yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Dash 3G, Snap ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
Hi Folks

Thought I’d post a quick message to introduce myself

I’m Chris - your new Forum Moderator:)

I’m here keep an eye on things and help where I can. We all benefit when the forum runs smoothly and everyone helps each other.

Potted history of me:

Married with 5 Kids – first grandchild on the way (it keeps me busy!!)

I’ve been a member on XDA since 2007. I’ve learned, asked questions (yes, some in the wrong place), and I’ve developed for phones too.

As I’ve seen both sides. I know what it’s like to want help, and what it’s like to post your work and get flamed

Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves help so I tend to take the soft view over issues and try to help. Everyone needs to follow the rules though:)

I don’t tend to post a lot as I’m a fan of listening first, talking second.

Even though i'll try to keep an eye open i cant spot every issue without help

If you’ve any questions or any issues, drop me a message, (email, Skype etc) . I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. (Please consider things like time zones, work, sleep, Wife & Kids) it’s not always possible to reply immediately.

devs, i'll aim to drop you folks a pm in the next few days

please feel free to say ‘Hi’ chatting is part of the community:)

Look forward to getting to know you

Chris
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Ok, I know there are a lot of threads with TW4.5 themes in the international GSII forums but I haven't been able to get any of them to work on our version...I was wondering if anybody had a link to something that has worked or the desire to port some of them.

I love this launcher, it's still got all of the functionality of stock TW but some cool features..so I'm trying to avoid going back to golauncher or LP to get a full theme...Really I just want to get rid of the darn Touchwiz icons in the dock, but one of the only things TW4.5 doesn't let you do is choose custom Icons. Anybody offer some help?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake:
i have to agree ... i've been scouring net for touchwiz 4.5 flash a grip
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
So you don't know where to find it? Or are you just looking for themes too...I can post a link to the launcher if you need

Sent from an Epic Touch using XDA App
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaybizza:
Just in case someone needs launcher!!!(tw 4.5

THIS IS HOW YOU GET TW 4.5!!!!....DOWNLOAD" TW Manager and place in a folder on your SD card...Now go into the folder you downloaded to and INSTALL TW MANAGER....Once you download that file you should then have TW 4.5 NOW instlled...Go to your HOME Button and bring up the menu..You will see the NEW TW installed here ..Click on it and ENJOY!!! DONT FORGET TO ...HIT MY THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED IN ANY WAY!!!Also...here is the files you need if you cant get it from the MARKET....TW MANAGER is all you need..Once you install that file you should automatically have TW 4.5 in your HOME MENU!!! THANKS!!!!:cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingOfThaJungle:
install tw4manager .apk and go into MENU>THEMES and you'll find two themes in there that work, Minimal and PurityFS!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Well, when I last checked under themes there were none...now there's 6 but none of them are called minimal or purify...strange...I updated them from the menu button under themes, and updated both the launcher and manager but still not there :(

Sent from an Epic Touch using XDA App
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake:
looking for a zip or a flashable or both :) much appreciate! day off toady = tweak the phone ... if you need me to test anything for you ... msg me. thanks mate!

---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

@ jaybizza - are both of the apks mirrored below your sig identicle? i noticed substantial size difference

---------- Post added at 02:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:42 PM ----------

when i tried to install tw4 - the larger of the two, process seemingly completed, than indicated (appliciation was not installed)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
I'm not sure about the launcher.apk he linked, but for me all I did was install the manager.apk file and then find it in your app drawer "TW4 Manager", open then look under "check for updates & uninstall" then click latest stable version to get the newest one they have for release. Then you have to get to the launcher through the traditional channels (press home soft key, then if you're using a 3rd party launcher it will tell you to clear defaults (found in applications -> manage applications in main settings menu), or if using stock TW I believe it will just open up the typical window when there are multiple programs to complete the command, then click on the one you want)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
What version of TW4.5 is the launcher.apk you attached here? Just curious, thanks!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake:
Thanks ... few moments later i just did a nandy and got froggy ... no worries. However, noticed quite a few issues w/ tw4.5 b .. mainly dock + lack of theme that is about it. Other than she's singin like shes sung
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Yeah, it's not perfect...but ultimately I'm surprised it's as good as it is considering the other options (LP, Go, ADW, etc.) that are probably a team of people doing full-time dev. I switched back to Golauncher EX because it's what I'm comfortable and it just used the screen better...smaller dock icons and better customization. I would love to keep some of the TW features though, and if there comes some nice themes for TW4.5 I'll be back.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake:
FC on search soft key with 4.5 anyone?

as opposed to the norm. voice search / etc. dialogue box, i now receive a FC :-] jus heads up
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Are you using Starburst Rom? If so, you may need to define which app is supposed to be opened with that button. If you are on starburst, go to menu, settings, lockscreen settings (at very bottom), overall ui settings, then click "long press search button app" and choose what you want to happen. Hope that's all that's wrong...I never had any unusual fc's on tw4.5 while I was using it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jake:
nice ... amazing how simple oversights baffle me .. at some.. time lol thanks Dutch

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:38 PM ----------

Dutch, what flashable kernel would you reccommend ... looking for smooth performance and good battery life. Slightly speedy and devoid of bumps (to give an idea of what i'm lookin for .. 1 being the highest priority 3 lowest)

1 Speed, 2 Stability, 3 Battery. must have CWM 5.0.2 ..just looking for insight

also ... unable to yet get any themes to load up in TW4 Manager
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Sorry about not responding sooner...been focused on the development threads and completely forgot about my own :p

I'm using LoStKernel Experimental and it has worked pretty well. I've been without a Loss of service since it's been installed (KNOCK ON WOOD). It's pretty quick and from what I can tell it does allow for overclocking. I'm not sure on this...but my SetCPU app says my phone has been at 1.4 GHz for a good amount of time and it must allow under clocking because it says I've been at 500 GHz for most of the time (that's my "screen off" setting).

Ultimately the under/over clocking would appeal to you for both speed & battery life. Stability might suffer a bit from this kind of thing BUT I haven't experienced any stability issues with the LoStKernel exp....that's not to say you won't because each piece of hardware is different and each persons app load and usage is completely different.

I have used the stock kernel, Zedo's 1.6 OC'd kernel, and most recently the LoStKernel, just for info.

Hope this helps!

PS - I switched to GoLauncher because I couldn't get themes to work either...so, yeah, I would suppose this thread is dead for the time being - but feel free to ask any other questions you might have for me & I'll try to get to 'em sooner. Subscribed now, so I'll notice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] psixichka:
ok so i downloaded the tw4launcher.apk & it seems to be functioning on my G4ET but I want to make the 5 dock icons but when I attempt to go change them nothing happens? what am i doing wrong? plz help!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazyflipj:
Open app drawer menu edit drag desired apps to dock

Sent from my Epic Galaxy S2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
Is it still supported?

I thought the development on TW 4.5 stopped after version 21 and its not supported anymore, if it is can you send me the link,I loved that launcher on my Droid Charge
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] psixichka:
I am such a girl!

thanks lol i was editing it in preferences lmao
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
I'll upload an apk for you, hopefully by the end of the day -- @ work now :mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asteetva:
Thank you, so what version is it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
Had the same problem with themes not showing in the manager.

However, once in the theme menu I hit the menu button & choose the "refresh themes list" that pops up at the bottom.

I now have a total of 43 themes to download & choose from.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
I'm not sure...I'm not using it now because I've just been hooked by Go Launcher EX and all of the "go" products...outside of go locker - widgetlocker is still better.

Anyhow, here's the apk of what you need. It's the management software put out by the developer of the launcher that lets you download the latest version, themes, etc. for it. Install this apk and then open it then navigate to "check for updates & uninstall" then click "latest stable version." That should be it!

Enjoy!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Overstew:
I don't understand this TW4.5 theme business. Do you guys mean just the international GSII with their set of icons?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
Hey Stew...I originally posted this a few months back; at that time I was trying hard not to abandon the original GSII feel because I liked some of the TW launcher functions...then I learned about TW4.5 and really liked it.

But I couldn't customize the icons in the dock tray...that was about the only thing I couldn't change that I really wanted to (without ninjamorph or something like that) so I posted this hoping to find some themes (at that time when I pressed refresh within the themes page under TW4Manager nothing would appear...weird).

Things have subsequently appeared there but I've already gone ahead and abandoned this launcher for Go Launcher. Little things like the swiping actions on the home screens and dock icons have really got me hooked.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chucky80:
Love this launcher alot. I was using adw ex but wanted twiz Widgets. Got the ics theme and iPhone style folder. Awesome now.
[Desire General] InsaneNutter:
Hey, can anyone with a HTC Sense based and stock Android rom visit http://digiex.net on there mobile and post a screenshot of what the main page looks like (using the stock browser).

I run the MIUI rom and the mobile version of a site i run does not render correct at all in the default browser (think its Miren) yet it works perfectly in Opera Mobile.

Just wondering what it looks like in the stock browsers as i guess thats what most people will use.

Thanks to anyone who can help me out, it would be a big help!
[Desire General] itachi1706:
Hmm. It seems to not resize correctly.
[Desire General] miles16:
This is what I got.. Droid X2 running 2.3.4 Eclipse v1.0 rom
[Desire General] InsaneNutter:
Thanks guys, i shall look in to this. Just thought it might only be a problem with the browser on MIUI.
[Droid X General] JDaniels2186:
delete....
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Can I change the mount point of the External SD card (microsd) from

/mnt/external_sd

to

/mnt/sdcard/MicroSD

I tried changing the entry in vold.fstab to no help. it wasn't mounted to /mnt/external_sd but it also wasn't mounted to the MicroSD folder i made on /mnt/sdcard

This would let any program that doesn't have the ability to handle the external SD card to be able to access it as it wouldn't know where it was. I could then do this to USB drives plugged in as well.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
This might not exactly be the route you wanna take, but have you tried adding a symlink? Might do the trick, then again, I'm having a little issue with the same thing right now. Looks like this has been a popular subject lately :p
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
symlinks seem to be inoperable in HC.

Found this on another forum

Works fairly well. Doesn't effect the storage count for the internal memory however. if we could actually mount it to a folder inside the scdard mount then it may show up as extra space, but i kinda doubt that bit.
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
Those system files are overwritten on each reboot so you have to "mount -o bind" on every reboot.

If you find a way to make this mount point permanent let me know, I am looking for a way as well.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
If you're rooted, I think USB Mount All did this.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
What system files? Its simply a mount point created and handled in memory. its never added to a file. I forget what the start up command file is in linux that is the sister of DOSs Autoexec.bat. It would need to be added to that as the last command. Now i have read this is a risky command to run as it can create a endless loop if something attempts to scan the directories it can run into a recursive loop. Now I believe this is because most instances of this command tend to be used to bring a directory onto the desktop thats a few steps above it. Considering that the way I am using it is to link a directory that is outside the scope of another, it shouldn't ever cause this and be a pretty safe way to do it. The BIND command creates a hard link between the two locations. the /mnt/sdcard/MicroSD is a directory I created. when I bind it to the /mnt/external_sd directory the files appear in both places at the same time as MicroSD is simply a... tunnel as it were into External SD. But the programs are convinced its MicroSD. So those that can't use the external sd slot now can through this "tunnel". The same trick can also be applied to the directory for the USB thumb/flash drives.

Just create a directory for it on /mnt/sdcard
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
why pay when you can enter a command and its done?
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
Yes, mount -o bind works, but if you reboot, the mount point is no longer there.

Sure, we can add an entry to fstab, but the file is overwritten by a reboot

the autostart file is init.rc, which is overwritten by a reboot as well, so that rules out using it to auto mount this bind.

let me know if you find other information as I would very much like this to work.

FYI I started a thread about this command a few days back but never got any pertinent information:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1287522

(this was before 3.2 when you couldn't access the SD card from usb)
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
Because it is only a few bucks, and it will do it for you without having to manually do it. I know it's quite a simple task, but I say best out of sight/out of mind.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
its overwrites those huh? that bites..
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Just takes a bit to track where we can stick the commands to get an auto start. I may make a simple script file to leave on the home screens. tap and done.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Okay it seems the location where the init.rc is stored is volatile. I created a test file in there and rebooted the tablet, file is gone. So its less overwriting and simply copying out of its hidden location to a usable one. sdcard in there is just a mount point for the actual hardware address location of the sdcard. So if we want to get the autostart we would have to discover where HC pulls that data from on boot.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Bind will fail if the location that actually holds the data is not present/ready. usb_storage is more affected by this as a user doesn't normally leave a flash drive in the port. Script manager can auto-execute a script on boot. Works well enough.

hmm...

It appears if you remove the usb drive after making the bind, the bind is broken. So while its workable, its not perfect. Of course since the microsd card is rarley removed, this isn't much of an issue. If we could get the script to also run on insertion of the USB drive that would then make it work better.

SCript Manager allows one to create a direct shortcut to execute a specific script. So you can swap USB drives, tap the script icon and then access the script through the bound directory.
[Acer Iconia A500] xpreshn:
I use the following program created by RubberBigPepper from an alternative russian site about android apps and devices.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Any interesting effect I've noticed, any time the script runs it creates a new mount entry for the bind command, even if that bind already exists. OfficePro5 shows this by listing MicroSD for each bind entry. So I had 13 entries of MicroSD as it ran that many times, due to a setting I shouldn't have checked... Run on Net Change. But it pointed out this interesting effect.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
I now see the need for this as one of my apps does not natively see the ext sd card.

OK I tried the apk above and it does not seem to work. I get a folder called ex_sdcard but it is empty and does not reflect the sd card contents.

Nova, you found another way yet you could share, or do I just need to manually create symlinks after every boot?
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
mountmicrosd.sh

# Note : Super user required. Your Tablet MUST be rooted!
# Removing the card will disrupt the bind. And Require running script again when plugged back in.
echo Breaks any existing Bind mount to avoid creating duplicate Bind entries. a "failed" response is acceptable as is no response.
umount /mnt/sdcard/MicroSD
echo execute Micro SD mount - card must be plugged in or Invalid Argument error will occur.
mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/MicroSD

Place the above in a text file with the extension .sh Download from the Market a program called Script Manager. Place the sh file in your SD card root. Run script manager, select that file and check two boxes. Run on Boot, Run as Root. Also create the directory of "MicroSD" Just as its typed. Linux is very caps sensitive. now every time you boot it will automatically run the script and bind the ExSD to the MicroSD directory.

This one will do the USB drive.

mountusb.sh

# Note : Super user required. Your Tablet MUST be rooted!
# Removing the drive will disrupt the bind. And Require running script again when plugged back in.
echo Breaks any existing Bind mount to avoid creating duplicate Bind entries. a "failed" response is acceptable as is no response.
umount /mnt/sdcard/USBDrive
echo execute USB Drive mount - drive must be plugged in or Invalid Argument error will occur.
mount -o bind /mnt/usb_storage /mnt/sdcard/USBDrive

Create a widget with ScriptManager to have a touchable icon on your screen to run this one. Note it must have the folder "USBDrive" created on the sdcard.

It is unimportant if you use the same filename.sh i did. That is just so I knew at a glance what it does. # is a comment and Echo prints the text following it to the screen. I found a way around the mutiple bind entries by simply unmounting it before making the mount bind. You might see a Failed error, this is just fine. it just means there was no mount for it to undo on its first run. this will be more helpful on the USB drive script than the MicroSD card one.
[Acer Iconia A500] powercat_:
Very cool, Nova5!

Thanks for taking the time to research it further.

I tested your solution and it works fine!
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
I updated it with a fix to prevent the multiple entries. You'll need to update your files to reflect the changes I made. a reboot will be the simplest way to ensure it starts with a clean slate. Notice I removed the comment about Running it once only, due to the umount command preceeding the mount command. This removes the bind from memory and then when its created again you don't have the problem of 13 entries of MicroSD in OfficePro like I ran into.

Alright, I think its as good it is going to get. You could put them in the same files but for simplicity and being able to swap USB drives without affecting the ExSD card two files is best.

Wait... debug time. I goofed something.

Okay fixed up and working right. Remember what I mentioned about linux and capitals? oops. Echo is not echo.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
Shucks, im not rooted.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Yeah, that is the unfortunate thing. Anything to do with the mount command MUST have root access to use that command.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
Would a symlink work? I know I may have to do it on every reboot, but I would be OK with that. At work now otherwise I would try it myself.
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
If you can manage to get a symlink to work it will be good. a Symlink might not suffer the disruption when the card/drive is removed. But when I tried that i got a error that it couldn't do it. If you do get it to work post up the command line in the thread here.
[Acer Iconia A500] sam_sung_song:
Golden cipeesm
[Acer Iconia A500] macia10:
I believe that path cannot have : in it
[Vibrant General] Indian9990:
Hey guys,

I am running Binox Next Gen V2 and it was running great until a week ago. I am ahving issues where when I plug the phone in the charger it doesnt charge, but when I unplug it says "Battery low. Please Plug in charger to keep using." When the phones on and I connect it to the computer Odin picks it up however, when i actually go into downlad mode and plug in the usb cable nothing happens..My computer beeps twice and odin doesn't pick it up either..

Any suggestions on what's wrong or what could be causing these issues?
[Vibrant General] ucantak3dis:
Try looking at the pins on the bottom of the USB charging cable to see if any are pushed too far in, cuz I had both pins on my cable pushed in and the phone port wouldn't read it from time to time. If it is, just take a needle and bend them out again.
[HTC EVO 3D] Rtistique:
Ok the HTC Amaze came out on Monday, and wondering is there any way that some one can port the rom or the script that enable us to use the wifi calling??:D
[HTC EVO 3D] Compusmurf:
Can't answer that but there's other solutions out there.

Googlevoice and GrooveIP do this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jfenton57:
I had this issue crop up over the weekend and it has gotten worse. GPS takes 30 seconds to 4 minutes to lock.

Called Sprint, the reset the phone to factory, re-provisioned it and it still didn't work right.

Took it to a Sprint Corporate store / repair center and after an hour and a half them came pout and told me they fixed my 3g issue? I showed them the GPS issue and they are ordering me a new phone as they are all out of them.

BTW....installing and turning on GPS test first doesn't help. Clearing the agps data doesn't help either. At times once the GPS does start working it just simply gives up the ghost and goes dead for varying amounts of time as well.

When this happens, I also get an ERROR 128 message on the screen saying signal was lost. Unable to sign on to the network. Unfortunately it doesn't tell me if it corresponds to GPS, 3G, etc?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landaile:
I have search quite a bit today and cannot seem to find a resolution to my issue. The built in wireless tethering in any of the current AOSP roms doesn't work well for me. It doesn't allow changing the channel, it doesn't allow access control, it doesn't allow me to see what systems are connected, it doesn't allow me to see how much data has been used and what the through-put currently is, etc, etc, etc.

The android-wifi-tethering app has all of that and under a sense rom works great for me. I have searched and found other people that have had these same issues and the answer is always "Use the built in tether app, its great!" or anyone who actually gives an answer (IE different wifi drivers) has let their links die.

Is there anyone that has gotten the android wifi tethering to work on a GB AOSP rom? Any help would be greatly appreciated.