using joshs perfect black 1.7 full... maybe this belongs in his rom thread but I am not sure if it is a general question. thanks in advance, just want to move folders and files I use the most to the top and put files in their correct folders and such.
Using a file explorer, navigate to "\windows\start menu\". Here, you can arrange the shortcuts into whichever folder you want.
To rearrange the order, it's more problematic. Open the Start Menu. If you tap and hold on an item, you'll get the option to "Move to top". So, if you systematically select icons to "move to top" you'll be able to get a layout that you want.
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Using a file explorer, navigate to "\windows\start menu\". Here, you can arrange the shortcuts into whichever folder you want.
To rearrange the order, it's more problematic. Open the Start Menu. If you tap and hold on an item, you'll get the option to "Move to top". So, if you systematically select icons to "move to top" you'll be able to get a layout that you want.
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thanks! took a while but I got everything arranged how I want it!
I hope they come out with an "Arrange Icons" menu so you can just drag the items freely to organize them faster. It takes so long to arrange them in the desired order with the current way, but it's a start.
To change the wallpaper I have to press the homescreen and choose "wallpaper". By now I have to choose "Gallery" if I want to get a file from the sdcard. But I do have the options "Launcher" and "LaucherPro" where I get a list of wallpapers provided by these launchers.
Is there a possibility to create a .apk file which I install and which let me choose a wallpaper like "Launcher" or "LauncherPro"? If it exists how do I create such a .apk file?
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I discovered where the current wallpaper is saved. As a workaround I can change that through ADB
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1. Download the following APK and place on the root of your internal or external sd card.
2. Using Root Explorer: Navigate to "sdcard" folder (this is your internal sd).
If you placed file on root of your external sd then once inside the sdcard folder navigate to "external_sd" folder
3. Go to file labeled "Gallery2.apk" and long press on file. Choose "Move" from the options that pop up.
4. Use the back key on your phone until at the top of the screen you see the Root Explorer icon and a "/" with nothing after the "/"
5. Click on folder marked "system". inside that folder click on "app" folder.
6.After you open the "app" folder click "Paste" button at bottom of screen. Scroll down and you should now see 2 gallery apk's. One labeled "Gallery2" and the other labeled "Gallery3D". Hit the Home button on your phone to exit.
Now for how to get widescreen wallpapers to work
1. From system settings for display choose Homescreen wallpaper. you will get a popup of the different options you have to choose wallpapers from. You must choose the Gallery that is labeled as "com.android.gallery3d". It will have the pink icon.
2. Once inside this gallery choose which image you would like to use as your wallpaper. Once you choose a popup box will appear. Your 2 options will be Crop picture from both the galleries. It does not matter which of the options you choose!!!
3. If you choose the Crop option labeled "com.cooliris.media" you will see the familiar orange rectangle to choose how to crop the image. If you choose the one labeled "com.android.gallery3d" the box for cropping will look different than you are accustomed to but will function just the same.
4. Resize how you like and hit the "CROP" button or "SAVE" button depending on which crop option you chose and your wallpaper is set for your homescreen.
For lockscreen choose select wallpaper from "Gallery" Choose complete action using the gallery marked "com.android.gallery3d". Pick your image and choose which gallery method you would like to crop with, crop image, and you are now good to go.
Thank you to RaverX3X for the AOSP ICS ROM that this apk is pulled from!!!!!
Thanks most of all to RaverX3X and Racing 19969 for giving us our first tastes of ICS!!!!!!
DannyB513 said:
1. Download the following APK and place on the root of your internal or external sd card.
2. Using Root Explorer: Navigate to "sdcard" folder (this is your internal sd).
If you placed file on root of your external sd then once inside the sdcard folder navigate to "external_sd" folder
3. Go to file labeled "Gallery2.apk" and long press on file. Choose "Move" from the options that pop up.
4. Use the back key on your phone until at the top of the screen you see the Root Explorer icon and a "/" with nothing after the "/"
5. Click on folder marked "system". inside that folder click on "app" folder.
6.After you open the "app" folder click "Paste" button at bottom of screen. Scroll down and you should now see 2 gallery apk's. One labeled "Gallery2" and the other labeled "Gallery3D". Hit the Home button on your phone to exit.
Now for how to get widescreen wallpapers to work
1. From system settings for display choose Homescreen wallpaper. you will get a popup of the different options you have to choose wallpapers from. You must choose the Gallery that is labeled as "com.android.gallery3d". It will have the pink icon.
2. Once inside this gallery choose which image you would like to use as your wallpaper. Once you choose a popup box will appear. Your 2 options will be Crop picture from both the galleries. It does not matter which of the options you choose!!!
3. If you choose the Crop option labeled "com.cooliris.media" you will see the familiar orange rectangle to choose how to crop the image. If you choose the one labeled "com.android.gallery3d" the box for cropping will look different than you are accustomed to but will function just the same.
4. Resize how you like and hit the "CROP" button or "SAVE" button depending on which crop option you chose and your wallpaper is set for your homescreen.
For lockscreen choose select wallpaper from "Gallery" Choose complete action using the gallery marked "com.android.gallery3d". Pick your image and choose which gallery method you would like to crop with, crop image, and you are now good to go.
Thank you to RaverX3X for the AOSP ICS ROM that this apk is pulled from!!!!!
Thanks most of all to RaverX3X and Racing 19969 for giving us our first tastes of ICS!!!!!!
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Nice dude....Nice!!
Sharpie603 said:
Nice dude....Nice!!
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+1 Great tutorial
Or if lazy, use zedge to download and set wallpaper and problem solved
madizmo said:
Or if lazy, use zedge to download and set wallpaper and problem solved
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Or Wallpaper Wizardii wich is free in Play Store ;-p
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA
Alternatively you can use this Gallery APK stripped from a GT-I9100 ROM
FOR ALL ANDROID DEVICES​
Note: Take a complete nandroid backup before doing this, though there is no threat. It is still compulsory to take nandroid backup!!!
Follow the steps carefully, they are very easy:
1) Download NinjaMorph from GooglePlay, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.ninjamorph.free
2) Open it, you need root of course. Click on New Project.
3) Now browse down to system, and choose it, then choose app folder.
4) A long list will appear. Search SystemUI.apk and choose it. The app will extract the apk. Stop!!!! Don't go any further.
5) Join your mobile to pc and allow USB storage.
6) Go to your Mobile's sd on the pc and find a folder named android themes, open it. Then open a folder named workspace, then SystemUI and then res.
7)Now open a folder named drawable-Idpi in which you will find many files.
8) now we start changing!
9)You should set your windows to show the folder in tiles. So now you will see the quickpanel icons like bluetooth and wifi with names like quickpanel_icon_bluetooth_on etc.
10)Find a desired icon and change it with, but remember the new icon should be of the same pixels and should also have exactly same name as the old one, EXACTLY SAME!!!!!
11) Do not only change the icons which represent a function is on like bluetooth on but also change its off icon like quickpanel_icon_bluetooth_off. REMEMBER IT SHOULD BE THE NAME AS THE OLD ICON'S NAME!!!!
12) Now find icon named statusbar_background.9 and change it with your desired background. Do the same with title_bar_portrait.9. Remember the new icon should be of the same pixels and should also have exactly same name as the old one, EXACTLY SAME!!!!!
Now disconnect usb storage, go to NinjaMorph again but this time choose Finish Project, choose SystemUIapk and click yes on all that pops up.
Now your status bar will disappear but don't worry just reboot. REMEMBER ALL NEW ICONS SHOULD BE THE NAME AND SIZE AS THE OLD ICONS!!!!
IF YOU MADE ANY MISTAKE IN THE STEPS AND YOUR STATUS BAR IS RUINED THEN EITHER EDIT IT AGAIN CORRECTLY OR DO A NANDROID RESTORE.
Nice Thread
Prior to the 8.1 update, I was able to download a whole song from my drive, then long press on the file, press on the tp right three blue buttons, select "Move to", which I was then able to select Pixel 2, which would then take me to a handful of file folders (included Alarms, Ringtones, Data, etc.). I would select the Ringtone folder. I would then exit and open my ringtones and the full song would be listed.
Now with the 8.1 update. The Pixel 2 option no longer is listed when trying to move or copy the song...what gives?!
Anyone know of another way, without having to download an app or connecting to a computer?
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Prior to the 8.1 update, I was able to download a whole song from my drive, then long press on the file, press on the tp right three blue buttons, select "Move to", which I was then able to select Pixel 2, which would then take me to a handful of file folders (included Alarms, Ringtones, Data, etc.). I would select the Ringtone folder. I would then exit and open my ringtones and the full song would be listed.
Now with the 8.1 update. The Pixel 2 option no longer is listed when trying to move or copy the song...what gives?!
Anyone know of another way, without having to download an app or connecting to a computer?
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How about using the download option then moving the file?
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How about using the download option then moving the file?
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Thanks, I figured it out...the following are steps I took to add a full song/s to ringtones:
1. Download mp3 file (song/recording) to your Pixel 2 XL
2. Open the Downloads app and verify that your file downloaded and can be played
3. Once you verify file downloaded and is playable, exit the file, taking you back to the Downloads list page
4. Tap at the top right 3 white bullet points and the following pop up should display:
New window
New Folder
Select all
Show internal storage
5. Tap on Show internal storage, which will then cause the popup to dissapear
6. Now long press the file, which will cause the file to be highlighted, marked as 1 selected, and giving you the option on the top right corner
to Share (icon), Trash (icon), and now 3 black bullet points,
7. Tap on the black bullet points, the following pop up should appear:
Open with
Select all
Copy to...
Move to...
Compress
Rename
8. You now can choose to either Copy to... or Move to... I chose "Copy to" (not sure if it makes a difference in storage space if either Copy to
or Move to is chosen). Pop up will disappear, but now the option to CANCEL or COPY (highlighted) will pop up at the bottom right.
9. Do NOT press COPY yet. Instead, top left corner press the 3 horizontal white lines, following pop up should appear:
Downloads
Pixel 2 XL
Drive (I have two of these because both personal and work are linked to my phone)
10. Tap Pixel 2 XL
11. Now Pixel 2 XL Files/Folders (Alarms, Android, data, DCIM, etc.) should be on the screen (the CANCEL or COPY options should continue to
be visible at the bottom right)
12. Choose Ringtones, and do not be surprised that when selected this folder is empty, it just is...unless you downloaded ringtones prior to
the update, maybe
13. NOW press the highlighted COPY, this will then take you back to Downloads screen, which you may close at this time
14. At this time tap on your Phone icon in order to make a call
15. Top right corner you should see 3 dark bullet points, tap on those points, and select Settings from the 3 options that it gives you
16. In Settings, select Sounds and vibration
17. Under Sounds and vibrations, select Phone ringtone
18. Now your whole list of Phone ringtones is displayed allowing you the option of selecting ringtones, which should now include the one
you just added, following the steps provided. Select your ringtone and press SAVE
19. You are done!
Again, probably too many steps...but it did what I needed it to do. Now I have a full song as a ringtone. You could do the same for alarms, but don't. Alarms actually allows you to add a new alarm by scrolling up and pressing tapping + Add new option in your clock app, when choosing sound. Don't understand why they don't have this simple option in Ringtones!
I haven't tried it with an entire song, but I just edit a song file to make a ringtone or notification, and move it to the sdcard > media > ringtone or notification folder, then reboot and all my newly added files are available for selection.
More specifically:
Once your file is in the download folder, long press > select copy (two pieces of paper on top of each other at top of screen) > hit back button > navigate to the ringtone or notification folder in sdcard > Media, then hit the clipboard / copy here icon
NDIrish10 said:
Thanks, I figured it out...the following are steps I took to add a full song/s to ringtones:
1. Download mp3 file (song/recording) to your Pixel 2 XL
2. Open the Downloads app and verify that your file downloaded and can be played
3. Once you verify file downloaded and is playable, exit the file, taking you back to the Downloads list page
4. Tap at the top right 3 white bullet points and the following pop up should display:
New window
New Folder
Select all
Show internal storage
5. Tap on Show internal storage, which will then cause the popup to dissapear
6. Now long press the file, which will cause the file to be highlighted, marked as 1 selected, and giving you the option on the top right corner
to Share (icon), Trash (icon), and now 3 black bullet points,
7. Tap on the black bullet points, the following pop up should appear:
Open with
Select all
Copy to...
Move to...
Compress
Rename
8. You now can choose to either Copy to... or Move to... I chose "Copy to" (not sure if it makes a difference in storage space if either Copy to
or Move to is chosen). Pop up will disappear, but now the option to CANCEL or COPY (highlighted) will pop up at the bottom right.
9. Do NOT press COPY yet. Instead, top left corner press the 3 horizontal white lines, following pop up should appear:
Downloads
Pixel 2 XL
Drive (I have two of these because both personal and work are linked to my phone)
10. Tap Pixel 2 XL
11. Now Pixel 2 XL Files/Folders (Alarms, Android, data, DCIM, etc.) should be on the screen (the CANCEL or COPY options should continue to
be visible at the bottom right)
12. Choose Ringtones, and do not be surprised that when selected this folder is empty, it just is...unless you downloaded ringtones prior to
the update, maybe
13. NOW press the highlighted COPY, this will then take you back to Downloads screen, which you may close at this time
14. At this time tap on your Phone icon in order to make a call
15. Top right corner you should see 3 dark bullet points, tap on those points, and select Settings from the 3 options that it gives you
16. In Settings, select Sounds and vibration
17. Under Sounds and vibrations, select Phone ringtone
18. Now your whole list of Phone ringtones is displayed allowing you the option of selecting ringtones, which should now include the one
you just added, following the steps provided. Select your ringtone and press SAVE
19. You are done!
Again, probably too many steps...but it did what I needed it to do. Now I have a full song as a ringtone. You could do the same for alarms, but don't. Alarms actually allows you to add a new alarm by scrolling up and pressing tapping + Add new option in your clock app, when choosing sound. Don't understand why they don't have this simple option in Ringtones!
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Copy to makes a duplicate. So you now have the file in downloads and ringtones folders. I would do move. I thought you listed too many steps at first but you literally went through every tap needed. LOL.
I figured that if anyone out there was like me, every single tap would be appreciated. Lol!
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Copy to makes a duplicate. So you now have the file in downloads and ringtones folders. I would do move. I thought you listed too many steps at first but you literally went through every tap needed. LOL.
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Thanks for the Move to tip! I figured that if there was anyone like me dealing with the same question, every tap would be appreciated. Lol!!!
Plug phone into laptop
Pull down notification area and change USB to transfer files
Open file manager on computer and copy MP3 FIle
Paste MP3 File into Phone Notification/Ringtone folder
File should be immediately available for using as ringtone/notification.