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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wait4me2burn:
hey New to the xda fourms but looking for some information about skinning I got a few questions which I've trolled over xda very little and some other sites that never directly point me in the direction I'm looking to go. I have worked with linux is in the past. ex puppy linux which I was very fond of for user information about anything to do with puppy. but I have just learned from trial and error . anyways my questions are as follows.

1.I'm wanting to build a skin for rcmix 3d ver.4 creating sense 3.5 New look and feel while changing icons for a list of apps besides the skin and sense,how do I go about changing icons/skins in apps I download?

2. what programs do I need to take on this task?

3. I am currently not using linux,using windows7 to do this, is this going to matter? or should I switch to a linux based os?

in the end all I wanna do is change the bling appel of my phone with my own custom look not someone else's idea. a basic point in the right direction would be a big help. I my even post some skins to add to the dhd world.thanks in advance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mont2012:
I want to ask the same questions:

1.I'm wanting to build a skin for rcmix 3d ver.4 creating sense 3.5 New look and feel while changing icons for a list of apps besides the skin and sense,how do I go about changing icons/skins in apps I download?

2. what programs do I need to take on this task?

3. I am currently not using linux,using windows7 to do this, is this going to matter? or should I switch to a linux based os?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shad0wboss:
If you want to get away the easy way, then:

1. Download rom of your choice (.zip format)

2. Extract framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk from that zip file (you'll have to look in the data folder).

3. Go to UOT kitchen and go to file upload tab and then select "upload system files" then upload the ones you've just extracted.

4. Once they are uploaded, you can browse through all the tabs and select things of your choice.

5. When you're finished selecting, go to Sumery tab and cook your files.

6. Wait for 5-10 minutes then go to pickup tab and you should have your .zip ready for that specific rom

7. Flash the .zip

8. Enjoy!

Note: For every rom, the framework and systemui.apk is different so for every different rom you'll have to extract those files from .zip file of that rom
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wait4me2burn:
hey thanks,I have been looking at that kitchen cooking but I'm looking for a more manual approach at doing things. can I do that same step guide but manually skin it myself?

how do I manually recompile after I'm done?

I have been creating icons for a little over a week with gimp on windows on free time with a theme in mind looking for more of a one of a kind idea and then maybe adding themes to the dhd network after I get a handle on it, so looking to create theme packs. I been trying to do it with a few apps but I can't get the icons out of the apps to show up when I pull it apart so I figure I'm missing something I would need to go about doing my work. am I missing extensions I need to complete this?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
To change the icons in downloaded apps you will need to decompile the apps apk then change out the icon in the app, them recompile. Mind you it will get replaced again when the app updates. A search would lead you to many themeing tuts on XDA
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flooritnfly:
Literally every single day my "3G" or "4GLTE" symbol disappears and thus lose my data connection. The bars will remain, even with 3 or 4 bars (full signal), but the symbol is gone. I do not have the SLIGHTEST CLUE why it does this, I have tried different roms and different radio combinations and it still does it. It could be gone for 1 minute, 8 minutes, or like today THIRTY (30) minutes at one point! I use my phone for work AND HAVE TO HAVE a reliable connection. I literally sat on my tushy for 30 minutes trying to get my 3G or 4GLTE symbol back and it took restoring a different ROM for it to come back. Later in the day I restored back to the ROM I was on and the 3G was there with no problem.

:confused::confused::confused:

I do not understand this for the Godforsaken life of me and am about ready to hurl my Thunderbolt at a train. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Help. Please.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattG987:
I believe the bars indicate voice connection only, not data connection. It is possible to have a good voice signal, yet a weak data connection.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeftyGR:
You're probably encountering this as your phone switches from 4g. Some reason it is not always a seamless transfer.

Sent from my Eternity Infected TB
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeszekely:
It's happening to me too. I'm not sure if it's because of issues switching from 4G to 3G, because prior to the most recent Gingerbread update, I was pretty consistently getting 4G, and now it'll drop the data connection even if I leave my phone on my nightstand all day.

I'm wondering if it has anything to do with my battery life getting way worse after the update? I've never done it before, but I'm seriously thinking about rooting and installing a custom ROM... or saving up and buying a Rezound at full retail.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmc27:
I believe this is a known issue with this phone (and most other 4G phones). I don't see this problem when I'm in a very strong 4G area. But, at home, I have to use LTE On/Off to lock it into LTE-only mode. It's the only way to keep it from switching back and forth from 3G to 4G. (Sadly, I also need to leave the phone near a window to receive a 4G signal.)
[HTC Inspire 4G] fleurdelisxliv:
my friend i work with has had an inspire for around 8 months. her battery from 100% only lasts about 2 hours at most with no use or very mild use. i did figure out that it stays awake and never sleeps. im new to the inspire but not new to android should i just flash the gold card and then flash her a custom rom to help this. has anyone else had this problem with the inspire? thanks for any help :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] pazzo02:
Should we assume you've already checked Settings>Display>Screen timeout to make sure it's not set to "never turn off"?

Also, if you're going to root it, use ace hack kit. That is the preferred/recommended method for the Inspire.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
do this first, lolol! if you aren't already rooted or don't want to flash a new rom, thanks Pazzo!

what do you mean flash the gold card? I'm assuming you'r rooted already if you're talking about a gold card and flashing a new rom. Battery drain is also a tricky thing since its very subjective, however 2 hours for a complete 100% drain is a little absurd lol. Best bet if you're rooted of course, is to have her do the following:

1. Full wipe the phone...i.e. through recovery wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and battery stats

2. Flash a new rom (I won't get into which you should use, the dev section is there for you to read and have her figure out what she wants)

3. have her calibrate the battery properly which is done by downloading current widget and make it a widget which will display the mA. Charge until the mA is zero. download battery calibration app and once the mA hits zero run the battery calibration app and follow the directions there.

4. there are a lot of threads dedicated to reducing battery drain, I know Android Revolution in their q&a section has a lot of good links, check them out.

5. you can use apps like juice defender,green power or you can try undervolting.

Again, this assumes you know how to flash a rom and are rooted, if you aren't rooted, stroll over to the dev section and see the hack kit if you do want to root. I'm using Absolution 3.0 and from 100% I can go about 30 hours or so with using facebook (avg about 1-3 hours total in that span), web (casual xda browsing), games (1-3 hours in that 30 hour or so span), texting(a lot lol), phone calls (5-6 lengthy calls, 10+ minutes)
[HTC Inspire 4G] fleurdelisxliv:
thank yall for your answers she is not rooted but i think we are gona take care of that tonight. i do know how to flash and run script all that good stuff so we will try all the things suggested. i blve we will use the ace hack kit also and try a new rom. and rly thanks for the quick responses :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
The Ace Hack Kit is the best/easiest way to root the inspire, attn1 has done a great job and it has become a very easy tool if you read everything and follow the directions to the T. Good luck man!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gizmoe:
I noticed you talking about a gold card. DO NOT attempt to do this. Ace hack kit has integrated the gold card into the hack kit process so all you need is the kit. It's really easy nowadays.
[HTC Inspire 4G] fleurdelisxliv:
full reset fixed the wakelock problem :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpitSalute:
Okay this is my first thread and post on this site. This is a great place to learn and I'm loving it. Hello all.

I've been pretty succesful so far at flashing roms on my captivate for the past couple months and this is the first problem I've ran into.

So I was coming from a CM7 nightly and I flashed the Beta 1 ICSSGS rom from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362092

Obviously I flashed the Beta 1 kernel that came along with it. It works well, it's beta so I know it's not perfect.

Now I'm trying to flash the teamhacksung build 3 ICS rom since it is to be CM9 later, but I get a message that basically says

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "captivate"

(status 7)

Installation aborted.

I then tried to flash back to the CM7 nightly and got the same error.

When I go to about phone in setting its says my device is an i9000. I know this has something do with the first ICS rom I flashed. Possibly the errors have something to do with my kernel or bootloader??

I know roms pretty well, but I have a very vague knowledge of kernels and bootloaders. I know, I know, I shouldn't be playing around with this stuff if I don't know 100% what I'm doing, but hey I got learn somehow. My apologies if there is already a solution to this posted in this forum, I tried to search but I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for.

Any Help? Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmerct:
I would suggest doing a full wipe and installing the latest nightly of CM7. Once installed reboot but not all the way. Pull the battery on the kernel splash screen and reboot into recovery and flash CM7 again. Reboot fully into the rom this time.Once you get that far restart the phone in CWM and flash build 3 of the pre CM9 rom. Do the same as above and flash it twice. After flashing the second time flash GAPPS. Then reboot. You should be all set. This is the process that worked for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpitSalute:
I did the wipe data/factory reset, wiped the cache partition and the dalvik cache. I try to flash the CM7 nightly and I get the same getprop error and installation aborted everytime.

Am I missing something?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpitSalute:
Ok I think I figured it out. I have to one-click back to stock, flash CM7, then flash teamhacksung's build.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
Or I believe you can go into your build.prop and change everything to i897 and or captivatemtd. Part of the issue I think is that the other ics does not use the datadata partition because that is also part of the issue I had when switching either back to my nandroid backup of cm7 or to team hack sung ICS. I COULD BE WRONG HERE.

I went into cwm, advanced, formatted system, data,cache, and also tried to format datadata. Then i went back and ran wipe data/factory reset. Next flashed team hacksungs ICS twice before trying to boot it up.

Sent from My KickAss CM7 Captivate
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpitSalute:
Ok, so I edited build.prop and changed it all to SGH-I897 and captivatemtd. Now when I look at about phone it shows that I have a SGH-I897, but I still get the same getprop error when I attempt to flash teamhacksungs rom or CM7.

When I go to the advanced menu of my recovery (which is CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.0), the only options available are: Reboot recovery, wipe dalvik cache, wipe battery stats, report error, key test, show log, partition SD card, and fix permissions.

There are no options for formatting system or datadata in my advanced menu.

So I guess that means I have one-click back to stock. I was trying to avoid that but oh well.

Unless someone has another idea maybe?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfex3best:
I wanted to get a transparent status bar because atm mine is just black and ugly.

So Iv read around places and it says I need to all sorts of complicated stuff with the Systemui.apk.

I was hoping someone who already has a transparent status bar could upload their systemui.apk so I can simply copy it into my phone :D

Thanks
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixalot2008:
im pretty sure you cant do crap with it unless the bootloader is unlocked lol. if it just install doomlords kernal and cm7 and just use a theme
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 007shark:
You only need to be rooted. Because there are many options on tweaking the status bar to your personal taste, I suggest the UOT Kitchen. It is an online tool for themeing and for the status bar, you upload from your original systemui.apk and framework-res.apk, make changes and it will spit out a new systemui.apk for you to install.

http://uot.dakra.lt/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nyijedi:
I see that the wall charger for the Galaxy Nexus outputs 5V and 1A. Unfortunately, none of the extra chargers I'd like to use as additional chargers have this output. Some of them are 5.1V, and some of them all put out under 1A.

From what I understand, using a charger w/ a higher voltage could potentially damage the phone. I know that this unlikely considering it's only an extra .1V in my case, but I don't want to risk it.

As for the amps, I believe that using lower amps isn't dangerous, but may result in charging taking longer than normal.

Are these two assumptions correct? Also, does anyone know of any cheap chargers that put out 5V/1A? If you put in "phone charger" in Amazon, the second hit is a Samsung OEM charger that puts out 5V/0.7A, but I'd rather get one that is going to be an exact match.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
700-800mah are fine and acceptable for charging. But if wanting to play games on a charger and still get some kind of charge, go with a 1000 mah charger. 1000 mah charger is also best to use while using mhl so you can hopefully not lose battery charge while streaming video over hdmi.

Sent from my samsung gt i9250 which is in the wrong country.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dmw017:
Speaking of the charger... anyone found a cheap charger adapter for the Nexus? I don't like the massive brick of a "international adapter" Handtec packaged with the phone >.>
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Micro-Travel-Charger-M540/dp/B002HJBM04

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Travel-Charger-Adapter-MicroUSB/dp/B0049IE70I
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alee:
I'm using a Griffin charger for the iPhone (1 amp)... it's very small and the plug blades fold up, making it very pocketable. Give the included iPhone cable to a friend.

http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-NA231...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1322795627&sr=1-33
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dmw017:
it's.. 24 bucks O.o ... for a charger..:eek:

lol fml
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alee:
Haha, it's a nice charger.

If you don't get that one, do get a charger that does at least 700mA... or ideally 1A. Some of the cheaper chargers don't put out a lot of power and it will take a long time to charge your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dmw017:
...you say it folds too huh :/ ....

but for that price, i wonder if there are any samsung chargers that are just as good if not better..

that is Apple, after all

hey isnt http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Techn...al-USB-Charging/dp/B004EYH5WY/ref=pd_sim_e_10 the same product , it says it does 5 volts at 5 watts ... thats the same right?

edit: some people are reporting that the charger only charges at 0.5A instead of the full 1A on [some] android devices. if you have the charger, can you confirm your nexus charges at the full 1A watts
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qreffie:
I've been doing fine with just plugging it into my computer like I always do with every other phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alee:
Same one.

Good question on whether it's putting out a full 1A. I guess what I do is check the charge times tomorrow with a few different 1A chargers to see if it measures up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericshmerick:
I use this for home:

http://www.amazon.com/Cellet-Charger-Retractable-Cable-myTouch/dp/B004XVM1T0

And this for the car:

http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Powerjolt-Dual-Universal-Micro/dp/B0042B9U8Q

Both are dual-USB and put out 1amp. Charges my GNEX and iPhone 4 (work) at the same time without issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] assisterah:
Just feel like to chime in here for another question.

I know typical USB port from a PC outputs 0.5A while the wall charger outputs 1A, so besides charging time, is there any particular advantages to use wall charger over USB from PC?

I've read somewhere else states that despite the longer charging time using a USB port from a PC, it provides more thorough charges hence is better for the battery than using a wall charger, is this true?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dmw017:
I've read that the wall charger drops the battery down to 90ish % after it hits 100% and just goes between the two levels until you unplug your charger

While a USB charge is slower and charges your device up to a "fuller" charge

...I may be unfathomably wrong though :D

---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

man that little Apple charger is so damn cute ... lol , ill probably end up buying it once the 1A volt charge is confirmed :D

edit: just bought it lol, oh well.. it will probably maybe more or less somewhat possibly work like it should at 1A :}
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JDaSilva:
I'm not an expert on the subject but I was under the impression that cycles (charge + discharge) were a bigger factor on battery life than something like this. The longer a current is running through the battery (charge or discharge) is detrimental to it's life span.

Leaving a laptop plugged in all the time ruins its battery is my source on this one. I would say it's because it has a constant charge running through the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rashad1:
That takes a lot longer vs plugging it into the wall
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] [hfm]:
True dat. Unless it has changed , USB only outputs 500mA.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
500mA is the max before the PC will disable the port. So your actually get less current.

There are some ports, depending on the motherboard that have a option of outputting more power for charging devices, and also have the port powered when the computer is off. But a normal usb 2.0 port is limited to 500mA max per spec... so a normal usb 2.0 port charging a phone is drawing less then 500mA, or it would get and over current condition and disable the port.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kam187:
I design electronics and work with USB and batteries often, so let me clear some stuff up in no particular order:

- PC ports are limited to 500mA so will only ever output a max of 500mA

- You can use a wall charger that outputs 1000mA but on most devices the data pins on the micro USB need to be shorted to tell the phone it can try to draw more than 500mA. This is true for HTC devices for example. That means if you get a cheap charger that doesn't short the data pins, when you plug your standard micro-usb cable into it, it will still only charge your phone at 500mA.

- The charging controller is actually in the phone. It decides based on temperature (there's a sensor in the battery), current, voltage across the battery (current charge) and characteristics of the type of battery to figure out how much current to allow into the battery. Although its true that a 500mA charger may have different affects than 1000mA chargers, there usually is very little perceivable difference. Which is (slightly) better really depends on the charging controller and how it decides when to stop charging.

- When the battery is full, the phone continues to 'trickle charge' for a period of time. This isn't a bad thing. Overcharging a Lithium battery can be extremely dangerous, so normal charging occurs at a high speed and then slows down at a safe limit below the 'true' 100%. After that the phone continues to trickle charge to top up the battery. This is the reason you read in phone manuals you should charge the phone for 8 hours or overnight for its first charge.

- When charging at 500mA, the battery does not get as hot. This usually means you get closer to the true 100% before 'trickle charging' starts. With a 1000mA charge the battery heats up a lot more so charging may switch to trickle much sooner. Here's an example with made up figures.

Lets say you charge your battery with a 500mA charger, and it takes 2 hours. When the phone shows 100% it may actually be at 99%, and trickle charging. Leaving it for another 30 mins may take it to its full capacity.

Now, lets say you charge your battery with a 1000mA charger, and it takes 1 hour. When the phone shows 100% it may actually be at 98%, and trickle charging - It stopped sooner because the battery was hotter. Leaving it for another 30 mins may take it to full capacity.

Conclusion.. the 500mA charger took 2.5 hours, while the 1000mA charger took 1.5 hours. However if you unplugged both when the phone showed 100%, the 500mA charged battery may last longer, and so you think the 500mA somehow resulted in a more thorough charge!

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter which you use. the absolute charge cycles is what counts. Charge to 100%, then dont charge till its 0 for best battery care. Constantly plugging into a charger or dock all day on and off is bad. But having said that, your phone is there to be used, so a sensible balance of the two is the best bet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nyijedi:
Thank you so much for the detailed response, kam187. Would you recommend avoiding using a 5.1V charger, considering the phone came with a 5V charger?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kam187:
I wouldn't use it. The 0.1v probably won't make any difference, but it may not be regulated. Chargers with these odd values sometimes don't have any regulator inside them. That could damage your phone as the voltage could shoot up and down as the current draw changes.

Just search amazon/ebay for any MicroUSB charger, and pick one from a reputable manufacturer like Motorola, HTC, Samsung etc. Since all phones now use MicroUSB, there's loads of these chargers around from previous phone models etc.

Here's just one I saw on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Trave...E70I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1322808220&sr=8-3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] assisterah:
Hats off for your detailed and professional response.

And this is why I love XDA so much! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
That last bit is not quite true for Li-Ion and Li-Po batteries.

Both are damaged by full charges and full discharges. It's much better NOT to let your phone drop right down to fully discharged, except for the few times you need to do it in order to calibrate the battery meter.

Likewise it's best not to leave them at 100% for a long time. That's what kills laptop batteries that are always plugged into the mains. Not the fact that they are "always charging" it's the fact that they are effectively being stored at 100% charge.

The sweet spot for these batteries is 20% to 80%. In fact some manufacturers design their charge circuits to only ever charge to 80% and then increase the size of the battery to compensate. Of course this is not possible on phones where physical size is important.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djcr33p:
I read this too... and that full charge/discharge was better for nickel metal hydride batteries...? or Ni-MH