Tutorial :- Changing App Icons

Tutorial :- Changing App Icons

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Hi Friends,

This is a little Tutorial about changing app icons permanently. There was a lot of applications available in Playstore like “ icon changer free” etc etc to change the app icons. But the problem is that u cant use that changed apps in ur app drawer. U can only use that in ur home screen as a shortcut.

So I just decided to put a little tutorial to do that easily. I know everybody will know this already. But it will help for someone I am sure….

Credit goes to my friend dewanshu93 for teaching me this by personally

Credit Why So Serious? For the Icons

(And Sorry For My Bad English)

Tools Needed:-

(a) One PC
(b) 7 zip
(c) Some good icons

STEPS:-

1) Get some cool icons from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2207136 and save it ur PC. Give him big thanks for the work.

Edit:- If u need some cool Galaxy S4 icons means go here: - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2216289 Please give thanks for his work..

2) Put the apps u want to change the icons to a Folder in ur PC. For example SemcAlbum, Phonebook, Browser etc

3) Here I am taking the Phonebook app for Example..

4) Right Click the Phonebook apk -> Open With -> 7zip File Manager. Then U will get a box contained some files like the attached Image 1

5) Then double click on the res folder and u get another box like attached Image 2

6) Find the folder named “ drawable-xhdpi “ and open it. U will get This Image 3

7) And most important thing is u need to find the original icon and its name of the phonebook.apk or whatever apk u take …

8) For that an easy way is create a new folder in ur PC’s Desktop and select all the images from the box ( Image 3 ) then drag it to the that new folder in the desktop.

9)Then open that folder then search for original the apk icon. Look in to Image 4

10) In my case the name of the Phonebook.apk’s icon is “ic_launcher_contacts “. So just note down the icon name and then open the folder that contains the icons that u downloaded. Image 5

11) And choose which icon u need and select it. Then rename it to the exact name of the original apk icon. ( For example ic_launcher_contacts )

12) After that just drag that renamed icon to res/drawable-xhdpi. It will ask for over right. Press Ok or Yes. Do the same process for res/drawable-hdpi and drawable-mdpi. Means drag the icon to these folders too. That’s it. Copy the apk to ur phone and move it to the System/app with correct permission…

Check the lastly Attached Two images for ur refference .

U can do it with almost all the apks. But I cant guarantee that it will work with all apks. Some System apks did not worked for me…

And also u can take icos from other apks too..

And this is my first work in XDA. Any mistake is there means I am sorry…

Thanks....

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