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Now I find out I cant even set an animated gif as a wallpaper.
For all this **** this phone can do there seems to be SOO much it can't do.
It's 'the new way forward' Be glad you don't have a device that starts with an i ... Even more restrictions and things it can't do.
On the other hand, who wants ugly old obsolete animated gifs as wallpaper anyway? Android allows for much much better and nicer wallpapers.
But oh well, it's all personal eh. So far I didn't run into anything the Desire couldn't do when I wanted something done... no.. NO! That's not entirely true, I want to use my Desire as a bluetooth keyboard for my PS3. It can't do that ... YET!
oursol, I have to agree with RaptorRVL - who nowadays would want to set an ugly looking pixelated, repetitive gif animation for background? We have muuuuch better Live wallpapers!
RaptorRVL ... bluetooth keyboard... I can only add a finishing YET to your post They got android on a f...n washing machine!
Okay, agreed.. but I am finding the little things just a little bit annoying so I needed to rant.
Is there a way of converting animations (flash or gif) to a live wallpaper?
tbh I feel your pain oursoul.
I've been looking at modding the Desire with themes, and icons etc. and I've pretty much hit a brick wall. While this phone is good for Dev's and people seriously into computing, to someone like me, whos wizo on photoshop but not into cmd:// stuff i'm finding this phone pita. The iPhone was much easier to fiddle with.
and I never thougtht I'd say that.
simples
Jailbreak, EXE, follow instructions, done
OpenSSH, find files, edit, compile into folder.
Open Winterboard, tick theme, Restart springboard.
Done
Android
Root phone, follow long drawn out process, upposed to EXE
At this point I'd had enough, frankly bricking the Desire, isn't worth it, and by what i've been told so far, making a theme will require java coding, and repacking into a APK.
tbh I'm seriously considering a iPhone 4, the only thing keeping me on the Desire is the idea of 2.2 with flash 10.1 if it doesn't show up, i'll be off.
so yes oursoul, I understand your frustrations completely...
U can install skins with metamorph MUCH easier than winterboard u can NeVER say that theming and editing of the phone in iPhone is easier than in Android thats just stupid!very stupid!
RaptorRVL said:
It's 'the new way forward' Be glad you don't have a device that starts with an i ... Even more restrictions and things it can't do.
On the other hand, who wants ugly old obsolete animated gifs as wallpaper anyway? Android allows for much much better and nicer wallpapers.
But oh well, it's all personal eh. So far I didn't run into anything the Desire couldn't do when I wanted something done... no.. NO! That's not entirely true, I want to use my Desire as a bluetooth keyboard for my PS3. It can't do that ... YET!
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lol, I haven't found 1 live wallpaper out of the 30 I have tried which hasn't
lagged the hell out of my phone. I don't know weather it's simply bad coding
or what - but for now, live wallpapers are simply unusable for me.
(this is also with the processor at 1200mhz)
hopefully with all the claimed performance enhancements found in froyo however, the desire will handle them better
ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
Live wallpaper work fine for me at 1ghz! No lag at all.
On the subject of theming. Why not use an alternative home? Freedhome allows for a LOT of customization.
What exactly would you change? There are a million homes that change the look and function of the bottom bar. Wallpapers obviously you can change. There isn't much to change really.
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ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
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Give it time... it'd be crazy to do too much skinning just yet because who knows the full impact of the coming OTA on Sense.
I'm also a noob on android... so there's much to learn.
well all the icons would change the wallpaper obviously, colour scheme, probably even audio too to suit the theme. I want to complete skin the OS.
I've just managed to root the desire, got the SU icon on the menu. and i'm now trying to work out how to access the phones internal files?
ephumuris said:
Live wallpaper work fine for me at 1ghz! No lag at all.
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i conquer, maybe lag issues are down to branded phone bloatware
Sorry to jump on the post but I am have an animated gif issue too:
I can't play them in a web browser, I have tried the built in browser, opera and dolphinHD but they just wont play. I am sure I read somewhere that 2.1 gives this functionality, yes I know some of you may say why would you want to play them anyway but this is old and basic functionality that I could do years ago on non smart phones.
Is it just my Desire that is at fault?
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ill try metamorph out, but what i'm saying is from a n00bie, position is i'm trying to add to this community with themes, etc but i can't find out jack and when i do people tell me i've got to go routing through the guts of the phone, which i don't want to be doing, if i'm wrong, and it's not that involved i retract my previous statement, but at the moment i'm not getting very far, and thats not from a lack of effort.
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That's what I've felt like as well, coming from an iPod touch I expected Android to be like an already jailbroken iPhone, turns out it's not that easy and there is a lot of stuff you just can't do. I am very tempted to get an iPhone 4 for other reasons as well, such as the fact that this phone is terrible as a media device.
I agree. For an open os and 1ghz, there seems to be alot it can not do with this phone. I cant use total recall to record calls what even my old nokia could. I can not use an screenshoot app without rooting the stupid thing. I can not record video with smooth fps. I can not play divx/xvid out of the box like with samsung spica. This are just some things im missing.
The live wallpaper do slow down my unbranded phone also. This isnt free on the cpu and battery either.
Just a suggestion...
Why don't you stop whining and next time before you buy a phone - research it and find out if it does what you need it to do! There is no point in *****ing in here. Coming from an iPod Touch user (mainly as a PDA) I AM IN HEAVEN WITH MY DESIRE AND I WOULD NEVER LOOK BACK!
xtcislove said:
U can install skins with metamorph MUCH easier than winterboard u can NeVER say that theming and editing of the phone in iPhone is easier than in Android thats just stupid!very stupid!
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... Very Very VEry VERY stupid! Completely agree.
diablous said:
well all the icons would change the wallpaper obviously, colour scheme, probably even audio too to suit the theme. I want to complete skin the OS.
I've just managed to root the desire, got the SU icon on the menu. and i'm now trying to work out how to access the phones internal files?
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It sounds more like you're just expected something to be simple and getting in a huff when it's not. Rooting is quite straightforward (easier on the Desire than the Hero in my experience say) if you can follow instructions and copy and paste.
But anyway, now that you have rooted. Go into recovery, use adb and pull '/system/framework/framework-res.apk', extract that, play around with it (change graphics and what not, but be careful and make sure you backup your original framework-res.apk file), repack the apk (it's just a signed zip - it might not even need signing) and push it back with adb. I warn you, I've not actually tested this myself but give it a go.
I'd make a nandroid backup before to be on the safe side (worst comes to worst you'd have to flash a new rom). If you didn't understand anything I said then look it up as I only know it from reading it.
Good luck, Rowan.
Edit: I just tried this to edit my alarm icon and confirm it doesn't need signing.
Hello,
I have a full rooted EVO with Stock ROM. Is there a way to remove the sound during boot? I have seen some of the post on modifying boot animations but they are a bit too much. I would like something simply.
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(Just stumbled on this one).
- Removing the Sprint apps(bloatware) using adb also got rid of the boot animation sound. Specifically, I think it may have been Sprint Promotion.apk.
- Someone else may need to try this in order to confirm.
Boot Animation Lite from the market. Its free.
Does require root access tho, i know you said you have it, but for others that dont have root, and see this.
While it doesnt just take the sound out of the Sprint startup, changing it to the Nexus start screen is cooler to show off anyway.
Requires no knowledge of how to change stuff, just screen size, which EVO is 480x800.
docsparks said:
Boot Animation Lite from the market. Its free.
Does require root access tho, i know you said you have it, but for others that dont have root, and see this.
While it doesnt just take the sound out of the Sprint startup, changing it to the Nexus start screen is cooler to show off anyway.
Requires no knowledge of how to change stuff, just screen size, which EVO is 480x800.
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Thanks, looks like a cool app. I only want the Sprint sound out though. Anyone has a better idea?
You can delete the sound using adb. The file is /system/customize/resource/SPC_animation_final.mp3
I hope that answers your question.
trentlythp said:
You can delete the sound using adb. The file is /system/customize/resource/SPC_animation_final.mp3
I hope that answers your question.
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Thanks. I am comfortable with adb. I will try that.
I've used Froyo on my old phone because it never got Gingerbread, my Play has 2.3.3 and I just realized that it doesn't do that cool CRT screen-off animation. As a matter of fact, it also didn't come with Sony's Xperia launcher, I know that you can download it from here, but it has a lot of bugs. Is that all on the 2.3.4 update that (hopefully) will be available on the Verizon Play? Did I miss something, or did the Xperia Play never come with what I was expecting from an Xperia phone?
Verizon ripped us off, we just have stock android. But you can download the Sony Ericsson launcher and other things from here.
Note: Some items require root. Not all.
...Why Verizon...? Okay, I guess that'll do, I also have root. Thanks.
EDIT: I thought the CRT Screen-off effect was integrated into the Gingerbread firmware, I wonder why it won't happen on the play, it has to be in the source somewhere if that's true. I have all animations set to on.
Selim873 said:
...Why Verizon...? Okay, I guess that'll do, I also have root. Thanks.
EDIT: I thought the CRT Screen-off effect was integrated into the Gingerbread firmware, I wonder why it won't happen on the play, it has to be in the source somewhere if that's true. I have all animations set to on.
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The CRT animation is supposed to be built into Gingerbread. They must have removed it somehow. Though, from 2.3.4 SonyEricsson has replaced the CRT animation with one of their own. The display kind of quickly fades out into black from corners to middle. Soft and sweet looking in my opinion. I have grown very tired of the CRT animation as of late so I was glad that SE had made something of their own.
Heh, I accidently thanked you for your post when quoting.
Cl8rs said:
Verizon ripped us off, we just have stock android. But you can download the Sony Ericsson launcher and other things from here.
Note: Some items require root. Not all.
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I find this very funny, Everyone complains about skins and crap on their android phone, look at motoblur, sense, touchwiz. Everyone wants pure vanilla android.
They give you pure vanilla android, you complain, you want the oem launcher.
This is pathetic and stupid.
RacecarBMW said:
I find this very funny, Everyone complains about skins and crap on their android phone, look at motoblur, sense, touchwiz. Everyone wants pure vanilla android.
They give you pure vanilla android, you complain, you want the oem launcher.
This is pathetic and stupid.
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Ya, and so are people who don't help the cause.
Anyway, is there a way we could get the cool animation?
Cl8rs said:
Ya, and so are people who don't help the cause.
Anyway, is there a way we could get the cool animation?
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There is a tutorial on it in the arc section, the animation is there, it has just been disabled in one of tge .xml files.
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I found that and just tried it, it went great until every emulator went into a force close when I tried to change their settings, I also couldn't sync my google account, so I had to go back to my unmodified framework-res.apk.
I wonder if there's a way to replace the sony screen off animation with the crt version. I prefer the crt. I'd also be interested in the possibility of people creating custom screen on/off animations, since Sony was able to do it
Hello. I was wondering if anyone has ever created a mod that would make the NAV Buttons change color constantly? Like a slowly shifting blend of colors. Kinda like when LED stripes shift colors. I have tried searching but either no one has or i suck at searching. Thanks in advance.
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Hello. I was wondering if anyone has ever created a mod that would make the NAV Buttons change color constantly? Like a slowly shifting blend of colors. Kinda like when LED stripes shift colors. I have tried searching but either no one has or i suck at searching. Thanks in advance.
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I haven't seen a similar mod and I am not sure if it is easy to be done because probably it requires constant changes to SystemUI and Framework while the device is running!
Still maybe a dev finds it possible and makes it
Of course it won't require constant changes the the code.. Please don't answer if you know nothing about programming.
It could can be done, and it won't require any huge changes, but it will require someone capable of and willing to do it.
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Of course it won't require constant changes the the code.. Please don't answer if you know nothing about programming.
It could can be done, and it won't require any huge changes, but it will require someone capable of and willing to do it.
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I typed "probably" which means I am not sure about that but just my thought. I did not even talk about the code! I meant changes in the images which are of different colors. Still that was my "thought" and nothing more.
Anyway sorry if I have done something wrong. It is good that it won't require that constant changes and hopefully someone will be interested in this idea and do it
Hi
Is there any mod for normal color change like constant ?
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At least its possible. Maybe someone will try it. If you are running AOKP you can change nav button color to any color you like. I am sure someone has made a mod for it. Thx for the responses.
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At least its possible. Maybe someone will try it. If you are running AOKP you can change nav button color to any color you like. I am sure someone has made a mod for it. Thx for the responses.
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I suggest that you make a "[REQUEST]" thread in the "Themes and Apps" section so the devs up there will read about your idea and hopefully one of them will be interested and have the time to do it
You deserve a Thanks for this idea actually
768x1280 please, thank you!
I don't understand... What do you want from me???? Lol
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bigwilly90210 said:
I don't understand... What do you want from me???? Lol
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The white Google logo at the beginning when you turn the phone on.
All the other images I found are not of high enough quality.
This?
Yes. But the original one from the phone.
What's different about it?
The logo is bigger, and the resolution is 768x1280.
Is there anyway to extract the original one from the phone? I need it to be exact.
I don't think you wanna mess around with this since the so called boot splash is built in to the kernel. If you know this stuff, change it in your kernel at the high risk of a brick and if you're a noob like me, just let it be.
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I don't think you wanna mess around with this since the so called boot splash is built in to the kernel. If you know this stuff, change it in your kernel at the high risk of a brick and if you're a noob like me, just let it be.
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I think he just wants to make it his bootanimation
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I think he just wants to make it his bootanimation
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So by replacing this image with the same file name out will boot the new image?
Does file size matter?
Yes, I just want to make it part of my boot animation. I need the actual image so I can mess around with it and add new things to it.
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Yes, I just want to make it part of my boot animation. I need the actual image so I can mess around with it and add new things to it.
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You should also find out if the size of the image makes a difference with noting or is updates
I tried other images I found on Google Images but the resolution are too small.
I enlarged and expanded to size but it makes the Google Logo blurry and the detail deteriorates extremely.
Is there a way I can extract the original image?
Please.
Again.
I don't understand... Why don't you just get the highest res Google logo you can find on Google images and put it against a 768x1280 background?
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Wow. You're like one of those people that call tech support and give the most vague answers and descriptions turning what could have been a 10 minute call into a 2 hour call. It took two pages just to understand what you were wanting, lol. Ok, ok...now that i've picked on you, i'll be serious. To help you out in future requests, it's always best to give out as much info as possible. What is the request, what is it for. It's always best to give out too much information rather than too little.
I agree with another poster here. Just download a high res google logo and slap it onto a background the size you need. Gimp is free and can do just this.
Oh, also found this (just happened to be browsing in the boot animations thread. I haven't seen the animation itself, but it's the logo from the splash screen with 2 gears under it. I'm sure with a small amount of editing, you can get this to do what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37079831&postcount=148
The Google logo is built Into the boot loader. Good lick extracting it.
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leejonnymr said:
Yes, I just want to make it part of my boot animation. I need the actual image so I can mess around with it and add new things to it.
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here you go.
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Wow. You're like one of those people that call tech support and give the most vague answers and descriptions turning what could have been a 10 minute call into a 2 hour call. It took two pages just to understand what you were wanting, lol. Ok, ok...now that i've picked on you, i'll be serious. To help you out in future requests, it's always best to give out as much info as possible. What is the request, what is it for. It's always best to give out too much information rather than too little.
I agree with another poster here. Just download a high res google logo and slap it onto a background the size you need. Gimp is free and can do just this.
Oh, also found this (just happened to be browsing in the boot animations thread. I haven't seen the animation itself, but it's the logo from the splash screen with 2 gears under it. I'm sure with a small amount of editing, you can get this to do what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37079831&postcount=148
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I don't see what the big deal is. He asked for an image and you guys all get into his business as,img what it's for. It doesn't matter, he just asked for the image.. you are the one making this complicated.
Now, OP you can probably find an image on google images or try to figure out how to extract it rom the splash image