Metamorph works on the D2G?
Not without some edits and porting. You'll get a bootloop with most, and others will boot fine but things won't be skinned or aligned correctly.
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Hi everyone,
I followed reverendkjr's tutorial to install khalpower's v4 rom onto my phone. His tutorial starts with the miuioptimizedv3 rom first, then builds on it using updates.
Afterwards, I wasn't able to Metamorph anything, so I used ZipThemer to install owq's Gingerbread theme (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955698), which worked! However, the Dialer did not get themed and remains in a broken MIUI theme (can provide screenshots if you'd like), and I am not sure how to theme it...
I would like the Gingerbread dialer that, if I remember correctly from Metamorphing in 2.1, came after applying owq's Metamorph. Is there any way to accomplish this in the state that I am in?
Cheers!
Looking at the Morph the only things I see changed are Framework-res.apk & services.jar. (Does the dialer pull graphics from framework-res ?) If it does I would think you could push the default dialer from Dexter's ROM.
3rdstring said:
Looking at the Morph the only things I see changed are Framework-res.apk & services.jar. (Does the dialer pull graphics from framework-res ?) If it does I would think you could push the default dialer from Dexter's ROM.
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Hey 3rdstring,
While I am trying to improve my android knowledge steadily, I have not tried pushing apks using adb before. Could you tell me how to go about this please?
Should have done more research
I found unyaffs, which decompresses nandroid backups, and decompressed the stock 1.3 nandroid. Then I pushed Contacts.apk and Phone.apk into /system/app, and tada it's Gingery
My memory failed me. The metamorph doesn't theme the dialer, but I remember the gingerbread dialer from using Khalpower's 'custom' apks from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9784619&postcount=13
I tried pushing Phone.apk and Contacts.apk from his files to a few emulators (eclair and froyo), but they both failed (I wonder if that's the fault of the emulator, not my device.) But then I pushed them to my device, and the apps wouldn't appear in the main menu anymore (also couldn't make any calls). Any other tips?
So if I make a custom theme in UOT kitchen, I can just make it a theme to use in Theme Chooser?
Do I still have to flash anything in Recovery?
And I thought boot animations couldn't be changed with a Theme Chooser theme...
Edit: OK so I got the zip, and does appear that yes I need to flash it, since its more than just an .apk. But is all of the mods done in Theme Chooser or are some independent (ex. boot animation).
Also, read somewhere else that flashing a new ROM build won't undo the custom mods. True?
Edit 2: "This theme was improperly compiled and cannot be applied. Please report this incident to the theme author"
There something special we have to do out of the norm?
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So if I make a custom theme in UOT kitchen, I can just make it a theme to use in Theme Chooser?
Do I still have to flash anything in Recovery?
And I thought boot animations couldn't be changed with a Theme Chooser theme...
Edit: OK so I got the zip, and does appear that yes I need to flash it, since its more than just an .apk. But is all of the mods done in Theme Chooser or are some independent (ex. boot animation).
Also, read somewhere else that flashing a new ROM build won't undo the custom mods. True?
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You can technically make a theme Chooser APk. But it never worked for me. I had to use the zip way. And had to use every workaround to get it to work. Its true that it does modify things other than theme Chooser files. But flashing a new rom wipes everything.
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You can pull the .apk out of the zip file and apply it using theme chooser.
I have had the best success using the empty theme apk available from the UOT site, just make sure you uncheck the "Theme chooser preview" box on the upload tab and choose CM7 theme.
It won't apply the boot animation, but you can also extract the bootanimation.zip and apply the boot animation through romtools.
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You can pull the .apk out of the zip file and apply it using theme chooser.
I have had the best success using the empty theme apk available from the UOT site, just make sure you uncheck the "Theme chooser preview" box on the upload tab and choose CM7 theme.
It won't apply the boot animation, but you can also extract the bootanimation.zip and apply the boot animation through romtools.
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Even with 'theme chooser preview' it still fails for me. did a straight .zip from files and most all works. Did battery, animation, and font fine. Icons didn't seem to take however
Edit: Scratch that, icons took too. Just had to undo the 'Bionic Blue' theme and go back to 'System'
Ok For the last week i have been running the beautiful theme Meizu for CM7 theme chooser. Now I have been trying to create my patch for a transparent status bar. I have been using the Patcher App From Here And Using this Tutorial From Here
Now I have the latest apktool.jar downloaded swapped it in with the One the Came with Zdune's Patch because i dont know how outdated the one that came with the patcher is.
Now the Patcher Works Fine For Decompiling the apk, It tells me to make sure i have both the Framework-res and systemui on my desktop.
So i go through all the steps correctly, I even triple double check to see if ive edited the Statusbarservice.smali correctly and ive done this numerous times. Everything runs smoothly, Even compiling and signing the SystemUI.apk but no matter what i do When i push the modded SystemUI.apk over to my phone it doesnt work. I dont know if there is something wrong with the apktool.jar or if its not signing correctly hell i dont even know if its renaming anything while recompiling.(which i have read elsewhere that it is a common issue.)
The reason im asking for help is because im a graphic designer and im pretty good at reading tutorials and debugging. So im not dumb by any means. And i want to design my own theme. And my theme will have a transparent status bar.
I have attached my unmodded systemui and framework if someone would like to help patch this for me, Or even guide through the process to show me what im doing wrong.
BUMP! Really Nobody?!!!
Hello,
It's been a while since i last posted a theme.... I've been used to making themes using Metamorph. I have a question, I recently decided to create a few concepts/themes. I have everything setup ie Eclips,SDK,... and when i try to apply the themes using metamorph it does not theme parts of current ui in CM7.1... i read somewhere that CM7 Theme Engine overwrites any modification done with metamorph, can anyone confirm this?
Also here a few images of the themes i'm currently working.... It would definitely be great help if someone can help me to get metamorph to run in CM7.1.
Thanks in Advance.
I have never had an issue applying metamorph themes as long as I don't have a theme chooser theme applied. So before I apply the theme I make sure to select "system" in the menu. If that doesn't work you can back it up, delete it and then try it..
I think you are correct i just applied one of my old metamorph themes usng the System theme from theme manager and it worked. Upon looking into the 9png files i found that they are labeld differently now in the new cm7.1 build, and have to rename my old .9png files to the new file name to work... I will report back to see if this is correct when i get back to my android station.
Hello,
I own a ZTE Crescent- Rooted/CWM recovery running CM7.
I was messing around with using CM9 and I like it but it isn't up for the kind of usage I'd like to use it for so I went back to CM7. One thing I really liked about CM9 was the pattern lock dots- On ICS they are a lot thinner and look slicker, whilst on GB they are thick and bulky and I dislike them.
So my question is; Would it be possible to flash a zip in CWM to change the pattern lock dots on my device? Or any other method?
Thanks,
Curtis.
It's certainly possible. You need to edit framework-res.apk. Within the apk, the images you want to edit I think are in /res/drawable-hdpi/(possibly in other drawable-XXXX folders as well). You need to edit/replace the following files I believe:
btn_code_lock_default.png
btn_code_lock_touched.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_green_up.png
indicator_code_lock_drag_direction_red_up.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_default.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_green.png
indicator_code_lock_point_area_red.png
Not completely sure, you might be able to do it fairly easily with UOT Kitchen: http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ (I can't check now as the kitchen is full, so I'm not sure if it supports theming the unlock pattern or not). If not, you can use apktool to unpack the APK, then edit the images you want changed, then repack it with apktool.
The other option is to use MetaMorph. It's an app you install on your phone for theming. Then download a lock pattern theme like this one: http://droidpirate.com/2011/01/15/metamorph-lock-pattern-liberty/, unzip it and replace the images inside with your own, then re-zip and use MetaMorph to install it. (Probably simpler than using apktool to manually edit the APK).
Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!
I've gone with the metamorph option, seems much easier to do and I've used it once or twice in the past so I have a general idea on how to use it!
Thanks again
I couldn't find a theme for what I wanted- None even came close for Metamorph, so I decided to try and make my own. Unfortunately; I'm now stuck.
I copied the files you mentioned from the CM9 rom to the CM7 framework apk. I have the original CM7 framework app with the new icons in and a zip version of the framework with the files also in there. Now what should I do?
If anyone with more experience wants to take over then here are the files.
APK:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQUxhoTn2XVVJiek01OGRNek0
ZIP:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5IQUxhoTn2XWnRGVDhIdzRsa0k
I'd say the easiest way is to grab the metamorph theme I linked above, unzip it and replace the images inside with the ones you took from CM9. Then zip it back up and install using metamorph.
Trying it now, phone has just rebooted, time to check lock screen.
Edit-
Nothing has changed.
Hmm. I have no idea then, sorry.