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Any idea on how to change first boot splash ?

On the HTC Dream (G1...) it was possible to get rid of the very first boot image, that white screen with a steady HTC logo, with a flashboot command like the following (changing source img name $3 ):
fastboot flash splash1 splash.raw565
.....now...the obvious question....do we need a special SPL to do something like that on Desire?
I saw something in boot.img that could probably help in the process but my Droid skills are too basic to get an answer by myself.
Any idea on this?
Thanks!

According to the Droid Dev Channel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
How to change boot animation
1. You need to have HTC Sync and Android SDK installed
2. Copy bootanimation.zip to SD Card
3. Turn off Desire and then turn it on while holding back button to enter bootloader(white screen)
4. Once in "white screen" press power button again to enter bootloader
5. Connect Desire with PC
6. Press Volume Down and than Power to enter Recovery
7. Open Command prompt/Terminal and type
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb push C:\bootanimation.zip /data/local
adb reboot
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8. Unplug your HTC and enjoy your new boot animation
Alternative method to install a custom boot animation (without Recovery Mode - by MasDroid)
1. You need to have HTC Sync and Android SDK installed (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html).
2. To get adb running on the Windows OS platform, for example, download & extract the Android SDK to the following path: %SystemDrive%\android-sdk-windows (e.g. C:\android-sdk-windows)
3. Turn on your phone and connect it to your PC via a USB port.
4. Place the downloaded bootanimation.zip into the same folder as the adb app (in the tools folder of the SDK).
5. Open command prompt and type cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools, hit enter.
6. Type adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local, hit enter.
7. Reboot phone.
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That is how to change "second" boot animation, but he wont's to change "first" bootanimation, the one with white background and green htc logo
Have no idea how to remove it, but would like to know it too

Dang It!

Yep that's it.... but I imagine that the chance of sending some sort of RTFM was so sweet to fog out the actual question (some of... us share the same behavior)
... probably I should have been more clear on my request.
At the moment I'm still searching around for some clues and I will report here all my findings.
.... c'mon... the first ugly splash is displayed way longer than the second... and if that isn't enough.... it's ugly

You need the engineering SPL. Impossible to do otherwise.

So I need the piece of software everybody is waiting for...
HTC must be very proud of their logo if they make it so hard to get rid of it. Even boot messages would look better ;-)
Well, thanks a lot for the info !

S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!

millab said:
S-OFF is now available! Just installed on my Telstra Desire and changed the splash1 screen successfully!
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Me too! There are guides and even a 1-click splash screen replacement application which is flippin' awesome. I've made my splash, but now to work on the boot animation so that the whole lot is seamless, right up until loaded.... watch this space.

A link would have been great..

alpharev.nl

Rastaman-FB said:
alpharev.nl
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hmm its a bit confusing how to use it...
Quick guide anyone?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811

Andyokane said:
hmm its a bit confusing how to use it...
Quick guide anyone?
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read a forum a bit before posting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
look for: S-OFF
Nespejau (a bit too late)

mendozinas said:
read a forum a bit before posting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
look for: S-OFF
Nespejau (a bit too late)
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I actually meant changing the 1st boot screen img, and for your information I read these forums every single day.

I gave up following xda for barked answers like that one... go see a shrink and be polite, or don't bother answer.
For the s-off question, it's a quite straight forward operation, I don't have time right now but I' ll make a step by step how to that I hope will help with doubts.

Hi,
Your Desire needs to be S-OFF, Than you need to use fastboot to flash the new bootscreen:
fastboot flash splash1 yourbootscreen.img

andreadj said:
On the HTC Dream (G1...) it was possible to get rid of the very first boot image, that white screen with a steady HTC logo, with a flashboot command like the following (changing source img name $3 ):
fastboot flash splash1 splash.raw565
.....now...the obvious question....do we need a special SPL to do something like that on Desire?
I saw something in boot.img that could probably help in the process but my Droid skills are too basic to get an answer by myself.
Any idea on this?
Thanks!
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I was wondering about the very same thing a while ago. This is what I have learned:
TO BEGIN WITH, YOUR PHONE MUST BE S-OFF. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS THREAD IF YOUR PHONE ISN'T S-OFF.
In order to flash your custom splash1 image, prepare a *.BMP image with size corresponding to your device's display size (which in case of the Desire is 480x800). Make sure the image is in 24-bit color space (true colors), 16 or 32-bit images wont work.
When you have the image prepared, download a tool called NBIMG (you'll find it here on XDA). Put your image and nbimg.exe into the same directory, open up command prompt and then navigate to the folder where you've placed the files. I'll use c:\nbimg as an expamle.
To convert the image to the smartphone format, issue the following commands:
Code:
chdir c:\nbimg
nbimg.exe -F mycustomimage.bmp -w 480 -h 800
This will create mycustomimage.bmp.nb file. If you want to be sure everything went alright, convert this file back to *.bmp format by using this command:
Code:
nbimg.exe -F mycustomimage.bmp.nb -w 480 -h 800
This will create mycustomimage.bmp.nb.bmp. Open this file and compare it to your original image. If the images match (no artifacts, inverted colors, etc.), you are good to go and you can proceed to flash the image to the phone using fastboot.
Take your converted image (mycustomimage.bmp.nb) and replace the .bmp.nb part with .img suffix so the resulting file is named mycustomimage.img. Now take this *.img file and put it to the tools subdirectory inside your Android SDK installation folder (fastboot.exe must be in said subdirectory, as I will use the path as an example).
Connect the phone to your computer and enable usb debugging.
Navigate to folder inside the Android SDK where adb.exe is located (older revisions of the SDK have it inside tools subdir, latest SDK has it inside platform-tools subdir). Reboot your device to bootloader mode through adb by issuing the following commands:
Code:
chdir c:\AndroidSDK\tools
adb.exe start-server
adb.exe reboot bootloader
When the phone reboots into bootloader, issue the following command to flash the image into the phone:
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 mycustomimage.img
Now reboot your phone using this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Enjoy your new custom splash1 image, you're all done
And if you let me, I'd like to share a few images I have created myself. They're nothing extra, just a quick and noobish work in GIMP, so if you don't like them, please, don't download them and don't troll. I won't react on comments saying "your images are fugly" or anything else alike
Download the *.img files by clicking on corresponding images.
MD5 sums:
splash1_htc_cm7_droid.img 90beed110b59b76c0a1aad55c2b616af
splash1_htc_cm7_fadedlights.img 008f8efe149f3361f4cdd8946e06f5df
splash1_htc_cm7_white.img 53ca8a089685b47188cdefb1dded9ba0
splash1_htcyan_cm7.img 2014e223835574b115daf68935c0db4b
...or you can download md5sums of all the files above in a single *.md5 file here.

8-D t'at's about it ....
Thanks Squrl many acorns to you .-)

How To Fully UnRoot HTC Evo

Credits/Disclaimer
Code:
[U][B]
This is not my guide, you dont have to thank me for this.
Thanks to Ocnbrze over at AndroidForums for this.
we are not responsible if your device(s) cause(s) a nuclear war[/B][/U]
This will show you how to FULLY unroot your evo to stock. S-ON *****(LOCKED OOW)*****
THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU USED HTCDEV METHOD!!!!!
Please read thru this guide once or twice before actually taking steps !
Your phone MUST be on a stock sense rom so go get that installed now !
Download these files if you do not have them
ADB.exe http://d-h.st/Vsv
FastBoot.exe http://d-h.st/KB3
AdbWinApi.dll http://d-h.st/MJn
flash_image.zip http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5377&stc=1&d=1327588554
mtd_eng.zip http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5378&stc=1&d=1327588554
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3 http://d-h.st/n1U
Before you do anything else, your phone MUST be on a stock sense rom !
step #1 downgrading the misc partition
1.download the first three files and create a folder and call it android then move the downloaded files to the android folder.(you should have already have this setup when you rooted with HTCdev)
2.download and install (do not run) htc sync: http://www.mediafire.com/?cdcjs0ue8tne4cy
3.connect your phone to the pc via usb cable
4.we need to extract and then move the flash_image and the mtd-eng files on to the sd card. make sure that you do not put the extracted files in any folders. they need to be on the root of the card (very top level)
5.change the setting from disk to charge only, make sure that usb debugging is turned on, settings>apps>development>check usb debugging, and lastly make sure that fastboot is disabled, settings>apps>uncheck fastboot.
6.on your pc hold shift while right clicking on the android folder. select open command window here option.
7. in the command window type:
Code:
[B][I]adb shell
ok you should get # in the command window if not then something went wrong.
if you do get # then type:
Code:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
then:
Code:
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
and last:
Code:
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
the command screen should look like this when all the commands are entered:[/I][/B]
{
"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 the 4.67 PC36IMG file and rename it by deleting everything but the PC36IMG part in the name. make sure not to add an extra zip as windows hides extensions.
move it to the root of the sd card that means on the top level of the card and not in any folders.
power off then press and hold power+vol down. this will take you to the bootloader. if you named the file right and it is on the root of the card then it will ask you to update. select yes.
before you reboot your phone double check your bootloader screen. at the top it should say locked and your hboot should be 2.18 with s-on. if that is what you see then congrats!!!!!!!!!! you are now unrooted!!!!!!!!!!!!​

XenonV said:
First things first- Not my guide, You are fully responsible for whatever happens. It is not XDA's fault, its not my fault, its all on you.
This will show you how to FULLY unroot your evo to stock. S-ON *****(LOCKED OOW)*****
THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU USED HTCDEV METHOD!!!!!
Download these files if you do not have them
ADB.exe http://d-h.st/Vsv
FastBoot.exe http://d-h.st/KB3
AdbWinApi.dll http://d-h.st/MJn
flash_image.zip http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5377&stc=1&d=1327588554
mtd_eng.zip http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5378&stc=1&d=1327588554
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.67.651.3 http://d-h.st/n1U
Now lets begin
step #1 downgrading the misc partition
1.download the first three files and create a folder and call it android then move the downloaded files to the android folder.(you should have already have this setup when you rooted with HTCdev)
2.download and install (do not run) htc sync: http://www.mediafire.com/?cdcjs0ue8tne4cy
3.connect your phone to the pc via usb cable
4.we need to extract and then move the flash_image and the mtd-eng files on to the sd card. make sure that you do not put the extracted files in any folders. they need to be on the root of the card (very top level)
5.change the setting from disk to charge only, make sure that usb debugging is turned on, settings>apps>development>check usb debugging, and lastly make sure that fastboot is disabled, settings>apps>uncheck fastboot.
6.on your pc hold shift while right clicking on the android folder. select open command window here option.
7. in the command window type:
Code:
[B][I]adb shell
ok you should get # in the command window if not then something went wrong.
if you do get # then type:
Code:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
then:
Code:
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
and last:
Code:
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
the command screen should look like this when all the commands are entered:[/I][/B]
download the 4.67 PC36IMG file and rename it by deleting everything but the PC36IMG part in the name. make sure not to add an extra zip as windows hides extensions.
move it to the root of the sd card that means on the top level of the card and not in any folders.
power off then press and hold power+vol down. this will take you to the bootloader. if you named the file right and it is on the root of the card then it will ask you to update. select yes.
before you reboot your phone double check your bootloader screen. at the top it should say locked and your hboot should be 2.18 with s-on. if that is what you see then congrats!!!!!!!!!! you are now unrooted!!!!!!!!!!!!​
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I've actually been dealing with this most of the day trying to unroot and go back 100% stock and have had no success. It was suggested elsewhere that I need to be on a stock rom? I'm dl'ing one now to try as I am currently on an ics rom.

yes you do need to be on a stock sense rom so download a stock sense rom, and then follow the guide

XenonV said:
yes you do need to be on a stock sense rom so download a stock sense rom, and then follow the guide
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Perhaps a good bit of info to add to the op

Relentless D said:
Perhaps a good bit of info to add to the op
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already on it, thanks

So I noticed you said this isn't your guide, but I see no credits in your post for where the guide originated, or who originally wrote the info? I'm sure this will help a lot of people though.

Captain_Throwback said:
So I noticed you said this isn't your guide, but I see no credits in your post for where the guide originated, or who originally wrote the info? I'm sure this will help a lot of people though.
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i dont know who the original writer is, which is why. if i know then i always list that info :good:

XenonV said:
i dont know who the original writer is, which is why. if i know then i always list that info :good:
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Where did you get it from, then?
It looks strikingly similar to this guide:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/526575-guide-unrooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-a.html
In fact, the inordinate number of exclamation points and the use of my command prompt screenshot makes me think it originated over there.

Captain_Throwback said:
Where did you get it from, then?
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somebody PM'd me the guide on another website (the tech game) , just the text, no link

XenonV said:
somebody PM'd me the guide on another website (the tech game) , just the text, no link
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http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html
If this is where it originated (as it seems to have) it was written by user oznbrze at androidforums.com

Relentless D said:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...-rooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-dummies-guide.html
If this is where it originated (as it seems to have) it was written by user oznbrze at androidforums.com
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problem solved thanks :good:

and yes this is my guide. however, you do not need to be on stock sense, just not on ics roms for this to work. just throwing that out there.

I tired this and when I put the first command in the window I get a $ sign not the # sign can some one help please..

bgsl1ck said:
I tired this and when I put the first command in the window I get a $ sign not the # sign can some one help please..
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make sure you are running command prompt as admin. or logged in to an admin account. and all the files are in correct directories

bgsl1ck said:
I tired this and when I put the first command in the window I get a $ sign not the # sign can some one help please..
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Are you running a rooted ROM? You need to have root access for this to work. Try typing "su" at the prompt and see if it changed to a #.

thanks

Can this be done using a Mac?

XenonV said:
make sure you are running command prompt as admin. or logged in to an admin account. and all the files are in correct directories
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i have tried that and it still doesnt work, any help!?
im running a brand new computer like seriously out of the box, windows 7 ultimate and it wont give the #

Chirpout said:
Can this be done using a Mac?
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yes, i believe the guide states something about that..not exactly sure, you can also use google for more help

Hi, I know this is really out of date, but I have to send my phone back because the screen is cracked (inner touch screen) and I wanted the phone to be completely stock. I never rooted the phone. I only unlocked the bootloader. I found this thread hoping I could relock the bootloader to make it look like I never unlocked it in the first place. Of course once I reached Step 7, I don't get the # sign. I get the $ sign and I don't know what to do :/

[GUIDE] Set up ADB and Fastboot on a Mac easily (With Screenshots!)

Ok, so I'm going to make a little write up on how to easily install ADB and fastboot on a Mac. It's actually quite simple, and plus you don't have to worry about drivers like in Windows.
Instructions
First, make a folder named "android" (no quotes of course ) You can place it anywhere on your hard drive, it doesn't really matter. Put it somewhere you'll easily remember, because you're going to be using it a LOT. I placed mine on my desktop.
{
"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"
}
Next, you'll want to download the android SDK from Here. (you won't need to install Java first like you would on a Windows PC, though I would recommend it anyway)
(As pointed out by Wlmeng11, you could skip this step just download a zip that I will have attached at the bottom of the page containing the adb and fastboot files instead of downloading the whole SDK)
When the SDK finishes downloading, Unzip it and the contents of the "android-sdk-mac_x86" folder into your android folder.
Once you have done that, open your android folder. Go into the tools folder inside of it. Double click on the file called "android" (possibly called android sdk) This file is a UNIX executable and will open within a Terminal window.
When it finishes opening, check the folder called tools. Make sure both "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools" are selected within the tools folder. Click install and wait for them to download.
When they finish downloading, go into the platform-tools folder inside your android folder, then copy adb and fastboot and paste them into the root of your android folder.
Now that you have adb and fastboot installed, we're going to want to test them to make sure they work.
Go ahead and plug in your android device at this time. Make sure android debugging is enabled in settings. Go into Settings > Apps > Developer and check it there (for Gingerbread 2.3 and lower) or go into Settings > Developer Options and check it there for Ice Cream Sandwich or Jellybean. As of now, there are two ways to access adb and fastboot.
Open a Terminal window (look in Applications > Utilities if you can't find it). Type "cd" followed by the path you saved your android folder to (I'm going to use the Desktop for this demonstration) it should look like this
Code:
cd /Users/<yourusername>/Desktop/android
Press enter.
Now you need to actually execute an adb or fastboot command. To do this, you'll need to type "./adb (or fastboot) <command>" For this tutorial, we will use "ADB devices" since it doesn't actually do anything to the phone. (we won't use fastboot since it requires rebooting to the boot loader which is different for every device)
In the same terminal window as before type the following:
Code:
./adb devices
then hit enter. It should turn up your device's serial number. If it does, proceed to the next step, if not recheck your steps, then leave a post in this thread.
(if it says * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully * that is perfectly normal)
Now, at this moment, ADB and Fastboot are both completely useable. However, it's very annoying to have to CD into the directory and use ./ in front of every terminal command. I'll show you how to add it to your path so you don't have to do any of that.
Open a new Terminal window and type
Code:
nano ~/.bash_profile
it will open a window that looks like this:
(Yours will probably be blank, because I've added a lot of stuff to mine over the years)
Add a line to it that contains the path to your android folder. (again, I'm using Desktop) It should look like this
Code:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/<yourusername>/Desktop/android
Once you have added that, press CTRL+X to exit, then Y to confirm the save then press enter. It will close the nano editor. You can close the Terminal window now.
Now we need to verify that it works. Open a new Terminal window and type
Code:
adb devices
If it shows the serial number, then you have set it up successfully and are good to go!
If you have any questions or issues let me know in the thread below.
If this has helped, please press thanks!
Awesome! This made the front page of XDA Thanks guys!​

Added screenshots

you won't need to install Java first like you would on a PC
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So... Macs are Impersonal Computers?
---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:17 PM ----------
Nice guide though btw

wlmeng11 said:
So... Macs are Impersonal Computers?
---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:17 PM ----------
Nice guide though btw
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Lol I'll fix that. Thanks btw. I'm out today, but I'll give you one tomorrow (too lazy to use my phone)

To save time, you might want to just have a adb/fastboot combo instead of the entire sdk.
(BTW it's tomorrow )
Sent from my HTC Rezound

wlmeng11 said:
To save time, you might want to just have a adb/fastboot combo instead of the entire sdk.
(BTW it's tomorrow )
Sent from my HTC Rezound
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Maybe, I actually use other parts of the SDK . Ill look into that though

AshtonTS said:
Maybe, I actually use other parts of the SDK . Ill look into that though
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Well since this guide is primarily aimed towards users who only want to root their phone, rather than developers, adb/fastboot is really all you need.
So it would save time to just use an adb/fastboot combo.

I still prefer linux
I still prefer the linux enviroment, although its handy to have the adb on my macbook for when I'm not at home and have bricked my device :S
I had already got this setup, I just didn't know the ~/.bash_profile bit Now I know had to add my own programs as actual programs and not just aliases XD

First off, nice guide. I am still trying to understand why you've moved adb and fastboot from platform-tools, rather than export the path to that directory. Is there any particular reason?
EDIT: BTW, you've hit the front page on XDA.

Hi.
Would it be valid on a very old Powerbook Pismo running 10.4 Tiger??
Thanks in advance and regards.

wlmeng11 said:
Well since this guide is primarily aimed towards users who only want to root their phone, rather than developers, adb/fastboot is really all you need.
So it would save time to just use an adb/fastboot combo.
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Indeed, though this method allows you to update your adb and fastboot via Android SDK Manager (ASM). Also, in cases where all you need is adb and fastboot, you can speed up future update checks by going to "Tools"->"Manage Add-on Sites..." in ASM and click on "Disable All" button in "Official Add-on Sites" tab. From there on Android SDK Manager will check only the default repository containing tools and APIs.

visor said:
First off, nice guide. I am still trying to understand why you've moved adb and fastboot from platform-tools, rather than export the path to that directory. Is there any particular reason?
EDIT: BTW, you've hit the front page on XDA.
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It could be done that way, but I personally put other stuff in the android folder on my Mac, and also it's a bit quicker to just drag a file into one folder on your desktop than into a folder within a folder

straycat said:
Hi.
Would it be valid on a very old Powerbook Pismo running 10.4 Tiger??
Thanks in advance and regards.
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You won't be able to install the SDK, but you can extract the android.zip to a folder named android on your desktop or wherever and use that in place of the SDK step

AshtonTS said:
You bet! this will work on any mac running any OS X (unless Google blocks the install of the SDK, but I have a way around that.
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Actually, that's a PowerPC Mac, so Intel OSX software will not work.
There is no official support for PowerPC that I know of, but someone on XDA did make binaries for PowerPC.
Sent from my HTC Rezound
Edit: yup, official sdk is x86 only.
BTW, here's the link to the ported binaries.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=898744

So many graces, this thing has saved the life because I have not a PC windows, thank you still

varanhia said:
So many graces, this thing has saved the life because I have not a PC windows, thank you still
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Glad it worked for you

Hi,
Thank you very much. Worked like a charm.
Regards,

Awesome thread. Thanks for taking out the time

DarkSorcerer said:
Hi,
Thank you very much. Worked like a charm.
Regards,
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nigameash said:
Awesome thread. Thanks for taking out the time
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Glad it helped you two
Sent from my HTC Sensation

Hi thanks so much for this. Ive been wanting something like this for months/ almost a year.
All the other guides didnt work for me, but this was simple and easy to follow.
Ive encountered one problem and its device specific. My nexus 7 tablet works great with adb, but my htc evo 4g lte doesnt. its rooted, and running cm 10 4.1.2. its debugged any idea how to make it see the device?
UPDATE. so i turned on my usb storage on the device and it now sees the phone. Great work!!!!
Am i going to have to connect storage to mac all the time for this to work on any device?

[Tutorial] How to install Android SDK tool & HTC's drivers [BEGINNERS FRIENDLY]

[SIZE="+1"]-- Android SDK/ADB tool Tutorial --[/SIZE]​
I decided to create this Beginner Friendly tutorial on how to install SDK tool mainly because recent phones such as the i.e. HTC One X / One X+ are requiring many basic usage of adb command line, and lots of members are having difficulities to have basics adb command to work because their SDK tool is not correctly installed. I won't show you how to make usage of it, there is plenty of How-to's for that purpose all around xda and on the Web.
This is all safe to install on your Windows based computer, and if you can not achieve success with this installation, well obviously, you shouldn't play the hacking game with your device. From now on, I or anyone else on the Internet can not be held responsible if something really bad is happening to you because you didn't read and followed any given instructions letters by letters and you ended with a screwed, pricey and valuable paperweight device. That being said, let's get started.​
Let's GO!
____________________________________________
[SIZE="+1"]-- Enabling USB debugging mode --[/SIZE]
On your phone simply follow this path : Settings -> Developer options -> Turn the option ON -> under Debugging -> tick USB debugging option Debug mode when USB is connected
That's it, done!
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Java Installation --[/SIZE]
This is a prerequisite to have a flawlessly working SDK tool installation.
Click on the following link to download it on Java's website : Free Java Download
On the next page, do not click on Agree and Start Download, instead click on See all Java downloads.
Which should you choose? If you have a 64-bit Windows OS you MUST install the two versions (both 32-bit and 64-bit), otherwise the 32-bit is sufficient for a 32-bit Windows OS.
Before installing the latest version of Java, it is recommended to uninstall all previous Java's installation. (How to -> Remove Older Versions)
Complete the required installation depending of the type of Windows installation.
You are all done for Java.
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[SIZE="+1"]-- SDK Tools Installation --[/SIZE]
First step is to download the SDK Manager, to do so click on this link -> Download the SDK
Next locate on the bottom of your screen the USE AN EXISTING IDE, click on it.
On the Get the Android SDK page, tick the I have read and agree with the above terms and conditions box and click on the Download the SDK Tools for Windows button.
Navigate to your Download folder, and locate a file named like this: installer_r21.1-windows.exe (N.B. The r21.1 version was available when I did this how to, your version could be different.)
Double click on the installer_r21.1-windows.exe file to start the installation. Take good note where the file will be installed, generally the default SDK path is : C:\Users\your_session's_name\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk.
Now, navigate to the path of the SDK installation folder.
Select all (CTRL + A) in this folder and Copy (CTRL +C) them for the next step.
Now you need to create a new folder at the root of your C:\ drive named : AndroidSDK
Open up the newly created folder and Paste (CTRL + V) the previously copied files.
Stay in this folder and double click on the SDK Manager icon.
The SDK Manager will open a new window, click on Deselect All, then tick the following line in Tools : AndroidSDK Platform-tools
Click on Install 1 Package..., accept the license agreement and click on Install let the manager do it's thing.
Click on Done and close the manager's window.
Congrats! You have created successfully your SDK tool!
Wait! Let's clean your computer a bit....
Go back to the previous folder, the one located in this path : C:\Users\your_session's_name\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk
Click on the Uninstaller, we don't need this one anymore. Don't worry the other AndroidSDK folder won't be deleted.
Voilà! You are done with this part.
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Creating of script file for a fast access --[/SIZE]
Locate the Platform-tools sub-folder in the AndroidSDK folder.
Right click in a empty space of the folder and select in the contextual menu New -> Text Document
Open this new Text Document and Copy/Paste this : c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
Save this file as : Start SDK.bat
Acknowledge the : If you change file extension... warning.
Right click your new created Start SDK and send a shortcut on your Desktop.
Done! If you try to double click on your Start SDK shortcut, a command window should open with something like these lines :
Code:
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>
Success!
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Installing HTC's Drivers --[/SIZE]
This one is very easy, simply download and run the installer and let Windows do the rest. Drivers compatbile 32-bit or 64-bit
Download the Self-install HTCDriver_4.0.1.001.exe/
Make sure your phone is not plugged on your computer via the USB cable.
Simply run the installer of the driver you've just downloaded.
Once the installation is completed, simply plug your phone via your USB cable and Windows "wizard manager" will now detect your phone.
If it doesn't work, unplug your phone and reboot your computer. Then plug back your phone once rebooted.
Done!
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Let's try all this! --[/SIZE]
With your phone plugged on your USB cable...
From your Desktop, double click on your Start SDK shortcut.
In the command window, at the command line : C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools> type this -> adb devices (Enter)
The serial number of your phone should appear in the command window. If it is the case, then try this again : C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools> type this -> adb reboot (Enter)
Your phone will now Reboot
If all this worked, you have a successful SDK Tools installation!
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This is it, I hope this tutorial was helpful, if you have some sort of problems let me know, I will try to help you at the best of my knowledge. Have fun hacking your Android!!

Nice guide
Very concise

Lucky Thirteen said:
[SIZE="+1"]-- Android SDK/ADB tool Tutorial --[/SIZE]​
I decided to create this Beginner Friendly tutorial on how to install SDK tool mainly because recent phones such as the i.e. HTC One X / One X+ are requiring many basic usage of adb command line, and lots of members are having difficulities to have basics adb command to work because their SDK tool is not correctly installed. I won't show you how to make usage of it, there is plenty of How-to's for that purpose all around xda and on the Web.
This is all safe to install on your Windows based computer, and if you can not achieve success with this installation, well obviously, you shouldn't play the hacking game with your device. From now on, I or anyone else on the Internet can not be held responsible if something really bad is happening to you because you didn't read and followed any given instructions letters by letters and you ended with a screwed, pricey and valuable paperweight device. That being said, let's get started.​
Let's GO!
____________________________________________
[SIZE="+1"]-- Enabling USB debugging mode --[/SIZE]
On your phone simply follow this path : Settings -> Developer options -> Turn the option ON -> under Debugging -> tick USB debugging option Debug mode when USB is connected
That's it, done!
____________________________________________
[SIZE="+1"]-- Java Installation --[/SIZE]
This is a prerequisite to have a flawlessly working SDK tool installation.
Click on the following link to download it on Java's website : Free Java Download
On the next page, do not click on Agree and Start Download, instead click on See all Java downloads.
Which should you choose? If you have a 64-bit Windows OS you MUST install the two versions (both 32-bit and 64-bit), otherwise the 32-bit is sufficient for a 32-bit Windows OS.
Before installing the latest version of Java, it is recommended to uninstall all previous Java's installation. (How to -> Remove Older Versions)
Complete the required installation depending of the type of Windows installation.
You are all done for Java.
-- Screenshots for the visual ones --
____________________________________________
[SIZE="+1"]-- SDK Tools Installation --[/SIZE]
First step is to download the SDK Manager, to do so click on this link -> Download the SDK
Next locate on the bottom of your screen the USE AN EXISTING IDE, click on it.
On the Get the Android SDK page, tick the I have read and agree with the above terms and conditions box and click on the Download the SDK Tools for Windows button.
Navigate to your Download folder, and locate a file named like this: installer_r21.1-windows.exe (N.B. The r21.1 version was available when I did this how to, your version could be different.)
Double click on the installer_r21.1-windows.exe file to start the installation. Take good note where the file will be installed, generally the default SDK path is : C:\Users\your_session's_name\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk.
Now, navigate to the path of the SDK installation folder.
Select all (CTRL + A) in this folder and Copy (CTRL +C) them for the next step.
Now you need to create a new folder at the root of your C:\ drive named : AndroidSDK
Open up the newly created folder and Paste (CTRL + V) the previously copied files.
Stay in this folder and double click on the SDK Manager icon.
The SDK Manager will open a new window, click on Deselect All, then tick the following line in Tools : AndroidSDK Platform-tools
Click on Install 1 Package..., accept the license agreement and click on Install let the manager do it's thing.
Click on Done and close the manager's window.
Congrats! You have created successfully your SDK tool!
Wait! Let's clean your computer a bit....
Go back to the previous folder, the one located in this path : C:\Users\your_session's_name\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk
Click on the Uninstaller, we don't need this one anymore. Don't worry the other AndroidSDK folder won't be deleted.
Voilà! You are done with this part.
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Creating of script file for a fast access --[/SIZE]
Locate the Platform-tools sub-folder in the AndroidSDK folder.
Right click in a empty space of the folder and select in the contextual menu New -> Text Document
Open this new Text Document and Copy/Paste this : c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
Save this file as : Start SDK.bat
Acknowledge the : If you change file extension... warning.
Right click your new created Start SDK and send a shortcut on your Desktop.
Done! If you try to double click on your Start SDK shortcut, a command window should open with something like these lines :
Code:
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>
Success!
____________________________________________
[SIZE="+1"]-- Installing HTC's Drivers --[/SIZE]
This one is very easy, simply download and run the installer and let Windows do the rest. Drivers compatbile 32-bit or 64-bit
Download the Self-install HTCDriver_4.0.1.001.exe/
Make sure your phone is not plugged on your computer via the USB cable.
Simply run the installer of the driver you've just downloaded.
Once the installation is completed, simply plug your phone via your USB cable and Windows "wizard manager" will now detect your phone.
If it doesn't work, unplug your phone and reboot your computer. Then plug back your phone once rebooted.
Done!
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[SIZE="+1"]-- Let's try all this! --[/SIZE]
With your phone plugged on your USB cable...
From your Desktop, double click on your Start SDK shortcut.
In the command window, at the command line : C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools> type this -> adb devices (Enter)
The serial number of your phone should appear in the command window. If it is the case, then try this again : C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools> type this -> adb reboot (Enter)
Your phone will now Reboot
If all this worked, you have a successful SDK Tools installation!
-- Screenshots for the visual ones --
This is it, I hope this tutorial was helpful, if you have some sort of problems let me know, I will try to help you at the best of my knowledge. Have fun hacking your Android!!
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This works fine on windows 8 I needed that for my HTC Desire C and I managed to do with this! Thank you!

I didn't know about that shortcut. Very nice.

:good:
Why isn't that driver link in a stickied thread?? Solved my connectivity issues.

Rooting My Htc Desire C
I need to know How to root my HTC DESIRE C ,like this beginner friendly method.Many websites are showing different ways to do it and some ways didn't work for some people iam afraid my phone becoms a brick.so please help xda developers.
And this helped a lot....Thank You So Much

I have the HTC One for AT&T, I have the drivers installed and everything works fine when the phone is powered on I can transfer stuff back and forth easily. Although as soon as I boot my into the bootloader and select the fastboot and fastboot usb and when I run my adb devices in the CMD it comes up blank under the devices connected with several cables in all 4 usb ports. What is wrong? Help please

this helped me thanks. I followed everything to the tee. I only had a problem with changing the .txt to.bat extension however in notepad choosing save as and adding ".bat" in quotation marks allowed me to change the file extension

What an awesome tutorial! Thank you very much flawless!!! :good:

can you delete the android-sdk folder once everything is finished?

please ppl can u upload sdk for me ? i can not do it , iran is banned from google . just one developer man
here is my requested thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...k-23-0-5-android-l-api-21-api-20-api-t2915318

[Guide For creating custom Rom's]N00B Proof ]

So you heard alot about creating a custom rom how about creating one with ease with this simple guide you will find it easy
So for whom is this guide?
1.Absolute Beginners.
2.People with little or no programming skills
3.people who really want to learn how to make custom rom's
4.people who want to learn android and don't know where to start
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Tools Required : (Update them manually and report me dead links please)
Java JDK FROM HERE FOR INSTALLING CYWIGN
WARNING: Do not install Cygwin before the JDK!!
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Cywign Direct Download- Linux Terminal For Windows
Android Kitchen (ROM Development Tool)- For Cooking custom ROM and many more things, Please update this Kitchen to latest version when available.
notepad++ - for editing files like build.prop, updaterscript
MOST IMPORTANT TOOL YOUR BRAIN... AND ALSO LOTS OF TIME...
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Step one: Installing the JAVA JDK, Cygwin and Setting up the Kitchen
*Before you do anything install the java jdk* (don't skip)
Try this Dsixda Kitchen Install Picture Tutor(recommended)Or
Watch this video guide by gitagaire for how to setup cygwin and kitchen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sYJMdHPD410
Now for the real developing so lets get ready
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INSTRUCTIONS
1.Download and extract the cygwin_packages.zip
2.Run the set up(make sure there is no previous cygwin installation)
NOTE: INSTALL CYGWIN IN ROOT DISK LIKE C:\
1. Follow the kitchen read me txt!!!
2.Run the set up(make sure there is no previous cygwin installation)
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1.when it shows all the package names, go to the top and select "all default" until it changes to "all install" (you must click on the arrows)
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1.Download the kitchen from above. Then, extract the kitchen's .zip file to a folder under your home account. Rename the dsixda-android-kitchen-*** folder to just "kitchen". In Cygwin, this folder would depend on what was set for your Cygwin install directory, e.g. C:\cygwin\home\John\kitchen
NOTE!! If your user folder contains spaces (e.g. C:\cygwin\home\John Smith\kitchen), then the kitchen will not function properly. Instead, copy it under C:\cygwin\home\kitchen
1.It's the time now you run the kitchen so follow carefully
2.Run the kitchen and follow
those who have their kitchen like this C:\cygwin\home\John\kitchen use these commands given below.
cd kitchen(enter)
./menu(enter)
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those who have their kitchen like this C:\cygwin\home\kitchen use these commands given below.
cd ../kitchen(enter)
./menu(enter)
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If every things are right you should have this
congratulations!! you have sucsessfully setup up The kitchen
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Step Two: Setting up a working folder
THERE ARE TOW METHODS FOR THIS -but i will mention only one for now.
1. WHEN YOU HAVE BASE ROM AVAILABLE.
FIRST METHOD -
1.First our folder structure should look like this:
Code:
cygwin folder/home/your user name/kitchen
1.Inside the kitchen it should look like this:
1. Now we need a base rom for working on, You can any rom but i don't know if it works with stock roms:silly:
Just Place the original rom zip in the original_update folder inside the kitchen.
2.run the cygwin.exe again type:
Code:
cd kitchen(enter)
./menu(enter)
1.now enter option 1, enter again. You should see your rom listed, choose and enter
you will be asked about changing the working folders name, at this point it makes no difference so just continue.
2.congratulations you have a working folder!!!:victory:
Step Two :change/modify/update rom
YOU CAN MODIFY YOUR ROM IN TWO STEPS:
MODIFY USING ANDROID KITCHEN - for basic modification.
MODIFY MANUALLY. - for advanced modification.
1. MODIFYING USING ANDROID KITCHEN
watch this amazing tutorial by neroyoung on how to editing rom with kitchen
NOTE: DON'T FORGET TO DEODEX YOUR ROM
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2.Modifying manually will be added later on
3.Modifying .9.png's and oter stuff will be added soon saw stay tuned

BUILDING KERNELs​This post includes every thing that helps you develop and make a good kernel for your device
Requirements
1. linux box 32 bit with working gcc. you can use real linux machine or virtual machineOr just simply UBUNTU 10.04 64-bit
2. Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-68 toolchain for ARM EABI from http://www.codesourcery.com/ (Linux version without installer arm-2009q3-68-arm-none-eabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2)
3. mkbootimg with md5support. got it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=241 . credit to harish2704
4. split_bootimg.pl (google it)
5. kernel source from http://opensource.samsung.com . i use GT-P3100_ICS_Opensource_Update.zip
6. stock boot.img (or from your custom kernel).
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Setting up the environment & building the kernel for the first time
Ubuntu 10.04 64-Bit (recommended)
Ubuntu 12.04 64-Bit
Note: If you want to use virtualization software, do not use Virtualbox. You can run into networking issues and so on. I suggest using VMWare Player instead, which is available for free on http://www.vmware.com
Steps :
1. make folder "sgy" in your home. the result is folder "/home/<yourname>/sgy". <yourname> is your linux user name, and from now replace <yourname> with your user name. put all file you already download there
2. extract "GT-P3100_Kernel.tar.gz" from "GT-P3100_GB_Opensource_Update.zip". put also in "sgy" folder
3. open terminal emulator and go to your working path with command
Code:
cd ~/sgy
4. extract your compiler with
Code:
tar -xvf arm-2009q3-68-arm-none-eabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
5. create folder "kernel" and extract kernel source there
Code:
mkdir kernel
cd kernel
tar -xvf ../GT-P3100_Kernel.tar.gz
you got 2 folder, "common" and "modules"
6. open folder "common", there is file "Makefile". open with text editor and find line with content "/opt/toolchains/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin/arm-eabi-". replace with "/home/<yourname>/sgy/arm-2009q3/bin/arm-none-eabi-", don't forget replace <yourname>.
7. in terminal goto folder "common" and load default config for sgy
Code:
cd ~/sgy/kernel/common
make bcm21553_totoro_05_defconfig
8. if you want change you config run
Code:
make menuconfig
9. if you ready to build then run
Code:
make
or if you want to make it faster
Code:
make -j3
10. when complete and no error appear, copy your kernel to "sgy" folder
Code:
cp arch/arm/boot/zImage ~/sgy
11. extract ramdisk from your boot.img
Code:
cd ~/sgy/
perl split_bootimg.pl boot.img
you got "boot.img-kernel" and "boot.img-ramdisk.gz". move "boot.img" and "boot.img-kernel" to other place.
12. repack your new kernel and ramdisk. but first get md5sum of your new kernel
Code:
md5sum zImage
you got something like
Code:
1fd319aa60abc2abae2e5932bcb9fc77 zImage
you need that "1fd319aa60abc2abae2e5932bcb9fc77" write it or copy to text editor. you need run it every time compile new kernel
13.Repack
Code:
chmod +x mkbootimg
./mkbootimg --kernel zImage --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.gz --base 0x81600000 --kernelMD5 <your md5sum result> -o boot.img
14.And if you want to make an odin flashble
Code:
tar -cf boot-sgy.tar boot.img
Now you've built you'r kernel

reserved For FAQ

UOT Kitchen customization​Hello everyone, today I'm creating this thread for newbies who want to learn how to use UOT Kitchen so it can be used by the Galaxy Tab 2.
It allows us to mod everything in the phone! You can even choose which to mod.
Prerequisites:
- You current ROM's SystemUI.apk, framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk
The instructions are as follows:
Step 1: Battery mod
Over here, you can change:
Battery icon
Battery charging animation
Battery style
Battery colour parts
Firstly, just choose a battery bar that you like. (I personally prefer the Honeycomb one)
Secondly, choose the charging animation. (Hybrid looks nice)
Thirdly, you can choose to change the colour parts or leave it as it is.
Fourthly, (optional) you can select Additional options:
Remove % numbers
Remove charging icon
Use gradient colour fill
Well, that's all for battery.
Step 2: Icons
Here you can change:
Smiley icons
Status bar icons
Notification Power icons
This doesn't need much instructions; pick what you like.
Step 3: Status bar
This is probably the most important thing when it comes to theming: the Status Bar!
It allows you to change:
Status bar transparency
Top bar
Add/edit top bar text
Add a header
Add/edit carrier
Add a background on the status bar
Customize notifications' colours
Add/edit footer
Firstly, you need to specify your phone's screen resolution size. (Ours is hdpi.)
Secondly, mix-and-match.
Step 4: Popup (a.k.a Window Animations)
This one is just as important.
It allows you to change:
Add/edit overscroll glow
Edit popup windows
Loading circle
Volume/Download bar
Add/edit list dividers
Same thing, mix-and-match.
Step 5: Lockscreen
This allows you to change:
Lockscreen
Step 6: Window
This allows you to change:
Window animations
It allows us to use the ICS windows animation effect!
Step 7: Fonts
This allows you to change:
System fonts
They have 26 fonts to choose, including the famous Roboto font!
Step 8: Bootanimation
This allows you to change:
System bootanimation
They have loads of bootanimations to choose from. Have fun!
Step 9: File upload
This is where you:
Upload system files for modding
Choosing updater-script type
Apply 9patch autofix
Toggle ThemeChooser preview for ldpi/mdpi/hdpi
Allow to download your settings into a UOT Kitchen-openable format
Just upload your system files.
But remember to choose the updater-script type as Galaxy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Step 10: Summary
This is where you can check the status of your mods.
Once it's okay, you can submit the work to the kitchen.
Once you submit it, you'll be given a number. That's the name where your file will be processed under and be shown for download at the "Pickup" section.
(Note: If it gives an error instead of a download post it at the UOT thread)
Thanks for reading this small guide, I'll update it with more info!

Credits ​1. Neroyoung for his video tutorials
2.For lokeshsaini94 for his amazing tutorial
3.For irfanbagus and his nice tutorial that i ported to galaxy tab 2
4.For shakatu fo remembering me to credit people thanks Alot!!!!
And any one that Iforgot to mention lol