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Well I haven't had much time lately to make themes but I figured i got enough time to explain how. This is how i do it in windows 7.
1) First thing i assume that you already have androidsdk on the root of your C drive. Lets go ahead and add it to your system path. If it's not called androidsdk go ahead and change it to that. Now open up your startmenu, right click computer, click properties, then click advanced system settings, in the advance system settings select environment variables. In the second box down look for path select it and choose edit. copy and paste this
Code:
;C:\androidsdk\tools
in there. Click okay.
2) download the jre and jdk from here and install them. Now you need to add them to your system path so copy paste this
Code:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin
to your system path just like you did in the first step.
3) Download apk manager from here. Now run it and when it says clean out all current projects click yes. Now thats ready to go.
4) Download an image editing program. I use gimp. Also if you don't have it 7-zip
your all set to go now so lets start over with the numbers
1) choose a mymode apk and extract it with 7-zip. Open up the res folder select a png that you want to change and change it with the image editor you chose.
2) when you've changed the images you want open up the original apk as an archive with 7zip. Then place the res folder of the modified unzipped apk into the archive and close the archive.
3) Now open up apk manager and place the mymode apk into the place here for signing folder click script batch choose no then type 15.
4) Now put the newly signed apk into your androidsdk/tools folder and close apk manager.
5) open command prompt and type this
Code:
cd\
cd androidsdk/tools
adb install whatever.apk
I'll update this with pics a more thorough guide.
Thanks to everyone that made this easy
reserved for themes to come
Thanks been waiting for a thread like this.
thanks, if i ever get any free-time between jobs and kid and fiancee i will look into this a little more
This is an awesome guide! I messed around with theming mytouch/g1 back when I had one.. so this will be great to make some themes for the slide..
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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ryanolson7 said:
One question though.. let's say you pull the nest theme.. theme it and re install it.. will it just override the nest theme or in the theme listing will it appear as a new theme and still allow you to have the original theme?
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The nest theme is in the framework, its not an .apk like the rest, its built into the system. The rest of the mymodes themes are .apks and if you edit those they will override the stock "nest" theme. The only way it will show up different in the theme chooser is if you edit the preview snapshot to be a preview of your theme. If you wanna keep the original theme, the nest theme is it and you should edit a different theme .apk...
-BMFC
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Okay so I got the next three days off and I already got two mymode themes pretty much done well their done but I just learned of a way to change the name so they are there own standalone apk instead of using another apk name. I've been using puppypride (which by the way isn't puppies those are full grown dogs) and switching out the pngs and you couldn't have the regular puppypride now you can have both
hope you don't mind but I did a mod of your themes and took out the bubbles since some people always create threads about it
Help with following guide
I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.
impimms said:
I am a newb at this so please don't attack me if I am doing something wrong. I have been struggling with following the guide posted to make mymode themes. I have successfully got up to the step of signing the apk file. I modified the files in the free_kick.apk. When I try to use APK Manager 4.8 and using the directions given the file just gets erased and nothing happens. My log file just shows errors. Any help with a more detailed directions one what to do in APK manager as I am trying different things and not getting anywhere. I use the option 15 like told in the guide. I can send my modified apk file to anyone if they can get this to work and get it installed that would be appreciated so much. I hope I can figure this out my own but thought I would try get help from the forums. Thanks in advance.
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Actually the guide needs to be fixed a little because i'm guessing your getting compiling errors when using apk manager? But the best way to do this is to open up the mymode theme (using 7zip) as an archive delete meta-inf folder then replace the pngs with ones of your choice as long as they are the same scale. Then resign. and install
totally lost
I've followed these directions to a T and when it comes to using the apk manager i am getting nothing, please help
You guys that are having trouble with apk manager...its honestly not necessary to use Apk Manager for this. Mymodes themes are system .apks and shouldn't be re-signed. What you need to do is forget about apk manager (for now) and drop the UNsigned .apk into the ROM update you are using, and resign the whole ROM using the autosign tool created by jesusfreke. Or just adbpush the .apk. but don't resign the .apk.
Here's the link for the autosign tool to sign ROM updates. its in the THIRD POST and its auto-sign .zip, NOT the signing.zip in the first post. you can put it anywhere you want and you just drop (a copy of) your ROM update in the autosign folder, rename it update.zip, then run the sign.bat to sign. it will create another file, update-signed.zip. you shouldnt need to wipe when flashing the same ROM over itself, but i cant guarantee this is true for all ROMs.
you can also make an update that will only flash the .apk to /system/app, and nothing else will be changed. basically just make a copy of the update for the ROM youre using, then delete everything but the /system directory from the zip. then go into that /system directory and delete everything but the /app directory, then go into it and delete all the .apks and odex file or whatevers in there. ALL OF IT. when you are finished you should have an update with nothing in it but a /system/app directory. you put your modded .apk in there in /system/app, and thats it for that.
then you must edit the update script and remove MOST of its contents so that it only does what you want it to. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Go here to learn how to create an update script. what youll need is way simpler than the examples, youll want it to look basically like this...
Code:
assert compatible_with("0.2") == "true"
show_progress 0.1 0
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
show_progress 0.1 10
this update script will copy ANYTHING in the /system directory to /system on your device, regardless of subdirectories. that means anything in /system will go in /system, anything in /system/app will go to /system/app, etc. but since you only have one .apk in there it wont mess with anything but what you put in there. this way, you have a NOWIPE update for...well, whatever you want to put in it.
so you just drop the new shortened update-script in /META-INF/com/google/android/
and then use the autosign tool to resign your new update then flash away! This also takes less time cus its only flashing one file instead of flashing a whole ROM just to replace that one file...
hope this helps...
-BMFC
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo
Tbrewer80 said:
So you cannot do this on t-mobile's rom which is 2.1 right now? I'm leery of rooting in case they ever release froyo
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I'm having issues with this as well... After I do the whole signing apk thing, it installs fine, but when I go to MyModes, the preview is black and when I select it, the MyModes app force closes. I don't get it.
Ported theme originally created by Kalagas for Milestone. So all credit and thanks go to him for giving me permission to port it.
Some parts of the theme may be from other themes but I've had them that long I can't remember who created them so if the creators recognise them I apologise in advance and hope you don't mind me using them in this theme. If this is breaking any rules I apologise and understand if you have to remove this theme but I would be grateful if you could let me know who I need to ask for permission to post this theme.
Screenshots here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823130
DOWNLOADS
THEME
Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed.zip
WALLPAPER
wallpaper.zip (This is not an install zip file. Unzip it and copy to an image folder on your SD card).
LAUNCHER PRO
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk (Remove any existing Launcher Pro's installed on phone before installing (Settings will be lost but it's the only way I can get it to work)).
CM THEME
Kalagas_Mixed.zip (Unzip and copy Kalagas_Mixed.xml file to "/sdcard/CMTheme/").
ALWAYS DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLING.
Hooooo, I love you XD
Thanks for this port, nice job !
Work on Special Edition and RC1
Awesome thanks for this it looks the dogs
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Awesome theme, very good work! I have it installed yesterday and this one looks great. Thanks
Any reason why this wont work on my phone,
Im running FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1 (updated 2010-11-03)
MAybe im being dull, but i did a full wipe of everything, and it just keeps looping in whilest booting
Thanks Steve
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Not working on my phone either.
Looks like no Launcher even though I updated launcher pro
Im running FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1 (updated 2010-11-03) too
Yep i worked out my problem.
AND YES YOU ALL CAN CALL ME DULL
I clicked the link to go look at the pictures, and downloaded the theme from there. Which is for a diffrent rom
Still can not get the Launcher Pro theme to flash. Any advice people please
Cheers Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Yep i worked out my problem.
AND YES YOU ALL CAN CALL ME DULL
I clicked the link to go look at the pictures, and downloaded the theme from there. Which is for a diffrent rom
Still can not get the Launcher Pro theme to flash. Any advice people please
Cheers Steve
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You need to completely remove Launcher Pro then install the launcher pro apk file. It's an apk file not an install zip so you need to copy it to your SD card then use whatever file browser your using and install the apk.
Goose247 said:
You need to completely remove Launcher Pro then install the launcher pro apk file. It's an apk file not an install zip so you need to copy it to your SD card then use whatever file browser your using and install the apk.
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Thank for the help
But not able to work out how to install it, as its a zip folder on my sd card.
I have tried a few file browser programs. But not sure what to do next
Cheers Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Thank for the help
But not able to work out how to install it, as its a zip folder on my sd card.
I have tried a few file browser programs. But not sure what to do next
Cheers Steve
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If your downloading LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk it is an apk file, it can be opened with compression software so the icon might look like a zip file but it's not.
Try it this way if you have adb installed on your computer
Open the Command prompt window for ADB. Copy LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk to "android-sdk-windows\tools" folder.
Type
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*Launcher*
adb push LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk /system/app
exit
Reboot phone.
Goose247 said:
If your downloading LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk it is an apk file, it can be opened with compression software so the icon might look like a zip file but it's not.
Try it this way if you have adb installed on your computer
Open the Command prompt window for ADB. Copy LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk to "android-sdk-windows\tools" folder.
Type
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/*Launcher*
adb push LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.apk /system/app
exit
Reboot phone.
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I have downlaoded your link, and the file many times. And it id deffently a zip file not apk file.
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.zip is the file name
big_sw2000 said:
I have downlaoded your link, and the file many times. And it id deffently a zip file not apk file.
LauncherPro-0.8.1.1.zip is the file name
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Don't know what your downloading but I've checked and double checked and it's definately an apk file.
I've attached the file that I just downloaded from the link
Goose247 said:
Don't know what your downloading but I've checked and double checked and it's definately an apk file.
I've attached the file that I just downloaded from the link
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Not to sure what was happing, but you link worked great.
Not sure why i kept getting a zip file.
Thanks for the help
Steve
big_sw2000 said:
Not to sure what was happing, but you link worked great.
Not sure why i kept getting a zip file.
Thanks for the help
Steve
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Maybe the "save as file type" somehow changed to .zip instead of .apk
Glad you got it working though
FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1_update1 (updated 2010-12-03
When I install this theme on FROYO_2.2_Special_Edition_RC1_update1 (updated 2010-12-03) rom, my phone keeps rebooting in the boot process.
How is that and can it be fixed, e new version maybe? I like this theme very much and would like to continue using it...Thanks!
Don't know if its just me but the theme link is dead...
NueKaede said:
Don't know if its just me but the theme link is dead...
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Yes, for me too the links are unavaillable.
Re uploud Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed
the links is death ... no files ....
Are You looking for vlacleod.com/downloads/Kalagas_Mixed_Froyo_2.2_Special_RC1-signed the file is not on the server
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
thesludge said:
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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Hello!! Extract the files on the zip y put the folder in sdcard/data/widgetlocker..
Regards
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
10507 said:
No, you don't need to unzip those files. You just have to place those zip files in sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
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I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?
Concordium said:
I'm having issues with my widgetlocker adding new themes. I've added themes before and they've worked fine but now it wont add any more. I've added the zip file, which has like 20 themes in it, into the location mentioned above. Then I go into widgetlocker and have the slider selection screen update the theme population. But it doesn't show any additional themes. What am I doing wrong?
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If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
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If you have several themes in a zip, then you'll have to extract them.
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Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.
Concordium said:
Do I have to extract them and zip each one of them individually? Because I tried it extracted, with the actual folders for each theme in the correct directory, and still nothing happened.
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Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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GANJDROID said:
Yeah, if the themes aren't in zip format, make a new zip (with Astro or something) and copy and paste the thenes inside. Widget Locker only loads up zip themes, but not themes within a zip.
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Ok so I took all of the themes out of the larger archive and zipped them each individually, making sure that each zip had just the folder and the theme files within. Still nothing. I have no clue why these files arent being read.
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so where do you download this theme?
thesludge said:
Hi, can anyone tell me how i am supposed to use a theme for widgetlocker at all please?
I downloaded 3 files (zip) and chose the option of install and add, but there is only my phone lock showing, no icons to choose from and no wallpaper that was supposed to come with it.
I have no idea where the file has saved to or anything, and well being new to all of this android stuff i m a bit confused....
thanks for any help you can give me.
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1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done
devlirian said:
1.install widgetlocker.apk
2.extract yourtheme.zip to /sdcard/data/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker/themes
3.open widgetlocker and hold screen
4.select a custom slider and select a theme that you want to use
5.Done
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You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??
Screenshots of your device and what it supposed to look like would be very helpful.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda premium
Same here
jeremykersh said:
You're not the only one having problems, i think everyone trying to help maybe misunderstanding the problem, or at least mine is different.
Once I have done the 1-5 I can choose a theme but the only thing that happens is that it adds an additional unlocker to my current setup, creating multiple unlock wigets.
There must be a setting somewhere that is not allowing the full theme to be applied.
for example if I install "droids on a wire" i get the unlock mechanism added to lockscreen (in additon to the one I allready had) but unthemed. It does not show the droids hanging just the base unlocker used in it; no background or anything other else in that theme. This happens on any theme I have tried to apply
what setting am I missing??
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I think I am having the same problem, although some it loads fine on others it shows the name of the new theme but shows an old preview of a stock locker. Even when I add it it will not change?!?
Solution
thesludge said:
dumb question, but how do you extract them on the phone, or am i best to do that via pc?
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ES File Explorer
or
XArhiver is a solution
Exactly what the title says...so please help me
Am I right when I say that you´ve wrote this with your X8?
Becasue there is no ROm called "fingerprint", and because your phone didn´t recognize the name, it just changed it to "fibgerprint", a word from the dictionary that was the most similar to it.
To answer your question:
Go to your homescreen/one of your homescreens, search a free place (that means, that there are no widgets or links to apps, just the background.
Then, put your finger on that free place and leave it there for 2 seconds.
Then, a windows should pop up, that asks you what you want to add to your homescreen.
Choose:"Background image" and then choose another from your gallery/the CM-background images/the live wallpaper gallery and add another one.
Sorry...i wrote the wrong sentence...i was talking about the Anime wallpapers in gingercruzt..that is disturbing...i just need some good Rom not a Rom with pictures like that...can you help me?i want them gone forever...something like deleting lib or anything....and yeah....im using my phone
you can find the wallpapers inside /system/media/wallpapers
you have two options for delete
1- using root explorer or any other file explorer with root permission from inside your phone
2- open the updateGCR8.1 Rom file from your PC with winrar and point to the wallpapers and right click delete "do not extract just right click open" then update it through recovery as you did when installing on your phone
Default one will stay anyway, it is in resources
Just load any wallpaper/s from market.
rav3n_pl said:
Default one will stay anyway, it is in resources
Just load any wallpaper/s from market.
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Nope it won't stay
Sent from my E15i using XDA
Yes it will.choose another wallpaper,if it's doesn't work then make a full wipe and repeat that process again.
Sent from my XPERIA X8 using XDA Premium App
Amrooz said:
you can find the wallpapers inside /system/media/wallpapers
you have two options for delete
1- using root explorer or any other file explorer with root permission from inside your phone
2- open the updateGCR8.1 Rom file from your PC with winrar and point to the wallpapers and right click delete "do not extract just right click open" then update it through recovery as you did when installing on your phone
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Thank you... ill test it now
i downloaded assassaians creed boot and im lost on how to install it plz help
Duh :|
silverbacc said:
i downloaded assassaians creed boot and im lost on how to install it plz help
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replace the default animation file
u must be rooted and hav root explorer
hit thanks button if helped
nikhilpshankar said:
replace the default animation file
u must be rooted and hav root explorer
hit thanks button if helped
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also rename the bootanimation to what yours is named either ATT_bootanimation.zip or bootanimation.zip
Here is how I did it.
1. Download the .zip to your desktop and rename this file to the file that your device uses. (I use ATT, so I navigated to system, customize, resource, and that's where I saw my boot animation and it was, ATT_bootanimation.zip
2. Mount the disk so you can open the external sd drive on your computer
3. Moved the .zip file from the desktop to the external sd drive
4. I use Rom Toolbox, but use a root explorer and copy the bootanimation zip file from your external sd card, to your devices bootanimation file, It will ask if you want to overwrite or keep both files, but you MUST overwrite. Reboot phone and it should work. If that doesn't then try and install it from your recovery and you might have to delete the cache, but try that.
I do recommend backing up the phone and the current rom though...Just incase
Is there a specific place to go where i can download different boot animations for the vivid as well as preview them before downloading?
There are boot animation threads...
Trial and error as far as what works...
Our screen is 960x540
Anything smaller COULD work
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 2
Conjukt said:
Is there a specific place to go where i can download different boot animations for the vivid as well as preview them before downloading?
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You can always try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678540&highlight=sense
You have to download them first but it lets you see what it will look like.
Don't overwrite your ATT_bootanimation.zip file just rename it ATT_bootanimation.bak (or just bootanimation.bak if your original bootanimation file is named just bootanimation). This way if you can't get it to work then you can delete the file that dosen't work and go back to your original file by putting the .zip back.
Try install boot animation factory
HTC VIVID 4.0.4 SENSE 4.1
I'd love to try Annimation Factory but it requires Win SP3. I only have/use the laptop my company gives me and they control what SP are installed with an iron fist and we are only on SP1. I really need to build a new box. I"m still working on doing it the old fashion way as discribed in the OP's document.
EDIT - FYI - I installed Annimation Factory and it works just fine on SP1. One thing that I have noticed every time I open it it prompts me there is a new version even when turning off the check for updates in settings. When I try to download the new version it gives a downloader error. I don't think this is related to SP1. The AF version I have works good though. I'll go and get the new version manually.