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Hello fellow Arc owners.
I have a quick question for you all.
What do you wish your handset could do that it can't?
Something you've always wanted to be able to do with your phone but has never happened, no-one's ever found a way.
Whatever this something is, it has to be possible to do by way of an app - so no super-high-res screens, batteries that last a year on a single charge or anything else hardware related, we're just talking software.
And I'm not talking an updated GingerBreak or something like that. I mean a proper, legit, above board idea.
I'd love to hear any/all sensible ideas, thanks.
NB: I'm not looking to steal anyone's ideas, if you've got a plan for the next killer app then go for it and I wish you all the best.
I'm just trying to find out if there's a niche out there that could be filled...
Im thinking......facial or thumb print unlock screens.....no idea why though.
mrloltime said:
Im thinking......facial or thumb print unlock screens.....no idea why though.
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Thumb print.. won't be feasible on current screens
And facial.. would take too long compared to swiping ?
A snap shot feature would be nice like a system restore. I know there are way to do it in Recovery but it would be nice to have a application within Stock ROM because Recovery is not available within Stock we need to Flash the custom ROM like CM for it.
A better (and free) lock screen could be good ! ..
I used to love how I could use the iPhone/iPod as a touchpad to control the mouse on the computer. Something similar for the arc would be a good idea. Should be graphically pleasing though.
I love to be able to use the camera button unlock the phone directly to the camera app, by long pressing it, so it doesn't happen by mistake. And when you turn off the screen or press the back button it would go back to being locked.
mrloltime said:
Im thinking......facial or thumb print unlock screens.....no idea why though.
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As mentioned, finger prints would require different hardware.
Facial recognition is simply fraught with too many problems to be practical.
ShyamSasi said:
A snap shot feature would be nice like a system restore. I know there are way to do it in Recovery but it would be nice to have a application within Stock ROM because Recovery is not available within Stock we need to Flash the custom ROM like CM for it.
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I thought Google added a snapshot framework to Gingerbread?
Step666 said:
I thought Google added a snapshot framework to Gingerbread?
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Really !! You know how to create a snapshot? Or access it?
Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread Allows Screenshots Without Rooting
Don't know anything more about it though, sorry.
Sorry I think you got me wrong ...! Snapshot i meant a complete image of the system so we can restore it back to previous state. Let's say if something screws up we can restore the image
Right, ok.
I thought you had made two suggestions - screenshots being one and backups being the other.
I could be wrong but I'm not sure that's possible to do unless you're in recovery. I have a feeling that it's only possible to copy certain parts of the OS when it's not running.
As I say, I could be completely wrong but I can't help but feel that there's a reason why recovery is needed to made Nandroid backups.
May be I want to capture video of the activities I do on my device (just like capturing screenshot)...
Though m not sure if its achievable or not!!!
an app which can change anything in the system .. like the default wallpaper settings ..i dont mean the main wallpaper ... change the color .. change the notification bar ... but that easy change anything in the system ... where u can feel easy on making ur own system ... but the problem i dono how to make i hope somebody go on with my idea .... its free for u all ^_^ ... the first who will do this plz let me be the first one who tries it ^_^
thx
I am expecting an application that can show the time and other notification when screen is off. It means that the time can be checked without needing to wake up the screen. W 800 used this technology before. Very useful!
piercewei said:
I am expecting an application that can show the time and other notification when screen is off. It means that the time can be checked without needing to wake up the screen. W 800 used this technology before. Very useful!
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+1 , and the time/notifications have to move up over the screen after each minute (like a screensaver) (like Nokia/Symbian has)
Vintiem
piercewei said:
I am expecting an application that can show the time and other notification when screen is off. It means that the time can be checked without needing to wake up the screen. W 800 used this technology before. Very useful!
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Do you mean something like night clock or bed clock from the Market?
a widget to toggle between "WCDMA preferred" and "2G only".. and not one that's just a short cut to the network settings menu.
datagubben said:
Do you mean something like night clock or bed clock from the Market?
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nope, I mean clock and notifications (sms, missed calls, ..) in grey like Nokia (symbian) has. And moving slightly over the screen as it was a screensaver
Vintiem said:
nope, I mean clock and notifications (sms, missed calls, ..) in grey like Nokia (symbian) has. And moving slightly over the screen as it was a screensaver
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Exactly!
It doesnt matter if it is moving.
My first post after searching the forums.
Overcome Series v2.3.1 is the first ever rom installation I've done on my Galaxy Tab P7500 (after stock HC3.2 got corrupted lost touchwiz and status bar).
The rom's great, faster, far louder sound. But I have problem with all fonts. Compared to the old stock rom all the fonts seem to be pixelated, fuzzy, similar if not as bad as an Ipad 2.
On stock 3.2 System Info app reported back the screen resolution as the whole 1280x800 while on Overcome rom I get 1280x752 (the user area?) as resolution report.
Has anyone had the same problem and found a fix or knows what I can do? I have reflashed but nothing changed. Many thanks and best
Izzy
You need root for this.
You can use FontChanger (Market) or change the font yourself in system/fonts
Download the font you want from dafont.com or something, Then rename it as the same, I think it's DroidSandBold.tff , But you need to rename the font to those and replace the ones there, and voila it will change to what you wish.
Too much hassle? Font Changer does the same
Misledz said:
You need root for this.
You can use FontChanger (Market) or change the font yourself in system/fonts
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Many thanks. I downloaded the app and it identified a missing density parameter. I then flashed Pershoot's latest kernel and got no error message. I'm assuming screen resolution 1280x752 as reported by Android System Info is okay? Previously it stated 1280x800 with HC3.2. I can still see any font is less dense than it used to be but I guess it's a give-and-take Thanks for the advice!..
Best
Glad that helped and worked for you I had resolution errors aswell thinking that it was 720 when I had tried linux on it only to find out the resolution is bigger than it seems. First i've heard of that
Misledz said:
Glad that helped and worked for you I had resolution errors aswell thinking that it was 720 when I had tried linux on it only to find out the resolution is bigger than it seems. First i've heard of that
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Being a newbie... I still can't work out why the 3.1 or 3.2 stock roms give higher resolution to the Overcome 3.2. I did a restore to the former just to check and alas I get better font density (very crisp) than now back to Overcome.
I kinda lost my original stock 3.2 when the touchwiz and status bar disappeared, leaving with no Kies update options. So its becoming a steep learning curve!
Many thanks
I want to change the LCD Density on my Galaxy Mega 6.3 that natively has 240 DPI resolution. Its all a bit small for me and some apps doesn't even scale properly and are ridiculously small and not properly displayed. I come from an old original Galaxy Tab 7 (that also natively has 240 DPI resolution but with with much more readability and larger everything as it has a larger display with a lower resolution LCD)
I am using an app called Resolution Changer (and have tried a few other similar apps that do the same job and work fine) to set the the phone to 260 or 280 DPI.At these resolutions (for me) the Mega is much more usable and all looks bit bigger and better on screen. Even the formatting of some apps that at 240 DPI look awkward and have some elements displaced or ridiculously small, at 260 or 280 DPI look MUCH better.
Everything works perfectly well at these settings except the Samsung Phone/Contacts/Messaging & Camera apps that FC. The Messaging and Camera apps don't matter because I simply use a 3rd party app and the problem gets instantly solved. However the Phone/Contacts app is a real problem because the phone becomes useless as "phone".. and using a 3rd party dialer doesn't fix the problem because these add-on dialers still need the native phone app to actually make/receive a call (basically Android 3rd party dialers are actually just a skin on top of the native phone app).
Is there a known workaround for this? I have no idea how to fix this and think that Samsung locking their apps at a fixed resolution that cant be changed is really stupid. Samsung makes great hardware and horrible software..
Thanks in advance for any feedback or solution on this on how to make it work.
Have you tried this?
Kangburra said:
Have you tried this?
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Yes I have! Same problem. DPI gets changed perfectly and all works great except the Phone/Contacts app that FC
you can solve it by replace Phone/Contacts with galaxy s3 Phone/Contacts from 4.2 leak or there another fix there is file you can flash it with recovery file can enable Phone/Contacts 260 and 280 dpi without problems
zeyadhan said:
you can solve it by replace Phone/Contacts with galaxy s3 Phone/Contacts from 4.2 leak or there another fix there is file you can flash it with recovery file can enable Phone/Contacts 260 and 280 dpi without problems
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Thanks for the information, this would be super cool. If you could let me know where I can get these files on where to download them from, that would be so great. Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice on this
VeEuzUKY said:
Thanks for the information, this would be super cool. If you could let me know where I can get these files on where to download them from, that would be so great. Thank you very much in advance for your help and advice on this
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yeah me too.. what's this file called and where to get it and how to install it??
VeEuzUKY... when you get it working right with this file,
Can you do a DIY on what you did??
I need alot of my fonts larger too....
thanks
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yeah me too.. what's this file called and where to get it and how to install it??
VeEuzUKY... when you get it working right with this file,
Can you do a DIY on what you did??
I need alot of my fonts larger too....
thanks
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I still haven't done it. The problem is I have no idea where to get these files. I guess my best optionis to download an S3 4.2 ROM and try extract them.. would be a lot easier if someone could share these files already from an S3 ROM. But so far no luck. I have no idea what ROM to choose or if then I can simply extract the apks with WinRAR or another zip utility.. so this is where I am right now..
Ello,
I have an Alcatel One Touch Mini running Jelly Bean on stock rom, and themer installs fine and I can apply themes.
However, when I go to 'browse' and then 'newest', to display the latest themes, the latest theme is "city", which is from a couple of months back. It would appear that I can't view any of the newer themes.
I've tried reinstalling themer but it doesn't help. My resolution according to "lcdspecs" is:
res - 480 x 854
pixels/inch - 240
I haven't knowingly installed anything which should effect it.
Does anybody have any ideas what's going on here? I want the greenly theme so badly!
Thanks
Candiety said:
Ello,
I have an Alcatel One Touch Mini running Jelly Bean on stock rom, and themer installs fine and I can apply themes.
However, when I go to 'browse' and then 'newest', to display the latest themes, the latest theme is "city", which is from a couple of months back. It would appear that I can't view any of the newer themes.
I've tried reinstalling themer but it doesn't help. My resolution according to "lcdspecs" is:
res - 480 x 854
pixels/inch - 240
I haven't knowingly installed anything which should effect it.
Does anybody have any ideas what's going on here? I want the greenly theme so badly!
Thanks
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Hi, sorry we didn't get back to you on Facebook, was speaking to the rest of the team.
In theory your phone shouldn't be supported as it doesn't have soft keys (as far as we can tell). So only devices with a 480x854 resolution with soft keys are properly supported.
Did you root your device?
If it's completely stock, it might have been lucky that your phone supported themes up till now. Devices with a 480x854 resolution and no soft keys will be supported very soon though.
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Hi, sorry we didn't get back to you on Facebook, was speaking to the rest of the team.
In theory your phone shouldn't be supported as it doesn't have soft keys (as far as we can tell). So only devices with a 480x854 resolution with soft keys are properly supported.
Did you root your device?
If it's completely stock, it might have been lucky that your phone supported themes up till now. Devices with a 480x854 resolution and no soft keys will be supported very soon though.
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Okay thank you. Purely out interest, do you have any idea why they stopped working after the 'city' theme?
My phone is rooted using kingo root, but themer installed just fine before that was the case!
hmmm maybe the rooting is the problem then if it was working before,but as suport posted the resolution isn't supported
alldroid said:
hmmm maybe the rooting is the problem then if it was working before,but as suport posted the resolution isn't supported
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Ahh, you misunderstand me. Themer installed fine before I rooted and it installs fine now. It still has the issue with not displaying a massive proportion of the (seemingly newer) themes though.
but did it display them before rooting ?
Candiety said:
Ahh, you misunderstand me. Themer installed fine before I rooted and it installs fine now. It still has the issue with not displaying a massive proportion of the (seemingly newer) themes though.
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Like we mentioned it could have been purely coincidence. Some themes aren't seen on other devices due to the complexity of the theme. If it completely stops showing any new themes though, then it might due to your device.
ThemerSupport said:
Like we mentioned it could have been purely coincidence. Some themes aren't seen on other devices due to the complexity of the theme. If it completely stops showing any new themes though, then it might due to your device.
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Sorry for bringing this thread back, but I have been thinking about this recently and think it's probably quite important.
So basically the situation as alread stated is:
1. Alcatel One Touch Mini phone
2. All themes released before the theme 'city' work
3. All concurrent themes don't
As far as I can work out, this theme was released in December. As such, at around about the time of that date, something changed within the programming structure of Themer which makes all concurrent themes incompatible with my phone.
I know that themer are trying to increase the list of supported models, so I would imagine this is a pretty important thing to note!
Just thought I would put it back out there.
Any further ideas? Surely coincidence does not apply here.
Thanks
Candiety said:
Sorry for bringing this thread back, but I have been thinking about this recently and think it's probably quite important.
So basically the situation as alread stated is:
1. Alcatel One Touch Mini phone
2. All themes released before the theme 'city' work
3. All concurrent themes don't
As far as I can work out, this theme was released in December. As such, at around about the time of that date, something changed within the programming structure of Themer which makes all concurrent themes incompatible with my phone.
I know that themer are trying to increase the list of supported models, so I would imagine this is a pretty important thing to note!
Just thought I would put it back out there.
Any further ideas? Surely coincidence does not apply here.
Thanks
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Hi,
Unfortunately there's not much that our team can do. We don't have the resources to check why rooted phones have issues, especially ones that aren't fully supported (as mentioned, only a 480x854 resolution with soft keys is fully supported). The team probably removed a root-fix feature after that specific update as many people were complaining about crashes/bugs with devices that weren't supported.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but at this moment in time, our team don't have the time or resources to work on rooted devices.
Hi all,
I have found a way to change the dpi without root, just using adb and cmd and it worked like a charm...well, almost. There are a couple of UI glitches that appear when you reduce (or increase for that matter) the dpi.
Firstly, the icons on the home screen mess up, but that's not SUCH an issue as you can install another launcher or in my case, find an icon pack that doesn't show the mess up quite as much (my preferable choice because you see the icons set in different areas of the UI, such as the notifications shade and recents menu, settings, etc.)
Secondly, and the most annoying, is the crop function messes up in the weirdest way. Whether it be when changing wallpaper or trying to crop a picture in CamScanner, the image you choose appears zoomed in and there is no way to zoom out or even move the image around, only zoom in further.
Now, my question is, has anyone managed to find a suitable dpi that MIUI does not have a problem with, or are there some standard dpi's MIUI uses apart from 480? Or has anyone found a way around any of these issues (or any other issues they may have encountered when changing the dpi)? Last but not least, is there a custom version of MIUI out there, or a rom that has it's visuals (and camera app) but custom tailored to suit various dpi's and other modifications?
I really cannot live with the stock dpi of 480, it's like using a phone made for old people, waaaay too large EVERYTHING on a large screen, I want to see more on a large screen. But I also am not yet prepared to go off MIUI as I really like their UI, visually, and I know any other rom will lose a lot of camera quality amoungst some other things like battery life, etc.
Thanks guys in advance for any advice.
Use 400 DPI ..There is no issue ..I am using it from 1Month
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Anands3 said:
Use 400 DPI ..There is no issue ..I am using it from 1Month
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Which method?
Sent from my kenzo using XDA-Developers mobile app
Textdroider App from play store
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app
If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
Original is 403dpi if I'm not mistaken. I set mine to 375 and it's absolutely perfect..
Default density is 480.
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ wm density
Physical density: 480
Zak108 said:
Hi all,
I have found a way to change the dpi without root, just using adb and cmd and it worked like a charm...well, almost. There are a couple of UI glitches that appear when you reduce (or increase for that matter) the dpi.
Firstly, the icons on the home screen mess up, but that's not SUCH an issue as you can install another launcher or in my case, find an icon pack that doesn't show the mess up quite as much (my preferable choice because you see the icons set in different areas of the UI, such as the notifications shade and recents menu, settings, etc.)
Secondly, and the most annoying, is the crop function messes up in the weirdest way. Whether it be when changing wallpaper or trying to crop a picture in CamScanner, the image you choose appears zoomed in and there is no way to zoom out or even move the image around, only zoom in further.
Now, my question is, has anyone managed to find a suitable dpi that MIUI does not have a problem with, or are there some standard dpi's MIUI uses apart from 480? Or has anyone found a way around any of these issues (or any other issues they may have encountered when changing the dpi)? Last but not least, is there a custom version of MIUI out there, or a rom that has it's visuals (and camera app) but custom tailored to suit various dpi's and other modifications?
I really cannot live with the stock dpi of 480, it's like using a phone made for old people, waaaay too large EVERYTHING on a large screen, I want to see more on a large screen. But I also am not yet prepared to go off MIUI as I really like their UI, visually, and I know any other rom will lose a lot of camera quality amoungst some other things like battery life, etc.
Thanks guys in advance for any advice.
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Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
GarbeVR said:
If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
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No, the original is 480, which is too large...where did you get the number 386 from? perhaps it is another one of their phone's stock DPI, which means MIUI might not warp on this DPI value? Will check it out, but any information you have, please let me know
h4gH said:
Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
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Not sure about that, I only tried it from the pc, sorry.
Zak108 said:
Not sure about that, I only tried it from the pc, sorry.
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OK will try at home then.
Just to be sure - phone has to be in FASTBOOT mode to accept ADB commands from PC right?
used some of the suggested DPI's but...
so, thanks guys, used some of the suggested DPI values, 386 and 375, and mostly everything works fine....except still some small issues with the icons and the cropping. try and set a wallpaper for a whatsapp group for example, photo shows as zoomed in and cannot zoom out to choose a crop of the WHOLE image like I used to....have attached some screenshots of what happens to my icons....is this possibly because I am not rooted that the DPI value is not getting set in to the system correctly? Is anyone who is rooted facing the same issues or not?
might convince me to root, this is the first device i have managed to be happy without rooting lol
h4gH said:
OK will try at home then.
Just to be sure - phone has to be in FASTBOOT mode to accept ADB commands from PC right?
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No, no need....as long as you have ADB drivers installed and you are launching the CMD from within the ADB folder, it will work. Oh and of course USB debugging enabled and the first time it tried to access the phone for ADB details, you will need to allow it to by hitting remember and ok on the phone
h4gH said:
Is it possible to change the density using terminal emulator directly on phone? Or do I need to have PC?
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Yes. I do bellow commands with Terminal Emulador on Android. My Device is Kenzo with MIUI 8:
su
wm density 400
The value you change to your preferred
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Zak108 said:
so, thanks guys, used some of the suggested DPI values, 386 and 375, and mostly everything works fine....except still some small issues with the icons and the cropping. try and set a wallpaper for a whatsapp group for example, photo shows as zoomed in and cannot zoom out to choose a crop of the WHOLE image like I used to....have attached some screenshots of what happens to my icons....is this possibly because I am not rooted that the DPI value is not getting set in to the system correctly? Is anyone who is rooted facing the same issues or not?
might convince me to root, this is the first device i have managed to be happy without rooting lol
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Which theme is this?
BlueJeans said:
Which theme is this?
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Roger Rabbit...I think at the time of the screenshots I was using a different theme for the status bar, but can't remember as I am now using Eureka 8 Pro. Roger Rabbit is the base theme though, quite like the grey simplicity.
GarbeVR said:
If the original one is 386 I think 400 is kinda useless... Or did you mean 300?
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The original isn't near 386. I went down to 380 and everything it far smaller than a 6 dpi difference. I'd say stock is closer to 430 - 450
Yes man, you was right the original DPI is 440, the app textdroiderDPI was showing me an incorrect value of 386 (maybe a little bug...).
Setting it on 440 with LeDpiChanger gave me a full stock MIUI size
Stock is 480DPI, changers give bad result...just root and change build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=
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Stock is 480DPI, changers give bad result...just root and change build.prop ro.sf.lcd_density=
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Thank you sir, this works for me on MIUI 8.1.1.0 global stable, change my screen density to 420. Icons are perfect.