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Converting Bootscreen to 2.1

Is there a good writeup on the requirements for setting up a 2.1 bootscreen? I've seen some nice 1.5/6 ones and i'd like to port them over the 2.1.
THanks!

i'm pretty sure you can do it the same way.

All of the 1.5 style bootscreens use an xml format with animated gifs, while it seems the 2.1 ones are PNG frames with a dat type control file.

You can still use the old bootscreens, you just have to remove bootanimation.zip, create a bootscreen folder inside /system/media, then drop your bootscreen in there.

I've flashed zips that do exactly that and they never work for me.
bootanimation.zip removed. reboot.
flash whatever bootscreen. /system/media/bootscreen is created. contains gif, xml, and audio. get blackscreen during boot and not animation.
the only ones I have gotten to work are tailored for 2.1 specifically.

ogboot said:
I've flashed zips that do exactly that and they never work for me.
bootanimation.zip removed. reboot.
flash whatever bootscreen. /system/media/bootscreen is created. contains gif, xml, and audio. get blackscreen during boot and not animation.
the only ones I have gotten to work are tailored for 2.1 specifically.
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post one of the zips up and let me take a look at it, maybe something's different in the xml.
And you are on Sprint? Some people have been having troubles if they are not on Sprint.

regaw_leinad said:
post one of the zips up and let me take a look at it, maybe something's different in the xml.
And you are on Sprint? Some people have been having troubles if they are not on Sprint.
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Thanks Regaw. You're right i'm Cellsouth.
The ones that work for me are folders containing PNG frames and a desc file (no xml). There is a supernova out that works fine and it has this format. I have access to GIMP so i've considered pulling all the frames out of one of the gifs, saving them as PNG and then recreating the directory structure I see in a standard bootanimation.zip. However, I haven't seen a batch method in GIMP for saving the frames as individual PNG files so it would kind of be a pain in the arse.
I've tried many of the ones in the 2.1 collection thread, same results every time. phone works great just the black screen during boot.

okkkkkkkkkk...........
so...
Can someone tell me the format for creating a bootanimation.zip that uses a desc file and PNG files? I've looked at the desc file and can obviously see where it has resolution info and references the part folders, hasn't anyone created a bootscreen in this format before though?
Thanks.

[BOOT ANIMATION] need help with custom boot animation

Ive tried a bunch of tutorials and multiple modifications and file types but im still not able to get my boot animation to work
Im trying to turn this Tsar Bomba (biggest Atom Bomb ever)video into a boot animation
Tsar Bomba
Nothing seems to work. Ive tried playing with the dpi and bit depth settings, reducing the number of png files, using different naming for the PNG files (some tutorials say different things) etc but still nothing
I have attached my bootanimation.zip file to this post
If you can let me know why it isn't working or correct what is wrong I would greatly appreciate it.
I know the resolution is not very good on the PNG files but im just trying to get it to work first and then ill worry about how good it looks
Here are the PNG files im working with

Problem appears to be with your desc.txt. It's not formatted properly. Be sure to use a good text editor (notepad doesn't cut it, try notepad+ if you are on a windows box).
Here is more info that should help you out with the desc.txt
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/9163-desc-txt-boot-animations-works-like.html
Edit: all though there may be something else going on too. Perhaps problem with the format of the images. i just modified desc.txt to appear how it should and put it on my phone and just get a black screen.

gIMpSTa said:
Problem appears to be with your desc.txt. It's not formatted properly. Be sure to use a good text editor (notepad doesn't cut it, try notepad+ if you are on a windows box).
Here is more info that should help you out with the desc.txt
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/9163-desc-txt-boot-animations-works-like.html
Edit: all though there may be something else going on too. Perhaps problem with the format of the images. i just modified desc.txt to appear how it should and put it on my phone and just get a black screen.
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In terms of format I downloaded the clip from youtube and changed it into an AVI then I used virtualdub to get the png images from the clip
what type of format for the png is needed?

spotted your problem first they need to be labled as boot_00001 also there needs to be two folders part0 and part1.

I've edited your bootanimation.zip now it is working.

Cool animation but can you make it loop? For me it only plays once.

davados said:
I've edited your bootanimation.zip now it is working.
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Thanks a million.

jimbobalu said:
Cool animation but can you make it loop? For me it only plays once.
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here u go just needed to change a value in the txt file

Is there any limitations on the number of frames the animation can have?
Im curious in order to make it look better

Not to sure but the highest I've created a bootanimation is 162 images plus 27 for the end loop I think its just a matter of playing with it.

[Q] PNG's in the framework (Resolved)

some of the png's i open in photoshop have a black background/black pixely border. i have took a ss of one of the media control images as an example and it's attached below.
if anyone knows why this is happening could you please give me an idea? It's not all just a few here and there.

droidx11 said:
some of the png's i open in photoshop have a black background/black pixely border. i have took a ss of one of the media control images as an example and it's attached below.
if anyone knows why this is happening could you please give me an idea? It's not all just a few here and there.
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because i believe you are looking at .9.png's which use black borders as a guide for stretching if the file is something.9.png then that is your answer

hmm.. i haven't seem to have a problem editing the .9 PNG's, i've tried searching this forum and a few other forums and haven't found that anyone has asked this.. that particular png file name is "ic_media_play". i've also had the same problem when opening the wifi, 3g, some of the keyboard buttons, the "spinner_black_16" image. i've tried opening them in firefox then copying image, dragging them directing into photoshop and a few other things. sorry if this is a newb question...

droidx11 said:
hmm.. i haven't seem to have a problem editing the .9 PNG's, i've tried searching this forum and a few other forums and haven't found that anyone has asked this.. that particular png file name is "ic_media_play". i've also had the same problem when opening the wifi, 3g, some of the keyboard buttons, the "spinner_black_16" image. i've tried opening them in firefox then copying image, dragging them directing into photoshop and a few other things. sorry if this is a newb question...
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well ic_media_play isnt a .9.png so if it has a black outline its just for the way it looks the wifi, 3g, and spinner_black_16 images you shouldnt have a problem with since they arent .9.png's either, most of the keyboard images are tho and will need to be decompiled and recompiled to get them to work correctly. im working on a theme right now and theres no easy way to edit them, oh also if you're using something like 7zip to open up the apk that might be your problem i edit most of mine in Linux so i dont remember if you can open them in Photoshop without decompiling but the best way is to decompile, edit, then recompile and there are guides out there that describe how to better than i could but search for apktool or apkmanager

Funnyface19 said:
well ic_media_play isnt a .9.png so if it has a black outline its just for the way it looks the wifi, 3g, and spinner_black_16 images you shouldnt have a problem with since they arent .9.png's either, most of the keyboard images are tho and will need to be decompiled and recompiled to get them to work correctly. im working on a theme right now and theres no easy way to edit them, oh also if you're using something like 7zip to open up the apk that might be your problem i edit most of mine in Linux so i dont remember if you can open them in Photoshop without decompiling but the best way is to decompile, edit, then recompile and there are guides out there that describe how to better than i could but search for apktool or apkmanager
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first i'd like to thank you for your response. what i am doing is unzipping the contents from framework-res with winrar. (i was planning on just replacing the unzipped folders with the existing folders that are in framework-res, just overwriting them.) then i just pulled the images from the unzipped folder, res -> drawable-hdpi, into photoshop... in the unzipped folder thumbnail image, these images seem to look okay, no border/stroke around the edges, no black bg etc. but in photoshop they seem to have locked layers named "index" which i just change the mode to RGB to make the layer editable. i'm not sure what i'm doing right, i'm sure it's something i'm not doing right, i just can't figure it out - maybe i'll try a different program to unzip the folder?
i've attached a ss of the folder with the thumbnail images looking okay.
(p.s. this theme is for my gf)

I've been working on a theme also, though not for the DX... I had to completely remake the PNG's in question. I'm on OSX using Photoshop and it does the same thing. First start with an indexed color version then once you get it done on a block level convert it to an RGB 8-bit image and smooth the image with a very mild gaussian blur or lens blur... personally I use gaussian.
Here's a screenshot of mine in action... I made the "empty" signal bars hollow with a neon outline..

You'll want to use 7-zip, not sure about the black stroke on the images, sounds like a .9 PNG issue. I don't use Photoshop personally, I use Fireworks. It could be Photoshop putting the stroke on the images...If you have access to Fireworks, trying using that instead.

k0smo86 said:
You'll want to use 7-zip, not sure about the black stroke on the images, sounds like a .9 PNG issue. I don't use Photoshop personally, I use Fireworks. It could be Photoshop putting the stroke on the images...If you have access to Fireworks, trying using that instead.
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winRAR is fine too you can open a zip file without having to unzip the entire contents, personally i use linux/Ubuntu which has an awesome photoshop like picture editor G.I.M.P. idk if you can download it or not for windows but you could check it out

droidx11 said:
first i'd like to thank you for your response. what i am doing is unzipping the contents from framework-res with winrar. (i was planning on just replacing the unzipped folders with the existing folders that are in framework-res, just overwriting them.) then i just pulled the images from the unzipped folder, res -> drawable-hdpi, into photoshop... in the unzipped folder thumbnail image, these images seem to look okay, no border/stroke around the edges, no black bg etc. but in photoshop they seem to have locked layers named "index" which i just change the mode to RGB to make the layer editable. i'm not sure what i'm doing right, i'm sure it's something i'm not doing right, i just can't figure it out - maybe i'll try a different program to unzip the folder?
i've attached a ss of the folder with the thumbnail images looking okay.
(p.s. this theme is for my gf)
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lol sure its for HER lol you can use 7zip/winRAR either one but use it to extract the drawable res folder out and pull them into photoshop, edit the ones you want and put them back in the one already zipped up, but if you do it that way stay away from .9.png's

XGX5309 said:
I've been working on a theme also, though not for the DX... I had to completely remake the PNG's in question. I'm on OSX using Photoshop and it does the same thing. First start with an indexed color version then once you get it done on a block level convert it to an RGB 8-bit image and smooth the image with a very mild gaussian blur or lens blur... personally I use gaussian.
Here's a screenshot of mine in action... I made the "empty" signal bars hollow with a neon outline..
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looks very nice so far, did you edit the analog clock also? looks amazing... thanks for the tips.
k0smo86 said:
You'll want to use 7-zip, not sure about the black stroke on the images, sounds like a .9 PNG issue. I don't use Photoshop personally, I use Fireworks. It could be Photoshop putting the stroke on the images...If you have access to Fireworks, trying using that instead.
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thanks for the advice, i'll give fireworks a try and see how it turns out.
Funnyface19 said:
lol sure its for HER lol you can use 7zip/winRAR either one but use it to extract the drawable res folder out and pull them into photoshop, edit the ones you want and put them back in the one already zipped up, but if you do it that way stay away from .9.png's
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hahaha yea i was trying on that pink to see how it looked on me . I'm going to try to dl GIMP along with fireworks to see how they turn out and yea i've read about those .9.png's on other threads about how they weren't changing over in certain apps. hopefully i won't run into this problem but if i do then its back to the pros on xda for advice. lol

Update - Editing the PNG's in fireworks, works like a charm, a lot smoother. Thanks everyone for your useful and helpful information

You should be able to option +2x click the index layer and then cmd + J in PS to mod it without redrawing it.
Hth
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[mod] My Amigo Skin Ported to Android Igo My Way

I created this for Amigo a long time ago. I made a quick port for the Android version, and I thought I would share it. I have ZERO plans to develop it more, but if anybody else would like to develop it, go ahead. I've included the gro converter to turn the file to a zip for editing.
Problems:
Only works in landscape mode.
There are alignment issues.
The starting animation is off center.
I'm sure there are more problems.
All these problems were fixed by Mmarz. Bobroberts has gone ahead and polished the skin and added multiple resolutions. Thank you to both of them!
You can use this skin by copying the data.gro to /data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient/
Back up your original data.gro first. You may need to change the permissions on the new data.gro to "777"
Here is what the skin looked in Amigo: http://www.igo8navigation.com/index.php?topic=161.0
To summarize, you can add vias, advanced saving of favorites, add/remove speed cameras, add/remove road blocks, create routes, and lots more.
Well, enjoy.
Use Bobroberts's version found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18529122&postcount=32

Thank you for this!
I worked on this skin and got most of the portrait mode working:
MyAmigoSkinV41AndroidFix9
This is the 9th version I've made. (I upgraded the version number because I added some goodies)
Place the data.gro inside the folder /data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient/
I've included an audio folder with some wav files from the skin that you must place in the following folder if you want the red light camera voice prompts to work:
/data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient/audio

See above.

Thanks for this, very nice!
Exit button doesn't work though,

sbarro said:
Thanks for this, very nice!
Exit button doesn't work though,
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What does it do when you press the exit button? Nothing?
Can you send me the data.gro that you used before that worked?

Sorry, I should have elaborated; the program goes thru the exit sequence, and then reboots.
I think I found the culprit, in \ui_android\common\ui\general.ui
<state ExitState>
<uselayer ui_Exiting/>
<script init>
remote_call 0 "android.on_exit_pressed" - change to: remote_call "android.on_exit_pressed"
1 EXIT
</script>
</state>

sbarro said:
Sorry, I should have elaborated; the program goes thru the exit sequence, and then reboots.
I think I found the culprit, in \ui_android\common\ui\general.ui
<state ExitState>
<uselayer ui_Exiting/>
<script init>
remote_call 0 "android.on_exit_pressed" - change to: remote_call "android.on_exit_pressed"
1 EXIT
</script>
</state>
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Both ways work for me. I'll change it to your way since it is more compatible.... I guess. Not sure what the "0" does. Thanks! I'm really glad I found this skin for Android. I loved it for Amigo.

mmarz said:
Both ways work for me. I'll change it to your way since it is more compatible.... I guess. Not sure what the "0" does. Thanks! I'm really glad I found this skin for Android. I loved it for Amigo.
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Me too. I considered freddysams' Amigo skin the best out there. Fascinating to follow his developing it from v10 or so up to his last - v40!
Thanks for the fixes, I know how much work is involved, been there, done that.

[REQ] Igo Skin/Modded apk for QHD Resolution for Atrix, Sensation,etc [I can pay $]​
I need it badly which is the best for Middle east navigation (United Arab Emirates). I can pay some $ if somebody can provide me a modded apk with QHD resolution support.
Thanks.

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[REQ] Igo Skin/Modded apk for QHD Resolution for Atrix, Sensation,etc [I can pay $]​
I need it badly which is the best for Middle east navigation (United Arab Emirates). I can pay some $ if somebody can provide me a modded apk with QHD resolution support.
Thanks.
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You might be able to use this skin. Try adding the following to your sys.txt:
Code:
[rawdisplay]
screen_x=640
screen_y=910
screen_x2=960
screen_y2=590
highres=1
double_screen=1
show_cursor=0
combine_dirty=1
You can find sys.txt in this folder: /data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient/

For which resolutions is this skin?
I checked the link you provided and says that support 320x240 resolution, but it is very big for that.
Is there any way that I can do to make it fit, on 320x240 screen or it doesn't supported?

dancer_69 said:
For which resolutions is this skin?
I checked the link you provided and says that support 320x240 resolution, but it is very big for that.
Is there any way that I can do to make it fit, on 320x240 screen or it doesn't supported?
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No it doesn't support it. It would take a lot of work to make all the resolutions function. This is 480x320. Igo does have a "stretch" option, but I don't think you can make it shrink.

thanks for this, i was using the only other 480x320 skin i could find: 12Carrera12 Sbertaud13 V7.0d EUR+ , but unfortunately some parts are in french, this one has the advanced options at least in english
EDIT: you can also use thin igo v1.2 http://oron.com/8c1dbsrv5rqs/2.rar.html if you dont have root or just want an easier way to edit data as it installs and run all data from SD

I made one last touch up to the interface. Everything should work for the most part.
http://www.multiupload.com/T53BLIC5XO

Application not found
Each time I modify something in the zip, iGO didn't start: application not found.
I have modified a lot of data.gro for win version without problem.

corfou said:
Each time I modify something in the zip, iGO didn't start: application not found.
I have modified a lot of data.gro for win version without problem.
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Open the file, within the zip that you modified, using a hex editor. For me, sometimes random invisible characters are inserted at the beginning of the file. Delete those using the hex editor.
Never use the return key inside of a windows text editor as it might add hidden characters as well. Use copy and paste of nearby lines instead, and then overwrite the line.
Never completely unzip the zip. Extract the files you would like to edit. Modify them, and then add them back into the zip.
Last comment, does the unmodified data.gro work?

If anyone wants to carry this on, here is a half way done port of the skin for 800x480:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j85ht32c610vlxn
I don't have a device to test it on, but this should theoretically load on your device. It will look all wrong. That is for sure. But all of the functions and images are in there. The only thing that hasn't been done is fixing the x-y location of all the elements
Here is what needs to happen to finish the skin. I've included three folders. 800_480_final contains the files inside data.zip that still need to be edited. Every single element within these file is correct except their location and size. These are the values used in the 480x320 skin created by Mmarz. What needs to happen is that you need to go line by line and fix the following values:
x=
y=
w=
h=
fontsize=
paddingright=
paddingleft=
align=
iconalign=
iconvalign=
Just so you understand the language m3:x= would be the x location in landscape mode and m4:x= would be the x location in portrait mode. x is measured in pixels from the left side of the screen. y is measured from the top of the screen. w is the width of the element and h is the height in pixels.
In the folder 800_480_orig I included the files from a regular 800_480 igo my way skin. This contains the correct x,y,w,h..etc values for the majority of the elements. Use these as a reference when fixing the values. Some elements won't be in here.
In folder 800_480_myamigo_old I included the files from the original my amigo skin. This contains the correct x,y,w,h..etc values for any elements missing from the above folder. But this is only the landscape version. For portrait values (m4:x=, m4:y=, m4:w=...etc), you'll need to use your best guess as to the correct location and size of the elements.
If anyone decides to finish this, please post it back on here so others can enjoy it.

Not it! I don't have a 800-480 screen, nor the free time.

mmarz said:
You might be able to use this skin. Try adding the following to your sys.txt:
Code:
[rawdisplay]
screen_x=640
screen_y=910
screen_x2=960
screen_y2=590
highres=1
double_screen=1
show_cursor=0
combine_dirty=1
You can find sys.txt in this folder: /data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient/
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Noob Here. Does his require rooting. Trying to get the QHD resolution on Sensation

sadiqsabia said:
Noob Here. Does his require rooting. Trying to get the QHD resolution on Sensation
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You don't need rooting but the method described above does not work in general. Someone needs to make that resolution specifically for your phone.

Neon Blue Matrix Boot Animation !!! Designed for LG G3.

just sharing my latest creation.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxvg9fhsx181grd/bootanimation.zip?dl=0
i did not make the original video this was pulled from, if anyone knows who made it or if you made it please let me know so i can give credit.
I simply modded an old video i had into an animation and resized it for optimal quality for G3 resolution.
to install push this file to /system/media and overwrite original (or rename original if you want to save for later or as a backup) then set permissions to rwx rwx r-x and reboot.
to preview this boot animation download this GIF file and watch it.
(link coming soon still uploading file (its large))
my upload failed, i might try it again later but for now i just uploaded a thumbnail so you can get an idea of what it looks like.
If you want to modify this animation for another resolution:
- extract the entire zip file to a folder.
- use faststone phono resizer to change the resolution but don't change the file names or folder names (you can mess up the order of the animation)
- change the resolution in the desc.txt file using notepad++ but don't change the number of lines in the file (you can also change fps: default 12) and number of times the animations play (default 1/3).
- then using 7-zip open the original archive and drop the modified files back into the zip file in the same directory they originated and push it to system/media/ and set permit then reboot.
- you can also change the animation to portrait instead of landscape by highlighting all the image files right click and rotate them to desired orientation, also swap the two resolution parameters in the desc.txt file with notepad++ and put files back in zip like i mentioned above.
- there are other methods but i just put what i thought would be hardest to screw up.
if you run into problems modifying the animation feel free to ask questions but reply to this post so i get a notification as I will probably not be checking this thread.

one thing i forgot to mention is that if you are modifying to portrait you'll need to trim the sides off (like when you resize a landscape wallpaper to portrait which will degrade quality) of every jpg in the animation. This is why i haven't done it yet it's alot of work and the landscape mode will look better just because thats the native orientation of the original video.

I think people will watch me weirdly if I start my phone in public with it :laugh:

sleiphir said:
I think people will watch me weirdly if I start my phone in public with it :laugh:
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i really doubt anyone cares lol

doesnt work no idea why :S but at the end of the boot there are blue points on top right
did as you said
to install push this file to /system/media and overwrite original (or rename original if you want to save for later or as a backup) then set permissions to rwx rwx r-x and reboot.
LG G3 D855

Any photo apps on android that can mass rotate or mass set resolution? Windows days are swiftly coming to an end. Literally nobody seems to have a laptop anymore around me that isn't an Apple coffee shop caddy.

Very good guy

Youssef mo7a said:
doesnt work no idea why :S but at the end of the boot there are blue points on top right
did as you said
to install push this file to /system/media and overwrite original (or rename original if you want to save for later or as a backup) then set permissions to rwx rwx r-x and reboot.
LG G3 D855
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that's wierd the blue dots are the 2nd part of the animation it sounds like something is wrong with the first part for you. there is a few things you can try, try downloading the file again and pushing the new file again, maybe something is corrupt. the fact the 2nd part works tells me its not a permission problem. do you have any resolution mods on your phone? what rom are you on?
you could try wiping cache but that's a long shot.

Luke Kynix Sahre said:
Very good guy
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thanks

Krystalmyth said:
Any photo apps on android that can mass rotate or mass set resolution? Windows days are swiftly coming to an end. Literally nobody seems to have a laptop anymore around me that isn't an Apple coffee shop caddy.
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probably but i have a windows pc so i've never looked for one.

KronicSkillz said:
that's wierd the blue dots are the 2nd part of the animation it sounds like something is wrong with the first part for you. there is a few things you can try, try downloading the file again and pushing the new file again, maybe something is corrupt. the fact the 2nd part works tells me its not a permission problem. do you have any resolution mods on your phone? what rom are you on?
you could try wiping cache but that's a long shot.
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running Cloudy 2.5 rom it is a stock based rom i dont think i hafve any resolution mods

did u try to download again and push new file?