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[Nook Color General] sudermatt:
I guess there's a debate about how useful TabTweaks is....

I'll tell you this...I never would have handed my NC to The Beautiful Janny for her to use.:eek: She would have been soooooo frustrated :mad: after about 10 seconds. The Beautiful Janny is a techno phobe...it's takes all of my "head of household" ;) power to keep her from going *choke* *cough* *gag* *apple*.:eek:

But I still want her to enjoy this amazing device.

Now, I just have to point to the back button, the home button and the menu key and say.

- Press that to go Back,

- That one to go to the main page,

- This one to get options where-ever you are.

Now I can hand her the device, give her those three simple instructions, and let her explore. :)

I'm very excited for The Beautiful Janny...and for me....and everyone else who TabTweaks their NC.

LONG LIVE CM7TabTweaks! :D
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
Anyone who thinks the CM7 tablet tweaks is just Button Savior on the status bar should delete their xda account. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Obviously directed at me, so i will respond. Aside from adding perm soft buttons (like button savior), the ability to hide/show soft buttons on top of full screen apps (like button savior), the only new functionality is the ability to move the bar to the bottom (ok, but not earth shattering). The softkeys being added to the power menu is worthless to me, but i guess also worth a mention.

I am not trying to be rude to the dev, but people making this out to be earth shattering are crazy to me. Button Savior has been doing this for me for months, so i just don't get the excitement. Yes, i use RC2 of TT, simply because its the newest in code, and i like to keep up. But CM7 felt great before, and this really didn't rock my world... sorry.
[Nook Color General] funcrusher:
Yeah, tbh, I don't get it either. I hated using both button savior and softkeys.
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
It always felt like a burden, even if only a slight one, to have to pop-out the softkeys and then finally press the button I want. I could never place the pop out button where I wanted it and I was constantly accidentally hitting it. Since this really was one of the few things that constantly reminded me that I wasn't using a device meant to be a tablet (sounds silly, perhaps but still true) I was extraordinarily excited to have all those issues fixed in one fell swoop.

These mods fit like a glove. By comparison, Button Savior and Softkeys fit like a cloth tied around your hand (no disrespect to their authors).
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
I feel the same way but perhaps I'm a little biased :D
[Nook Color General] fattire:
I ditched button savior for the tweaks. Was kinda confused. BS was closed-source, but based on softkeys which is GPL'd? Or am I smokin' crack?
[Nook Color General] awtenterprise:
I will agree with the OP (great narrative by the way, you must be in sales).

CM7TT makes the Nook feel like a turn key tablet for me. I was using softkeys on rooted stock and it felt cumbersome to operate.

AdamT.
[Nook Color General] Kayak83:
What's battery life on it?
[Nook Color General] sudermatt:
I'm a geek...project manager...and you, sir, are clearly brilliant because

CM7TabTweaks Rock the House!:D
[Nook Color General] kirbfucius:
I've always hated SoftKeys. Button Savior was a relatively clean workaround, but pressing two buttons to get the one I wanted gets to be a little more bothersome than I like. Tablet Tweaks just feels natural, as if that's how it was supposed to be the whole time.

Further, there's more to TT than just the softkeys. The long-press hardware button mapping is great. I can't wait 'til the Volume Button mapping comes back since it was just plain handy in a variety of situations that you wouldn't think of until they came up.
[Nook Color General] lafester:
the best part for me is that now everything is completely under my control.

i can have lots of buttons or none, have a status bar at all times or toggle it on and off while in full screen apps. it completely replaces a third party solution and i don't even have to map my volume keys... although if i want to map them the option will be right there without having to install anything.

not to mention all of this was done quickly and with user input. i'm also sure that this is just the beginning of something much bigger :)

thanks again to MM and all the people here making the nook better.
[Nook Color General] sudermatt:
Another thing I love about this ROM is just about every piece of software will run on it. The market is wide open to all.

Did I mention that CM7TabTweaks is awesome? I did...didn't I?
[Nook Color General] samuelhalff:
CM7 without the tweaks would still be great. But you have to admit that it makes sense having a more intuitive interface at the tip of our thumbs, without the need for some sort of hacky workaround..

How and why is this even interesting to debate? It's an option after all..

Let's be honest, the devs behind the tweaks are simply awesome guys with brilliant ideas .. :) full stop. Haha.

Take care.
[Nook Color General] 911jason:
Yeah... whoever came up with that bottom status bar idea is brilliant! ;)
[Nook Color General] rogerdugans:
I understand the few people who haven't completely fallen for the Tablet Tweaks addition to CM7- sort of.

The pure functionality of the buttons is not exactly world shaking when compared with SoftKeys or Button Savior.

But I AM a fan of Tablet Tweaks and think they do work much better and more intuitively than the other solutions. And the Tweaks do add more, as well.

I don't expect this addition to CM7 to cut into Ipad sales, of course, but for the NC my personal opinion is that they take a cell phone rom hacked to work on a tablet and turn it into a tablet rom.

OP- good story-telling too, man. ;)
[Nook Color General] EverythingNook:
i like how it looks and all but the battery life is whats stopping me, so im just going to use Nookie Comb.
[Nook Color General] davidukfl:
I ran nookiecomb for a while and it was pretty brilliant. Very fast and very stable. And the built in tablet tweaks rocked. The only reason I wet back to the stock rom was because my wife is the one using the nook mostly and she reads magazines which arent available on anything other than the stock eclair rom.....

However. I'm going to be buying a g-tablet and ill definitely be running cm once there is a final stable build along with tablet tweaks
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
Whys battery life stopping you? I get well over a full days charge with heavy usage. Reading, browsing, downloading, games, etc.
[Nook Color General] EverythingNook:
i hear that the battery life is very poor with CM7 on it.
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
I regularly go more than a day without charging. Its good enough for most.
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
Going to have to say you heard wrong. For a device that never sleeps, I get well over a full days worth of heavy usage, as I've mentioned before.
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Yep I could.

I don't because I use the crap out of it w/ games and video, but I could. :D

If I was doing what I am doing on the stock rom, it would die in a day too...

Also I don't know if it's mentioned. You don't have to run the tablet tweaks rom anymore. it's merged into CM7 nightlies now.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
I don't mean to be THAT guy, but browsing the web/apps etc on the NC is much better through using SoftKeys on the right side, isn't it?

That way you can hold the NC with your hands in the middle of the left and right sides. (And of course holding it in the middle gives the best support for obvious reasons). But holding there means you have to move your hands far to get to the tablet tweaks' buttons.

Whereas with SoftKeys, it's exactly where my thumb is at all times. Much more convenient, no? Here's a picture:

Tablet Tweaks is definitely amazing, especially the fullscreen override etc, and I'm not saying this to be a downer. But I'm just looking for information -- how do you guys get around the above? Supporting the NC in the middle, are you just fine with constantly moving your hand to get to the soft buttons in the very corner? Am I missing something or is my method really more efficient?
[Nook Color General] BugsBunny891:
i usually hold my nook in the landscape mode so my thumbs are constantly right at the status bar. it works great for me
[Nook Color General] animatechnica:
i still keep my button savior on the right side as well and activate it when i am reading in portrait - a lot more convenient than reach down, when i am in landscape mode then the new controls are easily accessible
[Nook Color General] rogerdugans:
Hunh.

About the only time I hold my NC with two hands is when I am playing Angry Birds, lol.

When I am on the web or doing anything else I usually hold it with my left and type, click links and turn pages with my right hand.

ETA-

On the battery life issue- I don't see that there is one myself. My NC usually lasts a few of days with a few hours of use (mixed reading and web browsing) per day. Even on the days when I have used it fairly heavily- navigation on a three hour drive and a few hours of reading I didn't use half the battery. That was between 5.5 and six hours of use with WiFi on for about 4 hours of the time and no recharging since I didn't have my usb car adapter.

I will say that battery life of my CM7 Nook Color does seem to be a bit less than it was stock but not by THAT much. Of course I couldn't DO much on the stock NC either. ;)
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
I've actually never seen a screenshot of someone web browsing on a tablet in portrait before! :p

Yeah, if you use portrait and hold the device in the middle with both hands it may be a long reach.

But, I find myself using landscape mode nearly always, especially for web browsing, as you don't have to scroll sideways all the time that way.
[Nook Color General] JLCollier2005:
I actually like the back/home/menu buttons at the top right, instead of bottom left, maybe it's because of how I hold the nook when I read (left hand, bottom, use the very bottom of the screen to change pages) and having the status bar on the bottom would get in my way...when I use my right hand, my thumb is always up higher anyway so the customization of this is great (running the newest nightly with the tweaks integrated)

Either way, I'll be disabling button savior and not looking back! can't wait to see what they'll come up with next...
[Nook Color General] gyzer:
I'm a noob to nook rooting, got my nook less than a week ago. I am running phiremod 5.3 and I was wondering if there was a way to get tab tweaks on it. I've had no problems with phiremod so I would like to keep running it if at all possible with trying this out.
[Nook Color General] Ptaaty:
So when will CM7 support sleep? One of the big reasons I have and enjoy the nook is pick up and use for small amounts of time over a week period.

FYI, I basically stopped using button savior and similar programs once I found out that you can just back swipe on the status bar to perform the back function.

I wonder how many people don't realize that the stock ROM doesn't need the back button because of the same function by a right to left swipe on the status bar...this was a huge increase in functionality for me.

I am itching to go to CM7 TT but need a good sleep solution.
[Nook Color General] davidukfl:
You just changed my life
[Nook Color General] EnTg888:
Long press home Recent Apps

This isn't quite related to the current Softkeys debate, but is anyone else having the problem that the recent apps dialog (long press home) does not cover the entire screen, but is a small phone-sized screen at the top center? It only happens occasionally, seemingly sporadically. I'm running the latest CM7 nightly.
[Nook Color General] jaceswild:
funny you bring that up, just moved over from froyo to the cm7 tablet tweaks and noticed the same thing when i transferred my apps. most are fine but some that used to show up full screen on froyo now only show up smaller in the top center of the screen.

i think this is due to tablet tweaks forcing/overriding full screen mode so that the softkeys always show on the bottom.

don't know if their is a workaround but im guessing their isnt, and its almost a dealbreaker for using cm7 tablet tweaks in my eyes, but some will likely disagree
[Nook Color General] poofyhairguy:
The trick to fix that is turn off compatibility mode in Spare Parts.
[Nook Color General] EnTg888:
I've turned off compatibility mode, but it still happens.

this has actually been a problem even before tablet tweaks. Is this a common problem?
[Nook Color General] EverythingNook:
when you enable the status bar to always show, does it cut off some of the game or does it auto crop it to fit?
[Nook Color General] WobbleTheHutt:
it changes the render window and does not cut anything off, its super handy and most apps change on the fly when you hide un hide the bar! ( i have my home button set to un hide, its super slick!) only game i have issues with is pocket legends where it will not resize after, however the game is fully playable etc with the bar hidden, so i just have a quick link to the tablet tweaks section on my home screen so i can flip off the full screen override before firing up the game. (that or you could just leave the bar up it runs fine :) )
[Nook Color General] EverythingNook:
so it will crop it like the xoom?
[Nook Color General] JMMusic:
I just remapped my volume up button to back and volume down to menu, the home button is already there. Nothing beats hardware buttons.

I actually still use softkeys, but only for the double click home functionality to make it easier to switch between apps. Nothing of softkeys is displayed on the screen.

Still on stock.

Sent from my Nook... yeah Nook...
[Nook Color General] Kayak83:
How do you toggle back on the navigation bar after closing/minimizing it while in a game or other app?
[Nook Color General] Explore3:
CM7 is out of beta. The final version has been released. Tablet Tweaks in now in CM7!!!!!!!!! :) Thanks for the great work!
[EVO Shift 4G General] geekdaddy:
Been following the various gingerbread ROM threads (Cyanogen 7, Evervolv, etc.) and they look very interesting.

Unfortunately, however, I can't seem to find one that includes full exchange enterprise security capabilities which are available in nearly all the Froyo ROMs.

Any insight about why this is missing and if/how I can obtain it?

Without Exchange Enterprise Security Policy support, there are many of us who cannot access our corp calendar, email, etc. Touchdown, Good Messaging, still work, but the built-in Activesync sppt is preferred...
[EVO Shift 4G General] x99percent:
Is it true that all of the Froyo ROMs that include full Exchange security are Sense ROMs?

I was under the impression that HTC had added that in. You may be left waiting for HTC to officially update the Evo Shift to a newer version of Android.
[EVO Shift 4G General] BaBnkr:
I believe mine works with exchange and it asked for a bunch of admin permissions (like wiping my phone) when I set up the account. Email and calenders work too, but the email app won't let you search. (Cm7 RC4.1)
[EVO Shift 4G General] cosine83:
I've seen a lot of threads to disable these security precautions because people hate them despite them being required by corporate policy. As an admin it really makes me facepalm. I'd like to see ActiveSync bolstered in AOSP and other custom ROMs.
[EVO Shift 4G General] theimpaler747:
Moved to general.
[EVO Shift 4G General] geekdaddy:
BUMP...

There IS Exchange support in most of the gingerbread ROMs, but they seem to be missing support for some of the security policies and this can cause problems if your exchange server requires them...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiv4m:
What is the best ROM in terms of battery performance? I'm running Bionix with Overstovk and battery isn't that great. I'm actually considering going back to stock 2.2 if it offers the best battery performance. Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Been asked many times. Did you recondition your battery? Your phone will vary on different roms. I would try a couple of the more popular ones and see.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlcj5:
You can also change it by modem and or kernel choices no matter what rom you choose...its all different for every one
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiv4m:
I've been using bionix with overstock for two months now and have conditioned my battery multiple times.

You say modemm, I know KA5 is good in terms of battery. How can I install that?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shiv4m:
And how is Stock 2.2?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalcrazy22:
I would check out the ROM called Toxic Heroes Presents Toxic FF SMoke. I have been using this rom for a few days and i can attest to the battery life. I got got 17 hours with heavy to moderate usage throughout the day and still had 50 percent battery life left. I have also had bionix and atriarc and both of them had gopod battery life. Also alot of depends on ur modem, kernel combo. For example i use the KB1 modem and right now have overstock 2.2 and getting great batt life.

Also i have used KB1 modem with supercurios stock KB1 kernel with voodoo on bionix v 1.3.1 and also had great battery life with it as well. Also depends on where you live as well hope this helps a little
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davemw2:
If your jumping from edge to 3g alot that'll drain. Your battery. If you leave wifi on all the time and are going in and out of buildings or places in general that have wifi its constantly scanning and trying to connect. Hell, when im driving down the road mines trying to connect to houses that have it. The radio is a big thing though. (Or so I've read all over the forumns)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ameedi600:
Jk6 gives the best battery life for me, no matter what rom I use
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Nalorokk:
Hi all, anyone can help me to find Jbed thats works on Android 2.3?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thacen:
I am also looking for that:(:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] __s:
****ing deadend. nothing works on GB. not esmertek nither mite's j2me runner. that pisses me off.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midas5:
Hi,

I have an Orange phone that does not have the 3-button feature.

But, if I switch on with the power button, no other keys pressed.

When the first boot, white graphics, screen appears, take your fingers off the power button.

1) Now press Vol-UP and Home together for 1 second.

2) Take your fingers off the buttons for 1 second.

3) Now press Vol-UP and Home together for 1 second.

4) Take your fingers off the buttons for 1 second.

repeat 1+2 until the following appears:

"FORCED UPLOAD by KEY PRESSING"

Is this only on Orange phones, or is it also present on phones where the normal 3-button feature works?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carngeX:
I'm assuming it's going to break my root, right? Even if it does, I'm sure unrevoked people will be able to patch it up quickly... But what I was wondering is this: since I'm on stock ROM/rooted/s-off, what would I need to do so I could install 2.3 when it's released? Will I need to s-on and unroot? Or just do s-on? Would I also need to make sure all stock apps are still installed (I think I removed a few of them... not sure if the backups were done correctly, but I can always restore the ones I got rid of from a stock APK archive I have).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenHolliday:
You'll need to be S-ON, UN-rooted, and have ALL the bloatware crap just like it came with. You could always install the NiB RUU
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carngeX:
Yeah, I saw this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=969973

And it looks like that's probably what I would do, is just turn s-on and probably just do the second option that's listed there to get back to stock unrooted.

Thanks though, that's what I wanted to know!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] twiceover:
So I'm trying to open files from my LAN... What a pain.

EStrongs: Doesn't really support Domain logins. ie: domain\username So basically unusable for my needs

Astro: Cannot open any files. Get java errors and crashes. But at least I can logon to my domain. Even opening a basic jpg gives a blank screen.

Ghost Commander: Love this, log on to my domain, VERY fast. Can't open files from the LAN though, have to copy to SD first.

Anyone else have a suggested file manager that can do SMB, domains, and open files from the lan?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] rickyt63:
You can try File Expert free from market.

it works pretty good for me on Gtablet.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] twiceover:
Close, but none of my office docs will open directly. First have to download with my browser then open.

Real nice and fast interface though. Did let me logon to domain.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] TimSykes:
linda is a good explorer, but not sure about the domain log in.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] gthrift:
have you tried ES File Explorer?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] xcxin:
try File Expert

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1095254
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] tenet420:
CIFS

Use 'Cifs manager' to mount any SMB share and view content locally without having to actually transfer it.

EDIT: works for streaming network shared movies, music, reading and editing documents, installing apks, etc.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] since1971:
Is there any way to set own IMEI code after flashing a custom ROM?

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Sorry for my bad english
[Optimus One, P500, V General] neilmb:
No. The IMEI code is set in your phone's hardware so adding a custom ROM won't do anything to it

Sent from my LG-P509
[Optimus One, P500, V General] cmangalos:
AFAIK. IMEI can be corrupted, so always have efs back up.

when i was on spica, chaging form 2.2 to 2.1 have put my imei to zero's , good thing that im aware of it , so i have retained my imei
[Optimus One, P500, V General] since1971:
I know. But, after flashing, in Settings > About phone, the IMEI value is still the same? I don't think Android can read it directly from harware, probably it is read from a string stored somewhere in the firmware. In that case, can I replace that value with the proper one?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] t3chg33k:
The IMEI should remain the same. It changes only when your entire PCB gets replaced after bricking your phone, as in my case. :P
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rotorto:
Changing IMEI is illegal in most countries. Please don't ask us how to breach laws.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] neilmb:
In fact, Android can and does read it directly from the hardware. Android reads lots of things from hardware chips like cell radios, sim cards, etc. Not everything in the phone has to be stored in a text file.

Sent from my LG-P509
[Optimus One, P500, V General] since1971:
Ok, thanks. I thought a string should have been stored in some DB...

;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] nikkpap:
Flash-Tool For Windows (Linux Script is Coming))

Hi i made this little bat-script file to inspire some developer to make a formal- normal one... this is working just fine for me. i want to add that i am looking for a solution how to replace ODIN for linux (ubuntu), i cant understand Google-Samsung, they made a perfect OS for phones and it uses Linux Kernel rewritten from Linus Torvalds

But they cant make a tool for Linux. .

I hope i help you. The basics commands working like a charm Recovery and Download Mode...

I hope someone make it in GUI .... thanks.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dc6nnxubdfq8mr7