yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] springy:
1. Backup and restore management. No more using titanium backup and having to be root to restore app data. Plus knowing how many devices you have so also having the ability to sync your data across devices or not.

2. Merge messaging services. Get rid of Google+ Messenger and get GTalk on the play store. Unification of the messenger app.

3. Integrate Google+ with games, like games centre in iOS. It is optional for the end user to use.

4. More customisation for the toggle on the swipe menu from the navigation menu.

5. There was a person who speed up ICS by 200% by just optimising the Android build. I think he has checked it back into the open source project so basically add that or taking ideas from that which should increase performance and battery life in the OS.

6. Start the availability of Chrome apps to run natively on android. This will reduce fragmentation if Chrome gets on the same release cycle as it's desktop counterparts, you can start build apps with HTML5 and native client therefore application not only can run across devices but also stay upto date. Basically when you launch a Chrome app, it feels you running a normal application, but chrome is running it in the background.
[Nexus 4 General] crachel:
This forum is for news, tip/tricks, guided/reference threads for the Nexus 4. Wild speculation about future Android iterations which are likely 3rd or 4th quarter 2013 is clutter that doesn't belong here.

Closed
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slagle96:
how do you edit the splash screen ? im lookin g at the thread for 1.12 hboot but its too out of date im 1.15 s-off can any body help ?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Sloth:
try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1738462
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slagle96:
i read that but im not sure if that is up to date
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Magnum_Enforcer:
In the thread BigDaddy linked you to, Under 'Download Latest Releases' in the OP, use the second file. It's for Hboot 1.15.

Sent using my HTC EVO LTE and a magic wand
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hoott:
I was thinking it would be nice to have full apps as options for the lock screen rather than just widgets. Just like I can pull up the camera from the lock screen by swiping to the left, I would like to choose an application for swiping to the right. For example I use the Google Play Music app a lot and would like to access it without having to (pattern/pin/etc) unlock my phone every time. I feel like it would be a useful feature.

What does everyone think?

PS. I can put up screenshots/images of the idea if my description is not clear.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
Then you risk giving access to that app to anybody who picks up the phone, which may not be a big deal to some people. Even though people SHOULD realize that, some wont, and they would complain. It would then be called a "security issue".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hoott:
I understand that but it would be up to the user's discretion what app they put there. I wouldn't care if people had access to my music app, just like I don't care about the camera app. Furthermore it would be nice if it was natively supported by Android so that app developers could implement settings for how apps behave when on the lock screen. This way we can curb some of the security issues by having the ability to disable certain features/sections of said app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madd0g:
To hell with apps on lockscreen, lets put apps to buttons !

/s
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djexacto:
At what point does it cease to be a lockscreen anymore? I'd love a lockscreen with all of my apps, widgets and even access to the app drawer... Oh wait...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Light1c3:
So all I want to know is, Can I somehow get Google Wallet working on my SGS3 from Verizon without rooting the phone?

It would be interesting to know it that is possible, dont you think?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loonie01:
Nope.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TXI Kaze:
If root stock .tars can be flashed...then maybe one with the proper edits could be. I have no clue. Just guessing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
You would still need root access, to change build.prop

Sent using xda premium
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] treIII:
Does anyone know how to change the icons in the app drawer? Thanks
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] schmeggy929:
Easiest answer:

using 7zip or winrar extract the images folder to the desktop

folders could

drawable-hdpi

drawable-xhdpi

and variance of those.

Some are in folders

mipmap-hdpi

mipmap-mdpi

mipmap-xhdpi

change the image to what you want.(remember to maintain the image size)

and then drag them back in the apk folder.

NOTE: if the icon is a jpg you cant change the image or even modify it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cbb77:
Updated for v1.8.5

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Added new Battery Icon. With the nice new feature of 1.8.5, you can have 2 different Battery themes. I have replaced the original battery icons with the bubble battery. I kept the original circle battery. May replace that in next release with my circle battery from v1.7.

----------------------------------------------------------------

With permission, I have taken a copy of John's Blue theme for SHOstock3 v1.7 and added some additional modification. This is my first theme, thus this is still work in progress. Currently I have modified only the Settings tab and the Notification bar. I currently use different Launcher and Dailer/Contacts, thus have not focused on themeing those as of yet. However, I figured this was at a good point that I would share it as is. By all means let me know what you think.

Download - v1.7

http://db.tt/S9gnely7

Download - v1.8.5

http://db.tt/9P6BsnOQ

Screenshots

New Battery for v.1.8.5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 4-2ndtwin:
Nice !!!! Good work !!! Lookin forward to seein more. :thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jamlx1:
any thoughts on doing this with johns red theme?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cbb77:
Well, might be a while. This is actually my first attempt at themeing, thus still figuring some stuff out. Might be a while before I get to other colors.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JohnMcW:
In case your interested

In case you are interested in all the icons that I change in Johns Themes using Red as an example,

JohnsRedUpdateDirectories

The root directories refer to drawable_hdpi or drawable-sw320dp-hdpi (if 320 is in the title)

otherwise the subdirectory names are where to find them

Hope it makes finding some things easier.

(I probably update too many icons, but it can be difficult to know which ones for sure)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r_diaz13:
how do I un install? not sure what its causing the problem as I changed the kernel at the same time and the phone is acting up. I want to do it again but kernel / theme separate.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JohnMcW:
un-install, by reflashing SHOstock 3 Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] r_diaz13:
Simple enough. Thanks for the quick response.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Gods Son:
Re: [Theme - WIP] - CBB / Modified Johns Theme for SHOStock3 v1.7

I just installed this on my phone and I'm using SHOstock 3 v1.8. It's working perfectly fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cbb77:
Updated for v1.8.5
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zyclops1:
i need a help to deodex stock FW .45
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Folow this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2066291
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
Dears,

Kindly I want to know some info about swap as I am a newbie in root.. I downloaded 2 apps for this "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check and Swapper For Root" and I tried them.. They are very amazing apps but sometimes I don't feel that they are working.. Anyways, I disabled the swap and I deleted the swap file from the SD card after using "Swapper For Root" and then I tried "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check" to make sure that my device can do the swap or not and then I Uninstalled both of them but when I wrote in terminal "free" after I deleted both of the 2 apps I found the below...

Swap: 61432 37240 24192

I want to know if it is normal or not to find a swap space like this.. I used MemoryInfo & Swapfile check and Swapper For Root Only.

If this space is not normal or it will affect negatively on my device or my SD card so I wish you can help me solve this problem.

My device is SE Xperia Mini Pro SK17i "Rooted" through a guide on SE Forum, Build Number 4.1.B.0.587.

Thanks in advance & I very much appreciate your support.

Best Regards,

DoLcEka
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gavster26:
i just checked my ray & j my j has no swap it says 0 0 0 at swap then i disabeld my swap partition on my ray and it still reads that its swapping it shuld'nt do any harm. try wipe dalvrk cache and reboot.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
What should I do exactly with wipe dalvik??

And I am sry but I didnt get your reply.. This swap place "60 MBs" is okay or not??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] adade:
the only way is throw your sd card to the amazon sea:p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I am far away from there.. I live in Egypt.. Nile is okay ? :))

Or there is a solution ? :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
Any updates guys ???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] amrit_singh:
check system/etc/init.d folder and delete all scripts there
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I found 2 files.. Beats " I think it is for beats audio which I installed later" and RockoDev.. But I couldn't delete any of them through ES File Explorer.. Any other ways to delete these files ??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I tried another explorer "AntTek Explorer" and I delete them but the swap space is still exist.. Should I delete mkswap, swapon and swapoff files from /system/xbin ???
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
Any updates ??
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
I wouldn't delete anything from /system/xbin. Did you reboot your phone after uninstalling the apps and deleting the init.d scripts?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] AvRS:
Please don't create more than one thread about the same question as this is against the rules. I have deleted your other thread as it's the same as this one and you're already receiving help here.

Thanks

AvRS
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I am sry about the second thread but I thought that I will recieve no more replies so I just wanted to refresh the post no more.. I am sry again :(

After I uninstalled the apps I restarted.. And after I deleted the scripts I did a reboot too.. But it is still the same :(

If it is okay to find a swap space like this in my SD so I don't have to worry.. The problem is that I don't have a PC or a Lap nowadays.. On the other hand, I don't want to disable the option of swap in case I may do it later after taking a backup from SD.

Thanks in advance guys for your support.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
If you look in your sdcard, can you see the swap file? If you can, you can either delete it or try and figure out how to reset that particular swap using terminal emulator. If you want to try the second solution, you need to look for the swap in /sys/block and let me know if you find it.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
No I can't see the swap file in my SD card... I searched by "swap" and I found "mkswap, swapon & swapoff" in /system/xbin and I checked /sys/block as you told me and I found some files with the names of "ram0, ram1, ram2.. Till ram7 and zram0" "loop1 till loop64" "dm-1 to 64" "mmcblk0" "mtdblock0 till mtdblock3".. What do you think!?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
okay I took a look in the app...

I would try this in terminal emulator:

su

echo "1" > /dev/block/mtdblock3/reset

if it doesn't work, remove the "" from around the 1.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I got.. Cannot create dev/block..etc. Wrong directory !! :((
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
in terminal try:

su

swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3

if that doesn't work you can look again for the swap file. According to the app it should be somewhere in your system folder or you can just set the swappiness to 0

again in terminal:

su

sysctl -w vm.swappiness=0

which rom are you running right now, because you should also be able to restore just the system partition from a nandroid back up with out losing all your settings....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I didn't find any swap files.. I searched for "swap" and I got "mkswap, swapoff & swapon" no more files.. and I searched for ROEHSOFT in case the swap file will be named by the app's developer but I found nothing too.. I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and nothing happened "Wrong Directory" So I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and it showed me "Invalid Argument"... I became disappointed of this issue, Is it dangerous on my SD card or on my device to have a swap space like this !? "I can't take a backup from my SD right now, I don't have a PC or a Lap now" ... If it is not that dangerous, I will accept it :( ... Thanks again guys for youor support, If you find any others ways I will be greatful :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
Have you checked using "free" to see if the swap is still being used, if the numbers don't change over time then no swapping is happening. If the swap is in RAM then there is no harm to the device. If the swap is on the sdcard or internal memory then there may be a slow damaging of the media, but I think this takes a long time. Try setting vm.swappiness to 0 this will minimize the swapping until you are ready to flash a new ROM.

One reason why I asked what kind of rom you are on is because by flashing the rom again you should wipe out the swap. This is easy to do with with a custom rom but it is a little bit harder to do with a Sony stock ROM. Also any nandroid back up from before you set up the swap will wipe it out also.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I checked with "free" and I found that the swap space is being used.. I don't know if this swap is in RAM, SD card or internal memory and I don't know how to know that (I wish you can help me about that).. On the other side, If this swap space is in SD card or internal memory so ofc there is a way to disable or delete it.. However I am disappointed but I still have a hope to do it.. Thanks for your fast responses man, You are a very helpful and supportive guy :)

I kindly need your advice in case there is no solutions for this issue.. I can backup all data "Contacts, Call Log, SMSs, APKs, Apps' Data & Media" then flash the ROM again.. But I am newbie in root so I am going to need the steps to flash the ROM again.. and how I can get this ROM again.. But this way will be very hard, As I will have to backup & restore almost everything before I do the flashing and I may lose some data which will lead me to a heartache :(

I believe in this forums and I will wait for sometime.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
Guys.. I searched for "swap" again and I found the below..

1- "mkswap" /system/xbin

2- "swapoff" /system/xbin

3- "swapon" /system/xbin

4- "swappiness" /proc/sys/vm

5- "swaps" /proc

What do you think I should do guys!?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
Any updates ?? :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
1 - 4 of your list are various commands to control the swap.

Can you view /proc/swaps as text and post what it says. It might tell us where to find the swap file that needs to be deleted.

If you set vm.swappiness to 0 the swap should virtually shutdown and you can leave it that way more or less with out any problem until you flash new firmware.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I open swaps as text and I found /dev/zram0 and space 61432 which is 60 MBs "The swap Space Which Is Found In Terminal When I Wrote (Free)" ... Should I delete this "zram0" folder or file !?

and what are the steps to set vm.swappiness to 0 !?

and what are the steps to install/flash another customer ROM or reinstall/reflash the same ROM again without losing apps or apps' data !?

Thanks in advance guys for your support :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pojhe:
maybe this will help

try use this apps,

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5iaWdleWVzMHgwLnRyaWNrc3Rlcm1vZCJd

there is an option to turn on or off zram. try to turn off the zram, and it will delete the swap.. if cannot, turn on, then turn it off back. then check again via terminal emulator..

---------- Post added at 04:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 AM ----------

or maybe you can locate

/system/bin/zram_start.sh

and you can adjust the value of zram to swap, or maybe you can delete if you don't want to use it..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I tried this app.. and It works.. I wrote "free" in terminal and I found "Swap 0 0 0" ... I checked /system/bin/zram_start.sh and it is exist.. Should I delete it if I don't wanna make a swap ? And if I delete this file will I will be able to make a swap later or not !? and What if I uninstalled Trickster MOD Kernel Settings, Will the swap back again or not !?

Thanks very much for this app man :) I love you :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
Hi,

Glad this worked out for you...can you send me a link to the swapper app you were using. The one I looked into definitely wasn't setting up zram, so I am curious to know if I looked in a different app.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5hemFzb2Z0LmZyZWUuc3dhcHBlciJd

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yb2Voc29mdC5tZW1pbmZvIl0.

But I still want to know if it is okay to delete this zram folder/file or not!? And if I deleted this zram, Will I be able to make a swap later or not!? and why you need the link of the apps!? "I am newbie and I will be glad to get some info about anything" :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] justmpm:
Zram is a special kind of swap that lives in RAM, not on the sdcard. It is totally safe to use. In zram a portion of your ram is set aside as a swap space, anything that gets pushed into this swap space gets compressed before it is pushed into zram. In theory it increases what you can store in that space by whatever your average compression rate is, I guess around 5x. There has always been some debate about how good zram is on android, this is because it takes some effort by the cpu to compress and uncompress (but this should already be super efficient) and most things in android are already compressed, so how do you compress them more. I have only seen performance degrade with zram when the zram is always full, so in order for new things to be pushed into zram, the cpu has to decide what to remove from zram, remove it, compress the new data, and push it into the swap. zram typically doesn't increase your free RAM, since it is taking up some space, it just lets more things be cached so it can help minimize lag and keep things like the launcher from closing unexpectedly. An app like swapper, typically doesn't set up zram, it usually sets up an uncompressed swap file somewhere else on your device. I checked the sources for the app I thought you were using to find the name of the swap file and where it was mounted. I think it was mtdblk3 (see one of my previous posts to see the exact mount point).

Also pojhe (who helped you out a lot) has been playing around with zram and swap on his device. In case you haven't seen it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2108680

It looks to me like Sony has activated zram in its stock kernel and ROM. Since it is a zram swap, it won't damage your device at all and you can leave it alone. If you are really curious you can play around with the size of the swap and with vm.swappiness. You can set vm.swappiness in terminal (sysctl -w vm.swappiness=60) and see pojhe thread to see which file to edit to change the size. 60 is typically the default value for vm.swappiness but it can range from 0 to 100, 0 will minimize how often the swap gets used and 100 will maximize it. As long as there is some free space in zram you should see any degradation in performance, but if you make the zram too small or the swappiness too high, it will fill up really quickly and the cpu will spend a lot more time on swapping then on other things. Let me know if sysctl -w doesn't work, it can either be that sysctl hasn't been initialized or it could be that it needs busybox to be installed (can't remember by I can check).

Since you are already rooted, it will be a good idea to install cwm onto your device. Check the general section for guides on this, I think mihan's guides are some of the best. Once you have cwm installed, you can easily back up and restore your device. So before monkeying around with zram, you make a back up. That way if you screw something up you can easily restore everything to the way it was before you started experimenting with your device.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
So zram is a good thing I think..But I still have some inquiries and I am really so sorry if I am annoying you or something :P.. How I can know that the zram is full or not!? "Maybe from the terminal?" And if it is full what can I do to make it empty or this action will be done automatically from the CPU!? About "Swapper For Root" it mounts the swap file in SD card and I found it so easily and then I deleted it but I checked my device and I found "mtdblock3" but not "mtdblk3" in /dev/block.. Thanks for the link of "pojhe" :) I will check it after I submit this reply ISA.. Before I use this "sysctl -w vm.swappiness=60" in terminal should I use "su"? I will check it and I will inform you if it works or not.. I will check also mihan's guides about this CWM.. I am sorry about the "Thanks Button" but I used my 8 times :(

You are one of the helpful guys here and I am so glad that you are supporting me man.. I am Ahmed from Egypt and I am 27 years old.. I would like to be friends :) ... and dun worry I am not a G*Y :D I am married and I have 2 kids :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dolceka:
I checked Pjohe's post and what I got is...

#!/system/bin/sh

sysctl -w vm.swappiness=60

echo '1' > /sys/block/zram0/reset

echo $((30*1024*1024)) > /sys/block/zram0/disksize

mkswap /dev/block/zram0

swapon /dev/block/zram0

And..

/system/bin/zram_start.sh.

And all of this to configure swap space or zram

But..

I don't know "/system/bin/zram_start.sh." should be instead of what!? Can you check the above commands and tell me what to write in the terminal exactly to configure the swap space or zram step by step!? :)

I used "Trickster MOD Kernel Settings" and I turned swap off.. I will check the performance now and after I will enable it again and I will say my opinion and after the configuration of the swap space and zram.

Thanks again man :)