Hi!
So getting into the whole rom customizing thing. Got a general grasp on how to edit and customize most of the stuff, however, I'm missing one thing.
How can I change android default settings in a way that it's already included in my to be flashed .zip?
Example, let's say I'd like to set a different locale by default, as well activate transition animations with fast speed an so on (like customizations presented on http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/provider/Settings.System.html ), how should I do it?
I got it that post-installation, some sqlite databases are created like settings.db, or that i could build an apk with the right permissions that would access and change these properties. However I'd like to this pre-installation, in the simplest way possible!
Any help appreciated.
I'm rooted and running stock Sammy Rom and want to change the system Font without using an app which hogs memory. I'd like to add new fonts to the existing list under display. I've read this can be done using the system/display folder but I can't find it. What are the technicalities of adding fonts?
It'd also be nice to be able to tweak/scale the font size (in pixels) and with more options than the stand list. Is this also possible?
Edit: Dohhhh, didn't even see the 'Get Fonts Online' option in the settings menu. What a plank......I'd delete the question if I could.
Saying that I'd still like to install Google Now's 'Roboto' italic natively rather than through a font changer. It's not listed in the Play Store as a 'Flipfont'.
HI, wihile I'm able to initially apply a theme, I'm confused about the many choices in the paintbrush menu when I want to change an individual theme setting (eg. accent colour).
Firstly before everything refreshes the change takes a very long. to apply
Secondly the changed value not always appears in the UI, coz I'm not quite sure if using right action.
Build & enable, Build & update, Change overlay, what are exact differences between these?
I see that if I choose build & choose, the change is more like to apply, but Substratum creates a new element beside the old, and I want to replace the previous.
Also I would expect some kind of preview before applying the customized item. As I wrote, the change takes long to apply to UI, and from the menu it's not always clear how it will look.
I need some more insight how things do work. Is there a comprehensive tutorial for using Substratum?
What is Easy Smart Phone?
Easy Smart Phone is a launcher app with big fonts, big icons and simplified user interface. Its main target is elderly people who has problems with small text and complex gestures on smart phone. Easy Smart Phone will make things easier for them.
What is current status?
Easy Smart Phone is under development and it is between alpha and beta status. Most of core functions has been developed but there are some missing features and could have bugs.
Current features
Launcher with big buttons and big text
No complex gestures to use smart phone. Just simple 1 page and you can access all features with scroll up and down gesture.
Dialer with big buttons
Default phone app replacement with blacklist, whitelist, SPAM reporting and auto block features
Big fonts for USSD message with custom USSD feature
Full customizable home screen
Home screen is single page and vertical scrollable
Contacts, apps, modules and widgets can be added and removed to home screen.
Home screen elements can be arranged by moving them up and down.
On rooted phones, WhatsApp profile picture can be used as caller photo and GSM calls.
Knows problems
Custom USSD service does not work for some codes like *#06#
Custom USSD service does not work for multi page messages
Custom USSD service should not work on android settings page, but it works
Call Log does not show display name on local contacts or recently added contacts
To send SMS, Easy Smart Phone must be set as default SMS app. But app does not check if it is default SMS app or not. So if you try to send SMS without setting app as default SMS app, app will crash. This will be fixed on next beta release.
Profile picture upload fails if picture size it too big
Phone call problems (Sometimes you need to press hangup button to exit call screen, if other party hangs up)
Notification LED cannot be turned on or off
TO DO
SMS blacklist
Custom numeric keypad
Call log at contacts page
Calculator
Camera
Gallery
Music player
Notes
Calendar
File manager
Alarm
Stopwatch
Weather widget
Battery & information widget
App level notifications
Misc
You can install this app at Android 4.2+. But some features requires newer Android devices, because of Android SDK limitations. Such as
Phone replacement feature requires Android 6.0+
SMS replacement feature requires Android 4.4+
SIM selection for phone call requires Android 5.0+
Easy Smart Phone will be updated weekly . Each update may include new features and bug fixes
Root features tested only with Magisk. I have no idea if it will work with SuperSu or any other rooting method.
All translations are made by Google Translate. So there should be mistakes in translations. If you want to have a better translation in your language, you can correct translations at github page. Thanks for your contribution.
For better Easy Smart Phone experience
Grant all permissions from Android's original settings page. Because on some devices, it is not possible to ask every permission
Set Easy Smart Phone as
Default launcher
Default phone app
Default SMS app
Default browser app
Disable all power saving features for Easy Smart Phone
Set as autostart
Grant start in background permission
Grant Show on Lock Screen permission on some devices
Download
XDA Labs
Amazon App Store
Links
Website
GitHub repository for language files and problem tracking
For language translations, native speakers needed for each different language. You can edit your language's files from this github repository.
https://github.com/gadgetreviews/easySmartPhone/tree/master/language
Thanks for any help to get better translations
I think this is a good project. Need refine some ui there. For phone this day, the screen is big so i think u can made some space for every icon and text so it look more neat
Reserved
New beta has been published:
Change Log:
version 0.0.2
A lot of bugs has been fixed.
Keyboard system re-written.
Custom numeric keypad added.
virganda said:
I think this is a good project. Need refine some ui there. For phone this day, the screen is big so i think u can made some space for every icon and text so it look more neat
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Did you mean should I decrease text size?
Is there anybody has an idea, if I upload this app to Google Play Store, will Google suspend this app and my account? Because of this app asks these sensitive permissions:
android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS
android.permission.READ_SMS
android.permission.WRITE_SMS
android.permission.SEND_SMS
Even I present documentation why I need these permissions, is it possible that google may suspend my app and my developer account?
coolman7 said:
Did you mean should I decrease text size?
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1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
virganda said:
1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
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Thank you for these valuable feedbacks. I have added this list to my to do list.
1) I already have plans to add padding to icons.
2) I think I will try to make an option for text size: big, medium and small like icons. Current text size should be big or medium size.
3) I tried to speed up to opening contacts, sms list and call log. But I failed before. They are really slow. Espacially SMS list is too slow, if you have too much messages. Maybe I will try to load them partially.
4) I will think about this idea.
5) I am considering there will be another contacts page as list. so it will be user selectable: list or grid.
virganda said:
1. I mean icon padding. Its placed to near one and another. You must made some ui change about icon padding side right and left and up down too. I test it with medium size in setting.
2. You need to up icon size resolution. In my FHD phone it look brushed.
3. In contact you must tweak it. Every time i open contact its delay couple of seconds. My contact is 600 person.
4. In SMS you must made some change for sender and receiver. I think its good if you use different alignment. Left for ingoing sms and right for outgoing.
5. In contact I prefer list option other than icon because it made hard too see long name contact.
Maybe that from me now. I really miss app like this for my parent. Sorry for my english
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Number 1 and 2 in this list has been implemented with version 0.0.5.
1) Added some padding after each row. Not decided yet to add padding between columns.
2) Replaced most icons with higher resolution icons. More icons will be replaced in next versions.
I am trying to assign custom ringtones, I accidentally set a default app and don't know how to change/remove it.
Contacts - Name of Person - Edit - View More - Default Ringtone - + (at top right of screen)
It is here that I set the default app (image below), and I can't figure out which app this is.
All I want is to change/remove this default app. I think I chose music, but it has me changing my default messaging app to Next SMS and I don't want to do this.
I have googled and tried many different things but nothing is working (and I don't want to reset all default apps). I restarted my phone which didn't do anything. This is my last solution.
Troy searching for "default apps" in Settings. There you can set the messaging app.