Sorry I have seen many topics on this but I just downloaded 3 different zip files and just cannot figure out how to get the files to work. Which folder do I need to move these file to in order to get the boot to work. I have the r2d2 boot animation. Currently they reside on my SD cards download folswr. Also how or what commands do I need to do under to get this to boot properly. Thanks for any help on this. I'm new to this and and just trying to figure everything out
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After looking for a while in different forums, I finally was able to get R2D2 as my boot animation for my Streak. I adjusted the images to be in landscape position to fit nicely on the 5" screen. To install it, download and unzip the file, place the file on your SD card, and reboot into recovery to install it from zip file. I am not sure if the Dell Streak can play audio during boot up or not, but I was not able to get it working.
Thanks goes out to Team Black Hat for the original file.
R2D2 is now on my streak
I did have problem where I couldnt get it to flash, so instead I renamed the r2d2-bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip and put it in system/media folder.
I use the StreakMod Recovey instead of clockwork so that might have been the reason I couldnt get it to flash.
Sorry I forgot to mention that I use clockworkmod to flash it. Thanks for the alternative way to get it on there.
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Nice work thanks
Is this a one off or is there more in the pipeline
kirkla79 said:
R2D2 is now on my streak
I did have problem where I couldnt get it to flash, so instead I renamed the r2d2-bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip and put it in system/media folder.
I use the StreakMod Recovey instead of clockwork so that might have been the reason I couldnt get it to flash.
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I think you can also put it in data/local..Seems to work on my G2..Your way of putting it in system/media also worked for me..Seems easier to do if you have root explorer. Any link with screenshots?
Im sure that I will be making more boot animations. I just need to find the time to do them.
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Data/local works fine for bootanimation.zip
nice
the sound is not possible since there is no service playing it in dell streak os
Another great thing about this animation it makes waiting while booting seem less stressful after installing a new taskbar, since the wait is using longer than on a normal boot.
ADB command is:
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
But, I forgot that stupid 30pin sync cable so I wanted to do it from the phone using terminal. Still had to download .7z file using computer and renamed it to bootanimation.zip and copied to my phone wirelessly using dropbox. (then longpress file name in dropbox and "download")
Terminal command:
su
cp /sdcard/dropbox/bootanimation.zip /data/local/
reboot
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Big props on this boot animation! It looks absolutely fantastic!
okay so of course many threads/posts about custom boot animations...and i have looked around to solve this issue but not one answer.
(this is for lg optimus)
i can install custom boot animations (from xda and google) and i push them to any of the following /data/local , /system/media , /customize/resource...etc..and they work just fine..
however when i do my own boot animation i must be missing something....have checked and rechecked my files, using 7zip (store), etc..and just a blank screen..i have even broken down other bootanimation files (that work) and still wont work lol..i have attached file..maybe someone can explain or see what i am missing. im guessing its the littlest thing im missing.
thanks.
btw..i have even tried installing with using root explorer etc..so ive narrowed it down to something with one of my files or how its being zipped.
Not that I mind too terribly much but when I installed dmesg and ran it I lost my boot animation all together. Fun.
I'm rooted on 4.1.57 running GreyBlur 2.1 or whatever the newest is. I used root explorer and made sure there is a bootanimation.zip file where it belongs. Tried manually adding different boot animation zips via rootexplorer. Nada.
Am I missing something?
You can try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042736, but I don't really know if it will work or not. It is a theme removal app which will also allow you to attempt to reset your boot animation to stock. Has worked for me. It will only replace the bootanimation.zip but won't change any of the settings that call it., so if those are messed up then this won't help.
Just make sure you say no to the first question in the bat or else it will maul your greyblur theming.
Awesome! Ill give that a shot once I can get on a windows machine at work tomorrow. Luckily this isn't a life or death problem.
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You can also download one of the fine boot animations here in the forum straight to your device and then copy it to the /system/media directory on your phone.
heres two I made
red: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AEN45QBA
blue: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PKBOLCT4
Ive actually tried that with no dice.
I know this is probably not the right place to post this, but I am trying to figure out how to install a boot animation on my vibrant. I have cm7 installed and found a forum that helped but all I get is a black screen or the plain android logo. I used super manager and moved the zip file to /system/media. And set the permissions to what it told me to. When I reboot nothing. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. I have become quite savvy with my phone. Thanks.
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You didn't exactly say this but, is the file named simply bootanimation.zip? Not talking down but trying to help. Other than that seems good.
The original file was named bootanimation.zip and I found a transformers one that I wanted and it was named bootanimation_transformers.zip. I tried leaving the file name, got the android logo. Renamed it and got a black screen.
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search the Vibrant forum on custom boot animations... download a flashable zip boot animation file from one of the great devs on here then swap your images in place of theirs, re-zip it and flash it with CWM... worked for me like a charm!
One question, how do I replace images? Super manager won't let me unzip files. Do I need to use the PC for that or is there a simpler way?
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My vote goes to PC
I used PC for everything as well...
Unzipped and re-zipped with 7zip and modded images with Gimp...
Thanks, I will give that a try when I get home and let you if it worked. Just to maybe clarify. Would I have to unzip both the original file and the new file and replace the new files with the original file and rezip and put back? Cause that is what I am going to try.
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Hey guys. Just to preface, I'm running MIUIUS-ICS-EN-MECHA by DroidVicious. I really wanted to create a custom boot animation, so like everyone else, I went to the forms.
Because I just made my account here, xda won't allow me to post the link to the thread I used into this post. You can find it by typing in "create custom boot animation android" into google. It is the first link that comes up.
After creating all the files and .png images in the right places, I realized that my phone doesn't have the the "system" folder on the SD card. I think this might be because of MIUI's ability to change the boot animation inside the "theme" settings. Anyway, I would really appreciate it if someone would help me out with this.
Things I've tried:
Placing it in the root of SD card and installing .zip from SD card through recovery
Importing to the MIUI "theme" settings under boot animation.
Thanks.
You usually don't install boot animations that way. On most roms the current boot animation is located at /system/media/bootanimation.zip, not on the sdcard. And you just use a file explorer app to copy it from your sdcard to that location and overwrite the old one.
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Well that's the problem... I can find the system/bootanimation. that's why I was wondering if maybe it was different for MIUI. Thanks for the reply.
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