I'm not exactly sure this is in the correct section but here goes... I have downloaded different boot animations, replaced the bootanimation.zip file using file expert, made sure the permissions were the same, but when I restart my phone, i keep getting the same old factory one. Is there an extra step that I'm missing?
I forgot to mention, that I am rooted. I thought it was the file explorer program, to I downloaded root explorer, and when I tried to change the name of the original bootanimation.zip, it says that it cant because the file system is read only. Could it have something to do with my problem?
the_KEV said:
I forgot to mention, that I am rooted. I thought it was the file explorer program, to I downloaded root explorer, and when I tried to change the name of the original bootanimation.zip, it says that it cant because the file system is read only. Could it have something to do with my problem?
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mount the system as R/W before you do anything in /system. it's at the top of the screen in root explorer.
Thanks, that did it. But now instead of the one I downloaded, all I get is the word "android"
NVM I got it now thanks again
I noticed that after upgrading to lastest OTA that the bootanimation sound doesn't play, even the stock AT&T one. The sound files are present, but they just don't play.
Any suggestions?
dratsablive said:
I noticed that after upgrading to lastest OTA that the bootanimation sound doesn't play, even the stock AT&T one. The sound files are present, but they just don't play.
Any suggestions?
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location for sound file has changed to /system/media/audio/notifications/
madnav said:
location for sound file has changed to /system/media/audio/notifications/
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Thanks that did the trick
madnav said:
location for sound file has changed to /system/media/audio/notifications/
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is this for audio during boot? My phone never played audio during the boot process. I thought it was normal.
the_KEV said:
is this for audio during boot? My phone never played audio during the boot process. I thought it was normal.
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yes, but it will be played only if mentioned so in the desc.txt inside the bootanimation.zip at /system/media/
it is unnecessarily complicated now by changing the location to the new one while the config file resides in bootanimation.zip which originally remains at the same old place.
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Does anyone have a bootanimation.zip that contains the bootup animation and sounds of the I-9000? please help!
GameOver69 said:
Does anyone have a bootanimation.zip that contains the bootup animation and sounds of the I-9000? please help!
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I would like the same and I would make it myself if I knew how to unpack the .qmg file.
here you go! enjoy
EDIT: sorry, this is the vibrant Galaxy S boot. I thought i had the I9k
How would you go about installing this via root explorer?
I'm on Obsidian v5 if that helps any.
Just move the file to system/media
V5 custom vibrant
Here you go...
You can also get it from SGStools
walord said:
Here you go...
You can also get it from SGStools
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This contains a qmg file. If i rename the zip to bootanimation.zip it should work?
In case you were still waiting for a reply, no it should not work. A qmg file is a compressed video file using some proprietary format that gets played. Bootanimation.zips contain a series of images that are linked together to create an animation.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Here ya go
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12984750/flashable-galaxysboot-signed.zip
chichu_9 said:
Here ya go
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12984750/flashable-galaxysboot-signed.zip
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OK, so I've flashed this, and I still get that drunken clam from Team Whiskey. Is there another location the bootanimation.zip is stored? I can see everything else as far as the Galaxy S boot and sound but it flickers in between the drunken clam. Any ideas?
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OK, so I've flashed this, and I still get that drunken clam from Team Whiskey. Is there another location the bootanimation.zip is stored? I can see everything else as far as the Galaxy S boot and sound but it flickers in between the drunken clam. Any ideas?
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Using RootExplorer, go to /system/media and delete bootanimation.zip.
ljv said:
Using RootExplorer, go to /system/media and delete bootanimation.zip.
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I've already done that and it still pops up and I've even gone to the length of deleting everything else related to a boot image.
SimeonAS89 said:
I've already done that and it still pops up and I've even gone to the length of deleting everything else related to a boot image.
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Sorry, didn't realize you did that already. Hmm. I don't know then. That's all I had to delete.
ljv said:
Sorry, didn't realize you did that already. Hmm. I don't know then. That's all I had to delete.
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Hmmm....odd, now I have the bootsound with the clam....this is interesting
Don't know if you know this, but the bootsound comes from /etc/PowerOn.wav. I just renamed it to NoPowerOn to get rid of the boot sound.
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Hmmm....odd, now I have the bootsound with the clam....this is interesting
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check untermensch thread of the i9000 boot and shutdown animation. i have steps on what i did to get it to work on a rom modified for bootanimations.zip
whats happening is the zip you're flashing, isnt installing the qmg files to the system/media. so you'll have to push them manually with root explorer
Sent from beyond the Galaxy
SimeonAS89 said:
How would you go about installing this via root explorer?
I'm on Obsidian v5 if that helps any.
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If you move the samsungalaxy.zip file (unless that's just a flashable zip), make sure you rename it to bootanimation.zip
All it does when you move it is replace the existing one.
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I've already done that and it still pops up and I've even gone to the length of deleting everything else related to a boot image.
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i noticed you are on nero v5..can you please tell me how you managed to get boot sound enabled and clam animation..that is exactly what Im trying and im stuck with a black screen and no sound..I used jbeez's korean flash that restored sound and then boots with qmg files..tried flashing bootanimatoin of clam and now nothing..no sound no animation...
for some reason I cannot drag and drop the file into the system/media folder. I am using Root Explorer. Is there something else I should know?
Select R/W in root explorer rather thn R/O
Does anyone have a working bootanimation.zip without the AT&T logo? I tried editing the original one but I ended up with a blank boot animation screen.
you should be able to search the forum for whatever boot animation you want. Granted they won't be the proper resolution if you pick one with black edges you will be fine. I was using one on a previous flash just fine.
I'll try to find the thread where I found mine
Edit: found it at this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985251
sweet, so exisiting bootanimations work, I can use my old one again haha.
kmiller8 said:
you should be able to search the forum for whatever boot animation you want. Granted they won't be the proper resolution if you pick one with black edges you will be fine. I was using one on a previous flash just fine.
I'll try to find the thread where I found mine
Edit: found it at this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985251
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I tried those animations and they worked fine, but I still wish I could keep the original animation.
Boot Animations, while can be tricky and a headache, are customizable if you can adjust the image sizes, etc.
For example, the Motorola Atrix can use up to 540x960 for the resolution. You can also add custom sounds at load by saving an OGG audio file to /system/media (same location as the bootanimation.zip) and adding it accordingly to the desc.txt file. Below is an example.
Code:
540 960 1
p 1 10 part0
s autodestruct.ogg
p 0 0 part1
The first line is the resolution and the frames per second.
Code:
"540 960" Resolution "1" Frames Per Second (each individual image)
The second line defines a Part. For example, the first animation you want to play. So far for me, this is the animation AFTER the Dual Core logo that plays when I've made mine.
Code:
"p" Depicts this is a Part "1" Repeat this many times (0 is infinite) "10" is the delay in frames before the next Part "part0" is the directory within the zip to load this part from
So far easy right? The next line, is for the audio file. If the OGG has a loop point, the audio will loop until the Part is over that it plays within.
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"s" Depicts a sound "autodestruct.ogg" The filename to load from /system/media
A few more examples of loading parts............
To load a Part that is a single image, that loops till boot is done, use this
Code:
p 0 0 "directory_name_here"
I'll try to post some example bootanimation.zip files with explanations if I get time. I've only made a couple so far for my company out of boredom.
kmiller8 said:
I was using one on a previous flash just fine.
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So this doesn't break anything? Will I be able to update my phone when an update is out, without having to restore the original bootanimation.zip?
txtsd said:
So this doesn't break anything? Will I be able to update my phone when an update is out, without having to restore the original bootanimation.zip?
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I recommend using your file explorer to rename the original bootanimation.zip on your phone to something like bootanimation_original.zip then put in your custom if you have any worries.
That way, if you go to update just rename custom to bootanimation_custom.zip and restore the original.
Personally, I do not know if the boot animation file will affect updates, but that is a failsafe for you just in case.
ownedbycurry said:
I tried those animations and they worked fine, but I still wish I could keep the original animation.
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Ohh, so what you want is the default bootanimation without the ATT part!
I've personally never worked with bootanimations before, but using MrSER's guide above, i'll try to do that for you.
EDIT: yea... I only get the blackscreen too, really weird...
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
kmiller8 said:
Ohh, so what you want is the default bootanimation without the ATT part!
I've personally never worked with bootanimations before, but using MrSER's guide above, i'll try to do that for you.
EDIT: yea... I only get the blackscreen too, really weird...
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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Thank you so much!!
kmiller8 said:
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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My bad mate, forgot to mention that. I make mine with Winzip 15 Pro and set it to No Compression (from my experience, no compression is a requirement).
I may end up doing a tutorial on all this on my blog. If I do, I'll post a copy here and link as well (I like screenshots on my blog, lol).
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My bad mate, forgot to mention that. I make mine with Winzip 15 Pro and set it to No Compression (from my experience, no compression is a requirement).
I may end up doing a tutorial on all this on my blog. If I do, I'll post a copy here and link as well (I like screenshots on my blog, lol).
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Yea i ended up googling and it showed that if the .zip is compressed it will just show a blank screen.
Definitely do a tut, I really wanna start making some Atrix boot animations
kmiller8 said:
Ohh, so what you want is the default bootanimation without the ATT part!
I've personally never worked with bootanimations before, but using MrSER's guide above, i'll try to do that for you.
EDIT: yea... I only get the blackscreen too, really weird...
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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thanks for the bootanimation.zip, i did chmod 644 it before cp to /system/media to match the perms on the original bootanimation.zip, but i did a reboot and it worked fine. it's nice not having the att logo during boot, and having att removed from the notification bar with the ginerblur mod too. feels good man!
What folder do you put the animation in?
PixoNova said:
What folder do you put the animation in?
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In the system/media folder.
I know this is a really newb question but I am a newb when it comes to android... I've owned my Atrix for about a week. Anyway, how do I replace this file and where do I find it?
mpalatsi said:
I know this is a really newb question but I am a newb when it comes to android... I've owned my Atrix for about a week. Anyway, how do I replace this file and where do I find it?
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Just find a boot animation that you like, download the zip file, rename it to bootanimation.zip and then go into your system/media folder and change the name of the current bootanimation to anything you want like bootanimationold.zip. Then put the new zip file in the system/media folder and there you go. You do not need to move the old boot animation file as long as you change the name.
of course, the method I'm describing is relevant if you have rooted your phone and you have something like Root Explorer, otherwise you will need to use adb, but still you need root.
live4nyy said:
Just find a boot animation that you like, download the zip file, rename it to bootanimation.zip and then go into your system/media folder and change the name of the current bootanimation to anything you want like bootanimationold.zip. Then put the new zip file in the system/media folder and there you go. You do not need to move the old boot animation file as long as you change the name.
of course, the method I'm describing is relevant if you have rooted your phone and you have something like Root Explorer, otherwise you will need to use adb, but still you need root.
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Thank you, worked like a champ... Is there an explorer I can use on my PC while my phone is connected? I attempted to use droid explorer but I can't access any of the folders.
mpalatsi said:
Thank you, worked like a champ... Is there an explorer I can use on my PC while my phone is connected? I attempted to use droid explorer but I can't access any of the folders.
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Sorry, wouldn't know about that, I always use Explorer or adb.
kmiller8 said:
Ohh, so what you want is the default bootanimation without the ATT part!
I've personally never worked with bootanimations before, but using MrSER's guide above, i'll try to do that for you.
EDIT: yea... I only get the blackscreen too, really weird...
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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Thank you so much man I really wanted to remove this AT&T animation
im having a similiar problem on my rooted atrix. I tried to change my bootanim and just gives me a black screen, so i tried to change it back to the orignal and nothing. I checked if the zip was compressed and it isnt. i dont know what i did wrong, i didnt touch anything but the zip
I have lost all boot animations. My phone boots up just fine with the static 'Motorola Dual Core' image. My question is, what should be the contents of the /system/media folder that houses the bootanimation.zip? I have tried installing various animations through CWM to no avail. Any ideas?
I am running 4.1.83 with the latest GladiAtrix P-ROM
Thanks!
Correct..
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
Try this one, I know it works, its just a .zip. NO CWM. rename to bootanimation.zip, place in /system/media/, reboot. If that doesn't work there is a problem.
WiredPirate said:
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/system/media/bootanimation.zip
Try this one, I know it works, its just a .zip. NO CWM. rename to bootanimation.zip, place in /system/media/, reboot. If that doesn't work there is a problem.
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OMG!...........Is that the file I think it is???.............The one which makes your phone explode???...............Nooooooo!.............Don't do it............!
Your /system/media folder should have a bootanimation.zip file as stated, and will have a .ogg or .mp3 file if there is any audio.
What do you have in your /system/media folder now? Is it empty?
When did you notice that you had no boot animation? Was it after flashing a new one?
WiredPirate said:
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/system/media/bootanimation.zip
Try this one, I know it works, its just a .zip. NO CWM. rename to bootanimation.zip, place in /system/media/, reboot. If that doesn't work there is a problem.
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Ok, using adb I copied the renamed bootanimation.zip that you linked to in the /system/media and it didn't work. I redid the GladiAtrix install too and it didn't work. In my media folder I cleared out a couple of ogg and mp3 files cluttering it up and besides the animation zip I have a folder called Audio with a few subfolders called things like ringtones and ui.
Do I maybe have the permissions set wrong? What should they be?
kevp453 said:
Ok, using adb I copied the renamed bootanimation.zip that you linked to in the /system/media and it didn't work. I redid the GladiAtrix install too and it didn't work. In my media folder I cleared out a couple of ogg and mp3 files cluttering it up and besides the animation zip I have a folder called Audio with a few subfolders called things like ringtones and ui.
Do I maybe have the permissions set wrong? What should they be?
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Those are all correct files/folders I have even replaced/renamed some of the .ogg, and I have an additional folder stored in /system/media/ where I store all my botanims. So even if you have other files/folders there it shouldnt matter.
Have you installed "live logcat" or "live dmesg" or some other kind of bootanimation app.?
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OMG!...........Is that the file I think it is???.............The one which makes your phone explode???...............Nooooooo!.............Don't do it............!
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You know that only happens when you place it in the /self/destruct/ folder and say "Steve Jobs" three times.
WiredPirate said:
Those are all correct files/folders I have even replaced/renamed some of the .ogg, and I have an additional folder stored in /system/media/ where I store all my botanims. So even if you have other files/folders there it shouldnt matter.
Have you installed "live logcat" or "live dmesg" or some other kind of bootanimation app.?
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No, I don't have any other bootanimation apps or the like. I think I'm about to give up until the next sbf flash I do, probably when GB finally makes its way over.
kevp453 said:
Do I maybe have the permissions set wrong? What should they be?
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Permissions should be RW/R/R for bootanimation.zip with no special permissions set.
Same for any audio files that accompany boot animations.
CaelanT said:
Permissions should be RW/R/R for bootanimation.zip with no special permissions set.
Same for any audio files that accompany boot animations.
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Hmm... permissions are correct. Hopefully a sbf flash will fix everything like it always does. Thanks for all your help guys!
Wondering if there is way to change the Cm7 boot animation to some different. Have one downloaded and tried copy it to the system/media location where the original is located but wouldn't allow rename or move.
killamomilla said:
Wondering if there is way to change the Cm7 boot animation to some different. Have one downloaded and tried copy it to the system/media location where the original is located but wouldn't allow rename or move.
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did you set your file manager to r/w? its probably r/o right now.
if you dont know how to set it, use root explorer (which gives you an option at the top that allows you to toggle between the two)
thanks now if i can only figure out how to get sound to work with it
killamomilla said:
thanks now if i can only figure out how to get sound to work with it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13150875&postcount=10
I tried replace the Poweron.wav in sys/etc
but it said copy failed.
I'm on the latest siyah kernel
wanewon said:
I tried replace the Poweron.wav in sys/etc
but it said copy failed.
I'm on the latest siyah kernel
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take it you have set correct permissions and changed ownership of file ??
and the file is poweron.ogg not wav
DJBoxer said:
take it you have set correct permissions and changed ownership of file ??
and the file is poweron.ogg not wav
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how do I do that? I just watched a youtube video on how to change the boot sound. and I failed..: (
and I downloaded the original S2 boot animation and sound from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24910851&postcount=22359
and it's in wave format..
wanewon said:
how do I do that? I just watched a youtube video on how to change the boot sound. and I failed..: (
and I downloaded the original S2 boot animation and sound from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24910851&postcount=22359
and it's in wave format..
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yes most prob wav not used cm9 myself but on most sammy ones it ogg but anyways try this navigate to system/etc using root explorer make sure its set to RW then copy/move/paste file into location then change owner to root/root and set permissions to RW-R-R .
hopefully this will work for you if not trying renaming file to ogg
DJBoxer said:
yes most prob wav not used cm9 myself but on most sammy ones it ogg but anyways try this navigate to system/etc using root explorer make sure its set to RW then copy/move/paste file into location then change owner to root/root and set permissions to RW-R-R .
hopefully this will work for you if not trying renaming file to ogg
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ahh. I got the problem fixed. I didn't enable root access and system files as writable. now it worked.
I replaced the poweron.wav successfully.
but,
the sound doesnt play during the boot animation...-__-
wanewon said:
I replaced the poweron.wav successfully.
but,
the sound doesnt play during the boot animation...-__-
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yes but do all the steps i stated even tho you added the file dosent mean its gonna work set the permissions correctly etc and also i mentioned to change file from wav to ogg as a last resort but hmmm i swear that it is ogg for power on but not sure as i find it annoying upon boot lol
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yes but do all the steps i stated even tho you added the file dosent mean its gonna work set the permissions correctly etc and also i mentioned to change file from wav to ogg as a last resort but hmmm i swear that it is ogg for power on but not sure as i find it annoying upon boot lol
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Root explorer as in the one thats $3.99 at the playstore??
You can't just rename the file from wav to ogg. They are different file formats. You need to convert it.
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You can't just rename the file from wav to ogg. They are different file formats. You need to convert it.
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so it is really ogg?
the default one that was already in the folder is in wav
wanewon said:
so it is really ogg?
the default one that was already in the folder is in wav
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Depends. Apparently it should be wav for GB, ogg for ICS.
well I'm using resurrection ICS remix 2.0 if that helps.
and waiting for the root explorer reply.
wanewon said:
well I'm using resurrection ICS remix 2.0 if that helps.
and waiting for the root explorer reply.
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So... Given the name of the ROM, surely you can determine if it's GB or ICS... Yes?
You can use any file explorer that gives root access. Root Explorer is just one of them. ES File Explorer is another.
However, I don't think Resurrection Remix supports boot sounds at all, but I'm not positive about that. Someone who uses that ROM will have to answer that.
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So... Given the name of the ROM, surely you can determine if it's GB or ICS... Yes?
You can use any file explorer that gives root access. Root Explorer is just one of them. ES File Explorer is another.
However, I don't think Resurrection Remix supports boot sounds at all, but I'm not positive about that. Someone who uses that ROM will have to answer that.
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downloaded a Poweron.ogg as well. and I just figured out the permission management thing and I turned on all the permissions. still no luck. As for the ownership thing that the other poster was talking about. I dont know how to do in es explorer.
anyway, I tried both ogg and wav. maybe you could be right that ICS remix doesnt support boot sounds