Hey guys.
I thought it would be nice to have a list going
Safe to remove apps for Xperia mini Pro/Xperia mini:
Note: Uninstalling these apps seems to be safe, they might however still remove some functions or features.
It's recommended to backup these apps to SD first, using either Titanium backup or Super Manager
- Anonymous Usage Stats
- Assist.
- Business Centre
- Chinese Keyboard
- Chuzzle
- Crash Monitor
- Device Monitor
- Digital clock
- DLNA server
- Feed Timescape
- Fun & Downloads
- Friends' Music & videos
- Favourite and calling register
- Game and downloads
- Google partner setup
- Guide to imp.
- Neoreader
- OfficeSuite
- Peggle
- Plants vs zombies
- POBox touch
- pop cap installer
- PopCap Games
- Play Now Store
- Retail demo
- Serch Extensions
- sakura
- Sony Ericsson syncronization
- Timescape
- Touchnote
- Update centre
- Video
- Widget timescape
- Widget Meteo
- Wisepilot
- Woody
How to root your Xperia mini pro (sk17i) / Xperia mini (sk15)
Method 1, using the .bat:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320350
All credits go to DoomLord & the ZergRush Team
Method 2, using FlashTool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=920746
All credits go to Androxyde and his Team
Both methods are basiclly the same, though for some people one might work better. It works for all versions and all firmwares
I've uninstalled the following:
- Anonymous Usage Stats
- Assist.
- Business Centre
- Chinese Keyboard
- Chuzzle
- Crash Monitor
- Device Monitor
- Feed Timescape
- PopCap Games
- Game and downloads
- Google partner setup
- Guide to imp.
- Friends' Music & videos
- Play Now Store
- Neoreader
- Digital clock (the big one, 4x2)
- Peggle
- Plants vs zombies
- POBox touch
- pop cap installer
- Favourite and calling register (widget)
- Retail demo
- Serch Extensions
- DLNA server (play on the device)
- sakura
- Sony Ericsson syncronization
- Timescape
- Touchnote
- Update centre (I prefer to update via PC)
- Video (quriociry)
- Widget timescape
- Widget Meteo
- Wisepilot
- Woody
That's all! And my SK17i is really lighter than before
riccardo91 said:
I've uninstalled the following:
- Anonymous Usage Stats
- Assist.
- Business Centre
- Chinese Keyboard
- Chuzzle
- Crash Monitor
- Device Monitor
- Feed Timescape
- PopCap Games
- Game and downloads
- Google partner setup
- Guide to imp.
- Friends' Music & videos
- Play Now Store
- Neoreader
- Digital clock (the big one, 4x2)
- Peggle
- Plants vs zombies
- POBox touch
- pop cap installer
- Favourite and calling register (widget)
- Retail demo
- Serch Extensions
- DLNA server (play on the device)
- sakura
- Sony Ericsson syncronization
- Timescape
- Touchnote
- Update centre (I prefer to update via PC)
- Video (quriociry)
- Widget timescape
- Widget Meteo
- Wisepilot
- Woody
That's all! And my SK17i is really lighter than before
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What are these:
- woody
- sakura
I can't say I have encountered them (even though they're there)
Thanks guys, updating main post
Timescape <- may wanna keep it. -you will possible get wierd **** happen without it. contacts/mms etc.
dryhte said:
What are these:
- woody
- sakura
I can't say I have encountered them (even though they're there)
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They're skins for POBox Touch, the Japanese IME/keyboard for the SK17.
r33p said:
Timescape <- may wanna keep it. -you will possible get wierd **** happen without it. contacts/mms etc.
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I'll add that, thanks.
Though, im not facing any problems without it.
How can I uninstall that? I don't have any "Uninstall" button in Applications
expeacer said:
How can I uninstall that? I don't have any "Uninstall" button in Applications
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You need to root your phone using one of the mentioned methods.
Then use titanium backup or Super Manager to backup stuff you want to uninstall.
Super Manager for example has an inbuilt APK manager, you could uninstall everything you want.
eku53ru said:
They're skins for POBox Touch, the Japanese IME/keyboard for the SK17.
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How can I uninstall the Japanese IME? I have successfully removed Chinese IME but can't find the Japanese one in the application lists
acb123 said:
How can I uninstall the Japanese IME? I have successfully removed Chinese IME but can't find the Japanese one in the application lists
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Uninstall PObox Touch
Battery comes from 15% to 1% in a sec
I encounter a problem that whenever the battery comes at 15% it shows less than 1% battery is remaining & the phone tunrs off automatically & the same thing happens when charging. At that time the battery came from 1% to 16% in just a sec of charging..
So, please DOomLOrd check this issue....
Updated to 2.3.4 today and used DOomLOrd's solution to root the phone, after that Superuser always get a force close, I tried Root Uninstaller to get rid off appXtra, WhatsApp, Hot Shots.... but after every restart, those bloatwares show up again in my application list.
So can anybody tell me how to fix this please?
vinay1988 said:
I encounter a problem that whenever the battery comes at 15% it shows less than 1% battery is remaining & the phone tunrs off automatically & the same thing happens when charging. At that time the battery came from 1% to 16% in just a sec of charging..
So, please DOomLOrd check this issue....
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Did you root your phone? If so, install Battery calibration.
Quote from the description:
This program does it by removing the batterystats.bin system file. The OS generates a new clean batterystats file soon, thus any fake information from the previous ROM is removed
acb123 said:
Updated to 2.3.4 today and used DOomLOrd's solution to root the phone, after that Superuser always get a force close, I tried Root Uninstaller to get rid off appXtra, WhatsApp, Hot Shots.... but after every restart, those bloatwares show up again in my application list.
So can anybody tell me how to fix this please?
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Did you try to remove Root using the uninstall batch file?
I'm still on 2.3.3 so i cant really help you here
Yeah, I do want to root my phone and uninstall most of those apps that clog my phone...
HELP!!
Ive got the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro... I followed all the steps and my phone got rooted.
I have super manager installed but I cannot uninstall any of the apps...
When I choose the app to uninstall- tap ok...it says uninstall unsuccessful.
Is this a problem?
HELP!!! plz!!
Lol you need root
your list is useless, as you did not list the real app names.
if you are searching for a real good list, go here:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-hacking-modding-fuer-sony-ericsson-xperia-mini-mini-pro/162874-howto-crapware-entfernen-apps-zum-loeschen-akkulaufzeit-verlaengern.html
johndoe441 said:
your list is useless, as you did not list the real app names.
if you are searching for a real good list, go here:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-hacking-modding-fuer-sony-ericsson-xperia-mini-mini-pro/162874-howto-crapware-entfernen-apps-zum-loeschen-akkulaufzeit-verlaengern.html
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Dude, the apk names are shown in the description of every app.
Super Manager for example shows the name and the apk
/facepalm
uninstalled data traffic switch widget by mistake
By mistake,i think I uninstalled my data traffic switch widget....does anyone know how to get it back?
FOR ROOT USERS ONLY
Tested on Mega I9200 XXUAMEE
I removed more than 100 system apks, and my Mega works like a charm.
You will notice that the google apks are missing, and that the video player, music player, file manager etc. are missing as well, I removed them because I don't like the way they spy on us and suck our private data (look at the permissions they have if you don't believe me). No worries, just keep on reading for some alternative apks, and some ways to prevent spying...
IMPORTANT
1-Before to start the delete process do a Nandroid back up, and do a back up of your system/app folder (where all the system apks are) in case you want to reinstall a specific apk later.
2-If you decide to uninstall the filemanager apk, install first an alternative file manager, like let's say ghost commander, because if you don't then you won't have any app anymore to navigate to your files after having uninstalled the file manager, pretty obvious.
Same story with the launcher, or you will get a bootloop.
3-After you uninstalled all the apks do a cache and a dalvik cache wipe.
4-Reboot and enjoy full speed and no lags!!!:good:
5-Go to the data/data folder and erase the folders from the removed apks (optional), or use sd maid or whatever similar apk to do it for you.
IMPORTANT 2
Do not mess with system apks if you don't know what you are doing and if you don't know how to get back to the beginning in case things go wrong.
I won't take any responsability for any damage caused to your phone.
All what I mention below has worked for me but once more, do not play with your system unless you know how to recover if things get out of control.
SAFE TO REMOVE APKS
Rather than giving a list of removed apks I will list here the apks I didn't remove, so that you can assume that any apk that is not on the list is safe to remove. I do so because it's faster to list the remaining apks than the removed ones...
So here are the apks I kept (I have to admit that it's a bit extreme, and you are of course not obliged to keep so few apks, but at least you'll know which ones are safe to remove):
-csc
-defaultcontainerservice
-flashbarservice (removable if you don't want to have the static multi windows function. By the way I made a mod to enable floating multi windows that doesn't need the flashbar, you can find it here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48000697#post48000697)
-fusedlocation
-hybrid radio (removable if radio is not your thing)
-jobmanager
-logsprovider
-minimode-res (removable, but I kept it temporarly for testing purposes on the above mentionned floating windows mod)
-packageinstaller
-samsungcamera (removable? It seems that if one removes it then alternative cameras don't work, but I haven't tried them all)
-seccontacts
-seccontactsprovider
-sechtmlviewer (removable and replacable by an alternative html viewer, but since it doesn't spy and since it works well I kept it)
-secphone
-secsettings
-secsettingsprovider
-sectelephonyprovider
-stk
-systemui
-vpndialogs (removable, but then no more vpn)
-wlantest
Note that if you delete mediaprovider you won't be able to change your ringtone and your notification tone anymore (not a big deal for me but I don't know for you), and you will be stucked with the default tones. To change them manually you'll have to open the res/raw folder in framework-res.apk and add your own tones, not a big deal.
ALTERNATIVE APKS
-Launcher:
holo launcher hd, or whatever launcher you like, but install it before you uninstall touch wiz!
-Keyboard (Samsung ime):
I use the modded Xperia keyboard but there are many others.
SMS:
go sms, or any sms apk you like, choices are plentiful.
-Bluetooth:
if you use it for speakers or headphones keep it, but if you use it only to transfer files then uninstall it and use fastfiletransfer (the best, it works without wifi connection) and/or any ftp app (like swiftp for example, but such apps require an active internet connection) instead.
-Video:
mx player or bs player (the two best ones to my opinion) + floating player (basic video player but it boasts a resizable floating window, handy if you want to watch something while doing something else).
-File manager:
ghostcommander (dual panel mode, root browser, customisable toolbar),- or totalcommander.
-Music player:
I like gone mad music player but there are one zillion other options.
-Browser:
opera mini for speed, mozilla firefox for full desktop experience, and dolphin mini for something in the middle. Chrome? No thanks, the least google stuff I have in my phone the better I feel!!!
-Gallery:
quickpic.
-Polaris (pdf reader):
moon reader or mantano.
-Edit documents (doc., docx. etc.):
office suite or kingsoft office.
-Alarm:
any alarm clock apk will do, there are heaps of free ones...
-Google Talk:
lillypad hd.
-Gmail:
any email apk will do, otherwise access gmail from opera mini browser, it's faster.
-Play Store:
aptoide (there are others, see which one fits you the best).
Google Now:
actually you can keep that one if you like it, it's a stand alone apk which means that unlike gmail or gtalk apks it doesn't need the full google framework to work.
-Google maps: maverick (but there are others), google earth (stand alone apk, and not too much on the spy side).
-Clipboard:
clipboard contents.
-Calculator:
aircalc (floating calc).
-Quick Notes:
floating stickies.
-Bonus:
greenify (try it, it hybernates apks and saves juice).
That's all what I can think of for now. You are of course free to ask if you need anything but remember, most stock apks are replaceable and a quick internet search will show you plenty of alternative apks.
Last part, how not to be spied...
Some of the alternative apks I listed above do have abusive permissions, and so have the remaining system apks. To prevent your personal data to be sucked and sent who knows where you need four apks, namely:
1-Rom Toolbox Lite (free) or Pro (paid),
2-Privacy Blocker (paid),
3-AFWall+ (firewall, free),
4-Xprivacy (free).
-First open Privacy Blocker. Scan all your third part apks one by one, and see their dirty little secrets. Then mod the ones you don't like, it's easy, just follow the onscreen instructions.
-Second, open Rom Toolbox. Block adds, prevent any apk from auto starting, disable any transmitter you don't like, and try some build.prop and kernel tweaks if you feel like it (but be careful and do not play with your build.prop and your kernel unless you really know what you are doing).
-Third, set your firewall for wifi, 2/3/4 g, vpn, wlan and roaming with AFWall+.
-Last but not least, install the ultimate protection, Xprivacy:
https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy
Enjoy!:laugh:
Welcome to the Tab A6 (T280) Xmas Samsung Experience Edition.
Sorry no special Xmas theme, to make it festive this time. Just did not have enough storage space in the system, once I got done. HA!
It is stuffed to the gills, with both Samsung and Google apps. This factory firmware has been fixed with full set of options given on phones and higher end tablets.
Links to download will be added in my 2nd post to this thread, on the 15th of this month. Tic toc, tic toc... will add screen shots soon, to the bottom of this page.
○ All tweaks are done by adding removed Android and Samsung configs & components with the OEM build
○ Most all popular and usefull apps are loaded into ROM, to give the most usable internal SD space for system speed and application use.
○ Full featured Application Manager with Application Permissions
○ Full featured Accessibility settings
○ Reset Settings option to clear system ui settings back to default, if corruption occurs
○ Integrated full featured Photo Studio Editor in Gallery (Phone portage mode), with finger Spen drawing functions
○ Full Samsung keyboard experiance
○ S-Voice Gear integration
○ Health profiles enabled
○ UPSM
○ Galaxy Wearable and its support adapter are integrated into system
○ Updated Kids pre-loaded apps, Kids Mode will need to be installed via Samsung Apps to use them. Saves time and resources.
○ Full featured Bluetooth
○ ANT+
○ SAPA
○ Enabled USB audio path via Android's built in feature in Audio config and permissions.
○ Updated 2018 WiFi firmware (Fastest and most router compatible yet)
○ Live switchable (stock, immersive, hidden status bar, hidden notification)
○ Latest Google Android Auto
○ Samsung Car Mode & Mirror Link
○ Updated Mirror Link car profiles (2018 J7)
○ Updated Spen libraries (no true spen support)
○ Finger Spen support
○ Enhanced Voice Note
○ OpenGapps Nano (Dec 4th, 2019) installed
○ Latest (Nov 2019) Backdrop for Daydream
○ Enhanced Wallpaper options
○ Enhanced Accessibility features and options
○ Added lock options, with Face lock in Tablet settings UI, and Google Smart Lock and Samsung Signature lock on phone settings UI. (Note: to revert to non secure lock mechanism, you must clear security credentials 1st).
○ Updated some system packages to allow external app compatibility, such as Click and Go (Tested fully functional) and other apps that run on phones.
○ Cleaned up wee bugs with sorting out the system library, which made the user experience clean and smooth.
○ Notification panel shows full style messages
○ Media Audio is now default on volume keys, using a small system app
○ Hands Free mode, now is functional, as part of the Car Mode feature
○ Original Tablet settings UI is intact, and has no FC bugs, just Themes is broken by Samsung.
○ Updated SManager script menu items
○ All apps but Maps are updated as of build date. Newer Maps is too bloaty, this one works well with both older Drive Link and Newest Android Auto.
If you liked my previous releases, then this one should be one you'll want to upgrade to. You can flash dirty or clean. Just be sure to wipe your caches.
Note, when flashing with apps installed to SD and data is intact... let the tablet sit without user activity for 10 minutes after lock screen is shown, after initial flash. Once you have unlocked the tablet, be aware the tablet may reboot. It will if oat/odex is required to multi dex . It may take 5 minutes to show the lock screen, so be patient.
If you have a Themes Store on your existing launcher from my past builds, then you may want to do a ti backup of the Touchwiz launcher data, and have it for restoring after flashing. You can also create a shortcut on the home screen, which may show it as available when flashed dirty, while the launcher will not show it after flashing.
Yes, I kept the Themes option still active in this build, but... the stock tablet settings UI does not allow it to function for installing any themes. If one wants to use themes, they would need to flash dirty over any one of my past builds, in order to capture a short cut.
This build has some corrected theme support, which fixes most theme issues. But beware, not all themes are friendly, and may mess up your over all look on the system.
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Merry xmas or happy xmas!
MERRY XMAS! or HAPPLY XMAS! in the UK
Did not have time to format this thread, spent too much time sorting out this ROM TWRP backup. Too many updates between when I started and now, some of which effected how things functioned for me. I recommend keeping Magisk 19, though 20.1 seems stable enough for most peeps.
This ROM is made to be the most compatible and efficient over stock and other modded ROMs I have come across in the years of owning android devices. Many say my ROMs are bloated, with too much cross compatibility. Well, actually they are not. Compare your currently running rom with osmonitor, and watch how services stack up live after reboot or cold start up. Take note of system and osmonitor services. I try my best to keep both osmoniter services on top of the stack as much as possible. The only way to do so, is to have a balance of Samsung system apps and Google apps, and the addition of services that some ROMs have missing. Stripping android of some tied in services may be a band aid to get more ram, or remove active services running in background... but if the system has hooks to the missing app or service, it will constantly try and pole the missing service and will slow some processes. Osmonitor will show how smooth your system truly is. Bloated or not... I have removed for the most part Google Music, Video, and Games. They are updated as much as play services, so what is the point in placing them into ROM, when an update will add them into user space. Basically I bake my ROMs to be left alone untouched either uodates, and leave user apps that are updated out of the rom, thus the lack of a built in browser, and an older version of maps. You don't need to update maps, as it has no compatibility issues over the mix of the newest Google apps and mix of older unsupported Samsung apps.
Yes, most all apps on this ROM are updated up to the latest version, as of 14/12/19.
NOTE... NO BUILT IN BROWSER. WHY WASTE ROM SPACE ON A BROWSER THAT MAY NOT BE USED OR WILL BE UPDATED SOON BY THE USER. MAPS IS OVER A YEAR OLD, AND HAS NO EFFECT ON USE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO USE MORE OF THE UPDATED FEATURES WITH THE NEWER MAPS APP. TO KEEP GOOGLE FROM UPDATING SYSTEM FILES, YOU CAN PLACE OVER 700MB OF MUSIC OR YOUR FAV VIDEO TO KEEP GOOGLE INSTALLER CACHE LIMITED, AND WILL REQUEST APP REMOVAL WHEN INSTALLING APPS FROM PLAY STORE. I USE MIRROR SITES TO UPDATE BY SIDE LOADING. ALSO FREEZE PLAY SERVICES FOR INSTANT APPS IF NOT USING INSTANT APPS. IT'S INSTALLED AS A SYSTEM APP, SO IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOAD INTO USER ROM SPACE BY GOOGLE AND WASTE SPACE. IF LEFT UNFROZEN GOOGLE WILL AUTO UPDATE.
Below is some more images of what to expect... having app permissions, all apps are monitored and blocked from starting, unless they are hooked into the system. Usually all side loaded and user play store added apps are blocked to run at start up, unless the app has an option for the user to enable or disable auto start up. If an app has auto startup, like chrome for example... it will not auto start, since it was side loaded or installed as a user app. Thus no browser is baked into the rom. The active apps shown in a few images are from a minute after reboot. The optional Kid's Mode app is manually added, and will run for a short birthday check and close, if installed. I recommend freezing smart card services if not using it. Also any of the few apps that are shown as running, that are not of use can be frozen, and used later on when needed, without need to install at a later time.
NOTE... WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. MY DEFAULT IS SET WITH THE SYSTEM MODEL AS A J5, INSTALL TO SDCARD DISABLED, HOSTS FILE ENABLED, AND STOCK SETTINGS UI (WITH ENHANCEMENTS). THIS IS A PROPER SETUP FOR MOST ALL NEEDS. SO CHANGING THEM WILL EFFECT HOW THE SYSTEM WILL FUNCTION IF UNAWARE OF THE LIMITATIONS. ALWAYS INSTALL AN APP WITHOUT ENABLING INSTALL TO SDCARD. ENABLE INSTALL TO SDCARD BEFORE GOING INTO APP MANAGER TO SET THE APPS INSTALL LOCATION. ONCE MOVED TO SDCARD, DISABLE INSTALL TO SDCARD. BY FOLLOWING MY METHOD, MOST ALL APPS WILL PROPERLY FUNCTION WHEN MOVED TO SDCARD. USING PHONE SETTINGS UI WILL HAVE SOME BUGS. ALL OF WHICH ARE MINOR, AS THE HOOKS TO SOUND AND MOTION ARE FOR PHONES, NOT TABLETS. MOST OF THE ADDED FEATURES ARE ON THE DEFAULT PAGE. KID'S MODE AND GALAXY STORE WILL NEED TO HAVE THE DEVICE BOOT WITH STOCK BUILD.PROP. THOUGH MOST OF THE APPS IN GALAXY STORE WILL PROPERLY UPDATE WITH THE J5 MODDED BUILD PROP. JUST A SAFETY PRECAUTION WITH UPDATING KID'S MODE FUNCTIONALITY AND UPDATING APPS. SOME ARE NOT CROSS COMPATIBLE BETWEEN TABLET AND J5 PHONE. THE MODEL OF J5 I USE DOES, AS OF THIS TIME, KEEP COMPATIBILITY VERY HIGH, SO JUST BE AWARE OF LIMITATIONS. I HAD TO REMOVE UNIVERSAL SWITCH AND DIGITAL CLOCK WIDGET, TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE APPS PACKAGED IN THIS ROM.
WHAT YOU GET IS...
UPDATED & FASTER WIFI DRIVERS
UPDATED MANUFACTURER DB FOR MINOR LINK
ADDED MISSING BT PROFILES
TI BACKUP & SOLID EXPLORER SUPPORT APKS, FOR SIMPLE ENABLING OF PRO VERSIONS
MAXIMIZED USABLE RAM IN COMPARISON TO STOCK, WITHOUT LOOSING COMPATIBILITY
14/12/19 OPEN GAPPS NANO
GOOGLE TTS
ANDROID AUTO
WEBVIEW
INSTANT APPS SERVICES
BACKDROP FOR DAYDREAM
YOUTUBE - VANCE (LATEST VERSION)
GEAR SVOICE SERVICES
WEARABLE SERICES
WEARABLE (GEAR)
GALAXY STORE
SIDESYNC4.0
KIDS MODE APPS (MINUS KID'S MODE AND KID'S STORE)
LEGO KID'S MODE
UPDATED SAMSUNG PUSH SERVICES
ADDED SAMSUNG SNOTE4 AND SYNC
S-VOICE
VOICE RECORDER
ENHANCED GALLERY PHOTO EDITOR WITH VIDEO EDITOR LITE - BOTH WILL FUNCTION WITHIN CAMERA
CAR MODE
J5 THEME'S STORE AND THEME'S
PHONE VIDEO PLAYER WITH DNLA AND POP OUT VIDEO. (MISSING BUTTONS, BUT FUNCTIONAL WITH CAREFUL SELECTION)
VARIOUS ENHANCEMENTS CARRIED OVER FROM PAST BUILDS, WITH A FEW MORE TWEAKS.
UPDATED MENU FOR SELECTING OPTIONS IN SMANAGER.
ADDED SAMSUNG FEATURES FROM PHONES, THOUGH NO DIALER FEATURES DUE TO HARDWARE LIMITATIONS.
PLUS A QUICK AND DIRTY TOUCHWIZ LAUNCHER SORTER TO POPULATE HIDDEN APPS (CAR MODE AND THEME STORE), WITHIN THE SMANAGER MENU. MUST REBOOT AFTER APPLYING.
ALL BASED FROM MY CURRENT DAILY DRIVER MODDED ROM. MINUS APPS THAT ARE FOR PERSONAL USE.
HERE ARE THE DOWNLOADS LINKS...
XMAS ROM
https://mega.nz/#!Y6RWiA7I!4Z9ho5ssTLXVfu6seV1vbe9EuLNFU4V5Me-mKt2kdrs
LANGUAGE FILES
https://mega.nz/#!ljg2yaYS!3grr_SyZxkH9HlXZ8CcuXqc3kLT_MKeog8VuKyBTlmU
SCRIPT MANAGER TI BACKUP DATA FILE
https://mega.nz/#!NqhSmYLY!RI8zc52cQcaT00V1fw6Bwr2CmI8_a6OmeRrhSM2FUeo
Here is the data for pasting into settings.db from SQlite app.
Wifi;SilentMode;Location;AutoRotate;SideKey;PowerSaving;Bluetooth;Location;MultiWindow;Brightness;AllShareCast;SBeam;Sync;SmartStay;DoNotDisturb;UltraPowerSaving;AirplaneMode;CarMode;TouchSensitivity;DrivingMode;
A wee it of info...
Had a wee bit of time to add this...
Since I found issues with stock omx for the latest build, I took time to sort out most of the formatting errors within the omx xml. They had a monkey write up the config. Yikes!
Also, I unrestricted a lot of floating features, as to allow more options or stylized formatting.
If anyone finds issues with connecting to download sites or apps tied heavily into marketing, disable my hosts file in smanager menu.
Phone video player will need some guess and search work for buttons and functions. Nature of the beast, since frame work is different for button icons.
Video player has editor link that cannot detect the new Galaxy store. To use the full version of VE, you must find someone with a J5 that has the downloaded VE, which is about 100MB in size. It shound link with the stock video player, when editor is selected. Since no editor was installed into the rom, it will ask to download. All the editors, I found are for S5 and S6 models, which do not display and FC when backed out of initial page.
This ROM is a lot smoother in long term usage, without having to reboot as much. Most of three inhancements are for power users, which will find having this cheap tablet worth something a lot more that it was before.
Sapa and ANT+ have not been tested, but the system does show them enabled and with out errors when initialized.
USB LAN should also enable when plugged in, but have no clue if kernel allows function.
After rebooting or cold booting, depending on how many or total app size is installed to SD, it may take 10 to 15 minutes to fully loaded and become stable. Some of which may cause lag if running apps promptly from boot.
Once you use the firmware through the day, you will find it smoother than ever before, as it settles in. The main reason is app permissions. Many stand alone TV apps are designed to run from start up, and stay memory resident. Having them being blocked from loading at boot, really makes a difference. This samsung option for phones works better than any other mod available for blocking pemissions on apps. Though it's very limited on how much you can adjust.
As with my past builds on the removal of Samsung's manager, I tried to keep it, but it's too annoying and a memory hog, and totally unnecessary.
All the apps can be left as is, as they are mostly updated. Maps on the other hand is fine for most. YouTube-Vanced, is slightly old, because of the updates are always behind Google.
If language is not included in the language pack, rely in the installed Google TTS. Samsung's Svoice falls back on Google TTS. There are plenty of language options there to support the lack of there of. Since there is limited space on the rom to add language files directly... you may have to remove the US language files, and selectively add the language you want, in its place. I doubt you can have more than one language installed for Samsung Svoice and handwriting.
I tested both Galaxy Store and Themes with the J5 modded build.prop without issues. Even kids mode may run properly. Just there are times when it will ask to update, when it's for the wrong version.
Installing kids mode will install kids store, and may opt to do so after kido mode is downloaded and has been installed.
Wearables may give some funky notice of not having at least 1.5GB of free storage space. It's messed up. I have had 2GB free space, and yet the notice still pops up. I take it as all devices get the message, or the app can't properly detect our free ram space
Fixed a major minor boo boo
Uploaded a fixed replacement Xmas ROM. My original had a last minute small change, which included files that were not intended to be used. I removed them and corrented with adding the correct fIles that were intended as part of the build.
So, if anyone has downloaded the Xmas ROM within the last 24 hrs of posting, please delete your copy and re-download from the corrected link in the second page of this thread.
I ham happy to report, this final version is truly the best, and has been tested with both clean install and various dirty installs. Just the last minute addition caused some issues unforseen, and was from selecting the wrong folder of testing files.
Audio / video enhancements & fixes
Okay, I found that I missed the addition of these two files in my recently fix and posted build, after realizing that the final update files were not in one folder, which ended up hosing my initial X-mas build.
These will allow higher data rates on media, both recording and pass through bt and docking.
Samsung disabled usb data channel, by not allocating in/out features for docking and audio input from bt.
Also these original files had formatting and settings errors, which needed corrected.
Expect editors to be slower than before, as the limits have been raised to 1280x720 for video. Also audio recordings may be of higher quality and bit rate. Bt should have better performance as well.
I also added some extra bitrate, and channel options for audio.
The files are to be placed in the system/etc folder, with 644 permissions set.
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Gonna test this tonight, thanks
ps: i am bootlooping on samsung logo. What did i do wrong? I resoted system from your backup. Nevermind, needed to clear cache and it works
ps2: now i have problem communicating with google servers
klemen241 said:
Gonna test this tonight, thanks
ps: i am bootlooping on samsung logo. What did i do wrong? I resoted system from your backup. Nevermind, needed to clear cache and it works
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ps2: now i have problem communicating with google servers
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Ah, I think you need Uninstall updates on Google services, and playstore.
Wipe google data as well for both.
With dirty installs, I expect that Google service system files are on older updates, since my build is with fairly new Google system files.
I will need to address the removal of google system updates before flashing.
You can manually remove the Google updates by using TWRP, and mounting system, then use the file browser to remove all the Google apps in the apps folder in data.
I did mention that it will take a while to boot, when dirty flashing. It will dim but after 10 to 15 minutes it will finish.
Then I recomend waiting another 10 to 15 minutes for the system to build sdcard cache and app markers. It will reboot once more but much faster.
If one a clean (system wipe) after flash the boot is normal, and will not reboot.
My new build allows system settings reset... which may come in handy some day. It clears only system settings, not apps or their settings. It takes a while to complete, but it will clean up system corruption, without need to do a factory reset wipe. I am surprised Samsung disabled that on its tablets.
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Ah, I think you need Uninstall updates on Google services, and playstore.
Wipe google data as well for both.
With dirty installs, I expect that Google service system files are on older updates, since my build is with fairly new Google system files.
I will need to address the removal of google system updates before flashing.
You can manually remove the Google updates by using TWRP, and mounting system, then use the file browser to remove all the Google apps in the apps folder in data.
I did mention that it will take a while to boot, when dirty flashing. It will dim but after 10 to 15 minutes it will finish.
Then I recomend waiting another 10 to 15 minutes for the system to build sdcard cache and app markers. It will reboot once more but much faster.
If one a clean (system wipe) after flash the boot is normal, and will not reboot.
My new build allows system settings reset... which may come in handy some day. It clears only system settings, not apps or their settings. It takes a while to complete, but it will clean up system corruption, without need to do a factory reset wipe. I am surprised Samsung disabled that on its tablets.
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yea i did clean install and it booted up in few minutes, so it was fast. Than it needed few more minutes to load up. But all in all this was a great idea of semi custom rom
I'm testing the latest version, so far so good.
You can turn up the volume of the headphones and bluetooth from build.prop?
Thank you
juanysara said:
I'm testing the latest version, so far so good.
You can turn up the volume of the headphones and bluetooth from build.prop?
Thank you
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Thanks for letting me know things are doing good with the updated version of my mods.
As for Bluetooth volume boost... not sure but I think tiny_hw.xml is what needs to be edited. I am not a dev, so that is something, I will look into... right now, I am tweaking my media configs, now that I have removed bad formatting of the config files and learning how to mix standard phone google video media config into the Google video_le, which this tablet uses.
Been testing a lot with jellyfish test clips. Found some Tweaks to make VP9, H265, and WMV playback smoother than stock. Though they are all limited by bit rate around 5MB and lower, and no greater than 1280x720 resolution.
Impressed with h264 decoder... plays level 5 100MB bit rate very well, though most vids need audio decoding, since AC3 is used on the high quality vids.
May release a final final build, with the enhanced audio/video capability, for April around easter. Done too much with this tablet with sorting out wee bugs, my mind needs a rest.
The good side is that I hardly see any issues with its reliability, now with how hard I use it. I got 12 hrs of continual use on a single charge, and that's with boost script and multiple reboots boots and loading applications, videons tests and editing files.
It took a wee bit for the battery management to kick in with reliable data, a few charges after a few days sorted out its history.
How to change the language of Svoice?
I can't find the folder
Thanks
juanysara said:
How to change the language of Svoice?
I can't find the folder
Thanks
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Hi, Svoice is tied into system language, and Google TTS, as a fallback.
You can download the region files posted in the download links, and replace the US Files, with the ones in the folders, each folder corresponds to the ones in the system folder. If your language is not included in the region zip folder, you must setup google tts to install voice files for your region.
Oh, here is a link to an app to manage your blue tooth volume on various connections, not just one setting for all.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.bluemusic
You may try resetting volume to verify the Bluetooth volume is properly synced to the media volume. To reset Bluetooth volume, set the headphone volume on the headset to low, lower the media volume down to 0, and disconnect Bluetooth. Do not unpaired the head set. Reconnect Bluetooth and adjust the media volume up to 3/4, then adjust your head set volume accordingly, to obtain the proper listening level.
Video decoding capabilities
After migrating Google phone MediaCodec settings into LE, and customizing default media codec settings, I have fully tested video formats listed below with dececent bit rates to correspond with very good to excellent picture quality and still be pause / jitter free.
Here are the codecs with their playback formats @24FPS, and my tested bit rates (some are near max, but others have head room)
YOUTUBE WEBM (vp9) 720p @60fps works fine on browser, and included youtube-vanced. Tried higher bit rates, but as expected software decode lacks cpu power, like h265, and wmv9 decoders. The real beauty is the vpu is unrestricted to take on 1920x1080 content at high bit rates, and doing 60fps, if encoded at that frame rate.
WMV (asf) 720p wma stereo 192kbs (Windows 7 Wildlife HD Demo) minor buffering video frame blur or freeze from background processes. (I will tweak further)
HEVC (h265) 720p 4mb/s (max bit rate)
WMV (wmv9) 720p 6mb/s (can go higher)
VC1 (avi, wmv) 1080p 6mb/s
WEBM (vp8) 1080p 30mb/s
WEBM (vp9) 1080p 4.5mb/s
WMV (wmv8) 720p 6mb/s
MP4 (mp4) 1080p 30mb/s
AVC (h264 mkv) 1080p 30mb/s & 720p 60fps all tested OK also 1080p with 100mb/s decode (no audio)
3GP (h263) 325p no limit on bit rate
FLV (flv) 720p 2mbps can go higher
Note... AVC 1080p 60fps jitters and will loose audio sync above 5MB/s data rate.
Don't have any other 60fps test files to check limitations with decoders and hardware.
Seems that this is as good as it is going to get for decoding videos.
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May release a final final build, with the enhanced audio/video capability, for April around easter.
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Hi gooberdude, thanks a lot, you have put a lot of effort into this.:good:
Will you realease a final final build? Thanks!
Did you do something kernel side? Or it is still the stock one @gooberdude ?