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So here is a list, with some screenshots, of things that have been added/changed from 2.1 to 2.2
Firmware Version: 2.2
Baseband version: I897UCJI6
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9, [email protected] #1
Build number: FROYO.UCJI6
Feel free to add to the list and I'll add to this post!
New colored icons in Settings menu. Sound and display in separate categories
Vibrate and Lock/Unlock settings in the Settings menu
Slightly different looks to status bar icons such as USB debugging, data, vibration, battery
Copy and paste improved
Stock Android keyboard removed
Enhancements to Samsung keyboard and Voice Button added to Swype
Music app and Video Player app tweaks and different layout
Gmail layout and performance tweaks
"Battery Charged" popup gone, alert in the notification bar
Auto Brightness option in the "Power control" widget
New "Beach" and "Spectrum" live wallpapers added
Pinch to see a overview of homescreens and move a screen to the recycling bin to remove
Downloads in the Browser don't direct to "Download history" list
"Download history" in Browser sorts downloads by date and able to directly delete downloaded files
Search bar in Contacts app
Add more than 2 Exchange accounts
Improved Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync
Better Exchange support with PIN/Password requirements and Remote Wipe
GPS seems improved so far
New Google search widget and App2SD
Samsung Task Manager with widget added
"Feeds and Updates" Widget improvements
"nook" app included
Customize ringtone for Google contacts
Option to move an email to other folder
Voice Actions can be installed from the Android Market
Sync Off Peak Scheduling settings removed
No longer able to "link" contacts, but "join" them
New Android/Samsung welcome setup at first boot of phone
Status bar changes color when in a call
When installing apps from the Android Market an alert that says "Installing..." appears in the Notification Bar
USB storage menu/popup updated
New toggles have been added to notification bar
Phone vibrates to alert you when it is completely turned off
Visual tweaks in My Files app
Android market includes "About" and "Comment" sections"
YouTube widget now works with camcorder app
Rotate videos when watching YouTube videos online
Gallery loads faster
Long drag TouchWiz Lockscreen to unlock
"GPS" option in Camera app settings removed
Camcorder records in MP4
Option for Pin number entry on lock screen
Brightness setting along with "auto brightness mode" now in Browser menu
UA String option removed
New visualizations to Browser windows
Folders can be made in the Browser's "Bookmarks" section
Screen Calibration added
When using Customizable Grid in Applications Menu it automatically sorts apps alphabetically
Recent applications when holding the home button now has Task Manager button
Adobe Flash 10.1 is working in stock browser
"Messaging App Settings" improvements
Vibrate option removed in Messaging app
Messaging app lets you set a default number for a contact
Vanilla Android Calendar Widget added
Customize an event ringtone in Calendar app
Calendar app defaults to Vanilla Android Calendar if "My Calendar" is disabled in settings
Media Hub is working
MobileAP added
Thanks "pingpongboss" for a video!!
pingpongboss said:
Samsung Captivate with Froyo (Android 2.2)
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Benchmarks:
Linpack
MFLOPS: 14.085
Time: 5.95 Seconds
Quadrant Standard
Score: 987
Better Exchange support with PIN/Password requirements and Remote Wipe.
GPS seems improved so far, but it could still be too early to tell.
Benchmarkkks? I wonder if this can passed along to the other galaxy S variants thought some modifications.
move email to folder in the email app
There is an option to move the email to other folder now.
Improved pin number entry on lock screen.
Pin has to be entered every time the screen lock.
Titanium Back up is not able to remove bloat-ware with message "Failed to locate the apk file"
haftrige said:
There is an option to move the email to other folder now.
Improved pin number entry on lock screen.
Pin has to be entered every time the screen lock.
Titanium Back up is not able to remove bloat-ware with message "Failed to locate the apk file"
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If you really want to get rid of the AT&T bloatware, and don't want to wait for a TiBu update or a program that will do it for you, what I did was navigated to the /system/app folder using root explorer, and I manually deleted the bloatware .apk's and any applicable .odex files. Not the most elegant solution, but I didn't want to wait
There's a new music app w/ teaks and different layout...has option to go into cd view instead of automatic... also has EQ
Gmail has minor layout tweak and performance tweaks
External sdcard is now mounted as /sdcard/external_sd, as listed in Root Explorer (needed to move my backups used in MyBackup Pro to /sdcard/sd to get it to work)
Copy/paste was in 2.1. It is easier now.
Still now way to click on phone number or URL in calendar appointment. GAL lookup only for email, not phone. No search of email on server.
Lots of nice little tweaks though - all over.
Oh, and tethering option in network section.
what about sideloading?
android help widget?
where is that little guy i would see it on the i9000 froyo rom does anyone have an apk.
also where is the back up and restore feature.
tjsooley said:
what about sideloading?
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Not enabled, go here and follow steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397
**if you rooted using Zilch's method, you do not need to copy over su or superuser steps
Anyone have any luck with the voice dial over bluetooth? Isn't that supposed to be supported in 2.2? Am I just missing how to enable it? I have a Jawbone Icon which was supported on the Nexus One with Froyo. Hmmmmm.
The video driver I believe is buggy/unfinished. I get stdev=9.16 in fps2d compared to 1-2 in 2.1 beta releases. That's where the lag comes from when changing the home screens and browsing through applications in Launcher pro with 3D drawer enabled. Actually, if the display is laggy then the whole phone seems like that..
Edit: Not only 3D is laggy, all is laggy...
illestChronicle said:
So here is a list, with some screenshots, that have been found that have changed from 2.1 to 2.2
Firmware Version: 2.2
Baseband version: I897UCJI6
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9, [email protected] #1
Build number: FROYO.UCJI6
Feel free to add to the list and I'll add to this post!
Samsung keyboard has new enhancements and Swype has Voice Button added
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Can you pull the swype apks so I can try using the new version on JH6
andy2na said:
Can you pull the swype apks so I can try using the new version on JH6
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ill pm u, since youre awesome
Can I get it too
USHERROB said:
ill pm u, since youre awesome
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no, YOU'RE awesome!
status bar changes color when in call
tjsooley said:
what about sideloading?
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It is not there - we will have to use ADB or root/change settings.db
Schedule posts:
CyanogenMod 10.1 - part. 1
CyanogenMod 10.1 - part. 2
Useful links related to CyanogenMod
CyanogenMod 10.1
When it comes to the custom ROM scene for Android, the one name that instantly comes to our minds is CyanogenMod, and for good reason!
Let's take an in-depth look at CyanogenMod 10.1 and all the features it offers that make it one of the best custom Android ROMs around.
Credits for this guide must go to HQRaja
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Look And Feel
One of the key philosophies behind CyanogenMod is to focus on functionality rather than design, and that’s been a great thing since ICS when Android’s design got revamped to what it is now. That’s why on the surface, CyanogenMod 10.1 may look just like pure vanilla Android, and for good reason, since it is based on pure vanilla Android, meaning you wouldn’t find even the slightest traces of HTC Sense, Samsung TouchWiz, MOTOBLUR or any such manufacturer-customized version of Android in it, as you can see below in the home screen and the app drawer of CyanogenMod 10.1.
That said, there are a plethora of changes under the hood that set it apart from plain vanilla Android. The launcher itself may look like that of stock Android, but it’s actually CyanogenMod’s own custom version called Trebuchet. If you try dragging an icon somewhere, you’ll start seeing the extra options it offers, and that’s just the start.
As you can see lower, you can not only remove the icon, but also edit it. Furthermore, CyanogenMod ships with a collection of wallpapers of its own (CM Wallpapers), in addition to Android’s default ones.
CyanogenMod Apps
You must have noticed a few extra apps in the app drawer screenshot above. None of them have been added from the Play Store (that screenshot was taken immediately after installing the ROM), but rather ship with CyanogenMod itself. They include a media player, a file browser and a terminal emulator. The former two are CyanogenMod-exclusive while the terminal emulator is same as the Android Terminal Emulator app available on Play Store.
Also, while the messaging app may look exactly like the stock one, it is in fact heavily modified to deliver a much more powerful and customizable experience. Lastly, you’ll notice an icon for Sound Recorder in the app drawer. It is actually a system app that comes as a part of Android itself, it is hidden from the app drawer by default and is accessible as a recording feature within other components of the OS; CyanogenMod adds an icon for it to provide users direct access to it.
The inclusion of a media player and a file manager ensures that if you choose not to rely on Google’s ecosystem or just want to use the ROM on a device that you want to keep offline, you already start off with all the basic apps that you’re going to need.
There is also a DSP Manager app here, as well as the cLock app that doesn’t show up in the app drawer but can be seen as a widget right on the home screen as well as the lock screen, but we’ll be taking a look at both these in the Settings section, as they are both configurable from there.
CyanogenMod 10.1 Settings
What makes CyanogenMod truly powerful is the plethora of additional settings it offers for customizing the ROM and having a more complete control over Android’s features. All these settings can be found within the default Settings app, laid out in the same settings interface that you’re already familiar with. Let’s take a more detailed look at them in the order they appear. Note that we’ll only be reviewing the settings that have been added by CyanogenMod, and will therefore skip the unmodified sections.
Cell Broadcasts
For most part, the ‘Wireless & Networks’ section of the Settings remains close to stock, though you’ll notice one new option under the ‘More…’ option by the name of Cell Broadcasts. This basically lets you choose which cell broadcast messages you want to receive, and opt out of the ones you don’t want to bother you. These include alerts for extreme and severe threats, AMBER alerts, ETWS (Earthquake Tsuname Warning System) alerts and CMAS (Commercial Mobile Alert System) broadcasts. In addition to opting out of them, you can also choose change alert settings such as notifications, sound, vibration, sound duration, text-to-speech for speaking out alerts, and showing opt-out dialog after displaying the first CMAS alerts to be able to easily disable them (other than presidential alerts).
Launcher
As mentioned above, CyanogenMod ships with Trebuchet as its home screen launcher, which looks identical to the stock Android launcher but is way more customizable, and this is where you can tweak it to your liking.
Many Android users complain about the lack of landscape mode for their home screen. Trebuchet takes care of that by adding support for landscape mode and auto rotation, which you can enable here. And if you have just customized your home screen to your liking and fear messing it up by mistake, you can set everything to stay locked in place. You can also hide the status bar to extend the home screen further, though we’d suggest you read on and see what else is in store for you in the full screen department, and you’ll forget about this option alltogether!
In the Home Screen section, you can tweak a lot of options pertaining to the way things are displayed on your home screens. Each option comes with a description to make sure you don’t feel lost.
The Drawer section lets you customize how apps are displayed in your Apps and widgets drawer. You can choose between transition effects, join the sections together and even hide apps selectively.
Lastly, you can customize the dock by changing the number of apps it displays, adding more pages to it that you can then access by swiping on it sideways just like the home screens, and more.
Lock Screen
CyanogenMod’s lock screen comes with a bunch of additional features, and the first one that you’ll notice is multiple shortcuts to directly launch the apps of your choice.
What’s more – these shortcuts are fully customizable! Just hit ‘Slider shortcuts’ under Lock screen, and you’ll be able to easily assign a different one to each slot and even select a custom icon for it.
In addition to these shortcuts, you can choose your lock screen security type, and tweak several options for the selected one such as making the pattern visible, choosing a 4×4, 5×5 or even 6×6 pattern in addition to the default 3×3 one, toggle visibility for pattern, errors and dots, and set separate custom delays for automatic screen lock after timeout and manual screen off, etc.
Themes
If you’re finding things to be a but too dull and completely stock so far in terms of looks, your patience is about to be rewarded. CyanogenMod ships with a powerful theme engine that can change the look of the entire UI based on the theme you choose. Some themes may change just the app icons on your home screens and in the app drawer, some change how the menus look, some apply to widgets as well, and then there are those that change pretty much everything. We like Android’s own stock looks but are big fans of transparency, and the awesome HOLO GLASS theme lets us apply that to the stock settings app as well as many other components of the OS, as you can see in the screenshots below.
Although no extra themes are shipped with CM by default, you can find countless options available in both free and paid variants on Google Play, XDA-Developers and many other Android modding communities – just search on Google for it and you’ll find more options at your disposal than you’ll know what to do with.
Before we move on to the next section, here’s how HOLO GLASS has changed our Dialer and Messaging apps. The background is actually our desktop wallpaper, not just a static background applied to these apps.
System
This is perhaps the most extensively customizable section of the entire ROM. Here, you can tweak major UI components such as the status bar, the quick settings panel, the notification drawer, the power menu and the navigation bar as well as toggle the expanded desktop (full screen) mode and Pie controls (yes, CyanogenMod 10.1 includes Paranoid Android’s famous controls), and customize LED notifications.
Status bar
When it comes to the status bar, you can show/hide the clock as well as choose AM/PM display, and change the battery and signal icon styles from several available options. You can even set the status bar itself as a brightness control slider that will change brightness as you swipe your finger along it.
Quick Settings panel
Starting with Jelly Bean, Android ships with a section in the notification pull-down that acts as a quick settings panel. CyanogenMod basically supercharges it, letting you customize it to your liking.
You can add, remove and reposition toggles, and also specify how some of them behave. There are plenty of options available to add, pretty much for every feature you’d want. We have customized ours to add the features we need to quickly access most often, as you can see in the second screenshot below.
For quick and convenient access, you can even set this panel to always appear by default when you swipe down from the edge of your choice (left or right) on the status bar.
Power widget
If you don’t fancy the above controls and would rather have a small list of toggles right in the regular notification shade, the Power widget can do just that for you.
You can select what buttons display in it, specify their order, and tweak some appearance & behavior settings for the widget.
Expanded desktop
Want to utilize your screen real estate to the fullest? Why not get rid of the status bar as well as the navigation bar? Just choose whether you’d want the status bar to remain visible or not in this mode, and you’ll then be able to go full-screen by selecting the option from the power button’s long-press menu.
Here is how the home screen and your apps will appear while expanded desktop is enabled. As you can see, I have set the status bar to be hidden in the first one and visible in the second one, while the navigation bar is hidden in both in this mode.
Power menu
When you long-press the power key, you get more options in CyanogenMod than in stock Android, as you must have noticed in the screenshot shown in the Expanded desktop section above. A great thing about these options is that you can choose the ones you want to be displayed in the menu.
In the second screenshot, we have stripped down the power menu to the bare essentials, removing all the additional options except for ‘Reboot’ from it to get back to basics.
Clock widget
CyanogenMod ships with a clock widget of its own called cLock that works on both the home screen and the lock screen. It’s the same widget that you have seen on the home screen and lock screen images above. In addition to the time and date, it is capable of displaying weather conditions (from Yahoo! Weather) as well as your calendar events, and all this information is customizable from here.
For the clock, you can choose between analog and digital items, toggle the display of any alarms that you have set, and customize the clock’s display colors and font.
When it comes to weather conditions, you can toggle them on/off, choose weather source, set a custom location if you want (it uses your current location by default), and tweak several visual aspects of the weather display. For your calendar events, you can specify what calendars to display events from, how far into the future to look, what types of events to show and hide and what information to display for each event, along with visual tweaks for how the events are displayed. The settings will apply to the widget on both your home screen and lock screen.
Sound
To what extent can one customize sounds of an Android device, you ask? Just take a look at the Sounds section of CM settings – it spans three screens, and that’s excluding any sub-sections! As you can see below, there are options for everything ranging from volume controls, ring mode and volume panel style to music effects, quiet hours, ringtone choice, system sound toggles, headset-related tweaks and more!
As you can see above, it’s hard to think of a sound-related option that hasn’t been considered here. All options available here are self-explanatory, as you can see in case of the volume panel style below.
This section houses two great features namely Quiet hours and Music effects (DSP Manager). Let’s take a more detailed look at each of them.
Quiet hours
The Quiet hours feature is pretty awesome; it lets you specify times when you don’t want to be disturbed, and even lets you choose the type of alerts you want to disable for notifications during these hours, including sound, haptic feedback, vibrations and notification LED.
Music effects (DSP Manager)
Remember the app icon for DSP Manager that we mentioned when taking a look at the CyanogenMod apps? It is a killer app that can tweak the sound output of your device in a way that you’ll find it hard to believe your ears!
You can enable features such as bass boost, dynamic range compression and a full graphic equalizer separately for your phone’s speaker, wired earphones and Bluetooth headsets.There are several equalizer presets available, and you can choose the strength level for any effects you apply.
Display
Unlike the ‘Sound’ section, you wouldn’t see a plethora of options under Display, but that’s because the UI tweaks have already been covered to the extreme in the earlier sections and there’s little to do with the display beyond that. However, CM still manages to squeeze an extra option in here in form of customizable auto-rotate settings.
In addition to the default on/off, you can now specify the angles your device can rotate to, and even set the volume buttons to automatically swap when in landscape mode (volume-up becomes volume-down and vice versa) that can be more optimal on some devices (depending on the volume button position).
CyanogenMod 10.1 - part. 2
Profiles
CyanogenMod 10.1 ships with a powerful profile system that allows you to set how your device behaves when different profiles are active. You can switch to a profile from the power menu (by long-pressing the power button) and then tapping Profile. Your currently active profile name is shown there by default.
These profiles aren’t limited to merely choosing the volume levels or screen brightness levels – you can specify settings ranging from features like mobile data, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, syncing and hotspot mode to individual volume levels for alarms, media, ringtones and notifications, and choose your desired ringing and lock screen modes for each profile.
Not only that, but you can also manage how different applications behave for each profile, which is made easy with application groups.
You can create as many new profiles as you want, or edit the existing ones to your liking. Similarly, you can add or remove apps to the existing groups, or create new groups of your own, and specify settings you’d want for them for each profile under that profile.
You can have one profile where everything is silent except for incoming calls, and all app notifications are also silenced other than for an app group you’ve created by the name of VoIP, in which you have Viber, Tango and Skype etc. Or you could have a profile in which only notifications from your social media apps are ignored – whatever your requirements, you can create a profile tailored for them.
Security
CyanogenMod offers enhanced security options for your lock screen, some of which we have looked at earlier in the Lock screen customization section. Under the Screen lock section in Security, you get more flexibility in certain options, specifically when it comes to the pattern lock. In addition to the regular 3×3, you can also set up to a 6×6 pattern for added security.
Also, you’ll notice a new option at the end of the Security section labeled SMS message limit. It lets you define how many messages can an app automatically send within a set time interval before it is deemed as suspicious activity and requires confirmation from you for any additional texts.
Language & Input
You’ll see mostly standard options over here as well, with the exception of two new ones: a Selector notification toggle, and Volume key cursor control.
In case have multiple input methods (like keyboards) installed, enabling Selector notifications will show you a persistent notification for selecting the input method to use whenever an input field is active. The volume key cursor control option, on the other hand, lets you control the on-screen cursor – where present – using the device’s volume keys.
Developer Options
Being Android 4.2,*-based, CyanogenMod 10.1 comes with the Developer options section hidden by default, so you’ll need to unhide it before you can tinker with the settings there.
unHIDE developer options -how to
Go to ‘Settings’ > ‘About phone’.
Repeatedly tap on ‘Build number’ seven times. That’s it!
You’ll see a few options added by CyanogenMod here as well, in addition to the standard options found in stock Android. You can toggle the advanced reboot menu from here that lets you directly reboot into bootloader or recovery, in addition to the normal rebooting.
The Launch Tools section here is meant to provide developers with quick access to several tools that can come handy when developing or debugging their apps. These include a vast range of tools such as Accounts Tester, Bad Behavior, Cache Abuser, Configuration, Connectivity, GTalk Service Monitor, Holo Spiral, Instrumentation, Media Provider, Package Browser, Pointer Location, Running processes, Sync Tester and Water (Live wallpaper).
Getting back to the main Developer options menu, you can also choose the root access level between apps only, ADB only, both apps & ADB, or none, toggle displaying the USB debugging notification icon while debugging mode is enabled, and enter hostname of your choice for identification in ADB mode.
Lastly, by scrolling all the way to the bottom, you can set the back button to kill the currently active app upon long-press, in order to quickly terminate misbehaving apps.
Superuser
Pretty much every custom ROM comes already rooted, and CyanogenMod is no exception. Though instead of the conventional Superuser app by ChainsDD or SuperSU app by Chainfire, CyanogenMod 10.1 comes with root management functionality built into the ROM’s settings interface itself, in form of Superuser by Koush (the guy behind ClockworkMod recovery and a senior CM developer). It works just like you’d expect – asking you for root permissions whenever an app requests them, and showing you a list of apps that you have granted or denied permissions.
From the list, you can tap an app’s entry to see its root permissions and make Superuser forget the remembered setting in case you want to change its access, which you can then do when prompted upon launching it next. In addition, you can see a log of all root access elevation attempts made by apps, and whether they were allowed or denied.
From Superuser’s settings, you can set if superuser access should be restricted to apps, ADB or both, toggle a setting that would show superuser requests from only those apps that declare that they require root access, choose the default automatic response to these requests, add a PIN protection so that no one else can grant apps root access, choose a timeout interval of your choice, toggle logging and tweak notification settings for the toasts that appear when apps are granted or denied superuser access.
Performance
If you’ve ever overclocked your Android device, you’re likely familiar with the SetCPU app. While many other ROMs would require you to use that or some other similar app to make the best of your custom kernel, CyanogenMod has everything taken care of in this department as well. Under ‘Performance’, you’ll find all the options you’ll ever need to tweak your processor, I/O scheduler and memory management exactly the way you want. You can also enable 16-bit transparency and choose a color dithering method of your choice for improving the graphics output.
For the processor, you can choose your CPU governor and set the minimum as well as maximum CPU frequency of your choice. For our Galaxy S Advance, the default CyanogenMod kernel provided a bunch of CPU governors and frequency options to choose from.
You can similarly choose your I/O scheduler, and zRam size. There are a few additional options available as well, like allowing purging of bitmap assets when freeing up RAM and setting your chosen CPU & I/O scheduler settings to apply each time you reboot your device.
CyanogenMod Updates
Found under ‘About phone’, this section is basically what OTA updates are to stock ROMs. Every time a new version of CyanogenMod is out, you will be notified of it, and can download it from here. You can choose how frequently should the ROM check for updates.
You can specify whether you want updates for the stable version only, or for pre-release versions (nightlies and release candidates etc.) as well. Your selected update will then be downloaded and applied via recovery.
This sums up our extensive tour of CyanogenMod 10.1
Useful links related to CyanogenMod 10.1
[ROM] [NIGHTLY] [TeamCanjica] Unofficial CyanogenMod 10.1 (GT-I9070 & GT-I9070P) - developer thread - do not ask sily questions there.
[CM10 / 10.1][Q/A] CM10 / 10.1 for the Galaxy S Advance - Q/A - DISCUSSION THREAD - here is the place where you can ask questions about CyanogenMod.
[GUIDE] From stock GB to Custom JB (Noob-friendly) - useful for users who are still on GingerBread
TeamCanjica' s Github
GooManager - download from Play
http://goo.im/gapps - GAPPS download from GOO.Manager
Just in case ... reserved 3
Be patiente and wait.
Coming soon ...
PS: Please DON'T QUOTE all OP anymore.
Can i install V6 Supercharger? And if i do, when i update rom, will i lose it?
Dude you have a dedicated thread for CM10.1 Q&A, this is a guide only.
PS: Later i give the links for threads where you can ask what you want.
Powered by CM10.1
Razvan, perhaps you could elaborate a bit... on differences under the hood, for example... is it more secure than stock or not? Meaning - the information we don't want to leak out of the phone without our notice...
R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Dude you have a dedicated thread for CM10.1 Q&A, this is a guide only.
PS: Later i give the links for threads where you can ask what you want.
Powered by CM10.1
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Ok, sorry man.
Nice review for new people
pie control
good job, I just stayed with a doubt because in my cm10.1 the 13th does not have the pie control, have to write a command to turn on the emulator?
sory my bad english
posted in wrong thread sorry... if someone can delete it.
Amazing amazing amaaaazing guide. Just what I needed. Thank you!
Sent from my GT-I9070 using xda premium
Nice job
Great job for me as a new CM user, thanks.
Sorry for my bad english
how is the gaming performance?? does it increase or decrease??? and battery ??
This app allows you to create shortcuts for any system setting on your device.
Basic actions are also available to toggle a few things. These basic actions currently include:
Toggle Quiet Hours
Toggle Rotation Lock
Toggle Unlimited Screen Timeout
Toggle Active Display
Advanced users!
Change any checkbox preference, list preference, or color preference for your ROM that has a system setting link.
For example:
https://github.com/AOKP/frameworks_base/blob/kitkat/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
https://github.com/omnirom/android_...-4.4/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...10.2/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
https://github.com/ParanoidAndroid/...jb43/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
Here lie some settings projects with values you can use if you're running these respective ROMs.
The "Advanced Shortcut" will ask for a few inputs. For example:
"quiet_hours_haptic" > checkbox ? Yes.
And each click will cycle the setting on/off.
Or, you can input "quiet_hours_haptic" > checkbox ? No > 1
To turn the setting ON no matter what state it's in.
Currently, SECURE settings are unsupported for KitKat
Only SYSTEM settings will be accepted.
SECURE settings can be modified if you have root access on Android 4.3 and lower.
Special thanks to Stericson for his RootTools library:
https://github.com/Stericson/RootTools
A donate version is available via the Play Store. Currently both versions are the same.
Recent Changes:
===2.2.1===
-AOKP Color settings fix
-ICS (4.0) support
===2.2.0===
-Small AOKP Settings Table Check to grant access to only applicable settings
-Screen Timeout now accepts two values (set both to the same if you want ONE action)
-Active Display Toggle for ROMs that support it
===2.0.0===
-AOKP Settings Table Support!
===1.2===
-Check Developer Options before Advanced Shortcuts
-Add Quiet Hours Toggle
-Add Rotation Lock Toggle
-Add Screen Timeout Toggle
(Toggle between user-picked 15/30 seconds / 1/2/5/10/30 minutes and UMLIMITED screen timeout)
===1.1.1===
Secure Settings for JellyBean and below
(ROOT required)
===1.0===
Initial release
XDA:DevDB Information
ADVANCED SETTINGS SHORTCUT
Contributors
Jubakuba
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.1.1
Created 2014-01-29
Last Updated 2014-01-29
Mine.
First update released. Should be final for some time.
Allow Secure Settings modifications for JellyBean and below.
I just picked up the play store version. no idea what I'm going to do with this yet but it looks cool and I like to play
PhilDX said:
I just picked up the play store version. no idea what I'm going to do with this yet but it looks cool and I like to play
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D'aw. You didn't have to do that Phil =] thanks.
Edit: AOKP Added, nvm.
Updated. Play store should refresh soon. New APK here already.
:highfive: yay, kit's first play store app! i bought it before i even tested it. (try refunding that one, beeotch )
(who would settle for the xda version anyway? play version auto updates!)
anyway, seems very cool, and i'm excited to see where this app goes!
Chamber of Secrets? Looks pretty cool! Nice work
dankoman said:
:highfive: yay, kit's first play store app! i bought it before i even tested it. (try refunding that one, beeotch )
(who would settle for the xda version anyway? play version auto updates!)
anyway, seems very cool, and i'm excited to see where this app goes!
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You're bad and you should feel bad =P
Thanks buddy.
TheBr0ken said:
Chamber of Secrets? Looks pretty cool! Nice work
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Practically. Minus Secure Settings (KitKat).
Plus aokp's settings table integration.
The additional toggles are rewritten as well to use publicly documented APIs and, again, integrate with AOKP's settings table.
So...slightly less powerful than the Chamber.
Even more so once the chamber integrates with the custom tiles to create settings resolvers.
Thanks.
Cool, I have a new toy. Thank you J.
doesn't seem to work with MOAR 8.0 rom, can't find the program shortcut in apps drawer. it does show up in settings>app manager though.
i really got excited when i found this in play store! purchased, but clicked refund when it didn't show in app drawer.
am i missing something? or just not compatible with my rom?
SCH-I535 Galaxy S3
4.3 JB / VRUCML1 OTA firmware /VERIZON
rooted with saferoot / flashed in safestrap
MOAR 8.0 / Xposed Framework
joemichaels239 said:
doesn't seem to work with MOAR 8.0 rom, can't find the program shortcut in apps drawer. it does show up in settings>app manager though.
i really got excited when i found this in play store! purchased, but clicked refund when it didn't show in app drawer.
am i missing something? or just not compatible with my rom?
SCH-I535 Galaxy S3
4.3 JB / VRUCML1 OTA firmware /VERIZON
rooted with saferoot / flashed in safestrap
MOAR 8.0 / Xposed Framework
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If you long-press the home screen in most launchers you can access shortcuts. Some launchers require you to open the "widgets" tab. But you'll find it in one of those places...
It doesn't have an app-drawer shortcut since there's no need to launch an app activity with it =]
Help
I'm a newbie. So I can't use the tool
Please can someone help me to toggle cell broadcast receiver on/off on aosp message com.android.mms?
Jubakuba, could you please confirm that with this app, under the "advanced shortcut" option, you can:
- select a preference listed in the setting.java file (and those preferences are all the preferences also present in the "settings" app)
- create a number of shortcuts for the selected preferences to toggle or values to cycle through (i.e. I want brightness to be either 10 or 20 or 100)
If this is correct I bet this app could be the base for a killer application in android as Tasker is...provided that you give more examples and give the set (may be in the four settings.java files you mention) of the preferences we're entitled to use.
Cutting a long story short: between you and the success there is...a clear tutorial. And I'm looking forward to reading it !!!
I suspect I've not been direct enough in my previous post, let me re-phrase it:
I'm not finding on my phone (xperia m 4.1.2 rooted) the file settings.java: can I still use the "advanced option" in the app ? Which is the actual name of the file I need to search instead of settings.java ? Any suggestion about how to decompile it ?
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Jubakuba, could you please confirm that with this app, under the "advanced shortcut" option, you can:
- select a preference listed in the setting.java file (and those preferences are all the preferences also present in the "settings" app)
- create a number of shortcuts for the selected preferences to toggle or values to cycle through (i.e. I want brightness to be either 10 or 20 or 100)
If this is correct I bet this app could be the base for a killer application in android as Tasker is...provided that you give more examples and give the set (may be in the four settings.java files you mention) of the preferences we're entitled to use.
Cutting a long story short: between you and the success there is...a clear tutorial. And I'm looking forward to reading it !!!
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the gladiator said:
I suspect I've not been direct enough in my previous post, let me re-phrase it:
I'm not finding on my phone (xperia m 4.1.2 rooted) the file settings.java: can I still use the "advanced option" in the app ? Which is the actual name of the file I need to search instead of settings.java ? Any suggestion about how to decompile it ?
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Sorry for the slow response, this thread is on my backburner apparently and have completely forgotten about it.
Anyway, yes. That can be done.
Your rom is from an OEM, so it isn't open-source...
But you can surely use the values in AOSP, or find the ones being used by your phone via a settings.db viewer.
data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ on you phones file system will have settings.db files...
Not sure what you'd use to look...but RootExplorer, for example, has a basic viewer.
Finding the values, examples, etc...however...isn't something I can do for you.
This is a very advanced app for the advanced shortcut users...and you really just have to know what you're doing, or figure it out.
For your example (just found a settings.java file for Slim, but this is an AOSP key and I highly doubt your phone's OEM has changed the AOSP keys for existing settings).
https://github.com/SlimRoms/frameworks_base/blob/kk4.4/core/java/android/provider/Settings.java
Code:
/**
* The screen backlight brightness between 0 and 255.
*/
public static final String SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS = "screen_brightness";
So if you wanted a toggle between 0/50/100% brightness...
Advanced Shortcut > screen_brightness > not a checkbox > 0,128,255
255 isn't divisible by 2, and int values (the values being used here) don't accept decimals.
So round up to 128.
Very useful solution for toggling Quiet Hours
This app is fantastic. It is the only solution I've found for toggling Quiet Hours using Tasker (and AutoShortcut). I look forward to finding more uses. Thank you for this.
In my case, I use the "Advanced Shortcut" option and use QUIET_HOURS_FORCED as the settings string. This can be set to either 1 or 0 and will enforce quiet hours no matter what the time settings are. Works great. I'm on a nightly build of CM11.
Hellow how can i find shortcuts for stock andorid? i want the shortcut (turn off all sounds) witch is found in accessibility > hearing
Still available ?
Hi !
This is exactely what i need but i d'ont find the application in Play Store and the download version available here is a zip file instead of apk. How can i install it on my phone plz ?
thx.
Hal9k Mod v1.318.04.2018
OTA-package: 24.06.2018Hal9k Mod 2.x based on Android 7 is located here.
Those who had radio on Android 2.3, may remember my firmware for it.
Today I want to offer you a firmware for the MCTD platform with a Rockchip rk3188 processor, Android 5.1.1 and a screen resolution of 1024x600 or 800x480. It's made on the basis of the latest official version from HCT.
You can install this firmware on your radio, if in Settings > About device > Version info>
MCU version starts with MTCD. After can be any letters, two, three, four - it does not matter.
Build number starts with rk3188.
Version info example:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Also, to restore the radio, if something goes wrong, you should be able enter the recovery.
The main advantages and trends of development of this mod:
New features.
Correction of existing errors and imperfections of the stock.
Best responsiveness in comparison of the stock + the ability for the user to improve this indicator.
The customizability. All critical changes made on my taste, you can customize for yourself or do as it was in the stock.
Twice the internal memory without using FUSE.
All changes made directly in application code without the use of Xposed framework for best perfomance.
Stability.
The stock design.
When switching from any other firmware, user data deletion is necessary.
If you are upgrading from a previous version, no data deletion is required, but it is recommended. Especially if you used microG in the previous version.
How to install the firmware ?
Extract the dupdate.img file from the archive to the root of the USB stick or SD card. It must be formatted in FAT32.
Remember to remove all other USB sticks, SD cards, modems and other devices from the radio.
Insert the USB stick in the USB jack. It is advisable to use the jack in which it is defined as USB1 (see, for example, in the player).
If you installing the firmware over a previous version, go to recovery mode, select the fourth item (update the system/mcu image from usb) and wait for system startup.
Otherwise, if you had a different firmware, go to recovery mode and select the fifth item (update the system/mcu image from usb and clear all).
After a while the flashing process will fail and the radio will reboot again in recovery mode.
Then the flashing process should restart automatically. But it is not always the case.
Therefore, if the process is not restarted, you must again select the fifth item in the recovery menu.
Of course, you can install the firmware from the SD card, but using a USB stick is more reliable and faster.
Also you can install the firmware through the System updates in Settings.
If you have an older version of MCU, I advise you to update to the current version.
If you like my ROMs and you want to thank me, I ask you to make a donation. You can find required details on my website or just click here.
Download:
Version 1.3 Google Drive
Old versions
Version 1.2 Google Drive
List of changes:
Version 1.3.2 OTA-package
Made a list of applications that allow the screen saver to be started.
You can add a third-party launcher or player to it, for example.
Added the ability to switch tracks in third-party players using the steering wheel buttons for owners of CAN-adapters for Mercedes cars, etc.
Made a list of applications that are restarted after sleep.
I included the PCRadio application in it. Now it always starts playback correctly after exiting sleep, if it was started when HU go to sleep.
In PCRadio's settings, you must enable the "Resume playback when application starts" switch. Also it is necessary to remove it from the whitelist if it was added to it.
Editing the whitelist now does not require a restart of the HU.
Added a volume control in the style typical for AV equipment from the 7floor module
Added the ability to display the volume control at the top, middle or bottom of the screen.
Added the ability to adjust the time during which the volume control remains on the screen after changing the volume value.
Has been made a list of applications that should not work simultaneously.
This list is an extension of the corresponding system list.
If one of the applications included in this list is launched, then the rest are closed.
That is, for example, if you include the same PCRadio, then it will close when you start the stock Music or Radio. And vice versa.
Added the ability to move the statusbar to the bottom of the screen. (Experimental option.)
Changed the logic of the name request for the button of the stored radio station.
If the name for the stored frequency is not specified earlier, text from the RDS is suggested.
Added color themes for the main applications from @AlexNikolaev See screenshots.
Added ability to adjust navigation volume in phone mode.
Other changes aimed at improving stability.
Version 1.3.1 OTA-package
Added management of third-party applications using the buttons on the steering wheel or on the front panel.
Applications must support media buttons. Tested on PCRadio, MX Player, Poweramp.
Fixed bug with displaying system icons in the statusbar.
Added the ability to disable switching folders in the Music by the buttons on the steering wheel.
Fixed interface display for 800x480 resolution.
Version 1.3
Moved to the new base firmware from August 2017.
The Mod settings are made in a separate application, also available from the "Extra settings" in the Settings app.
The possibility of OTA-updates is added.
Added application F-Droid for automatic update microG.
Sorting in alphabetical order of all lists in players is done.
Repeat is disabled by default in the Video and Music applications.
The music player is paused when the Mute button is pressed.
The music player moves to the next folder in the list after playing the last file in the current folder in the sequential playback mode.
Added a jump to the previous / next folder on the seekdown / seekup steering wheel buttons and a on the long tap to the prev / next screen buttons.
Added pop-up messages showing information about the current radio station and music file. It is possible to set the font size and the duration of the messages.
Added folder name display to the pop-up message when switching between folders.
Added a request for a name for the button of the stored radio station.
Added the ability to choose from ten screensavers. Pictures here.
Added the ability to turn off the full-screen keyboard.
Added the ability to turn off the restarting applications that worked before going to sleep.
In the application "Wheelkey Study" added actions "turn off the screen backlight", "recent applications" and "F-Cam application".
In the OEM added 4 launchers (HLA, JY, KGL, KLD). Selection of the launcher after installation is made as usual, by pressing the Home button, as in the phone.
Made a list of navigational apps that muffle other sounds when playing voice prompts.
The list should include all navigation applications, including the one that is set by default to the Navi button.
Added GPS Test Plus.
Updated the time zones to version 2018d.
After updating without a wipe, make sure that the time zone is set correctly.
Other changes, to improve stability.
Ideas of some improvements are taken from the module xposed-mtce-utils and other modules with the permission of the author, MVG-V70. For which I thank him very much.
But they are implemented without using the Xposed framework.
Old versions
Version 1.2
Fixed Bluetooth. Now normally operate the diagnostic programs that previously wrote that Bluetooth is off and offered to turn it on. The programs will automatically find previously paired adapter.
Made the displaying of the names of paired Bluetooth devices in third party programs.
This fix tested on programs:
Car Gauge Lite 3.61.14
Carista 3.4.3
CVTz50 DEMO 1.41
DashCommand 4.6.20
EasyDiag 2.01.001
FORScan Demo 1.2.8
hobDrive Demo 1.4.28
Hybrid Assistant 1.82.2
MotorData OBD 1.8.1.104
OBD Car Doctor free 6.1 R-5
Added the ability to lock the device with unlock pattern, pin or password to prevent unauthorized access to the radio when you give the car to the service. Located in Settings > Personal > Security.
Added ability to change Gapps on microG with facilitated Play Market. It's extremely speed up the device, but you can revert all back at any time without reflashing. It is located in Settings > CAR > Extra settings.
Made on-screen power button in status bar.
Single tap to turn on the screen saver.
Double tap to make a screenshot.
Triple tap to kill frozen app.
Long press - power off menu.
In power off menu added these items: Reboot, Safe mode, Recovery mode, Airplane mode (for reconnect USB modems).
Added ability to change ringtone on any melody located in folder "ringtones". Located in Settings > Device > Sound.
Added ability to increase the default TTL to bypass restrictions on the distribution of the Internet from mobile devices. It is located in Settings > Wireless & networks > More.
Now if option "Disabling the screen saver only by tapping the screen" is on, the screen saver will be turned off during operation of the rear camera.
The Recent apps button in statusbar can now be hidden, turned on permanently or appeared only in the launcher.
Added the ability to hide the name of the active application and notification icons in the status bar. These options are in Settings > Device > Display > Statusbar settings.
Added the cellular network tile in quick settings.
The AOSP keyboard replaced by the Google keyboard.
In the OEM partition added apps that can be useful.
Daydream Widgets 1.1 G
MtcdTools 1.7
MTCWeather4_v-0.4.1.12 b-beta
No-frills CPU Control 1.28.2
Root DPI Changer
Added Status menu in Settings > CAR > About device.
Updated previously added applications.
Other small changes that I could forget.
Version 1.1
Added Android audio codec settings (a modified sound). You can enable/disable the activation of this settings at boot, configure the settings for the best sound and apply them without restarting the system.
All interface changes are made for screen resolution 800x480.
The number on the volume control bar increased in size and made white.
Completely removed the remnants of the stock FUSE in the configuration.
Returned to the stock Google Play Services.
Returned applications:
The print spooler, since its absence caused the error.
Google Partner Setup
Removed apps:
WAP Push Manager
Mms Service
Added option "Disabling the screen saver only by tapping the screen". It is located in Settings > Device > Display.
Added the ability to change the color of the digital clock screen saver. Located in Settings > Device > Display > Daydream > Clock > Settings.
Version 1.0
System:
Internal memory expanded to 4 GB.
Pre-installed root and SuperSU.
Added support for init.d
Google Play services is replaced by a suitable for device.
The heavy app Easy Connected transferred to the OEM. If necessary, you can install it through the ApkInstaller.
Other heavy applications such as Gmail and Google Maps was moved from system apps to third-party. Now they can be simply removed it in Settings > Apps if they are not needed.
Also in the third-party applications was pre-installed Google Text-to speech Engine. Speech synthesis works without a network connection.
Timezones updated to the latest version 2016j.
Ringtone mp3 file moved from the ramdisk to /system/mtc so that it can be changed. By the way, under the name ring.mp3 you can put the file in a different format. For example ogg, taken from the phone to make the same ringtones.
Enabled built-in Screen savers (Daydreams). This allows you to install any screen saver from the Play Market, not stopping at stock. By default enabled the Android screen saver "Clock".
Any third-party screen saver is deactivated under the same conditions as a stock screen saver (touching the screen, pressing buttons on the panel and the steering wheel, turning on cameras, etc.) If you turn off the Android screen saver, then will be run the stock screen saver in the form of round clock.
Inlocked the built-in Contacts app.
By default setted London time zone, the bluetooth password is 1234 and disabled connection to data services when roaming.
Changed defaults in the Settings:
Watching video while driving - enabled.
GPS sound mode - mixing.
GPS automatic update time - enabled, network-provided time - disabled.
Screen saver timeout is 1 minute, added options 2 minute and 10 minutes.
Allowed installation of apps from unknown sources.
Removed unnecessary applications and files:
Google Email
Google Pinyin Input
Live Wallpapers (possibility to set your own Live wallpaper is left)
Open Wnn
Built-in speech synthesizer Pico TTS
Print spooler
Visualizer (live Wallpaper)
Google Partner Setup
Factory stress test
Other unnecessary small files.
Applications:
Bluetooth
OBD adapter detection based on the settings.
Expanded name field in the phonebook.
Video - expanded playlist.
Music
Made fixed square cover instead of spinning gramophone disk.
Made lyrics download from the network.
Made switch the audioplayer on pause for an incoming call.
Expanded playlist.
Settings
Bluetooth - added the ability to specify the names of OBD adapters, in order to distinguish them from phones and work with them correctly. Need if your adapter does not have the OBD letters in the name.
Display - added ability to disable some elements of the statusbar. Disabled by default: Home button, Volume, Eject and Brightness buttons. The Back button is moved from right to left.
Everything can be customized, as it was in the stock or otherwise.
Extra settings - added whitelist of applications that are not closed when going to sleep.
Added hidden Settings items "Data usage", "Developer options", "Cellular networks".
Settings item "Accessibility" was hided.
Other minor design changes.
Version 1.3 screenshots
Helpful Tips
How to automatically install your favorite APKs after flashing ?
Create a hct folder on a USB flash drive with firmware.
In this folder create folder apk.
Put your favorite APKs in this folder, they will be automatically installed after flashing.
How to switch to microG ?
Go to Settings > CAR > Extra settings > Framework selection and select microG option. Changes take effect immediately !
The device will restart multiple times.
Then run the microG Settings app and enable Google device registration and Google Cloud Messaging.
If you have GSM modem connected to your radio, go to UnifiedNlp Settings and turn on Mozilla Location Service in "Configure location backends" and Nominatim in "Configure address lookup backends".
Then go to Self-Check and verify that all the checkboxes are enabled (the check boxes in the lower part is only available with GSM modem).
Recreate Google account.
How to install TomTom and other apps in Play Market that are not visible on the radio ?
You have to change just one variable in build.prop: ro.product.device You can do it with your favorite text editor or with this app
You need to change the value of the variable from rk3188 to another. For example, mctd or even rk3189.
Reboot the radio. TomTom will be visible in the Play Market.
In order to have TomTom connected to his server and downloaded the maps, it is necessary to add another variable to the build.prop: ro.serialno=right half of your serial number (16 digits) and reboot the radio.
Altered serial number will be shown in Settings > CAR > About device > Status.
This method has a negative side. Applications that are already attached to your serial number (e.g. russian navigation software Navitel) will require reattach.
So, after installing and running TomTom is better to return all back.
Version 1.0 and 1.1 screenshots
Version 1.2 screenshots
Looks and sounds great - the best ROM I ve seen on any MTC head unit !! Very professional and with a screen lock too - the holy grail on MTC !!
Any chance of an MTCB/C version ? (I help test if needed, sure others would volunteer too).
typos1 said:
Looks and sounds great - the best ROM I ve seen on any MTC head unit !! Very professional and with a screen lock too - the holy grail on MTC !!
Any chance of an MTCB/C version ? (I help test if needed, sure others would volunteer too).
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typos1, thank you for review.
It will be very difficult, because I do not have MTCB radio.
I have plans for Android 7 and some hardware.
Hal9k_ said:
typos1, thank you for review.
It will be very difficult, because I do not have MTCB radio.
I have plans for Android 7 and some hardware.
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I know its a big ask, but I could help as I have 2 units and I m certain other MTCB owners would help test if you constructed an image that would theoretically work, send it to us, we test and report back problems, even carry on development ourselves to sort minor problems, the ROM looks so good.
Sorry to hijack your thread so soon :-/
typos1, I can't promise to you. Maybe in future.
Thanks
What is the range of free memory?
emarcin said:
What is the range of free memory?
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4 Gb in Internal storage and 9,5 Gb in nand flash.
I have flashed dupdate.img firmware from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...-development/mtcdkd-factory-firmware-t3477176 onto my KGL unit without problems. This looks like a much more refined ROM and would like to try it. Have you tested iGO and Torque on it? or is this just a modified version from the KD thread?
stefcio007, this is my custom ROM with lots of changes. It's suitable for any MTCD device with rk3188 processor and Android LP 5.1.1
iGO and Torque work on it without any problems.
is the gui only in english and russian?
michLQ said:
is the gui only in english and russian?
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Gui is multilingual, but resources added by me is only in english and russian.
Hal9k_ said:
Gui is multilingual, but resources added by me is only in english and russian.
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thank you.
one question, are you still working on the nougat rom?
michLQ said:
thank you.
one question, are you still working on the nougat rom?
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Yes. Waiting for a stable version with the new interface.
Your Rom sounds great. Is sygic and navigon running on it?
Eventer_ said:
Your Rom sounds great. Is sygic and navigon running on it?
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Sygic app (com.sygic.aura) is works. Just checked.
Navigon app also should work. But, since this app is paid, I can't check.
Installed your ROM, working fast after switching to MicroG. Have to test it a while, Torque is working perfect now, no "Adapter not found" issue *THUMBSUP*
Just one thing, where i can find the OEM Folder, want to install the DAB+ App.
quintez, thank you for your feedback.
DAB+ Application is missing in this firmware, unfortunately. I'll add it in the next version.
Currently, you can download it here.
Device Settings Menu Guide, Tips & Discussions
Part 5 - Cloud and accounts, Google, Accessibility, General management, Software update, User manual, About phone, Developer options
If you're new to this series or want to see the index, please read the Introductory Post first.
Accounts and backup
Samsung Cloud; Backup and restore; Smart Switch: Self-explanatory. Any tips and tricks for these?
Accounts: Change and review settings for each account signed in your device. Change 'Sync' settings here.
Google
Do review all Google settings - you'll come across many interesting ones.
Accessibility
For users who find any feature difficult to use in normal style. Full guides here (Google) and here (Lifewire). However, this section also contains many hidden features that users probably ignore or skip. If you want me to cover this, please let me know. You can find Extra Dim here.
General management
Language: Change your preference order for all available and enabled languages.
Default keyboard: Change your keyboards here on simply from the notification panel while you are using one. Once you tap it, you can enable/disable 'Show Keyboard button' that shows up on the navigation bar but how do I hide the navbar during typing?
On-screen keyboard: Change keyboard settings. I use SwiftKey.
Physical keyboard: Learn how to connect a USB keyboard to your device here. You can define 'Keyboard shortcuts' here and disable 'Show on-screen keyboard' while using physical one.
Show keyboard button: Explained in 'Default keyboard'. Again, is there a way to hide the navigation bar during typing!
Autofill service: Choose the service for autofill service for apps (not webpages). Google Smart Lock for apps works perfect but I'm trying 'Samsung Pass' now.
Text-to-speech: Default 'preferred engine' is Samsung TTS. I've changed it to Google TTS as I believe they probably have researched more in this field especially for Hindi. Play with TTS settings, Speech rate and Pitch to find your soulmate.
Pointer speed: Learn how to connect mouse here. This settings describes the mouse (and trackpad) pointer speed.
Software update
Set 'download updates automatically' so that you don't have to check manually. These are the ones that are called OTA or Over-the-air updates.
User manual
Digital version of your user manual but will simply route you to the webpage.
About phone
Change your device name here (will appear in Bluetooth, WiFi direct and other methods). Everything else is information here in 'Status', 'Legal information', 'Software information' and 'Battery information'. If you want me to breif each of them, please tell.
Developer options
You enable this by tapping build number in 'Software information' in 'About phone' five times. I really wanted to explain each and every option here but there are already better guides on the internet. Read here, here and here.
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