How can you take a screenshot from the Atrix?
My phone is rooted and I have tried several apps from the market but none of them worked on the Atrix.
can we please sticky this? it's been answered dozens of times.
plug into your PC, get the android SDK, find ddms.bat in the tools folder, grab screenshot. that is the only way right now.
cegna09 said:
can we please sticky this? it's been answered dozens of times.
plug into your PC, get the android SDK, find ddms.bat in the tools folder, grab screenshot. that is the only way right now.
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Except it isn't.
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
1, Download and install Myphoneexplorer
2, Start MPE and plug in your phone
3, From the upper menu chose "Screenshot"
4, Save
That's the easiest way to shoot your screen!
Or just download screen capture shortcut from the market. You don't even need to be rooted.
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jange said:
Except it isn't.
http://www.fjsoft.at/en/
1, Download and install Myphoneexplorer
2, Start MPE and plug in your phone
3, From the upper menu chose "Screenshot"
4, Save
That's the easiest way to shoot your screen!
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i bet you that is doing exactly the same thing as what i posted, just wrapped up in a third party GUI. regardless, go that route if you wish.
thachosenone said:
Or just download screen capture shortcut from the market. You don't even need to be rooted.
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too bad when you look at that app in the market it says it only supports the galaxy S and tab. If you had an atrix you'd know that doesn't work on this phone.
cegna09 said:
i bet you that is doing exactly the same thing as what i posted, just wrapped up in a third party GUI. regardless, go that route if you wish.
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You said that the SDK-way is the only way at the moment. I just showed TS that it isn't.
And the SDK can be kinda of confusing to begin with if you aren't used to it. That's why MPE is an easier way to go all around imo.
jange said:
You said that the SDK-way is the only way at the moment. I just showed TS that it isn't.
And the SDK can be kinda of confusing to begin with if you aren't used to it. That's why MPE is an easier way to go all around imo.
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you're right, wasn't trying to sound jerkish. I was just pointing out that i bet it is doing the same thing, using the SDK stuff.
FWIW, the ddms.bat is really not confusing. it launches a nice windows with clear menus. Under a menu at the top is a screen shot option. Much nicer than the command prompt stuff you usually use abd for.
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I notice that some people are able to show screen shots of their phone on the internet, how do I get a screen capture of my screen and show it on the computer? Also, is there a way to maneuver on the phone and have it show on the computer as well?
Yeah give me a min to get to the computer to get the name.
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Okay, thanks dude. Also, do you happen to know what I can use for the same process for an iPod Touch?
Its called QtADB, u will need android-sdk, aapt and i belive your phone rooted. Just google search QtADB and it will have links to everything if I remember correctly. Dont know about the ipod
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I use QtADB as well, and would have been my recommendation, but given that it requires the installation of the Android SDK, if you don't want to download and install that then there are apps on the market to do screenshots/screen captures. You'll have to search for them, I don't have any of them installed.
I use shootme(in the market), but you have to be rooted. You simply run the program, then shake the phone when you want to take a screenshot.
There's another app called: Drocap2 for root users. Obviously you need root, but there are some handy ways for taking screen captures such as having the icon in the notification bar and clicking it.
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Current Version:3.1.3
Requires Android:1.5 and up
size:3.2MB
V3.1.3 update:
New Android Market / Adds +1 For Apps And Games, Pin Number For Purchases, And More…
(for all devices – does not require root, but you do need to enable ‘Unknown Sources‘ in Settings-> Applications.)
There’s a brand-new settings menu, as well as click-to-read explanations of app permissions (not developer customizable, unfortunately). There’s also a brand-new Market icon to spruce things up.
Oh, and did we mention you can now use a custom PIN for purchases on your phone, instead of leaving your Google Checkout wide open for anyone that picks up your device? If you have kids, or your phone is stolen, this is one awesome feature to have – and really, it makes a lot of sense.
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP MIKE.
I wish there was a way we could "star" apps that we wanna com back to look at later. Or am I missing something? Lol
ashclepdia said:
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP MIKE.
I wish there was a way we could "star" apps that we wanna com back to look at later. Or am I missing something? Lol
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Well In Google Chrome Browser I Click The Star And It Bookmarks The Page I'm On For Later Use. I'm Sure Firesucks And Other Browsers Have That Ability Too.
MikeJ92YJ said:
Well In Google Chrome Browser I Click The Star And It Bookmarks The Page I'm On For Later Use. I'm Sure Firesucks And Other Browsers Have That Ability Too.
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Google chrome browser avail in market? Im gonna set up this new market and will be back
Just to be clear do I just push this.into system /app?
ashclepdia said:
Google chrome browser avail in market? Im gonna set up this new market and will be back
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No! I Thought You Meant On The Computer. The Only Way In The Market Is To Put The Exact Name And The Drop Menu Will Have It. Just Install It Like Any Other Apk File.
MikeJ92YJ said:
No! I Thought You Meant On The Computer. The Only Way In The Market Is To Put The Exact Name And The Drop Menu Will Have It. Just Install It Like Any Other Apk File.
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Hahaha..I know it seems like im doing all this from a computer but hell this phone is almost a computer. Can't imagine what bionic will be like lol.
And what do u mean by put the exact name? For google chrome? Sry I am confused by your wording just a little bit.
Should I remove the old.market apk from system/app first then? Or should it stay there.
Just don't wanna do anything that will have to make me sbf since I wont be able to do that until after 7pm tomorrow
I cannot wait until my computer is able to be turned on at my house I wont have to worry about that crap anymore.
This is just an app. You can install normally or push it into the system folder to protect it. Its your choice.
religi0n said:
This is just an app. You can install normally or push it into the system folder to protect it. Its your choice.
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Oookay thanks very much...
ashclepdia said:
Hahaha..I know it seems like im doing all this from a computer but hell this phone is almost a computer. Can't imagine what bionic will be like lol.
And what do u mean by put the exact name? For google chrome? Sry I am confused by your wording just a little bit.
Should I remove the old.market apk from system/app first then? Or should it stay there.
Just don't wanna do anything that will have to make me sbf since I wont be able to do that until after 7pm tomorrow
I cannot wait until my computer is able to be turned on at my house I wont have to worry about that crap anymore.
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Install Normally Right Over The Old Market. As For The Exact Name, When You're In The Market And Let's Say You Want Google Maps. Type In Google Maps Hit Enter. Exit Out Of It Go Back In When You Touch The Search Area It's Gonna Pop Up Right Away As Your Last Search Or You Hit The Letter G And It Will Have Google Maps First.
I came across this app at the market that was just put up today called DroidLu.
This app will allow you to watch Hulu on our SGT 10.1 without needing any flash hack! It costs 99 cents I would have paid more for this since it made it possible for me to watch Hulu! Now 3.2 has come to our tablet previous hacks don't work.
I can confirm it works!
Currently on Tsk650 V5 GT-P7510
Note that Hulu only works when you run it through Droidlu app. And make sure that you have latest flash player 11
Schuweeeeet ill try it out later tonight
IceCreaMan said:
Schuweeeeet ill try it out later tonight
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Just tried it on G IO works great thanks for the find
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love it
works great on galaxy tab 10.1 T-Mobile.
It works great! Solid $1 purchase.
Thanks for the heads up!
It's barely an app. It's very difficult to scroll on the progress bar, very difficult to adjust the volume. The worst part is that the return button doesn't take you to the previous page. So you have to start all over again when you click on the wrong button. If you hit the lock button, you also have to start all over again after unlocking. So, if you want to want the show from beginning to end without interruption, without any misclicks, without jumping forward or adjusting volume, this is the app you want.
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It's barely an app. It's very difficult to scroll on the progress bar, very difficult to adjust the volume. The worst part is that the return button doesn't take you to the previous page. So you have to start all over again when you click on the wrong button. If you hit the lock button, you also have to start all over again after unlocking. So, if you want to want the show from beginning to end without interruption, without any misclicks, without jumping forward or adjusting volume, this is the app you want.
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Exactly. I bought the app, but quickly got a refund as I couldn't stand this...
oberon_guo said:
It's barely an app. It's very difficult to scroll on the progress bar, very difficult to adjust the volume. The worst part is that the return button doesn't take you to the previous page. So you have to start all over again when you click on the wrong button. If you hit the lock button, you also have to start all over again after unlocking. So, if you want to want the show from beginning to end without interruption, without any misclicks, without jumping forward or adjusting volume, this is the app you want.
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I noticed that to but like all early apps its a work in progress. Dev says that future updates will remedy our concens. Its still a great freakin deal to be able to watch Hulu! This is the only app ive seen so far that can do this. Patience patience
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The worst part is that the return button doesn't take you to the previous page. So you have to start all over again when you click on the wrong button. If you hit the lock button, you also have to start all over again after unlocking.
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Hey! I wrote this app, thanks for the constructive criticism. I've fixed most if not all of these issues in the most recent update!
Nice find!!
Did this get pulled from the market? I don't see it.
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Big-A-Rob said:
Did this get pulled from the market? I don't see it.
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yea it seems to have, but luckily my google restore put it back on but the name looks like gibberish now in the market under my apps, literally says "zasasdfgascwsdfasidfaskzzzzzzz"
if you need the apk, i can pull it for you
NyPlaya513 said:
yea it seems to have, but luckily my google restore put it back on but the name looks like gibberish now in the market under my apps, literally says "zasasdfgascwsdfasidfaskzzzzzzz"
if you need the apk, i can pull it for you
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That would be awesome. Just updated to 3.2 and the lib files for the flash hack for hulu are not there anymore. Need a way to stream!
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NyPlaya513 said:
ok well for some reason appmonster refused to backup the apk so all i can provide is the titanium backup files
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So I downloaded and extracted the zip and placed the files in the location where titanium backup keeps its updates but I couldn't get it to restore the app. Is there anything I am missing?
I was able to track down the apk at the link below but I can't get it to play any videos
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-applications/183229-droidlu.html
Has anyone gotten this app to work on a 3.2 ROM? I've tried it on overcome 2.0 and Task 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 with no luck. When the video starts to load it just closes.
Any one else?
You can get hulu to work using the old method. You just have to remove flash, copy the old .so to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer, reinstall flash from the market, then use a hex editor to change the plugin variable AND to WIN. I am running galaxy task 5.3 and I just watched Castle without any problems.
dsbaciga said:
You can get hulu to work using the old method. You just have to remove flash, copy the old .so to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer, reinstall flash from the market, then use a hex editor to change the plugin variable AND to WIN. I am running galaxy task 5.3 and I just watched Castle without any problems.
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Would you mind creating a new thread with a sticky how to?
My experience today:
Search the market for "DroidLu" and it will bring up an app called Flash Video Browser by Dan Lockard for just under a buck. I just found out about it on droidforum, installed it on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it works! I'm watching Modern Family right now!
Gillian708 said:
Would you mind creating a new thread with a sticky how to?
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The apk from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243556 works great.
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sendan said:
The apk from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243556 works great.
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Yep, just installed and it works perfectly. I'll give his FlashBrowser a try in a sec, because this is definitely worth $0.99!
EDIT: Spoke too soon. FlashBrowser shows as not compatible with my Verizon 4G LTE tab. I'll stick with the old DroidLu APK (linked above, working) and see if there's another way to donate to him.
If you've not been back to webOS in while, this is worth checking out. The devs at webOS internals have built a community edition of the Luna manger used by webOS.
Great new features. Best (in my view) are the new gestures allowing to switch between apps by swiping in from the edge of the screen. Card stacks can be put in tabs for faster switching too. Behaves like I imagine windows 8 will from the videos I've seen. Definitely worth checking out. Only word of warning is that you must be running the latest webOS version which can be a tricky update with android installed. Nothing too tough.. Something to play around with anyhow
You will also need to enable beta testing feeds in order to download the new Luna. This will require you to remove preware and reinstall
as well as modifying the settings in preware. There are several changes that need to be made but the webosnation forum has detailed instructions for making all the changes.
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good point. I didn't find enabling beta feeds too tough. Worse was updating webOS to 3.05. The ota update doesn't play nice with moboot on some devices. Kept failing. I used webOS doctor to update. That actually removes moboot (not android, just moboot) so I just used acme to reinstall moboot only.
vid of new features
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGG0yRYO5Q4&feature=related
looks nice, now get it out of beta I had trouble getting beta feed to work, I wasn't savy enough to get it right the first time so I went back to default preware lol
hdad2 said:
If you've not been back to webOS in while, this is worth checking out. The devs at webOS internals have built a community edition of the Luna manger used by webOS.
Great new features. Best (in my view) are the new gestures allowing to switch between apps by swiping in from the edge of the screen. Card stacks can be put in tabs for faster switching too. Behaves like I imagine windows 8 will from the videos I've seen. Definitely worth checking out. Only word of warning is that you must be running the latest webOS version which can be a tricky update with android installed. Nothing too tough.. Something to play around with anyhow
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I have both beta and alpha feeds enabled but don't think I found the right file. When I do a search for Luna I get two files one dated a month ago, which doesn't seem to do anything and the other dated 2010 which obviously isn't it. What is the file name.
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eyeb said:
looks nice, now get it out of beta I had trouble getting beta feed to work, I wasn't savy enough to get it right the first time so I went back to default preware lol
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Not sure where the difficulty was for you, but a decent set of instructions are on the webOS internals wiki.
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Testing_Feeds
You'll need a computer with a working novaterm installed. From there its just copy/paste. I uninstalled preware then used the novaterm connection to enable the feed and reinstall preware
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I have both beta and alpha feeds enabled but don't think I found the right file. When I do a search for Luna I get two files one dated a month ago, which doesn't seem to do anything and the other dated 2010 which obviously isn't it. What is the file name.
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the file is LunaCE. Make sure the feed is enabled using the instructions AND enabled in the preware manage feeds menu. When preware is updating feeds, do you see beta feeds being shown as the circle spins?
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the file is LunaCE. Make sure the feed is enabled using the instructions AND enabled in the preware manage feeds menu. When preware is updating feeds, do you see beta feeds being shown as the circle spins?
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Yes I see both beta and alpha the only feed I don't have enabled is the preware theme feed. Could it be in there? Also it was almost a year ago that I installed preware so could there be a new beta feed that I will get if I uninstall and reinstall preware?
UPDATE: ok I figured it out it was under beta-woce which has wasn't enabled. I. Hadn't noticed that feed yesterday but I have it now so thank you.
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i've installed the latest LunaCE 4.9.0, but nothing happened. should i restore my TP with doctor and try again?
kinwah.lai said:
i've installed the latest LunaCE 4.9.0, but nothing happened. should i restore my TP with doctor and try again?
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No , you must also install an app from preware called" Tweaks " .I made the same mistake myself. Open Tweaks then in its menu settings enable gestures etc .
I hope this helps .
sstar said:
No , you must also install an app from preware called" Tweaks " .I made the same mistake myself. Open Tweaks then in its menu settings enable gestures etc .
I hope this helps .
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Thank you... IT's working after i install tweaks and enable those gestures.
kinwah.lai said:
Thank you... IT's working after i install tweaks and enable those gestures.
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You're welcome glad you got it sorted, I'm still playing.
Ugghh, wishing I was able to get to a PC and install this. I never enabled the beta feeds before.
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i ve installed it , but adter restart
i recheck in preware, it's still not installed
anyone knows why ?
zanderman112 said:
Ugghh, wishing I was able to get to a PC and install this. I never enabled the beta feeds before.
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
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You might be able to download a terminal emulator in preware, then follow the same instructions entering the commands there instead of with a pc.
zanderman112 said:
Ugghh, wishing I was able to get to a PC and install this. I never enabled the beta feeds before.
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
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hdad is right. You can use xecutah/xserver/xterm to do this. Heres a short video showing it running:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzhOylypv4
You can use this to run the commands. I tried it once before but wasnt very familiar with it so I went the webOS quick install route instead. But if you dont have a PC to work on, try this out.
The process to get the alpha/beta feeds installed though requires you to delete preware. Which, without a PC, is kinda tricky to get back. You can try Save/Restore. Its kind of like Titanium Backup for webOS. But I dont know if restoring it from there will effect the command changes you make. Or download Internalz Pro and email the Preware ipk to your device, I think you can use Internalz to handle package installs.
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hdad is right. You can use xecutah/xserver/xterm to do this. Heres a short video showing it running:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDzhOylypv4
You can use this to run the commands. I tried it once before but wasnt very familiar with it so I went the webOS quick install route instead. But if you dont have a PC to work on, try this out.
The process to get the alpha/beta feeds installed though requires you to delete preware. Which, without a PC, is kinda tricky to get back. You can try Save/Restore. Its kind of like Titanium Backup for webOS. But I dont know if restoring it from there will effect the command changes you make. Or download Internalz Pro and email the Preware ipk to your device, I think you can use Internalz to handle package installs.
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Yeah, its not the Xecutah part i'd have trouble with, it's the "enable alpha/beta feeds" part. I only have one PC that will work properly with novacom, and its my dads slow-as-heck Windows Vista laptop. I'd rather wait for this to exit beta than risk it(cause I don't trust the laptop)
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zanderman112 said:
Yeah, its not the Xecutah part i'd have trouble with, it's the "enable alpha/beta feeds" part. I only have one PC that will work properly with novacom, and its my dads slow-as-heck Windows Vista laptop. I'd rather wait for this to exit beta than risk it(cause I don't trust the laptop)
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Oh, so you're afraid of something going wrong and not being able to use the webOS doctor? I get that. I have a feeling it will be in beta for a while though. The devs just started this. I love it though.
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Oh, so you're afraid of something going wrong and not being able to use the webOS doctor? I get that. I have a feeling it will be in beta for a while though. The devs just started this. I love it though.
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That's exactly it. And its not like I use webOS enough right now to warrant it.
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
zanderman112 said:
Yeah, its not the Xecutah part i'd have trouble with, it's the "enable alpha/beta feeds" part. I only have one PC that will work properly with novacom, and its my dads slow-as-heck Windows Vista laptop. I'd rather wait for this to exit beta than risk it(cause I don't trust the laptop)
Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
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What do you mean? The ENTIRE process is carried out on the TouchPad from within webOS using Xecutah... using the terminal with Novacom is an entirely different route of doing the same thing
The only thing you use the laptop for is to view the wiki site where the enable commands are... but ALL commands are typed in and executed ON THE TOUCHPAD and not connected in any way, shape or form to the computer....
Hope this helps and gets you on the way to enjoying the new tweaks
By the way... they have updated to LunaCE 4.90
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Im usually pretty good at figuring tthe smartwatches out. but how do you get to the different screens on the watch? whe i turn it on i get on screen with instagram .calculater etc. when i swipe i get to blank pages. ive accidenttly stumbled across other screens with other things on them but i have no idea what i did to get there! is there a manual for how to use this watch? or can someone give me some basic instructions please???
I suggest you hold the bottom button down till the task list comes up, then swipe left to kill OUI2.0 launcher. When you do that, you will get a screen where you can select from available launchers...pick the little house with the android in it. Things will be more familiar then.
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trent999 said:
I suggest you hold the bottom button down till the task list comes up, then swipe left to kill OUI2.0 launcher. When you do that, you will get a screen where you can select from available launchers...pick the little house with the android in it. Things will be more familiar then.
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thanks i will give it a try. how do i load the playstore on here or also others? when ii hook the watch to the computer it says on th watch that its a drive but it dont show up on computer screen ..ive tried on windows 7 and 8.1 not visible. is there another way i can get the playstore on the watch? and also is there a gmail app on here? where is it? i found the reg. email app.
trent999 said:
I suggest you hold the bottom button down till the task list comes up, then swipe left to kill OUI2.0 launcher. When you do that, you will get a screen where you can select from available launchers...pick the little house with the android in it. Things will be more familiar then.
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when i hold the bottom button down long press all i get is a black screen that says "no recent apps"
That is because you haven't installed Google Apps yet, which is part of installing the Play Store. Check around XDA for installing Play Store. I haven't redone mine since I got it in early February, so I can't walk you through it.
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wmandel said:
thanks i will give it a try. how do i load the playstore on here or also others? when ii hook the watch to the computer it says on th watch that its a drive but it dont show up on computer screen ..ive tried on windows 7 and 8.1 not visible. is there another way i can get the playstore on the watch? and also is there a gmail app on here? where is it? i found the reg. email app.
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Patch your watch. The patch installs Play Store.
Lokifish Marz said:
Patch your watch. The patch installs Play Store.
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i'm dumb. how do i patch my watch?
trent999 said:
That is because you haven't installed Google Apps yet, which is part of installing the Play Store. Check around XDA for installing Play Store. I haven't redone mine since I got it in early February, so I can't walk you through it.
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ive kinda check around and i found the apk for the play store and DL it to my computer, just dont know how to get it on the watch since the computer wont recognize the watch as a drive even though the watch says its set up as to be a drive.
also how do you find the gmail appp on the watch? is there one? i set up my google acct on the watch, but i cant find an app on the watch for gmail.
wmandel said:
i'm dumb. how do i patch my watch?
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[INFO] Everything Umeox x201 (TrueSmart, AW-414/420, AX-3, XTouch, etc..) sticky. Both methods are listed in "Kernels, Patches, MOD packs, ROMs" section of the sticky.
Sorry but have to be blunt. Using any x201 unpatched is extremely dumb. Unpatched, a hacker, malware and even malicious websites can remotely steal your info off the device an then brick it.
Lokifish Marz said:
[INFO] Everything Umeox x201 (TrueSmart, AW-414/420, AX-3, XTouch, etc..) sticky. Both methods are listed in "Kernels, Patches, MOD packs, ROMs" section of the sticky.
Sorry but have to be blunt. Using any x201 unpatched is extremely dumb. Unpatched, a hacker, malware and even malicious websites can remotely steal your info off the device an then brick it.
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went there. not being a developer, its all a little greek to me. i really am afraid to start screwing around with the watch without knowing what i am doing. i also dont know if i should get a sim card or not before i attempt anything. anyone caare to help me root or patch my mod and walk me thru it so i can get this watch up and running?
It doesn't get any simpler than this.
Most of the guides here for the x201 are done in such a way that you do exactly what the instructions say. Except for some rare cases, 99% of the time there are issues is because somebody skipped a step or did the steps out of order. The other part of the problem is people think "OMG new tech! It must be scary and complicated" when in fact the core concepts are the exact same as a computer. Install software, click button(s), wait, done.
Lokifish Marz said:
It doesn't get any simpler than this.
Most of the guides here for the x201 are done in such a way that you do exactly what the instructions say. Except for some rare cases, 99% of the time there are issues is because somebody skipped a step or did the steps out of order. The other part of the problem is people think "OMG new tech! It must be scary and complicated" when in fact the core concepts are the exact same as a computer. Install software, click button(s), wait, done.
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OK Well i got my yahoo mail set up. also got google play store on by emailing it to myself and then installing it. also found some apk's that i had from my zwatch that work on the omate: Aquamail, Easy uninstaller, Battery meter.
Two BIG questions: why does the watch have 2 sets of screens? the main screen set(which seems to be the default) with the blue background and the other set you get to by swiping down thats got a dark grey background with similar apps but has folders and more apps. i'd like to make that my default) but everytime you push the bottom button, it goes to the original blue default screen. same when you turn off and on the watch, it defaults to the blue set. how do you get rid of that blue default screen set. also is there a gmail app or do ii have to DL from play store? and is there a call log app? i cant find it if there is. THANKS!!
So you didn't install any patch. Not good. Almost every bit of info you just put on your watch (passwords, usernames, contacts, etc.) is now accessible by hackers, malware and malicious websites. Your watch can also be bricked remotely as well.
Lokifish Marz said:
So you didn't install any patch. Not good. Almost every bit of info you just put on your watch (passwords, usernames, contacts, etc.) is now accessible by hackers, malware and malicious websites. Your watch can also be bricked remotely as well.
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i dont know how to do the patch and im afraid if i screw it up i will brick the watch. can you explain the 2 sets of screens to me?
wmandel said:
i dont know how to do the patch and im afraid if i screw it up i will brick the watch. can you explain the 2 sets of screens to me?
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plus i cant get my computer to see the watch as a drive. i tried it with windows 7 and 8.1 and no luck. so i cant patch it unless i can get the computer to see the watch.
You don't need your computer to see it as a drive to patch it. Where did you read that you did?
Windows does not have to see any phone as a drive to recognize that it's there.
Getting your watch to be seen as a drive on your computer
Connect watch to PC
On the watch either a screen will pop up with a button saying "Turn on USB Storage" or "USB Connected" shows up in notifications
If you do not get the popup tap on "USB Connected" in notifications, the popup should now appear.
If none of these things happens the most likely cause it that the dock is defective.
wmandel said:
i dont know how to do the patch and im afraid if i screw it up i will brick the watch. can you explain the 2 sets of screens to me?
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There has been less than 5 reports of somebody actually bricking their watch and it wasn't from running either patch. The worst that happens is that you have to flash factory firmware to the watch. In the instances of people bricking their watch it has been because of flashing untested firmware that they got from somewhere other than myself.
The two sets of "screens" are launchers. You can either clear the defaults for the primary launcher or factory reset your watch.