yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Find out about which apps can run in ART (Android Run Time), the easy way

A quick little post for something we have been working on lately.

Quite a few of you people would have heard about Android Kitkat and the bag of goodies that it brings along with it. One of those important changes though, is very much under the hood. It is called ART or Android Runtime. So what is it, and why is it important to us?

As described by Google, ART is a new Android runtime being introduced experimentally in the 4.4 release. This is a preview of work in progress in KitKat that can be turned on in Settings > developer options. Before this, all these days, every Android application used to run in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executed files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint. Now, with Android 4.4, Google has revealed that the Dalvik replacement, called Android Runtime (ART), should improve the performance of Android apps by a huge margin. The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already has been reported to have sped up apps by around 100%, though it is too early to know the whole truth. It might as well be a placebo till then.

ART straddles an interesting mid-ground between compiled and interpreted code, called ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation. Currently with Android apps, they are interpreted at runtime every time you open them up. This is slow. (iOS apps, by comparison, are compiled in native code, which is much faster.) With ART enabled, each Android app is compiled to native code when you install it. Then, when it’s time to run the app, it performs with all the speed and responsiveness of a native app.

Now, a lot of developers as well as enthusiasts will be really interested in this thing. It allows Android developers to continue writing the exact same code, and having their apps work across a wide range of hardware specs and form factors — but now their apps will now run significantly faster, feel more responsive, and your device’s battery life should improve.

And this is where our new website, www.androidruntime.com comes in. Right now, in these initial stages, people are still confused as to which apps can run in ART and which cannot. Our website solves this tiny issue by letting you search for any app, and see if ART supports it or not. Missing an app but you know the answer to the question? You can even contribute and add to the supported app list. We will do a quick verification and update the search results.

Now the website is still in its infancy, but we are sure that a lot of people might be interested in it. So spread the word and do what you guys really do best.

Oh, and have a great weekend!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Cartoon world theme release

Added Cartoon world theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Cartoonish).
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] defrt:
[MENTION=3789188]bippi79[/MENTION], Are you thinking about android 4.3 or 4.4?

House Hesenli
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Explanations and facts. Our status as of now.

Lately there has been a lot of confusion as to our approach to AvatarROM and the support scenario for all the various devices. We have had a lot of negative, and must I say, important feedback, and we have also seen a slight wane in our download numbers.

First off the bat, let us lay it out there in front of you that AvatarROM is still up and running and very much alive. There have been a few problems lately, but more about that later. We would like to ensure to our users that our development pattern is still chugging like a well oiled machinery and soon things will be right back on track.

We received a lot of flak for the last 4.3 build that we came out with, which actually had a major flaw in the lockscreen, putting devices into continuous bootloops. Our immediate solution was to advice users not to upgrade at all, and to those who had, to downgrade to the previous build. Although we ended up promising users that we will soon release a new build, unfortunately it never ended up happening. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have not been able to push out a new build to our users, nor have we released any update for all those devices still on 4.2.2. The good news though, is that we will soon have a new build up and running. We are working on it and it should see the light of day soon.

The second problem, and in a way, a more grievous one was that a lot of older builds and in some cases, all the builds for specific device models got erased from our servers, as a result of which new users were never able to download our ROM. This lead to a lot of confusion, and in some cases, agitation that we might be wrapping up, which as we cleared up, is not the problem. We were trying to tweak the back- end servers and in the process, lost a lot of those older images. By the time we could salvage them, it was too late. Currently we are in the process of tweaking the servers (really carefully) and make sure that most of those missing builds are available.

So yes, in a nutshell, we really dropped the ball this time. We will like to thank all our users who stood valiantly alongside us, even though aware of the issues. We are looking into solving all these problems and should be able to alleviate them altogether in the coming days. So please be patient, just for a few more days.

Thanks
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Changelog

CM merges till 27th Nov 2013

Launcher

Support for Landscape mode

Bug fixes

Lockscreen

Performance improvements

Bug fixes

Download (3.1.13) - Link
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Retrotown theme release.

Added Retrotown theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Games).
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Changelog

Changelog

First proper 4.3 Release from AvatarROM

Bug fixes in ThemeChooser for ThemeMixing

Known Issues

Some of the holo resources are not getting themed

Dialer is not getting themed

Some app icons like dialer, camera, gallery, playstore are not getting themed

OTA updater app is crashing. We will fix in next release.

Download

Please use the 4.3 gapps else you might see keyboard crashes - Link for 4.3 gapps

ROM Download link - http://s3.avatarrom.com/
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] defrt:
Good job :)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
Metal Style theme release.

Added MetalStyle theme in our collection. Check below screenshots. The same is available in our theme chooser(Avatar Themes -> Avatar Themes-> Misc).
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] vrl13:
Are you guys planning to graduate to Kit Kat? Hope so :)

Regards..and a great new year!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Pangkoy08:
This is awesome news...

EDIT: Tried flashing nightlys and has aborted and has error (Status 7)
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] TheEdgeOfRage:
Telling us that you get a status 7 doesn't really help. Please write the whole error log.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Pangkoy08:
Im still i newbie at this, i was not able to get the whole error when i was in recovery. Sorry about that.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] TheEdgeOfRage:
Just try to flash again and see what it tells you. Also try not wiping system partition before flashing, that might fix it
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] bippi79:
5.0.4 nightly changelog - Jan 26 2014

Jan 26 2014 - 5.0.4 nightly changelog.

ThemeChooser:

Font size of message text in internet_alert_layout changed

Countly Download count issue fix

Hide default theme details

Memory Leak Fix

CM merges till Jan 23rd

Nightly 5.0.4 - Jan 26 2014
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] 87Fra87:
Hi. I want flash this rom but i have any question:

1 The last version is 5.0.4 right? Where i can found gapps?

2 I have a rooted xperia with nk 1.4.0 kernel. Can i flash this rom with this kernel?

3 Now with this kernel sometimes xperia v reboot itself, there is a better kernel that i can use with this rom?

4 Is rom stable? What are known bugs?

5 At post #71 there is Cartoon world theme release what i do to install there?

6 For instal this rom i can do full wipe and then i can flash it right?

Thank much.....
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Tolep Coy:
link error, where is the link for 4.4?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
I like my Note 8! It's practically perfect for me, except for two big, glaring issues:

While the hardware "home" button is great, the "menu" and "back" buttons below the screen eliminate the advantage gained by spending the extra $100 by making it impossibly frustrating to take notes in class, and

The thickness of the notification bar is pretty cool, but its placement and behavior is decidedly phone-like.

These issues should be software-fixable! I just don't know what I'm doing.

The question, in three parts:

Is there any way to/How do you

Move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen,

Change it to be more like a proper tablet's bar, including buttons and the one-touch notification pop-up thing, without going CM7's route, and

Disable the "menu" and "back" buttons while keeping the "home" button? (Alright if "home" needs to be disabled too, though.)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] tweak.:
I agree, it should be something that is editable without much change, but the reason for it is just how each particular program (including the system files, notification bar, etc.) just read the screen's DPI and go from there.

To answer your questions, 1, 2, and 3 are a No until custom development begins. Then all of those wants could easily be fulfilled.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
Here is what i did.

After I rooted the note 8, I went to the play store and installed "Rom Toolkit" Then, when to the performance tab in Rom toolkit and lowered the "ro.sf.lcd_density" to 170. For some reason it show this twice. I only changed the top one.

For some reason, it will move the notification bar to the bottom and act like a tablet at that point. I was surprised and it is a nice change. Of course you will need to tweak a few items to get it the way you want, but it great! I do recommend you guys use a Launcher from the Play store. I used Apex launcher for mine.

I will not be responsible if you screw something up. Change this at your own risk!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] con_oner:
I'm waiting for this ROM. Then the note 8.0 would be perfect. I love the form factor, but wish it was a small note 10.1 vs. a large note II.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2216311
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
Thats a sweet looking rom! Hope it does get posted for the note 8. I have been using that Muilt Window app from the play store.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
I changed it, and restarted the device when the little prompt came up advising me that it might be a good idea. It's stuck at the boot animation now. Is there any way to un-upscrew it at the moment?

edit- Holding down power and the down-volume button, I got to the "odin mode" screen. I'm going to download Kies and see if it allows for recovery.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
Now that sucks!!

ok, here is what you can try. Go into recovery mode and If i recall it is the power and vol up button. When the Samsung boot screen shows up, where is shows the GT5110 etc.. Keep holding the Power and vol up button a few seconds longer then let go.

Now, when you are on the recovery screen, choose wipe data/factory reset and cache. AFter it is done, reboot.

Should boot up ok after that.

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You will be able to ODIN back to stock if need. I screwed when i kept tweaking and playing with widgets and stuff.

Just make sure to download the correct Factory rom for the note 8 and it will be returned to stock, just like you got it from the store.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
Here is a screenshot with the notification bar on the bottom.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
Samsung's support site doesn't seem to have the firmware available for download. The official help pages tell me to use Kies. I am updating it now, but would rather use Odin, of course.

I'm doing a "firmware emergency recovery" with Kies. It was simple enough to start... now let's see how it ends. I think that it's pretty darn cool of Samsung to basically say "yeah, tweaking is okay, and we'll help you fix it if you break it."

Awesome! Do you happen to be running a mod to the multi-window thing? I suspect that this is what the problem was, in my case, but I'd like to be sure.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
I actually downloaded the rom from a site when i googled it and to my surprise the samsung apps were still there. It the recent google room if i recall correctly. I used ODIN to install it and not Kies. I really dont trust that program.

No, I just turned enabled the multi-window option in the setting and installed the multiwindow app from play. Was going to mod it as well, but did have a chance too. If i recall, the mod is supposed to enable all apps for multi window correct?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
The app from the store is indeed the one that I was referring to. Hmm... I will try and do the build.prop edit again once this thing is done restoring. Hope it works, to be sure! It's just too bad that there's no way yet to go in and change a simple little file. I hope that we get a proper recovery soon!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] rfb813:
Do you have the file for the ROM that we can ODIN if we get into a problem?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
Yeah, I wish it was easy.... Now that XDA has a forum dedicated to the note 8, hoping there will be more development on it and we start see support for it. I was really thinking of returning it, but after this mod, I started using it a lot more than my mini. My mini is more of my game tablet now LOL!!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
I restored it successfully using Kies (not bad), and applied the dpi tweak.

Holy cow, I see what you're saying. It feels like a functional tablet now, instead of a giant-sized phone! If only there were a better notes app (OneNote for Android with pen recognition, please?), this thing would be golden! I replaced a tablet PC (screen broke) with this little gizmo, and I think that this will out-preform it!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Louie4926:
The rom I used was from this page. Used ODIN to recover and came up ok. *Mods* if not ok to link please disable. Sorry.

I know it is a euro rom, but it did get me out of a jam. At least until the Samsung USA releases one.

h**p://www.hotfile.com/dl/201338528/3429827/N5110XXBMCA_N5110OXXBMC5_EUR.zip.html

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Glad it worked great for you!!! It is sweet ain't it. :good:

The big change i did like was the notifications. Instead of filling the whole screen it just pops up in the corner.

Yeah, I agree, hope Onenote would do that, but I wont hold my breath with Microsoft. :)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
I'm having an issue with the cool setup... whenever I go to install something, the tablet freezes and necessitates a reboot. This stops happening when I change the DPI back to default. Any ideas on how to make this stop happening? Thanks for your help so far :D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] roustabout:
best resource for Samsung firmware I've seen

is Samfirmware.com. tons of firmwares for most Samsung devices.

Before you get too deep into modding, make a note of what ROM your device is on, including all the characters in the code - ie, mine is

JZ054K.N5110UECMCA

(and I'd love to know what folks who haven't flashed their devices have - I'm pretty sure that's what Kies downloaded for me, though.)

Rather than try to find the Note 8 (listed as a phone, since in some places it will be one) you can use the "search for your device" box to get a list of all the firmware they have for it.,
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] rfb813:
A checked on SAMMOBILE and they have a lot of the stock ROMs but not the US 4.1.2 version yet. After I got my Tab, it did the OTA update on the 16th. Sammobile should have this up soon so if we have problems we can Odin back. They have a number of European 4.1.2 Roms, British and Austrian.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] roustabout:
samfirmware doesn't always know where a firmware is distributed.

The one I downloaded from them, I picked because it matched the code on the packaging:

the packaging on my unit reads "Model GT-N5110ZWYXAR"

The full listing for the firmware I downloaded included region XAR when I downloaded it; Samfirmware has now updated that to "Cellular South," which is a US cell carrier code from Samsung. (Cellular South is AKA Cspire, HQ'ed in Ridgeland, Mississippi, it turns out.)

My memory is that I actually did use Kies to recover my device, but never want to again, as it involved downloading a 1.2 gig file over a DSL line. Having the full firmware around should I want to do a restore or inspect the default configuration is very handy, though. I've extracted the /system image onto one of my linux boxes to poke around in.

thanks to whomever suggested we look at multwindow apps. I set up "Samsung Multiwindow Manager" earlier today, and it's great. I told it I was on a Note II and so far it's working fine.

I've never been able to get a viable build.prop with a lower lcd_density setting to work, and stopped trying.

For those giving it a go and not wanting to do a complete device reset:

Rather than Odin mode, get into recovery mode. (when shut down: Home + Volume Up + Power for a couple of seconds after the splash screen)

If you connect your device to your computer in recovery mode, the recovery shell that Samsung puts on the device supports ADB.

Whenever i've bootlooped my device trying to adjust lcd_density, I've been able to restore a backup of build.prop and reboot.

HOWEVER: make sure your backup of build.prop is on the device (preferably build.prop.bak or similar in /system) - I wasn't able to push the file in in recovery mode, but could rm the unhappy build.prop and cp the backup file back into place.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] mingkee:
Actually, I noticed the number on build.prop in Galaxy Tab Plus is 160. You try the number between 160 and 200.

There are two lines in build.prop.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] roustabout:
Are the folks changing lcd_density successfully on the Note 8 changing both lines or only one? I tried changing just the first last night to see if that was the trick, as someone who'd used the Rom Toolbox app mentioned to only change one; still got a bootloop.

But the time I changed both, I'm wondering if I might have changed a third value as well, trying to default something else?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] elmwood:
I didn't find any apps in the marketplace named "Rom Toolkit". Is it "Rom Toolbox Lite"? I don't want to download a different app then you used.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] ZaphodAK42:
I used Rom Toolbox, and it works fine. I doubt that the trouble that I'm having relates to the thing that I used to edit my build.prop file.

To answer roustabout, I have not detected any difference when I change just one line as opposed to two. I have defeated the boot loop by not restarting when Toolbox asks me. Instead, I hold down "unlock" until I get the restart option, and use that.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] mingkee:
I tried to change the screen res to 170.

Yes, the bar moved to bottom, but the setting also killed TouchWiz. Fortunately, I use adb shell and few commands to revert build.prop.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] Ullie76:
I second that.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] elmwood:
Changing the res to 170 did indeed kill TouchWiz Home. A little annoying, but pushing Apex Launcher to install OTA fixed that annoyance pretty quick.

I really dig the notification bar being on the bottom, and I actually like the Back/Home/Apps/Screenshot buttons... except the "Back" and the "Settings" buttons on the bar ONLY work when pushed with the S Pen. If I use my finger, they light up, but don't do anything. If I hold the Back button, it'll do Multi-Window mode, but a tap on it will only work with the S Pen.

Why are those buttons only responding to the pen?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] robyr:
I know a lot of you guys really like the old tablet interface, but seriously the JB-onward tablet setup is far easier to use and more functional. Google already said that going forward this is the way things should be done, and you gain nothing with the "tablet" configuration while losing screen real estate and Touchwiz functions...
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] mfmmfm:
160dpi

I have n5100 the 3g version. I modiied the buildprob to 160dpi and okay its goes to tablet mode but touchwiz phone and some more apps goes forceclose. So what i did i replace the apk with apk from note 10.1 touchwiz, phone, keyboard, browser and finally everything work just find exactly like table mode just like note 10.1. I also manage to disable the capative touch button and the backlight. But here the prob i cant fix or maybe someone out there can...

1. Camera apps. Already replace with note 10.1, yes its run good but force close when press the capture button

2. The soft back button on the notification bar have some issue. Sometime okay and most of the time its not functioning.

3. If i open the multiapps windows i cant close it.

Other than that theres no prob at all. For me, i think the tablet mode is better. I know lots of you out there your own oppinion about this phone/phablet/tablet mode but from my perspective, tablet mode always better in term of the way im using it. Sorry for my bad english.

edit: if you want to try this make sure you set to 160dpi if not apk from note 10.1 also will force close. Make sure you clear data/cache after replace the file.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] con_oner:
May also want to try something like this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2207906

I haven't tried it yet as I don't have a note 8.0 but will get one soon if I can get it to operate like my note 10.1 (tablet feel)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] elmwood:
Anyone else having issues installing some apps after this mod? Some fairly major ones, like Facebook and Twitter now are saying that "Your device isnt compatible with this version" in the Play Store.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] robyr:
Thats why you don't do these types of pointless "mods".

Jesus people, just use the new interface and save your self the grief for when google completely removes it.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] elmwood:
Since you didn't answer me straight, I'll assume you have no idea. Thanks. You seem quite catty about people using their device in a way you don't prefer.

Anyone else know if flipping the LCD Density setting is something apps in the Play Store look at to determine device eligiblity? I always assumed it was entirely on the model of your device.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] robyr:
Oh, I have the answer, and you would too had you done even a cursory search here on XDA or Google, but I assume that's a bit hard for you.