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Lately I found that froyo is still not stable enough for my touch HD (however it's still better than WinMO lol)
It sometimes crashes and when I restart my device then sometimes a "waiting for SD card problem" comes up or "error reading corrupt block message " or even it will not start at all.
This problem usually can be fixed by making a fresh install of froyo (deleting old files copying the fresh ones)
But the problem is, I have to re-install all my favorite apps again, making gmail sync again and again *sigh
Then after a good installation, I tried to make a backup copy of file data.img (found it on the root of my sdcard), then later when the froyo crashed, I replaced the existing data.img file with the backup file, restarting the device and ... it worked! No waiting for sd card problem and other problems.
The installation is also restored to the point where the backup copy of data.img is made, so I don't have to re-download my favorite apps again and don't have to make a gmail re-sync
My question is, am I doing the right thing?
What is exactly the data.img contains?
Is there any other files that need to be backup too?
Thanks!!
thnx for the tips.
U can also backup applications with the built-in backup-software.
It will copy all of ur software as apk files in ur sdcard.
where do you find the built in backup software?
khurr said:
thnx for the tips.
U can also backup applications with the built-in backup-software.
It will copy all of ur software as apk files in ur sdcard.
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So I was doing the right thing, right?
I also wondering where can I find the built in backup software?
Thanks
ho.angii said:
where do you find the built in backup software?
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Sorry, it wasnt built in
I tought it was built in but actually it was in my File Manager by Adao Team.
It looked so built in
Now Ive taken backup of data.img
you can backup all your favorite apps with "astro".
Astro is free ... you can find it on Market
then you can create, in the root of your sd card, a folder called "AndroidApps".
In this folder you can put all your .apk files (previously saved with "astro").
when you change you version of Android (no matter which version) the new boot load automatically all apps from the folder "AndroidApps"
idea
traduced:
You guys just give me a terrific idea ...
I have DROPBOX...
I can create a copy of my data.img and copy that apk created by the BACKUP PRO...
Will always have everything saved... and in the cloud
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original:
acabas de darme una tremenda idea...
tengo DROPBOX
Puedo crear una copia del data.img y copiar mis apk que ha creado el BACKUP PRO
Y asi siempre tendre todo a salvo... y en la nube
PANCIO said:
you can backup all your favorite apps with "astro".
Astro is free ... you can find it on Market
then you can create, in the root of your sd card, a folder called "AndroidApps".
In this folder you can put all your .apk files (previously saved with "astro").
when you change you version of Android (no matter which version) the new boot load automatically all apps from the folder "AndroidApps"
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will it save all of configurations too? or only apps?
If I use data.img I will get my phone booted exactly like when the data.img created. Including all settings and configurations.
For those of you who are fed up with AT&T original boot animation
and want to bring a little touch of originality to your phones;
I will give you the tools to do so and then i would like this topic
to be the display of all the talent behind your idea's. Dont be affraid
to post your creations here
So lets get started.
In order to change the bootanimation on android phone you need first to be ROOTED.
that will help you in the futur with you phone anyway... but will also give you access
to root files on your phone.
Now!!!
The file that has the bootanimation data is:
system/media/bootanimation.zip
and it is formed of 4 or less items inside.
folder : part0
folder : part1
folder : part2
.txt : desc.txt
the mechanism behind these files is simple.
the 3 folders have inside of them PNG image sequences that creates the animation.
and the .TXT "desc.txt" is the script that puts it all together.
* You will notice that inside the :
system/media directory there is an audio folder as well.
This is where the sound associated to the bootanimation is stored
originally called :
boot_att.ogg or anything else the carrier wants to call it... (we'll talk about it later)
OK. If you were Able to follow sofar you must have an idea of what is next.
the idea is to replace that bootanimation.zip file and that boot_att.ogg sound to
change the bootanimation to your own.
I highly recommand to backup these existing files just in case you want to put the
phone back to it's original state...
This is where it is getting fun!
"HOW TO CREATE ANOTHER bootanimation.zip?"
sofar the best result would be obtained by creating a flash animation
of your own using adobe flash software. The screen size to select when
creating file should be in pixel the size of your android phone listed on the specs . final file will be then
published as .SWF
Once you have your SWF file you need to convert it to a PNG animation.
(what is a PNG animation?) well it is a sequence of PNG images that are put one after the other to create an animation just like the one on part0 folder of bootanimation.zip
There is a cool software that makes that convertion. It
breaks your SWF animation to a frame by frame PNG sequence.
ADShareit SWF to Video Converter Pro v5.3.zip (attached below)
....shhhhhh!!! yes i gave you a cracked one.
so when you add your SWF movie onto ADShareit you go to settings:
-Export type: Image sequence
- Sequence : Normal sequence (interact)
... the rest will pretty much adjust to the original swf file specs.
since the convertion of your swf to PNG animated is going to create a lot of PNG images
you want to create a folder on your desktop called "part0"
and on ADShareit settings you would select that folder as Export point.
Hit OK!
and let the convertion take place.
You should have now on your destop a folder name "part0" that has your SWF movie broken into several PNG
images.
At that point you have created the main animation for your bootanimation.zip file
But since the animation should play just once and then wait for the phone to boot up, you dont want it to loop.
That is why you have to create another folder "part1" that will have inside the last image of your "part0" sequence.
and that one will loop till phone boot up.( being just one image it will feel as if movie stopped.)
so i repeat:
create another folder called "part1" on witch you copy/paste the last PNG on folder "part0" you just created.
so now you have two folders:
"part0" main animation.
"part1" animation ending loop.
That's it for the animation part!
NOW THE DESC.TXT .
is just a basic txt doc on witch you type what will become the "action script"
of your bootanimation.
here is what you type: "this was when i was creating it for a motorola bravo"
480 854 30
p 1 3 part0
s loading.mp3
p 0 0 part1
now let me explain what it stands for
-first line: is the size of your animation : 480 by 854 (motorola bravo screen resolution)
then "30" stands for the speed of your animation .(30 frames per seconds/fps)
- second line part 1 of 3 (meaning first part to play) is "part0"
- third line is the sound that will play with the animation
* i said i'd talk about this later.
so here it is:
The sound format does not have to be in .ogg only it can be .mp3 or any other format your phone
recognize. the name of it also can be anything as long you use the same name for the sound file
you want to add.
(note that in front of sound line you have a "s" , and not a "p" it stands for "sound".
- fourth and last line is always the loop image file (that will be the last thing played and it will loop)
p 0 0 part1 (part1 is to be played as last.)
save .txt created as desc.txt
We have all the files now created . we need to zip:
- part0
- part1
- desc.txt
But this is not zipped just in any manner ...
you need to use 7Z compression software from there:
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
and zip by adding to archive and setting compression to :
-achive format : ZIP
- Compression level : store
or else it will not work if compressed any other way !!!
save compressed file as bootanimation.zip
here you go.
You have now:
- bootanimation.zip
- loading.mp3
copy both to your phone SD card. and push bootanimation.zip to :
system/media
and loading.mp3 to:
system/media/audio.
reboot phone and enjoy!
I.E: I am adding my bootanimation below along with sound that goes with it.
It was too big to attach on XDADev.
so i give you mediafire download links.
bootanimation.zip
loading.mp3
Ahhhh. Thank you for this. Going to give it a go when I get off work.
Thank you I hated the stock one!
Now I have a nice Android Scribble boot
Thanks for the tut, I'll try to make my own on wednesday since I have no school. In the mean time, does anyone mind uploading one they've made?
proutpa said:
Thank you I hated the stock one!
Now I have a nice Android Scribble boot
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Is that the stock android screen? That's what i wanna do. Lol
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Search this site for "Android Scribble" you will find many topics.
Can't remember which link I used but I'm sure all will work fine.
Alright thanks
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Yes jared152,
I 've updated my post, and added my bootanimation and sound that goes with it .
I'd appreciate you giving it a try. Would be curious to see your creation!
Have fun.
lecelui, Very nice job on your instructions and explanations! It got me thinking about how much I hated the AT&T woosh boot and then the dropping globe. I'm a novice at android programming altho I have got my phone rooted and bloatware frozen. I found an app called root tools by JRummy in the market and he has included some boot animations that are clever. So now I have some dancing droids!! Hopefully 2.2 froyo will be released to everyones Bravo soon, it really speeds functions up. Thanks again for your efforts!
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lecelui, Very nice job on your instructions and explanations! It got me thinking about how much I hated the AT&T woosh boot and then the dropping globe. I'm a novice at android programming altho I have got my phone rooted and bloatware frozen. I found an app called root tools by JRummy in the market and he has included some boot animations that are clever. So now I have some dancing droids!! Hopefully 2.2 froyo will be released to everyones Bravo soon, it really speeds functions up. Thanks again for your efforts!
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does anyone have the original boot animation .zip file I could get? I am really stuck the custom animation I have is keeping me from being able to update to 2.2. you can pm me or email me that would be awsome. thanks
Still kinda new to this, but:
I was able to push the animation, but the sound isnt working. Phone is not on silent when it reboots either. I'm using bandroidx's RC2 rom with Froyo, and when I tried to push into system/media, the command prompt told me it was a read-only file system. So I tried pushing into data/local and the animation was working, just without the sound. Any help would be appreciated, as I would like to make my own custom animations with sound.
chemicalsmile said:
Still kinda new to this, but:
I was able to push the animation, but the sound isnt working. Phone is not on silent when it reboots either. I'm using bandroidx's RC2 rom with Froyo, and when I tried to push into system/media, the command prompt told me it was a read-only file system. So I tried pushing into data/local and the animation was working, just without the sound. Any help would be appreciated, as I would like to make my own custom animations with sound.
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There's a way to mount /system as rw in adb, but I don't know it. Do you have cwm? You can easily mount /system in cwm recovery and then push the file there I think.
I have bandroidx's bootstrapper CWM from when I flashed the ROM, and found the mount /system option, do I simply just mount it and push to the aforementioned directory with adb while in CWM? As I said, I'm still rather new to android filesystems and I don't want to do anything to brick my phone. Thanks for the patience and any help you can provide.
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i use the bravox rc2x rom that bando made, will it be any different if i try to change it?
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I have bandroidx's bootstrapper CWM from when I flashed the ROM, and found the mount /system option, do I simply just mount it and push to the aforementioned directory with adb while in CWM? As I said, I'm still rather new to android filesystems and I don't want to do anything to brick my phone. Thanks for the patience and any help you can provide.
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Yea, make sure the USB cable is plugged in when cwm recovery turns on, mount /system in the cwm menu, then push the files to where the tutorial tells you.
And if you do somehow brick, there's always an sbf.
slowcurve said:
i use the bravox rc2x rom that bando made, will it be any different if i try to change it?
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Maybe, the boot animation for that might be in /data/local/ so either delete that file and put your boot animation in /system/media/ or just overwrite the file in /data/local
chemicalsmile
* You will notice that inside the :
system/media directory there is an audio folder as well.
This is where the sound associated to the bootanimation is stored
originally called :
boot_att.ogg
First of all thank you to Coldfustion (James Harrison) for the original 3D UI theme for the GNote. I have added my own tweaks to the theme and decided to pack it all into a zip for people to be able to install a lot quicker.
Contents:
Launcher (ADW)
Keyboard (A.I.Type)
Multiple ADW Themes
Clock Widget (Minimalistic Text)
No root is needed and it will work on any android version. It can also be applied to a phone with a 1GHz or more proccessor.
It is so simple to set up, just go through the 3 folders and read the Readme files inside. You must complete the folders in order.
Download the Easy Tutorial from the link below and extract it to your phone's SD Card. You will need a file explorer on your phone to view the files, i recommend ES File Explorer (Also included in the Zip)
Follow the instructions and you'll have the 3D UI in a couple of minutes
I cant post the link yet since im a new member and its 11mb so it cant be an attatchment
Galaxy Ninja said:
You will need a file explorer on your phone to view the files, i recommend ES File Explorer (Also included in the Zip)
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You need a file explorer to open the zip, I've included one in the zip...
OT: thanks! will have a look at this.
Hi,
is there a way to change the boot animation in xdauto 1.6.2c ? I would like to see my Chrysler car logo animation.
Thanks in advance
any luck with that yet? been thinking of changing the boot animation too.
Well, I have gone through a series of trial and error, and have successfully gotten my own created boot animation to work. However, I havent figured out the max resolution I can use (my animation looks to small from the one I originally created. Using xdAuto, the current boot animation resolution is at 480x292. Anything bigger than that, causes a black screen during the boot process (or at least this is what I've led myself to believe, if anyone finds anything different please update let us know.) Although I was under the assumption that I could use 1024x600 but my animation won't work if I use this big of a resolution.
It goes basically like this:
1. on your computer - Create a new folder and rename it to bootanimation
2. Create a folder inside bootanimation called part0 (you can add more parts if you wish increasing by increments of 1. part1, part2, part3, etc.)
3. in the part0 folder, make sure all images are in the same format. I used .png format, and make sure the pictures are in order, eg. 00000.png, 00001.png, 00002.png, etc. (You are essentially making a slideshow that plays at a max of 30 frames per second)
4. Install "boot animation creator." You can google for this or search for it here on XDA. (I cant post urls yet.)
5. open boot animation creator, follow the prompts to make your boot file, don't forget to add a loop when that section comes up for making your bootanimation.zip file.
6. place your bootanimation.zip file in your android HU (I'm using a carpad III).
7. (root required) go to the root of your Android HU/carpad. Go to this path /system/media
8. make a backup copy of the current bootanimation.zip file and place it in a safe place.
9. copy and paste your created bootanimation.zip file in /system/media
10. reboot, if done correctly you should see your new bootanimation.
Hope this helps.
Update: So my main problem, was that root browser was giving me a "operation failed" error. Its strange because sometimes it would let me write to the /system/media
folder. I was able to get a 819x432 bootanimation.zip to write. But now for some reason I can't get anything else to write to it... very strange. I am pretty sure that the max resolution for bootanimation.zip for Carpad II / III is 1024x600, getting it to write when I want it to is the issue I am having now.
Okay, well I found out why I was getting the write errors. Well, at least this worked for me.
I went into SuperSU, settings, and unchecked Mount namespace sepraration.
This allowed me to write my bootanimation.zip file to the /system/media/ folder.
I was also able to use my original 1024x600 bootanimation.
Hope this helps.
The new Radio App is really good. You can have Presets so when you go into another region it can be switched over. However I have no idea how to rename them., Just lists some regions.
Anyone have any ideas? Spent hours looking at 4pda and there is nothing.
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The new Radio App is really good. You can have Presets so when you go into another region it can be switched over. However I have no idea how to rename them., Just lists some regions.
Anyone have any ideas? Spent hours looking at 4pda and there is nothing.
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I don't think they can be re-named. I believe you can only drag from center field where current station playing is located to preset.
I noticed some on 4pda have it named FM1 and FM2. It can be done, I doubt that it cannot especially with decompile the apk. I have found references to those areas but can't decompile and recompile with apktool. Keeps throwing errors.
APK i get an error
wooldogsinc said:
The new Radio App is really good. You can have Presets so when you go into another region it can be switched over. However I have no idea how to rename them., Just lists some regions.
Anyone have any ideas? Spent hours looking at 4pda and there is nothing.
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'Hello, when I try to install the APK I get an error, can someone help me to install this application?
Radio MOD by Sem-Z
Made a mod of the original radio (Rewritten the code in many places)
Changes:
Disabled the effect on the Hi-Fi button (hifi_state).
The block of saved stations has been modified:
- stations can be renamed or deleted.
- Display and save the station name by RDS (the key point is why I started modifying the program)
Minor interface fixes (fixed the curve of changing button names - when receiving an RDS signal, the "auto search" button was previously automatically activated. When starting the program, the list of saved radio stations automatically scrolls to the active station (previously, when starting, I had to scroll through the list myself every time to find the button of the currently working station)...)
You can translate the app into English in the file strings.xml
Download here:
Code:
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=999429&view=findpost&p=101094191
Great work @Sem-Z looks great. Looking forward to trying.
@Jsepia you need root and drop replace the APK in the priv app folder. Also change permissions. You can't install it like a regular apk
Thanks you
Thanks for your help, how do I become root? In which folder do I drop the app?
Sem-Z said:
Made a mod of the original radio (Rewritten the code in many places)
Changes:
Disabled the effect on the Hi-Fi button (hifi_state).
The block of saved stations has been modified:
- stations can be renamed or deleted.
- Display and save the station name by RDS (the key point is why I started modifying the program)
Minor interface fixes (fixed the curve of changing button names - when receiving an RDS signal, the "auto search" button was previously automatically activated. When starting the program, the list of saved radio stations automatically scrolls to the active station (previously, when starting, I had to scroll through the list myself every time to find the button of the currently working station)...)
You can translate the app into English in the file strings.xml
Download here:
Code:
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=999429&view=findpost&p=101094191
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@Sem-Z: thanks for the post. Can you please drop the app here (or by email: [email protected]) as I couldn't register in 4pda? Can you please also let me know how to root and access app folder ("system \ priv-app \ FMRadio \ FMRadio.apk")?
Thanks in advance
qualcuno è riuscito a scaricare e provare la radio mod. di Sem-Z?
grazie in anticipo
Mobem73 said:
@Sem-Z: thanks for the post. Can you please drop the app here (or by email: [email protected]) as I couldn't register in 4pda? Can you please also let me know how to root and access app folder ("system \ priv-app \ FMRadio \ FMRadio.apk")?
Thanks in advance
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Yes please share the fmradio.apk
I can't download from 4pda...
Sem-Z's apk here in attach downloaded from his link
the sem z skin is showing as a zip instead of apk file do I just drop it into my priv app folder and delte orignal fm radio apk?
zudo90 said:
the sem z skin is showing as a zip instead of apk file do I just drop it into my priv app folder and delte orignal fm radio apk?
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You can flash via twrp or extract the APK from the zip and paste it in the system priv app fmradio folder. I can't get the APK to work. Keeps crashing. Anyone have any ideas? Device is YT9216B
I used a number of file managers but as soon as I renamed the original APK in the fmradio folder it rebooted into twrp and wiped everything. Best to move the APK via twrp file manager.
ok i will try twrp, I assume i use the chose zip from sd card option and just tell it to go to the sem z zip?
do I need to delete the fm radio in my priv folder first or would it just auto over ride?
also do I need to wipe davick cache after?
Appreciate the help
zudo90 said:
ok i will try twrp, I assume i use the chose zip from sd card option and just tell it to go to the sem z zip?
do I need to delete the fm radio in my priv folder first or would it just auto over ride?
also do I need to wipe davick cache after?
Appreciate the help
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Yes
Back it up the apk just in case
Doesnt hurt
ok flashed it via twrp and wipe davick cach copy the old apk to my sd card but did nto delete it from priv folder.
On reboot i open the app but it opens and auto closes does that happen to you? well i tried to replace the old fm apk to priv folder but it is not showing up under apps. do I need to change permissions?
zudo90 said:
ok flashed it via twrp and wipe davick cach copy the old apk to my sd card but did nto delete it from priv folder.
On reboot i open the app but it opens and auto closes does that happen to you? well i tried to replace the old fm apk to priv folder but it is not showing up under apps. do I need to change permissions?
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Doesn't work for me either. Via twrp should already be set to 644 but you could try 755 and clear data and cache of the app.
Yeah i went back and tried permission and it default to 644 but when i change it to 755 and click save and exit out it reverts back to 644. I think i mess up my install to I deleted the app from android like a regular apk so now cant access radio. i tried installing original apk, but get the error app not installed message. so now I think only way to get radio apk back is a hard reset?
I can't find radiofm.apk in system / app / priv to change it. where will it be on my 8227L device?. thanks
Dobrý den, hledám heslo k továrnímu nastavení rádia andriod model 822L_DEMO, verze jádra LINARO GCC 6.3-2017.05.