Develop Bugs

Some BootAnimation [02/27] *update*

THEY WORKS ON ECLAIR 2.1 BASED ROM ONLY !!!
Here's some bootanimation:
Windows 7 Bootanimation
this gif is just an example, my bootloader has a nice pulsing loop, just like W7 :
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download Here:
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/230825501/a41d5c37/bootanimationW7.html
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1) Nexus Repacked for G1/G2 with 320px Horizontal
(this gif is just a dirty preview)
Download:
http://www.4shared.com/file/209839184/77065e54/bootanimation_nexus.html
2) Boing by Qteknology
(this gif is just a dirty preview)
Download
http://www.4shared.com/file/209835047/9ae956d/bootanimation_boing.html
3) Splash by Qteknology
(this gif is just a dirty preview)
Download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CY4DK79B
4) Squares by Qteknology
(this gif is just a dirty preview)
Download:
http://www.4shared.com/file/209838510/1e1ceebd/bootanimation_squares.html
4) Metropolis by Qteknology
(this gif is just a dirty preview)
Download:
http://www.4shared.com/file/209853714/42b48c6b/bootanimation_metropolis.html
THEY WORKS ON ECLAIR 2.1 BASED ROM ONLY !!!
To install them:
1) Download
2) Rename in bootanimation.zip
3) Copy in your Tools folder
4) Push via ADB with:
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/
adb shell reboot
I hope you like them..............
See you soon for other updates !

Trying to load one of these and get the following:
failed to copy 'C:\androidsdk\bootanimation.zip' to '/system/media/bootanimation.zip' : Read-only file system

NEVERMIND!! - Forgot to: adb remount
It shows that it loaded, but the boot animation has not changed.

I gave it a shot and it also loaded, but the boot animation also didnt change here... I'll double check if I"m doing something wrong !

Hello there.
Thaks i really like them.
I was trying to get mine work, but i dont know why, i can not make mines work.
Could you please let me know how you did?
Here you can dowload mine and have a look if you want and let me know what i did wrong.
( I cant five you the link, admin not allowed for new users)
For those who can not use the ones that QTecnology try to install like i did.
I have a Eclair 2.1 and they are working to me.
To install them:
1) Download
2) Rename in bootanimation.zip
3) Copy in your Tools folder
4) Push via ADB with:
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
adb shell reboot
QTecnology, do you allowed to me to post your bootanimations in htcmania forums?
its a spanish forum.
thanks

Justito said:
Hello there.
Thaks i really like them.
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Thanks
Justito said:
I was trying to get mine work, but i dont know why, i can not make mines work.
Could you please let me know how you did?
Here you can dowload mine and have a look if you want and let me know what i did wrong.
( I cant five you the link, admin not allowed for new users)
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you must to zip all files without any compression...
Justito said:
QTecnology, do you allowed to me to post your bootanimations in htcmania forums?
its a spanish forum.
thanks
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Sure you can !
Then gimme the thread link

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=92164
Here it is.
I will try to make again mine from 0

Is no one able to tell me why I can't load these on my 1.6 ROM?

Fantastic
These are awesome, thanks for posting

I have tried to push these to both:
/system/media
and
/data/local
and neither of them produces a new boot screen...
Any Suggestions?

rbrainard said:
I have tried to push these to both:
/system/media
and
/data/local
and neither of them produces a new boot screen...
Any Suggestions?
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You need to go to eclair

rbrainard said:
I have tried to push these to both:
/system/media
and
/data/local
and neither of them produces a new boot screen...
Any Suggestions?
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what i did is made a folder named (bootanimation) and drop the one i like into it and zip it with winzip and now have a zip file called bootanimation.zip
and push it with adb. like this:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/bootanimation.zip hit enter your all done. make sur you put the zip file into the tools folder in you androidsdk folder

this would be awesome for 1.6 roms, is there anyway to do it?

I was trying to get Splash loaded up. I made sure that it was in /system/media/, but my bootanimation didn't change. I've got a blue Droid bootanimation that works just fine.

Good work. It works and my phone boots up fine. But the animation doesn't loop, it just plays it a single time and stops at the last image. Anyone has the same 'problem'?

How will this work with CM6? Since it is newer than Eclair can it also run these without problems?

[MOD][KE7] Gingerbread Stock 1% Battery - May 22nd

Opening this new thread, because the other one got way too crowded with many different files and modifications.
It's only a small mod and is based on pendos gingerbread battery modification, which he posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13659496&postcount=71
Thanks for providing them.
So this is basically a stock-battery-indicator with the percentage numbers added and the charging animation being smoother. No CRT effect, no other icons changed.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Note: THIS IS FOR KE7 ONLY!
Note 2: Backup the old file and activate USB-Debugging. Just in case ...
Install instructions
with ADB:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell stop
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell start
with root explorer:
Code:
1. copy new framework-res.apk to /system/
2. change file permissions to rw-r--r-- (should be the same as for all files in system/framework -> check it!)
3. move new framework-res.apk to /system/framework/ and replace the old one
4. reboot
Copy your old framework-res.apk before doing anything, so you can go back if something goes wrong. You might encounter 2 or 3 force closes when replacing the framework. Click them away, finish the process (if you havn't already) and reboot the device. Everything should be fine from there on.

For me it works. Thank you!!

did not work on me,could not install it,got KE7

possible to integrate the crt effect as well? Thanks..

Thanks man it worked for me

How to install it???
I run it from "Root Explorer" and it says "application not installed"...
Do i have to copy it over the original "framework-res"???

Great thread, the other one "Greener SystemUI.apk" got way too messy. This could be a lot easier thread to look out for, given that people keep this strictly for the battery mods.
Any chance we could get a step by step guide for installing these mods in the first post?

jokuvuan said:
Great thread, the other one "Greener SystemUI.apk" got way too messy. This could be a lot easier thread to look out for, given that people keep this strictly for the battery mods.
Any chance we could get a step by step guide for installing these mods in the first post?
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Totally agree!!! Please, give us a step by step instructions!!!

I will post a step by step guide tomorrow ... need to go to bed now.

enkkei said:
How to install it???
I run it from "Root Explorer" and it says "application not installed"...
Do i have to copy it over the original "framework-res"???
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I use Root Explorer to do all of this. Make sure you give yourself R/W to /system/framework & don't use the " "'s.
1. Copy Chalid's file to MicroSD card (you don't have to copy to your MicroSD, you can copy to sdcard if you want)
2. go to /system/framework & rename "framework-res.apk" to "framework-res.apk.old" (don't panic if you get some FC for some running apps)
3. go to /sdcard/eternal_sd & move "framework-res.apk" to /system/framework (don't panic if you get some FC's .......)
4. reboot
5. enjoy
remember to change the permission's to mimic the original "framework-res.apk".

Hi, worked for me but lost all my contacts. It seems that this process removes the Google sync account. After re-syncing all is well. Thanks!

Can this also been made for KE2?

I wanted to try pendos tutorial using adb on my pc:
adb remount
adb shell stop
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb shell start
I've already copied my original framework-res.apk to sd card as backup. When I type adb devices it gives my serial number as expected, but when I type in adb remount it says operation not permitted.
I've already flashed ke7 and rooted using chainfires kernel which is all working without any problems. Any suggestions?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

alexmw said:
Hi, worked for me but lost all my contacts. It seems that this process removes the Google sync account. After re-syncing all is well. Thanks!
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Without a valid framework-res.apk in /system/framework/, even for a couple of seconds you spend renaming the files, the google account syncs will be deleted. So better replace the file right from the beginning and backing up the old before that, instead of renaming it.

1) I suggest renaming der new one in .new first.
2) copy to /system/framework.
3) check/change permissions of .new
4) rename old one in .old
5) rename .new
ALexander

that way, the google account information will be deleted.

Ignore
101010

Works good. Thanks.

Please help ...
First of all: I am totally new in the world of Andriod.
I have not followed the instructions and now my SGS2 doesn't reboot. It got stuck on the Samsung Galaxy SII screen.
What have I done:
renamed original framework-res.apk to framework-res.apk.bak
(I FORGOT to copy the new framework-res.apk to /system/framework )
reboot SGS2
it got stuck on first screen
What can I do now??? Can someone please help me out? Thx

Decided to buy root explorer and it worked perfectly! Thanks

[APP] Mms.apk with different colors

Hi all,
I thought I'd share my modded Mms.apk with you. This was pulled from Calk's latest ROM. It should, however, work with any EL29 ROM. The only modifications are colors of the message bubbles, pulled from this MMS app. I tried using the app, but I was getting file compression errors when sending images, so I just modded the original Mms.apk slightly.
AS ALWAYS - YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Install via adb (Windows):
1. Connect your phone to PC
2. Make sure USB debugging is enabled
3. open command prompt in the same folder as Android SDK or make sure you have PATH specified to it; place Mms.apk in the same folder
4. Type adb start-server at command prompt
5. Type adb remount
6. Type adb push Mms.apk /system/app
7. Type adb reboot
Once your phone reboots, you will have the new MMS.apk fully functional. You may have to re-add the Messaging link to the bottom bar.
If you have ROOT EXPLORER, you can simply copy Mms.apk into your /system/app folder replacing the original file. Back it up first, though, if you want to revert back to it.
Enjoy.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Cant you just drop it on your SD card then navigate your phone using ES file explorer or root explorer and copy and paste it into the system/app folder replacing the one thats in there, then reboot to get it to work?
If I am incorrect please let me know before I make a fatal error.... lol

I can't speak for THIS apk, however I just took a mms.apk from another rom, did exactly as you described but also changed the permissions, and it works fine. Why don't you make a back up and give it a go.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

You can certainly install it using ROOT explorer. Works either way.

If I want to change the colors for the conversation list would the images be in the hdpi folder and the lines and stuff in the xml?
Sent from my Epic™ 4G Touch

Anybody got a pic of the conversation list?

looks good , its just what i was looking for

Honestly, I have no idea. This was a simple PNG swap from another Mms.apk.
globalninja said:
If I want to change the colors for the conversation list would the images be in the hdpi folder and the lines and stuff in the xml?
Sent from my Epic™ 4G Touch
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Conversation list looks completely stock.
SayWhat10 said:
Anybody got a pic of the conversation list?
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Anyone figure out how to mod the mms.apk so that i allows higher/larger file sizes for pics?? Iv tried but keep getting FC's once i push my version to the phone....

I would also like to have this for Calks ICS ROM. Any chance one could modify that for us?

This is funny I made one just like this a long time ago. It came from sensation rom if I remember correctly. Looks good.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA

the rhyno said:
I would also like to have this for Calks ICS ROM. Any chance one could modify that for us?
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Bump...
or anyone know of one that could just replace the mms.apk and still work.

I'd like to be able to do this with MIUI's MMS application and their phone app. I tried on THE GOODNESS ICS but the app just force closes. Anybody know a way to do this?

still trying to figure out how to change the colors .. i want blue and green
anyone know how?

Ma$etas said:
still trying to figure out how to change the colors .. i want blue and green
anyone know how?
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You can get your own colors. For that you have to edit the message_bubble_xxx_.9.png files located in the res/drawable-hdpi directory inside the Mms.apk. These .9.png files are system-resizable PNGs that have to be edited with a special tool, like Draw9patch. If you google "how to edit .9.png files" you will find all sorts of tutorials and explanations.
Good luck.

[SCRIPT] shellpaste v0.4

This is a handy little shell script I wrote today that I used to copy files to /system/app folder. This is the first thing I ever wrote for Android so I don't know if anyone has any use for this but there ya go.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
To use simply download the shellpaste.txt from below and rename it to shellpaste.sh. Put the file in the root of your SD card then go to android terminal and type the following:
Code:
sh /sdcard/shellpaste.sh
Changelog:
Code:
shellpaste v0.4
-now supports all folders not just /system.
-added chmod to actually make it useful. Thanks Tigger31337.
shellpaste v0.3
-cleaned up the code a bit.
shellpaste v0.2
-first release.

Thanks man this is very helpful for the things I do. Cheers.
-rezo609

Awesome! Hope it serves you well.

small scripts, medium tricks, big handy

Does this address permissioning after the file(s) are copied?
No offense, but yours seems like a rather convoluted method when you've got things like adb push or just drag and drop from the PC. If the apk is already on your phone, then you need only do a cut and paste to /system (with, say, Root Explorer) and then set permissions. Done.
Also, it's not very flexible. What if I want to copy to /data? Another script??

None taken. The script changes the permissions to r/w, copies the file, then changes it back to read-only. As I said, this was just a script I wrote to help me with what I needed to do at the time. Maybe I'll write a new version that supports any folder the user chooses.. I agree, it's not exactly an elegant solution but I'm a complete noob at this. You gotta start somewhere, right?
Edit: Also, I am completely open to feature suggestions. So if there's anything more advanced you guys would like to see in newer versions feel free to post. I'm using this as a tool to learn as much as possible.
Sent from my htc wildfire s a510e using XDA

I don't mean permissions at the f/s mount level, I mean permissions at the file level (i.e. chmod).
If you're copying an apk to /system/app, then eventually you'll need to chmod it to 644 before it will execute properly. Maybe I'm missing something, but copying an apk from SD card to /system isn't going to do this for you automatically.

I have a suggestion to your script
Example: I pushed a systemUI.apk in system/app folder through adb now when you look at your phone the statusbar dissappears, of course because of push, now can you make a script to rerun the apk or execute it, like mounting it dunno the exact word, so that you won't have to reboot your phone to see your statusbar again, instead just run it like windows run. This is usefull if your modding the APK.

Gotcha. Completely forgot about chmod.
I'll try to make it reinstall the systemui.apk without rebooting but could use some pointers on how to achieve this.
Edit:
Made a new version that supports mounting of all folders and added chmod into the mix. Should work properly now.

einstein.frat said:
I have a suggestion to your script
Example: I pushed a systemUI.apk in system/app folder through adb now when you look at your phone the statusbar dissappears, of course because of push, now can you make a script to rerun the apk or execute it, like mounting it dunno the exact word, so that you won't have to reboot your phone to see your statusbar again, instead just run it like windows run. This is usefull if your modding the APK.
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I've never used android scripts before but I'm guessing you could just do
exec /system/app/whatever.apk
But idk on that one.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda premium

einstein.frat said:
I have a suggestion to your script
Example: I pushed a systemUI.apk in system/app folder through adb now when you look at your phone the statusbar dissappears, of course because of push, now can you make a script to rerun the apk or execute it, like mounting it dunno the exact word, so that you won't have to reboot your phone to see your statusbar again, instead just run it like windows run. This is usefull if your modding the APK.
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I do exactly this on the WildChild ROM, using pm disable/enable.
It's a method I came up with by myself (so, it's not very elegant but it gets the job done ). There might be other ways of doing it, but I haven't seen any yet.

Resizing HDPI Skins To MDPI

here is a brief visual tutorial on porting skins from hdpi to mdpi
had a few people ask for my help so i thought i would do a tutorial
firstly you need to decompile the apk you want to theme/resize using Apk Manager
1) Download apkmanager ( http://www.apkmultitool.com/?q=node/5 ) and install it.
2) Put the apk you want to decompile in 'place-apk-here-for-modding' folder.
3)Copy com.htc.resources.apk from /system/framework with Root Explorer to your sd card
copy to pc and put in APK Manager/other folder
4) Double click on 'script'
5) Type 22 i.e. 'set current project' and press enter.
6) Type 1 and press enter
7) Type 9 and press enter to decompile apk.
8) Wait until the decompilation finishes.
9) Minimize command line and go to projects -> filename.apk -> make the required changes (see attached images)
10) Switch back to command-line, type 11 and press enter.
11) After sometime you'll get a message 'is this a system apk?', type n and press enter.
12) Then type 12 to sign apk
13) Go to 'place-apk-here-for-modding' folder, your new file will be signedfilename.apk
14)Copy the file to SD card
15)Copy the file to system/app with Root Explorer
16)Change permissions to RW-R-R
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
this is a side by side comparison of mdpi and hdpi images
the quickest way of resizing is with Faststone Photo Resizer
Remember to add all images from drawable-hdpi and drawable-port-hdpi
most images will come out the right size give or take 1 or 2 pixels
normal PNG's will be ok,it's those pesky .9PNG's that need editing the most
after resizing .9PNG's will either need patching with draw9patch.bat included in Android SDK
or you can copy and paste minus the 1 pixel border in photo editing software aka Photoshop
I prefer to use Photoshop method
after you've finished editing your images goto point 10) type 11 to recompile
use a base skin such as slate
if you want to edit colors.xml for volume bars etc i will upload ColorEdit.exe
most skins only need 60-70 of the images to be edited,mostly the main ones you can see ie. rosie buttons widget headers and footers etc
Time and Patience needed Happy Editing
PS if you're porting somebody else's theme/skin don't forget to seek their permission first
Any Queries PM me

Wow!!! Nice work bro!!!!

opposedtmessia
Hey Bro,
Having a problem. I am unable to post images in my threads as you've done now with Adobe CS GUI Screen Shots.
All those images I upload can only be seen as attached thumbnails not as part of the page
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you

|BIA|Jason said:
Hey Bro,
Having a problem. I am unable to post images in my threads as you've done now with Adobe CS GUI Screen Shots.
All those images I upload can only be seen as attached thumbnails not as part of the page
Any help would be appreciated
Thank you
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when you post ,in the box that you type in,above that is a button INSERT IMAGE,you have to type in the box the URL of your image,so you need to upload it to an image hosting site

Can i use this method to resize mdpi apps to ldpi?
Sent from my E10i using xda app-developers app

pongnamu said:
Can i use this method to resize mdpi apps to ldpi?
Sent from my E10i using xda app-developers app
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You can.....but you may have to change the sizes accordingly

hey dude.....thats what i was searching for..........just 1 quest....will this method work for cm7 themes...? basically i want to port some hdpi themes to ldpi/mdpi.......If it works then could you please pm me the details.....thnx

Thanks for good info +1
Sent from my HTC Explorer A310e using xda premium

anishsood said:
hey dude.....thats what i was searching for..........just 1 quest....will this method work for cm7 themes...? basically i want to port some hdpi themes to ldpi/mdpi.......If it works then could you please pm me the details.....thnx
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should work for cm7 themes,not tried it myself though, will have a look
check out this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964391

Interesting, could be helpful for Project Llama