How to fake Android to think you have a different device - Android General

Hi guys,
I wrote a simple guide to fake Android to think you have a different device.
I know is simple for advanced users but maybe could be useful to some people.
http://techcookies.net/how-to-fake-android-to-think-you-have-a-different-device/
What do you think?
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How would one learn to create software

I am interested i n learning how to create software for my phone I have a Samsung vibrant anybody who can offer any help I will accept it openly
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Hello I'm in the same boat. I was told to practice JavaScript and HTML. Believe me I've spent all day reading and searching and I have a head ache
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Development for Android is done mostly in Java. It is very simple programming language, after a few weeks of practice you should be good at it. Here you have a tutorial on how to create first Application: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html
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Development for Android is done mostly in Java. It is very simple programming language, after a few weeks of practice you should be good at it. Here you have a tutorial on how to create first Application: http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html
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Not applications I'm talking a about things like roms
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The New Boston
The new boston has a 200 video series on android application development. It's a little bit dated but if you go to http://thenewboston.org/index.php. It shows you specifically how to develop for android 2.2 (froyo). that being said most (if not all) of those applications should fun just fine on any OS 2.2 and above.
The main things is that you are using the API level from 2.2 so unless you change it later on you won't be able to use newer features. BUT... it can take someone from 'eeerrr I think this be mah keyburd' to 'Yeah, i just wrote and android app and put it on the market. BYAAAH!!!'.
Definitely worth checking out. I checked it out and when they came out they were cuttign edge pretty much (like a year ago lol).
Once again http://thenewboston.org/index.php
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HA... I just realized that you said ROMS. well that is a completely different story... that is really trial and error until you figure out how everything works.
If you aren't running on ubuntu then download virtual box:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Once you have that the EASIEST way to get started is to download the ISO for ubuntu 10.04:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/
Once you have created the Virtual machine with ubuntu 10.04(simply because it is the best for development):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC6jSiGSbUE
Then I recommend to get your environment setup you follow the instruction at the below site:
http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/compile-ics
Now that I actually read what you were askign for and am not a complete tard... hope this helps.
I looked it up and it also gave me a link on how to set up Ubuntu. So my next question is, where do you get source codes? I myself have a vibrant so of course it doesn't get source code updates although I know that some ports are from the gnex
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Is it fairly easy to pick up then? I program in a language called SAS and I have done bits of Java and VB in the past.
LeChuck85 said:
Is it fairly easy to pick up then? I program in a language called SAS and I have done bits of Java and VB in the past.
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That's what I'm trying to figure out I haven't done programming but I usually pick up quick on tgings I would ask a dev for my service but they have a lot on their plate as it is
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sounds like xda veterans should compile an Android rom "how to for dumb dumbs" e book and put it for sale in the play store and on Amazon self publishing. you'd probably make a fair amount for yourselves and the site, depending on how you went about it; problem is I think all forums on this site would then be totally flooded with repeats, duplicate functions mods, crap roms, and just generally bring the average level of code down to hella-sloppy levels. yikes, pick your poison
I understand that serving requires a lot of time butnim serious about this. Not o my that my friend has an lg lucid and I have other people who would like development for that pho e which I would help with hopefully
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I understand that deving requires a lot of time butnim serious about this. Not o my that my friend has an lg lucid and I have other people who would like development for that pho e which I would help with hopefully
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skinzy98 said:
Not applications I'm talking a about things like roms
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roms are also largely in java (or davlik, anyway)
You can start by compiling something like CM10 (not an easy task, I might add).
Most devs begin because there's something they are itching to have but that doesn't exist. Once you've successfully compiled, you can start tweaking these things in.
is there no how-to guide somewhere for your-first-compiling and what-files-do post for dummies somewhere?
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wlpywd said:
is there no how-to guide somewhere for your-first-compiling and what-files-do post for dummies somewhere?
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Yes I did recently find one in the vibrant forum on how to setup and compile using Ubuntu
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thanks
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New Tablet Owner - Seeking Help

Hi everyone - I've never owned a tablet and I am trying to learn about my new Galaxy Note 10.1 as much as possible so that I can use it to its full potential.
Can anyone give me advice on where to find videos or tutorials on how to use this tablet? I haven't found much on YouTube yet (in English). Are there any lists of features on anything on this forum? I haven't found much in my brief search.
Thanks to all! I love the tablet so far but I want to learn EVERYTHING about it.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Hi everyone - I've never owned a tablet and I am trying to learn about my new Galaxy Note 10.1 as much as possible so that I can use it to its full potential.
Can anyone give me advice on where to find videos or tutorials on how to use this tablet? I haven't found much on YouTube yet (in English). Are there any lists of features on anything on this forum? I haven't found much in my brief search.
Thanks to all! I love the tablet so far but I want to learn EVERYTHING about it.
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Search for the tips and tricks thread in the general section as a starting point and build from there.
Here's a starting point on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7HO3UuM_c
There is another thread giving you this link too, look through the videos from this starting point. This is an excellent rundown of some of the features...
PsiPhiDan said:
Hi everyone - I've never owned a tablet and I am trying to learn about my new Galaxy Note 10.1 as much as possible so that I can use it to its full potential.
Can anyone give me advice on where to find videos or tutorials on how to use this tablet? I haven't found much on YouTube yet (in English). Are there any lists of features on anything on this forum? I haven't found much in my brief search.
Thanks to all! I love the tablet so far but I want to learn EVERYTHING about it.
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There are also some Kindle books (some free) available that are pretty good for beginners (like us!).
Try downloading the Galaxy Note 10.1 User Digest from the play store. It's a great place to start.
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Try downloading the Galaxy Note 10.1 User Digest from the play store. It's a great place to start.
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+1.
AND babbbam: http://support-us.samsung.com/spsn/detail.jsp?ctg_id=1280&sub_ctg_id=&live_id=2455
Thanks everyone! I've learned so much already! The digest app was particularly helpful. I'm going to watch the YouTube videos soon.
This tablet is amazing. The more I'm learning, the more I wonder why people would buy any other tablet. Simply incredible.
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Research Thesis Project

Want to help me with my thesis project by installing my research app on your android phone? My research involves finding malicious code on smartphones, and all the app will do is collect some data about normal power usage on your phone. All the data is totally anonymous and you won’t have to do anything once it’s installed and you’ve agreed to run it in the app. I would really appreciate your help! Anyone who’s interested can find it on the play store here: Malicious Code Detector http://goo.gl/9pNFi Tell your friends!
I have also posted this request for volunteers in the Galaxy Nexus & Nexus 4 general forums as these are the latest two google reference phones they are ideal for my project to run against; however, I'm looking for as many participants as possible so regardless of your android device if you are interested and willing to help please do. Let me know if you have any questions/feedback. Thanks.
Not available in the UK ?
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This sounds legit...
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NIMBAH said:
Not available in the UK ?
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Sorry forgot to make available beyond the US prior actively seeking individuals to test/run the app. It's now available beyond the US if you are still interested.

Samsung Vs Android

Are you Pro Samsung, or are you Pro Android. I ask this question, because of Samsung's future plans with their Tizen OS. I'm sure everybody knows about this OS. But I'm not sure any of use fully understand what Samsung is going to be doing with it. And what it will mean for Android running on their devices in the future... I don't really see this OS being a threat to Android. But with Samsung's notable market share in the Android landscape, and uninformed consumers. Can it get a strong hold on some of Androids market share.
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No it won't android has been out for a while and fixed nearly every bug and tweaked it and made it faster and tastier I think it would be a while until Tizen could actually go head to head with android and ios.
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mhoss48 said:
No it won't android has been out for a while and fixed nearly every bug and tweaked it and made it faster and tastier I think it would be a while until Tizen could actually go head to head with android and ios.
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tizen is great guy and also ubuntu touch and firefox os based on html5
i think it will be future on mobile
vocoderism said:
tizen is great guy and also ubuntu touch and firefox os based on html5
i think it will be future on mobile
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As I said I would be sometime till this OS to be the first, and no doubt Samsung will take it to the top
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I'd love to have a phone with "easy" hardware, on which one could install Android, Tizen or Ubuntu at will, so one can try and choose the one wich fits better his own needs.
I'm not really interested in Tizen... I kind of wanted to see where people stand on the issue... Samsung has been the top Android OEM, but are we for Android, and just choose Samsung devices, or are we with Samsung, that just so happens to be using Android... And when the time comes, will we stick with one, or the other, Samsung with Tizen, or Android... I kind of also like to see what people think of Tizen... I'm not really sure what to think of the OS. I'll be staying with Android, I know that much...
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i dont think it will either
Android. Samsung is just good at hardware, but there are plenty of good alternatives.
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Aandrooiiiiid android *dang*dang*
Android for the win.
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I'm not really interested in Tizen... I kind of wanted to see where people stand on the issue... Samsung has been the top Android OEM, but are we for Android, and just choose Samsung devices, or are we with Samsung, that just so happens to be using Android... And when the time comes, will we stick with one, or the other, Samsung with Tizen, or Android... I kind of also like to see what people think of Tizen... I'm not really sure what to think of the OS. I'll be staying with Android, I know that much...
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Thanked you because I just noticed you thanked every poster
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Android in general is great... Never owned a Samsung phone but they all have their ups and downs. Competition is nice
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Will stick with Android myself.
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More like an android fan than a samsung base.
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More afraid of Samsung staying with Android but going the way of Amazon. They want the money from the ecosystem. Wouldn't be surprised if in the future you have to pick a kindle phone, Samsung phone, or Google phone depending on where you want your content and apps to come from. Google Play subscriptions / apps? Amazon subscriptions / apps? Samsung subscriptions / apps? etc
That's why we have XDA
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Remember the viability of the OS is almost totally dependant on the catalog of apps. BlackBerry OS 7 & 10 were very functional and secure OS'es but lost their appeal in the market because of the lack of apps. The same could be said for Windows Phone 8 which is much easier to control on the corporate level than either iOS or Android. But IT groups are too scared to give out the phones due to app envy complaints. Tizen could be the second coming but if it doesn't have a catalogue of a 100k apps day one it won't go anywhere.
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android for the winnn
Anybody will see the UI of the os and games/apps for that particular os.
That's why so many love android currently.
I tooo
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Only prefer to android.
Can leave same for it.
But I guess samsung won't leave Android
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Evangelion NERV Theme

Hey guys, was wondering if some one out there in this awesome world of XDA would be a to make a universal themed ROMS that is inspired by the Evangelion franchise.
Several years ago Sharp released a below standard phone with what I can only describe as the BEST looking theme I have ever seen to date... and this was bk in the days of gingerbread!
Since then the hardware has increased ten fold and although some themes or mods have come close, no one has, in my mind surpassed the way this themed ROMs looked.
Please find below a link to a video regarding this, forget it's in Russian but focus on the ROMs.
Anyone out there reading this who knows of any ROM builders that could undertake this?
Again not looking for themed widgets, looking for either a port or ROM.
http://j-phone.ru/index.php?page=sh...d=11&vmcchk=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=17
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP GUYS.
Note III N9005
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The current look of my device
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http://www.taringa.net/posts/manga-anime/16108483/Theme-SH06D-NERV-para-Android.html
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http://www.taringa.net/posts/manga-anime/16108483/Theme-SH06D-NERV-para-Android.html
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Hey Silver thanks for getting back to me, the information you gave me was really cool of you to do but I have already tried this method on my old S2, it works fine but what I'm looking for is the full customization from the NERV ROM.
Thanks for taking the time to get in touch
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apanayis said:
Hey Silver thanks for getting back to me, the information you gave me was really cool of you to do but I have already tried this method on my old S2, it works fine but what I'm looking for is the full customization from the NERV ROM.
Thanks for taking the time to get in touch
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i would be happy just to have some that work on the duel sim .. you have no idea how frustrating it is not to have it.
Being an Eva fan myself, I find this very relevant to my interests.
However, it seems that your request for a Rom or Launcher port isn't coming until an interested XDA member gets ahold of the phone themselves.
The closest that was gotten can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290194
Basically a Chinese Blogger got ahold of the phone, wrote about it, and dumped some System files.
People tried to get them to port, but were unsuccessful, for the most part.
Seems some things, though, such as the official MAGI Widgets were able to be Deodexed and Signed and working on phones.
The thread died in September, however.
QNBT has managed to recreate the feel and performance of the SH-06D launcher using Nova and UCCW.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025464
I know it's not exactly what you are looking for, but it's close for now. (Though I'm sure you are aware of it.)
In this thread, someone found a Japanese blog where someone else configured it through a different launcher called Glaeja.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666996
So, there you go.
Seems nobody's quite done what you're asking yet.
But perhaps you can find some skilled people to assist the first thread in picking apart the system files.
Best of luck!
Ryo I think this challenge will be unanswered as there's not enough people who think this is worth the effort... :'(
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It is not dead...I've been working at this for a few days now..the major issue is the SH-06D has a glass free 3d interface just like the Nintendo 3ds...MAGIhome depends on that hardware..cracking it is proving difficult.
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johndillinger1932 said:
It is not dead...I've been working at this for a few days now..the major issue is the SH-06D has a glass free 3d interface just like the Nintendo 3ds...MAGIhome depends on that hardware..cracking it is proving difficult.
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This is fantastic news, I sincerely hope you manage to get a solution, was wondering if this would be gingerbread, jellybean or possibly kit Kat?
I'm currently using a Note 3 and would love to be rocking this ROM on it. I look forward to hearing from you
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Well I am running dirty unicorns 4.4 on my note 2, so kit kat will be first. I'm really just concentrating on getting Magi working...
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Well I am running dirty unicorns 4.4 on my note 2, so kit later will be first. I I'm really just concentrating on getting Magi working...
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Excellent, well I'm really excited to see what you can achieve, thank you in advance for your efforts
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Well I am running dirty unicorns 4.4 on my note 2, so kit kat will be first. I'm really just concentrating on getting Magi working...
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Just sending out some good vibes and wondering how yre getting on so far, any break through?
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It's proving to be beyond my ability level....but I'm not giving up.. plus I've run into an issue with the widgets.. they just stop refreshing... was almost late to work because the clock widget was telling me it was 3 hours earlier than it really was
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Guess the threads dead....
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