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[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] NLBeev:
Apk's with dark background; from different sources.

Maybe designers rules the waves:crying:

I did some more trial and error and installed manually some apk's with dark or black background. Target: less battery drain on my Nexus 6.

I was using apk's from:

- Black5_01022015.zip

- Dark_Material_Them_Pure N6_b3.98.zip

- Black_Google_Launcher_Calc.zip

I found out that Black_Google_Launcher_Calc.zip is the only zip-file with darkness, that can be flashed on stock Lollipop without problems.

Black5_01022015.zip, is not useable yet. Text is not always visible, because in submenus and inputfields the background and characters have the same colour.

Dark_Material_Them_Pure N6_b3.98.zip is not intended for stock rom. But there are some apk's that are working on my N6 with stock Lollipop. I extracted the following apk's:

system/priv-app/GoogleContacts/GoogleContacts.apk (renamed contacts.apk)

system/priv-app/GoogleDialer/GoogleDialer.apk (renamed dialer.apk)

system/priv-app/Settings/Settings.apk

EDIT: settings.apk - Language - Personal directory - Change/edit not working.

These apk's together with the Black_Google_Launcher.zip are giving my N6 some darkness.

Although there is no complete dark theme, there is now some darkness and less battery drain.

Warning

Installing different apk's like LatinImeGoogle.apk may cause serious problems.

There will be no input possible when it does not work. There is no keyboard and input will be impossible.

Installing SystemUI.apk is also tricky. When is does not work Lollipop is showing constantly error messages.

Before I started with this trial and error I did a full backup from TWRP recovery.

I needed the backup twice. First time when a different LatinImeGoogle.apk was installed (copied) and the second time when the shortcut Settings disappeared (don't know why).

At last I changed the play store setting for automatic updates.

There is an update of the Google Now Launcher and the changes of the Black_Google_Launcher_Calc.zip (velvet.apk) will be overwritten.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] latingonzo86:
Is this thread dead? I really dig this theme, I hope it keeps going.
[Nexus 6 Themes and Apps] NLBeev:
I think there is nothing new for this thread.

There are a few ROM's with a theme other than the stock Light Material.

I did a lot of trial and error by replacing the 'light' apk's by others from several sources.

The only thing that works 100% for the Nexus 6 with stock ROM (rooted) is the alternative for the Google Now launcher.

Recently I tried the KitKat launcher and this worked also, but in this launcher t is not possible to add shortcuts.

So in short we need:

- to flash a ROM with dark background apps (or transparent background), or

- to flash a ROM that supports layers for alternative themes, or

- wait for an update from Google.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DarknessUK:
Have just sent my 3rd Vario back to T-Mobile with this fault, and think I will be getting another brand new handset back in the post, but not convinced it is fixing the fault.

When I use the phone for texting or making calls or any function, the screen appears to crash as while lines appear on one side of the screen, and slowly spread over the screen making it not respond to the touch - even if I could see what was there.

A click of the power button bring the screen back OK sometimes, but often have to do this many times or pull the battery out.

Have I just had duff handsets??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bbobeckyj:
are you overclocking? when did it start? what rom, software, programs are you running? etc
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DarknessUK:
Alas I can only answer a few of the questions as the pone is away being repaired / swapped out, but I am not overclocking, the ROM is what it came with 3 weeks ago from T Mobile, I had installed the Skype s/ware but have not run in more than once, and it certainly was not running when this fault occurs.

The fault appears 5 or so times a day, in differing forms of severity.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bbobeckyj:
I don't use skype myself, so I don't know how it runs in the background. but I think you need to overclock to get it to work well, or use the newer made-for-slow-devices version. other than that, i find sometimes i try out a new app and this problem occurs (even if others use it with no problems). I don't know if it's possible to have a combination of progs/apps which will cause this? but the fact that this is your third occurrence definitely suggests a user created fault of some sort, what other software do you use?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DarknessUK:
I use Messenger a lot on it, but apart from Skype have not installed any other software - it is all as it comes out the box.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bbobeckyj:
does this happen before you install skype? try the version for ppc with slow processors
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] DarknessUK:
Yes it did happen before Skype, and am using the version you mentioned.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bbobeckyj:
i'm only aware of this happening with extreme overclocking, and bad software. so, sorry but i'm out of ideas. when you get it back hard reset and don't install the extended rom, see if that helps, if you've not added much to it it may be a problem with the hardware (assuming they keep sending you the same unit).

I don't think many people run a stock setting and use this site, but hopefully someone else will have had a similar problem and help...
[Moto 360] Dees_Troy:
Device specific page on our website with manual install instructions.

Download links for current and past versions.
[Moto 360] shabbypenguin:
Its worth noting this uses the 240240 theme moved to fit, it works great and only issues are the nav bar button presses, the power button is now the back button so you can use that if its annoying to hit back/home.
[Moto 360] r3pwn:
Thanks, [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION], but on 2.8.5.0, the theme is way too small. I have a feeling that it's not using the right theme or something.
[Moto 360] SchmilK:
Need to find an easy way to get to recovery without using the usb jig kit. Grabbed one apk that was supposed to reboot to all methods, but buttons do nothing. :(
[Moto 360] npjohnson:
Adb reboot recovery
[Moto 360] r3pwn:
I made an app to reboot to recovery (needs your watch to be rooted, though).
[Moto 360] SchmilK:
I ended up finding one on playstore and it worked. Wish there were some packages to flash for updates other than just supersu.zip...Yesterday I had to revert to stock because my screen was covered with 'update available'. It wasn't until after I restored that I had the idea to modify build.prop to say 5.0.2, which ended up working for some.
[Moto 360] r3pwn:
I have the CM12 bootanimation installed on my Moto360 and am debating making it a zip flashable in TWRP. Would you like it?
[Moto 360] Ad1982:
Reboot to Recovery

Would you be able to share the apk for reboot to recovery? Thanks in advance!
[Moto 360] Unb0rn:
5.1.1 Stock recovery reflashing

It looks like our device would try to reflash stock recovery image after booting to OS on 5.1.1(at least it did so on 2.8.6.0). Is there any solution?
[Moto 360] castleofglass:
Does the twrp void the warranty?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] matheus_sc:
Anyone have original kernel for moto maxx in .zip? I wanna try some nexus 6 kernel in maxx.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] danger2u:
where i find it?

i have booth firmware zip and img downloaded
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] prking07:
If your rooted just download Flashify and backup stock kernel with that. Gues it should work.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] matheus_sc:
I will try Thanks
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] icondeg:
Here is the Kernel from Moto Maxx

i use Flashify, but i don't know if i created a backup correctly, let me know if i did correct

i hope this could work and soon we have an oustanding kernel

regards

Note: i tried to zip, but i don't know what kind of tools used flashify to made this backup

i hope it works
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
I made a kernel back up via Flashify, but there was no visible extension. I uploaded it to my Dropbox. Here's the file:

http://goo.gl/wkPxRn
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] icondeg:
Me too

But I don't know if I made correctly as well

Enviado desde mi XT1225 mediante Tapatalk
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] matheus_sc:
I try that too but dont have extension too.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] prking07:
Cant the kernel(boot image) be backed up with twrp? Then restored?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larspassic:
I have several retired Windows Phone devices from family and friends, screen cracked, battery inflated, etc. Now most of their owners have moved on, and the parts don't even look useful anymore, except for one part: the internal storage. I want to harvest the SD cards from a mix of Windows Phone 7 / Windows Phone 8 / 8.1 devices.

I know that with Windows Phone 7, the file system was LOCKED in a way that not many card readers / devices even recognized. Taking an internal SD card out of a damaged Windows Phone 7 device gives a perfectly normal looking 16GB class 4 microSD card... that can not be accessed, erased, deleted, nuked, formatted, or used, by anything. I've tried countless friends phones, tablets, computers, readers, UBCD, DBAN, utilities, tools, you name it. I have also looked high and low, and have never seen one of the fabled Nokia devices in the wild that can gently format these locked-up microSD cards.

My question for this forum is does Windows Phone 8 also lock the internal SD card filesystem in the same way that WP7 did? Can I extract and harvest the internal 32GB SD cards of some Lumia 920s for use in other devices? I know that 32GB microSD cards are cheap, but that's not the point. I just don't like to see these 32 GB cards go to waste. I'm hoping that I can just take a hammer to my Lumia 920s and pry out the SD card, format it with a card reader, then drop it into my 1520, my tablet, my wife's Galaxy Note 2, etc for extra storage.

A random thought I had was: could it possibly help if I subscribe my company email to the Lumia 920 before smashing it? My company's policy enforces full-disk encryption. I'm curious if the full-disk encryption will help the card be "formattable" as I definitely won't care about the data that's contained on the card. I don't have any dev-unlocked windows phones, and have never sideloaded anything, but I would be open to it if I could get these SD cards to be useable. Some of the WP8 devices turn on and could possibly be manipulated, some can not.

Any help is appreciated!

P.S. - I also have a stash of 16GB SD cards from WP7 phones that I have almost given up on using, but if someone has knowledge about wiping those, I would love to hear it. I have no working WP7 phones, so the solution can't be from any app sideloading.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceesheim:
wp 7 cards can be formatted with a few old Nokias : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242071

wp8 cards aren't looked at all , you can just pull them out and use ( not even the need to format them.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larspassic:
Thanks for the help, ceesheim.

Just to provide an update on this, in case anyone else gets a similar idea. So far I've taken apart a Verizon HTC 8X, and a Nokia Lumia 920, and neither of them had internal MicroSD cards. Both had eMMC implementations, which mean they are not removable. My Nokia Lumia 920 had a Toshiba THGBM5G8A4JBAIM which is a 32GB eMMC chip.

The lesson here is that microSD cards are cheap, and harvesting them from old phones is not worth it!
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] mag2007:
Guys, i need case for my Note 4 with the official wireless backcover. It is mich bigger then the stock one and now it doesnt fit in my spigen case :-/ someone who found a case maybe? I have to use a "socks" like one. Thanks a lot guys and sorry for my Englisch :D
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] zurkx:
iblason armorbox works great with the oem qi cover.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] arjun90:
Does this case scratch the metal chrome chamfered edges of the Note 4?
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] zurkx:
no it does not.

perfect fit with the qi cover. search for the iblason armorbox in the forum to see my pictures of it on the phone.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] mag2007:
It is like otterbox or? I need sonething like bumper with Finger print function and spen.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] zurkx:
spen works great.

here it is :
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] arjun90:
How hard is it to disassemble the case once in a while?
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] zurkx:
pretty hard. its a put on once and dont remove thing.

water/dust/mud resistant + wireless charging so i dont need to remove it anyway. just put some water on the front and rub it with a tissue to clean.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] sheltem:
Supposedly the Diztronic case for the Note 4 works with the wireless back. Here's a Amazon review.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] bakabakablah:
I'd take that with a grain of salt. I have the OEM Qi back, and I have that same Diztronic case but I've found that while it does fit (just barely), the buttons get extremely sensitive. And by sensitive, I mean the slightest touch will press the button, or depending on how you try to stretch the case out, just activate the button constantly. Maybe with some heat from a heatgun or a hairdryer you could get it to seat better but I didn't want to expose my phone to any unnecessary heat. Maybe it's just the case that I got so as always, YMMV.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] joshm.1219:
Did you already buy the OEM cover? Why don't you spend less money on an aftermarket adapter that fits under the stock cover?
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] gbmitchell:
I bought one of those for the S4 and could not get it to work.
[HTC Sensation] smekzor:
Hello, I can't mount /data /cache or /system from recovery (TWRP v2.8.3.0). Any help? Phone is HTC Sensation, S-OFF and unlocked.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
change your recovery and then see if you can mount those partitions

if not see this thread

http://xdaforums.com/htc-sensation/help/recovering-data-mount-issues-t2859588
[HTC Sensation] smekzor:
I tried with 4ext too, and it can't mount them.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
the thing is if you used any wipe option from TWRP probably corrupted your partitions

a lot of users faced that issue with TWRP
[HTC Sensation] smekzor:
Can I do something to get them back?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
i haven't seen anyone finding any solution for that

you can try what it says in the thread i gave you
[HTC Sensation] smekzor:
Ok, thanks, I'll try it out.
[HTC Sensation] smekzor:
I followed the steps from #2 post http://xdaforums.com/show...92&postcount=2

and when I try to install from zip it says that the zip isn't meant to be flashed in recovery and it aborts the installation. First I tried renaming the new_boot.img you provided to boot.img but it's the same result. No idea what to do.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
there are some other files provided in that thread

just search the posts

i can't help you further

only OP can tell you what to do
[HTC One Mini 2] putti71:
Hi everybody.

Did anybody try to change from dalvik to art?

In developer settings you can do it, but for me it doesn't work. After the reboot everything stays as before, on dalvik.

Perhaps it's because of the custom recovery, but I don't know.

Please enlighten me if you know how it works or if it can work.

Regards
[HTC One Mini 2] GuestK00204:
testing...

OK i have tried with stock recovery and factory reset and it reverts to Dalvik so im guessing its not supported by our HTC system. When they release the L update im sure it will work. Mind you if you use Xposed like i do you need to wait for it to be updated too.
[HTC One Mini 2] putti71:
Thanks for testing. I am using Xposed, but I don't get what you mean?
[HTC One Mini 2] GuestK00204:
What I mean is Xposed does not work with art yet.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kuroiede:
What features are lost if I use a ROM like CyanogenMod?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acparker18:
Pretty much any LG feature other than Knock-on, knock-off. You'll lose QRemote, QuickMemo, QSlide apps, dual window, hiding of home buttons per app, etc. I have personally been running Lollipop ROMs for several months and don't miss a thing from LG. When the official 5.0 update comes for the vs985 I'll give it a try, but the slimmed down nature of AOSP roms just appeals to me.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kuroiede:
Do I also lose features for rooting?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidbits:
No. Not for rooting. In any case with rooting you will gain as you will be able to have apps and mods that otherwise be impossible.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ducman123:
I need some help. I was trying to put the Cyanogen custom rom on my Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 using the CM Installer. It is all simple, but I keep getting the message "we couldn't talk to your phone", so I gave up. In the steps of getting it, the program said to switch from MTP mode to PTP so I did it. And now that I backed out, I cannot connect to my PC because it is stuck in this PTP mode and I don't know how to switch back from PTP to MTP. If anyone knows how to do that, or help me follow trough my procedure of installing the Cyanogenmod to my phone I would be very thankful.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mderksen:
Hello,

I'm trying to go back to stock on my HTC One M7 dual sim but i get an error while flashing. I want to go from an x.x.402.x stock ROM to x.x.401.x WWE stock ROM.

I'm already S-OFF and UNLOCKED.

fastboot getvar all:

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.49.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: U3.15.3509.12
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 6.13.402.2
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: xxxxxxxx
(bootloader) imei: xxxxxxxxx
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7cdug
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0771000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4175mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-6d8a0b9b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I'm using the RUU PN07IMG_M7C_DUG_JB_50_S1_HTC_Europe_2.19.401.1_Rad io_1237.21.28.0627_release_326125.zip from this thread

[B]C:\adb\M7>fastboot erase cache[/B]
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this partition?
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.313s]
finished. total time: 0.313s

[B]C:\adb\M7>fastboot oem rebootRUU[/B]
...
(bootloader) Start Verify: 0
OKAY [ 0.047s]
finished. total time: 0.054s

[B]C:\adb\M7>fastboot flash zip PN07IMG.zip[/B]
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 1542111232 bytes
sending 'zip' (1012931 KB)...
OKAY [ 47.453s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) rom parsing start ...
(bootloader) rom parsing finish ...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
(bootloader) Read zipped android_info fail
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 52.687s

Why can't I flash this zip? Can someone help me please?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Can you extract the android-info.txt file from you ruu.zip and post it here?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mderksen:
No, i can't extract the android-info.txt file with winrar or 7-zip. I downloaded both mirrors but cannot extract everything from the zip. I thought it's because it's an official RUU and not a custom ROM? Or should it be possible to extract everything from a official RUU?

I'm reading this now on this thread:

"To downgrade to JellyBean later you will need old hboot from previous versions.".

Is this neccesary if you have S-Off? I have hboot 2.49 (newest) but i cannot extract the hboot_signedbyaa.img from the ZIP
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Yeah sorry you can't extract anything from this ruu because its still encrypted.

Yes it looks like you will need to find an older hboot for this version and flash it first then flash the ruu. Can not find the hboot needed, I don't really know the dual sim variants, sorry. Maybe a better idea to ask in the thread you have linked.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mderksen:
I downloaded the first OTA and extracted the firmware.zip from there and flashed it. I got an older hboot (2.26).

But now;

- fastboot is not working anymore (usb device not recognized)

I placed the RUU.zip on a sd-card and when going in bootloader i can automatically install the zip file.

Everything went OK, except;

- QSC fail-PU

- After reboot, in bootloader os mismatch, is colored in red: os: 6.13.402.2 (2.19.401.1)

I can update the OTA updates (zip) with stock recovery. I'm still having troubles with fastboot and OS is still colored RED. I'm updating the OTA updates one by one now as we speak.

*edit*

While flashing OTA_M7C_DUG_K44_SENSE60_MR_HTC_Europe_5.17.401.6-4.21.401.5_release_378997.zip fastboot is working again and OS is green again in bootloader; OS-5.17.401.6

One more OTA to go. I think it's resolved now :)

*edit 2*

With the last OTA OS is red again but fastboot is still working.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
Never flash firmware.zip from an ota update, these zip are only firmware patches (not the complete firmware) and must be flashed incrementally. You are lucky your phone was no hard bricked by doing this.

I placed the RUU.zip on a sd-card and when going in bootloader i can automatically install the zip file.

Everything went OK, except;

Don't know what it is, im not an expert with dual sim variants.

Incomplete ruu flash. Did you flashed it twice? "fastboot flash zip ruu.zip" twice?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mderksen:
Oh. Lucky me :) I had to go back to an older hboot and i didn't know where to get these. The firmware.zip from the OTA gave me an older hboot.

fastboot flash did not work for me.

C:\adb\M7>fastboot flash zip PN07IMG.zip
< waiting for device >
target reported max download size of 1542111232 bytes
sending 'zip' (1012931 KB)...
OKAY [ 47.453s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) rom parsing start ...
(bootloader) rom parsing finish ...
(bootloader) zip header checking...
(bootloader) zip info parsing...
[COLOR="Red"](bootloader) Read zipped android_info fail
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))[/COLOR]
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kayzee:
Dear all,

I come from Hong Kong....say hello to everybody!!

This is my first time come to XDA~

I have a problem with my phone....I can't send out text message, but I can receive it...Write a new text message or reply text message also not works!

My ROM is:

Rom Version: 3.23.0.2

ROM Date: 01/04/07

Radio Version: 1.38.00.10

Protocol Version: 32.71.7020.12H

Thank you very much!!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mrvanx:
Try this:

start>phone>menu(softkey)>options>services(tab). Select "Voicemail and Text Messages" then tap "get settings".

Your SMS service number should automatically be filled in, if not you need to find the setting on the web and enter it manually.

Press OK and return to the today screen, try sending a SMS now.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kayzee:
thanks for your help!!

But when I click "New" or "Reply", there is no response!!

So I said I can't send out text message....

*crying*

MY ENGLISH IS VERY POOR....Sorry...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mrvanx:
Have you tried what I said??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] kayzee:
YES!!!!!!

tried!!!

and didn't work.....

Help me please.....

THANKS,mrvanx!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mrvanx:
Did you reboot your device??

If not then do that first and try again. If that fails then what you could do is to backup your data and perform a hard reset. Try sending an SMS after this.