yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
Considering I get like zero donations for all my other work, I can't do that. Like everyone, I've got bills to pay plus school bills. And a car to fix. I've been majorly hurting lately ha. Getting personal, sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] Magicman500:
If I had money to give, I definitely would. The most I can do is a dollar. If you make the price of the pro version a dollar, I'll definitely buy it!
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
99 cents is what I was thinking of. It just costs 25 bucks to open a developers account on Google play. Right now that 25 dollars is feeding me xD #collegekidproblems lol.
[Android Apps and Games] Magicman500:
[MENTION=2675647]elesbb[/MENTION]

Bump? :D
[Android Apps and Games] Magicman500:
Sorry for the double post, I think I did the @ mention wrong before.

How's this coming along? I still really want this!
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
Too busy right now. You will have to wait until the semester is over. Sorry man.
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
lml thats great xD

I am done with the semester ;)

Now just gotta figure out how/where Samsung devices are listening for key presses and nuke them so they don't change the app :)

Have a few ideas so keep checkin back!
[Android Apps and Games] Magicman500:
I have a d2vzw (S3), if I can help at all.
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
I have an S4, once i figure it out on my S4 i'll give ya a test build :)
[Android Apps and Games] elesbb:
Okay guys!

I have successfully been able to neutralize the back and menu key on my S4 and S5 and S3, all capacitve buttons are disable (USING ROOT). Home button is disabled as well without any additional things(before you had to configure my app as your launcher).

HOWEVER!

I need device names and information from people.

Once i get your device name, i will give you an app, this app will simply (using ROOT) disable any capacitive buttons you have (hopefully). I say hopefully because i believe each phone is going to be different in a sense of location and commands but theoretically the idea should work across all devices. I just need to make sure i'm changing the right file.

THIS INFORMATION SHOULD MAKE A PERFECTLY FLAWLESS SCREEN LOCKER APP! :)

Thanks guys!!
[Android Apps and Games] Magicman500:
Verizon Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535) running SlimKat (If that matters).
[Android Apps and Games] john4good:
Spice Mi-535

Nice app idea.

Issues:

1. the gesture recognition seems to be inaccurate.

1.a I made a line from top left to bottom right. After enabling the app, one first test it worked correctly. After that it was not accepting this line. For chance I swiped from Top right to bottom left and it worked.

1.b Now I made a vertical flipped 6. The screen gets unlocked on actual 6 too.

2. When the gesture wasn't working, I long pressed on the home button till the screen went black and then was able to see the recent app list and swiped to disable the screen lock. This step is fine as it would put someone off on working on the phone thinking it broke!

Suggestion: If any key is pressed, can a user custom text overlay be display. Example : Nothing more to see. Give it back ! Please!
[Android Apps and Games] savesylvia:
How?

How do I download this? Is there a link... Specific app...?:confused:
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Was digging around in other sections and came across an

interesting camera test

for the S4.

Any one notice this particular issue ? Every thing must be clear along the focus plane or you have a faulty camera.

There is no depth of field question here, everything is at the same distance (more or less, slight arc, should not matter).

Find the bottle test quite instructive.
[Xperia Z1 General] guybrush2099:
There was a topic about this. We see all the xperia z1 get strange focus. We don't know if they have faulty lens or it' s a consequence of the wide-angle lens in a little space, but with the new firmware this phenomenon is less evident

Inviato dal mio C6903 con Tapatalk 4
[Xperia Z1 General] danw_oz:
So what is the point of this thread? This is a Sony thread not samsung.

All lenses will have some blurring, especially in the corners. This example you show here has nothing to do with focus but a badly aligned lens, so this person should be taking it back.

So what do you want to know? That no Sony Z1 will have this issue, well maybe, anything is possible, and if it did take it back.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Point is that test made it really easy to see whether the lens has any issues. Samsung or not does not matter.

How many people can distinguish between bad alignment or focus issues ? lack of focus, they see problem.

Hence wanted people to post pictures and say what is & isn't acceptable blurring. That is really what i want to get out of this thread.

Some are bound to have an issue. People should know what to look out for.
[Xperia Z1 General] Bobeobi:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14364501@N04/sets/72157635852723265/

Right side is blurred (look on grass and trees)

That what I've found browsing my problem with "ouf of focus right side", have the same issue with near 30% blurred, and that is completely hardware issue, and more - I had similar on my Xperia ZL (lucky I am)!

And here is my photo
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
You have a replacement coming ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Bobeobi:
No
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Why Sony refused to replace under warranty ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Bobeobi:
My phone has only regional warranty (Poland) and I'm from another country (Ukraine), so, I'm stuck with it for now
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
Interesting problem this, it seems to have just started to happen out of the blue a few days ago.

The problem, in a nutshell, is that whatever I try to do, be it recreate the entries in the Address Book, create a duplicate entry with the same name, use the O2 Plus feature which lets you save a contact to your address book and make a new entry like that... Whatever I do, whenever I receive a new text message, the person's name isn't shown as the sender, just their mobile number in international format.

Even if I have that contact in my phone already, with their number in the same format as is shown on the text message (+447...), their name doesn't show at all. It's really starting to annoy me, as I've not added or removed anything to my XDA and yet this problem isn't going away.

Argh! Anybody have any ideas as to what's wrong? I might ring O2's oddly-named Data Support and quiz them about this tomorrow, too...

Cheers again everyone,

Christopher
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] TinTin:
When you search the forum for "CallerID" you'll find a few people asking about the same problem, mainly when receiving calls however not SMS' and some suggestions.

Do you have photos attached to your contacts? I'd try reinstalling the CallerID_Alpine_... from your Extended_Rom, if all fails it might be easiest to restore a backup (if you got one that is).

hth,

Max
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
I did some further testing today, borrowed a mate's phone and rang mine... Bizarre, the first time my phone was rung, it would take approx. 30 seconds for the name of the caller to show, the number showed up fine though. Subsequent dials would result in the name showing up almost instantly (as usual)...

.... Veeeeeeery odd. I'll just dash off and try reinstalling this CallerID cab...
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Hello,

I have decided to try and find exactly what .apk I can remove from a freshly rooted system using NookManager. At this time;

Disabled:

Accessories.apk

AccountAndSyncSettings.apk

AFfileDownloadService.apk

AirRuntime.apk

BnAuthenticationService.apk

BnCloudRequestSvc.apk

CloudService.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

DemoMode.apk

DeviceManager.apk

DeviceRegistrator.apk

DownloadAdmin.apk

Gallery.apk

GoogleSearch.apk

Home.apk

Launcher.apk

Library.apk

Music.apk

NookCommunity.apk

NookHWTest.apk

Oobe.apk

Phone.apk

PicoTts.apk

QuickStartActivity.apk

ReaderRMSDK.apk

ServiceOne.apk

Shop.apk

Social.apk

SysChecksum.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

ThumbnailService.apk

TtsService.apk

WaveformDownloader.apk

Enabled:

ApplicationsProvider.apk

Browser.apk

CertInstaller.apk

CryptoServer.apk

DownloadProvider.apk

DrmProvider.apk

GlobalSearch.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

LatinIME.apk

MediaProvider.apk

PackageInstaller.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

-Problems so far:

1) Under Settings->Device Info->About Your Nook field 'Software version' is listed as 'Unavailable'

2) The quick launch is still displayed - What .apk disables this?

3) Graphical layout of No-frills CPU Control slightly impaired - Usable but something has broken it.

Can you help with any of the above?

I have tried disabling other .apk files however I was a little too ambitious and ended up with many more problems and a boot loop so I intend to be a little more systematic. I would like to find the bare minimum that is required. I will keep this thread updated but appreciate any help that can be given.

Thank you.
[Nook Touch General] straygecko:
Maybe DeviceManager.apk, maybe AccountandSyncSettings.apk - I think you'll just need to try renabling things until it works.

Its not in an .apk. B&N buried it in the system framework. Unless your quest for minimalism takes you to baksmali system jars, rip out code and smali then you can just use Nook Touch Mod Manager (installed with NookManager) to remap your n key to whatever you want it to do.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Thanks for the tips, I'll give it a shot. My only reason for messing with the .apk is that I'd like to maximise battery life. I've read about Phone and TelephonyProvider and so I gathered while there I may as well remove other stuff. My intention is definitely not to remove anything that other applications may have dependancies on - It's real tough knowing so I might just end up leave them all there. Do you know of any application (or perhaps a different systematic way) that will (somehow - not sure if possible) work out the dependancy of installed apps and list those that can be removed?

Additionally, on my first attempt at removing .apk I was a little too over ambitious and in addition to the list of 'Disabled' apps I also disabled:

ApplicationsProvider.apk

Browser.apk

CryptoServer.apk

DownloadProvider.apk

DrmProvider.apk

GlobalSearch.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

MediaProvider.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

One of these caused the quick launch to disappear - Whether that is because one of those .apk actually contains the quick launch or because quick launch is dependant on one of these to function I do not know... I suppose I could go remove one of these at a time and see which is responsible.

The only reason I'm against trying each one at a time is it very time consuming to remove and reboot between each (let alone then testing everything I can think of to check for any misbehaviour!).

Thanks :)
[Nook Touch General] chowy993:
When I got my NST I spent a bit of time doing exactly the same thing you are doing.

In my System/app folder I have the following:

ApplicationsProvider.apk

BnCloudRequestSvc.apk <------ I did this a while ago, so I can't remember why I left this one in....

DeviceManager.apk <------ again, I can't remember why I left this in...

LatinIME.apk

PackageInstaller.apk

ReaderRMSDK.apk <---- built in reader app. I don't like the look of any other epub reader. I use Renate's amazing library app with this.

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

Note: I don't use ANY of B&N's services.

I don't have Browser.apk as I use Opera instead xD

I have had no problems with this setup: I've been using this for the last ~3 months with no crashes/reboots etc.

HOWEVER there is an apk missing: In this state my NST refuses to go to deep sleep when I let it go to sleep.

As for the QuickNav, while I dont use it (and is disabled by Nook Touch Mod Manager on my NST) I can confirm that these apk have QuickNav.

I would continue to experiment, but I no longer have the time. If someone could work out of the remaining apks which would allow deep sleep, and whether BnCloudRequestSvc and DeviceManager are necessary, I would be eternally grateful :good:
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Hello! Could you please tell me how you know it does not go to 'deep sleep'? I'd like to know how to check this to keep an eye out and ensure I also do not break this behaviour. Thank you! :)
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I don't have either of my Nooks with me at work today so I can't check which .apks I still have on them. However, I can suggest the method I used to get to where I am....

I installed "Go TaskManager EX", this app allows you to see what is running and kill processes you don't want. With this app, I was able to find some .apks that start automatically that perform services that I don't use. (Example: Social.apk) So I have moved all .apks for services that start automatically to a directory I created called /system/archive. (This way I still have a copy on the device, making restoration easier just in case.) I have left .apks in /system/apps that I don't use as long as I don't find them starting up automatically. My rational is that if it does not start automatically, then it is not using battery. I will try to remember to check my Nooks and post what .apks I have left tomorrow.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
That would be great - Thank you! :)
[Nook Touch General] chowy993:
I use a free app called CPU Spy. It shows you what states the CPU has been in over time. If you can't access the play store on your NST, I've put it in the attachments.

I first got suspicious when I noticed at some point that my NST drained battery really fast compared to pre-root status. So I installed CPU spy, and that told me that the device wouldn't go into deep sleep.

I look forward to seeing your results in what APKs are the minimal requirements.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Would it be possible to post what .apk you have left please? Thanks! :)

I'll be sure to give this a try - Thank you.
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I am not sure you want me to at this point. Before posting earlier in the week I tried to remove a few others and got my Nook so messed up that I had to do a "factory reset" about six times. So I obviously removed too much. :(

I also believe that how much you can remove depends upon whether you want to be able to read books with B&N DRM. I "think" my Nook got messed up when I remove AirRuntime.apk and then tried to use the stock library. The library never loaded and the screen just kept flashing black/white, black/white. I had to power off by pushing the power button for 20 seconds and even restoring AirRuntime did not work. So I had to restore from the factory zip image.

That was a long explanation to say that at this point I don't trust what I have done and to reiterate the making a backup before trying any thing like this is critical.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Just a note regarding your experimentation:

All the .apks are part of the Android system, not the underlying Linux.

You should always be able to get through to a shell on ADB.

The screen might be showing wackiness but ADB should still be working.

When playing around, "start" and "stop" in ADB should be your friends.

# stop [color=red]// stop the Android subsystem[/color]
# mv whatever.apk whatever.bak [color=red]// modify something[/color]
# start [color=red]// start the Android subsystem[/color]
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
That's some useful feedback all the same - It really is making me consider whether it's worth all of the fuss. I do have a backup, thankfully, and I've used it numerous times but none the less I can imagine I case where the vast majority of .apk will need to be kept in any case. If nothing else, I think the list of what can/cannot be removed will vary widely between users depending on their needs. Personally I have no use for *anything* B&N apart from the Reader. Even then, it's hard to know what minor breakages might be related to removing a particular .apk which you may not notice until a later date (by which time you'll perhaps have removed (or added) more). Definitely needs a more systematic approach than trial and error, I fear.

Now that's some useful information - Thank you.
[Nook Touch General] khseal:
DeviceManager.apk does not work without BnCloudRequestSvc.apk and CloudService.apk. Without DeviceManager.apk no information device info.

Without CloudService.apk appear error in log...
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
So have you worked out exactly what can be removed and what cannot? Can you give a full list? Thanks for the help so far! :)
[Nook Touch General] khseal:
I recently purchased Nook. I test and see the relationship. I will write what services should be left when I've finished experimenting.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Sounds great - I'm sure lots of people would be very very interested! :)
[Nook Touch General] khseal:
I think the systems applications are not heavily loaded device.

So in these operations delete system applications, do not big sense. A little more memory and little more bugs.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
So are there any you would recommend removing or none at all? Thanks! :)
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
There are some I know can be deleted. The telephone related ones obviously and DemoMode.apk. I am not sure removing these will do anything but speed up the boot time from complete power off. As the Nook has no native sound capability, I believe you can also delete PicoTts.apk, Music.apk and TtsService.apk, but again I am not sure that will help improve battery life.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Does anybody know which .apk is responsible for the 'recommend to a friend' (or similar) notifications? And are there are side-effects/implications to removing this apk? It's definitely the most annoying!
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
Hi Renate,

You understand both Android and the relationship between the different B&N Apps better than anybody (or so it seems!). I understand you would not be suggested this is a 'recommended' configuration, but could you please tell me the current list of .apk in your /system/apps directory? I understand it might not be optimal but I'd imagine you are likely to have found if the combination you have have any side effects and are likely to understand the rationale but which you have chosen to keep which and which you have chosen to remove.

Thank you in advanced! :)
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I believe that it is likely that NookCommunity.apk is the one doing this.

I have done some playing around and have currently move the following .apks out of the /system/app directory in my UN-rooted Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight.

DemoMode.apk

NookCommunity.apk

Phone.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

TtsService.apk

PicoTts.apk

Social.apk

A quick check seems to indicate no issues with using the stock Library and stock Reader to read books purchased from B&N (with B&N DRM).

If I run into any problems, I will post them in this thread.

If there is interest in how I did this on an UN-rooted Nook, I can post the procedure.
[Nook Touch General] khseal:
Services that I saved.

ApplicationsProvider.apk

Accessories.apk

CertInstaller.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

DeviceManager.apk

DownloadAdmin.apk

BnAuthenticationService.apk

BnCloudRequestSvc.apk

CloudService.apk

CryptoServer.apk

DownloadProvider.apk

DrmProvider.apk

GlobalSearch.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

LatinIME.apk

MediaProvider.apk

PackageInstaller.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

The other services are removed. I do not use the standard library and reader.
[Nook Touch General] LavaChild0809:
How much testing have you done with this configuration? I also use Reader so I'm not sure what implications that has. I notice you've still got HTMLViewer.apk but in my experience that was not needed - Did you see any issues removing that?

Obviously you do not have to 'explain yourself' to anybody here but I'd be *interested* to know why you kept (and why you removed) what you have.

Thanks so much for coming back with this :) I'm going to compare to my numerous notes - I'll post back any further questions! :)

EDIT: I would very much like to know;

You have not kept UserDictionaryProvider.apk - What is this for and why is it not needed? 'General' Android searches (not nook specific) should this should not be removed. Hmm... SysChecksum.apk too - Not sure on this one.

You have kept the following other interesting .apk:

Accessories.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

DownloadAdmin.apk

BnAuthenticationService.apk

Could you explain why these are necessary? Although have not yet tested these I figured these would be okay to remove.

I trust what you are recommending more than my own thoughts at this time because you have done more thorough testing than I up to now but it would be great how you made the above choices! Thanks :)
[Nook Touch General] khseal:
I test about a week.

UserDictionaryProvider.apk - custom dictionary.

ContactsProvider.apk - without this service does not open pop-up messages.

BnAuthenticationService.apk bound CloudService.apk

Accessories.apk - the final page after the initial registration Nook. Perhaps it can also be removed.

HTMLViewer.apk - may not be needed. I do not open the HTML content.

I do not yet know anything about these services:

DownloadAdmin.apk

SysChecksum.apk

Accessories.apk
[LG Optimus G Pro] stanleyopar2000:
hey guys! I'm posting here today to ask your kind advice = ]

Recently my fiance got an AT&T LG Optimus G Pro E980..and I rooted and flashed a stock deblaoted ROM. After a sketchy baseband flash (think I accidentally flashed the E988 instead), Found out it wiped the IMEI and it got zero signal even after changing the APN. I returned it to stock and my fiance got another one without any hassle from AT&T :) (thanks LGFlashTool!)

Now I got one finally and I was wondering if there is a safe and sable Custom ROM I can go to that wont have me tamper with the "radio" or "baseband" and can be used as a Daily driver. I have a white AT&T LG Optimus G Pro (E980!) on stock and rooted...Used Titanium Backup to freeze all the crap...But this Rom STILL has CarrierIQ in it..and I like to keep my android experience lean, mean and free of (possibly spying) carrier parasites .I like the QuickRemote feature..other than that the A&T garbage and that qslide crap can go phuck itself. Any advice? I've seen

BeanStalk,

Carbon,

UNOFFICIAL and OFFICIAL CM,

ParanoidAndroid,

Pac-Man

Vanir

and Harmony

Thanks!!
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
Read rule 4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46847787
[LG Optimus G Pro] stanleyopar2000:
pfft. was wondering which one had the most RISK of installing (NOT features or which one was "better") but. fine. :rolleyes:
[LG Optimus G Pro] psal217050:
Just try them. That's half the fun of rooting.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Taosaur:
Goal: store Google Play Music All Access downloads on external SD card. There's a thread for it here, but the problem is that GPM wants to store its files in /sdcard/Android/data/com...music rather than /data/data/com...music, and /sdcard does not seem to allow symlinks. I had the identical problem on my Nook HD+ tablet and after giving up on symlinking, I tried out a SD swap hack which mostly just broke apps. However, it broke GPM in a good way; the app started storing files under /data/data/ and I was able to undo the SD swap and create a symlink.

So, can I do anything similar on the Ion to disrupt the internal SD so I can clear data on GPM and have it rebuild its directories under /data/data? Is there a simpler solution? Would editing vold.fstab work? I was under the impression it was more complicated than that in jellybean.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilflare:
is there a way to change what the search icon does on the Recent Apps screen?

referring to the middle icon in the picture below

currently, it only has two options

-Google Search

-Screen Off and Lock