Okay, I've used a ROM before on my Captivate that allowed them in the data/local/ folder, but I never really tried that on my E3D yet...I installed Supra because it's the closest thing to AOSP we have right now, and I like it. However, how do you change the boot animation? I was looking through folders and found the file bootanimation.booted located within /data/app-private/ ? But I don't want to touch stuff that will ruin anything...so I guess how would you use custom boot animations? or can you not do that quite yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194459
Spicy has a great write up. Stock built roms use something completely different to bootanimation.zip. supra is themed and still 100% sense
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Hello,
What i am looking for is the Stock Bootanimation.zip file that comes with fascinate. What i wanna do is get the PNG files that make up the verizon boot logo. I want to take this and use it to make a boot animation for a diff device.
All i have is the bootanimation.qmg but i have searched and have not been able to find a way to get the images out fo htat compressed format.
Thanks for all your assistance in advance.
The stock boot animation isn't a zip file, it's a .qmg file...
stock kernels for fascinate don't support bootanimation.zip files. The .qmg is a proprietary format chosen by Samsung (shock!) and developed for them by the QURAM Corp. However, many custom roms DO support bootanimation.zip startup logos. (SuperClean 2.92 is a superb example)
The shutdown sequence however, is in .png format, although it also comes with a .cfg configuration file. Its located in /system/media/video/shutdown
Hope this helps.
Any way to get that boot animation? When I rooted my gf's fascinate, it replaced the verizon one with the default "android" in landscape mode.
Little off topic but similiar (not trying to hijack post), can you get the orignal backgound back after changing it to something else? It's not listed in the wallpaper choices.
I'm not sure specifically, but it seems that it depends on the kernel you have if you can install custom boot animations, since the Fascinate (and probably other Galaxy phones) don't really have the .zip support (i'm guess on what i've read).
I'm sure someone will correct me, lol
sfobrien said:
Little off topic but similiar (not trying to hijack post), can you get the orignal backgound back after changing it to something else? It's not listed in the wallpaper choices.
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Are you referring to the background that looked like water? I believe it's been replaced by a different water one and that one is listed under live wallpapers.
landshark68 said:
Are you referring to the background that looked like water? I believe it's been replaced by a different water one and that one is listed under live wallpapers.
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No the rock formation background/wallpaper when you first bootup after installing 2.0.
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'm using the newest CyanogenMod (I think) 7.1.0 on BL 1.1.
I'm trying to change the boot animation by finding the bootanimation.zip file in the media folder and replacing it with one I like better, a process I saw on androidpolice.com. It's not working--the animation is the same. The only way I've been able to change it is by using a flashable animation.
Can anyone help with tips or just telling me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.
HoneyComb boot animation
I'm also very curious on how to do this right, as we're using HoneyComb on our very budget Gtab, which works amazingly well (minus the lack of hardware support/features) but as like many, the 'Boot Animation' is awful!
fre1102 said:
I'm using the newest CyanogenMod (I think) 7.1.0 on BL 1.1.
I'm trying to change the boot animation by finding the bootanimation.zip file in the media folder and replacing it with one I like better, a process I saw on androidpolice.com. It's not working--the animation is the same. The only way I've been able to change it is by using a flashable animation.
Can anyone help with tips or just telling me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.
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Try this http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/apps/blog/categories/show/1140644-15-change-boot-animation
Step 3 looks like what I've been doing. I'll try it again anyway. Thanks.
Alrighty now. This is my first big question to post and I have looked for a real answer for this. It concerns customized boot animations. What depends on the use of using custom boot animation? The rom or the kernel. I have just installed Simply Honey 5.1 beta 1 and forced a custom into system/media using root explorer r/w set and permissions set as what I have seen on every link I have read. Rebbot and nothing. Does SH 5.1B1 not support them or is it Bullet because I had just created my own bootanime with Samus scene from Metroid Other M and using death scene from Metroid Prime 3 as shutdown?
Nevermid, I found the info I was looking for, mostly. Only problem is still bootanimation.zip not playing still but shutdown is. I will prevail but if someone knows what I am doing wrong please throw your two cents in, please.
Not certain but is the location for the bootanim different in GB?
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Samsung animations are in the same locations in froyo and GB. I have changed boot sounds and now loaded audiophile on 4g and valhalla on the vibrant. No go on both. I am guessing but guess i will ask both creators of these great roms since GB is new for sgs4g and a ported rom on vibrant. i have both boot and shutdown animations ready to run.
Im sorry audiophile on sgs4g and simply honey on the vibrant. DOH!!
I got a reply from explodingboy last night and he said the talon kernel does custom boot animations so I tested it out today with my own. And it works! Just rename bootanimation.zip to sanim.zip push into system/media and set your permissions to rw-r--r--. I used root explorer but I you can use advanced. Just remember to set it back to ro or something will or wont happen. Talon for the vibrant can be found in the Simply Honey Gingerbread thread third post. Thank you eb!
Hello fellow Rezounders
Not being satisfied with current boot animation offerings, I fired up Adobe Flash and got to making a new, simple boot animation. It isn't labeled "CyanogenMod" or "Super Ultra Special Hax ROM 8.3". Just the one thing we all use in common: HTC Rezound.
Previews
v1 Black
v1 White
v2 Black
Instructions
First, you'll want to choose which version you want. v1 is larger, but stutters a little (like most boot animations) on the first loop through due to its size. v2 is a lot smaller so it doesn't stutter.
AOSP ROMs (CyanogenMod, AOKP):
1. download file
2. put it on your SD Card
3. copy it to /data/local/ using ES File Explorer or another file manager.
Sense 3.6 ROMs:
1. download Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip
3. put it on your SD Card
4. copy it to /system/customize/resource/
5. rename hTC_bootanimation.zip, found in /system/customize/resource/ to hTC_bootanimation.zip.bak
Sense 4.x ROMs:
MaartenXDA said:
@OP, for Sense 4.0+,
Rename the file as hTC_bootup.zip.
Copy it to /system/customize/resource. That should work.
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Downloads:
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/qyk48tszo7mdj/Rezound_Logo
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Didn't work for me on Nils Business ICS ROM.
The default boot animation is Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip. I renamed it and it didn't work. I also tried without renaming it and it didn't work.
Oh well.
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Didn't work for me on Nils Business ICS ROM.
The default boot animation is Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip. I renamed it and it didn't work. I also tried without renaming it and it didn't work.
Oh well.
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Vigor_VZW_bootanimation was in /system/customize/resource/ right? I don't use a Sense ROM so it's kinda hard for me to troubleshoot this issue.
EDIT: I looked into it a little more (read: googled it) and came across this post. I've made the corrections to the zip, please try Vigor_VZW_bootanimation.zip which I just attached to my first post. Also, rename/remove "HTC_bootanimation.zip" from the /system/customize/resource/ directory
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Wow.
I didn't even ask you to look into it and you did! You're awesome.
I appreciate the effort, but it still didn't work. I haven't had any luck with any boot animation I've tried on this phone. Either I'm doing something wrong, or my phone doesn't like cooperating.
Again, thanks for trying, sir!
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Wow.
I didn't even ask you to look into it and you did! You're awesome.
I appreciate the effort, but it still didn't work. I haven't had any luck with any boot animation I've tried on this phone. Either I'm doing something wrong, or my phone doesn't like cooperating.
Again, thanks for trying, sir!
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I want people to use it, that's why I shared it.
Are you on Business Sense with Sense 4.0 or 3.6? I didn't realize there were two different versions. I have no idea how to change the boot animation on Sense 4.0. I can't find any relevant information at all.
If anyone wandering by this thread knows how, feel free to drop a note.
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I'm on 3.6.
Downloaded the new files. Followed your exact instructions, still doesn't work. I think it's just something wrong with the phone or the ROM. This is a fresh flash, too.
Could it be because I don't have an SDcard? My phone doesn't read SDcards anymore, so I'm using only the internal storage.
Thanks again!
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I probably have incorrect instructions, I'm not able to test them on my phone
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I'm on 3.6.
Downloaded the new files. Followed your exact instructions, still doesn't work. I think it's just something wrong with the phone or the ROM. This is a fresh flash, too.
Could it be because I don't have an SDcard? My phone doesn't read SDcards anymore, so I'm using only the internal storage.
Thanks again!
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You have to change the permissions to match previous boot ani and it well work
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Re: ROM-agnostic Boot Animation (now with Black!)
Downloaded the file again. I made the permissions match exactly, used Root Explorer. Renamed the file. Removed the default files. Still didn't work.
I'll post a comment over in Nils thread to see what I can find out.
Thanks.
Re: ROM-agnostic Boot Animation (now with Black!)
@OP, for Sense 4.0+,
Rename the file as hTC_bootup.zip.
Copy it to /system/customize/resource. That should work.
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new version is up that loads a bit faster so you don't have that stuttering on the first run-through.
scy1192 said:
new version is up that loads a bit faster so you don't have that stuttering on the first run-through.
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Just loaded this up, and you've got your screen dimensions reversed.
#BlameAnt
demmo86rt said:
Just loaded this up, and you've got your screen dimensions reversed.
#BlameAnt
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Yeah I caught this error earlier and didn't re-up the new zip. Dimensions were set to 1024x768 instead of 420x240, so it's fixed now.
Very nice...very clean. I like this a lot.