and prior to release u know its gotta be thoroughly tested and tweaked, which takes time...
sure, here's the general idea.. the icons are in the dll files...
to extract dlls from a stock ROM use
ROM Extractor
to modify the dll (change icons) use a pr0g like Reshack / PE Explorer / Restorator
to replace the dlls and test your new icons use Resco Explorer or Total commander
you'll note that the process for modification is
basically the same regardless of which device or build is used; however the locations of the icon varies, for instance 6.5 more icons are controlled by the shellres.192.dll file
- the 'actual' process of swapping the files really isnt that time consuming (well okay maybe just a little
)
the problem is... finding the correct location can be another story... not to mention find the right icons and resizing them.... and also making sure that you have the correct registy entries to point to your DLL (especially important for 6.5 users as pointed out in the first post) so where was I? oh yeah basically you just find or create your icon set, extract the stock dll files and then find the icons in the dll using one of the programs, and then you look at the specs, then make your icon resize to those specs and then replace it in the dll and then overwrite the dll on your phone and reboot and then see if you got the icon you wanted and make sure it looks good and then try again if it didnt look perfect or was a little blurry, or maybe you screwed up and didnt make the size quite right, and so you try another image and it works but then you can't find the regedit to fix the signal bars, so you go look and see if anyone else has figured it out while checking the first post of tsowen's taskbar thread for important reg edits...
whoops... kinda rambled there for a sec
see also
here and
here