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I hate to say it but I actually prefer the candy coating user experience of Sense to that of Stock Android. While playing with CM5 there were many things I liked and many I didn't. As a result I went back to Sense. Perhaps it just because it's what I have grown to know over the last couple days.
Anyway, the one thing in CM I really did like was the Photo Gallery, which included Picasa. Anyone know what I can do to get that Photo Gallery into Sense?
I think I might play with some other Sense ROMs today. Maybe someone has already done the work for me.
Thanks in advance for any help.
i may be able to make a zip for you. wow im busy tonight. i have to make a theme for the droid/milestone, a theme and two zips for sense roms.
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i may be able to make a zip for you. wow im busy tonight. i have to make a theme for the droid/milestone, a theme and two zips for sense roms.
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I don't mind doing it myself. I just need a push in the right direction. I'm technically inclined but 3 days new to Android. What exactly am I looking for? Is the stock Photo Gallery a widget or app of sorts?
If you are willing to send me something later, that's cool too. I'm just trying to suck in as much info as possible. I don't want to cook or anything but I'd like to be able to have better control of what I can do to my existing ROM.
Thanks!
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I don't mind doing it myself. I just need a push in the right direction. I'm technically inclined but 3 days new to Android. What exactly am I looking for? Is the stock Photo Gallery a widget or app of sorts?
If you are willing to send me something later, that's cool too. I'm just trying to suck in as much info as possible. I don't want to cook or anything but I'd like to be able to have better control of what I can do to my existing ROM.
Thanks!
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it is an app. if you want a zip i can make one. if not, the app is located in the system/app folder of cm5. all you have to do is put the app in the tools folder of the sdk and adb push gallery.apk /system/app in rcovery.
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it is an app. if you want a zip i can make one. if not, the app is located in the system/app folder of cm5. all you have to do is put the app in the tools folder of the sdk and adb push gallery.apk /system/app in rcovery.
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Ok, cool. My plan is to play with adb today and install wireless tethering and update the kernel to support true AP Mode. I'll see what I can do with this too.
Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how I make out.
update- the app is called gallery3d.apk
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update- the app is called gallery3d.apk
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Cool. Thanks!
jdkoreclipse said:
update- the app is called gallery3d.apk
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So I installed the app and it seems to be working just fine. Thanks.
I'd like a widget or something for it so it's open on a home screen without needing to open the app. Additionally, is there any modding of the app file that I can do fix or remove the camera button. It doesn't seem to work in Sense.
Thanks again for all your help.
not that i know of.
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Is this what you're looking for?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=675128
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Is this what you're looking for?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=675128
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Yeah, I just extracted it from CM after I got the name. I thought it was also a widget but it's not. Thanks for the other post though.
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Yeah, I just extracted it from CM after I got the name. I thought it was also a widget but it's not. Thanks for the other post though.
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There is the possibility it could also be a widget. I may be mistaken, but I think unless you actually installed the gallery, in order to use the widget you'd have to delete some file. Again, I may be mistaken, I haven't tried this.
EDIT: I'm just thinking this because I remember in order to properly remove the Facebook/Twitter/etc widgets from stock, one had to remove some sort of database to force a widget database refresh, because it only does that on a legit (un)install
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There is the possibility it could also be a widget. I may be mistaken, but I think unless you actually installed the gallery, in order to use the widget you'd have to delete some file. Again, I may be mistaken, I haven't tried this.
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I would love to know if this is possible and how to do it. Anyone?
I would like to change some of my app icons could anyone help a total nube?
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Edit: I'm going to put together the information I've learned from asking this question and the links and post them here thanks to everyone that helped me I know I still have allot to learn so anymore info would be greatly appreciated
There are a couple options afaik.
You can use ADW Launcher, which will let you choose any picture/logo/icon for any app you put on yr homescreen. I use almost all Launcher Pro icons in my ADW Launcher.
Or, much more involved and complete, rip open the apk in question and replace the icon with one of ur choosing.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
I was thinking of trying to open the apk because I like sense but not shute what programs I need or what to look for but I'm willing to learn.
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You really just need the program 7zip.
After you have it set up, right click on any apk, highlight 7zip, and pick open archive. The icon you'll want to change is in res/drawables andshould be called icon. Be sure any new icon you put in there is the same format, size and name. I have never made my own icons, just used others, I recommend icons from droidicons.com/launcherpro That may not be the exact page, but Google it if you like the minimalist theme.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
Thanks I'll give it a try in the morning I'm trying to use riptide's glass icons just to make everything match but I think I'll look at the others you suggested too and post some screens when I'm done
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change icons
You need a program called NinjaMorph its not hard to learn biut once you do you can google any image and use it as an icon to the apk of your choice.
****, Ninjamorph looks like a sweet idea, haven't used it yet, but may have to give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674604
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****, Ninjamorph looks like a sweet idea, haven't used it yet, but may have to give it a try.
Keep in mind that NinjaMorph only works on System Apps and does not work on Market Apps. If you want to change Market Apps the only way to do so is to open the apk and insert them.
[Obviously, you could use an alternative launcher but that only changes the icon on your home screen and not in the Apps Drawer]
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Yeah, I have always just used 7zip to edit the apk's before install.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
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Yeah, I have always just used 7zip to edit the apk's before install.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
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I must be missing something I open the apk with 7 zip and replace icon.png with the icon I want to use but when I put the apk (in this case google earth) it won't let me install it is there anything else I need to do?
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JTNiggle said:
[Obviously, you could use an alternative launcher but that only changes the icon on your home screen and not in the Apps Drawer]
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Wouldn't be as fun or learn anything either but it would be easier.
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I must be missing something I open the apk with 7 zip and replace icon.png with the icon I want to use but when I put the apk (in this case google earth) it won't let me install it is there anything else I need to do?
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Sorry, there is a bit more to it.
You also need to delete the META-INF folder and resign the apk.
I use this signing tool APK Signing Tool
It's an edited version of a zip signer. I didn't make it, got everything from this old thread Editing APK's
JTNiggle said:
Sorry, there is a bit more to it.
You also need to delete the META-INF folder and resign the apk.
I use this signing tool APK Signing Tool
It's an edited version of a zip signer. I didn't make it, got everything from this old thread Editing APK's
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Thanks good thread. So using these will rewrite the meta file that I delete? After I do this I assume that the market apps will have to be manually updated and edited again.
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Thanks good thread. So using these will rewrite the meta file that I delete? After I do this I assume that the market apps will have to be manually updated and edited again.
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Yep, a new meta-inf is built for you.
When there's updates for apps, it sucks, gotta redo everything
I went through and did all mine to Launcher Pro style icons, thought I was done, then the updates start rolling in and screwing with everything. Now, when I try a new ROM, I just preload it with all my edited apps before flashing, makes for a bunch of work up front, but it sure is nice to just flash, sync, and go. Then I disable all updates until it looks like something important is fixed/added.
And slightly off topic, what's the deal with market app developers putting out like 27 updates every week, driving me crazy. I know I have a lot of apps, but it seems like every time I look, 19 updates available. And I gotta go look at change logs and waste all my precious time at work when I should be getting stuff done, it's all their fault when my crews production runs low
I know exactly what you mean but it seems like some of them update everyday. Thank you for all the help was hopeing to be finished tonight but my nice just crashed my computer but as soon as I get it back up and going I'll be good the one good thing about it is it gives me a chance to do a dual boot with linux
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JTNiggle said:
Yep, a new meta-inf is built for you.
When there's updates for apps, it sucks, gotta redo everything
I went through and did all mine to Launcher Pro style icons, thought I was done, then the updates start rolling in and screwing with everything. Now, when I try a new ROM, I just preload it with all my edited apps before flashing, makes for a bunch of work up front, but it sure is nice to just flash, sync, and go. Then I disable all updates until it looks like something important is fixed/added.
And slightly off topic, what's the deal with market app developers putting out like 27 updates every week, driving me crazy. I know I have a lot of apps, but it seems like every time I look, 19 updates available. And I gotta go look at change logs and waste all my precious time at work when I should be getting stuff done, it's all their fault when my crews production runs low
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Lol I look at this post just to see how to change the icons I hate the handcent icon lol(do you have a eclair one btw ) and I agree Adam every morning im driving to work and download an app and I get like 5 apps need to be updated lol specially if their games like fruit ninja man that's a long download if I don't turn 4g on
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Lol I look at this post just to see how to change the icons I hate the handcent icon lol(do you have a eclair one btw ) and I agree Adam every morning im driving to work and download an app and I get like 5 apps need to be updated lol specially if their games like fruit ninja man that's a long download if I don't turn 4g on
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Wish I could help with the icon and hate to say it because I hate when people say it to me but I did a search to find my glass icons
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Wish I could help with the icon and hate to say it because I hate when people say it to me but I did a search to find my glass icons
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That's cool I think is weird that is hard to find it lol I find alot iphonr icons tho
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Which icon are you looking for exactly?
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Thanks! I was looking for asop eclair
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Hey xda,
I'm looking for a Task Manager widget. I enjoyed the one that came with my i9000's factory ROM because it showed how many tasks were running on the widget. Are there similar ones that have this capability?
Advanced Task Killer widget only offers a little Android Icon, and I liked knowing how many apps were running at a glance.
Why dont you continue to use the stock samsung app ?
It is not available on Darky's Gingerbread ROM that I am using. I would gladly use it if somebody knew how to port it out of the factory ROM?
He probably uses another launcher. If i had to guess.
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zanderman112 said:
He probably uses another launcher. If i had to guess.
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Yes, using LauncherPro.
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Yes, using LauncherPro.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781576
Thank you very much! I guess my search terms were slightly off when looking for it
Do not use this App - it froze and would not install on my phone and others.
Any new suggestions?
Push this to system/app
Hope thats what u r after.
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Push this to system/app
Hope thats what u r after.
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will this work on tmo vibrant running axura 2.2.5.7?
aditya104 said:
Push this to system/app
Hope thats what u r after.
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Can you elaborate on this? Checked my SD for a system or app directory but didn't find one...do I just have to put it on the SD and run it from the phone?
Use root explorer and place it in /system/ app folder.
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Root explorer is a paid app?
I have "My Files" that lets me browse my internal SD, and I don't have a /system or /app folder
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Root explorer is a paid app?
I have "My Files" that lets me browse my internal SD, and I don't have a /system or /app folder
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Yes! Root explorer is a paid app. It let's you view system files that are hidden in other file managers. Im not aware of any other app that is capable of doing that.
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AndExplorer
You can use AndExplorer instead of root explorer. It's free and as robust. Can't post link by just type "AndExplorer" in google and check appbrain
I browsed the SD using ANDexplorer (thank you!) and I found that the Program Monitor widget is already located there....is there something I have to do to enable/install it? When I look through my widgets it isn't there.
Could it be related to me using LauncherPro?
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I browsed the SD using ANDexplorer (thank you!) and I found that the Program Monitor widget is already located there....is there something I have to do to enable/install it? When I look through my widgets it isn't there.
Could it be related to me using LauncherPro?
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Yes samsung programmonitor belongs to touchwiz. U cant access the wiget frim any other launcher
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You can use AndExplorer instead of root explorer. It's free and as robust. Can't post link by just type "AndExplorer" in google and check appbrain
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Humm AndExplorer opens /system in read only.
I didn't find the r/w option like the one in Root Explorer.
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Yes samsung programmonitor belongs to touchwiz. U cant access the wiget frim any other launcher
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Ah makes sense then. Is there any comparable program that you know of, that shows how many programs are running at a glance? I only really kill tasks when I have 5+, so using something like Advanced Task Killer doesn't work well for me since I'd have to open it just to find out how many tasks are running.
I don't know, maybe I'm too picky
I would recommend u to download minfree manager. Thats not actually showing how many apps are running nor can u kill any apps. But u can tweak androids inner task manager to kill apps earlier based on free rams left. U need root for that and u should be carefull messing with the values. If u need advice with it feel free to ask me.
If u really want a task killer like the samsung one im sorry j cant help u since i dont use something like that.
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Hey everyone,
How can I change the name of an app as it appears in the app drawer? I just recently downloaded QuickPic from the Market, so much better than the stock gallery imo. I want to rename it to "Gallery" so its in the same place as the stock one was. How do I go about doing this? Thanks everyone!
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As far as I know there's no way to do this...except MAYBE with some changing of the apk itself..idk I'm not into deving really but I can say there is no simple way to do that..unless you download an alternitive app drawer
/Dinc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299
[APP][22 JUL]ALTDRAWER 0.6.1 Alternative APP DRAWER [Perfect for MIUI] [Many options]
Try downloading this app and replacing it on you're dock so it becomes your new appdraw..I think you can change the names of apps in this alternative app drawer..hope this helps
/Dinc
Awww, I was hoping it could be a lot easier lol... Oh well, never mind then.
/Thread
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SteveG12543 said:
Awww, I was hoping it could be a lot easier lol... Oh well, never mind then.
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There are many tools on this forum that have helped me with edits and such, I can help you change the name if you want me to, Let me know!
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There are many tools on this forum that have helped me with edits and such, I can help you change the name if you want me to, Let me know!
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I would love that!
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SteveG12543 said:
I would love that!
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Send me the app
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i really wish there was a easier way to change the names too
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Send me the app
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I'll get around to it in a few days, I've been sorta busy lately lol.
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You can use Folder Organizer from Fabio Collini. It allows you to customize App Names for use inside the program. Then you place a Widget on your home screen. The Widget is to a Folder Organizer Folder. That folder would be the ALL APPS folder. To invoke the Folder Organizer drawer you simply click the new widget icon on your home screen. Folder Organizer is a paid app, but it has a free demo version.
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Hey man. Could you help me also by rename this app to just "Album" without the quotes.
Link:- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Rh9Hr2LguLZEZMZUhZa2pnT2s/view?usp=drivesdk
Sorry for providing g drive link as the file is not getting uploaded here.
Is there anyone out there who can elaborate on how to get the ripple lock working on this rom. I've got the clock and music player down, just cant seem to get this to work. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Is there anyone out there who can elaborate on how to get the ripple lock working on this rom. I've got the clock and music player down, just cant seem to get this to work. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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I'm taking it that you got it from PhAkEer's post from the thread?
And by elaborate, are you needing help by placing the file in the proper location? I prefer to use Root Explorer for such tasks.
And I believe you have to set the permission of the file to rw-r--r--
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I'm taking it that you got it from PhAkEer's post from the thread?
And by elaborate, are you needing help by placing the file in the proper location? I prefer to use Root Explorer for such tasks.
And I believe you have to set the permission of the file to rw-r--r--
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Sorry here's a little more info.
I've gotten up to that point using Root Explorer. I figured i could copy permissions set for other apps. Was that wrong? I've never had to do that before. One thing I wasn't sure about was the other two files(com.joko & com.Funmade) Do they stay in the extracted folder or should they be moved into the system/app folder? I was able to add a settings widget and a randomize widget only. Nothing seems to apply when i go through the settings.
** I remembered having read about widgets not working with the new launcher, so i went back to the old launcher now everything seems to work. I'm still unsure how to set it up as the lock screen though.
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Sorry here's a little more info.
I've gotten up to that point using Root Explorer. I figured i could copy permissions set for other apps. Was that wrong? I've never had to do that before. One thing I wasn't sure about was the other two files(com.joko & com.Funmade) Do they stay in the extracted folder or should they be moved into the system/app folder? I was able to add a settings widget and a randomize widget only. Nothing seems to apply when i go through the settings.
** I remembered having read about widgets not working with the new launcher, so i went back to the old launcher now everything seems to work. I'm still unsure how to set it up as the lock screen though.
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I apologize but I'm not back on S5 at the moment. And you're right I believe . That was an apk, not an .so file that I listed the permissions for. Let's see if we can't get PhAkEer to respond..
:edit: I sent a pm asking if they could provide the answer
In the mean time, I'm thinking that the other two don't have any bearing.. here's his post.
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Not.flash.
Unpack zip, put lib in /system/lib
PLACE the siso apk in /system app and set permissions.
The other two should just compat with package handler
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so they will be no update on this rom???
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so they will be no update on this rom???
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Unfortunately with version .8, things went, well, wonky. Technical term of the day.
It is a great rom, but couldn't get root to stick for unknown reasons. Not saying you can't root after flashing but VeNuM also had other issues, so best not to put it out for the masses.
Not speaking for him but I think S5 achieved the goal of what he meant the rom to be.
Phakeer was working on trying to patch things up in .8 but don't know the current status.
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Alright thanks
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