[Brianbgrp]

Hmmm. Anyone know a relatively simple way for me to change Icons? I use go SMS....but the green just clashes way to hard with the pics colors. Wonderin a simple way to change the icon for it to something that matches

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[karatechess]

Just find an icon you like and save it as a .png on your phone. Then go to the market and download and you'll be set. Use the icon you want as the icon and the app as the app. Pretty self explanatory. Hope I helped!

[Brianbgrp]

Worked like a charm. No more ugly
y green icons on my dock yay.
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[Skunkape60]

Where are the app icons stored on the phone? I don't want to replace them just do a little editing...

[karatechess]

Where are the app icons stored on the phone? I don't want to replace them just do a little editing...

If you go into a root browser, go to system > app > select the app you want and hit explore > Res > drawable-hdpi you should be able to find the icon.png.

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[Paul627g]

Where are the app icons stored on the phone? I don't want to replace them just do a little editing...

App icons are part of each app themselves. The launcher holds some of them but they are normally controlled by the apps themselves.

If you were to look inside say Mms.apk using 7zip you would go to the following location...

/res/drawable-hdpi/

ic_launcher_smsmms.png (That is your Mms) icon...

Now this doesn't hold true for all icons, some maybe named "icon.png" or other names but you get the general idea... You would modify this image and just swap it out in the apk and flash it back to your device....

[Skunkape60]

App icons are part of each app themselves. The launcher holds some of them but they are normally controlled by the apps themselves.

If you were to look inside say Mms.apk using 7zip you would go to the following location...

/res/drawable-hdpi/

ic_launcher_smsmms.png (That is your Mms) icon...

Now this doesn't hold true for all icons, some maybe named "icon.png" or other names but you get the general idea... You would modify this image and just swap it out in the apk and flash it back to your device....

I installed gosms from the market and can't even find the apk file for it.

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[Paul627g]

I installed gosms from the market and can't even find the apk file for it.

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It will be in your /data/app/ folder since its a 3rd party app and not installed as part of the ROM.

Using ES File Explorer just look for the "com.xxxxxxx.apk" that has the GO SMS icon in front of it...

Just remember if/when an application gets updated it will erased whatever changes you have made. This is why I stopped doing modifications to certain frequently updated apps like Gmail or Maps in any themes I do because they are updated so often.

[Skunkape60]

It will be in your /data/app/ folder since its a 3rd party app and not installed as part of the ROM.

Using ES File Explorer just look for the "com.xxxxxxx.apk" that has the GO SMS icon in front of it...

Just remember if/when an application gets updated it will erased whatever changes you have made. This is why I stopped doing modifications to certain frequently updated apps like Gmail or Maps in any themes I do because they are updated so often.

so how do i open up the apk to get the icon? I can't figure out how to explore the file with es file explorer.

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[Skunkape60]

Ok i found the file but the only way to get into it is to extract. When extracted I can find the icon and edit it with photoshop. Put the icon back in the folder. But how do i get it back to a apk file. I can zip it but it's now a .zip file instead of apk. I could rename the extension to apk but am not sure that would work. Suggestions?

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[beezy]

so how do i open up the apk to get the icon? I can't figure out how to explore the file with es file explorer.

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I wouldn't edit apks on the phone I would pull them and use 7zip to open them up and mess around.
Here's a easy way to pull apk from command line.

adb remount
adb pull /system/app/name-of.apk
adb pull /data/app/name-of.apk

Dump all the apps in system or data

adb remount
adb pull /system/app
adb pull /data/app

To push them back it would be

adb remount
adb push name-of.apk /system/app
adb push name-of.apk /data/app

You can also use root explorer,es file manager(with root) to copy the apks onto the sdcard and pull them to your pc that way.Have a good nadroid to get you out of any trouble you have or keep a original copy and push it back if things get messed up. Remember reboot after pushing to see the changes.