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New Gallery App Replacement *Solved*

PLEASE NOTE: I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS APP, I JUST "TRANSLATED" IT TO ENGLISH
I've been trying to replace 3d gallery and have stumbled upon a great 2d gallery, unfortunately for me it was in Chinese, I read the instructions on the first page of miui translation forum thread and have translated it to English and actually compiled the app without any errors(to my surprise ). but when i replace the app on the phone i still get the original version that opens up(Chinese one).
I spend 2 good hours translating it, and really hate coming up short
can some one tell me what i am doing wrong? I'm attaching the Chinese version and the English version
there are the translation instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8268893&postcount=3
UPDATE: A kind member of XDA community has signed the app

Have you tried replacing the .apk in /system/app via root explorer or adb?
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its not a system app. it just a regular apk. eventually i want to replace the 3d galley so this one woudl open up from the camera

i could not even get it to install. wont install normally, and copied to /data/app and it doesnt show up
tried to install with adb and it gave a certificate error
this is because you didnt sign the translated apk
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
shows you how to do that
if you modify an apk, it must be signed before your phone will use it
ive signed it and its installed, and working, in english
my guess is that you didnt remove the untranslated version before trying your new one, make sure you remove it first
good work btw, great find
also, this isnt aosp is it? i was thinking the icon more resembled miui, which would make sense if it was in chinese

invisiblek said:
i could not even get it to install. wont install normally, and copied to /data/app and it doesnt show up
tried to install with adb and it gave a certificate error
this is because you didnt sign the translated apk
http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
shows you how to do that
if you modify an apk, it must be signed before your phone will use it
ive signed it and its installed, and working, in english
my guess is that you didnt remove the untranslated version before trying your new one, make sure you remove it first
good work btw, great find
also, this isnt aosp is it? i was thinking the icon more resembled miui, which would make sense if it was in chinese
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THANK YOU !!!!! nice to see my work didnt go to waste , in the thread it said i can do it without signing it so that what i did.

as far as i know, all apk's must be signed for android to use them (with the exception of framework-res.apk)
also, you should change the thread name to something else and put a signed version on the first thread so others dont get confused

invisiblek said:
as far as i know, all apk's must be signed for android to use them (with the exception of framework-res.apk)
also, you should change the thread name to something else and put a signed version on the first thread so others dont get confused
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changed. you wouldn't happen to know how to link this app through the camera? so when i click on the gallery from there it would open this app. i assume there is a pointeer somewhere in the camera.apk...

what do i look like? a programmer?
actually, no i have no idea. i would expect if you decompiled Camera.apk you can find it by digging through the code
(use smali/baksmali to accomplish the decompile)
but i am not well versed in programming, so i wouldnt know where to begin

crutoi,
great find! love this gallery. so much easier and faster. better organized. when you find the link to the camera, let us know. until then, i'm a happy camper! Thanks!
jc

Have any screenshots of this new gallery?
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makskylan said:
Have any screenshots of this new gallery?
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original screens are under this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9156152&postcount=2876
its the same thing but in English now, i find this gallery just as fast as a htc one

crutoi said:
original screens are under this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9156152&postcount=2876
its the same thing but in English now, i find this gallery just as fast as a htc one
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It looks like 1.6 gallery doesn't?
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jgalan14 said:
It looks like 1.6 gallery doesn't?
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i have no idea what it is, all i know is its a lot better them 3dgallery

crutoi said:
i have no idea what it is, all i know is its a lot better them 3dgallery
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Mm idk it looks just like the moment one which kind of the HTC gallery for the sense phones but who knows
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First and foremost thank you for translating the application. The application loads our media gallery really fast, it blows 3D gallery out of the water.
Feedback:
-Some of the cataloging is redundant,
-Thumb image quality is not the best,
-The icon could be nicer,
-No Picasa support.
Thanks again.
HTC EVO
MIUI 11.5
KERNEL 2.6.32.25 BCBLEND

Do you have the source code for this?

Stock Internet Icon

Hey guys, does anybody know the location for the stock touchwiz icons. For example i am using the apex launcher and i would like to use dolphin browser as my default browser in the dock on the main screen. However i would like to keep the stock internet icon. I know you can change the icon for the shortcut i just have no idea where it is. Any ideas?

ek530 said:
Hey guys, does anybody know the location for the stock touchwiz icons. For example i am using the apex launcher and i would like to use dolphin browser as my default browser in the dock on the main screen. However i would like to keep the stock internet icon. I know you can change the icon for the shortcut i just have no idea where it is. Any ideas?
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I don't believe there is any way to get at them strictly via the file explorer. However, if you download one of the the TouchWiz ROMs on here, you can extract the icons from there and just copy them over to your phone. I believe they're in the framework apk, which you can extract with 7zip or what have you, but I'm not in a position to check right now (not supposed to download random stuff like that on my work computer).

Well the stock Internet apk is located in two files: /system/app/SecBrowser_VZW.apk and system/app/Sec_BrowserVZW.apk.odex
I'm thinking the icon would be in that directory. To be safe, I'd actually download a stock rom and pull the app from there and mess with it. I wouldn't pull it from your current phone just in case you messed something up.
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http://db.tt/2gsS8JTp
Here. I extracted the png from the browser Apk and put in my Dropbox. Enjoy (its the png with the highest dpi)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20306461
Here is a link to a tutorial I wrote on editing .9.png files. It's part 2 of 3 but the most directly aapplicable to what you are trying to do.
It links up with the other two parts at the top of the post, so if you need to catch up on using some of the tools from part 1, it's right there.

SOLVED
SlimSnoopOS - Exactly where you said they would be. Followed your instructions and downloaded a TW ROM from XDA. One question though. when i get into SecBrowser_VZW.apk i see that there is a couple different versions of the icon. Would it be best for me to always try and grab the highest resolution one that i can find.
Jarredw - Amazing. Thank you.
Blue6IX - If i understand this correctly, with this guide i can edit the icon from within the apk itself so i don't have to use a custom icon with APEX Launcher? If so that is awesome, im just wondering if it would affect updating of the app?

You'd have to re-add the icon and recompile the .apk file each time it updated.
I mostly threw it here so you could learn how to extract the icon, which someone else did for you while I was typing it up.
Anyways, now you can freely edit icons for any apps you have on the device, at the very least extract all the ones you want to keep around.

Ya, that's what i figured. Thank you.

ek530 said:
Ya, that's what i figured. Thank you.
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You could get desktop visualizer and grab the icon from browser app and link it to dolphin browser.

fr8cture said:
You could get desktop visualizer and grab the icon from browser app and link it to dolphin browser.
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Never heard of this, sounds interesting, what is it?

Blue6IX said:
Never heard of this, sounds interesting, what is it?
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It makes homescreen icons with a custom image or icons from other apps. Can't believe nobody here heard of this. Its how most people theme their homescreen.

fr8cture said:
You could get desktop visualizer and grab the icon from browser app and link it to dolphin browser.
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I guess ill have to check this one out.

fr8cture said:
It makes homescreen icons with a custom image or icons from other apps. Can't believe nobody here heard of this. Its how most people theme their homescreen.
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Most launchers have that function built in. That's probably why nobody has heard of it.

Alter Cyanogen mod Settings

Hey everyone,
i have removed apps that i don't think i will ever use, E.G themes, and would like to alter the Cyanogen mod Settings to remove the entires that are no longer needed, as i have never done this before, i will most likely need to be helped step by step, or if you have a link to a guide already made that will be great

This is probably more involved that you would like to go.
That is part of "ROM" itself and can't be removed like a apk in system app.
Do you want to remove it from the source and compile it yourself? Think that is the way you have to go to accomplish what you want. Maybe it can be edited out in the ROM.zip prior to flash but I don't know

dam, i hoped it would be simple, i may have to re-compile it as you say, cause since i removed themes, it obliviously crashes if i accidentally hit the theme button in settings, i'll go looking to see if i can find something relating to that, thanks

kenpachizero said:
dam, i hoped it would be simple, i may have to re-compile it as you say, cause since i removed themes, it obliviously crashes if i accidentally hit the theme button in settings, i'll go looking to see if i can find something relating to that, thanks
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Hi,
You can always just try a launcher that allows u to hide the apps u do not want to use....
And you can also disable some of those hidden apps under "manage applications" but be careful since some of the main apps are used by other system apps like gallery, email, etc. I just hide them and its like they do not exist.
This way if a force close happens due that app being disabled u can always reenable it so it fixed the force closures.
Or find a ROM that slim/minimal so u dont have worry about those apks in the first place.
Good luck
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He is actually referring to the stuff in the settings menu.
So when he deletes the theme manager apk for example it also disappears from the settings.
At least that's what I think he is talking about.

albundy2010 said:
He is actually referring to the stuff in the settings menu.
So when he deletes the theme manager apk for example it also disappears from the settings.
At least that's what I think he is talking about.
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After reading the post again..
I believe ur correct since it seemed to easy of a question to ask and answer.
But I just wonder why those settings are even a bother to the phone or its performance.
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Minimalist approach. I can see how it can annoy somebody very easily.

Decompile and edit the smali files which is a huge pain in the ass or do it from source, those are generally your only 2 options. I did it for my GS2, it's much, MUCH, easier to do it from source. Understanding smali makes me want to rip my hair out. Stick to the source, haha trust me.
Try your luck. Here are some resources to help you out.
http://code.google.com/p/smali/w/list
http://pallergabor.uw.hu/androidblog/dalvik_opcodes.html
http://s.android.com/tech/dalvik/dalvik-bytecode.html
Look for something called dex2jar, it'll convert the classes.dex in an apk file to a jar which you'll be able to read/understand with jd-gui.

Gmail 5.0 working on the G3 (kinda)

Ok so I got gmail 5.0 to work following these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-gmail-5-0-t2912373/page3
Only issue so far is it leaves userdebugging dialogue on the stock launchers homescreen. So far tested third party launchers working is Apex and Nova, but one would assume the same results with other launchers.
I don't use third party launchers so Im going to revert back until someone smarter than I can maybe figure out how to get it to work nicely. Keep in mind you might need the google exchange extension apk and some possible renaming of some existing apps to get outlook/exchange to work. I found it somewhere the other day but dont remember where.
1)Rename existing Gmail apk to .bak in system/app and data/app(if you have ever updated gmail it will also be stored here)
2)Move PrebuiltGmail to system/app and change permissions rw-r-r
3)Now with a buildprop editor(I use buildprop tweaker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ksharkapps.buildproptweakerlite ) edit the line ro.build.type=user just a few lines down to =userdebug
(Keep in mind our buildprop is so large you'll need a special editor..)
4)Reboot and clear data in Gmail
Again you'll get the userdebug and numbers persistantly on the stock launcher home screen and app drawer so its up to you how bad you want 5.0 if you don't use third party launchers.
Gmail 5.0 apk
http://goo.gl/1fBtmQ

Swizzle82 said:
Ok so I got gmail 5.0 to work following these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-gmail-5-0-t2912373/page3
Only issue so far is it leaves userdebugging dialog on the homescreen.
Im going to revert back until someone smarter than I can maybe figure out how to get it to work nicely. Keep in mind you might need the google exchange extension apk and some possible renaming of some existing apps to get outlook/exchange to work. I found it somewhere the other day but dont remember where.
Rename existing Gmail apk to .bak in system/app and data/app(if you have ever updated gmail it will also be stored here)
Move PrebuiltGmail to system/app and change permissions rw-r-r
Now with a buildprop editor(I use buildprop tweaker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ksharkapps.buildproptweakerlite ) edit the line ro.build.type=user just a few lines down to =userdebug
(Keep in mind our buildprop is so large you'll need a special editor..)
Reboot and clear data in Gmail
Again you'll get the uaerdebug and numbers persistantly on the home screen and app drawer so its up to you how bad you want 5.0
Gmail 5.0 apk
http://goo.gl/1fBtmQ
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Question : Does Gmail 5 not work without editing buildprop? Because judging from what you have said above, the only reason I can see that user debug appears on your home screen is because you have edited the buildprop and put it there.
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It force closes without the buildprop edit.

Swizzle82 said:
It force closes without the buildprop edit.
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Ok. How about custom launchers? Like Nova launcher etc.. Will user debug appear on those home screens also?
Just wondering, i will wait till official these, but it's nice to know these things and to see if they work.
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I didn't test it on a third party launcher, I never use them.. If someone wanted to and let us know by all means..

It doesnt show up on third party launchers

dcwiker05 said:
It doesnt show up on third party launchers
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What launcher(s) have you tried?

Swizzle82 said:
What launcher(s) have you tried?
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I've only ever used apex.

dcwiker05 said:
I've only ever used apex.
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Ok I'll update with new info. Thanks for your feedback.

It doesn't show up on nova launcher either

Installed on nova laucher
BioVolt said:
Ok. How about custom launchers? Like Nova launcher etc.. Will user debug appear on those home screens also?
Just wondering, i will wait till official these, but it's nice to know these things and to see if they work.
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I installed this and I do not get the debug appearing on my home screen

kangta05 said:
I installed this and I do need get the debug appearing on my home screen
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Ok so youre using nova and you do or dont get debug dialogue?

It works fine on my phone using custom launcher it disappears.

Swizzle82 said:
Ok so youre using nova and you do or dont get debug dialogue?
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Sorry I edited my post. I do not get the debug dialog and I'm using nova launcher

Now you can just install the apk normally download it from here no root required
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/

pixel 3 modded launcher

Can't live without the pixel launcher no more, and the speed it adds to the p20 pro is superb.
Have been through pretty much every launcher and this adds to a better user experience.
The version i'm using is P-4623511 -modded-5.2.0
New themeable launcher here.
https://github.com/amirzaidi/launcher3/releases
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Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.

Jonathan-H said:
Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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Oh crap really! Hmmm I'll see if I can find the original, I've got a titanium back up if it on my phone, are you rooted? It's working for me, same version etc.

Sorry pal, I'll have a look tomorrow for you.
Let me know if you want the titanium restore file.

Try this one mate
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.xd...rs.com/pixel-launcher-mod-pixel-3-search-bar/
Updated op

use 5.3 versiom, it works smooth till now, do you feel any improvements in battery life?
Any tips and tricks you recommend for this launcher?

New launcher now in OP
New features:
Theming
Gestures
Optimisations
+More

@justbeck
I'd say use swap torpedo to eliminate system lag in general.

Jonathan-H said:
Doesn't work. Crashes every time for me.
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You have to manually give all permissions before opening for the fist time.
Strange Huawei bug with many custom launchers it would seem.

Do it need root, or is there a roothles version

thomas30 said:
Do it need root, or is there a roothles version
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The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.

warface said:
The link in the op works on non rooted handsets (it did on mine anyway!)
Be sure to give the app all available permissions BEFORE you run it for the first time or it will crash.
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I didn't have to do anything tbh.
And that's correct. You don't need root.
Lol @ your avatar, love that guy.
Sargent Hartman

How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.

fatguy666 said:
How are you guys getting this to work? I installed Launcher3-aosp-optimized.apk then updated the permissions but I can't run it. I would have expected to just press the home button and it would ask which launcher I want to use but that doesn't happen.
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In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.

bowlandspoon said:
In the settings app search for 'Default Apps' then select Launcher3 from the 'Launcher' option.
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Think that was the one thing I never clicked! Cheers.