How to port your own themes.
If you are a bit more adventurous, you can port your own themes to any new ROM that comes out. I use the universal theme porter (beta) and 7zip. You can find the porter here:
[Release][Program] Universal Theme Porter (Beta) - xda-developers
extract the .exe file to your desktop or a folder that you can easily find.
Step-by-step instructions:
1) Load up the new ROM that you want to theme to your phone and install it. By this I mean the Stock Rom you are running or plan to run on your phone. (like the ones you download from Raffica's page,
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/ul...ll-devices-d1-inc-evo-4g-desire-cdma-gsm.html)
Make sure it runs ok on your phone before starting this process.
2) Also, download this same Stock ROM to a folder that you can easily find or to your desktop.
3) Before you run the UniversalThemePorter, Do the following:
4) Open the Stock ROM you just downloaded to your computer using 7zip by right clicking on the file and choosing open with 7zip. Don't extract it. you will be working inside of the zip file. You will see two
folders "system" and "META-INF". If you see any other files,(UD has one called boot.img) delete them.
5) Leave the META-INF folder alone for now. You will be coming back to it later.
6) Click into the 'system' folder
7) There will be a number of folders in the "system" folder and perhaps a build.prop file as well. Delete the build.prop and all the other folders
EXCEPT for the "app" folder and the framework" folder.
8) Leave the "app" folder alone and click on the "framework" folder
9) Remove all of the files from the "framework" folder
EXCEPT framework-res.apk.
10) Now go back to the META-INF folder. Follow the directories until you get to a file called "updater-script". The typical path is META-INF-->com-->android-->google. In the google folder are two files. Leave the "update-binary" alone. In fact, don't mess with anything in the META-INF folder except the "updater-script" file. The META-INF folder tells the phone where to put all the other files.
11) Right click on the "updater-script" file and choose the "view with notepad" option.
11) Delete everything in the "updater-script" file and replace it with this:
ui_print("Installing theme...");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
show_progress(0.500000, 40);
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
show_progress(0.200000, 10);
mount("MTD", "sdcard", "/sdcard");
package_extract_dir("sdcard", "/sdcard");
show_progress(0.100000, 10);
ui_print("Keep your socks on, I'm working as fast as I can!");
unmount("/system");
12) For sh*ts and giggles you can put any message you want inside the quotes on the second to last line above.
13) Exit from notepad and say "yes" to save the file, and "yes" to confirm that you want to save it in the archive. You may want to rename this stripped out rom file so you don't mistake it for the original ROM in the future. I try to always use the original ROM i am running on my phone for porting purposes because it contains the signature files and all of the original apps. There are probably other good reasons as well.
You are now ready to PORT YOUR THEME using the Universalthemeporter(beta).exe! It's a spiffy little file that updates itself. Fire it up. If it wants to update, let it.
1) Select the file that has the theme you want to port in the top line.
2) Select the stripped out Stock ROM file you just created in the second line called "select stock rom" (I bet you guessed that!)
3) Now, Push the "Port" button.
If all goes well, the program will create a "port" subdirectory and then proceed to do it's magical thing. It takes a while, so this is a good time to light up your favorite herb. When it finishes, bells will ring and you will be carried off to the subdirectory in "port" containing your new ported theme file called: Final.zip
4) This is the new updated theme file. It should be compatible with the Stock ROM on your phone. You can use it as is, rename it update.zip or whatever you like. Copy it over to your phone and flash it like any new theme.
If this works for you, GREAT! you have much power in your hands Grasshopper. You can now port almost any theme whether it was created for your phone or not to a compatible Stock ROM and flash it. Use your new powers wisely.
If it doesn't work, have your mommy explain it to you.
AS FOR ME, I'm patiently waiting for blackdroid to release the new version of UD so I can port Xkape's golden wizardry to it. dancedroid
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