yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Thunderbolt General] open1your1eyes0:
Wow guys, well I think I can officially say XDA is no longer the same site I thought it was....

FYI, I had already done the posted method no problem. The only reason I made this thread was in an effort to request if a developer (of which I am not) could create a simple ROM that would help other newbies out and make it an easy one-flash task so they don't have to worry. But no, I guess it's a sin to be a newbie now huh? How dare anyone request something so simple from a developer (especially when a well known dev already spent more work creating another version of the same ROM). So this should be even harder for them to do right? And honestly, why anyone sees this thread as a forceful obligation for someone to fulfill the request is beyond me.

Very productive and helpful posts everyone. Great job at showing how supportive XDA has become...:rolleyes:
[Thunderbolt General] mb02:
You do realize pulling the rom.zip from an RUU takes about 2 minutes to accomplish, including the time it takes to google the "how-to". But you would rather bother a dev to do it for you, adding the trouble of having to wait the 20+ minutes to upload the 350MB file to waste precious personal server space for a single person's downloading convenience. A 2 minute job turned 30 minutes of someone else's time cus you didn't feel like it. The difference between a good noob and a bad noob: good noob asks how to get roms from RUUs, bad noob tells someone else to do it for them without hesitation.
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
Oh please, you are defending yourself ex post facto because you were attacked for being shown that if it matters that much to help the new commers you could make what you wanted pretty quickly by following a how-to. If you really want to help them, you could have probably finished the how-to and posted it in the time you took to complain.

It's great to do things for anyone new and I am all for it (which is why in the few months I have been an official member, I have 60+ "thanks," most of which came from answering questions or giving out useful information.

No one is attacking you for wanting to help noobs, but people will call you out when you claim to want to help and are shown, but ignore it anyways. It comes back to the quote:

If all someone said was to google it or do this yourself without telling you how it could be done with links or something then that would be messed up, but they did not. They gave you links in both this thread and the other (the other thread giving you EXACTLY what you requested in a link).

IMHO if you really want to help those you say you want to help, you could create a post in the developer's forum linking to the post that someone gave you in the other topic from rootzwiki. That way they can be pointed in the right direction.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny782:
Ijust loaded a fresh eh06 rom earlier, loaded most of my apps including some new ones. Then I decided to try v6 supercharger for the first time without a cwm backup (real smart huh)

Anyway the thing gets stuck at the boot screen and before I wipe it out...

I know this is a stupid question but does anyone know how to pull a list of apps, apk's or what ever from a phone that won't quite boot.

Thanks guys.

-Kenny
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
If u boot into clockwork u can use adb to delete the super charger script(s). Clockwork is more than just a backup restore, once booted into it you can adb.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
Hey guys quick question. I have noticed on my LG optimus T that sending or recieving pictures messages are of horrible quality, its almost like when sent tmobile compresses them down BIG TIME. doesnt matter if its taken at 3mp and sent or a quality picture recieved they are all really crappy? how do i fix this, same thing happens on different messaging apps as well.

Could this be something i would have to contact tmobile about, or is this ROM related (ie some compression mms setting?)

running LOL (2.2.2) w/ paolom70's v4 kernel..... stock messaging app (thought others dont change the problem)

edit - its almost as if the phone is resizing images before they are sent (take a pic with the camera at 2mp and it only uses 17kb of the 300k alotment) same for when the messages are recieved.... could this be some issue with my APN?

Name: T-Mobile US

APN: epc.tmobile.com

Proxy: <not set>

Port: <not set>

Username: None

Password: None

Server: <not set>

MMSC: [http]://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MMS Proxy: <not set>

MMS Port: <not set>

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

APN Type: <not set>
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
Of course it is... Go SMS has settings for this crap. Regardless, if you want to send good unmangled pictures, use email and not MMS.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] salivalnz:
I've checked everywhere I can find inside the rom to do with mms settings, can't see anything related to quality.. I myself noticed this and it has been bugging me, I've resorted to emailing people photos :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
I said that Go SMS has the settings. It does not come with ROMs, go install it from Market.

(Please do NOT quote irrelevant stuff.)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bezeek:
As dr.notor said, GoSMS will take care of the problem. After a quick search for "mms compression" in this section, I learned from this thread that GoSMS is capable of replacing the stock MMS app entirely. That is, if you uninstall Mms.apk and configure GoSMS correctly, it will handle all system calls to the MMS app. The notes at the beginning of the thread I linked explain how the process goes down.

Also, many other devices have various modified Mms.apk available. Some of them simply raise the MMS limit to 5MB, and others also disable image scaling/compression unless the limit is breached. The HTC Evo 4G has one of each fix, and I'm seeing a combo fix for the Samsung Epic 4G.

The Evo fixes are specific to HTC's framework, but if you're comfortable doing a little experimentation, you might be able to get away with replacing Mms.apk with the modified one for the Epic, found here.

Good luck!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
thats the thing... i have tried gosms, and handcent, and both exhibit the same problem.... take a quality picture and upon attachment it gets resized (albeit not as much in go and handcent) but when received it looks horrible... down around 6kb.

i switched back to the stock rom and it does not do this, it resizes the images properly. so its obvious its some setting within the rom.... now to find that setting.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bezeek:
If you have not already, try messing with the user-agent for your MMS app. If the default isn't working, an iPhone u-a may help. Also, when using GoSMS, be sure that "preserve image resolution" is checked.

You say that the stock ROM does not exhibit this problem - have you tried pushing Mms.apk from the stock ROM over to your current one and rebooting? (Be careful if you do - always be prepared to 'adb push' a backup of any APK you replace in case of failure!)

Sent from gingerbread-evo-deck
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
OK so i grabbed the original Mms.apk from the original rom, popped it on my sd card then

adb shell

# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
# rm /system/app/Mms.apk
# cp /sdcard/Mms.apk /system/app/
# chmod 644 /system/app/Mms.apk

the app is now uninstalled (and if i try to use a previous shortcut to the messaging app it says application is not installed)

could this be because its a stock app.... and the rom i am using is deodex'd?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
its definietly not the user agent, i unpacked both the Mms.apk in the rom i am using and the stock Mms.apk and the useragent line is exactly the same... in fact the entire mms_config.xml is exactly the same.....

this leads me to believe its something other than the Mms app...

regardless of what app (stock Mms, gosms, handcent....) the picture received that i send back to my phone, someone else sends to my phone, or someone else receives, the picture is all of 100px tall. when i switch back to the stock rom it sends decent quality pictures that are resized properly to fit within the 300kb window.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bezeek:
A lot of things can cause trouble when replacing system apps. First, I would deodex the stock Mms.apk. Second, rm /system/Mms.apk. If you use TB, have it clean your DC (Menu->More->Clean up the Dalvik cache ...) and push Mms.apk again. If you don't use TB, wipe the DC from recovery before pushing Mms.apk. Android should recognize it automatically while running, but if not, reboot. If it still fails to recognize your pushed apk, try pushing it with the name, com.android.mms.apk, instead. Also, shortcuts sometimes break when replacing APKs, so launch from the app drawer when in doubt.

If the stock Mms.apk fails to solve the problem, you likely have a framework issue, or perhaps even a library issue.

Sent from gingerbread-evo-deck
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
not to sound like a noob, but how does one go about deodexing an APK?

im going to try and play around with different roms n whatnot... thought it seems like devoid does pretty much the same thing....

i wonder if i should call up tmobile and see if they have the right phone on record for my account.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bezeek:
It's been a while since I've had to deodex anything, but let's see if I can recall the steps properly...

(Before you begin, make sure you can execute "java -version" from a command line. In case it fails, or is not installed, here is a nice guide on Java and the Windows Command Prompt, hosted at Princeton.)

Now, on to the deodexing:

1. Download baksmali-x.x.x.jar and smali-x.x.x.jar from this Google Code project to a folder of your choosing.

2. Navigate to the folder where you placed baksmali and smali. Extract the entire /system/framework directory from your odexed ROM here. Also extract the APK and its odex to your folder. Your folder should now look something like this:

.\framework\
.\baksmali-x.x.x.jar
.\smali-x.x.x.jar
.\Something.apk
.\Something.odex

3. Open a command prompt in your folder. (Tip: On Windows 7, you can hold shift and right-click in the empty space inside the folder, then choose "Open command window here...") The following commands will disassemble your odex, then reassemble it into a classes.dex file.

java -Xmx512m -jar baksmali-x.x.x.jar -d framework -x ODEX.FILE
java -Xmx512m -jar smali-x.x.x.jar out -o classes.dex

(Substitute x.x.x with the baksmali and smali version numbers, and ODEX.FILE with your odex name.)

4. You should now have a new folder named "out." This contains the disassembled code. You should also have a new file named "classes.dex," which contains the reassembled code in non-odexed form. Using 7-zip, WinRAR, or similar, open up the APK you extracted earlier and add your new classes.dex file to it. Your APK is now deodexed - push it!

5. ???

6. Profit!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nd4spdbh:
haha thanks man, i shall give that a try tomorrow and report back.

thanks for all your help :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dr.notor:
A whole lot simpler way to deodex and lots of others - use HTC Kitchen :p
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bezeek:
I would be pretty hesitant to install Cygwin or a virtual machine just to use a shell script to automate a task, instead of typing, (or simply copy-pasting,) one or two commands. :p

Kitchen looks impressive though. I'm on Linux, and I maintain my own toolchain because automation scripts often become outdated, but Kitchen apparently addresses both of these things!

Thanks, Doc!

Sent from gingerbread-evo-deck
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
Hey guys, I'd like to use the SE icon for my launcher instead of the stock grid looking icon, can anyone show me the way?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AyDee:
phillu97 has modded the Arc .22 launcher with green & blue se logo HERE
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetz:
Yeah, I stumbled upon that thread an hour or so ago, rocking the blue one;)
[HTC Sensation] seanerixon:
So at work today, I discovered Square Up. A device you plug into the headphone jack of an Android, or iOS device to accept credit card payments. It's practically free. Ten bucks to buy, and they give you ten bucks when you register. However, they take 2.75% of your transactions. Still neat!

Any other devices like that? Accept payments, or not. Anything as cool as this for Android devices?
[HTC Sensation] kpjimmy:
Square has been around for a while. I had this installed on my N1. But yes cool for a price lol
[HTC Sensation] RaViCa:
What? $10?!?

Got mines last year was absolutely free. I'm a photographer and it works great for offering my clients a way to pay while on the go or doing a location photoshoot.

Still suprised they charge $10 even though you get it back.

There are similar devices out there similar to square but in my opinion none of them are as good.
[LG Optimus Black] gabwerkz:
How can I disable that pesky what's new notification on the default lockscreen? Removed whatsnew.apk but no luck. Anyone?
[Motorola Photon 4G] darkerhelmet:
I just noticed, after 2 months with this phone, the call log is missing call durations. Is this right or am I just not looking in the right place as usual?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Outer Marker:
No, you're not missing anything. It is in fact missing. This is one of the reasons I'm on the fence recently about this phone. Im using it heavily for business, and both Sprint and Motorola tout this as a high end business device. All jokes aside the Sense installed on my Hero handled business better than this Motorola UI. Why should you have to install an app to get something that stock Android already provides?

A well executed UI should add to or compliment Android. It should not remove features. This Motorola UI is like going back to pre-cupcake in some instances.
[Motorola Photon 4G] flash_c4:
You've had a Photon for two months? I think you have more than just a call duration issue. :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] darkerhelmet:
Awww man come on give me a break! Maybe it seems like it has been two months.

Now you got me looking for my receipt!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] kbshowtyme:
I figured I would share some info on a cool app for guys like me that like to theme the heck out of their phone. You can have a different wallpaper for each screen or I like to think of it as a different theme for each page.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.minder.wallpaper.multiple&feature=also_installed
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] decalex:
Cool - I have never seen this. Thx for posting!

Ah, interesting. It's a live wallpaper.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] balibalistic:
This app only lets me choose from my live wallpapers, not my gallery. what gives?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] decalex:
There's another app on the market called multiple wallpapers that works pretty well too. You apply it as if it's a live wallpaper, but it uses the static wallpapers that you can pick from your sd card.

. . NS4G . . CM7 . .
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Iggles:
Are you referring to the Multipicture Live Wallpaper app? I searched this topic and ran into a thread about that app.

I tried it, and, while it allowed me to select from static wallpapers, I couldn't figure out how to pick multiple wallpapers. I would select one, hit set wallpaper and it would just load 7 random wallpapers on my 7 different screens. :confused:

I couldn't figure it out.

I'm pretty sure it's doable in Photoshop or GIMP...melissapugs made me one a couple weeks back that spanned 4 pages and worked perfectly, but, I don't know how to do it in those programs. :o
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Arhtard:
please delete this dumb post i made
[General Questions and Answers] carn325:
Im new at this and I've installed my first rom on my own , the synergy 2.3.4, 3.0 sense, and I'm unable to send mms, I've looked for a thread for help and haven't found an answer. I read that a kernel wasn't needed cause it was baked into the rom, this rom is excellent and I don't want to change it, any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mj0528:
So i bought the ipad2 and returned after the obvious. After playing with the galaxy in the store, i decided it was way too laggy and that's when the transformer caught my eye. I hear that the lag has been fixed now I can't decide if that's the way i want to go. Anyone hear have experience with both and why did you go with the transformer besides the dock?

Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Rumbleweed:
If you do a few searches, you will find many discussions on this question.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mj0528:
Yes, thanks! I am aware of the older posts but nothing recent with the newer firmware on either device so looking for someone with up-to-date knowledge.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stcardinal:
I bought the TF because it's cheaper, it has a microSD option, it's easier to transfer files onto it from a PC/network, it has a better screen size for watching movies and reading comics.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] RojasTKD:
The deciding factor for me was:

1. MicroSD card slot

2. $100 cheaper (Put it towards the dock)

Paid $100 less for a MicroSD card slot. That's a Win Win for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] PaulGG:
Its not quite as smooth and polished as the ipad 2 user experience, however the overall use of the device with the dock leaves the Ipad for dust.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Narcistic:
Went transformer route instead of ipad as i have iPhone already and the openess of an android has always interested me. After rooting and putting custom roms and kernel on it never been happier. I went asus as ive never had a problem with the brand for computer parts. The dock was a huge bonus though. I keep having jealous ipad users trying out my transformer always puts a smile on my face when my android outperforms the ipad2 for what they try and do... also with the expansive storage options and dock inxlcreasing battery time its the perfect package for me
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mjr76:
I was in the same boat as you. All I kept reading was "What do you plan to use it for?" Well I want to use it for everything lol. My one freind recommended an Ipad, but I am used to the android platform so wanted to stay with that...

I was looking at the Xoom, and Galaxy 10.1 and then the Transformer Pad got thrown into the mix at the last minute. Slowly I started to see this can do everything! With the keyboard dock it has extra battery life, and usb connectors for all my thumbdrives. So I took the plunge with the Transformer tab.

After a week I couldn't be happier with my decision! The keyboard is priceless for me to type up and edit documents and it is a very solid build (at least for me). It is also a very solid build even connected to the dock. So far it fits everything i wanted it for. A fun piece of tech that I can be very productive with on the go.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jerrykur:
iPad's are great tablets. I you can live in the Apple Ecosystem then they are the way to go and their built quality is very good.

If I did not need a keyboard and microD slot, the Galaxy tab would be my choice. The Transformer is not built as well as the Galaxy tab and is bigger and heavier, but IMHO is more versatile. I cannot imagine typing more than a paragraph or two on a tablet screen.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CrazyPeter:
The lag issue is nothing to do with hardware, or even Android Honeycomb. It's a specific issue with the Webkit browser and the Asus Keyboard.

The best options is to just not use the built in browser, use Opera Mobile instead, it's WAY faster, with no lag and seems much more compatible with sites.

EDIT: It seems the latest release of HC3.2 that's on TW devices (and due on US and WW devices early next week) improves the stock browser and keyboard lag problem. Even so, I would still just use Opera...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Narcistic:
I use dolphin browser and not finding any lag like stock browser

Narcistic

Phone: iPhone 4 4.3.3 jailbroken

Tablet: Asus eee pad transformer ROM: Prime 1.7
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CrazyPeter:
Which is weird, as Dolphin Browser IS the stock browser.... It's just a skin on the default Android browser.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Narcistic:
Seems to work fine for me. Where normal stock browser is laggy

Narcistic

Phone: iPhone 4 4.3.3 jailbroken

Tablet: Asus eee pad transformer ROM: Prime 1.7
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dm76:
and Ive just sold transformer and bought ipad... :)

the reason - honeycomb is dead at the moment - there are like 5 native apps and 10 games - but a few of them are any intresting for more than 5 minutes, apps for ipad are just stunning and there are plenty of them

so far Transformer is just quite expensive mobile browser and most threads are about issues and cursors, battery and changing ROMs which give no difference - nothing about great things you can download and work or have fun with - so mj528-consdier reverting your decision again ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] anubis.1990:
I got the Asus as an on-the-spot decision... I was in an HH Gregg store where they had one on display with the keyboard dock... before this day I thought tablets were just a joke, and a waste of money. Boy was I wrong- this thing has replaced 90% of the tasks I would ordinarily use my laptop for and gets 5x the battery life.

That said, my motivations for the Asus were mainly because of the keyboard dock. I did not know at first that the dock had a battery in it, and I was still convinced.

Currently running Prime! Rom v1.7, Clemsyn-Blades v7b OC Kernel... runs like a dream at 1.6 GHz. There was alot of lag with the stock browser so I went with Dolphin for Pad beta, but encountered too many FC's and reboots, so now I'm working with Opera Mobile.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] thebadfrog:
What? .... If you like the iPad say you like the iPad. And most threads here are gonna be about bugs and customizations since this is a developers site. But saying the transformer is only good for browsing the internet and has 5 apps and 10 games is just untrue.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dm76:
well - it always depends what you need it for - transformer is great if you are good with preinstalled apps and type a lot on keyboard

but it doesnt change the fact that nobody serious make apps for honeycomb, supporting hires etc

we just have accuweather, cnn and a couple more but not very astonishing to make other platforms jealous :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] thebadfrog:
Quit trolling and go back to the walled garden then cos you just don't know what your talking about
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Cooki3s:
Thats why I went for the ipad in the first place - the apps -. However, I soon found out that while having a ton of apps could be useful, I only used some myself. The only games I used are the popular ones, which are all on android, and I used it even more for music, browsing, video, word processing, which all work better on the transformer (mkvs with diceplayer without the need of jailbreaking (which ended up crashing my ipad), flac support out of the box, great android browser with flash, and ofc the keyboard).

It just depends if you are gonna need a ton of apps to keep you busy. For me the internet is enough entertainment as is. And if not, ill throw an emulator on there and enjoy a ton of quality games you cant get on the ipad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
Sorry, even if Apple has so many apps, Cooki3s is right in that you'll probably only use a couple of them total. When I first got my TF, I just started downloading apps like crazy. But after a while, you stop using that crap and go for just certain types of apps (office, browser, netflix, mylibrary). Also, what I love about the TF is the keyboard (which, if you aren't considering, then you might be better off with the iPad).