UPDATE: Tickle My Android is now in the main Android Themes forum!
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1633333
Head on over there and pick up version 2.0...
I use apktool and ADB a lot to tweak my phone, my tablet and the phones of my colleagues at work (4 Androids to 1 iPhone at work...take that, Apple!).
After a while, it got a bit tedious typing the same set of commands over and over again so I wrote some batch files.
Then I got a bit carried away..
Presenting Tickle My Android, a command-line tool for Windows (XP/Vista/7). This is designed to make the process of theming your phone and modifying it to your exact requirements so much easier and faster.
What's needed:
Download the tool from the link at the bottom of this post and run it. It's a self-extracting archive that will set itself up on your computer. It doesn't install anything or do anything unpleasant to your machine.
Once set up, there will be seven folders. Ignore the tool_files folder, that's full of things to run the tool with. The BOOTANIMATIONS and FONTS folder are to store boot animatons and fonts in, about which more later. The BACKUP folder will hold your backups.
When you start using this to modify your apps, you'll be using the "in", "out" and "working" folders.
What does this decompile/recompile nonsense mean? Have a look at shivenjuneja's post here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849223 to find out more!
Run TickleMyAndroid.bat and you'll see this:
Connect your phone to the PC, make sure USB Debugging is set to on, and away you go!
You can use this tool to pull, decompile, recompile and push files to and from your phone but you can also:
This is designed to work on any Android device running any rom, and on pretty much any PC. I do most of my modifying at work where there are two Samsung phones, one ZTE and my beloved Sony Ericsson so it needs to be flexible and get past my IT department..
Try it out, have a play, and let me know what you think!
Download Tickle My Android -v1_2_2 here: http://db.tt/fdq0725r
Changelog
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1633333
Head on over there and pick up version 2.0...
I use apktool and ADB a lot to tweak my phone, my tablet and the phones of my colleagues at work (4 Androids to 1 iPhone at work...take that, Apple!).
After a while, it got a bit tedious typing the same set of commands over and over again so I wrote some batch files.
Then I got a bit carried away..
Presenting Tickle My Android, a command-line tool for Windows (XP/Vista/7). This is designed to make the process of theming your phone and modifying it to your exact requirements so much easier and faster.
What's needed:
- a rooted phone with ClockworkMod Recovery
- a Windows PC with Java and phone/tablet drivers installed
- a brain
- a coffee or some nice cookies
Download the tool from the link at the bottom of this post and run it. It's a self-extracting archive that will set itself up on your computer. It doesn't install anything or do anything unpleasant to your machine.
Once set up, there will be seven folders. Ignore the tool_files folder, that's full of things to run the tool with. The BOOTANIMATIONS and FONTS folder are to store boot animatons and fonts in, about which more later. The BACKUP folder will hold your backups.
When you start using this to modify your apps, you'll be using the "in", "out" and "working" folders.
- apps pulled from the phone go into "in"
- decompiled apps go into "working" and
- recomplied apps go into "out"
What does this decompile/recompile nonsense mean? Have a look at shivenjuneja's post here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849223 to find out more!
Run TickleMyAndroid.bat and you'll see this:
Connect your phone to the PC, make sure USB Debugging is set to on, and away you go!
You can use this tool to pull, decompile, recompile and push files to and from your phone but you can also:
- change the battery icons
- add Ice-Cream Sandwich-style transitions
- change the status bar to transparent, semi-transparent, black or white
- sign and zipalign your own applications
- compress recompiled system apps correctly so they actually work and don't cause a boot-loop
- backup your texts, picture messages and contacts
- transfer your texts, picture messages and contacts to another phone or a new rom
- change the boot animation
- change the font
- install an ad-blocker (this is up to you, ads pay for apps!)
- add sounds from other devices and
- anything else I can think of that I'll add later
This is designed to work on any Android device running any rom, and on pretty much any PC. I do most of my modifying at work where there are two Samsung phones, one ZTE and my beloved Sony Ericsson so it needs to be flexible and get past my IT department..
Try it out, have a play, and let me know what you think!
Download Tickle My Android -v1_2_2 here: http://db.tt/fdq0725r
Changelog
- 1_2_2: Bug-Fixes. Adding Battery Icons Should Now Work For All Roms
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