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Root becoming a themer

amazin1988

amazin1988

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can someone help me i want to try small stuff first like icons, status bars, and battery i know how to use uot kitchen but it doesnt work the way i want it to
 
amazin1988 said:
can someone help me i want to try small stuff first like icons, status bars, and battery i know how to use uot kitchen but it doesnt work the way i want it to
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download a program called 7zip, will become a themers best friend :D

7zip is used to open the apk's archive and swap files in and out without losing its ability to run/flash (there a more scientific explanation but if i tell you than i have to kill you :D)

so at this point you would find the files you want to use, and replace them with the files in the apk you are theming... but be careful because android is sensitive and size DOES matter lol, be sure the png you are replacing have identical dimensions and are properly named, ie:

you CANNOT replace statusbar_background.png with status_bar_background.png... the new file must have the same name as the old file... and 99% of the time it must be the same LxW ie:

if original is 20x7 the nw one must be 20x7...

now another program you will want is gimp or photoshop, so you can enable transparency on some images, not all images allow it though, and sometimes you need to edit an xml or 2 for some transparencies to work..

that is a few tips i can give ya :D any questions feel free to ask..
 
ldrifta said:
download a program called 7zip, will become a themers best friend :D

7zip is used to open the apk's archive and swap files in and out without losing its ability to run/flash (there a more scientific explanation but if i tell you than i have to kill you :D)

so at this point you would find the files you want to use, and replace them with the files in the apk you are theming... but be careful because android is sensitive and size DOES matter lol, be sure the png you are replacing have identical dimensions and are properly named, ie:

you CANNOT replace statusbar_background.png with status_bar_background.png... the new file must have the same name as the old file... and 99% of the time it must be the same LxW ie:

if original is 20x7 the nw one must be 20x7...

now another program you will want is gimp or photoshop, so you can enable transparency on some images, not all images allow it though, and sometimes you need to edit an xml or 2 for some transparencies to work..

that is a few tips i can give ya :D any questions feel free to ask..
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Can use WinRAR too:confused:
 
Holy crap... Yeah thats not complicated at all... Theres only 5 million images lol.

Just gained a new respect for themers :D
 
so i started to look at stuff and im just gonna be the tester cause i what i just saw hurt my feeling doesnt look hard but must take alot patient so tester it is lol
 
amazin1988 said:
so i started to look at stuff and im just gonna be the tester cause i what i just saw hurt my feeling doesnt look hard but must take alot patient so tester it is lol
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yeah the first few times will take a while, there lil tricks you need to learn with some files lol but hey we need testers too man!!
 
winrar will work just as well if not better, n tho not free, the trail never stops working, just prompts ya each time you open it. I been using it exclusively on windows for ages.

Another free imaging app is Paint.net, tho I use PhotoShop mostly myself n basic stuff with gimp on nix. ;)
 
ManlyParasite said:
For the most part, yes. I think I've only seen 1 image in the drawable folder and I think it was an emote
On a side note, how do you make themes into flash able zips?
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the easiest way (for a theme) is just take a rom.zip or theme.zip file, place you themed apk's in designated folder alone ie: if you only themed framework-res.apk, than that should be the only file in system/framework etc..

basically you only need the system folder (with themed files only in designated folders) and the META-INF folder which contains the install scrict (updater-script), which basically all you need it to do is mount system and install your themed files in system, so install the system folder from your theme.. zip it and flash it :D use one of my theme zip files and place your theme in it then zip it

its gets a lil more complex if you want it to delete files before installing theme, so always check your script lol
 
ldrifta said:
the easiest way (for a theme) is just take a rom.zip or theme.zip file, place you themed apk's in designated folder alone ie: if you only themed framework-res.apk, than that should be the only file in system/framework etc..

basically you only need the system folder (with themed files only in designated folders) and the META-INF folder which contains the install scrict (updater-script), which basically all you need it to do is mount system and install your themed files in system, so install the system folder from your theme.. zip it and flash it :D use one of my theme zip files and place your theme in it then zip it

its gets a lil more complex if you want it to delete files before installing theme, so always check your script lol
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Thanks, I grabbed a zip from UOT and started using that.
I'm planning on releasing an update for my theme (old, doubt anybody uses it, but I said I'd fix some things on it lol)
Only problem now is for some reason the boot animation I put in isn't flashing. Everything else does, just not that. Any ideas why?
 
ManlyParasite said:
Thanks, I grabbed a zip from UOT and started using that.
I'm planning on releasing an update for my theme (old, doubt anybody uses it, but I said I'd fix some things on it lol)
Only problem now is for some reason the boot animation I put in isn't flashing. Everything else does, just not that. Any ideas why?
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yu getting any boot animation at all? are the png's properly named for lg? try adding a delete recursive system/media/bootanimation.zip before your script installs the new one..
 
They're jpg files, but I don't think that matters.
If I manually change the boot ani with root explorer, it takes effect like normal, just not with a flash.
 
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