[HOW TO MOD THEMES] using only WINZIP

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Mandeep148

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funky0308 said:
Nope, that's not possible.
You have to disable signature check in services.jar (SUPERUSER MOD) because system is always checking your themes(apps) keys.

We don't have those keys to sign our apps, only Sony has them, so we must disable/delete that part of code in services.jar. / Patching services.jar

To do that you have to be able to change your system files - you need administrative rights or in one work root.

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oh thanks bro :(
 
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battouter said:
will this work with system apks and not screw up the app?
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As long as you only replace png files it'll work.
You can't add png because you have to add few things more besides png (line in public.xml, line in string, style or color...)

So, if you have home_background.png and you want to change it.
Extract it with winzip, edit and put it back.

That will work on any apk file.

DON'T DO THAT ON 9.PNG FILES

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funky0308 said:
As long as you only replace png files it'll work.
You can't add png because you have to add few things more besides png (line in public.xml, line in string, style or color...)

So, if you have home_background.png and you want to change it.
Extract it with winzip, edit and put it back.

That will work on any apk file.

DON'T DO THAT ON 9.PNG FILES

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Thank you for sharing those method on modding the themes

and may I ask how could you mod the icon for those apps?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2714941

is it as you said, you gonna need to add some line in xml?
Thank you
 
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    O.K guys...

    l'll give you "shell" - theme apk file and easy tutorial for editing and adjusting
    your device to be more personal.

    It is optimized and written to be easy and user friendly.
    Only thing you'll need it WINZIP (or similar program) and , of course, yours pictures and icons.

    You can easily create icons for navigation bar in PhotoShop , you just need to follow simple rules.

    1.DIMENSIONS
    Icons must be created in dimensions :
    * FOR PORTRAIT - 144*240 (pixels)
    * FOR LANDSCAPE - 240*144 (pixels)
    * FOR MENU ICON USE - 141*144 (pixels)
    (you can experiment with a dimensions but this tutorial is here to be exact and
    that you could follow every step (for beginners).

    2. NAMING THE FILES
    This is very importing part!
    All files must have proper name, if you don't follow this rule you'll end in a bootloop or
    systemUI FC.

    3. USE "STORE MODE" IN COMPRESSION METHOD (WINZIP)


    O.K...let's begin.


    *** PREPARATION ***

    Find (online) or create (PhotoShop) wallpapers - dimensions should be 1080*1920.
    Resize one and save as copy for landscape.
    (Just resize it to 1920*1080)
    Find or create icons for status bar (you can find great icons on "themes and apps" section


    Save all that in one folder - we'll need that later.



    *** DOWNLOAD "shell" apk ***

    We will use this apk file for our base.
    It's basically, my KitKat theme but slightly modified.



    DOWNLOAD LINK
    DOWNLOAD SHELL.APK




    Open shell.apk with WinZip
    ha2a8upa.jpg



    You'll see few folders and files, what we need is folder called "assets"
    So go to folder "assets" and you'll see four ZIP files
    yqu8u3ud.jpg



    Let's explain what is what...

    1. com.sonyericsson.home.zip
    In this ZIP we have all png's (pictures and icons) for editing Xperia Home Launcher (stock!)
    So, we can change few thing there, trash bin, trash lid, app drawer icon...

    2. com.android.systemui.zip
    In this ZIP we have all png's (pictures and icons) for editing SYSTEMUI.
    So, we can change few things here too.... navigation bar icons or navigation bar color (transparency...)

    3. android.zip
    I modified this ZIP and deleted files we don't need.
    It'll be used for changing settings, email, sms, call.... background picture.



    Only thing what you need now, when you have pictures and icons already downloaded is
    to :


    * open shell.apk in WINZIP.
    * decide what you want to change (lets say it's settings background)
    * go to folder android.zip
    * go to subfolder "res" , then "drawable-xxhdpi"
    * you'll see two jpg files there, one is for dark mode and one for light.
    we use light theme on our Z1 but we'll change them all.
    * open your folder where you downloaded your 1080*1920 pictures
    * choose one and make exact copy of it (right click copy or CTRL+C and paste (CTRL+V)
    * now rename those two files to "semc_bg.jpg" and "semc_bg_light.jpg"
    * do same thing for that picture you resized for lanscape (you'll have four files total- two with a name semc_bg.jpg (portrait and landscape) and two with a name semc_bg_light.jpg ( portrait and landscape)
    * go back to your WINZIP and delete two files from "drawable-xxhdpi"
    3ahanyra.jpg

    * now you can use drag and drop or add files through menu, I'll show you second method
    * click "add" and find yours jpg files (semc_bg and semc_bg_light PORTRAIT)
    * "say" O.K and be sure to select STORE MODE from compression method
    yvynymu3.jpg

    *repeat same thing in folder "drawable-sw720dp-hdpi
    * repeat same thing in folder "drawable-sw720dp-land- (add LANDSCAPE pictures here)
    * close this (second) WINZIP windows and you'll get prompt "File "android.zip was modified.......
    * Click "YES" and close WINZIP
    uhyre5y6.jpg



    Copy your modified shell.apk , you can rename it , of course to your device and
    install like any other apk.


    If you get error in install process, just sign apk file using ZIPSIGNER (MODE platform or media)



    And that's it...

    RESULTS COULD BE AWESOME

    benu2era.jpg

    eqy8u3ep.jpg

    yjeby5uj.jpg

    aredu6ud.jpg

    eme7utun.jpg



    When you MOD other folders and files in theme (shell.apk) do same steps.
    Only change will be in file names.

    But if you are changing navigation bar icon "back" you'll go to com.android.systemui.zip ,
    in folder res/drawable-xxhdpi and check what's original name of that png file.
    For this icon is "ic_sysbar_back.png" (portrate) and "ic_sysbar_back_land" (landscape) so
    you'll need to copy your icons (to have two same icons) and rename them to that names.
    Also, don't forget to resize icon if it's not O.K


    TIP ~ BONUS ~ EXTRA
    If you wanna add wallpapers to your theme
    Use same procedure and change. png or.jpg files in shell.apk/res/
    eheru8ad.jpg

    yna4yhy5.jpg


    As you can see you are able to set lockscreen background, wallpaper and preview picture (I'll show icon in settings/personalisation/themes)



    If you need any help, ask here, on this thread.

    That's why it's here - and remember, there's no stupid questions (only stupid answers) ;)



    So..if I helped you - SAY TNX -
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    Zippy1 said:
    How do I change the theme colour (you know the main colour for settings tiles etc)

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    Yes, I know, but that's not subject in this topic. :p

    What I wanna say is - this is tutorial for beginners (I hate word "noobs") and xml editing is a bit harder.

    ...but...

    You have to decompile theme.apk, then decompile com.sonyericsson.uxp.zip

    Open res/values/colors.xml using Notepad++ and change values

    5apu2aju.jpg


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    Zippy1 said:
    Whats the best programme I can use on my pc for resizing images.

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    Belive me or not - Paint will do the job ;)

    Especially if you need to resize from 1080*1920 to 1920*1080.

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    hwithv said:
    Thank you but I do not understand the paragraph:
    " now rename those two files to "semc_bg.jpg" and "semc_bg_light.jpg"
    * do same thing for that picture you resized for lanscape (you'll have four files total- two with a name semc_bg.jpg (portrait and landscape) and two with a name semc_bg_light.jpg ( portrait and landscape)"

    Please explain! Are the pic wallpapers, right? I created 2 pics (portrait and landscape). But you say four. I do not understand
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    You did all O.K.

    The reason why do you need four jpg/png files is this :

    If you open android.zip from assets, you'll see three folders:
    pahady3e.jpg


    And you need to replace files in all folders.
    So...

    You'll basically need six picture files but we are using same files in drawable-xxhdpi and in drawable-sw720dp-hdpi (portrait files).

    In folder drawable-sw720dp-land-hdpi you add semc_bg_light.jpg and semc_bg.jpg (landscape)
    8u6yduty.jpg


    And in drawable-sw720dp-hdpi you should add semc_bg_light.jpg and semc_bg.jpg (portrait)
    7a8edu3e.jpg


    In drawable-xxhdpi should add same files you added to folder drawable-sw720dp-hdpi
    mysurype.jpg


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