Change navigation bar colors - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there a way to change the navigation bar colors?
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yellasrichand said:
Is there a way to change the navigation bar colors?
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AOKP ROM usually has this as an option (not sure if it's in there yet--they're still on build 1, officially).

Thanks! Do you know if there is a stand alone hack for it?
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yellasrichand said:
Thanks! Do you know if there is a stand alone hack for it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31401208
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kilometers4 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31401208
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Thanks for the link, that was helpful!

How i do it..
you must have root .
Copy the system ui.apk out and save it to your desktop ( do not move it)
open the file in 7 zip... browse to the folder that has the .png files you want to change.. (DO NOT UNZIP OR EXTRACT)
Copy the dpi folder your making changes to the .png files within.. to a new folder .
Edit the .png files.. (you can also edit xml. notepad++ (use caution..)
I use photo shop and paint shop pro to edit the files..
Open the original system ui file up.. browse back to the directory where the folder you copied out is at .. DO NOT UNZIP OR EXTRACT
PAST THE Edited file back into the zip...
push it back to your tablet .
using file manager put it back in the system/app folder where you found it..
YOUR TABLET WILL CRASH WHEN YOU SAVE IT HERE ( THIS IS EXPECTED ..) REBOOT WITH HOLDING THE POWER BUTTON..
YOUR tablet will reboot showing the changes you have made. If you mess up you can adb push the unmodified system ui back and reboot .
This is a very dirty quick how to hope its understandable..
good luck

Thanks for that but I did it using metamorph like the link says.
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How to port a ROM's lidroid toggles and status bar to another ROM?

I want to port the lidroid toggles from Simplicity to USSRv7. How would I do this? I have the lidroid res, system ui, and framework res apks.
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Change the file extension of lidriod-res.apk to zip
Unzip lidriod-res.zip
goto res/drawable-hdpi
Copy the toggles pngs only
Past them to your unzipped res/drawable-hdpi
zip back up and change extention back to apk
put in flashable zip and flash with system mounted
I just replaced my lidroidres.apk with the one from the ROM I wanted and it worked! Thanks though
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blagginspaziyonokip said:
I just replaced my lidroidres.apk with the one from the ROM I wanted and it worked! Thanks though
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that work with galaxy g5-s5570i ?
Pival81 said:
that work with galaxy g5-s5570i ?
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Yes just replace lidroid-res.apk to change toggles if your rom uses lidriod in its ui
Any problems just unzip the lidroid-res.apk of the toggles you want & past them into one from your rom

Resize CyanogenMod nav bar

Hey guys how do i resize CM nav bar?
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Theres no actual option in the rom, but you could check out this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38102614&postcount=25
I would make nandroid before flashing it just in case
Nandroid whats that? Ohh and i checked the forum out but it wasn't helpful any other forums?
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JayMix said:
Nandroid whats that? Ohh and i checked the forum out but it wasn't helpful any other forums?
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Nandroid is the backup you make through recovery
Okay. Well i have searched around several times and i can't seem to fine anything that on resizing CMs nav bar.
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You can't change it from within CM, but you can flash different mods in recovery (like the one posted above) to change it manually.
Ill be honest if You dont know what a nandroid is you may want to take some time and do some basic research before you end up bricking your phone. Messing with the OS of a device is NOT fool proof. Things can go wrong and then you are stuck with a non working device that you cant return.
Ok just learned what nandroid is and so i guess the next step is to nandroid backup my phone and then flash the mod from the link right?
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JayMix said:
Ok just learned what nandroid is and so i guess the next step is to nandroid backup my phone and then flash the mod from the link right?
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Yep. And if something goes wrong after flashing the mod (systemui crashing, bootloop, etc) just restore the nandroid.
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Hey guys it didn't work what did i do wrong?
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JayMix said:
Hey guys it didn't work what did i do wrong?
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You probably didnt do anything wrong, its just that the mod didnt work lol.
Try out this tutorial. It should work, but its a bit of work.
These are the lines that you have to change:
Code:
<dimen name="navigation_bar_height">[COLOR="Red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>
<dimen name="navigation_bar_height_landscape">[COLOR="red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>
<dimen name="navigation_bar_width">[COLOR="red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>
The link you provided is broken.
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JayMix said:
The link you provided is broken.
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That's odd. It was just working fine...and now it says account suspended .
Anyways this is basically what you have to do(may require some other searching):
-navigate to system/framework and copy the framework-res.apk to your computer
-decompile framework-res.apk
-in the decompiled folder navigate to /res/values/ and open the file named dimens.xml in a text editor
-edit the lines that I posted above to your liking
-recompile framework-res.apk and push it back to the phone. Also make sure the permissions are set to rw-r-r
Hey what does bar width do? hey I am having issues signing and pushing files back to my phone?
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JayMix said:
Hey what does bar width do?
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You should keep it the same as the height. All three values should be the same
hey I am having issues signing and pushing files back to my phone?
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Whats the issue? You cant just put a question mark at the end of your vague statement and expect someone to figure out your problem
Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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you should try a rom with more control built in like aokp, slim, or pa if you want to change stuff more and dont quite know how to mod system files correctly
anyway, heres what i found with a quick google: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159270
its pretty complicated but the instructions are clear
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JayMix said:
Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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just copy the original framework incase you want to go back to it and paste the modded framework in place of the original framework and reboot you phone
JayMix said:
Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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-Make a nandroid backup just in case
-Download an root file manager. I would recommend root explorer (paid), but there are other free ones like es file explorer.
-Copy the framework-res.apk from your computer to your phone. (just use the usb cable and transfer it over using MTP)
-Open the root file manager and copy the framework-res.apk from where you put it
-Navigate to system/framework and rename the existing framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak
-Paste the new framework-res.apk
-Long press the new framework-res.apk and go to permissions and change them to rw-r-r
-reboot
yep I do that but as soon as I get done renaming framework.apk.bak the phone restarts and goes into boot loop.
I reflash CM10.1 and nandroid backup and everything is fine again. then I tryed just replacing framework but same thing happens.
ohh and mbucks911 the reason why I dont use AOKP is becasue my battery life with AOKP is terrible it causes my phone to run at around 38c which is warm enough to make my hands sweat and my battery drains 10% for every 10mins my screen is on. when I use CM my phone barely gets over 30c and operates around 27c for every and 10% of my battery thats almost 2 hours of sot thats why i am trying to stick with CM.
JayMix said:
yep I do that but as soon as I get done renaming framework.apk.bak the phone restarts and goes into boot loop.
I reflash CM10.1 and nandroid backup and everything is fine again. then I tryed just replacing framework but same thing happens.
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Try using adb to push it.
Code:
adb remount
adb push \path\to\framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb reboot

[REQ] Moto X NavBar

Does anybody knows about a mod of Transparen NavBar like tihs http://www.gizbot.com/img/2013/07/24-motoxleak.jpg???
or anybody who can compile this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361902 for android 4.3
And share please.
Thanks
Hope they can port the rom! Specs are pretty much the same as the nexus 4 plus moto isn't as heavy as sense or tw
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If someone could do this, will thank him forever, transparent navbar is the feature that i want the most, not a total transparent one, but something like 70% or 60% transparent. PLEASE SOMEONE DO THIS!
aleespa said:
Does anybody knows about a mod of Transparen NavBar like tihs http://www.gizbot.com/img/2013/07/24-motoxleak.jpg???
or anybody who can compile this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2361902 for android 4.3
And share please.
Thanks
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But your link is already supported by 4.3
rcoliveirajr said:
But your link is already supported by 4.3
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Yes but I don't know decomplie and compile please anybody who know do it!!!
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Why not use PA ??
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daferrill said:
Why not use PA ??
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PA??? Is 4.3??
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daferrill said:
Why not use PA ??
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I work as app developer, so i need my phone to be on stock to test the apps.
guigadourado said:
I work as app developer, so i need my phone to be on stock to test the apps.
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Yes sometines we don't need a custom Rom, just some mods
http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-x/302045-moto-x-system-dump-wallpapers.html#post2968829
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aleespa said:
PA??? Is 4.3??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020336
How I can decompile this file???
Please search before posting. There are tons of tut that will help you
Wayne Tech Nexus
zelendel said:
Please search before posting. There are tons of tut that will help you
Wayne Tech Nexus
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Well I Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251719 but when I try to open .jar file I don't get classes.dex file.
- Copy *.jar file to apktool folder (make sure is the same folder). for example : android.policy.jar
- Open android.policy.jar using Winrar or 7zip and extract classes.dex file
- Drag & drop classes.dex to Quick-Baksmali.cmd (decompile process)
- wait and you will see a folder with the name "classout"
- now you can start editing smali file on classout folder (use Notepad++ for editing it)
- After editing is complete, Drag & drop classout folder to Quick-Smali.cmd (recompile process)

[Q] How to change the text in Settings

How to change the text in Settings "Zombie art by Jack Larson" in settings->About phone->Android version and tapping it
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raghu gautam said:
how to change the text in settings "zombie art by jack larson" in settings->about phone->android version and tapping it
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by editing frame-work res.apk in seeting/framework
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by editing frame-work res.apk in seeting/framework
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its in framework.jar not framework-res.apk
Raghu Gautam said:
How to change the text in Settings "Zombie art by Jack Larson" in settings->About phone->Android version and tapping it
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please search before posting
guide is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345086
No I am asking how to do it through mobile, when I browse the framework.jar via root explorer only three files are present classes.dex,preloaded classes and Meta.inf folder no other files are found as mentioned in the thread
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Raghu Gautam said:
No I am asking how to do it through mobile, when I browse the framework.jar via root explorer only three files are present classes.dex,preloaded classes and Meta.inf folder no other files are found as mentioned in the thread
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you need to decompile it with apktool - it is step number 1!
a decompiling tool is also mentioned in stuff you need - I use apktool but others have been mentioned
Is there any way to change battery icon without pc in galaxy y,bcoz my pc harddisk is crashed :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Is there any way to change battery icon without pc in galaxy y,bcoz my pc harddisk is crashed :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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yes just rename framework-res.apk to framework-zip
extract it with a zip app like zarchiver
replace the pngs and only pngs on a like for like basis - same filenames - dont touch xml files or anything else
rezip
change back to .apk
put and a flashable zip and flash in cwm with system mounted or push to system with rw-r-r but flashing is better

Original Internet App

I screw up and download a bad apk and it made my Samsung Internet app f'c constantly. So I used Titan Backup and deleted the app, idiot move ofcourse. Can someone please share the original Samsung Internet app please. I know I can re-flash any rom but I have way to many mods to start over. Greatly appreciated if anyone could help
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If you dirty flash your ROM then your mods should stay
Yeah didn't work, got back a bunch of errors...oh well clean install on the way thank you though for taking the time to help
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skylinegtr116 said:
Yeah didn't work, got back a bunch of errors...oh well clean install on the way thank you though for taking the time to help
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Using a file manager, go to the zip file containing the rom you're running, navigate to system >app and export the app you want. Then navigate to the extracted app and you should be able to install it
copy, or extract and copy, the .apk file (and the .odex file if an odexed ROM) from the .zip for the ROM you're using.
paste them in system/app
set permissions to rw-r-r
reboot
you should have your app back.
Russ77 said:
copy, or extract and copy, the .apk file (and the .odex file if an odexed ROM) from the .zip for the ROM you're using.
paste them in system/app
set permissions to rw-r-r
reboot
you should have your app back.
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Life savor thank you. Worked!!!
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