[Galaxy S III Android Development] killbubble:
Foxhound 2.7 Problem

Salve a tutti!

Hello!

I don't know where ti really post this....i was hoping to find a troubleshooting thread for foxhound somewhere but xda app sucks and i'm on cell browser so i'll just take my chances and post here, don't hate me if this is the wrong section ;)

So i'll be brief cause i don't want ti annoy anyone.

I recently installed the latest foxhound 2.7 rom (android 4.1.2 version) on my galaxy s3 international i9300.

I wanted to set a custom bootanimation.

I knew the package bootanimation.zip is supposed ti be replaced in system/media, but i found nothing....so i was like "wat???".

I read on the web it could also be found in data/local. But i found nothing.

A friend (also foxhound user) suggested just letting rom toolbox pro (another cool app) automatically handle the problem.

So i installed the bootanimation through rom toolbox. When previewing current bootanimation on my cell in rom toolbox nothing happened...weird.

So i checked the file system and saw it basically had copied the package in data/local.

I took my chances and rebooted....the rom booted without crashing (luckily) but with foxhound's own bootanimation.

How can i set up a custom bootanimation with foxhound 2.7??

Why has the dev modified the bootanimation's behaviour? (In earlier roms i remember it wasnt like this).

My friend also suggested there existed some sort of recovery-flashable package ti ENABLE custom bootanimations on roms...but i didn't want to risk and posted here instead.

EDIT: Might i add another problem/bug i've been having on the foxhound rom. (And also say i flashed it from zero, not updated it. And all i put in it were my apps with data through batch actions in titanium backup).

Bug: every so often (id say it could be a couple of hours) i find my cell completely unresponsive with a black screen and led light turned on and blue after having left it in my pocket...this is a serious bug, because i need to restart the cell and because this drains my battery life.

EDIT2: I've got 2 very serious new bugs to report!

1- if i set the samsung alarm with "smart alarm" setting (sveglia smart) when the alarm goes off and as soon as i TOUCH the screen the phone reboots (but actually gets stuck at bootanimation because i can still hear the sound of the alarm). If i do not set smart alarm this doesn't happen.

2- sometimes when i go to the play store and search for something even with internet connection it doesn't load. I have to close play store and reopen app for it to work again.

I hope someone can get these bugs fixed soon....

EDIT 3: FIXES!!!

I have a couple of solutions to my problems.

1- custom bootanimation not allowed

2- screen turn off and unresponsive while blue led on (this actually is sds, sudden death syndrome, i didnt think about this cause samsung had fixed this by updating their kernel for s3 long ago).

3- alarm clock crashing if smart alarm set on.

Fix: flash a recently updated kernel (no older than beginning of summer 2013) for s3. Turns out my foxhound rom (who knows why) had an old kernel (probably an old siyah) and it was afflicted by sds and didn't allow for custom bootanimations and a couple of other instability terms with new samsung based roms. just flash the newest siyah/boeffla/perseus kernel and you should be good! :)

I suggest to raffaele to overlook ALL options and mods within the aroma installer because also in the past it led to unwanted rom breaks (crossbreeder crashed the rom and since then i never used it within aroma installer).

Also to include other launchers and remove the less used ones...go launcher ex would be nice.

Thanks to all and grazie a raffaello per una rom cosi spettacolare,

Mario.