Removing "pulldown text" / roaming banner / carrier brand?

[armedmonkey]

Bump.. Droid Mechanic: The Clear Button. there's a prettier way of doing it. it's specific to CM though. I want to try to port it, but I don't know how to edit the xml files. axmprinter2 doesn't work on your xml file.

 

[kilahimm]

That link is actually what inspired my own attempt. I can't seem to find a copy of the final xml that isn't converted at the moment, but I attached a working copy that should be pretty close to the final. I may have the more recent one on my work computer so I'll check on Monday.

 

[armedmonkey]

Cool. But how would I convert this into android format?

 

[kilahimm]

I used apkmanager to decompile the whole liberty framework-res.apk and then edited the xml file i needed, in this case status_bar_expanded.xml. When i was done i recompiled the whole framework-res.apk with apkmanager. Then i used 7zip to extract just that one xml file from the framework-res.apk and placed it into a metamorph.

There may be a more straight forward way to do all this, but this method should work for you as well.

 

[armedmonkey]

So if I want to apply your xml file (for example), do I need to recompile it, or can I just morph it as is?

 

[kilahimm]

So if I want to apply your xml file (for example), do I need to recompile it, or can I just morph it as is?

If it's currently human readable I believe you need to recompile it. I know it works when compiled, but I'm not sure if it will as is.

If you're going to trial and error with the xml be sure to backup, I looped my device several times while I was working through it myself.

 

[armedmonkey]

and presumably to recompile it, i need to take the decompiled framework, plop it in, and compile the whole thing?

 

[kilahimm]

and presumably to recompile it, i need to take the decompiled framework, plop it in, and compile the whole thing?

Yep, that process should give you a hex encoded copy of the xml file, which you can remove from the framework with a program like 7zip to use in a metamorph.

 

[armedmonkey]

Rah, can't seem to get it to change. I took the default liberty framework apk, decompiled it, changed the xml, compiled, took xml out, and made a morph for it, but.. nothing =\