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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Deleted member 2488575:
What should I do to get my Xperia play as close to vanilla as possible?

Any launcher that is like vanilla? stuff like that.

thanks
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
launcher pro is the best launcher ever, it can be exactly like vanillia android but is 1000x more customizable and powerful and free

.... did I mention it is free?

I guess I did
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Dousan:
Though it's free there's a paid version (launcher pro plus) with more features. The most useful feature in the paid version must be resizing widgets ;-)

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Laird_Attwood:
I am also looking for this, I have tried Launcher Pro/ADW and lots of Gingerbread themes etc but I am always left with SE icons and not stock.

Anyone know the best way to get stock icons? (rooted and bootloader unlocked)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] johnsongrantr:
ohhhh.... yea nothing is going to help you with that except custom roms or some serious surgury of the apk's in /system and you don't want to mess with that I promise you.

there are some apps to change the icon link on your home screen, but in the app drawer it will still show the old icon. Not sure anyone is going to help you with that less a custom rom be involved
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Laird_Attwood:
Thanks for reply, hopefully it wont be to long till there is a few custom roms :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yohandesilva1:
Try the Zlauncher its the most light weight pure vanilla experience
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Deleted member 2488575:
ok thanks for that it seems pretty cool.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabisco_12:
I had it on my first epic and liked it but some say to stay away from it, if i dont use it is there a better safer app or not to use 1 at all and manually stop programs. i c there is a paid and free 1. i guess the free 1 has adds but i didnt on mine??
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbking77:
Leave it alone. Android 2.2 + manages tasks for you. Task killers cause instability. Just use the built in task killer on our phones.. (hold the home button and press task manager)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p3dr0maz:
Yeah really shouldn't have to be killing things that often and if you do ever need to that's why there's a built in task manager.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No matter what people say, there are programs that are not handled properly by Froyo's built in memory handler. If you use a task killer to kill autoreloading tasks (like MAPS for google navigation) then you are causing battery drain by you killing them and then them reloading. If you know what tasks are reloaders, then you can select them to be ignored by the task killer. Some programs hog phone RAM and do not release it like the stock internet browser. Knowing this, I use the Advanced Task Killer for Froyo to kill the browser and make more RAM available for other things.

So yes, use it BUT with proper knowledge of when and how.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidApprentice:
Watchdog FTMFW (look it up on the market). Had their widget on my homescreen pretty much from the day I started using Android. Old-style task killers are BS.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Root:
If you use the back key or pre-designed exit key, you will close apps properly and they will only rarely reappear. It's part of the Andriod design.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Yes, this is important. In general, don't use them, but some people don't code their apps right.

Typed by a man standing on a toilet, eating a bacon sammich.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecooce:
Nay, but as stated some apps just suck, I always take the time to test the app...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandomKing:
I will throw my 2 cents in here for good measure. As far as I can tell, my setup appears to get me generally better battery life than the rest of users, so I believe that qualifies me to comment :D.

I have used and tested Task Killers since I got my Epic, my first android phone, this passed November. Yes, I still use one. It's called Advanced Task Killer. It's free, and it's simple. As mentioned in a previous post, and by myself many times before, certain tasks will reload with impunity no matter what you do. Aside from freezing these services, which may result in instability in certain instances, you can't stop this. And continually causing them to restart will drain more battery rather than saving any. Which brings me to my main point:

NEVER USE AUTO-KILL! Simply use a task killer widget to "clean up" before you lock your phone, nothing more. If you use it in this way, like me, you'll see battery improvement. Just also ensure to set certain system services to the ignore list to avoid issues.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabisco_12:
Cool thanks guys ur input helps alot!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
If anything, best bet is a memory tweaker. like "autokiller memory optimizer." I'm sure thats what your looking for =) it's not a task killer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandrumma:
i used a task manager/killer back in the G1 1.5 days but nowadays android does a much better job of managing memory so a task killer is really not needed anymore in my opinion.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vickpick:
I've used for months without any problems.. I don't kill the essential processes.. just the apps.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Web browsing is MUCH faster if I kill apps before going to the web. It gives more free RAM to cache pages.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rando991:
Has anyone had any luck with Startup Auditor since Froyo? It doesn't seem to actually do anything when comparing the disabled programs in its list with what is "running" according to the phone Manage Apps setting.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
I'll almost guarantee you that they are just restarting. Thats why taskkillers dont work in 2.2.x, because it just "restarts" them.

[sig]Typed by restless thumbs, that are too tired to help hold my bacon sammiches[sig]
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rando991:
Thanks, that's what I thought.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Yeah, google removed the code for taskkillers in froyo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] former_Yank:
I am having problems viewing videos on embedded websites. It shows a block with the block with ?. Any help would be great.

HTC EVO rooted Sprint lovers
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
It would help if you gave us the websites so we can see what you are talking about. If it's a flash video, you may not have Flash Player installed. If it's any other kind of video, it just may not play on android.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] former_Yank:
CNN is one. I have flash installed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] njonas01:
If you have flash in browser settings as on demand. Flash content will not autostart. You have to tap the box, then wait for the video to load, then tap play.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] former_Yank:
where is the flash setting?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wampuscat:
Open ur browser. Hit menu, settings, scroll to enable plugins. You can set it to always on which can slow webpage loadtimes but all flash content loads automatically
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emcp422:
you should try going to settings, apps, manage, look forflash player, and uninstall updates, latest 10.2 update didnt work on a lot of phones, also if you wanna keep it from autoupdating you can break the market link link with titanium b, you can always reenable the link when new working update come out
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] former_Yank:
First just wanted to say thanks. I have checked that setting. I have done a reset. Flash seems to work but no videos will play.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flandrel:
I tried searching and could not find an answer. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, etc.

I have my Nook Color rooted but am trying to find a way to use the B&N Original interface for the library that lets you do shelves, etc. Is this possible with a rooted nook or is it only possible with the stock rom?

I would really like to be able to use it if possible. I cannot find any Android readers that does this to my liking.

Thanks for any help.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
If you have simply rooted it, then the library is still there as the B&N pop up bar is there with it and it's also in the apps drawer.

If you have installed a different rom, like cm7 or something, then the best you can do is the Nook for android app that B&N makes available on the market. Not sure if it has shelves though.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flandrel:
I did the Honeycomb on SD Card and then ended up doing the CM7 Mod which is on the device itself. Now I am trying to figure out how to for sure get back to the stock rom. I am sure I can do it on mine easily since I was on update 1.1.0. My wifes nook color was at 1.2. This is the one I gotta figure out.

Now will simply rooting it allow me the features of the Android operating system, layout and apps like the CM7 mod does or will it simply just be the nook color part? I am not really sure what is benefited from rooting.

What my perfect goal would be is to benefit from the B&N Nook Color that was there along with the benefits of the Android like CM7 gave.

Is this even possible?

Thanks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
Actually, that's kind of the entire purpose of rooting it :)

Not sure what state your nook is in, but if you want to get back to rooted stock, do the 8 failed starts if you can first to get back there. If you've overwritten that part, you'll need to flash it back - try here.

My recommendation is that unless you can use B&N's restore to go back to 1.2, that you go to a previous version and then do the B&N update to 1.2.

You can run manual nooter 4.5.6 after that to root and you should be good to go. Just make sure and follow the instructions in the main post there.

There will be an update soon, but if 4.5.6 is still the version, then you should follow up by fixing the multi touch preferences
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garoto1973:
Flandrel, you are exactly at the point I was a couple of days ago!

You can do it, these are roughly the steps I followed.

1. Mine is new so it was already at v 1.2 but you need to go back to stock 1.2 there are threads on the Dev thread on how to do it.

2. Follow the easy steps on how to root it with Manual Nooter (again instructions on the development thread).

3. I overclocked it to 1.1 mhz using the stock OC kernel for 1.2.

4. I installed Nook Home B&N launcher to easily switch between the stock B&N interface to Froyo. Also installed Nook Color app manager from the market to be able to put any android app on the B&N interface screens. Installed Spare Parts to enable correct scaling of all the apps (so they fill all the screen as some of them remain at the phone format initially).

5. I installed ADW launcher, Kindle app ;) adobe reader and all my favorite games.

6. Did some additional tweaks like disabling all the phone services that drain battery life.

The end result: a fast android + B&N experience thanks to XDA!!!! I have the best of both worlds as I find the B&N interface to be good, love the magazines and newspapers!

Out of the box sliding screens and turning pages on the B&N interface felty choppy. After adding the overclock kernel to 1.1 mhz things are smooth !

I know that if I install Phiremod or CM7 internally it would be even faster by I feel right now I have the best solution for my needs!

If you cant find the links to the above PM me and I'll be glad to help out.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhonda19:
Can you tell me how you did this?? Additional tweaks like disabling all the phone services that drain battery life.

Thanks!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loveubuntu:
In step one you say you were on v1. 2 but went to stock 1.2. Do you mean 1.0.1?

I'd like to be able to do this also and will write a step by step if I can do it.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CyberChulo:
I'm confused. I thought I heard stereo sound when I first got it, now it sounds like it's more from the right side. I'm on the phone with Asus now. The guy thinks I only have one speaker. I'm looking on both ends and see little holes on both sides. Can someone confirm if this has stereo speakers or a mono speaker?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] skunkape:
this is a known issue.

many having the same issue where sound louder on one side.

edit: and there are two speakers
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lithiasalesjs:
I plugged it into my car and the right speakers were louder then my left .. weird
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EP2008:
Asus tech support thought that the Transformer runs Windows 7 when I called for a different issue... it's like a bike mechanic trying to fix an airplane :/
[Eee Pad Transformer General] graffixnyc:
same here... but I emailed EVERY name I could find on the net of people at the US HQ and a tech actually called me(not one from the call center) and was VERY helpful. I too have the right side speaker louder than the left. Many thought it was a software issue but the tech said none of the ones in the office were doing that and were even(he checked after he saw my email) and were running the same FW. He believes it's a HW issue, like maybe there was a batch that was affected, or maybe it was the first batch (he confirmed my dock was from the first batch) So he is going to use my unit to figure out what the problem is and hopefully then they will be able to resolve everyone's that's having an issue. My replacement will be here tomorrow and I ship out the one with the lower left volume to him so hopefully we find out officially what is causing this.

Trust me the call center is useless!! They said the same thing to me about it running windows 7. After my email the tech at HQ said they have been discussing it a lot and are going to work to get the call center up to speed and know the product off the top of their heads(the call center is in Jamaica btw)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ELTinos:
You mean the right speakers of your car were louder? That would indicate that it is a sw problem instead of a hw problem as graffixnyc suggested.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CyberChulo:
I knew it wasn't one speaker. I've had the unit for 2 weeks and all of a sudden I only hear from one side. Not that the left side is a little weaker, but none from the left side at all. I'm going to go ahead and do the RMA. Either it's cheap hardware with the speakers (the Transformers is a cheap $$$ you know compared to the other tablets) or I blew out the speaker. It was working fine for two weeks where the audio was centralized without any issues. The last thing I remembered doing before this happened was clearing out the Market cache. I doubt that would've caused this.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Mr.Clark:
Let us know how this goes - I've got the same issue.

I'm hoping it's software, as they can just send out a patch. I'd rather not RMA the unit, but if they determine it's a hardware issue, I'll contact them and get mine swapped out.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CyberChulo:
Ok. I loaded up some stereo tests from youtube and the left speaker is dead. Try this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ODm-F9-IM I think this is a hardware issue and not a firmware issue.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brachiopod:
My left speaker isn't dead, just less loud. All I need is a balance control. Hmmm, somewhere I have a sound dB meter, have to dig that out and measure the relative outputs.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rikkia:
I had the same issue with left speaker dead. first it was crackling/popping/distorted then dead. Asus gave me a DOA code to give to the retailer for a new one. New one has no speaker issues but does have light bleed which I can live with.

The joys of being cutting edge in tech. :D
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CyberChulo:
I'm not sure what to do now. Should I get a refund from Amazon and purchase another one or send this one in to Asus?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jake21:
I just tested mine; received around may 2nd from amazon (ordered on the 26). Speakers seem fine; definitely has right/left and volume is not hugely different. I'm still on the .6 firmware since the .9 is not available ota.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] UKseagull:
I got my Transformer yesterday, I've just tested the sound and the right speaker is louder than the left. I'm on the latest firmware.

Edit: Do people using different rom's also have the speaker issues?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ELTinos:
Actually a pretty good test. Left seems to be working but definitely less volume and body then right...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Mr.Clark:
Awesome. Definately working, seems quieter, but not by as much as I'd have thought...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Deathalo:
Just a note guys, I thought my left speaker was dead and tried the speaker test on youtube. At first it sounded like it was only coming out of the right and it was definitely missing a beat, so I was like "efff ..rma time." Then I played it again and it sounded like it was coming from the left only, so I tried it with headphones on and it was still messed up, and my music sounded wack.

So I just ended up doing a full system reboot and it worked fine afterwards, albeit a small difference in volume if anything. This must be a software issue, I'm sure we'll get a fix soon, ASUS is good about that.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Ulukita:
I'm going through the exact same thing. Just opened mine up today. I'm letting the IPS flaw of backlight leakage in certain parts go but every song I play is louder in the right speaker and the left is really low. I'm not trying to overlook your hard work but any help you can provide would be great as to where to start contacting Asus. I don't want to call Jamaica...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] haupman:
My Right Speaker is now dead but it worked last week. The HDMI and headphone jack outputs both speakers.

What did everyone else end up doing on this thread to resolve this? Did it end up as an RMA?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ELTinos:
I had the popping and creeking issue (left and right) on my speakers a few days ago, but after three reboots they worked again. Maybe a bit more reboots does the trick for you too...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
justran the test, my right is louder then the left....:mad:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] J3ff:
Just got a new one off amazon, same thing, right speaker is def louder than the left, very noticeable.

Bummed... Don't know what to do.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frosty5689:
Having the right being louder issue too. What's worse is headphone has the right louder too. I think ASUS need better drivers or sound card

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer General] InfectedMushroom:
Just got around to setting up my TF after 2 days. Rooted it, everything else was fine. I loaded up a song and the right speaker is much louder than the left. I don't know what to do...I know they are a pain to get. I got mine from Sears online and i dunno if I should swap it out.

Any confirmation on it being a SW or ROM related issue? I might flash a different ROM to see. I don't have my earbuds right now, but I'll check tomorrow. I can live with the speakers being sort of off, but not the headphones.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stcardinal:
Maybe it's just me but I didn't think it was that noticeable. I just cup my hands over the right side to even things out for now since that's how I hold it anyway.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mlpjunior:
If you are rooted, there is a cfg file that you can edit to balance the speaker output. I don't know the location of the file off the top of my head, but if you search around you should be able to locate the thread where this was discussed.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lost2030:
If there's a solution from Asus please post it here or on a new thread cause so many are having the speaker imbalance issue! Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tekkitan:
Thankfully mine seems to be fine. Hope the rest of you with issues are able to get it resolved by Asus.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yohanpra:
Mine was fine until the 3.1 update .......now music through the right is louder and music through headphones sounds more like whispers........ Dissapointed !
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Nebumuk:
Ive got the same problem with my transformer. My right speaker seems to be louder as my left speaker. Do you have an solution for these problem or should I sent it back these product to asus support ?

Many thanks.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] otakonx:
Same problem here, right is louder than the left. Purchased mine from newegg.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chaxman:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118010

[HOW-TO] Fix left speaker balance
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
This is my very first theme so go easy on me. I have a lot of work to do but i thought i would release what i have for now and see what you all have to say.

I will be posting updates regularly so if you have a request or suggestion, feel free to post it and I will try my best to apply it to the latest build.

To install the flashable theme app

Download the flashable Theme to your SD card

Boot into recovery

Format cache & dalvik cache

Flash the theme in recovery and reboot

Go to Theme Manager to apply the Theme

To install the theme APK only!

Download the Theme to your SD card

Browse for the Theme with your file explorer app

Install the theme

Go to Theme Manager to apply the Theme

Download NewEraGFx 3.2 flashable Here DOWNLOAD

Download NewEraGFx 3.2 APK Install file here DOWNLOAD

Download LauncherPro Theme Here: DOWNLOAD

To apply the LauncherPro Theme:

Download the Theme to your SD card

Extract the folder to the root of your SD card

In Android click the Menu button and click Preferences

Select Appearance Settings

Select Dock Background and select Custom

Browse for the Dock PNG file you extracted

Note: you wont see the Dock change untill you reboot or force restart LauncherPro

To apply the custom Icons, Long press each icon you wish to change and select, Change Icon>Custom icon>browse for the desired icons you wish to use.

Browse for the Dock PNG file you extracted

UPDATE: 3.2 has 2 versions, one is flashable that includes fonts, bootscreen and Theme apk for theme manager.

Changelog for 3.2

This is just a minor update, will try to put a new one out later this week!

New Dialer (Will have new one again in 3.3)

New Keyboard

Optimized PNG's

Few other things

Change Log for 3.1a:

New status bar

New icons

Changed a few things in the dialer

Change Log for 3.0:

Changed the notification background to blue transparent

Updated a few icons

Optimized lots of PNG files

New shades of colors and cleaner popup windows

Other minor tweaks

Change Log for 1.2:

Changed the notification background to semi transparent

Changed some icons

Cleaned up some PNG's

Changed some colors and buttons

Other minor fixes.

Tested on the following roms:

EVO-Deck 1.0 2.3.3

EVO-Deck 1.1 2.3.4

CM7 2.3.4 Nightly's

BOOT SCREEN INCLUDED IN 3.2

ScreenShots for NEG 3.2
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jayharper08:
Ooohhhh. Looks nice. Going to give it a go. Great job by the looks of it :)

Sent from "The EVO" using XDA Premium
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] teh roxxorz:
Doesn't look bad; nice job. Which font did you use?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bootny:
Its says the theme is missing assests for my devices screen size... what's the deal?

midget tossing is habit...2010 midwest regional champion... hw 001
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
I forget the font im using at the moment but i use Absolute System tools to change it all the time.

You can ignore that, just apply and it will be fine. It wont break anything :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bootny:
thanks...had me worried... for some reason im getting a cross between your theme and first blood... ill figure it out