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battery mod

Hello,
I found this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765419
and I have some questions about this :
1) Is it possible to "tweak" our framework-res.apk with this battery mod.
2) Can I use this method to "tweak my framework-res.apk : http://circle.glx.nl/
3) When I download my new framework-res.apk, how to boot on recover mode on the phone to put the framework-res.apk on the system ?
4) Do you know an other easylier method to tweak icons on the HD2 under android ?
Thanks a lot !

+1 I asked myself to but no time to seach forum

@Karlichon
What is with this batmod? Are you done with them?

karlichon said:
1) Is it possible to "tweak" our framework-res.apk with this battery mod.
2) Can I use this method to "tweak my framework-res.apk : http://circle.glx.nl/
3) When I download my new framework-res.apk, how to boot on recover mode on the phone to put the framework-res.apk on the system ?
Thanks a lot !
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Ok I think I'll answer this, but bear with me as it's NOT easy or for the faint of heart. If you read this and you DO NOT feel comfortable I would recommend you not giving this a go.
Before you start ANY of these steps below, MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE REPLACING THEM. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED FOLLOWING THESE STEPS! You have been warned.
1) Visit the website above and run through the steps to get the battery images you want. For the purposes of this tutorial/howto I am not covering how to change anything else (KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid).
2) The easiest ones to change are the Version A-I ones, just choose which battery set would work best for you on your phone and click "Next"
3) Choose "Do not include icons" and click next. The icons it is talking about here are the signal, wifi, usb etc notification bar icons and as I mentioned I will not cover how to change those here.
4) Leave "Do not change notification status bar" selected and click next. Again I'm not covering that here.
5) You can choose a different boot anim if you want, they are very easy to upload to your phone and you can figure out where they have to be put yourself with no problems. IMPORTANT: If you do change the boot animation, make sure you choose the correct type of rom you have from the dropdown selection.
6) Upload your existing framework-res.apk (using something like DroidExplorer, navigate to /system/framework and paste it onto your desktop, then upload here). This will update the relevant files in your framework-res.apk automatically. (If you cannot obtain your existing framework-res.apk I cannot guarantee method 2 will work, sorry but feel free to try)
7) Replace your framework-res.apk (via DroidExplorer or your chosen ADB browser) on your phone and reboot. Voila!
This worked for me on shubcraft 2.0 drop mode but obviously I cannot guarantee it will work for everyone. Please remember my warnings above that this is not guranteed.

hello, thanks for your quick help, but it doesn't work for hyperdroid rom V1.7
any idea ?

karlichon said:
hello, thanks for your quick help, but it doesn't work for hyperdroid rom V1.7
any idea ?
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there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.

I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk

is the page currently partly down?

rafpigna said:
I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk
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It doesn't seem to work all that well with frameworks from our current modded builds. I've tried it with a rooted desire framework (from my gf's desire) and that worked. Evidently all the work that the devs do on our hd2's make them very different to other android builds. the second method I posted (adding the png's to your existing framework) works perfectly.
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Nope, seems up to me.

yes its up again

rafpigna said:
I tried the kitchen method, but I receive a huge error log after uploading the framework apk
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for me the same, desirehd revolution rom of mdj
can anybody help me?

Reno_79 said:
there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.
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can you tell me which files i need to replace to get another battery icon? only the files which "batt" in it?

Reno_79 said:
there is another far more complicated way around it, but it really does take about half an hour to work out.
Basically, you need to get your framework-res.apk and extract it with winrar or something similar (an apk is basically just a zip file) and find the folder called res/drawable-HDPI. this is where all the icons for things like your battery icons live.
Copy and paste the new icons from someone elses framework-res or even one you download from the website above into this folder and replace the drawable-HDPI folder into your framework-res.apk, replace it onto your phone and reboot.
Again, this is a quick description of a much lengthier way of doing it but it does work. Also, my disclaimer in the post I made before still stands, do this AT YOUR OWN RISK and do NOT complain to me if something breaks. If you don't fully understand, don't do anything.
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This method will not work with the battery icons which shows all 100% increments. This method will only work for the standard battery icons, which only involves like 12 battery icons.
In order to add the 1% increment readings in the battery, it involves modifying xml files to read and associate the correct battery icons at each increment.

can you give a tut how to add the version a manually?

nvm, I got it!

[think tank] disable increasing ringer (link to intl ver working)

I saw this thread and it made me gain interest in this again. I know many do not like three ringtone volume increasing.
If this is possible on the international version, we should be able to do the same right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537

This would be great i hate that volume increase in ringtones. Any dev plz port this for Vibrant.

The meat of it
The meat of what they are doing appears to be in >> THIS << post, which I will quote below. If any developer that knows what they are doing wants to attempt this for the Vibrant the quoted post should give them an quick idea of its feasibility. If it looks like it is doable there is more info in the original I9000 thread that is linked in the OP.
the_ozyrys said:
Hello,
I've just found a (not easy) way to disable increasing ring.
This involves using Apk Manager to backsmali Phone.apk,
which then have to be replaced by patched version, either by root access or creation of update.zip.
Procedure:
1. Get your Phone.apk (\system\app\Phone.apk) and copy it to computer.
2. Use Apk Manager to decompile it.
3. Open folder with Phone source (<Apk Manager folder>\projects\Phone.apk\smali\com\android\phone).
4. Open file Ringer$1.smali with your favourite text editor.
5. Find line that reads:
Code:
invoke-virtual {v1, v5, v4, v3}, Landroid/media/AudioManager;->setStreamVolume(III)V
6. Delete this line, save the file.
7. Compile Phone.apk, put it back to phone.
8. Enjoy constant-volume ringtones.
Side effects:
- currently not known
- if you have problem decompiling Phone.apk, >here< is the solution
Maybe somebody will make pre-patched packages, I'm currently using JM5
so I can only provide one for this firmware.
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are you guys talking about when someone calls you and the ringtone is like quiet almost, and then goes super loud? if so, i want that too, its annoying as hell.

xriderx66 said:
are you guys talking about when someone calls you and the ringtone is like quiet almost, and then goes super loud? if so, i want that too, its annoying as hell.
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Yes
4 5 6 7 8 9

I will work on this tomorrow after I get off work unless someone beats me to it. This ringer volume issue has been bothering me a lot with this phone.

That would be amazing man. It would have to be incorporated into every rom (as an option)!

This thread should be en dev section.

pretty sure that is where I posted this initially..... must have been a mod moving it.

OK so this fix rrequires that use the .apk's from a deodexed rom which I don't have on hand so I will down download a few and edit the .apk's. Gonna take a bit more time than previously thought but I will get it done soon.

YetisAreReal said:
OK so this fix rrequires that use the .apk's from a deodexed rom which I don't have on hand so I will down download a few and edit the .apk's. Gonna take a bit more time than previously thought but I will get it done soon.
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Thank you for this. Please log your work. With a good writeup and good understanding of what is going on it would be nice to see devs put this in as a option on all the deodexed ROMs.

Some good news and some bad for now. I have successfully decompiled and recompile the APK as told but no luck so far in fixing the ringtone. Ran into a similar issue that the i9000 users were with each build being different. I am testing on JL4 first with other builds to follow once I am successful. In my Phone.apk I found two lines similar to the line mentioned in the OP for the i9000 but removing either one or both has has no effect for me so I am digging deeper and trying test builds. Java isn't exactly my thing so if anyone with java know how would like to look at the decompiled script I can forward it to them.
EDIT: added the file for peer review just remove the .txt and open with any text editor.

After reading this last night, seemed easy enough, I was determined to try this. Dl'd the apkmanager, extracted my phone.apk, and began playing. Apparently, this is listed in the About/Tips/Debug (menu selection 23) inside of apk manager, you cannot decompile themed apk's, which is exactly what i was trying to do with my Ginger Clone phone.apk. Oh well, back to the drawing board, or at least something with a stock phone.apk i can play around with. Anyone have one, unthemed, from froyo (preferrably jl4 as thats the basis for the current rom I'm running) they want to post?

Br1cK'd said:
After reading this last night, seemed easy enough, I was determined to try this. Dl'd the apkmanager, extracted my phone.apk, and began playing. Apparently, this is listed in the About/Tips/Debug (menu selection 23) inside of apk manager, you cannot decompile themed apk's, which is exactly what i was trying to do with my Ginger Clone phone.apk. Oh well, back to the drawing board, or at least something with a stock phone.apk i can play around with. Anyone have one, unthemed, from froyo (preferrably jl4 as thats the basis for the current rom I'm running) they want to post?
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Here you go stock JL4 Phone.apk, please let me know if you get this working I had no luck.

YetisAreReal said:
Here you go stock JL4 Phone.apk, please let me know if you get this working I had no luck.
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Thx! I'll be giving it a go in the morning when I get to my pc.
Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App

Epic Fail. I successfully decompiled, edited, and recompiled the APK. The exact line in the script that was linked instructions from T313C0mun1s7 was removed, script file saved, apk recompiled properly, and pushed to the phone. Rebooted phone, the stock jl4 i just edited actually works and doesn't fc on Ginger Clone R2 Final, but the ascending ringtone is still there. I'll post the edited apk if anyone is interested, but it seems to not work. I see, more research in my near future.
Edited - spoke too soon, fc's on outbound calls. Gonna try again granted I have the time this morning, if not, I might have to wait until I get back in town after the holidays to play around with this.
Edit 2 - No more fc's on outbound calls with the newly edited phone.apk, but also, still having the ascending ringer. I removed both lines in the script that echoed the linked post on page 1, tried with removing one or the other first, then both, and still the ascending ringer persists through all attempts. Hrm.

I see you ran into the exact same problems I did using JL4 stock. I am on JL5 now so I am going to test a few things on this build now in the hopes I can fix this.

YetisAreReal said:
I see you ran into the exact same problems I did using JL4 stock. I am on JL5 now so I am going to test a few things on this build now in the hopes I can fix this.
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First of all I have no idea what I am doing. Second I am not sure of all the issues you guys are having. I am just trying to think outside the box. I found this not sure if it applies or not.
apks can be re-edited a few different ways. The easiest example is by replacing the individual files within the apk by dragging and dropping the files in a program such as 7zip or winrar. In this manner the signature of the apk isnt broken. If you must unpack the apk file then when you pack it back up you must resign the app to have in install successfully. Do a google search for Stericson's apk sign application (its over on xda forums). I usually prefer the first way, but have also done the second method and it works as well.

yetis - yeah, same place you were getting stuck. let me know what your results are for the jl5 attempt. i tried with both the jl4 stock and ginger clone apk's this morning, all with the same results.
nomad - thx for the heads up, i am admittedly a novice in the android world, but have been in IT for years and am a self professed computer geek. With the apkmanager posted earlier in this thread, it will do all of the uncompiling and decompiling for you, as well as signing and a ton of other things written into the script, all based on user choices. it does warn about signing system apps after recompile, unless you want to resign all of the other system apps. Never had a problem with the installing of the modded phone.apk, just push it to the system/app folder and reboot, and the last one i did worked flawlessly without and fc's, but did not fix the problem of the ascending ringer.

Yetis, I was over reading through the thread on this in the i9000 forums, and I dug up some information that might help us here. I'm away from my pc so can't verify any of this right now.
-Make sure the rom is deodexed.
-Delete the line that matches what was posted earlier, I think it was the first one in that script, not the one way down at the bottom, leave that one be.
-When recompiling, set the compression in apk manager to 0 (not sure how to do that without the program in front of me)
When you go to push the file, put your phone in airplane mode first, push, then reboot.
Let me know if any of this helps, good luck.
Ginger Clone's of the World Unite! Via the XDA App

Kindle Fire Network location

Hi, I had beautiful widgets installed and it was not findeing the location automatically, I had to put the zipcode or the city. Now I copied the networklocation.apk from my phone to the kindle's in the system app folder and now it is finding it by geolocation.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

I gave this a shot with nogo... CityID it pulls up with is jibberish and non-locational to where I am at.
Just so you know what I did...
o Copied com.google.androidlocation.apk to /system/app
o Rebooted the device
o Used BeautifyWidgets, selected Weather Widget Setting
o Selected Set Location
o Clicked Geolocation
Errors said Geolocation was not on
o told it to use it anyway
o Saved the settings.

krelvinaz said:
I gave this a shot with nogo... CityID it pulls up with is jibberish and non-locational to where I am at.
Just so you know what I did...
o Copied com.google.androidlocation.apk to /system/app
o Rebooted the device
o Used BeautifyWidgets, selected Weather Widget Setting
o Selected Set Location
o Clicked Geolocation
Errors said Geolocation was not on
o told it to use it anyway
o Saved the settings.
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When you copy the app in the settings l, long press the app and choose permissiones and you must have it setup like the pic

Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

Will this work with Google Maps as well?
EDIT: Yup, I am now finding my location in Google Maps as well. Saaweeet!

Used the same permissions as everything else in the /system/app directory
0644

Well my location is working I don't know why yours doesn't .

samomamo said:
Well my location is working I don't know why yours doesn't .
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Samomamo, where did you get the NetworkLocation.apk package from, also did you have to adjust anything in Settings.db for any network settings?
I am completely stumped and have been scouring through myriads of posts for some shred of helpful info, so far this post and this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362472
but have had no luck with either one. I am wondering if the answer lies in from where you got your NetworkLocation.apk. Any help would great! Thanks!

I got the apk from my T-Mobile Galaxy s2
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

I downloaded the networklocation apk from the CM7 gapps. The followed the directions and it is now showing my location. I believe it will only show my location if connected to wifi though.
Gapps is found here : goo-inside.me/gapps/

Solved issue by adding files and editing framework-res.apk
If anyone searching is interested in how I was able to solve this I could not simply add the Google Network Location APK, I had to force the Amazon "framework-res.apk" file to recognize it by editing the '/res/values/strings.xml' with the following lines:
Same ol' disclaimers - I'm not responsible for whatever you do with this info, if you brick your device, its your decision to try and not my fault or issue to fix. This is nothing new I just put the various pieces together from research through other posts, forums, etc. so credit where credit is due.
irishmyles003 and samomamo thank you very much for your input. Though I wish your solutions would have worked I am glad I had this challenge as I think I taught myself a little more about how to mess around and tweak the system a bit.
I still added the NetworkLocation.APK as stated and explained by Samomamo, but I had the do the following steps in order to get the framework to actually react to network location requests, since it kept returning "null".
<<Original>>
Code:
<string name="config_networkLocationProvider">@null</string>
<string name="config_geocodeProvider">@null</string>
<<Modded>>
Code:
<string name="config_networkLocationProvider">com.google.android.location.NetworkLocationProvider</string>
<string name="config_geocodeProvider">com.google.android.location.GeocodeProvider</string>
Steps:
Use ApkTool to pull "framework-res.apk" and decompile
Replace the lines above to match the modded section
Recompile the APK to "unsignedframework-res.apk"
Copy and rename original "framework-res.apK" -> "originalframework-res.apk" (put this file aside in case you need to flash if you make a mistake)
Rename the original and newly compiled files to .zip (so you can extract, edit, etc)
- "framework-res.apk" -> "framework-res.zip"
- "unsignedframework-res.apk" -> "unsignedframework-res.zip"
Extract "resources.arsc" from unsigned and paste (and overwrite) to the "framework-res.zip" file
Rename "framework-res.zip" -> "framework-res.apk"
Push "framework-res.apk" to device (need to mount /system r/w)
chmod 644 (i.e. <rw, r, r> for root explorer)
Reboot and voila it worked (for me at least)!
Sources / Props to the authors of these links:
I could not give correct props because I got these from outside links, but [email protected] and the Enable CRT Animation guide at freeyourandroid.com and the APKtool tutorial at miui-au.com
Also if you google using the info above you will find you can also enable the AOSP GB CRT Animation by editing a line in the bools.xml, I tried this and it works! Enjoy!.
EDIT: After applying the framework-res.apk and rebooting I just realized that my accounts were lost. I just had to re-add them via SyncSettings (Market: com.francesandmarky.android.syncsettings) - Amazon, Gmail, and Facebook.

rpw128 said:
If anyone searching is interested in how I was able to solve this I could not simply add the Google Network Location APK, I had to force the Amazon "framework-res.apk" file to recognize it by editing the '/res/values/strings.xml' with the following lines:
Same ol' disclaimers - I'm not responsible for whatever you do with this info, if you brick your device, its your decision to try and not my fault or issue to fix. This is nothing new I just put the various pieces together from research through other posts, forums, etc. so credit where credit is due.
irishmyles003 and samomamo thank you very much for your input. Though I wish your solutions would have worked I am glad I had this challenge as I think I taught myself a little more about how to mess around and tweak the system a bit.
I still added the NetworkLocation.APK as stated and explained by Samomamo, but I had the do the following steps in order to get the framework to actually react to network location requests, since it kept returning "null".
<<Original>>
Code:
<string name="config_networkLocationProvider">@null</string>
<string name="config_geocodeProvider">@null</string>
<<Modded>>
Code:
<string name="config_networkLocationProvider">com.google.android.location.NetworkLocationProvider</string>
<string name="config_geocodeProvider">com.google.android.location.GeocodeProvider</string>
Steps:
Use ApkTool to pull "framework-res.apk" and decompile
Replace the lines above to match the modded section
Recompile the APK to "unsignedframework-res.apk"
Copy and rename original "framework-res.apK" -> "originalframework-res.apk" (put this file aside in case you need to flash if you make a mistake)
Rename the original and newly compiled files to .zip (so you can extract, edit, etc)
- "framework-res.apk" -> "framework-res.zip"
- "unsignedframework-res.apk" -> "unsignedframework-res.zip"
Extract "resources.arsc" from unsigned and paste (and overwrite) to the "framework-res.zip" file
Rename "framework-res.zip" -> "framework-res.apk"
Push "framework-res.apk" to device (need to mount /system r/w)
chmod 644 (i.e. <rw, r, r> for root explorer)
Reboot and voila it worked (for me at least)!
Sources / Props to the authors of these links:
I could not give correct props because I got these from outside links, but [email protected] and the Enable CRT Animation guide at freeyourandroid.com and the APKtool tutorial at miui-au.com
Also if you google using the info above you will find you can also enable the AOSP GB CRT Animation by editing a line in the bools.xml, I tried this and it works! Enjoy!.
EDIT: After applying the framework-res.apk and rebooting I just realized that my accounts were lost. I just had to re-add them via SyncSettings (Market: com.francesandmarky.android.syncsettings) - Amazon, Gmail, and Facebook.
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Could someone post the modified framework-res.apk?
Why does it work for some but not others?

andTab, I tried but the max filesize is 8 mb for APK files, the framework-res.apk is 27-31 mb. I couldn't figure out why the original posters were able to do it by just adding the files. When I unpacked the APK it was intentionally set to null not allowing usage of the google location framework.
xxx.multiupload.com/5FJ4ZTH6TX (take out the x's, it wouldn't let me post the address b/c I am new)

Thanks for your work guys...
I downloaded and applied this frame work apk, the crt animation is now enabled, but google maps still not finding my location in the middle of Los Angeles.
Hmmmm

You still need NetworkLocation.Apk from Gapps put into /System/App (also run it from your SD Card), then reboot. The adjusted lines in the Framework-Res points to this framework.

So my evo 3d is running ICS, can I still use the file? Or could someone post a working one?

atomiclama said:
So my evo 3d is running ICS, can I still use the file? Or could someone post a working one?
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irishmyles003 said:
I downloaded the networklocation apk from the CM7 gapps. The followed the directions and it is now showing my location. I believe it will only show my location if connected to wifi though.
Gapps is found here : goo-inside.me/gapps/
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I'm not too sure, if you're working off stock the Kindle Fire uses 2.3.4 so I would use the 8/28 version from the website irishmyles003 provided.

Hmm still not having a whole lot of luck.
I downloaded the networklocations apk from gaps of the correct date. Also installed the updated framework. Like I said Im seeing CRT change.
I've set up the geo location through beautiful widgets.. but still not finding location.
What am I missing?
thanks
also when I placed the network locations apk I set correct permission and tried to install it, it said application not installed. Could to be part of the problem?

atomiclama said:
also when I placed the network locations apk I set correct permission and tried to install it, it said application not installed. Could to be part of the problem?
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Placing it in the /system/app area is installing it.
Make sure you reboot for the system to see it though.
Note: I've not tried this patch...

I'm not exactly sure why it isn't working for you. I spent a few days looking at logcat's and forums. Don't forget to change the permissions (mentioned earlier in this thread) to 644.

[Quick Guide] - Enabling Hidden Features

Just wanted to share a few CSC features that are tested to work on the S6/S6 edge.
This is not my work, just sharing.
To enable these you will need root, a root explorer and text editor.
Simply navigate to system/csc/Features.xml and add the corresponding line to the end of the file but before the very last few lines that say </feature> and </Samsung>
(if this file does not exist, create the csc folder in system and a txt file within it then change the name to features.xml and add the correct lines and save) if this does not work you can try the same method with Others.XML in the same folder
*Make sure you make backups of the stock files in case there are issues.*
Enable WiFi calling in phone settings:
Code:
<CscFeature_Setting_SupportWifiCall>TRUE</CscFeature_Setting_SupportWifiCall>
Enable native voice call recording(maybe illegal is some countries):
Code:
<CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>RecordingAllowed</CscFeature_VoiceCall_ConfigRecording>
Enable shutter sound switch in camera settings(maybe illegal is some countries):
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>true</CscFeature_Camera_ShutterSoundMenu>
Enable camera during call:
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_EnableCameraDuringCall></CscFeature_Camera_EnableCameraDuringCall>
Enable manual rotation option in gallery:
Code:
<CscFeature_Gallery_AddAutoRotationIcon>true</CscFeature_Gallery_AddAutoRotationIcon>
Continuous music while using camera:
Code:
<CscFeature_Camera_CamcorderDoNotPauseMusic></CscFeature_Camera_CamcorderDoNotPauseMusic>
Enable scheduled messaging option in messaging app:
Code:
<CscFeature_Message_EnableScheduledMessage>true</CscFeature_Message_EnableScheduledMessage>
<CscFeature_Message_EnableScheduledMsgBox>true</CscFeature_Message_EnableScheduledMsgBox>
Enable exit buttons in default browser:
Code:
<CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate>true</CscFeature_Web_AddOptionToTerminate>
Enable 2nd symbol keys on stock keyboard:
Code:
<CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>true</CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>
<CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>de;en_US;en_GB</CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>
Enable VoLTE Support: Thanks to IakobosJ
Code:
<CscFeature_RIL_SupportVolte>true</CscFeature_RIL_SupportVolte>
<CscFeature_IMS_EnableVoLTE>true</CscFeature_IMS_EnableVoLTE>
Remove NFC enabled icon in the status bar: Thanks to evonc
Code:
[COLOR="Red"]Delete line[/COLOR] : <CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>DEFAULT</CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>
ADDED 21/04/15
Sort app draw alphabetically:
Code:
<CscFeature_Launcher_EnableViewByAlphabetAsDefault>true</CscFeature_Launcher_EnableViewByAlphabetAsDefault>
I Hope this helps someone out,
Big Thanks to this post for the info, there are many more in the original post but these are the only ones I've tried and have worked so far,
and IakobosJ for his help in the wifi calling thread
if anything needs adding let us know and it can be added to this post,
This is dedicated to the hard working XDA community
Thank You All

Theres also some nice tools in the play store -:- Be careful when using these!
Samsung CSC Master
CSC Feature Expert
(I own google so get a big cut of the profit made on these )
I've tried CSC Feature Expert now -and it seems to work well,
Quick tut:
I would backup original CSC folder first
Just search for the option you want to enable,
Select the value ( see pic 1)
in the popup - Input the correct value (see pic 2 - label 1)
(a few examples of values)
' RecordingAllowed ' to enable call recording,
' true ' for shutter sound menu,
' true ' for launcher by alphabet,
' true ' for rotation icon in gallery,
' true ' for support wifi call,
then click save (see pic 2 - label 2)
restart you device
Hope this helps

If only we could root, without tripping Knox.
I don't want to root my phone in fear that Samsung Pay won't work with a tripped Knox.
Nice to see you've put all of this information together
For those on EE you may also want to enable VoLTE. I know it's unlikely to be in anyones area yet, but they are rolling it out across the UK (Very slowly)
Enable VoLTE Support
<CscFeature_RIL_SupportVolte>TRUE</CscFeature_RIL_SupportVolte>
Enable VoLTE
<CscFeature_IMS_EnableVoLTE>true</CscFeature_IMS_EnableVoLTE>

Just a quick note that the commands have to be added before the
</FeatureSet>
</SamsungMobileFeauture> tags at the end of the file.
Tested the Call recording and Shutter sound edits. Worked great.
Lastly if you want to remove that ugly NFC enabled icon in the status bar, delete line
<CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>DEFAULT</CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>
from the file and it will hide the icon.

evonc said:
Just a quick note that the commands have to be added before the
</FeatureSet>
</SamsungMobileFeauture> tags at the end of the file.
Tested the Call recording and Shutter sound edits. Worked great.
Lastly if you want to remove that ugly NFC enabled icon in the status bar, delete line
<CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>DEFAULT</CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>
from the file and it will hide the icon.
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Thats strange as I've added mine after the samsung tags and all is working fine fine on my device.
Have you had problems in the past with doing that?

No. I saw the file header and noticed they're inserting commands between those tags. The original guide also has that listed but I guess it may or may not work.
Also I believe the file may get reset when you enter stock recovery so I'm assuming this should work as a fix.
1. Open the sales_code.dat to find your csc code.
2. Open the folder above with the same code.
3. Navigate to <code>/system/csc and you'll see another others.xml
4. This is most likely the file that gets applied after a factory reset/activation.
5. Make changes to this file as well.
*Make sure you make backups of the stock files in case there are issues.*

evonc said:
No. I saw the file header and noticed they're inserting commands between those tags. The original guide also has that listed but I guess it may or may not work.
Also I believe the file may get reset when you enter stock recovery so I'm assuming this should work as a fix.
1. Open the sales_code.dat to find your csc code.
2. Open the folder above with the same code.
3. Navigate to <code>/system/csc and you'll see another others.xml
4. This is most likely the file that gets applied after a factory reset/activation.
5. Make changes to this file as well.
*Make sure you make backups of the stock files in case there are issues.*
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I would have thought it would have had to be within those tags too. Only found it didn't when i wasn't paying attention while modding it. LoL
Nice tip. Thanks. hoping there's more cool things that can enabled with this, maybe some S6 exclusives finds .

I'm on the Sprint Edge and don't have that folder. I guess I'll create and see what happens

SantinoInc said:
I'm on the Sprint Edge and don't have that folder. I guess I'll create and see what happens
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I didnt have it either . Just create the csc folder and make a txt file and change the name to others.xml. as the op states. infact ill post a copy with basic changes i the first post.
It works fine for me. hopfully you wont have any issues

I actually did have the folder. I was looking at the folder ". System" However, after adding those lines and saving it had no effect. Can you take a look at this to see if it's right?
Edit: can't upload the xml file.

SantinoInc said:
I actually did have the folder. I was looking at the folder ". System" However, after adding those lines and saving it had no effect. Can you take a look at this to see if it's right?
Edit: can't upload the xml file.
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You'll have to zip it before you can upload it... or rename others.xml to others.txt
I've attached a basic others.xml with all functions listed in the OP
and an original copy of the EE csc folder that IakobosJ uploaded in the WIFI calling thread
(it would be good if everybody could upload their original csc folders for reference and backups in case someone messes up theirs by accident.)
You can just copy and paste my others.xml into the bottom of your own others.xml(backup yours first)
I've had to do this as XDA's forum system seems to have changed at least one of the lines I've posted, and I've even tried going back and editing and it keeps putting a space in the middle of one of them, so use the upload if your having trouble,
I've deleted all but this file in my csc folder and tested it to make sure there nothing else it depends on - everything is working fine on my device.
But feel free to upload your for us to have a look at

im confused?
i can already do wifi calling and most of these things already without root
im on tmobile

tiboric said:
You'll have to zip it before you can upload it... or rename others.xml to others.txt
I've attached a basic others.xml with all functions listed in the OP
and an original copy of the EE csc folder that IakobosJ uploaded in the WIFI calling thread
(it would be good if everybody could upload their original csc folders for reference and backups in case someone messes up theirs by accident.)
You can just copy and paste my others.xml into the bottom of your own others.xml(backup yours first)
I've had to do this as XDA's forum system seems to have changed at least one of the lines I've posted, and I've even tried going back and editing and it keeps putting a space in the middle of one of them, so use the upload if your having trouble,
I've deleted all but this file in my csc folder and tested it to make sure there nothing else it depends on - everything is working fine on my device.
But feel free to upload your for us to have a look at
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Ok, I'm finally on a PC so I had a chance to zip that file and have uploaded it. IDK where I screwed up. I'm rooted, I found the System/CSC/Others file and made the proper edits and then saved it. The original file was automatically backed up. The permissions were the same as the original file. IDK what I did wrong.

SantinoInc said:
Ok, I'm finally on a PC so I had a chance to zip that file and have uploaded it. IDK where I screwed up. I'm rooted, I found the System/CSC/Others file and made the proper edits and then saved it. The original file was automatically backed up. The permissions were the same as the original file. IDK what I did wrong.
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is it just call recording and shutter sound toggle you want to add?

I want to add the NO NFC notification, CALL RECORDING, WI-FI CALLING and NO SOUND for snapping pics.

SantinoInc said:
I want to add the NO NFC notification, CALL RECORDING, WI-FI CALLING and NO SOUND for snapping pics.
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I've uploaded two versions, one with the feature you've asked for and a full featured one, both based on your original other.xml and tested on my device to be working
just copy one to your csc folder
let me know if you have any problems

tiboric said:
I've uploaded two versions, one with the feature you've asked for and a full featured one, both based on your original other.xml and tested on my device to be working
just copy one to your csc folder
let me know if you have any problems
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I really appreciate the effort but that didn't work either. I used the file you uploaded for me and made sure the permissions were the same and rebooted. None of the mods worked. It's really weird. I'm going to inquire in the Sprint thread to see if anyone can get these to work.
Unrelated do you know which folder I can find the boot sounds and camera sounds? I'm just going to delete them and that will solve part of my problem.

SantinoInc said:
I really appreciate the effort but that didn't work either. I used the file you uploaded for me and made sure the permissions were the same and rebooted. None of the mods worked. It's really weird. I'm going to inquire in the Sprint thread to see if anyone can get these to work.
Unrelated do you know which folder I can find the boot sounds and camera sounds? I'm just going to delete them and that will solve part of my problem.
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Thats a shame maybe sprint have changed something.
Sure its
/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg
Hope this helps

Killed boot sound but I must have not found the right OGG file for the camera. Do you know the name of the file?

SantinoInc said:
Killed boot sound but I must have not found the right OGG file for the camera. Do you know the name of the file?
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I believe its
/system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
P.s did you try any of the apps posted in the second post. I dont know how well the work but ghey seem to have good reviews

[HOW TO] Enable Native Call Recorder

First of all credit to pomeroythomas for his post which I am basically just relaying here.
This is for anyone who wishes to use the native call recorder but it is currently disabled for them. For example in the USA federal laws state that call recording is legal and it is legal in most states but because some states require two party consent Lineage OS has decided to disabled it by default so this "HOW TO" is needed to enable it. You are ultimately the one responsible to follow any laws where you live.
This requires you to have root access. You may be able to accomplish the same with adb without root though.
You will need APK Easy Tool. For more information on APK Easy Tool visit the original thread here. I personally just used the portable version.
You will also need to know your carriers MCC code which you can find here.
1. There are many different ways to get the Dialer.apk from your device. Personally I use Root Explorer. Copy your Dialer.apk located on your device at "/system/priv-app/Dialer" to your sdcard and then connect your device to your PC and copy the Dialer.apk to it.
2. Now open "apkeasytool.exe and click "Sel.APK/JAR" and open your Dialer.apk and select "Decompile".
3. Once it has finished decompiling open the folder "1-Decompiled APKs" located in the APK Easy Tool folder.
4. The file we are looking for is in "Dialer/res/" this is where you need your MCC code. Personally I am on T-Mobile so the folder I need is "values-mcc310" most US carriers also use this same MCC code ie. Sprint, Verizon, AT&T
5. Once inside your carriers MCC folder you want to open "Bools.xml" in notepad and change
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">false</bool>
to
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">true</bool>
and then save it.
6. Now go back to APK Easy Tool and click "Compile"
7. Once it has finished your new Dialer.apk will be located in "2-Recomiled APKs". Copy that back over to your device
8. Navigate to "/system/priv-app/Dialer" and rename your current Dialer.apk to "Dialer.apk.bak" and replace it with your modified one and change the permissions to "rw-r-r" or "0644". and then reboot.
Thats it. Now to test make a phone call and you should now have the record button available, the first time you press it you will be greeted with a message telling you that you are responsible for compliance with any laws, then you can hit "RECORD CALL" and then give Dialer the permissions it needs. Your recording will be saved to a folder named "CallRecordings".
This will not survive an update but you can keep the modified Dialer.apk on your SDcard and just repeat step 8 after an update.

Joe333x said:
4. The file we are looking for is in "Dialer/res/" this is where you need your MCC code. Personally I am on T-Mobile so the folder I need is "values-mcc310" most US carriers also use this same MCC code ie. Sprint, Verizon, AT&T
5. Once inside your carriers MCC folder you want to open "Bools.xml" in notepad and change
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">false</bool>
to
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">true</bool>
and then save it.
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I'm in kccat6, official LineageOS - Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (G901F).
This procedure seems simple, but I have my carrier in Spain, where recording is allowed, and there is no MCC folder with its number.
I've found related settings (and I changed them) in
Dialer/res/values/bools.xml (changed false to true)
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">true</bool>
and
Dialer/res/values/integers.xml (changed 1 to 4)
Code:
integer name="call_recording_audio_source">4</integer>
Compiled (signed), copied, checked permissions, wiped cache & dalvik, rebooted and there isn't a record button when calling.
Also there's a "Dialer/res/values-es" folder, but there isn't a "Dialer/res/values-mcc214-mnc4" folder. I created that folder and copied the files bools.xml and integers.xml, with only the above contents inside them. Compiled, copied, etc... and there isn't a record button.
Am I missing something?

Ochoceros, its worked for me. I am using Lowi, MCC 214. The only stick, that its needed to press "record" button with every call, its doesnt records automaticali. I have created the folder with MMC code in his name and only the bools.xml file, without integers.

LOS made changes to native call recording, the phone checks what country your in instead of the MCC code. Has anyone figured out how to enable call recording again?

I found the new file, where you can edit the call recording states.
Follow the instruction from the first post, except don't follow step 4 and 5.
Go to "Dialer/res/xml/call_record_states.xml" and set everything to true (easiest way).
Now continue on step 6.

Now how about auto recording
Nice work Vanta-Chan!

eric93se said:
Now how about auto recording
Nice work Vanta-Chan!
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I wish I could program, but we either have to wait for the official developers of LOS, or hope for a kind soul who does that with a tutorial :angel:

Interestingly the version of dialer.apk from the first post (around early november 2019) had auto dialing. I'm pretty sure that dialer version doesn't work with the latest LOS roms (I could be wrong).
I have a screenshot of it since I was trying to sell my LG G3.

eric93se said:
Interestingly the version of dialer.apk from the first post (around early november 2019) had auto dialing. I'm pretty sure that dialer version doesn't work with the latest LOS roms (I could be wrong).
I have a screenshot of it since I was trying to sell my LG G3.
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If you somehow could retrieve that Dialer.apk, which has the auto-record function, I could try to reimplement it to the newer versions.

can anyone upload the apk, i try recompiling but always get an exit code = 1 error.

n950 said:
can anyone upload the apk, i try recompiling but always get an exit code = 1 error.
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Can't upload it directly to XDA, file is too big (~33Mb), but here's a link:
https://workupload.com/file/URfFtrAU
Mirror: https://anonfile.com/zd6eO0b4oa/Dialer_apk

Vanta-Chan said:
Can't upload it directly to XDA, file is too big (~33Mb), but here's a link:
https://workupload.com/file/URfFtrAU
Mirror: https://anonfile.com/zd6eO0b4oa/Dialer_apk
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Thank u )

I can recommend the EdXposed Module XCallRecordingSettings.
https://github.com/iptux/XCallRecording-xposed
https://repo.xposed.info/module/net.iptux.xposed.callrecording
Version 1.0.14 supports LOS 16
Works great for me and easy to setup!
I know, it's not the native way to setup, but I guess this Module justs enables the call recording the natural way in LOS

textmarker007 said:
I can recommend the EdXposed Module XCallRecordingSettings.
https://github.com/iptux/XCallRecording-xposed
https://repo.xposed.info/module/net.iptux.xposed.callrecording
Version 1.0.14 supports LOS 16
Works great for me and easy to setup!
I know, it's not the native way to setup, but I guess this Module justs enables the call recording the natural way in LOS
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This would mean not only have to install your mentioned app, but also edxposed etc.
Which, IMHO slows down the s5

andreoide said:
This would mean not only have to install your mentioned app, but also edxposed etc.
Which, IMHO slows down the s5
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Add:
On my g900f sound is great, on g910f sound is very weak, uninstalled all exposed from g901f because like I said, sound is bad and edxposed slows down performance very much.
Add: (march 1)
Anyone know why sound is no good on g901f?
What might cause it, and how to fix (if any exists)?

I have tried all of these steps and it didn't work i still can't get record button i have also tried the solutions in the replies and nothing worked how can i enable the recording in lineage os 16
The phone is GT-I9505
the country i live in is Egypt so can anyone help me please

I'm using lineage 17.1 which uses Google dialer, this method doesn't work.
Can you please describe how to make it work on Google dialer.
Sent from my MI 9 using Tapatalk

Vanta-Chan said:
If you somehow could retrieve that Dialer.apk, which has the auto-record function, I could try to reimplement it to the newer versions.
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Shouldn't it be on GitHub history?

You bet!
Thanks for the credit, man. Hope this helps y'all.
Joe333x said:
First of all credit to pomeroythomas for his post which I am basically just relaying here.
This is for anyone who wishes to use the native call recorder but it is currently disabled for them. For example in the USA federal laws state that call recording is legal and it is legal in most states but because some states require two party consent Lineage OS has decided to disabled it by default so this "HOW TO" is needed to enable it. You are ultimately the one responsible to follow any laws where you live.
This requires you to have root access. You may be able to accomplish the same with adb without root though.
You will need APK Easy Tool. For more information on APK Easy Tool visit the original thread here. I personally just used the portable version.
You will also need to know your carriers MCC code which you can find here.
1. There are many different ways to get the Dialer.apk from your device. Personally I use Root Explorer. Copy your Dialer.apk located on your device at "/system/priv-app/Dialer" to your sdcard and then connect your device to your PC and copy the Dialer.apk to it.
2. Now open "apkeasytool.exe and click "Sel.APK/JAR" and open your Dialer.apk and select "Decompile".
3. Once it has finished decompiling open the folder "1-Decompiled APKs" located in the APK Easy Tool folder.
4. The file we are looking for is in "Dialer/res/" this is where you need your MCC code. Personally I am on T-Mobile so the folder I need is "values-mcc310" most US carriers also use this same MCC code ie. Sprint, Verizon, AT&T
5. Once inside your carriers MCC folder you want to open "Bools.xml" in notepad and change
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">false</bool>
to
Code:
<bool name="call_recording_enabled">true</bool>
and then save it.
6. Now go back to APK Easy Tool and click "Compile"
7. Once it has finished your new Dialer.apk will be located in "2-Recomiled APKs". Copy that back over to your device
8. Navigate to "/system/priv-app/Dialer" and rename your current Dialer.apk to "Dialer.apk.bak" and replace it with your modified one and change the permissions to "rw-r-r" or "0644". and then reboot.
Thats it. Now to test make a phone call and you should now have the record button available, the first time you press it you will be greeted with a message telling you that you are responsible for compliance with any laws, then you can hit "RECORD CALL" and then give Dialer the permissions it needs. Your recording will be saved to a folder named "CallRecordings".
This will not survive an update but you can keep the modified Dialer.apk on your SDcard and just repeat step 8 after an update.
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pomeroythomas said:
Thanks for the credit, man. Hope this helps y'all.
.
5. Once inside your carriers MCC folder you want to open "Bools.xml" in notepad and change to
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The last code is given twice, but my guess is change that only once?
(Just to be sure...)
Thanks, I'll go try one of these days, and report back here later....
( phone: Samsung galaxy S5 plus, SM- G901F )
The dialer.apk, I don't think I have the original from lineage, I installed the dialer from google play a while ago. How to obtain the original? Or does it work withe google dialer also?