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02-11-2014, 03:43 PM | #1 |
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Adding/Removing apks from ROM Mini How-to + apk list, build.prop and other
****This is an on-going post. I am in the process of taking step by step screenshots of everything for those who are unfamiliar with this. I'm gonna go ahead and list all the apps still in my ROM and list the extra apps I have added. Version numbers will be included.****
Hello. Some people showed some interest in how I had my Pocket eDGe setup. The following will walk you through the process of manually moving apks around using my preferred file manager as well as the process using Titanium Backup (which is da bomb). My ROM File List via Titanium Backup as of 11-02-2014. App lists separated by Stock Vs. Added.: Stock: Code:
Accounts* - Stock Application Widgets* - Stock Audio Player 1.0.0 - Stock Audio Recorder 1.0.0 - Stock Bluetooth Parings - Stock Bookmarks (stock browser) - Stock Browser 2.2.1 (BOOKMARKS) - Stock Calendar 2.2.1 - Stock Calendar Storage 2.2.1 (CALENDAR) - Stock Call log* - Stock Camera 2.2.1 - Stock Camera1 - Stock, no idea. Certificate Installer 2.2.1 - Stock Clock 2.2.1 (ALARMS) - Stock com.android.providers.userdictionary 2.2.1 (USER DICT) - Stock com.android.sdksetup 2.2.1 - Stock com.entouragesys.android.file 1.0 - Stock com.entouragesys.android.fileoperations 1.0 - Stock com.entouragesys.providers.library 1.0.0 - Stock com.google.android.onetimeinitializer 2.2 - Stock, have frozen. Country, Language, Time zone* - Stock Dev Tools 1.0 - Stock Dictionary 1.0 - Stock DictionaryProvider 1.0 - Stock Documents To Go 3.004 - Stock, maybe updated? I forget. Download Manager 2.2.1 - Stock ES File Explorer 3.0.9.1 - Stock, updated. Fallback 2.2.1 - Stock, dunno what this is. Didn't test removing it. HTML Viewer 2.2.1 - Stock Image Viewer 1.0.0 - Stock Journal 1.0 - Stock Library 2.2.1 - Stock Media Container Service 2.2.1 - Stock Media Storage 2.2.1 (PLAYLIST) - Stock Music 2.2.1 - Stock My Uploads 1.5.9 - Stock, possibly remove? Note Pad 2.2.1 - Stock Package installer 2.2.1 - Stock. Do NOT remove. Handles installing apks. Projector 1.0 - Stock. Actually works with USB VGA adapters for eInk or LCD Quickoffice 2.0-GEP - Stock? I never installed it. Didn't update. Reader 1.0 - Stock ReaderService 1.0.1 - Stock Screen Calibrator 1.0.0 - Stock Screen Lock 1.0 - Stock Search 1.1 - Stock.Left because it works well. Settings 2.2.1 (WALLPAPER/SETTINGS) - Stock Settings Storage 2.2.1 (SETTINGS/BLUETOOTH) - Stock Spare Parts 2.2.1 - Stock Tags 1.0.0 - Stock Terminal Emulator 2.2.1 - Stock Video Player 1.0.0 - Stock Wallpaper* - Stock Wi-Fi Access Points* - Stock Wi-Fi Access Points (xml)* - Stock Code:
7Zipper 1.9.9.7 - File decompressor. I use 7z on my desktops, so I needed a way to handle the archives on my eDGe. AdAway 2.7 - Blocks ads system-wide aDownloader 1.0.9.2 - Torrent client. There is a newer one but I prefer this release. ADW.Launcher 1.3.3.9 - Replaces stock launcher. Extremely snappy. DPI independent. Heavily customizable. Runs far, far better than stock launcher. aLogcat 2.6.1 - System log viewer. Helps when trouble shooting. Amazon Kindle 3.8.2.4 - Amazon Kindle app. Battery Doctor 4.6.2 - Monitors battery usage. Has a lot of nice features. BeyondPod 3.2.55 - The /best/ podcast app. BeyondPod Unlock Key 1.0.2 - Removes limits/ads from BeyondPod Dropbox 2.3.11.4 - Official Dropbox client. Font Installer 2.0.5 - Manually changing fonts was breaking things. This let me change the "Reader Font" to Calibri from MS, which is /gorgeous/ on eInk Hacker's Keyboard 1.33 - Replaces stock keyboard. Much better and DPI independent. HK "English (en)" Dictionary 1.3 - Hacker's Keyboard Dictionary addon Leger calibre 0.9.5d - Calibre library viewer. Lipse Icons Grayscale 3.1 - ADW.Launcher Theme NetHack 1.3.4 - One of my favorite games. Old dungeon-crawler/rogue-like. Next Browser 1.16 - Really advanced browser. Use over stock when not wanting eInk integration. No Lock 1.06 - Turns lock-screen on/off via widget. Notification Toggle 2.6.4 - Adds persistent notification buttons of choice for controlling various functions. I use for quickly enabling/disable WiFi from inside any app and quickly getting to WiFi settings. NTPSync 1.9 - Syncs system clock to NTP time servers. Pandora 4.5.1 - Internet Radio Perfect Viewer 2.1.0.3 - Mostly use for comic books Perfect Viewer Donation 1.3 - Removes any limits/ads from Perfect Viewer Quora 1.3.5 - Community question/answer and such. Really nice. reddit is fun golden platinum 3.1.3 - Best Android Reddit client. RPN 1.8.1 - Reverse Polish Notation calculator. Screenshot Ultimate 2.8.14 - Epic free screenshot tool. SetCPU 0.1.1 - Created by a forum member ages back. Gives widget on desktop that tapping will underclock at will to 150mhz. Works well. Requires older Superuser app. Star Traders Elite 5.2.15 - Awesome RPG. Requires either gapps to be installed for google play services access or annoying by-hand file copy and permissions adjusting of some cache files from another device. System Cleaner 2.4.6 - Automatically replaces in-ROM apps with updated apks. I use after I test updates so I don't have to manually move the updates. Xmarks 1.0.16 - Standalone tool that syncs to Xmarks server. If someone would list off what I am missing from my ROM that is stock, I would appreciate it as I forgot to do that before I started yanking stuff out. build.prop info: After upgrading to 2.2 and then Allmine, my PE started showing some weirdness. It showed up as a Nexus One in the playstore and Docs to Go failed to work correctly while giving a toast message that said "invalid device Passion" or something to that effect. I eventually discovered the Allmine update modified the build.prop file with some new info. These are the lines I changed in the build.prop file: Code:
ro.product.name=edgejr ro.product.device=edgejr I left 'ro.product.model=Nexus One' and 'ro.product.brand=google' alone. My PE shows up as 'edgejr' in the playstore, now, and Docs to Go works perfectly. Code:
I added this just below 'ro.sd.hwrotation=270' ro.sf.lcd_density=120 Here is a screenshot showing ADW.Launcher (with Lipse Icons Grayscale theme) at this DPI: [Image violates guidelines for size - MODERATOR] And this is a photo taken from my Galaxy Note II of the same screen so you can see how it actually looks on the PE: [Image violates guidelines for size - MODERATOR] To see the full resolution photo of the PE, go here - [Image violates guidelines for size- MODERATOR] The other things I changed in my build.prop are the Dalvik heap size and init method. I doubled the default heap size to 256MB from 128MB that is the default. The Dalvik heap size adjusts how much memory a Dalvik VM instance can use. The more memory a single app can use, the less often Dalvik has to run through its garbage collection routines. This takes a load off the CPU and may be one reason my PE has seemed so much snappier. This may just be placebo, though. It shouldn't cause any harm and the PE has 512MB of RAM to play with so... worth doing, imo. I also changed Dalvik init method to operate in JIT mode (Just In Time) instead of the default 'fast' mode.. My Linpack results went from 3.1-3.2 MFLOPS average to 5.1-5.2MFLOPS which is a pretty drastic increase. Code:
dalvik.vm.heapsize=256M dalvik.vm.execution-mode=init:jit Last edited by Dr. Drib; 02-25-2014 at 02:16 PM. Reason: Added build.prop stuffs |
02-22-2014, 11:56 AM | #2 |
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This seems all very nice, but can you install apps from playstore while your PE is now edgejr? As nexus 1 i still have to sideload apps, because appstore gives me a not compatible with your device message. Often same app will install if i sideload it.
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02-22-2014, 01:27 PM | #3 |
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Without any changes yet i see on my PE:
ro.product.model=Nexus One ro.product.name=passion ro.product.device=edgejr After Allmine install i had to register again with Docs to Go but had no problems with it ever since. Could it be you only changed ro.product.name=passion to edgejr and device was already edgejr? Also are the dalvik changes totaly safe, can nothing go wrong? Because i can do it but to be honest it is like you talk in a foreign language to me! Thanks!!! |
02-23-2014, 09:56 AM | #4 | |
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The dalvik changes should be 100% safe. You can always set them back to stock, too. Just do a back up before hand. I haven't had any problems out of my PE since making the changes. The heap size may not actually help any but the jit definitely did. Last edited by helf; 02-23-2014 at 09:59 AM. |
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02-23-2014, 12:36 PM | #5 |
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Gmail sync is running into trouble, the app force close on me now.
Maybe because passion to edgejr change? I'll go back to passion and see what happens. I'll try the jit change as well. Thanks! |
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02-24-2014, 12:08 AM | #6 |
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Try deleting the app cache for gmail and seeing what happens. I have had my edge running as edge jr forever with gmail and all the other Google services working just fine before I removed them.
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