Hey. I downloaded the 4.4 kitkat bootloader thats floating around and tried to customise it.
I changed the "black" and "generic1" image files to white and added my name, saved them, rezipped them in "store" format and pushed it to my device.
It never worked the phone boots but instead of bootanimation it just stays black
can someone help me here?
link: d-h.st/YfP
MarkG1408 said:
Hey. I downloaded the 4.4 kitkat bootloader thats floating around and tried to customise it.
I changed the "black" and "generic1" image files to white and added my name, saved them, rezipped them in "store" format and pushed it to my device.
It never worked the phone boots but instead of bootanimation it just stays black
can someone help me here?
link: d-h.st/YfP
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Looks like a nice boot animation, I'll have a look at it for you.
Edit: It's working but only the last part of the boot animation shows, the white screen at the start doesn't show. Maybe someone else could shed some light on this.
http://d-h.st/UQC
can someone take a look at this for me? its driving me mad lol.
MarkG1408 said:
can someone take a look at this for me? its driving me mad lol.
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Having this problem too, very strange
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This theme is for RaduG's ROM: VanillaEclair 5 - "Welcome to Prisneyland, Fish" (20/07/2010)
I do not plan on updating this further, but the images are there in the theme for someone to take on and port to future versions or other ROMs. Sorry to all that have been using it, but I don't have the time these days to keep on top of it.
It's a port from Manup's NexTANG theme, so all credit for this goes to him. You can check out his original version for the Nexus here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=685584.
I also found a Droid version. On this site you can downloaded the app/folder icons. I have not included them in my theme as am not a huge fan of them, but may include them in later or the final version - DroTANG - http://forums.swdroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30
Please note: I do not have that much time to do this sort of thing so please do not bombard me with requests and bugs. I will try to update this but am not on any time schedule. If someone else wants to take this and run with it, by all means be my guest. What I have so far is enough for me
So... attached you will see what is themed so far. To achieve this look please follow the below:
Flash the attached theme 'HeTANG-VE5-0.4.zip' (see below the post) from whatever recovery you are using.
You will then need to change following to white text (or other) in Spare Parts, or as in VE5 - 'Settings > System':
Clock
Date
Carrier PLMN
Carrier SPN
Notifications ticker
No notification title
Ongoing notification title
Latest notification title
Items title
Items text
Items time
Then (if you wish) to complete the look apply the App Drawer icon to LauncherPro that you should most certainly be using , and the Wallpaper that can be found in the 'HeTANG-Extras.zip' file - These are just the files. Not a flashable zip.
I hope people will get some enjoyment out of this. Enjoy!
Change Log
0.4
- Themed drop down boxes
- Improved images on the popup dialogues for a better fit
0.3
- Themed more areas: popup boxes, check boxes, radio buttons etc...
- As an extra I have themed a version of the HTC_IME_Mod Keyboard. This is not part of the theme but within the 'HeTANG-Extras.zip' for those that want try it. Just install it using Astro or any other file manager app. Credit for this goes to gIMpSTa at http://www.gimpsta.com/
0.2
- Added themed Power Control widget
0.1
- Initial release
Notes for HeTANG
looks great, I'll try it later
flashed it and now waiting for boot up.
11min and it just hanged on HERO screen.
Pulled battery off and reflashed it and waited boot about 12 mins. nothing happens it just hangs on HERO screen. nandroid restoring now back to basic VE5b10RC. Theme sure looked nice but it wont boot on my hero.. :/
I suspect that the RaduG's latest changes to his ROM has caused this. As I said I used build7 as a base and because he's so fast )) with his updates I didn't really want to keep updating this every minute. So for those who do have trouble you will just have to wait until he gets a final version out and then I can update this accordingly.
Strange it didn't work though as the framework should still be identical as well as the apps that are themed.
Strange indeed. Anyone else tried flash this and with what results? Just want to know is the problem in my device or is it problem with wrong build number.
Anyway nice work trying to port this. There aren't too many themes to hero builds.
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Walto said:
Strange indeed. Anyone else tried flash this and with what results? Just want to know is the problem in my device or is it problem with wrong build number.
Anyway nice work trying to port this. There aren't too many themes to hero builds.
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I have updated the theme now to RaduG's latest 'RC build10'. This should work for you... if you're running that version, which I assume most people will be.
I looked at the original thread, but i couldn't tell, does this contain the icons aswell?
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I looked at the original thread, but i couldn't tell, does this contain the icons aswell?
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Ah, no it doesn't. I didn't want to include them as I didn't really like them and didn't think people would want them. They can be downloaded from the original thread though and used via 'BetterCut' for example.
I may include them in the final version, but not sure yet.
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Ah, no it doesn't. I didn't want to include them as I didn't really like them and didn't think people would want them. They can be downloaded from the original thread though and used via 'BetterCut' for example.
I may include them in the final version, but not sure yet.
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Forgive me if I am being stupid, but I can't see the link to download them?
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Forgive me if I am being stupid, but I can't see the link to download them?
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Good shout. You can get them from here - http://forums.swdroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30
Scroll down to... 'DroTANG_AndroidFolders-IconPack 5.22.2010'
I've not tried them in the theme but they're only icon files so go for it.
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Good shout. You can get them from here - http://forums.swdroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30
Scroll down to... 'DroTANG_AndroidFolders-IconPack 5.22.2010'
I've not tried them in the theme but they're only icon files so go for it.
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Thanks, got em. There 72x72 but I'll given 'em a try (not got the patience to resize them all)
Thanks for your effort. Will wait upload.
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E: Flashed new one and it booted up and looks great. Thank you.
E2: After swapping colors to white refuses to boot.. trying again.
It worked great for me, thanks for the port!
Maybemy device doesn't like changing colors cos all works just fine till i reboot phone and have swapped textcolors to white. Very strange.. but Still GJ dude. Sadly my hero won't let me theme it
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Maybemy device doesn't like changing colors cos all works just fine till i reboot phone and have swapped textcolors to white. Very strange.. but Still GJ dude. Sadly my hero won't let me theme it
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So the theme applies okay, it's just the text colours don't change once you have set them and rebooted?
I appreciate you've already said this will get updated as and when, but is there any plans for including some of the other styling? the only things that I have seen at the moment is popup menus aren't styled and the search widget isn't either. Not a big deal, just wondering
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I appreciate you've already said this will get updated as and when, but is there any plans for including some of the other styling? the only things that I have seen at the moment is popup menus aren't styled and the search widget isn't either. Not a big deal, just wondering
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I may well give it a go. At first I did port all the images from the framework over but I just ended up with everything FC on me when trying to get into any of the menus and apps, so I think I need to do it bit by bit. Some of those .9 png files can be troublesome if not treated carefully, so just gonna take some time. Unfortunately there is no mdpi version of this theme from what I can see, so each image has to be resized
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I may well give it a go. At first I did port all the images from the framework over but I just ended up with everything FC on me when trying to get into any of the menus and apps, so I think I need to do it bit by bit. Some of those .9 png files can be troublesome if not treated carefully, so just gonna take some time. Unfortunately there is no mdpi version of this theme from what I can see, so each image has to be resized
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Well I don't know much about theming android, but I am a dab hand in Photoshop so if you wanna send me some files and target image sizes I'd be happy to help
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Well I don't know much about theming android, but I am a dab hand in Photoshop so if you wanna send me some files and target image sizes I'd be happy to help
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Thanks The problem is for most of the files you need to look at the default image from VE5 then resize the one from Manup's version accordingly. This really has to be done one by one, as not all images are scaled down by the same percentage it seems. I'm still getting my head round it lol. I'll try and take more of a look into it soon and keep you posted on any developments. Appreciate the help though
I have been looking and looking for a way to do this myself, but I'm at a lose. If someone could whip this up that would be great! I hate the black (grayish) color of the dock. Would love for it to be clear!
I will look into this after I get less hung over. 2 hours of sleep.
Who uses the tw launcher anyhow? I am just pulling your leg, it should be a simple png or 9png.
frostman89 said:
I will look into this after I get less hung over. 2 hours of sleep.
Who uses the tw launcher anyhow? I am just pulling your leg, it should be a simple png or 9png.
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Yeah that's what I was thinking, but I can not for the life of me find where it is it's odd that the Vibrant/Captivate have a different TW launcher then what we do, same with the Epic.
I actually like tw. They buddies widget rocks. Would love the clear bottom bar
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find anything? sorry... I'm working on a "clear" theme and this is one of the last things I need, and I'm just really excited to get some themes rolling
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find anything? sorry... I'm working on a "clear" theme and this is one of the last things I need, and I'm just really excited to get some themes rolling
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I was passed out until just a bit ago. Extracted the apk as we speak.
EDIT: ok i replaced every possible image that is associated with the dock bg. It appears that its controlled by an xml and set to black with transparency. I don't feel like digging through all the xmls to figure out right now, maybe someone more experienced can look through it.
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I was passed out until just a bit ago. Extracted the apk as we speak.
EDIT: ok i replaced every possible image that is associated with the dock bg. It appears that its controlled by an xml and set to black with transparency. I don't feel like digging through all the xmls to figure out right now, maybe someone more experienced can look through it.
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Damn it! I was thinking it was a xml but I was hoping it wasn't..
Still waiting........ haha!
I'm no expert but I believe the two files that need to be edited are \res\layout-land\launcher.xml and \res\layout-port\launcher.xml . Change the android:color to @android:color/transparent under the section com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.MenuDrawer .
I'm having trouble recompiling the apk so that my phone recognizes it as a launcher.
Like I said I'm no expert so I'm not 100% on this.
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I'm no expert but I believe the two files that need to be edited are \res\layout-land\launcher.xml and \res\layout-port\launcher.xml . Change the android:color to @android:color/transparent under the section com.sec.android.app.twlauncher.MenuDrawer .
I'm having trouble recompiling the apk so that my phone recognizes it as a launcher.
Like I said I'm no expert so I'm not 100% on this.
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I can't even find the files that you are talking about? Are you talking about the framework-res.apk or the twlauncher.apk?
maybe I'm way off then, I was looking in the TouchWiz30Launcher.apk in /system/app
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maybe I'm way off then, I was looking in the TouchWiz30Launcher.apk in /system/app
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No, I was wrong.... haha! my bad. I was thinking it would be in the framework folder, but it actually might be in the system/app
Have you tried to copy the .apk to your Sd Card then change it to .zip
-unzip the file
-mess get the new .xml compiled from that
-use the app "Ninjamorph" to put the new .xml file back
Think that would help you?
Edit: Or just upload the new .xml files that you mess around with and I'll see if I can get it pushed in
OH! I also failed to mention that it is 100% a .xml file. I've messed around with some morphs that are out for other galaxy s phones and the background is still that ugly gray/black thing.
I keep getting FC's when i swap them out, I'll post the xml's. -port goes to layout-port and -land goes to layout-land. remove the -land and -port and rename the .xls to .xml.
I can't guarantee this will work so try at your own risk.
So you switched them out with Ninjamorph already? And still get FC's?
I'm wondering if we could get a copy of the TouchWiz launcher from the Epic if we could just copy and past the .xml from there?
Yea I switched them out with ninjamorph and still got problems, also tried swapping them out of a deodex'd apk and got the same issue. I have no idea on the epic, like I said before I'm definitely no expert I just like to tinker.
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Yea I switched them out with ninjamorph and still got problems, also tried swapping them out of a deodex'd apk and got the same issue. I have no idea on the epic, like I said before I'm definitely no expert I just like to tinker.
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That's how I started with the Moto Droid. Just started to tinker. lol!
I'll look for an Epic version of the launcher or any other galaxy phone launcher in a system dump or if anyone else can find one a post it.
We really need someone that is good with .xml stuff
Here Is a Clear Dock when you click on it its going to look black but it works
I restarted my phone around 6pm and the boot image was a purple motorola m. Instead of the spinning motorola m globe, the boot animation was a mountain town with animals in houses. Each "globe spin" zoomed to a view through a window at different house with a different type of animal family. Something I hadn't seen before.
I restarted my phone twice since then and I just get the standard normal boot animation.
Is this old news or does motorola's 4.4 have contextual boot animations or something?
sarshadd said:
I restarted my phone around 6pm and the boot image was a purple motorola m. Instead of the spinning motorola m globe, the boot animation was a mountain town with animals in houses, each "globe spin" zoomed to a view through a window of at different house with a different type of animal family. Something I hadn't seen before.
I restarted my phone twice since then and I just get the standard normal boot animation.
Is this old news or does motorola's 4.4 have contextual boot animations or something?
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Odd, I haven't seen that yet.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/07/new-app-motorola-boot-services-app-brings-a-festive-wintry-boot-animation-to-the-moto-g/
Knew it. I must have been playing with the date setting on my phone and restarted it while it was set to December 9th.
Mine did the same thing, not changing with the dates. I flashed a new boot logo and animation, rebooted device and all was ok. Two reboot's later i got this purple M boot crap. find out its something "Motorola boot services" that can change the boot animation.... Anyhow Im no where near knowledgeable to dig around android as well as others but i dont know which app / service it is..
I cant post the link yet (not enough posts) but google "[New App] Motorola Boot Services App Brings A Festive Wintry Boot Animation To The Moto G" and it will come up
Its ignoring Androids normal location for the bootanimation.zip file. during boot it is using the bootanimation.zip file located in /data/local.
I switched that one out using root explorer to the one I want and all is well now.
Smoke1991 said:
Mine did the same thing, not changing with the dates. I flashed a new boot logo and animation, rebooted device and all was ok. Two reboot's later i got this purple M boot crap. find out its something "Motorola boot services" that can change the boot animation.... Anyhow Im no where near knowledgeable to dig around android as well as others but i dont know which app / service it is..
I cant post the link yet (not enough posts) but google "[New App] Motorola Boot Services App Brings A Festive Wintry Boot Animation To The Moto G" and it will come up
Its ignoring Androids normal location for the bootanimation.zip file. during boot it is using the bootanimation.zip file located in /data/local.
I switched that one out using root explorer to the one I want and all is well now.
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Hmm, can you upload the bootanimation.zip file? This whole thing Moto has going on is pretty interesting..
humzaahmed155 said:
Hmm, can you upload the bootanimation.zip file? This whole thing Moto has going on is pretty interesting..
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I wish I could lol, I deleted it.
this thread has more information on the winter boot animation: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554301
apparently someone was able to locate the apk and the set values on it
Yeah I just got the purple M. That's why I just logged on to see if anyone else had seen this.
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So, I'm a big sword art online fan. Wanted to see if anyone could make a boot animation like the one I've linked from my box account, to work with our phone (timeframe and resolution)?
TIA
https://app.box.com/s/8xrhipk83ij7nwdkajusl8xn05tghyqs
This is easy. Take any of the N6 boot animations that exist in the N6 themes & apps. Take the desc.txt file from that boot animation. Switch it out with your example boot animation. Voila. It will be formatted to the right resolution for you
holeshot77 said:
So, I'm a big sword art online fan. Wanted to see if anyone could make a boot animation like the one I've linked from my box account, to work with our phone (timeframe and resolution)?
TIA
https://app.box.com/s/8xrhipk83ij7nwdkajusl8xn05tghyqs
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Do you still have this file? Id like to snag it as I too and a big SAO fan, thanks.
So its been a very long time since I last rooted and played with an android phone, until now. And it has been fairly easy going with this device. I don't really want to do much more or get crazy with theming etc... But I would love to see something nicer than the stock BLU boot animation...
As long as you are rooted you can download boot animations from the play store. Its worked fine for me.
travlock said:
As long as you are rooted you can download boot animations from the play store. Its worked fine for me.
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Thanks I'll give it a try?!
kal250 said:
Thanks I'll give it a try?!
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Just to clarify the app is called boot animation in the play store
kal250 said:
So its been a very long time since I last rooted and played with an android phone, until now. And it has been fairly easy going with this device. I don't really want to do much more or get crazy with theming etc... But I would love to see something nicer than the stock BLU boot animation...
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You can change the boot animation by changing the boot animation zip like on any other Android device.
ColtonDRG said:
You can change the boot animation by changing the boot animation zip like on any other Android device.
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Do I have to match the same resolution of the original or will it fit to screen? Also does the same process work for shutanimation.zip? And I assume bootaudio.mp3 and shutaudio.mp3 can also be replaced?? Thanks
kal250 said:
Do I have to match the same resolution of the original or will it fit to screen? Also does the same process work for shutanimation.zip? And I assume bootaudio.mp3 and shutaudio.mp3 can also be replaced?? Thanks
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I don't know, yes, and yes.
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I don't know, yes, and yes.
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Thanks, for helping answer those for me, i just read the following so I'll just try some premade ones out until I have time to come up with my own
"As a rule, a boot animation made for a lower resolution device will run fine on a high resolution one but it will be centered on the screen, with the extra screen space around it not being used. Using a high resolution boot animation on a low resolution device will result in the boot animation not fully displaying on the screen, with its outer parts being cut off due to being outside the screens bounds."
And this seems to be a good read on getting started on my own...
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/
Replacing both animations resulted in the boot animation being changed but the shutdown animation is still stock, so the software must be reading it from a different location.
You can brush a third party rom, or use software changes, you may need root privileges