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Hi guys, if you've tried making your own theme for the theme chooser from scratch, you'll know how ridiculously annoying it is to add every image to the concerned xml file. Well I got fed up with it and wrote a command line tool to generate the xml for you.
To use it, you put all the images that you want to add in a folder, and then run the following command (you need the Java runtime environment for your operating system) (note that your images can begin with "frameworks_res_" or other package names - the program will automatically detect most of the common package names and you can specify your own as shown below)
Code:
$java -jar XMLGenerator.jar [package_name_1] [package_name_2] [package_name_3] [etc] [/path/to/input/folder] [outputfile]
For a more detailed guide about how to set up java and use this program, see this.
Suppose you have a folder "myDir" with 3 images: com_nhnt11_image1.png, com_nhnt22_image2.png, and frameworks_res_image3.png.
Then run
Code:
$java -jar XMLGenerator.jar com_nhnt11 com_nhnt22 myDir output.xml
The output of the program would be a file "output.xml" containing this:
Code:
<item name="drawable/image1">@drawable/com_nhnt11_image1</item>
<item name="drawable/image2">@drawable/com_nhnt22_image2</item>
<item name="drawable/image3">@drawable/frameworks_res_image3</item>
Then you can copy and paste this to whichever XML you need.
Enjoy!
Here is a list of package names that are automatically detected
This is very helpful !!
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Much much love for this! Thanks man!
This will save me a lot of time..Thank you
Awesome, thanks.
thanks man!
I've been searching and I have the java sdk installed but is there a web page someone can point me to that can help me in what I need to run that command on windows?
tia
MrDSL said:
I've been searching and I have the java sdk installed but is there a web page someone can point me to that can help me in what I need to run that command on windows?
tia
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Command prompt...
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hehe i did actually figure that..i must have something wrong cause even after installing java sdk when i enter that command it errors out..ill look some more..
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hehe i did actually figure that..i must have something wrong cause even after installing java sdk when i enter that command it errors out..ill look some more..
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You probably havent set your path properly, look up stuff about putting Java in your path (environment variables)
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This fixed me up, Might want to add to OP in case someone else has the issue! http://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml
I got it to work but had to change the command to:
java -jar XMLGenerator.jar drawable-hdpi/ Browser.xml
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What it created:
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_app_web_browser_sm">@drawable/com_android_browser_app_web_browser_sm</item>
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_arcs">@drawable/com_android_browser_arcs</item>
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_browser_thumbnail">@drawable/com_android_browser_browser_thumbnail</item>
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_btn_close_window">@drawable/com_android_browser_btn_close_window</item>
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_dialog_divider_horizontal_light">@drawable/com_android_browser_dialog_divider_horizontal_light</item>
<item name="drawable/com_android_browser_fav_icn_background">@drawable/com_android_browser_fav_icn_background</item>
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I'm runnign Windows 7
You can use .txt for the output file too! Your choice!!!!
This is great Thanks again!!!!
djdarkknight96 said:
I got it to work but had to change the command to:
What it created:
I'm runnign Windows 7
You can use .txt for the output file too! Your choice!!!!
This is great Thanks again!!!!
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Hmm, I should really add a feature to omit the com_android_browser part in the item name... I'll think about how best to implement it and update.
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Hmm, I should really add a feature to omit the com_android_browser part in the item name... I'll think about how best to implement it and update.
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AH, I didn't even notice that:
Template:
<item name="drawable/btn_default_pressed">@drawable/frameworks_res_btn_default_pressed</item>
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Script:
<item name="drawable/frameworks_res_btn_default_pressed">@drawable/frameworks_res_btn_default_pressed</item>
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I guess it won't work till you fix it? well I rather hit Find "frameworks_res_" and press delete then type and copy paste!!!! Still better!!! Thanks for making life easier!!!
I have an Idea, can you have it use the original folder from the app before we rename it on the
<item name="drawable/frameworks_res_btn_check_on_disable_focused">
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area anad then the folder with the files renamed for the
@drawable/frameworks_res_btn_default_pressed</item>
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???
I had the same idea, but that has some other complications... Right now I have 3 possible ways to implement this, and will update soon when I figure out which is best.
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I had the same idea, but that has some other complications... Right now I have 3 possible ways to implement this, and will update soon when I figure out which is best.
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Saweet! I'll wait cause I'm lazy that way! Hehe
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OK, here's how I've done it - the program will automatically do it for common package names (it does it for all the ones that Androidian uses). However, you can specify additional package names for it to replace. Here's the new syntax -
$java -jar <packagename1> <packagename2> <etc> <input dir> <output file>
Example:
$java -jar com_upwardspiral_wallpapers com_nhnt11_dummyapp myDir output.xml
Here's the list of the package names it automatically does:
Code:
"frameworks_res_",
"com_android_systemui_",
"com_android_browser_",
"com_android_calculator2_",
"com_android_calendar_",
"com_android_camera_",
"com_android_contacts_",
"com_android_deskclock_",
"com_android_email_",
"com_android_fm_",
"com_android_inputmethod_latin_",
"com_android_launcher_",
"com_android_mms_",
"com_android_music_",
"com_android_phone_",
"com_android_providers_calendar_",
"com_android_providers_downloads_ui_",
"com_android_quicksearchbox_",
"com_android_settings_",
"com_android_wallpaper_",
"com_cooliris_media_",
"com_google_android_apps_genie_geniewidget_",
"com_google_android_carhome_",
"com_google_android_gm_",
"com_google_android_googlequicksearchbox_",
"com_google_android_talk_",
"net_cactii_flash2_"
Let me know if I'm missing anything.
nhnt11 said:
OK, here's how I've done it - the program will automatically do it for common package names (it does it for all the ones that Androidian uses). However, you can specify additional package names for it to replace. Here's the new syntax -
$java -jar <packagename1> <packagename2> <etc> <input dir> <output file>
Example:
$java -jar com_upwardspiral_wallpapers com_nhnt11_dummyapp myDir output.xml
Here's the list of the package names it automatically does:
Code:
"android_",
"frameworks_res_",
"com_android_systemui_",
"com_android_browser_",
"com_android_calendar_",
"com_android_camera_",
"com_android_contacts_",
"com_android_deskclock_",
"com_android_email_",
"com_android_inputmethod_latin_",
"com_android_launcher_",
"com_android_mms_",
"com_android_music_",
"com_android_phone_",
"com_android_providers_calendar_",
"com_android_providers_downloads_ui_",
"com_android_quicksearchbox_",
"com_android_settings_",
"com_android_wallpaper_",
"com_cooliris_media_",
"com_google_android_apps_genie_geniewidget_",
"com_google_android_carhome_",
"com_google_android_gm_",
"com_google_android_googlequicksearchbox_",
"com_google_android_talk_",
"net_cactii_flash2_"
Let me know if I'm missing anything.
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Damn, that was fast! I'm diving in to try it out! Your awesome!
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Damn, that was fast! I'm diving in to try it out! Your awesome!
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Test this please, I would myself but I have nothing to test it on
1.Decompile android.policy.jar
2.\android.policy.jar.out\smali\com\android\internal\policy\impl\Phonewindowsmanager.smali
3.Open up phonewindowsmanager.smali
4.look for "com.htc.action.SCREEN_CAPTURE_BG"
5.Change "com.htc.action.SCREEN_CAPTURE_BG" to "android.intent.action.SCREENSHOT"
6.Save and recompile
7. Open up your build.prop and add
# Properties for supporting framework features
ro.htc.framework.screencapture = true
8. save
9. Add these files to your rom http://www.multiupload.com/V3UUU5B9RD
10. Open up your updater-script and add
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/bin/screenshot");
11.save
DONE...
Credits
-SKYRAIDER
-Cyanogen
-HTC
Once you do this - how do you take a screenshot? Power+Home?
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xdadevelopers-user said:
Once you do this - how do you take a screenshot? Power+Home?
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yup
10chat
Doesn't work for me. Anyone else?
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Doesn't work for me. Anyone else?
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Anyone?
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Doesn't work for me. Anyone else?
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Hope I'm not necroposting too hard, but I just tried this. No luck.
what happens ?
10 char
When i try to take a screen shot i get a toast saying "error: /mnt/sdcard/tmpshot.bmp (no such file or directory)", and then another toast right after saying "screenshot is saved at null". I search my phones / directory with root explorer and find no .bmp files containing any screen shots. If i create a file named tmpshot.bmp on my sdcard then try to take a screen shot i get "error unable to save screenshot: java.language.nullpointer exception" and then "screenshot is saved at /mnt/sdcard/dcim/screenshots/******.bmp". Every time you create the tmpshot.bmp file and take a screen shot it also removes the file from the sdcard. So if you go to where it says it saved them the pic files are there but they have no thumb, and when you open it it is just a black screen with the little grey gallery error icon.
JoelZ9614 said:
what happens ?
10 char
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Pwr+home brings up the power menu and takes me to the home screen. It is as if I haven't made the changes at all. I've double and triple checked and the changes are there.
I couldn't even find this line in the code:
com.htc.action.SCREEN_CAPTURE_BG
Working on Another Senseless ROM v2.0. For those having issues, you gave screenshot in /system/bin 06755 permissions correct? I did this using adb: adb shell - chmod 06755 /system/bin/screenshot.
Jermaine, which ROM are you looking for that in?
RMarkwald said:
Working on Another Senseless ROM v2.0. For those having issues, you gave screenshot in /system/bin 06755 permissions correct? I did this using adb: adb shell - chmod 06755 /system/bin/screenshot.
Jermaine, which ROM are you looking for that in?
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I was looking in Insensitive.
***I'm mobile
jermaine151 said:
I was looking in Insensitive.
***I'm mobile
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Found it in the method named: .method public interceptKeyBeforeDispatching(Landroid/view/WindowManagerPolicy$WindowState;IIIIIII)Z
Found it @ line # 5349 (that's the line #'s in Notepad++). Here's what's around it:
.line 1743
.local v14, intent:Landroid/content/Intent;
const-string v22, "android.intent.action.SCREENSHOT"
Obviously this is the modified line, from Another Senseless ROM v2.0 that is.
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Found it in the method named: .method public interceptKeyBeforeDispatching(Landroid/view/WindowManagerPolicy$WindowState;IIIIIII)Z
Found it @ line # 5349 (that's the line #'s in Notepad++). Here's what's around it:
.line 1743
.local v14, intent:Landroid/content/Intent;
const-string v22, "android.intent.action.SCREENSHOT"
Obviously this is the modified line, from Another Senseless ROM v2.0 that is.
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Thanks Mark! I'll have to look at it again.
Hey Joel, just for grins I performed these instructions on my HTC Flyer's Honeycomb ROM named WestfireROM v2.0 (based off of the HC leak), works for that device too!
Is it okay to put up a post in the Flyer forums linking back to your OP? I suppose maybe wait until others can get this working maybe...?
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Found it in the method named: .method public interceptKeyBeforeDispatching(Landroid/view/WindowManagerPolicy$WindowState;IIIIIII)Z
Found it @ line # 5349 (that's the line #'s in Notepad++). Here's what's around it:
.line 1743
.local v14, intent:Landroid/content/Intent;
const-string v22, "android.intent.action.SCREENSHOT"
Obviously this is the modified line, from Another Senseless ROM v2.0 that is.
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It must've been late when I tried before. LOL.I definitely see the line now. Thanks again. I'm going to test it out.
EDIT: Works perfectly!!! Thanks Joelz and RMark!!!
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Pwr+home brings up the power menu and takes me to the home screen. It is as if I haven't made the changes at all. I've double and triple checked and the changes are there.
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+1. I can't get it to do anything, but the changes are definitely there. Does it matter where in the build.prop you put those additional lines?
Ok im an idiot. I was doing this late last night and i chmoded the screenshot file in /system/bin wrong. I gave it the correct permissions and now its working perfectly. I can finally ditch my screenshot app. Thanks guys.
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+1. I can't get it to do anything, but the changes are definitely there. Does it matter where in the build.prop you put those additional lines?
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I put the changes at the very end, so it's the last two lines.
I just told xdadeveloper-user this same thing; if you want to post your android.policy.jar file and build.prop, I don't mind taking a look to make sure the changes were made right.
Use everything here on your own risk and hit THANKS BUTTON if you like my work!
General Information:
As you propably know, till now there is no CRT-off MOD out for the S3. This is because only changing the value of config_animateScreenLights from true to false in framework-res.apk is not working anymore!
Together with Tungstwenty and rovo89 we faced out, that the problem are some missing commands in the /system/framework/services.jar
After comparing files from S2 and S3 Tungstwenty could help me to find the right position to edit files and with a litte bit of testing we found the right commands to enable the CRT-off-effect!
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Let me clarify what is required in order to have the CRT effects working:
A patched library that properly (i.e. no flicker, etc.) provides the effects --> see attached flashable zip's or use Tweakbox
Code changes on the ROM in order to properly trigger the effect(s), which the library will then respond to those triggers --> look at the how-to or use Tweakbox
Item no. 1 is the one that I worked on and for which a fully working library was now provided.
The 2nd part can be done in 2 different ways - either patching the S3's ROM to properly enable the CRT-On and/or CRT-Off effects, OR do some hooking on the existing methods in the ROM and without changing that code, override the flags (i.e., the way Tweakbox does it).
It's this 2nd aspect that you guys need to address somehow. I worked with rovo89 on Tweakbox and not only does it bundle with the library, it also does the code changes in memory to make it work (topic no. 2).
But sphinx02 had already provided that, initially, after some discussion on what needed to be patched on the S3 ROM.
So, in order to have it working you have 2 ways:
Either use Tweakbox and make use of its configuration options to enable only CRT-Off, only CRT-On, or whatever you fancy.
Ask for someone (such as sphinx02) that has an S3, to keep up with existing ROMs (it will need to be changed separately for every one), and provide patched apk's on top of the existing ones so that it enables the effect triggers I mentioned. This will also need to take into account whether you prefer both effects on, only CRT-Off, etc.
I hope this is a bit more clear now, if not just let me know.
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HOW-TO make the Code Changes:
This is what have to be done:
First of all decompile classes of services.jar (I won't provide any information to this, there are many tutorials out there how to use the smali tools!)
Than in com/android/server/PowerManagerService.smali we have to make the method nativeStartSurfaceFlingerAnimation(I)V callable from inner classes. To do that, we have to add the following after the last access$XXXX method:
Code:
.method static synthetic access$9000(Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;I)V
.registers 2
.parameter "x0"
.parameter "x1"
.prologue
.line 110
invoke-direct {p0, p1}, Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;->nativeStartSurfaceFlingerAnimation(I)V
return-void
.end method
Than we have to add some commands to the file com/android/server/PowerManagerService$BrightnessState.smali to trigger the CRT-off-effect. For that add the red part between :cond_38 and iget-object v4, p0, Lcom/a.... like this (its around line 400 in code):
Code:
.line 2679
.restart local v3 #turningOff:Z
:cond_38
[COLOR="Red"] iget-object v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService$BrightnessState;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;
const/16 v3, 0x11 # CRT-On and CRT-Off
#calls: Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;->nativeStartSurfaceFlingerAnimation(I)
invoke-static {v4, v3}, Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;->access$9000(Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;I)V[/COLOR]
iget-object v4, p0, Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService$BrightnessState;->this$0:Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;
#getter for: Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;->mScreenBrightness:Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService$BrightnessState;
invoke-static {v4}, Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;->access$6000(Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService;)Lcom/android/server/PowerManagerService$BrightnessState;
move-result-object v4
If you want to have only CRT-OFF, you can replace
Code:
const/16 v3, 0x11 # CRT-On and CRT-Off
with this:
Code:
const/16 v3, 0x10 # CRT-Off only
Finally recompile the file, put it on your phone and you can see the CRT-Off effect on your S3!
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Avoid flickers, enable CRT-ON in lib-file:
Tungstwenty said:
Hi,
I worked on the porting of the patch to S3 and despite not having one myself, I'm pretty confident that the binary rovo89 and myself included in the latest Tweakbox should work on an S3.
Could any of you guys try it out?
What to do:
Install the newest Xposed framework from here. Open the Installer app, press Install/Update and reboot.
Install the Tweakbox mod from here. Open it and enable the CRT effects in the appropriate section. You can also enable any other tweaks you like, to check if they also work for the S3 (most of them should)
Go back to the Xposed Installer app, activate the Tweakbox mod (2nd tab), then in the libraries section select "libsurfaceflinger.so" and use the I9300 version. Tick the "Replace in test-mode only" option and back in the 1st tab do a soft / test reboot.
If everything goes well and the effects work as expected, you can go back to the installer app and untick "test-mode only" so the lib is overridden on every boot.
Note that except for the app_process system file which is installed by the framework (creating a backup file, and which should have no practical effects until any mods are enabled later), all other replacements such as the surfaceflinger lib do not change anything in /system but are rather performed by loading the files from an alternate path.
I'd appreciate your feed back especially for the CRT effect, but also the other existing Tweakbox options.
Thanks!
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Or use in addition to the changes in services.jar the attached flashable zip's to overwrite libsurfaceflinger.so with the corrected one by Tungstwenty or me, XXAL for (XXALE8,XXALF2,XXALF6) and XXBL for (XXBLFB,XXBLG1,...)
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Notes:
- This is a development thread so please discuss only things that interest for further development
- First part of the development has been discussed in this Thread of S2-forums
- As on the S2 after the CRT-off-effect sometimes the screen flickers --> fixed by Tungstwenty
- For some reason, it works without setting config_animateScreenLights from true to false in framework-res.apk
- I hope Tungstwenty and rovo89 can help us again to edit the libsurfaceflinger.so to avoid that it flickers after the CRT-off-effect
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Testing the effect:
I have made the changes for ODEXED and DEODEXED XXALF2 ROM, if you want to test it have a look at my thread in the themeing/modding forums:
[MOD][ALF2/ALF6/BLFB][ODEX/DEODEX] 1% BatMod + ExtPowMen + CRT-OFF-ON or CRT-OFF-ONLY
Please post development-unrelated stuff there!!
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Credits:
Credits are going out to Tungstwenty and rovo89 for their excellent work on the S2 and for their help/advice on the S3! Excellent developers!
I hope you guys will help us again to fix the libs and perhaps enabling CRT-on-effect aswell!!!
Thank you for helping us again!
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reserved for future use, just in case..
Nice one!
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- I hope Tungstwenty and rovo89 can help us again to edit the libsurfaceflinger.so to avoid that it flickers after the CRT-off-effect
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The flicker issue and the lack of CRT-On effect are *exactly* the same issues that are present on the S2 lib as well.
It has been fixed there, but changing ARM code without the sources is a very tedious process and that requires a fair amount of testing till it eventually works.
Without having access to an S3 it's very hard to do this or even explain what needs to be done
On top of that, I have other pending stuff I need to work on so you shouldn't expect a fix very soon, sorry.
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The flicker issue and the lack of CRT-On effect are *exactly* the same issues that are present on the S2 lib as well.
It has been fixed there, but changing ARM code without the sources is a very tedious process and that requires a fair amount of testing till it eventually works.
Without having access to an S3 it's very hard to do this or even explain what needs to be done
On top of that, I have other pending stuff I need to work on so you shouldn't expect a fix very soon, sorry.
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Ok, I see the problematic.. But perhaps you can give me the original and the modified files from the s2 so I can compare the 2 files and perhaps see by myself what is changed! And as I never changed anything in .so files perhaps you can tell me additionally how you have edited them!
I'm willing to try around again and to play with bytecode or so on, but I think I need a little input from you!
You mentioned the tool objdump, so I think I have to become familiar with this tool, am I right?
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Ok, I see the problematic.. But perhaps you can give me the original and the modified files from the s2 so I can compare the 2 files and perhaps see by myself what is changed! And as I never changed anything in .so files perhaps you can tell me additionally how you have edited them!
I'm willing to try around again and to play with bytecode or so on, but I think I need a little input from you!
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Ok then, I'll give you the starting pointers so you can have a look at what lies ahead
The S2 patched file with ON and OFF both working correctly, with no flickers, is in this post.
The S2 original file is attached here.
Do a binary compare to see the changed bytes and their offsets.
To have a look at the code, you need to have the NDK installed.
Run "objdump -x libsurfaceflinger.so" to see the decompiled ARM code.
And have fun trying to understand that
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Ok then, I'll give you the starting pointers so you can have a look at what lies ahead
The S2 patched file with ON and OFF both working correctly, with no flickers, is in this post.
The S2 original file is attached here.
Do a binary compare to see the changed bytes and their offsets.
To have a look at the code, you need to have the NDK installed.
Run "objdump -x libsurfaceflinger.so" to see the decompiled ARM code.
And have fun trying to understand that
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Ok, thank you for that.. I dont know at this point if I ever will have success with it but I will give it a try as I have the time to! Thank you very much again Tungstwenty for your tips/advice!
While trying around a little bit and thinking about the problem, I had the following idea:
Is it not possible to build an own, additional library file with the crt-off functions? Sources for that are out there! Just copy together and build an .so file. Than in the Java-Code we are including this new native code and simply calling the function from this new / additional lib-file? What do you think about that?
Looks like someone needs to do this again...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676378
The flicker bug is just a bit annoying
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Lol sorry just seen the post a couple above mine. Hope you guys can fix it. Good luck.
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While trying around a little bit and thinking about the problem, I had the following idea:
Is it not possible to build an own, additional library file with the crt-off functions? Sources for that are out there! Just copy together and build an .so file. Than in the Java-Code we are including this new native code and simply calling the function from this new / additional lib-file? What do you think about that?
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I don't think that's a viable option. rovo already tried that with existing sources, I think, and the resulting library did not work on sammy's rom.
As for creating a separate library with only those functions, I also don't think that's possible as everything related with screen rendering (state, buffers, etc.) is on this lib and therefore a separate one would not have any of that info.
Hi,
I worked on the porting of the patch to S3 and despite not having one myself, I'm pretty confident that the binary rovo89 and myself included in the latest Tweakbox should work on an S3.
Could any of you guys try it out?
What to do:
Install the newest Xposed framework from here. Open the Installer app, press Install/Update and reboot.
Install the Tweakbox mod from here. Open it and enable the CRT effects in the appropriate section. You can also enable any other tweaks you like, to check if they also work for the S3 (most of them should)
Go back to the Xposed Installer app, activate the Tweakbox mod (2nd tab), then in the libraries section select "libsurfaceflinger.so" and use the I9300 version. Tick the "Replace in test-mode only" option and back in the 1st tab do a soft / test reboot.
If everything goes well and the effects work as expected, you can go back to the installer app and untick "test-mode only" so the lib is overridden on every boot.
Note that except for the app_process system file which is installed by the framework (creating a backup file, and which should have no practical effects until any mods are enabled later), all other replacements such as the surfaceflinger lib do not change anything in /system but are rather performed by loading the files from an alternate path.
I'd appreciate your feed back especially for the CRT effect, but also the other existing Tweakbox options.
Thanks!
Now I try, thank you..
And CRT on is possible?
failax said:
Now I try, thank you..
And CRT on is possible?
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Yes. If everything is working as I expect, the new things vs your current situation are:
- No more flickering issues when CRT-Off
- Now also includes CRT-On
- Can detect device orientation and do a "vertical" CRT effect instead of horizontal
All these are optional and can be turned on/off in the Tweakbox preferences.
I tried.
CRT OFF has the same problem, CRT On is not visible, but I had to place also a jar file?
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I must add that I'm on checkromevo hd and I've already inserted a mod to see crt off, I don't know if this can help.
Other mods in tweakbox work.
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CRT OFF has the same problem, CRT On is not visible, but I had to place also a jar file?
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Mmm, did you follow the steps I mentioned before, i.e. enabling the lib replacement in test mode and doing a soft reboot?
You should end up with a library on /vendor/lib (ramfs) and it should get loaded on startup instead of the one in /system/lib. Can you check with a file browser if the file under /vendor/lib does exist?
Also, could you open a terminal, run "set" and check if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is "/vendor/lib:/system/lib", as in S2?
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Mmm, did you follow the steps I mentioned before, i.e. enabling the lib replacement in test mode and doing a soft reboot?
You should end up with a library on /vendor/lib (ramfs) and it should get loaded on startup instead of the one in /system/lib. Can you check with a file browser if the file under /vendor/lib does exist?
Also, could you open a terminal, run "set" and check if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is "/vendor/lib:/system/lib", as in S2?
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I've rebooted totally, what do you mean for soft reboot?
Now I try to see those files..
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under vendor/lib I see 2 things, I see a folder called DRM and inside libdrmwvplugin.so, and single file called libwvm.so.
Also, could you open a terminal, run "set" and check if LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?
Yes it's there.
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I've rebooted totally, what do you mean for soft reboot?
Now I try to see those files..
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under vendor/lib I see 2 things, I see a folder called DRM and inside libdrmwvplugin.so, and single file called libwvm.so.
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Can you open the Xposed Installer app and post a screenshot of each of the 3 tabs? "Framework", "Modules" and "Libraries" (in this last one, scroll to the bottom to display the "libsurfaceflinger.so" entry so it's visible in the picture)
Can you send me the modded libsurfaceflinger.so so I can test it directly?
Maybe a downloadlink via pm...
I have sphinx mod for CRT, so If I deselect CRT off on tweakbox, it is shown the same.
sphinx02 said:
Can you send me the modded libsurfaceflinger.so so I can test it directly?
Maybe a downloadlink via pm...
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Would you mind just taking it from the Tweakbox package, and in the process also checking if the on-the-fly replacement is working for you?
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failax said:
I have sphinx mod for CRT, so If I deselect CRT off on tweakbox, it is shown the same.
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Your lib settings are ok, so if you do a soft reboot (pressing the button on the app), it should come back with a libsurfaceflinger.so file in /vendor/lib. It's won't happen, though, if you do a "normal" reboot.
It isn't happening to you? Could it be that the soft reboot tries to load the new lib, fails, and immediately does a hard/normal reboot - did you notice anything that could point to this?
From the Samsung GALAXY Note 2 CSC Features thread!
Add features on your GALAXY Note 10.1 just by modifying the system/csc/others.xml file! Lot's of possible features.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z7fr99ym56xz851/M4rc_k5Q7N/unconfirmed_CscFeatures.txt
I can confirm this works with the Galaxy Note 10.1. Very handy! By the way, I don't have the features.xml file but the others.xml file works fine. I'm on JB 4.1.1.
I found a rather nice tweak here, it adds a feature where the device will require a PIN (lock screen code) to factory reset the device using the Settings app.
Not sure which code, just add the two.
PIN confirmation on factory reset
Code:
<CscFeature_Setting_EnableFactoryResetPasswordWhenNoSIM>true</CscFeature_Setting_EnableFactoryResetPasswordWhenNoSIM>
This one seems to add the option called Factory data reset password (Set up/change password) under Settings > Security, although I still can't figure the real use of that. I tried setting a code in there and then tried to reset my Note 10.1, it doesn't accept that code. It still needs the lock screen PIN. Can anyone help figure this out?
Code:
<CscFeature_Settings_Reset_Password>true</CscFeature_Settings_Reset_Password>
This is my new edited others.xml file.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<SamsungMobileFeauture>
<Version>ED001</Version>
<Country>SWEDEN</Country>
<CountryISO>SE</CountryISO>
<SalesCode>NEE</SalesCode>
<FeatureSet>
<CscFeature_Common_DisablePhoneNumberFormatting>TRUE</CscFeature_Common_DisablePhoneNumberFormatting>
<CscFeature_Message_GalleryView4SingleImageMms>imagetext</CscFeature_Message_GalleryView4SingleImageMms>
<CscFeature_Web_EnableAutoSimHomeUrlInProfile>TRUE</CscFeature_Web_EnableAutoSimHomeUrlInProfile>
<CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate>true</CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate> <CscFeature_Web_EnableDesktopSiteAsDefault>true</CscFeature_Web_EnableDesktopSiteAsDefault> <CscFeature_Web_ShowVersionInSetting>true</CscFeature_Web_ShowVersionInSetting> <CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu> <CscFeature_Clock_EnableMenuAlarmAlertDuringSilentMode>true</CscFeature_Clock_EnableMenuAlarmAlertDuringSilentMode> <CscFeature_Contact_EnableMenuMDN>true</CscFeature_Contact_EnableMenuMDN> <CscFeature_Contact_SupportMDNMenu>true</CscFeature_Contact_SupportMDNMenu> <CscFeature_Contact_EnableQRCode>true</CscFeature_Contact_EnableQRCode> <CscFeature_Email_EnableSaveAsAttachment>true</CscFeature_Email_EnableSaveAsAttachment> <CscFeature_Setting_EnableFactoryResetPasswordWhenNoSIM>true</CscFeature_Setting_EnableFactoryResetPasswordWhenNoSIM> <CscFeature_Settings_Reset_Password>true</CscFeature_Settings_Reset_Password> <CscFeature_Web_SupportDownloadSaveAs>true</CscFeature_Web_SupportDownloadSaveAs> <CscFeature_Web_homeurl>http://www.google.com/ncr</CscFeature_Web_homeurl> </FeatureSet>
</SamsungMobileFeauture>
Reserved.
Reserved for the last time.
Yeah quite nice opportunity to enable some of the features that are disabled in one regions rom but not others.
Not sure many are relevant for the first 10.1 yet, VIP mode intrigues me, can't see what it does yet.
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do we hsve a list of features?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
lisa2blonde said:
do we hsve a list of features?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
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Yeah, it's on the link on the first post. Some features do not work though, just experiment and see. If you happen to spot an interesting CSC feature, kindly post the code and what it does. =)
I am fully aware that it was discussed before. Just now we got full collection in high resolution. This is a find, it's not made by me.
There is an active project made by Deirdre Connolly(dconnolly) collecting all the wallpapers.
Here it is ALL 220 700 Chromecast wallpapers in high resolution:
https://github.com/dconnolly/Chromecast-Backgrounds
https://gist.github.com/dconnolly/8188825
A. If you use Firefox and DTA(DownThemAll) on Windows platform it will fail to download about 20 wallpapers because of too long file names.
Use renaming masks to make filenames short and clean.:
DownThemAll! ยป Renaming mask
www.downthemall.org
Two renaming mask examples:
1. Simple:
Code:
Chromecast wallpaper.*ext*
2. This one is particularly interesting for graphic files because it adds year-month-day to file name:
Code:
Chromecast wallpaper_*y*-*m*-*d*.*ext*
If "File Name Conflict!" occurs pick "Rename into" with "Remember this setting" and "Just for this session", press OK
mathorv said:
I am fully aware that it was discussed before. Just now we got full collection in high resolution. This is a find, it's not made by me.
There is an active project collecting all the wallpapers.
Here it is ALL Chromecast wallpapers in high resolution:
https://github.com/dconnolly/Chromecast-Backgrounds
https://gist.github.com/dconnolly/8188825
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This is great but.. I want all of them on my PC.. Could't the scraper be designed to scrape and archive a package of said wallpapers? Right clicking and save as would take ages
styckx said:
This is great but.. I want all of them on my PC.. Could't the scraper be designed to scrape and archive a package of said wallpapers? Right clicking and save as would take ages
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One of my favorite plug-ins, DownThemAll
bhiga said:
One of my favorite plug-ins, DownThemAll
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That worked! You rock!
Too long file name or path. DTA
bhiga said:
One of my favorite plug-ins, DownThemAll
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If you use Firefox and DTA(DownThemAll) on Windows platform it will fail to download about 20 wallpapers because of too long file names.
Use renaming masks to make filenames short and clean.:
http://www.downthemall.net/howto/help/english-menu/renaming-mask/
Two renaming mask examples
Simple:
Code:
Chromecast wallpaper.*ext*
This one is particularly interesting for graphic files because it adds year-month-day to file name:
Code:
Chromecast wallpaper_*y*-*m*-*d*.*ext*
If "File Name Conflict!" occurs pick "Rename into" with "Remember this setting" and "Just for this session", press OK
Thanks for posting this stuff, really enjoying it.
vincent1964 said:
Thanks for posting this stuff, really enjoying it.
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It's nice that you're grateful, but to reduce amount of redundant post there are thanks buttons under each post if you find helpful post just press thanks.
PS. There are new wallpapers, I can't count how many, but there is definitely more than 220.
mathorv said:
It's nice that you're grateful, but to reduce amount of redundant post there are thanks buttons under each post if you find helpful post just press thanks.
PS. There are new wallpapers, I can't count how many, but there is definitely more than 220.
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yes there are 224 i believe. I am downloading all of them now and will make a zip file hosted on dropbox and other locations
Edit:
Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7a8zruliyilz7l/Chromecast Wallpapers.zip
Zippyshare:
http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/92917362/file.html
Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9YzXX4z14RMZjlCYjFyTF9ZOHc/edit?usp=sharing
steveo17 said:
yes there are 224 i believe. I am downloading all of them now and will make a zip file hosted on dropbox and other locations
Edit:
Dropbox:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7a8zruliyilz7l/Chromecast Wallpapers.zip
Zippyshare:
http://www14.zippyshare.com/v/92917362/file.html
Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9YzXX4z14RMZjlCYjFyTF9ZOHc/edit?usp=sharing
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Thanks for the effort but the filenames are too long to extract
psych2l said:
Thanks for the effort but the filenames are too long to extract
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not sure waht you mean. works fine on my Mac
Right, on windows 7 here
psych2l said:
Thanks for the effort but the filenames are too long to extract
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I got the same problem.. Can't even rename them manually. Windows 8.1 here.
Here is how...
Flowah said:
I got the same problem.. Can't even rename them manually. Windows 8.1 here.
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Here is how to batch rename the wallpapers.
- Copy the zip file to your Android phone's internal memory.
- Use a file explorer to extract the zip file & put the wallpapers into a folder.
- Use free Quickpic (or any other free tool from Play store) to batch rename the wallpapers in one step.
Note: A few wallpapers are duplicated.
Enjoy
Chromecast Wallpapers
Avoid having to use DownThemAll and bulk rename utilities to rename the long file names unsupported by Windows.
I have compiled all 222 images named 'Chromecast Wallpaper 001', 002, 003 etc in a zip and uploaded on my dropbox.
Download here: goo(dot)gl/5ox0Hj (goo.gl url shortener)
(sorry I am unable to post as a hyperlink as I have done less than 10 posts on the forum)
Jar to get them all
From what I have seen, there are over 500 unique backgrounds. I wrote a quick and dirty java program to get them all for me. It also optionally matches the gradient and can watermark the author's names.
Shameless self promo: https://github.com/nerdwaller/Chromecast-Backgrounds
If you don't have the JDK I can put up a jar for you to run.
Also in the works (and currently active on my phone) is an android version that will be a little more feature rich if time allows).
nerdwaller said:
From what I have seen, there are over 500 unique backgrounds. I wrote a quick and dirty java program to get them all for me. It also optionally matches the gradient and can watermark the author's names.
Shameless self promo: https://github.com/nerdwaller/Chromecast-Backgrounds
If you don't have the JDK I can put up a jar for you to run.
Also in the works (and currently active on my phone) is an android version that will be a little more feature rich if time allows).
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Wow, this looks awesome. Could you attach or link an executable jar? I don't have the JDK and would prefer to not have to install it just for this one time use.
Added JAR
tducote said:
Wow, this looks awesome. Could you attach or link an executable jar? I don't have the JDK and would prefer to not have to install it just for this one time use.
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Added the jar to another repo: https://github.com/nerdwaller/Chromecast-Backgrounds-Binaries
Assuming that you have some type of JRE in your $PATH:
java -jar ~/Downloads/ChromecastBackground.jar -help
java -jar ChromecastBackground.jar -gradient -help
usage: Chromecast-Backgrounds
-gradient Overlay a gradient (attempts to match the Chromecast's
display of images)
-help Print this message
-outdir <arg> Output directory
-settings <arg> Load settings from a file.
-watermark Apply the author's name as a watermark
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Let me know your thoughts on how it works for you, if you don't mind!
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Added the jar to another repo: https://github.com/nerdwaller/Chromecast-Backgrounds-Binaries
Assuming that you have some type of JRE in your $PATH:
java -jar ~/Downloads/ChromecastBackground.jar -help
Let me know your thoughts on how it works for you, if you don't mind!
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This is what I get:
$ java -jar ChromecastBackground.jar -help
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/nerdwaller/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
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Any suggestions?
tducote said:
This is what I get:
Any suggestions?
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I'm willing to bet it's an issue with the java version, I am using Java 1.7.0_55. What's the output of `java -version`?
By the way, thank you for being a Guinea pig for me, I really appreciate it. The other person I had test this out didn't expose this issue yet!
nerdwaller said:
I'm willing to bet it's an issue with the java version, I am using Java 1.7.0_55. What's the output of `java -version`?
By the way, thank you for being a Guinea pig for me, I really appreciate it. The other person I had test this out didn't expose this issue yet!
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Ah, yes. My Java version is 1.6.0_65. Hmm. I thought I had just updated the JRE too. Let me try logging out and back in and trying it again.
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tducote said:
Ah, yes. My Java version is 1.6.0_65. Hmm. I thought I had just updated the JRE too. Let me try logging out and back in and trying it again.
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So I'm not sure why this happened, but when I just type java in the terminal, it wants to use a 1.60_65 version, but if I use "/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar ChromecastBackground.jar -help" it runs the jar just fine. I tried to run it without specifying a destination directory and it said it was saving to a directory named "/Users/taylorducote/Library/Application Support/chromecastbg/". The program ran saying that it found 100 images and that it was downloading them all and got to where it said "Finished.", but that directory doesn't seem to exist, and I can't find the images.
Any ideas?