Am I the only one bothered with the ICS phone.apk ? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

On gb... I can access both dialer and contacts simply with the Phone apk. Now I'm forced to use them separately ?
This is extremely annoying.

kelvs said:
On gb... I can access both dialer and contacts simply with the Phone apk. Now I'm forced to use them separately ?
This is extremely annoying.
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Did this merit a whole you thread?
If you don't like both seperated, get a third party phone application like Dialer One.

karendar said:
Did this merit a whole you thread?
If you don't like both seperated, get a third party phone application like Dialer One.
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Yes this merit a whole me thread.

Surely though, if you really wanted you could take the phone.apk from GB and just replace it on ICS? It performs the exact same actions so should just work. Maybe it wont, but im sure someone will correct me anyway if thats wrong
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kelvs said:
Yes this merit a whole me thread.
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NICE! TYPO! GO ME!
This should be a Q&A question I think, especially since there's a sticky saying to not open any new ICS threads... **Edit** Hey and what do you know! It was moved! GO MODS!
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Darclite said:
Surely though, if you really wanted you could take the phone.apk from GB and just replace it on ICS? It performs the exact same actions so should just work. Maybe it wont, but im sure someone will correct me anyway if thats wrong
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Don't think it'll work, different codebase... But you know, why not try. Worst that'll happen is the phone will blow up and kill innocent people around you!

Any developer able to mod the phone.apk to have the contacts tab ?

I feel your pain... I really really hate the separation of phone and contacts, it's not at all user friendly.
and while we're at it, I also hate the new tile look of the favourites. big waste of space, and looks especially ugly when contacts do not have a picture assigned..

Anyone want to try to extract phone.apk and/or dialer.apk from AOSP ICS and see how it works?

Yes I'm very curious about that i wonder if it can be pulled from a cm9 or aokp rom for gnexus
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heldchen said:
I feel your pain... I really really hate the separation of phone and contacts, it's not at all user friendly.
and while we're at it, I also hate the new tile look of the favourites. big waste of space, and looks especially ugly when contacts do not have a picture assigned..
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guys i'm on gb 2.3.5 and I'll tell you what; there's no way i'm upgrading (or should that be downgrading) to ics for gs2. from what I've read it's 250 megs or so and all you get is app incompatibility (for the while) anyway and battery life is a complaint too. i'm not budging!!
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Boycott SenseUI! OFFICIAL Thread!

who else hates this ui! anyone... post here
and feel free to post all advice, opinions and ROMS for the eris with NO SENSE!
kaiya215 said:
who else hates this ui! anyone... post here
and feel free to post all advice, opinions and ROMS for the eris with NO SENSE!
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You wouldn't be particularly wanting THIS would you?
I mean THIS should be coming soon, no?
Framework43 said:
You wouldn't be particularly wanting THIS would you?
I mean THIS should be coming soon, no?
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yes and yes!
plz. =oB
i mean i migrated to verizon from a htc magic... and i am fed up with this sense ui crap bynow.....
as a person who has nothing specific against senseui, im curious what specific things everyone else DOESNT like?
gohamstergo said:
as a person who has nothing specific against senseui, im curious what specific things everyone else DOESNT like?
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i know right!
looks better that that garbage vanilla look
gohamstergo said:
as a person who has nothing specific against senseui, im curious what specific things everyone else DOESNT like?
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the contacts or people...
trash
dialer
trash
msgs
also trash
Move this crap to general
this develops nothing
jamezelle said:
Move this crap to general
this develops nothing
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only the desire of the public to inspire a developer....
=o)
still a topic for general discussion.
Coming from the the G1, I think sense is a very appealing UI, I installed custom Hero Roms to get away from the vanilla look because it's so bland!!! I would move this to general as it seems to be more of a rant than anything constructive towards development. Maybe you can PM a DEV and get some better results that way.
The dial/contacts is the worst! imo
Can't we just have the best of both worlds?!
and yes this should be in general.
Does this (And most posts here) really belong in the developer forum?
Remove it. I delete Rosie.apk, all the widgets, Launcher.apk, and replace it with Helix Launcher.
northmendo said:
Remove it. I delete Rosie.apk, all the widgets, Launcher.apk, and replace it with Helix Launcher.
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?? link or a tutorial
kaiya215 said:
who else hates this ui! anyone... post here
and feel free to post all advice, opinions and ROMS for the eris with NO SENSE!
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If you don't like it then don't use it. It can be disabled you know.
kaiya215 said:
?? link or a tutorial
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I will make one in a few. I will post a link this afternoon.
gregh530 said:
The dial/contacts is the worst! imo
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this is what i hear the most. what the heck is wrong with it? X_X (will keep posting until this gets moved to general)
not willing to try the vanilla dialer just to find out what everyone hates when i find nothing wrong with sense. someone enlighten me as to why the dialer sucks.
gohamstergo said:
this is what i hear the most. what the heck is wrong with it? X_X (will keep posting until this gets moved to general)
not willing to try the vanilla dialer just to find out what everyone hates when i find nothing wrong with sense. someone enlighten me as to why the dialer sucks.
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I have never tried any other dialers, so I can't compare and contrast. But, my issue is the horrible lag. Every button has lag. Ending a call has lag. Starting a call has lag. When someone calls theres lag to end it or mute it. It's all just lag which leads me to accidently answering calls I shouldn't and missing calls I shouldn't.

MIUI Sensless ROM

Would you guys want to see this ROM, untill we get some real MIUI, I could make one Feel like MIUI and things like that
Let me know
MrMako777 does
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eclipzeremix said:
would you guys want to see this rom, untill we get some real miui, i could make one feel like miui and things like that
let me know
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absolutely would love to see one!!!!!!!
Please!!!!!!
of course
I would like to have both Miui and android..
MIUI has been the one thing I miss the most since switching to this phone. I'd be in a state of bliss if this were to happen.
do it dude
hmm ill get it out when i can, im busy with so many things this upcoming week :/
EclipzeRemix said:
Would you guys want to see this ROM, untill we get some real MIUI, I could make one Feel like MIUI and things like that
Let me know
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thats great i miss the MIUI since i got it on my G2X
by the way may i ask why didnt you S-OFF your amaze?
just asking i think thats primary for devs to do
You know I would.
glacierguy said:
MrMako777 does
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Lol.
gypsy214 said:
thats great i miss the MIUI since i got it on my G2X
by the way may i ask why didnt you S-OFF your amaze?
just asking i think thats primary for devs to do
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I have my reasons
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Eclipze is exclusive.
He is going to port a One V and MIUI ROM. :.;
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626216
EclipzeRemix said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626216
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Add credit that you found the launcher thanks to me...
I don't like how u just add the launcher without adding credit that u found it from me.
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Adjust said:
Add credit that you found the launcher thanks to me...
I don't like how u just add the launcher without adding credit that u found it from me.
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LOL do what? if youre not the dev of the app, you have no claims to any "credit" little guy. did you ever "credit" me when you decided to use the sense 4.0 clock widget in your so-called rom? how about the dev that created it? did you "credit" him too? oh, the hypocrisy of some of you people...
Adjust said:
Add credit that you found the launcher thanks to me...
I don't like how u just add the launcher without adding credit that u found it from me.
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What? I found the launcher from a Miui thread in another forum
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Adjust said:
Add credit that you found the launcher thanks to me...
I don't like how u just add the launcher without adding credit that u found it from me.
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I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Adjusted Diabolical Revolution came back to life. Taking a break from cooking up sweet ROMs. Get out of here with that. And get out of that developer only thread too. I mean, we all enjoyed the laugh, but get serious. Don't come here calling out people that are actually helping. What a joke. You need to grow up man
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I was just joking around.
I said it sarcastic cause I released the thread of the Launcher in the APP section for people to look at.
Take a chill pill ha.
I'm not fighting or arguing.
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OT: Good job w/ the ROM
Never tried MIUI but only have tried the Launcher.
AOSP and MIUI would be welcome.
Not really, Going to wait for the real deal, all these "like ASOP" and "like MIUI" "roms" are nothing more then themes that break something that's tied to sense, or only look like what they are suppsoed to on the home screen, everything else just looks the same. Swapping some .apks around doesn't make this a rom and isn't really development, it's theming. No offense.

Flash

Have jb? Can I just flash a flash.apk?
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(FACEPALM)....
I cant do this today...g
sometimes you just need a timeout.
I got brave, and found this in 7.5 seconds using the search feature...
It sounds close to what the OP wants...I think...g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830064
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gregsarg said:
(FACEPALM)....
I cant do this today...g
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rangercaptain said:
sometimes you just need a timeout.
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G....like range says, take a break. Bro i have seen you help so many and you are a great contributor to the GNote community. Sometimes we need a break, k
Edit.
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Edit: flamer was extinguished, by the great Mod support the GNote community has...
From the Moderator
People, For those who think it is cute or acceptable to post flaming, insulting and vulgar postings......
IT IS NOT.......... all it gets you is a Perm-Ban from XDA
Be Respectful and post on topic or do not post
~~ oka1
To the OP, what you need is the zip file of the rom that you want and flash that in recovery. Does that answer your question?
So OP is looking for a .zip file for JB ??
I was really confused by the request, but took a stab at it anyway....
I thought is was flash player that the OP wanted.....g
I thought he wanted to get flash working too. I agreed with the link you sent.
Why is adobe no longer supporting android with flash anyway?
rangercaptain said:
I thought he wanted to get flash working too. I agreed with the link you sent.
Why is adobe no longer supporting android with flash anyway?
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Well,
there are a hundred stories about it on google, but I've yet to here from adobe as to the real cause.
My belief is the difficulty they are having trying to support the massive amount of device and software variants on so many devices.
They simply cannot keep up with the pace of android development....IMHO
And perhaps a suitable replacement is in the works anyway.
Of course, they make the big $$$ on home based PC's and laptops anyway...g
If you want to get Jelly Bean and use an .apk instead of a ROM try nova or apex launcher...go into settings for the launcher and to version...click beta...then reset the launcher...it gives the look and feel to JB while not having that actual operating system...
but do NOT flash any JB apps or mods as you will be running a JB theme of sorts not the actual operating system...at most it will boot loop but who really wants that...unless you have a sweet boot animation
If you were looking for flash for video stand by I guarantee something is replacing it as Google will not be slacking in the video department...They own YouTube... I just do not see them losing something that was an advantage over their biggest competitor for the longest time for no reason...they aren't dumb by any means and I will throw money up to bet there is something replacing it...
Greg was right in the sense that Android has lost a good amount of game developers because keeping up is hard but Google has its users backs...they will come up with something no doubt..
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Agreed ....
Google really has no choice but too improve and distribute a flash type player, and soon ...g

[CM10] Official ParanoidAndroid

Since JamieD's thread is locked, I've been compiling PA every other day and you can find my latest PA ROMs here:
http://goo.im/devs/jjc5891/i717
There's nothing special about these, pretty much compiled right from github. I offer no support, since it's not my code. I only compiled it. Enjoy.
This Rom from this link is the truth. Best running panadroid yet. Been running this thing for 24hrs no reboots freezes or lag.
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Is this ROM for Galaxy S2
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Pushing the Thanks Button won't hurt you
lbaquerizo said:
Is this ROM for Galaxy S2
Sent from my little monster S2
Pushing the Thanks Button won't hurt you
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Are you joking? I'm alil confused being that we're in the galaxy note forum.
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Would like to mention that is a shnazzy build. Its quite smooth and functions efficiently. Thanks.
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Why have you stopped doing builds?
joedoe said:
Why have you stopped doing builds?
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JamieD started building again and there really shouldn't be much of a difference. I have one building right now, will upload when complete.
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jjc5891 said:
JamieD started building again and there really shouldn't be much of a difference. I have one building right now, will upload when complete.
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It's always good to have a choice.
Its almost blasphemy to say but this might be smoother than Jamie's concoction. I smell competition lol.
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Not hating but I would run this over Jamie's just because hes so funny about his threads i dont really get it when is it not locked?
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I hope you plan on updating your build. Its underrated and underappreciated.
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Has anyone been able to dl the newest version?
Sent from my Note...where BIGGER is better!
djbrian52 said:
Has anyone been able to dl the newest version?
Sent from my Note...where BIGGER is better!
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Yep I got it already.
Sent from the TermiNOTEr!
Does NFC work in this ROM? Perhaps I may try a new ROM
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gatoraid84 said:
Not hating but I would run this over Jamie's just because hes so funny about his threads i dont really get it when is it not locked?
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Yeah, keeping in mind Jamie's temper we need some competition here.
I seem to have fell victim to having duplicate photos in my gallery. Do anyone have a solution for that?
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::bump:: I still run this. Idk about anyone else or if there's a difference or placebo effect but this build is quite good. Thanks for taking the time out.
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Vicious Von said:
::bump:: I still run this. Idk about anyone else or if there's a difference or placebo effect but this build is quite good. Thanks for taking the time out.
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If anyone downloaded the 1004 build, my computer cut off mid-upload so do not try to flash it yet. I'll re-upload when I get home.
joedoe said:
Yeah, keeping in mind Jamie's temper we need some competition here.
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jamie's temper is not just out of the blue
if users would take the time to read the first 2 posts in which i update frequently then things would be different. but they dont so someone has to say something as im sick of reporting posts and users getting warnings its utterly pointless, so i speak up
99% of info can be found in the op's on how to fix issues, if it isnt search the thread everything has been covered and if all else fails www.google.com is your best friend, use it and abuse it. *then and only then as the op states, you are to post and in full detail your issue*
yet no one does even though its right there in the op.
when users flood dev threads with non-detailed fully covered 10+ times things, someones gunna say something it just so happens that it is me most of the time as i would like users to learn to fix their own issues when its not the roms fault THIS IS WHY THERE ARE THE FIRST 2 POSTS OF THE THREAD. other wise id just have a link to download and a picture and tell users to have atter. *learning is what xda is all about*
so dont mistake my temper as a bad thing and look at the big picture i give more thanks, appreciation and help then "temper" msgs
now maybe you can see where some of the stress and frustration comes from. and why other dev's have left over it.
jjc5891 said:
If anyone downloaded the 1004 build, my computer cut off mid-upload so do not try to flash it yet. I'll re-upload when I get home.
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It's back up.
The new update is cool except I lost the ability to make my status bar and navbar transparent. The way the toggles are represented is different and not really welcome. This has nothing to do with how you built the rom but I will stay on the Oct 2 build until my issues are resolved.
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Theme Modifications

I want to go into my Rom's theme and change everything ( lock, keypads, numpads, icons, text, ect.) to an only three color theme. Is it possible to do that without 100 hours of work? I want a black background with red letters, icons, borders and numbers with white text windows with black and red text input. I would like either a step by step tutorial (because I'm not too bright) or someone who can do it for me Thanks!
How about 200 hrs of work, may I suggest viper3d rom 4.1 sense, different skins can be applied. You can also try a 3rd party launcher ie go, nova or adw, just to mention a few
( Don't ask me for help, as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh!!!)
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I tried a few different roms and while you can go in and add skins and such you have to DL 8-12 apps to cover everything and some of them don't work well with others. Thanks anyway.....even though you don't care if I blow my phone up :laugh::laugh::laugh:
It sounds like inbreded ROM would be perfect for you. Also if you want to learn how to theme check out the learn how to theme sticky. Great thread...
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Thanks for the tip. I'm downloading now. Let you know if it works out
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ssojyeti2 said:
It sounds like inbreded ROM would be perfect for you. Also if you want to Lear. His to theme check out the learn how to theme sticky. Great thread...
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What is "inbreaded Rom"? If you feel like elaborating I would appreciate it. I did read up on building roms and "whew" I better start off a little slower . I am very interested though. Logically speaking, it doesn't seem that it should be that difficult to, lets say, "take an existing rom and find all the files that has to do with color assignments and change them to the values that you want". I know it sounds way easier than it actually is. I still wouldn't mind donating to someone who could handle this "little bit" for me or give me one thats close and tell me how to change the rest. Thanks again for your reply.
This is the link to inbreded
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17703099
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devo3d said:
What is "inbreaded Rom"? If you feel like elaborating I would appreciate it. I did read up on building roms and "whew" I better start off a little slower . I am very interested though. Logically speaking, it doesn't seem that it should be that difficult to, lets say, "take an existing rom and find all the files that has to do with color assignments and change them to the values that you want". I know it sounds way easier than it actually is. I still wouldn't mind donating to someone who could handle this "little bit" for me or give me one thats close and tell me how to change the rest. Thanks again for your reply.
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And its a little harder than it sounds on paper
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dased14 said:
This is the link to inbreded
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17703099
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And its a little harder than it sounds on paper
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It must be a real pain, enough so that no one wants to do it for me. Several of my friends share the interest in a more simplified but personalized color scheme for phones. Most of them are like me in that only three colors are desired and couple want four. I wonder if someone could build a program that would allow you to change the color of every aspect of your phones screens (like how you customize Windows), I can't imagine it not being a hit. I saw one having to do with Panda but it sucked and I can't seem to get the Kingdom app to work. If you get bored one day and feel like a challenge, well, I'll be here and I'll still donate
devo3d said:
It must be a real pain, enough so that no one wants to do it for me. Several of my friends share the interest in a more simplified but personalized color scheme for phones. Most of them are like me in that only three colors are desired and couple want four. I wonder if someone could build a program that would allow you to change the color of every aspect of your phones screens (like how you customize Windows), I can't imagine it not being a hit. I saw one having to do with Panda but it sucked and I can't seem to get the Kingdom app to work. If you get bored one day and feel like a challenge, well, I'll be here and I'll still donate
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Dont worry my friend...i'll try to do it for you if i'll be free.....not promising...whn M ready i'll pm you......dont get sad my friend.....
"SeXxy Virus"
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mob68 said:
Dont worry my friend...i'll try to do it for you if i'll be free.....not promising...whn M ready i'll pm you......dont get sad my friend.....
"SeXxy Virus"
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Ah, at last....someone with a heart :angel: Good luck with it, hope it doesn't stress you out! Can't wait...are you done yet....just kidding
mob68 said:
Dont worry my friend...i'll try to do it for you if i'll be free.....not promising...whn M ready i'll pm you......dont get sad my friend.....
"SeXxy Virus"
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You rooted your phone?
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ssojyeti2 said:
You rooted your phone?
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Oh yeah, rooted and s-off. It was an EVO V but I turned it into a 3D because I wanted to flash it to another carrier and some other stuff and the flashing experts said turning it into a 3D would make things easier. I've been experimenting with a few Roms but none have everything I want...I'm a bit picky Anyway, whatever else I need to do just let me know.
devo3d said:
Oh yeah, rooted and s-off. It was an EVO V but I turned it into a 3D because I wanted to flash it to another carrier and some other stuff and the flashing experts said turning it into a 3D would make things easier. I've been experimenting with a few Roms but none have everything I want...I'm a bit picky Anyway, whatever else I need to do just let me know.
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I was talking to mob68 lol... No biggie, I was just curious how he was gonna make you a theme if he hasn't even rooted his phone...
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Devo3d, you are lucky to have somebody willing to work on your ideal theme for free. Lol Even though he's not asking for anything, you should just buy him a 12 pack if he drinks, or a case a monster
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ssojyeti2 said:
I was talking to mob68 lol... No biggie, I was just curious how he was gonna make you a theme if he hasn't even rooted his phone...
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Oh, well I thought you were talking to me since I'm the newb. I have a feeling he knows what he's doing.:good:
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Jsparta26 said:
Devo3d, you are lucky to have somebody willing to work on your ideal theme for free. Lol Even though he's not asking for anything, you should just buy him a 12 pack if he drinks, or a case a monster
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I know I'm lucky for his willingness to help me out. I've been all over trying to get someone to do it for days......so trust me, I know. By the way, on every post everywhere I submitted I always said that I would "donate". I probably can't afford what the work is actually worth but I'm no chump.
It's not about the money, its the thought that counts.
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Jsparta26 said:
It's not about the money, its the thought that counts.
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I completely agree

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