For those interested, I managed to get UOT kitchen to create a new set of status bar icons for my rooted stock (Vodafone) rom on my HOX+.
I am unsure whether any of the other UOT images will work, but for the status bar, I have changed the default images to the Hoolm circle battery icon, the wifi icon and signal icon all changed. Looks very nice compared to the boring HTC icons.
I just kept all the settings as default in the kitchen and uploaded the: framework-res.apk, systemui.apk and com.htc.resources.apk
The cooked zip won't flash in twrp (it may in cwm), I just unpacked the zip and pushed the framework files manually. Rebooted and it worked.
I knew UOT had updated the kitchen for ICS and JB but was not sure if it was ready for Sense 4.
http://uot.dakra.lt/
Apologies if this was already posted, just thought some might be interested as many would enjoy customizing the stock status bar. Advisable to make a rom backup first before playing around with the framework files.
maritimesbob said:
For those interested, I managed to get UOT kitchen to create a new set of status bar icons for my rooted stock (Vodafone) rom on my HOX+.
I am unsure whether any of the other UOT images will work, but for the status bar, I have changed the default images to the Hoolm circle battery icon, the wifi icon and signal icon all changed. Looks very nice compared to the boring HTC icons.
I just kept all the settings as default in the kitchen and uploaded the: framework-res.apk, systemui.apk and com.htc.resources.apk
The cooked zip won't flash in twrp (it may in cwm), I just unpacked the zip and pushed the framework files manually. Rebooted and it worked.
I knew UOT had updated the kitchen for ICS and JB but was not sure if it was ready for Sense 4.
http://uot.dakra.lt/
Apologies if this was already posted, just thought some might be interested as many would enjoy customizing the stock status bar. Advisable to make a rom backup first before playing around with the framework files.
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Thanks for this information, I've been waiting for jellybean support for various devices that I have owned but eventually gave up looking at the kitchen as nothing appeared to be happening. I have cooked a battery mod uot zip at the kitchen which will not flash through clockwork recovery.
Can I just clarify that you got this to work on an ODEXED stock rom?? Can you also clarify which files that you pushed with your file explorer as I uploaded all three files that you mentioned to the kitchen but my zip only contained framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk??
I am a bit wary to do it this way as I can't create a restore zip with the original files as it won't flash.
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I'm trying to get the stock battery percent icons into adrynalyne's basic debloat
I've swapped icons before, but I can't seem to get any battery icon showing with this rom.
1. I went into framework-res.apk ->res-> drawable ->
I changed stat_sys_battery.xml with that xml file from other roms that had 100 icons (das bamf 1.2 and also tried from the Perfect Storm rom)
2. I added to the drawable-hdpi folder the 100 battery stat icons from the Perfect Storm rom (I liked chingy's icons)
I have no battery icons at all in the notification bar now, just a space where an icon should be. What am I doing wrong? Any help in the right direction would be appreciated thanks
EDIT: This has been fixed, see my post below http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12792718#post12792718
+1 on this.
I have themed many ROM's and edited countless XML files and could not get this to work. I went as far as decompiling the framework and typing the extra lines of code in the battery.xml but still could not get it to work.
if you are rooted ( i am assuming so)
pull the framework-res.apk
go to this site------- http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
create whatever battery icon you want in the kitchen
upload your apk file
wait for the kitchen to cook your file (takes about 10 mins)
download and flash in CWR
racinwarrior said:
if you are rooted ( i am assuming so)
pull the framework-res.apk
go to this site------- http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
create whatever battery icon you want in the kitchen
upload your apk file
wait for the kitchen to cook your file (takes about 10 mins)
download and flash in CWR
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I have a replacement Thunderbolt in the mail for tomorrow, I'll try it tomorrow and post if it worked with this rom thanks
smoothjeff said:
I have a replacement Thunderbolt in the mail for tomorrow, I'll try it tomorrow and post if it worked with this rom thanks
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PM me, I have the smooth sense icons images that i'm trying to port over to any ROM but can't seem to get it right
Since I got my tbolt back, I've decided to stick with the stock rooted odexed software.
I tried the same process as in my original post.. I'm trying to change the battery icons (not changing the charging icons though) and no matter what I do theres just a blank space where the battery icon should be. I tried using a different set of png's and same problem. Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
racinwarrior said:
if you are rooted ( i am assuming so)
pull the framework-res.apk
go to this site------- http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
create whatever battery icon you want in the kitchen
upload your apk file
wait for the kitchen to cook your file (takes about 10 mins)
download and flash in CWR
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I tried with only a battery mod (stock odexed) and the phone force closed like crazy, when I changed the xml and png's myself I had no issues other than the battery icon not showing
any luck i already have the icons i want to use just need to know how to change form increments of 1 to increments of 10
I believe signal23's framework has the smooth battery icons. Also are you decompiling/compiling the framework correctly when you are getting no battery showing? For increments of 10 you just need to edit the stat_sys_battery.xml so it only reports in increments of 10.
mob87 said:
I believe signal23's framework has the smooth battery icons. Also are you decompiling/compiling the framework correctly when you are getting no battery showing? For increments of 10 you just need to edit the stat_sys_battery.xml so it only reports in increments of 10.
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i havent been decompiling/compiling, i just opened the apk with winzip and dragged and dropped the files overwriting the old ones. i use a stat_sys_battery.xml to report increments of 1 since im using 100 icons, put in the 100 icons in the drawable-hdpi folder, put it through an update zip, and the phone worked the same, just no battery icon at all showed up
smoothjeff said:
i havent been decompiling/compiling, i just opened the apk with winzip and dragged and dropped the files overwriting the old ones. i use a stat_sys_battery.xml to report increments of 1 since im using 100 icons, put in the 100 icons in the drawable-hdpi folder, put it through an update zip, and the phone worked the same, just no battery icon at all showed up
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Frameworks can be very sensitive. Double check that you are replacing with icons of the same size. Also, double check all file names (I once had one file with capital extension mess it all) and double check the xml. Whenever I had a disappearing battery indicator it was due to something small like that. One way to debug this is to start with the original and only replace a few of the icons (make sure it's around your charge level). Keep adding modifications until you find the offending file.
FIXED
I found a fix. When you change from the stock number of icons to 100 icons, the stat_sys_battery.xml is assigned a new resource_id in the file resources.arsc see: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/12834-compiling-xmls-system-level-mods-2.html
The first time I tried UOT kitchen I got all kinds of force closes, so this time I unchecked the Patch9 autofix (not sure if that made any difference) and I used the stock icons instead of custom ones. This finally worked.
After I got this to work, I ported the battery icon's from chingy51o's Perfect Storm rom (the colors are closer to stock than UOT Kitchen's icons)
Attached is an update.zip to put chingy's battery icons into a stock rooted Thunderbolt, thanks to chingy51o and UOT Kitchen. Please make a full backup of your system before applying this, I am not responsible if this bricks your device
I installed this and am loving it but upon boot I'm getting an amazing amount of Force Closes.
Including, but not limited to:
Gmail
Google Search
HTC DM
Internet
Also tried applying a wallpaper and got "Warning: Phone Storage is Full"
I just tried doing it myself using http://uot.dakra.lt/ and after booting I kept getting the same force closes and errors :/
Any help?
No one?
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can anyone make a transparent status bar ?or do you know a guide and i`ll make one myself ,didn`t find one. i want for sense .
Manual method :
1. Pull the framework-res.apk from /system/framework
2. Extract the apk and find the drawable MDPI/LDPI which there is a many icons
3. Find all status bar icon
4. Edit in on Photoshop or any editor
5. Change the opacity to 50-80%(0%=Blank no status bar LOL )
6. Copy the png to the apk(ZIP not the extracted one)
7. Push it to /system/framework
8. REBOOT and PRAY
actually it's the basic method and old method without theme choser
don't forget to backup the original framework-res.apk or NANdroid Backup
blank status bar is good, shows only time and others status but what about metamorph ?anyone with photoshop wants to do this ?my laptop is not powerfull enough ,the rom is wildpuzzle so you can download the framework apk from there.
Look for the 2 Sense Themes - WildDazzler and AeroFire (It's listed in the Theme Thread, Just search for it). Both descriptions state they have Transparent Status bars, so, you can just take it from there, if you do now want to have the entire theme.
flashed them both and they are ugly
If you read completely what I wrote above, you can use the Status bar files from them, if you are unable to modify it yourself.
Well auleu let me know what you have in mind and i'll give it a shot
Like 3xeno said if you want to try it for yourself just edit the framework-res.apk by unzipping it, going to either LDPI, MDPI, or HDPI (doesnt apply since this is Wildfire).
Edit the status_bar_backround.png and any other status_bar_* related items.
Once done go to the root of the folder, select all and say send to zip. Make sure your file extensions arent hidden. Rename it to framework-res.apk
Now you have 3 options,
1. access phone through recovery using
adb shell, mount /system, cd /system/framework/, rm framework-res.apk, exit.
Then cd to your edited apk and then
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
reboot (dangerous option, try only if you sure you done everything correctly, regardless make a nandroid backup before doing so)
2. edit my aerofire zip by extracting it, removing everything besides the framework folder in the system folder, now copy your framework-res.apk to the framework folder, removing whats inside. Go to root of folder, select all, right click, send to compressed zip. then flash through recovery, reboot.
3. head to the uot.dakra.lt/ and run the framework-res.apk through it customizing what you want and then flash the resultant zip file.
Hope that helps
Does metamorp or Zip Themer work on Wildfire?? Tried them many time but couldnt bring them to work...any guides/suggestions ...
I tried, keeps rebooting, dont really have a lot of time to test as i'm writing an exam tomorrow.
Thing is i'm under the impression that it only works on mdpi devices, correct me if i'm wrong about this
Is it possible to make a transparent lockscreen with the same way?
I use DK Custom Froyo Rom.
A transparent lockscreen is in fact the exact same process, only difference is that you modify the com.htc.resources.apk instead of the framework-res.apk. If you want some idea on what needs modding, take a look at my aerofire theme mod, just extract the apk needed and take a look.
Just search the forum for lockscreen mods and you can do just about anything with it. That being said, widgetlocker? who uses that and why? i find it so frustrating due to (and i know this is a bit perfectionist or whatever) the 1 or 2 second delay that occurs between pressing the power button and seeing the lockscreen, i mean come on, sometimes it even shows the homescreen for a split second before showing the lockscreen and thats just not on for me
did any one tried that. completely transparent status bar???/ is there a flashable zip?? srry m no developer. after trying hundereds of roms m bak to kwbr. lol
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did any one tried that. completely transparent status bar???/ is there a flashable zip?? srry m no developer. after trying hundereds of roms m bak to kwbr. lol
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Sorry its late reply. Don't visit here much anymore but I did a few mods back in the days. May have to search back or forward a bit but here is transparent flash able zip for any sense ROM. Rooted of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32824023
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Hi guys,
I've been doing quite a bit of research and also quite a bit of trial and (all) error. I am currently trying to replace the battery icons in my current SystemUI.apk with battery icons from another SystemUI.apk (both DNA, of course). From what I read, it looks like I need to decompile the SystemUI.apk, but it appears that apktools currently does not work with the DNA. I have also tried just extracting the apk files using winrar, and then just copying the files over, but when I do that I the stat bar disappears and everything is black. I'm curious how you guys are managing to make basic mods like battery icons and transparent stat bar on the home screen when using Nova. I've read that the transparency needs to be done by editing a couple xml files, but the one in res/values is only available when you decompile.
As always, any tips or guidance would be warmly welcomed and greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
Use 7 zip to drop the new images into the zipped system UI then it will ask you to update archive and say yes. Then flash system ui.
That's the short version.
Do I actually need to flash, or can I just adb push while mounted in recovery?
Thanks,
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Do I actually need to flash, or can I just adb push while mounted in recovery?
Thanks,
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You can do that as well, my main point was to use 7-zip, for image replacing I personally use zipthemer so I can use my theme on any rom, Each time I install a new rom i just need to run zipthemer on my phone and flash the zip it makes, and walah, themed to my liking.
Manually adding AOSP statusbar
icons:-
So the first post on this was not working for all the people even i got bootloops so..
In this video, I am going to show
you how to manually add them to
your Galaxy Young the safe way (as
long as you do everything properly
ofcourse).
With this method not only can you
put these icons but you can also
leech statusbar icons off other
ROMs by taking the necessary png's
from their drawable-ldpi folders
and inserting them in your system
apk's, then creating a flawless
flashable zip with UOT Kitchen.
What will we be using for this
procedure?
7zip, WinRAR or any other archive
program
UOT Kitchen
Stock Recovery or Cwm
Downloads:-
7-Zip(As i Recommend it Coz its Easier To use) www.7-zip.org/download.html
link to Aosp Icon files (Dont flast It Extract it on your Pc) www.mediafire.com/?b2yyhwy46ywprwk
link to ics status bar (Again Dnt flash it Extract it on your Pc) www.4shared.com/zip/KTUWxnKJ/IMGs-ICS-wwwGalaxyYArchiveinfo.html
link to uot kitchen uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
Now that you have installed all the
necessary things and downloaded
the required files, you can begin
following the steps in the video:-
www.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=skao_8nmLlo
Hi,
I'd appreciate your input on the following problem.
In custom recovery, I have installed the aroma file manager, copied the /system/app/systemui.apk to the sd-card.
On the computer, I have opened the systemui.apk with WinZip. I also opened a zip file that contained the battery pngs of my choice - I highlighted them and dragged them into the WinZip systemui.apk window (replacing the original pngs).
I copied the systemui.apk back to the sd-card, rebooted the phone into the recovery, started aroma file manager again, replaced the original /system/app/systemui.apk with my modified systemui.apk and checked the permissions.
I rebooted the phone. My new battery icon is there.
BUT where the wifi icon and the sd-card icon etc. used to be, there is a black field now - i.e. the icons are no longer shown, only black placeholders.
Any idea why?
What can I do?
Thanks
mary-lou
Have you changed the status bar bg by mistake? Also make sure that the battery icons are of same dpi as stock. Have you played with any other thing? (Transparency?)
gobz said:
Have you changed the status bar bg by mistake? Also make sure that the battery icons are of same dpi as stock. Have you played with any other thing? (Transparency?)
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Hi, I haven't change the status bar bg and I haven't played with transparency.
BUT I tried again.
This time I used another set of icons (the icons do have the same size as in my first attempt, though), again I copied them from a zip into the systemui.apk -- BUT this time I used 7-zip (instead of WinZip). And it worked. No problems after copying the systemui.apk back to /system/app and setting the permissions.
I don't know if there was a problem with the first icon set or if WinZip was the problem.
Summing up, it is possible to replace pngs in the systemui.apk in an odexed system by just dragging&dropping the modified apks into the systemui.apk (with the help of 7-Zip).
Yeah, using 7-zip is mandatory while creating archives for android. It's the same with flashable zips. I found out that you even have to use the windows version, it isn't enough to use 7-zip in Linux.
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