I've got a question that's perturbed me since my first Android phone: how come no one has capitalized on an app similar to the iPhone's Summerboard?
i'd think it'd be relatively easy, as i assume (with no previous knowledge, mind you) that the iPhone and Android use a similar system for app coding, and with that there would already be the framework for the work needing to be done.
and if the coder was a greedy bastard, (not my opinion) he would/could make a killing from the sales of it. by only charging .99 on the market or through PayPal or whatever, if all these themers purchased it (s)he'd be making some nice guap.
i'd be interested in doing the UI if some advantageous super-coder out there wanted to head up the project. i think it'd do a lot of good.
and don't get what i'm trying to throw out confused with all the half-hearted attempts at making some graphic-altering application; i'm talking about something that relies on theme files, which rely on themers, which rely on artists.
i'd hope, too, that if successful it'd bring over some of the wonderful guys from macthemes.net. they're behind most of the icons that people (myself included) have ripped for use on our Android phones, actually.
wow! sorry, brothers.
no, i'm with you. theres a new app called metamorph that is getting there but there is still a ways to go until you can theme iphone style. hopefully we'll get there
Yeah, I'm completely confused as to how this is any different from Stericson's apps. MetaMorph's been out for how many months now, and NinjaMorph has been out for at least a month or so. Both work extremely well for theming any or all parts of android framework.
Also, Anderweb's launcher is making amazing progress with customizable icon and widget sizes and effects, among other things.
also the difficulty with doing this for android are the .9pngs. these images cant just be replaced with an app and have to be done through a tedious process.
There is also the problem with Android and iPhone apps being setup differently. With the iPhone, you install an app (.ipa) and it has an open folder with every image easily swappable. With Android, each thing is kept in its original packaging (.apk), and swapping things out would require you to resign it with the devs original signature OR moving it to the /system partition (As apps here do not need to be signed). The problem with this is 1. (Almost) No dev is going to continually resign their app for each time they are asked to when they will have to do it again as soon as they update the app and 2. The /system partition does not have an unlimited amount of space, it's POSSIBLE (Don't take my word for it) that we should be able to symlink it to the /sd-ext partition, but this runs the risk of slowing down the phone.
This is just my ignorant view on this so any piece of information may be incorrect.
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also the difficulty with doing this for android are the .9pngs. these images cant just be replaced with an app and have to be done through a tedious process.
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Plus that app would need root access which normal apps don't have, then most people use non-rooted devices. Don't forget the diff res of phones, some people will be angry when they cant get it to work. You should see some of the dumb comments left on the market.
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Well it wasnt till sometime untill we had root
And from getting root, we were able to flash to a custom built ROM etc..
Also being able to use certain applications like Overclocker,Swapper,Mutitouch Browser and just stuff to make our customs built ROM's better then the stock
And now I'm wondering since we have acess to certain features like Multi Touch, Flash Player etc.
Howcome we don't take advantage of these features
(I'm not a dev or anything and I'm not forcing anyone to do anything at all)
I'm just saying howcome no one has been smart enoguh to do this
Or make a SDK spically suited for Rooted G1's
Why don't the developers of the ROM's and stuff make Games/Apps that can use these features, and then sell them to people who have rooted there G1's for cash.
I would sure fine myself buying these apps and so would (well im pretty sure everyone els) would to
But anyways if this was mentioned before sorry I haven't came across it so yeah
Because it's not that easy? lol
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so u talking like games that the iphone 3gs can handle idk if the g1 is powerful enough for that i know the 3gs has a nvidia graphics card built in ?? but that would be cool to get some games like that if we could just my 2cents
Exactly i'm pretty sure if they worked together or something
or someone dedicated there time to a SDK for rooted G1's
Or an App
They could come across something
If they could make a ROM
I think its very possible for them to make a app
they should have put a graphics card into g1 why not?? i mean just like Intel is gonna make a smart phone with android os they are putting there chip sets in it who knows we prolly will have to buy another phone for that kind of system just like the iphone user's did
are you kidding? have you ever been on the android market before? perhaps you've taken note of all of the apps marked FOR ROOT USERS ONLY, or perhaps the apps developed by people like meltus and lucidrem (who happen to be developers here).
its amazing, no matter what anyone does for people (for FREE, i might add), its never quite enough. so heres a question for YOU:
if its that big of a deal to you, why not learn up and develop them yourself?
The only kinds of apps that really require root are low level utilities, like those mentioned by kusotare... and there are TONS of them. A few are on the market, many are not since the market mainly caters to the typical consumer who doesn't go for root.
Things like GAMES don't need root, so why would you want to restrict them to rooted phones?
Last 2 posters said it all. And as far as flash games they are already out.
I honestly couldn't think of a good title, and I was half and half about posting this in the themes/wallpaper section or developement.
But ever since we started partitioning our sd cards I always felt like that was something we should be able to do through our phones, mainly because I lacked resources to download and run everything.
And now I'm thinking it would be very nice if we had a feature to customize our phones without using our PC's or MAC's! I could go into detail about what to include but I'm sure we all know what we want to see done.
And besides, the HTC Sapphire has that FreshFace app that looks ok, but lets out due that app already and build something along these lines of deeper, better, more personal customization.
No offense to any theme makers I appreciate all your work.
This should be in the apps section, definitely not development.
How about Open Home or aHome?
Or better yet, you can create your own theme and it would be completely customized
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This should be in the apps section, definitely not development.
How about Open Home or aHome?
Or better yet, you can create your own theme and it would be completely customized
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Lol I would if I was educated enough in the manner, I'd pretty much make whatever anyone wanted because I think its pretty interesting. Just given my enviorment of a family p.c. and a small notebook, I doubt I'll have the right time to learn and all that buddy.
android being open source "is" what you speak of in terms of customization already.. problem is that it "is" customization only by the ones who speak the language of Java.
Themes or whatnot can be done with resigning new images into a update.zip without too much learning curve if you know how to do graphics.
The ones without the talent.. like hyenas.. just take what they can get and get by on xda lurking.
I started closest to the last statement and am now currently at the second where I can comfortably change graphics and use adb and signing apk as I please. This lets me pretty much change anything minus the rom and os itself that requires coding. I just got my second bill from t-mo.
Just do it.
Im planning on customizing my new I9000, any tips for a noobie?
I had been reading a lot of posts here but it kinda made a little bit confused on where to start...
Thanks in advance for all the help guys!!!
customizing what? kernel ?
Hey there,
I got mine about 4 days back and after trying almost all the launchers available, IMHO, the Launcher Pro seems to be the best. I'm still trying all alternatives, but so far I have found nothing that compares with LP.
Do give their free version a try.
Cheers.
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Thanks for replying guys, any more tips/advice?
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customizing what? kernel ?
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That's exactly my point, i don't know what to do first, is it like rooting the phone? But i would like to keep some default apps in the phone to stay but totally change the UI...
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Hey there,
I got mine about 4 days back and after trying almost all the launchers available, IMHO, the Launcher Pro seems to be the best. I'm still trying all alternatives, but so far I have found nothing that compares with LP.
Do give their free version a try.
Cheers.
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Yeah, Launcher Pro seems to be like a great alternative to TouchWiz...
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Yeah, Launcher Pro seems to be like a great alternative to TouchWiz...
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To your earlier post, none of the launchers need your phone to be rooted or require a custom firmware (thank god for the sake of all noobs ).
On that rooting note, I am still trying to figure out the obvious and apparent advantages of rooting. Had an iPhone from the 2g all the way till the 3gs. It had the jailbreak and the unlock. Is rooting the same as jailbreaking in terms of functionality??
As a side note, see if you can give WidgetLocker a look. The stock Galaxy S lockscreen is boring and too plain for my liking at least. WidgetLocker allows you to put your widgets and icons right on the lockscreen.
Cheers....
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To your earlier post, none of the launchers need your phone to be rooted or require a custom firmware (thank god for the sake of all noobs ).
On that rooting note, I am still trying to figure out the obvious and apparent advantages of rooting. Had an iPhone from the 2g all the way till the 3gs. It had the jailbreak and the unlock. Is rooting the same as jailbreaking in terms of functionality??
As a side note, see if you can give WidgetLocker a look. The stock Galaxy S lockscreen is boring and too plain for my liking at least. WidgetLocker allows you to put your widgets and icons right on the lockscreen.
Cheers....
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Thanks, great advice there! As for the rooting thing, well I heard they did some custom firmware that fixes the slight lagging thingy. I have had slight lagging when i listen to music and watch movies.. btw my firmware is JG2 (though it says in the Kies that it cannot be further upgraded, i doubt its the latest).
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Thanks, great advice there! As for the rooting thing, well I heard they did some custom firmware that fixes the slight lagging thingy. I have had slight lagging when i listen to music and watch movies.. btw my firmware is JG2 (though it says in the Kies that it cannot be further upgraded, i doubt its the latest).
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Most welcome.
As for the updates, there are different versions available for different regions. For me in India the upgrade available was JG4. Mine was JG2 out of the box. The new version (JG4) has an inbuilt task manager and a little better performance than the JG2. It fixes a few performance issues from what I have read.
Not really sure how it works, but if you could cheat your system in believing you are in a different location (say India, for eg), perhaps you can get that update too. But do check if its safe pulling off a stunt like that. Check if the phone and the carrier like this at all.
Cheers....
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Most welcome.
As for the updates, there are different versions available for different regions. For me in India the upgrade available was JG4. Mine was JG2 out of the box. The new version (JG4) has an inbuilt task manager and a little better performance than the JG2. It fixes a few performance issues from what I have read.
Not really sure how it works, but if you could cheat your system in believing you are in a different location (say India, for eg), perhaps you can get that update too. But do check if its safe pulling off a stunt like that. Check if the phone and the carrier like this at all.
Cheers....
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I have read it somewhere here in XDA that you can actually do cheat your location and that it is kinda okay to do that but I think you have to root/flash your phone for that... that's the reason I kinda lean towards rooting the phone cause guys here do faster and better job at fixing issues with the phone than Samsung...
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I have read it somewhere here in XDA that you can actually do cheat your location and that it is kinda okay to do that but I think you have to root/flash your phone for that... that's the reason I kinda lean towards rooting the phone cause guys here do faster and better job at fixing issues with the phone than Samsung...
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Been doing some reading on the same thing too. The damn iPhone got me so used to jailbreaking, it seems NOT rooting the android is no fun at all....
Here are a couple of links to get you started I suppose.
/showthread.php?t=746129
/showthread.php?t=739300
Will be using them tonight for myself too. In the mean while, if you get an head start over me, best of luck....
Cheers....
P.S.: The XDA system is not allowing me to enter the complete links. A spam protection mechanism of some kind it seems.
skiddhard said:
Been doing some reading on the same thing too. The damn iPhone got me so used to jailbreaking, it seems NOT rooting the android is no fun at all....
Here are a couple of links to get you started I suppose.
/showthread.php?t=746129
/showthread.php?t=739300
Will be using them tonight for myself too. In the mean while, if you get an head start over me, best of luck....
Cheers....
P.S.: The XDA system is not allowing me to enter the complete links. A spam protection mechanism of some kind it seems.
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Yeah, rooting seems to be a lot more fun as i like tinkering a lot (my PC at work was my first victim). Anyway as soon as i get my wi-fi going (hopefully this week) i'm gonna to PM you, thanks bro!
It's only a little like jailbreaking an iPhone, because one of the main advantages of jailbreaking is getting access to apps that Apple wouldn't approve, and Google don't do that. Features that you had to jailbreak for, like multitasking and a deeper level of customisation, are standard in Android.
It's only really needed on Android for low-level manipulation of the system, like installing lag fixes, using backup programs like Titanium Backup, or tweaks like changing the CPU speed settings in SetCPU. I expect that most Android users would be happy never rooting, but most people here are, being either developers or interested in that low-level customisation.
Luckily, the Galaxy S is very easy to root! There's very little security against that (basically none in 2.1 builds), which is quite unlike a lot of other phones, some of which can require quite arcane methods exploiting obscure security holes.
Mithent said:
It's only a little like jailbreaking an iPhone, because one of the main advantages of jailbreaking is getting access to apps that Apple wouldn't approve, and Google don't do that. Features that you had to jailbreak for, like multitasking and a deeper level of customisation, are standard in Android.
It's only really needed on Android for low-level manipulation of the system, like installing lag fixes, using backup programs like Titanium Backup, or tweaks like changing the CPU speed settings in SetCPU. I expect that most Android users would be happy never rooting, but most people here are, being either developers or interested in that low-level customisation.
Luckily, the Galaxy S is very easy to root! There's very little security against that (basically none in 2.1 builds), which is quite unlike a lot of other phones, some of which can require quite arcane methods exploiting obscure security holes.
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I still get lag with I9000 (especially during music and video playing) though very minimal. I would like to try to just change the UI as I feel it still needs work on. Though, my question is can I still get the Froyo update with custom firmware?
As a new android user I have one suggestion for you:
Spend a lot of time reading about all the things you find on this forum and play with your phone a lot
I did not know anything about android or the phone itself (apart from tech specs and a few things I saw on hands on videos and reviews) till I signed up here. I've read a lot here that made me understand how my phone works.
Atm I'm using LauncherPro and my SGS is rooted and running JM5 firmware. If you read related articles you will find that unrooting your phone and restoring it to your stock firmware is fairly easy.
I have been installing, testing and keeping or uninstalling loads of apps. Some of them people have recommended here (like Titanium Backup) and some I just was curious about (like Unified Remote). So I would say browse the market or other onilne sources and experiment with new apps.
I even feel comfortable now to use adb to pull system files from the phone and see what's in them and if there's room for customisation.
Even been reading a bit about Java fgs
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As a new android user I have one suggestion for you:
Spend a lot of time reading about all the things you find on this forum and play with your phone a lot
I did not know anything about android or the phone itself (apart from tech specs and a few things I saw on hands on videos and reviews) till I signed up here. I've read a lot here that made me understand how my phone works.
Atm I'm using LauncherPro and my SGS is rooted and running JM5 firmware. If you read related articles you will find that unrooting your phone and restoring it to your stock firmware is fairly easy.
I have been installing, testing and keeping or uninstalling loads of apps. Some of them people have recommended here (like Titanium Backup) and some I just was curious about (like Unified Remote). So I would say browse the market or other onilne sources and experiment with new apps.
I even feel comfortable now to use adb to pull system files from the phone and see what's in them and if there's room for customisation.
Even been reading a bit about Java fgs
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Yep two thumbs up for you! Well I have always felt I'm more of a Sith than a Jedi! Be stepping on the dark side soon too, thanks for the great advice and Ima doing it!
Since I first knew that Captivates were hackable, I always wondered if there was any way to put WP7 on my phone. It isn't because I would have rather had a WP7, but it is simply because I want the option to. I find it hard to believe that none of you haven't imagine WP7 on your captivates. Recently trax26 made a theme of WP7 that looks simply amazing, (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910918) but, his barely sufficient tranlation makes it even harder for a small time programmer like myself to install it. The screenshots look amazing, but there is no way I can do that.
My question is: Does anybody else know of a simpler WP7 theme to install? A CWM theme would be ideal, but some minor hacking would be okay with me.
And if not, I would just like to put that out there as a suggestion for anybody whose up to it. I'm sure there are tons of people (including myself) who would beta it as much as possible, just so as long the feel is right.
Thanks in advance, Richard.
Look at metro ui in the market. It is a decent wp7 launcher. Some bugs but overall much better then trying the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
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Look at metro ui in the market. It is a decent wp7 launcher. Some bugs but overall much better then trying the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
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Thanks a bunch and just wan to let you know you have a typo in your signature
EDIT: Although that is a good emulator, take a look at the link that i posted. That's what im looking for, full blow WP7 with the right symbols and everything (more or less). But thanks anyways.
Yea, it would be nice to have WP7 running on Cappy. After watching HD2 running WP7 on YouTube makes me eager to have it. But idk how. Lol.
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Yeah I know about my sig .
As for getting real wp7 it just wont happen. These themes and that II are probably the closest we will get. I figure the metro II is much easier than trying to do the process of the theme.
This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
WP7? So you can deal with stuff like this? http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/237934.asp?from=blog_last3
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I'm not saying I want WP7 as my only operating system, because Android is far superior in almost everything, but I simply want it to be able to have the choice of having WP7. I would like to have the speed and hackability of Android, but have the simplicity of WP7. I have to say the tiles are probably the only thing that will keep WP7 going, because honestly, I think they are pretty cool. Metro is a decent simulator that gets the jist, of WP7 but it's actually too simple. The thing about WP7 is that it has cool simplicity by using colored and animated tiles.
And as for the quote "It will be a long time before WP7 comes to android" every rom has to start somewhere.
You'd need someone who could reverse engineer WP7 - then figure out how to use existing drivers or write new ones before WP7 could be installed on our Android phones.
There is no "Open Source" for Windows... ever.
Drivers would probably have to all be re-written or some type of hack so WP7 could work with existing drivers.
So... unless you know someone with a great amount of time - possibly can hack M$ and get the source code we probably won't be see this type of port soon.
well i use LG optimus 7 before i change to captivate just use it 1 month
then sell. What can i said... it actually very nice and really fast phone
and its wp7 is really pretty but it 2 simple and lack of app support for now.
cause its still new maybe another 1 or 2 years i will get it again.
Maybe i'm just not understanding, but im not asking for the windows sole operating system, im just asking for a themed windows 7 rom, or even better, a combination of the home screen on WP7 and the rest of it being android. Maybe thats too much to ask, but it doesnt seem like it.
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Maybe I didn't read your source post fully, but isn't that theme built for galaxy s phones, and only require launcherpro?
Granted I only glanced the post, but it didn't look too complex. If you can flash a ROM, that theme shouldn't be a big deal.
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Maybe i'm just not understanding, but im not asking for the windows sole operating system, im just asking for a themed windows 7 rom, or even better, a combination of the home screen on WP7 and the rest of it being android. Maybe thats too much to ask, but it doesnt seem like it.
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Android Phone 7 Theme
Google is your friend!
With all those widgets I wouldn't expect the battery to last half a day.
I read the entire post, and you need launcherpro plus to resize the widgets, which I dont have, and have no money to buy. Also, it's not a theme that you can flash, you need to do some extracting and coding via terminal. It may not be possible to make a complete WP7 theme that's flashable with Clockwork recovery, but I've seen many a theme that looks completely original. I don't know much about ROM writing (if i did i would have the WP7 theme on my phone and this post would be gone), but it seems like with all the amazing devoted themers on XDA, someone besides the before mentioned person, could create a wonderful flashable theme that does not require any money/hacking.
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Android Phone 7 Theme
Google is your friend!
With all those widgets I wouldn't expect the battery to last half a day.
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Wooww. This is truely what I wanted. My only question is, does it require and money and is it compatable with captivate? I only wish I could thank you twice haha
EDIT: Where is the tutorial?
Dupontrocks11 said:
Wooww. This is truely what I wanted. My only question is, does it require and money and is it compatable with captivate? I only wish I could thank you twice haha
EDIT: Where is the tutorial?
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The whole first post is a tutorial! Good luck!
Ok honestly, I don't want to try and screw with my phone, because I'm happy the way it is right now. I would really like to get a WP7 theme, but I think I'm going to wait until someone makes a SIMPLE theme, that you can flash and be done with HINT HINT HINT HINT.
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Ok honestly, I don't want to try and screw with my phone, because I'm happy the way it is right now. I would really like to get a WP7 theme, but I think I'm going to wait until someone makes a SIMPLE theme, that you can flash and be done with HINT HINT HINT HINT.
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LoL yea i agree.. we just want wat we cant have.. but if we'd be stuck with it we'd be trying to get rid of it
Ive had a captivate since july and i love the phone even with numerous software problems right out of the box. I recently picked up unlocked HTC Surround and its awesome. That one comes with snapdragon processor 1 gig, same one in the HTC Evo 4g, and 512 mb ram and using the WP7 Os it is very fast right out of the box. It totally lacks customization unlike android os and no where the amount of apps and games android has, but the ones it does have are way better versions then the android ones, for example facebook and craiglist. And the xbox live game THE HARVEST is amazing. I would encourage anyone to try one out, very well done OS compared to the previous windows mobile os. I dont think ill sell my captivate because i love having option to choose from either android or Windows Phone 7. I just hope it catches on so it will soon have as many apps and games as Android.
Windows Phone 7 is a polished OS, but it won't even come close to Android or iOS for a VERY long time. And like I said early, It's not like I want WP7 instead of Android, but It's the reason that i CAN'T have WP7 that makes me want it. If anyone has any WP7 friends, give them the idea!
Have you looked into "Launcher7" ? Search it on the market.
If you just want a home theme that looks like WP7 this seems to be the easiest one going.
I think asking someone to port the whole WP7 OS over to a Cappy is probably not going to happen though.
First I want to say, I normally don't post until I am pretty familiar with a device, but I have searched enough and played enough, that I hope my questions or posts don't sound stupid.
That said. I have modified many devices, none so much as my phone, and recently decided to say goodbye to stock(or at least keep it hidden on a sd card if I need it) nook.. I have tried every rom I can, and am now trying nightlies of cm7..
But what is the best setup to have the most market showing, and the most compatibility when you do download apps or apks? I know lcd density is a big factor of what will show up in the market, and the settings in build.prop can keep apps like netflix or tegra games from working(which I have fixed), or.. I am sure there is much more. But there is no updated faq thread that points everyone from asking the same questions, or getting the most up to date information
So the questions:
What are all the changes that you can make to ensure you have access on market and/or can run the most apps?
I am willing to do just about anything to my devices, but I would like to learn specifically for the nook what I can change to get the most out of it. Specifically anything that will make it possible to run tablet applications on it.
Flash MIUI. IMHO, your Nook is now perfect. Then fix Netflix.
LOL. Been to miui, done that. IMO if app developers were less afraid of negative feedback, and willing to beta test with a wider audience, or at least provide a downloadable apk.. this problem wouldn't exist.
Till then(sorry, I don't like MIUI), I guess I am lost.
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Flash MIUI. IMHO, your Nook is now perfect. Then fix Netflix.
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If by perfect you mean a large phone then yes flash MIUI and use their 240 lcd density
OP:
Most so called tablet applications are Honeycomb only at this point. You shouldn't need to adjust anything to get Market access. If there is anything that folks are doing to get past Market filters then they should tell me.
You no longer have to edit your build.prop for Netflix if your using a release from the last month
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http://tablified.com/
I came across that today.
I think the difficulty of answering your question stems from the fact that there are so many different variables involved. What works for someone may not work for others based on the ROM, ROM version, other apps, settings, other fixes they have in place, etc. When I first flashed CM7 and then nightlies, I was under the impression that there would be one general answer to getting the Market fixed so I could download/install any apps and run them. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be so and what you do to fix one app or the Market on your device may be a different process than on someone else's device.
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I think the difficulty of answering your question stems from the fact that there are so many different variables involved. What works for someone may not work for others based on the ROM, ROM version, other apps, settings, other fixes they have in place, etc. When I first flashed CM7 and then nightlies, I was under the impression that there would be one general answer to getting the Market fixed so I could download/install any apps and run them. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be so and what you do to fix one app or the Market on your device may be a different process than on someone else's device.
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It is kinda sad, but this only seems to be true about the nook color from what I have seen. There IS a fair amount of development going on, but it seems to be almost totally into cm7. Other android devices I have done a fair amount of playing with, unless a problem is hardware based, or someone did something to their OS or an app they have.. everyone is having the same exact experience.. so I guess I expected similar here, but maybe there is just less development.
I guess I was looking for devs to point out the different things they manipulate, why, and what kind of results they get. For instance, supposedly I should see netflix in the market, but I don't. Not with cm7.0.3 or rc1 or any nightly I have flashed, even though there are plenty of posts that say I should.
I have netflix, and it works, but I am wondering what variables go into manipulating these things. Another example is Order and Chaos 1.0.2, a game that only works on a small list of devices, and just updated.. I tried changing multiple things, multiple ways, and everytime it would fail to boot. Turns out changing just these:
ro.product.model=SCH-I500
ro.product.brand=verizon
ro.product.name=SCH-I500
ro.product.device=SCH-I500
ro.product.board=aries
Made the game work again. Fingerprints, what os we are using, and so many other things just kept it from booting.. but the device doesn't seem to see anything differently in market than before.
Anyways, if anyone can contribute some ideas to this thread, what can be manipulated, why, and what to expect, I would appreciate it, even just for the learning experience.
Netflix only shows up in the market for the 16 or so "official" phones. The rest of us have to sideload the .apk.
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koopakid08 said:
Netflix only shows up in the market for the 16 or so "official" phones. The rest of us have to sideload the .apk.
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I found multiple threads(not on xda, maybe that's the problem) that say on the latest cm7 it is supposed to show up..
I have been trying to do research on what I can change in the build.prop to make apps LIKE netflix show up, but what I really want is to be able to download a paid app called order and chaos. I was able to get the app itself to think it was a supported device, but no matter what changes I make, it won't let me download it in the market.
This is not the only thing I want, but this is what I want most of all. If I hadn't broken my samsung vibrant, I could load the apk from it and have a valid licensed game, but unless it is linked to the nook I won't be able to make in app purchases(like buying game time).
This matters because my replacement vibrant is coming in tomorrow, but I am going to sell it asap..