sys_data_out_1x.png
3G:
stat_sys_data_connected_3g_lte.png
stat_sys_data_inandout_3g_lte.png
stat_sys_data_in_3g_lte.png
stat_sys_data_out_3g_lte.png
4G:
stat_sys_data_connected_vzw_lte.png
stat_sys_data_inandout_vzw_lte.png
stat_sys_data_in_vzw_lte.png
stat_sys_data_out_vzw_lte.png
thanks I'll try while I wait. I didn't want anything to mess with what uot did so I'll manually patch as I go so everything else is in tact. If I fail then there's always your attempt. which versions of metamorph and ninja do u stick with?
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thanks I'll try while I wait. I didn't want anything to mess with what uot did so I'll manually patch as I go so everything else is in tact. If I fail then there's always your attempt. which versions of metamorph and ninja do u stick with?
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I'm a hard-head. I do it all manually.
not me cause I can never get the images right and always have trouble dragging and dropping into the apk or recompiling
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I break it down with morph and drag the work folder to my desktop. Only problem is white icons on a transparent....going through Xhdpi and just getting some basic red updates to match the rest of the phone. Having all blue os and all red and black phone feels off...
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I'm tryin this with ginger not ics
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all I did was copied the systemui to my pc opened with 7zip. dragged the hdpi folder to my pc. edited selected images with paint.net. all i changed was the 4g/3g icon colors,left up/down arrows alone,changed 4 signal bar colors. dragged the files back into the zip within 7zip and pushed systemui and rebooted. first boot killed the status bar but i left it alone for a few minutes. did another reboot and now it seems to be workin great
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all I did was copied the systemui to my pc opened with 7zip. dragged the hdpi folder to my pc. edited selected images with paint.net. all i changed was the 4g/3g icon colors,left up/down arrows alone,changed 4 signal bar colors. dragged the files back into the zip within 7zip and pushed systemui and rebooted. first boot killed the status bar but i left it alone for a few minutes. did another reboot and now it seems to be workin great
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Good deal...
ok I made a transparent theme but the text color is black making it unreadable. i tried following a guide but the 3 xmls it mentioned arent in res/layout, just the expanded one. can someone point me to where or what I need to do. my personal theme is nearly finished once I'm squared away. any help is greatly appreciated
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ok I made a transparent theme but the text color is black making it unreadable. i tried following a guide but the 3 xmls it mentioned arent in res/layout, just the expanded one. can someone point me to where or what I need to do. my personal theme is nearly finished once I'm squared away. any help is greatly appreciated
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What exactly are you trying to do? Which 3 XML files are you looking for?
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What exactly are you trying to do? Which 3 XML files are you looking for?
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change the default txt in the pulldown from black to white since the entire background is semi transparent. I haven't tried decompiling yet,figured i'd just extract the xmls out of res/layout but I did some reading where hex editing isn't required either. uot kitchen doesn't seem to get certain parts right. probably cause of the ota base
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dyetheskin said:
change the default txt in the pulldown from black to white since the entire background is semi transparent. I haven't tried decompiling yet,figured i'd just extract the xmls out of res/layout but I did some reading where hex editing isn't required either. uot kitchen doesn't seem to get certain parts right. probably cause of the ota base
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Yeah you need to decompile. Which actually isn't as bad as it sounds. If you have skype, send me a PM and I'll send you my skype name and I can send you my setup and walk you through whatever you need.
Hi Guys,
Before I begin, I'd like to shoutout to all the great devs here in XDA who regularly updates us with their mods while living their own busy lives.
I'm using a ST15i on stock ICS and managed to customize it by reading around. I've rooted my phone from GB to ICS and flashed custom zips to add or modify certain functions and changed how it looks to give it a different feel and to better suit my taste. I've reached a point where I can't modify it anymore due to lack of knowledge and training. And now I'm here.
Can anyone point me on how to change the transparency of the status bar, change the battery icon of my choice on my ST15i running on stock ICS? Also, can you help me in reverting to the stock icon fron "No available network"? All the info I found didn't help me. Tried the kitched but that didn't work for me either. I'd rather learn how rather than be spoonfed.
This is my first time posting here, so go easy on me.
Thanks!
I don't think a transparent statusbar is possible in ICS. In earlier versions, it was just a case of making the statusbar background itself transparent.
But Google have made it harder to do with later versions.
To change the battery icon, you just need to change the png files in one of the drawable folders in either framework-res.apk or SystemUI.apk. With the Mini on ICS, it's most likely drawable-mdpi in SystemUI.apk.
If you want to change how the icon works, going from changing every 10% to every 1% for example, then you need to decompile the app and edit some xml.
It's a little long-winded, but it's simple enough and I'm always happy to help. The battery icon mod was the first one I found out how to do and I spent months trying to figure it out. Literally.
It's worth checking out Tickle My Android from the link in my signature. It can do the battery mod for you, if you want it to, and can handle all the decompiling and recompiling as well actually taking apps off your phone to begin with.
Not sure what you meant about reverting icons..is it possible you can provide a screenshot of what you want to change?
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I don't think a transparent statusbar is possible in ICS. In earlier versions, it was just a case of making the statusbar background itself transparent.
But Google have made it harder to do with later versions.
To change the battery icon, you just need to change the png files in one of the drawable folders in either framework-res.apk or SystemUI.apk. With the Mini on ICS, it's most likely drawable-mdpi in SystemUI.apk.
If you want to change how the icon works, going from changing every 10% to every 1% for example, then you need to decompile the app and edit some xml.
It's a little long-winded, but it's simple enough and I'm always happy to help. The battery icon mod was the first one I found out how to do and I spent months trying to figure it out. Literally.
It's worth checking out Tickle My Android from the link in my signature. It can do the battery mod for you, if you want it to, and can handle all the decompiling and recompiling as well actually taking apps off your phone to begin with.
Not sure what you meant about reverting icons..is it possible you can provide a screenshot of what you want to change?
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Hey there, Ticklefish! Thank you for taking the time to reply. You're one of my favorite devs here in xda.
Could you take a quick peek at this? There's an update on his notification toggle for a transparent status bar so I got me thinking whether this was possible or not. As for the battery, I'll still have to search for the battery icon I'm fancying about or I might have to create it from scratch. Sorry, I forgot to mention this but I tried to use your tool. I just didn't know how the battery icons would look like that's why I chickened out at the last moment. Instead I used it to create a zip to flash a stock SystemUI.apk to remove the Notification Toggles which I had extracted from an earlier CWM backup (Can't find an uninstaller. I figured all I needed was stock to remove it). Great tool, by the way.
I can't post any screenshots at the moment since I haven't been able to add that feature to my Mini yet. So I'll try my best to explain what I meant about reverting the network icon. If you would notice whenever you lose the network signal an icon appears on the notification bar? Well mine used to be color grey and had a yellow exclamation point beside it. Now it's all red. This might not be an issue for some but it's pretty hard on the eyes. I'd like to have the old one back.
Just to give you an idea, I'd like to improve my Mini's functionality and aesthetics while keeping it as close to stock as possible. So far I've managed to:
-Insert Reboot/Reboot to Recovery
-Use Wavelock
-Use Xperia S apps (Alarm, Callscreen, Clock, Conversation, Contacts, Font, Home, Keyboard, Phonebook & Walkman)
-Supercharge
-Notification Toggles (which I removed)
Changing the status bar and reverting to stock icon for no network signal is next on my list.
messagemode said:
Hey there, Ticklefish! Thank you for taking the time to reply. You're one of my favorite devs here in xda.
Could you take a quick peek at this? There's an update on his notification toggle for a transparent status bar so I got me thinking whether this was possible or not. As for the battery, I'll still have to search for the battery icon I'm fancying about or I might have to create it from scratch. Sorry, I forgot to mention this but I tried to use your tool. I just didn't know how the battery icons would look like that's why I chickened out at the last moment. Instead I used it to create a zip to flash a stock SystemUI.apk to remove the Notification Toggles which I had extracted from an earlier CWM backup (can't find an uninstaller. I figured all I needed was stock to remove). Great tool, by the way.
I can't post any screenshots at the moment since I haven't been able to add that feature to my Mini yet. So I'll try my best to explain what I meant about reverting the network icon. If you would notice whenever you lose the network signal a icon appears on the notification bar, well mine used to be color grey and had a yellow exclamation point beside it. Now it's all red. This might not be an issue for some but it's pretty hard on the eyes. I'd like to have the old one back.
Just to give you an idea, I'd like to improve my Mini's functionality and aesthetics while keeping it as close to stock as possible. So far I've managed to:
-Insert Reboot/Reboot to Recovery
-Use Wavelock
-Use Xperia S apps (Alarm, Callscreen, Clock, Conversation, Contacts, Font, Home, Keyboard, Phonebook & Walkman)
-Supercharge
-Notification Toggles (which I removed)
Changing the status bar and reverting to stock icon for no network signal is next on my list.
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Screenshot should already implimented just not in the power menu. All you have to do is hold power and vol down button.
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Screenshot should already implimented just not in the power menu. All you have to do is hold power and vol down button.
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Wow! Didn't know that. Just tried it just now and it worked. Thanks! Will be posting/updating once I've recreated the situation.
messagemode said:
Hey there, Ticklefish! Thank you for taking the time to reply. You're one of my favorite devs here in xda.
Could you take a quick peek at this? There's an update on his notification toggle for a transparent status bar so I got me thinking whether this was possible or not. As for the battery, I'll still have to search for the battery icon I'm fancying about or I might have to create it from scratch. Sorry, I forgot to mention this but I tried to use your tool. I just didn't know how the battery icons would look like that's why I chickened out at the last moment. Instead I used it to create a zip to flash a stock SystemUI.apk to remove the Notification Toggles which I had extracted from an earlier CWM backup (Can't find an uninstaller. I figured all I needed was stock to remove it). Great tool, by the way.
I can't post any screenshots at the moment since I haven't been able to add that feature to my Mini yet. So I'll try my best to explain what I meant about reverting the network icon. If you would notice whenever you lose the network signal an icon appears on the notification bar? Well mine used to be color grey and had a yellow exclamation point beside it. Now it's all red. This might not be an issue for some but it's pretty hard on the eyes. I'd like to have the old one back.
Just to give you an idea, I'd like to improve my Mini's functionality and aesthetics while keeping it as close to stock as possible. So far I've managed to:
-Insert Reboot/Reboot to Recovery
-Use Wavelock
-Use Xperia S apps (Alarm, Callscreen, Clock, Conversation, Contacts, Font, Home, Keyboard, Phonebook & Walkman)
-Supercharge
-Notification Toggles (which I removed)
Changing the status bar and reverting to stock icon for no network signal is next on my list.
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Well, it might be possible. There's a lot that can be done if you just know how. I'll have a look at a transparent status bar soon. It was incredibly simple to do on early GB so hopefully it can be done on ICS as well.
There are a lot of battery icons out there. If you find the ones you want, TMA can put them into your app for you, or I can tell you how to do it manually.
As for the icons that come with TMA, you can see what they look like on the thread. Some look better on HDPI, and our phones are MDPI, but the tool can backup your original app so you can just try whichever one you want without being in danger of losing anything.
Changing that icon should be pretty simple. All you need to do is find out which image file it is and change it. Either by downloading one of the GB roms here and taking the new image file out of that, or by using a graphics program and just recolouring it yourself. If you're doing that, and if you're in a creative mood, you could even redesign the icon completely..
Thanks for the kind words, btw. If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know!
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Well, it might be possible. There's a lot that can be done if you just know how. I'll have a look at a transparent status bar soon. It was incredibly simple to do on early GB so hopefully it can be done on ICS as well.
There are a lot of battery icons out there. If you find the ones you want, TMA can put them into your app for you, or I can tell you how to do it manually.
As for the icons that come with TMA, you can see what they look like on the thread. Some look better on HDPI, and our phones are MDPI, but the tool can backup your original app so you can just try whichever one you want without being in danger of losing anything.
Changing that icon should be pretty simple. All you need to do is find out which image file it is and change it. Either by downloading one of the GB roms here and taking the new image file out of that, or by using a graphics program and just recolouring it yourself. If you're doing that, and if you're in a creative mood, you could even redesign the icon completely..
Thanks for the kind words, btw. If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know!
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OK, I won't hold back in asking for assistance anymore.
I've attached a screenie of the icon problem I'm facing right now. If you would look at the upper lefthand corner, it's all red. I wonder if it's the same for the other ST15i Stock ICS users. It' used to be grey with a yellow exclamation point or something like that (can't recall how it exactly looked like but, yeah, something like that). Now for the battery icon, I'm fancying the Purple Android Battery Icon in TMA, only in green and shouldn't mess with the original height of the status bar. I've cooked a battery icon using the kitchen and it messed the height of the status bar. Could you also point how to manually change the battery icon? I'm trying to do it myself so I won't be asking around here anymore. I think others will benefit from it, too.
The stock SystemUI.apk that I've attached came from a stock version of my ST15i's ICS. I wondering if the network icon is found in the framework-res.apk, not in the SystemUI.apk. Since I've flashed the stock one and managed to remove the Notification Toggles but Red icon is still there.
Hopefully, you can find something with the transparency of the status bar. Thanks for all the help!
messagemode said:
OK, I won't hold back in asking for assistance anymore.
I've attached a screenie of the icon problem I'm facing right now. If you would look at the upper lefthand corner, it's all red. I wonder if it's the same for the other ST15i Stock ICS users. It' used to be grey with a yellow exclamation point or something like that (can't recall how it exactly looked like but, yeah, something like that). Now for the battery icon, I'm fancying the Purple Android Battery Icon in TMA, only in green and shouldn't mess with the original height of the status bar. I've cooked a battery icon using the kitchen and it messed the height of the status bar. Could you also point how to manually change the battery icon? I'm trying to do it myself so I won't be asking around here anymore. I think others will benefit from it, too.
The stock SystemUI.apk that I've attached came from a stock version of my ST15i's ICS. I wondering if the network icon is found in the framework-res.apk, not in the SystemUI.apk. Since I've flashed the stock one and managed to remove the Notification Toggles but Red icon is still there.
Hopefully, you can find something with the transparency of the status bar. Thanks for all the help!
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That icon might be in framework-res.apk but I suspect it's SystemUI.apk. That's where most of those things are. This is a stock icon so flashing a stock system app won't do anything to change it. If you want, you can change the icon yourself by loading the png into a graphics program and messing around with it. If you want it to be grey and yellow, then you can make it grey and yellow.
Battery icons won't change the height of the statusbar. Android automatically scales images to the right size. As long as they're in the right folder. The Mini and Mini Pro both keep their images in drawable-mdpi for ICS. If images are put into drawable-ldpi, drawable-hdpi or even drawable-xhdpi (which would be insane on such a small screen), Android will scale them for a low, high, or extra high resolution screen. Which will mess the statusbar height. Your battery icons can be any height you like, they just have to go in the right place.
By the way...Tickle My Android will automatically put them in the right place. Just saying...
To change battery icons manually, you need to use apktool or a utility that uses apktool to decompile framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk
Hey....Tickle My Android uses apktool...(subtle, ain't I?)
Then find the battery icons in whichever drawable folder they're in. They might be in more than one but that's not an issue. Replace them with ones you want.
If you're changing how often they change, you'll need to edit the xml files in the layout folder. If you got your icons from a kitchen, they should have come with the right xml files. In fact, if you've got a version of the Purple Android icons, you could use TMA to put those on first and then change them to the icons you want. That'll ensure you get the right xml files.
Then you use apktool to recompile the apps you changed. Make a copy of the original app, use 7zip to copy the res folder from the recompiled app into the copied one (this will ensure it's signed correctly), extract resources.arsc from the recompiled app, add that to the copied one at store levels of compression and..well, that's it.
The copied app is now ready to be put back onto your phone.
Eyes glazing over? Brain leaking out of the ears? I know it sounds complicated but it's quite simple once you've done it a few times. It can get a bit tedious if you're doing it a lot....which is why I wrote Tickle My Android in the first place.