yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Go into Floating Notifications.... You should have a "card style" UI and your version should be 1.5.0.2 (More-->About). In the main menu there should be a card called "Extensions".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Why pay for a text messaging service when your device comes with one plus there are like 100 free ones lol. At least that's how I look at it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Gio2178:
Finally got the extensions "card" to show up in the menu. but when i click on it it just says no extensions installed. then i hit "get extensions" and it takes me to the play store but no actual extensions are found. I also tried installing the Extension you linked to but when I install it it gives me a parsing error. Please advise.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Gio2178:
Ah thank you much!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dschachm:
I rather have the aosp messaging app on tw. Plus its free.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
So is the method I'm showing.

And there is no 100% FULLY FUNCTIONING AOSP messaging for TW.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dschachm:
So I take it back. Go look at sliding messaging. Amazing app with popup reply, quick reply in notification bar and much more!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
It is known to not be working on Sprint though lol.... yet again another paid app when you can get those features for freeeee!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dschachm:
Where are you getting them free?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] gabesir:
Care to share how?? Cant find the option in xposed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ACoolGuy:
Anyone tried SMS Popup app? It should work with TW messenging.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
It does. But with this you don't get a huge intrusive pop up that only pops up one time. With Floating Notifications you can chose when to make the pop up appear, or keep it docked wherever you want and reply to it at any time. That's what I love about it. Plus there are themes for it as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dschachm:
Just wanted to let everyone here know I found an app that let's you have aosp SMS and MMS on tw. Exactly what I was looking for. The app is 88sms. It is in play store. It is an extension of the stock app, just disable on stock so I don't get 2 notifications. Awesome app!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Been using that as my DD since last week! I found it on the Apps and Games section it's even in my thread haha!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Dster:
Hi everybody!

Recently picked up an SX66. Love it. Not perfect, but provides so many great options for communications on the road. Thanks to the forum for helping me add individual ring tones without any 3rd party software.

Question:

I picked up a very inexpensive generic, corded handsfree. It works great.

I know that the button on it is recognized, since when I press it during a call the screen lights up.

Is there a way to specify behaviors for this button, namely answer incoming calls, and end calls in progress?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoVeRice:
when does a custom rom become official?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it doesnt. unless a vender buys it and adds it to its devices.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoVeRice:
well its just that before i was looking for a good rom in the dev section i saw some of the title says UNOFFICIAL. and now a couple of minutes ago as i was checking the dev section i saw some of them became OFFICIAL!?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Official means that it was built by the actual ROM team, whereas unofficial means that someone else downloaded the source code and is making there own builds.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
oh, they call it whatever they want, its only a name, doesnt change what it actually is. in your case, unofficial probably means someone else other than the dev compiled it from source.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoVeRice:
lol ok i see..oh god im sure those two rom wer unofficial before. *just a little curiousity :) thanks guys
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dominic21:
need stock kernel for xperia z c6603

thx
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vaith:
Download it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
you can get it from ftf....or any rom...its the boot.img file when you open up the zip.
[Galaxy Note II General] iPTPenguin:
Hi XDA,

I wanted to post this and see what you can do with it.

My friend had his GN2 rooted (using Odin) ONLY to get rid of System Status 'Modified', which it turned to after he patched the old security exploit in the Exynos processor using Chainfire's ExynosAbuse. He has since had it sent in for repair and it got back to him as modified as well. Well, not long ago, there was an update for his GT-N7100 and he had the workaround enabled in TriangleAway. So without thinking much about it, he went ahead and updated (after disabling it without rebooting, of course)

Well, it got done updating and he was unrooted and with a "Normal" system status!

Just thought I'd inform you all.

Hope this can be useful!

- iPTPenguin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viftee:
I had an i9300 that was running the 20130621-nightly CM-10.1-build, with either 6.0.3.2 CWM touch or 6.0.3.1. It suddenly started freezing and hanging randomly, and it would either reboot, FC the app or go to the home screen after 5-30 minutes.

- I tried wiping the data, cache and dalvik, but it didn't help.

- I flashed the 20130619-nightly, but that didn't help either.

- I also used the dummy file-method described here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2133401&highlight=unusual+freezing

but it didnt trigger the freeze. However, I couldn't test it fully, as the app would constantly FC as I tried to open it after writing the first dummy file. I went into the app-settings to wipe it's data, but then the phone froze again, and I moved on.

- I then used http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969&highlight=triangle

to flash a stock firmware, namely this one:

GT-I9300_NEE_I9300XXALE8_I9300NEEALE3_I9300XXLE8

It booted into the initial setup-walkthrough, but it froze again within minutes. As I tried to reboot it by pulling the battery, I got stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SIII logo, not the flashing Samsung logo. I realized there was also a kernel-file linked below the firmware I downloaded:

Kernel_I9300XXALE8

As I tried to flash it Odin reported this:

The same is reported when flashing the firmware again.

I then downloaded a .pit file I found in the same thread, and flashed the .pit file and the kernel file.

GT-I9300_mx_20120329

This was reported by Odin:

The same is reported when flashing pit & firmware.

Download mode reports the following:

It seems I can't boot into recovery, and right now I'm scared and afraid to break it even more..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Mate, you have sds (see my sticky thread in general).

The freezes were the sds fix kicking in. Then you flashed an ics component that had no sds fix and you actually allowed / caused your phone to die from sds.

Send for repair because you need new memory chip / motherboard
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viftee:
Awesome.

Just to be clear, is there really nothing else to do? Could I try flashing a JB-firmware?

In retrospect, could I have saved it by sticking to the DFG-method?

Should I do anything to change the info in Download-mode, for warranties sake?

Thanks for the quick answer though, it's just that I'm going on a month-long vacation on monday, so I was kinda hoping to bring a working phone! :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
There is literally nothing you can do. With anything. All you can do is send it for repair and hope for the best.

The phone only died when flashing ics. The dfg may or may not have prevented the freezing but either way it wouldn't have died
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viftee:
I still find it weird that it booted to ICS once, and then died, but I guess it had to actually boot as ICS to die or something..

Thanks for the help though! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yeah, I don't find it weird. ICS opened the door as it were. The memory was ready to die but the fix prevented it (thats what the freezes were) so as soon as something without the fix was there, there was nothing to prevent the memory going.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jimpoison:
my neo only gets charged if it is switched on.

if it powers off because the battery is empty and i connect it to the charging cable after that, the display only changes between the "sony" logo and black picture.

i can leave it for hours this way, but the battery doesn't get charged really. i can see that if i turn on the neo and the battery is only 3% charged.

but if the neo is powered on the battery gets charged without problems.

i only have this problem since i upgraded to ics (4.0.4).

another effect which is (in my opinion) connected to the above:

if the neo has powered off because of an empty battery and it is connected to the charging cable, i can't power it on.

nothing happens if i press the power key.

the display only changes between the "sony" logo and the black screen.

if i disconnect the charging cable shortly, i can power on the neo and it starts to boot. now i can re-connect the charging cable, the battery gets charged and the neo completely starts without any problem.

does somebody know what's the problem here or how i can solve it?
[Android Themes] dully79:
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Time Taken:

Setting up 10 minutes

Porting 10 minutes

Difficulty:

Alternative method. Thanks pier10.

Q.Why does the ported theme not look 100% as the original theme?

A.

Q. My theme is not recognized.

A. Make sure you have permissions in the android.manifest.xml.

<uses-permission android:name="sg.ruqqq.XThemeEngine.permission.SYSTEM_THEME" />

Q. Nothing is themed!?.

A. You must have a "redirections.xml" and package.xml's in the "res/xml" folder

If you plan on releasing any ported themes then ask the author of the theme for permission and give credits and link back to their thread. Not only is this good community manners, it's XDA rules.

XDA rule 12:
[Android Themes] dully79:
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[YOUTUBE]yyGGKwH7pmU[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks to [MENTION=504865]vicino[/MENTION], as i used his "Honeycomb Lite Theme" as an example.

[YOUTUBE]EmyjKzAcWKs[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Themes] cartmenicus:
Awesome guide it will help many people!!!:D
[Android Themes] josephnero:
you never fail to amaze mate.thank you
[Android Themes] Rycon33:
very nice guide dully:good:

it's very comprehensible:)

i'd like to add some redirections for Xperia(coz Sony always do some funny funny things :D)

at android.xml:

- for screenshot dialog image

<item name="drawable/semc_ic_dialog_screenshot">@drawable/frameworks_res_ic_lock_screenshot</item>

at com_android_systemui.xml:

- for data H+

<item name="drawable/stat_sys_data_connected_h_plus">@drawable/com_android_systemui_stat_sys_data_connected_hp</item>
<item name="drawable/stat_sys_data_fully_connected_h_plus">@drawable/com_android_systemui_stat_sys_data_fully_connected_hp</item>
[Android Themes] cartmenicus:
Rycon and his hplus icon;)
[Android Themes] Rycon33:
hahaha, true mate, as you know i'm mostly on mobile:D

i'll add some more later, those i can remember

EDIT: Another option for ApkManager is TickleMyAndroid tool for de/recompiling, signing apks.

EDIT2: If you want to have a nice Sony accent theme that can blend well to any ported themes, try to mod an existing Sony accent theme. I personally used white accent(ccffffff) so the default toggles, panel clock, etc won't look out of place when using any ported XTheme theme.
[Android Themes] dully79:
Cheers fellas.:good: I've updated the guide to use the SampleTheme method as described in the XTheme thread. It seems to be less temperamental.
[Android Themes] Drockk_Xm:
i port a theme flowing your guide

Bt when i click apply its shows failed please help

i m using xtheme engine beta5

only i skip step 10 is it mandatory?
[Android Themes] dully79:
Only if your using an OEM ROM and want the theme to work fully on your device.

Can you post your AndroidManifest.xml or post the contents and wrap code tags around it, thanks.
[Android Themes] Drockk_Xm:
AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest android:hasCode="false" package="com.gekn.theme.Sense5.xtheme"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:pluto="http://www.w3.org/2001/pluto.html">
<uses-permission android:name="sg.ruqqq.XThemeEngine.permission.SYSTEM_THEME" />
<application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/icon" />
</manifest>
[Android Themes] dully79:
Ok your manifest is fine, can you send me your apk or link to the original?
[Android Themes] Drockk_Xm:
apk link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvd5sill84i8ga8/Sense 5 CM10.1 signed.apk

apk signed via ZipSigner

and got .zip format

then rename the extension zip to apk
[Android Themes] dully79:
There is no redirections.xml in res/xml.

Edit: After looking at it more that theme isnt very well constructed.

None of the images have package names designated to them, so it's a bit of a free for all inside res/drawable-*dpi.
[Android Themes] MrDSL:
Now that I have my Optimus pro g and have been working with this more I gotta say its more frustrating then anything..

Metamorph using zipthemer from the market seems like a better alternative.

Stuff that should work and clearly works in other areas just randomly doesn't work for no known reason.

Very fustrating..
[Android Themes] dully79:
Without a doubt. Now you know why I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall.

You definitely need to hide anything that is fragile and within arms reach when messing with xtheme.
[Android Themes] harisaduelite:
here is my apk link bro

http://d-h.st/9fQ

I have added redirections. Xml as well n added permissions as well then wat is d problem
[Android Themes] cartmenicus:
Why don't you read the quide and figure it out like most people this honestly isn't really that hard at all you make redirections delete the public file and make sure yo add device specific redirections in android XML and your done-_-
[Android Themes] dully79:
You've quoted a post that WASN'T directed at you. It was for Drockk. And ive told you, your AndroidManifest is messed up. Use the one from the SampleTheme.apk just like the guide describes and i guarantee it will work.
[Android Themes] dully79:
I never said you were.

If you follow the guide as instructed, then it makes it easier for me to try and help and figure out what went wrong.

If you do your own method then your on your own.

Like i said im trying to take a break from here.
[Android Themes] dully79:
I've noticed a few people reporting unthemed dialers for 4.3. The reason being is the dialer resources contained in Contacts.apk has been seperated into it's own apk, "Dialer.apk". I've created a basic dialer redirection xml for people to drop in to their themes. It only contains redirections for the image resources and nothing else. It redirects back to the contacts resources. e.g:

<item name="drawable/dial_num_0_wht">@drawable/com_android_contacts_dial_num_0_wht</item>
<item name="drawable/dial_num_1_wht">@drawable/com_android_contacts_dial_num_1_wht</item>
<item name="drawable/dial_num_2_wht">@drawable/com_android_contacts_dial_num_2_wht</item>
<item name="drawable/dial_num_3_wht">@drawable/com_android_contacts_dial_num_3_wht</item>

Simply unzip and drop the attached xml into your themes xml folder and add the following code to the redirections.xml.

<package-redirections android:name="com.android.dialer" android:resource="@xml/com_android_dialer" android:minSdkVersion="18" />

Enjoy your dialer once again.:good:

Any problems you know where i am.:)
[Android Themes] hugo.gabriel999:
very nice guide :good:
[Android Themes] dully79:
Added a how to video to the 3rd post.
[Android Themes] shekinahsmoke:
:good: I Love visuals.. never would have rooted my phone w/o one.
[Android Themes] gabrielchristino:
I'm trying to port a theme called GEM, I follow the step-by-step, but in step 12 when compiling error occurs. Could anyone help me?

These are the files. The zip is the modified folder and the APK is the theme i want to port.
[Android Themes] dully79:
post your error log.
[Android Themes] gabrielchristino:
this is the log
[Android Themes] dully79:
Can you post your error log and not a screen shot, thanks.

Use attachments in addition options below.
[Android Themes] gabrielchristino:
sorry :o
[Android Themes] pierx:
Delete the style.xml content, it doesn't get loaded in xtheme anyway.

It will looks like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="Gem" parent="@*android:style/Theme" />
</resources>
[Android Themes] brainvision:
hey guys!

I'm trying to port a theme just to see if it is really so easy to do.. I chose the Hue theme (it's already ported, I know: that' one of the reason why I chose this one) but it has not the

redirections.xml

file into xml folder.. So I need to create it, as I read. But where can I find the TouchWiz needed redirections?

thanks a lot!!
[Android Themes] dully79:
[MENTION=5212699]proseray[/MENTION], cheers mate, very useful for others.:good:

Just one warning. If you don't have the package.xml's in the xml folder, delete the appropriate lines from the redirections.xml or you will get errors.

I've added a video in the 3rd post about creating package redirection.xmls.

In the video i'm using my .bat script that takes advantage of nhnt11's XMLGenerator.jar and my reg-edit right click for apktool.

I've also made the guide more aesthetically pleasing.
[Android Themes] proseray:
Yeh i Know Sir ...I'll Attach one more redirections.xml ..as default android redirections.xml those almost useable as all themes :)
[Android Themes] dully79:
It tells you the the problem in the log.

Remove the capital letters from the package redirection names and package xmls ( 2nd part). They are fine as the original package name (1st part).

Wrong:

Com.Original.Package

Right:

com_original_package

;)
[Android Themes] dully79:
Can you post your error log and redirection. XML as text please.
[Android Themes] dully79:
You need to rename

res\xml\com_alensw_PicFolder.xml

as

res\xml\com_alensw_picfolder.xml

and make sure it matches in the redirections. xml
[Android Themes] dully79:
Like I say, can you post your reflections. XML.

attach it using the manager.
[Android Themes] thommy86:
Oh sorry.. though in code was enough.. attached it now!
[Android Themes] dully79:
Try changing minsdkversion to minSdkVersion

if your using notepad++ use the replace function.

enter minsdkverion in the top field and minSdkVersion in the bottom then click replaced all.
[Android Themes] thommy86:
Using Sublime text,, Thanks mate! that worked for compiling! I signed the apk but know i have a parse error when installing the apk.. any tips?
[Android Themes] dully79:
post your android.manifest, also what android version are you installing on?
[Android Themes] thommy86:
Nexus 4, android 4.3.. I know proseray already port this theme, but want to try it myself!

I uploaded the original manifest, from the original apk.. and also the new one!

EDIT

I combined the manifest as it make sense.. and now it works!!

Really thanks for your help!
[Android Themes] dying4004:
just tried to port 1 rom but when i tried to install the rom it showed app not installed.

i signed the apk and file was named signedxxx.apk
[Android Themes] dully79:
This is for porting themes, not ROMs.

And your going to have to give me more info, your feeding me on scraps.
[Android Themes] pierx:
How to port theme & Redirections tips

[YOUTUBE]wHQOjEjyIm8[/YOUTUBE]

Credits
[MENTION=4286807]xIC-MACIx[/MENTION] for the gem.apk as sample in the video.

jerry@stackexchange for the regex.
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[Android Themes] Josehg:
Hi, xml files names must NOT include capitals letters.

That will be your problem.

Cheers

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Themes] mathsz:
Thanks a bunch. successfully ported, working.

ported three themes up to here.

thanks all
[Android Themes] Madaditya:
Failed to Apply

Lately me and many others :p are getting Falied to apply messages when try to port certain themes

like https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...J.theme.kitkat and purple kush

i defined the redirections well,Android manifest also is no different

No recompilation errors

any help?
[Android Themes] m_harsh:
Even i tried a lot to port the KITKAT theme but failed...i think for porting themes with transparent nav bar we need to add few more redirections:P
[Android Themes] dully79:
I don't have the time to rip apart your apks and found the problem.

Maybe the dude with the nics thread can help, after all his thread was featured on the portal so he must know/have something I don't ;)
[Android Themes] steviant:
Help

I've been trying to edit an Xtheme to remove all theming of the status bar because the included status bar icons are buggy on my device, but it's proving to be infuriatingly complicated, because I run Linux, and don't have access to a Windows box to run an APK editing tool.

Can someone with some knowledge of theming and access to theming tools eliminate all the status bar icons for me? It's driving me crazy. I really want to use this theme but it makes the signal icons unreadable. :(
[Android Themes] dully79:
Install 7zip.

Extract theme.

Remove images.

Zip the contents of the extracted folder, NOT THE FOLDER, THE CONTENTS! (meta-inf, res, android.manifest etc).

Rename zip to apk.

Sign the new zip with an app from the play store, e.g zipsigner.

Install new apk and enjoy.
[Android Themes] steviant:
More woe

Thanks for your reply, I followed your directions (apart from installing 7zip - I used Ubuntu's command line zip), after installing I end up with no wifi, battery, signal icons etc. in the status bar.

I want the stock icons, not nothing at all. It seems like I need to modify the xml files, which involves figuring out how to decrypt them and then how to understand what they actually mean and then finally doing all the other crap listed above. It's a huge pain in the arse and there are much easier ways to do it on Windows systems, which is why I asked if someone with more clues and access to better tools can do it for me.

I've now wasted another half an hour of my life on this crap. I can't believe it's this hard, no wonder no one else can be bothered to do it.
[Android Themes] dully79:
I'm aware you want stock icons, simply removing the icons from the theme would make the redirections for the them redundant, hence they would be unaffected.

If its crap then stop wasting your time, id rather look at it as something you've learned and can use in the future if required.

Why would anyone bother doing it for you? Why should they, as you put it, waste half hour of their life to help a stranger who wont even click the thanks button?!

Also what makes you think it's easier on a Windows system? It makes no difference what so ever whether your Windows, Linux or Mac based.

If you want to decompile apk's use apktool or apkmulti-tool, whichever takes your fancy, they have tutorials for usage.

I've themed on windows and Linux, other than using Gimp or Photoshop, every other useful tool is the same, Notepad++, 7zip, apktool, and a few others that are available across multiple OS's.

By the way, it usually helps if you tell people what device, theme etc you are trying to modify so they can help. And the "stick up your arse" attitude doesn't help either.
[Android Themes] steviant:
Thanks for nothing.

There, I clicked the thanks button for you. I hope you're happy now.