jdfearl  Wrote:

DinoDNA  Wrote:

Not 100% certain, but there are ways to convert .tar to .apk using ArcConvert:
http://archivconvert.sourceforge.net/

Here is a similar question to yours asked:
http://www.justanswer.com/software/61rr8...-file.html

Seems like the above link should help you in your quest. Seems pretty straight-forward to me, I think.

What exactly are you trying to convert into apk, if you don't mind me asking?

Hmm, it doesnt give the option of converting the tar to an apk.

Did you download and install ArcConvert?

It says on the site that it can convert TAR to APK...? Maybe I missed something?

DinoDNA  Wrote:

I find that I have a bad tendency of derailing threads if the Android OS is involved - which is not intentional by any means on my end, so I figured I would make a LoP Android thread for questions/comments/concerns/ideas with Android.

It has turned into a hobby of mine, and while I don't claim to know everything there is to know about it, I would consider myself at least versed in the area. So, if you'd like to root your Android device, but don't really know where to start, install CyanogenMod, delete bloatware, etc., I'll do my best to assist you.

I don't know if thread will gain traction, but I hope it does - I hate seeing people with unrooted devices suffering through the lag that bloatware creates, not being able to use their device to its full potential.

And yes, I know that people claim "Google is NSA/CIA," etc.

There is/was controversy surrounding CarrierIQ on just about every smartphone out there - Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. You can remove this from your device: Check out these sites for some help:

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/how-...-20111215/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthre...?t=1373967

XDA-Developers and Rootzwiki are very good places to start, with a very helpful community. Do a search for your device over at these sites:

http://www.xda-developers.com
http://www.rootzwiki.com


Anyway, moving on, I heard around about D making LoP Tapatalk friendly: is it still just an idea, or a work-in-progress?

Another question: What devices are LoPpers packin? As for me, I have the HP Touchpad running CM9 (ICS)/WebOS and the LG Optimus S running CM9(ICS).

gutted mate, managed to unlock my bootloader and root my phone last weekend and got Cyanogen Mod 9 onto my Wildfire S, It booted up into that android dude on the skateboard with the blue vortex and didn't go any further.
I re flashed it back to original rom after i got a virus on my computer from downloading stuff. I only wanted to root my phone so I could install a program with supersu to capture my screen to my pc so I could watch my free sky sports on the big screen instead of squinting at my mobile lol....
Went a bit far methinks
Might have another go sometime if I get that bored......

DinoDNA  Wrote:

jdfearl  Wrote:

Hmm, it doesnt give the option of converting the tar to an apk.

Did you download and install ArcConvert?

It says on the site that it can convert TAR to APK...? Maybe I missed something?

Yes I did but there doesnt seem to be an option for APK

Clever Trevor  Wrote:

DinoDNA  Wrote:

I find that I have a bad tendency of derailing threads if the Android OS is involved - which is not intentional by any means on my end, so I figured I would make a LoP Android thread for questions/comments/concerns/ideas with Android.

It has turned into a hobby of mine, and while I don't claim to know everything there is to know about it, I would consider myself at least versed in the area. So, if you'd like to root your Android device, but don't really know where to start, install CyanogenMod, delete bloatware, etc., I'll do my best to assist you.

I don't know if thread will gain traction, but I hope it does - I hate seeing people with unrooted devices suffering through the lag that bloatware creates, not being able to use their device to its full potential.

And yes, I know that people claim "Google is NSA/CIA," etc.

There is/was controversy surrounding CarrierIQ on just about every smartphone out there - Android, Blackberry, and iPhone. You can remove this from your device: Check out these sites for some help:

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/how-...-20111215/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthre...?t=1373967

XDA-Developers and Rootzwiki are very good places to start, with a very helpful community. Do a search for your device over at these sites:

http://www.xda-developers.com
http://www.rootzwiki.com


Anyway, moving on, I heard around about D making LoP Tapatalk friendly: is it still just an idea, or a work-in-progress?

Another question: What devices are LoPpers packin? As for me, I have the HP Touchpad running CM9 (ICS)/WebOS and the LG Optimus S running CM9(ICS).

gutted mate, managed to unlock my bootloader and root my phone last weekend and got Cyanogen Mod 9 onto my Wildfire S, It booted up into that android dude on the skateboard with the blue vortex and didn't go any further.
I re flashed it back to original rom after i got a virus on my computer from downloading stuff. I only wanted to root my phone so I could install a program with supersu to capture my screen to my pc so I could watch my free sky sports on the big screen instead of squinting at my mobile lol....
Went a bit far methinks
Might have another go sometime if I get that bored......

Sounds to me that you got stuck in a boot-loop. If I were you, next time you're feeling froggy, boot into recovery and format your /system (or, just do a factory reset in recovery) before flashing the CM9 Rom. A factory reset will make you lose you /data, but it will eliminate a lot of variables in the flashing. Is it an offical CM9 nightly, or an unoffical ROM?

Clearing dalvik cache helps in some instances, as well.

LoP Guest  Wrote:

I've been messing around with graphics lately. I would love a heavy conversation on the various graphics subsystems...
surfaceflinger
Skia
opencore
Stagefright
What I would really like to know is the various library links/dependancies for each. Some of them are obvious and easy to figure out, some of them are not so obvious. Trying to find out any heavy solid info on this is near to impossible.

That's a whole new can of worms I have yet to open... I feel bad for not being able to even point you in the right direction about this.

After some searching, I found these sites:
http://developer.mips.com/2012/04/11/lea...subsystem/
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgro...L4Jfq3-YhI

Chances are, you've already seen them, but I figured I would at least TRY to get you some help.

Are you working on animations? (homescreen/app-drawer, etc.)?

On the upside. I managed to find and install a nice little ap called ES File Explorer, which allows me to stream media direct to my phone from my NAS box over the network.......

On the upside. I managed to find and install a nice little ap called ES File Explorer, which allows me to stream media direct to my phone from my NAS box over the network.......

DinoDNA  Wrote:

Clever Trevor  Wrote:

gutted mate, managed to unlock my bootloader and root my phone last weekend and got Cyanogen Mod 9 onto my Wildfire S, It booted up into that android dude on the skateboard with the blue vortex and didn't go any further.
I re flashed it back to original rom after i got a virus on my computer from downloading stuff. I only wanted to root my phone so I could install a program with supersu to capture my screen to my pc so I could watch my free sky sports on the big screen instead of squinting at my mobile lol....
Went a bit far methinks
Might have another go sometime if I get that bored......

Sounds to me that you got stuck in a boot-loop. If I were you, next time you're feeling froggy, boot into recovery and format your /system (or, just do a factory reset in recovery) before flashing the CM9 Rom. A factory reset will make you lose you /data, but it will eliminate a lot of variables in the flashing. Is it an offical CM9 nightly, or an unoffical ROM?

Clearing dalvik cache helps in some instances, as well.

It was an unofficial romA4 ICS I think, I tried the unofficial but it was older then the rom I have already installed and I didn't know how to get round it. I really want to get rid of all this orange shit they bundle with the phone, especially the shitty boot screen logo.....

I recently manually updated/cooked my 3d graphics drivers. I gained a whole lot of new extensions, and absolutely no graphics errors in logcat but in the process I broke hardware mp4 rendering. The problem probably lies somewhere in opencore, but libopencore_common.so has a lot of hidden dependancy links to be able to cook something up to fix it. Pretty much in uncharted territory.. hard to find uber geeks in this stuff.

To the guy that wants to play around decompiling/compiling jar/apk files, check out apktool.


DinoDNA  Wrote:

LoP Guest  Wrote:

I've been messing around with graphics lately. I would love a heavy conversation on the various graphics subsystems...
surfaceflinger
Skia
opencore
Stagefright
What I would really like to know is the various library links/dependancies for each. Some of them are obvious and easy to figure out, some of them are not so obvious. Trying to find out any heavy solid info on this is near to impossible.

That's a whole new can of worms I have yet to open... I feel bad for not being able to even point you in the right direction about this.

After some searching, I found these sites:
http://developer.mips.com/2012/04/11/lea...subsystem/
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgro...L4Jfq3-YhI

Chances are, you've already seen them, but I figured I would at least TRY to get you some help.

Are you working on animations? (homescreen/app-drawer, etc.)?

I have a Toshiba Thrive, ExciteLE and the Excite10.
I haven't rooted any of them but will start with the Thrive once it receives the Ice Cream Sandwich update.

Favorite app is the IP Cam Viewer. I use it for my IP cameras at home and have over 1,000 cams programmed into it from around the world.

I've been getting spammed with airpush adds and identified which apps where doing this with the Lookout Ad Network Detector app. The online gambling apps are notorious for this and some others.

My desire is to become an app developer.

Clever Trevor  Wrote:

DinoDNA  Wrote:

Sounds to me that you got stuck in a boot-loop. If I were you, next time you're feeling froggy, boot into recovery and format your /system (or, just do a factory reset in recovery) before flashing the CM9 Rom. A factory reset will make you lose you /data, but it will eliminate a lot of variables in the flashing. Is it an offical CM9 nightly, or an unoffical ROM?

Clearing dalvik cache helps in some instances, as well.

It was an unofficial romA4 ICS I think, I tried the unofficial but it was older then the rom I have already installed and I didn't know how to get round it. I really want to get rid of all this orange shit they bundle with the phone, especially the shitty boot screen logo.....

If you haven't already read this, give it a read:
http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-...i-use.html

Are you GSM/CDMA?

DinoDNA  Wrote:

Clever Trevor  Wrote:

It was an unofficial romA4 ICS I think, I tried the unofficial but it was older then the rom I have already installed and I didn't know how to get round it. I really want to get rid of all this orange shit they bundle with the phone, especially the shitty boot screen logo.....

If you haven't already read this, give it a read:
http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-...i-use.html

Are you GSM/CDMA?

Yea been through all that lol, I had the correct official rom, but it was older than my current rom. I kept getting errors when trying to flash, I would fix the error and get another error, after about three or four errors and about six hours straight working on it I got fed up and flashed the unofficial rom which didn't boot, so I gave up and put the original rom back on.....

I've got a 32 Gb Toshiba Thrive 10 inch tablet with the latest Android operating system pushed out by Toshiba. My understanding is that ICS will the next update from Toshiba, late this month or early July.

This is my first Android device, and I'm liking it!