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[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] daftlush:
Would love to remove the time completely.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
They may be inside the com.htc.resources.apk also. Use Root Explorer to check.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Thanx, checkin it out now...

YES THEY ARE, y i didnt think to look there... i dont know... but YOU sir... ROCK!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Again, thats part of the Services.jar ... and i know little to nothin of java.

Soon enough the smart guys will have a script to edit it!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
I'm going to remove the gps icon. Unless the OP does it first. I only want to see it when I turn it on.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
I was just thinkin that. I think im going to just remove the "bullseye" icon all together. So i only see the "satellite dish" one when its actually transmitting/recieving.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
i like this idea. i may do the same.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] touchpro247:
Please do.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Thanx to TouchPro, i now have ALOT more editing to do... (not that its a bad thing...the com.htc.resources.apk is not found in vanilla android so i didnt know it was there)

So im goin to thoroughly go thru it and make sure i get everything edited before I release my work. But if your a fan of BLUE, and NOT a fan of that awful Green... watch for it this weekend.

Again thanx Touchpro, good call on the other apk.!!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
will it change everything to blue? like the volume sliders and stuff?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
I'm trying to pull the framework apk, but i keep getting an error every time in adb. i've gone into recovery, went into adb shell and enabled su, but as soon as i do the adb pull, i get "/sbin/sh: adb: not found". tried mounting the /system and /data partitions in recovery, same error. anyone know whats wrong?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
to PULL you dont need su, recovery, or any of that:

Plug in phone (ensure usb debugging is ON)

open cmd prompt

type: adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk c:\(add folder name here)

for com.htc.resources.apk:

adb pull /system/framework/com.htc.resources.apk c:\(foldername)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
alright ive run into another problem. i edited the pngs related to the battery, battery charging, reception and wifi icons to change the colors. pulled all the pngs out of the drawable-hdpi folder. for the wifi i edited stat_sys_wifi_signal files, stat_sys_signal for reception, stat_sys_battery for the battery and the charging icons. finished all these up, put them back in the drawable folder replacing the originals and pushed the framework apk back to my phone and rebooted. sure enough, everything loads and all icons are the same. what did i miss?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] money226:
A lot of those are patch 9. Google it. There's a little more to it than just editing.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
None of the Battery, Signal or Wifi are .9 files.. so no need to go that route. If you DID edit a .9.png file, it will not work properly when pushed back to the phone unless properly repatched with draw9 and eclipse.

(learned this recently)

The SIGNAL METER and the 3G/ 1X icons in framework-res.apk DO NOT change the phone. For those you need to edit com.htc.resources.apk.

If your battery did not change, then there are 3 probable causes...

A: You didnt mount /system , then UNmount /system ( you pushed the file but it didnt really get written)

B: You pushed the file to the wrong place/ wrong filename (the file name and location IS CASE SENSITIVE. 'framework-res.apk' and '/system/framework/framework-res.apk' (ALL LOWER CASE)

C: the PNG files you edited were not named exactly the same as the originals

Verify all this, if you're still having issues let me know ill see what i can do to help!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
ONE MORE THING....

FYI TO EVERYONE EDITING THIER OWN APK's............

YOU MUST NOT BREAK THE ORIGINAL APK.

(copy it to another location as a stock BACKUP aswell)

USE 7zip...to extract...

Edit from the extracted folder

go back to original apk..

right click, 7zip, open archive...

in the open window showing the archive, copy and paste your edited files directly into the original apk.

CLOSE 7zip

Push APK to phone (in recovery, with /system mounted)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
what do you mean by "break"?

i edited GenieWidget (the 2.1 news and weather widget), right on the phone using Root Explorer and Astro and then pushed it to system/app in recovery and it worked perfectly. i gave the widget a transparent background instead of the grey.

if i try to install the apk using astro it won't work, i guess this is because the signature is broken. is this what you meant by "break"?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Yes, if you break the signature it wont install.

With htc and android system apps, you can pull the apk, open with 7zip, drop in the files, then close it, and it wont break the signature.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
it won't simply install, but you can still push it to system and it will work. i broke GenieWidget but pushed it to system/app in recovery and it works.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
NEW INFO....

the SIGNAL BARS... are located in com.htc.resources.apk

the files are cmda.sys.4signal_x.png (there are 5, replace x with 0-4)

3G/ 1X are located in the same APK

the files are cdma_sys_data_.....(followed by in, out ,inandout,or dormant... and either 3g or 1x)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
FYI, I'VE POSTED MY FIRST VERSIONS in the THEMES & APPS section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=711387
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
for some reason whenever i open the pngs to edit, all the icons have white in the corners. so when i change them and save them back in the apk, i boot up my phone to find my altered icons with white corners....its like God doesnt want me to have different colored icons :(
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
What program are you using to edit them? sounds like what ever you're using doesnt recognize the transparency.

Go google GIMP, and download it. its an easy to use (free) editing software. You'll notice right away why you see white in the corners with the program you have now.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Tazzyez:
Is it possible to use the 6 bar signal meter and it be accurate with signal? By maybe renaming them to cmda.sys.4signal_x.png (there are 5, replace x with 0-4)????
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] wowthatisrandom:
anyone know where the images in bottom bar on the homescreen is located? (phone, menu, add widget) buttons
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Changing the actual ICON is easy.... actually tellin the phone to use 6 icons instead of 4 is a different story. (and thats WAY outta my league)

I would suggest bringing this up in its own thread. Maybe one of the Devs could be helpful. I've been going through files upon files on this thing and it appears it was designed to handle 4,5,and 6 bar systems, so maybe its as simple as changing a control file. Again outta my league, but still might be possible.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Those will be in the SenseUI apks not part of the framework...

i think its ROSIE.APK? (not really sure, i use ADW, which is open source, and VERY CUSTOMIZABLE)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TNS201:
So does GIMP recognize that its a .9png and not normal? I notice when I edited stuff with GIMP, it didn't have those little squares, sometimes with photoshop it would have them and sometimes it wouldn't. Any tips you can provide. The biggest problem I had with GIMP over photoshop was it was easier to select the areas I wanted to edit, but with GIMP it is harder to get the whole area I wanted.

I started moving over Droid X icons to my phone and was gonna edit those to have a Droid X incredible theme. I included a pic of what I have started.

Need some additional help.

1. Does anyone know where the icons and such are for the launcher and such, like where it has your App drawer, phone, and +. I want to change this to red to match that little pull bar at the lock screen.

2. Does anyone know how to change the text that is in square buttons. I want to change them to white. The icons I pulled from Droid X system rip are dark and when you see the OK or Cancel boxes, they are black and its hard to see the text.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TNS201:
Ok for Rosie.apk, not everything is there, some stuff is in the resources.apk, so you got to go back and forth. Here's what I have got done so far in pic attached.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] wowthatisrandom:
looks sick!, i modified my rosie apk last night to change a few of the things, but i cant figure out where the bottom bar pressed buttons are, i have managed to change everything that is pressed to blue instead of green but these 3 buttons.

i saw the arch like you have red but im looking for buttons its self. i like what you did w the lock screen might play w that a bit today, if you have any idea about those 3 buttons let me know.

on a side note iplayed around w downloading some themes from some other devices for metamorph and it looks like they had the buttons in there. i also see the xml files for those buttons, does anyone know how to edit those? when i try to open them in notepad++ it throws an error (i assume its encoded)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TNS201:
They are located in com.htc.resources.apk in \res\drawable-port-hdpi and there is some in \res\drawable-land-hdpi these are for landscape view
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] wowthatisrandom:
anndddd your my hero!

you tried messing with the power control widget in teh settings APK im trying to change the bottom green bars to blue, but im epically failing understanding the hwo to use the draw 9patch and where to put the black lines after ive done all the things in This Guide
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Drukan:
Heres a lil update for editing ANY AND ALL FILES....

( i will no longer be posting to this thread, or anywhere on this forum for personal reasons...) BUT hope this helps ya out.....

Look up/ research APKTOOL

I found it somewhere( cant remember) but its a script that will pretty much unbuild the apk placing it in a folder.

All XML files you can edit in Notepad

All.9.png files you can directly edit with GIMP

Then it will rebuild the APK!

No need for xml editors

No need for HEX editors

No need for draw9patch'ing

RUn the command to extract...EDIT FILES... then run the command to build!

Hope this helps you all with your editing!!! If you have questions you can find me over at MyDroidWorld.... same Name!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
so i deleted the images in framework for the location icons and now they just leave a blank spot there. when the gps satellite dish icon pops up it shows it to the left of where the location icon was, not in place of it. do we also need to edit an XML file so this extra space can be used?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jonnybueno:
That should be the case, what program did you use?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
i used 7-zip to find and delete the icons in com.htc.resources. that was easy, i just have no idea how to edit an XML file or which file to even edit.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jonnybueno:
Did you just delete them from the apk or did you open them up and make them transparent using PhotoShop or some other image editing program?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jasonb1985:
i actually deleted the 2 icons altogether. i figured that was all that needed to be done. it did work, but now it's just an empty space where the icon used to be.

for example when the satellite dish icon comes up, it is to the left of where the location icon was. i'd like that blank space to be usable.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] tcberg2010:
Try this link for converting android binary xml to readable, haven't tried it yet myself though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=514412
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] borgey420:
i open res/drawable and theres a bunch of XML files. what is a good program to edit those files? anyone suggest one? i am obviously new to this and am ready to make the dive into doing themes. any help would be highly appreciated
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jonnybueno:
Try hxd I believe its free
[Droid X General] Pitnefor:
is it amoled or ?
[Droid X General] dr154:
it has a high-resolution capacitive touchscreen
[Droid X General] Ryan Frawley:
That didn't answer his question.

I remember reading somewhere that it is LCD, unfortunately...
[Droid X General] AdamLJ:
24-bit TFT, I think. AMOLED isn't necessarily the bee's knees, even though people like to use it as a buzz word.
[Droid X General] bookwormat:
I don't really care if it is AMOLED or not, but I like to know what sensor is used in the screen. As far as I know, the droid/milestone had a dual touch screen, and from videos I've seen it looks much less responsive as e.g. the full 16 touch multitouch on the Samsung Galaxy S.

I'm aware that this is not an issue for many people, and I'm not yet sure how important it is for me. But there seem to be differences in the different sensor technologies used, and I would like to know where the droid x stands.

e.g. this article claims that the sensor in the galaxy has a "response time of 7 milliseconds which is 2-3 times faster than current multi-touch displays.", and that it can recognise up to 16 different touches.

androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s-has-the-best-multi-touch-screen-ever-20100524/
[Droid X General] Robodude288:
yes but who has 16 fingers much less that you can fit on a 4 inch screen....
[Droid X General] theineffablebob:
It's an IPS LCD like the original Droid.
[Droid X General] retox:
It's a TFT screen. It says on the consumer site, near the bottom under "Physical". (Sorry, new to the site, can't post the active link)

motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-X-US-EN.alt
[Droid X General] suzook:
If it had amloed i wouldnt be getting it. I returned my incredible for this reason. Txt is blurry on amloled....i dont understand how people dont see its inferior.
[Droid X General] Pops_G:
I agree. I had an Incredible and the text was jagged. Not to mention AMOLED gets "burn-in" which means after a while the status bar will be permanently burned into the top of the screen. The colors are better, and the power draw is lower. Those are the only 2 advantages over LCD, ever where else they fall short.

The lagged text has something to do with how they make AMOLEDs. They use RGB like LCD for each pixel, but they only have 1 green per 2 pixels. So in effect its like the screen has less pixels over all.

More information on this here. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...exus-ones-screen-science-color-and-hacks.ars/
[Droid X General] AdamLJ:
AMOLED is a buzz word. LCD work better in the sun and the text is more crisp.
[Droid X General] winnernet5000:
Burn in will not be an issue on any phone. It's just like a TV. If you had say, some sort of icon constantly open on the screen in the exact same location for many hours continuously alright. But on a phone you rarely have anything open without changing for >6 hours anyway. and burn-in requires more than 6 hours, it only happens after usually a year or two of a TV displaying something static like a network logo.

Colors are much richer, but a bit less accurate. This isn't as crucial since you're on a phone and not exactly going for insane color accuracy, and lcd screens in general aren't extraordinarily accurate (seem to be either overly red or blue, or "warm" and "cool")

AMOLED also uses a LOT less power, and I really doubt you're going to see a huge difference in screen legibility in the sun.

(can't post links yet)

engadget.com/2010/06/21/super-amoled-vs-amoled-vs-lcd-in-direct-sunlight-fight/

engadget has a nice comparison video, all look pretty bad except for maybe the SAMOLED and the iphone 4 is apparently alright. then again, if you literally just shield it a bit with your body (turn away from the sun) all screens are fairly readable. The sun sucks, and screens universally suck in sun compared to indoors.

Last point: AMOLED is really awesome at night. The blacks are indeed REALLY black. So far nothing but the OLED displays can reach that level (since it is 100% black, no light is actually emitted, giving it theoretically infinite contrast ratio).

No need for sour grapes, there are no 4.3 inch OLED phones that I know of in the US anyway, and if you want a large screen the droid x will deliver.

I'd be more concerned about multitouch sensors that amoled vs LCD, those will make or break a phone, I hope motorola invested in some sensors similar to the evo/incredible.
[Droid X General] cbaty08:
That's what I am worried about... I saw the video of the evo and incredible and the screen response issues.. it was pretty awful to say the least...
[Droid X General] ThugEsquire:
Is that IPS like iPhone 4's S-IPS? I know the resolutions are different but is the tech otherwise the same? I've compared my Incredible to the iPhone 4 and I really didn't see a significant difference in color quality.
[Droid X General] dr154:
Droid X has a TFT LCD screen...

Droid Incredible has an AMOLED & STFT LCD screen...

First Droid Inc have the AMOLED and newer releases has STFT... mixture of both...
[Droid X General] Zander11:
Touch Screen Sensor

Not sure the exact manufacturer or model, but I found a good test of the touch sensor / multitouch for the Droid X.

Youtube link: (apparently can't post outside link yet)

Google "DroidXMultitouchTest". 2nd link

Results look great. My last reservation is removed. By the way, there isn't a "hitch" like the guy says, it's the font and changing sides. That's why you don't see it in the second test.
[Droid X General] Roland Deschain:
Until we see Pixel Qi screens, it doesn't really matter. Pixel Qi is worlds better than any display available now, including the iPhone 4 and the Galaxy S. I'm hoping the rumored "display like you've never seen" comment from HTC is a smartphone with a Pixel Qi screen.

Watch this, a laptop with a Pixel Qi screen versus the iPad in bright sunlight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NotK4TVQ-6E

Edit: by the way, Pixel Qi screens can "turn off" but still display a grayscale image just like the e-ink technology on the Amazon Kindle. It's pure win. People are all excited about the 4G/LTE networks coming, but IMO, most people should be MORE excited for Pixel Qi displays in smartphones.
[Droid X General] dr154:
im excited about both... 4g and pixel qi display...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Doo Doo:
I had an at&t tilt 2 & hardspl'ed it but my screen went bad on me so i had to get a new 1 now when i try to hardspl the new 1 it won't let me how do i get a new hardspl license for my new tilt 2 any help is appreciated thanks in advance :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] fone_fanatic:
new license for the SPL unlocker app?

You'd have to talk to the developer of that app for that. go to the HardSpl tutorial thread and read in there, i think you can pm the developer and see if he'll help you out.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Doo Doo:
i already did that i haven't recieved a reply from any of them yet
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Aaron McCarthy:
Pretty sure that's exactly what it says to do in the HARDSPL thread so... not really sure why you started a thread about something that you already had direction for? Are you just looking for a short cut cause the developer didn't email you back within 10 minutes?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Doo Doo:
no i'm not lookin for a short cut i just wanted to hurry up & hardspl my phone so i can start flashing some roms thats all sorry if i made you mad or upset
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Aaron McCarthy:
Not mad or upset at all!!! I just wasn't sure what it was you were looking for. Since you already did what you were supposed to do I just wasn't sure what it was you were after. You clearly read through at least the first few pages of the thread and saw you had to contact them. There are issues with the tilt 2 which I remember I had and I just got a warranty tilt 2 and had to hardspl and had to tinker with it to get it to hardspl okay. I just did a search and saw what others did in the thread. I wish I could help. I think I basically had to load on the cab they require for the tilt 2 then soft reset then go back in and do it manually. If I recall at least.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
If I flash from the SD card the original ship rom, will it replace the SPL with the OEM one and therefore be relocked? Or do I still need to reflash a locked spl? I am no n00b to the flashing scene, I just do not want to get charged for this returned device.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jhernand1102:
I suggest you read this thread carefully....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=550131

Make sure you relock it after you flashed the stock rom & spl...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
I searched that whole thread for relock related stuff. Nothing in there really answers the question.

I know that if you flash from Windows, the SPL is NOT replaced. As such, if I flash the ship rom via SD card, does this take care of the relocking? That is what I need to know. I would be flashing a locked SPL.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
I just figured it out. Thread can be closed.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] voyager529:
I can't answer for anything but T-Mobile USA, because I just had to do this...

Assuming your SD card works, download the upgrade software from here: http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/

Use 7zip to extract the installer to a folder. Rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh and transfer it to the root of your SD card. Flash the firmware by holding Reset + Vol Down, then press Power when prompted.

In my case, the USB wasn't working. If you're unable to USB sync, either use an SD adapter, or since I didn't have one, I opted to actually FTP the image to the phone using Filezilla Server.

Note that the T-Mobile USA ROM will reset everything - the bootloader, the SPL, the splash screen, the radio...everything will go back to stock...so no special steps.

Joey
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
Well, I already did it, but I can attest, to the fact that the SPL will STILL show that it is a modified one, even after this. I used the relocker and sent it back to TMO. Otherwise, I did the exact thing you were referring to. :)
[Droid X General] dr154:
The Droid X launches July 15th for $199 with new two year agreement and $29.99 data plan required...

Some Highlight Specs.

Operating System: Android 2.1 w/ Motoblur

Processor: 1Ghz OMAP3630

Ram: 512MB

On-board Storage: 8GB

Expandable Storage: 32GB, (16 GB included)

Total Storage: 40GB (24GB included)

Display Size: 4.3" Capacitive Touchscreen

Display Resolution: WGVA 854 x 480 pixels

Camera: 8 MP

Flash: Dual LED

Video Recording: 720p

Noise Cancelling: 3 Microphones

HDMI: yes

Full Specs

Android 2.2 Froyo w/Flash 10.1 will be release later in the summer(around August) with an over-the-air update.

More details upon request.
[Droid X General] SiXiam:
Is memory 512mb?

edit: Yes, thanks!
[Droid X General] dr154:
its been no reports on that, but one can assume that it is...
[Droid X General] jmejia15:
Don't you mean August? April would be Spring 2011
[Droid X General] Ryan Frawley:
Last I checked, April wasn't part of the summer..
[Droid X General] dr154:
Yes you guys are correct, sorry i was in a rush in typing this... lol
[Droid X General] sev7en:
Hi,

I would like buy this phone but... does it works only with WCDMA networks?

Thanks,
[Droid X General] t41n7ed:
LED or LCD screen?