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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] docextreme1:
Hello over the pass few days I have flashed the Android Nand Rom on my HTC HD2 T-mobile USA device. Now I would like to know if there is any way I can change the icons on my device?

When I had the CHT before Android I use to use icon changer and Csmi

which work GREAT is there a way for me to do the same with this build of Android?

I hear people talking about Rooting there devices but I don't fully understand this process do I need to Root to be able to customize my devices know? If rooting my device is what I need to do to accomplish customizing my icons please tell me how to do this and post any helpful links to download any files needed to complete the process.

Any help would be great at this point thanks so much you guys are the best
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] justwonder:
Most rom here are rooted, if not there is z4root.

Even it's rooted, it is not easy to change the icon like wm 6.5, you have to modify the apk file, but you can change the short cut icon easily (the icon that show on desktop, not the icon shows in app drawer)

Flashing MIUI ROM, that only easy way to change the icon in apps drawer that I knew, it change the icons thru theming, and you can modify the theme.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] docextreme1:
Hello yes I just found out I had Super User on my device but I still don't know how to use it. What is the apps drawer? and how do I go about changing the short cut icons. what and how to change the modify the apk fille also. sorry for all the questions. Thanks so much for your help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] justwonder:
Use BetterCut or Folder Organizer can change the icon on your home screen but not in apps drawer.

I'm sure you don't want to use modify apk rout to change icon.

The easy way is flashing MIUI ROM.

Below is example of application drawer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ssj5ankur:
m using mdj cyanogenmod 7 v2.6...how do i check whether my phone is rooted or not..??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] StephanV:
Open up a terminal app ('terminal emulator' on market for example) and type:

su

If you don't get any error msg'es, you're rooted.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] j4n87:
Search for LauchnerPro (my fav.) or ADW Lauchner to get the possibility to easy change dock icons or shortcuts on homescreen.

if you want to change the icons shown in the app drawer you have to use e.g bettercut.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brandenk:
About Kspec Kustom:

Im going to be bringing back the Kspec circle battery icon so I put together this little theme to use as the base. At the moment its basically a full gingerbread conversion so that I can get the colors nailed down and make everything look right.

NOTE: To make it look just like mine you will need to play with the settings in CyanogenMod Settings > User Interface. Start by going to Status Bar and change the clock color to white (#ffffffff). Then go back to Date and Provider and change the date color to white. Now back to Notification Colors and here is the list of settings, Ticker Color: White, Count Color: White, Title Color: White, Clear Notifications: Black, Ongoing Notifications: White, and Latest: White. I think with my theme and those few changes your phone should look just like mine.

Changelog:

1.0

- updated all icons in the framework-res to gingerbread icons

- added libSwypeCore.so to lib to make installing Swype easier, now you can just grab the Swype.apk from a sense ROM like Calkulin's EViO and install it and it will work instead of crashing when you try and use it

- updated status bar icons in apps

calendar.apk

contacts.apk

deskclock.apk

mms.apk

music.apk

phone.apk

- added Kspec media collection

Bong_Toke.mp3 - alarm

Light.mp3 - alarm

NewDay.mp3 - alarm

Blade Runner Text.ogg - notification

Color.mp3 - notification

Droid.ogg - notification

Hey_Hey.ogg - notification

Mario - Extra life.ogg - notification

Mario - Mushroom.ogg - notification

Mario - Super Mushroom.m4a - notification

Master you have a message.mp3 - notification

Piano.mp3 - notification

Recieving Transmission.mp3 - notification

Star Trek Notify.mp3 - notification

Backroad.ogg - ringtone

Barcelona Nights.mp3 - ringtone

Blade Runner Call.ogg - ringtone

Boondocks Intro.mp3 - ringtone

Boondocks Outro.mp3 - ringtone

Carol of the Bells.ogg - ringtone

Dancefloor_Hardcore.mp3 - ringtone

DooM 3.mp3 - ringtone

Formula One.mp3 - ringtone

Futurama_Theme.mp3 - ringtone

MSI - Shut Me Up.mp3 - ringtone

Old_Phone.mp3 - ringtone

Shadow of Doubt.mp3 - ringtone

Still Alive Ringtone.mp3 - ringtone

Ultimate Weapon.mp3 - ringtone

You have a call.mp3 - ringtone

Download:

Version 1.0 with the Kspec Kustom circle battery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3000044/KspecKustomBattery1.0-cm-6.1.2-Supersonic-signed.zip

Version 1.0 without the Kspec Kustom circle battery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3000044/KspecKustom1.0-cm-6.1.2-Supersonic-signed.zip

Screenshots:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
Recently, I found that the "Android System Info" app below is using Flurry Agent to send data / report via 3G/internet whenever I start using it. At least, it came out in the logging.

Do you know any alternative that does not use Flurry Agent?

I hate that thing because it uses 3G/internet and it cannot be disabled :(

I know Astrid is using Flurry Agent as well, but it can be disabled.

Android System Info

by ElectricSheep

>250,000 downloads, 15332 ratings (4.5 avg)

Free
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
i believe that is for the download of the ADs to sustain their income & development

use Adfree perhpas?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
Well, I think that is not ads ... Ads should be the AdMob SDK or something in the logging.

Flurry Agent is about analytic:

http://www.flurry.com/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=673146

To be honest, I don't mind with ads ... Especially if that can support the dev and the app is good.

But, I don't like sending usage pattern, statistical data, usage analysis, that kind of things.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Many devs find analytics to be important information to them.

You could edit your hosts file manually to block any flurry.com urls...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
Not rooted, you cant do that.

Good developer will add an option to disable this, like Astrid.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Your last sentence doesn't quite sit right for some reason, but I agree overall.

Something in the back of my mind tells me there's a revenue stream to the developers who include this. Like flurry pays them a royalty for data collected. That needs confirmation, but while many devs put stuff out for the love of the device, many more need to get some income off the app to stay interested in developing/maintaining it. We all want "free" apps, but we're going to have to get used to either paying up in cash, or paying up in seeing ads, or paying up by having some analytics collected on us.

I don't want my phone spied on either. Best thing you can do is uninstall the apps that spy on you without the feature to turn it off, give the app a 1-star rating on the market, and leave a comment that it collects analytics on you and you don't like that. Kind of lousy thing to do an app that's otherwise top-notch. If enough people uninstall and bad rate these apps, the devs will get the hint and stop doing it.

As for not rooted, there's no reason not to root the Nexus S. There are hundreds of reason to root, though. Blocking ads and spyware is just one of them.

You don't even have to unlock the bootloader to do it, easy instructions here; no loss of data with that method.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peecs121:
I have been using the app for a few days now and it seems pretty good so far. Is anyone else using it and what settings are you using? The only thing I did.was turn up the animation speeds to fast on both.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insomaniac10:
thats pretty much all i use it for...a lot of the other settings id like to use are not compatible with froyo
[Legend Android Development] ogo2:
OK, i need some help from a Java Developer with porting this MOD to our Legends.

First. i have decompiled StatusBarService.class, look inside the attachment:

StatusBarService-mod.java -> with statusbar power widgets (LeeDroid 2.2f)

StatusBarService-org.java -> without widget (LeeDroid 2.2f)

StatusBarService-legend.java -> without widget (Legend B0.6)

If anyone have enough knowledge in Java, just PM me. I can provide the rest of the sources.
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
I have no experience in java, but I had a little peek inside. It seems to me that you need to difference the 2 files from the Desire framework to see what was changed. After that, I'm not so sure. It'd kinda depend on what we find. I'll keep poking around

EDIT:

I'm looking at the differences now. Hmm...

If you fancy recompiling edited files I can try and cut and paste job if you like... I don't have the means to re-compile myself I'm afraid (proper group effort this, lol)
[Legend Android Development] ogo2:
I think too to copy and paste some code, but take a look at this:

What are these numbers? Any idea?
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
Not a clue mate ;) That's where the fun lies. You took stuff from a GSM ROM I assume? I saw 2 references to CDMA stuff. Anyhoo, kang-o-rama cut'n'paste version attached ;)

Also, I'm given to understand that there is more to change than just this file ;)
[Legend Android Development] janarp:
Can I install this attachment?
[Legend Android Development] TheGrammarFreak:
WTF?! No. :mad:
[Legend Android Development] janarp:
LOL ok I'm just ask...:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehalai:
hi everybody...

i m a HTC desire user, and yesterdat bought my htc desire hd. i just want to know that is there anyway to change the battery icon and make it to show the percentage of the battery and can we also change the boot screen, like we do on desire with the help of circle.olx.com.

right now i m trying to learn the rooting and installing recovery and installing rom procedure, but really intrested in installing the percentage and boot screen.

thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyraei:
there are already solutions for both here in the forum

i personaly use Ultimate Online Kitchen for customizing the Battery Icon

if you mean the splash screen here you go

most bootanimations are scattered around in the Theme and apps sub Forum

since splash and bootanimation are just pics and device specific you could use anything with 800:480 resolution
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehalai:
i know i have use that website many times for cooking themes. and this kitchen is for HTC desire simple not for DHD. and if i can use it for cooking for DHD then tell me how to select my DHD rom from it. it is not been added there.

tahanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyraei:
while it has some options which are desire only the battery icon can be changed for any device/rom.

All you need is the framework-res.apk locatet at /system/framework

This file is different in most roms. You are asked at the end of the cooking process whether you want to use one of theirs (which are for desire like you already said) or use your own framework-res.apk which you have to upload. There´s a tutorial on how to get your framework-res.apk in the second post of the thread

if you are still on stock rom you could also try this
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futur1sm:
I use the mod of the stock battery with percentage from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894837&highlight=battery+icon

I use the hybrid one and it's been great so far!
[HTC Vox] gsmsikar:
which is the best and stable ROM for VOX ?

until now this set is using original htc vox rom ...

so if anyone can tell which is the latest , best and stable rom for VOX ?
[HTC Vox] Hakim Rahman:
WM6.5 CLEAN / CUSTOM v3.1 ROMs (STABLE) for Vox by fireburned
[HTC Vox] devix17:
Does it exists in Italian Language? Or there is a way to add Italian Language?

Thanks!
[HTC Vox] Hakim Rahman:
no , there's only English and French ROM but ...!! Keep in mind that he also includes eT9 language pack ;)
[HTC Vox] tobbbie:
Look up frauthottelmanns ROMs - they are multilanguage and Italian is included:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4930472&postcount=1
[HTC Vox] Addicted2xda:
Re: The Best ROM

ROMs by both fh and fb are stable... otherwise they would never release them to public ;).

However what is the 'best' ROM depends on your choice. Custom ROMs come with goodies, but I personally prefer "Clean ROMs" by fb and "Official" ROM by fh (Actually that is the one I am using right now).

If you have some time, would suggest you to download a few ROM and see which one suites you best (since all of them are free ;))
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tooclose:
I think I might have permanently bricked a vibrant lol...ok well maybe I shouldn't be laughing. I have a vibrant that does not turn on, I don't get any images, but when im charging the phone still gets warm.

So here's what happen, I been telling my friend to root his phone and out custom rims on there...he finally gave in after being frustrated by the lack of support Tmobile and Samsung was giving and tried to root and flash himself. During the flash in odin something went wrong and I had to flash it back to stock. I rooted the phone with oneclick root. Installed rom manager and flashed clcokwork recovery. I rebooted into clockwork, reinstalled packages, cleared/wipe cache/data, and flashed team whiskey's bionix-v (awesome rom by the way!!) It flashed and rebooted....bit never turned back on. I don't even get to the boot images....just blackness.

I did some research to no avail....if anyone has any suggestions or anything, it would be greatly appreciated!!

I already tried the 3 button to try to get it into recovery, battery pull with the 3button fix....with usb plugged and unplugged...but odin still fails to recognize it.

My last resort is the jig to try to get it to at least download/recovery mode. =(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellette:
Doesn't really sound like anything you did would brick the phone - even though the screen doesnt come on, does your computer recognize it when you plug it in?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hazard99:
Yeah I agree. Nothing in those course of events would point to bricking your phone.

I am so sorry for your loss.

btw did you try pulling the battery for a few minutes then trying to power it on?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
The phone is bricked. Same thing haopened to me flashing the same rom. I wasnt the first and you wont be the last.

I really wish we could figure out why this is happening.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krylon360:
the PBL on the phone crashed. Most likely the bad ODIN flash caused the PBL to become corrupt. When it received the new SBL for froyo, it crapped on itself.

This is where people begin to blame the roms for bricking. When in fact, it is not the roms at all. It's ODIN corrupting the Primary Bootloader when ODIN freezes or crashes.

But other than that, your hosed. Just contact TMO for a warranty replacement.

They will tell you that you need to perform a master reset using the hardware keys...dumb asses.

then have you check the water damage square under the battery.

Then will send you off a replacement.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kooksta:
so you bricked your friends phone, not your own?? thats messed up... why did you wipe data before you flashed the rom?? lol is that a regulation? i never wipe my stuff until after i let the rom run for more than 10 mins. unless im told different.. besides i thought all of tw roms wipe so you didnt need to. lol correct me if im wrong
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tooclose:
@jellette no my computer doesn't recognize it....I have a windows 7 pc...and the latest odin

@hazard99 yes I've tried several battery pulls with different options with 3button....no luck =(

@alkaloid i've flashed, rooted alot of phones going back to my pearl, sidekick, bb pearl, htc hd2, my own vibrant....maybe cuz they were all my phones and I took the time to be careful...haha

@kooksta yeah I know I feel bad...im letting him hold my hd2 til I can get a fix or just have it replaced...I usually do a backup and wipe before every flash never had a problem and I thought that was standard but not sure...

@krylon I was thinking the same thing ...when he tried to update it on odin with the froyo update it corrupting something...the devs on here do a great job!! Never before have ever had any problems!

Thinking back to it, the only thing I can think of is after I installed rom manager and flashed clockwork recovery and I booted into clockwork...I think the lettering was still blue? I think its my understanding that if its still blue the phone is not rooted, green lettering means rooted, and red means rooted with voodoo activated...correct me if i'm wrong. But I THINK the lettering was blue, but the phone has to be rooted to run rom manager right?

Lazy to make so bought the jig from ebay, should get it in a few days to test ...

If anyone else has similiar experiences and/or fix....would love to hear them!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xplanowestx:
Like you said, the Rom would've done it for him regardless. It wasn't his fault he bricked his friends phone. Hopefully he told his friend the possible repercussions of modding his device however. Like Krylon said, its just a corruption caused by odin. Nothing he could've done differently to prevent it besides not modding the phone itself. Oh well, happens. Like Kyrlon said, warrenty replace it. Simple and done.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndwgs:
@tooclose

off topic, i need a new jig (another one), can you send me the link in ebay where you bought that?

or anyone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthonys2r:
Wait, so if I was running Bionix V and wanted to flash a new rom, what would be the proper procedure? All these crashes from Odin is starting to scare me :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tooclose:
I forget who the seller was but just do a search for vibrant jigs ...there's several sellers...good luck!

Just got the jig...its a no go =(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
yes , i fix my phone fron the point where you are now without no jib anyway since u got solutin comin in mail i wont explain since it took me and hour to figure how to get my phone to odin .yes from blank screen to phone warm when chargin i got it to work =}
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sdobron:
Speaking of the PBL, how can I verify that mine is not corrupt? I flashed bionix V twice and assume the SBL is intact, but I still would like to verify that both are working correctly.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duboi97:
I think you should explain it just in case it happens to others later on or make a seperate post on how to please ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihugo:
method of unbricking

bartek25: Would love to know your magic to bring the dead phone back to life. Mine is completely dead acting like the battery is dead even though it is fully charged and I've read and tried ever method I can find.

Any suggestions other than sending it in Samsung or the carrier in getting a hard bricked phone fixed? Anyone with a jtag interface who likes to make a few extra bucks on the side?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wearespacepeople:
I'm a noob to all of this custom rom business but earlier today I installed Bionix, everything went great and was a lot easier to do than I had anticipated.

Anyways I'm just wondering, I did not have to use ODIN, really all I did was root, install rom manager, cwr, create nandroid and titanium backups, transfer bionix zip to internal dir and then bootup in cwr.

I guess my question is, why was ODIN necessary for the topic poster?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jester123:
Hey Im kinda new. I tried search but could find out what some stuff meant.

Im trying to find some explanation or a thread that says what these mean.

So i dont know what HAVS, BFS, CFS, SBC terms like that mean.

Help?

Thank You
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
These links here should have 99.9% of all the info you'll need to get started, and help you understand some things. Most of the good info is right in the first post of each of these links/threads. Read up! :)

Here is a good link about kernels, and has a link in there about SBC kernels (superior battery charging), which basically trickle charges the battery. It's controversial, and you should read up and understand SBC kernels before trying one, if you choose to. (i dont use them)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894880&highlight=SBC+Kernels

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=790427

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=719763

http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/index.php?title=Terminology

And here is a quick definition of HAVS, taken from Netarchy's thread, in the OP.

"Havs: Hybrid Adaptive Voltage Scaling, basically tries to undervolt as much as possible to conserve power, but adapts to things like cpu load and temperature."

"No Havs: Static voltage scaling, every cpu speed pulls a specific amount of power from the battery"

And here is a snippet I pulled from the first link I posted for you. Describes CFS vs BFS.

"With kernels, what is BFS and CFS? Which would work better for my phone?

Answer: CFS stands for Completely Fair Scheduler. BFS stands for Brain **** Scheduler (sounds fun, right?). These are two different ways that the phone's CPU uses to schedule events. Without getting into the technicalities, here is what I have found for my Evo. Your mileage may vary and again, you have to experiment to find which works better for your particular phone.

CFS: Generally more consistent, use when you want consistent performance and/or if BFS kernels do not work well with your phone. Sometimes will appear to be smoother than a BFS kernel in overall use. The stock HTC kernel uses CFS and it is more standard than BFS.

BFS: Generally a bit faster but a bit more inconsistent (might appear to slow down more and such). Usually faster overall performance but will not look as smooth as a CFS kernel (in general).

Another way to put it, CFS is closer to a flat line, if you drew a performance map it would have less peaks and more consistency. With BFS, there would be more peaks and higher peaks with the faster readings and lower peaks with the slower.

You will find that one or the other may work better for you, or fit your needs better. It is a good idea to try both and see your results. My phone seems to heavily favor CFS kernels and I like the overall smoothness and consistency better. To me, BFS often appears to be more laggy than a CFS kernel. Again, each phone is different though and my results may not match yours. "
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jester123:
Hey thank you that helped a lot!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aimbdd:
Ill cover the last one for you.

SBC is a mod the the way the battery chargers. The stock charging method is your phone charges up to 100% then stops. The battery then drains until its at 90% then starts charging again. (and repeats this until you take it off) With the mod the battery charges up to 100%, (4.2v) then it only puts as much current into the battery as your phone is using. (Whats being put in - whats being taken = 0 net charge. So when you take your phone of the charger, you are always at 100 %. With Htc's method, you could be anywhere between 90 and 100%. There is no substantial proof the SBC causes harm, but it is possible, as such there is a warning when using any SBC modded kernel to use at your own risk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khilbron:
Buckley covered it in the first part of his reply, and included links to the SBC discussion threads so the OP could decide for himself if he wanted to use it.