yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] akmalhisyam:
so you move the folder from /system to / ?

i think it should work..

have you reboot?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Flix123:
Yes, I've rebooted and put the folder from /system/ to / and I renamed it.

But I don't know, why I couldn't rename it in /system but could move it and renamed it in /?...

But is there maybe an other possibility in the local.prop? I tested ro.board.has_soft_keys=yes, but then the touchscreen doesn't work.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] akmalhisyam:
I'm still finding other ways to hide the virtualkeys..

Maybe this method only works in UrukDroid I guess..

thank you for trying!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Flix123:
But are there any other guys with stock firmware who want to try it? Maybe I'm not the only one can't hide the buttons.

But what about UrukDroid? Do my files and apps will be removed when I install Urukdroid? Is Urukdroid like the SDE with root?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] akmalhisyam:
during Urukdroid installation, there is an option to copy all apps from old firmware to Urukdroid..

but it is not recommended by sauron..

The installation guide can be found @ Urukdroid wiki - http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Installation#Step_one
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Flix123:
I think, I will stay with the stock firmware.

But it would be great, if other people with stock firmware would test that, too.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] glimmling:
Hi. It works with chulri's ROOT. I'm on firmware 2.3.26. First it won't work with just renaming the folder. Then I moved the folder to / but it is also still there in /system. I deleted the board_properties - folder in /system, renamed the copy in / to board_properties.bak and moved this one back to /system as a backup. After a reboot the buttons were gone. Hope this helps.

Edit: After every reboot the Archos-Widget App crashes. I think, it is looking for files in the board_properties folder and can't find them. I freezed this app with titanium-backup and now everything seems fine. Maybe it needs only to disable the archos-widget app without the need to rename the folder to get rid of the buttons.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] akmalhisyam:
nice..

glad to hear that its working :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Flix123:
I tested the same, but it doesn't work.

I will reinstall the SDE and the kernel and will test it again.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Flix123:
I reformatted my Archos 70, put the SDE on it, but it still doesn't work.

Maybe it's because of the firmware 2.1.08?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] glimmling:
Hey. Just recognized, that some games will work now without the softbuttons on my a70. Cut the rope and MonkeyBlast didn't run before the modification and now they do.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] msticninja:
Anyone with Chulri's R/W root, try this:

Go into the board_properties folder, find the file that relates to your model(mine is an A101, so my file was virtualkeys.A101IT), and rename it(add .old to the end of it), and reboot. If that doesn't work, try opening the file as text and delete all the text in it, then save as the original filename(not with the .old extension). Also, make sure you haven't turned off the Soft Buttons through UrukConfig or manual edits. You have to reenable the softkeys(remove them from notification bar) to make them disappear completely with this method.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] arpruss:
Another option is to hide them mostly--edit the right board_properties file and set their width to something really small, like 10 pixels. Then they remain usable (though the label will be cut-off), but they take up very little screen space.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] bigfau:
Worked for me on Archos 101 Churli's R/W Root

I have the 101 with Chulri's R/W root. All I did was move the board_properties to my sd card and rebooted. Abracadabra, their gone. Renamed to board_properties.bak and put back into the system folder. Rebooted again just to make sure it stuck and it did, no soft button:Ds.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] arpruss:
Here's what a thinned down button bar looks like on my A43:

To generate this, just do a search and replace on virtualkeys.A43, replacing 800:480:54 with 827:480:27 in the whole file. (Make sure you save a copy as a backup.)

This might give a nice compromise between usability and not cutting off apps too much. Or for a much moral radical thinning, one can do 840:480:14, but that'll only be usable with a stylus or fingernail.

You can also add other keys with other functionalities, but unfortunately they don't get labeled.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] sibere:
Hum not working for me :(

I had a local.prop made by urukconfig.

I have deleted that file, renamed /system/board_properties to /system/board_propertiez, rebooted my uruk 1.0 and... The button bar is back ! :(

EDIT:

Had to add ro.board.has_soft_keys=yes to /data/local.prop to get completely rid of the soft buttons.

I now have this in /data/local.prop

ro.board.has_buttonbar=no
ro.board.has_soft_keys=yes
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Rockstar52:
I too am having this problem. I even have completely deleted the board_properties folder. Before installing URKDroid I could just rename the folder, but for some reason it still finding it somewhere else with in the system.

Edit:

Cool I'll give it a try.

Edit: Edit:

IT WORKED!! Thanks!!!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Tesla74:
Thanks!! It worked for my A101. I did have to move folder first, then rename and move back. Button Savior (Pro version) is so much better than the default soft buttons.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] werzoo:
Perfekt :-) thanks, this was for me the easiest way to do this. I did this in Chulri's root 2.3.81 using the Terminal Emulator.

wow finaly these ugly buttons are gone :):):):)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] jakkrith:
@sibere

Thank you very much for your suggestion. I had done hide the virtual key in A101IT already.

1. Install app "Button Savior"

2. renamed folder /system/board_properties to /system/board_propertiez

3. edit file /data/local.prop (as you suggestion)

4. reboot my device

5. Install app "LCD Density Changer" and set density to 150 (Reduce size of status bar)

I'm very happy with full screen games. :D

Thanks to @akmalhisyam too for this thread.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] sibere:
Hi!

I know that you had done it already, but renaming the folder didn't work for me so I had to come with the other solution.

If one want to stick with standard LCD density, you can use a patched framework with 32px size icons. search for it on the dev threads, it shoud be quite easy to find and it worked really well on my A70it
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] wokker666:
Make very well sure....

Just to let you guys know, if you DO NOT make the changes to /system/board_properties, and you make the ro.board.has_soft_keys=yes change to local.prop, it will fry the touchscreen.... Only way to recover is to do a fresh install thru SDE, or if you can get into /data WITHOUT the use of the screen.... :(

Just a warning.......
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] sibere:
good to know!

didn't happened to me coz I renamed the relevant virtualkeys file before doing the ro tweak.

Sent from my A70S using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Rockstar52:
This did not happen to me. All I did was place the modified local.prop file in the /data/local folder and my keys were gone. I never renamed the board_properties. Although when the keyboard was active it only filled about 85% of the screen, once I changed the a101 file with in the board_properties folder by renaming it, the keyboard now fills the full screen along the bottom.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] thedicemaster:
doesn't work for me.

I tried moving and renaming the folder, and moving renaming and editing the a43 file.

editing the local.prop file didn't help much either.

I'm on urukdroid 1.0
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] wokker666:
I think I see the difference - you say you put the local.prop in /data/local

I put mine in /data - this must create some kind of system freakout - I replicated the problem 3 times to make sure what the exact issue was.

Just be careful guys, if you dont have a linux box, you'll be reinstalling fresh to fix your mistake!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] thedicemaster:
got it working now.

I updated to urukdroid 1.1 rc1, and my soft buttons where gone.

I do recommend avoiding the use of local.prop.

it seems to disable the large button set(the one in the power-button menu) as well, which is best kept for emergencies (like when button savior crashes)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] tabuser:
Not directly related to the topic but somewhat related:

I had a weird experience with my A70IT 8 gig in that the virtual keys disappeared after uninstalling Flash 10.3.185.21 via settings/apps/manage apps.

I was using 2.1.08 FW, Zeam 2.9.6 launcher, and Dolphin Mini 2.1 browser apps. I had no prior problems for months prior uninstalling Flash.

I tried a number of reboots, power downs and restarts, re-installing 2.1.08 FW; all without success.

I finally did a full wipe and a 2.1.08 FW re-install which then resolved the problem.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] topifone:
I cannot do rename/remove the directory /system/board_properties

The A70IT keeps regenerate this directory and its content :(

Also, I don't see the file /data/local.prop :(

I'm on 2.3.20 with root.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] sibere:
You cannot delete on the stock system

local.prop has to be created manually.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Beuzel:
Try to change board-properties with "sysroot" (market)

Worked for me.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] DavidDivadman:
Worked for me

Thanks for this tweak, it worked for me too :)

I'm on an Archos A101IT, permanent rooted firmware v2.4.81 using the [HOWTO] Root easily your Gen8 device [fw 2.0.71 - 2.4.81] + R/W FILESYSTEM form Chulri.

I first tried to rename the "board_properties" folder but after a reboot it was renamed back to "board_properties", so I moved it to the root and it worked.

Thanks again to you Akmalhisyam & Sibere :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] guaranajul:
it works on A101 gen 8 too !!

great it works too with archos 101t gen 8 !!!

thanks !!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] whitest0rm:
hi ive just been trying to install the rom andread 2.2.1 pro v2 but it doesnt seem to work, it always restarts after saying sony ericsson.

i read on the roms forum that it may be due to my phone not beinag able to be overclocked so much so i was wondering if i can take the overclock out of the rom? or if someone has any other ideas?

thanks :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] azadtaufiq:
do a clean flash..wipe battery stat,dalvic cache..and do factory reset than flash again..if u wanna delete overclock,open the zip with winrar..go to system/lib/module..find x8oc.ko and delete it..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] recca666:
And don't forget to remove insmod line on build.prop

Edit: if andread is based on slade's rom maybe you won't find it there. Slade said that it's on ramdisk.tar
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugarkryptonite:
Hi guys

I'm thinking about getting the Galaxy S2. If I download LauncherPro will it rearrange the app tray to be in a mode where all the apps are on one page and you scroll down to look at them (ie. like in the Nexus S and basically all other Android phones)?

I love the phone but I just hate how they copied the iPhone's app tray...I hate Apple! If not I don't think it would be a deal breaker...but we'll see.

I also saw that now the Atrix's bootloader is unlocked...so now I'm unsure of which one to get. They're both good phones and now that the Atrix's bootloader is unlocked it can actually compete with the GS2 (I think?)

What do you think/suggest?

Thanks,

Elliott
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollow.Droid:
Yes you can use any other launcher and most (Including LauncherPro) have vertical scolling app launchers. Personally I'm a fan of the TW app drawer after coming from LP but both have their merits.

As for the dev scene, I had a quick look over on the atrix forum and the activity on the S2 dev section seems much more active already. Not to forget that the S2 hasn't hit the US market so a good few devs probably don't have their hands on it yet. I'd say that the atrix dev section will heat up pretty soon but the S2s will still dwarf it if the current trend is anything to go by.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
Not before this is another comparison thread but i believe the gs2 dev community>atrix dev com. There are a number of new chefs everyday here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sugarkryptonite:
Thanks guys I'm not trying to make a comparison thread between the 2 phones because I know what that can turn into. Anyway I made another thread here asking about the phone so anyone can refer to it if they want:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1148156
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Ok I"ve send in my phone for the left yellow/darker problem; Got my phone back but offcourse it's stille there. Maybe a little better than my previous one, it's repared so no complete new phone.

But this left over/ temporarly burn in is still there. Haven't read much abouth it.

Just saw it again now, I'm typing a message, and when in that message I use the pull down menus I can see the contoures of the keyboard in the grey area of the pull down menu for abouth +- 15 seconds after it goes away...

Is this normal? The previous screen had it too. Or does it has to do with something else in my phone except the screen?

Thanks in advance guys!
[Galaxy S II General] diehard2222:
well as you know its a defect in the screen itself... hmm this is what im thinking of doing as i cant return my phone since its been 7 days... im thinking of buying a new sgs ii from the same store then return it but put the phone i have now in the box... wonder if it will work...
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
So it's a defect and not every screen has it? My screen has been replaced, but this, besides the yellowish left side, is still visible...

So after a repare this is also still there. So the amount of screens with this problem should be large in amount too? But haven't read abouth this much...

Or I should be that unlucky that just MY 2 screen have this.
[Galaxy S II General] Deviser:
A picture of my phone...luckly, it's no big deal... I haven't seen this effect/ghosting since i changed the stock keyboard.... The yellow tint upsets me more...
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Yep that's it!

Ah ok, gonna try changing the stock keyboard. But sometimes it's not only the keyboard, but I can also see contoures of other things. Pixels take long to adjust it seems?

I can also see these left overs in the grey bar of the pull down menus showing on your picture, the one where you put your thumb on. When I pull it down I can se contoures of text under icons, in it. Also dissapearing. You have to look closely.

Also in the stock weather widget(and other things) that the blue of the sky does not stay the same when moving the home screen slightly right(because you can't go left), not all pixels display the color as the previous one. This explanation sounds weird, but do you know what i mean?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Wow, that's really weird. To me, that's much worse than the left side banding which to most is really hard to detect. I'd call what you're describing ghosting or artifacting. I don't have it and would guess if more people did we'd have heard about it. I wouldn't even know where to begin in trying to figure out the cause. Hardware? Software? App conflicts?
[Galaxy S II General] Deviser:
Well, i haven't noticed this ghosting anywhere except when writing messages whith stock keyboard...even if a leave the same picture on the screen for some time, i can't see any ghosting. However, SAMOLED+ has clearly some issues with grey tones which show all kinds of problems: tinting, ghosting, etc...

I think when you move the home screen around there's some loss of quality so the phone won't slow down. I'm using Launcher pro and there's an option for high quality scrolling, which increaseases quality a lot when moving trough home screens...
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
OP says both of his phones have it, and you are right, it's so extremely rare that I don't think this was ever brought up here before.

What does this tell us? One of two things is possible:

1. The OP configured both the original and the replacement phone the same way. So it's a software glitch that he himself introduced.

2. The replacement phone actually is his old phone but with new screen replaced. So it's a hardware glitch in display "controller" or gpu.
[Galaxy S II General] Pfeffernuss:
It's not rare at all. AMOLED screens suffer from retention and burn in. I also see leftover when switching from a high-contast image to something else. ALL phones will have this. Mine, his and yours as well.

The rest of your "explanation" is utter bogus so will not even go there.
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
It's the second, I know it's just a new screen, because I've send it in after the DOA period, and the store I bought it from said they had to send it in to Samsung.

I also know it's a different screen, because the small dead pixel isn't there anymore and the yellow on the left is differen(but still there).

I just got this keyboard thing, and some other things being visible as left overs as for now only visible on grey pictures opening after it. Like the pull down notification bar. It's good visible when you're in a darker room.

I just noticed that it also has something to do with my background. It's just black. I tried another colorfull picture and than the countoures of the homescreen icons are much less(almost not) visible when the notification bar is pulled down.

So can someone try to set his background to completely black, and than go to a homescreen with like 4 buddy icons, wait 5 seconds and pull down the notification bar. Can you see the contoures??
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I use black background. Never ever have experienced anything like this.

Did you try playing with settings:

Display -> auto adjust screen power (mine is off)

Power saving mode (mine is off too)
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Yep I have it all off too.

Strange problem, i know...

So you can't see anything like this?
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Not at all! I tried all your cases - no, do not see it. And I have always used a 100% black background everywhere I can on this phone.

If you have a Samsung service center near, maybe you can pay them a visit and ask what's wrong. Or just try full reset with user data wipe and factory firmware restore, to eliminate chances it is some rogue utility you installed.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Trust me, all the people in the left side banding thread that have been looking at their screens constantly and taking pictures of them would have caught this if it were widespread. You appear to be special. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Damn it, I'm f*cked again than...
[HTC EVO 3D] test878:
Hi, I just go back from getting my new 3D, and while the sprint rep was activating it and making sure it worked, he mentioned it would take a minute to update.. But then later mentioned it would take quite awhile to update and showed me where to download the updates.

Whats the none updated software version? :[
[HTC EVO 3D] zbergmark:
It really depends on how new the phone is, its most likely 2.08.651.3.
[HTC EVO 3D] sitlet:
Dont update if you want to root it
[HTC EVO 3D] mpgrimm2:
Any new EVO 3d (not refurbished) will " likely " have firmware newer than 2.08.651.2 and Hboot 1.50/S-On (bootloader). The latest fw is 2.17.651.5 which got.a new radio than the others. The new base requires roms that use the same base/kernel. Kernel source isn't released so there are only some minor tweaks for it (freeza's kernels are updated).

If you have the above setup, you can certainly go ahead with the update. You have to use HTC's half-assed Unlock method and do most of your flashing via fastboot command prompt.

See the top link in my signature for details.
[HTC EVO 3D] mallman:
OK, maybe i have bad eyes, and according to the optometrist i do :) Anyway, point being, i seem to have absolutely no trouble seeing the 3d effect and i can see it from, not a wide angle range, but i dont have to be in the "magical" spot. Even all the photos and videos i took look great. Far better than the ones that came on the phone as samples. Lastly, the 3d content on youtube was awesome and very easily viewed to me. I am one to get motion sick easily and for some reason, i have no issues with this device. Like i said, maybe iim the exception, but i'm 110% satisfied with the device and the "gimmic" 3d :)
[HTC EVO 3D] SirJohan:
Yeah I think the 3d mode is pretty good. All though at extreme angles it will mess with your eyes.
[HTC EVO 3D] bobdude5:
I agree, 3d is very easy to see for me. It looks amazing too
[HTC EVO 3D] dresr82:
I thought the same thing.
[HTC EVO 3D] kawaski47:
I played with a ds3d and hated it. Knowing that this phone had similar tech made me question its quality and ease on my eyes.

Well i can say now that the 3d is very good! Just got done watching green Hornet 3d and my eyes feel fine. I did fine myself loosing the 3d at times but I think that's cause I was looking at it for so long.

Pictures are a little harder to tune in and are harsher on the eyes, but the 3d affect is amazing! This phone is definitely a win in my book.
[HTC EVO 3D] Alanmw86:
bothers the heck out of my eyes, I find it too bothersome to hold it in the correct spot.

now...I think its cool for short recordings and pics, but theres no way im watching a whole 3d movie on it.

had to take aspirin after about 8 minutes of green hornet.

or maybe its just cause I think that movie stinks :p
[HTC EVO 3D] VoXHTC:
Agreed, Worst Seth Rogan film ever. Hurts my eyes too.

Now the 3D effect, is bad ass! Yes you have to have it at the correct angle but with a Kickstand case, no problemo.
[HTC EVO 3D] ausch30:
Last time I got my eyes checked, about 3 years ago, I had 20/15 vision so I would say that my sight is pretty good. The 3D effect is good but I find, at least for me, that the window is extremely narrow. It really has to be in the prefect position, otherwise it's nauseating.
[HTC EVO 3D] sand1303:
I find it amazing. U just have to hold it still
[HTC EVO 3D] DCLocal:
Had no idea it would be this good

I must admit the 3D is much better than I expected, especially after reading the early reviews. I'm fortunate in that I haven't had the eye fatigue or headaches reported by some. But as far as the 3D effect it is very good, even the pictures I've taken; and practice makes perfect. As mentioned above, holding the phone still in important.

The YouTube videos are awesome. I upgraded from the 4G to the 3D for the new processor and Sense 3.0; 3D was really not much of interest yet that is all I've been playing with since I got the phone yesterday. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] eman3316@optonline.net:
At a price of $199 after rebates, why would anyone in there right mind complain about a feature you do not have to use anyway. It is amazing that this thing has 3d along with all of it's other top specs of any device and still came in at the price point it did.

The only thing they might have done different if they did not add the 3d in would have been to up the camera to 8mp but even then, it would probably be the same camera we have now but just shoot larger pictures so who cares.

I also bet all the people who screamed gimmick are starring at there phone right now trying to find anything in 3d to view.......

Although right now, I am starring at my phone fighting with myself if I should push the button to upgrade my software or wait to see if they root the non-updated software!

Anyway, 3d is a win on this device! Don't know how much better they could have made it and cannot understand how any reviewer can complain about the way it was implemented.....