yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Tom-Helge:
Well the Phone and MMS odex'es are gone, so i need someone to post the original files of that to.

What really happens if you remove those Phone and MMS odex files under /system/app/ ?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Tom-Helge:
Or nevermind, i have decided to go from my R2BA020 firmware to the R2BA023 firmware with root.

So i don't need the odex files then.

The only thing i need to know is what the commands is exactly to get the new Phone and MMS.apk's into /system/app/ folder and get them installed to.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
Make a backup:
adb pull /system/app/[B]P[/B]honebook.apk [B]P[/B]honebook.apk (your destination)
adb pull /system/app/[B]M[/B]ms.apk [B]M[/B]ms.apk (your destination)

Push to SDCard:
adb push <location of your backup as in above> /sdcard/[B]P[/B]honebook.apk
adb push <location of your backup as in above> /sdcard/[B]M[/B]ms.apk

Time to upload:
adb shell

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

# dd if=/sdcard/[B]P[/B]honebook.apk of=/system/app/[B]P[/B]honebook.apk

# dd if=/sdcard/[B]M[/B]ms.apk of=/system/app/[B]M[/B]ms.apk

# reboot
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OM3G4:
Black

Black with grey background.

¿How can I remove the blue line?

Also I have to change png's buttons.

Files (R2BA023):

black->http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PVPWI4LX

Excuse my bad English.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] theeedy:
All i really want, is that round battery indicator with percentage.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/27169-round-battery-icon.html

Is it possible to get it for the X10?

edit:

but with the actual percentage. not just 100,80,60,40,20,10,0
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] brunswick000:
If these are apk files then do we just have to navigate to them with Astro and install them from there?? Im not quite getting it :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
A cracking theme i must add, however ive noticed that once you go into your phone book then select a contact it shows the default blue.

Will we be expecting an update with that fixed to black?

Anyone willing to do the calculator lol...

Cheers guys!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
Thats pretty neat!

I like that black & white version (*hint* *hint*) :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
Which png buttons are you referring to? I quite like this theme but if your going to make modification again i'll hang on a bit.

Your theme and rynoons status bar icons will make a perferct theme.. :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] superleeds27:
Very nice!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
whenever i try to replace all of "semc_activity_title_bar.9.png" in drawable-240dpi and semc_background.png in drawable-240dpi and drawable-land-240dpi together i get a force close while opening settings but replacing any two works fine... can anyone tell me why does this happen and is there a way to fix it? Thanks..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Cool, I have just changed mine to this :cool:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Tom-Helge:
Can someone upload the files to another place than MegaUpload?. I can't download the files from that web page.

4shared is a good site to use i think. I'll never have problems with that site anyways so.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Palmke86:
I just finished my custom statusbar.

custom statusbar v1
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Nimche:
I can not find the classes.dex file in the service.jar. Does anyone know where it is. I really need to change the clock color but no luck. any help is appreciated.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] brunswick000:
I don't really understand this step 4. Most specifically the last line "dd if=/sdcard/framework-res.apk of=/system/framework/framework-res.apk". Do we type it exactly as it is written here? Or, do we have to substitute anything?

Also you mention replacing "framework-res.apk" with ex "Timescape.apk". So if I understand correctly if we are replacing the dialer like in OM3G4's grey theme it would be written how exactly? sorry for all the noob questions here I just want to make sure I do this right the first time, as my phone is currently working top notch. Just don't want to mess anything up. Many thanks in advance.

*Also if anyone knows of good resources for beginners to learn more of the developing language (book or web) you could pm me with the details I would super appreciate it. Maybe then I could offer something more to this site other than a pile of questions.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Nimche:
This is the instruction to put back the package on your phone. I belive the last step will copy it off your SD card to your phone. What he says is that instead of word framework-res.apk you can replace it with any other package that you would like to put back on your phone. If you pulled Timescape to work on then you can use the same code as above to put it back on your phone but you need to replace the framework-res.apk with timescape.apk.

I hope this is easier?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OM3G4:
if I change the color of any png button (semc_btn_default_**.png) :

But "modified" file keep proportions than original Image. I only change the color of button.

How I can edit these png's? I tried in Phoshop, Gimp, Paint...

:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HunteronX:
Maybe this could help?

http://code.google.com/p/smali/wiki/DeodexInstructions
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Nimche:
Problem with me is that my service.jar has only one folder and in that folder there is only one file which is not dex or odex file. Is this same in all of you guys service.jar?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Does anyone have the default Nexus One framework-res.apk? :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] rynoon:
Different resolution. It would look wonky. Milestone would probably be closer to what you want with less work to make it fit well on our screens.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
To anyone that has uploaded something, can i link your stuff on the first page so people can find them easily?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] rynoon:
Sounds good. :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] nonentity:
Help...

i have reflashed my X10 the 14th times and still couldn't get it to work... all i changed was:

\res\drawable-240dpi\default_wallpaper.png

\res\drawable-240dpi\semc_background.png

\res\drawable-land-240dpi\semc_background.png

i used the script provided and sucessfully extracted with 7zip and pushed framework-res.apk back to the system and after it reboot, it just hangs at the Sony Ericsson bootscreen, not even the animation bootup...

Tools that i used:

1. 7zip

2. Macromedia Fireworks

what did i do wrong... please help me... :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
you must have compressed files while adding to the archive... i suggest you to replace files using AnDE_V2.1.3.. no need to extract...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
Dont extract archive. Just right click on the apk you want to modify and hit open archive.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] nonentity:
Tried, crash again.. reflashing for the 15th times...

I've tried a few methods, 1st method: overwrite the files from the archive, 2nd method: delete files in archive, and paste modified files... all was not extracted...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
I think you tried to change the files again from your modified framework-res.apk..

start over again from the default framework-res and use this method to push it to your phone:

I am assuming you have the framework-res.apk in your sd card

adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtdblock4 /system
dd if=/sdcard/framework-res.apk of=/system/framework/framework-res.apk
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
Nope. Deodexing then modifying causes dalvik to want to recache EVERYTHING. So it wont work.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Kingcool88:
I cannot find the startupshow files... Im running R2BA023 at the moment..:(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] nonentity:
I extracted a fresh framework-res.apk when using AnDE, so there shouldn't be any confusion... and i even tried manually input the modified framework-res.apk into the SDcard directly, just in case the push fails, and omit the push line from the script, and once again it failed.. :mad:

anyway, i'll try again when i reached home, got a hot chic waiting for me to knock off... :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Palmke86:
startupshow is in /system/etc/semc/startupshow/default/

I've been looking to change the clock color as well. Problem is services.jar is empty on the X10, i'd almost say SE took out the standard clock and replaced it with something they coded themselves. But then I still wasn't able to find anything that had to do with clock color.

Edit:

New battery icons, this fits better with the rest of my statusbar.

And the files (battry icons only)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
nah, it's in services.odex
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Ahhh yes, I forgot about that. Can anyone import the Milestone theme? :p

Also when importing a theme, can you use root explorer? As a tried this last night and the phone refused to move past the SE screen.

:)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Palmke86:
deodexed sevices.odex

found the color setting, changed it

reodexed

pushed to phone

no errormessages in the entire process

bricked :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
Like I said...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Palmke86:
I read it, had to try ;).

Supposedly it does work on the other phones if you give it 5 minutes to reboot.

I waited ten minutes without succes.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
You probably forgot to set the file permissions after you copied the file over.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Ahh I see. What permissions should it have :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Bazza1976:
I have resized these cool droid battery icons from one of my themes

for people to use.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
rw-r--r--

In root explorer navigate to the folder where the file is, mount it as r/w and then long press on the file you uploaded/copied and select permissions:

User Read and Write

Group Read

Others Read

remount back to r/o

The rest unchecked ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Excellent stuff.

Thank you. :D

EDIT: Going to have another go at this :p
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] AndyD777:
Nope killed it again LOL.

Using Root Explorer, once you paste the file in it doesn't let you change the folder back to R/O

Time to learn abit more CLI and Linux skills :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
All my image editing tools (i.e. Photoshop Elements) are on my Mac, but I'm having problems finding a 7zip like program on the mac which just lets you dump the files without unarchiving it. Does anyone know of a program or a way to get around this problem, or will I have to wait 'til I get my new laptop in early August to make this theme?

Yes, I have searched, but all of them say to unpack and then sign the folder, which this guide clearly instructs not to do.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
Im editing this post, cause I got it!

Guide to modifying framework-res.apk without extracting on a Mac:

1) Get Betterzip ( I'm using the trial right now) http://macitbetter.com/

2) Modify the extension of the pulled apk file to.zip, so that betterzip is able to open it.

3) Ctrl+click on the new.zip file and Open with Betterzip.

4) ????

5) PROFIT!!!

Sorry, couldn't help myself with the reference.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
I found a potentially valuable apk found in /system/app/. It's called launcher.apk and it has a few important things in it such as the drawer. Gonna theme the pngs along with the rest and send em to Gavriel to push and put them in to the proper areas without getting extracted. I'll be done my part by Monday, hopefully the theme will be done soon after.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Zer0_:
I think the launcher.apk has to do with the official home screen that the phone comes with.. I dont think it has anything to do with ppl who uninstalled it and replaced it with adw launcher
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
Well I'm using the default one :-).

Sent from my ROOTED x10a!

Avatar made by me!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Zer0_:
You should try the ADW Launcher :P You'll love it!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
Yeah, but some people are having problems with overheating with adw.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] damirbusic:
Can we turn off default launcher somehow ? ADW Launcher is perfect !
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
Is it possible to change the text colour of btns? Cause I'm changing the colour of them to black, and I want to make the text white.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] dan-htc-touch:
haha @ underwear gnomes :)

4) replace some graphics

5) save and push to device :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Evostance:
Did anyone successfully manage to change the default semc_background ?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
Yeah that's how I got mediascape showing a different now playing background. What seems to be the problem?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Evostance:
Not got one yet, just wondering if anyone managed it successfully. Did this change ALL the backgrounds from MediaScape to Messaging?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
Nope. Those are in their respective apks.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
The changes aren't all within each apk. By changing the semcbackground the above change occurred as well as messaging and the half of the incoming call screen below the contact. I didn't notice any other changes but ill double check

Edit: the only apk i have modded is

framework-res.apk. nothing else

Also email app shows new bg as well as trackid
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
I found the icon for the icon for the lock! I guess ill be making a clean version of my theme, and otherwise. Let's just say, if you get the wrong password, a certain finger might be shown.

Edit: just realised that the padlock icon shows up even when you haven't inducted any pattern :-(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] bcool15:
Ah this is so kkooool i changed though i just changed mediascape background :p

EDIT: n by changing that it change messagin too but not the dialer still chekin phone out..time to goto work will continue wen there XD
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] theXeffect:
yes get root explorer.....i took my stock launcher of n some unwanted apps to :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Zer0_:
There should be a thread where people cam post previews of what they have created and also post a download link. This would be extremely helpful to people who don't know how to customize the .png files by themselves, etc.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Keegan_P:
Yes, and it should be sticky.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
So I have been trying to modify font colors in the services.jar but I am stuck. So far, I have been able to decompile? the services.jar, getting the classes.dex file, accessing the smali files in the classes.dex but I'm stuck at putting everything back together.

I have done some research and am curious about a few things. First, I read on a few forums that when modifying jar and odex files in the framework you must recompile the whole framework folder. Is this true? I also think zephyrx made a comment regarding the dalvik cache causing a problem (again I dont understand) but I did also read somewhere that the dalvik cache could be cleared.

There is something that caught my attention while prowling the file system. Within the /system/app/ folder the is AndroidUI.apk. Whats interesting is that it isn't odexed. So my question is can we just deodex the entire system folder and not have to worry about this altogether? Maybe Im completely wrong and I probably am but...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
Deodexing can cause a bunch of issues, not to mention that odex = optimized dex, which are basically classes optimized for your phone. Deodexing them will revert them to their unoptimized state, and also have many problems with resources (at least when I tried).
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
hm..... tried using root explorer to copy the modified framework file and successfully bricked my phone :cool:

Just re-rooted to BA23 and used adb script to copy the file back and now ok.

I think need to add more details on the first posts about pushing and pulling files.

I will post some previews later. just moded battery. lot to do. :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
@Shiwantha more details with using root explorer to push files? I havent done it yet myself but as soon as I do I will.

@zephyrix Have you had any luck reodexing? I read somewhere that if you deodex any file in the framework you need to reodex the entire framework and in a certain way after modifying anything. Ill post the link once i find it. I haven't been able to reodex anything yet and I tried pushing the deodexed services.jar but got stuck at the boot screen.

Any thoughts/ideas?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zephyrix:
I posted that. I've also solved this by modifying the odex directly.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] gavriel18:
How did you modify the odex?

I am trying to put the modified services.jar onto my phone and using dexopt-wrapper to overwrite services.odex. Am I on the right track?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] bcool15:
can anyone upload all mediascape files like .apk n .odex i messed up in editing few files :(

NVM FOUND :D

Does anyone knw how to change the main home screens background in mediascape not the now playin or the track list i managed that (wasnt rocket science anyways ;p)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] urs74:
Is there a way to get a reup of OM3G4's Black theme it got pulled from megauploads.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
This is my new battery shaping up. still at draft level.

gonna change the head section. And in darker background, dosent seems to be that sharp.

Want be able to finish faster. having some other stuff to finish first.:p
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
So wheres all these themes that everyone has been working on lately :p

All these little sneak previews... :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Bazza1976:
Heres my FrankenDroid theme I have been working on and still to finish.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/1mir1uo0usbbmes/FrankenDroid.zip
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HunteronX:
When I clicked on 'HunteronX's battery theme: (post #36)' it downloaded the 'CM-Anims-v1.0.zip' file I uploaded. It just contains eclair-like animations to replace the ones in a framework-res.apk.

I'll make a new one (framework-res.apk) with those in, and the desire notifications bar (with battery).

Is it ok if you could rename it to say that it's just some animations?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Vin87:
First of all, thanks for this thread and the clear tutorial. I really liked to have a black notification bar like the one below (from OM3G4).

However I wanted to keep the blue background in the menus, settings etc. So I decided to mod the stock framework-res.apk with certain files from OM3G4s framework-res.apk and it worked out great. Check the screenshot below:

I attached the Framwork-res.apk to this post.

All credits, kudos etc go to OM3G4 .

@OM3G4, thank you for your great work. If you want me to remove your modified file just let me know.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] OM3G4:
No problem ;)

But... ¿How can I remove the blue line? I am not able to find the file in framework-res.apk...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kishen80:
cannot install any files :( plss help.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kishen80:
massage shows (andrion system could not be installed on tis phone')
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RVDigital:
HTC Exchange ActiveSync implementation in DarchDroid 2.7 Kangslayer, is it possible?

The following is a plea for help with a problem that I have searched high and low for an answer and have come up dry.

First I want to say how much I LOVE this ROM. IMO, this is everything the Android Experience was meant to be. Although I can understand what some people see in the “skins” provided with HTC Sense, this look and feel comes at a cost of performance. Only Darchstar has provided a fully functional and working AOSP ROM for the HTC Hero and I can’t see going backwards to stock or any other Sense based ROM. To Darchstar, THANK YOU SIR!

Although I have decided to utilize the ROM full time, this comes at a large price, in my case, a cost of productivity to my day job. Currently with this ROM I am unable to access the Exchange account my company utilizes. In short, the configuration of the account is beyond my control and I am limited to work within the environment that is provided.

The Problem:

The default AOSP “Corporate” account setup does not play with my company’s deployment of Exchange. Although many of the solutions I have found kept me hoping for an answer, all of come up short. Apps like TouchDown seem very promising, but just don’t handle the implementation of ActiveSync my company provides. Although, I really couldn’t tell you why, the problem could stem from the way the AOSP version identifies itself to the server, the way it handles Security Certificates, etc.

To date, I have found only ONE functional option of accessing my Exchange account consisting of Email, Calendar, and Contacts (if I so chose). That option is the one provided within HTCs stock software for the phone. Although many posts have complained how inadequate HTCs deployment and use of the ActiveSync protocol is, for some reason it works very well for my situation.

To anyone who's still confused, the following images may be the easiest way to explain what I'm trying to achieve...

HTC Sense Implementation

WORKS VERY WELL :D

AOSP "Corporate" Implementation

THIS, NOT SO MUCH (NOT AT ALL) :mad:

My Request (see: Plea)

I want to know if its possible to implement the individual element(s) of the Exchange Activesync deployment within the HTC Version into AOSP. Is it a simple APK problem or is it a larger combination of challenges?

I ask for anyone who may have come across this problem or something similar to post a reply and point me in the right direction. I have already made the decision to stay with the FULL AOSP that only Darchstar has provided via 2.7, I love it and just can’t go back. Please, if you can help, if you think you have a solution, I am all eyes!

To anyone who responds, I thank you in advance!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sav2880:
I'll add my interest in finding this out too. Not as much from needing it to radically change, but just from the sense of wanting to add the ability to do calendar sync, that's an important enough piece of the puzzle that I'd like to make it work.

P.S. - I know about Google Calendar Sync, but a push option is always better.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temple2101:
I'm no expert by any means, but I have my Exchange Email working perfectly through DD 2.7. AOSP 2.1 does not support syncing calendars, but you should be able to sync email and contacts. For Calendar I use Google Calendar Sync to sync my Exchange calendar to my Google Calendar and it works like a charm.

Can you provide more information on the limitations of your Exchange server setup? Has your administrator been able to communicate the issues surrounding your inability to connect?

Also, you may want to try the Froyo ROM Darch is working on. It implements new Exchange functionality and calendar sync is available. At the least, if you don't want to mess with an Alpha ROM you can have hope in waiting for a final Froyo build.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grego442:
The exchange in darch works fine for my accounts. It is a little awkward at first. Domain and user name are in the same box separated by a / Otherwise every other box in HTC is in AOSP. It may be easier to set up the account through the mail app. Hope this helps.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] temple2101:
Agreed. For me, the only thing that was different in setting up mail on AOSP was that the Domain\Username was on the same line. You have to enter domain.com\Username for whatever domain you're on and your username. Seems kind of trivial and I'm assuming you already knew that, but just in case...