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Before getting started I need to thank some people who have hlped me with this project or offered help to me. These people can be seen as contributors to this project, and I am grateful for their help.
Contributors:
JesusFreke (XDA)
Rogue7474, thanks for the help even though we never got it to work right. Hopefully we can continue to work together!
Coyote711
Also, before we get started, you will need root, and Jesusfreke's Mod rc30 installed(pref. v1.2), or RC8.
THIS COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE!
While I highly doubt it will, it still could!
If you are going to do this, I very highly URGE you to install the G1 engineering bootloader. With this installed, if something does go wrong, your phone is salvageable!
JesusFreke's Mod RC30 update V1.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443713
G1 Engineering bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
One more thing! Let it be known that this update will wipe your phone! (This means all your apps, data, etc. will be gone and you will have to sign into your gmail account once more.) This has to happen to install the theme correctly!
However, after you have done this once, and providing you still have the theme installed, you will not have to wipe your phone for future updates, I will provide another update which will install updates to the theme and will not wipe your phone.
With all that said an done I can get rid of that bold font.
This is a very simple process thanks to Jesusfreke helping me understand how to make an update.zip file which will work with his mod rc30 update.
Simply download the file, place it on your sdcard, boot your phone into the recovery mode(power+home), and hit alt+S.
Once it says its done, reboot the phone and enjoy!
Let me know if you run into any problems at all!
Let me know what you want to see in the next release, be reasonable I'm not a master image maker, and android does some strange things to some images.
Let me know if something seems out of place, or wrong.
I will try to resolve all issues as quick as I can.
The non destructive updates are for those that already have the theme installed and wish to upgrade to the newest version.
The destructive updates are for those that have never before installed this theme. This update will wipe the phone as is required the first time this update is installed.
Ok, well I applied it....
Here goes nothing.
US G1 running JF RC30 1.2 and dev bootloader.
I just backed up all my apps using astro too.
Welcome to T-Mobile G1...
See you in a minute.
I don't wanna get off topic here, but we need an all inclusive (how to back up your stuff) thread. Something that hits on Astro, My Backup, TXTract etc... and I need to pull up that thread about backing up your desktop layout and read that...(just can't remember which forum it was on...thing it was AC.com)
Thanks so much for doing this. I'm glad we finally got something different to look at. I'm glad someone is out there defending the pretty.
PS: FIRST!!!
Stericson said:
Before getting started I need to thank some people who have hlped me with this project or offered help to me. These people can be seen as contributors to this project, and I am grateful for their help.
Contributors:
JesusFreke
Rogue7474 (AndroidCommunity), thanks for the help even though we never got it to work right. Hopefully we can continue to work together!
Coyote711 (AndroidCommunity)
Also, before we get started, you will need root, and Jesusfreke's Mod rc30 installed(pref. v1.2)
THIS COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE!
While I highly doubt it will, it still could!
If you are going to do this, I very highly URGE you to install the G1 engineering bootloader. With this installed, if something does go wrong, your phone is salvageable!
JesusFreke's Mod RC30 update V1.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443713
G1 Engineering bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
One more thing! Let it be known that this update will wipe your phone! (This means all your apps, data, etc. will be gone and you will have to sign into your gmail account once more.) This has to happen to install the theme correctly!
However, after you have done this once, and providing you still have the theme installed, you will not have to wipe your phone for future updates, I will provide another update which will install updates to the theme and will not wipe your phone.
With all that said an done I can get rid of that bold font.
This is a very simple process thanks to Jesusfreke helping me understand how to make an update.zip file which will work with his mod rc30 update.
Simply download the file, place it on your sdcard, boot your phone into the recovery mode(power+home), and hit alt+S.
Once it says its done, reboot the phone and enjoy!
Let me know if you run into any problems at all!
Let me know what you want to see in the next release, be reasonable I'm not a master image maker, and android does some strange things to some images.
Let me know if something seems out of place, or wrong.
I will try to resolve all issues as quick as I can.
Update.zip: http://fightforthepits.com/update.zip
Stericson
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good job man keep continues
Looks good, except I'm having a bit of a problem. I don't have my browser icon. Kind of weird. So, thinking I could get to my browser by doing a search through the widget, "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly." I'm going to flash Jesus's V1.2 back on, and then try this again. Will post back.
WOW
this is remarkable! I haven't been here for a while. but that just gos to show that in time anything is possible. keep up the great work. will report if i catch any bugs. THANK YOU
very cool
But you'd think they would have made it easier to skin/theme, I mean what's the first thing most of us look for as soon as we get a new phone, myself its walls, themes and ringtones in that order and I don't think I'm that diferent than the average g1 owner, and the average g1 owner is very different than the average mobile user.
But everybody wants to personalize a new phone, that's why we don't all wear the same clothes...
To the OP, thanks for all this hard work you have given to the community.
Bhang
See I knew it. I always had my faith in the awsome ppl here @ XDA-Developers.com. Just can't wait to see what's in store for the future, I know it will be more things to come that'll make you wish we never should of doubted the G1 and Android. Keep up the g00d work guys
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Looks good, except I'm having a bit of a problem. I don't have my browser icon. Kind of weird. So, thinking I could get to my browser by doing a search through the widget, "android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly." I'm going to flash Jesus's V1.2 back on, and then try this again. Will post back.
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Got it to work. Looks great! Except i now have to re-enable my browser Auto-Rotate. No biggy though, great work!
I've had a small amount of trouble with this, although I'm not convinced 100% that it's at fault.
I've attempted to install this on my uk t-mobile g1 and it seemed to flash ok, however I couldn't get past the sign up screen as it force closed before completing. I re-flashed back to my original modded TC5-RC8 and the problem persisted until I then forced a hard reset ALT-W in the bootloader.
On my second attempt (I know I'm an optimist) I just got a hang on the g1 splash screen (Which I managed to recover via adb). I'm thinking it's related to my being on TC5-RC8 as opposed to RC30.
Any ideas, or has anyone else had more luck with TC5-R8?
All the apps for the base rom have to be resigned separately /system/app. So if you use the UK rom some apks will not be signed and cause a looping android or crashes. I had actually done this to the UK rom(skinning) but I am a mediocre image manipulator so i just changed hues.
This will work with with RC30 JF image. not the uk. If its needed I can remake his work with his permission for the UK rom.
Ive modified it for use with the uk rom here is the download link
http://rapidshare.com/files/175199050/update.zip.html
let me know if works
To All:
About Koush's auto rotate browser, if you replace the browser in that update with his, one of the status bar images will change I believe, no biggy, you will just need to replace it the image if you like. I may do this then post his auto rotate browser.
Thirdly for those missing icons, it is likely maybye something did not get copied. If this is the case, and you are missing programs, please let me know which one as I can send them to you and you can manually push them to your phone without having to do another wipe.
Bhang: Google made this really difficult.....I agree you would think that themes would have been a first to settle....SHRUG
EDIT: afbcamaro, Thanks so much for taking the time and doing this. With the rc8 update does everything look the same?
Stericson
Excellent job !!!! Patience is the key !!!
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To All:
About Koush's auto rotate browser, if you replace the browser in that update with his, one of the status bar images will change I believe, no biggy, you will just need to replace it the image if you like. I may do this then post his auto rotate browser.
Thirdly for those missing icons, it is likely maybye something did not get copied. If this is the case, and you are missing programs, please let me know which one as I can send them to you and you can manually push them to your phone without having to do another wipe.
Bhang: Google made this really difficult.....I agree you would think that themes would have been a first to settle....SHRUG
EDIT: afbcamaro, Thanks so much for taking the time and doing this. With the rc8 update does everything look the same?
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When I go to do the auto-rotate browser, there is no room left. Oh well.
To push file to the dir /system NEVER do it while the phone is on, running normally. You need to boot into recovery mode and push it from there.
when you get into recovery mode you will need to type the following to mount /system
adb shell mount /system
adb push /whereveryoufileis/Browser.apk /system/app
This will eliminate the problem you are having.
Stericson
i found a bug
Everythings good. But I found something. When you make a folder and open it the res is off
Hope you can fix this its not a biggie but I told you I would report any bugs. Thanks again
So when you make a folder in the file manager or what? You have to be specific as to what program you were using, etc. I have to know exactly what your looking at....maybe you can take a screen shot?
Stericson
nice work stericson!
some things i noticed:
-opening a folder (shortcut) on the desktop. label is not displayed, and folder contents are not superimposed enough when its in the foreground.
-can't see the highlight when pressing an entry (inbox, sent, etc.) in the gmail app.
Ok. first, thanks for reporting back.
What do you mean the label isn't displayed? I put items on my desktop and I can see all of theie labels. I am also not catching what you are trying to tell me about the folder contents not being superimposed enough when in the foreground, maybe a screenshot would help.
Also the highlight, when pressing an email, etc should turn a bright white, as it does for me, does it do this for you? Also, what suggestions would you have for the colors or solutions to these problems?
Stericson
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Ok, well I applied it....
Here goes nothing.
US G1 running JF RC30 1.2 and dev bootloader.
I just backed up all my apps using astro too.
Welcome to T-Mobile G1...
See you in a minute.
I don't wanna get off topic here, but we need an all inclusive (how to back up your stuff) thread. Something that hits on Astro, My Backup, TXTract etc... and I need to pull up that thread about backing up your desktop layout and read that...(just can't remember which forum it was on...thing it was AC.com)
Thanks so much for doing this. I'm glad we finally got something different to look at. I'm glad someone is out there defending the pretty.
PS: FIRST!!!
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I agree with thedudeoflife. I didn't even know you could save apps on sd card? (wtf? really?) I think a how to back up stuff before a wipe out would be great!!!
P.S. you want to start a thread thedudeoflife since you brought up such a good point?? pretty please haha?
hbguy
I know some hard work goes into making some of these splash screens, but I'd actually prefer to see kernel messages. Just like what I'd see if I were booting Linux up on a PC. If I delete the splash image files, will this break my phone? Or will it just fall back to giving me the kernel print outs?
If there is a recommended sequence of steps required to do this, it really wouldn't hurt to spell them out for me. Thanks!
I would pm a developer.
Im not sure if it can set up like that.
It would look cool though. Keep us posted.
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I know some hard work goes into making some of these splash screens, but I'd actually prefer to see kernel messages. Just like what I'd see if I were booting Linux up on a PC. If I delete the splash image files, will this break my phone? Or will it just fall back to giving me the kernel print outs?
If there is a recommended sequence of steps required to do this, it really wouldn't hurt to spell them out for me. Thanks!
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i have tried by editing the init files, but I didnt make it.
someone?
I posted this over in one of the FAQ threads here. There a few encouraging replies, especially regarding the current line of investigation.
The bad news is that Cyanogen himself has declared this difficult so I don't know how much further we'll get.
Hi all,
in this thread i will continue the work from zenity (which inspired me to start with custom splashes and boot animations)
The main purpose of this thread is mainly for splash screens and boot animation requests for Kaiser.
I will start the thread with 1 custom splash and 1 custom boot animation,
so you can all see what the possibility's are.
When you request a splash screen ----> please attach the picture you want as splash screen.
For boot animations ---> a video or other file might be helpful, as im not going to make 200+ png art files for you by hand
And of course credits for zenity!
I will try to handle the requests as soon as possible, and if there are people willing to help that's perfectly fine
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage you cause to your phone by flashing custom splash screens or using any boot animations.
Boot Animations
Family Guy Fighting Chicken boot animation:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nzz3eyyzytt
Splash Screens
Death Note Misa Misa Splash screen:
Dude, thanks for the credit, but really I'm not sure I deserve it, lol, I only a few bootsplashes and bootanimations.
Glad to see someone take up the challenge though, my thread was really just a collection thread for others work
I guess the idea of this thread was ok, but till now i didn't get any responses yet might place this thread in the general android forums or something.
and you still get the credits, because of you i got into the bootanimation stuff
MathijsNL said:
Family Guy Fighting Chicken boot animation:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nzz3eyyzytt
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this does not work for me it does seem to boot faster without a boot animation though
Boot animation working
It works for me, but only if i integrate it in the installer (but thats with all bootanimations for me). Though, i guess i had a bit too much enthusiasm putting 1,5 minute of movie in this bootanimation.
But still, this is just an example of whats possible. I can make simple bootanimations as well on request. So if you have an idea, just post it here and your request will be made
updateandroid.tar method wont work?
how about a basic few frame boot ani, it possible that the boot process has gotten faster than the animations take.
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how you mean that exactly? i dont really understand what you mean with it.
to change the bootanimation.zip file an updateadroid.tar file must be use because of the file permissions.
this method produces the error i fore mentioned.
you are saying i must put the file in the androidinstall.tar next time i update?
i wonder if fix permission in boot does not fix permissions for bootanimation.zip and that is why it does not work
how about something like these....
click on the skeleton guy ....not sure why he isn't animating on here?
Procedure
You could use androidupdate.tar method,
or use adb push method and push bootanimation.zip to /data/local (did not check, but thought this was the right path)
though i always experienced problems with changing the bootanimation
ok, im very busy with school right now. I will be looking at them next week.
Ill post the bootanimations in this thread
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how about something like these....
click on the skeleton guy ....not sure why he isn't animating on here?
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i like the bottom one
Hey everybody, I just recently bought a T-mobile touch pro 2 and I have to say, I love it.
Now, I switched ROM's and I did really enjoy it but I was receiving alot of issuse so I switched back and don't plan on changing again. But what I don't like is how every time I turn it on I get an annoying "Stick together" screen staring me in the face because of the t-mobile wm 6.5 stock rom.
Does anyone have any suggestion of what I could do to replace that with something alittle more stylish than a big pink square? haha
Oh, before I forget, I also uploaded Wajk's BootPackage v1.4 and I love it, but when it gets passed the diagnosis of the phone shouldn't it show the windows 7 boot? I'm just getting the standard Orange Microsoft one for WM 6.5. I was planning on doing a reg hack, but I didn't want to screw anything up. If anyone had any ideas on how to change these two settings I would greatly appreciate it.
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Hey everybody, I just recently bought a T-mobile touch pro 2 and I have to say, I love it.
Now, I switched ROM's and I did really enjoy it but I was receiving alot of issuse so I switched back and don't plan on changing again. But what I don't like is how every time I turn it on I get an annoying "Stick together" screen staring me in the face because of the t-mobile wm 6.5 stock rom.
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All I did to get rid of my "Stick Together" boot screen and turn it into a black "Touch Pro2" screen was flash a WWE stock ROM. These stock ROMs replace boot screens and radio-roms.
sumflipnol said:
All I did to get rid of my "Stick Together" boot screen and turn it into a black "Touch Pro2" screen was flash a WWE stock ROM. These stock ROMs replace boot screens and radio-roms.
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See I did that before and I was getting services.exe errors, I don't really wanna replace the ROM I just want to get rid of the stock ROM, I just want to replace the boot screen.
twitch153 said:
See I did that before and I was getting services.exe errors, I don't really wanna replace the ROM I just want to get rid of the stock ROM, I just want to replace the boot screen.
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All I did was flash the WWE stock ROM then flash a custom ROM. You don't need to stay on a stock ROM.
That is confusing! You don't want to replace the stock ROM, yet you want to get rid of it?
If you want a custom bootscreen (like what I have on both of my devices), here's my tutorial.
Thank you very much for that link! It was extremely helpful! I haven't tried anything out yet but I'm sure it will work. Thank you again, this will be a great birthday gift to me haha
hklm\software\htc\htcanimation
The Jack of Clubs said:
hklm\software\htc\htcanimation
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I think the OP is talking about the first and second level splash screens (right at boot and the "R G D" info screen).
sumflipnol said:
I think the OP is talking about the first and second level splash screens (right at boot and the "R G D" info screen).
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No, the OP is referring to the Startup animation and the shutdown animation. That does solve one problem, but it still doesn's remove the beginning huge pink "Stick Together" square. I don't know where that would be located in registry but the other two images (Startup.gif and shutdown.gif) are located there.
sumflipnol said:
All I did was flash the WWE stock ROM then flash a custom ROM. You don't need to stay on a stock ROM.
That is confusing! You don't want to replace the stock ROM, yet you want to get rid of it?
If you want a custom bootscreen (like what I have on both of my devices), here's my tutorial.
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Yeah...haha I realized that I meant to say that I wanted to remove the stock rom boot image, I apologize for the confusion, I actually read it myself and I got confused! haha
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I think the OP is talking about the first and second level splash screens (right at boot and the "R G D" info screen).
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Whoops haha I didn't realize that I was the OP hahaha! XD Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Sorry, again, it's kinda late here and I know my mind doesn't usually think well too late haha
Does anyone know how to do it without HardSPL? I actually used it before and I don't really have the money to pay fod another use, seeing as I have no job haha
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Does anyone know how to do it without HardSPL? I actually used it before and I don't really have the money to pay fod another use, seeing as I have no job haha
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You mean you already used the stock SPL restore? If you did, I don't know how to get around it...
You need HSPL to flash the custom splash screens because they're unofficial/unsigned.
sumflipnol said:
All I did was flash the WWE stock ROM then flash a custom ROM. You don't need to stay on a stock ROM.
That is confusing! You don't want to replace the stock ROM, yet you want to get rid of it?
If you want a custom bootscreen (like what I have on both of my devices), here's my tutorial.
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When I went into this tutorial and tried to open the "Flasing tools" It worked fine, but when I tried to execute the custom ROM that was in there, my virus protection said it was infected with a trojan virus. Any idea why it won't work for me?
twitch153 said:
When I went into this tutorial and tried to open the "Flasing tools" It worked fine, but when I tried to execute the custom ROM that was in there, my virus protection said it was infected with a trojan virus. Any idea why it won't work for me?
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Are you talking about the "Rhodium RUU"? If so, that's a common issue with anti-virus software. I have to temporarily disable by McAfee security, unzip the file, obtain the RUU, and flash. Once I re-enable my anti-virus software, it detects the RUU as a trojan. So, you will have to either make an exception, or you will have to temporarily disable your anti-virus software.
Here is the "Touch Pro 2".nbh file I came upon If you could make the second one I would greatly appreciate it. By the way, do you know how you turn on the phone and after the boot the big orange screen pops up and says "Windows" do you happen to know how to replace that as well?
That's welcomehead.192.png in the SYS. Search and replace.
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Here is the "Touch Pro 2".nbh file I came upon If you could make the second one I would greatly appreciate it. By the way, do you know how you turn on the phone and after the boot the big orange screen pops up and says "Windows" do you happen to know how to replace that as well?
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Here you go!
For the orange "Windows" screen, I have a question: is it animated, or is it just a solid image?
If it's animated, I can PM you a .cab that can change it to the Windows 7 startup screen; otherwise, you can replace those with .gif files. If it's a solid image, you'll have to replace either the "welcomehead.png" or the "welcomehead.192.png" (I think the name depends on whether or not you're on a stock/custom ROM) in your phone's \Windows folder.
I remember there being a setting in Advanced Configuration Tool that lets you change these two, but I'm not sure.
Thank you very much for the files! I'll try and scrape up some money to use the HSPL, I figured out how to remove the orange "windows" screen, oddly enough I had both the welcomehead.png and welcomehead.192.png in my windows folder, I just used total commander and switched the image with another one of my choice, thanks for the help guys
Hard SPL should let you re-install it if its for the same IMEI number, had the same problem and it let me re-install onto the same handset. Only problem is if you have a new IMEI. Also you will be charged if you use the same IP address to re-install it. If you change the service provided IP then no problem... Or use a mates PC if they don't mind....
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If you change the service provided IP then no problem... Or use a mates PC if they don't mind....
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Yeah, that's the problem, I do have a new IMEI because my older phone got damaged so I returned it and got a new one, but do you think it's possible if I download Hard-SPL off of my phone and then execute it off of my computer? Or do you think I could just disconnect my Ethernet cable so the program can't detect if it's already been used or not? I mean, it could be possible yes?
i already made the raw image file i want to install i just dont know how to do it, there is a /bootimages/ folder that contains a boot logo file, and 4 progress bar files with the .rle extension, i replaced the original boot logo.rle file with mine but the original image still came up after booting, and when i checked the file, the old file was back and my file was gone. so i'm asuming this is because the phone is reflashing the files during boot, but i'm not sure, anyone have any insight as to where the original files are so i can replace them? and if that would even work.
btw i'm refering to the splash art not the boot animation that happens between the splash art and the actual device being booted.
i decided i would share my custom screen i don't own these images they are taken from google images search, and put together onto a 1280x720 backdrop (nitro resolution) i also have the .rle file but its not verified working yet, i found the tool with a google search which seems to work but haven't gotten a test as the original image keeps coming back.
i think the rte file has to be build into the rom or a flashable zip that will patch the rom, if only i knew how to do that
This might help good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566202
Sent from my LG-P930 using xda app-developers app
thanks for the link, it seems to a pretty sketchy still though i'll wait until the pros have it figured out further, i'm not good enough in that area to be doing trial and error. i'm going to put this on the backburner it doesn't seem worth all the work just for 1 splash image.
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If you are talking about the original LG logo, i think it is built into the kernal, maybe trying to modify the kernal will let you apply it.
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thanks for the link, it seems to a pretty sketchy still though i'll wait until the pros have it figured out further, i'm not good enough in that area to be doing trial and error. i'm going to put this on the backburner it doesn't seem worth all the work just for 1 splash image.
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yeah it is built into kernel i've learned such because wind kernel changed mine on my phone.