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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.
Wowzers!
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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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
I got a book I wrote that I want to make an app of.
I never programmed on a android system before and I cant java, but I use to program in other languages.
What I need to know were to start.
I have android sdk installed.
The app need meny for the different chapters.
All text in the chapters need to be scrollable or buttons to changes sides.
There should also be a meny item that explains the chapters. Also an about button.
So how can I do this?
Example sorce code?
//Damian
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Why don't you just put it in PDF format... or use one of the existing eBook formats that is supported by something like FBReaderJ or one of the other eBook readers??
Please guys... This is ANDROID DEVELOPMENT and your asking about making a book??
Please, please use the right section! We have a forum for this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=748
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WB
HardCorePawn said:
Why don't you just put it in PDF format... or use one of the existing eBook formats that is supported by something like FBReaderJ or one of the other eBook readers??
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Well thats not what I want.
And I want to code it and learn the same way.
//Damian
Donald Nice said:
Please guys... This is ANDROID DEVELOPMENT and your asking about making a book??
Please, please use the right section! We have a forum for this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=748
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Well i just think development is for program you do and that kind, but in this section its all kind of stuff that has nothing to do with development.
I want to now how to program this with android sdk and eclipce.
I dont want to write a new book.. I already have done that...
/*/Damian
DamianGto said:
Well i just think development is for program you do and that kind, but in this section its all kind of stuff that has nothing to do with development.
I want to now how to program this with android sdk and eclipce.
I dont want to write a new book.. I already have done that...
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Sorry for that, i misunderstood your question.
I'm interested in this topic as well as i know a few people who wants to publicize their Books works as an App, to prevent people from trading it around without paying their dues.
Ahh one person that understand this
Itso true that I want to make money for a app that has this book. Why should I not?
I have spend many many hours to write it and I want to share it like an app.
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with the current buzz of DrawSomething, I thought I would check it out but it doesn't seem to fit within the screen resolution of the galaxy mini.
does anyone know if it is possible to resize/change something in the APK file to get it to fit?
thanks in advance
as far as I know you can't, because it's not compatible with our "legacy"devices
as for editing the apk to fit your need you must get a permission from the developer to do that; or you will be kicked in the a**(just kidding)
It is possible if you get it from other sources, its difficult because of the size issue - but still fun!
As for resizing it, I've thought about it, maybe try it today
abdovar said:
as far as I know you can't, because it's not compatible with our "legacy"devices
as for editing the apk to fit your need you must get a permission from the developer to do that; or you will be kicked in the a**(just kidding)
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haha okay
AndyFox2011 said:
It is possible if you get it from other sources, its difficult because of the size issue - but still fun!
As for resizing it, I've thought about it, maybe try it today
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yes please. I would really appreciate it
jaymino said:
haha okay
yes please. I would really appreciate it
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Right, I have a few complications here.... I decompiled it and there is a lack of files! I don't know if I can reaize it as there appears to be no images/xml's to resize!
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AndyFox2011 said:
Right, I have a few complications here.... I decompiled it and there is a lack of files! I don't know if I can reaize it as there appears to be no images/xml's to resize!
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thanks for trying though.
Much appreciated
When you say you decompiled it, do you mean you unzipped the APK file? Or are there more steps to it?
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thanks for trying though.
Much appreciated
When you say you decompiled it, do you mean you unzipped the APK file? Or are there more steps to it?
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I used apktool to decompile it
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abdovar said:
as far as I know you can't, because it's not compatible with our "legacy"devices
as for editing the apk to fit your need you must get a permission from the developer to do that; or you will be kicked in the a**(just kidding)
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Not if it's floss you don't, you don't need to ask permission even if they say so as long as it's under a correct license and you can't mix licences even under V2 of the GNU public license.
You might wonder how MIUI can be proprietary, well they can't and are not any more.
You can take anything and change it in any way without asking permission as long as you redistribute it under the same version of GNU licence.
AND YOU CAN DO SO IN ANY WAY YOU PLEASE.
When someone says that you can't, it just means they don't have a clue about the licence, the code or the intentions of the floss community, give them the finger and be done with them.
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Not if it's floss you don't, you don't need to ask permission even if they say so as long as it's under a correct license and you can't mix licences even under V2 of the GNU public license.
You might wonder how MIUI can be proprietary, well they can't and are not any more.
You can take anything and change it in any way without asking permission as long as you redistribute it under the same version of GNU licence.
AND YOU CAN DO SO IN ANY WAY YOU PLEASE.
When someone says that you can't, it just means they don't have a clue about the licence, the code or the intentions of the floss community, give them the finger and be done with them.
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Cheers for that! That is the best explanation I have seen on XDA for ages!
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I have played a similar online game from the android market. I dont remember the game name but.
Jinxxed said:
Not if it's floss you don't, you don't need to ask permission even if they say so as long as it's under a correct license and you can't mix licences even under V2 of the GNU public license.
You might wonder how MIUI can be proprietary, well they can't and are not any more.
You can take anything and change it in any way without asking permission as long as you redistribute it under the same version of GNU licence.
AND YOU CAN DO SO IN ANY WAY YOU PLEASE.
When someone says that you can't, it just means they don't have a clue about the licence, the code or the intentions of the floss community, give them the finger and be done with them.
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Seriously buddy, u should try becoming a lawyer. You'll make a good one lol
Btw thanks for providing some clarity on licensing
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I used apktool to decompile it
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Thanks for telling me about apktool.
I decompiled it and looked around the directory structure and opened some ascii text files... nothing more really.
There seemed to be a load of some kind of Assembly Language files
Maybe it's hidden somewhere? I may have a look at it again tomorrow...
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Hi sorry if this is the wrong section.
I like many other people have an Xperia z with bootloader unlock status = no.
I thought this could be a place to discus possible solutions and I will keep the opening post up to date with the latest development if any.
I do not claim to have extensive knowledge on such matters and therefore I am opening my phone up for testing any ideas devs may have to help out with development.
I am more than willing to read up and learn as much as I can to help out with this and I have one idea to propose that I'm sure will be up for critique.
My proposed idea is to place a kernel with the correct signature in an ftf that when flashed opens up all partitions to read/write then from there we in theory could change the fastboot permissions to yes or flash an unlockable bootloader image (do we have a system dump containing this?)
As I say thus is only an idea and I am willing to help out any dev that can help with this. I would also be willing to make a donation towards the dev(s) that help achieve this, and I am sure many others will too.
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Getting it signed is mostly the issue.
If we could do that we wouldn't need to unlock the boatloader, as the system would accept what we flashed.
It would be nice if the method Sony use to sign was leaked, that would make things a bit easier..
I've spent a few weeks trying to find exploits, the way the moto devices were unlocked, by breaking the trust kernel, but I Can't see anything, and haven't got anywhere with it yet.
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hi guys....there is a new topic about getting permission to YES after flashing latest 253 firmware....good luck
glukasil said:
hi guys....there is a new topic about getting permission to YES after flashing latest 253 firmware....good luck
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Which isn't true. Read my post there before posting this anywhere else.
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Sorry mate...did not want to give anyone wrong info...my bootloader is open so I did not read the topic in full.
fards said:
Getting it signed is mostly the issue.
If we could do that we wouldn't need to unlock the boatloader, as the system would accept what we flashed.
It would be nice if the method Sony use to sign was leaked, that would make things a bit easier..
I've spent a few weeks trying to find exploits, the way the moto devices were unlocked, by breaking the trust kernel, but I Can't see anything, and haven't got anywhere with it yet.
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Cool so is there a method for duplicating the signature? What do we know about the signature? Is it a constant or dose it differ between devices?
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jonnycarter said:
Cool so is there a method for duplicating the signature? What do we know about the signature? Is it a constant or dose it differ between devices?
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Nothing. That's why there's not much to do about the bootloaders.
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TheHawk002 said:
Nothing. That's why there's not much to do about the bootloaders.
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Is there nothing generic for gaining access to the Qualcomm processor and rewriting the bootloader
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I had a thought the other day about the kernel that comes with Sony's AOSP, if it's signed by Sony I wondered if that or the full ROM could be put in an ftf and flashed, which I assume would/could give us the possibility to then be able to unlock.
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Cool so is there a method for duplicating the signature? What do we know about the signature? Is it a constant or dose it differ between devices?
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The certs are tied to each phone uniquely like IMEI and in fact are tied to this as well as some other unique identifiers of the individual phone, someone will have to try to hack or steal Sony's trusting authority for the locally installed certificates
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The certs are tied to each phone uniquely like IMEI and in fact are tied to this as well as some other unique identifiers of the individual phone, someone will have to try to hack or steal Sony's trusting authority for the locally installed certificates
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Marlin drm?
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The certs are tied to each phone uniquely...,
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Does that explain why flashing someone else's TA hardbricks the device? Or is that only part of the picture e.g. TA also tied to unique hardware ID's.?
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Does that explain why flashing someone else's TA hardbricks the device? Or is that only part of the picture e.g. TA also tied to unique hardware ID's.?
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I think it's all tied together because ta has something to do with bootloader lock and SIM lock
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What if we change IMEI in the TA i hexedited my and clearly seen my IMEI number... Is that way possible? unless the ta file is checked against its own hash... But devs did that with nvidia's GPU firmware. However im not a dev just generating ideas...
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What if we change IMEI in the TA i hexedited my and clearly seen my IMEI number... Is that way possible? unless the ta file is checked against its own hash... But devs did that with nvidia's GPU firmware. However im not a dev just generating ideas...
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Any idea is better than no idea mate.
Changing imei is risk I think our best bet is to look into working out the Sony signing method then creating a kernel signed in this way to rewrite all partitions to that of an unlocked device (unless devs then adopt signing all kernels in this fashion) or if we use an exploit as seen by Dan Rosenberg on the s4.
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Try to see something in work ... My company repairing the Xperia Z also next to other phones like htc samsung etc etc... if i can sneak the dev program in, could try find a weak point unfortunately i am at htc line @level 3 and myself only touching circuit boards. My friend on sony, and he has access to mainboards and we can return a faulty board within the company as "New Faulty" Not once, we seen CM mod on boards that not even supposed to came in. because the so called "Illegal software modification" I can sneak sd cards in but not out... "freak metal detectors on the gates"... if a dev working on something may able to help cut corners.
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Try to see something in work ... My company repairing the Xperia Z also next to other phones like htc samsung etc etc... if i can sneak the dev program in, could try find a weak point unfortunately i am at htc line @level 3 and myself only touching circuit boards. My friend on sony, and he has access to mainboards and we can return a faulty board within the company as "New Faulty" Not once, we seen CM mod on boards that not even supposed to came in. because the so called "Illegal software modification" I can sneak sd cards in but not out... "freak metal detectors on the gates"... if a dev working on something may able to help cut corners.
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Anything you could do would be great mate. The most amazing thing you could do would be to obtain the signing software or a ftf of a early dev Rom of some sorts.
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Forgive my ignorance on the subject, but if we could open op the back of the device, couldn't we duplicate the testpoint method used on other Sony/Xperia devices?
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Forgive my ignorance on the subject, but if we could open op the back of the device, couldn't we duplicate the testpoint method used on other Sony/Xperia devices?
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The back door being?
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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.
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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