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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raviraviravi:
[MENTION=392436]Viber[/MENTION] R& D:

You guys and your responses as always are thorough and very considerate, much appreciated.

Looks like the recent upgrade in my SGSIII has fixed most of the issues around contacts synchronization.

I have an issue with my desktop version though, the 'catch' though is I use a portable version of Viber Desktop, packaged by some Fabianator folks using VMware. Can you guys not build a nice portable install of viber yourself. The problem with this 'portable' viber desktop is that the contacts dont quite synchronize well, even if they do i am only able to see the messages but the call and message buttons are greyed out for me.

Should i put in a feature request for a portable version? Also, something on the lines of Wechat which has web version would be awesome; even going a step further if gmail can have hangouts(which are voice calls and video calls) inbuilt into the browser itself, Why cant you guys.

For me the issue is also wrt the fact that i dont have admin rights on my work PC and I cant live without Viber since i contact my wife and my close friends through viber.

In fact i go a step ahead and recommend viber to all and sundry, since it just about is now operable on any device!!! which is as good as anything gets.

Cheers

Ravi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viber Team:
Thank you for all this elaborate feedback Ravi!

About the portable version you're using: at the moment Viber does not officially support running the app on the specific configuration you described. In this case I would open a support ticket (and not a feature request, though it's closely related for your issue) using this direct link: we would appreciate if you could take a minute and report the details to our support team using this direct link: http://helpme.viber.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit/RenderForm/1

When you submit the ticket, in the line called: "Through which channel did you submit your initial inquiry", please make sure to choose "Technical Forum".

Regarding the web version - this is something we are not planning at the moment. For this, I certainly invite you to submit a feature request.

The Admin permission needed for Viber Desktop is currently the expected behavior of Viber. We have received requests from some of our users to cancel this requirement from Viber, and we're looking into this issue at the moment. If we have news, we'll certainly keep you posted.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raviraviravi:
[MENTION=392436]Viber[/MENTION] R&D:

I wouldn't want to raise a support ticket for issues in the unsupported packaged version of Viber desktop.

However, for having a 'portable official' version of Viber Desktop. Won't it be a feature request? I want to just add onto the numbers in terms of people requesting for it. Where do i formally do it?

The lack of a web version and you having no plans to put in place doesn't bother me much; its like I said the lack of 'official portable' Viber that gives me nightmares.

Does it have anything to do with the system limitation of only 5 concurrent devices at any given point in time; since a portable version would simply mean the ability to run in a portable manner in as many machines as possible?

I am only trying to understand why development towards something elegant like that can't be expedited.

Cheers

Ravi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viber Team:
[MENTION=5296713]raviraviravi[/MENTION] -

Well, every project of ours demands time, manpower and resources. The reason Viber does not have an 'official portable' compatibility yet is simply because it hasn't been officially developed to handle it. It could be a problem with the way Viber communicates with our server (for example - port/protocol issues when trying to deliver Viber traffic), or other sources of the problem. When/if we develop such a version, we will check all these issues thoroughly and only then we'll be able to tell 'what is not compatible', so to speak.

Yes, then it is recommended that you open a feature request ticket. One way or another, we see those tickets and will be able to consider it in our development roadmap.

Thank you again for your time!
[HTC One V] served24:
Which wallpaper brings the best battery life due to low display usage. Does black wallpaper help our phone? Also, is there a way to disable wallpapers and just have a black one by default in jellybean? Thanks.
[HTC One V] mihirengg19:
yes the black one will help and yes there is a default option for 'no wallpaper' in JB(CM10)....
[HTC One V] XxlemonxX:
The lighter the color more battery. I usually use darker blues or Black's. Currently using this one. You can get all black ones but it looks weird haha. Stay away from white wallpapers or yellow if you want maximum battery
[HTC One V] served24:
Can you tell me how to set "no wallpaper?" i've looked in settings but couldn't find it.
[HTC One V] XxlemonxX:
Only in cm10. I believe.. or just look up blank black wallpaper or something
[HTC One V] served24:
yeah that's what i thought. alright.
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
Black ones bro and u can UN install the pre loaded wall papers via titanium backup
[HTC Droid DNA] animorphed:
Is this functional on the DNA or is there a way to make it pair with BLE devices? I know there are issues with other phones but some like Motorola build in the proper files.
[HTC Droid DNA] sgt. slaughter:
This is a question.....thus belongs in QA
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ir87:
Hi there. I have a one month old HTC One X with AT&T, and I just noticed a line of dead pixels on my screen. I'm planning to return it and ask for an exchange. I was wondering if anyone could point me to backup apps that don't require root. From what I've read, app data backup without root is not possible, but can I backup stuff like my messages, my homescreen layouts, which apps I have installed, etc, without root? And is there any way to restore all these in one go?

Thanks for the help in advance!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mbh87:
try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1420351
[HTC Desire C] alex000000:
Hi guys, i have a problem. I bought a htc desire c and it has only English and Chinese language. I think the phone is for indonezia because on his description is htc indonezia. I whant to install RUU_GOLF_U_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.4_R_Radio_10.11.98.09_1.06.98.13M2_release_265825_signed but i have an error. I unlock the bootloader with htcdev and locked it again. When i tried to install the ruu, when ruu verify the rom my image version is 1.52.499.6 and image version to update is 1.45.401.4 (From:1.52.499.6 To: 1.45.401.4) i have this error ERROR 131 CUSTOMER ID ERROR. I tried with unloked bootloader and the same problem. Please help
[HTC Desire C] szilike93:
If you look at htcdev.com at the first step it says "If you do not find your ROM version in the table below, and your ROM version is newer, then your device does not require the RUU. Please bypass these steps and continue to the next page." Actually is no RUU for Desire C. So I don't know if you downloaded a RUU and installed it, but that should be the problem if you did, you just need to click on that green words "continue to the next page". My phone was rooted yesterday and it works great and I needed to unlock the bootloader too. And I made it too.
[HTC Desire C] alex000000:
I unlocked the bootloader with htcdev and i coudn't install the RUU. I downloaded from internet this RUU_GOLF_U_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.45.401.4_R_Radio_10.11.98.09_1.06.98.13M2_release_265825_signed rom and i have that error. What can I do to put htc europe stock rom?.

Thank you very much for your answer.
[HTC Desire C] brnt:
The RUU needs locked bootloader in order to work.

Try relocking it.
[HTC Desire C] szilike93:
That ruu might not be compatible. and if you want to install a rom first you need to root. the unlock isn't enough.
[HTC Desire C] alex000000:
its relocked and it's still not working :((

it doesn't exist europe stock rom?
[HTC Desire C] szilike93:
now unlock again. and try to root it: modaco.com/topic/355158-r1-superboot-how-to-root-the-htc-desire-c/

Follow this instructions. after try to install a rom. You know how to install correctly a rom?
[HTC Desire C] alex000000:
no :(( help please
[HTC Desire C] szilike93:
Than I don't know what should be. Sorry. :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TehKing:
Apologies in advance if this has been answered already.

I'm rooted and running a stock pre-rooted (T999_UVDLJA) ROM. Is there a quick an easy way to have 4-Way Reboot without flashing an entire ROM?

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MrMakeveli:
4 way reboot? Are you talking about having the reboot menu with reboot, reboot into recovery, hot reboot, etc? If so, there are a few apps that will do that, requiring root of course. I searched "reboot menu" in the play store and got a few hits. Try a few variations of that and you should hit something you like. Otherwise you can just get widgets for the functionality you are looking for. On my last phone I had a ''hot reboot' shortcut because the memory was low and it helped keep the phone running at its best.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TehKing:
Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. I find it extremely useful when trying out different ROMs. doing backups, etc.

I prefer something that was "baked in" over an app or widget. I guess a custom ROM will probably be my only route in that regard.

Thanks for your reply, and suggestions.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] j_smith305:
I used this when I was on stock

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2003108

Just flash using cwm. You do have to be deodexed though.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
I've modded the Kindle app to make it more eInk friendly (especially for Nook Simple Touch (NST)). The changes include:

White mode background is really white, not light gray. White mode text is really black, not something close to black.

Black mode background/text same as above.

Sepia mode unchanged.

Reading progress bar changed from shaded spheres (barely visible on eInk) to empty and filled squares.

Library background now white with black text.

Other text(s) changed to black.

I've signed this app and the signature is different from the original app, so you will need to uninstall your existing Kindle app and install this one.
[Nook Touch Android Development] sayno2quat:
I'm pretty sure the point of signatures is to prove who made the update. That is, only the developers of the app have the original signing key. So I don't think there's a way of getting your signature to match theirs.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
Thanks sayno -- I've been thinking about this for a few days and your explanation makes perfect sense to me. Of course this measure will prevent someone from hijacking an app from a known source with another one. Thanks for the reply.
[Nook Touch Android Development] P3TR:
Thanks a lot for your modified Kindle App, I like it a lot!
[Nook Touch Android Development] myself11:
Library background now white with black text is quite an improvement, thanks.

Regarding whiter background and darker text, I just notice it a bit. I've made the same tweaks on CoolReader and MoonREader and i don't know why but MoonReader displayed the best results.

I use lcd density (crank it up to 260) to make dicitonary window more readable.
[Nook Touch Android Development] ectacy:
This app is amazing. Can it have Partial Refresh feature ?
[Nook Touch Android Development] malc_b:
Hi, Any chance of this app with a different font? Or a way to change fonts?

I believe kindle uses Droid serif where as I prefer the Nook standard san-serif. I think the fonts are in rom so can't be changed? I couldn't seem to rename Droid font (or another) so I can just replace it with a san-serif renamed to Droid.
[Nook Touch Android Development] ramana.spencer:
Does this version have the page animation? i.e. double refresh...

Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] PsymonDK:
My antivirus (F-Secure), marked the APK as containing Malware and removed it during download. Anyone else experiencing this? Or can clarify why it is getting marked as Malware?
[Nook Touch Android Development] bluespire:
They are probably compared this app's signature against the play store's master list of signatures, didn't find this one's, and considered malware.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Mnurlan:
failed to figure out how to use it, meaning, how to open my books on mini SD-card, buying books is not an option for me, sorry. Had to remove it.
[Nook Touch Android Development] smart1:
Does this support delivery via [MENTION=1050058]kindle[/MENTION].com or [MENTION=222278]FREE[/MENTION].kindle.com? Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] aiamuzz:
Hi,

I had installed kindle from the store directly, and when i came across your modified app, i renamed the installed kindle app to .bak and copied your apk to /system/apps ... i rebooted but kindle app not showing in the app drawer.

All this on my Nook Simple Touch (with Glowlight) ...

did i do anything differently ?

Thanks & Cheers.
[Nook Touch Android Development] salinok:
Just found this ... cool stuff!

Works great on my rooted Sony PRS-T1 and my ImcoSys V6L

Thanks for your effort!
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
You need to uninstall the existing Kindle app and install this one. And it doesn't need to be in the system folder. Just tap on the apk file to install from any file manager.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
[MENTION=1033679]salinok[/MENTION], awesome to know it worked on another platform!
[Nook Touch Android Development] japinder:
Hi wskelly,

I tried it on the Onyx Boox M96, the 9.7" e-ink ereader. Another user on mobileread forums tried it on the Onyx Boox T68. We both find that when we open a book, the first page is displayed fine, although with some artifacts from the previous page (bookshelf). However, the next page & all subsequent pages after loading, turn totally black. If I click on the middle of the page, click on contrast button & click on 'white' (although already seleted), the page displays fine. but on turning the page the same black page is displayed. Can't just keep on doing this manually for all pages. :eek:

There still are a lot of page turn animations. Need a way to disable them, since they just leave artifacts.

There doesn't seem to be a way to open books from local storage.

Is it possible to port the modification to one of the current Kindle for Android builds, for example 4.6.0.114. :angel:

Thanks.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
Well, the Nook is like Android Froyo or Gingerbread, at best. I looked for the Boox M96 and it looks like it is running Android 4 which is ICS. There *might* be some sort of incompatibility, kind of doubting it, but maybe. Removing page animations would be a good thing also, I agree with you, I will look into doing that.

And just to note for everyone -- this is just the Android Kindle app but modified so that the background color is white. The eInk display doesn't need to render some sort of gray-ish background when it already is sort of gray, I wanted a true white background. So that essentially is involved finding the suspect color and changing it to 0xFFFFFF. The other change was to make some little ball graphics into squares -- which are higher contrast on eInk.

If you can't open a book from local storage, then this is an issue with the original Amazon app.

For a newer Kindle for Android version, I might be able to make the changes but can't test them, since my Nook is probably not going to support the most recent Kindle app. I will check though...

Does the latest Kindle version work fine on your Boox, without the black screen issue?
[Nook Touch Android Development] japinder:
Thanks.

I hereby submit my M96 as a guinea pig for your modified app, when you want it. . :good:

The official Kindle app version 4.6.0.114 works fine, & displays the book pages ok, either downloaded from Amazon, or the ones on local storage.

The issue is that Onyx, due to their 'optimization', do not refresh the screen on my M96 all that often, so due to the page turn animations, it leaves behind those horrible artifacts. I would just like it to include your modifications, so that it displays proper black on white text & forgets to do these unwanted animations. :D

The main problem we M96 & T68 users are facing with your modded app is the page turning black (even though it has a workaround - settings -> contrast -> white - but needs to be done for each page). Otherwise its is working. Requesting you to modify a new version of the app is just a bonus. :p
[Nook Touch Android Development] OverByter:
Actually android 2.1 is eclair! :eek:

OB
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Yeah, 2.1 is Éclair. Don't you ever forget about the diacritical marks!

:laugh:
[Nook Touch Android Development] japinder:
Hi wskelly,

Could you help to modify a new version of the Kindle app please. I'll readily test it out on my M96.

I've never meddled with apps, but if you could point me in the right direction, I could try out my hand at it as well. Thanks.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
Yes I will do this. I hope to post something this weekend.
[Nook Touch Android Development] japinder:
Thank you! :D
[Nook Touch Android Development] wskelly:
Try this:

http://goo.gl/gKWjv1

This is Kindle version 4.4.0.71. Anything newer than that, and aapt.exe would crash trying to rebuild it. I don't know why. I tried five or six versions, this is the latest one that worked. Anything OLDER than this will build but anything newer won't.

Note, like the app in the OP, you need to UNINSTALL your version of Kindle and install this one. The two versions can't co-exist. ...And you probably don't want them to.

Changes are the same as the app in the OP, except:

There are no reading "dots" in this version (to tell you how much of a book you've read) so I didn't need to make that change.

The library background was changed to white.

I should probably open a new thread for this, but I don't know where? Any suggestions?

And if you see something that looks like crap on eInk, I can try to change it. Just need a screenshot or photo or something like that.

--Bill

Ignore this stuff (for tracking the changes to the file when someone has the file three years from now):

The MD5 sum of this file is: fc1b250d9ca4148a93a33a9441f1a769

And the git hash on my side is: 4f0d59b97def2b64da09e2e2a43b0e94d05987ca
[Nook Touch Android Development] japinder:
Thanks a ton Bill. :D

No problem, v4.4 is current enough. :)

Yup, uninstalled v4.7 latest, cleared data from SD card for it & then installed your version.

I guess you could update the first post & maybe keep both versions.

Feedback for this version:

- The page turning black issue is gone. Perfectly usable now.

- Page turn animations aren't that much intrusive, but they're still present. That, combined with Onyx optimization of not enough refreshes, causes a lot of artifacts. There is a workaround of sorts, to long press Menu/Home key on the Boox for a manual refresh, but its not practical to do it for every page. Is there a way to disable animations altogether?

- Could you darken the intermediate grey color in Menu. The text that is supposed to be greyed out for some Menu items, its barely visible. Is it possible to darken it up a bit please.

Just posted a video at: http://youtu.be/d0DMtqYmp48

Could you take a look & advise.

Thanks again,

Jp
[Nook Touch Android Development] chefchuck:
Thanks for all your work Bill. I've downloaded the 4.4.0.7 package and all I get is 'There is a problem parsing the package' when attempting to install on my nstg. I assume this is a result of the ancient version on android running on the NST 1.2.1 firmware, just an FYI.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Yes, that's right - since the Nook Touch devices run Android 2.1, many apps will give the "There is a problem parsing the package" error, solely because they are made to be installed on a newer Android version.

Try the package in the OP, it works great. :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] Finrod Paradox:
Hi, I just rooted my nook. I placed the apk in my nook and when I tried to installed it, it said - NOOK can not read this file.

How to I install apps?

The Amazon appstore does not load, and I tried playstore as well but it showed me it had only 1 or 2 apps at the whole market?
[Nook Touch Android Development] pchafner:
I can see my library but cannot download books. The download is constantly interrupted. I'm using version 3.0.3.25 Any suggestions?
[Nook Touch Android Development] tshoulihane:
Your nook is probably so old that it doesn't have new enough ssl certificates for the secure connection. You can try following these instructions, but its a little bit ugly.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65344931&postcount=10
[Nook Touch Android Development] typingwriter:
Thank you for linking these instructions! I have the same problem and can neither download books on my kindle app anymore, nor install the updated version (making my NST kinda useless, which is a shame).

Is there by any chance a simpler way to update my NST or a more elaborate set of instructions? I couldn't find anything else and am not quite tech-savvy enough to quite understand how to update those certificates.

If there is any advice how I can update app or certificates I would be very, very grateful! :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
If you have a file manager (ES FileManager, Root Browser, etc.) installed with root privileges, it's easy:

1. Download the "more complete" cacerts file from the linked posting and copy it to your NST in some convenient folder (Downloads?).

2. Navigate to the system folder. You'll need to change the privileges on this folder to allow you to copy a file into a subfolder. With either of the two file managers I mentioned, a long-press on the system folder will bring up a either a menu with a list that includes "properties" or a list that includes "permissions". For the former, you need to look for the permissions section of the properties. Once you're at "permissions", enable write access for the two remaining "users".

3. Navigate to the system/etc/security folder and there you will see your current cacerts.bks file. Rename it cacerts.bak.

4. Go to the folder (Downloads?) where you copied the new cacerts file and copy/paste or cut/paste the file into system/etc/security. The permissions on the file are not correct at this point. You need to make them the same as the old file (now called cacerts.bak). That's why I had you leave it there. So see what the old permissions are and set the new file to the same.

5. Back out to the system folder and reset its permissions (remove write access for the lower two "users"). Failing to do this may cause a bootloop.

6. Shut down the NST and restart it.

Voila!
[Nook Touch Android Development] typingwriter:
Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to write foolproof instructions!

They were, indeed, easy enough to follow and worked perfectly - thank you! I couldn't be happier that I can use the kindle app again! :D

One last question: I tried installing version 4.4.0.7.1. of the kindle app and got the "could not parse package"-error-message. The old version (3.2.0.3.5.) worked out fine, though. Is there any other kind of update I need to run in order to install the newest version of kindle for NST? I had uninstalled the old version before I tried, but maybe that wasn't enought.

Either way - I got my books back! Thanks again for helping me!:o
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
I'm glad that helped :)

To my knowledge, 3.2.0.3.5 is the end of the line for Kindle on the NST. Parsing errors generally mean the app is for a higher Android version. Be glad there is still a version that works--for now--unlike Google Books.

Edit: I stand corrected! XDA member [MENTION=7160018]cjpicci[/MENTION] has surfaced with a fully syncing version of Google Books (1.2.2). You can get it from his post here. And don't forget to :good: him for finding this long-sought version.
[Nook Touch Android Development] typingwriter:
I sure am! Thanks again for your help - it's a huge relief to have access to my kindle library again! :o