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[Acer Iconia A500] Micah_Droid:
I have read alot of threads about encodeing HD video but nothing about Sandard Def or Dvd video. I have alot of video that I would like to convert to the same format and its all non hd stuff. Things like .flv that i have saved the the net/youtube, video from my phone and video camera, and video from years ago that Im not even sure what it was encoded at. Most of it though is in an mp2/dvd rip. My question is what is the optimal size/quality settings I should use to encoded them all to x264. I really would like to shrink the dvds down from 2-2.5 gigs. This is for an a100 not the a500.

Sorry for being so vague or confusing. I don't under stand all the video terminology. I would just like to get the best size/quality and have them all be the same format that the Iconia can play.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
During all my ROM flashings from different devs and different galaxy s phones... I came across the boot animation of the Droid floating in space with helmet.

Not responsible if you break your phone! Not claiming credit, just reposing so sgs4g owners have an option other than pink!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
I think its a stock because of the t on chest... guess, I'll just have to wait....
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
After 3 days if hunting.... Figured I would share...

Its not a custom, but cooler than pink .

Korean stock boot animation.. I just extracted and pasted. Don't know if flash zip will work.. Just copy .qmg files to /system/media (I think) and enjoy.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=897269
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mantraofdoom:
Hi everyone,

I have a stock rooted Nook Color (1.2) and I've been struggling trying to get ScummVm working. I downloaded the latest nightly from ScummVm's website, but every time I try to get it installed, it just says "Application Not Installed". I tried a couple of other versions of ScummVm mods, but none of them seem to work.

Am I doing something wrong? Does it not work with stock? Did anyone get ScummVm working? If so, how? I've been hitting my head against the wall for days.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Arbelzapf:
Have you tried this one? http://anddev.at.ua/load/scummvm_svn55436/1-1-0-7

I don't know if it's relevant to your problem, but I've been using these builds for months with no problem.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ponyboy82:
I have to admit I've never gotten ScummVM completely working, but from what I recall, you need the Scumm android app, an individual plugin for the game you want to play, and then finally some files from the original game. The first two things are available on the market, but the last one (the game files) are harder to come by -- officially you would get them from an original disc of the game.

Let us know if you have any luck!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mantraofdoom:
I have the game files, I'm a bit of an adventure game addict, and I thought the Nook would be the perfect size to play my beloved games on.

@Arbelzapf, Thanks, I'll have to install those and try it. The daily build I loaded from scummvm website doesn't quite like the nook, since I kept getting install errors.

@ponyboy82, I haven't gotten the market versions to install either, then again, they won't work on my phone, and I think they are a little outdated compared to the ones on their website.

Going to be doing some experimenting to see what I can do to get my Sam & Max fix.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
I've been pondering for some time that if Android has the most customization on the earth for a Mobile OS why doesn't the rooted community make a rom? All the current roms out there Whether it be Cyanogenmod, MIUI, Sense, Touchwiz, Motoblur, it's all based and still resembles of what the manufacturers or companies have given us. Even though MIUI has a company behind it, it shows that you can use the rooted community to make something great. We have an abundance of Developers, Themers, Idealists, testers, etc. to do something like this.They could design it, port it, test it, and put more ideas forward. Even though I have nothing of value to offer, I was just wondering why this has not been done, so my pondering can stop.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
imagine how many phones you would have to port it to
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Not trying to be rude or anything, but think about that statement.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
He has a point. A ROM alone doesn't do much if the drivers are missing... and those are not generally available unless you sign a deal with the hardware maker, which isn't exactly trivial for opensource projects. I don't really see any other way than what people are doing now: What other way than grabbing the drivers from the previously installed system is there to get anything to run on the actual hardware?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
yeah i know your first post says we have a lot of developers to do it, but porting isnt an easy job. each phone has their own specifications. some phones cant handle what other phones can. and even if you manage to port most of the rom, there are bound to be bugs. and maybe you dont know how many phones we have here on xda. we're talking about all the phones here and here
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Well since it's off of AOSP...? I don't see where you're getting this whole making deals with manufacturers. How ever since most brands have been ported to Cyanogenmod it's not impossible.

Also you would not need to port it to those devices. Not trying to exclude people but I'm just going to take Cyanogen's stance...It's been two years, most people have updated to new devices. Also most of those are not even Android..cmon
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
How else do you want to get the drivers... you either have to take them from the device, which means leaving enough of the system in place that they'll function (which is what CyanogenMod is doing now), or make a deal with the people who have the original drivers. I just don't see any other ways, do you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Cyanogen does not make deals with manufacturers and it's well Cyanogenmod not Cyanogenmod+motoblur or Cyanogenmod + touchwiz.

Look I know you guys are pessimistic about it, but it's a interesting and real possibility.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Drivers, not frontends. What I mean is Cellphone chipsets, battery stats and so on... they're still there when you install Cyanogenmod, since they can't include their own... I thought that was part of what you meant with "Community ROM", that these "leftovers" from the original system should go. I'm not pessimistic, just confused.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Well you're only confusing your self. It's a straight forward idea..The community designs it's own UI and from there it is dependent on specific devices developers. It's not impossible, It's only as possible as the community makes it out to because this community is very talented.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Ah... you just want to change the frontend, not the "bowels" of the system... sorry, simple misunderstanding. I read "community ROM" and thought you wanted to go further than what Cyanogenmod is doing, essentially building a full working ROM instead of what is essentially a kind of patch for the system already in place...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Sort of..Think MIUI but by the community
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Hmm... could you be a little more specific what you think should be part of such an alternative main user interface? For example, should it do away with the widgets concept if it feels inadequate? Or remap controls and so on. Or should it be "just" a launcher and a fancy keylock?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Well that's not up to me to be frank. The reason why I can't be specific is because it's a community rom, not a Cimer rom
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
There always has to be a starting point and you (hopefully) have some thoughts on this, otherwise you wouldn't have created this thread, right?

For me, it's mostly about the launcher and "Task Switcher" or whatever you want to call it ("Recent Applications"). Lock screens for me serve only a single purpose and any more than that usually gets in the way. For example, if you place a lot information on it, you have to keep the screen on for a longer period, which will eventually drain the battery if you keep the phone in your trouser's pockets.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Well yes...I have thought about it. Through thinking about it I came to the conclusion that I don't know what everyone wants, and how it will work out. Now I could be the starting point, but to be realistic I can't do it by myself I would need the previous mentioned people in my first post, and the community to get this rolling. This could either be revolutionary or it could just be lost in XDA's countless topics. It will also be hard because everyone has something they're working on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
You need to give people something to discuss :)

OK, then I'll start.

As I said, the core functions for me are home screen and task switching.

Let's start with the launcher.

Launchers fall mainly into two categories:

1. Searcher

2. Finder

A "Searcher" allows the user to specify more and more precisely what he wants to do. This can either be key presses, categories/labels or anything really that asks the user for traits of the activity he wants to perform.

A "Finder" on the other hand presents most available functions at once and lets the user pick the one he wants immediately.

There are many shades of gray between those two, but that's the spectrum.

For me one level of "Searcher" functionality has proven the optimal level of traits that I can navigate through without ending up at the wrong point too often. Categories, à la PalmOS are still the best thing I can think of, but obviously that's partly due to my history with mobile devices, which has been dominated by PalmOS. How do other people reach their applications?

P.S. May I suggest a title change for the thread? Something along the lines of "What User-Interface 'Experience' would you like on Android?". The "CustomROM" title still confuses me :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cimer:
Done.

If you think about it All roms basically have icons on their home screen in a grid or on a dock of some sort..How would you change that to have the greatest eye candy and functionality.

Well to be honest you can't get away from icons on the home screen judging from other mobile and computer operating systems. So they next question would be how do you optimize that "dock" to be to the user's liking. ADW, Launcher Pro, and somewhat MIUI has provided a little answer to that. You can theme the dock, put 1 to 5 icons on it..But the trouble is to not make it look iPhoneish yet allow the possibility in case someone want to...we don't want that. So what do you do? Also perhaps we could not get rid of the app drawer, but the app drawer short cut. Like there is a little bar or line (depends what shape your dock is) above the dock and you have to drag that up.

Or perhaps having the notification bar on the bottom (top if you wanted to) and improve the notification system
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
ah i see now, sorry for the misunderstanding

i came across this...looks pretty interesting to me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
I also like this idea, MIUI has done an outstanding job with android, they've added so many things that were never made, but even CM is superior to AOSP or any stock ROM out there. I would like a cool homescreen that's 2D w/ 3D like effect similar to sense 3.0. And the setting menus should resemble honeycomb, it should have extensive theming down to every app. These are just some things I would like to see.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
Grid launcher looks impressive, but I'm not sold on the UI concept: After all, I usually have trouble remembering where I put my keys... never mind where I put about 200 apps. To me it looks like playing Command & Conquer, the difference being that with Command & Conquer I'm rarely looking for one particular soldier :)

Theming is definitely a nice thing, but well... it's a sort of thing that's detached from any UI concept, so I think we can safely ignore it for now, as long as we remember that it's on the TODO list.

You're right... currently all frontends on Android have a Desktop with a kind of WizBar for some special applications, but that doesn't mean we have to stick to this concept. After all, the primary reason why it is here is because the stock launcher does it and there are few projects that aim for a radical overhaul... but on other operating systems there are different concepts.

Another area where we are free to stray are notifications... right now, Android treats ongoing notifications ("stickies") the same as events... I don't think it's necessarily a good thing, since I'm rarely interested in whether my music player is open or anything like that, but events are still important.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hans Schmucker:
I've made a quick sketch of something that, just as an example, would not have the permanent icons that you usually find. Instead a "Home" category takes its place that is always opened when the user returns to the launcher.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It seems like the eye candy is high and the functionality is low though
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyComputerDoctor:
I will agree with you and say that with the talent that floats around these forums,

if the right Project Management based people were to incorporate their ideas

together and form a team, I'm sure another Cyanogen based Android Operating

System could easily make it's way onto our phones. I'm sure in the not so

distant future we are going to see some cool stuff coming being produced

once Ice Cream Sandwich comes to light (and ROM Developers

making $$$ :D)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well that brought up a interesting idea...What if you lets say start with ICS and say..Well this, this, and this could be better. After that you try to make it better in those ways to see how it is. It's kind of a Cyanogenmod approach, but I don't think Cyanogenmod goes into functionality of applications and making the looks better (theme chooser does not count =])

With AOSP you have stability, but it generally lacks good eye candy and some functionality that we wish we could have..Adding good eye candy and some functionality that you wish AOSP had could be interesting
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0low1ng:
Personally? I'd like to have the experience in true Open terms. Android should allow us to make modifications on just about every part of it, just as Open suggests. I understand why manufactures try to differentiate themselves, but it goes to show which android phones are more popular. Rooting is good and all but some people are afraid of messing up. If phones came open to the point rooting does nothing, we might see android in a whole new light. It is all too closed still :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
That would be a coding nightmare...
[HTC Sensation] protohamster:
Hi I need some advice.

Currently I am running a stock T-mobile Sensation 4G. I've read a few threads but it isn't 100% clear to me so I figured I would ask.

The 2.3.4 update from T-mobile this closes the security exploit that Revolutionary uses to get S-OFF, this means that I can't use Revolutionary to get S-OFF and root and custom recovery afterwards right?

Can I still update if I use Revolutionary to get S-OFF before upgrading to 2.3.4? Does the upgrade work if you only have S-OFF and stock recovery and no root?

I realize you should still be able to unlock the phone using htcdev and in 1 year I may go that route, but right now I want to keep my options open.

Thanks for answering my questions.
[HTC Sensation] nexicon:
Correct, you can not get revolutionary after you update to official 2.3.4.

And upgrade only works if you are out of the box stock. True.

There are custom roms on here that run off 2.3.4 so you can possibly go this way instead.

Up to you how you want it boss.
[HTC Sensation] bonesy:
Has anyone tried the old Goldcard and downgrade method to go back to 2.3.3 to revolutionary s-off yet?That may work
[HTC Sensation] protohamster:
So does can you do revolutionary to get s-off only (no root, no clockwork mod) and then update OTA? You should be able to root at any time then right?
[HTC Sensation] Enzopreme:
Um... I had the upgrade 2.3.4 installed 2 days ago over the air, and I used revolutionary s-off today, I'm fully rooted, s-off, and tibackup....
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] southernstyle:
Tried looking for a way to change those green highlights that are everywhere in a sense based ROM. For example, when you are in a text message, the message body is highlighted in green and the send button turns green when you hit it. Is there any way to change these?

I'm running Mik Shifted-G v1.5, I have modified my task bar and notifications screen via UOT Kitchen. I'm looking for red if there's already a post somewhere, or a DIY tutorial. Thanks in advance
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Rynomite:
Some of these are application specific and others (the bulk I would say) are located in framework.res and com.htc.resources. In the two framework files, you are looking for .9 pngs in the res/drawable-hdpi folders. If you already have red png's to replace the green, you can just copy them over in 7zip. To change the existing green to red using the original files is a bit more complex and a lot more time consuming, but pm me if you need to go that route, and I can help you out.

I would suggest editing all framework files first and then look for any stray green bits that may be application specific.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] southernstyle:
Thanks for the reply, I will check the framework files and go from there. Any specific program that you would recommend for editing the pngs?
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] strapped365:
It also depends on what Rosie.apk you use as well, like my rosie is Rosie 3 so the button presses for some of the dock are in fusion and some are in Rosie.apk its weird i guess its more or less finding the images you need edited for your version of sense, because now we have Sense 1-3 on the shifty

Sent from a Hybrid Supreme Shift
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] southernstyle:
This is true, I'm not sure I'm going to have fun with this

Sent from your Mom's Jitterbug
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] Rynomite:
There are only a couple png's in Rosie that you need to change out. Like strapped365 was saying, there are variations among the different versions of Rosie, but you should be able to locate the files to edit fairly easily.

When editing .9 pngs, you must decompile them (not just extract and decompress). This can be done with apk manager. I use pixlr online to do the actual editing. Pixlr is free and it has a color change tool that works ok. Just be sure to use the selection tool to select only the colored area of the image you will change (I always select all but the 1px outer border). If you don't exclude the outer perimeter of the .9 in Pixlr, it won't recompile correctly.

Hope this helps. It took me a long time to learn how to this, but it's the best way I know to get purely custom colors.
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] southernstyle:
Thanks for your help. All of you, I will hit the thanks button when I get on my computer again. I want to customize my phone to my liking and this will definitely help a bunch

Sent from your Mom's Jitterbug
[EVO Shift 4G Themes and Apps] tspx23:
hey please let me know if you figured out how to do orange/red
[Acer Iconia A500] bwassef:
Has anyone had any luck increasing the microphone volume? people can't hear me when video chatting or calling using GrooVeIP
[Acer Iconia A500] mehtuus:
Not been able to increase the microphone volume yet. However, I have learned from this thread that the mic is located on the front, top, middle of the A500. If you look very closely you will see a tiny rectangle hole in the groove between the glass and the case.

I know it's not much help at this point, but perhaps if you were to put more emphasis specifically on directing your voice to that spot on the tablet (not that you are not facing your tablet already...) you hopefully may have better results.
[Acer Iconia A500] bwassef:
I see. I hope a fix for this is coming soon. I have been reading up about this and apparently if we can disable or modify the noise cancelling mic, it would help this situation, but I have not the slightest idea how to go about doing this
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i859:
Sorry for my bad english!

I heard about the very overclock kernel for HTC Wildfire, which may overclock more than 1 GHz, and I need it: :)

I know that the CPU can overheat, but this doesn't happen with setcpu :)

Sorry for my bad english!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] celderic:
i also heard about this, i'm not too sure where it was, think it might of been on Modaco? but it was an overclock kernel in Beta with overclock in excess of 1ghz
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3xeno:
Really? I would love to read a bit on this. Please provide a link if you have one, because I have never heard of this kernel.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i859:
my friend from 4pda.ru saw a man from xda, which have a wildfire with 1.2 ghz overclock, but my stupid friend didn't save the link :(
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lesicnik1:
If it's stable enough to be usable for more then 5 mins I give it 30 mins before it gets too hot to hold.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErwinP:
Perhaps the battery wont hold it long enough to experience overheating? ;-)

Erwin
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gailani:
for me 700 GHz or less is good for a wildfire
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scratch0805:
Lol...... true, running at 768 and I can watch my battery gauge go down at least 25% per hour now imagine running at nearly double that speed, I'd have to take the battery out of my car and get the soldering iron out!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfway:
I wouldn't mind 700 GHz either :D
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaassaus:
how than i want 800 mhz of 1 ghz
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfway:
I was making fun of his typo. 700 GIGAHz is impossible on a wildfire
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mario54:
The rule for CPU's, in normal condiction, is to increase the clock max from 20 to 30%, Wildfire have one of 528 MHz and overclocking to 1GHz is too much, need a freezer.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rommi0:
I am running the stock 2.2 Froyo ROM and my phone is rooted.

What kernel should I use to be able to overclock my phone. I just reverted back to the stock ROM from CM7, which was giving me all sorts fof trouble, and want to be able to overclock the phone.

Thanks in advance!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkstep:
nFinity 2.6.35 its the standard one in cm7 should work on stock rom
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fireplayer:
Isn't that rumour for Wildfire S..?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaQ93:
Would Be cool

That would be cool if you really get Wildire processor in 1GHZ :eek:. Please if somebody know something about it, Please tell. It Would Be So COOOL!:p:p
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qaisrani07:
Help me please!!!

Hi,I am new to XDA developers...I have rooted HTC Wildfire S (Marvel) and CM10.1 installad.Can you please tell me how i can overclock my Wildfire S CPU to 1ghz or more?i have installad the Atutu CPU Controller and it only overclocks to 800 mhz.I saw a video in which Wildfire S is overclocked to 1200 mhz.Please help me out there...:o