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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlagaDeRock:
Thanks. Thats the missing step I think, I'm about to crash as I work nights and probably shouldn't be up yet lol, but when I get up I'm gonna test some more things out but I think thats what I needed to know. I've been trying to rezip everything so it fits back together when i should be pulling them out of the zip changing them and then putting them back in. I'll try it tomorrow lol when my brain works again. Thanks for the reply though. :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
ok first of all download 7zip

do not unzip the whole app

open the app with 7zip. take out the res file

edit the png files that you want

edit the .9 files that you want

use draw9patch that comes inside of android sdk folder

in draw9patch u put one dot on top one dot on left and full lines on bottom and right. thats the easy way. u can watch the right window to figure out what the results will be. play with it and you will get the hang of it.

download eclipse and set up eclipse and android sdk to work with android. there a number of instructions on how to do this. google in or search in xda

use eclipse to recompile the .9 files

if u r finding files in the hdmi files and want to use them u have to make sure they are the right size for our phones.

best guess is that if its from a different phone they are the wrong size. compare the size of the file to the mdmi folder and resize where needed.

when done editing the res file drag and drop it back into the app that is open in 7zip.

it can then be pushed via adb in the command promt by putting the apk in the tools folder of sdk and typing

make sure your in the directory of ur sdk/tools folder

adb remount

adb push (app name).apk system/app

(app name)=app for example facebook.apk

if u want to make it into a flashable update than you can put into a zipped file that im sure uve downloaded from here before. make sure its the only app in the folder and use avabox as described above.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlagaDeRock:
Awesome thanks papasmurf, I think I figured out the big issue was having before and thats that I have to use 7zip to pull, edit, and replace files I want to change. the .9 stuff I haven't messed with yet but I've always known they are a bit of a pain in the ass. Gotta learn sooner or later lol. Thanks for the responses guys I'm gonna mess with this stuff and see where I get. :D

What are the rules on signing? Now if I'm in a framework-res.apk and pull and push some files do I need to sign it again?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
While when building a rom it is sometimes but very rare to sign an app...when editing pngs and such there is no need to resign the app. ..also if u do have to resign an app u can't resign the Google ****s. They don't like work if u resign them cause the only way we have to resign with r with test keys. By resigning apps ur r messings with the manifest and there is about a 99.9% chance there is no need for it.

Its different if ur trying to flash an app via recovery. Then it has to be put into a zip file and signed. My suggestion is to find a basic mod that someone else already made a signed zip of and put ur app in it and take out the other mod. Just make sure u put it in the right folders. For example

Most apps go in /system/app

Framework and com.resources go in /system/framework

Uncanny make those folders and drop the app in there then drag to the zip or if those folders exist in the zip just drag the app in.

As long as its a mod zip the update script is prob just very basic and u don't have to mess with it. Just use avabox (search for it on xda) and drag the zip into to autosign folder inside of avabox. Rename it update and click k on the sign icon. After its done signing u delete the update file and can rename the update-signed file to what ever u like. Just remember if renaming that if u r using more than one word the u must add a _ between words rather than a space. For example

Gmail_signed.zip

Hope that helps a little
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlagaDeRock:
Awesome. Just made my first flashable zip that worked. :) I'm almost finished porting over the sculpted theme from the evo section. Thanks for the help guys, its making way more sense now.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
Anytime man. Just remember if ur changing even the size of a .9 file it has to be fixed as explained above. Only saying cause ur porting a theme from the evo and I'm sure there r .9 files in there
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlagaDeRock:
Eclipse is intense. I think I downloaded the right one. I'm dead tired though so I'm gonna pick it up again tomorrow. I got enough of it together that it functions so I'm happy for now, but definitely going to have to work on the .9 files tomorrow lol.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
Yeah eclipse is def overkill at times but when u get it set up its easy to just compile .9 files.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ciaosimo:
Hi everybody!

When using phonebook app on my e10i i noticed that it saves the new contacts in the phone memory instead directly on the SIM.....does anybody know and maybe fix this issue??
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] benjymous:
That's by design, and is how pretty much all smartphones work (since the SIM's phonebook can only hold names and numbers, not all the extra data like addresses, emails, photos, etc)

There's an app on the market called Contact2Sim that says it'll copy your contacts onto your SIM, if you want to use it in a different phone
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] krulla:
I use that app. I like it.
[Desire General] I RICHY I:
If you're offended by my question, how about instead of replying, just closing the browser? :lol:

Okay, basically my phone is locked to o2. Knowing how slow o2 are I'm not prepared to sit around and wait for them to release froyo to me (they delayed the launch of the phone so many times).

I'm thinking of rooting my phone, installing an official unbranded eclair copy on my phone and then doing a OTA update to FroYo. Long as it may seem, it's the only logical way I can think of upgrading.

My questions are:

1. Will eclair install on a rooted phone?

2. I'm sure that installing an official copy on your phone removes root, is this correct?

3. Will my theory work?

Cheers.
[Desire General] aindow:
You can debrand without routing, lots of guides online. I would show you but I am on my Desire, not at home..

Debranding is done by flashing a stock ROM to the phone. Many can be found on this very forum.

Once installed, you can check for update but I would strongly recommend using your goldcard when updating (you make this when degrading the phone).
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] djR3Z:
Doing a 5 part series at The Droid Demos Check it out!

Welcome to the fourth part in a 5 part series of Android performance benchmarking apps. Fps2D, like Neocore, is an app to measure Android’s frames per second performance. However, Fps2D, as the name implies, tests 2D performance rather than the 3D performance that Neocore tests. Because of this, we are able to see the true performance of the EVO after applying the FPS fix. Download today for a great app to compare Android phones or compare ROMs.

Stay tuned for the continuation of the Android Performance Benchmark Series.

For Part 4, check out Fps2D for 2D FPS Benchmarking

For Part 3, check out Linpack, the Most Popular CPU Performance Test

For Part 2, check out Necore for 3D Graphics Performance

For Part 1, check out Benchmark Pi for CPU Performance Benchmarking
[Vibrant General] BigWorldJust:
I downloaded some Family Guy Episodes that are like 25MB each are .mkv files. I put them on my SD Card, and they play for a few seconds, and than a message pops up saying this video cannot be played. However, the video actually starts and I can see and hear everything. So is there a way for this message to not pop up? Thanks.
[Vibrant General] masterotaku:
The built in video player usually handles .mkv containers just fine. Having said that, .mkv is merely an advanced CONTAINER format that allows for the easy assembly of video, multiple audio streams, subtitle streams, chapters, so on and so forth.

The contents of those streams can be almost anything. And this is where your problem lies.

In the windows universe with advanced players like KMPlayer, GomPlayer, VLC, MPC, and advanced codec packs like Combined Community Codec Pack, it is easy to create a situation where your Windows PC will play pretty much everything you throw at it.

For us, though the native video player is probably the best one ever released on the Android platform, it is not perfect. I would imagine that those MKV containered episodes are using a codec for video or audio that the player is stumbling over, or one of those streams is using a bitrate or encoding method that the player hasn't accounted for.

So far in my experiences the built in player DEFINITELY does not like mkv's where the video format is AVC1 encoded using Nero Digital's version of the AVC1 encoder. Also, I've encountered audio issues with AAC audio. This isn't a problem with the AAC audio though, rather it's bad MKV stream header information where whatever tool was used to mux the MKV failed to put in proper bitrate info.

Bottom line, and I'm speaking from the experience of having over 3 terabytes of media on my media NAS server here at home, MKV containers do not necessarily have any "standards" to them, in the sense that being an MKV doesn't really tell you what the video and audio are within. This is just due to the nature of the MKV container format, but it is a problem slowly disappearing as more people use more standard encoding bitrates and codecs within these containers.

As a suggestion, visit the market and download ROCKPLAYER ARM7 version. When I've encountered video files the native player won't play, Rockplayer usually does (with the notable exception of anything using Nero Digital AVC1). Rockplayer is derived from the FFMPEG codebase, so it's a tad more forgiving in what it will play.

It's either another player, downloading a different set of those episodes, or re encoding those episodes...
[Vibrant General] BigWorldJust:
Thanks RockPlayer Arm7 worked :D.
[Vibrant General] jeremiah_mn:
The rock player has been able to play videos (tv episodes) that I was not able to play with the default player. I don't know much about codecs, but it's worth a try.
[Vibrant General] raduque:
My phone played some 1.4gb TV show episodes that are x264 video and dd5.1 audio 1280x720 (High definition) inside an MKV file just fine.

Maybe your phone was just having a fit because you were trying to watch episodes of family guy? ;)
[Vibrant General] BigWorldJust:
Lol, might've been. RockPlayer works though, so it's all good :D.
[Vibrant General] cashless:
Anyone know if the full paid version of Rockplayer allows multiple audio and sub streams?

I need that BADLY.
[General Questions and Answers] nmrdxt:
Hello!

I have an HTC Hero with a VillainROM 10.3 installed. Yesterday I decided to change my SD to a 16gb one, I run a FAT32 format and partitioned the SD just as the previous one, after that I copied whatever was on the previous SD to the new one, and rebooted the Hero.

Now, apart from the applications that came with the ROM pack, no app works ("the linked program is no longer installed on your phone").

I have no idea what to do, I tried to search for answers in this forum and others, and nothing offered a solution.

I'd really appreciate an advice,

Thanks in advance!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] defriend:
Hi,

I am avid reader of these forums, and finally pulled the trigger and got the Samsung Captivate (I had to stick with AT&T). I am relatively new to Android, and I was stunned but what I got with my Captivate!! (all due respect to my old beloved Tilt with WiMo). To think I was seriously considering iPhone 4 :eek:

Anyway, I am yet to root the phone - will wait a few more days to get comfortable. For now I have been playing with a ton of apps etc.

I have a 100 GB iTunes Library which sits on my home server. I am looking for a solution where I can selectively sync certain albums and playlists to my phone. No point in carrying around 2 devices. I have already tried Double Twist. The problem is I need to install the client on my Laptop and get the music synced from the home server. I have got this working by manually adding 1 folder at a time - which is cumbersome, and not to mention that I loose artwork, ratings etc.

So, I am looking to [Home Server] <--> [Laptop] <--> [Phone]. At any point the source for this library is the Home Server, Laptop is only a pass thru.

Why use the laptop in the middle? I don't want to store media files here (work laptop).

Why not directly sync with the Home Server? It sits in the basement and I am lazy to go down the every time I want to sync :rolleyes: that was my major irritant with iPod syncing.

Any recommendations?

Regards

Nick
[Captivate Themes and Apps] NOSintake:
Can't you set up home sharing in iTunes? That way you can see your library from your server on your laptop, and have doubletwist pull your playlist from that iTunes.

Home Server <--> Laptop --> DoubleTwist --> Captivate

I can't remember the exact steps, but I know you can pull from a home server like you are saying. Most people do it with their home theater set ups, but I don't see why it couldn't be done this way
[Captivate Themes and Apps] golucky:
I just use estrong file manager, and am able to get to my file shares via wifi. While this might work exactly like you want you won't have to plug in. just a thought.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] alphadog00:
I found Doubletwist to be unstable. I used MediaMonkey. It supports playlists and syncing to mounted drives or media devices. If you mount your homeserver as a drive letter on the laptop, then MediaMonkey should work fine.

The free version did all i needed, but it doesn't sync video - just music.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] evil5826:
Google is your friend.

http://www.knowyourcell.com/samsung...o_sync_the_samsung_captivate_with_itunes.html

This works with any android phone.
[Captivate General] th3me4tshield:
I have been doing a lot of digging around, but I cannot seem to find anyone with the same problem I am having.

I got my Samsung Captivate a few days back and against my better judgement let the AT&T guy move all my info over from my old iPhone 3g. Everything worked until I tried to open the Contact app which fails and has to be force closed everytime. I have a feeling it does not like th way something is formatted or is corrupt.

Here is the error it gives:

"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again...."

I also have a log if anyone is interested. Save re-flashing and wiping the phone is there an easier way to just wipe the contacts db, or is it possible to delete the contacts program (and is it safe to do this) and sideload it back in?

Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
[Captivate General] BplusB:
I actually have the same thing. AT&T guy switched ym contacts and now it doesnt work. Havent found a solution either
[Captivate General] link12245:
That's because the cellbrite machine that we use to transfer contacts is not yet setup to work on the captivate. You will have to do a master data reset, then transfer via sim card, or over gmail. This should be fixed by the end of August.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
Yeah, I would never let the AT&T guys transfer anything. Anyway - how did they do it? Via cable?

How were your contacts backed up previously? What was the iPhone syncing too? The easiest thing is to reset the phone, then sync it with whatever the iPhone was syncing with. Since Android is meant to sync with gmail, import your contacts into gmail, and sync. Or sync with Exchange.

There are many options, but please reply with some more info.
[Captivate General] alphadog00:
deleted: duplicate post
[Captivate General] th3me4tshield:
Thanks that kinda explains why he was having so much trouble. I wish he had known that at the time.

I am just going to do the master reset and move from there. I'll post here once I get it fixed or if I am having any problems. The iphone was synced so I will just pull from that and convert everything over manually.

Thank you everyone with the quick responses.
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
I wouldn't let them do anything either. When I picked up my phone on launch day I was the reps first captivate sale. I had to show him how to open the battery cover. Don't you think they would have some sort oftutorial before they launch new devices
[Captivate General] link12245:
Well, we had the phone over a week before it launched, and the rep should've had a training on the device too, but you can't control everyone from a corporate standpoint. Just as with any industry, you find some people who don't know what they're doing.
[Captivate General] BplusB:
haha same thing with me. He was trying to pry off the back and I was afraid he would break it. Had to show him the sliding mechanism.
[Captivate General] nahrah:
LOL I had to show my Rep how to open the battery cover too. Then she was like have you use this phone before. I didn't know what to say after that.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate General] JacenSolo2001:
Same here, "No, slide the bottom part!"
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
CUSTOM Xperia x10 red

link htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=123019&page=5
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] exekias:
looks god in red, cheers for the post, btw in future just click the button that looks like the planet earth to post a link
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
ok thanks but not even let me put links I have no rights
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
all links

links custom rom red xoeria x10
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tuxStyle:
Should be amazing with a white X10 :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] arj154:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D4TY97RC mediascape;)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BZSYJ440 framework;)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4ONZUMH timescape:)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=00W0GAED phonebook:D

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TIOYLHIO phone;)

here you go, theres the link
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] arj154:
I dont know if this is a fault of the theme but mediascape and timescape dont seem to be updated
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wrongfeifong:
feel anger...and want to.... MURDER. kidding.

It is nice, but it would be nicer if you add water mark
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] progresnew:
comment effacer les anciens fichiers il ne veux pas avec astro donc impossible a installer
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zyexx:
Does this work with the latest 026 update
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
yes 023, 024, 026
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
yes this work 023, 024, 026
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
thanks for your help
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
here is the post for Customised xperiahttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=714288
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
All you need now is a red liverpool wall paper and your done lol :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zyexx:
Tried it ...worked like a charm, Timescape is more pink than red though

@ tuxStyle I gots teh white...its pretty neat
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
Technically these apps are from 024 and s.e made changes to mediascape and timescape in 026. They will work but you'll probably have an earlier build whereas you should have a later build in 026.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] realunited123:
No Liverpool!!! MANCHESTER UNITED !!! Sorry for going off topic :P
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] MarylandCookie:
Oh God, now where gonna get a flood of wallpapers for liverpool and united lol :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] qwer23:
Could someone mirror or upload directly to the forum? waiting 45 seconds for every small .apk is kind of annoying :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
update 026 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XZ0HW0S1 setting
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
Update Android 2.1
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] djsystem:
Uodate
[Droid X General] vando487:
Just a question does anyone know of a site like iphonemoviez.net that will allow you to stream movies from an android device namely the DX????
[Droid X General] imex99:
anyone get iphonemoviez to work on the droid x? on 2.2 and flash installed.....
[Droid X General] dr154:
naw, it doesnt work even though its supported for android devices... wtf
[Droid X General] citanes-26:
I use loombo, works great
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Movies2k.com works great
[Droid X General] groovejedi:
Alluc.org
[Droid X General] sfreemanoh:
On a related note, don't forget Verizon is going to be getting rid of their "unlimited" (but still limited) data plan very soon, if they haven't already. Streaming video to your phone will get you to that cap pretty quickly, unless if you're only doing it when on wi-fi or something.
[Droid X General] lemm813:
Not for a while.. they haven't even announced the details of the tiered plans.

And the unlimited plan is truly unlimited.. don't know what you are talking about there.
[Droid X General] UCE HAMOCIDE:
Yeah and if you have unlimited data already, you'll be grandfathered in anyway.
[Droid X General] GoogleisGod:
Unlimited I'd not truly unlimited, at 5GB per month, they reserve the right to kick you off. It is to safe guard themselves from network crashes. AT&T used to have the 5 GB cap too
[Droid X General] Ubermicro13:
Hmph, Since I got my DX on release day I've used an average of 35 GB a month. Haven't heard a word from Verizon.
[Droid X General] caal920:
Good news, Verizon has announced they will grandfather in unlimited plans for those who wish to keep them. Now if only I could get hulu to work...
[Droid X General] sp1kez:
35!!!!!!!
[Droid X General] sp1kez:
On ur browser url space type about:debug then go to menu and all the way down there's a thing that says browser type, select desktop and bam! Hulu works
[Droid X General] DonTard:
You are confusing phone data with tethered data plan.look it up.
[Droid X General] Roland Deschain:
Netflix will be available on Android before too long; then all these other sites will cease to be relevant. :)
[Droid X General] DonTard:
Ya but when... when.... :)
[Droid X General] BFS1983:
I like this site: ipb.Quicksilverscreen.com It has everything and in flash, it uses stream sites like loombo, vidbux, megavideo, etc so there are lots of options. You can even download divx shows and play them on an android media player that supports divx playback.
[Droid X General] e-zzy1:
why don't you just download the android movies app by H5Development, here is a link

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidmovies&feature=search_result
[Droid X General] Brainze:
I would tell you to purchase "Amatsu" from the Market, but the developers are thieves and crooks.

They sold "free android movies", which was vaporware. It never functioned... Only had a date on it staying when it would be working again. It then disappeared & Amatsu took it's place. Now Amatsu doesn't work!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodgeboy:
I really like the automatic brightness feature, but IMO it doesn't get nearly dim enough in dark situations. If I uncheck the auto brightness feature, I can dim the display to an acceptable level so I know the display is capable of it. Is there a way to adjust the threshold/range of the auto brightness levels?

Thanks,

Dave
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dodgeboy:
A polite bump...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Suunto:
I wonder if you know the answer, do you?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblazea50:
Try the free market app, Dimmer. It works well, especially at night. Lowers the brightness to level 10, instead of default lowest of 30.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElAguila:
Do you know if this app will work with the new GB roms with the new sense on the novatech screens?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevinb99:
When you boot into recovery you get a picture of a phone with a red triangle, exclamation point, and a menu right? I only get the picture!!!!!! No option to update from zip or anything, what am I doing wrong!!!!!!!

EDIT: never mind didn't hit power plus volume up right :D