[APP] SGS Tools

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Latest version (4.1.9) can be found on page #37

Hi,
I have written an app, which contains useful functions specially for the Galaxy S imho.
It can do the following things:
-Secret codes list (contains at the moment 31 codes)
(Don't worry clicking around, there will appear a popup if you have selected factory/hard reset )
-System clean up: this means you can delete all system apps you don't like with 1 click. It will remove the .apk, the .odex and the data directory.
It won't let you delete apps that will "brick" your phone, so very useful for android beginners.
-MarketFix: This sets the Fingerprint in the build.prop to JF3 (2.1) and cleares the market cache. After a day you should see 120 hits when searching for "documents".
Useful if you are using a test Firmware and don't see copy protected apps in market.
-Homescreen Settings: In this Menu you can set the default screen (press the home button when you are already on the home screen) and the screen count.
Only works with some Firmwares! Works for example with JM5, JM7.
-Move SGS Tools to System: This will save the app on the device if you do a factory/hard reset. You can also undo this.
-Run a script.
This menu can run scripts, which are written as .txt files.
Simply write every command in a new line and put the script.txt to /sdcard/sgstools.
It checks the inputstream of the process, for example if you want to notify the user about progress with "echo /sdcard/test removed", this will appear in the progressdialog. It also checks the errorstream and will display, if for example a command could not be found.
- Enable/Disable boot/shutdown sound or place custom sounds

-Last but not least, you can add shortcuts to homescreen, which let you run commands. Useful for example as shutdown, reboot recovery, reboot, etc.
There's a bug in 2.2 Firmwares, which won't let you pick custom icons for shortcuts! (I tested it on 2.2 Emulator and also anycut won't set an icon on 2.2 Firmwares..)

That's it. Hope you like it.
(Sorry, it's not on the market - I don't have a market account yet )

PS: Press Menu Button to access further menus.
PPS: It uses a custom menu
PPPS: Rotate the device, and you will see in some menus a rotation animation!
PPPPS: German users can also look in this http://www.android-hilfe.de/samsung-galaxy-s/33978-sgs-tools-app-zum-schnellen-bearbeiten.html.

Ver 3.0: - now translated into english
Ver 3.0.1 - Bugfix: added permission to install shortcuts
Ver 3.1
- Activity handling improved
-new tool for setting boot sound / shutdown sound
Ver 3.1.1:
-MarketFix improved: now show better warnings, for example if busybox is not installed.
-Now a .nomedia file is created in the sgstools folder.
Ver 3.2
-Bugfixes
Ver 3.2.1
-Bugfixes: -Warning when removing system apps now in english
-Standard icons fixed for creating shortcut. (sry, but the broken icons will be only fixed if you deinstall the old version before)
Ver 3.3
-When removing system apps, the .apk and the .odex will be backuped in /sdcard/sgstools
Ver 3.4:
changes
edit: I forgot, please deinstall the old version, so you can read the disclaimer
Ver 3.5.1:
.prop editor bugfix
added 2 small scripts: mount /system ro/rw
command shortcuts now with basic commands (shutdown, reboot, mount..)

Ver 3.6
- script modul update, can now execute .txt scripts wrapped in a .zip
Ver 3.6.1
- script modul can now handle .zips with several scripts in it
Problems with busybox should be fixed now!

Ver 3.8.3
-some useful scripts
-backup & restore your homescreen

Newest version is 4.1.0
-added some tw launcher mods
-modded contacts.apk
-modded browser
-hacked camera.apk
-reverse scripts

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ssj4Gogeta1 said:

I guess it requires root access? Haven't tried yet but the description looks great.

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Yeah requieres root, but not for the secret codes.

lajson said:

Very nice app I have just one remark about secret codes, it seems that the secret codes executes directly which is very handy but in a case of "HARD RESET", Factory data reset" I think the user should been warned about danger this commands can do before one pinch those links

Can you implement that in your app ?

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Already implemented, look at attached picture. Or did u meant a second warning?

@Hard Reset:
I needed that 2 days ago, in order to use the lagfix. I had not enough space on data and only a hard reset (or manually removing much files) could solve that.

LevitateJay said:

Wow! Looks amazing. Is the rotation animation just in that application or across the whole device?

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Rotation is only in that application, sry. For whole device you would have to modify the Framework, which isn't possible because it's not open source.
You would have to build a rom from aosp to implement that.

appelflap said:

Nice one!
You could also add a option to change system sounds, bootscreens etc. (very SGS specific)

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Bootscreens is a very nice idea.
I will look if I can implement that feature.

Custom Bootanimation seems not to be possible at the moment..

But I will add enable/disable Bootsound later this day.

I think it should be possible in a Cynogen Mod.
But it's not said, that the system is powerful enough to handle that with heavy views..

rafalense said:

'Homescreen Settings' doesn't work for me

I set 'default: 2' and 'amount of screens: 5'. After press apply and reboot, no results. If I press home key, always show me the first one (0)

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I have already heard this by other people.. the problem is, for me it always worked.
Are you really using JM5 or JM7?
To exclude misunderstanding:
If you press the home button from anywhere, you will always taken to first screen. This cannot be changed.
But if you already are on homescreen and then press the home button, it should take you to the screen you have set in my app.

@larryccf
Simply copy the apk to sdcard.
Then launch the stock myfiles app, or whatever file explorer, and click on the .apk.
The file explorer should initiate the installing then.

Update to Version 3.1:
-now you can de or activate the boot / shutdown sound and also replace them with custom sounds.
-I rewrote the Activity handling, which had been very bad! Now you won't have the press several times the back key.
The new .apk can be found in the first post.

I'll attach 2 example bootsounds..