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I've searched this and other forums and still can't ffigure out how to change an applications name for a Rooted G1. I've been able to change an application's icon by switiching the .png in the drawtable folder, but where the heck is the apps name info stored?
Thanks for your help in advance.
pajamasam said:
I've searched this and other forums and still can't ffigure out how to change an applications name for a Rooted G1. I've been able to change an application's icon by switiching the .png in the drawtable folder, but where the heck is the apps name info stored?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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That is probably going to require either editing the appropriate xml files, or rebuilding the ROM from source to be able to get access to other appropriate files. It may be more trouble than its worth. There may be an app for it, but I am not sure. Maybe someone else can chime in if they know of another way?
Couldn't you use bettercut.
supremeteam256 said:
Couldn't you use bettercut.
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That's a possiblility but I couldn't say for sure because I have never used any home replacement apps.
Thanks Supreme.....
DirectMatrix said:
That's a possiblility but I couldn't say for sure because I have never used any home replacement apps.
Thanks Supreme.....
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Well its been a long minute since I've used any home replacement but you can still use bettercut on with using open home or ahome. The only thing I'm wondering is when you change the name of the app does it only change on the home screen or in the app drawer to. I'm to lazy to do it myself.
You don't need a home replacement to use Bettercut.
Pinesal said:
You don't need a home replacement to use Bettercut.
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So any idea if Bettercut can actually do what the OP was looking for?
Pinesal said:
You don't need a home replacement to use Bettercut.
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Thats what I said
Better Cup isn't a home replacement app, it doesn't require one either.
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Better Cup isn't a home replacement app, it doesn't require one either.
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Yea I know, I just went back and re-read what I wrote and saw I wrote with instead of without. It was still early for me when I was typing.
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Yea I know, I just went back and re-read what I wrote and saw I wrote with instead of without. It was still early for me when I was typing.
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I meant to quote DirectMatrix, my bad.
AdrianK said:
I meant to quote DirectMatrix, my bad.
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O, well I know I didn't help either with being confusing. Its one of those days.
bettercut is only for app shortcuts on your home screen, it won't change the name in the app drawer.
BTW does it work without a home replacement app?
bittermormon said:
BTW does it work without a home replacement app?
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Yes
10 characters.
Thanks for everyone's help in trying to solve this one. As previous post's have noted; Bettercut will only change the name on the Home screen or App drawer, not in the application list.
How about this...if it's too much trouble to rename, is it easy to hide an application from appearing at all?
Thanks to everyone!!
pajamasam said:
How about this...if it's too much trouble to rename, is it easy to hide an application from appearing at all?
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No its actually quite easy to keep it from appearing.....uninstall it.
Oh come on you gotta admit, you were asking for that one LOL
I'm assuming you don't want it appearing in your app drawer? Is that the issue? Are you talking about applications that come on the ROM that you don't want anymore. Please provide not only the end result of what you are looking for, but also a little background and maybe that will help with an answer.
Yes, I did set myself up for that one.
It's a 3rd party app that runs at startup. I would like to hide the app from appearing in the Manage Application menu. Thanks again!!
You can use the modified launcher to hide installed apps from the app drawer but I dont think you can hide from the manage applications section.
Thanks for the input Rodney!
can u also rename apps with the modified launcher?
I love this widget, best news widgets I've used. I love how it scrolls through all the top news stories, the problem is the scrolling doesn't continue if the phone goes to sleep. I dont know if its normal or not. Anyone here using this widget and having the same issue? After I re-add the widget to the homescreen or if I restart Launcher Pro it scrolls beautifully, then the phone goes to sleep and just stays on one news story after I wake it up.
I didn't know that the widget allowed you to scroll.
SiNJiN76 said:
I didn't know that the widget allowed you to scroll.
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The auto scrolling of the news topic, not physical scrolling. Sorry for the confusion.
Bump, anyone?
Probably your WiFi disconnects, when your phone goes to sleep..then no more news can be loaded.
rori~ said:
Probably your WiFi disconnects, when your phone goes to sleep..then no more news can be loaded.
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Anyway to fix that?
do u mean that the scrolling stops after u wake the phone up or that it isnt scrolling when its asleep?
to check wifi settings->wireless and networks -> wifi settings -> press the settings key on the phone -> advanced -> wifi sleep policy
daz23 said:
do u mean that the scrolling stops after u wake the phone up or that it isnt scrolling when its asleep?
to check wifi settings->wireless and networks -> wifi settings -> press the settings key on the phone -> advanced -> wifi sleep policy
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The scrolling stops after I wake up the phone
Ive tried on wifi and on 3g and still the same.
Exact same problem here (but on EVO), totally unable to resolve it. Please post if anyone finds a solution.
Same problem on my galaxy s. The news stop rolling after the screen is turned off... I use the transparent one. Pls if anyone can find a solution pls post it cause i love this widget...
hi,
any idea if it s possible to get the apk of this widget for install it on another device?
Yes it is, i'm not allowed to post link although the .apk has been posted in the XDA forums. Just google geniewidget.apk and you'll find it.
I use it on my galaxy s, with the aforementioned problems.
hi,
i just found it and installed it
works like a charm, except, because the default language (and only available) of my device is english, i can t get french news like i use to have on nexus.
any idea if i can force it somewhere?
thxx for your help
Maybe if you give a french key word on the custom topic tab, it will search for french news.give it a try.
Too bad about the scrolling. Let the dev know.
For weather I use Snowstorm. Shows the weather wherever I am for the next 24 hours in 6 hour icons. Perfect, although must be installed internally or the widget is lost by Android.
well, when i use a french word as keyword, it search it in english news website....
nocomp said:
well, when i use a french word as keyword, it search it in english news website....
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I uploaded my geniewidget.apk:
PS: I have the same problem with the News widget by htc
Do you know who the developer is and his contact details maybe. I did a brief search but no success...
header2k said:
I uploaded my geniewidget.apk:
PS: I have the same problem with the News widget by htc
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this one did not work better on my SGS and it's not the tranparent version as well.
I don't have this problem. Try to clear the app data under settings/applications/manage
SiNJiN76 said:
I don't have this problem. Try to clear the app data under settings/applications/manage
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I've already tried this but no result. But today i found what's the cause of the problem.I have flyscreen installed and i use it as an locksreen replacement. So whenever the screen unlocks without passing through sgs's default locksreen it stucks! Strange thing but true! When i deactivate the option to replace lockscreen everything works like a charm.
Where do i find app settings for the apps ive downloaded?
Ive been trying phone settings and apps, but there are no customization options for the apps in there, eg GO launcher, where and how do i enter that?
Regards from a Android rookie
appfactory said:
Where do i find app settings for the apps ive downloaded?
Ive been trying phone settings and apps, but there are no customization options for the apps in there, eg GO launcher, where and how do i enter that?
Regards from a Android rookie
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They will appear as three little dot's somewhere on your screen when you have the application open
appfactory said:
Where do i find app settings for the apps ive downloaded?
Ive been trying phone settings and apps, but there are no customization options for the apps in there, eg GO launcher, where and how do i enter that?
Regards from a Android rookie
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what do wanna do exactly?
Take fex this app
Launcher 8
Search Google Play store for it, cause im not allowed to post links yet, and not to mention the super annoying captcha for every post
Screen shot number 6 shows the settings in that app, but i have no idea where to enter it, i got similar problems with other apps as well, cant find the referred settings page...
appfactory said:
Take fex this app
Launcher 8
Search Google Play store for it, cause im not allowed to post links yet, and not to mention the super annoying captcha for every post
Screen shot number 6 shows the settings in that app, but i have no idea where to enter it, i got similar problems with other apps as well, cant find the referred settings page...
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Did you read my post? Launch the app, once it is launched three little dots will appear at the top or bottom of the screen, these are where you enter any applications settings.
appfactory said:
Take fex this app
Launcher 8
Search Google Play store for it, cause im not allowed to post links yet, and not to mention the super annoying captcha for every post
Screen shot number 6 shows the settings in that app, but i have no idea where to enter it, i got similar problems with other apps as well, cant find the referred settings page...
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Try a long-press on the screen? Most apps will follow the android guidelines of using the 3 dots to indicate the menu, but others (especially homescreens) will rely on long-presses to declutter the UI.
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Did you read my post? Launch the app, once it is launched three little dots will appear at the top or bottom of the screen, these are where you enter any applications settings.
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Yes i did, but i couldnt see it last time, found it now, at the bottom beside the home screen buttons.
I thought they were suppose to be at the top, thats why i didnt noticed it.... sorry, and thanks!
They dont call us rookie for nothing
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Yes i did, but i couldnt see it last time, found it now, at the bottom beside the home screen buttons.
I thought they were suppose to be at the top, thats why i didnt noticed it.... sorry, and thanks!
They dont call us rookie for nothing
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Junior Member actually , BTW hit thanks button if the answers helped you in the forums, it should help you getting help in the future
danw_oz said:
Junior Member actually , BTW hit thanks button if the answers helped you in the forums, it should help you getting help in the future
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I already did yesterday
Hellow fellow forumers, can you help?
On my Desire it was possible to save the homescreens/scene as sometimes icons would go missing and it was easy to revert back to how it was.
but today I've upgraded to the MiniSG3 and have arranged all my icons on my 5 homescreens, and realised i cant find the "save Screen" option anywhere.. am i missing it?
Or is there an app I need?
Cheers
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Hellow fellow forumers, can you help?
On my Desire it was possible to save the homescreens/scene as sometimes icons would go missing and it was easy to revert back to how it was.
but today I've upgraded to the MiniSG3 and have arranged all my icons on my 5 homescreens, and realised i cant find the "save Screen" option anywhere.. am i missing it?
Or is there an app I need?
Cheers
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press power + menu for 3 second.....simultaneously....
I think it's not impossible to do it with TouchWiz. You need another launcher.
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Install titanium backup and make a backup of the app, it's data and you'll have what you want.
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press power + menu for 3 second.....simultaneously....
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That seems to only do a screen grab. (but a great tip anyway as i needed to know that too)
kinda shocked to hear its not super easy to do such a basic thing especially since a 3 year old phone had the ability to save a homescreen layout.
Ill look into titanium, or.... just make sure i dont accidentally delete my icons
thanks for the replies forumers.
vonuzu is right it won't even take you five minutes
ah, I've just seen that titanium requires root..
now that's something new to me :-/
Ahh don't rush into that. Before you try anything download kies to your pc and back up your phone. All drivers will download automatically when your phone is connected. Then unplug and set usb debugging in developers options to on, reconnect phone and more drivers will download. Do this before you follow any guides on how to root your phone it will save you a lot of hassle
Do you have i8190N because root then is very easy?
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Why not using custom launcher like Apex, Nova, Holo, etc? It is much more customizable. I use Holo 3D
There are a lot of threads here and in the VZW forum about how terrible this device is, etc, without root. I'm a former flash-a-holic and my last several devices have all been Samsung on stock, albeit rooted, firmware. those of us preferring touchwiz have our reasons, and those who prefer aosp have theirs, but this isn't a "why we can't have aosp" thread, this is about making lemonade with what we have.
so, my reasons for wanting root, and how I worked around them:
1. ad blocking. I LOVE adaway, its seriously the first app I'd install on a new device after rooting. without root, give adblock plus a try. you can turn off the status bar notifications in the app and by ticking the box in the app manager.
its simple enough to disable apps on WiFi, just input the proxy host name and port and you're done. I hadn't ever found a clear and concise instruction on how to do this with mobile data, so here it is- create a NEW APN and copy all of the info from the stock APN, and add the proxy host name and port. done, you now have ad blocking on WiFi and mobile data, without root, and without persistent notifications.
2. de-bloating. first, the s5 has less bloat than the s3 or s4, but its still there. it is INCREADIBLY easy to disable or uninstall on this device. go to the app drawer and press the settings icon (or long press the app switcher button) and select uninstall/disable apps. if its ATT or Samsung, and you don't want it, odds are you can either uninstall or disable it. just make sure that in Samsung Apps you disable automatic updates over WiFi. you can also hide them.
myth busting time: IF you were rooted, and IF you manually removed bloat apps, you do NOT gain ANY additional usable space in device storage.
3. tether bypass. there are multiple threads here on how to do this. I have a 10gb plan so its a non issue here.
4. Writing to extSDcard. most built in apps like the browser, email, and camera will save to the ext SD card. so will my files, which is actually a LOT better than on the s3 or s4.
5. removing bloat bookmarks from the stock browser. I prefer the stock browser over chrome, call me crazy. I also don't like the 4 pre-loaded bookmarks being in my list. I saw a tip here to just create a folder called My Bookmarks or whatever you like and put your bookmarks there. the bloat is still there but its not staring you in the face.
so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
Russ77 said:
so what else have you guys been doing to get functionality that was easy and convenient with root, but still attainable without?
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Speed- I find that a lot of people nag about speed, my phone is fluid in all ways. Three factors play into this, using the TW launcher, animation speed, one last tricky one-- S-Voice has a delay on the home button waiting for the possible hook in for user prompting it. My standpoint is you can get from a TW rom the kind of speed or more that you can with a rom somebody else pre-tweaked for you.
Remedies below.
1. Get Nova Launcher (you can look into others if you like, if you want an experienced users perspective on speed, use Nova it flies)
2. Enable Developer Options(click About Device, click build number until it says Dev mode is enabled), Turn OFF animations for Transition window animation scale, transition animation scale and animator duration scale.
3. Open up S Voice (through the double-tap shortcut or in the app drawer). Tap the menu button in the top right corner (three dots) and find the "Open via home key" option under "Wake-up." Disable for slightly faster home button response.
Some people may find this abrupt transition between applications off putting at first but once you give it an hour the phone is flying so fast I could never go back. Enjoy!
As mentioned above:
Nova Launcher
Transitions at .5 or OFF
De-bloating (see this thread)
And - tasker, tasker, tasker!
My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
iFont available for free from the Play store allows you to add hundreds of fonts to your phone right from the app, and is compatible with the font selection from settings - display.You can also load fonts from the internet or your computer and use that as your default font.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
rachelm920 said:
My tip.. simple but I'm a customize nerd.
The one lag, I still can't stand... despite all the animations being off is the lag between camera and gallery... like I take a photo, click the little image to view it and it sits there for at least 15 seconds before the gallery opens up. Anyone else have this issue?? I'm so used to CM based roms and still try to swipe to view the gallery LOL
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This could be due to your SD card. If you are saving pics to external SD and your card is a lower class it will read and write data in a longer time frame. If you are using internal memory and not the SD card slot then I'm not sure. Backup everything and try a factory reset. I personally don't have an SD card, I don't see the need without root. Also it takes about 3 seconds for me to do what takes you 15. That's why I think an SD might be the Culprit here
There is 1 thing you can not do without root that is needed for me. I own a Pioneer Appradio and use ARUnchained which requires root. If you don't know what it is then look it up. It basically mirrors your phone and lets you use touch on Pioneers Appradio. I used this with my GS3 and if I would have known we wouldn't have root after this long I would have kept it and not bought the GS5. There is no getting around root for this. Pioneer's stock app has restrictions and doesn't let you mirror everything where as ARUnchained solves this problem.
I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory.
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natefish said:
I would like to find a way to save stuff from Dropbox to the external memory. Sent from my GS5
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Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
abovenbeyond said:
Here is all you need. I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
Sent from my GS5
natefish said:
Thanks, but was there supposed to be a link?
Sent from my GS5
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Fixed
Russ77 said:
add the proxy host name and port.
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Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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fsupartyboy850 said:
Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
Anyone got a working "volume rocker skip"? I've seen the double press ones that work as a service..seems wonky.
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abovenbeyond said:
Here is all you need.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.dropsync
I use the Pro, worth every penny.
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Thanks for the tip - I was using "Sweet Home!" app to sync my camera photos with my laptop but after multiple years without issue, all of the sudden I'm getting an invalid syntax error. Tried getting help from the developers but got no response. Dropbox it is!
fsupartyboy850 said:
Bit of a newb here.. but what exactly do I put in these spots? Tried this and kept saying no internet and switching back over. Any help would be appreciated.
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RoguePC said:
proxy host is "localhost" without quotes....and proxy port is 2020....that should do it :good:
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RoguePC's got it covered.
my only real gripe with adblock + is it only blocks internet traffic, not in-app ads. still better than nothing though.
Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
Add45 said:
Anyone know how to remap buttons ? I highly doubt there is a way without root but not having a menu button is killing me
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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The menu button function is still there ... just long-press the recent apps button. If you've got a specific app that doesn't display the 3-dots menu somewhere on the screen, you might want to reach out to the developer. That's part of modern Android UX standards. I recently reached out to Untappd and they updated their app to include it pretty quickly.
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Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Add45 said:
Thanks, but what I meant is that I do not like having to hold down the button to pull up tthe menu. I much rather prefer having the recent apps by holding down home.
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Ah, gotcha. Unfortunately, short of root reassigning buttons, I don't think that's a desire that will see much traction in the future now that the UX standards require on-screen menus and more devices are coming out without any soft buttons at all. When you get down to it though, you're either tapping the bottom-left of your device or you're tapping the three dots on the screen.
Awesome app called quick click,let's you map your volume buttons for flashlight and a lot of others actions,just throwing it out there missed using xposed,mods with that.
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