[MOD] CRT Anim + Desktop UA String + SIP + SMS

I've copied the work done by sangreal06 over at xda so that it will work on our g-slates. You can check out a full description of this mod at his thread here.

The G-SLATE version of his mod can be downloaded here

In short, this mod will
1. let your browser view the full desktop version of sites
2. enable access to the built-in SIP client to make internet calls
3. Allows you to send SMS messages from your g-slate's number, but so far I still can't seem to receive messages (YMMV), you'll need to download an SMS app to use this like handcent
4. enables the phone app so you can make calls from your g-slate's phone number, but so far mic + speakers aren't working. However I still found this useful for sending short service codes to my operator via the dialer
5. Cool CRT animation when you lock your screen

This is a DANGEROUS mod to install, if anything goes wrong you will end up with a boot loop. Therefore I strongly urge you to make a backup of your system partition before installing. If you've rooted your g-slate then you already have nvflash and bootloader.bin. To make a backup, power on your g-slate while holding down both volume keys to go into APX mode and do:

Code:

./nvflash –bl bootloader.bin –getpartitiontable ptable.txt
./nvflash -r –read 8 system.img


in case something goes wrong you can always restore by going back into APX mode and doing

Code:

./nvflash -r –download 8 system.img
./nvflash -r –sync


and press the reset button under the sim cover to reboot.

The way I installed this mod is as follows:

Code:

adb push framework-res-gslate-modified.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
su -
mount -o remount,rw /system
dd if=/sdcard/framework-res-gslate-modified.apk of=/system/framework/framework-res.apk


at this point the g-slate will automatically reboot with the new features.

Can we try this without ADB? i am using Ubuntu or just Windows. Someone help with these steps???
thanks guys

Very cool to see someone trying to expand the development community. Looks like some great features.

Great work. Added XDA thread to bit.ly bundle.

so........is this possible to do without ADB?

Whitestfilipina wrote:so........is this possible to do without ADB?

yes you can do it without ADB... just download the file onto your g-slate and run the same commands in the Terminal emulator (available from the market):

Code:


su -
mount -o remount,rw /system
dd if=/sdcard/Download/framework-res-gslate-modified.apk of=/system/framework/framework-res.apk

just make sure if= in the dd command points to the correct location of the file you downloaded.

Admin wrote:Great work. Added XDA thread to bit.ly bundle.

careful... the files attached in the XDA thread will work only on the xoom, not on the gslate... don't want anyone to brick their device thinking that's a gslate thread.

this is also a nice chance to remind everyone to make sure they have a nvflash backup like described above in case anything goes wrong.

awe thanks for the quick response Shr00m .....im gonna try it now wish me luck!

Using Terminal Emulator was brilliant! thats what it was, it let me do everything step by step, automatically rebooted and now google voice was able to verify my phone now since it couldnt before but i cant sms. nothing happens. i downloaded Handcent, text sends ...i just don't receive anything...any suggestions?

shr00m wrote:

Whitestfilipina wrote:so........is this possible to do without ADB?

yes you can do it without ADB... just download the file onto your g-slate and run the same commands in the Terminal emulator (available from the market):

Code:


su -
mount -o remount,rw /system
dd if=/sdcard/Download/framework-res-gslate-modified.apk of=/system/framework/framework-res.apk

just make sure if= in the dd command points to the correct location of the file you downloaded.

You should be able to just cp the new file also. But dd will get the job done also.

If you upgraded your G-Slate to 3.1 then the above framework-res.apk will send you into a boot loop. The correct version to download for 3.1 is here

Attention to anyone owning the v900, this will cause the device to get stuck in a boot-loop too!

Does anyone have the modified frameworkres.apk?? Aparently multiupload was seized by the us government....