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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yrakun:
Hi

Til recently i had Samsung Omnia 2 and i know a lot about Windows 6.xx

but i purchased Samsung S2 and now i want to install custom rom ( Tweaky ROM ICS 2.0.1 by coldflid

to be precise)

I have couple questions.

Flashing with Odin is identical as flashing WinMo with OCTANS Downloader so that is clear

But how to flash with zip firmware (i dont have md5 and tar files but only Zip archive in which is packed OS

Do i need to "Root" with CF-root file and Odin ? and if i need to do that which CF-Root i must pick up cause there is lot of different versions

PS.

Sorry for bad English and thank you in advance
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Before you do anything with your phone, read the Stickies. Everything you need to know is in those threads. You seem as though you're trying to take shortcuts, taking shortcuts leads to broken phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheStickMan:
Go read the rules, then come back. This entire thread is wtfbbq.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] minaru:
Alright. Well this is what happened. I Installed hell fire latest cm7 and then I kept getting SOD's. So I read up trial and error with kernels would fix the problem so I tried to change the kernel to the trinity kernel. Then everything loaded but in the OS everything was crashing and it said my sd card was corrupted. Then I restarted into clockworkmod and used the nullifer to clean everythign up to reinstall a clean hell fire cm7 rom again. Then tried to reboot. After I pressed reboot it just kept rebooting into clockworkmod and I have tried to restore froyo but it just keeps rebooting me into clockworkmod. Any suggestions?

Edit:

Well I just tried going back to stock recovery and then after that I went back to the clockworkmod external by using the onclick recovery flasher and it still does not work.

Final Edit:

I solved my own problem by going to this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248644

Close this thread please. ^-^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jbzcar:
Anyone else have this happen? Is it a kexec thing? I have to reboot twice each time for the network interface to work, otherwise no signal indicator and no voice connection.

I am running Bean's ROM and b00sted's kernel.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BeADroid:
Hey,

I have looked all over my S3, can anyone tell me where the boot animation us stored?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drbveb88:
Root explorer... System.. Media..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Haro912:
Or you can put it in. /data/local and it will over ride what is in here^^^
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BeADroid:
Thanks guys, but that doesn't work for SG3. I have tried both places. And I can't seem to find where the bootanimation is stored. I know it can be changed, since a lot of devs have added the international boot animation. So any help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mb27:
Dunno what to tell you, but it is root/system/media. It's the two bootsamsung qmg files. If you rename the extension to .bak like I did you will see you have no boot animations.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Karl:
Use root explorer and search for boot....zip

Sent from my Galaxy S III using Forum Runner
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BeADroid:
Thanks, I was looking for the old bootanimation.zip. I found this thread at android police on changing. qmg boot files

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-waiting-for-your-phone-to-turn-on-suck-less/

Haven't tried it all yet. But way different than my other 7 android devices. :-P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mb27:
There is no bootanimation.zip on the vzw gs3. It is bootsamsung.qmg

The only way, I think, to get a custom animation is to flash it in recovery... or figure out how to convert videos to Samsung's proprietary qmg format.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] eschelon:
Boot animation files:

/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg

/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg

Boot sound files:

/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOff.ogg

/system/media/audio/ui/PowerOn.ogg
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
QUESTIONS GO IN Q&A, NOT DEVELOPMENT!!.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] The Archangel:
Moved
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Karl:
thanks for pointing that out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] billard412:
You dont need to flash anything or change the qmg files. Put the bootanimation.zip into system/media then go to system/bin and find two files named samsungani and bootanimation(no extension on these). delete samsungani and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Must warn tho you have to alter the bootanimation.zip you are using. inside your bootanimation.zip will be a file called desc.txt and it will look something like this

720 1280 30

p 1 0 part0

p 0 0 part1

You must change the 0 in the second line to 1 or higher otherwise it will stay on the animation and the phone wont finish booting. it should look like this

720 1280 30

p 1 0 part0

p 1 0 part1

you only have to change that one 0 thats in bold
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BeADroid:
Awesome thanks, I'll give it a try today.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mb27:
Any luck? I think I've read about what billard412 posted in another place but I could have sworn someone followed up saying it didn't work for them. Maybe they did it wrong? I'm not sure, but I really hate the factory boot animation so I'd love to know!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] zmore:
WorkedForMe.

And thanks for the tip about the final part# not being able to loop infinitely since the phone won't break out of the loop when it's done booting up and you'll be stuck. I just had to test to see if that was the case, and it is, but I made a simple clockworkmod script to delete("/system/bin/samsungani") to fix it for me, which I'm glad worked, since my current clockwordmod version doesn't support either ADB or the external SD. If it didn't work, I would've had to reflash from Odin.

---------- Post added at 01:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 AM ----------

I haven't created a boot animation in almost 2 years, but made one tonight just to mess around with the higher resolution, and it turned out alright.

And, IN DETAIL, on a rooted stock Touchwiz ROM, this is how you set it up for custom boot animations. You only have to do following setup once:

$ [B]adb shell[/B]
shell@android:/ $ [B]su[/B]
shell@android:/ # [B]mount -oremount,rw /system[/B]
shell@android:/ # [B]cd /system/bin[/B]
shell@android:/system/bin # [B]ll sam* boot*[/B]
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 14572 2012-05-21 13:41 samsungani
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 5540 2012-05-21 13:41 samsungpowersoundplay
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 23236 2012-05-21 13:41 bootanimation
shell@android:/ # [B]cp -a samsungani samsungani.bak[/B]
shell@android:/ # [B]cp bootanimation samsungani[/B]

If you want to go back to the old samsung bootanimation, just copy samsungani.bak back over samsungani.

Now all you have to do is put your bootanimation.zip in /data/local and you're done.

$ adb push ../jb2_720x1280_bootanimation.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip
9010 KB/s (16290715 bytes in 1.765s)
$ adb reboot

And here's a screenshot of one frame in my lame-ish test bootanimation:

Doesn't look as good on the phone, though. There's some bad banding, as if it's converting the 16bit pngs to 8bit.

HTH.

EDIT: uploaded this jellybean bootanimation here. I'll be releasing a much better one (of glowing beans filling a jar) down the road when my phone actually gets JB (either official, or CM10).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] billard412:
Wish I could understand why it doesn't stop looping without the change. Never had a phone do that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] drock212:
I just want to get rid of the ATT "rethink possible" portion of the animation. On my old phones it was always two different files, is it the same here or is the Samsung and ATT all one animation?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] billard412:
If I had to guess I'd say one, but I'm on sprint who makes the whole bootanimation a fukn advertisement for their non-existent LTE. So I can't say for sure. I feel u on the "rethink possible" tho wat a dumbass slogan.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] zmore:
Yeah, haven't run into this before either. Just an annoying Samsung quirk.

FWIW, I uploaded my first jellybean bootanimation here. I'll be releasing a much better one (of glowing beans filling a jar) down the road when my phone actually gets JB (either official, or CM10)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] mb27:
Weird. That did not work for me at all. Does verizon's locked bootloader have anything to do with it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] freeza:
This method may give you bootanimations, but they do come at a price.

After removing the files that it tells you to remove..

Reboot your phone and look at your CPU governor and tell me what it says. (if you're not using an app or script that is)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] zmore:
What would changing a boot animation have to do with the CPU governor? That's the oddest of connections. :)

FWIW, I've reinstalled Voltage Control (even though I'm still on the stock, non-overclockable kernel), and the governor is still set to the ondemand default, as expected, and, battery life isn't suffering either.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] inauthoritative:
Strange ... I did exactly as you said and changed the following listed below and it just shows a black screen without animation. I then changed it back to original and it shows the animation but now i'm stuck in boot loop on animation even though it booted into android. Any Suggestions? Thanks in adv.

480 800 24

p 1 30 part0

p 0 120 part1

to

480 800 24

p 1 30 part0

p 1 120 part1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] justsayinbro:
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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] ttxcsabby:
so i searched all over google, as well as xda, and didn't find an answer. I bought a galaxy tab with the samsung branded keyboard dock.. and the auxiliary out/speaker line out does not function properly. the sound quality declines substantially and restores itself when i plug it straight into the tablet... I have exchanged it and had the same issues. is there a manual fix for this? im not afraid to put open this sucker and fix it.i
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kilo89:
Stumbled across this today. When I signed my contract with this phone back in April they were offering the same deal except ONLY 1GB of data. Now for the same price ($60/mo) you can have all calling features currently offered with the old $60 plan but also with 6GB of data! They're only offering it until August 8th, so act quick if you want to get in on this deal.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChongoDroid:
Do you know if this is compatible with family plans?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kilo89:
I have no idea... :confused:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] starter15:
im pretty sure this is an individual plan only and cannot be tacked onto a family plan.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] equlizer:
then add on the $12 voicemail package. I dont think your saving any money really.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] niceppl:
is this lte 6g? or 3g 6g?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
I was told there's no difference between 3g and lte data. I use both and never had to change my plan.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ktcanuck:
Updated my plan last night. No issues. 5GB extra for nothing, apparently!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] this_is_nick6:
I had this plan already but it was $10 more, so I switched it :D. It is an LTE plan. I also have half-price voicemail & call display from the promo they had a few months back :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jhonsok:
I had just switched to this plan as well. I had the old $30 6gb data plan but it didn't work on LTE.

Now we get 6gb of LTE data! Amazing!!

Tack on $7 mini call display and voicemail and I'm looking at $67 before tax. Not too shabby.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fluxgfx:
FYI if your on Bell

If your on Bell please take note that they also offer the exact samething at the same price!

Just called and had them switch me to that. Saving 15$ on both my plans.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] craig0r:
I do know that you can use Data Sharing with it. Is that the same thing?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] niceppl:
just called them.

it's actually a combo plan,

Includes:

6gb lte dataplan

200 mins weekly

my 10 canada wide

unlimited evening from 6 pm

mini voice mail ( 3 voice mails)

for 60

+ call display, call forward for 7

so 67 before tax

you can keep your bonus, but will lose all your discounts...

hope that helps
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] fluxgfx:
I'll be paying the 67$ for all of the below but I also have 20% discount still applied to the account plus a 5$ credit promo from my original signup 5yrs ago. Total 56.05$ I must say that this is a sweet deal.

Previously it was 78$ - the 20% - 5$ and I only had 1GB. Total vas 64.88$

I think it's a nice trade off.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jags_the1:
There is no text included?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] kilo89:
There's unlimited messaging included.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Matt1408:
I spoke to a rep who stated that tethering is not included.

Another rep told me that even though tethering was not included, I could still use wifi hotspot. (even though it's the same thing)

Regardless, as long as you're running a custom ROM you will never get charged for tethering.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] this_is_nick6:
Rogers doesn't charge for tethering, you're just required to have 1GB minimum in order to do it.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] basenode:
10 gb lte data

You guys missed the 10GB of LTE data option that they had a month ago. It was 50 dollar add on all you had to do was get a voice plan as well. I pay about $80 a month now and I really enjoy the 10 GB. I also have my 10, unlimited evenings and weekends, unlimited txts. I find complaining once and a while does wonders especially with rogers for some reason. Bell I never had any luck with but Rogers isn't bad.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Kromatic3:
Just called Rogers and switched to this awesome plan!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] semperlux:
I'm looking for some opinions and comments here...

I thought I might return this phone to Radio Shack because I wasn't sure if it would get JB. But after spending more time with it, I don't care if it doesn't get it--wow! I was amazed by the audio and video as it was. But today I spent some time with the Developer Options. Except for overclocking the phone, I can't see a reason to root and install CM* or anything else. There's so much in it now! There's no way I'm going to get this out of an iPhone. My coworker just stares at it and says, "two more months...".

So that said, are folks still looking to install CM on this phone? What else would you get out of CM or another ROM that you're not getting from what the phone has now?

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
As far as getting aosp... Better performance, better battery life, no sense.

I can't wait for it to drop. I will miss the HTC camera app thouggh.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] typhoonikan:
I like sense. If some UI would rival its widget functionality and theming, I might switch....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BrianBaker:
Id like to run AOSP..But just like the Evo3d the proprietary camera BS will keep me in sense in some form or another..Developers couldn't do anything to keep the 3D cameras and i doubt anything can be done to maintain image sense. :crying:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SDRaver:
I completely agree. This phone does not need JB..

I love it completely stock, and the other guys love the roms.

This is a great phone for rooters and non-rooters
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
Hey now, we need google now!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] erichj:
I would love to have Google Now, but, I am not willing to give up my Sense keyboard.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
Merp the phone will get jb from HTC also i don't see the camera being as big of a problem as it was on the 3d for aosp
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] BrianBaker:
Getting the camera working, sure. Getting the camera to utilize the image sense chip in AOSP, I see that not happening. But I've been shocked before so I guess we will see.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Exactly, there's a difference between vanilla JB and JB with a Sense overlay. People aren't seemingly seeing the difference.

And I can live without image sense. As long as the camera can still take the same quality pictures, I'm game for CM10 or CM9. Or AOKP.

OP, I've flashed CM9 and the speed difference hurts my head. It proves that Sense is slowing down this phone. Definitely looking forward to seeing what this phone can really do!

That said, I agree that the phone is terrific as is! Many will be plenty happy without custom ROMs. But many, including myself, are anxious to push this thing to the limits and AOSP will likely do that, performance-wise. I can't wait!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] semperlux:
CM6 and 7 certainly graced my EVO 4G with a significant speed increase as well. I guess rooting this phone is next on my list of things to do to this phone--thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Yeah, the speed difference is maybe even more significant to me than EVO 4G stock v. CM7. It was like JB is, just smooth as butter.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
I for one, love sense 4!!! I dont think aosp can touch it with a 10 foot pole!!!! Maybe better batt life, and a tiny bit smoother, but still ugly as hell. Sense 4 is perfect. And not ugly! Lol!:D my opinion. The stock elte is awesome!!!! However, rooting with a new rom gives u endless posibilities.....making your phone look and feel how u want it!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Jerz:
I'm rooted and Lazy Panda s-off and thinking MeanRom is next...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
What is ugly about vanilla ICS? Put that same background on your phone, get a sense-like click widget, and most people will be convinced they're running Sense.

I think Google did an amazing job with ICS, looks-wise. I can't wait to try it again one day!

Oh, and the performance is not only a little better. It is WAY better. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] firmbiz94:
I used to feel this way but aosp has matured a lot and I'm.really itching for stock jellybean..there are plenty of nice widgets on the market and it will free up a **** ton of ram that this phone is def in need of
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
Like i said......in my opinion. I just think its ugly! All of it! It is what it is. Dont hate on a guy for his opinion. I love sense! The whole reason ive owned all htc devices! :thumbup: for the SENSE, and of course its hardware! Lol!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
Ill elaborate a little more, like all of the icons, the widgits, the status bar.......and like i said pretty much all of it! Lol! Sense is where its @ 4 me. I know a lot of people wont wanna hear me say stock vanila android is ugly, but i feel that it is! Even the people app, and messaging....its all not even close to being as sexy as sense 4! Again, one guys opinion. :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I'm not hating on you at all, I'm genuinely curious. I would love to hear your answer to the first question I asked. Seriously, no harm here. I'm wondering about your thoughts on it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
Ok, i would recognize in a hot second it wasnt sense if i put a sense clock weather widgit on my homescreen. For 1, the status bar, the standing battery is ugly imo, the data bars...all of it up top is not pretty to me. The dock on the bottom, isnt my style, when you open the messaging app, sense is just so much more sexy, and elegent to me, even the people app, i feel the same way about. But they are right, a vanilla non sense rom of course will b smoother, and faster, and less battery draining. But im willing to take a slight hit on those for the looks of sense. I just love it.....and always have.:D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Obviously these are all opinions, but here's my thought on it: the dock is a gray box. Haha. Use any launcher you want to change that. The messaging app and people app... I can see your point there, but third party ones are better than either one, so why even bother with the stock one? Can't argue about the icons, but I like how on AOSP you can easily change those to be whatever you want.

Anyway, I'm not trying to convince you, I just want to point that you make like AOSP more than you think if you customize it to your liking. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] zounduser:
U know......your right, i should b more open to it. :D i think ill try it again once a stable release is present. Ive just always loved the look, and feel of htc sense. Especially sense 4! Its perfect imo. But im going to b more open about it, and ill give it another shot once its released. Not saying im changing my opinions.....but ill def. Give it another chance. :D and i never liked any of the 3rd party messaging apps at all.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
Haha well, being open minded can open a lot of new avenues! Glad you're open to another shot! It's all opinion obviously, but I think it's always good to give things another shot.

On another note, I think that GoSMS is an amazing 3rd party messaging app. Sending doodles, a private inbox, customization of fonts, colors, background, sizes, etc. Give that a shot too! :-)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
+10 I have tried n tried n tried them I just can't like them at all
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AB33:
After going from the Evo to 3D to Moto Photon I didn't realize how much I missed Sense while using the Photon and I could not find widgets in the Market that could match what I was used to. It also showed me how much Blur sucked compared to Sense. The Photon did have superior call quality, speaker, and signal strength which is what I needed most and got an even swap for my 3D from Sprint. Now being back on Sense, I can't live without it. Picture Frame, Timer, Real HTC Weather Clock (the Market ones don't compare), People, Notifications, Messaging, etc.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ausch30:
I don't mind Sense too much but I hate some of the changes that HTC made. Stuff like on AOSP you long press the screen and you can change the wallpaper, now with Sense you need to go into settings>personalize>wallpaper. It just seems less intuitive than stock Android. Another thing is the multitasking, I prefer the stock version where you can see several apps at once rather than the way it's presented in Sense. To each their own though, that's the beauty of Android, we have choice.

I bought SwiftKey during Google's 10 cent sale before Christmas. Ever since then I've been trying to get used to it but the one thing that always bothered me was there was no send button in landscape with the stock messaging app. I used Handcent with my OG EVO and loved it. For some reason I stopped using it around the time I got the 3D. I was playing around with it tonight and it was annoying because in landscape, with the stock keyboard, the send button was missing. Tonight I had the Idea of trying them together and guess what...I have a send button in landscape using Handcent with SwiftKey. It's amazing to me that neither one alone had it but together they do.

My point is that with playing around with stuff sometimes you can find a combination that you like and works the way you want (although the story above is also just because I was excited it was working and I wanted to share it somewhere :) There are a lot of great apps out there and they get updates all the time. Just because you tried something once doesn't mean that the issues that steered you away from it haven't been fixed by now.