yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] qvgahub:
As we all know sony is not releasing hdmi sources for jelly bean, so we cannot use jelly bean completely.

SONY XPERIA S also got a hdmi and an official jb firmware. Can we use sources from it for our neo v?

"It must be having same hdmi hardware."

I tried to install semchdmicontrolservice.apk from a XPERIA S ROM ...on one of neo's jb rom ...but still no luck.

Do we need some other libraries?.Why can't we use xperia s libraries?:confused:

edit:sorry wrong section
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Attitude.SSJ:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1989501... go through the thread once
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Druboo666:
it will never work on aosp as sony doesn't realse the source of HDMI of our devices...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Silhouette Changer

I don't know about everyone else but I don't care much for the faces on the silhouettes in 4.3 or ND8. So I thought I'd change them.

HERE you can dl the VR Theme Flashable in recovery to replace them with the dark aosp style silhouettes for ND8.

HERE are the ND8 apks. Included are the SecEmail_J apk, SecContacts_OSup, SecMms and SecPhone apks.

Instructions:

Boot into recovery

Wipe cache and dalvik cache

Flash

Reboot

Screen shots:

Here are the MK3 files:

I've been using the Vrtheme zip given to me by @tdunham in the MOAR thread and have come up with a Silhouette Changer. 4.1.2 stock, dark aosp and light aosp. I've tested this on Dandroid 2.0 using CWM and expect it will work on all 4.3 ROMs. Please let me know your results. :)

4.1.2 stock TW

Dark aosp

Light aosp

Original work, 4.3 apks:

All in one.

Individual apks for dl:

4.3 SecMms

4.3 SecPhone

4.3 SecContacts

4.3 SecEmail

Extra:

Here are 3 sets of Silhouettes (NOT Flash-able) for 4.3. They are dark AOSP, stock, and 4.1.2 style. Here they are if anyone can use them.

Disclaimer: Flash/Use at your own risk!

*It is important to note that there may be additional issues I don't know about and as I am a truck driver, not a programmer I may or may not be able to fix things.

Everyone is encouraged to do what ever you like with anything I post, but a little credit would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Haha. Glad i'm not the only 1 who hated those **** nosed weirdos. Lol. I swear samsung and google have 6 year olds designing their stuff. :D

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- Official Team Average Joe's beta tester.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I got the phone and contacts finished. Links in the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
Why don't these look correct? D= something seems off lol.. You 100% these are from 4.1.2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I had to re-size several of the images to make them fit. All of them came from 4.1.2 except the silhouettes in the phone. I couldn't find any big enough to make work so I erased the face off of the original png. So I guess it's 98% 4.1.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I got to looking a little closer and figured out what I needed to change to make the phone more 4.1.2 like. :) Uploaded a new phone apk and changed the link in the op. If anyone would rather have the 4.3 look with just the faces erased just let me know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
How big are those images? You may want to troll the note 2 and 3 to see if someone changed them and just shrink them to size for the gs3. Just a suggestion...

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- Official Team Average Joe's beta tester.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
One in particular is 984x807 pixels. I don't think it matters though because I haven't seen it come up since the latest change. I'll still check out the note threads though. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
All that would be needed is scour through the 4.1.2 phone apk and grab that image. Looking through the stuff they have the same dimensions
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Thats prety much what I did but there are quite a few changes. Not huge but I needed to re-size several pngs and that big one didn't have a counter part.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReapersDeath:
Interesting.. I might take a look later.. Knowing Samsung and relocating some things
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Added an all in one zip to replace the new smiley silhouettes with the previous 4.1.2 style in the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I was working on a theme a while ago and drifted away from it but still have some of the resources. Rather than just delete them I thought I'd post them here. There are 3 sets of Silhouettes here (NOT Flash-able) for 4.3. They are dark AOSP, stock, and 4.1.2 style. I was in the process of doing a light AOSP set too but never finished those. Any way I Here they are if anyone can use them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Edited:

I've been using the Vrtheme zip given to me by [MENTION=1042140]tdunham[/MENTION] in the MOAR thread and have come up with a Silhouette Changer. In the future I plan to use aroma so it'll be just one zip with 4 options. For now though, there are 3 zips with only 3 options. Dark aosp and light aosp and 4.1.2 stock TW. I've tested this on Dandroid 2.0 using CWM and expect it will work on all 4.3 ROMs. Please let me know your results. :)

4.1.2 stock TW

Dark aosp

Light aosp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Hi Chad.

Try the one I'm posting here. If you're just doing theming, it's pretty annoying waiting for the phone to boot through that 250+ 'updating applications' every single time, especially when you're trying to test something out.

This Vrtheme has the dalvik cache wipe disabled. Cache wipes can still be done manually in recovery of course but as I'm getting more into doing some stuff for myself, I noticed that it's a real PIA when you want to try something out real quick and you've got to wait. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
You must be really impatient. JK. Thanks I'll give this a go. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
It gets old quick when you are test flashing stuff all day. I let users wipe themselves. They're big boys and girls. They know the deal...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I've been playing with the new zip but I'm not really seeing a difference. Here are my 3 new zips.

Light_AOSP Silhouettes-VRTheme.zip

Dark_AOSP Silhouettes-VRTheme.zip

4.1.2 Stock Silhouettes-VRTheme.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm getting a strange error in apktool, I decompiled the replaced the images in SecPhone, and got this

C:\apktool>apktool b SecPhone

I: Checking whether sources has changed...

I: Smaling...

I: Checking whether resources has changed...

I: Building resources...

C:\apktool\SecPhone\res\values-es-rUS\strings.xml:189: error: Multiple substitut

ions specified in non-positional format; did you mean to add the formatted="fals

e" attribute?

C:\apktool\SecPhone\res\values-es-rUS\strings.xml:190: error: Unexpected end tag

string

C:\apktool\SecPhone\res\values-it\strings.xml:189: error: Multiple substitutions

specified in non-positional format; did you mean to add the formatted="false" a

ttribute?

C:\apktool\SecPhone\res\values-it\strings.xml:190: error: Unexpected end tag str

ing

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.androlib.Androl

ibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-

sdk-version, 18, --target-sdk-version, 18, -F, C:\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\Temp

\APKTOOL1344704116309027234.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Kevin\apktool\framework\1.apk, -I,

C:\Users\Kevin\apktool\framework\2.apk, -S, C:\apktool\SecPhone\res, -M, C:\apk

tool\SecPhone\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:357)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:282)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:205)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:176)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:218)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:74)

Caused by: brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not

exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 18, --target-sdk-version, 18, -F, C:

\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL1344704116309027234.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Kev

in\apktool\framework\1.apk, -I, C:\Users\Kevin\apktool\framework\2.apk, -S, C:\a

pktool\SecPhone\res, -M, C:\apktool\SecPhone\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav

a:349)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:335)

... 5 more

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sd

k-version, 18, --target-sdk-version, 18, -F, C:\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\Temp\A

PKTOOL1344704116309027234.tmp, -I, C:\Users\Kevin\apktool\framework\1.apk, -I, C

:\Users\Kevin\apktool\framework\2.apk, -S, C:\apktool\SecPhone\res, -M, C:\apkto

ol\SecPhone\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:89)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.jav

a:347)

... 6 more

C:\apktool>

So I decided to just decompile then recompile without making any changes and I got the same error. I went a looked at the lines it referred to and it is all in different languages, i never even touched those xml's. Anyone encountered this? I could use some insight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Hi Kevin.

Try deleting the entire values-it and values-es-rUS folders and compiling it that way. I think that is all that is necessary, it's been a while since I've had this similar problem with SecPhone.apk. There is a way to fix it but this way is much easier and I'm sure you aren't going to miss a couple language files. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I thought about doing that, I wasn't sure if it be OK, thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Let me know how you make out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm not sure about the first two, the English /US xml's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
I just deleted the entire folders and the stock SecPhone compiles fine. I wouldn't worry about it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Sweet, I'll try later, I'm in class right now.

---------- Post added at 09:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

It compiled, I'll test it tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
What are you wanting to do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I was just changing the silhouettes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I didn't decompile anything to change them. Just changed the pngs with 7zip. Make sure they are close to the right size and are named correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Gotcha, I'll work on it, thanks guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Everything is working good, thanks guys, and thanks for the silhouettes.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Feel free to share your work here if you like. What silhouettes did you change to? I've thought about several different types but there hasn't been much interest in this project so I drifted away from it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I used your 4.1.2 silhouettes. I thought about using the aosp ones, but I didn't think they would go with my rom. Thanks for those. I wouldn't mind some more options if you are willing.

---------- Post added at 07:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:43 AM ----------

I got a weird error. I put the edited apk's in my rom and started building, during the zipaligning process it had a 'warning header mismatch' for each one. Ever seen that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
What edited apk's?

It's usually a good practice to not use recompiled apk files without making a few changes.

There are a couple methods. I prefer the hard way, to take the changed files out of the recompiled apk (classes.dex, resources.arsc, .xml files, .png files etc) and insert them into a virgin stock apk.

The easy method is to take androidmanifest.xml and META-INF from stock file and replace those in recompiled version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I actually ended up not even decompiling, just replacing the silhouettes with winrar. They work when I push them to the rom just fine. SecMms, SecContacts, SecEmail-J, and SecPhone.

---------- Post added at 07:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:26 AM ----------

And I use your easy method when recompiling, never had problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Not sure then, I haven't manually zipaligned anything in a very long time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Me either, this is in dsixda's kitchen, I've used it multiple times and have never seen that warning before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
It must've been a glitch, I just ran it through the kitchen again and got no warnings. Weird
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
If anyone on the ND8 update would like to test something for me, here are the SecContacts_OSup, SecMms, and SecPhone apks with the Dark AOSP silhouettes. Flashable in recovery.

*This is only for ND8!

*I haven't tested it myself because I'm on a 4.3 ROM at the moment.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407592562

Edit: Also note that these are apks not Vrtheme.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] No4g4Me:
so basically for stock 4.4.2 nd8? also do you have the stocks just in case of bootloops?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
Idk about you but I always make a backup before flashing anything on my phone. Everywhere you go on XDA advises you to do so. This is so you have something to fall back on if something goes wrong. I would advise you to get in the habit of doing so.It will save you a lot of headaches in the long run.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Yes for stock TW 4.4.2 ND8. No I haven't made a flashable with the original apks. Always make a nandroid before flashing anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] No4g4Me:
odex or deodex for ND8

---------- Post added at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:49 AM ----------
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
These are DeOdexed apks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Ok I reOdined this am and I can confirm these ND8 apks work! Good by ugly silhouettes. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Except for Email... I still have the creepy guy in Email
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Yeah I just noticed that. I'll have to fix it when I get home
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
HERE are the apks to include the SecEmail_J apk. I'm going to play with the vrtheme script this weekend and see if I can get this to work with out flashing the whole apks. :o

Edit: Ok I know I said I'd do it tomorrow but HERE you can dl the VR Theme Flashable in recovery. I haven't tested it yet as I have the apks already themed so I'll need someone to test them please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
VR Theme works great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
Didn't realize you updated this for nd8. Adding this into my next release thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Well it was only the one set of silhouettes. There hasn't really been much interest in this so I haven't put much effort into it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I don't know why, the ones they introduced with the S4 are creepy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] talkingmonkeys:
And all the difference they make. They look a lot better especially for those of us using darker themes

Sent from my SGH-I747 running TW4.4.2 TMS3KK
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
We appreciate what you do Chad!
[General Questions and Answers] r_amse_s:
Hi,

anybody knows if the new NOOK GlowLight can be rooted as the previous models?

i just found a lot about ST with GlowLight but nothing about the new one. I suppose there is nothing also because of lack of microSD slot, right?

thanks!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkial:
Hi. I have been looking for a good tablet and the G Pad fit the bill.

I just had a question about the tablet heating.. I have a HTC One and it has an aluminium back and a Snapdragon 600 and it gets warm to the touch after 20-30 minutes of browsing/gaming. I know the internals get hot in all the phones but the slim phone+metal back+small size means the back gets pretty warm quickly.

The G Pad has very similar internals and has a aluminium back too.. Does it get warm like the HTC One? Or does the bigger size mean it can handle the heating better?

Thanks
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zarrick19:
I don't know how hot the HTC One gets, but while browsing (even for hours), the G Pad definitely doesn't get hot. While gaming, it depends on what game are you playing. But even when playing HW-challenging (lol, I still don't know the right name for it), it isn't get like really really hot. It's just warm or a little bit more warmer, but I wouldn't call it hot. Well, it's just my opinion.

By the way, it get's warm only in the upper part of the tablet, near camera, probably there's the CPU.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bry5o:
Hot no, warm yes.

As the previous poster suggested the heat comes from the top middle of the tablet.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkial:
Thanks a lot. Everything gets warm after intensive gaming.. As long as it's not uncomfortable, it shouldn't be a problem.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bry5o:
I can wholly reccomend the g pad. The only similar priced similar specced alternative is the nexus 7, yes the screen is a tiny bit sharper, yes the screen is a tiny bit brighter, but 8.3 really is the sweet spot in terms of size. My nexus 7 screen looks positively tiny next to it. I dont think I could ever go back to 7 inch.

Add the benefit of sd cards to the g pad and you have a winner
[Nexus 5 Accessories] kun_ken:
Thick glass protector such as nilikin glass protector 0.3mm...

Anyone use like this?

How is that? Does it fit well on the edge?

When you grip, does the case peel off protector's edge or not?
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Gnexlex:
hello

can you tell me whether you can use glass screen protectors e.g nillkin anti-explosion along with spigen neo hybrid with your n5??
[Nexus 5 Accessories] FC1032:
You would have found the answer in the Nillkin thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48356522&postcount=91

It seems to according to that user.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meyhemg:
Hi.

Yesterday Samsung released an update to the galaxy s4.

The only countries which I know who have received it are Germany and France (unbranded).

I wanted to ask you guys, who have installed the update, what's new there?

My most important issue for me is whether there is improvement in battery life in this update?

Link to the article by Samsung: http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/29/samsung-resumes-android-4-3-update-rollout-for-galaxy-s4-worldwide/
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dmwg40:
hi guys , i know this might seem a strange question but like most my stylus is loose in the holder and i sometimes need to use the keyboard to do most things on the unit and i cant find anywhere that activates the start option on the screen. I have done it by accident once but nothing since. i have checked the manual and it mentions it no where all operations seem to be around the stylus?

does anyone know what key combination it is ?

I have a 02 phone and unlike tmobile which has a one of the 4 buttons on front setup to do this as one of the defaults.

cheers in advance
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] vijay555:
It should be ctrl+escape on a full keyboard. It might also be enabled by the windows or context menu keys, not sure what your keyboard looks like.

You can use my VJKeypress to get this as well. I think it's keycode 91, not sure, check my website.

V
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dmwg40:
Im talking about the blue angel, xda 2s keyboard thanks you for reply im not talking normal pc keyboard it does not have ctrl esc or alt on 02 xda 2s keyboard
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] vijay555:
Sorry! I've never seen a BlueAngel keyboard :(

V
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] mikealder:
Why not assign one of the hardware buttons to do this, each one can have a duel function assigned either a tap or hold, according to the phone, in reality this doesn't work (unless anyone knows different - latest O2 ROM - not messed around with), whatever you set for a tap is also carried accross to the hold function, go to settings and locate the power buttons icon select it, then select the button you want (ok for example) then assign the <Start Menu> from the drop down box, press OK, the device might want a soft reset (mine did when I just tried this), when it comes back up hit the assigned button, and use the four way thumb control to navigate through the menus, it saves sliding out the keyboard and it becoming loose - Mike
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] dmwg40:
cheers for this when i tried to reassign buttons before like the camera it wouldnt let me change them ..i hate the camera button getting accidently caught same as the record one as well.

cheers for the advance will do that would just like to know for my own peace of mind as well how to use the keyboard to do it, it should be possible.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] min-dfreak:
Hello guys,

I'm on Stock Rom (10.3.1.A.2.67) and rooted (unlocked bootloader) it with this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2386405 method.

Now I want to switch to CM11, but I have Problems installing a recovery. Which recovery should I use and how can I flash it?

(I was on existenZ before and I wanted to install CM11 from recovery (dual recovery) but installation failed -> bootloop. So I had to reflash Stock Firmware with the Sony Flash Tool)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gripfly:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
Yes, folks, you read that right. There’s the original Galaxy Grand, the just announced Galaxy Grand 2, and in a couple of months, there will be another Galaxy Grand sandwiched in between, dubbed the Galaxy Grand Lite (GT-I9060), according to one of our insiders. The device will be showcased at the MWC in late February, and is*something of a cross Grand and Grand 2 – it will have a 5-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage with microSD slot, and a 2,100mAh battery.

Where it differs is the camera and Android version. The camera is expected to be a 5-megapixel unit on the rear and a very standard VGA camera on the front; our insider says the phone will run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean – that’s probably just temporary, and the final product should have at least Android 4.3 out of the box. Dual SIM support is pretty much a given as well, as the Galaxy Grand has been a success in markets where phones with two SIM slots are quite popular (such as India and China), though that’s something we can’t confirm at this point.

The Galaxy Grand Lite will be available in white, “Midnight Black”, “Lime Green”, and orange, from somewhere around the fifth week of 2014 (a couple of weeks before the MWC showcase). Why is Samsung making a Galaxy Grand Lite? Well, that’s a tough question to answer – it looks like the Korean company is taking things a step further when it comes to having multiple variants of their devices, this time extending the tradition to a device that comes somewhere in the lower mid-range spectrum of the market. It’s not a move that makes any sense to us, but hey, we aren’t making the decisions over at Samsung HQ.

SOURCE : sammobile.com
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] shahidskt:
LOL.......ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER SAMAUNG PRODUCT :p
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
Yep,Samsung Style :)
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] naufalhadyan:
They release soo much phones and update only a few of them..
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] android.zealot.fervor:
yes you are right. that's Samsung strategy :I