So a friend of mine looks at 'particular video's' on his phone, and goes on 'particular sites'. He sent me an MMS of a screenshot of his phone. He uses an iPhone 5. I myself have a Nexus 4, and am wondering whether there's any chance of viruses being sent etc? i.e. from his phone to mine, because I looked at the pic he sent me. The pic was a screenshot of a text convo he had with me a while back.
No there is not. The only way to get a virus is the permissions in a modded apk. Like if your trying to download a game and one of the permissions says send calls and text to people, this may cost you money, then you know that's a virus. But you can't really screw up your phone like that.
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So there's definitely no chance any viruses or anything can be on my phone? My phone is clean?
Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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tory13579 said:
Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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Actually I have personally seen Image files (JPEG's) which had evil java script appended to them (ads on Pirate Bay).
MP3 files can also have evil code appended to them as well.
However, I don't believe Android would be able to execute the code outside of a web browser.
SpookyTunes said:
Actually I have personally seen Image files (JPEG's) which had evil java script appended to them (ads on Pirate Bay).
MP3 files can also have evil code appended to them as well.
However, I don't believe Android would be able to execute the code outside of a web browser.
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It's possible to execute such code if the music player/gallery is vulnerable to certain exploits, but it's very unlikely.
Also, android itself is very secure.
Most "viruses" you read about were installed by the user himself. They are just legit apps with "too much" permissions that behave maliciously but most of them don't use any kind of exploit.
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Pictures, no
Image files, and plain text are not mediums viruses can be hidden in. So as long as you don't download anything he sends you thats .apk format and install it you are fine. Now cookies, etc phones still get those. Best thing to do is not look.
Good luck. Computer is a better place to do that kind of thing...
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You are quite wrong here. These media are files and there is no way of knowing what they contain if received from an unknown and unsolicited source.
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I am completely new to coding anything but websites so I figured I try appinventor to build this little app I have wanted for quite some time. I play League of Legends (Leagueoflegends.com) and there is a fan site that has items, stats, and guides which is located at www.LEAGUECRAFT.com . http://i.imgur.com/bZ7ZA.png This image shows what I have so far. I have the champions listed in order (scrolls down 72 champs) as buttons; ex. when clicking akali it launches http://leaguecraft.com/champion/Akali using my android browser. Instead of opening the browser I would like for it to return what is in the guides tab into the app in a mobile friendly version. Looking at the page source I see they have them seperated by "<a href="#champion_tab_2">Guides (71) ", is there a way to pull just that into the app? Maybe even get it to pull just the title and rating? Anything would help at this point, thank you guys!
Sorry I've never used app inventor before, but I play LoL too and i think you should check this link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.apps.android.lolarmory
Take a look into regular expressions.
Basically, what you need to do is pull the HTML source and then use regular expressions to match that pattern and pull the data that you need.
I personally code in Java, so I'm not exactly sure how to do this in App Inventor.
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I personally code in Java, so I'm not exactly sure how to do this in App Inventor.
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That was my problem too
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hey guys jw what is a good password keeper app to get and is safe, if it could save my user name also that would be the 1 i want! Thanks all!
I like keepass
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I use this one. I like it because it is open-source and I can use the same data files on my PCs and my phone and it lets you compare and merge databases so you can populate new entries across each PC/phone:
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
To me, the benefit of being open source is that I know other developers are watching the code and making sure there is nothing malicious in there.
I use lastpass.com
It runs on everything. Only encrypted data is stored on their server. And they are paranoid (as seen by the last 2 weeks where they took significant action over just seening an odd amount of data transfer). I like my security people paranoid.
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I use this one. I like it because it is open-source and I can use the same data files on my PCs and my phone and it lets you compare and merge databases so you can populate new entries across each PC/phone:
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
To me, the benefit of being open source is that I know other developers are watching the code and making sure there is nothing malicious in there.
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Large scale accountability can accomplish the same thing. A major corporation with a reputation in security is just as trustworthy and far more 'watched' than the oft obscure nature of open source apps.
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but as a coffee lover I don't encourage the consumption of Nescafe, and as a fan of open source I don't encourage false praise. It just makes one more inaccuracy for anti-FOSS types to latch onto and hurt adoption.
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Large scale accountability can accomplish the same thing. A major corporation with a reputation in security is just as trustworthy and far more 'watched' than the oft obscure nature of open source apps.
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but as a coffee lover I don't encourage the consumption of Nescafe, and as a fan of open source I don't encourage false praise. It just makes one more inaccuracy for anti-FOSS types to latch onto and hurt adoption.
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I poop right back on your cornflakes. Sprint is a major corporation and CIQ had some unfriendly looking stuff in it.
OK - which major corporation's password app are you suggesting?
Ok so password keeper isnt what i thought it was, is there a app that will save my passwords on the net so i dont have 2 type them in all the time lol.... thanks!
Keepass. Multi platform and does not rely on the Internet
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I'm using KeePass too.
Easily sync through Dropbox.
Lastpass will fill in your passwords for you. They are stored encrypted online and can be used from about anything (ios, android, IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc).
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Lastpass will fill in your passwords for you. They are stored encrypted online and can be used from about anything (ios, android, IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc).
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Wasn't LastPass compromised recently?
KeePass (free program) is a good one - with both desktop and Android clients that can read the same file. You can keep it in sync by using dropbox in both locations.
I also use Keeper (free on Android, desktop client has subscription cost). I actually started using this before I knew about KeePass, but I still enjoy this one very much. I got grandfathered in on the lifetime license before they went subscription based, though.
Keepass +1
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Wasn't LastPass compromised recently?
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They noticed a larger-than-normal traffic flow from their database server. Because, in theory, this could have been transfer of parts of the database, they made everyone change their passwords. Just in case. Thats the kind of paranoia I like in a security firm.
Edit: Considering the security issues dropbox has had and their unwillingness to admit to them, I would personally avoid them. (That said, I'd assume keepass is doing all the encryption client-side before uploading to dropbox.)
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Edit: Considering the security issues dropbox has had and their unwillingness to admit to them, I would personally avoid them. (That said, I'd assume keepass is doing all the encryption client-side before uploading to dropbox.)
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Correct, Keepass encrypts it's database file on the client.
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I like keepass
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I downloaded it and it doesnt say how 2 use it.... little help please lol
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I downloaded it and it doesnt say how 2 use it.... little help please lol
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You'll need a desktop version to create and maintain the password file/db (Android client is read-only at this point).
Put the file in the Dropbox folder.
Open it on the phone.
When you select an entry in the KeePass it will create to notification items, which allow you to copy user name and password to clipboard and paste it into the field where you need them.
[Tutorial] Sync Passwords Across Computers And Android With KeePass
The way the android system and app devs have files organized on the SD card! like seriously, it's such a mess. Nearly every app has at least one folder in there! It takes me forever to find things that I'm looking for. how difficult would it have been for there to be a folder called "APPDATA" where ALL THAT CRAP can be thrown into so all we have to see is a folder called APPDATA? There are 45 folders on my SD card right now... by shoving all the app related ones into one folder I could reduce that to maybe 10 at the most...
Does anyone else feel this way or am I just too organized Also is there any way that this could possibly be done? That would be WONDERFUL!
I agree.. and the worst part is, some folders are not recognizable to me!! A lot of them are not named to the same app name that you've installed on your phone. Sigh..
It SHOULD be laid out like this:
SDCARD/APPDATA/APPNAME/[All apps files and folders go here]
That way we know what the hell goes with what and don't have to play guessing games.
100% agree. Also I have like 5 different pictures folders, for standard camera, vignette, photaf, 360 camera... I think maybe we can contact some developers and ask them if there is some technical purpose for the folders being on the sd card root. Google will never enforce any kind of politic about this. that's what sucks about the lack of an app approval process
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100% agree. Also I have like 5 different pictures folders, for standard camera, vignette, photaf, 360 camera... I think maybe we can contact some developers and ask them if there is some technical purpose for the folders being on the sd card root. Google will never enforce any kind of politic about this. that's what sucks about the lack of an app approval process
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Most of the camera apps have an option to use the default DCIM folder, or choose a folder of your liking.
i agree. and its so friggen annoying when you have crap like LOST.DIR
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i agree. and its so friggen annoying when you have crap like LOST.DIR
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What exactly is that anyways?
Agree, sd card just keeps filling up from trying different apps and un-installing again, in many most cases junk is left behind on sd card and very often the folders dont have names related to the app so i have no clue what to delete to not mess up the apps i'm using.
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100% agree ! But often i clean junks from my sd cards which helps me alot
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After cleaning SDCard phone gains much more speed... It's really a mess... We need more internal storage like the SGS2 has!
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i agree. and its so freaking annoying when you have crap like LOST.DIR
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LOST.DIR is usually data that has gotten damaged or half written to the card.
"lost files"
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100% true.
Currently every second app a developer makes that uses the SD to store data makes a new folder for their app.
It becomes a huge mess very fast.
I often find myself thinking WTF is this folder. only to figure out it was a folder that held some 2KB file for the game score.
Developers need to all conform to a set of rules.
Someone needs to write The Android Developers Code Of Conduct Manual.
To help developers better understand what we love and hate in android devices.
It is up to getting people informed and aware.
Only then... we can evolve.
+1
When I first got root and installed Root explorer I got so peeved at all the folders I set about deleting folders and files Willy and indeed nilly.
Not a great idea. :0
Thank Goodness for SEUS.
SE X10i 2.3.3 CM7.0.3
The worst is when an app creates a folder, then never even uses the damn thing lol....wtf you taking up room on my SD card for if you're never even gonna use it?!?!?!?!? Like i need 20 empty folders hanging around for no reason. lol
I make it a point to reformat my SD card 2-3x a year, whether it needs it or not...my phone runs soooooooo much faster with a nice organized SD card.
Placebo... Unless ur sd card were full...
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THIS IS A GREAT THREAD!
have to agree. I'm sick and tired of having to clean out so much crap. Like u said it could all just go into one android folder. Why do u need a android folder, then data, then program data, then other crap from other apps.
Someone needs to for something somewhere coz I keep needing to clear up crap. This part of android is just not SMART
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ok. heres the deal. whenever i flash a rom, then take pictures with it, it always starts the picture number at some random number. Ex. IMAG0015 when i know im on IMAG0397 or something. so whenever i put my pictures on my computer, it has duplicates adn theyre all out of order. does anybody knwo how to fix this or hwo to put them back in order?
I know exactly what you're talking about. I just always assumed there was no way around it. It does kind of suck. Seems the only way around it I know is to manually name all of your jpgs.
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hmm you could find an app like camerazoom fx (its what i have sooo i dont know about the others and im on ics and it gives it a date tag to seperate) but camerazoom names pcs as Camerazoom-yyyymmddhhmmss or about that lol comin from memory lol but yeah i have to say i like that style as well
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ok. heres the deal. whenever i flash a rom, then take pictures with it, it always starts the picture number at some random number. Ex. IMAG0015 when i know im on IMAG0397 or something. so whenever i put my pictures on my computer, it has duplicates adn theyre all out of order. does anybody knwo how to fix this or hwo to put them back in order?
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i dont think it has so much to do with flashing a rom as it does with removing pics from you phone. I haev boticed when i dl some pics to my pc and delete those ones from my phone but have left others on phone, when i take a new pic it will fill in the space where the deleteed pic was. not that big of a deal. if you look at pic info it gives the time and date taken. maybe you could sort by that or maybe make galleries.
I just downloaded a bulk file renaming program two days ago to deal with this very problem.
Basically you just need a program that allows you to rename every single picture with one command.
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Mind sharing what it's called?
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yes, please share the program name
There's dozens - just Google "bulk file renamer" or "batch file rename" And if you're in a Mac, be sure to add "Mac" to the search phrase.
I use "EXIF renamer" (Mac only). It works for free, but I donated money to the guy anyway.
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If you are like me, and the biggest joy you get from owning an Android phone is theming your phone until it is totally badass and unmistakably yours, then you are going to want to wait on the Note 4.
I got mine the other day, rooted, and began tearing into apks. Here's what I images I found in the drawables:
1) a whole bunch of .astc images (ARM)
2) A lot of .qmg files (Samsung)
3) a few .9's you can work with
4) 0 png images.
You can do limited themes on them. But nothing great. Until someone figures out how to extract/compile these new formats, the only way to do full themes is to port apks from other devices. I am disappointed in what can be accomplished with them so far. I may end up trading for an S5 or Note 3.
qmg's arent new, they are older than android itself.
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If you are like me, and the biggest joy you get from owning an Android phone is theming your phone until it is totally badass and unmistakably yours, then you are going to want to wait on the Note 4.
I got mine the other day, rooted, and began tearing into apks. Here's what I images I found in the drawables:
1) a whole bunch of .astc images (ARM)
2) A lot of .qmg files (Samsung)
3) a few .9's you can work with
4) 0 png images.
You can do limited themes on them. But nothing great. Until someone figures out how to extract/compile these new formats, the only way to do full themes is to port apks from other devices. I am disappointed in what can be accomplished with them so far. I may end up trading for an S5 or Note 3.
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If you ever wanna trade for an s5 hit me up. I would love to have the note4. I would throw u some cash in the trade.
kevinoliva113 said:
If you are like me, and the biggest joy you get from owning an Android phone is theming your phone until it is totally badass and unmistakably yours, then you are going to want to wait on the Note 4.
I got mine the other day, rooted, and began tearing into apks. Here's what I images I found in the drawables:
1) a whole bunch of .astc images (ARM)
2) A lot of .qmg files (Samsung)
3) a few .9's you can work with
4) 0 png images.
You can do limited themes on them. But nothing great. Until someone figures out how to extract/compile these new formats, the only way to do full themes is to port apks from other devices. I am disappointed in what can be accomplished with them so far. I may end up trading for an S5 or Note 3.
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It's alot of work, but you csn certainly cover all this pkm or other files, to PNGs or jpegs, by deleting the original files, and swapping it out with the image you want. Yes, it's alot of work but once you got a base, its an easy port for newer versions and such
No need to down grade your device, cause all Samsung devices are seeing this transfer in newer files in all apks, cause Samsung is trying to cut down the file sizes. So no matter which way you go, you'll run into this issue! No fun for sure!
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If you ever wanna trade for an s5 hit me up. I would love to have the note4. I would throw u some cash in the trade.
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It's a company phone.. I would have to trade with another employee.
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It's alot of work, but you csn certainly cover all this pkm or other files, to PNGs or jpegs, by deleting the original files, and swapping it out with the image you want. Yes, it's alot of work but once you got a base, its an easy port for newer versions and such
No need to down grade your device, cause all Samsung devices are seeing this transfer in newer files in all apks, cause Samsung is trying to cut down the file sizes. So no matter which way you go, you'll run into this issue! No fun for sure!
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I am going to try swapping out with pngs. I tried one, but it was too try to get an image on my dialer. I haven't tried for any stock images yet.
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reverepats said:
It's alot of work, but you csn certainly cover all this pkm or other files, to PNGs or jpegs, by deleting the original files, and swapping it out with the image you want. Yes, it's alot of work but once you got a base, its an easy port for newer versions and such
No need to down grade your device, cause all Samsung devices are seeing this transfer in newer files in all apks, cause Samsung is trying to cut down the file sizes. So no matter which way you go, you'll run into this issue! No fun for sure!
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Just wanted to jump in and say I'm called to see you here on the Note 4 reverepats! Big fan of your work and themes on the S4! Sounds like it's going to be a bit rougher this time around but I can't wait to see what you come up with!
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It's a company phone.. I would have to trade with another employee.
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Understandable was just thriwing it out there. Good luck.
reverepats said:
It's alot of work, but you csn certainly cover all this pkm or other files, to PNGs or jpegs, by deleting the original files, and swapping it out with the image you want. Yes, it's alot of work but once you got a base, its an easy port for newer versions and such
No need to down grade your device, cause all Samsung devices are seeing this transfer in newer files in all apks, cause Samsung is trying to cut down the file sizes. So no matter which way you go, you'll run into this issue! No fun for sure!
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I am sticking with it. It is coming slowly but surly. It is hard to determine some of the image files that need to be replaced, because I can't view them. So a little guess work involved
Hey kevin, how did u rip the apk apart?
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Hey kevin, how did u rip the apk apart?
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I use apktool. If you need the tools, and want to pick some tips and tricks, @Bubbajoe40356 has a great tutorial here.
kevinoliva113 said:
If you are like me, and the biggest joy you get from owning an Android phone is theming your phone until it is totally badass and unmistakably yours, then you are going to want to wait on the Note 4.
I got mine the other day, rooted, and began tearing into apks. Here's what I images I found in the drawables:
1) a whole bunch of .astc images (ARM)
2) A lot of .qmg files (Samsung)
3) a few .9's you can work with
4) 0 png images.
You can do limited themes on them. But nothing great. Until someone figures out how to extract/compile these new formats, the only way to do full themes is to port apks from other devices. I am disappointed in what can be accomplished with them so far. I may end up trading for an S5 or Note 3.
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I use apktool. If you need the tools, and want to pick some tips and tricks, @Bubbajoe40356 has a great tutorial here.
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Thanks, could u tell me if there is a "SamsungCamera.apk" or a "SecCamera.apk" under system/app or anything like that.
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Thanks, could u tell me if there is a "SamsungCamera.apk" or a "SecCamera.apk" under system/app or anything like that.
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Just looked. It's system/app /SamsungCamera3.apk
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Just looked. It's system/app /SamsungCamera3.apk
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lmao wow samsung.. so original im sending u a pm
Good to see some people are making headway on the Note4. @kevinolivia113 do you have a Gmail for hangouts? PM if you're down
how did u edit the images? I was able to convert the qmgs to pngs but cant figure out what to do next
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how did u edit the images? I was able to convert the qmgs to pngs but cant figure out what to do next
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Just put them back as png images. It will compile and run with pngs. They don't need to be .qmg or .astc. you can also replace the chrome images with pngs.
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Just put them back as png images. It will compile and run with pngs. They don't need to be .qmg or .astc. you can also replace the chrome images with pngs.
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when i recompile there arnt any images in the spots where there is supposed to be, the app opens but no images..
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Just put them back as png images. It will compile and run with pngs. They don't need to be .qmg or .astc. you can also replace the chrome images with pngs.
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here is a snapshot of before compiling, the file structure is completely different after compiling and the camera doesnt want to start
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Also I noticed the size of the files expand quite a bit
this is my problem now, as a test i took 6 of the images i converted to png (video button) and this is what it does now, it deletes it and and wont let me chick that area to activate the option (video)