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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
I use Apkmanager (GUI for apktool).

Use this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/?clk29i70rg7n8i9

Must have Android SDK and Java JDK installed.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jgreene1014:
That makes things 100% more clear!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Shadowfox993:
Installing downloads and apk issues

I'm currently running aokp B36 and loving it. There was a lockscreen mod for the aokp B36 called the galaxy note style unlock. So I downloaded the Apk and flashed it in recovery. It aborted the download and says no such file is found or and error7. Can somebody help me with this issue. I'm on a nexus s 4g.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] cpaight:
Hopin this is the right place pose this question...

I got UCCW, heard great things about it and after trying it out, it def has all the functionality and customization I'm looking for...however for some reason it isnt displaying as crisp and clean as all the great screenshots I've seen from others.

I had tried BobClock D3 first...looks good, but doesnt offer nearly the amount of features as UCCW, but side by side its a WAY crisper cleaner nicer looking product than what I got when I tried a similar look from UCCW (screenshots attached).

That being said, I was using UCCW totally stock...no skins, no custom fonts, just straight "out of the box"...is that my only issue? Cuz would rather stick with the UCCW and get all the features that come with it.

Any comments/input/criticism/brownie recipes would be appreciated.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Hmmm, never had that issue before in photoshop.... what file is it? I can take a look for you if you upload it
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Which should I upload, the unflattened PSD or the flattened PNG?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Just the entire folder of what you're looking at making transparent.... you'll probably have to zip it though to upload :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Well right now, I'm trying to make an image from scratch to make a Beautiful Widgets skin so there aren't any files other than the one number I've been working on as I got pretty stuck right away lol I'll zip them together and upload em.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Ok, I'm looking at it right now, I'll let you know what I find :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Ok man, thanks. You are so f***ing awesome.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Ok, is this what you're going for? Look at my attached file. After saving it in the png like you had, double click where it says "background" to unlock the background and make it editable. Then, simply make it transparent again :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Hmm I think maybe the way I made it transparent is the issue...when I made the new file I chose a transparent background...should I have done it differently?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
I don't think it matters really. I simply used that png file in that zip you gave me, opened it in photoshop, double clicked the locked background in the lower right tab, hit enter, and then made the background transparent using the quick selection tool :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Oh wait what? Let me try that lol I was trying to find a "transparent setting" lol

EDIT: Worked like a charm. Jeez its been a long time since I used Photoshop lol, impaler...you rock more than you know.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
No problem man, glad you got it!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Me too, now I just have to go through and make all the numbers and then the weather...and other stuff too I think. Wow, theming is really daunting...how you do this stuff when there are hundreds of thousands more things to theme blows me away.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] theimpaler747:
Lol, yeah that and the fact that I have about 20 simultaneous projects is a lot of work sometimes ;) :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
I can only imagine lol
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] j0hnZ:
Has anyone found a way to add a theme to CM's theme chooser, or is everyone just theming the framework and systemui?

I figured theimpaler might know since he's a pretty big name, and I've actually used his market app in a theme I made for the Vibrant.

I would kind of like to work with CM's theme chooser if possible. Would be nice as a user and developer to be able to easily switch between them. I just got the Nexus S so I haven't looked into it that much.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] viperfx07:
Can someone point me in the right direction of how to apply these nice looking themes released on this forum. I can read guides and follow them, just I have no idea what to search. This seems more of a developers forum rather than a user's, so i feel a bit clueless. I just recently got a Samsung nexus S and well i think its amazing, have changed the layout of it form the normal gingerbread launcher (currently using LaucherPro free version).

However I would like to just have a nice clean layout, Ive seen so many nice home screen on the thread below this one. Well honestly i have no idea what they are using or how to go about reproducing that.

Some some guides or tutorials or top apps for customizing etc would be really nice

Thanks.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11140662

To apply the themes, pick a ROM that you like and flash the theme for that ROM in recovery.

To customize your home screen follow this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901649
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ruben8448:
So i am new to theming and i was told to post here for questions. I want to do something pretty simple, i want to take a cm7 theme and combine certain aspects to another cm7 theme. The theme i want to keep is the androidican theme but i want to take the background from the camera and the black browser menu from the honeybread theme. What i tried to do is use apk manager to extract the apks. I then went into the res folders and looked for the images i needed to replace. I tried just the camera ones first cause i could find those easily. So i took the backgrounds from the camera of honeybread and replaced it into the androidican. I then resigned it and saved the apk. I tried it out on my phone but the theme didnt replace the camera background. Can someone help me? Am i suppose to just replace files or do i need to do something more?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Just replacing the files should do the trick, but sometimes it requires a reboot to get the full theme effect in the theme engine. Also, Androidian is a system app, so if you tried to install it manually, it might not have overwritten the existing one.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Changing clock color doesn't seem to be the same as it was on the Vibrant

Where did the value change to? It used to be in services.jar\com\android\server\status\StatusBarIcon.smali
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
In SystemUI.apk/res/layout/status_bar.xml,

change

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" android:paddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />

to

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textColor="#ff

YOUR 6 DIGIT COLOR CODE

" android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="left|center" android:paddingRight="6.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Ahhh, thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Two questions:

1) What do you use to edit XMLs (preferably for mac but I have a windows partition too)

2) I see how to change the color of the clock but how would one change the color of the other text on the status bar? (For example a notification, or the Media Scanning text)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
1. Not sure about mac. I use Apkmanager for windows.

2. Same place as Clock, look for TickerColor and Dateview.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Thanks Sonny, I downloaded APKmanager and am getting errors with it...I posted on impalers theming thread with the specific issue. Do you think I need to have the sdk installed to decompile an apk? (I don't have the SDK installed on my windows partition yet but I can if I need to).

Oh and when you say tickercolor and dateview would it be com.android.systemui.statusbar.Tickercolor and com.android.systemui.statusbar.Dateview ?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
You have to have JDK installed.

Yes.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Ahhhh. Okay =) Thanks sonny!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Hey Sonny, I'm still have problems decompiling the SystemUI.apk...impaler told me he thinks its dependent on something but since he's not too familiar with gingerbread he doesn't know what...Would you have any idea?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
You have to do is install the framework of the ROM you are trying to create a theme for.

java -jar apktool.jar if <PATH_TO_YOUR>/framework-res.apk
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Oh I see...I was using APK manager because I couldn't quite figure out how to use APKtool...Thanks!

Woohoo it decompiled perfectly! Thanks! Now to test this hehe
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Do I need to resign the APK once I've put in the edited XML? I'm dropping it into the APK via WinRAR so I didn't think I'd have to but no matter I do, when I put the flash the theme with the edited XML the status bar just force closes.

I realized you must have a modified XML in your Frost theme so I decided to put that into the SystemUI.APK but it still is coming up bad. I guess I'll try to sign it and see what happens.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Make sure you select yes to keep the old files that you didn't modify.. Then delete the one you did (apk manager..)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Thanks, turns out I couldn't just drop the XML into the systemUI, I had to recompile the it with the changed XML. Makes sense I guess. Got it working perfectly! Woohoo! Thank you guys!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Hey, I was thinking we could post useful stuff like the transparent notification bar & anything else in a simple Nexus S (or gingerbread guide...)

I started it here

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZSTpSuFg_ox7cEzn5YZSx3P8nXMgly4Q-AvVRC8Lfw/edit?hl=en#

Using some of Sonny's guides :)

(If you guys want to edit it, just email me so I can add you..)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Thanks, added to the front page :).
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Hey Sonny, I'm having immense problems with the new statusbar.xml in CM7 after they added the battery percent. No matter what I do, if I edit the file and then try to recompile it just fails. I even tried decompiling then recompiling the one from your Frost but it came up with the same failure plus there were some issues even just decompiling it. I'm at a loss, any words of advice?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Start with a fresh apk, not a themed one, and install the framework again with the java command as it changed with 2.3.3.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Added HSDPA icon & transparent dialer to the theme guide :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Does anyone happen to know which .xml is for the orange when you pull down in the settings/web & you are at the end?

I have been looking for it w/ no luck -.-
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
It's 2 pngs in framework/res/drawable-hdpi:

overscroll_glow & overscroll_edge.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
That would explain why I couldn't find it xD

Thanks Sonny
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
what is the new command for apktool? I'm using

For framework install:

java -jar C:\windows\apktool.jar if <path to framework>

For decompiling:

apktool d <path to file>

For recompiling:

apktool b <path to file>
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Try apktool 1.3.1 as 1.3.2 gives me trouble as well.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
Ha! Worked like a charm. Thanks Sonny!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] david1171:
Has anyone figured out how to change the color of when you are clicking on a link in the browser or other things?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Haven't had the need to do it yet but should be in styles.xml.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
if I wanted to change the color of the clock on the lockscreen would that be possible?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Never had to do that but dig in framework/drawable or styles.xml.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kenvan19:
I'll look into those. Thanks!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
This is probably a noob question but is there a way to replace the contacts.apk with one from a theme that I like?

I am somewhat familiar with adb but don't know exactly how to do this and the processes I guessed/tried did not work.

Ultimately I want to get all of the tabs in the Phone dialer transparent but want to keep other features of my current theme the same. I was using the .apk from Lucid theme by Sonnysekhon. so if there is an easier way that you know of that would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
You can simply adb push the Contacts.apk and Phone.apk from Lucid to system\app or (easier way) just delete the rest of the apks from Lucid including the framework and flash that.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
Thanks for the quick response, I tried this method so that only the contact.apk and phone.apk were present, the I deleted the framework and media folders. I then booted into clockwork and installed the zip form sd card. Everything boots up fine but now my contacts app and phone app are missing and when I slide to unlock the phone in the lockscreen the phone just reboots again. Any suggestions?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Which ROM are you on and did you get the theme for that particular ROM?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
I am using the Lucid_CM7_RC2_NS.zip and am on running on Cyanogen 7 RC2
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
Do I need to delete the META-INF file?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
No, keep it, you need it for a successful flash.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
Ok so I did a backup right before I tried flashing per your instructions and have restored it. I switched back to the system theme (don't know if this matters as I would like to keep another theme and change the dialer elements) and tried to reflash the files again. Same problem, the phone app and contacts app have disappeared from my app drawer and when I try to unlock into the phone Cyanogen reboots. I am running on a Nexus S with just plain CM7 RC2 and I have downloaded the latest version of your theme. I'll attach a copy of the file which I tried to flash on my phone, maybe I am deleting something that I am not suppose to. I really appreciate your time in trying to help me resolve my problems.

Thanks again,

Andrew
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
On a side note I have flashed Lucid in its original state before and did not run into these same problems, everything worked like it was suppose to.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Everything is fine with the zip that you attached, not sure what is causing this issue. Try adb pushing the 2 apks. If no go, try putting the 2 apks in the ROM and flashing that.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
I tried to adb push the files into the system and the computer then says that the destination is a read only file so that did not work. I then tried to copy the files into CM7 RC2.zip and the file will not allow me to put files into it just take out. Is there a work around this?

Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
Another strange thing is that when I navigate in file manager to system/app the Contacts.apk and the Phone.apk are in the folder, so why would they not be showing up as an app then?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
Thanks for your help Sonnysekhon, unfortunately I was unable to get any of those processes to work but I did find your sublime red theme on the market which had everything I wanted so I just purchased that.

Off subject question, Is it possible to put the lockscreen form this theme on the Nexus S? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=958779 I am interested in the Crimson Void lockscreen.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Crimson Void is based on my theme Frost :).

You can use the Lucid morph (same for all the Sublime themes) and replace the lockscreen images with the ones from Crimson Void.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
I am not seeing any of the same files/folders besides framework in both the Lucid Morph and Crimson Void, what exactly am I suppose to replace? The few times I tried to place other files into a .zip it would not allow me to. If you don't mind telling me what I am doing wrong I would appreciate it.

thanks again
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EasyAndy:
After some more research on the matter I downloaded winrar and extracted the LucidMorph files. I then contacted Imthebigcheeze to figure out which files I needed to replace in LucidMorph to have the lockscreen like the one in Crimson Void and he directed me to 34 different .png files. So I replaced those 34 files with the ones from crimson void which is attached to this under (Crimson Void Lockscreen.zip). I then re-zipped the whole package using winrar. Then I used Update-zip-packager to sign the zip and tried to flash on my phone through colckworkrecovery 3.0.0.5. The .zip looks like it is starting to flash but then says the process is aborted. I have attached the lucidmorph to this post which has the .png files already replaced (lucidmorph.zip). Could you please tell me how to make this file flashable for my phone, or possibly make it flashable for me?

I wanted to give you a donation for all the help you have given me over the last few days but do not see a donation link next to your name, is this possible to do?

Thanks again for your help
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Morphs have to be applied via Metamorph and not flashed. Also, don't sign/unzip the morph.

Download the Lucid Morph and drag and drop the 34 images in drawable-hdpi and apply via metamorph (get it from the market).

And please ask all future questions pertaining to my themes on my thread as the MODs might not like us discussing it on this sticky :).
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Rafael Cadina:
How can i UNtheme from MattedBlues or some theme chosen from Theme Chooser app?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
To untheme a flashed theme, simply flash the ROM and/or gapps again. For a theme chooser theme, select the system theme.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Star Shadow:
What pixel size do I need to make images into wallpapers for the Nexus S? Each time I try a size, I get a box that I move around the image, but I can't make the whole image the background. :(
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
960 x 800.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] j0hnZ:
SystemUI won't compile...and all I've done is decompiled it in apkmanager.

\res\layout\status_bar_expanded.xml:12: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'overScrollMode'

What's the deal?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
For SystemUI to decompile/compile correctly, you have to install the framework of the ROM you are trying to create a theme for.

java -jar apktool.jar if <PATH_TO_YOUR>/framework-res.apk

Also, in apkmanager, use apktool 1.3.1 instead of 1.3.2.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] j0hnZ:
Decompile with dependencies?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
No, option 9.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] stevm:
Thank you for info ,now my problem is I'm on mobilicity and they have service number +16478000106 and I don't know how to write it in HEX. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tia
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Sorry, I have no idea either.

Try this:

After you find Mobilicity in 'search for networks', hit 'Mobilicity' to register it and immediately after that hit 'Automatically select network'. Then you will be connected to Mobilicity upon each reboot.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] stevm:
Well that didn't work exactly,tried it twice and every time i had to search for network manuely. Thanks anyway
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
That sucks. I would suggest asking on Howard Forums, that's where I got the WIND Hex number from.

Maybe a longshot but try calling a Mobilicity CSR, usually they are technically inept though.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] stevm:
Thank you sonnysekhon.I get it sorted out with help from Howard Forum.Btw Mobilicity tech support was no help, guy didn't know s### about it. The number is 07916174080001F6
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Thanks for sharing, added it to the front page. Maybe I will switch to Mobilicity soon because all the dropped calls on WIND have started to annoy the bejesus out of me.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] paperaino:
Hi all

I'm a new user and I have been reading a lot.

Now, after installing adw launcher, I have bee trying to change icons on the dock.

I selected the icons I like, i moved the folder on nexus s through my mac but it doesn't work.

I push on the icon I want to change but it only shows images from the gallery. I know it is something silly but I can't figure out how to do

Please help
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Here is a guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901649
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Thorgoth:
since the thread title is "general questions" also here is mine :P

been a nexus s owner for 10 days have unlocked/rooted my ns and running custom rom...i have seen that the touchwiz 4.0 from SGS2 is out (somewhere in xda forums)and i wanted to know if i can use it on my phone...asking here cause i think that this is something like theming a phone and not using an alternate browser than gingerbread's stock...

sory if i am posting on wrong thread btw
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
Yes, you can use it without any problems. It will be just another home replacement such as LauncherPro or ADW.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Thorgoth:
thank you for your reply....got some more info about that....

i found the file in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050666

downloaded it..it's a.zip archive...

by the time i wanted to try it i only had my second device available (wife was messing with nexus s :P)

and since my desire is rooted and running oxugen's 2.3.3 GB rom i gave it a try..i instaled the .zip via CW recovery and then me phone got "soft"bricked (if i can use that term)

i delete cache/dalvin storage and finaly flashed the oxygen rom again...

so my point is that IF it was a home replacement wouldn't it have been a .apk file?

not want to offend you or anything..just want to know if i am missing something here..i can understand that this mod has nothing to do with pps here so i can always ask the MOD-er to see if stocked nexus is supported :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sonnysekhon:
I am sorry, I thought you were talking about the Touchwiz 4.0 Launcher apk that was floating around. Definitely don't flash any SGS2 ROMs on any other phones. If you look in the DEV section, you'll see that some people are working on porting TW 4.0.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] gdm320:
[Q] Changing Splash Screen/Boot Animation Guide?

Okay, so I'm going to take a swing at this since I searched but wasn't able to find an answer that made sense to my newbie-head on this one.

I want to change the boot animation/splash image on my NS4G. I looked around and found apps that did it, but they don't support the Nexus line so that didn't get me anywhere.

So first I just wanted to make sure that I'm using the right words for the right things. Am I correct in saying that the static "Google" logo that comes up first is the splash image, and the multi-color "X" Nexus animation is the boot animation?

My second questions is, can anyone point me in the direction of a [GUIDE] for changing those on the NS4G? I searched and couldn't find any and I didn't really want to charge in there with some of the pieced together directions I saw on a few threads where people posted their created boot animations.

Thanks in advance for the help and tolerating my newbishness.