yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsika:
i ve installed so many different versions and although the apps/games seem to install like normal and they appear at system-apps list, every time i try to run them i get stuck in a black screen. And im sure that i have their data folders inside android/obb folder, i could run them at my stock 4.1.1 samsung galaxy tab 2 p3110
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katsika:
nvm i sorted it out,if some mod wants delete this thread plz
[Hardware Hacking General] juku0022:
Vivo Xplay3S with 2K screen (2560 x 1440)

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/87031/vi...on-800-and-20mp-camera-to-come-soon-10162013/

Crazy!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
I am grateful of those who said no to me, because of them I did it myself

-Albert Einstein​

So, to make no one suffer like above,

This is a potential thread for all seeking knowledge, everyone like people who want to start ROM development, ROM developers interested in finding a mod, themers looking for tips, modders keen to learn more about compiled android system, or people trying to compile basic apps by themselves, a hub of my own little mods I think won't be correct to start a whole new thread for, etc

In short, a place with sweet and short knowledge.

First of all thanks to all people who helped me in increasing my knowledge about android :

* b16h22

* PetrukGrinder

* dcsms

* evanlocked

* AdamOutler

* mariozawa

Let's start

This post will be dedicated to Important Resources for all potential and dynamic ROM developers and modders

I will build up a list and keep increasing it as I find more guides

Guide Ride - Compilation of almost all guides related to Android

List if almost all status bar guides for Gingerbread

Take these as index to guides

Here we start:

* How to start making custom ROMs

Guide on how to make custom RONs

*Adding Modifications :

1. Status Bar Modifications :

a) Read this

b) Jelly Bean Date Time, Custom Clear Button, Network Data Speed, Carrier Label to Close On, Settings Button in Status Bar

c) Slide to remove Notifications

d) Add EDT tweaks to Odex ROMs

e) More status bar tweaks(Center clock, etc)

f) How to add lidroid toggles in your ROM

g) Add Brightness Bar to your Status Bar

h) JB style close on handle

i) Network Speed Meter in Status Bar

j) Changeable Status Bar color and Owner Pic Mod

k) Settings shortcut in Status Bar (new method)

l) Floating style Notification Panel (Tablet like)

m) Hide DateView like JB

2. Framework mods:

a) ICS Layouts : Mod apps like ICS and ICS Notifications

b) ICS Progress Bar

c) Tips for themers(Change text colors of System

d) ICS style sliders
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
This will be dedicated to Android System as we know it, compiled and in the form of ROMs

Basic points you should know

* Pffft Easy

** Do some modding before reading

*** Advance for ROM Devs and Modders

* If you only want to edit images of an app, you may extract the app and edit it, however, if you edit a 9 png(extension .9.png) in extracted form, you'll get an ugly surprise when you install the file.

* You have to decompile app in order to edit 9 pngs (control dynamic graphics), xml(control app structure - UI), smali(working and embedded UI)

*** If you are porting xml, you should make sure that it would work.

There are certain xml that if you copy directly from even ICS or JB, they will work, cause they are similar in structure to that of GB

But there are also xmls that if you copy from another GB device, or even Galaxy Y, or even another ROM of our Ace, it will not work. Why so?

a) Resources: Your xml for say, is of Notification Panel , i.e. status_bar_expanded.xml, and you copy it from mine, let's say Cosmic v3, won't work. Why?

Because you're status bar for now doesn't have brightness bar, dynamic color or other features, but mine has, that means that my xml is calling those features, as in case of Jelly Header, it's calling com.cosmic.jb.DateView but if you copy it to your xml, your xml really does call this method but doesn't have the required files. Same thing with images and all, so whenever porting or kanging (I know they would prefer to directly push the app itself rather than doing the hard work, or else they could just originally add features, no?), you must be very careful in checking the resources that are called from xml

Eg: What to interpret if you see such thing?

1) android:src="@drawable/cosmic"

Any referring to drawable means it's about image, but it may also be just a xml defining that image(like displaying image when button is clicked) , so first look for cosmic.xml in drawable folder and copy it(if there is no cosmic.xml, there will be just a cosmic.png, copy it you'll be done) , then open it, you'll see it would be referring to more images like

android:src="@drawable/areeb_pressed"

android:src="@drawable/areeb_selected", etc

Now they are surely pngs, just copy them and you're done

Pngs in drawable-mdpi, ldpi, hdpi, doesn't. matter, you can add then anywhere but their size will differ

2) <com.android.systemui.statusbar.JellyHeaderView

It means xml is calling a Java class or a smali in compiled form, you need to go in smali/com/android/systemui/statusbar/ and copy JellyHeaderView and it's remnants like $1, $2 if present

Point to be noted is that porting smali is not a simple thing, because they also are referring to other Resources and as they are hard to interpret, we won't know all the things they are referring to. They are also connected to Resources by id which are greatly different from ROM to ROM and often refer to an added resource. So, it's not recommended to port them until its some mind blowing feature with no guide about it and you're sure it may work.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
This will be dedicated to compiling apps and basic knowledge

I beg Haters and Ungrateful people stay away, as knowledge is something I gained in over 1 year and passing it over in 2 seconds so that less people have problems in seeking their goal.

I learned making Simple Android Apps in last month or so. There is basic Java involved if you are making a simple app

Just a raw data for now, I will make a well defined Guide in some time

http://pastebin.com/70LJBW9f
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] mathm2013:
First! Thanks for the great work and index. Will definitely be useful for me. Thanks a ton.

Areeb, in tips for themers, it says about themes.xml. Where can i find it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Hitesh2626:
Use full thread bro keep it up !
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] -SyncSoft-:
Awesome! When I start to build a ROM. I will definetly refer to this thread!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Conan Edogawa:
Wow... Like a theming index with rom making guide.
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] Powerhouse:
Reserved :thumbup:
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] amolgosavi:
Very niceeeeee areeb..thanks for this all guides :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] iamareebjamal:
Sorry for such such late reply, I didn't see this extra message below your reply

The styles.xml in framework-res.apk is the themes.xml in MIUI (I suppose)

So themes.xml = styles.xml
[Galaxy Ace S5830i General] shlnarang:
very useful thanks :good:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanclarke1969:
I am looking for the RUU 1.28.161.7 thats what it shows when i look for version on my phone through cmd line

Please can someone sort the links out that are broken or send me a link to a new download for this rom.

I need to restore my phone to stock.

Thanks

Sean
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickyhk:
For some reason, i have flashed chinese custom rom then flashed back to stock rom. However, I have failed to startup download mode. Now i only can use adb command. Please help me to fix it. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beshlawy22:
my not 2 got sudden death and send it to servce center and got it working with 4.1.1 then updated it with kies then got unregesterd on network

found imei 00049....... so tried ariza pach got imei nul then i tried flashing modem x4 got my right imei but stil unregesterd on net work then tried stok rom with 5 files odin said failure tried to flash only 3 files from that rom but no chance tried wenam rom no chance too sershed for efs and download it and restor it got nothing

i notice that in recovery mode product name is empty

if any body can help

sorry my english is not good
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
Starting grom beginning

Upgrade to 4.1.2 or flash pre rooted rom..if u lose ur imei,flash mf2 modem or older..it should fix ur problem

Sent from my AweSoMe ?♥Note2♥?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrkhigh:
Title says it all my wife is probably getting the s4 from att for Christmas and I require tethering so I'm guessing I may require root.

If there are issues I'll probably go with the note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
The best way to find out is to read the root threads.. If there is a problem it will be posted there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mrkhigh:
The thing is I've been reading in another forum the unbranded one and someone told me that it had adverse side effects but I could never find proof of it so I was merely asking here.

I'm not worried about bricking or something of that nature just wanting to know if root killed something as the person in the other thread suggested it had safe guards that foiled it.

I understand Knox is a switch but these threads are overwhelmed with people already not knowing what they are talking about (like me).

Had hoped for just a -yes it flips Knox switch void warranty but other than that it's just like any other rooted device.

Or a yes the world implodes.

But from what I can tell root is fine just no twrp for me.

Keep in mind I'm just out trying to pick one not root it today.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ukiller:
I am programming the Bluetooth COM port on an MDA III using the Smart Device Framework (www.opennentcf.org). Everything works like the wired way as long as the partner is connected to the SPP session. When I shut down the partner the communication hangs and I have to remove the hung program with the Memory control panel.

I would like to be informed by system events in advance so my application can have a graceful shutdown instead of me having to kicking it out.

Is there are known way to achieve this? Any hints would be appreciated.

Thanks

Udo
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] snake2243:
So I am on my nexus 2nd gen and when I tried to install 4.3 jelly bean i eventually got to the X screen with the colors lighting up. you know the x shape with the collers green, pink,aqua and yellow. I have been on this loading screen for at least 20 min. is this natural? should i restart my nexus?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] AarSyl:
Sounds like a boot loop. You might have to do a factory reset from recovery. Did you recently flash a custom recovery, or are you completely stock?

_______________________________________

Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE

Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel

Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2

Rooted, Stock Rom & Kernel
[Omni Q&A] dibblebill:
I've been attempting to sync the repo all today and yesterday- yesterday it synced, but I didn't realize it had because it syncs to /.repo so I tried to resync it. Since then, I've run into a slew of issues, but finally moved my desktop to fix them, so I'm hardwired in.

Right now, it just finished

Fetching projects: 54% (203/375) Fetching project android_frameworks_base
remote: Counting objects: 778903, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (211663/211663), done.

Now, its on "Receiving objects:" but it just keeps flickering between seemingly random percentages and downlaod amounts/speeds. Is this normal? Its been here for almost 20 minutes now.

EDIT: I should add that according to Ubuntu's network monitor, it IS downloading data. I guess its normal? This is my first-ever build/repo stuff so please excuse me if I sound like an idiot.

EDIT 2: It appears to be going well, and that is normal behavior.
[LG Optimus G Pro] cmonson80:
I have a question? What is the simplest way of flashing roms to a android device, particularly with the LG Optimus G Pro
[LG Optimus G Pro] Flaco05:
There are many posts and guides about how to do this in the Optimus Pro forum. Just look around a little.
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
I agree and searching will you. Read, read and read some more. To get you started try this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2362657
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
Yes search but not from the android app use you computer. In my experience using the android app the search function on the App is horrible, I for one can search for hours on the App and never find what I'm looking for.. But when I use my PC I find what I'm looking for first try. :rolleyes:

_________________

Beavers & Ducks!
[LG Optimus G Pro] nexuus:
You could get the following app *FreeGee Free* from the play store (make sure your phone is rooted), flash the custom recovery of your choice, and then pick the rom of your choice and then boot into the custom recovery you just installed and simply flash..:good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al52025:
just got my att g2 yesterday. excited to try out 60fps video and when i watch them on my computer they are about 15-20 fps and sometimes the audio is horrible, cutting in and out. the 1080p 30fps seems to work fine tho. does anyone else have this problem or any solutions? or should i return it for another one.
[Paranoid Android Q&A] lordbalmon:
Simple question, when is it (http://download.paranoidandroid.co/) coming up again?
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Anu6is:
There is no timeline... we are in search of a new server that would prove more reliable. For now it's back to Goo.im as the main repository.
[Paranoid Android Q&A] lordbalmon:
I see, then I think it will be comfortable if you could modify your community page (google+, which is the only direct way to access paranoid android right now) to inform the users that download.paranoidandroid.co is temporarily down and help them with your (official) goo.im repository.

There are multitude of repository with paranoid android

http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms

http://goo.im/devs/nims11/PA-i9100
[Paranoid Android Q&A] Anu6is:
The info in About Community was updated a while ago, must have overlooked the link on the G+ page. It's been updated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamendorf:
I would like to keep a contact list for a group of people where we would all need each others numbers: work collaborators, softball team members, boy scout troop members, church members, etc. I would like to have one person create a master list for a specific group, and allow everyone to sync their devices so that it can be seen in their contact list.

This is easy enough to do. Just have each person sync their phone to the same Gmail account, and only sync the contacts. However, with large groups of people, it becomes more problematic to allow each person the ability to change entries. Does anyone know a way to get a share a contact list with multiple devices that get read only access to the list.

I would like this to be able to be done across Android, IPhone, WinMobile, Blackberry. (Or as many as possible.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] beach50:
Hello

I have a Rogers Samsung S4 that I installed the stock Android onto it (4.3). Rom name: Google Edition S4 By JanJan xda AFG).

Everything works great except when I turn on WiFi tethering I can connect to the phone with my laptop or another device and get an IP from the phone but I cannot surf anywhere. I can surf on the phone no problem. I am connected to LTE. I also tested the SIM on another device and I can WiFi tether with no problem - so I know the SIM set up is fine.

What am I missing on this set up? :)

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] infogeick:
Try ES File Explorer from the play Store.

Open ES File Manager, Got To Net Manager and try to create a hotspot from there and connect and Browse. It should work fine.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] magedawson:
I found this app to change the icon on INOMAIL to the stock android mail icon.

It worked great for that and then I found out it could create icons/shortcuts just about any size.

View attachment 2330554

here's a screen cap of my new easy to see book readers screen.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jy.iconchanger.ad

:)

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] mikeriko7:
How to enlarge icons

Thank you for the information. icon changer is a great app but I can see that there is no way to make bigger icons even though I;ve tried to change the pixels of the icon before inserting to Icon changer. You can make smaller but there is a limit on bigger icons.

Could you please explain how you made bigger icons than the default size with this app?

Thank you
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] magedawson:
Sorry looks like its been changed in the last update. The slider bar use to start in the middle, and use could go bigger or smaller. Now it starts at the end and you can only go smaller. Not sure why they changed this.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] mikeriko7:
appreciate your reply i'll try an older version ... :-0
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digittante:
Escalating to it's own thread after a lot of trial/error in others:

I can't get native Android device-level encryption to work on an SM-N900T after rooting:

Tried CF-Auto-Root - root successful (KNOX Warranty tripped), but won't encrypt

Tried Root de la Vega - root successful (KNOX Warranty remained tripped), but won't encrypt

Tried Xposed Framework + Wanam Xposed to reset "System" to 'Official', successful, but won't encrypt

Tried TriangleAway just to verify that Counter, Binary, and System reported as intended (0, official, official respectively), but won't encrypt

Multiple attempts at device-level encryption, thorough and 'fast' cause immediate reboot. I'm using password, not PIN, as required, and also testing via manually initiating encryption as well as letting ExchangeSecurityPolicy enforce it. The only way I can get device-level encryption seems to be by restoring to stock (tested multiple times).

Perhaps there's some other env bit encryption requires/checks in order to run?

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sebkinne:
I can absolutely confirm this issue. Same thing happened here. Unroot and you are set. The issue is if you root again, it will stop booting - I found out the hard way. Sucks but hey.

As encryption for me is important, I will have to wait with re-rooting the device to remove bloatware.. too bad!

Also, TWRP which usually supports encryption also does not work with this version of Samsungs encryption.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Esteef:
How did you reset knox to 0 using Wanam Xposed? I see no option to reset "System" to "Official"...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] digittante:
That's two separate things:

KNOX Warranty Void - cannot be reset to 0x0 once it's tripped to 0x1

Report "System" as "Official" - Look in the Security Hacks section of Wanam Xposed for "report fake status"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] greffel:
Can confirm this too, not possible to root and then Encrypt. Really would like this to work.

My phone is a SM-N9005
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] webdave:
Having the same issue...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] yousefarman89:
After weeks of trying different things.I Finally figured it out!! (Verizon Variant, but should work with T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 just fine, see website)

First- Encrypt your device, before rooting

Second- Use the Kingoapp Root method, not Root De La Vega. When i used Root De La Vega, it would not work, and I would get the same error as everyone else. http://www.kingoapp.com/# is the link to the kingo root method. Its a One-Click method that took 10 minutes from start to finish. I just downloaded Multi-Window Manager to test the root, and it worked like a charm.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] webdave:
That won't work for some of us because it will trip Knox. That is the advantage of Root De La Vega right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
Kingoapp is supposed to not trip the Knox flag as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] webdave:
Really? I'll have to look into this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
designgears in his Dev post when he closed the Root de la Vega [KNOX 0x0 Root | SM-N900T thread pointed to it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47067300&postcount=105

I asked him via PM and he confirmed it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] yousefarman89:
how can i checked if its tripped or not? I have Kingo/and im encrpyted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] webdave:
Boot into download mode and see if the Knox flag is 0x0 or 0x1(tripped).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] yousefarman89:
Knox remains 0x0 it worked :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chris19000:
Can also confirm not limited to the Note 3. Same thing for the Note 2 updated to 4.3 as well, SGH-I317m variant. Rooted with an odin flashed root injected stock rom.

---------- Post added at 08:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 PM ----------

Regarding the kingoapp root method - did anyone else read this thread? Written in the xperia forums but some telling info regarding the dev. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2460745&page=8 Might work but could be a heavy cost.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] alphahere:
Just got a note 3 and this is an old thread. So wanted to update this question.

To encrypt device after root all that is needed to do is run the following command from terminal or adb shell as root. You must have the latest busybox installed.

pkill -KILL daemonsu

After running this command you should be back at the "$" prompt and out of root. Do not run su again.

Then encrypt your device. Encryption should work fine. Once rebooted you will have root again.

I had to repeat the above steps because I ran su again. Running su restarts daemonsu.

Good luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] spyngamerman:
does this apply to all samsung rooted but bootlocked devices like say verizon galaxy s5?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] alphahere:
Just tried with a Verizon Note 3 with locked bootloader after running

pkill -KILL daemonsu

No problem encrypting data partition at all. So should work with S5.

Rebooting restores root function. The above command only temporarily disables root.

Good luck.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dramaqueenz:
It worked!

OMG alphahere. Thanks so much, this finally worked on my Note 3 (N9005) with X-Note Rom 4.4.2 after hours and days of searching and failing...

Well, as a newbie I had to try several times. Turns out that I didn't read your post that carefully. It seems that the term "running adb shell as ROOT", so typing "su" that you have # instead of $ in cmd, is a small but important detail to disable SuperSU-Root temporarily in order to let encryption run without getting stuck in malfunctioning Enter-Password-Screen and ergo factory reset with Stock-ODIN from the start :)

THANK YOU, You're the best!!! <3
[HTC Droid DNA] mooseknuckles:
i am getting ready to send my device back for a warranty exchange. in following the steps, like i have done twice before, i accidentally jumped ahead....

I did the Fastboot oem writesecureflag 3 BEFORE i flashed the lock bootloader zip. The phone still boots and functions normally, but i can't flash the lock bootloader zip, it fails, even though it says unlocked tampered.

Anyone have any suggestions?? I am at a loss, and not sure if there is a command i can run to revert this all back.

My wife was nagging me and i scrolled down and jumped ahead like a total noob. thanks for any help!

And yes everything is accessible still, cwm, adb, the phone itself, etc etc. it functions fine...
[HTC Droid DNA] Phaded:
Run s-off. After that follow guide in order

Since you're unlocked still face palm should work. Just follow after the point you unlock.

If not any new method will work
[HTC Droid DNA] thayl0:
Unlocking the bootloader automatically voids your warranty....
[HTC Droid DNA] twelfth:
Thank you for an incredibly unhelpful reply.