Since reading flipz post here about disabling apps, it got me interested in disabling apps and services on Android with temp root and along with the app "Autostarts" I've pretty much got it down to which I believe are safe to disable for my usage patterns.
If you are using another launcher, I highly suggest you scroll down to the Rosie (HTC Launcher) Widgets section and disable everything in that list along with com.htc.launcher (disable that AFTER you've installed your launcher of choice).
I consistently have 300MB+ RAM available and my device has become even more fast and responsive than before!
If you haven't taken a look at flipz thread, then here's a recap of how to disable apps.
-You MUST be Temp rooted
-Disabled apps STICK after reboot!
First you will need to be able to use ADB. Batch scripts also work.
Method 1:
from a command prompt or terminal, type "adb shell pm disable _package name_" Example: "adb shell pm disable com.htc.loggers"
Method 2:
from a command prompt or terminal, type "adb shell", once you've gained root shell access, type "pm disable _package name_"
Example: "adb shell" at this point, you should see the # sign indicating root shell access.
"pm disable com.htc.loggers"
First let's start with what I have disabled: SAFE
Apps:
"com.amazon.mp3" Amazon MP3.
"com.blockbuster.app.htc" Blockbuster
"com.coremobility.app.vnotes" Sprint Visual Voicemail
"com.futuredial" Transfer settings App
"com.htc.android.Stock" Stocks
"com.gameloft.android.SPRINT.GloftSMHP.ML" Spider-Man
"com.sprint.smps" Sprint Mobile Wallet
"com.mobitv.client.sprinttvng" Sprint TV
"com.SIE.HTCMobileGuide" HTC Mobile Guide
"com.htc.launcher" HTC Launcher aka Rosie
"com.android.protips" ProTips
"com.qikffc.android" Qik Video Chat
"com.handson.h2o.nascar09" NASCAR
"com.mspot.android.music.mspotradiosprint" Sprint Radio
"com.htc.android.mail" Mail app
"com.htc.idlescreen.stock" Stocks Lock Screen
"com.htc.ml.PhotoLockScreen" Photos Lock Screen
"com.htc.loggers" HTC Logging App
"com.htc.friendstream" FriendStream
"com.htc.idlescreen.socialnetwork" Social Networks Lock Screen
"com.htc.demoflopackageinstaller" Not sure.
"com.htc.dcs.service.stock" Not sure.
"com.htc.appsharing" HTC App Sharing
Rosie (HTC Launcher) Widgets: NOTE: These widgets will ONLY work with HTC's Launcher, and since I use LauncherPro Plus, they aren't needed.
"com.htc.FMRadioWidget" FM Radio Widget
"com.htc.FriendStream3DWidget" FriendStream Widget
"com.htc.Trends3DWidget" HTC Trends Widget (social network related??)
"com.htc.Twitter3DWidget" Twitter Widget
"com.gameloft.microwidget" Some Gameloft Widget
"com.htc.ereader.widget3d" E-reader Widget
"com.htc.widget3d.watch" HTC Watch Widget
"com.htc.widget3d.weather" HTC Weather Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.tip" HTC Tips Widget
"com.htc.htcsettingwidgets" HTC Settings Widget
"com.htc.widget.ringtone" HTC Ringtones Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.screenbrightness" HTC Screen Brightness Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.screentimeout" HTC Screen Timeout Widget
"com.htc.android.fusion.recommend" HTC Recommends Widget
"com.htc.widget.profile" HTC Sound Profile Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.photogridwidget3d" HTC Photo Grid Widget
"com.htc.photowidget3d" HTC Photo Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.powerstrip" HTC Power Strip Widget
"com.htc.htcmailwidgets" HTC Mail Widget
"com.htc.googlereaderwidget" HTC Google Reader Widget (e-reader or RSS reader?)
"com.htc.footprints.widget3d" HTC Footprints Widget
"com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion" HTC Contacts Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.dataroaming" HTC Data Roaming Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.datastrip" HTC Data Strip Widget
"com.htc.htccalendarwidgets" HTC Calendar Widget
"com.htc.clock3dwidget" HTC Clock Widget
"com.htc.autorotatewidget" HTC Auto Rotate Widget
"com.htc.rosiewidgets.backgrounddata" HTC Background Data Widget
"com.htc.fusion.htcbookmarkwidget" HTC Bookmarks Widget
"com.htc.android.fusion.calculator" HTC Calculator Widget
"com.htc.AddProgramWidget" HTC Add A Program Widget
"com.htc.android.fusion.StockWidget" HTC Stocks Widget
"com.htc.MusicWidget3D" HTC Music Widget
"com.htc.Sync3DWidget" HTC Sync Widget
"com.htc.htcmsgwidgets3d" HTC Messages Widget
All of these can be disabled without any abnormal things happening on your device. However, depending on YOU, the user, you may or may not want to keep some of these around.
This list is still being updated. If any of you have tested and tried some not listed, please post back results or PM me so I can add them along with your name to the proper category.
Currently Testing:
"com.htc.lmw"
"com.htc.htcsprintservice"
"com.htc.dmc"
"com.htc.resetnotify"
Not Safe/System:
"com.htc.settings.accountsync" Account Sync.
"com.htc.sdm" Sound Set. Without it menus will crash when you try to pick a sound. Verified by ffolkes
"com.htc.opensense" Open Sense Plugin Manager. Without it Gallery is just empty. Normally I'd use QuickPic, but right now only Gallery supports 3d viewing. Verified by ffolkes
"com.htc.OnlineAssetDetails" Without it there was no cell radio, and a reboot in a few seconds. Verified by ffolkes
"com.htc.android.htcime" HTC Input Method. Might disable the entire touchscreen. Verified by ffolkes
"com.htc.android.psclient" I think this is the popup for charge/mount/etc. I use dual mount widget, so I don't need it, but I know others might want it. Verified by ffolkes
Not Tested:
Should be safe:
"com.adobe.reader" Adobe PDF Reader
"com.htc.skin.BlueSky" HTC Sense Skin
Verified Safe:
"com.android.bluetooth" Bluetooth support. Verified by Death-M0nk
"com.broadcom.bt.app.system" Bluetooth support. Verified by Death-M0nk
"com.htc.reportagent" Not sure. Verified by Death-M0nk
"com.htc.fusion.FusionApk"
"com.htc.idlescreen.base" I assume this is the base lockscreen without any other customizations (social network, weather, photo, etc). So if you use any other lockscreens from HTC then you can safely disable this.
"com.htc.android.image_wallpaper" If you don't use Rosie (HTC Launcher) then you don't need this, as HTC's wallpapers are unavailable on other launchers.
"com.htc.htctwitter" Twitter/Peep
"com.android.magicsmoke" Magic Smoke Live Wallpaper
"com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut" Not sure, but i've disabled this with weather lockscreen enabled and it works fine.
"com.htc.android.wallpaper"
HTC Weather(Safe): These are safe to remove if you aren't using any services for HTC Weather, such as weather clock, weather app, weather live wallpaper, or weather lockscreen.
"com.htc.Weather"
"com.htc.weather.agent"
"com.htc.android.WeatherLiveWallpaper"
"com.htc.provider.weather"
"com.htc.sync.provider.weather"
Great post.....I love deleting apps!!! Will happily add to this list as I find more that can be deleted.....Yeah I prefer deleting to simply freezing. Hell they come back anyways so I might as well just pack them in the adb batch file LOL
hockeyfamily737 said:
Great post.....I love deleting apps!!! Will happily add to this list as I find more that can be deleted.....Yeah I prefer deleting to simply freezing. Hell they come back anyways so I might as well just pack them in the adb batch file LOL
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As do I, but the beauty with this method is, they stay disabled even on reboot. So, having to delete every reboot is no longer needed.
freeza said:
As do I, but the beauty with this method is, they stay disabled even on reboot. So, having to delete every reboot is no longer needed.
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So if we are keeping rosie can we disable some of the htc widgets safely?
polo79 said:
So if we are keeping rosie can we disable some of the htc widgets safely?
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Yes, you most certainly can.
Updated 7/14/2011
I've been working on researching and disabling a ton of apps. I know RAM isn't everything, but upon boot I now have >500mb free!
Everything works to the best of my knowledge.
As always, your needs may vary, I personally don't use ANYTHING that comes with the phone, so I took off as much as possible. Perhaps you'd like to leave a few things. It's up to you. Good luck!
This is meant augment the apps already listed in the OP!
Important Apps, Don't Disable!
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[REQUIRED] com.htc.sdm (Sound Set. Without it menus will crash when you try to pick a sound)
[REQUIRED] com.htc.opensense (Open Sense Plugin Manager. Without it Gallery is just empty. Normally I'd use QuickPic, but right now only Gallery supports 3d viewing)
[REQUIRED] com.htc.OnlineAssetDetails (Without it there was no cell radio, and a reboot in a few seconds)
[REQUIRED] com.htc.settings.accountsync
[REQUIRED] com.htc.android.htcime (Might disable the entire touchscreen)
7/12 [REQUIRED] com.htc.provider.CustomizationSettings (Needed for MMS send/receive)
7/14 [OPTIONAL] com.htc.taskmanager (Only needed if you don't want to crash the status bar when you click Quick Settings->Total Memory)
[OPTIONAL] com.htc.android.psclient (I think this is the popup for charge/mount/etc. I use dual mount widget, so I don't need it, but I know others might want it)
If you need to reenable an app, use: adb shell pm enable appnamehere
You may need to reboot to ensure it's fully loaded.
----- HTC Lockscreen -----
com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut (Oddly, just this file will load the lockscreen)
com.htc.idlescreen.base (But let's load this just in case)
com.htc.lockscreen (And this)
There are some more weather/social packages for the lockscreen, but I believe they may be dependent on various other HTC weather/social services. I don't use it, so I don't know. But if you've got the lockscreen weather/social animation, and it's not working and/or updating, enable com.htc.weatheridlescreen and/or com.htc.idlescreen.socialnetwork. If that doesn't help, you'll have to poke around and see what weather/social services you may have already disabled. To do this, type: "adb shell pm list packages -d social" to see a list of DISABLED packages with the word "social" in them. Repeat for "weather". Try enabling some of those and rebooting, report your findings back here!
NOTE: If you want to use WidgetLocker, then leave the above 3 files disabled. However, it is imperative that you go to WidgetLock Settings->Popups and check "Hide Incoming Call" otherwise your phone will ring with a blank lockscreen, leaving you helpless to answer.
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...but you can disable these!
Code:
com.android.providers.htcCheckin
com.android.magicsmoke (Android Magic Smoke livewallpaper)
com.fd.httpd (HTC Sync)
com.htc.android.footprints
com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard
com.htc.android.image_wallpaper
com.htc.android.locationpicker
com.htc.android.mail (Only remove if you want to use k9 or some other mail apk)
com.htc.android.psclient (HTC PC Sync Client)
com.htc.android.wallpaper
com.htc.android.WeatherLiveWallpaper
com.htc.appsharing (Allows you to send links to market apps, not useful)
com.htc.connectedMedia (DLNA stuff)
com.htc.cs
com.htc.cspeoplesync
com.htc.CustomizationSetup
com.htc.dcs.service.stock (Pretty sure this is stock (as in, financial) related)
com.htc.demoflopackageinstaller (Something related to this: http://demo.htc.com/wildfire/en/Demo_qsg.pdf)
com.htc.dlnamediaserver (DLNA stuff)
com.htc.dlnamiddlelayer (DLNA stuff)
com.htc.dockmode
com.htc.ereader (Nice reader, but poor file support)
com.htc.flashliteplugin (Not entirely sure, but if you have adobe flash, why bother with flashlite?)
com.htc.fusion.FusionApk (Stock widget related I think)
com.htc.googlereader (News widget)
com.htc.htccompressviewer
com.htc.htchubsyncprovider
com.htc.htclocationservice
com.htc.HtcNaviPanel
com.htc.htcsprintservice
com.htc.htctwitter (HTC Peep)
com.htc.idlescreen.base
com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut
com.htc.livewallpaper.streak
com.htc.lockscreen (I use WidgetLocker, and it has been working perfectly, especially with this disabled & root)
com.htc.messagecs
com.htc.musicenhancer
com.htc.musicmarkeditems
com.htc.picasa
com.htc.provider.settings
com.htc.provider.weather
com.htc.providers.uploads
com.htc.reportagent
com.htc.resetnotify
com.htc.skinpicker
com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook
com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
com.htc.sync.provider.weather
com.htc.taskmanager
com.htc.UpgradeSetup
com.htc.watchshortcut
com.htc.wdm
com.htc.Weather
com.htc.weather.agent
com.htc.weatheridlescreen
com.htc.WeatherWallpaper
com.htc.WifiRouter (Guessing this is for Sprint's paid hotspot, don't remove if you pay for it)
com.htc.wotaproviders
com.mspot.android.music.mspotradiosprint (Sprint Radio)
com.sprint.ce.updater (Not sure, Update Profile/PRL still work without it, so I don't know what this does)
com.swype.android.inputmethod (If you have the beta, it's better than this, otherwise keep)
com.telenav.app.android.sprint (Sprint Nav, I don't use it)
com.westtek.jcp (JetCet Print)
com.westtek.jcpResources (JetCet Print)
...and here they are in command form!
You should be able to just copy and paste this into a shell script for Linux/Mac, or a batch file for Windows. So in other words, same list as above, just formatted for ease of use.
Code:
pm disable com.android.magicsmoke
pm disable com.android.providers.htcCheckin
pm disable com.fd.httpd
pm disable com.htc.android.footprints
pm disable com.htc.android.htcsetupwizard
pm disable com.htc.android.image_wallpaper
pm disable com.htc.android.locationpicker
pm disable com.htc.android.mail
pm disable com.htc.android.psclient
pm disable com.htc.android.wallpaper
pm disable com.htc.android.WeatherLiveWallpaper
pm disable com.htc.appsharing
pm disable com.htc.connectedMedia
pm disable com.htc.cs
pm disable com.htc.cspeoplesync
pm disable com.htc.CustomizationSetup
pm disable com.htc.dcs.service.stock
pm disable com.htc.demoflopackageinstaller
pm disable com.htc.dlnamediaserver
pm disable com.htc.dlnamiddlelayer
pm disable com.htc.dockmode
pm disable com.htc.ereader
pm disable com.htc.flashliteplugin
pm disable com.htc.fusion.FusionApk
pm disable com.htc.googlereader
pm disable com.htc.htccompressviewer
pm disable com.htc.htchubsyncprovider
pm disable com.htc.htclocationservice
pm disable com.htc.HtcNaviPanel
pm disable com.htc.htcsprintservice
pm disable com.htc.htctwitter
pm disable com.htc.idlescreen.base
pm disable com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut
pm disable com.htc.livewallpaper.streak
pm disable com.htc.lockscreen
pm disable com.htc.messagecs
pm disable com.htc.musicenhancer
pm disable com.htc.musicmarkeditems
pm disable com.htc.picasa
pm disable com.htc.provider.settings
pm disable com.htc.provider.weather
pm disable com.htc.providers.uploads
pm disable com.htc.reportagent
pm disable com.htc.resetnotify
pm disable com.htc.skinpicker
pm disable com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook
pm disable com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
pm disable com.htc.sync.provider.weather
pm disable com.htc.taskmanager
pm disable com.htc.UpgradeSetup
pm disable com.htc.watchshortcut
pm disable com.htc.wdm
pm disable com.htc.Weather
pm disable com.htc.weather.agent
pm disable com.htc.weatheridlescreen
pm disable com.htc.WeatherWallpaper
pm disable com.htc.WifiRouter
pm disable com.htc.wotaproviders
pm disable com.mspot.android.music.mspotradiosprint
pm disable com.sprint.ce.updater
pm disable com.swype.android.inputmethod
pm disable com.telenav.app.android.sprint
pm disable com.westtek.jcp
pm disable com.westtek.jcpResources
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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This list is coming along nicely, I'd also like to add that RVDigital in his FAQ/Summary thread has a nice little script that disables/enables some of the bloat. It's very easy to customize.
RVDigital said:
Scripts
Freeze/Disable Apps Without Removal
Freezer
This script is nothing special, just a quick way over the manual method. You may add or subtract from the list of included packages if you needs are different than mine. Run this script from the directory you extracted it to, or through your adb directory. I saved about 100MB of RAM after running the script, so it helps.
Warmer
Reverses actions taken by Freezer, only if you (for some crazy reason) decide to revert the changes.
3DHVACv2.zip - 3DHVACv2.zip
A more detailed list and additional instruction can be found via a thread made by flipzmode.
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Death-M0nk said:
This list is coming along nicely, I'd also like to add that RVDigital in his FAQ/Summary thread has a nice little script that disables/enables some of the bloat. It's very easy to customize.
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There's nothing wrong with RVDigital's list, different people will want different apps depending on how they use their phone. But just to give a comparison, his list, which represents mostly just Sprint bloat and some widgets, consists of 32 apks. Between freeza's list and mine, a total of roughly 120 apks are removed. Wow. My E3D feels lighter in my pocket already!
Again, I hope I don't come off like I'm trying to one-up RVDigital, I just wanted to mention numbers so people can get an idea of how much crap is forced upon us with Sense.
ffolkes said:
There's nothing wrong with RVDigital's list, different people will want different apps depending on how they use their phone. But just to give a comparison, his list, which represents mostly just Sprint bloat and some widgets, consists of 32 apks. Between freeza's list and mine, a total of roughly 120 apks are removed. Wow. My E3D feels lighter in my pocket already!
Again, I hope I don't come off like I'm trying to one-up RVDigital, I just wanted to mention numbers so people can get an idea of how much crap is forced upon us with Sense.
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Yeah, I ended up adding a lot to his list, I just like the premade auto script. I'd have no idea on how to create that, lol. Just made it convenient.
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I keep disabling my lockscreen.
What all services are associated with the lockscreen?
BRUTAL BROCK said:
I keep disabling my lockscreen.
What all services are associated with the lockscreen?
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I would assume anything related to idlescreen and com.htc.lockscreen
I also noticed the phone does seem a little bit more snappy now that a lot of the useless system apps are gone.
Disable the htc weather sync
Code:
pm disable com.htc.weather.agent
pm disable com.htc.Weather
pm disable com.htc.provider.weather
pm disable com.htc.sync.provider.weather
I think thats all the HTC weather processes that need to be disabled. I found them watching the logcat.
Some other good ones for us nonsense users I noticed that like to run in the background(mainly stuff I wont use):
Code:
pm disable com.htc.skinpicker
pm disable com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
pm disable com.htc.dockmode
Still looking for HTC news and Car Panel to disable...
MOD EDIT: Was moved by mistake, now back to development where it belongs - would appreciate if you would PM next time if you notice something like this.
phatmanxxl said:
I also noticed the phone does seem a little bit more snappy now that a lot of the useless system apps are gone.
Disable the htc weather sync
Code:
pm disable com.htc.weather.agent
pm disable com.htc.Weather
pm disable com.htc.provider.weather
pm disable com.htc.sync.provider.weather
I think thats all the HTC weather processes that need to be disabled. I found them watching the logcat.
Some other good ones for us nonsense users I noticed that like to run in the background(mainly stuff I wont use):
Code:
pm disable com.htc.skinpicker
pm disable com.htc.socialnetwork.flickr
pm disable com.htc.dockmode
Still looking for HTC news and Car Panel to disable...
I also find it funny the Mod moved this to general saying its not development related, but this same thread has been in the sensation development for weeks.
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For car panel, "com.htc.HtcNaviPanel" is what you want
MOD EDIT: Was moved by mistake, now back to development where it belongs - would appreciate if you would PM next time if you notice something like this.
freeza said:
I would assume anything related to idlescreen and com.htc.lockscreen
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Yeah, I was just updating my reply. It seems, for reasons beyond me, that the ONLY apk you *need* for the lockscreen is com.htc.idlescreen.shortcut. The others must have some role in it, but nonetheless, without that particular package, the lockscreen won't even come up. I tried all different combinations, but ultimately it was only that file that mattered.
freeza said:
I would assume anything related to idlescreen and com.htc.lockscreen
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Those were it, thank you.
Phone feels cyanogeny like thanks OP. I have a enable script going, because of the lock screen issue and I didn't install ADW before hand. (noob mistake )
Last question: what services are killing the sd card manager? When I plug in I'm not getting the choose charge/disk drive.
Thanks again.
BRUTAL BROCK said:
Those were it, thank you.
Phone feels cyanogeny like thanks OP. I have a enable script going, because of the lock screen issue and I didn't install ADW before hand. (noob mistake )
Last question: what services are killing the sd card manager? When I plug in I'm not getting the choose charge/disk drive.
Thanks again.
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Anytime! As for the plug in notification.......i think it's "com.htc.android.psclient" that is responsible.
Great thead
Thanks man!
This is a hard decision.. temp root my 3d and disable apps or go outside and do yard work.. ahh crap the yard work has to be done..lol definitely going to play with this later. thanks for the lists!
Thank you for this post great idea to start a thread on this topic right now. A question I have for anyone who has frozen Rosie launcher, is there anyway to change the lock screen other than through rosie? I'm liking AdwEx and don't care so much for the htc widgets but every time I want to change my lockscreen I have to unfreeze rosie to get into the personalization menu.
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Related
EDIT: Per the suggestions, I downloaded and can confirm it seems pretty amazing. A big learning curve though, doesn't seem intuitive. Working on that.
I Really would like to start using this app, but the permissions seem crazy to me. Everyone's thoughts? Am I just paranoid? The developer seems very legit and know's whats up... fan of XDA too... so, probably nothing, but I am so skeptical when an app needs so much (though, given the power of the app, it sorta makes sense)
This application has access to the following:
Services that cost you money:
directly call phone numbers
Network communication:
full Internet access
Your personal information:
read sensitive log data
Storage:
modify/delete USB storage contents modify/delete SD card contents
System tools:
disable keylock,
retrieve running applications,
reorder running applications,
modify global system settings,
prevent device from sleeping,
display system-level alerts
Your accounts:
discover known accounts
Hardware controls:
control vibrator
Network communication:
view network state,
view Wi-Fi state
System tools:
automatically start at boot,
expand/collapse status bar,
set preferred applications,
read sync settings
NOW... with all that said, look at the beauty you can create:
** DO NOT POST THERE UNLESS YOU ARE POSTING A THEME!! **
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968613
hi there i have had widget locker for a long time and so far nothing bad has happen the themeing is awesome plus quick widget access it is a pretty awesome too. This is one app i would recommend to ya
DigitalWerewolf said:
hi there i have had widget locker for a long time and so far nothing bad has happen the themeing is awesome plus quick widget access it is a pretty awesome too. This is one app i would recommend to ya
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Hmm.. quick widget access?
I think you are just being paranoid. It's obviously a widely used app and as you can see a wonderful app to have.
If this was an unknown dev I would say do some research.
Thanks for this didn't know widgetlocker had themes!
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yea like i have power amp so i put that widget there i also have my weather widget there also you can choose a different wallpaper aside from the one your phone has
I have been using it for a week or so now. I love having my fancy widget with weather on my lock screen but I get more use out of the Pandora Widget. control my music without having to unlock my phone when I pull it out of my pocket. added a slider for some things and its awesome. check out my layout i think it came out great personally.
How do I use the theme?
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I've had it for a while but stopped using it, it would often default to system lockscreen and it runs in bg using resources, but it is pretty.PS. why are my screenies teh suck?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
caliga4221 said:
I have been using it for a week or so now. I love having my fancy widget with weather on my lock screen but I get more use out of the Pandora Widget. control my music without having to unlock my phone when I pull it out of my pocket. added a slider for some things and its awesome. check out my layout i think it came out great personally.
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How do you change the slide to unlock? I have a few I have that I'd like to try
Long press add slider in tool mode.
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
It's like a whole new world.
In tool Mode then what...I don't get it
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Cool! Thanks for posting this. I'm just not sure exactly how to use apply these themes. What exactly do we do with the .zips?
I want this one - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11817549&postcount=69
1. go the app menu and open widget locker (will not work from an already locked state )
2. Long press on open space
3. Select "Custom Slider"
4. click the drop down box to select a different slider from those installed or select "get themes" and download them directly.
5. customize the slider before you select "save"
EDIT: http://widgetlocker.teslacoilsw.com/themes-doc/installing-themes/ <-- how to install
Nvm we need 2.0 version lol
Alright, downloaded it... it looks like there is a little bit of a learning curve on this app. I will try reading the guides already out there and see if I can give a readers digest version later.
I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and love it. I got it specifically for keeping the audiogalaxy app on the locker as to have quicker access to pause or stop music. I have also grown fond of the rotary lock as well.
I've been using Widget Locker for months and I've never had a problem. I've just discovered the theming aspect of it so I'm excited to get into that. I'm wanting to theme the rotary and the normal android tabs like the lockscreens in Bionix 1.3, hopefully it turns out well! If someone's already done this, let me know where to find it
Here is my first attempt.....
Not perfect.
This is an attempt to get some better understanding of how the exhibition mode works in CM7 based roms for the Touchpad. So far I know that when you put the TouchPad on the TouchStone, it opens up the clock. Some people have been asking how to disable that. After some googling, I came upon this error on the cmtouchpad issue log:
http://code.google.com/p/cmtouchpad/issues/detail?id=149
Posts 7 and 12 seem to give advice how to turn off the exhibition mode.
You apparently have to create or edit the file:
/data/local/userinit.sh
to add the line:
echo 1 > /sys/module/a6/parameters/disable_dock_switch
I personally don't want to do this, but I thought some others might find it handy. What I am interested in is figuring out how to change what app is brought up when you place the TP on the TS. Input/ ideas?
There is a free app that disables it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.geekherd.docknothingness
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Also Alarm Clock Plus lets you pick which app launches on docking. It also lets you disable it. I read tasker does too, but I don't use that app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vp.alarmClockPlusDock
domenci said:
I personally don't want to do this, but I thought some others might find it handy. What I am interested in is figuring out how to change what app is brought up when you place the TP on the TS. Input/ ideas?
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It's just an app. If you download another app that identifies as a dock app, when you dock again you'll get the option to set the default docking app.
I haven't tried many, desk clock plus is one that lets you play music, display photos etc.
buzz killington said:
It's just an app. If you download another app that identifies as a dock app, when you dock again you'll get the option to set the default docking app.
I haven't tried many, desk clock plus is one that lets you play music, display photos etc.
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It's the identifying as a dock app that I want to learn more about, i.e. can I force an app to be brought up that does not have the option integrated into it? There must be some xml file to edit that you can specify additional apps to be brought up when docking.
I do not want to install an app to do this. (an app to launch another app)
domenci said:
It's the identifying as a dock app that I want to learn more about, i.e. can I force an app to be brought up that does not have the option integrated into it? There must be some xml file to edit that you can specify additional apps to be brought up when docking.
I do not want to install an app to do this. (an app to launch another app)
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You just don't want to use alarm clock plus? You can specify any installed app to start when docked through that app. You get the desired result, I must be missing the negative.
danknee said:
You just don't want to use alarm clock plus? You can specify any installed app to start when docked through that app.
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I just think it is silly to have an app activate an app based on a notification rather than be able to customize either the notification or the app I want to use directly. This is xda-developers, I want to develop dammit, not be restricted to the norm of how it should act
small apps
I found the following info on rootzwiki.. try at your own risk :good:
I use the following to replicate the photo frame exhibition mode from webos
1. antek app manager (free) - freeze the clock to disable it - optional
2. photo slides(free) - to display photos as in a slideshow (you can us any app you want)
3. settings profile lite(free) - added a rule ( condition = dock and action = start app photo slides.photo frame when condition met and kill app on condition exit)
as soon as I put on touchstone starts displaying photos and when I pick up the touchpad goes to home screen
Hey,
I was wondering if there is an app that can hide other apps and then you can only be able to open the hidden apps within the app that hides the apps.
Ok i hope you're still with me and i appreciate any response
Thanx
For example like Hide it Pro (Audio Manager) hides pictures and the hidden pictures can only be accessed from within Hide it Pro <-- exactle what i mean but with apps instead
Hope that made it abit more clear
Now that's impossible or maybe the best you could do is with launcher it wouldn't appear in app drawer but you could open it from another launcher or from installed apps
Kaldsud said:
Hey,
I was wondering if there is an app that can hide other apps and then you can only be able to open the hidden apps within the app that hides the apps.
Ok i hope you're still with me and i appreciate any response
Thanx
For example like Hide it Pro (Audio Manager) hides pictures and the hidden pictures can only be accessed from within Hide it Pro <-- exactle what i mean but with apps instead
Hope that made it abit more clear
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I thought hide it pro does exactly what your asking? Check again! LOL. If it isn't hide it pro, there is something. Also hides as a volume manager. Hides apps, pics, text, and phone calls.
Sent from my cell phone telephone....
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I just checked. You answered your own thread. Hide it pro does in fact hide apps and more.
Sent from my cell phone telephone....
[ROM] 【4.4.2_r4】【SENSE-6.0】(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.9•'´¯)【11/14/14】【VZW】【SPR】【INT】
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Code:
* Your warranty is now void.
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do
* some research if you have any concerns about features in this
* ROM before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these
* modifications, and if you point the finger at me for
* messing up your device, I will look away with an evil grin...
Features:
Sense 6.0
Massively Debloated (less than half the size of Stock)
All Social Media Removed (I like a fresh, clean rom)
Android KitKat 4.4.2_r4
Xposed Framework
Hand selected, pre-installed modules that you're sure to enjoy which include a variety of different options such as:
-APM (Advanced Power Menu)
-Video Screen Recorder
-Dark Theme
-Youtube commercial remover
-Bluetooth unlocked to transfer ANY files
-Center Clock Mod
-Circle Battery Mod
-Security Flag Disabler for Screenshots
-Play Store DPI spoofer for missing apps (Make sure you set it to 480)
-Double Tap Status Bar to Sleep
-Tap status bar clock for alarm
-Screenshot delay remover
-Transparency for just about anything
-Brightness Slider
-Custom status bar icons
-Android L Heads Up Notifications
-Long Press Back to kill
-Power button during sleep for flashlight
-and much, much, more!
Support Music Ringtones
Shortened that annoying shut down vibration by 1/2
Custom Bookmarks
Faster SMS retries on sms fails.
Gif animations auto enabled in browser
Default HotSpot name changed
Annoying Wi-Fi Popup Nag removed
Delivery Reports enabled by default
WiFi Disconnect Notifications enabled
Custom Boot and Shutdown Animation
ALL Gapps completely up to date
Apps that would be found in the playstore have been moved to data apps so as not to clutter the system.
Navigation icon is back! Yet still on the latest maps
Flashlight
Extreme Power Saver Launcher
Beats and BoomSound Pre-Installed (can be turned off)
Custom Wallpaper
Fast and Light rom, built for speed!
What's Working:
EVERYTHING
Variant Editions
ADRENALINE NEO (Variant of the Official Release)
This is the rom further de-bloated to my personal liking and is created specifically for me. I'm really a sort of no-frills kinda guy yet I still appreciate some theme action and abilities. However, I have chosen to share this with everyone. I will not address complaints or issues resulting the use of this version as to what's missing or what you'd like to add back however I don't mind helping with the usual crash or system related issues should any ever arise.
The following separates it from the standard release:
APPS REMOVED
*Bluetooth unlock module
*All Apps Mirror Enabler
*Double Tap Status Bare to sleep module
*Google Navigation Arrow
*Play Store Fixes module
*ALL WIDGETS EXCEPT FOR WEATHER CLOCK
*ALL HTC BACKUP, VZW BACKUP, ETC BACKUP Utilities except Google Backups
*ALL live wallpapers and live wallpaper functionality
*Music Channel Disabled and removed (I've noticed a major decrease in audio *quality once switching over to the animations until a full reboot takes place and you stay away from it)
*Verizon Visual Voicemail
*The extra added ringtones and the Earthquake alert removed (no earthquakes where I live)
*All Mirror Casting services
*NFC and TAG abilities
*VZW Cloud Service
*Media output like HDMI output, etc.
*Boot-up and Boot-down custom animations
ADRENALINE DEVELOPER (Variant of the Official Release)
I created the Developer Edition for you guys who like to take a reasonably debloated base without Neo's adding like and dislikes and drag and drop apk files whether from the computer into the rom zip or from in your phone using a root explorer app to add back in apps you want. The Developer Edition is debloated even further than my Neo Edition as I've removed those apps which catered to me and only contains your most basic features: Calculator, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Data, Flashlight, Gallery, Mail, Playstore, Talk, and Text. For those who like to build up their own DD, this can be used as a starting point for dragging and dropping back into the rom things you need.
Aside from what is already removed in the Developer's Edition, the following has also been removed (but can be added back in at your discretion/ability):
APPS REMOVED
*Google Maps
*Youtube AdAway module
*Screenshot Delay Remover module
*The XPosed Installer
*Flashlight
*GoogleTTS (Google Text To Speech Engine)
Installation InstructionsI recommend users of this rom to be on the latest firmware and Hboot with an s-off device.
NOTE: You need to be on at least TWRP 2.7.1.1 or above if you intend to flash this rom.
If you are NOT on this recovery and have a rom complaint, I will not address it.
DO NOT WIPE SYSTEM WHILE IN RECOVERY UNLESS YOU WANT PROBLEMS.
The installer script does it for you already. Simply do a factory reset "Swipe Wipe" and you're good to go.
Flashing Procedures are as follows:
1. Put the Rom on the root of your internal memory
2. Compare MD5 Sum
-Windows: MD5 Calculator
-LINUX: Open Terminal and type: md5sum [path to the rom on your sd card]
-Mac: Open a terminal and type: md5 [path to the rom on your sd card]
3. Reboot to Recovery
4. Scroll down and select "Wipe"
5. Do a "Swipe Wipe"
7. Install Rom from SD Card
8. Reboot and enjoy!
For Best results, reboot the rom once after it has settled after all your syncing and such. You will need to reboot anyway in order to active the xposed framework.
Further questions about the ROM
Please check the FAQ in the second post. (Coming Soon)
Note: DO NOT Mirror this Rom, Quote this entire OP, or Use this as a base for your Rom. Thanks.
DOWNLOAD
Thank You to the following individuals for their heavy involvement in making this possible for the HTC One Max and for their continued efforts to improving the platform:
Flyhalf205 Answering questions and a few files from his base - Donate
[email protected] For showing me how to theme and the use of his Sprint base - Donate
rovo89 - For his XPosed FrameworkKernel Source:
Stock OEM Factory Shipped Kernel
Guys if you like the rom, consider donating! It's always appreciated and will go directly to helping me support my mini me's insatiable desire to consume ice cream!
I WANT TO DONATE TO NEO!
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CHANGEL LOG / OTHER DOWNLOADS / Q&A
CHANGE LOG
(¯`'•ADRENALINE•'´¯)
*Initial Release
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.1•'´¯)
***A Clean Flash is recommended, but not required***
*Fixed Music Player Force Close on launch
*Re-Added HTC Theme Engine and with customized theme choices! (a few more to come in the future)
*Fixed the missing images for selecting fingerprints in the fingerprint scanner settings.
*Fixed some Gallery Force Close issues
*Kernel Frequencies are now set at a defaulted lower minimum (saves on battery!)
*New Zoe Beta added with community support and help info
*HTC Keyboard data reduced (faster and lag-free)
*All XPosed Modules Updated
*All Google Apps Updated
*Xtended Settings Module added which brings the following added features:
-Statusbar Changes like Clock, Battery, MIUI Battery Bar with animation styles, color changes, etc.
-HTC Sense Settings such as animations, color changes, icon and folder modification, blinkfeed mods, etc.
-System options such as led flash during charge, flashlight flash for notifications, button backlight brightness, etc.
-Lockscreen Options such as AOSP lock with custom widgets, weather image style, gestures, custom shortcuts, etc.
-Several custom programmable button settings
-Misc settings like access to the old *#*#4636#*#* diag screen, overscroll custom color, etc.
-There are a Plethora of abilities that the Xtended Settings Xposed module is capable of and most of them can be viewed on the Developer's page HERE
*Xtended Sound Effects (Xtended Settings Module)
-Bass Booster
-Intensity
-Virtualizer
-Reverb Levels
-Preset and programmable custom equalizers
*Gravity Box Xposed module added which brings several features to play. Gravity Box was meant for AOSP but many of the mods work nicely for sense. Search through it and you may find something you like
*HTC Backup removed (who really uses this anyway?)
*Visualization Wallpapers re-added
*30 custom wallpapers added
*More foreign fonts removed
*A few apps Re-added for stability issues
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.2•'´¯)
***A CLEAN FLASH IS REQUIRED***
*Completely Re-Based and Rebuilt from scratch on 4.4.2_r2!
*Visual Voicemail Fixed
*Screen Casting Fixed (I think)
*Phone Crash/Drop Calls/Fail to ring Fixed
*Fixed Contacts Instability
*Updated Xtended Settings Module (already outdated again)
*Complete UI Overhaul and new Custom Sense Theme Integration with 15 theme selections! Courtesy of [email protected]
*Updated all other modules
*Fixed Music Channel freeze and crash
*Fixed Visualizer in Music Player freeze and crash
*Fixed BlinkFeed crashes and Instability (I think)
*Fixed Gallery force close when attempting to share albums
*Improved Beats Audio Implementation. Now louder and crisper than ever!
*Removed Zoe as it is a Social Media downloadable from the PlayStore
*Fixed Turn by Turn Navigations (Now speaks street names)
*Fixed "Ok Google" Anywhere Integration (can now say "Ok Google" from any app or screen including the lock screen (requires an elective activation in Voice Search)
*Fixed the I/O Crash when plugging up to a pc via USB cable
*Security Improvements
*GPS Improvements
*Debloated further
*Much faster, smoother, and more battery efficient then the other versions.
*Switched back to stock oem kernel (Fly's is still flashable from his kernel thread if you want it)
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.3•'´¯)
***A CLEAN FLASH IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED***
*Taken back to unmodified, fresh, new RUU. Pulled, Deodexed, and modified by me alone. Rebuilt from scratch.
*Fixed Sense 6 Toolbox Module crash!
*Fixed HTC Backup! Selection for Google Drive or DropBox
*Fixed other phone/account transfer functionality including vzw backup assistant
*Removed the recently added Genie Widget (meant for AOSP as our Weather Clock does this already)
*Added the Live Wallpapers back in
*Added Street View back in
*Disabled the WiFi Pop-up nag whenever launching apps (I hated that thing)
*Disabled the wipe policy for incorrect password attempts
*Re-Enabled Extreme Power Saver Mod
*Re-Enabled Allowance and Support for National Roaming
*Hid Setup Wizard and Help from the App Drawer
*Enabled Notification LED Color (Untested and likely won't work)
*Re-Enabled Support for Group Messages
*Enabled support for MMS shared browser screenshots (untested)
*Enabled support of gyro functions
*Enabled support of No lock screen
*Defaulted allowance for non market app installs
*Defaulted GPS location on
*Re-Added my custom wallpapers
*Changed default home screen to display Weather Clock once again
*Added XDA and My Site to your bookmarks
*Enabled SMS and MMS delivery ports by default
*Upped the max recipients per MMS ans SMS from 20 to 100 (no idea if this will work lol)
*Google Location settings enabled by default
*Removed CD Rom mount and PCTool so you won't have 3-4 pop up windows when connecting to the PC
*Removed more Social Networks Integration for further power saving and debloat
*Removed a handful of unnecessary libs cluttering the system
*Re-Added Device management as it's required by a few processes which includes phone finding apps as well
*Re-Added the Google+ Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Re-Added the Instagram Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Re-Added the Linked-in Plug-in for Blinkfeed
*Removed the HTC File Manager (Did anyone really use this anyway?)
*Updated Gapps
*Updated Modules
*Removed a few unnecessary build.prop edits.
*Debloated further than the previous build, yet retaining full functionality.
*Cleaner, Faster, Most Stable, and even better on battery
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.4•'´¯)
*Moved a stock version of HTC Album back into data/app to fix FC issue with the Downloads Album. This however will keep it from theme changing with everything else
*Added "Mirror Enable" which allows you to Mirror Broadcast from any app
*Added Blurred UI Exposed Module
*Re-Added Visualization wallpaper (by accident)
*Disabled ISO mount on boot
*Disabled the Safe Volume Nag
*Enabled Extra Quick Settings
*Enabled the use of Alarm volume while in Silent Mode
*Added back a few fonts for stability purposes
*Re-added a handful of ringtones
*Re-added SystemUI and keyboard tones
*Re-added the HTC File Manager
*Removed all the Social Network Plug-ins and updated the Social Networks Zip file
*Added the VZW Cloud Storage option
*Fixed the World Clock edit FC issue
(¯`'•ADRENALINE-1.5•'´¯)
*Introducing Dev Edition and Builder's Edition. More to be explained in the OP soon.
*Updated the Xposed Modules
*Removed Gravity Box as it offered barely any added mods (since it's primarily meant for AOSP)
*Updated Google Apps
*Downgraded Xtended Settings Module from 1.1.0 to 1.0.9 as he is no longer supporting it and the added function of Xtended on-line is dead.
*Removed a few live wallpapers
*Removed Car Dock and Automotive Home support (If many of you truly used this function, let me know and I may re-add it later or create a flashable)
*Removed Street View, but can be re-downloadedfrom the playstore if you need it
*Removed a lot of unnecessary background processes thus improving battery life and memory
*Removed a few of my custom wallpapers (outside of the integrated theme)
*Changed MMS back to the stock MMS. If you want the Bubble theme version b [email protected], it can be obtained from his Themes thread
*Removed the Toggles+ (extra quick settings toggles). If you want them back you may flash [email protected]'s mod in his thread. Keep in mind however that this may break some of the changes I've made to the rom as it will overwrite my modified default.xml in /ACC
*Added the Seeder Entropy generator for a smoother and more improved android experience. Feel it for yourself
*Removed a few more unnecessary libs.
*Removed the Extreme Power Saver Launcher (Already hae a power saver launcher feature in place)
*Removed the ringtone trimmer and low quality sound recorder. If you really need these back just let me know
*removed the Stock app. If you need it back let me know
OTHER DOWNLOADS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
[Q]: What is the difference between Textra and Google Messenger?
[A]: A Comprehensive and Thorough User Level Comparison Review of Google's "Messenger" VS Delicious Inc.'s "Textra SMS"
So in an effort to prepare all of you for lollipop in an "ease into it" kind of fashion, I've come to find that many are either hesitant over the newly included messaging app, or would rather prefer Google's Messenger app over Textra. It has also occurred to me that many users don't actually know the difference between the two (other than the fact that Textra comes with a dark skin default which is changeable). So I have taken the time to compare the many different abilities and functions that each app provides in comparison to each other (at user level).
I hope that you find this informative enough to make a decision in the future as to which you would prefer. So without further delay, I present to you my review.
Now many of you may not care about the messaging app as you've selected Hangouts to be your default SMS receiver. For those of you like myself however that prefer SMS messages to be kept separate from hangouts, this may be of good use to you.
So to the Left we have Messenger and to the Right we have Textra.
Right off the bat you will notice that Textra does a full system theme where your status bar coloring is altered to reflect the theme (as with most of our apps including our Kit Kat stock Message) where as in Messenger it remains untouched.
You will also notice that the contact icons in Messenger are slightly larger than those appearing in Textra which I personally feel would limit the amount of text being displayed due to the "create a new message" button covering the last recent message. Yet the font is slightly larger in that of the Textra app making it easier to read which is what we care about most in a messaging app.
Both layouts appear to be nearly identical with exception to color.
Here we have an example where a single message has been long pressed.
In Messenger, the message selected is indicated by a slight discoloration of the field in which the text inhabits along with changing the contact icon to a Blue Checkmark (which only deselects the message if pressed). Notice also the create a new message icon disappears (as it is not needed for this current function).
In Textra, the message selected is indicated by a highlighted check mark that shuffles in from the left of the message (shuffling the message dates to the right off screen). Additionally, the create a new message button in the bottom right corner becomes a grayed out Checkmark which when pressed, changes color and selects every message currently in the chat summary. However, there is no Archive function built into Textra as there is in Messenger which for some of you, very well may be a deal breaker as you may actually use that function (I don't).
The options that appear above in Messenger are that of cancel (go back), Archive, Delete, and options.
The options that appear above in Textra are that of cancel (go back) Silence notifications, delete, and options.
In the following two images, we see what a multi message selections looks like in both Messenger on the left, and Textra on the right.
Immediately in Messenger, the options button vanishes and converts into simply silence notifications (as that is apparently the only multi message function it can perform).
However in Textra, the options to silence, delete, and "options" remain.
I have gone and deselected one of the messages in both Messenger and Textra so that we can compare and explore the options that are presented for a selected message (since it disappears in Messenger if multiple messages are selected). However, I have included the multi selected messages in Textra also so that you can see the options remain unchanged.
To the left, Messenger displays the only options to be Silencing notifications (which for some reason was not available until multi messages were selected) Add contact which adds the person to your contacts if not already, and block or “blacklisting” (which prevents you from receiving their messages).
To the Right, Textra displays Notifications Settings, Bubble Color settings, Delivery Report settings, Signatures, and black listing. Keep in mind also that silencing notifications is already present in the main window as well.
Since we pretty much already know what Notifications off, add contact, and block do, we will go over them through Textra while we explore the additional options it has to offer in the next images to follow.
We now are looking at the notifications settings specifically for the selected messages. What you will notice, is that in Textra you can define message/people specific themes, options, and settings.
In here you can enable or disable notifications on the main page.
Tap Notifications allow you to select the action to be taken when you tap a message notification from that specific message/person. You can choose to open a floating quick reply window that will disappear after you send a message and resume whatever activity you were currently doing, or you can have it open textra like most stock messaging apps will do.
Floating notifications settings will allow you to decide the duration of the pop up notification for that specific contact (should you decide to have pop up notifications in the previous setting)
Notification Icon Settings allows you to decide what color that selected contact/message should appear in. As you can see, there are 44 different color options to choose from (wow!)
LED Blink Color is an awesome option for phones that support it. You have the ability to specify what color your selected message/contact should appear in when you have received a message from them. While our device doesn't support every color listed, I have taken the liberty of providing you with the huge variety of LED colors that actually do work for our device: Green & Red.
Default Notification sound although "says" Ringtone, actually pulls from your notifications folder (like it's supposed to).
Vibrate Settings allow you to set specific vibration instructions for that particular selected contact/message.
Now, if you've elected to allow vibrations, you can go so far as to even select contact/message specific vibrate patterns!
Wake Up Screen options allow you to decide whether or not a message from that particularly selected individual should wake your phone and turn screen on or not.
Repeat notifications let's you decide how often your phone should harass you for not checking or acknowledging the newly received message per contact/person. Hey if it's mom you may actually want it to keep telling you her message is waiting to be seen
This ends all the options available for Notifications.
Backing out now we select the option to go into Bubble Colors for the specific contact/message. You can decide what color your text bubbles should be in, and what color their text bubbles should be in. Check it out, you have 42 color options
This ends the options available for Bubbles.
Backing out now we select the option for Delivery Reports
Here you can decide if you want to receive a report for a MMS or SMS message successfully received by the end user's device to which you sent a message to. Very handy for those who claim they never got your message or simply informative to you for those who honestly didn't receive it and perhaps should be called.
This ends the options available for Delivery Reports.
Backing out now we select the option for Signatures to be displayed in your messages to these specifically selected individuals. After having opted to include a message, you can edit and create your own. Note that after confirming your new signature, the signature displayed looks overwritten but a quick back out and back in to the Settings will provide you with visual proof of the correct change. (This is likely a glitch they are probably working out).
This ends the options available for Signatures.
Backing out and selecting the Blacklist option will immediately BlackList (block) those messages selected from ever being received to your device again. Don't worry however, as this can be undone by going to the main settings for the app outside of these message specific options we've explored through this review. Pay no mind to the fact that I just blacklisted my mother-in-law by "accident"
Deselecting all the contacts in both Messenger (Hey what was this app for again?) and Textra, we are now able to enter their Primary App Options via the same options button to the top right of both apps.
Notice that since Messenger has Archive functions, you are able to go into your Archived Messages as seen in the image above. Since I don't have any messages archived, none will appear but if you had used it to Archive them, that is where you would find them. This is the same feature that is present in Google Hangouts where you can archive a conversation for later viewing (and to keep it out of your primary chat summary).
On the main page you will see a search button (magnifying glass). Perhaps you had a conversation with someone a long time ago in your messages about a certain topic but can't remember who it was or when it took place. To easily recall that conversation, you can type in a word or phrase used in the message as indicated in these examples.
A very crucial thing here to note, is that Messenger will only highlight and provide you with the very last time the subject was ever discussed and take you back to that moment in time via clicking on it.
Textra however, will display a brief message from each and every time that particular subject was discussed and take you to that exact moment in time you were looking for by clicking on the specific search result.
Since it will be extremely brief, due to the minimal activity taking place in this app, we will go ahead and explore the main options taking place in Google's Messenger App first.
As you can see, aside from having 0 message specific settings, only very little remains for any of the global settings. Whether or not you want notifications for all incoming messages, one specific sound for all, whether or not all vibrate or don't, and your typical MMS settings which appear in every MMS app.
Now in Textra's Main Global Options/Settings, we see all the following choices.
Many of these you recognize from the per message/contact options/settings we covered earlier. These will be the primary settings to take place globally in no settings are specified per contact/message.
We will only cover those that were not covered in the individual settings.
Under the "About" option, selecting "What's New?" will give us a detailed change log for all the advancements Textra has made per release.
Enable Debugging is set for times when Textra provides support to you for an issue related to their app (wow)
Tell your friends allows you to share the playstore link for this app via a variety of different sharing options.
Resync Textra does what it says: Basically re-syncs all your messages should you have strayed away experimenting with other apps that intercept messages and wish to return to stability It will re-sync everything for you without changing any of your settings.
This ends the About Options.
Backing back out into Settings you'll notice a support button. Click this and you will have the option to contact the developers directly with any issues you may have that aren't listed in their provided Q&A/FAQ listed below. They also provide a button to tap to link directly to their Feedback Forum (yeah, they have one).
This ends the Support Options.
Backing back out into the main Settings, there is a Customize Look menu. Here you can change the text size of the fonts being viewed as presented in the image above.
You can also change the Dark Mode Settings to "Off", Dark (default) and Black.
In Theme color, you can change the overal theme color of the entire app! You have 40 selectable themes to choose form. Take notice of the checkmark and circle color of each theme you select. It is the color of your secondary colors like menu option font color, check boxes, etc.
Under the Default Notifications Settings, the only difference you'll see that wasn't discussed before is whether or not floating notifications will appear while the phone is both locked and unlocked (or duration of the notifications).
All the other settings are global and as mentioned before, work for all those who don't have individually set settings.
This ends our exploration of the Settings options.
Now, we go into a message as it appears in Messenger.
Uh oh, my chat window with my buddy Justin is in Pink and White?? Gee thanks Google.. Apparently, Google thought it would be cute to pre-select random theme colors per conversation in your messages. There is no way to change the color options as they appear in this conversation nor can you change any of your chat bubble colors or font sizes.
Long pressing a message as indicated in the second picture above yields a couple options. Delete that single post, return to the chat, Forward that post to another contact, or information regarding that post (type, from, to, sent, received).
There is no multi selection option, there is no swiping side to side for additional options or navigations. However options for the entire message is present without post selection.
Now in Textra, I'm happy to say that I have assigned this theme to the chat with my buddy and I.
Pressing on his image pulls up his personal info and gives me the option to call.
Swiping from left to right in the chat window sends me right back into my main chat summary.
Swiping from right to left however, will display the exact time and date of every sent and received message regardless of the time interval between as indicated in the 3rd image.
Long pressing a message gives me the option to multi-select individual posts where I can either trash them, send them all as a new message to someone in my contacts, forward the messages to another contact, copy the text, lock the individual posts, or share in an email Man I love options!
This concludes my review of both Textra VS Messenger.
I hope you have found it enlightening and will have taught you how to operate either app like a pro by the time Lollipop roms surface.
Guess now I should go and un-blackllist my Mother-In-Law
Mine for Skittles
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What devices are supported
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What devices are supported
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Only the HTC One Max Verizon variant.
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Niiice!! Great job man!
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Only the HTC One Max Verizon variant.
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Do you think Sprint will be added? Sounds like a great Rom regardless
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Do you think Sprint will be added? Sounds like a great Rom regardless
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I may consider other variants in the future.
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friday nite delite
alright Thank you i am fixing to flash it as its
Friday nite and ill have all the time i need to set it up
-itle be my friday nite delite -THANK YOU
Thanks Neo... I've been waiting for you to release a Rom for the Max... I will install tomorrow.
I have no idea whats wrong! Fresh install. Did factory reset. Nandroid first of course. Booted up fine and logged into my Google account. Once I hit the home screen for the first time it rebooted. It has continued to reboot every time it boots into android since then. Can't even get my apps to finish restoring from the Play Store. Not to mention my Google account as a whole hasn't synced lol. Help?
xhunter187 said:
I have no idea whats wrong! Fresh install. Did factory reset. Nandroid first of course. Booted up fine and logged into my Google account. Once I hit the home screen for the first time it rebooted. It has continued to reboot every time it boots into android since then. Can't even get my apps to finish restoring from the Play Store. Not to mention my Google account as a whole hasn't synced lol. Help?
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Did you follow my instructions for flashing exactly as described in the OP? Also, are you S=OFF? Keep in mind also that this is only for the Verizon variant.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Did you follow my instructions for flashing exactly as described in the OP? Also, are you S=OFF? Keep in mind also that this is only for the Verizon variant.
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Of course! I learned a long time ago back with my Rezound to follow your instructions. Yes I am S-OFF, Unlocked, using 2.7.1.1, didn't wipe system in recovery, and have a Verizon One Max.
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Of course! I learned a long time ago back with my Rezound to follow your instructions. Yes I am S-OFF, Unlocked, using 2.7.1.1, didn't wipe system in recovery, and have a Verizon One Max.
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Baffling man.. Are you flashing gapps or something? Should just be wipe, flash, boot. Make sure you're flashing the standard rom and not dev edition. Only thing I can think of is perhaps your phone doesn't like the high kernel frequency.. As soon as it boots, try going into trickster and drop the max frequency down a few notches.
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Baffling man.. Are you flashing gapps or something? Should just be wipe, flash, boot. Make sure you're flashing the standard rom and not dev edition. Only thing I can think of is perhaps your phone doesn't like the high kernel frequency.. As soon as it boots, try going into trickster and drop the max frequency down a few notches.
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Clean flashed again. Got into Trickster and dropped it down to 156600 and dropped read ahead to 2048. Also dropped GPU to 400. Set all to apply on boot. Didn't even sign into Google this time. Kinda just skipped through the setup process. Still rebooting. I haven't been able to flash any custom kernels on my One Max. Fly and Lunar both cause the same thing.
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Clean flashed again. Got into Trickster and dropped it down to 156600 and dropped read ahead to 2048. Also dropped GPU to 400. Set all to apply on boot. Didn't even sign into Google this time. Kinda just skipped through the setup process. Still rebooting. I haven't been able to flash any custom kernels on my One Max. Fly and Lunar both cause the same thing.
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Bummer. On Monday I'll create a flashable zip for the stock kernel for those who have issues on these custom ones and I'll add it to post #2.
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Bummer. On Monday I'll create a flashable zip for the stock kernel for those who have issues on these custom ones and I'll add it to post #2.
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Thanks a lot! I was really hoping to finally be able to try FlyKernel. Do you think I would be able to just flash Flyhalfs stock insecure on your rom? Plus any idea why your rom won't play nice with my phone? Either way..... Great to have you back making HTC phones awesome!
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Thanks a lot! I was really hoping to finally be able to try FlyKernel. Do you think I would be able to just flash Flyhalfs stock insecure on your rom? Plus any idea why your rom won't play nice with my phone? Either way..... Great to have you back making HTC phones awesome!
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This has Fly's 2.4 kernel baked in so if you've had issues flashing his or any other custom kernels, then you're bound to continue having them if they are baked in.
There are a handful of things that would need to change in order for you to run this rom on a stock sense 6 kernel and I will have a flashable for you on Monday.
As for why you have issues flashing their kernels, you may wanna get with them to figure out what's up.
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Rom is sick... Everything is working great. Still playing around with it.
Thanks!
Some lucky ones who have already received it could kindly try nova launche? I am especially interested in the transition between the external and internal screen portrait to landacape.
Thank you in advance
I have it but so far haven't found a way to change the launcher and make nova or any other 3rd party launcher stick.
Min 12:12 show how to customize default app
Yeah, works for browser for example, but if you go to launchers, 3rd party launchers don't appear in there.
Ok thank you but int the Nova Setting there is a menu to set it as a default, di you try?
Thank you a lot
I did, takes you to the launcher custom screen with just system launcher showing.
Hopefully there will be a way, only thing preventing me to use it as main phone.
Hope there is a way/system update, I always use Nova on my phones
Maybe if you have time, report it to the Nova app developer. He is always very helpful
Did you reboot the phone after installing Nova?
It's very strange...
I can't change the default launcher either.
My seller said you cant change the launcher like on many chinese import phones.
I managed a bit of a hack this evening which means Nova is now my default launcher (while not actually being selected as my default in the settings).
You need to use an ADB command through a USB connection to disable the default launcher. Before you start make sure Nova is installed otherwise it could mess your whole phone up. I used the following commands:
adb shell
pm disable com.android.launcher
cmd package set-home-activity [launcher package name]
It's not perfect but it works. The only real bug seems to be if you're in the app draw or on the home screen and you swipe up to go home again it launches the ColorOS launcher, however, a second swipe goes back to Nova. In any other app swiping to go home takes you straight back to Nova.
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I managed a bit of a hack this evening which means Nova is now my default launcher (while not actually being selected as my default in the settings).
You need to use an ADB command through a USB connection to disable the default launcher. Before you start make sure Nova is installed otherwise it could mess your whole phone up. I used the following commands:
adb shell
pm disable com.android.launcher
cmd package set-home-activity [launcher package name]
It's not perfect but it works. The only real bug seems to be if you're in the app draw or on the home screen and you swipe up to go home again it launches the ColorOS launcher, however, a second swipe goes back to Nova. In any other app swiping to go home takes you straight back to Nova.
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I tried this and the disable fails.
What did you do to pass that part?
Code:
$ pm disable com.android.launcher
Exception occurred while executing 'disable':
java.lang.SecurityException: Shell cannot change component state for com.android.launcher/null to 2
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.setEnabledSetting(PackageManagerService.java:22559)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.setApplicationEnabledSetting(PackageManagerService.java:22344)
at com.android.server.pm.OplusPackageManagerService.setApplicationEnabledSetting(OplusPackageManagerService.java:692)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runSetEnabledSetting(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:2212)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:243)
at android.os.BasicShellCommandHandler.exec(BasicShellCommandHandler.java:98)
at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:44)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:23262)
at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:949)
at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:833)
at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:4621)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:4792)
at com.android.server.pm.OplusPackageManagerService.onTransact(OplusPackageManagerService.java:176)
at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1201)
at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1143)
I tried that as one of my first approaches and didn't work.
I don't have a commercial unit I have to say, but a seeding sample.
Looks like I spoke too soon. It worked fine until 11:59pm and then as soon as the clock hit midnight somehow ColorOS made itself the default launcher again. Weird. This might be make or break for me and the Find N.
I think I've managed to get Nova to work using the following:
adb shell
cmd package set-home-activity com.teslacoilsw.launcher
So far it seems to be working. We'll see if it survives past midnight!
I'm hoping that works as I'm interested in grabbing it myself, but need a new launcher. Can you take some video showing Nova working on the Find N?
Do other launchers work if pushed via ADB such as Lawnchair 12?
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I'm hoping that works as I'm interested in grabbing it myself, but need a new launcher. Can you take some video showing Nova working on the Find N?
Do other launchers work if pushed via ADB such as Lawnchair 12?
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I'll try to get a video in the next day or two. I think any launcher can be used if pushed by ADB. Just change the package name.
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I think I've managed to get Nova to work using the following:
adb shell
cmd package set-home-activity com.teslacoilsw.launcher
So far it seems to be working. We'll see if it survives past midnight!
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Please let us know your experience in the next days and if you have a possibility to post a video will be really appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance
Hopefully this video works.