Basic image editing.
Editing the battery icons:
What you will need:
- 7zip (free)
- Greenfish icon editor pro (free/ windows) or Gimp (free/ all platforms)
Firstly open up your ROM/Theme/Mod with 7zip and navigate to:
"system/framework/"
- If framework-res is a folder drag and drop to a suitable location on you pc.
- If it is an .apk then extract it and unpack.
TIP2: Create a copy of this folder in case you make a mistake!!
Step 2
Now navigate into "framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/", in here are your battery images named "stat_sys_battery.png"
Step 3
Open up Greenfish/ Gimp, and drag across the images you want to adjust.
[Greenfish] Select Filter>Hue/Saturation
In the window that opens adjust the properties until you get your desired effect.
Save and close.
[Gimp] Select tools>color tools>hue-saturation
In the window that opens adjust the properties until you get your desired effect.
Save and close.
Step 4
When your happy with the results open up (NOT EXTRACT!!) the Universal Theme template provided using 7zip and navigate to-
"system/framework/framework-res.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/"
- Drag the newly adjusted images across.
- Close and place on your sdcard to be flashed from recovery.
Editing signal images:
Step 1
Open up the ROM/Theme/Mod containing the images you want to use with 7zip and navigate to:
"system/app/systemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/"
Step 2
Open up (NOT EXTRACT!!) the Universal Theme template provided using 7zip and navigate to-
"system/app/systemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/"
Open up the ROM/Theme/Mod containing the images you want to use with 7zip and navigate to:
"system/app/systemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/"
- in here are your signal images named "stat_sys_signal.png"
Step 2
Open up (NOT EXTRACT!!) the Universal Theme template provided using 7zip and navigate to-
"system/app/systemUI.apk/res/drawable-hdpi/"
- Drag the desired images across.
- Close and place on your sdcard to be flashed from recovery.
Next tutorial...
Using Greenfish icon editor