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[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Jamesyboy:
So I just bought a Sprint SIII, and avoided the OTA like any tinkerer would. I flashed CWM, and rooted successfully, but I don't know what to do with the OTA. As this is a shared device, the other user is likely to install the update. Will we lose root after the update? There's been a lot of talk of updates here and all the searching still hasn't gotten me the info I need. Can a fellow get a hand? If it takes root, will OTA root keeper work? Can I just re-do the entire process using the toolkit and the AIO option?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] El Nivek:
You can't update with the OTA if you're rooted by going into Settings, so you should be okay.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] jamcar:
i was on LF9 then rooted it and flashed CWM so yes you can update or just flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1747560 it will update you to LF9

EDIT: it very well could lose root but yes it can be regained
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Jamesyboy:
So it won't touch CWM

Edit: The notification was there before we rooted, which is why, I imagine we still got it.

Clicked thanky.

Total confusion. So I have to apply the update and reroot in CWM...then the update will rewrite the stock recovery, and I reflash CWM...say, with the toolkit?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] fergie716:
Yes pretty much. If you apply the update on the stock rooted ROM you will loose CWM recovery , but you can get it back by using ODIN or the toolbox to guide you through it
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Ok. Guys, Ive rooted my samsung infuse along time ago with one of your guy's package deals via odin

Firmware 2.3.6

baseband of course i997 uclb3

kernel 2.6.35.7- i997ruxkg3- cl366622

Build Gingerbread.uclb3

is this a kit i can change my boot animation with or not ? ive tried everything i could possibly think of, and i know this is probably covered in here lol. its getting hard to find what your looking for here :cyclops: ive used bac lite and rom manager to no avail.... hell i cant even tell what rom manager is doing ( if anything) im not the most tech savey person but im no dummy dum dum either..<

not open for jokes lol. can someone point me in the right direction or should i change my rom n kernel package. this one is awful stable id hate to change it.. but for the greater good im willing :) please help!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dht2005:
sanim.zip or bootanim.zip on the sdcard somewhere... replace it manually i think... I'm sure this has been discussed before just run a search here on xda
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
I have searched.. not extremely hard tho. I have the bootanimation.zip file on the sd card I have one on the root of the sd card and I have a copy of it in system media I even renamed it to bootanimation. Qmg like my factory one but nothing. I somehow deleted my factory boot loop. Which doesn't bother me at all. I just wanna run BIOS or anything really... this is all Greek to me.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Ok. I've placed boot animation on the root of after card renamed sanim. Zip and nothing I've tried recovery install zip from sd. I've tried both the bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip. fail.... I'm probably about to give up on it...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xxxSuperserieSxxx:
Since your phone is rooted, if you have Root Explorer apps, open it the go to directory where your bootanmination.zip copy and paste into this directory " /system/media/ " make sure r/o is enabled and not r/w on your Root Explorer, if you want to backup your old boot animation rename to ex. bootanimation.zip.bak, Hope this one helps..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Thanks Yea I think it was set rw thanks!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
OK so I already had it there all I need to do is unchecked all of them except read only? Water about the executable..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
idk wtf is going on...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NunHugger:
Your permissions should look like this.

View attachment 1181938

I am using the stock boot...but yours needs these same permissions.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
See it's there as r/o everything done. Now reboot n still nothing..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Awesome does it matter that it's the only non qmg file there?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
OK so I renamed like yours. Did all that n. Nothing.....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mg2195:
Try sanim.zip ...are you using stock kernel? Maybe try flashing a kernel like zens or entropys...I know with Zen you have to name it bootanimation.zip...not sure if entropys are bootanimation or sanim

Also when you reboot are you still getting the stock boot animation or a blank screen? If your getting stock bootanimation then your zip is named wrong, or the kernel doesn't support it. If your boot anamation is black or blank then its named right but there is something wrong with boot animation itself...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
No I get blank screen have since I deleted the stock one...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
OK I renamed ur way still nothing... it just go to the blank screen. Same shyt it's done since I deleted the bootloop thing about a month ago.. I deleted thinking it was a for sure thing and bam nothing. Okay well wats the best way to flash a kernel? I haven't tried just changing kernels.. supposedly this rom n kernel is good to go...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
I officially give up. I'll probably just change my entire setup...

I don't want to but none of these are working and I just want this phone setup my way.... :( so in not so many words lameage!!!!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NunHugger:
Thunk maybe the boot animation might be the issue? Have you had it working before? What device is it from? What animation is it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
Looking at the OP's first post, looks like they are using the stock kernel.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mg2195:
What was the stock one that you deleted named? It has to be the same name...maybe it was ATT_bootanimation.zip -that's what it is on my vivid...

Also flashing a kernel is easy...if you have cwm just download the zip and flash like you woul flash a Rom but only wipe cache and dalvic cache

If you don't have cwm then download sgs kernel flasher from playstore, extract the zimage from the zip and flash the zimage using the app

And make sure that it is a working bootanimation...when you unzip it it should have 1 txt file called desc (I think) and folders named part00-part0"x" "x" representing a diffrent number. The zip can not be compressed...it has to be in a store setting
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
No I remember deleting bootloop.zip I believe or stockbootloop... maybe I should revert to stock and start over?...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
It is BIOS,legend of Zelda,kingdom hearts from back lite. Everything I'll me I change it from there it says it found boot location as bootanimation.zip I check within back lite to see what boot animation I choose and it always says I choose black android which I haven't nor is that even on my phone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
All of the animations I flash have desc.txt and the part 0 part full of PNG files.when I move it to system media I can no longer see the PNG files.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Okay so im back to the original root deodexed download i had originally flashed i now have rethink possible back. Now lets try this again.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Nope not rooted back to stock froyo... Ugh man o man o man. Lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
The ibe guy that said it looked like a stock package i believe was right i think it was only rooted and had bloatware removed. could someone post a libk to a rooted custom rom and kernel package that i can use odin to flash. It would need the pit file tar file and all other imp components.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
OK so I restored my phone thank goodness I made a restore point before I deleted the bootsamsung.qmg I have root and custom binary.... I'm gonna try naming it as such
[Samsung Infuse 4G] mg2195:
Ok I think the problem is the stock kernel...I don't think it allows custom boot animations, just download one of entropys or zens gingerbread kernels then flash it like you would a Rom minus the wipe data/factory reset
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
Yea see it's too much plus by trying to change to infused and Ivan I somehow got a new one..... still on gingerbread tho
[Samsung Infuse 4G] eg92hatch:
infuse boot

im new to this, ive searched around the forums an cant find any help...ive got an infuse with custom rom ics 4.0.4...it had a alliance rom boot animation...i tried changing it an now all the shows is a flashing android animation...can anybody help me with this??
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jlboy85er:
I hope you made a restore point?.. if so get into recovery n try that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wongSlam:
Hey everyone! So I switched from an iPhone 4 to the One X about 2 weeks ago and so far, the HTC is a beast! ALMOST no regrets switching (although the google play store lacks in certain areas). However, I'm pretty big on customization and my iPhone was jailbroken and all tricked out with different themes. So far, I haven't found the degree of customization that was available on the iPhone for the android. For instance, one big thing I noticed is that the notification bar on sense (or in general actually) is tightly integrated with the ROM, so you would have to make your own ROM to customize the notification bar, as opposed to changing images on the iPhone.

There are quite a few launchers available on the Android, which makes changing icons, docks, and lockscreens more centralized than on the iPhone which is a nice plus. So what do you like to do with your android? Do you hook it up with some themes, spice things up a bit, or keep it stock/vanilla? I'm thinking of developing themes, that's why I'd like to get your feedback.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] E.Cadro:
You don't need to create a Rom to theme an android device most of the status bar icons are in the systemui apk you can use an app like 7 zip open the apk as an archive navigate to res drawable-hpdi folder you find all the battery, data WiFi icons in there find the icons you wish to replace them with size and name them appropriately and drag and drop new icons into the folder then push apk back to the phone. You could also try a Rom like miui aokp or cm9 which has tons of pre made themes available.

Sent from my Nocturnalized Beast
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wongSlam:
Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely look into that later. I have tried the CM9 mod as well as the MIUI one, however they still have certain features missing (Sense camera along with 4G LTE). I'm just wondering what launchers/lockscreen apps you guys use and whether you pay for them or not. I have a GO Locker theme on the market right now, but I'm still wondering if that's the most popular lockscreen. I'd appreciate people's opinions on theming, whether they look at the play.store for them or elsewhere.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rickmarz:
You could look in MyColorScreen.com to have an idea of what can be done on android customization. You will find some great work that people have done to there phones and what apps they use as well as wallpapers and icon packs.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] E.Cadro:
Your welcome and I use adw ex launcher. Widget locker and MiLocker for lockscreen replacements. If you click the AAA logo in my Sig I'm a cofounder of the group android augmentors anonymous there you will find some great screenshots as well as resources that members have have shared.

Sent from my Nocturnalized Beast
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] wongSlam:
Wow! Great site, that is actually really helpful. Thanks for sharing :)

Ah thanks, that's really what I was looking for. I've tried ADW EX launcher and I really liked it, but right now I'm using GO Launcher just because it has a few more effects features than ADW. And man, so many screenshots in your group! Probably one of the best Android groups I've seen on deviantart!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamTWOcats:
I just got my galaxy nexus today, and I wanted Jelly Bean on it.

So I rooted the stock ICS 4.0.4. Everything went perfectly. Then I was following a tutorial that told me to flash a rom for a GSM radio, but I'm on Verizon. I didn't notice this and I want to change it. Obviously.

However, for some reason my phone refuses to flash anything in the bootloader and I don't know why.

I'm on Jelly Bean 4.1.whatever build JRN84D.

Does anybody know how to fix this??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] radioarizona:
You rooted it, but did you unlock the bootloader?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamTWOcats:
yes thats one of the steps to rooting the phone. I have the little unlocked icon when i turn it on.

this doesnt make any sense to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamTWOcats:
well tbh, I'm not really sure how flashing things works. I have android SDK running and everything.

all the command prompts i see just say fastboot flash blahblahblah.

nothing happens when i do that.

where do the files need to be for me to do this?

i guess you can consider me a noob
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nevrlow:
So ur stuck with no radios?

In cmd prompt can u navigation to fastboot. Then fastboot devices (enter) does it show a device online?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamTWOcats:
ok. i figured out how to flash the CWM recovery. then after doing that I put the superuser on. now when i try to perminently flash the CWM by downloading the Rom Manager App, it says that it doesn't have permission through superuser but never prompts me to allow it to have permission. why?

I probably could just flash a radio if I knew which one i should put on here lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nevrlow:
Only need to flash cwm once.

Sent from my GneX....Oh you jelly bro?

87 Mazda RX-7 <3

94 Mazda M edition Miata
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
What do you mean you put superuser "on"? You put it on your SD card, went into your temporary CWM recovery, and flashed superuser from there?
[HTC Sensation] yus99:
I was trying to flash faux kernel via recovery but i got the status 7 error so i guess the problem is that because iam s-on so plz anybody knows how to flash a custom kernel with s-on:confused:.
[HTC Sensation] kgs1992:
Flash the boot.img from the zip via fastboot.

You can find the instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25587345

Make sure you use the boot.img from the zip & not the one from the guide.
[HTC Sensation] yus99:
HI

So just to make sure these are the steps:

Put the"boot.img" in your "C:\Android" (or wherever your adb and fastboot are located)

Shift right click in the white space on that folder

Select "Open command window here

Type in: adb

Type in: adb reboot-bootloader

Your phone will reboot, wait until you see a white screen which says "FASTBOOT USB"

Type in: "fastboot flash boot boot.img"

Wait until it's done flashing

Type in: "fastboot reboot"

One more thing i didnt see the boot.img in the zip of the kernel there are three folders:

1- kernel

2- META-INF

3- system

In the kernel folder there are these files:MKbootimg,dd,unpackbootimg,zImage,mkbootimg.sh,modclean.sh

What to do I am so confused:(:(:(
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
thats a recovery flashable zip

you can flash that via recovery only

as you are SON ...better have 4EXT recovery

there ..just enable smartflash in 4EXT-> tools and then flash the kernel package

EDIT:

this thread explains the reason for error 7 and the probable fix

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1556620
[HTC Sensation] yus99:
hi

just one more thing do i need to uninstall my current recovery to install the 4-ext one or just install it.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
just install it either via fastboot

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

recovery.img from here (its rc3 ...and latest is rc5 btw)

or

via 4EXT updater app available in sensation development thread
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
I've had the link below for a while now. Figured I'd post the link up, so it could help some of those out there just starting out.

Android Terms,Slang & Definitions
[EVO Shift 4G General] VICODAN:
ANDROID:

A PHONE OPERATING SYSTEM BASED ON LINUX OMFG.

BTW THE MASCOT IS A LITTLE GREEN ANDROID "SK8ER GUY6969"

^this is supposed to be a joke and in all caps.
[EVO Shift 4G General] prboy1969:
:silly::p:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamrico00:
Ok, ive got a new galaxy nexus and its awesome! Im on the tmobile 5gb $30 /MONTH plan and its all I need. But I want to port my number to google voice and utilize the tmobile plan for the internet to connect to google to call. BUT, the problem I see is that SMS (?limit on google voice) and no MMS. So, heres my question;

1: Im setting up google voice with my number (ported) - connected with csipsimple for calling and receiving. This seems to be the best solution for this at the moment where when MY number gets called my tmobile "fake" number gets the buzz and when I call - the recipient gets MY REAL number. Is this still the best method?

2. SMS I understand through google voice or google or whatever is possibly unlimited. But is there an app out there or CMW flash that allows me to "fake" the number on outgoing texs/mms so anyone who recieves them from my "fake" phone sees the number from my REAL phone?

- Either that or a service that allows that feature?

OR

Is there a better method to get my number to google voice and have full VOIP (making/receiving) AND to utilize simple to use (preferably native sms app) to text sms/mms? Im open to ideas!

Thanks guys,

Rico

NEXUS RULES!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
It's definitely a method. There's no perfect method when you're dealing with GV and VOIP solutions. Its gonna kinda be a hacked together job no matter how you do it.

SMS is unlimited. MMS isn't supported with GV. There are some (root req'd) apps that will integrate your GV SMS messages into the native Messaging app, otherwise you can just use the GV app and not deal with that stuff.

There's no way to get MMS on Google Voice. Just how it is. And like I said before, there's no perfect way to set up GV + VOIP apps. Its all a little rough trying to get it together. Check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646755
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamrico00:
Ok ... "There are some (root req'd) apps that will integrate your GV SMS messages into the native Messaging app"

What are they? I wouldnt mind finding out about these apps... thanks

Ok - if google voice will be hard to accomplish with SMS/MMS are there ANY mobile phone portable VOIP service that does support sms/mms? Thanks

I dont care if I have to pay a little more for the feature - I just want some service to port my number to so I can jump around on tmobile att simplymobile or straight talk if I need to. Any thoughts?

Thanks again

-Rico-
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamrico00:
bump
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iamrico00:
bumps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I believe this is the one I was thinking of. There are others: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS5tZHJ0b29scy5hcHBzLmd2aW50ZWdyYXRpb24iXQ..

I don't think any of them support MMS. Some may support SMS. Google Voice really is the best option honestly if you don't wanna mess around with other solutions. It kinda just works. You just lose MMS on your native #. You'll always have your current carrier # to receive MMS if you really need to...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paulieb81:
I certainly am interested in this idea as well. Thank you for all the links and info.
[HTC One S] rudeson:
I was editing the Build.prop file to run NOVA 3, until I made some stupid change (probably ro.board.platform=msm8960) and now the phone won't pass the HTC logo screen. How can I edit the file back, or even flash a stock ROM?

Thanks a lot

[Edit: Already solved the problem flashing a RUU]
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kauaison:
Brand new phone, maybe I made a mistake on setup but doubt it. Why is gmail not my default email upon clicking 'email dev' in the play store, instead it goes to my yahoo pop accounts?

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thatotherguy..:
Go to settings and account & sync and add account click gmail.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kauaison:
Thanks for th reply, but gmail has already been added, I find no option in email or account settings to make gmail primary?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] par05is:
Go to settings >apps>mail and clear defaults
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dannydeez:
Open your regular mail app(NOT the gmail app, but make sure you are on your gmail account obviously), then click on the "menu" button, then click "settings", then click "general settings", and then you'll see a check box that says "make default account"
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kauaison:
No luck. Clearing defaults button appeared to initially work until I tested it, no prompt for action, went straight to yahoo. Second option didn't work either, general settings for mail shows a greyed out checkmark for default app and does not allow me to uncheck it, no option for default in gmail.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] riceatusc:
app launcher >settings > app associations >email > compose gmail
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kauaison:
Winner! Thank u! Not familiar to that new menu option (app associations).

:)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dannydeez:
Mine is set to "compose mail" under app associations. I dont use the gmail app so I didnt check the compose gmail option. The way I suggested earlier should have worked for you. Thats really weird. Did you do the same steps I listed for your other email accounts to make sure that one of them wasnt checked off as the default account?

Either way, as long as your problem is resolved its all good. Im just curious as to why the other way wouldnt work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] riceatusc:
Glad I could help. HTC made that menu to get around the Apple patent issue
[HTC EVO 3D] sgaheer:
Use this link to show you how to get Tegra 3 improved graphics in dead trigger

http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/07/05/...gra-3-extended-effects-on-non-tegra-3-device/

Tried it and it works

Edit: it has come to my attention that this is not the original link

Go to here for the original post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28264365&postcount=54
[HTC EVO 3D] Frazer Scott:
Worked for me too :) The game is allright.
[HTC EVO 3D] 00mpollard:
Worked perfectly.

Thanks!!

:good:
[HTC EVO 3D] The Troll:
shhiiittt...

i cant belive evo3d can actually run that game :P

i feel like a king *puts on sunglasses*
[HTC EVO 3D] felacio:
Proof once again that "Tegra powered" games is a marketing ploy.

What's so hard to believe? Just because the 3D didn't sell well doesn't mean it's underpowered. Hell, I bet the original Evo 4G can play this just fine too, even without the graphics turned all the way down.

in fact, I'm going to try it right now.

OK, so I was a bit optimistic about not having to turn the graphics all the way down. But still, it's easily playable.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgaheer:
Yup adreno 220 kicks ass

And tegra powered is just for marketing
[HTC EVO 3D] The Troll:
dude.. its turning up the graphics..

i didnt think it'll work.. not this fast atleast..

damn.. we need more hacks like this.. ._.
[HTC EVO 3D] milk070:
Noice , it worked for me theres water that drips on the sceen but the only thing missing is water on the ground
[HTC EVO 3D] sgaheer:
It should work for water on ground, worked for me
[HTC EVO 3D] macwes:
Works great thank you!
[HTC EVO 3D] dwiedunia:
Yup...this worked great on ics rom too
[HTC EVO 3D] tiboric:
Good game and good tip.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] milk070:
okay i fixed it , i didnt set my setting to high befor messing with the xml file , make sure you do it first or it wont =)
[HTC EVO 3D] Skyty:
Does this only work on cdma phones?
[HTC EVO 3D] IxBUSTERxI:
Nope. Works on gsm, too. Works basically on every android-phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
How do we find out if our ROM has the new drivers?
[HTC EVO 3D] Skyty:
Really?? Because I can't find that file anywhere :/ its like not existent :/
[HTC EVO 3D] IxBUSTERxI:
You'll need root. It's there. I did it.
[HTC EVO 3D] Skyty:
My phone is rooted. I went to the / directory, the I went to /data/ and it says directory is empty :/
[HTC EVO 3D] IxBUSTERxI:
Which explorer are you using? I'm gsm and the file is there and editable. Here's a screen.