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open home vs ahome

Ahome + Open Home Desktop
I understand that Ahome themes are now compatible with Open Home but what about widgets made for ahome? I'm particularly interested in aHome QuickTweet. This looks and sounds like a awesome widget and if it works for Open then its a instant buy. Has anyone attempted this yet?

I'm wondering...........are the Openhome themes compatible with ahome?

Thats another good question. Theres a specific tab within open home that enables Ahome themes so I wouldnt bet on being able to do the opposite.

aHome and Open Home wont work on sdcard for me
Well if you saw in my other thread Open home stopped working for me since I formatted all my apps to go to my sdcard and now aHome stopped working too. I have come to realize this is because their old data files are still populated and this is causing problems with the apps to sdcard mod. Can anyone help me clear these archieves out or help me find a way to make them install without causing them to glitch out and just forceclose and not open? Thank You!!

i think just ahome has lots of issues lately. corrupted my data on sd twice already. back to open home. i did all they said with uninstall and new install and it messes everything up. have it installed and all but dont use it till some newer update.

Yeah but I think both of them corrupt their own data if its installed on the sdcard though. Cause they both work flawless on the first install but once i uninstall and reinstall then it all goes to hell.

rm -rf /data/data/com.betterandroid.openhome2
Deletes the Data stored by Open Home on the Phone and now my Open Home is working. So it seems like even though it is installed on the sdcard it stores information on both the device and the sdcard.

What are the differences guys? which one should i spend my money on?

mswiss said:
What are the differences guys? which one should i spend my money on?
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ahome sucks.. at least for me.. crashes my phone with apps and data on the sd. other then that i guess if it ran fast i would prefer ahome

wootroot said:
http://tinyurl.com/clvbzo
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Oh man, thats the funniest response I've seen yet on any forum in a long time!!! Priceless!!!

Sistum Id said:
Oh man, thats the funniest response I've seen yet on any forum in a long time!!! Priceless!!!
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*takes a bow*

[SOLVED][Q] Homescreen settings folder location in Android?

Does anyone know where the homescreen settings are stored? Namely I am looking for the location in the android file system that stores the preferences for homescreen layout, widget placement, icon placement, and icon included.
I have been mucking around in:
Code:
/cache
/system
/sys
folders and can't seem to find them anywhere. I'm currently backing up and restoring
Code:
/data/data/com.android.settings
after a wipe which restores the wallpaper setting so I know I'm close, I just don't know where else to look without a little direction.
I am also backing up and restoring
Code:
/data/data/com.google.android.providers.settings
but I'm not sure what these do.
If anyone has any information, it would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone?
Bumped only because I'm pretty sure someone knows, they just aren't around yet

I have a feeling that XML files are involved. And I believe it should be in Launcher.apk.

Not sure but I thought it was in the launcher database. /data/data/com.android.launcher/databases

dumfuq said:
Not sure but I thought it was in the launcher database. /data/data/com.android.launcher/databases
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Haha...It worked...I found it here just like you said and added it to my "backup everything" script.
I wasn't able to remove the whole com.android.launcher folder and replace it with the one I wanted though. I had to remove each of the .db and .sqlite files and then restore them to get it to work.
The only thing it won't restore is the widgets, however it remembers where they are supposed to be, I just get the "problem loading widget" in that spot rather than the widget, but that's fine with me.
Thanks dumfuq for your help...

DirectMatrix said:
Haha...It worked...I found it here just like you said and added it to my "backup everything" script.
I wasn't able to remove the whole com.android.launcher folder and replace it with the one I wanted though. I had to remove each of the .db and .sqlite files and then restore them to get it to work.
The only thing it won't restore is the widgets, however it remembers where they are supposed to be, I just get the "problem loading widget" in that spot rather than the widget, but that's fine with me.
Thanks dumfuq for your help...
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FWIW, I get the same widget problem with MyBackupPro. For me it was worth just buying the app rather that writing a script.

bittermormon said:
FWIW, I get the same widget problem with MyBackupPro. For me it was worth just buying the app rather that writing a script.
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MyBackup Pro was an application that I highly respected before I got into the inner working of the android file system and learning a few in's and out's. I also bought the app and liked it for a while however I bought it before they came out with their little warning about restoring your gmail contacts so it essentially corrupted my entire contact file system. The problem is well known and documented now, but it wasn't when it first came out. I prefer to backup things on my own now in their original condition and file state so that I can avoid the situation in the future. MyBackup Pro also seems to have a problem interacting with SMSbackup. I can only assume that it corrupts the data files for the text messages similar in the way it does for the contacts.
But I digress.....

interesting. I am going to use your method and see if I can figure out how to backup my locale settings however.

Sweet...Glad it worked. Been meaning to test but I have been procrastinating wiping.

dumfuq said:
Sweet...Glad it worked. Been meaning to test but I have been procrastinating wiping.
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When/if you get un-procrastinated (LOL), PM me and I can shoot the snippet of the script over to you already to go
Thanks again for your help.

Extract home background that was set previously, after original has been deleted

I've got a home background I set about a gazillion years ago, back when I first installed Cyanogen 4.0.1 (yes, *that* old).
I want to upgrade now, and I would like to take my nice background with me, but turns out during one of my more enthusiastic SD card cleanup sessions, I deleted the original JPG.
Does anyone know a way I can extract it from the launcher database (or wherever it gets stashed in Android-land when you set a JPG as your background)?

this might not be helpful, but could you not jus put the .jpg back on ur phone?

djosiah said:
this might not be helpful, but could you not jus put the .jpg back on ur phone?
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use astro and find the .jpg on your phone. or if you actually pushed it into launcher, just adb pull launcher.apk and then sift through that to find it.

He mentioned that he deleted the jpg off the sdcard long ago, means its not on the phone. I think launcher's db file may contain it, you can back that up and push it on the newer builds. I know it works for restoring the shortcut locations.
BUT in all seriousness, you can upgrade and not wipe and I'm sure the background may stay with you. Cyanogen roms usually keep all the settings as long as you don't wipe.

prash said:
He mentioned that he deleted the jpg off the sdcard long ago, means its not on the phone. I think launcher's db file may contain it, you can back that up and push it on the newer builds. I know it works for restoring the shortcut locations.
BUT in all seriousness, you can upgrade and not wipe and I'm sure the background may stay with you. Cyanogen roms usually keep all the settings as long as you don't wipe.
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thats true, but if he deleted the file from his sd, he wouldnt be able to still use the jpg as his background. so im thinking like you do, it must be in the launcher db.

palosjr said:
thats true, but if he deleted the file from his sd, he wouldnt be able to still use the jpg as his background. so im thinking like you do, it must be in the launcher db.
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It'd show up, as current background, but there would be no way to set it again if he changed it without the original.

Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.

prash said:
Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.
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I was going to suggest that as soon as I saw the thread title
I often use it when I'm too lazy to pull wallpapers from launcher.apk so I just set them and save them...

prash said:
Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.
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I've had this app save me dozens of times everytime i want to save a wallpaper from a specific update or theme. I think what loccy wants though is the wallpapers provided in the launcher.apk.

Wallpaper Set n Save will save your current wallpaper
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-android-wallpapersetandsave-jzt.aspx
I'm always looking for spoon-fed ways to do things....
I was wondering where they are, too. I keep getting the Cyanogen default as default after having flashed and reloaded the Advanced Launcher. I've put some big ones in there, and if those stay, I'm hogging up a lot of space.
Thanks all for the tips!

[QUESTION] Why does the app menu lag with more apps?

When I wiped my ext partition and had maybe 20 default apps on, the app launcher moved like a beast, instant, basically like the godly iphone UI + a discrete adjuster.
However now I'ved restored my 250ish apps/elements it now lags like a mofo. What I want to know is what physically is being limited hardware wise, and is there any way to boost the performance of this memory? I assume it would be between CPU, RAM and GPU, although I dont understand how it could be annoy of those [sorry for my noobishness]:
CPU: Snapdragon, OCed, not exactly CPU intensive anyway
RAM: Have 250MB free, never seems to get 'full' when i quickly tab to the usage
GPU: This is what I guess, but if so why cant we get around this with a less intensive menu setup? Surely all that is happening is we have 20-25 icons + labels floating up and down on a screen? To be honest id prefer literally just that on an instant screen over the 'oo that looks nice.... oh wait it lags like a *****' we have now.
Any comments would be appreciated

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well, one thing which would probably slow down the launcher is the sd card speed... and considering u've got a helluva lot of apps on ur sd card, it seems like a plausable reason...

Is anyone able to confirm that? Surely though its precached the icons and names somewhere though :/

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Is anyone able to confirm that? Surely though its precached the icons and names somewhere though :/
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if you use CM rom you can go to spare parts and enable "keep launcher in memory" that usually helps a lot

I have Kang, so has a launcher over CM. The setting was enabled, but i dissabled and renabled to see if that was a problem. Possibly did solve a bit of it, but it still takes at least half a second for the menu to catch up with my finger, even including 'touch lag'. The only way you can see what I mean is if you play with an empty phone, its INSTANT.

dogiedogie said:
I have Kang, so has a launcher over CM. The setting was enabled, but i dissabled and renabled to see if that was a problem. Possibly did solve a bit of it, but it still takes at least half a second for the menu to catch up with my finger, even including 'touch lag'. The only way you can see what I mean is if you play with an empty phone, its INSTANT.
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probably some runaway apps taking a toll on ram and system resources.
i did a major clean up yesterday and my phone is zippier than ever

dogiedogie said:
Is anyone able to confirm that? Surely though its precached the icons and names somewhere though :/
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You mean the activity/app choice list right? (like when you make a application shortcut, or view installed applications). It does lag when you have a lot of apps. If it does cache the data its definitely short-term, if you try it again after a day its slow the first time.
Lets hope froyo has something to make it faster, systemwide.

britoso said:
You mean the activity/app choice list right? (like when you make a application shortcut, or view installed applications). It does lag when you have a lot of apps. If it does cache the data its definitely short-term, if you try it again after a day its slow the first time.
Lets hope froyo has something to make it faster, systemwide.
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Sorry, if there is any misunderstanding I am talking about the app menu, where you go to open your apps from the home page.

dogiedogie said:
Sorry, if there is any misunderstanding I am talking about the app menu, where you go to open your apps from the home page.
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ok, I dont have noticeable lag with my 140 apps. I have a 6 column launcher too

britoso said:
ok, I dont have noticeable lag with my 140 apps. I have a 6 column launcher too
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I assume the only difference between our phones then is SD card.
I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001CQT0X4/ref=oss_product
EDIT: http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=20&cmd=download&pid=1&lang=eng I used that and got a read speed of 3mb/s, could you do the same so we can see if its that?
Cheers.

then is SD card.
I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001CQT0X4/ref=oss_product
EDIT: http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=20&cmd=download&pid=1&lang=eng I used that and got a read speed of 3mb/s, could you do the same so we can see if its that?
Cheers.
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for my Ridata 16GB (class6/6x), tested by mounting and via usb.
Read: 3.1 MB/sec (approx 20x)

britoso said:
for my Ridata 16GB (class6/6x), tested by mounting and via usb.
Read: 3.1 MB/sec (approx 20x)
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Hmmm :/ So its not my SD card. I just dont understand why it physically lags, when I watch people showcasing some new app etc, their menu is perfectly fluid, even with a similar number of apps.

Anyone have any other ideas?

[Q] Problem with ADW Launcher in CM7 RC4.1

Hi all,
I have a question while enjoying my Milestone to the max, thanks to CM7!
Since RC4 I have a problem with ADW Launcher after booting the device.
First it seems like there's a delay connecting to the SD card, because the icons of apps installed on SD don't show up on my homescreen. Instead a stock or native icon is visible.
Then the homescreen goes black for a few seconds and reloads completely. The icons of apps on SD still don't show, and my weather widget says it can't connect.
After a little while a message pops up, saying that "activity ADW Launcher in process android.process.acore doesn't respond". I can choose to close ADW Launcher or wait. In both cases all loads well after making one of those choises, it doesn't matter which one.
Since I suspected some kind of delay affecting the SD card and Internet connection, I expected this to be (partially) solved in RC4.1 according to this release note: "fix: kernel modules sometimes installed too late (sd-ext not mounted, overclock not applied)". But unfortunately in my case it isn't.
I already have tried disabling Sense previews and Wallpaper Hack in ADWLauncer settings, but that didn't help. Am I the only one with this problem or does it sound familiar? In that case, what can be done?
Thanks a lot,
Gerard
The Netherlands

the problem of the launcher crashing is sumthin everyone faces .. n it does slow the phone down as well .. ask a techie if u can remove adw launcer and install another launcer cuz ther has to b a launcher faster than adw ..

Okay, but I can't imagine this behaviour occurring on every device at the moment?

on most devices u c this prob .. tht is wher stock rom is better and snappier ..
in rc4 sumtimes the power control widgets in the notification bar also disappear .. its werid ..

twixyz said:
Okay, but I can't imagine this behaviour occurring on every device at the moment?
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Not on supercharged phones. No launcher redraws. Ever.
Plus, gingerbread packed with apps feels as light and fast as stock froyo with nothing installed on it.
You should try it.

zeppelinrox said:
Not on supercharged phones. No launcher redraws. Ever.
Plus, gingerbread packed with apps feels as light and fast as stock froyo with nothing installed on it.
You should try it.
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I sure will. In fact, I wanted to supercharge my Milestone since I read the topic, but I'm still struggling through the loads of information trying to figure out what I need and need not to do. Once I created a step-by-step instruction, I'm good to go.
Maybe you can help me to make me see the big picture. From what I understand, I need an app like AMM and one of your scripts. In the app I can modify the minfree settings. The script takes care of loading these settings on every boot. Is this correct? If so, can you please tell me which files I need for the first 2 steps? I don't need extra apps like GScript and Busybox so far, do I? Trying to start off simple...
Any additional instructions are welcome!
Thanks a lot,
Gerard
The Netherlands

Go Launcher Ex... was the solution of all my launcher problems...
Good Luck!

twixyz said:
I sure will. In fact, I wanted to supercharge my Milestone since I read the topic, but I'm still struggling through the loads of information trying to figure out what I need and need not to do. Once I created a step-by-step instruction, I'm good to go.
Maybe you can help me to make me see the big picture. From what I understand, I need an app like AMM and one of your scripts. In the app I can modify the minfree settings. The script takes care of loading these settings on every boot. Is this correct? If so, can you please tell me which files I need for the first 2 steps? I don't need extra apps like GScript and Busybox so far, do I? Trying to start off simple...
Any additional instructions are welcome!
Thanks a lot,
Gerard
The Netherlands
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Latest and greatest... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12883386&postcount=379
Yes all the steps are in the Gscript section.
You don't need AMM or AKMO but I use AMM just for diagnosing and poking around to see how everything is working.
All you gotta do is install busybox and gscript as per instructions in the Gscript section.

Hi all, and especially Zeppelinrox,
Since CM7 RC4 my launcher hardly ever gets NOT redrawn/reloaded. Very annoying. I've tried every setting and combinations of settings with no luck. So I've decided to step into the deep and give Superlaunch and Bulletproof a go. I'm still not sure if I understand the whole package though, so I'd like to verify whether or not I did the right thing.
I've just installed Gscript and in there I activated from script v5: balanced, status and the Bulletproof launcher. I unchecked the "keep launcher in memory" setting. Then I rebooted.
Now I'm gonna do some tests, but was this procedure correct and complete? And does this stick after a reboot? If not, how can I make it stick for both Superlaunch and Bulletproof? I assume I don't have to manually execute these scripts after rebooting every time?
I'll report my findings later today. Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Gerard
The Netherlands

Yes it all sounds correct and the settings will persist after reboot.
However, by default the launcher is not bulletproof you can run that script separately if tou still get redraws.
V6 has Hard To Kill Launcher which is as strong as it can be without bulletproofing - much stronger than lock home in memory.
With V6, bulletproofing should not be necessary at all while allowing games to be played.
But it is still an option for those that don't play games.
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Well, I can tell you this: it's awesome! I've been poking around for hours now, and never had a single redraw. My Milestone runs smoother than ever. Fan-tas-tic!
I just don't understand the AMM readings. It always shows it's own mild settings, but shouldn't it display the script values?
Thanks a lot!
Gerard

Which script did you apply?
AMM is stupid that way lol
Just be sure SuperUser give no permissions to AMM
AKMO will show the current minfree values when you run it though - just disable it's apply settings at boot option - or don't give superuser permission.

I applied Balanced3 from gscript-Custom_ROMS_SuperCharge+BulletProof_Pack_v5.zip (10.7 KB, 461 views)
In SuperUser permissions for AMM are denied.
So AMM doesn't read the current values at all and I'm OK? Guess I'll have to calculate the values myself from the show status script then, or is there an easier (preferable newbie) way to verify if all settings are correct?
Now we're at it, later today I'm gonna install the CM7 update. I know I'll have to recalibrate the battery after that, but do I have to run these scripts again too?
Thanks again!
Gerard

Ya I'd like to figure out a way to do the calculation with the script.
I haven't been able too get to far on that as of yet.
I mentioned in my prvious post - you can quickly check with AKMO - Autokiller Memory Optimizer - just disable the apply on boot option.
There is also Minfree Manager.
Yep, run the scripts again after flashing a rom

I just installed AKMO and it displays the scripts values flawlessly!
Don't know what AMM did, but apparently it kept on changing the values to very strange numbers after a reboot. I can't remember them, but the 3rd one was 256 (1). I'm sure it had no root permissions though. But now AMM is gone, all loads well after rebooting according to AKMO.
It makes all the difference in the world, I can tell you that. My Milestone runs like a complete new device. So smooth, fast and stable. I can recommend it to everyone!
I have just one more question. What script is best suitable for running big map apps, like Google Earth? It's lagging, freezing and closing with the standard minfree settings. The Balanced3 script makes it better, but can it improve even more?
Thanks again and again and...
Gerard

I dunno.
That's a big app
Maybe you can overclock it more LOL
btw... I DID IT... I got the script to convert pages to mb... woohoo

I'm already at 1000 Mhz, can't seem to get it running at 1100 or higher though, cause it keeps rebooting from the M logo. But maybe there's potential for a script handling "big apps" ;-)
Anyway, congrats on your progress with the scripts! I wonder why devs haven't implemented this in their ROM's yet.
Now it's time to move on to my next project: an ext-partition. I read so much about it. Still no idea about the advantages though, so I'll start by figuring that out first.
Thanks for all your help and good luck with your work!
Gerard

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I'm already at 1000 Mhz, can't seem to get it running at 1100 or higher though, cause it keeps rebooting from the M logo. But maybe there's potential for a script handling "big apps" ;-)
Anyway, congrats on your progress with the scripts! I wonder why devs haven't implemented this in their ROM's yet.
Now it's time to move on to my next project: an ext-partition. I read so much about it. Still no idea about the advantages though, so I'll start by figuring that out first.
Thanks for all your help and good luck with your work!
Gerard
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10994672&postcount=226
Use that and only do the steps to create the ext2 partition. Then after that, reboot CM7 and you should have all of your apps on your ext2 partition, thus making your phone a bit faster(less internal memory used) and the potential for a TON of more apps installed on your phone, depending on the size of your ext2 partition.

Really! You just saved me a lot of reading, thanks!
So after I created the ext2 partition through my PC, rebooting the device handles moving my apps? No reinstalling, no manual uninstalling from internal memory? But how about apps without apps2sd option, will they be unaffected? Or does ext2 simulate internal memory, so all apps can be installed there? If so, will apps from the Market then automatically be installed on ext2, with or without apps2sd?
Sounds great!
Thanks in advance,
Gerard

twixyz said:
Really! You just saved me a lot of reading, thanks!
So after I created the ext2 partition through my PC, rebooting the device handles moving my apps? No reinstalling, no manual uninstalling from internal memory? But how about apps without apps2sd option, will they be unaffected? Or does ext2 simulate internal memory, so all apps can be installed there? If so, will apps from the Market then automatically be installed on ext2, with or without apps2sd?
Sounds great!
Thanks in advance,
Gerard
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All you should have to do is reboot and the reboot might take longer than usual as CM7 would be transferring all your apps to the ext2 partition. All apps that are installed afterwards are installed on your ext2 partition.
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