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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] agiantsloth:
I assume that in a lot of cases, it's a matter of no one bothering to try and port the OS, as well as driver issues. Then again, there really aren't that many phones with the specs to run some sort of smartphone OS that aren't running one already.
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
I just downloaded the smooth sense download to my Evo. I need to move it to my SD card before unzipping it, etc.

I did this before without making sure the download is on my sd card, and I went into a Boot Loop.

I did a reboot and followed all instructions regarding un zipping here >

http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/10/how-to-add-percentage-to-htc-evo-taskbar-battery-icon.html

and then I went into a Boot Loop again. I finally just re flashed the ROM that I backed up before trying the smooth sense zip. All is well but i would like to try agin.

Any help is appreciated.

Oh. I also have ROM Manager installed.

I would like to buy the Premium version to support the Developer But I don't see an option to purchase from the free version app.
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
hmm i dont think that will work with 3.70 the framwork has not been updated
[EVO 4G General] Nefariouss:
Agreed. Does the rom you currently run have an addon to apply a battery % icon?
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
Thanks for the above info because i was about to go into a Boot Loop :D

I am using the Stock ROM.

Originally I was going to download the circular battery indicator, until I came across the above.

I may just download the circular indicator, but I was trying avoid battery drain if any with the circular icon, and taking up space up in the task bar.

Which Custom ROM would you guys suggest before I start searching that also.

I was searching 2 hours about the sd transfer issue, but could not find any answers which is why I posted the question here.

Btw, how do I transfer Zip files to the SD card. if the smooth battery Zip was supported by 3.7 would I then have an option to do so?

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Philyteach:
If you asking how to get the file to your phone, I don't mess with usb transfers anymore. I put the file in my dropbox on the pc, then use the dropbox app on my phone to transfer it to the sd card. I keep all my roms, kernals and mods on dropbox. Also, titanium backup now sends my backups there as well. Check it out at http://db.tt/zaSKX4L if you don't already have it.
[EVO 4G General] Nefariouss:
Dropbox is great for that sort of thing like Phily said. If you want to use usb transfer then connect your phone to your computer with the usb cable. Set your phone to disk drive and it'll appear as a drive under my compter. Then cut/copy + paste the file onto your sd card.

As far as roms go. I use Mikforyo 4.4. Myns 2.2 rls 5 is good as well. Depends on what you want and the look you want. Spend a day or two reading the dev section and checking out roms to find out what you like. My guess is you might end up flashing 2,3 or 4 roms before you find out what you like.
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
Thanks for the informative and quick info ;)

I will definitely check the Dropbox info out and download it. Also i will look into the diff ROMS available.

For now, I may download the circular battery app until I find a ROM with that as a feature.

I am happy I got out of the Boot Loop though. I got worried for a while.

It was a learning curve, but I got it done.

Edit:

I cannot open up the app after downloading. The circular battery indicator is in apk format.

"Cannot Open File" is displayed ?
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
i'd just flash a new rom. there are so many fantastic ones out there, based off sense.

there's myn's warm twopointtwo. highly themed to look amazing. very fast and slick. smooth as butter.

there's caulkin's evio 2. very very very fast. very tweaked. very optomized. great rom. also lightly themed to not look as fugly as sense.

also, ava-froyo is nice. very tweaked. this dude knos his java.
[EVO 4G General] Philyteach:
Click on it in root explorer. That will usually install apks.
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
For the apk thing, is it framework-res.apk? This is an exception. It holds all the images and some scripts for android systems, and needs to be installed to a separate partition.
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
Thank you. I will definitely check them out.

Gotta check that one out as I am unsure how to do that, but will research.

I am not sure but will find out and let you know.

Here is the link, but I may pass due to the taking up of space on my task bar. I'm Rooted so I'll find a ROM as suggested with a percentage in the existing battery icon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8639993
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
yep, those files are meant to be placed in the framework-res.apk (or are already in a linked one) you need to push it to /system/framework/ while in recovery mode. i can make you a flashable this weekend if you want.

edit: never mind its just an app, but i can make it replace the battery percent you have now if you want. it'll be the first apk other than the framework-res.apk i have completely decompiled, but i am sure i can do it.
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
I would appreciate that.

I assume i can always delete it and get the regular battery icon back if I want to.

Plus if I download a custom ROM, it'll probably be included in it, but until then, if you can, I'd appreciate it as I'd like to see how it works.

Thanks for your help ;)

Edit:

I just uploaded the circular battery indicator file .apk file and transferred it to my Evo using Dropbox.

I downloaded the file. Works great!

Thanks for the offer. I much appreciate it :
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
so if you still want it instead of your battery icon you have now, just send me YOUR framework-res.apk and do you mind linking the file agian? thanks. i'll do it as soon as i have time (weekend)
[EVO 4G General] Stunna4life888:
running Cyanogen and cant seem to move files from the computer to my phone. It doesnt give me a option in the drop down menu just says USB debugging connected but not showing up on computer (although it is charging). Any idea what may be the cause?
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
I have both now.

Do you mean that you make it so I wouldn't have the stock battery icon, and only have the circular icon?

Optimally, I would like to have the percentage in the stock battery icon (smooth battery) but as explained, that is not supported with 3.7 if I understand that correctly?
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
thats exactly what i mean. send me your framework-res.apk and the app you are talking about and i will get to work friday night.

stunna, try setting up drivers.
[EVO 4G General] Stunna4life888:
no option for disk drive. was working earlier lol
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
oh its different on cm. i dont run it so i dont really know, but i think it should be in the notification bar. if not, its probably in the settings. it is a full screen pic of a droid with a usb as one arm and a single button under it (connect to pc i think)
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
I have just downloaded the circular indicator here >>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8639993

But if possible, I would like the percentage in the stock battery icon (instead of the circular indicator,) like here >>

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=733682&highlight=smooth+sense

How do I find my framework-res.apk

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Stunna4life888:
Yup thats what it is. I just dont know where the disk drive option is on cyn. Because obviously its turned off somehow. I more than likely did it and not realized it
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
Biker, i'll be glad to. To find your framework-res.apk, use a file explorer. I would recommend root explorer, as the best file manager for root users on the market, but if you haven't bought it yet, another will do. Navigate first to your root (if you were on the sdcard.) and then to /system/framework/. Copy the file, and paste it on your sdcard. Then email it to me. You can also use dab, assuming you have it set up.

Dk
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
@dkdude36

I do have Root Explorer, and I have found the folder.

I have it in my Dropbox and will email it to you.

The only thing I didn't do was paste it on my SD card, as I am unclear regarding that as I thought it is on my SD card already?

I will email you the folder though until I get clarification.

Thanks
[EVO 4G General] dkdude36:
root explorer is a pretty powerful tool, so that makes sense that you didnt need to copy then send. this is what others needed to do for astro/androzip.

email received. will get started as soon as i have an open moment. probably this weekend.
[EVO 4G General] Biker1:
Sounds good to me. Thanks ;)
[EVO 4G General] Angela2171:
Sdcard
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YR11:
In the KA7 ROM I downloaded, theres the .tar file, a .bin file, but no PIT file. DO I just flash with no PIT? Also, what do I do with the .bin? Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] sinman02:
FYI...I don't know if this question (more like debate) was definitively answered...but here it is directly from the gorilla's mouth...

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/featured-products
[Epic 4G General] lazydazed:
Um ya... like before epic was even released

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
I demonstrated Gorilla Glass to a coworker of mine last week, when I whipped out my keys, attempted to scratch and jab the hell out of my screen while he winced and told me to stop because it was painful to watch. :p

Side note: I live just an hour or so from Corning, and I've been to the glass museum there. Wouldn't think a museum about glass could be particularly interesting but it's actually worth seeing.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
O don't care what glass I have I would not be trying to scratch.my.phone with keys.

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
I try to scratch my phone every hour.
[Epic 4G General] pdong:
I have some scratches on my phone already lol
[Epic 4G General] nmoreman:
I have scratches too. I have always used screen protectors, love this phone without them, and am still very careful.

However, one day in my purse, got about 3

Do you think this means they would cover the screen under warranty? Definitely did not abuse, so . . .
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
most likely not a warranty issue. After all, it's not the phone's fault the scratches appeared

/sarcasm

I had someone come into the service dept. once with their nice new honda on the back of a tow truck wanting honda to pay for a new engine. They drove their car into a really deep puddle and ingested some water and siezed it up. They were screaming 'warranty' blah blah... the service manager said as politely as he could "it's not honda's fault your car went into a puddle".. I ran into the bathroom and laughed my ass off. :)
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
Simple science, my friend. Steel, on the hardness scale, ranges between 4 and 5. Our Gorilla Glass is nearly a 7 (typical glass is closer to 6). Unless you go at it with hardened steel (like a high-quality kitchen knife) the glass won't be scratched.

People often wonder why their screens develop small scratches anyhow, and it's usually because of sand in their pockets. Sand tends to contain quartz, which is slightly harder than glass (even Gorilla Glass), and as such, can scratch it.

So while I'll take out my car key and scratch the hell out of my Epic, you wouldn't catch me putting sand on my screen in a million years.

Wikipedia has a pretty good chart of hardnesses. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness_scale

Also, Corning has some documents with plenty of graphs comparing it to standard glass here: http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/literature
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
It's still the best "shock effect" ever seeing the look on the faces of people that have iPhones for sure though HAHAHAHAHA...

"lemme try that with your iPhone ??".. heh..
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
would be smarter to use quartz for a screen then lol that way no matter what it cant be scratched :):D
[Epic 4G General] Sh0wNuF:
That should just skip to the end and make our screens out of diamonds
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
i would pay for it
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Augmented superdiamonds bringing the hardness to 10.1, that way no natural substance can scratch our screens! Hahah but nah I have a visibly annoying scratch on my screen and definitely haventbeen near any sand and I don't putmy phone with other things.

there's no point in me being able to resist a canon ball if I can easily get killed by a bullet lol
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
Geez can you imagine how much a diamond cut screen would be? it would be interesting to see how it would look
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
They could just use normal gorilla glass with a 1 micron thick coating of diamond. But yea, would still be expensive as hell, not because of the cost of the diamond but due to the manufacturing process taking forever.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Use a Nidoking. Its horns can break diamond. Like clockwork
[Epic 4G General] knyque:
The problem with diamond is that it's very brittle. The hardness scale is typically inversely proportional to how brittle it is. I agree that diamond coated something would be virtually scratch proof, but I would think if you knocked it just right, it would shatter.

Going back to keys on the screen. I always laugh when I hear people doing this. I usually ask people how sharp they would have to make their fingernail to scratch glass. It's the same idea. People assume that because something is sharp, it will scratch anything.

Having said that, I would be careful about trying to scratch the screen with keys, not because the keys would scratch it, but there could be something sticking on the keys that could (not likely, but not unheard of).

I have a visible scratch that's about 1 cm long, and it annoys me. I think it was on the night stand, and I slid it off to hit the snooze for my alarm. Later that day, I noticed it, so I must have had some kind of grit on the night stand. Ugh.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
I thought diamonds were the hardest substance because of the way the molecules interlace? Wouldn't the density of the molecules make it less brittle too? I can understand if there was a lot of space from one to another, but not when its all packed together...
[Epic 4G General] knyque:
A diamond is a crystal, and the atoms are in a very rigid structure that has very strong bonds. Because the bonds are strong, it's difficult to separate them, so it is also very hard (i.e. something that has weaker bonds would not be able to break the strong bonds, so the atoms in steel would break apart when rubbed against a diamond and not be able to scratch the diamond). The problem is that these strong bonds make it so it is very inflexible, which in turn makes it very brittle. In this case, the density of a diamond doesn't have anything to do with it.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
I love learning
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
What they'd need to do is impregnate some tempered glass w/ diamond molecules (or something more technical than I'm able to describe) LMFAO...

Either way, I'm more than happy to attack my screen w/ my keys.. I know they won't scratch my screen, and it makes iPhone fanbois re-think their decision of biting into the crApple :)
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
Well, interestingly, the way Corning accomplishes Gorilla Glass is to bathe the super-heated glass in an ionized saline solution. Large ions squeeze between the atoms in the glass and are trapped there when the glass cools. It compresses the glass and reinforces the molecular structure.

Glass and quartz share a lot of molecular similarities, namely being comprised of Silicon and Oxygen. When lightning hits sand in the desert, it turns the quartz to glass. :D

The primary difference between the two is that quartz has a uniform crystal structure, while glass does not.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
....so the sand doesn't actually get glassed? Just the quartz? Is tis true for when atom bombs are dropped too? Lol just curious. I thought the heat just glassed everything but I guess it wasn't as simple as that :o
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
That's pretty bad-ass :)
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
That's my understanding, yes. As I mentioned earlier, what I know is just from visiting the Corning Museum of Glass which is an hour and a bit's drive from where I live. They had glassblowing shows and so on, and I know a guy who went to school there to learn glass chemistry and such. When you consider how much glass actually gets used in tech these days you understand the sheer amount of demand for high-quality glass. It's good business!
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
so then i wonder if it is possible to get the gorilla glass to a hardness of 10?

wether it be quartz, kevlar, or diamond, or maybe an alien compound not yet found lol:D
[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/metallic-glass-stronger-than-steel.html

New tech
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
Wow. Scotty's transparent aluminum's got nothin on this! :p
[Epic 4G General] boominz28:
hahahahahahah i was just thinknng about that when i read the article
[Epic 4G General] lazydazed:
if they have an iphone 4 then no prob... cause they have gorrilla glass too:mad:
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Not exactly, they have Apples own version of gorilla glass that they call aluminosilicate glass that is proven to be a bit more scratch resistant but more prone to shattering.
[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
Scotty's is lighter...
[Epic 4G General] jbthom4:
no scratches here...no screen protector, no case, carry in my pocket..gorilla ftw
[Epic 4G General] Electrofreak:
+1

That's correct, and unfortunately a lot of tech portals have incorrectly referred to it as Gorilla Glass; it's a misconception.
[Wildfire General] AndroidMad:
Hey. I have owned my Wildfire for a week now so I am still a noob. I wanted to know if it's possible to install a custom ROM on the wildfire without an SD card so basically do it through USB. I have seen some phones can do it with Amon RA recovery but I don't think it is possible for the Wildfire.

Thanks.
[Wildfire General] brilldoctor:
Dont think it is although why would you want to do it without? The wf comes with a sd card
[Wildfire General] AndroidMad:
Because when i put my SD card in the adapter and put it into my laptop it cant open the card and asks "do you want to format" and when i choose yes it says "unable to complete format" so im screwed with that SD card
[Wildfire General] daddyspud:
Use paragon partition n look on YouTube 4 a video that will sort it out n will fix that error
[Wildfire General] AndroidMad:
Still dont work its not even showing up on my computer now ive probably ****ed it somehow but on my phone it says 1.83gb free space. weird.
[Wildfire General] daddyspud:
Dose paragon partitioning show ur sd at all if not erm check to make sure ur SD card reader is ok bu using a different SD card

if paragon partitioning is showing ur sd card.

is ur SD card signed as active and does it have a volume letter as these thing will stop I from formating the SD card
[Wildfire General] AndroidMad:
It showed my SD card then when I tried to format it would only show my hard drive and plus the free version does not let you do anything to the card.
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Try Panasonic SD Formatter:

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html

E: Probably unrelated, but, make sure your card reader supports SDHC cards.
[Wildfire General] dementedkid:
1.What happens when you connect the phone via USB and choose mount as disk drive?

2.When you use the SD card adapter, and right click on the SD card's drive letter if there's an option to "open as portable device" try that also try updating your laptops card reader drivers.

3.Use bluetooth to transfer the ROMS?

4. If you're already rooted, try formatting SD card via ROM MAnager.
[Wildfire General] elepton:
As far as I know you cannot install custom firmware (a "ROM") without an SD card.

You don't have to use your SD card directly from the computer to install custom firmware. You can use file storage mode on your phone's USB connection or adb to access your SD card through your phone on your computer.

To install CyanogenMod with the help of adb, follow the steps in hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide and put the update.zip into the root of your SD card with this command:

adb push update-cm-6.1.0-buzz-signed.zip /sdcard/

You need to have your phone connected to your computer, have the appropriate drivers installed to do this and have USB debugging enabled on your phone. Documentation on adb is available at hxxp://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

An alternative way to the above adb method is to enable USB phone storage mode when you connect your phone to your computer and transfer the update.zip file to your SD card.
[Wildfire General] AndroidMad:
Hi guys thanks for all your help I have fixed my problem. All I did was use a windows 7 laptop and it worked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackentosh:
Does Anyone out there know how to get the second indicator light working on Sense roms like it does on CM6? :confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blackcircle:
There's a thread on this. Search for Wimax Notifier.

via Evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackentosh:
Thanks

That did the trick thanks guy ;)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackentosh:
Here you Go

here is the link for those who want Wimax Notifier..... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=746732
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 53fireman:
the updated thread is located here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=900535
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackentosh:
thanks bro
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wigwam12:
Has anyone had any problems with the Sky Mobile app [to remote-record stuff]?

I have used it in the past many times with no problems but today I tried to use it but every time I do it shows the "loading" screen but then goes to a spartan white page saying "sky mobile by wecomm" or something like that at the top and the main text is "homepage not found press okay to retry or exit"

retrying does nothing.

I have even tried uninstalling the app, downloading it afresh and reinstalling but same probmem.

Anyone able to shed to light?

Actually this is the first time I have tried to use it since upgrading rom to 3.14
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] smokinhomer:
I have the same problem app worked fine last saturday i recorded Star Wars Attack of the clones on itv HD now i have this screen maybe sky server down ???

using [ROM][WWE][28.12.2010] Miri HD2 WM6.5.X (23152) ROM :: V 26.0
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wigwam12:
I posted it on the Sky help pages as well and it seems the Android version is still working but perhaps not the WinMo.

Luckily I could go online and use the "remote record" feature otherwise I would have missed MOTD yesterday and would not have been impressed!
[HD2 General] CoRDiTe:
Looking for a Hex editor for HD2 apps. (Windows 6.X) I can find them for the computer , but I can't find one for my PPC.
[HD2 General] Archer:
Try here...

http://tinyurl.com/6fpjqh4
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edog45:
I just installed Cog 3.4 and after the install i restored missing apps and data but 90% of my apps did not restore. They show up in tibu gray with a line drawn through them. If i click on one and try to restore it i get a pop up that says "what would you like to restore" any help would be great.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Click problem button on bottom. Make sure busybox is installed. Make sure usb debugging enabled

Reboot
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edog45:
Ok i just did that and it is still not working, Guess i will just have to download them all again from the market.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcord11758:
Could re download tibu
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeMap:
Did you try "restore user apps" instead of "missing apps?"

Also, make sure you have downloaded TiBu and TiBu pro from the market so you can do batch backups.