[Captivate Themes and Apps] malfuncion:
Like the title says, this is how to modify your Notification title drawer on the Captivate with Froyo like Tatuyama's theme's drawer(notification slide) for the i9000. This will tell you how to make it transparent and add a graphic or change the colors. This has been tested on Cog B7, dont think it works on i9000 roms like Shep's. I can help you though on this if you absolutely are dieing to do it. It will just take a little fandanglin and searching but can be done. I ripped apart Shep's rom and found all of Tat's mods, I jsut dont remember them off the top of my head..

I have also attached the drop bars from Tat's theme and another black AOSP bar should you want to use it. I have also included a PSD file to modify to your liking, my APK's for the frameworks I edited below (these include the tat icons already inside), a blank black background bar to use should you want, and other goodies for your modding needs. I have also slapped some screenies below to get an idea of wtf I am even talking about. Also if you use my Frameworks be aware that I am using the battery mod version "I" from that one thread, injected Tat's icons and goodies, and other MISC things. :)

I will try to do this as simple as possible. I dont linger in the themes area so you are pretty much on your own. I am going to write this tutorial based on Windows O/S and Adobe Photoshop. Attempt this at your own risk. If you biff it up its not my fault. I wrote the directions as I did it, and I am working great with awesome sauce dripping from my phone. I cannot be held responsible if you are below par of the preqs listed. I assume if you are going to attempt it you are competent and comfortable with all things required. However, should you somehow mess up, I do provide some SYA (save your ass) directions below. That being said, Good luck and Mod On!

Prerequisites:

1) ADB Dev Kit and experience using it (push, pull, shell)

2) Photoshop or other photo editing software & experience

3) Basic Windows experience: cut/copy/paste/rename/zipping/moving files. (if you use linux you shouldnt worry as you more than likely are a power user already and can cross apply).

Step 1:

We need to download the APK's off the phone and get them ready for editing (or yank them out of the ROM package you download).

1) open a CMD (command prompt) window type:

adb pull /system/framework/twframework-res.apk C:\

adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk C:\​

This will save the files to your root of C:. Should you want to do it elsewhere you can specify or else leave it blank and it will stick the files in your developer kit folder.

2) (OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED! STEP) Navigate to where you saved the files, right click and copy/paste to make a set of backups of these files.

3) Rename the .apk to .zip files. You can also associate your .apk to a program like WinRAR or WinZIP instead. This will open APK Files by default or optional secondary(open with). This makes the whole thing a lot easier as you can open the file(APK) and leave it up, make the edits and drop them directly back into the APK. KEEP FILE STRUCTURE PROPER!

4) Extract the APK files to seperate folders or dig out the below files for editing.

Step 2:

Editing the proper files.

1) Navigate to twframework.apk's extracted folder from above or these files you extracted.

2) Find and open sub folder /res/

3) Once in /res/ find and open /drawable-hdpi/

4) Once in /drawable-hdpi/ locate the following files:

- status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)

- status_bar_header_background.png (this is the 5 icons across the top of drawer)

- status_bar_close_on.png (this is the dropdown bar at the bottom of drawer)

- quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)

5) Open these files in Photoshop(or another editor)

6) Verify these are set to RGB not Index color mode so you can edit them.

7) Edit the layers to make them transparent. If there are not layers, right click and "create layer from background". You can then edit your layer settings. I set mine to 75% transparency in Photoshop, the actual background to 85% to darken it up a little. This will take some tweaking to get it just perfect for you. Make sure you save them in .png format with the same name they started with and not the PSD or "copy". Also you want non interlaced if it prompts you.

8) Do the same steps for the framework-res.apk.

- status_bar_item_app_background_normal.9.png (not sure if this one is necessary)

- status_bar_item_background_normal.9.png (this is teh notifications)

Step 3:

Put it together and upload.

After you update the files, you will need to inject them back ito the APK's where you got them (/res/drawable-hdpi/). You can do this by opening the APK with Winzip/WinRAR/7zip and put them in there or if you extracted the entire contents just zip it all back up. You will need to remove the .zip extension if you went that route. Also, make sure you open it after zipping and verify it maintains the correct structure or you will be doing the recovery shuffle after you reboot. If you see only 1 folder in your zip this is WRONG! You need to see assets, RES, META-INF, and 2 other files in there(manifests and resources). If you see all these then you are ready to rock and roll. :)

After you get them back together upload them to your device using:

adb push <location of apk you edited>\framework-res.apk /sdcard/

adb push <location of apk you edited>\twframework-res.apk /sdcard/​

then in teh same command prompt window (or another, whatever)

adb shell

su

cd sdcard

cp twframework-res.apk /system/framework/twframework-res.apk

cp framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk

reboot​

It shouldnt take but a second to come back up. You are done. :)

It may take a little bit of editing of the files to get them to look OK. I spent most of my day today getting mine together. You can use them if you like the "hootie edition" or just edit your own. :p

SEE POST #6 IF SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!!

Screenies:

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