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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
I made it after some hassle to create boot animations containing text "Samsung Galaxy S Plus" and a spinning S on top of it... after that one animation just keeps spinning that letter S, and other one goes to loading circle. It is not even near to original boot animation, but is something i guess :)

Instructions:

if you didn't, read this post 1st : http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1375547.html

1)Copy files to phone, and then use root explorer or similar file explorer app (Root Explorer-Google Play Link) or you can use some of free ones like Root Browser lite (Root Browser lite-Google Play Link), though i haven't tried that one.

2)Copy the sanim.zip of one of the animations to /system/media/. Make sure you have root access and mount your system to R/W access.

3)Make a backup of bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg, and if boot animation doesn't change delete these 2 files. (Be sure to back them up so you can revert if you wish later.)

4)Reboot and check it out.

Downloads:

For allowing custom animations:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=649989&d=1310233664

Animation containing spinning S download link:

Click me.

Animation containing loading circle download link:

Click me.

If you have any request for theme, don't hesitate to pm, i will do my best to make it ;)

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] texten:
i've just posted the original galaxy s plus animation here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1620959
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
Okay thanks for that too ... ;-) i can also make more of the animations on request ;-)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] texten:
i think a preview would be nice :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
Will upload a preview tonight at your request. Stay tuned, and thanks for your interest.

[edit]: here is preview of spinning s : http://youtu.be/UAfQeZw2Qpk

this is not actual bootanimation, since i added fade in effect to the logo on the bottom.

In 1 animation the S letter keeps spinning, and in second one there is spinning circle after the first part of animation is done. i will upload photo of it.

[edit2]: here is picture of the second part of loading circle animation :

p.s. on request i can make cwm flashable zip... and also this package an be adb pushed to the phone. I forgot to mention that in 1st post.
[LG Revolution] metriod:
Everything was working but when I try to root, it mess up my phone.

My Lg revolution is stuck on emergency mode, can't boot up or go to recovery mode.

When I boot up, it just stuck on LG logo screen. Two unidentified driver shows up but there are no driver for it.

when I go to emergency mode, it shows "Download is in prgress. Do not disconnect cable"

So I download the tot and register the vs910.dll and try to use LGNPST to restore it. it recognized the port. Then I pick vs910.dll and the tot file on phonebook recovery. Hit the start button and it give me this error "process : undefine cause : Cannot get binary version. connected phone is tool old or communication problem"

I try couple of times and on different computer, and it give me the same error.

Any solution?

anybody have the cab file, I want to try downloading through KP500-Utils-EN.exe
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
Read the instructions on the post VERY VERY VERY carefully. Do NOT write it to phonebook. You follow the instructions right and it WILL work.
[LG Revolution] metriod:
what instructions are you refering to?

When I'm on emergency download mode, there are only two things that I can do only. One is to pick the dll file and the orther is PB file. I select vs910.dll for dll file section and tot file for PB file section.

There are no other place to write.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337386

I suggest a "do-over" lol. If you write to the phone book it does nothing to the system, which is what it sounds like you need to write to the device. It should be asking for a .BIN where you select the .TOT file
[LG Revolution] metriod:
Actually the link you posted is only for phone that can boot up, mines doesn't boot up at all and won't go into recovery, just download or emergency mode.

I follow these steps but it didn't work for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1564941

writing a tot to phone book on emergency mode actually works on other lg models too. It doens't write a phone book but writes a firmware to the phone.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
Good find. I got mine back by just the fix any review post
[LG Revolution] metriod:
luck you, mines a paper weight now. sh!t.
[LG Revolution] ivalum21:
I'm not even able to get LGNPST installed. In that Step 1 it has two links, one seems to install LGNPST 2.1 and the other installs some LGNPST_CT. Do you need both? Did you install both?

My phone is in the exact same state as yours right now...except I don't have LGNPST working. Any help would be appreciated.
[LG Revolution] metriod:
yes, you have to install both of them. uninstall everything, and try again.

you don't have to install lgnpst_ct. Once you install everything lgnpst_ct should be there.

Just install everything in order

install LGNPSTv1.2_Store_Version.msi

then LGNPST_v1.2_Lab_Version.msi

then Components >> LGNPST_Components_Ver_5_0_12_0.msi

then GenericModels >> LGNPST_GenericModels_Ver_5_0_10_0.msi

I think I mess up on my recovery img, that why it didn't work for me. If you didn't do what I do, it should work for you.
[LG Revolution] gibbsrob:
I keep ending up in the same threads you are.

Just more crickets chirping.

NO help.
[General Questions and Answers] XdaJess:
Hello,

I would like to get into Android game development, mainly as a hobby, but given how obsessed I can get about hobbies I will not rule anything out! I have limited programming background (a bit of C, VBA, JavaScript...just the basics: variables, If/Else, For/While Loops, Arrays, functions, sub-routines etc..) but I tend to pick these things up fairly quickly....however I expect this to be a real long term project for me.

I have attempted to determine a sensible starting location and direction for a beginner to get started, but with so much information it really is a little overwhelming and I can't figure out what would be the most productive way to spend my time right now.

I gather that Android development requires Java knowledge, right? If yes, can anyone recommend any good websites/books with tutorials and code samples that can be used by someone who doesn't have an coding background already? To what sort level should I try to attain in Java before it's worth considering the Android specific side of development (I'm aware 'level' might be very hard to define!), or should I be thinking about these things in tandem from fairly early on?

If anyone has gone through a similar process, can you share your experiences? Pitfalls to avoid? Things not to overlook?

I have a couple of hours a night to dedicate to this for the foreseeable future, so any help filling that time efficiently would be much appreciated!

p.s. If there is a forum that is more suited to my question that I'm not aware of then please let me know!;)

Thanks!

Jess
[General Questions and Answers] cepcamba:
I once wanted to become a droid developer too bro! :p I didn't get far though as I needed to focus on my day job more.

Anyway, what I did was learn about SDKs first. Just google it up, there are actually a lot of tutorials on the web. You'll need to be prepared to spend some money though for the SDKs.
[General Questions and Answers] shanman-2:
you might get an idea here

http://marakana.com/s/intro_to_android_development_tutorial,1018/index.html

good luck :)
[General Questions and Answers] XdaJess:
Thanks for the advice, I noticed that google has it's own SDK, is it still worth investing in one of the other options?
[General Questions and Answers] XdaJess:
Thanks for that. I've watched the first three so far, and have Eclipse & the SDK manager set up now. It was interesting to see that Android code is actually compiled twice, and given that the second stage doesn't have to be Java, it means that you can write the apps/games in something else, e.g. C.

Do you have any advice regarding which language would be the most sensible to code with? Apparently C is much faster for some things, so maybe it would make sense to dedicate myself to learning that rather than Java?
[General Questions and Answers] shanman-2:
I don't know which would be best. All I can say is that I am learning java at the moment and hope to move on to android soon!!:)

Interesting to note Oracle are in court with Google at the moment in regards to copyright infringement. Android really is not a programming language , it's a mix of other languages....
[General Questions and Answers] Archer:
I recommend this book...

http://goo.gl/APX0w

You can obviously get it at other places, and cheaper than that too, but it's a great book. It covers setting up Eclipse and the Android SDK and gets you going with lots of the major elements of both Java and Android together.

I rate it, but I rate Sams books in general. They've always been good.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindicate:
Temp-Root?

How can I temp-root my Evo? I have the 2.3.5 update and want to get some system built in apps off like footprints. Etc.​
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindicate:
:/ any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
There's tons of threads how to root your phone, its not hard to find.... and bumping your thread every 2 hours isn't gonna get anyone to give u a handout when you could simply use your Google Fu and find your answer rather quick. Root evo 4g 2.3.5 ...oh wow look the answer :rolleyes: but let me make a thread wait 2 hours and bump it instead of taking 2 mins to use Google
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindicate:
Used google already... But look... I can't get TEMP ROOT for 2.3.5
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
There is no temp root you just need to root :-| you have to use htcdev to unlock the bootloader and then fastboot flash a recovery and then flash superuser and its binary files and if you Googled or even looked around in general and q&a you would know how to do this because its been asked and answered at least 2 dozen times since the OTA was pushed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trau89:
Like he said, no temp root. Go all in and make the plunge, its well worth it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindicate:
I know but my warranty... My dad won't lemme root it but I've had alot done with root... EVO 3D... Evo... Samsung... Ya know :) just want a temp-root... I Create apps so I use that in root too... But thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougfalk:
Easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission ;-) Besides, as long as the sprint worker doesn't know how to check your root, you're fine. Find someone stupid.

I've never used an s-on tool to remove my root but i'm sure you could manage getting your phone back to normal. if you ever need to use your warranty. And your Dad will never have to know.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
TacoRoot can temp root your device, but you can't really use your device while it's rooted (it makes it unstable). But feel free to try it, if you'd like.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vindicate:
Ok thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrandygets:
Why is that all the ICS builds that I have tried burn through the battery VERY fast? Am I installing them right? I follow the directions to the letter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
have u let the roms settle? by this i mean going through at least 3 charge cycles without a reboot, before judging battery life? if u haven't done this then u can't really judge until u do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mrandygets:
So theres a settling in period? I didnt know that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
yup, 3 full charge cyclss is the generally accepted rule. If u just flash and use, i guarantee ur gettin crap life. The rom needs to configure battery based an ur usage basically
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
So by 3 cycles is charge to 100% then drain to 0?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
yessir, that is correct
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] soda0289:
I had a problem installing SKY-ICS where when I clicked camera or gallery it would say "Media Scanner Running" and then close. This sucked because I couldn't use the camera and it would leave a service open Media Storage. That service would drain all my battery and heat up the phone until I did a force stop. I don't really believe you would need to do 3 full cycles, just check your battery usage under settings and see what is eating the most battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
I had the same media scanner issue. Tried 4 different ICS Roms over a week with similar results. I was burning about 25% / hour, so I had plenty of opportunity to run through full cycles. Couldn't get MS to shut off. Finally bailed and went back to stock unrooted today. MS hasn't been over 2% since. I really like ICS, but like my battery more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
Makes sense because on gb I didn't flash a rom for a month and it was amazing battery life lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
sorry this is wrong, ask any dev and they will all say the same thing. After a fresh install rom needs time to calibrate battery

this is an entirely different issue, but a known one,. fix is to wipe emmc and restore bit by bit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
I tried. I slowly added apps back one by one, and never restored data. Formatted ext. SD, moved files from internal, etc. Thought I had it fixed once after changing email from push to an interval. Media server immediately stopped running, but started again a few minutes later.

I think I've devoted 2-1/2 days of the last 7 to wiping, flashing, and restoring. Finally had to cry uncle before I get fired. I'm sure someone here can make it work, but it's got me beaten. I'd feel a lot better if I at least knew what was making media scanner run.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CZ Eddie:
Awesome battery life so far with sky ICS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
sounds like u didn't fully wipe emmc, just move files from it. Since u tried everything else, humour me. Backup both onto computer then thoroughy format emmc and external sd in cwm. Mount usb storage and copy over sky ics 4.1. Flash it. Download some apps from xda and market and monitor for a few hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] soda0289:
I'm sorry I'm a noob this is my 4th post. I thought you only had to calibrate battery to get accurate battery statistics, like time remaining and percentage, not longer life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
Should I wipe battery stats then go through the cycle?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] soda0289:
Thank you that was my exact problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
wipe battery stats in cwm does nothing, its a myth bud. Just charge to 100% and drain to 10% or less before next charge, try yo do it without a reboot. Reboot after 3/or 4 and u should be golden

read my post before this one, it should solve your problem, i hope lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
Thanks man, also I've always wondered if undclocking to about 1.2 ghz would help save battery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
yup, im running at 1188, but make sure u turn in force gpu rendering under settings > developer, that wil keep things smooth
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kr3w1337:
Don't ever drain a lithium ion battery to 0%. Never go lower than 15%.

It damages the cells.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
i did say 10%, because the phone estimating meter, like anything in current portable electronics, isn't entirely accurate. Ive had a lithium laptop battery say 0 and it still ran for another 20 min, just sayin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hyosungv2s:
hello

with the ICS leak, my battery works bad, a now I test superlite 3.1 rom the battery duration is amazing:D!, for now ICS leak have more problems and I wait for the ICS 100% stable
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Kenneth.Torres:
oh if i flash a theme will this reset the battery cycle?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yvrRome:
I don't believe in any of these power cycling the battery three times to get the best battery life after flashing a ROM. What kills the battery is the phone not going into deep sleep. I flashed superlite 5.0 and I instantly got fantastic battery life which is comparable to my experience with GB. All other ICS ROMs I tried had horrible battery life.

Now if you clear the battery cache, then probably it'll take you three cycles to get the optimum battery life. I don't clear my battery cache.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
Nope, ur fine

I don't flat out say this often, but you're wrong. multiple sources confirm needing a few battery cycles to achieve best battery life. Every ics rom, including the leak, has gone to deep sleep for me. its quite possible and far more likely u experienced an isolated incident for u only, quite possibly due to user error.

Also clearing battery cache or "wiping battery stats" in cwm has been proven to be a myth.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] scott14719:
Yep, in addition there are several other factors that can drain a battery besides "sleep". Signal connection strength comes to mind. A weak signal or no connection at all can drain a battery several times faster than a constant or good connection. There are also several tweaks that can be done to kernels to help battery life, but most of them require the kernel source, which hasn't leaked for this phone's ICS yet. Freezing or uninstalling certain apps can have an impact...the list goes on and on. So wake-locks are not the only source of battery drain. As far as giving three cycles for calibration...why not? If it makes a difference that's great, and if it doesn't, nothing has been lost.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yvrRome:
I read that too about battery cache that's why I said I don't clear it. Funny about user error since I test out ROMs clean untouched after flash. Of course there could be other factors, I mistyped when I mentioned only deep sleep. But you can't argue the FACT that after my flash untouched I had triple the battery life on one ROM compared to others. That's comparing same usage in same location for 15 hours after flash. Now after a few days of use, setup the way I want it, battery is still good but no different than day one.

Maybe there is a difference after several cycles but it won't be much. In 2 years I've been flashing Android ROMs I've never noticed any significant battery improvement after several days of use. And I've been cycling them because everyone says so.

That's why I don't believe in this power cycling. That's just my experience and you don't have to believe it. It doesn't make it wrong.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Make your own conclusions.

If you've noticed significant difference in battery life after power cycling several times then that's good for you. But just stating that you've read several sources that say so proves nothing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
In your entire time here it seems you haven't been to helpful and or just nobody likes what you have to say so I feel the need to to call the validity of your statements into question just because you refuse to see the difference does not mean that the difference isn't there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
I honestly doubt u flashed a from and left it untouched for 3 days, without installing or removing any apps, only setting up some email, phone calls, and texting.

I am not disputing the fact that some rooms have better battery life than others, I am disputing the fact that only ONE has good battery life and all the rest don't, when many users have stated the contrary, this indicates error nor your part.

As for your last point, this is true. Please explain to me then why several devs in there ops mention letting the phone go through a few charge cycles and configure itself before reporting on battery life. Its simply easier for me to explain that the phone is calibrating the battery than to stipulate that when a new rom is flashed several background processes can take place hours or days after before the rom is completely configured. This background CPU cycles and initial wake locks are what cause battery life to suck. You need to wait until they are no longer required before can accurately report in the roms full potential.

With all this being saidnu are still entitled to your opinion. But in the tech world, when troubleshooting, if the majority experiences one thing, and an isolated incident another, especially in debugging, the majority is usually taken into account first
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
Thanks a ton icenight. You were spot on. Finally quit running. Glad to be back on ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
just out of curiosity, and for the better well being if other new users who are bound to ask the same question. Did u move the files back bit by bit, and what did u exclude? Possibly narrow down and few suspect folders or file types?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Altarocks:
I initially tried to copy everything back, but no surprise that doing so brought me right back to the same issue. Ended up not moving anything back from emmc or ext sd. Instead bit the bullet and started over. Probably took me less time than slowly testing files and folders one at a time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
was hoping of maybe narrowing down the issue, but thanks anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CountryBoy_71:
Well thanks to the Q & A forum I have learnt something again today. I have to say that I never knew this either and have been perusing the forums trying to find out why my battery was stinking so bad (85% after ~2hours)...this may be one of my problems.

So therein lies my question. I flashed SKYICS 4.2E about ~1 week ago and never calibrated the battery. Is it okay to do now or should I wait, flash 4.2F as planned and do it then? Will it still work at this point?

Thanks again to all those who know that are helping those of us that don't!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] :
Its always OK to calibrate battery

What I do is charge to 100% then turn off let it charge till it says 100% then take off charger 5mins plug back in till it says 100% repeat until after that 5 mins you stay at 100%