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[HTC EVO 3D] Papa Smurf151:
4.9 has issues. Apktool is messed up. Look for apk multi tool in a Google search. Another Guy has taken over the project updated it and renamed it. I believe its working. If not search for "everything android" its a zip I put together with tools for deving. I know it has 4.7 in there and it works great.
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
Good to know. I'll download that puppy and play with it in the morning.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
It's not apktool. Apktool 1.4.2 works great. Apkmanagrr really isn't the way to go. Using straight apktool from a command line is the most error free way to decompile I've found. Most issues are because the proper framework resources aren't installed.

And you don't have to delete what you modified
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Totally agree. Apkmangler, as I like to call it, is worthless as far as I'm concerned.

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[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
This is an amazing thread with a lot of Talent! I'll be following this for sure and helping if I can.
[HTC EVO 3D] Papa Smurf151:
I use apk manager constantly and never have issues until I tried the newer version. The 4.7 works flawlessly. I remember for some reason when trying 4.9 that it would put a coma it something like that if u edited any XML file and u would have to go back and delete the charecter before u could recompile. Idk but I stick with my older version and couldn't be happier.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I've never gotten apk manager to work correctly. Apktool has never given me issues however. If I've gotten errors it was because I did something wrong, ex. I typed a command improperly, not used the correct files, etc.
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
I like using apkautotool with the decompile/recompile mutiple APK feature, its a good tool, almost as good as AU for us windows people. You can also change apktool version on the fly.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Cool, thanks. I look into that.
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Last time i saw this many tuxes in one place was at my senior prom. Haha. Many, many years ago.

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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
that was an issue with apktol 1.3.2. its fixed
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Lol...I feel like I'm part of a club or gang. :eek:
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
well you are 97 years old
[HTC EVO 3D] mayfield103:
I use auto apktool as well. :) there is even an auto deodextool in the same thread here is the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13254168

I have no idea what's goin on?
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
4.7 works like a charm! WTF, oh well. Thanks a million. If ya don't mind a Buckeye in Texas buying ya a shot and a beer, look me up in San Antonio. I owe ya one!
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Speaking of which.. Fernando, how bout them Buckeyes

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[HTC EVO 3D] mayfield103:
Hey gang, does anyone know how to center the phone text on the round launcher with m10 tools?

I have no idea what's goin on?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
there be a lot of bad .9s
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Hmmm...ok.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/draw9patch.html

read that, it'll make a lot of sense
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I've seen that before. I think I saved the link somewhere. But I'll check again. :)

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[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
if 9 pngs wont decopile just unzip app and pull them out. remove .9 and make edits. then create a 9patch using draw9patch (this is the hard part). recompile with method of choice (i make into new apk using eclipse, then unzip and take out compiled images).
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
Guys where can I find the app icon bg when they are slected and background of the items in the personalize menu when they are selected
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Rosie, app bg is in assets.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
its in an m10?!
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
have you looked? lol.... I think *most* of the stuff in assets is m10, but yeah, just look in the apk.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
lol ive looked and there are like some 50 m10 files

which one do u think its in, rosie screen, rosie shortcut, rosie workspace, shortcut?
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
You mean the background that shows up inside the personalize menu? If so I think its in rosie/res/layout/allapps_view.XML. check there and see.
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
If you are talkin.g about when you select or long press to drag an app on the homescreens those pngs are in rosie/assets. They are the ones ending in ....container(i think) just dexompile youll see them. Yes thiers like 15-20 that need to be edited.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
ok @rayford - yes your skin works, as does mcluvn's "blackout" on joelz "warm" 3.5 ROM :) Now to try flashing pstevep's mod and jdeloach's mods, to see what happens.
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
They should work. Every m10 I ever modded on sense 3.0 worked for me. I just wish it would change the button press effect on the home screen. Its the only part of my theme that is stuck green :(
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
how is THAT an m14? shouldn't that be in rosie/res/draw-hdpi ??? or in the above named area that steal25 said?

btw, what images CANNOT be modded by this m10 injection workaround? I know you said the white filp clock pages, and I know the numbers themeselves can be, but what other stuff can or can't be done? :)
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
No the homescreen button press effects are in the m10. Theres nothing in my theme that's green. And my Rosie is heavily modded. As far as what can't be themed, there's a couple small icons that can't change like in the friend stream widget. Just install my skin and check all the widget icons. I don't know how to explain what icons they are. If you see any white icons in the skin,those are the ones.ad I've made every icon inside the m10 a animated style. One thing for sure you can't change is the numbers for the FM radio widget. The numbers themselves can be themed but,there shadow can't so it ends up looking like crap. Most of the press effect icons work,just homescreen press effects don't.

Also the Rosie navbar is unthemable. You can make it more transparent tho inside Rosie.navbar.m10
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
yeah like duce said i think your looking for the same thing sparky is looking for, those button presses are in rosie/assets unless your looking for the ones in the actual dock bar those are in fusion.
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
Yeah there in fusion. I misread his question. I thought he was looking for a personalize menu background :p
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
i think he's looking for that aswell, if i ubderstood right,either that or the highlight when pressing each selection.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
im looking for both actually, the highlight when your press icons and when u press items in the personalize menu
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
I'm tempted to install 3.5 again but I ran into a problem before.... Couldn't restore nand from 3.0 (warm 2.3) after installing 3.5 . That and I also had problems finding that stupid green "icon when pressed" image.
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Yeah the homescreen app "pressed" png is in rosie/assets the personalized "pressed" png i think is in resources its a common shared png and the personalized baxkground is an xml like rayford mentioned.
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
*SIGH* What does this mean? :mad::(
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
You're trying to build folder com.htc.resources, but you put ".apk" at the end

You're building FROM folder com.htc.resources...remove .apk from your command line
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
(facepalm)...Thanks. :)

Copying and pasting run amok. :eek:
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
It happens to all of us, even wonder woman, :) np
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
Mah...I give up. I think I should just stick to doing individual mods. I knew there was a reason I never delved into doing whole themes. Decompiling, now compiling errors and this time it has nothing to do with putting the .apk at the end...lol. I don't know how you all do it but those that do themes have my utmost respect and reverence.

:(:cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
Breath lady, breath. Anything I can assist with? I'm not much for theming because unlike my music, I lack creativity in themimg, but I'm good at fixing problems
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
resources is a Bit#% to mod but try this. If your just coloring icons then use xultimate to recompile them once there themed. then drop them into your built apk. This will save you all the recompile errors your having. also If I'm doing an apk that involves xml or smali work I always put stock drawable folders in the apk to decompile and recompile then add my themed folders afterwards. It makes life a lot easier for me;)
[HTC EVO 3D] vanessaem:
I suppose I shouldn't be trying to do this in the middle of finals. I'm already stressed out. :p:D

But thanks for your support.

Thanks for the tips. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
yo anybody know how to edit swiftkey? make metamorphs or something? i cant figure it out. pngs arent hard but xmls.... i cant get it to recompile
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
What errors are you getting?

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[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
too many to copy/paste. the gist is that it can't find values from xml's in public.xml and others. missing values. hundreds of them. maybe even every value missing. i just need it compilable enough to make a metamorph out of it that changes neon's text color and pngs
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
What is the first error? Also did you try to decompile and recompile first without making any changes? It could be a resources issue.

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[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
It sounds to me like there was some bad .9's when you decompiled and apktool renamed them to png's, so when you recompiled it couldn't find the right name for the image since they were renamed hense all the "can't find values"
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
no changes are being made. just wont recompile. wired app.
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
That usually points to having the wrong resources.

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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Are you using the tools I posted away back ? They have all the new resources

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[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
O.k so this is really bugging me this is the 3 market app thats giving me this issue and i finnaly caught the error but i dont know whats causing it. if any one could help me with this would be great. after themeing it and trying to update certain apps I get an FC its been the same few apps that cause this issue. Heres the error i get when it fcs trying to update those few certain apps.

W/ResourceType(21214): Failure getting entry for 0x7f070217 (t=6 e=535) in packa
ge 0 (error -75)
W/Resources(21214): Converting to string: TypedValue{t=0x1/d=0x7f070217 a=-1 r=0
x7f070217}
D/AndroidRuntime(21214): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm(21214): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4
001d648)
E/AndroidRuntime(21214): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

To me it looks like its looking for an entry in values/public but when i search for "0x7f070217 it's not there is that the issue that something is missing ?
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
hey guys im trying to theme the htcdialer apk and ive edited xmls as well... when i compile through apkmanager everything goes through, i sign and push it to phone but it doesnt work...

anyone have experience with this?

do i need to delete the resources.arsc file if i edit xmls?
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
This was writtn by Jeff a few pages back
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
yes delete resources.arc and If I remember correctly, sense 3.0 the dialer buttons, call button, and background are in com.htc.resources
[HTC EVO 3D] sailio:
wow

just wow... great job! even my idiot brother can follow this :)
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
I'm not could you link?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Here you go. This is apkmanager

http://db.tt/28bSmhIA
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
OK so i got this solved it was actually an error with apktool decompiling plurals.xml improperly. pendo directed me to the new apktool 1.4.3 which solved the issue.

the way i solved my issue easily without retheming the whole apk was i decompiled a stock market with the new apktool and copy and pasted the properly decompiled plurals.xml to my themed apk, worked like a charm.

pendo also let me know to delete ~apktool/framework/1.apk and this apktool will build a new one the first time you decompile and apk.

hope this helps others.
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
ok cool.. but right now it errors out before it generates a keep folder...
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
what are the errors your getting?
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
something about translation not defined but i started fresh and it stopped doing that now...
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Anybody know if there's an existing theme repository for twrp 2, and more importantly, if there's a how to for themeing it?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Lol i posted his apktool version and apkmanager a few pages back. Can we put that in the second post?

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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
It's pretty new so probably not

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[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
not a how to, but I found a "themer's build" and "sample theme" on their site :)

here's the link to that page:

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2themers
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Im getting ready to load their recovery on my kindle. Got it for free a few days ago. Pretty cool. Have cm7 on it now

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[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
how? you *****! lol... hey you gotten into themeing 3.5 fusion.apk yet? I think it needs your wizard xml/smali re-write skills.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Not yet waiting for rezound root!

Going to Vegas today.

Vegas baby

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[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Make sure to ask at the front desk if the hotel has pager reception. Haha

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[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
lol, that would be funny as hell, do it fern
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Awe man I must have missed it or thought it was the one pendo compiled, I wish i would have seen it it would have saved me some headaches!
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Hahaha

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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
The funny thing is Im staying at caesars

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[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
You should really have flied me out there Fern, Vegas is my town bro. I'm jealous!
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Your the man behind the man!

Vegas baby
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
You could really use my skills! My Gambling Fu is much stronger than my dev fu. I have been to Vegas many times, never came home without more money then I left with.

Sent from my "Bad Seed" Transformer!
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
heres a quick right up on how to change the background in TWRP2 i'll work on it more when i get home.

twrp2 change background
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
is that the default bg, the one that says "team win" in blue or whatever?
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
No, its the bg of the recovery itself, that splashscreen "blue teamwin" has got to be in the .img
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
cool thanks, was just wondering :) now if we can figure out how to change THAT splash/bg/thing, we'll be winning!
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
i would think open the recovery.img with irfanview and it should be there, i never really messed with .imgs much besides splashes
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
So I put the recovery on my kindle. Quite handy as its a touch screen
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Have you themed it yet?
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
No. What tools do you use to theme an image? ( meaning recovery image)

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[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
quick questions guys, a lot of people have been asking me whether my theme will work on gsm 3ds

what all will work and what wont? in a general sense

i themed htc resources, framework, rosie, dialer and systemui
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
actually the theme lives in /sdcard/TWRP/theme/ui.zip

just unzip one (I have a thread) and change the images however you want, rezip, put back, done :)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Actually that's not in my twrp folder on my kindle

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[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
have to make the theme folder
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
oh, then DON'T use one of the themes here, they're resolution specific. Team win just put up a how to theme TWRP 2 guide, @ teamw.in - also I linked it in the twrp theme thread.
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
fern you back from vegas?

have you ever opened up a recovery image before? (we're trying to get rid of the blue curtain in the start up of twrp)
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Quick question, where do i find the background for downloads,

I remember reading it somewhere but I cant find it now that Im looking for it

Im talking about the one that shows up when the download progress bar starts up, it just shows up as a white box instead of my themed images.
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Downloadprovider.apk

DownloadproviderUI.apk

Res/layout/status_bar....
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Still here and no I've never done that but I will look into it

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[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
wich image is it in status bar?

and are they just image tweeks or am i editing any codes
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
There are three images total that appear when getting notifications . Two are in systemui and one in framework. Can't recall the names but it's posted here somewhere. They are long thin white .9s.

You can change the image or write in a coded background

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[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
I remember reading it somewhere befor I started making my theme, but now that i need it I cant find it lol

but i read over the status bar xml and i think the image it said it was referancing in the xml was divider_horizontal_bright.9 but im not 100 percent sure

But im just looking for the download progress one, if thats the one in the framework
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
I'm tripping those edits I wrote are for the text edits.
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
haha. I kinda realized that after I opened up the apk. Im going to try the images in framework andsee if that does it.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Looks like they're two in framework. Status bar app background and statusbar background something
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Glad you're back fern!
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Yeah fern I have a pm to send to you tomorrow. I have a question of sorts for you.
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Yup. I found them. They are the same four from the systemui.apk

status_bar_item_background_pressed.9

status_bar_item_app_background_normal.9

status_bar_item_background_focus.9

status_bar_item_background_normal.9

Unfortunatly since my images have the borders on them, it double borders lol

:p

simple fix tho

Thanks again guys
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
I'll be back tomorrow.

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[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Do you guys happen to know how to make a CRT animation?

Ya know to make the screen off/on look like an old tv?

Edit

Nvm I got it working.
[HTC EVO 3D] fowenati:
just wanted to pop in here to say how helpful this thread is. once i finish my stuff I will most likely write up a guide for general how to get started theming on a mac. Might even throw together a big ol zip like papa smurf's.
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
So over HERE in il Duces TWRP2 theme thread we've come up with some pretty cool added mods you can do while themeing TWRP2 Here are a few things you can do so far I'll be adding to this post as new things are discovered.

How to add images as a background for all pages-

1. Make an image of your choosing (540x960) and name it qhd-background.png
and place that image in the "images" folder
2.add that image to <resources> by adding this line-

<resource name="background" type="image" filename="qhd-background" />

3.find-
<templates>
<template name="header">
<background color="black" />

and add just below it-

<object type="image">
<image resource="background" />
<placement x="%col1_x%" y="100" />
</object>

note: y axis=100 will leave a gap for the header, y axis=0 will include your background behind the header aswell.

the above mod will leave blank spaces behind the "fileselector" on the "install" and "restore" pages.

How to add background to fileselectors

1. find "install" and "restore" pages
2.Replace -
<background color="#303030" />
with-
<background resource="background" />
^^^^ This assumes you've already added a background image.

I'll add more to this as more is figured out.

Now we need someone to write a how to take recovery screenshots!
[HTC EVO 3D] silverxbv2:
Ooo Ooo

** waving hand frantically**.

I know the answer to the last part. Use a camera. :)

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[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Thats all we got! For some reason ddms works on everyother phone in recovery besides the 3d.
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
steal25's twrp info added to post #2:cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Pstevep can you link the tools I posted a ways back to the second thread? Might save on some questions

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---------- Post added at 06:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 AM ----------

fire away my friend
[HTC EVO 3D] pstevep:
Yeah I will. I meant to tonight, but freaking rhetards went nuts and I was a busy mod..

I will pm you tomorrow.

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Trolls, trolls everywhere
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
Hey fern, read this page I found. http://infectedrom.com/showthread.p...-5-XE-BEATS-AUDIO-%E2%98%85-%E2%98%86/page891

I didn't know I was on badseed team :p
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Not opening for me can you repaste the link?

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[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
Lol

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[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
Damn there site is down. Ill post it when they get back running. But it was some Guy that stole my theme, reposted it as his. And they were saying I was badseed team. I thought it was funny.
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
yeah we deal with that all the time. people want recognition but they dont want to do the work
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
HAHA i just saw that. man skins get kanged all the time
[HTC EVO 3D] rayford85:
Ha I know it. Ive got like 5 threads closed here on xda where I found my skins posted. The bad thing is, skins are very easy to make. Why steal it. I guess people just want the credit for em
[HTC EVO 3D] dased14:
A safe and Merry Christmas

to all

now the voices are customized in 3d
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
You too buddy and everyone else and thier families here!
[HTC EVO 3D] jeffsanace:
Merry X-Mas to all!
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
^^^ and to all a good night :)
[HTC EVO 3D] aedon:
Im having an issue re-compiling HTC_IME

Im getting errors decompiling it with apkmanager

but I manage to decompile it through apktool..

and then it fails to re-compile after I try and edit it.

I even tried recompiling it right after decompiling it and it still fails and gets errors.

Any ideas?
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
ok gonna try and theme google music from ics colors to warm colors. anybody know color code i should use instead of ics?
[HTC EVO 3D] thoughtlesskyle:
Same issues with it
[HTC EVO 3D] dkdude36:
i'm having apktool troubles myself. any apk that i get W: Skipping "android" package group with has errors just a few lines later. what does this mean and does anybody know how to fix it? grrr this is the second apk in a row i've wanted to theme but couldnt
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
Check post 2 in skittles, I think ranger did a warm gmusic?
[HTC EVO 3D] steal25:
Dkdude and Kyle make sure you guys have the latest apktool and ics framework installed. At least that's whats fully worked for me. If you search back a few pages the latest apktool has been posted a couple times. If you can't find it I can repost it.
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
[ Request ]

How to install adb.

There are guides available but a simple one would be nice.

I'm almost done with my new laptop (Asus) but DAMN! I must have clicked on twenty links by now lol.

Edit: oh and Merry Christmas !

Edit2: i am slowly compiling this because i recieved a new pc with windows7 and needed to set it up

.net framework for windows7

android SDK

papasmurfs everything else in the op already

ans i got m10, and 7zip from op
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
i have a new asus. what issues are you having installing adb?
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
only issues so far was finding the links i needed. think i got them all but not sure yet

X44L - pretty nice so far :)
[HTC EVO 3D] fernando sor:
to install isnt that hard. are you talking about adb in your path?