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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Don't buy it. You will be very unhappy with the results. Plus you will not be able to get LTE. Buy a Verizon S4 if you have Verizon, or cancel your contract and sign up for Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] steven197:
Alright thank you!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] star-lord:
How to edit any apk file??

Please guide me how to edit an APK file

from the stock ROM or from any custom ROM

Please help!!!
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] amit34521:
use apktool or apk multi tool to decompile apk, make changes and recompile it. you just need to know what you need to edit and how.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] star-lord:
yeah i know that

is there any other way

but anyway thanks for the reply...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] djraje:
First u need to rooted phone.

Then use root browser and copy ur apk file... If u have pc copy the apk file to pc.. Open apk file using winrar edit the files u want and save

Sent From Galaxy Y Duos Lite | Lunux Os v2! using XDA Premium
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] TECHNO_THUNDER:
Why this kind of thread are you making buddy????:confused::confused::confused:

Please first read forum rules,There is a line that-"SEARCH BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING"

Here is many help thread for that....!

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ntoqiakt:
I recently bought a used Xperia Active mainly to be used as a cycling computer (with the awesome app OruxMaps) and for recording my runs using Endomondo. The stock ROM was bloated with all sorts so after a few days it just had to go.

First I flashed CM10.1 but apparently the BT stack is borked on that so Ant+ is not working, so I flashed CM10 and everything works great or at least everything that I need. It connects to my BT x-fit headphones, BT Polar HRM and Ant+ B'Twin Speed and Cadence sensor without any major issues - the audio cuts out occasionally but I'm not sure if it's an issue with Google Music/All Access or a 3G connectivity or BT issue and haven't bothered investigating to be honest.

I've read that the BT stack in 4.3 is better and supports BT BLE which I might decide to use for fitness accessories - although reading about Ant+, it sounds a far better option for that sort of thing.

So, is CM10.2 likely to come to the Active? I'm assuming there shouldn't be an issue in terms of hardware, is there?

Also, if there are any fellow runners/cyclists with any app suggestions to motivate/record/map/etc I'd like to hear from you!

My setup as I said is OruxMaps for cycling. I tried IpBike which is not bad either, but didn't like the UI. I also tried a couple of other apps, but haven't seen anything that I liked. Apparently Cyclemeter is great on the i-Devices but their FAQ says: "We do hope to do an Android version of our app, but it’s not in our near term plans. We’ve had a great response from customers on the iPhone, and they provide lots of feedback for us about new features they’d like to see. Wish we could have said otherwise, it would be great to have you as a customer!"

OruxMaps uses MapMyTracks.com for live tracking and you can email the GPX of your ride to Strava straight from the app. BTW, I have no association with OruxMaps!

For running I have a premium subscription with Endomondo. I like the flexibility of the audio coach and I just noticed that they have a new beta feature on their website: 'Training Plans' where you enter your goal, goal date, number of training days, pace, etc and it creates a... Training Plan. Probably not as good as getting a customised training plan from a coach, but it's probably on par to the generic ones you can find online. I also export my runs and import them to Strava.

Regarding Strava, they have a much better looking website than Endomondo, and without a doubt the segments for cycling are awesome, but their apps are a long way from being great. Apart from being much less customisable, they only support Zephyr HxM and have no plans on supporting Polar HRMs. Apparently "there are connectivity issues with Polar HRMs and they want to give their customers the best possible experience!". I have used my Polar HRM with a number of different apps, phones and Android versions and it seems to be working fine 99% of the time, so I don't see why they can't support it. Also, it's hard to justify paying almost double of what Endomondo's premium subscription costs - but perhaps their analysis is better?

NT
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] optiplus:
Hi,

I can tell you to try the uBike.apk

For me is the best for cycling.

Regards

Joao
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tartanblue:
I've been considering buying this device to be used for working out as well, so thanks for confirming that Google Play Music will work on it! I'll be interesting to see if things get better with different ROMs.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] laquer09:
Amazing! I thought I was the only one. I was on a year long quest to find the perfect (and better) substitute for the ever popular garmin 800 series. I do a lot of credit card touring, lots of country riding where I create the route using ridewithgps, DL as gpx and off I go. Oruxmaps has proved to be the perfect app for me when I'm doing any real riding/recording, and I use an app called Osmand+ if I'm doing a little bit more exploratory or want better navigation options (its got far better offline POI capabilities, so it helps if you get stuck in a rainstorm and need to find some kind of nearby shelter). I'm pumped to hear someone else went this route as most of my racing buddies are too high brow to get anything other than a garmin.

On a sidenote, I came up with a pretty incredible and simple (read: easy to do if you're a dummy with epoxy) way to get the male bit of the garmin mount on the back of the xperia so I could use all the low profile and cool garmin mounts. If you're interested let me know and I can give you a super easy step by step.

All that said, I'm really struggling to find a reason to root/mod the phone. I use it purely as a cycling computer right now (but plan to probably get my music on there too depending on battery life). It performs amazingly at this task as-is. Super snappy, the only thing I hate is having to look at the extra icons of the apps I'll never use. One thing I really wanted to get from rooting was the ability to skip the lock screen as that gets pretty annoying during a ride and potentially so I could remap the hardware buttons to something more useful while cycling (perhaps have it cycle through all the available apps? dunno, but it sounds cool). But, I found an app that lets you skip the lockscreen, so that major requirement has already been met.

Aside from the bloatware, have you found any nice advantages to rooting and putting on CM? Thanks in advance -

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] optiplus:
Hi Rick,

If is possible for you to send this to mu email acount (optiplus@hotmail.com) I thank you very much.

Regards
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ntoqiakt:
Thanks for the replies guys! I was sure that there must've been other Active users/fans!

[MENTION=246185]optiplus[/MENTION] Thanks, had a look and looks interesting! I'll have to give it ago!

[MENTION=754197]tartanblue[/MENTION] [MENTION=3107829]laquer09[/MENTION] What I found when I flashed CM10 was that the phone is snappier and the battery lasts a lot longer. Although I didn't do any scientific testing, with the stock ROM I would ride for an hour or so, leave it unplugged overnight and that was that pretty much. (no other usage, just on standby) With CM10 I was really surprised that it lasted a similar ride and more than 48 hours on standby. It's not a huge achievement in the sense that I have turned off all syncing, there's no Facebook or anything running, but the stock ROM has a lot of stuff running. Another thing that CM10 fixed was the super annoying flickering issue and also, at full brightness at CM10 is a lot brighter than stock, which seemed to go very bright as soon as I unlocked it and then dim. I checked the setting and it was not on auto brightness and tried with the Bravia engine on and off. Didn't work. CM10 fixed it.

I like having the screen on during the right to check cadence, speed, etc as I ride, so on the odd occasion that we were graced with a sunny day, increased brightness helped! Although I think OruxMaps has a setting to keep the screen on I use Screebl (I've linked to the paid version, but there's a free Lite version too which works well, but I found it so useful, that I just had to support the dev. I've been using it since the days of my HTC Magic - Oh how far we've come!!)

Also, as a stock Nexus user, Sony's software is just... revolting! Even the little things like the toggles in the notifications drawer is great. (and I prefer the CM way to the Google way... but what can you do?)

Having said that, for purely cycling purposes I guess stock or CM10 doesn't make a huge difference. Also, flashing the Active was a bit more complicated than I would've liked.

Regarding mounts, I got the xperia active bike holder from SportyPal (Review) and it's simple, solid and having the Active on it really looks like it's a Garmin. (when I read it back it looked like I was embarrassed about using the Active instead of the Garmin, but I didn't mean it like that!! :) Just that the whole mount+Active combo is quite diminutive!)

I also recently heard about the Finn and thought for 12 euros it'd be rude not to get one. When the weather is good I'd like to try recording with OruxMaps on the Active and maybe the Strava Cycling app on the Nexus 4 and see how different the results are.

Honestly though I do wish Strava pulled their finger out and sorted out their apps. How cool (and I imagine relatively easy for developers who are worth their salt) it would be to have proper BT/Ant+ support, customisable dashboard and segment notifier which would buzz to let you know that you're entering a segment!! And they would totally kill it if they added track creation capabilities on their website! But I'm just dreaming!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ntoqiakt:
Thanks so much for posting this. I wanted to ask you in my previous post to put it somewhere like G+ or a cycling blog or something but I guess here is just fine! :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] laquer09:
No problem - I'd love to post it on a cycling blog/forum if you can point me to the right one. There are so many out there...I've never actually joined any. I could also put it on G+...PM me your email address and I'll add you into one of my groups and post it there. Even though this solution was simple, it took me a darn long time to come up with and I'd love to save folks the time/effort/money/despair.

FWIW, I used it on a 60mi custom route I made this weekend and it was friggin flawless. Not a single missed turn and the route was perfect. I've recently started listening to music using it via my BT headphones. That is so much win I can barely handle it.

Rick
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] bloszek:
Hello,

at the begining i would like say "hello" im new member on xda so BTW...

I'm looking for CM10 working with SE Xperia Active ST17I.

I saw that upgrade was succesfull.

Could You tell me where download (all links "died") or share package of working files to upgrade Xperia Active to CM10 and android 4.1.2?

I ve upgraded xperia to 4.0.4 and I would like try highest version of software. It is great device for active Cyclists.

Please help. Thank You for reply :good:

Regards
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pipefitter:
Hi everyone,

Time to retire my EVO 4G and ditch Sprint. New S4 coming today. If it has MDL, I plan on rooting it. My question is this:

Since I'm porting my phone number from Sprint, can I leave the SIM card out and root it before it has been provisioned, or do I have to insert the SIM card and wait until I have At&t service before rooting?

Thanks. Looking forward to flashing a custom ROM...but I sure am gonna miss my OG EVO!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
The phone does not have to be provisioned so leave the card out and turn off wifi. Then not only root, but also freeze/delete the three files used to update our put a custom recovery and rom on. The three files are something like at&t software update, FWupdate, and localFOTA. They're apk's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] xBeerdroiDx:
when the device arrives, before opening it, look on the packaging and locate the firmware version. it will be with the IMEI number, etc. if its MF3, i'd take it to at&t for an exchange (you have 14 days). then i probably would have the clerk search the inventory until they found one that had MDL on the S4 box. haha. the red S4's werent terribly popular so there might be a few MDL versions of them left.

when you get home, do as jd1639 said and freeze those apks if you're not going to flash a different ROM entirely. cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pipefitter:
Got my phone... I'm ready to root

Got home from work today to find my shiny new 16gb black s4 waiting for me. Ordered it from amazon.com for $149 with activation. I must say that I am impressed at the speed of delivery...ordered it Thursday night at 6PM and got it today (Saturday) at 11:30AM. It's MDL, so I am charging up the battery and downloading casual. Once I get root, I will kill the OTA and then provision the phone. After that, any suggestions on a stable ROM with everything working? Coming from Sprint and HTC, I have a lot of learning to do although I have experience with rooting and flashing on the Epic.

Thanks all!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
The best thing to do is go to the development and original development sections and read through the OP's of each ROM to see which has the features you want. They are all good so you will need to decide for yourself what is good for you. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pipefitter:
C'mon now. I've been on xda for 4 years and I have read that very same answer dozens of times. I'm coming from the HTC Evo 4G. I've flashed dozens of ROMs and I can tell you which ones I prefer. But I'm new to the S4 and I don't even know everything it can do. I guess I will settle on root & recovery for now, disable OTA, debloat what I find I can do without, and then get to know the device before I decide on a custom ROM.

I would, however, appreciate your (and anyone else's) honest opinion on specific ROMs based on speed, battery life, aesthetic appeal, etc.

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
That's all fine, but you seem to be missing the fact that what I like, you may not. I can not tell you which ROMs you will like and what is fast and stable for me isn't for others. It's ALL opinion. You can tell me which of the other dozens of ROMs you have flashed you might like, but you can not tell me which ones I might like and I can not tell you which ones you will like.

Because you are new to this particular phone and forum, you will find that "best" or "favorite" threads are not allowed for the very reasons I listed above. You might not like the answer, but if you want to know what ROMs works best for you, you will have to try them (or at least read about them) for yourself.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] pipefitter:
I understand that. However, I didn't ask for what you think I would like, but rather what YOU like based on your experience with the S4.

Belive me, I have read the entire development section and many pages deep into each individual ROM. Been reading them for weeks. Since I am unfamiliar with the device, I have nothing to compare to the custom ROMS. Everyone appreciates a little guidance when they are new to anything. It seems that it would be more of a waste of the forums time if I had flashed every ROM and then asked what everyone thought of each particular ROM, trying to justify my choice.

But as I stated previously, I will be happy for now to have r & r...which gives me complete control over my device.

Thanks again for your time!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
If you haven't seen this post, it might help you a little in separating available ROMs into categories such as Stock or Source based...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2312444

Source based tend to not have extra features such as gestures or other Samsung sourced features. Good luck
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
init.d tweaks <Thunder bolt - Darky ziplign>​

Requirements :​

Rooted phone

init.d Scripts support ( Can be enabled by default in Custom Kernel )

How to :

Move to SD Card .

Flash it via CWM / TWRP / PhilZ ..etc .

Download link :

Darky Ziplign - Press Me .

Thunder Bolt - Press Me .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] cities516:
They (improve performance and a lots like "fast-Reboot") are too vague...

Can you give a little more detail?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
Improve performance = improve speed , fast reboot , more free ram and will boost phone at high speed it can be :)

I tested on my xperia s stock jb and i realy felt the difference :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
No need to wipe any cache or dv cache before or after flashing??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
No just flash it , if phone been laggy flash dalvik cache :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] slink722:
i hope it really works. thanks in advance :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrissoriano:
What about battery life?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
No , Tweaks for performance but 5% will improve battery life :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrissoriano:
Which one is bettet?do i have to flash both of them?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dopitax:
Which rom it is done
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
If you want just darky ziplign flash it

if you want it both flash thunder bolt :)

I didnt understand you ! what you mean
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gumbi86:
Darky zipalign is included in tunderbolt(it's package of scripts) , and it's improved version. So just flash tunderbolt, just remember you need to have inti.d support. If you don't - get app for it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933849

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 7 za pomocą Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dopitax:
Which rom it can use cm or stock ICS or just JB?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
every Rom with init.d support :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrissoriano:
Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day :(

what can i do?lol
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
My advice flash thunder bolt :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] exeon:
Does it supports all the other model of phones like Xperia TX? And it do not require unlocked bootloader right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gumbi86:
Check out original thread guys, op explains everything there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1556013

You may alos look for other interesting mod for ram called supercharge, i can't find link now.

Edit :

Here is supercharge:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276

I don't use it because i think my ram management is fine, i got launcher locked in memory with with Xposed installer (there is guide how to fo it in this section)

From mod and tweaks i was also using crossbreeder, it improved my phone speed a lot, but after few days started to lag.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2113150&highlight=2+3

Wysłane z mojego LT26i za pomocą Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] chrissoriano:
thanks mate :) :highfive:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
it just need "init,d support and cwn "

Thanks fpr the share buddy :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
So these are one or another tweaks? I can use only one at a time?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gumbi86:
Read original threads to find out details, but better to try them one by on to nice if any changes, for me some scripts in thunderbolt was lagging, haven't tried supercharge yet. Using Crossbreder now, just changed my animations back to x1 scale. Will unistall it if starts to lag and try supercharge than :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] exeon:
May I ask how can I uninstall it? Thanks. :o
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gumbi86:
Sorry I'm not checking forum too often. I think you figured it out by now, you got uninstall zip for thunderbolt, same for crossbreeder. Supercharged got undo option in script.

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 7 za pomocą Tapatalk 4
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] slink722:
how to install init.d support on my phone?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
Just install kernel with init.d support :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] naeem123:
Does Xperia S stock 4.1.2 have init.d support?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] littlekea:
Is this mod support Xperia Z C6602?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
For all devices with init.d support

stock dont have it , just unlock your bootloader or find LB - UB kernel with init.d support :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] alveos:
Will test it on Xperia S / OpenSemc RC2-1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] indesisiv:
Or you could try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androguide.universal.init.d
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] infatality:
What's the difference between this thunderbolt tweak with the original one?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abo hani:
Same thing its just a share :) for Roms dev to include this in their Roms
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Mr.AnakinSkywalker:
CROSSBREEDER does pretty much the same thing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billythebest:
Hi all . When rotate my phone (in all situations) i get a strange sound . Is a bug ? Or is a problem of my phone ? I m on android 4.2.2 . Thx a lot
[General Topics] raseru:
is there a tool that can export a registry branch via command line?

already search google and this forum but came up with nothing.

when my device hard resets on its own i always loose my application settings and scores in games like astraware. they keep this informations in registry.

if this tool exists, i can just schedule a daily exporting of some branches from my registry to my storage card and import them again later.
[General Topics] apoujade:
Exist an excelent way with NS tools from SKTools http://www.s-k-tools.com/ about registry
[General Topics] raseru:
you mean the nScriptm tool?

ill check it out. looks like it is capable. let you know later...thanks.
[General Topics] raseru:
amazing little tool. packed with powerful features. (equivalent of the almighty PowerPro for windows http://www.ppro.org. )

it's almost perfect except that it doesn't support unicode. some apps are using unicode entries in the registry.

nice find though. i'll surely find many uses for this.
[General Topics] apoujade:
Here an exemple of my use that inscribe in larger need

View with NScript help what are the commande that i used
[General Topics] raseru:
looks like you did overcome the unicode limitation using a workaround. thanks! i'll have a look at your script.

btw, i can't understand the comments. what language is it? i'll try to run in through a translator.
[General Topics] apoujade:
It's french, sorry it was for my use
[General Topics] raseru:
thanks. you're the best!