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[VIDEO] i897 Boot Screen Replacement Tutorial

All links pulled due to XDA Request after an XDA member complained I was only out for profits to a moderator on a few products I have. Due to the fact I link to a product or two and a few other things in many videos, I was asked to pull any content relating to this.
I will still be offering all this great material at my website. Just go to google and search for MobileTechVideos.

Added link to new boot screen page on my website. Check it out in the bottom of the original post!

A+ Thanks
Checked out your offerings, good job

This is awesome, nice and simple. Thank you!

Will this work with an i896 captivate? (canadian version)
cheers

b.lamps said:
Will this work with an i896 captivate? (canadian version)
cheers
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It should work no problems although I can't promise as I don't have a Roger's Captivate to test with. Worst case scenario is you would have issues and need to flash back to stock with ODIN.

Interesting. I was able to flash my picture of choice over, although it was a little too skinny (correct size needed?) and I managed a hat trick of having not only my pic, but also ATT's splash, and the Galaxy animation. I know as of right now you can't change the animation, but I was under the impression that the ATT splash would be overwritten, unless I'm missing something here.
EDIT: Whoops. Found out what I did wrong. But for those interested in fun facts, if you don't size it right, you'll still get the ATT splash. Herp Derp.

This should be put in the sticky thread!
Also, I'd like to add that I was able to make my boot screen 750X500 and it turned out quite nice. The aspect ratio is kept, so there's a bit more black space at the bottom, but I can live with that.

Guys I'm using cm7 on my captivate and I was asking if this method would work for me?
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Maltz said:
Guys I'm using cm7 on my captivate and I was asking if this method would work for me?
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No. different boot loaders.

That's bs they pulled the links. You're serioisly a God in the XDA community.
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studacris said:
No. different boot loaders.
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Ok thanks
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I noticed that when I use odin and the param.lfs file for my Captivate it doesn't remove the AT&T logo. Any idea why?

Because your seeing the AT&T kernel screen. You'll need to flash a different kernel without it if you don't want to see that.

So it is kernel-->boot logo--> boot animation. But if I follow the instruction in the post I get. custom image-->at&t img-->samsung animation.

yangkx said:
So it is kernel-->boot logo--> boot animation. But if I follow the instruction in the post I get. custom image-->at&t img-->samsung animation.
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No it's boot logo> kernel> boot animation. What you are seeing is correct.

the fun part is, hes not allowed to post his own videos, cuz it could potentially make HIMSELF money.
but i can!
it doesnt make ME money and i have no official affiliation with him.
so heres the links!
froyo / eclair
[files] http://download1073.mediafire.com/te..._i897_Boot.rar
For Gingerbread
[files] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/Fil...t959_i9000.zip

I know this is a bit old, but I only have 1 complaint about this method and want to see if anyone else has this problem.
Everything works fine, boot screen is changed, but it sort of ruins the volume up+power combo. Instead of a reboot, it takes you to another screen (some sort of error screen) and you'll have to do a battery pull or time it right so as soon as the screen turns black, you let go of everything and then just hold the power button to turn the phone on. Though this is a pretty minor issue, I prefer the vol up+power over a custom boot screen. I appreciate all of your work though Josh and I understand if the error is just a consiquence of the custom boot screen.

What do you mean some sort of error screen?
It shouldn't touch any sort of button combo, those are in the sbl.bin not the param.lfs which is where the the boot splash is.

studacris said:
No. different boot loaders.
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Cm7 doesnt touch the bootloaders, atleast not yet. If they do its phone specific
Sgs Cm7-Escapist kernel & Tkglitch 1.55GH

long time android user. new to Samsung.

Hey everyone
just switched from HTCs sprint evo to Verizon droid charge. Was wondering, what happened to gif animations? My evo did this flawlessly. I can't see how my phone can render movies, games, hack other computers, change the channel on the tv, etc. But can't animate a gif in the browser?
If anyone can tell me a tweak or a Rom that does this, im all ears.
Also, could someone manage to get a still of the boot animation to use as wallpaper?
Thanks in advance! .

Have you tried a different browser?

I'm using opera mobile and I can view gifs just fine.

Dolphin works fine.
Sent from my Droid Charge running GummyFroyo 1.9.1

It works on FireFox.
Bow chika wah wah Premium

different browser is your best bet for online .gifs, I use quickpic in place of the stock gallery and it has no trouble playing saved ones... as for the boot animation as a live wallpaper it hasn't been done yet, doesn't mean it can't be its just that its hard to take samsung's special .qmg file and make it into anything usable

Thanks for the replies. Firefox is working fine. Was hoping to get gif animations, user agent options, and flash all in the same browser. I guess i was spoiled with my EVO.

anoninja118 said:
different browser is your best bet for online .gifs, I use quickpic in place of the stock gallery and it has no trouble playing saved ones... as for the boot animation as a live wallpaper it hasn't been done yet, doesn't mean it can't be its just that its hard to take samsung's special .qmg file and make it into anything usable
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Thanks for the input on the boot animation. You mentioned the live wallpaper. How about just a still of it? Id probably be happy with someone taking a picture of it and photocopying it into something presentable.

ksquared said:
Thanks for the input on the boot animation. You mentioned the live wallpaper. How about just a still of it? Id probably be happy with someone taking a picture of it and photocopying it into something presentable.
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its still hard to do as it can't be screenshot (unless you mean taking a pic of the phone screen with another phone/camera which may work but won't be too high quality I think) and can't be made into any kind of usable .gif or video due to the retarded proprietary .qmg animation file... I bet a dev or someone with more android knowledge may be able to do something with it but no luck so far, even the mighty google has failed in turning up anything usable lol
let me take a stab at maybe getting a still shot of it

anoninja118 said:
its still hard to do as it can't be screenshot (unless you mean taking a pic of the phone screen with another phone/camera which may work but won't be too high quality I think) and can't be made into any kind of usable .gif or video due to the retarded proprietary .qmg animation file... I bet a dev or someone with more android knowledge may be able to do something with it but no luck so far, even the mighty google has failed in turning up anything usable lol
let me take a stab at maybe getting a still shot of it
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I doubt anything of decent quality can be made without a good camera that can get focus on something that small and detailed. But if you can ill buy you a beer

ksquared said:
I doubt anything of decent quality can be made without a good camera that can get focus on something that small and detailed. But if you can ill buy you a beer
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i researched further: .qmg files are proprietary to samsung and cannot be opened, edited, or played unless you work for samsung and have access to the source used to make the .qmg... this means our only options are to screenshot it to get either a picture or a video, but as I said it will not be too high quality
edit: no luck trying to get a picture with a camera, it just looks like crap... I can only think of two options, maybe finding a high quality video of it online and using that to make something or possibly connecting it to an HDTV and maybe getting a screen cap that way

anoninja118 said:
i researched further: .qmg files are proprietary to samsung and cannot be opened, edited, or played unless you work for samsung and have access to the source used to make the .qmg... this means our only options are to screenshot it to get either a picture or a video, but as I said it will not be too high quality
edit: no luck trying to get a picture with a camera, it just looks like crap... I can only think of two options, maybe finding a high quality video of it online and using that to make something or possibly connecting it to an HDTV and maybe getting a screen cap that way
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Thanks for looking into it for me. I will look into it when i get a hdmi cable to try it out. Great idea tho, putting it on a tv.
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ksquared said:
Thanks for looking into it for me. I will look into it when i get a hdmi cable to try it out. Great idea tho, putting it on a tv.
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Np.. Hope something works, I'd love that as a live wallpaper or hell even a pic for a background. It's been worked on and many people want it, so hopefully someone can do something
I was thinking too that since obviously the phone can run/play those kind of files, I wondered if there was a way to get it to play it while the phone's on to maybe get it that way
edit: also kinda sorta found it here in the VZ commercial for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3aLMTwB0c&feature=related
if anyone's good with video editing maybe you can grab it from there, about 23 seconds in

Will any of these work for you?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&..._gc.r_pw.&fp=d8fefd19fb9df38&biw=1366&bih=664

hazard209 said:
Will any of these work for you?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&..._gc.r_pw.&fp=d8fefd19fb9df38&biw=1366&bih=664
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No, this is that were after
http://stores.bestbuy.com/458/files/2011/05/DroidCharge1.jpg
This is the one that's in the Droid Charges boot animation. The only one besides the nexus I've seen people to do anything with.
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anoninja118 said:
Np.. Hope something works, I'd love that as a live wallpaper or hell even a pic for a background. It's been worked on and many people want it, so hopefully someone can do something
I was thinking too that since obviously the phone can run/play those kind of files, I wondered if there was a way to get it to play it while the phone's on to maybe get it that way
edit: also kinda sorta found it here in the VZ commercial for it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3aLMTwB0c&feature=related
if anyone's good with video editing maybe you can grab it from there, about 23 seconds in
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Was sad this wasnt stock anywhere. Ill look at this when i get home and see if i can do anything with it.
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Following hazard's lead, will any of these work?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&..._gc.r_pw.&fp=d8fefd19fb9df38&biw=1440&bih=749

landshark68 said:
Following hazard's lead, will any of these work?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&..._gc.r_pw.&fp=d8fefd19fb9df38&biw=1440&bih=749
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The second one on that page might work. A little on the small side. Ill see if i can shop it bigger and not have it be pixelated
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The one linked below worked pretty well as a wallpaper. The eye takes up most of the screen, but looks pretty good.
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Disregard where it is located on the link page, as it changed location when I clicked the link. This should be the link location for the actual image --> http://www.google.com/imgres?q=droi...&w=700&h=700&ei=ELRBTqj7EuWmsAKLqqizCQ&zoom=1

How about this?

New AT&T Atrix 2 User.

Hi! I just bought yesterday an Unlocked Atrix 2 from AT&T, it came with Android 2.3.6 (55.13.25.MB865,ATT.en.US) Pure stock, not rooted, brand new.. My question is.. What should i know about this device? Is it Getting an official OTA of ICS soon? I don't want to root it yet, i'd like to receive official ICS Update via OTA, then root and play with it. I'm in argentina, and sometime while surfing the web with 4G i lose network connection and reconnects itself after a few secs, someone has experienced that? The Screen is a little yellowish all over white colours, normal too or what? Thanks A2 Users!

Start here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9
Official ics will be here in a month or so. Hopefully sooner. The yellowish colors for the screen are normal for this phone.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you. If you don't mind, please read these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho... on basic rules and how to help the community
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...rs Guide !!! (NOOBS)[ALL IN 1 RESOURCE GUIDE]
Yes, ICS official should be right around the corner. In the meantime, I'd recommend you read through the threads in this forum, including the stickied threads. You'll learn a lot.
Also, if someone here helps you, be sure to click their "thanks" button!
Sent from my Atari Falcon030

maxiordoqui said:
Hi! I just bought yesterday an Unlocked Atrix 2 from AT&T, it came with Android 2.3.6 (55.13.25.MB865,ATT.en.US) Pure stock, not rooted, brand new.. My question is.. What should i know about this device? Is it Getting an official OTA of ICS soon? I don't want to root it yet, i'd like to receive official ICS Update via OTA, then root and play with it. I'm in argentina, and sometime while surfing the web with 4G i lose network connection and reconnects itself after a few secs, someone has experienced that? The Screen is a little yellowish all over white colours, normal too or what? Thanks A2 Users!
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Hi. And, welcome to the community..
It's a good device, but it has a locked bootloader which prevents us from installing truly custom roms or custom kernels. But, as you will notice, the guys around here can do some pretty cool stuff with what limited capabilities we've got. (The unlock you are referring to is the subsidy unlock for different carriers, I assume).
Yes, depending on your definition of soon, the official ICS is coming soon-ish (my guess is august for the at&t us builds). And simply rooting, should have no impact on receiving or installing the official ota update - it's the other stuff you do with root that screws up the install of the ota - but we have ways to fix up your system for the ota..
Never been to Argentina, but I have experienced bad data connections depending where I'm at.
The yellowish color is not normal. At least mine doesn't look yellow. And since yours came stock 2.3.6 (most come 2.3.5 out of the box), and it's sim is unlocked, so it may be refurbished or slightly used.. not sure what causes the yellow.. do you have a screen guard that discolors it?
Hope that helps. Good luck with everything.
Sent from my phone's mind

tmease1 said:
Start here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9
Official ics will be here in a month or so. Hopefully sooner. The yellowish colors for the screen are normal for this phone.
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium
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Is it normal? Did I just get used to it maybe?
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tmease1 said:
The yellowish colors for the screen are normal for this phone
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alteredlikeness said:
Is it normal? Did I just get used to it maybe?
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I've never noticed a "yellow" tint, but I do have some darkish blotches in the center of where my keyboard would appear that may be from mashing the screen too hard while angry texting crazy girls...
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Wow! So many replies in just Minutes.. Thanks a lot, i feel confortable asking here now. First of all its Sim Unlocked, you can use it with any carrier. About "Yellowish" tint all over, is hard to tell when it is noticeable, for example, when you surf in Google Play, while loads the screen of a selected app, you can see the background the yellowish tint is a bit noticeable, also in Wifi settings and others, but colors in photos and everything is perfectly normal.. Probably i'm a bit daltonic or paranoid. I'm happy to know that our phone will have ICS in August, i think the wait will worth, i saw Droid Razr running ICS and, OMG so smooth, so perfect..! The only i complain about is about the stock browser, wich provides a laggy experience -.- but overall performance is good! I like the build quality, its a very good looking phone, looks very professional and feels like a premium phone. Not like the cheap plastics Samsung GS2 i own, it feels like a toy compared to A2! I'm uploading photos of the phone right now.

maxiordoqui said:
Wow! So many replies in just Minutes.. Thanks a lot, i feel confortable asking here now. First of all its Sim Unlocked, you can use it with any carrier. About "Yellowish" tint all over, is hard to tell when it is noticeable, for example, when you surf in Google Play, while loads the screen of a selected app, you can see the background the yellowish tint is a bit noticeable, also in Wifi settings and others, but colors in photos and everything is perfectly normal.. Probably i'm a bit daltonic or paranoid. I'm happy to know that our phone will have ICS in August, i think the wait will worth, i saw Droid Razr running ICS and, OMG so smooth, so perfect..! The only i complain about is about the stock browser, wich provides a laggy experience -.- but overall performance is good! I like the build quality, its a very good looking phone, looks very professional and feels like a premium phone. Not like the cheap plastics Samsung GS2 i own, it feels like a toy compared to A2! I'm uploading photos of the phone right now.
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I agree, it feels like a good quality piece of hardware. Oh, and August was just my guess, the official word from Moto is Quarter 3, which goes until like late September I think.. so who actually knows..
As for browsers, yup, the stock GB browser is horrible in my opinion also.. I'm sticking with Boat Browser - keeps getting updates and getting better. Also, Firefox is available for GB, and for ICS, you can get Chrome (but it's still pretty bare bones - plus the stock ics browser uses chrome parts I believe..). Just try a few out, and you'll find a nice replacement browser...

Here are some pics of this Bad Boy:
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SUPERB SCREEN QUALITY!

alteredlikeness said:
Is it normal? Did I just get used to it maybe?
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You just got used to it. I noticed it when i first got my A2 as well.
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maxiordoqui said:
Here are some pics of this Bad Boy:
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What a coincidence, it looks just like mine…
Enjoy your new toy!
Sent from my Atari Falcon030

Apex_Strider said:
What a coincidence, it looks just like mine…
Enjoy your new toy!
Sent from my Atari Falcon030
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LOL, really? i thought mine was different Thanks, i'm glad to be here with people who knows how to improve our experience with android and Motorola.

tmease1 said:
You just got used to it. I noticed it when i first got my A2 as well.
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I noticed it instantly the first time i turned it on, i'm getting used to this anyways. It wasn't confortable at first.. Thought it could be a defect.

maxiordoqui said:
I noticed it instantly the first time i turned it on, i'm getting used to this anyways. It wasn't confortable at first.. Thought it could be a defect.
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First off.. WELCOME! The A2 is a great phone and I hope you're happy with it
We have plenty of great devs here that make amazing things happen for this phone.
ALSO if you really don't like the yellowish tint try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa&hl=en
Just raise the blue values to get rid of the tint

New ATRIX 2 user here to. Very much love xda been reading much of what members say to learn and enjoy new ATRIX 2! Root soon and be flashing good rom for this phone!!!
Sent from my MB865

[PSA] HTC "confirmed" ATT one x will get official bootloader unlock support.

[PSA] HTC "confirmed" ATT one x will get official bootloader unlock support.
I was frustrated with 2.20 OTA and not being able to unlock. I wrote HTC an email this is their response:
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He doesn't say ATT but instead says "ALL" HTC devices, Some people may say I already knew this but for me at least this is the first time it has been posted "officially" not just word of mouth this came from an HTC technical support employee. So with what he wrote I am thinking end of this month or early Septmember, with the end of September beginning of October being the very latest an unlockable RUU whould be available on the HTC dev website.
This is good news as long as they follow through with it but if not I don't think I can keep my one X since its on 2.20 and there is no unlock support or root for it at the moment!

I thought you unlocked yours
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

That's quite interesting considering the other things we've been told about the handset and HTC's disclaimer on the Dev site. I'll believe it when I see it but it's at least good to know that *someone* over there feels it's a possibility.
Thanks for sharing!

gunnyman said:
I thought you unlocked yours
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I did but lost it due to a root method was trying. Had to replace my supercid so phone would appear stock. Method failed now stuck on 2.20 no root, etc lol

I'm going to remain skeptical. HTC's track record has been pretty bad since the G2

eraste said:
I did but lost it due to a root method was trying. Had to replace my supercid so phone would appear stock. Method failed now stuck on 2.20 no root, etc lol
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Bummer

Wait, your name is really Eraste? And to think this whole time I just thought you didn't know how to spell "erased"
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

_MetalHead_ said:
Wait, your name is really Eraste? And to think this whole time I just thought you didn't know how to spell "erased"
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LMAO not the first time thats happened, learned to fight well in high school! :laugh:

The more times I read that email the more I think HTC thinks you're talking about source code. 90-120 days is the timeframe for source code.
Yet another case of them not understanding the question.
They don't release RUU's on HTC Dev this is the main "gotcha" in the email for me.

gunnyman said:
The more times I read that email the more I think HTC thinks you're talking about source code. 90-120 days is the timeframe for source code.
Yet another case of them not understanding the question.
They don't release RUU's on HTC Dev this is the main "gotcha" in the email for me.
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ahh but they did for the HTC incredible. When it finally was officially supported you had to download an RUU that would replace the Hboot to supported version.
Thats were the * indicates required hboot comes in at on the site

eraste said:
ahh but they did for the HTC incredible. When it finally was officially supported you had to download an RUU that would replace the Hboot to supported version.
Thats were the * indicates required hboot comes in at on the site
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Oh ok. then. Carry on

gunnyman said:
Oh ok. then. Carry on
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Maybe. But our hboots support it just fine. Our tokens are just blacklisted on htcdev.

beaups said:
Maybe. But our hboots support it just fine. Our tokens are just blacklisted on htcdev.
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I trust at&t about as far as I can throw a shot put without steroids.
I'm somewhat surprised a new root method hasn't been found yet. I know people are working hard on it, but coming from a captivate it surprises me. Is this a product of android being more secure or htc getting better at security?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

drummaniac83 said:
I trust at&t about as far as I can throw a shot put without steroids.
I'm somewhat surprised a new root method hasn't been found yet. I know people are working hard on it, but coming from a captivate it surprises me. Is this a product of android being more secure or htc getting better at security?
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1.85 took a good bit of time, even with very dedicated people working on it. As time goes on, HTC keeps tightening up security even more, so it's no surprise that it gets harder.

Maybe we need a think tank thread.
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gunnyman said:
Maybe we need a think tank thread.
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My only concern if they dont officially support it, All new att devices have already began shipping with 2.20 its only a matter of time before the pre owned ones are upgraded also, this means if someone gets it new or has to get a replacement the probability that it will come with 1.85 ( last rootable version) is getting slimmer and slimmer. Maybe a bounty and think tank would light some fires lol.

eraste said:
My only concern if they dont officially support it, All new att devices have already began shipping with 2.20 its only a matter of time before the pre owned ones are upgraded also, this means if someone gets it new or has to get a replacement the probability that it will come with 1.85 ( last rootable version) is getting slimmer and slimmer. Maybe a bounty and think tank would light some fires lol.
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It's been my opinion for a while now that without sanctioned boot loader unlock or s- off we're screwed. HTC has given us the iHox.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Time will tell. In the meantime 2.2 is smooth and stable for me. Although I miss the easter egg jelly bean boot animation eraste put out
Sent from my HTC One X

Screw em. If they don't ever release source/bootloader unlock/kernels, then screw em. This will be my last HTC device if they can't get their ducks in a row. Guess I'll have to move to Samsung *shudder*

XNine said:
Screw em. If they don't ever release source/bootloader unlock/kernels, then screw em. This will be my last HTC device if they can't get their ducks in a row. Guess I'll have to move to Samsung *shudder*
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I like the phone stock, honestly. Rooting this phone is only a matter of rebellion for me. Keep in mind thay the majority of people dont know what root even is. So the fact that they are doing what they are doing could just be out of spite or some under the table kind of agreement they have made with the carriers. HTC rooting and unlocking is stupid complicated despite one clicks compared to my old Nexus. I would love S-Off and some cool feautures and maybe some speed tweaks but if it doesnt happen then I got time to wait for the next big deal...not like they dont come out every six months.
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Brand new to the Galaxy Note 3

Hi all just a quick thread to say that im new to the Galaxy Note 3 N9005.
I bought it online yesterday only paid £320 for a brand new sim free in a sealed box so got a real bargain.
First impressions are wow, what a beast. So much power. So fast. So much battery life.
In the past i have ported apps for the Galaxy S3 I9300 ( previous device ) and once I have gotten used to this device I will start porting some more apps where possible and where needed.
So hopefully I will be seing you all around the forum.
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Welcome. I just got mine 2 weeks ago and paid more than that!
Where did you get it?
Is it the 16 or 32gb one?
It's the daddeh of phones. Make no mistake and I have already got over the feeling like a tit phase when making calls.
Cheers,
Joe

Wow that really is a good price. Nice one.
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joebongo said:
Welcome. I just got mine 2 weeks ago and paid more than that!
Where did you get it?
Is it the 16 or 32gb one?
It's the daddeh of phones. Make no mistake and I have already got over the feeling like a tit phase when making calls.
Cheers,
Joe
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I got it off gumtree plus was local aswell and its the 32GB so saved like £300 on it. Complete bargain.
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Nick Fury said:
I got it off gumtree plus was local aswell and its the 32GB so saved like £300 on it. Complete bargain.
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Nice price. I got one a smidge more from ebay. Problem is the buggers lie about having things in stock, so I'm waiting at least 10 days before they even post it.
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To get it that cheap, and local, nice. Didn't even think of checking out Gumtree over here (Australia). Looking now.. I probably should have. D: Damn, there's a N9000 going for $400 new. Or 16GB N9005 $465 new. Cry.

Green Pill Zone said:
Nice price. I got one a smidge more from ebay. Problem is the buggers lie about having things in stock, so I'm waiting at least 10 days before they even post it.
To get it that cheap, and local, nice. Didn't even think of checking out Gumtree over here (Australia). Looking now.. I probably should have. D: Damn, there's a N9000 going for $400 new. Or 16GB N9005 $465 new. Cry.
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At least you will remember next time
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Hey there Avenger!
I wrote a (long) guide on the Note 3 and Android in general on how to get the most out of it, I think it might be of some help to you !!
First things first, the Snapdragon version is much better (4G, faster processor, better battery life).
And the Black colour is better it has leathered-texture, the white still feels plasticky. Besides, white bezels on a black screen look horrid.
Secondly, we've got a really stable 4.3 base, its solid. The 4.4 is good too, but has a few bugs for heaps of people.
Because of that, 4.3 is actually better since stepping up to 4.4 gives you no advantages.
And if you upgrade to 4.4 you CANNOT downgrade back to 4.3, which means you miss out on Alliance ROM by sparky_b, its teh bestest.
Sticking with Samsung/TouchWizz base is better because you get proper drivers for the cameras, radios, and all the stability/endurance. No need to tweak it yourself.
Also you get some exclusive goodies like Samsung Store (freebies), Samsung Dive (Find my iPhone equivalent) and first-party apps like Phone, Contacts, Camera, S Pen which are vastly superior to AOSP ones. And stuff like Auto-launch Action/App when S Pen removed, Palm rejection when the S Pen is removed, Air command shortcut, Take a screen shot, Contextual Menu/Popups when pen hovers over, Alarm when S Pen left behind and finally MULTI-WINDOW function.
So here's what you should do:
1-r00t the device with CF-ROOT (easy) or use Root de la Vega to keep Knox counter on 0x0 (warranty purposes).
2-install a custom Recovery like TeamWin (easy) or use kn0x0ut (keep warranty)
3-backup your efs/system (just in case you might need it later)
4-flash VillainMOD or a Stock ROM (and de-bloat it, if need be).
Step 5: Add some powerful MODs!
Some helpful MODs like Volume Booster, SecMMS, Unlimited MultiWindow, Call Record are there to fix what Samsung broke.
Step 6: Xpose the potential with The Xposed Module
Installing the phenomenal Xposed framework, and these few handy modules are a must (XPrivacy, Adblock, Tinted Status Bar, XBlast Tools, GravityBox, Xposed Additions, etc etc)
Step 7: Contribute back to this community
Buy the dev's a beer, I mean a few bucks is nothing... but it goes a LONG way to motivate devs and help them keep going!
Also buy PRO versions of Apps from The Google Market especially;
SuperSU, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, 500px, Apex, Kii, SwitchR (I'm sure I missed a couple).
Step 8: Accessorize (my top picks)
- This awesome case
- This awesome screen protector
- This memory card
- This desk/bedroom cradle
- This car cradle
- This car fast-charger
- This Portable Miracast dongle
- This controller to use the Sixaxis App and play games with this mount/diy to place the phone over the controller
- Otherwise, this easier but less advanced solution, The MOGA pocket / PRO controller
Step 9: Gaming!
There's heaps of free and paid Android Games, I won't list any here.
But to get the most out of it you'll need to grab one of those controllers listed above and its associated SIXAXIS App / MOGA App (screen taps mapped to physical buttons on controllers).
These emulators which run fullspeed, with sound, no frameskip, and no problems:
PS One (FPSe)
Nintendo 64 (Mupen64)
Gameboy Advance (VGBA)
SNES (Super GNES)
Sega (iGensNoid)
These other emulators which (aren't finished/smooth) but might be useful:
PSP (PPSSPP)
DS Lite (DraStic)
Dreamcast (Reicast)
Windows 98/DOS (Winulator)
...whew that was a lot of typing and a lot of information, I deserve a Thanks : )

I will give you thanks for that.
And yes eventually i will be rooting and custom recovery ( already download ) plus already got a stock odin firmware.
Phone is fully upgraded to KK and i will be using on stock for a week to truley test this beauty.
Then i will root, custom kernel, maybe a few mods.
I will be keeping the rom as it is so no custom rom as dont want to loose any goodness.
Mine is of course the 4G varient.
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Nick Fury said:
I will give you thanks for that.
ping the rom as it is so no custom rom as dont want to loose any goodness.
Mine is of course the 4G varient.
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Hey bro, can u buy one for me?? For this cheap?
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NoteboyTech said:
Hey bro, can u buy one for me?? For this cheap?
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Haha at that price i think most people would want that.
But honestly check out Gumtree in your local area.
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Nick Fury said:
Haha at that price i think most people would want that.
But honestly check out Gumtree in your local area.
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Being in India sometime is worst, we don't have gumtree over here!.. congrats for your new device. waiting for your contribution to the forum hehe! all the best brother!

Had mine for a week and this is the 1 St phone in a long time I haven't rooted on the 1 St day and flashed custom firmware on. ..
I dare say I will at some point as I am normally a flashaholic but I'm really impressed so far just as it is...???
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Excellent post there Kangal, such a great summary all in one place.

Green Pill Zone said:
Excellent post there Kangal, such a great summary all in one place.
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No problem.
Heaps of potential in this miniature computer !

Green Pill Zone said:
Excellent post there Kangal, such a great summary all in one place.
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So true!
Kangal said:
No problem.
Heaps of potential in this miniature computer !
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You just make my second good day with that post mate. :good: I thought 4.3 rom was bad side on my N9005, guess I was wrong.
I got excellent deal on brand new N9005 sim unlocked and sealed and grab it. I held my friends note 2 and I was really impressed with it since I was thinking it would be too big in my hand so I'll have difficulties handling with it, guess what it was just the opposite, I love it!
My old i9000 did his job pretty well until replacement screen went bad.

Yay mine just arrived.
Turned it on.. the start up jingle got cut off. And then it just did that pulsating logo glow at me for... I don't know... ten minutes.
Since it felt like I was installing Windows on at PC I tried the PC solution; held down power for 10 seconds. That actually worked and it turned off. Turn on again, cut off jingle again, pulsating glow again.
Is this supposed to happen?
If I read the above the first thing I'd ask is "Is it a clone?"
But I'm as sure as can be from appearances that it isn't.

Green Pill Zone said:
Yay mine just arrived.
Turned it on.. the start up jingle got cut off. And then it just did that pulsating logo glow at me for... I don't know... ten minutes.
Since it felt like I was installing Windows on at PC I tried the PC solution; held down power for 10 seconds. That actually worked and it turned off. Turn on again, cut off jingle again, pulsating glow again.
Is this supposed to happen?
If I read the above the first thing I'd ask is "Is it a clone?"
But I'm as sure as can be from appearances that it isn't.
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Its not meant to happen.
First use, it should pause for 2 minutes then put you to Samsung's Setup Screen.
Sounds like your unit is either factory defective, used by someone and bricked (fixable?), a dummy unit, or a clone.
There's a thread here, check that and make sure its not a dummy or a clone.
After that contact the seller, and see if you could get a replacement since yours arrived defective.
And if that's not an option, and it is genuine... see if you can use Odin and flash something to it like root/CWM. It could just be that the boot loader is not compatible with the kernel/ROM... so flashing a different kernel/ROM might solve the issue. You can flash a different boot loader, but you really need to be careful with such things.

A factory reset and cache wipe appears to have fixed the problem.
Perhaps it's just because I threw the battery in and tried to use it straight away? Is it normal to expect no proper operation out of the box until it's charged? It was also getting hot in literally zero seconds while doing its pulsatey glowy business.
After the reset, it finally booted to whatever setting screen and promptly died (battery). So now it's charging.
But yeah. Had to factory reset a device fresh out of the box. What the. :|
My only guess is that it just didn't want to behave with the virgin battery and that somehow messed things up. The phone/package looks as legit as legit can be. Stylus tips, seal, branding, the whole shebang.

Green Pill Zone said:
A factory reset and cache wipe appears to have fixed the problem.
Perhaps it's just because I threw the battery in and tried to use it straight away? Is it normal to expect no proper operation out of the box until it's charged? It was also getting hot in literally zero seconds while doing its pulsatey glowy business.
After the reset, it finally booted to whatever setting screen and promptly died (battery). So now it's charging.
But yeah. Had to factory reset a device fresh out of the box. What the. :|
My only guess is that it just didn't want to behave with the virgin battery and that somehow messed things up. The phone/package looks as legit as legit can be. Stylus tips, seal, branding, the whole shebang.
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That's typical behaviour of a dead battery. But in your case I don't know what is the deal.
I didn't know you were able to do a factory reset (from recovery?). I thought you were just stuck in a bootloop.
Anyways, enjoy your new spouse ; )

Is there any chance you could root N9005XXUDMJ7 firmware without tripping knox counter?