[ROM] Zen-MIUI v2 Android 2.2 + MIUI

[eeaarrll]

If you need to read the XML HxD Hex Editor - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Thats what I use.

yes but then you have to search for the color codes or whatever,if you use apk manager you can decompile the xmls and open them in note pad and actually read what everything is, also for the eri.xml (verizon lable) if you decompile it you can add as many caractors to it you want, not limited to verizon wireless count, mine once said "this phone has no service"

Could I just use Root Explorer and edit them and reboot?

 

[sneaky_zekey]

If you need to read the XML HxD Hex Editor - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Thats what I use.

yes but then you have to search for the color codes or whatever,if you use apk manager you can decompile the xmls and open them in note pad and actually read what everything is, also for the eri.xml (verizon lable) if you decompile it you can add as many caractors to it you want, not limited to verizon wireless count, mine once said "this phone has no service"

Could I just use Root Explorer and edit them and reboot?

i doubt it cause its still not decompiled. give it a shot though

 

[eeaarrll]

yes but then you have to search for the color codes or whatever,if you use apk manager you can decompile the xmls and open them in note pad and actually read what everything is, also for the eri.xml (verizon lable) if you decompile it you can add as many caractors to it you want, not limited to verizon wireless count, mine once said "this phone has no service"

Could I just use Root Explorer and edit them and reboot?

i doubt it cause its still not decompiled. give it a shot though

no go. i really would like this though, is apk manager an application or a pc application?

 

[teddyearp]

I use the "cheater's method". I open the .zips from a compatible theme in 7-zip without extracting them, and I don't touch the META-INF file and just delete files I don't want and drag in the files I do.

You might be right that this won't work, but you apparently know more about this than I do, and I created the update for this ROM (using the "cheater's method)

I just made the new .zip. I'm going to test it from a fresh install, give me some time.

I'm going to hang out to see what happens. It's not that I know so much more, but that I read, look and then go "AHA!" (and from that I already figured out the "cheater's way" just never had cause to use it), then file that away. Most all of the 'update.zip' files I have looked at have a /system/* folder in them, but I can't remember one that had a /data folder in it.

 

[sneaky_zekey]

Could I just use Root Explorer and edit them and reboot?

i doubt it cause its still not decompiled. give it a shot though

no go. i really would like this though, is apk manager an application or a pc application?

just go to the link and read up,its a binary script, theres other stuff the dev has in his signature that you might be interested.Apk Manager 4.9 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers

 

[eeaarrll]

i doubt it cause its still not decompiled. give it a shot though

no go. i really would like this though, is apk manager an application or a pc application?

just go to the link and read up,its a binary script, theres other stuff the dev has in his signature that you might be interested.Apk Manager 4.9 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers

thanks i got it. it really helps to. so like, do you have a clue what xml color is the status bar?

 

[sneaky_zekey]

no go. i really would like this though, is apk manager an application or a pc application?

just go to the link and read up,its a binary script, theres other stuff the dev has in his signature that you might be interested.Apk Manager 4.9 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers

thanks i got it. it really helps to. so like, do you have a clue what xml color is the status bar?

the status bar is an png,if you mean the text in status bar and ongoing etc...thats in the services.jar, use colorchangerv3.jar to change those but no go on the clock. services.jar is messed up too and is missing the files to invoke the colorchangerv3.jar

 

[eeaarrll]

just go to the link and read up,its a binary script, theres other stuff the dev has in his signature that you might be interested.Apk Manager 4.9 - Makes Modifying Ur Apk A Breeze (Windows/Linux) - xda-developers

thanks i got it. it really helps to. so like, do you have a clue what xml color is the status bar?

the status bar is an png,if you mean the text in status bar and ongoing etc...thats in the services.jar, use colorchangerv3.jar to change those but no go on the clock. services.jar is messed up too and is missing the files to invoke the colorchangerv3.jar

ya i meant the text colors. framework images are simple. im making a theme and the brown text everywhere just isnt really working out. now i need to find what the folders text colors are. i know the x and the little pen are images but the text is actual text (obviously)

 

[sneaky_zekey]

thanks i got it. it really helps to. so like, do you have a clue what xml color is the status bar?

the status bar is an png,if you mean the text in status bar and ongoing etc...thats in the services.jar, use colorchangerv3.jar to change those but no go on the clock. services.jar is messed up too and is missing the files to invoke the colorchangerv3.jar

ya i meant the text colors. framework images are simple. im making a theme and the brown text everywhere just isnt really working out. now i need to find what the folders text colors are. i know the x and the little pen are images but the text is actual text (obviously)

you need to read this excellent guide http://www.droidforums.net/forum/thebowers/64994-theming-guide-changing-system-text-settings.html

 

[eeaarrll]

the status bar is an png,if you mean the text in status bar and ongoing etc...thats in the services.jar, use colorchangerv3.jar to change those but no go on the clock. services.jar is messed up too and is missing the files to invoke the colorchangerv3.jar

ya i meant the text colors. framework images are simple. im making a theme and the brown text everywhere just isnt really working out. now i need to find what the folders text colors are. i know the x and the little pen are images but the text is actual text (obviously)

you need to read this excellent guide http://www.droidforums.net/forum/thebowers/64994-theming-guide-changing-system-text-settings.html

I tried using the apk manager and it keeps giving me an error. I will put an apk in each folder and then I go to the script and press 9 (decompile) and it give sme an error

 

[sneaky_zekey]

ya i meant the text colors. framework images are simple. im making a theme and the brown text everywhere just isnt really working out. now i need to find what the folders text colors are. i know the x and the little pen are images but the text is actual text (obviously)

you need to read this excellent guide http://www.droidforums.net/forum/thebowers/64994-theming-guide-changing-system-text-settings.html

I tried using the apk manager and it keeps giving me an error. I will put an apk in each folder and then I go to the script and press 9 (decompile) and it give sme an error

read threw the thread,you issue is prolly already been addressed and post asking the dev of the script in that thread.

 

[eeaarrll]

ugh still wont decompile the apk. ill try in the morning.

 

[perfoliate]

Apparently the original miui rom has a screenshot feature. To use it you would press the menu button and the volume down button. You will then hear the shot being taken and it should end up in your gallery. Unfortunately it doesnt seem to be functioning properly. It causes an instant soft reboot. This is something to be aware of not to do. Would be great if this feature was implemented into the droid version. I'm guessing the camera apk was swapped out of the original rom and replaced with an english version?

 

[sneaky_zekey]

Apparently the original miui rom has a screenshot feature. To use it you would press the menu button and the volume down button. You will then hear the shot being taken and it should end up in your gallery. Unfortunately it doesnt seem to be functioning properly. It causes an instant soft reboot. This is something to be aware of not to do. Would be great if this feature was implemented into the droid version. I'm guessing the camera apk was swapped out of the original rom and replaced with an english version?

good find,im using the camera.apk that came from the original port and it works,does cause a soft reboot but takes the screen shot first

 

[perfoliate]

Apparently the original miui rom has a screenshot feature. To use it you would press the menu button and the volume down button. You will then hear the shot being taken and it should end up in your gallery. Unfortunately it doesnt seem to be functioning properly. It causes an instant soft reboot. This is something to be aware of not to do. Would be great if this feature was implemented into the droid version. I'm guessing the camera apk was swapped out of the original rom and replaced with an english version?

good find,im using the camera.apk that came from the original port and it works,does cause a soft reboot but takes the screen shot first

I found it accidently first . lol. Then I was reading through a translated "How to use" page on miui's website and read about the feature. Did you find the screenshot in your gallery? I couldnt find it.