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[Q] CM7 App Permissions Management

First off, I am not a developer, though I do my fair share of reading and attempt to teach myself what I can. I'm finally just getting the hang of themeing. So before anyone starts to flame this thread, remember...I am not a developer.
One thing I have been waiting to use from CM7 is the ability to alter permissions for each individual app. no reason a wallpaper app should need access to my call logs. Even now, just updated to HTC Clays SuperVibeCM7 and loving it, but there are still too many bugs with CM7 at the moment. I am either gonna switch back to a stable 2.2.1 or try the other 2.3.4 non cm7 roms out since gps seems to work on those (iffy). My only gripe is CM7 is based on AOSP and not stock, but with many more features added in, including the app permissions management. If it is open source I would hope some developer out there would add that to a normal rom. I, like many others, are surprised this feature isn't native to android to begin with.
Is there any way possible to add this feature to existing roms, since most of them are based on official and leaked source. I would assume if we have official source and android open source, the code could (and should) be added. Why not increase the security potential for our android devices?

I just found this post by search for permissions in the xda search.
check out my signature.
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thank you for the link in your sig. im gonna try a few app permissions apps for now. i still just dont understand why the cm7 built in feature hasnt been ported to any other non cm 7 roms. you would think google would make something like this stock. id rather have this feature built in then to need yet another app.

MIUI is now opensource!

I'm so happy to be the first to write this news!
It's something we all hoped for ages and now it's here!
MIUI, know as the coolest but the closest Android interface, finally went opensource.
Here's the official message from MIUI team on Facebook:
MIUI port projects officially go open source
http://www.micode.net/portal.php
Here you can find the information and source code you need to build an Android-compatible device. Android is an open-source software stack for mobile devices, and a corresponding open-source project led by Google. We created Android in response to our own experiences launching mobile apps. We wanted to make sure that there was no central point of failure, so that no industry player can restrict or control the innovations of any other. That's why we created Android, and made its source code open.
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I'm still speechless for the huge event this represents!
Now we have not only a page (which is still in chinese) http://www.micode.net/portal.php
But a pubblic and matching the cyanogenmod way Github repository!! https://github.com/MiCode
Big day for Android! Big day for the community
Have a nice day!

Good news,
I like MIUI File manager and Call manager.

OMG this its HUGE, really really big dat for Android and Open Source

Great news for future development progress, kudos to the miui team for taking the right decision
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lippol the power is finally in your hands!!!!destroy all other dev with the toughest MIUI anyone have ever seen!!
supporting you

Great news. :X MIUI

Vogie said:
Good news,
I like MIUI File manager and Call manager.
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Agreed MIUI has the best file manager set up out there, looks great and functions great

Xiaomi is doing the right things, not all source codes are opened, but a big step though.

If that means that on every rom you could have miui apps
how do i install this apps?
or it will be available later?

Great now maybe I can get this on my Cliq
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We already have miui locker, camera, compass, music apk files running on our roms. Whats the benefit of this? Will we be able to use MIUI themes in other Roms?

Looks like only a few apps are open. Moving along...
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The file manager is flame! As long as that and the theme manager get ported, I am happy!

MIUI sourse is material 4 brainstorm )))

i'm from Xperia X8
i'm not a expert developer, but i'm seeing the code of FileManager and trying to build it for another roms, but i'm facing real problems, don't know why, still seeing.
My intention is to make it work (of course) and make it in PT-PT and MDPI (and maybe LDPI)
But this is a pain in the *you know what*
i hope i face the problems and the solutions
edit: it is missing the net.micode.fileexplorer.R (r.java file?). am i wrong?

Great news ever...

Great nice to hear that... but changed that anythink?

[Q] for SGT 2 7.0..can anyone port HTC sense UI on tab 2

[anyDEV] can anyone develop the sense ui for this device ?

I think you could find a sense launcher and sense clock somewhere in these forums or in google play try search google by term sense launcher.apk and sense clock.apk
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Unlikely because Sense is HTC proprietary and requires a special kernel, frame work , and libraries.
Also , questions go in the Q&A section and put more information in the title so people know what you are posting about.

Mohamedselim said:
I think you could find a sense launcher and sense clock somewhere in these forums or in google play try search google by term sense launcher.apk and sense clock.apk
Sent from Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Tab2
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will try that tonight and check it ..thanks man

DigitalMD said:
Unlikely because Sense is HTC proprietary and requires a special kernel, frame work , and libraries.
Also , questions go in the Q&A section and put more information in the title so people know what you are posting about.
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Sorry abt not posting this in the right section....but bro i do believe that someone out there is working on or trying to port it to the device

There have been countless attempts to port Sense, TouchWiz, and Blur to devices that don't ship with said interfaces. I have never seen a fully working ROM ever ported. They get to a certain point in functionality, then progress stops as the only way to fix the remaining issues is to get new binaries compiled which only HTC/Samsung/Moto have the ability to do. Feel free to try it yourself, but I doubt anyone is going to accomplish this. Also, why would you want Sense? It is probably the most bloated of all the OEM Skins out there.

imnuts said:
There have been countless attempts to port Sense, TouchWiz, and Blur to devices that don't ship with said interfaces. I have never seen a fully working ROM ever ported. They get to a certain point in functionality, then progress stops as the only way to fix the remaining issues is to get new binaries compiled which only HTC/Samsung/Moto have the ability to do. Feel free to try it yourself, but I doubt anyone is going to accomplish this. Also, why would you want Sense? It is probably the most bloated of all the OEM Skins out there.
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Bloated?, yeah, but I think sense has a better personality.....
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Install a rom that has a theme chooser, download sense aokp/cm theme from market, HTC icons, APW widgets and Nova launcher. That will get you pretty close.
*edit, nevermind. Sense theme chooser theme doesn't work, at least with the cm10 with tablet mod I am using.
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[Bid/Developer Hunt] Making an "iOS7" concept a reality

Watch this video first:
I'm here to propose a community funded effort in finding(and funding) developers interested in making a design concept a reality. Looking over the video a few times, I began thinking how easy it would be to do this with android especially with all the customizable apps and widgets. the only problem is that some of the applications would need to be coded from scratch. Or maybe some apps can be themed to look like it (IE ubermusic app theme). I personally like it and would like to see if anyone else is interested and thoughts/opinions. I'm extremely open to criticism and critiques. I would take on this project myself, but my Java knowledge isn't that extensive, as well as my C/C++ skills, however, I am willing to make the necessary image files if need. I may also contact designer behind the iOS7 concept and see if he is willing to contribute as well.
In Final:
Looking to find and fund developers willing to either make a custom rom or applications that are similar to the ones in the video. If it a custom rom, I would it would be CM, Kang or Slimrom base! yee.

dude, fix your post. Your links are unfriendly!

AiyoX said:
I'm here to propose a community funded effort in finding(and funding) developers interested in making a design concept a reality. Looking over the video a few times, I began thinking how easy it would be to do this with android especially with all the customizable apps and widgets. the only problem is that some of the applications would need to be coded from scratch. Or maybe some apps can be themed to look like it (IE ubermusic app theme). I personally like it and would like to see if anyone else is interested and thoughts/opinions. I'm extremely open to criticism and critiques. I would take on this project myself, but my Java knowledge isn't that extensive, as well as my C/C++ skills, however, I am willing to make the necessary image files if need. I may also contact designer behind the iOS7 concept and see if he is willing to contribute as well.
In Final:
Looking to find and fund developers willing to either make a custom rom or applications that are similar to the ones in the video. If it a custom rom, I would it would be CM, Kang or Slimrom base! yee.
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You have to fix links for video.
just copy this text : ESivYZXYqYE and then select it, and use 'YouTube' icon fourth from right.

Looks really nice kind of like miui a little more advanced
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Good luck. Your gonna need it.
Wayne Tech Nexus

That concept video is basically just a bunch of features that already exist in android. As for the design language as previous commenter mentioned it's very much like MIUI. Just start looking at different launchers and widgets available and you'll soon be able to knock this up. I could probably get a decent replication with a combination of Apex launcher, UCCW and some icon packs.

IIIIkoolaidIIII said:
That concept video is basically just a bunch of features that already exist in android. As for the design language as previous commenter mentioned it's very much like MIUI. Just start looking at different launchers and widgets available and you'll soon be able to knock this up. I could probably get a decent replication with a combination of Apex launcher, UCCW and some icon packs.
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a good copy of miui and android. so, who is the king of the copy ? google or apple.

persano said:
a good copy of miui and android. so, who is the king of the copy ? google or apple.
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MIUI is the copycat. It is known as the Joke Android rom lol

persano said:
a good copy of miui and android. so, who is the king of the copy ? google or apple.
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You do realise this is a fan made video?

zelendel said:
MIUI is the copycat. It is known as the Joke Android rom lol
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Really now... I am sure the guys at miuiandroid.com would argue with you on that...
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rignfool said:
Really now... I am sure the guys at miuiandroid.com would argue with you on that...
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Oh they can all they want. Every developer knows that all they do is take codes from others. Even their theme settings are built off of CM coding. The whole look of the rom is a copycat off someone else. Apple is gonna have a field day with them the min they try to sell internationally and so is the GPL lawyers.
No real dev takes them seriously.
Wayne Tech Nexus

Sm-920L (STRAIGHT TALK) Galaxy Frand Prime support?!?!?!?

Hey Ya'll!!! Just got this cell and rooted with KING ROOT. I cant get SUPER USER to update without custom recovery installed but cant find one. Its on the Verizon network.
Any help will be great as I cant find any info about this cell!
*Grand
*Sm-s920L

There is nothing available for this phone as of yet.

I guess it will be supported soon. Just need more devs on it. I would do it, but I am programming challenged.

I wouldn't hold my breath. This is a mid-ranged phone adrift in a sea of high-end devices that grab 99% of the developments.

It be nice get some devs to help us out. Only having 8gb of internal storage. Another thing is there a app you can move apps to external sd cards?
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The only app that ever did all that I wanted in moving apps and their data to externalSD is Link2SD. However, there is a caveat to using it on this phone as the SM-S920L's kernel has no init.d support for Link2SD to create its mount script, but that is easily overcome by the use of an init.d emulator.

foundsoul80 said:
It be nice get some devs to help us out. Only having 8gb of internal storage. Another thing is there a app you can move apps to external sd cards?
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You have 8gb of Internal? I only got 4. S920L Walmart Black Friday Deal.

There's 8GB total split almost down the middle between system and data and sdcard.

Not sure why no devs want to work on this. The Motorola moto e is a lower end phone than this and had very good dev support. I hear that cyanogenmod is close to a snapshot for it and it hasn't been a year that the phone has been out.

Beats me, man. My old Pantech Burst had more support than any Grand Prime variant, lol.

Medfordite said:
You have 8gb of Internal? I only got 4. S920L Walmart Black Friday Deal.
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Yeah 8gb internal.
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Hello, I'm a retired developer formerly of Team Liberty & Team Gummy, and active app developer on Google Play. I have been messing around a bit with this phone (Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime SM-920L) and have managed to put together a Bootable, working custom ROM for the phone. I'm working on this in my spare time & as time allows I will work more on the project. My goal is to keep the phone as close to a custom build of AOSP as possible while adding some features like CM Theme engine, etc while maintaining rock steady performance with zero bugs. Functionality will be the main goal along with desired customizations, and added features. I hope to do away with a lot of TouchWiz & use AOSP apps as much as possible without sacrificing reliability.
Once I have a beta build worthy of release for testing I will post here on XDA. For now I'm going with "Project Prime Time" as the ROM name.
I will keep you updated on progress, but please don't ask for eta. I will need about 10 beta testers once we're at that stage. Beta testers must be familiar with nandroid, logcat, etc. If you're interested please drop me a PM.
Thanks,
Mobile Sensei

P.P.T sounds great hopefully you get the testers you need. I have been hoping for a custom rom as xposed offers very little for touchwiz. Can't wait to see it completed. Thank for the work.
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mobile_sensei said:
Hello, I'm a retired developer formerly of Team Liberty & Team Gummy, and active app developer on Google Play. I have been messing around a bit with this phone (Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime SM-920L) and have managed to put together a Bootable, working custom ROM for the phone. I'm working on this in my spare time & as time allows I will work more on the project. My goal is to keep the phone as close to a custom build of AOSP as possible while adding some features like CM Theme engine, etc while maintaining rock steady performance with zero bugs. Functionality will be the main goal along with desired customizations, and added features. I hope to do away with a lot of TouchWiz & use AOSP apps as much as possible without sacrificing reliability.
Once I have a beta build worthy of release for testing I will post here on XDA. For now I'm going with "Project Prime Time" as the ROM name.
I will keep you updated on progress, but please don't ask for eta. I will need about 10 beta testers once we're at that stage. Beta testers must be familiar with nandroid, logcat, etc. If you're interested please drop me a PM.
Thanks,
Mobile Sensei
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There is another thread on this phone if you post there I'm sure you will get the help needed as their are a lot of people interested in this there.
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mobile_sensei said:
Hello, I'm a retired developer formerly of Team Liberty & Team Gummy, and active app developer on Google Play. I have been messing around a bit with this phone (Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime SM-920L) and have managed to put together a Bootable, working custom ROM for the phone. I'm working on this in my spare time & as time allows I will work more on the project. My goal is to keep the phone as close to a custom build of AOSP as possible while adding some features like CM Theme engine, etc while maintaining rock steady performance with zero bugs. Functionality will be the main goal along with desired customizations, and added features. I hope to do away with a lot of TouchWiz & use AOSP apps as much as possible without sacrificing reliability.
Once I have a beta build worthy of release for testing I will post here on XDA. For now I'm going with "Project Prime Time" as the ROM name.
I will keep you updated on progress, but please don't ask for eta. I will need about 10 beta testers once we're at that stage. Beta testers must be familiar with nandroid, logcat, etc. If you're interested please drop me a PM.
Thanks,
Mobile Sensei
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How goes the battle? Are there any files needed for your rom?
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Mobile Sensei, hello, so encouraged to read your post. Your attention to detail is noted with much appreciation. Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, and right takes time. Many blessings to you & ur "Project Prime Time"endeavor, kind sir. And a fitting title , no doubt! Thank you very much!!
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Wow! 1st time I got to feel lucky bout buying it!! Lol
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ericsmom79 said:
Mobile Sensei, hello, so encouraged to read your post. Your attention to detail is noted with much appreciation. Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, and right takes time. Many blessings to you & ur "Project Prime Time"endeavor, kind sir. And a fitting title , no doubt! Thank you very much!!
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Just a quick update... I have a bootable ROM with all stock features working & everything deodexed. Next steps are adding init.d, zip align at boot, busybox, etc. Then on to features... the decision I'm trying to make is which stock apps to replace with other apps which function better than the stock varients with more features while maintaining reliability, as well as whether to implement some CyanogenMod features like their theme engine or whether to delve into making the Samsung theme engine & store compatible with ou phone, but at the moment this seems unlikely due to Samsung safeguarding their source code.
Reliability & a stable ROM overrides everything else. I have already began rewriting some of the Samsung code to increase responsiveness & extend battery life. I think Ive found the sweet spot between battery life, performance, & functionality that my former Sensei Mod ROMs were know for. I want the ROM to be feature rich, but rock steady. The trouble with a Samsung ROM is that when you bypass Touchwiz, you loose some reliability, So basically what we're looking at is a Touchwiz / AOSP hybrid.
I already have some kick ass apps picked out to replace some stock apps. I also will have to theme the ROM, which I will be looking to Android N for design ques.
I will keep you updated on progress here, just bear with me as I have real world responsibilities to contend with.
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Thanks for the update! I don't really see how we would lose reliability by abandoning Touchwiz (albeit my viewpoint may be skewed as I abhor Touchwiz) and would love to see an AOSP based ROM for this device. As far as init.d goes, I got that enabled at boot by unpacking the boot.img and appending the following to the init.rc file...
Code:
# Execute files in /system/etc/init.d before booting
service run-parts /system/bin/sh -c "sleep 2; for i in /system/etc/init.d/*; do if [ ! -d $i ] && [ -x $i ]; then . $i > /dev/kmsg 2>&1; fi; done;"
class late_start
user root
group root
seclabel u:r:init:s0
oneshot
I'd love to see a debranded/debloated ROM for this device as well as an insecure adbd binary and the ability to set SELinux to permissive. Also, I believe that a better alternative to CMTE or Samsungs own theme engine is OMS.

I would like to see the cm theme engine for this seems to be the best I have used.
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