Changing the Phone and Contact's icon

[bitter]

So, this has been driving me insane. I've themed all of my icons, but I am unable to get just these 2. Whenever I try and theme either, I click the icon that Better Cut creates, and it tells me that the application is not installed?

Help please.

[titans]

Use Anycut from the market.

[bitter]

I paid for this app though, I really enjoy it, and I know this is possible.

[titans]

Other people have reported this issue. You're probably better off just using Anycut for the phone/contacts icon, and just using BetterCut for everything else.

[bitter]

Alright, how do I use it? I just tried it out and I see how to create icons, but not how to actually change the icon that it uses.

[titans]

Not sure I only use better cut. Try to see if there is an Anycut option in the Add shortcut menu.

[bitter]

I really don't think it's possible to actually change the icon. I can't find it anywhere.

[raidzero]

I really don't think it's possible to actually change the icon. I can't find it anywhere.

it's possible.. I would suggest using metamorph to do it:

its in contacts.apk:

res/drawable-hdpi/ic_launcher_contacts.png
res/drawable-hdpi/ic_launcher_phone.png

so what you do is just make a zip file, containing an XML file called CPIcons.xml

Here is what the XML should look like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<themename>Phone and Contacts Icons</themename>
<themeversion>1.0</themeversion>
<screenshot></screenshot>
<author>your name</author>
<authorweblink>none</authorweblink>
<phone>Motorola Droid</phone>
<rom>Any ROM</rom>
<themedescription>Changes Phone and Contact Icons</themedescription>

<item>Contacts.apk</item>
<path>/system/app/</path>
<description></description>

then create a mini directory structure. what you are doing here is telling metamorph where to dive into the apk to replace files.

so in the zip, make a folder called Contacts and in it make subfolders do the tree looks like this:

contacts\res\drawable-hdpi

inside the last folder (drawable-hdpi) place your ic_launcher_phone.png and ic_launcher_contacts.png

then close the zip file and all it CPIcons.zip and its done. then just move the zip file into the /sdcard/AndroidThemes directory on your phone and apply it like any other MM.

[droid420]

If using better cut just put the blue phone icon where you want it then go to better cut and edit shortcut go to change icon then create. I had problem with this yesterday and posted it up when i got it. Works for phone dialer and contacts.