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[ICS][MOD][CWMR]Long Press volume changes music track

So after desperatley wanting this mod to work on my captivate glide at any cost, i went after it myself. It looked easy at first but turned out to consume a lot of hours figuring out how to compile decompile and understand basics of smali.
What it does ?
As in the title, pressing the volume buttons a little longer (400 ms) will make the stock music player skip to next track (up vol) or previous track (down vol). This only works while the screen is off and phone locked which is basically the purpose . Right now will work on deodexed ROMs only, meaning pepole having "android.policy.odex" file in the system/framewrok folder would not be able to use this mod.
Caution : The mod if goes wrong can/will make your phone stuck at the boot animation unless the mod is removed. Copy both the files so you can restore your original file back in case it doesn't work for you.
How to Install
1) Make sure you are rooted. and boot into CWMR.
2) Flash LongPressVol.zip - Installs the mod and takes backup
3) Wipe Dalvik and Cache partition
4) Reboot and "Upgrading android" screen should show up.
You are done and now test it and let me know if it works for you. Enjoy!!!
Restore original/Remove Mod :
1) Boot into CWMR.
2) Flash LongPressVolRemove.zip - Restores your original android.policy.jar file
3) Wipe Dalvik and Cache partition
4) Reboot
Tested to be working fine on following ROMs
Nardholio's NardROM 0.4
Thegreatergood's LiteROM .4
Credits : Ported with help from the guide posted by jakubklos -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770564
Next update :
CWM flashable zip (will need some time to learn how to do that - Done
Post the Diff and the code to make it easier for other roms to include it if the android.policy.jar changes. - In progress

Awesome, been missing this mod since leaving my DHD
CWM Flashables worked great..... But since I'm using the stock rom which has not been deoxed it did not work.
It booted though didn't notice any adverse affects
Not to put you on the spot but do you think you could use the UCLH2 .jar and make a version that will use odex. not sure if anything would have to be done to the odex file but I have included the non odexed android.policy.jar files if you wouldn't mind taking a stab at it. If you could just modify the .jar file I'll test it. I would be forever in your debt!
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Force closes PowerAMP and Nova Launcher.
Tested on ICS Leak.

Just delete the odex file and clear cache and you should be fine. You don't have to deodex the whole ROM.
or for extra points you can reodex, which theoretically will boost speeds a bit (although I'm experiencing wonderful speeds on my ROM). Redodexing is pretty easy (just Google it) and doesn't require him to do his mod again.

Cool thanks for the tip!
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ludacris1 said:
Force closes PowerAMP and Nova Launcher.
Tested on ICS Leak.
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Strange works for me. Nova didn't quit at all throughout my testing. I tried Poweramp trial and works fine as well. Did you clear dalvik and cache after flashing in the Mod ?

Nardholio said:
Just delete the odex file and clear cache and you should be fine. You don't have to deodex the whole ROM.
or for extra points you can reodex, which theoretically will boost speeds a bit (although I'm experiencing wonderful speeds on my ROM). Redodexing is pretty easy (just Google it) and doesn't require him to do his mod again.
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Tried with no success stuck at boot screen. Thanks for the hint I'll try re odexing it and see if that will work next.
I like all the bloat that the stock has except the att apps, I would love to try your ROM but I would prefer a completely stock version of it with little modification and fixes. I have tried to do it myself with no success and simple don't have the patience for it. As my computer would end up at the muzzle end of a AR15. I really don't want to waste ammo or buy a new computer just yet. LOL ^o^
I'm very happy with the stock rom after applying the keyboard, tethering fix, and sdcard swap. It will be perfect when I get this working on it. And if its true that having it odexed is faster, I don't know but it is very smooth and battery is awesome.
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enewman17 said:
Awesome, been missing this mod since leaving my DHD
CWM Flashables worked great..... But since I'm using the stock rom which has not been deoxed it did not work.
It booted though didn't notice any adverse affects
Not to put you on the spot but do you think you could use the UCLH2 .jar and make a version that will use odex. not sure if anything would have to be done to the odex file but I have included the non odexed android.policy.jar files if you wouldn't mind taking a stab at it. If you could just modify the .jar file I'll test it. I would be forever in your debt!
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As evident from your last post, it does not work for you on UCLH2. As i said in my OP that i've not tested it on LH2 and it might not work as the android.policy.jar may be different. It should work on the UCLG9 and the ROM's based on it for sure.
I'll see later what i can do for the LH2. Can you post me a link of your whole system/framework folder, so i can download the same ? I'll maybe try later in the day to see the difference.

Thanks you, much appreciated! http://db.tt/0PnPOv4p
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enewman17 said:
Thanks you, much appreciated! http://db.tt/0PnPOv4p
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Deodexed your files and compared the PhoneWindowManager.smali file with mine, they are binary equals. So technically this mod should work for you. As your ROM is odexed, you need to manually delete the android.policy.odex and android.policy.jar file and then copy the android.policy.jar file from the zip attached to the OP. Remember to clear dalvik and cache partition as the last step before rebooting your phone. As Nardholio suggested this should work and you don't need to deodex the whole ROM.

Updated OP with the name of the ROM's tested to be working fine with this mod. Will try some more and keep adding.
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Nardholio said:
Just delete the odex file and clear cache and you should be fine. You don't have to deodex the whole ROM.
or for extra points you can reodex, which theoretically will boost speeds a bit (although I'm experiencing wonderful speeds on my ROM). Redodexing is pretty easy (just Google it) and doesn't require him to do his mod again.
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Do not delete the odex file... in an odex ROM all the code, java and smali are located in the odex class until you deodex which pulls the classes out and compresses them into a classes.dex into the particular apk and/ or jar file. So, if you delete the odex file the jar or apk is useless as you just deleted all the java and smali code it uses to communicate with the DVM..
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dman3285 said:
Do not delete the odex file... in an odex ROM all the code, java and smali are located in the odex class until you deodex which pulls the classes out and compresses them into a classes.dex into the particular apk and/ or jar file. So, if you delete the odex file the jar or apk is useless as you just deleted all the java and email code it uses to communicate with the DVM..
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Deodexing is all clear and i know the procedure, but can you let me know some link or tutorial to follow to odex it back again ? I think it needs the whole rom and needs some more files like framework etc. to be odexed again ?
Note: still learning and long way to go

In my trying to learn all of this too, seems you can re-odex a rom. But everything I found has to be done on the phone it self with terminal and a odex wrapper script. Haven't found a way of doing it on a computer yet.
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enewman17 said:
In my trying to learn all of this too, seems you can re-odex a rom. But everything I found has to be done on the phone it self with terminal and a odex wrapper script. Haven't found a way of doing it on a computer yet.
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I've read some tutorials as well, but lemme know if you find a easier way to do this. I'm almost certain that the odex files are specific to a specific rom, but i can be wrong as well. That's the reason i believe that the generic mods are only for the deodexed ROMs.

enewman17 said:
Awesome, been missing this mod since leaving my DHD
CWM Flashables worked great..... But since I'm using the stock rom which has not been deoxed it did not work.
It booted though didn't notice any adverse affects
Not to put you on the spot but do you think you could use the UCLH2 .jar and make a version that will use odex. not sure if anything would have to be done to the odex file but I have included the non odexed android.policy.jar files if you wouldn't mind taking a stab at it. If you could just modify the .jar file I'll test it. I would be forever in your debt!
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I don't realize there was a Dial Home Device on earth, I though it was never found
*stargatefan*

TheHow7zer said:
I don't realize there was a Dial Home Device on earth, I though it was never found
*stargatefan*
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Lol love stargate
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ninthsense said:
I've read some tutorials as well, but lemme know if you find a easier way to do this. I'm almost certain that the odex files are specific to a specific rom, but i can be wrong as well. That's the reason i believe that the generic mods are only for the deodexed ROMs.
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Yes the odex file is specific per app so if any changes were made, the odex file which contains most of the data for each app would also have to reflect those changes. As the changes you made were part of .smali which is part of the dex file. So on a stock rom the odex file is loaded into the Dalvik machine during boot. This is why when flashed on a odexed rom the mod does not take, because the non modded odex file was already loaded. I gave up as I'm happy using literom4 with your mod.
Edit: Ok here is why it has to be done using the phone, all has to do with BOOTCLASSPATH http://classictomatoe.net/dexo-universal-odex-tool/
If you wanted to make this mod for folks still using the stock rom. All that needs to be done is decompile the .odex file using baksmali make the changes to the necessary files and then smali ?I think? don't quote me on that.

Can you share the how to four this? I'm setting up a rom and would like to add this
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kick buttowski said:
Can you share the how to four this? I'm setting up a rom and would like to add this
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Would you use the new uclj3 ? Send me the androidpolicy jar from your rom and hopefully it should be the same. I've not upgraded to .8 literom yet so not sure if it will work as .8 is based on the newer uclj3 released by samsung.
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ninthsense said:
Would you use the new uclj3 ? Send me the androidpolicy jar from your rom and hopefully it should be the same. I've not upgraded to .8 literom yet so not sure if it will work as .8 is based on the newer uclj3 released by samsung.
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Here ya go

[Q]Odex files

I just deleted the system ui odex file for the 14 toggles mod, and I was wondering if anything negative will happen if I remove all of them, and what the benefits of doing so are. I realize there are deodexed roms out there, but I'm not sure of what that does.
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MorrowindFan said:
I just deleted the system ui odex file for the 14 toggles mod, and I was wondering if anything negative will happen if I remove all of them, and what the benefits of doing so are. I realize there are deodexed roms out there, but I'm not sure of what that does.
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in .odex files some apps are outsourcing libraries and other stuff.
so it seems no good idea to simply delete them
Source: http://www.droidwiki.de/DEODEXED (german)

Alright. Thank you!
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[Q]what does it means deodexed or odexed

Hello! im new around here and will ask a question about ROM, im confused about deodexed an odexed roms, what does it means? Thanks in advance!

vandyk92 said:
Hello! im new around here and will ask a question about ROM, im confused about deodexed an odexed roms, what does it means? Thanks in advance!
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ODEX FILE?
In Android file system, applications come in packages with the extension .apk. These application packages, or APKs contain certain .odex files whose supposed function is to save space. These ‘odex’ files are actually collections of parts of an application that are optimized before booting. Doing so speeds up the boot process, as it preloads part of an application. On the other hand, it also makes hacking those applications difficult because a part of the coding has already been extracted to another location before execution.
THEN COMES DEODEX
Deodexing is basically repackaging of these APKs in a certain way, such that they are reassembled into classes.dex files. By doing that, all pieces of an application package are put together back in one place, thus eliminating the worry of a modified APK conflicting with some separate odexed parts.
In summary, Deodexed ROMs (or APKs) have all their application packages put back together in one place, allowing for easy modification such as theming. Since no pieces of code are coming from any external location, custom ROMs or APKs are always deodexed to ensure integrity.
Source Google

So:
Odex = +speed -customization
Deodex= -speed +customization
As ROM users, should we care only about odexed ROMs? Does odex affect stuff like using titanium backup?
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Y u no post in correct section?

Kishoke said:
ODEX FILE?
In Android file system, applications come in packages with the extension .apk. These application packages, or APKs contain certain .odex files whose supposed function is to save space. These ‘odex’ files are actually collections of parts of an application that are optimized before booting. Doing so speeds up the boot process, as it preloads part of an application. On the other hand, it also makes hacking those applications difficult because a part of the coding has already been extracted to another location before execution.
THEN COMES DEODEX
Deodexing is basically repackaging of these APKs in a certain way, such that they are reassembled into classes.dex files. By doing that, all pieces of an application package are put together back in one place, thus eliminating the worry of a modified APK conflicting with some separate odexed parts.
In summary, Deodexed ROMs (or APKs) have all their application packages put back together in one place, allowing for easy modification such as theming. Since no pieces of code are coming from any external location, custom ROMs or APKs are always deodexed to ensure integrity.
Source Google
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So the point is we can install roms with odex or deodex files,
Honestly first i did its hit thanks for ur reply,
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sukhjit321 said:
Y u no post in correct section?
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Well, i think its correct to post question like this in this section,
However, u can move/delete this thread if u responsible to this,
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[Q] Question about deodex and odex

So as I understand it a odexed rom which is how it comes from the factory should have a .apk file and a corresponding .odex file. for example in the /system/app directory you would find a phone.apk and phone.odex. Right?
So when you deodex the rom it should take that .odex file and repackage it into the.apk so you would only see phone.apk in the /system/app directory. And if you open up the phone.apk there will be a file called classes.dex which is the odexed info that was put in the .apk is that right?
The reason I am asking is because I installed tesh rom. I chose the deodexed one. then I installed all the modds from tekhd mods thread. They all worked fine. My phone is running great. BUt I noticed that I have the .apk and corresponding .odex file and when I read the .apk it contains the classes.dex file. So is the rom deodexed or not. I was under the impression that the modds would not work if the rom was still odexed. So I am a little bit confused.
Can someone shed some light on what is going on here?
Thanks,
Charlie

mojorisin7178 said:
Can someone shed some light on what is going on here?
Thanks,
Charlie
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You already answered your own question dude. If it was odexed you would not have working mods.

So then I should still have 2 files in /system/app one .apk and one.odex. because I was under the impression that when you deodex you take that odex file and put it into the .apk so there would only be one file. That is what is confusing me. I am sorry that I am not following this I am trying.

mojorisin7178 said:
So then I should still have 2 files in /system/app one .apk and one.odex. because I was under the impression that when you deodex you take that odex file and put it into the .apk so there would only be one file. That is what is confusing me. I am sorry that I am not following this I am trying.
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so you downloaded the odex version of the ROM, then flashed a deodexed theme, and it worked, correct? this is what you are saying?
i would not be surprised if that was the case. a lot of our old ways of doing things in android is changing. jelly bean is a very cleverly designed OS..
for example, i have made changes to the framework before, flashing a deodexed theme on an odexed theme, and just to see what it would do, did not wipe dalvik cache (our old structure of doing this type of modification has told us this is REQUIRED, for obvious reasons). the script written in the zip file did not wipe it for me, checked after this happened:
i booted up, and guess what? in the log cat saw that android was doing some signature checks on the dvm and verifying them against the existing framework files. found they didn't match, and it automatically cleared the dvm files and rebuilt them.
interesting yes? well, what i am getting at, again, is that i am not surprised this worked for you just because of the way android has changed. it is becoming a lot "smarter" so to say.
verify you actually downloaded an odexed ROM, and that the /system/framework and /system/app directory contents are indeed odexed, and come back here. also, verify you did indeed flash a theme for DEodexed ROMs... if all of this is the case, it seems we might be able to throw out all we know about flashing odexed roms/themes in our newer versions of the OS.
good luck, and very interesting intriguing event!

When I vet home tonight I will do some investigating. But what I thought I did was download the deodexed version and then added modd to it that were only supposed to work on deodexed roms. But when I went to my /system/app it had both .apk and .odex. so then I thought I might have dowoaded the odexed version. Which then the modds should not have worked.
So when I get home I will do some cbecking and pkst back with links to what I used and sys images if that helps. And thank 6ou for helping me out.

mojorisin7178 said:
When I vet home tonight I will do some investigating. But what I thought I did was download the deodexed version and then added modd to it that were only supposed to work on deodexed roms. But when I went to my /system/app it had both .apk and .odex. so then I thought I might have dowoaded the odexed version. Which then the modds should not have worked.
So when I get home I will do some cbecking and pkst back with links to what I used and sys images if that helps. And thank 6ou for helping me out.
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Yes that is exactly what you should do. Also don't forget to check the contents of the /system/framework directory as those are the ones specific to theming your UI (statusbar, etc etc)

[Q] (REQ) multi view mod zip file

I see the multi view mod on a few roms but i was wondering if someone would post or make a zip file to flash for stock rooted Roms.
it seems like no ones willing to share the working mod.
thanks ahead of time.

Maybe because its not just a simple mod it requires flashing a good portion of /system partition to work. Its in frameworks, flashbar, android policy etc etc etc. So you might as well just flash a whole rom with it already added
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Maybe because its not just a simple mod it requires flashing a good portion of /system partition to work. Its in frameworks, flashbar, android policy etc etc etc. So you might as well just flash a whole rom with it already added
I like to break stuff!
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It's only a few files and one app. It could be thrown on an. Installer in no time. I tried a few times to manually do it but couldn't get it right.
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Robalboa said:
It's only a few files and one app. It could be thrown on an. Installer in no time. I tried a few times to manually do it but couldn't get it right.
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Actually its not, I've been working on porting it over to the et4g and it requires edits in dozens of files as well as the frameworks-res apk plus the flashbar apk android.policy.jar android services.jar damn near every file in /system partition with the exception of a few need to be edited to activate multiwindow
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Actually its not, I've been working on porting it over to the et4g and it requires edits in dozens of files as well as the frameworks-res apk plus the flashbar apk android.policy.jar android services.jar damn near every file in /system partition with the exception of a few need to be edited to activate multiwindow
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This has been done on the gs3. All the files and smali changes have been done on lj7. Just asking someone to share
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Robalboa said:
This has been done on the gs3. All the files and smali changes have been done on lj7. Just asking someone to share
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You're not understanding what I'm saying. Due to the amount of changes you're better off flashing the whole rom with the mod already added, just the mod alone could easily break whatever rom you flash it to from all the replaced system files not matching up with the other mods in the rom. It's not like you're flashing a modded systemui only its a good portion of the files in /system than have yo be edited to "turn on" the feature so essentially you'd be flashing 3/4 of the roms /system partition which could/would break something in the rom.
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
You're not understanding what I'm saying. Due to the amount of changes you're better off flashing the whole rom with the mod already added, just the mod alone could easily break whatever rom you flash it to from all the replaced system files not matching up with the other mods in the rom. It's not like you're flashing a modded systemui only its a good portion of the files in /system than have yo be edited to "turn on" the feature so essentially you'd be flashing 3/4 of the roms /system partition which could/would break something in the rom.
I like to break stuff!
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This guy already posted earlier asking if anyone had the apk.
So. My advice to you my friend, is to offer your advice to more open ears
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