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NEW! [ROM] HoneyComb 2.1-UPDATE1-TC21-HCV11.5 B17 For 7015/7015A | 5.10.11
FEATURES
5x Different Packages: Update only what you needs as a Patch of do a Full, Lite or Xtreme Update.
Experience Highest Performance with a Rated CM3 836 with 95MB Free RAM
15x 3D Wallpapers and 3 Based on HoneyComb 3.0 Theme
14x Live Animated Wallpapers 2 Based on HoneyComb 3.0 Theme (not available in the B14L)
Dual HoneyComb Boot Animation
HoneyComb Mod AlarmClock and Clock by your's truly
HoneyComb Mod Meridian Pro by your's truly;
HoneyComb Mod Browser
HoneyComb Mod Calendar
HoneyComb Mod Contacts
HoneyComb Mod Gallery
HoneyComb Mod Camera
HoneyComb Mod Pictures
HoneyComb Mod LiveWallpaper Picker
HoneyComb Mod LiveWallpaper
HoneyComb Mod Mail
HoneyComb Mod GMail
HoneyComb Mod Settings
HoneyComb Mod Launcher DOCK V15
Hand Selected Rooted Tweak Tools Provided to Improve Performance
Apps to get your started
Media Replacements for Video/Music (Meridian Player) and Photos (QuickPic is use for Photos manually installed)
GUI (Graphic User Interface) Designed Closly Modeled after HoneyComb 3.0
Status Icons High Quality
Translucent High Quality Graphics
Main Clock is White instead of Black
HoneyComb Left and right arrows for volume control
So much More with each new update or patch your choices and experiences will be different!
WHAT'S NEW IN HCV11.5 BUILD 17
Real Clean Shared Memory Access VM Cache I/O Buffering based on 256MB
Better Scrolling
LCD set 10% lower for more visual spacing of icons, menus and more
Added Xtreme Package (100MB Plus Free Memory) No Google Apps, No Market, No Gmail, No Maps
Added Lite Package No Visual Live Wallpapers
Added Full Package (Everything Included with Live Wallpaper)
Added Multi-Patch (Prior B15 and B16) versions (so your settings don't get wiped out)
Added Google Docs Suite
Added ShootMe (note app will cause FCs so when you finished with it open it again and quit the app)
Added Speed Test
Added Updates to Apps that Needed it.
Added Dolphin HD, Adblock, Fast Network, PDF Viewer, Blue Theme integrated
Added GingerBread 2.3 Keyboard (manual install)
Added QuickPic Gallery replacement (manual install)
Added Android Assistant
NEW! [ROM] HoneyComb 2.1-UPDATE1-TC21-HCV11.5 B17 7015/7015A | 5.10.11
Found Here
HISTORY
Prior HCV10.5 BUILD 15
Fixed GPU Glitch in Angry Birds when you get to level 2/3
Replaced Defective Module
Changed default Wallpaper
Fixed BootAnimation
Replaced with Full HoneyComb 3.0 this time it's edge to edge animation.
Reprogramed the Tablet to run a peak performance
Cleaned up more code so the system runs quicker
Change and modified other system tweaks not mentioned
Prior HCV10.0-B14 (FULL, LITE and Patches)
Dumped prior code to fix glitches using latest COBY OEM ROM UPDATE
Added additional Android tweaks to increase performance and reduce waste on the battery thus increasing life
Redid the HoneyComb BootAnimation to my specs and features looks better added audio but COBY Doesn't support it!
Added Launch Audio but the COBY doesn't support it.
Increased Volume to double + 1
Replaced/Added HC 3.0 New Icons for: Market, Gmail, Email, Contact, Calendar, Music, Meridian an etc.
Added Google Logo will now appear and won't block anything in LAND or Port Mode
Added Some final touches to make you feel like you're using HC 3.0 under COBY
Added Digital Clock 3.0 for HoneyComb
Added Widget for WiFi (good to stop adds that are still showing in some games)
Added Widget for GPS (by default it's on, you need to turn off to save on the battery)
Added Updated ES File Manager
Added Updated Android Optimizer
Added No Lock
Added No Browser (this helps you with URL redirects or unwanted Browser launches)
More things not mentioned was done..
WHAT'S NEW IN B12! (FULL & LITE)
Ditched all Tweak Apps and buggy folders that where causing FC Errors
Replaced with just one Advanced Task Manager Pro (don't update it)
Added My Settings for additional setting changes if needed
Fixed HoneyBee Home Launcher Dock V12
Changed docker graphics added translucent black improve memory handling
Added Launcher Pro as option for Home Screen
Added Home Screen Switcher to Switch and Lock your Home Screen Selection
Enabled HW Engine and off loaded SW requests increases RAM under HoneyBee HomeScreen to 82MB free
Set RAM to 256MB to lock it in.
Enabled OpenGL Engine
Changed Blacklight and Brightness Settings to improve Battery drain
Added more settings to improve WiFi signal and battery life
Changed VM24 Cache Buffer to VM38 (works with Angry Birds Rio, Basketball Shot 3D, Drag Racing an etc no issues)
Other things were done not mentioned
WHAT'S NEW IN B10! (FULL & LITE)
Added 6x 3D Wallpaper and Removed 6x prior ones!
Added aCircuit Board Live Wallpaper (Not available in B10-Lite)
Added HDMI LCD Changer
Added 3D Game Called Labyrinth
Removed Tank Game
Added Android System Info
Removed HC Gold Market Plus
Added Latest Versions of Google Market, Maps, Streets, Places, Navigation as of 4.14.11
Added All Current Updates of Apps as of 4.14.11
Replaced the Task Bar with Google working was blocking status icons
Repaired HC Home Launcher Mod
Removed more code and free-up additional resources (RAM & Performance)
Created Lite Edition (No Live Wallpaper, Less Games and Reduced some Apps)
Created Full Edition (Has Everything)
Removed Prior ViewPic replaced with QuickPic replacement for Gallery (this app has to be installed manually (included in 7z)
Fixed and tweaked other area's not mentioned
WHAT'S NEW IN B9!
Fixed/Added 13x Live Wallpapers 2x for HoneyComb
Added HoneyComb Wall Widget
Somewhat Fix for Gallery (**see instructions below to get it working)
Added Tested Replacements for Music and Video Player
Added Tested Replacements for Gallery
Fixed/Added AlarmClock Graphics
Fixed/Added Launcher DOC V6 Graphics
Added White Clock Replace the Black One
Fixed/Added Animated Bootup After COBY
Added 3 3D Games
Added TTS Service
Added Car Home
Added Amazon AppStore
Added Rooted App Quick ShortCut Maker (works with Quick Boot)
Added Printer Share Plus
Added Quick Office
Cleaned out the wasted db of junk files out the core of this ROM
Thus this will speed up boot-up on a second run not the first.
More tweaks and such not mention.
What's New in B7
Stream-line Edition Remove 15% of apps that either didn't work or just not required CM3 830 before WiFi
Fixed Task Bar (note some task icons are not yet rendered)
Added Translucent Task Bar so background texture can be see through it but still have the clock and status shown.
Fixed AB Glitch so it can play smoothly
Other things were done not mentioned
What's New with the B7Patch
Fixed issues with default wallpaper
Fixed issues with second wallpaper in wallpaper
Added two new wallpapers
Replaced task bar (Note task bar can change color to fit it's environment) What you say yeah I know.
Fixed status icons on the task bar
Added HC WiFi icons on the task bar
Changed the Clock Color to White (good test to see how it works out) (Text is still Black though) Can be seen under Market an etc.
Change the Dock Box trigger icons to match HC - honeycomb
What's New in B6!
Fixed VMHeap so Angry Birds other games can play
Fixed Rotation to full 360 degree
Fixed Scrolling
Fixed WiFi drain on Battery
Fixed other things not mentioned here
Removed Apps deem not needed
Removed Flash-lite caused system freeze-ups
Removed Slide Team Bar Task Bar caused it use too much RAM
Results (yours may vary)
CM3 Reports 833 without WiFi
Android Assistant Reports RAM Free: 75MB or 83MB without HoneyComb Alarm Clock
Prior B3 - | What's New!
Added Additional System Tweaks Force SoC to start
Fixed Scrolling Speed
Fixed Fps features unknown in prior releases
Added Pest Control so Ads, Malware, Animalware, Spyware won't appear in the default Browser
Added Enhanced Graphics to Android Keyboard
Fixed and issue with Google Apps in B3
Replaced Map and Street you can always pull them down from Market
Added FlashLite
Replaced OSD Graphics for the Volume to match them graphic features
Added Market Gold Plus (note once Market Updates Gold Plus will be replaced)
Added Wireless Apps
Added Amazon Market App
Replaced Media Files (Music, My Videos) with Meridian Player (does the job of 3 even photos)
Added more apps and remove those you don't need
ToDo List
None
Tablet Requirements
Prior Build Numbers: 1.6a
256MB of RAM
4GB NAND Internal Storage
16GB External Storage
Red or Green LED Glow Charger
Headphone Jack is Black
HDMI Mini Port
USB Mini Port
7" Screen Size
800x480 Visual Screen Size 7"
802.11g @ 20MHz Wireless Router
COBY Tablet KYROS 7015 or 7015A / 4GB or 8GB NAND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ziuy_ZSH_g
Video was shot showing B1 Beta 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWorQL5WI00
Video was shot showing B7Patch

Latest update to V9.1.5 TC21-B6 on 3.26.11 See first post.

Latest update as of 4/2/11 TC21-HCV925-B7

This is great keep it up. Am going to see what ill do with this.
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Update Released 4.10.11 V9.5.5 / B9
I am glad to hear it. I have the latest update an added two patches: 1 HDMI LCD Density just app it's optional for those who hook-up the KYROS to their HDTV. 2. Gallery Patch if you feel Gallery not working for you for those with 7015 and not 7015A you may be able to use it. But if you'll set then you don't need to use Gallery Patch. Again the Gallery Replacement apps are included in the Main ROM. Try those out first. I see that some of you are okay. I might have the Gallery in place already. With so much testing and patching everything might be there. From 12:30pm SAT to 6:00am SUN can take it's told. But this is how I use to program games for MS all 67 of them and today those games can work under all the OS for MSW. Long hours do pay off but the key is debugging your work.
Anyway always backup your ROM first.. Enjoy!
See first post to get to the link too download!

Graphic Patch V3 Released Today 4.12.11
Today I completed the new task bar to a translucent black look which is more in line to what you see on HoneyComb OS 3.0. This will also help reduce battery drain to increase battery life! Volume Buttons are HC3 they do glow (lite blue amber) when you press them. Also added the words Google to the task bar to the far left. All task icons have now been replaced to match the translucent black more gray/on black. Again first will take you to the patch also when you get there scroll down too ******3RD PATCH
Enjoy!

Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work!

Does this also work on 2GB nand versions of this tablet? It's the same one as the corby, only the nand differs.
Anyway, thanks for your effort to this tablet!

hello2121 said:
Does this also work on 2GB nand versions of this tablet? It's the same one as the corby, only the nand differs.
Anyway, thanks for your effort to this tablet!
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You have 7015 with 2GB NAND?

B10-Full and B10-Lite Released
Two packages where made for those who requested it.
B10-L (Lite removes all Live Wallpaper, some games and some apps)
B10-F (Full package everything is included)
Both are currently available right now! See first post and enjoy!
Note: Tested on both 7015 and 7015A KYROS.

Yes and no, it's the same as the corby wth 2GB, altough it's a Chinese clone (Corby has just put their name onto it). It's also known as EM71, telepad 7", Herotab G701 and Lonpad D7.

B12L has been released this morning. Much more stable now. The Tweaks apps were causing FC-Errors and ES File Manager has glitch in it too so I removed that. AndExplorer or Root Explorer are much more stable to use. ES FM was using a lot of system resources.. Tweak apps are gone. Replaced both with Advanced Task Killer Pro (don't update this one) aCCleaner and Cachmate Pro no issues so they're still there. I've removed all the games too and some apps that were causing other problems. I've added My Settings App Pro if you need addition tweaks. Change the backlight to reduce drain on the battery also some major add-ons for OS 2.1 to improve the system to use HW instead of SW base. Boost OpenGL also. Increase dalv-cache from VM24 to VM38 and yes there are no white boxes in Angry Birds Rio or any other type of games like Basketball Shot 3D, and Drag Racing.
Enjoy! (see first post to grab the app) B12F will follow soon!

B12F Patch has been released!
This is a patch! You'll need to have installed the Full Lite Version first prior to installing this patch. There was some changes to the docker appearance to make it look better. So again this one has all the Live Wallpaper, Newer version of Launcher Pro Plus so you can have those fancy Widgets. 4x Extra Tools were added. I've tested everything out for couple of hours now there are not FCs. I was going to implement Ginger Keyboard, Mobo Player and Power AMP but those gave off too may FCs. Power AMP couldn't find the SDcard. Mobo Player lost Audio. Best to install these apps from Market this way Mobo Player will detect your tablet requirements and then push the the right version for it. After that it works as a good replacement for Meridian Player. If you don't want to use Mobo Player don't upgrade the Meridian Player otherwise it will give you FCs.
Unlike B10F, B12F you now have HW Engine turned on and tuned for B12L to turbo charge your tablet. With this patch B12L will be converted to B12F. You'll lose about 10-20MB of RAM using the B12F has more overhead under Launcher Pro Plus. If you use my Launcher Pro Plus you gain back 10MB so around 84MB. Use the Home Switcher to switch between to the two Home Screens.
Enjoy and happy holidays!

HCV10.0 Build 14L was released this morning...
I've been working on this one, well not on Easter but that's was my day off to get some needed grub. Anyway so now you have Build 14L for those of you who had Build 10L and Build 12L you can keep your settings and just install the update. Note since this changes alot of prior settings the update will reboot on the first go and recycle the boot animation again. So just be aware of that. After that it loads so fast you won't expect it! Anyway it's late here so I heading off to bed so that's why the 3 other packages haven't yet been posted. I had worked on this as soon as I came back from Easter dinner. I was showing off the COBY to the family trying get it in their heads what you can do with the COBY and look at the nice HONEYCOMB UI. Of course none of them had a clue of what I was talking about. They seem to like the game called DRAG CAR racing it was really quick on Build 12L which was loaded. I wasn't finished with Build 14L yet. On the way back the wife did the driving and I had the COBY in WiFi Analyzer mode. I was able to pick up all sorts of WiFi networks from DunkinFreeWiFi (passing a Dunkin Donut at 10pm) COBY with my improvements can now pick up all sorts of hotel and etc.. WiFi hot spot and I was more than 1000 FT from those places. Not bad.. I can see how far my own WiFi is from the road.
Anyway see ya later.. Oh yes I did change the Boot Animation to my liking and fixed it too. There is boot audio but I guess the COBY doesn't support it also added more audio features again the COBY doesn't support it oh well, can't say I didn't try!

4x Packages have been released see first post. Choose your package wisely. Those with patches need prior releases for them to work. Full Update and Lite Update are the main package those are install using differently. Patches can be started in HC under docker then select quick boot app. Instructions are included in the main zip. Yes Zip is used instead of 7z to me it's better for me to use Zip.
Now I do recommend ClockWork Recovery Mod Backup first before you do anything. Make sure you have 8GB or higher microSDcard and you need space for your backup. Just follow the directions on the main post. If you new you need to read how to install clockwork mod it also shows you how to root your Coby 7015/7015A.

Okay.. Tested okay but I've been working on this one as a standby. It's needed because of a defective module for GPU. It seems when you reach level 2 under Angry Birds Rio you start to see white boxes again. Now I didn't notice this until I got to level 3-4. Wow! So I've fixed it 2-ways thus also fixing improvements in memory resources should be higher now. Other stuff I was working on are now included in this small patch. You still need to install B14 either Lite or Full then use Quick Boot under Dock to do a recovery then select the update.zip to install. This one also has the new boot-animation. Note the one I wanted to add but the runner up version. Much better then the one in B14 as you'll load-up and see.
Make sure you run Cachemate

Newest Release Released!
New packages:
Xtreme gives you over 100MB free but you don't have Market, Gmail, Maps, Voice, No Live Wallpaper
Lite no Live Wallpaper
Full Live Wallpaper (everything)
Multi-Patch For B15 or B16 to keep your prior settings.
Changes are as follows the tablet will be programmed now to use the 256MB and part of it will be use a full speed I/O Buffering Correctly You see this more under games like Angry Birds and Angry Birds RIO. Make sure you turn off WiFi to get the best performance since adverts will slow you down. Memory is higher I had maxed out at 96MB even with WiFi on.
Xtreme Package is for those who don't want Google Apps and Voice is removed. You'll give over 100MB free. Full package you'll see like 89MB free or 90MB free. Depends on what you have configured. More focus was done on the memory side this time to improve the the tablet over all. VM is set correctly now prior settings and theories were based on the limited memory in Smart phones. Now that we have tablets I figured it out what was the issue.
Enjoy!

Help 7015a colors washed out after HC 2.1 ROM install
Please help me after installing this HC ROM the darker colors on my tablet are all washed out like its displaying in negative film mode or something. Youtube videos look dark. I have tried going back to the watery ROM that was on there previously when the colors were ok but that did not help. Seems to me this color issue is permanent no matter which ROM I use. I downloaded the stock update.zip from the cobyusa website but it errored out when trying to install it from Clockwork Mod. When trying to search on this all I have found was to return it to Coby
Please help!
Current device info:
Model Number
ATZ 7015/7015A HONEYCOMB V13.0-B20 ACADEV
Firmware version
2.1-update1-TC21-HCV13.0-B20
Kernel Version
26.29 Root android 2.1
Build Number
ATZ 7015A 1.6a 05/18/11 HCV 13.0-B20

Rom
Where Do i find this rom the links below appear to be broken

Claystone Beta 3- 3D Android home screen replacement, launcher, and media player

Claystone is a new 3D Android home screen replacement, media player, and launcher. We currently distributing developer preview betas to improve the product and get valuable feedback from the developer community. We are looking for feedback about the UI, stability, and overall functionality before we launch on Android Market.
What is unique about this home screen replacement is a 3D user interface with embedded viewers for video, photos, file browsing, web browser, YouTube, contacts, RSS news feeds, and more. The UI was designed for browsing content while you are viewing content.
Feature Summary
- Android 2.1 and higher home screen replacement
- Smart phone optimized
- 3D interface taking advantage of OpenGL
- Integrated media viewer apps for video, file browser, YouTube, web browser, photos, contacts, RSS reader, with more to come…
- Viewer apps bring functionality to the home screen and extending what you can do directly from your home screen in Android
- Claystone reduces the dependence on starting separate app for each media content type and our goal is to provide a more convenient and integrated experience
Widgets
- The Beta 3 widget experience will be replaced with a more standard widget implementation in Beta 4
Getting Started Tips
- Use the swipe left-right gesture to move through the stacked 3D panels
- The following items on the Home panel allow integrated viewing of content in the 3D interface: YouTube, Video, Photos, Contacts, File Browser, Web Browser, RSS Feeds
- Use the press-and-hold gesture throughout Claystone to access additional functions and options
Claystone is Now Available in Android Market
- Claystone is now available in Android Market
- Search for the keyword "Claystone"

Sounds sweet. I hope it won't force me to use popups for anything?

On my phone HTC HD2 (Android 2.3) will work?

Rosa Elefant said:
Sounds sweet. I hope it won't force me to use popups for anything?
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Claystone launches Android Apps full screen and the panels load in a 3D stack that you can scroll through using a left-right finger swipe.

Great, worth a try then thanks!

vespend said:
On my phone HTC HD2 (Android 2.3) will work?
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Android 2.1 and higher are supported so Android 2.3 should pose no issues.
We have tested on HTC devices and the screen resolution is also ideal for claystone.
Let us know if you have any issues.

Doesn't display well on HVGA screen...LG P500

> Doesn't display well on HVGA screen...LG P500
We've been working on getting a bunch more devices to test on. Stay tuned!

Hi. On my Original Droid when a screen is enlarged, it is off to my left and never 100% visible. Also, it was very slow. This may be due to my phone being rooted, but I had to uninstall.

cyanide911 said:
Doesn't display well on HVGA screen...LG P500
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+1 I can confirm that. The dock icons are huge and the widgets misaligned.

Anyone tried this on a Droid X?
I'm gonna give it a try this evening. I think I tried the earlier beta a few days ago and it had issues as if the screen was off to the left etc. I attributed it to possibly a bad install or something.. I'll give beta 3 a go and report. Screenshot anomolies, etc.
Always a fan of new UI development.

Seems smoother, apps scoll much better-still not fluid yet. Widget screen is bigger. Will give overall in a little while. Limited widgets. Missing recent box-I liked that
On the right track though...

Love the concept of this launcher, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get portrait mode working. Using HD2 on 2.3.3 and it is always in landscape, and has no bottom bar.

Try it on the hd2 with cm7 and it work good I would make the 3d windows or what they are called a little bigger and maybe customizable options but other then that good work
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA Premium App

Added Widgets gone after a reboot to be never seen again. <-beta 2 retained these
Still sluggish
Would be nice to be able to resize/move panels
No picture/video bar across top on tablet
SD card (sd2) still not being seen only main storage
You tube still unstable, but better than beta 2
cannot see/launch launchbar
Keep up the good work-it's getting there
unfortunately, I still cannot use this as my daily launcher.

I think you will have more customers if you made a fully customizable one of these...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13070948
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907551

On my phone, the window isn't centered, its too far right and down.
Also the dock is huge.
Nevertheless, this is a fresh idea and I see some potential.
Sent from my HTC Legend

It looks nice maybe i will try this on my sgs

Looks a bit like the palm os with the cards. Works fine at all, but it would be nice if the stacks were a little bigger. Maybe it would be possible that the cards go fullscreen when they get focus, and with the homebutton you can make them smaller to see them like its now in standard view.
But thats just a little idea.
Glad to see where this is going.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Beta 3
Still off to the left somewhat but better centered. Complicated to figure out. Videos are small and do not play in landscape and it's difficult to tell which windows are open esp difference between home, app..............Editing launcher bar is nice. Is there a settings (not the one for the phone or info for contact available via the app?

[ROM]22/06/2012 DianXin OS (DX ROM) ICS and GB ROM with *Smooth* *Stable* *Great UI*

I am not its developer , but however i am moderator in its official forum and may act as representative here around XDA for DianXin ROM.
so i can't answer all doubts or something , but however i will relay your problem , your doubts , your suggestions , your ideas or anything you wanna say about this ROM to its developer.
since now , 2.3's update has been stopped and will be focus on ICS version ...
as always , every friday.
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before i start anything , please take look at this nice presentation video.
(thank Flow-Wolf so much for this video)
this is not double of first one ...
(thank jozef710i so much for this video)
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if you see any untranslated, chinese part/app or anything , please point out where or what app is it ,it would be best if you post a screenshot , so it can be translated.
thanks
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i know you guys may think it looks like MIUI , but i assure you it's totally different ROM nor MIUI-based modification , and if you have time , please read first pages of all these kind people's reports and feelings about this ROM.
what i think is , every and any ROM is like child to all of us in Android community , and please don't think it is bad or ugly or whatever negative expression you can think of , because nothing is perfect , as MIUI , it is now 71 weeks old , and this one is only 3 weeks old, and for now , MIUI 4.0 does have problems and bugs as well as this one, it has some problems or bugs, but that's how all ROM start, right ?
we are just like bunch of daddies (mommies) here , to help developer to raise (improve) thier child (ROM) , they need you help and report!
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22/06/2012
1.Statusbar is changed to opaque when pressing the "Back" button in drawer mode
2.Update DX-home to 3.1.0:
2.1 updated AppEX with more wallpaper, them and widget
2.2 Added DX switcher
2.3 Optimized mobile system resources, reduce occupied storage spaces
2.4 Search widget can be moved and deleted
08/06/2012
updated component DX-home, setting, status bar, optimizer and lockscreen
Increased in the soft button backlight sensor control (i9100)
Updated some system applications and component
Fixed status display effects
Repaired the status bar transparency when Home button is clicked
Fixed problem that status bar would flash when get in/out app drawer
Deleted GMS component, add GMS widget in homescreen
some update information are only applied in some certain devices.
25/05/2012
clean up some 3rd part apps , make system faster and smoother
provided some (must-have) widget. (optional to download)
AppEX updated , more wallpaper , theme and widget
DX-home added switcher/toggles widget
transparent status bar ,beautify homescreen effects
optimized homescreen switch effects
optimized DX-home memory occupation.
Search widget can be moved and deleted
Able to view detail in lockscreen setting and preview lockscreen
06/04/2012 (Nexus S stays 30/03/12)
Added iPhone style lockscreen
System Update is now integrated with backup/resotre function.(except MB525)
Some improvments of DX-clock which i can't exactly say it ...
Unified wallpaperpicker, make change wallpaper easier
beautified Optimizer homescreen widget effects and transparent setting
Fixed Optimizer can't recognize some models's 8 GB SDcard problem
Fixed Optimizer boot up speeding related problem
Optmized UI experience and performance.
PS:
1 MB525 doesn't support OTA so no backup/restore function in Romtool
2 V880 didn't integrated Optimizer
3 N1,G7,G10,i9100 includs all this periord updates
23/03/2012
support back up of SMS and call log, never lost datas.
DX power booster mode setting add "vibration"
DX clock add daily bell and sleep time reminder
Optimized DX contact loading speed and smooth
Optimized DX clock of flash guide of sound recorded
Fixed some bugs
16/03/2012
Add media button in lockscreen , enjoy music without unlock screen
New status bar and notifications
Appex added silient installation
New OTA module, easier for system update
Optimizer add new toolbox download module (never mind...)
New optimizer 7 key (keep ignore it...)
Update some optimizer's tools to lastest (still ignore it...)
Optimized clock component, start up faster and less memory usage
Fixed double lock(screen) due to password setting
Optimized lockscreen self-define wallpaper and aspect ratio
Optimizer start up faster (...continue ignore it)
Lock screen fixed problem that sometimes clock doesn't show up (for Nexus S and Galaxy S II)
Lock screen fixed some crash problem in 4.0 (for Nexus S and Galaxy S II)
New wallpaper and icons.
Whole new status bar , and now is able to enable/disable and order the toggles. (for Nexus S)
New AppEX setup guidance
New OTA module, easier to update the system
Optimize Apps's cache and perfomance
Fix the bug of "stop response" when there is incoming calls
Fix the Setting --> Applications Setting display problem.
02/03/2012
Update all system integrated applications to latest.
Add DX-clock preview function.
AppEX add picture introduction (never mind...it's all chinese)
Enhanced "CPU Auto-down frequency" function
Add 10 new high definition wallpaper ....
System：
Fix some DX-clock bug, increase stability
Optimize AppEX cache and performance
Optimize Power management setting
Optimize "health charging" module
Optimize some details of DX-contact
24/02/2012 (translated by pillou13)
Recommend:
The period from continuing to do the optimization of performance and fluency, The optimized animation, transition effects to enhance the fluency of the operation.
The period Add:
A new Android browser, the travel network more smoothly;
The updated Google Maps to 6.3.0, update the local search component
System Optimization:
The optimization part of the show details;
The optimization of the snack alarm clock settings and turn on speed;
Fix some bug, and enhance the system stability.
17/02/2012
Recommended:
make app initialization and UI faster and smoother
new setting UI , new experience
New:
Contact and Dialer add "sort" and "filter" for "missed calls" "answered calls" and "dialed out calls"
Add "one-click lock screen" widget and some "on-off" button
Add one-click to set whole group to "receiver" in SMS.
Add random scrolling effects, every time has new effects when scrolling
Able to set your favorite music as alarm of DX-clock
Optimization:
DX apps more suite to Android 4.0
Fix some app list icons display bug
tweak the DX-clock's UI and sound recorder
10/02/2012
optimize status bar icons display.
fix "one-ring-phone" in status bar icons problem (don't really know what is it...)
fix crash problem click "clean" when status bar shows multiple DX-clock icons
optimize some detail UI display
some tweak and optimization
some other fix and update.
fix crash when uninstall applications via Appex (for Nexus S)
fix 4 soft-key always on problem (for Defy)
fix auto screen brilliantness problem (for Defy)
03/02/2012
recommended:
few new theme and clock skin for Chinese New Year
Power booster is now abe "auto-underclock" to extend stand-by time.
add "DX clock"
New:
add desktop setting,, grid size setting, icons size, dockbar mode, change drawer wallpaper, drawer enter effect, grid size setting, plugin settings, add clock widget, add weather widget...etc
add power manage widget (toggles ?)
"must have apps" rename to "Appex", add classified page for "recommend", "Special", "Game" ...etc (yeah , this part still chinese only ...never mind )
System Optimization:
optimize homescreen dock switch , and free to put 3 to 5 icons. (no sure how to say it ...)
optimize weather widget , 3D scrolling effect
optimize power consumption list, easier way to manage power booster.
13/01/2012
recommend news:
1. new status bar UI
2. new ring of bells more suitable to the ROM UI.
update:
1. solved the problem of folders can not be renamed
2. fix the bug in some certain situation, calls dial-in but can not unlock screen.
3. optimize lockscreen process logic, extend stand-by time
4. add un-answered calls count in lockscreen.
may or may not fix the OTA update always report failed.
06/01/2012
update kernel (of course we all use 3rd part kernel ...)and improve UI make it more smooth and fast (i feel it much better then 04/01 version , specially turn off the "High quality drawing"), and fix some bugs.
add some ringing sound of a bell
04/01/2012
update Android to 4.0.3 (for Nexus S)
add precise battery level on lock screen when recharging battery.
optimize:
halo effect more smooth when unlock srceen
more reasonable logical process of unanswered call
Problem fixed:
display problem of sideway lockscreen.
can not disable clock alarm in lockscreen
sometimes occurs double lockscreen
network default APN could cause comunication anomaly
default theme preview can not be refreshed
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DX ROM introduction translated as requested (this translation almost got me killed -_-!!! be honest , i don't know what i am saying now...)
点心 (Dian Xin) in chinese, when put these 2 words together it means small food like cake or snack , in this case related with Android (cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb and ice cream sandwich), but , when separates them , the first word means "target" or "aim" , and second means "heart"
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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and put them together also can be explained "aimed/targeted your heart" (don't get me wrong , doesn't mean wanna shoot you )
it means design and make ROM to do/be what you want, what you prefer.
Based on ASOP 2.3.7 (4.0.3 for Nexus S)
Seek high quality, make it an useful, utility ROM
Take account of both users experience and performance, let users joy using thier device.
Product characteristic
Stable
many tester tested with no freeze problem.
Duration
smart battery-saving scenario makes phone more durable
many scenarios to bring new experience
Useful
quick, precise and interesting comunication, enjoy the phone
powerful device controller, daily use more easy and simple
changeable UI, mobile life rich and colorful.
quoted by dizgustipated
This rom is NOT MIUI, nor is it based off of MIUI!!!!
Please take a bit to explore it, and you will find some awesome features unique to this rom/os.
some unique features include:
*The neat thing about this utility os, is that individual apps (contacts, launcher, ect) can be updated separately, and you are notified when thay are available, separately from the base os.
*Has tons of battery saving options.
*Beautiful ui
*Tons of options that make using this os a joy
*Make and restore backups of contacts, texts and phone, anytime, anywhere. From the cloud or your tab
*Very fast and super responsive
*select individual themes for each contact/message
*record your own alarm
*so very much more!!
Click to expand...
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more information in its official site (thanks to Shivammcool)
==================================================================================
Download: ( English and Chinese ) for HTC Desire HD G10
click to download 06/04/2012 (mediafire)
Download: Ice Cream Sandwich for HTC Desire HD G10
click to download 22/06/2012 (mediafire)
for Galaxy S II: click me
for Nexus S: click me
for HTC Desire G7: click me
for Defy: click me
for ZTE V880 Blade: click me
for Nexus One: click me
is this a kernel ???click me to see it
==========================================
flash it as other ROM via recovery , and remeber make backup , and flash it at your own risk ...
and thanks to develpoer"the DianXin group" for this nice ROM
screenshots were taken from Nexus S with Android 4.0.3 ICS , but other devices's ROM are all GB version.
more provided by Urbanrootz
Download: ( English and Chinese ) for Desire HD G10
click to download 17/02/2012 (mediafire)
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This looks cool. Something fresh at last. Downloading. Thank you
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

looks great
keep continue

Thanks, look great. Will try this now. Any plans for an ICS version port?

other devices's ROM have come out for few weeks , this is first week of this G10 ROM...

Moded miui?
Wysłane z mojego Desire HD za pomocą Tapatalk

grzesiek1945 said:
Moded miui?
Wysłane z mojego Desire HD za pomocą Tapatalk
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no , completely different.

But based on some Other rom? Like miui on cm 7
Wysłane z mojego Desire HD za pomocą Tapatalk

yes, based on CM7
so let's say they just like brothers who have same mum ...

Any plans to adding more languages?
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

i can't say about that ... even so , need help for translation to other languages

I don't know how, but I would like to translate to German^^
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

click me signature , there is theme tutorial
watch it , after you decompile the APK file.
go folder ***/res , *** is name of APK file you decompiled
in /res folder you will see folder named "values" and "values-zh-rCN"
and in both folders , there is XML file "string.xml"
first folder contains english, second is for chinese , you have to created a new one names "values-de" in your case , "de" means germany.
and then translate english string.xml and save it into "values-de" folder and then recompile the APK file.
be careful you have to use something like "Notepad++" instead of regular windows's notepad , otherwise you will have encoding problem and it won't work properly.
my tutorial has all tools and how to de/recompile you need

but seriously .... there are over 70 apk files ... .... ...
but perhaps you can review and copy some already translated string from CM7

Thanks, I do my best
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

Inspire support also?

You've stopped me playing Minecraft
Is this ext3 or 4, or doesn't it matter?
Thanks in advance.

Hmm let's see how this works out. Will edit post in about an hour when I abuse it.

Glad to see something new and fresh. It looks similar to miui but what i like is that it has a app drawer something that miui does not have and i like that. im downloading as we speak eager to try it out

Thinking of trying this one. Maybe even would start translating it to Russian

[APPS] Must Have Apps for Xperia Z1

Hi guys,
I am switching back to Sony Xperia Z1
Here I want to share some of the must have apps specifically for Xperia Z1, similar thread I had created for other Sony Xperia Range & Samsung Galaxy Range (you can check the link in my Signature).
I will keep updating the list regularly, if you any awesome app specific to Xperia Z1, please suggest !!
Note: I will NOT include apps which requires ROOT, for best root related apps check this thread created by Android_United
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569607
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BEST FILE MANAGER - Solid Explorer
BEST LAUNCHER - Nova Launcher
BEST VIDEO PLAYER - MX Player
BEST DIALER - ExDialer
BEST WALLPAPERS - Wallbase
BEST PHOTO EDITOR - Pixlr
BEST NEWS APP - News Republic
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TOP APPS FOR SONY XPERIA Z/ZL
01. SUPERNOTE ASUS - direct write your notes
02. EXDIALER - Fast n Smart T9 Dialer with theme, plugin suppport, the VERY BEST, I really hate the default one
03. SOLID EXPLORER - its is a file manager with two independent panels
04. MY SCRIPT CALCULATOR - The Free handwriting calculator
05. MULTICON WIDGET - Must have for to accommodate as many apps in less area, keeps screen clear
06. NEWS REPUBLIC - Awesome view, one of the best apps for all the news and info, I like it more than Flipboard.
07. POWER CONTROLS best, no need of any other toggle app or battery status bar app, its all in one. Alternative: SWITCH PRO WIDGET
08. ILLUMINATION BAR NOTIFICATION - every XS owner know this - Waiting to test on Xperia ZL
09. I SEE YOU - just like the Samsung Stay Awake functionality when you are looking at the screen, suggested by herng5417
10. LIGHT MANAGER LED SETTINGS - it configures LED color and its flashing frequency for notifications (still in Beta for Note 2)
11. EZPDF READER - the best PDF reader available.
12. CINE TRAILER - download the movie trailers in HD format to see awesome videos on giant screen.
13. GOTYA-FACE TRAP - Do you want to know who's using your device, stealing it, or just opening it up and snooping around.
14. DROIDEMU - One of the best emulators
15. RECEIPT - quickly make shopping lists and review previously bought items
16. CONTACTS+ - everyday contacts & dialer app, msging, whatsapp, facebook, etc
17. ZEDGE - one stop for all the wallpapers & ringtones.
18. ANDROID PRO WIDGETS - advanced widgets package with many themes and features
19. PIXLR EXPRESS - More than 600 effects, overlays, and borders to personalize any image, free. Recommend
20. SCREEN MAKER - allows to connect 2 images: screenshot and smartphone image
21. NOVA LAUNCHER - one of the best
22. METROSTATION ICON PACK - Free icons, best combination with Nova Launcher.
23. SPREADSHEET - Excel support, many powerful features.
24. SPLASHTOP - easiest and fastest remote desktop app to access your Windows or Mac
25. MX PLAYER - one of the best way to enjoy your movies.
26. OOVOO - FREE 12-way HD Group Video Chat
27. WALLPAPER CHANGER - Change your wallpaper with one click or automatically every X minutes.
28. NO LED - Display custom notification icons/dots on the screen.
29. ULTIMATE CUSTOM WIDGET (UCCW) - Make your own widgets easily
30. TILES UCCW SKIN - For UCCW
31. CIRCLE BATTERY DISC WIDGET - Beautiful free circular battery widget Recommend
32. BATTERY BAR SYSTEM PANEL - simple and beautiful system panel battery widget Recommend
33. MOTIONGRAPH - Amaze your friends with a photo that moves
34. 1TAP QUICK BAR - it is the best notification customization app for Android.
35. DROPDOWN WIDGET - it simple homescreen widget will expand your status bar with a single press Recommend
36. BUSINESS CALENDAR - one of the best I found
37. DISPLAY ORIENTATOR - allows you to change the screen orientation from any application Recommend
38. PHOTO GRID - Free collage maker and no Limitation at all
39. SPREAD SHEET PRO - Spreadsheet: Excel support, many powerful features
40. STOCK TICKER PRO - its a live wallpaper for those who wants to keep track of stock/equities
41. SMART CONNECT - allows you to decide what happens when you connect to smart tags, usewith Smart Tags Recommend
42. APPLE TV MEDIA - this app you can unleash the power of your AppleTV with your Android phone
43. AVIARY PHOTO EDITOR - a powerful photo editor for quick and easy way to edit our photos on the go with no fuss.
44. DTV INDIA - Now Enjoy Live Sports & other Live Indian TV Channels on DTV ON THE GO
45. UMANO - read News to you
46. BUTTON SAVIOR - you can use this App to simulate hardware keys on screen without having to root your device Recommend
47. FILE TOOLS - using it you can simply rename the files in one go.
48. SLIDING MESSAGING - easily manage text messages in a new and up to date format compliant with the Android design guidelines
49. PERAPP - it lets you customize your device with per-application individualized settings
50. SCREEN FILTER - it applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting. Great for low-light gaming, web browsing, and eBook reading. It even saves battery life for AMOLED displays
51. PERFECTLY CLEAR - Intelligent Image Correction
52. ZOOPER WIDGET - fully customizable widget
53. SAND IDE FOR JAVA DEVELOPERS - Write/Compile/Run Java code from your Xperia Z mobile/tablet
54. EXPENSE MANAGER - best of its kind, best UI for mobiles & tablets
55. CALL POP OUT - An incoming call WILL NOT interrupt us while we are playing a game, reading Flipboard, surfing web. This nature of Android phone disturbs us and cost you time, concentration, feeling.
56.
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58.
59.
60.
SMALL APPS FOR SONY
- WEBMALL -
- SCREEN ROTATE
- MUSICMALL
- CAMERA SMALL
- MIRROR SMALL
- UNIT CONVERTER
-
WIRELESS/TRANSFER RELATED STARTS
- AVIA MEDIA PLAYER - if you have Multiple Android devices at your home
- PHOTO TRANSFER APP - If you have androids & iOS devices try this for Photo transfers Recommend
- AIRDROID - free app that lets you wirelessly manage your Android from your favorite browser.
- EMIT - free app that lets you wirelessly manage your Android from your favorite browser.
- TEAM VIEWER - remotely access computers from your android device
- SPLASHTOP 2 REMOTE DESKTOP - remote desktop app to access your Win/Mac from your phone or tablet, anywhere, anytime
- CLOUD PRINT - it allows you to print files from your phone to your printer
- DROPBOX - its is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere
- MIGHTY TEXT - Text from your Computer or Tablet, using your current Android phone number
- CLOUD SMS - it run on both your Android phone and tablet to allow you to send and receive SMS messaging from your tablet
IF YOU FIND THESE USEFUL HIT THANKS BUTTON, more coming..
if you know any unique/useful application please suggest, thanks.

Polaris office or Office suit pro
Office Mobile for Office 365
Timely Alarm Clock
Cheapcast
1 second everyday
air call-accept
Chronos data collector
AppWererabbit (Toolbox
Usemon (Usage monitor)
Cast To UPnP/DLNA for GMusic
passwallet
repix
music maker jam
everypost
commercial break
habitRPG
givelify
triggr
Fraction Calculator PRO/EDU
BBQScreen
Rotate on Shake
quip
spotflux
krome
popup widget
BitTorrent Sync
boinc
DigiCal Calendar & Widgets
App Dialer–local T9 app search
PDF Max
User Dictionary Plus
my Control (PC)
Pearltrees - Collect & Share
Presenter Mobile
dialapp : context aware dialer
Eyeprint App Lock
Scatter - Fast File Sync
Floating Notifications
Artflow
schemes
ArcNote
Saga — Automatic Lifeloggin
EasilyDo Smart Assistant
softkeyz
camera 2
vine
fleksy
glide
Fences for Android
for designers:
FormIt
homestyler
eDrawings

Any better replacements for Ex Dialler
Any better replacements for Ex Dialler? I was not impressed by it as it adds very little functionality to what is already there. Is there something similar to touchwiz dialler?

Beautyspin said:
Any better replacements for Ex Dialler? I was not impressed by it as it adds very little functionality to what is already there. Is there something similar to touchwiz dialler?
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Bro, what u looking for? IMO exDialer & Sony's default dialler are the best I have seen so far !!

xperiax10.awesome said:
Bro, what u looking for? IMO exDialer & Sony's default dialler are the best I have seen so far !!
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I found that Sony default dialler is as good as ex dialler. I need something with the functionality of Touchwiz dialler.
1. I can blacklist a number directly from the log by longpressing the number and selecting to add to the blacklist
2. I can select a contact and send part of the number or all of the number as an SMS (instead of sending it as a vcf - which is an mms) and so on..

Beautyspin said:
I found that Sony default dialler is as good as ex dialler. I need something with the functionality of Touchwiz dialler.
1. I can blacklist a number directly from the log by longpressing the number and selecting to add to the blacklist
2. I can select a contact and send part of the number or all of the number as an SMS (instead of sending it as a vcf - which is an mms) and so on..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You tried Dialer+/Contact+ ???
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xperiax10.awesome said:
You tried Dialer+/Contact+ ???
Sent from my C6903 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks. Will try to those..

Thank you so much for this list of apps for this amazing handset. Having come from iOS I'm completely lost when it comes to decent apps that add great functionality so this is exactly what I need :good:

Sup guys, I dunno if this is done but I can't seem to find it anywhere.. I'm lookin for a widget for the Walkman player that can be used in nova launcher.. A Link would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

Marcusceh said:
Sup guys, I dunno if this is done but I can't seem to find it anywhere.. I'm lookin for a widget for the Walkman player that can be used in nova launcher.. A Link would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk
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It's on the store, "music widget for Walkman"
Sent from my C6903

BUSINESS CALENDAR - one of the best I found
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CALL POPOUT - An incoming call WILL NOT interrupt us while we are playing a game, reading Flipboard, surfing web. This nature of Android phone disturbs us and cost you time, concentration, feeling.

Epic thread
Sent from my C6903 using xda premium

Seeing as I already have an Apple TV connected to my TV I thought I would try the "Apple TV Media" App.
Unfortunately it does not work for me. Despite scanning many times it simply can not find the Apple TV.
Has anyone tried the App and if so what did they find?

Try this out THEMER BETA - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mycolorscreen.themer
Sent from my XT1033 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

how bout apps for memory booster?does the z1 needs it?

fazli zakaria said:
how bout apps for memory booster?does the z1 needs it?
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2GB RAM and quad 2,2 GHz - are you shure that you need memory booster?

sorry noobie here,just wanted the best performance for my z1,

Nubia Camera - great alternative to the stock camera
Business Calendar - simply the best calendar there is
Google Keep - Note! Synced? job done
Co-pilot - first app i ever bought, best sat nav ever made.
Tube map (if you live in london)
Foldermount (if you need more than the 16 youre given)
ShowBox - DLNA out movies on the fly, superb app, won't last forever.
XBMC - Basically if you've got sky movies, you won't after you've learnt how to use this.
Meme Generator - Make memes.
Fotmob - rock solid footy app
Rolle Youtube. - stable advertless you tube downloader.
Root explorer - the original and the best.
MX Player - A household name, just like VLC for PC's
Zedge - Vast array of tunes, not's and WP's
Deezer - slightly better spotify player.
titanium - need i say anything
Wifikill - i like this app
I can't do without these apps, if i did it wouldn't feel like anrdoid
Oh and CRT as a mod, once i'd used it i couldn't go back, plus the menu system on some AOSP apps with WAVE (LEFT) it's just sublime, shame it can't be implemented.

BEST LAUNCHER - honestly i don't agree about Nova Launcher. I loved it till i had the Xperia Arc.
But on the Z1, while it's still fast and with good graphic effects, it has millions of issues. One for all, as i wrote to the developer, you can NOT see the sony widgets and use them on the nova desktops.
So for example, no clock/alarm, no weather, no power controls (the very useful widget with on/off buttons for gps, wifi, 3g, brightness and so on...) widgets.
You have to use POWER CONTROLS because of this, while they are there from sony!
After a lot of tries, so far i stay with the sony stock one, as per now.
BEST VIDEO PLAYER - for me it's still Moboplayer.
BEST FILE MANAGER - for me it's Total Commander
About Showbox, because of copyrights infringements, it's not on google play or xda anymore. I don't trust too much other sources.
About I See You, it doesn't really work with last Android 4.3 firmware (waiting for something by Sony about this, also because of needing to work properly with Stamina)

[APP][4.1+] Kiwi Browser? Chromium + Adblock + CAF + Night Mode 2021-07-29|Active

Hi,
*** Join the Kiwi development Discord @ https://discord.gg/XyMppQq ***
I've been an official developer on the Chromium project and WebKit in 2007 and 2008 (paid by Google as part of Google Summer of Code).
Since the feedback has been positive, I'd like to interact with the XDA community to get feedback, ideas, or just give help.
I'm a big fan of CAF Browsers, but unfortunately, they are not updated anymore and this is one of the biggest reason I've started the work.
This is *not* a variant of an existing project. The codebase varies significantly but it's conceptually inspired by CAF.
The browser is still very much work-in-progress, so I really appreciate feedback and ideas. I'm working 4 hours per day on the browser and I use it myself every day so decent stability is expected.
This is a hobby project, and I'm looking for feedback here, so I'm cool with any kind of critics.
I can only answer outside of daytime (Europe timezone) as I have to work during the day to buy food for my cats.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Kiwi Browser
What is Kiwi Browser ?
- Kiwi Browser is a Chromium Canary that includes performance improvements and adblock.
- What's this browser for ?
Imagine a grumpy grand-pa, and that's how the browser should be. The browser should be forgotten and not go in your way.
No flashing stuff, no annoyances, Fast & Quiet.
If you want to add a search engine, just go on the search engine website, then the search engine will appear by itself in settings.
Features:
* Support for Chrome Extensions
* Speed improvements
I've added lot of crazy hacks inside WebKit (Blink) to get it running faster.
* Night mode
* Move address bar to the bottom
* Cookie acceptance
Automatically accepts lots of "Please this is GDPR, and cookie, and blablabla" messages.
It's not perfect yet, as many websites have added GDPR messages lately.
* Notifications blocker
Blocks notifications.
* Cryptojacking blocker
Saving battery and prevents phone from heating.
Try it on http://www.coinhive.com (you can re-enable cryptomining in chrome://flags if you really like it for some reason )
* Extensions support
Supports real Google Chrome extensions.
* Popup-blocker
This is not the usual popup blocker, there is an heuristic inside to browser to determine whether the new window should be opened or not.
* Adblock & Tracking protection
The browser offers much better privacy protection than Chrome and Brave. It blocks also lot of ads. Not really because ads are bad, but mostly to make the browsing fast.
* Android 4.1+ support for both ARM and X86
Note: On certain Android versions, when you uninstall an app, Android also removes your downloads.
Keep it in mind if you manipulate Kiwi (to backup bookmarks file) or transfer to another device.
Important things to know about privacy:
- No tracking SDK
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/search/com.kiwibrowser.browser/
- No in-app tracking / metrics
- No history collection
- Self-funded

<-> Text Placeholder <->

Release notes
Version Quadea (October 07, 2019)
This version improves stability and add 2 new functionalities, in Main Menu, Settings, Accessibility:
- Always Desktop.
Useful if you are a tablet user, and you prefer Desktop version of websites.
- Toolbar always on screen
If you have a large screen, and want to keep the address bar always handy without having to scroll.
The toolbar is always on by default if you have Accessibility services. You can change that using this option.
Version Lena (September 28, 2019)
This version contains new speed optimizations and fixes minor issues.
The support of shortcuts (special keywords with the exclamation mark symbol) is now extended to all countries and to all search engines. Type: !bangs in the address bar to learn more.
- Fix: Reverse image search and certain cases where the browser was showing "(f).txt".
- Fix: Keyboard buttons (example: on Android TV, or hardware arrow buttons).
- Updated interface when you have > 100 tabs open.
Translations updated in 10+ languages.
- (New) This version improves stability on Adreno GPUs (Galaxy S8/S9+)
Version Impala (September 12, 2019)
Kiwi releases are back!
This version includes fixes (Google Translate language detection, images on the new tab page) and minor changes.
Added support for bangs (shortcuts in the address bar starting with !) in 'US', 'CA', 'GB', 'UK', 'FR', 'DE', 'ES', 'IT', 'IN', 'BR'.
Type !bangs in your address bar to learn more about it (only if you use "Default search" in Settings).
Added support for X64.
Better support for foldable phones.
Version Genie (June 28, 2019)
This version supports text rewrap / reflow (adapt text based on zoom level).
+ Interface and animations are really improved
+ Better performance (new GPU driver and 64-bits engine is now in stable!)
New settings:
+ Google Translate, Yandex and Baidu (Settings, Translator)
+ Possibility to add exceptions / whitelist in content filter
+ Support for external download managers
+ Show extensions first
+ Protect incognito windows
Remember to activate Hide annoying ads in the main menu if you want faster browsing.
Version Eden (May 26, 2019)
This version resolves issue of extensions unloading.
On some devices (in particular Xiaomi), extensions may be unloaded by the system when the device wants to optimize memory.
During the optimization, the device (Android) chooses what processes to disable.
In this new release of Kiwi: Kiwi indicates to Android that if Android wants more memory, it should try to avoid disabling the current active tab and the extensions.
If the extensions are disabled by Android, Kiwi will try to reload them.
Version Deneb (May 23, 2019)
This version includes very significant performance improvements (especially when scrolling, pinching, zooming) and minor fixes.
On some older devices the difference can be very visible.
Version Centaurus (May 19, 2019)
Better stability, more performance improvements, correcting "Sandboxing not allowed" error messages.
Version Betelgeuse (May 17, 2019)
This version fixes Craigslist and adds support for Import / Export on the new tab page.
It also bring performance improvements and fixes an issue with the Search Widget in Night Mode/Black theme.
Support for extensions has been improved as well (chrome.tabs.onCreated/onUpdated/onRemoved).
Version Andromeda (May 10, 2019)
- Fix news on the homepage (can be showing NULL from time to time)
- Fix some crashes when using a tab manager extension
- Fix crash on Quick Tapping in WebView
- This build provides better protection against Omnibox spoofing (address bar) and a much better experience in the Chrome Web Store
- Improve cross-domain management with translator (can resolve some cases where translator was not working)
- Fixing crashes related to Windows Management and one in the Omnibox
- Improved extensions UI
- Improve chrome.tabs API
- Improvements to Video Playback Battery usage (+/- 10% less)
Version Pollux (May 8, 2019)
The bad news: Background play is now disabled on YouTube (request of Google).
XDA users are smart and may find better software for this in these forums and the most technical may even find way to mod the browser but I won't provide any support or help for this.
The good news:
- This version has better performance
- New content filters
- Better extensions support
- Introduces a Diamond Black theme and the homepage is compatible with Dark Reader.
Version Phi (April 19, 2019)
This version includes stability improvements and better extensions compatibility.
An issue with downloading PDF files has been resolved, and another issue where the extension window was sometimes connected to the incorrect tab.
You can now import .crx/.zip files and also user scripts (.user.js!) directly on chrome://extensions.
If you want to use or write your own filters, the extensions Nano Defender/Adbl# offer the best compatibility with Kiwi at the moment (according to the community).
Version Upsilon (April 16, 2019)
This is the 1-year anniversary release of Kiwi Browser.
This version adds support for (real) Chrome Extensions.
Learn more at: https://www.xda-developers.com/kiwi-browser-google-chrome-extensions-android/
Version Sigma (March 6, 2019)
This version includes the latest security improvements from Chromium (including the FileReader bug CVE-2019-5786)
- Fix for news feed
- Hindi and Chinese Traditional translation
- Minor fixes (ex: view-source: )
Version Omicron (March 3, 2019)
This version includes performance and stability fixes.
Most of the changes are behind-the-scenes, this is work to optimize the core of the browser.
- Homepage loads much much much faster
- Fixed crash "Aw Snap!" that happens on some rare configurations.
- Improved stability on Xiaomi devices (GPU crashing)
- Smoother animations and user experience.
Version Lambda (February 27, 2019)
Introducing Reachability: (only if the bottom toolbar is enabled).
When you press the Hand icon, it brings the top of the page into reach (the top of the page slides down).
You can enable or disable the option in Settings, Accessibility.
The function is similar to the iOS "Reachability" function.
+ TLS 1.3 final support
+ Faster homepage loading
+ Faster tab closing
+ Better battery usage
+ Improved ad blocker, popup blocker.
+ Added StartPage in search engines (new installs only)
Version Kappa (February 15, 2019)
- Fix: Issue with the news date on the home page
- Improv: Content filters
Version Iota (February 12, 2019)
- Change: Slightly refreshed UI (icons / rounded corners)
- Improv: Javascript engine is 10% faster than Chromium (try on V8 Benchmark)
- Fix: Touch not taken into account (in particular at the bottom of the screen)
- Change: Night Mode is default to 100% for new installs
- Improv: 101% Night Mode is now White text with differentiated links
- Improv: Automatically follow AMP links to non-AMP version if anti-AMP is enabled
- Improv: Better memory usage
- Improv: 400KB less
and minor bugfixes
Version Eta (January 30, 2019)
This version adds new gestures and improves the homepage.
You can now go back/next, just by swiping left or right on the edge of the page.
This can be enabled/disabled in Settings, Accessibility.
- Feature: Edge swipe to navigate history
- Feature: Improved news system (and can change news region)
- Fix: Improved content filters
- Fix: Bottom toolbar blinking
- Change: Swipe-up to open tab switcher is off by default (configurable in Settings)
Hint: You can switch tab by swiping on the toolbar.
Version Gamma (January 20, 2019)
This release includes improvements to Night Mode and major stability fixes for Android 8.0+
- Improv: Speed and stability
- Improv: Settings in Night Mode are now dark
- Improv: Responsiveness when searching or changing page
- Change: Contextual Search is disabled by default
- Fix: Crash on Android 8
- Fix: Simplied View setting is now functional
- When bottom toolbar is enabled, action buttons are now located
at the bottom (to be reachable with fingers)
Version Zucchini (December 19, 2018)
[+] Feature: Exit browser when last tab is closed (Settings, Privacy)
[+] Improv: Changing the Home page also changes the New Tab Page.
[+] Fix: Crash on Samsung devices
[+] Fix: Czech and Croatian translations
[+] Fix: Annoyances and cookie messages
[+] Feature: Integration with DuckDuckGo and Bing (some users only)
Tip: You can now switch back to the classic
New Tab Page by setting chrome://newtab as homepage in Settings
Version Yuzu (December 12, 2018)
You can now add and remove tiles/websites on the homepage.
Also, I completely removed analytics and Facebook SDK :highfive:
[+] Manage tiles on the homepage
Long-press to move or delete the tiles.
Important, to remove the news, just click on the cross (it's not deep in Settings anymore).
[+] Added Finnish translation
[+] Uses less data
[+] TLSv1.3 (better security)
[+] Improved content filter
[+] Improved privacy: Removed metrics / analytics SDK (0 tracking!)
The next step is to deliver lot of fixes and extensions.
Version Watermelon (October 23, 2018)
Good news! New release is already here, with Night Mode 2.0!
Thanks to the Kiwi community and contributors
[+] Added Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese
[+] Significant improvements to Night Mode
[+] Better compatibility with Android P
[+] Much better filter against intrusive ads
[+] Resolved issue with reCAPTCHA
Pro-tip: in Settings, Accessibility you can choose the Contrast level.
You are welcome on Discord (chat) for feedback.
Version Voavanga (October 15, 2018)
Happy release! Next release on 30th Oct
[+] Added Croatian, French, Italian and Spanish (thanks to contributors!)
[+] Improved privacy (new hosts in blacklist, user-agent same as Chrome)
[+] Fix Custom Tabs bottom bar
[+] Fixed Yandex, PayPal Communities, and more.
[+] Minor improv. to night mode
[+] Improved stability on Samsung
[+] Support for latest emojis
[+] Experimental: For 5% of the users, you can now use shortcuts, like !gt for Google Translate and try a minimalistic version of search.
Version Tangerine (October 3, 2018)
Thanks to everyone! You can join the Kiwi Dev community on Discord application: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq (hold and press "Open with external app").
Next release will arrive around 15th Oct.
- Fix: Bottom toolbar could get stuck in the middle of the screen
- Feature: Import and Export Bookmarks from a file
- Feature: Swipe-up to show Tab Selector
- Feature: Long-press on Back button to view history
- Feature: At the bottom of Accessibility preferences, you can enable/disable the simplified Tab Switcher
+ Cosmetic fixes
Version Raspberry (x86 only) (July 16, 2018)
Resolved stability issues on x86 devices
Version Macadamia/Orange/Papaya/Quenepa (July 14, 2018)
Thank you for spreading the word about Kiwi! More surprises, features and fixes to come.
This new release contains really significant speed improvements, uses less battery and videos continue to play in the background.
- Improv.: Browsing is very fast
- Improv.: Stability & battery usage
- Improv.: Background videos now autoplay when screen is locked
- Improv.: Adaptive icon
- Change: All top toolbar buttons are displayed when Duplex is on
- Fix: Content filter (Disqus login, and more)
Version Kumquat/Lychee (July 4, 2018)
This new release includes a bottom address bar and the translate functionality.
- Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3477
- Feature: Bottom address bar (Settings, Accessibility, phone-only)
- Feature: Translate (Main menu)
- Feature: Clear data (Main menu)
- Feature: Kiwi can be moved to SD Card (on some devices)
- Improvement: Video player
The next release is planned in 10 days and will include bug fixes.
Version Jackfruit (June 17, 2018)
This version is an intermediate release that includes minor fixes.
The video player is not the final version.
- Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3462
- Fix: Background play
- Fix: Status bar color
- Feature: AMP remover (Settings, Privacy)
- Feature: Open by default in external app (Settings, Accessibility)
- Improvement: Night mode stays on after restart (phone-only)
- Improvement: If you set more than 100% contrast, text becomes more visible in Night Mode (recommended: 101%)
Version Ilama (June 11, 2018)
This version features an improved night mode and unlocks Facebook Messenger.
- Feature: Facebook Messenger is unlocked on https://m.facebook.com
- Feature: Night mode grayscale and contrast setting
A contrast of 100% will turn off black pixels on devices with AMOLED screen.
- Fix: Dark websites becoming white in night mode
- Fix: Images incorrectly displayed in night mode
- Fix: Contextual search not working on Google (english-only)
- Fix: Annoyances and minor content filter issues
Version Hackberry (May 27, 2018)
This version gives you adblock on/off button (site per site) and several usability fixes (over 40).
Thanks to Youssef, Gala, Mickael, Nitin, Sisi, Francois, Gugun, Rasitha, Jd (merci!), Sangkan, 4esterBY and everyone who helped.
- Upgraded to Chromium 68.0.3438
- Feature: Adblock on/off (Main Menu)
- Feature: Exit button
- Improved: New Tab Page
- Improved: Layout on AMP pages
- Fix: Disable News on Homepage
- Fix: Forum threads not displayed correctly
- Fix: Issue with reCaptcha
Version Guava (May 07, 2018)
This version is more responsive and feels faster on many devices.
It also includes "Night mode", a functionality (experimental) to make websites easier to navigate in low light environments.
- Improved: Application responsiveness
- Feature: Night mode (Menu -> Turn on Night Mode)
- Feature: Disable news on Homepage (Menu -> Home page -> News on Home Page)
Version Feijoa (Apr 28, 2018)
* RECOMMENDED UPGRADE *
This version resolves most of crashes from the previous release.
This version is faster (up to 200 ms per every click) so navigation is more responsive.
Also contains:
- Feature: Setting to close all tabs on exit
- Improved: Doesn't ask anymore access to Google account
- Improved: Takes much less space on disk
- Improved: Removed annoyances on Quora, NDTV, Prothomalo, Hamariweb and more
- Improved: Auto-dismiss "Add to Home Screen"
Version Cherry (Apr 15, 2018)
- Upgraded to Chromium 67.0.3395
- Much faster release
- Fix: Clicking on button on websites did not react.
- Fix: "More results..." button from Google Search not visible.
- Feature: Homepage button.
- Feature: Screenshots work in Incognito mode.
- Feature: Delete history older than 30 days.
- Improved: Stability
- Improved: YouTube, Maps now play by default in Kiwi.
- Improved: Search terms in the top bar instead of the full URL.
- Improved: Menu when you long press on an image, or a link.
Version Blueberry (Apr 05, 2018)
Fixed ANR on First Start Screen
Fixed Privacy Policy and Terms of Service link

Downloads
- Direct APK:
ARM version: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.kiwibrowser.browser
- Play Store link:
All platforms: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser - Play Protect certified
Commit count: 455

List of HTTP queries used in the browser:
- search.kiwibrowser.com tells you what is the closest google.com server (google.fr/google.de/google.it)
http://search.kiwibrowser.com/searchdomaincheck?format=domain&type=chrome
This is a speed reason, if you go directly to google.fr rather than google.com and then google.fr it's faster, and the browser caches this information
- update.kiwibrowser.com is to download the ad blocking list ( http://update.kiwibrowser.com/service/update2 ), yes it needs to download it from somewhere.
Brave downloads it from AWS for example. I do have the same: a text file with a list of filters
- suggest.kiwibrowser.com is a 302 to Google autocomplete (and DuckDuckGo for some users who are beta-testing Bang support)
If you change your search engine, even to the baked Google one, you won't get connected to suggest.kiwibrowser.com at all as far as I know.
At the end of the day, I need to send the query somewhere, there is no choice.
Whether Google, or DuckDuckDuck if you want Suggest, it *has* to ask a server somewhere.
You can turn Suggest off, or send Suggest to your favorite search provider by adding or selecting it.
- chromecontentsuggestions-pa is to download news - http://chromecontentsuggestions-pa.kiwibrowser.com/v1/

Hello !
I'm not reporting any issue, it's just a comment to let you know that I just downloaded and tested the app on 2 different phones, and it works very well !
There is a bit less animations compared to Brave Browser or Chromium (or maybe they're faster), but it is a bit faster on a Honor 5C.
But it seems that the big difference appears on low end devices : on an old KitKat device, it is way smoother than Brave Browser in scrolling...
Otherwise, thanks for this awesome app ! The night mode is very convenient.
Would it be possible to keep it activated after closing the app ?
I mean, the app remembering that the night mode was on for next time you use it ?

Hello,
Thanks for the nice words about the speed :victory:
I totally see what you mean about the night mode.
The night mode resets on relaunch in order to avoid incoherence (half is in night mode, half is in day mode and that looks quite ugly)
I'm sure there is a way to improve that, once it's improved, then I can remove the reset
I'll ping you on progress,

Just tested it for a few minutes on my most visited sites. With adblocking on, theverge.com doesn't show it's site logo and navigation bar. Hope you could fix that. Thanks. Nice and fast browser.

Noted, I'll fix theverge.com during the week and update you (and also remove this horrible cookie box )

Hello, Google fvcked up full screen video on canary. It doesn't work correctly since months on multiple roms. It just fails to hide the nav bar and status bar. This issue is also there on ur browser and even though it's not ur fvck up, I'd like to ask, if u can try to fix it. I have a OnePlus One currently on LOS 15.1 Oreo. The screenshot is from the video that popped up first when I launched YouTube.com but it is like that on any website.
To get even more crazy, is there anyway to bring back the URL bar at the bottom?

I think I know what it is,
Can you go to chrome://flags in the address bar
and set "New Media Controls" (#enable-new-media-controls) to "Disabled" ?
If that works, then I know what to change by default
I closely followed development of these new media controls (I am working on gestures for media playing), and they seem to be very buggy so I wouldn't be surprised if they were the cause of the fullscreen not ok.
Note: maybe it's not related to media controls, but I strongly suspect it.
Let me know if this solves the problem,
Btw, yes of course I want to fix it that's a major thing

The more I read the answer, the less I'm sure it's the cause
Let me know, I'm very curious on that one if disabling the modern media controls solves it.
Otherwise I'll find a way to reproduce.

Extremely fast and nice :good:
I don't know if it's possible, but any way to bring this kind of tabs?

extension support like yandex will benefit

Nice to see another Chromium fork, especially from my own country! ?
I have some suggestions though:
1) Please consider open-sourcing the browser for trustworthiness and copying (the more forks we have, the better they get)
2) Do consider enabling the flags in chrome://flags instead of target arguments, that would bring an easy overview of what is already enabled and what isn't.
3) I'm not sure how much you changed the ad blocking compared to the built-in one, but the menu has an option "Hide annoying ads" - would it be possible to hide all ads instead?

Is there any way to hide the status bar.. As shown in the screenshots of the browser??

I can't begin to express how much I love this browsers. It is fast, really really fast, like puffin fast. I don't know what you did but its too damn good. I have struggled to get a good browsers which offers the perfect blend of speed adblocking and ui and kiwi provides just that. It didn't took 10 min to make me fall in love with it. The adblocking works as charm. I do have adaway for ads but the cosmetic filtering is what i wanted for ages. Really keep up the good work.
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robotkoer said:
Nice to see another Chromium fork, especially from my own country! ?
I have some suggestions though:
1) Please consider open-sourcing the browser for trustworthiness and copying (the more forks we have, the better they get)
2) Do consider enabling the flags in chrome://flags instead of target arguments, that would bring an easy overview of what is already enabled and what isn't.
3) I'm not sure how much you changed the ad blocking compared to the built-in one, but the menu has an option "Hide annoying ads" - would it be possible to hide all ads instead?
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3) hide annoying ads is probably cosmetic filtering, it hides the blocked ad banner its per site option like in brave. Not sure what you mean, are u asking to rename?
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tytfusokhszxc said:
Is there any way to hide the status bar.. As shown in the screenshots of the browser??
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I don't think so, its mostly rom feature called expanded desktop.

prathu30 said:
3) hide annoying ads is probably cosmetic filtering, it hides the blocked ad banner its per site option like in brave. Not sure what you mean, are u asking to rename?
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If it really is what you claim it to be, yes, a rename would make sense too. For example, "hide ad placeholders".
Otherwise I expected it to be Adblock Plus-style where some ads are whitelisted.

LPW00 said:
To get even more crazy, is there anyway to bring back the URL bar at the bottom?
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fvck yeah
I'm working on that at the moment (along with Speed Dial and tons of fixes).
The main reason why it's not done yet is that during the switch from Chrome Home to Chrome Duplex, Google moved the code all over the place and refactored almost everything, so it's not just "reviving" the feature, but really to reimplement it.
It's planned, I have a very big (and slippery) phone, and I broke it because of no Omnibox at the bottom (my phone is more slippery than a soap bar).

khnoizer said:
Extremely fast and nice :good:
I don't know if it's possible, but any way to bring this kind of tabs?
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I have tried, it doesn't render well because the space taken is huge, but it is on the list.
I'll upload some screenshots next week I guess