Hello, I've put this guide together to explain most of the tweaks that i see on each ROM's page, as i needed someone/something to explain those so i think most people would want what the heck all of those tweaks mean,cuz i was all like
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so they may look at the tweaks list like this.
1 - tweak 1
2 - tweak 2
3 - tweak 3
NOT like this:
1 - herp
2 - derp
3 - i have many tweaks, just flash the goddamn thing already =_=
UGH
This guide will include memes, and funny stuff because i can't go through a convo without using them, and hopefull they'll make this read a little less boring.
So here goes:
Optimized .9.png Images
basically put, a .9.png is an image with guides that tells Android where the image can be stretched and where the content will be placed inside the image. An easy example is a button, some fit only one word and others stretch across the whole screen and Android will put the text in the middle of the button. Optimized 9pngs mean less visual artifacts and more stability, as many people mess up when editing those and this can lead to android armageddon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21267311#post21267311
And5 2.3.durp - HTC Blabla.hurrdurr.herpderp - Runnymede
Runnymede is the codename for the HTC Sensation XE, basically when you see this it means that the ROM was based on the latest ROM of that phone, as HTC,logically, will deliver the fastest/latest updates to their latest phone, when a ROM is based on the latest, it is less likely to have bugs, and more likely to perform better (you're basically stealing the pamper HTC is giving to it's latest hugearse phone), the downside to this imo is that because the Base ROM wasn't designed for our device (HTC Desire S) then it's less likely to be battery/performance efficient as the ones specifically made for our phone, i could be wrong, It's like Taking windows se7en and dumping it on a vista-ready machine, if the analogy makes sense.
Rooted (Unsecured boot.img)
Rooting is the process by which you regain administrative access to your phone. Even though Android is an open source operating system you still don’t have full “root access” to do what you please. Back when the iPhone launched in 2007 the hardcore techies quickly realized the true potential of the device, and the cruel software limitations that Apple had sealed it with. What became ‘Jailbreaking’ on iPhone was quickly translated to other platforms as well, and when the world saw the first Android back in 2008, the term “Rooting” was born.
From my understanding an unsecured boot.img allows you to do adb remounts,which is necessary for some patches/derps to the phone
BusyBox 1.19.3
Busybox allows you or programs to perform actions on your phone using Linux (copied from Unix) commands. Android is basically a specialized Linux OS with a Java compatible (Dalvik) machine for running programs. The Android kernel is a modified version of the Linux kernel (that is why the Android kernel must always be open source). Busybox gives functionality to your phone that it does not have without it. Many programs, especially root programs such as Titanium Backup, require busybox to perform the functions of the program. Without busybox installed your phone is much more limited in what it can do.
Disable bootsound
See the....erm...Hear the music that plays when you boot up your phone? this tweak disables it, useful when you're turning on your phone in lectures or in exams.
Zipaligned, De-Odexed & Optimized
When devs say they optimized there rom or framework etc... It means they ran a tool such as apk manager (what I use) to compress all the images in an apk to be the smallest size they can get them without losing quality. This will speed up the build for maximum performance and less ram usage.
Other people say there apks are Reengineered. This means that there apks have all unused lanuages removed for even better performance.
Odexing means Apk files have respective odexes that devs use to supposedly save space. Deodexing means you convert it back to a .dex file and put it back inside the apk. This allows you to easily replace files (not having to worry about odexes). Odexed builds such as stock roms cannot be themed for the most part.
Zipalign is an archive alignment tool introduced first time with 1.6 Android SDK (software development kit). It optimizes the way an Android application package (APK) is packaged. Doing so enables the Android operating system to interact with the application more efficiently, and hence has the potential to make the application and overall the whole system much faster. Execution time is minimized for zipaligned applications, resulting is lesser amount of RAM consumption when running the APK.
/etc/init.d script support
Adds init.d support to the kernel, so you can run custom scripts at bootup, those are used for many stuff, including (but not limited to) auto-zipaligning, Almost ALL of the tweaks included in most Roms run here, they run on boot and do stuff.
add Nano editor
When getting used to the command-line, Linux novices are often put off by other, more advanced text editors such as vim and emacs. While they are excellent programs, they do have a bit of a learning curve. Enter Nano, an easy-to-use text editor that proves itself versatile and simple. Nano is installed by default in Ubuntu and many other Linux distros and works well in conjunction with sudo, which is why we love it so much.
This means that this editor has been recompiled (Ported) to work on android
add Bash (command shell)
basically, it's a shell used in terminal emulator that makes it easier to write scripts and commands and stuff. this would mainly be used by developers.
Extended Quicksettings
This means that the developer modded the systemUI.apk to add Moar options to the page here, Moar toggles, MOAR (because you can never have too much settings, solution? MOAR!)
Rosie/Notification Tweaks
These are tweaks for Rosie A.K.A Sense Launcher and sense's notif......Oh ok screw this
, What the hell is this again?
Beats Audio Mod
"People aren't hearing all the music.
Artists and producers work hard in the studio perfecting their sound. But people can't really hear it with normal headphones. Most headphones can't handle the bass, the detail, the dynamics. Bottom line, the music doesn't move you.
With Beats, people are going to hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should: the way I do."
Beats audio gives the beat to the music, this is an attempt to port the effect to other devices than the Sensation XE, Will sound best with an official Dr.Dre Beats Audio Headphone, but who can afford those? not me. it gives a nice effect though.
seriously though.
SuperUser
Its the program that requires you to give a program permission to run root functions. the thingy that pops up whenever a program asks for permission and prompts your highness if thou shalt allow thine app to aquire Root permissions.
I.e. keeps programs from messing up your phone without your permission
Ultra Smooth Rosie mod applied!
All sense 3.x ROM's have a smoothness problem during page scroll, its always eratic and never locked in smoothness, this is caused by HTC's 3D widgets taking their toll on the GPU especially when populated with data
However if you press home and scroll back to the default screen you notice all the widgets gets frozen/flattened and scrolls back at liquid locked 60fps smooth, You will also notice that the 3D carousel home screens are seen in the background, this mode is called QuickScroll
What these mods will do is invoke QuickScroll during normal page scroll and eliminate frame rate issues caused by the 3D widgets, its available in two flavors:
Super Smooth Rosie:
This will keep the 3D widgets in the intial screen you begin scrolling from and freeze/flattens all the other pages until you stop scrolling
It will satisfy those who don't want to completely lose the 3D widgets
There might still be a very slight frame rate drop during the initial 3D flip depending on the complexity of the widgets.
This mod hacks the FxWorkspace.smali file
Ultra Smooth Rosie:
This mod goes even further by completely disabling 3D layered widgets by flattening and freezing all homescreens during scroll
The homescreens will still rotate in 3D space, only flattened
Liquid smooth locked 60FPS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302914
RCmix Tweaks
This app has tweaks mostly related to the UI on sense, you can switch themes and stuff, far as i know >o>
GPU rendered UI
Much of the discontent around UI responsiveness and animation smoothness in Android versions before ICS has revolved around the fact the OS does a lot of its rendering through software — meaning that the processor, instead of a dedicated GPU, is handling the visuals. That's an inefficient way to do things and takes away CPU cycles that could be used elsewhere, but the point here is that it's not in itself the cause for sluggish performance. If you have a fast enough CPU, you can deal with some software rendering without a hitch.
This fixes the problem by making the gpu go like this:
Which should make stuff quicker, this tweak is arguable though.
more : http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107995-the-truth-about-hardware-acceleration-on-android
Hope this has been helpful, there are tons of mistakes and misconceptions, and lots of stuff to be added, Thanks for reading.
and seriously, just don't x'D i'm only doing this 4 gr8 Justice
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Wow!! That's a long one!
I haven't been able to go through that in entirity but it looks informative. Will come back it and read the entire thing in detail soon.
Thank you for taking the time.
Sent from a Desire S powered by The Reaper.
bookmarked!! useful information for android newcomers like me
ammenRA said:
bookmarked!! useful information for android newcomers like me
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If you're a newcomer to android i'd suggest you read This guide, it's the best really
Welcome to android
if there are any other terms that you see vague, just write them here and i'll try to explain them XD
already download it my bro beat you to it..
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howdy peeps i have an idea of how maybe we could solve the speed issues with the hero rom but my programming skills have not reached java as of yet, i am learning as we speak, but heres my idea...
im thinking of a program that sits in the background that basically controls the priority of certain programs running on android like rosie.apk.
for instance if the home button is pressed not only is the rosie apk brought to the front but is given more cpu priority over other applications running which in affect should speed up delays. a bit like when you do it in task manager on windows.
i am trying to figure out how to write this with java and the android sdk but wondered what your views are on this and if anyone can actually implement this quicker and better than i will be able to lol
look forward to hearing your views
I think the problem with this is that processes in Android drop in and out of memory. So, for example, Rosie will be dropped out of memory to make way for the browser and a heavy web page. Applications that are dropped have their state saved, so when you go back to them you are taken back to the position you were in. However, big processes like Rosie take a noticeable time to get back to where they were.
I think the key to speeding up Hero is increasing "memory" so that processes don't need to get dropped. Hence why I've been looking for that elusive perfect Compcache build. If we can make 100Mb of usable memory work more like 200Mb or more, then that might do the business.
ahh i see, but would not doing this speed up the pick up time of the for instance rosie apk?i can see where you are coming from because if we had more memory we would not need to drop the rosie out of memory, im thinking tho if you had both more memory and a process manager it could be some speedy stuff...hmm
Changing process priority probably wouldn't help, because (using Rosie reloads as an example) there isn't a process to prioritise - Rosie isn't actually there any more to give increased priority to. Maybe you could give priority to the process that does the reload but the subjective speed increase would be I think negligible, because loading from sd or memory is going to depend on the speed of the memory, not how much processor grunt the reload process gets.
A nice idea but I think the way Android works would make it problematic.
cool cheers for the insight into android glad someone knows there stuff lets hope someone comes up with a working solution
hmmm. also i think that android itself is doing it's job not sooo bad. i can't imagine that loading back the rosie process is not getting enough cpu time, that would be a huge design failure ...
correct me if i'm wrong, but i really hope, that android is intelligent enough to do this on it's own.
Has there been any optimization of hero or just a straight port?
bademasta said:
hmmm. also i think that android itself is doing it's job not sooo bad. i can't imagine that loading back the rosie process is not getting enough cpu time, that would be a huge design failure ...
correct me if i'm wrong, but i really hope, that android is intelligent enough to do this on it's own.
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but what ur missing is that hero is not built for the magic with 192mb of ram is it now? so somewhere u are guna have to make some OPTIMIZATION
Android is very good at managing resources and applications...
Having developed some Android applications, I can't really think of a good way to improve on the current system. Perhaps all I could suggest is running a Manual Process Manager... and closing applications/Services which you no longer are using but are still running.
A quick tip would be, when you are running an application and no longer need it... use the back button, not the Home button.
If you use the Back button, the application will Destroy... the Home button will 'Pause' the application and assume that you will want to come back to it later.
Android maintains a chain of open Activities, you can keep opening new Activities and it will maintain the old one you were running in a 'Paused' State. If you keep moving forward and opening new applications, but never go backward... you will end up with a lot of things running... so each time you open something, it may need to free up some memory by closing an application that has not been used for a long time which is still in a paused state.
You could speed things up in that scenario by running a task manager and killing processors... or I usually just reboot my phone...
Here is a diagram which shows the Life cycle of applications. Services have a slightly different Life cycle.
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Hello,
Before tweaking Android to try to run Rosie properly, perhaps we can try to optimize Rosie ?
For example, in the first roms we found here, Rosie.apk was about 4Mo. Now in the Qtek 1.2 swap, it is only about 690Ko. Here, we can find a 330ko version.
But perhaps some people can do the same job to optimize all the UI of Rosie, i think about all the widgets ,the browser, the keyboard ...
The more lighter UI Rosie is, the less memory Rosie need ?
Scargoll.
I did that but it's not finish yet. i just use a png optimizer so i can make every apk a bit smaller but my problem is that i don't really know how to sign an .apk file
when i know how to do that will have an fully working hero rom with compcache about 60 mb ...
MarcoNieddu said:
I did that but it's not finish yet. i just use a png optimizer so i can make every apk a bit smaller but my problem is that i don't really know how to sign an .apk file
when i know how to do that will have an fully working hero rom with compcache about 60 mb ...
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Good news !!!
I don't know how to sign apk files, but i found this, perhaps this can help ?
http://www.anddev.org/signing_your_apk-application_for_release_keytooljarsigner-t3069.html
Scargoll.
I follow this tutorial more than 3 times now. when i want to install the signed apk to my phone there ist always an error -- > can't install ...
You're trying to install an app that's already running. You need to flash it with an update.zip+script or copy it with ADB when your device is in fastboot.
Ill see if I can optimize rosie's images, I brought down the HTC_IME size down by 25% just by optimizing the png images.
Sizes of the IMAGES in rosie.apk, not total size.
141 KB smaller than the original. Good result if I say so myself!
bump.
No one wants to continue? I'll optimize any image I can find and reduce the size of all images by 20% as well ending up with a probably faster running phone
Can you post directions on how to optimize???
A lot of people have already done some work trying to optimise Rosie. Speaking personally, the ne thing I always do when I install a new Hero build is to push the Rosie from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532822
onto the phone. It's the stablest I've found that manages to do everything in a small-ish footprint without making it crash prone and buggy. There's a 300-odd K one in the same thread that I've never been able to get to work. There's also a 300-odd K one that came with Drizzy's 1.2 Hero release which was buggy - his next release took the file size back up to 3.5Mb!
tl;dr: there are already optimised Rosies, but not all of them work particularly well.
Has anyone been able to tweak the drivers to get slightly better fps or anything?
briggs81 said:
Has anyone been able to tweak the drivers to get slightly better fps or anything?
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I wonder this too.
sibbor said:
I wonder this too.
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My main phone is an HTC device running Android on sd card.. developers were able to get the fps to run up to 24, which is about 6-7 lower then a stock Magic.. not bad.. for a 2 year old phone!
Perhaps when other things are going smoothly someone with that type of knowledge will be able to play with driver software or something.
I think right now, Magic users get about 27-29 fps.
Geek 4 Me is proud to release
Fresh Toast v1.1 by toastcfh and flipz
First off let me remind everyone that this is a dev rom. Meaning it is a proof of concept type rom and is NOT going to be fully functional. This is built on the .27 kernel which means no camera and no light sensor (causing bottom lights to not come on). With that said...!
New features in 1.1:
Full scaling overclocking. You can now use setcpu to set the speed. Anywhere from 245mhz to 767mhz - toast. Thanks to phh and maejrep for their help. Download setcpu from the market for $1 or free here. Note: When you set it up and asks for device, scroll all the way to the bottom and pick custom!
BFS (Brain **** Scheduler) version 316 has been added and customized. This dramatically reduces latency on the phone. While it doesn't increase benchmarks it will really increase the usability and smoothness of the phone. Go here to learn more. -- toast. Thanks to maejrep for help.
Fixed apps2sd and ext4 not working together
Removed AutoKiller. It will likely still show up on peoples phones because it's on your /data/ partition but I decided to remove it after I realized it was reporting location and who knows what else. I already created a modified version that leaves the ads for the developers sake but strips the Flurry reporting however it's not playing nicely with installing. I'll get an update.zip posted when I figure out it's problem. -- flipz
Found and fixed a bug in HTC/Sprints code that was causing 99% cpu usage, draining battery, and causing overall slowness. This bug doesn't seem to affect everyone however it was affecting me big time. It exists in every Sprint 2.1 RUU based build. --flipz
Features:
Custom kernel -- toast
OVERCLOCKED to 767mhz -- toast, with help from phh and madcoder
Compcache and ramzswap enabled -- toast and flipz (? and ? if you don't know what they are. **read warning below)
Ext4 support -- toast (has many benefits over ext3. ? for more info)
Fixed vanilla lock screen (including airplane mode/emergency call glitch) -- flipz
Some modified artwork (toolbar and selector, because toast loves it) -- flipz
Newest autokiller (more info on this app: http://geekfor.me/faq/autokiller)
Disabled home screen menu from popping up when using menu button to unlock --flipz ( patch to disable menu to unlock if you prefer: http://geekfor.me/fixes/bugfixes-requests-lock-screens)
Uses Fresh Rom 2.0d as it's base so all other fresh rom features are in here -- flipz
Not working:
Camera
Light sensor (causing bottom lights to not come on)
Please don't ask when these will be fixed. The short answer is they require the new kernel to work on Android 2.1, however we can't enable all these cool features on the new kernel until we get the source from HTC... again. But as always, toast is working on fixes. So buy him some coffee.
Compcache/ramzswap questions:
How do I make it work? Your sdcard must be partitioned with a swap partition. Most anyone running apps2sd will have this already. Other than that it's automated.
How do I know if it's working? Open an adb shell and type in "free". If you have "swap" listed with any numbers next to it, it's working.
What is required to run it? A class 6 sdcard is highly recommended for speed and stability
How do I disable it? Just delete or rename the script at /system/etc/init.d/compcache.sh to anything else and reboot
**Will this wear out my sdcard? Just like apps2sd, ramzswap puts extra strain on your sdcard. If you are using a decent sdcard then it shouldn't be a problem. Many professional grade HD video cameras use sdcards as their medium, and they don't burn out. If you are using a low quality card then this may cause it to prematurely fail. Do not blame us. You have been warned!
Overclocking questions:
How do I know if it's working? This is hard to prove, other than to say you can run benchmarks and clearly see it. Any CPU applications (including setcpu and OC widget) are going to continue to report the stock speed of 528mhz. Full scaling IS coming soon which will allow you to select the correct max speed.
Will this hurt my phone? Toast and I have been running this for days with no ill effects, even when stress tested for hours. There were no crashes, no errors, and no significant heat gains. However, like always, you are doing this at your own risk and we can't be held responsible.
Do I need to use setcpu/oc widget? They will provide you 0 benefit. The phone has HTC's power manager enabled which means it will throttle up the CPU when it's needed, and throttle it down when it's not. As mentioned above, full scaling is coming soon which will allow you to adjust the speed through those apps if you choose.
Make sure you are using a temperature monitor if you are overclocking and watch your temps.
How do I flash this rom?
It is very likely that you can flash this rom on top of Fresh 2.0d without a wipe and have it work without any issues, however the following procedure would be recommended (assuming you have a class 6 sdcard).
Boot in to RA and do data wipe
Format your sdcard with 32mb swap, 512-1gb ext2, and the rest fat32
Convert ext2 to ext3, and then ext3 to ext4
Flash the rom and reboot
Download: http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-toast-v1-1/
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Yess been waiting on this bout to flash
You all are amazing.. Im downloading now.
by fixing the lockscreen vanila you mean you can change wallpapers? is it asop?
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by fixing the lockscreen vanila you mean you can change wallpapers? is it asop?
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No, sorry about the confusion. Just meaning it has the working vanilla lock screen including the fix where the emergency call button would show up after being in airplane mode. And no it's not AOSP, it's based off of fresh rom. It says that.
Goodnight all!
It does seem faster especially in sense
Love it and you all, in a very manly way!
You guys are bad ass, flashing now. Thank you!
BENCHMARKS
Best scores received so far Will be updating if I get better- Screen shots might be different
Linpack: 5.022 mflops
BenchmarkPi: 6298 ms
Neocore: coming soon
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How's battery life?
Yeah the question above me ^^^^^^^
Try it and see?
Technically battery life should be about the same as whatever you're getting now. The speed increase is 'on demand' so unless you spend all day doing cpu intensive tasks (and no, phone calls aren't cpu intensive ) you should be fine.
I'm going to wait for the .29 kernel source to be released before I play with this. Unfortunately I need my camera.
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BENCHMARKS
Best scores received so far Will be updating if I get better- Screen shots might be different
Linpack: 5.022 mflops
BenchmarkPi: 6298 ms
Neocore: coming soon
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Nice! Would you mind sharing your settings/setup? You are currently kicking my phone's trash.
Trying it just to give it a shot but not keeping it till I get a class 6 card. Noone in my area sells them. Max is 4 atm. Hate living in an area where technology can only be acquired online.
smw6180 said:
Try it and see?
Technically battery life should be about the same as whatever you're getting now. The speed increase is 'on demand' so unless you spend all day doing cpu intensive tasks (and no, phone calls aren't cpu intensive ) you should be fine.
I'm going to wait for the .29 kernel source to be released before I play with this. Unfortunately I need my camera.
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I spend all day using Google Nav
Costa276 said:
Trying it just to give it a shot but not keeping it till I get a class 6 card. Noone in my area sells them. Max is 4 atm. Hate living in an area where technology can only be acquired online.
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I am surrounded by retail stores and I only buy technology online. Amazon and Google Shopping are your friends.
I am enabling JIT now to see if I can get some more competitive benchmark scores.
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I am enabling .jit now to see if I can get some more competitive benchmark scores.
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Me too! Just waiting for it to d/l. 5MFLOPS just with the clock is amazing enough, I can't wait to see what it hits with JIT.
Mad props guys!! Nice work.. hope you guys can get it on .29 kernel
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Me too! Just waiting for it to d/l. 5MFLOPS just with the clock is amazing enough, I can't wait to see what it hits with JIT.
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I'm positive that Jus10o's scores are with JIT enabled. Without it, I can't even get close to those scores.
Was just wondering if anyone is excited as I am about this phone and if any roms could/will be developed for this model. I know Boost Mobile isn't a major carrier so development may get pushed to the wayside, but just thought I'd ask.
Thanks for any inquiries or info.
Now that the Boost Samsung Prevail has been actually released, I'm curious too as to whether this will be embraced by the community. At $180, along with inexpensive plans, I'd think this Prevail would be the equivalent to what the Nook Color is for tablets.
I too would love to see some action with this phone. As previously stated, being on an unlimited Boost plan at $50/month with shrinkage, I think this is the phone to explode in the Boost market. I can see many people getting this phone, such as myself within the next week, and would love to see something like CM7 available for it.
If this phone were rooted, and CM7 then made available I would pick up this phone in a heartbeat. I hope the devs pick up on it.
I am ready to test
I have been playing with cooked ROMs for year.
I am ready to help testing if any chef is interested.
There was just a custom rom beta released last night.
Several users are using it and have so far reported no problems.
Good stuff is soon to come
For up to date information on Prevail development join us on IRC.
irc.FOSS-net.org #prevail
Hey Ravious you said there was a rom Any Links or locations
Google works wonders You'll have to beg CyanogenMod though to even touch this thing I bet
If someone had the stock rom on their device, can they back it up and post it so i can download the file? I would prefer the rom before the update.
Shabbypenguin and the Android Creative Syndicate
are proud to present to you
ShabbyMod
0.7
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dont mind the blue tint, shootme has some issues with yalls phone
Alright lets get to the nitty gritty of it all, this is the thread where all 0.x-1.x versions will be released, as it stands right now this is nothing more then just a glorified stock, but its better then that . deodexing the rom allows for easier themeing so i want to see some creative **** start to flow in.. yall dont want me making themes... anyways down to the goods
I want to apologize to anyone that was affected by version 0.5, i want to say thanks for teh support ive received during these past few days. as you can see ive decided to continue on doing what i can for yall. on that note it has been brought to my attention that i should include a disclaimer:
This is a product designed outside of samsung, i do not have the resources to make sure it is "bug-proof" (apparently they dont either.. but thats another story). as such by installing this software YOU accept responsibility for your actions. if anything does happen i will try my best to assist you, but i cant promise anything. as such i try my very hardest to make sure things work just great before they ever get put out in the public
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Changelog:
0.7
- Introducing slim and loaded, you decide how you want your phone to look
- added a new browser that adds these new features
incognito mode
faster rendering
removed window limit
should lower "checkerboarding"
User agent - Change the user strings to desktop/iphone etc etc make it so you can view the full websites by default hit menu, settings, scroll all the way down to advance
- Now has the latest in malware protecting (yes even the gingerbread malware apps)
- Loaded is 57MB's while slim is only 48MB's compared to the 87 that is stock
Sped up media scanning
0.6
- Now with more 3g!
- Optimized frameworks a bit more
- Removed bash and nano due to issues
0.5
- added GPS tweaks
- added ad blocking hosts file
- enabled ADB on boot
- increased max window manager events to 60 (smoothness increase)
- several other build.prop tweaks
- Code cleanup
- Added bash and nano to shell
0.4
-Deodex'd
-Zipaligned
-Bloat removed
-Pre-rooted
-Enabled stagefright
It's not much i know, but gimme some time guys, its a start ya know
a factory wipe is recommended after flashing due to changing frameworks etc, but not required.. just runs better after a wipe
Now you may ask yourself whats the difference? well the difference is loaded comes with some nice apps and the full deal (email etc,) while slim loses apps that i think teh majority of users dont care much for like voice search or voice dialer as well as the email client.. (who doesnt use gmail anyways? )
Bugs:
Browser freaks out in landscape, im looking into it
Download:
Version 0.7-Loaded - Version 0.7-Slim
Version 0.6
Version 0.4
Add-ons
Media Pack
(adds new ringtones and notifications)
Credits:
Interdpth - For making root possible
ACS - For being a kickass team of like minded devs/themers/people
to all my beta testers for beta testing and risking their phones
To all those whom donate for their support!
Rodderik - for teh malware patch
k0nane - for so much help along the way
What did you use for a custom recovery? I have root access on my prevail.... but now what =)
I went ahead and installed this on my phone despite not having recovery or a stock image if things go south =/ it worked just fine tho. The only issues I have noticed is the browser does not render when I tilt my phone, it does not expand it. Also on some webpages the buttons for submitting do not appear. But otherwise NICE job! Appreciate the rom and any future ones!
versions 0.8.5 is out btw, sorry i dont post on here often since xda doesnt like prepaid carriers
has anyone noticed yet that you are not able to get into the service mode to change the msl???
i think there s some apk's missing for it to work
would it be possible to put them back in so the phone can be reconfigured?
How is there no stock ROM yet?!
I have been using the v.9 loaded version of this ROM on my Prevail and everything seems to be running fine. I use the 3G speed tweek and it all is pretty good for me. Shabby Penguin has done a splendid job for this little device and I look forward to some further developement with this phone.. Like in the first part of this thread someone had mentioned how nice this little phone is with the shrinkage plan, etc. good buy for someone on a smaller budget that wants an affordable smartphone with the capabilities of being rooted and customized. Great work Mr. Penguin!
ps. PM me for the speed tweeking link if you need it since this one of my first posts on here I can't refer links until I am a little more talkative, so it seems.
Shabby Mod
Well I installed this mod and things went south...really south. Been trying to flash it with the stock rom except it's NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. Can someone lend a helping hand?
look up Odin Recovery ED13 will bring you back to stock
Does anyone know if the AAA password really is unique for each phone and if I'm totally screwed by not having it? I can't for the life of me get 3g on my phone now and I have a feeling the AAA password is involved. Google doesn't help too much, some say to call the provider and ask for it, others say it's unique to each phone and you're screwed if you lose it. In any case, I tried asking Boost Mobile for it and they pretty much had no idea what I was talking about.
I feel like shooting myself, I'm on my way to my third Prevail in two weeks.
How to root Samsung Prevail
I am still trying to find out how to install the root. Would you mind doing some baby steps with me? The root looks good and I would like to try it.
[Nov-04-16, 4.4.4, v1.8.0] LeapDroid - Fastest Android Emulator & Game Player for PC
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#1 Android Emulator by Android Authority
http://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-emulators-for-pc-655308/
Leapdroid Game Player is the Fastest Android Emulator and Virtual Machine in the world
I am one of the first few guys that released Android vm back in 2010, and now funded by VC, we have put together a very strong team to further develop and improve the vm into a robust product, called LeapDroid, our first version has just released: http://www.leapdroid.com
With LeapDroid, you can play Android games or any other Android Apps on Windows PC, in a very fast way using our unique LeapGL and Virt Fiber I/O technologies. It is highly compatible with a lot of games, and we will support GLES v3 soon.
Updated on Nov-04-2016:
We (the whole team) are joining Google, and LeapDroid development is discontinued. Thanks for all of you that have been using our Leapdroid emulator !
Updated on Sep-26-2016, version 1.8.0.0 released:
(1) Improve APK installation, path with spaces is now supported
(2) Fix Little Big City 2
(3) Bug Fixes
GitHub tracking issues:
https://github.com/leapdroid-team/leapdroid/issues/
Media Coverages:
http://www.androidauthority.com/leapdroid-review-703665/
http://androidcommunity.com/leapdro...astest-android-emulator-for-your-pc-20160711/
Features:
(1) Android 4.4.4 image
(2) x86 and ARM apps support
(3) GLES 1.1 and GLES 2.0 support
(4) Windows Direct X engine, in addition to host OpenGL
(4) Host IME support
(5) Key mapping
(6) text copy and paste between android and host
(7) Drag and drop apk installation
(8) GPS support & seamless Pokemon Go support
(9) Rooted out of the box, and adb remount support
and many more
Upcoming Features:
(1) Copy/Paste files between android and Windows host
(2) Camera
(3) Non VT performance improvement
(5) OBS Streaming
(5) GLES v3 support
(6) Android 6 Marshmallow
Performances (Leapdroid simply beats all competitors, period!):
This is my default emulator now. Keep up the good work.
kinda like BlueStack?
BatDroid said:
kinda like BlueStack?
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Yes, it's an Android virtual machine, similar to BlueStaccks,. We have compared the benchmark scores, and Leapdroid is the best on market, please give it a try.
We have much better architecture and technologies compared to others, and feel confident to come out as #1 Android emulator. We have a new OpenGL forwarding technology, called LeapGL, and a virtual fiber between android vm and the host machine, which results in ultra high performance. The benchmark scores we got from our vm is very close to native execution speed.
We have github account here, will release some source code.
https://github.com/leapdroid
look forward to Linux version.
Yes, we are working on a Linux version too.
To give you some ideas on our performance, we run BlueStacks and our Leapdroid on the same physical PC, with exactly same configurations. We use AnTuTu 6.0, and the scores are shown in the attached images. The larger the score is, the better the performance is.
it's 156141 (LeapDroid) vs 122794 (BlueStacks)
WTF? The installer provided stucks at 0
Sorry about that, our developer is looking into the issue. Can you try installing again? Also check if the md5 matches.
It's an offline installer, suppose not downloading anything during installation, so that progress bar is misleading, can you check if the file size is around 245MB?
would be nice if the installer says/ask where you're installing to instead of just installing. i also get an empty folder with unreadable symbol after its done installing that look like this C:\Users\SPeciaL\Desktop\ĸ‚矨搦\Leapdroid\VM
can i delete it?
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would be nice if the installer says/ask where you're installing to instead of just installing. i also get an empty folder with unreadable symbol after its done installing that look like this C:\Users\SPeciaL\Desktop\ĸ‚矨搦\Leapdroid\VM
can i delete it?
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Yes, you can delete that weird folder.
Look like the bug is to do with self extracting, can you put the exe file to a folder that you have write permission?
We wil release a new version next week.
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Yes, you can delete that weird folder.
Look like the bug is to do with self extracting, can you put the exe file to a folder that you have write permission?
We wil release a new version next week.
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? the exe is on desktop and i believe i have write permission?. i checked the properties and all it's not "read only" if thats what you meant. besides the weird installation there's also sound lag and kind of felt like echo. the graphic also isn't as clear as bluestack (i used it before it always stuck initializing) and memu.
1st
tried to find and remove all traces of LeapDroid: don't know whether was 100% successful.
2nd
ran installer again. Got error message
but the mentioned folder doesn't exist.
I gave up wasting my time with LeapDroid ...
Suggestion:
Please, I believe the user should always have the choice to avoid "installations", therefore, I'm asking for "Leapdroid-Portable" version.
Such version should always be released alongside the major Leapdroid releases.
When I say "Portable", I mean a self-contained directory with all the settings/things/other you need to run Leapdroid (so, your android emulator can become really portable....aka fully contained on your beloved USB-DataKey).
No weird directories spread on your disks, no infinite amount of obscure registry-keys, no problems when trying to uninstall/reinstall....
....just a directory, full of your stuff.
As jwoegerbauer pointed out, the uninstall process is always a sensitive matter.
What's easier than uninstalling just "deleting" a folder?
some more experiments and it seems to be able to run apps that i couldn't on other emulators, fate grand order for example and also smoother despite sound issue (clash royal). i'd also like to hide sidebar if possible but nice stuff for first version!
Report here:
leapdroid can't run seven knights games and vpn apps
also please add more features like install apk - config resolution - orientation change.
Might want to move the shared folder default location to a more known place like MyDocuments or something. Couldn't find it anywhere so I had to check vm1.vbox and it turns out it was in "C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\yiwanzhushou\shared". It's the best way to transfer apks and other files to the Android machine, so it should be in place where your average user can access it quickly without much thought.
Already comes rooted which is always a plus. Would be nice if you could customize WASD keymap, but it isn't a big deal right now.
I don't play that many FPS intensive games, but overall they do feel smooth. Sadly I couldn't get シノビナイトメア / Shinobi Nightmare (jp.co.gu3.samurai) and Tales of Link (com.bandainamcoent.tolink_ww) to work (game starts but there's a black screen and you can't do anything), but since MEmu and Nox can't run them as well I wasn't expecting this to do it, so far only BlueStacks has been capable of running them without issues in my machine.
Also this is just my personal opinion, but I don't think the emulator should come with preinstalled "game installers". Unless you're being paid to put them there, I don't see why some random crappy games must be forced down my throat when I have no interest in them. Needless to say the first thing I did when I saw them was to uninstall them. If I wanted the game, I'd go get it myself.
Thanks for testing and those feedbacks. I hate installation issues too, and we will resolve them in next release. We take user feedbacks seriously.
These couple of weeks we have fixed more compatibility issues to cover more games, we will make sure all games reported here got supported in next few releases.
Please test more, and leave feedbacks. Appreciated!
How to install my own apk
I have played Critical ops on your product, it runs smoothly, key mapping works perfect. But it seems I can only download games from google play store, I didn't find any button or settings with APK install.
BTW, your product boots so fast, less than 5 secs on my pc.
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Hey people,
I want to introduce you a suite of Android apps I've created under the Simple Mobile Tools brand. As of writing this it contains 13 apps: App-launcher, Calculator, Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Draw, File-manager, Flashlight, Gallery, Music-Player, Notes, Thank You.
They are all open source, contain no internet access, no unexplainable permissions, no ads. That makes them perfect not only for the casual users, but also for the privacy concerned ones. They are available on f-droid too, sources are on Github. They contain customizable colors (including the app launcher color), dark theme is used by default.
I created them 2 years ago and by now they have roughly 6 million downloads together, so they are fine-tuned for the most part already, it isn't something fresh and rough that just came out of a school project. I'm actually working on them even more than full-time by now, so they can't just disappear or become abandoned. They are translated in up to 32 languages, translations are done by volunteers. The most popular app is the Gallery, the next ones are Calendar and Contacts.
Google keeps pushing developers to be more transparent with handling user data and they will also make their requirements more strict this year. App updates will have to target SDK 26 (Android Oreo) starting November 1 and while my apps are already doing that, it will cause a lot of troubles to other big players. Among many other things they will have to implement runtime permissions and not take every listed permission granted by installing the apps. That is one of the reasons why I think my apps have a tremendous potential.
Even though I have published app privacy policies as needed at Google Play, many people ask me what data do I collect. Well, since the apps are offline, I'm not collecting any data whatsoever. And since there are no ads, there are no marketing companies tracking you either.
The great benefit of using the apps isn't just the security, but also the consistent user experience, that I miss so much in Android. In my apps I'm reusing as much as I can. Not just actual functions, but also icons, actions, sometimes whole screens. Whenever possible, I'm using the Material icons provided by Google, so they should look familiar and you shouldn't be wondering what will happen once you press them.
Instead of typing out everything here, let me redirect you to my Medium article Why did I create Simple Mobile Tools.
I wrote an article about the first 2 years of my journey at Medium too, it is called 5 million downloads on 2nd anniversary. What now?
In case you want to read some user feedback, a Reddit article has been written too by a user (I'm not involved in that at all).
There are many new features/bugs/improvements/apps on the roadmap and while I already have around 20k installs a day, the best is yet to come!
Stay tuned,
Thanks!
( First ? )
Good to see you on XDA, indeed.
Thank you for keeping your software clean, with no analytics, no tracking, no data mining, and also for the enormous amount of work over the years. ( Been following on GitHub for a while. )
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tibbi2 said:
[IMG="Simple Mobile Tools cover image"]!
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Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*
Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned
tibbi2 said:
Ye improving those is on the roadmap, stay tuned
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I found this thread after sending you the mail. [emoji28]
Is good to see that the answers are so fast
Tapatalked with A8 2018
Working on Simple Webbrowser?
not really, a browser wont be added anytime soon
Great work on the apps.
One small thing I've noticed, in the Gallery app, list view.. There is a minor misalignment in the thumbnails. Hopefully that's an easy fix?
Otherwise really nice, keep up the great work.
of course, there are Donation links mentioned everywhere. It is at https://simplemobiletools.github.io/donate/
Thanks
Beautiful Icons
Really love those icons. Pretty
the stranger94 said:
Hi, I was looking for a substitute for quickpic (best gallery ever unfortunately buy and let die by cheetah mobile). Simple gallery lately have improved a lot but have some big lackness to be good as quickpic.*
Here the problems that quickpic doesn't have:
1- can't rotate image using simply two finger. //*
2- when you move an image from internal storage to SD (and viceversa) it change the date of editing, if you use that to order it will be the first. Make it optional //*
3- when you edit and image it change the edit data and the image became the first if you use it to order. Make it optional*
4- slow loading time. //
I really, really hope this will can be my the sostituite to all people still use quickpic even if it's not updated in years
I also suggest to add the possibility of draw in the photo editing.*
Good luck with this beautiful app.*
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Any progress with these?
Tapatalked with A8 2018
Hey, some of those things have already been fixed, but you will have to get the Pro version at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro . Im working on rotating with gestures already, it just isnt that simple. Im getting there step by step, some initial implementation might be added in 6.5.0 released soon.
Will you be updating Simple Camera or it will turn into a pro app?
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I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.
tibbi2 said:
I dont really want to work on that app. There are so many things handled differently per manufacturer and per OS version that I just cannot make it work reliably. Now that there are devices coming with multiple cameras, Im actually always further from making it a compelling app.
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Okay I understand.
It just a shame that there are not any other Camera apps which are simple like Simple Camera that I know of.
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Great work man, love the philosophy and hard work behind your apps, been a long time user of simple gallery as I used to use quickpic (before cheeta mobile ruined it), and google photos sucks for quick offline use. Got simple gallery pro a little while back and I just got your thank you app too. Anyways, great work, glad to see you on xda, cheers!
thanks, enjoy
First I want to thank you for the apps. I've used most on and off over the past couple years. I currently use calendar and gallery only though.
My suggestion to you, from an end user, is to focus more on the style and layout of your apps. The clock, for example, doesn't resize to be large enough and forces info the user may not wasn't, e.g. PM...and contacts shoves things together, name and phone number, leaving lots of empty space yet cramped together info, calendar widget text size doesn't fit with event list though they're defined by the same setting. In other words, your use of negative space to create a more appealing look & feel to the app could use some work....please don't take this as a negative. Your work is much appreciated! Just constructive criticism.
ye sure, any feedback is appreciated. I will consider it, but for now I generally want to focus on the functionality. It looks not that bad Thanks
Could there be an option to show the actual size of an image in the Gallery application ? ( If there is, I haven't figured it out... )
It particularly affects small images, like pixel art or icons, that are blown up many times their size and distorted.