Connect a web browser to your Android phone or tablet and have fun.
This is the Free version of Weak Control. It is Ad supported and has a wait time.
★ Cast your device screen in real time to a browser on your PC.
★ WATCH full HD movies.
★ PLAY favorite games,
★ LISTEN to your music collection,
★ CHAT with friends.
★ WRITE a novel in any language.
★ CONTROL your device with a keyboard and a mouse.
★ ENJOY the power of your device like never before.
Cast your device screen onto a browser in glorious real time full HD. Play movies and games in butter smooth video and audio. Listen to favorite music from your device. Typing with the keyboard is easy and productive. Mouse gestures work the same as if you are touching the screen.
This version of Weak Control requires Android 4.4.x or Android 5.0/6.0 phone or tablet , ROOT permissions and supports Google Chrome browser.
You need latest SuperSU version.
Get it on Google Play.
Weak Control Free
There is a full version without the ads as well here
Weak Control. It has shortcuts for Power, Home, Back, App switch, Volume up/down/mute, Rotate screen and other Pro features.
Check our website www.weakcontrol.com for more details and support or write us here we always listen.
Please read our FAQ. We hope it will answer most of your questions.
http://weakcontrol.com/frequentquestions.html
-Permissions-
Superuser - this version requires root permissions
Internet - checks for license
Wifi state - checks if wifi is on
Record audio - audio capture
License check - checks for license
Ads required permissions. (not present in full version)
Network state
Location permissions
Storage permissions
Releases:
2.9 (17.08.2016)
Fix: Startup on CyanogenMod roms
Fix: Important fix for devices that don't have SuperSu or have old version of it.
v.2.8 released (13.08.2016)
NEW: Support device clipboard (CTRL+C still required to copy the device clipboard to the client computer)
Fix: Important fix for devices that don't have SuperSu or have old version of it. (fixes non root and start failed messages)
Fix: Video decoder dropping all frames due to incorrect frame delay calculation (fixes blank screen issue on certain devices)
Fix: Crash when allocating memory for audio buffers on some devices
v2.7 released (27.07.2016)
Performance Boost Release
NEW: Completely new, from the ground up, a new video hardware decoder
NEW: Support async video frames capturing (reduces cpu and battery consumtion
NEW: Support all Android CPU architectures (arm, arm64, x86, x64, mips, mips64 devices)
NEW: Auto-detect the correct startup root context (fixes start issues)
FIX: Issue when stopping service
FIX: Reduce memory usage for video and audio buffers
v2.4 released (21.04.2015) (version code v21)
Critical fix: Weak Control Keyboard activation issues
New: Clear screen content after disconnect
Improved mouse scroll wheel gesture
720p is default for new installations. (1080p can be enabled from settings)
Fixed Android 5.1 rotation watching
Future proofed rotation watching
v2.2 released (27.01.2015) (version code v19)
Critical Fix: Keyboard not working when soft keys are enabled
v2.1 released (25.01.2015) (version code v18)
* Added "Disable audio" setting for devices that have issues with audio API capturing resulting in no video output.
* Fixed wrong mouse touches in landscape on certain devices.
* Fixed video resolution on high end devices that have high resolution displays.
* Fixed fallback to video only mode if audio capturing fails on certain devices.
v2.0 released (21.01.2014) (version code v17)
* Android 5.0 Lollipop support
* LG G3 audio support
* Minor bug fixes and improvements.
v1.9 released (24.12.2014) (version code v16)
* Increased free use time
* Completely new video decoder. (Works with all latest versions Google Chrome. Improves video smoothness.)
* Added decoder override flag for using legacy decoder.
* Added fallback to legacy decoder if new decoder has problem loading.
* Added support for 480p video resolution for low end devices and computers.
* Added settings for video resolution.
* Improved mouse touch point handling
* Added loading progress for the new video decoder
* Added Tips and Tricks on Welcome Page
v1.8 released (15.11.2014):
* Added soft keys support
* Fix for audio not transmitted to browser on certain devices
* Fixed showing PIN when activity is reopened
* Added messages for connection error and wrong PIN
* Other minor fixes
Has anyone tried this?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
thahim said:
Has anyone tried this?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
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You can check the reviews of the full version.
Search "Weak Control" in Google Play Store. We are still not allowed to post links here.
Cheers,
Weak Control Team
WeakControl said:
You can check the reviews of the full version.
Search "Weak Control" in Google Play Store. We are still not allowed to post links here.
Cheers,
Weak Control Team
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Installed this free version ill try it later. So whats in the pro version.
Edit: @WeakControl there are no navigation keys, i can only watch the screen but can not interact with functions like going to back or closing any app.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
thahim said:
Installed this free version ill try it later. So whats in the pro version.
Edit: @WeakControl there are no navigation keys, i can only watch the screen but can not interact with functions like going to back or closing any app.
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Thanks for the feedback. We will be adding a setting to show soft buttons on the webpage under the screen picture for devices that don't have soft keys enabled by default. We have this on our list and will add this for sure.
In the mean time as a workaround you can try some apps that can enable soft buttons on your device. We understand that's inconvenient to say the least but still.
Thanks,
The Weak Control Team
WeakControl said:
Thanks for the feedback. We will be adding a setting to show soft buttons on the webpage under the screen picture for devices that don't have soft keys enabled by default. We have this on our list and will add this for sure.
In the mean time as a workaround you can try some apps that can enable soft buttons on your device. We understand that's inconvenient to say the least but still.
Thanks,
The Weak Control Team
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So there is no way for navigation till you add it?
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So there is no way for navigation till you add it?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
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You may workaround it with SoftKey Enabler or similar apps to show soft keys while you are connected. This will be needed until we add the setting for soft keys. We will be working on this with high priority.
Cheers,
Weak Control Team
very nice app/service... wait for a PM from me
also since this post is still on your first page. here's a link to the free app on the playstore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=weak.WeakControl.Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiibxAEGO-s
TK just posted this. Hope this brings more awareness. This is pretty awesome.
I tried to install this on the tab plus p7200, unfortunately the devise does not seem to be supported.
Please add support for more devises. or older versions of android. :good:
not working
Not working on nexus 5 running lolliop.it says "Weak control failed".
not working on oneplus one downloaded the free app that's ok up and running,followed the instructions get to the stage to connect to P.C and it never accepts the pin generated and never goes further...superuser allowed so no probs there
Sadly does not work, i just can't access the adress it gives me, it keeps on loading and then says "Connection has timed out" yes I'm connected to the Internet on both my device and PC, what am I doing wrong??
Edit: I realised that I needed to create a WIFI Hotspot on my PC and then connect to it with my device, but now the problem is after entering the PIN given by the app nothing happens, it just freezes just like that, i click on "connect" several times, nothing happens
Edit 2: Finally managed to get it working, it seems like only Goggle Chrome Broweser works with it. What i can say is, ther's great potential, on my Galaxy Note 10.1 running Kitkat 4.4.2, it lags terribly, actually it causes my device to lag also, maybe coz I'm still running the free version, other than that, great app I like it, since it's still in beta it promises to only get better
I don't suggest downloading the free version to anyone. It's very annoying when the message pops up to buy the full version. there is only one button to press, and that is buy, back key won't do anything, at this point to stop the app the only way is to force close it. And this happens too frequently
Very nice!
It's working very nicely on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505)
Thank you!
Vyper512 said:
It's working very nicely on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505)
Thank you!
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Does it work smoothly on your device?? Coz mine lags so i thought maybe Touchwiz could be a contributing factor
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Does it work smoothly on your device?? Coz mine lags so i thought maybe Touchwiz could be a contributing factor
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It runs very smoothly. I'm running Imperium ROM (TW based) on my device. I don't think TW has anything to do with it..
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It runs very smoothly. I'm running Imperium ROM (TW based) on my device. I don't think TW has anything to do with it..
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Oh okay, anyway are you running the pro version or the free one? As I have a feeling that might contribute.
Works great on my Nexus 5 running KK. I didn't use it long enough to get the pop up to buy it though.
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Oh okay, anyway are you running the pro version or the free one? As I have a feeling that might contribute
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Sorry I think that is against XDA Rules, for someone to post paid versions
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Oh sorry about that
But still if it is not against the rules or someone can send me a PM that would be nice
Related
*New Update * AnimeWatch now "Watchwhat Anime"
*Faster new version! Rewrite from scratch.
Watch free ads-support streaming english subbed japanese Anime right on your mobile phone, with 1200+ series , 30K+ episodes and counting!.
* Please read description before rate 1-star. Thank you.
* Recommend Device : Android 2.2 and 1 Ghz CPU.
* Download file and External player support
* Adobe Flash player required to watch flash video.
* Some link maybe blocked by your country / carrier.
* If you have problem or can't load some chapter/mirror please tell me via MOD EDIT: PM (I can't reply in market comment , so I can't fix anything.)
Feature
* Faster version!
* Search through our huge library of Anime.
* Update for new episode every hour!
* Favorite and notify for new episode
* Video view history.
* Comment
* Direct video = don't require sluggish-flash video.
* Downloader! (Check store to unlock)
* Ads free version (Check store to unlock)
* Theme. (Check store to unlock)
* Watchwhat AsianDrama also available
To download : Search 'WatchWhat' in play store
Thanks for the info my son is going to love this
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
thanks. i've been finding something like that for some time. hoping for dramas and film streaming too. but firstly stick to this one first. thanks alot!
Thanks, working great for me so far!
Edit: Not all working great actually, the app crashes whenever I try to go to favourites.
Using HTC Desire with Oxygen RC7
Downloading now
If bleach is in there I'm going to be so happy but my battery will be dead from watching it lol
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Update log
Version 1.1.0
- More 500+ series , 20K+ episode and more mirror!
- Fix direct video link.
- More information about probelm in VideoView.
- Allow flash lite user to go to VideoView page (But not test yet)
- Fast scroll on Tab All series by alphabet.
- Favorite page now show by series name.
- Better Performance.
- Fix FC on favorite page.
- Fix random FC.
- Fix another fullscreen ads bug.
- Fix more force close / bug.
None of the direct link works now?
It's just says Wait 5-60 seconds for link to appear, but never does ...
Edit : NVM, stupid me, apparently I have to choose mirror, tjanks so much for the great app.
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Update log
Version 1.1.0
- More 500+ series , 20K+ episode and more mirror!
- Fix direct video link.
- More information about probelm in VideoView.
- Allow flash lite user to go to VideoView page (But not test yet)
- Fast scroll on Tab All series by alphabet.
- Favorite page now show by series name.
- Better Performance.
- Fix FC on favorite page.
- Fix random FC.
- Fix another fullscreen ads bug.
- Fix more force close / bug.
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Does it work well with x10 mini pro? I mean, is the subs readable?
I like this app a lot but as I was thinking of doing a reset on on tablet i cant find it on market any more
Where did it go and where can I get it instead!?
Does anyone have the latest apk? This app has been removed from the market and appbrain.
Anyone happen to have it?
PLEASEEEEE!
(I know begging isn't flattering but I've heard good things)
Mmm, I'd like this one too.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
It's just a list of youtube links, in fact. So nothing special
Sent from a piece of ginger bread... Now with a little cyan tint
K900 said:
It's just a list of youtube links, in fact. So nothing special
Sent from a piece of ginger bread... Now with a little cyan tint
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Really? Then I'm better just to have a bookmark to watchanimeon.com instead. Just don't like how hard it is to fast forward without opening up a new window to another site.
Really? Ah well, i'll try it anyways, thanks for the app.
looks like a great app for me as an anime fan
the only thing lacking right now for me is that there is no android anidb app
Can't find it in web market or on phone here in u.k.. apk anyone, please.
Not able to be found on the Market from my phone. Phone obviously is in sig...
Where is it?? Not be found in the Market from my phone or market.android.com
Only this AnimeWatchNow(TVProgramWatch) pxsta
Can't seem to find it anywhere. Want to give this app a test run. Thanks.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App
Welcome To VegaComb BETA 1.7!
Apologies that this has been so long in the making, I haven't been sitting idly by, but real-life responsibilities mean that I don't have anywhere near the time to work on the Vega as I once did. BUT, we are ready for a BETA 1.7 release! So, without further ado, here is what I can remember of the changelog:
Rebel1's 3G patch is now built-in to this build by default.
The /data/tombstones folder will now be automatically cleared out every reboot, to try and avoid it devouring all of your available /data space. This is a stop-gap until I can fix the problem fully.
The default Browser has been edited to remove the Asus homepage and replace it with Google, also TabletRoms.com has been added as the first bookmark.
Default dictionaries have been added to the default keyboard by popular demand! Languages are: En, De, Cs, Es, Fr, It and Nl. You will have to enable dictionary suggestions in the Keyboard settings to see these.
Default system wallpaper has been changed from the boring blue stock Honeycomb one to a much nicer abstract wallpaper.
A whole multitude of wallpapers have been added to the built-in Wallpaper-Picker, this is a mix of the nicest wallpapers I could find from the Acer Iconia, the Asus Transformer, the Motorola Xoom and some custom ones from around the net!
The Youtube app has been re-hacked to dramatically increase the quality of videos. The HQ option now works correctly to switch between high and low quality, and (while not 720p) the higher setting is VERY crisp and clear compared to before.
FLASH! Ahhhhahahahhh (think Queen). download the OFFICIAL flash player from the market (10.3 currently), download Opera Mobile from the market, watch flash. Simples. Green bar glitching, ghosting and other flash strangeness should now have been all fixed. Flash video can still be a little jerky as it is being rendered in software, overclock to get around this if you feel you have to (but it does work well at the default speed!)! BIG thanks to brucelee666 for this, when my transfer cable broke, he picked up and did a ton of testing to get this working!
Brand new (extra shiny) boot animation has been added. HUGE thanks to ThinkDevoid from the TabletROMs team for creating this for me!
The required default /system partition size for all future VegaComb releases is 155mb, we now have much more room to play with which removed a HUGE limitation that was actively holding me back!
More? Who knows, my memory is crappy
Before you update using either the 1.6-1.7 upgrade patch, or install 1.7 from scratch, you MUST be running my new ModdedStock base as this increases the /system partition size to make VegaComb BETA 1.7 fit. IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS THE INSTALL WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY AND YOU WILL SOFTBRICK YOUR VEGA! Please fully read the ModdedStock thread to make sure you understand how this works!
I have been working HEAVILY in conjunction with MrGuy of TabletROMs now for a while, and especially on BETA 1.7 (Thank him for many things including the awesome YouTube app hack). Together we have now not only updated VegaComb, but now AdamComb as well for the NotionInk Adam. Vega owners owe a lot to MrGuy, so show him your love people!
Update notes from previous versions:
Code:
[I]Previous Notes:[/I]
[B]Changes in BETA1.6:[/B]
Spare Parts settings fixed - Setting power button to "Home, then sleep" now works correctly.
Bluetooth should now correctly turn on and pair "out of the box" without tweaking.
DPI settings have been changed. The default DPI is still 120, but you can now manually set this to 160 if you wish, unfortunately though the Google Apps will not function correctly at this density (although most other apps should now be fine).
Youtube app has been hacked (thanks to MrGuy for wokring with me for this!) to disable HQ playback by default on all videos. This should now mean that you can play all YouTube vids through the app. The HQ button is still there, but if you select it, the video will not play.
Default CPU speed set to 1.2ghz instead of 1ghz as there appears to be some strange speed issues when defaulted to 1ghz.
Fixed an issue where you needed root to read contents of NTFS drives.
Added OpenVPN support (thanks to Scanno!)
Hopefully fixed any lingering 3G issues (thanks to rebel1!)
Possible fix to GPS issues but this cannot be tested by me (unfortunately!).
Added a seperate download for an EXPERIMENTAL FlashPlayer hack. This hack unfortunately does not fix flash video playback on most sites (YouTube and BBC iPlayer do not work for example, but the small videos on the Yahoo news website do). What this hack DOES fix, is most other Flash applications, such as web games etc. Using this patched version of Flash, Kongregate Arcade should work correctly, as well as other apps such as Zoodles Kid Mode that use flash within the application to play games. Please use this at your own risk and report the results! Trying to play flash video using this patched version WILL crash your browser, you have been warned ;)
Added an animated VegaComb boot screen.
Possible speed increases due to various changes to the init + memory management tweaks.[B]EDIT: Apparently, this has caused a much more significant speed increase than was expected, 1.6 has been reported to be VERY fast! :)[/B]
[B]VegaComb BETA 1.5.2 Patch![/B]
Small patch to apply over the top of 1.5.1 (ONLY to be used on 1.5.1) which fixes Root (for people who upgraded) and App2SD for everyone. Link at the bottom of the thread!
[B]VegaComb BETA 1.5.1 Patch![/B]
This patch simply fixes a small issue with Wifi in 1.5, you can use the 1.4to1.5.1 patch to either upgrade from 1.4 to 1.5.1, or to patch 1.5 to 1.5.1 if you had already flashed it and have the issue :) Apologies for the bug!
[B]Welcome to VegaComb BETA 1.5![/B]
Hello all! We are back, as promised! The release cycle is slowing down a little now as expected, but we still have some damn juicy treats for you in the BETA 1.5 package :) So, without mucking about, here is what's changed since 1.4:
Speed... I spoke about this a little in the [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqeqcRh5pM"]development update I put on youtube[/URL], but just to clarify here... We were not happy with the overall speed of the ROM in BETA 1.4. While repairing the stability issues in 1.3, we went a little overboard with "safe" settings, making 1.4 rock solid, but noticeably slower than previous releases. We didn't want to reach a "happy medium" with part-speed and part stability... and so, there has been a full review of all the memory settings, testing dozens of combinations until we reached a setup that offers both impressive speed (at least the speed of 1.3 IMO) without (hopefully!) any of the reliability drawbacks. And so, our hope is that 1.5 will be both the fastest, AND most stable release so far!
Bluetooth should now be fully working, searching and pairing has been tested with several devices, so pair away!
The Screenshot option in the Display section of Settings was causing Force Closes, this is now fixed, so you can take screenshots of your VegaComb tablet in action :)
The 3G APN (and related) settings should now be correctly visible in the settings menu, for those of you with 3G cards.
Issue which was causing the Launcher to sometimes Force Close on boot should now be fixed.
Problem with the media scanner not correctly locating music on the MicroSD card is now resolved.
Overclock increased back to a maximum of 1.5ghz.
Xpad support should now be available again (to connect Xbox pads over USB).
The Dreaded blue light of DOOM under the camera has been banished to the fourth dimension of hell.
Force Close problem when downloading from the stock browser or Gmail/Email apps should now be fixed.
Force close that was sometimes plaguing the recent apps menu should now be fixed.
Google maps framework has been added. this was previously causing certain apps (such as Tweetdeck) to immediately force close when you logged in. These apps should now be working correctly.
We have had a whip-around and provided the Honeycombs on the boot screen with an extra face each (PHEW! Pedants, move along, nothing to see here :P)
Shutdown menu has now been put in place (thanks to the AMAZING work of HomerSp), it is not the ordinary power menu, but a lovely custom one that provides you with the options for: Home, Shut Down, Reboot and Reboot to Recovery!
Because of the new shutdown menu, the recovery reboot app has now been removed (not needed!).
Added working screen calibration app. This will help with most issues (like home/back buttons) but does not fix the top-of-screen sensitivity issue as of yet I'm afraid!
App drawer has been edited to remove the bottom row of icons, so you can now better access the screen previews below them when placing a shortcut :)
Again, there may be other stuff that was fixed and forgotten :P Let us know if you find anything!
[B][I]I also want to make an important note for those who are confused... I am NOT working on this ROM alone, this has been a group effort from the start. Originally worked on by myself and Corvus (with help from the guys here at TabletROMS. Since then we hooked up with HomerSp (LEGEND!) who does magic things with Android that I really don't understand (some say he's a clone grown at google), and the project has moved in leaps and bounds. Unfortunately, Corvus has recently been forced to back out of this project due to time limitations in his real life, with work and family, so now it is primarily myself and Homer who work on VegaComb. I hope this clears things up, credit where credit is due![/I][/B]
[b]Welcome to VegaComb BETA 1.4 - Codename: Arnold Veganator (Hasta La Vista Processes)![/b]
As promised! BETA 1.3 was more of a features update, trying to get the ROM more in-line with where we would like it giong forwards, cleaning up files, opimizing and getting as much as possible working. We realized at that time that tehre were memory issues with the build, but we are trying to take a modulated approach to developing this ROM, so one step at a time :)
1.4 is primarily a performance release. You won't see any HUGE new features here (other than Huawei 3g support, thanks to rebel1!) but a lot has gone on in the background to try and make this ROM useable as your daily OS. Memory values have been tweaked, the kernel has been re-compiled with HoneyComb specifically in mind and (hopefully!) all of the freezes and hard lockups present in 1.3 have now been eradicated.
[b]Changes in BETA 1.4[/b]:
Kernel has been recompiled from scratch (thanks to @HomerSp!) gearing it for HoneyComb. [I]Some features such as xpad support are not yet present in this kernel, they will be added back in soon, but there shouldn't be much other than that.[/I]
Kernel bug that was preventing lowmemorykiller from working effectively has been fixed in this build.
Memory tweaks made in init to values better suited to both the Vega and to Honeycomb.
CPU clocking now defaults to 1ghz instead of 1.5, the top-end has been lowered down to 1.4 for now (this will be put back to 1.5 hopefully in the next release). Install SetCPU (from XDA) or download CPU Master from the market (free) to overclock if you want.
Support for Huawei 3G dongles added (HUGE thanks to rebel1 for this patch!) - this has NOT been tested as of yet, as I don't own a 3g dongle! :P
EGL patch tweaked slightly taking a new approach, hopefully making this simpler to manage in the future.
The issue where the battery indicator was not updating correctly MAY be fixed in this build (not 100% confirmed yet)
Replaced an icon I missed when the BACK button is pressed (oops!)
Adjusted a couple of apps to save some space in /system.
[I]Please make sure you ask for help and post bugs in the threads provided, I am getting WAY too many PM's to answer them all (sorry, don't take it personally!).[/I]
[B]Changes in BETA 1.3[/B]
Switched to Transformer Frameworks - Better fit for our hardware and to stay in line with what the Adam guys are doing.
New frameworks are more streamlined, should make the UI feel snappier overall.
Framework edited which should allow all web related apps to render correctly (not flash)!
[i]This means that you can now use browsers you download from the market like Miren and Dolphin, and news readers such as Pulse will now work.[/i]
Wifi issue that caused you to need to reboot after the first flash before Wifi would turn on is now fixed. You can connect straight away after flashing the ROM!
Corporate email setup added to Accounts & sync (all security settings work correctly, but remote wipe does not factory restet the device as of yet, but is does disconnect the emails).
Screenshot function added (select in Settings > Display). You can take screenshots by long-press of the Recent Apps softkey.
The Calendar app is back from Vacation and ready to organize your life.
The Books app has gotten over it's shyness and now shouldn't dissapear shortly after boot. This is still slightly strange so it might go walkies if you don't pin it down :/
Working Recovery Reboot app added, this one works so you no longer need gscript to reboot to recovery! (thanks to Paul O'Brien for this app!)
VegaComb Beta simple boot logo added.
REALLY annoying black fade on the right-side when using the notifications popup has been removed as it refused to display correctly.
MicroSD card now correctly displays as what it is, instead of showing as Internal USB storage.
Moving apps to the MicroSD should now work correctly, and apps launch fine, even if you have USB debugging turned on.
USB external storage now shows correctly, and gives a notification when it is plugged in (you can click on the notification to browse files or dismount the USB storage).
Can now correctly mount FAT, EXT and NTFS USB storage and browse through the file browser.
When you connect the Vega to the PC with your USB cable, you now get a notification allowing you to mount your SD card over the USB to share your files!
Doubled the ammount of memory that was available to apps in order to try and combat some of the freeze-up issues (MAKE SURE YOU WIPE DALVIK CACHE WHEN YOU INSTALL THIS BETA!)
Other stuff I've forgotten again :/
[B]Welcome to VegaComb BETA1a[/B]...
1a release is a very small patch to the installer script to make sure everything is installed correctly!
[B]What's new in BETA1?[/B]
This is a HUGELY new build, and has required a ton of testing, so please bear this in mind :P
Files have been streamlined and some slowdown bugs should have been fixed, you should see a nice little speed increase in this build.
SuperUser is FINALLY fixed! [B]No... I really mean it this time :P[/B]
WiFi has been patched. You will still have to reboot as it will lock the first time you try to turn it on, but after that it should be much more stable than before, and shouldn't require you to toggle WiFi on/off all the damn time.
The Dolby Audio section in the Settings menu was causing Force Close errors, so this has now been removed from the menu completely.
Web browser has been hacked to prevent you having to disable EGL rendering in order for it to work.
Gmail and Email apps have been FIXED. You can now read your emails in both apps, they should be working perfectly as far as I have tested.
Bluetooth libs and binaries have been added. Bluetooth now turns on without any errors, but I cannot yet confirm if it actually works. If someone tests this, please let me know!
WiFi has been patched to connect correctly to ad-hoc networks. So you can now tether your Vega to a phone such as the HTC Hero.
The whole image has been SHRUNK (massively) to fit into the Vega's default partition size. It's a hell of a squeeze, and some apps have had to be pushed to /data to make it fit. All of these are apps that can be re-downloaded from the market like maps etc) other than two, the Android keyboard (it's a huge file :P) and the Android Music app. If you prefer to use a different keyboard, you can remove this one, but if you wipe /data, you will have NO keyboard installed, and the world might implode :P
This is now a ClockworkMod image, designed to be used on the Vega's default partition tables, so DO NOT flash this over the top of ALPHA4. Re-flash 1.09 (or some other standard image) before installing this through CWM. You now have a healthy 293mb to play with in /data, so you can download stuff off the market without worrying like in ALPHA4 :)
OK, LOTS more stuff has changed, but I can't remember a lot of it, I'm sure it will come back to me, but my brain is a little fried right now and I need a beer :P
[B]Updates from ALPHA4:[/B]
Gapps WORKING! (Huge effort on IRC, big thanks to MrGuy!)
NTFS usb drives should now be detected in host mode (not tested)
Moved some apps to /data and shrunk the /system partition to 260mb to give you some more space now that the market works!
3D Photo Browser, Books, Maps, Youtube, Google Talk and Music Apps moved to /data (you can uninstall them from there to save space, if you wipe data/factory reset you will lose them!)
Browser patched to turn off EGL rendering by default, so no more need to use about:debug anymore.
SuperUser fixed!! (Hopefully properly this time! :P) [B](ONLY JOKING I BROKE IT AGAIN! :P)[/B]
Other stuff I've forgotten :P
[B]Updates fromAlpha3:[/B]
SD Card is now detected
Audio fixed (HomerSp, legend :) )
WiFi Fixed (Guess who? :P ) (This is still buggy, the first time you turn it on, it will not work. Reboot, then try again. Sometimes need to toggle on/off to get it running)
G-Sensor fixed (yup, you can rotate happily now!)
Bottom-Bar Home button fixed.
Lock screen added.
Hardware buttons now work, power to sleep/wakeup etc.
Added Spare Parts, you can set power to home/sleep.
Root and Superuser added (you should be able to use CPU tools to overclock now). [B][I](WHOOPS I BROKE THIS! SEE BELOW ON HOW TO FIX!)[/I][/B]
Bunch of changes in build.prop
More updated libs and binaries than you can shake a llama at.
[B]Initial Features from Alpha1:[/B]
It boots!
Hardware Acceleration!
Widgets.
Most (not tested) android apps should run.
What doesn't work (updated as of 1.7):
Camera Still FC.
Flash player doesn't work in apps or in the default browser (Opera Mobile only!)
Battery indicator doesn't always update correctly (wipe battery stats tog et around this).
Audio has been reported as "Tinny" - we are looking in to this.
Factory reset (and remote exchange wiping) not working.
Cannot connect to PEAP Wifi networks.
We will keep working on this!
CREDITS!
Myself and Corvus have put a whole ton of work in to this, but there are others who deserve praise for all of their work:
HomerSp, for his brilliant work on fixing the Hardware acceleration, sound, wifi, the world, curing cancer and generally being awesome!
The guys working on the NotionInk Adam port here at TabletROMs - They have helped us a LOT both with their original port to use as a base, and a wealth of help they have given us on IRC to get this working, our original port was based on files from the SDK, Xoom and Transformer, we are now completely basing our work on their amazing ROM (which is based on the Transformer and Iconia) Thanks guys!.
MrGuy has worked with me extensively on version 1.7 (and with lots of parts before!), so HUGE thanks to him!
Lenny from VillainROM. Lenny has pretty much tested and approved EVERY build of VC to date, given opinions and hilighted bugs. Thanks a lot man!
THE DOWNLOAD COMES IN 2 FLAVOURS! A full ROM for flashing from scratch, or if you are already running 1.6, there is a handy-dandy 1.6-1.7 update patch! download the right one for you!
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cool intersting times ahead! good luck on port, hopefully 3.0 sourcecode out sometime soon
In the title it says xoom(ish) port but it looks more like a transformer port in the video? Either way Honeycoooooomb! Good luck guys
Good luck and keep up the good job!
It is a mix of all 3. SDK, Transformer and Xoom. I took a few libs from the Xoom, as well as a ton of stuff from the Adam Transformer port and the SDK files factored in too. It's kind of a Frankenstein-monster effect going on Changed the title to reflect this!
Cool, great work. Am pretty certain the source will actually be released soon. Googles i/o is on tuesday and am sure this is when they are gunner announce or hopefully release the source for honeycomb, or possibly icecream, which will be a mashup of gingerbread and honeycomb am sure.
So hopefully that will help getting honeycomb onto the vega
Well done guys, keep the good work going.
mintvilla said:
Cool, great work. Am pretty certain the source will actually be released soon. Googles i/o is on tuesday and am sure this is when they are gunner announce or hopefully release the source for honeycomb, or possibly icecream, which will be a mashup of gingerbread and honeycomb am sure.
So hopefully that will help getting honeycomb onto the vega
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Yeah i expect we will c this aswell
good work with the port too
[honeycomb][cross pollination][adam]
FRESH TODAY 9th May 2011 11:30AM EDT
Cross collaboration between devs of sister tablets in the ##adamroot freenode IRC channel this morning!
Devs: HomerSp got hardware acceleration working, newbe5 got it working on the Advent Vega (video demo below) and DJ_Steve applied them to the Adam HC rom and confirmed to now be working smoothly!
9th May 2011 12:05 EDT
DJ_Steve showsoff hardware acceleration implementation on Notioink Adam.
I encourage guys, let's take the VEGA to infinity and beyond
your second video looks pretty smooth any reason why a dev only download isnt appropriate ? not pushing this is amaing work you must have great patience just intrigued
Curious to know how much space is left for app install after Honeycomb is put on the vega???
bob1369 said:
your second video looks pretty smooth any reason why a dev only download isnt appropriate ? not pushing this is amaing work you must have great patience just intrigued
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you can try now
http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?453-ROM-VegaComb-by-newbe5-and-Corvus
I'm staggered at how smooth H/C is from the video!
I did try but i had a falling out with nvflash so i'll look forward to a update.zip I can use, I assume when wifi is working!
I did spy from the video there didn't seem to be any gApps, I assume this will be added unless there is a seperately gApps download for H/C?
google i/o 20011
hopefully honeycomb sourcecode released at todays event at 5 oc'lock london time, who nows we might even get an update from advent or pov.
fingers crossed
serialkillazzs said:
hopefully honeycomb sourcecode released at todays event at 5 oc'lock london time, who nows we might even get an update from advent or pov.
fingers crossed
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i'd be surprised tbh!
I was under the impression from Advent we would be getting 2.3 and the source code has been out for quite some time and still nothing. yet you can get a CM nightly which is 2.3.4.
Unless they've had access to the H/C as a vendor and been working on that but some how i doubt it :S
Wow, a mention on the front page!
Congrats on this, guys!
Wow. Does this mean hardware acceleration may make its way into other Android devices? I hope so!
chrisjasper said:
Curious to know how much space is left for app install after Honeycomb is put on the vega???
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after trying it an hour a go it's 130mb
bewA said:
after trying it an hour a go it's 130mb
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Thanks, apps2sd looks like a necessity then, assuming there isnt too much that can be stripped out
Very necro update March 2021:
All versions of this ROM are now stored on my personal site and can be found here:
Ainol Novo 8 Advanced Firmware Downloads
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A long time coming but Release 4.0 is now here
Site Link:NebularNerd.com
To save keep opening new threads I shall now just update this one to reflect the latest release. The main reason for the delay was waiting to find a firmware to base it on that offered something more than just a minor update.
To keep things short and sweet the full Readme will now be kept on a separate page on my blog Click Here and a plain text copy is in the download. Check out the Change log/What's New below then get your download and enjoy. Screen shots after the download links.
Posts #70 onwards for support on this release
Change log/What's New:
Key: + New # Updated > Information ! Important - Removed
07/04/2012 Version 4.0
+ Newer base firmware based on cheeyee and tomx2h releases.
! English only release, Multi Language may follow
! Google Maps will Force Close if you have no active Wifi or Data connection, this is the way the app works and not a bug.
- Flash and Skype removed as they only semi worked. You can install these from the market.
+ Modified Google Play Store gives the best results yet. Still not perfect but improves on last firmware.
! Play Store must not be updated, auto updater removed to prevent this. Any updates will remove the modded version.
+ build.prop altered with HTC Flyer data (closest match to our tablet) again results have improved in the Market.
# All included Google Apps, Facebook and Dolphin are latest versions as of compliling the Firmware
- Root explorer because it would still give Chinese menus, ES File Manager is just as good when given root access rights.
+ New Statusbar icons for Home, Menu, Up, Down and Back (See screenshots)
# The wallpaper app that was in Chinese I have converted to English, look for 'ICS Wallpapers'
- Separate Latitude.apk (now comes with Maps) and Car Home (Too small for our screens)
> For UK users iPlayer and latest Flash seem to play Medium quality streams without any problems, High quality is broken in iPlayer by the looks of it as setting it makes no difference over Medium.
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Downloads:
If you mirror the file please let me know so I can add it here.
Ainol Novo 8 2.3.4 UK Rom V4.0 @ nebularnerd.co.uk
Screenshots:
Click for full size images. Apps that have been pixelised are not included.
amazing job.
i assume power off and sudden power on screen is not fixed yet because of hardware bug?
Will try and give my cents later today. THANKS , great job.
Thanks, great job!!!!
One question
have you fixed the power off bug
Huawei e220 and bluetooth
Hello. First of all, congratulations for the nice work!
I´m wondering if anyone managed to make Huawei e220 modem work on this rom. If so, please send the instructions.
Another thing that would be important on further updates is to make bluetooth hardware work on our Novo8 or also a external dongle.
Bye!
buggatti said:
One question
have you fixed the power off bug
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theres a workaround.. you need the "screen off timer" to 15secs.
Make it sleep. power on normally. immediately upon you unlock the screen, poweroff like you normally do. it works most of the times like that for me.
D
Bluetooth would be great
educuritiba said:
Hello. First of all, congratulations for the nice work!
I´m wondering if anyone managed to make Huawei e220 modem work on this rom. If so, please send the instructions.
Another thing that would be important on further updates is to make bluetooth hardware work on our Novo8 or also a external dongle.
Bye!
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I am looking into the whole Bluetooth thing as it's something I would quite like to have running as well, on some of the other forums there is some Bluetooth stuff being worked on so I need to look and see what that is about and if I can use it.
Huawei e220 IS working!!!
Hehe, something is def. done with the power control. i can "easily" power it off now when the powercord is plugged in. But it immediately starts up again.
power off works and stays off without power cord. plug cord in and it powers on.
first cents.
thanks for fb, and dolphin! Why not make ES FileExplorer standard too?
Trying not to bloat the rom, and new base firmware
daniel.eriksson said:
Hehe, something is def. done with the power control. i can "easily" power it off now when the powercord is plugged in. But it immediately starts up again.
power off works and stays off without power cord. plug cord in and it powers on.
first cents.
thanks for fb, and dolphin! Why not make ES FileExplorer standard too?
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I left ES out as it can be downloaded from the market, while it is my preferred file manager other may want something else so I'm trying to not overload the rom. To most people having the stock File Explorer and Root Explorer is likely enough. Facebook, Dolphin and Skype were added because like some of the Google apps they cannot be had off the market but are near enough essential to daily tablet usage.
*** NEWS FLASH ***
I have just managed to download the latest beta from the Chinese sites, took a while to work out how to do get it off their chosen download host, need to add learning Chinese to my todo list
I shall start playing with this new firmware and see how it behaves, who knows what that will bring us.
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Ok, so yesterday while falling asleep i looked at latest topgear.
New in this rom, is that every five ten minutes, the "power off" dialog pops up.
Any idea how come? Also while playing games it pops up every now and then now. didnt in the earlier rom.
Also , when i started skype it said "Skype must be reinstalled" and i was never able to log in.
Exciting about new beta! Crazy stuff.
Oberth said:
I left ES out as it can be downloaded from the market, while it is my preferred file manager other may want something else so I'm trying to not overload the rom. To most people having the stock File Explorer and Root Explorer is likely enough. Facebook, Dolphin and Skype were added because like some of the Google apps they cannot be had off the market but are near enough essential to daily tablet usage.
*** NEWS FLASH ***
I have just managed to download the latest beta from the Chinese sites, took a while to work out how to do get it off their chosen download host, need to add learning Chinese to my todo list
I shall start playing with this new firmware and see how it behaves, who knows what that will bring us.
*** NEWS FLASH ***
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V2 install yesterday, and today I learned that in China have released a new version.
It has some bugs that you've fixed in V2, so I think you can pick your version of china and improve it.
I encourage you.
Thank you very much for making us enjoy both.
Feedback
A little feedback ROMs:
concerns:
First, after installing programs, I'm having problems ("com.androi.settings process stopped") to access Settings-App Manager. The same happens with the time zone setting. I tried reinstalling, but it continues going after the installation of any problem.
I am also having problems with skype ("resinstall skype").
Another question is about the graphics processing. Although our tablet has enough technology, games like Spiderman and Real footbal run without the proper rendering.
I think that ultimately, the ROM should not come with installed applications, it can easily be found through the Aptoide.
Moreover, the ROM is good, with few delays in Appmenu and tablet features working except bluetooth, but this is a problem of its own original ROM and still no solution proposed.
Keep the good work!
The ChinaDigital-mirror is broken (get a 44MB file every time).
Replies to all,
Regarding Skype issues, is this cropping up as soon as you are running Skype or after name and password entry. I do not have a Skype account so could not fully test, I shall add it onto the fix list for the next version.
naguz:
Thaks for the heads up I shall get onto rikeys and see what's doing. I should have another Mirror or two coming up any time soon.
daniel.eriksson:
The Power dialog is a weird on, everytime I flash it appears either more or less than before, hopefully the new beta has some fixes.
educuritiba:
Are you trying to change to another language? I've not ran into issues with Settings myself and did try changing languages around before release, if not please let me know what it is you are doing that leads to the FC.
App bundling is a tricky one to win, while those of us more skilled in the ways of the internet and things we can easily grab an apk to stick on, not everyone can or they prefer a all-in-one flash and be done solution. I'm not looking to stick anything on that can be had off the market and equally nothing that is not free for but things like Skype, Facebook and Dolphin are what I consider for most people must haves. Maybe for the next release I will bundle a working set of .apk's for people to install post flash.
Oberth, you are right. Those problems in settings only happen when the language is not english ( I am trying portuguese br).
Keep the good working in the next releases!!!
Bye
Yesterday I install the latest version to come out of China and is a wonder. Very stable and if no delay. The problem is that in Chinese and English is not complete. Would be nice if the Chinese were also multilingual and that all people around the world have this tablet. Bad for them.
I think that you would work with this version because it goes very very well.
I leave the link:
http://bbs.imp3.net/thread-10500965-1-1.html
Thank you for your work from Spain.
hi, the rom is very good!
i change only the task bar to a another smaller.
a question:
what resolution u use?
how row and coluns in launcher u use?
to assist videos in 1080p, u use a standart video player or a mx video?
in the mx 1080p movies are slow, same in S/W fast.
im from brazil, and the rom is the best!
Taskbar changes on the todo list
tobituba said:
hi, the rom is very good!
i change only the task bar to a another smaller.
a question:
what resolution u use?
how row and coluns in launcher u use?
to assist videos in 1080p, u use a standart video player or a mx video?
in the mx 1080p movies are slow, same in S/W fast.
im from brazil, and the rom is the best!
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Hi Tobituba, Resolution is set at 160dpi which is 1280x768 (what the screen is) at 160dpi the Launcher gives 6 columns by 7 rows in the app screen. Video playback is just through the stock player using HW Decode where it can no other software required. If you're using MX you need to make sure you have the Arm 7 Codecs as well and make sure it tries to use HW where possible. Not tried it heavily as the stock player is pretty good now.
Well that looks shiny
kinterinho said:
Yesterday I install the latest version to come out of China and is a wonder. Very stable and if no delay. The problem is that in Chinese and English is not complete. Would be nice if the Chinese were also multilingual and that all people around the world have this tablet. Bad for them.
I think that you would work with this version because it goes very very well.
I leave the link:
http://bbs.imp3.net/thread-10500965-1-1.html
Thank you for your work from Spain.
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Downloading now, that does look very nice and appears to be based on the latest beta, very interesting about the Flash 11 integration wonder if the performance issues have been fixed in this rom? Well lets see what I can do with it . . .
List of Android 4.4 Features/Specs.
Google did it again! ?
1.Screen Recording
2.Tap to Pay {Google Wallet for everyone}
3.NFC emulation for non nfc devices
4.14% less memory usage
5.Minimum RAM required is 512MB
6.Chrome, youtube takes 12%less memory
7.cloud printing from Gallery {Print your photos directly to ur home
Printer}
8.Webview is Now Chromium
9.Google Home is the new Launcher
10.New 'Google Home' works only with Google Search app installed
11.Core System Processes Trimmed
12.Apps are efficient and responsive on all devices
13.The all new 'procstats tool details' memory use
14.Payments without needing Secure Elements
15.Printer manufacturers can use new APIs to develop their own print
services
16.A new storage access framework allows browse all document
storage providers.
17.ART runtime compile support along with dalvik VM {faster runtime}
18.Dalvik JIT code cache tuning, kernel samepage merging (KSM),
swap to zRAM
19.Use less heap,Aggressively protect system memory from apps
20.When multiple services start at once —Android now launches the
services serially
21.hardware sensor batching
22.Step Detector and Step Counter
23.shared SMS provider and new APIs
24.Full-screen Immersive mode
25.Transitions framework for animating scenes {animate changes to
your UI on the fly}
26.Translucent system UI styling
27.Enhanced notification access
28.seamless change in resolution during media playback
29.Common Encryption for protected content
30.HTTP Live Streaming
31.Audio Tunneling to DSP dramatically improve battery life
32.Nexus 5 offers a total off-network audio playback time of up to 60
hours
33.Audio monitoring peak and RMS levels of any currently playing
audio
34.Loudness enhancer increase the loudness of spoken content
35.Audio timestamps for improved AV sync
36.Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast
37.RenderScript Compute improves Ongoing performance
38.RenderScript in the Android NDK
39.GPU acceleration for any apps using render script
40.GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
41.New HWComposer 1.3 support for virtual displays
42.Bluetooth HID over GATT (HOGP) support
43.Bluetooth MAP support
44.built-in IR blasters, along with a new API and system service
46.Wi-Fi TDLS support seamless way to stream media in same wifi
network
47.System-wide settings for closed captioning { appscan show
captions}
48.SELinux (enforcing mode)
49.Improved cryptographic algorithms ECDSA
50.Designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively on a much broader
range of devices than ever before
51.Phone dialer got local business detection
52.Smart caller ID
53.SMS support for Hangout
54.Emoji support on Google keyboard
55.Redigned Quickoffice
56.100gb Google drive Storage Coming soon
57.Updated Google Apps
58.Faster smoother,brilliant google voice search
59.swipe left for Google now on Google Home
60.Full Screen AlbumArt on lockscreen
61.Best Android YET
Reserved
Yeah, I just hope it arrives on my SIII by the end of this century
SilentHIll17 said:
Yeah, I just hope it arrives on my SIII by the end of this century
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S3 will surely get it but u have to wait for 6 months.
Its been already talked about the entry level devices and if they can get the kitkat,I hope this for my Tipo,not from Sony of course,but from some talented developer
SilentHIll17 said:
Yeah, I just hope it arrives on my SIII by the end of this century
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520179
theres a rom for it
pretty stable build just bluetooth audio dont work
I hope the 4.4 to be more stable and compatible with my S III than 4.3
Battery drain issues, lock screen lag, etc, about 4.3 and S III
My THL W100 mobile phone is Android 4.2, don't know how to upgrade to the Android 4.3, let alone the Android 4.4.
avesalom said:
I hope the 4.4 to be more stable and compatible with my S III than 4.3
Battery drain issues, lock screen lag, etc, about 4.3 and S III
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I am very disappointed in Samsung because of 4.3. release. They did horrible job. That release has almost 0 software features from Galaxy S4 (and it was officially promised back when S4 was released that "almost all of them" will arrive on the S3). Not only that, but everything about the release itself is bad..it has lag and different issues all over the place.
I don't understand why this has happened, but pissing of 40 million S3 users is very bad move if you ask me. Maybe they became to successful for their own good.
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markdapimp said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520179
theres a rom for it
pretty stable build just bluetooth audio dont work
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If there is a release for 19300 international version, I would be happy to try it
I'm very disappointed by the 4.4 "Release".
Google has completely dropped the ball on this one, it's been more than a week and NOTHING besides some half-assed source release which developers now have to cobble together with old binaries to make it stagger along.
If Google continues to "release" this way in the future there will be hell to pay in the form of lost customers.
exynoss said:
S3 will surely get it but u have to wait for 6 months.
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Are you sure? I surely hope you're right, because installing a custom ROM is not an option for me; even if the are some stable builds, issues like Bluetooth not working and others are holding me off.
SilentHIll17 said:
I am very disappointed in Samsung because of 4.3. release. They did horrible job. That release has almost 0 software features from Galaxy S4 (and it was officially promised back when S4 was released that "almost all of them" will arrive on the S3). Not only that, but everything about the release itself is bad..it has lag and different issues all over the place.
I don't understand why this has happened, but pissing of 40 million S3 users is very bad move if you ask me. Maybe they became to successful for their own good.
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If there is a release for 19300 international version, I would be happy to try it
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Can we hope for an update fix for the S III 4.3 version?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk
alexmihai92 said:
Can we hope for an update fix for the S III 4.3 version?
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Yes, Samsung has, as of today, stopped rolling out 4.3 and is working on fixing the issues. So expect a new release soon.
This is brilliant news, then!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S III using Tapatalk
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Ambient Music Mod is a Shizuku/Sui app that ports Now Playing from Pixels to other Android devices.
Requirements
Android device running Android 9.0 or above (11+ recommended).
Shizuku (Android 12+) or Sui Magisk module (Android 9+).
Shizuku does not require root, instead needing an ADB command or a few button presses to be made every reboot.
Features
Full Now Playing support, based on the latest version from Pixel devices and the latest music databases
Automatic Ambient Music recognition, with settings to control how often recognition runs - finding the right balance between battery usage and convenience
Now Playing History, Favourites and Summary support
Support to trigger recognitions manually, including a homescreen widget
On Demand recognition on supported devices, using the Google Assistant-backed recognition engine for songs that are not in the local database (must be triggered manually)
Show Now Playing songs on the lock screen (accessibility service required)
View the full track list of recognisable songs, and change the database location if your taste does not match your device's locale
Screenshots
Changelog
2.3.1
- Fixed crash on Android 14 Beta 3
2.3
- Android 14 Beta 2 support
- Added option to control Ambient Music Mod externally from apps like Tasker with options:
Enable Now Playing
Disable Now Playing
Toggle Now Playing
Start an On Device Recognition
Start an Online Recognition (if supported & enabled)
- External Access can be protected by an Access Token which must be provided by the apps interacting with it (enabled by default)
- Updated dependencies
For info on how to use External Access, check the page in the app or the Wiki page
2.2.2
- Fixed On Demand not working via the root method on some devices
- Improved Track Listing info, showing more details on tracks where available and fixing the Ask Google button
- Crash fixes
2.2.1
This is quite a large update, please make sure to update Ambient Music Mod and then Now Playing from the Updates screen after installing
- Enabled Now Playing Summary in the Now Playing History, a new feature that's not even on Pixels yet, which displays statistics about your listening habits including genre, artists, and timings from the last 30 days (configurable down to 1 day up to 365 days)
- NNFPv3 (the updated model) is now enabled on all devices except legacy armv7. Google have switched Pixels over to using it, indicating music databases for the legacy model may stop being updated at some point.
Please note that due to format changes, a database update will be forced after updating, and any saved On Demand recognitions will be removed. This is unavoidable, and Google has already done this on Pixel devices with official Now Playing
- Added experimental option to download extra country databases (up to two)
- Added option to periodically (daily/weekly/monthly) back up to a specified location
- Improved track list viewer speed by caching track info in Ambient Music Mod, rather than loading it from the Now Playing database every time. This will increase the storage footprint of Ambient Music Mod, but you can clear the app's cache if it becomes an issue.
- Added a track info viewer to the track list, displaying all available information for a track on one page, including links to play tracks in the database
- Added option to edit and delete stored On Demand tracks
- Updated database downloader, and implemented a system whereby the system Job Scheduler (which is relied on to schedule downloads) gets told to expedite downloads where possible. This should improve the speed of database downloads.
- Improved Lock Screen detection logic
- Fixed an issue where some switches in the app behaved differently depending on whether the text or the switch handle was pressed
- Fixed an issue where notifications for Now Playing were being re-enabled after being disabled by the user on some devices
nb: Version 2.2.1 fixes a cache issue with 2.2 which may impact updates. For this reason, it has replaced 2.2 and that version has been removed.
2.1.2
- Fixed Restore option not showing any options of files to restore
2.1.1
- Improved adaptive lock screen overlay
- Fixed insets on 3 button devices
- Allow install on x86_64 devices without libhoudini or libndk
2.1
- Added x86_64 support
- Fixed Android 13 Shizuku issue
- Updated switch style
- Removed "run when battery saver enabled" as it was not functioning and cannot be fixed
- Fixed overlay continuing to appear when bedtime mode is enabled
- Added message about static noise to playback screen
2.0.5
- Fixed an issue where on device recognition would not work on some devices using Shizuku
2.0.4
- Added the ability for On Demand recognitions to run without the Magisk overlay module, so long as the device is rooted. You must start Shizuku as root or use Sui to make use of this method, and the overlay is still preferred if it works on your device. Please read the Wiki page for more information.
- Further improvements to the On Demand overlay, fixing issues on OnePlus devices
- Fixed the Lock Screen overlay not appearing when Smart Lock is enabled
- Fixed Alternative Encoding and Lock Screen Overlay colour options not being backed up
2.0.3
- Added armv7 support
- Fixed crashes on Android 10
- Fixed an issue where some tracks were not showing up in the track list or in the track count (US database is actually 69k tracks, not 53k)
- Added an option to change the lockscreen overlay text colour
- The lockscreen overlay text now has a slight shadow, improving visibility
- Added caching for updates, which should prevent rate-limit issues. You can force an update check (ignoring cache) by swiping to refresh.
- Enabled landscape orientation
- Fixed background crashes in Now Playing, which may help download issues.
- Improved Magisk On Demand module overlay installing, which may fix bootloops on some devices
Note: Due to issues with the backend database update system, there have been two database updates in the last two days. This is now fixed, and future updates will be timely rather than all at once. Apologies for any inconvenience.
2.0.2:
- Added alternative encoding option, fixing distortion/crackling on some devices when enabled
IMPORTANT: You must also update Now Playing to 1.0.1 for the alternative encoding option to work. Use the Updates page in the app to update Now Playing.
- Increased max gain to 3.0 to cope with new encoding which requires a higher gain on some devices
- Reduced the chance of audio recording errors
- Removed "Timeout" notification as it was more useless than it was useful
- Fixed unclickable Chips on Recognition Success page (eg. Ask Google)
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InstallationDownload the latest APK from the GitHub Releases page and install it. Ambient Music Mod will download and install the latest Now Playing APK for you as part of the setup process.
If you have any questions, please read the FAQ before opening a GitHub issue or replying to the thread.
App keeps asking to update and there is no update
toolhas4degrees said:
App keeps asking to update and there is no update
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My bad, forgot to knock the internal version back down after testing the update dialog. I've "updated" the APK on GitHub, it's exactly the same build with the correct internal version, and will install on top
Awesome module! Unfortunately, I couldn't get it working. (SM-A725F - Galaxy A72, Android 11)
When doing the test recognition, it says "Ambient Music failed to start". When I try multiple times, it does actually listen, but when it's done listening, it gives me "No response from Ambient Music".
I paid attention to all the steps and fixes, but none of them worked. Tried with LSPosed and Edxposed. Also tried without whitelist and checked, that ambient services has mic permissions.
SkylinesHD said:
Awesome module! Unfortunately, I couldn't get it working. (SM-A725F - Galaxy A72, Android 11)
When doing the test recognition, it says "Ambient Music failed to start". When I try multiple times, it does actually listen, but when it's done listening, it gives me "No response from Ambient Music".
I paid attention to all the steps and fixes, but none of them worked. Tried with LSPosed and Edxposed. Also tried without whitelist and checked, that ambient services has mic permissions.
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Interesting that it's started listening fine but didn't respond at the end, that suggests that maybe the delay time isn't long enough. Try using it as if it were working, see if it picks up music playing as that doesn't have the same delay limit
Quinny899 said:
Interesting that it's started listening fine but didn't respond at the end, that suggests that maybe the delay time isn't long enough. Try using it as if it were working, see if it picks up music playing as that doesn't have the same delay limit
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Tried that, didn't work. Couldn't see any addition on my lockscreen, when playing music. My phone starts lagging when turning off or on, as soon as I enabled the recognition on lockscreen.
SkylinesHD said:
Tried that, didn't work. Couldn't see any addition on my lockscreen, when playing music. My phone starts lagging when turning off or on, as soon as I enabled the recognition on lockscreen.
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You should still get a notification of the song even with the lockscreen overlay disabled
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You should still get a notification of the song even with the lockscreen overlay disabled
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I didn't get any notification of the song.
SkylinesHD said:
I didn't get any notification of the song.
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Alright then so it's probably not working at all. Can you do a log dump from the app? Instructions are in the FAQ.
This is the dump I got
SkylinesHD said:
This is the dump I got
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Thanks, that's very useful:
Code:
sound_trigger_platform: platform_get_lsm_usecase: No lsm usecase found for exec_mode 0
is in the logs, suggesting it doesn't like the sound_trigger_platform.xml file, specifically the lsm_usecase bit. Unfortunately the current version of the app fails to zip that right when dumping, so could you do the following please:
- Send the current file in /system/vendor/etc/sound_trigger_platform_info.xml
- Disable the Magisk module in the Magisk app, and reboot
- Send the new file in /system/vendor/etc/sound_trigger_platform_info.xml (this should be different to the first, and be original to your device)
I'll then try to figure out if something else may be required to be added on some devices, or if there's a limitation of the 'magic numbers' in the file I took from the Pixels (in which case it will likely sadly never work).
I'll also fix the dump thing so it zips the xml correctly for the next build.
Cheers!
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Thanks, that's very useful:
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sound_trigger_platform: platform_get_lsm_usecase: No lsm usecase found for exec_mode 0
is in the logs, suggesting it doesn't like the sound_trigger_platform.xml file, specifically the lsm_usecase bit. Unfortunately the current version of the app fails to zip that right when dumping, so could you do the following please:
- Send the current file in /system/vendor/etc/sound_trigger_platform_info.xml
- Disable the Magisk module in the Magisk app, and reboot
- Send the new file in /system/vendor/etc/sound_trigger_platform_info.xml (this should be different to the first, and be original to your device)
I'll then try to figure out if something else may be required to be added on some devices, or if there's a limitation of the 'magic numbers' in the file I took from the Pixels (in which case it will likely sadly never work).
I'll also fix the dump thing so it zips the xml correctly for the next build.
Cheers!
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Got the files, I hope the issue will be fixable. Good luck!
SkylinesHD said:
Got the files, I hope the issue will be fixable. Good luck!
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Re-enable the module, extract and drop the attached file in /data/adb/modules/AmbientMusicTest/system/vendor/etc/ and reboot, see if that helps
Side note, I really need to change that AmbientMusicTest name
Quinny899 said:
Re-enable the module, extract and drop the attached file in /data/adb/modules/AmbientMusicTest/system/vendor/etc/ and reboot, see if that helps
Side note, I really need to change that AmbientMusicTest name
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Great, this really works! But now I noticed another problem..
The database is loading for ever when I go on Track list, it also cannot recognize any song.
SkylinesHD said:
Great, this really works! But now I noticed another problem..
The database is loading for ever when I go on Track list, it also cannot recognize any song.
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It's unlikely to be loading forever, it just takes a long time to load. Leave it for a few minutes and it should load.
Meanwhile, if the module is working now you'll probably want to play with the amplification a bit, test the output with the test playback and fingers crossed it'll start recognising things then.
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It's unlikely to be loading forever, it just takes a long time to load. Leave it for a few minutes and it should load.
Meanwhile, if the module is working now you'll probably want to play with the amplification a bit, test the output with the test playback and fingers crossed it'll start recognising things then.
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The output is perfect, I left it loading for about ~2-3 mins., I'll try again. Hopefully it'll work.
SkylinesHD said:
The output is perfect, I left it loading for about ~2-3 mins., I'll try again. Hopefully it'll work.
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If it still doesn't load after like 5 minutes (there's also a progress bar that should show progress) after restarting the app, what region are you in? I've previously tested the database parsing with en_GB and en_US and it was working fine but maybe it's broken for another one
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If it still doesn't load after like 5 minutes (there's also a progress bar that should show progress) after restarting the app, what region are you in? I've previously tested the database parsing with en_GB and en_US and it was working fine but maybe it's broken for another one
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I'm located in germany (probably something like de_DE)
There is a progress bar, but it doesn't show me a progess. It's just like.. loading
On miui 12.5 I think my Problem is that I can't grant the App access to the microphone.
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On miui 12.5 I think my Problem is that I can't grant the App access to the microphone.
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Tap the microphone prompt in Ambient Music, you have to grant it manually via the app info (not sure why Google didn't just implement a prompt like everyone else does). I have also found that sometimes when you've just granted it access it doesn't immediately respond to test recognition, if you find it still sits loading after that then kill Ambient Music via the recents, reopen it via Ambient Music Mod, return to Ambient Music Mod and try running the recognition again.