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Two questions well above my head

Hey guys, two fairly general questions related to my phone which I haven't been able to find an answer to anywhere else, hopefully someone here can fill me in
1. Does anybody know how to change an icon within an APK file? I'm trying to change Google Search's icon because it offends my eyes. I put my new png file into the APK with WinRAR, attempted to install it and it tells me "installation failed". Am I missing a step?
2. I'm using an Incredible S Sense-based Android build on my HD2 but haven't been able to find an answer to this one on the HD2 forum. I'm trying to turn off the hardware key backlights permanently because they annoy me and I don't need them - I've tried apps like AdjBrightness, which turn the backlights off until the buttons are pressed again. Does anybody know of a persistent method to disable button backlights in Android 2.2?
Thanks, if anyone could help, you'll get my thanks, these have been bugging me for a while

No answer for question 2 with me....
As for question 1:
in order to install a system app, it my be uninstalled first.
i.e. uninstall your current app, then install your new one.
But yes, just modifying the images in the res folder will change the icon, just search for the icon image and replace it (but with the same name as the original)

CodeNameUnknown1 said:
No answer for question 2 with me....
As for question 1:
in order to install a system app, it my be uninstalled first.
i.e. uninstall your current app, then install your new one.
But yes, just modifying the images in the res folder will change the icon, just search for the icon image and replace it (but with the same name as the original)
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He will also need to sign the apk before installing since he isn't pushing it, doesn't he?

I believe that's my problem - I already did uninstall google search, but my modified apk still won't install and I haven't learned how to abd push yet. Is signing an apk something I could do?
Thanks guys

zukа said:
I believe that's my problem - I already did uninstall google search, but my modified apk still won't install and I haven't learned how to abd push yet. Is signing an apk something I could do?
Thanks guys
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
You will be able to decompile the apk, modify whatever you want, then compile and sign it.
If you just modified the icon, you can also paste the apk in the folder place-apk-here-for-signing, open the script.bat, write number 16 to sign and you will have your apk signed, then install it.

Thanks guys! I'll give that a go.
Now, how do I turn off the hardware key backlights...?

Thanks a lot for both of your advice, that did the trick very well and I'm now installed with a new custom icon that's much better. I could have used BetterCut or FolderOrganizer, but that still leaves the big blue block in the app drawer, and you can't have that.
Sorry to pester, but does anybody know anything about disabling hardware button backlights in Android? I know perfection is something we're constantly chasing here at XDA, but this is the last thing I have on my to-do list before my phone is fully optimized for me.
If anybody can help me turn those button backlights off for good, I will be forever thankful. On my deathbed, I will remember your good deed. This struggle against my button backlights has gotten personal - they taunt me every time I read an ebook, every time I watch a movie. No, buttons, I don't need to see you all the time. You insist upon yourselves. For that you must be destroyed.
Ahem. Anyway, anybody have any advice?

bumpity bumpity

Windows RT Whitelist Flash tool V1.0

Updated! *******02/25/2013*********
Backup feature added
The script will no longer kill active logins and cookies
Hello Everyone,
So I have an RT device and I been looking around the forums and saw a lot of people trying to add websites to the whitelist so they could get there flash sites working and were having issues. I now have created a script that will allow you to add websites and custom white lists without any issues.
Neowin.net article.
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-rt-flash-player-tool-lets-you-easily-white-list-websites
WPCentral.com article.
http://www.wpcentral.com/windows-rt-flash-player-tool-brings-flash-content-your-surface-browser
betanews.com article.
http://betanews.com/2013/01/14/use-...tool-to-add-more-websites-to-ie10s-whitelist/
redmondpie.com article.
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-add-any-site-to-ie10-flash-whitelist-in-windows-rt-the-easy-way/
Download Links below...
http://www.filedropper.com/windowsrtwhitelistflashtoolv16
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yfom9j
http://droidkid.wordpress.com/project-windows-rt-flash-player-tool/
Here is a video on how it works
*******Update!*******
Current Bugs:
Takes about 2 and half minutes for it to add the website you choose to the list, not that big of a deal. However I’m working on fixing it.
Please report any bugs I will attempt to resolve them ASAP.
Thank you guys for all your support, I will update this thread as soon as the new release is available

I almost thought this was the first firmware flash tool haha... Anyway your tool works great thanks!

Bjray said:
I almost thought this was the first firmware flash tool haha... Anyway your tool works great thanks!
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haha I know, naming the tool was probably the hardest part!

Great tool thanks:good:

Awesome, thanks!

Nice work
Btw I read on neowin about this tool deleting logins etc.
I think it has to delete browsing history or clear the cache in order to work. I dont think it will work without deleting one of those.
Let me know if you find a method to make it work without the need to delete browsing history and then ill add it to the other thread.
Regards

Marvin_S said:
Nice work
Btw I read on neowin about this tool deleting logins etc.
I think it has to delete browsing history or clear the cache in order to work. I dont think it will work without deleting one of those.
Let me know if you find a method to make it work without the need to delete browsing history and then ill add it to the other thread.
Regards
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Yeah it will delete your stored login information.
I think i can get it to work without deleting the saved password information. I will be working on that this weekend along with a few more tweaks. I really just wanted to get it out there and have more people testing it.
If someone can confirm exactly what needs to be cleared I can adjust the settings in the script. Otherwise I will do my testing and find out.

Works like a charm for me, Asus Vivo tab RT

sergiopi said:
Works like a charm for me, Asus Vivo tab RT
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No problem glad to know its working well on another device besides the surface

Will not work for me gives me an error saying
duplicate files exists or cannot find file, something along them lines. I have not added any address manually and I restored the default list as shown in the video.
What am I doing wrong?

THEBIG360 said:
Will not work for me gives me an error saying
duplicate files exists or cannot find file, something along them lines. I have not added any address manually and I restored the default list as shown in the video.
What am I doing wrong?
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Ah can you please open the run command and navigate to %temp% and delete everything within and let me know if it works after that. if it does I can fix this in the next release.

Yep that worked mate thanks, it rakes a while to add my entry but I know you are aware of that's.
Thanks for this tool it is awesome.

THEBIG360 said:
Yep that worked mate thanks, it rakes a while to add my entry but I know you are aware of that's.
Thanks for this tool it is awesome.
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No problem thanks for clarifying that I have added that to the bug list I will get that sorted out. Let me know if you run into any other issues.
Cheers

Work like a charm

can anyone see how to get slipstreamtv.com to work. I dont know how to find the site for the player

epidemic215 said:
can anyone see how to get slipstreamtv.com to work. I dont know how to find the site for the player
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I'll look into it tomorrow and I'll reply in the thread

Answer!
epidemic215 said:
can anyone see how to get slipstreamtv.com to work. I dont know how to find the site for the player
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Hey so I looked into it for you. I got it to work it wasn't to hard. So what is happening is the acutal video is hosted on another site so not only will you need to add slipstreamtv.com you will need to add the site that hosts the actual live TV. Now to find out the website that is hosting it all you have to do on a regular computer that has flash enabled you will need to right click where the video box is and click "settings" then click the little folder icon and it will show you the website where it is getting the stream from. I have posted pictures on how to do it.
However in this case it looks like slipstreamtv.com uses udemy.com but a lot one more website that I found by going through the HTML source of the website. I added the following site and it worked without an issue.
slipstreamtv.com
udemy.com
sawlive.tv
Cheers,
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I have a question. Not to complain or anything. Why don't we set the required domain as "debug domain" in registry instead of messing with the white list? In my experience, using debug domain trick is much cleaner and it still allow the while list to get updated by Microsoft.

illidanx said:
I have a question. Not to complain or anything. Why don't we set the required domain as "debug domain" in registry instead of messing with the white list? In my experience, using debug domain trick is much cleaner and it still allow the while list to get updated by Microsoft.
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Hey, I choose to do it this way because I did not want to add a ton of strings into the Registry. I'd rather play around with the white list then with the registry. I will be updating the custom white list thats within the tool often so that it will be very much up to date as Microsoft and contain custom ones as well.

TheDroidKid said:
Hey so I looked into it for you. I got it to work it wasn't to hard. So what is happening is the acutal video is hosted on another site so not only will you need to add slipstreamtv.com you will need to add the site that hosts the actual live TV. Now to find out the website that is hosting it all you have to do on a regular computer that has flash enabled you will need to right click where the video box is and click "settings" then click the little folder icon and it will show you the website where it is getting the stream from. I have posted pictures on how to do it.
However in this case it looks like slipstreamtv.com uses udemy.com but a lot one more website that I found by going through the HTML source of the website. I added the following site and it worked without an issue.
slipstreamtv.com
udemy.com
sawlive.tv
Cheers,
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Thanks

System/App Folder

Hello All,
I have been working on customizing my Sprint S3 for a while, this forum as usual has been so immensely helpful.
I have modified several key things, i prefer to not use the kitchen, not thats it not useful but the main tools just work for me( apktool, smali.jar, baksmali.jar)
I have been poking and prodding every file in the stock S3 rom that I got from XDA, it is DeOdexed which frankly is so much easier to work with.
Without me ranting and boring all of you to death, I want to know if anyone has a list of apps that I can add to the system/app folder and work right out of the rom when I start it. Just flash rom and they work.
Examples:
I know for a fact the following work by simply dropping them into the system/app folder
esexplorer
Titanium Backup
Safe wallet
Amazon app store
The issue is not every app I "place" inside this folder will install, in fact they cause crashes if opened in the rom after installation. I read here somewhere that certain apps install libraries and need to be installed manually, but I am sure that something can be done to be mitigated for this issue would allow me to install more apps like AdAway and many more instead of me modifying the hosts file. Is this even possible or would this be a developer issue that is not meant to be solved as I do not understand how some apps work flawlessly and some just fail miserably. I have even heard to install with a flashable zip but come on I mean 4 more clicks to get a rom working the way I want nahhh.

Not Sure
So, got some views, must be a tough one to answer, I figured when an APK is installed, it is similar to when a program is installed and folders are created on its own, I suppose I lack knowledge on how some programs do not require such things and others require manual installation. Anyone have any insight on my logic?

zalooa said:
So, got some views, must be a tough one to answer, I figured when an APK is installed, it is similar to when a program is installed and folders are created on its own, I suppose I lack knowledge on how some programs do not require such things and others require manual installation. Anyone have any insight on my logic?
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yeah, ive had the same problem, summarised it as only some apps like facebook, twitter and a few others didnt crash, id blame it on the updated google play services

ricky310711 said:
yeah, ive had the same problem, summarised it as only some apps like facebook, twitter and a few others didnt crash, id blame it on the updated google play services
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Can't help you sorry about that but i just wanted to give my opinion on this
i wouldn't appreciate it when i buy a computer that it got preinstalled things like itunes because i maybe have a iPod or iPad and especially nto when it's hard to remove
If google killed the drag and drop hey i added an app to the system behavior i would like to say this to them
Thanks you google!
Why add app to a ROM when user can download them from the play store?
And if you want to add them so badly why not add them to /data/app so they are easier to delete for regular users?

owain94 said:
Can't help you sorry about that but i just wanted to give my opinion on this
i wouldn't appreciate it when i buy a computer that it got preinstalled things like itunes because i maybe have a iPod or iPad and especially nto when it's hard to remove
If google killed the drag and drop hey i added an app to the system behavior i would like to say this to them
Thanks you google!
Why add app to a ROM when user can download them from the play store?
And if you want to add them so badly why not add them to /data/app so they are easier to delete for regular users?
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Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!

ricky310711 said:
Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!
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Yeah, but that's different
Those have a purpose to users who download the rom, whereas bloat that the majority of people don't use does not

CNexus said:
Yeah, but that's different
Those have a purpose to users who download the rom, whereas bloat that the majority of people don't use does not
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but thats what hes trying to say, regardless of if it has a purpose these .apk files are crashing..

ricky310711 said:
but thats what hes trying to say, regardless of if it has a purpose these .apk files are crashing..
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Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app

CNexus said:
Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app
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i know
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CNexus said:
Yeah, sorry I was just replying to your post, not to the OP
I've actually looked into this and it looks like to get stuff to work right when you stick it in /system/app, you need to add lib files into the apk itself and then drop it in /system/app
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also i found out that most of the time the cause of this is the api level? hmmm, confusing...

ricky310711 said:
Some people roms depend on xposed and some modules though, also dsp manager for enhanced sound capabilities!
Although I know were your coming from!
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ROMs never depend on xposed
cooked aka winzipped ROMs maybe do but well that's not a proper way to make a ROM
If users want xposed they can just install it no problem
DSP manager easy just drop the sources files in the folder and build easy as that
and if you really want to "winzip" a rom you can just add the libs for DSP Manager to the system/lib folder
if you take a look at the sources https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager
you'll see a folder called cyanogen-dsp if you look in there and open the Android.mk file you can just easily spot the two modief files for DSP manager
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_DSPManager/blob/cm-10.2/cyanogen-dsp/Android.mk
one is a conf file and one is a lib
but well just building from source is way better and even easier...

How about you build me a Touchwiz rom from source then.

CNexus said:
How about you build me a Touchwiz rom from source then.
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Building / developing a ROM != winzipping
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[Q] eBay app not showing pictures. download pictures from chrome doesn't show too

Hi. I am using lollipop 5.0.1 and i am having these 2 small problems
1 ebay app. Pics are not showing. I tried my wife htc one and pics load fine. She is on 4.4.2
2 sometimes when i go to google images from chrome and dowbload pics. It doesnt show in photos. Jist error.
Any help in either ? Thanks

Wife and I are having same issue for about a week now on our S5's. If I go to my browser I see images but not in the app. We are on 4.4.2 not lollipop so there has to be another issue. Funny thing is we see the thumbnail images on front page where it shows recently viewed items but nowhere else. I've cleared our caches, reinstalled, and everything else I can think of along with searching web extensively with no luck.

Hi there,
I had this same issue and manage to fix it, hope is not too late to suggest a solution.
My culprit was Adfree, in the latest updates it added a the ebay images string to the hosts file.
So, if you have adfree or not (maybe similar app or firewall), I'll suggest to download Hosts Editor, look for "i.ebay.images" (or similar address), and delete it.
Hope that helps!:fingers-crossed:
Sent from my HTC One

you are my hero
Candanga said:
Hi there,
I had this same issue and manage to fix it, hope is not too late to suggest a solution.
My culprit was Adfree, in the latest updates it added a the ebay images string to the hosts file. So, if you have adfree or not (maybe similar app or firewall), I'll suggest to download Hosts Editor, look for "i.ebay.images" and delete it.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my HTC One
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Just wanted to so say thank you. I was having this issue and found your post. I edited my host file and it worked. Thank you again.

Candanga said:
Hi there,
I had this same issue and manage to fix it, hope is not too late to suggest a solution.
My culprit was Adfree, in the latest updates it added a the ebay images string to the hosts file. So, if you have adfree or not (maybe similar app or firewall), I'll suggest to download Hosts Editor, look for "i.ebay.images" and delete it.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my HTC One
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thanks that did the trick
since "i.ebay.images" was not found, it was an other line that had to be deleted.
eventhough I just did I forgot which line I purged....
I think it was i.ebayimg.com

Thanks for this, I was suffering from the same fault albeit on HTC One M8. I had my suspicions it was adfree related but didn't know how to sort it.

Thank you so much ... It was driving me nuts

Thanks for sharing, this fix worked for me as well.

that solved the isue with ebay images not showing.
Thank you.

Thank you for this explanation. Fixed my problem and instructions were perfect!

TYVM. Worked like a charm!!

ll_l_x_l_ll said:
Hi. I am using lollipop 5.0.1 and i am having these 2 small problems
1 ebay app. Pics are not showing. I tried my wife htc one and pics load fine. She is on 4.4.2
2 sometimes when i go to google images from chrome and dowbload pics. It doesnt show in photos. Jist error.
Any help in either ? Thanks
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if you have ADFREE app installed just opens adfree and press reverse button

Thanks for that. I assume it's adfree which stops the links in my emails from working. Do you have any idea what the name for that host maybe be? It get bit of a pain having to boot up the laptop every time I want to open a link. Links to down loads in the emails don't work at all but I think other links do.
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Ok I worked this out. Here is how i fixed it when certain links in emails don't work.
To fix it I clicked on the link in the email. The phone then try to open the link in he browser but fails. In the browser address bar you can see the name of the host. On my case it was clicks.aweder. I found the link name in the host file list and deleted it. Now the link I want to work in the email is working. I found there were lots of hosts with similar names but I only needed to delete the exact match and not any of the rest.
I hope this helps anyone with similar problems. For reference I use adfree on my rooted devuce but I am sure it works for other similar ad blockers.

THANK YOU! You're my new hero!
THANK YOU! I downloaded hosts and deleted ALL Ebay entries and instantly like magic, the app works again. It was driving me nuts for a couple of weeks. I thank you for being a credit to the community. Fantastic job--thanks again!

Candanga said:
Hi there,
I had this same issue and manage to fix it, hope is not too late to suggest a solution.
My culprit was Adfree, in the latest updates it added a the ebay images string to the hosts file.
So, if you have adfree or not (maybe similar app or firewall), I'll suggest to download Hosts Editor, look for "i.ebay.images" (or similar address), and delete it.
Hope that helps!:fingers-crossed:
Sent from my HTC One
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This worked for me, but I had to remove i.ebayimg.com

Thanks all much. This is the file I found and worked perfectly: i.ebayimg.com

Sure it helped. Thanks.

Thanks for useful suggestion. It worked me also

That's it! Thank you.

I just deleted all three eBay entries and it worked fine after that. ???

Google authenticator on S2

hi everybody
i am coming from a sony smartwatch 3 under Android Wear. Beside notification, the app i was using the most was Google authenticator.
do you know if i can find a compatible app somewhere ?
regard
ouf

+1
(spoke to the developers of Authenticator Plus - they said no plans for Gear s2 on their side)

I guess no one has any plans for S2

I written TOTP client for Gear S/S2.
This is compatible with One time password generator of Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Dropbox/Evernote.... etc.
I'm waiting certification by GalaxyApps.
The source has been published in open source .
https://github.com/tesurijp/TOTP-Tizen

Any easy way to install it from the source code?

You can also use wearable widgets with authy. Make sure you install the phone part from the play store and you can add authy's widget as an app on the gear. It does require the phone to be nearby though

This app has been released.
Search "one time password" in GalaxyApps.
Sorry , this app is a troublesome setting method.
tesuri said:
I written TOTP client for Gear S/S2.
This is compatible with One time password generator of Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Dropbox/Evernote.... etc.
I'm waiting certification by GalaxyApps.
The source has been published in open source .
https://github.com/tesurijp/TOTP-Tizen
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I'm trying to push the file to the S2. I have the Tizen IDE installed. I can connect to the watch ok. I'm trying to move the file to /opt/usr/media/Documents/ and I get a permission denied error. I can move the file to /opt/usr/media/Downloads/
I've tried this through sdb and through the connection manager in the IDE. I get the same result.
The Documents directory has read/write for user, but not group and other. I don't have permission to chmod on Documents.
I am very new to this so I may be missing something very obvious. I've spent several hours on this and am stuck. Any ideas?
Alternatively is there a way to change the app to use downloads for the auth_keyinfo.txt file?
Thanks.

jhyland said:
I'm trying to push the file to the S2. I have the Tizen IDE installed. I can connect to the watch ok. I'm trying to move the file to /opt/usr/media/Documents/ and I get a permission denied error. I can move the file to /opt/usr/media/Downloads/
I've tried this through sdb and through the connection manager in the IDE. I get the same result.
The Documents directory has read/write for user, but not group and other. I don't have permission to chmod on Documents.
I am very new to this so I may be missing something very obvious. I've spent several hours on this and am stuck. Any ideas?
Alternatively is there a way to change the app to use downloads for the auth_keyinfo.txt file?
Thanks.
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Any help?

I'm still looking for help here. Anyone have any suggestions?
jhyland said:
Any help?
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jhyland said:
I'm still looking for help here. Anyone have any suggestions?
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I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
I will update it.
I add palce of auth_keyinfo.txt
Main place
GEAR://documents ( Same as before)
And copy from the following place.
GEAR://downloads/auth_keyinfo.txt
GEAR://music/auth_keyinfo.mp3 ((Change only the file name, do not change contents)
"auth_keyinfo.mp3" is able push by GearManager.

jhyland said:
I'm still looking for help here. Anyone have any suggestions?
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I was able to do it by putting the auth_keyinfo.txt file on my phone, renaming it to "auth_keyinfo.mp3", and then transferring it via the Samsung Gear app (Samsung Gear > Settings > Send content to Gear > Select tracks). The Gear's music player sees it as an MP3 file which is mildly annoying, but I can live with that. Have you tried that method?
Also, can confirm the app works on my Galaxy Gear S3 Frontier
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@tesuri do you have any plans for further development on this? I just got my Gear S3 (parents got it as a freebie when renewing their contract, didn't want to fiddle with it so they sent it to me), and this app turns it from "a neat toy" to a very practical tool. My work requires many, many authenticator codes, and when I forgot my phone once I had to promptly turn around and go back home -- two hours of my life wasted on the train for nothing If I'd had the watch and this app then, I could've simply turned to my wrist for the necessary codes.
I'd love to see the ability to embed "background images" for each authenticator. In the file, they could be base64-encoded... but I don't know how difficult it'd be for you to parse the embedded images out (figuring out file type, etc).

Yes, it is working great for me now.

It doesn't work on S2. I only get black screen. What can I do? Thanks.

same here S3 frontier
black screen
auth_keyinfo.mp3 copied inside music with gear app
i was able to make it work under my gear s3, with debug there was an error showing up, unable to find reference TITLE,
i modified source file index.html where there is <script src="language.js"></script> in <script src="language/en/language.js"></script>
rebuild and installed on my gear s3 with tizen studio, now it works for me

eelektro said:
I guess no one has any plans for S2
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It's available since 2015 for almost all Gear models. The new version is integrated with an Android companion well for QR bar scanning/backup/restore purposes. Google Drive support makes sync up easy.
Check "Google Auth Client for Samsung Gear and Android" blog at credelius dot com. This site doesn't allow posting links.