[Android Themes] K.A.:
This mod is originally posted HERE by Evilisto and copy-pasting given code works for ICS, but NOT for JB. So, i worked out the little modifications to be done for JB, and it works, only you wont get the WP blue color as background. All actual credits go to Evilisto.​

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This can be done for any device running Jellybean, the only thing you would need to change are the dip values​

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SETTING UP

REQUIRED STUFF.

-- Apktool. 1.5.0 works best for me, but if not, a previous version is fine too.

-- framework-res.apk from ROM.

-- SystemUI.apk from ROM.

-- Knowledge on decompiling, recompiling apks.

-- Notepad++ recommended.

HOW-TO.

-- Copy framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk to your folder.

-- Install framework-res.apk. This step is important.

apktool if framework-res.apk

-- Decompile framework-res.apk

apktool d framework-res.apk

This will give you a folder called framework-res. This is your decompiled apk.

-- Decompile SystemUI.apk

apktool d SystemUI.apk

This will give you a folder named SystemUI.

-- Alternatively, you can specify the folder name to be created. For ex : i want framework for framework-res.apk folder :

apktool d framework-res.apk framework

This will name the folder framework.

OR

apktool d SystemUI.apk System

This will give you folder named System for decompiled SystemUI.apk

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THE MODIFICATIONS

IN FRAMEWORK-RES.APK

-- Open framework-res folder. Navigate to res/values, right-click on Dimens.xml and select 'edit with Notepad++' or any other you may prefer.

Find default values of the following values and change it to given values.

res/values/dimens.xml

<dimen name="thumbnail_height">270.0dip</dimen>

<dimen name="thumbnail_width">192.0dip</dimen>

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IN SYSTEMUI.APK

-- Save file, go back and open your SystemUI folder and open the res/ folder.

-- Copy paste the following code by editing specified files.

res/values/dimens.xml

<dimen name="thumbnail_height">270.0dip</dimen>

<dimen name="thumbnail_width">192.0dip</dimen>

res/values/drawables.xml

ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE :

<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_recents_background_solid">#ff33b1e1</item>

res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_panel.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsPanelView android:id="@id/recents_root" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" systemui:recentItemLayout="@layout/status_bar_recent_item"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<View android:id="@id/recents_transition_background" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background_solid" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerVertical="true">
<ImageView android:id="@id/recents_transition_placeholder_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|left|center" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="none" android:fadingEdgeLength="0.0dip" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginRight="0.0dip" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView>
</FrameLayout>
<include android:id="@id/recents_no_apps" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" layout="@layout/status_bar_no_recent_apps" />
</com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsPanelView>

res/layout-port/status_bar_recent_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:paddingTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="5.0dip" android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_fg" android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:layout_width="192.0dip" android:layout_height="270.0dip" />
<ImageView android:id="@id/app_icon" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="0.0dip" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width" android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</FrameLayout>
<View android:id="@id/recents_callout_line" android:background="@drawable/recents_callout_line" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="1.0dip" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="3.0dip" android:layout_marginRight="3.0dip" android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_label" android:paddingTop="0.0dip" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="95.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="40.0dip" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>

res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_panel.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsPanelView android:id="@id/recents_root" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" systemui:recentItemLayout="@layout/status_bar_recent_item"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">
<View android:id="@id/recents_transition_background" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<FrameLayout android:id="@id/recents_bg_protect" android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background_solid" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<ImageView android:id="@id/recents_transition_placeholder_icon" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView android:layout_gravity="bottom|right|center" android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_container" android:scrollbars="none" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_scroll_fading_edge_length" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_right_glow_margin" android:stackFromBottom="true" android:divider="@null">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:id="@id/recents_linear_layout" android:clipChildren="false" android:clipToPadding="false" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsHorizontalScrollView>
</FrameLayout>
<include android:id="@id/recents_no_apps" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" layout="@layout/status_bar_no_recent_apps" />
</com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsPanelView>

res/layout-land/status_bar_recent_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:paddingLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:paddingRight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_item_padding" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:id="@id/recent_item" android:paddingTop="@*android:dimen/status_bar_height" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<FrameLayout android:id="@id/app_thumbnail" android:background="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_bg" android:visibility="invisible" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_thumbnail_top_margin" android:foreground="@drawable/recents_thumbnail_fg" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<ImageView android:id="@id/app_thumbnail_image" android:layout_width="125.0dip" android:layout_height="180.0dip" />
</FrameLayout>
<ImageView android:id="@id/app_icon" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_top_margin" android:scaleType="centerInside" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:maxWidth="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_width" android:maxHeight="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_icon_max_height" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_text_size" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_label" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_left_margin" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_thumbnail" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" />
<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_description_text_size" android:ellipsize="marquee" android:id="@id/app_description" android:fadingEdge="horizontal" android:fadingEdgeLength="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_fading_edge_length" android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_recents_app_label_width" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/status_bar_recents_text_description_padding" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:singleLine="true" android:layout_below="@id/app_label" android:layout_alignLeft="@id/app_thumbnail" />
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>

res/layout/status_bar_no_recent_apps.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout android:background="@drawable/status_bar_recents_background_solid" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TextView android:textSize="20.0dip" android:textColor="@color/status_bar_recents_app_label_color" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:layout_gravity="center" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/status_bar_no_recent_apps" />
</FrameLayout>

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-- Recompile SystemUI.apk

apktool b SystemUI SystemUI2.apk

-- Recompile framework-res.apk

apktool b framework-res framework-res2.apk

-- Open SystemUI.apk and SystemUI2.apk with 7-zip. Select open archive.

-- Delete resources.arsc, classes.dex and res folder from original SystemUI.apk

-- Copy resources.arsc, classes.dex and res folder from SystemUI2.apk and paste them into the SystemUI.apk archive.[/COLOR]

-- Now, here, i usually use Apk-Multitool but you can use CMD too. Now you need to zipalign SystemUI.apk. There are different methods, best is to download APkMultiTool and do it. Or if you have the SDK, you can do it directly through command prompt or terminal.

-- Connect phone to PC.

-- Copy SystemUI.apk and framework-res2.apk and rename framework-res2.apk to framework-res.apk.

--Move SystemUI.apk to system/app and set rw-r--r-- permissions. Move framework-res.apk to system/framework and set rw-r--r-- permissions.

-- Reboot and you're done. :D

Credits to Evilisto and others listed in his credits​

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