Hey,
is there
any possibility to change bootanimation via root explorer? I wanted to put it in sysetem/media but there was a notice that I have no permissions for that.
I also wanted to use SDK Manager but when I installed it the Manager doesn't run. Just pops up the black window and immediately closes up.
Any suggestion for a dummy like me?
It's possible and very easy. You need to go into Root Manager's setting and allow it to have R/O access. Once that's done you can then navigate to /Data/local and place your bootanimation.zip in there.
Ok, thanks. I'll check it out.
And I was wondering with one more thing. If HTC app "People" can be used e.g. in CM7 ROM. I noticed several times that the answer was "no" in the forum. But, there is now possibility to backup it in Sense ROM with Titanium and then restore it on CM7 ROM?
Thanks
I have no idea about that. I've always known Sense based apps to need Sense UI to run.
Still no, no sense apps on aosp roms.
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The reason why I ask is that I managed to backup News & Weather app from Sense and then restore it on CM7 and it works! but I do not have People app to try it out and I very miss this great app.
News and weather app is a android app not Sense. And it's included in CM7 anyway. Answer is still NO.
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I install the EViO 2 Series v1.2 Beta 2 ROM a few days ago and everything work awesome. This is by far the best ROM I use yet. The only issue I have with the ROM is the HTC News Widget. Every-time I try to install the newsreader.apk from the remove_app folder in the SD card using Root Explorer I get the error "Unable to install" Is there a fix for this? All other apps install just fine.
Try using astromanager to install it.
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For what its worth, I can't use them even though they are installed...maybe there's something in the Rom not allowing it? I try to add the widgets and get a force close.
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Good to see that I'm not the only one with this issue. Both Astro and Root Explorer will not install the app. Perhaps like "awenthol" said there's probably something with the ROM that's preventing it to install. This is still a beta ROM so hopefully a new version will fix it. If someone figure this out let me know.
in the mean time there are TONS of nonHTC news widgets you can choose from in the market. Not sure how set you are on the HTC look. for the people getting force closes make sure youa re using the sense launcher or they wont work. If youa re usinf ADW or launcher Pro HTC widgets (such as news reader) will FC or not show up at all.
I have managed to finally root my evo 2.2 with unrevoked3 and i am a noob i was into apple, i knew a lot about jailbreaking etc. but android is much better.(my opinion) i am trying to install MattedBlues-V1_3-CM6.0.0-Sept12 and i really want to have the normal android lock "Flan" but i cant seem to find it. I have tried Lockbot but i didnt like it at all because i have the overclocked widget and it lags for lockbot. i want to see what the message says if i get on at the lockscreen or a missed call etc.. i know i will be getting a lot of criticism because i do admit i am a noob to android world. i am learning. so i give myself credit for that.
please any help/directions would be really helpful
thank you xda forums
your friend,
Ninja25.
First. to use a theme you flash it jsut like a rom (except you dont need to preform a wipe for most themes). you jsut place it on your sd card go to recovery and flash.
for the vanilla lock bar. The easiest way i have found is to use root explorer or titanium back up or even adb to remove htcLockScreen.apk from your system folder. then reboot the phone. as a warning if you use alarms you will run into problems using the HTCWorldCLock.
hope that helps some
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First. to use a theme you flash it jsut like a rom (except you dont need to preform a wipe for most themes). you jsut place it on your sd card go to recovery and flash.
for the vanilla lock bar. The easiest way i have found is to use root explorer or titanium back up or even adb to remove htcLockScreen.apk from your system folder. then reboot the phone. as a warning if you use alarms you will run into problems using the HTCWorldCLock.
hope that helps some
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now there is a CM6 version and a sense 2.2 version. i would get the sense 2.2 verison correct? and i have titanium back up and i froze htc lockscreen but its still there, i have to uninstall? and i will get the vanilla lock?
please i just installed the theme and everything is force closing!! help me please!!
I searched and couldn't find an answer
I am currently on rooted stock ROM. I want to basically disable the Sense UI and switch to Launcher Pro. How do I go about disabling Sense UI in favor of Launcher Pro?
I would just set Launcher Pro as default but I don't want Sense running in the background,
I do the same thing......after a while sense gets turned off until you launch it again
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There is a thread with a flashable file to completely remove sense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769525
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gqstatus0685 said:
There is a thread with a flashable file to completely remove sense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769525
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Thanks, but I don't necessarily want to flash something. I was thinking about using titanium backup and "Freezing" the HTC files. Would that work?
should work just fine you can remove everything sense but some of the HTC stuff must stay. I know for sure if you remove com.htc.socialnetwork.provider the phone starts having problems using sense or not. Just do a nand backup and start getting rid of all HTC's and Sense BS but make sure you do that nand because if you remove the wrong file you will get constant force closes and won't be able to restore it even if you have backed up through titanium.
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should work just fine you can remove everything sense but some of the HTC stuff must stay. I know for sure if you remove com.htc.socialnetwork.provider the phone starts having problems using sense or not. Just do a nand backup and start getting rid of all HTC's and Sense BS but make sure you do that nand because if you remove the wrong file you will get constant force closes and won't be able to restore it even if you have backed up through titanium.
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Did a NAND yesterday. I'll try this. Thanks.
Go to appliactiosns, find sense, clear defaults. I think if you install another launcher they begin to compete for default status Nd android will ask you what you like to do inregaurds to which launcher will be default. Super easy. No flashing or hacking needed.
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an alternative is there are scripts made that will remove sense and the known ok to remove bloatware/htc apps. one is linked in my signature. you flash the script just like a rom (follow instruction listed) once you have launcherpro set as your launcher. this will ensure it doesnt run and gives you the extra space in your phones memory.
I love Cyanogen's work and was waiting patiently for the stable build for my G2, but now with the announcement of 2.3 I am torn whether to wait for Gingerbread (which should hopefully be soon) or to take the dive into Cyanogen's custom rom.
If I do go with the custom rom, that means I will likely have to wait longer for a Cyanogen stable Gingerbread build. Cyanogen does have many sweet features, even on the 2.2 base. I think the only two features I will need to port over before the custom rom is Swype and QuickOffice, everything else should be there right (like WiFi calling)?
What does everyone think? I welcome all feedback!
Thanks!
Dive and flash CM. 2.3 OTA update will take a while, my estimate is around Jan to Feb. Or maybe longer, if T-Mo/HTC is being lazy.
Superfrag said:
Dive and flash CM. 2.3 OTA update will take a while, my estimate is around Jan to Feb. Or maybe longer, if T-Mo/HTC is being lazy.
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That sounds about right. Hopefully not after February but I wouldn't be surprised.
agreed, besides within a month we will prolly have cm6.2/7 that will be based on 2.3
You'll definitley see a CM 2.3 build before youll see an OTA on the G2 just flash 6.1.
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You'll definitley see a CM 2.3 build before youll see an OTA on the G2 just flash 6.1.
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I second that!
Thanks for the feedback!
Appreciate the replies everyone, think I will dive into cyanogen's stable rom this week.
Am I correct that all I will need to backup and then restore is Swype and QuickOffice? From what I read WiFi Calling will be there and goodies like FM Radio, better quick key and led notifications...just want to confirm before I dive in.
Thanks!
Ya you have to restore swype. There's an app somewhere around here that'll do that. I didn't realize that quickoffice was gone. I can still use it by opening a file but I can't go to it from the app drawer. Make sure that you don't delete that first backup. I just labeled mine do not delete.
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sf_smith said:
Appreciate the replies everyone, think I will dive into cyanogen's stable rom this week.
Am I correct that all I will need to backup and then restore is Swype and QuickOffice? From what I read WiFi Calling will be there and goodies like FM Radio, better quick key and led notifications...just want to confirm before I dive in.
Thanks!
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There is also a file in /system/lib/libSwypecore.so that you need to back up as well. After flashing, you can adb push them back where they came from.
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nivlac978 said:
Ya you have to restore swype. There's an app somewhere around here that'll do that. I didn't realize that quickoffice was gone. I can still use it by opening a file but I can't go to it from the app drawer. Make sure that you don't delete that first backup. I just labeled mine do not delete.
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Swyperestore apk is the one that I used, found here:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...over-your-swype-after-installing-cyanogenmod/
Note that you will need a clockwork backup with Swype installed; it basically rips it out of the backup and restores that version onto your new cyanogenmod.
Hell there's no reason NOT to flash. Why wait? If you eant to switch back a nandroid only takes a couplr minutes. There's no risk as you can make it look as if you have never rooted your phone before and not risk any reprocusions from tmobile. As far as I'm concerned, flash everything at least once to see if its your style. Ya dig?
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Did it!
Again thanks to everyone for the feedback, I flashed Cyanogen's rom today and it does indeed rock!
That SwypeRestore app did work quite nicely and I found a thread about getting QuickOffice back here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837599
But I did not back it up before I flashed the new rom, does anyone know how to pull the apk out of a clockwork backup? I suppose I could restore the backup first and pull it out and then restore the new rom first but that seems like quite a long work-around.
Also one small quirk I keep bumping into, since the trash-the-icon is up top, I keep throwing away icons down below, like before, but now that action replaces the app drawer with the application and there does not seem to be a way to restore the app drawer.
Does anyone know of a quick way to restore the app drawer if it is replaced with an app shortcut? I tried to reset/restore the adw.launcher and that did not work, so a factory reset/wipe seems the only way to get that app drawer back in the center dockbar. I've done this accidental action twice now and I dont want to lose all of the customizing work I've done on the new rom anymore.
Thanks again, love XDA!!!
To restore the App drawer:
long press the home screen to create a widget
select custom shortcut/pick your activity/launcher actions/Open close App Drawer
press OK and drag the new icon onto the task bar
If you want to extract an APK from the nandroid backup, use unyaffs on the system.img which is stored on your /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup folder somewhere. I think the timestamps are in GMT 0 time, unless you restored from rom manager, then I think it is in local time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4474956
This assumes that you have some familiarity with linux... otherwise restore, extract, re-restore, install. The file will be in /system/app/
So I use my Evo as my alarm clock. Often times when it goes off at 6am, I pick it up and hit snooze. Then it'll go off again in 10 mins or so, but when I pick it up, the alarm app is no longer showing to shut the damn thing off. I enter the clock app and there still isn't a place to shut it off.
I end up having to pop off the back and remove the battery...now so much for snoozing again, now I gotta get the hell up cause i'd oversleep due to no alarm set..Grrr!!!
What rom are you using? Is it Sense-based or AOSP? Are you using an AOSP alarm on a Sense-based rom?
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This happened pretty often to me when I was running Myn's and Koni's rom. Only been on CM for a week so I'm not sure about an aosp rom yet.
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dougjamal said:
What rom are you using? Is it Sense-based or AOSP? Are you using an AOSP alarm on a Sense-based rom?
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Currently, I am running "Eternal Prophecy v5.8". Before that, I was running Myn RLS 5. It was happening there quite a bit. All Sense based
I felt your pain...
I had the same problem at first, but figured out that it was the lockscreen type that was causing the problem. The AOSP desk clock is only compatible with the Vanilla lockscreen, and the HTC World clock is only compatible with the HTC lockscreen. If you set your alarm in AOSP, but are using the HTC clock as your alarm (and vice versa), you will encounter this problem.
I personally love the HTC clock/alarm, because of all of the options available (stopwatch, timer, etc..) and am running Eternal Prophecy 5.9 which I love, so this is what I do: (Thanks to Dr. Ryder for guiding me through the process)
Before x-ferring the ROM to your SD, delete the Desk Clock apk from the ROM itself: "supersonic_signed_042711_090619.zip\system\app"
Then I add HtcLockScreen.apk, HtcClockWidget.apk, and WorldClock.apk (attached)to the same folder.
Once you flash the EP rom (or any other using the vanilla lockscreen as the default, really) you'll have only the HTC lock screen & Clock available.
On the other side, if you prefer the vanilla lockscreen, and desk clock, all you'd need to do is delete the WorldClock.apk from that very same folder, just to remove confusion.
This is all possible via RootExplorer, as well.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for this solution. I am reading this and first wondering how am I to do this via Root Explorer if you said do this before I transfer the rom zip to my SD card.
I still have the 5.8 zip on my SD card, so I just opened Root Explorer and browsed it. I find Deskclock.apk and when I long press it, all I get is a 'Extract' option.
I guess I am confused on how you delete and add to a zip file w/out extracting the whole thing and re-zipping.
EVOme said:
Thanks for this solution. I am reading this and first wondering how am I to do this via Root Explorer if you said do this before I transfer the rom zip to my SD card.
I still have the 5.8 zip on my SD card, so I just opened Root Explorer and browsed it. I find Deskclock.apk and when I long press it, all I get is a 'Extract' option.
I guess I am confused on how you delete and add to a zip file w/out extracting the whole thing and re-zipping.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear.
Pre-ROM flash, you can delete/add apk's in the zip itself.
Post-ROM flash, you can use RootExplorer to delete the Desk Clock apk, and move the HTC apk's to the system/apps folder (I would assume a reboot would be in order, but I haven't tried it that way, only received instruction from Dr. Ryder). My understanding is that both methods will work the same, though again, I haven't tried the root explorer method myself.
Seeing as Dr. Ryder updates so often, I've made it a habit to delete/add before I flash.
get an alarm app