How do I make a folder on the desktop without having to install a 3rd party app? I searched for forum and only came up with Honeycomb stuff which actually didn't support that.
All you do is take one if the apps you want to put in a folder and put it on the desktop then you take the next app that you want to put into the folder and just drag it over to other app and Willa you have a folder and you can repeat for more apps
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cordell507 said:
All you do is take one if the apps you want to put in a folder and put it on the desktop then you take the next app that you want to put into the folder and just drag it over to other app and Willa you have a folder and you can repeat for more apps
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Yep, what he said....
Drop one app on top of another to make the folder.
Drop multiple apps on top the folder to place them in.
Damn so easy I never even thunk it up. Thanks!!
What if I wanted to make a folder with PDFs or other files in it?
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Hey guys, I wrote an article over on our site that shows a quick walkthrough on how to display full desktop websites permanently on Chrome for Android Mobile so that you don't have to visit the mobile site, then hit "request desktop site" button any more. Considering Chrome is an awesome browser with full sync, and works very well on Jelly Bean, this might be of use to all of you. I know I was sick of having to constantly click the button.
Article: How To – Permanently Have Desktop Mode on Chrome Mobile for Android
Rooted device Instructions:
Copy the chrome-command-line.txt file attached to the post, then paste it into /data/local/ making sure to set the permissions to 755 and to remove the '.txt' file extension.
Flashable .zip, for the lazy:
You should know how to use this by now. Grab the attached ChromeDE.zip provided by XDA user djmcnz and flash away! (Thanks!) You can also drop him a thanks by visiting a post of his later in this thread.
ADB Instructions (for non-rooted devices):
Place the chrome-command-line.txt file in the root directory of your PC and rename it to 'chrome-command-line', then make sure your device is connected to your computer. When connected, issue this command:
Code:
adb push /chrome-command-line /data/local/chrome-command-line
You can also set the path on your computer where the file is located by replacing the first '/chrome-command-line' with the file location.
Cheers! Hopefully we'll see a better implementation of this in the upcoming 4.2 release.
Very useful. Instructions were clear and precise, Nice one!
thank you very well apreciated is there any chance you can write 1 on how to make it more stable?
b3ava said:
thank you very well apreciated is there any chance you can write 1 on how to make it more stable?
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Thanks guys, glad I could help. Wish I knew how to make it more stable! It seems that it runs much better on Jelly Bean, but us ICS users are still stuck with it being really slow and buggy
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I am stuck trying to figure out what "set permissions to 755" means...
it seems in the video you just tick different boxes, how does that relate to 755??
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bunnybash said:
I am stuck trying to figure out what "set permissions to 755" means...
it seems in the video you just tick different boxes, how does that relate to 755??
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I'm using solid explorer off of the market (a free file manager) which allows you to set the permissions of a file. In solid explorer, they are set by ticking the correct boxes, whereas in other applications they are typed in by number..
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Hey thanks for this....huge chrome pet peeve of mine...
Can you write a command for FULL screen!!
When i click the download command file (on Nexus)it just opens to a large field with text...nothing downloads.
Suggestion?
thanks
rockky said:
Hey thanks for this....huge chrome pet peeve of mine...
Can you write a command for FULL screen!!
When i click the download command file (on Nexus)it just opens to a large field with text...nothing downloads.
Suggestion?
thanks
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You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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Thanks very much...got it.
Hey, (cough , hate to push a good thing) do you think you could produce a similar command to enable full screen on chrome mobile?!!
QUOTE=omac_ranger;30213316]You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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rockky said:
Thanks very much...got it.
Hey, (cough , hate to push a good thing) do you think you could produce a similar command to enable full screen on chrome mobile?!!
QUOTE=omac_ranger;30213316]You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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Don't think it works that way mate. That one was built into Chrome, just enabled by the file.
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great guide. thanks for this. having to keep requesting desktop had become a bug bear for me
zionwolf said:
great guide. thanks for this. having to keep requesting desktop had become a bug bear for me
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Exactly! Glad I could help!
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Good tip but it can be improved.
You don't need root to write to /data/local/ so in theory this trick will work for everyone, might pay to update the article.
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Good tip but it can be improved.
You don't need root to write to /data/local/ so in theory this trick will work for everyone, might pay to update the article.
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No? When testing with a Nexus 7 unrooted you cannot navigate to Data/local through Solid Explorer. Naturally I thought it had to be rooted. If you have had success with a different file manager (or pushed it through ADB) then letting me know what worked would be great.
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No? When testing with a Nexus 7 unrooted you cannot navigate to Data/local through Solid Explorer. Naturally I thought it had to be rooted. If you have had success with a different file manager (or pushed it through ADB) then letting me know what worked would be great.
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You'll be able to get to it in a terminal window or adb - not sure what's up with Solid, equally an update.zip will work without root.
/data/local/ is r/w for the local user and shell.
try - echo test > /data/local/test.txt on a non-rooted device, it'll work.
Actually, now that think about it more - Solid probably can't list the contents of / (root) so you can't navigate to sub directories. Can you type a path into Solid? That should work.
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You'll be able to get to it in a terminal window or adb - not sure what's up with Solid, equally an update.zip will work without root.
/data/local/ is r/w for the local user and shell.
try - echo test > /data/local/test.txt on a non-rooted device, it'll work.
Actually, now that think about it more - Solid probably can't list the contents of / (root) so you can't navigate to sub directories. Can you type a path into Solid? That should work.
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I'll definitely test that out and put a guide for newbies on there. Solid displays the root directory, but will not allow you to navigate to a folder inside of it. I was thinking about ease of access for the user, and assumed they wouldn't want to go the adb route. My bad, but thank you for the heads up.
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I'll definitely test that out and put a guide for newbies on there. Solid displays the root directory, but will not allow you to navigate to a folder inside of it. I was thinking about ease of access for the user, and assumed they wouldn't want to go the adb route. My bad, but thank you for the heads up.
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If you want it as easy as possible you could provide an update.zip for those with a custom recovery - that's going to be the simplest way. If you want to do that and need some help let me know.
does what is says on the tin
well spotted and thanks for posting
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If you want it as easy as possible you could provide an update.zip for those with a custom recovery - that's going to be the simplest way. If you want to do that and need some help let me know.
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Yeah I would love some help with that. I've never tried to compile my own before. I have a few tools bookmarked, but haven't gone through with testing them too thoroughly.
tony_man said:
well spotted and thanks for posting
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No problem. Mind dropping a thanks? Waiting at 99 is a huge pain the arse.
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Yeah I would love some help with that. I've never tried to compile my own before. I have a few tools bookmarked, but haven't gone through with testing them too thoroughly.
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No worries, I can whip one up in a few minutes when I get home.
In the meantime you can have a look at some here: http://djmcnz.batteryboss.org/GNexus/mods/StockLauncher/v4/
If you want to have a play and look at the script. It will need to be different for you of course, least of all because we'll be mounting /data instead.
I'll send you a PM later on once I'm home (I'm in Europe/CET).
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I've downloaded several things from taptalk ans while i know that they are saved i can't for the life of me figure out where they get saved. I can open the folder via root browser to see the contents of the download, but when i try to move the or i press back to get to the parent zip folder root browser just closes.
Can anyone tell me where taptalk downloads are saved? I know i can just open the forums with my browser and redownload the file so i know where it is,but that's a pita frankly.
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I believe you can go into settings and change the destination folder for your downloads. As to your file explorer closing when going back to the parent folder, there should be a 'root' setting that allows you to go back. Hope this helps mate.
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I have TapaTalk on the phone, not SD. I didn't change the location of downloads in settings. Mine are located in the root (highest level) in a folder called "tapatalk_download".
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I have TapaTalk on the phone, not SD. I didn't change the location of downloads in settings. Mine are located in the root (highest level) in a folder called "tapatalk_download".
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Thanks mate, that's where i found them!
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Glad to hear!
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I'm trying to add some files to my DNA but it will only let me add image files and music through HTC's sync manager. Is there any way to manually select and add files to my phone?
Just go to my computer and double click on your phone.
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Just go to my computer and double click on your phone.
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I'm on a mac at the moment. It won't let me add files like i did with my other droids.
Found a way around my problem, found the app "Android File Transfer." Not sure why but on OSX i cant move files around without HTC's software or AFT.
Because thats the only tool which enables MTP mode drivers for OSX
Hey you guys,
I am looking for the Folder where the current Wallpaper is saved.
I just "downloaded" a picture by setting it as my current Wallpaper. No other option were availaible. I want to save it in my gallery. Where can I find it in the filesystem.
Would be nice if someone can help me out.
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Should be in the downloads section. You can find it from the apps list (app name "Downloads") or with file manager, look for the folder called Downloads.
This thread should be moved to Q/A.
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Should be in the downloads section. You can find it from the apps list (app name "Downloads") or with file manager, look for the folder called Downloads.
This thread should be moved to Q/A.
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Sorry that I put this to the wrong section. Thanks for moving it in advance.
The thing is that it's not like downloaded. So as an option there was only set as wallpaper. So I think it is like in the case when you set a Wallpaper in Windows out of a picture viewer. Hope you understand.
So I need to find the folder where android puts the actual wallpaper.
System/etc/customization/content/com/sonyericsson/wallpaperpicker/wallpapers look inside it..
And u need a rooted device to see that. Use Root Explorer..
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It's not there either.
should be in data/data folder
but need to check Hell of a lot stuff
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Found it in: data/data/com.android.settings/files
Filename: wallpaper
It is without extension, but when I renamed it to .jpg it was the pic I was looking for.
Luckily I could use the search of the total commander. You can set a filter that you just want files changed within the last minute. So I didn't had to go through thousand files.
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