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[FIX] Browser and Ticker for CONTINUUM CLEAN ROM

I am still new at android, however I think I can finally give back some love after the awesome devs here have given us so much with our phones..
Here are the steps I took to fix the browser crash and FC issue in this ROM. My wife's continuum no longer has FC with browser and ticker is working 100%.
PLEASE READ THIS!
What I did may or may not work for your phone...every phone is different..make a nandroid backup, and be very careful what you are modifying.. i take no responsibility for borking or bricking your phone, all i know is these steps worked on the continuum my wife has. I strongly suggest that you follow all the instructions, however if the mighty devs see that something can be eliminated, please pipe up
OK on to the goodies..
you will need the following files and programs..
1. PROGRAM: root explorer (or other compatible file explorer that can change .apk permissions)
2. FILE: download the "alternate" browser fix to your SD card from the original post : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2056318/upda...te/browser.zip
Do the 3 finger salute to boot into RED CWM and flash the browser file you downloaded to your SD card.. reboot after flash..
OK.. open root explorer and make sure you select "MOUNT R/W" permissions from the top box.
1. navigate to the main root directory "/" .. and long press the DEFAULT.PROP file and scroll down the menu to select OPEN IN TEXT EDITOR..you will see 4 settings listed..make sure they are set to
ro.secure=1
ro.debuggable=0
persist.service.adb=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
if not, change them to that and save it..if using root explorer it will auto save a backup to your card.
TURN OFF PHONE COMPLETELY AND REBOOT...
2. navigate to /SYSTEM/APP (make sure your MOUNT R/W is selected still) and long press the browser.apk file..from the menu select permissions.. they should look like this... with X meaning selected and O meaning not selected..
IMPORTANT NOTE!!! if you have to change any of the settings in permissions for any of these files you MUST hit OK at the bottom after the change or it will not stick and will cancel if you use the "back" button instead of hitting OK..
X X 0
X 0 0
X 0 0
3. scroll to top and select parent folder twice to get back to main root directory "/" and then go into /DATA/DATA and long press the file "com.android.browser" select permissions and make sure they are like this..
X X X
X O X
O O X
select OK and then
4. select parent folder twice to get back to root "/".. navigate to /DBDATA/DATABASES/ and long press "com.android.browser" and select permissions to look like this..
X X X
X X X
O O X
select OK and then...
POWER OFF PHONE AND REBOOT...
when reboot is complete, pull the battery for 30 seconds...reinsert battery and boot..
problem was solved after making those changes..
IF YOUR TICKER IS NOT WORKING..
go to settings/sound and display
deselect auto brightness, powersaving mode and grip sensor..
the ticker started working immediately after exiting settings, and the browser fix connected to the feeds and opened like normal..

It would be better if you posted this in the Clean ROM thread instead of opening a separate thread, that way it stays linked with the ROM it is intended for and doesn't clutter up the board.
Nice work, btw...

[Q] Changing App Drawer Icons

I've recently started going wild with icons on my phone. However at the minute I haven't ventured past the launcher. I am looking into changing all my apps icons so that the drawer also contains these logos. Sadly I am unsure on how to go about these. I'd appreciate it if someone could give me a few pointers.
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
Depend of your launcher,if it's the stock or the common launchers (Nova,Apex) it's not possible,not yet.Or maybe Apex wich support themes.But just to change the icons in the app drawer,no.Maybe Go Launcher or ADW...
If you want to change yourself the icons of your apps (system or other apps),opens with Winrar (it is the only one I use),just open,and navigate to res/drawable-xhdpi,then to identify the icon that launches the application (ie one that is visible in the app drawer) search the .png named "ic_launcher_****.png".
For example for:
Mms.apk->ic_launcher_smsmms.png
Settings.apk->ic_launcher_settings.png
Phone.apk->ic_launcher_phone.png
Etc...
Replace these icons with yours with the exact name,just drag and drop them,close winrar and you're good.
You also do it directly on your phone with Root explorer for example.
This method change also the icons on your home,necessarily.
PS:from your PC,just take all the system app you want changed from your current ROM and need root for these kinds of changes...
Hope this helps you if I understand right your request...

Thanks for the reply!
I'm using Nova sadly, so it seems the long winded way is the only way to do it. Do you know if it will effect apps updating? I assume if the app does update the default logo will be restored?

Re,
Sorry,I really do not know to this question...I mean is that the updated application will be possible if it was modified?
I just changed icons for system apps (Mms.apk and Phone.apk wich don't update by themself) for other apps which may have an updated by the Play Store...I'm not sure...if it does not block the update,your application will have the stock icon again I think.
Yes the method by opening each application to replace the icons is tedious,but now with Nova it's the only solution...

We can always hope Nova adds a feature for it eh? Thank you again for your help! Time to get icon changing!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Re,
Yes,Nova launcher User Voice:http://feedback.novalauncher.com/forums/145180-nova-feature-requests
There have been requests to change the icons in the app drawer,strangely there has not been many votes...Les than for Apex Launcher...
And you're welcome

nice to see someone else having a try lol
have a look at some of my posts,see if they can help you in anyways,i've been editing apk's for 6 month now lol,i used to use root explorer & rom toolbox pro...........now i stay well clear of them now and use adb,some ppl find it hard to use,i did at 1st,but after 1 use,it's the easiest program to use.........
1. DOWNLOAD ZIP CALLED adb_fastboot_and_ther_tools,i can't upload it as its too big lol
2. EXTRACT IT ANYWHERE
3. INSIDE IS A FOLDER CALLED ANDROID,MOVE THIS TO C: DRIVE
4. EDIT YOUR APK OF CHOICE BUT HAVE TO COPIES OF THE ZIP FILE
5. EXTRACT 1 BUT LEAVE THE OTHER UN EXTRACTED
6. WHEN FINISHED EDITING YOUR ICONS IN 1 FOLDER,GO TO YOUR UN EXTRACTED APK,DOUBLE CLICK IT,THEN DELETE Res folder
7. now drag your res folder from the open folder to the zip where u just deleted and click ok
8. now open android folder and move your unzipped apk to it
9. make sure your phone is plugged in to your pc and is in CHARGE ONLY
10. USE ES FILE EXPLORER TO MAKE YOUR PHONE IN WRITE MODE
11. right click on cmd in the android folder,run as administrator
12. cmd window appears,type in adb devices and hit enter
13. your phone should appear after a few seconds
14. IF all good up to now u need to send your apk via adb......here's an example
15. if editing a system app,delete the old 1 first eg Settings.apk
15. adb push Settings.apk system/app
16. once pushed,set permissions to RW-R-R
17. REBOOT..........ALL DONE
i've added a picture of what u should see before u push the apk in the cmd window

Ty5982 said:
have a look at some of my posts,see if they can help you in anyways,i've been editing apk's for 6 month now lol,i used to use root explorer & rom toolbox pro...........now i stay well clear of them now and use adb,some ppl find it hard to use,i did at 1st,but after 1 use,it's the easiest program to use.........
1. DOWNLOAD ZIP CALLED adb_fastboot_and_ther_tools,i can't upload it as its too big lol
2. EXTRACT IT ANYWHERE
3. INSIDE IS A FOLDER CALLED ANDROID,MOVE THIS TO C: DRIVE
4. EDIT YOUR APK OF CHOICE BUT HAVE TO COPIES OF THE ZIP FILE
5. EXTRACT 1 BUT LEAVE THE OTHER UN EXTRACTED
6. WHEN FINISHED EDITING YOUR ICONS IN 1 FOLDER,GO TO YOUR UN EXTRACTED APK,DOUBLE CLICK IT,THEN DELETE Res folder
7. now drag your res folder from the open folder to the zip where u just deleted and click ok
8. now open android folder and move your unzipped apk to it
9. make sure your phone is plugged in to your pc and is in CHARGE ONLY
10. USE ES FILE EXPLORER TO MAKE YOUR PHONE IN WRITE MODE
11. right click on cmd in the android folder,run as administrator
12. cmd window appears,type in adb devices and hit enter
13. your phone should appear after a few seconds
14. IF all good up to now u need to send your apk via adb......here's an example
15. if editing a system app,delete the old 1 first eg Settings.apk
15. adb push Settings.apk system/app
16. once pushed,set permissions to RW-R-R
17. REBOOT..........ALL DONE
i've added a picture of what u should see before u push the apk in the cmd window
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Nice guide!

How to get games like Need For Speed Installed

NFS hot pursuit and most wanted will not show on the play store. If you click on menu MY APPS you will find it but when you click to install it will say the device is not compatible..... I used the galaxy s3 build prop setting, so the play store will think its a gs3. you can also try any other build prop from another device without a 1080p screen.
So heres what you have to do, MUST BE ROOTED
- ROOT
- DOWNLOAD ROOT EXPLORER
- OPEN IT, GO TO SYSTEM, COPY THE FILE BUILD.PROP
- PASTE IT SOMEWHERE ON YOUR IN/EXTERNAL SD CARD (YOU WANT TO KEEP A COPY)
- DOWNLOAD BUILD PROP EDITOR
- OPEN IT, CLICK ON PAPER LOOKING ICON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER
- CHOOSE SIMPLE LIST
- NOW CLICK ON THE FOLDER ON THE LEFT BOTTOM SIDE
- CLICK/CHOOSE /SYSTEM/BUILD.PROP
NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING WHEN YOU DO A CHANGE AND SAVE IT. THE APP WILL ASK IF YOU
WANT TO REBOOT. CLICK "NEVER SHOW AGAIN" AND SAY NO. YOU WILL REBOOT ONCE EVERY CHANGE
HAS BEEN MADE.
- NOW LOOK FOR THE:
ro.product .brand (change it to samsung)
ro.product.device (change it to d2srp
ro.product manufacturer - (change it to samsung)
ro.product.model- (change it to SPH-L710)
- NOW RESTART BY CLICKING ON THE RIGHT MENU KEY ON THE PHONE AND CHOOSE REBOOT.
OPEN PLAY STORE AND THE APPS WILL BE THERE.
NOTE: AFTER YOU DOWNLOAD NFS HOT PURSUIT.
YOU MUST DO THIS:
-MENU KEY ON PHONE
-ALL SETTINGS
-DISPLAY
-ASPECT RATIO CORRECTION
-CLICK ON HOR PURSUIT
- NOW OPEN THE GAME AND IT WILL FINISH DOWNLOADING THE WHOLE GAME
YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS STEP FOR NFS MOST WANTED.
HOPE IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU GUYS.

Help with getting Hearthstone up and running

Hey Everyone,
So Blizzard just released Hearthstone for android and everyone's rushing to be able to play the game on their android devices. I've seen some comments about how to get it to work but I have had no luck as my app crashes when I get to the option to log in. I'm currently on the most recent Slimkat stable build so that may be another reason as to why it doesn't work.
Taking the info I received from a thread on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/2pestg/hearthstone_is_out_on_android_tablets/
Download the .apk linked by /u/Xeonelite
Download both .obb files also linked by /u/Xeonelite
Put .obb files in the directory /sdcard/Android/obb/com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone
Run the .apk to install (you may need to enable installation of unknown apps in your settings)
You should be good to go if your screen is larger than 6". If not, follow the next few steps.
Install the Xposed module "App Settings"
Enable "App Settings" in Xposed and find Hearthstone on the app list
Check the box that says "xlarge res."
Save the settings and exit
Launch Hearthstone, you should be good to go!
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The link to the files are here in this comment. I've had no luck so far, but others have reported being able to get it working. Have any of you been able to get it running? Successfully got it working with my reply down below! If one of the builds doesn't work, then use the other linked!

Im just trying to get works too. I think it should works flashing some custom rom and decreasing the DPI. We only can test and test until get it
---------- Post added at 02:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 PM ----------
Hi, i just find that:
Hey there
It seems everybody is eager to play Hearthstone on their mobile phone, but they can't because their phones aren't 6 inch or bigger. There is a way to get around this, but it involves some decompiling/recompiling and changing two lines of code.
First of all, the tools that you need are:
To decompile the APK: This tool
To decompile CSharp: Decompile CSharp: This tool
This one requires a plugin though; when you start this software, look for the menu item "Plugins/Plugins Manager" and install the plugin called "Assembly Editor"
Other things you need:
The original APK: This one
The OBB files: These
Step one:
Fire up APK Studio and decompile the Hearthstone APK
Open up the AndroidManifest.xml file
Replace android:normalScreens="false" with android:normalScreens="true"
The same goes for android:smallScreens="false" -> android:smallScreens="true"
Save this file
Step two:
Fire up JustDecompile and open the file Assembly-Csharp.dll (your_decompiled_folder/assets/bin/Data/Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll)
Look in <Default namespace> for the class "MobileCallbackManager"
(if you haven't by now, open up the plugin by selecting it in the Plugins window (Reflexil))
There is a method in there called "IsAndroidDeviceTabletSize()", click on it
In the window of the plugin, on the "Instructions" tab, you should now see a line that has a value of 6 in the Operand column (http://puu.sh/dx8bX/bff8ee08ad.png)
Right click on this and select edit and change the value to 1 (or whatever you want, just a number smaller than the size of your phone) and then click Update
In the list on the left, scroll all the way back up, right click on "Assembly-CSharp", select "Reflexil 1.8 -> Save As" and save it (trying to overwrite the original one caused problems for me)
(If you have problems with this one, go to step two.one)
Remove the Assembly-CSharp.dll file and rename the new dll to Assembly-CSharp.dll
Steo two.one (Only if you're having problems saving the DLL):
- On the same line where you clicked edit and changed the value from 6 to whatever. Right click again and select "Replace all with code"
- This should open a window showing some code, **just click cancel**
- Now try to save using the normal steps
Step three:
Open APK Studio again
Click on the hammer icon (make sure you have the project selected) to build your modified APK (rebuilt.apk in the build folder)
Step four (you can skip this if you already have the OBB files on your phone):
Put the OBB files on your SD card in the following folder
Android/obb/com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone/XXX.OBB
Step five:
Install the APK
Enjoy the game
I've tested this myself on a Nexus 4 (KitKat) and Nexus 5 (Lollipop) and it starts on both. However, at some point it just decides to crash on my Nexus 5 and I assume this is because of Lollipop.
Cheers
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So it turns out another build of Hearthstone works quite well. Thanks for your possible fix too zliffer, that may help others who might need it! This one is version 738705 instead of the 738702 which was linked before. This one doesn't require being on a GPE rom, just follow the same steps for the same files and it should work!
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/2pestg/hearthstone_is_out_on_android_tablets/cmwfy74

Nice, i will try it now. in the other hand i had read that only changing the dpi in adb it should works

You could also try this.
Runs on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 without problems. Without root!
Just copy files and install apk.
More information in readme.
>>http://goo.gl/ah8tbu
Greez

Here you go.. https://plus.google.com/101677185367200067540/posts/4sKpo3sBL8C
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app

app not installed
please help me install it on my root samsung galaxy note 2. i already installed it previously but need to uninstall. after that i can't reinstall the .apk it let me press install and it shows installing but after that it says "X app not installed". :crying: thanks for helping in advance

The goo.gl link doesn't work anymore.
Here is the direct link: >>http://ul.to/3gjvo0hs.
Greez

Enable Multiuser

Hey,
i just got a new tablet for me and my wife and was shocked, that the android multiuser feature is disabled in EMUI 4 (MM).
So, since i've a rooted device, i just tried something working on other devices:
1. Get rooted - no way around i think (probably adb...?)
2. Get a root file manager with notepad (e.g. ES Explorer)
3. Navigate to /system/build.prop and open it with editor
4. Add the following 2 lines at the end:
Code:
fw.max_users=3
fw.show_multiuserui=1
5. Exit and save, reboot.
6. Check Settings -> User
7. Be Happy.
Hope this helps someone!
Greetings, Chris

.sirhc said:
Hey,
i just got a new tablet for me and my wife and was shocked, that the android multiuser feature is disabled in EMUI 4 (MM).
So, since i've a rooted device, i just tried something working on other devices:
1. Get rooted - no way around i think (probably adb...?)
2. Get a root file manager with notepad (e.g. ES Explorer)
3. Navigate to /system/build.prop and open it with editor
4. Add the following 2 lines at the end:
Code:
fw.max_users=3
fw.show_multiuserui=1
5. Exit and save, reboot.
6. Check Settings -> User
7. Be Happy.
Hope this helps someone!
Greetings, Chris
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Thanks for this. You should probably move this post to the "Guides" subforum if you can (mods, please help)