yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Heretic90:
OK, Im new to changing icons.

Let me know what I did wrong.

I put the file phone.apk onto my sdcard-> opened with 7-zipFM went into res -> drawable-mpdi -> found the 3 files I wanted to change.

1 stat_sys_phone_call.png

2 stat_sys_phone_ringing.png

3 stat_sys_phone_call_bluetooth.png

I opened each with photoshop and just made from green backgroud and white phone to Red phone black background. Then converted the file back to png ( online converter. Put back the 3 files into drawable-mpdi and over wrote the previous ones. Backed up phone.apk -> put the phone.apk onto my sdcard then used esfile manager to push it back into system/app

Shortly after that I kept getting fc from Phone process.

If anyone can help me figure out what I did wrong I'd be very happy. The green and blue clash with my all red/black theme.

THANKS for any time put into this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drvsbsm:
I just got the "New IPad" and I have to say that I am not impressed at all. I have never used IOS before and it sucks Android on the Prime is what is going on, for real, and to be honest you cant even tell all that much the screen resolution difference it isn't that drastic! The New Ipad does look cleaner I will give it that but its just boring , so far its went something like this - Go to App Store find app ........... Wait (put in password-what)for an App to download ......... takes forever ......... Done finally ........ Play or use app. Why do the apps take so long to download then you have to type in your pass every time you download an app, that's crazy. I like my freedom, I heard it was hacked already I don't know how much freedom that will bring. No customization at all, I don't know if I wanna keep this thing or not. The Prime is way better so that's coming from someone that owns both. Get a Prime or just ............. Boring so far at least.

I didn't get a chance to try it out at the store because Walmart keeps them behind glass where I live. So i guess there to precious to touch, unlike all the androids that are out too display, use and try them out at will. It was the last one of the IPads so I figured I would buy it and if I didn't like it I would take it back haven't decided yet of course I'm going to give it a few days to see if I like it at all. So far I think it will see Walmart again. Here are some Pics I took side by side.

GAME SIDE BY SIDE MESSED UP AND HAD PRIME IN BATTERY SAVE, RUNNING @ 1GHZ MODE FOR AWHILE INSTEAD OF PERFORMANCE MODE 1.3GHZ - DONT EXPECT GAMESPOT QUALITY - FIRST COMPARISON VIDEO EVER

[youtube]dqyG_-4mI9M[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqyG_-4mI9M

BOTH ARE TURNED UP FULL BRIGHTNESS

ONLY GAME I GOT RIGHT NOW THEY TAKE FOREVER TO DOWNLOAD
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kamanashi:
Wouldn't it have been better just to try one out in store and watch reviews online instead of buying it?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] zerodameaon:
This really didn't need its own thread. Should have posted it in the Android VS Competition thread. Keep clutter down please.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
What kind of customization are you looking for? I never could understand the amount of time people spent staring at their widgets on the home screen.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drvsbsm:
Added a video same game side by side glu game

I didn't get a chance to try it out at the store because Walmart keeps them behind glass where I live. So i guess there to precious to touch, unlike all the androids that are out too display, use and try them out at will. It was the last one of the IPads so I figured I would buy it and if I didn't like it I would take it back haven't decided yet of course I'm going to give it a few days to see if I like it at all. So far I think it will see Walmart again. Here are some Pics I took side by side.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
So what are your complaints about either of the devices anyways?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ajamils:
Great, you have a Galaxy Note as well :). I've got all the three devices as well. Unfortunately, my Prime doesn't get too much usages, since I bought Note.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drvsbsm:
I have a good prime now except for Wifi and BT together sometimes goes out. Gonna get that fixed hopefully. But I get really good download speeds all around the house with the prime. I just wanted to try the IPad out because I have never owned one before so I figured I would give it a try. I don't just sit and stare at widgets though, you must be talking about someone else but they are nice to have, don't you agree? As you can tell I don't have my Prime all set up yet with widgets and all that other stuff. It just feels more comfortable to operate, but like I said this is my first IOS go, so it might get better, who knows? I'm only giving my INITIAL IMPRESSIONS of IOS and my experience with Android Initially was better, that's all!!!

I might pull my Prime out and see how many widgets I can put on the front page. Hell I might put Widgets on every page, nothing but all widgets, actually that might look nice. At least I know it would have the horsepower to operate in that fashion.

The note is sweeet I love it its perfect. tablet and phone with widgets. lol/jk it does have a really nice screen also. Did you root your note yet. If so what rom are you running? I cant decide yet just got it too. Oh the note is only turned up about half brightness by the way, it probably has the best display of all three. Today was a good day!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
The widgets and customization are important for how useful they make the device to each individual user. I don't know about everyone else, but I have my home screens setup in such a way as to provide all of my necessary information available at a glance, along with widgets that allow me to do things like create new notes, create tasks, etc. with a single tap.

I don't spend a great deal of time staring at the widgets. Quite the opposite, in fact. Just a quick glance shows me everything I need to know. Getting at that same info on an iPad would require a whole bunch of tap icon, open app, tap home button, tap icon, open app, tap home button, tap button, open app, tap home button, rinse, repeat, over and over.

Tedious and inefficient...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drvsbsm:
Right they are good to look and see what info you think is important real quick without interning into a program and the tap tap tap stuff. I personally would rather save my time take a quick look oh it's looking nice tomorrow and the next couple days, I'm running at good temps, My clock speed is what I want, I see my news flashes, etc. widgets widgets widgets man!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
Exactly. I don't understand how Gary just thinks people sit there and stare at them. I personally have news, weather and gmail widgets. It's nice to not have to launch three apps to get a quick glance at everything. I can just scroll through the gmail widget and see if there are even emails I need to read and the same goes with news articles.

Widgets are interactive not just static, just much quicker to do the menial tasks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] di11igaf:
The customization you'll get from jail breaking is pretty much themeing and it slows the device down, there's no way to get more performance out of it. The things you'll be able to do once jail broken, you can do more on unrooted android..

I guess since development started slow people are second guessing? Believe me, things are coming, things are being worked on. That's just me, 40+hrs a week construction slows things down, im sure theres others like me. Check my git, stuff is slowly being added to my kernel. After that, aosp w/ some things.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>I personally have news, weather and gmail widgets. It's nice to not have to launch three apps to get a quick glance at everything.

How often do you need to check on news/mail/weather?

I check the weather once a day; mail, about once every couple of hours; news, never. If I want to read news, I'll fire up the browser.

It's a preference. I personally view widgets that have constantly updated content a distraction. Neither do I like live wallpaper. I'm a minimalist who dislikes eye candy.

iPad's lack of multitasking is a weakness, but is also a strength, depending how it's used. On a mobile device, multitasking isn't as important. iOS obviously is very responsive, is arguably more stable, and with a simple UI for anyone to navigate. I wouldn't hand an Android tab to my non-tech parents, at least not without tutoring them in its use.

Each platform has its fortes and foibles.

BTW, as a public service for Prime users, consider this a request to the mod to close this thread.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] reNeglect:
+1 most kiddies on here think it takes 15minutes to prepare and cook and bake a rom/kernel/theme and it really pisses off some devs out there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
Ok I had to respond. I too own a Transformer Prime, new iPad and a ATT galaxy note. You can't honestly say you can't see a difference between screens. The iPads screen to me "27 YO Old 20/20 eyes" is farrrr crisper and clear. It seriously looks magazine page printed clear. Now before people get all hot in the pants I love my Prime too. But posting pictures or viewing a video over the web of course you aren't to be able to tell. All three devices have Pros and cons. Maybe if you had a super high end camera you could see the difference.

As a Prime owner for 2 months I was blown away by the new iPads screens as far as text clarity, zero light bleed, and very accurate color calibration and saturation. The note has the best color saturation but sometimes it looks overblown in movies. People's skin look pinkish etc. Wish I had the international version, you can change the picture mode like movie, standard etc. But the blacks on the Super Amoled are crushing the iPads LCD screen. So resolution isn't everything.

All three devices have their purpose. I haven't used a iPad since the 1st generation, and using it for a few days am impressed with its super snappiness, very fluid UI etc. So if your a person who likes to change your widgets, icon layout, live wallpapers than obviously the iPad isn't for you.

I bought it for the GF and play with it time to time. Especially using the direct tv guide app that android doesn't have yet. It's nice not getting hang up, or freezes or forces closes. But stil love the Prime and my Note. What the iPad is built to do, it does it well. I'll just say that.

And of course so does the Prime :) but it ultimately boils down to user preference. Not everyone like my GF needs to over clock, or add a custom rom etc...

One thing I've noticed that I like the iPad over the prime more is web browsing it the 4:3 ratio. Less scrolling and more content on the page. But.... Obviously the Prime wins for videos with its 16:10 and 16:9 ratio. But I only really use YouTube on my note, prime and iPad. The workhorse is my Samsung D8000 Plasma.

Please no ripping me, I gave honest non biased points. Good post thought. Do what I did use both for about a week. Than see if you feel the same. I too planned to return the iPad if we didn't like it. But I might hang onto it, along with my Prime. The GF wants too kill me, says I have too many gadgets. Prime, Note and iPad lol. :cool::p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
Whether I check throughout the day as well as email. I ride a motorcycle and live in Texas where thunderstorms come out of nowhere sometimes. I also work as a software developer where my current role is support of production systems handling millions of dollars a day so I check email constantly. For the news its mostly tech blogs and like to just read the blurbs to decide if I want to read the full article or not.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mithrandir007:
Well if you want to check your different updates (new mails on several accounts, agenda, twitter, facebook, news, weather, ... I could go on), you can see it all by just turning on your screen, instead of having to launch each app separately.

Also, it allows you to have widgets for shortcuts like switching wifi/bt/gps/... on and off with a single click, or anything else you might want to do without having to go through apps, menus, ....

If you don't see the advantage of that, then I can't help you..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Vcolassi:
I usually add widgets just to add them on my note and prime. The weather and clock is more important to me.

Compared to iOS using toggles can be helpful for wifi,gps etc. but 8 out of 10 times I'll click the actual app icon lol.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ajamils:
Yes, I have it rooted (got the international version). I'm currently running Stunner ICS. Awesome ROM. Very stable and issue free.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Well, obviously, if you define a scenario where such things are unimportant, then you're defining away the advantages of instant access to information. Now, most of the productive people I know need to have constant access to a wide variety of information, and indeed it's access to information that tablets (and indeed the iPad) are most often touted for. You know, how they can be used to get information quickly without resorting to booting a PC, etc.

So, if easy, fast, and convenient access to information is important, and widgets provide the easiest, fast, and most convenient access to it, then they should be pretty hard to dismiss as an advantage. This is why more and more reviewers are talking about how the iPad is nice hardware and has a smooth UI, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth in terms of the functionality provided by iOS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] micaman:
stock widget anyone?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/op-is-a-f-t

Yeah, thats right.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] asicman:
Which case is that for the prime?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] drvsbsm:
We know your cool with your, uber super geek slang man, no need to make a link. So i aint gonna make a link about your daddy, Your dads a fag, thats why ur bit(// made! Go paint your toenails. Its about time aint it. Your man is up in you bed waitin. No need for supergeek slang from me! Yeah that's right!

It's an Acase it's pretty nice man they got some reviews on youtube, the one they show on YouTube I don't think is the same one but it shows how tuff they are. One review shows where they take a wire brush to it and they wipe it off and it's fine. I like it I mainly use it even though I have a dock, it's a lot more portable and lightweight.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MilkmilkLemonade:
I'm someone who owned both the new iPad + Prime.

I gotta say, a lot of the stuff I thought were deal breakers actually weren't in practice. I never cared for live wallpaper, widgets are very nice, but honestly - I've never been in a situation where I had only 2 seconds to simultaneously see who emailed me 15 minutes ago, and what the headlines were.

You still have to sometimes refresh widgets, and if you wanted more than just a headline, you still have to click the app. I love reading news too, but generally I get my information from inside an app (or website), not a brief from a headline.

Besides, if I really want to see current headlines on the iPad, all I do is touch the status bar up top, and I can read the current breaking news notifications, or whatever I have set. In practice, they're pretty comparable for me....

Anyway I could go on and on and talk about "fears" that stemmed from my previous ignorance, and actually turned out to be baseless and have numerous workarounds, but I think I'm done with Android tablets (although not phones). I'll wait to see what Windows tablets offer. I've owned the Xoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, TF101 (my favorite), and TF201.

Also, I thought the screen wasn't noticeable too, but it becomes very obvious after using the iPad 3 and then switching to the Prime. The lettering on the Prime suddenly becomes "blurry" and very noticeable. You get use to it after awhile of course, but the differences are there...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mark.m.moran:
The case looks VERY similar to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 clips case I bought off Pyro Skins here (http://www.pyroskins.com/samsung/galaxy-tab-10.1-cases/clip-case-built-in-stand-black-leather.html). I sold my Galaxy Tab 10.1 last week but kept the case and am SO close to buying a transformer Prime.....glad I kept the case now as it looks like it will fit it!!

Cheers,

M
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jerdog:
We already have plenty of these threads. Go post in there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] rabidturtles359:
So I came across this article with Asus accessories for our pads. One of which is a dock

http://liliputing.com/2011/08/asus-...sb-adapter-other-accessories-coming-soon.html

I am very interested in this product any help would be awesome! Thanks
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] mr3sgte:
I was interested in this dock as well, but I read that although Asus showed it at launch, they never ended up putting it into mass production, and were never really released. Please let me know if I am wrong, because I would love one as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Accessories] morbiddevil82:
oooh thats nice...i would love one too!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] n8w:
I'm noticing that some apps (dropbox, ESfile) are not seeing my ext-sd for exporting stuff for whatnot. I can access it through astro and poweramp (and I'm sure root file exp), but it seems that the external sd is invisible to some of these apps. Any fixes for this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Are you rooted? Root explorer is excellent. Also when I use safe strap to go to cwm it gives the options to look at internal memory or external sd card.

If rooted this may be another option I haven't tried it though.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1545292
[Motorola Droid RAZR] n8w:
Yup, I am rooted. Accessing the info with root explorer or astro isn't a problem. I noticed it when I was trying to export some songs from my dropbox to my ext-sd, and it wouldn't recognize it, only the internal. I was unable to find a path to it either.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Im just taking a guess and trying to help as I dont use it. I read something about the dropbox software. I read depending on when you installed there was an update for the dropbox android software.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] korny647:
IV seen a couple forum's we're people go back and forth about task killers, ( manly about whether or not you need them)

It seems like the argument against it is that the android system already kills apps. And most of the programs and apps constantly try to restart (draining you're battery)

But the argument for it. Is that the android O/S lets way to many apps run. And keeps them in memory, before it actually starts killing them.

But from what I can tell it doesn't look like any of the arguments were 'rom' or even 'phone' specific.

What do you Guy's think?

Are you for, or against auto killers?

And why?

Do you think they make a difference?

Do they drain your battery?

If you do use them. "Which ones do you use"? And y?

(Let the arguments begin):) I'm interested to know what you guys think?

Sent from my G2X.

Rocking stock CM 7.2.0-RC1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lannister80:
Do not use them. The Android OS is very good at knowing what to keep in memory and what not to. You want your memory to be full pretty much all the time (unused memory is wasted memory), and the OS will swap data out to your internal storage (or SD card?) when necessary.

Think about it: Do you have auto-task-killer for Windows or Mac OS? Of course not. The OS manages memory very well.

Now, I *may* kill a task that has a memory leak or is taking up gigantic amounts of memory for no reason (as I would on Windows using the Task Manager), but I'll only do that on an app-by-app basis, and it usually results in my uninstalling the crappily-written app.

So no, "auto" task killers are worthless.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
Android continues to run random crap in the background for no reason. Crappy programing. I have had mixed results with various task killers. It is a shame that Google can not get their stuff together. They have the resources to do it correctly, so it leads me to the conclusion it is intentional.

Why the hell does Maps need to run all the freaking time? It's ridiculous. Is ICS any better than Gingerbread? I hope it is. That would be a worthy reason to upgrade, but for the short time I tried an ICS rom it still ran tons of crap for no reason at all other than google wants it to run.

Hopefully one day someone will come out with an efficient OS. Until then we are stuck trying to implement workarounds to Google's crap programing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jab74101:
Honestly I can care less about a task killer. My phone runs perfectly without any task killer.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jcbofkc:
Thank you! That makes a lot of sense. My phone still seems to slow down when I do a lot of web surfing. When my available memory drops below 100mb the Internet slows to a crawl. Any tips? I have been using a task killer to manually close out runing apps to free up space.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Klathmon:
if your using the stock browser, press the tab button at the top right...

close the probally 20 or so tabs that are still open that you dont use anymore :)

the more memory the active app takes up the more android has to kill, after it kills all empty processes, it starts killing services, and active services, then notifications, ect...

the further up the list you go the more cpu power it takes to free up the resources.

Many tabs take up alot of ram :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] korny647:
Well said, makes it alot more clear to me.

But that being said is there anyone that still has an argument for auto killers?

Or is it pretty much a no across the bored. Here at xda.

If that's the case why are their so many task killers that have a huge amounts of downloads,?

Just a bunch of noobs falling for snake oil?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Klathmon:
yes and no.

most people only have experience with windows, and when something is running in windows it is actually running. most people think a computer is a computer (roughly) so they think that running in android means the same. not really falling for something, just a misunderstanding.

also if i made one of these apps (regardless if i knew how it worked at the time or not) im not gonna stop the money coming in because i might be wrong :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] korny647:
True, so true.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GTWalling:
Read here also.

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Caliyork:
Good stuff, Klathmon. Couldn't have explained it better myself.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] I.R.Chevy:
If you want a "task killer" don't use a task killer use a memory optimizer... such as the v6 supercharger or autokiller from the market. These aren't task killers but they basically just make your phone a ram nazi.

Pin it to Win it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] exiquio:
Allow me to jump on the bandwagon. Don't use them. Allow the operating system to work as it was intended for better or worse.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] reniers:
Thanks everyone for this very interesting thread. :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarplayerone:
Hello, as the title suggests I am running Polaris Office on an N7000.

My biggest gripe with the Gnote has been that I purchased the phone more or less to annotate powerpoints. Yes I know I can convert to pdf and that there are many pdf annotators. Yes I know it's hard to properly code for annotating powerpoints. Yes I know that Polaris has save issues.

What I am looking for is perhaps some constructive advice regarding if there may be an issue with permissions keeping PO from writing to the disk. I have tired external, internal, different folders, different filenames etc, the files never write.

I just want to do freehand powerpoint annotation... this feature is well implemented in windows mobile, and there are IOS apps that support this quite handily.