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Android 2.1 animations on Hero ?

Hi guys... I really like the standard 2.1 animations (fade in, fade out) that the nexus one has and every other AOSP build also.
But how can we enable them on our Hero ? I mean... the 2.1 leak is DAMN fast and smooth, it should not be a performance problem. Even a HTC Touch Pro 2, which is a WM device can run an Android 2.1 with smooth animations (source http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/...new-lease-of-android-life-loves-it-vide/?s=t5) ...
The other think... the standard 1.5 builds had this awesome fancy rotation animation which you could enable with the Spare Parts app... but for an unknown reason they don't work on any 2.1 build ??? I really liked this too...
I hope that someone can give me a proper answer!

omg.. can't believe that nobody is interested in this!!!

Thats what i was wondering too, how hard is it to port the nexus rom onto the HTC Hero?

Do you really like fancy rotation animation? Look at the iphone thats quick and realy beautiful!
Maybe Spare Parts can change fade in, fade out it in near future.

Connecter said:
Do you really like fancy rotation animation? Look at the iphone thats quick and realy beautiful!
Maybe Spare Parts can change fade in, fade out it in near future.
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There must be even a way without spare parts.. it us just an app that enables some settings.
Maybe we can enable animations manually somehow ??? I know on WM there is a registry... but dunno how Android works!

you can flash different animations by changing the Anim folder in framework-res.apk im using blur animations on villainrom 3.3 by doing this

bonesy, can you detail how you did it?

It's easy just grab the res/anims folder from within the framework-res.apk of a 2.1 Rom to do that extract the anims folder using a live archiver like winrar or izarc, copy it into the framework-res.apk pulled from your desired hero Rom via adb or extracting the Rom update.zip, the framework-res.apk is in the following directory system/framework, and once it is copied into the framework-res.apk either adb push it back to your device or add it to a blank update.zip, ammend the update-script and sign it using a auto-signer script then flash it on your device.

Let me know which 2.1 Rom animations you want and which Rom you are currently using and I will make you a update_signed.zip to flash to your device

Stickman89 said:
Let me know which 2.1 Rom animations you want and which Rom you are currently using and I will make you a update_signed.zip to flash to your device
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Cool! Thanks for the informations. I will try myself when I have time, but can you make animations (fade in/fade out like on the iphone if it's available, dunno the different animations that are available) for VanillainROM 3.4 (i'm using 3.3 but it's basically the same).

Okay I tried myself extracting the anim folder from a Nexus One ROM and replace it with the anim of my ROM's framework-res.apk but it didn't work...

[Not Possible] HTC Hero GSM: MIUI Port Alpha 0004

Hey Guys,
This is a port from an Xperia X8 MIUI Port, which is EXTREMELY buggy, if you are not very experienced in flashing then i urge you not to flash this ROM. I am not responsible if you brick your phone when flashing this ROM, so don't complain to me if you do
Okay the current release's are very very very buggy , we have only just managed to get adb working in the last hour. If you are interested in helping to develop this rom then feel free to download it. If you are looking for a fully functioning rom then they're are plenty others throughout the forum not here
Link to Current ROM ( really not ready for anything atm, unless you want to help dev, don't bother flashing )
http://www.mediafire.com/?reco2eej12a1w Use current version stated in OP. (Build0007 up tonight.. hopefully)
Installation.
1. Wipe of all (even if coming from previous installation)
2. Select Hero-MIUI_Alpha..
3. Flash
4. Wait, may take a while due to re-build of dalvik.
Thanks to:
Erasmux
Ybinnenweg
Pulser
Dsixda
The guys on the VR IRC
Feel free to pm me to offer your support, please do not ask for an ETA however.

Alpha0007 will NOT be released, major problems with egl. Changelog is for dev's mainly.
Initial Build
Changelog
Alpha0007 (5+6 not released.)
removed themed adw launcher and put original back
switched to cm6 launcher
added AudioFilter to system/etc
added AudioPara4 to system/etc
added AudioPreProcess to system/etc
switched apns-conf for cm6 one (system/etc)
switched 01_qcomm_omx.cfg for hero one(system/etc)
removed HTC_imel01 from system/app
removed suquashi inputmethod from system/app
removed semcsfmfm from system/framework
added su from cm6 to system/xbin
added wlan_cu from cm6 to system/xbin
added egl libs from hero to system/lib/egl
removed original egl files from system/lib/egl
added original hero nanorc files to system/etc/nano
added 04module from cm6 to system/etc/init.d
added 30cpumem from cm6 to system/etc/init.d
added 99complete from cm6 to system/etc/init.d
removed yamato_pm4.fw from system/etc/firmware
removed yamato_pfp.fw from system/etc/firmware
removed TIInit_7.2.31.bts from system/etc/firmware
added tiinit_5.3.53 to system/etc/firmware
removed fmc_init_1273.1.bts from system/etc/firmware
removed fm_rx_init1273.1.bts from system/etc/firmware
removed fm_tx_init1273.1.bts from system/etc/firmware
added avpr.bts from cm6 to system/etc/firmware
added brf6300.bin from cm6 to system/etc/firmware
added brf6350.bin from cm6 to system/etc/firmware
added vac_config from cm6 to system/etc/firmware
kept original fm_tx_init_1273.2.bts
Alpha0004
changed launcher2 to a themed adw launcher from a g1 rom
changed framework-res and mot-framework-res to resized versions from mdpi pack
used ele's update script
switched system/bin/.. files for cm6 ones (except those which have miui app dependencies)
updated ramdisk with hero lib's
removed com.sonyericsson.smfmf from system/etc/permissions
removed com.sonyericsson.suquashi from system/etc/permissions
removed com.ti.fm.fmrecieverif from system/etc/permissions
added Fw12551r1c.binto system/etc/wifi
deleted bootanimation.zip from system/media
switched all .kl files for keychars for hero-cm6 ones
switched all .kl files for keylayout for hero-cm6 ones
removed com.sonyericsson.suquashi from system/framework
removed radio.apk from system/app
Alpha0003
framework-res fixed (hopefully)
system/libs updated
busybox problems solved (hopefully)
Build.prop fixed
Alpha0002
Removed App2SD (Not removed yet, kept it for now..)
Switched to a different framework-res ( causes apps to f/c, i know )
Small changes

I just want to say good on you for giving this a go. It's nice to see some new people having a go at developing. So good luck!

I have adb working.. will post a logcat within 10 minutes
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Here is the logcat of the boot.
http://pastebin.com/MZFgwhUX

Rom is booting!
Use alpha 003 then follow this steps:
in the folder "data" make a folder called "local"
now copy "bootanimation.zip" from "/system/media/" to "/data/local"
it should boot now it doesn't work, only shows the setup guide, after that it fc's on the launcher.
logcat:
http://pastebin.com/t8My7y1K

i love you <3
if there's any way any of us users can help you, please do not hesitate to ask for anything!

bro im newbie, after i move the "bootanimation.zip" to following step above but when i flash the rom it was failed ..? thanks for helping

fksuperstar said:
bro im newbie, after i move the "bootanimation.zip" to following step above but when i flash the rom it was failed ..? thanks for helping
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what recovery are you using?, if you don't resign the file, it wont work with amon_Ra. We will we be working on a new build today (although it may not be released today) which you wont need to go through these steps to use. Can i also suggest if you're new to this that you flash another rom, as this one is completely unusable and is only meant to show the communitt the stage we are at.
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JieeHD - The apk's image-files might be mdpi, but they are all located in hdpi-folders, it could be a reason for fc'ing always.. if you install launcherpro through adb you can use that as launcher until other stuff is fixed.. Phone.apk never launches as it is now
EDIT: FC's seems more serious than that...

The problem with the current framework-res and mot-framework-res is that they are not miui , they are from a different rom. Using the original framework the rom will just not boot, which is why the apps f/c, as they are dependent on the miui framework.

JieeHD said:
The problem with the current framework-res and mot-framework-res is that they are not miui , they are from a different rom. Using the original framework the rom will just not boot, which is why the apps f/c, as they are dependent on the miui framework.
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So what you have used are CM-framework-files?
And which version of Android is it?

mljjlm said:
So what you have used are CM-framework-files?
And which version of Android is it?
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In the next build (which is being compiled atm) , the framework's are miui ones, check changelog
Android OS: 2.2.1

Hmm.. Are you sure that you have enabled /data/app-functionality in the latest (0004)?
I couldn't boot, and the logcat said that /data/local/bootanimation.zip wasn't found, when I looked through the updater-script I didn't find the command for extracting the data-folder to the data-partition?

i think you may be right because i switched scripts from a cm6 rom which stores the boot anim in system/media

Also, I'm wondering why the bootanimation.zip can't be in that location.. In the same logcat as before it logged that it was searching both in the /data/local- and in the /system/media-folders..

mljjlm said:
Also, I'm wondering why the bootanimation.zip can't be in that location.. In the same logcat as before it logged that it was searching both in the /data/local- and in the /system/media-folders..
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i just removed it for organisation

JieeHD said:
i just removed it for organisation
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Well.. I just mean in the previous version? Was it because of the other framework-files?
And should there be a ramdisk.tar-file in the /system/bin-directory?

mljjlm said:
Well.. I just mean in the previous version? Was it because of the other framework-files?
And should there be a ramdisk.tar-file in the /system/bin-directory?
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I think the original update-script looked in data/local and then when we switched scripts it looked in both places, for some reason lol
The ramdisk-tar was in the original rom, so i updated it with our .rc files and left it, it shouldn't cause any problems..

Can you give us a quick guide as to whats working and whats not? Thanks

Imperticus said:
Can you give us a quick guide as to whats working and whats not? Thanks
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I couldn't get the 0004 to boot, but in 0003, you could run through the setup, and then start over

[Q] flash MIUI Messag app to CM7

Hi,
Is it possible to replace the CM7 messaging app with the MIUI one?

cardiak said:
Hi,
Is it possible to replace the CM7 messaging app with the MIUI one?
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Nandroid and try.

cardiak said:
Hi,
Is it possible to replace the CM7 messaging app with the MIUI one?
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I have tried file explorer from miui and it doesn't work, good luck anyway. report if you find a way

1. Download MIUI.
2. Download CM7.
3. Extract app from MIUI.
4. Replace app in CM7 with it.
5. Wipe Dalvik-cache.
6. Flash customized CM7.

cardiak said:
Hi,
Is it possible to replace the CM7 messaging app with the MIUI one?
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Wont work!
try go sms instead! nice too!
-Toisan

It will not work.
Part of the reason is due to dependencies.
In other words, The messaging apk requires portions of code (and strings) located in other apks (such as contacts.apk and framework-res.apk). But even then, those apks require code from other apks, and so forth.
This cycle continues until pretty much all core APKs are MIUI APKs. And by that time, you are already using MIUI.
And this assumes that only APK dependencies are required - not specific system file changes.
Even if one string/piece of code is incorrectly declared, the entire APK may FC.

try Go SMS..
behave almost like MIUI msg, including the theme

does the latest gosms have the same slide down animations from MIUI instead of a popup?

Those are miui framework features.

fllash said:
It will not work.
Part of the reason is due to dependencies.
In other words, The messaging apk requires portions of code (and strings) located in other apks (such as contacts.apk and framework-res.apk). But even then, those apks require code from other apks, and so forth.
This cycle continues until pretty much all core APKs are MIUI APKs. And by that time, you are already using MIUI.
And this assumes that only APK dependencies are required - not specific system file changes.
Even if one string/piece of code is incorrectly declared, the entire APK may FC.
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Basically this plus more.

[Q] [HELP] How to replace default dialer on CM 7.2?

Hi this must be a noob question, but i need to know how to replace the default dialer .apk file and also the contacts .apk file to something else (exDialer and exContacts) in the ROM itself.

Try extracting the apks from the stock ROM and replace it. Report back.
Sent from a Time Lord, using his TARDIS.

Nope it didn't seem to work!
It said installation failed.

Just follow these steps...there is a chance they might not work but you are free to try it
1.Install the dialer app(dont move it to sd card)
2.Use a file manager app with root permissions enabled(eg- ES File Explorer) and go to the "phone memory" then "data/app" copy the app's apk to the sd card
3.Now uninstall the app ....the install was for getting the apk file
4.Rename the backed up apk as "Phone.apk" (case-sensitive)
5.Backup your CM7 dialer by going into phone memory "system/app"....it will be named "Phone.apk".....back it up somewhere in the SD card
6.Now just take the apk of the dialer you wanted and copy it in phone memory "system/app"
7.Finally change the permissions of the apk as follows
--->In ES File Explorer,after moving your desired dialer's apk,long press for menu
--->Then select Properties
--->In the properties window there will be a button labelled "Change" just beside permissions
--->Then Select the 1st two check boxes in User,1st in group and 1st in other and press ok
8.Reboot the phone and pray to God it works
9.To revert back,just put the original "Phone.apk" in "system/app" and reboot

csoulr666 said:
8.Reboot the phone and pray to God it works
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lol!
Sadly, no it didn't work. Damn this is tough!

Originally Posted by csoulr666
8.Reboot the phone and pray to God it works
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lol!
Sadly, no it didn't work. Damn this is tough!
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What happens?
Sent from my Wildfire S using XDA

You're not supposed to remove the default dialler app. It's a part of the system framework and the results when you do try to remove it will be severe. I believe that the phone aspect of Android is integrated into the default dialer apk (Both in sense and in AOSP).
In any case, there is no need to remove the dialler apk.You just install an alternate dialler and set that as default. It's works as if the original dialler was never there.
You cannot bring over the sense dialler though since that depends on the entire sense framework.
Just install exDialer and set it as default.
You can push it to /system/app if you would like. Leave the original one as it though.

vbhtt said:
What happens?
Sent from my Wildfire S using XDA
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As soon as I replace the Phone.apk, it force closes to the homescreen. After I try restarting the device, it refuses to get past the Boot Screen Animation.
AceRoom said:
You're not supposed to remove the default dialler app. It's a part of the system framework and the results when you do try to remove it will be severe. I believe that the phone aspect of Android is integrated into the default dialer apk (Both in sense and in AOSP).
In any case, there is no need to remove the dialler apk.You just install an alternate dialler and set that as default. It's works as if the original dialler was never there.
You cannot bring over the sense dialler though since that depends on the entire sense framework.
Just install exDialer and set it as default.
You can push it to /system/app if you would like. Leave the original one as it though.
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So you're saying there is no way I can natively replace the dialer to the exDialer in the Rom itself?
FYI: The Rom concerned here is HCMIUI 3.2 by Henry. Brilliant Rom otherwise!

Exactly, the default dialler cannot be replaced except perhaps by a full replacement say from the original cm7 rom or a themed version of your current dialler. You can only add a secondary dialler which will work in addition to the original one.
Check out the apk for the original Phone.apk
You'll find the components of the in-call screen.
cm7 themes for example retheme the framework which applies some modifications to the original in call screen.

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Exactly, the default dialler cannot be replaced except perhaps by a full replacement say from the original cm7 rom
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^ How do i do that? Actually this is exactly what i want to do, a full replacement!

You can probably take the Phone.apk and replace your current one with (Make sure you set the permissions to 644) but it really won't make much of a difference. Instead, just install the cm7 Theme Chooser and change your theme. HC MIUI is basically a themed cm7 rom with a MIUI flavor, MIUI apps and stellar animation effects!
Would love to get those on other ROMS!
There's actually a fuller MIUI (gb) but it's only on beta (There are some usability issues in which the colours in some apps are FUBAR) and the MIUI 4 (ics) is only on alpha... On my phone, the Phone crashed on making a calling the MIUI 4...

Well i guess this is not possible the way i thought i would!
maybe someone can make a patch or something that will do this( maybe for other default apps also) just a thought?!

How to set ExDialer as fault
AceRoom said:
You're not supposed to remove the default dialler app. It's a part of the system framework and the results when you do try to remove it will be severe. I believe that the phone aspect of Android is integrated into the default dialer apk (Both in sense and in AOSP).
In any case, there is no need to remove the dialler apk.You just install an alternate dialler and set that as default. It's works as if the original dialler was never there.
You cannot bring over the sense dialler though since that depends on the entire sense framework.
Just install exDialer and set it as default.
You can push it to /system/app if you would like. Leave the original one as it though.
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How do i set exDialer as default dialer. I really want to set it as default one.
Thanks

[Q] How to theme resources.apk?

Does any one know how to theme the htc resources with out crashing? im theming MikG 3.11, but every time i theme the resources, it crashes on the weather widget. any help?

Hmmmm.
What are you using to theme it? Have you extracted the resources and right clicked an image and tried using a paint shop program then simply painting over the images? Thats what I am doing on CM7 and did some cool stuff with the widgets and MMS on the latest build (such as blach background and neon edges). What OS are you using? I'll try it since I wanna theme sense now. I'm too new to XDA to post my new roms. I'm focusing on stability and HD modifications but like your idea

alexthesniper21 said:
Does any one know how to theme the htc resources with out crashing? im theming MikG 3.11, but every time i theme the resources, it crashes on the weather widget. any help?
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First thing you will need is an apktool then folow the directions to install the proper framework. Then use paint, photoshop, or gimp to make your changes. Be careful of anything that ends in .9 as these are special pngs and need to be handled differently. I used to theme Sense but stopped due to having to rewrite to many files for the changes I needed and have moved on the AOSP based roms which are much more straight forward.

Thank blaz1nr for this, all info he passed on to me, Hope it helps you,,,Later,,,
When you start working on transparency. The status bar/footer should be 20% less transparent than the background. Header starts at 10% less than background. Pop ups are where is gets a little harder. They must be opposite each other (ie) black/white text or white/black text. Black looks better but is more of pain. Make sure to keep pop ups slightly transparent, you should be able to see through them a little. Once you have the first one done then you be able to see what % to change and where,but these are good starting points. Status bar/header/footer should be the 3 darkest. It should look something like this. Status/[email protected] 60%, [email protected]%,[email protected]% pop [email protected] to 80%. So 100% is solid as you move down towards 10% it gets more see through.
PART 1:
Im going to to try to sqeeze this down as much as possible.Basically I'm gonna give you, the how to do stuff.Then I'm going to give the short cut's to figuring out what to do.First your gonna need some stuff.
1 Java EE jdk, jre
2 Apk tool
3 Android Sdk
4 Eclipse IDE
5 7 Zip
6 M10 editor
7 Cygwin
8 Android Kitchen
9 Notepad++
10 Alot of patience
Listed above is everything needed to build or theme a rom.
You wont need android kitchen or cygwin,if you just want to theme.You will need everything else.
This is a easy way to learn how to set up android kitchen so you can build your own roms from unrooted stock roms----> http://www.androidmerom.com/2012/01/11/4/
How to dev correctly----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1273044
Porting things like clocks or widgets---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1222746
Adding transparancies to status bar(its in the galaxY s forum but this is what you do) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1327565
Learn how to recompile and decompile apk's first,Since this is a sense rom, you need 3 things to do this,SystemUi.apk,its in system/apps,
framework-res.apk & com.htc.resources.apk, they are in system/frameworks
PART2
Ok so now I'm gonna give you a bunch of info that will speed up your learning of what to do.
Since this is a sense rom, When you decompile SystemUi.apk it needs dependencies.These are the two apk's you got from system/frameworks.Learn how to use apk tool there's guides everywhere when its time to add dependencies you need to use both of these commands in cmd. apktool if framework-res.apk,apktool if com.htc.resources.apk, i cant stress enough that you first learn building apk's and how to use apk tools. once you know how apk tools works the commands earlier will make sense.Learn how to push your new apk to your phone with sdk.
A system app cannot just be dropped in the system. Unless your rom zip is open and your building it. Here come's the good stuff, when your trying to do something like move you clock to the center of the status bar.What you can do is decompile the apk's from earlier out of a rom that has a feature you like.Open it and find what files you need, copy them to your desk top. Now find the same files you need to change in your rom and look through them to see whats different in yours that you need to change(Notepad ++ is used for this/also M10 editor). 7zip will be your best friend from here on out.In 7zip all you need to do is click open archive. now you can add or remove anything you want,when your done just close it.This works for every zip file.UOT kitchen can be used to do a small amount of theme work.
Build.prop work is done the same way using notepad++. Say you built your own rom,but your not sure how to get your rom name or add 3g/4g/wifi tweaks or hardware acceleration or what ever.There's a lot that can be done in a build.prop that will do some major magic.you could compare mine to yours and see whats different and make changes.Use common sense here.Don't just go changing things if you don't know what it is first. That's it all you need to know right there to get you started. Now all you have to do is search around for whatever it is you want to do. locate the things you need to change and your on your way.
Although basically I've given you everything you need to get you stared.Not everything can done by simply changing lines of code in one spot some things have files located in multiple location that will need to be edited so...RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH.Remember don't be a **** and steal someone's thunder,just so you can say you built a rom. Give props and ask the other dev's if you want you use something they worked hard making.