[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] suhel28:
lets try something new today.. :)

before I start let me ask you this questions.

do you like customizing your phone?

do you want to edit your apk's without a pc?

do you have belief in xrecovery (&me probably)

if you answered YES for the above questions. I've something good for you.

our map for the treasure in this journey would be a small application named

METAMORPH

THINGS YOU'LL NEED :

Metamorph (attached)

RootExplorer (any apk which can edit xml files)

Androzip/Astro (zip app)

Creativity & Willingness to take the Risk

Metamorph uses a zip file to apply the customize apk on your phone.

the zip file contains two things

a xml file

folder containing your mods

lets cut it sweet with an example.

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lets suppose I want to change the icon of my apk. lets say I want to change icon of Calculator to

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we'll do it in 2 parts

PART - 1

to do this I'll first need to create a folder named Calculator

now the icon of calculator is in the folder res\drawable-mdpi

so I'll create those folders in the Calculator folder

so the line is Calculator->res->drawable-mdpi

all I need to do now is the monster icon into this folder and name it exactly the same way it is in the original so lets rename monster.png to icon.png

PART - 2

the xml file should contain this code

[B]<?xml version="1.0"?>

<themename>[COLOR=Red]theme_name[/COLOR]</themename>
<themeversion>0.1beta</themeversion>
<screenshot></screenshot>
<author>Suhel</author>
<authorweblink>N/A</authorweblink>
<phone>Xperia X8</phone>
<rom>Sony Xperia X8 2.1 </rom>
<themedescription>Converted Theme</themedescription>

<item>[COLOR=Red]your_apk.apk[/COLOR]</item>
<path>[COLOR=Red]path_of_your_apk[/COLOR]</path>
<description></description>
[/B]

ok the red things in the above code are crucial.

1. theme_name (I'll come to this later)

2. your_apk.apk this is the name of your apk

3. path_of_your_apk this is the path of your apk

for our Calculator it should be something like this

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<themename>X8Champ</themename>
<themeversion>0.1beta</themeversion>
<screenshot></screenshot>
<author>Suhel</author>
<authorweblink>N/A</authorweblink>
<phone>Xperia X8</phone>
<rom>Sony Xperia X8 2.1 </rom>
<themedescription>Converted Theme</themedescription>

<item>[B][COLOR=Red]Calculator.apk[/COLOR][/B]</item>
<path>[COLOR=Red][B]/system/app/[/B][/COLOR]</path>
<description></description>

hope you understand. now you need to save the xml file.

now the first point. the theme_name you are going to type should be the same name as of your xml file name

ok now you're done.

all you need to do now is create a zip file and place the folder & xml file in that zip file. again make sure the name of the zip file should be the same as the xml file

put the zip file in your sdcard root :)

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Applying theme with Metamorph

Tap Unzip/Extract new theme

Select the Zip file

Tap the apk you want to apply and tap apply it

Reboot your phone

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Why Metamorph?

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1. Easily Edit your Apk's & Jar files on your phone without hazzle of extracting and replacing.

(Jar files will need pc. awww but you dont edit jars too much :) )

2. You can Mod multiple Apk's

[B]<item>[COLOR=Red]your_apk1.apk[/COLOR]</item>
<path>[COLOR=Red]path_of_your_apk[/COLOR]</path>[/B]
[B]<item>[COLOR=Red]your_apk2.apk[/COLOR]</item>
<path>[COLOR=Red]path_of_your_apk[/COLOR]</path>
[/B]
[B]<item>[COLOR=Red]your_apk3.apk[/COLOR]</item>[/B]
[B] <path>[COLOR=Red]path_of_your_apk[/COLOR]</path>
<description></description>
[/B]

you can even edit your Framework-res.apk. just make sure the path of it is /system/framework and not /system/app

3. I don't know. I need to try it out more. I'm trying to edit a jar file for now. will tell you the results. but the potential of it are endless

4. However it doesn't work with market apps. its intended to only bug the stock things ;)

EDIT : well you don't need to entirely backup just copy/paste the apk you want to edit. entire backup may require if you are playing with jar files or crucial apk's.

I'm not responsible for any mess done to your phone

Edit 2 : Works with framework-res.apk too