[E 2015 Themes and Apps] xpmule:
Ok so i got a PM asking me if there is *ANY* chance what i posted will brick his phone.

So first off i am not going to provide personal tech support answering common questions, no offense guys.

You should not be PM'ing people unless if you have a good reason anyway.

For some reason this younger generation of users think this is ok.

For one thing i already answered a guy asking about that on the BootLogo page.

and i once again touched on the risk issue on this Animation topic.

Not only that pretty much every topic here warns you all.

The answer ?

Of course there is a risk you will brick your phone.. there always is with all this stuff.

Either you accept that and carry on or you don't.. that is your choice.

I am not giving "guarantees" for anything.

In the PM i got the guy did not even say what phone he has or what version of Android he is running

or ANY thing at all what so ever about what phone he has.

The only info i could see what his signature where he mentions a very different brand phone.

So how could i even TRY and answer this guy with no info ?

For all i know he has a Samsung Galaxy S3 and showed up here randomly on a Motorola topic.

And sorry but i don't have the motivation to tease out info from people.

Not only that i already went through this with 100% of the people who responded with my previous logo's

All of them had poor quality questions etc then flipped out and got mad at me for asking for more info.

I had Staff here delete those topic entirely.

So here we go again LOL

I think some common sense is needed here people.

If you open the Themes section what do you see ?

LOTS of Boot Animations and Boot Logo's.

People are sharing them and using them.. so why would you think your phone is going to get bricked ?

If this does happen it's almost for sure because you did not pay attention to what is going on.

Such as when Moto-E v1 guys come to the Moto-E 2015 section..

And in this case i have repeatedly warned these guys.. just use stuff for your phone. (to be extra safe)

Which is simply common sense.

The big problem is people have a small attention span and do not read what is typed out.

Warnings, disclaimers and instructions & requirements.

MANY people here have a Signature that says do not PM me !

I had a hunch i knew why too.

The big reason is the public can benefit from us talking publicly.

Answer a question 1 time and it can be the answer for 100 other people. (instead of 100 PM's)

So will the stuff i share brick your phone?

If you put the Logo or Animation on a different phone then yes it might.

But you will all notice i am trying hard to test anything i share first on my very own phone. (before sharing)

So it works for me but i obviously can not give any guarantees.

The biggest thing to watch out for is the phone model.. is the thing you see working on you phone model# ?

I do not own every phone model of Moto-E so i can not say for sure.

Although i have looked at a variety of firmware packages and seen a lot of the same stuff.

So someone could say post a question saying will this work on my XT1506 etc

And myself or other may know the answer..

The Moto-E v1 "Condor" users should avoid Logo's and Animations i think made for Moto-E 2015 phones.

And vice versa.. they may work but don't ask me i only have the newer one ;)

It's worth mentioning again the BootAnimations are very different between Moto versions.

The first gen version uses image-sets for Animations and the new Moto-E uses MP4 videos.

If someone has a question just post it publicly please so we can all share the knowledge :)

I always advise making a backup of your system too (i use TWRP) and then also copy the backups to my PC.

I also advise backing up anything you use custom.. such the Logo or Animation.

The default logo.bin file is in the Firmware packages easily found here. (restore the original with FASTBOOT if needed)

And the BootAnimation.zip is already on your phone (back up original one before using a custom one)

(If the BootAnimation fails it should simply not show up when starting)

Anyway if you have questions on the forum provide as much related info as you can..

Such as your phone model and version of Android or Custom ROM etc.

That should help myself or others provide some answers.

I would personally not do anything custom unless you know how to restore that to the default / stock.

In other words do not change it unless you know how to put back how it was when it worked.

There is no guarantees with any of this stuff people post here..