yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
The 480 and 800 are the width and height of your images.

The 30 after them is the frame rate, or frames per second.

p 1 means play 1 time. If it was p 15 it would play 15 times and if it was p 0 it will loop infinitely.

0 is the pause, in frames, after it has finished displaying the images. So if it was 15, there would be a pause of 15 frames, or one second as the fps is 15.

animation is the folder from which the images will be displayed. All info up to the previous p is related to this folder.

This is then repeated for any other folder. You can have any number of folders, but they will all play at the same frame rate. So to increase/decrease the speed of an animation you need to decrease/increase the number of frames respectivly.

This is quoted from the provided link. The text document can be different depending on the phone, but this is one of the articles I read when trying to figure it out for myself.

http://android.modaco.com/content/z...om/334096/guide-changing-your-boot-animation/
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
attached is the newest version... i changed the framerate to 15, and added more image files in the part1 folder so it doesn't spin so fast.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
thanks man... you've been a BIG help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
I know mudknot said that 15 fps is jerky and he is correct. I tried 15 fps because the phone seemed to handle what I did a little better and it kept the total file size about a third smaller than having it with 30 fps. You can compensate with the tweens to smooth it out. Have to kind of experiment to see what works best with what you are doing. My animation was the very first I have ever done for a phone. I have done plenty of others, but I have never done anything for phones. The phone themes and animations are new to me and I have no experience with how the phone handles the playback so I am learning. I originally did mine at 30 fps but the file size was too big in my opinion, so I scrapped the keys and re keyed it for 15 fps by taking educated guesses for all of the key frames. I would not say it is perfect, but it also did not come out too badly for being a total stab in the dark. The next animation is different and already much better. It will be released with TPC's next version release. I will check yours out and see how it plays out. If you wish to take a look at mine, I have attached it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
I'll check it out.... this animation has been a learning expedition... hopefully I can pump out some animations for everyone to use with the knowledge I've gained through this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Good luck.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
Your animation looks pretty cool.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Thank you.
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
After some of the posts in this thread I thought I would add some rules:

1) No name calling

2) No racial slur's (the society we live in places heavy weight on these)

3) Keep it clean and have fun

I am actively watching this thread. I will update rules as needed for this thread.

I did change the title so that way everyone feels they can post here. So please sprint reps and customers feel free to post your funny stories.

I thought it would be kinda fun and funny at the same time to start a thread about some the funny stuff sprint reps tell us. Feel free to post any funny story you have about you experience with sprint. I am not doing this to be mean just had the idea after my experience with a sprint rep today. Think of it as the TV show "KIDS SAY THE DARNEDEST THINGS"

So here is mine:

Today I had to go to the sprint story to exchange mine and my wife's epic and while there the sprint rep said, "I think its stupid to update your phone. I think whatever OS was on the phone when you bought it is what you should run on it." I replied "well that would be like running windows 98 on a computer that can run windows 7." He replied "Well you have to pay for that update. If someone is going to update their phone then they should have to pay for it." So I replied "fine then running 2.1 would be like running windows 7 without any service packs or updates to it to fix known bugs and problems. It all comes down to customer service and providing the best software and product you can." After that he just started stammering and walked away. He didn't come over to me the rest of the hour I was in the store. He just occasionally glared at me. It was hilarious.

Please have fun it would be fun I think to compile our stories in one place instead of spread all over the place.
[Epic 4G General] mykie242:
I think the oil that came in your car when you bought it is the same oil you should use for the life of your car.
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
hilarious....:p
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
My experience was when i first got my epic it came with dg27 on it and di18 was the newest software. I went back in the next day and he was there and I asked him why my phone wont update itself from dg27 to di18. He said that I was on the newest software release and I told him to get his phone out and check. he did and he was on di18. So then he grabbed my phone and said this is how you do it. He went into updates and.clicked on update prl and handed the phone back to.me and said, "here you go sir all done". I said you have to be joking right? He honestly had no clue what he was doing. He has no business working there.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
MedicStuder and Musclehead- both hilarious stories. I had a similar experience while speaking with a Sprint customer service rep on the phone. These people really have no idea what they are talking about or what they are doing. I would be supremely frustrated with my phone if it weren't for XDA :D
[Epic 4G General] nadcicle:
I had an occasion where I was trying to get a replacement for my touch pro 1. I called up sprint proclaiming that it was getting hotter than a skillet on the side of my face and that the battery felt smoldering. Well the lady said there wasn't a whole lot she could do but they were required to have me visit a repair store.

So I go to a store that does repairs to be greeted by a technician and told him my story. He says "it doesn't feel hot to me" as soon as I hand him my phone. He turned to walk to the back and dropped my phone cracking the screen lol. So the manager comes over saying we can fix that don't worry. I said that wasnt what I was there for and explained. He ends up giving me a brand new touch pro 2 in the box.

Well when I get home there's a package on my doorstep so I'm like wtf is this. I open it up to see another touch pro 2. The rep on the phone sent one even though she told me to go to the repair store lol
[Epic 4G General] treyxazn:
Bahahaa ebayyy
[Epic 4G General] flash_c4:
This isn't the first time I've heard of something similar to this. I had a friend that was in the process of moving when they ordered a new phone. They had given them the new address and they double checked everything and the phone was shipped. Well when it didn't show up when it was supposed to they ended up sending a second phone. That one showed up and then when she got back into town the next day there was also a phone waiting for her there. She tried to get info so she could ship the second phone back but it seemed like a hassle for Sprint so she ended up keeping both of them.
[Epic 4G General] notoriouspyro:
I'm not gonna lie, I normally do this when people come into the store raising their voice demanding the world trying to make the rest of my reps feel inferior. Sadly, this actually works with 90% of the customers I deal with. Just proving that having a smart phone does not make for a smart person.
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
True true. Just fyi I was calm and cooperative during my experience. I find its not worth raising my blood pressure over a phone.
[Epic 4G General] abduljaffar:
Went to a retail store yesterday. I got asked if o need help. I said no but my gf epic got the ota 2.2 update and now her camera is broken. He said that im the 6th person that mentioned this. I asked when its going to get patched up. He said, I dont think they will but just do a hard reset to fix it. I just smiled and left.
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
Yeah I was calm to till he updated my prl. Lol
[Epic 4G General] ghostrid3r:
I went into a sprint corp. store and asked a rep. "can I haz my gingerburgrz for me epic?", he replied "I just do sales and returns now".

/end story
[Epic 4G General] greatlakesghost:
Just before coming to android I had a blackberry tour and was having terrible reception issues with it, after talking to several reps I got transfered to another and the first thing out of her mouth was "cell phones are not intended for use in houses and cars and if I wanted perfect reception just step outside and use my phone!" Lol, in the end it ended up being issues with the towers in our area.
[Epic 4G General] nutswillkillme:
When I noticed my htc hero was getting dust under the screen and it got unbearable enough to take it back, one sprint rep looked at it and agreed to give me a new one, then showed his coworker who then examined it and told me that those were dead pixels, not dust, and that all phones get them and to avoid getting them I should charge my phone with it powered down... needless to say I was speechless. He was extremely rude as well as dumb.
[Epic 4G General] greatlakesghost:
omg!:eek: thats too much! guess we need to check the dunce hats at the door when we get there.
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
my wife's intercept received the OTA (froyo) and it broke her data.. causing lockups similar to the moment's plague..

(we did NOT have TEP.. still don't).. i called CS told them that i went into stock recovery and did a factory restore and it still isn't working properly, he handed me off to level 2 tech support. THAT guy proceeded to argue with me that my problem was with Samsung and not with Sprint. "After all, your warranty is from Samsung so you need to take it up with them".. i tell him that it was Sprint's update that broke the damn phone and that Sprint needs to fix it. He still stands by his "take it up with Samsung" spiel so i ask him "If I go purchase a brand new Ford at a Ford dealership and need an engine replaced under warranty, do you suggest that I drive my car to the factory in Detroit or take it back to the dealership ?" after some stammering he told me to take it to the local repair center but they would charge me $35 for the repair. I tell him that's unacceptable and he agrees to credit my account for the $35. I STILL tell him that it's not right and that i shouldn't have to pay anything to fix something that their software update broke and by this time, i'm fuming pissed and request to speak with HIS supervisor.. This guy asks what's going on (after almost 2 hrs on the phone so far) I tell him the whole story and he agrees to put the equipment protection on our account for 30 days, credit our account the cost of the equipment protection (so it's free) and tells me this way, I won't have to pay at the repair center. Then he says "You know that you'll have to go through 3 defective phones to get a different phone right ?" (I already knew this but played dumb)..

Then after a week and a half of playing 'return the bad phone' we finally got my wife the transform LMFAO
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
Omg!:eek: is right. How come we can all understand how things work and or should work but the people selling the items don't? (Scratches head). I knew this thread would be a fun one but wow just wow...lol
[Epic 4G General] punwik:
lol

Hell, Samsung is just as bad. I called them last night about adding memory to my laptop and he told me sir the laptop you have is at its max with 4gb of ram and i knew that my laptop could be upgraded to 8gb. Where do SPRINT and SAMSUNG find these people? My 6 year old son know more about the stuff they sell than these jerk off CS rep's...
[Epic 4G General] intx:
Not every Sprint Rep is dumb.

I work at Sprint >_>
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
True I guess I could have phrased it differently. Sorry dude.
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
I once had a sprint store rep tell me (after i mentioned it to her) that she didnt know that 4g allows you to surf the web and talk on the phone at the same time....(not so bad)

I have hade a FEW reps look at me like I was CRAZY when I mentioned froyo....They honestly didnt know what the hell it was....

Truth is....MOST of the people who frequent this site are tech heads and gadget geeks like myself, who have a passion for this kinda stuff.....we probable know WAY MORE about cell phone tech than most store or CS reps and sales people.
[Epic 4G General] ThrasherJKL:
im sorry but its people like you that play that aggravating game that i dont like.

as a former sprint employee that took pride in fixing peoples phones, one of my concerns was people expecting something from nothing like the said story above.

IMO, if you didnt have the insurance, phone was a mess or didnt even want to go to the repair center/too lazy and you provide such terrible attitude, then you dont deserve a replacement/new phone for nothing. i dont think that the $35 fee is an outrageous thing to ask to those who dont have the TEP plan. and btw, sprint didnt develop and make the android OS that was pushed to your wifes phone via OTA. they just put some of their software on it and sent it out through their towers... not saying that its not their responsibility to take care of the one year warranty (if the phone is in good shape physically of course) but they arent the ones responsible for the bugs and such for the android system and therefore should not be held accountable to fix such bugs but provide the appropriate info for the customer.

Bottom line, if your sprint rep (whether in person or on the phone) seems like they are really trying and are trying to help you... dont **** on them...

p.s. there are terrible reps out there for sure... but thats with every provider unfortunately =/ im temporarily working with verizon at the moment and feel like i know more than most of the other employees, and the store manager doesnt seem to want to share his knowledge to better them...
[Epic 4G General] fury15:
as do i but then again not all reps that work with us know what they are doing... i get put as floor support alot lately and i catch alot of people saying the weirdest things to customers, hell i call in sometimes just to mess with reps lol. its funny when you ask them something that they dont know, they transfer you like immediately.... lol best part is i already know the answer and just want to see what they say. one guy even like stalked me on facebook after i called in. it was kinda scary
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
I use to do that forthe pool company I worked for.
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
Before this gets to out of hand. Sprint reps that have posted thank you first off for posting. As above post had stated it seems to be the tech savy people that frequent this site seem to know what they are doing and its great to have u all in the community. Let me just say that I didn't start this thread to cause problems. Just thought it would be kinda fun. So please if you have any funny customer stories please feel free to post them. I hope everyone hs fun with this and please enjoy it.
[Epic 4G General] fury15:
lol i dont think its causing any problems, its rather funny, lol we always make fun of telesales in Tech 2 at my center so its not much different from being muted behind the calls, lol and yeah if your an idiot when you call into sprint they will record the call and use it for training purposes. Lol like i had a cust call in one time saying that her device would not make calls text data anything. told her ok turn the device off and she ended up turning it on and it worked she just had power off for 3 days
[Epic 4G General] piscesjoey:
At least now I know of one rep who isn't dumb lol, & where is my Epic ROM at intx lol? BTW, this guy right here had the IMO hands down best Diamond ROM, ah the good old WM days lol

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[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
LMAO
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
i played no games

her phone still had plastic on it because she's anal about not scratching it. Her phone was not rooted, no custom ROMs, stock OS. That being said, if I get a device and can't use the services that I pay for, and said device is giving me problems, and is still under warranty, is it still a requirement to pay the company (that i'm already paying for services) to fix said device (or provide replacement) in order to use said services ?

If you take your brand new car to the ford dealer for warranty repair that is clearly not your fault, would you be happy about having to pay a service fee over and above your car payment for your brand new car that came with a warranty ?

Simple really..

(I was going to respond to much more than I did, but I don't want to train wreck this thread)
[Epic 4G General] ThrasherJKL:
for the same reason, ill just pm ya =P
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
I agree with you daddymikey. If that happened to.me I would have done the.same.thing. why in the hell would you have to pay 35 dollars when they messes rhw phone up. I sure as hell wouldn't.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Epic 4G General] piscesjoey:
Off topic of this thread, but have any of y'all seen this yet?

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...at-cti/&category=mobile&icid=m_eng_latest_art

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[Epic 4G General] Avelnan:
Look where it says next post.
[Epic 4G General] ThrasherJKL:
trying not to put my foot in my mouth on this one but i do understand that if there is an issue with the phone and its in its one year warranty, that sprint should and needs to take care of the issue.

BUT

for sprint to take care of the issue, the phone needs to be in a returnable condition incase they need to swap it out or just bottom line, its policy. mikey

stated himself

that he was speaking with a rep

over the phone

and didnt go in until after the the long convo/argument to receive the free 30 day insurance.

for all they could have known is that the phone was in a million pieces and this guy is just trying to get a free phone by complaining.

If he would have went in and had this same conversation with a rep face to face then id be singin a different tune.

so yes if the phone is in

good condition

then sprint should take care of it, other wise i dont think that paying $35 to repair a $500+ device is much to ask for...

p.s. i apologize to the original poster (MedicStuder) for turning this thread into an serious discussion. i know this was supposed to be a light hearted funny thread and hope someone has something good to contribute to get it back on track.
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
Here is my 2 cents:

I have been wit almost all the major carriers (verizon, sprint/nextel, cingular/att) and everytime I have paid for the insurance all reps that have "sold" me the insurance state that it isn't for defective devices its for if u crack the screen, damage the phone, water damage, run it over, etc. So I don't understand why he would have to pay to have a defective phone fixed that he didn't damage. To me it sounds like they are trying to use the oppurtunity to sell him something else.
[Epic 4G General] ThrasherJKL:
lol YES i agree that if the phone is in good condition and in the warranty that it should be taken care of, no cost.

My concern is those who call in and expect someone over the phone to fix an issue that a physical tech needs to take care of and that a phone rep cant touch anyway considering he/she DOESNT know if the phone is in good condition or not.

so can we PLEASE go back to the funny stories?!?! i was enjoying them oh so much lol
[Epic 4G General] MedicStuder:
Yes please let's do that.... let's consider the insurance thingy closed. Let the funnies begin again.
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
after 2 mos. my first Epic developed a magenta line across the bottom row of pixels in landscape, and an in store tech told me that even though I had TEP, I would have to pay 35 bux for a repair... very snotty too I might add... I told him the whole point of TEP was to not have to pay for something like this. Said whatever, as I was in a hurry, and left. Called customer service later, the tech support guy there was AWESOME, set me up with an appointment at another repair store, with instructions of what they were to do for me, although he had no idea what 2.2 was but when I said the word Froyo, he got really uncomfortable, said he could ask, I told him not to worry about it. So I get a replacement 3 days later, get home, it FC's EVERYTHING... factory reset, yadda yadda... take it back to store 1, my sales guy who told me 2.2 would be out at the end of the month (sept?) when I got my epic (lol), then tells me I would need to wait another 3-5 days, I asked if they really did not have any repair epics (no mobo ones), then asked to talk to the manager. Told him this whole story, ended up actually pointing at douchebag 'tech' in the back, and getting a brand new epic, couldnt con em out of the charger, but the manager agreed that a display fail, most likely from a bad connection, was not 'cosmetic', and the douche tech still insisted that there was a 35 dollar charge for cosmetic damage, I had already looked up the TEP policy, and as far as I can see anywhere on sprint's site, there is NO mention of that, in fact normal wear and tear is supposedly covered... which is what I would call cosmetic... scratches in fake chrome, etc... oh I forgot, the best part was at first, the tech tried to tell me he could not see the line at all, under his magnifying light, but the sales rep saw it plain as day, I think the tech needed a new prescription. The tech support guy on the phone could not understand the store 'tech's diagnosis either, as he said the only time you pay for anything with TEP is insurance claims... and that it was weird because the tech did not create a job ticket when he looked at it... and I guess they are supposed to when they get it back there. But I felt good, made tech look like a douche (in front of the hot sales reps btw) after he tried to do that to me, when I was really nice to him till he questioned my eyesight.

Not even going to go into 'finance' on the phone... all I gotta say is 1)when did they hire collections agency scumbags on comission, and 2) They really need to notate what THEY say in my account, not just what I say. Really this just bums me out because they put up with a LOT worse shenanigans out of me and my GF when our phones were under her name, and now, past year or so, they all the sudden went from miricle workers to con artists. Oh and my $300 deposit disappeared.... still gotta get that.

EDIT: Just realised, its 3 replacements to get a different model??? They better hope this one lasts a year and a half, or I may end up getting back my early upgrade they jacked me out of. How long till the SGS2s come out?? :)
[Epic 4G General] xxmastermindxx:
Three replacements until a new model?! I went through 5 Samsung Moment phones, 2 thru a licensed reseller/repair shop, 2 thru an official Sprint store, and 1 thru that Dan@sprint.com "executive" department.That phone was a giant waste of time.
[Epic 4G General] greatlakesghost:
That 3 bad phone thing is totally a discretionary thing depending on what the issues are, both me and my wife went through 6 bb curves before getting the bb tour and i went through 8 of those before getting the moment and cant tell you how many of those i went through (6 or so) before i upgraded to the epic and i am on #3 of this phone. Just depends on who you talk to.
[Epic 4G General] thunderx2000:
Probably Blonde or had a Blonde moment.
[Epic 4G General] nubsors:
There is no way you can have that many defective phones unless you are doing something to them.