Google Pixel Apps Installer - Papps

What is it?

An open source installer for the Google Pixel specific apps and files.Enjoy the Google Pixel experience on any Android device with Papps.

IMPORTANT - Device should have a chipset with an ARM64 architecture - only 64-bit processor devices.

Installation instructions
1. Reboot your device into TWRP recovery
2. Flash Papps-XXX.zip
3. Wipe Cache/Dalvik
4. Reboot

5. Navigate to Settings and give permissions to Dialer (or IncallUI won't work!)

Step 5 is really important as InCallUI won't work unless permissions are enabled.

ZIP file download link  - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=126245

Apps that is going to be installed: Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Dialer, Keyboard, Launcher, Messaging, Photos, Velvet, Wallpaper,Picker, Pixel Audio,(notifications, alarms, ringtones, UI).

Latest stable version is  1.0

XDA Discussion thread link

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Installation Guide of Android 4.0.4 (ICS) for Nokia N9. Alpha release #2 "Sleepless Nights"

Alpha Release #2 "Sleepless Nights"

Working:
- based on Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) v 4.0.4_r1.1 (IMM76D)
- multiple languages supported
- dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability to choose OS after power on.
- N950 supported (see http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=134.0)
- 3D drivers, OpenGL
- hwrotation (portrait mode only, accelerometer HAL doesn't work)
- touchscreen (multitouch)
- hw buttons (volume, power)
- ECI accessory (headset buttons)
- USB networking
- lcd off in sleep mode, electron beam effect (demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMTofYt_2g)
- alarm driver, RTC
- mounting MyDocs as "SDCard" [realized; NOT FIXED, but HACK EXISTS]
- basic video decoding (sw) and playback, youtube (choppy)
- wifi (only basic functionality: able to connect to AP. signal strength indication (RSSI) is broken. no tethering).
- basic CellMo functionality: network registration, USSD, SMS, data (GPRS/EDGE/3G), signaling. Actually, ofono/ofono-ril stack is used: all things that it able to do on the n900.
- bluetooth (scanning, can pair devices. I didn't test deeper).
- charging (note: without any notification in UI)
- sensors: accelerometer
- audio: playback (audio routing to: loudspeaker, headset or earpiece)
- lights HAL (lcd brightness)
- root access (via adb shell; su/Superuser.apk)

a lot of minor and major bugfixes since alpha_1.


Disclaimer
The same as: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/CyanogenMod_Wiki:General_disclaimer

Installation -- How to Install :

1. Install dual-boot kernel as described here: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=90.0

2. Install sillyboot v2. Details: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=127.0

3. Are you ready for NIT?

• Download tarball from here: http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/nitdroid_n9_ics_alpha2.tar.bz2                                      check its integrity, md5 sum for this archive is a1f1a4dfb93e3e6b03280ec0a50c7bad                     Mirrors: http://depositfiles.com/files/8nxo4oj8o
• Copy the archive to your Nokia N9.
• Execute "as root" commands:                                                                                                                      Code: [Select]mkdir/home/nitdroidtar xjvf /path_to_archive/nitdroid_n9_ics_alpha2.tar.bz2 -C /home/nitdroid/

4. Reboot, push "Volume Up" button when message "Press VolUp to boot alternative OS" appear . Wait a little, pray a little...

   Enjoy!

5. Usefull stuff:
   get adb from Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)

   Commands that would make your life easier:

   adb connect 192.168.2.15:5039 -- connect to your device. USB/ADB is broken, but ADB    works well over USB networking.
   adb logcat -- for reading "main" log
   adb logcat -b radio -- for reading "radio" log
   adb shell -- to enter to shell
   adb pull/push -- allow get/put file from/to the device
   adb shell rr -- "restart radio" -- restarts ofono and RIL
   adb shell bb -- show battery/charging status

6. Hot fixes:
http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=183.msg1213#msg1213
http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=184.0

Demo video



THANKS.
   Thanks to people contributed to the NITDroid project, especially BDogg64, DJ_Steve, Jay-C, Crevetor. Thanks to sniper_swe, he involved me to N9 story:)
   Thanks to "Nokia guys", Carsten Munk, Jukka Eklund, ofono team. Thanks to people involved in openmode stuff.

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How to root Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket ICS Leaked firmware

       
      ICS update was available only to international Galaxcy SII users only. But now ICS frimware has leaked for the Galaxy S2 Skyrocket I727. The leak is named as IML74K. 

Downloads

• Firmware : Link 1  or Link 2

• Samsung USB Drivers Download 

• ODIN Download 

Steps

• Steps for rooting Galaxy S2 is same for all firmwares. So you can follow the steps we explained in our previous posts. For your ease i am  giving here 2 links to older posts
• Link1 or Link 2

Thanks to

• www.xda-developers.com

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Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Leaked Firmware I9000XXJVU (2.3.6) Root

 SamMobile released a new firmware XXJVU (ValuePack Firmware) More info & links are below!


I9000XXJVU (2.3.6)
Firmware: XXJVU
Modem: XXJVU
CSC: OXAJVU
Build Date: December 29 2011
Change List: 851880

DOWNLOAD [Password: samfirmware.com]
Chainfire's CF-Root XXJVU (Rooted Kernel - THREAD): DOWNLOAD

Changes:

• Galaxy Note Lockscreen
• Face Unlock
• Galaxy S2 Photo Editor
• Camera is better and can also take picture while shooting video + Minor UI Change
• Auto-Rotation is fast - Fast switching from portrait to landscape

Instructions For Flashing Firmware

• Extract the firmware
• Put your device into Download MODE
• Start Odin
• Click PDA and select CODE_I9000XXJVU_CL851880_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.m d5
• Click PHONE and select MODEM_I9000XXJVU_REV_00_CL1092175.tar.md5
• Click CSC and select GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJVU.tar.md5
• Then finally click START

Instructions For Rooting JVU

• Extract the Rooted Kernel
• Open Odin
• Put your device into Download MODE
• Click PDA and select CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVU_2.3.6-v4.3-CWM3RFS.tar
• Then finally click START

Build Prop

Code

# begin build properties

# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh

ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD

ro.build.display.id=GINGERBREAD.XXJVU

ro.build.version.incremental=XXJVU

ro.build.version.sdk=10

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=2.3.6

ro.build.date=Thu Dec 29 16:42:13 KST 2011

ro.build.date.utc=1325144533

ro.build.type=user

ro.build.user=se.infra

ro.build.host=SEI-22

ro.build.tags=release-keys

ro.product.model=GT-I9000

ro.product.brand=samsung

ro.product.name=GT-I9000

ro.product.device=GT-I9000

ro.product.board=GT-I9000

ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a

ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=GB

ro.wifi.channels=

ro.board.platform=s5pc110

# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device

ro.build.product=GT-I9000

# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint

ro.build.description=GT-I9000-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD XXJVU release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-I9000/GT-I9000:2.3.6/GINGERBREAD/XXJVU:user/release-keys

# Samsung Specific Properties

ro.build.PDA=I9000XXJVU

ro.build.hidden_ver=I9000XXJVU

ro.build.changelist=851880

ro.flash.resolution=720

# end build properties

#

# system.prop for smdkc110

#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsec-ril.so

rild.libargs=-d /dev/ttyS0

ro.sf.lcd_density=240

dalvik.vm.heapsize=64m

ro.opengles.version=131072

# Samsung USB default mode

persist.service.usb.setting=0

#

# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES

#

ro.opengles.version=131072

ro.config.ringtone=01_Minimal_tone.ogg

ro.config.notification_sound=01_Sherbet.ogg

ro.config.alarm_alert=Good_Morning.ogg

ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/phone-legal.html

ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/privacy.html

ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1

ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED

ro.com.google.gmsversion=2.3_r7

wifi.interface=eth0

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15

ro.secdevenc=true

ro.error.receiver.default=com.samsung.receiver.error

keyguard.no_require_sim=true

ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy

ro.com.android.dataroaming=true

ro.ril.hsxpa=1

ro.ril.gprsclass=10

ro.config.notification_sound=OnTheHunt.ogg

ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg

media.stagefright.enable-player=false

media.stagefright.enable-meta=false

media.stagefright.enable-scan=false

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-rtsp=false

dev.sfbootcomplete=0

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y

net.bt.name=Android

dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

Source - Xda developers forum

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Android Icecream Sandwich update for Micromax a60

Features :

• Rooted
• Busybox
• Busybox as parts
• Bash
• init.d support
• Zipaligned
• Nano Editor added
• app 2 ext
• dalvik cache 2 ext
• Updated SuperUser
• Google Maps
• RootUninstaller
• Root Explorer
• Lot of Free Memory (100mb+)
• Improved Battery Life...

Installation steps

It is not required to wipe anything if you need to use your settings and already installed apps.

• Copy to sdcard
• Reboot into recovery
• Flash this rom
• Reboot
• Done

Thanks everyone for their existing Roms and Custom Recovery without which this rom would be impossible. If i've missed any names in the installer credits please forgive me. Any suggestions, tips, comments, allegations is warmly welcomed. Everyone and anyone is allowed to copy / modify / tweak / edit this rom as per their requirements.

Download

Source xda developers

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How to root Motorola Droid 2: Tutorial

Here i have come up with a guide to root your Motorola Droid 2 smartphone.An immediate benfit of this is that you will be able to install the latest version of ICE CREAM SANDWICH  Android 4.0 firmware in Droid 2.

Rooting the device will void your phone's warranty. To get back the warranty , you need to rsetore back to the original firmware.


Pre Requisites

Backup all your data preferably onto  the computer.
Make sure that a minimum of 60% charge is left in the phone.

Procedure to Root

• Before you begin with the rooting, you need to ensure that you are on the firmware 2.3.20 build. If you are on any of the newer builds then you need to roll back to the older version as this rooting process only works on the firmwares on or before 2.3.20 version.
• Now download tools like RSD Lite 4.8, Motorola Drivers & 2.3.20 Firmware to your computer.
• After downloading all the tools, install the RSD Lite suite in your computer and once installed, install the Motorola Device drivers next.
• Now, Download and install the ADB in your computer and install the Android SDK in your computer to get the ADB shell in your computer.
• After this, all you need to do is to download the rageinthecage-arm5, the Motorola Drivers & the Super user package from the below mentioned links.
• Now, you will have to unzip the rageinthecage-arm5 & the Super user package to the same folder as adb (the /platform-tools folder within the Android SDK folder) and connect your phone to the computer using the original USB Cable.
• After connecting, open the terminal and enter the below mentioned commands,

    adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/
    adb shell
    chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
    /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

• Now after entering the above commands, you now need to enter the below commands in the command line,

  exit
    adb kill-server
    adb start-server
    adb shell


NOTE: You should see a “#”. If you see a “$”, then the exploit didn’t work, please repeat above steps.  You need to enter the commands one by one with a gap of 2 -3 seconds so as to ensure that the commands are processed.


mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
    exit
    adb push su /system/xbin/
    adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
    adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/


Now you have succesfully rooted your Droid 2..

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Install I9100XXKP1 Android 4.0.1 Ice cream Sandwich ICS on Galaxy S2 I9100

here is the first Android ICS 4.0.1 installation tutorial for Galaxy S2.

3G will not work in this. We do not recommend this.

Downloads

• ODIN 1.83 Download
• Samsung USB drivers Download
• I9100XXKP1 Firmware Download 
• Obtain Password from samfirmware.com

Must do

• Make sure that your phone is well charged
• Back up your phone data

Steps

• Install USB drivers
• Unzip the main firmware file
• Shut down Samsung Kies
• Run Odin 1.83
• Power off your Samsung Galaxy SL

• Hold Volume down key + Home button key and press power on to goto download mode
• Connect phone to USB
• You should get the message “Added! !”
• Put the files like this in Odin:
• Select these files on Odin, don`t change any other option in ODIN
• 
  BootLoader - I9100_APBOOT_I9100XXKP1_CL16459_REV02_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5
  PDA - I9100_CODE_I9100XXKP1_CL16459_REV02_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5
  Phone - MODEM_I9100XXKP1_REV_02_CL1085642.tar.md5
  CSC - I9100_KERNEL_I9100XXKP1_CL16459_REV02_eng_mid_ship.tar.md5
• Press the start button and process will begin
• When the phone gets restarted disconnect the cable

for full article visit DialAndroid.com

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Visidon AppLock: Face detection lock/Unlock feature for Android phones

Face detection was main attraction of Android 4.0 when it was launched. Well it will take time to get official Android 4.0 on Galaxy devices. But the feature is available to even Android 2.3 devices with front camera. All that needs is the application Visidon AppLock.

Visidon AppLock App is very functional and useful security application. This application come in two versions. First one is free version which has limited functionality and the other one is Visidon AppLock plus which give you complete control and access to all the features.

Visidon AppLock Free version (Market Link)

• App lets you choose the apps to be protected.
• Your face is a key to open them! Application uses the frontal camera of your mobile
• You can choose to have a alphanumeric password to bypass the face lock

Visidon Applock Plus version (Market Link)

• No ads!
• Pattern and PIN as alternative unlocking methods!
• Haptic feedback for all alternative unlocking methods!
• Experimental lock screen feature
• Liveness detector, which guards against photograph spoofing!

Download

Visidon AppLock Free version (Market Link)

Visidon Applock Plus version (Market Link)

Screen Shots

  

About Visidon AppLock

Fast, convenient and cool way to protect your mobile with face recognition. Protect any application (i.e. SMS, Gallery, E-Mail, Facebook, etc.) on your phone using face recognition. Convenient and cool way to increase safety of your private apps and content.

Visidon AppLock Plus lets you choose the apps to be protected. Your face is a key to open them! Application uses the frontal camera of your mobile and verifies in real-time that the face matches the one allowed to access the private apps.

By upgrading to Plus version you'll get:

- No ads!

- Pattern and PIN as alternative unlocking methods!

- Haptic feedback for all alternative unlocking methods!

- Experimental lockscreen feature (read important note below!)

- Liveness detector, which guards against photograph spoofing!

- More extra features in future versions!

About lockscreen:

This is an experimental beta feature. You should also use the default AppLock feature (check the most important apps from the applist) to counter possible security holes. You can set the Keep unlock status option, so you do not need to verify yourself again when you are accessing a particular app if you have done the verification in the lockscreen. Note that this option will enable lockscreen features (disabled Home button etc.) also in default AppLock behavior. Also, this feature does not include an option to make an emergency call, so use it at your own risk.

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List of Phones which will get Ice Cream Sandwich Update

It’s not too old news that Google has now officially unveiled the Ice Cream Sandwich i.e., Android 4.0 along with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Thanks to the new Android OS version that may users keep on asking whether this update is available for their phone and if yes when it will arrive? The Asus came up with an announcement that their Padfone would come with Android 4.0 and it would be available in January 2012. That would be the near time when the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) would be made available for update on existing phones.

The following are the Android handsets which we think should be able to run the Ice Cream Sandwich update better and provide a better experience. We are not sure when these phones would receive the official firmware update but they are the front contenders for the Ice Cream Sandwich update first.


Samsung Nexus S


When the Samsung Galaxy Nexus debuts with Ice Cream Sandwich then why not its predecessor mobile phone? If you are expecting Ice Cream Sandwich update on existing phones then Nexus S is prime contender because it is the phone to start testing ICS.
Probably, when the Galaxy Nexus is available by November 1, the ICS update for Nexus S should be taking it shape slated to be released soon


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Samsung Galaxy S II


The next phone which will get the Ice Cream Sandwich update is the Galaxy S II phone by Samsung Electronics. Galaxy S II is powerful phone with dual core 1.2 Ghz processor and impressive specifications to runs the Ice Cream Sandwich OS update smoothly. Already we have spotted Galaxy S II in China coming with NFC so there would be no problem & easily compatibility for Ice Cream Sandwich on S II phone.


Motorola Droid Razr



The Droid Razr by Motorola was launched just 12 hours earlier than the Galaxy Nexus launch and boards almost same specifications. Motorola team has already announced it that Droid Razr will be out with Ice Cream Sandwich soon and maybe they are playing with smart moves to keep in check with Samsung.
Droid Razr has got the right hardware but lacks Galaxy Nexus for most part of important update of NFC and Android Beam which one of the highlighting feature of Ice Cream Sandwich.






Motorola Atrix 2


The Motorola Atrix 2 dual core 4G phone should be the next phone in the Motorola line up to receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update but it would be maybe by January next year the update of Ice Cream Sandwich is to be available on it.




Motorola Droid Bionic


The Motorola Droid Bionic with dual core 1 Ghz ARM Cortex A9 processor and OMAP chipset should be the next range of Android phone which would receive the Android update to 4.0. Motorola changed the chipset from Tegra to OMAP in order to pursuit the LTE and ICS in the near phone on this phone. Maybe it would be the first choice of device to receive the ICS update as Razr and Atrix 2 among the Motorola phones are the prime contenders for ICS update.








HTC Amaze 4G


The HTC Amaze 4G truly deserves the name as it has pretty decent software and has an amazing camera too. Also the hardware with which its built has killer specifications and chances that ICS would first come to HTC Amaze 4G when you talk about HTC phones to go with.
Since there is no official announcement which mobiles would receive the Ice Cream Sandwich, users are expecting too much, maybe but I would say let the Ice Cream Sandwich to be launched and then think about updates. For those who are unable to judge whether there mobile is upgradeable to Android 4.0 update, check back our blog.

Sony Xperia

Sony Ericsson is apparently ready to take a bite out of Google's Ice Cream Sandwich. A post on its Facebook page, Sony Ericsson's Dutch branch stated that it will indeed upgrade its Xperia lineup to the latest Android OS, though it didn't offer any details on release dates. 

Sony Ericsson is currently rolling out the upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3.4 across its entire 2011 Xperia smartphone portfolio. This software upgrade will be available through a phased roll out in select markets. Beyond Gingerbread 2.3.4, we plan to upgrade its 2011 Xperia smartphone portfolio to the next Android platform made available.

The following are the few others mobile phones which might receive the Android 4.0 updates are LG Optimus 3D, Motorola Photo 4G, Motorola Atrix 4G, Samsung Droid Charge, myTouch 4G Slide.
Some of the phones launched in 2011 will get update and more won’t but its clear that high-end phones which would be announced from now should include Ice Cream Sandwich as the minimum operating system. Importantly we would see more custom ROM coming up which are built with modifications over the ICS.

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