If we flash a new rom or an update to an existing rom, will we need to reapply all of the mods done to the SystemUI.apk and other apps? If so then seems like we should save a backup. Correct?
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To be sure, but I would think twice about just copy/paste-ing if you're going between completely different ROMs...
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Makes sense. Crazy thing is we take the time to do these mods and if we lose them on a rom update then we have to start over again....
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The easiest way to do it is to save the icons once you rename them to a folder on your pc. They will be your backups. Once you switch Roms, you can drag the icons to the new apks. That's what I do. I have a specific folder for all of my custom icons and whenever I update my Rom, I drag the icons to the new apks with them.
I've used them again successfully after a rom UPDATE, but I just wouldn't think of trying it in a completely different one. If whichever rom you're updating didn't alter the SystemUI.apk, or the framework.res.apk, you would still be golden. On the other hand, if the update had a new battery mod or whatever, then you'd simply lose that when you replaced it yours from before the update. I guess the question would be which is more important to you?
Hope that made sense.
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"The preferred size is 38x38, 40x42 (pixels)"
Is that either or? I'm hoping to have time to mod mine up tonight!
Thanks for the tutorial (and yes i thank'd via button). Only thing i would have mentioned is a NAND prior to starting in...since its so noob friendly i bet someone will find a way to mess it up and not have done a nand XD
Is that either or? I'm hoping to have time to mod mine up tonight!
Thanks for the tutorial (and yes i thank'd via button). Only thing i would have mentioned is a NAND prior to starting in...since its so noob friendly i bet someone will find a way to mess it up and not have done a nand XD
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Yes, either or will work. lol If someone messes up this tutorial, there not worthy of a nand. Its so noob friendly, its ridiculous.
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Just for clarification, if I want to replace just the status bar background png on the rom Im currently running, can I go the root explorer way and basically swap png's from systemUI.apk?
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@knowledge:
Finally got around to doing one tonight and it was TOO easy!
I need to really sit in and think about what i want my new icons to be...I'm going to do them all in due time. The first one I redid was the darn dirty sym_gpsone_3_sprint.png (the no gps on symbol thats a compass with a line through it thats ALWAY THERE annoying the life out of me). I created a 38x38 png thats just a transparent background and pushed that to my phone. I knew it'd still be a drawing there (even though its invisible to the eye its still being called) so i feared somethings may come up to the left of it leaving me with a big gap...testing revealed the only things I could make come up to the left of that were the account sync icon and the headphone jack active one. Not a big deal to not have to see that darn GPS one the other 9/10ths of the time i look at the phone. Im thinking of going back and putting something silly there for S&G's.
A buddy, new to the scene, suggested i try a 1 or 0 px width to fill the gap left by the transparent sym_gpsone_3_sprint but if my prior research tells me right, the image still sits in a container (slightly bigger than the 38pixel image) and if i do set the width to 1 or 0 the container would still retain its actual size so i'd see no benefits. Any input on that?
Also...this is beyond the scope of the thread but....Is there a way to simply tell the O/S not to display gps off status somewhere?
Finally got around to doing one tonight and it was TOO easy!
I need to really sit in and think about what i want my new icons to be...I'm going to do them all in due time. The first one I redid was the darn dirty sym_gpsone_3_sprint.png (the no gps on symbol thats a compass with a line through it thats ALWAY THERE annoying the life out of me). I created a 38x38 png thats just a transparent background and pushed that to my phone. I knew it'd still be a drawing there (even though its invisible to the eye its still being called) so i feared somethings may come up to the left of it leaving me with a big gap...testing revealed the only things I could make come up to the left of that were the account sync icon and the headphone jack active one. Not a big deal to not have to see that darn GPS one the other 9/10ths of the time i look at the phone. Im thinking of going back and putting something silly there for S&G's.
A buddy, new to the scene, suggested i try a 1 or 0 px width to fill the gap left by the transparent sym_gpsone_3_sprint but if my prior research tells me right, the image still sits in a container (slightly bigger than the 38pixel image) and if i do set the width to 1 or 0 the container would still retain its actual size so i'd see no benefits. Any input on that?
Also...this is beyond the scope of the thread but....Is there a way to simply tell the O/S not to display gps off status somewhere?
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Actually there is. Search on XDA for SteelH hide icons thread. It shows you how to hide the clock, GPS, alarm, sounds, the whole nine. What ROM are you on?
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WOW... wish i had a tutorial this clear back when i started learning how to mod my htc hero... (i used to ask gomorrah a ton of questions back then thru PM)
anyway, great job on this.. it should help tons of people out..
also.. to the person asking about making their status bar transparent or whatever, i suggest using the UOT Kitchen.. as long as ur using Sense, u can bypass all the other mods in the kitchen and just set the status bar to whatever color and level of transparency u want...
anyway, great job on this.. it should help tons of people out..
also.. to the person asking about making their status bar transparent or whatever, i suggest using the UOT Kitchen.. as long as ur using Sense, u can bypass all the other mods in the kitchen and just set the status bar to whatever color and level of transparency u want...
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Lmfao I used to ask Gomorrah also. I consider him my theming buddy. Alot of people asked me so I decided to make this as easy as possible.
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Yeah, I'm lazy like that, and I like avoiding using adb as much as possible, so I try to use Root Explorer whenever possible... another user pm'd me about the process, so I guess I can just copypasta my reply:
(I originally typed this from work, a bit haphazardly, so I've edited a few lines.)
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mazook98 said:
(then, we went a little deeper)
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Anyway, that's this lazy guy's workaround using Root Explorer, and no PC. Gimme a sec, and I'll add a Dropbox link to the 'Canvas' app I was referring to, that was initially written for the Notionink Adam tablet. It's not perfect, but it's got a simple interface and it certainly gets the job done.
EDIT: 'Canvas' is here: http://db.tt/iGvEMeW, if you'd like to try it.
Thanks again, Knowledge...this was a verycool thing to learn, if I do say so myself, and it has unlimited possibilities.
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