Change Status Bar Clock to White

[theecho]

First let me note that all credit goes to FxN. I simply am updating the code for the Droid 2. Thank you for all the work you did FxN. Also, this is only for DeOdexed phones.


NOTE BEFORE YOU START:
Standard disclaimer, I don't guarantee anything that might happen after following these steps, and I mean anything!! These steps worked for me and I have tried to include every minute step!

1. Connect phone using USB and check that you can see your device using: adb devices
2. in your SDK/tools directory from command line do:

adb pull /system/framework/services.jar services.jar

3. Make a backup of the services.jar file that just popped in the tools folder just in case!
4. Download smali and baksmali from http://code.google.com/p/smali/ and place them in the tools folder. Rename the files to baksmali.jar and smali.jar to save on typing later
5. Open the services.jar file with something such as winrar or 7zip or whatever you prefer
6. Copy out the classes.dex file to your SKD/tools folder
7. run following from command line:

java -jar baksmali.jar -o classout/ classes.dex

8. Now browse to your new folders classout/com/android/server/status
9. Open the file StatusBarIcon.smali in something like notepad or context or any text editor
10. Locate a line that says: .line 61, under this line it should have something like:

const/high16 v6, -0x100

11. Change this to say:

const/high16 v6, -0x1

12. Save the file
13. Now back to the command line and from your SDK/tools folder run:

java -Xmx512M -jar smali.jar classout/ -o new-classes.dex

14. If the above finishes without errors you should have a file called new-classes.dex in your SDK/tools folder now that is the same size as your classes.dex file.
15. Rename the old classes.dex file to classes-old.dex and rename the new-classes.dex file to classes.dex
16. Open the services.jar file with your archiving tool again from step 5 and replace the existing classes.dex file with our new classes.dex we just created.
17. From command line run:

adb remount

18. also from command line:

adb push services.jar /system/framework/

19. Finally run:

adb shell reboot

On step 11, this is setting the font to red. If you want white change the line to

const v6, -0x1

Original FxN Post is sourced:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549309

 

[ghostlypickel]

Could you post a white services.jar?

I've been trying to get this to happen for a while. I thought it had to do with the method of deodexing, but it turns out it may be the services.jar itself. i've talked Xeudoxus, and he's going to take a look. Also, the way he's going to do it, will be incorporated into xUltimate, so that will make this process a billion times easier.

 

[theecho]

Here you go.

Rename .rar to .jar

 

[tgwaste]

Here you go.

Rename .rar to .jar

does this change ALL status bar text to white or just the clock?

also, would it work on nondeodexed phones?

 

[theecho]

Currently just the clock. As for the non-deodexed not sure..you should pull you current and push this and let us know

 

[tgwaste]

Currently just the clock. As for the non-deodexed not sure..you should pull you current and push this and let us know

im not sure how this is valuable if the other statbar text is gonna remain black.

 

[theecho]

have to start somewhere. Im working on the other portions just need to find where they are stored.

 

[tgwaste]

have to start somewhere. Im working on the other portions just need to find where they are stored.

i _thought_ they were in framework-res color but i think im wrong there.

 

[theecho]

I know that there are some default values stored in the status_bar.xml as i have changed the active action such as preparing sd card and stuff like that. I am trying to at least change the date before proceeding with my theme.

 

[tgwaste]

Currently just the clock. As for the non-deodexed not sure..you should pull you current and push this and let us know

didnt work. guess it wont if you have:

services.jar
services.odex

not sure how to make them one file.

 

[theecho]

http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-themes/4620-how-manually-deodex-your-phone.html

check that out.

 

[tgwaste]

http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-themes/4620-how-manually-deodex-your-phone.html

check that out.

this worked great thanks. gonna try the white services.jar soon.

 

[tgwaste]

white services.jar works great. now if we can just get the rest of the text in white we can go back to the black bg themes

 

[theecho]

all white status bar. Again change .rar to .jar

 

[tgwaste]

all white status bar. Again change .rar to .jar

getting closer.. notifications are still black text.

 

[theecho]

do you mean the pictures? like the tiny icons?

Screenshot of new wifi icon

 

[tgwaste]

i made some screen shots.. first one should say the sms text but its black so you dont see it.. second has some list items all black..

 

[theecho]

those arent the status bar and are not controlled by services.jar.

Try this framework.apk and tell me if you sms text is white.

 

[tgwaste]

those arent the status bar and are not controlled by services.jar.

Try this framework.apk and tell me if you sms text is white.

yep, this fixed the notification colors to white. can you tell me what portion of this is for the color change so that i can only apply that portion.

do you know which file affects the dropdown list text colors?

 

[theecho]

not yet i do not that was in the status_bar.xml located in res/layout/

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