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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOZX:
To maintain the same functionality your best bet is a samsung based rom. If you like the look though you you wont get the *touchwiz* functionality because thats a launcher and its difficult to modify the look without changing to a custom launcher. But I guess it depends how you mean functionality of touchwiz

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Also... in terms of toggles. Most custom roms have custom toggles so generally speaking look for the *15 toggles * feature...where you have the ability to choose which toggles to you like and which order in youe notifications menu
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Basics .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927113

ROMS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
[T-Mobile LG G2x] NioNoah:
Hi. I`m currently trying to update my G2X to latest version V21y, (2.3.4) with the LG Update tool. But everytime it gets to 4% it stops, and the driver on the computer disables for some reason. On the the screen it says "SW update please wait..." (I`m running win 7 64 bit by the way.) I have found tree different driverpacks from LG site ( LGUnitedMobileDriver_S498MA22_WHQL_ML_Ver_2.2, LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN37AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.7.2 and LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN38AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.8.1) but its the same problem when I try with the different driverpacks. Is there any other way to install the update without the LG update tool? I`m tired of having to use the G2X_V21E_00_NVFlash to get back to V21E version everytime it hangs. Maybe a program like G2X_V21E_00_NVFlash with the latest version can fix this? Any help would be very much appreciated!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Yuvin:
Did you try to update it on another computer? Also, I'm not sure but I think only having one driver installed is the best as other drivers may conflict with eachother.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] NioNoah:
Thanks! I tried on win vista with the same result. I`ve heard XP may be better, but dont have one here. What I ment with the driverpacks is that I installed one at the time (deleted one before I installed another). Hope there is a way to do this on win 7....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Deleted member 4128896:
try following the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1897097

Good luck
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mustangtim49:
One more thing, I had that same thing happen to me, I've updated 4 different G2x's and usually, just trying another time was the cure.

mustangtim49@Xda-developers.com
[T-Mobile LG G2x] NioNoah:
Thanks, maybe that will be my last opportunity if I understand it...looks a little difficult. Will it be the same thing as a normal update, or will this make it impossible to update the phone through the LG update tool in a later time and update?

Thanks. I have tried to do this many times on my computer but it fails everytime at the same point. I guess its a conflict problem between the driver and win 7. Why it works on some win 7 is lika a riddle to me, in wich case I dont understand what I`m doing wrong.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] OwenW71:
Has anyone found a way to easily disable the various data network modes on the T889?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bestplayer55:
I want to know too!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Use rom toolbox to install or rename to bootanimation.zip and place in system/media using root explorer

Note rom toolbox defaults to data/local

This directory will work too but if u cwm flash another boot ani later, it will not take, data/local has priority, so change it in rom toolbox or pull the bootanimation out of the cwm zip [zip within a zip]

You must also

Navigate to system/media

Delete or rename bootsamsungloop.qmg and bootsamsung.qmg

Navigate to system/bin

Delete or rename samsungani

Rename bootanimation to samsungani

Update, the previous segment dose not need to be done in most if not all roms for this device now.

Update, That also means that the following will not restore stock boot animation if that is the case.

Now if you want to revert back to stock

Rename samsungani to bootanimation

Take _bk off the ends of the three other files.

If you deleated the files see the links at the bottem of the post.

To add stock shutdown to a rom rename bootsamsung.qmg to shutdown.qmg and place in system/media/video

You may haft to make the folder called video

IMPORTANT NOTE: TO DO BOOT ANIMATION MODS NO CHANGE OF PERMISSIONS IS NECESARY

If I helped you find a boot animation u like, please hit that thanks button

Update, spinning mario not working.

DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD this has been fixed

DOWNLOAD

this preview is a little off from the real boot ani

DOWNLOAD​

Further note, you can resize any png img boot ani using desc

If the imgs r jpeg you must convert them to ping then edit the desc, or resize every img if that did not work.

Imgs with transparancys MUST BE RESIZED

Change first two values in desc to 720 1280

Zip part0 and other parts n desc.txt to root of zip, using winrar and make sure its a .zip and your just storing, no compression

DO NOT ZIP THE PARENT DIRECTORY

THAT IS EXTREAMLY IMPORTANT

ONLY ZIP THE FOLDERS PART0 ECT AND DESC.TXT TO THE ROOT OF THE ZIP

Files to revert to stock

These two files go in system/media

Bootsamsung.qmg.qmg

http://db.tt/Y0q8nWft

Bootsamsungloop.qmg

http://db.tt/SWW8IrKP

These two files go in system/bin

Bootanimation

http://db.tt/soJp0Mb5

Samsungani

http://db.tt/8RPQ9d6F
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] zeeshanonlyme:
Screenshots please! :P

And would this work on the Samsung version of Note 2? :P Not sure how the naming goes!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] JFizDaWiz:
What do you mean the Samsung version of the note II
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] zeeshanonlyme:
I meant the International version of note 2. :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
If its 720x1280 it will work regardless of phone make or model also since the imgs are pngs the desc file can be changed to your screen resolution n they will work. Tested on note ii, samsung precedent, and htc evo and inspire.

Ill generate some gifs now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Bump
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
thank you so much. followed your instructions on my sprint Note II PALJC used rom tool box to assign and it worked a treat.

now how about the shut down animation? and how do we changed the sounds :) hehe
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] BigSK225:
Thanks OP. Couldn't stand the T-Mobile boot! Boot up and down sounds are in system/media/audio/ui, PowerOff.ogg and PowerOn.ogg. Disabled mine for now but I'm sure we can replace them with whatever we want. +1 on down animation! BTW here's a link to a ton of bootanimations in our resolution....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1364044
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Find me a converter that spits out qmg

There may be a way to use a folder full of png imgs as well or a shutdown.zip it will be a manual install tho.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
I will be adding cwm installs in the comming weeks.

If anyone has a gif they want a boot ani send me a dropbox file [make sure their not to small] and you must cite me the source of your animation. First come first serve on personal request. Work for rom boot animations get cutsies
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
to set the boot ani you have to delete a few files and rename some files. I would just love a little app that "does this" with a click so I can then just use rom toolbox to install whatever ani I want :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
When I make the cwm installs you can flash one of those and it will do that work and then just use rom toolbox

Make sure ur rom toolbox is pointed to system/media it defaults to data/local. If u have already been using rom toolbox go and delete this file
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dawgneck:
Thanks for this info, OP.

Will this also replace the "static" Samsung graphic screen that displays before the animation?

If it doesn't, can you direct me to instructions that explains how to replace it with my own?

Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
It will not replace the stock samsung galaxy note ii splash

You will haft to look. And show me too.

Still working on shutdowns.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
I believe the splash screen is kernel here not for our phone but samsung....http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29242-ep4dfp1hfp5emododin-change-boot-splash-image
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
splash is kernel and it should be changeable. they got a fix for it on the S3 but I am pretty sure its not nearly the same CPU in the two (S3 Note II) so it likely won't work for us till someone makes a similar fix for us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
I will see if I can dig up anything
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
I am a little confused about the stepsi have to take to change the boot animation. I understand about deleting the files in system/media and system/bin but it's unclear to me what to do work the downloaded boot animation. Am I just renaming the file to"bootanimation"and putting it in system/media?

Second question is will this get rid of the boot sounds if the downloaded bootanimations are silent?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
just install rom roolbox. once you delete and rename the files you can just tell rom toolbox to install whatever boot animation you want.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
I tried doing all these things manually with root explorer. I did everything as per the OP's instructions. I downloaded the alien animation and renamed it to bootanimation.zip and put it in system/media and renamed it to samsungani and put it in system/bin. When my phone boots I still have the annoying sprint audio boot but my animation is a blacked or screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
your permissions are probably wrong.

either way do the same thing EXCEPT don't copy any files.

delete the files in media. delete the file in bin rename the file in bin and THEN use rom toolbox to install your desired boot animation (careful SOME boot animations are zip recovery installs you need to open them up and extract the bootanimation out of them if its one of those)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
What do you mean by rename the file in/bin? I thought I have to delete it not rename it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Reame samsung ani to bootanimation not bootanimation.zip

Go to system/media/ui and deleate or rename [I rename to xxxxxx.ogg"_bk" without quotes for all delete or rename files] then drop ur bootanimation.zip into system/media or use rom toolbox. Rom toolbox defaults to data/local location. Change this to system/media. But either will work. But if u dobt change the last part if u cwm install a boot animation it wont work.

Also make sure that not only the desc.txt file in your boot ani is 720x1200 but that the imgs are also 720x1200 it is a requored change for jpg boot animations. Not necesaraly required for png boot animations tho I have recently had it matter for one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
ahh we can use jpg boots? nice much smaller.

why 720x1200 or did you mean 720x1280 ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Yea I ment 700x1280

But 720x1280 shuld work too

Also 1280x720 gifs or anything that sizes can be modded and then rotated.

Jpgs are smaller but unless its somthing animated or uses a low ammount of colors I recomend no compression or png.

If you convert any png to jpg you need to make sure you color the transparancys black instead of white. White is the default in photoshop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
In system/bin am I simply renaming the original stock "samsgunani" file to "bootanimation?" If that is the case that is the step that I messed up. What I did was delete the "samsungani" file and dropped bootanimation.zip in there. I will retry again.

Also: regarding trying to get rid of boot sounds (PowerOff.ogg and PowerOn.ogg) I tried to rename them figuring that would stop them from triggering but that didn't not work. Do I have to totally delete them?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
No delete or rename samsungani. Rename. "boot animation " to "samsungani".... .zip goes in system/media... re sounds rename should
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Yea I got backwards but op states that. Is it confusing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] seeking:
all i get is a blank screen regardless of what bootanimation i use through romtoolbox

i think its because i overwrote the original bootanimation file in system/bin with the bootanimation i wanted...does anyone have a copy of that original bootanimation file or their modified samsungani file located in system/bin that they could lend me?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Put the linked file in system bin

http://db.tt/8ymu1zKX

Put this file in system media

http://db.tt/WE81trIZ

Delete the other three files whichbu should have done already

See if u get the hypercube boot animation

Be sure to rename the tesseract.zip to bootanimation.zip

After all that if it works

Point rom toolbox to install to system/media

If it was set on another location go delete that bootanimation.zip that it installed to the location that is not system/media (tho it will work too. Itll make it easyer for you later on)

If none of this works

Reflash your rom without wipes and start over. [Do not change roms use the same one your on]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
To be honest I'm very confused by the whole thing. I still to this moment can't get what I'm doing wrong. I was able to restore my original boot animation but am yet to get an non-stock boot animation.

I think it may be a lot more clear if you number the steps (step 1, step 2, step 3, etc) and make clear exactly what file has to be renamed, changed or deleted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] seeking:
you know what I just realized? I'm on a stock ROM..is that an issue? I am rooted of course, but will a stock rom allow for diff boot screens? I know some HTC's required a kernel change for them to be taken, but i never heard of this on samsung
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] nerys71:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaM1GUmgWk

this is for sprint Note II (confirm anyone its the same for tmobile?)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Just follow the directions stock rom will work too
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Same process for ours. This is what I posted just a nice pretty video
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Heres some 320*480 boot animations

http://androidarea51.com/custom-boo...animations-samsung-precedent/msg8604/#msg8604

They need to be modded to 720x1280 for the note ii. Totaly dooable.

If you request a mod ill try to find the time. [Claptrap will never be wide enuff without scewing the aspect ratio] or tall enuff I should say since its sideways.

Theres also a huge pack of borderlands 2 ringtones overthere I did [pulled from game .puk file] that will work on the note ii. They are all .mp3

From 1-60ish seconds long. Lots of weapons adds n zed ect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] PIRATA!:
I'm sorry....if I'd like to revert back to stick bootanimations.... should I do as follows?

1. delete from system/media/ bootanimation.zip

2. delete system/bin/samsungani so to have only system/bin/bootanimation

3. replace back bootsamsung.qmg & bootsamsungloop.qmg in system/media from stock rom (or backup as I have them in backup)

...and that's it???

EDIT: Mmmm..I tried and now I had a black screen with only boot sound.... so I made a copy of my bootanimation and renamed it as samsungani and now I see the little "android" word boot animation that is not the stock bootanimation I had before....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
What you see is the "real" animation.... more or less delete the boot animation you put in system/media and put this in its place. . Flash this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
Can I flash this right on top of the stock boot animation without doing anything else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
No you can't need to go to system/bin and delete "samsungani" after that scroll to the top of the page and rename "boot animation" to samsungani... then reboot to recovery and flash .zip

.... Edit: heres where I got the boot animation from rootzwiki.com/topic/12938-boot-animations-for-galaxy-nexus-updated-110512/... jaekar99 made the animations he's awesome
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
When you say scroll to the top of the page are you talking about in system/bin? I don't have a file called "bootanimation" in system/bin. The other steps I get but this needs clarification.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Yes systen/bin did you rename it ?? If its not there restore a backup or reflash the rom your on without wiping anything
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SantinoInc:
ok this is what I did and now I have the boot sound with a black screen.

I downloaded the zip file you uploaded. I went to system/bin and deleted "samsungani" I was then looking for this "bootanimation" file you said was at the top of the screen in system/bin. Didn't see any such file so what I did was take the boot zip you uploaded and renamed it to "samsungani" and dropped it into system/bin. Then I flashed your zip file in recovery and have a blank black boot with stock boot sounds. Please help man. I I'm going crazy with this ****
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTcFmxdKGaA.....This is a video i made a couple of weeks ago watch it.. like i said reflash your rom start fresh check pms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] seeking:
this process doesnt work for me, what ends up happening is there is no display on the device at all. you see the note 2 splash screen and then no boot animation. you hear the normal tmobile sounds and then after a few moments you can swipe the screen and hear the lock screen water splashing sound effect. no display at all, not even after android boots up. im forced to restore my back up to before i changed the bootanimation to get a display again.

i followed everything to the T. I think it has something to do with renaming bootanimation to samsungani in the BIN folder
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
Watch the video... once you guys get it your gonna be like damn that's it. BTW the boot and shut down sound so are in system/media/ui.. power on.ogg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] seeking:
I watched the video and this is exactly what I did:

navigate to system/media and renamed bootsamsung.qmg to bootsamsubg.qmb.bak and renamed bootsamsungloop.qmg to bootsamsungloop.qmg.bak

i then navigated to system/bin and renamed samsungani to samsungani.bak

then while still inside system/bin i renamed bootanimation to samsungani

I then went to romtoolbox and made sure the destination folder was system/media

then i selected my bootanimation from my local storage card and imported it.

i navigated back to system/media to confirm that it was there and it was

i then rebooted my phone.

i get the note 2 splash screen and then it goes black. i can hear the normal boot sounds and the screen remains black. i can move my finger across the blank screen and listen to the water moving on the lock screen. the menu and back buttons light up still no display.

im then forced to pull the battery and boot into CWR and restore my backup in order to get the display working again.

this happened to me 3 times while following 3 diff sets of instructions (including the video)

im on stock ROM with stock Kernal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Are you using one of my bootanimations

Did u rename it to bootanimation.zip

Do not unzip mine becaue they are not cwm installs

Im betting the one ur using is not formatted to the right screen resolution

Try unzipping urs. Then resizing every img to 720x1280 and then rezip part0 ect to bootanimation.zip set to store only.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] seeking:
all the image files are 720x1280, but im unsure of what you mean by setting to "store only"

where can i find a known working bootanimation?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
This thread. If you nename the file to bootanimation.zip and drop it in system/media it will work. Mine are not cwm installs. Follow the op directions.

Also

Use winrar or 7zip to store only instead of compressing the zip
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stretchwookie:
there must be something wrong with youre mario boot animation, since i followed the instructions in the OP a dozen times, and even followed you step by step in the video and all i ever get is a black screen. i have reflashed my rom a dozen times trying to get this to work. could you please check the 8 bit mario 3d ani you have linked for errors?

currently on jedi x3 rom with saberkernel

EDIT: it is worth noting that i can install other boot animations with rom tool manager
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Thankyou for the heads up. Sorry

Im fixing it.

Bricked my fone too weird that the screen never activates.

Again thankyou.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stretchwookie:
ya i thought so too. thanks for looking into it!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Itll be a while before I get to fixing this. I put a note that its broken. But I will fix it since obviously at least one person wants it. It is prolly due to tue fact that it is not a full screen resolution. Or the transparancys. But its only a few frames. Check back between the 15th and the 20th should be done about then [finals]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] thiago2106:
very good. thx!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] betoNL:
Thanks for the instructions ( thanks pressed!)

I tried stuff like that on the Note1 but it was more complicated (risk for infinite loops)

On the Note 2 it's working like a chatm ! :good:

I would remove those bootanimations examples from first post, so all the attention go for the instructions which are much more important for those on kernels without bootanimation support ( stock)

Place them on a bootanimation collection thread instead

Tks again for reminding me this procedure ( I knew it from my Note1 times, but it was tricky then)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
Ive never played with the note ill take your word on that.

You may be on to somthing their sir. But first I am going to see about fixing the rotating mario.

If you happen to run accross any gifs or boot animations for other phones that are borderlands 2 rotating guns. Send me a pm with link so I can mod that to the note ii.

Over the holidays I will take a request or two if anyone has a boot animation they would like to see.

I may also be willing to do some from scratch work. Hit me with the idea.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] betoNL:
Ok...

When I have time, I will fix that mario booanimation for you, even if I don't like it at ALL :laugh:

Here is s nice collection from the Note 1 forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1460899

They are made for the Note 1 resolution( 1280 x 800), but they work fine on the Note 2 as well, without having to adjust the desc.txt file ( at least the one I tried)

:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] prepaidguy9081:
I didnt ask you to fix it but you can if you want to. Save me the time lol. I dobt particularly like it either. But other folks do. Imma check those out now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
Can you do the international note 2 boot animation? Not a flashable just bootanimation.zip of the international? Please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] betoNL:
Just extract the booanimation.zip of any file posted, including all booanimations from the link I posted 1 -page back...

They were made for the Note 1 but they work fine on the Note 2 (international or not)

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] cameljockey1:
Im sorry for not being clear. I want the international boot animation. The samsung logo. But I can try those as well. Thank you.