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hi im new here.got an xda 2 and dont know where to start with it.or what it can do,and what apps i need.is it worth keeping or get an iphone.please help advise me on what i need
Hi my friend, do u mean XDA 2 (Alpine), or XDA Orbit 2 (Iolite)?
U can start reading and learning about your device:
XDA 2
XDA ORBIT 2
About the needs u have, only u know what you need or expectations you might have from your device.
Enjoy XDA.
omg......... iphone?????? dont you dare lol
as for apps and what it can do....... read the wiki, get used to ur device and what it can do using ur stock rom, dont change anything for 3 months... (if your a real noob)..... then if you want flash a cooked rom which will have more functionality, be quicker, more than likely more stable a lot of apps are free, esp on here
also goto sites like freewareppc etc as well as here (some duplicated of course)
Have fun
Okay, so I have been able to get a bootanimation.zip that i want. I placed it in /data/local... I reboot and it still shows the old swirling Samsung logo...But it does play my custom boot sound (awesome)... I haven't really seen any SGS4G specific threads...and the ones to other phones kind of run me in circles. Not looking for a hand out, just a heading...any idea? Something im PROBABLY missing...
Oh and i gave the bootanimation.zip god privileges...not sure if it matters
Running on 2.3.5 KI3 from Octiane V2.0 (awesome ROM BTW)
at the moment our gingerbread kernels do not support custom boot animations. I'm sure once we have a source to work with, will have full support.
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Well, that makes senses...thanks!
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OK first try with this app. I rooted my girls stock gingerbread droidx (if u need help rooting it stock gb droid x u can email me.)then u can download root toolbox and they have a section for boot animation, select one u like and install it. with this app u can even change splash screen and battery icon but for icon u will need pro version. u can just go to ipmart and download it for gree. anyways..... if this does not work u will have to do it manually which may seem scary but its quite simple. first get the bootanimation.zip u want and rename it(if u r with verizon) VZW_bootanimation.zip then download super explorer and then go to ur phones internal system /custom/reasourses and first want to go to that location and copy past the original bootanimation of phone and save to soundcard incase u want to change back to it in system/customize/reasourses and delete ,it will be names VZW_bootanimation.zip. now the custom animation can be added. go copy the custom animation go back to system/customize/reasourses and paste new animation a boom it will work I promise. note if for some reason when u restart phone and no animation is there dont worry nothing is broken the animation isn't allay compatible so just find another on and follow all the steps again minus saving the boot u had added u can just delete it.. now what I desperetly need help with is adding custom sound. I have tried many different thing with no results but negative. ive tried deleting the old sound file and renamwd new sound as old one and placed in system/customize/reasourses no sound , I even went into system/customize/cd/default.xml and changes the writing that tells the system when to play music to autostart="part0" /> no go ,="part1" /> no go. neither worked. I even unzipped the bootanimation.zip and renamed the folder VZW and changed back autostart="VZW" ect which was the original setting and no go. ive tried renaming file and placing it in system/media and pasteing no go, ive tried copying file and pasteing it in system/meadia/notification like some direction have said and no go. im at a lose of what to do. I have a thunderbolt running stock gb and want to customize the sound for bootanimation so if anyone can help please email me [email protected]. thanku and I await ur response
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Think you're in the wrong forum.
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no im not. first post was having trouble with custom bootanimation. I gave the stePS to get it to work
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masterblaster451 said:
no im not. first post was having trouble with custom bootanimation. I gave the stePS to get it to work
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Considering this is for the Samsung galaxy s 4g, you technically are in the wrong forum. Our phones use a qmg file for animations as far.as I know, so bootanimations.zip will not work, I've already tried the method you posted, without success.
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there's a few custom ones in the theme section. You just have to push all the files manually.
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then its quite simple just rename ur new bootanimation exactally as ur old one a boom there u go. its not that difficult and if that doesnt work try something simple and download romtoolbox and install if from therr. if it works on the droid x it should that one
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also u probably not only have to name it correctly u may have to try androidzip and change it to that kind of file type if not that do so on ur computer. were Theres a will Theres a way. also make sure ur permissions r correct
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Somairotevoli said:
there's a few custom ones in the theme section. You just have to push all the files manually.
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I will try that. If the qmg file is truly a zip file with its own custom file extension, then it should work, if its not, then it will display nothing. I'll back up just in case, but I was told by a developer on this phone (I believe raver), that it wasn't supported by the kernel.
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Let me know if that works, i'm out for a few days...I'll try when I get home. However, the second response to my post was that it's unsupported... But if there is a work around, that would be sweet.
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This is the one i'm using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16904862
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rabid panda said:
.but it does play my custom boot sound (awesome)...
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hey rabid panda how did u get your custom boot sound to work thats what i am trying to do with mine but it doesnt play.
it's pretty easy, just take the wave file that you want to use and move it to /etc. rename it poweron.wav and reboot...all Done
you might want to make sure the permissions are set...I just checked all of mine.
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hey rabid panda how did u get your custom boot sound to work thats what i am trying to do with mine but it doesnt play.
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Rename your wavfile to PowerOn.wav and push to system/etc
Make sure you name it exactly PowerOn.wav, matching the upper case P and O is necessary to make it work.
Edit:Got beat to the punch by a Rabid Panda lol
thats the problem im having i did that but no sound when i turn it off the shutoff sound works did i do something wrong
Sniper
try a smaller lower quality sound file... mine are no more than 16hz
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Ok our device is great without ram assistance the reason i decided to get this mod ported is I still have my 530mb Linux swap partition on my 64GB SD card from when I was using it on my GT-I9300 and I didn't really want to re-partition my SD-card so instead of wiping it off I might aswel use it as SWAP and hey if anything it will help our devices , it wont hurt it. And yes I know we have plenty of ram but ay if there is even the slightest chance it may help down the track why not ay? Ok so if you want to know about the MOD here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814311&highlight=swap
But do not download the MOD zip on that thread as it is not ported to our device: bellow is our version of the mod.
-=ATTENTION=-If you have installed my rom > [PANDORIAM] < or any other rom with Busybox and Init.D support then just skip to the second step
1st STEP - Note you will need Root access, A kernel with support, I am using >>> (Perseus) by Andreilux & Init.d support Look at my other thread if you do not have Init.D support it can be easily done. Also to have Init.D support you will need BusyBox I reccomend Stericson Busybox . Once downloaded and installed open it and Make sure you choose to install busybox files in >>>>>> system/xbin you will see an option for this when you open up the busybox app.
2nd STEP - You also need a partition to be used as swap. I used a mini-tool partition Home edition (Free) Now when you make your partition use the first partition section of your SD-card for your main partition that you always use, then leave some space at the end of the SD-card (I would say no more then 250mb and this is probably more then enough for our devices) to make your swap partition please note the partition type HAS to be -=Linux Swap=- now thats all done................................
Instructions are very simple. Go into Recovery Mode > Choose to install zip from sd-card > select the hard-swap zip file > reboot
If you want to uninstall do the same thing but flash the uninstall zip instead.
If you want more clear detailed description and also instructions about this mod then goto the main thread I pasted above. I tried to test this mod by opening every app i can think off and not closing them to try and see if the swap will be used, I managed to get almost 6.5mb of the swap in use LOOL you can see how good our memory is, as time goes on and your device does not get switched off, this amount will likely rise or go down depending on what you do for example after a day of hectic use it actually reached 30mb of swap used but after awhile this went back down (Because our phone is a machine!! ).... Oh well I guess my device is now even more future proof
Thanks to Yank555 for porting this for us this also Andreilux for his awesome kernel and whoever else I missed. Peace V
... and you need a kernel.
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... and you need a kernel.
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Oh Really? Well I am using yours so I guess why I didnt have any problems. I will Now update the OP
Thank you
I'm about to try. Thank you!
I am interested to see if this effects performance much. I suspect benchmark figures might increase but you wouldnt really expect to see any real world advantages? Wouldnt mind to hear other opinons.
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singlecell83 said:
I am interested to see if this effects performance much. I suspect benchmark figures might increase but you wouldnt really expect to see any real world advantages? Wouldnt mind to hear other opinons.
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I assume it would only take affect under heavy load and heavy multitasking... I dont think it would affect benchmark at all.
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I assume it would only take affect under heavy load and heavy multitasking... I dont think it would affect benchmark at all.
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Isnt that exactly what benchmarking simulates?
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singlecell83 said:
Isnt that exactly what benchmarking simulates?
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When I mean heavy Load I meant heavy Multitasking... I dont think benchmarking stimulates multitasking... I mean if I am wrong correct me.
thought benchmarking only loads up the CPU and GPU mostly
Not sure if this a coincedence
Well ay you might be right but i am not sure... As I just did a quadrant run and its the highest score i have got since I had this phone. But I think it is just a coencedence
What did you get beforehand? I only get 5543. Maybe we should have a benchmark post?
EDIT : Also why is your battety circle blue and not green? Do you have jellybean looking toggle buttons or the big green samsung ones?
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What did you get beforehand? I only get 5543. Maybe we should have a benchmark post?
EDIT : Also why is your battety circle blue and not green? Do you have jellybean looking toggle buttons or the big green samsung ones?
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I have the the Mod installed that has 15 toggles (Blue design), I also have installed the Extended power menu mod. My previous score is around 7000 But I am overclocked to 1.7ghz with Perseus Kernel and i am not sure if this makes a difference but I am deodexed/zipaligned and I have removed all bloatware.
Ah of course I forgot yoh had the oc happening. I should give it a run and see how it goes. I have XXLI9 with no bloatware. Cant seem to get extended power menu to work though.
Which oc app do you use?
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singlecell83 said:
Ah of course I forgot yoh had the oc happening. I should give it a run and see how it goes. I have XXLI9 with no bloatware. Cant seem to get extended power menu to work though.
Which oc app do you use?
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I am using Rom Toolbox Pro, As it has app manager similar to titanium backup... It has Terminal Emulator it has OC tool. even has a Root explorer I love that app they are all great apps intergrated together in one
I don't get it... we have 2GB of ram on a mobile phone, what are you doing that requires a swap file on top of that may I ask?
though, if it's just because you can, then very well haha!
tbh on a mobile device I firmly believe the main use of a swap file is to wear your SDcard down faster.
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I don't get it... we have 2GB of ram on a mobile phone, what are you doing that requires a swap file on top of that may I ask?
though, if it's just because you can, then very well haha!
tbh on a mobile device I firmly believe the main use of a swap file is to wear your SDcard down faster.
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LOOL yeh it is mainly because I can hahah and because i didnt want to re-partition my SD-Card so instead of having 530mb wasted, I used it for swap, and i thought i may aswell share it. And yes if the swap is heavly used it may wear it down faster which is why i said create the small partition at the end of the sdcard so it wont affect the majority. And because we have 2gb it wont be used very often so should be fine that being said people on devices have been using hardswap for over a year without damaging anything. And thats with a device with less memory so its actually in use alot more then ours
Hi guys m new here nd m very happy to b a part of this form
I just want to knw basics of rooting like wat s a kernel,rom,mod,flash,stock,ics etc etc s ter any page in dis forum to knw abt all these if so Pls share it
And definitely my Thx are waiting for thm
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deiva said:
Hi guys m new here nd m very happy to b a part of this form
I just want to knw basics of rooting like wat s a kernel,rom,mod,flash,stock,ics etc etc s ter any page in dis forum to knw abt all these if so Pls share it
And definitely my Thx are waiting for thm
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So, i'm "new" too.
First thing, you did send your message from a Galaxy Ace so in assume that you want to play with it?
you can search for your device in the right top of the page, there you select your phone and go with the banana (Dutch xD "gaan met die banaan")
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1164
That's the board for your phone. There you can find threads about new roms, themes, apps, etc.
As i read it you woud like to have another ROM, now for every device there are steps to follow, i suggest you to take a look @ the board for your device and look what you would like to put on your Ace. in most cases the steps are all in the ROM's thread, and feel free to ask someone if you don't know what you are doing. Anything is better than making a brick.
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Michel
Hi Thx fr ur reply bt i actually successfully rooted my phone nd changed many os (guess i mean by "os" is rom r kernal) with out knowing details by just following instructions in various threads Thx to xda nd all developers for tat I taut atleast nw I could learn something nd see if I can possibly contribute back to xda forums
Just curious abt knw details
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Thx that really helped :thumbup:
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deiva said:
Hi Thx fr ur reply bt i actually successfully rooted my phone nd changed many os (guess i mean by "os" is rom r kernal) with out knowing details by just following instructions in various threads Thx to xda nd all developers for tat I taut atleast nw I could learn something nd see if I can possibly contribute back to xda forums
Just curious abt knw details
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Hi,
If you just 'flopped' on those rom's and kernels, you where very lucky not to have an extra stone in your house.
The best way to learn things is to make mistakes, i am not a Pro either messed up two phones, but you'll learn while doing that...
Always check your system settings like kernel, hardware-build etc. example: a Galaxy Nexus is not just 'a Galaxy Nexus' there are a lot of differences between them, even if they look totaly the same. So if you don(t know what u are doing just ask someone, it won't hurt you or that person.
I know some people over here can be hard to newbies (n00bs) that's just the way it is. Imagine you are asked one question 1000 times a day... you'd be the same...
Your OS is (normally) ALWAYS Android
Your kernel is your "chassis"
Your ROM is the "engine"
If there is something where i can help you with i'll be there
Hello,
I want to know the actual process that occurs while rooting ur phone!! Can any one plz answer??
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I will answer this out of pity. First off, do not post questions in the general forum. Thats why theres a q and a forum. Also, for questions like these SEARCH. Its lazy, because anyone could find out the answer.
Rooting is when you alter your status to superuser, allowing you to alter files in usually non alterable in normal phones. Such as deleting system apps, pushing apps to system, altering the file ( ini or something i forgot its actual name) in system to make it different, like dpi. Also, a custom recovery, themes, and roms could be installed. Basically, you can alter everything unlike a normal phone.
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