[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] buttered_popcorn:
Here is a tutorial on how to make custom flashible lockrings. I know there are other ways to do this...this way is for the novice.

I used windows 7 for this

Tools needed

1. Java JDK

2. 7zip

3. m10tools

4. PPCgeeks AndroidSigner

5. nubecoder's amend2edify (for converting the script to a clockworkmod 3.x friendly script)

6. Notepad++

7. Photoshop/Gimp

In my documents (or wherever you want) make a folder named lockrings and inside that folder make a folder named in_progress.

In the in_progress folder make two folders, one named app and the other META-INF.

Copy the Idlescreen_Base.apk and the fusion.apk (from the ROM you want to theme the lockscreen on) into the lockrings/in_progress/app folder.

In the META-INF folder make a new folder named com, inside that folder make one named google,

inside that one make one named android...so its META-INF/com/google/android. This is where

the update-script file goes. Which we will make next.

Open Notepad++

Make your update-script using the lines

1 copy_dir PACKAGE:app SYSTEM:app

2 copy_dir PACKAGE:framework SYSTEM:framework

3 (leave this line blank)

it should look like this

save it as update-script and the file type is ALL types (*.*)

save it to your META-INF/com/google/android folder

Open m10tools (double click on M10editor)

Click Load File, navigate to your lockrings/in_progress/app folder and open Idlescreen_Base.apk. It will say loading done, hit close.

Click the m10 files tab, at the bottom right make sure the Decode Images box is checked. Double click the Lock_ring_motion.m10

It will ask if you want to Decompile, say yes. It will open the editior tab. Navigate to the lock ring

Right click on the lockring and hit "show in explorer"

in explorer right click on the file and "open with photoshop" (or gimp)

This is where the magic happens...erase the stock lock ring (I suggest to copy it first so you have a copy fo the original lockring) and paste in your lockring of choice. It HAS to be the same size (271x270)

Basically it has to touch all 4 sides of the palette (like the stock lockring)...how you do this is up to you.

***the image must be upside down***

When you get it just right copy the image, open a new file in photoshop and paste your lockring here so you have a copy to paste into the fusion.apk lockring file (so you know its exactly the same)

Now save your new lockring. Make sure you save it as the same name and in the same place it opened from.

Go back to m10 editior, navigate back to the start tab and hit save file. Hit Save and close.

In m10 Editior hit load file, this time pick fusion.apk from your lockring/in_progress/app folder. It will ask if you want to decomplie, hit yes. Navigate to the m10 files tab

again making sure the decode images box is checked. Double click on m10editor/fusion/assets/Default/drawable/shared.m10. Hit yes to decompile.

It will open the editior tab, navigate to the lockring image

its pretty far down the texture list. Right click on the lockring and hit show in explorer. In explorer right click on the file and hit "open with photshop" (or gimp)

In photoshop erase the stock lockring and copy the new lockring from the document you created (the copy of the new lockring you made). Hit save

again making sure you save it as the same name and in the same place.

Go back to m10 editior, navigate back to the start tab and hit save file. Hit Save and close.

Now open 7zip and navigate to your lockrings/in_progress folder. Hit edit, select all (should select your app and META-INF folder) Then hit file, 7zip, add to archive.

Name it whatever you want...Sweet_Lockring.zip or whatever you want (make sure the archive format is set as zip) and hit ok. Close 7zip.

Navigate to your lockrings/in_progress folder. There should be a new folder there called Sweet_Lockring.zip (or whatever you named it). Open the PPCGeeks AndroidSigner

and Drag your lockring.zip into the AndroidSigner. It will sign it and say done. Hit ok. Go back into your in_progress folder and there will be two files now

Sweet_Lockring.zip and Sweet_Lockring-signed.zip. Move them out of this folder into the folder of your choice ( I have another folder called finished in my

lockring folder).

Copy the signed version to your sdcard and flash in recovery.

The next lockring you make do exactly the same thing with the same files...the only differnce is now when you unzip the lockringmotion and fusion.apk it will

be the last lockring you made not the stock one. I found this is a quick way to make them with out having to dig through all the files in the rom.