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How to Change your N1 Boot Animation

How to Change your N1 Boot Animation

This tutorial will teach you how to install a custom boot animation on your Nexus One. It’s a very simple process… First of all, pick a boot animation you like and download the zip file. You can find a few at DroidBoots.com. I’ve included a very nice Bios Boot animation below. It’s nice and small so it’s very smooth. Download: Bios-bootanimation (48) Rename the zip file to bootanimation.zip and place that on...

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How to Upgrade N1 Recovery Image

How to Install Pre-Requisite: Have ADB Setup already. If you don’t, please read ADB 4 Dummies. Copy Recovery-RA-nexus-v1.8.0.1 (17) to a location where fastboot can find it. Your desktop would be the easiest place. Open a command prompt or terminal window and cd desktop Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding the trackball) Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/linux type: fastboot devices (to make sure that...

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How to Root the DROID / Milestone

How to Root the DROID / Milestone

Rooting the Droid is very easy. This will allow you to install custom recoveries, roms and themes. Also will allow you to use some of the better apps on the market that require root access. Instructions Download this file -> Droid-root (23) Rename it to update.zip Place the renamed file (update.zip) on the root of your SD Card. Power off the DROID and power back on while holding the X key When you see a “/!\” symbol, press both vol+...

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How to Change G1 Splash Screen

This tutorial will teach you how to change the normal G1 Splash screen into a custom splash screen. Prerequisites: - Have ADB setup and working properly: ADB 4 Dummies - Rooted G1 - Root and Upgrade your G1 - You’ll also need Fastboot. It doesn’t come with the android SDK. get it from The Downloads Section and place it in your <androidsdk>/tools folder. - Mac/Linux/Unix Users: Must have ImageMagick installed and setup...

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Install Android 2.1 on G1 / Dream

Install Android 2.1 on G1 / Dream

This Tutorial will show you how to install Android 2.1 on your G1 / HTC Dream. Many Thanks go out to Cyanogen for his great work. The steps are fairly simple. If you already have a rooted G1, upgraded recovery, SPL & Radio then just download the file below. Head into your Recovery and flash the .zip file. For those who are starting fresh Follow the following tutorial: Root & Upgrade your G1. Then do the following: Download...

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Unlock N1 Bootloader

Unlock N1 Bootloader

Unlocking the Nexus One bootloader is easy. Google actually wants you to be able to Unlock their phone. Beware of the consequences though as this will void your warranty. Keep in mind if your phone has any HARDWARE damage that was NOT YOUR FAULT, HTC will still replace your phone as long as it’s still under the manufactures warranty. Instructions: Make sure you have ADB setup. Read ADB 4 Dummies for instructions. (Most things...

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