yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] t12icky0:
lol..i must say that was me your talking about prolly..lmao! i thought the same thing when i saw this tho. i would prefer the WebOS over the crappy ios anyday tho.

If you want IOS get an IPHONE..this is stupid.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
its a theme and nothing more.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
no ones criticizing you guys at all. we just know it probably won't come to light.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
While its possible it wont its possible it will, and i have already thought about a direction afterward either way. its the journey that counts :)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] fixxxer2008:
well i wish you devs the best.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chinochino360:
I'm not sure what kinda response you thought you would get, out of android OS followers

but, I know this for sure...

I don't think anyone here would care to have a boot screen with a "rotten apple in it"

just my 2 cents.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
wait... I would if it really was a "rooten" apple! lol. *compost heap with android guy in gardening clothes*.

Nah, actually this would be cool. We need to be more open to all options.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rulyskull:
I think it would be cool just for the apps and jailbreak and all but it would have to be dual boot cause I
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Dassin4:
I think it would be cool as an option :P iPhone on SERO? Would be fun
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abadasstanker69:
My point was not to own an iPhone. My point was to pwn the iPhone. I'm so sick of them bragging about their froyo port. Yes they have one. I want to say "oh yeah? Check this out *****! " break out my hero and boot up ios. Why was there such negativity to the suggestion? I get it. We have androids. But why can't we pwn them like they did us? I can haz some revenge pleaze?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abadasstanker69:
Thanks hex
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abadasstanker69:
Ignorant much? It's an operating system. It's not about the look. It's about functionality. At the moment the iPhone can run froyo. Can you run ios? No! See the problem?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] vita10gy:
Their phones can run an open source OS. As of now ours can't run their closed off OS. That in and of itself is a compliment to android.

The fact that anyone wants to run android on their iPhone is also a compliment to android, not a slight.

In other words, who's really "pwning" who here?

For every one person that might go "wow your phone is cool" there will be 3 people that will say "you want to run iOs? I guess we know which is better."

You don't think there will be iFanboys out there giggling at the fact that there's a team of android users trying to port what they have?

If, and that's a big if, we can get our phones to dual/triple boot android, iOs, and webOs, that would be kind of cool, but there will still be tons of users saying "Why would they bother if android was so great?"
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abadasstanker69:
Both excellent points. I'll give you that. But I'm not even wanting to run it. I want the OPTION to run it. I have an iPhone someone gave me. If I wanted one I'd use it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] benbenondatrack:
I think it would be sick if we could run their apps vs the whole OS. Blackberry type of push with the abilities to run iPhone apps would be awesome. I never used a palm before so don't know much about it.

Sent From BenBen's Sprint HTC Hero Running Android 2.2 Froyo-Sense
[Hero CDMA Android Development] hexskrew:
A tale of back in teh day

Lol! Hate to say it (and damn this must make me old! :X) but this reminds me of the early days of the "ibm clones" and 286/386 vs. proprietary systems from the days of old... (circa 1981-1989)

(somewhere back in the day on a bbs)

--Wow I got msdos ported to my Amiga! This is the sauce!

---Why the hell you wanna run that crap, amiga os is great!

----I got an ibm 286.. I want to run amiga os.

-----Can't we all just get along.

-Man, Amiga os doesn't even have the dosshell util.. Will lotus notes even run on it?!

-I got a packard bell 386 16mhz, you all suck!

And so... Time repeats itself. :P
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dirkyd3rk:
guess now we know your age hex lol jkjk
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jasonlefever:
Personally, I think being able to run ios would be pretty cool. Being able to use the App store would probably be the only pro of it though. Especially having cydia.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] painter_:
I remember those days, You forgot to toss in OS 2...
[Hero CDMA Android Development] smw6180:
No he didn't. He left it out intentionally. *shudder* Gawd what a nightmare 'os' that was.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abadasstanker69:
Well I can honestly see no reason to at least try it. I'm working on it now. The mytouch isn't such a different phone from the hero IMO so why not?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
My girlfriend just got the mytouch slide an I am jealous of her weather widget can someone bring this to the g2
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] tubaking182:
that is part of the sense UI, won't work without being able to port a sense ROM(dezire Z) or you can try beautiful widgets which is a decent substitute(in some minds)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] SuperDave81:
+1, Beautiful Widgets
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
Yea I just didn't want to pay for the beautiful widgets app for just the weather widget
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] supergear:
you can try

You can try Weather and Toggle search the market for it http://androidandme.com/2010/04/rev...get-easily-personalize-your-weather-settings/
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] amd_203:
What about this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819237
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] :
I will give this one a try, thanks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Scuk:
anyone tried this? lots of success of nexus one
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
For future use...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] alanthemanofchicago:
This is SO much easier than Titanium, and I am trying to figure out how to automate backup / restore. My end goal:

Run a Nandroid

Run this script (in Backup mode)

Wipe userdata

Install Rom

Install extras (kernel, Gapps, etc)

Restore apps.

Anyone want this?

If people are interested, I may take a look into this.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gmichaelow:
Woooow, nice work man =]

I was gonna write something really simple, but you beat me to it! Thanks! :D

EDIT: ooppps, didn't mean that your script was simple! I meant that you beat me to an app backup script, and yours would blow mine out of the water xD

I'm a bit busy right now (haha, but not too busy to post... :P), but does anyone know if this supports restoring apps only? I feel like it probably does, but can anyone confirm?

Again, this looks awesome! :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
Thanks guys for the comments!! Good to hear you like it :)

Let me try making an update.zip that'll run the script. Then you could run the update.zip in recovery mode like CWM or AmonRa.

The script will restore apps and their data folders. Basically what it does is it reinstalls the app that you selected to restore and then overwrites the appropriate /data/data folder for that app with the backup.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
Automating backups and restores

So it seems it may not be that easy to create an update.zip that will work properly. The script will need to mount /system, /data and /datadata to access the apks and data folders while in recovery. That's not difficult to do but apps on the sdcard under /mnt/asec may prove to be a little more difficult. I made a working update.zip that would run 'app_backup -b' to automate the process but there is no output of script so I have not posted that. :( The output would be kinda nice to see just so you know how far along the backup process is at.

I may need to dig deeper on the update.zip but for now check out the updates!

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Skele Drew:
After finally getting the script into /system and running it, it doesn't work. I get the output:

[: not found
[: not found
[: not found
Ok nevermind!
Goodbye!

Using a rooted Samsung Galaxy 3. I'm still very new to custom ROMs, etc.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] FadeFx:
Hi

I get the following error when trying to backup on my Samsung Galaxy S :

data/system/packages.xml no such file or directory

Nothing to backup

What can i do?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
Hmm... If you have Astro lookup /data/system and see if the packages.xml file exists. Better yet, if you have a terminal emulator or ADB do a

ls /data/system | grep packages.xml

and see if anything comes up. The Galaxy series should have the same file system structure as any other Android phone... What Android OS are you running?

EDIT: It looks like the Galaxy series is using 2.2... Also if one of you could do a

su
cd /
find -name packages.xml
find -name packages.list

within a terminal emulator or ADB this should show where the packages files are located. It may take a bit of time to do the search since its looking for it from /.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] FadeFx:
./dbdata/system/packages.xml

find -name packages.list does search forever it seams...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
Ok I might have to update the script to look in that directory for the packages.xml file. Stay tuned! Sorry for the delay in getting back. Been pretty busy.

EDIT: Download Busybox Installer from the market (the free one) and try installing the latest busybox for your samsung phone and then try running the script again. Does the script seem to act any better? I'm thinking the :not found] issue has to do with a bad busybox and the script not finding the right commands it needs to use. Let me know how that turns out.

Remember to nandroid backup before installing the busybox just in case ;)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] FadeFx:
Busybox version is 1.19.0 but i didn't try the script yet. Will when i come home...
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
Just curious, any luck with the busybox upgrade?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
I've updated the script to version 1.3. Welcomb noticed that there was an issue with bringing up the apps when requesting a backup although I'm not sure if that will fix the issue you had Fade...

Also mounting /system to copy the script over should be fixed :).
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zebdor44:
I've added this to the OP already but for those with a Samsung Relay 4G phone:

A friend of mine has this phone and was getting the following error when running the .sh script:

can't create temporary file /sqlite_stmt_journals/mksh.<random>

To remedy this, I remounted the root directory / as read-write,created the folder /sqlite_stmt_journals, ran the .sh script, and afterwards remounted to read-only.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] limitedMUSCL:
Is this still going?

I'm getting "There is nothing to backup" in CM11. I'm on the appropriae line fo the script but I can't figure out what's wrong.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
I really want to theme my phone, is there any tips to make it easyier

an also theres no meny png files that im not sure what changes what, is there a guide of any sort for that or anything.

I got editing images down but im still gettin lost on changing things

an out of curioisy is there a good themer out there that would be willing to work with me personally so im not gettin mixed results
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t12icky0:
here ya go..this should get you a start

http://www.google.com/cse?q=how+to+...ub-2900107662879704:fs7umqefhnf&ie=ISO-8859-1
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
Great resource here :)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
im not sure if im wording this right, but to theme an app u open that apps apk. to theme a widget u open that widgets apk. right?

So what all does framwork control?

still tring to get it togather what png's edit what on my phone
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0cke:
Essentially yes. Most of the app's .png's will be in the respective .apk, although if it's a Sense ROM then a lot is stored in the 'com.htc.resources.apk'

The 'framework-res.apk' holds all the files for like the notification area, the pull down menu, status icons, buttons, tick boxes, radio buttons etc...

The best way to familiarise yourself with it all is just to have a look through the image folders and see what you see.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
not much luck, im gettin lost, so ill be back in a cuple days let u knw if i got it yet, if i cant come up with it, ill just make a list of things i want done an see where it goes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger61878:
Are you on a Mac or PC?

Keep in mind, you have to sign it to get it to install if you unpack it. After weeks of failed signing attempts (I still cant get them to sign) I found a way around this though...just don't unpack it :D Use 7zip on PC or I am on a Mac so I use Springy. Replace what you want and you are good to go.

Let me know if you need more help with this method. It isn't the way everyone else does things, but it works for editing things and making it what you want.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuddahWolf01:
@reanger91878 I was just looking into start some theming and was trying to figure out if using a Mac put me at a disadvantage... but I guess since I found you I'll know who to ask if I run into a problem. So I guess I'm gonna get Springy and see what I can figure out. (I've never done this crap before).

:edit: boo it costs money, any free options? or will the non-licensed version work for me?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
Alright

heres what i want done

I have NFX Sprint 2.31.651.7 STOCK Odex Update3.

Lock screen bar where its grey i want black

All screens under settings an phone options like device1 pic 1 want there its white to be black an the black letters white with a green boarder.

Device2 pic: want top an bottom where its grey to be black save with bookmark widget an calander app

Device3: white section black an the letter white

Device4: change all screens from white to black an white lettes an the grey buttons at the bottom to green same with clock, messages, music and photos

Device5: i want the ui buttons at the bottom like that but for it to be Phone in the middle app drawer on the left an add to home on the right

Invert all menus uder browser

so if some one would be willing to help with what xml an pic files i edit to do it, or some one helps me put it togather it would be awsome an id be very thankful
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger61878:
Using a Mac does not put you at a disadvantage per se...kind of, but there are workarounds :D

You don't have to use Springy, that is just what I use. The key is to find an Mac application that can open up a .zip file without extracting it, because once you extract, you need to resign (no big deal really, but for whatever reason my computer won't properly sign:confused:). I think the free version of Springy lets you open up a ROM of a certain size? Can't remember...but if you are editing a theme, they should open, because most are under 15MB. You can also just search around for other Mac apps that handle zip files and find one that does not extract. Let me know what you come up with and what you need help with...I gained much knowledge here, and will gladly pass on what I have gleaned.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger61878:
Big tasks :) Don't know if anyone will actually be able to do it for you, but check the resources above to get an idea where to start. It's the whole "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime" idea. :D

Open up your ROM and check the framework-res.apk and see what you find...but you are looking to do more than just framework edits...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
Out of what all i want edited what is controlled by frame work an then would the rest be Apk files in the system app

my biggest problem is im not understanding what xml files change what an some of the pngs idk what they change

edit: I found post that said this, is that a pretty good way to descride it.?

app folder - This folder contains all of the apps that will be installed during an update or wipe. You will need to extract only the apks of the apps you wish to change the icon and graphics for.

-Launcher.apk - This file is in the app folder and contains the menu launcher tab, clock, google search widget, wallpapers and some other things.

framework - This folder contains framework-res.apk, this is where the bulk of your editing will take place.

When you open a apk you will see:

assets - This will contain images, sounds and other content used by the programs. Not always used!

META-INF - This contain the encryption data of the update.zip.

res - This folder contains all of the png and xml files. The xml files are used to format the UI, these can be used to change the locations of things on the screen. The xmls need to be unencrypted first. Depending on the apk there can be a bunch of folders under the res folder but we will only concentrate on the drawable ones.

-drawable - The png files in this folder are displayed wheather the keyboard is open or closed. The majority of the files are here.

-drawable-land - These are the files that will show when the keyboard is open. There won't be as many files in these folders. Most of the time the programmer will re-organize the layout with an xml file.

so basically everything is a picture that i want changed an xml files control text color an placement of where things are or what?,

im try my best to but thoes darn xml files are messing with me lol
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poashll:
To start, don't mess with the XML files. Just make changes to the PNG files. Once you get familiar with changing icons and status bar colors, then you can start messing with XML files. Let's say you want a different alarm icon.

Look in the DeskClock.apk under res/drawable-mdpi. You would find an icon(PNG) you want to substitute with, size it to the same size as ic_launcher_alarmclock.PNG, name it the same name and replace the original in the apk.

Use adb to push the apk back to your phone. I would then reboot and then enjoy your new icon.

Some icons will be in drawable-mdpi and some just in drawable. No need to change hdpi on our phones.

The majority of your status bar icons and base OS icons will be in framework-res.apk.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger61878:
Well said.

You can also do it on your computer...don't extract, just open, replace, close, put on SD and flash (after you nandroid...just in case :D)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
iv been looking an looking, but cant seem to find a black stock theme

with stock htc green when a button is pressed, any one kno off a stock black theme i might be over looking
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
still havent figured ths out, an im having problems because im odexed?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASimmons:
Yes more than likely your only have trouble theme and odexed rom. Try a rom that is deodexed or I heard the have some deodex sripts that will do it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DubsideWICKED:
Alright is there a performance or memory difference between odex an deodex
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abadasstanker69:
Does this same process apply with adw? If so, does that mean theming aosp and cm6 are equally as easy?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] promackid:
Can someone please port the stock voicemail app over to CyanogenMod? It would be very helpful
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flomexico:
I have it on my phone, but no file site will let me upload it from mobile and my computer is fried. If you PM me your email, I can send it to you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Looking for a setting some of you made with your evos and setcpu.. something that will underclock when not using the phone ... or something.. I understand with the right settings .. setcpu can save a lot of battery power.. or am I wrong? Thanks

sent using my evoh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
Yep! SetCPU will really improve your battery life.

The biggest thing is to enable "profiles" in the second tab and create a "screen off" profile and set it to the lowest settings you can (clock it up a bit from that if you're noticing lag when you first turn on your screen).

Other than that, I also keep a profile that clocks my processor down to 800 when my battery's below 15%. The settings on the first tab are your main settings. If no other profile's conditions are met, this one will be the one the phone uses. It's useful to turn the profile notifications on for a little bit to make sure all your profiles are working properly at first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Thanks... but isn't there a much more in depth settings? Could of sworn I've seen a post with a bunch of settings... I just don't know how to do it :(

sent using my evoh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
Yeah give me a sec. I'll post a screen shot. Are you looking to overclock?

You can also change the governor settings for all your profiles. For my main one I use "ondemand" but for the other ones I use "powersave."
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
Here's all my settings. If want more depth, there is a setcpu thread somewhere on here.

Sent from my monstrous superphone using the XDA app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
How do you get it to to to 1113 mine does not go that high

sent using my evoh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Also I only have, userspace, ondemand,performance..

sent using my evoh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
The answer's the same for the both: it requires a custom kernel.

If you do happen to have one installed, make sure setCPU is set to "autodetect." On the main screen hit the menu button and then click device selection, and then press "autodetect recommended speeds."

If you don't have a custom kernel....welllllll....that's a whole different dicussion.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
I just have freshs rom and the radio for it... I set mine up like yours, except I don't have the names yours has for the profiles... is it worthless for me if I don't have a customer kernal? What do they do really? Will it hurt anything? Finally will I lose anything? Sorry for the questions, but you seem to know your stuff very well...

sent using my evoh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
No no no, it's no where near worthless without a custom kernel. It'll do almost everything without one. It just won't give you as many governor settings (honestly not even that useful) and it won't give you the ability to overclock (idk how important that is to you). Custom kernels won't hurt anything or make you lose anything. Check the HTC Evo 4G Android Development section to find some good ones if you want. Make sure you get a kernel for SENSE roms though and not AOSP, or you might have some issues. And of course, nand backup before you try a different kernel. Also, this is just a sidenote...a lot of custom ROMs do automatically install custom kernels with the ROM, Fresh just chooses to include the stock kernel with the ROM. Like for me, while I've tried a few different kernels, but my current one is just the one that came with Cyanogen Mod.

And hey, no worries man, I'm glad to answer, i'm pretty new to this myself, but XDA's been really good to me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deeveeance:
You deserve a high-five. :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahauss:
What's the difference between on F demand and performance?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodynamix:
Performance will just keep it at the highest clocked speed. It's not something you want unless you're benchmarking or something. Ondemand will clock it up as apps, etc need.