yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuck-TH:
chery2k, GB havent music controls? Really?

What about lockscreen in cm7(whitch is just AOSP lockscreen with customisable layouts) or lockscreen in NXT rom by krisdee?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decualion77:
You can control music through lockscreen in nxt 2 rom by krisdee..:)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mocool05:
You mean like this?

from the God of gaming, the Xperia Play
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HEZAiKU:
Just download and install Musixmatch at Google Play if u wanna get music lockscreen~:laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] AKShotgun:
Hey guys, i have bet you have heard by now the facebook home app. But like all good and cool apps there are limited phones available to use this app. Do you think we could port it for other phones? What do you think?
[General Questions and Answers] excubated:
Honestly, I don't think it would be more difficult than to get a hold of the .apk, and transfer the file to a phone that isn't officially supported, and installing it... The Play Store restricts device compatibility based on developer's preferences, not actual compatibility :)
[General Questions and Answers] Sanjay:
All things and apps should be downloaded by the same mobile only.

No matter of porting.
[General Questions and Answers] Willie68wr:
I'm not a Facebook junkie but I am curious and would like to try it out.
[General Questions and Answers] doctor_droid:
Yea I would try it bt wont keep it

It would b a hell lot of battery hogger like facebook integration on my xperia's Timescape...

Thanks to su privileges.... Timescape exists no more...
[General Questions and Answers] Lifehacker7:
They're gonna give it officially to android. (I heard so), they are gonna make it as a launcher and it would be called "home".

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

LIFE!

IT'S WHAT YOU MAKE OUT OF IT!
[General Questions and Answers] sylvernick:
It's released the application? Where I can find it? In the play store not available yeat. I have a s3, can i have it?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] sam45:
I think the changes are high that someone will be able to port it to other devices
[General Questions and Answers] Lifehacker7:
It's not yet released. Wait and watch! ;)
[General Questions and Answers] luxpiotr:
Facebook

The police does not have to make records today, just the facebook. I do not want the U.S. government to collect my data especially if you live in another country. Facebook is rubbish deprive privacy.
[General Questions and Answers] socheatsok77:
Leak available now

Now the leak version of Facebook Home are available. 3 Apk. But it is not working on my Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100T.

Launcher is fine but now showing status update. Only my profile icon at the bottom. Pretty smooth...

Please port it to fit my Galaxy SII..

Thanks! :o
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Mike757bq:
I am looking for a tool to compress installation files, so they decompress and execute after, better if I can make the compressed auto-install files in a current PC.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Mike757bq:
SFX files

I found, between others, CrunchIT, to make Self-eXtract-Files (SFX), but as my original file is a .CAB, which is also a auto-executable, I can`t convert it into a SFX file.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] umbrella android:
Let me start with my self

View attachment 1858712

View attachment 1858714

I am using latest philz kernel without oc
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] emuandco:
Uploading an image is difficult right now, but:

Average score: 1590

Average extreme score: 1246.

Firmware and Kernel, see my signature
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sqbaannyy:
1445 :(

Running on official latest HongKong jellybean with philz. No oc
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] qazibasit:
stock ics stock kernel no oc

average 1680

extreme score 1310
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] umbrella android:
Thanks guys

But how on earth ics is better then jb ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sqbaannyy:
Just wondering how much better is GB to ICS & JB :confused:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] qazibasit:
well the older the flavor, the less the background processes and more free system resource :)

so the phone is optimum at out the box flavor of android.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] muskanstha:
Omg! I just thought lets install 3d mark and benchmark but lol the app is of 280mb...:o
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] umbrella android:
Exactly The same as i thought first

It was a shock :p
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
Hi guys, i have a problem with Ordroid 14.0 & XM-Kernel #283, the WiFi not work, only put "authenticating", anyone know what could be wrong?

Thanks, and sorry my bad english
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
You flashed the boot.img, did you install the modules in the recovery ?
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
Yes, i follow the steps with says in the post
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
And did you used the repacked one that's posted in the thread ? If so i would try the pure one from the XM kernel thread
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
I tried with both, and tried with 4 versions, and not work :s
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Try it once more the other way around, boot to the bootloader and flash the new xm boot.img

Fastboot erase cache

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

Fastboot erase cache

Enter the recovery and install the modules.zip
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
The same, not work, I think I'll leave it with the stock kernel :(
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Yeah i guess, if you tried the normal and the repacked one then there is not much to play around with anymore ! ;)

Did you try 274 too, i see that its been used without repacking ....
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
Yeah i think so, thanks very much for your help n.n
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Link http://d-h.st/XfJ

You are using the sense based kernels right ? :D
[HTC One X] ZTREETNIGHT:
Yes, i already test that version xD
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Then im out of options !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damnyouwaffles:
Hey guys. So I have a WiFi only device and am without a phone for a while so I use this to text and call people. The only problem is that the only app that lets me text with wifi is Google voice, and I HATE the horrible UI and orginization. I have the stock SMS app and found the app GV integration. It worked until my device got CM10.1. Now I receive the text fine in my SMS app but it gives no notification so I don't know if I even got a text. I found this is a problem with 4.2.2 but it seems the dev has abandoned the app. I hate the textfree and textnow and Google voice+text app and I want to keep using my Google voice number, but I can't find an app that allows me to do that. Is there an app I can use or could someone take the GV integration app and work on it to fix notifications?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] labossiere:
[SOLVED] synergy ROM r443

[SOLVED]

Use the Kernel Fix from the previous version and it works perfectly.

mediafire.com/?sxpy74u8zr1kerx
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shenry1307:
Camera Rotation Issues

======

Does this resolve issues with inverted landscape photos? Using camera, photos taken in landscape produce upside-down images.

-- Using Samsung GS3 (T-Mobile SGH-T999) with SynergyROM r484
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] somin.n:
Hi! Here is one small MOD and GUIDE for modding icon appearance in default samsung launcher :) I inspired here, thanks :)

What we can change:

icon count in row and column in menu

icon count in row and column on home screen

icon count on home screen in bottom line

What we need:

CWM (optional)

root

SecLauncher2.apk from system\app folder

How to mod:

make full backup

decompile SecLauncher2.apk

locate files

res\values-sw320dp-hdpi\integers.xml

res\values-sw320dp-hdpi\dimens.xml

in integers.xml we can change:

[I]icon count in row on home screen[/I]
<integer name="home_cellCountX">[COLOR="Red"]4[/COLOR]</integer>

[I]icon count in column on home screen[/I]
<integer name="home_cellCountY">[COLOR="red"]4[/COLOR]</integer>

[I]icon count in row in menu[/I]
<integer name="menuAppsGrid_cellCountX">[COLOR="red"]4[/COLOR]</integer>

[I]icon count in column in menu[/I]
<integer name="menuAppsGrid_cellCountY">[COLOR="red"]5[/COLOR]</integer>

[I]icon count on home screen in bottom line[/I]
<integer name="hotseat_cellCountX">[COLOR="red"]5[/COLOR]</integer>

In dimens.xml we can change:

[I]size of icons, should be change if you increase icon count in row/column otherwise icons will be too close[/I]
<dimen name="app_icon_size">[COLOR="Red"]48.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

[I]should be change if you changed home_cellCountX in integers.xml[/I]
<dimen name="home_cellWidth_port">[COLOR="red"]80.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

[I]should be change if you changed home_cellCountY in integers.xml[/I]
<dimen name="home_cellHeight_port">[COLOR="red"]96.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

[I]should be change if you changed hotseat_cellCountX in integers.xml[/I]
<dimen name="hotseat_cellWidth">[COLOR="red"]60.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

[I]should be change if you changed menuAppsGrid_cellCountX in integers.xml[/I]
<dimen name="menuAppsGrid_cellWidth">[COLOR="red"]78.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

[I]should be change if you changed menuAppsGrid_cellCountY in integers.xml[/I]
<dimen name="menuAppsGrid_cellHeight">[COLOR="red"]84.0[/COLOR]dip</dimen>

compile

copy back to phone

reboot

One small example:

For example I want to 5 icons in row in menu (default is 4). If I want to change this, I have to change in integers.xml line:

<integer name="menuAppsGrid_cellCountX">4</integer> to <integer name="menuAppsGrid_cellCountX">5</integer>

and in dimens.xml change line:

<dimen name="menuAppsGrid_cellWidth">78.0dip</dimen> to <dimen name="menuAppsGrid_cellWidth">62.5dip</dimen>

How to get proper numbers for dimens.xml file:

In my example I had original 4 icons and want 5. This mean I have to get from 78.0dpi -> 62.5dpi

(4 x 78) / 5 = 62.5 (in fact it is 62.4)

If you change one line in integers.xml, you have to change one proper line in dimens.xml.

In attachment is my moded SecLauncher2.apk, it has 6x5 icons in menu and 6 icons on home screen at bottom (see pictures). It is ODEX from 4.1.2. It should works on "N" model too, but i didn't test it.

edit:

Hi, I made for me new 7x5 menu layout, HS is still same. So if someone wants, here is it. Now it is DEODEXED.
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] seedrom193:
excellent effort thank you I will try it later and make a feedback ;)

please hit THANKS if I helped :)

sent from somewhere and somehow by the wonderful s3 mini
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] Benzonat0r:
Thanks but, way ahead of ya. :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] Nazri786:
modded to change the icons is much more appreciated to me as the stock touchwiz icons looks terrible...
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] dariolob:
What you want to do is not related to Tw launcher editing actually. Google "change app icon" and you will find something useful!

Normally icons are placed in the apks under (in our case) res/drawable-hdpi (or drawable320dp-hdpi) under the name of icon.png or ic_launcher_icon.png :)

Sometimes you can also find them under /res/mipmap-hdpi !

Remember, if you want to change a icon don't unzip the apk, just open it with winrar/7zip and simply replace the icon png :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] somin.n:
Hi, I added to first post new deodexed SecLauncher witch 7x5 menu grid...so if you want than use ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] p_a_r_s_a7:
tnx man for luncher very nice

can u accwather wedget for download?
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] somin.n:
It can be this xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40192050&postcount=18
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] p_a_r_s_a7:
tanx somin...

I made it

luncher for rom dodex just 6 icons in desktop
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] somin.n:
What kind of error? With compilation or phone doesn't work with moded file?
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] p_a_r_s_a7:
6 icons desktop

menu 5x5

rom dodex
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] p_a_r_s_a7:
icon launcher

6 icon desktop Down

5 icon desktop up

menu 5x5

rom dodex
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] Analyzer52:
Will this work for the S4? I want touchwiz to have 5 rows on the home screen and the dock at the bottom making the 6 row?
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] p_a_r_s_a7:
You can try, but it is likely
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] somin.n:
Hi! It should works, but you have to use SecLauncher2.apk from S4, not files from this thread, and mod it by yourself. And one more thing, dimens.xml and integers.xml willn't be in res\values-sw320dp-hdpi\, you have to find which folder is responsible for your phone resolution. Good luck :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] P123456:
Thanks..

I made 4*6 apps menu Touchwiz with your guide...

Now updated [JB][MOD]Touchwiz with auto-rotation (4*6-v 6*3-h menu) default dpi. I think it will work for S3 mini as same screen size and dpi.
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] angeldevilnz:
Hi,

Can you please tell me where the file is for this mod? Cheers :)
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] loukman:
thank it helped me lot
[Galaxy S III Mini Themes and Apps] ajayverma99:
Please make default icon layout on Home screen (4) plz....
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clarkey15:
Last night while listening to the radio in the bath my Nexus slipped into the water. It still switches on and charges, but my media files no longer play sound (notifications work) and my accelerometer no longer works to rotate the screen. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Or am I better off buying a new Nexus?

Edit: Ok, I lied. It's not charging now :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
How about putting it in rice for a few days?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rani9990:
Or silica gel packets, but it might be too late.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kent Labo:
Nonono. Try dipping it in rubbing alcohol for about 5 seconds. Maybe 98% of alcohol. After that submerge it in uncooked rice for a day then wait for it patiently. Don't even try to turn it on if the day isn't done yet. I hope it'll work because it worked on my note after taking a jump on the pool.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heitor Amat:
I use the native but I want something faster

Tks
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Noigel:
Chrome?

Did you try Chrome?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heitor Amat:
yes I did

yes, i definately did it.

Toooooooo slow

and uses too much ram memory
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Noigel:
what about Dolphin or Firefox?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adddaamo:
Try Dolphin, especially Dolphin mini is amazingly fast.

Opera is quite good, little slower than Dolphin but more fancy.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heitor Amat:
Let me try dolphin mini or dolphin first..

than.. opera if i dont like it.

ty
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmolon:
The native browser is the fastest that you'll find!
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckiebronco:
Using Dolphin for years now... Fast, reliable and usefull shortcut startpage...
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxylomorph:
I use Opera at my Desktop and Opera Mobile.

Synchronization of Bookmarks between all my Browsers is nice.

Operas Mobiles "minifier"-/Proxy-Service is also not bad.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adddaamo:
Dolphin mini is for me much faster than stock browser. Considering how good it is in rendering pages I would dare to call it the fastest browser right now for our phone.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azyounes:
Boat Browser is the fast browser on Android System just try it...
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yekollu:
Firefox not compatible
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogo.sena:
Yes, it is...

Enviado de meu Transformer usando o Tapatalk 2
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashsam:
I use naked browser. Not the prettiest but definately the fastest. Also crazy small app size.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adddaamo:
Yeah this boat browser is fast. Is there any way to synchronize bookmarks with google?

Can't find Naked browser on market. EDIT Not available on my device!
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashsam:
Don't we have the same phone?

I don't see why naked browser wouldn't be compatible?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yekollu:
Could you please tell us how did you install? I get this error
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diogo.sena:
Sorry, forgot that they blocked on playstore,

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla....roid-x86/fennec-23.0a1.multi.android-i386.apk

The good thing, is that this version auto updates.

Enviado de meu XT890 usando o Tapatalk 2
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richy101:
I also got the app incompatible on Play store so cheers for the link. Why was it blocked?
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yekollu:
Thanks, its a Nightly version :)
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negus40:
Which one's the best browser depends entirely on you! I like Opera the most, but you might have different preferences (speed, interface), so try them and see for yourself. I'd say Chrome, Opera mobile and Dolphin are the best in most cases.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piskr:
Just for information: the new Chrome Beta was issued recently; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta

I found native browser useful and actually don't need Chrome. I tried it though and found that it doesn't support neither flash nor personal certificates, both functionalities that are supported in native browser. But I found Chrome Beta very useful for my tablet as it works with personal certificates (on RAZRI initiation of certificate crashes Chrome). On the tablet I had issues with the native browser regarding mobile/full pages format.

As previous versions of Chrome didn't support certificates and flash I assume that is safe to believe that in stable version we have full support for RAZRI too.
[RAZR i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bananen:
Hi,

i tried many Browsers on my Razr i but at the end i use the Boat Browser.:good:

After a short training period the Browser is very fast and easy to use.

It is possible to import bookmarks from the Stock Browser or you can import every html bookmark backup.

Peter
[Sprint LG Optimus G] megamaster2:
I've been looking for a good reminder app. Does anyone have one? :)
[Sprint LG Optimus G] gonczarkid22:
Any.do
[Sprint LG Optimus G] kc_exactly:
Google Calendar
[Sprint LG Optimus G] BBetz:
I use any.Do because it has some integration with Google Search. It also does a feature that lets you set if you are going to put off a task for a day or not. I've been pretty happy with it.

I've also been using Business Calendar with the Agenda mode as my calendar app. It seperates the dates better than Simple Calendar Widget.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Xiutehcuhtli:
This is what I use. Works great!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] BadFish79:
What's the advantage or differences of using Google calendar over the stock LG calendar?

Sent from my LG-LS970
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Xiutehcuhtli:
Not sure. I have always used the stock calendar and so it is what I am used to.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
So I have a i9100 that is stuck in a force close loop when I turn it on. twlauncher and logs provider constantly fc and I can't get to settings to stop them or clear the cache(I think the problem is cache related). I can get to recovery but can't wipe the cache there as the volume down button doesn't work. This also means I can't get to download mode.

In recovery the phone isn't showing up in "adb devices" is this normal for stock recovery.

Is there any way I can fix this?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Which firmware?

If ur not on stock ICS 4.0.4, u can flash a kernel containing CWM Touch recovery via Odin. That way, u won't need ur hardware buttons.:D

Edit:

Oops.. forgot that u can't enter download mode!! :o

Either use an app to enter Download Mode (if possible), or use a USB Jig.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
It's some stock gingerbread I think, it hasn't been updated since it was purchased.

The problem is without vol down I can't get to download mode to use Odin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
If ur rooted, use Reboot Widget app from Playstore to reboot into download mode.

If ur not rooted, make or buy a USB jig and use it to force Download mode.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
Ordered a USB jig.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Do let us know what happens when u plug it in..:)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
usb jig received

So I have received a second usb jig, the first one I was sent just booted the phone.

I got into download mode and flashed a cf-root kernel, I was able to wipe the cache but the force close loop is still happening.

I'm currently copying everything off internal sd then I can wipe the phone and hope that fixes the situation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Good luck and let know what happens. :)

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oddjobguy:
Working

So I got it working, had to wipe data though which is a little disapointing. Anyway I've used kies to update to a stock jellybean rom now and hopefully the insurance can get the volume keys fixed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Glad that has been sorted out. :D

Please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] irfan_changazi:
I have been facing the update problem of my apps from google play store, and after three times factory reset i get a serious problem that my mobile is not detecting the network and written, NO NETWORK COVERAGE. please help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 063_XOBX:
You've provided zero information to work with. It could be anything from you flashing the wrong build to something more difficult.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Dr Niceguy:
I have just got myself a XDA unlocked and using it on T-Mobile. My question is, when i receive call from contacts in my address book it shows who is calling, but when i receive a text message from the same person, it just shows the number and not their name. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make it show their name because I don't understand why it isn't?

Thanks

Dr :? :?

I have sorted it myself thanks!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Biso007:
Hi ...

if you are happy with your current ROM you can got to www.yorch.net and search for "SMS patch" at applications section, or you can cook a new ROM that has this fix already.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Dr Niceguy:
Thanks for that, cheers

all sorted now :D

Dr
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wacktool:
My Razr M was rooted and I was able to load Safestrap so I could flash a custom ROM. All went well until I went to Titanium with Root and it complained about me not being rooted. I cant open Superuser, I aslo ran the ROOT CHECKER app and It said I wasnt rooted. Now am I stick with this rom? I tried to re-root but I cant get the bug report / vibration to happen. Any ideas>?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamminjon82:
By can't open superuser do you mean it fcs? If so try wiping data on the superuser app.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] spitfire2425:
Probably getting this phone tomorrow and the dev section looks great but I'd like some more selections. I know on my skyrocket, the tmob gs2 is our sister phone and porting from that is very easy. I was wondering if there's any phones like that for the glide?
[Samsung Captivate Glide] santimaster2000:
Galaxy R I guess.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] gtmaster303:
Motorola Atrix??

They both have the same Tegra 2 chipset, but you would have to rescale for a lower resolution...
[Samsung Captivate Glide] taiber2000:
Galaxy r is your best bet, almost the exactly same specs
[Samsung Captivate Glide] spitfire2425:
Alright, anything I need to know before I go porting? Like is there any different steps I need to take?