yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unspunreality:
Ok. the topic title was a little confusing even for me. I appoligize. I have a brand new kindle fire hd 8.9. Rooted it yesterday with a few hitches but those were mostly due to my own silly mistakes. Regardless, i got it up and running but have ran into a sort of problem. The way to access books, by how I know it, is though Kindle Home 'app'. Which takes me to the original screen with the carousel and everything. But that seems like a really round about way to access everything. Is there a way/app/etc to choose specific books to simply add to the main screen? (I'm using GO HD, but have been checking both to see which I prefer) It just seems a bit silly to need to go through hoops rather then be able to add 'Books, Docs, etc' as seperate things on the main screen. Or even just add a specific book itself. I was asking simply cause it makes it easier/faster to access textbooks like this.

If its impossible thats fine too, but I'm new to this all and can't seem to find anything of this sort. Hope its not too dumb a question.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gflorezarroyo:
There isn't an application in KFHD to go directly to Books, but curiously there is a Documents path. I think it is because the DRM(protection) that almost all Amazon books have. You can convert your own books to Movi with a PC or Linux program called Calibre(whisper: "even unprotect them")) to make them visible in the Book shelf.

But if you want them to be more accessible and better reading, you can go to Cool Reader, an app that lets you configure all aspects of a book presentation, much better than Kindle. Inside Cool Reader there is a directory browser to find the books wherever they are, The worse is that it can't read DRM protected books, but I've whispered you the program to jump that fence(search google "how to remove DRM from Amazon". You have the right to do it if you have paid money for the book....But not all countries allow that.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prokennexusa:
How to setup books and pdf documents on the Kindle Desktop

unspunreality,

Absolutely, you can view just about any document on the Kindle. If I understand you correctly, you would like to have direct access to books from your main desktop, is that correct? Kind of like a Windows or Linux desktop where you are able to place documents and shortcuts to documents directly on the desktop.

If you are looking for software, the following are what we consider the top 5 document readers for the Kindle Fire HD Series:

1. Google Docs

2. Quickoffice Pro

3. Olive Office Premium

4. Camscanner - PDF Creator

5. Openoffice Document Reader

The original Kindle Carousel stores the history of open documents through the carousel which are stored in the order of last opened.

The after market launchers allow you to place anything on the main desktop by long pressing the document and then moving to the desktop.

You are also able to create what are called 'containers' on the desktop, these are really just folders created on the desktop. You can download and install a File Manager like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer which both allow you to create symbolic links or 'shortcuts' from within the application.

Finally, you can also install the Dropbox or Google Drive application on your Kindle and on your office PC, then create shortcuts to the document folders on each network drive - this option allows seamless integration between your Kindle desktop and your office/home PC desktop.

Does this answer your question or did I misunderstand your question?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geekybiker:
My favorite reader is ebookdroid. If you go in an tweak the performance settings to use all your cores and prerender pages it is significantly quicker than any other reader I've tried. Plus It'll scan directories and add them to your shelf.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qocarekeri:
You can shortcut to documents using a FM app like Astro. You can also use this to create shortcuts to books as well if you have root access, i think.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Katalystik:
Something ive noticed is that if you open a book in the sdcard/books folder using es explorer and choose the kindle app, the kindle app will open fine. If you do this once when you first boot, suddenly the kindle app opens from the app drawer when you try it. Ive only tested this using Nova Launcher Prime but it should work in other launchers. Now all we need to do is create a script that opens and closes a book during boot, this should then allow the kindle books app to be accessed from any launcher instead of using the current approach of going through the 'Home' Launcher.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prokennexusa:
Ways to access books/pdfs outside of Kindle? - Kindle Feature Request

Katalystik,

We have been looking around for people who can recommend features and you just gave us a great idea for our software. Are you interested in a Startup Manger? We could integarte this feature into our software Kindle Fire First Aide. What I mean by a Startup Manger is an program that would allow you to setup a scenario that would in turn design a script and insert it to the proper location. So, it would work like this, on Monday Wednesday and Friday open a book named "Upon Awakening" or open the book after 8am if the tablet has been left on. Is this the idea you had in mind? This would be very easy a very easy program to write.

Any other ideas or features you would like to see on the Kindle?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gflorezarroyo:
Katalystik:

Your approach returns to the last book open, it not lets you to search from there in the book shelf (the Books application). Even so it is a good trick, but appropriate only for a single owner, not for the Kindle shared with the whole family, each with their own book to read ...

There is not need to open the book from ES Explorer nor resetting the Kindle, only open a book from the Books application and press house. Press the "Amazon Kindle" icon and then you are back.

This happens because if you press the house button the app(any app) then waits silently in the background. On the other side, if you press back it obviously returns to the program you were coming. But programs left open in the background consume memory and resources...

Amazon has provided short cuts for all the free aspects of the Kindle, but not for the book shelf, that is not simply a folder. If you copy a DRM book to the Documents folder it don't work. And there Amazon knows good who are his enemies: epubs.

Correction: If you open a DRM book (prc) or mobi from other folder than Books with ES Explorer, it works fine with Kindle app.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gflorezarroyo:
I've learned the proper way to go directly to read a particular book! My launcher is ADW but I think it can serve for others.

It is simple and always has been there: In ES Explorer put your finger on the file you want and keep it until it opens a long list of options. Slide it down and find "short-cut" and press on it.

Then, when you return to the main screen of your launcher you'll notice a new icon. press it and select the application that will open, but do not forget to mark the square to open it always with the same program.

Then you can create a folder to put them all in, but that step is different for each launcher and you have to investigate it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unspunreality:
Thanks for the replies. Havent been around. Got class now but with all these options Im certain Ill find something nice to use. Using the kindle books app felt so.. ugh, wrong and backwards. Im glad to be told that I have a lot more options now though.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindmajick:
Fbreader
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cramamarshall:
I use Mantano Reader ! It works great for epub and pdf files!:thumbup:
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braves1995:
I use Moon+ Reader Pro. Within your bookshelf it will allow you to send a shortcut to the desktop. I actually have my book on my dock. I click it and it opens straight to Moon+ ready to read.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hinzman420:
Here i made a guide for this and it works great. Heres the thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2146269

Sent Using My Rooted Kindle Fire HD 7"
[Atrix 4G General] Cryingmoose:
Just wanted to share this amusing little tidbit for those of us stuck on a 3 year contract with our Atrix.

With 13 months to go on my contract, Bell wants $195 to cover the device balance.

Their trade in program values our Atrix at $11...

Oh, AT&T users don't worry, the Atrix 4G is worth $13.

http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Trade-in-program
[Atrix 4G General] madmax59:
I can not find no words. like a joke
[Atrix 4G General] lehjr:
Actually, AT&T has a trade in program that valued my device at $36 yesterday when I tried it, not like that's much of a difference. Another site called "techpayout" valued the device at $96, but I have no experience with the site, so who knows how reliable that estimate is.

Having a 2 year contract is bad enough for me, but a three year contract with a device which was pretty much deemed obsolete by the manufacturer less than a year after release? Damn that's gotta hurt. But even if the OEM actually went through with the 18 months of updates, that still pretty much means you'll have a 2-3 year old OS on the device, when you're done with the contract, considering how few Android devices come out with the latest OS. Gingerbread is already 2 years old.

Edit:

$13? Yeah, I'm still trying to picture that. As it stands, even broken ones go for more than that on ebay.
[Atrix 4G General] NFHimself:
I bought a nexus 4, wife is using the Atrix with Virgin Mobile. No more 3 year contracts.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G General] lehjr:
Congratulations. May it serve you well. Condolences to your wife though.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] system_zed:
Hi, can i be helped, the "Like on Facebook" on the Walkman is no more working (see attachment), i have an Xperia S with ICS 4.0.4 Stock ROM, all timescape stuffs are working, TrackID-->"Like on Facebook Button" too;

1-"Like on Facebook" exist but not working, some times it appears for 4or5sec (clickable but nothing happens)

2-I noticed that even when adding new music i cant find them on the walkman app and i can't delete music (even deleting music on computer or using solid explore it persist appearing, not deletable and not playable on the walkman app) .

-I re-installed music like, social engine, TrackID, Facebook Like/Share app as system and user apps with reboots each time [Not Working].

-I re-installed all the stock ROM [.50] using PCC and Flashtool (Without wiping data), [Not Working].

Any Help or Suggestions are Welcome.

Thanks.
[HTC Sensation XL] fookelvin:
Hi Guys, i have a questions here. I own a sensation xl and the kernel is 2.6.35 with Android 2.3. I did not received any upgrade for android 4.0.

Q1: It's because of my kernel version so i did not received any v4.0 upgrade?

Q2: It's possible for me to update kernel version from 2.6.35 to 3.0.16 ?

Q3: If yes,How i do fully back up for my current Android version and kernel version?

Q4: what tools should i download?
[HTC Sensation XL] Lexmazter:
If you have not recieved an Android 4.0 update, that is most probably because you have a carrier specific device, and the said carrier did not released the updated for this device.

The kernel version has NOTHING to do withthe version of android in your concern, because, 2.6.35 was the version of kernel for GB ROM, and the new ICS ROM has the 3.0.16 kernel, comes with the update.

If you want to update the kernel version, you must note that the current version of kenrel 3.0.16 and above variants are only compatible with ICS and custom ROM's based on the latest international version of ROM.

You can use XL Multi Tool, or AIO in order to flash the corresponding things, Unlock Bootloader -> Flash Custom Recovery -> Root via recovery -> Flash S-OFF Hboot - > Flash Custom ROM via recovery.
[HTC Sensation XL] fookelvin:
thank you so much. my phone now currently running android 2.3.4. I received an update which include security fix by HTC.

I download the update and it require me to reboot to complete update. While installing, the error signal show up and i was stuck over there.

My phone originate from Hong Kong and already unlock by the seller.
[HTC Sensation XL] anders3408:
Wrong forum mate :) that is an HTC Sensation not an HTC sensation xl :

This is a htc sensation xl :
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay-z-s:
Hi XDA buddies

I'm working on custom rom based on cm9 ,I tried many methods for odexing rom but no success:( (stunk on boot anim)

P.s : 50 mb of internal memory is available, I can free more but 30 mb should be enough :(:confused:

Thanks in advanced

Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8:):D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay-z-s:
Plz brothers:( :crying:

Just odexed settings.apk :(

Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8:):D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fortun:
You can try the next approach. A butcher-like way of doing things if it ends up working:

· Make sure you take out all of the themes from your ROM, if any. They cannot be odexed and will stop the progress.

· Install your custom ROM on your phone.

· Odex your ROM via CWM or ADB using the suited method from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264611.

· If everything goes smoothly, extract the .apk and .odex files from the ROM.

· Put the files back in the ROM zip. You can add your themes back at this point.

Not an elegant solution by any means, I know.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay-z-s:
Finally after waiting so looooooooong time....

Fortun God bless you ,I was losing my hope :(:o;)

""How much internal memory is needed? I have 50 mb free but I get stunk on kernel animation after odexing from recovery ?""

+any apps for odexing each apk one by one??????

Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8:):D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fortun:
Ha! I was precisely coming back to point out an app that actually does that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SystemCleanup.Inteks.org .

As for how much free space you need when running a script, I'm afraid I don't know the answer for CM9. However you should have no problems of the like with SystemCleanup.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jay-z-s:
Tnx bro. I'll try & report :D:p;):thumbup:

Edit: worked 100% perfectly, that's all I needed ,Cheers :beer:

Sent From My BEAST , I mean X8:):D
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] graham_uk:
Hi all,

I am the proud owner of a 6 day old Nexus 10. I mention the age of the tablet as i am still within my RMA and wonder if the tablet has developed a fault.

In a nutshell it seems my Hardware supported playback of mp4 has failed. I was running the stress test here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1995176

"Clips are muxed to MP4 container for native (hardware-accelerated) playback. You shouldn't need to use a 3rd-party player except for the 10-bit clip."

Last night I ran the 1080_demo.mp4 and 1440_demo.mp4 files and for both used both stock and BS Player. BS Player reported that it was running in HW mode as expected. Playback was smooth with a slight judder when the image changed significantly - this tended to be around 7-8 seconds. Other users did not report this judder but I was reasonably happy at this point.

My tablet locked up (I can't be sure but I think it was during video playback). After restarting my tablet Bs Player reported there was an error in the file and could not play it in HW mode and so switched to SW decoding. This problem has persisted with the error in BS player that it has failed to open the file so will attempt to open in software mode

So far i have taken the following steps;

1) reinstalled Bs player - no change.

2) redownloaded the 1080_demo.mp4 file - no change

3) used my wifes account (a clean and fresh account) on the tablet, installed BS Player and redownloaded the 1080_demo.mp4 file. _still software playback.

4) Attempted playback of video footage shoot on the tablet itself. This again failed to play in HW and the tablet switched to SW

The stock player works, but has the same frame drop as BS Player suggesting it has switched to SW decoding. i have ensured no background running apps.

So to summerise

Has my tablet become defective? HW decoding did work until last night when i was playing these videos. I believe the videos stopped working after the tablet locked up and I had to restart by holding down the power button for quite awhile.

Everything else on the tablet seems to be ok, the play store menus opening up are a little more jumpy it seems.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Graham
[LG Optimus 4X HD] hunter_thunder:
at day time camera is really good at night when i try to take photo its getting whiter please help me
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Subhajitdas298:
Ss or taken image for example please to let everyone understand your problem.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] hunter_thunder:
Sry i found the fault it was not mobile's fault it was my pouch fault please close this thread
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Kettlebär:
enteivit manner

one pic tells more than thousend words...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknhawk:
I'm Italian and I'm searching a good phone for about 150-170€;

I've searched a lot and I found this one:

OS	Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

CPU Cortex A9 MT6575 1 GHz single core

display	TFT

display size	4"

GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz 3G+ (HSDPA)

Bluetooth	WiFi

Google Play Store

Dual SIM (but, I don't care about this one)

camera 5 megapixel + frontal VGA camera MPEG4 H.264

Battery lithium 1500 mAh

Weight	121 g

It seems a good phone, but I can't find any review, video or customer vote anywhere.

Do you kown something about this phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknhawk:
Bought it!

It does 4131 with ANtutu benchmark, which is better then HTC Sensation.

The materials are not very good, but is still a good quality.

The UI personalizations are light and very confortable.

Anything else? later! Bye!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
How to enable water ripple effect and ripple effect toggle.

android.policy.jar

com/android/internal/policy/impl/sec/CircleLockScreen.smali

Find around line 1536

Before:

.line 543
.local v20, isRippleEffect:Z
:goto_306
if-nez v18, :cond_61f

if-eqz v22, :cond_61f

if-eqz v20, :cond_61f

const/4 v3, 0x1

:goto_30d

After:

.line 543
.local v20, isRippleEffect:Z
:goto_306
if-nez v18, :cond_61f

[COLOR="Red"]# if-eqz v22, :cond_61f[/COLOR]

if-eqz v20, :cond_61f

const/4 v3, 0x1

:goto_30d

Secsettings.apk - smali edit

com/android/settings/LockScreenSettings.smali

Find around line 1373:

.line 253
:cond_28b
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/android/settings/LockScreenSettings;->getPreferenceScreen()Landroid/preference/PreferenceScreen;

move-result-object v9

iget-object v10, p0, Lcom/android/settings/LockScreenSettings;->mRippleEffect:Landroid/preference/CheckBoxPreference;

invoke-virtual {v9, v10}, Landroid/preference/PreferenceScreen;->removePreference(Landroid/preference/Preference;)Z

After:

.line 253
:cond_28b
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/android/settings/LockScreenSettings;->getPreferenceScreen()Landroid/preference/PreferenceScreen;

move-result-object v9

iget-object v10, p0, Lcom/android/settings/LockScreenSettings;->mRippleEffect:Landroid/preference/CheckBoxPreference;

[COLOR="Red"]# invoke-virtual {v9, v10}, Landroid/preference/PreferenceScreen;->removePreference(Landroid/preference/Preference;)Z
[/COLOR]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
It would be helpful if the change between the two scripts was highlighted by a different color, it would be easier to spot.

Not a lot to ask-------? You have to keep it simple for some of us :rolleyes:

TIA.

Pp. ;):beer::thumbup:

Transmitted from another galaxy with a Jellybean infused P-5113 full of Unicorn porn.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Sorry about that. I missed highlighting the first change. The second one is already there but you have to scroll down a little in the code box to see it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
The only change I see in the after scripts is the number symbol is that correct?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
That is correct.

The # symbol is the same as commenting out or deleting the entire line. It is my personal preference to comment out the code rather than delete it so I can find the code later in case I need to see or reverse changes. You will see this in other places that I have written guides for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
So do we enable the symbol or delete that whole script?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Thanks Td for clarifying that for us. :thumbup::beer:

Pp. :D:thumbup::beer:

Transmitted from another galaxy with a Jellybean infused P-5113 full of Unicorn porn.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigj231:
Don't delete the whole script, either comment out or remove the lines that are highligted in the OP. Effectively, using a" # " at the beginning of the line and deleting the line are the same, but one is easily reversible.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
Do apply this with root explorer or adb if with root explorer where's the path can't find.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
This requires a working knowledge of decompiling/compiling and editing the smali classes.dex files contained in android.policy.jar file. It also requires that the full Java suite be installed. Also required for further apk editing is the full android SDK suite and another tool/software to decompile/compile the apk portion of apps.

These guides were written for developers to add these mods themselves so they can see how the source code is modified to make the changes. It's harder than it sounds but you can see it involves more than just a text editor and root/adb explorer method. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
Okay I have java androidSDK and apktool I'm going to do some research. And it does require work. Would it be easy if someone upload a modified secsettings apk and replace it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Ok good. You also need to add Java to the environment variables in computer/properties/advanced settings. Let me get some screenshots. Also, I have a very easy method to decompile/compile classes.dex I will zip up for you to try.

You need to edit the path to where java installs if yours is different than the screenshots. The 'Class' I think is added manually I can't remember if it is there before the edit. The environment variable path for java is added to the end of the existing path. This is windows 7 screenshots.

Attached is what I use to decompile classes.dex. I put classes.dex in the same folder as the files, run the decompile batch file and it creates a folder called 'classes' with the decompiled code. Make my changes and run the compile batch file and it creates a new file (if there are no errors) called new-classes.dex that you have to rename to classes.dex before reinserting into the jar or apk file.

Also, you know this mod is already included in most custom roms and also in my all in one mod for GA10/FL16.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
Wow Tdunham thanks homey, you came through.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
Sure no problem. I usually stay out of offering programming or flashing advice but you said you already had Java and SDK so I thought I'd shove you in the proper direction. Also, I use Winrar to extract or insert files into the apk and jar files. Winrar will not know what a jar file is but you can right click and 'open-as' (every time unfortunately, because .jar file extension needs to stay associated with java). The apk files you can associate the .apk filetype with winrar when you first open it and it asks you what you want to open the file with. From then on, any .apk you open will open just like a normal zip file.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
No, then you won't be able to recompile it later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
Okay one mistake i associated the circlelockscreen.smaili with winrar and i cant return it back to its original file format any idea how to?