I have almost everything how I want it now... However there are some things that are still niggling at me about how the Nook operates. I fell in love with CM7 and the ability to completely disable the lock screen.
I can't find a way to do this on the rooted stock rom that I am using. There are a few apps, but while they turn it off for a little while they don't keep it turned off and it randomly enables itself again.
Does anyone know a solution - note I am alright with modifying APK files somewhat if that is required, I don't know where to start though and certainly would rather have a software solution that I didn't need to modify APK files for.
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I guess this subject might need some explaining.
My parents are going on a trip in a month and they have there heart set on taking a smartphone with them.
What they need is being able to call, text and mail.
They also want to be able to use it as a backup (just in case) for finding their way. So just in case they get lost to find out where they are on their map or use the gps to guide them for a little while.
So basically, calling, sms, mail and gps.
They don't need to be able to change a lot of settings.
So, I was thinking about installing their (yet to buy) smartphone with a simple home screen and the settigs they would need.
To keep them from accidentally messing anything up, I was wondering if it is possible to password protect settings and stuff.
So, does anyone have an idea on:
-how to protect settings etc.
-a good homescreen
-other things like very simple gps app for example
...
I know it's a lot, but any help is much appreciated.
Bada? Much easier than android...
But why do you think, they'll mess up settings?
I was just thinking that if they happen to end up in a settings screen or something they don't know,they might press something wrong.
But on the other hand... I just have to tell them to press the home or back button in such an event.
About bada... I feel stupid now,but i didn't know about it.
The reason for android was that I have an android phone and would at least be able to offer some remote assistance if necessary...
I saw the samsung gt s5560 or something today ... That interface lookes rather simple,maybe I should take a look at that.
Thanks already,more ideas are always welcome ;-)
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'app lock' can password protect apps and settings from being opened. It's free on the market and works well.
I wouldn't password protect settings, that way they can turn GPS on and off as needed without running it constantly.
Google maps/nav should work fine. Set up a simple toggle widget on their screen, I suggest Widgetsoid, but there are others. Tell them what the settings do, or in Widgetsoid turn labels on. Flashing a rom with notification toggles built in would help, since they could directly turn on/off GPS and data without being taken to settings screens.
I would also install a launcher that will allow you to lock the home screen so they can't accidentally delete the widgets/shortcuts you've set up for them. Never used it myself but I believe ADW launcher can lock the home screen but there must by others.
I can confirm that adw ex allows you to lock the homsecreen, so nothing can be changed. If you buy a phone with touchwiz, then you can lock settings and use quicktoggles in the notification bar. I can't live without them now. On a side note:widgets could possibly simplify the homsecreen.
App lock and ADW are good ideas (I actually use adw on my tablet).GPS widget on home screen can be very usefull too. Thanks for all the sugestions already!
I got a mail yesterday that they have seen some smartphones they seemed to like. I don't really know them myself except that there's only one android phone (if my web search is correct off course)
The phones they saw:
Nokia lumia 710
Nokia lumia 800
(those are WP7.5 I think)
Samsung galaxy+
(only android in the list as far as I could tell)
Samsung galaxy wave III S8600
(This one is BADA I think)
So I might just wait for what they decide to do, a first look at them on the web seemed to sugest that they're all fine for what they're looking for. They all seem to have the possibility to use gps with some (free) maps as a backup and off course sending mail.
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Does anyone else think that the Xperia Ray shutdown/poweroff sequence is a bit annoying? First, it's too long - who needs to confirm twice that they want to switch off their phone? Then it signs off by vibrating which I find really irritating - I'm a committed vibration hater!
Anyone else share this opinion and done anything to remedy the situation? If so, do let me know.
I'm sure the vibration thing's sorted out easily by removing an .apk file or something somewhere.. My Ray's rooted/locked bootloader/ ICS 4.0.4 btw.
go to general section, this is the development thread, don't open up a new thread just to ask this
This how shut down works on every single Android device I have and I really doubt it can be changed...
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Sure it can be changed, I got rid of that (bloody horrible) O2 closedown animation by deleting an .apk file or two from the internal memory. Removing the shutdown vibration should be just as easy.
It's hardcoded in the operating system (probably in services.jar), it's not an apk that you could just delete
Exactly. Any animation can be deleted as it is added by the carrier or manufacturer but the vibration is there in Vanilla Android.
The length will depend on the phone specs, the ROM and the number of process the phone has to shut down (which changes from user to user) so you'll never get anything faster unless Google makes some changes.
On my Atrix running CM7, it's taking 6 to 8 seconds to shut down and the vibration is kind of a an alert saying that it all went fine. Perfect if you shut it down and then put it in your pocket : you know it shut down without having to check it. It's a feature.
Its possible to shutdown with one touch in 1 sec but its like turning off ur PC by pulling out power cable... I would not recommend since OS is saving ur present Settings for Next boot...
If u want to try then check Quickboot app from Play store.. it does the same thing...
That's fine - thanks all for the replies!
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Showcase/Fascinate, ie the i500 model Galaxy S from Ntelos.
I no longer live within signal and have since shut down service. I primarily use it for games, music, and books now, and as such, there are a lot of systems I no longer use on this phone.
I have bricked it, so I had to reflash and re-root stock rom. I have removed a few things with Droid Manager, such as the always-on and can-not-force-close voice services, which I never use anyway.
Here's a list of things I want to do with this phone, but don't know what needs changed to do it:
Replace system lock screen with the Go Locker app. By replace, I mean that every time I reboot my phone the system lock screen (drag glass blah blah) shows, then my z.halo Go Locker lock screen shows. Quite annoying.
My phone is ALWAYS searching for SVC. Big drain on battery life. I fixed it with airplane mode...but...eh. This phone will never be used as a telephone again, so I don't need it to be searching for towers. I need to use WiFi, though. Don't want to mess that one up.
I need to know exactly what system APKs can be removed from this stock rom, because they are taking up space. I don't know what half of them do, so I don't touch them for the most part. That path leads to bricking, which leads to me bashing my head against a brick wall.
Same as with the stock lock screen interfering with my lock screen app, I want to replace (permanently) the stock launcher with Go Launcher EX. I have the feeling that Go Launcher is operating on top of twlauncher, which just uses up more processor power. Just deleting the APK from the system...is a bad idea. Did that once. It lead to bricking somehow. Not really sure how though.
That's all I really want to do.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Hey everyone, I’m posting this to both XDA and the CyanogenMod forums for simplicity’s sake
I recently inherited a Note 3 from my sister who just got the Note 5, so of course I promptly rooted it and flashed CM 12.1
However, I’ve had some problems that I can’t seem to find a fix for, and I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
1) GPS
GPS cannot get a lock. Sometimes it will kinda work sporadically for a second or two, but it’s definitely not the fast, solid Lock that it’s supposed to be. Google Maps Navigation gets close, and I can see my route, but it doesn’t give me the solid Lock that it’s supposed to. I’ve downloaded GPS Status and re-downloaded AGPS data and done the available calibrations but that doesn’t really seem to do anything.
I found this thread regarding the GPS issue, but there seems to be a debate as to whether or not the fix suggested actually works. Haven’t tried it for myself yet but I plan to soon as I can get backups made:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/105538-have-they-fixed-gps-on-note-3-hltespr-sprint-yet/
I also found this possible solution over in the Galaxy S4 forums, but I couldn’t figure out how to edit my gps.conf file. I tried with both Astro File Manager and Terminal Emulator but I couldn’t edit the file due to permissions I’m pretty sure. I have some basic Linux knowledge but I’m not sure what the problem is. The usual “just sudo it” method doesn’t seem to work:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/108806-gps-not-fixing-with-latest-cm121/
2) Startup/Shutdown Sound
Apparently the Note 3 has a Startup and Shutdown sound. I’ve previously had an S3 and S4 and neither of them had it.
So now CyanogenMod plays my Default Notification Sounds whenever it starts up or shuts down. Which is fine, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the sound aside from changing my Default Notification Sound. I like to keep all my sounds different so I don’t like to have the same sound for two different functions. Does anyone know if there’s any possible way to change the Startup and Shutdown sounds?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hey folks,
OK, I'm just a little bit out of my depth here, so here it goes!
This probably sounds dodgy, but it is what it is: my daughter's phone (rooted HTC Desire 816) appears to have been "hacked" by someone at her school - whether its a prank gone wrong or she's a victim of bullying, we don't know and now we're dealing with the fallout.
By hacked what I mean is that the person or persons have somehow managed to find out my daughter's PIN and have then used it to gain access to her phone. Once in, they have turned off the custom lock screen installed (Hi Locker) and turned on the default lock screen and set a PIN which we don't know. Obviously, we're trying to get back into it without wiping it and don't know how to except for trying all 10,000 combinations!
So yeah, does anyone know how I might be able to go about getting back into the phone quicker than trying all 10,000 combos of PINs!?
Like I said, it is a rooted device; I was the one who initially set the phone up for my daughter. So its running TWRP and through TWRP I've been able to do an 'ADB Pull' request and dump the contents of external_sd and sdcard to my laptop so that at least that much data is preserved. I've also backed up the mmssms.db so that hopefully I can restore these databases if needs be. My daughter would like to not have to wipe the phone as she can't remember what other data (if any) might be lost if we do and I said I would try all other avenues before it gets to that.
Anyhow, I thought I would reach out to the community to find out if there is some way that I might be able to disable the lock screen or at least initiate some sort of backup process from the lock screen that would enable us to reset the lock screen. If not: such is life. But, if there is something that could be done, well, that would just be absolutely fantastic.
Thanks in advance folks for your responses and time.
Kind regard,
Dodgy Bob.
Hi folks,
After a bunch of further digging through random blogs and YouTube videos and whatever else, I happened across this site which pointed out a couple of different tricks that hadn't popped up on other sites I had come across. These were:
Safe Mode Option; and
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
Safe Mode Option didn't work for me, because it wasn't the 3rd party lock screen app that was the issue.
However, the gesture.key option did work for me, albeit with a couple of tweaks! Gesture.key wasn't present because the phone is running a newer version of Android, v6.0 (I had forgotten this!), so I had 2 gatekeeper files and 3 db files -and- rather than deleting them, I added .orig to the file names. Once I had done this, I rebooted back into System from Recovery and ta-da, I was back into the phone!
Big thanks to @Helloworld294 for this post here which I found after searching more due to reading this page.
It's all worked out in the end.
Kind regards,
Dodgy Bob