So this launcher took some getting used to and some playing around with... but it really is pretty phenomenal. I didn't think I would like it at first, but after I got it more set up I began to really like it, especially with being able to implement knock-off. So i didn't see anything here about setting up or using SSlauncher and wanted to begin a discussion with tips and tricks so we can all help each other out... So try it out guys!
I downloaded the launcher from here to try it out... not sure what version it is. I was looking for the sslauncher the original free version to try out but couldn't find it. This is a relatively new release and works great.
* one question I have or thing I don't like is that I can't figure out how to make a folder with certain apps on the "Hot!" screen.... any help would be appreciated
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Hey all! I'm so glad i found this community it looks awesome! I'm new here and to the HTC hero G2 AND to the droid OS for that matter so i will have some pretty noobish questions , i will try to make it easy and list them in order so if you could please respond that way it would make it a lot easier on this noob as well
I am in the USA so i don't know if that will make a difference but i see a lot of other countries names in updates.
1. My device is the G2 obviously and its unlocked and i use my local carrier Cincinnati Bell and i'm pretty sure my phone is stock everything as far as firmware and what not. I still have 1.5 and i'm seeing people talk about 2.1, some say a message will automatically appear for the update but will it work since i'm not on T Mobile? if not how do i go about getting this?
2. What other types of software are there you recommend every G2 should have or that i can update to my phone to make it better, faster and just all around great, how would i go about doing this?
3. i've noticed when i go to albums for some reason there are 5 different albums just for my pictures which were all already on my sd card, and on my old phone were all just under the same album. The same for videos too there is 3 different ones for those too. Why are they all being seperated and how do i just make one entire album for all photos and one for videos? i've plugged the USB into my computer and opened my sd card and have seen the folders for all my music and photos so could when i add particular artists music on just create my own folder and put each artists music in their own folder? would it show up like that on my music player as being seperate? and could i do the same for pictures?
I realize i have quite a decent amount of questions and i apologize but i am new to the G2 and Droid in general as i've stated and i love the experience so far and i want to gain as much knowledge as possible so big thanks to anyone who helps me!
THANKS!!!
28 views and not one question has had an attempt of help guess this community isn't what i thought it was.
C-4Nati said:
28 views and not one question has had an attempt of help guess this community isn't what i thought it was.
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What exactly did you think it was? This is a developer community.. not a help desk.
I myself am not a developer.. I have a very small and limited amount of knowledge regards android.
I come here because I pick things up.. and occasionally when I have a problem I ask a question BUT only in the hope that the great and the good of this community feel like they have time to answer it.
Sure I wish I could be more welcoming to you.. I really do hope your problem gets solved.
Just dont expect it to get handed to you.. for example.. most of your questions can be answered in the hero wiki.. which is one quick search away from discovery.
Your initial question was polite and well formed.. however to follow it up with that statement just shows that you were being very disingenuous.
Again.. I hope someone takes the time to answer your several questions.
polakscot said:
What exactly did you think it was? This is a developer community.. not a help desk.
I myself am not a developer.. I have a very small and limited amount of knowledge regards android.
I come here because I pick things up.. and occasionally when I have a problem I ask a question BUT only in the hope that the great and the good of this community feel like they have time to answer it.
Sure I wish I could be more welcoming to you.. I really do hope your problem gets solved.
Just dont expect it to get handed to you.. for example.. most of your questions can be answered in the hero wiki.. which is one quick search away from discovery.
Your initial question was polite and well formed.. however to follow it up with that statement just shows that you were being very disingenuous.
Again.. I hope someone takes the time to answer your several questions.
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I've searched for forums for the Hero G2 and this is one of the only ones with activity i found. So i signed up, yes i know this is a development forum but if someone has the knowledge to develop for such a phone then it became common sense to me they would know answers to the questions i had. I did not mean to seem "disingenuous", its from the fact of taking a post like my last to get a response is why i did so. I wish someone from the first few views could of either 1. Helped me or 2. Said what you said and suggested somewhere or something else to help.
I don't mean to sound like an ass, just would really like help so it would be GREATLY appreciated if someone tried at least :-/
Ok i'll use my first post as an attempt to be useful, if only because i've read a whole lot from here and as yet written nowt
Now, first things first, being in the states do you have the G2 gsm hero, the one with the chin, or the US cdma sprint version? Makes a big difference if you want to do rooting.
Information searching for the hero doesn't have to come from active forums, many were hugely active when the phone first arrived and may not be so now, but much of the content is just as useful/relevant as it was then.
Oh, and i'm neither a dev, or a programmer or a techy phone expert, pc expert or any other expert come to that, just a hero owner that started much like you. Knowing nothing
Regarding the official 2.1 update, have no idea how it might arrive at your device, or mine as i'm not interested. Mine is rooted 1.5 with modaco 3.2 and it works just fine (and stable/reliable) for me, and does pretty much all i need it to do. The only exception being maybe bluetooth transfer.
When i got my hero it was the latest all singing, all dancing device that shamed most if not all other smartphones, eventually rooting it made it better, and unless i get to upgrade it every 6 months to me that's the way it'll stay.
I might go for a custom 2.1 rom at some point, be warned the official upgrade removes that possibility for the future, and even if you don't think you'll want to now, you may well change your mind once you've had the phone a while
How are the files stored on your sd card now? Separate folders are displayed separately. Contacts, downloads, camera shots etc I guess you could put them all in one folder but the album has an "all pictures" option anyway so why bother.
All my albums are stored in folders, with artwork, and just drag and drop into the music or mp3, can't recall what it's called right now, folder and display as whole albums in the player. If i want to create a folder just for one artists tracks then again it will display that "album" separately.
Works fine for me as i'm a whole album person rather than using playlists.
Any combination is possible, trial and error and personal preference time, but you wont break anything by trying.
Finally, have google work for you, or you tube, there's a heap of good stuff around, and more applications than my failing keyboard can mention hence rooting and apps2sd has unlimited my app count. No more worrying whether i can fit in that latest market find or what i have to delete first.
new batteries time before i launch this keyboard.....
Thank you! for someone trying to help... i'll soak all that in kind person, and i have the one with the chin
Hello, I just got my samsung vibrant, and I want to customize it a little bit. I wouldnt mind changing the theme of it. I've got an ipod touch that i jail broke and got this cool blue carbon theme that I really like. I dont wanna pay $10 or$20 for a theme pack, but just looking at my options. How Do I do this? Do I have to root this phone? im not very experienced in hacking other than what ive done with my ipod. I also want to be able to play videos on my vibrant. Someone told me I can use something called double twist, but once again im inexperienced with all of this.
help?
There is an app called metamorph that will allow you to easily change themes. I have not used it however so read up on it before your jump right in.
Also, movies should play using nothing more than the default media player.
The market will likely have many solutions for you on both questions...
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As this site is meant to cater more toward developers (i.e. the name), you may find the official T-Mobile forums more helpful / receptive to your needs...
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/bd-p/Vibrant
They're very active and there are many helpful people over there for questions such as yours. No need to root until you're ready. Actually, you might even want to have an actual good reason to do so before doing so. SEARCH FIRST before posting questions there and you'll be fine.
Getting involved with MetaMorph right off the back is not recommended. Changing themes, (depending on what you want to do) is possible without rooting your phone.
Anyone out explain the issue with the bluetooth pairing on this thing. I've tried to pair a couple different phones but no cigar. I looked all over this forum to see if there was a fix but haven't seen a solution only other complaints. When I flash to a new ROM will that fix the poblem? If not how? What did you guys do?
Are you trying to use stock rom? Most people here have no idea how stock rom performs with most functions.
You might want to visit my page gtab for dummies.
Awesome website!
I checked out your web site earlier today from the reply you gave me last night on some other stuff. I can't tell you enough how appreciated this site is. I read every last word of each section and have a much better understanding. I would like to have a better understanding of each ROM. Like what would make me choose one over another? They have to be reasons to pick one over another. What does one do that the others don't? On your web site a brief description of each one could help us dummies know which one would serve our needs better. It's just an idea that could cut down on future questions. I love the site and will be visiting often. Thanks for all of that effort GoodIntentions!
Good idea.
Pros and cons
I thought about this a bit more. Maybe a list of the pros and cons for each ROM could help. If I knew the down side for each ROM it would definitely push me in one direction or another.
I agree with the Pros and Cons idea, I'm in the process of trying to work one up, but alas its seems my knowledge has become slightly outdated don't you hate that? Running CM7, I've got lots of cons but compared to what I had before I stuck with it. Switching to VeganTab I'll let you know how that goes but I'm thinking it may be a permanent switch.
I've never had any trouble pairing with my phone with the roms I tried. Make sure your gtab is visible.
Hello,
Sorry, I posted this in the General section first, not thinking. So, I will now post it here and hopefully get someone to help me.
I am new to Sense and still pretty new to Android itself with the Atrix 4G being my first Android phone. I originally came from iOS. I do not really like the stock look of Sense and have't seen any that I truely would like to look at everyday. How do I go about creating my own theme/skin? Is there just a program I need to download or are there certain files that I need to edit? Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Yeah it's always a little rough in XDA about posting in the right section. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.
Anyway, take a look here: Install these as regular APKs and then check them out in the Skins part of the Personalize Menu.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144572
If you want to theme it further, you can unzip the APK and take a look around there. The images are in there.
Awesome. Thanks a lot. Is there somwhere that explains what each of the .pngs actually are?
Hello everyone, in trying to find a thread I saw about 2 weeks ago about changing your build.prop to have gameloft games be playable that normaly aren't on the E3D. I don't remember exactly where I had seen it but I've looked for it. Maybe someone remembers the thread and can post me a link for it. Thank u in advance. I know there is one in the games section of Android but its for arm6.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338181&highlight=gameloft
Thanks ekz13 but that's not the one I'm looking for. The one I remember had changes to the script that where way longer. I remember something about changing the device to LG Optimus.
I thought that was the one to change it to the optimus one. I don't remember seeing another though.. gl finding it, post up a link when you do please
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I thought that was the one to change it to the optimus one. I don't remember seeing another though.. gl finding it, post up a link when you do please
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Yea I hope someone else remembers it. I think it was in the EVO3D forums but I looked in there and even went back as 10 pages of posts and still nothing...maybe I'm just missing it. I'll keep looking but I also hope someone finds it too or stumbles upon it, cuz I really wanna play Sacred Odyssey If anyone has gotten it to work on the E3D, how did u do it? Thank you peeps
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Yea I hope someone else remembers it. I think it was in the EVO3D forums but I looked in there and even went back as 10 pages of posts and still nothing...maybe I'm just missing it. I'll keep looking but I also hope someone finds it too or stumbles upon it, cuz I really wanna play Sacred Odyssey If anyone has gotten it to work on the E3D, how did u do it? Thank you peeps
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From a android market developer's point of view there are really only two ways the market allows the developer to explicitly filter out devices for their application:
1) by specific build model of the device
2) by screen resolution support
the /system/build.prop supplys the information the Market uses. if you have a konwn good device that supports these games, such as the LG Optimus, you would only need a copy of the LG Optimus build.prop file in order to mimic.
if it was me personally, i would suggest changing the fingerprint to make the lg optimus first, wipe market cache, reboot and see if it appears in the market. if it doesn't, then i'd look into screen settings, but i think most filter by device as that is the easier of the two to manually control/adjust in the developer market console.
as a side plug, my app, build prop editor, makes it very simple to edit the file from android mode, along with maintaining backups/restoring and switching between them!
hope that helps take a bit of the mystery away!