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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
The.wav file is pushed to "/system/etc". Just copy paste the file there and then hard press and change file permissions to that of all the other system files. If you already have sound at boot up then delete that wav. File and replace it. Also make sure to rename to "PowerOn.zip" I'm pretty sure blazer 4.1 doesn't have a sound file so just paste it in /system/etc. Also if my memory serves blazer 4.1 supports boot animation unless you flashed a stock kernel or other kernel that doesn't support boot animation over the kernel provided in blazer, so to answer your question, yes all the boot animations will work no matter what ROM you are on providing that you have a kernel that supports boot animation, from ICS to GB. Just as long as you're not on a stock kernel. Im using rogue 1.4.1... gunslinger I believe. The only stock kernel I know of that supports boot animation is the new (ICS ) FE10 modified kernel with UN-Locked recovery.(thanks sfhub) Give me thanks if I helped you out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrkevo3000:
Thanks Timmetal bout to try it now..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
No prob. Come back in a few hours, I'm about to post some more! :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zx3junglist:
Thanks.. this will help us make our E4GT's really ours.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
I appreciate the support.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
I just get a black screen and no sound. I've tried sound file as PowerOn.zip and PowerOn.ogg. If I flash another boot ani from one made to be kernel flashable they work. I'm baffled.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
I made the instructions in the op pretty specific I thouht, but it still might be confusing. Ok as for three black screen. Means it wasnt installed incorrectly. Make sure you delete both of the original files in/system media. BOTH the bootanimation.zip and the sanim.zip file. Now you need to replace those files. take your new boot animation and rename it to "bootanimation.zip" with out the quotes. Now copy paste it /system/media. Now take that same file you just copied and copy it again to same location. rename the second bootanimation.zip to"sanim.zip". Now hard press on both of your newly renamed files and set the permeissions to that of the rest of the system folders. . ..

Reboot...

Now for sound. You had it named right. PowerOn.wav but it needs tho be pushed to /system/etc. Reboot. You good buddy. Now if it still doesn't work and you followed this specifically, then you need a kernel that supports boot animation. I would tell you how tho hack a stock kernel but its a little complicated i think. Hope this works out for you man.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eyeisdasteve:
Can't get sound to work on CM9.

Named right. Permissions set.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scubasteve19842004:
Got the animations... now for sound

got the animations running but im having trouble with the sound. Copied the sound file to system/etc and renamed it PowerOn.zip. Still not working :confused:. Thanks for the help
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scubasteve19842004:
Ok got everything working

Ok its working now. Had to change the file name for the sound to "PowerOn.ogg" :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eyeisdasteve:
Tried that too. Didn't work for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wraith404:
Honestly, I felt your instructions were very clear as well.

I'm using sfhub's "plus" kernel, which supports boot animation, I can flash a few other animations that were packaged for for install from recovery. I definitely had the PowerOn.zip(.ogg) file in /system/etc, and verified it would play as a .ogg using vlc.

One little deviation that I did have to apply - it is the death star ani that I want to use, but it's several MB to large for my stock el16 + ICS theme, so I removed about half the frames, but renumbered them all meticulously. Maybe I screwed the pooch there but I didn't see anything about the file structure that would indicate that. I'm going to try it all again. My best guess is that I have the permissions wrong. I even tried packaging them for recovery flash, but I fear I'm reaching there.. it flashed but still no go.

Could it because I'm manipulating the zip contents and re-zipping from windows?

Thanks for your help, these anis are awesome.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
glad you got it working.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
It seems like you are putting too much into it. If you are trying to rebuild the animation you may have to edit the script file associated with it to compensate for frame speed. Tell me how that turns out. There are several online converters to help with a project like that. I will not write a whole tutorial on how to make a boot animation at this time. Maybe a future post. There is a nice batch file you can use called boot animation creator. You can find it by using the xda search tool.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] watchout5:
I've tried 2 different kernels that have boot animation support and it's not working any way I try to update it. I follow your instructions exactly. I use Explorer ES, I copy the file twice renaming bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip in the system/media folder after deleting the old ones and it's just the stock SG2 boot load screen. What am I doing wrong? I'm definitely rooted, I've tried 3 different permissions settings from different folders in the area. Everything else is still fine I just can't change my boot screen, any tips?

Specifically I'm on FE16 Repack with ACS recovery. I also tried FD26 one with rogue and it didn't work either. Same stock boot screen.

Second edit - I thought I could extract the zip and use that bootanimation.zip but I still get the same stock animation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timmetal6669:
OK, firstly, let me suggest to try and use root explorer instead of ES file explorer. Es file explorer its a good program, but ive had issues while trying to over write files with it. Make sure that r/w is mounted on the sd. Also ensure that it has super user permissions prior to attempting to over write. You can check if your file explorer has su/permissions by looking in your app drawer and clicking on super user. This will bring up a list of apps that have su enabled. If your file explorer doesn't have super user permissions it will look like its over writing the file when its not. Finally if none of that works, try going into /system/bin/samsungani and rename toto something else... (i.e. samsungani.old)then rename /system/bin/bootanimation to /system/bin/samsungani.

Then it should change the boot animation kernel settings and load whatever bootanimation is at /system/media/sanim.zip, unless the kernel wasn't built from source. (some ICS leaks, AOKP/AOSP/CM9). You can also try running Calkins modified format to wipe your dalvik cashe after installing a new boot animation but PRIOR to rebooting. Some times data has a way of Swyping through from one ROM to the next while flashing. Hopefully one of these suggestions will get your boot animation up and running. Lemme know how it goes and gimme thanks if I helped you out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
one similar thread was close, but no cigar....so here goes

EVO 4G rooted Unrevoked with amon ra 2.3, phone has been working just great since November, only thing I have done to it is flash some Roms, right now its running the Express RC1, I tried flashing the latest version of Express but it wouldnt take, but thats another story.

I was planning on flashing to another ROM so I connected the phone to PC and copied folders from sd card to PC folder, then I went into recovery and was going to backup again but with nandroid, and saw that the recovery menu prompts were different than what I normally see on other phones I work on, which I use Amon Ra 3.11, SO.. I decided to "upgrade" to the 3.11, so I rebooted to bootloader, then fastboot, went to command prompt and sent the flash of recovery.img to the phone, it said it was completed and I went to switch to recovery and it hung up on the splash screen.

After waiting for too long I pulled the battery and tried again, same problem, so I pulled it again and tried flashing it with Android Flasher, same thing, no luck. I did some searching and looked into ROM manager, but that only works with Clockwork, and I have Amon Ra.

I've tried periodically these same steps over again and cannot get it flashed, nor can get into recovery, getting to the bootloader is fine, booting the phone is fine, and works fine, but recovery just wont do.

I have also read that I could just upload an RUU and install that, but that would eliminate the nandroid, and as last resort will do it, but is there some other way I can get to recovery?

Edit: regarding clockwork, could I also install clockwork thru ROM manager, then come around and install amon ra? sounds like I could but...?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volk9029:
You should try that, that's easier way for you. Then flash amon ra properly. Always check md5 sum of download, the file could have been corrupted.

Sent from my lair.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
Ok cool will give that a try later tonight thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
Well that didnt work either, went to the ROM manager, and flashed the clockwork recovery, rebooted into recovery but it never got there just hung up on the HTC splash screen before it, and I left it there for about 15 minutes.

I can reboot and its working fine, just cant get into recovery, what now?

Maybe RUU install?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volk9029:
Did you go in applications then settings and see if fastboot is unchecked. Or pull out the battery, then hold the power button and volume down and see when you get to the screen with three androids on the bottom, scroll to recovery and choose it by clicking power button?

Sent by the future owner of the HTC phone the government doesn't want me to have.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
Fastboot is checked.

yeah already followed this, many times, just hangs at HTC splash
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volk9029:
Fastboot needs to be unchecked., not checked.

Sent by the future owner of the HTC phone the government doesn't want me to have.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
Right, and I unchecked it when i saw it checked and still same hang up
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shortydoggg:
Try fastboot erase recovery through FASTBOOT, then flashing a Recovery image again. Won't hurt to try.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuetzpallin:
Have you tried to go back to 2.3?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705026
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gellybelly:
Alright finally it worked, I went into fastboot and erased recovery then installed 2.3 after downloading, thanks guys, not sure why it didnt work earlier, maybe installing over it was not liked, either way all done!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firtvid20:
Hello. I don't post here, but I'm thinking of moving on from my Nexus One to a Samsung Galaxy S II. I would like to when Samsung will stop manufacturing and selling the S II in Australia since the S III came out a few days ago.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
even thow s3 is coming samsung will not stop GS2 since its their flag ship model u can check the same with some samsung stores @ ur place 2 confirm;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firtvid20:
Cause the stores here don't want to tell me or they say when Samsung stops selling we stop selling.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViperAMD:
lol what?

Optus, Vodafone and Telstra has sold them for ages. Telstra even brought out their own specific 4G version.

Have you even looked?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattyh77:
And my crystal ball says ......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Of course they won't tell you (nor will Samsung tell you if you contact them directly). That's sensitive info for a company selling stuff. Given you can still get quite a few lower end Galaxy devices from many of the phone retailers (TeleChoice in particular), I think you'll find the SGS2 will be available for quite a while yet (end of year at least I would have thought; probably longer).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krico:
Why don't you just buy from eBay instead? That's where I buy mine from and never had any probs so far.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firtvid20:
Well I think it will be a bit until the S III comes out so I will manage to buy the S II.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vk512:
At least 6 months before Samsung stops delivering S2

Before stopping production of S2 Samsung will want to check the sales figures of the S3 on two quarters so you're safe to wait a couple of months.

But even if the S3 sells very well, the S2 is catering for a lower price bracket and still directly competing with iPhone 4 and 4s so they Samsung would want to keep it until their product segmentation drastically changes.

Crystal ball:

- if S3 sales are disappointing and iPhone 5 storms the market with real innovations then Samsung will want to compete on price (S2 at below 400US$ and S3 below 550US$) which will eventually come true in the ramp up to their newer flagship smartphone

- if Samsung limits S2 production to make room for S3 there might be a shortage and thus a price bump. Seems it's the better option here (as observed in Europe): we experienced inflation by 3-5% in the S2 price in the first months of 2012. If Amazon Europe is relevant, inflation is still not reversed. IMHO it could be that people waited for the S3 to be announced while Samsung slowed S2 shipments and they were disappointed with S3 (too large, nothing valuably new) and decided S2 would suit them ok.

So check the prices on eBay every week. In Europe you can still get it at about 500 AUD, so I guess it's a good target price.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firtvid20:
Okay thanks! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rivas741:
On the T989 the earpiece is right next to the noise cancellation microphone on the top of the phone. The echo is made the same way you get that nasty noise when you have two phone calling each other with speaker phone on right next to each other.

The temporary solution is cover the noise cancellation microphone with a small price of electrical tape. Put a case over it if you have one and its not noticeable.

You can also just lower the volume of the earpiece to reduce the echo.

Remember that the echo is heard on the other persons phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 80centjack:
I like that this is called a fix (sorta.) Because this will help people for now, but it's really just a workaround. If the issue exists in some ROMs and not in others, rest assured that it's software and that our talented devs will get it soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
When you use speaker, the hole on top is used as a mic
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigtom624:
I did this fix yesterday and it worked well all day and today, up until a little while ago and then the echo came back while I was talking to my daughter. Now it is actually worse then it was before. The echo is alot louder now. I tried to lower the ear piece volume but it dosen't help. I'm on the latest version of A.O.K.P.-v36. People are just going to have to deal with it, I love this ROM. I'm just gonna tell them it must be their phone not mine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tdizzle404:
Yeah I'll pass. covering up that mic causes horrible call quality, the caller may not notice it in your house but go outside or drive down the road and see how much they *****
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] algorhythm:
This is a fix like turning your phone off is for saving battery lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Hoezack:
Sucks that we have to do this type of stuff. I can't wait to get the next Galaxy Nexus. I'm never going to look back...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] masamichi7:
Heck, if my top mic is covered up even slightly, the call audio has always completely cut out. So kind of the opposite of a fix for me.

-the ultimate black dragon-
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tdizzle404:
Has anyone tried using a pair of headphones that have a mic? I think you wont hear the echo
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zander21510:
I think its just a design flaw, it doesn't matter if the mic is covered, the sound is transferred internally I bet because the earpiece is so close to the mic. If only there was a way to disable that mic...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fbiabani:
Yeah I tried this man, was really hoping it would work but unfortunately it didn't work for me.. But then again thats just me..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] oldfield16:
Are ppl just really really anti Bluetooth? I have a tiny one that's no inconvenience to me at all, and I've received zero complaints from anyone I've talked on the phone with.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
on which rom?

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:35 PM ----------

i haven't tried it with aokp and cm9, but when ics had the problem... which is sometimes still present (when speaker is turned on), I used the earphones + mic and echo wasn't present. it worked for me on earlier ics releases too. so maybe everyone's is different?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] oldfield16:
I've used Bluetooth on both aokp builds and every ics rom I've ever used since call echo was ever an issue, my headset reduces the call echo to nearly nothing. Very faint on aokp, completely eliminated it on the first builds based off the at&t leak.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] billydroid:
Couldn't we just put our finger on it? Avoids using tape.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Nope. Doesn't do anything. Tape didn't do anything for me either. What's waitig a few more days to a week for official ics? I'm happy with the leak. As cool as it is to run aosp /aokp I can't have ppl hang up on me when I'm on important calls.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thereaper1118:
Using headphones will fix the problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Still a temp fix. I don't always have my headphones connected and I'd rather have the issue resolved than do this. Tried having my headphones connected but it was ore of an annoyance to have to jntangle like in the car or pulling them out when walking around then just pulling my phone out and putting the phone to my ear.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Oskiee:
Tape on the hole up top doesnt work. A friend of mine still gets the echo when ever he calls.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Tape works inside. Outside it made Jo difference. Using a headset like the ones that came with the phone works great, but a hassle to carry around.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Oskiee:
Tape doesnt work inside, outside or in outter space, at least for me. Ive had it on since yesterday, and im stuck indoors until 3pm, and so far everyone ive asked as said that they have an echo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] maybeI'm:
I'm still on GB, but why don't people just turn off noise cancelation? That will just disable the second mic. That's why it works with an external mic - it automatically turns of noise cancellation.

This will all be solved once there is a native ICS - it has nothing to do with the hardware, its just a mismatch between hardware and software. Your current ICS roms just don't know the correct distance between the two microphones. Hence the echo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigtom624:
How do I turn off noise cancellation on AOKP? I haven't been able to figure it out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] casonswag:
U cant no option for that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigtom624:
I didn't think so. That's why I asked. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] monkeypaws:
Because it doesn't work for everyone. I was using a gb rom prior to switching to tdj tmo ics and turning off noise cancellation actually caused more noise distortion for the caller. One solution may work for an individual but not for all. I'm perfectly fine waiting for it to get fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tdizzle404:
Tape nor headphones worked for me
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychEinside:
can i just flash a new kernel in a current rom without flashing again the rom?is there any conflict may happen?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al_madd:
Yes you can..just wipe dalvik
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sesese87:
You should try this way;

in recovery

- wipe cache and dalvik cache

- flash dalvik-wiper, you can find it here (installation instructions)

- in advanced, reboot recovery mode

- wipe cache again

- flash your kernel

And enjoy!!:)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychEinside:
thanks for reply!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gildegan:
Im on cm9 20120510 with the autobrightness on and mDNIe in UI mode on, the usage is good or bad ?

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[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
Flashing new ROM use CWM!

But some update (~ 3-4MB), can i use Root Explorer to copy and replace old file (in "app", "system => lib",...)?

Hate flash must wipe all!

Is replace file is safer than flash ? :confused:(flash not wipe cause bootlop)!:(
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] simonekamikaze:
Yeah you can do it via root explorer ;) but, why u told flash cause bootloop?? O.o if u flash a Rom u MUST wipe data.. but if it's only a patch (like beats audio) you don't :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
What do the root explorer show is ROM or internal memory?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Anass Ahmed:
No need to wipe always.. if the update is small, just flash it without wipe. You can also wipe cache if needed.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xenv1:
What different between ROM and internal memory?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] simonekamikaze:
Rom: system rom like folders system, bin etc..

Internal: your apps data that are stored in internal memory of phone

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[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
suppose you are copying some files and there are some critical file being replaced and while copying mobile restart and copying was not done then there are chance of bootloop

in some update packages permission commands are written which cannot be done by just copying (an example of this is while updating su binary with superuser app it shows the progress, in somewhere there it is written that changing permission of file, and if you do not do this and just copy the su binary to /system/xbin you will loose your root access

odexed app cannot be installed just by copying they need to be flashed

so flashing is better than copying
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] MAD_psycho_Zz:
always use cwm that is safer than copyng and replacing files or folders ;)
[Nokia Lumia 900] bnathan:
Can you flash the UK version firmware on the AT&T Lumia 900? I am in Australia so the LTE isnt spported here anyway but the UK software is the Tango update and is unbranded.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
Ummm...why would you want to? Tango is the most minor of updates, that so far hasn't shown anything really useful for the 900. Why risk it... you can always pick up a HTC Sensation and fullfill your flashing urge there. I hear they have a ROM now that will turn that baby into an iPhone 6....with a few tweets and such....:o