Hello all
I just recently bought used but in perfect condition Huawei P8 and it drives me nuts! list of problems, that I would like help with:
1. If I wish to use stock, am I forced to use EMUI ? Please tell me that there are 2 default options ?
2. Huawei Home is shi* and it doesnt offer you the one thing ALL other manufacturers have: Vanilla-like android launcher called "simple" or "standard" or whatever
3. Why on earth are Home screen and app drawer merged into one function ?
4. Most ridiculous thing: I cant change region if I want to use English, I only have 10-12 countries .. ? like, wtf ?
Please guide me with few simple steps. What I need for a phone to suit me are these functions:
- good old regular launcher with home screens by my liking, with app drawer button (like Nova, Google default, Trebuchet, etc) >> I know I can change it on my own but I am baffled by the fact that Huawei doesnt provide it .. ?
- possibly settings that resemble default google layout, like Sony and LG do
If what I am asking is impossible by stock, please tell me, also in few sentences, easiest way to root and what ROM would suite me ? I would like to keep Huawei defaults regarding camera as I heard P8 camera is a beast and im guessing AOSP (which would suite me the best) looses that functionality .. so I am in a bit of a pickle
Thanks to all in advance!
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Hi guys
I got my X10 Black on saturday , Very excited ... and i can surely say that this is the best phone SE has given us since k750... Its been a happy 6 years with SE and i dont regret for being a fan for all these days.. and now X10... man .. What a phone....
anyway coming to the issue
I am from India , but i got a singapore handset .. and its R2BA020 GENERIC
when i go to the service menu it says country Singapore , Brand : Singtel
I want to change it to the latest firmware without crapwares like moxifier and also want generic india , as i think se is rolling updates faster in india... correct me if i am wrong..
I also want to root since i want to remove certain apps alone .. mediascape and timescape are awesome and defualt mediaplayer is good...(looks are killer )
anway how to get a rooted generic latest firmware on my phone ?
also here are other few question ...
1.) can i make folder and arrange the menu icons .. since such a huge list looks like dustbin , i just wana arrange them and put the little apps like battery widget which is listed in my menu innto a folder , this way only the main apps are in the menu list and also put all the games into a folder..
2.) is there a way to change the background of the menu screen into some wallpaper or someother color , DARK BLUE IS horrible... and sometimes it goes into black
3.) tell me few tips to imprive battery , already runing juicedefender , helixlauncher , and put screen brightness to auto .. tell me few other tips..
4.) when i long press the menu button , it shows few apps , are they running apps or what ? and how to stop a app ? i am currently using Astro`s running process killer... but tell me few other methods to stop apps , and how to stop apps which doesnt have a exit button ?
5.) how to activate proximity sensor ?
6.) is there a way to replace the whole defualt lock screen into someother found in market ?
7.) the dialpad of x10 is awesome .. but there is no speed dial , is there a way to retain the layout of the default dialpad of SE and add speed dial some found in market ?
8.) tell me easy way to make call .. currently i have to go to contacts , serach , and press few times to make a call ... is there any other alternative ?
9.) will uninstalling apps remove the folder they create in my SD card ? coz SD card folder arrangement makes my head spin , prev , on my w995 they card folder were neatly arranged..
10.) is there a way to share my dialup connection on my laptop to the phone via wifi ? is that called tethering ? help me on this ...
11.) which and all defualt process are safe to close .. ? and really help in reducoing battery consumption ..?
12.) any easy way to switch data /gprs connection on / off ? i have juice defender , but cant understand ....
thanks in advance ...
guys anyone ?
1)No you cant make folders. The menu cant be changed. Its a deficiency which needs to be improved.
2) No, unless you use some launcher like ADW where you can apply themes and change the menu color.
3) For batter life i suggest to change to ADW launcher. I find it better than helix. Also use Advanced task killer.juice defender uses a lot of battery. Remove the timescape widget from your homesreen and undo the refresh automatically option.
4)Use advanced task killer. The apps you see the 6 most recently used apps.
5) proximity sensor gets activated when you are on a call.
6) Of course you can. There are a few. Dunno the names, i use the stock.
7) No idea. I suggest you port the numbers to fav and dial from there. Long press a contact and call.
8)Well port the most used contacts to favorites and long press to call.
9)No data stored in the SD card has to be removed manually.
10) Root your phone and use an app called Barnacle Wifi tethering. Works great.
11)All apps are safe.
12)Download Weather and toggle widgets. You shall get everything there. Or just download a widget from the market.
P.s. Its me dreamcatcher.
i) Use a home screen replacement like Adw and treat each screen as a folder. That's hat I do.
ii) Once again, get ADW.
iii) I will post something regarding this on my blog soon. WIll tweet you the link, after it's done. But for now the just is get setCPU and throttle your processor intelligently.
iv) In generaly you don't need to bother yourself w/ background apps in Android, but you can use any one of the dozens of apps available. You can also use Autokiller.
v) You don't need to bother yourself with it. It happens automatically.
vi) Yes. Search this forum for some names.
vii) There is no speed dial, but there are favourites.
viii) Favs once again.
ix) No.
x) Install connectify, create a hotspot and use connect ot it from your phone.
xi) What app are you planning on using? If its something like Advanced Task Killer, everything is safe.
xii) Juiced Defender, APN settings. But, I found it to be creating problems for me.
sorry for late reply.. with hooked with Rachael , she is soooo awesome..
thank u guys for thee reply. ..
but the main question is still unanswered.. mine is singapore generic...
I am from India , but i got a singapore handset .. and its R2BA020 GENERIC
when i go to the service menu it says country Singapore , Brand : Singtel
I want to change it to the latest firmware without crapwares like moxifier and also want generic india , as i think se is rolling updates faster in india... correct me if i am wrong..
I also want to root since i want to remove certain apps alone .. mediascape and timescape are awesome and defualt mediaplayer is good...(looks are killer )
anway how to get a rooted generic latest firmware on my phone ?
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One more thing .. is there a way to extract the profile pics from facebook and integrate into contacts.. there is way to link the contacts to facebook/twitter profiles in timescape .. but y doesnt it take the profile pic and atacch it to the contacts ?
and also is there a way to make the volume button .. long press to skip the song ? we used to have in older SE na...
Not sure about the firmwire thing. Regarding contacts, just use Phonebook 2.0.
Facebook Sync imports facebook profile pics to your phonebook.
I also recommend Gesture Search. You can set it to only show results from the phonebook and then you just press the green phone-icon to the left to dial up.
thnk 4 reply.. will try it... and report back
Hi there,
I have been using htc hd2 for nearly 6 months now and have installed:
cookies home tab editor 1.85
few apps like g alarm, sky browser, torch and a carrera watch
Trouble is my fone keeps crashing and its annoying the hell out me
Can you guys work with me to figure out why? Like can I post something on here that will enable you to figure out why it is happens?
It just keeps freezing and I have to take the battery out and put it back to get rid of the problem, its so annoying...
So any help and advise would be appreciated
Many thanks
P.S. Trouble is whilst I am happy with the way my fone looks now i.e. the wallpaper, the carerra watch , I am certainly not happy with the freezing so how do I avoid this? Please I'm desperate - thanks in advance..
no support?
no assistance?
can somebody please help
I'm assuming you're using stock rom?
I have the same problem with CHT 1.85,; i use the new Energy Rom and the built-in version. Try to use the standard lockscreen, this was for me a help to get less crashes. I think it depends to CHT and some manila versions.
If you want to flash a new rom, here are many threads that will help you.
Yep I am using the stock rom
So are you saying my problem is because of the CHT editor 1.85 I am using?
Should I remove it in that case?
Do you think I should change to the energy ROM?
I just do not want my HTC HD2 phone to crash, it is so annoying - having said that I enjoy the features CHT editor 1.85 provides is there an alternative?
Please help me before I restore to factory settings
Thank you
Your problem looks al lot like thism posted on 27th of august. (If you could read dutch)
Translated:
Have you ever experienced crashes / black screen when switched on or spontaneously restart HTC HTC Sense on HD2? Here is what I call the most important tips that can help the HD2 of his problems to help:
Note: If you have no problems of course you do not have to. But there appear regularly posts from frustrated people who just seem to have problems. Especially for them, it is intended, although the tips can help anyway HTC HD2 less taxing and therefore easier to react.
The cause of the problems related to self-Sense, which obviously does not run well on any machine. In particular, the background activities of Sense (Data services, weather, etc.) could be "sensitive equipment" for problems.
HTC Sense off is a rigorous but effective solution (Settings, Menu, More, Today, Items, uncheck Hide HTC Sense).
A Sense replacement as SPB Mobile Shell can provide a solution when the interface of Windows Mobile will not (and are most of us, right?).
Sense if you still want to keep using these tips will be given from the trouble:
• Remove sites that you do not need from the Weather application, so the phone in the background is less active (Tap the Clock Sense, Menu, delete Cities)
• Switch to reason that data services that you do not need, such as shares, Twitter and Facebook, in Settings, Data Services.
• Put in Settings / Locations continuously collect location data from
• Remove old SMS permanently (usually first removed and then permanently removed from the SMS application, Menu, Deleted Items, Menu, Clear).
Also keep in mind that if you install third party software, such phenomena also occur (the latest version of Co0kies Home Tab -1.8.5 - notorious example is when you turn it to lock screen). Even then these tips may help, but it will be clear that this is not saving can be when there are errors in the software are installed.
One that opinion is outside the scope of this article, installing a custom ROM. I mention it for completeness, but I'm not a fan of a solution that precisely because the category is third-party software. The experiences are varied, and the popular ROMs appear at every turn to new versions to fix bugs. There is a risk that you're digging a hole to the other gap. But who is desperate ....
[translated by google]
Hi! Brothers and Sisters......
Good day to you from Myanmar.:fingers-crossed:
I'd like to know how to customize my arc S?
Don't want to use any custom ROM or something custom. I already tried and using the following:
1. Xperia S Live with Walkman port
2. Notification Toggle port
3. Default Themes change
4. Infinite View change
5. Onscreen button (already tried, but not work)
6. Xperia S Launcher (already tried but not using now)
So.... how can I customize or port something great to my stock rom .587, Unlockedbootloader?
And also with stock firmware .587, my wifi signal is frequently lost especially when i enter to new address or new download even I stay beside the router. How can I fix this as Sony still don't fix that problem?
Thanks in advance for reading and your advices.
Sorry for my poor English language which makes you to fell something uncomfortable.
Have a nice day to all of Members and Guest. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Hi to all of you !
- Sorry for asking and creating a new topic, but i just got my phone with Android 7.0 and i am asking if there is already the Way to gain Root ?
if so, can you please link me the topics ?
- Second question: i puted the nova launcher but when i double click to turn off, or on sometimes i dong get the screen on but only the touch bouttons. (i had to get back to the default Lg v20 louncher) anyone else has noticed this ?
- Does it exist any ''must have'' mod for any optimizations like for example, wish the ''screenshoot'' taker could had the buttons down and not on the top of the screen. Same for the ''clean all'' while closing the appliactions, it has a big screen so bringing ''close all down'' would have been much better''
- I have used greenify and cerberus for a long time with my previous phones, so do they work fully without root ?
- what is the most ''optimized'' and the most ''complete'' ROM for this phone here (if rooted) ?
Best regards and thank you in advance !!
Love this amazing phone...wish i can get the most of it by rooting it.
No it isn't rootable.
A forum search would have informed you.
Yes. Greenify and Cerberus work without root.
The are hardware buttons for screenshot functions. A Google search will inform you.
Search reveals all.
Yesterday, I found some time to try a retail demo G6 and compared to the Galaxy S6, however, the demo G6 I tried wasn't connected to Wi-Fi, so I couldn't test some things. out. Click "click to show content" below for my findings (taken from my Instagram post that I had copied before posting, since Instagram decided to screw up the formatting).
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(Go to my Instagram account via a link on my XDA profile and find the original photo there)
(I have a few questions for any of you who own a LG G6 or other LG phone running their version of Android 7.0 so expand the description if you want to see those questions)
I found a demo LG G6, and decided to try it out, to find out that...
LG actually uses the Google emoji from stock Android!!! Yes!!!!!
Unlike that Sam-suck Galaxy S8 that uses their crappy and hard to read emoji that I absolutely hate.
I also found that LG's version of Android also has custom font support. Hopefully it's actually using FlipFont, because if that's the case, I could load my custom Comic Neue font package that I have on my Galaxy Tab A and use that.
(Does LG's Android use FlipFont or another font system where I can easily create a custom font package to use there?)
LG's Android also has custom theme support, so hopefully there's a theme that can make it look like stock Android 7.0, but sadly, the demo G6 I tried wasn't connected to WiFi. I already know LG's custom launcher has 2 versions, one with an app drawer and one without.
(Is there a theme for LG phones that can make it look like stock Android?)
Another thing I didn't notice in reviews on YouTube is that the power button is combined with the fingerprint sensor. Nice!!
Plus, LG's Android does have user changeable DPI settings. Hopefully that setting doesn't only affect LG apps.
One thing I forgot to check is if LG's Android has a blue light filter, which CyanogenMod does have.
(Does LG's version of Android have some kind of blue light filter or "night mode"?)
Even then, I'm probably not gonna upgrade my phone this year, because I had already gone through so much trouble trying to sign back in to all my apps after transferring to the Galaxy Tab A WiFi+cellular, unless there is an Android app (that does not require root) that can actually preserve app data so I would be able to continue right where I left off after switching to a new phone.
With that, I am considering getting a G6 (in silver or black, 64GB) (either that, or I might wait for either the G7 or whatever the next OnePlus will be called) but want to ask some questions, mainly pertaining to the software experience, which is my main deciding factor when it comes to buying an Android device.
Anyway, just open the spoiler thing above if you don't understand why I'm asking the following questions.
Does LG's Android use FlipFont or another font system where I can easily create a custom font package to use there?
Is there a theme for LG phones that can make it look like stock Android?
Does LG's version of Android have some kind of blue light filter or "night mode"?
kbhasi said:
Yesterday, I found some time to try a retail demo G6 and compared to the Galaxy S6, however, the demo G6 I tried wasn't connected to Wi-Fi, so I couldn't test some things. out. Click "click to show content" below for my findings (taken from my Instagram post that I had copied before posting, since Instagram decided to screw up the formatting).
(Go to my Instagram account via a link on my XDA profile and find the original photo there)
(I have a few questions for any of you who own a LG G6 or other LG phone running their version of Android 7.0 so expand the description if you want to see those questions)
I found a demo LG G6, and decided to try it out, to find out that...
LG actually uses the Google emoji from stock Android!!! Yes!!!!!
Unlike that Sam-suck Galaxy S8 that uses their crappy and hard to read emoji that I absolutely hate.
I also found that LG's version of Android also has custom font support. Hopefully it's actually using FlipFont, because if that's the case, I could load my custom Comic Neue font package that I have on my Galaxy Tab A and use that.
(Does LG's Android use FlipFont or another font system where I can easily create a custom font package to use there?)
LG's Android also has custom theme support, so hopefully there's a theme that can make it look like stock Android 7.0, but sadly, the demo G6 I tried wasn't connected to WiFi. I already know LG's custom launcher has 2 versions, one with an app drawer and one without.
(Is there a theme for LG phones that can make it look like stock Android?)
Another thing I didn't notice in reviews on YouTube is that the power button is combined with the fingerprint sensor. Nice!!
Plus, LG's Android does have user changeable DPI settings. Hopefully that setting doesn't only affect LG apps.
One thing I forgot to check is if LG's Android has a blue light filter, which CyanogenMod does have.
(Does LG's version of Android have some kind of blue light filter or "night mode"?)
Even then, I'm probably not gonna upgrade my phone this year, because I had already gone through so much trouble trying to sign back in to all my apps after transferring to the Galaxy Tab A WiFi+cellular, unless there is an Android app (that does not require root) that can actually preserve app data so I would be able to continue right where I left off after switching to a new phone.
With that, I am considering getting a G6 (in silver or black, 64GB) (either that, or I might wait for either the G7 or whatever the next OnePlus will be called) but want to ask some questions, mainly pertaining to the software experience, which is my main deciding factor when it comes to buying an Android device.
Anyway, just open the spoiler thing above if you don't understand why I'm asking the following questions.
Does LG's Android use FlipFont or another font system where I can easily create a custom font package to use there?
Is there a theme for LG phones that can make it look like stock Android?
Does LG's version of Android have some kind of blue light filter or "night mode"?
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1: No idea
2: kind of, but apparently the text color in the settings is tied to to the one in the notification shade so you tend to get both of them either with a dark or a light color. Check the themes forum.
2: Yes
Obscure Reference said:
1: No idea
2: kind of, but apparently the text color in the settings is tied to to the one in the notification shade so you tend to get both of them either with a dark or a light color. Check the themes forum.
2: Yes
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I tried, but I couldn't find it.
Closest I found was a "Pixel" theme, but I think I might be able to combine that with Nova Launcher + one of those stock Android icon packs for 3rd party launchers + Google Gboard + a bunch of stock Android apps that Google has uploaded to the Play Store, to get as close to stock Android as possible, or I might wait for LineageOS or another custom rom with the stock Android UI to be released for the G6.
(I do like using Nova Launcher Prime because one of the things it allows me to do is to hide a number of the Samsung apps and bloatware on my Galaxy Tab A, plus I can hide the app drawer behind a double tap gesture)
kbhasi said:
I tried, but I couldn't find it.
Closest I found was a "Pixel" theme, but I think I might be able to combine that with Nova Launcher + one of those stock Android icon packs for 3rd party launchers + Google Gboard + a bunch of stock Android apps that Google has uploaded to the Play Store, to get as close to stock Android as possible, or I might wait for LineageOS or another custom rom with the stock Android UI to be released for the G6.
(I do like using Nova Launcher Prime because one of the things it allows me to do is to hide a number of the Samsung apps and bloatware on my Galaxy Tab A, plus I can hide the app drawer behind a double tap gesture)
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You can actually hide apps in the stock launchers too.