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I searched the forum to see if someone had done this and couldn't find it. I back ported the weather widget from 2.0 in case anyone is interested (works fine on donuts). This is the beginning of my development work. Hope this helps!
Please just take the .zip file and rename it to .apk
copy to your sdcard and install with any file explorer or
connect your device to your pc with development enabled
type "adb install MotAccuWeatherWidget.apk"
Red
G1 with latest Cyan
Thank you to this site and all the developers for their inspiration and hard work.
This has been around for a while...
Good work, though. Kudos and thanks for the effort.
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
redd12345 said:
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
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If anyone flames you, they're stupid. You did good work, even if it was in vain. Car Dock has been ported to Donut, though I don't think the little nightstand Dock from Droid is running on anything prior to 2.0... Not sure, though, as it doesn't interest me all that much.
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
Red.
redd12345 said:
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
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Not to my knowledge. It might not be a bad idea for one of the leading devs to start a thread here on things we want from new phones to run on our phones, and check them off as they are accomplished. 75% of the list would be from the Nexus One, at the moment. You really want to help? See what you can do to get Launcher2 from the Nexus working on Dream... Just changing the build.prop doesn't work, so we'll have to fix errors one by one. Hope you're better at coding than I.
There is also more info in the Dream app section, where these apps are usually released...good work, keep it up!
Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
I'm not sure. I pulled this weather widget from Eugene373's AOSP Rom port and hex edited the AndroidManifest.xml to make the MinSDK 3 instead of 5. I can't tell you much more than that. I hope this helps you.
Red.
Give this widget a shot and see if it's the one you are looking for. At least one person might make use of it. haha
Red
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Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
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So, does anyone know if this will work on 1.6? Cyanogen MOD ROM?
It will work on any 1.6 rom. I am running Cyanogen's 11.1 (most recent.) This widget typically works on most people's "custom roms" as long as the 1.6 base is the same, it's just that there is a MinSDK value that prohibits users on a lower SDK from using the application. I dropped that value to 3, so I think that it should also work on hero roms (1.5 cupcake base) if someone likes the graphics on this widget better than the weather app that is included. Hope this helps.
Red.
Ps. I am going to be trying my hand at creating themes instead. My only experience with programming was C++, Pascal, and Visual Basic and that was close to 8 years ago! lol. I'm a little outdated as far as Java goes.
I'm really looking forward to using Stericson's Metamorph. It is such a great effort for theme development.
i sure could use it im new to xda im non root for now, but i would like to make a few nice add ons to my mt3g till i get the guts to root. is thr some good stuff here for a non root like me
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
Nice Widget, thanks. I was using weathereye before. I like this one better.
Thanks. In the case of this widget, it was ok to backport it because it doesn't call on any other functions that are proprietary to a specific rom (ie. Happenings widget from Blur calls tons of other functions in the home.Blur). There are a few places online when you look up backporting (I'll try to remember to post the links for people.)
You want to start by unziping the aplication you want to backport. Just rename it to a .zip file.
When you look in the file, you will see AndroidManifest.xml. This file has been compiled out as a binary file so you can't read it like a normal .xml file. You want to then download AxmlPrinter2.jar and run that to change the AndroidManifest.xml to AndroidManifest.txt by typing "Java -jar AmxlPrinter2.jar AndroidManifest.xml > AndroidManifest.txt"
The hard part is to find the byte offset in the AndroidManifest where it says the MinSDK value is. The MinSDK value needs to drop from 6 or 7 down to "2" so that you can use the widget on Cupcake or higher. There is a program online and I will post the link when I get home that you use with Eclipse to find the byte offset and then you have to use a Hex editor to change the value in the original .xml file.
Once you use the hex editor and save your changes, you zip up all the files and use the apkbuilder.exe that is in the sdk tools directory by typing "apkbuilder application_name.apk -z application_name.zip"
that will make an apk from a zip file and then you right-click and resign the apk file. From there, you just copy it to your sd card and you know the rest.
It is a pretty dirty and painful approach to porting an app. That is why I am more interested in working on themes. You can just unzip the apk's you want to use and edit the /res directory and then rebuild the app and sign it. Photoshop works great for it.
I'm planning on making a theme/rom that uses hero (1.5) for a base, but slimming it down and using widgets that are smaller like the one that I ported and changing a lot of the graphics for the clocks and such.
I hope this helps for anyone interested in developing.
Red.
Wisefire said:
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
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Hey there guys,
As the title says, i am meaning to ask about the HTC Desire lockscreen.
Our 2.1 Roms, including the ones from the HTC Legend, whenever you want to unlock you pull down the bar and the transition pulls down the lockscreen picture down as well.
On the HTC desire though, you just pull down the bar, and it unlocks in a better (for me) transition. The lockscreen picture stays intact, and the bar is just pulled down. I seem to prefer that.
Here's a video showing this @ 1:01.
Is this possible to achieve?
TIA
EDIT: 14/6/2010
Thanks to HomerSp (many many props) Desire lockscreen is now available!
Get it HERE as an update.zip.
Well..
Everything is possible! And I totally agree with you.
Yes, would be very nice. Perhaps a theme could resolve this or hopefully the official 2.1 will include this.
Now that we're three, anyone mind giving us a hint? I'll try and work on it myself if needed.
Gotha be something in the HTCLockscreen.apk !!
Hax some there making the lockscreen "wallpaper/background" not following the unlock bar. Instead you make it stand still and fadeout to the homescreen when unlock has been done.
Don't ask me how to do this tho
really liked it !
now , we are four
the lockscreen would be nice if it wre to be for the 2.1 roms
Also (thought I might add this in, might be some help), when answering a call only the bar slides down (not the background).
About whether this will be in the official 2.1, I'm not sure if this any indication of what to expect but on the HTC Wildfire (2.1 and similar specs to our Hero), the lockscreen is the same as the one we have in 1.5 (ie bar + background, not just bar).
My guess its just a modified HTCLockscreen.apk
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My guess its just a modified HTCLockscreen.apk
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lol me2, hasn't anyone just tried it? i was expecting to be hit with problems when opening this thread, just make a nandroid backup and push the file to /system/app.
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lol me2, hasn't anyone just tried it? i was expecting to be hit with problems when opening this thread, just make a nandroid backup and push the file to /system/app.
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Yea figured as much as well, thing is i have no idea if, due to the difference in screen size, it would get affected ( i suppose it will).
And due to me not knowing HOW to edit apk's, thought maybe i'd ask first.
I'll be uploading in a while the Lockscreen.apk off of MCR ROM for the Desire. My ROM isn't deodexed, so I can't test it, if any of you guys wanna give it a try, please do so and let me know. Nandroid first, as kendong said.
edit. just remove the HTCLockscreen.apk from system/app/ and push this one via adb.
Well, as noone tried it, i did a nandroid and cooked a Villain rom 5.5.0 with the APK integrated in it.
Freezes on boot. Ill try again and get a logcat, see if someone can help out.
I like the collapsing effect we have on 1.5..
Ok so instead of a cooked rom, i went ahead and installed 5.5.0 Villain Rom today, and removed the normal HtcLockScreen.apk via adb, and pushed the new one.
As expected, same as above, it wouldn't boot. I've got a logcat now.
Anyone mind giving this a look?
I am still not giving up here.
Decompiled the apk's via the APKTool, and i am "trying" to compare the two. Anyone with more knowledge please help me out.
Here are the two decompiled apk's. One from VR 5.5.0 and the other one from the Desire.
I do believe that this might be a problem with /system/frameword/com.htc.resources.apk. If it is, i have no idea how to fix it. This guess is based upon the fact that most themers update that particular apk in order to move from old framework rosies to new ones (1.5 =>2.1).
ANY help is appreciated.
There are 4 changed files located in DesireLock\smali\com\htc\lockscreen
HtcLockScreen$1.smali
HtcLockScreen$5.smali
HtcLockScreen.smali
R$string.smali
Comparing these would probably come up with only the bar going down as these files are smalled then the original hero lockscreen.
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There are 4 changed files located in DesireLock\smali\com\htc\lockscreen
HtcLockScreen$1.smali
HtcLockScreen$5.smali
HtcLockScreen.smali
R$string.smali
Comparing these would probably come up with only the bar going down as these files are smalled then the original hero lockscreen.
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You based this on the file size difference, didn't you?
Well, substituting the files from the old lockscreen to the new desire lockscreen, then recompiling would make it work, you believe?
If all the other requets are the same, then yes it should be just a few lines actually. But i have no idea what the other differences between say the dialer, or other functionality the desire lockscreen adds/remove's.
I really want this too
Wouldn't it be easier to get the desire lockscreen.apk and put the graphics from the hero into the apk-file and edit the layout so the images fit into the screen?
Since seeing the Dell Streaks UI (Dell Stage Launcher) i downloaded it and put it on my phone. As a launcher it works great, but there are alot of issues. So I am going to work on porting it over to the Eris, becasue it is a well built fast ui ( i am clocked at 710 and there is not lag). But I do need some help so this will be a slow process.
Here we Go
Ok im already pretty lost any suggestions on where to start?
we're all gonna need "a little" more than "i started to port a rom and am now stuck, please help."
what have you done? what's the ROM doing? booting? any errors when DDMS is running? what are they? logcat?
the streak has an 800×480 pixels resolution display, correct? so there are gonna be some sizing issues that you'll have to correct as well (honestly, a PITA)...
on top of that, isn't the streak still on 1.6? has it got a 2.2 update yet?
or... are you JUST using the launcher? or the entire ROM?
i don't mind helping anyone here when i can... just need a little to work with
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we're all gonna need "a little" more than "i started to port a rom and am now stuck, please help."
what have you done? what's the ROM doing? booting? any errors when DDMS is running? what are they? logcat?
the streak has an 800×480 pixels resolution display, correct? so there are gonna be some sizing issues that you'll have to correct as well (honestly, a PITA)...
on top of that, isn't the streak still on 1.6? has it got a 2.2 update yet?
or... are you JUST using the launcher? or the entire ROM?
i don't mind helping anyone here when i can... just need a little to work with
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Its not the rom i am porting its dells Stage UI it is a launcher
The streak is going to get 2.2 here soon. But this was leaked. I have it installed and it runs no FCs which is a plus. Off the bat i did notice that there is a massive screen resolution difference so it doesnt like to scale like you said. That is what i am trying to over come. I am sort of a newbie at this so i am doing research at the same time to expand and learn.
Somethings i am noticing.
1. It looks like portirate and landscape are backwards. So the widgets are all funky.
2. When first booting up there are no icons in the app draw.
At this current moment i am installing all the android development tools that i will need (Eclipse and so on, I already have Android Sdk installed). But im trying to get my hands on ADW's apk to compare the xml files for how ADW scales to different resolutions so i can apply that to Dells Stage UI
Thank You in advanced for dealing with a newbie who wants to learn.
gotcha!
i've got the files sitting here.
it looks pretty nice... but you'll have to resize all the png files each of the apks... as well, you'd have to edit (hex) a few of the xml's as well.
the resizing might be tricky, as the resolution isn't an "even" scale with our screen res. 320 x 480 "x" 1.5 = 480 x 720... but that would probably look ok and be best "match"
however, i've done LOTS of editing of the png's in many files, roms (theming, etc)... and it's quite "enjoyable" hex editing... meh, not really my strong point!
would definitely be "sexy" to pull it off! hopefully someone smarter then me can give some insight to the hex editing
did you have to use/install the LCD density change too? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639&highlight=dell
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gotcha!
i've got the files sitting here.
it looks pretty nice... but you'll have to resize all the png files each of the apks... as well, you'd have to edit (hex) a few of the xml's as well.
the resizing might be tricky, as the resolution isn't an "even" scale with our screen res. 320 x 480 "x" 1.5 = 480 x 720... but that would probably look ok and be best "match"
however, i've done LOTS of editing of the png's in many files, roms (theming, etc)... and it's quite "enjoyable" hex editing... meh, not really my strong point!
would definitely be "sexy" to pull it off! hopefully someone smarter then me can give some insight to the hex editing
did you have to use/install the LCD density change too? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765639&highlight=dell
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Yes i did but it didnt do anything so i guess im down to editing the pngs...here we go again.....where are the PNG's?
Might be of some help
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/11/htc_evo_4g_gets_dell_stage_user_interface.html
for png locations... use 7zip (or your favorite archiving program)... open up each of the apks...
you will find all the png's in the various folders
Has anyone got a port of the entire ROM to boot? Mine bootloops and I haven't had time to really look into it.
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for png locations... use 7zip (or your favorite archiving program)... open up each of the apks...
you will find all the png's in the various folders
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That is the first thing i did ( i did use seven zip) but there are no png files. I pulled appart the actual launcher to get started on that because i think if that gets fixed the widgets might be de-opxted. so they should scale. Other than that in all the files it is either xml or orl.....wait i found them lol great . Any sugestions on what programs to use to edit them?
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Has anyone got a port of the entire ROM to boot? Mine bootloops and I haven't had time to really look into it.
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Running an Eris kernel in it?
Has the rom been deodexed?
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Running an Eris kernel in it?
Has the rom been deodexed?
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Well, yes and yes, of course. I took DJ Steve's Froyo and ported it. Not real successfully yet, but I gave it a try. If I get a chance, I'll logcat the boot if it gives me such a thing.
okay I'm also working on this but for the sprint hero. The launcher and it's widgets install fine without any mods (running cyanogen 2.2) But of course since it's an mdpi device it's really out of whack. So far I was able to change the shared uid by removing the meta-inf from all the apks and resigning them all using release keys. I then used apk manager to decompile the apks. I can decompile and recompile the widgets no problem but when it comes to the launcher it doesn't compile. Of course without the launcher having the correct dimensions none of this really matters. If anyone has any ideas.
Almost forgot that this is basically the same stock launcher that comes in 2.2 so the dimensions could pretty much be copy pasted over
i am trying to change the mail.apk in my rom. i want the features in the new mail 3.0 version, but cant figure out how to get it to stick. i have tried cooking it into my rom, adb, and root explorer. what else does it take?
i have seen it in other custom roms, but they all are missing something i want. plus, i like making my own.
Thanks for any help, cody
below are two pictures of the different versions. the first one is the one i want.
Which roms have that I've never seen it. Looks awesome though.
Sent from my ADR6300
post the 3.0 apk
this is the apk to the version in my first post. it has a white backgroud. i like the black background that you see in other versions better. i dont remember which rom i got this from, but i see similar versions in a few roms.
my favorite part is the checkboxes on the left. i can go down the list, check the boxes, and mark a bunch read or delete a bunch all in one shot. i have seen cyanogen, droid x, nexes with a similar version that does the same thing. i prefer sense roms though. the galaxy s devices (at least the epic) had a one too. i think this one came from a desire z port or virus rom.
i will try to find a black background version to post if someone is going to open it up to make it work with other roms. the rom i got this from didn't have a black enough bold face font to distinguish from the unread and read emails.
question, what make an apk work with some roms and not the others? framework?
i have done a lot with cab files on windows mobile and they didn't work like apk files do. blackberry had alx, cod, jad, and jar files. android seems to be the toughest to work on multiple devices.
Thanks for any help, Cody
Use Root Explorer to replace mail.apk in your system apps folder.
I wanted to do the exact same thing... find a way to use the Desire Z email app because of it's ability to select emails directly.. I don't think it's a matter of simply replacing the Mail.apk.. that won't work I am pretty sure since the frameworks are different.
this is another version of mail 3.0. this version has a lot better color for the unread email font. the first version was hard to see.
thanks, Cody
did you figure this out? Anyone know if this new version of Mail is included on any of the roms here?
I'd love to get this working as well. In my opinion if you are an exchange user HTC's mail and functionality is lightyears better than the AOSP mail app.
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I'd love to get this working as well. In my opinion if you are an exchange user HTC's mail and functionality is lightyears better than the AOSP mail app.
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I'm an exchange user and I love the patched AOSP mail client. The multi-select is there by default, Global Address List works perfectly, black background, doesn't enforce the admin policy and I can't think of one thing that the HTC client has that this one doesn't. Just my opinion.
P.S. Plus a unified Inbox. That takes the cake!
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I'm an exchange user and I love the patched AOSP mail client. The multi-select is there by default, Global Address List works perfectly, black background, doesn't enforce the admin policy and I can't think of one thing that the HTC client has that this one doesn't. Just my opinion.
P.S. Plus a unified Inbox. That takes the cake!
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The black color is actually one of the things I DON'T like about the AOSP email client. I know this is subjective.. but the white HTC email, contacts and dialer is aesthetically much more pleasing.
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The black color is actually one of the things I DON'T like about the AOSP email client. I know this is subjective.. but the white HTC email, contacts and dialer is aesthetically much more pleasing.
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I'm not a big fan of it either, but one of the other posts mentioned wanting the HTC mail in black. I wish I knew how to unpack the apk and swap white background and black text.
EDIT: Hmmm... Kind of boring today at work, so maybe I'll play with it and see if I can.
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I'm not a big fan of it either, but one of the other posts mentioned wanting the HTC mail in black. I wish I knew how to unpack the apk and swap white background and black text.
EDIT: Hmmm... Kind of boring today at work, so maybe I'll play with it and see if I can.
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dude.. if you manage to make the desire Z email client work with the current sense roms.. then I'm sending you a donation. I am on magnolia RC3 by the way.
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dude.. if you manage to make the desire Z email client work with the current sense roms.. then I'm sending you a donation. I am on magnolia RC3 by the way.
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Sorry. I meant I would attempt to change the color scheme in the vanilla Email.apk. I guess I can give an attempt at the new sense client on old sense roms, too.
EDIT: Wow! This mail client is a bear! It's definitely relying on the newer sense framework. I haven't given up, yet.
EDIT2: It's above my head. Sorry.
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Use Root Explorer to replace mail.apk in your system apps folder.
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the first post said i tried that. i wish it was that easy.
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Sorry. I meant I would attempt to change the color scheme in the vanilla Email.apk. I guess I can give an attempt at the new sense client on old sense roms, too.
EDIT: Wow! This mail client is a bear! It's definitely relying on the newer sense framework. I haven't given up, yet.
EDIT2: It's above my head. Sorry.
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so, is that the final answer? the new framework is required.
how come some apks work on different frameworks and some dont? wish someone could explane this a little better.
Thanks everyone, Cody
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Sorry. I meant I would attempt to change the color scheme in the vanilla Email.apk. I guess I can give an attempt at the new sense client on old sense roms, too.
EDIT: Wow! This mail client is a bear! It's definitely relying on the newer sense framework. I haven't given up, yet.
EDIT2: It's above my head. Sorry.
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aaah.. no problem.. at least you gave it a try.. thanks.
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so, is that the final answer? the new framework is required.
how come some apks work on different frameworks and some dont? wish someone could explane this a little better.
Thanks everyone, Cody
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It's looking for classes (instructions) that aren't in the current framework. I tried to push a few of the new framework files over to Warm TwoPointTwo RLS4 and surprisingly it didn't boot loop. It did, however, FC on the launcher and acore repeatedly.
To explain it better, it's like you know the good old English and that's it. Then a new book comes out that has NEW slang words in it that you must know to understand the book. If you don't have those new words in your vocabulary, the book cannot be read and understood by you. That's how the new Mail.apk is. It's requesting new procedures that the old framework has no clue about so it FC's and throws a Java exception (error).
I hope that helps explain it.
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aaah.. no problem.. at least you gave it a try.. thanks.
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You're welcome Dude. I wish I could've got it working for you.
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I'm an exchange user and I love the patched AOSP mail client. The multi-select is there by default, Global Address List works perfectly, black background, doesn't enforce the admin policy and I can't think of one thing that the HTC client has that this one doesn't. Just my opinion.
P.S. Plus a unified Inbox. That takes the cake!
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I'm an exchange user as well and my biggest issue with the AOSP mail client is that I haven't figured out a way to "move" emails (individually or in a batch) from one folder to another folder.
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I'm an exchange user as well and my biggest issue with the AOSP mail client is that I haven't figured out a way to "move" emails (individually or in a batch) from one folder to another folder.
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HUGE issue for me is missing search functionality is the AOSP client. Can't even search email on the phone, much less server searching...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9102683&postcount=80
These are winmo cabs, any way to put one of those into a ROM, either a flashable zip, an APK, a CM7 theme via tmobile theme chooser?
I'm especially interested in the bottom left Houston Texans one.
highly unlikely wihtout changing the scripts etc in the cab file adn then rebuilding it
Thats sucks
I'm talking about putting that image on a CM7 dialer. So it shouldn't be THAT hard right?
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
i did respond to your pm...but i see you are very eager to get this done.
overall, no it isn't hard. but the best way, i dunno.
the dialer is in two locations, really - contacts.apk (com.android.contacts) and phone.apk (com.android.phone) in cm7 roms. look for:
dial_num_*_wht where * = a number, etc. (they are pretty obvious)
the hard part - getting the images to look as you please. (always the hardest thing, i guess).
then to get it on your phone. many theme apks won't simply allow you to drag/replace in the apk (anastasdroid always gave me errors when i did that.)
so options:
1- decompile/recompile the above system apks with your edits and push to your phone / replace in your rom
2.a- decompile/recompile your favorite theme with your edits and install the theme
2.b - make your own theme (though then no other theme)
3- try metamorph to push your files to your apk (this would make more sense to me)
the above makes sense in my head; hopefully it will to you.
if you can edit images, i am more than willing to help - or as i wrote in the pm, when work evens out i will be glad to help.
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edit - one concern i see is that the numbers on the cm7 dial pad seem spaced out. at least on hdpi. that may make it less of a statement as the above cab.
Ill try it out and see what happens
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lol, it is indeed the hardest part to get the image looking like the pic.
I will try using Photoshop and MS paint p) and see what I can get to.
I will update this post soon.
Edit :
*1- Tried on my phone, normal background hasn't changed. Pulling attachments (for now).
*2- Now the app won't even start and there is no signal, lol.
*3- It's no use, even though I changed the background, but it keeps the phone off having signal. sorry, you'll have to have a professional do it for you .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9102683&postcount=80
These are winmo cabs, any way to put one of those into a ROM, either a flashable zip, an APK, a CM7 theme via tmobile theme chooser?
I'm especially interested in the bottom left Houston Texans one.
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You should PM Nando. He's starting to branch into droid and I would bet hard cash he can figure it out.