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how do you skin the default keyboard?

i know some themes change it, but i like the theme i have already. i just want to change the keyboard to a more pleasant look. is there somewhere i can find different ones to download or flash onto my rom? i don't want to use betterkeyboard app, etc.

Here You Go Buddy.
Well i skinned the stock keyboard pretty easily with a few easy techniques.
First check out my theme Ivory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612315 To see if that's what you want. I hope your familiar with themeing or this might be confsing.
-I took the latinIME.apk from cyanogens last rom
-Opened it as a zip and navigated to the res drawable folders
-downloaded the better keyboard skins i wanted (simple black and green)
-pulled the different drawable files from the betterkeyboard apps and replaced the stock cyanogen ones
-resigned apk and flashed inside my theme

sassyness77 said:
Well i skinned the stock keyboard pretty easily with a few easy techniques.
First check out my theme Ivory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=612315 To see if that's what you want. I hope your familiar with themeing or this might be confsing.
-I took the latinIME.apk from cyanogens last rom
-Opened it as a zip and navigated to the res drawable folders
-downloaded the better keyboard skins i wanted (simple black and green)
-pulled the different drawable files from the betterkeyboard apps and replaced the stock cyanogen ones
-resigned apk and flashed inside my theme
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haha thats EXACTLY what i tried to do yesterday night! except i got the acore force close thing, & im sure it's because i didn't sign it first. i had an easy auto-sign program but i deleted it a few days ago :| & now i can't find it on here anymore!

jonesyruless said:
haha thats EXACTLY what i tried to do yesterday night! except i got the acore force close thing, & im sure it's because i didn't sign it first. i had an easy auto-sign program but i deleted it a few days ago :| & now i can't find it on here anymore!
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haha what are the odds well at least your on the right track!

I would go for editing HTC_IME.apk, just a personal preference i guess, but i think its better, and have played around with editing it a bit myself, and its pretty easy, but you need to be able to do *.9.png files.

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haha what are the odds well at least your on the right track!
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okay i found it. but im still geting te acore force close): what could i be doing wrong?

hmmmm.
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okay i found it. but im still geting te acore force close): what could i be doing wrong?
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Im not sure, are you using stricstons signing tool? how are you flashing it?

What ROM are you trying it on? The new CM ROMs the keyboard is now in the LatinIME.apk instead of the framework-res.apk, but if you are using one of the other ROMs, that may not be the case.

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Im not sure, are you using stricstons signing tool? how are you flashing it?
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i dont think so, im using a modded apk signing tool i found on here, i lost the link.
and im doing
cp /sdcard/LatinIME.apk(the one i made) /system/app
in terminal emulator.
then after that the keyboard just dissappears. if i restart after that, the keyboard never shows up. if i just try to go back, i get acore force close repeatedly.
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What ROM are you trying it on? The new CM ROMs the keyboard is now in the LatinIME.apk instead of the framework-res.apk, but if you are using one of the other ROMs, that may not be the case.
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yea i know, im on cyanogen's latest.

You may want to try getting Stericson's signing tool. If it is disappearing signing could be the main issue. Since you edit it on your PC, why don't you just push it through adb after signing instead of copying it to your sd and then having to use the terminal?

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You may want to try getting Stericson's signing tool. If it is disappearing signing could be the main issue. Since you edit it on your PC, why don't you just push it through adb after signing instead of copying it to your sd and then having to use the terminal?
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the thing is though that i used the same signing tool to edit a graphic on a different app & it worked just fine.
i don't have/really know what adb OR sdk is & terminal is the easiest way i know how to do it. i mean does it really make a difference?

its been confirmed that it's not my signing tool because i used the same tool to edit a different app, a battery widget i downloaded from the market. & it worked fine. anyone else can help me?

lets get this working buddy,
Alrighty maybe try flashing the keyboard in an update.zip, just put the latinIME.apk into a folder named app. Then copy a meta inf folder from another theme download, you can use mine. Then send that to a compressed folder, resign and try to flash it. I would try that, I have never had good luck pushing with adb and pulling stuff, I stick with the easy way

yesssss i finally got it to work! it turns out i didnt need the signing tool at all. i took the latinime.apk file from a theme with a skinned keyboard, then i ONLY replaced the keyboard png's, and kept the meta-inf how it was. thanks guys for trying to help

[MOD] Resolution (dpi) changer *now with zips for all (hopefully) legend ROMs*

I shall take no credit for any of this. Smartsreenath first put me onto the idea, and pretty much anyone if this forum could've managed it. I just had the time to do it all.
Woo! Snakehult, being a genius, has made a clever little zip that uses proper scripts to just change the required value, instead of the whole file. So! Instead of me making an insane number of zips every time ROMs are updated use these instead. Cheers Snakehult!
Attached is a zip file with a whole lot of flashable zips in it. Don't flash the zip you download, extract that one somewhere and look inside
How to use:
Download the attached zip file, and extract it to somewhere on your computer. Inside the zip are a bunch of folders, each folder named after a ROM for the HTC Legend. Navigate into the folder that shares the name of whatever ROM you are using and inside you will find 6 zip files. These zips are flashable. The the zips are names thus: xxx.zip, where xxx is a number. The lower the number, the higher the apparent resolution. Choose a zip, copy it to your SD card and flash it like any other zip. To revert back to how it was simply flash the "160.zip". This just flashes a completely un-modified version of build.prop for your ROM. Make sure you only use the zips form the correct folder for your ROM, or funny things *might* happen.
More info:
By editing the build.prop file it is possible to increase the dpi of an Android device. This essentially scales everything down, so you can fit more on the screen. This is especially nice for browsing the market and the internet; as well as improving, in my opinion, the overall Android experience. The lower the number in the name of the zip, the higher the apparent resolution. It's worth noting that this does *not* change the actual resolution of the Legend; it's still a HVGA device. So you still can't install apps designed for bigger, more powerful phones, like the HTC Desire or Nexus One. This is a somewhat flawed way of achieving this effect, and can have some ugly side effects:
Some apps simply don't scale
HTC-IME mod ends up screwed
Games *can* be rendered unplayable, but not always. Often the menu is the worst affected part.
A work around to fix a number of issues is to disable the built in compatibility mode of Android, and if I knew a way to do this through a zip, rest assured that I would. It'd save me having to explain how to do it. Alas, I don't know how, so here's how:
In your ROM look for an app called "Spare parts". If it's not there look for it in the market. If you open that app and scroll down to the bottom you will find a checkbox option for "Compatibility mode". Ensure that this is *un-checked*, then reboot. Most issues will be resolved. As I learn more about Android I shall keep an eye out for a way to force apps to scale correctly, and if I ever find one I'll update these.
I have also tried values higher than usual, just for kicks. I don't expect them to be useful, nor will I make actual zip files for them, but I went all the way up to 200; and it felt like I was using an HTC wildfire: everything was really quite cramped.
My personal favourite setup is as follows:
CM 6.1, with a 768MHz overclock
My "lcd-density" (this MOD) set to 130
Launcher Pro Plus with 5 icon rows

Below is a paste of what was the first post (when I was just trying to fix a ****-up on my part), and is now here for reference. It has all of the original build.prop files attached.
Attached is a .zip file, which you will need to extract somewhere. It's not for flashing. Within this zip are several folders, each containing a "build.prop". You'll notice that each folder is named after a ROM: Azure, NeonMOD etc. The "Based-on-stock" folder should cover these ROMs:
[ROM] Based on Official WWE_2.03.405.3 ROM + A2SD [Rev 03 - released]
[ROM] UPDATED Almost Stock Legend HTC WWE 2.03.405.3 Radio 7. 08.35.21
You'll need to use ADB to push these files, as I haven't had time to make flash-able zip's for them yet
Instructions:
1. Extract the zip to a suitable directory, and locate the appropriate build.prop
2. Copy the build.prop to your AndroroidSDK/tools folder
3. Reboot your phone into ClockworkMOD recovery and navigate the the "Partitions menu", then click "mount /system"
4. Connect your phone to the PC and start CMD/a terminal window in your AndroidSDK/tools folder
5. Run the command "adb devices" to ensure that the ADB server is running, and that the PC has detected your device correctly
6. Run these commands in this order:
adb push build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system
cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/build.prop
This will put your resolution back to default, but should fix everything else too. If you still want a higher resolution then follow the guides in posts 1 and 2 of the other thread. This one.
If you can't use ADB for whatever reason you'll just have to wait it out until myself or someone else create proper, flash-able, fixes. I have done this to try and quickly rectify the issue; assuming, of course, that most people in this forum can use ADB
I will make proper zips, but it's getting late for me...
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hi
here is a zip for neonmod 0.21 with 135lcd, flashed it on my legend today with rom manager

Wow do we have a lot of ROMs...
Anyhoo, I am currently working on appropriate flashable zips for each ROM, and each ROM will have the following versions:
110
120
130
140
150
160 (original)
I'm doin' 'em as fast as I can..
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Current thoughts:
All build by Ali Ba have nice, short build.prop files. The current record for the longest one it held by MyTouch Legend...

TheGrammarFreak said:
Wow do we have a lot of ROMs...
Anyhoo, I am currently working an appropriate flashable zips for each ROM
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Awesome!
All our lovely ROMs are actively being used, and its great.
Thx for all hard work!

No worries, I hope I haven't missed one
Now to sign 50 60 zip files...
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DONE! All finished. I really hope they work. I can't test them all, but there is no reason why they won't work. Lemme know either way.

nice job
thanks bro

nice
spare parts is also in neonmod

xennr3 said:
nice
spare parts is also in neonmod
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Cool, and you can turn compatibility mode off?

TheGrammarFreak said:
Cool, and you can turn compatibility mode off?
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sure
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TheGrammarFreak said:
Cool, and you can turn compatibility mode off?
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thanks for your work! i just tried 130 dpi and it seems really good.. i'll try also others zip asap!
yes with compatibility mode off all softwares i tried work really well!

xennr3 said:
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Cool, thanks for the info. I'll update the OP when I'm home
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

Wow, really cool mod Love it!
Good job!

Cool, glad you like it

Just flashed 130 for SpeedLegend and it worked like a charm
HTC_IME works here (this isnt the mod)
images dont look so good anymore and stuff, but alright
works fine
edit; TBH I find the 140 to be 'more' compatible overall, and show a better picture (ive tried all the flashables)
thats besides the orgnal setting btw, it gives the best picture by far.

Im on the same DPI and rom as you TheGrammarFreak. works great. Too bad there is no function for more icons on the homescreens with LauncherPro...

SimDroid said:
Im on the same DPI and rom as you TheGrammarFreak. works great. Too bad there is no function for more icons on the homescreens with LauncherPro...
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Yeah it does. On your homescreen press menu, then preferences. In advanced options there is something for it.
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i glad to hear that someone like you got the idea from my thread........good work ...........and nice job.....you will get all help from me and from my friends
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TheGrammarFreak said:
Yeah it does. On your homescreen press menu, then preferences. In advanced options there is something for it.
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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yeah, that is for 5 rows on a screen, but you still can't have 5 icons on a row... That's what I want. I tried ADWLauncher again, but it feels so god damn slow.

Ummm, I have 5x5 icons on my desktop with the stock ADW launcher. Just check out "Settings > ADW > Screen prefs > Desktop cols/Desktop rows"

[Q] Changing sense flip clock

I was trying to look for a way to change the sense flip clock from white with black letters to black with white letters. I'm coming from WM6.5 phones so android sense themes are different to me. I'm running the Liberated Froyo w/ sense ROM right now. I was looking at something like this, but not sure if it would work.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4...mes-mods-more-2-1-playground.html#post1766858

I'm completely new to Android scene as a whole, but I think I understand enough of the basics to try and help you out here. I compared the image sizes between the link you posted and the original HTC Clock Widget on the Aria, and the linked clock's are larger.
I went through and resized all the images to the Aria's, and tried to make it look as close as I could to their theme. I attached a thumbnail of what I ended up with.
I included the altered HtcClockWidget.apk to this post, which you'll need to push to /system/app/ in Recovery (that's what I did it anyways). Hopefully this is what you're looking for. [I didn't change the preview thumbnail, so it won't look any different within the widget itself until you actually place it on a homescreen.]

That's exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks! I tried to push it in recovery and after I rebooted, the clock widget is gone and now I have a 0.0dip widget that fails to load when I try to load it. Is it because I'm using a different rom?

Hmm, that's strange. I am also using the FR001 Liberated Froyo with Sense.
When you went into Recovery, did you mount /system/ from the partitions menu and then push the file?
I'm not really sure why it wouldn't work. I'll attach a stock copy of HtcClockWidget.apk for you to push back just in case you can't get it working.

Yeah I went into recovery, mounted the /system, pushed the apk in /system/app/, then rebooted. weird might be because i'm using FR003 deodexed I'm guessing?
Actually I just reflashed to FR005 deodexed now and pulled the apk from it. maybe this can help?

The only thing I can think might be wrong is that I'm not using deodexed (I honestly don't really even get the different between the two)? Anyways, I altered the apk you just posted from 005, so hopefully this time it'll work.

I just pushed that latest file and it finally worked. Much thanks! I guess the first one can be used for standard and the last one you posted can be used for deodexed.
btw I read this thread to find out about what deodexed was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709630

Awesome, glad it worked. Thanks for the link!

circle battery on thunderbolt

how do you add different icons into the status bar

Use an app called metamorph. You can modify the framework...and that's the status bar icons
Tbolt meatclaws via talkatap

Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.

Get the framework.apk from the rom your using (/system/framework/framework-res.apk) and from the theme that has the icons you want, then use 7-zip to get into the framework res apk / drawable (drawable-hdpi) folder and swap out the .png files that you want to change. Make sure the new file has the same name as the one you are replacing.
You'll have to copy the .png files onto your desktop to view them and get familiar with the apk folders, it's not difficult.
Close the framework-res.apk in 7-zip, no need to re-sign it, and push it back onto your phone.
reboot.
or Ninjamorph.

is the methods described only for custom roms? im running stock rom...
any apps u guys recommend that use the least amount resources?
update....I just installed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8639993
is editing framework-res.apk a better solution? im just looking for least amount battery consumption...thank u kind sirs

adding the circle battery was the first thing I did on stock rooted ROM...it's easy to do again if you change ROMs.

IISiDeK1CKII said:
Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.
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So easy! Thanks!

IISiDeK1CKII said:
Go to uot.dakra.lt/kitchen and make one for yourself. You can edit the colors and much more. All you need is your ROMs framework-res.apk.
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I had no idea there was a kitchen like this available without the nasty coding.
Thanks very much!

do you have to be rooted to use this

OK I just tried this. After I flashed the .zip I got a TON of force closes from various places. Browser, google search, some others, right when the phone booted. I followed the directions and extracted and uploaded my ROM. the only options I wanted to flash were the circle battery and the bootanimation. The bootanimation and circle battery did show up, but after it booted there were just way too many force closes.
Can anyone help on what I need to do?

First thing I always do out of habit is go into CW, clear cache, clear dalvik cache, then reinstall my zip. Takes care of most FC issues.
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OK I just tried this. After I flashed the .zip I got a TON of force closes from various places. Browser, google search, some others, right when the phone booted. I followed the directions and extracted and uploaded my ROM. the only options I wanted to flash were the circle battery and the bootanimation. The bootanimation and circle battery did show up, but after it booted there were just way too many force closes.
Can anyone help on what I need to do?
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I want to try the UOT Kitchen but I can't confirm if the stock TB rom is odexed or deodexed. I am a newb, been looking for an answer, but I can't find one.
**UPDATE** So I been browsing my rom files and ive seen some .odex files. I think this means its an odexed rom and can't be used with the kitchen. Is that correct?

all confusing to me! haha

I have done quite a few mods to the graphics in the Framework, including the battery one here. My question is that every time I push the framework back and reboot. I have to re-setup a few things (i.e. passwords) and clear contacts and resync. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any help anyone may have.

Stock rom is odex. You can download plainjane rom that is deodex stock and rooted.

tbtaf said:
Stock rom is odex. You can download plainjane rom that is deodex stock and rooted.
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Thanks, I'm actually doing that now

[FONT] Roboto Font from ICS [Download]

Got the Roboto font and its slick! I uploaded it to my dropbox for your enjoyment!
Note: I got this online not myself I take no credit. I only uploaded it.
http://db.tt/bTJM9zRA
To install:
Download file on your phone. Once complete open Root Explorer and navigate to /sdcard/downloads and long press on the zip you just downloaded. Choose to extract all to /sdcard/extracted
If you don't already have the app download Font Changer from the market (free). Once downloaded navigate in Root Explorer to /sdcard/extracted and copy both Roboto font files. Paste them in /sdcard/.fontchanger. Now open up font changer and apply Roboto font!

This worked awesome. Never had done it before and your instructions were easy. Thanks again.
Sent from my BAMF'd Forever Thunderbolt

Anyway to make the font slightly smaller? The default size is kinda big.

Other Method
I found it easier to just download Font Installer from the Market and then select Roboto from the list. Only minor issue was my phone seemed to freeze when I pressed yes to reboot, waited several minutes, did a battery pull, and then everything worked fine. I really like this font!

TauxiC said:
I found it easier to just download Font Installer from the Market and then select Roboto from the list. Only minor issue was my phone seemed to freeze when I pressed yes to reboot, waited several minutes, did a battery pull, and then everything worked fine. I really like this font!
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Yeah mine did the same thing and i did the pull and all seems to be working.

I love this font!! looks great!!

One other way, if you have ROM Toolbox...
Under Theme Settings-->System Fonts. It's at the bottom of the list. Just install from there and reboot.
I didn't have any problems with a slow reboot or anything.

I like how clean and legible this font is...very happy I installed it! Thanks!

Domo arigato for Mr. Roboto....domo...Domo.

Is there any way to install it without root?

possible to have black roboto?

installed and running without a problem...

thank you. I wanted this awhile ago. guess i just forgot to keep checking up.

Is this supposed to change the system font?

sorry to burst in your thread, but thought id make myself useful
CC268 said:
Is this supposed to change the system font?
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yes this will change your system font if you want it too. what else would you want it to change? you can change many things...
Komatoes said:
Is there any way to install it without root?
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it depends. if you want, you can use this to change the font on your SMS app, eg go sms or chomp sms. you can also use this font in your eBook app eg Aldiko ...
you cant change the whole system font without rooting though. it would be like... i dont know, installing anything on windows guest mode? thats what root does, take you out of guest mode... or something like that

Links dead, can you post it please? Thank you. x