Just bought myself a mi300 yesterday, my first smart phoen . Now trying to root the 2.1. Just dload z4root a while ago, now I need a android SDK right (to install the z4 apk file)?

This post has been edited by GreenJellyBean: Mar 21 2011, 10:07 AM

ok got it. not as hard as I thought, just dload z4root, connect phone with usb cable and mount the sd card, move teh z4root to the phone and click the z4root on the phone, then follow on screen instruction.

zyulander: I am going for PhantomKing, heard alot of good feedback about it.

salimbest83: I root so I can install romManager, need to backup incase shit happens and at least I can put back the official rom and sent for warranty.

But RomManager is not working today, after install when i try to backup it keep telling me my "cannot find server", my wifi is working fine.

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Added on March 21, 2011, 1:30 pmok, Rom Manager installed and backing up current stock rom.

I have a question guys, what does the stock manager backs up and what it doesn't?

Doest it back up user data? (photos,contacts on phone, games score etc)?

This post has been edited by GreenJellyBean: Mar 21 2011, 01:30 PM

ok, good news is I successfully backup my Android Boot screen, there are 2 part, first part is an animated CSL logo and second part is a static CSL screen. Now i need to figure out how to restore them.

If I can ADB into my MI-300 then I can put the files where I wanted but somehow my Android SDK can't find my MI300 as a device because I do not have the necessary USB driver.

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Added on March 22, 2011, 8:37 amlance888, when you use ROM manager you are backup the ROM, you do not back up the Boot animation.. The Boot animation is the moving colourful CSL word when you power up your phone.

The boot animation will be change to something else when you flash custom ROM,

I am working on a solution to restore the boot animation, I already manage to get all the animation files out, now to try putting it back in.

This post has been edited by GreenJellyBean: Mar 22 2011, 08:37 AM

here you go, just put this file into /data/local/bootanimation.zip using root explorer. I have not try it, but from what I have read it should work. Just delete that file if you want to revert to previous boot animation. Can someone who has flashed custom rom confirm if its working?

I am still trying to get my adb commands to work. can't find a usb driver for the android SDK. After that only I will flash custom rom and then try the bootanimation.zip


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ok, i just successfully changed the bootanimation.
FYI, I am still using stock 2.1 and I manage to change the bootanimation to something else and change back to CSL stock animation with the steps below.

1. Find a boot animation, in my example I am going to use one I dload off the net (see attachment below bootanimation.zip).
2. You phone must be rooted and has Super Manager (any Root Explorer will do).
3. Connect your phone to usb, mount the card and copy the bootanimation.zip to the root of the card.
4. Unplug USB, start Root Explorer and cut the bootanimation.zip (you will need to paste it into another folder later).
5. Browse to "/hidden/data/Power-on Animation" folder, you must have root access granted to root Super Manager to see this folder, it is hidden by default).
6. There is a existing bootanimation.zip there, rename it to existing bootanimation-csl.zip to backup
7. Paste the bootanimation.zip you copied in step 4.
8. Shutdown your phone.
9. Turn it back on and voila, new bootanimation.

p/s: fyi there is a shell script in "/hidden/data/Power-on Animation" that automatically copies the bootanimation.zip to /local/data. Earlier I was trying to paste into /local/data and it kept getting replaced.

hope this will help you all claim warranty or custom rom freely without worrying about warranty.


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I belive the non-animated first boot screen will not be overwritten, so there is no need to backup. You can check youtube or anyone here who has flash custom rom into their MI-300, they will still see the non animated CSL word first boot screen before coming to the second animated boot screen which is replaced when you flash custom OS.

yes, I am using 2.1 stock. This is something that I am not aware of.

Can you try to flash a stock csl rom over your spice rom and see if you will get the static first boot screen?

the steps you take were meant to replace the second animated boot screen, and you successfully replace it with a white android.

To revert you can just delete the bootanimation.zip and rename bootanimation1.zip to bootanimation.zip to get back your original animated boot screen.

I was not aware that there is a first bootscreen and second boot screen. Let me try to figure it out.

I flashed to Phantom King rev2 and boot up in some foreign language, how do I change it to English?

so far i know we can only update the first static boot screen through a nb0 flash, not a normal zip update because the nb0 contains partition information and the first static csl boot screen is located in a partition which I have yet to determine.

need to learn how to pack unpack a nb0 file and open the phantom king nbo to see where he put this first static screen, we then just need to replace the bmp/png file to flash it backinto our phone

yea, fastboot mode can use img file to flash 1 partition, but I only read about it but donno how yet. if you can teach us we will all be greatful

tqtqtqtqtqtqtqtqtqtqttqt.... lol

since you are using phantom king, use the torchlight app, if the led works means it is not a hardware problem.

ini boleh ka?


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if I am not mistaken dont have that "Bringing You Connectivity" words right? Then you pandai pandai take photoshop to cover that text la then maybe change change the colour abit.

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Added on March 24, 2011, 2:07 pmmost probably yes.

This post has been edited by GreenJellyBean: Mar 24 2011, 02:07 PM

look quite similar to this one i posted

Use some photoshop skill remove the words at the bottom and just ignore the reflection. The boot screen so short the rma wont notice one la. unless they have another phone side by side compare. hahha

u try drop and 2k iphone and see.

sifu, pls enlighten us!!