[Omnia II General] asmarttechie:
Hello Everyone !!

This is a foolproof method to make your top and bottom bars transparent i.e the Taskbar and the Softkey bar

Making them transparent lets you get the REAL BIG SCREEN desktop experience on your phone !

NOTE:: THE ATTACHED GIF/VIDEO IN THE TUTORIAL MAY SOMETIMES GIVE LOOP ERROR AND REPEAT WITHOUT COMPLETION, SO U CAN DOWNLOAD THE GIF/VIDEO TO UR PC FROM THE GIVEN LINKS AND WATCH IT ON UR PC AFTER DOWNLOADING FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING

AFTER THE PROCEDURE:: NO BARS!! SCREENSHOTS::

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DISCLAIMER: This is neither my invention nor my discovery. Its the hard work of all members which I am just explaining in very very simple , step wise manner

CREDITS: XDA, Modaco, Sorg, tacchan23, Ham3r, .................

IMPORTANT: EVEN IF I SAY ITS VERY SIMPLE, ITS LENGTHY, REQUIRES PATIENCE:: YOU NEED TO CAREFULLY DO EACH AND EVERY STEP AS SAID OTHERWISE U MIGHT END UP SCREWING YOUR DEVICE ( extreme less chances if you follow the steps .. its really easy !! )

THIS METHOD REQUIRES FLASHING - BACK UP ALL YOUR IMPORTANT DATA

THE FLASHING INVOLVES ONLY PDA PART i.e only NB0 part so that you dont lose your WARRANTY in any case

Even if you make any blunder in the procedure, u always have a chance of recovering and reflashing

1) First, you require a ROM dump of your present rom.

For this, there is a wonderful app by SORG - DskDump

Download dskdump.exe :: http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

Insert your separate SD Memory Card (My Storage doesnt help) and then run the "dskdump.exe" on ur phone.

Wait around 1-2 minutes and it will notify you by message box at the end of process. Dump of ROM will be saved to file "rom_dump.bin" on SD card.

2) Copy this "rom_dump.bin" file to your PC

3)

a) Download this ROM Tool by wes58 from here::

http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

Run "romTool.exe" and Do as shown in figure::

This will give u a new flashable .nbo file which you need to flash using Octans mini posted by tacchan23

Download OCTANS_Mini.v2.11.exe ::: http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

B) FLASHING STEPS: by

sorg

and

tacchan23

0) Make sure to install the Samsung_CDMA_modem_4_1_.34.zip driver ::: http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

1) Make sure your phone is not connected to your PC; if it is, disconnect it.

2) Make sure to Turn off your phone.

3) Start OCTANS mini.... Select the .nb0 button and open the new .nb0 file you got from Finished ROM folder

4) Press "Detect" button.

5) Connect Phone to computer (make sure phone was turned off before connecting)

IMPORTANT: Use your USB cable only, dont use other extension wires or other adapters

6) As OCTANS detect phone, press the "Start" button.

7) Wait till whole operation end; the phone will restart itself once or twice to update everything then its ready to set up again.

4) EXTRACTING shell32.exe and aygshell.dll

Use any third party file explorer (resco/ total commander /etc.. ) and copy these two files from the "Windows" directory in your phone to "My Storage"

1) shell32.exe

2) aygshell.dll (this is a hidden file, enable "show hidden files" in your file explorer application)

Transfer these 2 files to ur PC

5) DECOMPILING THESE 2 FILES

For this you require 2 apps:

1) reversmode.exe

2) RecMod.exe

DOWNLOAD THESE FROM HERE

http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

NOW , place 4 files in a new folder : 1) reversmode.exe 2) RecMod.exe 3) shell32.exe 4) aygshell.dll

Follow this gif/video carefully:

( If u have problem in viewing this gif/video, download it from here :: http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/525/32493337.gif )

Drag the shell32.exe over reversmode.exe . . . this will turn shell32 into a folder

Then Drag the aygshell.dll over reversmode.exe . . . this will turn aygshell.dll into a folder

5) MODIFYING THE FILES::

Download and Install this HxD (Hex editor) ON YOUR PC from here ::

http://www.mediafire.com/?bookep9ddbxup

CREDITS for this method :: Ham3r

Follow the steps shown in the gif/video carefully

(If u have problem in viewing this gif/video, download it from here :: http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/744/51330581.gif )

This is for taskbar transparency.

Run HxD

Open S001 (in shell32.exe folder)

Search for same hex code::

FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF

Edit the first FF and write as 00 ( i.e zero zero : for maximum transparency)

Save the file

Delete the S001.bak file that is formed

(If u have problem in viewing this gif/video, download it from here :: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2263/64723662.gif )

This is for softkeys transparency.

Similarly for aygshell.dll

Run HxD

Open S001 (in aygshell.dll folder)

Search for same hex code::

FF 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF

Edit the first FF and write as 00 ( i.e zero zero : for maximum transparency)

Save the file

Delete the S001.bak file that is formed

6) REMAKE THE ORIGINAL FILES

Follow carefully as shown in video

(If u have problem in viewing this gif/video, download it from here :: http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7821/87182786.gif )

Drag the shell32.exe folder over RecMod.exe . . . this will turn shell32 into a file

Then drag the aygshell.dll folder over RecMod.exe . . . this will turn aygshell into a file

The new files will be inside their respective folders

7) Transfer these 2 new files to your phone and copy them to ur phone memory's "Windows" folder

Say yes to any overwrite prompts

8) Restart your phone

That's it... long but easy and fruitful procedure !!

BOTTOMLINE: Again, Credits to all original app makers