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[Q] Cool things to do with Cyan's 4.0.1

Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.

s15274n said:
Very new to root and roms. I upgraded to 4.0.1 very soon after having 3.6.8.1.
What are some of the neat things you can do? What settings have you changed? I JUST found out that there was another keyboard other than the android touch.
I did not know where this was appropriate and did not want to junk up cyans rom thread. Hope this is okay and apologies if its not. Just want to know what other cool features I am missing out on, and to also see what settings people roll with.
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Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....

I should clarify, I did not have 3.6.8.1 long enough to find all the easter eggs either. What settings do you change or things do you use after flashing his rom?

DirectMatrix said:
Best way to get the whole story is to compare the changelog of 3.6.8.1 to 4.0.1 which is available in their respective threads. One thing that was cool was the global search function from donut but that go reverted in 4.0.1. It will probably make an appearance in the 4.x.x experimental series however.....
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Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.

yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?

roadrunnerx7 said:
yeah i'd also like to know.. im also new to the art of the root.. i also have my own questions
i know the myfaves app doesnt work, in fact doesnt even appear lol, but the actual myfaves service still works right?
and do the im apps work? im talking about the native one. it doesnt seem to be working for me =/
also, i want my settings optimized for overall speed.. what do you guys use for this?
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You don't want the mygayes app on your phone anyways, its just a hog. It still does work, if you need to set it up just go to your online account and do it.
What native im app are you talking about, its been to long since I had the factory rom installed. But I can vouch for aim and googletalk do work.
If you are on Cyanogens rom everything should be optimized to full speed.

yeah i never used the myfaves thing to begin with, thats why when i heard its gone if you root, i didnt really care lol. plus i was already planning on getting rid of the whole service anyway. but thanks!
im talking about the one that comes with the phone. has aim, msn, and yahoo. i try logging but it just endlessly keeps saying "signing in..". im not sure if i just have to wait, or if its not working.
awesome!

supremeteam256 said:
Hey DirectMatrix is this going to be another thread like yesterday.
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This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.

^ which was not the intention... I am fully aware of IM and MyFaves. I mean very literally, do you alter/change anything when loading cyans rom? I.E., turning off the android keyboard.

DirectMatrix said:
This is shaping up to be exactly like the thread from yesterday.
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LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.

I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.

Minker17 said:
I guess I'll chime in. One of the reasons I flashed to this rom over an old roger's rom was for VPN. That and the sweet power widget.
Thanks again for the help yesterday guys.
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Hey no problem, thats why XDA pays us good money. J/K
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.

supremeteam256 said:
LOL, yessir. I'm trying to hold back. Who knows I might let one fly at anytime.
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Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!

DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Count me in, I'm on the way.

DirectMatrix said:
Supreme, you wanna let one fly, do it over here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549962
I'm dying over in this thread. I'm trying to help, but everyone thinks its a free for all mostly because of this stupid recovery flasher app that everyone thinks is godly. Its drawing way too many n00bs. Actually, I don't even think we can call them n00bs, they're more like sub-n00bs!!!!!!!!
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Got start some where.

Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.

s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Point taken...my appologies...Supreme and I like to keep things lighthearted and have some fun. I'm sure I speak for him when I say we both apologize for offending you.
To answer your question....I was pretty much being completely serious about reading the change logs and comparing. That's where I get most of my info but as far as settings go, I second someone else's poste about the badass power widget. I also like the 5 homescreen options, the logcollector app is nice for troubleshooting, the fact that the buld.prop file has been changed slightly means that the new version of "My Account" runs properly without any futzing around, and playing around with the text app is fun because of the mms enhancements courtesy of rgv151.
Many of the other enhancements that make cyan's ROMs awesome are behind the scenes that just make it run faster (kernel tweaks, CPU scaling etc). These have no options available to the user, they just are part of the build that contribute to cyanoganized awesomeness.

supremeteam256 said:
I meant to ask you yesterday, is Franklin right across the border of AL.
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It's about an hour north of the AL border.

s15274n said:
Direct and Supreme... you guys aren't really helping, so why post? I'm not asking how to root.... i've read the release notes.... I'm not asking anything I think is silly. I just want to know what settings you guys change and if there are any things you find particularly cool with his rom. I am embarrassed I just found out how to use the keyboard, so I guess you can pick on that... but please, do it over PM and not here.
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Just like Direct said we ain't tryna make fun or nothing. We do help out alot, but after a long boring day of programming at work we got to do something fun to help pass time away. And hey we really didn't even joke around unlike the other thread. Best thing to do is just play around with the phone, try out all the apps, play with the settings, and just explore. Like Direct said alot of things are behind the scenes.

Minker17 said:
It's about an hour north of the AL border.
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I figured it was close. I stay in Huntsville. And been thru there a couple times. Think we even had a car show in Franklin a couple years back.

Facebook 1.1

I have running the Facebook 1.1 app that is on the droid, on my motorola cliq, because someone uploaded it. It is only showing 1.0 in the market right now, anyway is there anyway anyone can fix the notifications tab, so we can reply to our notifications with-in the app itself, instead of having to use the browser? I hate going to the browser just to respond to a notification such as someone commenting on my status, etc....or I have to search for it, in the app just to respond, iphone gets all the attention! If you can fix this, and upload it again, I would appreciate it.

Wowzers!
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I have running the Facebook 1.1 app that is on the droid, on my motorola cliq, because someone uploaded it. It is only showing 1.0 in the market right now, anyway is there anyway anyone can fix the notifications tab, so we can reply to our notifications with-in the app itself, instead of having to use the browser? I hate going to the browser just to respond to a notification such as someone commenting on my status, etc....or I have to search for it, in the app just to respond, iphone gets all the attention! If you can fix this, and upload it again, I would appreciate it.
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i am not sure you comprehend the magnitude of what you ask

I don't mean to sound repetative but this is the wrong section for this, if i'm not mistaken.
"If you can fix this and upload it again i would appreciate it"
Did you get this from the forum?

It's easy...he's just asking to rework the application. No biggie. Simple as using textpad.
Note: to read this post, please set your Sarcasm Detector to "ON"

Open the .apk in notepad and change "notifications_actually_work_and _stuff" to 1

seaweeduk said:
Open the .apk in notepad and change "notifications_actually_work_and _stuff" to 1
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^ this ^
I did the above to my facebook.apk and it enabled viewing notifications as it should have. I'm really not sure why whoever coded that in the text file left it at "0", but with it set to "1", all my notifications actually work and stuff.

Gv2004 said:
I have running the Facebook 1.1 app that is on the droid, on my motorola cliq, because someone uploaded it. It is only showing 1.0 in the market right now, anyway is there anyway anyone can fix the notifications tab, so we can reply to our notifications with-in the app itself, instead of having to use the browser? I hate going to the browser just to respond to a notification such as someone commenting on my status, etc....or I have to search for it, in the app just to respond, iphone gets all the attention! If you can fix this, and upload it again, I would appreciate it.
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Dude you have a Moto Cliq use THE HAPPENINGS APK it allows you to respond to that stuff and comment on other status why in the world would you need the droid facebook.apk anyways on the cliq it sounds like your not using your cliq the way it was intended

I love the sarcasm, no really I do.
To the poster of this thread,
Please take the time to learn how an application is developed, what source code is, what an .apk file is, and then decide if this "request" you made is even remotely feasible. I'm usually not one to flame another but my goodness, the noobness you exert is almost blinding.

Duplicate post.

texasaggie1 said:
Dear GV2004, we know you're new and all, and that we should be nice to you, but here's what you have to do: use the HORRIBLE search engine that comes with this forum, spend hours going thru unrelated info, THEN come back here and ask your questions. Only then will you get what you seek, and only if you grovel. That way we feel better in our smugness. Maybe then you can get us off of our 36 hour marathon of World of Warcraft to help you. Oh yeah, you may also have to come and clean our mom's basement. We are tired of cleaning it for the past 42 years since we've been living here. May the force be with you!
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...or he could simply post in the correct forum where people won't flame him. That's what the Questions & Answers forum is for... QUESTIONS.
Oh, and btw... the search engine on this forum is actually pretty good if you can put together a proper search string.

uansari1 said:
Oh, and btw... the search engine on this forum is actually pretty good if you can put together a proper search string.
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Qft unless your searching for a three character string there's pretty much nothing on xda that can't be found using a search or site:xda-developers.com in google

uansari1 said:
...or he could simply post in the correct forum where people won't flame him. That's what the Questions & Answers forum is for... QUESTIONS.
Oh, and btw... the search engine on this forum is actually pretty good if you can put together a proper search string.
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You mean I have to search for more than one word at a time? That's too difficult. I'll just put in the word facebook, cry for a few minutes when I see the results then I'll post in the development section? Is that cool?
I love it when people cry about how bad the search engine is and then in less than 30 seconds I searach for and link them the thread that tells them how to fix the problem they have.

<cheese>
did anyone ever think to try "2" instead of "1" it unlocks the original nokia snake game... badass!!!
EDIT: JUST TRIED IT WITH "3" bricked my pho.....
damn
EDIT #2: ok.. so nandroid restored back to my "2" version with the secret nokia snake game... got bored and tried the KONAMI CODE.. "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, SEND" and whoa.. thats all I gotta say.. you gotta try and see for yourself!
</cheese>

reuthermonkey said:
^ this ^
I did the above to my facebook.apk and it enabled viewing notifications as it should have. I'm really not sure why whoever coded that in the text file left it at "0", but with it set to "1", all my notifications actually work and stuff.
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ROTFLMAO!!!!!

texasaggie1 said:
Dear GV2004, we know you're new and all, and that we should be nice to you, but here's what you have to do: use the HORRIBLE search engine that comes with this forum, spend hours going thru unrelated info, THEN come back here and ask your questions. Only then will you get what you seek, and only if you grovel. That way we feel better in our smugness. Maybe then you can get us off of our 36 hour marathon of World of Warcraft to help you. Oh yeah, you may also have to come and clean our mom's basement. We are tired of cleaning it for the past 42 years since we've been living here. May the force be with you!
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All i have to say to that is Go Longhorns! But seriously. Nothing's wrong with the search function. They've answered more questions that i've had then anyone provided in general/qna.

texasaggie1 said:
Dear GV2004, we know you're new and all, and that we should be nice to you, but here's what you have to do: use the HORRIBLE search engine that comes with this forum, spend hours going thru unrelated info, THEN come back here and ask your questions...
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The appropriate response: Whoop!

awesome!
renocivik said:
<cheese>
did anyone ever think to try "2" instead of "1" it unlocks the original nokia snake game... badass!!!
EDIT: JUST TRIED IT WITH "3" bricked my pho.....
damn
EDIT #2: ok.. so nandroid restored back to my "2" version with the secret nokia snake game... got bored and tried the KONAMI CODE.. "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, SEND" and whoa.. thats all I gotta say.. you gotta try and see for yourself!
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Thanks! this really helped me.

funny stuff. although i feel for the noob. it rough getting everything working.

I really would like to change my notification settings as well.
But I can't open the apk in the editor, always telling me its wrong encoded.
Can someone tell my what is the right encoding?
Thank you

Want to root finally

I've had my G1 since Christmas of 08 and I finally decided to root. I jailbroke my ipod touch, and I heard rooting is similar to that, so i'm up for the task. I have firmware 1.6 and build number DMD64.
What exactly do I need to do, and what is the best rom to date that is good to use?

Ashido said:
I've had my G1 since Christmas of 08 and I finally decided to root. I jailbroke my ipod touch, and I heard rooting is similar to that, so i'm up for the task. I have firmware 1.6 and build number DMD64.
What exactly do I need to do, and what is the best rom to date that is good to use?
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Don't mean to be rude but did you read this before clicking New Thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=543081
Did you search or anything?
You won't get anyone here that's going to hold your hand or do it for you because in the twenty or so minutes that you waiting for the answer to be handed to you you could have found it for yourself by reading the above link and/or searching. So you are in actually just wasting your time posting your question. By the way since you are obviously new to XDA here's a fair warning. There are three types of people on here... those that help, those that are idle (just read but don't post) and those that need everything done for them. What kind do you think your first impression made and what kind of people do you think get flammed by the Senior Members that spend hours every week helping people like yourself by answering the same questions over and over again even after it's already been answered. And you're probably thinking "Instead of writing out this whole damn thing, why didn't he just tell me the answer?" Well because if you don't learn this way you're only going to rely on us from here on out if you are spoon fed. Again, I'm not trying to be a d!ck but if you want to make it here on XDA you have to play by the rules. Happy rooting!

Search button ftw.

tehseano said:
Search button ftw.
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Senior members need a ban button.

tehseano said:
Search button ftw.
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Mandatory 3 month lurk period ftw.

I did see that link, but I didn't want to follow a tutorial that was a few months old and there was already a new rom or something available.

Ashido said:
I did see that link, but I didn't want to follow a tutorial that was a few months old and there was already a new rom or something available.
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A rooted phone is timeless, you can have any version of Android, whenever you want it. Therefore, it makes sense that an old thread is just as good as a new thread that has the same exact information other than the rom you flash.

Ok, I finished rooting my G1 and got to the HTC v.1.5.2 screen, now i'm going to install a rom

Thanks to all of the guides and youtube videos, I now have Manup456 Eclair 2.1 V1.5 on my G1! Just going back to put back in my ringtones and files. It's like I have a brand new phone!

Havent seen this asked yet but is there a way to root your g1 without a data plan and a data block put on your service (on ATT)

InnovatedMind said:
Havent seen this asked yet but is there a way to root your g1 without a data plan and a data block put on your service (on ATT)
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"Seen" well then you were only looking for about 2 seconds then. Google it.

wow, seriously? noone can get any help any more. everyone is just such a **** these days.
anyways, you need a data plan to root ur phone. you personally don't need it, but get a friend that has a data plan and use his SIM card for the procedure. and i'm sure there are some apps that force all data to be stopped and only allow wifi. i know my hero rom has an option to disable all data except for wifi built right in. i used hero_over. but i'm sure all hero roms have that option.

Lieu10ant said:
wow, seriously? noone can get any help any more. everyone is just such a **** these days.
anyways, you need a data plan to root ur phone. you personally don't need it, but get a friend that has a data plan and use his SIM card for the procedure. and i'm sure there are some apps that force all data to be stopped and only allow wifi. i know my hero rom has an option to disable all data except for wifi built right in. i used hero_over. but i'm sure all hero roms have that option.
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Your method is probably the most "common-sense" idea. We're not being dicks, we're just sick and tired of people not searching before posting, there's about millions of pages on google on the topic but they insist on coming here anyways. He can register through wifi with adb which most people do, so this pretty much contradicts the word "need" in your first statement. I won't carry on because I don't need to because I'd be a "****".

protomanez said:
Your method is probably the most "common-sense" idea. We're not being dicks, we're just sick and tired of people not searching before posting, there's about millions of pages on google on the topic but they insist on coming here anyways. He can register through wifi with adb which most people do, so this pretty much contradicts the word "need" in your first statement. I won't carry on because I don't need to because I'd be a "****".
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wow .... lol

protomanez said:
Your method is probably the most "common-sense" idea. We're not being dicks, we're just sick and tired of people not searching before posting, there's about millions of pages on google on the topic but they insist on coming here anyways. He can register through wifi with adb which most people do, so this pretty much contradicts the word "need" in your first statement. I won't carry on because I don't need to because I'd be a "****".
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in anycase you're wrong, I haven't seen a question asking if you can root a phone without a data plan and a data block put on your phone.. keyword: DATA BLOCK... yes I am not an idiot.. I do search, why do alot of you seniors post on Q&A with "search please" ... just to get your post count up? Seems pretty regressive on helping people in a questions section.
Thanks to the other poster XD, but isn't there an option to get around it by entering in wifi to supplement the loss of a data plan and the addition of a data block?

Yes you can use no data plan too:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/01/10/how-to-activate-the-g1-without-a-data-plan-or-sim-card/
And I found that w/ google

Ace42 said:
Yes you can use no data plan too:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/01/10/how-to-activate-the-g1-without-a-data-plan-or-sim-card/
And I found that w/ google
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Thank you for actually finding a post for me, it does help, i didn't see that at all

InnovatedMind said:
Thank you for actually finding a post for me, it does help, i didn't see that at all
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Data isn't needed i rooted w/o it.

Ace42 said:
Data isn't needed i rooted w/o it.
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THANK YOU MATE! Pm sent!

Ace42 said:
Data isn't needed i rooted w/o it.
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But when you really think about it, what's the point of having a Dream if you don't have a data plan? The majority of what the phone does involves intensive data plan usage, and I don't know about anybody else, but I actually use my device other than sitting at my computer.
Just my two cents.

Market and non Market Recommend Apps list...how about we start one?

Hi!
Just wondering if we can start a list of Market and one for Non Market recommended Apps unless there is one that I have missed already!

shaolin95 said:
Hi!
Just wondering if we can start a list of Market and one for Non Market recommended Apps unless there is one that I have missed already!
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Check out the PMC (Pimp My Captivate) guide. It has this already.

warri said:
Check out the PMC (Pimp My Captivate) guide. It has this already.
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Ah, somehow when I checked that I thought it was more like hacks than app recommendations...will check again then.
Thanks

shaolin95 said:
Ah, somehow when I checked that I thought it was more like hacks than app recommendations...will check again then.
Thanks
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If you scroll through till the end, there is a recommended list of Apps.
I strongly recommend you Follow the guide to root, enable side loading, as well lift the market restrictions that ATT has put on the phone. No reason not to.
(The section on Launcher Pro is optional, since some people seem to like TouchWiz (i used it for a while, just switched to launcherPro to try it out) )

warri said:
If you scroll through till the end, there is a recommended list of Apps.
I strongly recommend you Follow the guide to root, enable side loading, as well lift the market restrictions that ATT has put on the phone. No reason not to.
(The section on Launcher Pro is optional, since some people seem to like TouchWiz (i used it for a while, just switched to launcherPro to try it out) )
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Thanks, I have done all those already...just did the restrictions one today so I am all good.
Cannot wait for Froyo now!
Oh and yes I got Launcher Pro + ..very nice. "
I did not give the original too much of a chance...I am coming from a Tilt2 and sense 2.5 so Touch was just looking to plain and odd for me. Launcher is growing on me.

double sorry

shaolin95 said:
Thanks, I have done all those already...just did the restrictions one today so I am all good.
Cannot wait for Froyo now!
Oh and yes I got Launcher Pro + ..very nice.
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yea i read in your sig, right after i posted that... heh
Just waiting on a nice Custom ROM.. with some radio HSPUA support and froyo myself

warri said:
yea i read in your sig, right after i posted that... heh
Just waiting on a nice Custom ROM.. with some radio HSPUA support and froyo myself
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Ah that sounds so awesome indeed...I was used to changing Energy Roms every few days so right now it is kind of a strange time for me !

shaolin95 said:
Ah that sounds so awesome indeed...I was used to changing Energy Roms every few days so right now it is kind of a strange time for me !
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Energy Addict myself.. i do miss flashing my Fuze every couple of days, but i am super excited to have a sexy Android phone!

Me too...this thing is so freakin fast!
I still think we need a dedicated apps thread that keeps growing like the one we have for the Tilt2

i think a non-market app thread would be especially helpful

i found some new apps to add on to the pimp my captivate apps i wrote up. I no longer have access to my pdf but if one of you start a thread and make it look sexy, ill be glad to add some amazing new apps peeps should try.

Well I suck at that so I would let anyone else with skills to take over

systoxity said:
i found some new apps to add on to the pimp my captivate apps i wrote up. I no longer have access to my pdf but if one of you start a thread and make it look sexy, ill be glad to add some amazing new apps peeps should try.
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I'll do it. Give me a few hours to get everything together.
Its my first time doing one of these, but I think if I can set it up right the first time, managing it will be fairly easy.
That said, is there a limit on how many post you can reserve? To give an ideal solution to the problem, I'd be looking at like 15 or so. Would people have a problem with this, or is that an acceptable number?

Sweet mate....not sure about the reserves Q...maybe check the Tilt 2 thread for ideas

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Sweet mate....not sure about the reserves Q...maybe check the Tilt 2 thread for ideas
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Already did that. I've asked for permission (awaiting reply) to steal the design and I've made a few modifications to it that I think will make it easier to maintain and access. However, doing so requires a tremendous number of reserved posts. I'm trying to decrease the number by combining sections I think will have a low volume, but it will still take a large number of posts to do what I want.

Doesnt bother me at all but maybe ask a mod?

Just as an update.
I've gotten a mod's ok on reserving the number of posts in want. The only. Stipulation is it has to be organized. And I don't think that will be a problem.
I'm still waiting on a response from the Rhodium thread upkeeper, and iirc the thread was last updated in May. If I don't have a response by this time tomorroe, ill assume they've left XDA indefinitely, and will post the topic. If they later have an issue with my using a similar format, ill just edit my format.
In the mean time, ill continue working on the formatting of the thread and include a few items to see how it will look when populated. Hopefully this turns out as awesomely as I want it to.
I don't think this thread will take much more than an hour or so to maintain after it gets rolling, so keeping it up to date shouldn't be an issue by my logic. I just hope people provide all relavant information. Lol
It's not much, but id like to do my part to contribute its to a community that provides so much information and so many resources. Maybe this way I wont feel like such a leech. XD
Sent from my Samsung Captivate

I think you are cool to start it over and then modify if needed...I doubt that that poster is going to complain...I mean really...

How do I get to the Pimp My Captivate site?
Thanks

sync fb Contacts - without allowing extra app to collect ur fb info!!

We all have FB & ever since ICS days FB syncing was disabled. A lot of us want to be able to sync images for contacts from fb. I personally don't like adding more & more apps as they can have some impact on performance or battery. But most importantly I dont want to share my fb info with other apps.
**Just a update....Purity Rom has this enabled as of 01/29/2014 N4 build....so Purity users please skip this...its more useful for other Roms***
I had mentioned it in one of the forums, and few people had messaged me in private regarding it so I am just putting it out there in simple noob friendly manner. The steps do seem long, but once you get through it couple of times these are very very simple. For me this method has worked great over time, worth the effort for me atleast.
So I found a method back in the ICS days to be able to sync fb images with client profiles following Niranjan's method (I take no credit for it whatsoever and just providing information and can help someone if they need any guidance) but subsequently author stopped posting/responding the thread. So I will try to recompile a easy guide that can prove useful for anyone who wants to do it on their own. Please note Sense n other OEM roms already have this capability so u won't need this method.
Drawbacks
1. Slightly time consuming joining contacts.
2. Have to redo process everytime you update rom (dirty flash keeps older syncs but doesn't update)
Requirements:
1. Root and su - since you will be modifying system file.
2. Download and install aShell and aSqlLiteManager from google store - both free by developer Andsen thanks for his contributions. Also once u are done...u can simply uninstall these two apps.
3. Be able to decompile & compile apk files or alternatively I could do it for u but never try to rush or demand from me....I am doing it as a courtesy so never try to push me for it. You could always quote me (so I get notified) or send me a message in case I don't respond in a day.
Steps
1. We need to retrieve your current contactsprovider.apk file. Depending on your version of Android it can be located in different folder within the root directory:
a. Kitkat: /system/priv-app
b. Jellybean/ICS: /system/app/
2. Make sure to do a backup of the apk file before proceeding. If you want me to modify your apk file then upload it for me to modify and skip step 3-5.
3. Save the copied apk as contactsprovider1.apk Decompile (I used this guide in starting...noob friendly) the contactsprovider.apk and call it contacts. Rename attached arrays.xml.txt file to arrays.xml and add to decompiled apk's res/values/ folder.
4. Once you have added the file you should a total of 4 files (including the one you added). Recompile the apk folder as contacts.apk. Using Winrar/7-zip copy resources.arsc from contacts.apk and replace the file in contactprovider1.apk.
5. Upload the new contactsprovider1.apk to its correct directory and since you have the original backed up safetly you can rename the file to contactsprovider.apk after setting the permissions. Set permissions to -rw-r--r--
6. Open aShell (installed earlier), grant it superuser permissions. You will come across few tip boxes, so just close through them. Tick Root checkbox. Click File Explorer. Navigate to Data/Data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases and click on contacts2.db. Allow aSQLd mime sqlite to open the db. Click Open database with aSQLiteManager. Click Query. Enter following query "alter table raw_contacts add column is_restricted VARCHAR;" (don't include quotes). Click Run & you are done.
7. Press back button until you get a popup message asking you to save the changes you committed and you say YES to it.
8. Now login into your FB app and go to app settings and you will have a option at the bottom for sync. Select Sync all and give it about 5 minutes to sync through. You can open your contacts/people app and see if the names/images start coming through from FB.
9. One last step (boon for some curse for others) is you have to open up your contacts/people app and go to the contact who you want to sync with fb. Go to Edit, go to join and your FB contact will show up there and you join them together.

Or just download ubersync? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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Wizard Knight said:
Or just download ubersync? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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u are really very smart....without reading that it says for those who don't want to add an extra app
but u surely are very smart indeed...thats why u didnt read it

IndianKarmas said:
u are really very smart....without reading that it says for those who don't want to add an extra app
but u surely are very smart indeed...thats why u didnt read it
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Your solution involves installing 2 additional apps... Ashell and asqlitemanager, both of which require a user to be rooted, as well as decompiling an app on top of the other additional steps. Your reasoning for those steps was an additional cost to phone performance.
Ubersync is 1 app rather than 2, so it fits better into your first requirement, doesn't require root access, and doesn't affect performance because it doesn't run in background unless it's performing a sync, which takes roughly 30 seconds compared to your 5 minutes and can be set to happen as little as once a month.
I did read your post. The logic is flawed and reasoning outdated especially on current model phones.
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Wizard Knight said:
Your solution involves installing 2 additional apps... Ashell and asqlitemanager, both of which require a user to be rooted, as well as decompiling an app on top of the other additional steps. Your reasoning for those steps was an additional cost to phone performance.
Ubersync is 1 app rather than 2, so it fits better into your first requirement, doesn't require root access, and doesn't affect performance because it doesn't run in background unless it's performing a sync, which takes roughly 30 seconds compared to your 5 minutes and can be set to happen as little as once a month.
I did read your post. The logic is flawed and reasoning outdated especially on current model phones.
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U don't require either of the apps once u are done.... but i am sure someone super intelligent like u knew.... Plus someone as smart as u who is getting his panties in a bunch for no reason will know that uber is an app which doesn't sync phone numbers..... n most of nexus users don't like extra add on apps
N most importantly this is a free forum.... U are more then welcome to open a new thread n preach whatever u want.... instead of being a 50yr old cranky old guy

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U don't require either of the apps once u are done.... but i am sure someone super intelligent like u knew.... Plus someone as smart as u who is getting his panties in a bunch for no reason will know that uber is an app which doesn't sync phone numbers..... n most of nexus users don't like extra add on apps
N most importantly this is a free forum.... U are more then welcome to open a new thread n preach whatever u want.... instead of being a 50yr old cranky old guy
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No preaching, simply offering a streamlined alternative. I'm not aware of the poll that shows how many people who own a nexus don't like add-on apps, but I hesitate at advising people to edit their phone databases because of the risk of mistakes, even with backups. Considering that database queries search for specifically labeled information, a wrong edit can cause the database cursor to not be able to find the information, affecting not only the contacts app but any other app that accesses the contacts provider.
At the very least, I'd recommend posting the dangers of using this method over simply using a sync app. But considering how easily you were able to correctly estimate my intelligence, I'd guess you've already thought of that.
Good night
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I'd rather download 1 app. This, to be honest isn't noob friendly. Im familiar with all this and even i found it complicated.
Not only is there various app on Google play which do this, most don't require you to be rooted.
Also ROMs are offering contact sync now.
I just flashed the latest Purity and as soon as i installed Facebook it syncd both contact pictures and numbers with out any apps.
So that's also an option for rooted users.
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jayRokk said:
I'd rather download 1 app. This, to be honest isn't noob friendly. Im familiar with all this and even i found it complicated.
Not only is there various app on Google play which do this, most don't require you to be rooted.
Also ROMs are offering contact sync now.
I just flashed the latest Purity and as soon as i installed Facebook it syncd both contact pictures and numbers with out any apps.
So that's also an option for rooted users.
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If u read i put in what are the drawbacks for it. Also i am not pushing it to anyone or reinventing the wheel here.... lot of people used Niranjan's method, i just gave then option of doing it in kitkat.
I won't know why u did be happy to have a 3rd party app have access to your data + causing a battery drain. Adding a column to db isn't creating havoc.... any person who has basic knowledge of SQL could tell u that....
N i am not here to sell something or destroy a db by adding a column to it if someone could use it then great.... it's about helping each other out on xda... cause there are people who don't like 3rd party apps controlling them

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Or just download ubersync? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync
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Big thumbs up simply by how well the person can defend his/her argument. Not running wild into emotions like the OP. But on topic - this is indeed an easier option for noobs.
Thanks
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gie62001 said:
Big thumbs up simply by how well the person can defend his/her argument. Not running wild into emotions like the OP. But on topic - this is indeed an easier option for noobs.
Thanks
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lol n here u r searching for ways to still be able to sync contacts for fb that landed u on this page.....lol speaks a lot about ur comfort level with the app.....but sure as u said wild emotions....u r more then welcome to give more apps control to ur personal life n also try to put down ppl who r trying to share with community
anyways whole idea was to give some users who had been looking n asking for fb sync an alternative...but thats helping them...which u wont understand.....funnily enough one of the best roms on N4 also got fb enabled by its dev.....so guess I am very wrong
I will be more then happy to close out the thread

jayRokk said:
I'd rather download 1 app. This, to be honest isn't noob friendly. Im familiar with all this and even i found it complicated.
Not only is there various app on Google play which do this, most don't require you to be rooted.
Also ROMs are offering contact sync now.
I just flashed the latest Purity and as soon as i installed Facebook it syncd both contact pictures and numbers with out any apps.
So that's also an option for rooted users.
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actually JayRokk...just re-read ur post n yes Purity has it added. its the same step from Niranjan's guide I believe....so it would be beneficial to all users....the extra steps are for users on different roms....coz they can have edits in their contactsprovider.apk....n once u r done running the script in aShell....u uninstall it...I always do
So the whole idea is....u r in control...u r not sharing ur fb info with another app....thats why in the first place it was devised...if it helps someone great....if not then lemme know how to get the thread closed n I will delete the guide as well....since on xda now...ppl arent about helping but ppl bashing....n I dont have free time for dramaqueens

Please don't judge the reason for me coming on this thread if you don't know them. I was simply scrolling through whole forum to see what's new and stumbled on this and just to read what it was all about.
As for you my advice would be to stop these generalisations as pointed in the response from the other person above.
I think you should just calm down and let people voice their opinions as clearly your method ain't for noobs. But rather a complex alternative. And I do know SQL and been with android since 2009, but certainly I would not recommend my girlfriend following this road for the reasons pointed above.
P.s. I've nothing to hide so I don't really care where my personal data is being used but if person worked for government or any other institution were personal data is sensitive - then I think there's no place of Facebook on his/her phone
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gie62001 said:
Please don't judge the reason for me coming on this thread if you don't know them. I was simply scrolling through whole forum to see what's new and stumbled on this and just to read what it was all about.
As for you my advice would be to stop these generalisations as pointed in the response from the other person above.
I think you should just calm down and let people voice their opinions as clearly your method ain't for noobs. But rather a complex alternative. And I do know SQL and been with android since 2009, but certainly I would not recommend my girlfriend following this road for the reasons pointed above.
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actually...u r being very childish....n making judgement as anyone could see.....no one invited u here....1 person is preaching his/her interest in app...which wasnt needed as this is just a guide for whosoever wants it.....its not like I am going n dragging ur gf into this. even rooting a phone isnt recommended or installing customs roms either....u are so totally not going the xda way....its about learning n sharing...thats what most ppl come on here to do...but I guess u arent here for that
n as pointed out by JayRokk as well...this has been added to Purity...one of the best roms out here...so its not like this is a bad thing...this is mostly for other rom users...if they want it they can do it...if they dont then they just get Contacts+ app...but as u r putting it....putting a tutorial or a rom or kernel did be a sin...just coz 1-2 ppl dont like it
so dont judge my friend....its all about helping ppl on xda...if u dont like a post...be a grownup n move on...coz all u r doing is wasting ur time

*Only thread where all others have got thanks except for OP ?*
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gautampw said:
*Only thread where all others have got thanks except for OP ?*
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do u help ppl only to get something in return?
wow...u must be a great person with that attitude

IndianKarmas said:
do u help ppl only to get something in return?
wow...u must be a great person with that attitude
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yes yes. Any problem indian karma?
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gautampw said:
yes yes. Any problem indian karma?
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lol y would I have problems with what u do in life? u can jump off a cliff n it wont have any impact in my life....this is virtual world so dont let it get to u

IndianKarmas said:
lol y would I have problems with what u do in life? u can jump off a cliff n it wont have any impact in my life....this is virtual world so dont let it get to u
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Thank you for free advice, much appreciated ?
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gautampw said:
Thank you for free advice, much appreciated ?
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you are welcome obi1

n as u all wanted to make sure....xda is redefined as in ur ways...of not sharing/helping things....I have requested moderator to close the thread
so if anyone wanted to ever sync without sharing their personal info with any extra apps...then please consult all these great helpful n responsible souls who ensured that others dont share stuff which might be useful to others
Moderator please close thread...as my thread is not in new xda spirit