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[DEV] Modified Skype app with Video

Hi,
I modified the recently leaked skype w/ video app for the HTC Thunderbolt. Let me document my changes and progress so far:
Here is the original app:http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
1) if you try to install the app unmodified on a non HTC thunderbolt phone, you will get an "installation failed" message. I decompiled the app using these instructions: http://jack-mannino.blogspot.com/2010/09/reversing-android-apps-101.html
2) I modified the AndroidManifest.xml to remove this line:
<uses-library android:name="com.htc.device" />
3) I then recompiled and resigned the app( http://www.addictivetips.com/mac-os/auto-sign-tool-for-android-developers-on-mac/).
4) The apk now installed on my Nexus S but I get this error when I opened it:
"Sorry, your phone is not able to use this version of Skype. To find out more about Skype on mobile, visit www.skype.com"
5) I looked through the code and found the offending text in com.skype.ui.SplashScreenActivity.class:
protected void onResume()
{
super.onResume();
if (!f.a())
{
Toast.makeText(this, "Sorry, your phone is not able to use this version of Skype. To find out more about Skype on mobile, visit www.skype.com", 1).show();
finish();
}
.....
I commented out the toast and finish() line and then recompiled and resigned.
6) The apk installs but crashes when I try to open it:
W/dalvikvm(17595): VFY: bad arg 1 (into Ljava/lang/CharSequence
W/dalvikvm(17595): VFY: rejecting call to Landroid/widget/Toast;.makeText (Landroid/content/Context;Ljava/lang/CharSequence;I)Landroid/widget/Toast;
W/dalvikvm(17595): VFY: rejecting opcode 0x71 at 0x0010
W/dalvikvm(17595): VFY: rejected Lcom/skype/merlin_mecha/ui/SplashScreenActivity;.onResume ()V
W/dalvikvm(17595): Verifier rejected class Lcom/skype/merlin_mecha/ui/SplashScreenActivity;
W/dalvikvm(17595): Class init failed in newInstance call (Lcom/skype/merlin_mecha/ui/SplashScreenActivity
D/AndroidRuntime(17595): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm(17595): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): java.lang.VerifyError: com.skype.merlin_mecha.ui.SplashScreenActivity
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1409)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.Instrumentation.newActivity(Instrumentation.java:1021)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1681)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1793)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:939)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3848)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)
E/AndroidRuntime(17595): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
W/ActivityManager( 176): Force finishing activity com.skype.merlin_mecha/.ui.SplashScreenActivity
W/ActivityManager( 176): Force finishing activity info.tikuwarez.launcher3/.ClassicAppPicker
This is my progress so far and here is my modified apk:http://www.mediafire.com/?l6xddlun3u52ung

Does this enable the use of the back camera instead of the front?
For my wife's fascinate
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@eyeburn : Thanks for the investigation.
Could you try to remove the " if statement " instead ?
I guess the shared library is not only for security, but we will see that later.

More updates. I looked at the SplashScreenActivity.smali code and removed this line:
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/skype/merlin_mecha/ui/SplashScreenActivity;->finish()V
this basically disables the the exiting(the finish() in the code below) of the program during the verizon phone check.
Now the phone doesn't crash but just stays at the "skype mobile" splash screen with the skype background.
I'll look at this again tomorrow. Gonna sleep now.
Updated apk as of midnight Apr 12: http://www.mediafire.com/?eqgr111a7agg3qv
My current thinking is the app is stuck in this while loop:
protected void onResume()
{
super.onResume();
if (!f.a())
{
Toast.makeText(this, "Sorry, your phone is not able to use this version of Skype. To find out more about Skype on mobile, visit www.skype.com", 1).show();
finish();
}
while (true)
{
return;
Intent localIntent1 = new Intent(this, SignInActivity.class);
boolean bool1 = getIntent().getBooleanExtra("LaunchedBySyncAdapter", 0);
Intent localIntent2 = localIntent1.putExtra("LaunchedBySyncAdapter", bool1);
int i = getIntent().getIntExtra("PostLoginCommand", 0);
Intent localIntent3 = localIntent1.putExtra("PostLoginCommand", i);
String str = getIntent().getStringExtra("PostLoginDataUri");
Intent localIntent4 = localIntent1.putExtra("PostLoginDataUri", str);
ac localac = new ac(this, localIntent1);
monitorenter;
try
{
this.a = localac;
Handler localHandler = this.b;
Runnable localRunnable = this.a;
boolean bool2 = localHandler.postDelayed(localRunnable, 1500L);
monitorexit;
continue;
}
finally
{
localObject = finally;
monitorexit;
}
}
throw localObject;
}
}
I keep getting this messages on my logcat:
I/TelephonyRegistry( 176): notifyServiceState: 0 home T - Mobile T - Mobile 310260 UMTS CSS not supported -1 -1RoamInd: -1DefRoamInd: -1EmergOnly: false
I/TelephonyRegistry( 176): notifyDataConnection: state=2 isDataConnectivityPossible=true reason=null interfaceName=rmnet0 networkType=3
I/TelephonyRegistry( 176): notifyServiceState: 0 home T - Mobile T - Mobile 310260 HSDPA CSS not supported -1 -1RoamInd: -1DefRoamInd: -1EmergOnly: false
I/TelephonyRegistry( 176): notifyDataConnection: state=2 isDataConnectivityPossible=true reason=null interfaceName=rmnet0 networkType=8

More likely, that you killed the login intent, which supposed to invoke login activity. You already have 'return' as the first statement of the while loop. The code in it's current state doesn't make sense to me. It should be an exist condition from the loop, otherwise the only way to exit the loop is via exception, which will effectively kill the application.

ivan.volosyuk said:
More likely, that you killed the login intent, which supposed to invoke login activity. You already have 'return' as the first statement of the while loop. The code in it's current state doesn't make sense to me. It should be an exist condition from the loop, otherwise the only way to exit the loop is via exception, which will effectively kill the application.
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same conclusion here, but I assume this part of code is badly decompiled. There are several other while->true->return in this code.

I/ActivityManager( 176): Starting: Intent { act=android.settings.APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS dat=package:com.skype.merlin_mecha cmp=com.android.settings/.applications.InstalledAppDetails } from pid 18780
D/dalvikvm(18780): GC_CONCURRENT freed 333K, 48% free 3339K/6343K, external 5923K/6893K, paused 67ms+23ms
I/ActivityManager( 176): Displayed com.android.settings/.applications.InstalledAppDetails: +1s756ms
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
D/szipinf (18780): Initializing inflate state
I/Process ( 176): Sending signal. PID: 18721 SIG: 9
I/ActivityManager( 176): Force stopping package com.skype.merlin_mecha uid=10068
I/ActivityManager( 176): Force finishing activity HistoryRecord{4057dcc8 com.skype.merlin_mecha/.ui.SplashScreenActivity}
W/InputManagerService( 176): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: [email protected]
E/InputDispatcher( 176): channel '407ae0c0 com.skype.merlin_mecha/com.skype.merlin_mecha.ui.SplashScreenActivity (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred. events=0x8
E/InputDispatcher( 176): channel '407ae0c0 com.skype.merlin_mecha/com.skype.merlin_mecha.ui.SplashScreenActivity (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!
I/WindowManager( 176): WIN DEATH: Window{407ae0c0 com.skype.merlin_mecha/com.skype.merlin_mecha.ui.SplashScreenActivity paused=true}
This is what is happening now.

Keep up the good work, a LOT of people will love you if you can get this to work on other phones like the Galaxy S.

Agreed keep up the good work....and Thanks

speaking as someone with a G Tablet, I really want this to work, so please take all the encouragement i can offer!

Keep up the good work.

Oh thank you.
Seriously, I posted about how somebody should modify this to work on all phones yesterday.
As for me, I'm getting "Sorry1, your phone is not able to use this version of skype"
(Wonder why it says "Sorry1")
I'm using a mytouch 4g with cm7 stable

Working on the same thing here on my EVO. I tried your APK but I don't get to the sign-in screen. I removed the same line from the AndroidManifest.xml file that you did so that it would install. I took a different approach and modified the VerizonNetwork and VerizonMerlin check to return 0x1 instead of 0x0 so that it gets by the Toast successfully and I get the sign-in screen. Now after I sign-in, the service crashes.
Code:
I/com.skype.merlin_mecha.service.a(17177): system board:supersonic bootloader:2.10.0001 brand:sprint product:htc_supersonic model:PC36100 manufacturer:HTC device:supersonic display:3.70.651.1 fingerprint:sprint/htc_supersonic/supersonic/supersonic:2.2/FRF91/294884:user/release-keys host:AA109 user:root radio:2.15.00.09.01 tags:release-keys type:user
I/global (17177): Default buffer size used in BufferedInputStream constructor. It would be better to be explicit if an 8k buffer is required.
D/dalvikvm(17177): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 5340 objects / 712528 bytes in 124ms
I/LSState (12428): EventReceiver:android.intent.action.NOTIFICATION_UPDATE
I/StartSkypeKitOperation(17177): REMOVE THIS ONCE VERIFIED: appToken = KdXVSo6qB9
I/dalvikvm(17177): Jit: resizing JitTable from 4096 to 8192
D/dalvikvm(15756): GC_EXPLICIT freed 3901 objects / 412584 bytes in 100ms
I/ActivityManager(12428): Process com.skype.merlin_mecha (pid 17177) has died.
W/ActivityManager(12428): Scheduling restart of crashed service com.skype.merlin_mecha/.service.SkypeServiceController in 5000ms
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-Daryel

daryel - i tried it and the same happened to me, but there was nothing that said the app force-closed. it simply closed itself and that was that.
it looks like real headway is being made here. I will faithfully watch this until it is finished

oh the sorry1 was a debugging thing hehe.
so it is now crashing in com.skype.merlin_mecha.service.a
Looks to be failing some fingerprint checking. I guess this is where it verifies the phone.

I wonder which file this line is coming from:
I/StartSkypeKitOperation(17177): REMOVE THIS ONCE VERIFIED: appToken = KdXVSo6qB9
New Edit:
Ok the verification is done in com.skype.merlin_mecha.startup.SignInActivity.
I am speculating, the check and crash is in:
protected void onCreate(Bundle paramBundle)

Thanks guys, it looks like you are pretty close to the solution.
Finger crossed

daryelv said:
Working on the same thing here on my EVO. I tried your APK but I don't get to the sign-in screen. I removed the same line from the AndroidManifest.xml file that you did so that it would install. I took a different approach and modified the VerizonNetwork and VerizonMerlin check to return 0x1 instead of 0x0 so that it gets by the Toast successfully and I get the sign-in screen. Now after I sign-in, the service crashes.
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Sorry but where is this Verizon check?

There are 2 .so missing.
if you look in a/a/a.smali you will find a ref to
/data/data/com.skype.merlin_mecha/lib/libskype_jni.so
And com\skype\a\c.smali has a ref to /data/data/com.test.java_surface/lib/libskype_jni.so
that means there is more to this

eyeburn said:
I wonder which file this line is coming from:
I/StartSkypeKitOperation(17177): REMOVE THIS ONCE VERIFIED: appToken = KdXVSo6qB9
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Looks like this comes from com\skype\merlin_mecha\service\bs.class
Code:
Object localObject = "M9QA6f6YIH";
if (!com.skype.merlin_mecha.a.b.b)
continue;
if (!com.skype.merlin_mecha.a.b.a)
continue;
localObject = "KdXVSo6qB9";
String str4 = "REMOVE THIS ONCE VERIFIED: appToken = " + (String)localObject;
int k = Log.i("StartSkypeKitOperation", str4);
bo.g(this.c).SetApplicationToken((String)localObject);
boolean bool1 = bo.c(this.c);
if (bool1)
continue;

[Guide]Howto LOGCAT

I think this one is definitely needed for this forum. So posting this here.
Here's how to use logcat:
There are two main ways to do a logcat, within android, and through adb.
Logcat within android can be done one of two ways, through a Logcat app:
Here are two good examples are either: aLogcat or Catlog
I prefer catlog, because in my opinion it has a little bit nicer UI. Both of these programs can dump their logs to a txt file, which is very useful for debugging. Or, you can do it in terminal emulator (same rules as running through adb(see below))
From Moscow Desire:
On the other hand, using adb to run logcat, in my opinion is much more useful, because you can start using it when android boots (i.e. once the boot animation appears.)
The code for logcat to output to a file is
Code:
adb logcat > name of problem.txt
you can also do
Code:
adb logcat -f name of problem.txt
how I prefer to do it is this way:
Code:
adb logcat -v long > name of problem.txt
with the -v flag & the long argument, it changes output to long style, which means every line of logcat will be on its own line (makes it a little neater, imo)
Note: When outputting to a file, you will see a newline, but nothing printed, this is normal. To stop logcat from writting to a file, you need to press ctrl+c.
Here's where using logcat (via adb makes life really easy)
Lets say you find a problem you're having after looking at a logcat.
For example:
When I was trying to use a different ramdisk, wifi wouldn't work so I got a logcat that's almost 1300 lines long (a lot of stuff happens in the background)
So if you are searching for an error in the logcat file (it's always e/ for error, f/ for fatal. Those are the two main things that will break a system.)
Code:
D/dalvikvm( 871): GC_CONCURRENT freed 472K, 6% free 10224K/10823K, paused 1ms+6ms
V/AmazonAppstore.DiskInspectorServiceImpl( 871): Available blocks: 21981, Block size: 4096, Free: 90034176, Threshold: 5242880, withinThreshold? true
D/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Received action: null from intent: Intent { cmp=com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.mas.client.framework.UpdateService }
W/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Confused about why I'm running with this intent action: null from intent: Intent { cmp=com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.mas.client.framework.UpdateService }
D/dalvikvm( 890): GC_CONCURRENT freed 175K, 4% free 9375K/9671K, paused 2ms+3ms
V/AmazonAppstore.ReferenceCounter( 871): Reference (MASLoggerDB) count has gone to 0. Closing referenced object.
E/WifiStateMachine( 203): Failed to reload STA firmware java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error communicating to native daemon
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): runUpdateCommand doInBackground started.
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Running UpdateCommand: digitalLocker
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateCommand( 871): Not updating key: digitalLocker from: 1334228488057
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Finished UpdateCommand: digitalLocker
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Running UpdateCommand: serviceConfig
V/AmazonAppstore.MASLoggerDB( 871): performLogMetric: Metric logged: ResponseTimeMetric [fullName=com.amazon.venezia.VeneziaApplication_onCreate, build=release-2.3, date=Wed Apr 11 13:10:55 CDT 2012, count=1, value=1601.0]
V/AmazonAppstore.MASLoggerDB( 871): onBackgroundTaskSucceeded: Metric logged: ResponseTimeMetric [fullName=com.amazon.venezia.VeneziaApplication_onCreate, build=release-2.3, date=Wed Apr 11 13:10:55 CDT 2012, count=1, value=1601.0]
W/CommandListener( 118): Failed to retrieve HW addr for eth0 (No such device)
D/CommandListener( 118): Setting iface cfg
D/NetworkManagementService( 203): rsp
D/NetworkManagementService( 203): flags
E/WifiStateMachine( 203): Unable to change interface settings: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to communicate with native daemon to interface setcfg - com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnectorException: Cmd {interface setcfg eth0 0.0.0.0 0 [down]} failed with code 400 : {Failed to set address (No such device)}
W/PackageParser( 203): Unknown element under : supports-screen at /mnt/asec/com.android.aldiko-1/pkg.apk Binary XML file line #16
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): wpa_supplicant v0.8.x
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Configuration file '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Reading configuration file '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): ctrl_interface='eth0'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): update_config=1
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Line: 4 - start of a new network block
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): key_mgmt: 0x4
(mind you, that's 29 lines out of 1300ish, just for example)
I then could do the following with logcat:
Code:
adb logcat WifiStateMachine:E *:S -v long > name of problem.txt
and this will only print out any errors associated with WifiStateMachine, and anything which is fatal, which makes it about a million times easier to figure out what's going on!
In WifiStateMachine:E, the :E = to look for Errors, the full list of options is as follows:
V — Verbose (lowest priority)
D — Debug
I — Info (default priority)
W — Warning
E — Error
F — Fatal
S — Silent (highest priority, on which nothing is ever printed)
You can replace the :E with any other letter from above to get more info.
In order to filter out anything other than what you are looking for (in this case, WifiStateMachine) you must put a *:S after your last command (i.e. WifiStateMachine:E ThemeChoose:V ... ... AndroidRuntime:E *:S)
Sources: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
Update for windows users:
Thank go to FuzzyMeep Two, Here's what he's posted for windows
(If you used his tool, here's his post, thank him for his work!)
Note : I am just sharing. Original post here.
Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!
Details here.

Great Guide! Should become a sticky.

You know,today morning you said you were not an expert with logcats.I see this thread and i am awestruck,but then i read the second last line :|

Prawesome said:
You know,today morning you said you were not an expert with logcats.I see this thread and i am awestruck,but then i read the second last line :|
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I said i am no expert. That doesn't mean i cannot take, read or understand logcat..!!
Don't be a noob. Be a newbie..!!
Details here.

This thread is perfect to be a sticky in the Android Development Section.
Newcommers should know how to properly report bugs. I also leave a redirect in the Original Android Development.

I rather use ddms for all

Command prompt is the most basic thing same old Windows
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helped me out. Thanks

Fro "noobs" it will be easier to use qtadb https://qtadb.wordpress.com/download/ , just download, install and run. Nice GUI for adb, contains access to logcat too.

Fro "noobs" it will be easier to use qtadb https://qtadb.wordpress.com/download/ , just download, install and run. Nice GUI for adb, contains access to logcat too.
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And it colours out errors according to their priority
I am a potato, problem?

Thanks bro
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Extremely useful,
thank you!
However, catlog force closes when I added it as system app.

How can i get application specific logcat like i want to get logcat of systemui only

Really helpful!

Aman
Wysłane z mojego GT-I8190 przy użyciu Tapatalka

Thanks Sir...its helped me a lot..about understanding logcat
---------- Post added at 07:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:12 AM ----------
Thanks Sir...its helped me a lot..about understanding logcat

Stock LG G2 Launcher & Weather Widget - Ported - All Features - ART Support

First off I like to Say Thanks to @Jishnu Sur™ For all of his GREAT work here! I have been giving Permission to Continue on the Thread for him. When I get the Time I might actually look into adding some Weather Themes for the Weather Widget.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Working on:
1) Stock 4.4.2 ROM
2) OMNI ROM
3) Nexus 5
4) Nexus 4
5) Few other Phones as Well!
Features:
1) Transparent notification bar and Navigation UI.
2) 5X6 Grid.
3) Total 8 apps can be added in the Dock.
4) Pinch to zoom in zoom out.
5) Wallpaper Selection.
6) Adding widgets.
7) Screens can be removed. [FIXED]
8) Apps or Widgets can be removed from the homescreens. [FIXED]
9) Icons can be changed like real LG UI.
10) Widgets or app movements from screen to screen..
11) ART Support
BUGS:
None
How To Install:
1. Download & Install LG Home Theme (Install like a Normal APK) - LGHome_Theme_Optimus.apk - 69.4 Mb
2. Download This & Flash The Launcher Via Recovery - LG_G2_KitKat_Launcher_Port.zip - 28.6 Mb
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Optional Stuffs :
3. Only for STOCK 4.4.2! To have LG Home settings (See Screen Shot above) to be able to Change Home Screen transitions & etc Flash this in Recovery - LG_G2_KitKat_Launcher_Settings.zip - 5.2 Mb
4. LG Home Themes (Just Install as a Normal APK)- Click Here
Thanks To @RocketSauce83 More Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575385
Weather Widgets
There are 2 Versions you can have.
Version 1 Changes along with LG Home themes BUT the text is more jumbled Example:
Version 1 - Download & Flash Via Recovery - LG_G2_Weather_Widget_Port_Version_1.zip - 42.7 Mb
Version 2 - Wont Change with LG Home Themes It will stay the same BUT the Text is less jumbled Example:
Version 2:
Download And Flash this Via Recovery - LG_G2_Weather_Widget_Port_V2.zip - 3.1 Mb
After Booting Back up Install this like a Normal APK - G2_Weather_Theme_V2.apk - 27.2 Mb
And Enjoy! All Files Are Hosted on my Server for fast and quick downloads
Remember to Thank @Jishnu Sur™ For His Great Work!

Reserved

Thank you bruh. I remember you from the e980. See you've moved on to brighter and better phones, lol. I miss that phone though.
All running smooth and fluid here on my Xperia Z Ultra 6806. Weather widget DOES NOT bunch up for me. Could the the dpi and screen size.

Sweet thanks
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crash
dont works fine with nexus 5 + purity rom, the launcher restarted in bucle when i put the app button (gray square/white dots)

does this port works on xperia z1?

I can add the widget but it keeps reloading over and over any suggest?? thanks!

the widget gonna work on a different rom without the g2 launcher>?

StathisCh9 said:
the widget gonna work on a different rom without the g2 launcher>?
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Different rom?? It doesn't matter what ROM your running... But you have to use the launcher to get the widget.
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hyelton said:
Different rom?? It doesn't matter what ROM your running... But you have to use the launcher to get the widget.
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i can find this widget to use it without the launcher?

StathisCh9 said:
i can find this widget to use it without the launcher?
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No. You have to have the LG launcher
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Hello,
I am running stock 4.4.2 with modifications consisting only of root and enabling ART runtime. The launcher itself works great but continue to receive a force close on boot after installing the weather widget. Attached is a logcat. This was my first time attempting one so bear with me if there is an error in the output.
Thank you
[ 04-28 23:25:31.171 634: 1143 I/ActivityManager ]
START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.lge.sizechangable.weather/.activities.WeatherActivity_Default} from pid 1154
[ 04-28 23:25:31.191 185: 850 D/audio_hw_primary ]
select_devices: out_snd_device(2: speaker) in_snd_device(0: )
[ 04-28 23:25:31.191 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:834nPause()]onPause
[ 04-28 23:25:31.201 183: 183 W/art ]
Could not get current activity
[ 04-28 23:25:31.201 634: 1086 I/ActivityManager ]
Start proc com.lge.sizechangable.weather for activity com.lge.sizechangable.weather/.activities.WeatherActivity_Default: pid=4115 uid=10125 gids={50125, 3003, 1028, 1015}
[ 04-28 23:25:31.221 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:5379nWindowFocusChanged()]onWindowFocusChanged() hasFocus false
[ 04-28 23:25:31.241 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:4890nStop()]onStop
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 I/art ]
Failed to open oat file from /system/app/WeatherMultiCPbin.odex or /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 E/art ]
Failed to open file: /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 E/art ]
Failed to open locked oat file: /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 W/art ]
Failed to open dex file: /system/app/WeatherMultiCPbin.apk
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 D/AndroidRuntime ]
Shutting down VM
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 4115: 4115 E/AndroidRuntime ]
FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.lge.sizechangable.weather, PID: 4115
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider com.lge.sizechangable.weather.data.cp.k.ForecastProvider_K: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.lge.sizechangable.weather.data.cp.k.ForecastProvider_K" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/system/app/WeatherMultiCPbin.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4793)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4385)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4325)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.lge.sizechangable.weather.data.cp.k.ForecastProvider_K" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/system/app/WeatherMultiCPbin.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4778)
... 10 more
Suppressed: java.io.IOException: Unable to open dex file: /system/app/WeatherMultiCPbin.apk
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative(Native Method)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile(DexFile.java:296)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:80)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:59)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.loadDexFile(DexPathList.java:263)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements(DexPathList.java:230)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>(DexPathList.java:112)
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.<init>(BaseDexClassLoader.java:48)
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>(PathClassLoader.java:65)
at android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader(ApplicationLoaders.java:57)
at android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader(LoadedApk.java:326)
at android.app.LoadedApk.makeApplication(LoadedApk.java:508)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4317)
... 8 more
Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.lge.sizechangable.weather.data.cp.k.ForecastProvider_K
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.findClass(ClassLoader.java:781)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:841)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:504)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class "Lcom/lge/sizechangable/weather/data/cp/k/ForecastProvider_K;" not found
... 16 more
[ 04-28 23:25:31.261 634: 1087 W/ActivityManager ]
Force finishing activity com.lge.sizechangable.weather/.activities.WeatherActivity_Default
[ 04-28 23:25:31.331 634: 647 I/art ]
Heap trim of managed (duration=20.927448ms, advised=4MB) and native (duration=3.714532ms, advised=240KB) heaps. Managed heap utilization of 65%.
[ 04-28 23:25:31.781 634: 838 W/ActivityManager ]
Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{65f36c40 u0 com.lge.sizechangable.weather/.activities.WeatherActivity_Default t3 f}
[ 04-28 23:25:31.811 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:4882nStart()]onStart
[ 04-28 23:25:31.811 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:668nResume()]onResume
[ 04-28 23:25:31.811 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]LGActivityUtil ]
[LGActivityUtil.java:310:notifyToWeatherWidget()]broadcast to weather widget, intent: Intent { act=com.lge.launcher2.RESUME }
[ 04-28 23:25:31.811 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:808nResume()]onResume end
[ 04-28 23:25:31.821 1154: 4151 W/[LGHome]LGWallpaperInfo ]
[LGWallpaperInfo.java:75:loadWallpaperScrollTypeFromSystemPref()]failed parsing java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system/wallpaper_prefs.xml: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[ 04-28 23:25:33.161 4115: 4115 I/Process ]
Sending signal. PID: 4115 SIG: 9
[ 04-28 23:25:33.161 1154: 1154 I/[LGHome]EVENT ]
[Launcher.java:5379nWindowFocusChanged()]onWindowFocusChanged() hasFocus true
[ 04-28 23:25:33.161 634: 1111 W/InputMethodManagerService ]
Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: [email protected] attribute=null, token = [email protected]
[ 04-28 23:25:33.171 634: 1144 I/ActivityManager ]
Process com.lge.sizechangable.weather (pid 4115) has died.
[ 04-28 23:25:33.811 1154: 4157 I/[LGHome]NumberBadge.LGUnreadLgeEmailsBadge ]
[LGUnreadLgeEmailsBadge.java:143:countUnreadItems()]countUnreadItems() started..
[ 04-28 23:25:33.811 1154: 4157 I/[LGHome]NumberBadge.LGUnreadLgeEmailsBadge ]
[LGUnreadLgeEmailsBadge.java:151:countUnreadItems()]Clear the count of number badge because the account is none

Hyelton,
Love this launcher. Thanks for your work!!
Only issue I have is the home screen settings page. I cant access them.
Not a big deal.
Thanks again,
Mb1

it looks great
i will try on my xperia z1

Thank you a lot! :victory:
But there isn't the option to hide an app in the drawer, like the original launcher?

darksidegi said:
Thank you a lot! :victory:
But there isn't the option to hide an app in the drawer, like the original launcher?
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Yes.. While in app drawer hit menu and there it is
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hyelton said:
Yes.. While in app drawer hit menu and there it is
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Thanks for the reply
I can only unistall apps...

darksidegi said:
Thanks for the reply
I can only unistall apps...
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You'll need to have a menu button on your phone. If your running a ROM or exposed it will be easy. By menu I mean the home, back, and recent buttons below and just add a menu button.
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hyelton said:
You'll need to have a menu button on your phone. If your running a ROM or exposed it will be easy. By menu I mean the home, back, and recent buttons below and just add a menu button.
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Ok, but is there any MOD for stock rom (so without xposed that for me creates some lag and battery drain) you know?

darksidegi said:
Ok, but is there any MOD for stock rom (so without xposed that for me creates some lag and battery drain) you know?
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That I have no clue. Maybe build prop or root app. But that idk I just use xposed. I've NEVER had lag with xposed. I only used Gravity.
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[GUIDE] How to Logcat

Here's how to use logcat:
There are two main ways to do a logcat, within android, and through adb.
Logcat within android can be done one of two ways, through a Logcat app:
Here are two good examples are either: aLogcat or Catlog
I prefer catlog, because in my opinion it has a little bit nicer UI. Both of these programs can dump their logs to a txt file, which is very useful for debugging. Or, you can do it in terminal emulator (same rules as running through adb(see below))
On the other hand, using adb to run logcat, in my opinion is much more useful, because you can start using it when android boots (i.e. once the boot animation appears.)
The code for logcat to output to a file is
Code:
adb logcat > name of problem.txt
you can also do
Code:
adb logcat -f name of problem.txt
how I prefer to do it is this way:
Code:
adb logcat -v long > name of problem.txt
with the -v flag & the long argument, it changes output to long style, which means every line of logcat will be on its own line (makes it a little neater, imo)
Note: When outputting to a file, you will see a newline, but nothing printed, this is normal. To stop logcat from writting to a file, you need to press ctrl+c.
Here's where using logcat (via adb makes life really easy)
Lets say you find a problem you're having after looking at a logcat.
For example:
When I was trying to use a different ramdisk, wifi wouldn't work so I got a logcat that's almost 1300 lines long (a lot of stuff happens in the background)
So if you are searching for an error in the logcat file (it's always e/ for error, f/ for fatal. Those are the two main things that will break a system.)
Code:
D/dalvikvm( 871): GC_CONCURRENT freed 472K, 6% free 10224K/10823K, paused 1ms+6ms
V/AmazonAppstore.DiskInspectorServiceImpl( 871): Available blocks: 21981, Block size: 4096, Free: 90034176, Threshold: 5242880, withinThreshold? true
D/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Received action: null from intent: Intent { cmp=com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.mas.client.framework.UpdateService }
W/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Confused about why I'm running with this intent action: null from intent: Intent { cmp=com.amazon.venezia/com.amazon.mas.client.framework.UpdateService }
D/dalvikvm( 890): GC_CONCURRENT freed 175K, 4% free 9375K/9671K, paused 2ms+3ms
V/AmazonAppstore.ReferenceCounter( 871): Reference (MASLoggerDB) count has gone to 0. Closing referenced object.
E/WifiStateMachine( 203): Failed to reload STA firmware java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error communicating to native daemon
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): runUpdateCommand doInBackground started.
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Running UpdateCommand: digitalLocker
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateCommand( 871): Not updating key: digitalLocker from: 1334228488057
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Finished UpdateCommand: digitalLocker
V/AmazonAppstore.UpdateService( 871): Running UpdateCommand: serviceConfig
V/AmazonAppstore.MASLoggerDB( 871): performLogMetric: Metric logged: ResponseTimeMetric [fullName=com.amazon.venezia.VeneziaApplication_onCreate, build=release-2.3, date=Wed Apr 11 13:10:55 CDT 2012, count=1, value=1601.0]
V/AmazonAppstore.MASLoggerDB( 871): onBackgroundTaskSucceeded: Metric logged: ResponseTimeMetric [fullName=com.amazon.venezia.VeneziaApplication_onCreate, build=release-2.3, date=Wed Apr 11 13:10:55 CDT 2012, count=1, value=1601.0]
W/CommandListener( 118): Failed to retrieve HW addr for eth0 (No such device)
D/CommandListener( 118): Setting iface cfg
D/NetworkManagementService( 203): rsp
D/NetworkManagementService( 203): flags
E/WifiStateMachine( 203): Unable to change interface settings: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to communicate with native daemon to interface setcfg - com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnectorException: Cmd {interface setcfg eth0 0.0.0.0 0 [down]} failed with code 400 : {Failed to set address (No such device)}
W/PackageParser( 203): Unknown element under : supports-screen at /mnt/asec/com.android.aldiko-1/pkg.apk Binary XML file line #16
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): wpa_supplicant v0.8.x
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): random: Trying to read entropy from /dev/random
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Configuration file '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Reading configuration file '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): ctrl_interface='eth0'
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): update_config=1
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): Line: 4 - start of a new network block
D/wpa_supplicant( 930): key_mgmt: 0x4
(mind you, that's 29 lines out of 1300ish, just for example)
I then could do the following with logcat:
Code:
adb logcat WifiStateMachine:E *:S -v long > name of problem.txt
and this will only print out any errors associated with WifiStateMachine, and anything which is fatal, which makes it about a million times easier to figure out what's going on!
In WifiStateMachine:E, the :E = to look for Errors, the full list of options is as follows:
V — Verbose (lowest priority)
D — Debug
I — Info (default priority)
W — Warning
E — Error
F — Fatal
S — Silent (highest priority, on which nothing is ever printed)
You can replace the :E with any other letter from above to get more info.
In order to filter out anything other than what you are looking for (in this case, WifiStateMachine) you must put a *:S after your last command (i.e. WifiStateMachine:E ThemeChoose:V ... ... AndroidRuntime:E *:S)
Sources: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/logcat.html
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
Update for windows users:
Thank go to FuzzyMeep Two, Here's what he's posted for windows
(If you used his tool, here's his post, thank him for his work!)
This is a share.original thread

Hmmm.. I think all can see original guide in Android section...
There's no need of posting it again..
Anyway.. Thanks..

TheStrix said:
Hmmm.. I think all can see original guide in Android section...
There's no need of posting it again..
Anyway.. Thanks..
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I think that it is good for moto E users, most of them are newbies, so they won't have to search a lot

What's the difference BTW logcat and androids inbuilt Bug report function
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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What's the difference BTW logcat and androids inbuilt Bug report functionView attachment 2751421
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Logcat gives you the messages of the system logs and you can submit them to a developer manually. Bug report is kinda an automatic thing that keeps track of your errors

[SOLVED][Q] Commands not properly executing

EDIT:
The problem was that i was trying to read a line from the inputreader, when there was no line, so it was waiting for a response there...
Hello,
I am currently building an app to fix a little problem that exists on some devices with the wifi-mac and bluetooth addresses constantly changing (for me it's a N4 but I read somewhere that there are other devices with that problem too)
The thing the app should do is (steps taken from another xda thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43164157&postcount=1 )
- Mount /persist
- create the folders wifi and bluetooth
- create a text file in each of these directories containing the addresses that should be used in future
- fix the owners and permissions of these files and directories
- execute /system/bin/conn_init as su
The app is mostly done but somehow not working at all.
Everything from generating random adresses to saving them in a temporary file seems to work fine, but as soon as I try to mount the persist directory, the app stops to react.
At first, this was the first thing done by the SU Shell class that I wrote for executing su shell commands, so I thought that might be not working, but when I let that execute echo test it returns test just fine...
The code that is used could be expressed like that (this is missing some debug info and strings that get passed, but it should technically have the same result):
Code:
try {
shell = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su");
outputStream = new DataOutputStream(shell.getOutputStream());
inputStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(shell.getInputStream()));
outputStream.writeBytes("mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 /persist");
outputStream.flush();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The attached zip file contains my main activity and the before mentioned su shell.
The complete source code of the app is available via my git server: http://greensserver.redirectme.net/greenchris/WiFi-MAC-and-Bluetooth-Adress-Fix.git
Does anybody have an idea why this isn't working?
Greetings
GreenChris
Edit:
I forgot to add the logcat...
Code:
04-09 23:33:21.289 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer I/art﹕ Late-enabling -Xcheck:jni
04-09 23:33:21.791 3903-3949/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/OpenGLRenderer﹕ Render dirty regions requested: true
04-09 23:33:21.797 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/Atlas﹕ Validating map...
04-09 23:33:21.951 3903-3949/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer I/Adreno-EGL﹕ : QUALCOMM Build: 10/28/14, c33033c, Ia6306ec328
04-09 23:33:21.953 3903-3949/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer I/OpenGLRenderer﹕ Initialized EGL, version 1.4
04-09 23:33:21.985 3903-3949/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/OpenGLRenderer﹕ Enabling debug mode 0
04-09 23:33:22.318 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: [email protected] time:14543691
04-09 23:33:31.781 3903-3919/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer I/art﹕ Background sticky concurrent mark sweep GC freed 11333(680KB) AllocSpace objects, 3(44KB) LOS objects, 13% free, 4MB/5MB, paused 5.706ms total 39.550ms
04-09 23:33:31.843 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ address-bytes generated
04-09 23:33:43.923 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ save .bdaddr
04-09 23:33:43.925 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ address written: .bdaddr
04-09 23:33:43.954 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ su shell started
04-09 23:33:43.955 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ added outputstream
04-09 23:33:43.957 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ added inputstreamreader
04-09 23:33:43.957 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ echo test
04-09 23:33:43.973 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ test
04-09 23:33:43.974 3903-3903/com.janchristiangruenhage.macfixer D/macfixer﹕ mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 /persist