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(Q) build prop for cm9

I'd like to change the build prop on cm9 rom so that tablet apps like NFL and USA today apps are compatible to download from the play store. Can anyone share a link or some info on this? I've been searching with no luck. Thanks.

Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Correction .model not .mode
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jeffbud98 said:
Mount file system and go to /system click on build.prop and change the ro.product.mode and .brand to whatever device u plan on masquerading ur tqblet as I reccomend a tablet with ics and a 7in screen
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Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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dls5375 said:
Thanks, any suggestions on model and brand?
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I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.

isaiahhhhh said:
I would suggest going with model: GT-I9000 and the brand "samsung" all lowercase without the quotation marks, that's what I use and it works quite well for me.
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The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.

dls5375 said:
The GT-I9000 is the galaxy s correct? I don't think that will help for tablet apps, but thank you.
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Sorry, I meant GT-I9100

isaiahhhhh said:
Sorry, I meant GT-I9100
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And that's the galaxy s 2 so still won't help for tablet apps. I tried some others, Asus 370t and galaxy tab 2 but it doesn't change anything in the market so there must be more that needs modified besides model and brand. And also I rebooted between changing each time.
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The apps I'm looking for are USA today for tablets and NFL 11 for tablets if anyone can help. Thanks.
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I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.

isaiahhhhh said:
I am testing out a custom cm9 build prop someone posted awhile back on the development forum but i'm not having any luck so far.
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Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.

dls5375 said:
Thanks for trying, let me know if you have any luck.
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I just tweaked my build prop like crazy and i'm booting up now, wish me luck...
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And the verdict is...blank screen after the bootloader, time to wipe and retry, i'll get back to you when I get a chance. I have to study for a few tests.

are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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I'm curious about what I need to do in order for the Amazon App Store to still see my Kindle Fire as what it needs to be in order to get the Kindle Fire editions of apps. Right now I can't install Angry Birds Space HD due to this issue.
If anyone knows of any fixes with build.prop, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940

Jake33108 said:
Build.prop doesn't control what apps are available in ICS, this thread explains hardware features and how to edit them to make more apps work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466940
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Thanks, I'll test that out
Edit: no need for it since the Energy ICS ROM already has it in. I need some other option to force the Amazon App Store to work properly.

If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".

isaiahhhhh said:
If you're trying to use the amazon app store i'd suggest you just stick with a stock rom, all of the apps available on the amazon app store are available on the google play market. There may be some minor differences being that the apps are not specific to the kindle fire, but there are many devices, specifically tablets, out there with similar specifications to the kindle fire making the majority of the "kindle fire specific" apps on the amazon marketplace not as special as they sound. Odds are most kindle fire optimized apps exist already on the google play market with the same hardware optimizations for a similar tablet minus the title "kindle fire edition".
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The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...

In reference to the USA Today tablet app I just ran the aapt dump and came up with this
Code:
TODAY_1.0.apk
package: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news' versionCode='1' versionName='1.
0'
application-label:'USA TODAY'
application-icon-120:'res/drawable-ldpi/icon.png'
application-icon-160:'res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-240:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application-icon-65535:'res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png'
application: label='USA TODAY' icon='res/drawable-mdpi/icon.png'
launchable-activity: name='com.usatoday.android.tablet.news.SplashScreen' label
='USA TODAY' icon=''
sdkVersion:'11'
uses-permission:'android.permission.INTERNET'
uses-permission:'android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE'
uses-permission:'android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION'
uses-permission:'android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE'
[COLOR="Red"]uses-feature:'android.hardware.location'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.location.gps'
uses-feature:'android.hardware.touchscreen'[/COLOR]
main
other-activities
other-receivers
[COLOR="red"]supports-screens: 'xlarge'[/COLOR]
supports-any-density: 'true'
locales: '--_--'
densities: '120' '160' '240' '65535'
I've marked the parts in red that I believe may be the issue, i'm not able to look into my kindle fire right now since Im in the process of restoring it after a failed attempt at overclocking, but i'd bet it has something to do with the support for "xlarge" screens which the Kindle Fire most certainly does not have.
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CrimsonKnight13 said:
The horrible part about Amazon App Store is having promo credit or gift card credit & using it for an app that doesn't recognize it through ICS or otherwise. I'm going back to 6.2.2 for the mean time...
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If you have some time before whatever promo you're dealing with runs out you might experiment and copy the stock build prop to an ics port with a few modifications allowing for the jump from Gingerbread to ICS. I don't know if that would even work given the differences in build.prop importance from Gingerbread to ICS.

rockstarar said:
are they free apps?
why don't you just gooogle the APk if it is?
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They are free, and I usually don't have trouble tracking down any apk I need, but for some reason those two are really hard to find. All links lead back to the play store where they are incompatible.

[Q] Hulu for hellfire

asking a question for a friend. Does someone have Hulu apk or hack to work with Hellfire? The one she obtained from the market doesn't work.

dunno about hellfire in particular but if it has hashcodes kernel google the flash video browser works for me its a little quirky but it functions.
Edit: search for the apk and sideload it the market may likely claim its not compatable with your device

search for hulu modified hulu app on xda
u will find easily if u search for hulu modified apk on xda it will work on every device

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449110
Might work but I don't have a plus account to test it.

Thepooch said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449110
Might work but I don't have a plus account to test it.
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It loaded and appeared to be working. I logged in and saw the intro video but then "had network issues" when it tried to pull the first ad. The OP mentions that ad blocker will interfere and I am running gedeROM 1.35 and it has a built in ad blocker. So no go on gedeROM but it may work with another rom.
Anyone?

She informs me the mod by Vgeezy worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing the link Thepooch.
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Your welcome

Build.prop

On my Kindle Fire, I am running TWRP 2.2.1 & CM10 SGT7 linaro.
My issue is that the Facebook app is not working correctly. It will open; I can view my news feed, like posts, create new posts, however, when I try to comment on a post, the field widens, but the keypad won't open and I cannot comment.
I was told I could edit my device to "Galaxy S" in the build.prop. I don't know how to find build.prop, much less edit it
Could somebody give me some advice, or point me in the right direction.
Thank in advance.
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That's a typical problem of that version of Facebook. Revert to an earlier version.

soupmagnet said:
That's a typical problem of that version of Facebook. Revert to an earlier version.
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Revert to an earlier version of the ROM or of the Facebook app? If its the app, where can I find an old .apk file to install the older version?
Thanks, Soup.

An earlier version of Facebook. You'll have to use Google or ask around to find one.

soupmagnet said:
An earlier version of Facebook. You'll have to use Google or ask around to find one.
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Damn. Oh well. Thanks again, man.

kylebenton said:
On my Kindle Fire, I am running TWRP 2.2.1 & CM10 SGT7 linaro.
My issue is that the Facebook app is not working correctly. It will open; I can view my news feed, like posts, create new posts, however, when I try to comment on a post, the field widens, but the keypad won't open and I cannot comment.
I was told I could edit my device to "Galaxy S" in the build.prop. I don't know how to find build.prop, much less edit it
Could somebody give me some advice, or point me in the right direction.
Thank in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32164734&highlight=facebook#post32164734

[Q] Kindle Fire Update break Launcher Wallpapers

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I need some help.
Due to the Kindle fire update, my wallpapers for my launcher (Apex) seemed to have broke. I keep getting a black background. I've tried to use other launchers such as Nova but I get the same result. Does anyone know how to fix this? All help would be appreciated

BUMP. Having same issue. Background stays black and I've tried to change it but it stays the same
TKakitsubata said:
Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I need some help.
Due to the Kindle fire update, my wallpapers for my launcher (Apex) seemed to have broke. I keep getting a black background. I've tried to use other launchers such as Nova but I get the same result. Does anyone know how to fix this? All help would be appreciated
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Sounds like you lost your wall paper chooser apk.
Try using kindlefree to reinstall or reinstall the way you did originally
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.KindleFree
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Yeah amazon removed that "feature" because they want to force you to use the amazon launcher. I`ve tried many things but i didn`t find a solution yet.
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Worked for me on 10.3.1 using the kindlefree tool...
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But i never really used the stock Rom... Since day 1 i have cm10.1 installed
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Been on cm10.1 for a while. Flashed back to stock a couple times to make sure I wasnt missing anything.
I wasn't
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We think we have a fix, i'm currently making an automated installer for it. Read my thread for this bug on the 7" hd, and how we are fixing it.
Wasn't sure if the kf2 was affected by this issue until i read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
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Nook releases the play store and amazon just keeps being arses
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framework-res.apk
stunts513 said:
We think we have a fix, i'm currently making an automated installer for it. Read my thread for this bug on the 7" hd, and how we are fixing it.
Wasn't sure if the kf2 was affected by this issue until i read this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
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I modified my framework-res.apk, but I need someone to compile it. Thanks
Link ---> http://www.mediafire.com/?67u9q4ifzz4bz77
(^^^ I couldn't get XDA uploader to work :S ^^^)

Bump
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Hi guys did anyone find a solution to the wall paper issue
I have the same problem on my Kindle Fire HD 7", a recent purchase which is superb, rooted following the guides on here Thanks But on May 30th the wall paper stopped working, just a black back ground all the time, The Kindle lost root access at the same time, so I had to re-root it, did that but it still didnt resolve the wall paper issue Currently on system version 7.4.1, Thanks in advance for any help :good:

I know I posted it before but I thought I'd post it again, I made an automated script that fixes your kindles wallpaper. Believe its on page 8 of this thread, this will work on kf2, hd7 and 8.9".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
Please read the instructions before using it, by instructions I mean the post, i didn't include a readme yet.
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Thanks very much Stunts513
I just read the whole of that thread, a very nice peice of work and thanks for sharing your efforts, is the link to the exe file you posted all sorted and working, I know reading you have carried out some amendments to your original script.
Thanks again for the help :good:
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I know I posted it before but I thought I'd post it again, I made an automated script that fixes your kindles wallpaper. Believe its on page 8 of this thread, this will work on kf2, hd7 and 8.9".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295750
Please read the instructions before using it, by instructions I mean the post, i didn't include a readme yet.
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It works, but for now I left the script so it gives more output if you have an error. So far the only problems people have had were related to their own java paths not being set right, still not sure why that was but it wasn't related to my script. If such an occurrence happens it will just push the original unmodded framework back onto the device and make a backup still, in which case you would have to choose the restore option before trying again. I may add a preventative measure so it will just error out if the class paths are incorrect, but I have to get the exit error code from someone with the problem.
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Just applied the fix bu Stunts, worked a treat :good: I have to put the path in though for Java as it failed the first time saying java could not be found, even though I knew it was installed on my PC.. Thanks again Stunts513, your the fella

I used a widget to do this, it's a lot less of a hassle. Desktop VisualiZer, you can set it as large as you want it and place things over the top of it. It works exactly like a wallpaper, but it's just a widget. You need a launcher that lets you stack things on top of each other like Nova. Plus it wont break with every patch.
Here is my kindle now:
i.imgur.com/1MzsABQ.jpg

[Q] Chrome crashing on launch CM11 - M9 and M10

After I updated to the current Chrome it's always been crashing on launch. I knew that CM11 M10 would be coming out soon so I thought I'd wait for that to see if that would fix it. It didn't.
I've done a factory wipe and installed CM11 M10 and then installed chrome. Still crashes on launch. Does this happen to anyone else? What can I do to fix it? If I can't fix it can someone point me in the direction of an older Chrome install to see if that is stable?
I'm running(crashing) Chrome 37.0.2062.117
Thanks

It's a known issue on CM11 and also @lovejoy777 SlimKat ROMs. I believe it's something to do with the ROMs compiled with the new lenario tool chain but I could be wrong. Last I heard they (the developers) were looking into it so sit tight I'm sure a fix will be announced.

I have switched to Mercury.
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Is there a issue or thread that I can subscribe to for updates on this problem?

Ixthusdan said:
I have switched to Mercury.
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I'm just using stock browser, seems to be working well.
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Is there a issue or thread that I can subscribe to for updates on this problem?
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Any of the OtterX threads will most likely have a fix announced first.

Dolphin also works.
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