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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
As I've eben working on my own theme, I've asked a lot of questions , and (obviously) learned a ton along the way. I've been keeping a log of a lot of it, but, I was wondering if you would all be interested in an "end-all, be-all" guide to theming from scratch? With things like important file locations, tutorials on .9 pngs, decompiling and editing xml, etc. etc.? Maybe I'd even PDF it and have screenshots and everything.

Just something I've thought of, but, it's REALLY not worth it if people aren't interested, bc it'd be time-consuming.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dmoses1969:
I would definitely be interested. I have been looking for something for awhile now. I have found bits and pieces haven't been able to put it all together and figure it out. I have an app I have been trying to theme to match the clock I am using and cannot get it right. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

This is what happens when I try to theme SwitchPro widget.

http://tapa.tk/mu/ad8d0908-f898-7a0f.jpg
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bludragon742:
+1

10char
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] effluent:
Yes, I don't have time to figure it out on my own like you did. So that would be pretty fly.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
Hey dmoses, go ahead and attach that .9 png you did for the background of switchpro, and I'll fix it for you real quick.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] KLLSWITCH:
uhm that would be awesome ive tried changing a bunch of things on my phone on to find out that maybe half ever work and not knowing why lol
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Veritas06:
I'd love to see this too. I was spoiled with theming for the Palm Pre & would love to get into theming for Android now.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] _Burst_:
I am always open to answering questions about theming. If I can anyway.

Personally, I learned a lot of my android business from SDX-Developers. There a bunch of us brainstormed and basically relearned android. We pulled a lot of info from XDA yes. And for that I am greatful. However, since so much had to be relearned, a lot of info is documented in the forum. And most devs are still active so getting a response to a question, or at least someone to bounce ideas off of, is pretty easy. Android across the board is very similar no matter what device.

I would first recommend google search being that there are a ton more forums beyond xda with information. SDX is where I usually go for more technical questions or discussion, but then again it is where all the Moment users went when XDA shunned us.

Documentation is key if you want to remain open source so the mods can be used or altered for future use.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rujelus22:
+1 Great idea
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
Anyways...

Glad that people could use something like this. At some point I'll deifnitely start to work on it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffthebeast:
yeah, would defiantly appreciate something likes this. I spend so much time with 360's i hardly have time to mess with my phone and this would make it a much easier task.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
LoL you shoudl donate me a case-mode for this then!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffthebeast:
i could do that, i have a ton of spare 360 cases i use for my jtags i sell.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
You ****ing joking? Dude, I'd make you a whole theme for a nice black custom case with lights.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffthebeast:
im serious, i enjoy doing it...i think i have a few pics of different console on my pB

http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h239/IiCoNson/
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Drewmungus:
+1 interest on a good one stop guide, whether it be all original content or mashed together from the way too many guides out there.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TJDuckett:
for some reason, it takes me to some weird login screen and won't let me view ur album.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Alanmw86:
absolutely, that would be a great resource and a great experience!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DJZager:
+1

I would most certainly enjoy a theming guide.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brndnwbb:
cosign.

10char.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javolin13:
Okay, i'm trying to modify build.prop

while pulling build.prop to sdcard, then editing it, i've tried cat to put it in /system and it tells me "out of memory"

then i try to cp /system and it tells me "not enough memory"

then i've tried removing it, editing it, then reboot to recovery then adb push to /system and it does it, then i reboot and the files back to /system yet all the changes i did aren't there and its back to the way it was before....

any ideas?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumfuq:
make sure you mount system ("mount system") while in recovery but before you push the file and when you push try have the trailing slash there "push myfile /system/"
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] javolin13:
do you mean mount while in adb or shell? because mount only works while device is booted.

also if i add the / trail at the end of /system"/" it gives " no directory; /system//build.prop
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratchetrizzo:
Do it through clockwork.

Boot into clockwork

go to partitions menu

verify or mount system

(don't shell into the phone yet)

adb shell into your phone and see if that fixes it. Or just adb pull /system/build.prop

edit the one you just pulled in windows and then

adb push build.prop /system/

Try those
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jpeel:
First - Thanks to everyone on these boards for their endless efforts to improve our devices and Android as a whole.

I would like to know if it would be possible to create an app that would overlay a GPS Speedometer over the video camera while the camera is recording video. So as you are recording a video from your window mounted N1 you can also see how fast you were traveling. I am attending a driving school at a local track in the near future and would like to record video of the laps and see the speed I'm traveling at different points on the track. I know there are free GPS apps available and obviously we can record video, but is there a way to combine the two in a kind of augmented reality app?

I would be grateful for any input. I know nothing of programming myself, but I'm willing to learn if someone can help me get started in the right direction.

Thanks
[Android Software Development] mbomberz1:
I posted this in the Nexus one forum since this is the phone i use but have not gotten any responses in over a week. This might be the more appropriate section of the forum.

My gallery pictures have been disappearing by chunks at a time. A few months back i lost maybe 100 pictures. Starting at around 700, noticed some missing and was at 600ish. Today im down to 120's. I do not believe this is my SD card crapping out because i often use it for large files and they are fine, its an 8bg San Disk C6. Also the card is maybe 1 year old.

Has anyone else had any pictures disappearing? My most recent photo in my gallery is now dated at 7/8/2010. There were photos on here from 2008 when i got my old Fuze.
[Android Software Development] bisby:
I had a buddy that went through like 5 Moto Droids and 6 SD cards because they were losing pictures of his newborn daughter. He wasn't too tech savvy so he just insisted android sucked and is now using a Rumor or something

So I've heard of stuff like this happening before, but I never found out what the solution was. Sorry.
[Android Software Development] mbomberz1:
Really, interesting, thanks for the reply i appreciate it. I was about to buy a new 8gb SD card just in case. I have not lost any pictures in the last maybe 2 weeks, its very random it seems. The only thing i do that is hard on my SD card is occasionally, a few times a week load like 4+ GB of files on and off a few times. Taking my work home with me and back to work. But i didnt think this should have any impact.

No one else?
[Android Software Development] LilRico:
I lost 100+ pictures and 10 videos on my EVO. It happened out if no where because it wasn't long before that I was looking at them. After a reboot, I remember that I tried to access the photos but none of the pictures or videos where there. I basically lost a lot of photos with very little warning, so I keep backing them up now. I still remember the gallery app going from 197 to 14 in the camera shots. This is the same 16 gig microsd card that I had on my Touch Pro 2, and I never had that problem.

I thought the sd card wasn't mounting, but I used Astro File manager and could explore everything without any issues.

I still have no idea what the cause was... Switching kernels, ROMs, radios, and factory resetting hasn't made the issue come back again, so who knows what the cause was.
[Android Software Development] ShotgunPR:
Is this an issue related to rooting your phone?

I just noticed I lost about 12+ pictures and about 5 videos from my G2 after I just recently rooted my phone.

I double-checked with some file managers, connecting the phone via USB Mass Storage and the photos and videos just disappeared!!!

Can ANYONE help diagnose what's going on here?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
For NEON 400 users only!

Please do not even consider flashing this rom unless your device is a NEON 400. That's the Canadian Telus/Bell version of the HTC Touch Dual. If you don't know how to find out the model number... then I suggest you do some more reading before you consider flashing any roms.

Hey All,

My old phone died so I recently became the proud owner of the HTC Touch Dual NEON 400. Long story short I unlocked it (Thanks to jockyw2001) and found that there are no Chefs out there with this device. There's a couple dedicated dudes out there trying to help all of us NEON 400 users (Talking about you Rataplan, deepankerjha), but since they don't actually have this device it's pretty tough for them to prepare and test a rom for us.

So, I took the plunge. With Rataplan's help (thanks a lot buddy, couldn't have gotten this far without you're help) I've been cooking away and have a solid WM 6.5 ROM here for us. It's based on the Telus stock ROM and WM 6.5 build 21914. I haven't yet cleared all the extra's (so it's a bit fat) but in my testing so far it's 100% functional and bug free (well, as bug free as WM can be ;))

I can't guarantee how well it'll work on the Bell NEON 400's, but if you have a Telus device, this should do the trick. I'm using it right now on mine.

Please leave feedback if you try this ROM out. I am still a novice chef, but I'll take feedback to heart, and I'll continue cooking and optimizing roms for the NEON 400 as I learn more and get better.

Happy Flashing!

I'll post updates as they come.

UPDATE:

Sorry all, but in my quest to migrate to the Android OS I've ditched my Neon in favour of the Vogue. I'll upload the Lite ROM I was working on for those who want it. The only thing I was having trouble with was the GPS, apart from that the ROM runs very nicely with the extra weight of the cube and other fat removed. Feel free to PM me if you have questions, I'll do my best to help if I can.

Give me a few days to do a fresh build of the Lite ROM and to take one more stab at getting the GPS working.

Okay my final roms are up. Hopefully Rataplan will have the links posted below shortly.

Lite Version: 1.01 - 1.03

-WM 6.5 Build 21914

-TouchFlo Cube removed

-A bunch of other bundled HTC/Telus packages removed

-GPS is still flaky

Version: 2.01

-WM 6.5 Build 21914

-Nothing removed, All stock HTC and Telus packages remain

EDIT I can't post links just yet, so Rataplan's going to help me out with that, check his post below for the download links.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Here are the links:

NEON400_201 Added 19th August

NEON400_Lite_101 Added 9th November

NEON400_Lite_102 Added 9th November

NEON400_Lite_103 Added 9th November
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Loaded on my Bell NEON400. Took a while to get to setup and made a few bleeps along the way, now it's at the "Customization" part. Will update as I finish setup and test it out.

EDIT: Finished installation, looks pretty good, will test calling and texting as we go. Any chance we can strip the Telus crap out of it though? Hate seeing "Telus" everywhere when it's not even a Telus phone.

EDIT 2: Trying to set up ActiveSync to sync with my Google Account - it freezes every so often for a short while and won't respond to taps or key presses. Seems to be common in all applications. Also, the keys operate but the backlight never turns on for them (disregard that - they do work, see Edit 4).

EDIT 3: Hitting the X to close a window doesn't kill the app like it did in WM 6.1. Not sure if this normal behaviour or not (first time flasher).

EDIT 4: After a reboot the key backlight is working again. When I try changing the keyboard however to a full QWERTY layout the setting never saves and always reverts to the "touch keypad" or whatever it is (same problem in WM 6.1 so it's a setting issue not a ROM issue - disregard please).

If you could get rid of the Telus branding everywhere and see what's up with the freezing this ROM would be perfect!

Nice job.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
got_milk, Thanks for testing on your Bell device. Like I said in the post I wasn't sure what to expect on a Bell phone. I'm working on a lite version right now with the Telus stuff stripped out. I'm also trying to remove the added weight from HTC like the touchflo cube (I really hate that thing...)

I've noticed the problem with the X button not closing apps. It seems in WM 6.5 it just sort of minimizes them. Although if I recall there's a setting somewhere that lets you set it so you can close an app by holding the X instead of just tapping it. I'll look into that some more.

In regards to the responsiveness one thing I've noticed is that when memory is low I sometimes have to tap and hold the buttons for a moment before they register. I initially thought it just wasn't reading the hits but found by accident that I could make it work by holding it for an extra moment. Hopefully this won't be a problem once I get my Lite version working.

I highly recommend downloading and installing Finger Keyboard. It's my favourite by far. I can't post links yet, but the thread where I found it is titled:

\\\\\\\\\ F i n g e r K e y b o a r d 2 ///////// v2.1 - NOW ONLINE - all resolutions

One other thought: If you could hook me up with the ROM you're using as the stock Bell ROM I could recreate this 6.5 ROM using it as the base. This might solve some of your problems too.

Thanks again for testing!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Not a problem, thank you more for doing this! I really hate how we're limited to WinMo 6.1, when we clearly have a 6.5 capable device.

I'm using the stock Bell ROM from jockyw2001's HardSPL post (stickied at the top of this forum).

Looking forward to the lite edition, I will certainly test it when you release it.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
So, I couldn't stay away (Software Engineering student...lol). I set up my own kitchen and started to cook using a stock Bell ROM. I've managed to strip all the Bell crap + the HTC cube and make a nice clean ROM.

However!

I've encountered one bug so far. On the home screen, where "Text" should be, it's simply blank and clicking it gets me to the main Outlook menu (where I choose Text Messages or Outlook E-mail). I can also not create text messages or reply to them. I know we've hit this roadblock before but no one's said how they got around it.

I also don't have data working at all - it's not being configured automatically (I think the Bell customization wizard does this, but it's disabled).

EDIT: Okay, it's as I suspected. There's a connection.xml file that's part of the Bell scripts that is added to handle data access. Anyone know how I can add data as part of the ROM package?
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
For sms take a look at this post from 88fingerslukee,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6961719&postcount=49

Regards,
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
That registry edit is just enabling/disabling threaded SMS...in my case SMS doesn't work at all (I can receive and view SMS') but I can't create any new ones or reply to them.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Okay, did you select webview in the sys-part of your kitchen.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Yes, it's essential anyway so I get prompted if it's not included. It's not part of WM build 21914 however...
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
So I've tried with a bunch of different WM builds, new kitchen setups, and everything I can think of under the sun.

Data works out of the box - it's just not enabled by default. If you go into the comm manager and enable data it seems to work.

SMS is still broken. When it's not highlighted right above the text 'Text' it displays 'No notif...'. Highlighting 'Text' gives you absolutely no text at all and your option for that is 'View', which takes you to your call list.

I've cooked all day and yet I cannot get this to work at all. I'm rolling back to WM 6.1 until I can find a solution.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
got_milk, way to go bud! Glad to have another new chef in the kitchen. I wont bother cooking a Bell ROM as you're already on track. My Lite ROM is gonna be a while anyway. Between wife, kids, job, and house... I just don't have a whole lot of time to tinker.

In regards to your SMS problem, I might be able to help. I too had problems getting SMS to work when I started working on my Lite ROM. After some trial and error what I found fixed it was to include two files from the OEMAPPS pkg.

Strip out all the crap from OEMAPPS you don't want and make sure that these two files remain, then include the package in your next build:

234f3319-55a2-46a3-be32-24530a643a0f.dsm

234f3319-55a2-46a3-be32-24530a643a0f.rgu

I'll be honest, I didn't do any research on the significance of these files, I just happened upon it by chance.

Good Luck!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Aha! I shall do another cook tonight and see if that does the trick.

EDIT: You sir, are a brilliant genius. I didn't have the .rgu version but the .dsm was there. Deleted everything out of OEMAPPS but that, cooked and flashed, and texting works now.

Thanks a ton!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Excellent! Glad I could help ;)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
So, my two bugs I've noticed so far...

No data. EV-DO is available, looks like it has to be set up manually. Anyone know how we can incorporate this into the cooking? I've tried ADC but it doesn't work, says it's not a valid Pocket PC application every time the phone boots up.

Also, the buttons along the top (sound, data, etc) work normally in the home screen, but enter any app and while the icons remain the same their functions have now been shifted one to the left. (Volume becomes Close, Data becomes Volume, etc).
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
When I first started a Lite ROM I stripped my Operator EXT packages. That killed my data. I put'em back to work on the OEM pkg's. I haven't had time to dissect the EXT packages yet to find the pieces we need for data. Whichever one of us figures that out first will have to share it with the other ;)

For now I'm still picking through the OEM packages finding all the pieces I want/need to keep.

Not sure about your taskbar buttons, might be related to that handy tasks dropdown item that's usually on the far right (like a quickview task manager you can use to close running apps) I don't know if that's a WM feature, or something HTC bundled in.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
That's an HTC bundled application (TaskManager.exe in OEMApps). I removed it and the bug's still there. You don't have this problem?

Data is handled via Connection.xml which is injected - somehow - during the "Customization" process. You CAN do it yourself manually - simply add a new connection and have it dial #777.

There's not much in the EXT packages - and what's there is impossible to tell for now, I'll dissect more and see what's there.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Strange, when I hit any of the buttons along that top taskbar it just opens up a bubble with icons for each of the options available, and then select an item from the bubble. Individually the icons along the top don't actually do anything for me, they all just open this bubble.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Right, which is the normal behaviour - it's when you actually select an icon from that bubble that everything appears to have shifted one position to the left.

Try it at the home screen and then in an application.

Also, looks like data is handled via "Connection.xml" which is placed inside the Windows folder (I'm back to stock 6.1 to check file locations). If I try to put that inside OEMApps or whatever and have that copy over though it doesn't end up in the Windows folder as far as I can tell.

I'm also trying to strip out the more unnecessary stuff, however, the camera always breaks and says the app is missing files to run. I can get rid of the cube, and everything else, but I'd like to leave the camera function behind (strips 30MB off the ROM if I clean everything else out). But the camera doesn't work.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] Rataplan:
Ok it seems that you found each other, hopefully it will result in a perfect NEON400 rom, whish you guy's all the best and if I can help, just ask.

Some usefull links:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=564130

http://winbreak.com/winmo/voguegoodies/

Greetz,
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Aha, I see what you mean with the icons. This seems to be happening in my fat ROM as well, so I'm not sure what can be done about it. I rarely use that functionality so if, in the end, that's the only thing I can't solve I think I can live with it.

I'm working on stripping the OEMAPPS package down without losing things like the 20 keypad, and 20 touch keyboard, long press end key, camera, etc... it's just slow going right now as I only get maybe an hour a night at best to work on it. I'll let you know if/when I figure out which files are all required for the camera to work properly.

we'll get there ;)
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Thanks again Rataplan, you've been a great help!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
We'll get there indeed. I'll let you know if I find anything but I'm shorthanded on time for the next little while.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Making some good progress tonight. Got the camera working on my lite ROM. Still trying to get the touch 20 keypad working right though, getting there. Let me clean up a little more so I can isolate exactly which files are responsible for the camera and I'll let you know.

EDIT: 20 keypad, and touch 20 keyboard are working now. Still cleaning up to figure out the camera.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] got_milk:
Thanks for the update - I haven't had any time to work on it (my kitchen is sitting idle :( ).
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] 88fingerslukee:
Hey everybody! I'm back...

The GF got really really angry at her NEON400 and paid the $25 to change to a phone my sister gave her. So I now have a phone to test ROMS on whenever I want without having to borrow it.

The bad news is I will not be able to test any type of radio feature as the phone won't have a plan attached to it.

Sorry to Rata for abandoning his thread and thanks to everybody else for testing and continuing the development!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] xgumbi:
Okay, so I've pretty much ironed out my lite 6.5 rom for the Neon400. I've been using it for a week now and have noticed only a couple small issues, none of which are deal breakers for me.

Stay tuned. I should have it up in the next few days with a good description.