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Root [Request] Custom status bar

Lol, great job Fuz I would have been so mad if that happened to me, great guide and great job stayin chill :cool:
Is this what you mean op?
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Note: its just for reference I can't do that for the esteem
 
awesome tut fuzzy, this on is getting a star in my browser right now!!! ill be messing around now half the night!!!

and shiny, why did you have to say that?! im hella going to mess with a friend now and copy paste a whole chapter of harry potter, that or make it say his phone will self-destruct

guys, you are in fact, awesome teachers! keep it coming! my brain needs some new wrinkles
 
Wow. You guys are great. SO GLAD your guys are making use of the tut.

If yall EVER have any theme questions please DONT hesitate to ask me. Or Shiny. Or Pnizzle. Or Superuser. Or Ldrifta. Yeah you get the idea. lol

Seriously though. My PM is open like Waffle House. ;)
 
skrapmetal said:
AWESOME write up, exactly what I was looking for! However... Android Commander isn't detecting my root access. :mad:

How can I get this working? And if I can't get it working.. can I install my new files by putting them on my SD card then installing with Root Explorer? Providing I have a backup of my current rom just in case...
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It's because you are not hard rooted. MOST kernels when flashed enable your phone as hard rooted but ive had trouble with a few before.

What I did a few times was flash a different kernel and/or take the build.prop out of a kernel you know that WILL work and 7zip it over to your current kernel that you want to keep that ISNT hard rooted.

I was never sure about doing that and I asked around and searched around and never came up with anything until I just tried it. It worked and no side effects thus far.
 
I flashed the blitzkrieg kernel after i installed the rom. Im able to do anything else requiring root. How much more rooted should i be? Lol. Weird. No big deal though, just would have been nice if it worked. I put the files on my sd instead and used root explorer.
 
skrapmetal said:
I flashed the blitzkrieg kernel after i installed the rom. Im able to do anything else requiring root. How much more rooted should i be? Lol. Weird. No big deal though, just would have been nice if it worked. I put the files on my sd instead and used root explorer.
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Yeah there's a difference actually on the root. here you go.

My phone is rooted, but program runs without root access. Why?
There are two types of root:

  • Soft Root: gives you root access from the shell and phone applications.
  • Hard Root: gives you root access from the ADB and the shell.
You need this second.
How to get ADB root access?
You have two ways:

  • Flash any custom ROM, they are modified to work with root access.
  • Edit your boot image.
    • Pull out your boot.img.
    • Unpack.
    • Edit default.prop file, set value „ro.debuggable” to „1″.
    • Re-Pack.
    • Flash.










I wanna say I pulled the boot.img out of the plague kernel and just replaced it with 7zip. Real easy. Did that and opened it back up and root access was confirmed.


Or you can just extract it from the plague kernel. Put it on your sd card. Navigate with root explorer. Copy your old one and make a backup. And paste the new one. That way works also.
 
Thanks fuzzy.. finally changed something on my dam phone add some icons to the satus bar been holding on to for awhile..but when i add the .png for usb connect won't change but i'm on my why to learning

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i'm tired of looking at them same dam 4 signal bar's i got an idea for a new look and anybody got's the know how..and some other ideas for a theme..something like this.

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nuttmeg said:
you could try honey comb signal bars.

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But this would be a nice port to the Esteem,

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DOWNLOADS

[XWJS8](VALLE-MOD)HoneyComb theme v.5.1

Mirror:
http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1
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Those are ok but it's like out dated to me.. i'm looking for something new like shiny says about the debug icon (eyesore) that's what the bars to me look like.. i will be looking to make some new one's and hope fuzzy or mrpnut will help me out..
 
nuttmeg said:
you could try honey comb signal bars.

images


But this would be a nice port to the Esteem,

js895preview.jpg

DOWNLOADS

[XWJS8](VALLE-MOD)HoneyComb theme v.5.1

Mirror:
http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1http://www.multiupload.com/F0CRR37JM1
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OMG that is beautifull!!!! not the statusbar but the theme, amazing!!!!

I found my next project :D im porting a honeycomb theme! haha unless someone else is already working on this than i want in!!! where's AI-Team?? haha
 
ldrifta said:
OMG that is beautifull!!!! not the statusbar but the theme, amazing!!!!

I found my next project :D im porting a honeycomb theme! haha unless someone else is already working on this than i want in!!! where's AI-Team?? haha
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I thought about it but im just gonna pull it apart and see if i can use anything out of it.

I say port away L.
 
Hey not really sure how to make this with the bars so they will show the signal but is it possible to make this work? it's kinda crappy did it in paint to kinda give an idea..

or maybe to put like the battery status with digital numbers?


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HoUdInI said:
Hey not really sure how to make this with the bars so they will show the signal but is it possible to make this work? it's kinda crappy did it in paint to kinda give an idea..

or maybe to put like the battery status with digital numbers?


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Yeah I think you could. Since the signal generall looks like this IIII full III, II or I. There's a PNG for each one of those so you would basically take a bar away for each PNG and leave them all there for "full" service. Make sense?

Once you open up the apk and look at the service png's you'll see what you will have to do. Whether it works or not IDK. Your android will have to be the same size as the originals and you might have to make the bars thinner so they show up better. It might work :confused::confused::confused:
 
Fuzzy13 said:
Yeah I think you could. Since the signal generall looks like this IIII full III, II or I. There's a PNG for each one of those so you would basically take a bar away for each PNG and leave them all there for "full" service. Make sense?

Once you open up the apk and look at the service png's you'll see what you will have to do. Whether it works or not IDK. Your android will have to be the same size as the originals and you might have to make the bars thinner so they show up better. It might work :confused::confused::confused:
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That's what i thought.. i just didn't know if there was anything else to it..thanks

when i change the signal icons it don't show up and i have done it right like i did it the first time and still no change.. any other file i need to change to make it work?
 
HoUdInI said:
That's what i thought.. i just didn't know if there was anything else to it..thanks

when i change the signal icons it don't show up and i have done it right like i did it the first time and still no change.. any other file i need to change to make it work?
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just put the images in both framework-res.apk & systemui.apk i forget which one it is specifically lol
 
ldrifta said:
just put the images in both framework-res.apk & systemui.apk i forget which one it is specifically lol
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Systemui.apk did it but now i got this white background to take care of anyway to remove without messing up the little android? this should do it and thanks fuzzy and BIG L

Nevermind had to sit down and make my own little android guy...thanks guys

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This is probably a really stupid question and I hope I don't get chastized, BUT:

Is there a way to flash the status bar without reflashing my whole ROM? I really don't want to lose everything...
 
HoUdInI said:
Systemui.apk did it but now i got this white background to take care of anyway to remove without messing up the little android? this should do it and thanks fuzzy and BIG L

Nevermind had to sit down and make my own little android guy...thanks guys

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that looks cool man.. think it would fit better if it was like grey-ish or something lol
 
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