yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] schmickers:
Hi all,

A quick question ... does anyone know of a good Facebook Chat XMPP transport? I am using transports to view my IM contacts in Google Talk, but the Facebook transport I am using (hot-chilli.net) doesn't seem to support my status - even when I set myself to Away or Invisible, I still stay visible for Facebook chat. It also doesn't bring across names, and manually naming 100 Google Talk contacts that initially are called 100001737548/40chat.facebook.com@hot-chilli.net is a pain... ;)

Anyone know of a Facebook transport that supports availability and/or naming?
[General Questions and Answers] framir:
Can you log in from gtalk also if you have open facebook.com?

In my case trasport service stop to go and i have to resend the autorization from psi...

I can't auto reconnect from gtalk! Can you help me?

Thank you
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Bandage:
Been using Quick System Info PRO for the past few days, and am truly impressed! Multi-functional as a task manager to close / ignore running apps...cache cleaner keeps system from bogging down. Process tracking / cpu usage tracking. Tons of system specs available to view, etc. Uninstall apps directly from this as well. Find out exactly what apps start on boot up, and trim as you see fit.

I know memory is at a premium for us Archos IT users...I encourage you to check this app out. It's a little more complicated than your standard task killer, but truly helps trim things down. Best of all, it's free! Option to donate to disable ads, I donated just cuz the dev blew me away with this app!!

Enjoy, and please offer up your own opinions!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] hamzer11:
How do u change what programs run on startup? I downloaded it and its good but I don't see that feature.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] thefunkaygibbon:
Task killers (apparently) shouldn't be used on Android (generally... there are always exceptions)

If an Android app is created properly, it shouldn't be eating away at the RAM, and Android will free up what it needs.

If it killed everything, then the multitasking feature will be as useless as Apple's

I won't explain further, I'll just link Lifehacker instead:

http://lifehacker.com/5650894/andro...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them

Please note: Although I don't use task killers my self, I don't disagree with them. I'm just putting this out there so you can make your own minds up
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Bandage:
While I certainly agree with this...do you own an Archos? Task Killer is almost necessary for the Archos 70it. Until they increase memory allocations, the need to minimize what's running at startup or any given time is absolutely needed.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] hamzer11:
I agree but I still can't figure out how to configure the startup. Can you let me know how?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] blazingwolf:
I disagree. They are not needed. I don't use one on my 101.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Bandage:
So what are you using your tablet for? Reading ebooks? If you have more than 1 user process running at a time, in addition to system processes it gets bogged down. Android is great at multitasking...256k RAM is not. I have my 70 trimmed down to skinny, having removed some bloatware apps. Normal is around 55-60% of RAM usage during standby.

If I decide to break out a game, like Dungeon Hunter or another system hog...I run into occassional FC's if I haven't freed up some RAM. A TASK MANAGER helps me select the things I want to shut down to free that RAM for an app / process that I choose to run. Stop confusing TASK KILLER with TASK MANAGER. (Was a typo in my response earlier) Yes the app allows me to kill tasks, the difference is...I'm killing what I CHOOSE to kill.

PS - I haven't done much to alter start up apps thru this Manager, just have used it to trim fat and gain control of my RAM usage.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] blazingwolf:
Play games, read books, video, music, etc. Just about anything you can do with it.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] Javierinnn:
I also used to have a task killer and decided to install Watchdog which works in a different way. Works a lot better that all the rest of the task killers I have used and did not have any issues. Apps run smooth even if I have more than one running.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] cajl:
thanks

i use this apk
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Themes and Apps] hough77:
There is a YouTube video showing why not to use a taskiller, and how much lag there is when you kill all the apps, let them cache in the OS and its faster, don't be afraid of having low memory, this was done on the 70 tab 8 gig, sorry for no link, its one of the top ones.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dac-os:
Now sun on my home screen hase tap, i hope that u can see it.

How to fix it, tnx
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
I was looking for an application that lets me select which folders on my SD card not to scan for media content, or better said not to scan for either music, video or picture content. Googling around I found that "Media Hidden" (formerly Gallery Enabler) does exactly this, but it has been removed from market and the developers blog is gone.

I know about the trick with the .nomedia file, but if I put this in my music folder to hide albumart from my picturebrowser it works, but then the music files don't get scanned either....

Doe anyone know about an alternative app? Or a method to define what sort of content a folder doesn't need to get scanned for?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ronitbhat:
I use an application called Pandora...
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
Thanks, tried it and it seems to work ok, however this is file based and I would like to do this folder based and per media type.. I saw a screenshot of media hidden and it looked like you could tick music, video and picture individually per folder location.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Kebab3000:
Rename your album art files as albumart.jpg. Then they won't appear in the gallery
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
OK, but how about application pictures and stuff you don't want in there?

I really am looking for an app.

I just don't understand why Hidden Media has been removed from Market, it seemed like an excellent app. I definitely would have paid/donated if it was still there....
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] GlitchZero:
Hide N Seek works well.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
Thanks, but a lot of these apps are meant to hide "questionable" content, whereas I am just looking for an app that offers the functionality without having to launch an app that is disquised as a flashlight and have to tap the menu button 3 times before magically the app appears...

Hmmm I think I am going to try Hide It Pro... it is also password protected which I don't need, but it adds an option to the default "share" menu in the gallery to hide whatever you selected.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] atgrande1:
Um you probably want to create a (.nomedia) file in the specific folder that you want hidden from gallery etc. that's how android handles this type of thing internally?!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
Have you read my first post? That is not what I am looking for....
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ianmcquinn:
Your original objection was to album art in the music folders, but that should be fixed by renaming those jpegs. So why does the .nomedia method not work for your other folders (you only mentioned pictures in the application folders)? Are there music/video in those application folders you want in the gallery, but not the pictures? Might be easier to just copy those files to their respective media files and then stick a .nomedia in the folder...

And as far as I remember, the Media Hidden app you mention didn't actually allow you to chose whether or not to exclude either pictures, music, or video from a directory. It was all or nothing. In fact, I think it simply added a .nomedia to the selected directory for you.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
Call me lazy, but I don't want to mess with nomedia files or having to change my jpeg filenames...

I just want to be able to tell that all images in my music folder, regardless of coverart filetypes or names should be hidden in picture gallery.

From what I can tell Media hidden could do just this judging the screenshot!

Ps I am willing to pay for such an app!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ianmcquinn:
Gotcha. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Media Hidden was just an easy way to create .nomedia files. I believe the "icons" in the screenshot are really a single icon that replaces the standard checkbox (that is why for each directory, all three appear to be selected or not).

I'm not sure of any app that will do what you are asking or if there is an easy way to do what you are asking. Some file managers make it simple to create the .nomedia file like Media Hidden did (OI File Manager comes to mind---just navigate to the directory and choose to exclude from media scan). Otherwise, you might be able to use Tasker to script something up (like upon the starting of the Gallery app, copy a .nomedia file to the appropriate directories, delete it on exit).

Another option would be to use embedded cover art if your music files support it (like mp3s) and erase the jpgs completely. Also, album art can be named folder.jpg and not show up in gallery.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Pimmr:
Hi and thanks for your reply... looking at the screenshot again I guess you are right.

I think I will have to settle with one of the alternatives you suggest.

Thanks for the feedback!
[HD7 General] kwill:
Is there anyway to just add pictures to the Camera Roll folder and Saved Pictures folder that is created by the phone automatically? Say I have a bunch of pictures and want them to end up in the Camera Roll folder on my phone. Well, when I add them to the folder on my PC, they show up fine in my collection. The problem is, the folder created by Zune to back up those pics taken with my phone are in From KWILL HTC HD7. So, when I copy those pics from my PC to the device, the phone creates a From KWILL HTC HD7 folder and then puts them in the Camera Roll folder. I don't want a whole new folder just because I want to add some pics to the Saved Pictures or Camera Roll folder. Hope that makes sense and thanks for any input. ;)
[HD7 General] ThePhoenixUK:
I had this when I reflashed my phone the other day, it's easy, just go to your My Pics Folder then into the KWILL folder and the Camera Roll within that, select them all, cut, then go to the new folder for your phone and paste them into the Camera Roll folder in that, once you have everything out of the KWILL Folder structure, just delete it, Zune will pick up the changes straight away and sync everything the way you have changed it.
[HD7 General] kwill:
Ok, tried that. And I think I tried that already as one of the many attempts at a workaround:D But, the stuff on my actual phone never syncs the stuff in the Camera Folder or Saved Pictures folder on my PC. Now my collection on the PC picks up the stuff I added, it just never makes it to the actual phone unless I add drag it all back to the phone. In which case, it then creates the stupid From KWILL HTC HD7 folder.:confused: I mean, you would think that MSFT would know that no one wants that actual folder name copied to their device and the most logical thing would be that people are just trying to put stuff into the two respective (and already created by them) folders.:D
[HD7 General] kwill:
Ok, nevermind. Think I got it now. This time I went to the folder that was in my collection such as Camera Roll and then right clicked and hit sync with....and now it seems to be getting it right. Fingers crossed and thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dac-os:
When i receive a new sms or have a miss call i get this

on my home screen

And in upper corner start sign

Can it be removed?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
settings menu all settings sounds and notifications notifications change dropdown to message: new message and untick show in screen.

the start sign is your start button, not sure how to remove it, tho im sure you can thru the registry.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drewz4172:
Hello,

I have a Samsung Captivate with Ginger installed, but i miss my Cognition copy and paste function in my email.

Is it possible to put the copy/paste method from Cognition to Gingerbread. I can only copy/paste from the internet right now. I really liked the highlight and paste in Cognition.

Thanks for any help
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Dan_Brutal:
Would anyone share?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] joe.kerwin:
Download the ROM and pull it out of it. Its called fancy widget. Prob in system/app or data/app.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lelf:
Hi guys someone have a nice GB keyboard with all feature work and maybe with blue skin.

I have extracted GB keyboard from darky's rom and changed the skin with another i found in this forum. If someone can edit it and make it blue and maybe fix some feature or include more leanguage.

Use root explorer if u wanna try this one.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
APK Edit V0.4e

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Ever wanted to simply change an icon on your Android phone and found yourself lost in the endless lists of forum posts saying: you have to change heaven and earth to do this...

NOT ANYMORE!!!!

APK Edit is born!

With this little program you can simply change icons of your android application.

It even lets you change the applications name.

But wait mike..... there's more.....

It even lets you edit the text used in applications.

Sounds to good to be true...

Well... to be honest.... it is.

But I've come a long way from that initial question to the final answer.

My conclusion so far, it works for most of my applications.

It probably will work on most of yours as well.

Try it out now!

(Caution: when overwriting an existing application, using the adb Wireless feature, you will loose your associated data!!!)

For the record... only use on you're own apk files, otherwise it's not that legal I think.

Version history:

Code:

0.4e - Minor update

Added: Some more debug logging on startup of the application.

Fixed: Version number in settings tab now shows correct version.

0.4d - Minor update

Fixed: Fixed startup crash if some APK properties are empty (like screensize/densities/locales), like in Settings.apk.

Fixed: A little bug in the fancy install mechanism, mainly experienced when installing system apk's

0.4c - Minor update

Fixed: Compatibility issue with Windows XP, causing program to crash on startup.

0.4b - Minor update

Fixed: Error extracting signature.

Changed: Extended logging.

0.4a - Minor update

Changed: Logging is enabled by default.

Added: Some debug messages for when opening of apk goes wrong.

0.4 - Major rewrite

Did a major rewrite of the code.

Added: Option to choose APK tool version

Added: Logging feature

Added: Auto retrieve required dependency files from phone if needed (for editing system apps)

Added: Details panel, shows information about the package.

Added: Restore original file link, for when thing's get really messed up.

Added: Donate button, for those who wanna celebrate with me.

Fixed: Some annoying issues (APKtool Issue 100) / (XLargeScreens bug)

Removed: QR Code installation support

Removed: AdbWireless installation support

0.3 - Update

Added: Language support.

Added: Installation method (USB Cable).

0.2 - Minor update

Added: Save confirmation dialog (as req by droidzone)

Changed: Recreated the loading animation so that it theme's better with the rest of the application.

0.1 - Initial release

Special thanks goes out to:Brut.all for creating Apktool, the backbone of this little project.

and to: anoniem100 to make it functional for noobs like me :)

Orginal Post click here
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cottino:
very good ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] doccrow:
Seems an excellent work let's try and then will report back
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bandis710:
How can I use this program ?? If I open it, it opens a dialog screen that wants to open a java.exe file ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
In order to use it you need to have java installed.

By default it will search for it in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe".

If it can't find it there, it will pop up the screen you are talking about, asking you where it can find it.

I know, it's a little dirty this way, but I'm a lazy programmer ;)

If necessary you can download java for free at: java.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
Thanks my friend to make it functional for noobs like me :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] dena994:
what can i say friend? you are a great guy!!! :):)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
So i'll see all custom icons in your next Rom LOL:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ThaPHLASH:
This is total awesomeness... works perfect for me, i will definitely promote this!

Thanks for sharing it. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ThaPHLASH:
BTW heads up --- this can actually break some apps...

The breakage comes because this tool works by decompiling the apk and

signing it with a key that is NOT the same as the original developer's

key so for apps that have co-dependencies (ie, one app calls into another), this can cause mystery errors because if the signatures are not identical, then the call will fail.

while this is a lovely tool, i just wanted to mention this...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] whiskeybro:
thanks for the info

Update New version V0.2
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
That's true ThaPHLASH, co-dependencies are a big trouble when using this approach. Can't think of any way around it at this time, so we are currently stuck at changing those apk's who are autonomous.

If it does break you're apk, don't worry... it always saves a backup of the original apk when changing.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zEsAr:
Great!! its work fine for me :)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Falloutboy2000:
i think this will change the icon in the appdrawer, right ?

if so, it would be nice to seen this wihtin an app on the phone direct,

like desktop visualiser but also in the appdrawer.

dunno if its possible to code, but that woud be awesom ! :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] webstar1:
That is pretty easy to do, u just find the icons in the drawables of a app but I think this app will make it much easier, I need to get back on my pc and check this out.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zEsAr:
I have a problem i think.... when change icon to apk file the aplicattion create a .backup file but no a new file with the new icon... and other work ok i dont know why...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
Congrats zEsAr!!!

You are the lucky finder of a brand new bug!

Are you having this problem with all your apk files?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] zEsAr:
No, some apks work ok but others say save changes very fast and the new archive dont exist.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
Cool, or actually... not that cool, but you get my drift.

Will look into it, I myself have the same problem with some of them.

Maybe has to do something with compression levels, bla bla...

Back to work ;-)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] autophone:
not to question your skills or the app capability, but does it still have the problem zesar had? just wanna make sure before trying it out..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] D3StRoY:
Nice to see more apps are popping up to customize everything to your needs :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
Hi, problem isn't solved yet.

Working on it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] silverstorm:
Can't wait to try this. I've got Handcent SMS in my tw launcher dock, and the app name is so long the end gets cut off and looks messy and out of place. Now I'll just change it to SMS hopefully.

EDIT: Right, I've got past the first windows dialogue box which asks for the Java.exe file, then I get another popup after pointing to the Java.exe. file asking a 'Android Package File'. I've tried pointing this to my C:\Android\tools folder where all my ADB stuff is, but the explorer window doesn't show any recognised files to select...

Any ideas what I need to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MAMBO04:
This looks EPIC. I spent ages changing all the system icons to Suave ones and i could have just chosen this! Damn lol Anyway cheers and look forward to the new version.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 2k4ever:
quickly tried it out and works great so far

thanks a lot!

but maybe you should change the thread title in something like

[TOOL] Simply change an icon on your Android phone

because i thought this was about an app for the phone

just because of the screenshots i realized it was a program for the PC
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] 2k4ever:
just select the .apk (='Android Package File' ;) ) you want to modify!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
Been there, done that...

Then, created this whaha..
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Hitchi:
is there a way to save the new apk file on the disk? The two methods with manually and barcode are not working with my hd2 with gingerbread NAND
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] evoic:
Early adopter......I'm jumping in to make stuff that will break my Captivate.

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Anoniem100:
When you press apply it should make the changes in the original apk file, so you can push that file to you're phone the way you like (meaning, the way it works for you).

If the file isn't re-created and you only see a .backup file then there is a problem re-compiling you're changes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] silverstorm:
Oh!! Duhhhh!!!

I feel dumb now, of course.

Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] drmason:
nice one, like it!

but shouldn't this moved to general android theming? I would never have found it on my own in here ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] thE_29:
Doesnt work for me on Win7x64!

I get an exception, that it cannot create the folder in the temp directory :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] CaracalSef:
Same here. Too bad.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Beach_Head:
Any new developments here?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] rome8721:
great app thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Does this allow you to change the icons in the apps drawer...I've been trying to do that now for a long time but failed...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rixsta:
Cant find java in the bin file on win7 64 bit...there is no exe file...

Dont think it works on 64 bit OS...:(

Could really do with some instructions on how to use this...it wont even see any exe files..

Im totally lost on this........:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] delicb:
Just what I needed. Thank you...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MrGarak:
Brilliant, I've been dying for a simple way to change the Titanium Backup and some of the really low quality EA Games icons to something better for ages.. usually I just use MIUI themes but this is great too.

Pity about the unhandled exception on Win7 x64 (means I can't use it) but I eagerly await a fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] thaidroid:
It seems to work on on my win7 64 but I'm a noob so I cant still figure out how to use this. I tried to change the Earth Icon and lost earth completely from the phone in the process.No problem just re-installed. Can tou please provide a step by step instruction on how to use, i.e. debug on or off etc. Or just for example how to change the google earth icon. I love the idea I have never managed to change icons only roms and themes.

Currently on Darky 9.3 and woodo

Update: I got as far as to save the new Icon. But then it starts installing app, this goes on forever. I have stopped it but the Icon does not get updated on the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Bloodflame:
Now THIS is purely awesome! Thank YOU!!!!

I can see myself using this all the time! :D

Everyone involved in this project ROCKS, and you all win a trillion internetz! :p