ParanoidAndroid --An mobile/tablet Hybrid Rom

The Transition from gingerbread to Icream Sandwitch had taken a considerably long period of time but however  Icream Sandwitch to JellyBean is taking place fast with most of the devices that had ICS getting JB   and more new ones added daily .But there are some developers who think giving stock JB is not enough ,they have come up with an modded rom that they call ParanoidAndroid which is an hybrid rom merging  the goodness  of tablets and mobiles together.This rom has been around for a long period of time however with them starting to release JB based roms the experience is a lot more refined and smooth.There are only some Devices that have got the preview version of  ParanoidAndroid -JB while others are still on ICS based roms,but is still worth giving a try ....




Currently ParanoidAndroid -JB Supported Devices

Motorola Defy        -JB
Samsung galaxy s2 - JB
Samsung galaxy s3  -JB
Samsung Nexus S   -JB
Samsung galaxy s    -JB
HTC Hd 2              -JB


For List of ParanoidAndroid -ICS/JB supported phones visit their official website:-
ParanoidAndroid _Website


For downloading these Rom's go to their respective Android development section in XdaForums

Motorola Atrix HD Launcher and Widgets

Even before the release of Motorola Atrix Hd  the Launcher and Widgets have been ported and can be used on any ics + Roms .

AtrixHDwidgets&Launcher : Download link

Installation:-
First install the launcher and then the widgets to be able to use the widgets .

Features:-

• Pre defines templates to choose your homescreen
• The Center  of attraction is the circle widget which is a live widget
• The Motorola favourite widget

Some Android Launcher's That will really light up your Screens

  Google play store has hundreds of launchers it would be really difficult to tell which one's are the best apart from the usual more golauncher, adwlauncher,apex etc .So here is a list of launchers that are good but not popular as the above.................

• TSF Shell Launcher
• FullScreenLauncher
• SamsungGalaxyS3 Launcher

First on the list is my favourite TSF Shell its one of those launchers which has a special feel and customization which you will not find in other launchers ,on the other hand is expensive as compared to other launchers but I think its worth the every penny you pay .If you don't want to spend money the only way is to Google it
Note:-Only use the 1.5 version of the launcher using any other version below this is not as good as the newer one

Things we liked:-
1) The unusual UI which is nothing as we have seen before in a Launcher
2) Highly customizable Icons style and orientations (you can place the icons in any positions)
3)The various gestures to edit large number of settings
4)Some in built app widgets are good

Things we didn't like:-
1)Expensive
2)Sometimes the launcher crashes on low Ram devices

                    
Google play link:- TSF Shell

Second on our list  is something that  is called as FullScreenLauncher  nothing much to tell about this launcher its an minimal ui launcher with all apps on one home screen which slides like a continuous ribbon good for people who like to keep it simple

Things we liked:-
1)The screen transition animation
2)Keeps it simple

Things we didn't like:-

1) IT could have been more customizable

2)Its prone to crashes

Look at the following video of have to use and customize your FullScreenLauncher

Google play link:-FullScreenLauncher

Third one is for rooted devices I don't think every one would like this launcher but still its a pretty decent one its called Samsung GalaxyS3 launcher  as the name suggest it will give you almost the exact replication of the launcher on the Samsung galaxy s3

Things we liked:-

1)Even some of the widgets are replicated

2)The launcher comes with some pre installed apps like swipe, sony experia Walkman, voodoo etc

3)The launcher is smooth

4)The widgets placement somewhat like jelly bean style

Things we didn't like:-

1)Its only for rooted devices

2)Only for hdpi and above devices

3)Only for Ics

For download and installation procedure for S3 Launcher pls go to my following Post :-

Samsung Galaxy S3 Launcher

Want to learn how to compile /decompile a Android APK here is how you do it !!

There are basically two ways to do it the first one is an MANUAL method  and the second one is an SEMI AUTOMATED  method



ManualMethod :-

REQUIREMENTS :-
1)WINDOWS
2)THE LATEST JRE AND JDK INSTALLED
3)APKTOOL or APKTOOL for ics
(both can be found in the attached  files of the following link:- APKTOOLS

METHOD:-

1) EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF THE RAR FILE INTO A FOLDER
2) EVEN PUT THE APK YOU WANT TO MESS WITH AND EVEN THE FRAMEWORK_RES.APK WHICH YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR  ROM ZIP FILE
(suppose I have extractes all the file in the location c://android/apkedit)

3)NOW WE OPEN THE CMD AND TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS TO ENTER THIS DIRECTORY IT IS SHOWED IN THE FOLLOWING IMAGE

4)NOW TO DECOMPILE APK TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS IN THE CMD :-

• apktool if framework-res.apk
• apktool d Nova.apk Nova

WHERE Nova.apk is the apk name and Nova is the folder to be created that will contain the decompiled apk

5)NOW IN THE  NOVA FOLDER MAKE THE CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE TO THE XML,DRAWABLE ETC..

6)NOW TO RECOMPILE THE APK TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMAND IN THE CMD:-

• apktool b Nova Nova-new.apk

WHERE Nova is the folder you have edited and Nova-new.apk is the new apk to be created

Now we are NOT done... we cannot use the new apk's... we have to take what we did and add it back to the original apk file to keep proper signature

use something like 7zip, take the 'resources.arcs' file and any other xml files you edited out of the "-new" apk and copy them into Original apk

now the apk is ready to flash with your new changes


NOTE:- ics user use the APK TOOL for ics




SemiAutomatedMethod:-

REQUIREMENTS:-
1) WINDOWS
2) THE LATEST JRE AND JDK INSTALLED
3) AUTO APK TOOL

METHOD:-

1) EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF THE AUTO APK TOOL RAR FILE INTO AN FOLDER
2) RUN THE  AutoAPKToolMain FILE

3)NOW PLACE THE APK YOU WANT TO PAY WITH IN THE _INPUT_APK FOLDER

4)NOW PUT 6 AND ENTER IN THE ABOVE CMD THAT YOU HAVE OPENED AND THEN DRAG THE APK FROM THE _INPUT_APK INTO THE CMD AND THEN PRESS ENTER

5)ONCE YOU HIT ENTER THE APK WILL START THE DECOMPILING PROCESS AND AN POPUP LOG WILL APPEAR ,ONCE COMPLETED CLOSE THE LOG AND NOW GO TO THE _INPUT_APK FOLDER  YOU WILL SEE AN FOLDER WITH THE SAME NAME AS YOUR APK,NOW YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE INTO THE XML,DRAWABLE FILES

6) NOW ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE CHANGES WE HAVE TO COMPILE THE APK

ENTER 7 IN THE CMD WE HAVE OPENED AND NOW WE HAVE TO DRAG THE ENTIRE FOLDER WE HAVE EDITED AND NOT THE APK AND PRESS ENTER

7) ONCE THE RECOMPILING THAT FINISHED OPEN THE DECOMPILED FOLDER AND OPEN DIST FOLDER THERE YOU WILL GET YOUR EDITED APK

8)YOU MUST NOW SIGN THE APK WITH OPTION 10 IN THE CMD YOU HAVE OPENED 

 (NOTE: drag the apk from dist folder to the prompt, then press enter, and in the SAME folder, a signedxxx.apk will appear)

9)RENAME THE APK AND PUSH IT (note : you can push the apk with option 62 or sdk typing )

   Code:

adb remount
adb push xxx.apk system/app
adb reboot

 

Android JellyBean Wallpapers & Animations

REQUIREMNETS:-

1) ROOTED PHONE
2) CM9 OR  AOKP (TO INSTALL ANIMATIONS )

INSTALLATION:-
BOOT INTO CWM(CLOCKWORK RECOVERY MOD) AND THEN FLASH THE ANIMATION  ZIP

AMINATION ZIP

WALLPAPERS ZIP (unzip the photos and put it into the sdcard )