While porting the Note 8 firmware on my Note N7000, I was able to play with the Multiwindow feature of the Note 8 and I discovered an interesting alternative mode of the multiwindow feature. Remember, this only works for ROOTED devices. Using root explorer/solid exlorer/es file explorer or any file manager with root access, browse to /system/etc/permissions folder and there you will find "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml" file. Make a backup of this file and just delete or rename it to whatever, maybe "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak" just so you can revert it back when you want to. Then reboot. After boot, Run apps from the multiwndow tray and ENJOY an alternative multiwindow mode.
Hope you like it. If you do, then it would not hurt to like me too.
NOTE: This only works for Galaxy NOTE 8 devices using the initial bundled firmware or on a complete port of the current NOTE 8 firmware - XXBMC9
HERE is the initial video I made on March 31st (even before the NOTE 8 was available for purchase) for the NOTE 8 N5100-XXBMC9 firmware I ported on my Note N7000. Deleting or renaming the xml file I quoted above will give you this type of Multiwindow which is a bit different from the official released Multiwindow (which behaves like the Note 2 multiwindow).
Any screen shot and discription????? Will help me
Am already porting n8 features to n2
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xperiacle said:
While porting the Note 8 firmware on my Note N7000, I was able to play with the Multiwindow feature of the Note 8 and I discovered an interesting alternative mode of the multiwindow feature. Remember, this only works for ROOTED devices. Using root explorer/solid exlorer/es file explorer or any file manager with root access, browse to /system/etc/permissions folder and there you will find "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml" file. Make a backup of this file and just delete or rename it to whatever, maybe "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak" just so you can revert it back when you want to. Then reboot. After boot, Run apps from the multiwndow tray and ENJOY an alternative multiwindow mode.
Hope you like it. If you do, then it would not hurt to like me too.
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already the file renamed to "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak" i didnt find any difference!
pls note i am in ChippyNote Rom by chipwizz
any advice
xperiacle said:
While porting the Note 8 firmware on my Note N7000, I was able to play with the Multiwindow feature of the Note 8 and I discovered an interesting alternative mode of the multiwindow feature. Remember, this only works for ROOTED devices. Using root explorer/solid exlorer/es file explorer or any file manager with root access, browse to /system/etc/permissions folder and there you will find "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml" file. Make a backup of this file and just delete or rename it to whatever, maybe "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak" just so you can revert it back when you want to. Then reboot. After boot, Run apps from the multiwndow tray and ENJOY an alternative multiwindow mode.
Hope you like it. If you do, then it would not hurt to like me too.
NOTE: This only works for Galaxy NOTE 8 devices using the initial bundled firmware or on a complete port of the current NOTE 8 firmware.
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I tried it also. Renamed 'com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml' to 'com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak' and did not notice anything different after rebooting. Promptly changed it back. No disrespect but this mod means nothing without a screenshot or two.
Are there any screenshots or videos for the "another" multiwindow mode?^^
Edit: nothing happens with this mod?
Hey xperiacle,
Could you give me the FlashBarService.apk that you are using in the above video? I mean the white themed multi-window that you are using on your gt-N7000.
I would like to have it working on my gt-n7000. I tried to port the flashbarservice.apk from the s4 sytem dump to my note and I succeeded in everything except for the text color. I did not know how to change the text color from white to black.
Edit: Forget about it pal. I solved the text color problem and I succeeded in doing a white multiwindow for my device.
Works excellently. Thanks to xperiacle.
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I don't understand the point what does this do or change
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Adi. said:
Any screen shot and discription????? Will help me
Am already porting n8 features to n2
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m_rajaganesh said:
already the file renamed to "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak" i didnt find any difference!
pls note i am in ChippyNote Rom by chipwizz
any advice
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Slater5508 said:
I tried it also. Renamed 'com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml' to 'com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.bak' and did not notice anything different after rebooting. Promptly changed it back. No disrespect but this mod means nothing without a screenshot or two.
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Hamst0r said:
Are there any screenshots or videos for the "another" multiwindow mode?^^
Edit: nothing happens with this mod?
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janjannsen99 said:
I don't understand the point what does this do or change
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This is what it does
Thanks for bumping this thread. Just did this and its nice to have the flexibility of floating windows!
Btw, does anyone know of a way to automatically launch apps in windowed or pinned mode? something like this for note 8: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.samsungmwshortcuts
Never got it to work for me :crying:
How are you renaming the file?
ammarr said:
How are you renaming the file?
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You can download ES explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en
it has a root explorer that will let you mount the system/etc/permissions folder as R/W
then just rename the file
Oh I already did it through the terminal. I was just curious how gshaw1967 was doing it because it wasn't working for him.
ammarr said:
Oh I already did it through the terminal. I was just curious how gshaw1967 was doing it because it wasn't working for him.
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Sorry took so long to respond back! I am using Root Explorer. I navigated to the file and renamed "com.sec.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml" to #1.com.feature.multiwindow.phone.xml" and it didn't work so I then just renamed it to the .bak as was suggested by xperiacle but still a no go. So I just renamed it back. Didn't want to delete it but will try to move it to another directory to see if that works. Thanks for the response!.
So, after moving the file it kinda works but I cannot freely move the windows around. I still have the white split bar and the windows will only move from one to the other side. But I do have the pin/ large window icons. strage
Can you confirm via another method (like going to the terminal or using ES File explorer) that the file has actually been renamed? Do you reboot after doing the renaming?
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When you click on the pin button, it'll turn green. You'll then be able to freely move the windows around.
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Can you confirm via another method (like going to the terminal or using ES File explorer) that the file has actually been renamed? Do you reboot after doing the renaming?
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When you click on the pin button, it'll turn green. You'll then be able to freely move the windows around.
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That was it thanks! Had to press the pin. I thought it was the other way around, press the pin to lock. But Thank You!
Thanks for this great discovery. It makes my note 8 like a real computer
BTW, for those who haven't found out this yet, you can resize the floating windows by dragging the corner.
Related
SGT 2 7.0 , rooted it last night with the tutorial here, cm10
Root checker says its good and I can install root apps
I'm dieing to install a custom boot animation and the moving the zip file into system/media folder just isn't working. I believe the other suggestion was to move the zip file, it Root Explorer, into the data/local folder thats not working either
Someone help a poor noob? Hey, I'm not that bad, I got this far on my own
As far as I know, the kernel maker has to support this feature, and it's not in the stock ROM. You have to go CM or similar for this feature.
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hmm
MultipleMonomials said:
As far as I know, the kernel maker has to support this feature, and it's not in the stock ROM. You have to go CM or similar for this feature.
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I'm pretty sre I'm on Cm10
Sorry, didn't see that. Use ES file explorer for the copying, it has good error messages. Make sure to enable mounting system in ES settings. You may need to download "mount system rw" from Play Store. You could also download Rom Toolbox Pro, which will do it for you, but it costs something like $5.
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meh
no luck there either and they make it look so easy haha. ah well, thanks anyways
donniegalaxy2 said:
no luck there either and they make it look so easy haha. ah well, thanks anyways
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Okay this could be a couple of things...
First if your new animation is already named bootanimation.zip it won't let you overwrite the existing one. Delete the existing CM10 bootanimation.zip file in the system/media directory. Now you should be able to move the new animation file to the target directory.
If that doesn't work make sure ES File Explorer has the rights to make these changes.
Go to ES File explorer settings.
3rd from the bottom it says root settings.
Click on that and check all 4 things in the next menu.
Super User should prompt you allow access for ES File Explorer. Grant it.
Reboot.
Now you should be able to move the file you want to the media folder in the system partition.
After you put in the new file you may have to update the file permissions as well. I forget what they are supposed to be but I usually just check everything as read/write for all permissions options on bootanimations.
If none of that works...I dunno...come back with more specific errors you are encountering. Specific error messages, etc.
sheesh
I've done every instruction, followed them to the letter and the default boot ani won't even go away although i can find no hint of any boot ani files anywhere. it appears to function as it should, deletes the files, moves the new ones, file permissions are ok... there's just no change whatsoever, it's kind of baffling. my tablet may be possessed by he devil.
Waitwaitwait. You're saying there is NO bootanimation.zip in /system/media and it still has the stock bootanimation? Try doing a system-wide search for bootanimation.zip using CM file manager. If it does come up, note its location. If there is no bootanimation.zip in the correct folder, Android will play one hardcoded into the kernel, an image of flashing "android" text. So if there is no animation in the right place and you still see the stock CM one, you are putting it in the wrong place.
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wowzers!
OK, so I realized that I didn't have cm file browser and did a search and finally did the nightly update. What a trip that was. It got stuck on the boot ani and wouldn't shut off or anything so I had to wait for the damn thing to run its battery dead. It starts and definatly has a different ani now. The whole new layout is messing me up bad, took me several hours just to get back online.
I have even more questions now.
BTW I'm on android version 4.1.4 now I believe.
For instance, apparently I still have all my apps installed because if I go to the store it says so and won't let me download them but I can't find them anywhere.
And some how I disabled that bar on the bottom that allows me to go back or switch windows and if I go into a program I can't get out of it because I can't switch windows.
HELP! AAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!
ok
I got the window switcher bar back, it was extended desktop option. Still can't see these apps I supposedly have instslled.
Oops. Sorry about that.
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If you have a titanium or cwm backup, wipe data and restore it.
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Try using ROM Toolbox Lite, it's a free app. It worked for me.
In Lineage OS 13 it's possible...
Like mentioned above - in LOS 13 from AndroidAndi it's possible to change/overwrite the existing bootanimation.zip contained in system/media. Done here with a nice Aurora Borealis bootanimation
Hi,
I'm pretty sure this problem could be common to all rooted devices, so I'm posting it in the general Q&A.
Basically, I would like to experiment with some build.prop tweaks I found around other XDA topics. I'm sure all of you know about the general tweaking of the said file, so I won't get into too much detail about it.
However, the changes just don't stick. They reset to default every time I reboot, as if the build.prop file never changed. So, how do I make them stick?
Phone details:
Phone: Xperia X8
ROM: FroyoPro v2.5
Kernel: Stock (can't unlock the bootloader, unfortunately)
Are you saving before exiting?
XperienceD said:
Are you saving before exiting?
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Of course! I even double-check if the changes were still there by opening the modified build.prop after the work is done. For the changes I used Root Browser Lite with the Text Editor pre-installed inside. This method does work well, as I used it to modify hw_config parameters related to governors a couple of weeks back.
I've read somewhere that sometimes changes aren't possible if the kernel is stock. Could that be the case here?
If not, are there any other methods I could use to modify build.prop?
xWhiskey said:
Of course! I even double-check if the changes were still there by opening the modified build.prop after the work is done. For the changes I used Root Browser Lite with the Text Editor pre-installed inside. This method does work well, as I used it to modify hw_config parameters related to governors a couple of weeks back.
I've read somewhere that sometimes changes aren't possible if the kernel is stock. Could that be the case here?
If not, are there any other methods I could use to modify build.prop?
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A quick google caused me to find this thread and I too am having the same problem. I'm currently trying to edit my build.prop to unlock games which say they are incompatible. I'm using ES File Explorer and the built in text editor to edit and save the .prop file, I check if the changes have saved before rebooting my phone but when I turn it back on it has reverted back to stock.
sircrisp said:
A quick google caused me to find this thread and I too am having the same problem. I'm currently trying to edit my build.prop to unlock games which say they are incompatible. I'm using ES File Explorer and the built in text editor to edit and save the .prop file, I check if the changes have saved before rebooting my phone but when I turn it back on it has reverted back to stock.
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Check if your ROM has a dual build.prop file. If one exists in system/bin, you ought to edit that one for the change to stick. This solved the issue for me, and might solve it for you.
If it isn't there, try using search, and if you find another one somewhere else then try editing that one. A simple matter, but apparently easily missed
xWhiskey said:
Check if your ROM has a dual build.prop file. If one exists in system/bin, you ought to edit that one for the change to stick. This solved the issue for me, and might solve it for you.
If it isn't there, try using search, and if you find another one somewhere else then try editing that one. A simple matter, but apparently easily missed
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I'm here to wake this thread up, because I'm having this same issue and I can't seem to find any duplicate build.prop file...
Anyone having a good suggestion for me please give it, all assistance is welcome.
Android version 4.4.4
Galaxy Note Edge
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me too have the same problem , please some dev or expert help with these problem
You install root explorer and mount as r/w and copy the build.prop into your sd card (the unmoded one) and connect your phone to your pc and turn on usb copy file transfer or something like that. In your pc go into your sd and open your copied build.prop with notepad and mod it as you like. After that go into your root explorer and replace it with your original build.prop. Try on not bricking your phone bcz i bricked mine like that when i put a lot mods on it haha, make a cwm backup or if you know how to unbrick it in every case Hope i helped
Be sure its mounted as r/w otherwise you will not be able to do anything to system files.
Use the original root explorer or Andro Zip is recommeded by me
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Are you setting the file permissions correctly as rw-r--r-- ??
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flexton said:
You install root explorer and mount as r/w and copy the build.prop into your sd card (the unmoded one) and connect your phone to your pc and turn on usb copy file transfer or something like that. In your pc go into your sd and open your copied build.prop with notepad and mod it as you like. After that go into your root explorer and replace it with your original build.prop. Try on not bricking your phone bcz i bricked mine like that when i put a lot mods on it haha, make a cwm backup or if you know how to unbrick it in every case Hope i helped
Be sure its mounted as r/w otherwise you will not be able to do anything to system files.
Use the original root explorer or Andro Zip is recommeded by me
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Are you setting the file permissions correctly as rw-r--r-- ??
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thank u for answering but sorry guys to say this , it's not the way of editing it , or the permission , when i make changes they are saved correctly and the device apply the changes in the start of the first boot after these changes are made , but during the boot (after applying the changes) the device restore the stock build.prop , so when the device finishes boot up the changes are applyed but the build.prop (i cheked it) is back to stock , this mean another boot & the changes are gone , :crying: :crying: no matter how many times or changes u do they are applyed only for the first boot after they are made
Maybe it has some stock security feed, try to go to custom roms i dont now what else can you do
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flexton said:
Maybe it has some stock security feed, try to go to custom roms i dont now what else can you do
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it my first ported rom -porting by replacing files ,not expert work- and i'm having this problem
Kico.MMK said:
it my first ported rom -porting by replacing files ,not expert work- and i'm having this problem
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Try finding your device on xda and look for a custom rom that someone more expirienced than you if it doesnt work i dont know what will
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flexton said:
Try finding your device on xda and look for a custom rom that someone more expirienced than you if it doesnt work i dont know what will
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thanks for the advice , actually i did that but you know there is always something to be fixed :silly:
I have the same issue with my Vodafone Smart Ultra 6. I have root and system has read write access according to ES File Explorer. But any app that has root privileges, writes just fine without errors. However, if I close the app and load it again, or reboot, any changes are lost. So if I remove a system app using a root uninstaller it will say the app has been uninstalled. But it's still there. Drives me insane.
Exactly the same on the Smart Ultra 6.
Was hard enough to get it rooted but seems any changes to the system partition/file system just don't stick. Short of putting a custom rom on it I'm stuck for ideas.
I'd love to know what causes this behaviour.
Any updates here? I just started running into this after updating to the 7.1.1 January factory image on my 5x. The weird thing is when i reboot in TWRP it all looks fine but when I look at my system directory from Android the boot-from-recovery.p is still there and my build.prop changes aren't...push TWRP again, boot to recovery read build.prop and it's my edited version. wtf?
I have found a solution which works in my case.
Edit build prop using any root explorer and save it.
Now once again edit the file with different root explorer app like amaze or es explorer with some comment line like
#comment
and save it.
Now it should prevent the build prop from resetting after a reboot.
I have the same problem: after reboot all the changes are gone....
ashd63 said:
I have found a solution which works in my case.
Edit build prop using any root explorer and save it.
Now once again edit the file with different root explorer app like amaze or es explorer with some comment line like
#comment
and save it.
Now it should prevent the build prop from resetting after a reboot.
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It's not working for me ☹
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Is it normal that my build.prop has the permissions -rw------ ?
This could be the problem.
ullie4404 said:
I have the same problem: after reboot all the changes are gone....
It's not working for me ☹
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Is it normal that my build.prop has the permissions -rw------ ?
This could be the problem.
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Did you ever find the solution to this? I'm having the same problem..all changes reset with every reboot and the file's permission is like -rw-----
Is it possible to port screen mirroring (like the one in note 2) for grand 2?? Has anyone achieved this?
PiKay said:
Is it possible to port screen mirroring (like the one in note 2) for grand 2?? Has anyone achieved this?
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If you have rooted phone let me know. I have note II screen mirroring file and firmware files, i will send it to you
chiragvagh said:
If you have rooted phone let me know. I have note II screen mirroring file and firmware files, i will send it to you
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Yes I do have a rooted phone with stock ROM. I have tried apps like wifi display helper, screen mirroring patch, ezcast etc. nothing seems to work. The wifi display helper gave a stock screen mirroing like option page. It had a scan button but no devices were displayed. I have a samsung smart TV
Ok wait for some time i will send you link of note II screen mirroring app and framework file.
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PiKay said:
Yes I do have a rooted phone with stock ROM. I have tried apps like wifi display helper, screen mirroring patch, ezcast etc. nothing seems to work. The wifi display helper gave a stock screen mirroing like option page. It had a scan button but no devices were displayed. I have a samsung smart TV
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I have attached two RAR files of Note II firmware. First take backup if anything goes wrong.
Also take backup of allshare.jar and allshare.odex file inside framework folder of your rom.
than download system_app.rar and Framework_file.rar, extract it. and move system_app in \system\app folder with correct permissions and framework_file in system\framework folder with correct permissions (overwrite your exiting file (dont forgot to backup)).
Restart the device and check
Have you checked
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chiragvagh said:
I have attached two RAR files of Note II firmware. First take backup if anything goes wrong.
Also take backup of allshare.jar and allshare.odex file inside framework folder of your rom.
than download system_app.rar and Framework_file.rar, extract it. and move system_app in \system\app folder with correct permissions and framework_file in system\framework folder with correct permissions (overwrite your exiting file (dont forgot to backup)).
Restart the device and check
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Hi , so urs grand 2 is able to do miracast with the new mod ?
This is not MOD this are just files of note 2 firmware to try. I have not rooted my g2, so I have not tried
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did anyone check ?
Is it Working??
cyrax250 said:
Is it Working??
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1) this will not work, you will not be able to go and the gallery will be error
2) you can update your AllShareCast using google play
https://yadi.sk/d/SPUuIIltbfaFP
not working for me
chiragvagh said:
I have attached two RAR files of Note II firmware. First take backup if anything goes wrong.
Also take backup of allshare.jar and allshare.odex file inside framework folder of your rom.
than download system_app.rar and Framework_file.rar, extract it. and move system_app in \system\app folder with correct permissions and framework_file in system\framework folder with correct permissions (overwrite your exiting file (dont forgot to backup)).
Restart the device and check
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Hello!
How can i to move these file? I have no permission to over write them.
Since we now have root for the verizon s6, is it possible to get the stock browser and smart manager?
In theory. I was wondering the same thing but I've been working all day so I haven't had time to try
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THADDIUS25 said:
Since we now have root for the verizon s6, is it possible to get the stock browser and smart manager?
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Yes, just follow these instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...xy-s6-apps-t3041330/post59644234#post59644234
Let me know how it turns out!
Just tried this, the app is in the drawer but when I open it just closes.
THADDIUS25 said:
Just tried this, the app is in the drawer but when I open it just closes.
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And you correctly changed the permissions in the /system/app folder?
Yes
Check your permissions. I did it and it worked for me. Remember that the folders have different permissions than the files.
Did u move it to the priv app folder or the app folder?
Confirmed that when ALL permissions are set properly it works great! The app and the folders have different permissions like the other guy said
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Did u move it to the priv app folder or the app folder?
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Just the /System/App folder. Use Root Explorer to do the permission settings. Just match what other random folders/apps permissions look like in the /System/App folder.
Thanks I got it working!!!
**edit**
Got it!
I've created a tutorial here.
I copied to /system/app, changed the permissions of the SBrowser folder, the apk, the lib folder, and each of the files inside the lib folder, but then I get this when I try to install the apk. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I must have missed the previous post. Got it working now. Thanks!
Anyone have step by step instructions on how to get smart manager working? I followed the s4 thread, but it is not working for me.
I got the FingerPrint AutoComplete working, check out my thread over at XDA Thread Link.
-not very hopeful for this-
any chance, now that people have the stock browser with root, to get it working without root?
I really don't want to root my phone just yet...
levilib said:
-not very hopeful for this-
any chance, now that people have the stock browser with root, to get it working without root?
I really don't want to root my phone just yet...
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Not likely
Thought i'd put this on it's own thread so it doesn't get lost in the sea of comments where i put it originally. Mods, if this belongs somewhere else please move.
For anyone wanting to change their emoji and not sure if you want to use that switcher app, its very simple. Install ES file explorer (i can't imagine most of you don't already have it) and go to system/fonts and locate "NoToColorEmojii.ttf" and rename it to your liking (i just renamed it with NoToColorEmojii_OLD.ttf). Then download a replacement TTF emoji file, i used this one :
http://www.mediafire.com/file/oe85f3h5mj0731k/NotoColorEmoji.ttf
NEW WORKING LINK POSTED
download it and put it in the same folder the old one is in, reboot your phone, and viola, you're good to go.
Hope this helps!
YES! Thank You for doing this.
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thatisandwas said:
Thought i'd put this on it's own thread so it doesn't get lost in the sea of comments where i put it originally. Mods, if this belongs somewhere else please move.
For anyone wanting to change their emoji and not sure if you want to use that switcher app, its very simple. Install ES file explorer (i can't imagine most of you don't already have it) and go to system/fonts and locate "NoToColorEmojii.ttf" and rename it to your liking (i just renamed it with NoToColorEmojii_OLD.ttf). Then download a replacement TTF emoji file, i used this one :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3n...ew?usp=sharing
download it and put it in the same folder the old one is in, reboot your phone, and viola, you're good to go.
Hope this helps!
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File no longer exists...
Give me a sec I'll get a new link up
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YES! Thank You for doing this.
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File no longer exists...
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Can you try that again? I think its just that it looks that way cause you can't preview this file. there should still be a DL button.
thatisandwas said:
Can you try that again? I think its just that it looks that way cause you can't preview this file. there should still be a DL button.
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Same thing. Google is saying the file isn't there...
Kief_haring said:
Same thing. Google is saying the file isn't there...
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Not sure why my google drive links keep dying! Posted up with a new host, should be good to go. Sorry about that!
Much better! Thank you!
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thatisandwas said:
Not sure why my google drive links keep dying! Posted up with a new host, should be good to go. Sorry about that!
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No worries, Thanks for even posting/hosting!
Can we have a screenshot for these emojis? Which ones are they even? These are the ones I'm using currently, which are the new Samsung emojis.
Anyone have the Samsung emojis?
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Do we need to be rooted??
Deeemm79 said:
Do we need to be rooted??
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Can't edit system files otherwise.
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bigmase23 said:
Anyone have the Samsung emojis?
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Here ya go [emoji6] ..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk62q5f7nqxjvdg/NotoColorEmoji.ttf?dl=0
Also here's the iPhone emojis if anyone wants them..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctkugoahd75m31u/NotoColorEmoji.ttf?dl=0
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Im rooted and still cant edit system files. I re-ran the recowvery script, and when i got to TWRP, I swiped to allow changes to the system partition. Then flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip then flashed SuperSu.
I am certain about root priviliges. SuperSU prompts me when root is required, and I am using a custom rom.
I used a script in the app RomManager to mount system RW to no avail.
I am using ES File Manager. I dont understand this, so any help is appreciated. Thanks
sduffy89 said:
Im rooted and still cant edit system files. I re-ran the recowvery script, and when i got to TWRP, I swiped to allow changes to the system partition. Then flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip then flashed SuperSu.
I am certain about root priviliges. SuperSU prompts me when root is required, and I am using a custom rom.
I used a script in the app RomManager to mount system RW to no avail.
I am using ES File Manager. I dont understand this, so any help is appreciated. Thanks
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I'm not a noob by any stretch but I'm feeling like one again with this LG stuff so just to clarify this is basically just a guess, but if you're positive you have root access then it sounds like the problem could be with the file explorer you're using. I don't use es file explorer myself so if it is the problem I couldn't tell you why, but I use solid explorer and I haven't had any issues with modifying system files. Anyway just thought I'd throw it out there in case you haven't already tried with a different file explorer. Hope it helps
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jeep447 said:
I'm not a noob by any stretch but I'm feeling like one again with this LG stuff so just to clarify this is basically just a guess, but if you're positive you have root access then it sounds like the problem could be with the file explorer you're using. I don't use es file explorer myself so if it is the problem I couldn't tell you why, but I use solid explorer and I haven't had any issues with modifying system files. Anyway just thought I'd throw it out there in case you haven't already tried with a different file explorer. Hope it helps
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That's good advice. My first thought exactly. I think the real problem was i had assumed the rom came with Busybox already installed. I installed Busybox when scripts for read/write access wouldnt run in apps that required it. Now things work perfectly.
sduffy89 said:
That's good advice. My first thought exactly. I think the real problem was i had assumed the rom came with Busybox already installed. I installed Busybox when scripts for read/write access wouldnt run in apps that required it. Now things work perfectly.
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It's funny because I had a similar problem when I first installed Adaway because it would download the updated host but it kept failing to install, and then it finally dawned on me when I was doing something else that required busybox that it wasn't already installed because for some reason I also had just assumed it was. Anyway I'm glad to hear you got it figured out ?
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jeep447 said:
It's funny because I had a similar problem when I first installed Adaway because it would download the updated host but it kept failing to install, and then it finally dawned on me when I was doing something else that required busybox that it wasn't already installed because for some reason I also had just assumed it was. Anyway I'm glad to hear you got it figured out ?
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Okay. I can change the file of the original .tff to *_OLD.tff but cant copy and paste the new one to the /system/fonts directory because its a "read only directory". Yet ES File Explorer says Readable and Writable.
Any ideas i can try?
sduffy89 said:
Okay. I can change the file of the original .tff to *_OLD.tff but cant copy and paste the new one to the /system/fonts directory because its a "read only directory". Yet ES File Explorer says Readable and Writable.
Any ideas i can try?
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Try solid explorer.. that's what I use..
So i tried this deal and even after renaming and replacing i get no emogi anymore. Check picture attached. And renaming back old to normal did not help either. I did a factory reset and emoji still missing. Can some help. Thanks