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[Android Themes] waltrich:
Nexus one themes

Great themes for Nexus One, but still I'm moving to sprint.

kingwalter2000@yahoo.com

Nexus one for sale!
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
MM pulls the apk, opens it up, replaces the desired files, zips the apk, signs, then zipaligns. To confirm my claim, just run

adb logcat

from you computer with the phone plugged in while metamorph does its work.
[Android Themes] jroid:
put zip in /system/bin and chmod 0755 /systen/bin/zip

should fix your issue.
[Android Themes] sahurbari:
I love this app so much thanks can't wait and see what this is going to turn into
[Android Themes] Stericson:
HAHA! love your signature! Put Kastros name in there....
[Android Themes] sahurbari:
Thanks I'm going to have the sickest customized g1 out there at least that's what I'm going for :D
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Kastro without the 's' :)
[Android Themes] Barina:
"zip" is the theme file? chmod 0755 you meant if im using linux...? im on Win7:confused:
[Android Themes] Stericson:
http://relentlessaddictions.com/android/sites/default/files/MetaMorph.apk

Barina install that apk V above (no its not V0.7) and tell me if your issue is resolved.

Stericson
[Android Themes] tbgreen:
this works for me! thx! :)
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Were you having the same issue?
[Android Themes] Barina:
yes it works like a charm..!

once again you are great!
[Android Themes] jroid:
just to answer your question, no zip is a binary used in the .apk and that command was meant for adb (or terminal) anyway, glad u got it working :)
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Awesome, thanks for testing it! :)
[Android Themes] flak0:
Help!

Thanks for sharing this awesome App. I do have an issue though. I am trying to apply the Android Stock 2.0 theme using Metamorph. All goes well until I try to actually apply it. I get an error along the lines of "While applying the theme the thm file is looking for /sdcard/Androidthemes/Android2.0/launcher.apk and its missing.. skipping... and nothing happens. any help
[Android Themes] Barina:
its good to know :)

btw.. unzipping should take a long time?

from my last massege until now its "Unzipping.." and still.......
[Android Themes] Stericson:
I'll have a test apk for you to run in a moment, then I'll need your DDMS log.

Barina, unzipping takes some time depending on the zip size. One thing we have found, is that for some reason metamorph doesnt want to unzip themes with more then 500 files. So try not to go over that, we are working on it.

Barina, if it still wont unzip send me the theme and I'll look into it.

Stericson
[Android Themes] tbgreen:
yes i was facing the 'zip request' loop problem but with this new posted version i was able to install and run it.

But i'm still figuring out how to install the theme (either all or separate) cos error message always say no such file....skipping.....

Thanks!
[Android Themes] Barina:
oh.. and in this theme there are 732 Files, 55 Folders..... :rolleyes:

this is the file

http://darkdreamtheme.googlecode.com/files/DarkDream-Theme.zip

i tried to aplly one thing in it(Alarm clock) and it says "Does not exist - skipping..." something...

thanks for your help I'd better go to bed before i faint.. ;)
[Android Themes] RAQemUP:
I am trying out the Metamorph v0.7 and I am having problems installing any Metamorph packs. I have all the Metamorph packs in /sdcard/AndroidThemes. Whenever I try to apply something, I always get

For Existing Theme:

The THM file says we are looking for /sdcard/Androidthemes/Null/*.apk in theme but it does not exist, skipping...

or

For Pick Theme:

The THM file says we are looking for /sdcard/Androidthemes/*.apk in theme but it does not exist, skipping...
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Download V0.8 :)
[Android Themes] DeaDnuLL:
market

when do you expect metamorph to hit the android market? do you have a planned date or release version?
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Thats exactly what it does :)
[Android Themes] Bobuntu:
Thank you Cloverdale and Stericson, you satisfied my curiosity. And thanks for the tip Cloverdale, I never thought to do that. And thank you Stericson for such an awesome tool. It is a must have along with ninjamorph for anyone who can't stop modifying themes to get their phone just right!
[Android Themes] luniz7:
This may be a dumb question but...how do I get my screenshot to show up in the new mm?
[Android Themes] Bobuntu:
Place the following tag in your theme control file:

<screenshot>image</screenshot>

where image is the screenshot renamed image.png

The .png needs to be in the root folder with the .xml theme control file.

Only use .png file types.

I've noticed my image doesn't show up right after I unzip the folder, but if I go back to an existing theme it is there.

Hope that helps.
[Android Themes] d12d:
I'm having the same issue. I have a Hero for Sprint. I recently wiped my phone and have plenty of free space(over 80 mb). I am rooted and I believe I have everything I need installed. Does anyone how to fix this.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] torremitsu:
How do I install this to an EVO 4G? When I install it says I need busybox.
[Android Themes] Rev_Nev:
Each time I try applying a morph it gets stuck and hangs on a pop up screen that says "applying framework-res.apk" i have tried waiting about a half hour, i've tried rebooting and I have tried a ton of different morphs and it happens with every single one. can anyone help me out?
[Android Themes] Ramdanih:
Thx for your info... :)
[Android Themes] Rev_Nev:
By the way i'm using CyanogenMod 5.0.7.1 on my Nexus One
[Android Themes] chrisonline:
Is it possible to switch back to the original apk installations?

I can not update from FRF50 to FRF83 because my changed Genie and Weather widget get an assert failure !?
[Android Themes] keith93:
Same freaking **** happens to me :@ could somebody give us a clue on what to do? :)
[Android Themes] kevdog:
Just installed MM on CM 5.0.7.1. I may have installed 10 apps. System partition has over 13MB free space. But when starting MM, it complains about not enough space on /system. I moved off all the ringtones,audio notifications, alarms etc, however this didn't fix the issue. Something tells me its not space, but rather a test MM is running that fools it into thinking /system is full. Anybody with insight into this please? The funny part is that I have 2 droid phones -- my prinicipal phone with like 50 apps installed -- MM runs without problems, and the 2nd phone which I have just flashed the sbf, ROM, theme, etc just 10 minutes ago -- installed 10 programs from the market, and now MM is complaining of insufficient space. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Both are running Koush CM 5.0.7.1.
[Android Themes] Lianthe:
moved question to the other MM thead, guessing no one will answer there either.
[Android Themes] Lianthe:
Upgraded from CM 4 (no problems ever) to 5.0.7. Converted the .thm to .xml for a few of my old morphs. No errors but no changes either. (An example MM theme folder set up like this no long works: "insert name">"insert name".xml and Launcher>res>drawable-land and drawable-port. What other files or folders should be added so that actual changes take place?
[Android Themes] keith93:
Metamorph is dead :p
[Android Themes] kevdog:
Apparently so -- DEAD
[Android Themes] gunnyman:
I just installed MM 1.9.8.9 I'm runnng darchdroid on a CDMA HEro. Anyhow, the screen looks odd I have a white bar running down the left side of my screen and when I click on it I can get to the list of zips. That's problem 1

Problem 2:

After the file unzips MM doesn't see the xml file. It's there I see it in Root explorer. What gives?
[Android Themes] Lianthe:
It must be - since no one can be bothered to answer any questions.
[Android Themes] gunnyman:
yeah sad. The latest release doesn't seem to work on lower resolution screens either. Damn evo bandwagon jumpers.
[Android Themes] Garrett4:
Not sure what's wrong

So I am having a rather difficult time finding themes that have xml files and I have the opac bar morph, but after 10 minutes or more of it saying applying, my guess is that it's not working, I am trying android_bluz and it went through everything, but once it gets to framework-res.apk, it stops, same thing at opac, sits on it for over 10 minutes till i just quit, running supercsdiv4 and class 2 sdcard.
[Android Themes] kevdog:
I could give your question a try -- however I don't understand your problem since you haven't described it accurately. I would say your problem has to do with your .xml file format. Possibly you could post this file so we could take a look at it!!
[Android Themes] Lianthe:
Thank you kevdog, here ya go.
[Android Themes] danwguy:
anyone having problems with the new update to this program? I was able to apply themes just fine before, then I got the update and now it just sits on applying theme for about 10 mins then fc's and keeps fc-ing until I press home.
[Android Themes] ExtraDas:
Same error here. Plenty if space in /system so that can't be the issue.

Is the Dev MIA?

*EDIT* - FIXED!

Here is the problem and here is what you do to fix it.

Issue is that busybox doesn't install properly and you're left with a 0kb busybox in /system/bin if you get busybox from the market.

Because the file is in place, Metamorph simply tells you that there might not be enough free space in /system but doesn't show an error regarding busybox.

All you have to do is adb push a working busybox (size ~977 KB) into the proper place (/system/bin)

--install and off you go.

I got my working version of busybox from TI Backup off of the market.

If you're not sure how to push with adb, here's a quickie:

You need the busybox file. (TitanuimBackup/problems button/it will download a working busybox to sd)

Pull from sd and place the file in the tools folder inside the SDK

"Eject" the sd card on your pc but leave the phone plugged in

In cmd, cd to your tools folder inside the SDK

Type the bellow commands followed by the ENTER key

adb commands

adb push busybox /data/local

adb shell

$ su

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

# cat /data/local/busybox > /system/bin/busybox

# chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox

# busybox --install /system/bin

# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

# sync

# reboot

After the reboot, fire up MetaMorph and watch it go trough it's checks flawlessly.

I hope this helps.

BTW, I'm using Nexus One At&t/Froyo FRF85B/Rooted using Constrabus's locked bootloader root method
[Android Themes] Exca:
I'm having the problem that BusyBox is not installed. When I try to, it says my phone is rooted but it can't install because of some reason. After that, my phone restarts... :s i'm using the original 2.1 sense rom
[Android Themes] 71baker:
I am having the 'themecontrol.xml is missing or not working' problem.

First i made a pack of icons to fit a black statusbar.

Made a .thm and a .xml , ran it in Metamorph , no problem.

Then i tried to apply the SonySketch font pack , had to make a new .xml for it , didn't work. Then i downloaded the .thm to xml thingy and ran the .thm through it. Didn't work either. Put that on ice for a while.

I couldn't see the black clock-text so i modified it according to the post here on XDA , worked like a charm.

I would really like to make a full pack that turns statusbar black , changes the font and pushes my services.jar into /system/framework/ or classes.dex into service.jar (i have seen both variants in various morphs)

I have googled and downloaded other morphs to see how they did it. Adjusted to suit my ROM when needed and it just doesn't work. For the services.jar i have tried both applying the classes.dex to services.jar , and also to just copy the services.jar into /system/framework. No luck.

I have checked root: ok

AndExplorer: ok

Enough space in /system:

adb shell

# df

Results in:

/dev: 95264K total, 0K used, 95264K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/system: 153600K total, 74800K used, 78800K available (block size 4096)
/data: 169088K total, 11884K used, 157204K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 153600K total, 26896K used, 126704K available (block size 4096)
/data/dalvik-cache: 153600K total, 26896K used, 126704K available (block size 4096)
/system/lib/modules: 640K total, 640K used, 0K available (block size 131072)
/sdcard: 1928928K total, 821312K used, 1107616K available (block size 32768)

Encoding of the .xml file: ok (i copied and edited the one from the pack that works. And i use Notepad++

Busybox (according to cp command in terminal on device) doesn't report any error and it's version 1.16.2androidfull.

The files i am trying to use work fine when i push them in with ADB so they are not the problem.

Also i managed to change the bar gfx and icons, and that worked fine.

Here is the .xml file i have.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<themename>WhiteClock</themename>
<themeversion>1.0</themeversion>
<screenshot></screenshot>
<author>unknown</author>
<authorweblink>www.google.com</authorweblink>
<phone>Tattoo</phone>
<rom>Fyodors last 1.6 AOSP</rom>
<themedescription>White text on statusbar clock</themedescription>

<item>services.jar</item>
<path>/system/framework/</path>
<description>Need to reboot after</description>

.thm file

1.6
any
services.jar
/system/framework/

Filestructure:

WhiteClock.zip containing:
WhiteClock.xml See above.
WhiteClock.thm See above.
services Directory inside the zip , containing:
classes.dex

I spent like 10mins to make the modification and push it , working fine , then all day long to try and get the morph to work. Im going insane... I need help , what am i missing? Oh , and disregard that it says Froyo-ROM in my sig. I am running Fyodors latest 1.6 AOSP ROM while waiting for my X10mini to come back to life.
[Android Themes] dougp.me:
Figured I'd post on here - I posted on the GoogleCode page for MetaMorph, but wasn't sure how active they are with reported bugs.
[Android Themes] Yodunknow:
Good job bud

Good job bud
[Android Themes] peterrus:
The problem:

I start metamorph, press either one of the maim buttons (Unzip/Extract new theme or Pick existing theme) and Metamorph just force closes and restarts.

I am running the latest version of metamorph free, from the market and running Cyanogenmod 5.0.8 on my Dream.

Any suggestions? I can't seem to find any other occurrences of this problem on this forum nor anywhere else.

at first I did not have Andexplorer installed, Now I have. I rebooted to make sure no processes were left running and still metamorph force closes.

Through the console I can run the 'unzip' command, but I dont seem to have a 'zip' command. Might this be the problem. I do however use a stock cyanogenmod 5.0.8 so other people would have the same problem if this was the case.
[Android Themes] 71baker:
I finally found the solution to the problem i posted about a couple of posts back.

Initially i installed 7zip , like Stericsson suggests. but the right click menu didnt work so i uninstalled it again.

Now i have no idea why but the first archive i made worked just fine. Then after that nothing worked.

After having tried everything (except the zip format) i googled for a solution to the rightclick menu and installed/fixed 7zip again. Now everything works and you sold another donate version. :)
[Android Themes] Parkwide:
What do I do when it keeps saying "Initializing"?

It worked yesterday before I did a nandroid backup (it also worked in that backup).
[Android Themes] Lianthe:
How is my description inaccurate when it's EXACTLY how it's set up per my upload?! If CM 4 morphs can't be upgraded you should have said so.
[Android Themes] dtlukasart:
Recently I haven't been able to apply any metamorph whatsoever. Not because of the new xml use either. I've been trying to get the metamorph theme "Suavesque" to work on my mt3g running CM5.0.8. Other people have been able to apply it perfectly with the same phone, rom, and spl that I have. The only difference is the radio. I have the 2.22.23.02. Any Idea of what it could be? I haven't used metamorph in months...
[Android Themes] Parkwide:
Same here just using a G1. Using the same radio as you are. As of today MM isnt working for me at all and just keeps hanging at initializing :rolleyes:

Couldnt get Suaveque to work either. Applied everything and asked for a reboot and after the reboot nothing was themed..
[Android Themes] dtlukasart:
I forgot to mention that I'm using Engineering SPL. How about you?
[Android Themes] Parkwide:
1.33.2005 (Haykuro SPL apparently)
[Android Themes] _DX_:
I have a G1 running Cyanogen's 5.0.8 and same radio as above (view signature for more info).

I'm having the same problem, when running Metamorph it asks to do some system checks (first time using it today). It asks for root access, which I give it of course, and then it hangs in the "initializing" window. Phone is still responsive and the wait cursor circle thing is still turning.

I thought maybe I was not patient enough so I left it running (sleep disabled) and after half an hour it was still "initializing". I restarted the phone and tried again, but this time after a minute or two it froze the phone and the phone rebooted before I could do anything. The last time I tried it was the same as the first attempt.

Hopefully this information can help a bit.

Edit: Tried moving it to internal memory in stead of SD-card. With no success, exactly like the first attempt described above.
[Android Themes] danwguy:
Im having the same problem, I was working on developing the elegantsteel theme for metamorph and everything was going fine until it said there was an update for metamorph now whenever I load it up it sits on initializing and doesnt respond. It worked great before the update.
[Android Themes] Hatespawn:
Since the latest version of Metamorph seems to not be functioning does anyone have the apk for the last version or know of a different method to change the notification bar from white to black on KaosFroyo v23?
[Android Themes] Parkwide:
The newest update (1.9.8.13) has fixed the problem for me.

Initializing be gone :D

Edit: Hmm alot of the apk's that are getting mm'ed in the applying process are fc'ing :/
[Android Themes] yrref:
This seems awesome!

But I don't have enough space on my /system partition, how do I clean this up?

Regards,
[Android Themes] dsMA:
removed....
[Android Themes] orbhunterx:
Will the Neon Green Theme posted for the G1 work on my rooted HTC Aria?

If not, here's one request to make a theme like it for the Aria model.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] drounn:
Maybe its just me, but this how-to and videos on utube didnt really help me at all..

So far i got metamorph and box prog.. I got Simplistic .Zip file. I dont know where to load the zip or where to extract it?

Any help for the dummy please :D ?
[Android Themes] Simon1986:
I cant use this on the new version either any ideas???
[Android Themes] wikkdwarrior:
need help

I'm having a problem with every theme i dl...even the themes posted for metamorph use...every time i try to extract the .Zip file i get an error messege saying that the theme control file is missing or could be written incorrectly, and that i should contact the theme creator to rectify the situation...am i missing something or doing something wrong? please help, any suggestions would b greatly appreciated, thanks. :confused:
[Android Themes] El Daddy:
I'm having the same problem when I try to create my own. Any suggestions?

EDIT: I figured it out. I my .xml file wasn't saved in UTF-8 encoding.
[Android Themes] mrono:
I'm having one hell of a problem with metamorph. When I try to apply a theme I ported it hangs on applying, and when I go into logcat it's spamming

I/System.out( 1851): BusyBox Shell Output zip warning: name not matched: .
/proc/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927
/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927
/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927
/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927
/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927/fd/4/self/task/1927
/fd/4/218/task/231/fdinfo/111

over and over and over super fast.

here is the theme http://mrono.net/files/NexTang-Beta-Evo4G.FAIL.zip

Logcat for the incident is http://mrono.net/files/metamorph-logcat.txt
[Android Themes] kenshinta:
I'm confused on how to use 9.pngs for metamorphs.

Setup: wanted to modig a black bar metamorph for mdpi to use a sem-transparent png. I studied the original metamorph and noticed that the png tile used was not a 9.png, so I dutifully created one as per standard procedure - created 1px border with defined stretch and contectn areas. Put that in the metamorph zip and apllied. What happens thus: the entire pbg tile, including the 1 px border, is stretched out across the status bar!

Confused, i remade the new png tile like the original one - without 1px border etc - put that in and it now worked.

I also browserd many other metamorphs and find that the named 9.pngs they included actually ARE NOT.

So what is the final word on using metamorphs? And if they are not required, how does the system know when to stretch the tiles correctly without the 1px border?
[Android Themes] jonesyruless:
for metamorph, does it matter what version of cyanogen you're running?

for example i want to use the simplistic theme but im all the way on cyanogen 4.2.14. would it still work for me? gahh im so confused.
[Android Themes] mrono:
If the theme has an XML control file then it will work on the latest MM

Sent from my god phone.
[Android Themes] Rolandx:
Hello. having problems with freespace too, metamorph closes and says I dont have enough space in /system :(

Im quite confused here, when I use df commant in terminal amulator, the only line where /system appears is like this:

filesystem 1k-blocks used avail free mounted on
/dev/block/mtdblock3 256000 109444 146555 43% /system

guess I have 146555 free space in /system?
[Android Themes] RichieDaze:
On the newer MetaMorth apk it creates a new folder with the name same as the zip. So if the theme folder is already in the zip, now you will have theme/theme/theme.xml. It could be why your xmls aren't found? If this is the case ---> Un zip it with a different apk and place it in your your AndroidThemes folder not using MetaMorth.

Did you recompile the .9.png?
[Android Themes] firststepstorecovery:
help

when i find a theme i like, i extract it and find no .thm file to convert to .xml. help anyone?
[Android Themes] mrono:
First off what are you getting?
[Android Themes] firststepstorecovery:
any theme within this post and themes off of the metamorph collection thread
[Android Themes] Summered:
Can anyone look at this MM and see what's wrong with it? I get the "this theme is invalid bla bla bla". Problem is I have created it per instructions; UTF-8, *.xml, followed the exact template, etc.

I will attach it and hope you'll find an apparent error :p
[Android Themes] Slaguru:
Not getting past the checks at all now. Just rebooting my Desire. Running Modaco non-sence r8 Froyo.
[Android Themes] kenshinta:
Indeed I did not do that part of the process - passing thru eclipse to create that "dummy" apk - due to the fact that, in the video tut, after creating "dummy" apk, the tutor then extracted the file using just zip - which should be the same file but without the 1 px borders.

So my thinking is, why compile it into the apk when in the end the extraction process just makes the same png file BEFORE adding the 9.png 1px borders? Compilation changes the 9.png somewhere not readily seen>?
[Android Themes] jUbib:
I have two really quick questions, and I apologize if they've been asked and answered before:

I am running a Motorola Milstone, 2.1 stock android, rooted. Will I be able to use MetaMorph despite the locked bootloader on my phone?

If the answer is yes to the first question, will MetaMorph be suitable for changing my statusbar and maybe a couple of the notification icons?

If no to both questions - what then would be the easiest way for me to change my statusbar/icons?

Thank you
[Android Themes] z0rg83:
i have my tattoo rooted, where can i find the last version of metamorph? i cant find it on the market.