[Defy Android Development] [] AL []:
Yo!

Well I had a look at this today; not that the "Videos" app drawer icon bothers me that much but just because this is the kind of thing I like to try just by curiousity and to learn more about the app coding.

1st thing I've noticed though is that the Music.apk's AndroidManifest.xml seems to have only 189 lines [190 if you count the last blank one]. So I don't know if I'm looking at the right place..(no line 211...) But from what you wrote, there seems to be a relevant activity lline at line #145 [pic 1].

The problem is that when I rem that line, it seems that it clears Music,apk from the app drawer altogether [unless I screwed up somewher in the process].

So what I did is: decompiled Music.apk with apktool, rem'd that line, recompiled the apk, from the apktool build/apk folder I took the new AndroidManifest.xml + classes.dex + resources.arsc and replaced them within an untouched original Music.apk and finally pushed it manually in the system/app folder (set permissions/owerships and rebooted also). --> again: the result is no music app shown. ???

Why I ask and also want to do this is because I'd rather get rid of the "Downloads" app drawer icon since I imagine it would be the same kind of tweak for the stock browser. I don't use the default browser so pressing that icon always leads to a "no downloads" screen. But I do not want to completly get rid of the stock browser because I believe that doing so can cause problems with VoiceSearch (or other app that I can't remember right now) in some situations.

So any quick clues on where I might be off track?

(just looking at my screenshot: are semicolons ":" ok to use within the rem??)

there's a button for that - which doesn't go against the forum rules either... hehehe :p

Thanks, but as far as I remember, maniac said that HD is not implemented yet [as opposed to Quarx's defy (no +) builds]. The encoding props being in the media_profiles.xml doesn't necessarilly mean that other binary or libs are set up yet...hence the .

But now having a SD card that should allow it, I did try it anyway. And yes the it makes the HD option appear in the videocam's settings, but when I tried to record; nothing or I get an error message [pic 2].

I must add that I did try to lower the target bitrate to 8M (from 10M) and the fps to 24 but still no go...

For you guys in need of additional privacy/security, I would suggest two very neet and free apps:

1- NQ's Vault: an app that can encrypt and password protect your sms, photos and videos (don't need to tell me what kind of movies please...and don't forget that posts stay here for everyone to read for a long time...and this thread had close to 5 millions views btw... :silly:). Notice that I wrote "encrypt files"; that means that it is much better then making files or folder hidden with a "." in front because it is fairly easy to make most file explorers or video players show hidden stuff...it doesn't take a wife/gf/friend that 'geeky' to find that out... Encrypting also prevent unwanted spies using a card SD card reader or the USB share function... it's very easy to see very well those ".files" with your computer...

2- Smart app protector - free: an app that let you password protect an unlimited number of apps easily. Unlock with 4-digit pswd, swipe to unlock or even a gesture that you choose. So it's a very convienient thing to use to block any file explorer, the application manager, the Market, your SMS/email or what not... That means that no one can then get (root) access to files or install/uninstall stuff that could allow them to play with files that you want to keep for yourself.

If you add to all that the use of maniac's builds' Bootmenu PIN protection option, you'll have quite a secure phone that no one will ever be able to mess with. :p