[ADV][DEV][MOD] Network/carrier removal - Nook Color Android Development

FOR NOOKIE FROYO ONLY
Usual disclaimers apply. Don't try this if you don't know what you are doing! I won't be responsible for any damage to your NC. This isn't worth taking risks if you're not an experienced user.
Thank you.
I've edited services.jar and android.policy.jar to:
- hide the (no) Signal icon from status bar
- hide Carrier info from lock screen
Both files need to be pushed to system/framework.
For devs interest, this is what is required:
Decompile .jars baksmali, compile with smali: "smali/baksmali". Google it.
To hide network icon on status bar:
In services.jar, find StatusBarPolicy.smali in /com/android/server/status/, change lines 611 to 615 from:
move-result-object v3
iput-object v3, p0, Lcom/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy;->mPhoneIcon:Landroid/os/IBinder;
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to:
move-result-object v3
invoke-virtual {p2, v3, v6}, Lcom/android/server/status/StatusBarService;->setIconVisibility(Landroid/os/IBinder;Z)V
iput-object v3, p0, Lcom/android/server/status/StatusBarPolicy;->mPhoneIcon:Landroid/os/IBinder;
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To hide carrier info on lock screen:
In android.policy.jar, find LockScreen.smali in /com/android/internal/policy/impl/, change line 200 from:
const/4 v2, -0x1
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to:
const/4 v2, -0x0
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Have fun.
Sam

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Great work!
where is the file?

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Works for me!
[email protected]+950+thumbkeyboard+GBTheme=loving it

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Files are available.

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I downloaded smali/baksmali and did this procedure for nf 0.6.7. using the services.jar and android.policy.jar from nf 0.6.7 and everything went smoothly. When I push them back to the nook, it doesn't boot. When I use yours, the nook boots fine. Will using your files from a different build on nf 0.6.7 cause some problems down the road?

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If these framework changes could be coupled with the status bar soft button mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932631
We could have the best of both worlds.

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For those that need this to be as easy as possible:
Originally Posted by nookierookie
This worked for me -- with modified steps. I unzipped the files to my host pc, adb shell mounted system as r/w, shell'd into the device and renamed all 4 files that are going to be replaced in system/framework/ "whatever.jar.bak" ... and so on. Then I pushed the individual files from the OP's zipped archive and rebooted. First boot took a while for the OS to get going -- and I had to re-log-in to my google credentials (weird), but it seems to all be working really well at the moment.
Steps:
1. unzip OP's .zip to the default adb dir on your computer (or anywhere else, just know that when you're pushing those files with adb, you'll have to use the whole path ie: /Users/nookierookie/Desktop/framework.res instead of just framework.res)
2. from the command line on your host computer:
$ adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
# cd /system/framework/
# mv android.policy.jar android.policy.jar.bak
# mv services.jar services.jar.bak
#exit
$ adb push android.policy.jar /system/framework/android.policy.jar
$ adb push services.jar /system/framework/services.jar
$ adb reboot
chrisngrod:
Thanks. This worked. On my tablet I did lose screen rotation. Also, if you notice, the cellular network bars are there. Some people will probably not care for those since we have no radio obviously . The drop down status bar is small like the current, but does not have the gray background. You'll see if you install it. No FC issues noticed though. Almost there solution wise!
I went back to stock.
$ adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
# cd /system/framework/
# mv android.policy.jar.bak android.policy.jar
# mv services.jar.bak services.jar
#exit
adb reboot
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Pretty much quoting from another status bar mod... The guts are what is important.

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Worked for me. Thanks!

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chhaggerty said:
If these framework changes could be coupled with the status bar soft button mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932631
We could have the best of both worlds.
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+1 on this idea!

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Well files can be different from one build to another. And make sure the. Jar you push is signed. Just use the original and replace changed files with archive manager..
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

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chhaggerty said:
If these framework changes could be coupled with the status bar soft button mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932631
We could have the best of both worlds.
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+1 for this!

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samuelhalff said:
Well files can be different from one build to another. And make sure the. Jar you push is signed. Just use the original and replace changed files with archive manager..
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Thanks, it was the signature.

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I wonder how hard this would be to implement over to the cm7 release?

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18.4009 said:
I wonder how hard this would be to implement over to the cm7 release?
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I allready asked refer to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11486335&postcount=59

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mrty4short said:
I allready asked refer to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11486335&postcount=59
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Ah, thanks for the heads up.

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chhaggerty said:
If these framework changes could be coupled with the status bar soft button mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932631
We could have the best of both worlds.
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Another +1 to this! Have the status bar soft button mod installed already, but I'd love to be able to do this modification for the carrier notice removal, as well.

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See nightly #15.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

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Thanks, Samuel. Since this was for Nookie Froyo only, does this mean I should just copy android.policy.jar, framework.jar, services.jar, and framework-res.apk from the Nightly #15 package and put them in my system/framework directory (running Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 from an SD card)? Those were the original files in the mod that were changed to add soft buttons to the status bar.
Or do I just need to replace the android.policy.jar and services.jar files, and leave the other two alone?
(Or thirdly, were you suggesting I just run CM7 instead of Nookie Froyo if I want this feature? )
Thanks!

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#15 has an updated code allowing Devs to compile cm without the icon.
These attached files will only work for froyo.
Sam
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

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I gotcha. I'm definitely not a Dev, so I thought your reply meant that a solution was already done integrating both modifications mentioned (carrier removal and soft buttons in status bar) and to just to grab those files and use them. As you can guess, that didn't end up working when I gave it a try.
So as of right now, there is still no solution that's been put out there to use both the carrier removal and the status bar soft buttons for Nookie Froyo users, it seems.
I know rookie1 decided not to pursue the soft buttons modification any further, and doing just that one ended up putting me into a continuous bootloop anyway, so it looks like I'll have to be content with just the carrier removal for now and SoftKeys (which is pretty great already, so that's not a bad thing).
Thanks for all your work, Samuel!