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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deepayanneogi:
Ok first of all i am totally new to android, few days before took some plunge and bought a unlocked white gsm gnex. It came with yakjuxw 4.0.2 . So today flashed it to yakju 4.0.4 stock . :) Even rooted it also by galaxy nexus toolkit .

Now i have some queries which may be noobish but straight answers can really help me out .

1. How to install downloaded .apk files in gnex ?

2. please suggest the important applications needed for installing custom roms ?

what i have gathered is titanium backup pro , rom manager premium are necessary . Are they enough or do i need more ?

3. A basic guide for installing a custom rom and kernel to gnex for first time .

4. Some must-have apps ?

thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocialReject:
First off, welcome to the Galaxy Nexus! You're already rooted so you're pretty much set.

1. Apk files can be installed via root explorer or any other file exploring application.

2. Applications aren't really important when it comes to flashing ROMs (in my opinion.)

I barely use ROM manager but it's still decent just to have. I usually create a back-up in CWM every few weeks so titanium isn't really a necessity for me.

3. About every ROM in this section comes with installation steps. Pretty much self-explanatory.

4. Try them all! lol... no but seriously.

Root explorer, beautiful widgets, angry birds space, where's my water, XDA premium/ Tapatalk. Plenty to choose from, browse around.

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deepayanneogi:
Thanks a lot for clarifying the doubts .

What i have gathered in two days of usage is battery backup will not last for a day in my usage . so can uou suggest do i need to install some rom + kernel to tune it ,

if yes then which combination should you suggest for a first timer ( i know it all depends personal opinion but cant try all of them at one go :D)

Btw what is nandroid backup and how do you backup all of yur contacts and sms and applications before flashing another rom ?

never mind found out about cwm and nandroid . but havent found out about backing sms , contacts and apps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
You don't backup contacts, they are stored on Google servers and come back no matter which rom you flash.

SMS is the only thing missed really. You can use SMS backup to send them to your Gmail account. Or just use titanium backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jubakuba:
Check the ultimate guide stickied above...or linked in my sig.

It'll get you running as far as install on custom roms/kernels goes.

Refer to post 2 and 3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shohratshankar:
Try lots of ROMS or then just go for AOKP and franco kernel. Works for me and gives me 20+ hrs of medium usage.

For SMS I use SMS Backup & restore by ritesh sahu. Works well most of the time...crashes when I try to backup when overclocked or UV

For applications backup Titanium Pro is brilliant as I find it no problem to keep trying different roms now. the restore is a piece of cake.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Yamizzolo:
Guys i've searched but found nothing: anyway to get stock ringtone (classic bell) and notification(the one that sounds ta ta ta! ) on cm7? Please help i hate cm7 sounds
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Cryss:
Copy my folder in system/media ... replace if asked

This is stock sounds and notifications :)

Enjoy dude !

http://www.mediafire.com/?dco9dck3gfyjtyf
[Member-Found Deals] Sparkz914:
http://www.woot.com/

Shrug:confused:
[Member-Found Deals] Samiam303:
The important thing to note is that these are NEW units, unlike a lot of the deals for them recently which have featured refurbs.
[Member-Found Deals] greenstuffs:
also $100 over the retail price with only 90 days of warranty. I would wait for june for the release of the $200 google nexus tablet.
[Member-Found Deals] Samiam303:
See, that's where you're wrong -- as you would see if you read the "Warranty" field on woot, the fact that they're new and not refurbs means that they come with a full one year warranty.
[Member-Found Deals] spunker88:
Might be a little expensive, but its got a great dev team with official CM9 nightlies now. Only camera and mic don't work and we are still on a 2.6.x kernel but they are working on a 3.0 kernel. There will probably be WebOS unofficial ROMs someday too as thats going open source.

I hear the upcoming Nexus tablet will be 7" and I imagine it will have great dev support as well. But if you want a 10" tablet, its nearly same size as iPad 1 (I actually use an iPad 1 sleeve case) and same screen resolution of the iPad 1 and 2.
[Member-Found Deals] chils41:
I shouldn't have bought HTC Shift X9500 two days ago.

This not a bad deal.

But I clearly see they will be going for 199.99 pretty soon.

I actually love Non-Android Devices, to run Android on.

thnx.
[Android Apps and Games] darklord20k:
Any suggestion for video recoder app? I'm using CM7.1 and the stock recoder is so poor and fc at saving sometimes :(
[Android Apps and Games] Izy:
Try Camera Ics or MIUI camera not better than stock.

Sent from Atrix 4g Neutrino 2.6 1.3ghz faux kernel
[Android Apps and Games] darklord20k:
not better? what do you mean?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpmKranz:
Is there anybody who modified his/her framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk from Andromadus Audacity Beta 2 (dunno if these files are very ROM specific, but I'd like to play safe) according to this HOWTO and is willing to share them with me?

I'd love to enable the Navigation Bar but I'm unable to recompile framework-res.apk :(

So I ask the community: Could anybody who did that successfully or is able to do that within a minute or so upload the files for me?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan5844:
Didn't Andromadus have that option in its settings?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpmKranz:
Yeah, I also think it had.

But in Audacity it is either gone or well hidden :D

So could you maybe do this for me?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
Which Rom are you using?

Might have time tomorrow to do it. Only Rom its going to be difficult on is sense 4A cos we can't compile the framework-res yet. But anything else I should be able to.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpmKranz:
I'm using Andromadus Audacity Beta 2

Would be great if you could do it :)

Sent from my Desire Z using a carrier owl
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xayz:
Hey. Im using andromatus beta 2 and modified it with the mod made for cyanogenmod and its working great. I hope you mean that. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TpmKranz:
Source/Link?

Sent from my Desire Z using a carrier owl
[Miscellaneous Android Development] whizzo944:
Hello All,

I have a chinese Android phone model e1060 running 2.2.1 I can't tell you what make it is because I don't know !!! It has a built in QWERTY keyboard

that I want to change how it works. I have read that I have to modify the .bin

file in the /system/usr/keychars directory, but there are 3 files, mt6516-kpd.kcm.bin qwerty.kcm.bin and qwerty2.kcm.bin I have already rooted

the phone. Is there a way to determine which of these files I need to modify?

Thanks in advance,

Dave.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] botts7:
Ok so I want to disable the Capacitive Buttons on my N7000

I am currently running ICS Stunner 5.0 (Awesome Rom)

Baseband Version: N7000XXLB2

Kernel Version: 3.0.15-I9220ZCLP5-CL295568

I have done all the searching I can and have had no luck trying any of the below guides for other devices

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/29669-disable-capacitive-buttons/

http://www.flashmyandroid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=265

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1554111

Can someone please help

If I can get this happening I would also like to disable the light on these buttons also

Thanks in Advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sujal:
I don't think you can completely disable them. You can just get the on screen buttons ATM I think..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatanZ:
Mount /system read write.

Edit the file /system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl adding the character # at the start of each line.

Mount /system read only.

Reboot.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] botts7:
Worked a treat thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Laurentwb:
Hello,

My screen suddenly does not work anymore. :(

It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.

How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?

Thanks for helping.

Laurent
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] newellj79:
You probably can't. Unless.... search for fast boot. You can probably hit the right combination of buttons to hard wipe it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Laurentwb:
Thanks.

Currently trying to do this.

Hard.

Any other good idea is welcome.

***

Edit : Done. Difficult to do this blindly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] robertg9:
If it's the screen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.

The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
what are you trying to wipe? if it boots up but screen doesnt work you can attach to your pc and use adb to pull data and wipe out personal data, if you are rooted then you can also get in and remove applications then use vipermod exe to remove root
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Laurentwb:
Thank you guys.

I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.

I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.

Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.

Good day.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] shreddintyres:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] qwertylesh:
are you certain that is not a microphone :eek:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Danny-B-:
This just reboots .. pretty sure it doesnt format ..

Mic hole is on the top of the device, reset is on the side.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] snapdoodle:
My screen went out and I did the HDMI out to the tv and did a factoy reset before I sent it in .
[HTC One X] Fightspit:
Hi all!

I noticed there is a bug in the calendar while you are in a leap year.

One of the 12 months of the leap year display the 28th day twice !

The "29th" disappear in October 2012.

The "27th" disappear in March 2016.

But when you click on the day which is supposed to be the 27th or the 29th, it shows the right day like "Monday 29th October 2012" or "Sunday 27th March 2016"
[HTC One X] GetScopedx:
hi guys i feer that i have got myself into abit of a mess :/

my phone is unlocked via htcdev.com

pauls interim recovery

leedroid custom rom

everything was working great untill last night i swithed my phone off and plugged it into charge. the orange light turned on and so i went to sleep. when i woke up just now i unplugged my phone and tryed to switch it on but it wont switch on atall no matter how long i hold down the power button the screen wont light up.

can somone please help im panicing live crazy here!!!
[HTC One X] bigdyl69:
This happened to me yesterday morning, I was on the phone to phones4u to return it. I had no power led (orange or green) and couldn't switch the phone on or get it into bootloader mode.

It started working ok though, all I did was leave it on charge for a while and the orange light came on by itself after some time. I then switched the phone on and it showed there was no battery power at all, even though I'd switched it off and put it on charge all night.

I think there is a problem with this phone charging when switched off, it just seems to totally drain the battery instead.

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] GetScopedx:
okay thankyou i will try this :)
[HTC One X] freddan83:
tried pressing the powerbutton for >10sec?
[HTC One X] GetScopedx:
yes i have tryed this but my phone does nothing atall :/

its a serious design flaw by htc if you cannot charge the battery while the phone is switched of :(
[HTC One X] GetScopedx:
okay i have life :) the orange led is blinking and wooooo my phone just switch on :)

thankyou for your help i was panicing
[HTC One X] broncogr:
Its not HTC's fault.

It has to do with the custom recoverie's

Not fixed yet

but always use the latesst one...
[HTC One X] GetScopedx:
ahhh okay that makes more sence i presume its somthing todo with usb not working in recovery atm :)
[HTC One X] 131313:
OK, so that's rhe reason mine didn't wake up any more the other day !

Well, did bring it back, no problem ...

Guess I shouldn't strole around there for a while :cool:
[HTC One X] hutzdani:
I'd like to know what kernel your using when this happened ?

I had this issue with Jdr0id, if you are running Bricked that comes with Leedroid it points to bricked kernel.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fearkillerr:
Hi all. I love the rom, Only one problem , It doesn't play all video codes like stock Samsung does. Like mkv and divx etc. Any work around to make those work again on an akop build? Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samgalaxys2:
If you made a nandroid backup with CWM.

download titanium backup.

Open TB.

Grant superuser permission.

Go to backup/restore.

Press menu button.

Go to extract from nandroid backup.

Find the stock roms video player.

Extract it and install.

If you have TB pro freeze resurrection video player.

If not backup then uninstall it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psygitt:
i had the exact same problem. I tried to manage with the old video player's apk, but android refused to install. If you want, try mx video player from Google play. You won't absolutely miss the stock one.

And has all the codecs you want.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashzoomerintrack:
I am having 1080p xvid avi video. Earlier on stock it was playing great under hardware acceleration. Now on mx player this video is not playing in hw acceleration at all and on sw decoder some frames are skipped its not butter smooth as earlier. Is anybody able to solve this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fearkillerr:
I put Videoplayer.apk from WXLP7 into the /system/apps and gave it permissions and still it wont show up in apps. :S maybe cuz WXLP7 is 4.0.3 and AOKP is 4.0.4?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberboob:
If you can't get it to work or too tired of trying different workarounds and settings.. then just try other players until you find one that works.

I'll suggest: RockPlayer, VPlayer, yxplayer, Best VPlayer Pro, MoboPlayer - to start with :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YSRZ28:
Thanks, I will definitely try that :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m@ch3:
I don't have that nandroid backup option , I do have a nandroid backup and TB pro... why ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bendotson:
I have a crack in the small white plastic(?) that goes around the outside of my screen; you know, the part in between the aluminum and the screen. Does anyboby elese?...

I have not dropped the device or otherwise damaged it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hyukki:
Expected better from an 08...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1566356&highlight=crack

You're not alone, but I don't know what's going on in that thread because I'm not experiencing it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bendotson:
Funny. I acctually looked at that thread but my xda premium crap app didn't display the picture so I thought it was about something else. Thanks for the link.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kevinjgray88:
I also have a white note that did the same thing about 2 weeks after I got it. I just bought a bumper case and hope for the best
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lrcquest:
[UPDATES] Battery saving tips.

WiFi sleep policy : Wireless & Network > WiFi settings > menu > advanced > WiFi sleep policy > when screen turns off > enable

Mobile networks : Wireless & Network > Mobile networks > (disable packet date, change network mode to GSM only)

Settings > Location & security > (disable use wireless networks, disable use gps satellite)

Settings > Applications > Samsung apps > (off)

Accounts & sync > (disable background data & auto sync)

Settings > Privacy > (disable backup my data , disable automatic restore)

Settings > display > screen mode > (change to movie)

Settings > display > brightness > (disable automatic brightness & move slider to the left extreme)

use cpu spy to see if the phone is not entering deep sleep mode.

use better battery stats to check which app is consuming more power. link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Go power master is a good tool for reducing the consumption by setting profiles.

Go Launcher Ex has good customization as well as running apps indicator in the app drawer where apps can be closed selectively / collectively.

use battery monitor widget pro to check the drain (better than the stock battery indicator)

Using Maps-Latitude , facebook app, fring mobile voip etc can drain the juice to a great extent.

Juice defender app has a good track record & would come in handy for better battery performance.

Above mentioned steps are for non rooted users.

Best if you can root the device. By this way you can use a good custom rom & a custom kernel combination to get good battery life.

Use Titanium Backup or similar to freeze Wi-fi sharing and Wi-fi sharing manager (by TempusFudgeIt)

After flashing a new rom, charge the battery to full on power off. When @ 100% remove the battery & wait for 2 minutes & reinsert & restart the phone. Said to be good for better stats in the first cycle. (by Kr$na) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1209087

use your Note when needed (dont check the time every minute etc)! This will help the system to get "deep sleep". (by mR.fR34ky)

Turn off automatic brightness ( use Stock brightness adjustment or alternatively use widgetsoid widget / Brightness control / Brightness level / Screen filter app with custom screen brightness % button) (by mR.fR34ky)

Turn off 3G network and turn back when you need to use it. (push mail will work on Edge and lower networks [gprs])(by mR.fR34ky)

Browse facebook from browser and use facebook messages app. (Avoid installing facebook app)(by mR.fR34ky)

Uninstall all of the unsed apps via Titanium Backup (ofc make a backup before uninstalling)(by mR.fR34ky)

FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE TIPS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bassarnis:
Here is a standby test I did a few months ago. I didn't follow all that , and my Note managed 8 days 8 hours and some when it hit the 30% mark.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473692

It all depends on how much you keep the screen on.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lrcquest:
yes, true. I only have about 3 hours screen on time from my 3+ days of usage. Also, this is the first battery cycle after flashing the new speedmod kernel. Dev was somewhat halted in speedmod but is active now with some great offering. Had been a great fan of Hardcore's work from the s2 days.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Does changing screen mode save battery ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] priyanv:
LOL... Disabled everything??? Then why do we need a monster beast like this???? What is the use of sacrificing all these wonderful features for saving battery??? Buy a cheap one with no features stated above... There is a phone with 15 days battery backup in samsung. No offense. Just a thought.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] REVERSiN:
Actualy i have to agree with you XD carrying it around without using it better off with a smaller thing dont you think ?

though each step he mentioned was true you can get long standby time if you don't use the screen meaning just dont take the phone out of your pocket, vibration eats battery too. i have almost 85% of the time the wifi connected and and browsing listening to music and downloading manage getting 14 hours with bluetooth GPS WiFi gamming a little and some calls i would say 15 minutes

i mean a massive battery just root and flash a worthy KERNEL anyhow you can also use setCPU and make the phone run at 200Mhz when screen off and run at 800 Mhz when battery fully charged infact nothing actually demands for more power than that i tested it and it flows.... plus when getting to 35% range use it at 500Mhz that way it saves works never hangs and for sure gets 14 hours of standby & usage.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pfer10:
I know this probably doesn't matter much as many usually replace the phone before the battery is dead but draining a lithium battery all the way down greatly takes away life. You should charge your battery every night as you are sleeping anyway. The depth of discharge takes life away from lithium. Deeper you go the less cycles you get. Take advantage of your sleep time and charge the phone.

A lithium that is only taken down to 50% can have up to 4 times as many cycles as one that is taken down to 10% every cycle.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
I read somewhere that lithium batteries lost their lives trying to absorb last dose of charging.

There came that famous Ezekeel kernel.

Don't know much about it so I could be wrong too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] priyanv:
Exactly.. I'm using mobile phone for past 13 years.. Right from day one I charge my devices when I sleep (never mind it's completely drained or full) it'll be plugged to charger whole sleep time. I'm following this all the years and I have never changed a single battery of any device. To maintain life.. Do not let battery drain to its death. All the device have builtin circuits to cut off the charging when it's done so I never cared to switch off soon after full charge.

As REVERSIN suggest... To get a better Battery, mod your phone optimum with good kernel and rom..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lrcquest:
To each the usage n battery life is different.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] paris.gr:
I dropped the brightness by 20% (from 40 to 20%) and used Opera Mini instead of the stock browser and I went from around 4 hours screen time to 5.5!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TempusFudgeIt:
Use Titanium Backup or similar to freeze Wi-fi sharing and Wi-fi sharing manager made a difference to my unit. Got an extra few hours a day.

Also freezing social hub helped.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] skyhew:
It does not matter it last for 2 days or 10 days, but at lease last for 1 full days. I can charge the battery daily but I can't have my phone stop working some time in a day just because of battery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] TempusFudgeIt:
It depends what your usage with the phone is like - everything I have read indicates that the longest continuous use you will get with the Note is around 6 hours - that is with the screen on all that time... (Not putting it into standby and then checking it seven days later to see if it has any juice :D)

I consistently get over a day and still have around 30-40% charge. My use would be:

1.5 hours video

15 minutes calls

30 minutes music

1.5 hours reading ebooks, emails, sms and browsing the internet

I'm pretty happy with that. Having the tether cable means I can charge the phone from my PC when in the office every second day.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Itsrajee:
i have followed some of the tips & i m getting 2-3 days. Thanx.

+1 for a sticky.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] irajvi:
Good compilation of the details. Think this is good for a sticky.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
There is a world of difference between having a phone with no features, and having a phone with features that you have turned off by default if you aren't using them. I have a car with lots of options in it and I don't leave the car running 24x7 with everything switched on.