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This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm doing it right
I've been playing around with the Blue Sea live wallpaper from the Samsung Galaxy S that persiansown released... turns out it's extremely easy to modify as all of the textures are accessible png's and a significant amount of it's code is human readable script. I haven't looked at the other ones yet, but I imagine they're the same. Anyway...
www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=Aq-ojq8tt5U
Sadly can't post links/images yet, maybe someone else can clean up this post! Thanks to both persiansown for the original release and djmcnz for the non-rooted version which is easier to mess with. Especially since I really have no idea what I'm doing. Hopefully I can try releasing this in a day or two when I have more time to clean it up...
EDIT: Okay, I added an apk. This is based on the non-rooted version, so it should install on anything. It will probably overwrite the original non-rooted version and I have no idea what will happen if it's installed next to the rooted versions!
link to the white mod
Linkage please
Look really good better than blue.....
would make a good app if it were like nexusmod allowing us to customize.
could you make a dark version? i like darker themed wallpapers and they save battery
Feature request: When tapping the bubbles, they color is not static, randomly chooses one of the google colors.
No real changes, but test apk added. It should work. Maybe.
would it replace the original one!?
Currently, yes, but I'd prefer if it didn't. I'm still trying to figure everything out!
Arrqh said:
This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm doing it right
I've been playing around with the Blue Sea live wallpaper from the Samsung Galaxy S that persiansown released... turns out it's extremely easy to modify as all of the textures are accessible png's and a significant amount of it's code is human readable script. I haven't looked at the other ones yet, but I imagine they're the same. Anyway...
www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=Aq-ojq8tt5U
Sadly can't post links/images yet, maybe someone else can clean up this post! Thanks to both persiansown for the original release and djmcnz for the non-rooted version which is easier to mess with. Especially since I really have no idea what I'm doing. Hopefully I can try releasing this in a day or two when I have more time to clean it up...
EDIT: Okay, I added an apk. This is based on the non-rooted version, so it should install on anything. It will probably overwrite the original non-rooted version and I have no idea what will happen if it's installed next to the rooted versions!
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great job, really =D can you modify the Ocean Waves too? i really don't like the background, it should be nicer with white sands or something similar to a caribbean beach =)
Is there a way to keep the standard and modded version together?
i tried screwing around with the ocean waves lwp by replacing the background(seafirebg_512x512) with a transparent one..
to give a clear water rippling effect...
but all i get is black screen with a white rippling effect to the top left corner :/
any pointers or someone wanna take a shot at it??
This thing is crazy recourse intensive. Is the original as heavy on the cpu and battery?
BTW, this is beautiful, I would use it more if it didn't kill my performance.
Unfortunately yeah, as I understand it the Galaxy S has a better GPU then the N1 which is why their LWP's are so intensive. All I did was swap in some different sprite images.
I don't use it that much either on my phone anymore, I need the battery life
NOTE: i have posted this in themes and here so that those that are/were not aware of how to utilize video on froyo would have better chances of seeing it or those that didnt want to check out froyo for the no vid or buggy cam issue. This is also a tut on how to get it working for you. I think this should be posted in dev and theme since it qualifies as both.
[THEME/MOD]PROTO-G_v.1
I began work on this and it is exclusive to a specific froyo rom atm. I am working on 2more things right now and i need some feedback towards what to add to this setup, and when i get enough changes/added mods and/or edits, i can then release another PUBLIC version in update.zip form. Its not just a skin though, this is what i did so that i could test a froyo rom. So this is the EXACT mod im running right now. I will be editing two more items shortly. I will be optimizing and zipaligning the app and framework folders since i just found a sweet new script.
PROTO_G PICS
instructions: !!NANDROID ALWAYS!!
(only tested on froyo by myself)
1.flash avalaunch or hero over's froyo+sense
2.reboot
3.reboot recovery
4.flash framework zip
5.reboot
6.reboot recovery
7.flash htc zip of your choice(F!n!$h3R,Baked,FROYO 2.2 and stock)
8.reboot,enjoy
DOWNLOADS:
PICK 1 HTC.PROTO_G.ZIP of YOUR choice(will be adding in stock)
(the only difference is the lettering on the mainnav scroller)
DOWNLOAD FROYO 2.2 VERSION
DOWNLOAD F!n!$h3R VERSION
DOWNLOAD BAKED VERSION
NEXT:
DOWNLOAD FRAMEWORK.PROTO_G.zip
THEN:
REBOOT,ENJOY
The reason there are two files rather than just one or added to a rom is because they do not work together and it will not work that way for me. I am working on it. I will update it as soon as i figure it out.
NOW TO ENABLE VIDEO
1.OPEN new qik i installed version 0.04.05
2.select menu/camera/front
3.press red button to capture video
Nice work. Thanks for sharing!
Just a little constructive criticism if I may--- Re-examine the lock screen. The clock/text doesn't fit the "lock bar" and the white text is lost in background.
Great work, BUT I'd reconsider such heavy theme modding, it's a nice ROM, but the look is completely a dealbreaker. That's just me anyway, maybe other people will like it.
hacketbt said:
Nice work. Thanks for sharing!
Just a little constructive criticism if I may--- Re-examine the lock screen. The clock/text doesn't fit the "lock bar" and the white text is lost in background.
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thanks i thought it fit. its not centered i guess now that i [email protected] it again, but i do not know how to manipulate those #'s @ this point in time. thanks for pointing that out for me though.
awesomerobot said:
Great work, BUT I'd reconsider such heavy theme modding, it's a nice ROM, but the look is completely a dealbreaker. That's just me anyway, maybe other people will like it.
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This is just how i do it. I know i cannot please everyone, and i do not do this to become known or make $. its a hobby and a learning process. im merely sharing the fruits of my labor/learning, with those that care to give it a shot/appreciate the art. This is also a tut for froyo with video for those that wanted to try froyo but did not because of no camcorder capabilities, and not just a theme but a mod pack that includes many very useful utilities to monitor,maintain and control you system to squeeze the most productivity out of your awesome evo.
No one will ever claim your themes are boring. It's very... embossed. It kind of reminds me of what you see if you jam your fingers into your eyes, but in a good way.
Ever think of turning these skills towards something more bland?
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=android+theme#/d23n029
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=android+theme#/d24d1en
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No one will ever claim your themes are boring. It's very... embossed. It kind of reminds me of what you see if you jam your fingers into your eyes, but in a good way.
Ever think of turning these skills towards something more bland?
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=android+theme#/d23n029
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=android+theme#/d24d1en
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i fail to see the point of trying to make the evo look like a crap iphone!
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i fail to see the point of trying to make the evo look like a crap iphone!
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That's wasn't really my point. I just searched "android themes" and picked the first two. I was just looking for some subtle themes.
So this is the Froyo ROM with working camera?
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So this is the Froyo ROM with working camera?
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froyo with cam and camcorder and they are not buggy. i included a tut on how to set it up. its very simple. its froyo, themed, with cam and vid. cam and vid are achieved thru FRONT cam. im not even sure of the res(idrc what it is, it does what i need it to do, and i NEED a quality cam cus i have an 8mo old to take pics and vid of) for that cam, but the pics and vid are awesome with the tut i included in the op. nandroid and give it a shot. i guarantee you wont be dissapointed that you did.
Gotta say, your themes are like the Type R stickers and autozone stick-on vents of the Android development scene. There's a market segment for them and you put a lot of work into them, sure (and I imagine you get a lot of downloads) but damn if they aren't embarrassing to a large portion of the community. Your skill at theming is impressive but your lack of taste at making something aesthetically pleasing is abhorrent.
neccoloup said:
Gotta say, your themes are like the Type R stickers and autozone stick-on vents of the Android development scene. There's a market segment for them and you put a lot of work into them, sure (and I imagine you get a lot of downloads) but damn if they aren't embarrassing to a large portion of the community. Your skill at theming is impressive but your lack of taste at making something aesthetically pleasing is abhorrent.
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Perfectly phrased, thank you. You're editing png files, dude, not engineering kernels. Pray that no real developer ever hacks in support for animated png files, then we'll have the theme equivalent of his signature.
I suppose i can appreciate the time you put into doing all this for some sort of niche market that appears in some places, but i have to say, as a person with a design background and an interest in the subject, your themes are absolutely terrible to look at. They do not flow, they do not look good, they are simply some batman and robin font pack you found online and whatever photoshop filter you happened to click. I guess it's good if your goal is to differentiate yourself from every other theme as much as possible, but i think you went to wrong way down the road. And as said previously, all your work is obnoxious (sig included) and I hate you for assaulting my eyes with what can only be described as melted rainbow vomit with a futuristic font from the past.
Also, what you do does not require skill. You edit image files.
please stop.
This THEME ROCKS! Can you make the font bigger?
Magnus,
On your phone the sig may look fine, but on my monitor, currently set at 1680x1050.
This is what your sig looks like on my screen.
It takes up over half of my screen.
http://www.webpagescreenshot.info/img/659156-7162010113421AM
That is a full page screenshot, as you can see the image is more than half of the screen real estate.
You know....
With your liking toward comical colored fonts, colors, and overall taste, you should really aim at making some anime theme'd UI's.
shawnathan9 said:
You know....
With your liking toward comical colored fonts, colors, and overall taste, you should really aim at making some anime theme'd UI's and maybe an "anime" type of theme might be your thing?
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I think Chris Chavez would appreciate that.
Warning
Several posts in this thread are completely off-topic and/or personal attacks, and there have been reported posts about it.
I am going to say this only once: behave.
um back on topic.. so this rom is just 2.1 froyo theme not real froyo with working cam?
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Calculon002 said:
... a good reason for a ban ...
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Vacation it is.
I recently started learning how to do some work in the community with splash screens. Initially I just did three as copies of an image from another community member (got his permission), but I seem to be making more and more thus the need for a singular thread.
So far, these are all simply splash screens for the Synergy Roms, however as splash screens go, well it doesn't matter what rom you're running, would just be a bit strange running savaged mod with a Synergy splash, but thats on y'all.
Anyway, as I get better then I'll branch into boot animations or lockscreen mods and maybe even theming roms, but for the moment this is it.
If you have a particular image you want made into one, I can give it a shot. I wish I had more talent as a digital artist, but since I don't then I use images I can find and get permission when at all possible.
Thanks for stopping by.
Instructions for installing any of my splash screens:
1) Remove everything after the "-" from the filename so it is just "PC36IMG" or if you have file extensions set to show, it will read "PC36IMG.zip".
2) Copy it to the root of your SD Card.
3) Reboot the phone into bootloader.
4) Bootloader should automatically detect it and ask you if you want to install it, hit Volume up for yes.
5) A couple seconds later it will prompt you to reboot with another Volume up, go fer it.
6) Your new splash screen will show up, the peasants will rejoice, and peace will reign across the land. Well, can't guarantee all that, but look for one of the above to happen.
Some examples of whats going on in this thread:
Synergy Splash Screens
So this is the set that I took the image from whiterider13 with his permission, they turned out pretty decent.
Some other Rom Splash Screens
More Synergy Screens
Miscellaneous Splash Screens
Testing out this style, seems to have gotten good reception so far. Will probably tweak it so it doesn't look quite so hacked together a little later, but let me know what you think. I'll probably start sorting through a green and red version later.
Three more I just wrapped up, feels like a step backwards from my last one, but they look decent. I think I did them just to offer variety more than anything.
Watcher07 said:
I recently started learning how to do some work in the community with splash screens. Initially I just did three as copies of an image from another community member (got his permission), but I seem to be making more and more thus the need for a singular thread.
So far, these are all simply splash screens for the Synergy Roms, however as splash screens go, well it doesn't matter what rom you're running, would just be a bit strange running savaged mod with a Synergy splash, but thats on y'all.
Anyway, as I get better then I'll branch into boot animations or lockscreen mods and maybe even theming roms, but for the moment this is it.
If you have a particular image you want made into one, I can give it a shot. I wish I had more talent as a digital artist, but since I don't then I use images I can find and get permission when at all possible.
Thanks for stopping by.
Instructions for installing any of my splash screens:
1) Remove everything after the "-" from the filename so it is just "PC36IMG" or if you have file extensions set to show, it will read "PC36IMG.zip".
2) Copy it to the root of your SD Card.
3) Reboot the phone into bootloader.
4) Bootloader should automatically detect it and ask you if you want to install it, hit Volume up for yes.
5) A couple seconds later it will prompt you to reboot with another Volume up, go fer it.
6) Your new splash screen will show up, the peasants will rejoice, and peace will reign across the land. Well, can't guarantee all that, but look for one of the above to happen.
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Glade you did these maybe now I will switch from the one I made for someone 6 months ago lol
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Next batch
Alright, I gotta admit, these look pretty slick in my opinion, despite the simplicity. Getting the color to change right was a big pain, and I'm still going to work on getting the blue one to look a hair cleaner than it does, but overall I think they look good. Hope you all enjoy.
Watcher07 said:
Testing out this style, seems to have gotten good reception so far. Will probably tweak it so it doesn't look quite so hacked together a little later, but let me know what you think. I'll probably start sorting through a green and red version later.
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beautiful!
Mar5hall said:
beautiful!
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Thank you!
would anyone help me make this into a splash screen?
Mar5hall said:
would anyone help me make this into a splash screen?
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Yep, got it done.
Digital Green
Hello again forum. So I spent quite a bit more time on this than the original blue one, I tried pretty hard to make sure it doesn't look too "busy". I'm still not entirely satisfied with it, but it appears to be coming along as a work in progress. However I do think it looks pretty cool for what it is right now. Let me know what you guys think though, thanks.
Crafted a simple signature, nothing fancy, just functional.
Great job on the splash screens....I have personally chosen the green swoosh splash as my splash screen...Thanks and once again, great work.
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Great job on the splash screens....I have personally chosen the green swoosh splash as my splash screen...Thanks and once again, great work.
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Thanks for the support.
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Damn all of these splash screens look sick! Simple but very elegant looking. I don't know which one to choose lol. Great job watcher
ncfastls1 said:
Damn all of these splash screens look sick! Simple but very elegant looking. I don't know which one to choose lol. Great job watcher
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Lol thanks. Appreciate the compliment.
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ncfastls1 said:
Damn all of these splash screens look sick! Simple but very elegant looking. I don't know which one to choose lol. Great job watcher
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+100
Exactly what i was thinking.
OP, every one of these is beautiful. I will be changing my splash, i guess. I've been using the same one since about august '10.
Thanks for these, and thanks for always offering a blue version.
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Now if you could add some animation to that it could also make an awesome bootanimation
Watcher07 said:
Hello again forum. So I spent quite a bit more time on this than the original blue one, I tried pretty hard to make sure it doesn't look too "busy". I'm still not entirely satisfied with it, but it appears to be coming along as a work in progress. However I do think it looks pretty cool for what it is right now. Let me know what you guys think though, thanks.
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Actually that is kind of the plan, gotta fix the way Gimp is processing the font, clean everything up a bit, make a couple of small tweaks to it, generate the red version and reverse produce the final product for the other colors, then animate it. I'm also tempted to do a "noir" version of each splash screen cause I know there's anti-color folks out there. I don't want them to be simple black, white and shades of gray....I'm looking for them to maintain the same feel, just a lot more subtly. But that will be a bit further down the road. Thanks though for all the praise.
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I know this is a bit late in the HTC Hero game but I still have mine and I still mess around with it a lot and while it wasnt until recently that I decided to see if I could dig up info on changing the splash screen and found some info and decided that I would create a nice little tool just to make it a bit quicker for me so I thought I would share it.
Huge than you to tehdarkknight for his original tutorial. Without it this would have not been possible.
All I did was simply create a easy to use batch file to make converting the images and automatically renaming them much easier for everyone.
tehdarkknights original HowTo can be found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7847088
What is a Splashscreen?
The splashscreen is the image that shows up before recovery/your ROM's bootscreen/etc... By default, it is the white screen with green HTC lettering (if you have flashed Sprint's 2.1 release.)
The method used here is for flashing the HERCIMG.zip via the bootloader (HBoot)
All of the instructions are included in the download and its pretty self explanatory.
Hope this is of use and hope it works for you.
DOWNLOAD:
http://bit.ly/KrBLYe
Code:
DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS FOR THE HTC HERO ONLY
YOU ARE USING THIS TOOL AT YOUR OWN RISK AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY OCCUR FROM YOU MODIFYING YOUR PHONE.
v0.10
Initial release
Thanks for providing this. I find that bright white HTC screen rather annoying. It would be great to replace it with something far more muted.
By the way, have you ever replaced the boot animation screen that follows? I discovered UOT Kitchen, but I've been a bit leery to try it for fear of wrecking the bootloader and becoming stuck.. I'm on CM 7.2 with TWRP and the last CM ROM supported on UOT is 7.1. Plus, it only mentions being compatible with CWM 3. The boot animation doesn't require modifying any APK files, so that's one thing that is less concerning. But... you never know, until you hear about someone having tried it successfully.
Incidentally, I'm finding CM7.2 with TWRP to be a terrific combination. The phone is quite a lot better than it was. I missed having HTC Sense, but Fancy Widgets provides a nearly identical clock/weather widget so the home screen looks good. And of course functionally, you're so much more liberated with CM7. I wish I'd done this over a year ago!
cytherian said:
Thanks for providing this. I find that bright white HTC screen rather annoying. It would be great to replace it with something far more muted.
By the way, have you ever replaced the boot animation screen that follows? I discovered UOT Kitchen, but I've been a bit leery to try it for fear of wrecking the bootloader and becoming stuck.. I'm on CM 7.2 with TWRP and the last CM ROM supported on UOT is 7.1. Plus, it only mentions being compatible with CWM 3. The boot animation doesn't require modifying any APK files, so that's one thing that is less concerning. But... you never know, until you hear about someone having tried it successfully.
Incidentally, I'm finding CM7.2 with TWRP to be a terrific combination. The phone is quite a lot better than it was. I missed having HTC Sense, but Fancy Widgets provides a nearly identical clock/weather widget so the home screen looks good. And of course functionally, you're so much more liberated with CM7. I wish I'd done this over a year ago!
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UOT Kitchen won't "wreck your bootloader."
The boot animation is just a zip file in /system/media. It will either work or not. It won't stop anything.
Everybody has used UOT, you're just a litttttle bit late to the game.
Any questions just ask
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What he said.
Thanks for the help, guys. Btw ajrty, I saw one of your more recent themes from earlier this year... looks really nice and dimensional. Did you create those icons or find them on-line?
Yeah, I do realize that I'm very late to the party... I missed a lot of the excitement with new ROMs and the tension in the early stages of getting things to work right. But on the flipside, a lot of the work has already been done making it easy for those who show up later. I do have a few questions about UOT Kitchen, as there's not a lot of info provided on the website. I know a series of GIF files wouldn't cause any harm, but I just worried that the other files that direct their usage might not be compatible. It's good to know this isn't the case. In retrospect, it makes sense that Android would be more robust and simply skip any incompatible scripting like that and proceed to normal boot.
Can you use UOT kitchen to generate font updates and various indicator replacements on the Hero with CM 7.2? Do you have to select "Amend scripting" versus "Edify scripting"? Concerning Cyanbread.apk and Androidian.apk, which one is preferable or required to upload so that the theme update works on the Hero? Lastly, is there a particular thread you recommend reading that provides a lot of useful tips and examples on using UOT Kitchen for the Hero?
Switched over to dev-host so should be easier to download for people. Guess Mediafire was requiring people to register to download the files and I know how that can be a pain sometimes just to DL a file.
Updated the download link if anyone want this still.
I'm a huge star wars fan and found this awesome looking boot animation of an AT-AT walking.
If someone could port this over to the Nexus 5 that would be awesome and I would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7/themes-apps/bootanimation-walking-t2979498
Thank you! Flashing these when I get home!
Be aware.
I flashed file posted above and my Nexus hit boot loop.
The At-At animation just stopped at one specific moment and the phone restarted itself again.
Even reinstalling ROM didn't help - I had to do Factory Reset.
Latest TWRP installed, did everything by the book.
Maybe it's still my fault, no one can say.
Although, the animation is superb and thanks for porting it to N5!
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Be aware.
I flashed file posted above and my Nexus hit boot loop.
The At-At animation just stopped at one specific moment and the phone restarted itself again.
Even reinstalling ROM didn't help - I had to do Factory Reset.
Latest TWRP installed, did everything by the book.
Maybe it's still my fault, no one can say.
Although the animation is superb and thanks for porting it to N5!
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No, you did fine. Animations with more than 199 frames in a folder seem to cause headaches. The original frames are also 1080x1920, which is very bad on a Nexus 5.
I did the cropping, left it at 213 frames, and it locked-up in the worst way. It clobbered my system and the OS had to re-optimize all my apps. Damn!
Try these:
Big - http://www.mediafire.com/download/c...Walker-Big-bootanimation-Nexus5-flashable.zip
Small - http://www.mediafire.com/download/n...lker-Small-bootanimation-Nexus5-flashable.zip
I've chopped the frames to 1080x720 (Big, scaled-up) and 1080x480 (Small, as original). I've also reduced the number of frames from 213 to 106.
Let me know what you think.
You fixed it!
Now everything works flawlessly, thanks.
I like the smaller version more - the big one looks quite blurry (I know it's caused by resizing, but it's just more visible), though it's great to have a choice.
One more time: thank you very, very much.
omegatek said:
I'm a huge star wars fan and found this awesome looking boot animation of an AT-AT walking.
If someone could port this over to the Nexus 5 that would be awesome and I would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7/themes-apps/bootanimation-walking-t2979498
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notAlwaysHappy said:
You fixed it!
Now everything works flawlessly, thanks.
I like the smaller version more - the big one looks quite blurry (I know it's caused by resizing, but it's just more visible), though it's great to have a choice.
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I thought they both looked rather blurry and "worked".
Did some research and found a much cleaner and slightly larger version here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/themes/bootanimations-36-custom-bootanimations-t2999434
I've updated the links I provided earlier to the new format, with the following changes:
Big - scaled to 1080x768
Small - 1080x512, letter-boxed only with no scaling
Links:
Big - http://www.mediafire.com/download/c...Walker-Big-bootanimation-Nexus5-flashable.zip
Small - http://www.mediafire.com/download/n...lker-Small-bootanimation-Nexus5-flashable.zip
Let me know if there are any issues.
No issues at all.
You made me want to turn my phone off and on just to see this animation.
Remarkable.
I really appreciate it, thanks.