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[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
lol deedee.. i got the impression that you knew everything :)
[General Questions and Answers] deedee:
Me, very long way to go for that. Only been on here for 18 months when work decided they wanted to try something on WM5 phones. That didnt work out and I have snaffled one of them for myself. Have tried many things to get a finger friendly PPC and am as near it as I need.
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
Recently I have noticed that my clock on my home screen stops completely and i have to constantly set it to the right time.

Anyone else with same problem or know how i can fix the problem?
[Touch HD General] Kangburra:
First stop, hard reset. Make sure it's software at fault. Then reload all your programs/tweaks bit by bit and note when the problem occurs. This should tell you what caused it.
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
I have hard reseted before this problem. Before I do it again I want to know if there is another way.

I have noticed that it is a 3G problem. When I switch the phone band from Auto (3G) to GSM, the clock fixes it self and updates the clock correctly. When I switch the band back to auto, clock is fine again but gradually loses time and stops again. So I kow it is when I am on the 3G band I have this problem.

Any advice or clues why?
[Touch HD General] AvocadoBaby:
how much time does it lose? does syncing with the internet fix it?

I had a time sync problem to do with daylight savings which was fixed with a registry edit.
[Touch HD General] tboy2000:
it loses about 20 minutes to 30 minutes. I never had this problem before. how do I sync it with the internet?
[Touch HD General] Kohozga:
Has anyone found a solution to this. I have exact same problem but it only occurs like once a week I usually lost 5 to 10 minutes and that trick changing Band from auto to GSM and back works for me too.

Is it possible that is operator incident
[Touch HD General] beleta:
Same problem here.

I am also experiencing the same problems.
[Touch HD General] dextergregor:
I also noticed this a few days ago. I just switched off and back on and the clock corrected itself.
[Touch HD General] IceEyz:
I've had this problem for some time too; my clock used to lose some 10-12 hours at once, but I've seemed to solve it after I did the following:

Updated S2U2 to latest version, and poked in it's configuration.

Turned off the Automatic Timezone/Clock Correction:

- Settings -> Personal -> Phone -> Timezones.

If this doesn't help, you can use SKTSync in the meantime, to help you correct the clock when it's faulty again. Just run the program, and it will sync the clock to a timeserver.
[Android Themes] Mikey:
In the following 3 manuals, you will be shown/told how too create a theme.

Thank you to the authors.​

Most of all to​

Stericson​

for he is the first to figure out HOW to create a theme for your phones.

Thank You Again

Restore your G1 back to it's original theme and fonts!​
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Editing market apps

With market apps, if you make changes you usually need to make sure you dont resign their apk because you will overwrite their signature keys with the test keys.

If anyone has any questions please try asking for help in this thread before emailing me for help Usually I will respond to questions in this forum.

I hope this Tutorial has been helpful. I will add on to it as needed.

Any questions can be directed to me at Stericson.G1@gmail.com

Stericson

Links of interest:

Using ADB: http://code.google.com/android/reference/adb.html
[Android Themes] Dave Da illest 1:
How To Theme Develop for Windows For Dummies in 10 easy steps (( no your really not a dummy its just an easy name for a how to lol))

well i'm going to give this a shot in the dark on how to create this how to be as easy as possible

1st

download these files if you don't already have them

JAVA

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

download the JDK

Winrar

http://rarlabs.com/rar/wrar380.exe

and Auto-sign.zip

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uwzjjydnm2r

2nd

Download my included Auto-sign files.

what it contains.

the Test keys file..

and an update.zip file

and a batch file i created called auto-sign to make things easier to sign

3rd

after you have downloaded my Auto-sign

then you extract it to where ever you want.

4th.

use the update.zip included if your a Beginner it includes my windows 7 theme .. i edit so many files that it's easier to tell what does what and whats goiing to go where. now open that zip file DON'T EXTRACT just open it using winrar..

5th

When it is open go to Framework.. and open Framework-res.apk

NOW IF THE APK. POPS UP AND SAYS IT CANT OPEN BLAH BLAH SELECT A PROGRAM AND THEN SELECT WINRAR.

6th

Once you open Framework-res.apk KEEP THIS WINDOW AND UPDATE.ZIP WINDOW OPEN!!

then just extract the whole Res Folder to where ever you like this makes it easier to see what files you wish to edit.. most of the files will be in the folder called Drawable

7th

open up your favorite photo editor .. i use photoshop along with 90% of the people who Graphic Design... Edit your pictures Remember a file with a .9 can mess up your phone so edit those carefully.. and save what ever pictures you have

8th

Now drag the whole Res Folder .. back into the Framework-res.apk

now your update.zip file is going to say files has been changed to framework-res blah blah do you wish to save it . click yes .. now your framework has been updated you can close everything out

9th

go to the Auto-sign folder.. and open Auto-sign this will now sign your update.zip .. and rename it to update_sign.zip .. now just delete your old update.zip.. rename update_signed.zip to update.zip

10th

put it on the root of your memory card.. reset using green call + menu + end

then hold home and end .. until the recovery mode shows up .. then press Alt+S and hope your device isn't bricked

Disclaimers

I'm not responsible if your brick your device.. but i will help to the best of my abilty and if i can't help i'm sure XDA will

i don't sign every file in my update.zip i just sign update.zip .. and hey it works lol..

For ADP or RC 8 versions .. just download your favortie ADP theme or RC 8

put it in the Auto-sign folder.. and rename it to update.zip if it isn't already then just follow my steps
[Android Themes] disatrushotta:
I Just Want To Change My Clock. I want everything else stock. Sorry for asking but when i search so much comes up. I know its really simple to do. If anyone can just point me in the right direction or give me a quick how to that would me AMAZING!
[Android Themes] JackD3ath:
Read:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=482205
[Android Themes] djlucklu:
notifi

jut want to change notification to white on statusbar
[Android Themes] AsaSpades:
Before I tried to setup the autosign tool, when I double clicked on zip files it opened them up, which was how I wanted it. After trying to setup the autosign, when I double click on zip files nothing happens, except a java command prompt window pops up, same happens when I right click and hit resign zip, how can I fix this?

Edit: I reinstalled Java which fixed my issue
[Android Themes] anddep:
i got this tryin to update

E:No digest for framework-res.apk

i edited someone else theme, did not edit no .9 file.. i right click on the update.zip and resigned it. what went wrong?

EDIT: nevermind i got it.. i followed the one for dummies, guess i am dumb lol
[Android Themes] anddep:
What the image file for the tab on the bottom of the screen called? I couldn't find it searchin throguh the framework-res.apk
[Android Themes] Stericson:
its in launcher.apk. Check in drawable portrait and drawable landscape.

Stericson
[Android Themes] anddep:
thanks i should of explore more before posting
[Android Themes] rossjc:
Hi,

I've got 99% of my theme done although I can't find where the bottom of the notification bar is and the white bit where the notifications would be.

I've done a little picture below to help me explain.

Bottom notification bar is the arrow.

The white bit where the notifications would be is the hatched.

Thanks for help in advance.
[Android Themes] rossjc:
Also could someone tell me how to put icons in for well know apps from the market. At the moment I have put the full apk in the update and change the icon. But this increases the theme size. Thanks again!
[Android Themes] parmenti:
NO DIGEST? Failed?

what does it mean when I try to flash the new update.zip and it fails because it says NO DIGEST? What does this mean? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[Android Themes] djlucklu:
means it hasn't been properly resigned.
[Android Themes] parmenti:
thanks, that's what I thought. Can't seem to get it right. Does the image, the apk, and the zip all have to be resigned? Or just one or the other? THanks for your help.
[Android Themes] damnitpud:
Just the update.zip needs to be resigned.
[Android Themes] dead2hill:
this is sorta related... i get the digest error... because i cant resign it correctly... i understand that much

my problem is my jre... i cant install because it cannot find ...._11-c.msi file.. i tried using another one, that didnt work i can go to a lower update which i have 7 right now, but it still wont install the Environment. i also i installed the jdk again and still nothing.....

beginning to get fussy...please help

aim=dead2hill

please?!?!
[Android Themes] manup456:
If you are a windows user there are two apps that you could use which is the auto sign .apk and there is a auto sign update as well. I'm not to sure if the programs work on linux but I use to have to sign my .apk files manually and I know what a pain this resigning thing can be.

Someone asked about the bottom notification bar and the background if you have not found them there in the framework-res drawable folder.
[Android Themes] dead2hill:
this is probably wrong section, but just in case someone else has problems removing/installing java to sign use the ms installer tool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

and reinstall JRE and JDK from the java site!
[Android Themes] jdwme:
so for windows users is anyone using xp pro? i need to know if its just vista that wont allow autosign or 64bit systems
[Android Themes] DAKIDD236:
someone should post a video, for the beginners (like me):o
[Android Themes] geardroid:
i'm confused

sooo i read all of the manuals on page 1, and I got down the concept. My only question is that whenever I edit the APKs, and try to update the theme on my device, it gives me error:

E: Wrong digest :

system/app/launcher.apk

E: Verification failed

Installation aborted.​

:eek:

now, i'm assuming I messed up when using the auto sign in, or resigning the APKs. This is what confuses me.

FOR XP:

Right click on My Computer click properties, then choose the tab that says advanced.

Click the button that says environmental variables.

Go to system variables find the one that says CLASSPATH

double click it

go to the end of variable value.

There should be a semicolon ; at the end, type in the path to the testsign.jar located in the tools directory of your SDK

for example the path to my testsign.jar was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1\tools\testsign.jar

If CLASSPATH is not in your system variables then create it.

Secondly, Find the system variable called PATH and add to the end of it, the full path to your sdk directory.

For example, mine was c:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r2\tools
​

I'm running Windows XP, but when I right click my computer I do not see environmental variables. Could someone explain this process a little clearer to me?
[Android Themes] Heal:
is it possible to make the theme with out having to root access my phone?

i would love to make theme on my computer and test it in the emulator g1
[Android Themes] Darkcel09:
**Geardroid

If im not mistaken the only reason why you dont see envir. variables is cause you have to click on properties first then the advanced tab. Just from what it sounded like you were saying you didnt do that part. Hope that helps sorry if i was wrong
[Android Themes] _Kyros_:
Hi everybody, I seem to be having trouble editing a theme (Code Name - Ninja) to the way I want it, everytime I edit an .apk file, resign it and put it back in the update.zip I get a invalid or corrupted .zip error. I also get a pop-up box saying that renaming a file extension may make the file unusable (this is when I rename .apk to .zip to open it) any help will do...thanks for your time.
[Android Themes] geardroid:
i figured it out

**Darkcel09

thanks for the response, it turns out that I didn't have to do that. The theme I was manipulating must of been corrupted because I started to change a different one and its working very nicely...(i'm excited to share it...it's a zombie theme)

now, I did run into a different problem....which folders/APKs are the market and messaging icon in? I must be retarded because I can't find it.
[Android Themes] tomito21:
trouble understanding .apk

i'm a vista user and i don't get how to resign the .apks. im having trouble doing it manually because stericson esplains but its a little confusing and the other two guys don't even mention it. can someone explain it more clearly. would really appreciate it. plz msg me
[Android Themes] Stericson:
dont worry about resingning the apks. Just sign your update.

Stericson
[Android Themes] heldc:
I'd love to be able to test themes in the emulator as well. Anyone able to do this, and willing to try and explain it? I know how to use the emulator in general, but have no idea how I'd go able dropping my updated theme into the emulator!
[Android Themes] tomito21:
so after editing my .apks enter the codes manually in the cmd windo and sign the update.zip?
[Android Themes] Stericson:
yes, thats correct.

Heldc: the only way to test your theme on an emulator as of right now is to build a custom img file for the whole emulator, which would take considerably more time then putting it on your phone and testing it.

Stericson
[Android Themes] tomito21:
ok thank for the clarification!:D
[Android Themes] tomito21:
CMD Window

Can you explain a little more clearly what to type in the CMD Window. I understand it a little but it doesn't work sometimes.:confused:
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
Ha ha ha. Jus ended up deleting this post cuz none of it was valid anymore. I was haggard and exhausted working on my theme @ 430 las night. Woke up this morning and have developed a VERY nice pace. So contrary to las night I thin I AM gonna dig and dig till most of the icons are all changed out too =). Brought my laptop to work and am hoping to make some more progress on it while here =)
[Android Themes] jmenbalek:
Hi , i have a litlle "problem" , when i launch update.zip , i have this :

E:Can't find update script ;

I dont understand what make a update script :(
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
You're signing the update before attempting to flash it right? If not that's almost certainly the problem. Do a search for stericson's autosign tool. That's what I use and it works great =) super easy.
[Android Themes] jmenbalek:
yes , i sign the files before , i wrote java testsign update.zip .

It's a problem with this ****ing update-script i think :(
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
Id prolly jus take a fresh build then and copy your modded apks into it. Thatsd prolly fix it.
[Android Themes] jmenbalek:
Sorry , but i have dont understand you :/
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
I take it you're in the process of building a theme no? This is what id do @ any rate.

Take 2 folders, name them whatever you want.

Place an unaltererd ROM of whichever build you prefer into Folder 1 and extract the files.

Place your altered ROM into Folder 2 and extract the files.

Then, open the newly extracted folders within folder 1 and folder 2 that contain the original and modded apks.

Then simply copy from Folder 2 into Folder one (IE copy Browser.apk if you've altered that file, from Folder 2, go to Folder 1 and paste, select "replace" when prompted to overwrite etc etc).

Follow this process until you've replaced all the original apks in folder 1 w/ your modded apks from folder 2. When finished return to the root of Folder 1. And re archive the files into update.zip. sign. Flash. Id say that'll likely resolve the issue.
[Android Themes] jmenbalek:
I have already that ****ing problem :@
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
You have already? I think I follow you if that's what you mean then. Yeah that sucks dude. The corrupt part of your ROM must actually be in one of the modded apks then. That's tricky. I haven't messed w/ any of the xml files or anything other than the images so I coudn't tell you exactly where to look... but I would reccommend posting your question here as well -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=468254&page=112

to see if it might catch anyone else's attention that might be able to help you w/ that. Good luck.
[Android Themes] nabzilla1990:
im trying to make a theme for jf while also adding pdf viewer but when im all dont and try the update myself i get an error saying wrong digest system/app/vending.apk

e:verification failed installation aborted
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
Just sounds like your update needs to be signed. Don't bother signing individual files just sign the whole update.zip and that should resolve the issue.
[Android Themes] nabzilla1990:
I'm using the auto sign and signed the update still causing problems I can post the update maybe someone can sign it for me
[Android Themes] AndroidAutobot:
Hmm... so when you sing it it's not giving any errors then? Are you using vista? I've heard of signing errors arising frequently with vista. I use XP and it works fine
[Android Themes] PlatinumMOTO:
how do you make the status bar transparent? I've managed to make the background when you pull it down somewhat transparent but I want the to status bar at the top transparent and the app drawer transparent.

I just need to know what files to edit.
[Android Themes] PlatinumMOTO:
I also want to make the folders transparent when they are open like the stock version just a little lighter than it. I've opened launcher.apk and the app folder and drawable folders and so far all I see in almost all of them are pattern carbon fiber dark or something to that effect but I'm not sure whether to rename it or just change the image and save it as the same name?
[Android Themes] Shagman68:
replace current image keep name the same and read about how to change .9.png files if you need to change any of them.
[Android Themes] PlatinumMOTO:
ok so I assume that I found the folder file it's called box launcher bottom.9.png so now let's say I just want to make it transparent so can I just edit it in photoshop and then save it as the box launcher bottom and then open it in the draw9patch tool and save it?
[Android Themes] PlatinumMOTO:
ok I edited the pattern_carbon_dark file and made it transparent and it worked until you scroll down then it starts getting darker and darker and the apps all run together the text I mean. Do I have to recompile it even though it's not a .9 file?
[Android Themes] armoredraven:
Okay. Thanks a lot for this guide. Changing themes is actually pretty simple, and everything worked.

The only thing I don't understand yet is that the clock is located in the launcher.apk file, right?

So when I open the launcher.apk, I can't find the place to edit.

Even when I replace the entire launcher.apk with another one from a different theme, the new clock doesn't show up.

EDIT: Sorry, I figured it out. You might want to update this and say that in newer versions, the clock is not located in launcher.apk, but in alarmclock.apk.
[Android Themes] namsir:
Someone should post a tutorial for editing the .9.png file with pictures and stuff :D
[Android Themes] ma3a20:
Sorry for the beginner question but if you just wanted to theme a vanilla rom all you have to do is root it then follow the same procedures?

This is a useful thread about scalable buttons and text: http://www.anddev.org/tutorial_buttons_with_niceley_stretched_background-t4369.html
[Android Themes] Argusi:
So question about this. If I just want to modify a couple icons in launcher.apk and just push it back to the phone, can I do that? I tried signing it, pushing then rebooting and it didn't launch. Launcher.apk was pooched.

Will an apk work if I don't sign it and just push it back through adb? Or do I have to put it back in the update.zip, sign that and reflash?

I'd try it, but am at work :D
[Android Themes] kyleds:
when I try to resign zip when i rightclick (XP) I get the cmd window pops up , the one with the black background and on the top it says "C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe" but nothing happens, theres a blinking line at the beginning, can't type anything but I can scroll. It doesn't go away after a little while, only goes away when I either close it or open another window. But the file that I try to resign doesn't get signed. I changed the CLASSPATH to "C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools\testsign" and the PATH to "C:\android\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools". when i try autosign the cmd window pops up and has the 4 options: 1)set path

2)set classpath 3)install registry entries 4)sign files manually

if I try 3) install registry entries it says

" 'reg.exe' is not recognized as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

and if I choose 4) sign files manually here's what I get:

"type in full path of the files"

I type "C:\android\test_theme" *enter

it says:

C:\android\test_theme cannot be found!

Please make sure you typed the correct, full path to the file!

*******

ERROR!

******* "

I also tried "C:\android\test_theme.zip" *enter

it says " do you want to proceed? yes/no?"

*yes

" 'java' not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

......................

what did I do wrong? I'm guessing it's the java thing? which of the java's do I download of that site? there's: JDK 6 Update 14 with JavaFX SDK, JDK 6 Update 14 with Java EE, JDK 6 Update 14.
[Android Themes] mianosm:
Sounds like you need to install the Java JRE/JDK.

http://java.sun.com/javaee/sdk/
[Android Themes] kyleds:
so do I download the one that says

GlassFish

Java EE + JDK

or

GlassFish/App Platform + JDK
[Android Themes] mianosm:
Just download and install the JRE and JDK, you don't need the App(s).
[Android Themes] Argusi:
Tried this and found out you don't have to resign apk's. I replaced 2 png files and pushed it back to the phone and the Launcher worked, BUT, none of the widgets would load. I re-added the widgets and they worked fine, but is there a reason for this? I could just do this every time, but I like to know how things work. I'd like to do it the right way. Anyone have any insight to this? Thanks!
[Android Themes] kyleds:
still not working

downloaded the java in the link you gave.

extracted the sdk into the C:\SDK

extracted signing to C:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools

path - C:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools\testsign.jar

classpath - C:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools

if I try to resign a .zip file it opens the cmd window and just stays there. Also, if I double click on the testsign.jar file in C:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools... a popup screen says:

Java Virtual Machine Launcher

Failed to load main-class manifest attribute from C:\sdk\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools\testsign.jar
[Android Themes] mianosm:
If you can open the command prompt and get a return when you type "java", you have it installed correctly now.

The proper usage for the testsign.jar would be:

C:\Users\mianosm\Desktop>java -cp testsign.jar testsign hero.zip hero_signed.zip

testsign.jar is the jar file for signing, testsign is the class you want to use, hero.zip is the original, and hero_signed.zip is the output from signing. : )
[Android Themes] youuishype:
i used the autosign tool and when it finishes the .zip dissapears?
[Android Themes] mianosm:
try just doing:

java -jar testsign.jar oldname.zip newname.zip

See if that works for you.

(You will need the testsign.jar and update.zip in the working directory).
[Android Themes] youuishype:
now it says failed to load the main class manifest attribute from testsign.jar, i also used damnitpuds auto sign tool easier but it doest leave the update script in the signed file, why is that?