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Hi there, i am trying to create an animated boot screen (2nd one) i pretty much have it all completed apart from the animation...lol... i have my first image and my 2nd image and progress bar however i am trying to fill the progress bar in a 3 second animation and i seriously dont have a clue...lol.. i really dont wanna create about 100 frames, if anyone knows how to do this then i would be greatly appreciative.
Lee...
Could you possibly just use 1/3 of the progress bar each second and copy it to the second image? I think it could be done easily on imageready
Something like this?
so ah does that image animate for anyone else ?
works for me, that is what i would have done.
Cheers for your help. I modifyed them all slightly, here are the results, a bit ****, but not bad for my 1st attempt...lol...
Hmmm, would seem as though the gif has been converted into a jpg when uploaded.
Hi !
Can you tell me how did you put .gif into bootscreen?
I have my .gif animation but I dont know how should i make it a bootscreen for XP. Can you help me please?
u made it with Photoshop ? or flash?
Hello, is it possible to implement "HTC quietly brilliant" to the standard HTC bootscreen ?
Are the standard bootscreen connected together? (I mean HERO + HTC animations ) or two GIF's side by side?
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587867
I'll try to do it alone
etecdailey said:
Hello, is it possible to implement "HTC quietly brilliant" to the standard HTC bootscreen ?
Are the standard bootscreen connected together? (I mean HERO + HTC animations ) or two GIF's side by side?
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587867
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they are two single gifs. look in /system/media/bootscreen.
Would be really good if we can apply this, its a really nice bootscreen im bored of the Hero one
i don't think you can use it as a splashscreen. the splashscreen is the very first screen to appear, usually your operator's logo (or the operator who sold the phone, i.e. t-mobile for me). this is a static picture, and can be updated since paul released the hacked spl.
the bootscreen is by default the two androids popping up behind the "hero", and then the sparkling htc logo. this can be replaced. give me two minutes, i'll make you an update.zip...
edit: no luck, the gif somehow doesn't work as a bootscreen. if you could find it in / change it to 320x480 it might work though.
Thanks for having ago, i really dunno where to start with all of this, have you tried changin the size? i dont have a carrier animation as i have MoDaCos rom.
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Thanks for having ago, i really dunno where to start with all of this, have you tried changin the size? i dont have a carrier animation as i have MoDaCos rom.
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hm, you don't get it. the carrier logo is not animated. it is shown for 40-45 seconds as the first picture when the phone is started. maybe it is the htc's stock picture, the hero writing. it just sits there, then quickly fades out and back in, and then the little androids come out. the moment where it fades is when the splashscreen is changed to the bootscreen. in this case they are just the same picture, except the bootscreen being animated.
the splashscreen can only be a static image.
the bootscreen can be up (or more?) three animated gifs, fullscreen or cropped with another (probably static, didn't test animated) gif for the background. you can loop the last image or just let it sit at the last frame. look into /system/media/bootscreen, and check the contents of the boot_animation.xml, it is pretty self-explainatory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=582336&highlight=bootscreen
have a look into the stock_bootscreen_nosound.zip, it is the original stock htc bootscreen (not splashscreen!). the bootscreen can be applied via update.zip or adb push, the splashscreen must be written in fastboot mode as it is kind of a "low-level" image presentation. this is also the reason why the image must be rgb565-coded before flashing. on modaco there is a howto for the splashscreen, which needs the modified hboot (also called spl) for the hero just released by paul.
this should do it, hope this helps
edit: i tried changing the size, but somehow the gif looks wired when i open it with gimp, it seems to destroy all the animation timing... should be possible though.
Thanks for explaining all that, GIFs are tricky but very effective, i dont really have time to look into all that u described, but thanks for having a go. I just hope someone that may have more experience with the hero may do it. I dont know where to find a file explorer for the hero on windows.
Thanks
Here ya go. But for some odd reason, it doesn't show up correctly. Dunno why. I just made it into an animated gif with the right size.
tristan it works what you made?
Not exactly. It works fine on the pc, but when put on the phone it flickers. I don't have the knowhow to get it to work, but I thought that if I uploaded the gif, soeone with the wits could fix it.
I am having the same issue, tristan202. I edited and moved the tattoo boot animation ( HERE ) but when flashed to the phone, it gets garbled and looks weird.
I made the animation in Flash CS4.
Anybody know the solution to this?
i wanna usee it hoepfully somebody can make it work
can't delete bootlogo :[
when making the nexus bootscreen i found out that the gif needs to be 255 color indexed mode. 128 colors won't work, for example. what seems to work is to use rgb files, throw them together in gimp, and let it do the indexing automatically when exporting. source material needs to be rgb (at least the first image), otherwise the result will be using the palette of the first image, which will make the rest of the frames look like crap.
I have made gifs for a custom boot screen and have been playing around with getting it them to work.
I flash over the previous bootscreen it reboots, my images show but then when they are meant to be animated the image gets scrambled and makes no sense, i did rather cheekily just replace the .gifs from someone elses custom boot screen and signed the zip file.
does anyone know whats going wrong or can anyone point me in the direction of creating the files to go with the gifs so i can get this working.
Cheers
John
They need to be in indexed 255 colors. And they mustn't have any transparent layers. Then they should work just fine.
ahh tristan...you've learnt well... ;D
cheers for the help gents, will try it in the morning.
hmm this is annoying, i have my gif files all built nicely but not using indexed 255 .... does anyone know of a tutorial for converting it without loosing all animations? im searching the net at the moment but no luck
gimp -> image -> mode -> indexed
Will it change a current gif or do i have to make the frames again in gimp?
It works through all the frames.
just used gimp under ubuntu, opened the animations selected image >> mode >> indexed flashed my boot files and they are still not displaying right, beter as you can see part of the animation playing but its far from perfect.
shal i just try creating the images again? or has anyone got any other suggestions?
thanks for everyones help so far though
John
Hello, first post here. I am having the same problems as jonny in creating a custom bootscreen. The first frame of my animation will show before it scrambles. Iam using photoshop. I created my animation in imageready, imported to photoshop, made an indexed 255 color palate and went back to imageready and loaded the palate. I feel like I'm missing something obvious.
BTW, I love this forum. You are all great. I am learning so much. Recently created my own lockscreen, and after I can get the bootscreen down I want to try my hand at the taskbar icons
I swapped to GIMP image editor (which is 100% free) to actualy animate my gifs in indexed 255, i did it in photoshop but it didnt work for some reason even when using indexed 255 colour.
Okay, after much fooling around, I finally got it to work properly . In case anyone cares, here's what I did:
Created the animation in PS (didn't realize you could do animation in PS and didn't need IR) to how I want it to run. Once it looks exactly how you want it, click "Flatten frames into layers". Now delete your original layers so all you have left is the animation frames. Save PSD and open it in GIMP. Go to file, save as, and save as a gif. Click the "save as animation" and "convert to indexed" (that is the key right there) bubbles, and click "export" then save.
Viola! now more problems. I can't figure out how to post it as a gif, but it is the boot process from windows xp.
I spent 8 hours for this:-( in photoshop.
I made an animation of all the 49 images where this animation made of. What an awful job to line everything right...but the result is stunning!!
As the images are rather small I rotated them 90 degrees to keep visibility of it and streched them to 480x800. So instead it starts from the outside left and right on your device it starts from the bottom and top. I made an interval of 0,06 seconds per frame, which looks the best in my opinion.
I saved it as SEMC1904.gif in the zipfile.
For Xperia X1 users, just place it in your windows folder and overwrite the existing file.
For other users, rename the .gif file as you need it on your phone.
If some one can make a cab of it, so it will install on all wvga devices, please let me know and I post this in the first post.
Beware there are 49 images in there, so the file is 3,5 MB instead of the default Xperia one of 554KB (7 times more).
SO YOU NEED 3,6 MB FREE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE!!!
I can't take a screenshot from Starting the device, but here is one of the photoshop made ones, I will not post all 49 if you don't mind:
Cheers,
Arnold
Really good contribution, I know what pain it is to create such a complicated animation!
Well, it's done and it looks really colourfull!!
Cheers,
Arnold
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Well, it's done and it looks really colourfull!!
Cheers,
Arnold
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COOL PollPixx i will download now and try it will write comment leter,
You did it
P.S After a Test on Blackstone the Animation is really Heavy and not runing smooth the Animation i think can be around 800kb maximum and with less delay to run faster and smooth
Okay, I can make it faster, no problem, but how to decrease the size of a gif it to 800KB keeping the same resolution?????
EDIT: It runs now twice as fast, 0,05 seconds a frame, edited the zip file in post 1. Does this help?
Otherwise I know a lot of photoshopping, I grouped all files together but can't get it less MB without resizing the resolution...
Cheers,
Arnold
PollPixx said:
Okay, I can make it faster, no problem, but how to decrease the size of a gif it to 800KB keeping the same resolution?????
Cheers,
Arnold
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the resolution can be the same but the Animation to be ligther i will explain you how.
for example there have 95 images but they are big size because are Hight Quality images, honestly on our devices we can`t see the big diference with naked eye so what can be done is for example using Irfanview open image 1 and save as but when you save as just dicreasse the quality from 100% to be like 85% this will make the whole image 10 time smaller when all is done with all the images and they are made in one single gif animation the total size of the gif file will be too 10 times smaller and also i open now your animation with all the files there is not need i speak for a blackstone 95 frames because no matter how fast is the animation you dont have so much time when the phone start up have time only to play it once i mean to loop the whole idea Once so in this 95 files the whole idea is looped 2 times witch is not usefull i chek it out from frame 1 to frame 49 including is the ONE LOOP that is needed i did a gif and when i test it yes the animation loop only once and my phone is ready not have time for 2 times looping this gif.
If you do this with dicreasing the images quality the final gif file can be even under 800kb and also the gif animation can be made from many sort of images files i mean not only png if they are Jpg will work too
i chek it out with 03 delay is super fast
so I only need image 1 to 49 (goodbye a few hours of spare time hahaha)
Well, that decrease it a lot, don't it....will work on it now...
Edited zipfile, now 3,5MB.....will test it now on x1
Cheers,
Arnold
PollPixx said:
so I only need image 1 to 49 (goodbye a few hours of spare time hahaha)
Well, that decrease it a lot, don't it....will work on it now...
Edited zipfile, now 3,5MB.....will test it now on x1
Cheers,
Arnold
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Yes because in all this 95 frames the whole animation loop 2 times so if you have from 1 to 49 the whole animation will loop Once and will be withthe same quality like this one with the 95 images the diference is how many times will loop the animation but like i sa you dont have time for 2 full loops. so its uselless to be used 95 frames
okay, didn't noticed that, otherwise I wouldn't went through all the hassle.
Anyway, I tested it on Xperia with just one loop on 0,05 frames a second and it works fine. I just left a fraction of a second watching the black screen on the end of the animation, so it is fine.
Thanks for your assistance in this one. This was the first time I modified an excisting Boot Animation, therefor a couple of bugs where in it. Now it is working fine and with 3,5 MB my xperia doesn't slow down or anything...
Cheers,
Arnold
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okay, didn't noticed that, otherwise I wouldn't went through all the hassle.
Anyway, I tested it on Xperia with just one loop on 0,05 frames a second and it works fine. I just left a fraction of a second watching the black screen on the end of the animation, so it is fine.
Thanks for your assistance in this one. This was the first time I modified an excisting Boot Animation, therefor a couple of bugs where in it. Now it is working fine and with 3,5 MB my xperia doesn't slow down or anything...
Cheers,
Arnold
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No problem
Then if you do it 06 ms delay all will be fine i mean u will not see a fraction of second the black screen anymore, but this all depends from the device and many other things... so same device the one can boot for 2 sec the other for 2.5sec so you can`t make it to be good for everyone
The bad thing is that we can`t make it like real Android and i dont know why heheh
see what i mean.
Once befor a few mounths i flash my Blackstone with Android 2.1 and when the device start up the Animation was Super perfect i mean really Hight Quality and was WVGA like it must to be i mean not like now they colours to appear from top and bottom they was from left and right and the speed of the animation and colours was more than perfect for this reason i asked befor can anyone make it we to use under window.. but.. the quality the speed and everything is not the same
tsalta said:
The bad thing is that we can`t make it like real Android and i dont know why heheh
see what i mean.
Once befor a few mounths i flash my Blackstone with Android 2.1 and when the device start up the Animation was Super perfect i mean really Hight Quality and was WVGA like it must to be i mean not like now they colours to appear from top and bottom they was from left and right and the speed of the animation and colours was more than perfect for this reason i asked befor can anyone make it we to use under window.. but.. the quality the speed and everything is not the same
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Well, it's the best I could do with the images which are around on the internet.
Cheers,
Arnold
PollPixx said:
I spent 8 hours for this:-( in photoshop.
I made an animation of all the 49 images where this animation made of. What an awful job to line everything right...but the result is stunning!!
As the images are rather small I rotated them 90 degrees to keep visibility of it and streched them to 480x800. So instead it starts from the outside left and right on your device it starts from the bottom and top. I made an interval of 0,06 seconds per frame, which looks the best in my opinion.
I saved it as SEMC1904.gif in the zipfile.
For Xperia X1 users, just place it in your windows folder and overwrite the existing file.
For other users, rename the .gif file as you need it on your phone.
If some one can make a cab of it, so it will install on all wvga devices, please let me know and I post this in the first post.
Beware there are 49 images in there, so the file is 3,5 MB instead of the default Xperia one of 554KB (7 times more).
SO YOU NEED 3,6 MB FREE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE!!!
I can't take a screenshot from Starting the device, but here is one of the photoshop made ones, I will not post all 49 if you don't mind:
Cheers,
Arnold
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When we can have VGA version....awesome work. you are creative man
i had made my own nexus one boot also before..its here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644501
(i uploaded it at the bottom partof the thread)
i really do understand what "PollPixx" is telling.. its really a pain doing this one.. i used this one before for my own unit.. but since new builds of x1 go pass by the animated boot screen im not using this one anymore.. just want to share
PollPixx said:
I spent 8 hours for this:-( in photoshop.
I made an animation of all the 49 images where this animation made of. What an awful job to line everything right...but the result is stunning!!
As the images are rather small I rotated them 90 degrees to keep visibility of it and streched them to 480x800. So instead it starts from the outside left and right on your device it starts from the bottom and top. I made an interval of 0,06 seconds per frame, which looks the best in my opinion.
I saved it as SEMC1904.gif in the zipfile.
For Xperia X1 users, just place it in your windows folder and overwrite the existing file.
For other users, rename the .gif file as you need it on your phone.
If some one can make a cab of it, so it will install on all wvga devices, please let me know and I post this in the first post.
Beware there are 49 images in there, so the file is 3,5 MB instead of the default Xperia one of 554KB (7 times more).
SO YOU NEED 3,6 MB FREE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE!!!
I can't take a screenshot from Starting the device, but here is one of the photoshop made ones, I will not post all 49 if you don't mind:
Cheers,
Arnold
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Please Please!! Can you tell me how to apply this Boot Animation??
I used to push the bootanimation.zip folder in system/media, but how to proceed for this one? What do I have to do with the SEMC1904.gif??
Btw I have a Motorola Defy.. please reply me
I have a question and a little help needed also...So here goes:
I have been using NRGZ28's EnergyROM's for quite some time and have also modified the bottom Softkeybar and buttons to be for me good looking with gold on the edges, etc. Can't post them I don't think because NRGZ28 owns EnergyROM, and it happens t be the ROM that all of my crews in Special Forces use to communicate. Like he mentions it's just eye candy, but it's also White and I kind of guess it's a Win CE 6.5 issue and the white logo is located inthe Shell32.dll, which I don't hve the Software needed to pull the Dll and change it....
So I have a small area that is the left bottom button that you hit to get t your apps and folders... Now the problem is ,is that I ave all this cool buttone, etc and have a app launch left button with a White Win Logo on it.
I can't find where to change it with Photoshop CS5 looking at all the imported manila files and all png's period?
Does any one have any idea how to change that, I thought that the "Energy.RHODIUM.23150.Sense2.5.Cookie.Dec.05" would have at least made a cover png in the ROM or place a png of the Win ColoredLogo over the coordinates of the white win logo launce button left botton andbe cool?
So I thought I would ask here as I have tried to get in touch with NRGZ28 on his Twitter page with no response..
So there,.... I am a programmer but an F-22 pilot first in the military so I leave the programming to the pro's.. and we have a lot going on right now... Can anyone point the correct direction, I have seen cab's with softkeybars that cover the white logo with the real win colored logo.
If it's in the Cookie 1.8.5 cht files or the Manila files please gove me the manila name or the cht name?
If the spelling of anything is off, sorry can't install the spell checker here.
Thanks
Col. L.A. Hutcheson
aka Automan
F-22 huh? Damn, that's a sweet bird. I envoy you. I'd just about give my right arm to go up in one (or any fighter really).
Anyways, I'm not sure about the answer to your other question. But I doubt that it's Energy specific so you might try posting in one of the more general forums like Windows Mobile Development and Hacking. Your best best is probably try the themes and skinning forum. I can almost guarantee that someone there can give you the answer to your question.
Perhaps if you posted a screen shot, we could assist you better. NRG doesn't mind you modding or changing his ROMs. As long as you don't steal credit for them, he doesn't care what you do with them.
Sounds like you're talking about the Start Button Image. Now for the "normal" 6.5.X Softkey Bar, there's a PNG. The image used depends on the theme (tsk) applied. You'll need to check the registry to find which image is being used. The Icon in Shellres.192.dll is only used in 6.5 when the start menu is on the topbar or if the .tsk is missing the link to the image in 6.5.X.
HKCU:Software\Microsoft\Today\BubbleTile\BubbleTileFlagIcon
HKCU:Software\Microsoft\Today\BubbleTile\BubbleTileFlagDisabledIcon
If you're using the CHT 2.o SoftKey Bar, the image is \windows\CHT_softkey_win.png.
Slight Change in Energy ROM Home Screen..
OK Here we go, guess I should have done this in the first place.......Making these Cell sections for the teams I work with for darkness usage gets kind of frustrating, but it helps a lot as in the resent past...!!!
The imake with the item Pointed, that I need to change not only in this Sense today screen but also the Sensity also latest versions.
Hope the image shows on the post if not just use the link.
I really appreciate th help as I do beleive as a Commander in the military that some of the teams are really going to be very busy on the other side of the globe very shortly...
The Sencity theme ROM is great with the Today Screen but the white SoftKeyBar Icon Images Iwould have to change and also all of the pages of setup areas like the ticks for settings, etc. So I am just going to and try to merge the Sencity Front Home Screen flat appointment, etc areas with this ROM for the time being...
Thank You for all the help and I also wanth to credit NRGZ298 for a great ROM, not too much but shur as H**l as much as we need..
Sincerely
Col. L.A. Hutcheson
C/S SwampFox
aka Automan
Automan said:
OK Here we go, guess I should have done this in the first place.......Making these Cell sections for the teams I work with for darkness usage gets kind of frustrating, but it helps a lot as in the resent past...!!!
The imake with the item Pointed, that I need to change not only in this Sense today screen but also the Sensity also latest versions.
Hope the image shows on the post if not just use the link.
I really appreciate th help as I do beleive as a Commander in the military that some of the teams are really going to be very busy on the other side of the globe very shortly...
The Sencity theme ROM is great with the Today Screen but the white SoftKeyBar Icon Images Iwould have to change and also all of the pages of setup areas like the ticks for settings, etc. So I am just going to and try to merge the Sencity Front Home Screen flat appointment, etc areas with this ROM for the time being...
Thank You for all the help and I also wanth to credit NRGZ298 for a great ROM, not too much but shur as H**l as much as we need..
Sincerely
Col. L.A. Hutcheson
C/S SwampFox
aka Automan
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Why not ask about it in the .sencity thread? In the screen shots of the theme in the sencity thread, it shows that bar to be working properly.
See attached in this post,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9890626&postcount=2
cajunflavoredbob said:
Why not ask about it in the .sencity thread? In the screen shots of the theme in the sencity thread, it shows that bar to be working properly.
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The problem he's having, is he likes the Sencity Theme, but not the white icons on the slider & settings page, etc. So, he's trying to make his own theme, but doesn't know what _manila files to edit. The attached in the above linked post has the 6 files that manila uses.
EDIT: My suggestion though is to Flash the normal Energy ROM without the theme applied. Than, download the Sencity Theme CAB. Dump the cab using WinCE CAB Manager & delete the icons, etc you don't like. Finally, remake the CAB with only the files left over to install over the normal Energy ROM.
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The problem he's having, is he likes the Sencity Theme, but not the white icons on the slider & settings page, etc. So, he's trying to make his own theme, but doesn't know what _manila files to edit. The attached in the above linked post has the 6 files that manila uses.
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Oh, I thought he was trying to edit the Energy ROM that he was using. I was confused since the .sencity themed Energy ROM already has that cooked in. This makes more sense.
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Oh, I thought he was trying to edit the Energy ROM that he was using. I was confused since the .sencity themed Energy ROM already has that cooked in. This makes more sense.
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Yeah, from what I get, he's a commander of troops using the Energy ROM on their devices & trying to make it as dark as possible so when they use them at night, it won't give away their position like shining a flash light in the air.
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Yeah, from what I get, he's a commander of troops using the Energy ROM on their devices & trying to make it as dark as possible so when they use them at night, it won't give away their position like shining a flash light in the air.
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I'm a squad leader, myself, but I make sure that everyone who is planning to bring a phone with them turns the brightness all the way down. I normally like to use GTX. Even in the pitch black night, on the lowest backlight level, you can't see the device at all as long as you aren't stupidly waving it over your head. lol (silly new privates...)
OK;
I guess without getting too involved in what we do, I was trying " yes " to ues the nornal ROM and change the images on the Home page to the Sensity type.. I apologize folks but I can't go into too much except my positon and who serves under my command.
These young men deserve every aspect of technology and every edge that I can give them. The military takes over our carrier signal and then there is a program we run that has all we need for position of I.A.C.C. In Area Combat Control. We are some of the darkest units that exist, and are called on to go and do some of the jobs that require only a few to get some one out of an area they are trapped in of rescue combat groups that are out too far and trapped. We are at night always and never leave them behind.
So there that's about as far as if it isn't too far already as I can go into it. We have gear we use but we have found that being resourceful and using everyday items we can walk the day and if stopped it's just a phone...But hidden is the heart of all the cells power..
What I thought I would do is use the one in the image I posted and transfer the Sensity Flat Black png's in the Sencity ROM to this one. The graphics that NRGZ28 uses in Sencity on the home page are perfect but I would have to change their color to a darker or blacker background. So I guess after I used the manila extractor to bring out to a hard drive all the manila files I then change them to PNGs and place them into another directory.
I have loaded both ROM's and done the same thing and then tried to find the images in the flat Home section manila files change them over to mine with Photoshop, then re-inserted the Manila files from a dir that I save all the changed manila files into.
Then when NRGZ28 comes out with a new ROM I load it and then insert my images over his and PRESTO. Done and gone to play at what we do best.
These civilian oppertunities that present themselves is up to Commanders to change so that it is on less thing my men have to worry about. If they have to type longitude and latitudes in for a pickup during a rush fire fight then they can trust the cells totally with out being seen..
I always strive to do everything I can to dodg the Gov. and not have to wait forever to get equiptment that I think is necessary... An old saying is that a good engineer will use what he's got to build something instead of buying it or ordering it through channels.. If we order it, they know somehow what we have...Bingo you got the story...Always evolving in the field is called staying alive!
Thank for all te input folks, I do really appreciate it, as I have been folloring NRGZ28 ROMS for a year now and won't change but I must make this one happen, I's just too close..
Sencity has too small of checkboxes, etc. if you have to make changes in the field.. It's great here at home. But the other normal ROM is perfectly to see but need Sencity Home Graphics....
Yep!! Went too far into it!! I hope this doesn't get away from me in the wrong way but, it's just a blend of the two. I always figured it was some where in the registry and the images..
I will be asking the XDA folks to clear this Question post pretty soon for good reasons, and keep hitting little post here and there till I have all of the Manils files to make this a simple -> Here guy's load the Rom and import these Manila files....Done Deal!!! Quick and really logical..
Thanks anain folks I appreciate your drive on this one.. Hope I placed the right info here now. If anything else is needed to explain, just let me know..
Thank You
Sincerely
Col. L.A. Hutcheson
aka Automan
C/S SwampFox...and it's for a reason!
Son;
I hate to say this but GTX is good stuff, but at two miles I could see the glow with an M2..Even at the lowest level you have to realize that you may be on the move and if you are then " You're waving it around ". Be safe out there and never use white background on cell as it's called Phos. Glow...
Good to see ya here though, wondered when someone would show up....!! Some of my folks are monitoring this build I'm trying and I will tell you this much, it's way harder to see a letter thats a grey color than a dimmed white back...We tested it and it and for sure that at two to three miles we could see main components lighter better than small letters dim lite..Just makes Sense <- Well go figure?
Take Care!! Be safe...! I have been doing this since Vietnam....
Now guess who got Moussahwe or what ever his name was in Iraq? Iraq troops got there and the Marines got there and both said they didn't do it.
We were standing 100 yards from them in black and listning to what they said? He was overdosed with Morphine after telling what he needed to..
1 of Fifty gone of list...
Take care again and good to type at you....
I'm out and working on this again....
Thanks for what you do Squad Leader....!
We'll be seeing you....and pls don't use GTX in the field, I know cool and and dead isn't cool, it's cold!
Sincerely
Col. L.A. Hutcheson
aka Automan
C/S SwampFox..
You missed the point of my post. I use GTX normally. When I'm in the field, no matter what ROM I use, The backlight is always turned all the way down. This is nothing new for me. Dimming the backlight keeps the screen in the dark. Even if you're using a black or dark theme, if you're backlight is set to auto or a high setting, it's easy to pick out.
Before we go anywhere, one of the things on my checklist is to make sure that all cells have the sound off and backlights turned down. My main point was that the theme that you use makes less difference in terms of visibility at night than the backlight control does.
Waving your phone around like an idiot will get you seen no matter which ROM or theme you use. Anyway, concealing the device is what's most important. I prefer to rely on the glow-in-the-dark equipment for its low light output and ease of concealability.