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Change navigation bar colors

Is there a way to change the navigation bar colors?
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yellasrichand said:
Is there a way to change the navigation bar colors?
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AOKP ROM usually has this as an option (not sure if it's in there yet--they're still on build 1, officially).

Thanks! Do you know if there is a stand alone hack for it?
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yellasrichand said:
Thanks! Do you know if there is a stand alone hack for it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31401208
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kilometers4 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31401208
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Thanks for the link, that was helpful!

How i do it..
you must have root .
Copy the system ui.apk out and save it to your desktop ( do not move it)
open the file in 7 zip... browse to the folder that has the .png files you want to change.. (DO NOT UNZIP OR EXTRACT)
Copy the dpi folder your making changes to the .png files within.. to a new folder .
Edit the .png files.. (you can also edit xml. notepad++ (use caution..)
I use photo shop and paint shop pro to edit the files..
Open the original system ui file up.. browse back to the directory where the folder you copied out is at .. DO NOT UNZIP OR EXTRACT
PAST THE Edited file back into the zip...
push it back to your tablet .
using file manager put it back in the system/app folder where you found it..
YOUR TABLET WILL CRASH WHEN YOU SAVE IT HERE ( THIS IS EXPECTED ..) REBOOT WITH HOLDING THE POWER BUTTON..
YOUR tablet will reboot showing the changes you have made. If you mess up you can adb push the unmodified system ui back and reboot .
This is a very dirty quick how to hope its understandable..
good luck

Thanks for that but I did it using metamorph like the link says.
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Messaging box color

Hey,
Just picked up this phone came from a Note 2.
Anyways i cant find any settings to get the messaging box where all the texts are from everyone to be black. its white/gray and it looks ugly with my swiftkey thanks
Cedric

Hey bud, I'm guessing you want to change the color of the bubbles? Go to the main text screen (shows all your active texts) and hit the menu button on your phone. From there you'll be able to access settings and change a few things.
EDIT= Just realized what you were talking about. I hate it too! I have everything on my phone dark and that's the only screen that's white. I'm not sure if you can change it.
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Mines black by default? See my screenshot below.
But someone over in the theming section remade the apk, I think you can just install it, might have to replace the old one I'm not sure since mines black and I don't need it.

Ahh it's going to drive me crazy. And I don't want to root it.

kylecore said:
Mines black by default? See my screenshot below.
But someone over in the theming section remade the apk, I think you can just install it, might have to replace the old one I'm not sure since mines black and I don't need it.
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What the heck? Mines white and I hate it.
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kylecore said:
Mines black by default? See my screenshot below.
But someone over in the theming section remade the apk, I think you can just install it, might have to replace the old one I'm not sure since mines black and I don't need it.
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How?
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beast3300 said:
What the heck? Mines white and I hate it.
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Try this modded apk from the themes section. I believe you can just install it without needing to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264462
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How?
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How? No idea, I've got the Rogers S4 up in Canada so maybe its our firmware? My SMS/MMS contacts and dialer are all black by default, wait till you have an unlocked boot loader and maybe flash our ROM? There's also no lag

If anybody wants to try to use my default SMS /MMS here's a link to a zip with both the apk and odex files you'll need to copy into yours system / apps folder
**THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP**
**YOU MUST EXTRACT MANUALLY AND PUSH MANUALLY**
Side note : you make be able to simple side load the apk as normal but I'm not sure. Report back if you'd like
I can also do contacts / dialer as well
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xuepksbhn22lla4/SecMMS.zip

Might be interested in the contacts apk....first going to see if I can get the MMS to at&t to work
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Hey buddy I would love for you to help us out. I'm not rooted so I'm not sure if it matters. I extracted the file into the System Application folder. I can click on the APK but after trying to install it, it says cannot install application. Help!
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MoReNitO303 said:
Hey buddy I would love for you to help us out. I'm not rooted so I'm not sure if it matters. I extracted the file into the System Application folder. I can click on the APK but after trying to install it, it says cannot install application. Help!
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You need to be rooted it has to be pushed to system/app
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I'm dumb and I borked installing a new systemui

Alright Wtf did I do...I've gone stupid so forgive me.
Tried to rename systemui. Apk to apk.bak and it fc'd systemui of course. Restored my system nandroid backup. Tried to move new systemui into app before renaming old systemui. It overwrote the old one, but I still have a backup of the original. So it rebooted again, but I had the new ui. Everything was fine but the lag was intense, so I cleared cache dalvik and fixed permissions. Reboot again, now when I boot up it takes 5 minutes to load the clock and grant su permissions, then I get repeated toast of fauxclock and fauxsound being granted su probably ten times each.
I restored the original systemui again and re flashed Faux's kernel but no joy.
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Odin phone back to stock then do factory reset.
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I restored system and data, reflashed kernel, all appears to be well.
I want to know how I borked it. The instructions clearly state to first rename the existing systemui.apk to systemui.apk.bak. I did that, and I knew it would happen but I couldn't stop myself, it started fc'ing. So what did I miss.
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Planktron said:
I restored system and data, reflashed kernel, all appears to be well.
I want to know how I borked it. The instructions clearly state to first rename the existing systemui.apk to systemui.apk.bak. I did that, and I knew it would happen but I couldn't stop myself, it started fc'ing. So what did I miss.
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I don't think you can exchange or modify the systemui.apk without using ADB to "stop" the phone first. I'm not an ADB specialist but I think there is some information about it in the P-Rom thread in the Development section. Of course, I might be wrong about this.

Next time copy systemui.apk and the systemui.odex (if you are odexed) to your sd card then rename the copies to bak and then copy over thr new one.
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The problem is renaming to bak causes immediate fc's, so there's no time to copy the new one over. Can you rename a file through adb? That's only way I could see this working.
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Ive copied my systemui files to the sd and overwritten with no issues.
Use root explorer copy the stock ui fike to sd, then just overwrite the one in the app folder.
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Word. And does your phone auto reboot after you overwrite?
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No, I manually reboot it, ive done it a few times. I was on stock rooted when I did it tho.
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I am on omega now, I just copied systemui to my sd card then copied it back to the system/app folder and overwrote, didnt reboot or fc.
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Hmm.. I'm stock rooted except for the kernel. Screwing with systemui in any manner makes my phone angry. I just overwrote my original systemui I made a backup of before trying the new one and it went through and then auto reboot. My wifi is still a little funky. Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and Odin to stock/factory reset tomorrow morning after I take the kid to school.
Will Odin clear my recovery or kernel or is that untouched during the process. If om gonna go through with it I might as well go full tilt boogie.
Thanks for the help.
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Odin will not wipe, you would need to odin and then do a factory reset from within the os.
Is your firmware and basebsnd matching? Maybe the systemui file is for the mdl version?
Have you done the ota?
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Systemui was for MDL which is what I'm on. I might as well start totally fresh if I'm gonna do it. Odin to stock and reset to clear everything I've done to the phone and start like I took it out of the box.
Edit: alright whatever... Copied over the new systemui phone auto rebooted but everything is fine so far. Even wifi. What an f'n debacle. Never had so much trouble with a simple mod. Thanks for the help homie.
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Whenever changing out system files, it's preferable to use adb shell. Before touching the files, always use the command "stop". This shuts down android, but you still retain the adb shell. It's the perfect opportunity to mess with files like SystemUI or Framework-res.
Also, don't forget to delete applicable .odex files if you're screwing with system apk's.

See that's another point I become lost. I can't delete the odex file because I'm odexed. At least AFAIK. the ui I downloaded was for odexed roms.
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Can someone please clarify? I should not delete odex files on an odexed rom, right? I'm going to Google adb commands to learn more about it.
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Honest OP is honest.

Do not delete the odex file if you are not de odexed
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Slade8525 said:
Honest OP is honest.
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Hey man, I came from a world of flashable zips. Life was easy back then. I had to adb in to unlock my Atrix and that's the extent of my knowledge, and that was two years ago. I love learning. And when something goes wrong I have to know why, not just know how to fix it. I still don't know why renaming systemui to systemui.apk.bak crashed my phone, and it pisses me off.
Anyway, I appreciate the input of everyone involved in my ridiculous post for real.
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Planktron said:
Hey man, I came from a world of flashable zips. Life was easy back then. I had to adb in to unlock my Atrix and that's the extent of my knowledge, and that was two years ago. I love learning. And when something goes wrong I have to know why, not just know how to fix it. I still don't know why renaming systemui to systemui.apk.bak crashed my phone, and it pisses me off.
Anyway, I appreciate the input of everyone involved in my ridiculous post for real.
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sorry, im not trying to be a ****; i had an Atrix 4G too, and that was weird compared to WinMo5/6/6.1 stuff back in the days. I really dont know jack about Android anymore; i did with older WinMo HTC devices, and enough to comfortably root, SIM unlock, and flash CM7 on my Atrix 4G and keep the fingerprint scanner working 100%.
However i do know that you should take care switching from deodexed to odexed, and thoroughly read up before you try, and especially post a question before you goof it up. Not trying to be hard on you; i soft bricked many a device; THAT is what i was referring to, really, when i posted. That ive been there, done that, and at least you are being honest about it. Not trying to be a **** or get down on you. I read a lot, and PM for clarification or specialized questions/instructions.
Mistakes are mistakes; we all make them, and these are crazy complicated devices; they are bound to happen. Best of luck!

No harm no foul. I didn't take it harshly, after all I stated it myself in the subject
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[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
Edit:
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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BRIMS7ON3 said:
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.

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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.
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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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Boot anmination halp

Hi Guys,
So i put a custom boot animation on my phone, i am running carbon rom 4.4 aosp
i have pushed the file to system\media but no luck
i have installed xblast xposed, which shows a preview of my boot animation which showed it working but when i reboot its just black?
is there something i am missing?
any help would be great

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Hi Guys,
So i put a custom boot animation on my phone, i am running carbon rom 4.4 aosp
i have pushed the file to system\media but no luck
i have installed xblast xposed, which shows a preview of my boot animation which showed it working but when i reboot its just black?
is there something i am missing?
any help would be great
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hi there mate when yor done pushing the file on System>Media , make sure you set the Permission for this file into rw-r-r. have a nice day.

Repulsa said:
hi there mate when yor done pushing the file on System>Media , make sure you set the Permission for this file into rw-r-r. have a nice day.
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Thanks for the reply this is the way I know how to set permissions which ones need to be ticked?
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CallumMarks77 said:
Thanks for the reply this is the way I know how to set permissions which ones need to be ticked?
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Like this But your file arent you supposed to unzip the file ?!? its not gonna work that way...
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No cause boot animations are a zip.... That's what the default is... I'm not on tw so it's not that other kind of format
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No cause boot animations are a zip.... That's what the default is... I'm not on tw so it's not that other kind of format
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I understand but yea you should fix the permission just like that. have a nice day

That is my permissions and it doesn't work aha
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CallumMarks77 said:
That is my permissions and it doesn't work aha
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I really dont know what rom your using , AHA, and here's the information about how Bootanimation.zip can be placed in /system/media with custom roms or in or /data/local with stock roms with custom kernels as Battery Extender, Cf-root...
So, mount system (R/W) and paste bootanimation.zip in system/media/ or in in /data/local/ and set the correct permissions rw--r--r-- (if it doesn't work set rwxrwxrwx as permissions , and i hope someone willing to help you with this problem.Have a nice day.

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I really dont know what rom your using , AHA, and here's the information about how Bootanimation.zip can be placed in /system/media with custom roms or in or /data/local with stock roms with custom kernels as Battery Extender, Cf-root...
So, mount system (R/W) and paste bootanimation.zip in system/media/ or in in /data/local/ and set the correct permissions rw--r--r-- (if it doesn't work set rwxrwxrwx as permissions , and i hope someone willing to help you with this problem.Have a nice day.
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Hmm just tried all this and still no luck, I think my custom rom is blocking it somehow, will try it again I a different rom when I change next thanks for your help
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