[Q | MOD] SemcPhone.apk removal of corner buttons? - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

Greetings! I truly dislike the “corner-buttons” on the XPERIA mini/active phone dialer during a call and I have tried to customize and modify the “SemcPhone.apk” with the latest android-sdk to make it look like the image below. (image is taken from an XPERIA ARC mod made by  本日2発目です、すみません)
I have been trying to do the same with XPERIA ACTIVE SemcPhone.apk without any success, this is the only apk in my system/app that I am having problems with to modify/customize without getting force-close errors and network problems.
Has anyone here at XDA modded the SemcPhone.apk with success? Please inform us regarding this and post previews if possible. I do not want to change the default dialer theme, I only want to re-arrange the button placements as seen in the image below during a call instead of the default un-practical corner buttons.
Cheers
Preview img below:

Greetings! Does anyone have a modified “SemcPhone.apk” for XperiaActive/Mini/x10 that looks like the image below?
I have decompiled the original SemcPhone.apk and modified the layout and graphics but the phone enters “Force Close” loop with the new signed file and I find it impossible to modify this . I can modify all the other system files in my phone beside “SemcPhone.apk” on the stock rooted 0.62 rom. I would appreciate any help.
The reason I want to modify this file is because I am having a very hard time to sometimes hit the “END CALL” button with the default tiny 4 corner buttons. The tiny buttons are just not practical, especially for those of us with big hands/fingers. I sometimes have to press the “END CALL” button several times. A big large red “end call” button would indeed be much more usable.
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PS. The right image is taken from the MIUI Phone.apk and that does not work when renamed to SemcPhone.apk

I would also like to have something like that!

manipars said:
Greetings! Does anyone have a modified “SemcPhone.apk” for XperiaActive/Mini/x10 that looks like the image below?
I have decompiled the original SemcPhone.apk and modified the layout and graphics but the phone enters “Force Close” loop with the new signed file and I find it impossible to modify this . I can modify all the other system files in my phone beside “SemcPhone.apk” on the stock rooted 0.62 rom. I would appreciate any help.
The reason I want to modify this file is because I am having a very hard time to sometimes hit the “END CALL” button with the default tiny 4 corner buttons. The tiny buttons are just not practical, especially for those of us with big hands/fingers. I sometimes have to press the “END CALL” button several times. A big large red “end call” button would indeed be much more usable.
Image preview:
PS. The right image is taken from the MIUI Phone.apk and that does not work when renamed to SemcPhone.apk
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None of these 2 will work, as both are made to work on ICS phones and will require different framework. Looks like quite a lot of work to make it.

See the files from this post
Give a thanks for the dev that ported that apps!

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Android 2.1 - lock screen font change

ONLY FOR EXPERIENCED USERS - CAN MESS UP YOUR DEVICE
I found the way how to change the font used for lock screen time.
Just replace existing fonts with those you like in framework-res.apk (better use True Type)
framework-res.apk\assets\fonts\
SoMALight.ttf
SoMARegular.ttf
trials here
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Looks very cool! Which font did you use for the first pic?
Sweet job on finding those files
can you share them fonts please? =]
Nice !! It only replaces lock screen font or whole system ??
And btw, what theme are you using ?
...replacing of mentioned fonts changes only the lock screen time font (not datum), I did not find any other affected area.
The fonts I used are from this site http://www.1001freefonts.com/
..but some fonts I have tried are too wide or too tall, so you need to find proper one, mainly if you use 24h format of time, I had problems with for example 23:58 and similar "wide times", but you can quickly check it by changing the system time, that you will see the worst scenario and check if your new font is working properly. Only what will happen if not is that the time will be split or something like that, but you can try another than...
The teme I use is the black HTC one, I just modified the slider buttons to be all transparent, i do not need them there 'cause I know what to do with my device..
The wallpaper is Pop Squares, which is the best live wallpaper I found until now..
Thanks for the info, dude. Much appreciated.
is this still applicable for the current version on x10 mini pro? xxxxxxx.6?
Awesome! Thanks
What am I doing wrong here?
If I push the edited framework-res.apk back to the phone with ADB, while the phone is on, it freezes and resets and I then have to boot into xrecovery and do a restore.
If I do the same when the phone is booted into xrecovery, it works, but then after I've rebooted the phone the original framework-res.apk file is back again.
It seems to not be pushing anything to the phone even though it displays this:
1731 KB/s (10056079 bytes in 5.671s)
Tried it with a PNG file as well. Looks like it's pushed, but it doesn't show up in root explorer.
Hey there is an easier way to do this
Go to the market and download type fresh and andexplorer
When you install them download you desired font
When you have your font in your sd card open up type fresh
Press the menu buttom and click on backup fonts accept allow with superuser and after thats done press where it says clockopia and with file explorer select your font and the press the menu button again and click on apply font
When the proccess ends your lockscreen font will be changed!
If this was useful thank me!
Sent from my G2 via XDA running MexDroidMod PreGhostChilli
Yes, initially I tried both Type Fresh and Font Changer to change the Clockopia font, but it seems this font isn't used for the lock screen clock on the x10 mini pro, unlike on other phones.
When I type "adb boot recovery" it gives an error: protocol fault (no status) and then my phone resets and starts up again without entering recovery. Why is this?
Yay fixed it.
Seemed to have been a problem with xrecovery. Kept getting "remount failed: Unknown error: 0" when typing adb remount.
Replaced it with CWM recovery and it worked.

PC application ADB Mask Controller

Hallo guys!
I would like to refer to the beautiful work of Mask-1.
He crated a small program to manage your x10 mini (pro) with adb via PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868423
This is a tool I created to help me with my X10. I thought it might be useful to some of you so I made some fixes and here it is! Keep in mind that this is a beta version so use at your own risk. Some of the features are:
• push, pull and install apps
• remove apps
• view and edit: gps.conf, Hosts and build.prop
• view and kill running processes
• zipalign (user apps)
• push and pull Bootanimation, framework-res and Framework jar files
• clean cache and temp folders
• and others.
I tested it on X10, X10 mini and X8 (non rooted) .
For any questions, problems or suggestions please leave a message
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I've tested it with my x10 mini pro and i will never miss it again.
Doesn't seem to work on my Mini Pro. It show everything as if it works in the app but it doesn't do anything. Tried to delete some apps but they are still there on the phone even after reboot.
That looks sweet!
(I like the look of the little option at the bottom of the window that says turn sleep button into end call!!)
Might have to have a play..
and it just works!!
Love this app.. I have changed my power off button into a end call button, edited my host list so I don't get bothered by adds, played with frameworks, shifted apps to system/apps.. all stuff I could do with ADB but soooo much quicker and easier
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
hey,, i tried the end call button replacement, but all my button does not work.. is there anything I could do about it?
If i need to modify a file, just let me know. thanks.
pongscript said:
hey,, i tried the end call button replacement, but all my button does not work.. is there anything I could do about it?
If i need to modify a file, just let me know. thanks.
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Hrm.. i was just trying to find the link for you and I saw you already stuffed up your keyboard file on another thread... I will post my mini keyboard layout file there.. but I am not sure if it will help you if your on a mini Pro...
Kiwi

Finally! Phone.apk with HD contacts and better layout

Hi guys!!
After much wandering around apktool and photoshop and decompiling and recompiling, I'm finally successful at getting the right layout for my phone.apk
This is my first contribution to xda... Thanks to all the help I received from here...
Here's the screenshot..
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Please, do convey how this works on your phone..
Sync hi-res facebook contact images
Also, if anyone could tell me if i can sync facebook contacts in high resolution, that would be great...
The i wouldnt have to attach images of people manually..
More info please, like is this stock based? Which rom? ICS compatible? I can see that you are using cm7
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Yes, this is the stock Phone.apk of cyanogenmod 7.2 rc0...
I think it should work with all cyanogenmod roms..
I need people to test it and see if it works..
My 4.0.2.A.0.62 is using SemcPhone.apk.
I tried to changed the name and put it inside app folder and it just give me the Phonebook.apk error when I tried to dial a call.
I like the HD idea, but is there any working apk for my 62 versioN?
Does it works for ICS roms? It looks good and usable. I think you can use icons more in touch with the new interface of ICS
Hi..
Well, the apk works only on Cyanogenmod 7.2..
I havent tried out the same with semcphone.apk.. Apparently its giving problems while decompiling..
I'll try it out tomorrow, and if successful, I'll post it..
Could you move picture a bit upper, so it shows square image?
currently, part of picture gone.
yes i deliberately did that to get an effect of the call screen from the stock rom..
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yes i deliberately did that to get an effect of the call screen from the stock rom..
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Do you mean fading effect at the bottom?
ok. I'm from another phone (CM7.2), will re-crop all contacts's photo, then.
I have another question. Do you intentionally put smaller answer/decline buttons?
or is it because I'm from another device rom base? If it is not by another rom base, which image file should I replace in order to get my original buttons? Your picture layout is perfectly fit the screen, but buttons are a bit too small for my finger. Please refer to attachment
Works like a charm on my DHD running CM7.2
Thanks!!
Not working on stock rom unrooted
HAAAAAAX!!!
Hey, you can try my way for big call screen pictures :good:

How to remove soft buttons from navbar?

Hello all. I tried to search for it but didn't found anything.
I'm trying to remove some softkeys from a ROM for the Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note has a hw home button and capacitive back and menu buttons. The thing is, I like tablet ROMs because they use the screen better, but all of them come with Home, Menu and Recent Apps soft buttons added. On TW modded roms you can also find a multiwindow button to launch apps in multiwindow mod (looks like a "^"). So I just want to keep this button (maybe Recent apps too, I'll decide it later). I know how to decompile apks and edit xml's. What I want to know is which apks I need to edit and which xmls in said apps I need to edit/remove entries. I already tried to edit SystemUI.apk and tw_systembar.xml (deleted the entries for Home and Back), but UI crashed on startup and never come up again. If you can point to a good tutorial, it would also be great!
Just to make it clear, this is what I want to do, from this:
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to this:
Thanks a lot for your help, it's much appreciated!
did you find out how to remove these buttons?
you can try editing build.prop and typing qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 But i dont know if that works on tablet roms
Sent from my U8160 using xda premium
AragornPE said:
Hello all. I tried to search for it but didn't found anything.
I'm trying to remove some softkeys from a ROM for the Galaxy Note. The Galaxy Note has a hw home button and capacitive back and menu buttons. The thing is, I like tablet ROMs because they use the screen better, but all of them come with Home, Menu and Recent Apps soft buttons added. On TW modded roms you can also find a multiwindow button to launch apps in multiwindow mod (looks like a "^"). So I just want to keep this button (maybe Recent apps too, I'll decide it later). I know how to decompile apks and edit xml's. What I want to know is which apks I need to edit and which xmls in said apps I need to edit/remove entries. I already tried to edit SystemUI.apk and tw_systembar.xml (deleted the entries for Home and Back), but UI crashed on startup and never come up again. If you can point to a good tutorial, it would also be great!
Just to make it clear, this is what I want to do, from this:
to this:
Thanks a lot for your help, it's much appreciated!
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Any clues? I want this mod also, thank you.

[Q] Move statusbar to bottom on stock rom with xml editing?

I'd like to have the statusbar at the bottom of the screen like this:
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Is this possible by editing some xml stuff in the systemUI.apk or framework-res.apk? I am using the stock rom and dont want to flash a custom rom.
While researching for this topic I found answers that this is just the tablet mode. But I dont want the tablet mode, I just want the phone mode with the statusbar at the bottom.
Any hints how I can achieve that would be great
mugendon said:
I'd like to have the statusbar at the bottom of the screen like this:
Is this possible by editing some xml stuff in the systemUI.apk or framework-res.apk? I am using the stock rom and dont want to flash a custom rom.
While researching for this topic I found answers that this is just the tablet mode. But I dont want the tablet mode, I just want the phone mode with the statusbar at the bottom.
Any hints how I can achieve that would be great
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I am searching for this too,i just want the statusbar i am on alcatel 997 right now stock rom
You can use a mod called Realoaded ICS for CM9, also what rom are you using?
mugendon said:
I'd like to have the statusbar at the bottom of the screen like this:
Is this possible by editing some xml stuff in the systemUI.apk or framework-res.apk? I am using the stock rom and dont want to flash a custom rom.
While researching for this topic I found answers that this is just the tablet mode. But I dont want the tablet mode, I just want the phone mode with the statusbar at the bottom.
Any hints how I can achieve that would be great
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I don't know how but i'm just adding my take on this, Even if you got the status bar on the bottom by xml editing, You'd need to edit more things also because the status bar would pull down still and wouldn't pull up automatically .
this would be awesome especially for those who have large screens and difficult to deal with the top of the screen , no such things like this? any app even? for nougat?
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I would love to have my statusbar on bottom with
notification blind expanding UPWARD instead of down.) statusbar can sit just above the navbar or beside soft keys.
I tried XUtilities mod after reading about this option but I'm on an LG Optimus F7 stock 4.1.2 JB Custom Kernel (Freedom lite) and it doesn't work.
I've tried modding "LGSystemUi" before, but lost Statusbar and Navbar after putting modded apk back, so DEFINITELY need very concise step by step. OOOOOR if someone is feeling very charitable,
I would happily upload/link my LGSystemUi and or Framework-res apk's for one with skills FAR above MY paygrade to do the edits.
Whoever answers my call for help, thank you eternally, in advance!
- TheJackalsMARK
P.S.
Here are my SystemUI and Framework-res If someone can do this. (NOT holding my breath but HEY, you never KNOW, right?)

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