[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] pele78:
Guide on how to make your own STATUS BAR.

Ok this is a guide on how to design your very own Status/notification bar for your SGS Based on this ROM

First of all head over to the original thread and read and familiarise yourself with the actually functions of this status/notification bar: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=775970 And all credits go to the Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen Team

Before you start editing your framework-res.apk you should make a copy of it in case you want to restore your original framework. Copy it and rename it as framework-res_ORIGINAL.apk for example.

First you need to check which theme template you are using from post #2.

When you are 100% sure that you know which theme template you are using, download it to your desktop and open it with 7zip or winzip (NOT WINRAR).

•	Open System/Framework/ in the unziped folder

•	Extract the the framework-res.apk to the desktop

•	Now.... you can delete the theme template you downloaded. And you should only have the framework-res.apk on your desktop for use later.

OK NOW... NEXT STAGE: Time to start editing and designing your notification/status bar head over to :http://circle.glx.nl/

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE HOW-TO SECTION OF THE SITE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY PLEASE!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED AND I AND ANYONE ELSE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DO NOT READ ANYTHING PROPERLY AND END UP BRICKING YOUR BEAUTIFUL PHONE.

First step is to decide what you want to do.... and as an example i will give you a guide on what i did to have a nice black notification/status bar with a grey circle battery indicator. SIMPLE!

Choose Version

I selected the first one which is : SCB with %, Version [A-I]

Then pressed next.

I selected : version E, Grey numbers

Then i pressed next

I did not want to include icons so i check : DO not include icons

Then i pressed next

Now this is the designing part.

First select : Personalise notification bar, then put a tick in, Status bar, Header, Background, Footer and then press generate notification bar so you can see what your design looks like at this moment in time.

Now time to create my current black status/notification bar

In the status bar section, select the option under Sense and left click in the FFFFFF box, which should open up a color chart. On the right side of the colour chart drag the arrow down to the black area. Or you can simple type in 000000.

Do the same for Header, Background (make sure change the items to 000000). And do the same for the footer.

When you are happy (if your doing your own design) press next.

On this page you do not need to select anything but make sure that : Do not include boot animation is checked and the rom being used is Sense ROM (Not leedroid v2.2)

Now press next

OK now you need to upload your framework-res.apk that is current saved to your desktop, so select Choose file and upload so it is ready to be COOKED with your theme that you have designed, but in this case we are creating the black look which i am using and as an example.

Now press next and wait while the file is being uploaded.

Now take note of your file name, where it says - YOU CAN LOOK FOR THIS FILE IN THE PICK UP PAGE, OR you can wait patiently until it is ready and it will say YOUR FILE IS READY WHICH IS WHAT I DID!

Download your file and then simply put it onto your SD CARD and then flash it using CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, im not going to go into detail on how to flash in CWR, because you should already be familiar with it and how to flash modded files etc, if you dont know how to do this then read the first POST !

Enjoy your new look, and by all means have a go designing your own.

And please read all instructions properly and ask questions, if you mess up its your own fault for not reading properly and i am not responsible for your errors!! PERIOD !

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Screenshot of status & Notification Bar.

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