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[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
JSchisurf! We really miss you over at the Hero forums...but I'm glad you are able to share your skills with the Evo crowd.

Do you think this app would work on the CDMA hero?

Also...you should also consider trying to tackle the HTC Weather app (when you have time of course). There are no other weather apps quite like it, and I'm sure lots of people would be down to install it. Anyway, keep up the great work!

-alex
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
I'll always have fond memories of my Hero, but the EVO rocks the house :-)

While you may get it to load on the Hero (not sure), I think even if you did, it would be problematic, as there are no 'mdpi' folders in this apk, and the com.htc.resources.apk file between the 2 phones is likely different, thus potentially loading incorrect images, etc. At best, it would look wacky, at worst, force close city...

What do you mean by tackling the HTC Weather app? What is the issue?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] alexthearmo:
Oh...i guess I didn't clarify at all. I am not running htc sense. I have been using an aosp version of gingerbread. I was thinking it'd be cool if someone made some of the HTC apps work on a non-sense rom (which I think is what you did here). It'd be amazing to have the htc weather app working on any type of ROM and not sense only. That's what I meant. :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dominicanman912:
the portal says Android 2.2(froyo) and Evo. was this designed specifically for the evo or cdma phones or will it work for gsm phones like the mytouch4g?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] O1Pewterws6:
Wow I will be flashing this tonight! Thanks!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MrFrankfromCM:
This did not work on my G1 2.3.2.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
i noticed on the attachment bar, theres a white outline. is there any way to make that bar black with white text?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Not exactly sure what you are referring to here. A screen capture may help.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
here you go. =]
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dominicanman912:
did it give you any errors. if its just for cdma maybe we just have to put the gsm settings in there (if only it would be that easy)?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
In changing text to white for various locations, this text also changed to white, but given it was on the light gray background, I had to work painstakingly to figure out how to change the text for just that area only back to black, so that it was visible on the light gray background.

If I tracked down the png that controls it, which may be another example of having to remove references to com.htc.resources.apk, in order to change the color, it would then be problematic for those that have MetaMorphed the area to be black, as now you wouldn't be able to easily differentiate the area.

Also, the area you have highlighted is separate from that, as it is part of the image attachment background, that is white, but does not show up on stock, since its background is white as well. So, to address JUST that little area, I would have to figure out the background where the attached image is displayed, and then offer options for gray and black versions just to hide that little outline...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
not a problem. im too picky lol. looks good. one new question. at the top of my inbox. the new message button does not display the text "New Message" unless i click and hold the button area.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Boy, you've got me again. I don't know what you're talking about, lol :p.

I changed the 'New Message' link to back, via the JavaCode, that you see in the first image in the OP, next to the + icon. Is this what you are referring to? As this, as shown in the OP, is white for me.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MrFrankfromCM:
It seemed to flash within recovery. I got the installed msg. I use Clockwork. My icon on the desktop change from the standard messgae icon to a generic icon and did not launch at all.

So i just restored my nandroid from before the install.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
yes thats exactly what im talking about. i saw that its white for you, but its not for me. off your head, do you know what file controls that exact string?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
I can only guess you have something installed that is conflicting with it, as this is not how I have it modded. I forced this white, as mentioned, in the Java code.

BTW, I'm going to look closer at getting rid of the white area on the rounded corners, as I can see it is on the right hand side as well. I'm not going to change the gray button color, rather, just try and see about getting rid of the outline, as you have mentioned.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
oh cool. well thank you for all the hard work. it really looks great.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] liquid307:
Idea

What about colored text in the compose filed like glowing blue, I have a glowing swype that would go perfect with it.:p
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MrFrankfromCM:
@liquid307

Thank cuz of your image!!! LOL
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
You know, I was thinking about this too, since I (and probably many of us), also use Swype. I assume you are referring to matching the text input color to that of the Swype trace color?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
So, here's a screen capture of progress on the attachment corners. The right side is nice and clean, the left is tough, based on the background color of the image you are attaching, but it's not too bad.

Problem is, I have to blend this based on the "tap to compose" color area, so different versions for black versus gray, etc. Kind of a PITA.

Also, regarding the "New Message" color. You didn't happen to swap out the classes.dex file in your apk by any chance?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
its looking good.

no, i did not. i did though, mix your attatched morphes into the zip. i dont think that would do it though since they are just pngs.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Give the attached a shot and let me know how the corners look to you up close. Also, since you are "resetting" things to my stock mod with the attached, let me know if you still have the issue with the "New Message" color.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Bootyologist:
Just curious.... If I want to revert back at a later date, I'm guessing I can just re-flash Fresh?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
I'll post up a stock version to flash shortly, in addition to updated versions with the rounded corner for attachments polished up.

EDIT: OP has been updated with attachment for reverting to stock (HtcMmsRevertStock.zip).
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ecko210:
Tried on warmZ rom but getting a force close on messeging app now should I try again or is it not compatible ?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Not familiar with "WarmZ", but assuming it's not an EVO based ROM, it ain't gonna work. There are too many dependencies / specifics tied to the resources file to be compatible across different frameworks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ecko210:
WarmZ is myns beta rom based on the desire HD port... it runs sense so I thought it would work guess the new sense on the HD throws it off.............. thanx though it looks sweet!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
It's not going to work on a non-evo ROM, regardless of new sense or not. Even if it were an "old sense" non-evo ROM, odds are high it won't work. These HTC apps are tied heavily to the phone's specific com.htc.resources.apk file, which change between same phone ROMs, let alone different phones, i.e. this mod would not likely work on an EVO 3.30 ROM, as the com.htc.resources.apk file is different between them as well.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
about to test the new version out. does it work with the black morph?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
No. not yet. Everything will need to be updated. This is not an official version / release.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SUTHRNFRIED:
This looks amazing...is there hope for a black Gtalk? Again, very nice work!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] myn:
He does it again :)

As always man you come along and defy what everyone else says is not possible :)

I've said this before and I'll say it again. You are absolutely one of the best devs out there. What you can do with decompiled dex rivals what most can do with full source. You've got mad skillz :)

I've had a few messages from some folks requesting this mod be ported to the new Warm Z rom for the EVO and INCredible devices.

I've spent the last few hours porting JS's mod to the Desire Z MMS.apk and it currently sits at 80% complete.

I am going to need some help from the master on this one though :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xlGmanlx:
serioulsly why hasn't Js and Myn teamed up on a ROM yet haha?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Nice find! Works great, compression is is definitely in there!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
You're too kind :). I always say, it's better to be lucky than good!

Got your message. I'll do my best to take a look. I've got a busy weekend ahead of me, but again, I'll do my best!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Ha, great! Thanks for the confirmation.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Metallice:
I actually did this before. However, I took the lazy way out and modified the values in com.htc.resources.apk. So I also inverted all the other sense apps like email, gallery, etc.

They are all apart of my distinction theme below. If you plan on doing a similar thing to the other sense apps feel free to look through what i did. They might be of some help to you.

Great job however seperating this from com.htc.resources! (that is what you did right?) This will make theming much easier across the board.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
You can view my attachments to see the only thing included is Mms.apk, thus, making it the only thing modified to pull the inversion off.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Metallice:
Right. You changed the references in the mms.apk to resources/values/layouts (which in turn refer to color codes)/color codes/ etc. so it refers to a color code or values within the mms apk rather than from com.htc.resources.apk. That must have taken a lot of work.

For my theme linked in my signature, I inverted all the sense apps by modifying the values the sense apps referred to within com.htc.resources. This, along with a ton of edits individually in all the apps, allowed me to invert the apps across the board.

I'm hoping you plan to do this to the other sense apps. The confusing thing (as I'm sure you've found out) is that the sense apps often use both resources within their respective apk and in com.htc.resources.

I'm just suggesting that if you want to make your life easier if you plan to do this with other sense apps, take a look at my modded apks using winmerge or another compare tool to find the changes I had to make to invert the apks that didn't refer to com.htc.resources.apk.

Just trying to help. :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Mostly. Since java code allows you to mostly override settings specified in XML, I chose to brute force some settings directly in the code, irrespective of how they are set in XML, and referred to either directly in the app, or in com.htc.resources.

Sure thing. It really isn't/wasn't my goal to try and do this to all the apps, rather, just per the request I received for Mms, and thus the requirement/desire not to touch com.htc.resources. Changing com.htc.resources just has too many implications on other apps that I have no desire to deal with.

Just followed your link. Looks good. People who don't do this stuff really have no idea the time/effort it takes to pull off, regardless of the method. You spent more time than I'm willing to on such a "theme". My personal "wheel house" / what I like to do is dig deep into smali/java code for edits / hacks / ports / etc.

Regarding the duplicate resources you see in both an HTC apk and com.htc.resources, my best guess is that originally create it for a specific app, then realize it can be used in multiple locations, so drop it into com.htc.resources as well, w/o taking the time to remove the resource directly from the app as well. Seems lazy.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fr0st420:
Didn't work on mik's latest rom. Probably due to all the optimizing he did to his rom. Looks nice though.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] luisrod03:
Thanks...nice app
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Greenfieldan:
FINALLY! :D!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Actually it works fine on 4.5.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Stoney 666:
Finally he is here!!

Looks like you're gonna have to start doin some work again?

Damn!! I am sure all the themers and moders here are happy to hear that you're coming to the rescue.....

___________________________________

Yup.... The ones yoe momma told ya about.... Bad Seed Customs!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mquinn24:
Works great on mikfroyo 4.5. I've been using it since it came out.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fr0st420:
Did you do the flash or morph version? The morph doesn't work for sure. Im running 4.5 also.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Ummm, you do know in order to morph you first flash the modded apk, right...?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fernando sor:
They said it couldnt be done...

They said it was impossible...

Dun dun daaaaaaaaa!!!

They just pissed off the wrong hacker...

Jschisurf hacking in a forum near you..

Badseeds custom y'all
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fr0st420:
Nevermind. Im a dumbass. I reread instructions. Got it all working. Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Greenfieldan:
Do we need to flash the zip AND metamorph? Or just flash the zip?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] iaccax:
Thanks I love this black theme I edit with some blue in the icons and black out the text input any chance can you make the phone contacts like it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JerseyFF:
I morph'd the theme, followed all the steps in the guide.

Everything seemed fine, however when I try to send a MMS (picture) messages.apk Force Closes and it doesnt show the picture as sending.

Ended up nandroiding back to stock Messages and reverting to using Handcent.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
I can send mms without issue.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dkdude36:
same. then again, i am having other issues i need to figure out, but thats not related to this.

wow, i think i may be pretty screwed this time. no texts for 6 hours, then i call somebody and get 30 texts all at once from different times. i dont think its related though. i think its evio 1.8 messing up my radio i'm using on myns 5
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fr0st420:
Since we are on the inverted topic. Anyone have the latest facebook app inverted? Thats one thing I missed when I used airbourne roms.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
[WIP] Self-contained Inverted Contacts Application

HtcContacts.apk is putting up a tougher fight to invert as a standalone / self-contained application than Mms.apk. There's still a lot of work to do, but here's a peek at the two main panels:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TMartin:
You my sir, are a porting GOD!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] fr0st420:
You rock!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SteelH:
Can't wait for more inverting goodness!! Js, since you are working on HtcContacts.apk, any chance you could make it say contacts and not people below the icon?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
I can make it say anything we want. I was thinking something more along the lines of JsChiContacts though. Is that too much :p?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xlGmanlx:
when your a beast like yourself you could call it whatever you want, hell my ding a ling "my ding a ling...."

ding a ling
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] cds36:
Always hated the font size of the messaging app, wondering does this have the stock font size ? any way to make it smaller ?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] timdawgdentist:
Worked Great!!!

myn's rls5

netarchy 4.3.2

tim
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Konikub:
They alway work great when Js is involved!!! :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skndeep102:
Just noticed one thing. When in land scape the tap to compose box turns back to white when using the black MM. Don't know about a fresh install with the grey. No big deal just thought I'd throw it out there.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
You know, I think that's the keyboard, as opposed to the actual "tap to compose" area. For example, hit the back arrow on your phone and the keyboard will close, but the 'tap to compose' area remains black, in landscape mode, as intended. I'm not sure this can be controlled by the apk itself...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] crstfr:
good job man!..... great mod!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skndeep102:
I see. I just thought I'd put it out there.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
Off topic, JSI, how would I go about modding the HTC_IME.apk? With different colored keys? I don't want the HTC_IME_Mod.apk

When I change the proper pngs, flash my modded IME, I get fore closes non stop.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skndeep102:
why not use the kitchen

http://www.gimpsta.com/themer/index.php
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Yes, if you don't care about the details, or are not comfortable with .smali editing (changing font colors, etc, requires edits to the java code), the kitchen (cringe), makes it easy for you.

On a more pertinent note, to those interested, I had a major breakthrough today on the inverted contacts app. Not to moan about it, but this is one of the tougher things I've worked on to date, and I've worked on a lot of tough ones, in terms of trying to make this application standalone as it relates to themeing.

In the long run, the implications are huge, as you will be able to theme it independent of any other common sense applications, w/o having to touch com.htc.resources in any way. To do this, however, requires an almost complete rework of XMLs and tons of java code edits.

I'm about 3/4 of the way there, with most of the main pages converted over and inverted. There are just a lot of screens in this apk, some of which are difficult to find to "affect" / change their appearance. I've almost thrown in the towel a couple of times on this one, trying to do it THIS way, but everytime I revisit, with a fresh head, I make a little more progress. Stay tuned...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] makojr:
Omg, I LOVE the inverted msg and before it had no personality, thank you for that! I am looking foward to the contacts, pls dont give up!! I appreciate all the work you put into making our phones enjoyable to look at! Iol.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] xlGmanlx:
I stand by my earlier post haha
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
Ha, Ha, don't tempt me. When/if I finish this darn thing, you guys are going to go looking for the app in the app drawer, and find it under "my ding a ling"...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Konikub:
lmao...I used to co-own an icecream truck business called "Mr. Ding-a-ling" - no joke. Crazy days...lol.

Thanks Js for keeping up the good fight :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] TMartin:
I would rename it for sure lol

Really?? An Ice Cream Truck business w/ that name?? That just doesn't sound right lol
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] crstfr:
how hard are they to color???.. can i request a blue /light grey mms... .. the same colors at the slate theme...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878235

great work by the way!!!! i've been rockin this mms since you released it!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] CloseCoder:
Cant get it to work.

Hello, i have downloaded your htcmms.zip file. I use MikFroyo 4.5 as my everyday rom, so when i flash your zip file, the sms icon dissapears, so then i do a restart like you said but it still doesnt appear. Can you help me out please? Everytime i click the sms icon, it says application not installed on phone.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rydah:
I've tried the kitchen and its not pumping the desired results. I'm trying to theme the stock IME with pngs from desire hd IME.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ArmyAdams:
When you install it the icon changes to dark gray, its in your app drawer, and if you want the original icon you would have to metapmorph it off the first page. if that doesnt work you may have a bad download file.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aphex23:
Force Close

Anyone else getting force closes with this?

Mytouch 4g, running Iced Glacier 1.6
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] flight01:
So u are trying to apply this to a mytouch 4g not a Evo?

If so this may not be compatible and may need to be ported to that specific device even though they run same sense. Altough i could be wrong, But i have had no problems and have flashed this many times.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aphex23:
That is correct, I figured it would be the same as its running sense ui but its not working, flashed it twice, fixed permissions, still FC. It did change the app icon grey but when I open it, just FC right away... I would love to be able to use this! Anyone know if there is a version for the mytouch??
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] tommytomatoe:
I haven't checked, but I would say no. This is a mod that JsChiSurf has been working and as he says, it is only 3/4 completed. I would doubt that there is a mod for the mytouch, at least until someone ports it over.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MidwestDrummer:
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. I flashed the HtcMms.zip using ClockworkMod, and it replaced my Messaging icon on the home screen with a generic looking Android application icon. I checked my app drawer too, and I didn't see any Messaging app or new darker icon. I thought I might've had a bad download, so I redownloaded the HtcMms.zip file and reinstalled again, but I still get the same thing. It's basically like I have no messaging application anymore.

Not sure if it matters, but I'm running CM7 RC1.

Am I doing something wrong here?

EDIT: More trouble. I tried flashing the HtcMmsRevertStock.zip file via ClockworkMod to revert back to the stock HTC MEssaging app, but it's still doing the exact same thing as before. Grr, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

EDIT 2: I was able to revert back to the stock Messaging app by extracting the apk from the CM7 zip file. Still unsure why I was unable to install the Inverted app.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dkdude36:
The problem is you are on cyanogenmod. This is for htc messaging, on htc sense roms. Reflash rom or push the messaging if you are knowledgable enough.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] MidwestDrummer:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I was able to revert back to the stock Messaging app by extracting the apk from the CM7 zip file.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dkdude36:
No problem.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Jiggs82:
Hey is this apk for the htc evo only or any htc phones? I have the mytouch 3g slide :( and another thing do u have to be rooted to download this mms apk ? Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] renzo.olivares:
htc droid incredible

would this work on the htc droid incredible running a desire z rom which is a gsm to cdma port?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] skylar.sutton:
Nice work - I've been using it for a few days now and I'm really happy with the new theme.

I used metamorph to change the icon back... that's the only thing I wish you hadn't changed. =)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] msjr405:
What I have been waiting for! Good job pimpin
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ArmyAdams:
Any updates on this??? The screen shots look almost too good to be true!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] JsChiSurf:
It's about 4/5th there, but I went on vacation last week, and quite frankly, haven't been motivated to re-look at it upon my return...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] regalpimpin:
This is amazing! Would be awesome for the htc mail app.

I could use the android email.apk which is black, but it doesn't handle images in messages as well or composing new messages.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] slyder33:
will be glad to donate as a motivator :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ArmyAdams:
+1 donate motivator
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] revel1973:
+ 2 ! Great Mod!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ArmyAdams:
Will this work on Myns Warm Z with the sense 2.0?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] slyder33:
Js,

any progress with this?? Would love to have this, will gladly make a donation for all of your effort!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] DrededStar87:
appreciation

Thanks a lot for this man, Handcent has been force closing on me like crazy lately, and this is exactly how i had the settings for that app, perfect replacement :)