[how-to] change the look of your [softkeys]

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Removed all my Dropbox links because they disabled my account due to too much traffic, if you guys want them back please consider donating a buck or two for a Mediafire Pro account...

This was REALLY popular with the Galaxy Nexus, I've seen a lot of people ask how to do it with the Nexus 7...but no actual tutorials, so here is one and it's SUPER simple...all you need is ROOT and works with odexed/deodexed ROMs...well I've only tried it on STOCK 4.1.1, so if you brick or anything that's on you.

You'll need custom soft keys, MetaMorph and well a Nexus 7 ;P

1. Download MetaMorph and place MIUIBlue SoftKeys in your "sdcard" under AndroidThemes, extract it.
2. Open MetaMorph, go to Pick existing theme, open the MIUIBlue folder
3. Select the MIUIBlue.xml
4. Hit Apply All
5. Wait a few seconds and reboot
6.
7. PROFIT!?!?!?!



I may convert other SoftKeys and place them in that same folder if there is enough demand, but it should be self explanatory if you look at my zip and do it yourself

I'll post screenshot here SoftKey Screenshots
and
the actual zip files here MetaMorph SoftKeys

I'm not planning on doing a whole lot if there isn't enough interest or people appreciating my time to change the files to proper format etc

-another reserve-

Does this change the soft key color, or the soft key "emblem"?

Originally Posted by gokart2

Does this change the soft key color, or the soft key "emblem"?

both...

Since this modifies the systemui, can it be reverted back simply by uninstalling metamorph?

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Looks great! Is there anyway to add a key or to remap one? I never use the preview key and can think of other things it could do that I would get more use out of.

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Originally Posted by nickles96

Since this modifies the systemui, can it be reverted back simply by uninstalling metamorph?

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Nope, you'll have to flash a stock the stock MetaMorph file to revert. I'm going to upload it in a few

Originally Posted by Herkfrog

Looks great! Is there anyway to add a key or to remap one? I never use the preview key and can think of other things it could do that I would get more use out of.

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You'd have to modify other xml files, but yes it's possible...but not worth the hassle to me

I'm assuming this only works in stock workspace. Too bad since I can't stand nnot being in tablet mode

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Originally Posted by xopher.hunter

I'm assuming this only works in stock workspace. Too bad since I can't stand nnot being in tablet mode

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The images are the same for tablet UI and normal UI, so you can flash it and should work...worst that happens is you have to restore your /system backup