hey guys, im new to this side of XDA and spend all my time on the HeroC page. I am looking at getting a nc this week so i have been lurking for a few days. So i apologize if this has been covered, or is not possible on the nook. I noticed that people are having issues with things like angry birds not showing up in the market on honeycomb. Can the build.prop be altered to trick the market into thinking the NC is a xoom or something like that? on my hero i have the buildprop changed to trick everything into thinking my phone is a droidx, making more things available in the market. here is the hero thread, not my work at all just a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900552
if this is not useful info to anyone, or has already been covered or is not possible, mods please delete the thread. and dont flame me if im wrong just trying to help..
rochford77 said:
hey guys, im new to this side of XDA and spend all my time on the HeroC page. I am looking at getting a nc this week so i have been lurking for a few days. So i apologize if this has been covered, or is not possible on the nook. I noticed that people are having issues with things like angry birds not showing up in the market on honeycomb. Can the build.prop be altered to trick the market into thinking the NC is a xoom or something like that? on my hero i have the buildprop changed to trick everything into thinking my phone is a droidx, making more things available in the market. here is the hero thread, not my work at all just a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900552
if this is not useful info to anyone, or has already been covered or is not possible, mods please delete the thread. and dont flame me if im wrong just trying to help..
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Yes this is the main work around for the Nook color, and is already in place for the majority of rooted nooks.
However Angry birds not showing up was a different problem, the new update to Angry birds, requires access to SMS, and the market saw that the nook did not have that capabilities and so filtered it out.
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Hi all,
Bear with me while I explain my case.
I have a friend in Texas that has an Android phone and I'm in England, so, all the help I can gather I will email her and if would be better if the "tutorial" have pictures if you know what I mean as she is not at all a tech person, and she is older than me !
She likes her Android phone and she said it is a G2. I don't have a clue as to the Android version and asking her this is a waste of time; it is definitely not rooted; did I mention that she is not techy? The fact is that she says the text (font?) on the interface and everywhere else is too small for her and she cannot find a way to change the font. Is it a possibility with Android? Her phone provider says it is not or they don't know.
Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Me!
wovens said:
Hi all,
Bear with me while I explain my case.
I have a friend in Texas that has an Android phone and I'm in England, so, all the help I can gather I will email her and if would be better if the "tutorial" have pictures if you know what I mean as she is not at all a tech person, and she is older than me !
She likes her Android phone and she said it is a G2. I don't have a clue as to the Android version and asking her this is a waste of time; it is definitely not rooted; did I mention that she is not techy? The fact is that she says the text (font?) on the interface and everywhere else is too small for her and she cannot find a way to change the font. Is it a possibility with Android? Her phone provider says it is not or they don't know.
Any help appreciated.
Regards,
Me!
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There is no such thing as the G2 in the states (There is in Europe, but it's actually the HTC Hero), so I'm assuming she is talking about the HTC Magic (or here it is called the MyTouch 3G). If this is her phone, she has 1.6 (If it's the Hero, she has 1.5).
As far as I remember, there is an app called "Spare Parts" in the Market which allows you to adjust the font size, but there were problems where it would return to default size at some time (Not sure if it was when you closed the app or rebooted the phone).
@JAguirre1231
Thanks for your input. You are probably right about the 3G model thing. I will mention "Spare Parts" to her and see how she gets on with it.
After posting I've decided to search the Android section here for themes but had the feeling that everything that is done here uses the premise that everyone roots their phones but that does not happen out there in the real world where not everybody is a geek or tech savvy.
I've found some very interesting stuff using Metamorph but rooting is not an option unfortunatelly and I don't have time to dig deep right now.
Cheers!
wovens said:
@JAguirre1231
Thanks for your input. You are probably right about the 3G model thing. I will mention "Spare Parts" to her and see how she gets on with it.
After posting I've decided to search the Android section here for themes but had the feeling that everything that is done here uses the premise that everyone roots their phones but that does not happen out there in the real world where not everybody is a geek or tech savvy.
I've found some very interesting stuff using Metamorph but rooting is not an option unfortunatelly and I don't have time to dig deep right now.
Cheers!
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Rooting these days can be as simple as putting a file on your sdcard, booting up and installing an app.
Unfortunately, yes, if you want a full theme, you will have to root your phone. The best you can do without a rooted phone is install themes on an alternate launcher (which will slow down the phone since you will have two launchers running).
Hi Guru's.
Im back and i got my new gadget but im not too sure what to do on it quiet yet. i been searching online all day to try and find a better market place and been seeing all this tec talk that i dont understand about APK's and roots stuff. So im hopeing that some one will be able to help me a little by DUMBING some terms and directions down for me so i can make the best of my tablet or it will be returned and ill have the easy IPAD come tax returns lol.
Im tec savy, but yall are so good at what you do here so im hoping that some nice person will guide me in the right direction.
Also ive seen some threads with questions on what apps to install and such, but then i was confused on which apps to really install beucase folk has had issues with the apps that they installed. so believe me before i get a ignorant response to my topic i have done my leg work and ive read over 50 pages of talk about this tablet. And i have an idea on what to do but im still not sure.
Thanks a Bunch
<3 Chayda B
Unfortunately I am also not so great with this but will explain some terms as best I can...(I'm also a noob)
APK: Is the term used for applications on the Android Operating System.
Root: Is a term that describes unlocking your phone's true potential. This is accomplished because normally the Android OS has certain permissions unlocked for the user and other super permissions locked. This defines what the unrooted OS will let you do to the device without harming it. Rooting basically unlocks those hidden(super) permissions allowing you to do much more to the software and hardware like overclocking your CPU to make it faster... umm also allows you to do things like backup applications or extract them and on some devices play around or look through the device's scripts and system files. Ask the community about rooting as they can probably explain it better than I can. Sorry!
Sadly about the Market, it is not fully unlocked in all countries and I think you need special licensing to access certain apps or apks on the market. As for your Silvania I would recommend going to Androidtablets.net and search for your device. There is a mini community there for your tablet, maybe you can get more help there.
this tablet become truly enjoyable once you have the real Marketplace on it.
I put together a walk through that takes you through all the steps necessary to get it installed and working on your tablet here.
I take zero credit for any of the work that went into getting it working. I mainly made the page as a reference for myself in-case i need to do it again.
If you hit a snag let me know and i'll do what i can to help.
just as a note i also have the gingerbread keyboard and live wallpapers working on mine. i'll see how my market guide is received before i put together anything about putting these others on our tablet.
I can't seem to find a master list of apk's. I'm not talking about just stock, I mean everything. Kind of like a big giant kitchen. Not a list of what should be there, but actual download links. I am thinking the community would benefit from going to a single place to say "hmm....I'd like to try a different email.apk today." Basically a self-service kitchen. I can't count how many times I have to go pull apart a ROM to strip out the keyboard I like to put on my new ROM.
I think this will help cut down on many questions like "where can I find the patched mms.apk......" questions I see all the time. One place.
There is something similar to this in the Vibrant forum, but thought a giant consortium for Galaxy S would be best. Maybe it's something I'd have to work on, but I'd love to have it added to the WIKI. Think about it, you go download your favorite ROM/kernel, whatever, then add some spices........and voila! a kitchen without the hassle of downloading an entire ROM because you want to change one little thing.
Am I crazy? Have I really missed something in all my searches? Am I suffering from Search Overload?
Guess its time to bring a dead thread back to life because I was thinking about this myself just the other day... or is there already one that I'm missing?
I can and will host files if needed I have space and bandwidth that's going to waste.
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Jay_eS_Iye said:
Guess its time to bring a dead thread back to life because I was thinking about this myself just the other day... or is there already one that I'm missing?
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I can and will host files if needed I have space and bandwidth that's going to waste.
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Hosting stock apps might be ok, but def. not paid non-stock apps..!
diablo009 said:
Hosting stock apps might be ok, but def. not paid non-stock apps..!
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I wasn't thinking paid appear, but like different free ones that are already out there or apk's for different modified apps that you see on different roms as long as their creators are cool with it
Yes! That's my point. I'd love to have a list of modified stock apps I can scroll through. You know, like a list of all the available email apps (stock, aosp, gingerbread, themed, etc...)The wiki seems like a good place to post it cause then themers/chefs can post up links to their work.
I honestly started digging around last weekend trying to collect links through the forums, but my god is that a lot of work! However thee pay off would be HUGE for all of xda. I just wish I had more time to start it AND all themers/modders/chefs would have to use it! That's what I feel would be more difficult than anything. Trying to get everyone to keep updating it. especially considering many frame work apps are "cross-platform" if you will, meaning an email app from a Desire might work in my Captivate. I'd like to try anyways.
Who's up for helping me? If only I was unemployed i'd have the time.
P.S. This made me happy seeing that someone agrees with me. I thought I had gotten totally ignored.
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Well there are these threads:
[REF] **Captivate MOD/Theme Directory**
has some of the mods listed on there, not much tho (like ROM specific modifications I've seen around)
APK Download
a list of stock APK's and some non stock
So I think starting with this and adding some others would be a good list, especially stickied
If you don't have it here it is. This is the newest version of the market. Im posting it because its such a major update and I know people are gonna want it early instead of waiting for it to show up in roms. I've tested it on Apex (latest version) and it is working perfect. I do know that the movies wont play on rooted devices so dont rent or buy movies. But that isn't a program issue that's a restriction that Google has imposed on us and considering everyone reading this is gonna have a rooted phone, most likely, its important I tell (warn) you about it. Also if for some reason you have an issue with me posting this don't bother me about it. Im just posting it for the people that want it. Also if for some reason you dont know how to install just go into the system apps folder then remove the old market and paste this one.
EDIT.... There is another thread that I didn't notice before I posted this so if you wanna download from that thread that's fine. Its all the same though.
Love it
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If you don't have it here it is. ....
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Not an issue with you posting just saying that it is a duplicate.
Posted this two days ago search before you make a new post it has also been on the portal since yesterday
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166325
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/new-android-market-hits-the-streets/
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Not an issue with you posting just saying that it is a duplicate.
Posted this two days ago search before you make a new post it has also been on the portal since yesterday
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166325
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/new-android-market-hits-the-streets/
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o well your thread didnt show up in the similar thread box before i posted this so more the better lol
It has been on the first page of themes and apps for the past two days often right after the stickies but w/e i know that related topics search can be a finiky mistress sometimes
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It has been on the first page of themes and apps for the past two days often right after the stickies but w/e i know that related topics search can be a finiky mistress sometimes
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read the edit in the OP. Fair enough?
This new market is baked into the rom that Im currently, and I've gotta say that it seems so much smoother than the last android market release, and the layout of the apps and info makes it a much more pleasant experience IMO. Thanks for posting the .apk
Not sure if OS related question (or just stupid(ignore this )) or phone related question, move if I'm wrong, and my next question is where are the save profiles of games I've played, particularly this one called Defender. I'm trying to edit the savegame to add like cash and other cool stuff could anyone help me out.
Thanks in advance.
PS: My mom says I'm special!
Each game saves it in a different directory on your sdcard. I'd check for a folder with the name of your game, the name of the company that made the game, or anything that relates to the game. I haven't played it personally, but maybe someone who knows can provide the exact folder name.
Did not answer my question thanks for trying tho..
Still in confusion
try gamecih from market...
shamsmaster said:
Did not answer my question thanks for trying tho..
Still in confusion
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You have it on your phone; I do not. I told you how to find it. I couldn't find it for you since, if I were to look for the game files on my phone, they would not be there. But if they were, that is how I would find them. So I suggest you take 5 seconds out of your oh-so-busy day and look for them. I promise it won't be scary. You'll be fine, just wear a helmet.