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[APP] [1.14 @ 14/Feb/2011] ROM Updater

Hello!
I've just released on the Market my new ROM Updater!
Differently from koush's ROM Manager, this one is stand-alone repository based, it's freeware and ad-free. It can be easily integrated in your own ROM and it allows you to download full or incremental (if available) updates.
Besides updating your system, it allows you to automatically perform some recovery actions, such as cache/data wipe and backup just clicking on a menu item.
Comments, ideas and donations are welcome
Read more on my website: http://www.elegosproject.org/android-rom-updater

Ok gonna give it a try
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The application reached the version 1.7, a lot of downloads but still no one who use it. I thought it was outstanding (for ROM modders/developers) to have such an instrument for free, but I think I was wrong.
By the way, I've updated the webpage with more content, for example how to automatically create incremental updates. I tried with the latest versions of some ROMs and there is a huge improvement in zip lightweight.
Let me know.

elegos said:
The application reached the version 1.7, a lot of downloads but still no one who use it. I thought it was outstanding (for ROM modders/developers) to have such an instrument for free, but I think I was wrong.
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The kind of tool you bravely developed may be considered a bit sensitive, people will need to be sure it is stable before adopting it.
So please hold on because I (and probably many others) think it's the perfect kind of tool for us rom modders and tweakers

May I post this over on fascinateforums.com?
I think this is a great tool. Just need to get the word out!
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you need to get this thing started by including CM nightlies etc without a server needing to be entered, also the title in the program makes it look way to WP7 style..
just some constructive criticisim, no flames please guys
Great app always disliked ROM manager for restricting features without paying, I prefer to donate because I like the app not because I have to

Be pacient... Great tool!

@elban: test test test test and test again
@soccerdon1981: of course you can Directly link the website ^^
@samo_nz: well, I thought about setting a standard repository, but it's even phone-independent, so if I set one for, i.e., the Nexus One, all the others may dislike it. This is an "unbranded" application, and I've wrote on my website how to "embed" a ROM repository directly in the ROM . As of the title, yeah it sucks, but I can't edit it
@all: good news for everyone I've released my incremental.jar (+ sources). This program allows you to create incremental updates with even more options than the PHP one, and should be Windows-compatible too without editing a single bit

Great Idea
will give it a try

v.1.8 is out
- ROM modders/developers: you don't need to format the ROM name, now it will see the version from the incremental variable, always in the build.prop file. How to say: just implement it, there are no more excuses (more info on the website)
- changed from version 1.7:
-- Tried to fix a null pointer exception (please test)
-- Added incremental.php and incremental.jar (plus sources) in the git repo to automatically build incremental updates starting from *old version* to *new version* unzipped updates
-- Moved common data in a singleton (SharedData class), more comments and readable code

Great app

v.1.9 is out.
New in this version:
- Anonymous data now includes: phone model, ROM name, ROM version, ROM repository
- New menu in the settings, which allows to set the repository from a list built upon the anonymous data sent when you download a version of the mod (please accept to send anonymous data!)
I've setup a Enomther TheOfficial Nexus1 ROM (for Nexus One indeed) repository. I've edited the build.prop to fit the program. This is an EXAMPLE repository (I'm going to support in any case), I hope that this action will lead to MOD developers to kick their ass and setup a repo themselves. It works on Dropbox too, no excuses (10GB / day for free users)

elegos, this is exactly the kind of application I have been looking for to assist people updating my ROM. Just wanting to know since the app is GPL that I'll be able to make some changes to the app and rename it for use in my ROM please? Also is there a way that I can embed a custom repo URL directly into the app without having to drop a file into the data partition?

well, I thought that the /data/ solution was just fine
In any case please do not rename/change the application. Even if it's GPL, I'd really appreciate if you suggest me the changes you want to do and maintain the original app, it's meant to be universal, and such if you edit it to fit your ROM only it becomes the last of the "XXX updater" applications. Also, maintaining the original app, you'll be automatically listed in the central list, so that other people may try your ROM simply choosing it from the list.

Great job on the app elegos! Look forward to see in future how easily the updates will be to use

Version 1.10 is out
Fixes (hopefully!):
- ANR (set network timeouts)
Features:
- Added SD-EXT wipe option (app and app-private), inside the data wipe one
- Support for more recovery actions in a row (for example, wipe + install. Only in code ATM)

Version 1.12 is out in the market:
- FIX: odd number in info popup
- FIX (hopefully): crash on rotation while downloading files
- FIX: changelog for ROMs with spaces in their name
- Added: backup management (browse, restore, delete)
- Added: downloads management (browse, apply, delete)
- Changed: lists are now filling parents and not wrapping content (more android-like)
- Changed: download files via AsyncTask (as it should have always been)

Version 1.13 (build 17 lol) is out
- Moved input streams (data reading) in asynchronous tasks, so that the application should not freeze for few seconds anymore. This should also fix some crashes that have been reported (if not all of them). Thanks for reporting!
- Added an info popup when entering the repositories list informing the user about its dynamic nature.

elegos said:
Version 1.13 (build 17 lol) is out
- Moved input streams (data reading) in asynchronous tasks, so that the application should not freeze for few seconds anymore. This should also fix some crashes that have been reported (if not all of them). Thanks for reporting!
- Added an info popup when entering the repositories list informing the user about its dynamic nature.
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Nice
Thx for this man

I'm gonna try this on my ROM - if it works well you get a donation!
Thanks a lot, Italian Guy!

[FUTURE APP] Overclocking/Undervolting stability test & power efficiency optimizer

[FUTURE APP] Overclocking/Undervolting stability test & power efficiency optimizer
Hi !
Here is the description of a potential app that might be developed under an open source license by united developers.
The app has several intents we may discuss:
1/ Validate the CPU stability
- Rare defective devices are not stable with manufacturer's Frequency, voltage and governor configuration.
- With overclocked devices, stability is far more challenging and as difficult to verify.
CPU stability is influenced by a lot of parameters, like
- Frequency table
- Voltage table
- Governor used
- Quality of the voltage regulation & switching implementation (hardware and software)
- Environmental heat, by other components (GPU, battery, screen) or the external temperature especially with black devices under the sun.
2/ Validate the GPU stability
Same thing here, most of our devices GPU can be overclocked but so far there is no good tool to validate its stability.
3/ Validate the system stability
Torture test: CPU + GPU + screen at 100% stability & charging at the same time
This is quite a common scenario when phone or tablets are used as gaming devices.
4/ Provide help to optimize the power efficiency
Today many OC users tend also to reduce the power efficiency of their device by setting inappropriate minimal and maximal frequencies (reduces efficiency) or by configuring too high voltages.
The best OC in general, or at least the most energy efficient consist of increasing the frequencies without changing the voltages.
Even if a higher frequency increases the power envelope, it only improve the power efficiency.
Also, undervolting for reduced frequency / power energy states improve power efficiency.
Future: automatic OC optimizer with profiles
Profiles:
- Best power efficiency without overclocking (undervolting only)
- Best power efficiency
- Balanced
- Max performance
With this feature, It could become the master of every OC tool.
Of course it will require the ability to speak to each existing sysfs controls formats, which is not such a big deal as most are quite cleanly implemented!
However it would make a few apps obsolete & also few people mad, which is definitely a negative point.
Another idea for this optimizer could be to allow for other OC apps to use the stability test engine and do the optimization themselves.
Implementation details
Good old stability stability test traditionally has been trying to make your CPU hot. As hot as possible, consume the most power, see if it crashes, and that's pretty much all.
While this approach could work with old PC CPU, it's now totally outdated.
Even if an excess of heat is still capable of making a CPU crash, modern CPU have quite complex usage behaviors like
- Switching Frequency and Voltage all the time.
- Entering and leaving sleep over and over, each time you lock/unlock your device, of the baseband wake it up by receiving a message, etc.
Like in every low level hardware stuff, the most delicate operations are switch of states, so, what a stress-test needs to do contains:
For me the reference test is "Intel Linpack" x86 implementation like you see in IntelBurnTest. I heard linpack binary is what they use in factory to determine which is the frequency rating of each CPU.
I don't know if it's true but I've always been impressed by the short time needed to detect an unstable PC system reliably where other tools like "prime95" could run for hours without giving usable result.
The ability to let the CPU (or GPU) switch frequencies
It can be done:
- by varying the CPU load. CPU governor will do its thing all alone.
- by "force" modifying the CPU frequency directly
Let the device enter sleep and wake it up
Many OC devices seems to work well but suffer from "sleep of death" issue. IE never wake up.
Sometimes even non-OC device have the same problem if you use ondemand governor instead of conservative.
I guess this is definitely something that can be implemented in the stability test
Detect non-fatal calculation errors
Like Intel Linpack test, errors detecting before a crash is smart and much safer.
It also allow to reduce dramatically the required test run time.
Existing apps
@SnakeHaveYou told me about the existing app named StabilityTest.
In the description the implementation looks very good, with the ability to detect non-crashing calculation errors.
However after about 20 minutes of test at a known unstable frequency on my phone, I get no error.
However if I keep the same OC'ed frequency, starting an OpenGL game, or let the phone enter sleep and waking it up a bit later leads to an unrecoverable freeze.
So, this app looks good but its implementation seems to lack the full stress ability required to simulate a real usage pattern.

Who
After running the app idea on twitter, several developers showed interest in the idea.
I have no plan to write or promote this application by myself.
However I'm interested into acting as a host, incubator or something like that, and also contributor.
Who showed interest right away (developers)
@bvalosek
@BFGarzilla9k
@ytt3r
@ogdobber
@KhasMek
@TheEscapist_xda
And also a few people before the the the idea was described publicly.
I guess this app can have a very large user base quite fast, especially since it will be promoted by about every kernel developer here on XDA.
How
I propose a shared git repository on https://github.com/project-voodoo with plenty of contributors with write access to the App SDK & NDK code.
Maybe forks all over the place could do also, but if it enhance freedom I'm not sure it would favor collaboration so much
Hey, your turn guys!

This would be extremely useful. Hope it goes well!
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This is a really cool idea. I know enough XML to work on the UI, so I guess if I want to be involved, thats the way in
I won't be much help this week though.

nice posts bud-- good to see you starting the ball rolling from your idea on Twitter earlier. Just some quick info before I head out... more tonight probably
Some thoughts on the app:
the changing of states is definitely a huge thing to work into the tests, as this is where some of the more subtle problems between the voltage/freq steps seems to manifest themselves.
I have yet to find a synthetic test that can fail/detect problems as quickly as say launching a game like Cordy.., so there are ways to bash the system harder than the current tests it seems
what i can bring to the table
No experience with the NDK but pretty solid C experience for embedded systems
Can probably help the most on UI/metrics/feedback parts of the app. Creating views to reflect test status, sysfs state info, etc. Example of an app that shows time_in_state info i wrote a few weekends ago -> CPU Spy
my dev environment
Arch Linux
vim + android SDK command line tools
git for VCS (github for the few opensource projects I've done)
I'll be watching this thread to see what sort of dev activity we have going on over the next few days... looking forward to working with some of yall fellow XDA guys

Do you have a twitter? It would be good if you made one for collaboration
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ytt3r said:
Do you have a twitter? It would be good if you made one for collaboration
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@bvalosek

I agree with supercurio on the Linpack, detecting errors part. My idea was something like Prime95. Have an array of known primes, first 1000, lets say, then start generating the first 1000 primes. After each division(inner loop), change the frequency max and min level to a random step. If the generated prime number ever fails the comparison to the known primes, you are unstable. Since a lot of the instability in mobile oc comes from the voltage switching, the frequency switching would stress that as well.
EDIT: Heh, we made front page.

Toastcfh and Decad3nce have given us HTC guys some incredible Kernels in the past. You might wanna run this past them if they haven't seen it already. I know zero about kernels or I would jump in this asap. There's nothing like flashing a kernel update script to find your device doesn't boot anymore

Alright let's create a repository to boot with then
Incoming here: https://github.com/project-voodoo/android_oc-uv_stability_test

Could you add me as aa collaborator? We also need to brainstorm names.
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ytt3r said:
Could you add me as aa collaborator? We also need to brainstorm names.
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Yep, I created a team on github containing already KhasMek, ogdobber, storm717, TheEscapistxda, you and me
I'm also on IRC (signature)

Got any ideas for a name? That's important...
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storm717 said:
nice posts bud-- good to see you starting the ball rolling from your idea on Twitter earlier. Just some quick info before I head out... more tonight probably
Some thoughts on the app:
the changing of states is definitely a huge thing to work into the tests, as this is where some of the more subtle problems between the voltage/freq steps seems to manifest themselves.
I have yet to find a synthetic test that can fail/detect problems as quickly as say launching a game like Cordy.., so there are ways to bash the system harder than the current tests it seems
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Eh he when the stability test is the latest app to detect errors or crash the phones it shows there's a lot to learn
storm717 said:
what i can bring to the table
No experience with the NDK but pretty solid C experience for embedded systems
Can probably help the most on UI/metrics/feedback parts of the app. Creating views to reflect test status, sysfs state info, etc. Example of an app that shows time_in_state info i wrote a few weekends ago -> CPU Spy
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Sounds good. I have no experience with NDK either yet but reading the NDK samples a bit earlier showed that it is almost trivial to do the glue with it
What you did with CPU spy is awesome, it allows to understand very easily how the states & frequencies are used and also if the device enter sleep properly.
Looks simple but at the same time really useful. Congrats !
storm717 said:
my dev environment
Arch Linux
vim + android SDK command line tools
git for VCS (github for the few opensource projects I've done)
I'll be watching this thread to see what sort of dev activity we have going on over the next few days... looking forward to working with some of yall fellow XDA guys
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Cool.
I guess most devs will use Eclipse but there is no problem building/editing the sources with or without Eclipse itself.

ytt3r said:
Got any ideas for a name? That's important...
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I would suggest OC/UV stability test, or Overclock stability test
You can never go wrong with a name describing what the application does.
− Especially with mobile apps which traditionally do one thing

I don't have any technical expertise to contribute to this project, but i've spent a whole lot of time staring at BIOS screens tweaking OC's. This is exactly what is missing from the Android OC scene. The app QuickClocks has a feature that attempts to do this, through what it calls a "lag spike test," but it did not behave properly on my Droid X. I will be following this project very closely and contributing whatever feedback i can. Good luck guys.

Looks like a great idea...

I am a huge PC overclocker. I have owned 2x HD2s now. First Euro over a year ago and could clock easy over 1400mhz. My new T-Mob crashes at 1190. Its the same kernal/ROM so its very clear to me its a voltage problem.
It sucks I cant clock it up more and willing to cost some battery sometimes. Great App going here guys keep up the good work.

id like to enroll for testing if possible, i know iv tested every version of SOK and helped with finding bugs. i know my phone is a quality built coz its rocking 1.4ghz stable wether it was gaming/stress-testing or whatever.
if u think i could be of any help with testing simply message me ^_^

I have an idea for apk Icon. I can make it once the name is figured out but it could be a clock with lighting bolts as the clock's hands to symbolize the clock speed of gpu / cpu and the bolts to symbolize the voltage.
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[IDEA]xda-forum stats-projector

I have an idea for an app, hereby going under the name of "stats-projector", but I'm no developer and do not wish to be either. I'll just throw the ball in and hope someone runs with it.
To explain the idea I'll start with explaining my inspiration for it:
Some years ago i played battlefield. In the bf-forums you could dl an app that synced your bf-stats to your forums profile. The basic stats were displayed below your avatar. If you clicked the stats you would go to a page showing more stats.
My idea is an add-on to the tapatalk xda-app that acesses your stats and sync them to your xda profile in the same manner as the bf-stats. Stats to show could be rom, kernel, bootloader, battery stats, uptime, usage monitor's output, running services and all other easy accessible stats. Such stats you'd monitor with a simple monitoring program dl:ed from market.
Why?
-Ppl like to brag with their setup and stats (me included)
-In dev's threads you'd be able to skip over much trivial exhange of info and save LOTS of time.
-Your reason added here
Why an add-on to tapatalk xda-app?
-Because to me it seems illogical for the stats-app to sync when a member isn't online.
-Privacy issues. You'd not wanna flaunt as to currently be running the service of xhamster.com webplayer (if any exists, just an example).
-I'd like the stats-projector to sync only when refreshing xda-app, or even more seldom (customizable), to reduce battery drain.
-In a future it would be possible to use the stats-projector with other forums that use tapatalk. Why stay with xda when we can have the entire Android commynity?
Misc:
*I want the stats-projector to be highly customizable, for privacy reasons and for reasons of battery drainage and data usage. These matters shouldn't be allowed to scare users away.
*I want the stats-projector to be skinnable and themeable, because ppl like that ****.
*I want much more, which I'll add when I come up with it.
*I want all the above because it will make the stats-projector a given add-on that most ppl use out of pure instinct.
I've tried this idea on a couple of ppl and posted this thread to try it on a larger crowd. Discuss and tell me in the thread if I should alter or add anything.
Also, plz help me find a snappier name for the app.

Almost 500 views and not a comment. Can anyone at least tell me it's a bad idea?

tihimasmo said:
I have an idea for an app, hereby going under the name of "stats-projector", but I'm no developer and do not wish to be either. I'll just throw the ball in and hope someone runs with it.
To explain the idea I'll start with explaining my inspiration for it:
Some years ago i played battlefield. In the bf-forums you could dl an app that synced your bf-stats to your forums profile. The basic stats were displayed below your avatar. If you clicked the stats you would go to a page showing more stats.
My idea is an add-on to the tapatalk xda-app that acesses your stats and sync them to your xda profile in the same manner as the bf-stats. Stats to show could be rom, kernel, bootloader, battery stats, uptime, usage monitor's output, running services and all other easy accessible stats. Such stats you'd monitor with a simple monitoring program dl:ed from market.
Why?
-Ppl like to brag with their setup and stats (me included)
-In dev's threads you'd be able to skip over much trivial exhange of info and save LOTS of time.
-Your reason added here
Why an add-on to tapatalk xda-app?
-Because to me it seems illogical for the stats-app to sync when a member isn't online.
-Privacy issues. You'd not wanna flaunt as to currently be running the service of xhamster.com webplayer (if any exists, just an example).
-I'd like the stats-projector to sync only when refreshing xda-app, or even more seldom (customizable), to reduce battery drain.
-In a future it would be possible to use the stats-projector with other forums that use tapatalk. Why stay with xda when we can have the entire Android commynity?
Misc:
*I want the stats-projector to be highly customizable, for privacy reasons and for reasons of battery drainage and data usage. These matters shouldn't be allowed to scare users away.
*I want the stats-projector to be skinnable and themeable, because ppl like that ****.
*I want much more, which I'll add when I come up with it.
*I want all the above because it will make the stats-projector a given add-on that most ppl use out of pure instinct.
I've tried this idea on a couple of ppl and posted this thread to try it on a larger crowd. Discuss and tell me in the thread if I should alter or add anything.
Also, plz help me find a snappier name for the app.
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I have android app development experience. Developing the app shouldn't be hard.
But I think an individual app will be easier. I am not sure (technically) how to access the resource of the tapatalk app. tapatalk must expose a intent service which can be called from the addon.

Tik hai, you're right. That's easier. There must also be cooperation on the part of xda-forum who must incorporate the projected stats in webpage for it to work.
I'll list stats I find relevant to include:
Kernel
ROM
Uptime
Battery use graph
Baseband
Storage overview
Time
Ringtone
Location?
Hboot

tihimasmo said:
Tik hai, you're right. That's easier. There must also be cooperation on the part of xda-forum who must incorporate the projected stats in webpage for it to work.
I'll list stats I find relevant to include:
Kernel
ROM
Uptime
Battery use graph
Baseband
Storage overview
Time
Ringtone
Location?
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I will get back to you once I am at home. On a vacation right now

Happy holidays

Bummppetty

I think this is a great idea, and might put an end to all the favorite ROM threads if you can have it poll the server and generate a list of who uses what.
Unfortunately I have no experience with programming and can't help with actual development.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk

the main problem with this is that people change roms and kernels sometimes up to 5 times a day. So keeping these stats are not really gonna be reliable.

Users can set poll frequency.

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7th Place Splash Screen:
8th Place Splash Screen:
9th Place Splash Screen:
10th Place Splash Screen:
11th Place Splash Screen:
Stock Splash Screen: Reverts to Original Splash Screen.
Thanks from luis86dr​
Edgehood for answering all my questions about Aroma! Thanks buddy!
steelers_exe for his awesome splash screen for Aroma Installer.
RErick for his build prop updater script & for providing Splash Screen zips.
mw86 for his build prop tweaks.
GMan for testing and helping me. Also for providing mirrors!
decimalman for making the build prop script work!
Ktoonsez for such a awesome Kernel and inspiring us to do what we do.
Everyone who helped with testing!
Team Kernelizers for being so damn awesome!
Known Bugs​Splash Screens will only work on TouchWiz
Working on finding out the cause of these issues. Please report bugs in either of the Team Kernelizers threads.
This is still in Beta, more is yet to come!!!!!!
Kernel Information​General Installation Instructions (for both TW and AOSP):​1. Download correct version of kernel for your device and rom. This is important as you may brick your phone is you use the wrong version.
2. Flash kernel using your preferred recovery
3. Do the following AFTER installing the kernel and BEFORE you reboot your phone:
a. Clear cache
b. Clear dalvik
c. Fix Permissions
4. Reboot your device.
TW Specific Kernel Instructions:
(can be used with AOSP too)​There are some files on your TouchWiz phone that need to be renamed in order to maximize the battery life of your phone. There has been some debate on whether or not this is necessary, but for now we would recommend renaming these files to ensure that there is no chance of excessive battery drain.
Part 1:
These steps are only necessary on TouchWiz ROMs, however you can also do this on AOSP as well:
1. You must have ROOT. You will need to have a root enabled file explorer on your phone (ES File Explorer works very well and you can get it from the play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en). When you get it, open it up and go the the settings and scroll all the way down until you see the Root Settings. Go in there and enable ALL of the root settings.
2. After that is done, navigate to your root folders using the Folder Up icon at the top. Once you are in your root folders, navigate to /system/bin and locate the following files. You will need to rename them with a ".bak" at the end of the filename
gsiff_daemon --> gsiff_daemon.bak
mpdecision --> mpdecison.bak
qosmgr --> qosmgr.bak
smd --> smd.bak
smdexe --> smdexe.bak
Renaming these files will not harm your phone. Many users rename these files every time they flash a rom, and no damge is done.
Also, some ROMs come with these files renamed or deleted entirely, so if you don’t find a file, don’t be alarmed.
You have to do this every time you flash the ROM and/or Kernel.
If you feel uncomfortable doing this yourself, you can use the TK-MOD (see Downloads section) and it will handle this for you.
Part 2:
Stopping mpdecision from being called:
1. Open terminal emulator and type the following code:
su
2. When terminal emulator asks for root permission hit 'Grant' or 'Allow'.
3. At the # prompt type:
stop mpdecision
Using Rom Toolbox (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox) we will make a script that will stop mpdecision from being called at each boot so you don't need to use terminal emulator each time
1. Open Rom Toolbox and scroll down to the Scripter option
2. In the scripter, click the “+” button in the top right corner, then select 'Create'
3. Type a name for our new script, lets call it “stop mpdecision”
4. In the commands enter the following text:
#!/system/bin/sh
stop mpdecision
5. Hit the disk icon to save it
6. Select the script that you just created and a dialog box should pop up, select set at boot
Were done here
AOSP Specific Kernel Instructions:​When coming from a 3.0 Kernel to a 3.4 Kernel there is a new method with kernel updates. Skipping these steps will cause phone instability, due to some bad data left behind. This is a flaw in the Android OS, not the application. You must follow the instructions below (Thanks ktoonzs for the new method of the ktweaker app)
1. Go to Settings on the phone
2. Go to app manager then all apps
3. Scroll down to ktweaker app n open it
4. Once open hit FORCE STOP and then hit CLEAR DATA
5. Reboot and flash your new update of ktoonzs kernel
6. Repeat steps 1-4 in the above “General Installation” section
You should be good to go after that
Resources & Useful Links​
[*]Rescan Media Root (click link on phone and be sure to select launch link with play store)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...diascannerroot
[*]Kill Media Server (thanks for the link Jcdominguez)
http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/77111471/file.html
[*]Lux Auto Brightness (set brightness lower than stock minimum brightness on any rom)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...d=com.vito.lux
[*]Rom Toolbox Lite by Jrummy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox
[*]Build Prop Editor free by Rom Toolbox maker Jrummy
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ld.prop.editor
[*]Swipe Pad (thanks Naddict) make a easy to launch multitask launcher from anywhere a shortcut to Developer Options (great for aosp Hwoverlay)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ipepad.android
[*]Known Wakelocks thread (Thanks T. J. Bender)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=31974989
[*]DS Battery Saver Pro (manage radios like juice defender with less overhead) (thanks for the link AdamDelozier)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=35046431
[*]Battery Review Thread including extended batteries (Thanks Rlatjs17)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=30478980
[*]Fast Reboot (closes/restarts apps and services similar to rebooting without a reboot)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...streboot&hl=en
[*]Better Batter Stats (track all forms of wake locks) (Thanks Sven Knispel)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...erbatterystats
[*]Carat (track and discover battery drain prone apps)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....carat.android
[*]Seeder 2.0.0b1 (Thanks Lambgx02)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=592
[*]Cpu Spy (check used mhz and deep sleep usage) (Thanks Brandon Valosek)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...valosek.cpuspy
[*]Universal Initd Support APK (Thanks RyuInferno) (enable check for initd support)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1933849
[*]Lag Fix(fs-trim) (use trim to trim blocks labeled deleted from storage where blocks are still full) (thanks AuxLV)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=122
[*]CrossBreeder Combo MOD (combines three discussed entropy lag/lockup tweaks)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=37062006
[*]Flashable Recoveries (please thank Naddict for this amazing resource)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=35741601
[*]If you flashed the KT747 kernel separate from your ROMs installer, you can enable the boot animations by following the directions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...22&postcount=4
[*]This is a link to the Better Battery Stats thread. This app is only free to XDA members, but I strongly encourage you to donate. And please hit the thanks button while you are there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1179809
[*]Schedulers and Governors explained:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=19846276
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=26884853

Here you will find all of our tweaks to the kernel. We are providing these pre-configured settings as a means to assist S4 users with further improving their overall experiences on this already beast of a phone or to simply use as a baseline to work upon tweaking further. Please Keep in mind that results will always vary per device regardless on the settings being used. Apply what works best for you and your phone. We're here to help eachother out and with more options comes better experiences for everyone running the KT-SGS4 kernel. Big thanks to ALL who have contributed!
Download links will include the specified profile(s) as well as an "Adjustments" file. The "Adjustments" file is just for easy view of all changes made to a profile compared to stock settings.
1. Download the file(s) to your phone. In case of .bin files, optionally rename the file(s) as .txt
2. Copy ONLY the profile(s) (DO NOT copy the "Adjustments" file) to /sdcard/KTweaker folder using a file Manager of your choice.
3. Open Ktweaker app and click on "Restore Prefs from sdcard".
4. The file you just copied should be listed there. Choose the one you want to apply.
5. After applying, make sure the "Set options on boot" setting on the main menu of KTweaker has a little green text bellow confirming that the settings will be applied upon reboot.
6. Profit!
Balanced Bull: Reloaded (updated: 11~15~13)
These settings are very special to me as they were my very first, dating back to the Galaxy S3, and has gained an incredible amount of feedback. It has become notable for it's fairly smooth interface and amazing battery life. If this stacks up to your standards then I encourage you to use it!
https://copy.com/6DYYijYNqifx
Nightmare To Remember
This will likely become your beautiful, never ending nightmare.. It offers a unique balance between battery and performance but unlike Balanced Bull, it is slightly more performance oriented due to the more aggressive scale up to max CPU. However, only 2 cores will be used for the majority of the time so you can still enjoy a nice buttery smooth interface with just enough juice to last you through the day.
https://copy.com/qWU6AIeeAUyd
Bless The Child v3 (updated: 10~25~13)
Based on Ktoonservateq and aimed towards battery. This is specifically for all the battery hungry users out there wanting to conserve as much power as possible. So don't expect the BEST but rather decent performance out of this one.
https://copy.com/CZdfHiaZEOAu
Feed The Machine
The exact opposite of Bless the Child. This is a performance oriented option for all hardcore users. If battery isn't a priority for you then this is a great option.
https://copy.com/xWpFNDtIsQHe
Day Of Reckoning
Very similar to Nightmare To Remember but is aimed slightly more towards battery without deteriorating much of the performance. It is based off the Pegasusq governor.
https://copy.com/vynBURHcsOUl
Dead By April v2.2 (updated: 11~15~13)
This profile attempts to bring some of the best battery life possible to your device. It is similar to Bless The Child but takes things a step further . It now focuses more on snappiness but still maintains it's well known battery conservation. It manages to maintain a smooth ui for your average daily use.
https://copy.com/9k0rfu4iWKiO
Project Icarus by @mamba720027
So some may wonder why the name "Icarus",why not Hyper Performance or Deadly Good Battery.
Well the reason and to begin explination,short history.
Icarus is a greek mythology who is seen today as a mythical pioneer that tried to conquer the skies.
I like that mythology cause it kinda corresponds to my own saying "fly high or fall hard" which means to aim high or fail trying. So their you have it folks and thus the profile name "Icarus".
And onto explination of each profiles.
The first is "Performance" which is catered for straight out performance with also good battery performance.
This one is for when u dont give a rats flying balls about battery really and just want everything super fast and smooth. But you maybe surprise of battery performance. I recommend everyone try this profile first. My current favorite
The second is "Conservative" this is for those seeking performance but also better battery performance than the first.
This one is the middle man or lady as u may want to refer to it. It gives the best of both worlds,performance and battery. So if the first leave you stranded then fear not, this is the one to turn too
The third is "Kamikaze" which means "god wind". It either knocks the daylight out of your Galaxy S4 due to its high undervolteing and mean intent on Battery Performance but still snappy.
This one the undervolting is of my personal voltage table that runs stable for me with other tweaks. If it runs successfully for anyone else then battery performance may be great.
This one is for those that likes the thrill of trying something new and unsure if it will work
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https://copy.com/dbSIz
Undisputed 3 (updated: 12~11~13)
This is a universal performance setup in which combines the essential elements of other profiles by providing equal battery life, speed, performance, and stability to bring the ultimate experience to your device.
https://copy.com/H0FUiELjgegB
ECLIPSE v2 (updated: 10~25~13)
This is a performance oriented option where great battery life is also expected to intervene. This not only will bring an incredibly stable, smooth, and snappy feel to your device but will also benefit towards longer lasting battery so you can love and enjoy your phone the way you were meant to.
https://copy.com/fgFWgW30IE38
Asking Alexandria
Another battery driven profile in which focuses on saving as much juice as possible while also maintaining stability and providing an extremely snappy feel to your phone. It is quite possibly one of the smoothest and snappiest battery saving profiles available.
Why Asking Alexandria?
It's named after yet another one of my top favorite metalcore bands and I chose this because Alexander The Great basically ruled the world at one point and "Alexandria" is the female equivalent to that name, which has become known to mean the "one who comes to save warriors".
"Asking" was an addition to the title name as an indication in the sense that we are all asking Alexandria what she can really do to our phone.
https://copy.com/71YlyrO7WWqc
Project Daylight v2 by @mamba720027 (updated: 12~23~13)
Day Light is focused mainly on battery conservation. I felt that its useless if its not smooth and lags alot so I add performance into the mix createing a profile that offers both while its first and foremost goal "battery performance" is still preserved and not diminish. This profile is yet unique and on a different level from my early release of "Icarus"
The contents are 3 profiles unique in their own way, "Daylight", "Daybreak" and "Experimental" along with a "Extra" folder containing wallpapers I created on our S4 for fun while testing . Kind of gives me some inspiration and sense of feel of what my objective is.
Daybreak is a crossbread profile of my Icarus Performance profile and Daylight. Its simply utilizing the performance power behind Icarus Performance profile while useing Daylight profile governor settings as its core to boost battery performance
The experimental profile is heavily undervolted/Underclocked with tweaked scheduler and governor. I taught if some of you could run it stable then it may produce great or mix results
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https://copy.com/QK7LMmtp44sU
What Lies Beneath
This is an extreme battery performance setup in which essentially transforms your quad-core device into a dual core device.
Why "What Lies Beneath"?
You'll find that during light to moderate operations the cpu remains at lower frequencies for an extended period of time and will only jump to max when needed. Although it's clocked at a max of 1.3ghz it maintains a surprisingly smooth and snappy feel to your device at such low frequencies. This is where battery life is also expected to come in to play as well.
https://copy.com/PXAKKLMFdNDU
Ktoonsified v2 (updated: 12~23~13)
This profile was put together by none other than the BOSS himself, @ktoonsez! This is a performance oriented option in which also offers a great deal of battery life. Haven't tried these settings yet? then what are you waiting for!! Load em up and be prepared for one of the smoothest and snappiest experiences ever!
https://copy.com/4l4JOq9iSPQy
Sleeping Dragon by @mamba720027 (updated: 12~23~13)
Sleeping Dragon V2 Single Core
This is a single core profile aimed at consumeing the least battery for a time when you will be away from home or at work and away from the charger. It was a profile i played with at first as i did not expect it to mount as much with apps and system UI needing a right amount of performance from a CPU to meet todays tasks in performance. In the end i was able to tame the dragon and make it work as best as possible to achieve its goal
Sleeping Dragon V1 Quad-Core
This is the counter part of Sleeping Dragon V2 but with many tweaked parameters to make it a fully functional 4 Core base profile in hopes to achieve close or same battery performace as its single core entity. Unfortunately i still am not sure if it measures up but what i know from previous test with settings @Stock it hold its own in battery department. I am pleased with the results although i would wish to see some light usage results from users.I must give credits to Luigi for useing parts from his Balanced Bull Script, and Undisputed 3 Script and part from my Crimson Dragon Script. I am pleased to present users with this 4 Core or Quadcore profile
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https://copy.com/hr1vhwiX7ux8
Smooth Operator v3 by @mamba720027 (updated: 12~23~13)
This profile utalize all 4 cores on demand and serves as being a balance between battery and performance. Its as smooth as possible and utalize the full cpu power while operateing sensibly in governor scaleing.
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https://copy.com/R9Ldl
Hydra
Eclipse and Kamikaze clash with one another in this hybrid profile (BIG thanks to @mamba720027 for the amazing work done on Kamikaze!). This is perfect for those who favor one or both of these profiles. With the merging of some of the essential performance and battery elements of each profile as well as a few minor adjustments, this one also stands as it's own profile and it flies!.
https://copy.com/p2BLOBe4bb3X
Ghost Rider by @galaxys3man30
this setup can benchmark on 1890,1944 and 1998 and its been really good on battery even thou its a performance setup think im going to call it ghost rider cuz its a sleeper yea it shows good battery life but behind that is the raw performance that is on demand when needed.
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https://copy.com/gEFAiosVLBqI
*Stardust v2* by @mamba720027 (updated: 12~7~13)
This Profile I put together is based on the "AbyssplugV2" governor.
Everything is tweaked and the profile can run by itself or either use the "smooth operator V2" Script or Luigi's "Hydra" Script.
Both are found in Post#8 of the OP. The choice is yours.
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https://copy.com/siLoOsdy3FKp
Crimson Dragon by @mamba720027
This is a profile that i put together from a lost in the thread Dual Core profile "Lazy Dragon". What was suppose to be a V2 Update of it turned into a 4 Core profile and something totally new, Crimson Dragon. This profile is a variable of Performace and keeping things balance. Its very smooth on TW and produce great results on AOSP as well threw testing and feedback. Please enjoy this new addition :good:
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https://copy.com/1OBdtbnfDE9M

mine too

one more for keeps

I hope you're planning on removing all the S3 related links, and replacing them with S4 related links. Also, since this is the AT&T/Canadian device forum, you really shouldn't have links to Verizon/Sprint/T-Mobile stuff.

mattdm said:
I hope you're planning on removing all the S3 related links, and replacing them with S4 related links. Also, since this is the AT&T/Canadian device forum, you really shouldn't have links to Verizon/Sprint/T-Mobile stuff.
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The goal is having universal mods and tweaks. I don't have an S4 so I can't comment if there are any specific differences. Most of the info posted should be fairly universal and can be applied to the S4.
GalaxyMan the founder of team kernelizers has an S4 and I'm sure will update the OP as needed. The S3 sprint forum has been pretty active with users providing governor tweaks and support for the KT Kernel. The governor tweaks are mainly geared to improving battery life or a balance of performance while also improving battery life. I can say the S3 thread has helped a lot of users, myself included to get amazing battery life. Hopefully this will apply to the Galaxy S4.

Hope to generate a little interest in this thread. I'm using an extended battery, Zerolemon 6300ma, cost $25 with case, it's three times larger than the stock battery that came with my Galaxy S3. The biggest battery drain is data and the screen, my carrier is Sprint. Not sure how much drain AT&T data connection has on battery. I will try to post more regarding battery life on this single charge.

nevermind

What about adding @zepplinrox's V6 Supercharger scripts in here?
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Badass

Battery dropped 1% over night. Data was turned off. With data off I'm still able to make and receive calls, send and receive texts. Can not receive pictures in MMS messages when data is off.

Obartuckc said:
What about adding @zepplinrox's V6 Supercharger scripts in here?
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Badass
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Good question. I haven't read of anyone involved with Team Kernelizers running the Supercharger scripts so I don't know much if anything about them. Quite a few, myself included are having good results running Crossbreeder, use url below for more information. Some users in the Crossbreeder thread are using it in combination with Supercharger.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
Crossbreeder takes the lag out of Android system making the UI snappier. It doesn't improve benchmarks, but it defiantly makes things sappier. I use the KT Kernel slightly undervolted and underclocked at 1.1ghz, Stock my device runs at 1.5ghz.
ktoonsez the developer of the KT Kernel has added frandom into the kernel so it works great with Crossbreeder. It's best to use a kernel that has frandom in it.

GTOJim said:
Good question. I haven't read of anyone involved with Team Kernelizers running the Supercharger scripts so I don't know much if anything about them. Quite a few, myself included are having good results running Crossbreeder, use url below for more information. Some users in the Crossbreeder thread are using it in combination with Supercharger.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
Crossbreeder takes the lag out of Android system making the UI snappier. It doesn't improve benchmarks, but it defiantly makes things sappier. I use the KT Kernel slightly undervolted and underclocked at 1.1ghz, Stock my device runs at 1.5ghz.
ktoonsez the developer of the KT Kernel has added frandom into the kernel so it works great with Crossbreeder. It's best to use a kernel that has frandom in it.
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Thanks for the reply! I, myself, have dabbled in using them together and separately, but find that running just the V6-Supercharger itself yields the best results of either or in combination. (To each his or her own though, I suppose.)
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Badass

Obartuckc said:
Thanks for the reply! I, myself, have dabbled in using them together and separately, but find that running just the V6-Supercharger itself yields the best results of either or in combination. (To each his or her own though, I suppose.)
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Badass
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Every device is different, plus everyone uses their device differently, runs different apps etc. There is no magic bullet that's going to have the same impact or improvements on every device.
Thanks for your feedback

I day 6 hours off charger with 10 hours of screen on time with 71% remaining charge.

GTOJim said:
I day 6 hours off charger with 10 hours of screen on time with 71% remaining charge.
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Jim you rock bubba keep it up man one of the founding fathers of the team n my threads one of the one encouraged me to do it just a small update to everyone we are working on the tkmod so we can it back up n running for everyone jim keep up the great buddy ur doing awesome bro
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Battery is still at 71% this morning. While sleeping I always have data turned off, this helps a lot with battery life.
I use black wallpaper, inverted apps when possible, the color black doesn't use juice from battery with our screens. An article stated black wallpaper can cause ghost images, in my case I don't feel it will ever be a problem because I keep my brightness low, which also saves battery. The next best color for battery life is green.

A new mod you might want to check out, includes Crossbreeder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370709

Working great on my end so far
Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs
Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs. Off topic but I thought the article was interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/gold-rush-era-discards-could-fuel-cellphones-tvs-133752521.html

Obartuckc said:
What about adding @zepplinrox's V6 Supercharger scripts in here?
Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Badass
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V6 is endorsed by Team kernelizers. Zepplinrox's scripts are his own and may not prefer that his work is in every mod on xda, installing them together is completely compatible and is a good mod. Any lags from tkmod itself is being worked on now actually, as the mod is going back into alpha testing till it's refined. Cheers, maybe you will tinker with the new mod once it is released.
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GTOJim said:
Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs. Off topic but I thought the article was interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/gold-rush-era-discards-could-fuel-cellphones-tvs-133752521.html
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Excellent read Jim. Wonderful posts here, thank you.

[APP][4.0+] SwiP - Switch profiles intelligently 0.2.7 [Beta]

Hello there guys!
After some hard work we've finally reached a state where we'd really appreciate some reviews, publicity and feedback for our project.
Most of all some feedback would be nice as we don't actually have a wide range of devices to test on.
Basically what we wanted to do is to implement an open source alternative to Llama, Trigger and all the other profile/automation apps.
Of course we aren't nearly as advanced as they are at the moment.. but let's see where we are going to get with the help of you guys.
Here's the full description of what's possible right now:
SwiP - Switch profiles intelligently
SwiP is an intelligent profile app for Android.
It's meant to be an open source alternative to well-known apps like LLama and Trigger (though in a much smaller scale at the moment), which still offers some unique features.
PROFILES
SwiP allows you to create, manage and apply profiles which can contain the following settings:
Sound:
- Ringer Mode
- Ringtone- & Notification Volume
- Media Volume
- Alarm Volume
Connectivity:
- GPS
- Mobile Data
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
Display:
- Automatic Brightness
- Brightness
- Display Time Out
There are also some features which are unfortunately only available for rooted phones like NFC, Airplane Mode and Lockscreen.
TRIGGERS
Furthermore the app offers trigger-management. A trigger basically defines a rule for the automatic application of selected profiles.
The user is able to create said triggers and to use them for his daily workflow.
A trigger can contain the following rules:
- Location (Geofence)
- Time (Exact time or time range)
- Battery State
- Battery Level (Exact level or level range)
- Headphone State
These rules can be freely combined (e.g. at a certain location AND a certain time).
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So if you've got an Android 4.X device and want to give it a try, please go ahead!
There are already some known issues we are working on, like:
- GPS only working on AOSP roms or when installed as system app (still searching for a way to find out which rom is running)
- Lockscreen only working on some devices, on other devices it simply accepts every PIN/Pattern (here some feedback would be really nice!)
- Priority not implemented the best way possible.. just didn't find the time yet to implement a drag&drop list
- User interface is not as intuitive as we'd liked it to be. There will be a tutorial some time..
If you find any bugs, please don't hesitate to report them here: https://bitbucket.org/fschrofner/swip/issues
Also feel free to send us pull requests, we'd love to get other developers involved.
Check out the source: https://bitbucket.org/fschrofner/swip/
Changelog
If you'd like to help us out, you could participate in the translations here: https://crowdin.net/project/swip
If you like the project, show some <3 and rate it
Direct Downloads
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great work dude

This looks great, really looking forward to seeing where you can take this! Been wanting to see some decent competition for llama (despite how much I love it).
The only thing stopping me from testing this as a daily driver is the fact that it doesn't do location by cell tower. I typically keep my GPS off, and llama profiles are changed based on cell location.
Love the interface though, good luck with it!

Thanks for the feedback!
At the moment we are using the Google Location API for geofencing, which should automatically use the most accurate method available (but still conserve power).
The order should be like this: GPS, WiFi, Cell (while GPS only gets activated if a more exact location is really required)
KitKat should work especially well with this method as it always uses WiFi to gain a more exact location (even when it's disabled).
Basically it should do just fine without GPS or WiFi, if the radius of the geofence is big enough (i've set it to 2000m and it seems to work).
Is that size acceptable for you? You could try to start up the application when you are at the desired location (GPS and WiFi disabled) and set the geofence to something slightly bigger than your expected location (should be marked as a blue circle on the map. it needs to be completely in your geofence!)
If some more people prefer the self-implemented cell tower method, we are surely going to look into it!
Keep the feedback coming!

Since you've open-sourced the app, why don't you upload it to f-droid.org?
It's an alternative app store for FOSS apps only. I use it exclusively as an alternative to Google Play as I don't use a ROM with Gapps.

Great work so far!
Got some suggestions:
- Use bluetooth connections as trigger
- Start apps in certain profiles (i.e. maps when connected to car bluetooth)
- Unlink call- and notification volume (I want to be able to hear calls at night (emergencies), but messages I do not need to hear)

NFC support! Cool! I'm going to try this now and report my findings.
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How about other languages? Any plans for that?

great work :laugh:

Would it be possible to do this in 4.4 roms, open google apps and it automaticcalt triggers location toggle? Only problem is dialogue box popping asking for confirmation

Nice.
Would be better if it could switch off and reboot phone automatically.

Hello,
I'm glad to see an open-source application to do some automation. I'm also especially happy to see that this application is not requiring any google dependancies vs Tasker/LLama.
It has succesfully been installed on an AOSP without any Gapps.
It would be great if you application was submitted on FDroid and would gain visibility toward open source user.
Thank you for your work.
Prysme.

So Nice!
Thanks for this app... it is indeed very useful.
Just one thing, could it be possible to have the screen lock set to none instead of it set to slide?

looks promising, good work:good:

Nice app
Ty

Thanks for the app, will try it for a few days replacing Trigger.
One thing I noticed while playing with it for a few minutes: I added a trigger and set a marker in the location option, but the preference summary still says "ignored" under location. The app seems to be working fine based on that location though.
Also I think it would be nice if we can have a negation trigger, like "when not at this location".
Thanks!

User_99 said:
How about other languages? Any plans for that?
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I'd be willing to translate to Dutch, if needed.
It's my mother tongue.

Aerkhanite said:
I'd be willing to translate to Dutch, if needed.
It's my mother tongue.
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You're trying to say you're a native speaker. Don't translate everything literally. Mother tongue (moedertaal) is definitely not what you meant
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AllSeeyinEye said:
You're trying to say you're a native speaker. Don't translate everything literally. Mother tongue (moedertaal) is definitely not what you meant
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"Mother tongue" is a valid English expression. In English, saying that a language is a person's "mother tongue" is a perfectly correct way to express that the person is a native speaker of that language.
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OK, tnx, I learned something today!
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