I need this app, can someone help.
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blaisecardoz said:
I need this app, can someone help.
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drdoulittle said:
lets go
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thanks a ton
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Wow thanks a lot, that came in handy! :good:
Where did you get it from? I noticed it is in version 1.0.2 (see Settings > About), however latest version on CM GitHub (github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/tree/cm-11.0) only says 1.0.1 in its changelog... Did you extract it from a ROM? Any idea why this version (with actualised changelog) cannot be found anywhere on CM infrastructure (gerrit, github...)?
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Wow thanks a lot, that came in handy! :good:
Where did you get it from? I noticed it is in version 1.0.2 (see Settings > About), however latest version on CM GitHub (github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/tree/cm-11.0) only says 1.0.1 in its changelog... Did you extract it from a ROM? Any idea why this version (with actualised changelog) cannot be found anywhere on CM infrastructure (gerrit, github...)?
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Extracting from a ROM is the quickest way and most ROMs have 1.0.2 in them.
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Extracting from a ROM is the quickest way and most ROMs have 1.0.2 in them.
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You mean, compared to building from source ? This wasn't the reason why I was asking: I was just trying to find a definitive answer on "what's the latest version of this app", and official source code is always the best option to sort out such enquiry
It seems strange to me that most ROMs have an 1.0.2 version while CM repos don't seem to contain anything higher than 1.0.1 (by changelog comparison). So my question remains: where does that updated version come from?
Cheers
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You mean, compared to building from source ? This wasn't the reason why I was asking: I was just trying to find a definitive answer on "what's the latest version of this app", and official source code is always the best option to sort out such enquiry
It seems strange to me that most ROMs have an 1.0.2 version while CM repos don't seem to contain anything higher than 1.0.1 (by changelog comparison). So my question remains: where does that updated version come from?
Cheers
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https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/tree/cm-11.0
You were probably looking at the cm-10.2 branch lol. The default branch of CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager is cm-10.2 if you look here: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/branches
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You were probably looking at the cm-10.2 branch lol.
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I thought so at first, but if you look at this branch's CHANGELOG.md file, you'll see it hasn't been modified in two years and mentions the "1.0.1" version as the latest one. This is why I've precisely mentioned the branch URL in my first post, but because of my inability to post links you might have overlooked it Thanks for your investigations nonetheless!
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I thought so at first, but if you look at this branch's CHANGELOG.md file, you'll see it hasn't been modified in two years and mentions the "1.0.1" version as the latest one. This is why I've precisely mentioned the branch URL in my first post, but because of my inability to post links you might have overlooked it Thanks for your investigations nonetheless!
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Look in AndroidManifest.xml
Didn't see that you already mentioned you looked in cm-11 branch, they just haven't update the changelog but the app that gets compiled is 1.0.2.
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Look in AndroidManifest.xml
Didn't see that you already mentioned you looked in cm-11 branch, they just haven't update the changelog but the app that gets compiled is 1.0.2.
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Thanks, this one does indeed mention 1.0.2! However, where does the changelog entry in the app's "Settings > About" screen come from then?
Version 1.0.2
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* move bookmarks and history into a navigation drawer (by Florian Edelmann)
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The mystery thickens...
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Thanks, this one does indeed mention 1.0.2! However, where does the changelog entry in the app's "Settings > About" screen come from then?
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https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/blob/cm-11.0/res/raw/changelog
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https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_CMFileManager/blob/cm-11.0/res/raw/changelog
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Damn it, I would never have looked at this folder!! What does res/raw stand for? Anyway, thanks a lot Lethargy, mystery solved
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Damn it, I would never have looked at this folder!! What does res/raw stand for? Anyway, thanks a lot Lethargy, mystery solved
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resources -> raw text
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resources -> raw text
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Makes sense Is it a recurring part in any Android app (I'm no dev so pardon the naivety of my question(s))? Still, I believe think they could update that CHANGELOG.md file at some point, that would clear up some confusion...
Do you know of any other good free/libre file manager? Although this one quite pleased me when I discovered Cyanogenmod a few weeks ago (I'm pretty new to Android, just got my first droid phone last month), which is why I wanted to install it on my current OmniROM, it doesn't seem to be actively developed. I'm just wondering which features I could have a need for in the near future that this file manager doesn't offer... Thanks.
I normally use CM App Installer from the play store to get the file manager and the torch app
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Neitsab said:
Makes sense Is it a recurring part in any Android app (I'm no dev so pardon the naivety of my question(s))? Still, I believe think they could update that CHANGELOG.md file at some point, that would clear up some confusion...
Do you know of any other good free/libre file manager? Although this one quite pleased me when I discovered Cyanogenmod a few weeks ago (I'm pretty new to Android, just got my first droid phone last month), which is why I wanted to install it on my current OmniROM, it doesn't seem to be actively developed. I'm just wondering which features I could have a need for in the near future that this file manager doesn't offer... Thanks.
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In this case it's raw text, but you can put images in there as well (any files in fact). Files in res/raw won't be processed/compiled, it'll just be added to the package.
For example, in CMFileManager the changelog (excerpt):
Code:
Version 1.0.2
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* move bookmarks and history into a navigation drawer (by Florian Edelmann)
If you wanted to use that in strings.xml you would have to put them in <string> tags:
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<string name="changelog">Version 1.0.2
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* move bookmarks and history into a navigation drawer (by Florian Edelmann)
</string>
(For those reading this in Tapatalk, you can't see the xml tags since it handles it differently)
In some cases it can cause issues, and it's sometimes it's better not to clog up strings.xml with a large amount of text (like this changelog). Also easier to modify in some cases (again, like a changelog).
I use Root Explorer, but it's a paid app. There's a free version but afaik it can't modify files which need root access.
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I normally use CM App Installer from the play store to get the file manager and the torch app
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Nice, thanks for the tip this looks interesting! However, as the author says in the app description he builds them himself when he has time to do so. Therefore pulling them from a current nightly or latest M release (as Lethargy mentioned) seems to be as good (and that is one less person to rely upon). I also wanted to replace omniROM's Launcher3 by CM's Trebuchet, so I'll have a go at it (thanks to MultiROM ).
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I use Root Explorer, but it's a paid app. There's a free version but afaik it can't modify files which need root access.
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Thanks for your explanations, I better understand now.
Concerning the file manager, I'm looking specifically for free/libre software app (as in "open source", but I don't like this expression and prefer to stick to Richard Stallman's definition). A search in F-Droid didn't turn in that many results, so that's why I was asking "at large"... I know many apps on the Play Store are libre software, but because the store doesn't mention their license it gets pretty tricky to find them. I try to always favour free/libre apps when I can.
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Thanks for your explanations, I better understand now.
Concerning the file manager, I'm looking specifically for free/libre software app (as in "open source", but I don't like this expression and prefer to stick to Richard Stallman's definition). A search in F-Droid didn't turn in that many results, so that's why I was asking "at large"... I know many apps on the Play Store are libre software, but because the store doesn't mention their license it gets pretty tricky to find them. I try to always favour free/libre apps when I can.
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If you ever want anything explained feel free to ask me in a PM
I'm not too sure of any others then. :silly: I'd just stick to CM File Manager if you specifically want a decent one that's open source. I just prefer Root Explorer over CM File Manager since it's a little better for root file management and it can access SMB (so I can access files on my PC without bothering to plug in my USB cable so often).
Maybe look around XDA for one.
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If you ever want anything explained feel free to ask me in a PM
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Sure, will do. Thanks for the very amicable offer, I must admit I often find myself quite lost within the Android realm
I'm not too sure of any others then. :silly: I'd just stick to CM File Manager if you specifically want a decent one that's open source. I just prefer Root Explorer over CM File Manager since it's a little better for root file management and it can access SMB (so I can access files on my PC without bothering to plug in my USB cable so often).
Maybe look around XDA for one.
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Makes sense. Well for now I'm indeed fine with CMFM, and I've found a few alternatives thanks to http://alternativeto.net/software/open-manager/?license=opensource&platform=android (still can't post links sorry okay, now it looks like I can, that's nice). XDA forums are such a great resource for anything mobile/telephony related! It is rare that a single website gathers the biggest part of a development community. So great.
Anyway, thanks for your replies!
Does it work on Lollipop?
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So I was reading that adblockplus has been ported to android, but the site I read it on had the source code, but no pre-compiled binary.
I'm without regular access to a computer for the forseeable future and was wondering if anyone might be able to compile the patch into a custom jf 1.31 update (rc30 variety please.)
Anyway, the website where I read about this is here:
http://www.gotontheinter.net/content/adblock-plus-ported-webkit
Thanks in advance, cheers guys!
-- michael
aad4321 said:
This would be great it JF added this to his "rom" if thats what its called. It would also be cool if he added the auto rotate function for the browser.....
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Oh come on...swapping browsers takes all of 10 seconds!
aad4321 said:
This would be great it JF added this to his "rom" if thats what its called. It would also be cool if he added the auto rotate function for the browser.....
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I basically implemented the autorotating in a hacky fashion. When I do it "right" (by adding a menu item that gives you the option to turn it on and off), I'll ask JF to include it in his next update.
This is most excellent news. I'm expecting my ADP1 next week and I was dreading having to deal with ads once again (like in the olden days of the internets, before Adblock). Hopefully this port of Adblock will be available to us all soon.
How is one supposed to apply the .patch files? Am I supposed to apply them to the source of the Browser and then recompile?
Would that screw up my themes if I have an icon for the Browser?
Koush said:
I basically implemented the autorotating in a hacky fashion. When I do it "right" (by adding a menu item that gives you the option to turn it on and off), I'll ask JF to include it in his next update.
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You can install Droidsans, mount the file system rw, enabled auto rotate. Make the file system read only again, Reboot.
Uninstall Droidsans and you still have auto rotate with no application installed.
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You can install Droidsans, mount the file system rw, enabled auto rotate. Make the file system read only again, Reboot.
Uninstall Droidsans and you still have auto rotate with no application installed.
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I'm not sure what you are trying to say. the droidsans auto rotate tool doesn't work with the browser. The browser is a special case and that's why a modified browser was released that has auto-rotate.
Are you saying that the modified browser with auto-rotate works with the droidsans auto rotate tool?
Meaning if I have the modified browser and use droidsans auto rotate tool to disable autorotate, the modified browser will have autorotate disabled?
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I'm not sure what you are trying to say. the droidsans auto rotate tool doesn't work with the browser. The browser is a special case and that's why a modified browser was released that has auto-rotate.
Are you saying that the modified browser with auto-rotate works with the droidsans auto rotate tool?
Meaning if I have the modified browser and use droidsans auto rotate tool to disable autorotate, the modified browser will have autorotate disabled?
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as for the browser, download koush's auto rotate browser or steel....both auto rotate....
you dont need droidsans for the browser to autorotate if you have either of the above installed.
Any more news on this? I would dearly love to be able to block ads on my Dream, for several reasons. I do hate ads, but that's not the biggest problem. The problem is the small screen size and limited bandwidth on 3G. Ads are just no good on a phone browser.
There's a .patch file included in the updated blog post (http://www.gotontheinter.net/content/adblock-plus-ported-webkit) but I have no idea what to do with it, how to use it.
I really took Adblock Plus and NoScript for granted on Firefox.. I recently installed the Windows 7 Beta and the first 10 minutes were just unbelievable on the net. With every click I had two other windows popping up. Can't imagine the web without this.
Don't know about web on android. I only use it occasionally, usually Market, Maps or MSN. But it would definately be a more than welcome addition.
Has anyone figured out how to actually "apply the patch" yet?
I tried just installing it as normal but it failed.
Maybe the file has to be copied somewhere?
Phil
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Has anyone figured out how to actually "apply the patch" yet?
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It's a git diff. Use git-apply to apply webkit-adblockplus.patch to your local copy of Android source and compile it.
jashsu said:
It's a git diff. Use git-apply to apply webkit-adblockplus.patch to your local copy of Android source and compile it.
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Unfortunatly, some of us are on Windows and even if we have the source and apply the patches, we can't build it.
If anyone here is on OS X or Linux and can build the ssource and upload the .APK of it, I'd really appreciate it.
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If anyone here is on OS X or Linux and can build the ssource and upload the .APK of it, I'd really appreciate it.
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Me too!
Phil
amgupt01 said:
Unfortunatly, some of us are on Windows
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You can fix that easily www.kubuntu.org
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You can fix that easily www.kubuntu.org
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And if you don't want to "take the linux plunge", www.vmware.com as well.
JesusFreke said:
And if you don't want to "take the linux plunge", www.vmware.com as well.
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Ok, so I'm on my main Xubuntu desktop (I was on a business trip with my MSI Wind running XP last post) but I had some problems with my computer so (after backing up /home) I reinstalled...
So what do I need to get from Synaptic to compile this thing? I have a copy of the Android source, but I probably need to reinstall everything that was on http://source.android.com/download#TOC-Ubuntu-Linux-i386- right?
Thanks for your help,
~amgupt01
P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.
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P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.
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Thanks.
Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Phil
amgupt01 said:
Ok, so I'm on my main Xubuntu desktop (I was on a business trip with my MSI Wind running XP last post) but I had some problems with my computer so (after backing up /home) I reinstalled...
So what do I need to get from Synaptic to compile this thing? I have a copy of the Android source, but I probably need to reinstall everything that was on http://source.android.com/download#TOC-Ubuntu-Linux-i386- right?
Thanks for your help,
~amgupt01
P.S: I still think it'd be useful if someone could post a compiled build of the browser with AdBlock Plus... If I can get it working, I'll post mine.
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Anyone? Is there a way that I can simply compile the Android browser after applying the git patch to the android source?
I'm really noobish with Linux, but I'd like to learn how to do all this stuff since I want to start Android development...
Thanks,
~amgupt01
Hi, I am the one who made this (the link in the first post just copied from my blog, http://vogue-android.blogspot.com). The patch is against cupcake's webkit, since that is what we are running on the HTC vogue. I suspect it won't apply against the pre-cupcake source, and binaries certainly won't work. Note it's not a change to the browser.apk, but rather the libwebcore.so. If you're already running cupcake on the g1 the patch should apply cleanly to the current HEAD in git. Otherwise, you'll need to wait for cupcake on the g1.
This new Android distribution treats development differently than any other. CLICK HERE FOR THE ROM, THREAD, CHANGELOG, AND DISCUSSION.
A post detailing our team and new developers from TeamEOS can be found in the OP linked.
Enjoy, and thank you for choosing codefireXperiment
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This new Android distribution treats development differently than any other. CLICK HERE FOR THE ROM, THREAD, CHANGELOG, AND DISCUSSION.
A post detailing our team and new developers from TeamEOS can be found in the OP linked.
Enjoy, and thank you for choosing codefireXperiment
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http://screencloud.net/v/lgdB
sure thing!thats a nexus 4 link btw
found the folder after looking a bit
http://downloads.codefi.re/synergy/codefireXperiment-Ace
Will download and report back.
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http://screencloud.net/v/lgdB
sure thing!thats a nexus 4 link btw
found the folder after looking a bit
http://downloads.codefi.re/synergy/codefireXperiment-Ace
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Shoot, hold on a minute. New site is on a new server, so the dns change must not have taken effect quite yet for you.
Edit: we're good now. Sorry about that. new site is also more difficult for people to spam...I'm hoping. We'll see.
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Shoot, hold on a minute. New site is on a new server and site, so the dns change must not have taken effect quite yet for you. Here's a proper link to the sub we were using prior to the switch
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Yeah, this works properly, thanks.
EDIT: Whenever a link is clicked it redirects to www.codefirex.com, and it puts me on the "old" site, with all the spam.When I delete www from the beginning and it remains just codefirex.com, it loads up just fine with the new look and all.
Steam. said:
Yeah, this works properly, thanks.
EDIT: Whenever a link is clicked it redirects to www.codefirex.com, and it puts me on the "old" site, with all the spam.When I delete www from the beginning and it remains just codefirex.com, it loads up just fine with the new look and all.
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Fixed now at least on google DNS. Apologies, should have waited to post until I was sure the dns switch was ready.
synergye said:
Fixed now at least on google DNS. Apologies, should have waited to post until I was sure the dns switch was ready.
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No need to apologize, you've done a great deed so far on these forums.Flashing atm, will report back.
EDIT: Confirming the site works just fine now, even with www upfront.
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No need to apologize, you've done a great deed so far on these forums.Flashing atm, will report back.
EDIT: Confirming the site works just fine now, even with www upfront.
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Everything works lagfree, I am downloading Google Maps to try out now cause users have reported bugs with it in 4.2 builds around here, so I'm gonna test that too.
EDIT2:N̶o̶ ̶b̶u̶g̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶p̶s̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶.̶Perfectly smooth, although I'd change the launcher afterwards, but that's a personal preference.
EDIT3: Spoke too soon, the whole map twitches up and down when I'm moving on the map.It doesn't really matter for me as I don't use Google Maps but CoPilot, and that is working perfectly.It was reported on CM's bugtracker on how to fix it, but I just can't find the report on there now.Maybe tomorrow, it's already 4AM here.Thanks for yet another great ROM!
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No need to apologize, you've done a great deed so far on these forums.Flashing atm, will report back.
EDIT: Confirming the site works just fine now, even with www upfront.
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Everything works lagfree, I am downloading Google Maps to try out now cause users have reported bugs with it in 4.2 builds around here, so I'm gonna test that too.
EDIT2:N̶o̶ ̶b̶u̶g̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶p̶s̶ ̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶.̶Perfectly smooth, although I'd change the launcher afterwards, but that's a personal preference.
EDIT3: Spoke too soon, the whole map twitches up and down when I'm moving on the map.It doesn't really matter for me as I don't use Google Maps but CoPilot, and that is working perfectly.It was reported on CM's bugtracker on how to fix it, but I just can't find the report on there now.Maybe tomorrow, it's already 4AM here.Thanks for yet another great ROM!
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I'll look for it. Seems like it's device specific. Thanks for the report. I'll have our bugtracker email up shortly with a link in the OP. Doing it via an email system so there won't be a need to learn a new website to report bugs.
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I'll look for it. Seems like it's device specific. Thanks for the report. I'll have our bugtracker email up shortly with a link in the OP. Doing it via an email system so there won't be a need to learn a new website to report bugs.
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Actually it's happening on my S3 too, with the new version, the 6.x versions work just fine though.It's probably google's fault.
For some strange reason my home button doesnt respond at all on this rom
Edit: After changing recovery and wiping all again then flashing everything works sorry about that
when you reboot the device Google play store and Google search unfortunately stop working
plz help
just out of curiosity, how come this rom is odexed? i dont remember seing it in custom roms yet
Why is odexed ?
t0mas_ said:
just out of curiosity, how come this rom is odexed? i dont remember seing it in custom roms yet
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We have theme chooser support, so I don't see a reason to disable dex pre-optimization. Is there a reason we should that I've missed? We have our own build variant that we set dex preoptimization in which is "codefirex" that we set defaults in. Just like userdebug or debug.
Re: Google app FC, could you describe how you're flashing the device, and what gapps package you're using? Is this a clean or dirty flash?
Edit: Dex preopt is there for performance reasons. Google didn't add dex preopt to slow the system down or make it harder to mod ,
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We have theme chooser support, so I don't see a reason to disable dex pre-optimization. Is there a reason we should that I've missed? We have our own build variant that we set dex preoptimization in which is "codefirex" that we set defaults in. Just like userdebug or debug.
Re: Google app FC, could you describe how you're flashing the device, and what gapps package you're using? Is this a clean or dirty flash?
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Will be possible to get this rom official on mytouch4G if i send ready to build device tree to gerrit or what you have ?
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tweaks and features
So is it a ROM wihout any tweaks and extra features?
No "kill app with backwards key" or any other handy features?
No O/C features at all?
synergye said:
We have theme chooser support, so I don't see a reason to disable dex pre-optimization. Is there a reason we should that I've missed? We have our own build variant that we set dex preoptimization in which is "codefirex" that we set defaults in. Just like userdebug or debug.
Re: Google app FC, could you describe how you're flashing the device, and what gapps package you're using? Is this a clean or dirty flash?
Edit: Dex preopt is there for performance reasons. Google didn't add dex preopt to slow the system down or make it harder to mod ,
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thank you for explanation, as i said i was just curious
i had in mind that it is a bit faster but harder to mod this way, but that kind of doesnt matter if you build from source. actually, now that i think about it from what i know, it shouldnt be harder to mod on sense either. e bit more tedious maybe... but im sure you know what you are doing
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So is it a ROM wihout any tweaks and extra features?
No "kill app with backwards key" or any other handy features?
No O/C features at all?
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I would imagine it has those features, as CFX almost always has. On the description page it says it gives the user the ability to change to a vanilla AOSP experience with one setting, most likely CFX settings toggle. I may be wrong, as I've not been able to flash it quite yet.
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WordsworthESP said:
I would imagine it has those features, as CFX almost always has. On the description page it says it gives the user the ability to change to a vanilla AOSP experience with one setting, most likely CFX settings toggle. I may be wrong, as I've not been able to flash it quite yet.
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I had to remove that...we don't have that merged in *quite* yet. This is a total project reboot...we did this for a number of reasons (one of which is performance). We're merging in settings quickly, but it is very minimal for now.
Oh ok, thanks. I am curious though, did you ditch the OpenMaster project, or were issues device specific? I'd always wondered if it was just the Ace that had OpenMaster issues.
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with the nightly i cant add lockscreen shortcuts to the rings
Hello All,
I have been working on customizing my Sprint S3 for a while, this forum as usual has been so immensely helpful.
I have modified several key things, i prefer to not use the kitchen, not thats it not useful but the main tools just work for me( apktool, smali.jar, baksmali.jar)
I have been poking and prodding every file in the stock S3 rom that I got from XDA, it is DeOdexed which frankly is so much easier to work with.
Without me ranting and boring all of you to death, I want to know if anyone has a list of apps that I can add to the system/app folder and work right out of the rom when I start it. Just flash rom and they work.
Examples:
I know for a fact the following work by simply dropping them into the system/app folder
esexplorer
Titanium Backup
Safe wallet
Amazon app store
The issue is not every app I "place" inside this folder will install, in fact they cause crashes if opened in the rom after installation. I read here somewhere that certain apps install libraries and need to be installed manually, but I am sure that something can be done to be mitigated for this issue would allow me to install more apps like AdAway and many more instead of me modifying the hosts file. Is this even possible or would this be a developer issue that is not meant to be solved as I do not understand how some apps work flawlessly and some just fail miserably. I have even heard to install with a flashable zip but come on I mean 4 more clicks to get a rom working the way I want nahhh.
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So, got some views, must be a tough one to answer, I figured when an APK is installed, it is similar to when a program is installed and folders are created on its own, I suppose I lack knowledge on how some programs do not require such things and others require manual installation. Anyone have any insight on my logic?
zalooa said:
So, got some views, must be a tough one to answer, I figured when an APK is installed, it is similar to when a program is installed and folders are created on its own, I suppose I lack knowledge on how some programs do not require such things and others require manual installation. Anyone have any insight on my logic?
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yeah, ive had the same problem, summarised it as only some apps like facebook, twitter and a few others didnt crash, id blame it on the updated google play services
ricky310711 said:
yeah, ive had the same problem, summarised it as only some apps like facebook, twitter and a few others didnt crash, id blame it on the updated google play services
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Can't help you sorry about that but i just wanted to give my opinion on this
i wouldn't appreciate it when i buy a computer that it got preinstalled things like itunes because i maybe have a iPod or iPad and especially nto when it's hard to remove
If google killed the drag and drop hey i added an app to the system behavior i would like to say this to them
Thanks you google!
Why add app to a ROM when user can download them from the play store?
And if you want to add them so badly why not add them to /data/app so they are easier to delete for regular users?
owain94 said:
Can't help you sorry about that but i just wanted to give my opinion on this
i wouldn't appreciate it when i buy a computer that it got preinstalled things like itunes because i maybe have a iPod or iPad and especially nto when it's hard to remove
If google killed the drag and drop hey i added an app to the system behavior i would like to say this to them
Thanks you google!
Why add app to a ROM when user can download them from the play store?
And if you want to add them so badly why not add them to /data/app so they are easier to delete for regular users?
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Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!
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Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!
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Yeah, but that's different
Those have a purpose to users who download the rom, whereas bloat that the majority of people don't use does not
CNexus said:
Yeah, but that's different
Those have a purpose to users who download the rom, whereas bloat that the majority of people don't use does not
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but thats what hes trying to say, regardless of if it has a purpose these .apk files are crashing..
ricky310711 said:
but thats what hes trying to say, regardless of if it has a purpose these .apk files are crashing..
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Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app
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Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app
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i know
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CNexus said:
Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app
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also i found out that most of the time the cause of this is the api level? hmmm, confusing...
ricky310711 said:
Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!
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ROMs never depend on xposed
cooked aka winzipped ROMs maybe do but well that's not a proper way to make a ROM
If users want xposed they can just install it no problem
DSP manager easy just drop the sources files in the folder and build easy as that
and if you really want to "winzip" a rom you can just add the libs for DSP Manager to the system/lib folder
if you take a look at the sources https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager
you'll see a folder called cyanogen-dsp if you look in there and open the Android.mk file you can just easily spot the two modief files for DSP manager
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager/blob/cm-10.2/cyanogen-dsp/Android.mk
one is a conf file and one is a lib
but well just building from source is way better and even easier...
How about you build me a Touchwiz rom from source then.
CNexus said:
How about you build me a Touchwiz rom from source then.
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Building / developing a ROM != winzipping
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Does anyone know of a way, or already have the Google+ Photos apk without having to install Google+? I really don't care for the app, but it's the only one that shows all of my pictures from different places.
The most ideal solution would be for the Gallery to be able to show folders from Google Drive/Google+ like it used to.
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Does anyone know of a way, or already have the Google+ Photos apk without having to install Google+? I really don't care for the app, but it's the only one that shows all of my pictures from different places.
The most ideal solution would be for the Gallery to be able to show folders from Google Drive/Google+ like it used to.
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Photos is embedded into Google+
Which is the reason for my question...
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wvcadle said:
Which is the reason for my question...
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Which means no
Lethargy said:
Which means no
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Imagine if developers took 'no' for an answer. This forum wouldn't exist.
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Imagine if developers took 'no' for an answer. This forum wouldn't exist.
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Closed source and might be obfuscated or something
I can't even decompile the Google+ .apk, it gives errors lol
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Closed source and might be obfuscated or something
I can't even decompile the Google+ .apk, it gives errors lol
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Well at least that explains why it can't be done. I guess I assumed it was open source, but if I had thought about it for a second, I could've deduced that it wasn't.
Closed source apps from a company built on the foundation of being open sourced.
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Well at least that explains why it can't be done. I guess I assumed it was open source, but if I had thought about it for a second, I could've deduced that it wasn't.
Closed source apps from a company built on the foundation of being open sourced.
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AOSP is open source, but Google Apps aren't part of AOSP
Exactly, you can try and reverse engineer the application. But decompiling will only show the images, most of the process will be broken into bits causing issues.
You can try using dex2jar to pull the applications source code, then merge the images and files from the broken decompilation in an IDE. Even then there will be loads of errors to fix.
Hopefully Google releases Android L Final with separated apps.
Can't you use an older version of Picasa and sync with google account? I'm sure there are older versions on the webernet.
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TheArc said:
Exactly, you can try and reverse engineer the application. But decompiling will only show the images, most of the process will be broken into bits causing issues.
You can try using dex2jar to pull the applications source code, then merge the images and files from the broken decompilation in an IDE. Even then there will be loads of errors to fix.
Hopefully Google releases Android L Final with separated apps.
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Sounds like fun. In some ways in glad google have gone this way. Less core apps mean less bloat if they are going to wipe out memory cards. G+, etc are the first things I ditch
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howard bamber said:
Sounds like fun. In some ways in glad google have gone this way. Less core apps mean less bloat if they are going to wipe out memory cards. G+, etc are the first things I ditch
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I don't have a huge issue with Google+ but I reckon it'd be so much better if Photos was a completely separate app.
One thing I hate about G+ is that it uses so much memory. I used the app for browsing new material design content for like 20 or so mins. I checked the cache for the app, and it went up to 720mb...
Anyways we're all going off topic, I posted above how you can separate them, any super talented coders or experienced users. Can try it.
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Which means no
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Haha
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Hi!
To help someone in my family, i need to disable access to Internet for specific apps. For example, access to WhatsApp but not to any web browser (or only for selected websites).
This person had an iPhone before and this was very easy to do on it
I already tested Open Time Limit but this seems to be too much easy to disable.
Do you know any app (working rootless if possible) or any custom rom that would allow that?
EDIT: And if the app is open source, thats even better!
A huge thank if you can help me
You can use ScreenTime.
There you can also set Timers.
and you can Block permanently apps like Settings.
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You can use ScreenTime.
There you can also set Timers.
and you can Block permanently apps like Settings.
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That looks nice, will try !
Do you know any open source alternative ? The main reason this family member is not buying an iPhone again is about privacy (sry didnt mention it)
etienne_9000 said:
That looks nice, will try !
Do you know any open source alternative ? The main reason this family member is not buying an iPhone again is about privacy (sry didnt mention it)
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Screen Time is working too with iPhone I think
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Screen Time is working too with iPhone I think
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His iPhone is broken and he wants something an open source and google-free OS, so he probably wont buy an iPhone again :/
kerem._trk said:
Screen Time is working too with iPhone I think
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its available on App Store
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His iPhone is broken and he wants something open source and google free, so he probably wont buy an iPhone again :/
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you can download Screen Time APK
you can download Screen Time APK
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Yes i found it on ApkMirror
But i really prefer something open source :/
Sorry, im asking for something quite specific
What do you mean? I hope I can help
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What do you mean? I hope I can help
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Okay, let's sum it up. I need :
- an open source app (unfortunately Screen Time is closed-source) on Android
- or a custom rom (open source too) with built-in parental control
etienne_9000 said:
Okay, let's sum it up. I need :
- an open source app (unfortunately Screen Time is closed-source) on Android
- or a custom rom (open source too) with built-in parental control
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Ouh Sorry i didnt understand it..
I think on LineageOS 17.1 with Gapps there could be Parental Control settings
if not you can use https://www.xda-developers.com/heimdall-free-parental-control-app/amp/ I found it on Google. let me know if that helped you if not I'm Sorry because i don't know even
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Ouh Sorry i didnt understand it..
I think on LineageOS 17.1 with Gapps there could be Parental Control settings
if not you can use https://www.xda-developers.com/heimdall-free-parental-control-app/amp/ I found it on Google. let me know if that helped you if not I'm Sorry because i don't know even ☹
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Heimdall looks interesting! Not open source but not using Internet (so i will be able to disable Internet access in the options) so it looks interesting
About Gapps, he wants his phone to run without Google so no gapps (would be too easy )
okay let me know if this works
not ready yet, but soon there will be an open source alternative, keep an eye on its release:
ActivityWatch - Apps on Google Play
Track how you spend your time on your devices.
play.google.com
agonoize said:
not ready yet, but soon there will be an open source alternative, keep an eye on its release:
ActivityWatch - Apps on Google Play
Track how you spend your time on your devices.
play.google.com
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Okay
agonoize said:
not ready yet, but soon there will be an open source alternative, keep an eye on its release:
ActivityWatch - Apps on Google Play
Track how you spend your time on your devices.
play.google.com
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Looks interesting too, thanks!
etienne_9000 said:
Hi!
To help someone in my family, i need to disable access to Internet for specific apps. For example, access to WhatsApp but not to any web browser (or only for selected websites).
This person had an iPhone before and this was very easy to do on it
I already tested Open Time Limit but this seems to be too much easy to disable.
Do you know any app (working rootless if possible) or any custom rom that would allow that?
EDIT: And if the app is open source, thats even better!
A huge thank if you can help me
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good ... Parental Control in G-Store,
Tekodrink said:
good ... Parental Control in G-Store,
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Opensource apps could be found at some repositories
You can also use netguard thats free on fdroid and block internet access to specific applications while letting the others work.