Where Are .apk Files for SMS, Dialpad/Contacts & Camera? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i'm trying to find .apk files for sms, dialpad/contacts, and camera. i did find mms.apk, which i assume is for sms. but i cant find .apk for dialpad/contacts or camera. could they be under different names?

bldon said:
i'm trying to find .apk files for sms, dialpad/contacts, and camera. i did find mms.apk, which i assume is for sms. but i cant find .apk for dialpad/contacts or camera. could they be under different names?
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depends on your device

zelendel said:
depends on your device
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...and your rom.

They are most likely in system/apps and the name depends on your phone model, like if it is a Motorola it will be called BlurPhone.apk
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zelendel said:
depends on your device
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hi zelendel. well i got the htc inspire. and im running virtuous unity 2.39. so based on this info, where do you think theyre located?

bldon said:
hi zelendel. well i got the htc inspire. and im running virtuous unity 2.39. so based on this info, where do you think theyre located?
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ok what your looking for is in system/app the will begin with HTC so look for HTC Dialer, HTC contacts, HTC camera, Phone apks. the MMS.apk is the sms app. the dialer is 2 phone and dialer, when controls before the call is placed and the other controls during the call/

zelendel said:
ok what your looking for is in system/app the will begin with HTC so look for HTC Dialer, HTC contacts, HTC camera, Phone apks. the MMS.apk is the sms app. the dialer is 2 phone and dialer, when controls before the call is placed and the other controls during the call/
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zelendel, i found the apk files as per your instruction. my goal is to change the dialerpad color of the png of the dialerpad found in HTC Dialer.apk. but when i open the apk, i cant find the dialerpad anywhere. i dont understand this. is there something that i'm doing wrong?

bldon said:
zelendel, i found the apk files as per your instruction. my goal is to change the dialerpad color of the png of the dialerpad found in HTC Dialer.apk. but when i open the apk, i cant find the dialerpad anywhere. i dont understand this. is there something that i'm doing wrong?
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FIrst how are you opening it? Second what image are you trying to change. The images for the dialer are scattered across 3 apks, com.htc.resources.apk and the dialer apk and phone.apk. There are 2 types of images. a normal png and a .9.png that controls the call button.

zelendel said:
FIrst how are you opening it? Second what image are you trying to change. The images for the dialer are scattered across 3 apks, com.htc.resources.apk and the dialer apk and phone.apk. There are 2 types of images. a normal png and a .9.png that controls the call button.
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zelendel, im opening the apk by unraring it. then i see several folders. then in each folder theres many xml and png files. but i only find several keypad buttons, like, 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,.. i cant find 2 and 0. i'll take ur advice and open up the other apks like, com.htc.resources.apk and phone.apk. i still want to make the dialpad look like the one from wp7.

bldon said:
zelendel, im opening the apk by unraring it. then i see several folders. then in each folder theres many xml and png files. but i only find several keypad buttons, like, 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,.. i cant find 2 and 0. i'll take ur advice and open up the other apks like, com.htc.resources.apk and phone.apk. i still want to make the dialpad look like the one from wp7.
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Then you are gonna need to learn to edit .9.png and how to decompile and recompile the apks so you can see the xmls. search for apk manager and start their. The text for the buttons is in an xml not a image. Still not sure what those are for myself lol. Here is a screen shot of what I have been able to pull off so far.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

zelendel said:
Then you are gonna need to learn to edit .9.png and how to decompile and recompile the apks so you can see the xmls. search for apk manager and start their. The text for the buttons is in an xml not a image. Still not sure what those are for myself lol. Here is a screen shot of what I have been able to pull off so far.
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i found a link with the dialpad theme that i want. but when i tried to install it on my phone, nothing happened. my phone wasnt able to install it. maybe you can help me on installing it? as a reminder, i got an htc inspire, and i'm running virtuous unity 2.39. heres the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223389

Let me see what I can do. I have never run that rom before myself

bldon said:
i found a link with the dialpad theme that i want. but when i tried to install it on my phone, nothing happened. my phone wasnt able to install it. maybe you can help me on installing it? as a reminder, i got an htc inspire, and i'm running virtuous unity 2.39. heres the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223389
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Just a word to the wise. Never flash anything that was not built for your device. This is an LG zip file not an HTC

zelendel said:
Just a word to the wise. Never flash anything that was not built for your device. This is an LG zip file not an HTC
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WOW! i didnt know that before. thanks for the warning. it wouldve been cool to run this theme on my inspire regardless though.
anyway, maybe you can still help me with something. theres a kernel called unity v9. i tried to install on my inspire via recovery. but it wont let me. can you please help me install it? i know i'm doing everything correctly. heres the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121939
theres also a unity v10 kernel. but i dont know if itll work on the inspire. please let me know that also, thanks zelendel.

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[METAMORPH] Settings Icons

Update: Changed a couple of icons to make them clearer.
EDIT: New screen shots added. Fixed the folder structure issue.
So, I was getting tired of looking at the off-white icons in the Settings, and I like how some of the Droids (and possibly others) have colored icons in the Settings menu. I whipped this up quickly this afternoon and liked the way it turned out.
No known issues, but you still apply this at your own risk. I am not responsible if it breaks your phone, your home, or your back.
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Link for XDA App users
Link for restore original for App users
by any chance did this break your wifi/gps settings? I made a sense settings morph but trying to open the gps or wifi setting results in a fc... just wondering if maybe it was just mine...
Nope. Wireless and GPS are both working fine. This morph was strictly just image replacements for the icons.
same thing I did... hmm i wonder what I did wrong?
edit: Just built a whole new settings morph from scratch and the same thing happened
Settings/wireless and networks/ wifi settings and I get a FC...
Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator.
Just tried from my phone and got this... Worked from the comp earlier..
junkdruggler said:
Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator.
Just tried from my phone and got this... Worked from the comp earlier..
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Not sure what happened but redid the links and tested them as working on my PC and through XDA app.
I can say that this works and so do the links now...
btw I flashed my morph on top of yours and mine works now... idk what happened but thanks...
works great. thanks!
Updated OP with new version.
Flak_Munky said:
Updated OP with new version.
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I'm getting an invalid theme prompt. Not sure what i'm doing wrong. Any tips?
bdveteran18 said:
I'm getting an invalid theme prompt. Not sure what i'm doing wrong. Any tips?
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File structure from the unzip looks wrong. If you go back into metamorph and pick existing themes -> settingsiconmod and go down an extra folder, the XML file is there. Select that and apply.
I will fix the zip later tonight.
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Flak_Munky said:
File structure from the unzip looks wrong. If you go back into metamorph and pick existing themes -> settingsiconmod and go down an extra folder, the XML file is there. Select that and apply.
I will fix the zip later tonight.
Ok thank you very much for the quick response.
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Fixed the folder structure and updated OP with new screen shots.
^ I didnt catch there was an issue... what exactly changed? Thank you for doing this man!
s15274n said:
^ I didnt catch there was an issue... what exactly changed? Thank you for doing this man!
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There was an extra subfolder that you had to go into to get to the theme control file (the xml). It caused an error in Metamorph (invalid theme control file) when you were unzipping it. It would still work, but you had to go back into Metamorph after it errored out and select it manually. I removed the extra subfolder so it should be in the right spot and Metamorph should not give the error.
I am going to be working on a Morph for the Dialer too soon. I am not a fan of the blue that Samsung chose for everything. Too pale. I am not sure what color(s) to go with yet, but I am going to play around a bit with it.
Flak_Munky said:
There was an extra subfolder that you had to go into to get to the theme control file (the xml). It caused an error in Metamorph (invalid theme control file) when you were unzipping it. It would still work, but you had to go back into Metamorph after it errored out and select it manually. I removed the extra subfolder so it should be in the right spot and Metamorph should not give the error.
I am going to be working on a Morph for the Dialer too soon. I am not a fan of the blue that Samsung chose for everything. Too pale. I am not sure what color(s) to go with yet, but I am going to play around a bit with it.
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That would be awesome. Thank you for all your work and effort.
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nice works great............thanks
Was this supposed to include that nifty font that you used?
Everything works fine, but i was hoping the font would change as well.
but thank you!

New smileys to replace android smileys?

I know this is not a SGS2 specific question, but I'm on UnNamed and want to make sure I do things the right way...is there some way to replace the stupid green android smileys with something more normal? I can't even tell the difference between these green guys...
dgold21 said:
I know this is not a SGS2 specific question, but I'm on UnNamed and want to make sure I do things the right way...is there some way to replace the stupid green android smileys with something more normal? I can't even tell the difference between these green guys...
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I've replaced with ICS emoticons in my theme heres a picture.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
dgold21 said:
I know this is not a SGS2 specific question, but I'm on UnNamed and want to make sure I do things the right way...is there some way to replace the stupid green android smileys with something more normal? I can't even tell the difference between these green guys...
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For messaging I presume? Use apk manager to extract the apk and replace the emoticon images with the ones of your choice. I use the ones from GO SMS, which are much better imo. I can provide a more detailed step by step if you'd like to do it.
Sent from my Galaxy S2
Simba501 said:
For messaging I presume? Use apk manager to extract the apk and replace the emoticon images with the ones of your choice. I use the ones from GO SMS, which are much better imo. I can provide a more detailed step by step if you'd like to do it.
Sent from my Galaxy S2
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Hi, I would like to do this actually! A step-by-step would be awesome. Thank You
Audiochild said:
Hi, I would like to do this actually! A step-by-step would be awesome. Thank You
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Use the instructions from this post. I've also attached a zip of the emoticons I use (not flashable). Give it a try and report back. I'll do it if you have difficulty and we can see where you went wrong.
There are 17 images to replace in drawable-hdpi. There's also one (the "embarassed" emoticon) in the drawable folder; you have to replace this one as well. The images in my zip are appropriately named, so just drag and drop.
Good luck.
Its easy to do and use the ICS emoticons but they have to be replaced in the framework as well as mms.apk.
ssconceptz said:
Its easy to do and use the ICS emoticons but they have to be replaced in the framework as well as mms.apk.
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Actually, I've found emoticons to be app dependent.
I would love to see someone put together a flashable apk or zip with the included icons. I can not remember where I found them but would love to have them in my mms app. If I can figure it out Ill post it up here.
quikmeister said:
I would love to see someone put together a flashable apk or zip with the included icons. I can not remember where I found them but would love to have them in my mms app. If I can figure it out Ill post it up here.
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Post your mms apk and I'll do it. Takes 2 mins.
Just posted V2 of Johns Blue theme for UnNamed and Serendipity, there are 2 new icon sets to choose from.
Simba501 said:
Post your mms apk and I'll do it. Takes 2 mins.
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here is my mms.apk
Thanks!
quikmeister said:
here is my mms.apk
Thanks!
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They didn't perfectly translate over, but I did what I could. Enjoy.
Wicked sweet!
Simba501 said:
They didn't perfectly translate over, but I did what I could. Enjoy.
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That is cool. Good job! Thanks! Looks great!
I changed one more png and removed the noses in the xml file
so they display correctly.
I would love to have those black smileys on my HTC chacah... but I am a noob ... do I need to root the device to replace those green smileys?
babarali_47 said:
I would love to have those black smileys on my HTC chacah... but I am a noob ... do I need to root the device to replace those green smileys?
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Yeah... but doesn't the ChaCha have it's own Forum? lol gtfo the ATT GS2 forum.
Another MMS.apk
Hello everyone,
My name ist Christian, i am from germany and i read this thread a few minutes ago... I tried many thing but my reseller (o2) changed my Samsung Galaxy Ace that i can sent sms only 3 Pages long and removed the theme feature ....
So i want to know if someone helps me to intregrate this Emotion Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811650
To my MMS.apk and remove the SMS (3 Pages Limit) from the APK? This will made my happy, because i am to stupid :/
I will pay 5€ / 5$ via PayPal oder Moneybookers for your help!
Here is my mms.apk https://www.dropbox.com/sh/okc7laelpyw0d98/l_ymymDmeK/Mms.apk
Thx from Germany
and Lieben Gruß (Best wishes in English)
Push :S Sorry i need it :S
this is where I get confused - I downloaded that mms.apk file, and when I tried opening it on my phone it said it was would replace the default on the phone. I wasn't sure what it would be replacing, so i waited till I could ask someone.
Do i just install that mms.apk file and it'll change the smileys to the black ones? orrrrr is there more that i need to do?!
Please advise!
redmstng2000 said:
this is where I get confused - I downloaded that mms.apk file, and when I tried opening it on my phone it said it was would replace the default on the phone. I wasn't sure what it would be replacing, so i waited till I could ask someone.
Do i just install that mms.apk file and it'll change the smileys to the black ones? orrrrr is there more that i need to do?!
Please advise!
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You need to use root explorer and move the Mms.apk to system/app
Make sure to backup your old one (rename it to something like mms.apk.old)
first and when you move the one with the black smileys it will ask if you want to overwrite.
Then reboot and you should be good to go.
Not successful
Hey, it doesn't just show up. There is now no stock messaging app in app drawer. I have used this technique many times, I changed the permissions & all that stuff, but no success though.
Can you help me out??
I'm posting my apk as well, will you please apply same black emotions & post it back??

How do I change SMS text bubbles?

Hi,
Id like to change the SMS text bubbles and if possible, the SMS text background.
the look Id like is what I did to my iPhone 4 in this image:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
OR
change it to look like the SMS app icon colors:
JonGarrett said:
Hi,
Id like to change the SMS text bubbles and if possible, the SMS text background.
the look Id like is what I did to my iPhone 4 in this image:
OR
change it to look like the SMS app icon colors:
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Since you're new to the Android thing go with this here it has themes you can download from the market and install from inside the application.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...u4vO_dQkRrRZnK0ag&sig2=Jz1t3yq-so9EzHUQ1ZUyig
thanks for the reply, I should have been more specific. I already have GO SMS Pro installed, its nice but could be better.
my Galaxy S II is rooted, I want to browse the directory on my phone where the SMS app is located and go there and actually replace the images there. that's how I do it on the iPhone, just make the bubbles the way I want them, rename the originals (.bak) respring and done.
thnx again.
JonGarrett said:
thanks for the reply, I should have been more specific. I already have GO SMS Pro installed, its nice but could be better.
my Galaxy S II is rooted, I want to browse the directory on my phone where the SMS app is located and go there and actually replace the images there. that's how I do it on the iPhone, just make the bubbles the way I want them, rename the originals (.bak) respring and done.
thnx again.
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/system/app/mms.apk
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+thanks button
yep, exactly what I was looking for.
JonGarrett said:
+thanks button
yep, exactly what I was looking for.
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Just remember that is for the stock MMS app.
Ok, one final thing.
which one should I change for the incoming message. Im using photo shop to turn the grey SMS incoming bubble to pink. Im guessing its the 4th bubble but is it more than one that I need to change.
JonGarrett said:
Ok, one final thing.
which one should I change for the incoming message. Im using photo shop to turn the grey SMS incoming bubble to pink. Im guessing its the 4th bubble but is it more than one that I need to change.
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Yea thats one of the.... then the first one on the next row down. Don't forget these are .9 images.
OK, I understand it now.
thnx again.
Just curious which do you change to get a black background?
Ive been browsing the mms.apk but can not find it for some odd reason.
LiLChris06 said:
Just curious which do you change to get a black background?
Ive been browsing the mms.apk but can not find it for some odd reason.
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msg_bg_dark.9 and or msg_bg_white.9
JonGarrett said:
msg_bg_dark.9 and or msg_bg_white.9
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I wish it were that easy.
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If that didn't work Im sorry I don't know what does. I didn't change my background because it works well for me.
what happened when you tried to change it?
shoman94 said:
I wish it were that easy.
Sent from my sgs2 using Tapatalk.
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So how is it done?
LiLChris06 said:
So how is it done?
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Haven't figured it out.
Bump for curiosity if you found a solution for the background.
And thanks for the effort!
bump
could you put the clouds with colors so we can choose and change ourselves!
Anyone ever figure this out? I'd love to have the stock app worth at least a black background! I feel like I've seen gtg post something before
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all my efforts are failing but I'll keep at it.
for some reason, when I make the changes then change the extension from .zip back to .apk the app fails to install.
is there a solution for this? why does the installation fail when I change it back to .apk is there some other way I should put it back to .apk?
7zip
I would suggest trying 7zip as an alternate program for handling zip files. It can open/extract apk files without the of renaming it. Simply right click the file, &-zip-> open archive. Then you can drag and drop / replace image files. This prevent having to change the file extension to zip and back to apk.

[APP] Swype with Dragon Dictation (Also theme request)

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/22/2654663/swype-update-android-dragon-voice-recognition
http://beta.swype.com/
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sadly I do not know how to theme yet, so if anyone wants to give it a try please do and post here!
I attached the APK so enjoy!
Theme Orange/Blue by samvillian.
Download
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How did you install it? I'm on UnNamed, I uninstalled the themed version, and I get nothing but Force Closes with this Swype.
stone_ship said:
How did you install it? I'm on UnNamed, I uninstalled the themed version, and I get nothing but Force Closes with this Swype.
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I backed up then uninstalled by Titanium Backup, and used the installer without a hitch.
Running UnNamed 1.3.2 though, not sure if the newer versions may be the reason why its not working properly.
Cool. Must be the fingerprint with the new UnNamed.
And how do you find the voice accuracy? Is it better? Just curious...
stone_ship said:
And how do you find the voice accuracy? Is it better? Just curious...
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If I say yes now its just a placebo effect in my head.
Have to do some testing with it for a few days and see if its noticeably different or the same.
Saw this in the UnNamed thread, might want to give it a try.
bfinleyui said:
Tried installing the beta, tells me it's unavailable for devices that have swype preinstalled...
Any thoughts on how to get around that?
Edit: Nevermind. Uninstalled it via titanium, mounted the system partition, removed /system/lib/libSwype(version number).so and then all was well.
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I guess that seems to be the way to do it. I'll give it a try over the weekend when I get a chance to mess around with my phone
EDIT
so, installed perfectly using instructions from post #5. I don't really know what's the difference between uninstalling via Titanium vs. adb removing, but it worked with the Titanium method, and not with adb.
Thanks for the tip on using titanium to backup/uninstall, works for rooted stock as well
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I've been using it for about two days now and with the exception of an beta-ish incident I had with it (it stopped working after my first reboot if the phone and I had to reinstall it), I can confidently say that this update makes Swype much, much better. Swype always used to piss me off within the day for the simplest of reasons, but with all the new gestures, dictionary options and (finally) contextual typing, it's hard to put this one down. And it should be mentioned that I'm a huge keyboard junkie, if that exists. I have pro versions for most of the keyboards on the market and constantly switch between them because they generally all disappoint me in one way or another.
The voice recognition is naturally better now that the company has been acquired by Nuance, but it isn't quite up to the accuracy of choice dictation on the iPhone 4s, for whatever reason. Is it better than what it used to be on Swype/Android? Hell yes. In addition, this can do languages other than English, something I found particularly amazing.
All in all, I like it.
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The speech recognition still sucks.
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luvgirl12345 said:
Possible to theme?
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I have no idea, but I know it auto updates (maybe not if you remove the installer) so not sure if it will break the theme or not when it does update.
Really missing how it looked on UnNamed.
Going to change the thread title and put a request for a theme.
If someone can provide the apk i can try and take a swing at theming it. Shouldn't be too difficult
samvillian said:
If someone can provide the apk i can try and take a swing at theming it. Shouldn't be too difficult
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I added it to the OP.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Actually just had a look at the new apk... it's completely different so I don't think it'd be possible to just transfer it over from the old one.
I can try and do it manually... we'll see how it turns out.
Good luck, after the holidays i'm going to read up on theming.
I tried doing it myself to change the stock SMS but couldn't get it working ended up using goSMS lol.
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I just did a proof of concept, just to see if it works... It's really simple actually!!!!
I did orange and blue (Denver Broncos colors) if you guys want it, just install it like normal.
Here is how to do it:
You take that .apk file thats in the OP, make a few copies of it just incase...
Then you get 7zip, open it up with 7zip... copy all the files in "assets/keyboard" to a new folder on your computer.
The files you need to edit are preceded by "display0_" since we have wvga screens.
The way I did it was open it up in photoshop (the images, that is) and edit the file and save it.
The files I editted were:
background
caps
capsbutton
funcbutton
numbutton
selbutton
textbutton
AFTER EDITTING!!
This is where it gets tricky...
You open that original .apk with the 7zip proggy and you transfer all those images back into it, in the proper folder.
Now you need to sign it using apkmanager or whatever you may want. Open it up in apkmanager, and sign it (using the batch signing folder thing option choice thing).
DONE!
Oops guess my message by xda app didn't go through.
The theme did work perfectly, good job!
Would It be too much to ask for a dark-themed swype like on ICScrewD or unNamed?
Then I can finally update swype
avidmovies said:
Would It be too much to ask for a dark-themed swype like on ICScrewD or unNamed?
Then I can finally update swype
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I second this!!
But I am going to try myself with the instructions of samvillian.
Just haven't had time, hopefully this weekend I can start practicing on theming.
LiLChris06 said:
I second this!!
But I am going to try myself with the instructions of samvillian.
Just haven't had time, hopefully this weekend I can start practicing on theming.
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I've got most of swype done. Issues im running into is apktool is unable to decompile or recompile a working product. Assume because of the updated version. Ill keep pressing.

[q] tab s 8.4/wifi.ironman theme request

IVE FLASHED THIS ROM IRONMAN...I REALLY LIKE IT FOR MANY REASONS..dev even says will be updates comeing !!its on 4.4.2 kitkat base now...i was hopeing one of xda great themers could make a good theme for this rom...really hopeing a good themer can give this rom a go........!!!!!!
I have tried to theme before and no luck. But, I will take a different approach this time and give it ago. No guarantees as Im still new to this
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I have tried to theme before and no luck. But, I will take a different approach this time and give it ago. No guarantees as Im still new to this
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thanks alot!!! appreciate it...wish i was talanted enough to try...i know if i want take next step,ill have go to school for it....i cant jus pick it up like some you guys on xda..anyhow ill be looking forward to seeing what you can come up with!!!...and if fails..still appreciate trying
Samsung link apk
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I have tried to theme before and no luck. But, I will take a different approach this time and give it ago. No guarantees as Im still new to this
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ANY CHANCE,ANYONE GOT THE SAMSUNG LINK APK...playstore says not compatiable with my device..how is this possible?..its samsung device..i just started useing the app on my note 4 edge,and its pretty usefull...need on all my samsung devices..there is a thread about this apk,but all links are dead,ive requested they upload another link,but several people has requested same thing,and no one has tried yet
DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I have tried to theme before and no luck. But, I will take a different approach this time and give it ago. No guarantees as Im still new to this
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I've been slowly trying to find everything for the tab ui. Some luck but not much. I've gotten as far as themeing the System UI apk but that's about it. I really like the IRONROM. I'm hoping to have a theme ready when it's updated to the latest build. If you'd @DUHAsianSKILLZ like to work on something together or help each other out.. pm me.
Right now I'm just messing around with design. Nothings set in stone.
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reggie cheeks said:
I've been slowly trying to find everything for the tab ui. Some luck but not much. I've gotten as far as themeing the System UI apk but that's about it. I really like the IRONROM. I'm hoping to have a theme ready when it's updated to the latest build. If you'd @DUHAsianSKILLZ like to work on something together or help each other out.. pm me.
Right now I'm just messing around with design. Nothings set in stone.
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Whoooooooop! I believe you have the T700 correct? Ive had no sucess with getting my stuff to work. Did you approch this with vrtheme or..? I can provide the files needed if you would like. Been busy with state testing lately. Glad to see you got it to work.
Ive been trying out with theming the framework res. But thats the thing I dont know Thats a perfect theme so far!
Yes. T700. I haven't used the vr system for the tab yet and my zips for the note/s4 don't work. I've had to resort to apk replacement with compiling. Framework still gives me some problems. But I'll definitely take what you got and please hit me up for anything I can help with.
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Yes. T700. I haven't used the vr system for the tab yet and my zips for the note/s4 don't work. I've had to resort to apk replacement with compiling. Framework still gives me some problems. But I'll definitely take what you got and please hit me up for anything I can help with.
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What I did was base the theme off of discreet blue theme. He used vr themeing but had broken framework res stuff. I deleted that stuff so the systemui is only themed. I own the T800. Ive tried to theme the framework but was unsure on which file/picture name is which. Of course you seem to know what your doing. Basically, I just used the premade discreet bluetheme without the framework themed. And tryed to fix up the framework with no success. Well that was weeks ago when I abandoned on trying to do so.
But I love your theme so far. Anyway I can get that working on my SMT800?
It might be the same pngs and xmls between the t7 & t8. I'm out of the house but when I get back I'll upload the system ui and you can rip out the pngs. The only way I've been able to theme framework is by manually putting the pngs in using 7zip.
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It might be the same pngs and xmls between the t7 & t8. I'm out of the house but when I get back I'll upload the system ui and you can rip out the pngs. The only way I've been able to theme framework is by manually putting the pngs in using 7zip.
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Tell me which pngs you changed and Ill see what I can do. Same procedure as putting the pngs in 7zip correct? (right clicking on apk, open 7zip, drag modified stuff to the 7zip, and thats it I assume?) thanks for your help!
Yep that's it. The downside is you can't change value folders without de/compiling but any pngs or .9s can be done that way. Most changes to the notification pull down are xmls which is fine for systemui. The only pngs are toggles and the bottom bar in sysUI. And most are in ..sw800dp [I think 800] folders. Menus and pop up menus are in framework ..800dp and drawable-xxhdpi.
Might need a q&a for themers. I thought I was late to the party but I'm not seeing a lot of themes.
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Yep that's it. The downside is you can't change value folders without de/compiling but any pngs or .9s can be done that way. Most changes to the notification pull down are xmls which is fine for systemui. The only pngs are toggles and the bottom bar in sysUI. And most are in ..sw800dp [I think 800] folders. Menus and pop up menus are in framework ..800dp and drawable-xxhdpi.
Might need a q&a for themers. I thought I was late to the party but I'm not seeing a lot of themes.
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Alright thanks for that. We only had 2 themers so far. Your the third It's been a while since I Decompiled. If you would like, here's the stock systemui and framework from iron from T800. Uploaded it just in case I mess up and for you to look if you want. https://mega.co.nz/#F!i0wCTapZ!RP83sWXTdksm4PqpxVQ8wA
When ever you have your apks uploaded, I'll take a look and see what's needed to be changed. If it doesn't seems to work for me then I guess I'll have to hand it to you. I'm not as great as you seem to know most of it. Thank you for the help! I'll give it a go tommrow
I posted a test and empty zip for us to get started.

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