Archive for April 2013
Description:
Download free Galaxy S4 Leaf live wallpaper with floating leaves.
Inspired by original Samsung Galaxy S4 leaf background.
Now with “Water Droplet” effect! Touch or tap the screen to add water drops on your home screen! Great for spring and summer time!
To use: Home -> Menu -> Wallpapers -> Live Wallpapers
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This live wallpaper has been tested on latest devices such as Samsung Galaxy S3, Nexus 7, HTC Desire S and Sony Xperia S. Please contact us if your device is not supported.
Note: If your wallpaper resets to default after reboot, you will need put the app on phone instead of SD card.
Disclaimer/Trademarks
Galaxy S4 is a trademark of Samsung. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Samsung.
Screenshots:
Screenshots:
Osama (Author) 
From the looks of his xda thread, he sure knows what he is doing and his progress is actually going well. This release has Bluetooth partially working from what I read on his thread, I couldn't get the chance to test it personally though. If you want to, you can also read this xda post on how to be able to share files, I believe that actually fixes the whole Bluetooth issue but like I said, haven't tested anything personally.
As for the performance, bugs and such on this rom, the only problem I could see was the screen flickering from time to time. Games such as Angry Birds and Pou managed to be playable without any force-closes (Pou used to force close on Madteam's CM7).
So below I am going to list the working/not working features of the release I am about to share with you (Alpha 4):
Working:
- Audio
- Bluetooth (Partially: Not usable yet, but the device is able to scan for other devices and is also found by other bluetooth devices) - UPDATE: Please refer to this xda post to be able to share files!!
- Camera (Partially: Can take pictures but unable to record film material For more info look at: "known bugs")
- Display "Hardware Accelerated" (Also with some small bugs and glitches, look at "Known bugs")
- GPS
- Input
- Lights
- Network interfaces (Mobile internet)
- Power management
- Radio (Phone "Incoming and Outgoing calls")
- Sensors
- Storage
- Vibrator
- Wifi
- Media, media_profiles.xml is included, but the OMX interface still needs to be properly ported which is a WIP
Unfortunately the popular random screen flickering bug is still here, aswell as the camera showing a white screen even though it is able to take pictures, you can't preview them from the camera app.
Downloads:
Download CM7 Alpha 4: Click here.
Download PsychoGame's kernel (You need this to boot CM): Click here.
Download Gapps (Play Store, GTalk, etc.): Click here.
So first of all, I would recommend that you safely download the CM7 zip file to your sdcard and then flash the kernel, because it is possible that after flashing the kernel, you will be stuck on yor GALAXY Y logo and won't be able to boot int your ROM to later paste it there.
Installing the kernel:
Step 1:
Download Odin 1.85: Click here.
Download the boot1.tar (PsychoGame's kernel) file to your computer.
Step 2:
Boot your Galaxy Y into Download mode by holding the Volume down + Home + Power/Lock button.
Once you are there, press Volume up until you go to the screen where it says something like "Downloading"
In the mean time, connect your Galaxy Y with your USB cable and start the Odin program.
Step 3:
Now it's time to setup Odin. Once you start it up, you should see in the ID:COM boxes a yellow box indicating that your phone is connected to a port. Please refer to the screenshot below:
You have now succesfully installed the kernel and may unplug your phone.
Now take off your battery, insert it back in and from here, follow the ROM installation guide below, I have made a video for it.
Installing the ROM:
And there you have it. This release is absolutely stunning, well working and might just be good enough for daily use.
Source:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2117104
Features:
- Smooth as Butter
- Fast and crisp response
- Beautifull User Interface
- Calming Colorfull touchwix Wallpapers
- Widget's Drawer Built in
- Smooth and Multiple animations for app Drawer and Dekstop
- Super Customisable
Instructions:
- Download zip to your sdcard
- Boot into recovery mode, flash CWM if you don't have it integrated
- Go to mounts and storage, just make sure /system is mounted
- Go back, choose to install zip from sdcard, select choose zip from sdcard
- Find the Mini S3.zip file and choose it, choose Yes when asked
- After installation is complete, go back, choose reboot system now
Video:
Official xda thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2206040
The poll got reset again, it is pointless to re-add. It's been decided, a GYA ROM will be coming soon.
Anyways, the last weekly poll ended up with the following results:
Currently I am still a junior in development and I am slowly beginning to understand things. I plan on keeping the Samsung TouchWiz look in pretty much any app I could try, but the look of a more expensive Galaxy Phone. I've always wanted to see the look of a Samsung Galaxy S Advance for example on my Samsung Galaxy Y. And of course, a lot of neat tweaks and much much more goodies behind all of that.
I'm pretty sure everyone wants to have his cheap phone to look like an expensive one.
There are 2 simple choices:
- Yes
- No
UPDATE:
Something went wrong with the poll, it got reset for an unknown reason.
It has been re-added now.
Simplicity is a rom ported from the Samsung Galaxy Ace. From the looks of it, both marcussmith2626 and tom411 from xda-developers seem to be tweaking it.
The rom consists of a mixture look of more expensive Samsung Galaxy phones. We've got a very beautiful Settings app, a changed notifications screen with a lot of toggles, extended power menu, and much much more, all of that keeping the simple Samsung stock look. This rom is a must for stock lovers.
ROM Features:
Downloads:
ROM - Click here.
Statusbar Mod Fix - Click here.
Instructions:
There is a possibility WiFi may not work. If so, try flashing the drivers according to your kernel from this post.
Source:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245675
The rom consists of a mixture look of more expensive Samsung Galaxy phones. We've got a very beautiful Settings app, a changed notifications screen with a lot of toggles, extended power menu, and much much more, all of that keeping the simple Samsung stock look. This rom is a must for stock lovers.
ROM Features:
- Added jelly bean layout
- 14 Toggles
- Added jelly bean usb mount/unmount
- Voice Search
- Touchwizz
- Added extended power menu
- Removed unnecessary mods,apps
- Ninesky browser
- Added jelly bean styled phone calling mode
- Battery charging bug removed [while switch off ]
- Battery bug removed while charging[ when switch on]
- Some ui changes + more smoothness.....
- No kernel integrated
- S3 themed!
- Becem-Tweak
- Sysctl
- Loopy Smoothness tweak
- Ram optimize
- Adrenaline engine
- Driodwall Modules
- 99complete
- Zipalign
- Fixed bluetooth
- Fixed camera
- Changed boot animation
- Added Viper (see FAQ)
- Changed tweaks
- Added some apps
- Removed bloat
- Updated Playstore to 3.10.14
Screenshots:
Downloads:
ROM - Click here.
Statusbar Mod Fix - Click here.
Instructions:
- Boot into recovery mode, then flash CWM recovery if you have stock integrated
- Wipe data and cache
- Go to mounts and storage and be sure to mount everything you can
- Go back, choose to install zip from sdcard
- Select the rom zip file, choose Yes when asked
- After installation is complete, go back and reboot the phone
- Once the phone starts up, boot into Recovery mode again and flash the Status Bar Mod zip file (no need for data/cache wipes)
- Reboot and enjoy
Video:
There is a possibility WiFi may not work. If so, try flashing the drivers according to your kernel from this post.
Source:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245675
Hey People,You might be having a trouble of carrying two files on your SD Card, one for rooting your device & another for unrooting it. Well, I found it annoying too. But this post provides you with a single file. It's called Multi Root Installer
Features
-Add SuperUser 3.1.3+Su-Add SuperSU 0.94+Su
-Add BusyBox binary v1.20.2
-Add SQlite3
-Add SSh
-Deleting all traces of Busybox and Busyboxpro
-Add BusyBox binary v1.20.2
-Add SQlite3
-Add SSh
-Deleting all traces of Superuser And SuperSU
-Deleting all traces of Suhax -Deleting all traces of Busybox and Busyboxpro
Instructions
- Download the file from HERE
- Place it in the root of your SD card (i.e Direct on SD card not in any files)
- Reboot in CWM recovery (Volume up button+Home button+Power button)
- Choose the "Install zip from SD card" and choose the downloaded file
- Follow the instruction according to installer and do your desired work of ROOTING or UNROOTING using only 1 file.
OFFICIAL SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822445
This app contains 11 different lockscreens for your Galaxy Y. So you do not need to flash a custom ROM, modify any system files and thing such as that.
There is one small problem though. When you choose a custom lockscreen on this app and lock your phone, you may notice that first you go through your default system lockscreen and then you see the custom lockscreen.
Now this problem can be solved very easy, stock users can download and install the free app called No Lock from the Google Play store. Everything you need to know on how to setup the custom lockscreen and get rid of the default lockscreen is explained in the video you will see below.
Download Multi-Locker: Click here.
Instructions:
- Download the zip to your sdcard
- Boot into Recovery mode
- Flash CWM Recovery
- Go to mounts and storage, be sure /system is mounted, mount it if it's not
- Go back, choose to install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard
- Choose yes
- Reboot
Video:
Official xda thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2242349
This short post is going to give some information to the newbies out there who are in this dilemma about what is better for the Galaxy Y, etc. We'll also cover the topic of overclocking and why it is bad.
Stock or Custom?
Now this one will kind of include many of my personal opinions on what I believe is better.
We all know the problems sometimes with custom roms that include custom kernels. I'm pretty sure many of you have experienced seeing your phone reboot all of a sudden for an unknown reason or all of a sudden some system apps would begin force closing.
Many people ask me all the time what I'm using, mostly when I was still with the AOSP + JB look. I personally think that using a stock rom tweaked to your taste (if you are a bit advanced of course) is best.
Now if you are like me, not the kind of guy that's much of a fan of all the JellyBean-like looks on 90% of custom ROMs but are just interested in the improved performance and smoothness not caring at all for the looks, you would want to create your own personal "custom" rom from the beginning.
In some roms (no offense to some people), there are problems, some just have too many tweaks/scripts, badly resized/rendered PNG images of the icons, let's not talk about the statusbar icons, and a few more things.
Now that is somewhat the main reason why I stay away from custom roms, those graphics such as the ICS-like statusbars don't seem to look very well on this small, pixelated screen. The default Samsung stock ones are just perfect, or the AOSP statusbar icons for instance.
I could go on, and on, but we'll end it here. My advice:
Get yourself a pure, clean stock rom (deodex it or don't, we'll cover this up in the next topic below), install ONLY the system apps and tweaks that you NEED, always make backups before installing any scripts and test the changes for a day or two, if you start to experience problems, restore your nandroid backup while your phone was still ok. Along with that I'd recommend to start off with a nice custom kernel first, there are plenty that you can find here in the kernels category, all of them are very well developed.
There are many posts here with tweaks and of course with instructions covering on how to set them up and you know with trying, you gain experience and with that experience you will become more and more knowledgable on this stuff and eventually you won't need anyone's help but you will be modding your Samsung Galaxy Y like a boss.
Should I deodex my rom or not?
Now deodexing explained in short, no smartass way, etc, is basically like another type of "rooting" your phone but it opens up access to theming your phone by modifying any system app you choose.
If you've browsed your system directory while being on a pure stock rom, you may have noticed .odex files along with the system .apk files.
There are cons and pros on this. You see, when you deodex your rom, it is reported that your internal memory gets a bit lower and your Galaxy Y boots slower, but you are able to theme it (replace system apps with customized ones).
When you have not deodexed it, you save your internal memory, have your Galaxy Y booting up faster, but you are stuck with your stock system apps.
For those of you wondering, modifying your statusbar icons and such does not require you to have a deodexed rom.
My advice:
If you don't care about the looks of your Galaxy Y and are fine to just use a custom launcher then do not deodex it! It'll be just a waste.
Overclocking: Should I do it or not?
Now first of all, I've personally never bothered trying to overclock my phone but there are methods posted out there including on the blog here by another author. I'm not sure if what some people are saying is true, that there is no actualy overclocking available for now and that it's just a visual effect, but here are the pros and cons:
Pros:
Your phone is acting faster
This unlocks a whole new gaming world for you, some apps run more efficently than before
Cons:
Battery will overheat more, possible life decrease
Bad for the Galaxy Y's CPU
My advice:
You could try it if you like, have fun for a while but if you notice more heat than before or any other problems, immediatelly revert back to the old frequencies and just live with what you paid the manufacturer for.
So that covers a few of the more "complicated" questions for a few people, this post still may need some improvements and once I get more ideas to add to it, I will modify it. For now, just enjoy what is posted.
What is Decompiling?
Decompiling allows you to edit files from an APK file. It is not easy if you are a noob but if you understand it, it will be easy for you.
Basically Requirements:
- PC
- SGY of course
- USB Connector
Requirements for PC:
- Java Runtime Environment
32 Bit:
http://filehippo.com/download_jre_32/
64 Bit:
http://filehippo.com/download_jre_64/ - Apktool
http://www.mediafire.com/?cimvacbitu8tzvn - WinRAR or 7zip
Requirements for Galaxy Y:
- Root Browsing Tool [e.g Root Explorer,Root Browser Lite]
- You must be Rooted
- The APK you will Decompile
Preparations:
- Open your Root Browsing Tool
- Copy the APK you will Decompile
- Paste it on your SD Card
- After that, Copy the framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk from system/framework and paste it on your SD Card
- Now Connect your Phone's SD Card via USB Connector
Instructions for PC
- Download and Install Java Runtime Environment
- After that, Download the Apktool in the Requirements Section
- Extract the Apktool.zip using WinRAR or 7zip anywhere in your PC
- Copy the APK you will modify,framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk
- Now on the Apktool Folder, Type the Code
apktool if framework-res.apk [AFTER TYPING, PRESS ENTER]
apktool if twframework-res.apk [AFTER TYPING, PRESS ENTER] - After that type this:
apktool d The APK you will Decompile.apk [e.g apktool d SystemUI.apk] - I hope that no errors will happen when decompiling.
- After that start modifying your APK file ^_^
Recompiling APK
- After modifying the APK, you will now Recompile it to rebuild the apk again.
- On the Apktool Folder, Open the "Command Prompt"
- Now type these codes:
apktool b The APK you will Recompile [e.g "apktool b SystemUI"] (no quotation marks! and no more .apk to write!) - After that, the apk that you recompile will appear in the "dist" folder under the Folder of the APK. [e.g I decompile my SystemUI.apk and I recompiled it and a dist folder appeared in my SystemUI Folder]
- And copy the .apk file under the dist folder and Paste it on your SD Card.
- Now push it in system/app. You can also put it in a flashable zip file for safe flashing.
Credits:
Hello Samsung Galaxy Y Users.My Name is OsamaBaloch .I am from Pakistan and I can understand English,Urdu,Hindi.I am very friendly and always try to help people who are in need of it.I am using Stock Rom .I love flashing my phone with different custom roms. Thank you very much.
Here presenting you the Elegance™ made by Aniruddh Chandratre
Features:
1. Pie Control
2. Camera with CyberShot™ Modules
3. Extreme Audio Enhancement
4. Apollo Music from CyanogenMod
- Has 23 powerful and power-efficient CPU Governor
- 5 I/O Scheduler
- Lasts up to two days on a single charge
Basically Features:
- Deodexed
- Zipaligned
- Recompressed APKs
- Optimized APK Images
- Rooted
- Busybox and Busybox run-parts Support
- Apps2SD [A2SD]
Must have Features:
- 15 Toggles Notification Drawer
- 6 Lockscreens from Gingerbread AOSP/CM with custom app starter and gesture unlock
- Statusbar Tweaks + Team Battery Bar
- 4 Way Reboot Options
- Expanded Power Menu
Unique Features:
- No SMS Bug
- No useless features
- Least Branding
Advanced Features:
- EXT4 File System Support
- CIFS
- Swap Support
- BaCeM Tweak
- Undervolt Support
- Firewall Support
- Ad-blocking hosts file
Screenshots:
Look at the "Official XDA Thread at the end of the post for the Screenshots :D.
Downloads:
Instructions: [Make sure you're on Stock ROM!]
- Reboot into Recovery Mode
- Wipe Data
- Wipe Cache Partition
- Go to Advanced=> Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Go to Advanced=> Wipe Battery Stats
- Install ZIP from SD Card
- Choose ZIP from SD Card
- Choose the ZIP File named : ELEGANCE-V1-STABLE_Signed.zip
- Let it install
- Press back button and choose Reboot System Now!
- Enjoy the Elegance™ ROM!
CPU Control Guide
Light Usage
- Min=156MHz
- Max=624MHz
- Governor=smartassV2 (recommended) or powersave
- I/O Scheduler=Noop
Medium Usage
- Min=156MHz
- Max=832MHz
- Governor=smartassV2
- I/O Scheduler=Noop
Heavy Usage
- Min=312MHz
- Max=832MHz
- Governor=Performance , Lionheart or smoothass
- I/O Scheduler=Noop
Credits:
- TTLauncher Maker
- Ganesh A.
- Marinalin85
- Aniruddh Chandratre
- ImbaWind
- Beats Team
- Sony
- Dev of ALSA
- CarlDeanCatabay(The developer of this ROM sorries to you.)
- PM Aniruddh Chandratre if he miss some Credits.
Official XDA Thread:
