My girlfriend recently bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia Android phone. For the most part, she loves it.
Except that Sony Ericsson has changed the emoticons in the chat application.
On my phone, an HTC-03A (aka HTC Magic), the emoticons look like little aliens. (Yes, I know they are supposed to be robots, like the Android logo, but my girlfriend thinks of them as "aliens" because they have antennae and are green).
On her phone, the Xperia, they changed the icons to use regular rounded yellow happy faces and so on.
She is miffed. She likes the aliens, and considers the phone somewhat "broken" without them.
So... suddenly it's a task in my life to see if I can change the Sony Ericsson emoticons to Android "alien" icons.
I had hoped it was a matter of simply changing some image files... however, from what I see on the web, it looks like I need to:
- Gain access to a file on the phone called framework-res.apk
- Copy that file to a computer.
- Edit the file to put in the right icons.
- Put it back on the phone.
I am unclear on these steps.
I'm assuming I can get the correct "alien" icons off of my phone to put on hers.
Can someone give me clear instructions on how to accomplish this?
Thank you for your time.
(PS: Just in case... "GAF" = Girlfriend Acceptance Factor")