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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Double check that you set the permissions and changed owner correctly before rebooting. Phone and People will both disappear as both are the Contacts.apk, but they should show back up once you reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Which file is best? 40 or 6?

Edit: i got it going. Used m6. After i changed owner it worked no problem. no disrespect. This is the coolest dialer even. Thank u for it, but I'm not much of a fan of the new icons. What's the easiest way of changing em back. Again....thank you for the help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] fritzgerald:
Thanks you're a doll.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Yeah, after some further thought I think I might just keep those icons reserved to the Theme Chooser theme and not put them directly in the Contacts.apk. I dunno what happened but I was able to build AOKP last week, then I did a repo sync and now I'm getting lots of stupid build errors and finding zero information on resolving them so I decided to just delete the whole build tree and starting over fresh. Whenever this 15-20GB, or however large it is now, finishes syncing and I can finish a build I may make a new one without the icons.

In the mean time, The icons are located in /res/mipmap-hdpi. There's 5 icons there:

ic_launcher_contacts.png

ic_launcher_phone.png

ic_launcher_shortcut_contact.png

ic_launcher_shortcut_directdial.png

ic_launcher_shortcut_directmessage.png

Additionally, you will also find those same 5 images with the same name in /res/drawable-hdpi.

The mipmap icons are the icons for the app/widgets that you'll see on your launcher and/or in your app drawer. The others in the drawables-hdpi folder, I believe, are the icons you'll see when you're in the app (for example, when you open contacts and hit search, you'll see the contacts icon to the left of the search text field at the top).

Since it's just images and there aren't any 9patch images, it shouldn't be an issue if you open the apk on your computer with 7zip (open, but do not extract), and drag/drop in the images you want to replace them, using the same file names as the ones that are there already. Then push it back to /system/app on your phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yoft1:
Hands down the best looking sms client I have ever seen. Thanks very much for sharing. Running on aokp on the T989 and i find myself texting people just to look at it ha.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
not a problem. Though I did actually give you the wrong link.That first link was to a reduced (500x749 px) image. When I said "full" I meant this one (It's 853x1280 px and that's why I'm just linking it and not embedding in the post):

http://i.imgur.com/oMvxA.jpg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droseph:
Sorry to be a noob guys... I completely messed up. I tried backing up my messaging, systemui and contacts.apk but it didn't save :(

I can't get the apks to work on my phone and I think I'm completely lost. I thought you just put the apks in /system/app and restart, fix permissions.

If this is not how to do it, then how do you install these apks properly?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Not a problem Champ. Done this many times. Thanks for the info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
When I said change permissions, I did not mean to run "fix permissions" from ROM manager or in recovery. I meant to change the permissions and the owner on the Contacts.apk file itself from within whichever file browser you are using.

The easiest way, in my opinion, is to use Solid Explorer Beta2. It's in the Play Store, it's free, and it's pretty :).

Drop the Contacts.apk in the /system/app directory. Then, long press on the file and select "Properties" (or click on the folder icon, click the "Actions" menu and select "Properties"). You will see a section called "Attributes." That is the permissions you need to change. With solid explorer, it should actually change the owner to root automatically for you when you drop it in, but you can verify that by looking directly below attributes and make sure both Owner and Group say "0: root"

edit: Forgot to mention this, but just for the sake of clarity, do these things, and

then

reboot.

There should not be anything more to do after that. If the People app and/or Phone app are still not there after a reboot, you missed something. Go back to /system/app and check the permissions/owner again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droseph:
Thanks for the tutorial. It works! and you cannot be any more clearer than that. I'm assuming you do the same with the mms and systemui apks? (I'll hold off until you can confirm this)

Thanks for being patient with me :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Yep. Same method, folder location, permissions, and owner for Mms, SystemUI, and Contacts. Also, what's nice about Solid Explorer is that you can have two different folders open in two panes by swiping left/right. So, you could have the location on your sdcard where you saved the file in one pane, and /system/app opened in the other and just drag and drop the apk from one pane to the other. If you rotate the phone you can see both panes at the same time like a split-screen view.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jhong209:
So, I decided to decompile my systemui and change the xml for the carrier label mod myself and found this.

<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1.0">

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarIconView android:id="@id/moreIcon" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/stat_notify_more" />

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CarrierLabel android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:textColor="@android:color/transparent" android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:background="@drawable/carrier_logo" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.IconMerger android:gravity="center_vertical" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/notificationIcons" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />

</LinearLayout>

^^ above line being one that didn't match in th OP. I pushed the b40 data traffic mod SystemUI onto my phone with no issues and this is the same SystemUI.

Any advice?

Running AOKP M6

Kernel InstigatorX v4.0b
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
It's the same as the OP, I just didn't post the entire file because the first part is all that matters. Add the line in the OP above the line starting with com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarIconView

The line you have in bold is irrelevant for the carrier logo mod. Here, you can look at it here:

https://github.com/M4570D0N/vendor_...e/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar.xml

Ignore the line breaks and spacing. Just look at the order and where it is within that linear layout.

And if you're wondering about the spacing, it only looks that way before I start a ROM build. It looks like yours in the final compiled product.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Jhong209:
Thanks!

I got rid of the FC's when I recompiled the SystemUI myself, but the status bar disappeared.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Okay, well I'm updating the OP right now with an updated version of the transparent contacts, and left the stock icons in this time. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] psweet:
missing signal icon

Hi m4570d0n,

First of all, thanks for such awesome theme! Great work, I really like it. :good: :good: :good:

I found a small issue in status bar. The signal image seems to be gone as shown in the screenshoot. I think the the signal image is hidden behind the data icon because while i am making a phone call i can see a white bar on the right hand side the data icon. I am currently on CM9 beta 1. Thanks.

Patrick
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ConfusingCurve:
This might be a noobie question, but how does one move the clock to the center on the status bar?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] boobah204:
First you have to be on aokp (or chimera). Then you can find the option in rom control i think. You cannot on cm9.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ConfusingCurve:
Thank you for the quick reply. Now, I have to questions to ask.

Number one would be, what is the difference between AOKP/Chimera and CM9?

Okay, I'm having the strangest problem. Right now I'm currently running Chimera and I aligned the clock to the center, but now the 4G ribbon is like halfway into the signal, if I leave the signal as bars, it covers the whole thing up!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pixelcreativ:
OK so MMS apk won't install neither with systemUI. He contacts works great only its effect disappears after reboot. Anyone else?

Sent from my Galaxy S2 Skyrocket runnin Team Chopsticks dOpe arse Cyanogenmod 9 RC2 UCLF6 w/ RC2's stock kernel
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
It's because the theme was made based on my setup with the data/traffic mod. That mod is required for it to line up. I just haven't had a chance to make a separate one yet. And right now I'm with some personal stuff I'd rather not discuss, but will say it involves going to a funeral in a couple days, so I'll try to put out an update soon, but I may be a bit busy over the next couple of days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
It's because you're doing it wrong., Scroll up and read post #64..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ConfusingCurve:
Oh no, by all means do what you need to do. Family comes first before phones! Please, don't worry about an update. We can wait.

I hope everything works out better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Hm, I thought I could just drag and drop a different carrier logo into Res/drawable-hdpi if I wanted to change it? Not letting me do so.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
I see no reason why you should not be able to do so. How are you trying to do it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
copy n paste basically, using root explorer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
I thought you could with Root Explorer, but I guess not. Try ninjamorph or metamorph, or you can just copy the SystemUI.apk to your computer and open it with 7zip, drop in the image, then put it back on your phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MrDSL:
Any luck on XHDPI in trans contacts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
I thought it would too. Was looking for a way to quickly do it from my phone, whenever I wanted. Ninjamorph worked, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Well, I'm halfway there. I figured out how to rebuild the Contacts.apk without doing an entire build again, but haven't quite figured out how to modify the configs so that it builds with xhdpi yet. I'll solve it soon though. I feel close. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vincom:
i added this to the sticky which is the 1st link in my sig, i put it under themes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
2nd update today. Added xhdpi version of transparent contacts. Added new version for hdpi earlier today, along with an update to the M4570M0D theme.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
I recognized what the TAS in the dropdown was because I love TAS! Out of curiousity, where is this located in SystemUI so I could change it up if I wish?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
:) Just saw them again a week or so ago.

That image is in drawable-hdpi and is called status_bar_close_on.9.png. In the theme, the file name has the prefix com_android_systemui_.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Man, I really need to teach myself some stuff. I've found several good themes for cm9/aokp but nothing I've settled with. I really need to learn so I can just make my own. I've got yours downloaded on the computer, gonna check it out later. Bout to send you a PM about something. Didn't want to take your thread off-topic.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
seanz made a thread, I believe, in the Skyrocket Gen section several months back around the time of the 1st ICS leak for the skyrocket with a link to Wanam's version APK Manager. I've been using that pretty much exclusively since then for all my decompiling/recompiling needs on Windows. The only area where it falls short is on Contacts since I have to build that from source on my Linux partition and for the Theme Chooser theme if I include case-sensitive xmls. As of the update yesterday, you will run into errors if you try to recompile the M4570M0D.apk without either removing the stuff for TitaniumBackup, QuickPic, and any other xml file that contains uppercase letters, or renaming the xml files to all lowercase. If I come across a modified aapt for Windows (aapt.exe) that allows uppercase letters I'll post it up. I haven't seen anyone post one though so far, even for linux, which is why I posted mine. I'm not even sure it's possible on Windows since Windows is not a case-sensitive file system.

edit: here's the link to seanz's thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1604182

and here's the link to Wanam's APK Manager:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23935070&postcount=14

browsing around it looks like he's posted a new version since then but I have no issues with this one so I haven't messed with it yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Awesome, thanks. I've got apk manager on my desktop, probably not that version. Just never messed with it. What I'd like to do is make themes for roms with theme manager (like cm/aokp) including coloring, icons, all that. Is there any kind of "guide" around that shows where images are or is it best to just poke through SystemUI?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Depends on what you want to theme. There's a whole lot more than just SystemUI. That's essentially just the status bar, notification drawer and the recents view (when you long press on the home button). A good chunk of the general UI is in framework-res.apk, and then everything else is in the individual apks for each app.

As far as guides go, you're probably better off looking for theming guides for an individual app/apk. I also picked up a lot by by just decompiling an apk on my phone and comparing it to a themed version of that apk. The split-view and compare plugin for Notepad++ comes in quite handy. I also like to use Meld to do side-by-side file/folder comparisons.

Here's two threads in the general themes section that might be helpful (but a ***** to sift through):

[GUIDE] Want to learn how to theme?

General Questions about Themes GO HERE!!!!!

[GUIDE] T-mobile theme engine for the faint at heart (non-linux users)

Also, don't overlook the info available on developer.android.com. You'll find quite a bit of info there.

Start here, then go through the Styles, Patterns, and Building Blocks sections:

http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/principles.html

Also, from the Develop section (at the top of the page) check out the API guides section:

http://developer.android.com/guide/components/index.html

Here's some color swatches, action bar icons, and some other goodies:

http://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Finally got this working with my CM9. It was OE, operator error, that was stopping me from running this properly :D Loving the transparent mms!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Nice. Just in time to delete it and do it again. :)

Replying from my phone so I'll update the OP later but I made a new version. Visually, it's pretty much the same, but it's based on a different Mms.apk which seems to have a couple new features. Also fixed search results. Didn't notice until I used that the other day that it was showing the results list with a white background and near white text. It's now fixed.

New version:

http://d-h.st/DSg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Hehe, but now I know what I am doing :) installed update working perfectly! Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MrDSL:
Will we be seeing a JB transparent Contacts in the near future? :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Most definitely. I just want to finish up a few things with this theme first since I have it setup in my current AOKP M6 build environment. I'm also trying to put off the multiple hours of wiping everything, syncing the JB repos, and doing a full build to have everything set up lol.

Random question, do you use Dolphin browser? If so, can you see if it has xhdpi images? There isn't a drawable-xhdpi folder in my apk. If it does, would you (or anyone else) mind sending it to me? :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] casonswag:
It doesnt have xhdpi bro i just checked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sing1gnis:
Where did you get the stock CM10/JB mms.apk with emoji from? I'm looking to make my own theme for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MrDSL:
The best to use is travp's at rootzwiki

he combines the best of cm10 and aokp into one package.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] sing1gnis:
Great!!! Thanks!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Yep. That's the one I used. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dimsumnicetits:
theme

im still kinda new to this root and installing new apps...how do i install this theme. i downloaded it and say it cannot install. can someone kindly show me the steps. Im running on cm9 nightly..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
What's the exact message? Are you getting it when you try to install the apk or when you try to apply it from the Themes menu?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] spitfire2425:
I can't get transparent mms aokp to download, it says 100% then says download unsuccessful. Is this just devhost or what?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dimsumnicetits:
When I go into root explorer and install the apk...says x application not installed..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Go to system > app, delete/backup the mms.apk there. Copy the transparent mms.apk into system > app. Long press on it, go to permissions and 110100100 (rw-r--r--) same as the other apks. Reboot, voila :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Sounds like he's trying to install the theme, not just the messaging mods.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Bah, I see that now. Saw person having issue with download and projected his app problem to the theme one #failsauce
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
It's because i was dumb and using the wrong signing key before and now that I'm using a different key it won't install because of the different keys. Just delete the old version first then install the new one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dimsumnicetits:
i just installed the version 0.0.5..that works but when i try the 0.0.6 wont install. maybe im doing something wrong but no big deal. thanks though kudo on theme
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
Are you deleting v0.0.5 before you try to install it? It wouldn't normally be necessary when installing the updates but because of the signature change you have to delete the previous version first. Looking on dev-host right now there's been 272 downloads of v0.0.6 and so far I haven't been hearing from other people that it won't install. Try rebooting after you delete v0.0.5 before you try to install v.0.0.6 and see if it will install then. If not, perhaps it was a bad download. dev-host has been kind of flaky lately.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Useful information: Your themes arnt exclusively aokp. Well, at least not you MMS. I try them all on various TW roms just outta curiosity. You MMS works with unnamed 1.0.1. It will show up on others but eventually crash. Now granted unnamed is an aokp inspiration, but none the less TW
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
I believe unnamed is aosp inspired, not aokp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Blazekrypt:
COOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Bug report: when using transparent MMS replacement extende SMS such as this one don't get sent. Using default mms.apk results in no error.

"Going to try something and see if it will fix the long SMS issue. Going to try something and see if it will fix the long SMS issue. Going to try something. Going to try something and see if it will fix the long SMS issue. Going to try something and see if it will fix the long SMS issue. Going to try something"

---------- Post added at 09:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 AM ----------

Here is the error

When sending via the cm9 mms, no such error. 0808 nightly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
There's some discussion about this in the project rookie thread so it might be something with CM10 in general, or at least for the skyrocket builds. Out of curiosity though, what do you have set in the Mms settings for SMS split and the 2 SMS to MMS conversion options?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
I am running CM9 not CM10. SMS to MMS is enabled and SMS count is at 3 messages before MMS conv. Let me know if there's anything else I can do/test for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Ends:
Yes. sksksksksksk. Sorry
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Weazmeister:
Interestingly, I re-installed today after installing CM 9.0.0 and the multi-part sms is now working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Zlyc:
Is it possible to have a version of Mms where it displays a black background like the inverted Gapps rather than a transparent background?

Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 93fuelslut:
Will this work for aokp cm9 on droid 4?...its the latest build
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
You really did not need to quote that whole post. And yes, if it's an AOSP based ROM with the theme manager it will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 93fuelslut:
Which mms apk do I need for droid 4?

Xhdi or hpdi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] m4570d0n:
open up a system app (in /system/app) on your phone with a root file browser. If it has a drawable-hdpi folder, then you have an hdpi device. If it's mdpi, you have an mdpi device, etc.There's plenty of apps that can tell you this as well, like Elixir 2.

See this for more info:

http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 93fuelslut:
Ok thanks..

One quick question...how do I push the mms download to system/app?

I used root explorer and went to sytem/app then mms...and hit extract and tried to do something with that and no luck..