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[Q] What's the app to grab color hex?

I saw an app that gave you the hex of any color you touch on an image, but I can't find the video now. Anyone know? I'm trying to match the red on the wallpaper here with widget/status bar.
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I believe it was called exotic colors.
wareju said:
I saw an app that gave you the hex of any color you touch on an image, but I can't find the video now. Anyone know? I'm trying to match the red on the wallpaper here with widget/status bar.
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flipmoder7 said:
I believe it was called exotic colors.
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That's the one, been looking for that for a while now thanks.
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Notification drop down background change

Been getting in to modding my phone. So far I've been able to change the lockscreens and glodots with my own images.
One thing I miss with paranoid android is not being able to change the notification dropdown image.
I have ninjamorph but have no idea what file I have to change and what size the image has to be. 540px 960px ring a bell?
Even if someone could give me a few pointers would be great.
Thanks
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shenery said:
Been getting in to modding my phone. So far I've been able to change the lockscreens and glodots with my own images.
One thing I miss with paranoid android is not being able to change the notification dropdown image.
I have ninjamorph but have no idea what file I have to change and what size the image has to be. 540px 960px ring a bell?
Even if someone could give me a few pointers would be great.
Thanks
Steven
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You can't do it that way. It is coming trikes by xml not an image. You have to redirect the xml to an image
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zelendel said:
You can't do it that way. It is coming trikes by xml not an image. You have to redirect the xml to an image
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Yeah well the way i changed the lock screens. I used someone else's hdpi and xml zip. Changed the png's and edited the XML. Rezipped and ran through zip themer. Worked a treat and I have lots of personalised lock screens. Even if someone could give me a zip that I could play around with?
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shenery said:
Yeah well the way i changed the lock screens. I used someone else's hdpi and xml zip. Changed the png's and edited the XML. Rezipped and ran through zip themer. Worked a treat and I have lots of personalised lock screens. Even if someone could give me a zip that I could play around with?
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See that is alot easier then What you want to do. The background is built into the layout folder as a color code and not an image. So you would have to go in and change this in the apk as those tools dont allow editing of that folder.

zelendel said:
See that is alot easier then What you want to do. The background is built into the layout folder as a color code and not an image. So you would have to go in and change this in the apk as those tools dont allow editing of that folder.
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How do I do that. Do I use apktool?
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Anyone any ideas? I want to learn!
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Well that's an attitude we could all use. Wanting to learn!
I'm not very sure on how to do it, but it should be this .
Get the framework-res (or sysemui..)
Decompile
Find the XML that points the colors or images to something
The line for the background should have something
<drawable name="notification_header_bg">#FF000000</drawable>
So change the color to your drawables.
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Ok. Thank you I'll have a play about and see if I can work it out
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Ok I think I've found the file. I will use apk tool tomorrow when I am at a laptop to decompile. So I'll be editing the XML file, but where would I put the image to tie up with it?
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Am I getting warmer? Lol. I can see notification_bg.XML but on the next screenshot there doesn't seem to be a .png to fie up with that.
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shenery said:
Am I getting warmer? Lol. I can see notification_bg.XML but on the next screenshot there doesn't seem to be a .png to fie up with that.
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Because the XML links to a color code. You need to change it to a png
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shenery said:
Am I getting warmer? Lol. I can see notification_bg.XML but on the next screenshot there doesn't seem to be a .png to fie up with that.
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Ok here are the changes you will need to make.
For the toggles background you will need to change quick_settings.xml in the layout folder
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.SettingsPanelView android:id="@id/settings_panel" android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
For the shade in the notifications you will need to change status_bar_expanded in the same layout folder
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.NotificationPanelView android:id="@id/notification_panel" android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg" androidaddingTop="@dimen/notification_panel_padding_top" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/notification_panel_margin_left"
Mind you those are for an AOKP rom. Once you decompile the system ui you will be able to see what your rom uses. Once again you can NOT make this change with ninja morph you will have to decompile the apk to see what it is using.

So let me see if I understand this right.
In the XML file in the layout folder I have to change it from a colour code to a .png file that I have made. And as there is no .png file for this I would have to put this file in the drawable folder to tie up with the XML file?
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shenery said:
So let me see if I understand this right.
In the XML file in the layout folder I have to change it from a colour code to a .png file that I have made. And as there is no .png file for this I would have to put this file in the drawable folder to tie up with the XML file?
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SPOT ON.
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zelendel said:
Ok here are the changes you will need to make.
For the toggles background you will need to change quick_settings.xml in the layout folder
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.SettingsPanelView android:id="@id/settings_panel" android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
For the shade in the notifications you will need to change status_bar_expanded in the same layout folder
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.NotificationPanelView android:id="@id/notification_panel" android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg" androidaddingTop="@dimen/notification_panel_padding_top" android:layout_width="0.0dip" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/notification_panel_margin_left"
Mind you those are for an AOKP rom. Once you decompile the system ui you will be able to see what your rom uses. Once again you can NOT make this change with ninja morph you will have to decompile the apk to see what it is using.
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One last thing. I can't for the life of me find what size I have to make the notification panel in px. Do you have that at hand?
Thanks
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I'm having a go at this myself, did you find out the dimensions? Also how might I adapt this to just change the background colors?

[Q] lockscreen wallpaper

I have looked everywhere , where is the default lockscreen wallpaper located within the rom, like where is the default lockscreen dir. driving me nuts.
Thanks anyone.

TheAxman said:
I have looked everywhere , where is the default lockscreen wallpaper located within the rom, like where is the default lockscreen dir. driving me nuts.
Thanks anyone.
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Most of the time it is built into the rom into one of the apks. I cant remeber off hand but the default is usually compressed in the apk.
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neo4uo said:
Most of the time it is built into the rom into one of the apks. I cant remeber off hand but the default is usually compressed in the apk.
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Exactly what I need, thanks...so it id embedded in a .apk, what I thought, good start, thanks.

I havent rooted my phone yet, but I mighr today and I wilp find it for you if you still havent found it.
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They're in SecWallpaperChooser.apk (/system/app/)
Once you decompile it, the wallpaper jpg's are in /res/drawable-sw359dp-xxhdpi

GTRagnarok said:
They're in SecWallpaperChooser.apk (/system/app/)
Once you decompile it, the wallpaper jpg's are in /res/drawable-sw359dp-xxhdpi
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You da man...thanks ..exactly where it was...
Thanks everyone for the help.

How to change screen DPI in Gionee e7?

Pls help...
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tej12345 said:
Pls help...
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add a line to it (build.prop under the system folder)
ro.sf.lcd_density=<value>
default value is 480.
just a tip: do not take it below 380. Long pressing the home button for recents menu wont work and a lot of apps like swiftkey will go back to their default sizes and things will start looking ugly..

Thanks mate. Any idea how to change font size and type?
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tej12345 said:
Thanks mate. Any idea how to change font size and type?
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Size usually decreases with dpi. There is one option in the settings. As for font, use rom toolbox.
Also, please use the thanks button instead of posting it..
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Ravikirancg said:
add a line to it
ro.sf.lcd_density=<value>
default value is 480.
just a tip: do not take it below 380. Long pressing the home button for recents menu wont work and a lot of apps like swiftkey will go back to their default sizes and things will start looking ugly..
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I was wanting to do the same but when you say add a line to it, what do you mean, I was thinking maybe to the build.prop file under system folder but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks.

martin120197 said:
I was wanting to do the same but when you say add a line to it, what do you mean, I was thinking maybe to the build.prop file under system folder but I wanted to be sure.
Thanks.
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oops! sry for the late reply! but yes.. to the build.prop under the system folder.. edited the original post..

How To change Screen DPI [Video Tutorial]

Ravikirancg said:
oops! sry for the late reply! but yes.. to the build.prop under the system folder.. edited the original post..
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What would you suggest the best DPI figure for e7?

[MOD] Batterty percentage in locksreen status bar plus green carrier text

I cannot find a way to have the battery % show itself in the status bar with the odexed 5.0 system. I have at least been able to show the battery percentage in the lockscreen status bar. I've also changed the carrier text to green instead of white simply because it looks cool. As long as you're on LRX210 this should work for you. Just move the SystemUI.apk to system/priv-app and set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot. See below to for screenshots and the apk for download.

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I cannot find a way to have the battery % show itself in the status bar with the odexed 5.0 system. I have at least been able to show the battery percentage in the lockscreen status bar. I've also changed the carrier text to green instead of white simply because it looks cool. As long as you're on LRX210 this should work for you. Just move the SystemUI.apk to system/priv-app and set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot. See below to for screenshots and the apk for download.
Wonderful mod.. Can you make another mod for lrx22c? I can give you my sistemuy.apk
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Sure. Just upload your systemUI
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Pain-N-Panic said:
Sure. Just upload your systemUI
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This is my systemUI... Thx for your big help!!

No problem. I'm working all weekend so it might be a bit before I get to it.
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Thx you are a good man..
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Pain-N-Panic said:
I cannot find a way to have the battery % show itself in the status bar with the odexed 5.0 system. I have at least been able to show the battery percentage in the lockscreen status bar. I've also changed the carrier text to green instead of white simply because it looks cool. As long as you're on LRX210 this should work for you. Just move the SystemUI.apk to system/priv-app and set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot. See below to for screenshots and the apk for download.
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It asks me to Enable Root Mode when I try to change the permissions. Do you have any idea why is asking that? And I believe the SystemUI.apk should be put to system/priv-app/SystemUI folder?

Can you please make the carrier text in pink. It will also looks good. For someone, somewhere...

norikk said:
It asks me to Enable Root Mode when I try to change the permissions. Do you have any idea why is asking that? And I believe the SystemUI.apk should be put to system/priv-app/SystemUI folder?
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Its asking for root privileges needed to change permissions on a system app. That's normal. And yes, it the directory is system/priv-app/SystemUI
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zagorteney said:
Can you please make the carrier text in pink. It will also looks good. For someone, somewhere...
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Lol sure thing. I'll have it up by Monday night
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Pain-N-Panic said:
Its asking for root privileges needed to change permissions on a system app. That's normal. And yes, it the directory is system/priv-app/SystemUI
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Hey buddy, it worked. I forgot earlier to check a box in settings of my file manager to give root privileges. Is there a chance to show the battery % while the device is NOT in the lock screen only? And also is there a chance to make a white carrier font like it used to be?

This looks really cool, what xml file do you modify to get this, can you tell me how to do this cause I want to start modifying android when I have time
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norikk said:
Hey buddy, it worked. I forgot earlier to check a box in settings of my file manager to give root privileges. Is there a chance to show the battery % while the device is NOT in the lock screen only? And also is there a chance to make a white carrier font like it used to be?
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As of right now I cannot figure out how to get the percentage to show when the screen is unlocked....if the SystemUI was not odexed it wouldn't be an issue. I'm not really a developer, I just dabble around in XML's and have read a lot on themeing android system files. Getting the percentage to show while the screen is unlocked is still a project I'm working on. If I get it to work trust me I will be sure to post it!
I believe the XML was keygaurd_status_bar.XML
All I did was change the hex color code for the carrier text from white (FFFFFFFF) to green (FF00FF00). Then in the textview parameter for battery percentage I changed the line android:visibility="gone" to android:visibility="visible "
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Also I've noticed with this mod if you stick the phone on the charger and take it off the battery percentage in the lock screen disappears....once you reboot its back again. Have no idea how to fix that...
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Thank you but where did you find that XML file, under which folder in the source code
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Hello, could you please change the carrier text back into regular white? I would love to use it in that standard design!
Could somebody help me to clarify, after I downloaded the SystemUI.apk it is an .zip but how shall I put the downloaded file into the system/priv-app? As far as I understand this should be an .apk?

It Is an apk file. Use 7-zip or similar software to unzip it..
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shogun656 said:
Thank you but where did you find that XML file, under which folder in the source code
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XML is located in res/layout. You have to decompile the apk to get to it.
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Pain-N-Panic said:
XML is located in res/layout. You have to decompile the apk to get to it.
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Thank you so much, I will take a look at it
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