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Live Wallpapers

OK going to bed, wanted to leave an update.
I have them not crashing. Im not saying I have them working, they are just not crashing the phone now.
jcase

jcase are you on rooted 2.1 or leak 2.1?

Both but wall papers im working on rooted.

What are you using to get them working launcher2?

http://androidmobileos.com/?p=12520
More coming later.

Can you make a update package so we can install this right from the recovery menu?

Binny,
hit me up on irc tonight, ill get you going.
No update.zip will be coming for this as far as I am concerned.
It will be part of a new rom, hopefully minus HTC addons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPP56x_SYQ

jcase,
I have the 2.1 leak v2 and I've been tinkering with the live wallpaper issue. It seemed like I came really close, so I thought I'd share my findings and maybe an actual dev like yourself could use it in your endeavor.
First, I downloaded and installed the "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk" from this site:
favicon.greaky.com/files
Next, I downloaded and installed the "LiveWallpapers.apk" from this site:
megaupload.com/?d=RG6KFWTB
Finally, I installed Helix Launcher from the Market.
Everything seemed as if it was going to work. Long press on the home screen, choose wallpapers, then Live wallpapers, which brings me to the list of live wallpapers currently available. Then I hit a wall:
"The application Live Wallpaper Picker (process android.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
Well, hope this helps. If you have any other ideas you'd like me to try, I'm up for it (as long as I don't brick my Eris of course )

hoovnick said:
jcase,
I have the 2.1 leak v2 and I've been tinkering with the live wallpaper issue. It seemed like I came really close, so I thought I'd share my findings and maybe an actual dev like yourself could use it in your endeavor.
First, I downloaded and installed the "LiveWallpapersPicker.apk" from this site:
favicon.greaky.com/files
Next, I downloaded and installed the "LiveWallpapers.apk" from this site:
megaupload.com/?d=RG6KFWTB
Finally, I installed Helix Launcher from the Market.
Everything seemed as if it was going to work. Long press on the home screen, choose wallpapers, then Live wallpapers, which brings me to the list of live wallpapers currently available. Then I hit a wall:
"The application Live Wallpaper Picker (process android.process.acore) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
Well, hope this helps. If you have any other ideas you'd like me to try, I'm up for it (as long as I don't brick my Eris of course )
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We've decided that live wallpapers just won't work correctly on our phone... some of them that is.
We've had non-OpenGL-based live wallpapers working without a hitch for some time now. The OGL ones crash when the phone sleeps when not plugged in. This is something that will most likely need some rewriting of kernel/lib files in order to fix.

just checked the dates on this thread...retracting my post

GrdLock said:
We've had non-OpenGL-based live wallpapers working without a hitch for some time now.
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Ok, from my small amount of understanding of programming, I take it that the non-OpenGL-based live wallpapers work basically because of the way the application is programmed. And that programming just won't mesh with our phones OS programming. Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, could you direct me to some of those live wallpapers? I'd like to check them out.
Again, if I can help in any way, be a guinea pig of sorts, just let me know.
Thanks helping me understand a little more. And I apologize if I sound completely uneducated about some of these topics, just trying to learn and help out if I can.

We've had non-OpenGL-based live wallpapers working without a hitch for some time now.
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Ok, from my small amount of understanding of programming, I take it that the non-OpenGL-based live wallpapers work basically because of the way the application is programmed. And that programming just won't mesh with our phones OS programming. Correct me if I am wrong.
Also, could you direct me to some of those live wallpapers? I'd like to check them out.
Again, if I can help in any way, be a guinea pig of sorts, just let me know.
Thanks helping me understand a little more. And I apologize if I sound completely uneducated about some of these topics, just trying to learn and help out if I can.
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In another thread jcase did say that live wallpapers can work on 2.1 leak with a bit of tinkering. He has the files and such to help you out. So if you can contact him you should get all that you need to make them work.

Just tried this on my eris and got the same error.

We fixed openGL last night, check dev forum for patch.

shakethemall for Eris?

I tried to download shakethemall from the market to add the funky live wallpaper to my Eris (w/live wallpaper support), but the market said it was not there. I used the QR code to find it and everything. Does anyone know how to get this live wallpaper so we can add little falling droids everywhere?
TIA!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=643313

You need root.

I have root.

it doesnt work..on ANY of the ROMs, ive tried!
i cant get that, the starfield and a few others to properly work..
so ive given up on the whole live wallpaper thing lol

Get me the fingerprint from the rom of a phone that supports it, and we can do a patch to enable it.

jcase said:
Get me the fingerprint from the rom of a phone that supports it, and we can do a patch to enable it.
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According to the thread I linked in the original post, it works fine on the N1.

My Market fix

There are several posts here for fixes to get the full Market and I'm one of the unfortunate that none of these fixes work for me. Different roms, countless restarts and FC never worked. I was talking to a friend and he told me to download market enabler. Further digging pointed to me MarketAccess - an updated version without the ads. From what I've heard, Android Market will limit what you can 'see' depending on the service/carrier you have with your cell phone. And since we're on a tablet, that may be why some of us are SOL.
Market Access will trick Android Market into thinking you have a cell phone carrier with your tablet. For example, I chose T-mobile for the U.S. and I now have Kindle and Nook; two apps I couldn't download before.
I'm going to continue testing this and see what else I can get. For now, those were the two I couldn't see and I now have them installed through the Market.
You can find MarketAccess be googling... yes, Market Access. The site should be amip.tools (can't post links yet)

Is this what your talking about?
http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
Are you sure this is safe and legal?

That's it. I didn't see anything that would make this illegal. Do you?

PepsiBlue said:
That's it. I didn't see anything that would make this illegal. Do you?
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Well not that I see. I would like to here what other members here think of this method though.

I would love to be able to access the full Market too but I am, like you, one whose attempts to fix Market did not work. However, unlike you, even with the fix you led me to, my gtab continues to not be able to see the full Market apps. Bummer. But thanks anyway.

Reggie777 said:
I would love to be able to access the full Market too but I am, like you, one whose attempts to fix Market did not work. However, unlike you, even with the fix you led me to, my gtab continues to not be able to see the full Market apps. Bummer. But thanks anyway.
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Reggie, Did you try different carriers when running the app? Some apps may be specific to the cell phone service.
Which apps are you looking for anyway?

Yeah this fix didn't really work for me either. Honestly if I need an app badly enough and its not showing I just download to my phone back it up to my dropbox app folder and sideload it right from dropbox on mt g-tab. Works great for me and I have a backup or the app also.

I'm giving it a try and see what it does.

ecatapano said:
Yeah this fix didn't really work for me either. Honestly if I need an app badly enough and its not showing I just download to my phone back it up to my dropbox app folder and sideload it right from dropbox on mt g-tab. Works great for me and I have a backup or the app also.
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Please excuse this totally noob-like question, but does your phone have to be rooted to do this? I have an unrooted Droid 1 and I'm trying to figure out where the apks live. Also, how do you back up to the drop box?
Thank

wordweaver27 said:
Please excuse this totally noob-like question, but does your phone have to be rooted to do this? I have an unrooted Droid 1 and I'm trying to figure out where the apks live. Also, how do you back up to the drop box?
Thank
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Hi,
The webpage says:
"MarketAccess, as well as MarketEnabler requires root available on the device. It means than you need to unlock your phone and install the su application which will manage permissions for other apps that want to get root on the device. Google for details."
Jim

I tried this to look for a specific app. Upon further inspection I don't see anything in there using this that wasn't in there using the Market Fix. Am I missing something? For what its worth, I'm looking for Colorize Widgets.

Thanks for your reply Jim. I must have misunderstood. I thought ecatapano's fix avoided using MarketAccess and MarketEnabler by accessing and "drop boxing" apks from an Android phone then sideloading them to the g-tab through drop box. I just don't know how to get the apks from the Droid to the drop box.

wordweaver27 said:
Thanks for your reply Jim. I must have misunderstood. I thought ecatapano's fix avoided using MarketAccess and MarketEnabler by accessing and "drop boxing" apks from an Android phone then sideloading them to the g-tab through drop box. I just don't know how to get the apks from the Droid to the drop box.
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I've seen mention of using Astro file manager to backup, which I guess puts the APK on sdcard, then you have to have dropbox installed on your Droid, and you can then send the APK to dropbox.
Jim

I installed the market enabler,or whatever its called. I defaulted to t mobile as my carrier. I'm not certain what you are supposed to do for setup after that. So I went back into Market and found Colorize Widgets. I'm not convinced market enabler had any influence though. Any feedback on using market enabler is appreciated.

I tried it, set to tmobile USA. Still can't see
Adobe flash
adobe air
Firefox
tank hero
I couldn't see colorize Widgets after setting similar so I did market fix - clear cache etc. Then could see it, but still not others above.
Jim

jimcpl said:
I tried it, set to tmobile USA. Still can't see
Adobe flash
adobe air
Firefox
tank hero
I couldn't see colorize Widgets after setting similar so I did market fix - clear cache etc. Then could see it, but still not others above.
Jim
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Yeah, Ditto that, same results.

jimcpl said:
I tried it, set to tmobile USA. Still can't see
Adobe flash
adobe air
Firefox
tank hero
I couldn't see colorize Widgets after setting similar so I did market fix - clear cache etc. Then could see it, but still not others above.
Jim
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Have you loaded Firefox on the g Tab?

I didn't get a chance to mess with this last night. It seems like everyone is trying T-Mobile. Has anyone tried different carriers?

PepsiBlue said:
I didn't get a chance to mess with this last night. It seems like everyone is trying T-Mobile. Has anyone tried different carriers?
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I tried O2, with same results.
Jim

cbmoore9 said:
Have you loaded Firefox on the g Tab?
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I have the beta, 3, I think, installed, downloaded from a thread here on XDA.
Jim

[Q] Stock Gallery App

Im running tnt 4.4 and am having issue with stock 3d gallery.
Wanted to know if anyone knows wher i can get stock gallery app. Any inf on how to install it would be helpful too

not sure about the stock app, but i moved to "quick pic" to support my massive photo gallerys. it loads incredibly fast.

Oozura said:
not sure about the stock app, but i moved to "quick pic" to support my massive photo gallerys. it loads incredibly fast.
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Well im looking for something that will allow me to set wallpapers that look right.

Oozura said:
not sure about the stock app, but i moved to "quick pic" to support my massive photo gallerys. it loads incredibly fast.
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I second this, QuickPic is much, much faster than the 3D Gallery app. I don't know that making wallpapers "look right" is really on the Gallery app (stock or not), but on the size and resolution of the wallpaper.

Whats the resolution gtab

1024 by 600.
I'm quickpic too. Wallpapers looking great

wmedina1991 said:
Im running tnt 4.4 and am having issue with stock 3d gallery.
Wanted to know if anyone knows wher i can get stock gallery app. Any inf on how to install it would be helpful too
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I have it as a apk if you can give me a little time I will post it.

wmedina1991 said:
Im running tnt 4.4 and am having issue with stock 3d gallery.
Wanted to know if anyone knows wher i can get stock gallery app. Any inf on how to install it would be helpful too
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I would get Quick Pic for a gallery replacement, it is much more functional than any stock version and blistering fast as well. Then get multi picture live wallpaper to set your wallpaper with. After install you will have to choose wallpaper -> live wallpapers -> multi picture live wallpaper to set your wallpapers to display correctly on your tablet.
The best combo I have found for this tablet and my CM7 Nook Color. MPLW is the only I way I have found to get wallpapers to display correctly on any tablet that I have ever dealt with. There is a thread about this particular problem around here somewhere, search is your friend. Do a search for multi picture live wallpaper in the Gtab forums and you will find it. I think it (the thread) even goes as far as telling you the way to modify existing images or create your own to display correctly when chosen as wallpaper when you choose them by using the traditional method.
Sent from my GTablet running CM7

wmedina1991 said:
Well im looking for something that will allow me to set wallpapers that look right.
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OK here is the link thanks for being patient....http://www.mediafire.com/?1vhjevbevl74vzy

One more I want to toss in the ring.
Flick Ur Pic.
Get it from the market and use it in place of the Multi Picture Live Wallpaper I mentioned earlier. It scales the images perfectly on my Gtab. You use it just like MPLW in that you use it from the live wallpaper chooser. You can set up to nine images to rotate, or use only one and make it static with no transition effects. This one even has it's own image browser so there is no need to even have a gallery installed to use it as far as I can tell. I do still recommend Quick Pic as a gallery app for everyday image duties such as browsing and such.
Works great for me and this is the one that I will be sticking with from here on out unless it starts causing problems in other areas. LOL
Have fun with it ..... HTR

[Q] Default G-Tablet app

When you search google or any other search engine for the g-tablet, you get images of the gtab with a weather app on it... does anyone know what the hell that app is called? Is it part of tapntap? I played with it for about 10 mins before I flashed Vegan and have been trying to find a good weather/dashboard app (something that shows current weather/news/missed emails/yada yada ;D
Does anyone know? Or can you point me to a good "dashboard" app that has the features mentioned above. I'm willing to pay, doesn't have to be a freebie. I've searched the marketplace high and low and can't find anything that does that...or I'm not searching under the right tools.
Thanks in advance!
Tim

I flashed vegan right after I got mine, and I just use a set of beautiful widgets to make my homescreen the way I want it. It has time and weather, and I have a page just for facebox and twitter. No idea how to take screenshots, else I'd post a few.

That image is the "dashboard" that is the Tap'n'tap UI when not in classic mode. I've never used any of the TNT Lite ROMs which I understand are stripped down and improved versions of the Tap'n'tap ROM but I absolutely hated the stock ROM and the Tap'n'tap UI during the blissfully brief period I use it.

ntnunk said:
That image is the "dashboard" that is the Tap'n'tap UI when not in classic mode.
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No, the "dashboard" has a weather area, a news area, and an analog clock. However, tapping on the weather area will take you to the pictured app.
The image is of the Tapntap weather app