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[Q] Questions on themes and deodexing

Ok I've managed to get my device rooted and overclocked, I have Bootstrapper and Clockwork Mod. My question is am I deodexed and am I ready for themes now

No, you have three options:
1) Manually deodex your phone
2) Install a Rom that's already been deodexed
3) Download and flash your stock files for deodexed ones

Ok how do I know which themes have been deodexed already and how do I know what apex I have
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TripleNP said:
Ok how do I know which themes have been deodexed already and how do I know what apex I have
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If you browse the droid x themes and apps section of xda, the theme creator will tell you what has been deodexed or not. I know the 928 blackglass theme is deodexed already but I do not know of many themes that come deodexed. Of you wish to deodex your phone, search google for "xUltimate 2.2 Manually deodex your phone".
As for apex...this is a custom ROM, so this will not be running on yout phone yet, you would have to install it of this is the ROM you wish to run.
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I have a feeling that after I deodex I'm still not done ...lol I actually tried loading the DXred theme the other day and it worked ..then I noticed that the dialer button didn't work then it killed my service ...ya think that happened because I was not properly deodexed?
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TripleNP said:
I have a feeling that after I deodex I'm still not done ...lol I actually tried loading the DXred theme the other day and it worked ..then I noticed that the dialer button didn't work then it killed my service ...ya think that happened because I was not properly deodexed?
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Probably. After you deodex you should be ready for loading up a custom theme. Be sure to read any instructions specific to the theme you apply.
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Ok I've downloaded the xUltimate 2.2 and it gets to the"installing"part and freezes there. HELPPPPP
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TripleNP said:
Ok I've downloaded the xUltimate 2.2 and it gets to the"installing"part and freezes there. HELPPPPP
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Did u follow a guide as well, or just use the main menu?
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This is becoming too much like work lol....ok I figured out why it wasn't downloading...I was trying to dl an update duhh. Now that i've found the right file I can't get it to dl to the phone keeps stopping
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TripleNP said:
This is becoming too much like work lol....ok I figured out why it wasn't downloading...I was trying to dl an update duhh. Now that i've found the right file I can't get it to dl to the phone keeps stopping
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I'm confused on your last post. What do you mean... what are you downloading?

I'm thinking that i'm supposed to download it on my laptop then place the file onto the sd card cause it won't dl to my phone
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TripleNP said:
I'm thinking that i'm supposed to download it on my laptop then place the file onto the sd card cause it won't dl to my phone
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What file are you talking about?

The xultimate file
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The xultimate file
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Ah, ok. Xultimate is an application that runs on your computer, not your phone.
If you have your phone rooted, and know how to use the Droid X bootstrap to install .zip files, then download this file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gvvgnum0uma2huk
Run this with Droid X bootstrap and you will be deodexed, and not need xultimate.

Ok after a lot of research I finally understand the whole thing.....most if the themes I see on line you need a custom ROM to run them which of course I'm running stock therefore I have to choose from the stock ones which is cool. I found a pretty cool one called Executive Red and it's working perfect. Thank you very much for all of your help
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TripleNP said:
Ok after a lot of research I finally understand the whole thing.....most if the themes I see on line you need a custom ROM to run them which of course I'm running stock therefore I have to choose from the stock ones which is cool. I found a pretty cool one called Executive Red and it's working perfect. Thank you very much for all of your help
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No problem. Glad to hear you got where you want to be. I would recommend just doing some research, and when you feel like you're comfortable, try out one of the custom ROMs. I regret not jumping into one a little sooner. They really have a great advantage many times.
Look into themes from Bignadad. He does themes for liberty, rubix, and did one for the original 2.3.15 OTA. Check him out on twitter as well, and you can keep up on what he is working on. I would recommend Bignadad by far, he is in my opinion the most thorough with his themes, and they always look amazing.

I know you didn't think I was finished ....lol ok here we go...since i've rooted seems that I have access to the 3G hot spot I tried connecting to my lap top it appeared to connect but did not work ....any idea?
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TripleNP said:
I know you didn't think I was finished ....lol ok here we go...since i've rooted seems that I have access to the 3G hot spot I tried connecting to my lap top it appeared to connect but did not work ....any idea?
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You have to pay for the hotspot app to work unless you perform another modification such as the one that team black hat released to use it for free.
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Ok so even though my lap top sees it and says it's connected they (Verizon )can still block you? And how do I get this mod from team black hat
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TripleNP said:
Ok so even though my lap top sees it and says it's connected they (Verizon )can still block you? And how do I get this mod from team black hat
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Yes, it will say its there, but you cannot use it without paying (kinda). There is another mod, where you start the program, then put the plane in airplane mode, then disable airplane mode and it works as if you had subscribed to the service...
or there is the tbh hack.. which they say is unethical, and they don't condone, so please read the whole page before using this... just a disclaimer.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/android-hacks/5156-tbh-droid-3g-hotspot-nvram-hack.html
You basically download a .zip and flash it in clockworkmod recovery.

[Q} What 'Launcher' is this?

I'm on stock ROM with tablet mode enabled (changed DPI in build.prop) and this is my home screen. I really like the app launcher being the discrete little icon in the top corner but I have no idea how to change settings to get that there on another ROM. I've loaded several different ROMs but always end up restoring my backup just for that launcher!
Can anybody tell me what that is and how to configure it on other ROMs?

That's the stock launcher in tablet mode.
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redmonke255 said:
That's the stock launcher in tablet mode.
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I knew the answer would be simple. Thank you! So if I want that on another ROM I can just extract Launcher2.apk from this one and install elsewhere? Or do I need other files too?

wmoore said:
I knew the answer would be simple. Thank you! So if I want that on another ROM I can just extract Launcher2.apk from this one and install elsewhere? Or do I need other files too?
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Just put the other rom into tablet mode via dpi and it'll do it automatically. Or use paranoid android and select everything to be tablet without changing DPI.
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redmonke255 said:
Just put the other rom into tablet mode via dpi and it'll do it automatically. Or use paranoid android and select everything to be tablet without changing DPI.
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I had tried that on Paranoid but was still left with the phone launcher. I'm going to play around a bit tonight though. I've got 3 or 4 ROMs downloaded and I'll see which one I can make work. Thanks again.

Resize CyanogenMod nav bar

Hey guys how do i resize CM nav bar?
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Theres no actual option in the rom, but you could check out this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38102614&postcount=25
I would make nandroid before flashing it just in case

Nandroid whats that? Ohh and i checked the forum out but it wasn't helpful any other forums?
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JayMix said:
Nandroid whats that? Ohh and i checked the forum out but it wasn't helpful any other forums?
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Nandroid is the backup you make through recovery

Okay. Well i have searched around several times and i can't seem to fine anything that on resizing CMs nav bar.
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You can't change it from within CM, but you can flash different mods in recovery (like the one posted above) to change it manually.

Ill be honest if You dont know what a nandroid is you may want to take some time and do some basic research before you end up bricking your phone. Messing with the OS of a device is NOT fool proof. Things can go wrong and then you are stuck with a non working device that you cant return.

Ok just learned what nandroid is and so i guess the next step is to nandroid backup my phone and then flash the mod from the link right?
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JayMix said:
Ok just learned what nandroid is and so i guess the next step is to nandroid backup my phone and then flash the mod from the link right?
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Yep. And if something goes wrong after flashing the mod (systemui crashing, bootloop, etc) just restore the nandroid.
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Hey guys it didn't work what did i do wrong?
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JayMix said:
Hey guys it didn't work what did i do wrong?
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You probably didnt do anything wrong, its just that the mod didnt work lol.
Try out this tutorial. It should work, but its a bit of work.
These are the lines that you have to change:
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<dimen name="navigation_bar_height">[COLOR="Red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>
<dimen name="navigation_bar_height_landscape">[COLOR="red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>
<dimen name="navigation_bar_width">[COLOR="red"]38.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

The link you provided is broken.
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JayMix said:
The link you provided is broken.
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That's odd. It was just working fine...and now it says account suspended .
Anyways this is basically what you have to do(may require some other searching):
-navigate to system/framework and copy the framework-res.apk to your computer
-decompile framework-res.apk
-in the decompiled folder navigate to /res/values/ and open the file named dimens.xml in a text editor
-edit the lines that I posted above to your liking
-recompile framework-res.apk and push it back to the phone. Also make sure the permissions are set to rw-r-r

Hey what does bar width do? hey I am having issues signing and pushing files back to my phone?
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JayMix said:
Hey what does bar width do?
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You should keep it the same as the height. All three values should be the same
hey I am having issues signing and pushing files back to my phone?
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Whats the issue? You cant just put a question mark at the end of your vague statement and expect someone to figure out your problem

Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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you should try a rom with more control built in like aokp, slim, or pa if you want to change stuff more and dont quite know how to mod system files correctly
anyway, heres what i found with a quick google: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159270
its pretty complicated but the instructions are clear
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JayMix said:
Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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just copy the original framework incase you want to go back to it and paste the modded framework in place of the original framework and reboot you phone

JayMix said:
Sorry typo, by the way thx for all your help so far. I have edited my framework nav bar to 36 but i dont know how to replace my original framework.
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-Make a nandroid backup just in case
-Download an root file manager. I would recommend root explorer (paid), but there are other free ones like es file explorer.
-Copy the framework-res.apk from your computer to your phone. (just use the usb cable and transfer it over using MTP)
-Open the root file manager and copy the framework-res.apk from where you put it
-Navigate to system/framework and rename the existing framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak
-Paste the new framework-res.apk
-Long press the new framework-res.apk and go to permissions and change them to rw-r-r
-reboot

yep I do that but as soon as I get done renaming framework.apk.bak the phone restarts and goes into boot loop.
I reflash CM10.1 and nandroid backup and everything is fine again. then I tryed just replacing framework but same thing happens.
ohh and mbucks911 the reason why I dont use AOKP is becasue my battery life with AOKP is terrible it causes my phone to run at around 38c which is warm enough to make my hands sweat and my battery drains 10% for every 10mins my screen is on. when I use CM my phone barely gets over 30c and operates around 27c for every and 10% of my battery thats almost 2 hours of sot thats why i am trying to stick with CM.

JayMix said:
yep I do that but as soon as I get done renaming framework.apk.bak the phone restarts and goes into boot loop.
I reflash CM10.1 and nandroid backup and everything is fine again. then I tryed just replacing framework but same thing happens.
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Try using adb to push it.
Code:
adb remount
adb push \path\to\framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb reboot

[REQUEST]Stock white Dialer

Does anyone have it by chance?
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If I download the stock rom, can I pull it from there and inject it into the custom one I'm on? Is it just a matter of changing permissions and replacing the apk?
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Uploaded the stock deodex att phone, contact and Mms apk.
To get the white dialer to work you have to replace both phone and contact files
You'll want to make a backup in System/app of the files you want to replace, drop these In the folder, set permissions then reboot & you should be good.
Secphone.Apk
http://db.tt/MXcEZwPL
Seccontact.Apk
http://db.tt/kMXLQ3U5
SecMMS.apk
http://db.tt/faouC4Da
Only use these links any others quoted in this thread will not work since I linked a dark dialer by mistake earlier
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BRIMS7ON3 said:
Does anyone have it by chance?
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I second this. I'm running a custom international rom and love it but only thing I miss is the att mms, phone and contacts apk's. If there is a way to do this I would like to do this myself. If someone knows how or can point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Use the links in the third post.

REDFOCZ said:
Uploaded the stock deodex att phone, contact and mms apk to Dropbox should be better then the Google drive link above. Let me know if these work, first time doing this
Secphone.Apk
http://db.tt/MXcEZwPL
Sec contact
http://db.tt/kMXLQ3U5
SecMMS
http://db.tt/faouC4Da
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Thank you!
I may be doing something wrong... but I'm using root explorer to change permissions, rename the original, then copy this one (phonesec) to the app folder... and the dialer is still dark blue. Maybe the theme is not located in the apk?
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Man..thanks for these...I know what to do with em...yes...
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BRIMS7ON3 said:
Thank you!
I may be doing something wrong... but I'm using root explorer to change permissions, rename the original, then copy this one (phonesec) to the app folder... and the dialer is still dark blue. Maybe the theme is not located in the apk?
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You'll want to make a backup in System/app of the files you want to replace, drop these In the folder, set permissions then reboot & you should be golden
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REDFOCZ said:
You'll want to make a backup in System/app of the files you want to replace, drop these In the folder, set permissions then reboot & you should be golden
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Right... that's exactly what I did... but the dialpad is still dark blue after reboot...
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Dunno, I've used these and have swapped the dark dialer back to white. I'll have to look at Em again may be a while though. In the middle of moving and only Internet is through my phone
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REDFOCZ said:
Dunno, I've used these and have swapped the dark dialer back to white. I'll have to look at Em again may be a while though. In the middle of moving and only Internet is through my phone
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Yeah it probably worked... but it is the apk for the dark dialer...I checked the pngs in it.. if you find the White one please let me know!
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If that's the case I may have uploaded the wrong one. Let me check again
Use the links in the third post.
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REDFOCZ said:
If that's the case I may have uploaded the wrong one. Let me check again
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Try this one
http://db.tt/fQkHGLjC
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Weird...I checked the pngs and that one is definitely the White one, but even after wiping the cache and dalvik it still isn't updating the dialpad. I even tried extracting the apk now residing in system/app... it's there.
I'm running mint jelly if that means anything to anyone..
EDIT: nevermind .. got it! Thank you!!
I didn't realize I had to change the contact one also in order for it to work... awesome!
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Right... that's exactly what I did... but the dialpad is still dark blue after reboot...
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You're swapping out SecContacts.apk right? Thats where the main dialer is. SecPhone.apk is just the in-call dial-pad.

CallMeAria said:
You're swapping out SecContacts.apk right? Thats where the main dialer is. SecPhone.apk is just the in-call dial-pad.
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Yeah Thank you...I finally figured that out. Seeing dial pad pngs in secphone.apk threw me off..
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Glad you got it working
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Glad you got it working
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Ohhhh, Thank you Thank you Thank you. This was the last thing I was looking for to complete what I wanted on my rom! Awesome
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hey Brothers ! :laugh::victory: check this out ! i got recording to work on the stock white dialer !!

travperk said:
hey Brothers ! :laugh::victory: check this out ! i got recording to work on the stock white dialer !!
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whoa how'd u do that?
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travperk said:
hey Brothers ! :laugh::victory: check this out ! i got recording to work on the stock white dialer !!
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Plz Plz share how you did that. Again I said Please
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Req LG Keyboard

Does anyone have a apk or zip file from the LG keyboard for me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198167
Try this thread for the note 2, might work, but not sure.
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Worked perfect for me....
Install keyboard like normal apk & themes apk files too..
Then copy paste lines given on thread to buildprop. Also put AndroidEmoji.ttf to System/fonts (backup old one), set permission 644. Reboot!!
Beautiful LG G2 Keyboard on Samsung Galaxy S4.
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How do i set the permission 644?
I did all the things but still no emoji.
I get the keyboard but can't se the emoji. blank spaces... :silly:
Edit: got root browser and changed the settings to 644. But no Emoji.
Cant see them on the phone but when i send them people can see them.

I have a solution for this. But I can't post it... odd!

My girlfriend's got an unrooted S4. Is there any possibility for her to get a newer LG Keyboard without rooting her device?
Thanks in advance
Greets

Louis235 said:
My girlfriend's got an unrooted S4. Is there any possibility for her to get a newer LG Keyboard without rooting her device?
Thanks in advance
Greets
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Sorry mate… don’t think so… you see, you have to get access to the system folder i order to copy and alter the files. But if you figure out a way to do that without root… then good for you mate. Good luck… :good: