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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xxBrun0xx:
While contracts are expensive, there are definitely circumstances where they're nice. For example, people who have the old Verizon unlimited plans and have LTE phones don't need to pay for home internet (assuming they live in an area that gets LTE), since they can tether and use +100GB of data per month with no penalty. Replacing your home internet bill certainly helps with these expensive plans, and there are people who frequently use so much data that any carrier not contractually obligated to keep giving you service will certainly cut you off.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] SpellronHD:
Been using my HTC One X on straight talk with no issues to speak of. Ive had Straight Talk for almost a year now. This is my 4th AT&T phone I have had on the plan. I get sick of a phone, I take out the SIM and pop it in another phone. No contracts, no hassels! Unlimited talk, text and web for $49.60 after tax. You cannot go wrong! Ive used Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, they are ok but their data is much slower (at least in my area) than that of Straight Talk's. You also loose the ability to use any mainstream phone you want with Boost or Virgin unless you have ESID changed, long annoying process that costs money. Straight Talk is great! The only thing that is not so good is the customer service, but even that is improving. Just keep your data below 5GB a month or they will call you and possibly cancel your account. Unlimited is really not unlimited...but 5GB a month is way more than enough for me. I usually used close to 2

I hear you can use Tmobile phones on their network now with the appropriate SIM card ordered from them.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xxBrun0xx:
Just trying to get this data limit straight, I've heard most people on ST claim the limit is 2gb, but more recently, I've been seeing people throw the number 5 around. Did something happen I'm unaware of? Did they set hard limits?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jh64dsb877r:
As soon as free or customer WiFi is almost everywhere, the major carriers will be in trouble. Someone will probably offer an inexpensive satellite WiFi end-point for cars, and then you will start to see people switch to Skype for everyday calls.

Though, until that happens, we're stuck with the AT&Ts of the world.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Yeah I'm just ready for carrier phones to go away. It's ridiculous the security restrictions this phone has. The best part of android is the ability to modify your phone to your liking and the carriers are talking that away. I think the end of subsidizing is definitely coming and they all know it and are trying to nickle and dime while they can.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xxBrun0xx:
Honestly, until people start getting smarter and realizing that other options exist that aren't "sketchy" that will save them a lot of money, the big 4 will never go away. And while T-mobile and Sprint are nowhere near as greedy as Verizon and AT&T, they push subsidized phones heavily, so in my mind they are as much to blame as anyone else. If you go into a T-Mobile store and try to get their $30/month plan, the employees don't even know what you're talking about. I've had to show them on my phone lol.

Prepaid's day to shine is coming and there isn't anything the big boys can do about it. At this point I'd say it's a matter of "when", not "if".
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] SnoMan88:
The HOX on At&t is now $450 retail through the carrier.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ldzman218:
Since the topic is carriers, can anyone who has some experience with att advise me on my situation? My sister has an unlimited data plan and I'm stuck on 3 GB which I excess every month. She is willing to trade with me, but she wants to keep her old phone number. My idea is to go into att, have them switch to phone numbers on our accounts, and then have them switch our phones. This will effectively give me my phone number with unlimited data, and my sister her phone number with 3 GB. Will att let me do this? Anyone try anything similar?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] SnoMan88:
I recently tried something similar to that when I got out of college I got my unlimited plan switched to my name instead of my parents. One thing you should know about that unlimited plan its more of a soft cap at 3GB for 3G and 4G HSPA+ phones, but with an LTE phone its 5GB. Its not that bad if you go over the limit they don't charge, just slow down your bandwidth.

Since I am in a similar situation one thing you could do is see if your job or school allows you to get a discount since that 15% to 30% makes a nice difference after taxes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hki_peter:
[Req] 32dpi Navbar and Circle Battery on stock 4.1.1 ROM

I have try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1742407 (Circle Battery mod) and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747632 (32dpi Navbar)

I was make it working, but after I reinstall the stock 4.1.1, and then reinstall the package, it not working anymore ! I have no idea what's going on ?

I just flash the package from cwm and make wipe cache.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] un4givn85:
nice write up
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Agent358:
Can you use gimp. Im to lazy to install photoshop from a torrent
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Agent358:
How do i switch out the files with 7zip
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] randolph2000:
can i have a copy of your image?

Bleach - Ichigo - Hollow? :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] VrOckerZ:
If the samething is Explained in a VIDEO, New folks Like me in Andriod Field can do it and ENJOY Like u :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
Sweet you made it to the front page :D

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/theming-the-jelly-bean-lockscreen/
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] iesvs:
This works for a few things.

This method works for quite a few system images, not just the lockscreen. The problem is knowing which images to change in which folders. I would love to have some kind of annotated list from a handy website. I found something similar for editing Windows resource files where everything was numbered and mapped for convenience, but I haven't found anything like it for Android. Does it exist?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] alteredlikeness:
That would be great, but locations and file names can vary between devices/carriers/builds... it would be a massive list.

---------

Note to OP: Nice and simple write-up - thanks! - but GIMP should work just as well as Photoshop (for us free-loaders;))
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] randolph2000:
thanks!!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] morphuex:
Awesome guide, thx alot. Worked like a charm.

Btw where would i go to change the home, back and recent apps color?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Hey Josepho1997, I want to thank you for this tutorial and I'll definitely give this a try once I have CM10 Early Build on my SIII. I also have a YouTube channel and if anyone wants, I can definitely make a video on How to Edit the PNGs and how the final product looks like :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] devilot:
Wicked good tutorial!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Awesome job man :D

I simply changed mine from White to ICS Blue ;)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Quick Update:

Turns out that on my Galaxy SIII, with the Jelly Bean based CM10, while over writing the Framework-res.apk, it causes the ROM to crash. I tried this same method on the Ice Cream Sandwich CM9 and it worked like a charm. I have a feeling that the ROM, since it's still in an Alpha stage caused the crash. Once a better and more stable version is released, then I'll test it out again :)

I'll try to make the tutorial either this weekend or the next for the ICS based CM9.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] blz_phnx:
when i right click on framework-res.apk it doesnt give me a option to choose 7zip
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
Did you download 7zip from the internet?

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HTC Status running SuperOSR/CM7 (-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3gs jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)

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[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] blz_phnx:
yessir!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] veeman:
You probably didn't select the option for it to display in the menu when you installed 7zip. Just open 7zip and browse to the framework_res.apk
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Crashes on my CM10 ROM as well. Worked fine in CM9 though so hopefully there'll be a fix :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] morphuex:
Here's a few I did with your tut..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Those look epic! :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] blz_phnx:
After pushing to sys/framework does it automatically reboot? Cuz mine did and got stuck on boot animation

BTW I'm on jmz cm10 on og evo if it helps
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
As of right now this method only works on AOSP based Jelly Bean. On CM10 you either get a Bootloop, such as in your case and in other cases, every graphic used in the Framework-res.apk fails and causes glitching. Even after a reboot those would stay...Unfortunately the only fix is to reflash...

@Josepho1997 Please update the Main Post! Tell people not to try this if they are on the CM10 build. I had to reflash 3 times lol
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] morphuex:
Mine are working on CM 10 / Team Eos Nightlies. Try using root explorer to manually copy/paste the file (Overwrite). In the case that it is your phones rom do a nandroid before attempting it, doesn't work no biggie just restore.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Hmmm, well maybe it's the ROM on my phone that's causing the issue. As for the Nandroids, I also noticed and most likely it's the ROM again, I lose my Capactive buttons whenever I restore stuff... So I basically need to do a full wipe in order to get back those lights. Anyway, I'll give it a shot later on once a more stable release is out :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rmean:
thank you for this one :) will try some different setups now :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] pemoeda911:
it works on my motodefy though it's on cm10 dude.. :p

thanks for the tut
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Lucky bastard lol

Each time I try it on CM10...I get a Boot loop. Works fine on CM9 so far though. Oh btw, care to share your awesome lockscreen ;)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Jarmezrocks:
You should never drop images in an apk. The resources need to be updated. Its bad practice to do this without decompiling the framework. Your device will slow down and eat ram. You also need to re-index the images (there is a batch option to do this with gimp) and then optimise the images using something like PNG gauntlet and THEN recompile the framework.

Otherwise it looks good. The background screen lock looks better ;)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
Omg, can I please have the deception one. I will love you forever *NoHomo*

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HTC Status running SuperOSR/CM7 (-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3gs jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)

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[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] AllAboutAndroids:
Looks great! I tried again on my CM10 ROM and got another Bootloop. I guess once it's more stable :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] xari228:
Very cool mod. Looking forward to trying it when things get worked out for the CM10 ROMs (I use twa_priv's).

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] blz_phnx:
Aye Jo u on cm9 or cm10 just wondering
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
Is jandycane considered cm10? Sorry I'm blonde..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
Thanks, now only if I can get that decepticon one from morphuex...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 on CM10 JELLYBEAN
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
Oh. I should probably get off my lazy ass and do it on my own then. Thanks for the heads up.

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HTC Status running SuperOSR/CM7 (-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3gs jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3g jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rmean:
thanks again! Just wanted to share:

regards :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] blz_phnx:
Lucky fella *Patrick voice*
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
whatever i try i cannot change the color, it is on rgb, but i cant even get the brightness to change..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
How do I invert it, sorry..

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Samsung Skyrocket SGH-I727 running CM10

HTC EVO 3D running TeamGenesisRom (-*Retired*-)

HTC Status running SuperOSR/CM7 (-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3gs jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3g jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] QuantumProcessor:
Fix for CM10?

Don't use root explorer to swap out framework-res. Take your zipped rom and use winrar to swap out the apk on your computer. Reflash and it should work.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rmean:
i always do it. i know it's bad practice, and it can bork it all. but this way i can download the ROM right to the phone and save some time :)

btw, just overwriting the files in some file archiver is not exactly perfect. for convenience, you should decompile, repkace files, recompile, sign...but this would take some time right :P

as long as you have a backup ready on your computer, it can all be done.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Kole_Ackerson:
I still cannot figure it out. Can someone just ,make me a ICS blue one for jandycane..

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HTC EVO 3D running TeamGenesisRom (-*Retired*-)

HTC Status running SuperOSR/CM7 (-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3gs jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)

iPhone 3g jail broken/unlocked(-*Retired*-)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] RedSkyRoad:
Which files do I edit to make the lines on the pattern lock wider and the circles smaller? I want it to look like Gingerbread pattern lock...
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] baldypal:
Very nice tutorial! Here are some changes I've made with your instructions.

few questions: Moving the whole circle up on the screen. What XML and property is that? Centering your clock: I know what XML and property, but didn't you have to do anything else like change default DPI?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] baldypal:
What launcher or ROM are you running to get so many choices on the lockscreen. I know some allow 1 or 2 more, but i haven't seen that many.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] baldypal:
Does anyone know exactly how to change the Google icons on JB lock screen? Now I have already tried changing the PNG file in the framework-res.apk /drawable-xhpi folder which is where the camera and unlock icons are, but that didn't work. Any other suggestions?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] BMP7777:
I'm using your tutorial to create a cool lockscreen for a skyrocket build I'm working on in the Project Rookie thread. I can move and change color to the clock, but any other changes don't take. I don't get a bootloop, and the changes show in the framework.apk/ res files (changed the lock icon, and altered colors), but no other changes show up? Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong? I'm using Flapjack apktool for Linux, because like I said, I'm building, and don't want to have to go back and forth. Any tips would be appreciated..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] The-Hulk:
Moving to Themes & Apps Forum
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Terens:
sorry for digging up old threads but how do i use my own png for the lockscreen targets with the same icons for both "normal" and "activated"?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] aLabsko:
Can somebody tell me how can I replace Camera shortcut with other app or how to delete it completely from lockscreen?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Vlasp:
Would this work on other icons as well, ie: Chrome, Settings, etc?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] aLabsko:
I have an AOSP rom, NOT CM10 so I don't have this option in settings->security->lock screen. I already checked framework-res and can't find it. Is it even possible on this rom?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] beastt1267:
Can someone make a video on how to do this??? Thank you :)

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[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Vlasp:
Yes.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] aLabsko:
Can anyone help me?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Vlasp:
From your last post. I want to change other icons.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] dn80:
I like it, you can help me made so? but hasn't icon lock :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tehsprayer:
Why is the S3 Digitzer and LCD upwards of $250 but then I see the iPhone 4 Screen and digitizer and it's on $26 lol?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] KBizzle:
Because the iphone4 has been out a lot longer.
[Nexus S General] g1user101:
I think its bln, I had it on at night and it would stay blinking the whole night while I was sleeping from texts. Happened every night until I turned off bln at night and my android os usage went back to normal. Just my thoughts
[Nexus S General] boog:
If you have it set to blink, it will use a ton of battery. If it just turns on and stays on it uses less.

Since our lights don't actually blink, they had to tell it to turn on, then to turn off, then to turn on, then to turn off....etc. The phone can't sleep if it is always trying to do something (like turn the lights off and on).
[Nexus S General] XxLostSoulxX:
Well on my epic its high because I believe AOSP has the problem in accurately getting stats with percentage. Because on my epic when it used to ran TW it was more accurate.
[Nexus S General] g1user101:
So for users with Android os being high, it could be cuz of the bln?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilzad:
i just bought a UK version of xperia play followed this tutorial on how to unlock the bootloader. i was wondering how to i install recovery mod now so that i can install custom roms and root the phone if someone can link me to a tutorial that would be help full thank you

Edited: found it on youtube fpr anyone looking here is link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4UtcPeT9ds
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaun27:
if your talking about cwm recovery theres an app that does it for you on play store its so so easy
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartmw:
Or you can use kernel with build in cwm eg. Doomkernel or from CM9 etc...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petes67bird:
Hi guys,

Quick question. When checking phone battery use, standby is always the highest and nh time without a signal is always around or over 50%. Does this mean my phone is defective? Can you guys compare your results? Thanks Pete
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Are you in an area with bad cell reception? My time without a signal is always very low only a few minutes and thats just from the time it takes me to drive through the mountain pass to and from work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petes67bird:
At work I have very low signal but driving to work I have great signal. So today my phone has been on 1.5 hours before getting to work. Cell standby is 63% and time without signal is 51%.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petes67bird:
Btw this is a replacement phone. My first one had gps issues. Ive had it 3 days but seems to have weaker overall signal.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] petes67bird:
Here are my screenshots. Should I get this phone replaced too. I swear my other phone had great battery life. I have barely touched this phone but it's only on its third battery cycle. Battery is at 82%. Opinions please.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Corbanski:
If its due to bad signal then that completely explains my battery. I have horrible signal at work
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
If I am not wrong (I am assuming this is like the Nexus) you can turn off the LTE on your phone if you are not in the area that has it and will save some battery.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
Can't turn LTE off currently.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] killerskincanoe:
That's a bummer that we cant...I think I'm suffering from the same issue.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Spectre51:
I would be happy if I got that amount of battery life. I can barely get 11-12 with normal usuage.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] killerskincanoe:
But that's not "normal" Usage those. That's me constantly conserving by disabling data all the time or airplane mode in general. Those numbers only reach that high on days I ignore my phone

i also find it very uncool that 70 something % of my battery was cell standby? really? wtf is that...

i can't wait till we get ICS ... look at this pic of an xperia s after the ICS update
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] popfan:
Cell standby is caused by LTE searching, 4G Searching, GPS searching, and WIFI searching when it not connected.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] killerskincanoe:
So 70 % or more of my battery was used for searching for signal? That's pretty lame considering I keep everything off or disabled unless I'm using it. .... how does that make sense.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fbod383:
Not sure if this is the right forum but,

Ok, so I have the app. Paid someone to do it, and they have given up I guess on getting the screens to show properly. Basically I am having problems with the displays on RAZR and other large screen phones for my app. everything works fine, just in some screens banner ads overlap info boxes, other screens look perfect, and yet others the centering in all skewed. I just need someone to help get these small glitches worked out, as I know nothing about how or where screen resolution is set. If interested in helping me PM and we can work something out. I am clueless as to what to do.. and of course the boss has the RAZR:rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dastin1015:
Check xml files in the values folder IRRC

私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
[Windows 8 General] mellis8:
I installed Win 8 on my Samsung 7 and once I did the windows updates, my touch screen stopped working.I tried to install the touch screen driver (http://www.samsung.com/global/windowspreview/data/3_TouchCfgUpdater_ForSeries7.exe.zip), but all I get is and error that says "Error: Please power-cycle and try again" . My pen works fine though.

Can someone please help me with this?
[Windows 8 General] jwischka:
I had the same problem last night, actually, though my pen stopped responding as well. Thank goodness I was able to remote desktop in from another computer. It could have gotten ugly...

Luckily I'd installed Visual Studio 12 earlier in the day, so I had a restore point. That got things working again. I'm thinking the culprit may be the Intel Bluetooth driver optional update, though I really have no idea why this would make a difference.

Might try rolling that back to see if it works?

Edit:

Additional messing around with things indicates this may not be fully accurate - I also added a couple of features (.NET 3.5 and Hyper V, and upon reboot I've got the same problem... will keep you posted).

Edit 2: Confirmed. Not the bluetooth driver. Going to install Hyper-V now and see if that's the issue.

Edit 3: Hyper V didn't do it. May be something about the 3.5 framework addons.

Edit 4: Have you tried this site? http://www.samsung.com/global/windowspreview/

Edit 5: Installing the BIOS update and touch-pad update from the site above seem to have done wonders.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CNLiberal:
I'd like my new CaseMate Pop! case to have pogo pin functionality. After looking at the case, I don't think it'd be wise to cut a big chunk out to accommodate the pins. Does anyone know of any pass-through pins that I could "poke" through the rubbery part of the case?