yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] arkedk:
How do you implement those?

Do you have to re-compile the kernel, or is it just a matter of repacking the boot.img or kernel.img? If so where is it stored?

And what are the properties that needs to be met in the boot image.

png, raw bitmap, jpeg, color settings 8bit, 16bit, 24 bit?

I'm a graphic designer so would love to know that, so I could customize my own boot image.

I've created some animated boot images (the one that comes after the kernel boot image) but those are easy to make.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Buddy, you have for sure a huge talent!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Hey Liam,

Your designs are awsome buddy, thankyou for finding the time to share, i like the gingerbread themed one personally but both are equally cool.;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] liamb2001:
yeah i would like to know this as well, id quite like to make some of the text pulsate brighter for the boot screen as well if possible
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] liamb2001:
cheers man, i wouldnt have done it if it wasnt such a great rom, usually i find they hammer the battery or have annoying little bugs...i thought id make a good boot screen bcos i know its missing one at the moment and im pretty sure ill be sticking with this rom for a while now..its my thanks for developing it :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
I love this :-) I want to use it as my back ground but gallery keeps trying to cut off the top and bottom, obviously its the right resolution but why does gallery keep trying to cut bits off?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ok so this is wht need to be done:

unpack/dump boot.img

u will get (raw) kernel & ramdisk.gz

dump ramdisk.gz u will get cpio ramdisk

dump cpio ramdisk u will get all CORE ramdisk files

for bootlogo/bootscreen the file we need to change/add is a file called logo.rle OR initlogo.rle

once u have the .rle file placed in CORE ramdisk files then repack ramdisk to ramdisk.gz (with cpio, correct permissions... followed by gziping them)

once ramdisk.gz is ready use that one and (raw) kernel and pack it into boot.img

done!

on how to modify rle files well thats another story ;)

BTW u need lots of tools/binaries for this to work (currently)...

Chumby_666 (aka aZuZu) is working on implementing all this, including custom bootscreen/bootlogo selection (and conversion) in his new tool...

he will release it when its ready... PLEASE DONT BUG HIM!!!! [or me ;) ]

P.S.:

this is where aZuZu keeps/posts his tools/apps: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1090217

so i would suggest u guys keep watching that thread for updates/etc...

DONT FORGET TO THANK HIM IF U USE HIS TOOLS/APPS!!!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
@erick & ricky

so guys which one do i use finally?

provide me link to that post....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] arkedk:
Really valuable information this.

That was nice to know. I'll start reading up on rle's and start making my own bootlogos.

Big thanks for the reply!

EDIT:

Found a nice cross-platform program that can take png input and make it into a raw 2565 format.

The site is in German, and explains a good deal.

http://www.ccc-mannheim.de/wiki/G1#Customizing_des_BootLogos
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] liamb2001:
an alternative....was having a play sorry, lol
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ya that exact info is hard to come by ;) i was hunting for that for some time..

there are lots of specification available for rle file... there are various threads at XDA itself...

if u want i can send u the conversion tools... but they are all command line tools ...

i would recommend that u wait for aZuZu to make a nice GUI for them in his app...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] arkedk:
Well I'm used to doing cmds. I'm on Linux :)

So would be cool if you could send it my way.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
u need

5652rgb

to565

source are available online...

the only issue is they require RAW image format... if u know how to convert them to png/jpg/etc & viceversa then u got it!

i was thinking of posting a HOW-TO for this... but then i thought that instead of posting 10 binaries i will wait for aZuZu to complete his app...

then it will be easier for all
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] arkedk:
Found out that my Photoshop can save directly to the RGB565 format, so no need for conversion tools.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] liamb2001:
gingerbread man i sent it in blue to your inbox, might as well post it here incase anyone else wants it
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
That's is pretty cool too! We could think to use it in the gingerbread release ;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] liamb2001:
yeah no worries mate.:)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
so guys here is a custom dualboot kernel with EWJET specific bootscreen/bootlogo

thank you liamb2001 for this image: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15051233#post15051233

there was a slight problem with it (resolution was 474x854 which was corrupting initlogo.rle) but corrected that

so now using following image:

the boot.img is the same dualboot kernel posted by Z i just added the above pic as a initlogo.rle file... looks nice doesnt it? ;)

[ Download ]

DB_boot-stock.img_zdzihu_PoC_LOGO_ewjet.zip [mirror]

[ How-to Install ]

Reboot into xRecovery v1.0.0

Manually mount /system [Go to main menu of xRecovery -> mounts and storage -> mount /system]

Flash this update.zip

Go back to main menu of xRecovery

Reboot

Get into recovery

Select “boot custom ROM/kernel”

ENJOY the beautiful EWJET special bootlogo/bootscreen while booting into any 2.1 dualboot rom ;)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Updates available!!! :)

Hey guys,

Here you go some new updates for you..

First of all the new Boot Screen that will replace that "U MAD?" embed in the zKernel (thanks to liamb2001 for create so nice image) and the new Maxthon Browser V2.13.

[+]Kernel zKernel | 2.6.29 - NEW BOOT SCREEN

ewX.tweaks.xkernel.X7 zKernel | 2.6.29 - http://www.mediafire.com/?r8323nrwz5y9mev (*NEW PATCH*)

[+]New Maxthon Browser V2.13 - http://www.mediafire.com/?3qh2ynaouya2cy0

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Hey Rahul,

Sorry buddy fell to sleep, anyway I have just flashed the new exkernel patch and you have made the right choice, it will go Awsome with the gingerbread theme, thanks buddy, :)

@erick

I will update the op later with new pics, also thanks for the quick release of the new patch, it just finishes of your rom nicely buddy having your own boot. :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
Hey ricky, so gingerbread theme is working fine on this latest release? Good news :-)

Just flashed it and looking great. I wsend sure if it would work sincere update. Boot seen is great, nice one liam ;-)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] rpavich:
this is one amazing rom...I've had 2 days for battery life!

it's also smooth and fast.

My only issue is that I just realized that it's a 2.1 based rom and there are a few apps that I wish I could use (they are for 2.2 and above)

I guess there's no way around that is there?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Yeah it looks nice bro, i think everybody involved has made a great job, we have a nice fast stable custom rom, a great theme and a cool ewjet boot screen, a complete package now.:);)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
100% agreed :-) I liked those pictures by liam so much I have the green one as my back ground. If you head along to this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1139805 theres a link to an app so you can have any picture and gallery won't force you to resize it.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
My set up, I couldn't resist posting.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ripp2003:
Since the custom kernel can work with BB67, I finally go back to this very very good version of 2.1 Eclair.

-> Fps in games are very good (asphalt 5 ok)

-> Fully (really fully) working camera !!!!

-> general end user experience very closed to 2.2

Thank you for this great rom
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] shedrule:
+1 I've gone back to 2.1, great ROM Erick, and great backup. Is it possible to get live wallpaper?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] kantk20111:
I really love this ROM but one thing that drives me away is that the screen quality doesn't seem to be to the mark of other 2.2 ROMs, I think because dithering is not enabled so gradients don't look that great. Also, I find the contrast on Wolf's ROM to be better, and the colors look richer :S

This is easily the fastest ROM out there and the most fully functional, but the screen is a bit lacking...i don'tknow if it's only me though :S
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] mety333:
hey eric thanks again for your GREAT rom i've been using exjet for the past months and its great!!

one question though,

how can i restore the default stock 2.1 icons theme? like the phonebook messaging and also the icons at the notification bar like the signal, 3g icon and battery and those things.

thanks again!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
steve my app/widget looks really good ;)

it fits perfectly in ur powerwidget :D

btw i just realized... may be i can make a minimalist icon for the app/widget...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
Ya would be cool, thats why I was asking about theming the app / widget tbh other day ;-) I must say this is one of m fav setups in terms of looks

Tbh all that needs to become in terms minimal lol is get rid of the blue back ground and try and match the white a little better :-)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
ya themes are planned... but i am just running short of time ;)

may be till then i will make 2 to 3 app versions...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] aroutis:
I tried to install latest ROM (xKernel) but I couldn't make it. I flashed the .67 bb,

(X10i Baseband_arkedk_2.1.67) and then proceeded with the usual routine (wipe and all that ) but all I could get is endless WLOD...

Never made it past that first screen, the ARE U MAD? one. I flashed the rom and the launcher, then wiped dalvik cache, fixed permissions and booted.

I had to revert back to .52 bb and restored the backup I had made before trying.

Ideas?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] titan69:
This is exactly the same that is happening with me. What i did i was also getting endless wlod so i took out my battery for 1 min and put it in again, everything is up and running now going to do step 3, but i must say its worrying start.

EDIT: Finally got it working. But the installation is not very good, which i mean i got continous wlod when finished with step 2(had to take out battery), then had another wlod when busy with step 4. But rom looks smooth.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hey buddy,

How are you doing?

Well, seems that this issue is quite similar to another user couple posts ago.

He also reported me a wlod like yours and I told him that there is a patch for an alternative zKernel that increases a bit the voltage to prevent these unpleasant wlods.

Please, proceed to make a fresh flash again and after step 2 do not reboot but proceed to apply this patch for the alternative kernel and let me know your results.

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Here you Erick a few lock screens i just quickly done, i will do some more tomorrow, we can chat then buddy and discuss further.:)

regards Ricky.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] aroutis:
Hey Eric, thanks for the reply,

Will try and let you know as soon as I have something to tell you;)

Cheers :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] titan69:
Something that i realised is that the kernel is already overclocked to 1.13GH from the start, this means that when the systems starts its cpu clock speed is 1.13GH which can make the phone unstable as there are many things the system has to load therefore causing a wlod. The bad part of this is that u can set the cpu to a lower value but it only kicks in a few seconds after u see the homescreens, which could be too late. For an ideal clock speed the kernel should be preset to 999hz and this could make the rom more stable and then the user can increase it if he/she wishes.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] aroutis:
I tried what you asked me Eric but there's no go, I keep getting the multiple WLODs, so right now I am restoring back to the backup I had.

But if there's truth to the fact that there's 1.13MHz overclock there, I never was able to go to that kind of speed withough WLOD ing and that could explain as to why I can't even get past the boot up screen..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Bugly Astard:
Ive got the new kernel version installed with go launcher, install was a breeze. This is blazing fast, but a problem. The camcorder is constantly going in and out of focus, and the camera is really choppy, cant focus and I switched to this rom for a perfect camera but this aint right, Ill try the alternative kernel later might be voltage thing? Everything else is great FAST, Im on barnacle right now.

I would also like to know a few things

1) Im in a hurry and cannot do link2sd as in the steps, can I do it later?

2) I noticed the fancy pictures of the rom with the android and rockets, and some other cool looking themes in the pictures, it would be nice if they were labeled what they are and how to get them.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] htcsnap93:
Dear Bugly asstard.

Link2sd can be done later.

Set you camcorder to infinite focus

The fancy pictures are from R3D launcher.,
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] B3AstLyBLitZ:
This really is the best ROM.

Great work Erick!!!!

Everything is perfect and running very smoothly :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Eugene1991:
I wonder how to set to infinite? :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] VU HEO:
How to install duo boot

I have SE X10a T-mobile. I already installed a ur cookRom: NEW EWJET V001 ROM USING LATEST SE FIRMWARE 2.1.A.0.492. I 'd like used new version rom Gigerbread for game soft but don't want to remove ur Rom, it 's stable and smootly.

I need u help guide me install a new gingerbread with duo boot.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
Dual boot guide.

Reboot phone enter recovery and backup then wipe

entire system and restore another backup. Be sure to have two roms which work on baseband 67 or can modify one to run on it. When your done with one rom simply enter recovery wipe entire system and restore your 1st rom.

Or head along to doomlords thread from his signarure.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] LJE:
for anyone having WLOD's, just ride it out....

I've installed this onto my phone and also my missus's phone and both times I had about 4 wlod's one after another.... after the WLOD's (3-4) it should be lightning fast. Don't pull the battery just let it do it's thing...

Erick, well done mate. I used Steves idea and i'm using liams boot animation picture as my background and you couldn't kick the smile off my face.

I thought v008 was fast but this is GREAT.

Well done to anyone helping out, Ricky, Rahul, and everyone else behind the scenes.... Great Job
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DooMLoRD:
This can actually be set in the init.rc file in ramdisk... wait will modify Erick's boot.img and post a test version...

damn there are too many boot.img files... which ones u having problem with exactly? post filename of zip u flashed

sent from x10 CM7 (FreeXperia Project)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] mister-g1:
Hi Erick,

In some apps the status bar is grey instead of black. Is that a bug or a feature?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] The Gingerbread Man:
I found that too and if you look carefully as you pull the bar down you can see where the black 'runs out' and isnt quite big enough. Needs to be extended by 1 status bar. Market and xda are the 2 main ones iv noticed.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Eugene1991:
Maybe Erick should come up with a new theme? :p
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] aroutis:
Thank you for your reply... I let it WLOD over 20 (!) times before giving up on it.

...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
We was discussing just that last night, things will be happening soon.:D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Hey Eugene,

Have you seen the other theme collections Erick has in his folders ?

http://www.mediafire.com/?xjx4dc8ak8ov0#u188scjic86gf,1
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Eugene1991:
Yes I did, btw now i'm dualbooting Ultima's ROM with the EWJet modded by doomlord! awesome! Love my X10 much more :p
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] WindGhost:
Erick, so nice ROM. I found my problem (Arabic language) and where it comes from. It comes from three sources : xKernel 2.51, xKernel 2.52 and flashing BB52. So, I'll try now your ROM with zKernel. But a small question, your default ROM already comes with xKernel 2.50 as I know, can you please provide one with zKernel without a need to flash it? I'm afraid the xKernel with all versions comes with a problem with Arabic language.

Thanks for nice work.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] PhilWee:
Hey Erick!

First of all i have to tell ya: Your Rom is so great! I'm really impressed of such a stable and fast 2.1 custom Rom!

I only recognized one problem with DeepSleep when under 30% on stock kernel but will try zkernel and newest version today...

Btw, are you thinking of creating an Rom based on official GB?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DeViL_DiCe:
Hey guys, sorry to bother, but I´m having a couple of problems, which I´d like to see solved:

1. Is it possible to flash the blue market from pendo in this rom? I tried, but it doesn´t do a thing... Cleared data, etc, then flash with recovery but nothing. Has someone managed to install it?

2. Since this rom doesn´t come with gmail, I tried flashing the gmail and gtalk pack. I managed to do it, but everytime I receive an email with pictures, the option to show pictures dones´t appear anymore. What should I do? Flash gapps? Does someone have the package that works with this rom?

Thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hey buddy,

Nice to know that you are using EWJET rom. :)

Okay, let me try to understand your issues..

1 - I don't know blue market, I wondering if can you extract from .zip file (ready flashable package) and put into system/app folder?.. (remember to set correctly all permissions)

2 - Same procedure for Gmail and other applications. If for any reason it doesn't works through flash process, do not hesitate to extract the zip package and put the .apk file directly in to system/app or data/app (depending of the app.)

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hey buddy,

Nice to have your positive impressions and feedback! :)

About deep sleep mode, here you go a few considerations.. such as to have sure that your favorite widget is not messing the deep sleep process, in this case, I suggest you to uninstall widgets such as clock alarms, tasks managers and another that can possible run in background, but in an unsuitable way with system process getting interference in their tasks (deep sleep). They can mess system getting your phone to eat too much battery and memory beyond other unpleasant symptoms as to stuck deep sleep.

I strongly advice you to try the latest EWJET xkernel rom out. For sure you will enjoy it. :)

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DeViL_DiCe:
Thanks Erick! It´s nice to see a developer answer simple questions from members, it just shows your commitment to the community!

Will try to do what you suggested and then I´ll get back to you! I might not be the only one with this problem...
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
hi sir, im now on wolfs 2.2 with gingerbread theme.

i have no problems with it it's just that i dont like the sense status bar.. it has gradient i wanted to have a deep black status bar to mimic the real gingerbread theme..

so ihave decided to try your rom..

QUESTION:

by downgrading to 2.1

what exactly are apps that we cannot use?

and what other features do i leave behind?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hey buddy,

This latest xKernel rom is using the z kernel, so hopefully you won't face this issue anymore.

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] DeViL_DiCe:
Just to give a heads up. One app that was important to me was App2SD and you cannot use in 2.1. But Erick gives us Link2SD which is the same, if not better than App2SD. You just need to create a partition on your sd card first.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
oh and ive read that you cannot install flash for this rom right?

oh well... = smoother web browsing.

although ill miss watching from southparkzone haha
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hi buddy,

First of all, welcome you aboard our EWJET xKernel rom :)

Well, I advice you to start to read a couple posts ago, you will be able to get the feeling of some EWJET users.

In few words, is stable, reliable, faster, smoother and still is a 2.1 rom :) So stock camera works natively, beyond other cool features.

For now we don't have flash working on stock browsers, but according other user's report, you can handle it using skyfire.

Hope you have fun using EWJET rom as we have.

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Yes buddy, that's correct :) Personally, my choice is Link2SD..

For those who wish to know more about, please, just take an overview at the link2sd op to understand why. :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Thanks buddy, Gingerbread man notice me too about this issue.

I will handle it as soon I have some time :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Hey buddy,

If you ever have problems installing apps, try the ADB Mask controller, it pushes and pull apps to your system, really easy to use and does a whole lot more.

please give thanks to the op over there.;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868423
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
o yeah i remember using skyfire on stock 2.1 before thank you..

having a problem with the download link now.. hahaha

i got a couple of interrupted downloads and now it is asking me to authorize download but when i click authroize nothing happens..

too bad i really want to try this rom now..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Really!?! Bad mediafire!!! :D ahahahahahah.. cuz we are eating too muchbandwidth from them! Guess that they wanna sell me some bandwidth :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] WindGhost:
Hey, thanks man, another noob question, what's the differene between EWJET XKernel Version X.ex and EWJET XKernelSE (SonyEricsson Look'n feel) Version X.ex, and do both of them with zKernel?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
Screenshots screenshots! Screenshots! Hahaha
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Hey man, no worries. There is no noob questions ;)

The main difference is the theme. The first one is using the current theme while EWJET XKernelSE is using the sonyericsson theme (stock style)

Have fun!

Cheers,

Erick
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
sir eric, mediafire allowed me to download when i tried dloading it from SEX10..

crap i have 7 hours to do a whole presentation for a music video of a pharmaceutical company hahahaha

im still trolling in this thread... hahahaha
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
will it matter which version of ewjet i download if im going to install gb theme from this thread as well?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] erickwill:
Yeah, I am thinking to adopt gingerbread theme as the official one for EWJET as well :D Thinking yet :D
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
so sir whcih version of ew with custom kernel should i get to get the gb theme running well?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
Justin, which baseband are you on now?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Justinhopaolo:
on 67, flashing this new rom from wolfs 7.1 :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] colossus:
This is the rom you want...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11132544&postcount=2

and the gingerbread theme works pefect as i am using it now buddy.;)