Okay. So I rooted, have CWM and have tried several custom roms out there. But what else is there I can do that'd make my phone really awesome? I know the developers and Linux guys that know infinitely more than I ever will could possibly chime in here and give some ideas of some other cool stuff, I just don't know what else to fiddle with.
Something like this may have very well already been posted, but I was just thinking about all the customizations that one can do with Android -and am opening up discussion for folks to show off and/or discuss things to tweak the customizations available...
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Get a rom that you like and tear it apart and customize it to your liking. I do this a lot. It is a good way to learn. Make sure you know how to get yourself back to stock if need be. I have had myself in some pretty good jams before testing out my own work.
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Get a rom that you like and tear it apart and customize it to your liking. I do this a lot. It is a good way to learn. Make sure you know how to get yourself back to stock if need be. I have had myself in some pretty good jams before testing out my own work.
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I've been wanting to do just this, and luckily have already gone down the soft bricking road, and have my fxz to fastboot flash if need be. It was suggested to me to download Ubuntu and familiarize myself with that. I'm still unclear on adb and android sdk -I have installed on my laptop but no idea what I'm doing. But, I wasn't trying to get mini-tutorials for my lack of knowledge with this post, I'm just curious as to what others are and have done to further make Android "theirs" through customization. Thanks for your response!
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I've been wanting to do just this, and luckily have already gone down the soft bricking road, and have my fxz to fastboot flash if need be. It was suggested to me to download Ubuntu and familiarize myself with that. I'm still unclear on adb and android sdk -I have installed on my laptop but no idea what I'm doing. But, I wasn't trying to get mini-tutorials for my lack of knowledge with this post, I'm just curious as to what others are and have done to further make Android "theirs" through customization. Thanks for your response!
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I don't have ubuntu or the Android sdk either. I don't do to much on this phone but just theming roms to make them my own. I'm still learning on this phone. On my infuse i mess with kernels and modems. When i get a chance in a day or two I'll pm you some places to start if you want.
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I don't have ubuntu or the Android sdk either. I don't do to much on this phone but just theming roms to make them my own. I'm still learning on this phone. On my infuse i mess with kernels and modems. When i get a chance in a day or two I'll pm you some places to start if you want.
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That would be very much appreciated! If I had been smart, I would've brought my laptop with me (traveling for work) and could have been digging through rom files and stuff. This would have been the time to do that, as my girlfriend is getting sick of the amount of time I've been spending researching rather than listening to how her day was and about how I never do laundry the "right" way 'n crap.
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This is a stretch... but you could always make a phone call with it.
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This is a stretch... but you could always make a phone call with it.
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People still do that???
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At the moment I'm at point of not having enough time to do anything so my own theming has come to a hault because it is time consuming. So as a alternative I've been buying games left and right. Just something to add to the phone i guess.
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At the moment I'm at point of not having enough time to do anything so my own theming has come to a hault because it is time consuming. So as a alternative I've been buying games left and right. Just something to add to the phone i guess.
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Any good ones to suggest?
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These are old but reliable. Nba jam and any gameloft game. I don't really know what to tell you. I hit up the new paid game section of the play store and try them out. I'm on the verge of buying the new mass effect game and nova 3 but i can't bring myself to pay that much for either of them.
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When is our device going to get some love???
:-(
When are we going to get the good stuff for our phones lol??
BTW don't flame me.... I'm just asking a simple question!
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there arent alot of Devs on this phone, I dont know who is cooking something up.
Why do you think that is? Why do u think there are not alot of devs for this device?
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Why do you think that is? Why do u think there are not alot of devs for this device?
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Its because not too many people purchased this device since it is pretty much a vibrant with 4g and because of all of the new phones such as the g2x and galaxy s2 which are taking even more people away from this phone.
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I think we will eventually get some love. There are a LOT of sgs4g phones out there--and with a few tweaks this is a great phone.
Our problem is not many (there are a couple) established developers have this phone. The recent wave of new phones--like the g2x--have stolen alot of the thunder since some of these are easier to develop for and the latest darlings of the CM crews.
The other, and maybe main, issue we have is a very quirky architecture that is really alot different than the vibrant--or else we would probably be benefitting from all of the development on that phone already. This is sort of on hold though until we get a final version of CWM.
This is our biggest roadblock right now. Krylon and drhonk are working on it (they both rock and my hat is off to them for their work on this!)--but they both have other projects for other phones that are keeping them really busy.
I wish there was some way we could help them out. But the issues with it are highly technical and out of reach for most of us at this time. Hopefully some new and fledgling devs will step up in the near future.
After we have a working cwm and rom manager I have hopes for some nice vibrant ports, nice themes, and original development. This might take some time to sort out and in the meantime I am studying edify scripting and learning what I can. ;-)
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in the meantime I am studying edify scripting and learning what I can. ;-)
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Cool.... What's Edify Scripting though? Lol
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I'm a noob (very). I am seeing alot of screenshots where people have really nice looking notification bars. I especially like the ones with the blue colored wifi, signal status and battery icons.
Are those from phones with custom roms? Can I get a theme from the market that will do that for me?
I am fully rooted but very new and feel I'm not ready to flash "stuff" yet...I paid $500 for our phone. I'm studying hard thought.
If anyone knows where I can download and an app that can make my notification bar look fancy I would greatly appreciate any info or links.
Thank you
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What version of android are you running? 2.2?
Edit: Also what kind of phone do you have?
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Not an app. A theme that you have to flash. Make sure its compatible with your current rom
Typed by Z using the Gingerbread keyboard.
I'm stock 2.2 froyo. Rooted. Bloat free. Fota fixed. Thats all. Very new but eager to learn
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Thank you for your replies. I couldn't find anything on the market. The people in these forums seen to know where everything is.
I was hoping someone would attach a download. Lol. I'm not lazy just cautious. I don't want to find out things the expressive way.
Atleast this is helping me build up my ten posts so when I need serious help I'll be able to ask.
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I'm stock 2.2 froyo. Rooted. Bloat free. Fota fixed. Thats all. Very new but eager to learn
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Well to the best of my knowledge you can't really tinker with your status bar until you have a custom rom and for the most options preferrably one based off of a Gingerbread (2.3 +) build. If you are already rooted then flashing roms is really safe. Do you have Clockwork Mod Recovery?
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@Pagan. Are you trolling? Just trying to learn the lingo and figure things out. What is trolling in a forum?
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@Pagan. Are you trolling? Just trying to learn the lingo and figure things out. What is trolling in a forum?
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Hahaha. No I wouldn't consider it trolling lol. Trolling would be if someone came into your thread and started talking crap like "Why don't you use the search function noob!" Instead of trying to help you out. I mean I really hope I'm not trolling you I'm sincerely trying to help you out cuz at one point we were all new at this
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@Pagan. Are you trolling? Just trying to learn the lingo and figure things out. What is trolling in a forum?
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hahaha! thanks, you made my day.
oh noes! have i become a troll?!
@pagan HTC Vision. I only asked if you were trolling my forum because after I posted "I'm stock 2.2 froyo. Rooted. Bloat free. Fota fixed. Thats all. Very eager to learn"
You asked me if I have ClockworkMod Recovery. I'm stock how can I have CWM?...maybe you didn't read before you replied. It happens...you also said flashing roms is really safe. So a noob (very) like can flash easily?
Its all good. Lol..
I spend most of my free time racing (at the helm) sailboats. J22's (with spinnaker) mainly.
However I'm a diletante who has recently discovered modifying android phones. I am intrigued. I Want to show people what people are doing. Their genius.. and show off MY phone. I want to be able to do a what you all are doing...
You have gingerbread 2.3 is that custom? Or can I buy it stock?
Thanks for your replies. For real.
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Just because you're still running the stock rom doesn't preclude you from having clockwork mod recovery, when you rooted an app called "Superuser" should have been installed on your device. Also you may have an app called "Rom Manager" installed as well, if you don't have that one it's free in the market (and I highly suggest getting it, it is very necessary). Check to see if you have the rom manager app and let me know, if you don't, then download it from market and post back. I'll help you get clockwork mod recovery up and running, then we'll get you a basic understanding of all its functions. After that you can back up your device and get you a custom rom installed.
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@Jerry D - It looks like you have the Galaxy S 4G. If that is the phone you have, Clockwork is not quite ready for our phones. We do not have any custom rom's available at this time. So there is no way to change your notification bar.
@golmar88. Thanks for your reply. I have been reading or forum multiple times a day for a couple of weeks now and definitely up to date on our progress.
I'm that noob who is going to study and wait for something I can handle....
I saw rom manager on the market and thought wow this will be cool. I'll root and I'll have a "rom of the day". Lol.
I didn't know the work involved or the risk. After reading what is going on here I'm "hooked". I love learning new things and can't wait until I know a fraction of what some people on here know. I can't wait to flash my first rom.
Thanks again for all your help!
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I know right?! As you can see, I'm a junkie (and I don't know anything either). I'm on here pretty much all day everyday, and we don't even really have any development to speak of.
Hopefully we'll get some stuff before too long.
All of the complaining aside. If you arent part of solution... *ahem*
In due time Development will begin and we will have lots of fun.
Until then, if you aren't satisfied with su, chainfīre, app freeze, etc - just suggestion - return the phone.
No one holding a gun forcing you to keep. (at least I don't think lol)
Peace
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Option 2: Keep the awesome phone and stop being an anal retentive crybaby?
No phone/carrier/OS/etc is perfect. You WILL run into issues and complaints no matter what carrier or phone you go to. Fact of life.
Nice to see you here crawl. Nothin but good things to come
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Nice to see you here crawl. Nothin but good things to come
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You said it man. Good to see you here too! The future is bright
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All of the complaining aside. If you arent part of solution... *ahem*
In due time Development will begin and we will have lots of fun.
Until then, if you aren't satisfied with su, chainfīre, app freeze, etc - just suggestion - return the phone.
No one holding a gun forcing you to keep. (at least I don't think lol)
Peace
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+1 ... I am really liking my skyrocket
Agreed. It's taken a few days to adjust to the screen size, but I am really enjoying it. I wanted to get the OG SGS2, but I'm on a bussiness plan and can't get it through Best buy, so I was stuck with it. Overall I'm pleased with it so far.
I too am in love with the phone and the switch from the SGIIS. I look forward to some custom ROM's. Speed is great, screen is simply amazing.
We just need our own forum...
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All of the complaining aside. If you arent part of solution... *ahem*
In due time Development will begin and we will have lots of fun.
Until then, if you aren't satisfied with su, chainfīre, app freeze, etc - just suggestion - return the phone.
No one holding a gun forcing you to keep. (at least I don't think lol)
Peace
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I have started porting and tweaking a few ROMs from T-MOBILE & AT&T SGS2. Once I have them working smoothly, I will get in contact with the respective devs of the ROMs and see if its okay to release to you guys
Need a new forum. Love this screen.
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I have started porting and tweaking a few ROMs from T-MOBILE & AT&T SGS2. Once I have them working smoothly, I will get in contact with the respective devs of the ROMs and see if its okay to release to you guys
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Sweeet
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Yezzir I concur gentlemen (for the most part lol) =)
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What app are you guys using to freeze bloatware?
DANIEL133337 said:
What app are you guys using to freeze bloatware?
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Titanium backup
Hi folks - it would be good to get as many of you as possible in the newly-created IRC channel. Details are in the General forum!
Been reading up on rooting my phone, great forum here!
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Been reading up on rooting my phone, great forum here!
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Welcome! You'll have a lot of fun here, the community is great. Btw do you need help finding anything? Let me know
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Keep in mind research before you flash a custom kernel or rom. If you do something wrong may cause a soft brick. Which can be solved with one the unbrick methods. Welcome to infuse.
I bricked a razr once. I'm in no hurry here.
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Almost impossible to brick this phone where u can't get it back to stock. Just make sure u become familiar with gtg's unbrick program. Its a life saver or phone saver which ever way u wanna look at it.
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Welcome...if u need anything let us know....
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Welcome aboard man. We're always willing to help. Just post in the right sections when you do, lol.
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Took the plunge and got root, look out!
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Took the plunge and got root, look out!
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Welcome. Like others have said, research, read and try. If the answers not here search elsewhere.
I've found vital information in other forums that got my Infuse back up.
Cranky...
Welcome to the Infuse! Hope you enjoy your phone, I know I do (even though I own a Vivid now)!
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my biggest complaint with the infuse is the gps won't lock. hoping a new rom will help.
New here. I'll lurk for a while reading, lots to read. Thinking of GIngerbread, but will read first.
Bob Weis
Well, I feel a little stupid, turning on data packets fixed my gps, lol.
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Try flashing different modems...that will also help GPS lock faster and help with data speeds and signal
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Try FusionXII rom. I got a fix in about 30 seconds. It's always odd how a standalone gps can get a fix in 30 seconds with no cell tower or internet data to help it along but a phone can't get a fix without them.
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Try FusionXII rom. I got a fix in about 30 seconds. It's always odd how a standalone gps can get a fix in 30 seconds with no cell tower or internet data to help it along but a phone can't get a fix without them.
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just flashed it last night, love it so far!. Qestion, do you use the kernel that came with it, or a customer one? don't know if I want to OC or not.
Welcome to the forum!
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Be warned: Once you start flashing Roms it's hard to pick just one...
Also New.
Hey everyone, I am also pretty new to XDA, just started try to get more involved with my infuse. I had a captivate prior to my infuse that my friend did a wonderful job flashing various roms to, and I finally have found both the initiative and time to work on doing things of a similar nature on my infuse.
So nice to meet all of you. I figured I'd post here to avoid having to make a new thread.
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Hey everyone, I am also pretty new to XDA, just started try to get more involved with my infuse. I had a captivate prior to my infuse that my friend did a wonderful job flashing various roms to, and I finally have found both the initiative and time to work on doing things of a similar nature on my infuse.
So nice to meet all of you. I figured I'd post here to avoid having to make a new thread.
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Welcome.
Infuse
Miui
I know that the Devs are hard at work cooking up some new android goodness, can't wait to see some roms hit the floor. Thanks for the recovery and root method Shabby, must be some kind of record with the speed you accomplished this.
I have attempted to apply my rather limited skill set to the boot logo, damn warning aggravates me every time I think about it. I figured it wouldn't hurt to get a thread started to discuss some possibilities as to how this might be changed.
I ran across this thread in the Atrix forum, i doubt it would be this easy, but was hoping for some input.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831062
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I know that the Devs are hard at work cooking up some new android goodness, can't wait to see some roms hit the floor. Thanks for the recovery and root method Shabby, must be some kind of record with the speed you accomplished this.
I have attempted to apply my rather limited skill set to the boot logo, damn warning aggravates me every time I think about it. I figured it wouldn't hurt to get a thread started to discuss some possibilities as to how this might be changed.
I ran across this thread in the Atrix forum, i doubt it would be this easy, but was hoping for some input.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831062
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actually i believe my current record still lies with the blaze 4g, i had rooted them and had cwm built and up in less than 5 mins
as for the logo, i have the stock images in dev section in case you do decide to muck around and break something ;P
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actually i believe my current record still lies with the blaze 4g, i had rooted them and had cwm built and up in less than 5 mins
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Damn.
as for the logo, i have the stock images in dev section in case you do decide to muck around and break something ;P
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This is good, never had to use one, but may just get the chance to learn how to.
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Made a bit of headway here w out destroying anything... no more warning image anyway. I need to adjust something tho, hex settings probably, picture isn't coming out right. Still better than that damn warning label.
Can anyone pull & post logo.bin?
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Got it! At least a suitable solution for now. Check it out in themes & apps.
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I thought this was a good read.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning-from-your-razr-m/
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I thought this was a good read.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning-from-your-razr-m/
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Hell his method is much easier than the guide I saw that was saving it as a bmp and hex editing this and that.
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Hell his method is much easier than the guide I saw that was saving it as a bmp and hex editing this and that.
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I haven't had to hex edit with this phone, but I do have to reverse the red & blue color channels. Guessing that isn't necessary w the Razr.
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