[XPERIA X10 Android Development] pvyParts:
**EDITS** thought i'd add how these things are done so you guys can learn if you want to (in italics)

Always. (not called Fully Transparent for nothing :D) just have to re-theme it... again... lol... **it is done via smalli edits to so yeah :P annoying google updating gmail :D

**most of gmail is editable the easy way but the text in the email lists is hard coded into the smali... just gotta change the color... easy.... lol...

As for AppMan

there have beeb no changes to the AppMan files on the server or to the server for that matter. so any issues arising are prob either in order of probability.

- Connection Issues. (this is a phone the data is unstable)

- AppMan Bug. ( prety unlikely if the app is still running :P all the issues will through a FC or cause the app to goto a error feedback to the user.)

- unable to access SDcard (not built in any fail safes for this yet. as i sorta over looked it.)

** this is MY app so i have sources so this is prety easy :P basicaly i just add new exception rules. so if ther is no sdcard then display a message ect ect...

in summary.

if it hangs whilst looking up the list; 9 outa 10 it's a connection issue,

if it locks up and fc's ^^ awsome tell me so i can fix it :),

if it seams to work but nothing changes after reboot... yeah my bad... will add more checks in next version.

As for the FPs uncap and battery drain;

there is a good explination on here some where but basicaly. you have to think of the phone like this,

there is a display that gets updated every 30frames (fps capped) from the frame buffer

however the apps in the background are updating the frame buffer as fast as they can.

So all you are doing is making the display update every time the buffer gets updated.

something like that any way :)

you "should" (yes i say should) not see any noticable difference in battery life witha unlocked FPS on our phone. (correct me if i'm wrong but i am prety darn sure)

As for the Theme button in the launcher menu;

short answer dont press it :P; it is about 4 or 5th on my list of things to change. i was gonna make it go straght into the tweaks app as it is becoming more and more a theme manager.

**This is done via editing the smali in the launcher. as it calls a intent i just have to swap it to tweaks intent and then change the icon and the string to match :)

As for the xloud

i was making a update for that till i broke me framework and had to start over :P and haven't started over again, sorry guys... but the DSP does get just as loud. (PLEASE BE CAREFUL THE SPEAKER IS FRAGILE!) i know that it is not the loudest but if you get the right ring tone you will always hear it. i hear mine in the workshop at work.

**not sure what i did wrong so hold that thought

As for the lock screen mods,

i wasn't gonna say much but i AM working on it and it is another mod to the framework that has to be done in smali and taken from another phone and ported over. i have been working on it for a month :) soon guys soon. i hope to have a few lock screen to choose from. again BIG mods to framework that i still am trying to fathom fully.

** this is done by... adding new layout.xml's, drawable.xml's, images, and then updating the public.xml with new the new items and adding unique ID's for each one one at a time... then i have to edit the services.jar and or the android.policy.jar cant remeber which atm. to first make a lock screen selection and have all the code to run the new lock screens. then i have to update ALL of the unique ID's to the new layout.xml's, drawable.xml's, image, to match the ones i put into the public.xml. once i have done that. i am up to testing... then i have to find bugs and remove ect ect.

As for the blur on the system stuff....

possible but i will test for looks b4 i say yes or no

** should be as simple as editing the styles.xml and abbing a blur but i need to check that.

As for the 2 images.

Ima say no as i dont want to have to recode the entire framework. :D so not on a STOCK rom :)

** GUESSTIMATE ***to do this i would have to make a NEW background. ie you would select 2 one for home one for everywhere else. then edit the framework to accept the 2 and show the right ones at the right time... or some thing like that. failing that i would have to do what SE have done and make an app that has a public image that all the other apps look at. still difficult or imposible to do in smali this century :P

Well thats my 1000 cents for now :P sorry about the lenght.

** if someone thinks of a easier way to do anything let us know

From now on i will be adding EVERY (STABLE) mod i do to ANY file into the github so you can see how every mod is done my hope is that you will all be able get more of an understanding on how these things are done :D :D :D

can be found here

and this is what it will look like for each mod i do.

Pvy.