Extracting best of all ROMs? - Captivate General

has anyone been able to extract the best nuggets from all the different phone builds?
the i9000 has the process widget and some different home screens; There are also the samsung apps themselves - one is a telenav type app that dims the screen between instruction.
I am sure Vibrant has some stuff captivate doesn't too.
Is it possible to pull these apps out and share between the different phones?

As one that has a N1 (Nexus One) with live wallpapers from the Galaxy S series, Apps from the Droid X and other tidbits from other phones (and having ran a cooked Desire/sense rom with these) I'm pretty sure that more than a few are available in app form. I would look around in the N1 themes and Apps section for a few apps, but the rest may be coding and a need to make a custom rom. I'm hanging around this area due to a friend having a Captivate. I'm sure we'll get there.

If you can find a system dump of each phone, all the apps are in system/app/. I know there's a Captivate one in this forum, and I'm sure there's at least one in each of the other forums. Shouldn't be too hard to grab... Just need to sideload em all on the Captivate.

Fortune090 said:
If you can find a system dump of each phone, all the apps are in system/app/. I know there's a Captivate one in this forum, and I'm sure there's at least one in each of the other forums. Shouldn't be too hard to grab... Just need to sideload em all on the Captivate.
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I am new to android;
So is this just a big tar file? Are the apps listed as apk that can just be pulled out? If you know of any links to help newbie android hacker that would be awesome.
Thanks for the hint!
EDIT: actually just looked, there are some big binaries in the TAR file, so there must be some tool needed to extract things out of it.

Fortune090 said:
If you can find a system dump of each phone, all the apps are in system/app/. I know there's a Captivate one in this forum, and I'm sure there's at least one in each of the other forums. Shouldn't be too hard to grab... Just need to sideload em all on the Captivate.
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Can someone please explain to me how to extract the .APK for the system apps? Im sure im just missing something. If I can get them out it would be useful for the ROM devs who need the good samsung apps like its camera, swipe, etc.

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no hope
sorry for every one...
Dang, those look pretty special.. I wouldnt want to risk bricking one trying to upgrade the version of android; they might not even be compatible at all.
amgupt01 said:
Dang, those look pretty special.. I wouldnt want to risk bricking one trying to upgrade the version of android; they might not even be compatible at all.
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HaHa,you neednt to worry about that,cause the system of this handset is much older than ones available for G1,the machine is a very very old man ^_^,using a very very old version of Android.
SO NO NEED TO TAKE THE RISK..
Im not that technical when it comes to this, but can the hardware even handle Android?
Forget upgrading them,DUMP THEM. I'd like to see how well the "proto-android" firmware would work on the g1.....once ported of course. And where did you find these? I'd like to try to get my hands on one.
I'm not sure if these can even handle full-blown android - they have 200mhz processors for crying out loud! That said, demos show they are blazing fast (even faster than ours around the ui!) but since these were never put into full production, I doubt you can update it easily...
Good to see you have found 2 gems there... thinking of selling them? =P
dam those are some great prototype android devices, you must keep one stock default, very rare, quite valuable i think. especially the white one.
Woha, prototype devices!
otto888 said:
Forget upgrading them,DUMP THEM. I'd like to see how well the "proto-android" firmware would work on the g1.....once ported of course. And where did you find these? I'd like to try to get my hands on one.
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A friend give these to me
HaHa they are using a OS based on a very early SDK,I do have the img of the system,just dont know how to flash it because the fastboot and recovery is really different from G1 or G2,to avoid brick it,I would like to find some useful guide...
thx any way....
NguyenHuu said:
dam those are some great prototype android devices, you must keep one stock default, very rare, quite valuable i think. especially the white one.
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HaHa,I dicide to use them for my convenience,they are so special~~~~mmmm
cadetnudt said:
A friend give these to me
HaHa they are using a OS based on a very early SDK,I do have the img of the system,just dont know how to flash it because the fastboot and recovery is really different from G1 or G2,to avoid brick it,I would like to find some useful guide...
thx any way....
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Can you provide any pics of the recovery menus? If we are able to dump,we may be able to flash....but I heard these have lower specs than the g1.....so it wouldn't be practical to flash g1 firmware onto these protypes....
otto888 said:
Can you provide any pics of the recovery menus? If we are able to dump,we may be able to flash....but I heard these have lower specs than the g1.....so it wouldn't be practical to flash g1 firmware onto these protypes....
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MMM~~~I will post some pics later.
What I want isnt flashing G1's ROM in onto them but ROMs from themselves and moded to fix the wlan's problem,cause their wifi cannot work properly yet.
the problem is that there's no source, so we can't really backport a wifi driver for the older kernel (does it even have wifi radio?)
For those who want with old android builds (don't know why though) go here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/older_releases.html
download the older sdks (betas and pre-betas), they all come with emulators, you should be able to (using their tools folder) dump the system from them (or unyaff's the system included). Again there's really not much there
i doubt that you will be able to flash anything from g1 on this phone, as its screen obviously is a different res
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the problem is that there's no source, so we can't really backport a wifi driver for the older kernel (does it even have wifi radio?)
For those who want with old android builds (don't know why though) go here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/older_releases.html
download the older sdks (betas and pre-betas), they all come with emulators, you should be able to (using their tools folder) dump the system from them (or unyaff's the system included). Again there's really not much there
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My friend said that he had one with wifi,can I dump something from it and push it to my EXCA300?
And what steps should I take?
The URL you mentioned,which I had explored early in the morning,includes bulks of SDKs,and through the wiki I have posted before,I knew some SDKs available for EXCA300 then downloaded some versions.They are:
android-sdk_m5-rc15_windows.zip
android-sdk_m5-rc14_windows.zip
android_sdk_windows_m3-rc22a.zip
android_sdk_windows_m3-rc37a.zip
I need more information about the recovery and HBOOT...
Thanks a lot for your warm advice!
Nice. some rare speciments you have there.
NguyenHuu said:
very rare, quite valuable i think. especially the white one.
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Not really. Stanford SUSE has a ton of these. Supposedly bought them in bulk on the cheap. I had a hold of one for a while a few months ago trying to see if it would be worth the time to get production Android (then 1.1) onto it. It was pretty much a lost cause without support from HTC.
jashsu said:
Not really. Stanford SUSE has a ton of these. Supposedly bought them in bulk on the cheap. I had a hold of one for a while a few months ago trying to see if it would be worth the time to get production Android (then 1.1) onto it. It was pretty much a lost cause without support from HTC.
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You have one?
Could you tell me the details about yours?
Sorry for the OT: but they are greeeeat! XD
blackgin said:
Sorry for the OT: but they are greeeeat! XD
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Root manager is your app?
Here is my best adoration....

[Think Tank]Flash Lite on Froyo

Hey guys,
since we know that full flash 10.1 won't work on our devices (or its an disproportionate act to port it, because its not open source and due to the fact that flash 10.1 is not meant g1's processor).
But what about flash lite (which we know is working on g1 from the sense ROMs)? I read that the froyo browser does accept plugins (well he accepts the flash 10.1 on capable phones).
So did someone tried to port it? I know this is not the major thing on froyo, its hard enough to get the rest working properly (and i really thank those devs for spending so much time on it!!!). Many people would love to see at least flash lite on our devices. And in my humble opinion little flash animations worked fine for me on the sense roms with flash lite.
I tried to install the flash lite apk on the froyo roms availlable ... but it returned only fc's for me in browser. By now i am not running froyo but i will put some rom on and try to get a logcat on it.
Greetings
Crazy Idea: Why not make a port of an open source flashplayer (like lightspark) to ARM hardware?
[Yes, I know thats probably somewhere between inconveniant and impossible, but hey, it's a think tank ]
mblaster said:
Crazy Idea: Why not make a port of an open source flashplayer (like lightspark) to ARM hardware?
[Yes, I know thats probably somewhere between inconveniant and impossible, but hey, it's a think tank ]
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MUCH MUCH BETTER idea. Certainly not impossible. In fact VERY POSSIBLE.
There are a few issues to work through in it though, certain dependencies on things like PULSEAUDIO, which we don't have on android (but would be nice if we did...)
There are actually THREE open source flash projects to work from.... gnash, swfdec, and lightspark. The first two are based on reverse engineering and tend to work. lightspark is from SPEC, is much NEWER, and really doesn't work yet. Lightspark is the best FOUNDATION, but is behind in FUNCTION.
Note: flash is a bad idea no matter how you look at it. You don't need it, it doesn't do anything USEFUL, I suggest just ignoring it. PURIFY! Let flash DIE!
lbcoder said:
PURIFY! Let flash DIE!
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Yeah, HTML5 FTW!
Now that iCrap officially banned flash many sites will at least alternatively offer html5 support, because otherwise the iPhonies cry.
Most of the flash content is unwanted commercials anyway. I would hate going on some site and swoop away 5MB of my data plan (which gets downgraded to gprs speed if I get above 200MB/month) with some nagging commercial video... (€: OK, this could also happen with html5... would hate it anyway)
well i know that if flash lite could be rid of its dependency on sense it would work. it has the correct settings to work . it has 2 different ways to enable flash while the flash 10.1 has only one of those. you would have to check the 2.1 port of 10.1 to understand what im talking bout. it might also need to be built on 2.1 or 2.2.
wizern23 said:
well i know that if flash lite could be rid of its dependency on sense it would work. it has the correct settings to work . it has 2 different ways to enable flash while the flash 10.1 has only one of those. you would have to check the 2.1 port of 10.1 to understand what im talking bout. it might also need to be built on 2.1 or 2.2.
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youre right ^^ the dependency of sense is the point which prevents flash for working on froyo out of the box in my opinion. I was thinking the problem of the non-sense (not nonsense lol) browser was, that it wasnt capable to use plugins. But it looks like that the whole sense framework has something to do with flash working on sense roms. Maybe some dev could take hand on that flash lite and compare it to how the flash 10.1 plugin interacts with froyo and the browser.
I aggree with all of you that flash might die and that there are better possiblities to create an active web ... but its a fact that its heavily used in the web (so with a dataplan youre not forced to use flash ... its just that i hear many ppl wanting it). I dont wanna start a discussion about usability of flash -this is just about how to port it to froyo on g1 for ppl who like to see it
Well from the port thread over in the ego forum they found that both versions of flash have a similar plugin method for the browser. I will have to find it later.
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wizern23 said:
Well from the port thread over in the ego forum they found that both versions of flash have a similar plugin method for the browser. I will have to find it later.
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Sounds interesting! I searched the thread but didn find it. If the method of linking the plugin to the froyo browser was similiar there might be a possibility to use the flash lite without the sense framework i am curious to read that
Has anybody tried to use not just only the flash.apk but also the libs that come in sense 2.1 roms?
because missing libs can well be the cause of force closes...
alternatively we can wait until froyo comes out for sense phones like the hero...
There was another [THINK TANK] for this.... it died. Hopefully this will, too.
I tried modifying an APK to do this. I put the flash lite plugin in the flash APK and flashed on CM6.... Didn't work, their was no force closes, it did not even show up as a plugin.
r3s-rt said:
There was another [THINK TANK] for this.... it died. Hopefully this will, too.
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the other think tank was on full flash/flash 10.1 for eclair ... this is / was impossible and not a very clever idea.
This is about porting flash lite which we know from sense roms works on our devices.
So thanks for youre lack of interest and your useless post ^^ ... so dont flame
sidroc said:
I tried modifying an APK to do this. I put the flash lite plugin in the flash APK and flashed on CM6.... Didn't work, their was no force closes, it did not even show up as a plugin.
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that was what i experienced :/ maybe it has something to do with the libs and its not just enough that the froyo browser does takte plugins
didnt HTC just open a bunch of the Sence code?
i remember seeing a tweat about it... i think (maybe they opened something else?)
ill see if i can find the post and report back.
playingdoh said:
didnt HTC just open a bunch of the Sence code?
i remember seeing a tweat about it... i think (maybe they opened something else?)
ill see if i can find the post and report back.
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Well, first it's called Sense. Second, it's just the kernel source for some devices..
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the other think tank was on full flash/flash 10.1 for eclair ... this is / was impossible and not a very clever idea.
This is about porting flash lite which we know from sense roms works on our devices.
So thanks for youre lack of interest and your useless post ^^ ... so dont flame
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So sorry I almost came in the way of you and your porn.
r3s-rt said:
So sorry I almost came in the way of you and your porn.
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What were you thinking, I mean, everyone knows Android phones are for porn.
usually i just watch and read, but when a so called senior member has nothing usefull to say but flaming someone who has an idea its pretty much pathetic. and where is the report post to moderator.
elf310 said:
usually i just watch and read, but when a so called senior member has nothing usefull to say but flaming someone who has an idea its pretty much pathetic. and where is the report post to moderator.
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Then how about you go back to just lurking before opening your mouth about something you clearly have no idea about? The fact that FLASH SUCKS and should have been gone a LONG time ago but it's still around is the only pathetic thing here. That's what I originally said, and that's what I'm saying now. Also, I'm sure most people will have no interest in this and it's most likely going to fail. Now, let those balls drop and man the hell up.
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FLASH SUCKS and should have been gone a LONG time ago
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I don't know, flash videos and partially flash based sites seem like a good enough reason to try. Especially for porn. (You know, 'cause android phones are for porn.)
Tony_SpaZ said:
I don't know, flash videos and partially flash based sites seem like a good enough reason to try. Especially for porn. (You know, 'cause android phones are for porn.)
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Definitely. Flash is very much the standard for now, and I don't see that changing for some time. HTML5 is great for very basic video playing, but it gets hard to do things dynamically with it. Personally, I've been wishing I could watch the Daily Show on my phone.

We need a program like the Palm Pre has!!

When I had my pre there was a program I downloaded off of precentral that would let me connect my phone via usb, and select what I wanted to mod (lock screen, battery icon, and millions of other things) Is there anyway possible something like this can be mimicked? I would love to have something like this just because of the simplicity of its concept. All you do is plug it in and select what you want to do other then going into bootloader and doing all the crazy **** to root and change you android phone. Please let there be someone out there capable of creating something like this amazing tool!!!
That was a nice program but most of the mods on the pre were patches to the same code that every device shared. Android phones have different roms which make each device unique, so I think a program like this would have to be rom independent. It's not impossible but it would be a lot of work for a rom maintainer so I don't think it's likely. Flashing roms, mods, kernels and radios are all basically the same process so I think your best bet is to get used to it.
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yeh loved that lil feature program of the pre
if it had a 4.3 inch screen i would have stuck with it
a 4.3 inch screen a not so crappy slider, more flash memory, oh and an sd card slot. No, I don't want it to make my toast, I want french toast! Or if someone could write a mod to transform it into an IHOP, we'd be good!
UOT Kitchen is awesome. I wish it would work with Evo.
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So this would be an impossible feat wouldnt it?
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That was a nice program but most of the mods on the pre were patches to the same code that every device shared. Android phones have different roms which make each device unique, so I think a program like this would have to be rom independent. It's not impossible but it would be a lot of work for a rom maintainer so I don't think it's likely. Flashing roms, mods, kernels and radios are all basically the same process so I think your best bet is to get used to it.
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on a second thought, i dont think a repository of themes would bee that hard
basically it'll just be this forum in a program, meaning, the program would hold the files(that most simply flash). Just like if you find a theme in this forum,normally in the topic or first post it'll tell you whats needed(prerequisites).
For starters every phone will be an EVO, then simply hold the themes in categories, as my phone now, to get to it, i would click say CM6 category, then the theme(all themes in that category should work on CM6) .
I just came from fresh, but if i had that, say i could just click a sense 2.2 category,then the theme. Most themes that works on a sense rom 2.2 rom (odexed i believe),will work on most 2.2 phones,other than CM6
, theres not many themes that will ONLY work on one rom, such as fresh only.
(i used themes as an example but same scenerio could be supplied to mods/lock screens etc)
the only tricky thing to keep in order is what type of rom/kernel is needed to run each them. But when u come to xda to get a them ,from what i see, every theme tells you what its compatible with anyway. So i say use same method for the program
(i used themes as an example but same scenerio could be supplied to mods/lock screens etc)

No themes?

Doing a search, I'm not finding any themes for the Tab.
I've deodexed my Sprint ROM and starting on one, but nobody else has tried??
Why do you need to conform to someone else's vision? I've only ever modified things for my self. I assume the same is true for a lot of tab users.
Good luck with a theme though.
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Uh, whut? Don't know what you mean by vision and conformity.
Customizations to the XML and JAR files can be used by all. This is a community site.
I've been too busy working on other things, but I plan to port a couple themes over at some point. I think most people are just waiting on getting recovery going before anything starts cooking.
I need to get used to Samsung firmware updating methods before i start work. Ill also delve into it when CWM is working on every rom. Hope to see your contribution soon though
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Working up one now. Sprint conducted some asshattery when assembling this thing, but I'm making progress
I'll see how close I can get to my Captivate theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850372
Say Boushh, can you reupload your deodexed camera.apk? It is the only one I couldn't convert. The download link in your thread 404's

Can I use Ep4P themes on Ep4d? NO!! Heres Why.

With the OTA on the horizon and the leaked ota "roms" out there allready this is a question that I've heard alot. This thread is to help you understand what a theme acctually is, and why you should not Cross-Flash Themes from one build to another.
Alot of people think when they are flashing a theme all they are doing is changing the 'look' and that's not even close to whats really happening behind the scenes.
In each theme zip there are folders that contain themed apk's that can theme anything from the clock to the system. Here is a look at what is inside the zip.
Code:
[COLOR="Blue"]EP4P[/COLOR]_Theme.zip
---------------META-INF (This file tells the zip what, where and How to flash)
---------------System
----------------------app
-------------------------Camera.apk
-------------------------ClockPackage.apk
-------------------------Contacts.apk
-------------------------DialerTabActivity.apk
-------------------------DownloadProvider.apk
-------------------------Gallery3D.apk
-------------------------Phone.apk
-------------------------Settings.apk
-------------------------SystemUI.apk
----------------------framework
-------------------------framework-res.apk
-------------------------twframework.apk
If you notice in this example the theme is for ep4p. That means that each apk file is based off the original ep4p leak. Then if you were to look into the apks they are made up of .pngs .jpgs .xmls .dex etc. Then if you were to break it down even further each .dex file has .smali files in them which contain java code.
Why is all this important you ask? And then you think Well as long as it works what do I care?
Well, let me tell you. Ep4d for one has a later build date than Ep4p, secondly and more obvious they have a differnt build name. That means SOMETHING was changed from one version to another. What exactly was changed is anybodys guess, let's just say for this example, in ep4d that they added a tweak into the framework-res.apk file that added speed and battery life, now you decide you want to flash a ep4p over the top. "Hey! it works" you say, Well guess what, you just overwrote the new tweaks by replacing the framework from an older version. Now, I see you posting a thread and asking why everyone else is getting more speed and battery life than you are when your both on ep4d. It's because you overwrote the tweak that everyone else still has.
The same goes from 'rom' to 'rom', if you flash a theme from one rom to another you could lose things such as tsm parts, power mod, accu battery, etc.
Hopefully, this can help people to understand more about what is going on behind the scenes, and as you can tell I could go on and on about this. So the moral of the story is ,
If your gonna flash an ep4p theme over ep4d 'rom' then why did you flash ep4d in the first place?
thank you for the info ... I had been wondering since the new build dropped.
Nice write up you said it well for what I've been saying for awhile.
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adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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I personally use zipthemer, it's basically the same thing as metamorph only it builds a flashable zip for you. As long as you run zipthemer every time you change a rom/build then you are good to go.
I will have to say you are definetly right about the apks bieng trashed. I still have images in the theme I use from my moto days. You have given me the motivation to clean my theme up and optipng the images, who knows, it may make my phone faster and will definetly clear up some space.
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I personally use zipthemer, it's basically the same thing as metamorph only it builds a flashable zip for you. As long as you run zipthemer every time you change a rom/build then you are good to go.
I will have to say you are definetly right about the apks bieng trashed. I still have images in the theme I use from my moto days. You have given me the motivation to clean my theme up and optipng the images, who knows, it may make my phone faster and will definetly clear up some space.
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yeah, zipthemer is a neat tool as well
when i first starting making themes over a year ago i was guilty of putting out what i know consider garbage
its a learning curve, but still gotta be careful
nitsuj17 said:
yeah, zipthemer is a neat tool as well
when i first starting making themes over a year ago i was guilty of putting out what i know consider garbage
its a learning curve, but still gotta be careful
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I agree, Well, I just got done cleaning my theme up and it went from 49 meg down to 34 meg. WOW, alot of junk in there, now my phone won't have to look through so much crap to find what it needs.
I confess to wanting to try and successfully flash one of gunnermike's themes over a Humble ROM just to see if I could make his head explode through time and space... (also because he's a gnarly themer...)
I've compiled a ZIP file that can be installed via CWM that completely restores the default EP4D theme.
It contains the commonly themed apps that most theme developers modify, namely...
Camera.apk
ClockPackage.apk
Contacts.apk
DialerTabActivity.apk
DownloadProvider.apk
Gallery3D.apk
JobManager.apk
MediaProvider.apk
Mms.apk
Phone.apk
Settings.apk
SystemUI.apk
TouchWizCalendar.apk
As well as...
android.policy.jar
framework-res.apk
framework.jar
twframework-res.apk
What edify setting should a user fire the charge choose in zip themer? Captivate doesn't work
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cmdrfrog said:
What edify setting should a user fire the charge choose in zip themer? Captivate doesn't work
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First download this file and put on you /sdcard
Press menu/Update Edify/Browse/ then select the UpdateEdify4Charge.zip You just downloaded, then press configure. Done!
nitsuj17 said:
adrynalyne has been howling about themers should go back to using metamorph like the og droid days where most themers were in that format for awhile, and im inclined to agree
an update-zip theme isn't really a *theme* as it is a mini rom...once you replace actual system apks or jars and not just inject images in, thats what it really is
now these type of themes are usually fine when made by a knowledgeable individual who doesnt just randomly drop any apk in without consideration for the consequences
however by my own informal and internal quick poll of themers i notice in forums i go to that number would probably be less than 1 in 3
even *popular* themers out there who put some nice screenshots in their op are really idiots, whose apks when you pull them apart are a disaster
not picking on any one individual, but be careful what you flash on your phone
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Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
ForeverSupra said:
Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
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He isn't talking Just DRIOD Charge, he's talking themers from various forums/devices/carriers, so a wide array of different people, and just from browsing some other people's work on other devices, I agree. The other option would be to use asserts to verify the build version before flashing, which may be another good option, so the average end-user can flash a theme for a ROM it wasn't meant for.
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Well considering there isnt that many themers, whats the deal? What do you see wrong with some of the APK's. I'd like to know some examples.
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imnuts said:
He isn't talking Just DRIOD Charge, he's talking themers from various forums/devices/carriers, so a wide array of different people, and just from browsing some other people's work on other devices, I agree. The other option would be to use asserts to verify the build version before flashing, which may be another good option, so the average end-user can flash a theme for a ROM it wasn't meant for.
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yup, i was referring to all themes/themers across the various forums i peruse
while i dont enjoy particularly calling individuals out, themuffstuff was (i dont know if he still does) notorious for putting unpatched .9 images in his themes (and refused to patch them) and putting anywhere from 100-200 additional images in apks and frameworks as he copy/pasted images from other phones
hes an alright kid in general, but that used to bug the crap out of me
many other themers on sgs will even grab entire apks from the roms/themes of other sgs phones and package them in...this is fine *if* you make a note of it so people know what to expect...they often dont though, but i notice it
the fascinate also had many many themers do this back in its heyday
i do like the idea of adding the prop assert into themes...if i still actively made independent themes its something id strongly consider doing
but in general, its just a good idea for themers to be aware that yes, their update.zip themes are in fact mini partial roms. they should take the same care that rom developers do (or hopefully should do...but thats another topic) when releasing something.
the return of metamorph to the mainstream would be welcomed by me though as a stop gap measure for a lot of the shoddy work out there
so how can I tell what all i have installed on my phone after I have done the root. I have done a lot of things trying to get to this point so it is a lil hazy as far as wht verisions I have on there and after the recovery I have to redo it all. and I just wanna make sure if mine is ep4p or ep4d
So i think I found it out...... I have all of the crap on my phone still .. so I installed a theme and it got rid of a few things like my camera button.. I am still looking in the file itself to find out how to tell them apart. any sugestions on finding it

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