Notification Bar Icons

[bigbdroid]

KI'm having trouble finding some of the icons. I've looked in the SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk files. The only reference to Gmail that I can find is "stat_notify_gmail.png", however when I change the image and flash the new zip file with the new images, I still get the same old Note Bar icon.

What want to know is: Is there a way to change this icon or am I stuck with this plain old gray icon?

 

[LeslieAnn]

It's probably in lge-res.apk.

 

[bigbdroid]

I not using froyo. I'm using BACKside IHO, so I don't have the lge-res.apk. However I did find out that it is in the app itself. Perhaps someone can tell me where the install path/location of the apk/files for the gmail app?

Oh... Also can anyone suggest a good app that can allow me to edit and repack apks? Please remember that I don't have a computer. Only my OV.

 

[bigsupersquid]

If you don't use a laptop or other PC and want to do any real work on your phone, I suggest a debian chroot and vnc app.
you can use a debian chroot on your ov to run linux programs. The main requirement is a decent-sized SD card (4GB minimum to do much, I use an 8GB and would like a 16 or 32GB really.)
the main problems are lack of hardware video acceleration and the lousy excuses for touch keyboards lack <ctrl> <alt> <esc> <Fn> <shift> and so on. It runs slower than a desktop, of course, but it does work.
I use debian to: run iceweasel (debian's generic version of firefox) so I can upload/download properly from my phone; compile software; and use other debian programs that just aren't available for android (like the GIMP for example.)

there's stuff on xda and google code to decompile/recompile apk's in linux, I forget the names of the programs.

 

[Whyzor]

whoa, you run GIMP through linux on your OV? that's wild.

 

[bigsupersquid]

you can use imagemagick to help convert .rle files too. or whatever.
it's pretty applicable to the OP's request for how-to-do-it without a PC, I think.
you can edit the icons and everything.
this phone is really quite the little powerhouse by the laptop standards of, what, 15 years ago or so?
and the SD storage capacity removes a lot of the impediment to running full desktop debian.

 

[anthonycr]

Perhaps someone can tell me where the install path/location of the apk/files for the gmail app?.

/system/app should be where the gmail app is located on the phone, if you haven't found it yet. In order to get it into there, place the editted app on your sd card and run some commands on terminal emulator.

su
mount -o remount,rw /system /system
cp /sdcard/com.google.android.gm.apk /system/app or wherever its located
mount -o remount,ro /system /system

I could be wrong about the location since I am using a different ROM...