How To NinjaMorph

shargle · May 26, 2010

So I've tried this out with several different icons and nothing works. There isn't any error messages, force closes or black screens, just that the icon I choose isn't swapped for the stock one.

One requirement is "cp must be properly symlinked", and I'm not sure what this is, or if I have done this, so this may be the problem. I do have busybox, though. Running on SimplyStunning 3.2. Thanks!

richhowe · May 26, 2010

Can't replace battery images

I think I'm having the same problem. NinjaMorph would not overwrite the extracted images on the sd card. It took me a bit to figure this out because I assumed that the images would not get updated until after I re-booted. I tried to use Root Explorer to change permissions on the files, which also didn't seem to work. I ended up manually deleting the extracted images and manually copying over the new images using Root Explorer. Once that was done I used NinjaMorph to push the framework-resapk and it finally updated the images.

I also do not know what "cp must be properly symlinked" means.

perern · Jun 20, 2010

can anyone get this to work on XDAndroid?

claude96 · Jul 3, 2010

all went well , but when the phone rebooted every thing was forse closing ? so I had to do a nand restore ! I was trying to change the battery icons on cm 5.0.8 btw

okcnyyfan · Jul 6, 2010

I tried this on ADWLauncher and couldnt get it to work. After I finished the project my phone quit recognizing ADW as a home app. I tried a reboot and that didn't work either. Any suggestions?

DracoMalfoy · Jul 21, 2010

claude96 said:
all went well , but when the phone rebooted every thing was forse closing ? so I had to do a nand restore ! I was trying to change the battery icons on cm 5.0.8 btw

Same here, I tried changing the battery icons on cm 5.0.8 and when I rebooted, all I got were FCs, had to re-flash the ROM since, I didn't do a backup...shame.

dm5363b · Jul 28, 2010

App labels revert to generic

Hi, Ive been killing CM06 RC2 with the Ninja, however a lot of my desk top icons are reverting to generic android view, any Idea what could cause this as well as how to fix the issue?

_Osy

DeFiant*X · Aug 4, 2010

I just downloaded and successfully used Ninjamorph on 3 SYSTEM apks. Ninjamorph only works on these, and I found after I finished, I needed to reboot. Voila, it worked!

Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

chilangoblanco · Aug 7, 2010

shargle said:
So I've tried this out with several different icons and nothing works. There isn't any error messages, force closes or black screens, just that the icon I choose isn't swapped for the stock one.

One requirement is "cp must be properly symlinked", and I'm not sure what this is, or if I have done this, so this may be the problem. I do have busybox, though. Running on SimplyStunning 3.2. Thanks!

This is happening to me as well. I assume that if my phone was not able to run this program then it wouldn't let me change anything, but the fact it does should mean that I have all necessary requirements like busybox and such. I believe I'm doing everything right and I'm just trying to swap out the battery meter .png files. I change them all and finish the project. It tells me it's done and I need to reboot. After a reboot, the battery meter icon doesn't change....am I missing something?

And I'm running a CM6 Nightly build on my Incredible

hacku · Aug 9, 2010

Just found this program after using Metamorph for the first time yesterday on my DroidX and let me tell you that it works great!

Great job man. Keep it up!

mat_pav · Aug 15, 2010

For me its not working. I tried to change the Touchdown icon but after finishing the project and restarthing the phone the app is no longer visible.

smjfosho · Aug 15, 2010

mat_pav said:
For me its not working. I tried to change the Touchdown icon but after finishing the project and restarthing the phone the app is no longer visible.

Doesn't work on market apps

Sent from my Htcclay's Superfly 3G using XDA App

mat_pav · Aug 16, 2010

I found the problem. When i resigned the apk i forget to rename it to .zip
TNX

s2012 · Aug 18, 2010

same i cant seem to find this app anymore on x10 1.6 droid

aandrsn · Aug 20, 2010

chilangoblanco said:
This is happening to me as well. I assume that if my phone was not able to run this program then it wouldn't let me change anything, but the fact it does should mean that I have all necessary requirements like busybox and such. I believe I'm doing everything right and I'm just trying to swap out the battery meter .png files. I change them all and finish the project. It tells me it's done and I need to reboot. After a reboot, the battery meter icon doesn't change....am I missing something?

And I'm running a CM6 Nightly build on my Incredible

Exact same issue. It worked flawlessly for me before. The only changes I am aware of is I upgraded From v29 of KaosFroyo to v30.. Can't see how that would be a problem though.

--> Yay! So after messing with it for hours, I found that if I alter the filename of the icon I am trying to install, that it works.. I had them named exactly the same before, I hope this is the answer for you too!

mortymouse · Aug 20, 2010

chilangoblanco said:
This is happening to me as well. I assume that if my phone was not able to run this program then it wouldn't let me change anything, but the fact it does should mean that I have all necessary requirements like busybox and such. I believe I'm doing everything right and I'm just trying to swap out the battery meter .png files. I change them all and finish the project. It tells me it's done and I need to reboot. After a reboot, the battery meter icon doesn't change....am I missing something?

And I'm running a CM6 Nightly build on my Incredible

This is the EXACT same issue I am having as well. I am attempting to change the status bar using the following:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7597467&postcount=1

Same issues. After it reboots nothing changes at all.

Edubyah · Aug 29, 2010

Copy files button

What the heck does the copy files button do I saw where Stericcson told someone it was for doing multiple items but anytime I try it says no files found once I navigate to the folder where the actual images are. Anybody have the same prob or know what I'm doing wrong? I love this app but it took 2 days to do framework_res_apk LOL.

EDIT: The copy files button. When images you are replacing are already named properly use the COPY FILES button, navigate to the folder where the images are and long press on that folder [e.g. drawable-mdpi] if you actually press the folder with the images it will just say "no files" so stop before you open it and longpress then press select directory now you will be in a multi-select enviroment navigate to your replacement images pressing the checkbox for each one but remember using this method your replacement images must be named properly. Ninjamorph will re-name the images correctly only when you are doing them one at a time not when using the copy files action. I really hope people trying to use the COPY FILES button will read this WHAT TOOK ME HOURS I DO IN MINUTES LITERALLY!

syikho · Aug 30, 2010

One thing that might help people that are having issues swapping images in the Framework-res.apk folder is to make sure they do not have the same file name. Another work around I found was to start a new project, using the Framework-res.apk, then use a file manager such as Astro to copy the images you want to use and copy them in the AndroidThemes/Workspace/framework-resapk folder. Go back into NinjaMorph and click Finish The Project. Reboot the phone and you should be good to go. I did a basic custom battery mod this way and it worked perfectly after failing miserably using the ADB Push/Pull method as well as Terminal Emulator. This program is fantastic and I highly recommend anyone who uses it to purchase it so Stericson has a reason continue development on this as well as all of his projects.

Also, a quick suggestion, it would be nice if there was someway for this program to resign packages so that we could all easily modify our widgets and appearance of market applications.

xkoldfuzionx · Sep 2, 2010

syikho said:
Also, a quick suggestion, it would be nice if there was someway for this program to resign packages so that we could all easily modify our widgets and appearance of market applications.

I agree, I thought maybe if I tried an app that I had backed up through astro, then uninstalled the app, I might be able to use the backup apk. Only because whenever I've used the backups through astro, they don't register as installed in the market anymore, so I just thought "maybe this will be a way around it?"

Too bad it didn't work. All I wanted to do was change the color of the icon in the notification bar so I can actually see what the temp is! lol, ever since I flashed the Blue Theme of Lithium, I haven't been able to see what the temperature is without opening Weatherbug, or pulling down the notification bar.

I've tried some other tutorials to be able to do it on the computer, but the resigning didn't work. I'm frustrated, but oh well. Waiting patiently for the day when we can mod all apps.

de_annere · Sep 20, 2010

Is it possible to change dimens.xml in framework-res.apk?
When I use apktool to decompile it on my laptop, the xml is in \framework-res\res\values. There is not even a values-directory if I use Ninjamorph.
Thanks for this great app nonetheless!

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