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first smartphone! need help!

Hey Everyone... I feel like an idiot asking... The diamond is my first smartphone and everyone seem to have all these cool apps in them or whatever you call them haha... and I want them too But I don't know how to install them to my phone... I've read many threads and to be honest I don't understand what anyone is talking about... I came across this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=466519 and thought that it would be cool to have this, but I don't know how to put it in my phone....so if anyone would be nice enough to give me step by step directions that would be awesome and I really appreciated it. Thanks

These things generally come as CAB files. You only need to transfer the cab file to your phone via usb then use the File explorer and click on the cab file in the phone to install. If it's not working ok you just uninstall the app from the phone
Special phone mods however might require you to transfer files manually to the phone or edit the registry file or some such. I would advice not to use such mods yet until you are familiar with your phone and how to restore it should something go wrong.
Just read around here on the forums, there are guides to everything if you just look around.

sukiex said:
Hey Everyone... I feel like an idiot asking... The diamond is my first smartphone and everyone seem to have all these cool apps in them or whatever you call them haha... and I want them too But I don't know how to install them to my phone... I've read many threads and to be honest I don't understand what anyone is talking about... I came across this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=466519 and thought that it would be cool to have this, but I don't know how to put it in my phone....so if anyone would be nice enough to give me step by step directions that would be awesome and I really appreciated it. Thanks
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.CAB files
.cab files are files used to install programs
.cab files are similar to what you might know as .exe files from your PC
.cab files can be downloaded directly to your Diamond with Wifi or GPRS, you can also transfer them to your Diamond using File Explorer on your PC
.cab files are not supposed to be unpacked/unzipped on the PC. Copy the intact .cab file as you downloaded it directly to your Hermes
Connect your Diamond to computer via USB cable
Make sure it's connected via ActiveSync
Open File Explorer
Navigate to where your .cab file is stored on the PC
Right click on the .cab file
Chose Copy
Navigate to your device in File Explorer
Navigate to where you want to store it on your device, e.g. \Internal Storage
Now disconnect your Diamond from the USB cable
Click Start -> Programs -> File Explorer
Click 1 -> 2 -> 3 according to the image, if you saved it on the Storage Card
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Locate your .cab file and click on it
Installation will start, follow onscreen messages if any
be warned on some Devices (is a Reg setting) the Cab is deleted after Install not necessary if the install was successfull or not!!
This information is in the Diamond_For_Beginners article which can be found in the XDA-Wiki which is on the top menu.
Hope that helps.

[BOOT ANIMATION / SHUT DOWN ANIMATION] Nexus S Alternate Colors

I replaced the Google RGBY colors with alternate hues.
NOTE: you need to extract this file.
Inside you'll find your bootanimation.zip and the "shutdown" folder:
Copy the "shutdown" folder into your /system/media/video folder.(Delete or backup the original shutdown folder)
Copy the bootanimation.zip into your system/media folder
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everytime i try to place a boot animation in system/media i get an error, i was told to mount in r/w so i used sgs tools script but that didnt work.

ksimilie said:
everytime i try to place a boot animation in system/media i get an error, i was told to mount in r/w so i used sgs tools script but that didnt work.
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use root explorer, makes things way easier

I keep getting an error that there isn't enough room

Sorry if the instructions were unclear.
You will have to make the /system/ folder Read/Write before you can make any changes, then change it back to Read Only again when you are finished.
In Root Explorer, look at the upper right-hand corner and you will see a grey button with "Mount R/W", click the button and it will change to "Mount R/O". Now it will allow you to make changes...
Using Root Explorer, navigate to your system/media/ folder and copy bootanimation.zip there. Then move to system/media/video/. Backup or delete the current shutdown folder, then copy the new shutdown folder there...
When you are done copying the files into the /system/ folder, click the "Mount R/O" button and you're done.

AtariBorn said:
Sorry if the instructions were unclear.
You will have to make the /system/ folder Read/Write before you can make any changes, then change it back to Read Only again when you are finished.
In Root Explorer, look at the upper right-hand corner and you will see a grey button with "Mount R/W", click the button and it will change to "Mount R/O". Now it will allow you to make changes...
Using Root Explorer, navigate to your system/media/ folder and copy bootanimation.zip there. Then move to system/media/video/. Backup or delete the current shutdown folder, then copy the new shutdown folder there...
When you are done copying the files into the /system/ folder, click the "Mount R/O" button and you're done.
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it says:
Paste Failure
There was not enough free disk space to complete the past operation.
Please note that the free space displayed by Root Explorer (as reported by linux) is not always 100% accurate.
*Edit: In my settings, I have 12.1gb available on my internal

AtariBorn said:
I replaced the Google RGBY colors with alternate hues.
NOTE: you need to extract this file.
Inside you'll find your bootanimation.zip and the "shutdown" folder:
Copy the "shutdown" folder into your /system/media/video folder.(Delete or backup the original shutdown folder)
Copy the bootanimation.zip into your system/media folder
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is there a Nexus Boot animation that is bigger??

[BOOT ANIMATION] Custom Android VS Apple

Hey guys so i spent sometime making a custom Android VS Apple boot animation.
Its 480X800
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here is the download link - Android vs Apple
Let me know what you think if you like it or not. Also if you need it faster or slower let me know. it seems as tho each rom needs a bit of a tweak for it.
If you don't know how to install it then look at this thread for instructions they should be very similar depending on your rom Other boot Animation

thats hysterrical.. how would one load this is it flashable from recovery or is this a root explorer thing?

JSmurfy said:
thats hysterrical.. how would one load this is it flashable from recovery or is this a root explorer thing?
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This isn't flashable as i have no idea how to make them flashable through recovery. But it takes about 2 minutes to replace your current boot animation using root explorer or a similar app. If you need help look at the bottom link on my post or Private message me and i'll be happy to walk you through it.

I actually followed all steps. I keep getting the last bootanim that i flashed yesterday. I been breaking my head alllllll day.. ill pm u in a lil.. i can't get anything to load in root explorer over my last flashed anim....
ianreecej said:
This isn't flashable as i have no idea how to make them flashable through recovery. But it takes about 2 minutes to replace your current boot animation using root explorer or a similar app. If you need help look at the bottom link on my post or Private message me and i'll be happy to walk you through it.
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sent from evo ....

Okay well I'll put the instructions here again just in case anyone else needs them (plus i'll flush it out a bit)
This is again for 480x800 resolution
Installation:
1. get es file explorer or root explorer
2. mount the drive as writable
(with root explorer its just a matter of hitting the button on the top that says "Mount R/W"// with es file explorer you have to go into the menu/settings/root options and check "Root Explorer" and then "Mount File System")
3. take the zip you download here and place it on the root of your sdcard
(I would suggest first looking at your current boot animation and checking the name depending on your rom it may be "bootanimation.zip" or "VZW_bootanimation.zip" or some other variation. You boot animation should be located either in system/customize/resources or system/media or sometimes again a variation. Whatever it is named write it down EXACTLY and rename the bootanimation.zip you downloaded here to match it. Then place it on the SD Card)
4. unmount the drive from your computer
5. go to system/customize/resource (or where your boot animation is stored read above for other possibility) and rename the current VZW_bootanimation.zip to VZW_bootanimation.zip.bak to save it just in case (again these files may be names something else like stated above).
6. move the bootanimation.zip you downloaded to the same place as your current bootanimation.zip.bak file ( at this point your old file should have a .bak at the end)
7. restart and enjoy the new boot animation.

I never tried this was. Will report back thank you
sent from evo ....

holy krap i got it.. now to add this zip hold
-- flashable thru recovery -- Android Apple Bootanimation
i tested it b4 i posted it i made sure i didnt crap out my phone and it worked.. SWEEEEEET.. enjoy

[Q] Issue Changing Boot Anim. SGS Captivate uckk4 v706

Ok I have read quite a few threads and havent found this issue just yet...
I am followed directions on how to create custom boot animations and did so, I have made a simple metal gear solid boot animation containing 19 frames my issue is when I go to system/media to look for the "Bootanimation.zip" it isnt there...
then I used the search tool on my phone app to find it and ended up in system/bin and the file has no specs... -_- see for yourself I backed up my files and opened the backup on my PC for a screen shot of my folder.
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bootanimation.zip not in stock firmware at all. You need a custom kernel that supports bootanimation.zip then if there is one present it will supersede the stock animation.

studacris said:
bootanimation.zip not in stock firmware at all. You need a custom kernel that supports bootanimation.zip then if there is one present it will supersede the stock animation.
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Understood thanks, would Cyanogen mod be considered a custom kernel? I can try installing that then try again. or is there another method of changing the boot animation that would be considered more simple? eventually I will be installing CM7 anyway.
BTW I am running Gingerbread 2.3.5 and just recently I flashed corn and got cwm as well... as you might already know.
I am reading directions now and will be installing soon, I will get back to this when I am successful.
After reaching step 6 on http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide
I googled the issue tried installing the driver and that didn't work :/ I'm stuck on step 6 now.
I tried starting heimdall-frontend and received an error MSVCR100.dll is missing...

Corn is a custom kernel...if you apply root in recovery you should be able to use a root file explorer and paste your zip in /system/media to get to work.

studacris said:
Corn is a custom kernel...if you apply root in recovery you should be able to use a root file explorer and paste your zip in /system/media to get to work.
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OK so I am sure that I've done everything correctly to root the phone thanks to many helpful people in this forum, but I still cannot find that damn .zip file to replace!
Its killing me because I am so ready to put my edited PNG files in there and test my work out, then share it with everyone
At this very moment my phone is in recovery mode but I will check root explorer once more and take some screen shots. Everything is in QMG under /System/Media and as for /System/Bin there are no file types, I'm so confused

As i said earlier, if You are on a stock firmware there is no bootanimation.zip those qmg files ARE the stock boot animation, just drop your zip in /system/media (make sure you tap the "mount r/w" button on the top right of root explorer before pasting or it won't be able to write there) the kernel should detect the presence of the newly placed zip and play that on boot instead of the stock S.

studacris said:
As i said earlier, if You are on a stock firmware there is no bootanimation.zip those qmg files ARE the stock boot animation, just drop your zip in /system/media (make sure you tap the "mount r/w" button on the top right of root explorer before pasting or it won't be able to write there) the kernel should detect the presence of the newly placed zip and play that on boot instead of the stock S.
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That was all your quote about donations made me laugh, and the help was much appreciated, I made a small donation but better than nothing

[APP] Camera from Google Play Edition devices

Once again, not affiliated with this app, just found it to be working flawlessly on our poor little HTC Vivids. This is the proclaimed Android 4.3 Camera that's on the Google Play Edition phones. Originally found here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2340858
How I got it to work-
1. Move Gallery2.apk out of system/app/ (I backed it up in another folder just in case)
2. Install the Googleeditioncamera.apk from your preferred mirror here
3. Take pictures!
SCREENSHOTS
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PHOTOSPHERE
1080p Video Sample
Side notes- Some advanced options are not included in this stock app- Shutter sound cannot be disabled, and you cannot change the camera to save to external storage, the options just arent there.. So if this is important to you, think twice about installing the apk. I've been using the camera on Vibrate mode and it's been silent for me, FYI.
If you find this useful, please hit the thanks button here and in the original thread linked above. Thanks!

How did you move Gallery2.apk out of the app folder? I tried using a file management app and it just gets stuck at 50%. I've also tried straight up deleting it and that doesn't work either. I am unable to access the root phone file through USB.
Thank you.

bfawks said:
How did you move Gallery2.apk out of the app folder? I tried using a file management app and it just gets stuck at 50%. I've also tried straight up deleting it and that doesn't work either. I am unable to access the root phone file through USB.
Thank you.
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Try using a root file explorer on the phone set permissions on /system to RW, I use ES File Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop

htcvividnoob said:
Try using a root file explorer on the phone set permissions on /system to RW, I use ES File Explorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
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Alright - I used ES Flie Explorer to move the file to another location as backup, but Gallery2.apk is still there and cannot be deleted. /system is also Readable and Writeable.
EDIT: I went into the terminal and did the following commands;
su
chmod 777 system/app
but received "Unable to chmod system/app: Read-only file system"

bfawks said:
Alright - I used ES Flie Explorer to move the file to another location as backup, but Gallery2.apk is still there and cannot be deleted. /system is also Readable and Writeable.
EDIT: I went into the terminal and did the following commands;
su
chmod 777 system/app
but received "Unable to chmod system/app: Read-only file system"
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Which rom are you on? Are you running this as root? If you are on a root'ed rom and /system is mounted as RW then you should be able to delete the app from ES File Explorer in the root file explorer.

htcvividnoob said:
Which rom are you on? Are you running this as root? If you are on a root'ed rom and /system is mounted as RW then you should be able to delete the app from ES File Explorer in the root file explorer.
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I'm on CyanogenMod 10.1 4.2.2
How would I know if I'm running as root?

bfawks said:
I'm on CyanogenMod 10.1 4.2.2
How would I know if I'm running as root?
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try if you can great new file or folder under root dictionary, then you are running as root.