Cool Colored 3d-kinda ICS unlock sliders - Motorola Droid X2

Just unzip file and use 7zip to drop these files into the framework-res.apk from any X2 theme, even stock to get these sliders.
Thanks to Overmind for his ICS Theme which provided the base for these...
If you need help with install let me know...thanks
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they look great. but im having a problem when i replace the jogtab images in framework res the pics show up in the lock screen but they dont slide across the screen, they just stay in place. im on eclipse1.0, anyone know what im doing wrong? thanks.

asrr62 said:
they look great. but im having a problem when i replace the jogtab images in framework res the pics show up in the lock screen but they dont slide across the screen, they just stay in place. im on eclipse1.0, anyone know what im doing wrong? thanks.
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I edited these a while ago for eclipse .7 and had the same problem at first, although I don't remember exactly what I did to fix it. It's definitely something to do with the .9.pngs. I would like to know if somebody else did this with success.. I don't really feel up to trying it out right now lol. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

If u drag and drop them it should work.. remember nitro made this rom with a lot of aosp apps .. if zzmotojog tab didn't exist in his frame work on this version.. then that's what it will do.. yes these r.9 pngs ... all that means is the images are stretchable... if they aren't moving... and u want them u will probably need to use a tool called draw 9 patch to add the one pixel boarder that surrounds a .9 pngs to show it will look normal.. this is fairly advanced stuff.. if I had time id look into this and fix it for u but I've been working on a bunch of stuff
. But that's my 2 cents
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thanks. my problem was that i was editing the .png.

Ya you should be able to just drag and drop them in, there the exact ones from Overminds ICS eclipse theme, i just changed the centers, the .9s should be fine they were recompiled properly and everything worked smooth on my phone. What i did though was flash them with my modified framework-res.apk in my little personal them so maybe you have to flash them using your current frmework-res.apk just grab a theme from UOT upload your framework-res.apk and systemui.apk but don't make any theme changes but at the end select amend scripting them upload your files and it will give you a zipped flashable theme that you can the open up framework-res.apk with zip and drop the files in there and flash it.

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thanks. my problem was that i was editing the .png.
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Yeah I figured if nobody else had that problem it had to be something you did. Those .9s take some time to get down.
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mattfox27 said:
Just unzip file and use 7zip to drop these files into the framework-res.apk from any X2 theme, even stock to get these sliders.
Thanks to Overmind for his ICS Theme which provided the base for these...
If you need help with install let me know...thanks
Download -->Jog_Tab.zip
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Does it matter where in the framework-res.apk you put them? Folder or just the png files inside get put in there?
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Drag and drop.. 7zip will do the work for u.. excellent program
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Drag and drop.. 7zip will do the work for u.. excellent program
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Well I was going to do it in my es file explorer. So what and where exactly do I drop them? If I do it with 7zip do I have the apk open with it or just drop the images on the zip? What do I drag and drop the folder in the zip or the files inside that folder?
Edit: I right clicked on my uot zip and opened my uot zip with "open archive" and it wont let me drag and drop them into my framework apk...
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if you right click framework-res.apk inside the framework folder then drop them in there. It will replace the existing ones and exit out of 7zip it will ask you that you made changes to framework-res.apk then flash and you should be good.

Tried it a couple different ways and nothing. Right clicked and opened framwork res apk and pit them in and didn't work. Re did it with them in the res folder with the original slider images and still nothing.
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U r doing it the right way but u have to click the framework folder then click framework res... then drawable hdpi with eclipse it will say drawable hdpi v4.. once u get that open it will allow u to do it then it will tell u zip is modified just say yes.. put zip on sd card flash in recovery and u will have it.. if u follow these instructions it will work defenitely
So sorry about not answering your question b4... it def does matter where u drop them
U have to close the zip after u move the images also then accept the changes
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U r doing it the right way but u have to click the framework folder then click framework res... then drawable hdpi with eclipse it will say drawable hdpi v4.. once u get that open it will allow u to do it then it will tell u zip is modified just say yes.. put zip on sd card flash in recovery and u will have it.. if u follow these instructions it will work defenitely
So sorry about not answering your question b4... it def does matter where u drop them
U have to close the zip after u move the images also then accept the changes
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I put them in the drawable hpdi folder but when I looked in there today the filenames of the stock ones were not overrode by the new ones. There are also jog tabs images without the zz _moto on front. Im using liberty with the liberty blue sense theme
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Have u tried using the regular lockscreen because the images have the same name.. there is additional tabs for rotary lockscreen I believe
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Have u tried using the regular lockscreen because the images have the same name.. there is additional tabs for rotary lockscreen I believe
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yeah I tried on both. Ill have to delete the stock lockscreen images I think. Or rename the ones in the zip to overwrite the stock ones.
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Let me take a look at the liberty framework
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Thanks
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I don't think these will work with liberty? Liberty uses a custom lock screen with different names im not sure exactly what those are i have never used liberty. It should be fairly easy to find the names of what liberty is using and just rename them to fit liberty. I should have written better directions but i was in a hurry and just kinda threw them up.
Yes they need to be in this folder...Framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi(v4) for eclipse

Just checked out the framework and these images do not exist nor do I see any pngs that it could be renamed too.. I think the lockscreens are all in the jog tab section of the framework and and there are quite a few to choose from.. sorry to tell u but I don't think this is possible to implement on liberty until the developers make it as an optional lockscreen choice
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[MORPH] Androdena Theme port LatestUpdate 10/13

So Now that I have this looking presentable I figured it could use its own thread... This is a port of a theme posted in our forum...
Not sure where the rest of the images came from, but the icons are ibox by hockey... who does some pretty amazing theme work.
This its a metamorph this is not a flashable .zip file... This is got the hybrid roms.. please unzip the file and open the readme... it is full of useful information... Including the winning lottery numbers for tomorrow night... If you have any problems or suggestions, remember to use respect and be polite...
As always I am not responsible for what you install on your phone, do a Nandroid before installing, read and research before asking a question in this thread, and please dont clutter this thread...
I hope you enjoy,
JunkDruggler
Animated Clock and Menu
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Lockscreen
Pulldown
Settings
Widgets
9/5_Andy_Update.zip
9/6_Andy_Update.zip
9/7 Andy_Morph.zip
9/7 Mirror
Do not click apply all, Do not flash the camera, it will give you fcs... Choose each apk manually and skip the camera..
10/13 bionix port (framework only)
http://db.tt/dYxi8F5
9/7 is just the morph... get icons, clock and launcher from 9/6
changelog*
fixed calendar (white box issue)
green dialer
added icons
added widgets
lockscreen looks cleaner
Green highlights
more?
if you get errors after pressing apply all it is ok, I have apks in the theme control file with no files to push yet...
Thanks man!
You got a mention in the read me... And I included the launcher art...
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Is there a stock for those who want to go back to stock?
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You got a mention in the read me... And I included the launcher art...
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I appreciate the mention man and thanks again for morphing this for us and thanks to the guy who made this slick theme as well!
Hopefully he will skin the 3g/e, mail and the other stock icons not yet skinned in the next update.
@talltexan no, best bet is to make a nandroid backup.
No there is not a stock... Im not gonna take the time to make a revert for every morph I make... just do a nandroid,
Or download NinjaMorph from the market
Pick new Projects for
system/app/settings.apk
system/framework/framework-res.apk
system/framework/twframework-res.apk
each of these get saved in a workspace folderand is an extracted form of the apk... to revert to stock just finish existing project and choose the desired apk to untheme....
junkdruggler said:
I do not know who's artwork this is or anything..
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Not sure where the rest of the images came from, but the icons are ibox by hockey... who does some pretty amazing theme work.
http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-2g-...skins-themes-launches/683402-ibox-carbon.html
jonnybueno said:
Not sure where the rest of the images came from, but the icons are ibox by hockey... who does some pretty amazing theme work.
http://modmyi.com/forums/iphone-2g-...skins-themes-launches/683402-ibox-carbon.html
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Thanks buddy OP updated..
check out what will be with the next release--- a couple of themed apks along with WIDGETS (search still needs touching up)
I'm having the following problem. Where the gps, wifi etc icons are this area always remains gray. Also where it says lookout that's a little hard to read. Some help or info would be great! BTW awesome theme man.
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rel500 said:
I'm having the following problem. Where the gps, wifi etc icons are this area always remains gray. Also where it says lookout that's a little hard to read. Some help or info would be great! BTW awesome theme man.
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Im not going to be able to fix the problem you are having with lookout, not without changing everything around... something didnt take if your pulldown doesnt look like the one from my screenshot... The grey area up top and the T-mobile header
ICONS--- use whatever process you would normally use to apply.
Can someone clarify on how to apply these?
Andy_Update.zip--- MM file, shoot yourself if you dont know how to apply.
Is this applied through MM or flash through Rom Manager as an update.zip?
Shooting myself now!
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badaphooko01 said:
ICONS--- use whatever process you would normally use to apply.
Can someone clarify on how to apply these?
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there are 3rd party apps that do this, some home replacements have this ability...
badaphooko01 said:
Andy_Update.zip--- MM file, shoot yourself if you dont know how to apply.
Is this applied through MM or flash through Rom Manager as an update.zip?
Shooting myself now!
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The op clearly states not to flash in recovery... its a MetaMorph file.. flash with MM.. choose Andy_Update.xml and apply all
@BlackElvis extract the file and read the README... the OP has the instructions on how to apply...
Yea lookout I could care less about but the header is what's really bothering me. I'm running a stock rom, I have root and no other morphs on my phone. I was playing with different roms but flashed back to stock using odin. I really don't know what's causing this. Would really like this morph, its sick.
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BlackElvis79 said:
No xml.
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Stop ctuttering my thread... Read the Damn ReadME.. I put it there for you... READ the first post.. If you cannot follow instructions it doesnt work...
rel500 said:
Yea lookout I could care less about but the header is what's really bothering me. I'm running a stock rom, I have root and no other morphs on my phone. I was playing with different roms but flashed back to stock using odin. I really don't know what's causing this. Would really like this morph, its sick.
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Ok I just upgraded to the new hybrid and I see what didnt fix... Will be providing an update soon... along with stock music, genie, power, and search widgets.... And launcher
junkdruggler said:
Ok I just upgraded to the new hybrid and I see what didnt fix... Will be providing an update soon... along with stock music, genie, power, and search widgets.... And launcher
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nice , thanks for fixing this for our Vibrants!
update
Just added an update... Now we have matching widgets and a matching header...

Eclipse .7 cyan toggles and theme

First off.. credit to naven and dragon for making this available as well as hedwig who first posted his cyan dropdown which for all intensive purposes i am using for this little theme i put together.. I do not know the exact hexcode for the cyan shade that nitro uses but what i used for the theme is close.. ps also thanks to uot kitchen for doing all the work i dont know how to
changed boot animation to original android
changed font to unbuntu
changed volume, download, overscroll, dividers, to my shade of cyan its close
changed loading icon to mixer
couple other minor things
flash at your own risk... works perfect on my phone and i am not a pro themer at all so unfortunately i do not have a stock revert sorry.. a few people asked me for it so im just throwing it out there for people to look at and use if they want
here is the zip flash in recovery wipe cache and dalvik cache first atleast thats what i do
Edit red theme is now up and here it is... everything is the same except red... i know people want a changed boot animation and i am going to work on the lockscreen atleast but for now.. also forgot to change the footer to all black sorry peeps ill work on it tomorrow im gonna redo the cyan then too
Flash after install of full rom don't flash both at same same time or u will lose your status bar
Here's the screenshot
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Looks great...Thanks
lookin good, nice work!
Kevin3328 said:
First off.. credit to naven and dragon for making this available as well as hedwig who first posted his cyan dropdown which for all intensive purposes i am using for this little theme i put together..
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Thanks for the mention kevin.
Downloading yours now to see what you've got.
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downloading now, I will give it a try.
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Nice....Anyway you can do this in red?
There's a possibility if I could do some research on pngs and painting the toggles... this one was pretty easy cause Hedwig already had a zip available that was modified to cyan.. I will see what I could do but no promises just yet
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Going to flash this today, but wondering if the blue tooth icon has been changed to cyan as well when its in a connected status? If not, anyway you could add that to this theme?
The cyan pngs seen under the toggles in my zip are from TheMuffStuff's IceCreamBlur eclipse .5 theme.
Bluetooth is there
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Hedwig what did u extract and how did u make the toggles cyan
I know its system ui. Apk but what did u use to edit colors
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Kevin3328 said:
There's a possibility if I could do some research on pngs and painting the toggles... this one was pretty easy cause Hedwig already had a zip available that was modified to cyan.. I will see what I could do but no promises just yet
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Appriciate it.
Great mod, I love it.
i like the cyan added to the statusbar, but i wanted to change the bootanimation back to the eye, but when i copied the zip to the system/media folder and rebooted it was still the same animation. did the location of the bootanimation change in 0.7?
I did boot animation from uot. Kitchen.. im not sure where it is exactly located on the rom
Also if all goes well tonight I will probably be making a red theme tonite similar to this and also redoing the cyan with proper hex code.. hopefully it goes good
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Boot animation is in system/media. I will check back later on the red theme. Keep up the good work.
i am really glad you are putting the droid boot animation back in. also looking forward to the red theme. thanks for the hard work!
Excellent job Kev...even for a pats fan.
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Boot animation is in system/media. I will check back later on the red theme. Keep up the good work.
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Thats where I put the boot animation I wanted, named it what it was supposed to be, but it didn't change the boot animation.
Kevin3328 said:
Hedwig what did u extract and how did u make the toggles cyan
I know its system ui. Apk but what did u use to edit colors
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I started with naven and dragon's 2.3.3 toggles. I unzipped the zip file. then renamed SystemUI.apk to SystemUI.zip then unzipped that too. In the res/drawable-hdpi there are two pngs that I change the color on. They are quickpanel_struct_ing.9 and quickpanel_struct_on.9 The images are just small green squares. I used gimp to change them to cyan. Those are the images that need to be changed to fix your colors under the toggle buttons. There is a third image in there for the off status color. It was gray and that's what I wanted so I left that image alone.
In gimp I opened up another png that had the color I wanted on it and used the color picker tool to grab that color. Then used the fill tool to put the cyan over the green.
So after I changed those images I grabbed a fresh copy of the original zip and used 7zip to insert my modified pngs into the SystemUI.apk.
And that's how I did it.

[REQ] Soft Key Mod help

I am running CM9 Alpha 3 and I have always wanted soft keys on my X2 because I just do not like the hard buttons. I found the thread about how to enable them on ICS Roms and it is fairly simple to do. I contacted DK on twitter to see if he may add them in a later update and he said he was not going to add them. I tried to do it last night and I just could not get APKTool to re-compile the Framework-res.apk.
Could someone who is able to re-compile an .apk possibly try this for me, it is only 2 edits to a couple of .xml files inside of the Framework-res.apk and adding 4 .png files to the SystemUI.apk. I only need the Framework-res.apk as I have already added the .png's to my SystemUI.apk. Here is the link to the mod and thank you to whoever will do it for me.
How to enable soft keys
Or you could download Button Savior and save yourself the headache.
tallyforeman said:
Or you could download Button Savior and save yourself the headache.
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Thanks but its not the same and it gets in the way. The mod is very easy to do, I just cannot get APKTool to re-compile. The whole mod takes less than ten minutes.
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bswann said:
Thanks but its not the same and it gets in the way. The mod is very easy to do, I just cannot get APKTool to re-compile. The whole mod takes less than ten minutes.
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I heard if you used 7-Zip, you can take files out and put them in without extracting and messing with the APKs signature. Maybe you can just use it to take out the XML file and edit it and put it back in with the images too. Then replace the file on your phone.
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I heard if you used 7-Zip, you can take files out and put them in without extracting and messing with the APKs signature. Maybe you can just use it to take out the XML file and edit it and put it back in with the images too. Then replace the file on your phone.
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Thanks but, you have to edit the bool.xml inside the framework-res.apk/res/values and the only way to get to it is to de-compile it.
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bswann said:
Thanks but, you have to edit the bool.xml inside the framework-res.apk/res/values and the only way to get to it is to de-compile it.
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Ah. Well Id help if I knew how to decompile and recompile. But I dont. Sorry man.
Not being a DB,but I guess I'm confused. You wont be able to use the soft key area but for only that. At least with the Button Savior app, you can tap it and it disappears. You don't loose any screen space. Then again, it doesn't look as cool as the soft keys......
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Not being a DB,but I guess I'm confused. You wont be able to use the soft key area but for only that. At least with the Button Savior app, you can tap it and it disappears. You don't loose any screen space. Then again, it doesn't look as cool as the soft keys......
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Your not being a DB. Button Savior would always be in the way whereas the soft keys would stay out of the way with only taken up about 37 px ( about the size of the status bar ). I just think with the size of our screens that it would benefit the experience.
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Well, I got the framework-res.apk to re-compile but the arsc file is half the size it was and when flashed I get a USB error that says something like " activity?$%'*: USB is not responding please select a USB application ".
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What exactly is it you don't like about the buttons, if you don't mind me asking?
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What exactly is it you don't like about the buttons, if you don't mind me asking?
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All the phones I have owned before this one have had capacitive buttons. Not to sound too lazy but, having to physically press the button vs just tapping the screen is annoying to me plus I like the way it looks.
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So i was messing around with this and got the apk and zip signed. But when I flashed the zip it bootlooped. It went through one cycle like it would start up, flashed the lock screen, then went back to boot screen. When it flashed the screen it looked like there was a place where the soft keys should be that was just black and the rest of the screen had not been resized to fit it the keys were in place. I have a video uploading if anybody wants to see what happened(I'll add it when it's finished).
I should add, I'm not too concerned with having these, I just thought it would be an interesting project to try out. Seems like there are at least a few people that would use this.
Edit: Here is the link to the video
http://bit.ly/LjQpQi
Boom. Got them on here. Having some of the market compatibility issues though.
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Nice!!! Looks legit, now what do I have to do to get them
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RoyJ said:
Nice!!! Looks legit, now what do I have to do to get them
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Haha I'll try to make a zip. Never have before though. I just changed what I needed to and repackaged dzk's alpha 3.
Again though, the screen looks pretty weird in parts. I'm going to try to find a fix for that tomorrow. Apparently it's something with the dpi of the screen. I'm pretty new to this so I'll have to do some digging
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That looks good, I personally don't need 'em but I know other people will.
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Well no rush. I sometimes get annoyed at night by my buttons lol. I'll definitely use those when alpha 4 comes out
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if it helps fascinate cm9 doesnt have the onscreen soft keys, except the OG ones that came from samsung

What tools are necessary to get into theming?

I've got Photoshop for raster work and Xara to handle the vector stuff so I'm good on the artwork end of things and I've got VS for coding purposes. What are the best tools out there to get started for pulling the images and getting them back into the phone?
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What OS are you using?
Edit:
So it looks like Xara is only for windows. One of the big tools I use is Android Utility, but it only works in Linux and OSX. Otherwise you could use apktool but its a lot more work.
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Windows XP or 7.
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Issue becomes decompiling draw9 files. That is the key..
From my Madden PC modding days my preferred method was to do layout in Xara vector to avoid scaling issues then kick it over to PS for finish work then whatever utility was necessary to get it back in the game.
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Well it sounds like you've got some experience. Android Commander is a great windows app for pushing/pulling APKs. I use winrar to extract/zip them in windows.
But ya if you know how to deal with files then it should be easy for ya.
http://androidcommander.com/
Yeah, about the only thing we never cracked was EA's encryption of their 3d models. Pretty serious stuff. Every other image and data file was pretty much fair game.
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zone23 said:
Well it sounds like you've got some experience. Android Commander is a great windows app for pushing/pulling APKs. I use winrar to extract/zip them in windows.
But ya if you know how to deal with files then it should be easy for ya.
http://androidcommander.com/
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Alright, I'll pull that down when I get back to the house tonight and see what I can do.
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Also, once you have a base theme, I use 7zip because it can open apks as zips without unzipping them or renmaing them, i just drop the images in, close them and presto, no decompiling necessary. There are a couple roms that the camera and the rosie choked on this process and i had to use apktool to unzip and rezip but for the most part i don't even use it anymore.
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Also, once you have a base theme, I use 7zip because it can open apks as zips without unzipping them or renmaing them, i just drop the images in, close them and presto, no decompiling necessary. There are a couple roms that the camera and the rosie choked on this process and i had to use apktool to unzip and rezip but for the most part i don't even use it anymore.
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Thanks, I've used 7zip frequently in my other endeavours. Some of the .dats we dealt with grew to over a gig pretty quick. We could decompress images just fine but compressing them was buggy.
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Some custom Chiefs unis put directly into Madden.
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And my current wallpaper. The metallized look is what I'm going for in my theme. Drawn in Xara and finished in PS.
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If you want to change any xml's for text colors you would need to decompile with apktool. Probably already using it but notepad++ and html color plugin are great tools for this.
Depends on the level of theming...if your going to really change things, zip7 won't work to well, need to use apktool to properly decompile/compile the apk, if you screw up a .9.PNG, it will produce mass errors.. for this the trick I use is select the staggered black lines on the edge the the image, then invert the selection (control I, in Photoshop) then only work the selected portion. The hardest part I found when learning was creating and using your own signature... I use javas jarsigner..
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Depends on the level of theming...if your going to really change things, zip7 won't work to well, need to use apktool to properly decompile/compile the apk, if you screw up a .9.PNG, it will produce mass errors.. for this the trick I use is select the staggered black lines on the edge the the image, then invert the selection (control I, in Photoshop) then only work the selected portion. The hardest part I found when learning was creating and using your own signature... I use javas jarsigner..
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Exactly although I haven't had to use apktool in a while mainly because it seems broken since ICS. What I've been using is Android Utility but like I say it only works in Linux and OSX, which is fine for me..
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Some custom Chiefs unis put directly into Madden.
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GO LIONS!
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I use a combination of 7zip, apktool 1.4.9, gimp, photoshop cs2, imageready cs2, and notepad++. In theory if you only want to change a few icons & .9's and not go too in depth, 7zip, Virtualbox+Ubuntu+Android utility, Gimp, along with D.O.C's VillainRom scripts.
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Exactly although I haven't had to use apktool in a while mainly because it seems broken since ICS. What I've been using is Android Utility but like I say it only works in Linux and OSX, which is fine for me..
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It's not really broken..you need to compile and decompile with 2 different versions...I'm at wakins glen right now for NASCAR this weekend, no computer to look what I use...
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Alright, trying to get a grasp of what is where and how these things are assembled. Say for instance, I've got Nils Business Sense ROM installed and I love the RedZound theme for it. After installing the theme, I decide I prefer just the stock white icon status bar that originally came with Nils ROM. Of course, I have a nandroid backup from just prior to install. I can see the apks for the icons so I'm guessing the status bar is handled in one of the larger ones. To make this change, one would have to open that and either change the file names or delete the images and change the corresponding build file to reflect those changes?
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Alright, trying to get a grasp of what is where and how these things are assembled. Say for instance, I've got Nils Business Sense ROM installed and I love the RedZound theme for it. After installing the theme, I decide I prefer just the stock white icon status bar that originally came with Nils ROM. Of course, I have a nandroid backup from just prior to install. I can see the apks for the icons so I'm guessing the status bar is handled in one of the larger ones. To make this change, one would have to open that and either change the file names or delete the images and change the corresponding build file to reflect those changes?
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open nils rom zip with 7zip. go to system/apps/ and pull SystemUI.apk into a folder. Go into the themes zip and grab the SystemUI.apk and put it into a separate folder. I take the /res folder out of each SystemUI.apk and put it into the respective folder. Go into res/drawable-xhdpi and select the icons you want from the stock rom's SystemUI and put them into the themed SystemUI res/drawable-xhdpi folder. Open the themes SystemUI.apk in 7zip, delete the res folder and drag the themed res folder into the apk. Put the new SystemUI.apk back into the themes zip system/apps/ folder and then you are good to flash.
btw.... good taste in themes

(Guide/MOD) BOOT ANIMATION IN FRAMEWORK-RES {space saver}

Do u make custom roms with your own special touch or make slim roms
Basically i port some roms to Xperia Range
and always like the uploads to be under 100 meg
this means some things must go .boot animation first
so then you are left with Google android logo animation
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Boring yes
So i thought im going to try theme these pngs ,see what happens!
this is what was possible by just using 2 pngs
links here final out outcome these are just a mock ups for info sake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmT21vK0bw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/user/totalchris08?feature=BF
different one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yamb1l0zsy4&feature=plcp
kxp one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht5KGCMdci8&feature=plcp
more aokp ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIArS8atAkU&feature=plcp
HOW 2
yes i know there is apps on market for this ---but that would be to easy lol
but here is the basics
unzip your framework-res.apk
u now will see a folder called assets
inside there u have images folder
in there is your 2 pngs to replace
there named
android-logo-shine.png this is your background png
android-logo-mask.png this is your front png
You want to remake them how u like or try the ones i posted
HERE
View attachment assets-images.zip zipped up in case upload brakes em
here is some i saved in early progress
now zip back up your framework-res but it will now be framework-res.zip push this to phone and rename .apk,
give correct permissions
RW
R
R
baring in mind when editing !
that shine png moves from left to right
and that mask does not move
this is totally useless to most people as they prob never change boot-animation
i hope some of yous see the potential in it
i think rom cookers n porters n slim rom makers is where im directing this not at general users
but hey they might like it to i have seen some great artists here
info
find out your screen size for your parameters
for this i was used a Xperia Neo
so screen size was 5oo wide 900 tall ruffly
this will work on any rom stock or custom
have fun please only try if understood
Please no thanks save them for your favorite dev :thumbup:​
don't forget to delete or remove bootanimation.zip from media folder lol forgot about that
peace
chris
Keep this 2
Any one have any questions
Think I may have put in wrong section should be in themes section
is my how to complicated or just no good full stop
200 views but video only a few
Let me know
PS I don't bite
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Any one have any questions
Think I may have put in wrong section should be in themes section
is my how to complicated or just no good full stop
200 views but video only a few
Let me know
PS I don't bite
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Well this has helped me! Will use it in the next PA port!:thumbup:
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Ah so this is whats the email you sent about,nice find mate :good:
Lol how it happens
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very useful tutorial bro...one thing i wanna ask...i often modify pngs in drawable hdpi folder and then repack it as zip and then rename it as .apk.
it works perfect when given correct permissions...but is the new repacked apk zipaligned? do they need to be zipaligned? bcoz i do all modifications and packing- repacking on root explorer.
Thanks a lot.
where to download the kxp bootanimation png?
mmckoyuki said:
where to download the kxp bootanimation png?
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Op u can get that one
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how to increase size of android-logo-mask.png
when i replace it with a static image of larger size , my nexus 7 boot up without any logo, i believe there should be a way how to increase the pixels of the android-logo-mask.png from cmds/bootanimation/BootAnimation.cpp, please let me know
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Any one have any questions
Think I may have put in wrong section should be in themes section
is my how to complicated or just no good full stop
200 views but video only a few
Let me know
PS I don't bite
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Very useful tutorial. i am succeeded by creating my own boot animation thanks to you. but i wanna know how to change direction of shine png.
i want it in opposite direction or up and down,
how to animate shine png...?
Ysharief said:
Very useful tutorial. i am succeeded by creating my own boot animation thanks to you. but i wanna know how to change direction of shine png.
i want it in opposite direction or up and down,
how to animate shine png...?
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i almost forgot about this thread iv been away long time now tbh man i have htc one and no longer come here sorry ya on ya own it was just a idea i through out there to play with
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Hey man!! Long time no see!! Really miss u n ur work here.. Hope ur doing good
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