Root [Boost Mobile] [TOOL] ABSM 0.80 released

[mercury0x000d]

Greetings fellow Warpers! Here's a little tool I made which should help simplify adding a custom boot screen to your ROM. ABSM will accept either a 24 or 32 bit image in .bmp format and create a logo.bmp file already flipped horizontally, vertically, color modified and ready to add directly to your ROM using the traditional method with dsixda's Android Kitchen. It's actually a DOS executable, so if you're running an OS which doesn't support these, you can download DOSBox. This is akin to how the Android Kitchen itself doesn't run directly under Windows, but you must set up Cygwin first to give it a suitable environment to play.

The program itself is available here and, in the spirit of open source, the code is available here. To use it, all you need to do is type ABSM and the path to the image file you wish to convert at the command line (e.g. ABSM myimage.bmp) and the rest is handled automatically! As always, I'd be glad to hear any suggestions for new features or bugs that need squashing.

Happy modding!



By the way... please remember that, while I have done a good amount of bug testing already, this software is provided AS-IS with absolutely NO warranty of any kind, whether expressed or implied.


If you like my work, or if my tool has helped you out, perhaps you'd consider donating to the cause?

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[shinru2004]

Sounds good, Awesome job and i will test this soon as my new phone arrives. Put up a donate link and i will donate to ya soon as i get paid

 

[jetx2x]

Greetings fellow Warpers! Here's a little tool I made which should help simplify adding a custom boot screen to your ROM. ABSM will accept either a 24 or 32 bit image in .bmp format and create a logo.bmp file already flipped horizontally, vertically, color modified and ready to add directly to your ROM using the traditional method with dsixda's Android Kitchen. It's actually a DOS executable, so if you're running an OS which doesn't support these, you can download DOSBox. This is akin to how the Android Kitchen itself doesn't run directly under Windows, but you must set up Cygwin first to give it a suitable environment to play. In the spirit of open source, the code is available here, and the program itself is available here. To use it, all you need to do is type ABSM and the path to the image file you wish to convert as the command line (e.g. ABSM myimage.bmp) and the rest is handled automatically! As always, I'd be glad to hear any suggestions for new features or bugs that need squashing.

Happy modding!



By the way... please remember that, while I have done a good amount of bug testing already, this software is provided AS-IS with absolutely NO warranty of any kind, whether expressed or implied.

Awesome tool... I still can't properly pack a working kernel yet for some reason... cygwin doesn't like me... :'( but at least I can have a properly colored pic though... even if the kernel doesn't boot... it'll still look awesome while it just sits... lol

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[yankees5963]

Sounds good, Awesome job and i will test this soon as my new phone arrives. Put up a donate link and i will donate to ya soon as i get paid

Didn't you get paid by all of the people that donated to you?

 

[themaninblk]

Easy there.

 

[shinru2004]

Didn't you get paid by all of the people that donated to you?

Donations go to the development of my rom, I just started a new job. So once i get paid i will donate to him for the contribution he has made to the community. I would never betray the trust of the people that donated by carelessly slinging about there money. Any donations i have received to this point will got toward development of integrated system apps to make my rom even better.

 

[Deleted User]

Awesome tool... I still can't properly pack a working kernel yet for some reason... cygwin doesn't like me... :'( but at least I can have a properly colored pic though... even if the kernel doesn't boot... it'll still look awesome while it just sits... lol

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Send me the image and I can pack in a with either my kernel or stock if you like

 

[jetx2x]

Send me the image and I can pack in a with either my kernel or stock if you like

that'd be awesome... i have no idea why it wont work... even without me modifying anything it wont work... after I refind the image I made ill send it to you asap... thanks in advance

 

[mercury0x000d]

Sounds good, Awesome job and i will test this soon as my new phone arrives. Put up a donate link and i will donate to ya soon as i get paid

Thank you! That means a lot coming from the best Warp dev I know. I feel like a celebrity just shook my hand or something Let me know how it works for you!

 

[mercury0x000d]

Awesome tool... I still can't properly pack a working kernel yet for some reason... cygwin doesn't like me... :'( but at least I can have a properly colored pic though... even if the kernel doesn't boot... it'll still look awesome while it just sits... lol

Sent from my N860 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Thanks for the kind words! See, I had the opposite problem. I could get the ROM working just as I wanted, but then couldn't get the boot screen right to save my life! Like they say, necessity is the mother of invention, and thus ABSM was born. Hey, if there's anything I can do to help you in your ROM-making adventures, let me know.

 

[mercury0x000d]

Donations go to the development of my rom, I just started a new job. So once i get paid i will donate to him for the contribution he has made to the community. I would never betray the trust of the people that donated by carelessly slinging about there money. Any donations i have received to this point will got toward development of integrated system apps to make my rom even better.

In this day and age where lots of people seem to have questionable honor, it's very nice to hear something that. Not that we ever doubted you.

 

[mercury0x000d]

that'd be awesome... i have no idea why it wont work... even without me modifying anything it wont work... after I refind the image I made ill send it to you asap... thanks in advance

Sounds like your paths are slightly messed up. I remember it has to be spot-on, or things won't work right.

 

[n0ve]

Didn't you get paid by all of the people that donated to you?

Cmon now easy..He didn't profit, he pays it forward by helping us all.

 

[yankees5963]

We have many developers that do this stuff for free. I just don't see how we can stick together as devs when one of the devs claim their rom is the best. And to not settle for anything less (which means the other developers hard work) stealing others work without credit, then not welcoming donations but expecting them is not how I am as a developer.

 

[Alsaces Daddy]

Let's take it down a notch guys. We are all here to help each other improve our phones. No one is here to get over on anyone. Thanks for understanding!

 

[Prinny]

I'm not trying to take sides, but I think it's just a joke on his part. Shin seems to have that type of sense of humor. *shrugs* It says Don't Accept Cheap Imitations. (Who knows, that might have been a hit at thomasmbl's ROM?)

As for not giving credit to what he's used...

ROM Features
Init.d support
Build.prop Tweaks (Hyperlink to http://androidforums.com/warp-all-things-root/504850-build-prop-speed-tweaks-updated-mar-12th.html)
Auto DB Defrag
Loopy Smoothness (Hyperlink to [Script]Loopy Smoothness Tweak[TUT] - xda-developers)
Various CPU Tweaks and System Tweaks
Deodexed
Themed
Reboot Options
Optimized
SD Booster Script
%1$s
Over-clocked kernel (optional)
Dalvik-JIT Enabled
Custom wallpapers
All Bloatware Removed

He may or may not have updated the Op fully...but other posts through the forum that he has found something by lets say someone over at XDA, he has provided the source for that.

Of course...if I took your last post out of context, then ignore this one.

 

[yankees5963]

I shall say nothing more as it's off topic. I just have proof of stealing, which I'd rather not release. It's people's preference to choose ROMs. I'm not forcing anyone to choose a different, I'm just trying to express my opinion.

 

[mercury0x000d]

We have many developers that do this stuff for free. I just don't see how we can stick together as devs when one of the devs claim their rom is the best. And to not settle for anything less (which means the other developers hard work) stealing others work without credit, then not welcoming donations but expecting them is not how I am as a developer.

Perhaps "Accept nothing less then the best!!" was said in a humorous manner. Or perhaps it's referring to the fact that Shin's ROM is the most highly modified, tweaked and refined ROM we currently have for the Warp. Of all of them (mine included) Shinjitsu has the most features that our phones shouldn't even have and does the most things it shouldn't be able to do, and that, in my opinion, is highly impressive. This in no way means that other ROMs are worthless, it's simply a reflection of the amount of pride the developer takes in his creation. Heck, I didn't take any offense to it and I'm developing a ROM myself! I highly doubt this was meant in a mean spirited way. After all, after pouring so much thought, time and effort into projects like these ROMs, you have to do some bragging

And as for the "stealing others' work without giving credit... I'm not sure where you got that. I count like eight people he's credited and thanked in his thread.

 

[StarScream2109]

Okay guys let's drop this

 

[mercury0x000d]

... (Who knows, that might have been a hit at thomasmbl's ROM?) ...

He made a ROM? Did I miss something?

 

[Prinny]

It was up for like...1-2 minutes. Literally. I never got to flash it. Lol. If you want so I don't fill this up with off topic banter, PM me and I'll explain it.

 

[Deleted User]

He made a ROM? Did I miss something?

Yep and it got pulled and he was banned in the same day, why? I don't know but the op was a total cut and paste, there was something about the prevail in it

 

[jetx2x]

He made a ROM? Did I miss something?

Yeah lol... but it got shut down in less than a few hours... he obviously had used someone else's rom as a base and then themed it... he had almost every tweak imaginable that has taken every other dev forever to incorporate into their own roms... it got deleted because he wouldn't give anyone credit or fess up to what he did...

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[mercury0x000d]

Yeah lol... but it got shut down in less than a few hours... he obviously had used someone else's rom as a base and then themed it... he had almost every tweak imaginable that has taken every other dev forever to incorporate into their own roms... it got deleted because he wouldn't give anyone credit or fess up to what he did...

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That explains a lot! lol Granted, my ROM will undoubtedly have features made possible by others, but I'll definitely give credit where it's due!

 

[shinru2004]

I'm still trying to warp my head around this theft? What kind of TV was it? Did they go out the front door or the back. Its hard to jump a fence with a TV. And honestly and sincerely Open Source means Open Source, if something is ported only the spiteful and jealous call it theft/stealing.

Just my two cents.

Remember give credit where credit is due, i have seen rom's based off mine without credits.