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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Anolnx:
I recently bought an Huawei u8350 from the french operator Bouyges Telecom. THe rom has very few customisation, but annoying enough. It is:

- a Bouygues Telecom start screen,

- Two apps that links to Bouygues Internet site.

OK, I really HATE the boot screen from Bouygues, so I did my own boot screen. And if I can somehow help some people with sharing my work, let's do it!

I found an Huawei boot screen from the u8100. I croped the files to the u8350 screen format, and here it is! A nice boot screen for my boulder.

For the quickstart I read that the file size must be small, so I reduced the color ammount, took only key frames, and I got a quickstart boot screen.

Now to install it... To allow operator customisation these files are in /cust/ partition. For Bouygues Telecom it is in /cust/bytel/fr/media/

So: prerequisite:

1- a functional devkit. If you used SuperOneclick to root your phone it is fully functional.

2- a rooted boulder

For windows users:

- Make sure you activated the USB debug mode,

- connect the boulder to the PC, activate the USB drive, copy the 2 files (bootanimation.zip and bootanimationex.zip) to the sdcard.

- desactivate the USBdrive,

- launch a cmd window,

- type "adb devices", you should see your device on the list

- type "adb shell", the shell starts,

- type "su", the # prompt appears,

- type "mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock8 /cust", the /cust partition is now writable,

- on the boulder, use a file explorer (I use ES File Explorer and activate the root mode in the prefs) and copy bootanimation.zip and bootanimationex.zip to the place where your original files are (make a backup perhaps, in case you hate my work),

- if you want, as long as it is writable, delete the operator apk that you don't use (by me they were in /cust/bytel/fr/app/).

Done! you can reboot the phone and enjoy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ducatman:
hello

i am the u8350 french version

have you the rom stock for this phone

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Anolnx:
No, I don't have the stock rom, but if someone can find it i'd be happy to flash my Boulder.

The only thing to take care about is the keyboard! With these hard keyboards it is easy to loose the fr keymap. The best idea is to find how it is configured and only then to flash it.

I got a clue: in /cust/bytel/fr/prop/local.prop there is this line:

ro.config.qwerty_type=fr

Should it be in /system/build.prop in a stock rom? No idea ATM.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sosococo:
Hello

Thank you for this topic.

I'm newbie here and It is my first android phone I have got. I'm sorry but I try to follow instructions, what is a root boulder. I have got some problem with superoneclick I click on "root" button and the software stop to work.

Can you send me in PM, French this tutorial.

Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cyberangel22k:
Hi.. I tried these and successfully overwritten my bootanimationex.zip. I tried to open the archize on es file explorer to verify if it replaced the contents and it did. But when I try to reboot, my bootscreen wasn't changed at all... Any suggestions please? I'm using a branded U8350 tagged cloudfone temption by Globe Telecom Philippines.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Anolnx:
Did you replace both files? Bootanimationex is only for short boot sequence.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cyberangel22k:
I have no bootanimation.zip only bootanimationex.zip.. however, I found another bootanimation and bootanimationex inside /system/bin but I can't decrypt those files.. they are not in zip format.. tried it but it's broken when extracting it. any suggestions will be great... By the way.. I'm using the kenyan stock ROM..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kaliroot:
Hello,

Both zip files are located under /cust/bytel/fr/media folder.

It works fine on my Bouygtel U8350 boulder.

Thanks for your job.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cyberangel22k:
Sorry for the late reply but I got this working by placing the bootanimation.zip inside /data/local or /system/media (which ever you prefer) also, you can change the splash screen (egg timer) by creating a 320x240 rgb565 format using paint.Net and hex editing load_oemlogo located at /system/bin/... find the code that looks like /cust/$/oemlogo.mbn, something like that (depends on what Rom) the change it to /data/local/ and place the image you created to /data/local and rename it to oemlogo.mbn... finally open terminal emulator and key in

Su

Load_oemlogo

Reboot

Your splash screen should have changed..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zenaufa:
Thanks for the tips :D it's working on my boulder :D
[HTC Desire S] geekynoob:
:):) respects and thank you to all the awwsome developers here...

was using a samsung galaxy ace..and was rooted and enjoying it..!!

Now have switched to HTC Desire S....a devil..!!

been enjoying it...

but since i knw "u dont own a devise until you root it" so logically i want to OWN it now..!

but hv confused myself biggg tymm.. :(:(:(:(:(

read too much here on xda and on google as well...

somethngs are clear..lyk i hv to get s-off...(i checked mine is S-On)

but m confused hw to do it..!!

my h-boot is 0.98.0002

and software rom is 1.47.XX

i need help...how to s-off dis boot version..!

clear steps..!! PLS.. :)

i will b realllly thankful to all of u...

(posting first tym u find any mistakes...u can pull my ear.. :) i dont mind..! )
[HTC Desire S] MarlX:
It's all here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Read your PM, i've sent you something.
[HTC Desire S] emuinthebox:
+1

Read from the link above, I rooted mine using info given on above link.
[HTC Desire S] Muru11:
S off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvg0i8in96M

this video will help u s-off n root..its simple..

i own a desire S..using runnymede 3.0
[HTC Desire S] geekynoob:
thank u soo much for sharing d link...i suppose u too followed dis video... Right???

EDIT-Video downloading.....I suppose i hv to gather d guts to do it..!!

mine is hboot version 0.98.0002

hope it works wid it too....
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Still not rooted? C'mon, just get in there and do it buddy! It's not so scary once you've read the instructions. :)

Best of luck! :D
[HTC Desire S] qpkqkma:
I have HBOOT 2.00.0002 & SW 2.10.401.8

I check it, its S-ON, recently i unlock the bootloader.

What should i do for S-Off and Root my device ?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If you unlocked using HTCDEV which I reckon that you did, then you can't make your device S-OFF without using XTC clip.

But you don't really need to, there is no need for you to root, simply flash a custom ROM (which all come rooted)

Although first read this thread, as you'll need to manually flash boot images after flashing ROMS.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19071114#post19071114
[HTC Desire S] qpkqkma:
Ok, i download a CM 7.1 night 59.

What should i do now ? How i flash it, and what should i do after.

Can i have a recovery without root ?
[HTC Desire S] relios:
thnx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] wrexus:
There have been reports in other forums of connectivity issues when using the mobile hotspot (verizon provisioned). Some of the reports have indicated that verizon and motorola are aware of the issue related to MTU setting.

Personally, my laptops are able to connect and work properly, but my Kindle Fire is only able to connect with limited success. i.e. downloading books works but most web browsing fails (hangs forever trying to load page). Cloud music also works. But apps don't download.

I've checked the maximum MTU without fragementation and it seems that the verizon mobile hotspot fragments over 1400bytes while my home wifi fragments over 1500bytes.

I created this post because I haven't seen other similar post on xda-developers and wanted others to be aware of this issue that I've heard also affects ipads, ipods, and macbooks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] alexinmontreal:
Kindle connectivity

Hi,

I also had problems staying connected with the Kindle. I was able to solve the problem by making the DHCP IP setting on the Razr start at x.x.x.50 instead of 1 or 2. I've never had a problem since.

I hope this helps :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jmsmeltzer2000:
Hi guys, I had the same issues while using Verizons hotspot . I could only connect to some sites like craigslist and google, other sites like Yahoo and cars.Com would not connect. The fix I found was to install wifi tether from the market, open and before connecting open settings (under menu), then checking "routing fix". That took care of all my connection problems. Let me know if that helps. P.S. give me a thanks if it works out.;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tadpole88:
Can you please explain in detail which wifi tether app from market to use because all of the ones I have downloaded have not had a "routing fix" feature.

Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
Its the latest from Google. It even has a profile for the Razr. Just Google it from the browser & you can d/l it & install it directly.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zhxiaobo:
:)

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list new version wifi_tether_v3_1-pre111.apk , have "routing-fix".

thanks! it working in my xt910 razr!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tgeigel:
How do I know if I have the razr gsm or cdma? :)

Update: so after I dl'd the wifi app I am no longer able to use my wifi tether thru USB. Anyone else experiencing this issue? Anyone know how to fix it?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MrFrankfromCM:
Does using this app do anything, raise a flag with my account for tethering/hot spot?

I did verify it does work on the XT912 and Kindle Fire though. :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
I am new to this tablet Arnova 10 G2 (101c). Got it like 2-3 days back. Trying to know it better, so don't flame me please.

I got the rooted firmware on through one of the bundled apps - arctools. So now, here are my questions:

1. Camera:

My camera works. But I can't see where it stores the pics. Even doing a media rescan in settings menu doesn't seem to help.

2. Internal Memory:

On the back it says the model is 4GB. But inside, when I am browsing in root explorer I see over 7 GB free. I have copied over 4 gigs of pdfs (books), and still have over 3 gigs free. Over 7 GB free space on internal SD normally translates to a 8GB model. This has got me perplexed.

3. Battery:

Installed battery calibrator. I drained the battery full until the tablet shut down by itself. Then I charged it to 100%. Used the battery calibrator to delete the batterystats.bin file. Then charged it until the light was green with the tablet off. Turned it on with charger unplugged.

I put it on a movie at about 60% brightness. After about 5+ hours, it was at about 55-60%. Then I took off the movie for some time, turned the brightness to 0, and was doing some browsing, and now I noticed battery at 65%. Battery usage details show spikes moving up while I was simply using it and no charger connected.

Is this normal? How long does it take for the battery to normalize?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Someone help me please. Even after 3 full charge-discharge cycles, my tablet when kaput from about 30 to 0 last night!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] przemke:
Regarding the pictures I won't help you till I have the tablet but speaking of storage you clearly got the 8gb model if you're sure there's no external (micro sd ) memory counted

Regarding the battery it seems that you messed too much with it unnecessarily and now (guessing) the battery electronics freaked out or the li-ion cells got damaged because of a deep discharge.

try to use it normally charging from say 10-50% when needed to full and after some cycle maybe it will get better ?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southphillysean:
this isn't the Arnova 10g2 (Philly tablet) your speaking of is it?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Nah. I got this from a store here.. it says Arnova 10 G2 (non philly). Philly is a different version of the same.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
I don't really know about this. All I did was a couple of full charge-discharge cycles, and nothing more.

And it showed ~7+ GB free on internal memory (without any sd card inserted).
[General Questions and Answers] kyle.minton:
Okay I'm selling my iPhone 4s and am going to get somewhere

Between $600-$800 I am really missing android and I need a new

Phone I'm on AT&T and want to obviously get a gsm phone and that's

Android and I want it to be dual-core and have a decent development

Community what I have already looked at is

•HTC Vivid

•AT&T Galaxy S2

• GSM Galaxy Nexus

I want my phone to be top of the line for awhile till I get a new android

In August or a iPhone 5.

Any Suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] Jonny:
HTC Sensation or HTC Vivid are the best phones atm in my opinion
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
Get the Galaxy Nexus. The Vivid won't see ICS for quite some time.
[General Questions and Answers] rolear8:
I have checked and, the best is the Nexus and the SAMSUNG GALAXY S 2 II SKYROCKET, i will get the skyrocket.
[General Questions and Answers] kyle.minton:
Well I'm worried than the exynos processor

In gs2 is far superior to the Qualcomm in the

Skyrocket in terms of power management and

Speed
[General Questions and Answers] kyle.minton:
Well I'm going to root it anyway so it'll be getting

Ics soon I just want a phone that is fast and good on battery

Life so how does the nexus compare to the vivid or gs2
[Xperia Play General] Jordanooo:
Hi, I was just wondering about this phone. In thinking of getting it because of its gaming pad, but is it as good as its made out to be? Also, the phone in general, good and bad things and whether or not you like it. Literally everything :)

Thanks!
[Xperia Play General] daymo:
I bought one on saturday from Phones4U £130, there are a few games free for it -Dead Space, sims3 , battlefield- the pad makes it a joy to use, I did have a desire,and chunky fingers meant using the touch screen for gaming was awkward. Although there is some bloatware that cant be removed this phone has been an excellent purchase for that price it runs all the usual Android apps,build quality is ok and you will need a bigger memory card -8GB isnt enough IMO- I havent used the music player yet so I cant comment on that side(despite having 300+ songs on it) best get to a shop and try it :D
[Xperia Play General] Jordanooo:
Cool, thanks. The fact that ICS is virtually confirmed makes me want it more :)
[Xperia Play General] Erikwithafro:
Anyone you talk to who has this phone will tell you how much they love it. The emulator capabilities alone are worth the phone. Having a phone that acts portable PS1/SNES/NES/Genesis/GBA WITH the gamepad...c'mon it doesn't get any better than that!
[Xperia Play General] ps3taker:
Best gaming phone to date. One if the best phones ever

Sent from my R800i
[Xperia Play General] pricey2009:
Just get one mate
[Xperia Play General] xrishox:
that and the fact that it has an unlocked bootloader! how can you go wrong?
[Xperia Play General] yyz71:
Ya this phone kicks ass big time!! I love my play :) always on it.. Just got fifa 12 and it's only for the play at this moment. IMO you should get this bad-boy..

Sent from your wifes bedroom :-)
[Xperia Play General] dmcliam:
Xperia play runs n64 emu very well.ive downloaded 20 roms and with the controls after you configured them wow.amazing thing is!they all run very smoothly.
[Xperia Play General] noojster:
BPE

Best Phone Ever :D
[Xperia Play General] Jordanooo:
Looks like I found my christmas present ;)
[Xperia Play General] b1g1an:
You certainly have, I only wanted a new phone and this is easily the best value out there at the £120 (don't forget the £10 christmas day credit that's included). Another £8-£9 for a dock and it's just about perfect. All this before you get to it being a nifty games machine too!

I came from an iPhone and couldn't be happier.
[Xperia Play General] Jordanooo:
Know where I can get it for less than £150 on tmobile? That's the cheapest I've seen it
[Xperia Play General] mixalot2008:
yeah this phone is awesome! sometimes i wish it was dual core but its so fast who cares!
[Xperia Play General] The_other_ray:
Yeah, I got spoiled by the game pad quick. I can finally play shadow gun and nova the way it was meant to be because it's so much easier to move, look and shoot at the same time now.

Plus being able to play all my childhood games on snes and n64.

This phone really is a one stop shop. Watch movies, read books, web surf, play games...the best phone I've ever owned.

My next phone will definitely have to have a built in game pad. :)
[Xperia Play General] b1g1an:
Phones4U as a PAYG upgrade.
[Xperia Play General] Jordanooo:
Its been bought and is waiting to be opened on christmas :) can't wait!
[Trophy General] jackgopack4:
Dear Verizon HTC Trophy users, I am trying to program my HTC Arrive for Page Plus, but no tutorials seem to be quite getting my phone's data to work. Could someone who knows their SPC or is willing to look it up tell me their settings listed when you dial ##DATA# please? And/or, back up all your settings to a qcn file using QPST?

I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
I am failing at making a bootanimation.zip and I am not sure why. Anyone experienced want to take a look at my file and give me a hint as to why this doesn't work? It gets rid of the default Android, but just displays a black screen until the homescreen shows up.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
Did I stump everybody? I figured I was just missing something silly like the picture files need to be in 7.5 bit format or something.

Sent from my Epic 3g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chkchkboom:
I haven't a clue...I'm just here to help that uncomfortably alone feeling. :-( good luck
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svfreddy:
Id like to know/learn how to make a bootanimation is there a section/tutorial on this somewhere??

I see there's a section on theme-ing. Am i mising something?

Sorry not trying to thread jack, just thought the OP can shed some light.

Good luck on your question!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
Haven't tried it yet myself, but I've noticed these tutorial threads in the past:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096068

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starskyrob:
You must save the zip as an uncompressed zip file. Compression level should be set to storage mode.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
I hadn't seen that first thread (or the tool in it). Neat. Thank you. Wish I had seen that before I started.

It still didn't work, but at least that lets me know that it really is an odd problem. :)

That I am doing. Though I have noticed that sometimes "store" in WinRar compresses by just a few bytes. I made one that was completely not compressed (byte match for stored size versus on drive size). Still not working, so I've ruled that out as being the issue.

I'm attaching a version created by the tool in the link above. It still doesn't work. I have no clue why... still looking for hints. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
That looks like it'd be a cool animation. I'll mess with it later when I get home. But at first glance comparing it to other animations I have that work, they are either greyscale or RGB jpgs @ 72dpi. Yours are indexed pngs @ 300dpi. That link says png should be ok, but it says to use RGB. Maybe you could try that next.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
Here you go. I converted the images to 72dpi RGB jpgs. I'll still probably try again leaving them as 72dpi RGB pngs, but these animations work now.

I included your original 30fps version, but also slowed it down a bit. I think the 12fps looks good, but unless you have just wiped your dalvik cache, you might not have enough time to see very many blinks. The 21fps version isn't bad, but I think it's still a bit too fast. Tweak the speed to your preference.

These are not flashable, btw, so just copy over with root explorer or whatever.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Has to be renamed sanim.zip to work in GB.

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
True, I guess I assumed he was using a kernel with the symlink to bootanimation.zip since his phone was actually trying to use the original file. Thanks for the reminder to anyone else trying to get this to work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djjoshplacid:
I've tried this myself many times to no evail. I get boot animations from a rom that i like and try to put the boot ani in a diff rom and it never works. i'm never able to get the files into the other zip. I can't wait till i figure out how to completely customize roms to exactly what i want! i'm learning a little more day by day. this thread has helped me a little and will now be my reference if i run into this problem once i finally make my own boot ani. Thanks guys!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMMusic:
I am thinking the editor I was using for the images was doing something funky. Anyway, much appreciated, the 21 fps one works beautifully. :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbelos:
GIMP is typically the only image program I use, hasn't failed me yet.
[General Questions and Answers] iamnarada:
What is the possibility/feasibility of hacking the Jawbone Era to get some of the functionality of the Jawbone UP. Specifically, how feasible would it be to use the accelerometer in the Era to monitor the level of physical activity of the user and pass accelerometer data off the headset via Bluetooth to the connected mobile phone.

My understanding (which is admittedly limited) is that that the Era has a accelerometer, and may even have the same accelerometer (from Motion X) that the UP has.

Are there any APIs that Jawbone has released that might reveal if it would be possible to get the accelerometer data off to a handset via Bluetooth?

I understand that the placement of the accelerometer (in ear/on head) may not be optimal for physical activity monitoring, and may require some adjustment of the algorithm, and that the headset is not comfortable enough or stable enough in the ear to be worn to bed (no sleep monitoring). However, if data can be synced real time via Bluetooth, it would enjoy a pretty significant advantage over the UP.

What say you all?
[General Questions and Answers] JarkMackson:
I personally would be very interested in this as I have an ERA and have tried many times to get an answer from Jawbone about when their promised updates to the motion controls would be released, and no one there even knows who I should be talking to. it would be nice to be able to actually use the earpiece for what I bought it for and I'm thinking about looking into starting a class-action suit for false advertising.
[General Questions and Answers] kishu27:
What feature exactly are you talking about that's missing in the stuff and advertized?

i'm using a jawbone era and found out all of them working fine (TapTap, ShakeShake, Double ShakeShake etc)
[General Questions and Answers] Bamabillyp:
I had to do a factory reset bust since they are out of business can't find a way to upgrade the firmware. Does anyone know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deezid:
Hey guys,

I have to return my nexus tomorrow (yellow screen).

Is there anybody who did a nandroid backup of the stock rom? I flashed Android Revolution without doing any backup before :(
[Android General] kingdomseed:
Rosetta stone just released their TOTALE Companion app for Android:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rosettastone.mcp&rdid=com.rosettastone.mcp&rdot=1

However, for some reason my rooted G2x running a version of Cyanogen is listed as not compatible. Can anyone PM me the APK or post it in this thread? I have TOTALE and I want to be able to use this app!!!