Okay, so you may know what this is already - Linda sounds for your phone... read the whole post please.
For this version I rebuilt most sounds from scratch, and solved the mystery of the boot sound. All sounds properly maximized with a touch of reverb added, and I put some effort into figuring out some proper levels for the sounds, so it does not get irritating.
If the bootanimation for your phone has been changed, I cannot guarantee the proper working of the startup sound. Other than that it should work no matter what you have theme wise, as only sounds are being changed. Flash it after your theme is flashed and you will overwrite whatever sounds are there.
Startup - "Welcome to Android 2.2.1, the system is now loading"
Shutdown - The system is shutting down, goodbye"
Battery Low - " Battery level critical, please connect charger"
USB connection - "USB connected, battery charging"
Did not add the lock sounds because they annoy me, and the dialer does not call for individual sounds for each key. If I get time, a Lindaphone and Lindacam app may be created in the future, but I need to learn how to decompile and recompile those files properly to get it done.
Also custom notifications for messaging, weather, email, voicemail, calendar, XDA, and instant messaging. A ringtone is also included. As a bonus, I included my personal notification, which is a trimmed up version of the air guitar sound from Bill and Ted. Just makes me smile everytime I hear it... listed as Air Guitar in your notifications.
How do you install this? Put it on your sd card and flash it in recovery. Hate it? Flash the undo and the original Bi-Winning sounds will be restored. The ringtones and notifications will stay, I am not writing a script to delete files from anyones phone. I know enough to be dangerous, but to me that is playing with fire. The notifications and ringtone take up 340k in your system. If you absolutely NEED that space back, delete the individual files in system/media/audio/notifications and /ringtone with root explorer.
Not responsible if you break your phone, blah blah. You know this. I built this for Bi-Winning, but it should work for anything ZSJPJ or ZSJPK based. The boot sound absolutely will not work on anything that is not ZSJPJ or ZSJPK. Anything else is at your own risk, but the worst thing that will probably happen is the sounds will not work as expected.
Have Fun!
I love your sounds, but I'm running bionix. I can just extract the zip and then copy and paste the sounds in the appropriate audio folder with root explorer correct?
Not interested in the boot and shutdown, just tones.
Btw, thanks for making these!
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Duce HD2 said:
I love your sounds, but I'm running bionix. I can just extract the zip and then copy and paste the sounds in the appropriate audio folder with root explorer correct?
Not interested in the boot and shutdown, just tones.
Btw, thanks for making these!
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Yeah, just copy and paste with your explorer and you are good. The tones though are largely the same. The major rebuild is on the ui sounds, the rebuilding of the notifications is on my to do list for an updated version
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Yay my first post, lol.
So anyway, I've decided to move over from the iOS platform because the hardware simply does not stay up to date with Android anymore. I'm quite tired of worrying about jailbreaking; that aside I want to know how I would go about doing the simple things that I got out of iOS, even though I had to be a hacker to get my way.
Restoration (If I screw something up)
How do I restore my phone with a complete firmware file that will recover me from my own stupidity/adventures? With iOS I simply just entered recovery mode and pressed restore in iTunes. How does one download a stock i9100 restore firmware file for future use?
Themes
In iOS, I made my own themes and applied them into the rooted filesystem with no problems. I simply just replaced the files and rebooted, no problems. I've been lurking for a while now seeïng that people need to deoxdex files in order to view them or flash them or whatever. My question is this: can I simply replace system files and expect them to work? As for the many xml files in the apk's that I've been examining, I cannot seem to get a standard format of them. When I view them in various code applications, I get a load of garbage with a faint outline of what could included in the xml file. How can I convert pulled xml files to "normal" readable ones? (or do I need to use a special application that reads binary/encrypted xml's for me?) What is the proper way to replace system files for a theme (what is deodexing?), and is it possible to package my theme and put it on the android market to share with others?
Music
Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
Tapping the status bar to reach the top of a long page/form
Does this exist in android either through a tweak or android market app?
Deleting System apps that I no longer need
Is it okay to just delete apk's on my phone's system that I do not need? (Reader's hub, blockbuster, exe) I would assume that would work, but eh, I'm not making any assumptions on a completely different platform.
Launch Dæmons
On iOS, there was a folder in the system that housed all the plists of startup dæmons at booup. By deleting one, the service would completely stop and would free up RAM after the phone got rebooted. Does android have a similar place to house a bunch of services that are optionally deleted/stopped entirely to improve system performance? Things that come immediately to mind are things like debugging, syslogs, android developer tools, and other garbage that is unnecessary to certain users. (A famous example is the "CommCenter.plist"(baseband startup)/"DataMigrator.plist" (move contacts using SIM card) that always run in the background on iTouches despite not having a baseband and SIM card.)
System Button Mapping
Is there any tweak or android app that lets me set certain actions to different button presses or behaviors? For example in iOS I can use "activator" to let me swipe my statusbar horizontally to enter the camera app. I can also long press volume keys to skip/restart music being played in the music app.
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I know that's a lot of questions, but atleast try to help a newbie out =] When fist started out in iOS 4 years ago, I was the same way in nagging looking for ways to make things fit my workflow. Honestly, it doesn't take long before I start to help people out and grasp all the skills needed for a particular platform.
Hello, and welcome to XDA
I'll try to answer all questions.
First of all. The galaxy s ii is almost impossible to break. If you need to re wipe your phone. Get the firmware from samfirmware.com and also get odin v1.85 from there. That is all you need to fix a broken phone. It will just need putting into download mode. (Power + home + vol down)
As for theming. All apk files contain files with the images that it uses, so in theory all can be customised. The main files to theme are SystemUI (notifications bar) found in /system/app. And framework-res (anything else theme related, battery text colours e.t.c
As for editing the xml files. Most have to be edited in a hex editor (e.g. HXD). But there are guides to show you what numbers to edit. And its not that complicated once you try it.
With regard to the music. I recommend mp3tag. Its what I use and simply copying the tracks works well for me.
For removing system apps, look on the market for system app remover, or if you are willing to pay, get root tools. Great combination of tools and uninstalling is as easy as ticking a box.
And yes, there are some apps that when you remove them your phone will bootloop. Look in this forum. I'm sure I've seen a safe system apps to remove in the sgs ii section (will look for link in a mo)
Last bit, system button mapping. I believe it can be done. But it hasn't been done yet on this phone. Different launchers give you the option for swipe gesgures (did I spell that right, doesnt look it). So you can have swiping down on the screen opens notifications and swiping up opens app drawer. If you want that. I recommned searching for ADW launcher on the marketplace (others offer the same feature, but adw is the best)
Think I'm finished now?
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that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
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that definitely helped me a lot, thanks =D One thing that was not answered was the launch dæmons bit, does a folder like that even exist in Android? As for themes though, I'm going for a complete and total all out theme of all applications. I cannot stand the blackness of this phone's UI; I'm gonna put little pieces of artwork everywhere I can fit it like I did on iOS so it looks like just a collection of art and colorful things (backgrounds, splash screens, loading screens, exe). I'd love to know though if it's possible to download the firmware from where you described and premod it then just flash my custom ROM all at once...
As for system button mapping and custom button events, that's one thing I'm definitely going to miss ='[ I had a bunch of gestures set up so that while I'm bikeriding/horseriding I can just hit a button to control music without looking at the screen. In all respects, thanks a bunch for the help.
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Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
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Soon enough we will enable an init.d folder.
It's there on other ROMs, we just have to enable it in the ramdisk
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That's really cool, is there a github/thread where I can track the progress of this? In all honesty making my own custom gestures like longholding a volume button or the options button would be helpful (both volume buttons at once pause/play =D)
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Yay my first post, lol.
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Do any of you guys use iTunes for your music? My iTunes library is meticulously managed to make sure that all my song info and album art are correct. Is it true that if I drag and drop from iTunes (on a mac) into the music folder of my sd card, I will copy over all the song data aswell? I highly doubt it because I cannot get this to work between my two iTunes libraries on different computers. Is there a way to make sure all my id3 tags and album art are added to all my songs so that I have an organized library in my SGS2/android?
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I use iTunes & smart playlists. iSyncr (free) & will let you sync based on playlists, genres, and chose where each playlist gets stored (default, internal or external SD). iSyncrWifi (cheap) then adds scheduled & wifi syncing. Then pick your music player of choice. Look to see if it updates play counts (if that is important to you) I think the pay for version of Rocket (also by JRT Studios) updates play counts.
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Mother of god you had to wake up the dead??? its more then a year old!
Has anyone attempted to change or remove the sound(s) that the X2 plays on startup? I usually get 1 to 3 "DROID!" sounds when I boot my phone.
(I have turned off GMail notifications, which was the source of another "startup" sound)
Thanks!
if rooted, go into system/media/audio/notifications. change the droid.ogg to droid.ogg.bak. or use any extension. or delete. but that will get rid of the obnoxious "DROIDDDDD" on start up.
as for the two notification sounds when the screen completes bootup, i haven't found a way to disable those sounds. i tried changing the name of the notification but it played a different notification sound.
it have to do with the sd card mounting I would but there's a setting for that notifcation it's just a matter of finding it.
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Settings> sound> sdcard notification
That's 2 them, the 3rd is a bit more tricky. To rid yourself of the boot animation sound you first need to be rooted. Copy the /system/media/bootanimation.zip to your computer, unzip it, open the desc.txt file, comment out the sound line (it's s or something, it should be obvious) save your changes and zip the files using storage only mode (no compression). Replace the edited bootanimation.zip on your phone. Reboot.
No more sounds.
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Thanks
Thanks to all of you for your helpful answers!
Ideally it would be nice to know how to turn off the first noise via a setting or (or editing a conf file) instead of just renaming the file. And it might be nice to have *some* noise for the SD card operations (just not the obnoxious DROIDDD one). So if anyone comes across any more info, feel free to post it.
But again, I really appreciate the time you all took to help out with your posts, and they certainly get the job done, and make booting (as well us USB plug/unplug) a lot less annoying!
BTW, it looks like juhde has also pointed out how we can make custom startup animations by changing the desc.txt and/or png files in bootanimation.zip
Thanks!
ricovox said:
Thanks to all of you for your helpful answers!
Ideally it would be nice to know how to turn off the first noise via a setting or (or editing a conf file) instead of just renaming the file.
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The method I described tells you exactly how to get rid if the boot up sound.
If you want a sdcard notification other than droid.ogg, then goto settings> sound> notification ringtone> pick anything other than DROID. Of course
You'll have to check sdcard notifications if you want to hear them.
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Actually, the correct way is to edit victimization.zip in /system/media. Look around the forums to learn how to edit it. You need to remove the line in desc.txt that says "s droid.ogg"
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^ bootanimation.zip sorry
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dragonzkiller said:
Actually, the correct way is to edit victimization.zip in /system/media. Look around the forums to learn how to edit it. You need to remove the line in desc.txt that says "s droid.ogg"
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That's exactly what I said to do.
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I have my sdcard notifications turned off, but I actually like the Droid sound when my phone boots up. I always listen closely and if I don't hear it then I know something is wrong.
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Sorry, I was on my phone and didn't see it.
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Ok, so this is pretty simple. Some devs have deleted their down animation, but the system still calls for it, so you're left with about an 8 second delay. Also, some ROMs have their own, but somehow it still had the delay. I think I have a fix for both. I just tested this with the d3rps, all confirm the disable works.
Using a root file explorer, navigate to:
system/customize/CID/default.xml and open it with a text editor. You could also pull it with adb and open with NotePad. Go toward the end of the file and where it says:
blahblahblah just edit out the blahblahblah. Now when you reboot it won't even call for animation, ths solving the delay issue people keep complaining about. Done.
Now for the delay even with animation, I believe (only a hunch) its because the down anim is built incorrectly. I have one I grabbed I think from the sensation forum, and when I use it, it works properly with no delay. But when I use other created down anims, they work but there's still that delay. Here's the zip. If anyone wants to use it as a template for their own down anim, I think it will solve the delay afterward.
HTC_downanim
Happy flashing
He shoots, he scores. Conformed working.
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Sorry to be dense, but what is down animation?
Hi, is there any way how to add my own notification rigtones (not phone ringtones)? I would like to change existing notif. tones (too short and silent to me) for new ones (for ex. music etc.). Is it possible if I dont have rooted phone?
Samsung Galaxy SII
Thx for advice.
Yes you can also this has been covered many time in the past.
Make a folder on sdcard called Notifications. Insert appropriate audio files into folder. Select notification tone in normal way. I think Ringtones and Alarms works too, I'm not too sure. I find there is a delay when using custom tones in that fashion, so I just whack 'em in /system/media
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Make a folder on sdcard called Notifications. Insert appropriate audio files into folder. Select notification tone in normal way. I think Ringtones and Alarms works too, I'm not too sure. I find there is a delay when using custom tones in that fashion, so I just whack 'em in /system/media
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Thank you, worked perfectly for me.
I hated the lock, and unlock sounds, so i dug into it a bit. This is what i did. You have to be rooted. With Root Explorer i navigated to System/media/audio/ui. This is where all the ui sounds are located of course. U will see all the ui lock, and unlock sounds. I first tried renaming crystal lock unlock sounds(the one I use) with an x at the end of the name, basically getting rid of it as far as the ui is concerned. This did not work cause if it doesnt find the sound its looking for, there is a default sound it falls back on in the apk. So u will see a sound in this folder named silent ring. I copied this sound within the same folder. Root explorer names this copy, with copy at the end. Then i took the original sound file for the unlock style i use, and did a rename with x at the end, that way i still have the original safe. Then i renamed silent_ring-copy, to crystal_unlock and crystal_lock. Now i have no goofy sounds when i lock, and unlock my G2. Works great...
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I hated the lock, and unlock sounds, so i dug into it a bit. This is what i did. You have to be rooted. With Root Explorer i navigated to System/media/audio/ui. This is where all the ui sounds are located of course. U will see all the ui lock, and unlock sounds. I first tried renaming crystal lock unlock sounds(the one I use) with an x at the end of the name, basically getting rid of it as far as the ui is concerned. This did not work cause if it doesnt find the sound its looking for, there is a default sound it falls back on in the apk. So u will see a sound in this folder named silent ring. I copied this sound within the same folder. Root explorer names this copy, with copy at the end. Then i took the original sound file for the unlock style i use, and did a rename with x at the end, that way i still have the original safe. Then i renamed silent_ring-copy, to crystal_unlock and crystal_lock. Now i have no goofy sounds when i lock, and unlock my G2. Works great...
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So, unchecking the sounds within settings didn't work for you??
OMG...... I completly missed that..... i feel like a dumb a$$..... lol.....
canecbr600 said:
OMG...... I completly missed that..... i feel like a dumb a$$..... lol.....
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If it makes you feel better, your way is much cooler
canecbr600 said:
OMG...... I completly missed that..... i feel like a dumb a$$..... lol.....
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Funny Also, the lock/unlock sound is different for each Screen Wipe Effect for the lockscreen. But, I am with you, silent is better.
I guess to save face, this could be used for custom lock/unlock sounds! LOL!!!!!!
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Any app that lets me set my own unlock/lock sounds?
Are these files in a format that I can use for notifications? I want to use the Crystal unlock sound for text notifications.