I am looking to expand the font options available on the phone. I don't want to replace one font with another, but rather to have more fonts to choose from.
Apparently, iFont was just updated and supposedly can accomplish this. But I cannot
I found 5 or 6 apk files that I was able to download from iFont and they are in emulated storage in its own folder. When I choose to "install", a screen comes up and says it will do so. Great. But when I go to the list of fonts, the name of the new (added) font is there and when I go to change to that font, I'm told it doesn't exist.
Very frustrated - closer than I've been in that I have the apk s for most of the fonts I would like, and the Galaxy S4 appears to install them. The names are there but not the data!
Help?
Thanks
Cant help you on this topic since I too poor and not interested to have an S4.
Maybe you can try posting this question in S4 forum?
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Hi! This is my first post here.. Though I've been lurking for quite some time now.
I'm really interested in a WP7 style messaging app. I've used the 'messaging metro beta' by Ferran Garigga and found it unsatisfactory even without the in-app purchase. The other app (i forget the name) by bitmod dev was even worse.
I mailed Ferran and he's working on improving on the app. Till then I guess the options are dead.
I recently found a thread on the Galaxy S page for a WP7 style theme. It had themed apps like browser and MMS. If I can't have a mms that works like WP7 at least i can have one that's themed like it.
So I tried to fool around with it. Epic Fail :|
Was wondering if someone could port it?
Or at least tell me how?
I can't help, but AFAIK, mms.apk is a core system application that handles SMS/MMS. To "port" another mms.apk would mean to first decompile the app, make necessary changes, handles how it registers with the core system, take care of dependencies, changing appearance etc.
For the last task, changing appearance, you can use this script under windows, try googling "apk manager". Extract the apk, get its icons, play around with color schemes in .xml etc.
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I have a Korean HTC Desire HD that I rooted and installed the Ice Cold Sandwich rom on.
I currently live in Japan and am on the Softbank network. The biggest problem is that I can't send images through email to other mobile users because of a 1mb limit.
I have been trying to find an email app that will compress images before sending while keeping the original intact.
The closest that I have found is this: AndroMail (sorry can't post links since I'm a noob)
The problem is that I can't get it to connect to my gMail account. I sent the developer a message but he hasn't replied.
I've also read that the Galaxy S3 has this feature by default.
Is it possible to install the S3 mail apk on the DHD (and if so, does anyone know where I can get it?), or are there other options?
By the way, I do understand that there are apps that I can use to compress images.
What I am hoping to find is an email app that is able to do the compression before sending.
It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that I'm lazy
Okay, so I found the S3 rom. I'm going to try to extract the mail app and install it on my phone.
I still haven't found any other mail apps that include image compression as a feature.
Also, from what I can tell, the AndroMail app servers are not working. There is a gateway option in the setting. By default, it has different servers listed. I can change them, but I have no idea what I would need to change them to. Anyone else use this app?
Okay, so I successfully extracted the S3 secMail apk and odex files from the rom using the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667081
Then I attempted to deodex the files using the guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053227
I couldn't deodex. I got no output files. I checked to make sure Java was installed (I knew it was, since I sometimes try to do some basic programming with the Android SDK).
So, since I couldn't deodex, I figured, why not? I tried to install the S3 secMail app anyway. As I expected, it didn't work.
Is there no mail app that has this functionality? I guess I incorrectly assumed that this was basic feature.
Okay, after four days of trying, I'm about ready to give up.
I have tried side loading different SecMail apps, but I'm assuming it's locked to Samsung devices only.
I have also scoured the internet and both Google and Amazon markets, and nothing.
I have just about given up. One last time, is there anyone that knows of any mail apps that offer image compression, or is it possible to port SecEmail (the only mail app I know of that does offer image compression) to the DHD
I know this topic is discussed on one or two threads, but they're pretty complex and with one, you need to download an APK Manager tool, which actually wants you to download a torrent downloader first - and my browser says its all virus-ware - and the other was an app called NinjaMorph, gotten off the Play Store (for $5), which looked promising and looked like it was going to work, but when I saved the "project", which recreates the .apk file for the app I want to replace the icon in with a hi-res version, there are no errors, but the .apk file is nowhere to be found, and the icon/app disappears from the app drawer. Going back into Ninjamorph, it still thinks everything is cool. I can open the "existing project" and all that.
So... does ANYONE have a way to simply and easily replace the small icon with a hi-res one? I sent an email to the developer of Ninjamorph, but he didn't respond. Could be a wasted $5.
Thanks!!
Eric
APK Icon Editor
There is a free tool to change app icons: APK Icon Editor
Kindle Fire devices are supported.
As the title says is it possible to edit hex colors of various theme parts using a root tweak or custom rom, etc? I am preferably looking for a root tweak/app etc. rather than a new rom, as you know samsung doesnt allow everybody to create themes and it seems those around here are stubborn to accept custom requests even when offered to be paid for. Hope there are options for this.
Regards
DO NOT UPDATE your Tab A to Android 7.x IF YOU HAVE A CUSTOM "free FONT" PACKAGE!
A screenshot of the update prompt on my SM-P355 can be seen here. However, I have to prevent it from updating, because I have a custom free font package
This is just a warning. It seems that Samsung has finally released what I call "Samsung Experience 8.5 Lite" (which itself runs on top of Android 7.1.1) for the 2015 models of the Galaxy Tab A, however, I'm posting this here for anyone else who has not updated, and their device is not rooted (like mine, because there is no root for the P355 on Android 6.x when I last checked)
However, do not upgrade to Android 7.x if you have a custom "free font" package installed!
This is usually created by taking the "regular" TTF file of a "free for personal use" font (in my case, Comic Neue) and using an app like HiFont or iFont to convert it into a FlipFont package. However, those apps have their own font catalogues, which often mix commercial fonts (like from Monotype, who themselves created the FlipFont system Samsung uses) with free fonts, but Samsung just sees that as "font piracy", not giving users a way to use fonts that are "free for personal use", or even completely free to use.
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Click the link above to see what happens when trying to use a "free font" package in Samsung Experience 8.5. As you can see, the font previews fine, but the Settings app refuses to set it. I actually have a Galaxy Note8, and that was how I was able to do that, and the content of my posts in the thread I'll mention next.
With that, I have a whole thread on trying to find ways to bypass the FlipFont verification mechanism, and also the fact that I'm thinking of starting a petition against Samsung to allow free fonts under certain circumstances, such as if a copy of the font's licence is included within the package, however, I do not have the right "contacts" to start such a petition. More information in my posts in that thread. If I do find a way to bypass verification, possibly using Substratum + "Sungstratum", which itself most likely won't run on the Tab A due to the lack of a Samsung Themes app to hijack, I'll spin that off into a separate thread, or even a DevDB project.