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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
I use mine for research and school. I use adobe PDF to review lecture notes, I use Droidiris to search the web for pictures of medical $hit I have to learn (and just searching images too, searching "lazers" gave me an hour of solid lolz)

My gtab is badazz because I'm running the latest compile of cm7, I have used system app remover to cut all bloatware out of the os. This has resulted in an average 5% drain per hour in active use and a 2% per hour drain in stasis and a quadrant of 3450.

I'm running a red&black theme with a red glowing Keyboard, black&white background and black and white app icons. Its a simple mix of black,white,and red that to me is sassy as hell.

I use wiimote controller app to play snes and GBA games with a wiimote through Bluetooth. (Which blows people away when they see it)

I got Netflix, I got hulu and I got xda access, I am in love with this 2lb piece of plastic almost as much

as I am my wife. Luckily my wife has the specific ports needed to mount my other tab and transfer

data to internal SD.

Yes... we have a kid...

That's why that last part is funny.... not just because I said "mount" in a non technical refference but that I referenced her lady bits as internal SD and my genes as data. :D
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
Sounds pretty sweet

Your gtab sounds pretty sweet. The Netflix and Hulu are a couple of the things that I would like for mine to do. It may do those things now, but I haven't tried them yet. I like the customization with the colors that you did. It sounds like you have taken yours in a direction similar to where I would like to see mine at some point. I'm trying to learn which ROM does what, and what makes one better than another. Once I get that all figured out, I'll make my customization a bit more permanant. This is awesome. You guys keep posting your own bada$$ gtablet setups and customizations. I look forward to reading about them.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablokicks:
Do you have a list/remember what you removed?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
I use this as a guide,

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Barebones

It tells you what's safe to remove and what's not from cyanogen mods. It also tells you the free way to remove apps using terminal. I personally use system app uninstaller, it was a buck and is a worthwhile investment. Sets up a slick UI for deleting both system apps and normal apps.

In most cases if you have a favorite browser(I use dolphin 5.1) you can delete stock. Same with keyboard(I use better keyboard 8), launcher(I use VTL), video player(I use FLV player), music player (I use power amp).

Other things like private virtual network or stock live wallpapers that most don't use can go in the bin as well.

Hope that helps

As far as customization goes cm7 has a good theming app stock and free themes in the market. Vegan 5.1 has some sweet themes made by GTO777 in the apps and themes thread.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
When I was shopping for ROMs GoodIntentions suggested that I might like Calkulin/Clemsym 1.5 V6. He was right. I like it for what I've been able to do with it. I didn't want to start customizing my tab just willy nilly without knowing what my ROM's capability was. Maybe you guys could point me in the right direction if I tell you what I want to do. Then you could tell me if it's even possible to do it with this ROM. I would like to be able to run the dolphin browser but was unable to find it in the market. I would aso like to be able to watch Netflix, Hulu, and various formats of video (Xvid, Avi, Mp4, etc.). The swype keyboard found on my cell phone would also be awesome. I'd like to be able to connect to my cell via bluetooth so that I could put the pictures and video from it on my gtab. This blows my mind why this simply doesn't work out of the box. Finally I would like to tether to my cell via USB. The reason I want it USB is because my phone gets really hot when tethering with wifi, which will cause the phone to shut down. Not to mention it can't be good for it. Please help me out guys and keep posting your setups too. Mantara has some great ideas he used in making his tab personal and it gets me thinking of stuff to do to mine.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
Have you used barnacle to tether? Using barnacle to tether through wifi on my OG mytouch 3G never overheated and battery drain was reasonable. It was the only one that worked for extended periods of time.

Netflix only works on cm7 with some slight modifications and vegan 5.1 with a patch that breaks YouTube to get Netflix.

Hulu is available by using a modified flash apk. You can find the most recent modified apk on this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1077914

you just need to turn flash to always on and user agent to desktop in your browser.

Here is dolphin 4.6, not the newest but its stable and plays well with hulu. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7828279/Dolphin Browser HD_4.6.1.apk

I heard there is a swype designed for tablets. Haven't used it yet but I know there is a thread in apps and themes all about getting swype to work.

That's all I can think of now, I wil edit if I think of anything more :)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
Using Easytether
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
Man, I went back and reread my previous post. I made no sense. I have a Samsung Galaxy Indulge a la MetroPCS. So it is an Android phone. The problem is the software that I suppose I would need to load on the tablet to tether it to the phone. I had to do it to the laptop so it would connect to the phone, so it only make ssense that I should have to do it to the tablet as well. I have Easytether on my phone, no problem. What about software for the tablet? The laptop software is for windows so I can't load it on the tablet, and the software on the phone isn't what I need for the tablet even though they are both android. Seems really confusing, but it's really quite simple. Maybe it would be easier if you told me how you were able to make this connection using a barnacle USB connection. No wifi. Make sense lol?

Nice looking tablet by the way. I looked for some themes or skins for mine but I'm using VTL launcher and everything in the market says it's for ADW launcher. My name must have been Murphy ina previous life lol. Thanks for your help and input.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
Most adw themes work in vtl. Vtl is built around adw source.

Barnicle makes a wifi connection available for your gtab to use. It links to your phones wifi and passes on its 3g signal. Only need to have barnacle on the phone. I have never actually "physically" tethered an android so I can't offer any advice on that.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
I'm kinda screwed there I guess. I haven't rooted my phone yet, so it won't act like a wifi hot spot. Power control plus will do it but no one can break the wp2 encryption. Therefore I'm limited to the usb tether but those that have rooted their phones report extreme heat coming from it while in wifi tether mode. Not sure what to do about an internet connection since there appears to be no usb software at this moment. Thanks for the help though.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
Are there no more cool gtabs out there that you guys would like to share. I can't believe that you guys aren't more proud of your work and that you aren't will ing to share your efforts with the Android community.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
I replaced the viewsonic 3 birds logo with a united federation of planets in star trek logo. And for the boot animation, I made my own star trek computer console look-alike animation that says establishing link to main federation database.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TarheelGrad1998:
Not to be a thread crapper, but there are tons of threads here on these forums with apps, etc. For example, there's one which has peoples' home screens. Perhaps you should check those out.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkHorse281:
read that thread...not what I'm looking for

I've read through that thread and it only focuses on themes and home page screen shots. I want to know what people have been able to make their tablets do as well as seeing some of the visual stuf they've come up with. An example of what I'm talking about is some have synced their SMS with google voice and are able to use their tables to text. Some are making phone calls, using skype, watching hulu and netflix, and some have even turned their tabs into mobile nostalgia gaming devices. There are tutorials on how to do some of this stuff, but not all of it. I am interested in meeting these people and seeing how well these operations function, and how they did it. The other thread doesn't share this information and rreally doesn't go beyond the visual aspect of the homescreen. I hav noticed one thing for sure in these forum and that is that people love to brag about what they can do with thier tablets. I was merely offering them an opportunity to do so. What can yours do?
[HTC EVO 3D] TheNexxuvas:
Anyone interested in adding even more functionality to the Sense 3 Lockscreen?

Say maybe another row of icons or possibly widget functionality (like Doggcatcher control widget, Pandora Widget, Even Music Control Widgets).

Would get me that much closer to matching the functionality of Widgetlocker.

So far the Sense 3 theme on WidgetLocker isn't matching the same functions for me. Maybe I'm not doing it right but still, I'd go with the standard layout but give me that extra row for controlling Doggcatcher or PowerAmp.
[HTC EVO 3D] El Kido:
Havent been able to yet either. Cant change much on sense 3.0 either. the carousel is making me mad too. I want to eedit the lock screen but we may nee to wait for roms
[T-Mobile LG G2x] gaisto17:
Anyone think our phones might be able to open up USB host mode? I have an OTG cable sitting here and would love to be able to use it on my phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resonance77:
It came in the mail today. It came with 2.3.3 pre-installed. It seems from searching on here that no one knows for certain if there will be a root method for this. What I've gathered from the minimal time I have spent searching on here today is I might not ever be able to root this thing. Best case is that someday maybe the devs might get a root method figured out, but no one knows if or when that will happen.

My old phone slipped out of my pocket and took a spill off my bicycle at about 20mph onto a paved road. It works fine, but the glass is shattered. I've had this phone for almost a year. I rooted it the day I brought it home from the store. I have spent a lot of time trying roms and kernels and it is set up just how I like it.

I am wondering if it would be worth it to switch out the glass from the replacement phone and put it on my old phone (I'm not sure if this is possible yet, I just thought of it) and send back the replacement phone with the broken glass from the old phone. Or should I wait and see if the devs release a rooting method? I have 14 days to decide before I get charged $500 for not returning the broken phone to the insurance company. What would you do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joehunni:
I'm not positive, but I think you can still RUU a 2.3 evo back to the 3.70 software and use Unrevoked from there. Good luck
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MicrosoftBug:
I would send back the insurance replacement (saving you $100) and take it to a repair center and have the screen fixed (which is only $35). Losing root SUCKS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
There WILL be, just give it a week or two.

That's insurance fraud. Asurion will know what phone you send back, and when they find out, they could easily make you pay the full price for it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Just_s:
Exactly this!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverZero:
Yeah, that's definitely a criminal act. I wouldn't go that route.

Does everybody have some sort of amnesia that they don't remember when the 2.2 OTA came out and a lot of people lost root? Everybody freaked out, they had to wait a couple of weeks (gasp!) and people were all worried there would never be a root method. Bounties were placed, dozens of threads were started asking the same thing. That's what prompted my signature, in fact. There was even a sticky about it, not that those do any good.

Then, there was a root method.

Just be patient. It will happen, maybe the RUU thing will already work for you. Soon, you'll feel silly for being so quick to worry. Heed the words of Tom Petty. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resonance77:
I just got off the phone with the Sprint repair store. They told me that as of February, they no longer fix cracked screens for $35 if the screen has more that two 1 inch cracks. They also told me that once submitted, the insurance claim cannot be undone. I could have it fixed, but it would cost me the total for repair and the $100 for the insurance claim.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resonance77:
I don't remember when 2.2 came out and everyone lost root. I was still sporting my blackberry. This is my first Android phone and it came with 2.2.

I'm just going to return the broken phone and just wait it out. That is what I planned to do in the first place. The threads I read made it seem like there was a good chance that the ota 2.3 was unrootable.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osiris3mc:
Yup, that's the same experience I had. I went to TWO Sprint stores trying to replace my screen, no dice. So, I filed the claim with Asurion. Just got my phone today, and it's 2.3.3 with 4.22.651.2. Oh well, what can you do?

As everyone is saying, the root method will come out for this phone. Those with the newer phones (you, me, whoever else either just got a new Evo, did the OTA, or got an insurance replacement) will just have to patiently wait. I don't mind...it'll happen!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcwups1:
I was told by the insurance company that I COULD get the new phone, and have Sprint fix it with the new one.

Sprint was going to do it anyway, and replaced the screen on my wife's phone, but they didn't have any more EVO's in stock.

I have another question but didn't want to start another thread....

When I get my new phone, how can I tell if it's new, or refurbished?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
New phones will ALWAYS come in the original box with all manuals and accessories. Refurbs will usually come in a plain box with no battery or anything. Refurbs also are required to have a small sticker under the battery with the date it was refurbed.

Also, to be sure, go to the dialer and hit ##786#. Scroll down to Refurbished Date. If it says N/A, then its new. If there is any date listed there, then its a refurb.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] rog152:
I have both of these but cannot find a widget for them in the widget section, do they have one?

I have the new Galaxy Tab 10.1
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] blue13x:
There is no widget...yet.

The developer is pretty active and said it was something that is coming in the future.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xiaq:
Hi,

I had exactly the same problem as described in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14958616&postcount=4504

Can I finding out which process is active during idle time, without trying stopping some service and testing?
[Acer Iconia A500] minotauri:
This has been out for a little while now for ipad, but i figured its cheap enough to give it a try.

http://www.amazon.com/Ten-One-Desig...W55I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1308720515&sr=8-2

Amazon has this thing for $13. It's called Fling and its a touchscreen thumbstick. It supposedly works pretty well for Xoom and G-Tablets, so I'll try it out on the Acer and report back. Anyone else have one?

Should come Friday :D
[Acer Iconia A500] Akoasma:
Got mine yesterday! I bought it 2 weeks ago for 7€ with delivery included at focalprice.

I must say, that I'm really surprised and that it's reeeeally worth its money. I assume everyone, who plays some games with a virtual joypad should get one asap!

With this thingy attached, the tab really feels like a big PSP and that makes the playing-experience way more comfortable.

The only negative aspect is, that the virtual joypad in some games is too big for the limited range of the fling. For example Samurai Vengeance or N64Droid are perfectably compatible, but the joypad of Death Worm is too big.
[Acer Iconia A500] minotauri:
yea i really enjoy it. ive used it for PES and its perfect. it works with Galaxy on Fire too but it does block some things :(
[Acer Iconia A500] Ranger-R:
anyone consider the JOYSTICK-IT iPad Arcade Stick? EDIT: Review is bad, nevermind.

The violet fling is down to 9.99
[Acer Iconia A500] rchrdcrg:
I got the JoystickIt as a gift from ThinkGeek through my job, and I saw it was mentioned that the reviews are kinda bad... and it kinda is, but I love the idea. It just doesn't make good enough contact, and there aren't enough games with d-pads that are the right size... but hey, I got mine for free, so it's hard to complain... if there's a better one, get it, cuz the concept is freaking brilliant.
[Acer Iconia A500] dj898:
i use the JoystickIt on missus iPad with MAME emulator.

Works quite well - her favourite game being Galaga and mine being MetalSlug...

But yes if you wiggle too much it detaches itself as the suction cup is too small for its job...
[Acer Iconia A500] baspazz:
360 Controller

I have been using a wired usb 360 controller for games in Emulators but seems to work on tab also might just need driver to config buttons.

Also logitech Bluetooth Keyboard w/built in mouse for PS3 works great on here to!!
[Acer Iconia A500] easwaim:
Amazon has this thing for $13. It's called Fling and its a touchscreen thumbstick. It supposedly works pretty well for Xoom and G-Tablets, so I'll try it out on the Acer and report back. Anyone else have one?

Should come Friday :D[/QUOTE]

I did that post for the g-tablet! It was better on it because of the larger black siding on the bottom so it took up less screen space I still like it for the Sparta game sold the gtablet for my Acer =]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] leonheartx:
Hey anyone here know what dimensions work best when making a full home screen layout with desktop visualizer widgets?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Jebus99:
I used 3x1 and 1x2 widgets in LauncherPro to make my layout with a 1x4 minimalistic text widget at the bottom (though in the main screen i used a 3x1 text widget with another 1x1 desktop visualizer widget). It looks like hxxp://bit.ly/j5We3q
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
Here is my take on ChanceM's RedRom for Serendipity VII.

This is my first attempt, so I appreciate input and suggestions if you have any.

HUGE

Thank you's go out to:

MikeyMike01 & ChanceM: for making a Rom as great as Serendipity VII

ChanceM: For the original RedRom theme, and for convincing me to do this.

xtremekilla09: For his incredible red dialer.apk that goes perfectly with this.

XDA Forums: For having thousands of answers for me when I needed them.

bryman27: For basically holding my hand through this whole process, putting up with my questions, and for his sound advice and support. Thank you Texas brother.

Current themed elements:

Boot Animation

Browser

Clock

Dialer

GoogleQuickSearchBox

Launcher

Market

Messaging

Phone

Settings

Swype

SystemUI

TouchWizCalculator

TouchWizCalendar

framework-res

twframework-res

videoplayer

Download Full 1.0:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32536110/RedRom7/RedRom7_1.0.zip

Revert:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32536110/RedRom7/RedRom7_Revert.zip
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Concordium:
Looks good man. I know it was designed using a Captivate ROM as the base. But would I be able to throw it on my Evo to test it out?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] b0gus85:
Thanks for the theme, I was wondering if you purposely left out a red theme wallpaper?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] MikeyMike01:
If that was not intentional (and I don't see why it would be) then I'd be happy to tell you how to fix it.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bryman27:
Looks good. I'm glad you got this out there for other people to enjoy, and now comes the fun part, support and improving upon it. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
I don't think they would place nice together, but maybe there are some elements of it you could use.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
I included red versions of the wallpapers that came with Serendipity VII.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
Much like silly putty it was not intentional, but I thought the result was interesting enough to bounce off other people.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
Ok, so the red wallpaper is set to default, however I forgot to include it in the wallpaper folder. In the meantime, use this one:

http://db.tt/LmvF8TJ
[Captivate Themes and Apps] tactical45:
Thanks a lot! I've been waiting for a RedRom theme!!!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] MikeyMike01:
Well either way here's the deal:

That image is a NinePatch image. You can tell because it ends in .9.png.

What this means is that the system will stretch the image to fill a given space according to a special one pixel border.

In order to see the border you must decompile the image with APK Manager or a similar tool.

When you edit the image without decompiling, you effectively destroy the NinePatch data and it stretches the entire image to fill the space rather than the areas indicated as stretchable.

P.S. The point of this is to use one image for multiple things, like different sized buttons

Sent from my Infuse 4G
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Allockse:
Yeah, I learned the hard way on those .9 png files when I was working on getting the border around the textframes around text entry boxes colored red. I decompiled a fresh version of both the dialer and twframework from SVII build #2, and then decompiled my red dialer and red twframework apk's. I have been using BeyondCompare to eliminate bad any bad .png files, and I am pretty sure I just eliminated the culprit.

The .9's are a pretty clever way to decrease OS bloating by eliminating the redundancy where it isn't needed, once past the learning curve they are pretty easy to handle.

Bryman27 pointed out a problem with a newer version of APKtools causing compile/decompile issues, forcing me to revert to an earlier iteration to complete certain mods. (Like the market)

Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Nelsocracy:
Very bold, I like it!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] The.Se7enth:
I've noticed this seems to have an incompatibility with the Serendipity VII add-on kitchen to some extent. If I install the add-on kitchen with the original Samsung MMS first, then the Redrom theme replaces it back with the default for some reason; if I install the Samsung MMS after, then it's not themed red, just the original blue/yellow. Is this just me?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] bryman27:
No, not just you. The theme and the addon kitchen both replace the Mms.apk, so whichever you do last will stay because it will have overwritten the previous version(s). The way you get a themed Samsung Mms.apk is by, well, theming it. :)
[Captivate Themes and Apps] The.Se7enth:
Ah, alright. Late reply, I keep forgetting about these forums. I should bookmark the site for once.

I ended up getting the OJ theme instead, which already had a themed Samsung MMS available for downloading. Thanks for all the great theme -- might I request a pink or lavender (web color) type theme, if you ever have the free time to do it? I'm not sure how difficult the themes are to make; I'd even appreciate a link to a guide on that in fact. c:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] androidmonkey:
The version on the Amazon market is the non-HD version, I am trying to get the HD version working on my NC. Anyone have luck?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TDO:
It needs 512MB free memory.

The NC only has a total of 512MB memory, so no way.