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What would you want in a custom ROM?

So, now we have the possibility to have custom ROMs, flasheable with CWM. THere are already two guys who have put effort out there, and maybe they'd want some ideas on what you people would like. What do you consider that should be in your custom ROM of choice?
Myself, I would love a Reboot and Screenshot option in the power off menu.

Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?

I want the touchpads to be able to contol the system/launcher, like the D-Pad cans.

Great question.
I already have reboot options in the power menu of my ROM. Taking a serious look at the Screenshot option. Not many ROMs appear to have it though, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone

Naatan said:
Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone
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there was a guy who edited the HomeAPK and made it 3 screens landscape
you can edit the Home through comp. to make it more

The stock launcher, at least in the last build, does have landscape support
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USB OTG would be nice, though that would take some work to do since the stock SE kernel for our play do not support it
Regards Dousan...

sdlaurin said:
Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?
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This, with the auto brightness fixed, and overclocking. 'tis all I want in a ROM.
Sent from my R800

Naatan said:
Landscape mode for the launcher would be awesome. I know you can use a custom launcher, but I really like the one that comes with the phone
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The one that comes with the phone does have landscape mode.........
1) Auto Brigtness disable
2) Overclock
3) Use the touchpad as a touchscreen emulator (eg swiping on the touchpad is the same as swiping on the screen, great for browsing without touching the screen)
4) Enable the FM radio

sdlaurin said:
Maybe a minimalist version of 2.3?
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+1 for this. The only thing I liked about the Verizon Play is that it's basically running stock gingerbread. Currently, I'm using my custom "hybrid" of r800i rom mixed with r800x launcher/apps. The upside is that I removed all the sony junk and replaced it with stock android apps (dialer, calendar, contacts, etc) while keeping stuff like working touchpad (which failed me in cyanogenmod) and playstation pocket. The downside is that I can't replace the sony lockscreen and statusbar with the stock one. For now, I'm just using widgetlock to emulate it.
If someone can get a working stock gingerbread rom with NOTHING extra (not even hidden SE apps and services), but still have working playstation pocket and touchpads/xperia optimized apps. I will use it.

AndroHero's ROM is certainly in that path.
But really... the stock GB Launcher too? It couldn't be more spartan if it tried...

I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.

need a 3g and wifi transfer rate in status bar, to make sure all the things running at the background and another app like fpse or psx4droid just for play ,bcz this is xperia play
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Vanilla GB Rom, with PSPocket and Touchpads working (which if CM7 did, would be AWESOME)

zerojay said:
I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.
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Actually AndroHero is working in that direction too.

zerojay said:
I took a good run at adding a Screenshot menu item to the power menu but haven't been successful yet. Ends up crashing on boot, unfortunately, so I'm doing something wrong. Not giving up yet though. Decompiling JARs and trying to understand it all is a huge pain in the ass.
I've got reboot options already though along with the ability to overclock and undervolt.
I was looking towards pretty much going as stock Android as possible, but I wasn't sure anyone would want it.
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I can't get reboot in power menu working. Well i can get it to work, but then the power off option reboots the device too

There's also the issue with Recovery just rebooting and not directly starting recovery yet. I'll take a look at what Power off is doing on mine as well.
Power Off seems to work fine for me. Are you maybe running it with the USB cable plugged in?

ROM i want?
Something useful,like a better signal for WIFI,5MPHD (if allowed by its hardware limitations) , however,what i REEALLY want is the 10Finger Touchscreen imporvement blagus is working on on SEtweak

Cat_On_Droid said:
ROM i want?
Something useful,like a better signal for WIFI,5MPHD (if allowed by its hardware limitations) , however,what i REEALLY want is the 10Finger Touchscreen imporvement blagus is working on on SEtweak
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About the 10 finger touch screen. what would you use it for? i've always wondered this lol.

[TWEAK] Status Bar Tweak for Game Compatibility

This was made for CM7 A3.5, not sure if it'll work right on other builds.
What this does specifically:
1) It makes the status bar 168 in height.
2) It adds 133 padding to the top of the status bar to align the status bar contents back to the bottom.
What it achieves:
1) 16:9 App Space, if a game was designed to compensate via stretch, scale, etc..., for the status bar. A lot of games do.
2) It makes quite a number of games made specifically for 16:9 tablets have better or functional touch UI's so you can actually play them. Dungen Hunter 2 for example will require this. Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom works better with this. Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia needs this to have a fully functional UI in all menu's etc...
Downside:
1) You will have a huge chunk of black space on your status bar. Maybe someone more bord can go elaborate and write a toggle button for this or something. I'm not there yet. Lmao. & I've gotten used to it, so it's not that ugly anymore. I rather have functionality over pretty until ICS comes out.
Instructions:
Back up your
/system/framework/framework.apk
/system/app/SystemUI.apk
copy provided framework.apk to /system
copy provided SystemUI.apk to /system
change permissions of provided framework.apk to RW-R--R--
change permissions of provided SystemUI.apk to RW-R--R--
move provided framework.apk to /system/framework and overwrite
move provided SystemUI.apk to /system/app and overwrite
dungeon hunter 2 and exitium are the best example of what this tweak makes work.
for dungeon hunter 2: the graphics and touch control graphics are aligned to the bottom of the screen while their respective touch location on the screen is aligned to the top. the offset between touch location and graphic makes the game unplayable.
for exitium: the menus and stuff overlaps, you can't even access your cash account online to grab your free coins for buying the game. a lot of menus are overlapped, armor screens are overlapped, etc... because the aspect ratio the GUI was designed for is 16:9.
Game List that this tweak helps on (more 2 come):
Dungeon Hunter 2 Samsung GP1000 version + must have ChainFire3D and Reduce Texture to 16bit.
Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia
Asphalt 5 Samsung GP1000 version

could you post a screenshot?

I'm assuming this wouldn't work on the MIUI ROM.
But you did answer my question about why I couldn't get Dungeon Hunter 2 or Sacred Odyssey working.

rogabean said:
I'm assuming this wouldn't work on the MIUI ROM.
But you did answer my question about why I couldn't get Dungeon Hunter 2 or Sacred Odyssey working.
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well, you need ChainFire3D to get some of the gameloft games working.
toggle 16bit textures on. & try the Nvidia and THD plugins.
this is in addition to ChainFire3D. like Dungeon Hunter 2 was unplayable even when working due to the touch positions being displaced from the visual UI. this helps the put the visual UI @ their touch positions.
also, after you purchase the game from gameloft, you'll have to search the net for the Samsung Galaxy P1000 Tablet apk of the game. there's a thread at rootzwiki on game compatibility that gives a lot of info on how to get some of these games working.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7709-gameloft-compatibility-thread-with-working-version-s/

Can you test to see if this will allow the game "We Rule" to work? Thank you.

madflava54 said:
Can you test to see if this will allow the game "We Rule" to work? Thank you.
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well you guys should really post what's wrong with it when you play it if you're gonna ask questions like this. lol. tested, it seems to be working fine.

Ok so when I play asphalt 6 it looks like the borders are cut off. I cant see the whole car or other things around the border. Is this what this will fix? Sry for the newbism.

qwerty007 said:
well you guys should really post what's wrong with it when you play it if you're gonna ask questions like this. lol. tested, it seems to be working fine.
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Sorry. The game loads and you can log in if you actually signed up and the screen is just black and you can hear music. I also went into settings and disabled the status bar when an app wants full screen and this did not fix the game from staying just black and having music.

madflava54 said:
Sorry. The game loads and you can log in if you actually signed up and the screen is just black and you can hear music. I also went into settings and disabled the status bar when an app wants full screen and this did not fix the game from staying just black and having music.
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hmm. im not having this problem. using CM stock A3.5. with ChainFire3D installed but default options only. the initial log in, i had to press hide status bar. then worked fine after that.

Sychodrama said:
Ok so when I play asphalt 6 it looks like the borders are cut off. I cant see the whole car or other things around the border. Is this what this will fix? Sry for the newbism.
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i'll check it out tonight, but first thought is that you probably need the Samsung Galaxy P1000 tablet version of it.

qwerty007 said:
i'll check it out tonight, but first thought is that you probably need the Samsung Galaxy P1000 tablet version of it.
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OK so I know this is a seperate prob than what you are working on but I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me were to get the tablet version. I will try that.

I open asphalt 6 and it says incompatible device request refund
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qwerty007 said:
hmm. im not having this problem. using CM stock A3.5. with ChainFire3D installed but default options only. the initial log in, i had to press hide status bar. then worked fine after that.
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Interesting. Maybe I will clean install or something. I tried using chainfire but I am not sure if I am installing the plugins properly. Nothing seems to happen when I try to enable a plugin. Do I need pro?
And you can see your "kingdom"? I'm shocked that the game is working for you.

madflava54 said:
Interesting. Maybe I will clean install or something. I tried using chainfire but I am not sure if I am installing the plugins properly. Nothing seems to happen when I try to enable a plugin. Do I need pro?
And you can see your "kingdom"? I'm shocked that the game is working for you.
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yeah, works perfectly fine as far as i can tell. i planted crap and got to level 5 so far, working fine. menu's fine on the patched up systemui and framework-res.

qwerty007 said:
yeah, works perfectly fine as far as i can tell. i planted crap and got to level 5 so far, working fine. menu's fine on the patched up systemui and framework-res.
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Whoa, I tried reinstalling without doing anything different and I am stuck on a "Loading" screen. I've been on it for about 10 minutes. About how long did it take you to get past this screen?
Yeah, the game is stuck on the Loading screen. It should be saying "Downloading content" or something like that. Bummer. Not sure what is going on.
I even uninstalled xron and installed CM 7 3.5 and I am stuck on the "loading" screen.

Screenshot?

It's stuck here.

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It's stuck here.
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ok, googled the issue, and read complaints about not being able to connect & apparently the game makers of this game are retarded; this game has an issue, not device specific, where people can't connect to the content servers. & are SOL because the game developer is completely ignoring the issue. some people complained about un-install, then re-install, and bricked the game. so I tried that, and bam! stuck at loading screen like you. lmao! i guess try to make a new account and see if that'll let you in. the first time i tried it was with a new acct. obviously it's a server or major development problem if you can get in with new accounts but can't get in with an already active one.
add: no luck with new account either. maybe it's just random luck to get into the content download server? lmao. sry, i didn't think ahead and titanium back my app data for you & me before i un-installed and re-installed. lol. i guess if someone out there could provide titanium back up data on this apps external data we could just restore that and avoid having to connect to download it.

Crsdr37 said:
I open asphalt 6 and it says incompatible device request refund
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I get this on Backstab too and don't know how to resolve the issue. Also have a problem with Bejeweled 2, it won't even start to download the 40MB of extra data that is needed just sits there are 0%. Actually the 0% changes to NaN!!

dtwconsulting said:
I get this on Backstab too and don't know how to resolve the issue. Also have a problem with Bejeweled 2, it won't even start to download the 40MB of extra data that is needed just sits there are 0%. Actually the 0% changes to NaN!!
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you guys should check this thread first.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7709-gameloft-compatibility-thread-with-working-version-s/

[Q] Lots of Apps not functioning on N10

It seems like a lot of the apps that i try don't function properly on the Nexus 10. The ones that don't work that bother me most are the TiVo, Netflix, NFL Mobile, and Draw Something. I have tried a couple roms(ASOP by Craig, and Modaco), and the apps didn't work with either. Is there any mods or tricks to get these apps to work? It's enough of an issue that I will probably be selling my nexus 10 in the very near future if this isn't rectified. I just feel that a "Google Nexus" device should be the most compatible android device on the market, and not the one with the most issues.

Draw something works on a stock n10. Rooting seems to break it. Probably something to do with the way rooting works with the new multi user stuff in android 4.2. Most of the apps that I use that have had problems on the n10 have been receiving updates recently to add proper android 4.2 support.

Quonith said:
Draw something works on a stock n10. Rooting seems to break it. Probably something to do with the way rooting works with the new multi user stuff in android 4.2. Most of the apps that I use that have had problems on the n10 have been receiving updates recently to add proper android 4.2 support.
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interesting.. I wonder if Draw Something will work if I set up another user account and use it on that? If it works it'd be worth the trouble. Because, root doesn't work [SuperSU] on anything but the main user. I hope it works because I was looking forward to using a tablet for Draw Something again.. just to find it wouldn't work.
Edit: didn't work!

What issue have you been having with Netflix?, I just watched Sleepwalk With Me on my N10 tonight through it without issue.

punzada said:
What issue have you been having with Netflix?, I just watched Sleepwalk With Me on my N10 tonight through it without issue.
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It opens to the all red screen that says netflix and has the spinning loading icon and nothing after that.

[Q] Someone is remote control or hacked in my N7

Someone is remote control or hacked in my N7 cuz sometimes when i use my N7 some apps just open by itself and typing by itself
I try to restore to factory reset but it still happens, so now i don't want to use it
I also installed lookout antivirus but still happens, my N7 is not root yet and i only get apps from Google play store
can anyone tell me what to do to get that asshole out of my N7
Thank you

jay730615 said:
Someone is remote control or hacked in my N7 cuz sometimes when i use my N7 some apps just open by itself and typing by itself
I try to restore to factory reset but it still happens, so now i don't want to use it
I also installed lookout antivirus but still happens, my N7 is not root yet and i only get apps from Google play store
can anyone tell me what to do to get that asshole out of my N7
Thank you
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What apps are opening and typing? What are they saying?
In theory a factory reset should wipe it off your device, assuming its not some app thats been installed to the system partition. If you unlocked your bootloader,installed twrp (a recovery for the n7) then wiped everything and then installed a custom rom it would remove everything and re-install fresh and do the trick. Then you could flash back your stock rom and recovery ect and be back to normal
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it opens radon apps and typing something like pppppppppppppplllllllllldddddddyyyyyyyyyyvvvv
and I don't know anything about root or rom
so I only know to do factory recovery
thank you

jay730615 said:
it opens radon apps and typing something like pppppppppppppplllllllllldddddddyyyyyyyyyyvvvv
and I don't know anything about root or rom
so I only know to do factory recovery
thank you
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Sounds like a defective (or possibly a dirty) touch screen issue to me.
What happens when you disconnect from Wifi? Do you continue to get similar problem?
Rgrds,
Ged.

Ged,
I don't think is dirt problem, cuz it looks like someone intentionally remote control my N7
I try to disconnect wifi, and it back to normal but sometimes it happens again
sometime when i play candy crush it moves by itself
thanks

jay730615 said:
Ged,
I don't think is dirt problem, cuz it looks like someone intentionally remote control my N7
I try to disconnect wifi, and it back to normal but sometimes it happens again
sometime when i play candy crush it moves by itself
thanks
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No one is controlling your n7 remotely. They would need an app for that on your n7....if there is even such a thing.
Its a screen problem. Definitely.
Warranty it.
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jay730615 said:
Ged,
I don't think is dirt problem, cuz it looks like someone intentionally remote control my N7
I try to disconnect wifi, and it back to normal but sometimes it happens again
sometime when i play candy crush it moves by itself
thanks
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You have a hardware problem, not a malware one.

jay730615 said:
Someone is remote control or hacked in my N7 cuz sometimes when i use my N7 some apps just open by itself and typing by itself
I try to restore to factory reset but it still happens, so now i don't want to use it
I also installed lookout antivirus but still happens, my N7 is not root yet and i only get apps from Google play store
can anyone tell me what to do to get that asshole out of my N7
Thank you
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here is the video that can show you guys what happened on my N7
please go youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=elcjmYmATSQ
youtube.com/watch?v=vMGaiUZlJUY

jay730615 said:
here is the video that can show you guys what happened on my N7
please go youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=elcjmYmATSQ
youtube.com/watch?v=vMGaiUZlJUY
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From the last video...It looks as if your iPhone might be doing it!
Really...It looks like a hardware issue. RMA.

jay730615 said:
here is the video that can show you guys what happened on my N7
please go youtube
youtube.com/watch?v=elcjmYmATSQ
youtube.com/watch?v=vMGaiUZlJUY
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Once again, it is 100% a hardware issue, so you can dispense with the paranoia. The fact is that you do not have your tablet configured in such a way that one could install or run any type of remote access app without your knowledge and consent.
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this is Linux not Windows. Anything trying to install anything (if you are rooted) would popup the the confirmation to grant root access. If 'it' survived a factory reset, it's not software.
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KNOW Your Device ...
Its your wife or maybe mother... Check the su or super user app to see what apps have root privileged. Also keep a eye on what apps are running by going to Settings Applications Running applications. YOU Will see the app start to run . If you are really concerned take root access away from all system and user apps in the su or super user app. then anything that could run and do what you are thinking will Have to ask for root again.. Since i agree with the other post . NONE Of the above will pop up a suspect app .
I know this post is not needed all But atleast it tells him how to check for himself what is going on with his apps and running services....

I think it might be your screen protector cuz it looks really bad from the 2nd video.

tomarsenal said:
I think it might be your screen protector cuz it looks really bad from the 2nd video.
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This ^ might indeed be worth checking out prior to sending the unit back for replacement - take the protector off and see if the problem persists. (TBH though, I can't tell from the video if the protector is non-uniform or that is a reflected pattern from the ceiling in the room where the video was made.)
The OP would not be the first person to encounter an overly sensitive touchscreen (low level noise becomes "false touches") with or without a screen protector, but generally screen protectors will make the situation worse if the touchscreen is too sensitive to begin with.
The OP's post is an excellent example of a violation of the "Occam's Razor" principle - when presented with alternate explanations for a given phenomena that equally well describe the observed behavior, the simpler of the two explanations should be presumed. In this case, an overly-sensitive touch screen that generates rapid random touch events is a far simpler explanation than assuming that someone has hacked your device and is remote-controlling it (via a non-existent API) with seemingly random input... right in front of the OP's face.

erica_renee said:
Its your wife or maybe mother... Check the su or super user app to see what apps have root privileged. Also keep a eye on what apps are running by going to Settings Applications Running applications. YOU Will see the app start to run . If you are really concerned take root access away from all system and user apps in the su or super user app. then anything that could run and do what you are thinking will Have to ask for root again.. Since i agree with the other post . NONE Of the above will pop up a suspect app .
I know this post is not needed all But atleast it tells him how to check for himself what is going on with his apps and running services....
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You are correct in that it is not needed. He is not rooted , and therefore does not have superuser or, by extension any third party apps with root access. It is not an app issue
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I think he's given up on our advice! LOL. If he believes he's being hacked....on a tab no less, I'm sure his mind won't change.
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I'm guessing you've got some really important info worth stealing on your N7?
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Your device has NOT been hacked. There is an issue with the digitizer, and you are getting false touches. You are still locked and unrooted, so you are, most likely, still within the warranty period. Please call customer to support to set up an RMA for troubleshooting/repair.
OR, you can wipe the whole tablet to see if the issue persist. I am almost certain the tablet will still behave that way after a reset, but you can try if you want.
jay730615 said:
Someone is remote control or hacked in my N7 cuz sometimes when i use my N7 some apps just open by itself and typing by itself
I try to restore to factory reset but it still happens, so now i don't want to use it
I also installed lookout antivirus but still happens, my N7 is not root yet and i only get apps from Google play store
can anyone tell me what to do to get that asshole out of my N7
Thank you
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nexus 7
i have the same problem.µ
Si cela est pris en charge par google ?

Trouble installing 3rd party apps.

I'm trying to install some of the Humble Indie Bundle 6 games on my N4 and I'm running into a problem I've never faced before. The APK files download just fine, but when it comes to actually opening them to start the installation, it won't install. The button that says "install" does nothing when I press it. I checked in my security settings and "unknown sources" are allowed. I included screenshots of both these in the attached files. I even tried un-selecting the "verify apps" option, in case the humble bundle app had been removed from their white list for some reason, it still won't install.
I thought it might be a bug with the Humble Bundle beta app so I tried to uninstall and reinstall it, but it too is getting stuck on the installation. It downloads just fine but it won't install. I've tried rebooting my phone, still no luck. I'm on the latest Jelly Bean 4.2.2. Has anyone else been getting this problem, or does anyone have any idea on how I could fix it? I didn't pay much for the games but it sort of sucks to have bought them and be unable to play any of them like this.
I'd like to try with some more third party apps to see if it's all of them, or if it's just the Humble Bundle APKs that are causing me trouble (if it's the later I can probably contact Humble Bundle and ask them for assistance), but I'm not familiar with those. Could someone please recommend some good safe ones I can test out?

My humble bundle beta installed fine. So at least you know the app should work. Sorry can't help you more. Hopefully someone else has a solution. Silly question... have you tried rebooting?
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are you running paranoid android? disable halo, or so ive read.

Any app that requires permission to draw over other apps can potentially cause what you're experiencing. Examples include but are not limited to:
- the HALO feature in PA ROMs
- Screen filter apps
- Other floating apps

Teo032 said:
Silly question... have you tried rebooting?
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Yes, didn't seem to change anything.
simms22 said:
are you running paranoid android? disable halo, or so ive read.
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I don't think so. My phone is unrooted at the moment.
ohyeahar said:
Any app that requires permission to draw over other apps can potentially cause what you're experiencing. Examples include but are not limited to:
- the HALO feature in PA ROMs
- Screen filter apps
- Other floating apps
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Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?
Also,
I've just tried to reinstall TubeMate, another third party app I like. It's APK also refuses to install, which probably means there's a problem with my phone and not just the Humble Bundle app. I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.

Philippe Lemay said:
Yes, didn't seem to change anything.
I don't think so. My phone is unrooted at the moment.
Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?
Also,
I've just tried to reinstall TubeMate, another third party app I like. It's APK also refuses to install, which probably means there's a problem with my phone and not just the Humble Bundle app. I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.
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how much storage space do you have left in your phone?

Philippe Lemay said:
Could any of that happen if I haven't rooted?...
...I'm starting to think I'll have to factory reset the phone, which is certainly do-able, just... not very fun.
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Yes, this can happen without root access. I've seen your problem addressed several times in multiple forums and ALL of them is because of a floating app.
Look through your app list. Is there ANY app that, as a feature, floats on top of other apps?
Eg, Facebook Messenger, Screen Filter, Floating Stickies, AirCalc, etc
Just force stop them and you should be able to sideload apk's again.

simms22 said:
how much storage space do you have left in your phone?
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The phone says 1.68 GB are free, but when I plug it into my desktop it tells me 1.57 GBs. So... somewhere between those two.
EDIT:
Found it... It was the Twilight app (no, not THAT Twilight... lol), it's an app that tints the whole screen a slight redish color so it doesn't hurt my eyes too much when I use the phone in the evening. That must count as a "floating". The moment I disabled that I was able to successfully install the APK. YOU SIR, ohyearar, have won a thanks.