[Eee Pad Transformer General] ayman07:
For those of you who may not have taken kindly to Asus' skinning of our beloved Honeycomb OS, you will be happy to know that it's possible to change some aspects of the UI to make it look more "stock". The most notable change that Asus has made, was with the replacement of the stock Honeycomb navigation keys with icons that seem less sleek and frankly, just don't flow with the holographic theme of the OS.

To combat Asus' lack of taste, it's possible, with some hackery, to get the stock navigation icons that you would find on the Motorola Xoom. If you are at all confused of what icons I am speaking of, it's the back, home and multitasking icon located at the bottom left of the screen; they will be changed to look like this:

While I do enjoy the custom Asus widgets that were included in the Transformer, I would much rather prefer the navigation buttons native to a stock Honeycomb OS. I am always "pro-vanilla" when it comes to Android because system updates will most likely be pushed out faster to the user if the manufacturer didn't have to waste more time putting in their little touches to the user interface-I digress.

The procedure is simple but it does require you HAVE ROOT! The easiest way, believe it or not, is to use ADB and the command prompt to effectively change the necessary files. You can install ADB from the official Android development site:

http://developer.android.com

For your convenience, I have already made a backup of the file you will be replacing (see the end of the article) such that, if you ever need to revert to the "stock" Asus theme, then you just need to download the file and use the same procedure below.

Lets get started! All credit goes to XDA member JaiaV. I am simply making a how-to & we are not responsible if you brick your device.

1) Download this file if you are on Android 3.0.1:

Modified SystemUI.apk

Download this file if you are on Android 3.1:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2993232/modified/3.1/SystemUI.apk

Prime 1.4

http://db.tt/UI10NAk

Thanks Andrew2511

thanks xformulax

Put this file inside the folder that contains the adb.exe (probably quicker if you just search for it using the native Windows search tool). If you are using the newest version of the developer tools then the folder that contains the ADB.exe should be called "Platform-tools"; put the file in the Platform-tools folder. This way, when you run the ADB command below, the system will know where the file you just downloaded is, which makes everyone's life easier.

2) Enable USB Debugging on your tablet by going into your settings > Applications > Development

3) Plug your Transformer into your Windows machine

4) Launch up your command prompt

5) **REMEMBER, YOU NEED TO HAVE ADB INSTALLED PRIOR TO DOING THIS**

Type in:

adb devices

you should see your device connected. It should look like this:

6) Once you know your device is connected properly, type in:

adb remount

7) Next, you just have to type in:

adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app

8 ) Lastly, to reboot your system quickly, type in:

adb reboot

If for some reason you would like to go back to stock, its pretty simple. All you have to do is download the file below:

For 3.0.1:

Stock SystemUI.apk

For 3.1:

http://db.tt/eQkoYIk

Then just repeat the procedure above (starting from number 6) and you are all set to go! Just a quick way to make your Asus Transformer look just a bit more awesome!

perhaps this should be in themes...

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