[Icon] 3G to 4G LTE Icon, done right.

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Ben's

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I decided to compile my own how-to. It's not a one click solution but it's still easy if you can follow simple directions. It's also safe, effective and looks great when 3G service is connected. It also allows the change of only the icon so if you are running a custom rom or other icons, the icon pack won't be changed.

The guide looks long but it's just well broken down to make it very easy.

Your not going to get 4G LTE :p, so please, trolls can troll else where. This is simply something new to look at, lets begin!


*** This will only change the 3G Icon to 4G LTE, nothing else ***
USB Debugging must be checked. Settings>Applications>Development>check the USB Debugging box.​

Please make a Nandroid or backup. Using a custom ROM or theme may cause your wallpaper to revert back to stock when phone restarts. Please make sure you place the icons on the root of your SD Card to begin, you can always move them around later.


4gLTE.jpg

For BLACK top bars (Can be used on any color top bar but it will have a black outline around it, much like stock 3G against a white bar)
connected
in
inandout
out

4gwhite.jpg

For WHITE top bars (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar other then black) ** Please note that these are black in color with a transperant background, if it appears as there is nothing there, no need to worry, the image is there. You will not be able to tell unless it's against another background color other then black **
connected
in
inandout
out

blue4g.jpg

Blue 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
connected
in
inandout
out

yellow4g.jpg

Yellow 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
connected
in
inandout
out

lightblue.jpg

Light Blue 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
connected
in
inandout
out

GBgreen4gpreview.png

GB Green 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
connected
in
inandout
out

Thanks to Funnyface19 for the custom colors :)

Steps:

#1. Download the four files I have listed. It's the only four you need to change your icon. They have been named the correct file name already, place them anywhere that you can easily access them on your SD Card.

#2. Download & install Stericson's NinjaMorph from the market.

#3. Start NinjaMorph ( It will run a quick check, tap yes ) and tap on New Project.

#4. Navigate to /system/framework/framework-res.apk (Files will be extracted and a backup is created automatically)

#5. Go into /res/drawable-hdpi and find your stock 3G icon which will be named stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png.

#6. Tap on the file and it will ask you to find the image you want to replace it with in a new screen ( your SD Card root ).

#7 Find the file with the 4G LTE connected logo named stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png , tap it.

** Please make sure your icons actually apear. It will show the icon when you go to select it. If it's not valid, a big X or nothing, please do not continue and let me know. Just a small precaution to take.**

#8. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

#9. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G in icon named stat_sys_data_in_3g.png, tap it.

#10. Find the file with the 4G LTE inlogo named stat_sys_data_in_3g.png , tap it.

#11. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

#12. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G inandout icon named stat_sys_data_inandout_3g.png, tap it.

#13. Find the file with the 4G LTE inandout logo named stat_sys_data_inandout_3g.png , tap it.

#14. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

#15. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G out icon named stat_sys_data_out_3g.png, tap it.

#16. Find the file with the 4G LTE out logo named stat_sys_data_out_3g.png , tap it.

#17. Tap on the blue arrow on the bottom right corner.

#18. Tap on Finish Project.

#19. Tap on framework-resapk (NinjaMorph will now package/create the apk).

#20. You will get a warning asking if you're sure you want to overwrite the apk, tap yes.

#21. You will now get a warning asking if you want to zipalign, tap no.

#22. Tap ok on the next warning.

#23. It will ask you if you want to delete the project, you can choose what you want. ( I choose no )

Your phone will now reboot itself with the new icons in place. Enjoy!

back22.jpg
ground22.jpg
 
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mikewanda1971

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Thank you. It worked flawless. Now i can mess with my friends at work that have droid x's. This will be priceless.

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Ben's

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Sweet.. any way to get the black icons for this method for those who run a white noti bar?

TIA

I'll try and work on this but if anyone can get these to me sooner, I wil upload them and update my post. However, it's not just white font as stand alone, it's in a black box so it will work for the meanwhile but yea, solid black would be cool as well.
 
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mikewanda1971

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You can follow the how to make themes thread and change the color of the 4g text yourself. Just a thought.

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Funnyface19

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I'll try and work on this but if anyone can get these to me sooner, I wil upload them and update my post. However, it's not just white font as stand alone, it's in a black box so it will work for the meanwhile but yea, solid black would be cool as well.

yeah i figured that out trying to use GIMP to edit the color to red to go with UD theme lol
 

JAYBallR

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Im running the red liberty theme and having trouble. I did everything step by step and everything looks like it went through fine but 3G icon still shows. I put a image in my notification already but im not sure if that's affecting it. Not sure what to do help pleaseeeee

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Ben's

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Are you sure you saved the project and your phone restarted? If so, it all should have went through completely. The fact that you still have your 3G icon is a sign that something didn't get saved or you changed the image to something else.

So just to make sure, when you saved the images to your SD card, did they show up? You should have been able to see the 4G icon. Second, repeat the process. If it restarts and looks like it went through but your 3G icon is there then it might be because of your image. What is the icon you already changed?

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lieffring

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how can i change the color of the 4g icon

i would really like a dark blue 4g icon if you could make one or tell me how to change the color that would be cool!!
 

JAYBallR

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Ok my phone restarted and ninjamorph said it was done. But when the phone came up it still showed 3g icon. When I go into my gallery I see the 4g lte icons there. I repeated process several times and same result. I even went to my backup rom and tried it and it also did the same. In this rom I didn't change anything in ninjamorph before. One thing that I noticed is when I go to replace the 3g icon in ninjamorph and select the 4g icon it says it should be replaced but it still shows 3g. I then put another image other than the 4g icon and it changed the 3g icon in ninjamorph. The image was in a .png format but why would that work but not 4g icon? ??? Do I have to push it or do something diffrent? ?? Any other suggestions?

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JAYBallR

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Yesssssssssss!!!!!! I don't know what happened but finally got it to work I had to change the. Png and rename then it showed up. :)

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drewoid

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cool n a little weird

i followed these steps perfectly.. the whole 4g icon worked, however when i went into my messaging.apk it didnt display any names, or contact photos.. just numbers.. went into my accounts and nothing was there.. doing a reboot right now.. see what happens. :confused:

update: after reboot the issue was still there.. i opened the market to see if it let me in and i had to login to my gmail.. dont know why this happened but hopefully me logging back into gmail solves any and all sync issues.. kinda weird. thanks for the icons btw! pretty nice eye candy
 
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Ben's

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Just log back in into your Gmail account. I am not sure why it would have logged you out, it never logged me out from changing a simple res image. However, on my girlfriend's OG Droid, it had logged her out but from changing the notification drop down. Coincidence? Not sure lol.

Glad it worked out!

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Ben's

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UPDATE

Now available in post #1, white 4G LTE for white bars, stock themes etc!

4gwhite.jpg
 
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    I decided to compile my own how-to. It's not a one click solution but it's still easy if you can follow simple directions. It's also safe, effective and looks great when 3G service is connected. It also allows the change of only the icon so if you are running a custom rom or other icons, the icon pack won't be changed.

    The guide looks long but it's just well broken down to make it very easy.

    Your not going to get 4G LTE :p, so please, trolls can troll else where. This is simply something new to look at, lets begin!


    *** This will only change the 3G Icon to 4G LTE, nothing else ***
    USB Debugging must be checked. Settings>Applications>Development>check the USB Debugging box.​

    Please make a Nandroid or backup. Using a custom ROM or theme may cause your wallpaper to revert back to stock when phone restarts. Please make sure you place the icons on the root of your SD Card to begin, you can always move them around later.


    4gLTE.jpg

    For BLACK top bars (Can be used on any color top bar but it will have a black outline around it, much like stock 3G against a white bar)
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    4gwhite.jpg

    For WHITE top bars (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar other then black) ** Please note that these are black in color with a transperant background, if it appears as there is nothing there, no need to worry, the image is there. You will not be able to tell unless it's against another background color other then black **
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    blue4g.jpg

    Blue 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    yellow4g.jpg

    Yellow 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    lightblue.jpg

    Light Blue 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    GBgreen4gpreview.png

    GB Green 4G LTE Icon (Transparent background, can be used on any color top bar)
    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    Thanks to Funnyface19 for the custom colors :)

    Steps:

    #1. Download the four files I have listed. It's the only four you need to change your icon. They have been named the correct file name already, place them anywhere that you can easily access them on your SD Card.

    #2. Download & install Stericson's NinjaMorph from the market.

    #3. Start NinjaMorph ( It will run a quick check, tap yes ) and tap on New Project.

    #4. Navigate to /system/framework/framework-res.apk (Files will be extracted and a backup is created automatically)

    #5. Go into /res/drawable-hdpi and find your stock 3G icon which will be named stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png.

    #6. Tap on the file and it will ask you to find the image you want to replace it with in a new screen ( your SD Card root ).

    #7 Find the file with the 4G LTE connected logo named stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png , tap it.

    ** Please make sure your icons actually apear. It will show the icon when you go to select it. If it's not valid, a big X or nothing, please do not continue and let me know. Just a small precaution to take.**

    #8. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

    #9. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G in icon named stat_sys_data_in_3g.png, tap it.

    #10. Find the file with the 4G LTE inlogo named stat_sys_data_in_3g.png , tap it.

    #11. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

    #12. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G inandout icon named stat_sys_data_inandout_3g.png, tap it.

    #13. Find the file with the 4G LTE inandout logo named stat_sys_data_inandout_3g.png , tap it.

    #14. You will get a warning asking if you're really sure you want to replace it, tap yes. A little window will quickly flash " item should have been replaced, what do you want to change now? "

    #15. Repeat the process, tap res/drawable-hdpi, find your stock 3G out icon named stat_sys_data_out_3g.png, tap it.

    #16. Find the file with the 4G LTE out logo named stat_sys_data_out_3g.png , tap it.

    #17. Tap on the blue arrow on the bottom right corner.

    #18. Tap on Finish Project.

    #19. Tap on framework-resapk (NinjaMorph will now package/create the apk).

    #20. You will get a warning asking if you're sure you want to overwrite the apk, tap yes.

    #21. You will now get a warning asking if you want to zipalign, tap no.

    #22. Tap ok on the next warning.

    #23. It will ask you if you want to delete the project, you can choose what you want. ( I choose no )

    Your phone will now reboot itself with the new icons in place. Enjoy!

    back22.jpg
    ground22.jpg
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    If you wanted to make them using the 4G icons I have already posted, email them to me, I would upload them and provide the link! That would be awesome.

    :)

    ok ill do it first thing in the AM

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    THESE CAN BE USED BY ANYONE REGARDLESS OF STATUSBAR COLOR THE BACKGROUND OF THESE IS TRANSPARENT!!!!!

    these are the blue ones

    connected
    in
    out
    in&out

    ill upload yellow in a bit

    yellow 4G icons (can also be used with whatever status bar you have)

    connected
    in
    inandout
    out

    More colors to come if more are needed/asked for

    White with 100% transparent background

    Connected
    In
    InandOut
    Out

    black icons with transparent background

    connected
    in
    in and out
    out

    Light Blue for GB Blue for Rubix

    connected
    in
    in and out
    out
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    I did this on Liberty 1.5 with the frost theme and I have no clock now, actually I think its there but the color changed. Any one know how to fix it?
    CAP2011020317101.jpg

    It shouldn't have changed anything unless Liberty 1.5 is so custom, they messed with the res.apk files compltely. Try a cache whipe and a restart and see what happens.

    On your SD Card, there's a file named AndroidThemes. Tap it, go to back up and the top file, framework-res.apk. That's your back up. Tap it and it should flash back the system folder to what it was before you changed the icon.

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    im running liberty 1.5 with a custom theme.

    I tried to change the icon, everything went well and the phone rebooted. However, when the phone powered back on, the 3G is still there. Is it the fact that my theme is all custom'd out?

    Depends where you saved it. It needs to be on the root of the sd card. Liberty 1.5 seems to be highly tweaked.

    It seems that folks are having issues with the new Liberty 1.5. I don't know why.

    Funnyface, do you have any issues changing the 4G symbol? Assuming you are running 1.5 :)

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    LoL! That must have been the last wallpaper you had or your phone's stock wallpaper. Apparently on some phones with custom ROMS and themes, the wallpaper gets reverted back to stock and why we will never know. I am not a Ninjamorph speacialist :eek:

    It's ok, so you like dandelions, not a biggie :p

    I'm not sure about other roms or stock rom but on liberty there is a default wallpaper in the res folder where we are changing the 3g icon so when it installs it reverts back to that default wallpaper.