some basic sys log questions - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

can someone please explain a few things about android logs to me... first of all, does such a thing as a complete system log (with all of the events, every single one of them, timestamps, description codes) even exists? i know the system is supposed to maintain four or so types of logs, but i am not completely sure whats in them and how wide, scopewise and sizewise, they actually are. does the system keep track of all the events in some file or is a third part app necessary for that? do you need to root your phone in order to access the logs/view them? and if that be the case, does rooting erase all the data that was created prior to the rooting itself?
thanks for the answers

oh god, did not see the read before posting guides regarding questions....sorry... can a moderator please move this thread?

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[Q] How to install Android on TG01???

hello, I state that my English is poor ... hoping that I apologize for that ...
are now asking if anyone explain to me how to install Android on my TG01 ... are at zero with linux, so it must be a simple explanation ...
Thank you so much for the help
Open your eyes !!
Hey dude !!
Take a look here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672234
Before opening a new thread, please take a look at all the opened ones.
you're right, but I was not able to find it!
thanks for the suggestion
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you're right, but I was not able to find it!
thanks for the suggestion
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It's right there in VERY FIRST POST in the thread indicated to you! I will be surprised and shocked if you couldn't find it!!
However, in case you really struggled, here is the WHOLE bit copied and pasted from that thread's first post.
Now to run Android properly in your phone !
1.Download any of the builds we have around here.
2.Do backup on your sdcard or if you have additional one use this one.
3.Extract the file with android in your sdcard.
4. Check all the files are inside (sdcard/Android/AndroidApps"folder", media"folder",root"folder",clrcad"file",rootfs"fil e",startup"file",system"file",zImage"file",init rd" file")
5. If you want you can take everything from Android folder and pest it in root of the sdcard but you have to change default text (set cmdline"rel_path=Android change to set cmdline"rel_path=" or set cmdline"rel_path=sdcard") tri with one if is not working try with the other one. I thing the best is leave all files and folder in default Android folder and just copy this folder to your sdcard.
6.Check your zImage and Startup is for Toshidroid :OP (TG01).
7.First RUN haret without CLRCAD.
8.It take no more than10 min to run for the first time.
9. If it take more time RESTART the phone by pressing the POWER BUTTON for 10/20 sec it will restart and back to windows.
11.Try to do the same one more time.
12.If it still not booting to Android and you receive any error messages. Check your sdcard if there is space left in it. Check error message if it say that it can find some file or it can't create a data.
13. Delete everything from your sdcard and format it to fat32.
14.Start from the beginning.
15. If it still not booting to Android then check if you have all files and all set how it has to be.
16. Don't forget you can broke your phone. And we are not responsible for any damage you cause to your phone.
17.It is all up to you.
19. If I forget something sorry about just ask there are other memebers who will try to help you if they can.
20. Sorry for my English mistakes. I'm trying to fix them. :OP
Thanks to all people who try their best to make that possible: Markinus, Arash18k,Bally3,Endrix,Nyl,Arnookie and all other.
Please don't feel bad or offended by any of our posts, but I think the response to you was correct at beginning and we all at XDA do appreciate that the number of threads are kept to minimum and you follow the rule of 'Search before asking' as this keeps it easy for moderators as well as other new members or current members to find something they are looking for in a single thread rather than 10 different threads! Imagine if every new member started opening a new thread!
when it is finished you can put in the NAND as the HD2?

[Q] How to make an patch-application for Android?

Ok sorry guys my English is pretty messed up.. I’m going to try to explain it as good as possible.
I would love to make a Save Patcher-app for the game Zenonia 3 (I want to replace my save file with the users save file on the device) (on Google Play) So far I know is that you need to make a script in Java (A simple one i only need to overwright the files with the one in the app) Could some one help me or something.. the really hard part is putting the script in an Application is where i came for. Well why i wan’t to do this? Becouse you can’t acces the maps without a root on your mobile device (These are found in the directory ‘’ /data -> /data -> /com.gamevil.zenonia3.global’’ I found these with Hex Editor and obtained it with Titanium Backup (backupped the files and copied the files to my PC) It should look a bit like this app.. (Temple Run, I'm not permitted to post links)
I really don't have an idea to do this..
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Could please some one help me with this.. I really would appreciate it.. Thanks

[Q] Call log grouping by caller

I have searched the threads available on this topic, but was not able to find an answer so posting it again.
Call log is completely useless when you have the same person's name listed 20 times in a day, is there no way to group it by caller without installing any custom ROM's?
And also in the call log only time is displayed which is kind of useless as scrolling down is a pain the wrong place
i am new to android world, so pardon my ignorance, everyone talks about customizing android but i cant find simple options like the above to be done by getting in the file system and making the changes in the parameters file
are there any guides to know where the android system files are stored what can be edited? i have downloaded the SDK and installed the tools but cant figure out where should i start.
any insights or help is appreciated.

[4.2.2][Fake GALAXY S5 mini][SM-G800][Translation] Useful notes on Translating

Hello
[INTRO](a little background)
This is a guide for those who want to have their phone in their language but the operating system does not have it built in. You can flash a new ROM that has it or install an app right? Not so much. There are reasons for these methods to fail or simply not work for your situation. My problem was that the bootlegged hardware was not supported by the official ROMs or the Android community. This forum is also riddled with threds that started by people who need to mod something about their phone but have no technical knowhow. There wouldn't be annything wrong with that exept that the awnsers in these threds are something along the lines "Oh you just need to do this thingnemabob" that's it one sentence pointing to a technical slang word that means nothing to anyone but a seasoned developer despite first post DIRECTLY STATES IT WAS MADE BY A PERSON ASKING FOR A STEP BY STEP SOLUTION OR A LINK TO A TUTORIAL!
[pre-procedure]
List of necessary software:
Zipsigner (this goes on your phone)
ADB
text editor of choice( notepad++ recommended)
AIO-Flasher
smali/backsmali (depeding on wether your system files are odexed more on that later)
APKstudio
[installing above software]
Zipsigner
Why you need it?
As you modify your apk files their signature changes. Basically if you change anything about them the phone will no longer recognise these as "its" therfor you need to convince your phone that these are in fact okay with zipsigner.
how to install?
This is an app. If you ever installed anything from Google playstore before than you know how to install it. Go to your Google play store app on your phone. Search for Zipsigner and pick the top app. Agree to all the demands and tap on install
ADB
why you need it?
this is a command line piece of software. these might be very scary to use but don't worry follow the tutorial and you'll be okay. That aside what is it used for. ADB is a powerful tool but we will use it only to copy and paste files to and from Phone
how to install it?
ADB comes packed up with Android Development Kit so the easiest way to install it is to get the ADK
[STEP 1]
Okay so you want to translate your phone for one reason or another. Make backup! Backups are important. You want to have something when you fail to fall back on. Yes "When" you fail. Not "if" you fail. You will screw up but as long as you have a proper backup everything is okay.
You can back up your phone in few different ways.
Hello
[INTRO] (skip if you are not interrested in fluff)
For the past week I lived in Android Hell looking for what I thought would be a simple procedure and I wanted to share my expieriences somewhere so that no one else has to go through this flustrating expierience.
I got two phones (Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 mini)and I was taked with translating them. Well It should not be a problem I thought because it should be as easy as going into [settings]>>[region and langages] and choosing Polish. There is no Polish. So that was my first step towards the translating thiese.
[STEP 1]
First thing first backup. I am by no means a talented programmer or modder so I went with Samsung Kies but software didn't recognise neither phone. After fiddling with drivers and a back-and-forth with samsung costumer support we came to conclusion that phones are fake. IMEI of one identifies it as a Blackberry and other as Nokia >_< well okay they still have some sort of Android so there should be a way to translate them anyway. First thing on the agenda is still backup. So I went through a triall and error to get both roms dumped. I was successful with ANDROID AIO FLASHER which was a godsend after I failed time and again to push romdump's INSTALL into the phone. I managed to get one ROM off by now but other Phone still insists on denying me ability to dump the rom because of Segmentation error. but at least I have one rom backed up.
[STEP 2]
Okay I got myself ROM now what? I decided to make a transfusion. Why bother with getting down and dirty when you can just use the work of others. So I downloaded a ROM with same version of the Android OS and begun looking for language pack or something similar. No luck this is not how Android works. After some research I came to the conclusion that in order to make things work I need to basically decompile each and every APK file that refers to system functionality and translate Strings.xml by hand in order to ensure compatibility.
[PRESENT DAY]
this is where I am now. all I wonder if there is a way to add a new file in the APKs with polish in it or should I just translate English "strings.xml" file and set langage to english?
Feel free to point out faults in my logic as well as provide tips and tricks for those of us who bought our phones on the cheap and just want to usethem with language they are comfortable with. I will build up this topic with factual information that I come across and try to make this into a universal guide to Android translation with resources to download. I do this because no one should be subjected to this and there is no decent step by step guide on this forum just disjointed and incompleate information in posths here and there. Belive me I looked both here and Google and after two weeks of finding nothing more than a hints I want to just give back to the community all I found.

[CLOSED] HELP!!! ME PLEASE

Can someone please help me about this After The Activation Wizard Page It Comes Here And Just Can't Go Anywhere This phone even not booting into recovery or EDL even test-points not booting it in EDL also it's an unknown phone that doesn't have a name on it's box in little font it's just written "Model: Carbon" on the box I googled but found nothing please help me
You should flash the firmware for your device. This will erase all of your data though. And you don't know the model of your device. Have you tried opening the phone, if possible? The name of it could be on a chip or motherboard.
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