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sense 3.0+ lockscreen stuff
another m10 lockscreen tutorial.
this one is cool (I guess I think all my mods are cool lol)
STRAIGHT SHORTCUT ICONS AND TEXT.
I don't use the navbar so straight icon shortcuts is cool to me. I also don't use the shortcut label text BUT if you do and you're gonna make the icons straight, you also need to know how to make the text match
so with m10 editor:
1. load Idlescreen_Base.apk.
2. click decode images and decompile shortcut.m10
3. expand 0x0dc105ce/Lockscreen_Shortcut/
4. click /timeline.shortcuticon01
5. on the right side click the "position" (stock is 473:582:-0)
6. edit the middle number (582) to 570 (should match icon02 and 03)
7. repeat steps 5 and 6 for "timeline.shortcuticon04"
8. click /textcomp.shortcut.name4
9. on the right side click "position" (stock is 475:643:0)
10. edit the middle number (643) to 638 (should match name2 and 3)
11. repeat steps 9 and 10 for "textcommp.shortcut.name1"
12. save file, push to phone
winning.
another m10 lockscreen tutorial.
this one is cool (I guess I think all my mods are cool lol)
STRAIGHT SHORTCUT ICONS AND TEXT.
I don't use the navbar so straight icon shortcuts is cool to me. I also don't use the shortcut label text BUT if you do and you're gonna make the icons straight, you also need to know how to make the text match
so with m10 editor:
1. load Idlescreen_Base.apk.
2. click decode images and decompile shortcut.m10
3. expand 0x0dc105ce/Lockscreen_Shortcut/
4. click /timeline.shortcuticon01
5. on the right side click the "position" (stock is 473:582:-0)
6. edit the middle number (582) to 570 (should match icon02 and 03)
7. repeat steps 5 and 6 for "timeline.shortcuticon04"
8. click /textcomp.shortcut.name4
9. on the right side click "position" (stock is 475:643:0)
10. edit the middle number (643) to 638 (should match name2 and 3)
11. repeat steps 9 and 10 for "textcommp.shortcut.name1"
12. save file, push to phone
winning.
duce ive been looking for that music background in the statusbar and i have to say that so far im stumped. will keep looking
il Duce
Inactive Recognized Developer / Retired Forum Mod
EDIT: I followed this, pushed it back and it worked but a few of my system apps FC'd so I rebooted but it went into a bootloop.
I dunno what's up. I'm thinking the KDDI rom must be too different from the Sprint version. I've had issues with most of the transparency mods
I should say that com.htc.resources apk I have only has 242 lines.Does anyone have a stock Sprint com.htc.resources.apk so I can compare them please, if possible? TIA.
Also I'm using an EVO 4G.
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does one have the android sdk installed.?
if not
link to it
do you have adb set to your paths.
if not .
im on windows 7 so this may /will be different on other operating software.
i installed the sdk in the root of c:/ as sdk
if/once installed locate the position of your adb.exe.
usualy found in platform tools folder of sdk.
if win 7 like me .in the folder containing adb ,tap the address bar and copy the address.
right click computer
select properties
on the left select advanced system settings.
then on the "environment variables" button
in the bottom box scroll to paths.
edit
nav to the end line .
add ";" without the quotes to the end of the line .
then enter the path to adb that you should have in clipboard.
mine is C:\SDK\platform-tools so entering that into paths would be
;C:\SDK\platform-tools
for what its worth i added the path to both boxes .but dont think its needed.
also while in there add the paths to java and apktool of choice also . "save you getting java errors later"
now test adb
open cmd prompt windows key +r or hold shift right click a folder open a cmd prompt here .saves you typing an address to a folder.
adb remount
adb devices
adb whatever you want really
hope that helps mate .
bit extreme a post i know but hopefully helps out others.
you should be able to use adb from anywhere on pc.
You sir, are a prince. Thanks a ton, I have no problems starting up APK Manager now. Now lets see if I'll be able to do anything useful with it.
Whatcha looking for? Doesn't that use the clear bar background?
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Not bad once you get used to them. It took me a while when I started to get the hang of them too. Once it clicks, you'll be patching crazy images. If you're only recoloring try just changing the hue while decompiled without altering anything else. That won't break the patch.
They are pretty simple once you understand the patching process. And apktool will recompile them
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Ok so if I recolored them and in the process changed the border a lighter shade black I can just recolor the border in PhotoShop and recompile right? No need to redraw in draw9patch
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Just make sure the patch lines don't change in shade or color. The black lines around the image. Those lines are the patch, so altering them in any way will break the patch.
I use gimp. But I'm sure its similar in Photoshop. I trace the image just inside the border with the select rectangle tool before I edit 9pngs. That way you can recolor, change hue, saturation, whatever and all of your changes are inside the patch. I've never broken a 9png with this method.
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88Many very accomplished Devs, themers and modders are available and ready to help others. With that said, this is an open invitation for anyone to post and ask for help or advise on how to do anything Android related. There is a wealth of knowledge here on XDA, and I believe that it should be shared.
NOTE***Most of these tutorials are for sense devices, but would love to see this become a thread for everyone.
NOTE***If you have a mod tutorial that you would like linked in the OP, pm me with the tutorial and I will link it.
A few easy rules to follow......
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Please make sure you show respect to those that have helped you, after all, they don't have to. Hitting a THANKS is sufficient.
To start things off here are a boat load of tutorials that my friends and I have compiled that are very helpful, as well as links to tools that are commonly needed. I will add more tutorials periodically, so check back often.
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Guide/Tutorial Links
Fernando Sor's "text color guide"
pstevep's "m10 and you (a love story)"
Vinchenzop's "metamorph guide"
Average Joes' Notification Dropdown Text Color Changes/Status Bar Changes (Sense 3.0) Tutorial
il Duce's post linking multiple tutorials bunch of links, just check it.
theimpaler747's Want to learn how to theme [Guide]
KBanause's Guide for Android 2.3 for aosp
freeza's transparent notification pulldown guide
tommytomatoe's What You Know about Rosie
platinumandroid's themebuilding101.txt
steal25's adb tutorial links and skin tutorial
eg1122's guide to sense 3.0 editor
hockeyfamily737's Miui Theme Guide
dkdude's .9.png editing guide
fernando sor's hex editing guide
eg1122's change dialer text doc
whiterider13's odex info
fernando sor's custom background or text tutorial
eg1122's how to setup sense 3.0 editor
slayer69's .9.png doc
Papa Smurf151's .9.png addendum
steal25's How to zipalign
steal25's twrp 2.0 theme info
dased14's bootanimation guide
tommytomatoe's sense transparency guide
knightwolf123's Skins thread and Skin guides
genetic_shift's lockscreen background png name
jeffsanace's M10 modification tutorials
dropzeroc's Guide to enable wallpaper scrolling and disable carousel animations
dropzeroc's mod for wallpaper scrolling and disable carousel animations
il duce's sense lockscreen mods
il duce's sense minimalize lockscreen music widget
KemikalElite's Ultimate Phone Guide
Adding an animated dropdown (sense 3.0) Tutorial written by Gunthermic (original mod by Gruesome Wolf)
Ajthescot's setting up Android SDK for windows 7
Bill Bowers tutorial on adding transparency to most of sense 3.0 (original mod by Fernando Sor)
Fernando Sor's addition to Bill Bowers sense transparency tutorial
il Duce's tutorial on how to make lockscreen shortcuts and text straight(sense 3.0)
mDroidd's "Studio Android" Modding made easier (windows support coming soon)
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- tommytomatoe's Android Utility for linux/mac
- Papa Smurf151's version of apk manager
- links to Xultimate
- 7zip - I use it all the time, you can alter zips quickly and easily.
- M10 Tools - If you are going to theme sense 3.0 at all, you will need this.
- Notepad ++ - Essential for editing xmls, scripts, etc.
- gimp - Great tool for editing images, especially if you don't want to pay for photoshop.
- APK Tool - For decompiling and recompiling apks.
- APK Manager - It incorporates APK Tool, but makes it a little more user friendly.10how to "minimalize" sense 3.0 lockscreen music widget
This took a LONG time to figure out, hope you all enjoy!
FYI: any of these visible edits are simple, once on the correct item, the box on the right has a value "visible=1" and we change that to "visible=0" in the top edit box, to remove the image. Below when I say "set to 0" that's what I mean.
MINIMAL SENSE LS MUSIC WIDGET.
1. load Idlescreen_Base.apk with m10 tools.
2. decompile Lockscreen_music.m10
3. expand 0x0dc10c5e/Lockscreen_music/
4. /Musicpanel_front - set to 0. (oddly this is the whole rear "flipped" image)
5. expand /Musicpanel_back/
6. /dy.musiccover_photo - set to 0
7. /lockscreen_music_next_indidcator - set to 0
8. /lockscreen_music_previous_indic - set to 0
9. collapse both Musicpanels (less confusing this way) THEN expand lockscreen_squarepanel/
10. /lockscreen_squarepanel.png - set to 0
11. /lockscreen_squarepanel.png (the second one) - set to 0
that's it
(it looks like the pic) except the colors and icons and all that, that's another deal.10sense lockscreen mods
These should work on sense 3.0, 3.5, and 3.6 (I think). These are all bool edits with m10 editor. These are all done in Idlescreen_Base.apk
FYI: any of these visible edits are simple, once on the correct item, the box on the right has a value "visible=1" and we change that to "visible=0" in the top edit box, to remove the image. Below when I say "set to 0" that's what I mean.
A) remove shortcut text labels:
Go to: Lockscreen_shortcut.m10/0x0dc105ce/Lockscreen_Shortcut/
1. /textcomp.shortcut_name4 - set to 0
2. /textcomp.shortcut_name3 - set to 0
3. /textcomp.shortcut_name2 - set to 0
4. /textcomp.shortcut_name1 - set to 0
B) remove shortcut background bubbles:
Go to: Lockscreen_shortcut.m10/0x0dc105ce/Lockscreen_Shortcut/
1. /timeline.shortcutpanel/lockscreen_shortcutpanel_b.png (first) - set to 0
2. /timeline.shortcutpanel/lockscreen_shortcutpanel_b.png (second) - set to 0
3. /timeline.shortcutpanel/lockscreen_shortcutpanel_b.png (third) - set to 0
4. /timeline.shortcutpanel/lockscreen_shortcutpanel_b.png (fourth) - set to 0
C) remove operator name, time, am/pm, date, and text "pull ring to unlock":
Go to: Lockscreen_time.m10/0x0dc105ce/lockscreen_time/timeline.time_fade/
1. /text.lockscreentime_operator - set to 0
2. /text.lockscreentime_time - set to 0
3. /text.lockscreentime_ampm - set to 0
4. /text.lockscreentime_date - set to 0
Go to: Lockscreen_time.m10/0x0dc105ce/lockscreen_time/
1. /textcomp.pull_unlock - set to 0
D) remove lockscreen navbar, and the ring ripples when you touch the screen:
Go to: Lock_ring_motion.m10/0x0dc105ce/Lock_ring_motion/
1. /lockscreen_navbar.png - set to 0
2. /ring_bounce (first) - set to 0
3. /ring_bounce (second) - set to 0
4. /ring_bounce (third) - set to 0
5. /ring_bounce (fourth) - set to 0
6. /ring_bounce (fifth) - set to 0
7. /ring_bounce (sixth) - set to 0
...more to come...
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FYI: some of these visible edits are simple, once on the correct item, the box on the right has a value "visible=1" and we change that to "visible=0" in the top edit box, to remove the image. Below when I say "set to 0" that's what I mean.
A) how to remove loading errors (like "weather data not available") go away. For this example I will ONLY describe the how to for weather, but the same logic applies to any loading errors.
Go to /Lockscreen_common_error.m10/0x0dc105ce/
1. /timeline.common_error_bigicon/timeline.error_noweather/ - set to 0
2. /lockscreen_squarepanel/lockscreen_squarepanel.png (first) - set to 0
3. /lockscreen_squarepanel/lockscreen_squarepanel.png (second) - set to 0
B) how to make LS notification bg black (I'm going to explain calendar, but the logic applies to any of the m10s, I've customized them all)
(I'll explain... So I use the weather lock, and for instance, when a call comes in or a text or a calendar event, it pops up over the lockscreen, and has a "shaded" darker filter over the lockscreen background. I wanted that black, so that when an active notification was present you could NOT see the background at all, but when there was NO notification, it displayed normally)
Go to Lockscreen_calendar.m10/0x0dc10c5e/Lockscreen_calendar/Black_overlay/
1. on the right side find "opacity=0.59999996" (which is stock shading fyi)
2. click the opacity number and in the edit box up top you can:
3. set to 1 for complete black background shade (I did this for missed call, incoming call, text, a few others)
4. set to 0 for no shade at all (I did this for music, common error, etc)
tah daaahhhhh8Well, here's my little contribution to the thread... this was actually done by fernando, but i didn't see it listed on the OP so, i thought i'd write it up. All credit for this mod to fernando sor.
A SIMPLE WAY TO DO TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE SYSTEM.
Decompile com.htc.resources and open res/values/styles.xml
Change this code (on line 401)
<style name="Htc" parent="@android:style/Theme">
to this code:
style name="Htc" parent="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper">
Then add this item:
<item name="android:windowBackground">@color/transparent</item>
recompile and enjoy transparent goodness.
This mod will effect several system apps as well as many other user installed apps (xda, tapatalk, gtalk, ect...)
