[Status Icon] Battery
 

Hello,

This is a status bar icon replacement I made, for the battery.
Additional thanks goes to leetut for helping me find the correct icon source folder.

How to install desktop battery icon:

1) Backup /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon folder to your computer so you can revert back to default ones.
2) Download battery.zip and unzip the folder to your computer
3) Place the folder contents(.png's) on /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon/ and overwrite the current ones.
4) Reboot your phone to see the results

OR

1) Unzip battery.zip and copy the folder to your N900/Documents
2) Open xterm and type(you need rootsh):
If you want to revert back to normal battery icons, follow the same process after downloading battery_default.zip

How to install status area battery icon:

1) Backup /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon folder to your computer so you can revert back to default ones.
2) Download status_battery.zip and unzip the folder to your computer
3) Place the folder contents(.png's) on /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/ and overwrite the current ones.
4) Reboot your phone to see the results

OR

1) Unzip status_battery.zip and copy the folder to your N900/Documents
2) Open xterm and type(you need rootsh):
If you want to revert back to normal battery icons, follow the same process after downloading status_battery_default.zip


Preview desktop battery icon:

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/1...0011716015.png

Preview status area battery icon:

http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...1&d=1263688664

Re: [Status Icon] Battery
 

d/ling atm will let u know

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mine only changes one on desktop......??

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Will upload the status area battery zip soon.

EDIT: Done, see first post.

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link broken "status_battery.zip" ?






EDIT............ 3rd times the charm

Re: [Status Icon] Battery
 

Please, do not suggest users overwriting any files on their phones. Themes and such are a completely different thing since they don't overwrite anything so you can alway change it back. Just saying "make a backup" isn't enough.

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As far as I know the only way to change an icon is by overwriting it. If you want to keep the default one simply do not ovewrite it with the custom one. I will also provide a zip with the stock pngs.

Also the default theme/icons can be re-installed from the repo if you mess up.
Right?

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can this be done via xterminal?if yes then please give the code.

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@plaban

Done, check first post.

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Looking good... thanks

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great job thanks

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hitech battery icons


this is my modification of the battery icon..


please go here, this has been updated!

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=252

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how do u access this file? im trying to find this for icon transfer.. = /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon/
im sorry im new to maemo community ^_^
can u help me bro?

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Remote WLAN Access To Root / System Files over Wifi

for easy file manipulation over wifi:



1. install the following apps/software


n900 end: (all these apps are in extras repos)

mad developer - this will request password when installing (WRITE DOWN / TAKE NOTE OF PASSWORD !!)

rootsh


for pc end:

winscp (http://winscp.net/)


2. open winscp and put the WLAN ip address shown in mad developer in the 'host name'

3. user name "root", password "(password created during mad developer/ssh install)"

4. save > login

5. you should now have access thru winSCP



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


No WIfi?

download app "MC" midnight commander
very similar to explorer in windows

Re: [Status Icon] Battery
 

can u guide me through the process? where do i start? thanks!

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i have a question Lacedaemon how do i do this (Backup /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon folder to your computer) because when i plug the device to my computer i dont get this file i only get the songs pictures video etc.. plz help thnx

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You can do it via SSH connection, or terminal:

This will copy the folder on your N900, you can then transfer it to your computer so you can have a backup.

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great work man :)

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what is SSH connection?
ok if i do it by this code in xterminal were will i get the file in order to copy it to pc? and btw its not dangerous to do that right? a reflash will fix any problem regarding this if something happens :)
forgot to ask : doesnt a normal backup (the one in the more apps) return everything as it was? i guess no right?

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The copied folder should be found on File Manager -> N900
Of course it's not, you are just replacing .png files here(images).

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i see ok thanks alot man :)

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I just optimized the .png's so I advice you to re-download and re-install them if you like.
They are even lighter than the default .png's by half (4kb each and default ones are 8kb).

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What you want is Debian's diversions. You can divert those icons and replace them with your own. When your package is removed you'll just have to restore the diversions. As a bonus, diversions work with upgrades too. This means that your icons will survive even after a system upgrade.

Have a look here.

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Hey Lacedaeman, when i put mv MyDocs/.documents/battery_scalable/* /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon/ in Xterminal, it says mv: cannot rename, no such file or directory. What is going on?? I did place the folder battery_scaleable in my Documents

Is there a program or manager where i can easily look into the root and move files i want in folders?

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Try the following and let me know:

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I try that too...i think the problem is i use .share

Now it is asking me to overwrite the .png and i enter 'y' but permission is denied??

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sudo gainroot command then the other commands should work.

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I did type sudo gainroot to start it out. I also have sudser installed and use sudo -i too.

It says MyDocs/.documents/battery_scalable/statusarea_battery_full100.png: Permission denied.

even though i start out Xterminal by typing sudo gainroot.

I have root access with the sudo -i command because i installed sudser.

I got the battery_scalable working but not the 48x48

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I did this for the battery_48x48:

mv Mydocs/.documents/battery_48x48/* /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/

mv: cannnot rename 'Mydocs/.documents/battery_48x48/*': No such file or directory

I did that after installing rootsh

What is going on anyway?

Re: [Status Icon] Battery
 

romanianusa

Retype that command as

mv MyDocs/.documents/battery_48x48/* /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/

Linux is case sensitive so it will recognize a difference between Mydocs and MyDocs.

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Yea i just notice that...i can not believe i missed it!! Ok everything fixed...all good and got the GREEN BAR NOW!! VERY NICE!!

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If you want to have more fancy stuff, you can have a look at the MODs-thread for example:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...715#post494715

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Yea it worked, but it also deleted ALL of my data. I've lost quite a lot of important things. WOOHOO.

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You lost what ?

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Data .
Ps your matrix theme is awesome

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Are you sure? What the command does is to replace icon images.

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Positive, I have no idea what happened. All my files from /MyDocs/ were gone.

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rm -r MyDocs/.documents/battery_scalable

Should only remove the folder "battery_scalable" not the whole MyDocs.
I will remove it from the first post just in case.

Sorry for the trouble.

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Yes, done!! It's cool ;) great work, man :)

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Really cool things u made, Lacedaemon.