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
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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.
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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
So I was tinkering with some stuff trying to get a semi transparent app drawer to work. I got that to work and now have a close to perfect setup for my device. The only thing wrong now is that my app shortcuts on the lockscreen are missing. I've tried numerous things to get it back to no avail. I was trying to hold off from performing a hard reset. Does anyone know of a way to reinstall the lockscreen itself without having to hard reset? Everything else is so nice that I'm almost considering leaving it as is. Thanks in advance.
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I actually really like what you have there. I've been working to remove the shortcuts ... lol. Do you think you could send me or post your APKs?
And yes ... if you pull the APKs from the stock ROM, you can use ADB or a File Manager to import the APKs back into the ROM. It will restore the original setup.
Thanks
fix
i think that you could probably take the setup that they have for the glass skin and apply that to your current work they have a transparent lock screen i believe
Michael Gaines said:
So I was tinkering with some stuff trying to get a semi transparent app drawer to work. I got that to work and now have a close to perfect setup for my device. The only thing wrong now is that my app shortcuts on the lockscreen are missing. I've tried numerous things to get it back to no avail. I was trying to hold off from performing a hard reset. Does anyone know of a way to reinstall the lockscreen itself without having to hard reset? Everything else is so nice that I'm almost considering leaving it as is. Thanks in advance.
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Did you remove any of sense's APKs? What mods did you do exactly?
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Any chance you want to share that background?
As far as fixes the only one I would know would break your transparent lock bar so I am not sure
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.
Image preview:
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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!
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?)
I am not a developer, but I've done my first mod.
It's for noobs like me, and it's made for stock rom, russian MG2 versión. You need to have your phone rooted
You only have to copy this file to your sdcard, and then, with root explorer or similar file explorer, copy it to /system/App overwriting the existing one.
Please, before doing anything make a backup of that file.
After copying it, reboot immediately. May be you could see a popup saying that SystemUI has closed, but it's normal.
I've modded it only to have 5 toggles, so I won't see anymore that ugly movement of the toggles. These five toggles are: wifi, mobile data, silent mode, location (GPS) and bluetooth.
I think theye are the most used, aren't they ?
Bye,
SCREENSHOT
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Nice work, Well done! :good:
juan3211 said:
I am not a developer, but I've done my first mod.
It's for noobs like me, and it's made for stock rom, russian MG2 versión. You need to have your phone rooted
You only have to copy this file to your sdcard, and then, with root explorer or similar file explorer, copy it to /system/App overwriting the existing one.
Please, before doing anything make a backup of that file.
After copying it, reboot immediately. May be you could see a popup saying that SystemUI has closed, but it's normal.
I've modded it only to have 5 toggles, so I won't see anymore that ugly movement of the toggles. These five toggles are: wifi, mobile data, silent mode, location (GPS) and bluetooth.
I think theye are the most used, aren't they ?
Bye,
SCREENSHOT
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which line in systemUI you've changed? i'd try by myself if u allow to know it
manukwel said:
which line in systemUI you've changed? i'd try by myself if u allow to know it
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Navigate to and open \SystemUI\res\values\arrays.xml
how to add extra buttons to qiuck settings & rearrange or delete icons
and i think this should go to general section...
ronin790 said:
Navigate to and open \SystemUI\res\values\arrays.xml
how to add extra buttons to qiuck settings & rearrange or delete icons
and i think this should go to general section...
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thanks
and i guess u're right, lol