I've been using Gmail / Google Calendar for a while, so I was pretty excited to get an Android phone. I was rather spoilt though, as I'd been using Pocket Informant rather than the terrible Windows Mobile Calendar App. I really liked what I saw using the androidonhtc.com testing image.
Let's face it though, HTC's calendar app is an epic fail. The default Android calendar from the testing image was much better.
How can I reinstall the default android calendar? I've not been able to find a link to download the APK, and I did see one post saying someone hadn't been able to install it because there was a name conflict with the HTC cal.
I'm happy with the rest of TouchFLO - I don't want to go back to vanilla android, and I'm not terribly keen on a Hard-reset - but will if there's no other way.
Cheers,
I second that. Have been using pocketinformant on windowsmobile too, and can't understand why htc decided to implement the useless standard wm calender for the hero.
I definetly need the cupcake standard calender. Is there really no way to install it? Or is there a chance for pocketinformant Android version?
I'm not fussed about PI for Android - yes, it was good, but I think WebIS has gone for the market and is spending all of their effort developing for iPhone and blackberry.
The cupcake calendar had in its favour:
* Week view
* Proper day bars on the month view
* GCal look-and feel.
I'll be very happy if I can get it working instead.
Anyone?
Root your Hero and use adb push command to install the android default calender. Very easy and fully functional.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1784534/Android/Magic/Calendar.apk
Take a backup of the calender.apk and calender.odex if u change your mind...
NisseGurra said:
Root your Hero and use adb push command to install the android default calender. Very easy and fully functional.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1784534/Android/Magic/Calendar.apk
Take a backup of the calender.apk and calender.odex if u change your mind...
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Here's how, following the root article on theunlockr.com
I used Astro File Manager to backup the HTC Calendar.apk and Calendar.obex
Code:
[email protected]: ~/androidsdk/tools$ ./fastboot devices
HT97GL903527 fastboot
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./fastboot boot cm-hero-recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./adb shell mount /system
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./adb shell rm /system/app/Calendar.apk
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./adb shell rm /system/app/Calendar.odex
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./adb push Calendar.apk /system/app/
678 KB/s (325187 bytes in 0.468s)
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$ ./adb shell reboot
[email protected]:~/androidsdk/tools$
The only thing that doesn't work properly is on the month view, the title bar reads "2$s, 3$s - 5$s, 6$s" instead of the proper date.
Thanks for the help!
using Exchange sync
Can the default be used if your are integrated with Exchange?
What is so different between the htc calendar and the cupcake calendar. i'm new to android and trying to learn if someone can past screenshots or something.
Is the cupcake calendar really better than the htc calendar?
the cupcake calendar will show time bars for each day in the month view. That way you can see on the first glance how many meetings you have for every day.
the htc celander will only show one FLAG, which basically says "you have 1 or many meetings on this date". This is completely useless in the month view.
In example i have a daily meeting at work, and therefore the htc calendar will show me a flag on each day. So every month is filled with flags on the month view and i can't see when i actually have more than the daily meeting coming.
btw: i don't want to root my device, don't have the time and nerves to fix everything if something goes wrong. Isn't there ANY other way to get the old calendar? cant i find it somewhere in the hero rom, and just change some link parameters to get it opened by default?
Wow. The default calendar is SO MUCH faster and nicer.
Could we do the same for other apps, e.g. the alarm app or the contacts app? Can someone upload the .apk files for these?
frandavid100 said:
Wow. The default calendar is SO MUCH faster and nicer.
Could we do the same for other apps, e.g. the alarm app or the contacts app? Can someone upload the .apk files for these?
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Why would you want to change the alarm/clock app? They work just fine for me and looks great!
The problem I'm having after pushing the cupcake calendar is that there is this big bar across the top of the screen with a plus sign on it. It looks like it's supposed to be a button but the cupcake calendar isn't drawing it correctly.
:/ So I cant see the first few hours in day view..
Any fix?
hello guys is any chance anyone could put a step by step guide on how to put the orginal Calendar app onto the hero?
Already done
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=554826
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544788
for a more generic step-by-step to remove applications.
i think i'm taking the easy way out:
waiting for somebody to release a PI style calendar app. Shouldn't take too long i guess..
Shahpur.Azizpour said:
i think i'm taking the easy way out:
waiting for somebody to release a PI style calendar app. Shouldn't take too long i guess..
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I second that. Some of your suggestion for solving this problem is quite hightech. I don't even know what you guys mean by "root"-ing the Hero... Isn't stuff like this a bit risky on the Hero?
Shahpur.Azizpour said:
waiting for somebody to release a PI style calendar app.
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Dumb question - what's 'PI'?
Dumb answer....
PI means personal information.... if this is wrong no doubt someone will mention that... if so see above
Sidekicker said:
I second that. Some of your suggestion for solving this problem is quite hightech. I don't even know what you guys mean by "root"-ing the Hero... Isn't stuff like this a bit risky on the Hero?
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"Root", on computer, means "Almighty administrator".
Rooting a Hero is just like removing Parental control to do funny things.
You can't do much on android without rooting :/
Risky... well, i'm pretty noob but i didn't had any problem. Just had to follow the steps explained on the rooting thread.
If you want to learn more about rooting, pros and cons, it's pretty well discussed on a bunch of threads around there.
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Dumb answer....
PI means personal information.... if this is wrong no doubt someone will mention that... if so see above
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no, PI stands for Pocket Informant which is the most powerful calendar app on windows mobile and iphone.
Hi,
Has anyone performed the Calendar change on a Hero running the new Generic 2.4 ROM published by MoDaCo?
I followed the instructions both in this thread and the one linked to above - while the phone was in recovery mode I removed Calendar.apk and Calendar.obex from /system/app and then pushed a new Calendar.apk file over into /system/app from a Cupcake ROM I downloaded (signed-kila-ota-150275.53dde318.zip from android.clients.google.com).
However, when I rebooted my phone there was no calendar app showing.
I have PureCalendar installed which should launch Cupcake calendar on click, but that did nothing (I changed the appropriate setting).
Trying the HTC Calendar widgets just caused an error - as they expect the HTC Calendar I imagine.
Thinking I might also need the Calendar.odex file I pushed that over, but with the same results.
I'm now back with the HTC Calendar (thank goodness I took a backup).
Any ideas? Do I need to install the new Calendar.apk (using Linda or similar?) to make it available? Was I using a bad version of Cupcake?
Any ideas welcome.
Dave
hey guys i downloaded spb weather 2.3.0 for my samsung i920 (omnia 2) along with mobile shell.... anyway i downloaded spb weather because my city in pennsylvania is not listed in mobile shells weather that comes with... i downloaded spb weather thinking that i would be able to add sources but everyone i try to add either returns an error or just does nothing at all... ive been reading the posts i could find as far as what to do and same with the readme files i have been getting with the template zips ive been downloading... and still nothing... help please if i cant this working i want to return it because its useless the closest city to me that is bringing up is 25+ miles away... any help is greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance.
Was wondering if someone had a link or knew where / how I can get some of the stock apps / widgets back. Flashed AOKP B34, it has a couple of the widgets, but would like the ability to add back what I want.
Also was wondering if I can get access to the apps. Most importantly I'd like to try out the Asus remote desktop app( forgot the name of it ) as I heard it's really fast. Any way to get this, it came free with the tablet right?
Thanks
This post has some of them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586517
and i think the remote desktop client you were using was splashtop remote
npesa92 said:
This post has some of them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586517
and i think the remote desktop client you were using was splashtop remote
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Thanks ... I'll give these a shot on AOKP M5, someone said they worked
Just informing those of us that have bought TSF SHELL and have not been able to use do to device incompatabilty on ICS. with CM9 TSFShell works and downloads just fine.
anyway just had to let the ones that paid for it know that you can use it again.
thanks for your time.
Could someone please tell me what the stock clock/weather app for this phone is? I seen a preview and it looked great so I was wondering if its something
only for the Atrix or if it was an app I could install on my phone as well. I'm running Android Jellybean on my HD2 so I dont think I'll run into a problem of it
not being capatible since the system is pretty similiar. I've looked on several sites for the answer and my eyes are getting sore from searching so long.
Also if someone could upload the apk file if its not a paid app I would appreciate it very much. Thanks! :victory: The picture provided is the app I am talking about.
its from the new atrix hd. Search in the atrix themes and apps section to find the apk for it. Better yet here is the OP on it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787403
Thanks. That led me a few places and I found a thread that had it named as "Rings Digital Weather Clock" on Google play.
Not nearly the same but still gives a nice look.