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[Android Apps and Games] Dark Jupiter:
How do free apps get paid from Google?

I know the methods but how can an Apps like popular messaging Apps with none of these methods get paid ?

Is there such a thing as paid by downloads ?
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Comprox:
I was just wondering how long that tablet takes to boot to a usable state?

I am looking to use this as a cheap car tablet. I am currently rocking a 2013 Nexus 7 so I don't exactly need power, but someone had coded a wonderful 'sleep' tool specific to that model that made it turn on almost instantly. Sadly my supply of those units is dwindling so I was wondering how long this takes to turn on?

Thanks!
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AmznUser444 Dev:
It's take to 30 - 35 seconds to boot your Fire tablet.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
I have a little question im trying to get the answer to.

Im pretty familiar with xipport tools and all that, I have ported xip for my old device many times (Herald)

But what I just cant get the hang of is how to use it in kitchens available for polaris.

Im currently working on a little project of making my own kitchen, but I need to learn more on how to build the ported xip into the rom in polaris.

There are many great tutorials on xip porting, but most of them lacks the info I need to make it work for our device (polaris), well maybe I didnt find the correct one...

I have used swtos's kitchen witch can port certain builds (thx for that info swtos) but I need to know why it can only port certain builds, and how to use it (or make my own) to port xip from any builds.

Help here would be greatly appreciated

cheers
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Extract XIP.bin from any rom you like.

PUT MSXIPKERNEL files and modules into \sys folder.

Put WINCENLS folder into \sys

Put os.nb from source rom into your ROM directory ,

make a cook ,

You 're ready

or you can remake xip.out file and port it directly into os.nb.payload, but

port address may vary ...

:)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] M-Amine:
Hello,

when I put os.nb from kaiser ROM, I have a black screen just after splash.

any idea?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
yeah thats the problem im encountering too

but u need to put os.nb.payload
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
can u not use m'relloc to take care of adress?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
You MUST use mreloc !! and greloc for other sys files ....
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] MickyMax:
Ok but how to use it ? that's THE question ! :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Use an other rom that works fine with your ppc. Check every file with mreloc

and put addresses from this file to the new one. Repeat this procedure for

all files into msxipkernel.

For nk.exe use mreloc for nk . With this one , i don't know any guide.

Just try and repeat....
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
You don't need to port a XIP.

You don't need to port a XIP.

Just copy .ROM map from a working TC ROM and I copy metadata map too.

This is it!
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
allright

another question then

when i dump the xip with xipport

i get out folder

i do same with the new xip

i compare the folders in modules

in the new xip, i get more modules then I have in the original dumped

This is dumped old xip:

This is dumped new xip:

do I not include those?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
use another rom, not original, (e.g. any swtos roms)

and yes use those two files
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Interesting.

Could you explain what those maps are ?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
what u mean by use another rom?

for os.nb.payload?

or do u mean i should port the new xip to a xip that comes from an unofficial rom, in.ex a xip u have in the kitchen?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
Just take a look.

This is the original Diamond ROM on our TC.

I don't need to port any XIP just copy SYS\.ROM, SYS\.VM (not realy needed but you never know?!?!) map and SYS\Metadata from a working TC rom.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
use a xip from a not original rom . split os.nb, rommaster os.nb.payload, analyse xip. Use mreloc addresses from this xip.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Right ! :):)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
allright, I will try that too.

But I used from original rom, and I used m'relloc and changed adresses, then put the new files in mxip folders in sys. And I used os.nb.payload from another build.

and it worked
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
Just try it and see how impressed you will be!:):D
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
No problem. There are many ways to port xip , as you're already know

Good Night Guys !

:)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
thx man for your help in this :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] MickyMax:
Where come from thirs build itje ? :D
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] ervius:
this is not correct way....., my friend.....
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] MickyMax:
What's the correct way ? :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
sony xperia
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Who says that this is "the correct way" ???

Correct way is to replace every file in xip with a new one.

If you just patch those files , you are on a wrong way ....
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Yeap, but changing only metadata folder, xip remains the same ....
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] M-Amine:
Hello,

when I put MXIPKERNEL from modules and files in SYS folder device don't boot at all hung on splash screen.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
swtos,

Yes xip remains the same!

But all TC rom's on this forum are made from the same XIP and the only difference is the version. I have compared many XIP from different ROM's and there is no difference.

What I'm trying to say is that there is no need to spend that time to port the memory portions/addresses of another XIP.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] caxio:
is new respect sony xperia Build 19915.1.2.0 of tom_codon?

thanks:)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] peter petrelli:
MSXIPKERNEL is the interchangable non-device specific part of XIP, it doesnt belong in SYS folder.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
Peter,

You can put that and in SYS and in OEM folders.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
AGREE !!

:):):)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
The problem is that is not possible to use/port xip of/from Diamond!:(

Did you see the content of XIP of Diamond? HTC has made a real step forward.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
It's a normal xip. Nothing special or unknown ...

Here is the diamond xip

http://rapidshare.com/files/118542771/XIP_diamond.rar
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] ervius:
did you compare module by module in olds and news xip???

seems that the differences are present in binary compare...

bwt, only replacing dsms and some modules into xip, you can port it.....

not telling about patching something into it, to obtain fake builds, but to obtain, like sys\ folder, also new kernel version.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
well to get my new build up and running, I tried first to paste the new modules to xipkernel, but it was always stuck on first bootscreen.

I used m'relloc to compare old xip with the new ported, I had to change values in many of them, then I did same procedure as last time, built the rom and all is good :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] jarjar2k3:
which old xip are you talking about?:o
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
with old xip I mean a xip from a working polaris rom, in this case I used a xip from a official rom
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] jarjar2k3:
allright,

So why don't we use a XIP from a working cooked ROM, like yours sweetos.

Coz' I have been able to extract it with rommaster.exe (I think)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] schaggo:
What does that mean? What did they do especially good with the Diamond?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
My Roms are always Unlocked (only rgus are removed), so you may freely use

my Directory Structure ....

Diamond is a different ppc, with many changes ....

Xip is not the only problem

But if we want to make a better Polaris we Must Join our Forces and Share our

little secrets. This is the only way i think.

Cheers :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] jarjar2k3:
I've seen it, But why removing the rgus?
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
To get Rgus will cost you only a pm :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] NikMel:
RGU's from build 19209 will work too!

Just copy them to your dump folder and run package tool!

Have fun!
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] swtos:
Right !

:):):)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
removing rgu saves storage
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] epimazzo:
19588 XIP Hermes Files

Hi there people!

I've been around playing with 19588 build and dealing also with XIP porting as you guys are discussing over here.

I came up with a doubt which is related to Hermes ported build.

I'm a bit confused when creating the payload file. So, I have the whole 19588

Hermes kitchen on my hands. My question:

Can I use the os.nb.payload found therer? IF ok going on, is it also possible to create the ROM structure just copying the Diamond XIP needed files available here from Swtos over the Hermes ROM structure and then get ROM/XIP folders so can I procede with cooking?

Sorry If I actually turns these steps little crazy but a clarification would be really nice...

Swtos,

I also thank you for earlier tips!;) Almost there...

Thanks a lot and in advance!:cool:
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] c_shekhar:
Polaris already has toooo much of storage. How much are you going to save in terms of percent? very negligible. Yes if it was Hima then every 100KB of storage is precious.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
well now this depends. i do not agree with your statement that polaris has too much storage, but im counting on you beeing ironic?

i would agree if the rgu was the only files that was removed, but to be using an old cliche...many enough raindrops will makethe cup full.

to turn this around...the more useless stuff installed, the more storage and free ram we gain. and maybe you have noticed that most new applications dont always comes smaller in size?

I know from my herald, all about the same as your hima.. :)
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] homer285:
What about new modules from new builds, I mean modules that were never in original/different(working) XIP. What address is used or how to deal with it? thanks.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] itje:
new questions:

After a new flash, and I am about to choose timezone and date etc..how do I change this before I cook the rom?

Maybe this ques is related to the above...

When I cook in.ex a norwegian rom, I use xip from a norwegian build...

but my setup still remains in english, why is that??

I tend to belive that it has to do with the OS.nb.payload? cause that comes from a wwe rom.

So my guess here will be that I need to edit my OS.nb.payload? but how do I do that? what tools to use to dump and rebuild it with correct date, language and timezone?

I hope this makes any sence :)

cheers
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] qtotter:
good question. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\nls] in *.rgu sometimes does not override the built-in setting, and I think it's got something to do with os.nb.payload. i want to know about this, too.
[Touch Cruise ROM Development] merten3000:
I also tried that but M'reloc sometimes could not change the adresses or gave an error. (just 3 files)
[General Questions and Answers] SidMyn:
1. It has to be from modifying the Operating System:)
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
Please explain in other words. Nobody knows what you mean.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
Moved here

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-a20/how-to/guide-quick-root-twrp-galaxy-a20-t4069423
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
steps

Installation Instructions.

There is never only one way to do anything. The following steps have worked for me.

Before you start, make sure you have rooted the A20

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/root-samsung-galaxy-a20-rooting-guide-t3954872

This part may not be necessary if you're recovering from a crash.

To install TWRP

1. Download the U2 custom recovery from here

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1899786940962574261

2. On the PC rename the unpatched recovery as recovery.img

3. Use 7zip to make it into recovery.tar

(right click and choose add to archive)

4. Use 7zip to add your patched boot.img to recovery.tar

(right click and choose add to archive and choose recovery.tar)

5. Download vbmeta.tar from here (https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80188834&postcount=237) and extract vbmeta.img

6. Use 7zip to add vbmeta.img to recovery.tar

(right click and choose add to archive and choose recovery.tar)

7. Install recovery.tar to ap slot using Odin.

If you are getting messages about being unable to flash the recovery try this.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80216465&postcount=276

8. Boot the A20 into TWRP and mount everything that you can.

9. Format Data (not just wipe) - this will remove the encryption of the data partition.

10. Flash this zip View attachment 4816260

11. Reboot into Recovery. It may reboot into download mode. If it goes to TWRP skip step 12. If you already have a backup, you can go to step 16.

12. On the pc install recovery.tar to ap slot using Odin.

13. Reboot phone and re-enter all data.

14. Reboot into Recovery.

15. Backup only 3 parts: boot, data & system (not system image)

16. You can now restore boot, data & system from TWRP after any crash, but you may need to forget your wifi and go back in to it.

You can now move on to installing a new GSI ROM .

It you get stuck you can come back to Samsung by using your backup.

GSI ROMs are here.

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/gsi-galaxy-a20-t3964546
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jajk:
Android Image Kitchen can unpack TWRP for Samsung S9 (Exynos version) which is fairly similar to our device.

I switched over the kernel and charger files, changed the recovery fstab to match our device plus a few other device specific files and repacked it and tarred it. Odin happily flashed it but the phone would not reboot out of download mode and had some negative message about a Custom Recovery.......reflashed the stock recovery and now back to square one.

I have used this technique before with success but there is a lot more protection on these newer phones that I am not familiar with getting around.

Anyway, it is still a potential way of gaining a TWRP for our device short of compiling one from scratch - just needs a few eyes and brains to have a poke around:)
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
How did you get a copy of the stock recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jajk:
[MENTION=5440376]physwizz[/MENTION] Stock recovery is in the AP image in the ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
I'll get grab it now.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
After hitting dead ends with Mac and Windows, I succeeded in installing Android Kitchen on Ubuntu and unpack the s9 image.

Next step is to try to modify it to fit the A20

Hmmm...
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jajk:
Look at S10 Exynos TWRP versions also.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
Now I just need to work out how to repack it.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
[MENTION=5952980]jajk[/MENTION]

AIK now wants an update-script and I can't repack the recovery.img without one.

Edit: went back to the Mac and worked it out.

Didn't install though.!!@
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TBM 13:
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[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
[MENTION=9120939]TBM 13[/MENTION] Can you help build?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TBM 13:
I don't actually have the device yet. I will probably buy it in like two weeks (but i won't make nothing to it once i get bored, my parents will kill me if i brick it lol).

I can build TWRP, but i only have LOS 14.1 source (i'm not sure if that version of the source can work for a device with Android Pie).

I'm also a little bit noob on this.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TBM 13:
Does this device have a Telegram group?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
No, not at this stage.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] physwizz:
The A30 have 2 versions of twrp.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-a30/development/team-win-recovery-project-3-3-1-0-t3940850
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] jajk:
[MENTION=5440376]physwizz[/MENTION] A30 TWRP appears never to have worked.

Kiss of death to have an off forum Telegram group - should be banned ;)
[Samsung Galaxy A20 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] shumway66:
Helpful Info

Download Odin Flash Tool For Android Phone, Then Extract It

Now Download >> TWRP Recovery

Then Go To Settings >> About Phone >> Tap On Build Number 5 To 7 Times You Will See Developer Option

Now Tap On Developer Option >> Then Enable USB Debugging And Also Enable OEM Unlocking

Now Boot Your Smartphone In >> TWRP Recovery Mode

To Boot Phone In Recovery Mode You Have To Turn Of Your Smartphone Then Press Volume Up + Power Botton Together To Turn On >> Recovery Mode

Then Select >> Reboot To Bootloader, After Some Time You Will See Downloading Mode

Now Cannect Your Smartphone To Computer Using USB Cable, Then Open >> Odin Flash Tool In Your PC

Now ID:COM Tab On Your Odin Will Turn Blue Which Means Your Phone Is Successfully Recognized By Odin Flash Tool, If It Doesn’t Reconnect Your Device And Check Again

Now Tap On >> AP Button On Odin Flash Tool And Select >> TWRP Recovery For Smartphone You Downloaded Earlier

Now Tap On >> Start Button

After Some Time You Will See “Pass” Button On Screen, It Means TWRP Recovery Successfully Installed On Smartphone
[Android General] Veto91:
Hello guys,

i spent the last 3 days with my problem:

I want to use my Samsung A40 for debugging in Visual Studio but it doesnt show up. I plug in, install Samsung ADB Drivers and it shows me a working "Samsung Android Interface" in the Device Manager. I can also access the data through windows explorer without any problems. But when i use command "abd devices" i get an empty list.

What i did:

- enable USB Debugging

- Change Protocols

- Install ADB drivers

- Different cables

- Different USB Ports

- Deleted adbkeys

- Created adb_usb.ini with Vendor IDs

and so on...

I got it to work on my private computer and on another computer at work without any problems. But here it just doesnt want to pop up.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Am I missing something here or was everything about this launch misleading

I picked up the Gen 5 today. Google assistant does not talk to me. Only shows results on screen. And the battery modes are no where to be found.

I had a software update when I finished loading everything and no difference.

What am I missing??
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quickb5:
I got one as well. Assistant talks to me just like it is supposed to. Do you have the speaker enabled under settings (swipe down from main screen)? Same with battery modes... they are right there next to the speaker icon when you swipe down. Icon is of a battery with a plus in the middle. Great watch so far, absolutely love it!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Which one is the speaker. Are you talk about the sound icon. That's for notifications, is it not?

I ended up finding the battery modes

Regardless. The battery life has been horrendous for me.

On my Gen 4 I would end my day from 630am till 8pm and have 60% left.

My Gen 5. I started at 8 ended at 630pm and had 10%
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanN509:
The speaker icon is essentially all sounds or mute AFAIK. Also I second that the battery is terrible. Started the day at 06:00, been in high power save and died at about 13:30! Seriously hope they can address this in the next update :(
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Ya that is on and nothing from assistant. Only shows results on the screen. Does not talk back to me. So something is going on
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soapkeong82:
I just got the new gen 5 watch for few days, I have issue on phone calls using the watch. While call in or pick up the call have too much chopping and distortion. I tried reboot the watch once and it work normal but after that it came back. Any pone have this issue? Or is only my watch is faulty?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Have the same issue. With both of them I had

I think it's a software issue and needs an update. Hopefully fossil is quick to address.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Imo

They did a piss poor job of this launch.

Software has major issues and bugs are running rampant. Speaker call issues. Battery life issues. Assistant not talking back to you. Battery modes hidden and not in settings.

There are some serious issues they need to resolve and fast
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedcousens@gmail.com:
offline music app

I want to download music and play it offline since we have the storage - can anyone recommend the best music app for Wear OS for this purpose? TIA
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soapkeong82:
I wanted to look for it too, since spotify is still not able to offline listen music from watch.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoOlSlY:
Got the Gen 5 too. Pretty poor battery life.

Anybody know other than putting the watch everytime to "DND" or "Silent" how to avoid the charging sound when plugged and unplugged? I don't mind if somebody know the value in System / Global or Secure and write it via ADB.

P.s.: First Fossil, pretty poor watch (unstable). Same here, speaker glitch when talking, Google assistant talks when he wants and awful battery life. My Lemfo China watch was better...

Thank's
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ariellf:
In order for the assistant to work properly, I had to set the language to English US. This needed to be done on the phone's setting and the on the google assistant settings through the wear OS app. For some reason setting it to English Australia cripples the assistant. Not an ideal fix, since it switches all apps on my phone and watch to imperial instead of metric. I have contacted support. It may be that you're seeing the same issue with Canada?

In terms of the speaker for calls, there is a known issue with the choppy sound and requiring a reboot to fix. They said they're working on a fix and will be rolling out a software fix soon.

As for the battery life. The different modes trade off functionality for slightly extended battery life. The battery life is not great, but I can stretch it to a full day. It took some time for it to settle down though after all the software updates and syncing of apps. It was terrible on day one and two.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegios:
Ciao I will try asking here as well since this is a Fossil Gen 5 specific thread.

The ok google detection is on.

if I keep pressed the centre button the Google assistant is launched on the watch and I can talk to the watch to give commands.

If I say "ok google" to the watch the assistant is launched on the phone and not on the watch, so I have to talk to the phone while I'd like talk to the watch.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vorakeyur:
Brightness issue??

I'm planing to buy the watch, but there are many reports that brightness of the watch is too low even compared to gen 4 or older Moto 360 or Huawei watch 1. Is it really the case,??

Can that be fixed from software side??

Also they have not specified display glass quality.. I mean gorilla,,sapphire..? ....

Can anyone help in clarifying

Thanks