[Q] SKY ICS update 7 missing "select input method" - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Hello,
Has anyone noticed that you no longer have the "select input method" notification in update 7? I had it in update 4. When I went over to update 7 (and subsequently 8), that option is missing. So the only way to change input method is to go all the way into settings. The notification is available after the base zx install, but the update wipes it out. Is there a simple setting somewhere to turn it back on? I searched in this and the dev forums and cannot find it.
Otherwise it's a great ROM. Thanks dev!

This is a one time thing. U don't change input method all the time on the fly. It is a bug none the less, but one that may only bother a select few users... maybe only u

Did the dev explicitly say that? GB was long press in the input part to bring up the option to change input method. I'm pretty sure the notification is ICS's replacement, as the stock Nexus does this. You have to explicitly turn it off in a custom rom. Some kind of shortcut is needed for many many multi-lingual users. I use English most of the time except for a chat app. Don't have to have the notification if bothers others, but a shortcut to bring up the dialog should definitely be available.
seanzscreams, can you please comment? It's a great ROM and thanks.

freakius said:
Did the dev explicitly say that? GB was long press in the input part to bring up the option to change input method. I'm pretty sure the notification is ICS's replacement, as the stock Nexus does this. You have to explicitly turn it off in a custom rom. Some kind of shortcut is needed for many many multi-lingual users. I use English most of the time except for a chat app. Don't have to have the notification if bothers others, but a shortcut to bring up the dialog should definitely be available.
seanzscreams, can you please comment? It's a great ROM and thanks.
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If ur looking for dev feedback, comment in the rom dev thread, send a pm, or both. He probably won't see it here.

icenight89 said:
If ur looking for dev feedback, comment in the rom dev thread, send a pm, or both. He probably won't see it here.
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Geez, ice !! You ever sleep or what.! You are on almost all the threads !!
Lol!!

chappatti said:
Geez, ice !! You ever sleep or what.! You are on almost all the threads !!
Lol!!
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I get bored easily lol, xda is what keeps me entertained . My current goal is 3000 posts in the next two months and a 500+ thanks meter. Helping people is good

base to update changes a lot
I've noticed that the non-wipe updates on this ROM do change or eliminate some of the cooler features of the base. For instance, the settings in the base have the different colored, more detailed icons, while the update changes them all to boring blue.
As for the input method, I believe that in ICS, you change that under settings, language and input. In ICS, you can choose multiple keyboards or input methods, with one as "default". I haven't experimented yet, but perhaps the option to switch only shows up if you have multiple input methods selected? Can anyone verify this?
I'm new, so I hope this helps...
EDIT: Yeah, I tried checking off three different keyboards, but the long-press feature isn't there. Now I remember the notification bar change in ICS. The only way I can find to change the keyboard in this ROM is to go into settings and change the default. Not too bad of a task, but more tedious than before. There may be some shortcut apps in the play store that could help?

Isnt there an option on your status / menu bar... That's were it is in smooth ice
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icenight89 said:
I get bored easily lol, xda is what keeps me entertained . My current goal is 3000 posts in the next two months and a 500+ thanks meter. Helping people is good
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You'll make that in the next week.......!!

Thanks LPMatt and droid512. I know in most other ICS ROMs, including stock, the standard way to change input method is to use the little icon in the status bar. That's what I meant by "change input method notification". I also know you can always go through settings to change. To go through settings, I would have to get out of the app I'm using and it's a lot of hassle. Dating back to eclaire Android has provided the shortcut (used to be long press until ICS changed it to the notification/status bar). Looks like Sky ICS ROM latest update just disabled a standard feature, either intentionally or unintentionally. While icenight89 is quite knowledgeable in general, I think he's misinformed about the nature of the feature because he doesn't have to use different keyboards for different languages. It is indeed a standard feature in ICS, not a "one time thing" or bug. I don't have enough posts to post in the dev forum that's why I posted here to see if any other multi-lingual user of Sky ICS has encountered this. I have also PM'ed the dev.

I'm quite knowledgeable?? Aww shucks, thanks friend.
To be honest, u are absolutely correct, I am not a multi-lingual user so I did not even know this feature was present. Based on the discussion I assume your talking about a quick select shortcut from the drop down menu that let u change ur keyboard on the fly?
If that is so its quite possible and highly likely he disabled it in the latest update, as that feature would be present in either systemui.apk or framework-res.apk, all of which were updated in D-7. My advice? See if u can get D-6 off someone then flash the base, D-6 and then D-8 until he gets around to fixing it

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I'm quite knowledgeable?? Aww shucks, thanks friend.
To be honest, u are absolutely correct, I am not a multi-lingual user so I did not even know this feature was present. Based on the discussion I assume your talking about a quick select shortcut from the drop down menu that let u change ur keyboard on the fly?
If that is so its quite possible and highly likely he disabled it in the latest update, as that feature would be present in either systemui.apk or framework-res.apk, all of which were updated in D-7. My advice? See if u can get D-6 off someone then flash the base, D-6 and then D-8 until he gets around to fixing it
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See you just proved your knowledge in pointing out the 2 possible apk that is present I think D-8 probably has a new one so flashing D-6 then D-8 would overwrite it again. I'll see if I can pull those apk's and use rom kitchen to make a new one until he gets around to changing it. Who knows, it's possible he did it on purpose as i have seen people complain about it since ICS came out. Most non-multilingual users find it annoying. I actually do too. I prefer the old long press way! Thanks again.

nope, just checked. He only changed the framework-res.apk in the D-8 update. What i suggest you do is pull systemui.apk from the original base first and replace it with root explorer. If that fixes it then you can safely flash the new update rom kitchen just the one apk.

icenight89 said:
nope, just checked. He only changed the framework-res.apk in the D-8 update. What i suggest you do is pull systemui.apk from the original base first and replace it with root explorer. If that fixes it then you can safely flash the new update rom kitchen just the one apk.
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Got it. Will try. Thanks! How do you check what he changed btw? I've only done the basics in ROM kitchen.

Well tried to put systemUI.apk from zx2 base and didn't work. I guess I'll see if dev will respond or put it back in later. If not, I'll have to decide if the hassle is worth it or change to another ROM. Thanks everyone.

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[MOD] MAKE YOUR OWN THEME!! Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen

let me start of by saying I TAKE NO CREDIT for any of this... only think i did was discover this amazing thread.. (i've know about it for a quite a while now, but don't know why i hadn't decided on posting this here)
im only posting this thread here because not a lot of people in the cdma hero community know about this... and yes this should work with YOUR ROM, whatever that is you have.. seems to be pretty universal now...
here is the link to the main thread, with all credits going to the guys in the desire forum:
~~avreen~~Dr.DroidQliratu~~Mendozinas~~FightSpit~~nRosier~~trinityEon~~
CLICK HERE for Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen
I tried it, but all my gapps were continuously FCing so I had to nandroid back. I might try it again without notification settings (I only did part of those, so maybe that screwed it up).
Fyoolie said:
I tried it, but all my gapps were continuously FCing so I had to nandroid back. I might try it again without notification settings (I only did part of those, so maybe that screwed it up).
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are u installing this over a current theme?? are u adding any transparencies in the notification bar? what rom are u using? i've had the gapps FC before with this, but got everything worked out to where everything works perfect now..
I'm guessing CM 6 comes with a theme.. so I'm gonna say yes. I didn't make anything transparent, but I only did settings for part of the notification window.
What sucks now is that I nandroided back to a backup I made earlier today and it made everything like I just flashed CM 6 but LauncherPro kept FCing.. trying to nandroid again. :\
Edit: Can I choose sense icons without having a sense rom? If not, that's probably my problem.
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I'm guessing CM 6 comes with a theme.. so I'm gonna say yes. I didn't make anything transparent, but I only did settings for part of the notification window.
What sucks now is that I nandroided back to a backup I made earlier today and it made everything like I just flashed CM 6 but LauncherPro kept FCing.. trying to nandroid again. :\
Edit: Can I choose sense icons without having a sense rom? If not, that's probably my problem.
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sense icons are fine... i've used them before..
try this, flash cm6 again (do not wipe) just flash the same one ur using again.. then flash ur theme u made.. (do not flash gapps again).. then reboot
If I remember that kitchen gave me issues a whole back with the rs folders... open your apk and look in the res folder check to see if v4 was appended to any of the drawable folders, if so delete the v4 part in the name and resign it.
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Confirmed working on CM6RC1... Although not much in the way of theaming very limited but cool non the same. Very easy to use even for the beginner. What it changes should be pretty universal as long as you pay attention and choose the correct android version.
bk718 said:
sense icons are fine... i've used them before..
try this, flash cm6 again (do not wipe) just flash the same one ur using again.. then flash ur theme u made.. (do not flash gapps again).. then reboot
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I'll try this when I get my new sdcard in the mail. Not much room to work with right now and I don't need my apps all messed up again if it doesn't work. Just gotta remember to take my WoW Authenticator off my account before messing with it, two hours on hold was not fun this morning!
ASimmons said:
If I remember that kitchen gave me issues a whole back with the rs folders... open your apk and look in the res folder check to see if v4 was appended to any of the drawable folders, if so delete the v4 part in the name and resign it.
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I don't even know how to open an apk..
Used this to get the circle battery with CM 6.1 RC1, my only issue is that now it displays a big "Roaming Indicator On" on my lockscreen (where the "Sprint" would usually be), and the roaming triangle is showing up in the taskbar (even though I'm like 98% sure I'm NOT roaming). Anyone have a suggestion of how to get rid of this? Maybe something I did in the process of cooking up the zip? All I want is the stock CM6 pulldown/notification bar with the circle battery, and also have the option to turn off the power control widget in the pulldown.
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Used this to get the circle battery with CM 6.1 RC1, my only issue is that now it displays a big "Roaming Indicator On" on my lockscreen (where the "Sprint" would usually be), and the roaming triangle is showing up in the taskbar (even though I'm like 98% sure I'm NOT roaming). Anyone have a suggestion of how to get rid of this? Maybe something I did in the process of cooking up the zip? All I want is the stock CM6 pulldown/notification bar with the circle battery, and also have the option to turn off the power control widget in the pulldown.
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have you posted a comment about this in the thread in the desire forum? they seem to be really good with clearing up any issues quickly..
Searched that thread, found an answer. Working on it now.
SirRipo said:
Searched that thread, found an answer. Working on it now.
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It worked. If anyone has the same issue, make sure you pull the framework-res.apk from your ROM and upload it when it asks you to.
Sprint said no Froyo for Hero, I said eff that.
SirRipo said:
It worked. If anyone has the same issue, make sure you pull the framework-res.apk from your ROM and upload it when it asks you to.
Sprint said no Froyo for Hero, I said eff that.
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I've been toying around with it today, trying to do a couple header and footer tweaks the easy way! But everytime I've gotten to the end I choose my file to upload. It just sits there, won't let me hit next, and don't see an actual upload button. Oh well, I'll find another way to tweak up aospMOD.
EDIT: Firefox issues.
SirRipo said:
It worked. If anyone has the same issue, make sure you pull the framework-res.apk from your ROM and upload it when it asks you to.
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The issue comes from, I believe the ROM loaded on the site is actually from a GSM, so yeah, uploading the one right from your ROM works wonders.
So finally after reading page 2 of this I got it to work, lol. I was using the framework from the site, once I uploaded mine it worked! Although I chose to change my icons and that didnt happen, anyone else get this problem? Not to big of deal, the main thing I wanted was circle battery
cordell12 said:
So finally after reading page 2 of this I got it to work, lol. I was using the framework from the site, once I uploaded mine it worked! Although I chose to change my icons and that didnt happen, anyone else get this problem? Not to big of deal, the main thing I wanted was circle battery
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sometimes its easy to overlook a unticked box... once you've generated the icons you need to make sure that you have checked off that section.. its easy to forget to tick a box that you already generated, i've done it numerous times
bk718 said:
sometimes its easy to overlook a unticked box... once you've generated the icons you need to make sure that you have checked off that section.. its easy to forget to tick a box that you already generated, i've done it numerous times
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I did it again and this time I checked the "include icons" and chose G4 blue sense 3D. Again they didnt show up This time what happened was my icons that were blue tinted (running Extremely Blue) turned white. Same stock icons, just white instead of the blue tinted ones. Can I use the sense icons?
Thanks
If it makes a difference I also selected the white notification bar icons as well, H1 DeFrost.
That was it, only chose the G4 blue sense 3D this time and it worked perfect! Now I need to do it again as there are a few I dont care for and would rather have my blue tinted ones, like signal bars
Now I got it looking BAD-A$$!!
Question,
When attempting to modify the Status bar notification I dont get to see the progress I am making. It looks like the Kitchen is supposed to let me see what each mod will look like as I change things, shouldnt that checkered area to the right of status bar mod settings show a preview of what I a doing, while I do it?
EDIT>>>>> Nevermind, I found to click generate at the bottom of page
Thanks
Alright so I redid my phone last night (starting from scratch when I know a little more about this stuff is good ) and tried this again, got the circle battery mod and the status bar icons and it works great!
If it helps anyone, I uploaded my framework this time instead of choosing from the list.

[Q] 10% Battery icons for Tranquility 3.0

I've been trying to modify Tranquility 3.0 to use 10% increments instead of the default 20% with the icons found in this thread: 821606
(Apparently a link to another topic is an "outside link" and I'm not allowed to post it. Just replace this topic's ID with that one and you'll find the thread I'm talking about)
So far I've been able to boot with the correct icons but I get strange force closes and weird patterns, especially in the little loading bars and in the volume bars. It's odd.
I've attached the .pngs and .xmls I would like to use - can anyone build a working framework-res.apk for Tranq's dark theme to use these icons/xmls, or at least tell me where I've gone wrong in creating my own?
Sunblood said:
I've been trying to modify Tranquility 3.0 to use 10% increments instead of the default 20% with the icons found in this thread: 821606
(Apparently a link to another topic is an "outside link" and I'm not allowed to post it. Just replace this topic's ID with that one and you'll find the thread I'm talking about)
So far I've been able to boot with the correct icons but I get strange force closes and weird patterns, especially in the little loading bars and in the volume bars. It's odd.
I've attached the .pngs and .xmls I would like to use - can anyone build a working framework-res.apk for Tranq's dark theme to use these icons/xmls, or at least tell me where I've gone wrong in creating my own?
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No thread identified. But upload the tranquility framework and i'll try.
yawdapaah said:
No thread identified. But upload the tranquility framework and i'll try.
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Thanks, I appreciate it.
Sunblood said:
Thanks, I appreciate it.
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Be careful I don't have Tranquility so I can't test it. Use it at your own risk.
Thanks
http://www.mediafire.com/?4c2ynglf5bzzpk5
I'd be interested to know if it works out after the edits. On that note if you guys wouldn't mind if it does work I can get it off t oP3 so he could add it into his next update of TranQ.
will2live said:
I'd be interested to know if it works out after the edits. On that note if you guys wouldn't mind if it does work I can get it off t oP3 so he could add it into his next update of TranQ.
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Well if you have tranquility, you can try it out. I've already uploaded the file.
Thanks
yawdapaah said:
Well if you have tranquility, you can try it out. I've already uploaded the file.
Thanks
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Well I do have it and run it, but atm I don't have the device in my possession. I lent it to a friend to use as they are waiting for a replacement so I'm using one of my other devices right now. If I get it back prior to hearin or seeing as reply here I will check it out tho.
will2live said:
Well I do have it and run it, but atm I don't have the device in my possession. I lent it to a friend to use as they are waiting for a replacement so I'm using one of my other devices right now. If I get it back prior to hearin or seeing as reply here I will check it out tho.
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Thank you. I've been rom-whoring recently and have settled down with Fission . If I install tranquility, I'll test it myself as well. GL
Nope, not working - now I just have a bootloop. Thanks for the effort though - maybe someone else could have a go at it?
Your best bet is to take the original DX-Tranquility_3.0.zip and modify it then install it again. Since this ROM does not require a wipe.
I did have issues at first when I tried to extract the zip then make my changes, but this link helped me figure out how to do it through 7zip. Once you are in the correct location you can add your new images to the “drawable-hdpi” folder.
I have done this and added different battery icons, changed the notification bar and replaced the "Verizon Wireless" text.
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I added "stat_sys_battery_0.png" through "stat_sys_battery_100.png" in increments of 10 with 5 and 15 added but it is still reporting 20% increments.
L8
@ Sunblood: how did you install it?
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Your best bet is to take the original DX-Tranquility_3.0.zip and modify it then install it again. Since this ROM does not require a wipe.
I did have issues at first when I tried to extract the zip then make my changes, but this link helped me figure out how to do it through 7zip. Once you are in the correct location you can add your new images to the “drawable-hdpi” folder.
I have done this and added different battery icons, changed the notification bar and replaced the "Verizon Wireless" text.
FYI:
I added "stat_sys_battery_0.png" through "stat_sys_battery_100.png" in increments of 10 with 5 and 15 added but it is still reporting 20% increments.
L8
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I'll concur as that is the same thing I've done to make some changes to framework-res. Its actually pretty simple to do once you have the files you want to add, and know the location of where they need to be. Kinda just turns into a drag & drop and you are done.
As for the reporting of 20% increments like you mention. I asked P3 about it and it is a thing with the X and the way the software is done by Moto/VZW. He has yet to get it working to report in 10% increments even if you have the images there.
I have seen other ROMs report that have 10% increments working but my guess if they are once that are fully built from source which TranQ is not.
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@ Sunblood: how did you install it?
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Pushed to /sdcard with adb, moved to /system/framework/framework-res.apk with adb shell. Rebooted.
As for the 10% increments, that's achieved by editing the .xml that tells the OS what images to use at what battery percentage. Replacing already-used images is easy, but the .xml is encrypted. You'll have to use APKTool to decrypt it. The difficulty comes from re-encrypting properly.
You don't have to build from source to get the 10% working. I've done it for NexTheme and Revo for ApeX.
The file I uploaded was created via the same process. Only problem is that i'm not using Tranquility and can't test it. Furthermore, the level of P3droids mods may cause any changes to the framework to bootloop. I'll try to test it when I get home.
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/210016-nextheme-10-circle-battery-mod.html
yawdapaah said:
You don't have to build from source to get the 10% working. I've done it for NexTheme and Revo for ApeX.
The file I uploaded was created via the same process. Only problem is that i'm not using Tranquility and can't test it. Furthermore, the level of P3droids mods may cause any changes to the framework to bootloop. I'll try to test it when I get home.
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/210016-nextheme-10-circle-battery-mod.html
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first off that is good to hear seeing as I've been told otherwise by many different people. And seeing as I don't know enough in general to question them I don't.
That said if you are willing and had the time if you could PM me the info on what needs to be changed I'll try it out myself. Least of my concern is a bootloop or brick to be honest. I have anything and everythign I'd need to get it back running again no matter what happens as it is pretty much next to impossible to completely brick one of these devices as long as you don't mess up the actual bootloader which would not be an issue in this case.
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first off that is good to hear seeing as I've been told otherwise by many different people. And seeing as I don't know enough in general to question them I don't.
That said if you are willing and had the time if you could PM me the info on what needs to be changed I'll try it out myself. Least of my concern is a bootloop or brick to be honest. I have anything and everythign I'd need to get it back running again no matter what happens as it is pretty much next to impossible to completely brick one of these devices as long as you don't mess up the actual bootloader which would not be an issue in this case.
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Easy peasy. Long read but very simple process.
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/210021-how-10-battery-themed-framework-apks.html
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Easy peasy. Long read but very simple process.
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/210021-how-10-battery-themed-framework-apks.html
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Thanks give me something to mess with over the weekend while watching some football seeing as my golf season has come to a close iwth it being so dam cold around here already.

[Tweaks][KD1][UPDATED 9/2] Sduvick's Big Thread O' Tweaks v1.1 - PDT

As I continue to make random tweaks, they will be posted here.
All of these tweaks are built on KD1, you have been warned. It's possible that they may work on KG2, but I have not tested them, and it's very likely that they won't work on KG2.
All Tweaks v1.1 (Volume Tweak, Settings, Notifications, Joystick & 10 Second Notification LED Flash tweaks ):
http://www.multiupload.com/75796T1NQS
Volume Rocker vibrate and silent tweak
All credit to the original patch from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016556, I just added it to the framework.jar from KD1. This adds both the silent and vibrate options to your volume rocker, ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE VIBRATE SET TO "ALWAYS" OR "ONLY IN SILENT MODE" IN SETTINGS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS ONLY WORKS ON KD1.
I'm using/working on/with GingerClonev2, therefore I'm working with a KD1 framework.jar. If people care enough, I suppose I could patch the KG2 framework as well, but as of now it's bedtime, as I have to get up for work in the morning.
This should be CWM flashable, just flash and go, don't wipe, don't pass go, don't collect $200 (even if you really want to).
Download here: http://www.multiupload.com/MUGJMVX5PZ
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Full Bat & USB DEBUG & Joystick enable Tweak
This next tweak was just random stuff that bothered me. This will disable the "full battery notification" as well as the constant USB debugging notification.
Also, as the only real improvement with KG2 was the option to disable the optical joystick, this integrates that option into KD1, if you want to use this option, be sure to flash the Settings app below to control that option as well.
This may or may not work on KG2, if you're on KG2, test at your own risk, make a backup first
http://www.mediafire.com/?zovhjv3c8by2czi
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Settings Tweak
This is a settings.apk that has the DriveSmart, Notification Popup, Theme Manager, and Software Update menus removed, allowing the safe removal of those apps, as they are not really necessary/useful
This is a modified version of the KG2 settings, as it integrates the Joystick disable option, therefore it *should* work on KD1 and KG2. currently running on KD1.
http://www.multiupload.com/XYNOOBE0B0
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10 Second LED Flash Tweak
As Samsung decided we only needed 1 min reminders that we have something to look at, many people (including myself) missed notifications frequently. Well no more! This tweak will change the flash rate from 1 min to 10 seconds.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/HOUHT0KHOR
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Feel free to request tweaks, I'm always open to at least looking into it, be forewarned that more extensive tweaks may take longer, I reserve the right to refuse to work on requests, but usually, I'll try my best.
Requests List
Notification Popup Timeout
Hide top 10 option in MMS
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Lol, i can appreciate your humor.
Well that's good, cause that's the kind of humor that comes out when I'm dead tired, usually anytime I'm releasing stuff.
great job sduvick keep it up!
things can only get better from here im excited to see what you and teddy develop in the future!
Seems kinda scattered and unorganized. Might want to clean that up a bit. Otherwise, good Job.
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Dw: I need more constructive criticism than that. What specifically should I change to make it more organized?
i think he means like put each section in a gray box so it looks more organized by section instead of writing [volume].......[\volume] but i think its rather organized but could be a little better. if you just take the time to read then you can understand whats going on ha
I'l do that when I get home, was trying to post last night before bed
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i think he means like put each section in a gray box so it looks more organized by section instead of writing [volume].......[\volume] but i think its rather organized but could be a little better. if you just take the time to read then you can understand whats going on ha
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That's pretty much what I meant.
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Turns out, my brain doesn't really function very well after a long day, I couldn't find the box button, not realizing it was the quote box. I'll update the OP, thanks for the suggestions, they are noted and appreciated.
EDIT: OP updated with quote boxes, should be better organized now.
If there are any experienced kernel devs who wanna help out with porting the SK4G Kernel to 2.6.35, that would make CM much easier to port.
How do I install the settings tweaks in order to enable the option to disable the optical trackpad?
You can either flash the full package, or the joystick/bat/usb debugging and settings tweaks from the OP
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You can either flash the full package, or the joystick/bat/usb debugging and settings tweaks from the OP
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I tried that, I can't find the joystick setting. I'm using a stock ROM that I ODIN'd last night back to KG1. Could that be why? Where would I find the setting if it's there? Perhaps I'm just not noticing it.
There's only KD1 and KG2, there's no KG1. It should be in Settings>Accessibility>Enable optical joystick
I have a request. The stock messaging app, (and notification popups and SocialNetworkingService Composer) doesn't recognize the enter key as well, the send key. Can that be fixed (even if just on one of them)?
I don't use any of those pieces, can you describe the issue in more detail? What should happen, and what does happen?
It's the stock messaging app on the stock kd1 firmware that ships with the sidekick. Basically, pressing the enter key on the keyboard gives a newline, instead of sending the message.
chaostic_2k1 said:
It's the stock messaging app on the stock kd1 firmware that ships with the sidekick. Basically, pressing the enter key on the keyboard gives a newline, instead of sending the message.
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I believe you can enable that option in the settings of the stock messaging app.. but I'm using aosp MMS so I'm not positive
Edit: yeaa i dont think the sidekick messaging app allows that..
Sent from my SGH-T839 using XDA App
I dont know if this can be done though the sidekick has smooth transitions and such just the only thing that looks choppy is the notifications bar when you pull down which does seem a little choppy while other devices are smooth as butter. can this be tweaked on the sidekick?
Just curious... why would anyone ever want to disable the track-pad "joystick"? I mean, maybe if the keyboard had arrow keys like it should, but even then, it's pretty recessed and I've never hit it by accident, so why?

Customise S-Pen Folder?

This, I am *sure*, has been asked before, and answered. In fact I'm fairly sure I already know the answer, at least according to the official reviews... but then XDA people have a habit of changing the "official rules"
Anyway, I was wondering if it is possible to customise the apps that appear in the pop-up folder, that comes up when you remove the s-pen from the holder.
Im pretty sure you can't, and that its mentioned as such in a review I read before buying the Note a couple days ago. (On ICS at least... I dont know if this has changed for Jellybean?)
But I figured, if anyone has found a way to change this, you guys would have!
I did try searching for the answer in the forums... but my problem was I didnt really know what that pop-up menu/folder thing is actually *called*, which made it difficult. I'm sorry if I missed something obvious!!
Thanks for any help
Should I take that as a no? Or at least a "not yet".
No, not the side folder however a lot of apps have been added to the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen, in the themes section there's a thread with links to apps that have been modified to work in this.
Theres also a thread floating around that tells you how to alter an apk file to make it capable of this. The downside is that since you altered the apk file you can no longer update that particular app without then editing the files in the apk file to once again make it pop-up menu compatible...
ultramag69 said:
No, not the side folder however a lot of apps have been added to the pop-up menu at the bottom of the screen, in the themes section there's a thread with links to apps that have been modified to work in this.
Theres also a thread floating around that tells you how to alter an apk file to make it capable of this. The downside is that since you altered the apk file you can no longer update that particular app without then editing the files in the apk file to once again make it pop-up menu compatible...
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Yeah I knew about the multiview menu alterations already, its a thread I've been following for a while. I was only asking because, after deleting pen physics, there is a gap in the pen folder I would have liked to make use of.
Too bad
nirurin said:
This, I am *sure*, has been asked before, and answered. In fact I'm fairly sure I already know the answer, at least according to the official reviews... but then XDA people have a habit of changing the "official rules"
Anyway, I was wondering if it is possible to customise the apps that appear in the pop-up folder, that comes up when you remove the s-pen from the holder.
Im pretty sure you can't, and that its mentioned as such in a review I read before buying the Note a couple days ago. (On ICS at least... I dont know if this has changed for Jellybean?)
But I figured, if anyone has found a way to change this, you guys would have!
I did try searching for the answer in the forums... but my problem was I didnt really know what that pop-up menu/folder thing is actually *called*, which made it difficult. I'm sorry if I missed something obvious!!
Thanks for any help
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If you go into Settings, and select under System, 'Pen', the last option is called 'Options after detaching pen'. You can pick one or more things to show up. Not sure if this is what you mean, but there you go...
RTBee said:
If you go into Settings, and select under System, 'Pen', the last option is called 'Options after detaching pen'. You can pick one or more things to show up. Not sure if this is what you mean, but there you go...
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Nah, I did know about that one. One of the options in that settings menu is "Open shortcuts toolbar". Thats the toolbar I am talking about.
Problem is, the toolbar has like 5 or 6 default apps in it.. only about 3 of them is any use. It would be nice to be able to change them to apps of my own choosing!!
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Nah, I did know about that one. One of the options in that settings menu is "Open shortcuts toolbar". Thats the toolbar I am talking about.
Problem is, the toolbar has like 5 or 6 default apps in it.. only about 3 of them is any use. It would be nice to be able to change them to apps of my own choosing!!
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Ah, ok, I know you can choose to have only a few or just one, but as far as I know you can only select or deselect the ones shown. As of right now you can't add any others. I think I read somewhere that possibly with 4.1 or 4.2 that may change. :fingers-crossed:

[Q] Disable Ticker Animation (Notification Privacy)

I am talking about Paranoid Android's very useful tweak. The "Do Not Disturb" option in settings menu where it completely disables the ticker animation whenever there's a notification.
This is a great tweak for me because whenever a friend borrows my phone to browse the web or to send an sms, he/she sees the COMPLETE incoming text thru the ticker animation. This is really an annoying accidental invasion of my privacy.
"So why don't you just use paranoid android rom?"
Well, because that mod is the only reason i was able to stick to that rom for almost 2 weeks.
I am more than willing to create a custom rom that suits my exact preferences but i lack the time and skills to do it.
Okay so i've searched EVERYWHERE (trust me) but i can't find an individual mod that does exactly this.
Thanks for reading and I am very grateful if anyone answers. :good:
ej8989 said:
I am talking about Paranoid Android's very useful tweak. The "Do Not Disturb" option in settings menu where it completely disables the ticker animation whenever there's a notification.
This is a great tweak for me because whenever a friend borrows my phone to browse the web or to send an sms, he/she sees the COMPLETE incoming text thru the ticker animation. This is really an annoying accidental invasion of my privacy.
"So why don't you just use paranoid android rom?"
Well, because that mod is the only reason i was able to stick to that rom for almost 2 weeks.
I am more than willing to create a custom rom that suits my exact preferences but i lack the time and skills to do it.
Okay so i've searched EVERYWHERE (trust me) but i can't find an individual mod that does exactly this.
Thanks for reading and I am very grateful if anyone answers. :good:
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Does it only affect SMS/MMS? If so, the mod can probably be cleanly packaged into a modded mms.apk and the setting option/toggle moved from PA settings to mms settings. Can't say, never used it, but someone with time on their hand can probably track it in the PA git.
polobunny said:
Does it only affect SMS/MMS? If so, the mod can probably be cleanly packaged into a modded mms.apk and the setting option/toggle moved from PA settings to mms settings. Can't say, never used it, but someone with time on their hand can probably track it in the PA git.
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It affects all ticker animations that pop up on the status bar whenever there's a notification.
For example, when i turn the feature on and i use titanium backup to do a batch restore, the icon is still there but there will be no ticker animation.
It's quite redundant if you ask me.
7 months passed.... still looking. lol
ej8989 said:
7 months passed.... still looking. lol
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Would also be really interested in this if it's possible.
liabilityman said:
Would also be really interested in this if it's possible.
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Still not possible thru stock SMS. I use Textra SMS and it's got the option to hide the ticker animation
ej8989 said:
Still not possible thru stock SMS. I use Textra SMS and it's got the option to hide the ticker animation
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Still no luck? I am searching everywhere, like you, but I can't find a mod for this. It is found in Cataclysm rom, but I can't understand why this is not asked for more. Every rom should have a preference to disable all notification tickers.
fredrik74 said:
Still no luck? I am searching everywhere, like you, but I can't find a mod for this. It is found in Cataclysm rom, but I can't understand why this is not asked for more. Every rom should have a preference to disable all notification tickers.
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I learned to accept the fact that noone will make a stand-alone mod (or even an app) for this specific feature.
I am in exactly the same boat.. I don't know how many hours I've spent looking around and found nothing.
I need to specifically for WhatsApp; no such luck.
Did you guys find anything?
ombadboy said:
I am in exactly the same boat.. I don't know how many hours I've spent looking around and found nothing.
I need to specifically for WhatsApp; no such luck.
Did you guys find anything?
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No luck here. Almost 2 years looking around.
If I had a better idea how ROMs work.. I would've had a look at the one you mentioned in your OP and maybe create an XPOSED mod..
ej8989 said:
No luck here. Almost 2 years looking around.
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See the changelog for SlimKat Weekly 8.9. Is this what you actually want?
smit.sanghavi said:
See the changelog for SlimKat Weekly 8.9. Is this what you actually want?
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Yes. I have also seen those settings on mahdi last week
So nobody has helped you yet? Strange.
Decompile SystemUI with ApkTool (Import the framework, decompile)
Open res/values/bools
Modify the string <bool name="enable_ticker">true</bool> TO <bool name="enable_ticker">false</bool>
Recompile the app with apktool using the command: apktool b -c SystemUI.apk.
DONE
CoolJoseph96 said:
So nobody has helped you yet? Strange.
Decompile SystemUI with ApkTool (Import the framework, decompile)
Open res/values/bools
Modify the string <bool name="enable_ticker">true</bool> TO <bool name="enable_ticker">false</bool>
Recompile the app with apktool using the command: apktool b -c SystemUI.apk.
DONE
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Thanks! But custom ROMs nowadays already has this as a mandatory feature.
And I already switched to another device.
ej8989 said:
Thanks! But custom ROMs nowadays already has this as a mandatory feature.
And I already switched to another device.
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Yeah, i've just pointed it if somebody needs it

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