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[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] jerrya:
A little more love

Just wanted to add some love for a feature on the 8X that really is better than any other phone I have used.

thats the bluetooth. I use a vehicle, 2 actually, that have the Sync option. And its so nice to have such quick and effortless connectivity to that system. I turn on the bluetooth, and connection is quick, and controls are flawless. And of course, with Beats working through BT, the sound is really great.

What I also like is how I can set the phone to 'vibrate' only, and it will continue to play sounds or provide turn by turn, read texts, etc until I turn car off, then it goes back into vibrate mode without me having to do anything.

My old TB wouldn't work half the time, or only half the controls would work, or it would skip or pause on and off for minutes on end.

Ah, so nice to be able to listen to music without a hitch.

Now, does anyone know where I can use the NFC? Wouldn't mind giving that a go! What about at like Jack in the box? Would it work there?
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] chiefy009:
Tomorrow i arrive back to windows 8 i had the 8x the day it came out. I sold it thinking i needed ios or android i was wrong tomorrow my new htc8x arrives and I cant wait
[Windows Phone 8x by HTC] jerrya:
Then welcome back! Every now and then here I will see a new update, or ROM, or something 'cool' for android, will get a little nostalgic, then look at the.home screen of my phone, and am reminded just how good this phone is!

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
So the stock status bar and the nav bar (the bit at the bottom) are a shade of grey.. It's nice but it could be nicer. In fact, it'd be nicer if they were black!

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I've also changed the background of the toggles on the notifications screen to black as well. Looks nice, huh?

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To use this, just download the zip from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vqrpd05vwocamvgand flash it in recovery. Simple!
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
How it was done:

This was done by editing SystemUI.apk. I created a 100x100 black PNG, called it tickle_black, put it into drawable-hdpi and changed two xml files:

At the top of status_bar.xml, I changed the code to look like this:

And the same sort of thing for system_bar.xml:

And that's it. Easy! :D
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
It not work...

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I flash the zip and everything still the same..

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Any help? I want this so far :(
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
This is embarrassing. In my defence, I had three hours sleep so I'm exhausted. The original link was For a previous mod. That's why you didn't notice any difference.

The op now.has the right link

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
I try and flash it again but it still the same.. I can replace sytemui.apk in root explorer? Thx
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] avetny:
ok let me try
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Thx bro you are the best!
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] avetny:
ok my status bar and softkeys are disappeared.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
You try to replaced sytemui.apk in root explorer right? I try that before...

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] avetny:
it will not gonna work also.

let me try something else, give me a sec.

I manually rebuild it but sameproblem

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Ticklefish thank you, but non of your modes are working
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] moresco.dt:
Awesome but...why don't make the statusbar transparent? It would very appreciated.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
You're not having any luck with any of them? Hmm..I wonder why. But I want to find out.

What actually happens when you try flashing the zip?

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Transparent statusbars are harder to do now than with Gingerbread. It's not just modding xml but smali as well. And that's still beyond me.

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Not only him me to until now I still find out the problem...

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] alexbard:
R: [MOD] Black Status And Nav Bars

Flashing the zip give an error like that we need a mounted sd card to flash properly.

I tried from internal and external sd card, same error.

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Me to try all da thing but still da same:(

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Okay...where did you get your recovery from? I used Doomlord's thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2167381

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Right, I have an idea..

Load up your recovery menu and go into the 'Mounts And Storage Menu'.

Do you have the option to 'Unmount /sdcard' or do you have 'Mount /sdcard'?

If it says 'Mount /sdcard', can you select that then try flashing the zip please?

In theory, that should fix the issue.

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
I use stock kernel with recovery from that link

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I try that way before and it still the same

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
So, when you mount the sdcard, it still says that you need to mount the sdcard?

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] alexbard:
R: [MOD] Black Status And Nav Bars

Right, the menu doesn't change from mount sdcard also if I select it again. It says to check mod. Config we need at least one sdcard mounted....

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Yep it showing I has to mount the sd card...

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ethan3686:
do we need an unlocked bootloader?? we are on internatiional varaint unlocked..Can you post a video or something for full process? Thanx! :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] elroy944:
how will you flash without recovery? so the answer is yes because there is no recovery (yet) for locked bootloader
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] avetny:
so whats up guys ? still not working ?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Yeah..still not work! :D

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ethan3686:
I hope Ticklefish solves it and posts a video on how to do it in the first post..Thanks!
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] nis-gens:
Fixed it, it flashes now. But it still doesn't work my status bar en button bar have just disappeared..... xd
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] avetny:
:p
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
....

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] yeeson:
No work！
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ZN6:
Hi,

I think there have signature problem with you systemui. That's why it wont work.

And why dont you use hex color code instead of using image? It more easy, right?

Here what I mean:

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.PhoneStatusB arView android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/status_bar" [B]android:background="#ff000000"[/B] android:focusable="true" android:fitsSystemWindows="true" android:descendantFocusability="afterDescendants"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">

For system_bar.xml:

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.tablet.TabletStatu sBarView [B]android:background="#ff000000"[/B]
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:systemui="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.android.systemui">

Also, dont forget to change the value in values/drawable.xml:)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] DamBadz:
Can you get it done and share with us thx

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
I'm using the same signature as the stock SystemUI. Same certificates, same compression, same everything.. That's why it works on mine.

If the signature was wrong, we wouldn't be having this issue of sdcards not mounting, etc.

I'm wondering if there's some fundamental difference between my UK firmware and everyone else's. I'm enjoying black bars right now so the mod works...just not for other people.

For those who are having sdcard mounting errors, are you able to flash any other zips without any problems?

For those who can flash it but it doesn't work, which country are you in?

And yes, I could have gone down the ARGB route. I wouldn't have said it's any easier but it may have saved a few seconds. There's always more than one way to mod something. :D

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ZN6:
Maybe it depends on luck:D

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] krabappel2548:
It doesn't depend on fw version normally. SystemUI is the same in all firmwares :)

I'll test this mod when I get home.

EDIT: navbar and statusbar disappear for me too. I'll decompile and check your SystemUI. Shouldn't be hard to solve :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
That's what I was thinking. But there's got to be a reason why it works for me but not for others.

If we can figure out what that reason is, then I can start making mods for everyone.

I've got a reputation to live up too, after all! Lol

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ZN6:
Your situation almost same with my situation on my early mod systemui. It work for me and several other user. It doesnt work for the rest user.

I change the statusbar background using same method as yours, replace png. But it solved in my latest release by using ARGB code method.

Why dont you try my above method?

Maybe it will work;)

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[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Well, there's no harm in trying. If I get a chance tonight, I'll do it. That won't change this sdcard mounting issue though.

This business of it will work for some but not for others is confusing. We're all on the same firmware, there shouldn't be massive differences between countries. And I doubt it's the kernel..

Oh well, we'll work it out eventually.

I'll try for the ARGB method tonight and we'll see what happens.

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] krabappel2548:
ok, I got the statusbar black without any problems :)

Now let's go for the navbar :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Is that using the zip in the op?

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] krabappel2548:
No, editing SystemUI myself :p and I have black navbar too now, you edited the wrong file :D
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
My navbar's black...

Can you share your file please? I'll see if it works on mine. If it doesn't, then that gives me a clue why my zip only works on some phones.

If it does, then I'm going to get confused...lol

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] gm007:
This mod is working for me,i just replaced systemui.apk with root explorer and it's working.Thanks
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
So the apk works. So far so good. Did you try the zip?

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] gm007:
No cause i don't have recovery installed :D

Could be something with the universal script.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Lol I'll forgive you then.

It could be script-related. I'm not too proud to admit I may have made a mistake. But I do want to work this out so I can make more mods.

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] gm007:
To be honest i prefer the stock grey status bar and nav so i reverted to stock one.

Thanks for your nice work.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Lol no problem! :)

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Took a Recognised Developer for me to realise just what I was doing wrong. And it's a real facepalm moment..

This mod only works on an odexed rom..

In other words, you need to have SystemUI.odex in your rom.

Odexed roms aren't that great for modding because it makes it harder to edit the smali code. I still don't know much about smali so I hadn't even noticed...lol

Anyway, I'll be deodexing my rom in a moment so all my future mods will be for deodexed roms.

Massive thanks to krabappel2548 for making me say "d'oh!" really loudly..
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] gm007:
Don't worry my friend,it's not the first time,i remember him from xperia S forum.

You a are a great themer and you will bring more goodies,so skip this at the moment.

Good luck.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Limited to 8 thanks per day...damn.

Don't worry, I'm not worried..if you know what I mean. I'm just glad I realised what was wrong...even if someone else had to point it out to me!

I'm in the middle of updating my mods here with the appropriate smali folder and I should have them uploaded soon.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] krabappel2548:
Also don't forget to take my update script or correct yours, yours was a bit weird and had a lot of unnecessary files :p
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
It's a generic script that's designed to replace apk files, or do morphs and make a flashable backup of what was changed. For replacing just one file, there's a lot in the zip that isn't needed.

If people find it a major problem, I'll just write a simple script and make a normal update zip.

So thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep an eye on what other people say and keep it in mind. :)

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] wing_zero8556:
Im guessing this doesn't work on stock rom even if i manually replace systemui.apk?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Have you tried? ;)

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] wing_zero8556:
Haven't tried yet cause root for locked bootloader just came out. I read on the last page you need an odexed rom but wasn't sure if that meant you need an odexed rom to use the flashable zip or if you can manually replace it via root explorer on a stock rom.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] lloydbf:
Seconded. Would like to know if it works, too, but not brave enough to try.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] fards:
sounds like it needs an odex (ie pure stock) rom which is cool for those of us that like odexed roms :cyclops:

back up /system/app/SystemUI.apk (by renaming to SystemUI.apkXX)

Push the new one across, change permissions.

if it doesn't work, delete the new systemui and rename the old one... simples (easier done over adb as you'll get annoying popup messages on the screen pushing it via root explorer)

It does work though, just tested it, just remember it will reset your wallpaper :P
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] fards:
Just noticed something curious playing with the xposed framework (per app settings)..

Only the default size in systemui.apk has the {sony} modifiied icons, set to dp,px 1000x1600 and you get aosp status bar

(Doesn't scale though unless you set to 320dpi in the same settings ) and you end up with the "new" 213 phablet style

Looks cool and simple to do !
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] brambizimski:
Is it possible to do this with a Z which is only rooted with an exploit?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] wing_zero8556:
Just writing in to confirm that using the new root exploit for locked bootloader and manually replacing systemUI.apk via root explorer does work
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] lloydbf:
Is that all you had to do or is something else needed?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] brambizimski:
Just tried it,

Copied the SystemUI.apk from the zip to my sdcard, enabled root on ES explorer, backed up the original and then just pasted the new one. Your system UI will crash so you'll have to do a reset by holding the powerbutton and vol+ for 5 seconds.

Worked for me!
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] lloydbf:
Thanks! :good:
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Yes, this is for odexed rom's only. A version for deodexed is on its way!

Yes, if you change the res, you may end up using a different drawable folder. Which may have different icons. Cool, no?

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Just remember to make that backup!

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Alvaris:
I'll be getting my xperia z soon and just to reconfirm so that I don't screw up anything on it..

It works perfectly fine on a stock rom, rooted with locked bootloader right?

I'm not so familiar with the odexed/deodexed terms and other jargons; I'm quite new to this area as I've only done minor flashing and rooting on my Galaxy S which I'm currently using.

And is there another screenshot to show how this change? The one posted above looks kinda weird/off in terms of resolution of both bars :|
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Well, if you have a file called SystemUI.odex in your system/app folder, then your SystemUI.apk is odexed. This mod will work because the modded SystemUI.apk is odexed as well.

But always make sure you make a backup of whatever you're changing, just to play it safe.

I'll sort out some new screenshots soon.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Alvaris:
Ah I see, thanks for the simple explanation, I understand it now :D

Anyways I just realized the first post had screenshots in it..never realized it the first few times I viewed this thread =_= everything seems nice, I like it ^^
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] pepzin:
Awesome, thanks! This was the main reason I rooted my XZ today, that grey background was so annoying! Backed up SystemUI.apk and copied the one from .zip with ES File Explorer.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] snark_be:
Worked for me too. It's so much nicer in black! Thanks for the tip.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] indycar:
looks like i screwed up something

copied systemui.apk to my backup folder

unpacked systemui.apk from zip

copied to system/app

system crashed... reboot.... no softkeys ....

copied systemui.apk from backup dir ... reboot ... still no softkeys :(

all of the above was done in a car while driving :p now im home will try to sort out

edit: fixed forgot to change permisions *facepalm*

edit2: good job lad keep up the good work now to change menu to more transparent or more shade of black :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Kallb123:
So I'm just curious about backing up and restoring. I recently got stuck at a black screen on boot by changing dpi.

I'm guessing the worst thing that's likely to happen here is soft keys disappearing so restoring backup is possible still in file explorer.

I'm just worried as without recovery (not installed it yet) we can't adb stuff if we get stuck booting or something (as I found out earlier :P)

EDIT: Just applied the apk after backing up original and it's all working fine :)

I'm a bit disappointed at how grey the bars still look compared with the edge of screen :/ Obviously it won't be perfect, but it just seems a way off.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
If you get a bootloop and you don't have a recovery installed, then you're basically screwed.

Well, that's not strictly true. PC Companion and the Sony Update Service can both reflash the most up-to-date software on your phone. You'll just lose everything in the process.

So the trick is move slowly, be careful what you do and make a back-up of everything useful!

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Kallb123:
I actually got stuck in bootloop and looked everywhere in PC Companion and SEUS but couldn't find any restore/repair function. It just told me "phone up to date, trololol".

I ended up flashing a stock ftf via flash tool and in my rush to see a screen turn on I just overwrit everything :P it worked, but I guess I could just do the system part :P

I'm pretty much back up to speed now :P
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Ah, the number of times I had to refresh/restore/whatever when I was a noob.. My first phone had a broken recovery and couldn't..well..recover. Sigh..

Thankfully I've now got a much better idea of what causes bootloops and how to avoid them.

This mod affects your SystemUI.apk. If that apk is faulty, the worst that will happen is that you lose your status and nav bars. The phone will still work, although navigating it gets a little tricky. So you can still use ABD or a file manager app to put your original SystemUI.app back.

It's a lot easier if you have a working recovery though!

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Wolfman017:
Worked fine using the ES File Explorer method ! Thanks for your work ;)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Kallb123:
Ah ok :) the dpi change I made affected the build.prop, which I'm guessing is more important than SystemUI.apk.

Thanks for your work and advice, the mod works like a charm :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] globiboulga:
Not sure what I've done, but copied the apk to system/app and I get no soft keys... Then copied back the back the backup and still no soft keys...

What are these permissions mentioned?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] snark_be:
You must set the APK to permissions 644 or rw-r-r, with Root Explorer or ES File Manager
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] globiboulga:
Just noticed that... Thanks. Works now... Looks amazing. Wished the whole theme reverted to black across the device. This dark grey is a weird choice from Sony.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] indycar:
yea id like black aswell
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] globiboulga:
Not sure if its related but since swapping the systemui file icons take ages to redraw when i press the home softkey. Anyone experiencing this?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] fards:
Ooh you guys really need to learn to use adb.

It's not too difficult.

If the device gets as far as dexing and loading apks then you are likely to be able to get adb access.

With that you can identify and fix most things...
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] snark_be:
No, I don't experience this problem. It's as smooth as before.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] ronaldo0o90:
Nice, thanks ;)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] lyndonguti:
Tnx mate working great on odex stock...pls dont delete odex dl linl :)

Someone love pure stock with some mods :)

One request could make the navbar smaller? And icon aswelll:) thqt would be perfect mate:)

Xpending my 8 tnx to you now :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] beni8978:
Anyone can post me the systemUI,apk?

I need it so much.thanks
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] lyndonguti:
Just extract it from the dl link in the op
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Barracuda96:
Nice :) worked perfectly on my stock rom, not the odexed one, just flashed and perfect :) no changing systemUI or anything
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
I'll see what I can come up with :)
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] HypnOtizer12:
Hai,

Im sorry to ask for this, but i am kinda noob to this.

I have a Z ( :D ) and want the black bars. I have went trew all the pages and red but i dont understand it. Is there anyone who could be so kind, and tell me step-by-step how i do this? I have rooted (without unlocking the bootloader) and also recovery installed, if that changes anything.

Thank you ,
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] zaynal:
Hi guyz,

Initially, I flashed the small soft keys mod on my Z, and it was working fine. Just now I tried to flash this mod, after reboot, navigation and status bar is missing.

Any idea? Or this mod will not work together with small soft keys mod?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
I'm guessing your rom's deodexed..

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
If you have a recovery installed, you need to flash the zip through your recovery menu. The only catch is, you need to have an odexed rom. In other words, you need to have SystemUI.odex in system/app.

..Have you tried Tickle My Android yet?
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] HypnOtizer12:
Thanks for replying!

Alright, may i ask how i do that? I have tried to install the calibiration tool to but i dont know what system/app is..

Sorry for my noobnes,

Appriciated!