[Solved] Kitkat dialer without Favorites tab - Galaxy Note II Themes and Apps

this is all after months of trial and error method, finally got it working.......please thank me if someone is using it in their ROM...took a lot of efforts to get it the way i wanted it (many had tried and given up hope).
assuming that you know how to decompile and recompile, have basic knowledge on how to edit smali files and also that you have a similar version of seccontacts..apk, here goes.
1) after decompiling, go to "\smali\com\android\contacts\activities" and open "ActionBarAdapter.smali".
2) search for method ".method protected addTab(III)V" and look for "new-instance v1, Ljava/lang/IllegalStateException;"
3) right above this, you should have a "if-eq p1, v1, :cond_1" . Change this to goto :cond_1 This skips the check of the tab index. This is a very important step.
4) search for method "method protected setupTabs()V" and hash out the following 4 lines:
#sget v0, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->FAVORITES:I
#const v1, 0x7f02014e
#const v2, 0x7f0e01ab
#invoke-virtual {p0, v0, v1, v2}, Lcom/android/contacts/activities/ActionBarAdapter;->addTab(III)V
This moves the text/icon of the contacts tab to the position of Favorites tab
5) Next file, under "smali\com\samsung\contacts\activities" look for "Contactstab.smali" and look for method ".method private static setupTabState(Z)V"
6) this is where all the tab order, position are defined...took me months to stumble across this method.
change the top section of the method as follows: ensure that the 3 tabs for which i have put comments are matching the variables below
.method private static setupTabState(Z)V
.locals 5
.parameter "hideDialerNLogs"
.prologue
const/4 v4, 0x0
const/4 v3, 0x3 ==>v3 looks like tab count, so we are reducing it from 4 to 3
const/4 v2, 0x2 => v2 is contacts tab and you are moving it to position 2 from 3
const/4 v1, 0x4 ==> v1 is favorites tab you are moving it to position 4 (out of the equation)
const/4 v0, 0x1
.line 75
if-nez p0, :cond_0
.line 76
sput v4, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->DIALER:I
.line 77
sput v0, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->CALLLOG:I
.line 78
sput v1, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->FAVORITES:I
.line 79
sput v2, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->ALL:I
.line 80
sput v3, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->GROUPS:I
.line 81
sput v3, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->COUNT:I
.line 82
sput v2, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->DEFAULT:I
Note that the bold highlights are edits made.
Save changes, recompile and you are done.
Enjoy...for all those who always found "Favorites" tab irritating and of no use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3361011&d=1434214242

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josephpatrick said:
Hi everyone,
i will only post the guide/how to only if anyone is interested and that will be based on thread responses and PM's.
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I am interested. Post to me sir. Tq

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tahula2004 said:
I am interested. Post to me sir. Tq
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will do it once i reach home

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Tq sir

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tahula2004 said:
Tq sir
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OP updated with instructions

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tahula2004 said:
Tq sir
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were you able to get it working?

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I have not tried it yet. Quite busy with my work. I shall inform you when I have tried it. Tq sir

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"4) search for method "method protected setupTabs()V" and hash out the following 4 lines:
#sget v0, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->FAVORITES:I
#const v1, 0x7f02014e
#const v2, 0x7f0e01ab
#invoke-virtual {p0, v0, v1, v2}, Lcom/android/contacts/activities/ActionBarAdapter;->addTab(III)V
This moves the text/icon of the contacts tab to the position of Favorites tab"
I still confused with this step, can you explaind to me?

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haikal14 said:
"4) search for method "method protected setupTabs()V" and hash out the following 4 lines:
#sget v0, Lcom/samsung/contacts/activities/ContactsTab;->FAVORITES:I
#const v1, 0x7f02014e
#const v2, 0x7f0e01ab
#invoke-virtual {p0, v0, v1, v2}, Lcom/android/contacts/activities/ActionBarAdapter;->addTab(III)V
This moves the text/icon of the contacts tab to the position of Favorites tab"
I still confused with this step, can you explaind to me?
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what explanation are you looking for?

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I have 2 smali files, one is from my original Android contact app and one is from another contacts app (called NO_ORIGINAL),
what I need is to be able to use this command "^ [0-9]. * $" that what it does is prohibit the search with numbers and allow only letters, that this is inside the NO_ORIGINAL and I want to use this same one and put it in the ORIGINAL to use it in my android, as well as around it has several things that I do not know in smali I do not know how to do it,
as I understand this is what you have to copy but with some different details that I do not know,
.line 224
invoke-interface {p1}, Ljava / lang / CharSequence; -> toString () Ljava / lang / String;
move-result-object p2
const-string p3, "^ [0-9]. * $"
invoke-virtual {p2, p3}, Ljava / lang / String; -> matches (Ljava / lang / String Z
move-result p2
if-eqz p2,: cond_0
.line 225
iget-object p2, p0, Lcom / nwagu / contacts / activities / ActionBarAdapter $ SearchTextWatcher; -> this $ 0: Lcom / nwagu / contacts / activities / ActionBarAdapter;
invoke-static {p2}, Lcom / nwagu / contacts / activities / ActionBarAdapter; -> access $ 200 (Lcom / nwagu / contacts / activities / ActionBarAdapter Landroid / widget / EditText;
move-result-object p2
const-string p3, ""
invoke-virtual {p2, p3}, Landroid / widget / EditText; -> setText (Ljava / lang / CharSequence V
Does anyone know how to do it?