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[Q] Transformer back/home buttons

Does anyone know if it'd be possible to edit the back/home/recent buttons to be the same as the ones from the Transformer? I see in the Xoom forum someone mentioned editing the SystemUI apk, which I don't have experience doing (don't mind a tutorial if someone can point me to one). I'm on the 3.1 Acer_A500_3.019.03_COM_GEN1 release that was posted recently if that helps.

What is so nice about them! Screenhot/pic?

Ya, I hate the Transformers version of those buttons. Much prefer Acers - which, I understand, are stock HC.

Dexter's 3.1 ROM use the Asus icons.
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bhageman said:
Dexter's 3.1 ROM use the Asus icons.
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I'm actually using this ROM and I don't like the ASUS icons. I tried fixing it using root explorer by replacing the APK file I found in the Asus forum and it would crash on boot forcing me to wipe.
Can someone post the file I need to make this work? A CWM zip file would be best since i'm weary about using root explorer to do this.

I edited my buttons about a week ago. It went smoothly though I didn't flash a zip file but rather replaced the png files in the systemUI.apk
It's pretty straight forward; I just used es file explorer and 7zip. If you're interested I can post a quick tutorial when I get back home.
Btw, you sure you want to change them to the transformer icons? They're pretty ugly.
Sent from my EVO using XDA App

+1 for a tutorial.

cfrock said:
I edited my buttons about a week ago. It went smoothly though I didn't flash a zip file but rather replaced the png files in the systemUI.apk
It's pretty straight forward; I just used es file explorer and 7zip. If you're interested I can post a quick tutorial when I get back home.
Btw, you sure you want to change them to the transformer icons? They're pretty ugly.
Sent from my EVO using XDA App
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It seem like a simple copy and paste, but a tutorial would be great.
If I were to make my own buttons entirely, would it be easier to do it this way or make it flashable. This seems easier though.

Completely forgot about getting back to this thread, sorry. Yeah, simple paste will do; rename the original systemUI.apk file just in case you want to go back to stock.
As always, you do this at your own risk, blah blah!!! Please read and understand what you are doing before trying this!
The 3 programs I used to do this: 7zip, ES File Explorer(on Tab) and Photoshop (You can use whatever you want). I have not looked into making flashable zips so this way was just easier for me.
1. Open Es File Explorer (free from market) on your Tablet and access settings options > check mark 'Root Explorer' and then check 'Mount File System' as writable.
2. Now within Es File Exp navigate to System/App/ There you will find the file you need to mod named 'SystemUI.apk' Copy it by long pressing on the file and select copy.
3. Now that it's copied, place the file somewhere on your sd card or anywhere else so you can copy it to your computer.
4. Once on your computer, Use 7zip right click and 'Open Archive'. The files you want are in res/drawable-mdpi/ so now find the specific icons you want to mod and copy them to a place where you can work on them with your choice of graphics editor (ie photoshop). Note that the bottom icons are in sets of 2 (standard icon and pressed icon). The icons referenced should start with 'ic_sysbar...'.
5. After modding your icons, 'Open archive' on the SystemUI.apk again and simply drag and drop your new icons into res/drawable-mdpi/ (Do not change the name of the files!) The file is now ready to be put back on the Tablet.
6. Copy the modded SystemUI.apk file onto your tab somewhere you'll know where to find it.
7. Using ES File Exp navigate back to System/App to file your original SysemUI.apk rename it something like SystemUI.apk.bak so you can go back to it if you want to later. This should cause your Tab to crash immediately upon completion. Don't freak out!
8. Hold down the power button to reboot your Tab.
9. After booting up, note your menu bar on the bottom has disappeared. No problem just press your Apps menu in the top right hand corner and open up ES File Exp. Locate and copy your modded SystemUI.apk into System/App/ Now back out and reboot.
10. Enjoy your new icons.
If you want to go back to stock, just rename your stock SystemUI file back to normal and kill the modded one you made.
If any questions let me know. Hope you find it helpful!

Check it out... I've been playing with swapping out a few of icons.
Home/Back/RecentApps and the Wifi icons. Also did a couple of backgrounds (2nd pic). Still playing around, I want to mod the battery meter to the circle battery meter with percentage.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I pulled the icons from this thread, so full credit goes here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117649

cfrock said:
Check it out... I've been playing with swapping out a few of icons.
Home/Back/RecentApps and the Wifi icons. Also did a couple of backgrounds (2nd pic). Still playing around, I want to mod the battery meter to the circle battery meter with percentage.
I pulled the icons from this thread, so full credit goes here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117649
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I loved using that theme when i was using dexters primee. But im back on taboony and would love to be able to use those icons and settings interface again. If you get them fully ported will you post them here please. That would be awesome.
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pimpmaneaton said:
I loved using that theme when i was using dexters primee. But im back on taboony and would love to be able to use those icons and settings interface again. If you get them fully ported will you post them here please. That would be awesome.
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If you're interested, upload your SystemUI.apk and I can mod it for you. You would just have to follow the instructions on my previous post to install.
I also figured out the Circle Battery % in framework-res thanks to MagnusRagnarok (Thanks!).
If anyone else is interested, I can do it for them as well. Just let me know.
I plan on making a few different mods so if there is enough interest I'll start a new thread of Themes for A500's (maybe).

NinjaMorph on the market will save many of the steps and you can make the mods right on your tab. Just have the replacement icons on your SD card.
Overview

i went and downloaded a ton of those cubed icon's where/ what file do i need to put them to get them to work by default on my tab without having to use a DIFF launcher? inside the apks for the apps or is there something somewhere else??

Followed you instructions but....
cfrock said:
Completely forgot about getting back to this thread, sorry. Yeah, simple paste will do; rename the original systemUI.apk file just in case you want to go back to stock.
As always, you do this at your own risk, blah blah!!! Please read and understand what you are doing before trying this!
The 3 programs I used to do this: 7zip, ES File Explorer(on Tab) and Photoshop (You can use whatever you want). I have not looked into making flashable zips so this way was just easier for me.
1. Open Es File Explorer (free from market) on your Tablet and access settings options > check mark 'Root Explorer' and then check 'Mount File System' as writable.
2. Now within Es File Exp navigate to System/App/ There you will find the file you need to mod named 'SystemUI.apk' Copy it by long pressing on the file and select copy.
3. Now that it's copied, place the file somewhere on your sd card or anywhere else so you can copy it to your computer.
4. Once on your computer, Use 7zip right click and 'Open Archive'. The files you want are in res/drawable-mdpi/ so now find the specific icons you want to mod and copy them to a place where you can work on them with your choice of graphics editor (ie photoshop). Note that the bottom icons are in sets of 2 (standard icon and pressed icon). The icons referenced should start with 'ic_sysbar...'.
5. After modding your icons, 'Open archive' on the SystemUI.apk again and simply drag and drop your new icons into res/drawable-mdpi/ (Do not change the name of the files!) The file is now ready to be put back on the Tablet.
6. Copy the modded SystemUI.apk file onto your tab somewhere you'll know where to find it.
7. Using ES File Exp navigate back to System/App to file your original SysemUI.apk rename it something like SystemUI.apk.bak so you can go back to it if you want to later. This should cause your Tab to crash immediately upon completion. Don't freak out!
8. Hold down the power button to reboot your Tab.
9. After booting up, note your menu bar on the bottom has disappeared. No problem just press your Apps menu in the top right hand corner and open up ES File Exp. Locate and copy your modded SystemUI.apk into System/App/ Now back out and reboot.
10. Enjoy your new icons.
If you want to go back to stock, just rename your stock SystemUI file back to normal and kill the modded one you made.
If any questions let me know. Hope you find it helpful!
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Now I get force closes on the systemui.apk when I go to try and load the settings. Any suggestions?

My bad. I accidentally renamed the wrong file when I first did the mod.

[HOWTO]More smooth scroll & volume step increase for MOST android phones[Poweramp OK]

[HOWTO]More smooth scroll & volume step increase for MOST android phones[Poweramp OK]
※Do this when you completely understand this.
This is not for people who are noob to phone and computer things.
This is a framework.jar mod which will affect on overall scrolling and volume steps.
I've searched through several references and found some modification.
By following steps below, you will modify your rom's framework.jar.
And it will make your phone's volume control more precise and scroll to be more smooth.
Some phones may have different structure in framework.jar so I'm not sure.
(I've tested this on HTC desire and Motorola Atrix. I'm an Atrix user.)
Ok, so here's everything you need before start.
1. framework.jar of your phone. (Deodexed ROM needed)
2. Java software Development Kit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u2-download-1377129.html
3. smali/baksmali tool (Thanks to the Korean guy, 'vorcot')
http://api2.ge.tt/0/9LvgHdB/0/blob/download
4. Text editor - Window basic text editor can be used..but I recommend Notepad++
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
5. Program which can extract .jar file. (I prefer 7zip)
6. File manager which can access to phone's internal system.
(Like root explorer)
7. Your rom's original zip under SDcard for in case of bootloop.
A. Basic steps.
1. Unzip the smali/baksmali tool to certain folder and put the framework.jar in same folder.
2. Run baksmali manager.bat.
3. Select framework.jar by pressing 4 -> 2 in main menu.
4. Press 1 to Baksmali the framework.jar.
5. Wait.
6. Make it sure that new 'framework' folder is created and files inside it. (Don't close the baksmali manager window yet!)
B. Modification Steps
Volume steps mod
- Since I saw some people are complaining about android's volume control is jumping to large amount, I made some mod.
This will adjust your phone volume steps.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sorry for not showing you by English, but you can recognize the media volume counts increased from 15 to 30.
Here's what you have to modify:
1. Open the framework/android/media/AudioService.smali with text editor.
2. Press Ctrl + F to open the search window and serch for 'max_'
3. Continue search until you find the line below.
4. You can see the 'array_1ba' in screenshot. This may vary for roms. (But usually only '1ba' changes.)
This will lead you to data of max volume.
Search for 'array_1ba' again.
5. You will see like this:
This data's meaning is same with this. (From CM7 source)
6. So if you want modify your music or movie volume, you have to modify 4th line's 'f'.
(This 'f' means 15 by hexadecimal number)
If you use bluetooth, modify 7th line too.
I changed 'f' to '1e', which means 30 in hexadecimal number.
7. Press the text editor's save button if you finished.
Smooth scroll mod
Add - This tweak will be included in CM7 officially. Editing smali manually will not needed.
So you can find the option in performance setting. Thanks cyanogenmod team!
(But other stock based roms still can do this like 'Sense','Blur','Touchwiz',etc)
- Some android applications have some lag when they scroll.
I found in logcat that garbage collector is working to much when I do some scroll in application.
I googled about it and found the 'scrollingcache' function inside android making problem.
Some application developers recommend disable 'scrollingcache' in app's internal config.
But not all applications have disabled scrollingcache.
So the mod I'll do will disable the scrollingcache throughout the Android OS.
All apps will have no problem with scrollingcache.
I've had scrolling improvements with facebook,playerpro,poweramp,gallery apps , etc.
It is simillar with volume step mod but different value to change.
Here's what you have to modify:
1. Open the framework/android/widget/AbsListView.smali with text editor.
2. Search through 'ScrollingCache' and change it like below screenshot.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Press the text editor's save button if you finished.
C. Finishing steps.
1. Come back to baksmali manager window.
2. Press 2 to smali.
3. Wait. (It will create classes.dex file after finish)
4. Open the framework.jar file with 7zip.
5. Overwrite the classes.dex file inside the framework.jar.
(You can just drag&drop the classes.dex file to 7zip window.)
D. Installing steps.
1. Put modified framework.jar to your phone's sdcard.
2. Open the phone's file manager which have root access and copy the modified framework.jar to /system.
3. Set permission to rw-r--r-- or like this:
4. Move it to /system/framework. (Select yes for overwrite.)
5. Reboot.
I've used a lot of time for searching this.
You can use this for your own rom but please tell me before you use it.
And any bug reports or impressions will be appriciated.
Enjoy
EDIT - Some people are complaining about volume mod that it is not working with poweramp.
You can use it by changing your setting.
Power Amp settings - Audio Engine - Advanced Tweaks - Uncheck 'Direct Volume Control'
This will solve the problem.
This info is by 'wd2347' from Korean Atrix forum.

Nice work! :-D
Also, in case of a boot loop, just a backup of the modded file should be OK.
From my fingers to your eyez

I have tried installing on my xperia arc s, steps by steps, and line of arc is 164 (.line165)
When I rebooted the machine and adjust volume from only min-> max, or max-> min, and no custom sorry my english is not good

le_manhpro said:
I have tried installing on my xperia arc s, steps by steps, and line of arc is 164 (.line165)
When I rebooted the machine and adjust volume from only min-> max, or max-> min, and no custom sorry my english is not good
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Did you changed 'f' to '1e' ?
I think you have changed it to '1' instead of '1e'.

works great...thnx

Works great on my tablet novo 7 advanced.

Thanks A LOT!! VERY clear instructions, can't thank you enough. You must have put in a lot of time finding these stuff, so hats up from me.

Thanks for the write up! I'll have to try this out tonight!!
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App

Thank you!! It works on Samsung Galaxy 3 (Apollo)! The first boot is been very long, like a bootloop, so I reboot two time after about 10 minutes of bootanimation, then the phone boot normally. It work like a charm!

AndroidON said:
Did you changed 'f' to '1e' ?
I think you have changed it to '1' instead of '1e'.
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yes, I've changed as you said, so no need to change as directed, I will do anything to be so, sr my english is not good

Perfect!!!
Thank you

about changing f with 1e, does it mean to change 0xft with 0x1et or 0x1e?

I implemented the mod for the scolling improvement.
Thank you so much! It is working perfect!
The entire system is now scrolling fast and reactive+++, including home app!

Rando81 said:
about changing f with 1e, does it mean to change 0xft with 0x1et or 0x1e?
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It needs to be 0x1et. The compile will fail if you use 0x1e. Without a "t" its an invalid array.
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AndroidON said:
...Do this when you completely understand this.
This is not for people who are noob to phone and computer things.
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The scrolling mod is super... everything seems to scroll very smooth now.. no stuttering.
The audio mod didn't work correctly on the AT&T SGSII (SGH-I777) though. It stepped through volume increments of 0-30 (instead of 0-15) as your mod depicts, but the volume level max'd out a 15 and reset to "0" at 16. My AudioService.smali didn't have 'array_1ba'. Only an 'array_12'.
I'm happy the scrolling worked well though. Thanks for the mod... nice work!

Peaster111 said:
It needs to be 0x1et. The compile will fail if you use 0x1e. Without a "t" its an invalid array.
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The scrolling mod is super... everything seems to scroll very smooth now.. no stuttering.
The audio mod didn't work correctly on the AT&T SGSII (SGH-I777) though. It stepped through volume increments of 0-30 (instead of 0-15) as your mod depicts, but the volume level max'd out a 15 and reset to "0" at 16. My AudioService.smali didn't have 'array_1ba'. Only an 'array_12'.
I'm happy the scrolling worked well though. Thanks for the mod... nice work!
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I've heard it from who use samsung galaxy tab p1000 too.
Maybe samsung devices have different method to get max volume.
Voodoo can affect max volume....I think.

AndroidON said:
I've heard it from who use samsung galaxy tab p1000 too.
Maybe samsung devices have different method to get max volume.
Voodoo can affect max volume....I think.
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I have a admit I wasn't surprised. Samsung has has tweaked a lot of stuff. For example... The music player is hard coded to "15".
Thanks for the scrolling mod! It is clear you spent a lot of time and research on it.

Peaster111 said:
I have a admit I wasn't surprised. Samsung has has tweaked a lot of stuff. For example... The music player is hard coded to "15".
Thanks for the scrolling mod! It is clear you spent a lot of time and research on it.
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You notice a difference? Realistic?

Wow..... I wasn't expecting much from the smoother scrolling and I've so far only tested on the xda app but I must say I'm impressed with how I can fling it straight to the bottom of the page without it lagging which I couldn't do on my crappy htc wildfire before.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium

shoman94 said:
You notice a difference? Realistic?
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Yes, but I'm not 100% sure. Scrolling overall seems smoother... no stuttering in apps that previously did. I moded gtg's v2.2.1 unnamed framework.jar with the scroll mod only and posted it in his ROM thread (post 3868). I'm hoping to get some feedback on it. Not much so far. I may have to put it out on its own thread and see what happens. Maybe you can try the mod out in your ROM?

Will try this later when I got to my PC. What is the theme you use, BTW?
Sent using Mini CM7 Pro by Paul

{APP} Custom Rom Maker! RSL 1 [6/12]

Hey, so creating customs roms are quite fun. So I decided to develop a little application that helps new users out a bit. Now, this won't turn you into a full fledge rom developer, but will allow you to make minute customizations to an already existing rom.
Sorry, this is no longer under development However, for anyone feeling adventurous, I have uploaded the source code.
Features
ADD & Remove System Applications
Init.d Tweaks
Edit Updater-script
Build Prop Editor
Change Rom Kernels
Build Prop Presets
Zip Align all System Applications
ADD Google Apps to Rom
Sign Roms
Change Boot Animation
Download Source from Github
ADD & Remove Data Applications
ADD & Remove Ringtones
ADD & Remove Notifications
Add Superuser APK and Binary
Move System Apps to Data Folder
Pull any System/Data/Ringtone File from the Rom
Automatic Zip and Unzip of Any Rom
*New*Search Feature
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
New: Zipalign all System Applications
New: Init.D Tweaks
New: Download Source from Github
Future Updates: I hope to be adding more functionality in future updates..so stay tuned!
Download
RSL 1 is available on the server, run The Rom Maker.exe (from the attached zip), and it will trigger an update and update you to RSL 1.
To launch, run The Rom Maker.exe
Check below

Dude thats awesome. Trying it now!
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app

awesome, im gonna link this in the evo 3d, forum linking the credits to you, and leaving your dl link(for counts) in tact.................awaiting newer features patiently, keep up the good work
heres my post, hope its not a problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29851733#post29851733

Looks good, will try.
Thanks
Sent from my MT11i using Tapatalk 2

Seems like a nice little tool for tweaking ROMs a bit. Hopefully you can add more features in the future, but even as it is, it should be handy for anyone who wants to tweak ROMs a little bit. By my understanding, it should allow the removal of preinstalled rubbish from stock ROMs, right?

I see you are using Ionic.Zip.dll the same one I used in Droid Manager for creating Custom Roms Too
But you have an issue bro
1- Make My Rom button doesn't work on the first run, I had to close and reopen the program.
2- the result zipped ROM will fail to flash in CWM & is twice in size than the original ROM
why it will fail, because if you open the result zipped file you will find a folder that has the project's title and the ROM files are inside that folder.
while CWM checks for META-INF folder on the root directory of the zipped ROM.
The reason why it's twice in size than the original ROM is because after the program unzips the base rom it doesn't delete it from workspace which causing "Ionic.Zip.dll" to include it in the result zipped rom making it twice in size than the original ROM.
Also please note that adding a data folder in the project will not lead into having anything inside /data/app after the rom is flashed because the updater-script must be modified to include the commands which tell CWM to: A- Mount Data Partition. B- Extract contents of data folder in the zipped file to Data Partition on the phone.
Also it would be better if your program doesn't fully remove the files from the hard disk, rather than just moving them to Recycle bin it's safer, since they can be retrieved
I'm sorry for that comment but I thought I would give you a quick feedback since it's the main step in making a better program
Good luck

does this support aroma installer ?
Any way,big thanks to you dude

DeepUnknown said:
I see you are using Ionic.Zip.dll the same one I used in Droid Manager for creating Custom Roms Too
But you have an issue bro
1- Make My Rom button doesn't work on the first run, I had to close and reopen the program.
2- the result zipped ROM will fail to flash in CWM & is twice in size than the original ROM
why it will fail, because if you open the result zipped file you will find a folder that has the project's title and the ROM files are inside that folder.
while CWM checks for META-INF folder on the root directory of the zipped ROM.
The reason why it's twice in size than the original ROM is because after the program unzips the base rom it doesn't delete it from workspace which causing "Ionic.Zip.dll" to include it in the result zipped rom making it twice in size than the original ROM.
Also please note that adding a data folder in the project will not lead into having anything inside /data/app after the rom is flashed because the updater-script must be modified to include the commands which tell CWM to: A- Mount Data Partition. B- Extract contents of data folder in the zipped file to Data Partition on the phone.
Also it would be better if your program doesn't fully remove the files from the hard disk, rather than just moving them to Recycle bin it's safer, since they can be retrieved
I'm sorry for that comment but I thought I would give you a quick feedback since it's the main step in making a better program
Good luck
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Thanks a bunch for your suggestions. Wow...I just learned my lesson of why I should never leave catch statemetns empty lol. And I didn't know that about the data/app folder thing. I went back and added some code to add lines to the setup-script though I haven't tested it yet, so I'll see if that works. Haha, but thanks again for helping me catch those bugs, lol tell me if you find anymore.

SifJar said:
Seems like a nice little tool for tweaking ROMs a bit. Hopefully you can add more features in the future, but even as it is, it should be handy for anyone who wants to tweak ROMs a little bit. By my understanding, it should allow the removal of preinstalled rubbish from stock ROMs, right?
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Thanks, and yes it will allow you to easily remove that bloatware.

kifgep said:
does this support aroma installer ?
Any way,big thanks to you dude
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not yet, I'll try to add it in future versions.

NewPwnage said:
Dude thats awesome. Trying it now!
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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Haha thanks, tell me if you run into any issues

Okay I updated the program to version 2.0.1. All the majors bugs are fixed (lol hopefully), and added a few options.

CDMA to GSM
can we use this for converting CDMA to GSM?
and if yes can comeone make a simple step by step guide?
thanks

Um wtf? I used this and now half my data on my Windows is gone. Wtf lol

invasion2 said:
Um wtf? I used this and now half my data on my Windows is gone. Wtf lol
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Wow. How did that happen? What directory did you use as your workspace directory.

filmaker said:
Wow. How did that happen? What directory did you use as your workspace directory.
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Not sure haha. But later that day my HD crashed, so I'm guessing your tool was not the cause of it. Thanks though. I restored and now I can use it
Sent from my HTC One S using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2

Updated with Build Prop editor

Lol okay updated again, now you can zipalign all your system applications

Option to add GAPPS to ROM?

juan77_sonic said:
Option to add GAPPS to ROM?
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Ha, never thought about that, I'll add it in the next update. Thanks.

[HOW TO] Make own/change boot/shutdown animation for sgs3/sgs4 [STEP BY STEP]

I'M IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOUR DEVICE, YOU, YOUR GRANDMA, NORTH KOREA OR ANYTHING​
This should work on other Samsung devices with QMG bootanimations (like s4)!
I've been searching for solutions and haven't found them.
Bootanimation.zip files just don't work, not in data/local or system/media. BUT I've found the solution.
This guide shows you how to make your own bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg or shutdown.qmg! ​
Preparations=
- Download and install Samsung theme designer http://developer.samsung.com/themes/tools-sdks/Samsung-Theme-Designer-2-0-4
- Have "unzipper" installed (7zip, Powerarchiver, Winzip, Winrar, Peazip...)
- You'll have to have full animation frame by frame in 720x1280 resolution (in other resolutions it will look bad) named like this: first "Image_000.png", second "Image_001.png", third "Image_003.png" and like that till the last frame
When you have done all the above, LET'S BEGIN
1st. Open Samsung theme designer (the one that you previously installed). Under "Create new theme", select "Feature(NonTouch) Phone". Then under "Select Model" select one of them (I've tested only "QinQin", others should work). Under "Select Showcase" select "default". Name this project to whatever you want an press "OK".
2nd. You're sure you did it correctly? Good. Next there's "Idle Component" on the left. Select it and under it should be "Idle Background". Select it. There should now be "Background Type" on the right. Change it from "fixed" to "animated". Now there should be "Frame" under it. Change the number next to it to the number of the frames you have in your animation (the number of the "Image_something.png" pictures). "Duration" is the delay in seconds between the frames. Depending on animation, probably best would be to either to choose 0 seconds or 1. Your choice, if the final animation goes too fast, take a bigger number. I used 1 for the animation I made (it's at the end of this post). If "Repeat" is true, it will make the animation loop. If you just want to play 1 cycle of your animation, choose false.
3rd. Wow, you're already here! Now comes the easy part. There should now be "Animation Object Windows" open in the bottom of the theme designer. Drag your photos 1 by 1 to the empty squares/slots ("Image_000.png" to first slot, "Image_001.png" to second and so on). DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PREVIEW WINDOWS/ANYTHING, it will look weird but it will look great in your phone.
4th. Now the work is done. Just select "Export Theme" on the top center of the theme designer. Accept Samsung T&C and choose the location of the file so that you'll find it later! Export.
5th. Now you'll have to rename the .stm file to .zip. Open the zip and extract the "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg". Now if you want to make it into a boot animation, make a copy of it and name the copies "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg". Backup your old files in system/media with the same name if you want them back someday/if something went wrong. Move the files you made to system/media. Now reboot and it should look beautiful!
If you want to make it into a shutdown animation, name the "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg" to "shutdown.qmg" and move it to system/media/video/shutdown (BACKUP the old one).
IF THE ORIGINAL FILES IN SYSTEM/MEDIA WERE NAMED "bootanimation.qmg" AND "bootanimationloop.qmg", NAME YOUR FILES THE SAME WAY.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6GN4II7QQ
I hope you made it and you can always hit the thanks button if I helped!
Here's one I made. This looks awesome, gif is from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471024
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I've been searching for solutions and haven't found them.
Bootanimation.zip files just don't work, not in data/local or system/media
They do but as posted you need a slight modification to two files in your rom .
jje

JJEgan said:
I've been searching for solutions and haven't found them.
Bootanimation.zip files just don't work, not in data/local or system/media
They do but as posted you need a slight modification to two files in your rom .
jje
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Yea but I couldn't find any guides how to modify them. You can take the pictures from the bootanimation.zip and then do the thing I did

WannabeDeveloper said:
Yea but I couldn't find any guides how to modify them. You can take the pictures from the bootanimation.zip and then do the thing I did
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Guides are in the boot animation threads .
jje

As JJE said.. You can make bootanimatiins works.. But alternate ways are welcome..
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zoot1 said:
As JJE said.. You can make bootanimatiins works.. But alternate ways are welcome..
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Thanks
I actually did find a way (the one with samsungani files and stuff) but it's much harder and I couldn't get it to work. This is fast and easy once you learn it!

Dude why not check a few pages back I've already created a proper tutorial on this subject
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omnikam said:
Dude why not check a few pages back I've already created a proper tutorial on this subject
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Now that I made this thread, I've found many similar threads >.< Well yours is just a copy of another thread posted in Galaxy Ace forum... I guess I did this for nothing (but I have a video yea ).

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I'M IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOUR DEVICE, YOU, YOUR GRANDMA, NORTH KOREA OR ANYTHING​
This should work on other Samsung devices with QMG bootanimations (like s4)!
I've been searching for solutions and haven't found them.
Bootanimation.zip files just don't work, not in data/local or system/media. BUT I've found the solution.
This guide shows you how to make your own bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg or shutdown.qmg! ​
Preparations=
- Download and install Samsung theme designer http://developer.samsung.com/themes/tools-sdks/Samsung-Theme-Designer-2-0-4
- Have "unzipper" installed (7zip, Powerarchiver, Winzip, Winrar, Peazip...)
- You'll have to have full animation frame by frame in 720x1280 resolution (in other resolutions it will look bad) named like this: first "Image_000.png", second "Image_001.png", third "Image_003.png" and like that till the last frame
When you have done all the above, LET'S BEGIN
1st. Open Samsung theme designer (the one that you previously installed). Under "Create new theme", select "Feature(NonTouch) Phone". Then under "Select Model" select one of them (I've tested only "QinQin", others should work). Under "Select Showcase" select "default". Name this project to whatever you want an press "OK".
2nd. You're sure you did it correctly? Good. Next there's "Idle Component" on the left. Select it and under it should be "Idle Background". Select it. There should now be "Background Type" on the right. Change it from "fixed" to "animated". Now there should be "Frame" under it. Change the number next to it to the number of the frames you have in your animation (the number of the "Image_something.png" pictures). "Duration" is the delay in seconds between the frames. Depending on animation, probably best would be to either to choose 0 seconds or 1. Your choice, if the final animation goes too fast, take a bigger number. I used 1 for the animation I made (it's at the end of this post). If "Repeat" is true, it will make the animation loop. If you just want to play 1 cycle of your animation, choose false.
3rd. Wow, you're already here! Now comes the easy part. There should now be "Animation Object Windows" open in the bottom of the theme designer. Drag your photos 1 by 1 to the empty squares/slots ("Image_000.png" to first slot, "Image_001.png" to second and so on). DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PREVIEW WINDOWS/ANYTHING, it will look weird but it will look great in your phone.
4th. Now the work is done. Just select "Export Theme" on the top center of the theme designer. Accept Samsung T&C and choose the location of the file so that you'll find it later! Export.
5th. Now you'll have to rename the .stm file to .zip. Open the zip and extract the "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg". Now if you want to make it into a boot animation, make a copy of it and name the copies "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg". Backup your old files in system/media with the same name if you want them back someday/if something went wrong. Move the files you made to system/media. Now reboot and it should look beautiful!
If you want to make it into a shutdown animation, name the "IdleBgAnimObj.qmg" to "shutdown.qmg" and move it to system/media/video/shutdown (BACKUP the old one).
IF THE ORIGINAL FILES IN SYSTEM/MEDIA WERE NAMED "bootanimation.qmg" AND "bootanimationloop.qmg", NAME YOUR FILES THE SAME WAY.
YOUTUBE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W6GN4II7QQ
I hope you made it and you can always hit the thanks button if I helped!
Here's one I made. This looks awesome, gif is from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471024
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I created bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg for I897 and I997 with no success. shutdown.qmg is ok.
I flashed the two .qmg files in your here_are_the_files_for_commodore-amiga_animation_made_by_wannabedeveloper.zip. The problem id the same. I am wondering if this is not suiatble for I897 and I997.
A lot of discussions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189934

SunnyOK said:
I created bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg for I897 and I997 with no succemashutdown.qmg is ok.
I flashed the two .qmg files in your here_are_the_files_for_commodore-amiga_animation_made_by_wannabedeveloper.zip. The problem id the same. I am wondering if this is not suiatble for I897 and I997.
A lot of discussions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189934
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You can't flash those .qmg files. You have to put them manually in the place that they belong to (in the main post)

WannabeDeveloper said:
You can't flash those .qmg files. You have to put them manually in the place that they belong to (in the main post)
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Thank you for reply. I did manually place the two .qmg files in /system/media by using RE Manager. The results are still the same. Maybe my phone model (I897 and I997) do not support this.
I am still seeking for solutions and ideas.

SunnyOK said:
Thank you for reply. I did manually place the two .qmg files in /system/media by using RE Manager. The results are still the same. Maybe my phone model (I897 and I997) do not support this.
I am still seeking for solutions and ideas.
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Maybe your .qmg is too big? What's the size compared to the original?

WannabeDeveloper said:
Maybe your .qmg is too big? What's the size compared to the original?
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Both are < 1M. bootsamsung.qmg is much smaller than stock one.

SunnyOK said:
Both are < 1M. bootsamsung.qmg is much smaller than stock one.
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Well, I'm out of ideas. Sorry I couldn't help

perfect thank you

JJEgan said:
I've been searching for solutions and haven't found them.
Bootanimation.zip files just don't work, not in data/local or system/media
They do but as posted you need a slight modification to two files in your rom .
jje
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Wrong. The zips work fine. Any device. Simple modification.

Kryten2k35 said:
Wrong. The zips work fine. Any device. Simple modification.
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As i said re zips .
you need a slight modification

SunnyOK said:
Thank you for reply. I did manually place the two .qmg files in /system/media by using RE Manager. The results are still the same. Maybe my phone model (I897 and I997) do not support this.
I am still seeking for solutions and ideas.
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This problem has been solved.
Please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189934&page=9

Does anybody know if its possible to disable the purple led/white menu at boot. Also the haptic feedback seems to work at shutdown even thought its disabled in settings.

hello,
Ive been looking around but I cant find a .gif to .qmg (for the 4,2,2 bootanimation) does it even exist? Could someone please point me in the right direction?

Some of My Mods 4.1.2 ( fonts/systemUI/init.ds/hosts) & Debloating (21/7/14)

Well as title says..i would like to present some of my modification which i learned from xda and try to implement them for SGSA
hope you like them
choco cooky font
now some one would say it's already present in stock rom so why did you create thread for it !!!! well mate lets see difference in stock one any my mod
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in stock one no smiley support for this awesome fancy fonts
download
here
flash it via recovery ( cwm/ twrp )
reboot
and change font in
setting>display>font style>choco
if u like if press thanks button here
if u dont like it and want to go back default font
just change font in
setting>display>font style>default
and
you still want to completely remove my mod and go back to default font pack !!!!!
well here is uninstall zip
it will completely remove my font pack ( flash it in recovery )

SystemUI
installation
Use any root explorer
1. back up your current systemUI.apk ( copy it from system/app/systemUI.apk ( & systemUI.odex for stock rom ) to any convenient folder )
2. now delete original systemUI.apk from system/app/systemUI.apk and copy-past mine at same location
3. give permissions rw-r--r--
4. reboot
5. done ! enjoy
( if u dont like it u can replace original one same as above )
downolad in attachment
extraxt .rar file and find apk/odex ... they are not flashable zips
note : there is also funny one.. i made it for HJ < 5.1 versions ( i directly mod this one from HJ zip so credit goes to harsh panchal ) when we apply it to stock it shows htc sence like recent apps with smaller thumbnails :laugh: ( it's not recommended to use this... just for fun btw afaik it will not harm any thing if u use it )

init.ds
for cocore kernel only (not for stock kernel)
there are lots of threads and scripts for performance ... entropy..n all
and personally i tried many of them
so let me clear one thing to you about "entropy" ones ... as i feel they kills your animation experience..they make them so fast that u can's enjoy animations ... and i don't like that .
so my init.ds are simple tweaks for kernel to increase performance and battery life
i tried many custom roms and scripts and put here which ever i feel it's good and changes some values by my own
( so credits goes to that roms and scripts also )
you can change values like governor / frequency etc. manually using txt editors if u like
personally i dont use cpu oc ( max_freq init.d ) bcz my phone is not stable for cpu oc
installation
1. extract rar file
2. if u are using custom rom then certainly there will be init.d s in system/etc/init.d so backup them anywhere else
3. then delete them (files ) from init.d folder
( plz dont put bot original init.d s by rom creator and mine one bcz they may be conflicts !!! )
4. copy my files into system/etc/init.d folder
5. and give permissions ( rwxrwxrwx ) (i.e all )
6. reboot
7. see difference and give your feed back
note if u use "my set" init.d plz dont use any governor changing apps like setcpu or nofrail cpu with different setting... if u wanna use those apps plz remove "governor" and "i/o" entry from "my set" init.d
i prefere to change governor and i/o by init.d bcz cpu apps gives little delay after boot up to set them

host file ( ad blocking )
yah there are may host files available for ad blocking any some of them are very large like 12 mbs !!
but they also block some file up-loader servers and some needed host..
like ad.fly , link bucks , adnet etc etc
and some them they also block images on play store !!!
so would like to share host file " modded" by me it will probably not bolck any needed things also it block most of ads in apps of daily use because i personally add those host which gives adds in some apps ... and remove entry like ad.fly , linkbucks , adnet
so in short its optimal host file and small in size so no load on system or cpu
install
download
1. extract zip file
2. go system/etc and delete prebuild host
3. place my host file there
4. set permissions ( rw-r--r-- )
5. reboot
Debloating ( New !! )
well i wanna share my experience about removing "bloatware" ( unnecessary system apps ) when i created this thread but at that time i did have much time ... but i just replied in one thread about debloating and i wanna share some of them here also
1st we have thread by "king ov hell" for " debloating " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200954
but but wait if u remove all of them listed in that thread u will lose some of functionality like "WiFi direct" n all
bcz it's excessive list about bloatware...
but IMO some of Bloats are necessary and not harmful so
i'm putting S.S of a /system/apps after Debloating
NOTES
1. nandrid backup is life savior if any thing goes wrong so always make nandroid backup via cwm/twrp it only take 5-10 mins
2. all system apps ( including bloatwares ) present in /system/apps
3. i also removed Gapps ( except playstore ( phonesky.apk ) )
why ?
they are not necessary ... even Gmail & google play services is not needed in system !!!!! ( google play will automatically download play-services before downloading any apps and install it as user app if u don't provide it in /system ) ... so we can use all gapps directly as user apps from playstore ( no functionality will be broken )
benefits of this are
1. more free system space.
2. gapps will update occasionally so if u put all of them in system there updates will be in /data as user app so duplicate files and them rewuire space in both /system & /data !!!!!
3.user have choice to download his wished gapps directly
4). may be i removed stock sms app & file manager also buz i dont use them i use 3rd party ones !! so use your common sense ...and if u need to use some specific app ( which i don't use ) don't remove it
..................................................................................................................
so all the apps present in my pics are needed in rom to work without breaking any function
( it may happen that some apps wasn't present in your rom from beginning so don't worry bcz dev of that rom already remoed them and they are not necessary ..he is dev and he definitely know more than me about necessity of apps .. so if it happens that some apps is present in my SS but dont in your rom don't argue with your rom creator )
so in short you can remove all apps which are not present in blow SS
again !!!don't remove apps which are present in pics... they are NOT bloatware they are necessary apps

You are great! Thx

Please could you tell me the procedure for the center clock and the battery icon

Moinuddin said:
Please could you tell me the procedure for the center clock and the battery icon
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Here is link of thread with every tiny details..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203166
PS: i replied to ur PM with same one

Yeah I looked into that..but that's not newbie friendly.
I don't know where to pull from and where to install it with commands..
Could you help me with it??

Moinuddin said:
Yeah I looked into that..but that's not newbie friendly.
I don't know where to pull from and where to install it with commands..
Could you help me with it??
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Watch this for start and try to learn. No need for babysitting. :laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLQynXg8noM
And still if you do not get it, look for some other guides and gather knowledge. And that guide from joehanh88 is very noob friendly.

Yeah thank u I finally understood where to type those codes