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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
Enviado desde mi R800i usando Tapatalk
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.
Here is xbmc13.2 beta 1 compiled to work as an android launcher. Just a couple tweaks from stock including..
Thanks to mejdam for testing the proceedure for me..
Modified manifest to act as Android Launcher
remote sends keypress set as default
tweaked advancedsettings.xml
xbmchub/xunity/mashup sources included
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/69c415f3
To get this going without xposed modules follow these steps....
(You will loose access to the firetv launcher and amazon prime videos/store)
PREP
You will want to sideload an app that can freeze apk's ie appfreezer or titanium backup.
You will probably want to get anything you want from the amazon store (ie the firetv netflix app).
You will want to sideload an android app manager (as you will loose the ability to uninstall apps from the firetv launcher), and sideload the google playstore so you can easily install apps.
1)Sideload the xbmc from this thread
2)Launch you apk freezer app and freeze the firetv launcher (depending on your app it may be listed as KFTV Launcher)
3)Press the home key on your firetv remote. Select XBMC and always from the popup, and let XBMC load its first run.
4)Reboot Firetv.
If you want the box to show the kewl slideshow screensaver and goto sleep as before then under XBMC settings/system/Powersaving set timer to 20 minutes and function to Quit. With these settings as long as a video is not playing or paused xbmc will shutdown in 20 mins and the amazon slideshow screensaver will come up and the box will eventually sleep like normal.
Pressing home on firetv remote will wake it up.
Is there anyway you can just upload the tweaked xbmc apk without the launcher modifications.
You don't have to use the launcher option.. As a matter of fact it will be disabled if you are running the kftv launcher. So go ahead and use this one.
mastafunk said:
3)Press the home key on your firetv remote. Select XBMC and always from the popup, and let XBMC load its first run.
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Wow, this will really help me. I always knew the chooser was there, but after hours of debugging I was still never able to figure out what is preventing it from opening. This is good to know that I can force it this way, to try to figure out whats preventing it from opening in the normal case where the launcher isn't frozen.
The launcher itself is preventing it and other things as well like input method swapping etc.. Mejdam inadvertantly found it getting the ouya store to work..
mastafunk said:
The launcher itself is preventing it and other things as well like input method swapping etc.. Mejdam inadvertantly found it getting the ouya store to work..
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i even created a video showing how i freeze kftv launcher. Thanks for the xbmc mod. Anyway you can mod the latest SPMC version into a launcher? thats my prefered xbmc version.
Sure give me a link
mastafunk said:
Sure give me a link
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http://filez.semperpax.com/5r4ln85l
mejdam said:
http://filez.semperpax.com/5r4ln85l
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Try this.. http://www.datafilehost.com/d/51e1e636
mastafunk said:
Try this.. http://www.datafilehost.com/d/51e1e636
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thank you, i'll test it once i get home.
Did you get that one to work?
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Did you get that one to work?
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totally did, thank you. no more need for autopilot on my ouyas. for the fire i'll keep my tvlauncher.
No prob glad it worked..
mejdam said:
totally did, thank you. no more need for autopilot on my ouyas. for the fire i'll keep my tvlauncher.
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If you want you can add them both to the sticky.. Better chance to keep links alive.
mastafunk said:
If you want you can add them both to the sticky.. Better chance to keep links alive.
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to what sticky?
mejdam said:
to what sticky?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51586184
My bad thought it was a sticky .. It was at the too for so long.. It should be..
Messed UP!!!!
ok so i froze kftv, but my niece tripped the circuit breaker and the aftv restarted before i could choose the xbmc launcher...now when the aftv turns on it hangs at the amazon logo because it can't get to the launcher. solutions??
1) adb unstinall app freezer? can anyone help with command lines for that?
any other solutions would be greatly appreciated... thanks so much
ok so i froze kftv, but my niece tripped the circuit breaker and the aftv restarted before i could choose the xbmc launcher...now when the aftv turns on it hangs at the amazon logo because it can't get to the launcher. solutions??
1) adb unstinall app freezer? can anyone help with command lines for that?
any other solutions would be greatly appreciated... thanks so much
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First off dont be scared.. This is recocverable rather easy. Your going to need to do a factory reset. You can find the instructions on the firetv thread at xda.. It basically require you attach a keyboard and press Ctrl + prtscrn + I repeatedly during boot till you get a recovery screen. Then press home on the keyboard. From that menu select factory reset.
I'm driving ATM but will post the link to that thread if you can't find it when I get back.
Sorry this happened to ya but didn't think I needed to add DONT UNPLUG YOYR FIRETV DURING THIS PROCESS to these or any other instructions.
Let me know how it goes. I was in that same spot a few time while working on it and have recovered fine each time.
mastafunk said:
First off dont be scared.. This is recocverable rather easy. Your going to need to do a factory reset. You can find the instructions on the firetv thread at xda.. It basically require you attach a keyboard and press Ctrl + prtscrn + I repeatedly during boot till you get a recovery screen. Then press home on the keyboard. From that menu select factory reset.
I'm driving ATM but will post the link to that thread if you can't find it when I get back.
Sorry this happened to ya but didn't think I needed to add DONT UNPLUG YOYR FIRETV DURING THIS PROCESS to these or any other instructions.
Let me know how it goes. I was in that same spot a few time while working on it and have recovered fine each time.
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Thanks. Please post link when you have time. I'm actually going to baby sit instead of play with firetv and watch the niece. Lol. I can't believe I couldn't adb uninstall. Disappointed.
Yep adb doesn't come up.. When your in this state. I'll post the link in just a bit.
What should replace G3 Tweaks/Xposed on Android 5?
On my rooted KK rom, I used several Xposed functions, out of which the most important to me:
- Four options/extended boot menu
- Volume keys skip tracks (RDIO, PANDORA) while screen is off
- More volume steps
Android 5 (ART) currently voids Xposed
Can you guys recommend ART alternatives for the above (APK or Mod)
Thanks
zolom said:
What should replace G3 Tweaks/Xposed on Android 5?
On my rooted KK rom, I used several Xposed functions, out of which the most important to me:
- Four options/extended boot menu
- Volume keys skip tracks (RDIO, PANDORA) while screen is off
- More volume steps
Android 5 (ART) currently voids Xposed
Can you guys recommend ART alternatives for the above (APK or Mod)
Thanks
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So there is nothing out there yet, u have to wait if rovo89 make xposed ready for ART or alternatives.
Xposed will not work on Android L
Xposed will not work on Android L
Probably it will not be patched.
Let me tell you a story, of a time before xposed (GHAST, yes, for there was such a time!). Back in these dark days, mods used to be done by pulling apart an apk, making modifications in the code and rebuilding the apk to insert into a rom, the problem was these files were device specific, and often rom specific so it made modding very time consuming, and you had to remake a mod for each device and often each particular rom.
Xposed changed this, it patched files on the fly in such a way that it worked on every device and every rom (so long as the file it was patching, and the code it was changing was present).
Now we have no Xposed, we have to go back to those olden times, lets put on our robes and pick up that longsword and fight back.
..... TLDR: There is nothing that Xposed does that cannot be done 'the old way', it is just a far more time consuming process doing it the old way, and because it is now device and often rom specific finding a developer to do it for your device and rom might not be easy.
If there is automated call recording in a custom android 5 rom I will switch instantly.
Most other things are usually fixed by the custom roms as well.
GieltjE said:
If there is automated call recording in a custom android 5 rom I will switch instantly.
Most other things are usually fixed by the custom roms as well.
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Xposed/G3 Tweaksbox has automatic call recording...
Tweakbox > call settings > Enable auto call recording
Jodsfk421 said:
Xposed/G3 Tweaksbox has automatic call recording...
Tweakbox > call settings > Enable auto call recording
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I know, that's why I can't switch to 5 yet.
GieltjE said:
I know, that's why I can't switch to 5 yet.
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Oh, derp. I thought you were looking for the feature. My bad.
GieltjE said:
I know, that's why I can't switch to 5 yet.
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GieltjE said:
If there is automated call recording in a custom android 5 rom I will switch instantly.
Most other things are usually fixed by the custom roms as well.
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ACR app records perfectly calls with the G3
zolom said:
What should replace G3 Tweaks/Xposed on Android 5?
On my rooted KK rom, I used several Xposed functions, out of which the most important to me:
- Four options/extended boot menu
- Volume keys skip tracks (RDIO, PANDORA) while screen is off
- More volume steps
Android 5 (ART) currently voids Xposed
Can you guys recommend ART alternatives for the above (APK or Mod)
Thanks
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There's apps at Google play for almost everything you want.
Quickclick for the music, reboot menu widget for four way reboot, and so on... [emoji106]
For Active Display what's the best app without xposed?
Any replacement for Xprivacy?
What about Appsettings?
this is only reason for I dont like upgrade to 5.
S3V3N said:
Xposed will not work on Android L
Probably it will not be patched.
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We know that.
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Dude just wait xposed or something similar will eventually come for Android L too..
It's not just exposed. There are going to be a great many apps and tweaks that won't work on 5.0. Some will eventually be rewritten, some do things that might no longer be possible with Lollipop. All we can do is wait, and in the meantime decide whether the benefits of 5.0 outweigh the things we'll lose.
I'm going to hate the absence of Skip Lock, which the developer says can't be made to work on 5.0. That may keep me from upgrading for a while.
meyerweb said:
It's not just exposed. There are going to be a great many apps and tweaks that won't work on 5.0. Some will eventually be rewritten, some do things that might no longer be possible with Lollipop. All we can do is wait, and in the meantime decide whether the benefits of 5.0 outweigh the things we'll lose.
I'm going to hate the absence of Skip Lock, which the developer says can't be made to work on 5.0. That may keep me from upgrading for a while.
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Well, LG G3 got a built-in lock skipper. I think its code may be studied and exploited for another use.
GTMoraes said:
Well, LG G3 got a built-in lock skipper. I think its code may be studied and exploited for another use.
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It does? Can it unlock the device when connected to specific WiFi networks? 5.0 offers trusted Bluetooth, but not trusted WiFi, like Skip Lock does, and it also doesn't allow apps to unlock the screen. But my main point was that even if these capabilities are eventually provided, it will take time. Right now "upgrading" to Lollipop will mean doing without a lot of the tweaks and hacks we've become used to.
meyerweb said:
It does? Can it unlock the device when connected to specific WiFi networks? 5.0 offers trusted Bluetooth, but not trusted WiFi, like Skip Lock does, and it also doesn't allow apps to unlock the screen. But my main point was that even if these capabilities are eventually provided, it will take time. Right now "upgrading" to Lollipop will mean doing without a lot of the tweaks and hacks we've become used to.
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Bluetooth and NFC. It's a new build, of course it has no hacks. Let's just wait to see what will come.
GTMoraes said:
Bluetooth and NFC. It's a new build, of course it has no hacks. Let's just wait to see what will come.
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Right. But out of the box, 5.0 doesn't allow any app to trigger a screen unlock. A lot of other things have been locked down, too. For the time being, upgrading to Lollipop is going to mean doing without a lot of the tweaks we're used to.
Android O DP3 is out.
Build number is OPP3.170518.006.
Official version number is 8.0.0.
Factory images.
Full OTA images.
Release notes.
good luck testers
ill stick to my stable build but i will drop in to check up on the bugs you guys experience
ahh i would love to go to dp buts its a pain coming back to 7.1.2
Anyone else have missing system UI tuner options?
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Anastacio_Guerrero said:
Anyone else have missing system UI tuner options?
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They are missing or I don't know where are now.
I still have it.
alobear said:
I still have it.
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I meant options within system UI tuner. Like being able to edit your Nav bar and enabling picture-in-picture
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System ui tuner settings are missing but previous settings still persist (pip is working for me though I cannot disable it ? )
Scythe said:
System ui tuner settings are missing but previous settings still persist (pip is working for me though I cannot disable it ? )
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Looking at that, before you all upgrade add a pip button to your navbar
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For those on preview 3, does the Commonwealth Bank app, does tap & pay work?
Google Play music widget works properly?
Any lag opening apps / camera?
So far I've noticed there's a new locking/unlocking sound
The media control notification being coloured to match the album art
Camera UI changes
And of course it's labeled as Android 8.0.0
HuStLaZ said:
For those on preview 3, does the Commonwealth Bank app, does tap & pay work?
Google Play music widget works properly?
Any lag opening apps / camera?
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I think the commbank app worked ok on Preview 2. I very rarely use the tap n pay though.
I'll try it out later today at woolies and let you know.
xdatastic said:
I think the commbank app worked ok on Preview 2. I very rarely use the tap n pay though.
I'll try it out later today at woolies and let you know.
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Yea the app worked fine but the the tap & pay part didn't (for me anyway). I don't use it often, but it has come in useful when I've forgotten my wallet.
I wanna flash this so bad, but it's a huge pain to roll back when I get the inevitable root/ROM itch. Is it daily driver worthy or a marked improvement from DP2?
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HuStLaZ said:
Yea the app worked fine but the the tap & pay part didn't (for me anyway). I don't use it often, but it has come in useful when I've forgotten my wallet.
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I just made a purchase at woolies using CBA Tap n Pay.
After the OTA from N > OPP3, I did however need to clear app data form the commbank app as Tap n Pay was just giving me a rotating circle of nothingness. Once i set up the app again (the on-boarding screens are so annoying) it worked fine.
Also, I did a reboot after the first boot into O as lots of crash messages while the 'Android system finalising' notification was doing it's thing. All good now.
xdatastic said:
I just made a purchase at woolies using CBA Tap n Pay.
After the OTA from N > OPP3, I did however need to clear app data form the commbank app as Tap n Pay was just giving me a rotating circle of nothingness. Once i set up the app again (the on-boarding screens are so annoying) it worked fine.
Also, I did a reboot after the first boot into O as lots of crash messages while the 'Android system finalising' notification was doing it's thing. All good now.
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Awesome thanks!
Rollback OTA for 7.1.2/NJH47B from 8.0.0/OPP3.170518.006 approx 725MB (Will wipe the device)
https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/.../870cab8169d56bb9c4b405b1e9826a9ef1f3cfe4.zip
Code:
ota-downgrade=yes
ota-required-cache=0
ota-type=AB
ota-wipe=yes
post-build=google/marlin/marlin:7.1.2/NJH47B/4021576:user/release-keys
post-build-incremental=4021576
pre-build=google/marlin/marlin:8.0.0/OPP3.170518.006/4055970:user/release-keys
pre-build-incremental=4055970
pre-device=marlin
Since there's never going to be a rollback OTA for Verizon users with locked bootloader, finally glad to see an update.
Edit: Nevermind, finally got the rollback OTA.
If you really want/need to edit your nav bar, (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner&hl=en) this app still works on DP3, all you need to do is give it access to system ui tuner perms by following the steps in the app using adb shell.
SuperSU v2.82 SR1 works on O DP3 for Pixels.
Welcome to FTVLaunchX – a simple helper application to allow custom launchers on Amazon Fire TV devices – no root required!
It is inspired by the famous LauncherHijack of @BaronKiko and tries to overcome several issues relating to it:
- Reliably intercepts any & all presses of the home button
- Starts the selected launcher on boot
- Starts the selected launcher when waking up from sleep
- Fixes the ominous missing-cursor bug in Silk
- etc.
Please find a thorough description, installation instructions as well as the source code over here:
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX
Get the APK: FTVLaunchX-1.0.1
EDIT: uploaded new release 1.0.1!
If you want to say Thank You or fund further development, then feel free to drop me buck or two, see https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX#Donations
Please report back if you did test on your devices (so far tested on Fire TV Stick 2nd Gen & Fire TV Stick 4K) – I will watch this thread for any issues and/or feature requests.
Thanks for this. Works with no issues and really well on my Fires TV Stick 4K.
When I press home it opens my launcher quickly (TV Launcher 3).
When I wake the device from sleep I do see the amazon launcher for a split second (literally a quick flash).
When I reboot it takes 20-30 seconds to automatically start my launcher.
This could be because it is giving way to IP Vanish which is set to launch on startup.
As soon as IP Vanish launches, I press the back key or the home key and my launcher immediately loads.
Love your work.
Also there is another way of returning to the default Amazon Launcher. Maybe you already know it
Use the Alexa Remote (Voice) and say "Home" or "Settings".
Thanks again.
Flakie said:
When I press home it opens my launcher quickly (TV Launcher 3).
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Yes, it should be a tiny bit quicker and what's more important: way more reliable! Except for the split-second when coming out of sleep I never see the Amazon launcher anymore (I also use TVLauncher 3).
Flakie said:
When I wake the device from sleep I do see the amazon launcher for a split second (literally a quick flash).
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Aye, this is to be expected but should really just be a fraction of a second.
Flakie said:
When I reboot it takes 20-30 seconds to automatically start my launcher.
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Aye, I know - it's because I let the system decide on when to launch it. As you said, there may be other things also being launched and so it has not the top priority. Maybe I'll experiment with raising the priority of FTVLaunchX but I wanted to stay on the safe side for the 1.0 release.
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As soon as IP Vanish launches, I press the back key or the home key and my launcher immediately loads.
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Yes, you can also press the home key as soon as the Amazon launcher comes up and it should work - it's just the auto-start method which takes its time...
Flakie said:
Also there is another way of returning to the default Amazon Launcher. Maybe you already know it Use the Alexa Remote (Voice) and say "Home" or "Settings".
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Ha, I totally forgot about that one – I'll add this to the docs, thank you!
Oh, and just to clarify: do you think that we should also try to catch that and start the custom launcher when hearing "Home"? This may not be possible and IMHO it's way better to leave that as a valid exit method to get back to the original Amazon launcher...
Oh, and a big thank you for testing and replying!
Thank you so much! I finally have my cursor back in the Silk Browser because of this!
JUSTINMARMER said:
Thank you so much! I finally have my cursor back in the Silk Browser because of this!
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Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...
Got any images we can use for an article?
MishaalRahman said:
Got any images we can use for an article?
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Here is an icon and a banner:
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLa...p/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
https://github.com/codefaktor/FTVLaunchX/blob/develop/app/src/main/res/drawable/banner.png
Can render them at any size if you need larger variants;
Or if you need a screenshot then voila: https://imgur.com/a/UethyYm
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Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...
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Wish I could help. I'm running several Fire Sticks. All v2 and 4k. No cubes.
TheRealQubix said:
Oh, and just to clarify: do you think that we should also try to catch that and start the custom launcher when hearing "Home"? This may not be possible and IMHO it's way better to leave that as a valid exit method to get back to the original Amazon launcher...
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Personally, I prefer it going back to the Amazon Launcher.
I have done a few installs of these and for the users it is the easiest way they can get there. The less complexity for them, the better
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Personally, I prefer it going back to the Amazon Launcher.
I have done a few installs of these and for the users it is the easiest way they can get there. The less complexity for them, the better
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Exactly my thought too!
TheRealQubix said:
Glad that it works for you and you like it The main reason why I was creating it was this pesty cursor bug...
Oh, on what kind of device are you using it? Am looking for someone to test it on a Fire TV Cube with Fire OS 7 / Android 9...
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I just tried it on my Nvidia Shield 2017 model and it works great. The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher. Home button works great everytime. If you don't mind I will post it on the Shield tv section or you can. It would be easier for some people that don't understand adb. Great job!!!!
brick00444 said:
I just tried it on my Nvidia Shield 2017 model and it works great. The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher. Home button works great everytime. If you don't mind I will post it on the Shield tv section or you can. It would be easier for some people that don't understand adb. Great job!!!!
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Good to know that it works on that device too – feel free to post it over there! (Since I don't have any experience with the Shields it's probably better since you can include some relevant instructions...)
Oh, and regarding the "bug": this is more or less by design but as I said in another reply above: I might try to experiment to make this a bit faster by raising the boot priority; something for the next release
TheRealQubix said:
Good to know that it works on that device too – feel free to post it over there! (Since I don't have any experience with the Shields it's probably better since you can include some relevant instructions...)
Oh, and regarding the "bug": this is more or less by design but as I said in another reply above: I might try to experiment to make this a bit faster by raising the boot priority; something for the next release
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Thanks again, great job.
brick00444 said:
The only thing I see wrong if you want to call it wrong is, When booting it boots to the android tv screen for about 5-10 seconds but then goes to my Halauncher.
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Ok, I've raised the boot priority to the maximum... find the 1.0.1-dev APK as an attachment.
Let me know if that reacts any faster for you on boots (though a couple seconds will probably be normal, I guess; it all depends on what other things are installed etc.).
Ping to @Flakie too.
I'm getting voiceover on official Hulu app on my v2 stick.
What launcher are available for TV stick? Any Android TV launcher?
JUSTINMARMER said:
I'm getting voiceover on official Hulu app on my v2 stick.
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Yes, that's because Hulu (and some other apps) added some weird code in one of their releases, please try the following:
Settings > Accessibility and make sure that VoiceView AND Screen Magnifier are turned off, the latter one being really important!
You can also hold Back+Menu (toggles voice view) and Back+FastForward (toggles screen magnifier) for two seconds.
If that doesn't work then head into Hulu and turn off app sounds under your profile settings.
If it is still on then go to your apps list in Settings, find the Hulu app, clear its cache AND data, force stop it and then relaunch the app. You will have to sign in again but that should really do the trick.
Please report back!
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What launcher are available for TV stick? Any Android TV launcher?
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You can find some links on the GitHub page of FTVLaunchX but there are quite a few others like AppStarter, HALauncher, ATV Launcher Pro or even Kodi itself...
My favourite is TVLauncher 3 but everybody will have a different taste... you can find some of them on Aptoide, but most need to be downloaded somewhere else.
thanks for this ive got it on my 4k stick using ATV launcher and looks mighty fine !
From the description looks good. Immediately uninstalled Hijack and installed FTVLauncherX. First tried adb install -g, but adb said -g is an unknown option, so installed it directly from a dir on the stick, granted the permission via adb. Now when my Firestick 2nd starts it does start with the native Amazon Home Launcher and stays there. It switches to my launcher only when pushing the home button. I use ATV Launcher Pro.