Trying to theme stock Kit Kat 4.4.2 launcher - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I've been trying to theme the stock KitKat 4.4.2 launcher for the passed two days. My objective is to change the all_apps_button (button that opens the app drawer) to my own custom images. At first I built a flashable zip with zip themer which didn't work at all. So I then decompiled, swapped all the pngs after resizing them to exact size, recompiled, pushed to phone and reboot. Nothing changed. I don't know where the velvet.apk is pulling stock image from after removing all the stock allapps.png's and replacing them with my own. Any ideas, this is very frustrating lol
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[req] deodexed official ji6 rom

Would anyone be able to deodex the official ji6 update and package it into a flashable zip?
I'm new to this, but I tried using xultimate. It doedexed the system/app and the system/framework
But I didnt know how to get them installed, so I copied them over one by one using root explorer after deleting the odex files.
For the most part everything worked, I even got the stock lockscreen to work by copying over the android.policy.jar from eugene373s thread, but 3 things bugged me. It constantly took 5 minutes to boot up. But thats not one of the bugs. The battery icon was completely gone. The market would load, but nothing could be downloaded, and the camera would fc without even opening.
I nandroided back in the meantime.
If anyone could do this or help me do it myself i'd appreciate it.
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Good One
I also would like this. I prefer making my own changes to my phone. All I want is the deodexed, nothing else.
thanks!

[Q] Help with UOT Kitchen, Icons keep flip flopping from stock to theme

I have tried this with a few different framework & system apks. Im on power_rom evergreen. I tried this with stock evergreen apks, the older power_rom apk, the stock deodexed 407 apks, and even the theme Vantastic glow apks.
The vantastic glow theme flashes on my phone and works great. I dont know why my theme wont work.
Heres the problem, everything changes even the icons, BUT when the phone is not using any data the signal icon changes back to the stock one from that framework & system apk that I used. And when data is used it changes back to the theme icon.
How do I make it so it stays on the theme icon I picked.
In the kitchen I changed to this- "Amend scripting. Old scripting, compatible with old recoveries. Use this if you having problem with flashing (no changes, error 0) or have not HTC Desire phone"
everything else I left alone,
I uploaded both files frame & system
it cooks & flashes fine.
I wiped the dilvak & catch partitions.
WHAT AM I MISSING?????
about phone: I have a aws, with power rom evergreen, kernel=2.6.35.14-gxkernel1.0, baseband= gausb1a140514-aws, android version 2.3.3
Please help..
Attached is the latest theme I made. based off the deodexed 407.
You probably aren't doing anything wrong. I had that problem when I used Kalagas animated (I think that was the name) for icons. It didn't have icons for that particular data state, so the stock ones were used. I fixed it manually in my theme.
Take a look at this theme:
http://www.multiupload.com/1V0DU6AD2S
It's one I made for gingerbread roms. If these are the icons you are talking about, rebuild your theme on UOT and use my framework-res and systemui as your base. The icons are already fixed in it and your changes will overwrite whatever I had in there.
Thanks I will
Sorry just seen this post I will try that
Thank-you
I don't know if they are all like this or not. I only recall having three problem with this pack. I don't remember the exact process i used, but basically i unpacked the mdpi and hdpi folders out of the apk's, found the offending png files and noted their names. I found other icons that could take their place (in this case it was one of the animated icons), copied them and gave them the same name as the offending icons. I overwrote the offending icons with the new ones and everything was good to go.
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Cooking it right now, I think I used your theme in the past, Thats why I like these icons. Ill post how it turns out.
Works flawlessly
Thank you again
Ryan
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No problem, glad it worked out for you.
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Inverted MMS.APK

i found these in the nexus s forums and modded them a bit i flashed them and all works great . this is not my work i just pulled them from nexus s rom and modded them a bit enjoy . i like my ice ream sweet lol
update:i removed people.apk becuase it is no longer working with the new ics passion
Is the text in both blue or white? I have the black with blue text MMS and was looking for a black with blue people. Thanks
The people app is white and black I havent had time to mod it but I will after new year weekend I will post an update when I do. Happy new year!
Ics compatible??? and happy new years
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do we need both zip files?
younix258 said:
Ics compatible??? and happy new years
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Yes ICS compatible .I'm running ics passion 9.2
Decepticaons said:
do we need both zip files?
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No you dont need both .you can flash either or both . Been running with both they work great .its tasty and cold as Ben and Jerry's on a cookie lol =p
Install instructions? I'm getting errors when selecting it in CWR.
Error in /sdcard/MMS_inverted.zip
(status 0)
aborted
UGH
georgiapi said:
Install instructions? I'm getting errors when selecting it in CWR.
Error in /sdcard/MMS_inverted.zip
(status 0)
aborted
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install through recovery and as with flashing always wipe dalvik cache and cache partition then fix permissions ...but that odd it works fine and i been flashing and reflashing. try not to flash both at the same time flash one do the steps the reboot and flash the next. what are you running if i might ask?
otokon said:
install through recovery and as with flashing always wipe dalvik cache and cache partition then fix permissions ...but that odd it works fine and i been flashing and reflashing. try not to flash both at the same time flash one do the steps the reboot and flash the next. what are you running if i might ask?
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Hi & Thanks for the look. My phone is in my signature. Basically a virgin Galaxy Nexus unlocked and rooted.
Any .zip I try to install, even as you suggested above gives me the error. Sigh! I want that inverted stuff.
I love you guys and a newb of sorts I am frustrated in all the wonderful stuff that gets posted without install details.
I cannot help but think if I am trying to install a inverted MMS, Gmail, or People .zip should I not disable or rename the current apps that I am replacing?
I experimented flashing the su.zip and it went ok. So it is not my phone.......I think?
Thanks.
georgiapi said:
Hi & Thanks for the look. My phone is in my signature. Basically a virgin Galaxy Nexus unlocked and rooted.
Any .zip I try to install, even as you suggested above gives me the error. Sigh! I want that inverted stuff.
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ok therein lays your problem this was pulled from a nexus s not galaxy nexus and and some of galaxy nexus apk files work on t959 vibrant galaxy s however i dont know if the nexus s files work on galaxy nexus . but you should look into the galaxy nexus portion of the forum there alot of stuff there that might work , also make sure the phone is properly rooted sometimes it appears to be but isnt cuasing error messeges .sorry wasnt able to help.
How embarrassing!
Hey tried to install the apk but It keeps failing. Can I change it to .zip and just flash it?
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If your talking about the mms.apk,
I use root explorer to navigate to the system/app folder and find the OE mms.apk and rename it to mms.apk.bak to disable it. The icon will disappear from the home screen start bar and app drawer.
I then place the new mms.apk in system/app folder and make sure its permissions are all checked off.
Then go to my app drawer and see if its there and will run. If it does I drage the icon back onto my home bar.
Some devices are finicky. Some require a reboot after a renaming then move it in there. Some require a reboot after every move. Its according to the apk and the device.
georgiapi said:
If your talking about the mms.apk,
I use root explorer to navigate to the system/app folder and find the OE mms.apk and rename it to mms.apk.bak to disable it. The icon will disappear from the home screen start bar and app drawer.
I then place the new mms.apk in system/app folder and make sure its permissions are all checked off.
Then go to my app drawer and see if its there and will run. If it does I drage the icon back onto my home bar.
Some devices are finicky. Some require a reboot after a renaming then move it in there. Some require a reboot after every move. Its according to the apk and the device.
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Ohh OK! And then to bring back the stock messenger I can just take .bak off the file?
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JettyLife said:
Ohh OK! And then to bring back the stock messenger I can just take .bak off the file? Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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Yeh. Just don't have two enabled ones in there.
Having major issue here. I tried to install the .zip when it was posted through cwm and it kept fibbing me an error. So then I downloaded the .APK file and tried to install it, another error. Then I moved it to system/app and when I rebooted I hand no messaging at all. I restored my stock messaging from my titanium backup file, but I can't figure out what's wrong. I really want this messaging system, I love the look. Can anyone give me some ideas?
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Any clean instructions on how to install this?
Does this have blurry MMS?

*Update* [Themes] Notification Toggles/198_7 Themes

Id like to first say thanks to Rangerbry,for his port of this for the Photon.This is his work,all I did was swap out some images,to suit my taste on my device,and wanted to share them.I use this with a stock rooted 198_7 build.If you're running an odexed build,you'll have to change the file extension of the SystemUI.odex file ,from .odex to .abk for it to take.I also swapped out the stock data icons for those from the DX,as those look a whole lot better in MHO.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25537380/Alien-Theme2.2.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25537380/Blur_Plus2.0.zip
Kenneths base,the aosp sliders were a morph i picked up from droidpirate,LiGux battery,signal,and data icons.The notification toggles are from and themed like n the ones in Liberty rom.The only problems,are the gps icon is distorted when its acquiring,and the "notification" bar is still ginger blue.This BlurPlus zip,undoes the Alien theme.For anyone wondering,these are based on 198_7 stock,rooted and unlocked.
The Blur Plus zip is a little combo including the first set of toggles.I replaced the saw blade spinners with GB ones colored accordingly,used ICS emotion icons,changed the default wallpaper.
I tried to flash liberty with bootstrap on jokers 4g ROM and ot didnt take. The file flashed just fine, no errors or anything, the toggles just dont show. Just an FYI to others who may try.
use root explorer and rename the SystemUI.odex to SystemUI.abk,and reboot. itll take.
pIxiLatEd said:
I tried to flash liberty with bootstrap on jokers 4g ROM and ot didnt take. The file flashed just fine, no errors or anything, the toggles just dont show. Just an FYI to others who may try.
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Worked great with rooted 198_6.
Thanks.
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Couldn't managed to work with deodexed electrify 2.3.5 rom. It gave me force closes.
murrun said:
Couldn't managed to work with deodexed electrify 2.3.5 rom. It gave me force closes.
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i tried it with the same rom my self,and got the same results. I personally didnt/dont see the advantage of the 2.3.5 rom over the 198_7 stock rom in 2.3.4
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pgriffinsc said:
The Blur Plus zip is a little combo including the first set of toggles.I replaced the saw blade spinners with GB ones colored accordingly,used ICS emotion icons,changed the default wallpaper.
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First three work great on Stock 198_6. (Using the bootstrap CWM and then renaming the systemui.odex to .bak and rebooting, wiping dalvik).
However, the fourth package (Blur Plus) does not seem to work on stock rooted, locked 198_6. Luckiy I nandroid backed up prior to flashing as it caused numerous FC's on just about any auto launch program. Background was nice, but did not work. For anyone wondering.......
Funny enough,thats what led to me unlocking my bootloader,but i didnt have a backup so i had to sbf first.Idk why it would FC.Im on 198_7,and theres no difference between the two that I can see other than the known compatibility issue with some market apps.Did you flash any other theme components with it?If I use RomToolbox to change my battery or signal icons,sometimes itll do the same thing that youre describing,and then ill have to restore a backup.
cybrnook said:
First three work great on Stock 198_6. (Using the bootstrap CWM and then renaming the systemui.odex to .bak and rebooting, wiping dalvik).
However, the fourth package (Blur Plus) does not seem to work on stock rooted, locked 198_6. Luckiy I nandroid backed up prior to flashing as it caused numerous FC's on just about any auto launch program. Background was nice, but did not work. For anyone wondering.......
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pgriffinsc said:
Funny enough,thats what led to me unlocking my bootloader,but i didnt have a backup so i had to sbf first.Idk why it would FC.Im on 198_7,and theres no difference between the two that I can see other than the known compatibility issue with some market apps.Did you flash any other theme components with it?If I use RomToolbox to change my battery or signal icons,sometimes itll do the same thing that youre describing,and then ill have to restore a backup.
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I ended up just using the Liberty package. After the first meltdown with the plus package, I started looking at file sizes of your packages and noticed that the plus package was 5x larger than any other you offer. So that rung a bell to me that much more is being done with that one. As my ultimate goal was just to get the notification toggles, I went with a smaller one.
As I am on a stock rooted, Locked bootloader with bootstrap recovery, I want to be as minimal as possible. I read a couple other threads with similar toggles and was seeing confirmations that people were getting these to work on 198_6, locked. So I gave it another shot after restoring my nandroid from bootstrap. Second go round with a smaller package was successful (Also wiping Dalvik after flashing). I did have to manually rename the Systemui from odex to bak and reboot. Once rebooted, I had the ICS themed toggles and a nice pretty new 3G icon on my notification bar.
Outside of that, it has been smooth. No FC's or issues after flashing the smaller package.
I would have to assume the issues you are having with romtool box are linked to ROMS either being odex or deodex'd. If its a stock rom, you will more than likely have issues trying to theme things as the structure for which it works normally relies on deodex'd packages. Stock is normally odex. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
Yeah,the reason for the size difference, is because i havent exactly gotten in the habit of making an update zip with just the images.everything i uploaded are the complete systemUIs that i made and flashed on my phone.i use root explorer for all the grunt work and just keep extracted copies of all of my system ui and framework-res im separate folder for easy modifying. Then i zip it up with root explorer and sign it with zip zigner.With RomToolbox,it usually happens if i try to install one theme over another.i just use icon changer part as an icon repository. Download them,then move them around on my sd card.
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Hey im rooted and unlocked will this work for me
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If u r on 198_6 or 198_7.
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I'm on rooted 198_6. Installed bootstrap and flashed zip #1. Wiped dalvik and everything works great. Thanks OP.
Any chance you could do a black on green with aos icons liije the alien theme?
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Any chance of getting "moto on blur" to work on stock (ODEXed) locked, rooted Electrify?
This mod works great however it hides the calculator signs: + - * etc. As a short term fix ive downloaded real calc but does anyone know how to fix the problem?
Rangerbry told me what I had to do,but I havent had a chance to mess with it.Still learning as I go.
Lokifish Marz said:
Any chance of getting "moto on blur" to work on stock (ODEXed) locked, rooted Electrify?
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black icons on a Gingerbread green background?
iamanonymous said:
Any chance you could do a black on green with aos icons liije the alien theme?
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Idk.I hardly ever use my calculator,but I checked them after I read this,and still have mine.
moisaal said:
This mod works great however it hides the calculator signs: + - * etc. As a short term fix ive downloaded real calc but does anyone know how to fix the problem?
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TouchWiz 5 on CM10 for the Galaxy Player 5

TouchWiz 5 on CM10 for the Galaxy Player 5.0
Downloads:
http://sdrv.ms/125kJF5
The biggest issue with this is working around the very limited amount of space we have in our /system. Before installing these things, you first need to clear out some space. I recommend having at least 23MB free before proceeding. I’m sorry that this requires so many steps right now; I might eventually start baking this into a ROM and releasing that, but for now, this is what we have to work with.
1) Freeing space
I recommend using a root browser to navigate to /system/app and inspecting what apps seem to be the largest. The ones that might be unnecessary should be uninstalled or converted to user apps via titanium. I recommend converting movie studio to a user app and uninstalling Cyanogenmod wallpaper manager as it’s pretty unnecessary and occupies several precious megabytes of space. Trebuchet wastes a whopping 17MB of space, so I recommend installing Apex Launcher or the stock 4.2 launcher (located in the SkyDrive folder) and then removing this with Titanium. You should also go to /system/media/video and clear out the files there since you don’t really need them for anything. Sound effects in /system/media/audio (with the exception of the ui folder) can be migrated to media/audio on the internal SD card to maintain function and free up some more space.
2) Installing TouchWiz apps
Right now, I have found TouchWiz Home and Weather widget apps that work with this ROM. I have located 4.1-compatible S Memo and Task Manager, but haven’t gotten those to go in yet. Now that you have plenty of space in /system, we can start adding things in.
a) Installing the theme
In the SkyDrive folder, you will find a Titanium Backup file for a TouchWiz CM10 theme. Copy this to the /storage/sdcard0/TitaniumBackup (or wherever you have it set to be) folder, launch Titanium, and restore the app. Go to System Settings > Themes and pick TouchWiz 5.0 and hit apply. Ignore the resolution warning.
b) Installing the launcher/weather widget
Push the “TouchWiz 5 Nature Launcher” zip to your SD card and install from CWM/ROM Manager. If it does not show up after rebooting, try clearing defaults from the launcher. If the problem persists, navigate to /system/app using a file browser and select/install both AccuweatherWidget.apk and AccuweatherWiddget_Main.apk files along with SecLauncher2.apk
c) Adding system sounds
There should be a “media” folder on SkyDrive. Right-click this and select “Download” to download the entire thing at once. Push the files to your internal SD card / media. Copy the contents of the ui folder to /system/media/audio/ui, overwriting the default Android files.
And that should be it! Not exactly a streamlined process, but it’ll do until we see a release of RemICS-JB for our device.
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Great job. Two things though, the touchwiz launcher is pretty laggy for me. It just seems to skip animations. Also could you add color to the WiFi signal? I'm really used to having a gray signal bar mean no internet. Other than that, it looks and works great.
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Check what things you have running in the background. I'm in the habit of limiting background processes to two, and everything on the device is pretty snappy then.
I think that's gray because we're using the original wifi drivers rather than the newer ones that are capable of displaying up/down connection indicators but are less reliable, but I'll look into it.
I did a little Photoshoping and the icons should now be green (install the backup located in the folder I named "theme green wifi"), but I have no way to test it right now because there is no WiFi here. Just switch to the system theme and back and you should be golden.
How do you install the stock 4.2 launcher?
Hollow_Ninja said:
How do you install the stock 4.2 launcher?
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I believe you can just install that like a normal apk.
halomademeapc said:
I believe you can just install that like a normal apk.
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But its I a zip file? I extracted it and I didn't see an apk
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But its I a zip file? I extracted it and I didn't see an apk
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The TouchWiz launcher is in a .zip. The Android 4.2 launcher is optional and a separate .apk file.
halomademeapc said:
The TouchWiz launcher is in a .zip. The Android 4.2 launcher is optional and a separate .apk file.
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Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
Hollow_Ninja said:
Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
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try renaming the extension from .zip to .apk and see if that works.
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Well I know it says Android 4.2 launcher apk but when I download it its called Android-4.zip
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When i downloaded everything that was posted it came in a zip called skydrive-whatever date. Inside the zip is all the files and folders of stuff including the Android-4.2-launcher.apk
shawn13165 said:
When i downloaded everything that was posted it came in a zip called skydrive-whatever date. Inside the zip is all the files and folders of stuff including the Android-4.2-launcher.apk
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then just push the Android-4.2-launcher.apk file to your SD card or USB storage and install it from a file manager if you want that.
halomademeapc said:
try renaming the extension from .zip to .apk and see if that works.
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OK I will try it
Link?
And howd you get get SMS
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An1mus said:
Link?
And howd you get get SMS
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The Downloads link in the OP
I think it's bundled with the CM10 ROM
EDIT: If you wanted to know how I was sending/receiving with the native app, I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS5tZHJ0b29scy5hcHBzLmd2aW50ZWdyYXRpb24iXQ..
is the notification list (when drawing bar down) also TW Nature???
The notification shade is touchwiz-themed, however the quick setting icons at the top do not scroll like they do on the s3
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cot for me touchwiz is ok, except for the launcher and I wanna have that...
My1xT said:
screenshots???
cot for me touchwiz is ok, except for the launcher and I wanna have that...
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halomademeapc said:
TouchWiz 5 on CM10 for the Galaxy Player 5.0
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It's right in the OP.
only the laucher is in the shots...
but tw is more than that...

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