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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OneMoreBrick:
Lockscreen Tweaks (question)

Hey, sorry if this was touched on, but I did read the whole thread and then ran a search.

I'm wondering how I might change the text of the Lockscreen, specifically the clock and date. I want to remove the outline from clock, change the color of date, and remove the drop shadow of all of the text.

In addition, is there a way to use custom icons on the lock screen?

I love the ripple lock, but its lack of customization options stinks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Someone else that has done this might be able to give you a better answer but, if it can be done via xml it will be in the layout xml's in the framework-res.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] trevoryour:
I'm hoping someone can help me out as i'm fairly inexperienced with android development and have never had a samsung device before.

Basically I wanted to make my device look as much like the Gnex as possible and first thing on my list is to turn the softkeys back on. I was successful in reenabling the softkeys but they are not in the right order and the images are not stock images. Fixing the images should be trivial since it just involves replacing the png files in the systemui.apk file but even after I replace the images in the file they still show as the old images. I extracted every png from the file, thinking that maybe they are in more than one spot but I can only find them in the drawable-sw800dp-xhdpi folder.

Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong or what the correct way is to re-order these so they are in the same layout as the Nexus?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
The alphabet scroll line on the right.. where can I find it??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrvirginia:
change Clock and Date, lockscreen

well, i know that the clock are just images in framework-res in the drawable-xhdpi folder. Shane is prob right in regards to the date in layout.xml of that same file.

give me a second and i'll find the date colors. i found where they're called in but there wasn't any type of identifier for the text color :confused:

edit: alright, it took a lot of hunting around to figure this out haha looks like Shane was correct after all.

res\layout-sw360dp\keyguard_circlelock_clockwidget.xml

change (line 21)

<TextView android:textSize="20.0dip" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="#fff6f7c9" android:gravity="bottom|center" android:id="@id/zzz_date_month" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="24.0dip" android:layout_marginTop="2.0dip" android:shadowColor="#aa000000" android:shadowDy="2.0" android:shadowRadius="1.0" />

also, the AM/PM color, i think that is line 18 of this same file as android:textColor="#fff8f8f8"

edit: and the shadow can be found with this AM/PM line for it, respectively. for this one, you'll need to change shadowDx and shadowDy, as well as radius to 0.0. that'll get rid of shadows

edit: this post has been updated with the correct file location for making these changes. it does work now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 12MaNy:
Anyone know how to get lockscreen clock xml mods to stick? I cant seem to get the color codes for clock info (date, day, am/pm....etc) to stick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chill145:
edit: solved removing clock

anybody know what file you need to remove certain icons from statusbar. for example if i want to remove vibrate icon, is it as simple as replacing it with blank.png or will that just leave a blank space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 12MaNy:
Yes that is the right xml, but most of the lockscreen text color edits dont stick for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
Anyone know where the App Drawer icon is located?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Which launcher?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vinuneuro:
Touchwiz.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
So is contacts just impossible to recompile?

I guess I should ask if anyone has had any luck getting this thing to recompile. It's one of the last apks for me to theme...and every tool I have tried has been a no go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrvirginia:
what i wrote is prob not right then. it was just a guess. i'll get to it this week with some trial and error and update.

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unfortunately, no, i have not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 12MaNy:
That should be the right file. Just not sure why color codes arent sticking.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xCaldazar:
I searched the thread but didn't see anything relative come up with the problem I am having. When I get 7 notifications they start to overlay the clock. Is there a way to limit the max notifications I can get? I have been looking through the files, but I'm not really sure where to edit.Here is an example"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
Anyone know how to make the tw quick control setting background fully transparent?

Edit:Got it.

Now where is the black status bar image located? (with the date and Sprint on it.) Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrvirginia:
i'm not sure either. if you don't get it, i'll be messing with it mid week and can tell you whether it's def right or not.

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you mean the status bar toggles? should be an image... maybe...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
I need to edit the color of the timestamp in the logs of contacts .. anyone know where it is?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
I can help you..if you help me get the contracts recompiled ;)

Lemme look
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
You get the logs timestamp and I will give you a compilable contacts!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
In values/colors of the contacts.apk you need to change "tw_color145"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tiffany84:
Anyone know how to make the status bar transparent or semi-trans? I've edited just about every .png I can find and it's not changing. Is it an xml edit?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Ok.. I am going to pm you a compilable contacts
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1523703

Sent while Blazed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Tiffany84:
Hey, thank you very much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Thanks nunhugger

Timestamp changed! Now.. where is the divider line?

btw.. hope that app I sent you is compiling
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
res/layout/call_log_list_item.xml...Should be the second to last line.

<View android:id="@id/call_log_divider" android:background="#ff464646" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="1.0px" />
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Man.. thats crazy how sometimes its an image and sometimes its defined in XML..

smh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
Indeed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
I could use some help guys. Where on earth can I find the PNG press for the hard menu?

Also, where can I find the png press for the drop down menu? Thanks for any help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
+1 I'm still missing those two as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
Does anyone know where this black bar is? I'm stumped.

Sent while Blazed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] racinwarrior:
can anyone tell me how to remove the bluetooth icon and the location icon? not the images im looking for the code.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
I believe both of these are in the values/drawables.xml.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Sweet! Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
With the mods separating the carriers on the GS3, I', not quite sure what should be done with this thread. I think most of the people that have been in the thread are split between AT&T and Sprint. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
Not a divorce ! Lol Ya same thing with the screenshot thread. I had no clue what to do with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
I really would love to see this thread where all of us can still use it. So far I think this thread has done exactly what I had hoped for, even more with the addition of the themers and developers from all the carriers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bizdady:
+1

Themeing has been pretty universal with the exception of a few lines here and there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
I concur, but I haven't tested. Thank you very much for finding this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_number_text_color">#ffffffff</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color">#ff111111</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed">#ff257390</item>
<item type="drawable" name="ticker_background_color">#ff1d1d1d</item>
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_background">@drawable/statusbar_background</item>
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_recents_background_solid">#b3000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_recents_app_thumbnail_background">#88000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_notification_row_background_color">#ff090909</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_header_bg">#ff000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_tracking_bg">#d8000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="recents_callout_line">#99ffffff</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_legacy_color">#ffaaaaaa</item>
<item type="drawable" name="tw_notification_background_null">#00000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="tw_notification_background_pressed">#ff02556a</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0065">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0066">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0083">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0084">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0085">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0086">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0087">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0088">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0089">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_008a">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_00ab">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_00fb">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_00fc">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_00ff">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0100">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0105">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0106">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0118">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_0119">false</item>
<item type="drawable" name="APKTOOL_DUMMY_016a">false</item>
</resources>

Do you think we could swap out line:

<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed">#ff257390</item>

with:

<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed">drawable/statusbar_background_press</item>

If so, how would we add an ID in public.xml?:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Delete the public.XML before you compile. It will generate itself correctly for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Anybody ever use faststone? Just recently started using it and like it much better than gimp....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ZiggSVO:
Have you tried line 7 in tw_status_bar.xml in layout folder?

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.CarrierLabel android:gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/carrierLabel" android:background="#ff000000" android:paddingLeft="4.0dip" android:paddingRight="4.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mrvirginia:
i think it should still be stickied at the top of all the themes sections for every carrier. i'm just gonna subscribe for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Awesome. I wish I would have known that 2 years ago. Heck, I might just be able to make some nice hacks based on this new found knowledge.

Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PhantomHacker:
I'll try it thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Where can I find the xml to modify the statusbar_background? Not status_bar_background. At least that's what it was called for HTC. If it's not called this, it's the top bar that houses the battery, clock and notifications. Right now it's black and I'd like to change it to a png.

Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Drawables.xml in the values folder.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kyan~:
anyone know what controls the green (when you "tab" out during a call)? strongsteve told me it was an image in phone.apk but i couldnt find it..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kyan~:
its not going to be in systemui
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
The thread finally got copied into the 4 subforums, but now they are separate. I would suggest that I link to one in the OP so we can keep all of this useful info in one thread instead of spread between 4. I can link one in the OP. I'm on Sprint myself but since I subcribe to the thread it doesn't really matter to me where it is. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pjamv5:
This may be a simple question, but anyone know if there is a simple way to change the text color of a <header> element? Perhaps wrap it inside a layout?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KennyG123:
Posts with large quotes to just say thanks or nice especially to get one's post count up will not be tolerated

Please contribute with meaningful posts or questions

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Moderator
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gordo80:
I am pretty good with .xml, but what program are you guys are using to edit the systemui file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Somewhere in the thread there is a link to the tools needed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JsinLegacy:
Has anyone been able to get SecMMS to decompile properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Since the carriers were split up and the most posts in the original thread came from the AT&T themers, I think we should make that the main thread.

[All Carriers]Touch Wiz Themeing Questions

Please post in the thread linked above so we can keep all the info in one thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pjamv5:
Deleted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Narenji89:
thank you!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] crazykim:
thank you ......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s0me guy:
Theme n00b.

Quick question, any way to get a stock ICS or JB theme with just root and or unlocked bootloader on the stock VZW rom?

Actually really like the stock rom aside from the theme. Havent incoutered any bugs and iuninstalled everything i don't t use so it would be ideal for me.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
You need to be on a deodexed ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s0me guy:
thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DEFJAMVAN:
I hate touchwiz!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
No more useless posts in here please!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WasabiWa83:
This has probably been answered, but I can't search from my tapatalk well enough to find what I'm looking for. That big bar on the top when you go into settings. It's a big touchwiz blue bar that says settings. Anyone know where to find that or what it's called? I''ve been looking for it but can't seem to find it and was hoping someone could help me real quick. Thanks!

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Check the same thread in the At&t section. If no one else replies.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ForeverSupra:
Having issues recompiling SystemUI.apk. Any help? I did Apktool Framework-res and SystemUI from Clean Rom 2.5. It decompiles fine but when recompiling it fails. I edited the XML to add a background image to the status bar.

All help would be appreciated, a PM would be better. Thanks guys.

Edit: Decompiled SystemUI and did no modifications then recompiled. It worked... Why doesn't it recompile when I edit an XML string?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] darangel212:
Your just sooo thoughtful

Your just sooo thoughtful
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] taihard:
I tried to search and came up empty so let me ask..

Is there a problem with removing images from /res folder in APKs? I'd rather ask before trial and error but will it bork anything if I remove some of the other folders in /res, like the drawable folders that aren't xhdpi or whatever? And like some of the images in the xhdpi folder in systemUI.APK are duplicates and our phone seems to use the ones that don't have "fully" in the name, so is it safe to remove the "fully" labeled images to slim things up a bit?

Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NunHugger:
It's possible, but you would need to remove any instance of the image in the xmls or small files. The image might not be used actively, but could be hidden in a dormant smali or xml. If an image is gone, and there is still a mention of it somewhere else, you will get compiling errors.

Not sure what you are trying to accomplish by removing images, but if you really "need" to trim down your apks, you could replace the images with a 1x1 pixel blank image. Time consuming and unnecessary imo..but could be done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmikeee:
does anyone know how to change the TW folder icons on ICS to be the icons that JB TW has?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Balsta:
Anyone know how to change the color of these two bars and the text on them on JB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
JB Touchwiz

Has anybody modified the Verizon JB leak TW layout? I am looking to for 5x5 main screen and 5x6 app drawer and a little plus would be to add 1 more to the lock screen as well. Tried my fair share of launchers and dont care for any of them. I like the jb launcher but i dont have the tools to modify the code to incoporate another launcher.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nv1dia:
at least one of those is located in /values/colors.xml

<color name="notification_category_color">#ff000000</color>

Does anyone happen to know how to chance notification item backgrounds? and the text within them?

Also if anyone could explain how to change the color of text that pops up for notifications i would greatly appreciate it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Notification color is black, which is the background of notification.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nv1dia:
The line I posted is for the text for the notification header. Turns out the background for notification items it notification_null
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nv1dia:
For anyone looking for the information.....

To change the text color that scrolls when you recieve a new notification, it is located within SystemUI.apk You just need to change TextAppearance.StatusBar.PhoneTicker

By default, the PhoneTicker inherets the textcolor from android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Ticker

which means you'll need to add <item name="android:textColor">#********</item>

just replace '******' with whatever color code you desire.

I am still working on Jellybean's notification event titles. there are what appear to be two titles... just gotta find the second one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Andrew C:
Can someone help me with finding how to change the color of the SMTWTFS (circled in red) letters from green to blue in the stock alarm widget (ClockPackage.apk)? I've managed to get the clock icon changed. I just don't know where to look for the letters. Any help will be much appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PhilPan:
Im sure this has been answered but I cant find it. Where are the images for the toggles located? I cant seem to find them anywhere to replace. I use to this all the time on my Nexus, but for some reason now I cannot locate them. Im talking about the wifi, bluethooth, torch, etc.etc, in the pull down?

Thanks for the help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Which XML do we modify in JB to change the background or dropdown in the notification? It used to be in SystemUI.apk/res/layout/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] andybones:
correct me if I am wrong, but I believe they are in,

system/framework/lidroid-res.apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
Can someone explain why I cant decompile any 4.2 systemui's? I am using apk multitool. I can decompile and recompile framework-res all day long but systemui's always error out saying that the file can not be found? Any help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Has the tool you're using been updated to work with 4.2 yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
You probably need to add the latest APKTOOL to your system path. There should be three files you can add there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jank0023:
Hopefully I don't get flamed...I want the theme/launcher from the SynergyROM, is there an easy way for me to apply that to my device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
I think you need to swap out png's in seclauncher. Apk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Archangel:
If i am not correct it has,,,I can decompile and recompile 4.2 framework-res all day long but not systemui's?

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I change the notification_panel_bg.9 which in in the systemui/drawable-xhdpi. I use GIMP to change it to clear or transparent. Hope that is wat your looking for.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Landon418:
Anyone know how to theme the Notifications header? (The blue part) I boxed it in red.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Thanks man. I'm looking into that PNG now. I hope that works. That would almost complete my theme.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Menardo:
Keep getting this error when trying to build/compile systemui apk... any suggestions?!

C:\Users\Menardo\Desktop\JBapktools\systemui\res\layout\tw_status_bar.xml:26: er

ror: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token)

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutExce

ption: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\Users\Menardo\AppData\Local\Temp

\APKTOOL3204078070129062080.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Menardo\apktool\framework\1.apk, -

S, C:\Users\Menardo\Desktop\JBapktools\systemui\res, -M, C:\Users\Menardo\Deskto

p\JBapktools\systemui\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav

a:251)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:325)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:270)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:193)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:175)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:182)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:67)

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\U

sers\Menardo\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL3204078070129062080.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Men

ardo\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\Menardo\Desktop\JBapktools\systemui\r

es, -M, C:\Users\Menardo\Desktop\JBapktools\systemui\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:83)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav

a:249)

... 6 more
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Were you able to compile the apk without ANY mods to xml? If not, please try to compile with NO changes. I need to see if apktool is the problem or your XML edits.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
that transparent notification bar is a real pain in the @ss, huh?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Menardo:
yes it compiles without any changes to systemui... i was using apktool149

also using this method.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809649

thanks for the help... also on windows 7 home premium
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
What change did you make to the xml? Try making small changes. If you're editing several xml at once you'll never figure out which one is corrupted. Please post the line of xml you modified.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Menardo:
I was trying to center the clock in the tw status bar xml