Need Help!!!! missing soft keys and status bar! - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hello, today I was trying to change the soft keys on the galaxy nexus using an explorer, i ended up putting the .png images on the SystemUi/res/drawable-xhdpi folder and the phone rebooted and came up with no status bar and no soft keys. Had a nandroid backup but deleted all user data without thinking about restoring because i thought the backup would stay... like on my rooted incredible. Any help on how to get soft keys and status bar back? thanks

anyone know any fixes? i need one fast please!

Re-flash your ROM

El Daddy said:
Re-flash your ROM
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please help on reflashing now. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20818957
i did what this guy said to and wiped data , formatted system and wiped the dalvik cache and when booted the phone stays on google with the unlocked icon

I think you may have wiped the system after you reflashed the rom. Your phone won't go past Google because there's nothing there. Power off and go back to recovery from fastboot.

Is all you did was put the png's in SystemUI? There's XML and smali code that needs to be edited/added for this to work as well.
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RMarkwald said:
Is all you did was put the png's in SystemUI? There's XML and smali code that needs to be edited/added for this to work as well.
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Not true. All he has to do is replace the icons and it should work. OP try replacing the icons on your computer. I like 7zip. I just right click on the apk, choose open archive, and navigate to the folder of interest. Drag the images you want in, confirm the prompt, and its good to push back to the phone.
Using an explorer is what your problem is. The easiest way to get the status bar and keys back is to keep a copy of your unmodified SystemUI apk and push it with adb or simply copy it back to the /system/app directory with root explorer. After a reboot you'll be back to normal
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Did it give you full screen size, or was there just a black bar at the bottom missing the icons? I am wondering if you may have stumbled on a work around for removing the bar at the bottom and getting full screen.

Rockstar52 said:
Did it give you full screen size, or was there just a black bar at the bottom missing the icons? I am wondering if you may have stumbled on a work around for removing the bar at the bottom and getting full screen.
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Its not a work around. If you're missing the top and bottom bars its nearly impossible to navigate the phone
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nbeebe24 said:
Its not a work around. If you're missing the top and bottom bars its nearly impossible to navigate the phone
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I was talking about using the app "Button Savior". If this removes the full bottom bar then we could install Button Savior first then remove the .pngs and have the best of both worlds, as this was the same problem many of us faced who owned an Archos Gen8 tablet that was the first (that I know of) to use on screen buttons. Using Button Savior we were able to remove the on screen buttons and still have full navigation capabilities.

if you want to change PNG's files, you will need a deodex SystemUI.apk.
a normal odex SystemUI.apk will not accept it.
if you don't get any status bar or button, it means that android has failed to load the SystemUI.apk.
find the original SystemUI,apk and SystemUI.odex and re-install them should help.

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(UPDATED)Semi-transparent simple and clean notification and toggles

We need some variety and i was getting kinda bored with the phisher-price/blinky lights look of the toggles. Toggles are now simple and clean Ice Cream Sandwich blue. Notifications still appear in black backgrounds. I also got rid of the full battery icon that would appear in the top left corner when battery was fully charged i dont need that my lockscreen does that.
instructions
download file, unzip, put on sdcard, open root explorer and move systemui.apk to system, make sure you toggle ro/rw in top right corner, long press on it select permissions change permissions according to the picture below, now move it into the app folder, root explorer will ask if you want to overwrite the original click yes. Thats it exit root explorer reboot your phone
sorry for the long drawn out instructions i just dont want anyone to get lost. Feel free to use any of this artwork in what ever you heart desires.
Thanks! I really like this. The toggle icons look great and so does the translucent pull down.
The only suggestion I have would be to make the background behind the toggles dark. Sometimes it's hard to see them when the background is bleeding through.
Again, nice work.
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OK I feel stupid..... I did every single thing like I'm supposed to step by step reeboted....and no notifications bar. I swear I did everything exactly please help
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bo55 said:
OK I feel stupid..... I did every single thing like I'm supposed to step by step reeboted....and no notifications bar. I swear I did everything exactly please help
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Did you also remove the systemui.odex file? If so, that's the problem. You need to keep the odex file in place.
you seem to have 2 notif folders with the same systemui.apk.. ?

Changing the Virtual Keys Background

I would love to know if there is any way to change the background behind the virtual keys from black to something else. I've looked through the systemUI.apk and I don't see where I would do that.
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Bump, if you can find this then possibly the image could be transparent then the full screens display can be viewed.
You know, I didn't think of that but that would be epic. Very epic.
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gfsincere said:
I would love to know if there is any way to change the background behind the virtual keys from black to something else. I've looked through the systemUI.apk and I don't see where I would do that.
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yes this is possible, look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20653732#post20653732
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20712045#post20712045
It should be easy to change the icons/background. I was thinking about replacing these icons with some better ones as I don't really like black/grey theme, but couldn't find any nice ones (wasn't looking too hard either...)
You could check out my thread and if there isn't one over there you like you could request something ill be working on new ones on Monday evening
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Its pretty easy to change the backgrounds really. As the thread above states, just drag out the ic_sysbar_highlight.png button. Open it in Photoshop, add the desired image fine you want, set it to the back and allign, save it, put it back in the res\Drawable-xhdpi folder and flash. There ya go.
That only changes the button press right? Instead of the blue circle when you press a virtual key you get an image? Because that's what the file they replace with the mod is for.
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[MOD] [Sprint] [LG2] [TouchWiz] Add/Remove ICS On Screen Navigation Buttons

I present to you a mod that enables on screen navigation buttons
TouchWiz Only
Downloads
!! Make sure you're not using Cyanogenmod or another AOSP-based ROM !!
!! Make sure you're on an LG2 ROM !! If not, you will need to flash stock again.
Add Buttons
Remove Buttons/Reverse Mod
Flash the zip of your choice in recovery like you would for any ROM
HolySmokesBatty's Disabled Capacitive Button Lights And Home Key Remapped Version
!! Not made by me, made by HolySmokesBatty !!
Add Buttons
Remove buttons/Reverse Mod
Nice and first! Downloading now...
Very nice!
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yousefak said:
I present to you a mod that enables on screen navigation buttons
TouchWiz Only
Download
!! Make sure you're not using Cyanogenmod or another AOSP-based ROM !!
Add Buttons
Remove Buttons
Flash the zip of your choice in recovery like you would for any ROM
Disable Capacitive Button Lights
If you'd rather have the capacitive button lights off:
Download "Night Mode" from play store
Set slider to 100% and start service
Go to settings
Disable "Minimum brightness" and "notification"
Now it won't mess with your brightness but disable capacitive button backlights
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't you just choose the option "always off" in system>display>touch key light duration in order turn off the capacitive button lights?
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swampy67 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't you just choose the option "always off" in system>display>touch key light duration in order turn off the capacitive button lights?
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For some reason, that option disappears after turning on On-screen buttons.
yousefak said:
For some reason, that option disappears after turning on On-screen buttons.
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Interesting
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you can just disable d lights before flashing....works great looks even better...can we get different looks 2 the buttons
joselb said:
you can just disable d lights before flashing....works great looks even better...can we get different looks 2 the buttons
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I've tried, but the PNG's don't appear to be in res/drawable-hdpi. I'll look through the other folders tomorrow to see if I can find anything.
If I can, I plan on making another mod for Gnex style buttons.
yousefak said:
I've tried, but the PNG's don't appear to be in res/drawable-hdpi. I'll look through the other folders tomorrow to see if I can find anything.
If I can, I plan on making another mod for Gnex style buttons.
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They are there. I they are in a weird folder but just search for them. Its called like ic_sysbar_home_normal.png but i already tried changing look. And couldnt pull it off. If u do please pist how-to
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Edited to remove my douchebaggery.
holysmokesbatty said:
I like how this guy posted our work as his. Oh woe is XDA.
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Your work?
I followed a guide to do the edits and you probably did too so its none of our works really.
I spent hours figuring out how to successfully recompile framework-res.apk. Then I had to figure out how to get it to boot. Then I had to change the height and figure out how to disable capacitive backlight.
Instead of being selfish, I released my mod to public.
I guess releasing my own work to public was a mistake.
(Oh, and I'll make a video of me decompiling, editing, and building/testing if you don't believe me)
Edit: lol, do you even have a link to your work or do claim I somehow stole your private work?
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monstaX said:
They are there. I they are in a weird folder but just search for them. Its called like ic_sysbar_home_normal.png but i already tried changing look. And couldnt pull it off. If u do please pist how-to
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Go to freezas system apk thread and use that to figure out how to decompile/recompile system apps.
Decompile framework-Res.apk. do all of your editing. Then you can recompile and push to /system/framework and boot the phone. If you did everything correctly, the bar at the bottom should reflect the edits.
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Anybody can do this btw. Decompile framework-res.apk, look for the Navigation bar bool and set it to "true"
If you want different pngs for the buttons you need to look in SystemUI.apk
Here's a blank zip you can use
http://db.tt/mmOQPE5Z
Extract it and add a system folder then add an app folder within it (if modifying anything in /system/app or a /system/framework folder if you modified anything in /system/framework) and place your modified apk's in the appropriate folders
Zip up the META folder and system folder and flash in recovery
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fergie716 said:
Anybody can do this btw. Decompile framework-res.apk, look for the Navigation bar bool and set it to "true"
If you want different pngs for the buttons you need to look in SystemUI.apk
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Yeah, I'm in no way a dev or modder. It just got me annoyed how someone claimed this was his work.
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yousefak said:
Yeah, I'm in no way a dev or modder. It just got me annoyed how someone claimed this was his work.
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Well it's no one's "work"
Bools are like switches. Anyone can turn them off/on. But yea anyone with the power of Google could do it. No ones specific property
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Sweet. Can you disable capacitive buttons though? I heard cm10 can do this.
Can you please post a screenshot?
yousefak said:
Your work?
I followed a guide to do the edits and you probably did too so its none of our works really.
I spent hours figuring out how to successfully recompile framework-res.apk. Then I had to figure out how to get it to boot. Then I had to change the height and figure out how to disable capacitive backlight.
Instead of being selfish, I released my mod to public.
I guess releasing my own work to public was a mistake.
(Oh, and I'll make a video of me decompiling, editing, and building/testing if you don't believe me)
Edit: lol, do you even have a link to your work or do claim I somehow stole your private work?
Sent from my Sprint SGS3
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Sorry, man. Was half asleep when I saw this, and wasn't exactly rational.
To be fair though, monstaX and I were going back and forth on this over in Themes & Apps over the last couple days, and all progress was very visible there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771908
I was gonna package it and post it here (with an additional edit to the /keylayout folder to turn off capacitive keys and remap home to be a camera key) but my wife's car broke down yesterday and I had to deal with that.
Again, I apologize for being a douche. I need to stop using the internet when I'm tired.
holysmokesbatty said:
Sorry, man. Was half asleep when I saw this, and wasn't exactly rational.
To be fair though, monstaX and I were going back and forth on this over in Themes & Apps over the last couple days, and all progress was very visible there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771908
I was gonna package it and post it here (with an additional edit to the /keylayout folder to turn off capacitive keys and remap home to be a camera key) but my wife's car broke down yesterday and I had to deal with that.
Again, I apologize for being a douche. I need to stop using the internet when I'm tired.
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No problem. I apologize for also being hostile in my post too.
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Just a little reminder: ANDROID IS OPEN SOURCE. I dont like it when people call crap "their own work". All anybody is doing is tweaking the things that are already there.
Sorry, it just frustrates me.

Navigation / Softkey Bar Adjustment

Hi Im going mad trying to edit the softkeys / Navi bar.
Ive tried all the programs on play store, hiding the bar and using these softwares doesent help much because it does not push the screen up, instead if you make a false bar, it overlaps the lower part of the screen.
anyone know a straight forward method of editing them to be slightly smaller and perhaps making the bar black in colour? Mine is grey which is also another irritating factor.
u want to change the bar‘s color?
MasterfullDON said:
Hi Im going mad trying to edit the softkeys / Navi bar.
Ive tried all the programs on play store, hiding the bar and using these softwares doesent help much because it does not push the screen up, instead if you make a false bar, it overlaps the lower part of the screen.
anyone know a straight forward method of editing them to be slightly smaller and perhaps making the bar black in colour? Mine is grey which is also another irritating factor.
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I only know how to hide the navi bar forever, by change some words in the system file. And i use a gesture app to instead of navi bar.
You'll need to extract framework-res.apk from the build your currently running. I can ammend the navbar height among other things. 28dpi is the optimal height in all honesty, the navbar icons don't scale to well otherwise.
This process assumes you have a working ADB environment setup.
Open Command Prompt/Terminal, take note of the current directory then perform the following command:
Code:
Adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Locate and attach framework-res.apk you've just obtained from the above step and attach here.
Alternatively if your phone is rooted navigate to /system/framework/ and copy and paste framework-res.apk to your /sdcard/, attach device via USB and like above locate and attach the obtained file here within a post and I'll take care of the rest.
Nav bar
MasterfullDON said:
Hi Im going mad trying to edit the softkeys / Navi bar.
Ive tried all the programs on play store, hiding the bar and using these softwares doesent help much because it does not push the screen up, instead if you make a false bar, it overlaps the lower part of the screen.
anyone know a straight forward method of editing them to be slightly smaller and perhaps making the bar black in colour? Mine is grey which is also another irritating factor.
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just send ur systemui.apk and framework-res.apk and wait
zubairx said:
just send ur systemui.apk and framework-res.apk and wait
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Ill do that. I was travelling. Ill upload it tom.
MasterfullDON said:
Ill do that. I was travelling. Ill upload it tom.
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Hey
Having a lot of issues uploading it. So there it is on the file sharin network.
http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/77899204/file.html
Can you also make it black in colour. At mo its this annoying grey.
Height of 50 or 60% of present would be awsome
Thanks a tonne.
Mine is ..
http://d-h.st/7FI
i can easily hide nav bar ..
d3xophen said:
Mine is ..
http://d-h.st/7FI
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His needs work? Or is it worked?
mine is stock framework .
my p6 is p6-c00 (cdma 800 mhz + gsm Dual Sim)
thats why i uploaded mine.
I'm going crazy,with nova launcher the softkey bar is grey.....I would like to know how to make it black or transparent like the original launcher!!!
Stickman89 said:
You'll need to extract framework-res.apk from the build your currently running. I can ammend the navbar height among other things. 28dpi is the optimal height in all honesty, the navbar icons don't scale to well otherwise.
This process assumes you have a working ADB environment setup.
Open Command Prompt/Terminal, take note of the current directory then perform the following command:
Code:
Adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Locate and attach framework-res.apk you've just obtained from the above step and attach here.
Alternatively if your phone is rooted navigate to /system/framework/ and copy and paste framework-res.apk to your /sdcard/, attach device via USB and like above locate and attach the obtained file here within a post and I'll take care of the rest.
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Have you been able to see it yet?

NavBar

I'd like to have a navbar, and disable the hardware buttons. It has been done on older notes by adding "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0" to the build.prop. However, I did it on a themed stock rom (deodexed, rooted, of course), and all I got was the wonderful "System UI has stopped". Any ideas? I hate accidentally hitting menu or back
As a side note, it would be awesome if someone made this work with stock android theme and swipe up from navbar home for Google Now. :fingers-crossed:
T-Mobile Note 3 of course.
Well, I tried modifying the SystemUI.apk to work (same method as the S4), but no matter what I do, SystemUI.apk keeps force closing without even adding qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to the build.prop.
I was copying META-INF and AndroidManifest.xml from the old apk to the new one, then signing the apk, but no dice. Hmm, there must be a way to enable the NavBar on the Note 3. All the files are in the stock SystemUI, except for the actual button icons. Should the icons go in xxhdpi, or xhdpi (the S4 tutorial stated xhdpi)?
Maybe I just suck at modding apk's. Any ideas?
Also, sorry for bumping my old post, but no one has yet to figure this out
I tried several root apps. Several xposed modules. And several zip packages. Nothing.
Would love this feature as well tried apps and modules as well and a no go a navbar would make the phone perfect to me
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Quite interested in this as well
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I got it! It isn't nice looking yet, but it works!
Well, I have the buttons more center, but not center. It is the menu button that is pushing everything over to the right. I set the android:layout_weight to 0.0 in the @id:rot0 and @id:rot90 in navigation_bar.xml, but the menu button is still pushing them all over.
Any ideas?
gakio12 said:
Well, I have the buttons more center, but not center. It is the menu button that is pushing everything over to the right. I set the android:layout_weight to 0.0 in the @id:rot0 and @id:rot90 in navigation_bar.xml, but the menu button is still pushing them all over.
Any ideas?
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How did you get them on? Let me know and I can poke around to see if I can make it behave better in terms of centering.
dwitherell said:
How did you get them on? Let me know and I can poke around to see if I can make it behave better in terms of centering.
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Well, first I used the attachment from this tutorial here.
To just get it to work with TouchWiz's navbar background, copy everything in the drawable of the tut's attached folder to res/drawable, replacing existing files. Then copy the drawable-xhdpi into res; there isn't a folder named that, so just copy it over. That's all that is needed to make System UI not force close with qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in the build.prop on the Note 3. Now recompile SystemUI.apk, set permission to rw-r--r-- and replace the old SystemUI.apk on the phone.
Well I have them centered in portrait, haven't worked on landscape yet. I just copied the first LinearLayout from the Nexus 5 into the navigation_bar.xml, and made all the resources point to the touchwiz equivalents. I have stock android nav buttons because I was trying something
You can decompile the SystemUI.apk I attached and look at my changes to navigation_bar.xml. Keep in mind my SystemUI.apk is from Jedi Elite ROM, but it is pretty much stock so I don't see it ruining anything on another stock rom, except for any theming.
I think what I am going to do is just port the AOSP navigation_bar.xml. I have no idea why the nav buttons don't want to be centered in TouchWiz, other than they lack spacers in the xml. Probably easier to just port it anyway.
Write up here.

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