The latest Sprint update placed an awful splash screen in the startup sequence. To get rid of it, go to system/media and remove the bootani.qmg file (9,567,712 bytes and probably best to store it somewhere safe - I kept mine on the external SD card). You will need to be rooted to do this and use Root Explorer or similar app.
Then make a copy of samsungani.qmg and rename it bootani.qmg (keeping in the same system/media folder). Then reboot - you will now only see the SAMSUNG logo for a brief time longer then before but the stupid Sprint splash screen is gone!
not working for me, my tab is rooted.. hmm?
I was watching the video and following all the steps here "How to Get Free Native Wifi Hotspot on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4"
I did the root just like showed on the previews video. got root access and all. that was perfect. but my problem was with the Hotspot video. is a mistake that I made on my part. I downloaded both of the .JAR and .ODEX files into my phone. Got "Rom Toolbox" just like he said, now this is the part of my problem. both of those two files downloaded I have to paste into the "System/Framework" folder. just like in the video, he said to rename both of the original files with a ".BAK" extension just in case. well, the first file that I renamed was by mistake the one just over the first one. "secocsp.odex" so now that file has a .BAK extension. this is my first time using that problem and I did see my mistake the second the file was renamed. i was going to remove the .bak after renaming the two right files "services.jar and .odex" the second i was done adding the back up extensions i forgot to rename the first file back and now my phone won't boot up. is stucked on the yellow sprint booth up page and the blue led solid on :crying:
how can i go back and rename that first file back and get my phone to work again???
thanks for all your help guys!
Since i'm new to the forum i can't post links at all whole under 10 count post but the youtube video is the same title i posted
How to Get Free Native Wifi Hotspot on the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4
by qbking77
eyes rmtone
this was all my mistake and fault. i knew the first file was wrong the second i added the extension and after renaming the two right now i completely forgot to rename the first one back before restarting the phone
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i'm really lost here. I did a Master reset thinking that would fix the problem but even after the reset it won't load pass that yellow sprint screen.
what can I do now to get the phone to work again?
I really need help with this
cesardrgn said:
i'm really lost here. I did a Master reset thinking that would fix the problem but even after the reset it won't load pass that yellow sprint screen.
what can I do now to get the phone to work again?
I really need help with this
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I'm not sure what all you have done but can you get into recovery currently? If so, should be able to do a full wipe and flash a rom (either stock or custom) or restore a backup.
If you cannot get into recovery I would just Odin back to factory stock and start over from scratch. Use this thread for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
Also, if you are going to be flashing mods should always have a nandroid handy just in case things like this happen.
Hi, all
I have a problem with the lockscreen.
It happened when I replacing the files of "bootsamsung.qmg" , "bootsamsungloop.qmg" , "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg" of /system/media to change the bootanimation using the Root Explorer, and then this problem started, I can not lock the screen, but I can turn off the cell phone, it's a thing of function button. When I turn on the cell phone, the bootanimation is in black, that is to say, I don't get the bootanimation.
I tried to go settings>>personalization>>lockscreen to change the settings of active screen and it don't work.
I tried to restore factory settings and wipe data, and it don't work.
I used the downloaded bootanimation with archives that contain "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" and copied to change his names "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", the download of this bootanimation is in <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587092>> , the link is "BiosBootAnimation(Made_BY_NimaGL2).zip".
Can someone help me, please?
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 SM-N9005
vrootsuser said:
Hi, all
I have a problem with the lockscreen.
It happened when I replacing the files of "bootsamsung.qmg" , "bootsamsungloop.qmg" , "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg" of /system/media to change the bootanimation using the Root Explorer, and then this problem started, I can not lock the screen, but I can turn off the cell phone, it's a thing of function button. When I turn on the cell phone, the bootanimation is in black, that is to say, I don't get the bootanimation.
I tried to go settings>>personalization>>lockscreen to change the settings of active screen and it don't work.
I tried to restore factory settings and wipe data, and it don't work.
I used the downloaded bootanimation with archives that contain "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" and copied to change his names "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", the download of this bootanimation is in <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587092>> , the link is "BiosBootAnimation(Made_BY_NimaGL2).zip".
Can someone help me, please?
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 SM-N9005
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Try to set the boot animation all over again and follow every step (don't hurry or panic). Also take a look on the links posted by The dev of the boot animation. If it still didn't work please try to flash the stock boot animation via recovery. At last if everything didn't work put the rom on your sd card backup data and efs (titanium backup 4 example) and do wipe data and cache in recovery. Good luck
vrootsuser said:
Hi, all
I have a problem with the lockscreen.
It happened when I replacing the files of "bootsamsung.qmg" , "bootsamsungloop.qmg" , "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg" of /system/media to change the bootanimation using the Root Explorer, and then this problem started, I can not lock the screen, but I can turn off the cell phone, it's a thing of function button. When I turn on the cell phone, the bootanimation is in black, that is to say, I don't get the bootanimation.
I tried to go settings>>personalization>>lockscreen to change the settings of active screen and it don't work.
I tried to restore factory settings and wipe data, and it don't work.
I used the downloaded bootanimation with archives that contain "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" and copied to change his names "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", the download of this bootanimation is in <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587092>> , the link is "BiosBootAnimation(Made_BY_NimaGL2).zip".
Can someone help me, please?
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 SM-N9005
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Did you reset the permission and ownership of each of the files?
4aces said:
Try to set the boot animation all over again and follow every step (don't hurry or panic). Also take a look on the links posted by The dev of the boot animation. If it still didn't work please try to flash the stock boot animation via recovery. At last if everything didn't work put the rom on your sd card backup data and efs (titanium backup 4 example) and do wipe data and cache in recovery. Good luck
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What if I try to install the files it says on <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502550>> ? Will be this, the solution?
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What if I try to install the files it says on <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502550>> ? Will be this, the solution?
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Try it should work
I found where is the problem, is in the permissions of files that have copied, I changed to rw-r--r--, and before when I had the problem was rwxrwx---, was a detail, and wherefore the lockscreen didn't let me that lock the screen.
Thanks, all, now works perfectly.
vrootsuser said:
Hi, all
I have a problem with the lockscreen.
It happened when I replacing the files of "bootsamsung.qmg" , "bootsamsungloop.qmg" , "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg" of /system/media to change the bootanimation using the Root Explorer, and then this problem started, I can not lock the screen, but I can turn off the cell phone, it's a thing of function button. When I turn on the cell phone, the bootanimation is in black, that is to say, I don't get the bootanimation.
I tried to go settings>>personalization>>lockscreen to change the settings of active screen and it don't work.
I tried to restore factory settings and wipe data, and it don't work.
I used the downloaded bootanimation with archives that contain "bootsamsung.qmg" and "bootsamsungloop.qmg" and copied to change his names "bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg", the download of this bootanimation is in <<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587092>> , the link is "BiosBootAnimation(Made_BY_NimaGL2).zip".
Can someone help me, please?
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3 SM-N9005
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Older thread but wanted to ask what specifically these two files do?
bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg
*I know bootsamsung.qmg (plays first at boot after Samsung logo)
*bootsamsungloop.qmg (plays second at boot)
*shutdown.qmg (plays when phone turns off)
But what do the other two do and are they needed??
bootsamsungmini.qmg" and "bootsamsungminiloop.qmg
Thanks,
-Nigel
Hello guys!
OK, so here we go. I installed CM12 official nightly on my samsung galaxy s4 GT-I9505 and i wanted to change the boot aninmation, normally a simple task. so I installed the disco ball boot animation from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334927
this worked totally fine, but i decided to make the bootanimation a little bit more personal, so i went to photoshop and eddited all 30 PNG files, put it back together as a bootanimation.zip and installed it in my phone.
now when i go to the theme engine in CM12, and i go to my current theme (the original cm12 theme) and i preview the bootanimation, it shows my own made animation perfect, but when i restart my phone to actually view it, it becomes just a black screen
Download This is the original discoball bootanimation.
Download This is my own one. (i know its not much but i would like to have this one)
and yes i did change the permissions.
URL's uploaded via Airload
Fix the following problems with your zip and the boot animation will work properly.
1. You have a "thumbs.db" file in your personal version of the boot animation. Remove this.
2. When you made the zip file, you compressed the images within it. In order for a boot animation to work the images within it must be stored in an uncompressed form. For example, WinRAR has a setting titled "Compression Method". You would set this to "store".
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Fix the following problems with your zip and the boot animation will work properly.
1. You have a "thumbs.db" file in your personal version of the boot animation. Remove this.
2. When you made the zip file, you compressed the images within it. In order for a boot animation to work the images within it must be stored in an uncompressed form. For example, WinRAR has a setting titled "Compression Method". You would set this to "store".
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thanks man, i dont know how that thumbs.db file got in there but it works fine now, thanks!
Windows automatically drops them into every location that has a picture or document. It is possible to disable this behavior, by following the instructions here.
I ran a debloater script and it removed a lot of bloatware from my S7 Edge. Unfortunately it also removed live wallpaper picker.
Does anyone know how to get it back?
I searched online and installed some APKs and put them in my system/app but nothing has worked so far.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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you can just download any samsung marshmallow rom doesn't even has to be a S7 rom and extract it somewhere. I would recommend a custom rom since they are very easy to extract. Take the Livewallpaperpicker/chooser folder and copy it in the same folder u got it from and don't forget to set the right permissions! that's very important and set it on all files that u newly copied over and then just restart ur phone! that should work 100% it's very easy and nothing should go wrong.