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I've got a home background I set about a gazillion years ago, back when I first installed Cyanogen 4.0.1 (yes, *that* old).
I want to upgrade now, and I would like to take my nice background with me, but turns out during one of my more enthusiastic SD card cleanup sessions, I deleted the original JPG.
Does anyone know a way I can extract it from the launcher database (or wherever it gets stashed in Android-land when you set a JPG as your background)?
this might not be helpful, but could you not jus put the .jpg back on ur phone?
djosiah said:
this might not be helpful, but could you not jus put the .jpg back on ur phone?
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use astro and find the .jpg on your phone. or if you actually pushed it into launcher, just adb pull launcher.apk and then sift through that to find it.
He mentioned that he deleted the jpg off the sdcard long ago, means its not on the phone. I think launcher's db file may contain it, you can back that up and push it on the newer builds. I know it works for restoring the shortcut locations.
BUT in all seriousness, you can upgrade and not wipe and I'm sure the background may stay with you. Cyanogen roms usually keep all the settings as long as you don't wipe.
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He mentioned that he deleted the jpg off the sdcard long ago, means its not on the phone. I think launcher's db file may contain it, you can back that up and push it on the newer builds. I know it works for restoring the shortcut locations.
BUT in all seriousness, you can upgrade and not wipe and I'm sure the background may stay with you. Cyanogen roms usually keep all the settings as long as you don't wipe.
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thats true, but if he deleted the file from his sd, he wouldnt be able to still use the jpg as his background. so im thinking like you do, it must be in the launcher db.
palosjr said:
thats true, but if he deleted the file from his sd, he wouldnt be able to still use the jpg as his background. so im thinking like you do, it must be in the launcher db.
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It'd show up, as current background, but there would be no way to set it again if he changed it without the original.
Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.
prash said:
Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.
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I was going to suggest that as soon as I saw the thread title
I often use it when I'm too lazy to pull wallpapers from launcher.apk so I just set them and save them...
prash said:
Sorry in advance to revive this thread but I just realized if you used the app from market called 'Wallpaper Set & Save" it has an option to save the current wallpaper, open it up and select the second option to get your wallpaper back.. This is exactly the solution to your issue.
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I've had this app save me dozens of times everytime i want to save a wallpaper from a specific update or theme. I think what loccy wants though is the wallpapers provided in the launcher.apk.
Wallpaper Set n Save will save your current wallpaper
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-android-wallpapersetandsave-jzt.aspx
I'm always looking for spoon-fed ways to do things....
I was wondering where they are, too. I keep getting the Cyanogen default as default after having flashed and reloaded the Advanced Launcher. I've put some big ones in there, and if those stay, I'm hogging up a lot of space.
Thanks all for the tips!
I was messing around with the Galaxy Tab firmware and found that its email app is really nice and works amazingly well on JI6 for our Captivates. I definitely like it better than our stock email app.
The only problem I've found, and it's relatively minor, is that I can't scroll to the very bottom of emails, so the last few lines of emails aren't visible unless they're short and don't require scrolling. Usually it's just a signature or something unimportant that isn't visible, but it would be awesome if we could figure out a way to fix it. It surely has something to do with the Tab having a higher resolution screen than us.
I attached some screenshots and the apk for people to fiddle with.
Installation Instructions
1. Backup and delete Email.apk and Email.odex in /system/app.
2. Copy the new Email.apk to /system/app and select/install it from there using a file manager.
does look interesting, looks alot more feature rich than the captivate email client, hoping the cut off gets fixed n ill deff download
looks very nice! does it only get cut off while in landscape mode or does the orientation not matter?
Have you tried it with Exchange? If so, does it let you picke which folders to sync?
Does it co-exist with the existing email client or do you have to replace the Captivate one?
nice find
just installed and all you need to do is pinch to zoom and you can see the bottom!!!!!
I will be using this now! Thanks again sweet find!
As for exchange you might be able to get it through IMAP but i dont know for sure!
buddy17 said:
looks very nice! does it only get cut off while in landscape mode or does the orientation not matter?
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Gets cut off in both.
The landscape mode is really cool though. Oh, and animations (scrolling, zooming, page transitions, etc) are all very smooth.
alphadog00 said:
Have you tried it with Exchange? If so, does it let you picke which folders to sync?
Does it co-exist with the existing email client or do you have to replace the Captivate one?
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Don't think it lets you pick which folders to sync with Exchange.
Not sure if it can coexist. Maybe someone with a little more development experience can chime in and tell us how to do that.
ice3186 said:
just installed and all you need to do is pinch to zoom and you can see the bottom!!!!!
I will be using this now! Thanks again sweet find!
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Yeah, it's possible to zoom and see the bottom, but it would still be nice if we could get it working perfectly.
What should I use to uninstall then install this? Root Explorer, or Droid Explorer?
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What should I use to uninstall then install this? Root Explorer, or Droid Explorer?
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You can use Root Explorer for everything.
Well root explorer doesn't give me an option to uninstall when I click the apk, and Titanium Backup can't find it to uninstall it.
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Well root explorer doesn't give me an option to uninstall when I click the apk, and Titanium Backup can't find it to uninstall it.
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Just delete the Email.apk and Email.odex files after copying them over to your SD. Then copy the new Email.apk over to system/app and click it to install. All from Root Explorer.
Thanks,it works and its nice. Let me know if there are any other apks that we can replace!
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Just delete the Email.apk and Email.odex files after copying them over to your SD. Then copy the new Email.apk over to system/app and click it to install. All from Root Explorer.
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If I do this via ADB, can i just run ADB install? Or does it have to be in the system/app directory first?
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If I do this via ADB, can i just run ADB install? Or does it have to be in the system/app directory first?
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He said in the system app directory, so thats what I did. But you could try a straight install and tell us if it works.
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He said in the system app directory, so thats what I did. But you could try a straight install and tell us if it works.
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A straight install definitely doesn't work.
Is there a way to have the phone think it isn't a file that already exists in the phone so I don't have to delete the default email app?
I found good and bad - the good is that typing a name that is on the Exchange server (not on the phone) and it automatically searches for you and pulls it back.
The bad - I can't find anyway to sync any other folder. Even moving to my junk email or sent folder and nothing updates.
Looks like i am going back to 2.1 for now.
EDIT - spoke to soon, eventually they flow into Junk email box, but no way to force sync.
Also, the buttons are to small for the Captivate screen (compose, forward, reply) - but the client is nicer then stock - if only it were built for the captivate.
EDIT 2: seems to be no way (I can find) to turn off images - so all the web beacons and stalker tags are activated.
App looks very nice and we can hope some of the pretty-ness can eventually make into the Captivate app. Looks like there are some exchange issues trying to use on the 2.2 captivate build. Not sure if its the captivate itself or just an incompatibility between the app and OS, but push email doesn't seem to work for me and I have some issues getting it to sync a full 2 weeks work of email.
Sadly I am back to Touchdown until I can find a better option.
is there a reason my /system folder only has like 3.5 mb of free space?? I backed up the original email.apk, and tried to delete both original files, but they would never delete. I even tried to just replace with the new mail.apk but it said i didn't have enough free space. Using root explorer, btw
i hate to hyjack, but is there a place to find all the galaxy tab .apk's? id like to see what it has to offer, if the mail client is so good how is the browser?
Dani897 said:
i hate to hyjack, but is there a place to find all the galaxy tab .apk's? id like to see what it has to offer, if the mail client is so good how is the browser?
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Search for P1000XXJH3 firmware.
I have been looking and looking for a way to do this myself, but I'm at a lose. If someone could whip this up that would be great! I hate the black (grayish) color of the dock. Would love for it to be clear!
I will look into this after I get less hung over. 2 hours of sleep.
Who uses the tw launcher anyhow? I am just pulling your leg, it should be a simple png or 9png.
frostman89 said:
I will look into this after I get less hung over. 2 hours of sleep.
Who uses the tw launcher anyhow? I am just pulling your leg, it should be a simple png or 9png.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking, but I can not for the life of me find where it is it's odd that the Vibrant/Captivate have a different TW launcher then what we do, same with the Epic.
I actually like tw. They buddies widget rocks. Would love the clear bottom bar
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find anything? sorry... I'm working on a "clear" theme and this is one of the last things I need, and I'm just really excited to get some themes rolling
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find anything? sorry... I'm working on a "clear" theme and this is one of the last things I need, and I'm just really excited to get some themes rolling
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I was passed out until just a bit ago. Extracted the apk as we speak.
EDIT: ok i replaced every possible image that is associated with the dock bg. It appears that its controlled by an xml and set to black with transparency. I don't feel like digging through all the xmls to figure out right now, maybe someone more experienced can look through it.
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I was passed out until just a bit ago. Extracted the apk as we speak.
EDIT: ok i replaced every possible image that is associated with the dock bg. It appears that its controlled by an xml and set to black with transparency. I don't feel like digging through all the xmls to figure out right now, maybe someone more experienced can look through it.
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Damn it! I was thinking it was a xml but I was hoping it wasn't..
Still waiting........ haha!
I'm no expert but I believe the two files that need to be edited are \res\layout-land\launcher.xml and \res\layout-port\launcher.xml . Change the android:color to @android:color/transparent under the section com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.MenuDrawer .
I'm having trouble recompiling the apk so that my phone recognizes it as a launcher.
Like I said I'm no expert so I'm not 100% on this.
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I'm no expert but I believe the two files that need to be edited are \res\layout-land\launcher.xml and \res\layout-port\launcher.xml . Change the android:color to @android:color/transparent under the section com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.MenuDrawer .
I'm having trouble recompiling the apk so that my phone recognizes it as a launcher.
Like I said I'm no expert so I'm not 100% on this.
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I can't even find the files that you are talking about? Are you talking about the framework-res.apk or the twlauncher.apk?
maybe I'm way off then, I was looking in the TouchWiz30Launcher.apk in /system/app
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maybe I'm way off then, I was looking in the TouchWiz30Launcher.apk in /system/app
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No, I was wrong.... haha! my bad. I was thinking it would be in the framework folder, but it actually might be in the system/app
Have you tried to copy the .apk to your Sd Card then change it to .zip
-unzip the file
-mess get the new .xml compiled from that
-use the app "Ninjamorph" to put the new .xml file back
Think that would help you?
Edit: Or just upload the new .xml files that you mess around with and I'll see if I can get it pushed in
OH! I also failed to mention that it is 100% a .xml file. I've messed around with some morphs that are out for other galaxy s phones and the background is still that ugly gray/black thing.
I keep getting FC's when i swap them out, I'll post the xml's. -port goes to layout-port and -land goes to layout-land. remove the -land and -port and rename the .xls to .xml.
I can't guarantee this will work so try at your own risk.
So you switched them out with Ninjamorph already? And still get FC's?
I'm wondering if we could get a copy of the TouchWiz launcher from the Epic if we could just copy and past the .xml from there?
Yea I switched them out with ninjamorph and still got problems, also tried swapping them out of a deodex'd apk and got the same issue. I have no idea on the epic, like I said before I'm definitely no expert I just like to tinker.
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Yea I switched them out with ninjamorph and still got problems, also tried swapping them out of a deodex'd apk and got the same issue. I have no idea on the epic, like I said before I'm definitely no expert I just like to tinker.
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That's how I started with the Moto Droid. Just started to tinker. lol!
I'll look for an Epic version of the launcher or any other galaxy phone launcher in a system dump or if anyone else can find one a post it.
We really need someone that is good with .xml stuff
Here Is a Clear Dock when you click on it its going to look black but it works
Just wondering what you guys have tweaked on Master's rom (the one I currently love using) to make it run the way you like it.
I have:
1. Reverted the dialer to the stock by copying the dialertabactivity to /system/app using root explorer
2. Found and installed a working Wifi calling apk (the first 2 I tried had various problems no incoming voice etc.)
3. Changed the system font to something a little more standard looking.
4. Changed the browser setting to Autofit Pages, so that when you double tap or turn the phone to landscape/portrait the words reorder and are easily readable. Changed the text size in Email app to small so it doesn't look huge (default is medium)
Oh and if you use his rom and enjoy it as much as I do, donate to master. His work has been beyond awesome so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748916 (where I got the font from, many others to choose from)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807116 (where I got the wifi calling from, using the one for htcvision)
I added the Black theme located (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845530)
And a black Multi touch keyboard ( some where in the themes section )
Guess I'm kind of not using Axura lol.
I love the Aura for battery life & speed, but the default theme is fugly.
Anyone has a way to change the notification bar to more stockish?
Thank you and god for getting rid of that crappy dialer and the font..
worst thing that master did..
thank you so much
I very much dislike the dialer too, I like the stock original dialer. Going to try and install that. Also don't like the font.
One last thing, I very much like the android keyboard, where can I get the apk for it? I'm using the htc keyboard right now, but for the life of me I can't turn of haptic feedback, even though vibration and haptic is turned off everywhere.
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tissle said:
I love the Aura for battery life & speed, but the default theme is fugly.
Anyone has a way to change the notification bar to more stockish?
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+1
The theme is the only thing keeping me from giving this bad boy a test drive. I hear good comments about it but don't like the theme, I am more into ASOP kind of roms/themes.
nanek921 said:
Just wondering what you guys have tweaked on Master's rom (the one I currently love using) to make it run the way you like it.
I have:
1. Reverted the dialer to the stock by copying the dialertabactivity to /system/app using root explorer
2. Found and installed a working Wifi calling apk (the first 2 I tried had various problems no incoming voice etc.)
3. Changed the system font to something a little more standard looking.
Oh and if you use his rom and enjoy it as much as I do, donate to master. His work has been beyond awesome so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748916 (where I got the font from)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807116 (where I got the wifi calling from using the one for htcvision)
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Luck is not on my side today. Tried replacing the dial apk with the one you provided, and it says I don't have enough space. I even deleted the one master provided, then went and tried to place the one you provided into system/app still says i don't have enough space. Huh?
One other thing, I don't like how the pull down notification bar is transparent, makes reading notifications in the pull down annoying when you see other stuff below it, will changing the theme change this to a non-transparent pull down?
Brand new axura user.
Wow, that dailer is indeed ugly.
Thanks for the stock version
You can also adb push the Dialer
One of the primary reasons I stuck with Axura over Macnut or Obsidian was the beautiful theme Master has put over it.
Why would you guys use Axura and then reskin it?
ya, i just went ahead installed the Font and selected it in the settings. Much better.
I also went ahead copied the provided Dialer app and put it in System/App - again much better.
Keep coming with your tweaks bud.
We like the animation however the font is not compatible to vietnamese and the dial is not looking good. Just my though
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I like Masters roms the best. The affects are great, very smooth and very fast. I like his themes as well. Not sure why people don't like the dialer its different but that is what makes it nice.
I am wondering is there a way to get the drop down icons in the notification bar back from 2.0.3 I really like those alot better than the 2.0.5 plain icons.
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SamsungVibrant said:
Luck is not on my side today. Tried replacing the dial apk with the one you provided, and it says I don't have enough space. I even deleted the one master provided, then went and tried to place the one you provided into system/app still says i don't have enough space. Huh?
One other thing, I don't like how the pull down notification bar is transparent, makes reading notifications in the pull down annoying when you see other stuff below it, will changing the theme change this to a non-transparent pull down?
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Are you using root explorer? If so you just have to unzip the file and drop the apk into the /system/app directory. Make sure you are in r/rw mode when you tryo to copy it or it will not let you make changes in the /system/app folder. After that just reboot the phone. You do not have to install it. Any apk in that folder wil automatically work upon reboot. It should show up as the "phone" icon in the all programs menu.
The font is terrible. It is cool for about 5 seconds and then it is just annoying and hard to read. Makes you wonder if things you can't see are as screwy as the things you can see.
Thanks for posting an alternative
grennis said:
The font is terrible. It is cool for about 5 seconds and then it is just annoying and hard to read. Makes you wonder if things you can't see are as screwy as the things you can see.
Thanks for posting an alternative
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If you don't like the zegoe font posted, click the source under the original post. There are about 30 or so there. I'm sure you'll find a good one.
nanek921 said:
Are you using root explorer? If so you just have to unzip the file and drop the apk into the /system/app directory. Make sure you are in r/rw mode when you tryo to copy it or it will not let you make changes in the /system/app folder. After that just reboot the phone. You do not have to install it. Any apk in that folder wil automatically work upon reboot. It should show up as the "phone" icon in the all programs menu.
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Yes using root explorer. yes I unziped the file first, isolated the dialer apk. Tried moving it to system/app while in r/w but to no avail. Says not enough space.
Is there a tweek for the radio?
While I was on JI6, I was getting a strong 3G signal. Since flashing Axura, I'm mostly on edge now, my 3G signal is very weak now.
Anyone know why?
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ji6 modern on top then you'll be fine.
SamsungVibrant said:
While I was on JI6, I was getting a strong 3G signal. Since flashing Axura, I'm mostly on edge now, my 3G signal is very weak now.
Anyone know why?
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hi people
Can anyone help me, i have a htc one mini but i think this is the same for htc one and mini. on the apps page when i create a folder for my apps it only display 4 little app icons in each folder, is there anyway of increasing the amount of apps you can see in the folder. maybe a bit similar to iOS where you can see 9 apps not just 4, i appreciate the help
thanks j
justyjust said:
hi people
Can anyone help me, i have a htc one mini but i think this is the same for htc one and mini. on the apps page when i create a folder for my apps it only display 4 little app icons in each folder, is there anyway of increasing the amount of apps you can see in the folder. maybe a bit similar to iOS where you can see 9 apps not just 4, i appreciate the help
thanks j
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I don't have a mini but on the One M7 when you create a folder you can add more than four apps to the folder. However, only four apps show when compressed. When you touch the folder, then all the apps show in the folder.
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I don't have a mini but on the One M7 when you create a folder you can add more than four apps to the folder. However, only four apps show when compressed. When you touch the folder, then all the apps show in the folder.
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That's the same with with mini but you cannot see all what's in the folder without touching the icon, I would like to see what's inside to save me keep searching. My mates s5 has nine preview icons