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[Q] Custom Boot Splash Screen

I was wondering how to make a custom boot splash picture like dfgas did. Ive looked and cannot find a way to make it

veteranmina said:
I was wondering how to make a custom boot splash picture like dfgas did. Ive looked and cannot find a way to make it
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Not sure how to do it but I read that it's not easy and you can brick your phone if you do it wrong. And not soft brick either. Like paperweight brick.

Are we talking about replacing the boot animation or the samsung logo when it first starts up. I am thinking the samsung logo but this talk about hard brick kinda makes me want to make sure
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akellar said:
Not sure how to do it but I read that it's not easy and you can brick your phone if you do it wrong. And not soft brick either. Like paperweight brick.
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Oh, well thats not a good thing. Well I have edited the splash screen once by accident and it made it into a paperweight. Somehow i was able to unbrick by constantly trying to go into download mode and using odin to flash back to stock 2.1. But if its a really risky thing i'll take very very extra caution to this one. I just wanted to know how to do it

scarmon25 said:
Are we talking about replacing the boot animation or the samsung logo when it first starts up. I am thinking the samsung logo but this talk about hard brick kinda makes me want to make sure
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We are talking about the samsung logo

Ok thanks. Just wanted to make sure.
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Check the fascinate forums there is a thread on how to do this. there is a brick chance but its totally possible. I was gonna try to take the black google screen that you get when shutting down phone on com rom. If I get a chance to do it this week ill post how it went.
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Here you go check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956349
doesnt look super easy but not impossible let us know if you try it!
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Yeah you try that **** first. Knock yourself out.

add144 said:
Yeah you try that **** first. Knock yourself out.
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Just tried it (still conscious too ) it took me about 15min including downloading and installing heimdall and drivers, finding my logo, flashing phone and doing terminal commands. I used terminal emulator rather than adb. Just follow instructions and its actually really easy. Make sure follow directions to install heimdall so you get the right drivers. Ill get some video of it and post it when I get a chance later
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[Q] Bricked Triumph

Help! I ran gingerbreak on my phone. Upon installing it reset my phone and now it wont go past the Motorola "M" logo when booting... It will just keep on turning on and off... tried hooking it to my computer but I just get the connect/disconnect noise from windows repeatedly. I didnt even have a chance to create a back up file...
any suggestions or do I need to claim my phone was stolen and collect on my insurance? lol...

Install ClockworkMod on your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282951
Install b_randon14's stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242761
Hopefully that'll bring your phone back to working condition. That and (shameless plug) my ROM comes pre-rooted too...

Thank you for the file. I gave it a try and im stuck in a boot loop... any other suggestions?

whitesneaka said:
Thank you for the file. I gave it a try and im stuck in a boot loop... any other suggestions?
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Try this ROM instead. It's bigger because it's more stock. Try the deodexed version first; if that doesn't work, go odex.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260816
The one thing I've always been able to do (with, well, the 4.x version of Clockwork) was to go back to this total complete original backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218162

It seems to have worked in terms of booting! Now it is operating very slowly at the moment though...

The first boot is always the slowest. Give it another restart for all the files to cement themselves in place.

I'm thinking you forgot to put debugging on. Because when I did it. Worked like a charm
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Neptik said:
I'm thinking you forgot to put debugging on. Because when I did it. Worked like a charm
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Yeah, that too.... following the instructions as Gingerbreak starts is kinda required.

[Q] Help! Messed Up! Need to reset!

So I'm a noob to all this rooting biz, but had done tons of jailbreaks so thought this would be similar. It's not!
I rooted my phone (Samsung Infuse) and was going to flash MIUI on it. It wouldn't work, so I gave up and went to the 'Download Roms' or whatever section in Clockworkmod and thought all of those would work for my phone.. So I tried downloaded Darky rom, and once it downloaded and flashed, the phone is now stuck on
'Galaxy S'
GT-19000
Samsung
When I take the battery out and go to do a reboot or hard reset, it shows the reg samsung logo for a second then glitches to that galaxy s **** and it doesn't work. I can't even get it into recovery mode!
I have a Mac and I don't know what to do. Please help me asap. I just got this phone 3 days ago. And if I can't fix this myself, will my insurance/30-day return still be valid or will this **** up my warrantee?

use this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

Is it Mac compatible?

itsjaylin said:
Is it Mac compatible?
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I believe so. It's what everybody uses when they mess something up. I'm in windows. But a lot of here use mac too. Just try it out. Follow the directions closely, and you'll get you phone back to stock.
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Next time read before you flash anything lol
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Well i'm borrowing my aunts pc real quick to try this.. Have you ever heard of it workin for this particular case?

Also, I don't have the 3 button method on my phone. So how am I supposed to put the phone in download mode?

Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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jayson94538 said:
Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days

itsjaylin said:
Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days
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It WILL work if you do it right. And no because rooting your device or flashing roms voids your warranty.
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Well then I sure hope this works..

It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?

itsjaylin said:
It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?
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I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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jayson94538 said:
I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..

itsjaylin said:
Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..
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Did you get it to work?
And sorry for the typo above, I meant to say that the only roms you can flash through rom manager is gtg's infused roms.
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Yes I got it
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Its because darkys rom is for i9000 and that is i9000 boot screen your looking at...do not try to flash anything for infuse off of rom manager...use infuse development thread.....you should be able to hold vol u vol down(at the same time) and power for about ten seconds and that will put you back into recovery....then if you are in green cwm go to mounts and storage...mount usb drive....and you can download a rom from our thread and put it on your sd card without having to reboot....wipe everything and flash rom that you downloaded...if you have red cwm...go to apply update zip..choose it...and flash it...now u have green recovery...hope that helped..
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Verizon SGS3 Stuck at boot screen

I basically was putting it back to stock.vzw_root66.tar from CM10 Jelly Bean ( this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788443 )
I used odin, flashed, starting to be stuck booting..
Freaked out.
then tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
both factory and Kernal
Section 2: How to get back to Stock from any rom
did some more googleing.. came across
http://www.creadevandroid.com/resto...ettings-unbrick-unroot-verizon-cdma/#comments
still stuck..
I can get into odin mode.... but it just stays there on the stupid Verizon LTE bootlogo.. I hate it..
Any help would be awesome.. i reaching here..

I would just pull the battery, boot into download mode and use odin to try to get back to root stock again. Here is a video guide if you need it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTdkvsRpgw

Yea, I tried using HOME_I535VRALF2_I535VZWALF2_618049_REV09_user_low_ship
from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Section 2
Thanks for the reply

I can even get into factory recovery..
not sure why its not finishing the boot...
IT WORK
OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
thanks for just making this forum so i can vent my life... I love all of you

vega_04 said:
I can even get into factory recovery..
not sure why its not finishing the boot...
IT WORK
OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
thanks for just making this forum so i can vent my life... I love all of you
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Remember everyone.. ALWAYS RESET YOUR DATA.. man im dumb..
I hope this thread helps someone some day..

vega_04 said:
Remember everyone.. ALWAYS RESET YOUR DATA.. man im dumb..
I hope this thread helps someone some day..
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I am stuck at the 4G LTE screen myself. Tried to root, now I'm stuck. I cant power down, and I assume it will run out of battery soon. HELP please...I just want to go back to stock rom

kuiuiui said:
I am stuck at the 4G LTE screen myself. Tried to root, now I'm stuck. I cant power down, and I assume it will run out of battery soon. HELP please...I just want to go back to stock rom
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Pull your battery, boot into Odin mode, and try again. Make sure you have the correct options checked in Odin.

kuiuiui said:
I am stuck at the 4G LTE screen myself. Tried to root, now I'm stuck. I cant power down, and I assume it will run out of battery soon. HELP please...I just want to go back to stock rom
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pull the battery to powerdown, then use Odin to flash stock rom. Link is couple threads above. Very simple.

vega_04 said:
Remember everyone.. ALWAYS RESET YOUR DATA.. man im dumb..
I hope this thread helps someone some day..
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So i have a Noob question. I am trying to load CM10 and i am hanging on the load screen. i read something that I should reset my data. Will resetting my data delete the backup of my stock rom on the internal SDCard?

EFighter said:
So i have a Noob question. I am trying to load CM10 and i am hanging on the load screen. i read something that I should reset my data. Will resetting my data delete the backup of my stock rom on the internal SDCard?
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No it will not delete your backup
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vega_04 said:
Remember everyone.. ALWAYS RESET YOUR DATA.. man im dumb..
I hope this thread helps someone some day..
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kintwofan said:
No it will not delete your backup
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i hit your THANKS button
So now im just curious. what does that actually delete?

EFighter said:
i hit your THANKS button
So now im just curious. what does that actually delete?
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Your apps, system settings, etc.
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kintwofan said:
Your apps, system settings, etc.
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Thanks
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vega_04 said:
Remember everyone.. ALWAYS RESET YOUR DATA.. man im dumb..
I hope this thread helps someone some day..
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My Verizon Galaxy S3 had been stuck at the Verizon boot screen. Booted into recovery mode, reset the data, restarted, and, after about 10 seconds of hanging it went ahead and booted. Thanks!

I should follow up.
I did the same finally. reset my data despite my fear. My SD card data was left unharmed so i was able to use the rom on there to load and it worked like a charm.
Again my apps were removed and system settings were all gone but that is what it takes to load the ROM.

On a separate note i went from ICS to CM 10.0, i am running the Apex Launcher and i cant express how much i like it better than the stock ROM. there are a few things that hang and crash but for the most part it is worth the improvements.

Factory Reset gone wrong!

Hello guys. I have been using ADW Launcher for a long time. After I rooted my Android, I uninstalled the stock launcher cause I thought it was useless... I have been trying to find a way to install a custom ROM on my Android, and found a site where it said before I start, I should do a Factory Reset. I forgot that the FR would delete my ADW Launcher, I did it.
Now, whenever I boot my phone, I am stuck on a black screen instead of my ADW Launcher!
I can't buy a new phone at the moment, so I desperately need your help! I know it was stupid, but please, dont' judge... ;u ;
This is the phone I have: sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperia-mini-pro/
Please help.

Go to google play on your computer and remote install adw to your phone from there
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gagdude said:
Go to google play on your computer and remote install adw to your phone from there
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I factory reset my phone... I don't have access to WiFi.

AchillesAOT said:
I factory reset my phone... I don't have access to WiFi.
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Insert your SIM and use data. If you don't have a SIM with 3G or 4G borrow a friends just for a small launcher download, or buy one with a pay as you use plan and only download a small launcher like FTL. From there you can remove the SIM and use FTL to navigate to the Play Store and download adw
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Alright. Give my a second!

gagdude said:
Insert your SIM and use data. If you don't have a SIM with 3G or 4G borrow a friends just for a small launcher download, or buy one with a pay as you use plan and only download a small launcher like FTL. From there you can remove the SIM and use FTL to navigate to the Play Store and download adw
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Ugh... it's not working! I am doing everything you said, but nothing is downloading... it says it will on the web, but nothing is happening on my phone! And to make things worse, now it's stuck on the ROGERS screen...

EDIT: boot back into recovery.
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Flash Rom
Reboot
Problem solved.
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DizDroid said:
EDIT: boot back into recovery.
Factory reset
Wipe cache
Flash Rom
Reboot
Problem solved.
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How do I boot into recovery in a Xperia Mini Pro?

AchillesAOT said:
How do I boot into recovery in a Xperia Mini Pro?
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Do you have the ROM you wanted to install loaded on to your SD card? What custom recovery are you running? For future reference when a developer recommends that you do a factory reset they are implying with in recovery, not from the settings menu.
I don't have your device but I would try Volume Down+Power button at the same time. Pull your battery first.

DizDroid said:
Do you have the ROM you wanted to install loaded on to your SD card? What custom recovery are you running? For future reference when a developer recommends that you do a factory reset they are implying with in recovery, not from the settings menu.
I don't have your device but I would try Volume Down+Power button at the same time. Pull your battery first.
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I have xRecovery Mini for Xperia Mini Pro, but for some reason, when I follow their steps to boot into recovery, nothing is happening... it's getting on my nerves! Thing is, I did everything they asked. It just doesn't work. I click Back endlessly when the Sony Ericsson logo appears, but nothing happens. It just acts as if I am not doing anything.
And yes, I do have the custom ROM on my SD card.

AchillesAOT said:
I have xRecovery Mini for Xperia Mini Pro, but for some reason, when I follow their steps to boot into recovery, nothing is happening... it's getting on my nerves! Thing is, I did everything they asked. It just doesn't work. I click Back endlessly when the Sony Ericsson logo appears, but nothing happens. It just acts as if I am not doing anything.
And yes, I do have the custom ROM on my SD card.
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Do you have ADB working on your computer? You could always try that way. I'm not familiar with Sony devices, so the extent of my knowledge is slim. If all else fails use ADB.

DizDroid said:
Do you have ADB working on your computer? You could always try that way. I'm not familiar with Sony devices, so the extent of my knowledge is slim. If all else fails use ADB.
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May I ask, what's ADB? I am on a Mac.

AchillesAOT said:
May I ask, what's ADB? I am on a Mac.
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Android Debug Bridge.
So you have pulled battery and when you see White Sony Ericsson logo you press back button a few times and nothing happens?

DizDroid said:
Android Debug Bridge.
So you have pulled battery and when you see White Sony Ericsson logo you press back button a few times and nothing happens?
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Precise.

Sounds like your recovery may be bad. Were you ever successful in getting into recovery?
At this point get ADB set up and try pushing recovery again.
If that doesnt work you will need to some how get phone into download mode and flash a stock restore then reroot and try again.
Sorry can't be much help as I don't have the device and have never owned Sony. Not well here and Nyquil kicking in. Good luck.
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DizDroid said:
Sounds like your recovery may be bad. Were you ever successful in getting into recovery?
At this point get ADB set up and try pushing recovery again.
If that doesnt work you will need to some how get phone into download mode and flash a stock restore then reroot and try again.
Sorry can't be much help as I don't have the device and have never owned Sony. Not well here and Nyquil kicking in. Good luck.
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Is there a way to get ADB on a Mac?

AchillesAOT said:
Is there a way to get ADB on a Mac?
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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
This video is dated, but I'm sure Google will be your friend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMcMVDUbpis
EDIT: Just noticed this is an general Android Q&A. You might have better luck posting a help thread in the Xperia Mini section of XDA if you haven't already.
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It's okay. You're doing a great job. I am downloading he adb at the moment. After I install it, what do I do?

AchillesAOT said:
It's okay. You're doing a great job. I am downloading he adb at the moment. After I install it, what do I do?
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Yeah, I am really confused. I have this http://i.imgur.com/fJUi9.png
and I don't know what to do now!

AchillesAOT said:
Yeah, I am really confused. I have this http://i.imgur.com/fJUi9.png
and I don't know what to do now!
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I'm not sure how to set up on a Mac exactly.
It seems like from what I've dug into getting into recovery is a PITA. If you are 100% sure you are rooted and have xRecovery installed I'd try rebooting into recovery again and again, I just watched a video where the user had to try three times just to get into xrecovery. Button smash the heck out of the back button. It seems like it can't be done enough,
Was your factory reset successful at all, I.E. did you see any on screen prompts of it trying to wipe anything?
You will need to have installed the correct drivers on your Mac for it to recognize your phone, and ADB setup correctly. Check the XDA forums for your device for more guidance on that. You should be able to find your stock images there if all else fails to restore the phone completely.