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[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
First of all, major thanks to JsChiSurf for his amazing work on this port!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877003

This is a separate thread for themes of this mod.

I've always wanted a clean, slick looking shade on the notifications pull down and thanks to JsChiSurf, it's pretty easy to theme it.

Here are two that I made today. I haven't gotten around to skinning the buttons yet though.

Try these, static images don't do them justice, it's neat seeing the way they move.

For more details on flashing these, please refer for JsChiSurf's thread above.

These already contain the updated 2.1.1 services jar.

After zipping, you can use this:

http://circle.glx.nl/

to restore your battery %. Thanks chogardjr!

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed_Metal_Grate_Small_Circular_Light

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed_Metal_Grate_Small_Circular_Dark

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed Metal Grate Small Circular Dark Industrialized

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed_Metal_Grate_Small_Dark_Industrialized_Android

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed_Metal_Grate_Small_Dark_Industrialized_Android_v2

PCS_v2.1.1 Brushed_Metal_Grate_Small_Light_Industrialized_Android_v2
[EVO 4G Android Development] SteelH:
Wrong section to post this in, however, nice MOD.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Jason Black:
Hi. How do i go about installing this mod please?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
jschisurf has intructions in his thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877003

since he originally ported this, it's best to refer back to his thread.

oh, i already included his latest 2.1.1 services jar, so there's no need to flash twice. :cool:
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
Sorry :P Thanks for moving it to the correct section!
[EVO 4G Android Development] terence74:
Using with Myn rom

I think the brushed metal version looks great and want to install, but would that change myn's black notification menu power control back to white or just add the metal screen drop down. I like the black notification menu power control over the white version.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
Hmm, honestly, I'm still new at this, so I don't know. Can you make a Nandroid image, then flash it and let everyone know?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skullmonkey:
yes, it will.
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
This is all very easy. If you have done this much then you can do it all. I have faith in you.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
Is it just a matter of replacing the PNG's?

What PNG optimization do you recommend?

Also, how do you change the color of the fonts? I tried to look at the xml files but they open up as strange characters in any text editor I use (Notepad++, notepad, etc)

I also noticed that I lost my battery % after flash jschisurf's mod?

Thanks for your faith! :D The hardest part is knowing where all the PNG's are that need to be replaced!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
Replacing png's is the noob way to do it. But is is the best place to start. You need to find apktool and learn how to use it. This will solve most of your problems with xml's. You also need a program called xml editor. This is my starters list. Here is a link you might learn a lot from.

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/index.html

As far as learning which png's, most are in the drawable-hdpi folder. Stay away from .9.png files untill your ready for them. Apktool will let you know when you make a mistake and where the mistake is to fix. Search youtube and do a lot of reading in this forum. It seems like a lot but after a while you will start to understand how the OS works and manages the files. Happy Themeing!
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
Go to the sticky where the rom wiki is and at the bottom of that page you will find kitchens. One is for changing battery icons. That one is the easy fix to getting the icons you want into the his mod. But if you must know more, there are 3 xml files in the drawable folder that needs to be replaced to work with more png files than his stock ones. All I can say is APKTOOL and 7ZIP is the bread and butter.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
Thanks for the awesome tips and info!

I found the .png for the toggle switches (stat_power_background.9.png) and yea, it must be some kind of special PNG cuz I measured it out to be 80x75 but rendered incorrectly.

Sweet, looking forward to learning more about Android!

BTW, just finished looking over that Android page and is this the APKTool you're referring to?

Android Asset Packaging Tool
[EVO 4G Android Development] chogardjr:
Thats one of them. Here is a post made by a guy who compiled them all together for anyone who wants them. Use just the tools and use that link I gave to learn about them. APKTOOL is something made by someone here on xda but I can't find his link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882742&highlight=apktool

I found the website: FWI use v1.3.1 as v1.3.2 has bugs

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...8j1-bcnOf1Rz8k9fA&sig2=4MkcxzG_ROaqAr4-tWwlGw
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skullmonkey:
As stated, just changing the .png's is the starting way of theming. Just make sure you do a nandroid backup before you go around messing with anything.

When you get comfortable with that, the next step is to look into XML. XML is generally easy to learn but can be complicated at parts. I don't really know of a good starting guide to XML for android but I'll post one if I see it.

NinePatches (*.9.png) aren't as complicated as people think. Once you get the concept of it, they are actually pretty easy. I'm creating a guide for it when I have time. But the basic concept is:

The NinePatch tool ads a 1px border to an image.

The new border can be colored black (except the 4 corners).

The left and top borders defines the stretchable area.

The right and bottom borders defines where content is allowed.

Like I said, I'm making a guide to it which will explain it better and have pictures.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
ok sounds good, thanks!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
I tried the 9patch app and it's pretty easy to use (I have experience with Illustrator and Flash). However, when I replace the original 9path file w/the new one, it shows the 1 px border on my android. Also, it seems to scale it wrong. I attached an example of what I'm talking about. I measured the bkg of the power toggles to be 80x75, but on the Android, it shrinks the graphic and you can see the 1 pixel border?

Looking forward to that guide!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skullmonkey:
are you talking about the background of the icons or the entire power area?

the background of the icons look fine to me even zoomed in.

if your trying to make the entire power area be the caution image, then there is an xml edit involved in res/layout-hdpi-v4/status_bar_expanded.xml. ill give you the exact change you need if you cant figure it out.

just keep in mind that ninepatch will only stretch images, not repeat.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Neo3D:
ahh ok, i wasn't sure how the background of that area worked. so there's a background png and a background png for each widget?

i found this png: stat_power_background.9.png

which other one is for the background of the entire thing?

about the extra 1 pixel showing, you can see on the sides of the background a black vertical line. on 9patch png's, is the 1 px border that defines the 9patch actually supposed to show? i think there might be something wrong with my 9patch png's.

also, if you look at the screen cap again, there's horizontal white space above and below the toggle widget bkg graphics. is there a way to make them larger so they cover the white space? seems like android likes to shrink them to that size (in the screen cap) no matter how tall the image is.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Skullmonkey:
Well theres a solid color using a ARGB hex (for the background of the power control area) and a png for each icon background by default. you can set it up so there is an image for each.

the stat_power_background.9.png controls each icon (as you may have guessed already)

i'm not sure why the power control area isnt a solid color.

when in the ninepatch editor, you are supposed to see the black extra pixel but when you load it on your phone, they should dissappear. i honestly dont see them in the ss you provided.

can you send me the framework-res.apk you are working on so i can see if everything is set up correctly?
[Fascinate General] jshealey:
hello everyone. i think i just bricked my phone. im trying to go back to stock mode. i have tried everything on the thread on here and androidcentral.com forums but the problem is i can only get into the Samsung Recovery Utilities menu. My phone was stuck on the Samsung load screen. I installed the voodoo lag fix and im trying to get rid of that so i can go back to stock but i can get my phone to boot up. its just freezing at the samsung load boot screen. please help me...post the files if u can thanks.
[Fascinate General] shorto85:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804784
[Fascinate General] Fallen Spartan:
MOD EDIT - I've moved this thread to General section due to it not being related to development. Please post all queries in this section in future if you cannot find your answer first by searching ;)
[Fascinate General] Kristopherr:
I did the same, finally after sever hours I found this thread. It's the one you want.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=867648

You'll have to install odin but it works like a charm.
[Fascinate General] drumtrucker:
plus one+! just saved me (again)
[Defy General] |ErosizeD|:
Okay, i have some questions...

1- If the cpu on the defy is the same on Droid 2 ( omap 3630 with VR530GPU ) if you see the Drivers on Droid 2 and put in to Defy, the device will start truth?

i mean, to know finally what cpu type use our phone.

If the Droid 2 drivers don't work, That means it is not the same processor right?

It may be that the driver of motorola droid defy and 2 are identical? there is any way to confirm that?

Thanks for the posible answers.

PD: srry my bad english :p
[Defy General] nisamtetreb:
I think it's different from a PC. There is no seperate CPU, it's a system on a chip, no?

Parts of it can be disabled, and the Defy seems to have the HD movie part disabled. Maybe you could unlock this if it's actually working, like with graphics cards.
[Defy General] |ErosizeD|:
Of course, it's sistem on a chip.

But if Defy have a Cortex A8 ( omap 3630-SGX530 ) it's the same as Droid 2 right?

I think, the Defy have the same SOC as Droid2, my friend have one too, and benches, reproduces video like the Defy.
[Epic 4G General] mxcoldhit:
Hello all, I have a question and i hope its easy to answer. Is the recovery.bin file, in the SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 file, the stock recovery console? If it is can i use heimdall to flash just the stock recovery over clockworkmod recovery?

Current phone info:

running Bonsai 1.1.3

clockworkmod recovery

dk28 build

Sent from my shoe, I mean....Epic shoe... I mean Samsung Epic!
[Epic 4G General] Beezer80:
Just use Odin. Super easy.
[Epic 4G General] squshy 7:
Actually there's an easier way. Over at sdx (the other developer forum), there is a sticky up top the epic forum. It has an all-in-one rooting tool that includes (among other things) a stock recovery install tool. I know its in this forum somewhere but for some reason it never got stickied, and I'm at a bar so I'm not bothering to look :)

Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] mxcoldhit:
Lol yea I looked all over. And I use heimdall because I have a linux machine. But that file I pointed out, is that the stock recovery?

Sent from my shoe, I mean....Epic shoe... I mean Samsung Epic! http://mobilehighway.blogspot.com/
[Epic 4G General] DRockstar:
Yes, recovery.bin from the stock tars is the stock Samsung recovery... flashable with Heimdall. The all in one root and recovery referenced earlier also has a menu option to restore the original Samsung recovery... it will also work with Linux.
[Epic 4G General] mxcoldhit:
Thank you to everyone who has responded. I used heimdall last night and just flashed the entire phone to stock.

Sent from my Shoe.... I mean my Samsung Shoe.... I mean my Samsung Epic!
[EVO 4G General] cartoonmonkey:
Bought an Optoma PK201 Micro projector, (just a tad larger than the EVO itself) and some cables from Monoprice that go from the small format HDMI type C to D, and.. Success!

In Sense roms, I can play video out to the projector, however, audio comes out of the speakerphone, not to the projector itself, or any HDTV via hdmi. :-(

What I hope for with the next Cyanogen rom, is for 4g to be out of alpha, and at some point, fully working HDMI out in all apps!

Emulators on the projector would be amazing, or streamed movies via VLC to the phone, then out to the projector.. anyway.. I'm amazed it works. Just a report!
[EVO 4G General] corzo002:
I dont see it on the site, would you mind posting a link or the product code?
[EVO 4G General] cartoonmonkey:
http://www.optomausa.com/productcategory.asp?productsubcat=26&productcategory=Pico Pocket Projector

Mine is the pk201. Battery life, pretty poor. (Around 45 mins, unplugged, maybe less. -But you could buy an extra battery or two.) Battery life supposed to be way better on the larger pk301.

Hoping at some point to stream movies over the web to the phone..straight out to the projector. But also, the projector accepts microsd.. but you have to convert movies to play in the special format the camera takes. Not a deal breaker, but still.. streaming from the phone with audio would be excellent!
[EVO 4G General] cartoonmonkey:
Wow! Actually, in a sense rom, VLC Stream and convert works using the special cable I have that goes from micro hdmi to mini hdmi! Streaming from the phone to the mini projector over 3g or 4g! Summer is going to be fun with my mobile outdoor movie projector!

The largest thing I'll have to carry is an old projector screen, unless we do it urban style and find a white wall somewhere.. ha!

C
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
well, really dark nights will at least, lol

I know what my home theater projector is like with ambient light, can't imagine only having 20 lumens...
[EVO 4G General] aduljr:
Why didnt you just get the cable with the micro hdmi and hdmi ends on it?

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1025301&p_id=6974&seq=1&format=1#largeimage
[EVO 4G General] pastert33:
How much did this cost? I can't seen to find a price.
[EVO 4G General] roar109:
I buy a microHDMI to HDMI on amazon for 2 bucks

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XNANU8/ref=oss_product

works nice
[EVO 4G General] cartoonmonkey:
Because the projector has Micro HDMI type D and the projector has HDMI type C!

Two entirely different mini hdmi ports! So if you get one of these and want to be able to project from your phone, you need the combo of cables I bought.

So, I had to buy the following items from monoprice:

#7603 - 0.5FT 34AWG High Speed w/ Ethernet Micro-HDMI Male (Type D) to HDMI Female (Type A) Adapter Cable - Black	1	$2.97

#6962 - 9inch 30AWG Mini-HDMI (Type C) to Mini-HDMI (Type C) Cable - Black $1.87

#3654 - HDMI (Type A) Male to Mini-HDMI (Type C) Female Adapter $2.43

I've had a small screen set up outside, and some external battery powered speakers hooked up to the phone, and done a movie night for friends in the back yard, projected onto an old super 8 screen hanging on our wall. Trust me, it's more than bright enough. In the video you see below, I'm streaming from VLC using VLC stream and convert from the Android Market (vlc running on my workstation at home) -Streaming the movie over 3d (not 4g!) to my phone, and out to the little projector. I could do this anywhere I could get a 3g signal. We live in the future.

Video here: http://vimeo.com/18662533
[EVO 4G General] cartoonmonkey:
Got the projector for $200 off ebay.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
I am trying to find two things:

I run the HD2 on ATT. I dont need the settings, cause I already have working settings. What I am trying to find out is:

1) Where in the files, is the setting to change the MMS limit, and before you point me to the setting on the phone, thats not what I am talking about. on ATT the limit is 600k, but on the phone the Max I can choose is 300K so I want to know where is this info located and if its easy to change?

2) Can anyone tell me what in the kernel controls the data / MMS settings? The reason I have tried different kernels and the only two kernels that work are DFT on their released rom, and Projections, if I try to use M-DeeJays kernels, my MMS fails to send or recieve, so can someone tell me what module or what file I need to replace?

Thank you.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Anyone?

I found a thread about changing MMS values, but it only works for SDCard Android, not NAND, so again, anyone have any input? Members? Dev's? Fixer's? Anyone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Again ANYONE have a CLUE?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
i cant help with the 600k part, but i can say that i use cyan nand rom, and the mms settings are screwed for my provider, first i have to go in and select the correct active data account, then remove two duplicate but erronous default/mms accounts, that think theyre for my network, but dont work, and prevent the almost-but-not-quite-correct real data / mms ones from working, , then i have to alter the username to get them working, and the new settings dont work till you reboot, and you forget and test it and think its not working, and tear your hair out screaming till the missus tells you to grow up and get rid of that damned phone for the love of christ!

my point being its probably not an actual fault as such with that release, just the APN settings that are created that interfere with each other..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AngelDeath:
Actually no, the APN settings are exactly, I mean EXACTLY, I have 1 apn setting before updating the kernel, and after its the same apn setting, I triple checked and all the values are the exact same.

Mind you I am on ATT's network using the phone in 2g, which shouldnt make a difference since the apns dont care what network your on.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AbsolutZeroGI:
There are plenty of themes for the messaging widget, making it more transparent or changing the colors of the buttons to access it, but the inside of the app itself is still white and uninteresting.

So, can someone please theme one? Or, if it's been done, send me to where I can find a themed stock messaging app? Maybe a black background and green text? or hell a black background and many options as to the color of the text. Just something that isn't that drab white. It doesn't go with any rom I've flashed.

If anyone can do it, thank you!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AbsolutZeroGI:
*bump*

is this really not possible?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] shogun26:
I think this is why people use the alternative messaging apps. Theming in handcent and Chomp SMS is built in.

What's so great about the stock messaging app that you prefer it, anyway?

Sent from my freakishly fast MikFroyo Evo
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] verse187:
Stock is better been looking for this too
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
I would love a black stock messaging mod. Everything would be easy but gettin the text white.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AbsolutZeroGI:
1. The widget is full screen, transparent and simple. Hancent you consistently have to click on the little picture, then menu, then "all threads"...it's annoying. Also, in most themed sense roms, the widget is themed but not the app itself. So in myn's rom, everything is dark and transparent...but when you open the app, it's boring and white. It's like you're only trying to make the home screens look better and nothing else. Also, you can't theme the widgets from chomp or handcent, so unless your theme happens to look like their widgets, it looks out of place and you're boned anyway.

2. Handcent and Chomp have ads. Ads are annoying and make the product look cheap. I even paid for chompsms ads to go away and they came back. I left a strongly worded e-mail...and review...and i tell people not to get it.

3. the stock app is faster and takes up less space than the 3rd party ones and can't be uninstalled. You HAVE to have it, so why can't someone spend some time and make an app you HAVE to have look a little better?

4. Gmail, menus, the drawer launcher, the drawer itself and various other stock programs are themed all the way through, why not the messaging app too?

I would ask for the stock sense mail app too but I don't use it enough to really care. The messaging app I use 200 times a day minimum.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dadoc04:
+1 on modding the stock messaging app
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nuggyunlimited:
+2
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] nique0201:
also i just like stock wjhich is why i went to AOSP in the first place!!! I just wish the stock messaging icon displayed number of text and stuff like that... i miss that from sense... :( can enyone add that!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Chris 2155:
I would love this as well!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
Also, I meant that I would like a black stock sense messaging app.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tbgreen89:
I love the look of the stock messaaging app in CM6 and would like to have the same thing on a sense rom. Im sure its possible some how.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AbsolutZeroGI:
*bump*

devs, there's a call for a modded messaging app (not just the widget!).

Who is brave enough to heed the call? CM already has one but it's aosp, we need a sense one.

Please? Anyone? Bueller?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Jjday7:
I've always wanted this also. I didn't think it was possible since no one has a themed mms.apk in their rom, so I never posted about it. I did use the cm6 version of AOSP but for some reason mms never worked. Hopefully some of the great developers on xda can get this done for us.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Sinistertensai:
k done with theming it

:edit: it looks nice but after theming it doesn't work constant force-close
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AbsolutZeroGI:
You, sir, rock!

Oh yeah, this is another *bump*

If you need a tester, I'll be around IRC all day tomorrow. The words "bad" and "ass" come to mind.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gear.h34d.2012:
Bump to the top with this one, I don't know how much longer I can handle using a bland, white messaging app in Myn's RLS5.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gear.h34d.2012:
bump

10char
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chaotik:
im in for this too
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
1) With LauncherPro plus you can have a messaging widget that displays messages from what ever messaging program you use. Its great, I love it!

2) I've never tried ChompSMS because I love Handcent and I've never once seen an advertisement except for an ad for one of their own services within the settings menu. Such a tiny infraction is something I cannot fault them for given how long I've been using their otherwise ad free app.

3) You're right on this one but its really not a concern. On my old MyTouch 3G, I worried about it, absolutely. However, given that Froyo offers the ability to install apps to the SDcard there is absolutely no reason to worry about space. Its just silly. Its akin to being worried about fitting a six pack of beer in a Suburban.

4) No clue, so I'm not going to address it.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bmtdan:
Sadly I've asked this before a long time ago and its practically impossible . The explanation was something along the lines of having to edit some special part of the sense framework.

I think it would be possible but editing the sms client would result in unwanted edits elsewhere .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brohr:
My rooted HTC Evo wont turn back on. it happened when i tried to flash something and my phone just turned off. i cant even get to recovery mode. Please Help!!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
what happens when you hold vol down and power?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brohr:
nothing happens.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigbailey1986:
What did you try to flash and explain the entire situation please
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theundeadelvis:
Have you pulled the battery?