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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Could be a Vikes fan *shiver*...gotta stick by my MN teams though, but holy crap Vikes...trainwreck tonight:(
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks. Working on theming the apps now...again, no color. Wife tells me I'm boring, I say greyscale is elegant :D

You in MN, or just a MN fan? PM...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
He's in MN... see his sidebar ;) :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youdug:
well im getting the theme to inject now but i keep getting force closes with every app. what im trying to do is make the statusbar at the top to be a dark transparency. its transparent when im on the lock screen but when i go to the homescreen its black.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, are you changing anything in the apps?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Can't see that on my phone :P I suppose you can't even tell I'm on my phone though as my sig is gone cuz I reinstalled XDA, and I deleted the standard sig while I come up with a new quippy one :D I thought I remembered seeing that though...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youdug:
no im just trying to get the statusbar transparent. havent messed with the apps at all
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah I didn't know :)

Hmm.... then there shouldn't really be an issue :confused:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youdug:
this is basically what im going for with the statusbar

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is this possible with aosp or cm? the only people i see with this are people running miui
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
I see no reason why it can't be done

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Does anyone have any suggestions for a .xml editor? I want to mess around with the ginger .xml's, but my laptop keeps opening them up in notepad, and notepad is crap. :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Get apk manager, decompile the app, and the XMLs will be nice and readable in the human language ;) :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Sweet, Google will find it for me?

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Here it is ;) I am Google :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Excellent! Thanks!

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem :D

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch1naski:
OK, I'll bite: Impaler, what's BEAST all about? (dont tell me it's for the Epic, either!);)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah it is for the epic ;) name of my upcoming theme :D

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
What's up Impaler. Hey, so I'm running jaybob's 6.2 ext black, and I've noticed on every ROM I flash that my pulldown bar has these gray bars in it, as you can see from the screenie.. Now either I forgot how to change the color of these or I can't do it.. So, what do you think? Is it a setting in CM, UI, Notifications? Which one is it? Thanks buddy
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
That's just how the theme is set up to be ;)

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Really? I thought it's been the same since I put CM6.0 on my phone when I rooted.. I've even flashed a few of your themes and a couple other ones. Hmmm. Well, Where can I change it? I'll bet it's a .png file, right? In sys framework?? What do you think?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah, its in framework, it may be a .9png I can't remember :D

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youdug:
im getting mad as hell trying to figure this out. i thought i understood how to do this but idk what the hell im doing wrong. im trying to port gomorrahs blackmod theme to jaybobs nov 28, i ONLY changed the colors of the files in drawable-mdpi by opening framework-res.apk with 7-zip and dragging the drawable-mdpi to my desktop then edited them one by one with GIMP making sure if the file is RGB i keep it RGB and if its Indexed i keep it indexed, then i opened the framework-res.apk and inserted the drawable-mdpi back into it and backed up til it asked if i wanted to update the framework and i selected yes, i have theme injector in C:\themeinjector and theme porter in C:\themeporter so theres no spaces (i read that could mess it up), i copied the nov 28 rom and blackmod into C:\themeinjector and ran the script, i also copied the framework folder from the blackmod and put it into C:\themeporter\old and the framework folder from nov28 and put it in C:\themeporter\new and ran that script (after the theme injector script was done). i did not port any apps on either. i then took the framework from C:\themeporter\new and opened the nov28 with 7-zip and pasted the new framework folder into it. i then took the ported rom and the injected rom and threw them on my sd and tried them both and both of them are giving me force closes on every app i try to open. i am wiping data, cache, and davlik before i try to flash the roms. sorry im being extremely thorough but i just want to know what the hell im doing wrong.

p.s. im really sorry about the rant but im obviously trying to learn.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Is it FCing even on apps not included in the rom?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youdug:
i cant open file explorer or the market to try to add any. everything is fcing.

lol ur a robot. i didnt post that more than a minute ago. thanks for the quickness man
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem :) Ok, so it may be a problem with the system portion of the theme. I would take things step by step. Start from scratch. Change one thing, and flash to make sure it still works. Tedious, I know, but helpful in the end :o :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oddball2000:
I am currently running CM6.1 and was wondering if there is any point of having an "Automatic Task Killer" on my phone. Ever since I have had an android phone I have used one but have seen mixed reactions about it. Any suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Auto task killer is nice, I like the fact that I don't need to manually kill tasks, hence the auto part.. You set the amount of space you want to be available and let it work it's magic. It's really up to you, but if you don't want your keyboard, sms, phone, and other apps to drain your battery, keep it.

EDIT:

I just realized auto TK and automatic TK are 2 different apps.... sorry
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Hey, if I were to change the color of the bar, do you know what I would need to have it say so it's transparent?

Thanks man, I really appreciate ALL the help :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Try this...this is how I port my customized BlackMod to each CM nightly...

1) take the original ROM you are running on your phone,

2) open up the ROM's framework-res (not the theme's)

3) take all the edited .pngs you made

4) put them into the ROM's framework-res, in the right folder(s)

5) flash that right over your current setup and it should change the colors and make whatever other framework changes you made.

Just ignore the flashable theme zip altogether except to get your .pngs. This will help rule out any incompatibility with a system file in the theme. Just use the .pngs and put them into the ROM, essentially making a custom themed ROM, pre-flashing it :D

I do that each time I change ROMS with the app folder, pngs, etc. That way it flashes just like I want it, without anything I don't ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I think if he just takes the .pngs he edited, and puts them right into the framework-res of the ROM and does not even use the theme.zip it will work. should be able to just flash the ROM back on to itself and have the changes take. Like I said above, that's what I have done with my own edited .pngs, apps, etc. Just make a whole flashable ROM pre-flash :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
I only would use autokiller, nothing else ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem, and what are you changing again? :o :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I think it might be called status bar app BG or status bar item BG or status bar icon BG. I'm trying to make the BG of the item in the pull down bar, like weatherbug's info, from gray to transparent.. Does that make sense?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steindog99:
So I am ready to bite the bullet and flash back to a sprint rom so I can update my prl and profile. I'm fine with making a backup and all, but what should or shouldn't I wipe when installing a sprint rom so i won't have any issues nandroiding back to CM6.1?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You shouldn't have any issues restoring back no matter what you wipe...just wipe the system and flash. But you do have to wipe to flash a sense based ROM, and then again to come back to CM or you'll bootloop ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Right you are sir ;) :D

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just to chime in for further clarification on Impaler's behalf ;) Are you talking about making the icon itself transparent, so you don't see the "square" around it, or the status/pulldown bar itself?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buymytoasters:
I recently moved from freshrom 2.4.1 to CM6.1 stable. I've noticed a drop in my wireless (3g) performance. In places where I was usually showing half strength it's now showing no bars. I slip into 1x often and have even lost data connection. My battery life has gone down a bit and part of that has to be my phone hunting for signal. None of the above issues happened on stock rom's (1.6 and 2.1) or in freshrom.

One area that I know little about is radios. If anyone has a nice primer on flashing radios and what it actually does then I'd love to read it. Otherwise I just need to know if my signal issues are rom or radio related.

A big thank you to those who help others. You guys and/or gals rock.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Could be ROM, more likely radio. See my sig for info on the newest radio and the download link :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
What's your baseband version?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] webelow:
I have a htc hero 200 2.2.1 running cm 6.1.0 heroc and Im trying to find out how to put a theme on it and having no luck doing it can anyone help.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
First of all, which theme is it? Link or name please :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buymytoasters:
Baseband:

2.42.01.04.27

Kernel:

2.6.29.6-cyanogenmodameer@darchstar #3

Downloading, and I'll do my HW on flashing radios before I do all that.

Thanks chaps!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah, I'd flash the new radio, and there are instructions in my thread ;) :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I think it's the "square" This is the screenie I want to see if I can make the gray around the items be transparent/ match the rest of the pulldown bar...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
So you want those grey squares transparent?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I would call them rectangles, but yes :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Those are actually rectangles ;) assuming he's talking where it says St. Paul...

I was clarifying that vs. the icons in the statusbar which are square when not transparent (i.e. the bluetooth icon, signal bars, etc.)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Lol, yes rectangles ;) Can you upload your framework-res, and if so I'll tell you what files to change :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Blah blah you and your geometry :p :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
see above...you're right, and not the "squares I was talking about ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yup ;) At any rate...help my fellow Minnesotan Twolazy get them transparent :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yes I will :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Word. Had to be the .apk

Yes!!!! Sometimes, I can't think in american.. Yes, where usb debugging, st paul.. THOSE rectangles :D:D:D:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Word.

(off-topic)

I need a snow blower.

(on-topic)

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, I'm about to take a look :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Alright Impaler disappeared on you :D

Just looked at my framework-res...I am also using BlackMod, though it's edited heavily, but my background stuff looks similar...the files would be the ones that start with status_bar_item. Check those out ;)

make a copy of your current framework so you can just edit one at a time and flash it, but still keep the original :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just did...thought ya bailed on him :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
No kidding...this snow SUX this year!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Nope, one sec ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I have a copy on my PC so I don't mess up my phone. However, I don't have a program to open the .XML files on my PC... So I got stuck.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, 4 files:

status_bar_background_cust

status_bar_background

status_bar_item_background_focus_cust.9

status_bar_item_background_pressed_cust.9

These control the grey and the color you'll get when you press on a notification.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Ok cool. So , do I delete them? :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No, do that and you'll do into a bootloop ;) Just change them to what you want them to look like with Gimp or find the images from another theme that you like if you don't want to edit them :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well, that's good to know :D. Um, I guess I'll give it a shot with Gimp. Thanks dude
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I will, thank you
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Wow, Gimp is kind of confusing.. I think I changed status_bar_background.png to transparent.. Do I need to resign the framework.res file before I can flash it? If so, I think you told me how to do it before, but would you like to refresh my memory?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah, nandroid, sign the zip, and then flash :) Do you have Windows or a Mac?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I have winders vista. Nandroiding now
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, there's multiple ways to sign a zip, you can either give it to me and I can do it, or try one of these methods, probably some of the easiest :)

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well, sir, I am running REAL low on space on my HDD..(>1gb) So, as much as I would like to do this myself, I must ask you to do this for me for now. Also, thank you. Also, I was watching Who's on First and almost died.

I forgot that files need to be zipped to attach them :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
I love Abbot and Costello! Lol, and no problem, what recovery do you run?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I'm on clockworkmod 2.5.0.1
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Oh, then you don't need to sign anything :) Make sure it's zipped and in system/ and then just flash!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well... Word. Thanks man! :D

I only did the one file per ranger's suggestion, so I may need to do the other 3 per your suggestion :) thanks again dude

Also, I pulled the file out of framework-res.apk, does that make a difference?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem happy to help :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Real quick, read the edit please ^^ :D I don't want to flash it before I know :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Hmm... Pulled it out? I'd decompile the apk, edit the images, and replace the images into the original, compiled apk with 7zip or winrar
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Better yet, I used 7zip to extract the apk to framework-res/ then I was able to open it. How do I replace the images with 7zip?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Just drag the new ones to framework-res.apk/drawable-mdpi :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Framework-res.apk/res/drawable-mdpi?? thats what my option is, just making sure
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah that's the one, sorry I forgot the /res :o
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Sweet thanks dude.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem, hope you can get it to your liking
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Apparently, my phone did not like that very much. I put the file back into the .apk, then rebooted. Or should I have flashed it? Anyway, it worked fine until I went to change the rest of the .png's (that one .png did not do it for me) I plugged the phone into the PC, went to connect but it wouldn't do it, then reboot turned into boot loop on cm boot screen. Now nanded back to earlier today and wondering if I should have flashed or what.. What do you think? thanks man
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Well, after you make the changes on your computer, you should put it into a zip with an update script, and place the framework in a folder called system. Then flash it. Sorry if this is incoherent, I'm pretty tired :p
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Just take the edited files, put them into the flashable ROM you are using (or theme)and flash it over itself without wiping and it will just replace those .pngs you changed :)

Use 7zip and don't extract anything and you won't have to re-sign anything. :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrashV2010:
I learned that about 2 weeks ago and it saves so much running around !!!!... Sorry, just saying...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Yeah, since you use clockwork no signing needed :D

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's so nice. I also use it to pre apply my theme, apps, etc to all new ROMS before flashing. Works well, and the theme is already applied. :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrashV2010:
I'm wondering why no one has thanked me yet, lol !!!!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Two people have ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
So I took the .png and .9png files and placed them in my Blackmod28 ROM..Then I flashed into a bootloop.. Specifically I took each the framework-res.apk and replaced it in /system/framework/. Did I do this right or should I move them one at a time?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Each apk? So did you,

Edit the images, and then drag them to framework-res/res/drawable-mdpi?

Make a zip with an update script, or put it back into the full rom if you want to do that?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Edited the images, dragged them to framework-res/res/drawable-mdpi, dragged the framework-res.apk with the edited images to the blackmod nov28 rom.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok.... It sounds right, how about trying to flash as a standalone, not in a rom

Sent from a truly Epic phone!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Creating an update.zip? I'm not quite sure I understand it.. I'm looking at this thread and it seems kind of confusing. Clear it up for me? :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Well, you don't actually have to create one, just take one from a known rom ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
extract it from a rom? then place my apk somewhere? < where do I put it?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
So it'll look like this;

zip- meta-inf, and system- framework res in the system folder.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
So if I understand you, I take the meta-inf file and system(with the framework-res) and zip them? that's it?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Correct, and then flash
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Says installation aborted. I think I may have zipped meta-inf from cm6.0 and system from blackmod... I'm going to try again and I'll let you know how it goes
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok..... if it still won't work just upload the apk and I'll look at it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Still says the same thing.. here is the apk. And I'm running blackmod dec17, not nov 28
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, I'll take a look at it for you :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, try this
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
place this in with the apk or /system?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No, just flash from recovery :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well, it installed just fine.. But now I'm in a bootloop, and the swirls around the cm logo aren't there.. It's not even saying cm.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, so something you edited is messing with it...... how did you change those 3 images?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
I turned the opacity from 100 to 0. Thats all I did, and did the same for all 4 of them.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Hmm.... that sounds alright to me :confused: I'm not sure why it wouldn't be working :(
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
When I tried to save the images back into the framework-res from Gimp, it said I need to extract them first, so i did. then it saved them in the file. < Normal?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Not sure. What I do is have two copies of the apk; decompile one, edit images in it, and drag it into the compiled, up to now unedited apk with 7zip. Here's a great all around theming guide if you want to take a look :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well, I just tried it again, except this time I merged the visible layers in Gimp for each image. It installed fine.. and booted all the way :) Now, I'm waiting for it to finish loading WB's notification.. done. Let's see, well that didn't do it. Now I'm not even sure what I changed...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Hey, hope it works now! At least it booted up :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Well, I still have the gray rectangles around WB, usb debug, usb connect, so it didn't work like I thought it would. But I did get it to boot so I think I'm heading in the right direction. I think I might explore a couple other themes and see if I can find a difference.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Ok, well at least you're getting it to boot now :) Let me know if I can assist in any way
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twolazyg:
Is this called the notification tray? or is that on the bar itself? When I pull down the bar, and I see the usb debugging connected message, what is that space called? that might help a little more :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Which space? That little gray bar that says "Sprint"?