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[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
PLEASE READ FULL POST FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.

Hey guys found this while looking through the Desire Z side. I'm running Virtuous 0.7.1 on my G2 and installed most all of them and they all work. Just thought I would post them here in case people haven't found this already. See post #10 just below for some trial and errors on my part that may benefit you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801928 See this link for Themes and also see post #6 for some custom notification bars.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9526289&postcount=249 See this link for an even more customized notification bar with great battery icon. These files must be flashed via clockworkmod.

Requirements

1-Have a T-Mobile G2

2-Your G2 is perm rooted and S-OFF. SEE http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833965

3-You have clockworkmod recovery flashed. SEE http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834731

4-You have a custom SENSE based Rom flashed on your G2, be it Virtuous, eVil D's Desire HD, MoDaCo,VillianRom. I do NOT think that this will work with eVil's My Touch 4g rom because I believe it uses different framework. SEE Virtuous: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837042, eVils http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835687, MoDaCo:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837389, VillianRom:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855560

STEPS-4 icon sets

1-Download eitheryour desired iconset/notification bar and place on your sdcard where you will easily be able to lacate later.

2-Boot into clockwork recovery(with phone off press in trackpad and then power and hold both, press power buttom to select bootloader, then vol down to select recovery

3-Once in clockworkmod recovery go down to backup and restore and push in trackpad and select bakup.CYA

4-Press power button to get back to first clockwork screen and move down to "Install zip from sdcard"

5-The move down to "Choose zip from sdcard" and then find your downloaded Theme/Icon set. Once highlighted press in track pad.

6-Move down to"Yes-install(yourfilegoeshere)

7-Once done installing press power button to get back to main screen and select reboot phone.

8-ENJOY!

STEPS-4 sopL87 Themes

1-Donload desire theme/skin from links above.

2- Have Astro File Manager installed from the Market Place. It's free and a handy app anyways.

3- Navigate to your downloaded theme and select it and a box/menu will appear and you will want to selecte open app manager.

4- Select install app- You may be asked to change a settings for installing from unknown sources. But you'll be fine cause you did a NANDROID backup right!

5- Once installed go to you HTC Sense Skin Picker and apply your newly installed theme

6- Enjoy!

Also I take no credit for any of this work, just wanted to post it in a new area for more eyes to see and use some of this great work.

Thanks to sopL87,vibez icematrix for making these and all their work. Also THANKS to rmk40, eVil D, Paulobrien and nprussell for their amazing Roms and kernels. YOU ALL ROCK!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] g2man:
Hey, I'm new to Droids and noticed my friend has this clock with weather (I think its like Beautiful widgets) on their evo and I was trying to find something similar for my new phone. Is this what you're talking about in this post? Does it require 'rooting' or 'hacking'? Thanks man!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] immune15:
Lol I am in the same boat as you g2man. I'm new to android also and after playing with my friends evo I fell in love with the weather clock and the bookmark widget. I found the clock under beautiful widgets on the market but I am still looking for the bookmarks. I also don't know what's up with hacking or rooting lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
if you want those cool widgets then you need to load a sense rom. There are similar ones out there just look in the post your home screen thread and stay looking at other people screens to see what they have and what you like. If you do decide to go with a sense rom then yes you need to be permanently rooted.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] immune15:
How do I root my phone and what exactly does it do ?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] master.peterm:
I found the tronsense causes a boot loop using his method through clockwork.....
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Did you use that apk manager or did you just install the apk?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
I installed them all through Astro File Manager and then you can toggle between all of them through the skin selector. Also to answer from the second post yea you will needto root and install a customsense Rom if you are on the T-Mobile G2 which I would guess you are. These will just change certain aspects of the HTC sense operating system.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Do you have the battery indicator in the top right notification bar?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
If you look in post number 6 on the link I supplied there are some frameworks there and the RougeSense one has a circle battery indicator with number in middle. Those files are also .apk format and could also be installed via Astro if I'm not mistaken but I have yet to try that so don't quote me on that. Also there is this link that have and very nice mod for the notifacation bar that has great icons and even better battery icon.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9526289&postcount=249 The files from this link MUST be installed via clockwork recovery.

I would say if your going to try these before I do I would do a nandroid back up before just incase something goes wrong. CYA(Cover Your A$$) if you know what I mean. I'm going to try them right now and I'll post and let you know how it goes.

Well I flashed the v3 with animated menu onto my G2 with Virtuous 0.7.1 and all is well. It is currently charging and battery circle is rotating as suppose to. All icons seem to be working just fine. Have to side affects that I can see yet. Posted a screenie for you all to see. Also just want to say this again, MUST flash the icematrix frameworks via clockwork and I highly recommencd doing a backup. If no problems are found the just delete the backup and no harm done. CYA!

EDIT: Find small glitch with v3 w/ animated menu. When screen is unlocked you will get a very quick flash of the home screen preview except upside down. Then just goes to the main screen. So far this only seems to happen if the phone was locked when on the main home screen. Going to try v3 with out animated menu.

EDIT2: Currently running v3 w/out animated menu and seems to be unlock glitch free. But with the animated menu option menus that would normally pop up while using your phone have a effect where it looks like they come out of the side of the screen. But I just really wanted the custom icons.

EDIT3: Well after running v3 for awhile still not having any problems but have noticed a change though. If you look at my first screen shot you'll notice that my contact app is named "Contacts". Well after two reboots my contact app is now named "People"(see screen shot two below). Not that this is a big deal just thought would let you all know.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
I installed it thourgh Astro and then selected it thourgh skin selector and it works just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
How do you flash the icons, do I need to rename the zip file as update.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] theXeffect:
youtube it!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ibemad1:
No. Most of the stuff on YouTube is just scams. Just search on xda if you want to know how to root your phone.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
If you are wanting to flash the icematrix icons then you MUST do it through clockwork recovery. So yes your phone must be perm rooted and you must have a custom Rom installed such as virtuous or eVils desire hd roms. These will only work on sense and NOT stock or cyanogen.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
Look under G2 Android development and one of the top posts is a guide on how to perm root and s-off. Then you can install ROM Manager which can flash clockwork to your phone from within the app itself. There is also a post in Android dev about clockworkmod recovery.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Do I need to rename the st file as update.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
No there is no need to rename any of these files. The custom icons from icematrix are installed through clockwork recovery and from clockwork choose "install zip from sdcard",the select "choose zip from sdcard" than just navigate to where you placed the file on your sdcard and will flash it. There is no need to wipe anything when flashing one of icematrix frameworks. The other files from sopL87 are all .apk files and those all install from an app like Astro File manager which can be downloaded from the market for free. Great app to have even if not using it form this reason.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Tried installing the other icons from sopl through astro and it said launch or uninstall. When I hit launch it said it could not. To afraid to hit install unless you have done this already and it works.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
I haven't tried the ones from sopL87 just cause I liked the other ones better.

EDIT: Okay i just tried and can up with the same result. So I did some more reading and there is a bit more involved. EDITED OP with some more instructions on how to do so. Please read instructions from both sopL87 and also the new link that is up.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
anyone getting these to work? I downloaded the zip and tried to install off sd through rom manager but keep getting boot loops on the start-up screen. is their another way or anyone have this working care to share the steps. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Thanks for posting the forum for the skins, I have 25 that look great and I can flip between to whatever mood I feel. Gonna try the blank update.zip later to see if I can get the matching color icons for the TronSense. Thanks for all your help, I'm kinda new to the theming and modding arena, Thanks for your patience.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
Which are you trying to install? Themes,icematrix icon set, or sopL87 notification bar?

EDIT: See post #1. Took work of sopL87 on his notify bars and then the blank zip and created files that are flashable through clockwork.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] grex49:
how did you get your flip clock to be black instead of white and does it flip?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
It is the Carbon Fiber Theme and no it does not Flip down. The numbers just quickly change. The weather animation does stiil work though.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
I tried the rogue sense and obsensed and neither worked both gave me boot loops
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ccb04:
You think you can extract the weather widget .apk from the theme? That weather widget makes fancy widget look old :mad: Running Stock de-odexed rom with bacon bits and NexTheme! I need that weather widget Plzzzz!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
Are you using a sense based Rom?

EDIT: I just downloaded the Rogue Sense notification bar from my 1st post from the XDA app. Went into clockwork and installed zip from sdcard and went right through. This was even flashed ontop of icematrix's frameworks so if it was going to fail i think that flashing framework ontop of framework would have done it. I also applied the Rogue Sense Theme to blend the home together. So I'm sorry to say I'm not sure why it's not working for you.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mrlamar09:
how do you load the evo theme to the g2
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
Please see updated OP. Hope that helps.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
:(Sorry but it is part of the HTC Sense operating system and I don't think that it can be extracted and used on any operating system other than HTC Sense.:(
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
its wired bcuz i really want the obsensed theme. Would it matter if I'm running virtuous 7.2. So just install the zip on root of sd and install through rom manager. Ill try again but last time got stuck on white HTC screen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
The OBsensed theme from the bottom of post #1 on sopL87 page is not a .zip file. It it a .apk file and it is installed through Astro File manager. Download the attached file and install through Astro. NOT Rom manager. Let me know how it goes.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
ok I see my problem. For some reason it downloaded as a zip. But when it was a apk and I used astro is was perfect are any other themes already in apk format? Thanks for your help I really appreciate it
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
All the skins that are here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801928 that are located at the bottom of post#1, bottom of post #2 and also all on post #3 can all be installed the same way and are all in .apk format. Glad you got it to work. I like that OBsensed one as well.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
Dude I feel so stupid I was downloading the wrong file I was using the zip in the pictures instead of scrolling down and seeing all the apk's. Thanks man( insert palm in face) you could have been a jerk cuz that was really dumb on my part but I really appreciated it.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
No worries man. Glad we got it worked out.

Sent from G2 rocking Virtuous 0.7.1 and eVils 11-25-4 kernel.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] thisisspeedy:
Nice this is just what I was looking for. This is perfect thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] pimpmaneaton:
Gingerbread

Hey guys check out Post #10 for a new Gingerbread theme and notification bar thanks to sopL87 for his work they look great.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Noticed that icematrix came out with v3.1, tried flashing it over v3 but no change happened. Is suppose to have a colored gmail icon, but it doesn't seem to be working. Has this happened to anyone and how do we fix this? Do I have to flash a fresh rom or recovery that does not have custom icons?

Thanks, hope someone can help
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
I understand how to use the apk's does anyone know how their installing all the different notification bar's. I really want to give the gingerbread noticfication bar a try
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mykeldrip:
by flashing these will i also get the status bar with all the new colors and battery widgets? or will all that stay same just physical pull down bar change?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
Any one got these running on virtuous 8.1 without a boor loop?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] xl DIGITAL lx:
I do, did you push it through the phone using root explorer or from computer?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mike96789:
I put the zip file on the root of the sd card and flash it in recovery.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] bcking81:
you got the notification bar by flashing the zip in recovery or are you talking about the themes?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddy101918:
i got a new captivate got it rooted and decided to install AXURA_RC1_CE i backed up everything before then decide to install Perception Build 5 so i did a factory reset clear the cache and ran the rom but it wouldnt boot so i tried to restore the phone and it wouldnt work i try to run AXURA_RC1_CE and i get this

Deleting files...

Deleting files...

Deleting files...

Deleting files...

Copying files...

Copying files...

copying files...

Copying files...

E:Can't symlink /system/xbin/su

E:Failure at line 16:

symlink /system/bin/su SYSTEM:xbin/su

also says

sdext wont mount

i need help idk what to!!!!!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
Flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731989 then re-install the rom, also don't post your help me questions in the dev section.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LGSilva:
Use odin to restore your phone and you can get better help if you post in the correct forum: Q&A
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddy101918:
thanks guys and sorry
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nathanpc:
​

We're surprised it took this long, but what good would it do to live in the past? Google Reader is now available to download as a native app for Android, care of Google Inc. itself. Multiple accounts are supported, preferences are synced, search is enabled, and since it's native, you can send to other apps (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Bluetooth). Should make for a better experience than the web-only client, but hey, you be the judge.

via Engadget
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nathanpc:
I've just commented on the Market:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teorouge:
Just read the news in G reader app, it's nice!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Swisha7:
anyone have the apk?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nadir.nasir:
Need the APK file

Can anybody please upload (or send me) the apk file for this application. I've been waiting for this app for a long time but my Market Doesn't show me the app in my list (due to my location).

Can anybody help. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nathanpc:
For those that were needing the application APK. It's attached to this post :)

Enjoy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] niamul:
thank you so much !!
[Defy General] apop90:
It shouldn't be that hard correct? I mean I downloaded rom manager and it flashed a DroidX recovery image to my phone successfully. But when I tried going to it it wouldn't bring me to the recovery image just the phone with the green triangle. So if someone just tweaked the DroidX recovery image I believe the Defy could have a simple and quick recovery image.
[Defy General] OrganizedFellow:
I'm no developer, but I doubt it would not be just a tweak.
[Defy General] pedrodh:
From what I understand DroidX has a different security level than the Defy. In the Defy we will have to use bootstrap to get a recovery working for now, much like Milestone 2. I'm trying to get a recovery working on the Defy, but I haven't had much time this week, but yes, once recovery it's done making a nandroid backup image should be pretty easy ;).

If anyone else it's working in a recovery please let me know. At the time I'm looking at porting the open recovery to Defy.
[Defy General] digao100nocao:
Take a look here my friend: http://twitter.com/HandlerExploit

This guy is working on CustomRecovery and deblured ROM AFAIK..

Maybe he can help you or you can help him.. Whatever.. Help US :D

Thanks!
[Defy General] cmstlist:
I have a Milestone with OpenRecovery. Remember that to get OR working in the first place, a Milestone user has to flash a recovery-only SBF that downgrades to a "vulnerable" version of stock recovery which allows non-Moto-signed .zip files to flash.

Is the Defy stock recovery vulnerable as well? If not, then OpenRecovery might be a dead end. Basically I think we've seen a number of different levels of security in terms of recover for Moto devices:

1) No security at all

The original Droid, as well as the Cliq/Dext and maybe others fall into this category. You can flash a non-Moto update.zip to gain root, and you can install a custom recovery with flash_image that will work.

2) Non-replaceable but vulnerable

The Milestone falls into this category. I think the locked bootloader will fail to work with a custom recovery. However the vulnerable stock recovery (version 2e) can be flashed by SBF onto any device with any version OS. The vulnerable recovery lets you branch out to custom recovery on SD via update.zip (e.g. OpenRecovery)

3) Non-replaceable, not vulnerable

The Droid 2, Droid X and possibly others fall into this category. You can't flash a non-Moto update.zip, and you can't replace it due to the locked bootloader. No signed SBF exists that will add a vulnerability to the recovery. Thus the bootstrap hack is the "next best option".

So the viable options for the Defy will depend on which security level it has.
[Defy General] pedrodh:
I can't yet confirm this, but the Milestone 2 might have OpenRecovery, using bootstrap method. That means, whatever security Defy has, it will still be possible. But I'vent had time lately to start working on this. Once I do, I'll take a closer look on how things play out. Maybe HandlerExploit will find is way first than I do, if so, better for me :)
[Defy General] jboogie3:
open recovery with bootstrap isnt a problem. since the defy doesnt have a camera key changes to the key mapping we need to adapt it to touch since the original stock recovery is touch as well... it should be out very soon. If anything it will be posted first on modmymobile (skirlax is the one who does all the open recovery)
[Defy General] cmstlist:
Right, but I'm still wondering: is the Defy sufficiently locked down that the custom recovery *must* be a bootstrap? Or can we do better?
[Defy General] pomah:
Isn't this the recovery image we need?
[Defy General] tenfar:
i can confirm the bootstrap is working great! using it right now.get fullly rooted,insecured boot.
[Defy General] kendael:
Very good news !
[Defy General] DunkDream:
Hey,

that sounds really interessting. Would you mind telling us more about the efforts you already made?

Are you talking about a bootstrap recovery method like we have one for the Droid X / Droid 2 ?

That would be GREAT!
[Defy General] TPR300C:
Will the recovery image work on the Motorola Bravo when it comes out? The specs are practically identical except for the camera. Reason I ask is because there is practically no dev section for the Bravo. I've been able to root it and remove all the bloatware but would really like to be able to backup the phone.
[Defy General] pomah:
Why is it people are still saying that we need a revcovery when one has been posted several weeks ago on another forum?

It's over at mod my mobile (I'm still not aloved to post links...)
[Defy General] Higgsy:
I'm following just about every forum with a defy section, including modmymobile, and I am not seeing any custom recovery image. There are nuff theads telling you how to get into "recovery mode" but this is not what we need to be able to flash roms
[Defy General] bschuele:
I tried to make a recovery, but failed.

I managed to extract the original recovery and unpack with "unpack-bootimg.pl" from http://android-dls.com. But even if I do not change anything (kernel/img) and just repack it, I got a "Err:A5,69,35,00,2F" on recovery boot.

What I seen is that on defy we have no NAND flash (mtd) device, all is on 2Gb mmcblk(1) device.

In my opinion the recovery is signed....
[Defy General] pomah:
Ok, I guess than that it's not the recovery posted in http://modmymobile.com/forums/639-m...motorola-defy-system-boot-recovery-dumps.html
[Defy General] joergherzinger:
Actually, the post there says it all: "I hope u can use them to create custom roms :-)"
[Defy General] Floutch:
And what about the Rom Manager app?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] Teej53214:
I am looking to get a cradle for my CDMA branded TP2.. I need to to be able to charge a 2nd spare battery... I thought maybe one of the XDA users might have an extra one, or recently upgraded to a WM7 phone and no longer need theirs... I would rather buy and affordable one from someone on here than a company.. Thanks in advance..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] swaters3:
i bought one from fomsom for about 20 bucks that works great.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Accessories] yelped:
Funny, mine didn't come with one...