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Flytouch 3 live wallpaper enable

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GOROTECH

Newbie
here's a dedicated thread to explain how TO enable live wallpapers on FLYTOUCH 3



1) You need to have a rooted device. im currently im using TIM'S 4E
for more help to install TIM'S see this : http://androidforums.com/flytouch-3...46-latest-flytouch-3-modded-roms-updated.html 10X TO MUTARI

2) Download and unrar "sdcard.rar" (attached to this thread) in your SD Card

3) Download Terminal Emulator from the market (http://www.androlib.com/android.appl...term-zxnC.aspx)

4) Start terminal emulator from your FLYTOUCH 3 and write (in orders):


Code:

su (press enter)

mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system (press enter)


cat /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk > /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk (press enter)

cat /sdcard/libRS.so > /system/lib/libRS.so (press enter)

cat /sdcard/librs_jni.so > /system/lib/librs_jni.so (press enter)

reboot (press enter)

When you write "su" and press enter, terminal ask for root permission, give it
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5) Once rebooted you can use live wallpapers :D


http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=408983&d=1285675157
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sdcard.rar




This is the same process but on a different device Video for this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cus0yaC5ayY
 
GOROTECH said:
here's a dedicated thread to explain how TO enable live wallpapers on FLYTOUCH 3

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Thanks for that, but a bit of advice for the future, it is far better to use the cp command [copy] rather than cat to copy the files as cat will, under certain circumstances, make changes to the file it is copying: strip carriage returns, expand tab character etc.

Here is the amended code:

Code: 
su (press enter)
 
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/libRS.so /system/lib/libRS.so (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/librs_jni.so /system/lib/librs_jni.so (press enter)
 
reboot (press enter)
 
When you write "su" and press enter, terminal ask for root permission, give it [IMG]http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif[/IMG]
 
5) Once rebooted you can use live wallpapers :D
 
I do not know if I am doing something wrong. I installed Tim5a rom and then found Android Terminal Emulator on the market. I run it , type in su and accept when it asks me to give it privileges and after I type in the first line it just posts how I should use mount , as in mount is used mount [r] [w] etc etc

What am I doing wrong?

btw when i type in mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system (no space between /dev/stl5) it says that I m using a wrong mount argument

when I actually leave space between them I get that mount is used in that and that way
 
weltall said:
I do not know if I am doing something wrong. I installed Tim5a rom and then found Android Terminal Emulator on the market. I run it , type in su and accept when it asks me to give it privileges and after I type in the first line it just posts how I should use mount , as in mount is used mount [r] [w] etc etc

What am I doing wrong?

btw when i type in mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system (no space between /dev/stl5) it says that I m using a wrong mount argument

when I actually leave space between them I get that mount is used in that and that way
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Forget about the argument after the first line.
I got same argument but no problem.
Do the next all "cat" line and reboot it.
It will work.
 
Thanks a lot :) I will try it now then ^^

-Edit-

Worked like a charm. Battery drained in seconds :) Hooza for the flashy and cool livewallpapers!
 
tbod said:
Thanks for that, but a bit of advice for the future, it is far better to use the cp command [copy] rather than cat to copy the files as cat will, under certain circumstances, make changes to the file it is copying: strip carriage returns, expand tab character etc.

Here is the amended code:

Code: 
su (press enter)
 
mount -o remount,rw,codepage=utf8,vfat,xattr,check=no /dev/stl5 /system (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/libRS.so /system/lib/libRS.so (press enter)
 
cp /sdcard/librs_jni.so /system/lib/librs_jni.so (press enter)
 
reboot (press enter)
 
When you write "su" and press enter, terminal ask for root permission, give it [IMG]http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif[/IMG]
 
5) Once rebooted you can use live wallpapers :D
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tbod, I'm unfamiliar with Unix syntax. I can't get past the first line. Response is "mount: Invalid argument". Is the first o an o or a 0? Are spaces important? Am I correct that there are spaces after o, no, stl5?

In the 60s I programmed in binary, octal, hex and assorted machine languages. I went out with linking loaders. The new stuff is beyond me.:(
 
mburwen this is exactly what I asked and as mobilephone01 I ignored that it said invalid argument and continued. Lifewallpapers work like a charm. So either that line is not needed. Or the invalid argument is registered anyway? Anyway just dont mind it and continue. I loaded a couple of livewallpapers. The first one killed the battery in seconds. :D
 
mburwen said:
tbod, I'm unfamiliar with Unix syntax. I can't get past the first line. Response is "mount: Invalid argument". Is the first o an o or a 0? Are spaces important? Am I correct that there are spaces after o, no, stl5?

In the 60s I programmed in binary, octal, hex and assorted machine languages. I went out with linking loaders. The new stuff is beyond me.:(
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Hi,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, health problems...

Unix and Linux are case sensitive operating systems so cat and CAT are tow very different beasts and the commans need to be entered exactly as they appear.

eg: there is a space after -o [lower case letter o] but not another until just before /dev/stl5 and so on.


The simplest solution might be to copy and paste the text to an SD Card or USB Stick, transfer that to your tablet then copy them from there and paste them, one at a time, into your terminal app...

Hope this helps!

I once wrote the guts of a non interactive BASIC interpreter in IBM 360 machine code, for fun in my spare time on a Summer holiday job. I got as far as reading the input file, parsing the source code and building a tree of executable tokens before the holiday ended... Good fun though!
 
It did not slow down mine at all. Well actually it depends on the wallpaper. The first one did slow down my tablet a bit but only while i had it in the desktop like screen. Afar from that i tried different live desktops and not. everything goes about the same. Ofcouse if you will go to a memory manager you will see the live wallpaper running and taking a bit of your ram.
 
tbod said:
Hi,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, health problems...

Unix and Linux are case sensitive operating systems so cat and CAT are tow very different beasts and the commans need to be entered exactly as they appear.

eg: there is a space after -o [lower case letter o] but not another until just before /dev/stl5 and so on.


The simplest solution might be to copy and paste the text to an SD Card or USB Stick, transfer that to your tablet then copy them from there and paste them, one at a time, into your terminal app...

Hope this helps!

I once wrote the guts of a non interactive BASIC interpreter in IBM 360 machine code, for fun in my spare time on a Summer holiday job. I got as far as reading the input file, parsing the source code and building a tree of executable tokens before the holiday ended... Good fun though!
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Ah, a systems programmer. I was on the application side, always trying to get apps to run as fast as possible on systems with 512K or less RAM. - ergo machine language. Thanks for the advice on the Linux statements. By the way, I've found the easiest way to transfer stuff to the tablet is through Dropbox - a very cool service.

The terminal app I am using purports to emulate a VT100 - now that brings back some memories - not all of them pleasant.:rolleyes:
 
Thanks to all for tips. Got it working, but battery goes from 100% to 5% in 5 minutes. Plug in the charger and almost immediately jumps back to 100%. Very strange behavior. If you are demented or a dirty old man like me, the wallpaper AndWobble2 is a hoot. Just keep your charger plugged in.
 
mburwen said:
The terminal app I am using purports to emulate a VT100 - now that brings back some memories - not all of them pleasant.:rolleyes:
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The first company I worked for were tight gits and used to supply ADM 3A terminals which despite being able to transmit both UPPER and lower case data it could only display UPPER CASE LETTERS regardless of the case received. Hardly a day went past when someone from one of the sites using the accursed bleeders didn't phone up and complain they couldn't type in the password or to say the CAPS LOCK key didn't work...
 
tbod said:
The first company I worked for were tight gits and used to supply ADM 3A terminals which despite being able to transmit both UPPER and lower case data it could only display UPPER CASE LETTERS regardless of the case received. Hardly a day went past when someone from one of the sites using the accursed bleeders didn't phone up and complain they couldn't type in the password or to say the CAPS LOCK key didn't work...
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If we are going to continue this conversation, we should probably move off the forum. My email is mike@pamg.com. (And what do you expect from a company like Lear-Siegler?)
 
:confused:

After rooting using Z4 root my tablet which worked with out a problem I did a search for live wallpaper and found this code here. I entered the code for enabling the Live wall paper. After the reboot the unit boots to the menu on top only. I tried everything to get it to boot the home screen to no eval but I also have noticed the following: There is only on thing I did different was on my previous attempt to install the wallpaper code the system keep saying it could not find the l
Livewallpaperspicker.apk. after noticing that the path to my sdcard was /sdcard/sdcard1 i sent it there to look for the .apk file and copy to the system. there was no error in typing it in and no errors after hitting return and after rebooting that is where the problems began.

1. Boots the center android figure then to the one on the left then to the word Android.... then nothing there used to be a android word booting like my 2.2 froyo phone as a boot animation but no longer does that. Before booting to the menu bar and the home screen. No animated android

2. After entering the menu bar where the slider is for turning on the system and entering the home screen the wallpaper is there looking perfect.

3. After sliding the slide bar the wall paper disappears no home screen no app window nothing at all except for the menu bar. On the menu bar you have the normal things Bat., Time. Media Refresh Button,Camera,Volume up and down then, Menu and Back

4. If I hit the home button on top of the unit repeatedly the screen comes back momentarily then disappears as i stop.

I did a recovery and still the same thing PLEASE SOME ONE HELP?


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I am not sure you want to but maybe upgrade to Tim's Custom rom? All you have to do is place the 3 files from tims rom in the sd card and then turn on the tablet and it will install it. Aw well it was just a suggestion. Afar from that I think there is a recovery option if you press some certain buttons.
 
weltall said:
I am not sure you want to but maybe upgrade to Tim's Custom rom? All you have to do is place the 3 files from tims rom in the sd card and then turn on the tablet and it will install it. Aw well it was just a suggestion. Afar from that I think there is a recovery option if you press some certain buttons.
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Thanks weltall
But I did the recovery and it still does the same thing maybe i'll try the tim Rom would you know the latest version of the ROM I keep seeing 4e and 5d which and where could I find it?
 
By following tbod's instructions earlier in this thread, I did not have any problems installing or using Live Wallpapers. I suggest you delete all the files on your device relating to the app, hard reboot and start again, following tbod's instructions.

Now that I have it working, I don't use it except to show off to friends. It has the annoying habit of draining the battery.
 
Yeah the first life wall paper that i used that shown supposedly the interior of the tab (chips and stuff) drained my battery in a matter or minutes. I was staring at it and it was going slowly down like a countdown meter. Well now i found another live wall paper that is normal. As it seems live wallpapers draw too much of battery if they have features that get affected for example from the Gsensor or from your wifi and such. Supposedly the live wallpaper constantly searches for any kind of action you do on the tab and the battery drops faster than you can say "How do I enable live wallpapers"
 
weltall said:
Yeah the first life wall paper that i used that shown supposedly the interior of the tab (chips and stuff) drained my battery in a matter or minutes. I was staring at it and it was going slowly down like a countdown meter. Well now i found another live wall paper that is normal. As it seems live wallpapers draw too much of battery if they have features that get affected for example from the Gsensor or from your wifi and such. Supposedly the live wallpaper constantly searches for any kind of action you do on the tab and the battery drops faster than you can say "How do I enable live wallpapers"
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I can't see how this can possibly be. The physics of it say it cannot drain a battery that quick without it melting through the casing. It may well be that the remaining power METER indicates a rapidly falling power level, but in reality it can't be. A fully charged battery of say 6.4AH would need to discharge at a rate of 12 amps to discharge in 30 minutes....that would generate a huge amount of heat. What it needs I guess is to charge the tablet, enable the power guzzling live wallpaper and time it until it shutdown by itself....recharge and do the same with a static wallpaper.....
 
Ok fully charged and waited with it for half an hour with the screen open with the screen always ben at brightness 5 that i use it and the battery hasn't went down a bit. Maybe indeed the meter was wrong.. like when it shows its full for 2-3 hours and suddenly in half hour is about half battery when I watch videos on it.
 
Hi! I followed all the steps and I did it, I get to see live wallpapers but....

I only can see them, after set them as wallpapers, in the standby screen. Don't get to see them in the menu screen, I don't think that's the way it has to be, but maybe for his pad it is.

Is this fine?

How do I do all the process again, just deleting the file and starting over?

Thanks
 
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