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Spice Stellar MI 500

Hi, I have a spice stellar mi 500. i tried rooting the phone which worked fine and then I tried removing some of the system apps like Rail yatra,, facebook, dhingana. i was able to remove them and then i finally booted my device. Since then I am getting the error "unfortunately system UI has stopped working" I am not able to open apps or receive calls. the system hangs. not even able to unroot the phone now as any apps will hang. even the control bar does not slide from the top. I am screwed. I have tried factory reset several times. in all different ways like from with system recovery or android settings. but i guess i am out of luck. can someone help me. :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

depanakar said:
Hi, I have a spice stellar mi 500. i tried rooting the phone which worked fine and then I tried removing some of the system apps like Rail yatra,, facebook, dhingana. i was able to remove them and then i finally booted my device. Since then I am getting the error "unfortunately system UI has stopped working" I am not able to open apps or receive calls. the system hangs. not even able to unroot the phone now as any apps will hang. even the control bar does not slide from the top. I am screwed. I have tried factory reset several times. in all different ways like from with system recovery or android settings. but i guess i am out of luck. can someone help me. :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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You have most probably messed the systemUI.apk which is located in /system/app or files associated with it. Did you remove any other apk's in which you weren't sure what it does?
In this case, Factory reset won't work because it just wipes user data and /system partition remains in tact. The nearest possible thing to do is to flash a stock ROM if exists or copy the deleted apk's borrowing from some one else's phone and place those apk's in /system/app partition setting the correct permission.

I remember exactly what I deleted. I I uninstalled Dhingana.com, Facebook and Rail yatra. I cannot start third party apps though I can install them. So I am not sure how to place the systemUI.apk in the directory /system/app. Can it be done through inbuilt file manager?

depankar said:
I remember exactly what I deleted. I I uninstalled Dhingana.com, Facebook and Rail yatra. I cannot start third party apps though I can install them. So I am not sure how to place the systemUI.apk in the directory /system/app. Can it be done through inbuilt file manager?
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Nope, I guess not possible through default file manager. You have to use ES File Explorer File Manager or Root Explorer to place it in /system/app and change its permissions to rw-r-r.

coolsandie said:
Nope, I guess not possible through default file manager. You have to use ES File Explorer File Manager or Root Explorer to place it in /system/app and change its permissions to rw-r-r.
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it get an error when i try yo copy the file to \system\app\. the error is copy failed. i am doing this with supersu previelege using esexplorer

coolsandie said:
Nope, I guess not possible through default file manager. You have to use ES File Explorer File Manager or Root Explorer to place it in /system/app and change its permissions to rw-r-r.
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I tried replacing systemUI.apk to \system\app folder using esexplorer but i got error. error: copy failed.
is there a possibility I can get hold of a stock rom and flash it using update from SD card. the default android update manager?

depankar said:
I tried replacing systemUI.apk to \system\app folder using esexplorer but i got error. error: copy failed.
is there a possibility I can get hold of a stock rom and flash it using update from SD card. the default android update manager?
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Make sure you've mounted the /system partition as R/W before attempting to Copy or setting permissions.

coolsandie said:
Make sure you've mounted the /system partition as R/W before attempting to Copy or setting permissions.
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now how do i do that ? sorry for my questions.

[Q] Boot Animation doesn't change (with ES or TWRP)

Hi. I tried changing the boot up (and down) animation on my One S (S3). And it just doesn't seem to work. I don't get how. Here's all the things I did:
1. Copied the zip file to my phone, through USB. Renamed it to hTC_bootup_one.zip (as mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637870). Then moved it to /system/customize/resource using ES file manager.
2. Copied it to my phone. Booted into TWRP recovery. Moved the file from there.
3. Tried replacing the bootanimation.zip and hTC_downanimation.zp with the same zip file.
All three times, it moved the file just fine. ES asked me everytime if I wanted to replace the original file. And after I replaced it, I went into the zip file with the archive viewer, and checked the files, and they were the right ones.
But every time I shut down and restart, I still get the original animation. What am I doing wrong? Is it the wrong location? Please, please help!
I'm running TrickDroid v5.0.0. Could this be the issue?
Finally, this is the file I'm trying to use: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732732

Did you set the permission correctly?

Goatshocker said:
Did you set the permission correctly?
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Sorry, but what exactly do you mean? Permission for the zip file? Or permission to write onto the system folders? I've got the latter covered. I do have permission to write in the root folders. But if you're talking about permission for the zip file itself, I'm not sure how to do that!

Im talking about the step "- Set permissions to rw-r--r--"
Its done through a terminal or adb shell witrh the command 'chmod'. Im not sure what number rw-r--r-- translated to though, maybe 766 or something.

Goatshocker said:
Im talking about the step "- Set permissions to rw-r--r--"
Its done through a terminal or adb shell witrh the command 'chmod'. Im not sure what number rw-r--r-- translated to though, maybe 766 or something.
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I just checked that. And yep, it's set to the correct permissions. rw-r-r. The odd thing is though, the original boot animations aren't even there anymore. Since I replaced them with the new one. So how it it even showing me the original one still? Am I doing this in the right location for the One S (S3)? /system/customize/resource?

No idea where its located actually... Try a search for the file and see if it pops up elsewhere (ES Fileexplorer can search, other explorers can probably too)

Goatshocker said:
No idea where its located actually... Try a search for the file and see if it pops up elsewhere (ES Fileexplorer can search, other explorers can probably too)
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Right so I gave up, relocked, reflashed stock recovery, got the official JB update, unlocked, flashed TWRP, and viola, boot animation works. So basically the problem was with TrickDroid. I'm not sure what. But, there you go. Thanks anyway.

[Q] CM11 M12 Boot Animations Bug ?

I am running CM11 M12 on d2lte ... everytime I copy over a bootanimation.zip to the correct location the new boot animation does not display.
It only shows the words "android" and the letters light up back and forth until it is booted. I do not even have a bootanimation zip that contains that! I am seriously confused as I have wiped the dalvik and cache. this cm11 was a clean/full install wiping everything upon install of cm11 ... CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN THIS PLEASE ?

How are you copying over the .zip file? Are you doing it within the phone (via some kind of file manager)? Are you sure you've set the permissions on the copied file correctly?

Samsung.Galaxy.S3 said:
How are you copying over the .zip file? Are you doing it within the phone (via some kind of file manager)? Are you sure you've set the permissions on the copied file correctly?
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Copying with File Manager Explorer (root enabled and system folders set to writeable) ... and i manually changed the permissions. I also tried using TWRP to set the permissions even though I do not believe it sets permissions in the /media folder. Ive used bootanimation zips a million times and NEVER have had a problem until now. I am seriously confused lol ... any ideas ?

Changing boot animation

Does anyone know how to change the boot animation on the Mediapad X2?
I've tried putting the custom bootanimation.zip file in all these locations but no luck:
/system/media/
/system/app
/data/cust/media/
/data/local

btuser001 said:
Does anyone know how to change the boot animation on the Mediapad X2?
I've tried putting the custom bootanimation.zip file in all these locations but no luck:
/system/media/
/system/app
/data/cust/media/
/data/local
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It's in the Cust/Preinstalled/Public/Media folder in the root directory I believe. If not it's either the one in the cmcc or dualcu folder.

ajsmsg78 said:
It's in the Cust/Preinstalled/Public/Media folder in the root directory I believe. If not it's either the one in the cmcc or dualcu folder.
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Thanks! I gave it a try and put the bootanimation.zip in all 3 folders but still no luck.

btuser001 said:
Thanks! I gave it a try and put the bootanimation.zip in all 3 folders but still no luck.
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Did you change the permissions of the zip after you put it in the Data/Cust/Media folder? Don't forget we have an odd resolution for our X2's. The 16:10 aspect ratio makes it hard to find things like boot animations that scale properly.

ajsmsg78 said:
Did you change the permissions of the zip after you put it in the Data/Cust/Media folder? Don't forget we have an odd resolution for our X2's. The 16:10 aspect ratio makes it hard to find things like boot animations that scale properly.
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I made it rw-r-r. I'll try changing the resolution now.

Not working still

btuser001 said:
Not working still
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There is probably an XML file in one of the cust folders that has an option to disable the boot animation changing, and you probably have to find it and change it to a 1 or something lol.....I know, a real pain in the a**.

Cust/dualcu/cn/media/
don't forget to set your permissions

I put the zip file in all the media folders inside cust but not working at all. Do you have a working bootanimation.zip i can try? Maybe there's something wrong in my file

instuctions to install bootanimation.zip with esexplorer
btuser001 said:
I put the zip file in all the media folders inside cust but not working at all. Do you have a working bootanimation.zip i can try? Maybe there's something wrong in my file
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Use esexplorer to set permissions for bootanimation.zip -rw-r-r (owner, group, other can read - Owner can write - none can execute) for the file or it will not work.-
If you have moved the media directory set the permission for the directory to drwxr-xr-x(owner, group, other can read - Owner can write - owner, group, other can execute)
root directory
cust/dualcu/cn/media/bootanimation.zip
lollipop animation 1080p
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwnSk8BOQp3wRmt6WXFXS2xXS1U/view?usp=sharing

Thank you MTyler7807. This worked for me. I love it!

Chewy58204 said:
Thank you MTyler7807. This worked for me. I love it!
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no problem

Power logo
I tried changing the powering on logo as well, but that was unsuccessful. I changed the file logo.bmp in four different places and I changed the permissions as well, but the Honor screen always came up anyhow.

mtyler7807 said:
Use esexplorer to set permissions for bootanimation.zip -rw-r-r (owner, group, other can read - Owner can write - none can execute) for the file or it will not work.-
If you have moved the media directory set the permission for the directory to drwxr-xr-x(owner, group, other can read - Owner can write - owner, group, other can execute)
root directory
cust/dualcu/cn/media/bootanimation.zip
lollipop animation 1080p
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwnSk8BOQp3wRmt6WXFXS2xXS1U/view?usp=sharing
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Didn't work for me but thanks for your help anyway
I've decided to give up since I rarely see the logo anyway

Chewy58204 said:
I tried changing the powering on logo as well, but that was unsuccessful. I changed the file logo.bmp in four different places and I changed the permissions as well, but the Honor screen always came up anyhow.
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If you are talking about changing the splash screen then load_OEM.mbn is the file. But I have tried to flash another. I did on my ascend mate 2 cc version, to get rid of the orange splash screen. But when I try on lollipop 5.1.1 or 5.0.1 , It has security protection that halts it on flash. Some one has to come up with another way than what I was using.

Does anyone know how to do this on marshmallow?

KryogenikX said:
Does anyone know how to do this on marshmallow?
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I think it's in system/etc/media

ajsmsg78 said:
I think it's in system/etc/media
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Thanks, but this didnt work even tried to change the permissions.

Hello,
i did it and it worked
1 . renamed bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.original in system/etc/media
2. copied bootanimation.zip in system/etc/media
3. Gave permissions rw-r--r--
Greetings,
Sebastian Neumann

Yea, it worked on KangVIP B209, but once I updated to B211 tried to do the same and can't get it to work again.
Sebi1960 said:
Hello,
i did it and it worked
1 . renamed bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.original in system/etc/media
2. copied bootanimation.zip in system/etc/media
3. Gave permissions rw-r--r--
Greetings,
Sebastian Neumann
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Changing Boot Animations

Anyone had any luck changing the boot animations? It has been a while since I've rooted and messed around with a phone, so I'm not up to date as to how/if this is possible nowadays.

Xev_10177 said:
Anyone had any luck changing the boot animations? It has been a while since I've rooted and messed around with a phone, so I'm not up to date as to how/if this is possible nowadays.
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You can goto root/product/etc/media and replace the bootanimation.zip to your desire boot animation. I have no problem in changing it. Make sure you change the permission to 644.

tknguyencsu said:
You can goto root/product/etc/media and replace the bootanimation.zip to your desire boot animation. I have no problem in changing it. Make sure you change the permission to 644.
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How do I change permission to 644?

Xev_10177 said:
How do I change permission to 644?
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You can use ES file explorer. Select the file. From the "three dot", choose "Properties". Click on change permission. On the permission grid. Check "Owner", "Group", and "Other" for Read. Check "Owner" for Write. Uncheck all others. Click "OK" then click "Cancel". If you do it correctly you should see -rw-r-r- next to the file. Remember you need to get out of the editing mode by click on the back key a few time , get out of the media folder and back in before you can see the change.

tknguyencsu said:
You can goto root/product/etc/media and replace the bootanimation.zip to your desire boot animation. I have no problem in changing it. Make sure you change the permission to 644.
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I changed the bootanimation.zip file both in systwm/media and product/etc/media, but the boot animation doesn't change. I set permissions on both files to 644. Anyone have any idea why I'm not having any luck?

Has anyone successfully managed to do this?
tknguyencsu said:
You can goto root/product/etc/media and replace the bootanimation.zip to your desire boot animation. I have no problem in changing it. Make sure you change the permission to 644.
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I have no issues placing the file in the correct path and changing permission to 644. However when booting the screen is just black. Tried different files with same, or slightly different but equally disappointing, result.
So, no need for general instructions on how to do this but rather proof of concept.
Thank you.

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