There are various ways to change to a new configuration of apps, of which some I know and, undoubtedly, some I don't. As I don't have the full overview of the possibilities I want to ask your opinion on your favorite way to change the configuration of apps, and the associated pro's and con's.
What do you mean by 'changing the configuration of apps', you may ask...
Well, I would like to be able to quickly change a set of installed/available apps to another set.
Why?
Because out of all apps installed I use 10-20% on regular days, but on holidays/at work/on the beach/late in the evening/... I use another set. I now have all available, slowing down my phone and limiting battery life considerably.
What if you could quickly switch from one set to another depending on your needs?
I've learned about the following ways to do just that:
- Using nandroid backups, with each a different configuration
- Titanium backup (pro)
Do you know of an easier way?
Please let me know.
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Hi all,
I'm wanting to use the GPRS monitor for my phone. I'm set up with 15MB of transfer monthly, and I'd like to stick below that if possible. When I open the momitor, I see that some default values are set up, to watch for "inclusive" usage, and currently it's set to 20MB. I'm wondering how to modify this value to 15MB.
Does anyone know how to modify the settings? Answers are much appreciated!
In the options, do not choose a preset profile, but a custom one, then put the limits you want. You can also change the monthly warnings to the limits you want.
I never saw the options panel in the one that came with my "cooked" rom, so I just went and downloaded the current version and installed it. I now see where I can customize it.
Thanks for the reply! BTW: The old serials work in the new version.
Hi guys, I’m new to the forum and fairly new to Android devices in general. I’ve googled a good bit before posting, and searched this forum for some keywords, but haven’t come up with a solution to what I need to do.
I have what seems like a fairly simple need: Set up an android device the way I want it, and then clone this image to multiple other devices.
I work with an organization that conducts a lot of epidemiology surveillance in foreign countries. The surveys are done on android based devices with a collection of off-the-shelf apps, plus one we had custom built for our purpose. Data is sent to us via whatever mobile networks happen to be available in the country being surveyed (we buy our phones unlocked, and get the SIM cards in-country).
As we continue to expand, installing all those apps and getting all of the settings just right becomes a very tedious, repetitive task, when you consider doing 100+ phones a month. .
Ideally I would like to stick with the factory rom, just add/remove some apps and configure settings. The cloning process needs to be fairly straight-forward, and not require a bunch of apps to be installed on the target phones first, because that kind of defeats the purpose.
For the time being, we’re using Motorola Atrix and Atrix 2. We also have some XT720s but we’re phasing those out.
Not sure if this is relevant, but below is roughly what provisioning currently looks like:
1. We receive a batch of phones, say 100 at a time
2. First, do a factory reset, and go through the initial setup
3. Remove as many of the factory installed apps as possible
4. Set up WiFi
5. Log into Google Play account and install the 6 apps we actually use
6. Make LauncherPro the default desktop, set it to only use 1 dock and 1 desktop, set a plain boring background, hide all except the app drawer icon, and have and icon for our app, and an airplane mode widget on the desktop.
7. Finally, enter the server connection settings in our survey app (this part we’ve gotten to a point where all we do is drop a config file to the SD Card, and it picks up the settings for this particular app)
8. Turn off the phone, and do it all again on the other 99 devices…
Any thoughts on how to automate this?
I'm going to be giving a phone to my grandma who will be using the phone half a world away. I wish to be able to customize this phone remotely after I've given this phone to her. For example, she may feel that the default dialer is too confusing -- I want to be able to change it, or at least allow another app to directly make calls to all (including emergency) numbers.
The thing is I have no idea what changes I may need to do (it all depends on her user experience), so I was thinking perhaps if I created a custom ROM that removed all permissions requirements (so for example, ACTION_CALL would only require normal, instead of system, permissions) I'd have the most flexibility in adjusting the UX.
No one else but my grandma will be using this phone, and no apps will be installed by anyone but me, so security doesn't seem to be an issue.
Is this a good idea? Would this be hard to do, or would it just be a search and replace job in the code?
thanks for any help!
customize it before you give it to her. It's better for her not to be using an insecure phone. the granma spy police might try to hack it
I'd like some kind of software for PC for managing nandroid backups. Pretty much a database of backups with some settings, similar to how you can automatically download podcasts in music players and automatically delete old ones.
So for example if I make a lot of nandroids I can have it setup to automatically delete older ones based on how many new backups I have and/or how much time has passed. I can see details about what's contained in the backup, etc... whatever else would be useful.
I want something that can easily set names on each of them (in the software for display to the user only, not necessarily on the files/folders) and display the date and time of each as well as any other relevant information possible to obtain from the nandroids.
Is there anything out there like this or do I need to stick to making notes and creative folder names?
Alright, here is the deal, I'm planning to upgrade my mom's phone, thinking about Nokia 2.2.
I want to severely restrict phone's ability to do things. Phone should be essentially frozen in time. She breaks any electronics in ways that boggles my mind. And unfortunately I don't have physical access to her devices.
I'll install set of apps that she can use. Set up phone properly with her google account. But beyond that, she shouldn't be able to:
1. move icons around.
2. Change anything related to the phone appearance, language, keyboard etc.
3. use most of the settings. She'll change screen brightness / volume at most.
4. install / remove any software.
Other than that, updates should work (both android and apps)
Ideally I should be able to access her screen remotely.
Looking for apps that can do that. I can custom rom flash/root/whatever the phone, so both google play solution and more hacky ways are accepted.