[WIP] Modifying the folders - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Ok we'll im not a huge fan of the folders in ICS. The circles dont do it and the folders look like they've not had much though put into them.
I haven't rooted my device yet as i'm not sure how to and im reading some people are getting boot loop issues.
If anyone wants to help, feel free to post findings

Try SiMi folders from the market?
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alsex87 said:
Try SiMi folders from the market?
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Used it on my DHD.
Its not native so you can't drag and drop etc

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[Q] Anyway to get MUIU like folders on other ROMS?

Like my title states...the one reason I love the MIUI rom is because of the folders. Is there any APK or any way we can get that on another rom? The MIUI rom has certain issues that I do not like to deal with. Thanks.
I believe astro file viewer allows you to classify your apps and make folders on your homescreens. It even allows you to pick the icons for each folder. It's free in the market.
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xmellyx said:
I believe astro file viewer allows you to classify your apps and make folders on your homescreens. It even allows you to pick the icons for each folder. It's free in the market.
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Really!?
I've been using Astro since the beginning and I did not know this...
xmellyx said:
I believe astro file viewer allows you to classify your apps and make folders on your homescreens. It even allows you to pick the icons for each folder. It's free in the market.
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Can you explain how to do this?
2JZ GZE said:
Can you explain how to do this?
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Would like to know too, I been using for a while and never knew about it, I usually use app organizer for my folders and the folder looks better then android original ona
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Did anyone figure out how to do this? I would really like to do this on my Inc
there are a few apps in the market that do this already
i use apps organizer
i blv app mate is another
thanks but I'm really just looking for how the MIUI folders look

Annoying images

Well i dont know wich app got my gallery full of crap images and ugly icons, but not only that, i delete all those and also some old pictures and when I restart the phone and go to gallery theres all the crap i deleted again...
I dont know where they are but the system should respect my desition of delete that help?
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Wonder if I have a virus cuz I try to delete the files with file explorer and it wont allow me to delete... I've deleted any kind of things with file explorer in the past
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That images are usually saved by an application you installed previously..
Make sure no apps uses that images, and eventually consider uninstalling it
Well seems like is my sd blocking all kind of write/deletion action since i cant even take a screenshot or save anything im on AOKP Milestone 5 and francos kernel Milestone 3 Anyone having similar issue?
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Beautiful Widgets would always save images onto my SD card.
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Back to Samsung

Guys I'm looking to bring my phone to Samsung to ask them to change some faulty components for me.
I've unlocked and rooted my phone.
So I saw that by locking my Gnex again. All my internal storage will be lost? Does that me all my titanium backups as well as my Cwm backups?
How do you guys deal with this?
Previously on my gs2. I just had to backup to my external sd card.
Anyone have any ideas?
Much appreciated
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Last time I unrooted an factory reset I just copyed all clockwork backups to one folder on SD card(virtual) as we don't have a external one. And then just copyed it all over to my laptop. Once ready just re-root phone copy/paste all files back and ur golden..
at least that worked for me.
Heaven tried on titanium files tho
Cheers
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You're gonna want to take all of your personal data off before you factory reset and set it all back to stock anyways.
Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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shawnaye said:
Takes ages to transfer backups over doesn't it. So long that it crashes. What do you mean by virtual drive?
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The Galaxy Nexus doesn't have a physical SDcard. It has a "virtual" spot that acts like an SDcard. Your files are stored there, that's where you need to take your stuff from and put on your computer. If USB transfer isn't working. Put it on WiFi & stuff them all on Dropbox or use an FTP app.
My main concern is the pad lock on the boot screen. Is there anyway to remain on my flashed rom and remove the unlocked sign? Cause i just wanna do some over the counter exchange.
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Don't think so.
The lock signifies u unlocked the boot loader(90%) sure bout that.
And u cant stay on a custom ROM with it locked. Unless someone found a way around it.
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Someone has to find a way! My god it's quite trouble some to move them big files.
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Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Also. If u think that the store won't be able to the the diff between u being unlocked or not. U can get "logo me" from market and change the unlocked pad lock to a pic if a locked one. So phone is still rooted unlocked but looks stock in boot process
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Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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shawnaye said:
Hmm.. I'm actually just trying to swap my battery for a new one. That should work eh?? Haha. There aren't really any other differences.
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Oh damn its 3 bucks.
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There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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You don't have to take it to Samsung you could always take it to a 3rd party phone repairer that deals with Samsung phones an doesn't care if its rooted.
Yea, its a bit pricy but worth it IMO. I paid for it and love the customization.
If u have a bit of time on or hands, u can try looking thru or system.apk file. I think its also in there but I'm not 100% on that.
Use root explorer or any other explorer and go to system/app/ and pull or system apk. Put it on or PC or laptop.
Open it with 7zip (right click , open archive. DO NOT EXTRACT) then go to red/drawable. And in the xhdpi folder look thru the pics. I believe one of them is the boot logo lock.
I'd give u exact paths and file names but I dont have my laptop on me right now.
Hope this helps
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Ty. Did not know that. Its on market?:beer:
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jimmyhook said:
There's an app called BootUnlocker that let's you lock and unlock your phone within android without losing root.
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Holy **** dude. That's the best ever. That should be on the toolkit guide!
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I find the most reliable way to backup your entire /sdcard contents is via ADB. I can't recall the exact syntax that works but it's so much better than trying to make it work by MTP...
adb pull /sdcard sdcard possibly? Or some variation of that. And then it just starts copying en masse, and you leave it for whatever 25-50 minutes it requires, and then you're all backed up. Restoring by adb push works well too.
If the pull gets interrupted or messed up in any way while booted into the OS, you can try again while booted into CWM Recovery. Careful when pushing entire directories back via CWM - sometimes this can leave you with messed up permissions and then you will be unable to edit/delete/create files in some places. More info about how to fix that in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22970837&postcount=14
But yeah once you backup your entire internal storage, including whatever nandroid backup you need to get back to your custom setup, you can flash it all clear back to wiped stock without any concern of data loss.

Internal storage discrepancy

Something seems to be wrong with the calculation of my internal storage. I feel like I should have more free space. Any ideas where this used space could be hiding? And how I'm using 523MB for pictures isn't possible, I have around 70 photos on this phone. They average 2MB each.
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Nandroids?
I only have one nandroid back up. The files in the backup folder aren't particularly large though.
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Shad0wguy said:
I only have one nandroid back up. The files in the backup folder aren't particularly large though.
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Download Es file explorer, once inside click menu "3 dots" click manager then click SD card analyst. It will show you what your apps are eating or various things being stored. Most likely my guess is a bunch if non sense thumbnails. Probably a bunch of small files.
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Will look something like this.
Yeah I know I'm low, I need to clean my directory lol
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withbloodskies said:
Download Es file explorer, once inside click menu "3 dots" click manager then click SD card analyst. It will show you what your apps are eating or various things being stored. Most likely my guess is a bunch if non sense thumbnails. Probably a bunch of small files.
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Glad I found this. Was finally able to locate some old game files that were taking up 3 GB !!Thanks!
I have the exact same problem and this worked, but when I delete it it says the space is free, but j get out and go back and the files are all back again. Its been like this ever since I rooted and unlocked my phone.

How do I get rid of corrupted ringtones?

I have doubles, triples and quadruples of ringtones on my phone. A ton of these won't play at all. Is there an app or a PC program that can filter thru these for me? I hate to delete the entire folder because I have some I like. Thanks guys!
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GreggoryD502 said:
I have doubles, triples and quadruples of ringtones on my phone. A ton of these won't play at all. Is there an app or a PC program that can filter thru these for me? I hate to delete the entire folder because I have some I like. Thanks guys!
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Have your flashed a new ROM on top of another one? Perhaps, old folders from another ROM is still on your phone which has ringtones from a different sub-folder? Try reflashing the ROM again with a simple cache/dalvik cache wipe.
I do clean installs on all the roms I flash. I guess I'm going to have to save the ones I like and delete the rest.
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Use root explore or a program similar cm has a file manger ...and use multi select and delete
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