I would like to get rid of the "personalize" icon - On the bottom right of the HTC sense launcher. I have a new png to put in the Rosie app using root explorer, but can't make it stick.
Do I need to resign or modify a different way? Trying to do this straight from my phone. Any tips? Thanks!
EDIT: rooted running cleanrom reborn
adeyo said:
I would like to get rid of the "personalize" icon - On the bottom right of the HTC sense launcher. I have a new png to put in the Rosie app using root explorer, but can't make it stick.
Do I need to resign or modify a different way? Trying to do this straight from my phone. Any tips? Thanks!
EDIT: rooted running cleanrom reborn
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the image is in fusion.apk, you need m10 tools to decompile and edit it.
Edit again: Ok, confused. I couldn't find a fusion app in the market...at least not one that seemed to edit or be any sort of tool. Also, no m10 app...so, assuming that is a program on a pc?
If so, is there an easier way to modify an app on your phone and re-sign (or whatever needs to be fine) from phone itself?
The fusion.apk is in your ROM on the phone, not in the Market. M10 tools again are not market apps, they are tools you use on a computer to decompile and edit the files within the fusion.apk to modify the rosie.
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So my boyfriend was able to use PS CS5 today to modify his iphone4 icons. This got me to wondering if I could do the same thing, and if so, how would I go about doing such. For him, it was as simple as finding the folder in which the icons were stored, modding them, and placing the modded icons back in the system folder. So yeah. Any help would be mucho appreciated.
robertmichael91 said:
So my boyfriend was able to use PS CS5 today to modify his iphone4 icons. This got me to wondering if I could do the same thing, and if so, how would I go about doing such. For him, it was as simple as finding the folder in which the icons were stored, modding them, and placing the modded icons back in the system folder. So yeah. Any help would be mucho appreciated.
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you could use ninjamorph from the market, its free (you can do a quick search here at XDA on how to use it)
or for me the easier way, use 7zip.
- Open the .apk you want to edit.
- Go to res>>drawable hdpi and find the icon of the apk.
- Now rename the icon you want to change it into (for example the browser is named ic_launcher_browser.png)
- Drag the new icon and overwrite the existing png. close it
- Push that apk to system>app using root explorer and you're all set.
common ones i usually change so you dont have to look for the name
ic_launcher_contacts.png - contacts.apk
ic_launcher_phone.png - dialertabactivity.apk
ic_launcher_smsmms.png - MMS.apk
ic_launcher_browser.png - browser.apk
If I want to use the rosie from one skin, and the lockring from another, etc., do I have to decompile all the apk's or can I just move these things around with a file explorer? Also when I tried to decompile the base skin from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144572 I get a bunch of errors?? I was using apk manager and honestly don't know wtf I'm doing, but I wanted to try. I haven't found a noobish enough tutorial for this stuff. Any help/ advice would be greatly appreciated.
You can usually move the .pngs around however you want without using any apk manager. Just use 7zip on a PC or Springy on a Mac, and open the apk without extracting it. Resign it after editing, install, and you should be good to go.
I know where to find them, the problem is i'm currently running newt's ics with sense 4.0 . I want to change the sense icons with ics icons. Where can i learn how to do this? I want to make a flashable zip. I know is too much to ask but i really want to learn how to do this. I know there are applications in google play but i want to be able to do this using other methods.
How to change apk icons
Mexhawk06 said:
I know where to find them, the problem is i'm currently running newt's ics with sense 4.0 . I want to change the sense icons with ics icons. Where can i learn how to do this? I want to make a flashable zip. I know is too much to ask but i really want to learn how to do this. I know there are applications in google play but i want to be able to do this using other methods.
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First, download APK manager (search xda or google) and learn how it works. It's really straightforward, just mess around with it by dropping some apk's into the "place apk here for modding" folder and use the options to see what they do.
After that, find an AOSP rom and gapps, and put all of the apk's that you want the icon from into the modding folder, and extract each one. Now go to the projects folder, where you will find a subfolder for each app. In each app's subfolder, find the images folder, locate the app's icon.
Next do the same thing with the Sense version apps, locate the icon in the images folder. Take note of the name. Then go back to the AOSP icon and change the name of the file (if needed) to the same name as the Sense version icon. Last copy/replace the AOSP icon over the Sense icon, rezip the apk (using apk manager), push it to the /system/app folder on your phone (either with ADB or a file manager on your phone, if you do it either of these ways, a flashable zip is not needed), reboot, and you're done.
tjb3401 said:
First, download APK manager (search xda or google) and learn how it works. It's really straightforward, just mess around with it by dropping some apk's into the "place apk here for modding" folder and use the options to see what they do.
After that, find an AOSP rom and gapps, and put all of the apk's that you want the icon from into the modding folder, and extract each one. Now go to the projects folder, where you will find a subfolder for each app. In each app's subfolder, find the images folder, locate the app's icon.
Next do the same thing with the Sense version apps, locate the icon in the images folder. Take note of the name. Then go back to the AOSP icon and change the name of the file (if needed) to the same name as the Sense version icon. Last copy/replace the AOSP icon over the Sense icon, rezip the apk (using apk manager), push it to the /system/app folder on your phone (either with ADB or a file manager on your phone, if you do it either of these ways, a flashable zip is not needed), reboot, and you're done.
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WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much that was very easy. I just wanted to create a flashable zip so that i could share it with everybody else.
Mexhawk06 said:
WOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much that was very easy. I just wanted to create a flashable zip so that i could share it with everybody else.
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I think there's some threads around xda on that, I just always theme stuff for myself cause I don't have time for people's requests so i've never looked into making flashable zips. Probably not too hard though. Have fun!
Hello,
I own a ZTE Crescent- Rooted/CWM recovery running CM7.
I was messing around with using CM9 and I like it but it isn't up for the kind of usage I'd like to use it for so I went back to CM7. One thing I really liked about CM9 was the pattern lock dots- On ICS they are a lot thinner and look slicker, whilst on GB they are thick and bulky and I dislike them.
So my question is; Would it be possible to flash a zip in CWM to change the pattern lock dots on my device? Or any other method?
Thanks,
Curtis.
It's certainly possible. You need to edit framework-res.apk. Within the apk, the images you want to edit I think are in /res/drawable-hdpi/(possibly in other drawable-XXXX folders as well). You need to edit/replace the following files I believe:
btn_code_lock_default.png
btn_code_lock_touched.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_default.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_green.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_red.png
Not completely sure, you might be able to do it fairly easily with UOT Kitchen: http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ (I can't check now as the kitchen is full, so I'm not sure if it supports theming the unlock pattern or not). If not, you can use apktool to unpack the APK, then edit the images you want changed, then repack it with apktool.
The other option is to use MetaMorph. It's an app you install on your phone for theming. Then download a lock pattern theme like this one: http://droidpirate.com/2011/01/15/metamorph-lock-pattern-liberty/, unzip it and replace the images inside with your own, then re-zip and use MetaMorph to install it. (Probably simpler than using apktool to manually edit the APK).
Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!
I've gone with the metamorph option, seems much easier to do and I've used it once or twice in the past so I have a general idea on how to use it!
Thanks again
I couldn't find a theme for what I wanted- None even came close for Metamorph, so I decided to try and make my own. Unfortunately; I'm now stuck.
I copied the files you mentioned from the CM9 rom to the CM7 framework apk. I have the original CM7 framework app with the new icons in and a zip version of the framework with the files also in there. Now what should I do?
If anyone with more experience wants to take over then here are the files.
APK:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQUxhoTn2XVVJiek01OGRNek0
ZIP:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQUxhoTn2XWnRGVDhIdzRsa0k
I'd say the easiest way is to grab the metamorph theme I linked above, unzip it and replace the images inside with the ones you took from CM9. Then zip it back up and install using metamorph.
Trying it now, phone has just rebooted, time to check lock screen.
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Nothing has changed.
Hmm. I have no idea then, sorry.
I'm running LiquidSmooth on my TBolt and I cannot, for the life of me, find where I can change the lockscreen text in the decrypted framework-res.apk.
I read that I could change it in /res/layout/keyguard_screen_tab_unlock but I can't find it, via looking or with a CTRL-F.
Any ideas where the option could be? Or is there an easier way to do this?
Raikalo said:
I'm running LiquidSmooth on my TBolt and I cannot, for the life of me, find where I can change the lockscreen text in the decrypted framework-res.apk.
I read that I could change it in /res/layout/keyguard_screen_tab_unlock but I can't find it, via looking or with a CTRL-F.
Any ideas where the option could be? Or is there an easier way to do this?
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Once you decompile the apk, you should be able to see the /res folder. Google apk tool or apk manager.