Dude.. I know you wrote "READ THIS!! You will see a strange screen at boot. It may have different images or lines in black/white and will appear to be frozen. This is normal, just be patient and it will move past this.", but.... How Long?? It's been 32 minutes now.
Here's what happened:
Yesterday I was able to start it up, yeah, it did take a little while (maybe like 7-9 minutes for the first time), but it worked great... by the way, Awesome Awesome Awesome job. Mad props to you and all the folks involved in making this happen.
Last night, battery was at low level, so I said I'll let it drain. Woke up this morning, plugged the phone to the charger, let it charge for a bit, and then restarted my phone... it got stuck on that weird screen for like 20 minutes. I thought that was weird, and wanted to make sure it wasn't from the battery being low. SO, I put in another batter that I have (which is fully charged), and now I'm that, for the past 34 minutes now, and it's still that weird screen.
So, first question...
Any help? do I need to refresh and reload and do everythig all over again?
Second question...
Also, even if let's say I do all that, and it starts up again. Would I need to wait long durations every time I boot into Android? will it get faster in time? or is there a way to make it faster
Thank you for all your effort!