yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Oh, wow, I totally missed that. My apologies, work has been crazy lately. I'm hoping to have time to make the 4.4.2 animations this weekend. Sorry for the delay, everyone.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Decimation:
No one can blame you for having a life. If we had one we wouldn't be here bugging you.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] MaxRabbit:
Thank you. It did work perfectly with CM11 (4.4.1). Though I think the latest nightlies are 4.4.2.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] kronflux:
We need a colored logo version for the D821/16GB, and needs an update to 4.4.2!

Also maybe some info about CyanogenMod 11? not necessary, but might be nice.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] handsomejesus:
Not everyone uses cyanogenmod
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
I uploaded a colored D821\16GB, so unless I messed up and uploaded the wrong one, it should be colored.

Also, due to the work involved in maintaining 64 different versions (2 models, 2 sizes, 2 Android versions, and 2 color options, 4 speeds), I just don't have it in me to maintain yet another version. In fact, due to personal preference, I may go ahead and deprecate the non-colored versions to reduce maintenance work load. I'm not sure anyone prefers the lame white X anyway. Lol.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] kronflux:
I definitely agree with that. I prefer the colored one anyday :P
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] stracjd:
I would only keep 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] rockingondrums:
I vote for ditching the non-colored. It's only a single letter anyway.

I also vote against including CM info. There are many ROMs also based on CM and many version of official CM so ... yeah. That's too much. Also, CM has it's own bootanimation to begin with.

These bootanimations are the best custom ones I've ever seen.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Good news, everyone!

In developing this, it means I'm going to have 4.4.2 ready this weekend. In addition to hosting the flashable zips, I'm also going to host the APK here for free, while it will be $.99 in the Play Store. Because the app will allow you to customize your FPS, the flashable 4.4.2 animations will be one speed only. 2 models with 2 sizes is 4 animations to maintain, more than enough for one developer already. The last few posts made me realize how ridiculous it sounds to have to maintain 64 boot animations.

This is my first Android app, so it'll be finished when it's finished. No ETA requests please. It's my pet project during the break between semesters, so I'm working on it as hard as I can when I'm not at my full time job (which is also software development, so it's easy to get burned out some days). As you can see, obvious UI issues still exist, and I haven't even begun on the backend yet.

The app's still early enough in development for suggestions and criticism to be helpful, so fire away.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] twistedumbrella:
Ok professor.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] MaxRabbit:
I will buy, so long as it still works with CM :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Although CM is drifting away from AOSP a little bit, I believe almost all of their core is still the same, so as long as they don't change the way they handle boot animations, it should work perfectly. If they do change it in the future (and make the changes public), it shouldn't be difficult to add a CM compatability mode to the app, as long as the changes aren't extensive..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Eat it iPhone:
Note sure if this is feasible or not, but maybe make the apk to allow the user to enter the android version...might make your life easier in the long run. Also very much like the proposition of being able to preview the boot animation. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Striatum_bdr:
I think it's preferable to install it in /data/local.

The great advantage is to keep original one without having to backup it. It survives system update as long as you don't wipe data. It overrides by default the system animation.

Works great here.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Letting the user choose the Android version would involve generating entirely new images on device, which is something totally out of scope for version 1.0. Maybe in a later version, though, if I can devise a different way of how it would work. Choosing the FPS is easily implementable because it goes in a text file.

I'm glad you like the preview idea, just got it completely working last night! :)

Never knew about this. I'll do some testing later. Thanks. :)

Edit: Almost forgot, the 4.4.2 animations are done, I've just got to zip them up and test whether I want to flash to /data/local/ or /system/media. Got plans to see The Hobbit in an hour or so, so they'll be up after that.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] makkles:
I love this! :good:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Redfield_87:
Waiting for those 4.4.2 versions!!!

I have q question: Does it has the same effect to flash it to data/local/ than flash to /system/media?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] rockingondrums:
Yes, installing them to /data/local/ will survive ROM updates because Android will prefer the user installed one over the system installed. I think it's better, but whatevs. It's one less thing to reflash when updating ;) Also if you ever decide to make Moto X bootanimations for people with locked bootloaders and no recovery partitions, /data/local/ will def be the way to go.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
It's a good point. Updated OP with new animations.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Updated OP with the beta installer. Hope you guys like it, I've spent the past 15 hours on it, only stopping to answer support calls and eat. Most of that time was writing a zip algorithm that the Android boot animation player would understand, which was a helluva lot harder than I thought it would be. :P

Fair warning, it's my first Android app, so expect bugs (of all sorts). Animation installation should perform without a hitch, though.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] anmolm97:
Thanks for the awesome work.

I flashed the 32 GB 4.4.2 colored, and it worked flawlessly, running Cataclysm ROM and Fraco's kernel r23 here. Thanks for your amazing work. :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] DigitalUnderground:
The install.apk works perfectly. I'm running slimkat 4.4.2 and it works perfectly as it should. Nice work OP

Sent from my Hammerhead
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] P.Mobile:
can someone help i would love to try this bootanimation buit cant seem to find android 4.4.2 zip?? all i see is 4.4.1
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] doron07:
D820 Colored 32GB has 4.2.2 http://d-h.st/users/BrianAllred/?fld_id=29701#files

This looks a LOT nicer on the device than in the gifs...Nice work OP!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
If you're looking for 4.4.2, I recommend using my installer so you can tweak the animation speed to your device's boot time. :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] nerven:
got bootloop with the latest version on omnirom with franco r23.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Did you use the installer or a flash zip?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] nerven:
installer. tried 5fps, 8fps, 10fps. neither worked, except after clearing cache and dalvik. that time did work, but had to optimize the apps after. on every other reboot, it bootlooped.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Interesting. I'm installing to /data/local with the installer, but it may not play nicely with certain ROMs or kernels. What I would do is run my installer app, then manually move the zip from /data/local to /system/media.

I'll add in the option to install to /system/media tonight.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] guilmm:
Just in case... if I want to reinstall the default boot animation, how do I do that?

I just tried to flash StockBoot.zip; no success.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Make sure /data/local doesn't have a boot animation in it, it may be interfering. Might try clearing cache/dalvik afterwards.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] guilmm:
Thanks, Brian!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] wyan122:
very nice, :D
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
No problem. Updated OP with new installer, now has options for installation location as well as uninstallation and revert to stock (in case of total screw up :p).
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Hemanthbr:
nice..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] rockingondrums:
I wanted to share a TIL moment. On the moto X, Motorola has the ability to download bootanimations (and interactive stories in the form of widgets) OTA. So for those devices, new OTA bootanimations are put in /data/local/moodle. Any boot zip here takes precedence over anything in /system/media or /data/local (though I'm not sure in what order). Who'd have thought boot animations could start getting convoluted?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] nerven:
nice. tried it again now, installed in system/media, rebooted 3 times, seems to be flawless on franco23 and omnirom with 12fps. thanks man.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
I plan on adding a non-root mode soon for devices that support writing to /data/local or other non-system locations. Not sure why a Moto X user would necessarily want this boot animation, but I can at least add the option, I suppose. /data/local takes precedence over /system/media, which is why I recommend installing there; if something goes wrong, you can just delete the zip in /data/local and you're fine. Plus it's faster on device, too, since you aren't having to re-mount /system as read-wite and then again as read-only all the time.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Hannibal226:
That's what I was waiting for ;)

I'll give it a try. Thanks!

CHEERS

UPDATE:

Used the beta app and it worked flawlessly.

I'm using Cataclysm with 10 FPS because 8&9 is a bit to slow.

Big thanks for sharing again ;)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Spider_Pig27:
Fu**en awesome!!!! App work flawlessly here.. thanks bro
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Updated OP with updated installer. Added non-root option to install to /data/local, but couldn't test since the N5's /data/local still needs root for write access.

Glad you guys are liking this. :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] MaxRabbit:
When will you be in the Play Store? I'd like to throw my 99 cents at you ;)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Haha, well, I appreciate it. It should be coming soon after Christmas, as soon as I can design a decent icon to replace the stock android one.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Ronaldo Forenucci:
Awesome! Used the .apk and it went perfectly. FYI for those running encrypted phones: Install to /system/media. Since the phone is encrypted, /data/local can't be read before you enter the pre-boot pass phrase...so you'll get the stock animation until then. Then after you authenticate, the BIOS Boot will kick in - so it looks kind of disjointed. /system/media fixes this. You'll have to re-install after every ROM upgrade, but no big deal with the app. Will buy when in Play Store, great job!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Great information, thanks, I'll add that into the long press dialog.

I'm moving this weekend, so being without the Internet for a little while will give me a chance to sit down and design an icon. I'll be able to upload the apk to Google from work, so I'll update the OP as soon as I get it going.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Ronaldo Forenucci:
Sounds good! The only other request i would have, is that you get yourself a Nexus 7 2013! :D

Actually, 1 question: If i want to change the fps, can I just hit install again, or do I have to remove and restore stock animation first?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Installing again will work as long as you use the same installation method (I used "cp -f" in the shell in order for it to overwrite without issue).

And I just checked the N72013 specs. Since it's only 120 pixels wider, It should only take a layer change or two in photoshop (plus the different hardware information) to get a working BIOS animation for it going. I'd like to get it done and then do the N10 version and bundle it together in one app. I'm working on different ways to get the APK size down so it doesn't balloon up when I add the tablets.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dirtsky:
And I just checked the N72013 specs. Since it's only 120 pixels wider, It should only take a layer change or two in photoshop (plus the different hardware information) to get a working BIOS animation for it going. I'd like to get it done and then do the N10 version and bundle it together in one app. I'm working on different ways to get the APK size down so it doesn't balloon up when I add the tablets.[/QUOTE]

Love the BIOS animation. Would you consider making one for the Galaxy Nexus by chance? I would love to see one updated for KitKat.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] overhauling:
Hello [MENTION=5122301]BrianAllred[/MENTION],

Please credit the original BIOS boot animation, posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2085023

I really like the improvements you've made!

Thank you.

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Be careful using the cp command in your app. Busybox is not available, or preloaded, on every ROM/Device. Experiment with dd or cat instead.

Also, I have some suggestions for the size, shoot me a PM
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Aha, that's where it is. My apologies, I found the original for the Nexus 4 floating around the net and couldn't find a source. Credit given! Also, I was unaware of that issue with cp, I suppose I just assumed it was standard in a *nix bin. I'll PM you.

Also, good news! I've got a really awesome (I think, at least) icon ready to go! As soon as I figure out a good way to reduce file size, we'll be up and running with a full release (both here for free and the Play Store). Whoo!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Krunk83:
Loving the colored boot animation. Do you have different speeds for the colored 820 32gb one? I'm just seeing one.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Use my APK to get different speeds. There was just too much work going into maintain flashable zips for so many different speeds, so I just made one speed flashable.

Whoo! Play store link is up! Check OP or click here!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] rockingondrums:
I'm the 2nd person to +1 it :thumbup:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
Thanks!

Updated OP. Finally managed to get smaller image files, and no one's really come forward with updated hardware information, so this is probably the last update you guys care about. Unless you have other Nexus devices, in which case, keep an eye out for my threads for them!

Thanks so much for your support everyone, it meant a great deal to me from the conception of the animation through the development of this app, and it still means a lot going forward.

I'll still be around to answer questions. :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Hannibal226:
Again it's a really good app and working flawlessly!

But anyway I had a small request:

What u think like about adding a kind of manually entering mode for "Rom Name", which replace the "AOSP"? (or at least option to choose for AOSP/AOKP)

CHEERS ;)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Kobayashi_SRK:
Installed with paid app. Works awesome. Good stuff!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] namurt:
coolest boot animation ever! awesome job!

only thing i can recommend is to echo hannibal's sentiment regarding a customizable rom name. that would make it perfect.

seriously though man, major kudos on this!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] BrianAllred:
The text of the animation is part of the images, which gets compiled with the rest of the app. To do that, I would have to have a way to place text on the image from within the app. I agree, it would be really awesome... I'm going to have to investigate this after I finish the rest of the animations and some bug fixes.

Thanks for the kind words! :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Hannibal226:
I can imagine that this isn't really easy to do or at least needs a kind of workaround, but I'm quite sure, that u will handle this one time :P

CHEERS ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Klejdi90:
Im on all stock 4.3 Playing some games causes lag noticeably fruit ninja which lags when there is too much going on and sometimes randomly also there is a strange audio bug where it sounds like the quality of the audio has dropped and sound is laggy sounding.The sound issue happens in fruit ninja only, I am confused i have around 300mb ram free, apps such as tango and viber cannot be closed and reopen by themselves even if ended.

HEEELP :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrgnex:
The Galaxy Nexus has the same gpu as the Nexus s so its pretty bad at gaming. You could try to download a kernel and raise the gpu clock. If you want more ram then a kernel is also for you. Search for kernels with asram. For extreme ram try mpokang kernel. I suggest to use askp but thats just my opinion..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kgarlick:
Custom kernels have option to overclock GPU, default is 300MHz. I'm on 512MHz which is noticeable better on Ingress game.

Also mentioned CPU overclock will help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Klejdi90:
I'm on stock 4.3 atm can I root then put a custom kernel and overclock while on stock 4.3?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] razi914:
Yes u can
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Klejdi90:
Any kernel that shines above the rest? I want to have a kernel that can oc gpu and isnt buggy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] razi914:
try franco or fancy(extended) or golden kernel with golden governer and scheduler,, these are the best in performance , u can oc the gpu aswell
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hhwong:
I personally find fancy kernel the best in overall smoothness.

Franco always lag when I try to wake the phone, best battery life however.

Golden is some what similar to fancy, but only if you use bfq/interactive, golden governor however, lag once in a while, you would see lag spike fairly often.

Note that experience may vary, above was just how the kernels work with my phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hurdlejade:
Hi, today I bought bluetooth keyboard from Rapoo and it paired well with my Note 3. As my primary keyboard I am using Swype. However, when I connect to Note 3 it automatically changes to Samsung keyboard. Is there any way to change this? I'm on stock 4.3 ROM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rockstar.007:
well trinity kernal 6.0 is very bugy and laggy and trunity kernal 5.5 and doomlord kernal v6 are great with rom v4.1 but the problem is they have some problem with wifi. wifi dont work when ever i flash doomlord kernal or trinity 5.5 kernal but it works when i flash kernal 6.0 which is included with package. wifi option in setting is like little gray, like wifi driver or somthing is missing and on/off button dont slide. but when i try to hit the slide button manny times, it gave the message of wifi turing on and nothing more.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] hesaps1234h:
Flash the wi fi modules
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rockstar.007:
here what i did>> flashed the 4.1(full ckean install) doomlord kernal then i extraced wifi modules from trinity 4.1 zip and here is the path >>TVRx>wifi>lib>modules>bcm4330.ko . so i made the zip if this path and flashed it but CMW said >> openning package>intalling package>installation aborted<<. is this the right way to flash module?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scufutz:
I have one friend that will trip to USA (are a lot cheaper)

What is the most indicated Lg G2 for the international use ( Spain Europe)

I heard that also is one version on lg g2 witb sd card and removals battery

Thx

My Lg Og
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] War-Rasta:
The most important question would be, which band does your carreier use for 3g/4g? You wouldn't want to get a phone and then find out you can only use it in Edge because it doesn't support the right bands.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scufutz:
Here in spain are 3g and lte bands , right now i use ths lg og pro f240k Korean model

... I really want that lg g2 korean model with sd card and removable battery ...

My Lg Og
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] War-Rasta:
I know you have 3G and LTE bands, but which bands are they? Each carrier has a set of frequencies (bands) that they use. You need to find out which band your carrier uses for 3G and/or LTE (depending on what you're looking for) and then see which version of the G2 is better suited for you.

Here's a breakdown taken from Wikipedia:

◾AT&T - D800

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

UMTS 850/1900/2100

LTE 1900(2)/1700(4)/850(5)/700(17)

◾Sprint - LS980

GSM 850/1900

CDMA 800/850/1900

UMTS 850/1900

LTE 1900(25)/800(26)/2500(41)

◾T-Mobile - D801

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

UMTS 850/1700/1900/2100

LTE 1900(2)/1700(4)/700(17)

◾Verizon - VS980

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

CDMA 850/1900

UMTS 850/900/1900/2100

LTE 1700(4)/700(13)

◾Global version - D802

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

UMTS 850/900/1900/2100

LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600

◾Canadian version - D803

GSM 850/900/1800/1900

UMTS 850/1900/2100

LTE 700,AWS(1700?),2600
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] joey jojo:
hiya, just thought anyone runnibg wm 5 from the wizard rom, would like to know that the ext rom for o2 ext room has o2 active and is the newest wm5 compatible version and runs smoothly.

there are some other nice cabs too, have a look guys.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] joey jojo:
here are a few pics from my BA with WM5.0 [wizardv2a] with the wizard o2 active wm5 interface.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forgottenit:
Hi there.

I want to set Whatsapp as default messaging.

I go to Settings > Wireless & Networking, > default SMS app. It only gives me the choice of Hangouts or Messaging. What gives?

Rooted stock 4.4, Nexus 4.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anthropostar:
Whatsapp isnt capable of sending SMS's, it sends its message over data.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smart4Mart:
I have the same problem with my stock Nexus 4 with KitKat. When accessing non-whatsapp contacts from within whatsapp it defaults to the standard messaging app. There is no way of making it default.

My wife has an old HTC Wildfire running eclair and on that you can set whatsapp as default.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krrunch:
As [MENTION=2937734]Anthropostar[/MENTION] said above, whatsapp does not do SMS - it "uses" the phone number to identify contacts but all messages are sent via internet data, not over gsm etc.

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:: Nexus 4 :: SlimKat :: Faux mainline ::
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smart4Mart:
Hi, I know whatsapp uses data to send messages but you can't send to non whatsapp contacts in KitKat. You can with older builds. (Sent over data - received over SMS)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gohel.vishal:
it's work for me

goto contacts and select contact click send message and select whatsapp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smart4Mart:
My apologies.

Whatsapp was sending over SMS on the wildfire.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Messerschmitt262:
Is it possible to find out an imei number for nexus 7? An imei that would identify it as a nexus 7 using sites as this: http://www.imei.info/

I have a nexus 4, however in order to qualify for a promotion for my provider, I am actually suppose to use a tablet. I'd like to just give them an imei to register a nexus 7 on their system.

If people could give me their tablet imei, do they risk anything (could the imei be used for malicious things)?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RootTheMachine:
If someone gives you their IMEI, only one of you can use it without raising red flags. It's generally a bad idea to give it out, as others could steal it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xateeq:
OP always google first.

The Nexus 7 has a CSSN.

The CSSN is located on the outside of the Nexus 7 box. If you no longer have this box, you can also get your CSSN from your device (Settings > About tablet > Status > Serial number).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rodgers7:
Hi

Am using nexus 7, bt why is the apps are keeping on restarting ,plz help