I recently got my hands on a Kindle Fire HD 7" and have been playing around with it a bit. I wasn't a fan of the ads found in the lockscreen and initially set out to modify the smali to remove the ads or at least not display them. While playing around with the build.prop, I decided to change the density to 213 (the same as the Nexus 7) and upon rebooting I was greeted with the standard ICS lockscreen. So I no longer needed to mess with smali since this is much easier and others can do it just as easily.
I have tried this on the 7.2.3 firmware but it may work on older versions just the same. If it does, please post and let others know that it worked.
Prerequisites
Rooted device
ES File Explorer
local.prop - download link
Although I did this via ADB and manually mounted /system as RW and used vi from busybox, I'm going to explain how to do this without any command line usage.
I'm using ES File Explorer but if you are familiar with an alternative which allows you to write a file to /data then please feel free to use that.
Copy the downloaded local.prop file to your device's SD card
Install ES File Explorer if you have not done so. This is available in the Amazon Appstore.
Open ES File Explorer and go to the settings by pressing the menu button in the navbar.
Select Root Settings
Check Root Explorer
Check Up to Root
Press the back button a few times until you are back at the main app
Navigate to the SD card where local.prop is located, long press the local.prop file and select Copy to
Press the Up icon at the top right of the dialog that appears
Select the / folder (should be above SD Card)
Select data folder and press OK
If you'd like, you can navigate to the /data folder and verify that local.prop does exist in there now. If so, then it's time to reboot.
Reboot the device. You'll have to shut down and then power back on since the amazon firmware does not provide a reboot option.
Caveats
Black background on lockscreen.
Auto brightness toggle no longer shows up when adjusting brightness.
For those that would like to see what's in the local.prop file in advance, here you go.
Code:
# override ro.sf.lcd_density found in build.prop
qemu.sf.lcd_density=213
Before I forget, please do not ask how to root or how to accomplish things outside the scope of this thread. This information is intended for those that have already rooted their device and are on stock firmware but don't want the ads and would rather have the ICS lockscreen.
0xD34D said:
Before I forget, please do not ask how to root or how to accomplish things outside the scope of this thread. This information is intended for those that have already rooted their device and are on stock firmware but don't want the ads and would rather have the ICS lockscreen.
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And the keyboard?
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persano said:
And the keyboard?
Sent From My Super Modded KFHD
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What about it? Works fine at this density if that's what you are getting at.
0xD34D said:
What about it? Works fine at this density if that's what you are getting at.
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Yes, in landscape and portrait is well?
Sent From My Super Modded KFHD
persano said:
Yes, in landscape and portrait is well?
Sent From My Super Modded KFHD
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Yep, no problem in either orientation. Been using it with this density setting since last night. I wanted to put it through some normal usage before posting about it. Besides the caveats listed in the OP, I have not noticed anything else.
This works great! Anyway to change background though?
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ICS Lockscreen the easy way
0xD34D,
Thank you for the post.
This is a nice option.
prokennexusa said:
0xD34D,
Thank you for the post, we had this tweak under Post #2 in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101564 but as you will see we revoked the post since we had over 27 people Brick there Kindle in one week of posting the How To. We plan to add a new post to #2 that allows you to change the lock screen in 5 steps and no chance of Bricking the Kindle. We prefer this idea, it is just a little more dangerous and we did not like the idea of loosing the brightness toggle.
It is still nice to offer people options.
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Actually if they follow the steps I have outlined, there is very little danger involved. Like many modifications, there is always the chance that something can go wrong. I've made far more sever changes to this device without problems.
I could probably bring this down to 3 steps if I really wanted to but that's no fun. Please don't jack threads so you can promote your own. The Android community is about choices and they deserve to have this information and do with as they please.
prokennexusa said:
0xD34D,
Thank you for the post, we had this tweak under Post #2 in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101564 but as you will see we revoked the post since we had over 27 people Brick there Kindle in one week of posting the How To. We plan to add a new post to #2 that allows you to change the lock screen in 5 steps and no chance of Bricking the Kindle. We prefer this idea, it is just a little more dangerous and we did not like the idea of loosing the brightness toggle.
It is still nice to offer people options.
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you gon and did it now
meddle70 said:
This works great! Anyway to change background though?
Sent from my KFTT using XDA Premium HD app
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Right now there does not seem to be an easy way to set the background (wallpaper). Amazon seems to have disabled the WallpaperManager which apps use to set the wallpaper. I was playing with a test app and on the KFHD I get a null value for the manager so an alternative method will need to be found for that.
0xD34D said:
Right now there does not seem to be an easy way to set the background (wallpaper). Amazon seems to have disabled the WallpaperManager which apps use to set the wallpaper. I was playing with a test app and on the KFHD I get a null value for the manager so an alternative method will need to be found for that.
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Ah. Well ill tell you what doing that mod makes it feel much more responsive. I tried the third party lockscreens, and they were just too slow for my taste. I dont really mind the black screen and i didnt like autobrightness. Gives me a headache when playing solitare lol
0xD34D said:
Actually if they follow the steps I have outlined, there is very little danger involved. Like many modifications, there is always the chance that something can go wrong. I've made far more sever changes to this device without problems.
I could probably bring this down to 3 steps if I really wanted to but that's no fun. Please don't jack threads so you can promote your own. The Android community is about choices and they deserve to have this information and do with as they please.
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0xD34D,
Very nice tutorial 0xD34D!
prokennexusa said:
0xD34D,
I am sure it was the ways we setup the steps. Anyways options are great for the end user. Very nice tutorial 0xD34D!
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0xD34D,
Ahhhh, actually there is a way, easy too. Monitor that like I gave you tomorrow AM. We will have the instructions posted.
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You might want to monitor my OP since I deprecated the original method in favor of a simple local.prop. And once again, let me thank you for jacking this thread to promote your own. Top notch XDA sh!t right there!
To anyone following this thread. I have been following Ox for quite some time now and he has never led me astray. If you follow the instructions as posted in the OP you'll be fine. People brick because of their own stupidity and lack of reading or knowing exactly what they are doing with their device. Not because a developer led them astray.
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Method update
For those that may have already made this modification. I have updated the procedure which does not require any modifications in /system. If you want to use the new method just revert your changes to build.prop so that the density is back at 240 and then follow the steps to get local.prop onto /data
Any screen shots man
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esema1o said:
Any screen shots man
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I've updated the OP with a couple screenshots. As you can see there is no background but it is indeed the standard ICS lockscreen.
0xD34D said:
You might want to monitor my OP since I deprecated the original method in favor of a simple local.prop. And once again, let me thank you for jacking this thread to promote your own. Top notch XDA sh!t right there!
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0xD34D,
Wow, what was not my intention, I am quite surprised I have never had someone say I was jacking there thread. We do not need to jack threads since our reason for being here is not for personal gratification or kudos, it is to serve people and a community which we love and have been a part of since 1978. If I offended you, I am sorry, that was not my intention. I was just sharing my concern around a build.prop and I came back to since I saw your edit, I was going to say "impressive idea using a local.prop edit" which it is impressive - I also was going to send you a PM on how to inject the code through two keystrokes. Sorry, I will remove the link. Wow..........
prokennexusa said:
0xD34D,
Wow, what was not my intention, I am quite surprised I have never had someone say I was jacking there thread. We do not need to jack threads since our reason for being here is not for personal gratification or kudos, it is to serve people and a community which we love and have been a part of since 1978. If I offended you, I am sorry, that was not my intention. I was just sharing my concern around a build.prop and I came back to since I saw your edit, I was going to say "impressive idea using a local.prop edit" which it is impressive - I also was going to send you a PM on how to inject the code through two keystrokes. Sorry, I will remove the link. Wow..........
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One thing I found funny was you said you originally had this in your #2 post of the link you provided but the only thing in that #2 post was "Reserved for new tutorial" and that was the original post since it did not show that it was ever edited. If you had people bricking due to a simple build.prop edit then you must have provided some incorrect directions or the users simply did something else that was out of the scope of the tutorial. Commenting on another thread with a link back to your tutorial and then providing FUD is not really good forum etiquette. Whether that was your intention or not, that is how it was perceived by myself and others I showed the comment to.
And on a side note, this particular community has been around for about 4.5 years. I'm not aware of any Android devices from the late 70's.
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Can anyone help me figure out how to change keyboard background?
I have looked through everything and must be missing it somehow...
Well we found the files, edited one to test but now when we reflashed the swype.apk, no virtual keyboard is installed. ADB pushed it, reflashed it, moved it to system/app... no keyboard shows up after only changing one image...
I am confused...
I basically need to figure out how to resign the apk after customizing and I am pretty noob right now..
You'll be better off asking this in the theming subforum.
I figured it out finally. It was me being dumb is all...
jkrough0728 said:
I figured it out finally. It was me being dumb is all...
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Would you mind contributing to the community and sharing the solution?
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Let me get it completely figured out first but then of course!!
To change it, you have to edit swype.apk and I have had to reflash 3 times now because I keep making little errors. It is kind of a painful process!
Well I finally got most of the editing done... I kept it pretty simple as far as the letters and I didn't really try hard with the placements on things because to be honest I wanted to throw the phone after awhile !
But here is a sample of what I did, if there is actually a demand for people wanting to do this then I will write a "how to" but I have to warn you it is painful and you will need experience with photo editing...
I changed the flame color in the background to be different for each mode.
And yes, Swype still works!
Consider this your first demand for a how-to.
Ha.. I will go ahead and get started on it then and post under themes/apps for everyone! I am not taking credit for doing it but I will write the how to for somebody to try.
Maddog and Illinois08 were the biggest help during the process so I will include them in the walk through.
Pointless816 said:
Consider this your first demand for a how-to.
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I have placed the how to under themes section.
Let me know if you have any questions...
Hello Everyone,
I am in the process of compiling a Galaxy note FAQ, to hopefully help avoid thread clutter through repeated questions.
I'll be putting it here:
http://lishutterbug.com/note
It will take me a while to get all the information I can find compiled up, but you can keep an eye on the page as I update it through the coming days.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome.
If I make any mistakes, or if you have any information to add that isn't in this forum (I plan on grinding through every thread) then please let me know!
Thanks!
- Frank
Great idea and a nice start.
Thanks, well done.
ChodTheWacko said:
Hello Everyone,
I am in the process of compiling a Galaxy note FAQ, to hopefully help avoid thread clutter through repeated questions.
I'll be putting it here:
http://lishutterbug.com/note
It will take me a while to get all the information I can find compiled up, but you can keep an eye on the page as I update it through the coming days.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome.
If I make any mistakes, or if you have any information to add that isn't in this forum (I plan on grinding through every thread) then please let me know!
Thanks!
- Frank
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we should make this a sticky
A lot of recent questions are covered in my FAQ (which is approaching something useful) so I'm doing a bump.
Excellent write up man, good job!
+1 gr8
TapaTalking on Note
Went through the FAQ, really great!
One thing is wrong though. Opera doesn't have any Night Mode.
There used to be a hacked/modified/modded version with night mode but it's an old version, and download links are broken.
BUT, I found this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281738
you should reference it, it's working, i tested it with Mozilla + Proxy plugin.
This way I have Stock browser with stock experience working perfect, and mozilla firefox for battery saving browsing.
Bookmarked. Thank you!
eitama said:
Went through the FAQ, really great!
One thing is wrong though. Opera doesn't have any Night Mode.
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Right - I'll have to correct that.
There's no night mode, but there is a way to force it to use white on black.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326434
I'm adding to the FAQ on a daily basis.
Just added a bunch of service menus, some of which show some interesting stuff.
- Frank
ChodTheWacko said:
Right - I'll have to correct that.
There's no night mode, but there is a way to force it to use white on black.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326434
I'm adding to the FAQ on a daily basis.
Just added a bunch of service menus, some of which show some interesting stuff.
- Frank
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Awesome
BTW, I was forced to help a friend get gmail widget on his Galaxy S II, and I realized a few things google did in Gmail 2.3.5 to prevent external apps from accessing gmail data, Hence, no widget without any hacking.
Eventually I came across a post which I don't remember where it is, which explained how to decompile Gmail.apk with apk manager, change some lines in the manifest xml, recompile, install and bam, Email Widget started working.
This could prove very useful on a large screen such as the note's.
On the 5th of dec, i get my own note, i'll be doing it and youtubing/documenting it.
Wanna add it to the FAQ?
If u can provide a back to top link to the table of content every end of the ans will be good
You write that you can use a SGS2 bootloader to reset counter using the jig. I did that with xxkka ROM and now my brand new Galaxy Note is bricked.
Thanks a lot!
Edit: It wasn't bricked after all! That bad flash only killed the screen! Got it flashed again with the orig rom without being able to see what I was doing! Now the screen is working again!
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You write that you can use a SGS2 bootloader to reset counter using the jig. I did that with xxkka ROM and now my brand new Galaxy Note is bricked.
Thanks a lot!
Edit: It wasn't bricked after all! That bad flash only killed the screen! Got it flashed again with the orig rom without being able to see what I was doing! Now the screen is working again!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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I have been reluctant to add mods/hacks to the FAQ for this very reason.
I only add stuff if there are several 'thanks, that worked for me' posts after it.
The problem with this sort of thing is that there is no guarantee that methods will continue to work with future updates. So it's inherently risky.
Perhaps I should just post links to the posts containing methods to do stuff.
- Frank
devswim
Is there a section on charging .
I am having trouble charging on the cradle(not charging at all).
I have tried everything.
Thanking you in advance
Great effort! Thanks!
BTW, you can also take a screenshot by pressing the Home key & the Power key together.
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Can someone build NoMoarPowah like app for Galaxy 3?
NoMoarPowah is an app that automatically boots the (battery drained) phone in to android when connected to a charger. It is an amazing app but it is limited to a handful of Samsung devices only. I wish to expand the scope of this app. So, is there anyone who knows how to port this thing on Galaxy 3?
Post your questions/ concerns below.
SOLVED: Found this feature in SPICE MI 270
ajparag said:
Can someone build NoMoarPowah like app for Galaxy 3?
NoMoarPowah is an app that automatically boots the (battery drained) phone in to android when connected to a charger. It is an amazing app but it is limited to a handful of Samsung devices only. I wish to expand the scope of this app. So, is there anyone who knows how to port this thing on Galaxy 3?
Post your questions/ concerns below.
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every android phone including our galaxy 3, boots up into android when it was switched off automatically due to low power and then connected to the charger !
why would we need an app ?
EDIT: And this is just a request so it should have been posted in the general or q&a section.
im sorry to say but even if you ported this app, it belongs to the apps section only. by no means it belongs to the dev section
This is only an advice, dont take it serious
ajay.d96 said:
every android phone including our galaxy 3, boots up into android when it was switched off automatically due to low power and then connected to the charger !
why would we need an app ?
EDIT: And this is just a request so it should have been posted in the general or q&a section.
im sorry to say but even if you ported this app, it belongs to the apps section only. by no means it belongs to the dev section
This is only an advice, don't take it serious
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Hey Ajay thanks for your reply. Though my thread is a request, the objective is to look for an answer to this issue. I appreciate your comments. Looking forward for more healthy discussions. Thanks!
BTW, I own Galaxy 3 for the past 1.5 yrs and i have not come across this phenomenon that you have mentioned in your post. I will surely try this and post back my experience.
Cheers!
ajparag said:
Hey Ajay thanks for your reply. Though my thread is a request, the objective is to look for an answer to this issue. I appreciate your comments. Looking forward for more healthy discussions. Thanks!
BTW, I own Galaxy 3 for the past 1.5 yrs and i have not come across this phenomenon that you have mentioned in your post. I will surely try this and post back my experience.
Cheers!
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ill be glad to hear
this sounds interesting, but as ajay said, this section is for active android development, and you will most likely get more answers if posted in the right place (themes and apps). Thanks for posting though. I would suggest you ask the mod to move this thread for you. I hope someone can help you with this, good luck!
Ava.tar said:
this sounds interesting, but as ajay said, this section is for active android development, and you will most likely get more answers if posted in the right place (themes and apps). Thanks for posting though. I would suggest you ask the mod to move this thread for you. I hope someone can help you with this, good luck!
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Wait! NoMoarPowah is compatible with G3
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.nomoarpowah&hl=en
Oh Wait, my bad. Its not
!! This app is only for a select number of Samsung devices. It does not work on any other devices. See the list below !!
Tested on the following devices:
- Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) and family
- Samsung Galaxy S2 (I9100) and family
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" (P1000) and family
- Samsung Droid Charge
- Samsung/T-Mobile Sidekick 4G
- Samsung Continuum (ticker overlaps)
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Sorry!
EDIT2: But i don't understand the use of the app. It replaces the "boring charge animation". Never required for me.
ak700 said:
EDIT2: But i don't understand the use of the app. It replaces the "boring charge animation". Never required for me.
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True
There is no source for this app... it is quite difficult to hack it and make compatible...
I know there are some tools to decompile apk into java source code but i'm a bit afraid to break some copyright rules... I do not want to do it, anyway this app would be useful man!
andreapier said:
There is no source for this app... it is quite difficult to hack it and make compatible...
I know there are some tools to decompile apk into java source code but i'm a bit afraid to break some copyright rules... I do not want to do it, anyway this app would be useful man!
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WOW ! i saw the screenshots !!
im amazed that this app really uses the touchscreen in powered off mode !!
quite amazed and now, into the modding/porting level..
I have extracted some files from the apk. I can share them if you want.
Note: Please use these files strictly for reference only.
You can ask Chainfire(the developer of this app). He will surely give the source code
ajparag said:
I have extracted some files from the apk. I can share them if you want.
Note: Please use these files strictly for reference only.
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I don't think there is anything bad in extracting files and share them until they do not came from paid apps.
ak700 said:
You can ask Chainfire(the developer of this app). He will surely give the source code
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Did you ask him already?
ak700 said:
You can ask Chainfire(the developer of this app). He will surely give the source code
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interesting to hear but he already has galaxy 3
i saw in his signature
ak700 said:
You can ask Chainfire(the developer of this app). He will surely give the source code
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Not going to happen, as it's a paid app.
The app should work, it's the images that need to be resized to fit our screen.
Anyone wanna give it a try, resize the images in assets folder in the apk, or in /system/nomoarpowah (after you've installed the app and install it's files), and then reboot.
Even it it doesn't work (unlikely), it won't do any harm
cdesai said:
Not going to happen, as it's a paid app.
The app should work, it's the images that need to be resized to fit our screen.
Anyone wanna give it a try, resize the images in assets folder in the apk, or in /system/nomoarpowah (after you've installed the app and install it's files), and then reboot.
Even it it doesn't work (unlikely), it won't do any harm
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no. of thanks 13 13
I have tried contacting him several times but he does not respond to mails et all. He does not even responds to posts in his own threads. I do not think he is going to be of any help.
andreapier said:
I don't think there is anything bad in extracting files and share them until they do not came from paid apps.
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You should thread carefully even if it isn't a paid app. Just because an app (or any piece of software) is free that doesn't automatically mean you (legally) have the right to decompile and use it's source (code).
ajparag said:
I have tried contacting him several times but he does not respond to mails et all. He does not even responds to posts in his own threads. I do not think he is going to be of any help. I am attaching the files below. You can try them at your own will.
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It seems to me that you didn't even give him a full day to respond, that's definitely not enough time. I understand that you are probably excited and anxious, but you still have to give him time.
I don't think work on this should be started before hearing from chainfire, I'd also suggest that a dev (preferably recognized) that would work on this be the one to contact him and find some kind of comprise (this is an ad or pro app so a compromise is probably necessary if chainfire himself won't be working on the app). Perhaps that "our" dev can release an ad free version solely on xda (that will only work with our phone) and that chain fire can release a version with ads on the market. That's just a suggestion, who knows what chainfire will say.
Anyways I know I'm interested in how he got it to work and would love to be able to view the code someday (when I have enough android knowledge to understand the code)
stubborn_d0nkey said:
You should thread carefully even if it isn't a paid app. Just because an app (or any piece of software) is free that doesn't automatically mean you (legally) have the right to decompile and use it's source (code).
It seems to me that you didn't even give him a full day to respond, that's definitely not enough time. I understand that you are probably excited and anxious, but you still have to give him time.
I don't think work on this should be started before hearing from chainfire, I'd also suggest that a dev (preferably recognized) that would work on this be the one to contact him and find some kind of comprise (this is an ad or pro app so a compromise is probably necessary if chainfire himself won't be working on the app). Perhaps that "our" dev can release an ad free version solely on xda (that will only work with our phone) and that chain fire can release a version with ads on the market. That's just a suggestion, who knows what chainfire will say.
Anyways I know I'm interested in how he got it to work and would love to be able to view the code someday (when I have enough android knowledge to understand the code)
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I do not mean to hurt or misjudge anyone but the truth is chainfire is not even responding to his consumers. If you go to his threads, you will see people waiting to get support from him but unfortunately he aint responding. In such a scenario, it is difficult to contact him.
What you suggest is the right way to approach this issue. But someone will need to take extra efforts to reach him.
stubborn_d0nkey said:
You should thread carefully even if it isn't a paid app. Just because an app (or any piece of software) is free that doesn't automatically mean you (legally) have the right to decompile and use it's source (code).
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I don't think that decomiling an app is something illegal both if the ap is free or aid. It becames illegal if you edit, recompile and distribute it.
Otherwise any tool like apk tools, dex2jar etc would be illegal.
Anyway i gave a look at the code and i found it a little difficult to understand. Well not difficult, i mean, a dev shoul spen a big tima to understand ot and make approriate changes... i do not have all of this time, but i can help if someone starts to work on this.
I am creating this thread in order to offer my personal tips and tricks to help users access the full potential of MiniCM9 on their device. Although their may be other tricks similar to mine, the user would not have explained it the same or suggested settings like I will. This is a follow up to my mini review of the ROM itself. I am currently creating a series of mini guides, review and more.
Check them out here:
[MINI GUIDE] Easiest Soft Brick Escape - For the Desperate User
[MINI REVIEW] MiniCM9 for Xperia x8If you have ANY suggestions please post them below.
So here are my Tips & Tricks into
1. If you have this ROM on your phone, you would have unlocked your boot loader and given your phone ROOT rights. This is necessary for this tip. Seeing as the x8s internel memory is not great, your phone will spend a lot of time reading and writing to your SD card. To speed this up and give your phone a 'faster' feel.
Download SD-Booster from the play store for free. HERE
Once installed, on first boot it will need to gain superuser rights and may take a while. Be patient.
After this it will give you the option to change cache size (kb).
I personally recommend bumping it up to 2048kb.
Click Apply and check set on boot and you will be done.
2. For and additional kick, overclock! You spent all that time and were stressed unlocking your boot loader so make use of it.
Go into settings>Down to perfromance>processor>minimum cpu>set to 320mhz
>maximum cpu>set to 729mhz
Back out and reboot.
3. If you can't see the screen in light conditions, go into settings>display>brightness and then check the ultra-brightness box. You will see clearly.
4. If you need even more performance; don't clutter your phone. Stick to as little apps as possible. Remember! The x8 is not a powerhouse.
5. Live wallpapers use up RAM. Do not use them if you want speed.
6. Clear your multitasking. Long-press the middle button and clear your apps. This will also save ram.
7. I also recommend you install beautiful widgets to add some zaz to your home screens. HERE
8. To keep the Mini in MiniCM9 you may want to reduce the number of homescreens but this is just a personal preference. To do this, go to settings>launcher>homescreens>number of homescreens and then select the one you want.
I have spent quite some time typing this review, please do not troll. All suggestions on the other hand are more than welcome. Please hit 'thanks' if you appreciate my massive effort. Sorry if this is not something you wanted. Even though thread is long, I call it mini because it does not cover everything.
Great Post. You're really building the site Baddaman54. Look forward to your next guide. This one is short and straight to the point. :laugh:
Thankyou. But I am sure Mike Channon built the site. lol.
Thanks for the post. Nice Avatar by the way. Also please stop going around thanking any post I make.
EDIT: The above user is a SPAM user.
IAmNice said:
Conbine with the review?!
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Nah separate because tips aren't part of the review. Some people may not want to read the review. Just have the tips. And it is easier for me to manage.
Thanks, very nice
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thanks for your tips... i knew some of them
Front-Line said:
Thanks, very nice
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uniqdom said:
thanks for your tips... i knew some of them
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Thankyou
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Thankyou
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Thank you for guide, it help alot....
Thanks, very nice
Hey guys, I was wondering if it's possible to flash the stock Samsung keyboard back onto the phone when using the Blu Kuban rom. I know the SamsungIME.apk is a system app and must be pushed into the system folder along with the odex file I believe. I've tried with both ES and Root Explorer, after copying it to another system folder, changed the permissions, and then copied it to the app folder. However nothing seems to work in allowing me to put it back. Am I missing something? I've even deleted the keyboard that Ruj gives with the rom and no joy.
It wouldn't be such a huge issue if the keyboard that was included didn't censor my words. I tend to have a filthy vocabulary and when swiping it won't allow me to use profanity. Outside of that, I prefer the numbers row on top of the keyboard as well. I know the rom is odexed and even pulled the stock apk out of a stock odexed rom to be sure, and then several other apks I've found around online. Sorry my first post after lurking for so long is really... well long, but I've usually been able to solve everything by thorough searching, but this one is beating me.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Try adding the libjni_latinime.so lib back to the /system/lib folder.
rujelus22 said:
Try adding the libjni_latinime.so lib back to the /system/lib folder.
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Thanks for the reply, unfortunately that still had no effect. Tried with and without your keyboard still installed.
Alittle off topic, but since I can't yet post under your rom thread, I'd like to thank you now for all the development you've been doing. You were the sole reason I was able to bear with my E4GT up until the other day when my upgrade came into effect so I could get this S4, and ultimately swayed my choice in going with it. I dunno why the keyboards giving me such issues though.
Also, Rujelus, it might be alittle forward of me, but what I'd actually really love would be a themed version of that original Samsung keyboard. If that's out of line or out of the question I apologize, I'm not sure how much demand there really is for that. Honestly my favorite feature on it is the full keyboard with numbers without having to hit the symbol key. But, I'd mostly content with just being able to install the original again lol.
AkiraHunter said:
Thanks for the reply, unfortunately that still had no effect. Tried with and without your keyboard still installed.
Alittle off topic, but since I can't yet post under your rom thread, I'd like to thank you now for all the development you've been doing. You were the sole reason I was able to bear with my E4GT up until the other day when my upgrade came into effect so I could get this S4, and ultimately swayed my choice in going with it. I dunno why the keyboards giving me such issues though.
Also, Rujelus, it might be alittle forward of me, but what I'd actually really love would be a themed version of that original Samsung keyboard. If that's out of line or out of the question I apologize, I'm not sure how much demand there really is for that. Honestly my favorite feature on it is the full keyboard with numbers without having to hit the symbol key. But, I'd mostly content with just being able to install the original again lol.
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Don't worry. I am going to theme a bunch of stuff that was removed from the ROM. It will all be available through the updater. I will try and get to the keyboard soon. :thumbup:
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Don't worry. I am going to theme a bunch of stuff that was removed from the ROM. It will all be available through the updater. I will try and get to the keyboard soon. :thumbup:
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Thanks, I really appreciate it! When I first saw the updater on my E4GT I thought it was the coolest thing on a rom ever haha.
Also, sorry for the wrong forum section, was late didn't realize I was in the wrong spot.