[Q] Installing Icon Collection Set

[lardo5150]

As for "theme", I am happy with just the default.

What I want to do is just change the icons. I have seen a ton of icon sets that I love, but no clue how to bring them in.

I am running Syndicate with Genocide. Before when I was on stock, I was using File manager or something to "change" the icon. Basically it was putting a file manager widget there instead of the actual app icon.

Is there a tutorial for jsut changing icons? Or maybe an installer?

 

[zanderman112]

I reccomend for you to try this.

0.) Make a nandroid in case something goes wrong[Optional, reccomended]
1.) Open up the roms zip file(not extract) in 7zip onyour pc, and go to the system/app directory of the zip.
2.) Open up(not extract) the apk you want to edit in 7zip, and the icons are usually in the res/drawable-hdpi folder.
3.) Rename the image you want to be in there to match the one in the apk, and replace the old one with yours.
4.) Then back out, save, and do steps 2 & 3 for all of the apps in that folder who's icons you want to change.
5.) Flash that zip in cwm.
6.) Reboot
7.) Report if it worked. If it didn't, restore your nandroid.

 

[lardo5150]

Thanks!
I will try that this week.

 

[zanderman112]

Ok, I will stay subscribed to this thread so post here if you have any problems

Roll Tide

 

[lardo5150]

Ok, so I am starting to run through this, and I thought of something.

By editing that ROM, I am editing the default icons.

How do we do the apps I get from the market? These would not be in the ROM.

For example, Google Music, or Accuweather.

Can we edit these straight on the phone? Or are we getting more into themes?

 

[lardo5150]

Shot in the dark....

Could I take my nandroid backup, copy it, open it up and replace the icons there, then "restore" this backup?

 

[zanderman112]

Shot in the dark....

Could I take my nandroid backup, copy it, open it up and replace the icons there, then "restore" this backup?

I dont think so. To edit the ones you get from the market, you have to copy from data/app to your pc, edit the apps icon, then put the apk back in data/app, replacing the old one, and rebooting

 

[lardo5150]

I dont think so. To edit the ones you get from the market, you have to copy from data/app to your pc, edit the apps icon, then put the apk back in data/app, replacing the old one, and rebooting

I am going to try this tonight.

Just prepping for it though, I cant see the folders when going through the PC.

Do I need to download a file manager, and on the phone, copy the folder to the SD card, then to the PC, edit, and repeat in reverse?

 

[zanderman112]

Yes, you'll need es file explorer, and you'll have to turn on its root capabilities in it's setings. Then you can see the data/app folders contents. Curious though, did you try changing the default apps icons already that came with the rom?

Roll Tide

 

[lardo5150]

I am hoping to do that tonight.
I will let you know how it goes.
I am going to do that first, then I will tackle the added apps.

 

[zanderman112]

K, and remember to backup before just to be sure lol

Roll Tide

 

[lardo5150]

Ok, so tonight I tried some things...

1. ROM Package - I unzipped this and checked the majority of the apk files. I COULD NOT find the phone icon to save my life. none of the icons my epic has now with syndicate and genocide, I could not find. Any ideas where they might be? In the res folders, there are several combinations of the drawable folders.

2. I did a test of modding an app I downloaded. I took google music and the PSD template for the Illest Icon Set. I created an icon for google music. Now, I know the icon works, cause when I was using that other program to change the icon before I rooted (file organizer or something???) it worked. Under the res folder there were a TON of drawable folders, some were like v8, v9, v10, v11, etc. etc. There were a ton. So I went with the default drawable.hdpi folder. I found an ic_musiclauncher_normal.png and ic_musiclauncher_small.png. I changed the normal one, drug it back into my 7zip, yes to overwright, copied it back to my SD card (talking about the com.google.android.music-1.apk now), used ES to copy it from my SD card back into data\apps, yes to overright and rebooted.
When it rebooted, I got that default green and white android box and the application did not work.

I did a restore from my backup and everything is good now.

So...where do I need to look in the ROM to find the actual stinking icons?
And what am I doing wrong with the market apps?

 

[zanderman112]

Ok, so tonight I tried some things...

1. ROM Package - I unzipped this and checked the majority of the apk files. I COULD NOT find the phone icon to save my life. none of the icons my epic has now with syndicate and genocide, I could not find. Any ideas where they might be? In the res folders, there are several combinations of the drawable folders.

2. I did a test of modding an app I downloaded. I took google music and the PSD template for the Illest Icon Set. I created an icon for google music. Now, I know the icon works, cause when I was using that other program to change the icon before I rooted (file organizer or something???) it worked. Under the res folder there were a TON of drawable folders, some were like v8, v9, v10, v11, etc. etc. There were a ton. So I went with the default drawable.hdpi folder. I found an ic_musiclauncher_normal.png and ic_musiclauncher_small.png. I changed the normal one, drug it back into my 7zip, yes to overwright, copied it back to my SD card (talking about the com.google.android.music-1.apk now), used ES to copy it from my SD card back into data\apps, yes to overright and rebooted.
When it rebooted, I got that default green and white android box and the application did not work.

I did a restore from my backup and everything is good now.

So...where do I need to look in the ROM to find the actual stinking icons?
And what am I doing wrong with the market apps?

1.) Phone icon is in DialerTabActivity.apk. DialerTab is the actual dialer part you open up, and phone.apk is the "in call" stuff.

2)Different apps use different drawable folders for their icons, but they are usually in drawable-hdpi. they are sometimes named "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_appname.png." I think the new icon you want has to be the same pixel size as the one you're replacing.

 

[lardo5150]

1.) Phone icon is in DialerTabActivity.apk. DialerTab is the actual dialer part you open up, and phone.apk is the "in call" stuff.

2)Different apps use different drawable folders for their icons, but they are usually in drawable-hdpi. they are sometimes named "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_appname.png." I think the new icon you want has to be the same pixel size as the one you're replacing.

Yep, the one place I did not look. Thank you! I will try again tomorow, I have practice tonight. Stay tuned....

What is the reason for the same pixel? Is that set somewhere? The reason why I ask is people theme the phone out and make the icons anyway they want.

I gave you a thanks as well

 

[zanderman112]

1.) Yeah, two apks is confusing lol
2.) I'm not 100% sure about that, buut images can be resized to match the resolution of icons.
3.) THX4THX

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[lardo5150]

Ok, so I replaced the phone icon with the one I wanted in the ROM's zip file.
Wiped the phone and installed the rom and kernel and my icon is there!

So success.

I did make the icon the same size in pixesl as well. 72x72

 

[zanderman112]

Nice! Glad it worked!

Btw, by doing this, you're dabbling your toes in themeing water lol.

 

[lardo5150]

Ya, I realized you are like Mr Miyagi, lol.

I do appreciate this, I would rather learn it then someone just give it to me.

Although, like the issue I had before cause of all the apk's, I could use some help with locating a few items....please

Here is what I need to find...

facebook
text messaging
calendar
settings
yahoo mail (is that standard?)
youtube
market
maps
voicemail
email
movies

I am going to start looking here in a bit (wife is making me watch jersey shore with her )

The rest of the icons I have are for google music, dolphin, etc....so I need to figure that out and why it bombed out on me before, I am assuming like you said the pixels were wrong.

screw it, I am going to try and tackle the status bar as well.

 

[zanderman112]

Ya, I realized you are like Mr Miyagi, lol.

I do appreciate this, I would rather learn it then someone just give it to me.

Although, like the issue I had before cause of all the apk's, I could use some help with locating a few items....please

Here is what I need to find...

facebook
text messaging
calendar
settings
yahoo mail (is that standard?)
youtube
market
maps
voicemail
email
movies

I am going to start looking here in a bit (wife is making me watch jersey shore with her )

The rest of the icons I have are for google music, dolphin, etc....so I need to figure that out and why it bombed out on me before, I am assuming like you said the pixels were wrong.

screw it, I am going to try and tackle the status bar as well.

Status bar itself is in framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/statusbar_background.9.png, so if you don't know how to edit .9.png's, you'll have to find a statusbar you like.

The other parts of the notifiation drawer start with status_bar_ and are .9.pngs as well.

But some parts of the notification drawer are in twframework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/

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[lardo5150]

Cool, thanks.
Going after them now!