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[Android Themes] mreme6669:
ANDROID IS ALWAYS BEST.

It all started a few years ago when i got a mytouch 3g off craigslist. I fell in love with android. This was my first smart phone. I loved the ability that I had to customize my whole phone experience.But at the time it seamed that we would never get any updates. THEN TMOBILE HAD A SALE. Any phone free?? Too good to pass up. I was going to get the slide and my wife wanted the HD2. The screen lured me in and we got two HD2's for free. ( also got two two year contracts.) Then I got Android updates. I ran probably every sd build of android ever created from the the begining right up until wm 6.5 roms stated to contain the first fragments of "NAND" android. Then i shattered my screen. Alas I went back to my mytouch which stangley now has 2.2.

I have always liked a very minimalist phone experience and wp7 seamed like a viable option for a while. Then i start seeing all of these themes for androi and I think " wp7 cant do this? can wp7 look like andoid? Im sur there is a lot of hacking d moddind going on in the wp7 fums but seriously Im really a newb . I still dont have root so i cant use metamorph or drocap on my updated mytouch but i can completly immitate the asthetic of wp7. And I have Pictures to prove it.:D

Everything was so easy to do. I started with ADW launcher EX and hid my dock and my notifications. Then i used Desktop visualizeR to attach some icons i liked to the apps I use. All of the blue icons are called Windows Phone Tiles by ketchup539. The image tiles are x2k2 s tile icons v4.1. The text icons in the last pic as well as the back and forward arrows( which are used as shortcuts to the app drawer) are by blaster44 in his win phone7 final v4 theme. I added the icons I wanted notifications on to sms unread count. weather is by weather bug and the music tile is music mod. I used clockr and oneseven pro to round out the bottom of my all text page. The signal tile and the switcher panel are by widgetsoid with custom background. homescreen layout is 5x7. like i said easy
[LG Optimus 2x] abwyatt:
If anyone is looking for a premium case, here is the response I just got from Noreve ...

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[LG Optimus 2x] Fenkosmo:
Do note that these Noreve cases are

luxury

leather cases, so they will come for a price, but it will most likely be worth the better part of it. If you have the money you should get one :p
[LG Optimus 2x] mez90:
they do look very good and well made from what i;ve read and the very rare times ive seen then in use. but i took a look at the site and the price i dont know if i;d spend that much for a case.

... but they do look really good.
[LG Optimus 2x] siuk_:
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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
I've read through the forums, done a lot of reading through a TON of resources over the past few weeks. I know I should learn some Java and probably learn how to build an app or two for Android but I'm a bit short on time with everything going on in my life and want to learn as I go. Trying to learn Java online gives me a headache since I'm sure there is no shortway of learning it and that is all there is online -.-'

I am looking for a developer to help me "cook" up a ROM. I'll start with what I have done and what I know. Maybe someone could add in some information or tips/suggestions/tweaks that I could use that would be helpful. This is the first time I'll be attempting to build my own ROM since my Touch Pro days so please bear with me.

I have tried to look at different resources but most of it gets tossed over to the Hero. I'm not sure how similar they are but I rather not risk it.

What I have done:

Setup Kitchen via Cygwin.

Downloaded Stock RUU For 3.70 base.

Set home folder.

What I know:

What most of the options do in the Kitchen

How to add and remove applications from the working folder.

(SHHH I'M NEW TO THIS!) lol

What I want to know:

How to add themes

How to add radios (included in the ROM)

Dalvik moved to cache instead of eating up main memory

SNQ 4 in 1 Reboot MOD

Power Control Notification Bar MOD

Automatically Zipalign all apps after each boot (Is this just option 6 in the kitchen?)

How to pull the latest .apk files to update my ROM. (Do I just update via the Market on my phone and then go into system/data to get the latest .apk file? Not sure)

How to add kernels (included in the ROM) http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7628768&postcount=1664

-I found this but I am a bit confused. Lets say I want to use netarchy's 4.3.1-bfs no havs kernel. I looked through the .zip file and saw theres 3 folders. kernel, META-INF, and system. What do I do with these? Or do I just deal with the zip. Need someone to walk me through this or point me in the right direction.

Thanks to everyone who responds in advance. (I hope someone does)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
Bumpppppppp
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freeza:
If I'm not mistaken, most of the things you want to do would probably have to be done manually.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xHausx:
You can zip align and add the radios through dsixda's kitchen but the themes need to be added to the framework. apktool will work for this but this is where knowing java comes in handy.

When looking at a kernel like Net's the zImage file is the actual kernel, you'll want to use the kitchen to add that to the boot.img and the other lib files, etc, you can copy to the ROM.

To add and remove files usually I'll just keep an open copy of the zip and work with it through file explorer. Just rezip & resign it once your done and you should be good to go.

I keep a copy of Ubuntu running in Oracle's VM for the kitchen and mounting image files, it may take a minute to set up if you aren't familiar with linux but it makes it easier to pull stuff out of update zips.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NinjaWolf:
well since you are just starting out, xhausx's info is great and ive used simalar methods b4 for testing. But i reccomend buying first at least 2(or more) Java books and read them, because cooking a rom isnt just gonna hapen in 1 day and takes some knowledge of java to make a rom.

Later down the road i reccomend trying to learn how to make a rom thru Terminal(in Linux) as ive heard can do alot more.

So, if i were u i would use the method above.

All this INFO i posted has either come from other devs or google(Who is your friend), so take what you want from this and learn then begin Building your ROM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
Yeah I'm a Google whore. Been trying to find a few good self-learning books with Java. Tried some online tutorial pages and I have the JDK. Made a "Hello World" program just to see if I could get it to output but maybe I missed something but I can't seem to get it from .java to .class LOL (JAVA NOOB!)

Anyway, I'm probably going to find a few books and get reading. I'm probably also going to be tearing through a few of the ROMs on the forums to see how they set their files up and just do some messing around. I hope to God I don't brick my phone lol.

Didn't really expect to build a ROM anytime soon. Wanted to learn so I could try my hand at developing something. Always wanted to make an app but never had the time to do so. Guess its time now lol.

Thanks for your info guys.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoctorComrade:
Did you add java to the windows PATH?

Sent from my Evo powered by MIUI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
Yeah I figured that out just before you posted this. LOL. O boy. I got a while to go.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] allenkuang:
Hi experts, can my O2 Atom WM 5.0 run Android os? If can, can teach me how to change my O2 atom WM5.0 to Android os? Tq

Best regards, Allen
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] Hakim Rahman:
Hy allenkuang, you check it out at http://www.akbarfoto.com/2009/android-on-atom-exec/:)
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] muckelmaus:
Tested on atom life: Running as described!!!!
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] juliuscezar:
So far have you encountered any problems after installing it on Atom Life?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] acnidre:
i'll try it on Atom Life
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] Ashambaiy:
Hey bro,does it work on atom pure too?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] paksiregar:
Reaaallyyy !!

I want to test it to my O2 Atom...

But, why so CONFUSING....
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] paksiregar:
bro...

Is there the simply way to use android to winmo O2 XDA Atom ??

i've try it but...STOP ! i don't know why...

Cannot Continue loading in the root MiniSD, any suggestion ??
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom Software Upgrading] faridq262000@yahoo.com:
hebat banget gan.. apa ipaq rw6828 bisa pake android gan ?
[XPERIA X2 General] kuryu_koheirevo:
i just wondering,

how to back up all of my sms from my x2 to my pc,

thanks in advance,
[XPERIA X2 General] dolle82:
Apologize that I have no answer, but would also like to know.

Something else I also want to know is how many sms it is possible to have on my x2??

Right now I have 697 in my inbox and 633 in my outbox..

Dolle82
[XPERIA X2 General] Hakim Rahman:
you'd better use PPCPimBackup Allows you to backup / restore personal information from your Pocket PC like Contacts, Appointments, Tasks etc...
[XPERIA X2 General] kuryu_koheirevo:
thanks hakim rahman,

but how to install this app to the x2?
[XPERIA X2 General] x2user:
Not directly on-topic as you are using a Windows PC it seems, but for Macintosh computer this program is awesome: the Missing Sync for Windows Mobile (do a google search). Works like a charm and synchs most, incl SMS.
[XPERIA X2 General] Hakim Rahman:
The exe contained in the zip file, should be copied and launched on the Pocket PC, and not on a PC...:)

this , use it !!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drcrappants:
What are the best Weather apps or widgets, of any variety and quickly why?

If the app costs $, be sure to say so!

I'm compiling a list of threads that will help people find the best apps/widgets of each category. Will recompile when done so your help is greatly appreciated!

Looks like Beautiful Widgets will take the win here, but I'm sure many will want another app/widget that's free.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] coldest~~~:
weather bug--free
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Beards:
For Weather you are spoilt for choice.

Besides what has already been mentioned there's:-

eWeather HD Widget & Barometer ~ £1.85

Palmary Weather Pro ~ £1.85

Weather Pro ~ £2.13

Go Weather ~ Free

...... and many, many others which I will leave for someone else to add to.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] entengkhulet:
i used optimus x2 weather widget..

its called today briefing..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] holgalee:
I'm by no means well-versed in weather apps as I'm only starting to play with them, but these are my observations so far. Accuweather has nice icons that I like but keeps force closing on me. Hope that will be fixed soon. Genie news and weather is good too, you can choose to display just weather.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sighcosis:
Beautiful Widgets is my choice. Fully customizable with downloadable skins for Clock, Weather, Battery widget, and Toggle Widgets.

Press the weather area and it will launch your choice of Weather App *I use WeatherBug Paid (I try to support if its a mainstay)* the Radar can be slow though but it works..

Press the Time spot and will launch you choice of Clock or Alarm. *I use Gentle Alarm*

Press the Date area and will launch your choice of Calendar. *I use Jorte*

All of that is customizable. For instance if you wanted to you could config it to launch Angry Birds on press of any of above or any other app or shortcut of your choosing.

I love the Animated Weather effects. though last week during Snowpocylpse here is Chicago area I thought the drifting was a bit overkill... LOL
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftwig113:
seems like a very stupid question since it says format all, but I'm just curious...couldn't find any info on it.

all help appreciated
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
I've never used it but that would be scary if it did. lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftwig113:
yeah it would...I'm strongly considering trying CM7 EX but don't want to if format all wipes WiMax, i have my keys and the partition backed i just don't want to go through the hassle of restoring it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kf2m:
If you opened up the zip file, and viewed the script you would see that it only nukes the boot, cache, and system partitions. It doesn't touch wimax at all.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dills2214:
I have used the zip dozens and dozens of times. It works great! It definitely does not wipe your wi-max partition, but you should have it backed up and off the phone anyway.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aimbdd:
what???

I am confused by this post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimeslunk:
if you are using the newest amon recovery you can back up your wimax partition by itself. just an fyi thing so you don't have to worry about it. or if you have a sense based rom backed up previously from older amon recovery it should have the wimax backed up so you could just restore that to get your key back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdc177:
This is fantastic!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dills2214:
and very weird...

It's almost like I posted at the same time as someone else and our posts merged into one... I did right the first sentence of that post but the rest... i never said anything like that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dills2214:
me too, not sure what happened. oh well
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaun0207:
Doesnt the latest Clockwork backup Wi-Max as well?
[Nook Color General] bdkoepke:
Just wondering if anyone has the original nook color's partition layout. I attempted to push HoneyComb to emmc with dd; however, that didn't work the way I expected. Now I'm missing the correct partition layout. In other words, I just need

fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0

So I can correctly setup the partitions again and install Stock again.

Any word on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
I suspect that's the least of your worries if you did a dd to the DEVICE rather than partitions...... Geez.

# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 935 5253223+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
[Nook Color General] bdkoepke:
Thanks ;)

I will let you know how I make out.

(If it doesn't work, then there is probably just a little bit of boot code in the beginning of the device, but I suspect that it simply runs the boot code from the first partition. This is how it is done in OpenBoot, and pretty much every other system besides x86/bios)

Perhaps I should have done a full dd backup beforehand.
[Nook Color General] ChrisJ951:
In the developers forums theres a recovery thread that has the partitions backed up. As for Honeycomb on internal I will be posting an install image in a bit under an hour (it's uploading now) that will allow you to use honeycomb on internal.
[Nook Color General] bdkoepke:
Thank you khaytsus and MattJ951.

I was able to get this to work properly after restoring the partition layout.

Something of interest, there are 935 cylinders allocated in the default partition layout (assuming khaytsus didn't modify it at all). There are actually 965 cylinders, so there is some extra space there for the vfat partition.

Thanks again.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Heh, no, rooted stock B&N ROM. Even knowing how fixable it is, I haven't experimented beyond booting NF or HC off SD. :)
[Nook Color General] bdkoepke:
So I have been able to get stock loaded again, but it can't detect the Mac Address/Serial Number... (Uh oh...)

Now this isn't the end of the world, but I can't use Market.apk on stock roms.

As I understand it:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot (This should be fine, you can dd this)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /rom (I'm guessing this is what I'm missing)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc (I just copied factory.zip here, there are no other files)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system (This should be fine...)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data (This is definitely fine to dd)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /cache (Definitely fine as well)

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /sdcard (And also fine...)

So I'm just wondering what the original files are in /rom and /emmc.

I can't imagine the final blocks (935 and on) being used for hard-coded serial numbers/etc. That would be pretty stupid... Also the dual/froyo would clear these values.

I'm assuming the identity information is in /rom and /emmc.

Any word on this would be appreciated.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 contains the device specific information...

/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 contains factory.zip and a backup of /rom/devconf which also contains device specific info.

I think my mmcblk0p3 is hosed... thus my 8 failed boots always fails to install... I have yet to be able to mount it in adb to push new factory.zip... would love to get this fixed.

Got it... had to mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 then i could copy mmcblk0p2's devconf and push factory.zip to it.... 8 failed boots work as it should now.
[Nook Color General] JoJa15:
DizzyDen, I am having the same problem i.e. 8 failed boots always fails to install. I am also unable to boot a CM7 image off of uSD card (hangs at Android) step. I can boot into CWM but it fails on installing a stock build.

I am hoping maybe my problems are related to yours. How did you accomplish the above? What tools did you use. I am fairly tech literate but a little loss with the tools and procedures for the Nook Color. I have tried several posts on restoring to stock non of which have worked. My assumption is that my partitions are messed up somehow such that it prevents my Nook from booting stock. I don't know why I have the same problem booting an image from a uSD card but it hangs on those. I am desperate at this point and any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

John
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
If you boot off a CWR sd... adb shell into NC... do a fdisk -l mmcblk0... verify your info against this one:

~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 935 5253223+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

as long as the partition is present as listed above...

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

You will now have a file system on the mmcblk0p3 partition that you can mount to /emmc...

mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc

exit from adb shell

You can then push the sideload.zip (or factory zip... fyi 1.1.0 will not work)...

adb push sideload.zip /emmc/factory.zip (replace sideload.zip with whatever zip file you intend to use for the 8 failed boot recovery file)

you will want to do the following in a blank folder on your computer... keeps cleanup a lot easier....

I then pulled mmcblk0p2 to my computer and zipped the contents to rombackup.zip and pushed it to mmcblk0p2 also...

adb shell mkdir /temp

adb shell mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /temp

adb pull /temp

zip everything you pulled from mmcblk0p2 into a zip file named rombackup.zip

then push it to /emmc

adb shell push rombackup.zip /emmc

ALTERNATIVELY: the first time I did this... I merely copied the devconf folder from mmcblk0p2 to mmcblk0p3...

adb shell

cd /temp

cp -a devconf /emmc

and it seemed fine... so I don't know if you MUST do the rombackup or not... also note....

I did delete all the files and did the zip as mentioned above.

I am not 100% certain of exactly WHAT rombackup is supposed to have in it....I just know that what I listed (both methods) has worked so far.

I kind of like the idea of the cp instead... seems it would be eaiser to just cp them back should anything ever happen to mmcblk0p2... but currently have my version of rombackup.zip trying to stay with stock setup.

Hoping someone else will pull the rombackup.zip from theirs and give me the filestructure in it.

I hope this has been explicit enough... if you need any more help let me know.

ALSO... the CM7 off uSD... are you by chance using one larger than 8 Gb? We've discovered an issue with the mke2fs on 16 Gb cards.
[Nook Color General] JoJa15:
Thanks DizzyDen, currently I have not been able to get ADB to work. I have it installed but it does not see my device when in CWM. I did get a Froyo and Honeycomb off of uSD booting which is good. I can probably add market place and then get ADB wi-fi app to do my copying to the nook. Once I get that setup I will follow your instructions above and report back.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
You might want to mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc before you do any of the more advanced stuff I listed... just to make sure.... IF it mounts... list files before you do anything else.

I was having issues mounting the partition... that's why I had to go to the extent of formatting it.... you may be luckier and only have a corrupt factory.zip
[Nook Color General] JoJa15:
OK, I got ADB working now but it seems fairly complex. Please bear with me as I am a newb when it comes to ADB. I did ADB Shell and then the command you listed. Here is the output:

# fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 965 7301542+ 5 Extended

Let me know what I need to do next.

Comparing your listing and mine it appears I am missing the 5-8 partitions. Also my mmcblk0p4 partition has a different ending then yours. So how do I go about adding the 5-8 partitions back and fixing the mmcblk0p4 one?
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
Those are partitions that are actually created on the logical partition mmcblk0p4... as you can see in the listing I posted.

Did you use ADB from and installed ROM or did you use a cwm bootable uSD ?

anyway to check your recovery options....

in adb mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc and list its contents:

adb shell

mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc

ls /emmc

See if it has either recovery file... or both... or nothing

Post back whe you can and we'll go further.

If you want I could post the img files I got of ALL my partitions... well... won't share my mmcblk0p2 or mmcblk0p3 since they have my device specific information. They may help in getting your partitions straightened out.

Another option would be that we could use teamviewer to remote connect and look through it.