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HTC 3x3 People Widget

Hi
I have just been playing trying to find out if it's possible to replace certain elements of the Android OS with ones from other providers to improve certain aspects.
My main reason for doing this is that my Hero (latest Orange UK 1.5 ROM) has the HTC People Widget which only has the 1x3 option. I'm led to believe that the T-Mobile G2 has a version of the widget that offers other settings (i.e. 3x3).
So the main question is, is it possible to rip the APK from one phone and install it on another?
What I've tried so far leads me to believe the answer is "no".
I've been provided with the apk from a T-Mobile G2
I have a rooted Hero so have booted to the recovery console, deleted the version from my phone (htccontactwidgets.apk and htccontactwidgets.odex) and replaced it with the apk file provided (renamed to htccontactwidgets.apk) then rebooted. Got nothing on this attempt.
My second attempt I used the new apk with the old odex file, this time the widget returned but was still the 1x3 version from my ROM.
Has anybody successfully replaced the 1x3 widget with the improved one from the G2 ROM?

DJBenson said:
Hi
I have just been playing trying to find out if it's possible to replace certain elements of the Android OS with ones from other providers to improve certain aspects.
My main reason for doing this is that my Hero (latest Orange UK 1.5 ROM) has the HTC People Widget which only has the 1x3 option. I'm led to believe that the T-Mobile G2 has a version of the widget that offers other settings (i.e. 3x3).
So the main question is, is it possible to rip the APK from one phone and install it on another?
What I've tried so far leads me to believe the answer is "no".
I've been provided with the apk from a T-Mobile G2
I have a rooted Hero so have booted to the recovery console, deleted the version from my phone (htccontactwidgets.apk and htccontactwidgets.odex) and replaced it with the apk file provided (renamed to htccontactwidgets.apk) then rebooted. Got nothing on this attempt.
My second attempt I used the new apk with the old odex file, this time the widget returned but was still the 1x3 version from my ROM.
Has anybody successfully replaced the 1x3 widget with the improved one from the G2 ROM?
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did you try flashing modaco roms? the 3x3 people widgets , i had it since i dont even remember when. i think it's from the 2.73 roms.

deeren said:
did you try flashing modaco roms? the 3x3 people widgets , i had it since i dont even remember when. i think it's from the 2.73 roms.
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I don't really want to flash the whole phone, I'm happy with it now, i'd just like the enhanced People widget.
I'm guessing it will be standard in the official 2.x ROM.

Your missing out then
modaco 3.1 is exactly the same as the stock HTC rom only about 10x faster. I don't even find it lagging on the keyboard even on the phone keypad. You will have a much more pleasurable experience on modaco 3.1 plus you will have the 3x3 people widget

DJBenson said:
I don't really want to flash the whole phone, I'm happy with it now, i'd just like the enhanced People widget.
I'm guessing it will be standard in the official 2.x ROM.
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it has already been released in the official 2.73 hero rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622
u can install the latest one

yea just get a new generic rom, and install it.

Oh ok, so there is a newer "generic" ROM than the one on my Orange-branded hero? Cool, will check that out.

yea, i had the orange branded as well, and i put the newer generic one, it has the 3x3 widget

I've just taken the plunge and installed v3.1 of MCR, glad I did

See i told you that you'd be impressed!

DJBenson said:
I've just taken the plunge and installed v3.1 of MCR, glad I did
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hehehe. welcome to the flashing addiction!!!!

I have been on the XDA and Modaco scene for a very long time as a viewer and have partaken in flashing custom ROMs several times before but I always have the feeling at the bottom of my gut that if things go wrong I'll be devastated. The Hero is quite simply the best phone I've ever owned (I said my N95 as good and was reluctant to upgrade from that until I found the Hero) which is why I didn't want to knacker it up, but the benefits far outweigh the risks as far as Paul's ROMs are concerned.
I've read with interest people saying that the MCR 3.1 ROM is draining their battery, and I too thought this but then noticed in the "Spare Parts" app that an app I'd installed (ShootMe) was taking up a lot of processor time sat in the background, so the next charge should prove it's normally 3rd party apps that drink battery power
On a final note, just have to say I absolutely love the Dropbear SSH server, makes it so much easier to tinker with the phone being able to SSH from a desktop.

I cant say I have had problems with the battery. If anything I'm finding mine is lasting a lot longer than it used to. Charged my hero 3 days ago and its still green now. This is with using wi-fi every now and again. Auto updating rss, e-mails etc and I text a lot. Now this I find unbelievable but its true I have the stock HTC battery too. On the stock HTC F/W I was re-charging every night.

welshboy09 said:
I cant say I have had problems with the battery. If anything I'm finding mine is lasting a lot longer than it used to. Charged my hero 3 days ago and its still green now. This is with using wi-fi every now and again. Auto updating rss, e-mails etc and I text a lot. Now this I find unbelievable but its true I have the stock HTC battery too. On the stock HTC F/W I was re-charging every night.
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3 days??????with data connection 24/24??? how do you manage that? i only manage 18 hours with mine. of course with data connection always on, calls, im's, mails

The data connection isn't always on. Wifi is on most of the time, but that gets turned off automatically for a while. But y/day 3G was on all day and it still didn't drain much battery.

[Q] Active X broke in stock browser after update to Froyo 2.2?

Hi all, when I first got my EVO I used to be able to watch the webcams at my doggy daycare with the stock browser, but since updating to 2.2 they no longer work saying that active x is not installed. Their webcam site is set up to work with active x on IE only so it was much to my surprise when it worked with the stock browser in 2.1. Anyone have any ideas why this happened or if there is anything I can download or do to fix so the site works with 2.2? Thanks for any insight. I have tried Dolphin with no luck.

mykal3 said:
Hi all, when I first got my EVO I used to be able to watch the webcams at my doggy daycare with the stock browser, but since updating to 2.2 they no longer work saying that active x is not installed. Their webcam site is set up to work with active x on IE only so it was much to my surprise when it worked with the stock browser in 2.1. Anyone have any ideas why this happened or if there is anything I can download or do to fix so the site works with 2.2? Thanks for any insight. I have tried Dolphin with no luck.
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Unless I missed something over the past year it's impossible that ActiveX ever worked on your Android-based phone. ActiveX is proprietary and, to be honest, I don't know many people who are a fan of it let alone want it running on their devices. You sure your webcam isn't using a different technology, like Java for example, to pipe video over the net?

The webcams from the site may have been working with the Java or Flash lite from the stock browser in 2.1. Active x is needed to download the add on RTSP MPEG4 SP Control from VIVOTEK INC. I never downloaded anything to have them work on the EVO in the past. I went to the website clicked the link and the cams came up to view. Since updating to 2.2 I have not been able to view the cams on the phone.

[Q] Desire HD Rom...HTCSense.com...has anyone tried it out?

Just wondering if anyone who had ported the desire HD rom has tried out HTCSense.com. If so please report findings and screenshots if you have them.

Htc hub doesn't work on the rom I'm using. I went to use htcsense.com last night but it had some error loading the terms of service, so it wouldn't let me through.

Desire HD htcsense.com
I was running the Desire HD rom for awhile but went back to another rom.
I just logged in to htcsense.com this morning with the account I created while running Desire HD and everything seems to work, even though i am not currently runing the Desire HD rom.
I will make it a point to go back to Desire HD once he has the camera fully functional because it was impressive, it would be sweet to utilize the htc sense functions.
Just saying...

Works for me. I'm running v0.6 and it synced all my stuff. Msgs, People, locations. Just apps doesnt work right. its cool. i guess. I havent tried the wipe phone etc lol.

bales3795 said:
I was running the Desire HD rom for awhile but went back to another rom.
I just logged in to htcsense.com this morning with the account I created while running Desire HD and everything seems to work, even though i am not currently runing the Desire HD rom.
I will make it a point to go back to Desire HD once he has the camera fully functional because it was impressive, it would be sweet to utilize the htc sense functions.
Just saying...
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So are you saying that one could flash the HD ROM...setup an account...switch roms...and still use the features of HTCSense.com? I really like that plan.

serpentine009 said:
So are you saying that one could flash the HD ROM...setup an account...switch roms...and still use the features of HTCSense.com? I really like that plan.
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No, I tried out DI's HD rom a while back and created my HTCsense account. After logging into it today, it looks as if my account is actually there, it even has my backed up text messages, and contacts from when I was running the HD rom, but since I flashed to a new ROM all connectivity with the HTCsense site has stopped.
So just to sum it up, HTCsense.com will only work(sync) when you are running a ROM that is based off the newest version of sense, like the Desire HD or Z roms at the moment.
I really hope someone figures out this camera thing out soon, I don't care if its the new camera interface or even the one the Inc uses now, but once its sorted I will switch back for good the new features are things I've hoped to have for a while now.

Despite the absence of the camera - the incdoes desire hd is my daily driver now. Way too many improvements over any previous custom sense or aosp ROM that I have tried. My recommendation - try it out - you will be very surprised.
Also, new desire HD dump is here too and apparently its even better. I am awaiting that to be ported over to the inc.

khanam said:
Also, new desire HD dump is here too and apparently its even better. I am awaiting that to be ported over to the inc.
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you mean Desire Z, right?
Edit, nevermind, I just looked at ID's twitter.

qwho said:
you mean Desire Z, right?
Edit, nevermind, I just looked at ID's twitter.
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no theres another new hd dump

Yeah I can get in to htcsense.com as well with the account I made when I first loaded ID's DesireHD ROM as well - but since I'm not currently running it I can't see how it interacts with the phone - but I can browse all the stuff on the site

I'm not able to access it from the phone, haven't tried it from my laptop though
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I went to the site, www.htcsense.com, then signed up, saying that my phone was the desire HD, then it said I had to sign in on my phone then activate it on the omp. so I loaded .06 of the incdoe port, i was able to sign in to htchub and it completed the thing for the site, i was able to make the phone ring from the website send stuff to it, lock it use all the feature and all that it was pretty cool. Im loading my stock 2.2 ota back we'll see if I can still log on to the site still.

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Q stock dialler/phone book lagy

I have noticed since updating to firmware 2.3.4 build.42 the stock home dialler and phone book are write lagy.
What is best replacement or how to solve lag issue?
I am rooted if this helps.
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I use Dialler One. Have been for years.
My first android phone was a HTC Hero and with Sense it had the ability to search my contacts when I started typing their name.
Moving to stock android I lost that =[
But Dialler One was the first one I found to replace it, and I've used it on every phone since. =]

daentech said:
I use Dialler One. Have been for years.
My first android phone was a HTC Hero and with Sense it had the ability to search my contacts when I started typing their name.
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The Arc do that too.
On stock ROM it can even search your exchange adressbook.

daentech said:
I use Dialler One. Have been for years.
My first android phone was a HTC Hero and with Sense it had the ability to search my contacts when I started typing their name.
Moving to stock android I lost that =[
But Dialler One was the first one I found to replace it, and I've used it on every phone since. =]
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thanks for advice will look for it in the market and give it a try,i tried dw contacts but didn't like the layout.
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One X, Android 4.1 update, now not auto zooming

Hi guys,
New to the forum and picked up a One X the other day.
It was running Android 4.0 and I was using the stock browser.
This morning I updated OTA to Android 4.1.
Now when I use the likes of facebook and click on a picture, it appears as a small thumbnail and doesn't fit to screen like it used to.
Have dragged through the settings all day but not seeing anything obvious.
Chrome is doing the same.
Any help is really appreciated :good:
Chris