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can someone send me in the right direction to put custom font on my epic???
There are various ways to do this.
1. Use an app, the one I use can be found in the market called "custom font switcher" -note must be rooted
2. You can push the files via abd to your system/something folder forgive me I do not know the exact folder.
3.you can do the above mention option using root explorer as well.
Ive seen quite a few posts on this in different forums. I might suggest doing a bit more searching and reading next time before posting
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ive been browsin the forums for a couple hours now. almost 3 actually. the majority of what i found was for other phones, even on androidcentral (where i am a very active member). i figured tonight that the font that i loved that i thought was glitching my phone was actually just taking a looong time to finish rebooting out of cwm. just like everything else im flashing lately. problem fixed. >.< thanks for the tips tho, when i get bored, i always do, ill know how to change it up! thanks
This is the easiest way to get different fonts on your system Trauma. You have to use Metamorph from the market. And here's a thread with a few fonts you can start with. It's easy to add more fonts you just have to follow the format for the zip file. Good luck. I've done this several times. It's fast and easy. I've done this with DK28 and EB13.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821814
Edit: I didnt notice you figured it out already. Cool beans.
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ive been browsin the forums for a couple hours now. almost 3 actually. the majority of what i found was for other phones, even on androidcentral (where i am a very active member). i figured tonight that the font that i loved that i thought was glitching my phone was actually just taking a looong time to finish rebooting out of cwm. just like everything else im flashing lately. problem fixed. >.< thanks for the tips tho, when i get bored, i always do, ill know how to change it up! thanks
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I was going to re-post the apk's I pulled together for modifying the samsung touchwiz launcher to have an extra row of icon space on the home screens and an extra column as well. However, there's a better solution:
THIS IS A HOWTO. This isn't a "download the attached file and donate to me" thread. This is a thread intended to help people to learn how to modify their own devices. If all you want is something pre-made to install on your phone, there are several good customized firmwares (ROMs) available in this subforum. The attached files are so people can download a working example to compare to their own work. Please keep this in mind when replying to the thread.
First, a link to another thread that explains how to modify the launcher. These instructions are for a galaxy S III, but they work just fine for the Note II:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27433971
That's not my thread and 99.9% of any credit for this should be given to the person who posted the that thread and the people from whom that person learned from.
Now, I found I didn't like these directions as-is. First, I thought the icon labels got too truncated when using this with 5 columns. Second, I really didn't like how this mod moved the little "page" indicator dots below the docked icons. (The photo's on this thread don't show that, but if you follow the directions, they are moved.)
So, I spent a few hours playing with sizes and such to get things to look a bit better (from my perspective.) That's how I came up with the apk's I posted a week or so ago.
Below, I'll dump my notes on the measurements that I kept so I could reproduce the changes I did (for the next firmware update.) They don't make much sense on their own, but if you combine them with the above linked thread, they make perfect sense. Keep in mind that these are my notes and not even an attempt as a tutorial.
Now, these notes are YOUR notes as well. Please use them, change them to suite your own desires, or ignore them.
There's only one thing better than downloading a custom firmware for your phone: Customizing that firmware yourself.
Code:
SecLauncher2... modifying the grid sizes
To enable scrolling on any of these:
res/values/bools.xml: change fixedWallpaperOffset to "false" (to turn on scrolling)
The rest of the files to edit are all in "res/values-sw359dp-xhdpi"
For 4x5 (extra vertical row):
integers.xml:
<integer name="home_cellCountX">4</integer>
<integer name="home_cellCountY">5</integer>
dimens.xml
<dimen name="app_icon_size">44.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellWidth_port">80.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellHeight_port">90.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellGapX_port">10.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellGapY_port">2.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageMarginPlusPaddingTop">12.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageIndicatorTop">484.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageIndicatorTopShrunken">484.0dip</dimen>
For 5x4 (extra horiz column):
use the 4x5 and 5x5 to figure it out.
for 5x5 (both extra row and extra column):
integers.xml
<integer name="home_cellCountX">5</integer>
<integer name="home_cellCountY">5</integer>
dimens.xml
<dimen name="app_icon_size">44.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellWidth_port">68.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellHeight_port">90.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellGapX_port">4.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_cellGapY_port">2.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageMarginPlusPaddingTop">12.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageIndicatorTop">484.0dip</dimen>
<dimen name="home_pageIndicatorTopShrunken">484.0dip</dimen>
styles.xml (this is needed for 5 columns or the icon labels get truncated - the change is only the textSize)
<style name="HomeIcon" parent="@style/BaseHomeIcon">
<item name="android:textSize">12.0dip</item>
As a bonus, I'll also upload some apk files that already have these changes in place. My primary intention for uploading them is to serve as an example, but they are fully functional on a stock i317 firmware.
If you want to use them as-is, do a backup first. Then figure out which you want based on the name. (4x5 is 4 columns and 5 rows IN ADDITION to the dock row. if "scroll" is in the name, the wallpaper will scroll, else it won't.) Then rename the file to "SecLauncher2.apk", and use something like root explorer (that allows you to write to the /system/app partition) and overwrite the existing file by the same name. After you do that, your home launcher will get a little nutty for a second or three, and then it'll work fine. (If it doesn't, restore the backup.)
(If you download one of these files with IE, the file extension might get changed from "apk" to "zip" If so, just change it back to .apk.)
Take care
Gary
I used the 4x5 scroll apk. It worked great. . I was worried about it resetting all my folders and widgets, but they just bumped up. The 4x4 twcalendar is a little cut off on top and bottom, but not enough to effect me. My music and google search widgets dissapeared but I reset them and all is good. Since the Music widget is re-sizable is here a way to make all widgets re sizable with the tw launcher?
4X5 with Scoll - Awesome!
Very Cool - and huge thanks for this. I took the 4X5 Scroll and renamed the way you suggested - moved to the AP folder with Root Explorer and then rebooted - after booting up - wall paper scolls beautfiully - very smooth - and more room for aps and widgets and stuff - I was a little concerned that multiview would stopp working but no - it works fine.
All is good - thanks for the AP - considering how new this phone is - it is so cool to be able to get these types of improvements!
Thanks again.
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Since the Music widget is re-sizable is here a way to make all widgets re sizable with the tw launcher?
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I think only certain widgets can be resized - not all of them.
How about auto rotation?
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DAGr8 said:
How about auto rotation?
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Good idea! I'm looking forward to you contributing that to this HOWTO post.
Take care
Gary
VTEChump said:
Can anyone make the attached transparent Accuweather widget work with 5x5?
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I think you misinterpreted the purpose of this thread. It's NOT a thread where someone does something for you. It's a thread where I get people to do something FOR THEMSELVES and encourage them to share how to do things.
I'm actually insulted that you'd post in this thread the question "will you do this for me?" (The answer is: NO.)
At the very least, you could have asked something like "Can you offer advice on how I do this for myself?"
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I think you misinterpreted the purpose of this thread. It's NOT a thread where someone does something for you. It's a thread where I get people to do something FOR THEMSELVES and encourage them to share how to do things.
I'm actually insulted that you'd post in this thread the question "will you do this for me?" (The answer is: NO.)
At the very least, you could have asked something like "Can you offer advice on how I do this for myself?"
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Wow, sorry, you can ignore my post or have mods delete it. The only reason I posted it here was because it was related to using your SecLancher2.5x5.apk. A bunch of widgets that I use no longer work when I change to the 5x5 layout. I have no problem searching for a solution myself, just thought someone may have an obvious answer. Thanks, have a nice day.
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I think only certain widgets can be resized - not all of them.
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I just deleted the widget and reset it and it went back to its big beautiful size. Thanks
Multi Window
I installed the 4x5 with scrolling after I flashed this rom, I317_N7105ZHALJ4 MultiWindow Control, and the Multi Window function stopped working. Has anyones else ran into this and if so how did you fix it.
Gargamel198024 said:
I installed the 4x5 with scrolling after I flashed this rom, I317_N7105ZHALJ4 MultiWindow Control...
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Just want to make sure I understand this...
You have a n7105 firmware installed on your phone, and you downloaded one of the apk's I modified from an i317 firmware and installed it on your device (instead of following the simple instructions provided for doing the mod yourself) and now something is broken. Is that correct?
And now you want someone else to tell you how to fix it?
One more question... did you do a backup first? If so, please restore it.
Thank you
Gary
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Just want to make sure I understand this...
You have a n7105 firmware installed on your phone, and you downloaded one of the apk's I modified from an i317 firmware and installed it on your device (instead of following the simple instructions provided for doing the mod yourself) and now something is broken. Is that correct?
And now you want someone else to tell you how to fix it?
One more question... did you do a backup first? If so, please restore it.
Thank you
Gary
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First off, Just because I only have 13 posts on this forum doesnt give you the right to come at me like a all knowing jerk off...
Second, The rom I have on my phone is a ported rom for the i317, so yeah. I didnt go off and flash a N7105 Stock rom on my phone.
I didnt "Break" anything on my phone. All I said was that after I installed the 4x5 launcher the multi window wouldnt work. So my phone is still working other than that. So the only thing I asked was if anyone else experienced it, and if so, did they figure out how to fix it. The 4x5 mod itself is working great otherwise.
Finally, Were you really being condescending by saying, "instead of following the simple instructions provided for doing the mod yourself?" Really? Because dont those APK's do the same thing as doing it yourself?
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First off, Just because I only have 13 posts on this forum doesnt give you the right to come at me like a all knowing jerk off...
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I didn't look at your post count (or any other stat.) Just your post... I also wasn't a jerk (yet.) I just wanted to confirm the obvious before I started being a jerk. However, being you were nasty in your answers (jerk?), I'll be happy to respond.
You see, as with a previous post in this thread (by someone else), you've insulted my efforts.
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Second, The rom I have on my phone is a ported rom for the i317, so yeah. I didnt go off and flash a N7105 Stock rom on my phone.
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Actually, its a n7105 firmware modified to work on a tmobile T889 and with build.prop mods to work on the i317. (It tells you all that on the OP for the firmware you downloaded.) You did, in fact, flash a n7105 firmware. That, by itself, isn't the problem. Not at all...
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I didnt "Break" anything on my phone. All I said was that after I installed the 4x5 launcher the multi window wouldnt work.
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If it doesn't work, then its broken. The following is from dictionary.reference.com when looking up the definition of "broken" : "not functioning properly; out of working order." So, if multi-window doesn't work, then its... BROKEN. Hence, something is broken on your phone.
(This is where I get sarcastic..) These are simple concepts. If simple definitions aren't working for you, then the OP instructions might be beyond your grasp.
(Okay - no more sarcasm)
However, broken or not is besides the point. I didn't upload those apk's for people to blindly download and shove on their phone without a clue what they are doing. Here's a quote from myself on page 1:
I think you misinterpreted the purpose of this thread. It's NOT a thread where someone does something for you. It's a thread where I get people to do something FOR THEMSELVES and encourage them to share how to do things.
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I'll give you some ideas: Don't take something prebuilt from a i317 stock firmware and expect it to work on a firmware ported from a different platform. If you try it anyway (which is fine) and it doesn't work, don't post on the thread about it.
Finally, if someone takes the time to make sure you have the directions to do the mod YOURSELF, then take the 20 minutes it takes to LEARN SOMETHING and DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF before wasting bandwidth on the forum.
Take care and have a WONDERFUL evening
Gary
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I have a very serious question... no sarcasm whatsoever...
I wrote this post (as well as the CSC one, and I'm preparing another for kernel compiling) to try and help people do their own mods so they aren't dependent on others, so they can learn and so on.
Is this attempt of mine misguided? Does everyone really prefer to just take whatever someone else gives them without learning anything?
(If so, I won't waste my time writing HOWTO things... I'm a developer, not a teacher, and trying to explain things to other people is very stressful for me.)
Nice work, keep it up. .
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I have a very serious question... no sarcasm whatsoever...
I wrote this post (as well as the CSC one, and I'm preparing another for kernel compiling) to try and help people do their own mods so they aren't dependent on others, so they can learn and so on.
Is this attempt of mine misguided? Does everyone really prefer to just take whatever someone else gives them without learning anything?
(If so, I won't waste my time writing HOWTO things... I'm a developer, not a teacher, and trying to explain things to other people is very stressful for me.)
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Well sometimes when I am completely busy with things going on in my life I will just grab and APK and run with it, and teach myself later if I have the time. I do want to apologize for coming across like a moron earlier, I am not a developer and wish I knew half the things that some of you know. I am a hothead sometimes and am still new to the android community and coming from the world of iPhones, I have dealt with a ton of condescending morons. Again I apologize.
But one thing I want to know, and not trying to be nasty. But, if someone runs into a problem after following your tutorial or how to, where are they supposed to ask to see if anyone else has run into a similar issue? Would you rather the forums filled with pointless threads asking the same questions, or should they ask in the thread that contains the how to or tutorial in the first place? Because in my original posted question I was looking to see if anyone else was using the same ported rom I was and if they ran into the issue.
Gargamel198024 said:
But, if someone runs into a problem after following your tutorial or how to, where are they supposed to ask to see if anyone else has run into a similar issue? Would you rather the forums filled with pointless threads asking the same questions, or should they ask in the thread that contains the how to or tutorial in the first place? Because in my original posted question I was looking to see if anyone else was using the same ported rom I was and if they ran into the issue.
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If someone posted "I'm trying to apply this same change to the launcher from XYZ firmware and I'm having problems", I'd likely ask them to revert their launcher from backup, and redo the modification, but this time log each step taken and post the steps in this thread.
My purpose in doing that would be twofold. First to enable you, had you recording the steps while doing them, to find any mistake you might have made the first time. You might have skipped a step the first time accidentally, and by recording them as you do them, you'd fill in that missing step. (When I follow instructions and have errors, I find that when I do this exercise, the problem will go away.)
Secondly, to enable me to see the steps you performed to verify them AND to repeat those same steps (as you would have recorded them - not from the original instructions) on my own side to see if I get different results. Sometimes a subtle change will result in dramatic differences.
If you still had the problem after doing the mod while recording the steps, how I would approach the issue would be dependent on if I had the same issue when following your steps, if you had the same problem (or a different problem), if I had a problem (but a different one from what you had) and so on. At that point, I'd have to play it by ear. I might also go to the person who posted the firmware your basing on and ask them to offer some assistance.
On the other hand, this is one of the more trivial changes that mostly works across MANY versions of the 4.x touchwiz launcher, so I wouldn't expect any problems. I would certainly expect compatibility issues, however, if mixing different firmware versions.
Here's one that might amuse you: If I take the SecLauncher2.apk from the n7100 firmware (DBT released - not a leak) and framework-res.apk from the same firmware, I can perform this change and install it on a i317 and it works. However, being the i317 doesn't have multi-view, that doesn't "break."
Your experience seems to indicate that "multi-view" has a dependency in SecLauncher2.apk... I wonder what would happen if a person with a multi-view capable firmware were to install nova launcher and actually DELETE SecLauncher2.apk. Would that also break multi-view? (I don't have my n7100 anymore, so can't test that.)
Gary
garyd9 said:
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I have a very serious question... no sarcasm whatsoever...
I wrote this post (as well as the CSC one, and I'm preparing another for kernel compiling) to try and help people do their own mods so they aren't dependent on others, so they can learn and so on.
Is this attempt of mine misguided? Does everyone really prefer to just take whatever someone else gives them without learning anything?
(If so, I won't waste my time writing HOWTO things... I'm a developer, not a teacher, and trying to explain things to other people is very stressful for me.)
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Nooooooooo, dont stop now! Im using all your guides. Working on my own rom, mostly for my use and entertainment. If it turns out stable enough I may post it one day. Maybe.
Keep up the good work Gary
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cdshepherd said:
Nooooooooo, dont stop now!
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Not stopping, just wondering if it matters. I appreciate that there are at least a few people who are here to learn.
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Must learn. Its a good Dev requirement. I neeeeeeeeed to leatn or ill get board and break something. Then learn to fix it lol. Keep the great how to threads comming.
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I took the ROM from ruu 3.70.651.1 and ran the system.img and the boot.img through dsixda's kitchen and have been having fun building up my own ROM. Today I thought I would theme it a little but found that there is no systemUI.apk? Like I said everything works fine but with out that apk there are a lot of things I can't mod. Has anyone heard of something like this? I've been reading all evening with no luck. It seems to me with out that apk it shouldn't be working at all...
I know this is going to sound weird but I've been finding the icons normally in system/app/systemUI mixed in to the system/framework/framework-res.apk and the system/framework/com.htc.resources.apks. It's not really a problem I'm just wondering how this happened. I went through the process again this morning and came to the same results. Does anyone have any idea how or why this is happening? The one thing I can see as a problem is that if I want to add quick settings or recent apps it'll be more work since it appears the files will be spread out in strange places.
Ha. I was following this thread because I just got schooled on this exact same thing the other day ( see bottom of this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37698552 ) .
The funny thing is even if systemui.apk *is* there, framework can override it.
Who knows, maybe they did things different back in the days of froyo?
I was planning to return my attention to this topic myself someday, so I'll be curious if you find something useful. I would start by searching everything tommytomatoe ever wrote..
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What's up guys! I have a question, I rooted my phone, I installed tweaked rom and then I installed a theme. After that I installed Nova launcher, and it works great. BUT, the tethering is not working, it connects but it keeps showing me that I don;t have a plan data when I attempt to load a webpage. The funny thing is that if I install the tweaked rom without the theme it will work, but I like the theme and what I have now. So, is there any way I can use the tethering like this now? How can I fix it?
Here are some pics of how it is right now:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7110/screenshot2013032521054.png
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8767/screenshot2013032521053.png
Thanks
Thanks but I fixed it already
I think I like this forum, I'm learning a lot xD
Can you say how you fixed it?
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Another one of these, "I have a problem, describes the problem" then answers own problem with "I fixed it" without any explanation of what happened and how it happened. just a waste of forum space. Maybe someone else had the same problem and is looking for a solution or someone might run into this problem in the future and by reading what you did help him/her fix it.
I know I just wasted space stated the obvious but it was needed.
I dont see a lot of posts about this. But, there is a very annoying bug after the update; where if I press the Home Button to wake the screen, it will sometimes launch the task manager about a second later. I've seen sporadic posts about this for Tmobile as well as Sprint for JB 4.1.2 update; but nobody seems to have a solution.
I guess it's possible that some people dont think it's annoying enough to post; or, it's a possiblility it only affects people who have the factory rooted update installed.
I'm hoping someone smarter than me has already figured out a way to circumvent this very annoying behavior. What makes it really bad is that it only sometimes happens.
PS: The only carrier that doesn't seem to have this issue after the 4.1.2 update is ATT. My guess is they caught this bug before pushing it to all their customers.
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I dont see a lot of posts about this. But, there is a very annoying bug after the update; where if I press the Home Button to wake the screen, it will sometimes launch the task manager about a second later. I've seen sporadic posts about this for Tmobile as well as Sprint for JB 4.1.2 update; but nobody seems to have a solution.
I guess it's possible that some people dont think it's annoying enough to post; or, it's a possiblility it only affects people who have the factory rooted update installed.
I'm hoping someone smarter than me has already figured out a way to circumvent this very annoying behavior. What makes it really bad is that it only sometimes happens.
PS: The only carrier that doesn't seem to have this issue after the 4.1.2 update is ATT. My guess is they caught this bug before pushing it to all their customers.
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I'm going to bet that is you disable your lockscreen you'll see this behavior just about every time. I'm fairly certain I tracked down at least one way to circumvent this behavior - check out this post for some info on it. The take home - my approach requires a wee bit of smali hacking, and everything that utilizing such a solution entails...
Dwitherell, thank you so much for responding. I was even considering on reverting back to 4.1.1 because of this. I don't use any kind password or pattern lock.
Forgive my ignorance, but the post you pointed me to locks like its on a Jedi ROM. I don't even see any specific references to this issue. What is this fix for specifically? If it is for sure going to restore normal behavior, i guess i could try to do this hack.
If this issue is as wide spread as i think it is, is there any chance you could make a tiny root app that fixes the problem or some way of automating a fix for not so technical people? How wide spread is this issue? Thanks a million for your help.
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I'm going to bet that is you disable your lockscreen you'll see this behavior just about every time. I'm fairly certain I tracked down at least one way to circumvent this behavior - check out this post for some info on it. The take home - my approach requires a wee bit of smali hacking, and everything that utilizing such a solution entails...
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My annoying fix...
I have been plagued by this since the update as well. I have tried factory resets and uninstall programs one by one. Nothing worked. Today I decided to try removing my lock screen pin, just used the swipe to unlock. That did not work. Then it came to me...
I set back up my pin to unlock, and switched the setting "Lock automatically" to Immediately instead of having a delay that I love. That "worked" as in it no longer goes to recent apps. But now I have to chose to have a pin to unlock it every time my screen turns off or remove security or deal with the recent apps issue. Any way you choose it's an extra annoying step to unlock.
I'd like to hear if anyone else has found any other solution.
Edit.... I have tried every lock option and as long as set to lock immediately, it will eliminate the problem. And the same with setting any delay, with any lock option it will result in the recent apps.
I forgot to mention that lock screen prevents this bug from happenening. I'm guessing that's why not everyone has complained about the issue.. and why the bug somehow sneaked passed beta testing of 4.1.2. I would think this changed behavior was a new "feature" as horrible as it is, but it looks like it dad unintentional since its not consistent behavior.
I'm hoping that a kind android developer who also can't stand this problem, Kay offer a small script or app for rooted user to patch this problem.
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I have been plagued by this since the update as well. I have tried factory resets and uninstall programs one by one. Nothing worked. Today I decided to try removing my lock screen pin, just used the swipe to unlock. That did not work. Then it came to me...
I set back up my pin to unlock, and switched the setting "Lock automatically" to Immediately instead of having a delay that I love. That "worked" as in it no longer goes to recent apps. But now I have to chose to have a pin to unlock it every time my screen turns off or remove security or deal with the recent apps issue. Any way you choose it's an extra annoying step to unlock.
I'd like to hear if anyone else has found any other solution.
Edit.... I have tried every lock option and as long as set to lock immediately, it will eliminate the problem. And the same with setting any delay, with any lock option it will result in the recent apps.
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Dwitherell, thank you so much for responding. I was even considering on reverting back to 4.1.1 because of this. I don't use any kind password or pattern lock.
Forgive my ignorance, but the post you pointed me to locks like its on a Jedi ROM. I don't even see any specific references to this issue. What is this fix for specifically? If it is for sure going to restore normal behavior, i guess i could try to do this hack.
If this issue is as wide spread as i think it is, is there any chance you could make a tiny root app that fixes the problem or some way of automating a fix for not so technical people? How wide spread is this issue? Thanks a million for your help.
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It was posted in a Jedi thread, but only because that is where I noticed it was mentioned. The context outside that single post was someone stating the same observation as you, my responding saying that I was also annoyed by it, with a later edit saying I may have come up with a workaround for it, and their response of "tell me more". As far as automating a fix or creating an app or the like - that is well beyond my paygrade unfortunately. What are you running? If you are interested you could PM me - all I need is your android.policy.jar (or to know what you are currently running) and I can try to get a fix together for you given some other conditions (i.e. have a custom recovery installed so you can flash things). It seems to have fixed it on my end, but I would be very interested in getting some others to test
You did it! Your fix works perfectly! The bug is gone! ...like the bug was never there. My understanding is the fix prevents the phone from stupidly trying to launch the task manager when the screen wakes by the home button. I also donated for you time and effort. Thanks a million.
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It was posted in a Jedi thread, but only because that is where I noticed it was mentioned. The context outside that single post was someone stating the same observation as you, my responding saying that I was also annoyed by it, with a later edit saying I may have come up with a workaround for it, and their response of "tell me more". As far as automating a fix or creating an app or the like - that is well beyond my paygrade unfortunately. What are you running? If you are interested you could PM me - all I need is your android.policy.jar (or to know what you are currently running) and I can try to get a fix together for you given some other conditions (i.e. have a custom recovery installed so you can flash things). It seems to have fixed it on my end, but I would be very interested in getting some others to test
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No, thank you for making me learn how to put an odexed mod together and testing it for me!
So this fix will work for anyone running a stock odexed version of 4.1.2 UVBMB4 - you just need to be rooted, and having a custom recovery would be nice so you could flash it but you could also just copy the files over. That being said - would this be worthwhile to post?
I wish i had know i could just copy the files over.. that's actually less convoluted process than depending on a script. I thought the reason you made a patch via flashing is because the system files were locked/open by the system. Anyway, i am extremely thankful for this'll as there is no other way to fix the bug without adding extra steps to wake the screen.
You should definitely share both odexed and deodexed patches with others. I personally don't know how i could tollerate that bug for much longer. I'm sure there are others who don't use the lock screen. Plus, this would give a chance for others to appreciate your work by dontating for your time and effort.
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I wish i had know i could just copy the files over.. that's actually less convoluted process than depending on a script. I thought the reason you made a patch via flashing is because the system files were locked/open by the system. Anyway, i am extremely thankful for this'll as there is no other way to fix the bug without adding extra steps to wake the screen.
You should definitely share both odexed and deodexed patches with others. I personally don't know how i could tollerate that bug for much longer. I'm sure there are others who don't use the lock screen. Plus, this would give a chance for others to appreciate your work by dontating for your time and effort.
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The flashable zip is just one method to get the files where they need to go. Literally all it does is overwrite the 2 files in /system/framework by moving the 2 files over from the zip - but there are definitely other ways to do such things. Some are more comfortable with this route, others are more comfortable w/ getting /system to be rw and move the files manually.
I'll likely post this at some point in the next few days
I don't mean to revive a dead thread or anything, but this bug has been driving me CRAZY & the smali hacking worked perfectly for me, thank you!!!
FYI, I'm willing to help people out with this as well. If anyone wants this done but doesn't wanna mess with the java stuff, PM me & send me your android.policy.jar and I'll hack it for you
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I don't mean to revive a dead thread or anything, but this bug has been driving me CRAZY & the smali hacking worked perfectly for me, thank you!!!
FYI, I'm willing to help people out with this as well. If anyone wants this done but doesn't wanna mess with the java stuff, PM me & send me your android.policy.jar and I'll hack it for you
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Glad to hear
Is it possible that my phone isn't affected? If its a 4.1.2 bug, it should be in all phones with same version right?
This is not happening to my phone. Whether I have lock screen activated or not. I'm rooted but running stock ROM and I have Nova launcher installed if thats even important.
It's not all notes.
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kabuk1 said:
I don't mean to revive a dead thread or anything, but this bug has been driving me CRAZY & the smali hacking worked perfectly for me, thank you!!!
FYI, I'm willing to help people out with this as well. If anyone wants this done but doesn't wanna mess with the java stuff, PM me & send me your android.policy.jar and I'll hack it for you
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is this offer still good? i'm was experiencing the same problem and it was so annoying that the only solution i found was to revert back to 4.1.1. I'm currently running t889uvall4.
also, my phone is not rooted. will the fix dwitherell came up w/ work? or do i really have to root my phone?
wesblogger said:
is this offer still good? i'm was experiencing the same problem and it was so annoying that the only solution i found was to revert back to 4.1.1. I'm currently running t889uvall4.
also, my phone is not rooted. will the fix dwitherell came up w/ work? or do i really have to root my phone?
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Yes you'll need to be rooted unfortunately - sorry
wesblogger said:
is this offer still good? i'm was experiencing the same problem and it was so annoying that the only solution i found was to revert back to 4.1.1. I'm currently running t889uvall4.
also, my phone is not rooted. will the fix dwitherell came up w/ work? or do i really have to root my phone?
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Absolutely. just PM me. Yeah, you have to be rooted but that's easy to do & worth it for this hack & all the other things you can do once you're rooted.
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...Yeah, you have to be rooted but that's easy to do & worth it for this hack & all the other things you can do once you're rooted.
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^^^ THIS - a thousand times over