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i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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you should be able too but you will have to reinstall your kernel but you should have asked this on ROMS thread
I did that and the wireless was not working so i recommend to do a complete wipe so you can make sure you dont have problems trust me on the long run its better.
enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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You'll save more time by wiping, believe it or not. A lot of little issues may pop up if you don't.
Do this... Make a nandroid of your 4.4 setup, then try flashing over it with 4.5. If you have problems, either go back to your 4.4 nandroid, or wipe and start over with a fresh flash of 4.5.
thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops
some questions
I am only a few days old to the flashing a ROM to the HTC Evo but I feel I have a pretty good hang of things. I have the following things:
4.5 Mikfroyo (installed last night after finally reading enough to upgrade to the 4.5)
netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc flashed
the sdreadahead-512.zip installed for faster SD card speeds ( if you want to try it out... http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/02/h...c-evo-even-faster-than-previous-mod.html#more )
but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
Also, just a general question. why is the 4g toggle missing in the notifications bar now? that was kind of handy for me. oh well, i guess i can just use the HTC toggle on a page instead.
Last question, i would like to flash a new theme to the ROM (white version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853050) But when I downloaded it, set it to the SD card, went into recovery, flashed it, and rebooted, the HTC splash screen (white screen) just stayed on forever. I had to restore from my backup, thank god I knew to do that before hand, and just kept the stock theme with MikFroyo. what could I be doing wrong?
I also am having a problem with the lock screen but mine is a little different. When i boot up and unlock phone for the fisrt time. I get a forced close error. Other then that everything in 4.5 is working good so far
btf6df said:
but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
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Long press on the .apk, a menu will pop up, then click rename from there. Just did it yesterday and it worked fine. I just added .bk at the end (htclockscreen.apk.bk)
As for the 4g missing in the pulldown menu, you can learn how to change it here (taken from the mikfroyo thread) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877003
thank you Bamba, the lockscreen is now operational and wonderful!!! always have wanted this lockscreen! (Guess it is true, the grass is always greener on the other side.)
as for the missing 4g toggle, i kimd of understand the thread but i will read over it one more time so that i do not mess anything up.
Thanks again!
enigma7820 said:
thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops
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What kernel are you using if you dont mind me askin?.. and are you using SetCPU or anything?.. Juice defender type stuff?..
I was just wondering cuz I have 4.5 w/ the stock kernel and only get about 28-29 most of the time... not that it really matters, but it does seem a little sluggish goin from app to app.... thanks
i have since switched to vp 3.0 remastered, and is by far in my experience the best rom i have every used. everything is working good for me so far and since falling in love with LP this is the rom for me. I am using the latest radio and pri 1.77 and sbc-net 4.1.9 no havs and it is amazing, really fast. So far I have been on this rom and kernel for 18 hours sitting at 71%. I am going to make a detailed video and post a link to it here and for youtube.
New to mikfroyo,Had cynaogenmod cm7 on evo with cricket.worked ok.3g did.Friday i had it flashed back to sprint.Put cyanogen back on it.worked great.EXCEPT the 3g would go back to 1x. So put 4.5 mikfroyo. and it works great.So my question is were do you get the updates for mikfroyo? cyanogen released nightly builds.Is there a site or info on updates?Also is there a 2.3 android mikfroyo out?
Check themikmik.com
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Me n the wife are getting rid of the HTC Aria's and just ordered 2 motorola atrix's. So far the reviews from most people are they are a good phone. i like the internal memory, ram, dual core. I dont like the HUGE screens, and dont like em small. so these are pretty good. So far from what ive seen, im gonna go with the alien Rom.
I dont like CM7. tried it a few times on the aria to get used to it. but just couldnt.
been trying to see what the difference in retail roms are, gingerbread, etc.
Wondering tho, are you able to backup the original rom before ya flash a custom to it, for the first time?
After install clockworkmod recovery you can nand backup your stock rom.
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You can always flash a fruitcake too, to go back to stock.
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pcrat said:
Me n the wife are getting rid of the HTC Aria's and just ordered 2 motorola atrix's. So far the reviews from most people are they are a good phone. i like the internal memory, ram, dual core. I dont like the HUGE screens, and dont like em small. so these are pretty good. So far from what ive seen, im gonna go with the alien Rom.
I dont like CM7. tried it a few times on the aria to get used to it. but just couldnt.
been trying to see what the difference in retail roms are, gingerbread, etc.
Wondering tho, are you able to backup the original rom before ya flash a custom to it, for the first time?
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yeah you're able to backup the roms. you have to root it first so download this:
http://mophoforum.com/the2dcour/RSDLite5.5.rar
then use that program to flash this:
http://diamantephoto.com/IHOP_Bell.rar
then download fastboot and type in devices then take that special code and type in fastboot oem unlock "device code"
then download this http://server1.underpants-gnomes.biz/~romracer/atrix_recovery/recovery-atrix5.img and put it in the same directory as fast. I just renamed it to 1.img lol so i don't have to type out the whole filename
but anyways you type in
fastboot erase recovery then fasboot flash recovery 1.img then after that you'll have and unlocked bl and a custom recovery. then you download the alien rom place it in the main part of the directory you hold down the lower volume button and the power button then go down to android recovery (use the volume up button to pick) and go to backup/restore and backup (use the power button to click)
then you go to wipe/factory reset and then advanced wipe delvik cache, click yes to everything. then go to install zip files from sd card then if you put it in an sd card click that and if you installed it from internal then click that. and after it's done you go to wipe cache partition and advanced then wipe delvik partition. i don't know if you knew how to do any of that but i was just putting it out there. i got the links from the bl unlocker forum btw
lol just about got all that...
so what does flasing that first file actually do.. i cant just flash it, and not know what it does, or how i know it worked etc.
Im pretty sure i can figure it all out, just dont want to brick the thing.
p.s. the first link is dead...
website is gone.
Yeah if you brick your phone then what?
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Yeah if you brick your phone then what?
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Hence the reason for asking about all this etc. Ive seen so far every way is different. even tho they all seem to work.
I will google some more.. and if i have more ?'s i will ask away.
oh haha here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587
ive never bricked my phone from flashing, and it'll say the status of it and stuff. There's a possibility but i've flashed my phone at least 20 times with defferent roms cause im super picky about all that. but the instructions i posted are a simpler version of what it says in another tutorial. you can find it in developement and its called how to unlock bl.
guyz i need some advice as im currently using optimus 2x but i wanted to switch moto atrix is this a good decision or not and i wanted to know that weather atrix will get ICS update or not plz reply my question
Ok so the phone is rooted. its been a while since i did my aria, I think i need to get Hboot, or fastboot on it, so i can backup the rom..?
If its unlocked and rooted you can download Rom manager and just use the official CWM recovery to nand backup and then flash or after flashing CWM you can download RomRacers modded recovery from the development section, it's what I use just for the little modifications it has, and after Dow loading the CWM flashable zip of RomRacers recovery just reboot into recovery and flash RomRacers recovery. This method will give you RomRacers recovery and it will make Rom Manager think you have CWM installed so you can utilize all it's features. Hope this helps and if you need anything cleared up just let me know.
Link to RomRacer's recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
On each color for the recovery, the first link is the .img only flashable with fastboot like you mentioned and the second one is obviously the .zip CWM flashable update.
mujju85 said:
guyz i need some advice as im currently using optimus 2x but i wanted to switch moto atrix is this a good decision or not and i wanted to know that weather atrix will get ICS update or not plz reply my question
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thats the million doller question of the day man no one knows butt my gess is if we Ever see an official one it wont be till the end of the year and if the greedy f#¡ks
at at&t have there say in it then prolly Never cause they want us to run and buy the next Big thing to hit the market :banghead:
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I am real new to the KindleFire community but so far loving my Kfire. I see in slot of posts they say to use TWRP to install or update a ROM. Since I have CWM installed can I use it instead are they interchangeable for installing files?
Hope that make sense.
Thanks
Rod
most people are taking about twrp because it was the first recovery for the kf
cwm is quite new for the kf
you can use both to install roms ...
Cwm is able to be updated by current developers. Twrp looks cool, but just needs to be updated. If someone updates the reboot wrappers it'd be a winner. But I do like and prefer cwm
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yeah twrp is dead for our device. cwm is still alive though
paranoid android85 said:
yeah twrp is dead for our device. cwm is still alive though
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Is there or link or how-to to swtich from TWRP to CWM? Does CWM have all the features as TWRP? I have been using TWRP since I rooted the KF, have used it to back up, flash new roms to try out, flash back to my backup. CWM does all this, just dosn't have the nice CWM interface?
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Is there or link or how-to to swtich from TWRP to CWM? Does CWM have all the features as TWRP? I have been using TWRP since I rooted the KF, have used it to back up, flash new roms to try out, flash back to my backup. CWM does all this, just dosn't have the nice CWM interface?
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The easiest way is to use THIS method, just be sure to unzip the file on your Kindle rather than on a computer or it may not work correctly. The only difference I've noticed between CWM and TWRP is that CWM does not compress the backup so the file is a lot bigger, my backups used to be in the low 500mb range and now they are in the low 800's.
Any particular reason to migrate to CWM? I have TWRP from the first day ant it doing a job very well. So, did CWM have any new features?
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Any particular reason to migrate to CWM? I have TWRP from the first day ant it doing a job very well. So, did CWM have any new features?
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Development should be the main reason imo I think the interface looks way better. I got annoyed by the flickering backlight with twrp. It does all the same things, but cwm looks better. Plus before I switched, twrp wouldn't flash roms or gapps all the time, it would get stuck and I would have to reboot
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gett said:
Any particular reason to migrate to CWM? I have TWRP from the first day ant it doing a job very well. So, did CWM have any new features?
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For me there was not a reason to use TWRP as I have been using CWM for the last several years on smartphones and was more comfortable with it. I also read several articles where people had issues with TWRP so with as much problems as I was having trying to root my kindle because of USB driver I wanted to stick with something I know. So I thought it best to stick with and old friend I was used too. Not saying one is better than the other I just like CWM better for me and think it gives me more options to perform operations on my phone and kindle.
Rod
How have the pros and cons changed with the intro of TWRP 2.1? I am currently using CWM touch but prefer the TWRP interface, but don't want to sacrifice any features.
phantom9x said:
How have the pros and cons changed with the intro of TWRP 2.1? I am currently using CWM touch but prefer the TWRP interface, but don't want to sacrifice any features.
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all the reboot option in twrp are still broken so Cwm is still the way to go and mabe im ocd but i like haveing Cwm on my phone and tablet plus you dont have to worry about accidenty hiting reboot to recovery and being in a boot loop
different versions of CWM touch?
I just switched from CWM touch (DooMLorD) v1.0 Final to v5.0.2.7-kf1.5 I was wondering what the differences are? I tried the Change UI color feature, but it doesn't seem to work, just stays red. is there something I'm missing? and what else was changed?
its just cleaned up. not sure why it wont change colors, works fine on my device I tested all the colors when I posted the screen shots.
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smirkis said:
its just cleaned up. not sure why it wont change colors, works fine on my device I tested all the colors when I posted the screen shots.
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I installed it and changed it to cyan with no problem! Thanks!
PS, not to resurrect a dead issue, make sure you use Root Browser (if you used Root Explorer it may not have updated check the version).
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its just cleaned up. not sure why it wont change colors, works fine on my device I tested all the colors when I posted the screen shots.
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Hmmm....I followed the instructions to the letter, even retried it, then rebooted, no luck, installed TWRP, rebooted, reinstalled CWMT 1.5 still no luck with colors. It's not really a big deal, I'm just Being kinda OCD! Everything else about it work perfect though....
P.S. I realize this probably belongs in the DEV thread, but I can't post there yet YAY For Noobs!!
Coming from iphone, it is quite different when it comes to flashing.
1.) While rebooting to recovery mode, it does not boot into TWRP. Instead it goes into manual mode.. Menu is similar to rom manager where you use the side buttons and power to navigate. How do I get into TWRP?
2.) Are there any roms that support the new s4 features such as air gestures?
3.) Other than removing bloatware, are there any good features for flashing to a custom rom? I saw one I like which was app2sd. I know some roms just have bare minimum and it's purpose is just to run faster than the stock os.
4.) Currently running the stock 4.2.2 on my s4, you guys recommend any roms for me to try out? What are the popular ones out right now?
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Hey there, i just got my s4 so i havent done much with it yet, but very familiar with samsung devices so lets see if i can help.
1. TWRP has to be installed. Have you read the guides? TWRP is not default recovery, and it sounds to me like you havent made that step. Search the forums for guides and all the tools you need. Just remember, there is always a risk of soft/hard bricking.
2. Most all TW based roms should support/include the samsung features you are referring too. That being said you wont get those features in roms that arent TW based.
3. Removing bloatware, custom kernels that allow for OC/UV, different looks to the UI, there are a very large number of reasons to flash a custom rom, just remember, you will usually have to sacrifice something to gain something else, but not always. If you want a stripped out rom that runs smoother and faster than stock, you will probably lose TW and all the features that go with it.
4. You really just have to find one you like.
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Coming from iphone, it is quite different when it comes to flashing.
1.) While rebooting to recovery mode, it does not boot into TWRP. Instead it goes into manual mode.. Menu is similar to rom manager where you use the side buttons and power to navigate. How do I get into TWRP?
2.) Are there any roms that support the new s4 features such as air gestures?
3.) Other than removing bloatware, are there any good features for flashing to a custom rom? I saw one I like which was app2sd. I know some roms just have bare minimum and it's purpose is just to run faster than the stock os.
4.) Currently running the stock 4.2.2 on my s4, you guys recommend any roms for me to try out? What are the popular ones out right now?
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If you're new to Android flashing and whatnot, I would advise a simple TW based ROM that's de-bloated at least to start off with. I'd recommend Mint Jelly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312001) which is a nice, Touchwiz based ROM, but includes the NottachXposed framework for customization and KTweaker if you want to play with the kernel settings a bit. It has all Samsung apps included but the AT&T ones removed (can be re-downloaded from google play)
I would suggest trying the GoldenEye ROM with the Domination theme, it's probably as close to stock AOSP as you can get while keeping your TW features. I honestly can't see any reason to change ROMs ever again since I've been on this combo.
Both roms are very good starters.
OP-sounds as if you do not have any recovery installed.
TheAxman said:
Both roms are very good starters.
OP-sounds as if you do not have any recovery installed.
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Just installed it through Goomanger. You all receive a Thank! I am currently browsing the roms recommended here and comparing it. Looking forward to learning more about roms.
Edit: While going into recovery, it just hangs at the Teamwin logo. Anyone know what's causing this?
wertyxhts said:
Just installed it through Goomanger. You all receive a Thank! I am currently browsing the roms recommended here and comparing it. Looking forward to learning more about roms.
Edit: While going into recovery, it just hangs at the Teamwin logo. Anyone know what's causing this?
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That is the recovery screen, you are properly rooted correct? I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
many roms can run for you, once you accomplish getting into recovery. first thing you should do is do a complete backup in recovery, so that will be out of the way. Then try other roms.
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That is the recovery screen, you are properly rooted correct? I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
many roms can run for you, once you accomplish getting into recovery. first thing you should do is do a complete backup in recovery, so that will be out of the way. Then try other roms.
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Yes, if by properly rooted you mean using motochopper to root my phone. I am just trying to access my recovery screen, but it just hangs there. I am trying to get my first nandroid backup and hopefully flash it. I am still on my stock OS, have not flashed my phone yet.
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Yes, if by properly rooted you mean using motochopper to root my phone. I am just trying to access my recovery screen, but it just hangs there. I am trying to get my first nandroid backup and hopefully flash it. I am still on my stock OS, have not flashed my phone yet.
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You might try reinstalling your customer recovery if this is happening consistently.
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I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
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After rooting, was going to do a Nandroid in TWRP when it just hung at their splash screen as well for me. Thanks given for solution!
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After rooting, was going to do a Nandroid in TWRP when it just hung at their splash screen as well for me. Thanks given for solution!
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So everything is working?
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So everything is working?
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Yup, I'm good. Got my Nandroid and EFS backups!
Thanks again!
So like an idiot, I didn't take a nandroid before flashing bootanimation4u, and now, whenever I turn my phone on, my boot animation is black. It boots properly, but I just don't have a boot animation. I still have the sounds that play. Which will fine, isn't ideal. I would rather have some indication that the phone is turning on as normal than just going straight into nothing.
I have tried putting a custom bootanimation.zip file in both /system/media and /data/local and nothing seems to allow me to use a custom animation.
So reading later on in the bootanimation4u thread, it says 4.4.2 or Kitkat in general, isn't able to work with Bootanimation4u. Which is odd because I am about 95% sure that I had it working at one time or another before. So I looked at the files that the flashable zip changes, and replaced those with stock files. Still nothing, I am still getting a straight black screen.
So then I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...memade-bootanimations-collection-how-t1897969 and tried to use this, however, I have the same issue.
The custom boot animation I have been trying to use is the stock Google Nexus boot animation (the one with four circles).
This is on a Stock NAE ROM.
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Would a dirty flash possibly fix this problem? If I do dirty flash, what issues might that cause me if the device has been modified with Hotspot / SD Card fix, and other things?
Did you try Rom Toolbox? I change these every couple days. Choose the file from your local folder, hit install, reboot. Done. If its still not working maybe it's the zip? Can you install other ani's? Maybe the Rom you use doesn't support custom boot ani's? Just thinking out loud.
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Did you try Rom Toolbox? I change these every couple days. Choose the file from your local folder, hit install, reboot. Done. If its still not working maybe it's the zip? Can you install other ani's? Maybe the Rom you use doesn't support custom boot ani's? Just thinking out loud.
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I have tried several different animations, none work. All are supposedly built for this device. Using boot animation, not specifically ROM toolbox, I tried to flash some zip files I locally had with no success.
Bootanimation4u and the other link in that post, is supposed to allow for the ability to have/use custom bootanimations regardless of ROM.
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I have tried several different animations, none work. All are supposedly built for this device. Using boot animation, not specifically ROM toolbox, I tried to flash some zip files I locally had with no success.
Bootanimation4u and the other link in that post, is supposed to allow for the ability to have/use custom bootanimations regardless of ROM.
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Well try Rom Toolbox, you can get the free version. Open that app, grant it root if asked, swipe over to boot animations, choose local tab, find your file and select then choose install and reboot. I don't think you can preview first in free version. When it reboots it should be your Ani. No need to flash anything. If that doesn't work try flashing a different kernel and then retry. I don't know this bootanimation4u app though, never needed it. There's lots of threads here with lots of animations just try a different method, you'll get it.
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I too am experiencing the same issue, i have tried everything i can find so far to fix this problem however all to no avail.
i have tried using rom manager and boot animation changer as well as flashing all of the different zips for bootanimation4u
any further info would be great as i really would like to get a custom animantion back
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ok so i managed to get this fixed right after posting.
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...memade-bootanimations-collection-how-t1897969 and downloand "CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip" from the fourth post
Then use rom manager to change your boot animation
Job Done!