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Wallpaper location?

I was having trouble finding decent (HD) or there abouts wallpapers for the d2. Im about to sbf and cant seem to locate my current wallpaper again on the web, when I got it, I just long touched on the screen and chose save as wallpaper. Trying to backup all my stuff and for the life of me I cant find this dang file on my phone/sd card. Anyone know where its located? Thanks.
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I'm curious where/how the wallpapers are stored as well. Just for kicks, I went to Google Images, searched dragon, and pressed and held a file named red-dragon.jpg, then selected Set as Wallpaper. Using Root Explorer, I went through every folder on my phone, excluding the ~/sdcard, searching for "red-dragon," ".jpg," and "dragon.jpg." None of which gave me any results.
So, sorry to say, but I think the D2 really likes to hide your wallpaper. :/

Did you know that you can actually google how to boil water? In any case, google is your best friend. Rarely picky and almost never down...anyways, back to topic:
I recommend googling: current wallpaper location android. The first hit helped me a little bit into it. It seems there is this folder called data that you can only access once you rooted your device. Since Im in no need to do so and myself new to android I leave you to do whatever you want with this information.
Im also sure that you will need a root file explorer...only guesses though.
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oTToToTenTanz said:
Did you know that you can actually google how to boil water? In any case, google is your best friend. Rarely picky and almost never down...anyways, back to topic:
I recommend googling: current wallpaper location android. The first hit helped me a little bit into it. It seems there is this folder called data that you can only access once you rooted your device. Since Im in no need to do so and myself new to android I leave you to do whatever you want with this information.
Im also sure that you will need a root file explorer...only guesses though.
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Maybe you were too busy being smug to read my post, so I'll just give you the tl:dr version.
I searched through the entire /data folder with Root Explorer for ".jpg" and found nothing when I was using a "red-dragon.jpg" as my background.
Thanks for your mastery of searching on Google though.

I am not rooted but whenever I save wallpapers from the internet on my phone they end up in a folder titled downloads..that shows up in my gallery and when I look at mt sd card..check to cee if you have a folder titled that as well
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I think the system puts things like that in a database file. I have my walpaper of a picture I took but it is no where on the phone. It is defined in an xml file but where actually stored i think it is in a DB file. Sorry I can not make the "thumb keyboard" do commas.
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chrstdvd said:
I think the system puts things like that in a database file. I have my walpaper of a picture I took but it is no where on the phone. It is defined in an xml file but where actually stored i think it is in a DB file. Sorry I can not make the "thumb keyboard" do commas.
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I'm going to investigate this hunch further. I'll search the /system folder for all .xml files or database files. I can't say I'm an expert on the matter though, so... No promises on results.

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allyouhave said:
Maybe you were too busy being smug to read my post, so I'll just give you the tl:dr version.
I searched through the entire /data folder with Root Explorer for ".jpg" and found nothing when I was using a "red-dragon.jpg" as my background.
Thanks for your mastery of searching on Google though.
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I don't know if you are still looking for this, but if others stumble on this like I did, here's the answer. in the /data/data/com.android.settings/files/ folder there is a file called wallpaper (no extensions). it is actually a jpg file (if you copy it somewhere else and add a .jpg at the end you'll be able to see it)

@tsachi Here is my question: I would like all these lovely wallpapers I downloaded to show up in the dialog when I press Menu...wallpaper then hit the wallpaper button. The same default papers are always there and I would like to move my downloaded wallpapers to where ever that is.

tsachi said:
I don't know if you are still looking for this, but if others stumble on this like I did, here's the answer. in the /data/data/com.android.settings/files/ folder there is a file called wallpaper (no extensions). it is actually a jpg file (if you copy it somewhere else and add a .jpg at the end you'll be able to see it)
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Thanks tsachi. I was able to confirm this. I couldn't see the contents of /data with ES File Explorer, but I was able to do this through adb:
Code:
su
cd /data/data/com.android.settings/files/
cp wallpaper /mnt/sdcard/Pictures/wallpaper/wallpaper.jpg
exit
exit
Then I was able to look at it in any image viewer.
Not directly related, but I used adbWireless so that I wouldn't need to connect the usb cable and I'm using MultiPicture Live Wallpaper as my wallpaper switcher.
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wall paper location
i got mine at
system\framework\framework-res\res\drawable-hdpi

Hey there,
I wanted to set my Wallpaper manually to avoid cropping when choosing a file in the gallery.
On my Nexus 10 running Android 4.2.1 the wallpaper is found at:
"/data/system/users/0/wallpaper"
The file has no ending but is a jpg file (as sad by others).
If you want to exchange the file with yours remember to set the right permissions.
I dont know exactly how they have to be, but if you give all users at least read access it should work.
After a reboot the new Wallpaper should be set.
My wallpaper now has a resolution of 3966x2560 and there are no black bars anywhere. The system seem so crop it on the fly.

Confirmed on JB 4.2, the location is
/data/system/users/0/wallpaper
Copy wallaper to somewhere else and change its extension to wallpaper.jpg and you are done.

oTToToTenTanz said:
Did you know that you can actually google how to boil water? In any case, google is your best friend. Rarely picky and almost never down...anyways, back to topic:
I recommend googling: current wallpaper location android. The first hit helped me a little bit into it. It seems there is this folder called data that you can only access once you rooted your device. Since Im in no need to do so and myself new to android I leave you to do whatever you want with this information.
Im also sure that you will need a root file explorer...only guesses though.
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i actually found this THREAD using google , so that was a bit harsh

Hello
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Thanks, I found it and replaced it there. Anyone got any idea where to find the lockscreen image so I can do the same?

PDF files under "Documents"?

Is it supposed to show up? Because they're not.
Quite annoying I have to open up Adobe PDF Reader, and search under there instead of just clicking from the Documents section. I mean PDF is supported, according to the Kindle Fire user guide.

I don't know if PDF files are supposed to be under documents. Why don't you move them there your self using ES File Explorer or Astro File Manager?
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I did. It's in the documents folder, and not showing. Was wondering if I was doing something wrong.

Might be a formatting issue on the PDF?
I put a few on the wifes totally stock and mine rooted with ADW EX and both have the pdfs under documents.

Printerscape said:
I did. It's in the documents folder, and not showing. Was wondering if I was doing something wrong.
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I don't think the Documents folder is where you should put your files because I went in that folder and I didn't see my Kindle Fire User Guide. All I saw were 2 files named Thank You Letter. And I have not touched the Documents folder since I got my Kindle.
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The only way I have been able to get PDFs to show up in the "docs" area is to email them to my [email protected]. They eventually show up.

Refot_Sirk said:
The only way I have been able to get PDFs to show up in the "docs" area is to email them to my [email protected].com. They eventually show up.
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Yeah, currently if you port them via USB they should be in gallery.
I thought I saw something about it being related to the Metadata of the file, but can't find the link atm.
Well now that I've found it this is about ebooks going to docs rather than books. Guess it's possible that this is an issue here too. But emailing them seems easiest.

Refot_Sirk said:
The only way I have been able to get PDFs to show up in the "docs" area is to email them to my . They eventually show up.
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That worked,but I have some PDFs above the 50mb limit :/.

Refot_Sirk said:
The only way I have been able to get PDFs to show up in the "docs" area is to email them to my [email protected]. They eventually show up.
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How do you access your Kindle email?
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You should just be able to hit sync and it should download your pending docs. You may have to fully power down and restart for it to work. I don't think there is a way to "access" that email as it just sends it directly to your Kindle.

[Q] Read pdf on rooted KF

Hi all,
My KF has been rooted and it has Go Launcher on it. However I can't open pdf file even it recognizes the file (the adobe acrobat icon next to the file name). Whenever I try to open the file, there's always a pop-up screen asking me to register to Amazon (I already created an account before but no matter how arduous I try, I'm not able to log in). Please advise

splazit said:
Hi all,
My KF has been rooted and it has Go Launcher on it. However I can't open pdf file even it recognizes the file (the adobe acrobat icon next to the file name). Whenever I try to open the file, there's always a pop-up screen asking me to register to Amazon (I already created an account before but no matter how arduous I try, I'm not able to log in). Please advise
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Have you tried Adobe PDF Reader or Aldiko?

airmaxx23 said:
Have you tried Adobe PDF Reader or Aldiko?
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thanks for the suggestion, but I would like to use KF's native pdf reader instead of using another app.

splazit said:
thanks for the suggestion, but I would like to use KF's native pdf reader instead of using another app.
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Well, If you do not want to take someones advice why ask for help?

only way you are going to use the kindles native reader is f you install all of the amazon system apps and have the core libraries functioning.... which can be done with careful mod work on cm7 but isnt worthwhile imho.
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asb2164 said:
Well, If you do not want to take someones advice why ask for help?
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it's not that I don't want to take someones advice, I just want to clearly express what my problem is, what I want and I appreciated his answer.

androidcues said:
only way you are going to use the kindles native reader is f you install all of the amazon system apps and have the core libraries functioning.... which can be done with careful mod work on cm7 but isnt worthwhile imho.
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Thanks for your explanation, I guess I don't have other choices beside installing another pdf reader app then.

Kindle App FC after 4.2.1 update

Hi folks, any of you run into this problem? The Kindle app ran fine on 4.2, but after the 4.2.1 update, every time I try to open it, it FC. Tried rebooting the device with no avail.

I'm running stock 4.2.1 and the kindle app runs fine...
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jetfin said:
I'm running stock 4.2.1 and the kindle app runs fine...
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I ended up going into App Info and deleting the data for Kindle. It worked after that.

morfinx said:
I ended up going into App Info and deleting the data for Kindle. It worked after that.
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Moral of the story: one has to do what has to be done and can be done before crying wolf.

Deleting/restoring all data with the Kindle app is a painful process if you have a lot of books loaded - I have 200. You have to individually elect and reload every book you want on your device. It is irritating that there is not an option to download all archived items or at least a multi-select capability. Oh, yeah, please add collections ...

sparksd said:
Deleting/restoring all data with the Kindle app is a painful process if you have a lot of books loaded - I have 200. You have to individually elect and reload every book you want on your device. It is irritating that there is not an option to download all archived items or at least a multi-select capability. Oh, yeah, please add collections ...
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EXACTLY! We should petition Amazon for this feature. It's ridiculous that I have to press, hold, and hit download for every. single. book. I would welcome a select all or multi-select feature.

After update to 4.2.1 the Kindle app hangs at the splash screen.
Neither clearing data nor reinstall helps.
What else can I do?

[HACK] Kindle Reading App on Third Party Launchers

This is a hack for anyone who is running stock Amazon OS. For some reason, if you add the Kindle Reading app icon to a third party launcher (Such as Nova, Apex, etc.), it won't launch the app. Instead, to access your books, you must use the stock Carousel launcher to get to your reading library. This command, however, will force the Kindle to display your books.
This has been tested on a KFHD 7" running Stock OS 7.4.3. It should work on the 2nd gen Kindle Fire and the KFHD 8.9" and even Kinology as well.
Some notes:
Root required
You need to have a way to launch command shortcuts from your launcher home screen (for a Laucher Icon)
The stock launcher MUST be installed. The command uses a line from Launcher.apk's Android-Manifest file.
You can also create a command shortcut on the home screen using ROM Toolbox. Enter this command...
Code:
am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.SHOW_BOOKS
or
Code:
am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.internal.SHOW_BOOKS
...and allow it to run commands as root.
The script and a couple screenshots are attached below. Also attached is the Kindle Reading app icon, pulled straight from the app; for anyone who wants to change the image of their homescreen icon.
EDIT: Running the command "am start -a com.amazon.kindle.otter.action.internal.SHOW_BOOKS" will show the books already on your SD card, rather than all the books stored in the Amazon cloud.

and if i put this script in int.d?
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persano said:
and if i put this script in int.d?
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Honestly? I have no clue
It's not necessarily a performance tweak. It just kind of fires a command when the user triggers it.

Ph0enix_216 said:
Honestly? I have no clue
It's not necessarily a performance tweak. It just kind of fires a command when the user triggers it.
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i know, but i dont want to activate it every time, if i put it in init.d it is going to activate at every boot
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persano said:
i know, but i dont want to activate it every time, if i put it in init.d it is going to activate at every boot
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I'm don't know. Lemme try something...

Okay. I downloaded ROM Toolbox (after a couple times of rebooting my internet router -_-) and set the script to run at boot. After a few seconds of rebooting, it opened the KindleForOtter.apk. So running this script at boot will immediately launch the Kindle reading app.

I know just enough to be a danger to myself ...
Ph0enix_216 said:
Okay. I downloaded ROM Toolbox (after a couple times of rebooting my internet router -_-) and set the script to run at boot. After a few seconds of rebooting, it opened the KindleForOtter.apk. So running this script at boot will immediately launch the Kindle reading app.
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I want to start by saying thanks. This has been driving me nuts and every fix I have seen involves files that are no longer online, as well as moving, deleting, moving again, uninstalling, reinstalling ... this seems to be a pretty simple fix ... but the presentation is a little higher level than I am at. Y'all have kinda glossed over some areas I am unsure of.
I have ROM Toolbox downloaded and have looked all this over ... but I've no idea exactly what to do to put this hack into action. Where do I go in ROM Toolbox to enter the command? I'm guessing once I save this, I can create a shortcut to it and then change the icon. Would y'all be able to give me some more direction, please?

jlamborn3 said:
I want to start by saying thanks. This has been driving me nuts and every fix I have seen involves files that are no longer online, as well as moving, deleting, moving again, uninstalling, reinstalling ... this seems to be a pretty simple fix ... but the presentation is a little higher level than I am at. Y'all have kinda glossed over some areas I am unsure of.
I have ROM Toolbox downloaded and have looked all this over ... but I've no idea exactly what to do to put this hack into action. Where do I go in ROM Toolbox to enter the command? I'm guessing once I save this, I can create a shortcut to it and then change the icon. Would y'all be able to give me some more direction, please?
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Sure. Assuming you have a different launcher installed, go to your widgets and select "Command Shortcut". Place it wherever, and in the "Command:" field, enter the command. Name it whatever you want, and once it's on your home screen, you can change the icon by holding it and selecting "Edit" and then tapping the icon.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running CyanogenMod 10.2<<<

I'd love to try that, but ...
Ph0enix_216 said:
Sure. Assuming you have a different launcher installed, go to your widgets and select "Command Shortcut". Place it wherever, and in the "Command:" field, enter the command. Name it whatever you want, and once it's on your home screen, you can change the icon by holding it and selecting "Edit" and then tapping the icon.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running CyanogenMod 10.2<<<
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Thanks. Sometime after I posted my query above my reader on the Kindle stock screen stopped working ... and in trying to figure out what I'd done, which at the point had been nothing, I somehow lost my root and ended up with a reset. Now I'm trying to clear everything out, since the reset leaves a lot of residue behind. Once I fix my mess I'll be back to try this out.
Edit: Fixed my mess. Second of two command lines from the hack worked. Now I'm just trying to get the icon the way I want it. Thank you all for your help.