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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] danish.:
I bought my Ace week ago .. I wasn't aware of the Jargon used in the forums now i think i m getting hang of it .. So let me know i have correct understanding of that jargon as i am planning to flash my phone with the latest fw version and gonna root it as well (wanna be a little adventurous with my phone .. hope i dont mess it ) I want to know the benefits of rooting and upgrading to 2.3.4 .. The benefits i know is that u can install new applications on SD card which will save up internal memory and make it a little faster .. Video recording at higher resolution .. What else ? Let me know about the issues faced by you guys for upgrading it to the latest fw .. Heard there is some delay at screen lock .. And if i upgrade the firmware does it format my phone memory or memory card ? if not then will it affect the existing applications and how will i save up the internal memory eaten up by existing applications .. Should also let you guys know that i did a firmware upgrade via Kies coupla days back which prompted as done successfully but still it shows up the same 2.2.1 .. So i wanted to know was there any problem with the upgrade or it was some other firmware upgrade not related to Gingerbread upgrade? Sorry for asking too many questions
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] patrick_mcnam:
Upgrading to 2.3.4 will unfortunately remove your applications but wont format your SD Card. 2.3.4 is a lot faster then in froyo (2.2.1). The only problem is the lock screen delay. The clock at the lock screens font is different and the copy and paste is better. New download app to manage your downloads. Improved power management and app control. New icons on status bar. Thats what I can think of.:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
rooting=complete control of ur phone

yup, with leaked gingerbread 2.3.3 and 2.3.4 (including custom roms based on both) there will be lag at lockscreen

i think flashing will just format ur internal memory, not ur sdcard. but it always a good practice to backup ur whole data. better to be safe than sorry.

check ur baseband version, maybe just changed there but not android version.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kesterpogz:
i dont feel any lag screen delay, infact i installed adw launcher and still no lags at all.

You should try upgrading and rooting your phone. If you feel uncomfortable, then you can flash back your old fw, it takes only 5 mins! :-)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] albertbm:
Im taking a wild guess by your username that you are Danish, if so there is a upgrade to 2.3.3 wich is right for your country code, it should be available now via KIES with this upgrade you wont loose any apps allready installed on the phone if you cannot receive it via KIES you can also grab it and install it manually with the one-package method in ODIN.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] danish.:
Intersting i think ill be doing the upgrading and rooting after i get some instruction from you guys .. My baseband version is S5830JXKC1 .. Sam fit says region unknown and in tutorial on how to flash samsung ace the firmware written S5830XXKPH is European .. So would it be fine if i flash that firmware ? And let me know which firmware is more stable and faster 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 ? @albert thats my name .. am from Pakistan and there ve been no 2.3.3 updates..I just want to improve my Ace performance as i find it sluggish sometimes which maybe due to internal memory eaten up by applications .. Rooting will allow me install applications on SD card right ? And how do i make up a backup for my existing stock 2.2.1 to be on safe side .. its not rooted
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
yes.. rooting combined with link2sd, or with darktremore a2sd should be good for you :)

and to backup ur froyo, read this
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] danish.:
Okay so finally i flashed to 2.3.4 XXKPH and rooted my phone using hubix's tutorial (excellent guide for newbies) . I formatted my sd card as well after rooting my phone .. So atm my phone is completely empty because i wanted some guidance from you guys to make sure every application i install now on my phone goes directly to my sd card instead of internal phone memroy .. Secondly can any one explain me what are ROMS ? Do we follow the same procedure for flashing roms as was explained in hubix's tutorial ? Does it clean up internal phone memory if we flash any rom ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] danish.:
No reply yet :-\
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] IROC_69:
hi guys

is there xperia x8 launcher available because i really like it the 4 corner ui is great
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] bbeanss:
there are roms that include the default xperia launcher in them, but at the moment there is the Xperia Active Launcher in this section of the forum wich is in my own opinion an improvement, if you are running an android 2.2.9 based rom (e.g. FroyoBread) it is a little bit buggy, but if you are running an android 2.3.4 based rom (e.g. kuyaDROID) it should work perfectly hope i helped :)

edit: the xperia active launcher still has the 4 corner ui :)

Beans
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Vanto:
like the idea

this could be awesome ...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] HolyGhostBoy1:
Hey i wanted to know how to change the boot up sound i wanted to put my on sound on it thks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
the sound that is responsible for the bootup sound is in the file /system/etc

it is called PowerOn.wav . Well .... it is so in de software for the SGS I9000 i am not sure if that is the same for your phone . If it is , you can easily change the PowerOn.wav file fore any other ,via an app like Rootexplorer . Just keep in mind that you must not change the name en the format ( .WAV ) otherwise this replacement shall not work !

good luck !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Shame , only 2 repley's and over 300 view's ! Come on people , please leave an comment !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lukaszD.:
Shame it doesn't work with other kernels :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Drollo85:
Yes because they work only with kernels that recognize sanim.zip :-) lot of kernels recognize bootanimation.zip

Anyway good idea!

I have a request, if possible: the scene with john rambo and his M60!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] CitizenX:
Change sanim.zip to bootanimation.zip in the zip file and it works with other kernels too...
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] The Undertakerr:
Well done Davey-Boy!

It looks great, and... I've tested most of them, they ALL work!

It's like how Citizen says: If your kernel is nog using sanim.zip als a bootani in /system/media, but uses bootanimation.zip(Check this in your kernel's thread), open up the zipfile&change de name sanim.zip to bootanimation.zip. After having done that, it WILL work beautifully.

It takes a LONG time to create a bootanimation on request, he has to download the complete movie en cut the parts out that you want. Then he has to convert it to be a bootanimation by making it png's or jpg files. After that compress it and zip it.

A LOT of work.

So I suggest you hit the THANKS button if you use his bootani's and especially if he makes ya one on request.

Bedankt Dave!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
@ the people who say's it should be bootanimation.zip and not sanim.zip , so it will work on other kernels to , i would advise , learn more about kernels !!!

Because the Semaphore-kernel is using bootanimation.zip instead of sanim.zip and i thought i posted some bootanimations 4 the Semaphore-kernel :D So the only conlusion is that .zip that is responsible 4 the bootanimation is called : bootanimation.zip !

And @ the junior member LukaszD , that tought it was an shame that it could not work on other kernels : please tell me wich othere kernels are supporting custom boot anmations ??? And can you tell me the .zip file (bootanimation/sanim.zip) has to placed in ??

And i want to add that i was reverring to people that are responsible 4 the over 400 views and over the 250 downloads , and only 3 , now more people left an comment :D

And @ the underthakerr Thanks 4 the support man ! It's nice to know when someone know's how much work it is to make something like this !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lukaszD.:
I'll try to support when I'll be back home :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Hey Drollo85 ,

the Bootanimation which i created 4 the Semaphore-kernel is an flashable .zip which you can flash trough CWM , it places the

bootanimation.zip

in the file /system/media ! I named it : for the Semaphore-kernel because it was only tested on the Semaphore kernel ! And just as an precaution i put on in the discription that it will probably not work on other kernels , why ?? because it was not tested on other kernel's ( yet ) So i can not be held responsible if the flashable bootanimation doesn't work on other kernels and it will mess's up someone's phone after flashing on of my animations .

And for your request

, i will try to make one before monday , after monday i will go on holiday so i won't be able to make one for 2 weeks .

But can you be more specific ? Your request is a litlle bit vague . and it would be helpfull if you can hand me an youtube link or the part of the movie in .avi file , please keep in mind that the scene cannot be longer then 10 seconds , and the sound cannot be longer then 8 seconds , since every kernel won't play sound longer then 8 seconds and picture's not longer then 10 seconds .
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eternal-intent:
These are cool, mate. (Pulp Fiction ROCKS!!!)

Good job...

I'm in the process of making "Say what" into an .mtz file so I can try it out on Galnet's MIUI ROM.

Thanks for putting these (and their details) together, I know how fiddly it can be...

Much appreciated.

Peace.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sBel:
Great idea! as said the pulp fiction one is cool. Looking for more to test in Galaxian Kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Drollo85:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiIr2oJZ0l4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This is the sequence i mean.

It would be nice if at the end of scene you write something like "Murdock says its iphone was better...", just to fit the scene with android world :-)

Anyway thank you for your disponibility! cheers!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
@drollo ,

Hey m8 , ik will look in to it when it will be back from vacation. In two weeks ore so .

And thanks 4 the compliments ! i love them !

@eternel , thanks man ! Please let me know when u did it , when it will be back from holiday maby it canon help you out !

@sbel , does this work ons the galaxian kernel ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
UPDATE

i made an update , now some of the bootanimations are capable with the Galaxian-kernel !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] MuayThaiFighter8:
Great work and keep it up Dave ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cringer20:
Your GirlNextDoor BootScreen doesn't work on my Galaxian SP4 GT - but i also can't see any other bootanimation i tried, so i'm sure it's not your default... Great work anyway!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
oke that is strange , someone els who has also the Galaxian-kernel confirmed that it works after he tested it . I will immidiatly take it of and place it back until i am more certain of it !

now i wanted to ask you Cringer , was there something that did work ? like the sound ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cringer20:
No sound either, only black screen after the Galaxian Logo...

I think I'll flash my mobile new tomorrow, perhaps it's a problem of too many kernel flashes ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
@DaveDH,

you have made me rather jealous here !

for one you are obviously really talented in what you do

and also that your superb animations also have

sound

!... I'm drooling !

I have a ZTE Blade running Blue Ginger v5 2.3.4 rom and have strived for over a week to get sound with my boot animation.

before I go ahead and brick it, can you advise if there is any chance of these working on my Blade ?

I'm not 'clued' up on kernels, but if it is any help my phone shows

Baseband version P729B01

Kernel 2.6.35.7-perf+

zte-kernel@Zdroid-SMT
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] samiulislam16:
Good idea but first of all put the standard ones 1st and how to restore them or how to save my current bootanimation+sound
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
I am I correct in thinking that you think I have a chance of success ?

and if I read you right, I take it you advise going back to the stock setup and backing up my rom ... if so no problems.

I will give this a go tomorrow & advise how I get on.

thanks,

Kevin
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
sadly it did not work on this damn Blade of mine !

even though I knew it was a risk using scripts for other devices it shows how desperate I am getting !

the Wolverine one I downloaded flashed without errors .. the animation ran, but still no sound.

this must be the 20th attempt I have made, and really am mystified as to why the ZTE is so awkward.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
First off all m8 " i don't have to do anything !!! " . I understand what u say , but i think it is not correct of you to be so bossy !!! And i did allready put in my discription that it is good to be safe that every body should place there own someplace safe on their SDcard ! To me , that is enough precaution , but if there is someone that don't understand how to do that , they are free to ask How to do that !

Sorry , but i feel a little offended , escpecially when there are so many visits and so manu downloads no one complains , and just an very view who commented are nice , and your comment sounded a bit negatif !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
hey m8 2night i will be online and maby then i can give you some advice although i know nothing about ZTE Blade .

greetz
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] perfumedponce:
This looks really interesting... I am running speedmod kernel on the simply honey 4.0 Rom.... which is also compatible with the Talon kernel.... reckon it could be time to start jerking around with my phone AGAIN!!!

Great work!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
You are sure that the Speedmod doesn't support custom boot animation ?

i heard some wispers that speedmod does support custom bootanimations , but since speedmod had some difficulties , not many people are interested in speedmod yet , shame because i used to be an great fan of speedmod !
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
I really cannot understand why you are offended !

I have made it perfectly clear that I think you do fine work,

and that I only took the decision to try stuff that was not made for ZTE Blade because I am, and remain, desperate to find a solution.

the fact that it did not work with my rom was no surprise really, but it was all at my own risk - so why are you being so sensitive ?

any reasonable folk can plainly see that I have no issues with your animations.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Hey Carkev , excuse me man ! i apologize , i did not ment it to you ! I was referring to samiulislam16 !

Sorry 4 the miscommunication !

Still want help with your ZTE Blade ?

*edit* i did an search on google and found this :

http://android.modaco.com/forum/489-zte-blade-libra-themes-and-design-customisation/

and

http://android.modaco.com/topic/334451-guide-how-to-change-your-bootanimation-and-splash-image/
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
@DavDH,

methinks I actually owe

you

an apology ...I had not spotted who you were referring to.

but !

in my defence, I was in such a bad mood after playing really poorly on the back 9 in todays golf match that I was not seeing straight !

it's very kind of you to offer help with my Blade, but I would suggest you don't waste your time mate.

over the last week or so I have followed every forum post I can find at XDA, Modaco and Cyanogen, and all to no avail as this post of mine may show:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212178.

weirdly though, it can be done on some Blade Cyanogen roms with a 'fix' they have

and yet that fix, (specifically for a Blade) trashed my setup, whereas your Wolverine did not !

last point, I think you should include a 'donate' link with your animations as they are the best I have seen.

regards,

Kevin
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Hey Kevin , let's forget 'bout it !

uhm 4 your Blade , did you search in the file /system/etc ? here with the Galaxy s root lies there the sound that is responsible 4 the boot( PowerOn.wav ) sound .

So if i understand you correctly you tried my wolverine bootanimation and it worked ???

and 4 the donation link ... after more then 2000 views an over 700 downloads and just less then 10 people left an comment i won't think that there are many people that are giving me an donation , and besides i wont do it 4 the money but 4 the honour that someone on the other side of the world is walking with something i created :)

*edit* could you pass me an download link with the rom of the ZTE Blade so i can look arround in the root ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
nice sentiments ...

I can understand your comments re your work out there worldwide ... enjoy !

if you really do want to have a meddle with my current rom it is here:

http://www.multiupload.com/ML3BP078L5

I know I can get sound if I flash a Cyanogen, but this Blue Ginger v5 is far and away the best rom I have had on my Blade,

with fantastic icons & notification bar and fantastic battery life also !

I believe the developer is a chap called Psyloid who was on Modaco, but had a 'falling out' there.

I have seen him post here and PM'd him, but sadly no reply.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Did you flash my Wolverine-bootanimation ? and did it work with sound and stuff ? that wasn't real clear to me .

it looks to me that this is the same set-up as the Samsung galaxy root , many simiralities , Maby if you unzip one of my bootanimations , extract the 2 file's PowerOn.snd and PowerOn.wav and place it with some .apk like rootexplorer.apk in de file /system/etc/ , then a reboot . If i am correct if there's an script that supports bootsound then that may work , if there's no script then it shall not work .

But first 1 important thing !! make sure you have an back-up of al your data+ apps and make sure you have an good working flashable rom on your internal SD , so iff you make an mistake and your phone is messed up you can always flash an rom to bring your phone back to alive !

i am not sure if you allready knew that but just wanted to be safe and warn you :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
I did flash Wolverine & it went on ok ...

the animation worked fine (albiet with distorted images as blade is 480x800) but no sound.

from this I can only guess that Blue Ginger does not have a sound script ?

as to your kind advice re backups/root files I am quite confident and secure with what I have.

my phone is rooted, Radio now up to Gen2, and I have backups of about 6 roms all created with Clockworkmod, (inc copies on my PC)

I use ES File Explorer with no probs, and am very confident I can recover from any 'trashing' of my current setup ...

except of course the so-called 'bricking' which has never happened to me - even going back to my days with windows Mobile.

given the above I am quite willing to try anything you may suggest when you have had a peek at Blue Ginger.

many thanks.

Kevin
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Maby it's an idea , to compare two rom's , your rom and one who's supporting custom boot animations . On the other hand ... It's the kernel who's supporting the custom boot animation . But you can try that and copy all of the boot stuff from the rom to your rom .

Does the original stock rom/kernel of the ZTE Blade has/hade an poweron sound ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
now that you mention it, I think that the original stock Orange Android 2.1 rom did have a short sound.

I have a copy of that on my PC,

but is is not possible to re-flash it as the forums advise that one cannot put a Gen1 rom back onto an upgraded Gen2 unless first downgrading it again.

I have unzipped it (file: OUK_P729BV1.0.0B05-update-stock-blade-OLED--unsigned.zip) to see if I could learn anything,

and whilst it does contain a system/media folder, with an /audio sub folder, there is no bootanimation.zip file anywhere !

so either I am incorrect and it did not have sound, or they have been very clever in achieving it ?

it would not take any great effort to downgrade my radio and go back to stock 2.1 just to check for sound ...

I will probably give that a go tomorrow, and get back to you on that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] cringer20:
After reflashing my whole system, bootanimation still doesn't work on galaxian ee sp4 - maybe it's caused by my rom? (GOA-Rom)? Anyway, due to various problems i decided to change my kernel to midnight 0.4.0 - here your animations also doesn't work (just for information, of course they aren't supposed to ;))
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] The Undertakerr:
Hey Carkev,

Some info:

Many kernels do not support custom bootsounds.

For example semaphore kernel and other CFRoot-based kernels.

They will delete the custom bootsound at first boot....

I am VERY sure nobody on semaphore who flashed Dave's bootani's+bootsounds has ever heard the great bootsounds which come with the bootani's...

So Carkev, this is probable also the case with your Blade's kernel..

Just to inform you...

Gaat lekker hier Dave, veel vraag naar je bootani's!

Jammer dat ik niet meer kan stemmen, maar bij deze stem ik op adult hihi

Ga zo door en we spreken elkaar binnenkort!:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] carkev:
ok, a final update ...

I today downgraded my radio from Blade Gen2 to Gen1 and re-flashed the original Orange Android 2.1 rom.

to my surprise, even that did not have boot sound ... so obviously my 'memory' is as bad as was my golfing yesterday !

to me the comments here re sounds/and kernels make perfect sense, and I will now be happy to will stick with what I have.

I have now re-flashed back to Gen2 and done a full restore of my favoured Blue Ginger rom,

it was all very useful though, as I know know all the downloads actually work.

btw: there is a chap on XDA from Finland 'manumanfred' ... who got sound working on a Cyanogenmod 7 rom, so that kernel must be quite different.

in truth this does not really interest me as I do not like battery life on Cyanogen's.

thank you for all your help

Ik dacht dat het beleefd om u allen te bedanken in uw eigen taal voor de hulp hier.

net als veel Nederlanders Ik caravan rond Schotland,

en door de jaren heen hebben veel gedeeld een drankje met je landgenoten op de camping bij Loch Lomond, Glen Nevis en de Isle of Skye
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
Oké that's kinda strange , i have multiple confirmations that this works with the galaxian kernel .

Thanks 4 the info !! Much appriciated ! And indeed i have confirmation that the sound doesn't work

shame , didn't know that . Thought it was something like basic , like no one would care about it ! And this is no alteration in the software like the bootanimation (from .qmg to .zip) i merely replace the original

PowerOn sound .

I wonder why the kernel dev's would even bother to take out the script of the bootsounds !

Ik zal je zo een pm sturen met een adult boot ! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DaveDH:
these comments are the comments i love to see ! This i take as my reward of al the hard work !

respect !!

So you are in scotland now ? Cool ! Please tell me more 'bout it !

and to finish your help here with your Blade ... you're at an crossroad man !

one direction is to follow the way of the cynogen-kernel , having a lot of sound but not much action when it come's with battery life , The other road is the long stabile road with a lot of battery power of silence . And maby just maby , when you have patience and a little luck the dev is coming with an update that give's you PowerOn sound !

Who knows......

either way man ... shame we did not could give you what you want , but as an old bhudist saying goes ...

It is not about the goal you achive , but the road you must take to go to that goal

Peace !