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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spazmogen:
Does anyone have an idea on how to edit the contents of the system.img ?

I'd like to drop another ROM onto my Gtab (with nvflash) but I'd like to take out the bloatware before it even gets installed. There's a few apk's I'd rather not have installed. Namely the stock Home screen on 4349 & 5274 as it force closes everytime the Gtab starts up.

Thanks,

Spazmogen
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
You'll have to use the unyaffs and mkyaffs2image programs, and, the extract/reimage operation is best done on a Unix system (to retain the original permissions on the files).

An easier method (on Windows) might be:

1. Flash the VS stock ROM update zip (which installs bootloader, system and recovery images).

2. Nvflash ClockworkMod (APX mode).

3. Boot into CWM.

4. Run "adb remount" on PC followed by "adb shell rm /system/app/SomeFile.apk" to get rid of the unwanted app(s). Finally, unmount system with "adb shell umount /system".

5. Reboot and nvflash stock recovery (APX mode).

6. Only now boot into the stock ROM.

7. If everything works OK, use nvflash (or the dump_image program in CWM) to take a backup of the modified "system" partition.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spazmogen:
Thanks,

I figured it would not be simple.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
For those interested:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399258

http://www.droidgamers.com/index.ph...ics-in-grand-theft-auto-iii-with-a-few-tweaks

http://www.androidnext.de/howto/gta-3-bessere-grafik-dank-fan-patch/

Among the listed improvements, I saw steam rise from the vents where your first safe house is located when this this was added (not sure it was there before though).

This will also affect the resolution which won't change much, just the button layout which you can also adjust in the option menu.

I've also encountered slowdowns during cutscenes and a bit of stutter but nothing major.

Also when I installed this, I had no original .set file located in the folder. So I just dragged it there anyway.

Lag Fix

A user gave me an advice on how to combat the lag when adding the file above or lagginess in general:

"When you have successfully installed the game. Plug your phone to the computer go in to the "audio" folder. Here you have to arange the files from biggest to smallest. Then delete all the files from "CHAT.nfx" down to "END.nfx". It's a totall of 11 files. What this does is that it delete all the radio channels but all the sound FX in the game will stay the same. I have tried it out and after I did it the game runs smoothly".

Car Mods

original article by XDA

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/gta-iii-android-mods-and-tutorials/

Enjoy! All credit goes to listed site and users!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] stuntdubs:
erm tegra 2 users already get all those effects dont we ? I would much rather have a frame rate fix. I expected the game to atleast run at a constant 30fps on our hardware. I constantly notice the slowdowns... i guess maybe pc games have spoiled me but has anyone else been annoyed by it.

ps. i think first update in market renders this mod pointless
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
No we don't. Its still version 1.1. Try it first.!
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] ickk:
looks like its working because I see lighting effects on cars and streetlights now. It doesn't look like the buildings have all the lighting effects as in the screenshot, but I have nothing to compare it to really. Thanks for the tip, very easy to do.

Only one problem though, when you're watching a cutscene or looking at the map the skip button is in the middle of the screen. No big deal though.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] stuntdubs:
That's weird then, i definitely have all the effects pictured in the comparisons (flares from lights, rain, smoke etc.) I'm not sure what version you guys/i am using but i will post some pics tonight. Maybe this explains my poor 20-30fps performance.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
I'm currently using the market version. Supposedly it's been ripped from the xpleria play.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] BBXiong:
maybe try go to options to restore controllers to default? iirc mine wasnt at the middle of the screen. I hope later there are some ways to improve the graphic texture, that would be nice
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] midnightmach:
Looks better but new .set file messed up my on screen controls :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
You can rearrange it on the controls settings.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] davebugyi:
I have GTA from the market and updated it yesterday - i tried this file, but did not notice any significant (I say it was the same) improvement over the standard .set file (only controls were messed up).
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] Baconstrip:
The game looks amazing with the file. Maybe you just didnt make note of what it looked like prior, cause mine looks way, way better.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] davebugyi:
Tried again - still nothing - and just in case I went through some comparison shots - rain effects, headlights and lightning effects were there for me even with the standard file... maybe I'm missing something.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
Hey guys XDA added an article for those looking to add additional cars.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/gta-iii-android-mods-and-tutorials/
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] philburkhardt:
Hey FYI, XDA member hacksteak25 made an app for changing the graphics settings in GTA III. It worked great on my TF.

You can grab it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1417810
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] philburkhardt:
I got another one!

This RAM manager app makes GTA run like a dream, especially with all effects turned up:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305060

GTA for Android sure is turning out to be something great. It has me thinking of all the possibilities for PC game ports. I know it's probably a pipe dream, but my mind keeps circling back to Half Life 2 :D.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] fliparsenal:
Thanks Phil. Finely, modding a game to add content, not to cracking it to make it work. Hats off to Rockstar.
[Eee Pad Transformer Themes and Apps] philburkhardt:
GTA Mobile Modding Site

Hey all, there is now an entire website dedicated to modding the mobile version of GTA.

http://gta3mobilemodding.de.vu/

It's pretty light on content as of now, but it just went up 2 days ago.

Enjoy :D.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tmho:
Is there a way to disable to charge while off function to force the phone to boot up when a power source is plugged in?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makalolo:
can some one tell me can i use CF3D on my ACe?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
Chainfire3d ? Then yes .
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrxtepan:
Hey bro, which is the best plugin (the one that suits most of the games) and where can I find it...

Yeah, I know, I'm being lazy... But is just that I saw you online :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
PowerVR .

The Tegra plugin is only for Tegra games and our native GPU is Qualcomm
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lijop:
Are you sure ? I hv seen consgegrate saying it got him a brick.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CNghost:
It's working fine on our dear Ace. I think he downloaded the experimental driver. I'm using it fine. Cheers :D

Samsung Galaxy Ace

Android 4.0.1 ICS

ROM : TheMythICS Lite Beta 2

SCRIPT : SlaidMod v3 + TurboBoost v8.5

Don't just say 'thanks', use d 'THANKS' button.

[XDA RULE]

Sent from my XDA Premium
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pahan_88:
From where did u guys download the PowerVR plugin?? Couldn't find it on the original post.. thanks.. :)

Edit: Sorry I found it.. and by the way what's the beast plugin out of those three?? :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
I installed the experimental EGL driver as well and I don't see any errors
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CNghost:
Well thats just my assumption :D

Samsung Galaxy Ace

Android 4.0.1 ICS

ROM : TheMythICS Lite Beta 2

SCRIPT : SlaidMod v3 + TurboBoost v8.5

Don't just say 'thanks', use d 'THANKS' button.

[XDA RULE]

Sent from my XDA Premium
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
Oh well , I don't feel any difference when using Chainfire anyway
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makalolo:
Ya same with me here....already install but no changes....actualy thiscainfire for what?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CNghost:
Actually it allows us to play HD games. It worked for me though o o

Samsung Galaxy Ace

Android 4.0.1 ICS

ROM : TheMythICS Lite Beta 2

SCRIPT : SlaidMod v3 + TurboBoost v8.5

Don't just say 'thanks', use d 'THANKS' button.

[XDA RULE]

Sent from my XDA Premium
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elnas:
im using an sgs2. i just upgraded to ICS and cf3d aint working on my fone. any helps or suggestions pls
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CallMeVentus:
Then it means it doesn't support ics yet

Herpderp Defy.

Holding on to what I haven't gooooooooooooooooooot
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapjack12345:
[Q] Has Chainfire 3D Bricked My Nexus 5?

I installed Chainfire 3D , my phone attempted a reboot and would not boot back up. it is stuck in the "Google (w/ lock)" screen (just before the animation boot). I went into Recovery and tried cache wipe to no avail, I also tried Factory Reset, still the same. I had done a Factory Reset once before for another reason and it took very much longer that time, as this Reset seemed to go too quickly. I did a Factory Reset again, and it was just a quick one. The phone is still stuck in that boot up. The Nexus 5 is rooted and i am using cataclysm rom with franco kernel ....

:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5617821:
Sadly CF3D doesnot work on phones running Android 4.0 and above. Your only solution will be to reinstall the rom. Out of curiosity, why did you even install CF3D on your Nexus 5? CF3D is used to run HD games on low end phones running Gingerbread or low by reducing graphics to reduce the game lag. Nexus 5 has one of the best hardware configuration there is, capable of running almost all games. Also this is Samsung Galaxy Ace thread and not Nexus 5 thread. Next time please post the questions in the respective device thread. Hope I helped :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapjack12345:
thanks. and my apology.

Thanks. And my apologies. My phones all good now.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 5617821:
No problem buddy! Glad to know your phone is working alright :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mzaur:
When I went to access sdcard using my file manager, the app froze. This kept happening with other file managers, so I thought something was corrupted. I decided to wait for a little bit and see what happens. Turns out the file manager was busy loading a huge list of .tmp files that accumulated in /mnt/sdcard. Anyone know why this happens and how to prevent it? Thanks in advance. I'm on stock rom and rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sixtybi:
Same problem

Hi,

I also experience the same for few days.

Did you find the reason?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mzaur:
Seems like it's related to using Allshare. I can't find a way to fix it though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sixtybi:
Hi,

thanks for the hint.

I decided to simple delete them! I had more than 17,000 files. Crazy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] give:
Same issue here. (But I've International Galaxy S II.)

The question that came to my mind was could they have been created by the DLNA server you were connecting to? In my case it was MediaTomb.

Were you guys using MediaTomb?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidance:
I followed the guide on General forum to flash ICS 4.0.3 stock but my ROM Manager Premium isn't working properly.

Flash ClockworkMod, Reboot into Recovery works fine. It seems like everything else works too........

BUT Fix Permission. When I try to run it, it says 'An error occured while attemping to run privileged commands!'

Titanium Back Pro has green check marks on everything including Root access.

SuperUser and other apps that needs root access seems to work fine.

I downloaded Root Checker Basic and it says that my Nexus S is rooted.

Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper has all check marked as well.

Fix permission works fine on CWM recovery and I see CWM recovery when I reboot in recovery, not stock recovery.

Could anyone help me out with this problem... Thank you!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
Just tried and same thing....not sure rom manager might need to be updated
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidance:
Hopefully that is the cause of the problem. I will try contact the developer.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nitrogen618:
I just got my LG G2X, and I have a few questions.

Normally I see people when they turn on their phone, they see the LG logo following up with a Blue LG logo, than the tmobile logo than Android.

However on mine, the boot up process is Black screen(replaces the LG logo with black screen?) -> tmobile logo -> than android.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nitrogen618:
Basically, I press power button, see a black screen but backlight is on and so are keys on the bottom, but no LG logo, than goes straight to tmobile logo, and start up android.

Anyone know why? Running on Gingerbread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] BayPimp:
stock gb?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] matrix0886:
Shouldn't matter. I'm running stock GB (not OTA, but preloaded as I got my phone a while after the update...got it in early September) and I don't have this issue.

Black screen, then LG logo, then G2X boot screen (which I changed to my own, of course, lol) then phone boot up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] buru898:
It happens to me also, but randomly. Does it happen when you hard reset or turn off completely?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] matrix0886:
Nope. I've done a good bit of hard resets, soft resets, battery pulls, and nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. Even when I changed the boot animation, everything still worked fine.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nitrogen618:
I ordered this phone on ebay. Surprisingly is not 0 screen bleeds. :D

It's on stock gingerbread. Jul 15 BB.

No LG logo, and yes I turn it off all the way to turn it back on. No LG logo even with the adapter on.. However, The LG logo seems to be replaced by a black screen. I can boot the phone just fine.

Anyone else have this issue?

Should I continue to flash CWM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jameslepable:
I found an apk but it just closes, is there away to stream to a Samsung smart tv any other way or a modified apk?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] MyComputerDoctor:
Reserved for the future . . .
[Thunderbolt Android Development] racinwarrior:
looks great for people into green
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pender1:
Is there going to be a senseless version or has that been abandoned?

I've been running it today and I'm very happy. Not a huge fan of the signal strength icon, but I can learn to deal with it. So far so good.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
I'm sure at some point we can create some flashable zips for different icons like the signal strength.

Just want to let everyone know that I'm very excited to be a part of the FactoryROM team, and I have a few tweaks I'm going to make to get the rom running as smooth as silk! Keep an eye out for updates!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
Testing a build I just cooked up. The main focus on this update will be smoothness and performance.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Turd Furguson:
Meh it's hard to work 2 threads over between here and Rootzwiki.

No issues with anything so far. And good job not putting a boot up sound with this ROM.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] MyComputerDoctor:
Updated to Beta 0.6 - Thanks orkillakilla!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] amaury48:
looking good, I'm just partial to Blue myself. Will give it a shot when there's a bit more blue theme to go with it......
[Thunderbolt Android Development] lukedaemon:
Will this cover the update being pushed? I woke up this morning to yet a again a phone that has been jacked by verizon's ota push.

I just downloaded this rom yesterday morning and had it running all day. It seemed really cool. I did not get any real test time, but the battery life was looking real good considering I spent all the time, in between shopping, getting some order back to my set up.

Thanks for the hard work. Happy Holidays!!

---------- Post added at 10:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 AM ----------

Is there something I am missing here? I just install the update and now I am right back to where I started.

Installed fine. Started up fine. Home screen started populating and it powered down and started to update (ota).

No disrespect intended. It's the ota push that has me a little PO'd.

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pender1:
Do we need to do a wipe between versions?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
No need to wipe between versions

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt powered by KillaSense 3.6
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
Ok, as far as your phone restarting, you will need to remove the OTA zip from your sd card. I'm not sure exactly where it is stored on the SDcard, you you will have to search for it. I'm not exactly sure what it is named either (never had this problem, but have read some about it) but you should probably know it when you see it.

After you take care of that problem, use a program like root explorer or es file explorer and got to /system/etc/security and rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip,bak

That should prevent the phone from trying to update again.

On a side note, I am currently working on adding more options in the quick settings in the pulldown bar. For some reason when I push the modded SystemUI.apk, the homescreen takes a LONG time to load, and the notification bar doesn't show. I'm going to have to start from scratch and see if I can get it right.

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt powered by KillaSense 3.6
[Thunderbolt Android Development] johnnysyeah:
Could I make a suggestion?

Is it possible to raise the lock ring up a bit?

I'm having a hella of a time unlocking my phone at times right now haha.

Other than that, the rom has been running quite smoothly.

Thank you for your hard work :-)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pender1:
Been using v 0.6 and I'm very happy with it. I really do like where this ROM is going. I would like to see some theming options in the future, but from a usability standpoint I'm happy. Battery life is good and performance is good with Imo's kernel.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
I think we are going to work on adding further functionality before we work on more theme options, but rest assured they are coming. If you can't wait, UTO kitchen is an awesome theming tool!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
After hours and hours of trial and error, I FINALLY have the extra quick settings working. I have added 7n1 volume options, flashlight, task manager, reboot, and auto brightness.

If you have any requests for additional quick settings let me know and I'll see what I can do.

I think I'm going to work on a few more things before putting out an update.

*EDIT* I'm going to take a look at the lockscreen ring and see if I can raise it up a bit. I've read some complaints that it's hard to unlock because the ring is too low.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] orkillakilla:
Here is The Droid Factory v0.6.1 Beta. The extra quick settings are added in this build.

Sorry for the slow update. The holidays kept us busy, especially MyComputerDoctor. I have also been trying to help Wolf with his OG Droid Factory ROM.

We are still looking into raising the lock ring.

No need to wipe. Enjoy!

http://www.multiupload.com/JYMAACHAZX
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justinisloco:
I rooted my phone, unlocked it and put the HD rom on my phone. For some reason, when I turn my phone off and try to turn back on while its plugged in for some reason it just shows up with the battery icon and won't turn back on unless I take the battery out and back in.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xHausx:
This is due to the recovery you are using, you should be able to reboot it through adb.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justinisloco:
How do I go about that? Reboot the phone? I don't mind just taking the battery our and back in when I'm out, its just annoying. I was rebooting my phone in the car when this happenee
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeno78200:
We already discussed the issue here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1400290

However it seems that the "bug" is related to custom firmwares. If you use a stock ROM (even if rooted) everything works like a charm.

This is very strange... maybe custom roms modifiy something in fastboot or anything else?
[Verizon Droid Charge] blacksparro:
SCENARIO: Volume keys stopped working on my Charge. Shouldn't be happening. Okay, plan is to odin to unrooted factory settings and call up Samsung for warranty.

I bet you see where this is going...

THE PROBLEM: In GC GBE it's no problem to reboot into download mode from the power menu and do my odin restore....

But the Odin restore failed. Phone rebooted and now I see a little phone with an arrow to a computer.

I obviously can't enter download mode without my volume keys.

CONCLUSION: Karma's a b****. Shouldn't have tried to warranty my rooted phone.

That being said, anyone got any ideas to save this $300 paper weight from being, erm, a paper weight?
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
You could try getting a replacement seeing as they can't boot it up without fixing the keys.
[Verizon Droid Charge] blacksparro:
I was thinking that, but I'm assuming they have some tools on hand that might plug into the outputs inside the back cover of the phone. From there they might be able to see the radio version, baseband, etc. And since I'm not sure the odin made it far enough to erase all of those before it failed, they might see this and void my warranty.... and then bill me $700 when, in the beginning, it was the keys I wanted to warranty for in the first place.

I guess when looked at from the perspective that if I didn't send it in, I'd probably be paying the $700 for a new phone anyways so there's no real risk. I just wish they'd send me a Galaxy Nexus instead if I was going to pay the unlocked price for it (which are oddly the same)
[LG Optimus 2x] Eric_L_2011:
Any Body has update to V20E in Hong Kong ? anything change ?
[LG Optimus 2x] hkkp:
I found the previous V20D was quite buggy, quite a few unexplained issues during normal use. I flashed CM7 and happy with it, not interest on stock rom anymore.
[LG Optimus 2x] Eric_L_2011:
I don't want to give up stock rom coz want to know can update to ICS in one day :P

( Fairy Tail only )
[LG Optimus 2x] saltocean:
me2, I've updated to 20e, it seems to be a little bit better than 20d.
[LG Optimus 2x] Eric_L_2011:
The Update was disable !!!
[LG Optimus 2x] hkkp:
You don't have to worry about that, you can flash back to stock rom at anytime. I did it few times without any problem.

The thread below described how to a flash stock rom file (.kdz):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327929

It's recommended to download your current kdz rom file from LG web site:

1. open a browser and type this in address bar: http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=XXX...XXX

replace XXX...XXX with IMEI number of your phone;

2. it will return a long string contained a URL of a kdz file ('http://csmg.lgmobile.com.....kdz')

3. copy that URL and download that kdz file to your HDD.

i.e. URL for V20D: http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/LGP990/AHKGBK/V20d_00/V20D_00.kdz;

In my case, I was using other custom rom before, when LG release GB I flashed my phone back to V10F followed the method above, and then used LG tools on-line upgraded to V20D.