yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Hmm, don't know what that is, but it seems you still loading some sort of cache. What ROM are your running? Best bet is to verify through adb that that directory is indeed empty, or try Fresh's kitchen to clear lockscreen cache.

Also curious if you have anything in /system/customize/resource that may be that image?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ccapasso:
Added to Wiki :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
What you should post is a file that won't do anything except update com.htc.resources.apk with the transparent lock bar.

Then, users can flash the second zip I provided for HtcLockScreen.apk ONLY, followed by a MetaMorph that will change ONLY the lock bar images to clear.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Nice. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] marcusva79:
When I go in to htc.resources.apk\res what png file do I need to delete to have the clear rosie screen? I am trying to change the effect in Darkstar theme?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] phonetec:
im running damage 2.05, cant get to adb or a pc for another hour or so, i actually did find that image in resource, deleted it, flashing again now

edit: thats worked great!! thx alot!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
See my previous post if you are trying to manually edit. This only has to be done if you don't currently have the clear lock bars (i.e. on your lockscreen you still have the black/gray HTC arches).

You don't delete anything, rather, you replace some images, per my post linked above.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
so when you did the hex edits, did you convert the xmls to txt first then edit? of did you edit the xml without converting?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
You have to convert them first to try and get a sense for what needs editing / making it readable. After finding the values you want to try to edit in the readable txt file generated, you go back to the source / compiled XML and hex edit the location.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Sweet. Glad that did the trick.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
ok so i used fresh kitchen and went to tools then clear lock cache then do work then install visual clicked the clear only as I have a the clear lockscreen and do work but staying the same.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Yikes. I have no idea what you just said. After clearing the cache, you need to boot into recovery and flash the zip from the first post.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Awesome!! Thank you very much!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
LOLWUT.............
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] smw6180:
Wow. Try punctuation. It's a friend, believe me. ;)

Secondly, Fresh kitchen doesn't work well (or at all in some cases) with the 2.x series of ROM's. It's only for 1.5.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
my uncle was killed by punctuation. its evil.

let me retry. I'm on Fresh20d. I went into the kitchen, then clicked tools, then clicked clear lock cache and pressed the "do work" button.

OK after this step i flashed the zip versus using the "install visual" in fresh's kitchen and now I have the microcircuit screen and green android that

had. I'll read and see what his fix was. sorry i type like charlie from its always sunny.

ok so i found that image in system.customize/resource and when i try to delete i get cannot delete htc_wallpaper_01_locksreen. Phonetec deleting this and reflashing seemed to fix.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Clear lockscreens are awesome!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] apristel:
Where can I get the second lockscreen... the one with "Your Name" in it... been searching everywhere.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Aloysius 1.5 rom had something similar. I liked it so much that I made my own template in Photoshop and added my name in there.

PM me what name you want at the top and I'll send you a signed zip with the HtcLockscreen.apk that you can flash via recovery.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] apristel:
Pm sent!

You rock!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Sent to apristel and Pond Scum.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] apristel:
And it looks PERFECT.

You are the man. Thanks again +999029348093482309483204952783523879454957834957834593893475
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
Thanks to JsChiSurf I started putzing around the .xml's. Here is what I did...I removed the date from the lock screen and added the straight bar across. I actually thought about removing the time as well...I may do that and keep the straight bar.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
I asked him if he could remove the date and time and he said it shouldn't be too hard and would look at it. With a clear lockscreen, it's redundant to have it on the lockscreen and the home screen. Please post the modded xml files if you get a chance to remove both date and time. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
no matter what cant i do cant get this to work while using the darkstar theme
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] marcusva79:
so i guess we cant get this to work with the darkstar theme. I downloaded the clear rosie and it is with the htc lockscreen. I have tried to get it off but I cant it sux.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
you have to integrate this stuff he edited INTO the zip for the darkstar theme. then resign.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
What sort of problem are you having?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Whenever I try to flash and then boot up, my screen freezes and I have to pull out my battery and restore a backup. I did clear out my lock-screen cache first, but I can't figure out the problem. Help please!!!!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] marcusva79:
Surf what I do is the issue i had this afternoon. darkstar theme, clear rosie, then reboot. the lockscreen goes and has the ugly stock lockbar. just want to get rid of that. I have tried metamorph, nothing, tried to reboot myself nothing. This is way over my head.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
always ended up with the blue motherboard lockscreen paper with green android on it tried adb, kitchen and just cant get it gone
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
How much trial and error did it take to remove the date? I just read up on the axmlprinter and decoded the files... but there's no comments or labels that identify what each section of the XML is controlling. What a nightmare!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] brian m:
Haven't tried this yet, but I downloaded darkstar_try2_trev from the thread: bounty for darkstar theme.

In /system/customize/resource/htc_wallpaper_01_lockscreen.jpg is the droid on the blue background. Maybe delete that?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
yes delete that, because it also searches there for the lockscreen wallpaper
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
Its actually easy to find the text. You look for android:textColor="#00000000" Obvioulsy this is your text color. Although, it doesnt tell you what the text is. Its more trial and error like Js said.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
what should you change the hex to if you want it to be transparent?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
thanks that worked :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] brian m:
Sweet, I think that lockscreen is a treve signature;)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
That was a bad example because the text was already transparent...LOL Let me find one that isnt really quick...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
I mean, changing the default back of the lockscreen (which was black) to transparent. What would you look for/change it to?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Yes, this is in the instructions in the OP.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
Oh gotcha. Js said he did some modification of classes.dex. I was actually gonna decompile the .dex to check out the .smali files and see if I can find it...In the mean time, I got rid of the clock and date...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Completely Clear Lockscreen

Okay, I will update the original post, but per requests, attached is a clear lockscreen with EVERYTHING removed, i.e. no clock / date / Sprint text whatsoever.

Since it is completely clear, I had to put something there, so you know the lockscreen is active, so I dropped in an Android logo. Just replace lockscreen_topedge.png in the HtcLockScreen.apk to be whatever transparent PNG you want it to be to your lockscreen. Again, right now, lockscreen_topedge.png is just defaulted to the Android logo.

Reference:

Download Signed Zip <--- HtcLockScreen.apk & com.htc.resources.apk to clear out lockbar as well. Will change parts of your taskbar & launcher to Fresh 2.0d stock espresso.

Download Signed Zip <--- HtcLockScreen.apk & com.htc.resources.apk to clear out lockbar as well. Will change parts of your taskbar & launcher to DC 2.0r5 stock HTC Rosie.

Download Signed Zip <--- HtcLockScreen.apk only, for those that already have a clear lock bar, and therefore won't affect your current launcher / taskbar.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chubbzlou:
Great work Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Good Job ;)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
I'm pretty sure he deleted all references to the jpg in drawable-mdpi in the smali files (because while working on this myself, that's what I did)

But you had to hex edit the xml to change the default black background transparent.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
When you decompile the .xml to a text file you start by looking at

<TextView
android:textSize="@7F07001A"
[B]android:textColor="@7F050001"[/B]
android:id="@7F090024"
android:layout_width="-2"
android:layout_height="-2"
android:layout_marginTop="@7F07001B"
[B]android:shadowColor="@7F050003"[/B]
android:shadowDx="1.1"
android:shadowDy="1.1"
android:shadowRadius="1.2"
android:layout_below="@7F090025"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

You'll see two instances in bold...I bolded them. You'll need to open the .xml in a hex editor. Now here is the tricky part, when you're searching for the bits you need to search for the hex in reverse. The first search would be 7F050001. For this string you're going to search for 01 00 05 7F. It will show you this bit 08 00 00 01 01 00 05 7F. You will change it too 1C 00 00 00 00. So the line will look like this when complete... 08 00 00 1C 00 00 00 00. The way I changed it to remove everything I looked for all instances that pointed too android:textColor. Hope this helps...Forgot to add, you wont see android:shadowColor in all the instances. Only on a few...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
:D Thanks! Waiting on the .smali write up. LOL I ended up figuring out what you did by trial and error. LOL
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
That is in htc_keyguard_screen_lock.xml. After decompiling the classes.dex file, I found a "Color" file that referenced hex values to certain colors. After seeing this, I could therefore easily map in the XML files what was being assigned as a black, whether it be text or background color, in the corresponding XML files, and change accordingly in the hex editor.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] danaff37:
hey regaw, the easiest way I've found to edit these binary xml files is with root explorer on the phone. No joke, fully readable and editable. Just copy to sd card, edit, copy back to apply to zip.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
so is 1C 00 00 00 00 the code for transparent, or.... nothing?

AND, if I were to edit the string in the text xml file, what would I change it to? instead of "@7F07001A"
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
The first 3 00 octets are arbitrary. That is technically black, but the last '00' specifies full transparency. The '1C' changes the '@' to a '#' for hex color scheme.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
And if I wanted to change the "@7F07001A" in the text version of the xml would I change it to "#00000000" ?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
7F07001A does not reference a color in the XML, so you wouldn't want to do that.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Thanks to JsChiSurf and obannvi! Looking great!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
Thats what I was going to say...damn dinner pulling me away before I could answer...LOL

Yea, dont mess with that. It doesnt mean its a color. If you're looking for color it will say android:textColor=@blahblahblah That is your color. Of course it has to be in 8 bit format. 00 00 00 00 (first three is your RGB or BGR) The last 00 is your transparency....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Looking good. Perhaps we can/should start a new "Clear Lockscreens for 2.1" thread where we can start posting custom lockscreens for others to use...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
Thanks,

I'm getting more into hex editing (well, just starting lol) can you show me a good guide to learning more?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
LOL No. ROFL Js taught me. haha
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
Isnt that the name of this thread without the "Lockscreen" part? haha :p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
You know what I really like about having the time/date gone? The text doesn't get misaligned overtop of the text in the lockscreen_topedge when you swipe down :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
True dat :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
Okay..question. I installed this lock screen, and love it. But if for some reason I need to go back to my old lockscreen, the one with the clear bar that just had the time/date on whatever background I choose, how would I do that? I tried flashed the Clearlock-screen-RegawMOD_signed.zip, but that didn't change anything....:confused::confused::confused:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] VinceOB:
haha No going back. ROFL
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
you need to take the "HtcLockScreen.apk" out of my rom zip and push it to /system/app and reboot as well as flashing the zip you have
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
haha srsly??
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
ahh gotcha..thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] regaw_leinad:
No problem :) It is my rom, so I have to have the answers, right? lol :p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ieatstarz1:
Does anyone have a flashable zip for the clear notification bar or explain how i can go about setting it up myself? Thanks
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Not really sure why you are posting this in the clear lockscreen thread. I suppose if we are staying on the 'clear' theme it could apply :).

But hell, why not. Clear notification is in:

framework-res.apk\res\drawable-mdpi

Replace: status_bar_background.png, with the linked image below.

Download Image
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
well it's actually not in your rom, it's in fresh's 2.0d, but I used your clear lock bar haha...i assume that i just push the htclockscreen.apk from his rom to system/app
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
I couldnt either. Switched to just the black droid launcher theme and worked fine. I only got the circuit board looking background with android guy with the darchstar theme.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] marcusva79:
i can put a picture over the darkstar theme. I know people are tired of me saying this but all I am trying to do is change the expresso rosie to transparent. I know this is not the thread to be in but tell me what i need to do in the darkstar theme to change that.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
deleted due to i don't think i knew what the hell i was talking about
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
i grabbed the framework-res.apk from system/framework.

i then changed the status_bar_background.png to the one you attached.

i then added the new framework-res.apk to my c:\androidsdk\tools

i then did adb push framework-res.apk \system\framework, the daemon started and sent the over at least looks that way from the message. Once I rebooted still no clear notification bar. Sorry you may grow to dislike me. I'm not as savvy as i'd like but like to play like i am. thanks!

EDIT* i pushed through fresh kitchen and definitely looks different, grey now instead of white, but not clear.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Sounds based on your steps that you did it correctly, but something must have gone wrong in the process. Best guess is perhaps you accidentally dropped the png in the wrong folder. I'd check to verify and push again.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Seems as if when uploading to XDA that the png got modified, weird. Here is a direct link to the pristine .png.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
where i think i messed up is a right clicked the thumbnail and saved. I tried again but clicked on the image and saved from what opened. worked great. super cool! thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] diordnahero:
I'm running damagecontrol 2.0r5 and want to install the clear lockscreen. I haven't applied any themes. Has somebody done this mod to the stock damagecontrol ROM?

Thanks in advance
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Unless you are running an espresso theme, don't flash the first zip, as this will end up applying a "partial" espresso rosie / launcher, which wouldn't be good.

You're better off flashing the second link which is the clear lockscreen apk only, then modifying your com.htc.resources.apk to incorporate the clear lockbar elements after the fact, as referenced earlier in this thread.

Let me also look and creating one more flashable zip that will flash the clear lockscreen and stock Rosie launcher included for DamageControl that will also clear out the lockbar graphics. I don't run this ROM, so after I post, if someone running DC can test that would be great.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
Well I was running Fresh 2.0d with the droid launcher and when I applied this it switched me back to espresso. I'm not too worried, but maybe at some point I'll try to get my droid launcher back and working with this...looks good though!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Umm, not to be terse, but it states this very explicitly in the OP. However, later in this thread, if you were running the black droid launcher, I provided a link that retains the black launcher with the clear lockscreen.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Gregalous:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=652623&highlight=metamorph
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
yeah I got them both and just realized I used the wrong one..DOH!

Good job though, lovin it!

EDIT: Wait..I edited the one that says it shouldn't change anything except the lock screen, and it changed my droid launcher back to espresso...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
he's got a zip for the droid launcher.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Okay, if you are running a stock DCv2.0r5, try flashing the zip linked below, which should provide a clear lockscreen/lockbar to the stock HTC Rosie.

Download Signed Zip

If anyone running stock DC can try and let me know if it works, I will update the OP with a link as well.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Nope, I think you might be getting your downloads mixed up. If you open the zips for lockscreen only, there's nothing in them but the HtcLockScreen.apk. Just checked to verify.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
K just re-downloaded the NoClockClearLockAppOnly_2.1.zip Will let you know how it works out...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ElAguila:
I just want to make sure I understand this correctly. If I have installed a mod that changed my taskbar and launcher. I need to pull the com.htc.resources.apk. And then add to the res\drawable-mdpi folder in that apk these files (lockscreen_arc.png, lockscreen_arcglass_bottom.png, lockscreen_arcglass_top.9.png) from your zip. Then I push the file back and reboot and I should have a clear lockscreen and still have my mods. Is this correct?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
That will get you the clear lockbar, i.e. removing the HTC gray/black arches you see on the stock lockscreen.

Then you have to flash the zip in the OP for lockscreen only, that does NOT touch the launcher / taskbar in any way.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] diordnahero:
This works. Thanks

Clear lockscreen and clear lockbar on DamageControlv2.0r5
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
Worked! Idk what went wrong the first time, but I don't care haha. Thank goodness for nandroid :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Edit: Sorry, mis-understood the post. You can use the linked metamorph to flash ONLY a change to your com.htc.resources.apk that will clear out the lockbar for you, but leave everything else untouched.

Doing so will allow you to then flash just on of the Clear Lockscreen options posted, and you are good to go.

You can use it to clear your lockbar, then flash either below:

Clear Lockscreen w/ Time & Date

Clear Lockscreen w/o Time & Date
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] RTessi:
I've never understood the reason for a clear lockscreen unless the information behind the lockscreen is actually updated and changes "through" the lockscreen...

is that the case or is this just not for me, which is A-OK...

R
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Sweet, good to know. I've updated the original post to reflect this.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Your homescreen still updates. Hence the reason for removing the date/time from the lockscreen, since you can see it updating on your homescreen with a clearlock.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] RTessi:
my curiosity is piqued now!

does the silly "Hit Menu to unlock" come up? I'm wondering if this can be a lockscreen that some will not be able to figure out if they know nothing about the phone and are never told now to get out, LOL

R
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] srkmagnus:
Hit Menu to Unlock does not come up for me.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Does for me. I made sure to NOT exclude that bit of text. When the screen is locked, trying to press anywhere will display this message.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
Re: Boom! Clear HTC LockScreen for 2.1

my homescreen doesn't update..the clock in the taskbar does but the clock on my homescreen widget stays the same as when the phone locked
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jAm-0:
Works perfectly, great job man! :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] icm714:
has anyone started a thread on posting clear lock screen papers or how to make them your self cause i love the clear lock screen but i forget its there and i try to type and i think its frozen lol
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Papa Smurf151:
flipzs just fixed the original android lockscreen

http://geekfor.me/fixes/vanilla-lockscreen/
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ccapasso:
I wrote a guide for 1.5 based ROMs and will be updating it for 2.1 using these files here.

I would post the guide in the wiki, but it is on another website and I'm not sure if that is frowned upon or not.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
What are you using? I'm using Digital Clock Widget by Maize and it's updating properly behind the lockscreen.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] diordnahero:
My phone is stock (only mod is clear lockscreen) and the clock/weather widget was saying the time I plugged it in last night until I disabled the lock then it immediately updated to the correct time.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dec3ption:
Mine does this too...using beautiful widgets the clock updates behind the lock screen. Bummer, I wonder why the stock clock/weather widget won't update.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] diordnahero:
I flashed the file from this post. I just checked my alarm and it popped up over the lockscreen and I was able to turn it off by swiping the lockscreen.

I know it isn't the vanilla lockscreen but thought I would drop this in for reference.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] sdotcarlisle:
Thanks!

Thanks JsChiSurf, not only was I able to get the clear lockscreen and notification bar to work, but I took your totally clear one and made a custom. First attempt so I know quality is crap but was so excited I had to post. w00t w00t.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Nicely done!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
FYI, updated the default Android logo in the "all clear" lockscreen to have a little more transparency. Accidentally forgot to do this in the initial release.