[Q] Keep app stay open after turning screen off. topic

Hi!

I'm trying to help a guy building an disc golf score input app for Android Wear to find a solution to force the app to stay open/in front while active. This to save battery, so you can turn off the screen between holes/baskets and when waking the screen the app is there again.

Now every time the screen goes off you will get back to the watch face when waking it up. Then you need to navigate back to the app to be able to continue your score input. This make it all inconvenient.

The same goes for example Google Keep. If you have a grocery list you use while shopping you want to go right back to the list. Today you must turn on the screen, go into your launcher, and re-enter the app, not really convenient right?

Anyone good at this stuff, and have any idea how to code this right?

//Soren

[APP] [4.0+] Screen Locker v1.0 Keep Nosey People Out topic

Screen Locker is an app that allows you to lock the screen. It locks the screen in a way that prevents someone from trying to press buttons and touch the screen to change what you want to show them. They can still use the power buttons and some devices the home button is not consumed, but they still shouldn't be able to exit the app you locked them to.

Once you activate the lock, which is done by swiping in from the activation window, you can then pass your phone around to all your friends to show them that funny picture, hilarious Facebook post, or incriminating text without them trying to delete it, look at other content, exit the app, and pretty much anything you don't want them doing.

Its very simple to use as well:
1. Configure your options and settings as well as unlock pattern
2. Adjust where you want the activation window to be
3. Leave the app
4. Tap the activation window till you feel a vibration then swipe into the center of your screen
5. Share your phone
6. Enter unlock pattern and profit!

I have a couple ideas for the future of this app. I will let you guys play with this one then I'll get your feedback and go from there.

One thing I was thinking is long pressing the activation window to "hide" it allowing you to touch whatever might be under it. There will be a notification allowing you to re-show the activation area again.

Please email me with any recommendations or issues.

If you leave a one star rating, explain why. I cannot improve anything without any constructive criticism! Thanks!

Keep for note 4 topic

I´ve up to know on my old S2 used google keep for taking notes and making lists and find it awesome how it syncs with the google keep extension in my chrome browser. Can I use it with the stylus in note 4 and if not, can I use the samsung note app with chrome extensions and sync it?

Anyway to keep casting phone screen with the screen off? topic

I want to turn my phone screen off, is there anyway to do this?

Thanks

[Q] Keep Phone on when in dock automatically topic

I am debating car docks and looking at how to keep the phone screen on when in the dock automatically and to return to normal timeout after removed. It seems NFC is a one time thing, that it won't keep it on when near then go back to normal when removed. I looked at the idea of having it restore when disconnected from bluetooth but I normally put it in the dock, then start the car. So it won't be connected when it hits the tag, and should immediately return to normal mode, not kicking back in once bluetooth is on and connected.

Wondering what solutions people came up with to this dilemma.

[Q] I want to update to Lollipop, but want to keep some of these TweaksBox tweaks. topic

I am currently on 4.4 and using tweaksbox for a lot of small things. The most useful feature to me, however, is the custom volume button controls: when the screen is off I can hold volume up to start the flashlight and volume down to start the camera.
Also, when listening to music, holding volume up or down allows track skipping. This is incredibly useful since it saves me the hassle of turning the screen on just to skip to the next song or restart the current one. In fact, I can control my music without even taking the phone out of my pocket.
I want to try out Lollipop (which TweaksBox isnt compatible with) but I'm not going to do that if it means I have to go back to faffing about with the phone everytime I want to change songs.

Are there any alternative tweaks that allow the same customization on 5.0?

How-to: root, keep and backup DRM keys, etc. topic

By almost popular demand, making this a thread ;)

This is a how-to root, install recovery, backup drm keys, etc. from scratch in a single thread since finding all threads can be daunting. That's basically all the things you generally want to do when you root the phone.

0) Ensure you backed up everything you need (files/apps/pictures/etc) first, these will be lost!
-- FW DOWNGRADE AND INSTALL WITH FLASHTOOL --
1) Downgrade fw to 23.0.A.2.93 (Device D5803) or anything prior to 23.0.1.A.5.77 (december fw)
Global: https://mega.co.nz/#!1RUA0IbT!HhWALw...tjpRzbrjYSH40M (or see http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-c...d5833-t2906706 for more links if this one no longer works)
2) Get and install Flashtool at http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
3) Move the fw into the C:/Flashtool/firmwares directory
4) Open Flashtool, click on the lightning symbol ("flash device"), select "Flashmode" and click on "OK"
5) Just select the name of the fw you downloaded and click on "Flash"
6) Wait for a window to pop up (it may take a few minutes, be patient)
7) Now everything is ready: turn off your phone
8) Push the volume DOWN button, connect the USB cable to your PC while still pushing the volume DOWN button
9) Once the flashing process has started, release the volume button
10) Do not disconnect the USB cable, wait until flash completes (flashtool will indicate when you can unplug).
-- ROOTING W/ EXPLOIT --
11) Enable USB debugging on the phone (Settings => About phone => Click 7 times on Android Build to unlock developer options)
12) Allow mock locations (Settings => Developer Settings)
13) Ensure you have adb drivers installed (http://support.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/ don't use it to update
14) Download rooting tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/devd...10766&task=get) or latest from http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...-4322-t3011598
15) Unzip the rooting tool
16) Connect phone to your computer
17) Put phone in airplane mode
18) Run install.bat from the rooting tool (allow USB debugging when asked on the phone every time, also allow root prompt) and follow instructions from the tool
19) You should be rooted now, if you get an error "Device not rooted" trying running the tool once more
-- Backup DRM keys/TA Partition --
20) Get backup ta tool from https://github.com/DevShaft/Backup-TA/releases
21) Unzip it!
22) Ensure phone is still connected (or reconnect it)
23) Run Backup-TA.bat
24) Read the information and follow the instructions given by the tool.
-- Install latest firwmare with root, DRM keys, recovery --
25) Get PRFC from http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...e-pre-t2859904
26) Get latest fw (https://mega.co.nz/#!AUEg1ayC!UsKs6y...g8zMdkBCFi-X9Q) (currently this is fw 23.0.1.A.5.77)
27) Get latest SuperSU zip http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
28) Get DualRecovery zip (the flashable zip, not the installer one) http://nut.xperia-files.com/?dlid=Wj...hhYmxlLnppcA== (or from http://nut.xperia-files.com/ you want
Z3C-lockeddualrecoveryX.Y.Z-RELEASE.flashable.zip)
29) Start PRFC and add the 3 zip (FTF file is the fw, SuperSU and Recovery)
30) Click "create" - this will take a while
31) Copy resulting "pre-rooted" fw to /sdcard0 on your phone (it means copy flashable.zip from the PRFC directory to the "internal storage" directory of the phone)
32) Get Dual Recovery installer this time, at http://nut.xperia-files.com/download...FsbGVyLnppcA== (or from http://nut.xperia-files.com/ you want
Z3C-lockeddualrecoveryX.Y.Z-RELEASE.installer.zip notice how thats 'installer' this time, not the same file as in 28!)
33) Unzip it
34) Unfortunately the script is a bit buggy here, so first go in the "files" directory then go to File menu of the windows explorer and select "open command prompt..."
35) In the command prompt type "adb shell" then "su" (allow root on the phone if needed) then "mount -oremount,rw /system". That's it, close the prompt window.
36) start install.bat and follow instructions (hit 1 (allow adb/root on the phone as needed)
37) You should be in recovery automatically now. (if not, reboot and when the LED change colors push volume UP repeatedly)
38) Flash the pre-rooted fw (flashable.zip) from the recovery (touch "install") on the phone, then power off the phone (DO NOT REBOOT)
39) To power off, go in the reboot menu (yeah it feels backwards) then you can hit "shutdown". wait for it to shutdown.
40) Unplug USB
41) Open Flashtool and select the non-pre-rooted fw, but DESELECT system: in "EXCLUDE" make sure you check the checkbox next to "SYSTEM"
42) press volume DOWN and plug USB cable while keeping volume DOWN pressed, when flashing starts, stop pressing the volume button
43) After flash is done and when flashtool tells you to, remove USB cable and start the phone
-- Optional, if you need to restore DRM keys (for ex. if you unlocked the bootloader - note that this WILL relock the bootloader)
44) plug USB back in
45) re-enable usb debugging on the phone (Settings => About phone => Click 7 times on Android Build to unlock developer options)
44) Start backup TA again but this time hit restore
45) Congrats and enjoy, you made it to the end! you now have latest + recovery + root and backups of your DRM keys! (and of course all DRM functions enabled)

People who did the hard work/references thanks to them:
@istux (fw list, flashtool how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-c...d5833-t2906706)
@xzx0O0 (root exploit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...-4322-t3011598)
@DevShaft (backup ta http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2292598)
@serajr (install .77 fw http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...0&postcount=71)

Xperia Z keep rebooting topic

i'm kinda new to root.
i tried to root my phone earlier and it works, no problem at all.
then i try to flash Cyanogen.
i was unlocking bootloader with cmd.
it came to the step which was 'fastboot reboot', nothing happened.
the LED turned from blue to red, flashed a green one then black out.
i unplugge it then tried to turn on, vibrations and nothing happened.
i tried flashtool, with 'reboot device into system', my phone turn on then keep restarting when it reach the loading screen.
i tried flashing it, both C6602 and C6603(mine is C6603), didn't work.
please help, thank you.

.nomedia files keep being regenerated topic

Hello everyone!

With my M8 and a hanfdul of ROMs (even stock ROM IIRC) I keep getting .nomedia files created all over the place on the SD, even in the default Camera folder... I delete them, then at some seemingly random point they're back. As a result I can't play music from the SD card and, using Quickpic I have to "show hidden" in order to access my photos.

Is there any way I can find what creates them? Anyone's got an inkling as to what's going on? I've gone through a few hard resets up to now, different ROMs as I've said (currently on ARHD) and the issue is a constant!

Thanks!

[Q] WiFi Passwords keep getting lost topic

Does anyone have any ideas why my rooted S5 would lose the stored WiFi passwords if I manually turn off WiFi? Once I turn WiFi back on I have to re-enter the password for WiFi networks and that doesn't seem right.

rooted, NK2, Xposed, Wanam, Safestrap

thanks for any suggestions...