This is so stupid difficult & I'm not sure why. I'm only mildly tech savvy. I can read & write, know how to plug things in, change a battery in a car, or phone alike. My point is I'm not special. I thought this stuff was supposed to be wicked easy. Let me begin my trouble from the android app, S Boot Animations. When open w/ root it's basically a short cut for the Samsung boot, bootloop, & shutdown so one does not have to use a root explorer and remove & replace the files manually. There's also a link called 'Download Animations' that takes us to a site that hasn't been updated since 2014 as I see it. The address is: http://www.note2forum.com/forum/galaxy-note-3-development/4505-tool-change-boot-animation-your-galaxy-note-3-all-carriers.html
It contains uploaded bootanimation's for Android. They're pretty cool. There's one on page 5 that I particularly like. Maybe I have a dark mind, but I think it's the best hands down, not just in theme, but in artistic merit. The animation is called 'Android Propaganda' it was supposedly created by SimsDelt & uploaded by, or at least archived by ScottyBeGood in Photobucket. That's the site linked to the GIF if you click on it. The zip for it's corrupted. It contains nothing. I tried searching for it on other sites & it exists in exactly the same way on all sites including xda. I downloaded something else that works, but alas I'm obsessive and not easily satiated.
I downloaded the GIF & renamed it the respective qmg (bootsamsung.qmg). It failed. The load screen for my Galaxy Note 4 remains & no animation occurs. I converted the GIF into MP4 & again renamed it in hopes it would be a valid qmg, but again it failed. I know it's not user error & there's a difference in the files, because when I open 'my qmg' file it will play as a video. If I open one of the downloaded qmg's that wasn't corrupted & installed correctly it just blinks, but doesn't open. But that's what it takes. That's how to know it's a true qmg & not simply named as one. I've looked for video to qmg, & MP4 to qmg & the closest thing I could find to applicable software is Any Video Converter (AVC). It had a small description in the search engine implying it uses qmg format, but it was the only one & it looked sketchy. They have soooo many formats to pick from, but nay, not one is qmg. The only other thing I can find on this is how to make your own bootanimation from scratch. It involves compiling single frame .png files in the correct frame for your phone & then blah, blah, blah with Samsung Theme Designer from a desktop. You can see it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189934 WTF?? Isn't that essentially what a video converter does? It seems so counterproductive to take a video in full that looks the way I want it to, that's already perfectly suited for my phone, & break it down to put it back together again. Which quite frankly I don't know how to do, nor do I really want to spend hours figuring it out. I'd much rather spat my woes to you wonderful people, because there HAS to be a better way. Really, should I even have to get off my phone to do this? I did everything up to the point where it said I need a desktop to use Samsung Theme Designer, from my Note 4. Then I started doing it & was like 'This just doesn't make sense.' What y'all think?
Hi there and welcome to Assist,
We do not respond for external sources but you may want to create your own bootanimation just like that using this tutorial:
[TUTORIAL] How to create and install android bootanimations from scratch
Or this one: [10.12.2013][TOOL]Boot Animation Factory-Create,Preview and Manage Boot Animations
If you don't want to create on your own, you may request here: Homemade Bootanimations Collection + How To Install/make + Enable/Disable
You'll have to create an account to post in the main forums if you have any other questions.
Good luck
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I'm looking for a gif of an iPhone being killed in some way, shape, or form to post as my startup image on my Touch Pro! I feel like I've exhausted all of my search options as I've searched google for hours and youtube as well in the hopes that I could just convert a video into gif form with no luck! Has anyone see one if so please post or PM ! All I'm looking for is the file as I already know how to change all of my startup settings! Thanks in Advance!
not a gif file but perhaps this'll get you a step closer to finding what you need:
http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone
basically, the iphone is placed inside a blender....that's right, a blender....the same one used to make a smoothie (personally i prefer mango flavored)....good video too!
it's in flash format but that can already be downloaded (same way you extract videos from utube...shhhhh hehe) once you extract the video, you can use a normal video editor to get the video you need....then convert to gif....
hard work i know =)
hope that helps
cheers
Hey all, this is my first post here, but I've figured out a way to get custom sounds on ANY ROM imaginable. It requires ROOT access, which if you need assistance acquiring root, all you have to do is search here on XDA for it. If it's able to be rooted, it's been done, and there's step-by-step instructions on how to do it.
ANYWAYS, to get custom sounds, i.e. lock, touch, unlock, charge, etc, you need to download a root file explorer. The one I'll be using for this tutorial is Root Browser Lite. It's free, and useful for doing what we need to do.
First of all, I will tell you that I am in NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM responsible if you screw up your phone by not following these instructions to the "T."
After you install Root Browser, you'll navigate to system, media, audio, ui, and browse around for the files you want to change. For me, I'm using the Clones|Drones V4 ROM, which is absolutely fantastic. Once you find the sound file you want to change, simply find a clip online, I recommend .WAV or .MP3 format, you rename it to the EXACT file name of your original sound file, including the extension. Make a backup of your existing sound file elsewhere, preferably on your computer. Upload the NEW sound file to your sdcard/usb storage, then eject from your computer.
Here's where it gets interesting. Open up your file browser, navigate to sdcard. At the bottom, you should see your new sound file! Long press on it, select COPY, press the HOME icon IN THE FILE BROWSER, NOT YOUR PHONE, then navigate your way back to system, media, audio, ui.
Once you're back into the ui folder, delete your original file by long pressing and selecting delete. You will need to grant y our file explorer root access to continue. Towards the bottom of your screen, you should see a button labelled Paste Here. You're going to press that, reboot your phone, and voila! Custom sound heaven!
ENJOY!
If I've helped you in any way, feel free to buy me a beer or hit the thanks button. I look forward to any new guides I can post on here, and am up for suggestions!
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Glad to see that your first post is a very constructive and although quite known already (I still think its great), very helpful and could allow new modders a taste of the rooting world.
Kudos to you!
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Hey, I do my best, and I'm wanting to eventually get into developing, but I'm taking baby steps first lol. Starting with minor tweaks is a good place to begin, IMO. Thanks for the compliment.
Sent from a long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away.
Anyone know of a simple way to stop the gallery from Showing all folders? I've got stuff on my SD card that I don't feel is appropriate for my young children to see (primarily "R" rated movies) & my 4 y/o daughter loves to "look @ pictures, daddy" when we're in the car.
Any way to keep the folder containing these files from being shown in the gallery? Can/should I uninstall the gallery app & use a substitute?
I heard a while back that you can I insert a text file like ".nomedia" but have no idea how to do that.
Any suggestions / ideas (that don't include "remove that crap" or "control your kids!" LÖL) are appreciated. If the suggestion is a .nomedia file or some such, detailed instructions would also be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
"You live & you learn. Or you don't live long..." - LL
An easy way to add the .nomedia file is to download the free version of Super Manager from the Play Store. (or paid if you decide you like it) Once you have it open it and go to the file manager. Open up the folder you want hidden so that you can see its contents. At the bottom of the app there is a bar with different buttons. One of them looks like the Windows Media Player icon with a check mark and an X on it and says media below it. Tapping that icon will add/remove a .nomedia file in the open folder.
May not be the most simplistic way but I always had trouble finding something that would let me create just a standard file type I could turn in to the .nomedia file. All most file manager apps let you create is a folder which wont work.
Thanks for the advice! Embarrassing as this is, I "cheated" & looked for an answer on Google @ the same time I posted the question.
Turns out the easiest way for me was to change the name of the folder from "Interesting" to ".Interesting"
Folder disappeared and is no longer assessable through the gallery.
Sorry for the wasted time but I appreciate the answer. Next time, I'll be a little less lazy & a little more aware of the power of the Goog....
LÖL
Thanks!
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I use an app called Vaulty (free version) or Stocks (paid version of Vaulty). It works well for hiding media from prying eyes. Entering anything other than the correct password on the program's opening page just performs a stock market lookup, so as far as anyone else is concerned, it's just another stock market app.
So how do you get it? The first step is to head over to this thread on the XDA Developers Forum. The top post includes a set of instructions and a download link for a zip archive containing three APK files that need to be installed in a particular order.
My Android 4.1 Galaxy Note II, with a KitKat launcher face-lift.
Now, advanced users who are already comfortable opening zip archives on their phone and managing files can do all of this downloading and installing directly on their Android phone. But in general, I recommend downloading the zip archive to your computer first, decompressing it, and placing the files somewhere you can access easily. To get them on your phone, email the each file individually (to limit the possibility of file size limitations) to an email account you can access from the phone. Alternately, you can send to Dropbox or Google Drive and then download them back down to your phone.
But before you proceed with installing them, make sure your phone is setup to work with files from sources other than Google. To do this, dive into your phone settings, select Security, and then with any luck you should see an option to accept files from "unknown sources." Make sure the box is checked and then back out to your home screen.
You'll also need to make sure you're comfortable with the worst case scenario: a factory reset. Members of the XDA Forum have reported mostly successful results using devices running Android 4.2 or later. Anything earlier is iffy. My Galaxy Note II running Android 4.1 was a rare exception, but even then, features such as Google Now voice commands did not work properly. This is a "use at your own risk" procedure, so make sure your photos, videos, data and settings are backed up before attempting this.
After installing the last of the APK files, you'll be walked through the introduction to the new KitKat launcher.
Once the files are accessible from your phone, via email or whatever method you chose, select the PreBuiltGMScore APK file first. You may be given a choice of how to install the APK. I went with the Package Installer, but other options may be just as viable. It may also warn you that you are replacing an existing file -- that's fine. Once installed, simply hit Done and move on to the next file, which in this case is the Velvet APK. Rinse and repeat, and finally move on to the GoogleHome APK file. At the end of installing that one, however, you'll want to hit Open instead of Done. Doing so will usher you into clean, slick world of the KitKat launcher.
As your first order of business, I suggest a tap and hold on the home screen, which will bring up options for changing the wallpaper, installing home screen widgets, and configuring your Google Now experience. If nothing else, choosing from the new wallpapers will help complete the KitKat transformation.
So basically what I am doing is fixing some of this application's code(and I assure that the developer of this app allowed free modification). Currently, this app shows pl_starthere.png for certain time, and apparently is stated as an bitmap file. But I wanted to put animated gif file instead of it.
So I changed the animated file's name into pl_starthere.gif, deleted the original png file, and fixed the file name in the smali file into that gif file. However, it showed me stationary image.
The point is, how can I make it animated? I could probably copy and paste the whole code onto this thread if necessary, but I thought this may be enough for code gurus at xda(and really hope it actually is).
Well, thanks for reading. I would really appreciate any kind of help.
I'm still new to Android myself but from my experience with Windows I know that the program being used to display the image has to be coded to be able to display animated images otherwise it treats them as static. Which means code would have to be added to the app for that.