One of my buddies came down today with his new G Tablet for me to load TNT Lite, ADW Launcher, the Market, etc. after hearing me rave about mine.
I turned on his tablet and Shazam! his already had most of the goodies I have on TNT Lite 4.20! Where mine had (for instance) a launcher bar on the right with internet, apps and phone icons, his had 5 icons - internet, apps, settings, and two more I can't recall right now. Where mine allowed only 4 columns of icons on the desktop, his had six. i had to load ADW Launcher EX to get this stuff!
Obviously, in the latest updates, VS has changed a lot, and enabled a lot of things they didn't have when I got mine less than a month ago.
The troubling thing, though, is that I couldn't install Clockworkmod ... when I tried to start the tablet in recovery mode it just hung there and I had to manually turn it off to get off the screen. So CWM didn't install.
And the real biggie is that the Market isn't accessible. No icon and I couldn't find a way to load one. (Separate thread on this one.)
I'll bet a lot of people who returned theirs would be sad to know that VS has fixed so much and they acted too soon.
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MikefromTX said:
One of my buddies came down today with his new G Tablet for me to load TNT Lite, ADW Launcher, the Market, etc. after hearing me rave about mine.
I turned on his tablet and Shazam! his already had most of the goodies I have on TNT Lite 4.20! Where mine had (for instance) a launcher bar on the right with internet, apps and phone icons, his had 5 icons - internet, apps, settings, and two more I can't recall right now. Where mine allowed only 4 columns of icons on the desktop, his had six. i had to load ADW Launcher EX to get this stuff!
Obviously, in the latest updates, VS has changed a lot, and enabled a lot of things they didn't have when I got mine less than a month ago.
The troubling thing, though, is that I couldn't install Clockworkmod ... when I tried to start the tablet in recovery mode it just hung there and I had to manually turn it off to get off the screen. So CWM didn't install.
And the real biggie is that the Market isn't accessible. No icon and I couldn't find a way to load one. (Separate thread on this one.)
I'll bet a lot of people who returned theirs would be sad to know that VS has fixed so much and they acted too soon.
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Which version of firmware did your friend have? (Settings->About Tablet)
There are 2 versions of Clockworkmod, one for the internal memory (/sdcard) and one for the microsd (/sdcard2). Make sure you pick the correct one depending on where you want to put it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
I have TNT Lite 4.4 and if I remember right, Market came with it.
You do have to do a Market fix, (and a build.prop change to olympus) to get to most of the apps.
Check out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862030
to see what all you can do to your home screen.
I doubt if people many people these days rely on getting any software from Viewsonic for the tablet anymore.
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I turned on his tablet and Shazam! his already had most of the goodies I have on TNT Lite 4.20! Where mine had (for instance) a launcher bar on the right with internet, apps and phone icons, his had 5 icons - internet, apps, settings, and two more I can't recall right now. Where mine allowed only 4 columns of icons on the desktop, his had six. i had to load ADW Launcher EX to get this stuff!
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I'm on stock 3588, those icons are (from top to bottom) internet, mail, apps, settings, and the TnT widget screen.
MikefromTX said:
And the real biggie is that the Market isn't accessible. No icon and I couldn't find a way to load one. (Separate thread on this one.)
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I installed the market, sorry I looked and I can't find the thread I used. After I installed the market, I used this thread to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845175
MikefromTX said:
I'll bet a lot of people who returned theirs would be sad to know that VS has fixed so much and they acted too soon.
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I wouldn't go that far, but it's not the horrible lagging POS people make it out to be. It IS slower than custom ROMs, and honestly if I was stuck on TnT and (for example) it took me a full 20 seconds to switch from classic mode to TnT and then into settings just to remove an App I'd pull my friggin hair out.
And I'm bald, pulling my hair out hurts me more than it hurts most people.
The friend was probably running the 4349 firmware that Viewsonic pushed out a while back. It uses a 1.2 kernel that's incompatible with most versions of clockworkmod. There is a version of cwm that will work on this kernel branch, but will not work on 1.1 kernels. You can tell easily if it's the 4349 or 3588 stock firmware because the former has a lockscreen and the latter does not. If the friend has 3588 then the cwm problem was most likely an inept installation attempt rather than the version of the recovery.
You install market on this stock firmware the same way you install it on other stock firmware versions.
Found it
How to install the market on a stock tablet, from "Stock G-Tablet MOD Thread"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9536611#post9536611
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I was running 3588 with the Enhancement Pack every since I got my G Tablet. Didn't even play with the stock at all. Was fine for the 3 weeks I have had it. Today my market wasn't listing anything under My Apps, and I couldn't search and find a lot of the market items. I redid the market fix, and then I started getting force closing on almost all my apps.
I reset my tablet back to stock 3588 and I have decided to stay stock and just side load my apps in hopes the 3991 update really is going to make this better when it comes.
Got everything set back up, apps all loaded back up, but I can't figure out HOW to change the wallpaper on the classic TNT. There is no gallery to select from and the default picture app sucks and won't let you select images to be a background. I know this sounds dumb, but if you long press on the home screen no option except to pick the default ones that come from Viewsonic.
Any apps that will allow you to change the wallpaper?
Nevermind, saw a thread created aftermine that mentinoed using Muilti Picture Live Wallpaper from the Market. Transferred it over from my phone and it works well.
I tried searching the forums and found nothing...
Like a lot of others, i dont like most of the applications that come bundled on my phone and like to get rid of most of them. I cant seem to figure out what .apk file to remove to get rid of the "Kidzone" application. Any ideas?
If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.
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If any root-level file explorer works, download Absolute System from the Market. It's about two bucks but it's worth it. You can use it to remove any bloatware from your device.
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Not in this case. We do not have S-OFF.
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
vimk said:
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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Download Absolute System from the Market.
Sent from a Western Union telegram.
vimk said:
Freezing the apps with titanium backup lasts between reboots, luckily. Won't remove them completely but they will be prevented from running or showing in the app drawer.
Only problem is I'm having trouble finding the package names of a couple bloatware apps, namely kidzone, highlight, friend stream and t-mobile mall. If anyone could find the names of those packages it would be great. I'll look up the names of the apps I did find in a little while and post them for you.
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I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)
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I cant figure out what process is Kidzone either, but i think the T-Mobile mall was called "AppPack" (MallLite-4.0.92.apk)
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also tried removing the app pack, and it does not remove "kidzone"
Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.
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Kidzone appears to basically be a locked down version of the home screen that only lets you turn on Youtube, Internet, Bejeweled, and T-Mobile TV from that screen. It requires you to setup a password for the lock screen. It appears to be built into sense. It's not really an application. Mostly a replacement lock screen. There's nothing "kid" about it honestly.
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Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?
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Is there a way to remove the shortcut from the app drawer?
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I second that request!
I made a thread in "themes and apps" about cleaning up bloat - still no luck on kidzone though.
I am fiddling around with dumping sense now, that will probably do it. I'll post back here if I can figure out how to make kidzone go away.
Meantime - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16739548#post16739548
okay - sorry to post after myself but I got rid of kidzone.
First, I restored a CWM backup I made right after root/busybox installation.
So, my phone state is fresh S-OFF/Root with SU & busybox installed.
It may be important to note that I did a factory reset to my phone just before S-OFF/Root & had a freshly formatted MicroSD card.
I then installed ADW Launcher from the Market, and hit my "home" key. Selected "Use Default" and chose ADW Launcher.
Now my phone defaults to ADW as it's launcher.
I then installed "Absolute System" from the Market, and used it to remove "HTC Sense"
Closed out Absolute System, then scrolled between all 5 ADW desktop screens, powered down the phone, then powered up again. (*NOTE fastboot = off)
Booted fine, was able to ditch sense without issue, and KIDZONE IS GONE!
As always, make sure to do a fresh system backup before messing with anything like this, but Kidzone is linked to sense, and replacing sense with another launcher will remove it.
HTC Sense was the only app removed from the phone, and I haven't checked everything to make sure it works yet, but no HTC crash report to send, and no force close issues. (yet - to be determined)
I've been itching to ditch sense since I got the phone, and this was my first quick test at it. Works good so far.
Edit to add:
Checked the "personalize" option at the top of the "settings" list. This just brings you back to the main desktop, doesn't throw an error.
I knew this one thing would be messed up somehow after ditching sense, but the fact that it doesn't make a problem and just closes the menu is fine by me.
I'll spend the rest of the day testing out my phone without sense to see how it runs. I'll post back how it went tomorrow.
Edit - 11/01/2011:
When I said "without sense" I meant without the sense launcher. I expanded on and clarified that in another thread (that app thread) but never cleared it up here.
To fully remove sense is one heck of a project, and will take much more then just switching your launcher.
This is great info - but with this last method - can you still use the stock/factory camera app? Is the camera fully functional, it might not be a big deal to some but would be cool to retain full factory camera functionality.
Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk
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Wow, feels like going back in time -
Yep, stock camera app works fine.
It's tied to sense, and there is no true AOSP ROM out there yet, so pretty much no matter what you do you should keep stock camera functionality.
Actually, keeping the stock camera functionality/app is the main reason why there is no AOSP ROM yet, it's been generally decided that losing that would be...undesirable.
Kidzone is part of Rosie.apk, which is the Sense launcher. You lose it once you switch to another launcher (adw, go, etc...) and uninstall rosie.apk
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Exactly.. + 1 for blue.
Sent from my Senseless Doubleshot using xda premium
I don't know If I'm in the wrong place. But I would love an answer to some of my questions. If anyone could assist me I would be very appreciative.
I have restored my Nook Color to an earlier version 1.0.1, it came with firmware 1.2, I then used the latest Auto Nooter for firmware 1.0.1;
After doing so, I installed some basic apps, dolphin HD, file manager, live wallpapers, ect.
Some of these apps appear to be very glitchy. Force closing, and LauncherPro will not orientate screen position correctly when a Live Wallpaper is installed.
I am now wondering If I have gone about this root in the best way, and used the best mod.
What is the best root for the Nook Color at this point in time? there are so many confusing instruction guides, and several are different, so I do not know which one to do as they seem to change daily. I continue to get sent to different guides that make no sense to me.
I am sending this device to a friend for Christmas, they live in another state, she is not nearly as tech savy as me, haha, and she cannot mess with any of this once it gets to her. So I want to get all this done with before I send it. I want to use a very user friendly mod, and so far the one I have done seems to be really easy, but a bit glitchy.
I have a couple of questions if someone could clarify I'd be super grateful.
1.) What's the difference between the Auto-Nooter method? and the CM7 mod's?
2.) Can I install custom kernals or rom's from my AutoNooted, Nook?
3.) How come I do not have, and cannot access Rom Manager? ( I search it in the app market and only find the Premium version. It is not installed on my Nook already)
4.) Is there any way to find out why the Live Wallpaper is messing up? - Answered: LauncherPro seems to be the culprit.
5.) How can I access my launcher settings? I have downloaded 2, LauncherPro and ADW, yet I cannot seem to access settings for either of them.
I've finally got round to rooting and putting on a custom ROM on my TF101 after 2 years of ownership! Does anyone have a link for the original (or updated) dayscene live wallpaper for the TF101. I've googled it and I've had problems installing a few of the ones I've tried.
The only one that works for me is the updated one on Galaxy 10 thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638541] which looks good in landscape but is "letterboxed" in portrait if I scroll to a left or right Homescreen.
BillBong said:
I've finally got round to rooting and putting on a custom ROM on my TF101 after 2 years of ownership! Does anyone have a link for the original (or updated) dayscene live wallpaper for the TF101. I've googled it and I've had problems installing a few of the ones I've tried.
The only one that works for me is the updated one on Galaxy 10 thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638541] which looks good in landscape but is "letterboxed" in portrait if I scroll to a left or right Homescreen.
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Check your inbox, I sent you a link. Reason I keep it private is I'm not sure of the implications of this backup, since it's somewhat of a built-in app and I don't want to send a backup to the open.
This is a Titanium Backup Pro (5.6.0) backup dump from the original stock firmware. You should be able to restore it through the non-pro version as well. Your problems could also be with the ROM you're using, assuming different settings/configs/versions for the entire GFX part.
I'm using the latest Asus stock rom + root and I have no issues whatsoever with 10+ live wallpapers, so I would tend to think the issue is with your ROM.
Let me know how it works out!
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Check your inbox, I sent you a link. Reason I keep it private is I'm not sure of the implications of this backup, since it's somewhat of a built-in app and I don't want to send a backup to the open.
This is a Titanium Backup Pro (5.6.0) backup dump from the original stock firmware. You should be able to restore it through the non-pro version as well. Your problems could also be with the ROM you're using, assuming different settings/configs/versions for the entire GFX part.
I'm using the latest Asus stock rom + root and I have no issues whatsoever with 10+ live wallpapers, so I would tend to think the issue is with your ROM.
Let me know how it works out!
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Thanks for taking the time out to do that : )
I've downloaded and I'll try it through Titanium in the next couple of days and let you know how it works. One thing I noticed is the file size seems pretty small but maybe that's a Titanium compression thing? I'll let you know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638541
@ Lethe6
I tried to restore through Titanium (I have the PRO version too) and it imports the file successfully but then when it tries to restore, it just sticks on the spinning icon forever. First I thought it was because the files inside the zip are pretty big but I left it for over 10 mins and it was still "restoring" when I got back so I killed it. I tried it through the "alternative" restore option it suggests if the first one doesn't work but no luck there either. (I'm on the EOS JB ROM so I don't know if that's a factor).
Thanks for sending it anyway.
@ *Detection*
That's actually the one I've downloaded and was using (and referenced in my post) . It's fine in landscape, but in portrait it's cut off on the sides so I've got a black strip on either side when I scroll to one of the other homescreens. Not the end of the world but annoying all the same! I think it's optimised for the Tab which has a different screen res.
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@ Lethe6
I tried to restore through Titanium (I have the PRO version too) and it imports the file successfully but then when it tries to restore, it just sticks on the spinning icon forever. First I thought it was because the files inside the zip are pretty big but I left it for over 10 mins and it was still "restoring" when I got back so I killed it. I tried it through the "alternative" restore option it suggests if the first one doesn't work but no luck there either. (I'm on the EOS JB ROM so I don't know if that's a factor).
Thanks for sending it anyway.
@ *Detection*
That's actually the one I've downloaded and was using (and referenced in my post) . It's fine in landscape, but in portrait it's cut off on the sides so I've got a black strip on either side when I scroll to one of the other homescreens. Not the end of the world but annoying all the same! I think it's optimised for the Tab which has a different screen res.
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Ah damn sorry, totally missed your link in OP
If you're wanting the original one from the TF101, can't you grab a ROM from ASUS and extract it / custom ROM from one of the devs
EDIT - Just extracted a backup I had, not sure how long ago its from but it had the wallpaper you're after in system/app
.apk
http://localhostr.com/files/jM3sIAg/AsusDayScene.apk
.odex
http://localhostr.com/files/kIrvcTQ/AsusDayScene.odex
Don't know if you can just drop them into system/app and then reboot, or if they need modding, but worth a shot
So I am getting deeper into this foray of endless customization and loving it! I don't have many posts around here, but I have been on the boards reading and soaking up info for a year or so. I actually just flashed my first rom a couple months ago. So far I have tried Jelly 'Beans" and MOAR, both with some bugs that were probably my own doing (always clean flashed though). I've been using TWRP from the get go. Finally settled on CleanROM, which worked great for awhile (with PCB circuitry theme) but battery life started to deteriorate (have ktoonsez KT747 kernel but didn't mess around too much with those settings since I'm new to this).
Anyways, I'm trying RErick's TKrom b4.0, and I'm loving the battery life on that! Also want to mess around with Apex launcher some more as well. On to my question.... It's football season, and fantasy football is a big thing in my life right now, and I can't get the NFL mobile app to work correctly (everything works but the fantasy menus, even when just pulling that page up on the mobile browser). I've read a lot about this issue being caused by ad blockers, so I've tried renaming the host file in /etc/, to no avail. Clicking on the menus within the app or browser page does nothing. Any tips?
On some side notes, which probably belong in separate threads, I also get pretty spotty GPS performance all around, have tried calibration apps and tightening up the hardware, any tips from those who have gone through GPS issues before?
Also, I really like some of the icon packs and SeriouslyCrazy themes I've been checking out...with Apex launcher, is it possible to use those icons and themes on most TW roms?
Thank you for your attention gentlemen!
search xda for adaway, you can enable and disable ad blocking easy.
As for gps download gps status, hit menu, tools, manage gps state and download gps. then make sure gps is turned on go outside and wait a few minutes, you will see it show connected x/18(x is how many connected and 18 is example of how many available, both change but after about 3 or 4 connected your position should be close enough.
As for apex it will run is tw roms no problem so themes for it will work but themes for specific roms might not change apex theme, it just depends on what is changed and how in theme.
Good Luck
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel
I appreciate the help bro! I installed ad away from one of the threads here, seems like a good app and I was able to revert the host file, although still no joy on the nfl app. Everything else seems to work great on TKrom, although I haven't restored many apps while I wait to find a fix for NFL.
I do use GPS Status, and have good locks, so I think there might be some other issues at hand...going to try removing maps with titanium backup and reinstalling.
Good info about apex too...I have another question, to be more specific than my last one... Does apex have an option to change the icons for apps individually?
Did you make sure that location was checked in google settings, if not maps won't show. (There should be a separate app, not from within maps.
As for NFL app, I'll have to check it out and see if I can find out anything to help.
Apex is like Nova I believe and you can change the icon on desktop by holding and selecting edit then tap icon. As for the app drawer I don't remember how but they can be changed ( I flash a oOBlacknesSOo theme and it changes them ) but as for separately you'll want to ask a themer they are the visual dev's imo.
Hope you get it setup the way you want. I'll look into the NFL app and let you know.
update: NFL app runs good but fantasy section wouldn't do squat. I'll see if I can find a way around it.
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel
hey out of curiosity, what app are you talking about with gps status? ie specifically by which developer?
I see there are a few GPS Status apps in the store, but the one I use (and I'm pretty sure it's what bbolton is referring to) is by MobiWIA, since it has the same options described in that post.
I ended up switching to Jelly Beans 19, and NFL app works great, with fantasy menus as well (although I did still have to use ad away to disable blocking once).
I spent some time fooling with Apex launcher in JB, and saw that you can edit the icons and pick from app packs, and there is some drawer customization available as well. Going to keep testing themes, and would love to find one with a scrolling app drawer on the side of the screen.
JB 19 is working good for me now, especially for learning and testing, but if you do happen to come across anything with the NFL app I'd like to give TKrom another go. Thanks for all of the help!
BTW, I'm in Pensacola also