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[Desire HD General] Gizmoe:
In the SDK for jelly bean there is more support for apps to be written in both formats. They should start looking a lot better from now on. But you are right. The history of android tablet apps isn't that great. The market share just wasn't there but that's changing now. Android tablets are becoming a force to reckon with.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
The new Ipad sucks...I have one and frankly is the worst decision ever. Fortunately is my wife's....;)

The level of customization you get with Android is unique
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7c5HmWxnE I take it all back. It will be a fingerprint magnet in places we didn't know existed... But this is sweet.

edit: I felt like selling my inspire to get that one. Luckily, in this country cellphones are so overpriced I could, with luck, make a small profit. People down here don't know how to shop online and get their stuff shipped cheaply :D
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Oh god there's drool everywhere...Tei why do you tease me like this? :)

Sent from my nearly Viper'd DHD
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
Wow for 300 bucks.... you can't beat that. Only thing is it gonna have lte support?
[Desire HD General] marsdta:
Doesn't sound like it. The crazy thing though is tmo will be selling it for 600?!?! Wonder what they are smoking. 200 down plus 20 payments of twenty. My only question is the 21mbps that Google mentions yet tmo says 42.

Didn't know the back was glass. Little hesitant as I babied the iPhone 4 because of its glass back. I like my phones naked lol
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Unfortunately, it's unlikely that I'll be able to do that here. I had to scrimp and save to even get my Inspire subsidized by the carrier (it was/is my first smartphone and the first phone that wasn't free with a contract). Honestly, though, I'm fine sticking with the Inspire for the foreseeable future despite how awesome the Nexii (sp?) look; since I rooted it (with much fear and trepidation) it's like a brand new phone every time I flash a new ROM, and even though it's been several months since then the novelty still hasn't worn off.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
they are probably counting on their average user.... Like htc and their reasons for not upgrading the DHD to ics.

you may or may not know, this was my previous phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29572325

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[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
q: )

Usually the OP will have the lattest versions. With a few threads, sometimes the dev posts the link and later updates the op.

The sticky thread has been updated recently, but I didn't check to see if all the new roms are listed there. But it shouldn't be much of a problem since most of the new roms will be listed in the first couple of pages.

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[Desire HD General] d3sperad0:
The guy cooking up jelly time is not a team... cm10 is the base he's using. Jelly time b13 is good stuff though :)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Not that I know of. Maybe glevitan or probably hdorius know, miukkuman?

What I do is I format the sd card every now and then since the sd card does get cluttered after having flashed several roms and downlaoded a few apps.

Perhaps you could open the zip and deleting those folders before flashing, if the rom gets buggy, well, you know why.

Im just throwing ideas out there....in no particular order.

If they arent system files, then perhaps it wouldn't cause any issues....????

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[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
Age Question

I must be teh grandad here---- not fossilized, more like petrified @ 51!

Be kind you young whippersnappers! :cowboy:
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
I have been working on that but its hard to prevent as the ROM needs it, mabye let the rom create them on the built memory?
[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
External Links Info

By the way, I forgot to ask---- are FYI posts regarding the DHD acceptable? If I happen to find some info relevant to our DHD is it cool to post links to it here?

:confused:
[Desire HD General] Andy:
Yeah, there is no issue with FYI posts in here. Good suggestion. :)
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Im pretty sure that its required by the ROM, but I'll have a go today at deleting the folders. LOST.DIR I think is needed by Android cause any corrupt or odd files get placed there on boot

Sent from my Desire HD with BlackIce.

Thanks don't hurt ya know?! :)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I don't feel so bad anymore :p

Maybe this will help...?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30207342

I under-estimated you buddy :beer:

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
?

Sent from my Desire HD with BlackIce.

Thanks don't hurt ya know?! :)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
On a side note, since we got this thread we don't have a reason to hijack threads anymore. I kinda miss that. :D

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Lol :) on a (slightly) related note, the xda app is working (it doesnt say this user has no posts anymore!)

Sent from my Desire HD with BlackIce.

Thanks don't hurt ya know?! :)
[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
DHD Info

Great! I've been following all the other threads about HTC's decision to forego updating our beloved DHD. Many have been wondering whether or not signing a petition or otherwise loudly voicing our displeasure at HTC's decision to deny us an official ICS update can have any impact. Here's something I came across that may be interesting to all~~~~

http://www.mobot.net/htc-predicting-lousy-q3-results-45678
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I'll be working on updating the OP shortly. Any suggestions?

Blasphemer666 - I have no idea what to reply. :what:

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Maybe some tips for the new guys?

Sent from my Desire HD with BlackIce.

Thanks don't hurt ya know?! :)
[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
HTC Hurting?

Not really looking for reply, Teich... Its just an FYI. Seems like HTC might have made a mistake denying us an official ICS RUU. You know, just giving us the choice rather than making it for us~~
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
It's much more than just that. Besides that their decision of not giving us the ICS update had nothing to do with what they are going through. We could infer that because of their economical problems, is the reason they decided to not give us the ICS update. However, that is mere speculation on my part - or something I read in the thread where they have been discussing it.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Quick tip for new guys:

To check what camera sensor you guys have, grab a file manager that can view root and head to: sys>android_camera>sensor>open with text

OmniVision8000 is an Omnivision Sensor (which I believe is the prefered sensor when it comes to sense 4.0/Sense 3.5 & 3.6 ROM for camera's)

Sent from my Desire HD with BlackIce.

Thanks don't hurt ya know?! :)
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
It would be cool if we could make a kind of nanodroid backup on PC :)
[Desire HD General] mudabir:
Hey just wanted to ask something did htc cancl sense 4 dropbox space cuz i did not get ....:'(
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
@YourAnonNews is doing a good job giving minute to minute info and tips regarding hurricane #sandy. For anyone in the area - stay safe.

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Hehe I remember that ;)

Sent from my nearly Viper'd DHD

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Good news for us in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20121025

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[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
who has tried the new ubuntu?

I would also like to know what distro you are using and why.

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[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
I haven't used 12.10 yet but have 12.04 LTS on my laptop, kubuntu dist. 11.10 Ubuntu on my desktop
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
I have actually never used Ubuntu before.

I started out with Linux Mint, which is similar to Ubuntu in its user-friendliness. Now, with Cinnamon it also has the advantage of a non-Unity and non-Gnome3 interface.

I now use Arch Linux. It's a rolling release distribution, so you always have the absolute latest software updates and never need to reinstall the OS to update it. It's also extremely customizable, since you start out with a completely bare-bones CLI (command-line interface) installation. You can decide if you want Gnome, KDE, or something else (I use a tiling window manager with no desktop environment at all).
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
I was thinking of going to mint or cinnamon on my desktop. My wife likes KDE so that's staying on the laptop.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I'm reading linux Mint and wondering which one it is and what it's like. Five minutes later it hits me - that's the one you've helped me troubleshoot all this time. :banghead: you gotta love my mind.

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Just to clarify, Mint and Ubuntu are OSes. Gnome, Cinnamon, and KDE are desktop environments (DEs). You can install those (and other) DEs on any Linux OS, including Mint and Ubuntu. My apologies if you already know that.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
you should know better by now, I don't. :screwy::D

next question would he how? But lately I have refrained myself from asking by trying to google it first. :beer:

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Haha, but Younggun might. :)

Just the normal way you search for and install packages. I think it's apt-get search/install. Or you could use apt-get's GUI, Synaptic Package Manager; it should have been included with Mint.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
5 minutes later and now I understand why you mention youngun. I have no other option but to love my mind.

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Tei, you crack me up.

I just thought of this: think of the Linux OS distros (Mint and Ubuntu and Arch) like Android ROMs. Each is very similar at its core, but different on top (default software, for example; update methods, for another). Then, think of the Linux DEs (Gnome and KDE and XFCE and LXDE) like Android launchers. They change the UI on top but not the OS itself underneath.
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
You wanna get really nerdy, have the argument that Linux isn't even an os, but a kernel. And Ubuntu isn't an os, but a distro. And unity, xfce, etc are shells. Hehe
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
And then there's the whole GNU/Linux thing...
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
That is what the Kernel is for...to connect different UI's using always the same OS. There's a LINUX ebook for free that is quite good for noobs like me. Don't have the link right here at the office but will paste it when I get home.

How are you guys doing?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
I just discovered UCCW https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget and mycustomscreens.com, so I'm fiddling around with super customizable home screen widgets and other home screen things. Some of them look amazing! Right now I'm using this one: http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/10/26/white-12/.

How are you?
[Desire HD General] hdorius:
It also have thread in XDA and many skin u can choose for http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1694879
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
I did see that, but unfortunately it looks like it's for a previous UCCW. I also like the screenshots on mycolorscreens, so I can see all the home screens and widgets at the same time. Thanks though!
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
I am just fine...tired of working! but fortunately in a couple of weeks I will be a week off to the seaside. Trying to test the new JB leak for the Galaxy Note that seems to be amazing.

Have not done any customizations for the Note...I miss the Inspire in that sense...:D
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
That's excellent! The seaside sounds lovely.
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
well my inspire is gone... got an atrix hd for me and the wife. gonna do the maxx battery mod to it as well...

best buy is awesome. i got the phones for .99 each, then got $50 gift card for each phone for just upgrading, then traded in our old phones, got $80 for one and $47 for the other. so best buy paid me $225 to take their phones... hehe

been real guys.
[Desire HD General] Gizmoe:
Score! I hope your atrix treats you well. Have fun with all the new flashing :)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Question time :D

the tut sashank wrote regarding the flashable zip - if I use the zip template he posted, it's only a matter of placing the zips in their respective folders, right? No need to change anything else?

(I did use it and flashed without issues, just want to confirm.)

second Q, if I create my own script, what do I use to write it in?

last Q, what can I use to read all the files in one? There are a few that I can't open with either notepad++ in windows nor whatever default programs I have in Mint.

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
1. Which tutorial and template?

2. If we're talking flashable scripts, probably edify. It can also run bash scripts with run_program.

3. In a flashable zip, updater-script is an edify script. There is a binary in the same folder; you don't need to edit that. Which other files are you referring to?
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
sweety, layman terms, pretty please (flower).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31624265

My experience in programming is zilch. My experience with computers is above average and average down her entails turning on a computer and logging into facebook. :rolleyes:

I really appreciate all of you helping me out and lately I have really been trying to learng something I probably should have started over a 1,000 posts ago. :beer:

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Haha, I just learned to make a basic flashable zip about a week ago. So you're not super behind. :)

Ok, so flashable zips have a very specific basic structure. At root, it has 2 folders: /META-INF and /system. (It can possibly have 3, with the addition of a /data folder, if necessary.) Inside the /system folder, it is structured the same as / (the root filesystem) in Android, and populated with files that you want the zip to install in your Android installation. Inside the /META-INF folder, you shouldn't need to change anything in the basic empty .zip except for one file: /META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script. That is written in the edify scripting language. In the same folder is the update-binary, but you don't need to edit that; the recovery uses that to read updater-script.

The edify language has a limited set of commands (I use this list and explanation). One of them is package_extract_dir, which will graft all the files from the aforementioned /system folder in the zip to your actual Android installation in the file structure of the zip's folder. Another is run_program. Through run_program, you can, well, run programs. This can be used to expand the flashable zip's functions more than the edify scripting language allows, since it lets you run bash scripts. (Which are a whole other thing.) The other edify commands are also very useful; for example, you need to first mount /system to make changes to it, and then unmount it at the end of the script. It can also delete files, like my unbloat.zip does.
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
I miss the dhd forums... the people in atrix land aren't nearly as friendly and only about 3 of them have any experience with deep level stuff on phones... then when I started a thread about theming our system since we have root now, this guy starts telling me I'm behind in the times since I prefer using apktool and 9patch compiler.... and then refuses to tell me his great wealth of obvious knowledge on theming.....

not really the cooperative friendly spirit that prevails here. :(

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If you want to read it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1970779
[Desire HD General] hdorius:
I just can say,too many type of people in this world...:banghead:

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[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Unfortunately, I have absolutely no artistry in me and so I have never managed to contribute by theming (is why I have tried to find such odd other ways). But you're always welcome here for the friendly part! :)
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
I just always assumed that people are the same from device to device but definitely not... this dude is kinda full of it lol
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
What a jerk ...anyway you are right modifying a res-framework icon should be done by decompiling it with apktool....anyway, dont worry the world is full of jerks.
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
And he claimed I'm behind in times in thinking I need to use apktool to work with 9patch pngs... and then when pressed for what he uses has no answer just winks like a prick and wishes me luck with "my project ".... lol what a little sniveling jerk.

Thanks for validating my thoughts I was making sure I weren't crazy :D
[Desire HD General] Gizmoe:
From what I read I doubt he even knows what your talking about. He probably thinks you just edit png's and that's theming. If he knew anything he would be familiar with apktool and what decompiling and recompiling does. He obviously has never done it if he thinks you can use root explorer to do actual programming and not just kiddie icon editing.
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
Thanks giz. I just want to take that guy down a peg, so rude...
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33682904

For the few of you that didn't read it. Existz latest rant. Banagranola, marsdta and I believe youn already did. Gizmoe may have, knowing gizmoe.

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Little update: I'm about 85% way through writing my guide but due to some personal issues and exams it'll be ready a bit later than expected (I was hoping for it to be done by Halloween). Also I'll probably be taking a break from xda for a little while.

Hope you guys understand and I hope to be back soon! :)

I bought the xda app. Problem?
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
......

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[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
?

I bought the xda app. Problem?
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
If i may ask, what kind of guide?
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Time for a little rant.

I finally managed to convince my girlfriend to flash codefireX. Which probably has to do with the fact that I spent 8 hours on the phone with her yesterday and half of that time was used to 'fix/clean up her cell' using teamviewer (wicked program Glevitan).

A few days ago I had as well spent a few hours unclogging the lg washer, finding several coins in it. While I was trying to avoid the spillage with two buckets in each hand amd tilting the machine with my shoulder I couldn't help remembering the conversation we had with marsdta wanting the new lg nexus (did you get a chance to feel the device).

Finally, guy, I really don't get why you need to take time off due to personal reasons - since you are only 16. That's an age where we should be enjoying life without the worries of political/social concerns. But then again, we each have our concerns and we each handle them differently. I hope everything turns out alright (which will since all problems go away one way or another with a little effort).
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
When i was 16 my biggest concern was making the football team and being popular at high school ... lol. But seriously I'm sure he must be going through something. This world is full of stressors.

Later that year when i was about to turn 17 our family business's burned to the ground... suddenly our whole family had no money or income. Scary stuff when you're a kid.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Guide to everything rooting/root related

Don't really wanna start a fight with you Tei. Seems like you were/are pissed. I posted it here cause people sometimes PM me asking for help, then get pissed when I don't reply to them and cause I say to people go to the Ace Think Tank for help if they see my post they'll see why I've not replied. The social concerns are there for me cause I'be been under a lot of pressure from peers and reachers. Lately and I've had some crap going on with family at home so that doesn't help. xda has helped me out at times and I appreciate the help from the members and community

Yeah life is a beach sometimes :/

That sucks man sorry to hear that :(

I bought the xda app. Problem?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
You seem like you've got a good head on your shoulders, despite being "only" a teenager and all. :) I hope it all works out well for you, and of course let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Family troubles are always no fun, and peers and teachers can be real punks sometimes.

Tei, I can still remember my teenage years quite clearly, and sometimes they seem like they were yesterday; some times were great, but some were rough. I'm not calling you "old" or anything, but at least I personally don't quite remember them being devoid of social concerns... :P
[Desire HD General] Youngunn2008:
Hang in there and make smart choices. The choices you make in the next few years will mold most of the test of your life. I'm 29 now and wish I could do over from 14-25. But oh well
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Ok, guys chill a bit. We all have problems and how we sort them out is very personal. So, it doesn't matter if you are 40 or 15, when you need to get some time off you just need that.

TEI, you are such a grumpy old man!! haha...Guy, just take the time you need and try to make things work. We will be here all complaining about life! :silly: Family issues are the most stressing ones, so try to sort them out. We, professors are a bunch of jerks from time to time with exception of me, that I am a full time jerk...:D

In my case, I had to reduce the time I was on this site...between the office, classes and this I nearly had no time to share with my wife, so I had to reallocate some resources.

Guy, life is a ***** or a beach?? that is why you are taking some time...you are on the beach!! you lil'.......:p
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Life's a *****. I though it was a banned word

I bought the xda app. Problem?
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
LOL, no way...
[Desire HD General] marsdta:
@tech no I haven't been able to get any hands on with the nexus 4. My local tmo shop hasn't received any advertisement/play units yet