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[Android Themes] Haraldr Blaatand:
Gah! I've been led astray. I've been talking with one of the developers to ask for features, and learn more about the engine. I just didn't bother trying to build a theme, because of what I learned about the aapt change.

FYI to all t-mobile engine themers:

There are currently 2 "skinning" implementations on the table before Google. T-mo's current implementation is not the favored one. Currently, the t-mo team is working on a new engine that will hopefully make Google happy (or happier).

Sony-Ericson is developing the other concept, but it is not ready for inclusion into AOSP either. While they have Google's attention, their approach is currently focused on OEM skinning. (i.e. no root = no skinning)
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
Confirming, I just recompiled my theme in windows using apktool. It compiles and applies fine. This guide is valid for all OSes.

By the way, Just wanted to mention that like i said in the first post, this is sort of a temporary workaround for theming. Not in any way the best way to do it, but it's clean (at least, almost) and it works, and is, in my opinion, far more convenient than modifying and releasing and reflashing system files all the time.
[Android Themes] Haraldr Blaatand:
I

completely

agree there.

I went looking into the CM source. I think an uber-genius avoided the need to the custom aapt. Sweet!

Now to have some fun...

BTW, I'm looking to put together something so "we" can share parts of themes (i.e. pack up UI changes, icon sets, mods, etc. in separate zips). Then people could mix and match to one's liking. (Based off the concepts from apk manager 4.9, ZipThemer, and my own special sauce.)
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
Cool! Looking forward to what you come up with. I was actually thinking kind of the same thing, like, making a base theme, and then being able to have add on packs to override only a few things in the theme like icons, etc.
[Android Themes] Haraldr Blaatand:
I'm after simple and straightforward.

You unpack the apk you want to theme/skin in directory <package name>, make your changes, then delete all the unchanged files. ZIP up one more more of these package trees, and distribute.

To build a theme/skin of your very own, download the ZIPs you like, combine (resolve 'conflicts'), package, and voila.

The BIG advantage of my approach will be that you won't have to do squat with file names! The program will take care of that for you.
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
Hmmm, that would work, pretty straightforward way to share resources between theme devs.

But what I think would be cool is if we could make packages for users to apply ON TOP of an already applied theme. That would obviously need to be implemented in the theme engine though.
[Android Themes] Haraldr Blaatand:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2812

The reason I got in touch with the t-mo dev was so I could toss in my 2 cents. He liked the idea, but he is concerned that, for a simple user, it could be too complicated and/or confusing. Adding support for multiple APKs to ThemeManager would not be difficult. It is that Theme Chooser needs a user friendly UI that can handle multiple APKs and overlaps/conflicts. (I have in my minds eye what one could/would look like. I'm just not going to be the one writing it.)
[Android Themes] nhnt11:
It can't be that hard, as you said, or even complicated for a user. Two menus - one with full themes, one with addons (maybe a special flag in the package indicating what it is). All addons override everything in the theme with what they have. And you can order applied addons to prioritize which gets the final say. That's it. Not too confusing IMO.
[Android Themes] Haraldr Blaatand:
I didn't think 2 listings are needed. Good naming and descriptions would be extremely helpful, but not actually required.

Just 1 multi-select "list" (could be like the current chooser with a check box added). Then an ordering screen only if an overlap is detected.
[Android Themes] natehoch96:
I get this error in apktool. There is more to it but I didnt include it because it was so long and just repeats of beginning only to different files.

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools\com.fyb3roptik.theme.androidi

an\res\drawable\zzz_btn_application_selector.xml:4: error: Error: No resource fo

und that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '@drawable/pressed_app

lication_background_static').

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools\com.fyb3roptik.theme.androidi

an\res\drawable\zzz_btn_application_selector.xml:5: error: Error: No resource fo

und that matches the given name (at 'drawable' with value '@drawable/focused_app

lication_background_static').

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutExce

ption: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\DOCUME~1\Nate\LOCALS~1\Temp\APKT

OOL2146181265913808293.tmp, -x, -I, C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\apktool\frame

work\1.apk, -S, C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools\com.fyb3ropti

k.theme.androidian\res, -M, C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools\c

om.fyb3roptik.theme.androidian\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Unknown Source)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Unknown Source)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Unknown Source)

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, -F, C:\D

OCUME~1\Nate\LOCALS~1\Temp\APKTOOL2146181265913808293.tmp, -x, -I, C:\Documents

and Settings\Nate\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Program Files\Android\android-

sdk-windows\tools\com.fyb3roptik.theme.androidian\res, -M, C:\Program Files\Andr

oid\android-sdk-windows\tools\com.fyb3roptik.theme.androidian\AndroidManifest.xm

l]

at brut.util.OS.exec(Unknown Source)

... 7 more

Can anyone help please? Thanks!
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] CPCookieMan:
Ok so here's this application that I made in Automator for myself and I figured that if anyone wants it, it's here. This is a Mac OS X only app. What does this app do? It wipes the data and dalvik cache on the phone twice. It is quite quick and easy. What will you need to do to your Mac before running this application? You simply need to add adb to the .bash_profile path settings. (This means that from anywhere in terminal, you can type adb and run adb.) Then just put your phone into recovery mode and run this app. This is an alpha build as I have not tried it on my own phone yet. However it should work as I've coded it and it has NO potential to brick the phone

Download Here!

EDIT: Currently the program is not working, I will make a new one and upload ASAP.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] workshed:
Nice job CP... with a little editing, could I get this to work on Linux?
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] ToastPwnz:
Hmmm, thats a good question. (I'm just hopping in with what I know, so OP feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, which I probably am.)

From what I know, Automator is basically a workflow creation/utilization program. Do most Linux distros come packaged with anything like that, or does one exist?
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] Zer0_Cool:
This might be an alternative:

"GNU Xnee is a suite of programs that can record, replay and distribute user actions under the X11 environment. Think of it as a robot that can imitate the job you just did."

http://askubuntu.com/questions/343/alternative-for-mac-os-x-automator
[HTC Inspire 4G] berdo:
Ok. I have had the inspire since it came out and I think its a huge upgrade from the captivate. My question is, for another $50 should I go to the Atrix?
[HTC Inspire 4G] JasjarMan:
For another 50? It will cost me 100 more plus the 35.00 restoring fee. And I'm buying one today to compare to my inspire. I love the inspire but the atrix also looks nice so going to see which one I keep. The inspire screen looks much bigger than the 4.0 on the atrix, I have to see if it will make a difference web browsing n watching movies.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Simba501:
I'm keeping both for a while. Absolutely love the inspire, but those specs on the atrix are just too irresistible.
[HTC Inspire 4G] berdo:
Yeah with an available upgrade you can get an atrix for $149 from radioshack. I went from a cappy to a surround to a focus (wp7 needs alot of work) to an inspire. I love it but the screen has some touch issues and it has locked up on me a few times. So I am a little concerned about that. Plus dual core is hard for a nerd like me to ignore.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Simba501:
Ditto lol......
[HTC Inspire 4G] calin75:
I know dual core, but will the Atrix be LTE compatible?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jthornton71707:
I loved the atrix at first. Then I tried my inspire. For me at least Android without htc sense just feels like something is missing. I came from a nexus one to nexus s to iPhone 4 and now to my inspire. The atrix seems like As close as you'll get to a pure Google experience on at&t at least. I'm tempted to check one out only because of the awesome screen and hdmi out. But thats bot enough to make me switch from my sense to motoblur. That's the deal breaker for me... if only the inspire had a fingerprint reader :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] berdo:
That is a very good point about LTE. It may be a monster of a phone but there is definitely no LTE support that I have read about. From my understanding AT&T will be putting out LTE phones this year but not for a while.

Also good to know about motoblur. I am a huge, HUGE, fan of Sense. I came from samsung's horrible touchwiz so sense has completely restored my faith in android. I have read several reviews that were not to keen on motoblur and I don't want to get caught up in constant rom flashing like I was with the captivate. Seems like everyday i was flashing a new rom and that just got old.

Either way, I will never go back to the iPhone. Not unless they make major improvements to their OS. But thats for another thread.
[HTC Inspire 4G] alwayslearning:
unless I am mistaking the Inspire doesn't have LTE support either, right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] calin75:
Inspire might not be LTE compatible either, but It's half the price and had a bigger screen.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Simba501:
Yeah, I loathe motoblur. I just got the atrix and I hate it as much as everyone else that I've read. The first thing I'm doing is loading on ADW Ex....

And sense is amazing. It should be the standard on android.
[HTC Inspire 4G] shawn1224:
Just came from an AT&T store to handle the Atrix and the 1st impression was WOW, small screen, maybe because there's hardly any bezel it makes the screen seem dwarfish. When I placed it alongside the Inspire it was noticeably smaller. I honestly don't know if I can downgrade in screen size.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Simba501:
I noticed this too.....what a difference from the inspire.....hard to believe the difference is only .3 inches
[HTC Inspire 4G] calin75:
I just checked the Atrix at my friendly ATT shop, and I'm not sold to exchange my inspire for the Atrix. Colors seem better on the inspire, but the whites look whiter on the Atrix. Quadrant and nenamark1 were amazingly faster on the Atrix. I also checked the laptop dock and I was not impress by it. I check YouTube @ 1080p and it couldn't handle it. Even 720p was jittery. What do you guys think?
[HTC Inspire 4G] AnyMal:
I too was less then impressed with Atrix so I'll stick with Inspire at least for now. Hopefully Infuse will drop soon.
[HTC Inspire 4G] uhmump95:
nevermind ....
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aridon:
CM7 will never make it to the atrix and development will be restricted to the same kernel released by moto. So hell no.
[HTC Inspire 4G] smack77:
I went to the ATT store with the intent of trading my inspire for an Atrix. I played with it for a few minutes and decided it wouldn't be an upgrade for me. I mainly use my phone for texting, email and twitter. Dual core can't improve that experience very much. Maybe I'd see it a different way if I played lots of games on my phone but I don't.

They even let me play with the laptop dock, which further cemented my decision. It really can't compete with even the cheapest of netbooks out today. Too slow, especially on pages with flash.

I also just like the massive solid metal feel over the plastic of the Atrix.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DOAlaboratories:
If you guys are looking for speed, our CPU overclocked to 1.6 feels much faster than the atrix. I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
how is the battery on the overclocked ROM?
[HTC Inspire 4G] DOAlaboratories:
Seems like I can squeeze about 14 hours out of it, but then again I use superpower and I was getting about 16 with stock. So pretty decent.
[HTC Inspire 4G] waltah!:
Try that 1080p video again when Adobe releases 10.2.
[HTC Inspire 4G] knarfl1:
Just checked out Atrix. Small screen relative to inspire. laptop dock was slow and basically useless.

Gonna pass and wait for a LTE device.
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
My thoughts: CM7>Atrix.
[HTC Inspire 4G] borguesian:
Yes, cm7 seals the deal
[HTC Inspire 4G] CraigP17:
played with atrix at work and then again at att. next to my inspire it just seems so small. didnt feel any crisper or faster than my inspire. the laptop dock is "cool" but not practical at all.

staying with HTC, always the best plan. now they just need to get hspa+ up and going. as if Philly is such a small place... they are taking their time....
[HTC Inspire 4G] RICExIZxGOOD:
Thinking about getting my gf the Atrix, but after reading this thread I might have to reconsider :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] id10terrordfw:
You forget that AT&T is based in Dallas. The city that has the Eagles is probably lucky to have edge... ;-)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ljwnow:
I switched to atrix and going to get back to inspire tomorrow.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
yeah there is not anything that would get me to give up my Inspire for a Atrix. Over priced gadgets, dual core that can't be utilized yet, 1080p that can't be fully taken advantage of yet, smaller screen and from what everyone is saying the screen resolution doesn't even look as crisp as the Inspire. I'm very happy staying with my 99 dollar Inspire :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] jdk2:
The GPS was extremely accurate on the Atrix, but there are no other compelling reasons for me to keep it. I bought it yesterday morning and used it to death. The screen looked washed out, colors were off, and I immediately missed the larger screen on the Inspire.

It's going back today.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
my GPS on the Inspire is within 16 feet i wouldnt need much more accuracy
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrancier:
went to see the atrix yesterday at the AT & T store. Just wanted to get excited enough for an impulse buy. They actually had the Atrix and the Inspire side by side and, I have to say, compared to the Inspire, the atrix just feels cheap. Like captivate-vibrant-plastic Samsung- cheap. I returned the Vibrant that I bought on launch day because it felt like a toy. Same thing with the Nexus S (also, the fact that it was tmob only). Performance-wise it really did not feel any faster for day to day use. The screen was disappointing. Nowhere near as good as iPhone 4. Loved the inspire's. Big and vivid . Also, the metallic vessel is awesome. It just feels much more premium overall. All this coupled with a signed boot loader and the wretched motoblur, helped me decide that the Atrix is just not for me. Motorola needs to make a premium phone that is, in fact, premium.

Went on amazon yesterday and got the Inspire 4G for 59.99. Awesome.
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
Man I don't know if it is my ATT or what but when I went in to get my girlfriend the inspire they like tried to talk me out of it. The reps just kept harming on the fact that they don't like HTC and that the Droid phones are much better. Lol and when I went in to check out the atrix they like tried to sell me it and good me they would waive the restocking if I wanted to switch it out lol. Wtf I thought the atrix looked cheap and the locked bootloader was a deal breaker. I wonder if ATT is supposed to push the atrix over HTC? Also on a side note the ATT staff couldn't have been less knowledgeable about android
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
coworker just got one and I wasn't too impressed either. Cheap and the screen looked horrible! Way better all around experience on the inspire. That solidfied my choice! Only thing i liked better was the browser speed and how much better it scrolled through web pages. Inspire seems jerky on scrolling and pinch to zoom to me. All in all the atrix is not the hype everyone thought it was going to be.
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
Have you tried a different browser? I am not having that issue at all on the stock browser but I know for my galaxy tab the stock browser was really choppy but when I switched to dolphin hd it was smooth as butter
[HTC Inspire 4G] ButtonBoy:
I was all set to get an Atrix. Dual core, laptop dock- it looked great. Then the reviews came back and IMO, the Atrix is a FAIL. It is overpriced and underdelivers. I can buy two netbooks for the price of that dock. Then there is the whole issue of Motorola's Android updates, which would not bother me except that they locked the bootloader. Then I found out thet MotoBlur was included, and that sealed the deal for me. I bought an I4G as soon as I could and I have found it to be a great phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] legend221:
Dolphin Browser HD

This is my recommended browser, best of the bunch

http://www.dolphin-browser.com/dolphin-browser%E2%84%A2/dolphin-browser%E2%84%A2-hd/
[HTC Inspire 4G] legend221:
Just noticed you recommended the same app

You have excellent taste
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
That's what I'm using. It's better than stock. came from iphone which the browser was really smooth. Not really complaining too much but just a noticable diff. I appreciate the help!
[HTC Inspire 4G] daysyang:
imo inspire looks a lot glammy with the big screen w/ icandy ui sense, atrix has all the spec but the screen lacks and motoblur sucks, if you decide on atrix get launchpro or adw.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BB2DX:
I came from a moto droidx. While the gps was more solid (i lose gps signal on inspire often), that was it. Everything about my inspire is amazing. Too bad I haven't found a way into an unlimited data plan.
[HTC Inspire 4G] AnyMal:
Procure a used iPhone 2G. Insert your SIM and wait patiently, in few hours or so you'll get a text from AT&T that unlimited iPhone data plan has been added to your account. Presto! You now have grandfathered plan that you can move to other devices.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DOAlaboratories:
WHAT?!?!?!
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
That is so not true. A smart phone plan is a smart phone plan.
[HTC Inspire 4G] itcrackerjack:
Not Necessarily All the Same

From my experience this is not true. Not all smartphone plans are the same (in AT&T's eyes). When I switched from my iPhone to my cappy to my inspire, they always had to switch to "new" unlimited plans. So while they may seem the same to us they seem to be different to AT&T. :rolleyes:
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
The plans are all the same. The sku numbers are different that is why the have to change your plan in the system but the plan itself is the same. It's only so they can track internally otherwise they wouldn't be changing anything.

As for someone not having a unlimited plan and having them put a sim into a iPhone 2 g phone and it magically giving them a unlimited plan that is just garbage. It wouldn't matter if they put their sim into a 2g or 3g or 4 iPhone or any other phone it just isn't going to make a difference
[HTC Inspire 4G] itcrackerjack:
Umm...seems like a technical point, but if they have different SKU's then they are different plans even if the details of the plans are the same.

And I think you're right about the sim in the iphone thing. AT&T doesn't even offer unlimited data for the iPhone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
Ok let me put another way I have used a blackberry plan for Windows mobile devices and have worked fine. I have also used the iPhone plan on Android devices and again works fine that sku is only so they can track not because they are different. It does mean they are different.
[HTC Inspire 4G] waltah!:
I work in a cor store and when it comes to the Atrix and the Inspire the feature code makes a difference. I've always had the same smartphone plan on all of my phones. I had to change it for the Inspire then kept it the same for the Atrix.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bkeaver:
From my understanding the sku for those plans only matters if your using the tethering plan with the data but I could be wrong. But outside if those 2 new phones would you not concur what I have been saying is basically true or am I off base here. If I am then ok I will be stand corrected :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] AnyMal:
Don't forget to click "thanks" button ;-)

http://modmyi.com/forums/t/719574-unlimted-data-loop-hole-confirmed-you-can-stilll-get.html

http://www.sinfuliphone.com/archive/index.php/t-60774.html

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1080131

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...30-unlimited-data-for-your-iPhone-4-Read-this!!!

Once you have the unlimited plan you have it, no matter the phone. Obviously, you'll pay $30.00 once you switch from iPhone 2G to say Inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] GameDoctor:
Atrix owner... Will move to Inspire.

I got my wife the Inspire, then I got the Atrix. Overall, the Inspire is easier and more pleasing to use.

I tried out the Atrix HD dock to enable the webtop mode, and it sucks. Out of 4 HDMI monitors I own, not one of them had a supported native resolution I could use to get PC quality monitor graphics and text. Looked like S-Video on a LCD TV or something.

Definately NOT like a true desktop experience if the video is blurred because of poor video mode support.

Atrix is fast, but so is Inspire (fast enough). Atrix webtop and laptop dock is a joke. Motoblur is horrible and looks like crap compared to Sense.

I tried hard to like the Atrix, but it just is not all it could have been.

I'm boxing up my Atrix and dock and going to the ATT&T store tomorrow (time permitting) and getting myself the Inspire also.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
I just came across this trick last week when I thought ATT wasn't going to give my unlimited data back. I was going to try it, but luckily I got my unlimited back yesterday
[HTC Inspire 4G] AnyMal:
I think webtop maximum resolution tops out at 1280 x 720 or 1280 x 800.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jamezr:
That is true because the Atrix and Inspire are 4G phones and require a different plan designation. They are different then any other phones/plan AT&T has right now....
[HTC Inspire 4G] GameDoctor:
The interesting thing is that my 720p monitors only offered one resolution choice on my Atrix screen, but my 1080p Asus PC display offered up quite a few, 8 or so.
[HTC Inspire 4G] calin75:
I went back to the Inspire, but I still dislike the battery life. I had to buy a second battery on Ebay.
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
I love when people embrace their ignorance. I have read all over the internet that this is confirmed working. Lol why would you say something isn't true when u have no idea if it works???
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
Are you using HTC sync? Cuz I don't and I can get a day easy with moderate use. A little less if I am using it heavy. About the same as my old captivate which is amazing seeing how the I4g has a bigger screen and smaller battery. I am totally impressed with this phone. I have no complaints and thats a first with a smartphone. I think I am becoming an HTC fanboy lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Vegaslightsss:
I had unlimited iPhone data,if your previous phone with ATT had unlimited plan you can take it with as "grandfathers" ,I have had it since my old blackjack 1 when it was new,on my iPhone both 3gs and iPhone4, and now on my inspire with root and free tendering this is finally a phone I am totally satisfied with,the laptop stays home and I don't even notice.Vegas
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
iphone was the only device they allowed to have full speed. others were throttled back. if u can get unlimited with a iphone 2g i dunno but defiantely interesting.