yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ having root only does not prevent you from receiving OTA updates. Once you update from the OTA, you will LOSE root though. Most people who have root and want to remain stock will just wait a few hours until a developer has a stock ROM that keeps root access.

If you wanted to unroot, yes, that would work and I would remove any apps that require root as they will not work. There is also TGA_Gunnman's program that does this for you (though it's pretty simple already).
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
Thanks for there fast reply

I got confused with the ota unrooting the phone thinking it ment needed to unroot to get the ota..

Also

Thanks for this thread its every bit helpful as you intended and then some
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ very much appreciated. A LOT of people have helped with ideas....

SPEAKING OF:

What all do you guys want added to the list?
[Vibrant General] boodies:
thanks for the help, what about a rooted phone with only RyanZA lag fix. Will that get OTA?
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
got one... its been annoying me! how do you set ringtones for just one person?? i have been able to do it using ringdroid with no problem but i already have them all made and i dont want to remake them but i can not figure it out for the life of me!

some how i have ended up making my friend 6 contacts... 2 in the googlephone book and 4 on facebook! AHH
[Vibrant General] jblizzard888:
It's pretty simple long press the contact name scroll down to ringtone select it and change the ringtone to what you want and viola! Your done.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
when i long press on a contact i get the options "edit, delete, link contact, mark as default, remove from favorites, send namecard via"

if i go to edit theres nothing in there about ringtones.. and if i used the app ringdroid to apply the ringtone it shows it before i click to edit.. but once i click on edit im unable to select the ringtone. :(

:edit:

i have the vibrant.. dunno if that matters? should of said that thought i guess
[Vibrant General] xZeDgEx:
Did not see this in the OP.

In Touchwiz is there a way to change the home screen from Panel 1 to the middle panel? For example panel 3 out of 5, like stock Android.

By default the home key brings you all the way to the left, not the middle screen.
[Vibrant General] z0phi3l:
I'm having the same problem, was racking my brain too because I did it on my N1 but am still having problems doing in on my vibrant
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Last update was for metamorph/theming. Super easy and looks amazing.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Using the black glass swype metamorph. I have to say it seems MUCH more accurate!
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
At least I'm not alone! Ha... On the browser...can you find your bookmarked sites? I also can't locate them either..
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ the upper right corner, beside the url after the page is loaded. MUCH better than pressing menu.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
Wow I feel stupid haha. How did i miss that! Haha
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ don't be embarrassed, now I'm trying to decide if it should be in the sticky, ha.
[Vibrant General] renegadedj:
just FYI, all GOOGLE contacts (will have a small "g" icon next to contact name) do NOT support ringtones.

the contacts have to be PHONE contacts (has a small green phone icon next to contact name) in order to allow a personalized ringtone for that contact.

i pulled my hair out when i organized all my damn contacts to be google contacts, then i found out they cant have personal ringers. i just assed my self out of that option, because now i see now easy way to change a google contact to a phone contact on the phone.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
Wanna stay pulling it out again :-/...

Using ringdroid app you can apply ringtone even with out them being stored on phone...all of my contacts are either google or facebook and I have ringtone put to them

ALSO a tip that might be god to add..if a word you didn't wasn't to spell wad spelled using swype you can double click the word..or after typing you can hit the swype key
[Vibrant General] Bugdog:
True that - you should give it a try ;) I HATE getting "god" when I want "good".
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
Ha
[Vibrant General] skesseks:
And here is another reason to pull...

if you create a duplicate phone contact for the google contact and link them, you can put the ringtone on the phone contact and it will be used for the google contact. you don't even need to have a full entry for the phone contact. i just use a name.
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
I made a one click startup / shutdown audio removal tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759156
[Vibrant General] nonzeropossibility:
Q: How do I sync my music and phone via iTunes?

A: Use Doubletwist.

http://www.doubletwist.com/dt/Home/Index.dt

Note: You can only access your external SD card.
[Vibrant General] ConceptVBS:
Micro-SD card slot on the phone

Dont pull out the card with your nails.

The card slot is spring loaded.

Just push down on the card and it should pop right out.

I've seen 99% of people on youtube PULL the dang thing! Your doing it wrong people!!!

Again, DO NOT PULL ON IT!!
[Vibrant General] Wykedx:
"su

rm -r /system/app/Superuser.apk

rm -r /system/xbin/busybox

rm -r /system/bin/su

reboot"

anybody know where i can find the commands where i can "PUSH" and "PULL" files using these commands instead of adb push and adb pull/adb remount??

my adb is permission denied so I want to use this method to install a boot animation
[Vibrant General] sl0play:
This also works for contact names, so if I wanna call my friend scott I just open dialer and hit S(7)-C(2)-O(6)-T(8)-T(8) or how ever many it takes to filter to that contact (7-2-6 for me).
[Vibrant General] Millennium_M:
What is the benefit of updating the radio version of my phone?
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
i dont think noone has mention this, when viewing a video on the vibrant, press the power button, it will lock the phone so you can enjoy the video without any interruptions
[Vibrant General] zaduma:
It is much better than being forced to buying root explorer or doing all the adb / shell stuff yourself. Anyways I can post links now, so I will post a proper link to the post.

One Click Startup / Shutdown Audio Removal Tool

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759156
[Vibrant General] thebeach562:
ok, so i read through the guide, and i was very very appreciative of it!!! it answered many many questions i had to figure out on my own before finding this guide. so thank you!!!

however, i do have a suggestion, how about adding a category for themes... it could include a walkthough or an few different walkthroughs... maybe some differences between using metamorph, rom manager... things like that.

ive tried to educate myself as much as i can, but im still in the dark about a ton of things... im sure this would help not only me, but many others...

just a suggestion.... thanks for the time
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ I can try and add some basic stuff. I think the sticky in the Themes section covers this pretty well though.... have you tried there?
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Okay, a few small updates added. I'm at work so limited in what I can do. Please keep mentioning suggestions, it's the best way to make this thread better.

Thank you all for the help!
[Vibrant General] phragg:
When in dialer, LP on a number will attempt to dial the Speed Dial associated with that number.

When will the wiki be updated for all this ;p
[Vibrant General] mikey98277:
Just a suggestion, the thread for putting the captivate camera software on the phone should get a mention in the sticky, as IMHO is a much better user friendly camera software. You no longer have to select 5 options to change options, and doesn't hide the options like the stock vibrant camera software.

that is if you can fit it in, as I understand there is a space limit for a post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751031
[Vibrant General] thebeach562:
hey, thanks for listening. but yeah the sticky in the themes section in the vibrant main section only refers to metamorph! now i have the paiid version of the app, and ive been doing a lot or ready, but ive also found a few themes in the android section that i would like to use, but i dont know how to install, or even if the files are compatible with MM.... i guess im just saying, it would be nice if someone would say... there are these types of files: x,y,z... and x runs with this, and y runs with this, and so on and so forth...

and these programs to do this action... and these dont... like whats the difference between pandahome, and ahome, and MM... and thins like that.

i appreciate the help though, i know this may be a tall order, but i would be a huge help for those of us who are tech savy, but just dont know where to start getting answers, to the many questions we may have!

once again, thanks a million
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^^ mikey, good call man. I'll add it tomorrow morning. Just flashed it and I do like it.

^ thebeach, I'm new to metamorph so I'm no expert... Flashing the themes through clockwork recovery is pretty straightforward though. I'll try and create a thread and link to it in the sticky. Maybe others will post more beneficial information in it.

I'm also excited about the possibility of merging all of the Galaxy General sections, but at the same time I'm scared this thread could be lost... I may slow down on the effort until I know what's up. I'm also studying for the CFP(r) exam... Scary.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
Okay, added the camera and OTA question.

What's next XDA?
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
Thank you

I figure it can't be said enough. Thank you for putting this together. I learned a lot and will be checking back for more updates. It's awesome to find out my phone is even more badass than I thought!
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ Right on man, thank you for saying that. If you find anything for me to add, please let me know!
[Vibrant General] prom311:
Agreed...thx s15... just picked up my vibrant yesterday and 1st thing i did is check this thread out and followed most suggestions. Very helpful indeed especially since im new to android phones
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ right on! How are you liking Android?
[Vibrant General] Guticb:
Booting into clockwork recovery

So I flashed clockwork and have a question about it.

Is there any way to boot into it by simply turning the phone off/on, rahter than having it on and then pressing the "Boot into clockwork" button in ROM Manager?

When I turn it on while holding power/volume up/volume down, it boots into stock recovery.
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
No problem man, and will do. The only thing I'm working on right now is finding the source/solution for the false "new message" notifications I'm getting each day. Let us know if you've heard anything about that.

If I hear anything, I'll send the info your way, although chances are you'll probably hear about it before I do.

Thanks again.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ are you using just the stock messenger? That is new to me. Is the notification consist of an actual message?

^^ I don't think so.... Seems like it would be possible though. That's one reason a lot of people want the amon_ra recovery that's on other phones.
[Vibrant General] ukinny:
Just wanted to add my vote of thanks too - awesome, awesome read, incredibly helpful! One thing I found, which may or may not have been mentioned already, is in the gmail client, there is like a little grey-filled circled next to the name of the person who emailed you in each email. if you press it, it will show the contact pop-up (name, photo, shortcuts to dial, view contact, message etc...). Makes it then very easy to call someone who just emailed you. I assume this works only if you have your contacts in google, not on the phone, but I could be wrong...
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
Sorry, to be clear, I mean the notifications I get about new email messages. I created a thread about it, but it's getting no love: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766076
[Vibrant General] pekies:
I loaded my vibrant with my music library and now the picture gallery is loading up all the album arts in hundreds of photo albums (due to the way i sort my music library by artist)

So my question is, is there any way to remove my music folder from appearing the picture gallery, while still retaining all my music files in the music player during media scanning.

I hope someone can help me. Been digging for this info for a few days already.

Cheers
[Vibrant General] thebeach562:
thanks for all the effort s15274n... i know these questions are asked all the time, without any clear answer, and there are a lot of people on here who can help, but just dont see the posts or whatever, so we all appreciate it!

furthermore, id like to get into this clockwork thing, i just dont know where to start, as far as install that and then moving into themes.... patiently awaiting your updates
[Vibrant General] prom311:
its pretty freakin sweet...ive been stuck w/ a blackberry for last 4 years because of my job but I just left last month and after only a few days i can see this is sooooooooooo much better
[Vibrant General] rizoh66:
Is there anyone else having trouble with the LP not working when doing this:

"Back: Takes you back a level in an app, or back a page in a browser, etc.

(LP) = In your browser, quickly access bookmarks, history and most-visited sites." ?
[Vibrant General] :
i have a suggestion:

how to move avatar from one sd card to another. i put my 8gb sdcard in place of the included 2gb but lose avatar in the process.

searching has yielded no topics / solution on this that i could find so maybe if there is, adding it to your list of tweaks would be helpful.
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ that's already in the sticky :)

^^ yeah... The long pressi swear used to work on my g1. Now I just scroll up or press menu and then the bookmark logo to the right of the url.
[Vibrant General] pavvy:
LP on "Back" in the browser doesn't work for me, either...

Also, this (from pg. 1 of this thread) doesn't work: "If at the home screen, another tap (on "Home") gives a preview of all home screens."

(Is that really supposed to work on TW? I thought it was a Sense thing...)
[Vibrant General] s15274n:
^ that is a setting for LP and ADW.... not sure if TW does it, as I never really used it.
[Vibrant General] q426669:
I don't have my Vibrant quite yet, however I had this same problem on my G1. adding .nomedia files would also keep the media player from seeing the album art as well as the gallery no?

Same for ringtones/notifications (specifically the ones I add to the SD myself).

Is there any way to tell the gallery/media player not to look in a specific folder, other then the .nomedia?

Maybe I missed a thread or a post, but I looked around on a few other forums to no avail.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keithsipa:
I have a new to me Hero that I am having sporatic crashes. I have it feeling the phone may have been wet at some point and that the power button may be either stuck on or sending key presses randomly. (possibly other keys too)

I have rooted and upgraded to the latest villian in hopes it was rom related, but the probems followed the phone, so I believe it is hardware related.

To give a better example, when in recovery mode, when I tried to press a button to select a function, (such as wipe), the phone would always come back as user aborted, with every selection. I eventually found a way around this by holding down the button to select a function (and not releasing), then hitting the other key to accept the function.

The shut down menu will also randomly appear and keep coming back until I select something. But pressing the power button does nothing.

So, I am looking for some app or software that will allow me to log hardware keystrokes, or an event viewer to see what is running and when, that may give me a better idea of what is crashing it.

Any ideas guys......
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ticho:
Set up ADB and watch every keypress (and lot more events) using 'adb logcat' command from your PC. See documentation on android Software Development Kit for more info. No linky - sorry, I'm on the bus. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keithsipa:
Thanks, I will check this out..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] NotBillable:
Has anyone tried this yet? Just wondering how compatible it is with the x10
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] maxld:
It works without any problems but still it is much worse than adw
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] malrok37:
I've tried it, it is compatible and working really good on the X10.

However, after trying a few home replacement, I would advise to use ADW Launcher :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] theeedy:
agree.

ADW Launcher is much better than any other launcher.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] adamsweeting:
ADW is good, can't argue with that. But I really love Helix. Battery life is good with Helix
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SlipperyMonkey:
I like GDE :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Shiwantha:
My favorite is GDE

Next to GDE I recommend ADW. GDE is better in may aspects like, icons replacer, Icon renamer, uninstaller, custom doc, loop screen and smoother drawer handling. and no problem for battery.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] fjnger:
quickz

Here goes the quick review, ..by a smartfone noob with the same issue..

trying to find the best home replacement / launcher.

(reporting from android 1.6)

# Launchpad Lite:

is just a little app(window) to launch the apps which were used most recently.

+ length of the history is adjustable.

+ shows running apps highlited.

# Tag Home(Launcher):

is a full home replacement (can be linked to HOME button).

+ TAGS! to categorize your apps! (!=something that each of these lame launchers should have - even the standard com.android.launcher!)

+ 4 static links in the bottom bar.

- just 4x4 icons.

- not too many options.

# ADW Launcher:

is a full home-replacement.

installed as service(?) (not shown in app-drawer of standard-home).

+ up to 7 screens.

+ set icon density for 1 screen! (5x7, instead of 4x4 icons)

+ screens-preview.

+ set desktop finger-gesture actions (up & down)!

+ options!!!

- just 2 static links in bottom bar.

# Zeam Launcher:

is a full home replacement.

+ Bottom bar with many(!) static links (scroll left/right).

+ upto 9 screens.

+ set doubletap & home-btn action.

- just 4x4 icons.

# KS Lanucher:

is a home replacement + app (can also be started as app on top)

different concept ... no icons.

right = categories list, left = apps- & services-list

+ show running apps & services.

+ lists app history & apps by date of installation

- just 1 category for yourself (in free version)

# Helix: (mentioned above)

... not found on market.

# GDE: (mentioned above)

Costs $$, so it hasn't been tested.

+++

Hints for a noob #13:

To get android asking you which home-program you want to use (with option "dont ask again in the future") when clicking the HOME button, follow ...

1.) Open SETTINGS (standard android settings)

2.) Select APPLICATIONS

3.) Select MANAGE APPLICATIONS

4.) Scroll thru list to find the app which is currently configured to be your home-screen.

5.) Open home-screen app.

6.) Click the CLEAR DEFAULTS button, in the section LAUNCH BY DEFAULT.

done.

prost
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Reeonimus:
You CAN have more than two icons on the bottom with ADW. Disable desktop dots and enabled Secondary Action Buttons. This gets rid of the only "-" for ADW making it nothing but pure awesome!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] n000:
anyone know how put manila Internet Tab 3 columns.

That's all. Thank for answer.

n000
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mac-nukem:
I think you have to search the relating "manila" file in the Windows folder and edit some xml.

3 cols would be interesting for me, too :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] spikerosoft:
bump....

i too would like to know how to do this.

tutorials and how-to's are extremely difficult to find for this device and manila in general

experienced searcher and leecher :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mac-nukem:
search failed

Ätz...

I checked many *.xml files in Windows folder. Many of them are for the Menu-Dialogues (add/remove Item... foo...) But I cannot find any xml that relates to the structure of the internet tab.

In registry, there is only the possibility to change the amount of the tabs.

:confused::confused::confused:

Must look like the xml file of the grid-scene of the WM startmenu...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gmdata:
You can try this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6588359&postcount=4591, but scrolling don't work properly.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
A Solution...

Manila files are from amarullz's post here. I simply cab'ed them. Works perfectly on my device and I still have 12 total tabs (not 9 as noted in the above post.)

To Install:

--> Download and install "Manila_Internet_3_Columns.cab"

To Uninstall:

--> Uninstall the above

--> If that doesn't work, install the "Manila_Internet_2_Columns.cab"

Cheers.

----------------------------------------------

What registry edit did you use to increase/decrease the number of internet tabs?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mac-nukem:
THX, scrolling is al little bit funky, but worx fine for me!! :)

HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila\Internet.CountOfPush 10, 12, 14

but I dunno if it worx for the 3colz?!? (e.g. value: 9, 12, 15...)

I would like to know/lern HOW to edit such manila files. Will try to create some own mods (and release of coz ;) ).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
yeah, now that i play with the tabs, scrolling is a tad weird - on occasion, though! it seems to get it moving i have to flick the top part (where it says "launch browser") first and then all is good.

some quick reads on editing manila text files (looks like you can open them with a text writer). haven't read them thoroughly, though:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=399212

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=688002

can you share what you find? what you edit?

cheers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mac-nukem:
Thx 4 the links. I will study them :)

And when creating sth, I'll share of coz.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
the registry mods work.

default is 10, which gives total of 12 tabs (4 lines of 3).

changed it to 12, and gave me 15 tabs (5 lines of 3).

odd numbers default to the even number below it.

seems endless.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] hg3atintin:
Is there any fix for the funky scrolling issue?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
not that i have found. switched up to energy's rom and it seems better...have gotten used to it though.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Guus_:
Because of the scrolling issue, I never scroll, but I would like to know how to remove the globe!

Then we could use 9 instead of 6 tabs :D

Any info is welcome! ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jsmccabe78:
i liked your idea so i tried it. removing the globe is easy, though nothing changes. would need to remove the entire top section. that is beyond me...maybe in some mode9/ lua or other file i know not how to edit!

if you still want the blank icon look for some reason i have attached the cab i made.

cheers.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Guus_:
Thanks jsmccabe78 !

But yes, I indeed meant to remove the whole "Launch browser"+globe, and place the first 3 tabs there.

Any input is welcome!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] hkfriends:
I found that the media scanning is lagging to my i9000, is there any way to stop it? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Untraceable:
yeah man .. i think its very annoying .. keeping you waiting, plus i have a larg storge and too much mp3 files and videos .. so it takes time .. i hope there is way to stop it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Mikulec:
+1 count me in boys
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] nightswim:
Yep, please, please, how to disable it?

If you do have a lot of files on SD, it takes ages and slow down phone as hell.