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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jerry D:
Your status bar is Very Nice! Thats what's up!! How did you do that? Do you have to be deodexed?...I'm a very noob. I can't wait to get my phone lookin' like that
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cufd440:
Can you share this mod....that is swesome
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
Running Deodexed KD1, Bali Kernel with SPB Shell 3D and the Modded Status Bar...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
and the rest...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
+1 for UOTKitchen for the status bar icon mods. Using LauncherPro Plus and its neat widgets, plus Beautiful Widgets for clock and weather. I switch it up a lot. :-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] rickyy00:
Running Kd1 deodexed Bali kernal and gingerbread theme
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
heres mine for now, just the main one, too lazy for rest
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Zixx:
This is mines
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Here's mine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
lockscreen cause im bored
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
I'd like to know all about your setup. can I get that wallpaper

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] joedeveloper:
Launcher Pro - Custom Red style Theme and Icons - Custom Battery Icon via cooked framework-res from UOT Kitchen.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
Nice one, joedeveloper. UOTKitchen is pretty neat, huh?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
hey man I was wondering if you could tell me how change the theme in Launcher Pro. Whenever I go to theme settings, it only gives me that only option of icon pack. Where did you get that custom battery again?? UOT Kitchen isn't an app right lol. Thanks yo
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] yosif yackson:
Don't look at the finger
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
Nope, it's a fantastic web-based utility created by XDA forum member mendozinas where you "cook" up customizations for your handset.

Read this carefully and upload your SGS 4G's framework-res.apk file (don't try & use the files in the "kitchen's" list -- I believe you'll soft brick your phone).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=990829

For our handset, I've been able to use the Battery, Icons, Status Bar, Window Animation and Font Pack mods. To the best of my knowledge, the "Glowing" mods won't work, and bootanimations will only work with Krylon's old T959VUVKB5 kernel, which will hopefully soon be incorporated in to drhonk's great Bali kernel. :) Devs or users with more expertise may have better information, but I've played with it a lot and think I understand the do's and don'ts for the SGS4G.

The kitchen itself can be found here.

Have fun!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Sammydr10:
What clock wodget is that?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
+1, and please share wallpaper!! the gingerbread theme would look great with your setup if you know how to use CWM
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
did you cook your files and flash the zip via CWM3 beta?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
Yep. The filenames just timestamped, so I rename them "Gingerbread black.zip", "Hoolm White.zip" etc., save them to a Kitchen Themes folder on my SD and use the CWM3 beta to flash. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
sweet, im going to add a few things. Thanks for the confirmation.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
No worries. Enjoy! (I cracked 8 posts or whatever the threshold is so I now get to debut a signature crediting the devs! I've hit the big time! Woot woot!)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
you talking about mine? if so widget locker lockscreen, dclock widget,goweather and circular battery widget on that screen i will load up the wallpaper in a bit, i dont have it on moms netbook
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
very nice. I dont have those yet, but i do now. Thanks \m/
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
heres wallpaper, if you like this kind of art, look up hr giger. His awesome work is like this, demented, dark, snazzy.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
does anyone know what clock widget this is?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cufd440:
I would love to have that home screen....where did you find it?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
it was posted a few days ago, the guy who posted it seems to have disappeared though
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
hey man how do you post images onto this. Can't figured it out!!! I click on insert image but it gives me this dialog box for me to insert the http://. I would like to share my screen shots. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
One more thing, what are your notification widgets?

makaveli - when replying, you can attach an image via upload if you scroll down and choose manage attachments. The http is when you want to use an image already uploaded to a site.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
New look using ADW "Chemistry" theme w/o text. Needs more icons but I like the way it looks. Clock is "Cosmos 2" theme for Beautiful Widgets. Battery and icons cooked in UOTKitchen.

EDIT Sorry for the crappy pic quality. I was getting an error trying to upload the full sized PNGs. It looks nicer than this. :-(
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
Here are my snapshots
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stevekixs:
What I'm using right now.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
SweetHoney ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
ohh yeah thats missedit widget, found it in the apps section.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
thanks bro.

nicely done guys. feelin your look you got going on bl4ck, what's the theme?

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bl4ckpheniX:
Its in the theme section. Just put it out, soon I will drop a version for KD1.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
My fresh new look.lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] despos:
This is what I have right now. I like mine very clean.

Sent from my Galaxy S 4G

[ROM] DEODEXED KD1 (Whitehawkx)

[KERNAL] Bali v1.4UV (drhonk)

[THEME] GB Blue 7.2 w/ Batt mod (AERODKNG, robbbbit)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] perknite:
I'm all about function... And I like blue:-).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Yogi3:
Nice home screen ... what's the name of the app you use to get that calendar? Thanks in advanced ...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Notice the android & icons?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bryanb82:
Heres mine:D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] perknite:
S2 Calendar Widget2 Free from the market.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
font type? looks good.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Yogi3:
OK thanks sir :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
Transparent notification and steel blue status bar with steel blue glow.Battery is steel blue when above 15%.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] penguin0609:
I Like that big clock which one is that
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] penguin0609:
how about the clock/weather which one is that
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] perknite:
Fancy Widgets Pro - Small Home Widget

Flip Clock Style

H7C Blue Sky Black Clock Skin

MCFC Blue Moon Weather Skin
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 404glitch:
Nothing fancy, but here's my main home screen.

Sent from my SGH-T959V using the XDA App
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
install the gingerbread theme. it will make that look a whole lot sweeter
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
@LENNYHODAPP, How did you get your status bar to look like this???? Did u use UOT???? When i cook mine in the kitchen i can only get certain changes to take effect??? I believe its because of twframework file controls some of this stuff too and u only change framework.res on UOT. But I see u have acheived exactly what i want!!! HELP ME!!!! ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
That is pretty nice...nothing fancy..understatement of the year
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
He tried to post it here but couldnt, check the general threads

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ttngu234:
By the way, I used minimalistic text for my clock widget.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zenofsong:
R2d2 ringtone ftw
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] woodmanskinsfan:
Here's my latest. ADW Launcher w/CM7 theme; Beautiful Widgets clock with cyan theme. "Castaway" battery & "Kalagas animated" icons from UOT Kitchen.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
I used UOT kitchen to modify the twframework too. Once the kitchen cooks up your theme it will change the name to framework-res.apk you will have to unzip it and change it back to twframework-res.apk then I just copied it and pasted over the one in system/framework
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
Could i get more info on this? which mods from UOT are changed within twframework? id like to make some changes. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
a few changes. this thread helps with many ideas... now if i could only change that dolphin browser icon to blue also... lol I used to be able to use the stock web icon to launch dolphin but even after clearing defaults it doesn't seem to work anymore. :mad:

Thanks to all that have shared their unique setups!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
I only changed things on the status bar for twframework left the rest alone
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
You actually can, download Ninjamorph from the market. Open the app and start new project, It will decompile the app (Dolphin Browser) then navigate to the drawable-hdpi folder where that icon resides. It should be named Stat_XXXXX? photoshop icon and reinsert then "Finish Project" Walaaaahhh, new icon for Dolphin. I did the same with my Gmail icon ;) hope that makes sense. If not Pm me.

I think what I was trying to ask was, did you upload your twframework instead of the original twframework? Im guessing thats what you did.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
I used the one from whitehawkx KD1 for the first theme and

I uploaded the one for lock screen mod so it would be compatible with it in that theme. Hope that answers your question.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mbernusg:
Anyone ever figure out what thrashingdeth's slanted clock widget is??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
Typo sorry meant to say framework-res

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
Yes I uploaded the twframework which modified the pull down notification bar but you will have to rename it back to twframework once the kitchen completes it. Cause it will come out framework not twframework.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] richielasalsa:
here is mine
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
Is dolphin hidden? I can't seem to find it on the sd or internal
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zenofsong:
Bravo!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MarkP80nj:
Nice wallpaper!

:thumbup:

Sent from my SGH-T959V
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Jaytek:
Trying for a sexy theme...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
^^ Nice! name of the model if you know? hehe
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
Well here goes my sgs 4g homescreen and notifications pulldown? What yall think?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
Hey man I'm feeling the blue, really nice. You did all this in UOT kitchen?? & are you using gingerbread theme??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fatherof4:
I am not using the GB theme and yes i did all of this with the uot kitchen. Besides any font colors on the widgets. Those u change within the widget settings of the widget u want to change. Also my dock bar icons are not anything to do with uot kitchen. Check out the detailed guide i put in the themes and apps section and thanks bro!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] joedeveloper:
Had to post some GB love, launcher pro, typo clock, and some green icons xD
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MarkP80nj:
Loving this go launcher theme, though the name escapes me atm.

But it's free!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
My current setup

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] robbbbit:
Very nice. My wife is from millilani, i believe its spelled.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fknfocused:
Oh, cool. Just minus 1 L though. So when you guys coming back?

sent from my not so stock SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] capo31:
Here is mine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dtowngs4g:
Here's mine courtesy of adw
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Success100:
that looks great dude
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
Thanks....its free with adw through the market
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
I changed it again
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lenny hodapp:
I like the battery and volume bar Looks like mine lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cnote74:
My home screen nothing special
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shutem down:
Hey gdofwr420 like that wallpaper. Can u tell me where u got it from
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
Yea man its awesome. I threw a link to it up in the black ice thread and credit to you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] GDofWR420:
It comes with the black ice rom. But if you don't have it I can post it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brd912:
soo heres my newby question. what exactly is a modem? ive never heard of them until i came to the captivate

also,i have been creating alot of new threads,(i know i know) im new here to xda so im still trying to figure my way around this wollyworld of development so if any of my questions have been answered,please feel free to be rude (sarcasm) and tell me google is my friend,or search the forums lol
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Modem=radio
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brd912:
that was the best short answer ever lol,so if i was to flash through the different modems,would it possible for my simple mobile data connection to get stronger?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
not modem, "modem.bin" it is the file that controls the radios. the reason for changing it is either for frequency settings for your location. north america other than t-mobile uses 1900 and 850mhz some countries like austrailia and new zeland use the same. europe uses 900mhz instead of 850 and many of the roms ported to out phone have the european modes. for that reason we use the canadian bell and telus modem.bins for the i9000 roms.

also the captivate modem.bin versions dont have hsupa conectivity and the captivate roms are not compatable with i9000 modems, the bluetooth calling doesn't work in that combination. it is also recomended to match the kernel to the modem but i find that the chinese captivate i9088 modem and the telus t959d modem work better for me than any i9000 modem available.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brd912:
does that mean no way no how,captivate running 3g on t mobile service?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
So yeah, I have a crapload of questions.

I recently asked about rooting and keeping HTC Sense. In retrospect, I don't think I'll need Sense, I just tried out AppLauncher, and I have to say, I think I'm sold on it. I'm just wondering what exactly HTC Sense has? Is there anything it has that I'll really miss? So far the only thing I can think of is the HTC Sense website for a lost phone, backing up data, and the weather widget/FriendStream...though adding Facebook to HTC sense shows all my contacts in the Phone button which is a huge piss off, but meh.

So that being said, I think I'm about ready to give rooting a shot, but now I've been confused with even more things. And the more I read the more I get confused. Especially where I have to downgrade the firmware, I'm wondering if it's still okay to do this, since the guy at Bell told me if I didn't do / get certain updates I'd have to send my phone back to HTC for repair.

There's stock Android, Cyanogen, and it seems like a million other ROMs. Which is the best to use? If I want total customizability, but also good functionality?

Finally, I'm using a Bell-branded Desire Z on the the Bell network. So Whatever I do will need to work okay with it.

As I've said, I'm totally new to this, and I'm scared to hell of bricking my phone since I just signed a contract and don't to shell out $500 bucks for a new one.

There's just so much info on this forum and it's a bit overwhelming/confusing, not that a lot of info is a bad thing, I'm just lost lol.

EDIT: If anything I wrote seems too rambling or doesn't make much sense please specify that and I'll clarify it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bzerk1:
cant help you root your phone but just follow the instructions that the person who writes the threads say. It's not that easy to brick your phone unless you just completely dont follow directions.

1. Downgrade is perfectly fine, it's to allow you to use a certain method to root your phone.

2. Try out different roms to see what you like, it's like asking whats your favorite video game, how can you really choose, some will agree some wont. I personally like the Miui roms which is the iphonelike and android UI mashup. the apps built in are nice on the eyes, the physics of the phones movement is very smooth, it can oc to 1.5ghz, and you can just download a launcher to replace the original if you dont like it.

3. ask the dev's on the thread if your not sure. i have no idea about bell, but it would seem that it shouldnt have any affect on rooting your phone, just maybe the radio but that is different then rooting or flashing roms.

P.S. you might miss the small things from Sense like, it looks nice, turns on fast, widgets, the dialer to search contact, incoming calls doesnt disrupt navigation, and it's original live wallpaper lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
So are you saying that I can't search by contact in the default phone app? That kind of sucks.

I guess more of what I'm asking is just based on people's experiences what the best route to go is. I know there are different tastes, I'm more concerned about reliability, so I'm sure people could help with a ROM choice with that criteria.

So downgrading firmware won't affect phone performance? And can it still be reverted to stock in case the phone needs warranty repair? Just trying to cover all my bases.

And thanks, I'll ask around in the deg thread. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theSpam:
There are usually apps available that provide Sense functionality to non-Sense ROMs. In regards to the above, you can try DialerOne.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
To help you with the ROMs think of them in terms of how different Linux OS's are setup (if you know a bit about this).

You have the base OS's such as Cyanogen. Now some one doesn't like the look of that so they change the Frameworkres.apk to give it defferent colors, transparencies, icons and so on. Now they want a few extra apps to be included in the install so they add them to the /system/app directory or add a /data directory. Repackage it and now they have a custom OS called WINNING ROM (or whatever). These are easy to do and can be completed in a matter of minutes since there aren't any big alterations in the base coding of the OS. This is why you see a lot of ROMs that look like Cyanogens and the developer usually (and should be) states what version of some one elses ROM it's based off of.

Then you have ROMs that tweak certain parameters for speed or add other functionalities to a ROM such as a custom kernel, audio/video codecs, a2ext, compcache/linux swap, and others. Plus a complete custom UI (launcher), port parts of other ROMs such as Sense to work on their ROM, and toms of other things. These take days, weeks, or even months and usually have release cycles and updates. Cyanogen, Virtuous, Enomther, Villain, and a few others make up these ROMs.

Hope that helps with your ROM quest. It can be a bit overwhelming but remember to ask, ask, ask, and then ask some more and also read, at least the OP (original post) and a few pages past that. Some people may get upset and flame you for it but most will be glad to help in any way.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
If you flash a non-Sense ROM, you will miss the HTC camera app. Its far and away better than the stock Android one, and I haven't found any Market camera apps that measure up, either. Also, the camera button on the Sense builds seems much more responsive than on CM7.

Also, I'm not sure about this, but the Sense ROMs seem to have better or more hardware codecs for playing a wider array of video formats. Lots of the videos I've tried on CM7 and CM6 are only playable using software decoding (on a variety of players, but RockPlayer is my favorite) and end up super laggy (very low frame rate) and audio way out of sync. On stock Sense and Virtuous, those videos play fine, hardware decoding, silky smooth, and audio in sync.

There are some aesthetic stuff, like HTC does some pretty significant theme changes for Sense, and you will lose customizations like the HTC Skins. And you will lose the HTC widgets (like the clocks) and apps (stocks, weather). But as mentioned, there are lots of Market apps that pretty well simulate many of the Sense apps and widgets, or are very suitable replacements.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
Thanks for the detailed replies guys.

KCRic, thanks for list of known ROMs that's basically what I wanted to know, and your Linux flavour comparison helped too :)

Redpoint, I'm not sure how often I'd ever use the camera anyway...when I get home I'll have to find some screens of the default camera. That being said, I see your ROM is Virtuous. Is that a Sense-like ROM in case I agree with you on the ca?era app?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Wow, you don't use the camera? I use it all the time, for those "spur of the moment" snapshots, or to quickly take a pic that I can MMS to a friend or family.

Yes, Virtuous is mostly stock Sense, but with some optimizations and with some extra features added. Its also based on the 1.85 ROM, one of the more recent stock Sense versions.

Guides, links for just about everything you can ever think of is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916431

BTW, be sure to click the "Thanks" button if you found responses to be helpful!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanWilson:
ROM LIST

Sense ROMS

Gingerbread - Android 2.3

Shokouhi 2.0

Desire S G2 Port Sense2.1

Probably others.

Froyo - Android 2.2

Virtuous

Stock ROMS

Gingerbread - Android 2.3

CyanogenMod 7

Stock Gingerbread 1.7

iceandfire 1.7

Pyromod 1.2

GingerVillian 1.5

meXdroidMod

Froyo - Android 2.2

CyanogenMod 6

Others of unimportance now.

The Other ROMS

Gingerbread - Android 2.3

MIUI (The 2.3 one)

Froyo - Android 2.2

MIUI (The 2.2 one)

LiquidVillian (Or whatever it was called.)

I probably just wasted 10 minutes of my life doing this, but meh, it was something to do.

Now to kill myself since I had to listen to Nickelback through it. Damn 4Music.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
I would hardly call CM7 (and ROMs based on it) "Stock".

Although "Non-Sense" is not a very good sounding name for that category, also.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanWilson:
AOSP Based.

There should be 2 categories. CM Based and AOSP.

But I don't think there are any AOSP ROMs. Which I hate, cos when people say they've built a stock ROM, but it's based on CyanogenMod.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bloodlvst:
So I'm guessing no one has cooked up a weird ROM that is like Cyanogen with the Sense camera app lol.

Anywho, I really only have a couple of questions now.

Would you recommend Gingerbread or Froyo? I'm guessing Gingerbread probably runs better / is better than Froyo, but it's hard to say.

Also, how easy is it to restore my phone to factory condition if I need to?

And finally, I read the wiki, it says to make sure I have the windows USB drivers installed...do I just throw those in my windows drivers folder?

EDIT: Wanted to add, the instructiosn for recovering to stock doesn't include the version. So any help there is appreciated.

Or you know, if any of you would be so kind to PM me / add me to IM if you've done this on a Bell phone in Canada that would be awesome too :)