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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
because you've already figured out lots of things already, why don't you move to FC18 rom. There would be lots of benefits on it.

Currently Calk's tweaked FC18 rom is available along with Rogue FC18 recovery kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jess813:
Not to go out of subject but I decided to go back to stock due to all the little bugs with the new ICS leaks, ex: notification sound, GPS, Camera takes a looong time to boot up ( sometimes) so I said "eh Im going back to stock "

Has these things been worked out in FC18?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
I did not notice any issues on FC18. It seems like lots of people are now satisfied with this rom. Again, up to you.
[General Questions and Answers] mgf8384:
I cant get CWM installed on my RAZR. My phone just sits on motorola logo screen until i hard reset. I have a EU model as i live in UK. Ive installed Bootstrap, but cant get into recovery to install CWM. Also, i tried safestrap, and with that program i couldnt install any ROMS. Can anyone advise? I am rooted using motofail.
[HTC Desire S] geenux:
Hi,

I got an HTC Desire S from a friend for free! Cool ain't it? Yes, but there is a catch, he gave it to be because he couldn't get it to work again.

Here is the situation: the phone boot until the HTC boot screen, then is stuck. The only thing I have access to is the recovery menu.

The phone is not rooted, everything is as it was when it was bought from SFR.

- I tried removing the battery for a while and putting it back in, but that didn't work

- I tried doing a factory reset, but that failed

- I tried using and HTC RUU to install the system, but that too failed.

- I tried something by putting a zip file on the SD card name something like PD..IMG.zip, but the recovery menu just said it couldn't load the file and that's it.

The bootloader is HBOOT-0.98.0002, if that's helpful.

So, I'd really like to find a way to install android on this phone, and have it working again!

I'm not a computer noob, I'm even writing some softwares for both android and computer.

However, I'm not really familiar with the whole process of fixing a phone, and so far everything I tried failed.

I would really be grateful if anyone could show me the way, because right now I'm lost in the middle of all the methods!
[HTC Desire S] orb3000:
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Thread moved to Q&A due to it being a question. Would advise you to read forum rules and post in correct section.

Failure to comply with forum rules will result in an infraction and/or ban depending on severity of rule break.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Sounds like the eMMC is gone. Hard to tell though since your phone is stock.
[HTC Desire S] RolF2:
@geenux

I think you can start reading here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1150917&highlight=emmc
[HTC Desire S] Jack_R1:
Check and post why RUU is failing. "It failed" doesn't tell anyone anything. Since the phone is stock, you'll need the latest compatible RUU for the phone (if branded - RUU of the brand, if not - generic RUU).
[Galaxy S II General] rohan999:
So guys...after surfing many websites..restoring my nandroid backup for almost 10 times i finally found a safe way to edit the build.prop file.. I don't exactly know if this happens on other android smartphones but whenever you try to edit the build.prop file via any editor on your phone or in my case even via adb i get bootloops...

So i tried remounting system and then unmounting it...i tried many file editors file explorers but every time what i got was a god damn phone stuck at the galaxy s2 logo :mad:

And also i would mention that I SEARCHED OVER XDA TOO!!.....the guys had great tools developed but they did not work in my case either.

So no more talkingss.....just how to do it...its rather very simple...you just need an app called Rom Toolbox...its free as well as paid too...download as per your requirement.. AND obviously YOU NEED ROOT.

Well open it(duh) and go into the performance tab and select the build.prop editor...well i will explain you what these values stand for...i am not going to explain each and every value but the ones you would require...leave the unlisted in the comments...

ro.build.date - Change your roms build date

ro.build.description - Your phone's description

ro.build.display.id - Change the build no.(dont use it on custom roms....respect the devs)

ro.build.product - Change your model number....

ro.build.version.release - change the android version(not really actually :D)

ro.product.brand - Phone's company (Samsung in my case)

ro.product.device - Change the device name

ro.product.model - change the model number

ro.sf.lcd_density - Change the lcd density(dont ask me what it is...google it)\

So guys dont change the values out of range like setting lcd density to 5000...or anything else...and also if anything happens to your phone I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE....

also this is my first thread so guys bear with me....i am a new semi pro java developer i would really like to contribute....
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
build.prop editing = Root Explorer, long press, open in text editor...
[Galaxy S II General] pissyhun:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
Or build.prop editor from the market.
[Galaxy S II General] hussainmushahid:
Never had any trouble editing the LCD Density with root explorer :/
[Galaxy S II General] admartian:
I second this.
[Galaxy S II General] rohan999:
I had bootloops....

I had bootloops dont you guys read.......!! I used root explorer...and text editor too

May be its the rom thats causing problems......
[Galaxy S II General] bpivk:
Check for ownership and permissions before restarting. They are probably messed up and are causing bootloops. Or you made a typo somewhere and cause bootloops that way. Root Explorer always works fine for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Irvysan:
No bootloops here either using root explorer or rom toolbox
[Galaxy S II General] kyleforge:
Maybe it's you bro
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Please be dont be too hard on him. And i heard someone said it needs to be edited at two places sometimes, but i didnt read the threaded comments till the end. Its lost now. I guess thats that the thread starter means. On some roms, it caused bootloops. Is there any special thing to be taken care of cuz bootloop does happen on certain roms when u edit the build.prop on certain custom roms? On stock deodexed roms, no issues for me
[Galaxy S II General] VAXXi:
The OP is definitely onto something, because it happened to me.

Specifically, I was trying to edit the DPI setting. Out of the stock ROM, the lcd_density setting was present twice in the file (kind of strange, but oh well - normally it shouldn't cause problems). Edited from 240 to 200 without typos, I'm not allowed to do that due to my line of work :) , reboot, bam! boot loop.

Replaced the build.prop from backup, edited with "build.prop Editor" from Market - no problems. Really don't see what was the difference, except the duplicated key which was gone after editing with build.prop Editor (probably it does some sort of unique key checking). Oh well, not serious enough to investigate further.
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
How did u replace it with ur backup? I normally restore back my nandroid. Is there a much simpler way such as putting it in an update zip or something? Mind to share?
[Galaxy S II General] rohan999:
thank you really mate....you are not like the others who just need a reason to insult.....well this is my first thread...so its noobish....but i am a programmer (java) so i will be bringing some good roms later..
[Galaxy S II General] VAXXi:
I made a copy of /system/build.prop before editing it, of course. After rebooting and getting the bootloop, it's just replacing this file from the backup copy.
[Galaxy S II General] lsv-1:
I've been using build.prop editor from Nathan Campos, 0 issues so far. :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Im still not clear on this. How did u managed to replace when u cant boot the device and edit it back again to the working build.prop. Did u push back via adb or some update.zip?
[Galaxy S II General] VAXXi:
The device boots just fine, it just doesn't complete the booting process and remains at the spinning S with blue particles. You can use ADB during that time.
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Noted. Thx :)
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Most of us didn't insult. Don't jump the gun. Just giving the other side of the coin. Root explorer editing works fine, as others have stated it's possibly a messed up rom giving weird permissions to build.prop. chmod 644 build.prop usually solves the issue though.

I can't speak for everyone, but I wasn't hard on you... Noobs are noobs and I'm fine with that. Most info is readily available on the forums though... Just not necessarily on this forum. ;) XDA is bigger than the sgs2 forums and other communities have very interesting ideas and threads!

***edit*** yeah, after re-reading, noone was harsh in any way. So... yeah! :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] rohan999:
Thats rude......
[Galaxy S II General] randomA:
hi, i justed f****d myself up with all of this. i cant access adb on my sgs2: usb drivers from google sdk arent recognized in recovery mode, and in boot sequence welll... it just doesnt do anything.

i absolutely need to replace the messed up with the one backuped but i don't know what other method to use. I am not sure the USB Debug on my phone is active or not.

i was considering using a zip patch , but i would need a working build.prop to do that. anyone can help me please??
[Galaxy S II General] BopNiblets:
I'm in a similar situation marco, except I'm connected to the USB while my phone is in the boot loop, I rebooted my PC, connected the USB cable and turned on the phone normally, didn't have to install the driver or anything.

I have adb and Quick ADB and I want to pull the /system/build.prop file, edit it and push it back if I can but I haven't used adb commands before, do I need to mount /system first?

Any help would be great! :)

Edit: Ok, after getting some success pulling and pushing the file, however the phone is still boot looping, I'm at a loss now... :(

I added one line to the bottom of the file through EX Exlorer text editor, now I remove that line and push the file back but it won't boot, YAAARGH!
[Galaxy S II General] andy j:
Just buy Romtoolbox

-- Build.prop Tweaks --

☆ Easily edit your build.prop

☆ Change lcd density, improve battery life, increase performance

- Auto Memomory Manager -

☆ Set minfree values & select from presets

☆ Apply minfree at boot

- SD Boost -

☆ Increase the speed of your SD card

- Sysctl Tweaks -

☆ Modify sysctl values
[Galaxy S II General] randomA:
hello.

i don't actually know because I think i didn't have the usb debugger enabled so i was quite f*cked up. at the end of the day i just had to reflash the stock rom thru odin and it somewhat rebuilt the system folder leaving all other data intact.

that was pretty much it.

i think that if i had usbdebugger enabled and could have used adb, now i would have probably been more knowledgeable about it and could have helped you better :<

sorry
[Galaxy S II General] Tekn010933:
They Read, they just don't want to listen? :)

---------- Post added at 06:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:44 PM ----------

They Read, they just don't want to listen? :)

anyways thanks for the thread!
[Galaxy S II General] moparfreak426:
Es file explorer does no problems...... Always changing line persist.ril.uart= xx-xx all the time experimenting
[Galaxy S II General] xBlackDroid:
i have tried this before without issue's

Thanks for you're time for post this :D
[Galaxy S II General] xut508:
Very useful thank share
[Galaxy S II General] vynes:
I have the same probleme and i use an edit file explorer when i edit the build.propr i have boot loop.... Permission are ok.

And that work with RomToolbox thanks guy !
[Galaxy S II General] victoram:
wrong topic
[Galaxy S II General] area4689:
i managed to change lcd density from 320 to 240 using official ICS stock rom UCLF6. but now i have a new problem, my home screen shrunk to have its regular size. the other half has no functionality whatsoever...how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S II General] zemko:
Can I ask what lines should I edit if I want my phone look like another phone? I have Milestone 1 and I am not able to buy some apps, but I planning to buy Nexus 7 in december and I want to use the sale time on Google Play...

Thanx for advices

Edit: I just noticed this is SGSII thread...and I can't delete it
[Galaxy S II General] basketor:
I tried to change the build.prop as well recently, and I prefered to edit on the computer and to push the file with adb, and i got stuck at the galaxy logo

with adb shell i looked the kernel log with dmesg command and I saw this line

even after pushing back the original file it wasn't working

I don't know what is the nature of the verification.

i didn't checked if the message was there with a untouched build.prop, but I guess it's not
[Galaxy S II General] aceav8or:
Learned this the hard way too ...

I wish I would have checked here first before I tried to modify build.prop a couple days ago using the text editor in ES File Explorer. I was really scared when I could not boot my phone. Luckily I had TWRP and a backup copy of build.prop I could swap back in. On the advice from a guru friend (who probably read this thread) I ended up downloading ROM Toolbox Lite from the Play store and that Prop editor worked like a charm.

Lesson learned: research the file first before f#$*ing with it!
[Galaxy S II General] basketor:
so i answer to myself

the secure thing issue is about the rights who where 666, and it disappear when doing chmod 644
[Galaxy S II General] Røhîţ:
i have apice mi 449 is suitable for editimg build prop

i habe spice mi 449 is suitable fo editing build prop
[Galaxy S II General] akhil.k.sugathan:
remove the image in about

Hello guys , I have an image describing the rom in my about menu could any one please help me to remove or change it
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
I figured I would share with the community since people are finding ICS a little tricky

*JUST AN UPDATE. I FOUND THAT THE BEATS AND VZW FOLDERS CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER OF IMAGES*

What you need:

boot animation creator.exe (windows program) get it at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1234611 (credit to despotovski01)

7zip (windows program) http://www.7-zip.org/

fotosizer (windows program) http://www.fotosizer.com/

some type of boot animation (youtube video, collection of images, whatever)

the stock VZW boot animation (attached)

file explorer app (root explorer, es file explorer, etc)

Steps:

create a folder somewhere that you will be working from

in that folder, create a folder named VZW

use fotosizer to rename the images.

USE THESE SETTINGS : Preset size - original, destination folder (the folder you created earlier named VZW, output format - JPEG, file name mask (this is important) render_720x1280_compress %NNN

add your images to fotosizer and click start. it will output the images to the folder you chose all named "render_720x1280_compress xxx.jpeg"

grab the "beats" folder and the "android" folder from the stock animation

place these folders with VZW

open the boot animation creator.exe

choose the folder that contains beats, android and VZW and choose next

HERE IS THE TRICKY PART: the settings have to be like this or it wont work

android - 1 15

beats - 1 15

VZW - X 90 (x can be as many times as you want the image set in the VZW folder to repeat)

width - 720

height - 1280

speed - 15

choose next and save it anywhere you want. The file must be named Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip

Place the zip on your sd card and drop it where ever you ROM has its boot animation (either /system/customize/resource or /data/local or /system/media)

change the permissions to RW-R-R using a file explorer and reboot

IF YOU DON'T WANT THE BEATS ANIMATION:

use fotosizer once again to rename your first 35 images to "Beats Audio Animation as JPG Seq XX" the same way as you did with the VZW folder and place them in the "beats" folder

you will need to redo the naming process again for the VZW folder

follow the same steps for the bootanimation creator.exe program

IF YOU WANT LANDSCAPE

Simply open the folder that your images are stored in, single click on the first image, press and hold the shift key, click on the last image. right click and choose rotate clockwise. proceed as normal.

you can also create a flashable zip (include with the tools and credit Mr.Smith317) with the animation placed in the correct location

(there may be other ways of doing this process, but this ways has always worked without fail)

DOWNLOAD THE TOOLS
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
Adding sound :

grab your sound file. it must be an mp3 and shouldn't be longer than 15 seconds

rename it to android_audio.mp3

the default.xml file in /system/customize/CID needs to be edited

find this line 3/4 of the way down in the xml file

<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip"

add this to the end

"audio="/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3" audiostart="VZW"/>

the whole line should be

<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip"audio="/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3" audiostart="VZW"/>

*notice "/system/customize/resource/Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip? thats where your boot animation is stored*

place you audio mp3 file in the same folder as the boot animation

change permissions to RW-R-R

reboot

the sound will start to play when the VZW folder images start. if you want to change this edit this part of the line you added

audiostart="VZW"/> to what ever folder you want it to start at
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
THANK YOU. i wanted to port my boot animation but it wasnt working. i cant wait to try.:D
[HTC Rezound] silverxbv2:
I made a ton of boot animations a while back, mostly for the inc and EVO. I opened one of the stock Rezound ones up the other to look around inside at the files. Why are the folders duplicated? The one I looked at has 2 beats, 2 vzw, etc. They seem to have the exact same images in them.

Also. Which animation does what? On a couple if Roma I tried the.boot animation was different depending on how I booted. Doing a full power down and reboot was different than doing a hot reboot.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] who MIKE D:
Hey man im not sure if you put the wrong thing in there or if i'm retarded, but the "Boot Animation Creator.exe" is a shortcut to the program not the program itself

Let me know if im missing something, thanks dude :D
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
Must have grabbed the wrong icon for the zip. I'm stuck in bed with tbe flu right now. I will try to fix it in a few hours

sent from your mom
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
They only need to have one set. Not sure which one you were looking at, but only one set is right

I think fastboot uses a different shortened animation

sent from your mom
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Fastboot doesn't show any animation at all unless you full power off as far as I know.
[HTC Rezound] killerb777:
Boot animation creator: http://d01microapps.elementfx.com/Downloads/install_bootanimationcreator.msi

feel better man
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
I agree.....

Actually I think it uses hTC_bootanimation

sent from your mom
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Front page man. Good job.
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
sweet.......
[HTC Rezound] knuckles562:
If you change "render_720x1280_compress 0%N" to "render_720x1280_compress %NNN" you don't have to go back and add the extra 0 to the first 9 or fix anything over 100.
[HTC Rezound] racinwarrior:
nice...ill update the OP thanks
[HTC Rezound] who MIKE D:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/make-your-own-ics-boot-animations-for-the-htc-rezound/

Hell yeah man good job!
[HTC Rezound] infamous_6969:
Sweet!! I wanted to make a boot animation for my phone.

Thanks
[HTC Rezound] xarmorx:
FPS?

First of all great guide, and congrats on making the first page. I was wondering if there was any way to increase the FPS (im trying to increase it to 25) of the boot animation, I've noticed that anytime I change it in boot animation creator, my animation doesn't work anymore. If I can't change it in the boot animation creator, what would be the best way to speed up the frames a bit? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Rezound] homeslice976:
First of all thank you OP for this walkthrough. I have a Vivid and haven't been able to get bootsounds to work. With a little guidance from post 2, we have bootsound!

Xarmox - In all the animations I've ever made, there should be a desc.txt in your animation's .zip, along with the image folders. In this .txt file, the first line will display "width height framespersecond". You should be able to speed it up/slow it down by editing the fps

Also to OP and anyone else who might be interested - if you leave off the audiostart="folder", it will just start the sound at the beginning of the animation, rather than looking for a specific folder name. This would allow other animations that don't use the same folder structure to utilize the sound. However if you only want your sound to start at a specific roll of images, this is a great addition!
[HTC Rezound] xarmorx:
thank you for the advice, the problem I'm having is that anytime i change the FPS in the desc.txt or in the boot animation program, my boot animation doesn't play on my phone when i boot up, it just shows the splash screen until the phone boots up. Its as if the ReZound won't play any boot animation unless its at 15 FPS.

I tried deleting every other image in the VZW folder and renamed them (I think this would give the appearance of ~30 FPS, when played at 15FPS), which isn't the preferred way, because its gonna make syncing up the sound that much more difficult. Maybe I could figure out a good pattern of frames to delete to give the appearance of 25 FPS.
[HTC Rezound] homeslice976:
Don't know if it would matter or not, but are you putting the edited desc.txt back with Store compression (file size and compressed size the same)? I use WinRAR to do this as it allows me to select compression level every time, but have to use 7zip for a lot of the other things I do that don't require Store compression, it seems to just know :)

Edit: Keep in mind I'm saying this without ever having played with a bootanimation for a Rezound. I have a buddy with one, if you're still having trouble I'll put one on his and see what I can do next time I see him. Or maybe OP can chime in with some knowledge
[General Questions and Answers] eolson30:
I was rooting my Inspire. using the aahk. it was going great. it installed a list of updates and then said patience, new preccess starting. and the Inspire screen was black, it was in this state for 3 hours. now it wont do anything. i took the battery out and turned it on the "HTC" logo starts then the screen fades to a black/brown color and nothing happens. I read to add PD98IMG.zip to my SD card and that should fix it. but i got nothing.

phone: HTC Inspire 4G.

Gingerbread: 2.3.3

Is there anything i can do to fix this. please help
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] tonebone:
I looked and searched and couldn't find a similar thread. I sold my Kindle Fire and was thinking about getting another one, but right now I am really into playing NBA Jam and was wondering if anyone has it working on their Fire.

I went into the Google Play Store or whatever its called and looked at my previous devices and one Kindle Fire is Grayed out, but another Kindle Fire says it can download it.

Thanks,

Tony
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] airmaxx23:
I've got it working fine on my Kindle Fire running CM7.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] lordsofletterbox:
It works very good on stock os as well..well I am running GR7 so its not fully stock.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] tonebone:
Thanks you 2. I was totally expecting to get hit by a Flaming Fireball full of Insults.

I'll go get another Kindle Fire tomorrow.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] DJLamontagneIII:
+ 1 works great