Hello all,
I've had a MDZ-16-AB(Amlogic S905X cpu) for a few months and never bothered to mess with it much. After digging around recently i discovered that mine is running 6.0.1 MM and hasn't taken the Oreo update. I see some potential threads that may allow root, but really all i'm after here is getting a live wallpaper working with my sideloaded launcher on the stock rom. I didn't have any issues installing aptoide via sideload and now have access to most apks i need.
I've got a preferred launcher, installed google wallpapers, and installed the pixel 2 livewallpaper dump .apk (the lwp i want is in this pack.)
i sideloaded every variation of live wallpaper picker .apk i could find and also tried some amazon fire sideload .apks for this purpose.
the one with the closest success was the samsung 6.0.1 live wallpaper picker .apk, which doesn't seem to have an architecture preference.
this allowed me to at least pick from the list of live wallpapers, but everytime i pick a lwp, i get the "app not found" toast.
as a control, i tried some other live wallpapers from the play store and they don't seem to work either, so i don't think it's the pixel set specifically. any that have a separate app and an "apply" button or equivalent result in a "unfortunately, live wallpaper picker has stopped" dialogue popping up.
any ideas?
maybe an appropriate .apk exists on a different rom for the same architecture (i believe the s905x is arm, not arm64, no?) and presumably works on 6.0.1 that might work for the mi box?
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my question is, has anyone got the Friendstream app and widget to work in the official 2.1 release?
I tried installing FriendStream.apk and com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk from VillainROM, but it's not possible to install them.
The other thing is, has anyone working Live Wallpapers in Official 2.1 ?
Again, I tried installing LiveWallpaper.apk and LiveWallpaperPicker.apk, these worked, and when selecting background I can really select Live Wallpapers.
But, whenever I click on a Wallpaper to get the preview, LiveWallpaperPicker crashes.
I have searched around a lot and found that many people have these problems, but I found no solution. Am I just too blind to find it?
Please tell me if there's something I can do.
Thanks
JW 301 said:
my question is, has anyone got the Friendstream app and widget to work in the official 2.1 release?
I tried installing FriendStream.apk and com.htc.FriendStreamWidget.apk from VillainROM, but it's not possible to install them.
The other thing is, has anyone working Live Wallpapers in Official 2.1 ?
Again, I tried installing LiveWallpaper.apk and LiveWallpaperPicker.apk, these worked, and when selecting background I can really select Live Wallpapers.
But, whenever I click on a Wallpaper to get the preview, LiveWallpaperPicker crashes.
I have searched around a lot and found that many people have these problems, but I found no solution. Am I just too blind to find it?
Please tell me if there's something I can do.
Thanks
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Nah, you need the whole rom to get friend steam, as there are big changes in the frameworks.
Also, you using launcher pro to get lwp? Iirc u need a third party launcher to do lwp
ah thats sad... i had hoped it would need only minor changes in the apk to make friendstream work on the hero.
as for live wallpapers: i tried it with HTC Sense, Launcher2, Launcher Pro and HelixLauncher, the results are always the same: when selecting a wallpaper, I see the "Live wallpaper" option and can select it, afterwards I see the list of installed wallpapers. but whenever I click on one of the wallpapers, the "application Live Wallpaper Picker has terminated unexpectedly".
is there a fix for this?
Is there any way to change the wallpaper on my out-of-the-box gTablet? I can press the classic home screen and get to the wallpapers/widgets etc but can only see the stock images for wallpaper selection.
I do not have Gallery on this tablet but do have new photos on the gTab (Picasa and downloaded) that I would like to use.
Anyone know where does the stock wallpaper (non animated) photos live on the gTab? Thank you!
first off out of box rom kinda sucks, but if you like go with it .
to change wallpaper on most roms is just pressing and holding down on the current background till a window pops up. there you will see a wallpaper option. gl
You might want to check out dodal Wallpaper Maker (AD), available from the Android Market. This app allows you to create wallpaper from your own images. Works fine for me on the gTablet.
Gary,
the out of the box ROM does not have the Android Market. I would use the suggestion from numberattic or install a custom ROM to get to the market.
Wallpaper help. Thanks!
Hi --
Thanks to each of you for responding. I wish I had time or interest in rooting this thing and changing out the ROM etc. I had expected something a little more professional. I prefer the Classic Home UI and am not happy that out of the box, I get 4 or 5 cheesy wallpapers (either live or static) and no access to Market etc. Prob the average user of this thing will not experience or care about this, but . . . it's worth to me to shell out a few more dollars and not have to hack anything to get it to where it should have been in the first place when I bought it.
Judy Wilson
Yes, I can and did do what numberattic suggested as is standard with Android but on the gTablet this only allows access to the pre-installed wallpapers and provides no add'l functionality at all. Trying to get images I have loaded in "Photos" to work as wallpaper is also apparently not possible with any combination of mashing, pressing, tapping etc etc etc.
>>to change wallpaper on most roms is just pressing and holding down on the current background till a window pops up. there you will see a wallpaper option. gl
So, I was looking for a decent budget phone to act as a backup for my PXL 2XL. Was eying the red 6 GB, 128 GB for long and just got it yesterday.
Installed a P Launcher, and till now all looks good.
However, for the life of me, I am not able to turn on the google feed? I did go into the google app, and set "Yes" to the Show Feed option. But, nothing happens on the home screen.
What am I missing?
Which launcher are you using?
Try searching for rootless pixel launcher on XDA or ruthless launcher (non pixel)
You can use Lawnchair along with Lawnfeed from the Play Store. No root needed
Hello everyone,
I'm DasMalzbier. I'm new here, so please be gentle
But as for my problem:
Since September my Live-Wallpapers are not working
To give you some information:
I'm using a rooted Samsung Galaxy S8+. It was rooted using Odin/Magisk/RMM state bypass (hxxps://galaxys8root.com/galaxy-s8-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s8-or-s8-plus-on-android-8-0-oreo)
I have customized and been using it since months now. Before the live wallpaper stopped working, I used the "Stalker Kitten Live Wallpaper" and it worked.
I have the alternative launcher Nova installed.
Interestingly, I can still set Videos and Gif as animated backgrounds. But not as live wallpapers (Via Live Wallpaper Picker). I am not able to pick any kind of live wallpaper as a background.
What happens if I try is that the app simply closes (as normal) and I am stuck with my old, unmoving background.
I do have frozen some apps via package disabler, but all wallpaper related to wallpapers should be working.
Infinity wallpaper do work.
Any ideas what to do? Or a way to get around the problem (i.e. make a wallpaper an infinity wallpaper). I don't want to do a hard reset because I already customized so much... And if I were to do it with Titanium Backup, wouldn't the cache also get saved?
Thanks in advance!
Malzbier
Hi.
Tanix TX6s (Allwiner H616) Android 10 with root.
Default launcher: ALICE UX CAN'T CHANGE?
This device forces the use of the ALICE UX launcher (standard and proprietary).
I define another launcher (*) by default, but when the box is initialized, the ALICE UX launcher returns.
I cannot place any widget. The following message appears: it was not possible to add / restore this widget.
IMPORTANT: The two items of Tanix TX6s (Allwiner H616) Android 10, must be related to the way the OS was implemented to make ALICE UX persistent.
I thank you for your attention and kindly ask for tips to solve the situations presented above!
Good weekend.
(*) Example: Smart Launcher, Apex Launcher, Nova Launcher, etc...
because of the lack of touch you should only be trying android TV launchers.
I've seen videos of people using them as replacements.
try downloading something and then freezing the original if the new ATV launcher doesn't stay as default.
3mel said:
because of the lack of touch you should only be trying android TV launchers.
I've seen videos of people using them as replacements.
try downloading something and then freezing the original if the new ATV launcher doesn't stay as default.
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Tks @3mel
Your tip to freeze, it worked!
On the first attempt, I installed another launcher and uninstalled Alice UX. An error occurred and I had to update the firmware again with Phoenix Suite.
On the second attempt, I installed another launcher and, using the Disable Application 3.4.1 application (com.iamaner.oneclickfreeze) (Google Play Store), I frozen Alice UX. It worked, now the TX6s starts with the other launcher and remains on it.
Note 1: The limitations imposed by Android 10 on TX6s remain, therefore, additional features of the other launcher, such as: widgets, do not work.
Note 2: if you are going to change the initiator as mentioned above: do it at your own risk. Thank you so much!
@3mel
Now that I am able to use the launcher of my choice, I would like to:
1) use widgets,
2) view recent items to close,
3) view lower bar (navigation) and upper notifications bar.
Do you or your friends have any tips?
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@3mel
Now that I am able to use the launcher of my choice, I would like to:
1) use widgets,
2) view recent items to close,
3) view lower bar (navigation) and upper notifications bar.
Do you or your friends have any tips?
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from what I've read these are all rom related restrictions and not launcher related. widgets just don't work no matter the launcher and earlier boxes had custom roms made for them in order to get a recents and notification bar.
I'd love those last two myself.
@3mel
Thank you for your reply.
Maybe one day the solution will appear.
I would also like the last two.
There are things that not even Freud explains!
Good week!