yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whitedavidp:
You are, of course, correct in the disadvantages. But the above method has its own limitations:

1) I wonder how/if it will work with system apps unless you have root. For instance, I actually wanted to get rid of updates to Google Search since later versions hose-up Utter.

2) It is something of a pain to "undo" since you will loose any settings or data (unless you are VERY CAREFUL) related to the app when you uninstall the "fake-signed" app and re-install the "real" app. Of course, this would also happen during the install of the "fake-signed" app in the first place. In some cases, this may be trivial but in others, it may not. And App Backup/Restore - which I use - fine app - only processes the .apk file.

3) It requires a minimum 2 apps be installed.

4) It isn't terribly easy to do. Developers would likely be able/willing to handle this - or even know what signing is or what to do. But how about others? The first one would be hardest for sure.

Like my solution, it also seems not likely to work with paid apps or apps having in-app purchases. I am not 100% sure, but would guess that the re-signing will mess up most Play Store license checking. Indeed, App Backup/Restore handles these differently and with far less functionality.

Still, for someone who is willing to do it and for those lacking root, the solution suggested above seems like it will work and those who are rooted can certainly save that $1 which can be used to make a one-time purchase of maybe 1/2 cup of coffee at the nearest Starbucks :)

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tag68:
David, if you would have mentioned the possibility of resigning in the description of your app, maybe even give the manual how to do without your app, I'd much more be willing to believe and support you.

Without that hint it has a little smell of betraying for me, not showing people who do not know better or do not have root that there are cost-free alternatives. But probably I have just to admit that you seem to be good at selling. I usually don't like people who are good at selling.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tag68:
You admit that you googled where you could post ads for your app, did not even have a look what was last written in the thread and then sent your ad? In my opinion that IS Spam, nothing else ...

So thank you for the offer, and for staying away from this thread in future. For everyone who needs a good working solution free of cost and less use of resources but with a bit more manual handling of apk-files, have a look at posting #13 of this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sankarshan:
Thank-you! That worked like charm!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dumaru:
This worked for me as well on my Verizon Galaxy Note 5. I had to do a different specific order though. I am not on Root and Zipalign is free.

1. Get backup of your apk of the version you want and/or make a backup.

2. Install the apk you are going to be Zipalign-ing.

3. Open Zipalign, select the apk.

4. Name the Output apk in Zipalign to something other than the stock apk name. (For me I was using this for Yahoo Aviate Launcher, I just called it MyAviate.apk instead of leaving it as com.tul.aviate-.......apk)

5. Run Zipalign set to Auto-test key.

6. Uninstall Program from Google Play or from Settings > Applications

7. Force Stop Google Play from Settings > Applications

8. Install your Zipalign apk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tag68:
Sorry, I don't get it. Zipsigner is Free, root not required. At least it was when I tested it. What exactly is the advantage of Zipalign against Zipsigner?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] toniolol:
Hi, Zipsigner working for this action.

I did it on an market apk and after this application is not visbile on market so no update !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pensionaru:
I know this thread is old, but just wanted to ask: Is this working with system apps? Like Youtube, or Maps? I know it would require root, but, just wanted to know, is it working?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joefuf:
Didn't work on Google Calendar in CM 11 Kit Kat 4.4.4. I was able to sign the Foursquare apk so I never had to update to Swarm though.

In Marshmallow, Lineage OS 13, Foursquare prompts me to update in the Play Store. I won't bother with Google Calendar as I imagine a similar result. Haven't found any other way to hide/ignore Play Store updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] briteway:
Great thread and solution. I came here because of the very same reason. There's an app I like but the latest update (10 months ago) doesn't work properly, so I rolled back to a previous version and the update has been annoying me ever since.

ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE *FREE* SOLUTION

Your solution prompted me to try something else. My phone's rooted and I've had Lucky Patcher on there all this time, so I tried repacking the APK with Lucky Patcher over it and it worked! It came up as an error during (over)installation, but I selected YES when prompted again and it worked.

Thanks for this thread guys.

BTW, the "salesman", I've noticed his (same) post in another forum (before finding this one) where people were asking for same without root solutions, but to no avail. He could've at least copied this solution from here and posted over there if he was genuinely trying to help people out, instead of trying to sell his app that requires root.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
From what I read, Now is supposed to do thing from voice. My understanding is it does it, but for me it does not actually comnplete it. I need to then click something for it to finish.

For example: "Text <a contact> This is a test", will put the message "This is a test" there and show the contact, but I must press the send. Same for email.

I suspect what I"ll here is the above is normal.

Another thing, I ask for a stock quote, and it gives it to me in Indian Rupies. Although if I ask "What is the stock price of <company> USA, it give it to me in dollars. I don't know why it defaults to India.

And I read somewhere that I could launch apps with Now by saying "Launch <app>". but that doesn't work, it just does a web search on the words "launch app"

I really would like to see the functionality that the OLD Microsoft Voice Command provided. Could launch apps, lplay music that is on the phone by genre, artist, or song (not have it just search online for it), and many more handy things. The voice dial in MVC worked very good, although the Google voice dialing is improving.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bendirkss:
SGS3 has Google now?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lookinoji:
For the contacts, they have to be stored on your phone and not from sync like facebook, etc... and I thought they had disabled launching apps with it because of a security issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ewingr:
Not by default. But there are custom ROMS that have it (my ROM listed in sig); and there is a mod for replacing S with it (I'm not sure, but may require Root access.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ManOnTheMoon:
yeah mine isnt working either. i dont know why. it was working this morning and now it keeps loading.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kieranc88:
•Download galaxy s3 dandelion lwp and set as wallpaper

•Download widget locker and remove all pre placed widgets and sliders

•Long press on empty part Of widget locker screen and choose custom slider then choose get themes xda ,scroll down through themes index and choose 100% invisible theme and apply that as a slider after theme is downloaded(remember where it is placed as it is invisible).

• At the bottom of the widget locker lock screen place your 4 shortcut icons by long pressing screen And choosing application (it looks more authentic if you have a touchwiz icon theme or a cm Themechooser touchwiz 5 theme )

Also you can place more than one slider above the invisible one so you can swipe left to right on any area of screen and unlock it ,and it helps incase you forget where your original slider is.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kieranc88:
alternate wallpaper

Update-If you download real water live wallpaper you can choose different wallpaper background and still have ripple effect

(Kudos to all above mentioned apps developers for their hard work creating these apps)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] deanstead2k10:
how did you get the clock background the same colour thanks

edit: never mind done it lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nitrogen618:
http://www.yoybuy.com/en/Show/14882474363

Any comments?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jasonhunterx:
That's cool
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hshaikh:
nice i think the designed back cover is what they call android robot edition. with shipping its less than $5. il order one and let you know. but i expect it to take 3 weeks to get here from china
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mgamerz:
Kinda ugly...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supahoops:
How is the wifi performance?

Has anyone tested the download/upload speeds?

Also what is google navigation like? I use this quite a bit and my old htc desire is good for navigation.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b4d5h0t:
Im finding the wifi performance to be much better on my note 2 compared with my note 1 im getting a stronger signal in all rooms around the house. I havent tested the gps yet.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niehof:
I can confirm the stronger Wifi signal. Much better than my previous devices (Galaxy Nexus, S3 or Note 1 for example).

GPS looks also very strong, but I was not able to test this properly.

Gesendet von meinem GT-N7100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spridell:
Stronger then the S3.

I get strong wifi in my house in places where my S3 cant even pick up.

GPS so far seem quick on locating a fix.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jberg22:
I flashed the international version of miui which was this file miuiandroid_I9300(galnetmod)-2.9.11 and now my phone will not boot. What should I do? Help me please!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrhaley30705:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727443

If this didn't fix you up, your most likely hard bricked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
Hello all!

Not sure if this has been posted but I figured I would put up a new post. I am showing that I am connected to my home WiFi but I am not able to actually use it. For instance, I cannot open links or watch YouTube videos. I believe it is the router because I just had a Droid RAZR and my connections to the Internet were not dependable. Currently, I am using AT&T's 2Wire 2701HG-B Gateway router.

Are there any settings that should be adjusted within the router? Encryption type is WPA-PSK. Wireless mode is 802.11g/b.

I just got my S3 yesterday and so far WiFi works in other places. Also, I tried the #*0011# thing and that did not work for me. I've rebooted and factory reset my device. Nothing helps. Anything I can change?

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Does your router Administration panel (perhaps accessed via a web browser?) show your phone as connected with an assigned IP address?

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
Now that I'm looking, no it doesn't have it listed there. My phone says its connoted though. I forgot the connection, rebooted the phone and did the #*0011# and reconnected the network. Still the same result. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
I've seen some routers being a bit buggy about showing all wireless-connected devices (my dual-band Netgear comes to mind), so I can only think of a few things to check:

This assumes your router is configured for DHCP and that you have addresses available in its configured range, etc.

1. Does anything else use this router successfully to access the Internet?

2. On your phone, Settings -> Wi-Fi->(click on the wireless network you are "Connected" to)->View, does it show an expected speed and a valid IP address from your router?

3. If (2.) revealed a valid IP address on the phone, can you ping that address from another system attached to the same router?

4. Did you connect the phone using a typed-in passphrase on both router and phone or by using the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) push-button method on the router? I found that, no matter how carefully I typed the passphrase, it often would not connect to my desired network because something was somehow amiss. However, this phone is compatible with using WPS, so I used the router's push-button method and it connected easily + worked fine.

Just some things to check and ensure nothing critical is amiss.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
1. Yes, my iPad and two laptops.

2. There is a link speed and an IP address but the third number of the IP address on my phone is different than the third number of the IP addresses of the devices listed that connect to the router. I hope I made some type of sense saying that lol! There are about 6 devices listed that connect to the router and the first, second and third numbers are the same. My phone only have the first & second numbers in common.

3. didn't try that because I'm assuming something isn't right from the previous answer.

4. I typed in the pass phrase from my phone. I do not know of any other way to connect the device. I am not familiar with doing it from the admin panel especially since I'm not even seeing the device there.

Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Yeah, not getting the proper address range would be indicative of a problem authenticating with the router, I'd suspect. If you are using the default router configuration, it should have an IP address of 192.168.1.x, where x = {some number}

You might try temporarily setting the router to "WEP-Open" and no passphrase on the phone (i.e., connect to the open network) to determine if the phone can obtain a valid IP address from this router before doing more debugging. This might weed out the possibility that this new phone has an inherent problem connecting with your specific router - even though other devices don't have such issues, maybe the Galaxy S III is sensitive in this regard.

Consider ensuring that the "Power setting" in your wireless configuration is at its maximum value (10?).

Aside, I don't know if the latest firmware enables WPA2-PSK, but that utilizes AES and is often more efficient than WPA-PSK, from my understanding. If using WEP-Open works for your new phone in the above test, then consider setting the router to "WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK" (if it has that value) and try reconnecting using the passphrase (either 10 or 26 letters/numbers) - that setting should be compatible with your other devices and not require them to be reconfigured, I believe.

This topic seems to indicate people have problems with your model of router in making and keeping wireless connections at times, sometimes needing to hardcode the router down to only use "b" protocol (i.e., slower) for maintaining stable connections. I don't think that's the case here, though.

This User Guide (.pdf) for your router model does not seem to show that it offers WPS as an alternative for establishing device connectivity. From my recollection, my phone would only connect reliably to the router using encryption when I used the WPS button on the router. That's why I asked you to set your router to be Open for a test.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
I had the same issue as you. I would be connected to my router and nothing at all. I am using a att modem/router along with my netgear wndr3800. But wifi was dropping a lot of the time. I never had this problem before when I had my Rezound. 3 days before I got my S3 I upgraded the firmware on my netgear router. I am guessing my S3 didn't like the firmware update or something. I tried everything in the router settings to doing a factory reset on both the att modem and my netgear router. Nothing... So I honestly thought it was my phone. Called Verizon and asked them to ship me a refurbished. So, I thought I would try one more thing. Revert back to my old firmware on the netgear router. Well it worked. Since Friday night I haven't had the issue you are having. Connected to my home wifi with no drops at all. It could be the firmware. Wonder if you could revert back. On a att modem/router I am not sure.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
I tried WEEP-Open and that did not allow me to connect either. I did set up WPA2 but I still was not able to connect. The power setting was set to 10. Not sure how to manually add the device which I was going to try. I've forgot it several times and added it again but it does not work. I did connect at a different location. Not sure what else to try. Even tried changing the channel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
If it's not connecting to your router with WEP-Open, then something different is going on. I looked in the manual for MAC Address access lists, but that doesn't appear to be a feature of this router (unless it was added in a firmware update which came after the manual was published - if this was the case, your laptops and iDevice would have had their MAC addresses added to the router as another layer of access control to the WiFi network).

Sorry, I'm out of ideas on this one. You seemed to say that the Samsung connects to other WiFi points, so perhaps there is an inherent incompatibility between this router model and your phone which can be reported to Samsung and/or Verizon Tech Support - for all we know, this is a known issue.

- ooofest
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
Thank you for all of your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iLogikk:
I've tried every way possible to find a way to revert back but it does not work. No success. I've noticed that this S3, my old razr, & another android phone does not actually connect. The comet (3rd phone) actually appears on the the panel but the ip address on the phone is different than what is showing on the admin page for my router. The phone does show whereas the razr and s3 never even appear in the list though they say they are connected.

I'm at a dead end :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
To be honest. It's not your phone. I think you said you already did a factory reset on the modem/router correct? If not, do it and revert back to factory settings. If that doesn't work I would call att and tell them to send you another att modem/router. Tell them your wifi is down. Hopefully you'll get everything back to where it was. Good luck.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rams99:
Glad to hear you got it going. I actually fixed mine about 3 days ago. I read somewhere changing your ssid inside the router helps. Well, I did and it actually worked. I haven't had a problem with my wifi signal yet. On mine what was happening also was whenever my phone would go into sleep for say 5min and I went to use the Internet immediately. It would take the wifi about 20-30secs for the wifi to wake up. So far, since changing my ssid I haven't had that problem at all.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ooofest:
Thanks for posting a followup.

Did you delete and re-add the WiFi network on your phone, configuring it for a static route and IP address that was in the range on the router, essentially?

- ooofest
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Coming Soon...awaiting Tweaktools approval

This is Red Jellybean for Tweaked 3.0. Basically this is the exact same as my Jellybean theme except, obviously, it has red stylings instead of the ICS blue

Jellybean themes the following:

Analog Clock widget

Appwidget Picker by bombuler

Browser

Calender Provider

Camera

Clock package

Contacts

Dialer Tab

Digital Clock Widget

Download Provider

Download UI

Framework.res

Gallery 3d

Genie Widget

Google quick search

Job manager

Latin IME

Media Provider

MMS

OzEmail

Phone

Settings

SystemUI

Talk

Touchwiz Calendar

Touchwiz Calculator

Tweakpapers

TwFramework

TwWallpaperchooser

Video Player

Voice Search

In order to keep things organized and make things less confusing, Red Jellybean will be available exclusively thru Tweaktools.

CWM MODS

Mount system

Wipe cache and dalvik

Install zip

Reboot

Boot Animations

Droid Boot

http://db.tt/UA3RGVsD

Nexus Boot

http://db.tt/VjroBS9p

Jelly Bean Boot

http://db.tt/50SamJaB

Themed Add-Ons

Larger Data Icons

http://db.tt/flk5KAPK

thanks to

dwitherell for Tweaked ROM & his hard work and assistance

tonsit for tweaktools

imnuts for pbj

xIC-MACIx for assistance and willingness to share his awesome work

scar45

last1left

Vertemus for his Domination themes

ijustdontcare for my first donation

jco23 for beta testing

As usual I'm not responsible for any of the weird or explosive things that may or may not occur to your phone. However, if this theme is sexy enough to get you laid, then I'll take full responsibility

I have also put a lot of time and effort into this theme, so if you would like to use anything out of it then please acquire my permission first.
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Reserved for whatever
[Verizon Droid Charge] tmanschuette:
Red circuitry to come? :3

(: Tweaked out on Circuitry :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] the sandman89:
RED!!! I want this! I NEED this! Can't wait for it to be released!

Sent from my SCH-I510
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Some of the fonts are still blue.
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
yep...they will get fixed but i wanted to go ahead and get the theme to dwitherell instead of delaying another week till i get back to my computer
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Very doubtful lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Just wondering blackness... How do you manage to double post on here with the built in blocker
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
What do you mean?

Droid Charge powered by TSM Tweaked 3.0 w/ Circuitry 2.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Whenever I make a double post it merges them together.
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Prolly cuz i quoted others
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
Or not lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] tmanschuette:
Awe man :p

(: Tweaked out on Circuitry :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] the sandman89:
Will you be making custom red battery icons for this theme?
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
I might at some point but not until the theme is out awhile and been heavily tested...kind of like with the other ICS themes.

Droid Charge powered by TSM Tweaked 3.0 w/ Circuitry 2.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] the sandman89:
Is there an ETA for this theme or are you still waiting approval?
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Its my fault. I have been under the weather and (joy for good timing) without a fully functional computer. The damn flu is still hanging on, but I'm hoping the latter gets resolved this week.

@o0BlacknesS0o - you could always do things the pre-tweaktools way and post it in this thread. Sorry for the delays folks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] o0BlacknesS0o:
No rush...the reason i decided not to post was due to the status bar complaints...didn't wanna add a new theme to the mix lol...just be patient guys
[Verizon Droid Charge] the sandman89:
It's all good I was just wondering what the status is with it.. Thanks for the update. I will be patient!
[HTC Sensation] NetSt@r:
Did I need flash this boot.img every time when I flash ViperS rom?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Not really.. Some unknown issue is there in v 3/v 3.1 that's just a Workaround for the issue.. Pacha will fix that in the next version
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devildogfarm:
I have searched all over the internet and have not found a problem exactly like the one i am having. My Atrix 4g will not boot. It will get to the Dual Core screen, but no farther than that. I can get to the menu by holding down the volume but and power button but when i select a menu option it does nothing. My phone was not rooted, it is factory with the lastest version on it. THe other day i pulled the phone out of my pocket at it was turned off. I wouldn't turn i so i plugged it in and that is when the problems started. Any help would be great! Thank you!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devildogfarm:
I wanted to add that when i connect plug usb cable into it from the laptop, the laptop does not detect the phone.