Could someone please tell me the easiest or best way to change the status bar icons, such as WiFi, mobile signal, etc. I'm currently using Xposed Icons, but there are a few it will not change on the Verizon N2. I have tried Ninjamorph, but it is saying it can't mount the system partition as RW. Thanks in advance for help on this.
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The easiest thing to do is use Android MultiTool from right here on XDA. It makes no difference what ROM you are on. All of the statusbar icons are in the systemui.apk. simply copy the Systemui.apk and he frameworks.apk into the programs "files" folder and decompile it to your PC. Trade out the icons you want, recompile, then replace the old systemui on the phone with the new one. It takes no battery life like xposed does and is relatively easy. The OP for Android Multi Tool has plenty of explanations.
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The easiest thing to do is use Android MultiTool from right here on XDA. It makes no difference what ROM you are on. All of the statusbar icons are in the systemui.apk. simply copy the Systemui.apk and he frameworks.apk into the programs "files" folder and decompile it to your PC. Trade out the icons you want, recompile, then replace the old systemui on the phone with the new one. It takes no battery life like xposed does and is relatively easy. The OP for Android Multi Tool has plenty of explanations.
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Thank you. That was just what I was looking for.
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Does anybody know how to make the top status bar all black without having to use a skin or theme?
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You would have to pull your SystemUI.apk file from system/app/ and find the .png file in the /res/ folder that is used for the notification bar and then edit it to make it solid black, then save the changes, and push it back to the device.
There's no option anywhere to change the color of it.
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You would have to pull your SystemUI.apk file from system/app/ and find the .png file in the /res/ folder that is used for the notification bar and then edit it to make it solid black, then save the changes, and push it back to the device.
There's no option anywhere to change the color of it.
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Do you happen to know exactly which PNG? Thanks
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Looking through the SystemUI.apk from the first ROM zip I could find on my computer (Virtuous 3.0.2 GSM), it could be one of the following:
notification_section_divider.9.png
notification_tab_off.9.png
notification_tab_on.9.png
status_bar_background_draw.png
status_bar_bg_title.png
But I've not tried to do something like this myself on any phone, though I've done some SystemUI.apk editting on my Prime tablet
starkillers said:
Does anybody know how to make the top status bar all black without having to use a skin or theme?
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Go here uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
Just mess around with it. With it you can edit pretty much anything in systemUI. You will need to upload the systemUI, framework-res, and com.htc.resources apk's, and then it will create a flashable zip for you. Changing the status bar is one of the easiest features in it actually!
Edit: If you want me to do it for you just let me know what Rom you are on.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
What color did you want? There's blue, purple, and green.
I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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BlackZenith said:
I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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Eh...ok...sorry. Only trying to solve a need.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
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Open up the lidroid apk with 7zip or similar program pull out the drawable-hdpi folder.Leave the Lidroid.apk open on your desktop. Color the images to your liking. Then drag the folder back to the open lidroid.apk on your desktop.Close apk.Push to phone. PROFIT!
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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Understood. I was hoping someone could also point out the exact file/apk that I would need to mod and hopefully it would be as easy as doing a replace all for the color code I want to replace... which I see bigfau provided (lidroid apk)
What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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Your right, no worries.
No, I didn't by chance happen to see bigfau's post before I got mine in, as he beat me to the punch and slipped in while I was typing mine.
Besides, even though he replied just before me, is there a problem with me providing similar information? If anything, two people telling the OP essentially the same thing will further reassure the OP and give him more confidence to try his own hand at theming.
And what does pointing me to his ROM thread have to do with my post? I'm well aware of the development going on for our phones.
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What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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So I read here that if you are using a mod to change stuff, you can't further update those same mods from the ROM (which might help explain why I have been unsuccessful). So I went into the "15 Toggle.zip" I am using and tried to swap out some PNGs from the "drawable-hdpi" and got a "Not Implemented" error from 7zip... what's up with that?
Not sure if it matters but the PNG's I am trying to swap are not those 9.PNGs... I can't even open those to see what they look like. Something about unsupported compression method...
I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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hmmm, read somewhere else you only needed to decompile if you were doing stuff to data, like changing values or code in XML files. There are folders within the apk that I can copy to without problem (although expected changes have yet to take effect). Guess it wouldn't hurt to de/recompile and see what happens.
Something else I noticed is that for the "15 Toggle.zips" that don't change the status bar icons, I can swap the status bar images np. But when I run the .zip in CWM, none of my changes take effect. But if I try to change the status bar icons of a "15 Toggles.zip" that I know changes the status bar icons (like bigfau's green 15 toggle mod), I get the "Not Implemented' error.
While I know swapping using 7zip works for some stuff, you're going to run into trouble with .9's and like you've said, xmls, but if you take the little bit of extra time to just decompile and recompile all of the changes will work. In my opinion, its worth the two extra minutes just to not have to deal with the hassle of guessing if something will work or not.
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Thanks For The Instructions
I just want to say thank you to all those who have provided information in this thread. With the guidance given I was able to change the color of the toggles from the available purple/green/cyan to what I wanted a teal green and a white version. I only changed the toggle colors nothing else in the notification icons but I feel awesome about it being my first try at anything like this. Both the teal and white look great! I just extracted the images and recolored with gimp then repacked the zip. So thanks! :good:
Amanda (Pimms)
P.S. If anyone wants the teal or white version PM me and I can send you them!
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
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impimms said:
BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
Amanda (Pimms)
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I think you may need to do the battery icons in the drawable-xhdpi folder in the Framework-res.apk also.
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Hi, guys
How can I adapt the 15 toogles from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677245 (The one that says stock) to our version of our Notes. I tried flashing it and works but I like to see the 4G and 4g Lte icons in the top screen. Thanks.
Alright I know how to do this, but I am wanting to change a lot of my icons in the sense Rom I am running. Is there a way to do it in batch form? What is the easiest simplest solution to this? Any help from you expert themers would be very helpful. Thanks....
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First, if you are replacing status bar icons, the easiest way to do this is open the apk with 7zip and drag your new icons into the correct res/drawable... folder.
If you insist on a batch operation, you can look for a VillainRom theme package. They use a script to replace (and it is flashed in recovery). I suggest finding one of these and looking at the scripts inside to learn how it works. You basically create the folder with the images you want to replace and it does the work for you. Be sure to thank the creators of this very handy tool.
Finally, you could create a batch file that uses 7zip to do it. I actually did this for a brief time until I came across the VR themes.
You could use my ReZone theme as a guideline for doing what you want. The ONLY downside is it doesn't work with TWRP recovery.
Thanks for the replies....
What I should have specified is the app icons in the app drawer, and desktop. I downloaded the anti apple icons, and want to make a custom theme using them for myself. So I can open the apks, and change the icon, but that takes forever. I was wondering if there is a themer program that would allow me to do it in a batch format. That way u wouldn't have to do it for 75 apps individually. I know that you can install theme packs on aosp, and was hoping there was a way to do it with sense. Again, thanks for the interest, and help...
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easy enough if you are using nova or apex launcher and doing an icon set or viperes rom has this option
Yeah, I was hoping to do it on Dsb's 3.6 Rom. I may switch back to viper when the update drops. I was just hoping there was an easy way to do it to sense roms that the themers were willing to share....
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No batch format, but ninja morph is about the fastest way to do it on a phone.
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Its a pain tracking down the icons for each app but a vrteme could work
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Thanks for the replies....
What I should have specified is the app icons in the app drawer, and desktop. I downloaded the anti apple icons, and want to make a custom theme using them for myself. So I can open the apks, and change the icon, but that takes forever. I was wondering if there is a themer program that would allow me to do it in a batch format. That way u wouldn't have to do it for 75 apps individually. I know that you can install theme packs on aosp, and was hoping there was a way to do it with sense. Again, thanks for the interest, and help...
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My original suggestion is what you want to use, it works on Sense. First thing you would do is clean out my folders or just make new ones following the folder structure. Then basically all you have to do is find the apps icon name (extract original .apk). Create the folders and add your new icon. Then just go into recovery and flash it... BHAM!! new icon. Lets not make this difficult. It will work on Sense or AOSP ROMs. Very simple thing to do..
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I have attached a sample .zip were I change 3 icons from my Theme the Camera, Gmail, and YouTube. If you follow that format (icons have different names and locations) you can change any icon you want and all you have to do is flash it.
Thanks Zone. Started last night. You say bam, but more like bbaaaaaaammnnnnnn. I will finish it up through the week, and post it in homescreens thread with a special thanks to you..
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I'm trying to replace system icons for phone gmail sms and browser. i used APK Manager to replace the png exaclty the same size but after pushing files to system it still shows the old icon but when i see apk on Root Explorer it shows the new one next to it. Please can somebody give some advise.
Are you trying to replace them in the App Drawer or just on the screen?
I mean decompiling system apks and replace png files.
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I mean decompiling system apks and replace png files.
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Gotcha. Yeah, that's a little above my head.
hi guys sorry for intrusion.. do you know where are the default system apps? I mean in which folder? thanks!
EDIT: I would like to know where are default apps ICONS..
moly82 said:
hi guys sorry for intrusion.. do you know where are the default system apps? I mean in which folder? thanks!
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system/apps.......amazing eh?
slaphead20 said:
system/apps.......amazing eh?
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hi! sorry I wrote wrongly.. I forgot a word.. I know where apps are.. I meant where default app ICONS are.. sorry for confusion..
I'm asking this because I would like to replace the exDialer icon (green one) with the default JB telephone one (blue receiver).. but I don't know where I can locate the JB telephone app icon..
I think you may have had the right image, but I believe you may have to decompile then recompile the app properly to do change that. Google should produce results for a guide to do this as I have seen one recently
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I think you may have had the right image, but I believe you may have to decompile then recompile the app properly to do change that. Google should produce results for a guide to do this as I have seen one recently
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nova launcher allows me to change apps icons very easily, I have already changed all the apps icons I have in the dock.. so I just need to know where I can find the telephone app icon to be able to use it..
moly82 said:
nova launcher allows me to change apps icons very easily, I have already changed all the apps icons I have in the dock.. so I just need to know where I can find the telephone app icon to be able to use it..
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Which one do you want? If I have it I will drop box it for you
To replace images you don't have to decompile just drop them in /res/*whichever folder it goes in* with a store compression value.
Only when you need to edit XML's do you need to decompile and recompile.
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Thank you very much
It is the blue telephone app icon you can see in the attachment..
I have it somewhere in the system I'm sure otherwise the app couldn't show it but don't know where i could look..
you forgot the attachment
Sorry.. second from the left, third row.. it is the regular jb telephone app icon.. I don't like all the other telephone icons I have..
just trying to upload it now :thumbup:
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http://db.tt/pn8ftakw
mate.. you are epic!!
that's wonderful.. at last.. thanks so much! :good::good::highfive::victory:
You dont need to decompile to change .pngs...just open the .apk with winrar and go to res/drawable-xhdpi and replace what you want to
the other drawable folders arent used in the S3 - they are overwritten by the xhdpi folder
Edit, couldnt type it fast enough...!!
And that should be dropped in appname.apk/res/mipmap-xhdpi or hdpi or mdpi whichever one is for your dpi.
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Need some help from you themers. What files do I need to edit to make my status bar and the settings menu pure black? I have the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 i605 (VZW) on the latest official firmware s-off and rooted.
FWIW, I'm working with a MacBook Pro using apktool 1.5.2 and smali/baksmali 1.4.1.
If you don't mind, I would much rather not use someone else's mod. I would like to just learn to do it myself
Thanks.
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Thanks for the help everyone
For others, here is the answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33975827&postcount=1
Status bar would be in the system ui apk, res drawable xhdpi folder or folders. The settings bg is in the settings apk or maybe framework res apk and I think it is in the same folder. I can look tomorrow to give you a for sure file path.
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Status bar would be in the system ui apk, res drawable xhdpi folder or folders. The settings bg is in the settings apk or maybe framework res apk and I think it is in the same folder. I can look tomorrow to give you a for sure file path.
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Sounds good BTR, I appreciate that. So I take it what I need to edit is png files and not xml color resources right?
wildstang83 said:
Sounds good BTR, I appreciate that. So I take it what I need to edit is png files and not xml color resources right?
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Yes you are correct. Goodness has some status bar color mods and some settings bg mods, but the names were renamed and that cause of the settings and mods available. I'm fixing to have to go to work so I'll have a chance at some point to look and get that file path.
The status bar is a XML edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985689
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The status bar is a XML edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985689
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Thank you for the link. It worked perfectly.
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Thank you for the link. It worked perfectly.
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Woot! No problem. :highfive: