yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G Tablet General] sjmoreno:
+1 for VEGAn 5.1.1. It's fast and reliable. That and the free VTL Launcher makes the gTab a thing of beauty. It boots up fast too. I've got 2 gTabs (one running VEGAn 5.1.1 and the other running CyanogenMod 7.0.3) the one with CyanogenMod takes almost 2 minutes to start from a cold boot while the one with the VEGAn loads up for me in about 35~40 seconds.

CyanogenMod does let me watch Netflix on one of my gTabs which is the one thing the VEGAn 5.1.1 gTab doesn't let me do. On the flipside, the VEGAn gTab plays all of my ripped dvds with no problems while the CyanogenMod gTab won't play any of my xvid-avi movies even with Rockplayer or Mobo Player. Everytime I try and start a movie on the CyanogenMod gTab it acts like it will begin to play and then closes the player without any errors or messages. I've read on some threads that the CM rom is picky about the frame rate of the movies and the suggestions were to lessen the quality which sounds like a crap solution.

Anyway, I'm running both for their pros and cons and if you don't care about Netflix and you do care about speed then I would definitely recommend the VEGAn 5.1.1.

Good luck.
[G Tablet General] imdaman99:
I got Vegan Ginger Edition and it takes maybe 2 mins to start. I know 5.1 and 7.0 are not the same...but aren't they cousins? :P So why does mine take 2 mins to start :(
[G Tablet General] raphenucleus:
You could say they're cousins in the sense that they were built by the same dev, but with one being froyo and the other being gingerbread the code that they're built off of is quite a bit different. I believe VEGAn ginger is based off of CM7, which is why they both take so long to load; I read somewhere that it has to do with the native libs being unpacked for everything at boot.
[G Tablet General] nunjabusiness:
Another vote for Brilliant Corners

If you're not adventurous enough to delve into Bottle of Smoke or another HC alpha port, Brilliant Corners is a great, stable and fast environment.

By the way, "many" things are not issues with HC ROMs, just a few. Read up, but you will have to go to slatedroid for it.

Here's a starting point, if you are interested. http://www.slatedroid.com/forum/199-viewsonic-g-tablet-12-rom-development/
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Totally. The more apps you load the longer it takes to load. Fresh stock with gapps load with 35 or so seconds of the boot animation. With my my 50 or so apps it take almost 3 min of looping the boot animation to start. Bonus is that unlike native gtab roms it doesn't randomly turn off during extended sleep.

I'm using cm7 for Netflix but the day it opens up to all android I'm moving back to the clemsyn+calkulin combo. Its fing fast and stable. Love that rom. I suggest everyone give it a whirl at least once.
[G Tablet General] dreday28:
Thanks for all the recommendation guys. So it seems vegan 5.1 will work best for me ..

Hows clemsyn+calkulin ? Since i dont care about netflix would you recommend it?
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
It is my favorite. Loved vegan 5 but Clem+calk is the fastest and most stable I have used. Its modified around his custom kernel and has a built in add blocker that is better than the add-on market app. Give it a flash Its my go to froyo rom.
[G Tablet General] dreday28:
How about this one? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=985705

I dont care about overclocking, I found some Clem+Calk but they all say 1.5ghz so i assumed they came already OC'd, which would affect battery..
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Yeah that's the basis for the combo clemsyn put out. It has a feel like tnt lite but lots of cool tweaks. If you don't care about oc you should still use clemsyns+calkilins combo. You have to download CPU master from the market to activate the oc anyway. All in all the Clem+calk combo is where to go. There kernel just gives you the option to oc if you feel like it in the future.

Hope that helped.
[G Tablet General] dreday28:
Mantara,

Thanks again for your help. So i have one last question to ask before I flash the clemsyns+calkilins combo.

Does it matter what bootloader, or firmware I have? Because I have no idead what bootloader I have. I just bought the Gtab 2 weeks ago, and bricked my device because appearently I had a new stock firmware. had to use nvflash, clockworkmod, then flashed straight to vegan tab ginger edition..
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Did you nvflash back to stock then load cwm? Was the cwm bekit.8 or the new one made by roebeet for the 1.2 bootloader?

Clemsyn just released a version 6 of his combo for the 1.2 bootloader if that's what you have. If you flashed back to stock bootloader use version 5.
[G Tablet General] dreday28:
I nvflashed back to stock rom, then used CW8.

So i use version 5...? any advantages of having 1.2?
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Yep. You are on 1.1 bl now. 5 is what you want.

Only advantage to the 1.2 bootloader is honeycomb. There is active development being done on an Adam port of honeycomb for gtab and 1.2 is needed for that. It looks like the direction that future os releases will be under. So eventually when or if HC gets video drivers I will switch to 1.2. Untilled then I'm staying with Clem+calk and cm7.

Happy flashing :-)
[G Tablet General] sincerity:
^^i wouldn't say the only benefit of 1.2 is HC....there are a few solid roms on 1.2 over @ SD.
[G Tablet General] emandizzy:
vegan-Tab 7

why doesnt anybody recommend vegan 7 ginger edition? its a great tablet based rom. it automatically partitions the internal memory so you dont need an external sd card to install apps. i tried cm7, latest stable version for harmony, and it required a sd card to install anything (very annoying). i imagine there is quick fix but why bother when vegan7 takes care of it.
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
It stopped being updated. Its good but there have been hundreds of fixes and additions between cm7.0 that vegan7 is based on and cm7.0.3+
[Atrix 4G General] paravorheim:
I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but I was messing around with the laptop dock about a week ago, trying to get my unlimited data to work while using the laptop dock. I succeeded, and failed, and succeeded. In doing this, I changed my apn to US tether (broadband), and then back to the US HSDPA apn. I read on another thread:

"Not if you don't want AT&T to change your data plan to one with tethering... They will change ANYONE who connects to the apn "broadband" to a tethering package, and are reluctant to give you back your unlimited plan (assuming you have one)."

If they had changed my plan, wouldn't this mean that the laptop dock would allow me to access the internet on the 3G connection, without me changing any settings?

I'm kind of angry that they would have the gall to do such a thing. I can't verify that they've changed my plan yet, but if they have, ugh.
[Atrix 4G General] Spectre51:
Sign into your account online at att.com and you can see if they changed your account. If they did then yes you should be able to use the laptop dock without doing anything. Check the forums for the instructions on how to get tethering without having the plan.
[Atrix 4G General] paravorheim:
false alarm

Phew...no extra tethering charges. Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenshinBHX:
Now I'm using stock 2.3.4 + Netachy 1.3.4

When I open Camera app, taking still photo is working as it should. But when I switch to Camcorder to record video, screen goes blank if I touch the screen couple times it will show "Sorry! Activity Camcorder (in application Camera) is not responding."

I've searched the forum and tried everything mention

- Force Stop Camera > Clear Data

- Factory Reset

- flash Stock 2.3.1

- tried to adb push CameraGoogle.apk (d/l from somewhere can't remember) to system/app

the problem still exists!

Any suggestion please?

FYI : I've tried market app called 'Quick Video' and it can record video! so I'm pretty sure that my camera hardware is not faulty.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenshinBHX:
Finally! I get camcorder working again!

I don't know if this is what solve the problem but what I do is

- install third party camera app (lgCamera) and use it to record video

- then close it and open stock camera app and switch to camcorder

- app freeze and make my Nexus S reboot

- after reboot my camcorder is working again!
[EVO 4G General] Amd4life:
hey all, I have a evo running ginger ale, and a epic running the banned rom

im running both right next to each other and the wifi on the epic s regarding 16Mb on my wifi, whereas the Evo only registers 8Mb

is there a driver issue, or does the epic just have better hardware?

im new to both phones, just came back to sprint, so sorry if this has been rehashed...I searched and didnt find anything
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
maxes at 4mb on my 12mb wireless n, never figured it out, am interested too
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
This has been an issue for me since I received my evo, but no one ever says much about it. Its like they know but they refuse to acknowledge it lol. I believe the drivers for n work well on froyo, not sure how they hold up on 2.3 sense; wifi on cm7 has always been a problem for me.
[EVO 4G General] 2k4mach:
i see about 15meg on my 22 meg line on both my evo and epic.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
I am trying my level best to get my xperia arc unlocked. The phone is bought from Rogers Canada from my friend who won it in a contest. I cannot find the unlock code as it is not present in the rogers database. The third party vendors have suggested me to get a manufacture unlock code. Others have suggested me to get a turbo sim to unlock it. A turbo sim is not a good option as call get dropped. Also, I have been suggested to get it unlocked from a software. Please someone anyone can help me get a legitimate unlock code.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bustervic:
Just did mine today $7.99 and got the code in a few hours.

http://www.cellunlocker.net/
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
I have tried them. no code found in my case. any other suggestions.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bustervic:
You tested to make sure it isn't unlocked already?

if you check howardforums there are a ton of unlock companies in the marketplace.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
Yes I have. I have an AT&T sim card as well as a telus sim card but still they are of no use. Please suggest me any unlocking place that can provide me with a manufacture unlock code or a software that connects to the sony server to get the code from them directly.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bustervic:
I have used these guys as well

http://www.mobileincanada.com/
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BluechipJ:
Ton of unlock code providers for Rogers phones, as mentioned above.

Did you provide the right IMEI?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/UNLOCK-CODE-4-Ro...000?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item2310942680 Got my code in 2 hours.

[YOUTUBE]mJ1tTrwZCvc&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
Believe you me my friends but i have tried almost all the websites mentioned above including ebay. below is the imei number if anyone can help me find the code. I will be grateful to you. The imei number is coming right from the phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubuthomson:
Sony Ericsson xperia arc

I had also tried out for my sony ericsson xperia arc but it doesn't work.

From where i can get the original code because for unlock code you can enter the code only for 3 time after that the phone will be lock and you will not be able to access your phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Never post your IMEI number as it can be used for insurance fraud!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_dan:
Just got the update im on 3 in Ireland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
Apologies, I was not sure about it. but i have taken the imei down. my friends have suggested me that there is no unlock code in the database for rogers. i need a software unlock or some manufacture code to unlock it
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
Can i use a turbo sim to work with the phone? any thoughts? Is there a software that can unlock it. Please let me know.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancez:
i was wondering who told you that? every single phone has a unique unlock code and it is there while the phone was being made. people have been misled that unlock codes can not be found since it is too new or some other reasons.

PM me, if you still wanna unlock your Arc.

beware, your warranty will be void if unlocked by cable.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
Lancez I have sent you a PM. Kindly follow up with me if you are lucky to find an unlock code.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lancez:
PM replied :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
As soon as possible please send us the following information

1.) The IMEI number of your phone (press *#06# as if making a phone call)

2.) Phone Model and Network it is currently locked to

3.) The S/N of your phone: To find the KBH (S/N) on your Sony Ericsson, just press: >*<<*<* (right arrow, star, left arrow, left arrow, star, left arrow, star)

- then select “Service Info”

- then select “Configurations"

- you will see your IMEI + KBH info (it will look something like ex: s/n T261934R21)

4.) Check the counter of your phone: We need to check that there is enough attempts to enter the unlock code into your phone, please reply back with the necessary information:

With a Non accepted simcard start up the phone. When the screen says "emergency calls"

1. Start up the phone and press the Menu key ( ) and Back key ( ) as follows:

2. Pressing Key Sequences: Menu Back Back Menu Back Menu Menu Back

Note: Please make sure the phone have SIMLOCK when pressing these keys to get into the Service menu.

Also You can check there is counter of wrong

code is blocked.

Please send us this information as soon as possible, as we can guarantee no other company will be able to retrieve Sony Ericsson Manufacturer Unlock codes faster than us.

That is the only solution to the problem
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hytin:
i have reseved this email 3 times in tree days in a row now evry time i have sent back the info on my phone but i keep resiving it gonna let Lancez unlock it

// HYTIN
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sachin30us:
I am waiting until tomorrow if i dont get an unlock code. Lancez is my next best bet. will see
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nishua:
I was thinking about getting the phone from Rogers once I find out a way to have someone ship it to me but now I stumble across this. Whats up with Rogers phones?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
Hey everyone! I've created a guide for themers that shows step-by-step how to decompile and recompile the GingerBlur framework-res.apk. With GingerBlur 4, decompilation and recompilation can be done without any errors. This should make it significantly easier to theme my ROM.

http://briefmobile.com/how-to-theme-gingerblur

If you're unclear on how to do something, you should ask me below and I'll write more to the guide. In the future I'd like to add these to the guide:

Step-by-step "How To" create a theme like GingerBlur

How to edit .9.pngs properly

How to create flashable .zip's

How to change text/menu colors

Make sure to throw your suggestions below!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Gvndeb60:
You sure do alot for someone with limited time..... Thanks
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
I love phones. :) And I love the people on the Atrix forums.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] chaosjh:
geez, man. could you do me a favor and let me know what phone you go to next. thanks for the guide too.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
Not sure quite yet. We'll have to see what AT&T comes up with.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] gera4ever94:
Any idea why the BlurDialer never decompiles correctly? Will there be a fix for that?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
I'm not quite sure why Moto failed at creating the BlurDialer.apk. Don't expect a fix on Froyo. Maybe it'll be fixed on 2.3 Gingerbread.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Swiftks:
Ok, so I'm not to familiar with themeing, but I figure replacing a few .png files in the drawable-hdpi folder can't be to hard... But every time I try re-compiling the framework-res.apk, I get multiple errors all having to do with the public.xml file, which I didn't touch.

I de-compile the apk just fine, replace the .png files with different ones (same names), and then get the error upon re-compiling. And then nothing appears in the build folder at all. Any thoughts??? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

**Edit**

When I run the cmd to compile the framework-res folder, I get:

W: Could not find sources

I: Building Resources...
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
Could you read out some of the errors?

Most .png files can be replaced within WinRAR or 7zip without decompiling the framework. Only ".9.png" files need decompilation and recompilation.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Paschalis:
when decompiling i get this:

apktool d -f framework-res.apk

I: Loading resource table...
I: Loaded.
I: Decoding file-resources...
W: Cant find 9patch chunk in file: "drawable-hdpi/statusbar_background.9.png". R
enaming it to *.png.
W: Cant find 9patch chunk in file: "drawable-hdpi/title_bar_portrait.9.png". Ren
aming it to *.png.
I: Decoding values*/* XMLs...
I: Done.
I: Copying assets and libs...

that means it doesnt decompile correct the .9.png files?

when compiling, with minor changers in .9.png files i get these errors:

C:\FIXblur\framework-res\res\values\public.xml:3604: error: Public symbol drawab
le/sym_keyboard_space declared here is not defined.
....
le/tab_selected_bar_left_v4 declared here is not defined.
C:\FIXblur\framework-res\res\values\public.xml:3614: error: Public symbol drawab
le/tab_selected_bar_right declared here is not defined.
.....
.....
C:\FIXblur\framework-res\res\values\public.xml:3657: error: Public symbol drawab
le/zz_vzw_stat_sys_roaming_cdma_custom3 declared here is not defined.

btw the java jre i have is

Windows x64	16.09 MB	jre-6u25-windows-x64.exe

(on my x64 win7)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kennethpenn:
Make sure you're decompiling GingerBlur 4. Only GB4 has my new-and-improved framework-res.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] NFHimself:
If you have the android sdk installed, it's version of aapt might be causing conflicts depending on the version of apktool being used. Since apktool just grabs the first one it finds in it's path, keep an eye on that. For linux, there is no way to set the path for apktool, the code just calls aapt, to be found wherever on the system visible from within java, no shell PATH changes have any affect. I have a custom version I did up to force the location of aapt via command line option.

If you are using .9.png files, make sure they are .9.png files and not just regular files with that extension. Apktool is like Santa Claus, it can tell when you are being naughty or nice. :)

All the small xml files like strings.xml are jumbled together in resources.arsc, all the identifiers in your statusbar.xml etc are decoded and reassigned when apktool recompiles them. So keep a copy of your mods outside of the apk as backup, you might not be able to extract them exactly as you modified them. If you reference new drawables, make sure those files exist somewhere in the apk folder before compiling as well.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] lostinbeta:
Ok, so I've never themed Android before, but I'd be interested in playing around with the option, there are a few questions I have though.

1) Do you have a downloadable framework-res.apk or do I need to just pull it via adb (I know how to do this, I was just wondering)?

2) If I push the new framework-res.apk what is the risk of getting the boot loop of death that tends to happen if you incorrectly theme a ROM?

3) If I were to be caught in a BLOD would that mean that I would need to restore via an sbf and start all over again or could I still access Tenfars CWM somehow during the boot process and restore to the last Nandroid backup?

4) Should the device be wiped before testing a theme, or is it OK to just push the new framework-res.apk over the existing without wiping?

I'm sure I will have more questions in the future. I just got apktools running on my Mac, but don't have much time at the moment to fiddle around with it. I'm a newbie when it comes to this stuff, but I do know enough to feel comfortable working with these files.

I want to thank you in advance, theming Android devices is something I've wanted to learn how to do since I started using Android and I look forward to dabbling with it. I also look forward to the information in the guides you list as wanting to write in the future. You are awesome kennethpenn.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Swiftks:
I don't know who invented this .9.png file thing, but it's the stupidest thing I've ever encountered... so frustrating... ggrrr :D
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Nottach:
You can grab it from the GingerBlur CWM update zip. It is inside /system/framework.

If you keep a copy of GBlur on your sd then you can usually use CWM to recover from a BLOD. You may have to: disconnect from all power - pull the battery - with battery out plug into AC - CWM will start and you can reflash the working GBlur zip

Since a theme is basically image modifications there is no reason to wipe. To go fresh after applying a theme flash the DeOdexed CWM zip.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] lostinbeta:
Thank you for the info nottach, all seems pretty easy (I had already pulled the framework-res.apk from my phone, but I have the GB4 zip on my computer in case I need more copies).

There doesn't happen to be some sort of emulator for this is there? lol. I highly doubt there is, but it seems rather daunting to change a file, push the framework-res.apk then have to restart to see if the change was successful. All part of the game though, can't always expect things you aren't really supposed to be doing in the first place to be easy.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Nottach:
No problem, the more themes the better.

I dont think there is an emulator, but there is an app that supposedly restarts the framework-res.apk. Ive never used it so I can't say if it works. Basically I'll make a ton of notes about changes that need to be made then ill carefully do one at a time. I always keep the latest few working versions of my themes on my sd while creating in case something goes wrong.

Heres the app i was talking about incase youre brave.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1028541
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Swiftks:
Ok, moment of truth... de-compiled & re-compiled framework-res.apk, changing multiple 9.pngs as well as normal .pngs... no errors on de-compile or re-compile... flashing now... Come on, no boot loop, no boot loop...

**Edit**

Success... thank God... think I got it down now... just takes some trial & error when beginning.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] lostinbeta:
So for anyone interested, here is a little tidbit that is pretty useful on how the whole .9.png (Or 9 Patch images) work in android.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-patch

It helps understanding how to edit them.

It reminds me of the Scale9 method in actionscript (sorry, I used to be a web developer and actionscripter so I try and relate new code and methods to what I already know to understand them better).
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Mccaula718:
So i googled how to theme Gingerblur and got the link you posted. I then became a member of this site for some clarification on the instructions and upon searching, i found this post which is pretty sweet. Anyways, back to the question.

I understand all the commands, seem pretty simple, except for step 2. Is this the actual theme file you're referring to? If so are there any restrictions to what theme I can use, or do only certain ones work with this rom?

Thanks in advance!
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] kidqian:
you need to edit apktool.yml.change id