yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] ndhr3d:
Bringing this topic back to life hopefully!!!

Has anyone looked into this anymore? I've been playing with it for a couple days now and can get the first 45 or so of my 60 frames to play using the desc file included but replacing the text

"320 480 13p 0 0 animate"

with

"480 800 60

p 0 0 animate"

(480 800 - screen resolution... 60 - frames/sec... p - ???... 0 - # of times to repeat... 0 - # of frames to pause after last frame... animate - folder png's located in)

It seems as if I'm limited to a certain amount of TIME not frames... Like the phone breaks the boot sequence into 2 separate time slots... one for T-Mobile sequence and one of Galaxy-S sequence... not a restriction on frames like the bootdown sequence has. I played with changing the frame-rate (the 13 and the 60) to different variations including 1, 30, 60, 80. I got further along in my animation with each variation, but it seemed as if it hit a time restraint wall and it hard stopped the animation.

Also, another reason I think it is alloting 2 separate time slots is that the Droid boot animation file contains 2 separate folders "part0" and "part1" with png files in both, and their desc.txt file contains text calling both folders out?? Could that have something to do with our animation pausing 3-5sec?? Is it looking for another animation call? Do we need more than one boot sequence?

It's late here and I'm not going to play with it any more tonight, but I'll skim more of the surface tomorrow. I'm no pro at this stuff as this is my first android and phone development is completely new to me, so don't poke too hard. If this is old news and someone has figured it out, a nice 'how-to' would be greatly appreciated!

One last thing... I failed to make a backup of my original stock bootanimation.zip file... would it be too much to ask someone to post one or send me a copy so I can revert without nandroid restoring??
[Vibrant Android Development] Babyface1249:
I realize you said it was late, but did you mean the stock .qmg file?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
I have edited the init.rc and can run the bootanimation binary. The problem is, it never stops. Does anyone know how the AOSP boot animation is supposed to be halted? I have to adb shell into the phone and kill the bootanimation process.

If you want to mess with it, check out my kernel. You can run a script to replace init.rc at bootup before Android's init app loads up. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] ndhr3d:
Whichever was what the phone was calling before I started destroying everything!

The cmd code included creating BKP files of the playlogo and playlogos1 files, but both of those I've overridden. Not sure if I need those to bring back the original boot sequence.

I know nothing about android development other than the few things I've been able to modify by swapping out png files or flashing with recovery... I wish I had enough time in my day to learn about it all. The one thing I remember from the Droid forum I read was that a 0 in the desc file after the p means 'infinite loops'... maybe simply change that to a 1 and see if it plays through only once??

Reference to that infinite: http://www.machackpc.com/featured/how-to-changecreate-your-boot-animation-for-droid/

If you got it all to work and play the entire loop with no 3-5sec delay prior, that is fantastic! Otherwise I guess I could Nandroid back... luckily I was smart enough to create a backup before starting to mess around in my system files!
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Interesting. That does cause the boot animation to kill itself. I guess that's not so bad as a restriction, but the screen will go black after the specified number of loops, rather than just looping till the UI comes up. I put 5 in there and it seemed OK, it ended a little early, but not too bad. It would be nice to do it properly though.
[Vibrant Android Development] ndhr3d:
It sure would be nice!! I'm going to let this topic simmer for a few days and hopefully someone smarter than us will fix all of the worlds problems and post how we can do the same! :) I've put my $0.02 into it as much as I can. I will continue reading about modifying these files and hopefully find a nice way to convert video and qmg files! That would cure all of our issues, now wouldn't it?
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
So now that eugene has gotten this working on 2.2 anyone have any idea how we can finish this for 2.1... maybe port his mod?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
I don't see anything obvious in his init. I've PMed him, but no response yet.
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
I didn't want to bother him, so I figured I would ask here first. This mod would really help with my themes :-)
[Vibrant Android Development] the3dman:
Did you ever get a response from him on this?
[Vibrant Android Development] ttabbal:
Nope. I haven't had time to really spend much time on it either.
[Vibrant Android Development] mgltomstr:
system/bin/bootanimation

hi i have deleted the bootanimation file on root/system/bin/bootanimation and theres no more boot animation appearing on every boot of my phone who knows this?

or how to get it back coz i dont even have boot animation anymore.
[Desire General] AdrianE46:
Last night i decided to sort out my google contacts because the ones in the phone were well sorted but the ones in my gmail account weren't. So I exported the contacts to the SD card then i transfered them to my PC and replaced the ones on GMail with them. I made some changes and on GMail and then exported the new contacts to the PC then SD card and then deleted and replaced the ones on the phone. Now both the phone and the Gmail account have the same info on them. After awhile i made a few minor changes to the contacts on Gmail and since then it won't sync with my phone contacs anymore.

In theory i could retry the above process but that would be a temporary fix until i need to change or add something on either the Gmail account or the phone. What can i do to make google contacts sync to my phone? (BTW, I have a stock HTC Desire 2.2 Froyo with the latest OTA update and i'm running Windows 7 on my PC)
[Desire General] Tiznom:
Were your Gmail contacts syncing with the phone previously? The default behavior is for changes you make in the browser to appear on the phone right away. This can be toggled on/off by going to Menu/Settings/Accounts and sync and touching "Auto-sync". Check that first, and "Background data" above it are both checked. You will see your active accounts below those two things under "Manage Accounts". If the two boxes above are checked and your Gmail account is listed below, then I'm out of ideas.
[Desire General] Foxhunter123:
I have the same problem - but it seems that I have misunderstud the greatnes of google contacts???

Because it works for me to sync my Desire with the changes I make in my google contacts ON MY COMPUTER - however (and this is what I thought was the cool bit with google contacts...) I cannot sync my contacts on my gmail (on the computer) with my Desire when I ex create a new contact ON MY DESIRE...

Any solutions, missing settings...???:confused:
[Desire General] Tiznom:
Push contact info from phone to Google

foxhunter123,

When I go to save a new contact on my phone, I usually start at the call history. Let's assume you dialed a new number for someone and now you want to save that number you just called as a new contact.

Touch the plus sign next to the number in your call history. You should get prompt to "Save to People" with options to create a new contact or save to an existing one.

Choose the option you want, then the next window asks you what type of contact. Google, SIM, or Phone. Choose Google and then input whatever other info you want, like their name, etc. Note that if you sync the phone with more than one Google account, they will all appear here, and you need to pick the right one.

Once you save it, it should sync that info to your Google contacts you see on your computer. In other words, the phone will push the new contact info to Google, instead of the other way around.

There are probably several different ways of doing this, but this way works just fine for me. I have an unrooted Desire running the latest stock ROM with all the updates current. If you try this and it does not work, you might be better off rooting and trying out a different ROM, or trying a factory reset.

Double check your settings I mention in the second post, and try the above steps. Good luck and post here again if you are not successful.
[Desire General] Foxhunter123:
Hello :-)

And thank you very very much for trying to help me!

I just cannot get it to work... :-(

I have just exported my contacts from my gmail on my computer using the vcard format (the only format I can find on my Desire when importing?) and then I deleted all my contacts on my Desire and then imported the vcard file so that both the gmailcontacts on my computer gmail and the desire is identical.

But I just cannot get new contacts to apear in my pc-gmail when I add them on the Desire!!!

When I go to settings, acounts and syncronization, everything is tjecked and when I press my google acount it's also tjecked in all 3 options.

However - and this is perhaps the problem... - the date of my syncronizecantacts is wrong - it says 21/112010 but both gmail and calender has the current date...

Is there something that can block the sync of contacts?

I have previosly used HTC sync but that was when I tried to sync my contacts to my pc's outlook and since I'm now 100 % google I don't use it anymore...

I really hope you (or somebody else) can help me... ;-)

Oh and Happy New Year :)
[Desire General] spile:
My google contact sync stopped working a few weeks ago. The last time this happened it was down to a facebook issue. However this time I ignored the problem and use MyPhoneExplorer (free) to sync contacts between Android and PC.
[Desire General] Tiznom:
Well I'm out of ideas. At this point, you should try doing a factory reset to see if that fixes it. If not, root and try a different ROM. If the phone is still under warranty you could also try returning or exchanging it.
[Desire General] Foxhunter123:
Well... I took the big step and made a factory reset and now everything just works perfect!

And I now can see why the android system is so great!

A thing to remark though is, that it's a know issue that you have to have a google acount BEFORE you start up the Desire the first time, but I think that it's also safe to say that you also have to have your contacts stored as google contacts before you start up the Desire for the first time!(?)

I also thought that I had to import my contacts to my Desire wich isn't the case since they now come automatically from my Gmail (Googlecontacts on my pc/the internet) to my Desire... ;-)

Another very huge advantage with doing the above is that after installing all of my programs again I have still 50 MB free where there previously only was 26 MB left...??? :cool:

My biggest problem now is that I have to start all over in Angry Birds and seasons... Or is there a way to restore my levels completed in the games? ;)
[Desire General] spile:
That sounds like the Contacts memory leak problem.

See:

http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/127440-internal-memory-again.html
[Desire General] marinierb:
Next time, before doing a factory reset, try clearing data for both Contacts and Contacts Storage from the Application Manager. The Google sync should kick in shortly after and put everything back on your phone from your Google account.
[EVO 4G General] skydeaner:
TODAY!!! My replacement comes in. Aren't you all happy for me? Thank you asurion.

They said it was brand new, not a refurb. hopefully it is new enough it doesn't have the light leakage thing. If not, i am thinking it is going to get damaged during shipping....
[EVO 4G General] nebenezer:
YAY! I can stop fasting in protest! I'm so hungry!

Seriously, congrats :D
[EVO 4G General] skydeaner:
LOL

thanks man.

I'm so excited. I am blowing up the fedex website. If anyone can't access it later on, it is because i am refreshing it 3 times every .5 seconds.
[EVO 4G General] DeMiNe0:
Thank you for letting me know. I was truely tearing my hair out, anticipating when your Evo would come in.

Remember to drop it from atleast 6 feet up in the air, with the back of the phone facing up, before you turn it on. This ensures the best battery life.
[EVO 4G General] werxen:
Trade? :< congratz.
[EVO 4G General] jasonrush:
I lost mine on Thursday and reported online at 9pm and my replacement was delivered Friday at 11am. 14 hour turn around time is pretty impressive.
[EVO 4G General] cabbieBot:
im still going to sacrifice a virgin, despite the good news.
[Touch2 Themes and Apps] VolganGR:
Does anyone Knows where ican find usefull apps for Touch2 or games?:)Thank You:)
[Touch2 Themes and Apps] spandeli:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=636656
[Captivate Accessories] mrschwarz:
I am looking for a horizontal holster that will work with my silicone case on the Captivate. I sent a note to Amzer and they replied that they don't have a compatible case. I am still using my Palm Treo holster that I have used for my Tilt and Tilt2. It fits sort of, but it can be a struggle to get it out.

Does anyone know of a holster that will hold a Captivate that has a silicone case?
[Captivate Accessories] smeltn:
Well I am looking for the same thing. I purchased the Body Glove snap on case with Holster, which is nice, but it sticks out from your side so far that I actually hit a door jam with it. Also I don't like the fact that it has my screen facing out, so I went back and put my body glove mirage case on.

I am about to head to the verizon store and look at holsters they have for the droid x. My step mother has the droid x and she got a case/holster set with it, the holster fits my phone fantastic, but its just a plastic holster. Problem of course is you would have to purchase the combo set, which means the case is useless for our phones.

Like I said, I am going to look now at the Verizon store and see what they have.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iraklig:
Hi everyone, I've changed my hTC HD2's clock interface through installing special soft.. How to change back the standart view of a clock??? please help!!!

Thanks

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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrionCarl:
settings>applications>remove programmes unistall what u put on
[HD2 General] mm2700:
I have bought a used HTC HD2 which freezes very often. Unfortunately I found out that the device freezes when it gets more than 36.5 degrees. I am incapable to make call which take longer than 5 minutes- its very annoying. The problem is, that I can't send the phone to HTC in my country because I got the device from Germany. So I have my warrantly in my country.

The problem exists in Android and Windows Mobile. I have tried many different ROMs. I've read serveral posts about freezing problems and it is definitly a hardware issue.

Is it possible or has someone fixed the freezing and reboot problems with his HD2?

I am very sorry for my bad English.
[HD2 General] p107r0:
probably not, had the same overheating/reset loops issue, finished having mainboard replaced under warranty, no problems since
[HD2 General] mm2700:
:(

The problem is, that I have no warrantly and replaceing the mainboard cost 100€ or more...

Is there any way to disable the temperature sensor that the mainboard doesn't reboot?
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
Looks like you bought a flawed phone. Can't you just return the phone to the vendor you bought it from? Or insure it, and claim on it? At one stage I had my phone covered by house insurance, phone insurance and my bank also had it covered as part of a premium account I had with them, surely you have something along those lines you can claim though?
[HD2 General] mm2700:
The problem is that I can't return the phone :(

I need to fix it myself but I don't now how to do it.

I found a post which maybe help but I am afraid to completlely damage my device.

Has anyone done this? Or can anyone please share a pic with the three battery contacts because I don't know what's exactly the right position.
[HD2 General] nrfitchett4:
if it's overheating that easily, the motherboard needs to be replaced. Not much we can do to help.
[HD2 General] mm2700:
Its very strange because 36.5 degrees is not very hot and there are HD2s which work when they get 50 degrees. I don't think that something is overheating. In my view there is something wrong with the temperature sensor. Maybe the sensor is reporting that the device is overheating which isn't true.
[HD2 General] Bernhard12345:
Hi,

my HD2 crashed when temperature was more than 34,4°. I observed that this problem gets more and more often. It began about 2 or 3 times a week and ends with crash after 2 min using the device. I gave it to sevice center and they replaced my keyboard. (btw: all Software using a hardware-dependent key is no mor working).

Bernhard
[HD2 General] PhysX:
try using some "Tesafilm", and put it on the battery there where that pi is before screwin it off... maybe that helps.
[HD2 General] guten8:
@mm2700: You've got a PM! I had nearly the same issue here in Austria with a German HD2.
[HD2 General] mjordan79:
How do you measure the temperature?
[HD2 General] p107r0:
BattClock.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jcalba89:
Anyone knows of a night vision app that turns your camera into--well yeah, night vision mode. Or maybe a dev can make it? Would be cool to have on my phone instead of using the dual LED
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] thenewguy821:
In order for Night vision to work, I think you would need to have Infrared lights on the back of the phone for illumination. Night vision doesn't just "See" in the dark, it still needs illumination. It then takes the slight illumination from the infrared lights and enhances the detail. The EVO only has the 2 White LED's on the back, so I doubt Night vision would be possible.

I could be completely wrong about this though...

As a side note, Night vision would be cool.... :cool:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rekphiv:
What happens if you get a huge IR flood light and carried it around with you while you were shooting? How much would it work or help in low light situations? HmmmMm... I see a purchase of some random crap in my future.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] BigRick10:
Vignette has a night vision option. Although not true night vision. It just converts the pic into a night vision format. Here is an example.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] reddyfire:
your technichal answer is fully correct however maybe we can replace one of the white led's with an ir light. i know that one in my sony camera isnt much bigger than those led's ...just an idea though for the electronical savy ppl reading this...

and yes i would donate for a project like this that would be ****ing cool the first nightvision camera phone ever...are you serious its bound to make some revenue
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mistersquirrle:
You also need a camera lens that can detect IR light... I don't believe that every camera can see it. You might wanna look into that first
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] kf2m:
Actually there are two types of IR. Active (using IR illumination otherwise known as "painting the target"), and Passive (detecting the objects heat signature).

Most cameras use Active IR (red LEDS). Mostly seen on camcorders, and low end night vision (GEN1/2). Passive is Gen3 night vision. Expensive CCD. Mainly high end hunting scopes, and military optics (FLIR).
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] coppertop24:
Most digital camera ccd's are capable of picking up infrared. You can see this by pointing a tv remote at the camera lens of your evo. It will show the IR illumination of the remote but if you try to use it to take a picture you will not get very good results. Using a large IR illuminator may improve your results but i dont think you want to carry around a large illuminator for pictures. While it would be cool, its just not practical.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Saturn2K:
That is just so awesome. Thank you for sharing that piece of information. Doubting that it would work, I aimed my remote at my Evo and was rewarded with two glowing purple/white dots.

The more you know...
[Android Themes] nebenezer:
If anyone wants the .psd you are welcome to do what you like with it.

I came up with the concept while tring to achieve 100 unique increments without using numbers and I just don't have time to finish it right now. I'm not asking for help with it, just offering it up to anyone who might like it and be inclined to make it a working mod. You guys are welcome to do whatever you like with the .psd, if you want to tweak how it looks or whatever.

I'm on my phone right now, I'll post the .psd later today.

my battery icon mod with no name:

ps. it's for hdpi, so right now it's 84x84. Also, the bg is a separate later so it can be de-selected if you want to make this aosp compatible.
[Networking] fstefani:
On my wlan access point (french « freebox »), I configured wlan in WPA AES.

I have a pocket pc (HTC p3600 under WM 6.1) which connected perfectly. But after a hard reset and reinstall, il does’nt (it remains indefinetly “connecting”)

My other devices, PC and pocket pc ! (HTC Touch P3452 under WM 6.1) do connect without a problem.

The P3600 connect perfectly in WEP and WPA2 on other access points.

If I set my “freebox” as WEP, the P3600 do connect perfectly.

But, of course, I would like to keep my “freebox” in WPA mode for obvious security reasons
[Networking] fstefani:
SOLUTION

I reply to myself in case someone experiments the same issue:

hourra!! I got the solution:

Run SHAPS Advanced Configuration: under "network" disable WPA Authentication.

(or change the corresponding registry key but i do'nt know which one).

It works now !!
[Desire General] ricochet69:
Hey guys,

I have a HTC Desire, rooted with djdroid v1.2 on it. I am having two problems.

1. Notifications don't disappear from the notification area if i read the messages through the text message app (this applies for missed calls,emails, etc) until i go into the notification area and clear it. Is there any way to fix this or is it a known bug for djdroid1.2?

2. I cant seem to update maps, it keeps on saying failing. Ive cleared data, cleared cache, and force stopped it but it still says update unsuccessful. Other updates seem to work fine except for maps.

Thanks for any replys guys.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Others say the Google Maps update is failing, seems you have to either rebake with it in or remove it using adb and get it from the Market as a new install. Stock ROMs are fine, though - I updated last night with no issues
[Desire General] chichoko:
I live in greece and no matter how many times ive searched i just cant find the google maps app.. is there a catch with that? :S i dont want to download separate apk's since i want to update it through the market..
[Desire General] ricochet69:
cool and thanks for your advice but how do i get rid of maps? it wont uninstall from applications menu, do i have to somehow delete other files.

Also any idea about the text notifications one, its really bugging me.
[Desire General] AndroHero:
you have to delete it using adb, just mount /system/ and then use the command rm /system/app/Maps.apk
[Desire General] ricochet69:
tried that and still didn't work, any advice its wrecking my head