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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
It doesn't make any sense if you made no changes at all other than rooting, this is impossible. Rooting ONLY gives you superuser access, it wouldn't do anything to decrease your battery life.

Check other settings you may have changed, or things you installed since that time.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
Rooting had nothing to do with battery life. See here.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momen.helal:
Affects sometimes in baseband

try to flash again brother
[General Topics] z33dev33l:
thank you Tone_ for the picture... don't let him beat out the entire operating system just because he bought an HD7 without doing the research.

Vote either way but vote legitimately...

http://blog.laptopmag.com/os-bowl-f...day-28-at-9-a-m/comment-page-3#comment-117564
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Customizing an app with icons of choice:

App considered in example: Settings.apk

Archive software: winrar

Image editor: GIMP Portable

Download and install software needed, if not already present:

An image editor that lets you work on images, a little advanced preferred so the transparency of icons is not lost. I used GIMP portable version since this won't create any registry entries and would be un-intrusive on my system.

Winrar to extract files from the app.

Copy the Settings.apk from /system/app folder to some temp folder, say /sdcard/temp using an app like Root Explorer

Connect the phone to computer and copy this app from temp folder to computer

Download and install winrar on computer

Note: I used winrar, you can use any archive manager of your choice as long as you can open the apk file with it

Open Settings.apk with winrar

Enter the folder "res"

You will find a few folders here. Copy the folder "drawable-hdpi" to desktop.

Open this folder and turn on image previews.

This folder contains the icons used in the app. Select the icons you want to update.

Creative part here: Search for icons that appeal to you, or you feel would appeal to public if you plan to release it public. Don't worry abt the size, but ensure they are atleast 96x96.

Sizes as per my preference:

App icon as seen in app drawer: 96x96

Internal icons in settings: 64x64

The (b) above may not always hold good. You could try with one size, and then try resizing to best fit the app you are working on.

Open the icon you downloaded in GIMP and resize it.

On toolbar: Image --> Scale Image --> Type in the width and height you want (pref in pixels to be accurate) and click "Scale"

Save the file.

Give this file the same name as the icon you want to replace.

Repeat steps 11 through 13 to resize all the icons you want to replace.

Please make sure the icon that is visible in app drawer is atleast 96x96.

Copy these new icons into the "drawable-hdpi" folder overwriting the existing files.

Open Settings.apk with winrar

Enter the folder "res"

Enter the folder "drawable-hdpi"

Drag and drop all the icons in our "drawable-hdpi" on desktop into this folder in winrar

Close winrar (it is auto saved).

Move the "drawable-hdpi" to recycle bin (do not delete it at this point)

Open Settings.apk again in winrar, and extract the "drawable-hdpi" folder to desktop.

Open this folder and make sure all the icons are present in it as per the updating you just did.

Move this file to phone to some location say /sdcard/temp

Open root explorer and move this file to /system/app

You might consider backing up the current Settings.apk file to Settings.bak before copying the new file there (it is always recommended to backup the existing app in case you wanted to revert)

Thats' it. You now have a new look settings app.

*** All standard 'messing with system outcomes' disclaimers apply ***
[Captivate Themes and Apps] whiteguypl:
Word of caution. Non stock apps may not update correctly in the market after doing this.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
I don't think this could cause an issue 'cos all I am updating here are some images, not any XML or anything.

Edit: I haven't so far tried it on any apps I bought from market so far.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Mac11700:
Great write up...

Thanks for doing this...It takes the mystery out of changing things around some.

Mac
[Captivate Themes and Apps] danrubi:
I was actually looking into this and am very glad you put up a tutorial. Thanks a lot!

If you simply want to change the app icon on the homescreen as opposed to the app drawer, download Desktop VisualizeR. Great and simple app that allows you to pick and choose icons for different apps. Really fast to do if all you want is home screen and don't care about app drawer.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Yea. Changing just the home screen icon can be done even through Launcher Pro shortcuts. This changes the icon whole. This way it gets changed with the new one in the drawer, and retains the new one even when u create a shortcut wherever u want.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] di11igaf:
nice write up diablo.

this will help people who might want to make a theme, or customize their phone or whatever, but have no idea where to start.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Thanks dilli.

Did u like my settings app customizations? Would it be worth considering to put them into our green and blue themes?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] newter55:
Nice write up but for making only minor changes, such as with swapping out a few images, isn't it much easier and faster to just use ninjamorph?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
This is assuming with no tools. Just the basic editors. And like I said, this is my first step, and I don't even know any tools.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
im trying to install these signal bars.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
ive tried following these steps but going into framework-res instead of apps for the signal bars, but when i went to paste the folder back into the framework-res / res folder it just made a copy outside of the framework-res and nothing has changed:confused::confused:
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Open framework-res.apk in winrar. Browse to the folder u want within winrar. Drag and drop the files there.

If u can wait abt an hour, I can upload my version of customized 3.0 FF ROM. Incidentally I have customized a couple icons in framework-res.apk, and happen to include the same signal icons. U could use my framework apk if u wanted to.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
Will this change anything on my phone besides the signal bars?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Nope. Only a few more icons here n there like changing some icons to green that were initially with no color. Changed the sync icon. Rest all the same.

Unrar the file and u will get an apk file. Copy this into /system/framework folder on ur phone using an app like root explorer, and reboot immediately (ignore any FCs).
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
Cause I dnt want to change what's done to my phone besides the signal bars.

And thanks a ton for the help!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
U can extract the files from the apk and compare the images between existing and this one. Hardly any changes.

Let me recall:

1. Sync icons

2. Wifi icons

3. Some icons color changed to green, and some error icons to orange (these were colorless earlier)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
ok cool let me look at them and if i like them could you possably change the colors?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
:)

10char
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
is there anyway i can send my framework and have you change the bars and basically change what would be green in yours to blue in mine?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
i liked some of the other png's also but i like most the stuff thats on mine. like i said ive tried to change things and put the updated file back in the framework-res / res / drawable - hdpi -v4 and it pushed it out into the framework file.

after updating it should i delete the old before i try to put the new in?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Just drop them into the folder in winrar. It will auto-overwrite or prompt u based on ur settings. Make sure u copy the images, and not the images folder.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
sweet got it to work. thanks a ton.

now ive got to figure out how to get rid of this extra text notification icon that pops up in the status bar. (see my thread... two message alert status in status bar)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
i was wondering if you could color these for me 0-4, 0 obviously being clear or whatever, and 1 (dot) being this blue to alittle lighter blue to light light blue to the top being white (kinda like fading up)??
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
It would be easier if u provided the whole set of them and I can color all the set to whatever color u want.

Check out the wifi indicators here and see if they would help: Link
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
yea actually i guess those blue wifi icons would work
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
ill PM them to you now

edit-oh well guess not ill post them here then
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
I am at work now. I shall turn these blue when I get home.

Edit: I can try, but I am not so great at image manipulation. I am still a novice :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
sweet, thanks again :D
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
so ive been trying to change out diff framework icons and it seems like it will only let me do so many. It starts doing weird stuff like when it reloads the images after replacing, it starts skipping some. When tried to be viewd on phone those skipped images wont come up. Any ideas? Id like to add some of the blue themed stuff over (i.e. wifi and some other)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] TRusselo:
so... no signing or anything... thats kinda scary/easy/awesome!

wish i seen this sooner! rename to zip = fail install. at least i learned that months ago... then got apk compilers...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
Glad to see u made it here :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bri315317:
Thanks for the tutorial. Just what i was looking for!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
1. Make sure the resolution of the images u r putting match those u r over-writing

2. Replace

only

the images. Some apps contain some XMLs too, do

not

touch them.

3. Icons in the status bar drop down menu, like the wifi toggles, etc, are present in the twframework apk file.

4. Some icons like the "media scanning complete", etc are present in their individual apks.

And, most importantly, whenever u replace either of the two framework apks, please reboot phone.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bignate78:
I've seen the wifi signals in the framework-res file. Is there any way to change the resolution to make them work?

I've tried changing the color of some in Photoshop but still no go, guessing because of the resolution again.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] diablo009:
I sent u a PM.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bretth18:
SO, let me give you a little story.

One day i came up with the lovely idea to use NinjaMorph on my stock rooted BLUR ROM. after experiencing some cool mods, i tried to make my lockscreen back to stock... bad idea. after finding some of what appeared to be stock lockscreen pngs in my framework i changed my lockscreen into what now looks like a peice of ****. i tried to get them back through like a back up but i didnt have a backup made...

SOOOOO.... does anyone have a fix for my issue OR have .PNG'S for the stock android lockscreen i could use????? I wud really appreciate it

P.S. Because of my issues i have sadly been forced into the stupidity of gummyJAR and my phone wont let me install liberty 1.5 :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Ben's:
Ok a couple of things here. When you mess your own phone up because of user error, it's not polite to bash on other's work for no reason, at least that's how your last comment comes across. I'll be nice and help you out but don't be surprised if a little flammage comes your way.

Second, people aren’t going to have random .png files laying around, it would be a long shot for what you are asking for, just being realistic. You are more then likely going to have to back up all your files and do a factory reset in the event someone does not have the .png you need.

If you want to give it a try with Root Explorer or transferring the stock res.apk file to your computer, the file you need will be in your update zip file. Once you find it, go to system, framework, framework-res.apk and find the file name you need. If you are using Root Explorer to find, it will need to be extracted.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] bretth18:
sorry i didnt mean to be insulting. i have tried a factory reset but because changed the framework.res.apk it wont change back. im actually now taking some of the pngs from gummyjar and trying to give my blur a gingerbread notification bar
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Funnyface19:
You can always sbf and factory reset don't play with things until you know the full extent of ur own actions
[Droid X Themes and Apps] SysAdmin-X:
here is another way to fix your issue....

Take the attached framework-res.apk (taken from an unmodded gummyjar 2.5) and copy it to the root of your sdcard.

Connect your phone to your computer and put it in charge only mode. Next, do the following from a command prompt in windows. At the end of each line, press enter (not trying to be insulting, just for clarity sake).

adb shell

su

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

cp /mnt/sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk

cd /system/framework

chmod 644 framework-res.apk

next open another command prompt (done to keep the one with shell access open).

Type from 2nd command prompt:

adb remount

adb reboot

Your phone will then reboot, and you should have all your original framework... Note that any theming you have done to the framework images will be undone, but your phone will be fixed.

PS having your phone in a bad state on one ROM should not prevent you from using another ROM. When you install a ROM, most times the new ROM's will format the existing /system partition to ensure that remnants of an old ROM are gotten rid of.

And as stated above, please don't bash on the devs. Kejar31 gives a lot of his time to developing his ROMS (as does any other dev), and they give out their work for free! =)

Hope these steps work for you, post back if you have issues/questions.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JR44:
Transferred from General.

TP2 hacked a bit! Somehow disabled the flashing green service LED and the flashing bluetooth blue LED. Have orange and green charging LEDS, but no flashing LEDS.

Have done the usual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\AllLEDMgr set index to 0 and this switches off all LEDs then back to 1 to enable.

Still no flashing service or bluetooth.

Searched forums and can only find ideas to turn them off, nothing about turning them on!

Any help please as spent many hours trying to find what registry value I have

corrupted\changed

Have looked through other posts, but no answers. Plenty of advice to turn them OFF, but nothing to turn them on when not working! Must be a hack somewhere as was originally working and do NOT want to do a hard reset.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JR44:
Have sadly (more work) done a hard reset of the device, but STILL no flashing LEDS for service or bluetooth!

Can any ROM developer please give me a clue as really bugging me now, especially as the LEDs work in other functions
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeb88:
evening all

just changed the boot to stock nexus one in villain setup

if i wanna go back to the default gingervillain

"free your android"

how do i go about doing this? is it possible?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warlordxxx:
No idea might be worth asking in the Gingervillain thread or PM the chef and see what he comes up with :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
just flash again without wiping or if you are s-off just extract the rom, navigate to system/media copy boot animation to your sdcard. then use root explorer and paste the bootanimation after enabling read/write to system/media. it will ask to overwrite just confirm. reboot to see the changes.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel10:
What are source codes and why for we need them? Example?

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
how i define it may not be exactly correct, but i know it is partially.

a Source Code is like... a manager at a grocery store? Without the manager, it would probably be a bit wild.

Source Code is everything that runs on your phone, compiled into 1 thing, and we need it so we can make our phones more stable, faster, etc.

wait till someone else replies with a more intelligent answer lol, i know what it is. but its hard to explain it from my point of view.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel10:
I see, but is a source code really a set of numbers that make the phone better?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
Computer code or language code is the way we get computers/ phones etc. to execute certain commands or strings of commands that want to do in order to make the computer do a specific thing.

Source code is text written in a computer programming language. Such a language is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers to work in a specific platform.

Once you have completed a program in source code it is then complied by another software to make it smaller and essentially encrypts the command source code language.

Releasing the source code allows programmers and developers to see exactly how the command structure is built, then the devs can better write custom applications without fewer bugs and less guesswork.

Right now on the vibrant, we are using source code from the captivate and the Euro I9000 platform which are similar but not exact to write custom roms.

Once we have the Vibrant source code we will then totally understand the command code structure and the devs will be able to write better roms.

Sorry this is abbreviated and simplistic explanation but at least you will understand the general overview
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark619Cloud:
A source code is what is used to make an application, or game, or OS...etc.

For example: I make a program, and to make this program, I have to make a bunch of files and compile them together to make the program itself. And I'd give out the source code if I want others to update/add to my program and they can compile it themselves. It's the programming language which is used to make the program.

There are thousands of languages, such as C++, Java, Unix...etc.

In short, source code is for developers.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel10:
Thanks for your help everyone. Now I know :-D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzzz:
It's always good to know what these things are to avoid posting the wrong questions to the wrong thread. Glad you came here instead of just asking how to flash kernel source.

To reiterate...source code are basically the blue print of a device. By having the blue print, you can look over it and make adjustment to improve device performance....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrapnelx:
OK, I must say some of these are close but still off...

Source code will never run on your phone. Source code is human readable programming language. It is the language used by software developers to write programs. Examples of such languages are c, c++, java, python, etc. Once programs are written in such a language they are still useless as no machine can execute that code natively. This is where another piece of software called a compiler comes in. A compiler turns the human readable code into machine executable binaries that can run on a machine. Compilers can compile for different architectures, for example x86, x86-64, ARM, etc.

The big deal with getting the source code is that developers get something they can tweak, modify and recompile. This makes the job of optimizing and adding features MUCH easier than doing so without source. There are ways to de-compile binaries (turning machine executable code into human readable code), but it's not always accurate, and the code produced with such methods is usually much less concise than the original source.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel10:
That helped too! Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
I assume the source code is already on the hand of samsung. why don't they just release it?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
Samsung is a member of open handset alliance, and must comply with the provisions tied to GPL - they must release the source code within 60 days the firmware made public.

Hope this helps.

Sent from my Bionix powered Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaetm83:
maybe they want to hide all the bugs they couldn't have avoided.. or they may want to hide all that potential features that vibrant already have we don't know yet about

according to gnu general public license that all android os softwares fall under, source codes for any officially announced os should be released within 60 days.. hopefully samsung will release source codes for froyo soon-
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murmeljenta:
I updated to build 435 yesterday. Since then, the default calendar app crashes. Have tried rebooting.

I sync my calendar with outlook through google. There are some semi-advanced entries there, ie meetings with replies. However, problem persists when I disable that calendar from my outlook.

Calendar data is accessible for my agenda widget. Data shown on the widget is even updated when I add data to my google calendar.

Any clues on how to solve this?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Buddha:
Reinstall everything what is named Calendar

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murmeljenta:
I reinstalled CalendarProvider.apk and SemcCalendarLargeui.apk. Still doesn't work.

Immediately after installing SemcCalendarLargeui.apk, I clicked "open". This caused the same error.

Any further suggestions? Please?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coughee:
Go to Applications, Manage applications. Select calendar, and clear cache. Worked for me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murmeljenta:
Thanks!

I had to uninstall the apps proposed from the previous poster, then opening the applications menu to allow for display of all apps (not only 3rd party). Then I was able to clear the cache.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan032:
I am also facing the same problem, however I do not see the calendar application under Applications>Manage Applications ! :confused::confused::confused:

Could you please elaborate further how you fixed your problem...for me the phone is pretty useless without a calendar !
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlie42:
You have to filter shown applications
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan032:
Thank you ! Worked like a charm.

However I noticed one problem .. I use three seperate calendars in google calendars color coded red, blue & yellow. After the update to the calendar application all three show as red . Previously all 3 calendars showed up with their respective separate colors :(:(

Did any one else notice or face this ? :confused::confused::confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamprobart:
I want to download and try blue sparks rom but when ive installed how i get back to se rom and delete blue sparks if i dont like that rom?

Sorry for bad english and for this topic but i am newbie and cant post beacusw of 10 post
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrljlamon:
make a backup of se rom in xrecovery.

if u wanna go back, restore backup from xrecovery.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamprobart:
I was reading on the internet can i restore from seus when i have blue sparks?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a2ha:
Yes you can.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamprobart:
Haha thanks i will download now!!!!!!!!