Alternate Spash Screens? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Are there any alternate spash screens out there? Or is it generally discouraged (not safe) on the Nexus? I was thinking of changing mine. I changed the one I had on my Droid Incredible and always loved that little personal touch. I was thinking of using this one but I wasn't sure about it being horizontal. I know several of the boot animations are horizontal though, so maybe it doesn't matter.

If you're talking about the bootanimation you can and its quite simple....just move bootanimation.zip to system/app using Root Explorer(or any file browser).
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Nope. I'm talking about the very boring "Google" black screen that comes up just before the boot animation.

There was a lot of talk about changing the splash screen on these forums as well as on rootzwiki. No one seemed to have a clue of how to do it and it seems like everyone lost interest rather quick. lol. So as of right now it appears to be UN-changeable. I hope someone eventually figures it out though. I've tried digging through framework res files to find the images because I heard that's where they might be and I had no luck.

Well poop....

Kind of an old thread, but I figured I'd reply. I'm unsure exactly where it is located on the gnex, but it wouldn't be in the framework. the splash image loads before the phone boots. This would lead me to believe that it's stored on a partition (probably hidden, in or about the area of the bootloader or radios). There's a pay app on the market made for galaxy nexus devices (seems to be most versions) called Logo Me. If I fail to dig up the relevant information, I'll end up buying the apk, but it is indeed possible. I'm not beyond buying the app, I just haven't given up trying to figure out how to do it by hand, since I used to do it all the time on HTC phones.

moxlon69 said:
Kind of an old thread, but I figured I'd reply. I'm unsure exactly where it is located on the gnex, but it wouldn't be in the framework. the splash image loads before the phone boots. This would lead me to believe that it's stored on a partition (probably hidden, in or about the area of the bootloader or radios). There's a pay app on the market made for galaxy nexus devices (seems to be most versions) called Logo Me. If I fail to dig up the relevant information, I'll end up buying the apk, but it is indeed possible. I'm not beyond buying the app, I just haven't given up trying to figure out how to do it by hand, since I used to do it all the time on HTC phones.
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Im pretty sure I saw a thread on how to do it earlier today. Either here or in development, and it was a new thread.
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Thats a really good way to hard brick your phone. Not worth the risk. Probably one of the few ways you actually could brick this phone.

There's an app called logo me in the play store. There's also a thread buried here in the themes and apps section about it. The app allows you to change the Google logo and the little locked/unlocked lock under it with just a push of a button. Its a paid app though, worth it depending how bad you want to change those images.
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CyanogenMod 6.1 issues??

I want to root my slide, and flash cyanogen but before I do I would like to know what are some flaws in this rom one that I know its that the BT doesn't work, what are some other known major issues??
P.s: Does the Cyanogen rom still have the balck themed swype, or swype at all? Thank you for yalls time and answers.
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Swype isn't free anymore. The black themed one was on stock. I've been theming the latest Swype but pushing it off until after my FE exam.
I haven't encountered any problems at all with this one.
PcFish said:
Swype isn't free anymore. The black themed one was on stock. I've been theming the latest Swype but pushing it off until after my FE exam.
I haven't encountered any problems at all with this one.
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i would love you for making swype look like the stock one we all had
Makes me sad swype isn't on cyanogen . Where can we get it? Swype has spoiled me.
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I have googled "swype.sdk" enough times to tell you that there's no easy way to get it without getting a trial version that eventually expires. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, but I'm waiting for that glorious day when Swype releases an apk on the market for everyone.
As for the issues with CM 6.1, I've been running it for about a week. The only issue I've heard about is that some people experience lower than average call volume or lower than average volume on Skype.
The only issue I've had is the Market and set-up is a little buggy/laggy if you're on Wi-fi only (as in, no cell phone service). Otherwise, it seems to be a very solid and fast Rom, and I highly recommend it.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
I have googled "swype.sdk" enough times to tell you that there's no easy way to get it without getting a trial version that eventually expires.
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You might try swype.apk not sdk. I don't think swype has a software development kit (sdk) because it's an app not an os or operating platform. Just google swype.apk and you'll find it.
Just a bit of a warning - Do Not Post It On XDA. The reason it's not included in Cyanogenmod ROMs is the same reason you can't post the swype.apk on XDA.
KCRic said:
You might try swype.apk not sdk. I don't think swype has a software development kit (sdk) because it's an app not an os or operating platform. Just google swype.apk and you'll find it.
Just a bit of a warning - Do Not Post It On XDA. The reason it's not included in Cyanogenmod ROMs is the same reason you can't post the swype.apk on XDA.
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Gah, I meant .apk. It was like 8 or 9am when I posted that and my brain doesn't work at that time in the morning. When the market was messing up on my wi-fi connection, I was getting apks online for stuff like Facebook and ChompSMS, so I should've known better than to put sdk.
I know you can't post it on any forums because it's a licensed product and posting links to it (or just posting it as an attachment) is considered piracy or something similar. That's probably why it's so hard to find a non-trial version. Most of the results you get from googling "swype.apk" are links to forums that used to have links to where you could download it, but the links have been removed on all of the forums (they should've just erased the threads so they'd stop showing up on Google altogether).
Personally, I'm just going to suck it up and get a trial. Better to have it for a month then not at all.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
Gah, I meant .apk. It was like 8 or 9am when I posted that and my brain doesn't work at that time in the morning. When the market was messing up on my wi-fi connection, I was getting apks online for stuff like Facebook and ChompSMS, so I should've known better than to put sdk.
I know you can't post it on any forums because it's a licensed product and posting links to it (or just posting it as an attachment) is considered piracy or something similar. That's probably why it's so hard to find a non-trial version. Most of the results you get from googling "swype.apk" are links to forums that used to have links to where you could download it, but the links have been removed on all of the forums (they should've just erased the threads so they'd stop showing up on Google altogether).
Personally, I'm just going to suck it up and get a trial. Better to have it for a month then not at all.
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Well I have v1.6.xxx that I could zip and email not sure if I'm even allowed to suggest that but PM me and I'll email it to you via gmail or something.
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PM me
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I tried, but it's not showing up that I've sent any message. You can e-mail it to me straight through the "email user" thing, I know mine is up to date with the e-mail I'm using.
As for if you're allowed to post what you posted, well I mean Swype only deals with OEMs and our phone came with it. So, in reality, you're only helping me re-install a program my phone originally came with and accidentally got "lost" somewhere ...it's totally justified.
Also, another issue I've found with CM's 6.1 is that for no reason at all my screen randomly dims. It happens maybe once or twice a day on average (some days it doesn't happen, sometimes it happens a few times). No biggie, settings>display>brightness clears that up no problem.
AbsolutZeroGI said:
I tried, but it's not showing up that I've sent any message. You can e-mail it to me straight through the "email user" thing, I know mine is up to date with the e-mail I'm using.
As for if you're allowed to post what you posted, well I mean Swype only deals with OEMs and our phone came with it. So, in reality, you're only helping me re-install a program my phone originally came with and accidentally got "lost" somewhere ...it's totally justified.
Also, another issue I've found with CM's 6.1 is that for no reason at all my screen randomly dims. It happens maybe once or twice a day on average (some days it doesn't happen, sometimes it happens a few times). No biggie, settings>display>brightness clears that up no problem.
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Yeah I have that issue too, usually when the screen is about to time out and go black. If I touch it, the screen doesn't get brighter. I just have the power widget set up so I just have to tap the brightness to do the same thing.
Or, you guys can go on 4shared, search swype hvga, download, and install.
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[Q] Google Talk Emoticons (i know...)

Nothing too big
Just wondered if anyone has managed to get the Froyo/GB Gtalk emoticons on ICS/HC? I can't tell the difference with these green blobs...
Just wondering if anyone has actually done it yet, otherwise I'll go ahead and play around when I get home from work.
So this didn't seem to have much impact on the modding community...
I newly made the switch to ICS and I already miss the little green smileys. The newer ones are not utterly terrible, but the old ones were super cute and much much better to distinguish. I guess you didn't find anything?
I am pretty sure that they are in the Mms.apk file. Open it and go to res/drawable-xhdpi change the png files with the ones you want.
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They sure are. Will try to replace them with the old ones and report back.
Mind that I am on a Galaxy S so it probably won't be suitable for the OP or anyone in this forum.

[Q] Re-enable Boot animation

A while back I was using a ROM (I think Winner's kang), and there was an option to disable boot animation. I checked that. That option has since disappeared and I can't figure out how to re-enable boot animations. I've flashed CM over it x times since then, but still no animation. Any ideas how to get it back?
If I do a factory reset It comes back with a new ROM, but I'm trying to avoid re-doing all my settings. I've already done a fair amount of searching the web and XDA for this, but nothing seemed to fix this.
Thanks for the help!
Working on finding out...may or may not be successful.
One minute!
Clear data on rom control and reflash the rom maybe.
I downloaded alogcat.
And enabled boot ani in AOKP M4.
Log cat states that it ran the script system/bin/sh
Maybe try running that in script manager. But I doubt that will work.
I'll give it a shot. Couldn't hurt!
Thanks
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...Just tried it. Nope!
I read somewhere editing the init.goldfish.sh (system/etc) might do it, but i got nowhere with that either.
i know this is not the solution that you need but it might be an idea on how devs can avoid creating this problem from the start:
simply move the bootanimation.zip to another location. This will disable the boot ani and in case a user wants it back, it's as easy as moving it to the /system/media folder
as for your issue, in case you decide to reflash the rom, titanium can bring back your apps in a flash and most launchers have an option to backup settings. all in all it takes less than 10 minutes for me to reflash and have my phone as it was before.
Thanks. I thought if you removed the animation it defaulted to the original Android animation? Maybe not.
But yes, titanium and launcher backups are my backup plan.
Thanks for the help
If I cant figure it out by Sunday I might just do that.
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Have you tried Root Tools? It's available on the Market err Google Play.. claims to enable and disable bootanimation.
I just gave it a whirl-no such luck.
Thanks for every one's suggestions. I think I'll pm the dev and ask him if he knows what that option affected.
I'll post any revelations as soon as I hear anything
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And you have a known working bootanimation.zip in the system/media folder?
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To the best of my knowledge, yes. Otherwise it would just show a black screen, right?
Instead it just shows the Google logo with the unlocked icon.
Strange, I thought others would have had this problem too.
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I suffer from this problem as well, tried everything else I've heard. Now I'm just going to wipe . Oh well
can't you get a hold of a version that has the option and toggle it on/off?
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Not a bad idea. I'll check to see if I have any old ROM's with it.
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Anyone have a really old winner ROM?
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cokm4n said:
Anyone have a really old winner ROM?
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His repository is at goo.im/roms/winner00. All roms from 1/23 to 2/16
open "etc/init.goldfish.sh" in a text editor
-in the end you will find "setprop debug.sf.nobootanimation 1"
-make it 0
also you can try adding those lines to the build.prop
ro.kernel.android.bootanim=1
debug.sf.nobootanimation=0
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that once before with no luck. Just tried it now too with a new ROM. unfortunately, it still didn't work.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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have you tried mskip's GNex Toolkit? it has a Phone Mods section where you can enable/disable that option, maybe that would work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
second screenshot shows the mod list... good luck!
cokm4n said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that once before with no luck. Just tried it now too with a new ROM. unfortunately, it still didn't work.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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are you sure "system/bin/bootanimation" exists ?
Yup, that's there. No file extension tho. And I have the animation file in system/media and local/media. Regardless a new ROM should over write all that info, right?
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Build.Prop Market Fix Won't Work

After reflashing my rom I changed my SCH-R760 (US Cellular's version of the E4gT) i changed the build.prop folder to appear as a Nexus S. I know i did it right because ive done it several times before in the past, and websites even recognize my phone as a Nexus S, but for some reason I still cant see certain apps I know that I should see in the Market (particularly Gameloft games). What's wrong?
What's wrong is you're taking a phone, trying to have it identified as a different phone, and then posting issues about it in another, different phones thread.
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cool story bro.
They don't have a forum ATM. They're poor nomads. I found a site for them, but it only has stock tars, miui, and cm. Here ya go buddy.
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/253-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/
thanks again theroot youre the man. i just figured that since this is a general android question that can attribute to literally ALL phones, people wouldn't be thread nazis like whatshisface up there. i appreciate the help once again!

Missing app icons

Has anyone else experienced app icons disappearing from folders? The icon remains visible in the app drawer but isn't visible in the home screen folder.
The real strange thing is the folder treats it as though it's still there. (There's a gap where it would be) If I try to add it to the folder again, then both show up.
I'm having the problem with one app (wifi analyzer) but had experienced it before with other apps.
Any ideas or feedback is appreciated.
I'm running stock and unrooted latest update for what it's worth.
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Are you using the hide icons feature in the app drawer ??
I miss a few on occasion too. ..
Try this. ..
Enable all icons again. ..then wipe cache in the recovery. ..
Then reboot and hide apps again. .
It appears to be a stock bug. ...g
This is one of those bugs that sparked my curiosity to try different ROMs.
Is there any place to read up on known issues with i317? Samsung has really dropped the ball in regards to support on their website. This seems to be the main place to ask questions but I feel like I have quite a few, some are general and others are more android specific.
I think I may be having buyers remorse now. I'm reading and trying to figure out as much as I can but it feels like I've read every book in an encyclopedia set and while I've learned new things the general things still remain unanswered or unfound. I'm not sure if it's device specific, android specific, or an app gone awry.
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Every device and OS has bugs,,,it's just part of the game...
The note 2 is a solid and good running device with great support (here on XDA)...and the Rom offering is excellent as well.
If you purchased the device new, and it has any type of severe glitch...you may want to consider a warranty replacement.
Mine has always performed very well on the stock firmware, and although the TW 4.1.2 version is a bit buggy, it still performs beyond my expectations when compared to the note 1...
No regrets here at all.....g
It's been pretty solid. I just get a bit reluctant to try anything beyond stock right now because there are those little things that seem to occur. I occasionally get a blue outlined box around app icons which has left me baffled because it's a rare thing but has happened a few times.
I'm not knocking the phone or its OS. It just seems tedious to find answers to questions. I am not comparing anything with my iphone experience, because it took years for me to become a go to guy with any issues with iOS or even the hardware. I just am finding it a bit more of a challenge to locate a good sgh-i317 based sort of a knowledge base. Do you by any chance know of any good information banks? Or perhaps I should ask where's a good place to start learning more in depth about it?
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The best reference for all things android is here. ..XDA
Do a search for XDA university. .
You'll find every topic, ranging from the beginning of Android. ..all the way up to full blown coding from source.
No better resource exists anywhere on the planet. ..g
Perfect! Seems like exactly what I have been digging around for. Thanks a million.
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Always welcome. ...g
I thought it was just me getting random blue borders on widgets. It only started within the last 2 months, and the only possible change would be having adding perseus kernel.
Small enough to not care, frequent enough to make me say "wtf"
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I would love to help you, but help yourself first: ask a better question
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
The missing app icons is more of a problem for me. The blue border thing just makes me scratch my head.
Sadly if you anything aside from flipping through home screens it disappears. I've tried getting a screen capture of it and it disappears. It's almost like when you only single click something on a windows desktop. It's a rare occasional thing but drives me nuts wondering what it is or why it happens.
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