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Thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial....worked first try!
Wow, I have never seen rooting of anything so well explained.
I mean, even I may be able to do it, if I can figure out the gain over potential risk if I screw it up.
Thanks for the great write-up!
Does anyone know how I can chnge the clock font I want my custom font
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On my gear s sorry
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Why are the last two posts in the rooting guide thread?
ronaldheld said:
Why are the last two posts in the rooting guide thread?
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it was my first really long post and I didnt know if I would get hit with a size limit or such. plus I cant stand when then happens and some genius comes in and post something totally off right in the middle of a writeup.
I meant cricket2979's posts
ronaldheld said:
I meant cricket2979's posts
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no clue, he's been blowing up my inbox too....
Forgot this thread was here. Anyway I just copied and pasted my last post in the Dev forum to here so a mod can just delete it.
Originally Posted by ooms View Post
The system apps can't really be edited, unless you know how to decomplie them. They aren't opensource they are licensed under flora. They are c++ native apps(you can even install your own tpk apps if you find/make them).
Im on my phone right now, but you can do some editing of colors and images, which isnt too hard. You have to find the .edj files, use edje_decc to decompile them, you will end up with a edc file and a build.sh file to recompile.
Pretty much what i've found is we will not see custom watch faces on the lockscreen, till Samsung allows us. I have figured out some ways to customize the default digital time lock screen.
If you change any of the api permissions in the xml files make sure to update smack as it will reject it.
Ive been able to pull packages using Sdb. For instance I pulled, /usr/apps/com.samsung.w-contacts2, which has some images that are decompiled, like home screen icons. So I havent actually decompiled anything. Sdb pulls all of the folders and signatures. If I wanted to edit a couple of images then push it back to my watch, how would that be done?
For those that do not know what the directory structure looks like, as I asked in my previous post, download DiskInternals Linux viewer
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ Open the program and browse to rootfs.img file of Cipherswitch and mount the image. It allows you to view the files on the image.
What exactly is Flora? I thought all linux distros were open source. Isnt Tizen based on Linux?
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@ooms ya, when I pulled that particular app, it came in folders. Now that I think about it, its just a usr folder. I was hoping to theme the whole os.
Raiderman said:
Forgot this thread was here. Anyway I just copied and pasted my last post in the Dev forum to here so a mod can just delete it.
Originally Posted by ooms View Post
The system apps can't really be edited, unless you know how to decomplie them. They aren't opensource they are licensed under flora. They are c++ native apps(you can even install your own tpk apps if you find/make them).
Im on my phone right now, but you can do some editing of colors and images, which isnt too hard. You have to find the .edj files, use edje_decc to decompile them, you will end up with a edc file and a build.sh file to recompile.
Pretty much what i've found is we will not see custom watch faces on the lockscreen, till Samsung allows us. I have figured out some ways to customize the default digital time lock screen.
If you change any of the api permissions in the xml files make sure to update smack as it will reject it.
Ive been able to pull packages using Sdb. For instance I pulled, /usr/apps/com.samsung.w-contacts2, which has some images that are decompiled, like home screen icons. So I havent actually decompiled anything. Sdb pulls all of the folders and signatures. If I wanted to edit a couple of images then push it back to my watch, how would that be done?
For those that do not know what the directory structure looks like, as I asked in my previous post, download DiskInternals Linux viewer
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ Open the program and browse to rootfs.img file of Cipherswitch and mount the image. It allows you to view the files on the image.
What exactly is Flora? I thought all linux distros were open source. Isnt Tizen based on Linux?
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@ooms ya, when I pulled that particular app, it came in folders. Now that I think about it, its just a usr folder. I was hoping to theme the whole os.
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So digging around, in the contact app folder in res/edje you have 4 .edj files you will need to decompile using edje_decc and edit then recompile.
Flora = http://floralicense.org/
So all the system apps in the source are already pre-compiled, there are some .h files that refer to the apps and "distributor" level api's but no .c files.
So till they release the source can't do too much custom stuff. Kind of like how they release the source of the Note boot loader but it's worthless because it's locked with proprietary information that they won't release.
Just the other way around.
root gear s
Hi i have gear s SM-750
R750XXU1BNJ7 . Can i root my gear s??
sory for my english
porki18 said:
Hi i have gear s SM-750
R750XXU1BNJ7 . Can i root my gear s??
sory for my english
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Who is the wireless carrier?
porki18 said:
Hi i have gear s SM-750
R750XXU1BNJ7 . Can i root my gear s??
sory for my english
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What Country did you buy it in?
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ooms said:
What Country did you buy it in?
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Poland , From shop rtv agd . Gear s it is not brand
porki18 said:
Poland , From shop rtv agd . Gear s it is not brand
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I have that one posted in my thread in General
OK this isn't about rooting the gear s my ? Is can you pair an AT&T gear s to a Sprint Note 3???????
AT&T $199.00 Verses Sprint $384.00 if possible I'll go with the 2 year with AT&T!!
THANKS
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poland firmware uploaded today.
Following the Gear S thread... quick question for another device...
@Cipher,
First of all, great thread, I've been following only for a couple hours and I've read every post from the last month or so (starting when it was posted by someone else and taken over by you in this thread) I'm excited to get started on rooting my Gear S.
On another note altogether though, I was wondering if you knew of a resource where I could get info on rooting the Galaxy S4, AND Galaxy S4 active. I'm currently trying to root both to work with DoCoMo here in Japan and I've read some success stories but have had no luck myself. I'm fairly versed in Linux, Android, and some rooting experience with other devices but I can't seem to get these ones to cooperate.
I've tried the "TowelRoot" and the other vairiant from Geohot with no success. I just finished my 7th attempt with the Kingo root, again, no success. Both Galaxy phones are running 4.4.2. One is the "active" variant, and one is straight up S4. I'm ultimately trying to get all my devices to work on the DoCoMo network here in Japan and I know I can do it with the right resources. Any help you can provide is GREATLY appreciated. Please feel free to email me if you have the time. Keep in mind we are 15 hours or so ahead of you guys so it may take me a minute to respond. Thanks again, I look forward to hearing from you.
K.F.
Hungarian Gear S Users
Hi All,
I to be useful South Korean Gear S, and to be useful Hungarian Telenor nano sim. To refresh sammobile.com firmware :
Product Code: XEH
PDA: R750XXU1BNJ7
CSC: R750OXX1BNJ7
MODEM: R750XXU1BNJ3 ,
and root : SM-R750T T-MOBILE by cipherswitch !
This a perfect work and everything works perfectly, thank you for your work CIPHERSWITCH !
Excuse me the bad English i hope so I helped some users with this information.
Hey guys. Just got my new toy, the s6 edge, upgraded from a note 3. Anyway, started tweaking it, and i think I messed up the mixer paths xml (the editor was kind of laggy). Now my headphones work at 70%, else they dont give sound. Can someone please upload a clean (or a boosted headphones version) of mixer paths xml please?
please guys, help me out, it takes 1 minute to pull it out of root and upload it anywhere. It's located in System (Root)/Etc/mixer_paths.xml . just copy that file and upload please
posedatull said:
please guys, help me out, it takes 1 minute to pull it out of root and upload it anywhere. It's located in System (Root)/Etc/mixer_paths.xml . just copy that file and upload please
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Hi, I do not own the S6 Edge yet however the best solution in my opinion is to flash stock firmware again. I have found the system dump for the S6 but I cannot guarantee it will work because they are different phones. Goodluck
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3ircocz0d8bjmmt/GS6_system_Folder_ZiDroid.com.zip
posedatull said:
please guys, help me out, it takes 1 minute to pull it out of root and upload it anywhere. It's located in System (Root)/Etc/mixer_paths.xml . just copy that file and upload please
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There are both (stock and loud) attached to the bottom of this post from the S6 edge apps and themes forum, just extract the mixer_paths.xml from the zips or flash them from TWRP.
Thank kajkac when you get there
Hello everyone
I'm looking for original wfz-files or 1:1 clones. Exactly "Time traveler".
I really like Time traveler theme, but it needs more information (or ability to change left and right info icons)
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alternatively I'll be happy if someone helps me with code (cycling data progressbars, structure...)
Time traveler is not a wfz.
Most of those watchfaces are implemented as an APK
MorMot said:
Hello everyone
I'm looking for original wfz-files or 1:1 clones. Exactly "Time traveler".
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The best you can do is download some of these
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/amazfit-pace-custom-watch-neon-clock-t3589460
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/custom-digital-watchface-huami-amazfit-t3581616
and some from https://sawfb.fabiobarbon.click/
read this https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/amazfit/how-to-make-watch-amazfit-t3571751
unzip the *.wfz , and see what's going on with png pictures and xml files ...
It's not a big deal, you just need to learn what to put in what xml, and how to prepare png files.
babaroga73, thanks a lot! Almost last two links.
But.... I hate analog watches. And all post with information about watch-coding got information like "how change one image for your own"
So... I'm looking for real specification for wfz-code and will code my own wfz "step-by-step from begining".
I hope that can do it for several time and I'll make some "big digital tutorial" for all f us
I would like to also the original .wfz of "I'm runner", but I don't know where we can find it..
Little late, but you can extract some of them from stock firmware. Download stock stratos firmware here from XDA, inside archive you find system.img.gz, extract system.img and mount it. Here you can find some watchfaces.
I was unable to find I'm runner, but there is Time Travel: dropbox.com/s/m90wecuv54nykez/Time%20Travel.wfz?dl=0
This is my first post here and I can't post links yet, so my apologies it is not clickable.
I'm not sure if you've found what you were looking for. But just in case, here you go:
http://amazfitcentral.com/2018/04/10/pace-inverted-time-travel-watchface/
Download link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/164V-3begUuMEUxNgxDKLhP_MCqnm61As
There are 2 options: pacefied and stockfied. Depending on your ROM version, the screen might go black in lock/sleep mode. If that happens, just uninstall and install the other version. In my case, I'm using WOS 2.6.2.0 but pacefied works perfectly.
I'm a Mi A1 user, and want to use some files from the F1 as reference. The files I need are :
audio_platform_info.xml
mixer_paths_mtp.xml
You can find them in system/vendor/etc
Upload them to Google drive and post the link in the comment, thanks in advance. ?
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=113hUF7zpGEHzyrSmmj3iyK67evtma03W
Mixer path.mtp i couldnt find, so i copied all i could find
Sry, should work now