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Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:16 pm to
Posted by h0bnail
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:16 pm to
Instructions for removing obnoxiously loud AT&T splash on boot. Root required.


Using your favorite File Manager with root permissions:
1: Open /oem/media
2: Mount r/w.
3: Remove or rename the file bootanimation.zip
4: Reboot
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68531 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:36 pm to
I use the app 'Boot Animations' off the Play Store, also requires root.

They have a really sweet custom Nexus one I've used for a long time.
Posted by h0bnail
Member since Sep 2009
7628 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:58 pm to
You'll probably still have to get rid of the AT&T one. It's on a different partition apparently. It was seriously loud as frick.
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:10 pm to


Gotta love AT&T.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

Using your favorite File Manager


What's your favorite file manager?


If y'all have never used an iPhone, you really have to understand how fricking different this is. Even the act of renaming a fricking file on a phone is baffling to me.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

What's your favorite file manager?



I've used Astro for years. IDK if it's still the best or not.

quote:

If y'all have never used an iPhone, you really have to understand how fricking different this is. Even the act of renaming a fricking file on a phone is baffling to me.



I know the opposite; I was always an Android user. I broke my Galaxy S4 so I went get a Windows phone and was lost for a few weeks, then I picked up an iPhone 5 and was lost all over again
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 8:25 pm
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:24 pm to
double post
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 8:25 pm
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68531 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:26 pm to
I had iPhone from the original through the 4S. Used to develop some themes for Cydia on mmi.

Will never ever go back, either.
Posted by h0bnail
Member since Sep 2009
7628 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:31 pm to
quote:

What's your favorite file manager?


I like Root Explorer, but there are probably free ones that are sufficient. I bought it a long time ago, before I knew any better. I'd just search File Manager in Play Store and pick one of the top hits.
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 8:33 pm
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68531 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:34 pm to
File Manager (Explorer) from Cheetah Mobile.
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68531 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:03 pm to
Also, the AT&T globe on the back apparently just scrapes off easily with a credit card.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:34 pm to
OK, I'm rooted now.

Time to get rid of this comically loud AT&T animation.


Seriously, the logo animation + sound is 10/10 trolling from AT&T.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

2: Mount r/w.


Probably obvious, but what does this mean?

EDIT: nevermind, figured it out, sort of. Downloaded an app called mount/system rw ro, and then I installed 4 file explorer apps before finding one that would let me rename the zip file.

But the AT&T Splash is gone.
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 10:07 pm
Posted by Korkstand
Member since Nov 2003
29049 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:06 pm to
Most root file managers open important stuff read only by default. You have to tell it to open in read/write mode.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:07 pm to
nvm
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 10:08 pm
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:07 pm to
OK, that's what I figured, but after mounting r/w with that app and granting super user permissions for several file manager apps, only one of the apps actually did what I needed it to do -- the free version of Root Browser.
Posted by UltimateHog
Thailand
Member since Dec 2011
68531 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:08 pm to
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Type that in terminal command.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:09 pm to
quote:

nevermind, figured it out, sort of. Downloaded an app called mount/system rw ro


Thank you.

I was looking at getting into a terminal emulator and mounting ... but i couldn't figure out what to mount from there.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43482 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system



Still get that it's a read-only file system. Not using a file manager, went to the /oem/media directory and did "mv bootanimation.zip bootanimation1.zip"

Wrong partition?
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 10:17 pm
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/20/14 at 10:16 pm to
quote:

Also, the AT&T globe on the back apparently just scrapes off easily with a credit card.



Hmm, I wouldn't say easily, or maybe I'm just being too gentle, but it's not budging.
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