http://www.modaco.com/topic/309939-usb-brickrickrolledb0rked-fixed/ Read this last it fits in with the bottom paragraph can't paste properly on this site with any links on my mad catz m.o.j.o it dumps the pastes at the top of the post as apposed to where i tell it?
But i have just had a major apiphany,we know we have update from zip in custom recovery mode for the mad catz m.o.j.o right? Well 1st thing would be to try the update from zip option available in recovery mode i found wouldn't it? If that works with the 202 update .zip file to recover the unit, well can't someone open that 202 update file and start using android sdk on a pc and delve round and modify it to harbor a custom recovery if placed in the right place? Surely this can be done? And if so can it not be moded in this update file to allow debranding and maybe even controller mapping pre-loaded to play certain games it couldn't before.
I am not a dev or gutsy enough to update from zip file but if someone has a broken black screen unit after messing up the operating system can they not simply attempt to fix it loading up the update 202 .zip file in recovery menu and let us know what happens here?
Madaco got asked about a bricked phone the link is at the top in the 1st paragraph,just wondering if it bares any influence on the topic i am suggesting with update from zip?
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alright i've searched and reset till I can't see straight anymore. Is there a way to change the first 2 boot screens on startup,without flashing a new rom? I can change the 3rd by changing the welcomehead.96. image, but all the ones I've tried for the 1st 2 either don't work or freeze my phone on boot screen,resulting in a hard reset ( good thing I have all my cabs on my storage card).would prefer a cab file ,but a rar or zip with some instructions will work. sorry if it's been posted somewhere else already, but I can't find it. thanks in advance
Sorry, there's a good reason your searches came up fruitless... splash screens are embedded in the rom, and just "replacing a file" using file exporer will not change it since it is Read Only. Very often the splash screen is displayed before the OS even has a chance to load the file system.
Basically, you need to learn how to embed images into the rom and re-flash. I'm pretty sure there's no way around this.
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alright i've searched and reset till I can't see straight anymore. Is there a way to change the first 2 boot screens on startup,without flashing a new rom? I can change the 3rd by changing the welcomehead.96. image, but all the ones I've tried for the 1st 2 either don't work or freeze my phone on boot screen,resulting in a hard reset ( good thing I have all my cabs on my storage card).would prefer a cab file ,but a rar or zip with some instructions will work. sorry if it's been posted somewhere else already, but I can't find it. thanks in advance
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You can change the second screen on the Mogul by replacing the SPCS_startup.gif Since this file is a read-only, you'll have to change the attributes using Resco Explorer or some other file manager program (except the built in one). Then you can replace it with any gif or animated gif image and ofcourse have the name the same SPCS_startup.gif. The first boot screen is something that's only done by embeding an image into the ROM and flashing.
ok thats kinda what I thought
well I was afraid of that. really don't know anything about flashing or dumping rom. can I flash just the boot screens like other models,,and where do I find how to do that? my device is qwest with a rom 213. which is different than sprints 209 or 216 . so I,m not sure about getting the rom back if I mess it up. any help would be appreciated . thanx
I am not sure about Qwest either...as I am with Sprint. I don't think there is a download for the Qwest ROM since there hasn't been any udpates to it but you might try looking at PPCGeeks in the ftp://ftp.ppcgeeks.com/titan/users/
you might be able to find the Qwest ROM extracted by IMCOKEMAN.
Also, you can flash the boot screen (1st screen). That nbh file use to be in DCD's folder at PPCGeeks but its not there anymore. I'll have to go home and look to see if I still have it on my home PC.
Dear community,
several months ago, i swore not do modify or anything with my after a soft brick, but since this day legs were annoying, so today ich got rooted again and wanted to speed up all things a little bit as described in the forums here.
I also removed the "build.prop" ot better renamed it to "build.prop.bak" because off the" Install the Pimp My Rom app" as it was written in the description on modification in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230779
now after the asus/tegra logo, i get stucked on a black screen and do not know what to, i think i´ll first try to put an update.zip file on external sd, but don´t know if it functions,
via adb, the device is not found by my computer, do you have any ideas what to do? please please please help
i hate it, such a nice, beautiful, expensive device, but delivers bad performance.....
problem solved....if somebody got questions contact me
poroigor said:
Dear community,
several months ago, i swore not do modify or anything with my after a soft brick, but since this day legs were annoying, so today ich got rooted again and wanted to speed up all things a little bit as described in the forums here.
I also removed the "build.prop" ot better renamed it to "build.prop.bak" because off the" Install the Pimp My Rom app" as it was written in the description on modification in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230779
now after the asus/tegra logo, i get stucked on a black screen and do not know what to, i think i´ll first try to put an update.zip file on external sd, but don´t know if it functions,
via adb, the device is not found by my computer, do you have any ideas what to do? please please please help
i hate it, such a nice, beautiful, expensive device, but delivers bad performance.....
problem solved....if somebody got questions contact me
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Do you have a recovery flashed? Normaly under "Advanced" there is a File Manager with which you can rename the build.prop.bak to build.prop again.
Otherwise you can always flash another ROM.
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Do you have a recovery flashed? Normaly under "Advanced" there is a File Manager with which you can rename the build.prop.bak to build.prop again.
Otherwise you can always flash another ROM.
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nope, the last chance to get things working, was to flash the official image from the sd card...
Ok guys and gals this thread started as custom lock screen on/off sounds but since then i have found in my opinion another cool mod from the s4 forum that is compatible on our devices that i think you may enjoy as well. These are not my mods in anyway i just found,tried and confirmed these working on the Note3. Please give credit where it is due if you use these mods/ports.
.........ALWAYS MAKE YOUR BACKUPS BEFORE MODDING ANYTHING!........
First up is the custom on/off lock screen sounds by a guy over on the Sprint S4 forum by the name of dav3wash so don't forget to hit that thanks button when you get over there.
1)Pick and download any of the Lock/unlock sounds you wish from the link below.
2)Extract the Lock.ogg and unlock.ogg from the zip and place on sd card in a new folder named whatever you wish.
3)With any file explorer with root access Navigate to [System / system / Media / audio / ui]
4)Scoll down til you see Lock.ogg and unlock.ogg
5)Delete or move stock sounds to the folder you made in step (2) (Incase you want to go back to stock).
6)Place custom Lock.ogg/unlock.ogg where the stock ones were shown in step (3)
7)Back out of file explorer and reboot your device.
8)After reboot Navigate to [Settings / device / lock screen / unlock effect / and set to ripple/ink] and your good to go!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304198
Hope you enjoy these sounds!!!
If for any reason you would like to go back to stock the link below is the stock lock.ogg/unlock.ogg zip. This zip is non-flashable and must be pushed the same way you pushed the custom sounds. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/iw4u1ak89vl233g/AADXINdF3qBGr65eWPOLNfJ5a?dl=0
Next on the list is the Penguin ROM N7 Animations Port.(Sadly not working on NH7 or Nk4) I think this might be one of the coolest animations I've seen. Ive used this port on the s4 and now here on the Note3. CPA Poke's install method uses TWRP but i used Philz Touch and it worked fine .This ported animation originally came from a developer by the name of Skyfall007(Maker of the Penguin Rom1.1 / 4.2.2) on the Nexus 7 forum found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41820147 and seshmaru found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16420559 for technical reasons i can barely comprehend and was ported over by CPA Poke. You can find him in the s4 forums and probably the Nexus 7 forums .Thank all these guys for their hard work. All the downloads and install/uninstall instruction for this animation port can be found in the link below.
HAPPY MODDING!!!!!! Penguin ROM N7 Animations Port http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42424224
How can I get the stock sound
Jocutz1987 said:
How can I get the stock sound
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Thats a good question. You dnt have them saved in your phone?
It's OK I back up my rom be for I did it
Jocutz1987 said:
It's OK I back up my rom be for I did it
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Posted a link up top .
So I was poking around and came acorss these in my travels. typically these would fall under the themes and apps section but beings they are listed for Note 4 apps I thought I'd post them here incase anyone was interested. Please give albe95 thanks for posting these over at the Galaxy s4 forum. (Note 4 apps.) Enjoy!!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/themes-apps/exclusive-note-4-apps-collection-t2882577
Got another mod here for all you guys and gals. Are you sick of that annoying droplet sound that you get everything you touch in app or menu? I know I sure was! So here's an alternative. The it will be a zip file you download THEY ARE NOT FLASHABLE!!!! They must be installed manually.
1)Use any root file manager and navigate to root system/media/audio/ui
2)Pull the TW_Touch.ogg and S_HW_Touch.ogg and save them to a new folder incase you wanna go back to stock sounds
3)Extract the content in the zip file that you downloaded from the link below.
3Copy the extracted files and paste them in there rightful places that you previously pulled your stock sounds from.
4) Back out of your file manager and reboot.
All done!!! Enjoy!
Just so you know the TW_Touch.ogg is for anything on screen that is touched and the S_WH_Touch.ogg is for your (Back) and (Menu)
Im gonna upload a few more options here shortly but for now check out the one I linked. Hope you like.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/eybkqkhce1w0htu/Droplet touch replacement.zip?dl=0
So I was going to upload more touch sounds which I am still going to do. The link below is my current setup which I find the sounds to match perfectly with the screen transitions mod that I'm running which would be the N7 posted above. However I thought I'd just throw this out there.
Assuming your already rooted and have a root file manger. (I use FX root manager)
If you go to root system/system/media/audio/ui theres a list of all the sounds for this device.
Just check out all the sounds available and find one you like for a touch sound.
Long press the sound you wish and a menu should appear.
Copy the sound and store it by press paste somewhere that is easy for you to access.
Now just rename the sound.
TW_Touch.ogg for screen touch and S_HW_Touch.ogg for (Back) and(Menu)
After you've renamed them go back into ui sounds and find the stock sounds I just listed and move them to a file incase you wanna return back to stock.
Now take the sounds you renamed and put them in the stock sounds place.
Back out and reboot. And there you go. (My touch sounds) https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001609348 This is a NON-FLASHABLE zip
And as always have a back up just in case!!! If you've found this useful… Hit that thank you button!!!
Ok guys and gals I got something new for you. Are you a fan of S-finder and Quick Connect in your notification drop down but running a rom that doesn't have this included in the package? Well today is your lucky day my friends. I've tested and confirm working on fre3 rom 2.25b only so if you try with other roms please drop by to list the rom you've got it running on so that others may know. And incase you was wondering (tbltespr) is for the Sprint Note Edge. I was wondering if I would get some edge feature but S-finder and Quick Connect is all that popped up. Ok ok here are the steps to get this little tweak working.
Oh and I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU DESTROY YOUR DEVICE SO TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
1) Have a back up or make a back up from the recovery of your choice of your current set up incase anything goes wrong in the process.
2) This is a build prop tweak so you will need to download a build prop editor from the playstore. I use this one but any will probaby work just as well. "Build Prop Editor"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.buildpropeditor
3)You will need to download and install the Quick Connect apk non-flashable zip from this link here.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95897840722645991
Theres 2 apk's in the download zip folder.
4)With your file manager navigate to your download folder find the zip you downloaded and tap to open then copy the 2 apk's then navigate to rooted system/systen/apps and paste the 2 files you copied and back out.
5)Once thats done open up the build prop editor you downloaded from the playstore.
6)Scroll over til you see where you do the editing now scroll down til you see
ro. product.name =hltespr and change it to tbltespr
ro.product.device = hltespr and change it to tbltespr
ro.build.product = hltespr and change it to tbltespr
7)When your done scroll back up and save your edit.
8)Now just reboot your device and profit.
If for any reason you wish to go back you can:
Restore your back up or change the tbltespr back to hltespr and delete the apk's and reboot.
Here's some screenshots if it helps. Hope you liked and happy modding!
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Ok guys and gals I got something new for you. Are you a fan of S-finder and Quick Connect in your notification drop down but running a rom that doesn't have this included in the package? Well today is your lucky day my friends. I've ...
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Hi, may I know what theme you used? Thanks
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Hi, may I know what theme you used? Thanks
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Sure thing!!! Its KromeX 4.4.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...theme-kk-4-4-4-nh7-x-themes-11-27-14-t2955214 enjoy. Its explain really well but if you need any help let me know!
Odin Update Zips
So I came across these Odin updates in my travels and wanted to share incase anyone was interested. I didn't see anything said anywhere really. Hope I'm not reposting something that is already on here.
Odin v3.09.3 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347763515
Odin v3.10.6 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347763513
Hope this helps someone!
Evening Everyone,
I am attempting to roll my own android version from this base and following instructions from this guide. I did the instructions from the base and installed the stock version just fine. I run linux at home and I didn't need to unpack the system.img.ext4 file, just mounted it and was able to edit. There wasn't a system/apps folder in the image, but there was app/ and it looked like that was where the core apks were stored.
I removed samsung junk, unmounted the image, zipped it back up with all the other files that came with the original zip from the link. When I go to install (TWRP) I get the error:: could not find 'meta-inf/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file :: but when I open the zip file it is definitely there. Is there a config file I need to edit also?
Trying to remove the bloatware on my own and will add my own prefered apps once I can get this down. I haven't decided if I want to also remove the google apps and only install a very light weight version. Eventually I might try rom editing, but not sure how deep I want to go down the rabbit hole. Trying to install Marshmallow on sprint galaxy s5. TWRP version is 3.0.2-1
Any help to get me started is greatly appreciated!!
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Here is a link to my edited version: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7skzIXflRaLaVRjc29uMHlBUDA
Nevermind. I am an idiot and the whole structure was one layer too deep. Zip->folder->files instead of Zip->files.
Hey guys! I have an MTCD unit, but i wanted to post here to get as many eyes as possible. I'm trying to do a custom boot animation. I've never made one, but I think i have the gist of it. I go in to the factory settings, and select "bootanimation_dancing_droids.zip" for the ani, then go to root explorer and replace that file with my custom one, and name it the same. Then i change the permissions to 644.
From what i understand, this is the correct process. I think the problem may be in my actual zip file. I followed a guide, but when it boots up it just shows a green line in the upper corner. Could possibly be a part of one of the images, but nothing moves or anything. I even tried exporting it with the Boot Animation Factory app. It previews perfectly fine in there....but still doesn't work on the actual unit. I am going to link to the zip file, if you could have a look at it and let me know what I did wrong, i'd GREATLY appreciate it.
Battle Truck boot :
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3nKnbyFrS1jdTctNGNldUZjeTg?usp=sharing
In case you're wondering, my truck is nicknamed Battle Truck, and i'm trying to theme the rom to match up with it. At some point, i'd like to learn how to play a sound that says "Battle Truck Engaged" when it boots up...don't know if that's possible though. THANKS AGAIN GUYS!
thatisandwas said:
Hey guys! I have an MTCD unit, but i wanted to post here to get as many eyes as possible. I'm trying to do a custom boot animation. I've never made one, but I think i have the gist of it. I go in to the factory settings, and select "bootanimation_dancing_droids.zip" for the ani, then go to root explorer and replace that file with my custom one, and name it the same. Then i change the permissions to 644.
From what i understand, this is the correct process. I think the problem may be in my actual zip file. I followed a guide, but when it boots up it just shows a green line in the upper corner. Could possibly be a part of one of the images, but nothing moves or anything. I even tried exporting it with the Boot Animation Factory app. It previews perfectly fine in there....but still doesn't work on the actual unit. I am going to link to the zip file, if you could have a look at it and let me know what I did wrong, i'd GREATLY appreciate it.
Battle Truck boot :
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3nKnbyFrS1jdTctNGNldUZjeTg?usp=sharing
In case you're wondering, my truck is nicknamed Battle Truck, and i'm trying to theme the rom to match up with it. At some point, i'd like to learn how to play a sound that says "Battle Truck Engaged" when it boots up...don't know if that's possible though. THANKS AGAIN GUYS!
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Make sure you save your animation.zip with compression method "Store". and I have when testing boot animations on 5.1 it sometimes doesn't work with bootanimation_dancing_droids.zip so I saved the animation.zip twice.
1 called bootanimation_dancing_droids.zip
2nd called bootanimation.zip
I'll try the thing with saving both of them. I have been using the store method I probably should have mentioned that.