yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jmaher1023:
You mean you don't have a lick ring for Sense 3.0? lol!!! Thanx for pointing that out!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] mb02:
Not to be picky, but your process is slightly over-complicated. All one needs to do to change the lock ring is open fusion.apk in m10 tools, open Original/drawable/shared.m10 with "decode images" checked, hit the drop-down arrows to get to textures, right click one of the textures on the right to open in explorer, find and replace the lock ring with new one of the exact same filename (of the exact same size image size as well).

Same must be done in lock_ring_motion m10 in idlescreen_Base.apk (much easier since it is the only drawable in the folder).

The thing that sucks about decoding and theming m10 files is that the m10 files never decode the same way twice. This means that the images' filenames are different every time you decode the m10 files. Luckily the lock ring is a unique image in the apk making it fairly easy to identify and replace.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] mb02:
If you know how to make your own images, just make one in whatever image editing software you use and save it, then replace the lock ring with your new image. The only rule is the image must be sized at 271 x 270 or it won't work.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jmaher1023:
I haven't been able to get the m10 editor gui to work properly. This method has proven to be sound for me. I have tried to make it as painless as possible for the avarage user where all they have to do is plug their image in and encode the files instead of having to search the out themselves. Another reason for my method is being able to encode multiple files in one session. Also, I have found that decoding m10 files using the command line, the file names are the same each time. Thanx for the input though!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] HoosierRealtor:
I am trying this and cannot get the C:\, I can only get C:\Users.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] rlivin:
try cd.. agian and you should get c:
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Southern_mind:
I keep getting error no such file or directory

I did it right the first time but windows 7 didn't asked if I wanted to replace the old .png file tried again and now I can't get it to work at the command port

My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] t!g3rbl00d:
just type "cd.." again

my problem is even though I saved the unzipped file directly to the c: it cannot find the path...

c:\>cd lock ring kit\m10 tools

"the system cannot find the path specified"

is what shows up

any help would be great thanks!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jmaher1023:
Open up "my computer" or on vista and win7 "computer" then open ur c: drive and make sure that the folder is there. Or from the command prompt cd.. until it only has C:\> then type dir/w and look for the directory there. If you can't find it using one of those methods, try unzipping the lock ring kit file again.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jmaher1023:
In vista and windows 7 don't put the .png when renaming the files. Vista and 7 both automatically keep the file extension intact so you end up with filename.png.png.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Southern_mind:
jmaher bruh it works great. Thanks Donation Sent.:cool:
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] jmaher1023:
Very much appreciated! Thanx!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Southern_mind:
Not much. But trying to close on a house and move, paint. But thanks a lot for taking the time to make a video for us. Now if I could do a better job editing pictures using gimp. But again thanks.

My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] gjw1127:
Any chance of a tutorial or guide on how to actually make the rings in gimp? :) would be awesome!

Nevermind I figured it out:)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] junebug85:
My ring came out cut in half and skewed...ill try to get a screenie.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] xTFGx:
not to put a damper on things but this is the hardest way ever to do this. there is a much easier way. Just get an m10 editor and edit fusion.apk and idlescreen_base.apk
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] rebel541:
Thanks for the info, and the email help. My chrome green Oregon O is sweet! I didn't have to mess up the proportions to fix the image size either, I used paint.net and kept the width at the correct size, then just increased the canvas size to get to the correct height.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] rebel541:
junebug, I had a similar problem with my first attempt, which is why I changed the canvas size that the .png was saved on. Is your image size exactly 271x270 px? Mine was 271x224 or so and it came out all twisted up.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Southern_mind:
Yep fix the px to 271x270

My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] yakitori2:
awesome. Thank you. I could barely hear you talk in the video though.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] stretch0r:
A trouble shooting if you could. I have tried to work with this image, have had no problem following directions, but for some reason my image gets split into pieces in an odd way. Seems to me it must be something with my original image, but I am unsure. I was going to attach but of course the file is larger than 8MB

Thanks in advance

****Cancel all that, got it to work, reading is fundamental. Thanks for the easy guide to follow
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] junebug85:
Gotcha. Sorry, never used photoshop
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] madroix:
This is simply awesome. If everyone would follow the instructions exactly no one would have an issue. Very well done.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] latingonzo86:
I followed the directions exactly and i get a runtime error when i try to paste the Lock_ring_motion line into the command promt. it says in the promt unable to open c:\xxxxxxx\Lock_ring_motion\\0x00000d89.dat.png

error: no such file or directory

However i do concur that this will be awesome when i get it goin.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cancer578:
Im having the exact same problem here. :(
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] johnkc1975:
Upside down?

First off great instructions. I got this to work, however my picture was upside down. Should I just rotate it till it's upside down before I go through the process? I would also like to know how I can make the picture transparent where it's white, I use Photoscape to re-size.Thanks in advance!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] santas16:
The final image will be flipped along it's horizontal axis, there is no rotation. :-)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] johnkc1975:
Soooo....how do I make it not flipped along it's horizontal axis?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] santas16:
Usually found in the same area as where you rotate the image...

If you even take a look at windows paint, it's actually the first option under "image".
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cancer578:
I followed the directions exactly and i get a runtime error when i try to paste the Lock_ring_motion line into the command promt. it says in the promt unable to open c:\xxxxxxx\Lock_ring_motion\\0x00000d89.dat.png

Has anyone found a fix or reason for this?

I put all files on my extrnal drive and started from scratch... And it did go through the whole process just great, However The lettering that i put on it, did not show up on my phone when i Flashed it...

Any ideas from anyone?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] santas16:
I am not familiar with this process, I flash mine via a .zip file. I'm willing to make one for you if you want to send me the image. But I have only tested my process on my phone so not sure what the outcome would be on another.

BAMF Sense 3.0 RC4.9
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] junebug85:
The problem was that I had my image sized to 271x270 instead of vice-versa.

Everyone with issues, watch the video and follow along EXACTLY. Fail proof.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] chadm424:
C:\Lock_Ring_Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Steering Wheel\bluesky1\shared c:\S

ing Wheel\bluesky\drawable\shared.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

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Loading data in c:\Steering\ and parsing ..

Cannot parse xml: File was not found

Failed

C:\Lock_Ring_Kit\M10 Tools>

Can you help me with this?

it was just a space in the folder name
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] maxcala:
Thanks for this tutorial and it works perfect. How do you change the background?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cancer578:
be sure you "DEL" the old ring in " DEFAULT" and in the "Lock_ring_motion" folders.

I also had to use this format when using "CMD"

BlueSky - 0x00002bfd.dat.png

Burgundy - 0x00002bfd.dat.png

Default - 0x0000630f.dat

Lock_ring_motion - 0x00000d89.dat

Worked great for me...
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] latingonzo86:
Thanks bro ill try it out tonight after work
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] BigJohn826:
Good stuff. I may give this a shot. Gotta get a Redskins one now that football is back on.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
I just created a lock ring for my inspire, and other than some computer problems with privileges everything went well. I then installed it and that's when I had a problem. It installed fine, but the image looked like a snowy TV screen, any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Taykiin:
It's not sized properly. Make sure the image is exactly 271x270.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Ok thanks I'll give it a try when I get back to my pc.

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cancer578:
I made my first lock ring but i cant read the lettering, how do i mirror it using photo shop? Can anyone help me Please?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] networkmagician419:
Any way possible this could ever work for cm7
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Great success! I just need to get better with gimp and I'm a pro (I wish)! Thank you!

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cancer578:
Lock Rings

Many thanks to jmaher1023 for all the great information..
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] echundotcom:
Loving this tutorial...thanks for the tutorial!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Can anyone tell me how to create an oval lock ring. I can do circles and squares, but not ovals. I know it can be done I have a batman one that works as an oval. Also in line with this how do I create one that is the outline of something, for example an outline if the droid guy.I can do it in photoshop, but when I set the size it becomes a circle. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Oh also how do you take a screenshot of the lockscreen?

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Southern_mind:
Get an app from the market called shoot me and change the file save format to the one used in this forum.

My ADR6400L is just as good as your PG86100.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Thank you.

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Craigerade:
I keep getting a m10encoder.exe has stopped working when using the CMD promt. I have Windows 7 Pro.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
dumb queston is the m10.exe file unzipped?

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Craigerade:
Yes. I still can't get this method to work.

I ended up downloading the mode 10 tool by flemmar and diamondback and made mine that way.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] koshinobi:
when i copy and run the first command from the copy_pastte doc (m10encoder c:\chevy\bluesky1\shared c:\chevy\bluesky\drawable\shared.m10) the comman prompt tries to run it but windows gives me a runtime error saying the m10encoder.exe caused Runtime to terminate in an usual way...has any1 else had this problem and is there a way to fix it?? or am i just stuck with my boring stock lock ring? lol any help is greatly appreciated..
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] latingonzo86:
Try taking the .png off the renamed images. Windows is probably hiding one already. That what I did when I got that error
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] koshinobi:
I tried doing what u suggested and still getting the same thing :/
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Is there an error number

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] darKpoiSonend:
I tried this on my HTC Sensation, and it resulted in being completly broke..

My Lockscreen looks now like this, even after trying to flash the stock ring..

Is there any way to fix this?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Hopefully you did a nandroid backup, if so flash it. If not reflashed the whole rom again. You must have done the lock ring incorrectly for it to have done that, or it isn't compatible with your rom.

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] darKpoiSonend:
Luckily I have deleted all my Nandroid Backup's, with the Idea in mind to create a new one, after the Ring has finished.. Whatever I think I'm going to flash the LeeDroid, there's nothing left against it so... :D Had the virtous before..

Thank you anyways
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] myphoneisbroken:
Bad news. I think it works on leedroid. Check out my thread, I have some on there and you can request if you would like. Find my post herehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202428

Swyped
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] boomer519:
Thank you for this tutorial the video was great and really made it easy for a noob like me to understand. Here is what I came up with.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] WhiteRasta:
what am i doing wrong?

I have followed this step by step several times , everything goes with no errors.. flash my zip and my screen is shrunk and off center to the left. Any ideas whats going on here? heres the screen shot and the image file im trying to use for the lock ring
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] WhiteRasta:
ok , installed onto my wifes rooted evo and works perfect besides the background on the image is not trasnsparent, wont work on my rooted 3D
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] imninsomniac:
confirmed this doesn't work as-is with the evo 3d. I was able to get the lockscreen to show, but the same lockscreen resizing took place (Top left corner used, but the rest was black). I'm sure with small modifications this could be made to work properly. As others stated, it may be ROM related. I'm using BloodyBeast v 5.4 with Netarchy's silverneedle test 5 kernel.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MoosePMed:
Thanks for the tutorial. It took me a couple of tries, but that's just because I was getting ahead of myself. But, in short order, I was able to create 2 Maltese (Firefighter) Cross lock rings.

(Edit: If anyone wants these, just PM me.)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
I'm having the same exact problem, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, and thanks guys for your help....
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] sunsean:
so is there no way to do this on a mac?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
Lock Ring Tut

Ok, I've tried this more than ten times, and I don't know what I'm missing? I'm using Window 7,I get all the way to the command prompts and after the first two lines I get an error on the default code, a few pages back, someone suggested changing png names, I did that and then I couldn't get the Burgundy code to work(but all the others went through without a hitch) and it resulted in an error, so I tried that several times(starting from beginning to CMD) anyone have any suggestions ? I would really like to learn how to do this, so that I may be able to help a future noob :D

Thanks guys for all your help, It is truly appreciated...:cool:

This is what I get when entering command...

C:\>cd Lock Ring Kit\m10 tools

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Sanchez\bluesky1\shared c:\Sanchez\blue

sky\drawable\shared.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

----------------------------------------

Loading data in c:\Sanchez\bluesky1\shared\ and parsing ..

Original filename: shared.m10

OK

Writing to output file c:\Sanchez\bluesky\drawable\shared.m10 ..OK

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Sanchez\burgundy1\shared c:\Sanchez\bur

gundy\drawable\shared.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

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Loading data in c:\Sanchez\burgundy1\shared\ and parsing ..

Original filename: shared.m10

OK

Writing to output file c:\Sanchez\burgundy\drawable\shared.m10 ..OK

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion c:\Sanchez\Loc

k_ring_motion.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

----------------------------------------

Loading data in c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion\ and parsing ..

Original filename: Lock_ring_motion.m10

Unable to open file: c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion\\0x00000d89.dat.png

Error: No such file or directory

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Sanchez\default\shared c:\Sanchez\defau

lt\shared.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

----------------------------------------

Loading data in c:\Sanchez\default\shared\ and parsing ..

Original filename: shared.m10

OK

Writing to output file c:\Sanchez\default\shared.m10 ..OK

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>m10encoder c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion c:\Sanchez\Loc

k_ring_motion.m10

m10tools 0.9a by DiamondBack and Flemmard

Join us @ #m10Tools on freenode

For news, visit http://m10.flemmard.net

----------------------------------------

Loading data in c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion\ and parsing ..

Original filename: Lock_ring_motion.m10

Unable to open file: c:\Sanchez\Lock_ring_motion\\0x00000d89.dat.png

Error: No such file or directory

C:\Lock Ring Kit\M10 Tools>

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Apologize for this being so long...
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] boomer519:
I had this same problem and for me it was a combination of the original lock ring not being deleted in all the files and that Win 7 added the .png to the files. I went back and scanned all the folders and ensured that the originals were deleted in lock ring motion and in default and what I found was two files my image and the original. In addition win7 was adding an additional .png to the file name so the files were reading 0x00000d89.png.png. best advice is to open these folders again and ensure you dont have either one of these problems.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
Thanks, I'm going to give it a go and I'll let you know how I make out....
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] GabrielSousa:
its easy just to remove the 4 buttons on the stock lockscreen ?

can you help ?

thanks
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] boomer519:
are you looking to just remove the phone, mail, camera, and message icons on the lockscreen?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] GabrielSousa:
yes !!!!! :D
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] boomer519:
My only suggestion on this would be to look through the default folder as this is were the majority of the images are held and delete the images that you dont want. I cant say that this will work so be sure to back up the folders before you delete anything extra as I have not tried this myself.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TDubKong:
Wahoooooo. I finally figured it out. I was having problems with my rings being square and it turned out to be a setting on my image editing software. So here is my first lock ring. and the background screen i made to go with it. I am going to make one for every team who has won a superbowl. I might even make one for Green Bay. maybe lol.

If anyone wants one of the superbowl rings pm me and let me know.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
@ Boomer 519...

Thanks, I finally got it, and that's what it was Windows 7 adds png and zip depending on the file I guess....Now all I need to do is figure out how to get the picture in the ring....

XDA, you guys are awesome....
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
What image editing software are you using, and what did you change? I'm having the same problem (I'm using Gimp)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Craigerade:
I have been using gimp. What ever you don't want to show you need to make transparent. I use a combination of the select tools and the eraser. With the erase go to layer/transparency/add alpha layer then you can use the erase to make pixels transparent. I have had some luck using the decor/rounded corners tool, but it doesn't always work. Just keep playing around with the tools. Hope this helps
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] unk2009:
Thanks for the quick reply, Ima give it a go...
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] deakphreak:
I have extended my theme website for phones as well. It could be better but since it was created mainly for console themes, we have to make do with how it is :) Anway, I'd love for people to start adding their own themes to the site. I do not have enough posts to post links, but you should be able to figure it out from this. Hopefully if people like it enough, you can start to include it in your posts so others can help add to it.

phones . spiffy360 . com

I have added my own Unlock Ring image that I made to get things started. Also the site theme was thrown together from my ps3 theme site, but I will improve it later.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] stevejau:
This thread is great, and I am envious of all of you who have success at making your lock rings, but for me, it is a losing battle, try as i might with this "fool proof" method I fail.

Before i get flamed for my windows comments i shall preface I am a MCP and Apple Engineer, so i play in both sand pits, But windows 7 is a piece of S**t trying to follow this tutorial. Following it to the exact detail ends up with failure at the CMD prompt for lock kit motion coding.

"fool proof"? maybe, but not windows proof. Wheres the Mac version? have given up..lol
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] gamendorf:
I just finished tweaking this process to make it extremely user friendly. I was able to automate almost the entire process with a BATCH file. Check out the new thread.

[TUTORIAL] User-Friendly Custom Lock-Rings for Sense 3.0
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TDubKong:
Photo Explosion

I just saw this. I am using Photo Explosion Deluxe 4.0. I bought it for 50 bucks at Office Depot and it does nearly everything I can do with Photo shop. I started using GIMP for awhile but found it really tedious. But I Imagine if I played with it long enough I could figure it out. If you want PM me and I will go through it with ya and see if we can make it work.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] bobtsunam:
Is there a way to use this method on Ubuntu? Just got my laptop setup with Ubuntu and don't really have the room to dual boot...

~I'm here to duckhunt tickertape visions and pick apart the pixels.~
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] gamendorf:
The biggest issue with duplicating this on a Linux box would my the.Microsoft .net 4 framework requirements. You could always use VMWare or VirtualBox to do it.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] bobtsunam:
Thanks I'll try that.

~I'm here to duckhunt tickertape visions and pick apart the pixels.~
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Bazar617:
Does not work on Bamf's SoaB 1.0 with Sense 3.5 :( gonna try to mess around with it a little bit tho, I think it just needs some files changed/replaced.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] johnnysyeah:
Anyone able to get it working on VigorSense with Sense 3.5?

Been trying with no luck.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] djsnake210:
I have tried as well. I switched out the fusion.apk and idlescreen_base.apk as well and it still didn't work. One thing I noticed was that there is no Burgundy folder in the fusion.apk... Only blue sky. That may have something to do with it.

This is in regards to vigorsense 1.0.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] csaunders_24:
I did everything as explained but after flashing in recovery and rebooting, only the background and status bar on top showed up. The touch screen wouldn't work either. The screen would come off and on but it was blank. The home buttons wouldn't work either. I have restored and everything is fine but what did I do wrong?

I'm using BAMF Forever 1.0.9 Could it have to do with making the png transparent on the edges using paint.net? I attached the image I was using.