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[Devs] Can I hold your attention for a minute?

I see a lot of porting and creating being done such as Hero roms, Blur, Pulse, and everything else we can get out hands on (and I'm thankful for all of it)
But I was curious if we could make mixture rom with a little bit of everything.
I really like the Pulse's Canvas 3x3 home screen display
And the Behold ii's Notification bar with shortcuts to the wifi,gps, etc.
Hero's this
Blur's that.
Etc.
Would if be too much of a mess with framework and odex's files to mash into one rom?

Highly possible, and very easy... All you need is the source code to all the ROMs you are mixing.... So let me reword that - Highly impossible, and very hard.

twistedumbrella said:
Highly possible, and very easy... All you need is the source code to all the ROMs you are mixing.... So let me reword that - Highly impossible, and very hard.
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lol Nicely put
EDIT: WOOHOO POST 1000

It might be possible but I think we'd struggle to fit it on a g1 anyway.. By the time you've ported all the neccessary framework to support everything, I think you'd be way past the 90-odd meg we have to play with.... and that's assuming all those packages would play nicely together in the first place.. I'm not about to try it.

Aw shucks, it's a beautiful idea though you all have to admit lol.
But ok well my minute is up I don't mind this thread being moved or deleted thanks guys

goldenarmZ said:
It might be possible but I think we'd struggle to fit it on a g1 anyway.. By the time you've ported all the neccessary framework to support everything, I think you'd be way past the 90-odd meg we have to play with.... and that's assuming all those packages would play nicely together in the first place.. I'm not about to try it.
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90?? I thought the G1 could take up to like a 100+

Ace42 said:
90?? I thought the G1 could take up to like a 100+
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And that, dear boy, is why your updates failed. Past about 92 MB you exceed the system allowable update size. We haven't gotten an update that installs directly to the ext yet, although we could do it that way...

twistedumbrella said:
And that, dear boy, is why your updates failed. Past about 92 MB you exceed the system allowable update size. We haven't gotten an update that installs directly to the ext yet, although we could do it that way...
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XD hahha. did i mention i love you twisted? your post quality is off the charts

In all seriousness, though, get an update.zip to mount the ext before install and you could put the apps directly on it and just symlink the folder temporarily for first boot, then let the system remove and recreate the link...

twistedumbrella said:
In all seriousness, though, get an update.zip to mount the ext before install and you could put the apps directly on it and just symlink the folder temporarily for first boot, then let the system remove and recreate the link...
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That's true. I think we really have something here. Perhaps this thread could become a think tank for getting 100Mb+ roms working. Yes? The only thing is... we don't have a 100Mb+ rom to work on... Hm...

there's a rom floating around here that manages something similar, it's a hero rom with hero apps and the blur launcher with some mixed anims and visuals, a personal favorite of mine, you should check it out, I think it's by diaztradeinc, but I'm not sure, I'll look it up and let you know

twistedumbrella said:
In all seriousness, though, get an update.zip to mount the ext before install and you could put the apps directly on it and just symlink the folder temporarily for first boot, then let the system remove and recreate the link...
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So edit the update-script and set the symlinking on the firstboot.sh?

format everything lol
we could format the whole g1 and add the stuffs that we need
or format a 2gb and up sdcard to ext3-4 and put everything on it
I was planning to that. I was trying to put all files from the g1 hard drive to my sdcard but ran out of space. In theory it is possible but you will need a very motived dev to do this.

I think this was the one, but now that I saw it, it looks like this one uses a rosie skinned like the blur's launcher. I remember I had seen another one that actually used the blur launcher on the hero apps/framework, I'd need to dig a bit deeper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567122
oh, and, honestly, even if we had the source for every single release, I'm very, very sure you still wouldn't see some sort of mashup rom. Why? think about what has been done so far with the available source from android? Other than a few modifications to Launcher, mms, phone, and settings apks (and stericson's lockscreen mods), there's been very little done from the code. Why? because most people here don't even know java. Having the source would still be useless to most people here, let alone actually making something out of it. So, actually, in the mean time, it seems that if this is going to work, the way it's going to be done is the easy way, the way it's been done up to now, just mash things together and force them to work.

jubeh said:
just mash things together and force them to work.
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This could be my epitaph...

jubeh said:
there's a rom floating around here that manages something similar, it's a hero rom with hero apps and the blur launcher with some mixed anims and visuals, a personal favorite of mine, you should check it out, I think it's by diaztradeinc, but I'm not sure, I'll look it up and let you know
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I believe this WAS the rom u were looking for. I dl'ed it a long time ago, but never flashed it so I couldn't tell u for sure. Its been long since deleated, so I can't try for u now, sorry.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=557982

fastludeh22 said:
I believe this WAS the rom u were looking for. I dl'ed it a long time ago, but never flashed it so I couldn't tell u for sure. Its been long since deleated, so I can't try for u now, sorry.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=557982
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Nah, that wasn't it. Most (all?) of drizzy's roms were a joke anyway. I have the rom somewhere in my computer (did I mention I have like 30 GB of roms that I've downloaded? basically, if it's on androidspin, it's on my computer too), so I'll look for it.

To be honest guys I don't think space is a problem at all.
While everyone is going around asking if the g1 will get the 2.0 update I'm very confident we'll be running android 3.0 on our g1's eventually we'll just need to figure out a way to put it on the sd card which I'm sure we can figure out.
It's a shame though, I was hoping we should manage something like that.
A home replacement that uses the Pulse's canvas
Some editis to the notification bar.
Etc etc etc.
But I guess it ties into what someone said about not knowing how to write in the specific code needed which is understandable.

Icebergxx said:
But I guess it ties into what someone said about not knowing how to write in the specific code needed which is understandable.
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Not yet...since ive been here reading and following along (+ testing ofcourse ) for over a year now, people have progressed amazingly here! More and more are starting to figure out that this is something we all should invest in. Give it more time, more people will learn or come through that are genius coders.
Down the road I absolutely see people writing their own androids, like linux is now. Distributions (or highly modified current builds).
Sort of how hero changed everything, we had the basic one tab at the bottom, then all of a sudden this came out and we had many tabs and new interactions.
Anything is possible with this, just give maybe another 6 months, but def. a year will bring some talent through. Just hope the g1 holds till then

[Q] Does D'odexing help the phone?

I heard of D'Odexing your phone......I know it's like a mirror file for lack of a better description needed to run things but I have heard combing the two makes for better perfrormance. If this is true.....how does it work and is there a "one click" way to do it......have had great success rooting and doing other things without using my PC. Thanks in advance.

Find a rom with de-odexed apks.
It's not really worth doing it yourself.

sturmeh said:
Find a rom with de-odexed apks.
It's not really worth doing it yourself.
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There's a deodexed rom in here somewhere.... I know a few of us were trying to port the Vibrant one over to the Captivate, but the creator of the Vibrant one did it for the Captivate. Just search in the Development section.
And btw, sturmeh, your avatar is amazing... hahaha

Karl_Tx said:
I heard of D'Odexing your phone......I know it's like a mirror file for lack of a better description needed to run things but I have heard combing the two makes for better perfrormance. If this is true.....how does it work and is there a "one click" way to do it......have had great success rooting and doing other things without using my PC. Thanks in advance.
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Google is a wonderful tool - it saves one from many misconceptions:
From Droid Forum
De-odex: Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes), but the main point was to deodex services.jar so that you can change all text to different colors (such as the clock color to white) and to deodex services.jar, you need to deodex everything.
In simple terms de-odexing lets you easily theme things - I have never seen it mentioned in discussions on performance.

Fortune090 said:
There's a deodexed rom in here somewhere.... I know a few of us were trying to port the Vibrant one over to the Captivate, but the creator of the Vibrant one did it for the Captivate. Just search in the Development section.
And btw, sturmeh, your avatar is amazing... hahaha
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It was difficult to get barcode scanner to read that.
EDIT: I don't know if you created that or not, but I totally just stole it and made it my profile picture on facebook (I didn't have one before). I'll have to look for an app that makes QR codes, that could be a lot of fun!

QuickMark from the Market makes QR codes.

Progress towards Notification Menu Power Widget Mod on Inc Framework

Ok. So as of now I have put about 19 straight hours of work into porting this thing over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836721&page=27
Of the necessary edits, I have all but one single smali completely finished. Im hoping to get this working before i pass out...literally
Thanks to JsiChiSurf for putting this together, the amount of work that went into was MASSIVE and you should all buy him a beer for it. Hes been extremely helpful as I waded though the (no exaggeration) thousands of lines of code he modified.
Also I wanna say thanks to Lou for browsing the thread when I visited his profile page or i wouldnt have noticed it last night.
As of now theres nothing to see, nothing to show you guys, but rest assured, its getting there. this is a HUGE mod, itll take some time. Look for it in my rom that ill be releasing in a week or so.

try apk manager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701

incubus26jc said:
try apk manager
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
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still no go :/

upload your files... I will do it

incubus26jc said:
upload your files... I will do it
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the issue wasnt actually apktool. looks like jsichisurf didnt have the extended battery mod (1-100%) on his base rom, so the ids from the new images needed for his mod conflict with the pre existing ones from the battery. im trying to find a way to set new ids for them all :/

got all three files to compile, just pushed them to my phone, rebooting now. hopefully i got this successfully ported to the inc framework!

well, if anyone interested in my progress, i almost have t successfully ported over. the framework-res and framework.jar files install without a hitch. the problem is the StatusBarService.smali in services.jar all the other ones ive been able to "port" over, but i havent been able to get it to work with that one, it gets JUST before the final boot and then starts to loop. you know the little vibrate your phone gives right before it goes from the boot animation to the homescreen? it gets that far. im close.
i figure once i get it working ill turn this int to official thread for the mod. wish me luck

Good luck! Looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Shaundiesel said:
Good luck! Looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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i think i just got the services.jar to sucessfully install. just need to see if i can get all three to go nicely together
and of course to make sure i did actually did it right xD

I was just thinking this would be much better then the recent apps list. Cool to are you're working on it. Looking forward to this!

I would just be careful. Lou from the RR Rom ported it and there is some 3g issues. You can find the thread in my Sig.
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Ultimate Droid ROM has something similar to this. If you're having problems perhaps look at his code and see how he did it? I don't really know anything about this stuff so i apologize if that sounds dumb

morph3k said:
Ultimate Droid ROM has something similar to this. If you're having problems perhaps look at his code and see how he did it? I don't really know anything about this stuff so i apologize if that sounds dumb
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Chances are its STOLEN...but no being serious, Ultimate Droid is based on the Cyanogenmod's main code base and is another AOSP (built from google's source) rom. As the OP stated, it took so long because he basically had to decompile the already built sense rom, then write what cyanogenmod already had done for the cyanogenmod toggle widgets into that new decompiled code.

djh816 said:
Chances are its STOLEN...but no being serious, Ultimate Droid is based on the Cyanogenmod's main code base and is another AOSP (built from google's source) rom. As the OP stated, it took so long because he basically had to decompile the already built sense rom, then write what cyanogenmod already had done for the cyanogenmod toggle widgets into that new decompiled code.
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isn't the point of google AOSP to be open source. How do you "steal" open source code?

I believe MIUI has it also

Therev29 said:
I believe MIUI has it also
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MIUI has a scrollable one and CyanogenMod has it.

colonel187 said:
isn't the point of google AOSP to be open source. How do you "steal" open source code?
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You take it without giving any kind of credit and pass it off as your own.

Desp1sedIcon said:
You take it without giving any kind of credit and pass it off as your own.
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I love Despised Icon!! When I heard "The Sunset Will Never Charm Us" I was sold

incubus26jc said:
I love Despised Icon!! When I heard "The Sunset Will Never Charm Us" I was sold
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I see death metal has its evil following even in the phone forums.
I liked DI more before their last few records.

this would be so cool. i hope you get it.

[REQ] - Deodexed Nexus S Camera.apk

This version of the camera is reported to have a "macro" feature and from pictures I've seen, I'm digging the UI. I've got a SGS TMO Vibrant and wanted to try and push the deodexed camera.apk from the Nexus S GB build to my phone to see if my camera hardware is capable of the "macro" feature.
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For those unfamiliar with what "Macro" mode is / means...
http://www.talkandroid.com/23979-nexus-s-camera-includes-macro-focus-mode/

If you figure it out let us know I have a vibrant

Same here man, would love to use the nexus s camera apk..
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Haven't heard anything yet. I am mostly clueless about how to deodex an APK but that can be learned given time. Haven't looked into it enough. I just wonder if the camera.apk is relatively standalone or also has library / framework dependencies that will be need to deodexed as well. Hopefully nothing about the camera is tied to Gingerbread / the new GB SDK API level. If that's the case, it's totally out of my league for now.
With the fast progress being made on getting GB to run on the SGS family of phones though, I'm going to wait a bit to see if a flashable, bootable GB becomes available that includes the Camera. If that's the case, having the camera for Froyo might become a secondary concern.

Would any Nexus S users care to comment on how well the "Macro" feature of the camera works? I don't expect it to be DSLR quality but how does it compare?

I have the Nexus S I guess i dont know what you mean by the macro feature...
I can pull the apk for you if that helps
epakrat75 said:
Would any Nexus S users care to comment on how well the "Macro" feature of the camera works? I don't expect it to be DSLR quality but how does it compare?
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Here's what I meant by Macro mode...
http://www.talkandroid.com/23979-nexus-s-camera-includes-macro-focus-mode/
Yes, having the APK posted here might be useful. I was assuming it wouldn't be a standalone package but I'll try it if posted. It might be easier than I thought.

huh.. didn't notice that option before...
Here's the apk

For those interested...
Installation of the attached APK file throws a parsing error during installation. Upon inspecting the logcat, I see that reason for this is: "Requires newer sdk version #9 (current version is #8)". For those unaware, #8=2.2 Froyo and #9 = 2.3 Gingerbread. The APK will likely need to be modified before it can even have a chance at installing / running on anything pre-Gingerbread.
I decompiled the APK. Then I opened up AndroidManifest.xml and changed the "9" to "8" in the 2 places that I found it listed. However, I don't know how to recompile it so I can place it back in the APK. Do I have to recompile the whole APK or is there a way to just do this one file / replace it in the already compiled APK? Signing it is optional, right?

Marmle said:
huh.. didn't notice that option before...
Here's the apk
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Can someone give a noob step by step instructions on how to install this?
I really want the nexus s camera app on my galaxy s.

+1 request for Froyo patch

[Q] AmeriCan Android game resolution is too small!

I have the updated AmeriCan Android build and I downloaded Live Poker from the market. Screen looks fine until you actually get to a poker table and it's too small and cut-off. Would this be a problem with the build, the phone, or the game?

joshnaomi said:
I have the updated AmeriCan Android build and I downloaded Live Poker from the market. Screen looks fine until you actually get to a poker table and it's too small and cut-off. Would this be a problem with the build, the phone, or the game?
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The right place for this question would be the thread of the build you are using.
There you have all the people that use this build and the developers of the build.
They would advice you to read the first post, thoroughly, and the FAQ to wich you can find a link in said first post of said thread.

joshnaomi said:
I have the updated AmeriCan Android build and I downloaded Live Poker from the market. Screen looks fine until you actually get to a poker table and it's too small and cut-off. Would this be a problem with the build, the phone, or the game?
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1. Open File Explorer on your Phone
2. Click the Android Folder>240buildprop> copy and paste the Root Folder to the Android Folder and reboot.

@TheSkepticalGuy
Hey. Are you stalking me? Trying to undermine my neverending quest to teach people to use their head for what it's intended for insted of relying on others to wipe their behinds?
That's the second time.
Bad user!
You should consider a career as a politician.

shamez23 said:
@TheSkepticalGuy
Hey. Are you stalking me? Trying to undermine my neverending quest to teach people to use their head for what it's intended for insted of relying on others to wipe their behinds?
That's the second time.
Bad user!
You should consider a career as a politician.
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LMAO! i think you're stalking me, are you? hahahaha. i'm just trying to help them.

TheSkepticalGuy said:
LMAO! i think you're stalking me, are you? hahahaha. i'm just trying to help them.
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Well, me too. We are just taking different approaches.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and it will feed him all his life.
But you may be right with the stalking. I spend all my time searching for posts like this. When I find one, I give the TS an answer that will surely give him a headache. Then I wait around the corner for you to turn up.
Next time you find one of those posts, shaking your head in disbelief, wait a second before you start typing the correct answer. Quiet. Listen closely. Maybe you can hear my sniggering.

shamez23 said:
Well, me too. We are just taking different approaches.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and it will feed him all his life.
But you may be right with the stalking. I spend all my time searching for posts like this. When I find one, I give the TS an answer that will surely give him a headache. Then I wait around the corner for you to turn up.
Next time you find one of those posts, shaking your head in disbelief, wait a second before you start typing the correct answer. Quiet. Listen closely. Maybe you can hear my sniggering.
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I only hear footsteps, it's that you? hahahahaha

TheSkepticalGuy said:
1. Open File Explorer on your Phone
2. Click the Android Folder>240buildprop> copy and paste the Root Folder to the Android Folder and reboot.
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No, don't do this if you like the resolution for normal use.
Open the drawer and look for Spare Parts. Uncheck "Compatibility Mode". Now reboot and all your apps will run fine.

TT5555 said:
No, don't do this if you like the resolution for normal use.
Open the drawer and look for Spare Parts. Uncheck "Compatibility Mode". Now reboot and all your apps will run fine.
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Does this work better then the other way?

TheSkepticalGuy said:
Does this work better then the other way?
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It's a bit easier, although the other way isn't that hard.
It depends on what you like. If you like the smaller status bar/icons so you've got a greater view (what you have at the beginning), then do it the way I explained.
If you prefer the bigger status bar/ icons, do it on your way.
Both ways will make the apps work in full screen, but they'll change the viewing experience.

TT5555 said:
It's a bit easier, although the other way isn't that hard.
It depends on what you like. If you like the smaller status bar/icons so you've got a greater view (what you have at the moment), then do it the way I explained.
If you prefer the bigger status bar/ icons, do it on TheSkepticalGuy's way.
Both ways will make the apps work in full screen, but they'll change the viewing experience.
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Kool! i'll try your way and see how it looks.

hmm..........

TheSkepticalGuy said:
1. Open File Explorer on your Phone
2. Click the Android Folder>240buildprop> copy and paste the Root Folder to the Android Folder and reboot.
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I have the similar problem with this build [JUN23] AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB234 CM71|bkup2sdext234 [KERNEL:ACA512-1].....however, I check all all the posts at where I got this built and found no help. I followed your advice to copy and paste the root folder to android root but after reboot, the problem persists. In fact, my main problem is: all of the icons are really small in and out of the app drawer.
Thanks for your time and help btw

wartibobo said:
I have the similar problem with this build [JUN23] AmeriCanAndroid AOSP HD2 GB234 CM71|bkup2sdext234 [KERNEL:ACA512-1].....however, I check all all the posts at where I got this built and found no help. I followed your advice to copy and paste the root folder to android root but after reboot, the problem persists. In fact, my main problem is: all of the icons are really small in and out of the app drawer.
Thanks for your time and help btw
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Maybe you have to cut and paste not copy. Cutting it works for me, i.e. 240buildprop is empty.

Nigeldg said:
Maybe you have to cut and paste not copy. Cutting it works for me, i.e. 240buildprop is empty.
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Ok....I'mm a do that rite now...and check back
Ok it WORKED! FINALLY! tnx man. Ok one more thing (totally unrelated) I keep on trying different builds (some very good) only to try to get Google Navigation to work....it used to work in the past but now no matter what Rom I use, it continues to search for GPS for ever (even though the gps receiver is clearly on) I have tried everything possible to fix the problem but it still persists. IDK what to do now. Any sugestions?

Hi i have the same problem and i dont want the small icons but i can't find the folder: Android>240buildprop can you hel me please?
Sorry I'm new in this stuf.