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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
Hi,

I was looking thru the framework apk trying to find the notification pull down thing becouse i want to edit it from grey to the standard transparant black. Can this be done via just changing the png file or is there other stuff i need to do ? ive tryed search button but dident find anything so any help apprecited thank you :)

**Big thanks to daman on thread who has supplied systemui.apk with transparent background :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
It is probably handled by an XML file or rendered from a small image file
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
bummer if xml as wouldent know where to start png`s ie image file no problem with :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
I'm gonna mess with it at work tomorrow and see if I can find it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mojochief:
I actually just wanted tk write a request for that. The tranparent black from ics looks 100 times better! :)

I'm really looking forward to your mod/work :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
likewise and appreciate you taking the time out to look at thanks :) please post back when let us know how you get on.

agreed :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
really hate to bump a thread , but im guessing out of all the talented people here someone must know how to get this done or point me in right direction ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
U have to decompile systemui.apk .. its a .9 image therefore to edit it u need to edit in its decompiled state and only edit the color itself.. u cannot touch the black pixel boarder because that black patch is what tells the image how to stretch when phone is in portrait or landscape mode.. the image is called status bar close on.9 or something in the drawable xhdpi folder.. I will look into it but I'm not on jellybean yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
I will look at it if apktool will stop pissing me off
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
a black version would be epic!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
Ok I already had a decompiled jb systemui and framework res folder on my desktop and I looked and by the name youre giving it a pretty good size transparent square with a 66x66 block in the middle.

I looked through framework and I found status bar background files one of which is 7x1365 so if it was tailed across the screen would be about the right size. making transparent is no problem at all. getting the apk built after the fact might be trouble since apktool is being a flaming piece of **** the last few days.

I will try
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
thanks for replys and taking time to look into , very much appreciated :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
on ics the file you guys are trying to edit is called the

notification tracking background
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
the fact that you're even looking at it is awesome!! Hopefully you can figure it out and help us noobs! :p

ive been trying to do it myself with no luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
ok i found it it`s called the notification_panel_bg.9.png
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
I seriously hate apktool. I have tried apkmanager and apk multi tool and none of them work. apktool was working great then started acting crazy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
i have a method give me a sec i will post a test system ui
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
Ok guys push this should work im not using jellybean at the moment please post a pic and to the op put this in the op so people can see

https://rapidshare.com/files/2140464399/SystemUI.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
can whoever that pushes that make a screen shot of it? thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jnr21:
Can you upload it to some other place? Xda's filehost is broken.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
ok rapidshare alright https://rapidshare.com/files/2140464399/SystemUI.apk

i be back in a quick half hour got to make a run please post pics
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
anyone flash it?

They need to make a list of what all the images are for. its like looking at a pile of 3 different mixed up puzzles
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
i only change 1 image color that is notification_panel_bg.9.png it seem in jelly bean this is the notification tracking background now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
i would do this but im at work for another few hours! :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
excellent work fella , ill be back from work in a hour or so and will flash test with rom and report back :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
Flash or push it??

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
push
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariachi202:
I never could get the hang of adb pushing files.

Could someone step-by-step me? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonnytech:
i havent been able to take scren shot with my usual software but i can tell you it works and looks great, thank you again for your work very much appreciated )
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daman215:
You can use any file explorer just put it in system apps and fix permissions i will make a flasable zip

Edit: here a zip themer meaning use zip themer

https://rapidshare.com/files/3234655690/Transparent_notification.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HumanXv2:
You DA man..thanks

Now if we could figure out what everything else is called
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Simer03:
Any way to make an all black non transparent?

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mwalt2:
Bookmark this link. He is updating apktool and it's been working well for me with Jelly Bean once I installed the new framework (the 1.4.5 version linked there has worked for jelly bean, new apktool supposed to be released soon as well).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] locomain:
you can edit stastusbar_expanded.xml

search in the top for the line background

make it something like

android:background="@drawable/colormod

make a colormod.xml place it in drawable

in this "colormod/xml"

you can redirect an other image to set as background even if its not a .9.png

jiust make it fit

you can also add a colour value but i like the images more bacause you can photoshop very nice things to it

hope it helped

EDIT: apktool works fine for me after i äpktool if framework-res.apk" the jellybean framework

i am using the current release of apktool:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariachi202:
Could i use metamorph?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jenzy1985:
ZipThemer say Error: updater-script script not found in .... Transparent_notification.zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariachi202:
Soooo, bump?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackhand1001:
I wish the drawer still looked like ice cream sandwich's. I don't like the new grey one or the dumb fade animation they added to the rest of the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] artvandelay440:
Man, I'm in a nice mood today lol

Flash in cwm. (note, this will reset any changes you had made to systemUI.apk)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Optimusg2x:
Can you flash on stock jb or custom Rom?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
I made some darkness changes to my jelly bean Nexus too and I have the file in pure solid black, if you want that.

It will look like this:

and by the way, you dont need the apk tool to edit 9.pngs^^

I never do that, since its more work in my opinion. You can easily just rename the file from ...9.png to ....png , then edit everything you like, not only the color^^ and use the draw9patcher which comes with the sdk. After that I compile all my changed 9.pngs with xUltimate-d9pc.exe and I am ready to go
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bmg1001:
Can you make a flash able zip?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
you can download a zip file here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1nz0trfqz16d5w9

Its for the bigxie jelly bean rom

This zip will give you a little more than just the black notification. You can try it, but if you dont want black settings, camera and black menus, then just open the zip, file and delete the frameworks folder and every app except the systemUi.apk and flash it afterwards^^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mariachi202:
Great job, very stylish!

Yet would it be possible to black it out, it still looks grey/brownish, just more transparent.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] resynx:
Nordpol could I make a request and ask if you could make this compatible with the '32dpi, fastglow, cm-battery, white navkeys' file from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747632

If you could that would be awesome ^_^

Edit: When flashing these 2 files 1 always erases over the other /heh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Basian Mile:
Thx for the Transparent Pulldown. @artvandelay440

Is it possible to make the Navbar Background transparent too?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] artvandelay440:
Thanks. Still looking around in the new systemui . I'll do a transparent nav bar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Basian Mile:
If you found it pls let me know where so i can use it in my Mods too.

Oh and if you know how to change Text color on Lockscreen it would be nice to let me know too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Yep now problem^^ first flash my themed zip and after that flash this here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sy8saa7r996w516
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] prkchop:
all you have to do is edit notification_panel_bg.9 in photoshop

oh yeah and i made the bar constantly blue ;) copy status_bar_close_on.9 and make it the same as status_bar_close_off.9

still trying to figure out how to make the weather card and text notification backgrounds transparent as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sean-El:
Question, Do you think it will work on the Sprint version? It doesn't look like it would mess anything up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Mmhm normally it should work, but well its your decision. If it doesnt work, give me a link to your rom and I will hook you up with the correct zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] resynx:
Wow Nordpolcamper thanks a bunch! It's not much but here's a little something for your work :D

Confirmation Number: 2S343246N7677443F
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Thank you very very much! I appreciate it a lot ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sean-El:
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?5535-ACS-ROM-4-1-JRN84D-Galaxy-Nexus-Jellin-RC_1

This is the one I am using. I can always Nandroid and then try the pulldown. I'm just doing laudry and cleaning around the house.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
No problem, I am tired now, but tomorrow morning you will have a flashable ZIP;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chocoyo00:
I tried to remove those as instructed but I couldn't flash the zip afterwards, I got an error with a bad file :( . Would you be so kind as to post a zip just with your black notification pulldown please? Thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sean-El:
Thank you, you are awesome. I love the people in the Galaxy Nexus Forums, they are way friendlier than the Epic touch forums.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Yep no problem, you should download and flash this:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7x8242vfa2hvccz

hehe well we all try hard^^ Plz flash this and tell me if it worked:

http://www.mediafire.com/?93ffji8wslc7pv0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sean-El:
Wow, you are quick. I made a Nandroid and then flashed it, all seems to be okay right now, granted it has only been 5 minutes but I love the menus. Thank you so much Nord. I appreciate your work, again, thanks for the help and friendliness.

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I gave you all my thanks yesterday and will use all mine for today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] resynx:
Nordpol do you think you could make another version of your zip for 4.1.1? I tried the apps inside of it and flashing it on Bigxie's 4.1.1 ROM and the installing aborted. And if you could make it compatible w/ Zenyth keys that would be sweet ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
thats no problem^^ when I get back home in about 3 hours, I will throw it together.

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ähm which color do you want the zenyth softkeys in? grey, pure white or blue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] resynx:
The grey would be nice please :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Ok this is for bigxies recommended 4.1.1 build and it includes the grey zenyth softkeys ;)

Try and let me know^^

http://www.mediafire.com/?klequff4q226336
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lovejoy777:
blue zenith would be awesome:-)

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the lock screen text colour has been a goal of mine for ages and i just can not find it anywhere, does anyone have any idea?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] resynx:
Very nice! Thanks so much Nordpol :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Basian Mile:
I found out how to do it :-)

Take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28484238&postcount=346

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drnelson:
Power menu

Love the blacked out menus but when i flash it causes my power button to reboot phone. Running vicious toro v1 4.1.1 anybody else having this problem or know how to fix? Thanks in advance for any help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrystal0925:
You can also use any PNG image as the background on status bar I've been setting them at 220/420 keeping same name notification_panel_bg.9
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tyraelasd:
@Nordpolcamper thank you very much, now my notification bar looks like a boss.

Is there any way to delete the carrier on the notification bar? Becouse Im rarely connected to internet so its always showing "NO INTERNET CONNECTION" wich is clearly annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Arrio:
Nice notification keys. Where do I find that mod?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nordpolcamper:
Check the play store, I recall that there was an app that removed your carrier
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrystal0925:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1782290

Status Bar Background ZipThemer
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SomeGuyDude:
Notification toggles, not the background. How did you get those toggles?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrystal0925:
Oh my bad its just power control from market
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jenzy1985:
Can someone make a transparent Version for the lastest CM10 Build http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=cm10&device=maguro ? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cdlq456:
How can I port the transparent background to a hdpi device?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
me and at least 3 other people have attempted to make the pulldown transparent on 3-4 different ROMs by changing the "notification_panel_bg.9.png" and none of us have been able to do it successfully... are we missing something here?? i'm on the official CM10 for NS4G...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
No need to change the .9.png , its way easier the change the statusbar_expanded.xml and change the "@drawable... to "#00000000" save and close.

I've done that in all my mods. And it works perfectly!

But it doesnt work with statusbar and navbar, there are many hiccups after making it transparent.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
well i only did that because everyone was mentioning that it's just a .9.png image... but it doesn't work for me just doing that... i've been playing with every possible combo of the xml's and that hasn't worked yet... i'm trying something right now... i'll report back shortly!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
Still nothing... maybe someone can get it working for me/us?? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792218
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cdlq456:
Thanks for the answer, i have two questions, what method do you use to change that values? and where is that file?

I tried modify it with root explorer, the file i modified is in systemui.apk/res/drawable, and my phone crashed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Can't do it on your phone. You have to decompile the apk on your computer. And then flash it don't push it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cdlq456:
Ok, I'm going to try doing this. By the way, i'm modifing the right file? the one on the path i posted before?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Yes. I think... LOL I just made the background_panel.9.PNG transparent and it worked fine for me.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
Wait so I think I've been editing the wrong image lol... I changed "notification_panel_bg.9.png" and that one does nothing... I'm not on my computer right now so I can't check it!! Can someone confirm I'm an idiot?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
No that's the right one... I just got the name wrong. :o

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Basian Mile:
So is this now about the pulldown or the statusbar??

For pulldown it doesnt matter if it a .9.png! I use a normal png and thats just fine. Its 512x512 and transparent. No .9.png.

For statusbar u need not just an image. Cause in a xml it tells to use black background. So when u change image it will not change statusbar.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lichti1901:
I talked about the pulldown. :)

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
I'm too lazy to look back on the posts... but I was never talking about the status bar... this thread isn't even about the status bar not sure where u got that from...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Basian Mile:
I dont talk to u i mean all.....i always read statusbar too here....

And now you know that there is no need to have a .9.png. but of course i dont know how its in cm10. Maybe they have change lots of things. I dont like it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
In cm 10 theme chooser the only thing I can think of to accomplish an image in the drop down word be to draw 9 patch the image
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackhand1001:
Why did Google have to change the look of the pull down in jellybean. It doesn't even match the rest of the is now. It looked perfect in ics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madmaglio:
HElp please

Hey guys, I've been looking for a way to get the (ICS) blue glow soft buttons, and the transparent pulldown in a flashable zip or zipthemer file. I'm on Xenon HD JB rom for Toro. Any help would be appreciated! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
i'm curious what resolution you guys are running that are able to get the transparent notification to work?? i'm on hdpi NS4G... i noticed someone mention something about theme chooser not being able to theme some items the same as xhdpi devices... and this got me thinking that this might be the issue here...

i guess the real question is, was ANYONE able to get the pulldown to show transparent on an HDPI device??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
U can make it transparent by making a .zip flash able theme and going into system ui ... then layouts.. status bar expanded and change the notification BG panel.9 to an image the same resolution as the phone .. im on the gnex xhdpi of course.. when I was making flashable .zips this is how I did it.. theme chooser cannot mess with layouts.. right now though I'm trying to redirect the notification panel BG.9 to a specific image.. if I succeed the code will be in the theme chooser thread.. and if successful I c no reason why this would not work on any device resolution

Instead of using any hex or a .9 image to call on.. this would b a specific image the Ui would call on. I've been unsuccessful in my attempts so far but I have a few more ideas to go through
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
this is not accurate... this screenshot below was taken on a gnex (xhdpi) and my pulldown image clearly shows up on there when applied via a test theme i made for theme chooser... this device was running AOKP apparently...

now this is the EXACT SAME theme running on my NS4G (hdpi)...

this is also the reason why i asked the question earlier... b/c apparently it's an issue with the Nexus S device, either hardware issue or code that wasn't ported properly... smarter people than i are still trying to figure it out...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
OK b4 u call me inaccurate try decompiling your systemui .apk go to layouts redirect the XML I previously discussed to a fully transparent image .. add that specific image which should be your screens resolution to the drawable xhdpi .. flash the compiled apk and let me know what happens.. if nothing happens I'm inaccurate .. if u have a transparent shade then we can talk from there

Also u clearly redirected to an image so how did u code it... I'm seriously not trying to b a **** I'm looking for a solution just as u are
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
i've tried EVERY IDEA POSSIBLE to get that damn thing transparent... it just doesn't theme properly on the Nexus S phones... i've tried this so far and probably more that i can't think of right now...

editing the mentioned image

editing layout xml to theme the image to point to original image and a new image i made

editing xml's in values folders

adding my own lines to xml's in the drawable folder

etc etc etc

nothing works i tell ya... it's ONLY an issue with the Nexus S device!

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btw... not trying to sound like a jerk and discredit anything you suggest... but it's clearly more than images or simple xml code that is causing the issue with this device!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
U have the device lol.. according to or list I've tried EVERYTHING
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] the1dynasty:
was this supposed to make sense?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kevin3328:
Lol no was supposed to say your and u have