Here is what I am trying to do, I am not using the TouchFLO interface on Hero, I am using the default Launcher. What I want is to make this default launcher have all the Aero theme properties, such as the transparent menu tab. I know that for icons I will have to manually recreate, which is no problem I can do that. However... everything else I am not so sure. I tried taking the Launcher from the Haykuro Aero 6.0.1 ROM and creating the .odex and pushing it into system/sd/app. However, Launcher won't show up as a default for the home screen. How can I get this to work? For now I am stuck with the default launcher, which looks pretty boring considering it has Hero under the hood.
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Ive gotten the Home option to show up in the default menu. However, I am getting a force close for process.acore.
Why don't you use the launcher that came with the hero rom you're using. Drag and drop your drawables, then resign? as long as you have room in /system i don't see why that wouldn't work.
For your icons, you dont have to "recreate" them... just open up your apks in both updates, go into res/drawable and find the icon image... it'll be called something like: ic_launcher_browser.png or app_icon.png or icon.png. put those files into the corresponding apps and resign.
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For your icons, you dont have to "recreate" them... just open up your apks in both updates, go into res/drawable and find the icon image... it'll be called something like: ic_launcher_browser.png or app_icon.png or icon.png. put those files into the corresponding apps and resign.
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lol thats what I meant by recreate, but for some reason I don't need to resign... I use winRAR to open them and drag and drop without resigning and it installs just fine..
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Alright, I dragged and dropped the whole "res" folder from the Aero Launcher into the Hero Launcher and resigned it and pushed it to /system/app, once again, the option for Home no longer shows up as a default. When trying to install via ADB, I get "INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE"
You're probably not going to want to use adb install. More than likely ADB Push would be a much better option, since it doesn't check anything, it just ignorantly places the file in the specified directory.
You're home app will probably be in /system/sd/app_s depending on the rom, so you'll end up using something like "Adb push /pathtofile/Launcher.apk /system/sd/app_s/" without the quotes.
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Alright, I dragged and dropped the whole "res" folder from the Aero Launcher into the Hero Launcher and resigned it and pushed it to /system/app, once again, the option for Home no longer shows up as a default. When trying to install via ADB, I get "INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE"
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You probably don't wanna drag the whole folder, chances are that some of those xml files are incompatible with hero framework. i would just drop the .9.pngs in there....
Its really not that hard there is PLEANTY about this in the theme forum. You need to explore your drawable folders, don't be shy, look for the icons and replace them with the ones you want. You can find a chart that tells you where to find most files your lookin for. Check the theme stickys, their nothing but good. Oh and resign the apk, or drop the apk in the update and sign it, your getting force closes and stuff it ain't workin.
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Lets say I delete BlurHome.apk
I no long have a home screen.
Is there anyway to permanently replace this with another home.apk, and delete the BlurHome.apk?
are things like launcherpro just skins or do they completely disable BlurHome.apk?
Thanks
Do not delete anything with Blur...
Launcher pro or adw completly replace blur and are not skins
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Yes it replaces it but you never want to delete your default home.
Did you make a copy of it before you deleted it? I hope so.
Too bad so many people are quick to delete without thinking about needing the file again. These are the people that post on other forums asking for files they deleted. Personally I would not delete any file - especially the blur files. Change the name to .bak or something like that. That makes it easy to go back to normal should you need to.
Storage space shouldn't be an issue with the DroidX. If it is, get the 32gb SD card.
Is there a suitable icon changer out that works with the Galaxy S phones yet?
I've tried bettercut 3.0 and anyshortcut 0.3 but neither work yet.
Any suggestions?
I've tried to adb pull the apk for an app, redo the icon, save and push it back, but it uninstalls the app and won't reinstall (assuming this is a signing error).
mackeydesigns said:
Is there a suitable icon changer out that works with the Galaxy S phones yet?
I've tried bettercut 3.0 and anyshortcut 0.3 but neither work yet.
Any suggestions?
I've tried to adb pull the apk for an app, redo the icon, save and push it back, but it uninstalls the app and won't reinstall (assuming this is a signing error).
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Bettercut works for me?
taypotts said:
Bettercut works for me?
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I get FC.. hmm
mackeydesigns said:
I get FC.. hmm
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When you first launch the app? Or when you do something else?
Try to reboot?
Try to uninstall/reinstall?
mackeydesigns said:
Is there a suitable icon changer out that works with the Galaxy S phones yet?
I've tried bettercut 3.0 and anyshortcut 0.3 but neither work yet.
Any suggestions?
I've tried to adb pull the apk for an app, redo the icon, save and push it back, but it uninstalls the app and won't reinstall (assuming this is a signing error).
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launcherpro gives you the ability to do it natively in the homescreen if you dont mind loosing touchwiz
or there is an app called folderorganizer which worked well for me in the past
I figured it out. Using the app itself didn't work, but if you long press on the home screen and add new shortcut, select bettercut, it works.
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i use desktop visuliser to customise icons. it works nicely on the home screen, plus you can choose which size you'd like them to be.
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Is there a suitable icon changer out that works with the Galaxy S phones yet?
I've tried bettercut 3.0 and anyshortcut 0.3 but neither work yet.
Any suggestions?
I've tried to adb pull the apk for an app, redo the icon, save and push it back, but it uninstalls the app and won't reinstall (assuming this is a signing error).
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Try NinjaMorph. You can use that to change all the icon's for the apps that are installed on the phone to the /system/app directory. It's pretty easy to change all those icons using that app.
But for any user installed apps that end up installed to /data/app you'll have to do a little more work.. (that is if you want the icons to be changed in the app drawer as well, if you don't then you can just use one of those other apps people have already mentioned)
Basically you'll have to copy the .apk to your computer. Edit the apk with the new icon you want, delete the current signature, resign it, copy it back to your sdcard, uninstall the app, then re-install it with your newly edited akp. Sounds like a lot but it's not to bad if you use the right tools.
7zip works great to open the akps and edit the files inside them. I also found a nice little tool someone had created that lets you just drag and drop apks into it and press a button to resign the package. I'm not at my home computer so I don't remember the name off hand but you should be able to find it from a simple google search.
Hope that helps.
I recently flashed a gingerbread theme, and I love the black status bar, except how the notify icons look on it, since they were made for a white bar. So I'm trying to use Ninja Morph to change the icons, which seems like a simple procedure, but it's being very frustrating. I had the TweetDeck icon changed and working correctly, and then a half hour later it started FCing on me. Don't even get me started on the Google Voice app, that seems to work at complete random with no rhyme or reason.
This is frustrating. What's the trick here?
You know I was having the same problem I updated some of my Icons and i followed the instructions and made sure all my images were the same size name right ones and png's and everything then as soon as it rebooted it only gave me FC for every app but two and that was the dialer and the browser and the dialer only worked for incoming calls, the only solution was to sbf. No fun I cant figure out what i did, so no im thinking maybe i have a corrupted file and i need to go in and one by one change them out to figure out what was the cause if any. (oh did i mention this happened three time, what a pain in the a--) Well My advice would be to look at the specifics of what you are doing then maybe start over or try something different, but other than that IDK.
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I recently flashed a gingerbread theme, and I love the black status bar, except how the notify icons look on it, since they were made for a white bar. So I'm trying to use Ninja Morph to change the icons, which seems like a simple procedure, but it's being very frustrating. I had the TweetDeck icon changed and working correctly, and then a half hour later it started FCing on me. Don't even get me started on the Google Voice app, that seems to work at complete random with no rhyme or reason.
This is frustrating. What's the trick here?
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I could test for you. What apps and what icons? Maybe you could post them and I will do it and see what you're doing wrong (if anything). You know market apps have to be signed. Stericson has an app for that too called Signapktic. Works on the phone but in order to use it you have to tell Ninjamorph "NO" after it creates the package then you have an APK of your project in the AndroidThemes/workspace directory. Once signed you can zipalign in terminal and install. Let me know if you need a walkthrough for this method and I will write one up for you.
I'm having problems with ninjamorph too with it just hanging and never finishing. I have some sweet ideas too
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I could test for you. What apps and what icons? Maybe you could post them and I will do it and see what you're doing wrong (if anything). You know market apps have to be signed. Stericson has an app for that too called Signapktic. Works on the phone but in order to use it you have to tell Ninjamorph "NO" after it creates the package then you have an APK of your project in the AndroidThemes/workspace directory. Once signed you can zipalign in terminal and install. Let me know if you need a walkthrough for this method and I will write one up for you.
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I could use a write up of how to do it via terminal if you could do this it would be greatly appreciated. Trying to switch a green for blue android in the Advanced task killer app and am having trouble
If you morph any thing different than a system app you have to re sign the app. Use Signaptic its free on the market. Also when you use signaptic choose the platform iption.
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Hey guys,
I had an idea of how to get rid of that annoying "R" logo from Rockplayer at the topleft corner of the screen. I know you can buy the full application, but I will only buy it from the Android Market and not wire money to some unknown developer's site. And I will not pirate it. Those are simply workarounds
But, my idea was to use Metamorph to change the "R" icon to an empty/invisible PNG. I've been trying this, though, with a few errors.
- If I use Metamorph to do this while the application is stored in /data/app, the signature checking hides the application. Stericson mentioned this will happen with all apps you morph that are in /data/app because Metamorph signs with the dev key.
- If I use Metamorph to do this while the application is in /system/app, I get a Force Close notice when I attempt to open a video file inside the app. However the app itself shows up and launches fine.
I never got Metamorph to work with morphs I tried to make for AudioManager, but I've seen tons of success stories of people making morphs for it. I believe this app could have the same success.
Anyone have any suggestions of how to get this working, then?
Also, people who have made successful AudioManager morphs: How did YOU do that? Could you provide instructions?
have you ever tried apk manager?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
while i've never tried to modify the apps you are using specifically, i was able to change notification icons for gmail, the aosp email, and handcent.
my advice would be to treat every app like a system app. that way, you can retain the original signature.
Look for Signapktic by Stericson in mkt. You can do it all on the phone. I wrote a tut a while back it's on here somewhere search theme market apps and signapktic.
Thank you guys for your help
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Look for Signapktic by Stericson in mkt. You can do it all on the phone. I wrote a tut a while back it's on here somewhere search theme market apps and signapktic.
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What key do I need to sign it with in Signapktic, and do I need to have the key in my sdcard?
Edit: That was kind of a stupid question, please disregard it
I tried both of your methods, however the app just opens then closes no matter if it's in /system/app or in /data/app...
Icon will not change
Okay, this is a new problem I've never experienced before.
Have my icons all packed, zipped up,.mtz etc. Apply through theme manager. However, I have one application (Launcher SlidescreenPro) that will not change.
I've double checked the app name, double checked and triple checked the naming...
Now...here's the weird part. In EVERY app list and application that lists your installed apps, the new icon is there, just like it's supposed to be. App manager, titanium backup, all show the new icon for the app....but NOT on the home screen. (and yes, I rebooted )
I'm wondering if there is another "hidden" name for the app's home screen shortcut, since it was also meant to be a home launcher replacement. Can't find anything specific to that app, and it is no longer supported, so the developers are unavailable.
I'm puzzled..What am I missing? I'm sure there is an easy answer...
Thanks
That one i have too. It's weird and im looking for an answer, too
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Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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I've had to reboot up to 3 times to get some newly themed icons to change. Just my two cents!
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Try making a folder (zip) for slidescreen, with the "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_whatever.png" inside of it, in the theme. Also it may have an activity name attached to the end of the package name, for instance Clock is com.android.deskclock as well as com.android.deskclock.DeskClock
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Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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since the new icon appears everywhere (an i mean everywhere, like titanuium, root explorer, app management) except for the launcher i think the process name should be good
i have this problem with "handsfree" ("com.grichenko.android.handsfree") and "word search" ("com.virtuesoft.wordsearch")
i started them and looked in the app manager to find out if they have a different process running, but nope, the main process is running, but it just won't change on home screen
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Using Root Explorer navigate to /data/system/customized_icons_1 and check what is the file name for the icon that is shown for your slidescreen. It is actual package name of the used app. Hope that it helps.
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Thanks...I do know that the actual package name is the same for the icon, that's what I was saying. PLUS...it has changed throughout the system, just not on the home screens. Even when I look up running processes...the package name is the same, and the app's icon in the running processes list is correct.
However, I didn't know about that folder, so that will come in handy in the future.
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Try making a folder (zip) for slidescreen, with the "icon.png" or "ic_launcher_whatever.png" inside of it, in the theme. Also it may have an activity name attached to the end of the package name, for instance Clock is com.android.deskclock as well as com.android.deskclock.DeskClock
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Thanks for the suggestion...and that still might be the case, but nothing comes up when zipping up the app, or any folder within it. Just the same package name I already have for it. <sigh> Since it was meant to be a launcher replacement as well, I might blindly try a few activity names...see what happens. although I don't think so....as there doesn't seem to be a different process running.
As far as rebooting...I've never had trouble with theme manager...change out my screen once a day (at least) and it always works for me. This has me completely baffled. (PS...did reboot a couple of times for something else...no such luck)
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Thanks for the suggestion...and that still might be the case, but nothing comes up when zipping up the app, or any folder within it. Just the same package name I already have for it. <sigh> Since it was meant to be a launcher replacement as well, I might blindly try a few activity names...see what happens. although I don't think so....as there doesn't seem to be a different process running.
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i managed to find the processes for my missing apps, i had to decompile files and look into androidmanifest.xml
you will find the first android process is usually the launcher process. look for lines starting with "activity". if you read these lines you'll find a portion "android:name" and that's where the process name is. if the first one is not good, you might find others inside, too