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Has anyone figured out how to change the boot animation?
It seems it's stored in /system/media/bootanimation.zip
I tried replacing the .PNG images inside the archive and that didn't work, although I might have messed up something. I'm just glad to be rid of that dreadful SE color splash until someone else finds a solution.
finished playing with this a little while ago... when you replace the files you must use no compression, ie store. i've attached one with the android robot waving (cropped from nexus) simple, but at least the splash is gone
toreador514 said:
finished playing with this a little while ago... when you replace the files you must use no compression, ie store. i've attached one with the android robot waving (cropped from nexus) simple, but at least the splash is gone
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Thanks for this! Looks so sweet!!
strange... I replaced one frame to see if it changed and saw nothing ( i put a big red X across one image ). I did use no compression ( kept the zip open in winrar and saved )
will try again!
morning_wood said:
strange... I replaced one frame to see if it changed and saw nothing ( i put a big red X across one image ). I did use no compression ( kept the zip open in winrar and saved )
will try again!
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i finally found it for sure...from the zip above extract them all put your images in an then add in a zip file all of them again but you have to rename it as bootanimation.zip and you have to choose at winrar compression method store...its final and you can put anything you want...
Thank you for helping me sort this out.
Here's GLa’DOS "Android Scribble" animation for the x10 mini.
Apparently anim2 lasts a couple of seconds, and anim3 last the longest.
I lost my first x10 mini, so I added a name and telephone number for my animation after posting (and a lock screen for the phone).
if anyone want me to make any anime feel free...
here is my first one and of course greek...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/enormous101/Untitled.gif
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/enormous101/Untitled1.gif
http://www.mediafire.com/?abm54nd13pocn1d
Noice one peeps.
Simplified it a bit down to one folder now though.
Got mine working now (needs 24bit png)
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Hi Guys.
I've been trying to change the bootanimation, but as
I'm a little slow to understand, I have no doubt
to decompress it and stuff.
Who can explain me the luxuries of details please?
It would be a great help ...
FreddyStark said:
Hi Guys.
I've been trying to change the bootanimation, but as
I'm a little slow to understand, I have no doubt
to decompress it and stuff.
Who can explain me the luxuries of details please?
It would be a great help ...
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1 root your phone
2 download rootexplorer(<---and install it) & any bootanimation.zip you want
3 open rootexplorer and go to your sdcard hold down your finger and choose copy
4 then go to system/media
5 at the upper of your root explorer its a button that says mount r/w make it says by pushing it mount r/o
6 push the button paste and then when it says ovewrite push yes
7 reboot and you r ready!!!!
if i make it a single file you will not have the option when the first animation is over the second to be anime it will be a still picture if you want that just leave one image in the second folder..because it have 2 phases of animation..!!!!(if you remember first when the colours where mixing and then the still image with sony ericsson logo and letters)
I've been trying to edit the desc.txt file so I can have a little more flexibility but even if I save it without making any changes it stops working.
After a look around the interwebs someone mentioned saving in the UNIX format, so I used Notepad ++ in UNIX and tried editing/saving in that but there's still problems, sometimes it doesn't work at all and sometimes it only shows the first folder.
Also, are there any limitations as to framerate and how many files can go in the part0/part1 folders (revision of enormous101's bootanimation.zip).
Finally, is it ok to add a part2?
do not use compression - use Winrar and select "store"
Mitchio said:
I've been trying to edit the desc.txt file so I can have a little more flexibility but even if I save it without making any changes it stops working.
After a look around the interwebs someone mentioned saving in the UNIX format, so I used Notepad ++ in UNIX and tried editing/saving in that but there's still problems, sometimes it doesn't work at all and sometimes it only shows the first folder.
Also, are there any limitations as to framerate and how many files can go in the part0/part1 folders (revision of enormous101's bootanimation.zip).
Finally, is it ok to add a part2?
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as i mentioned part 2 is when the bootanimation of sony ericsson stays frozen you can add anything you want and its safe to play with part two.. no limitation except your internal storage!!!!what exactly are you trying to do with desc?may i help you?if you find my preview posts at the first page you will find to download the bootanimation.zip with two parts so unzip it and when you add your images zip it with winrar at store compression mode...
morning_wood said:
do not use compression - use Winrar and select "store"
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Already doing that.
Maybe a stupid idea, but... has anyone tried to use transparent images?
I want to watch the kernel booting
edit: Forget this.
Nice thread!
I was wondering about the desc.txt file. I am using the Rogers 2.1 firmware and I want to remove the Rogers screen that shows up just before desktop loads. The PNG file for the Rogers screen is located in Anim5 and I was wondering if I just removed the entry for anim5 in the desc file, would that do the trick? I've already moved the original bootanimation.zip file onto my computer so it is backed up but I was just wondering if this would work. I am using a X10 but it seems like the file system is the same which is why I'm asking here. Any help would be appreciated!
hope helped
JDwan said:
Nice thread!
I was wondering about the desc.txt file. I am using the Rogers 2.1 firmware and I want to remove the Rogers screen that shows up just before desktop loads. The PNG file for the Rogers screen is located in Anim5 and I was wondering if I just removed the entry for anim5 in the desc file, would that do the trick? I've already moved the original bootanimation.zip file onto my computer so it is backed up but I was just wondering if this would work. I am using a X10 but it seems like the file system is the same which is why I'm asking here. Any help would be appreciated!
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if you dont know how to change desc.txt then dont...unzip the bootanimation.zip change the images inside anim5 folder and then zip it but at compression mode use ''store'' instead of everything else and just put it in your phone...i cant change your desc.txt and make it into two folders because i dont own x10...
enormous101 said:
if you dont know how to change desc.txt then dont...unzip the bootanimation.zip change the images inside anim5 folder and then zip it but at compression mode use ''store'' instead of everything else and just put it in your phone...i cant change your desc.txt and make it into two folders because i dont own x10...
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Thanks for your response! From what I've been reading, it seems that if I remove the entry for anim5 in the desc.txt, that it won't load that animation. It just seems easier to do this than to replace the image in that folder. Though the problem would then be making changes to a UNIX based txt file using a Windows OS and then the phone not recognizing the desc.txt file based on it being in the wrong format.
Anyway, I suppose I could just copy over the last image in anim4 and replace the one in anim5 with that and that would be the easier solution (as per your suggestion).
Here is the thread I was reading where it describes the desc.txt file and how to modify your boot animation.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/33932-bootanimation-zip-file-explained.html
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.
Code:
"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 was wanting to know if anyone out there knows of a working Boot Screen Animation Changer for the A70/101IT that can successfully change the boot screen without crashing over and over?? It would also be even greater if anyone knows of one that also allows you to download new boot screens within the same app too!?
Lastly, if it really is possible to change the boot screen animation on the A101IT to something different... what is a good site that has them AND what file format ending (like .gif or whatever) should I look for? Also, are all custom boot screens for other Android devices (like Android cell phones) compatible with the A101IT?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
Lastly, if it really is possible to change the boot screen animation on the A101IT to something different... what is a good site that has them AND what file format ending (like .gif or whatever) should I look for? Also, are all custom boot screens for other Android devices (like Android cell phones) compatible with the A101IT?
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Yes it's possible to change the boot screen animation. See here
And yes most boot screen animations from other devices will work.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=android+boot+screen+animation
Awesome, thanks a ton! You rock! You're very helpful and informative! Much appreciated.
This is cool thanks. Will this work on the 70 as well . Also, Would you happen to know the dimensions for the images. I doubt that the bootanimations from a phone will have the right size images. If someone knows what size they need to be for the 101 and the 70 that would be some good info.
saprano614 said:
This is cool thanks. Will this work on the 70 as well . Also, Would you happen to know the dimensions for the images. I doubt that the bootanimations from a phone will have the right size images. If someone knows what size they need to be for the 101 and the 70 that would be some good info.
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Any size smaller than the display size will work. I believe the images are automatically scaled down to fit the screen but not scaled up. Some tests need to be done to find a good size.
This may help http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/56647-boot-animation-gallery.html
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Some tests need to be done to find a good size.
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OK so this works great on the 70. I used 800x480 for the images and they fit perfect.
You 101 users should try 1024x600. this is the resolution of the 101 screen. that is how i came up with the size for my 70 so it should work.
I read somewhere on here the size of pics needed for the A101IT needs to be 1200x1024 for the best quality but i have yet to test those exact dimensions. When I read about it from somewhere in here like 3 other people all confirmed the 1200x1024 dimensions as well.
(It may be the same for the A70IT too but probably not due to the 70 and 101 size difference)?
As a side note, getting bach to the bootscreen animation, how would I go about applying a new bootscreen because I downloaded a new one and thought it would apply itself but didnt, any ideas?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
I read somewhere on here the size of pics needed for the A101IT needs to be 1200x1024 for the best quality but i have yet to test those exact dimensions. When I read about it from somewhere in here like 3 other people all confirmed the 1200x1024 dimensions as well.
(It may be the same for the A70IT too but probably not due to the 70 and 101 size difference)?
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1200x1024 is the size of the wallpapers the max size of the boot animation should be 1024x600 for A101IT
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As a side note, getting bach to the bootscreen animation, how would I go about applying a new bootscreen because I downloaded a new one and thought it would apply itself but didnt, any ideas?
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copy bootanimation.zip to /data/customization/
Ahhh, I see! Very much appreciated (wdl1908) for all your help! You know your $hit, thanks!
While searching around I found this site with a lot of boot screen animations http://cid-11d05b676a3170c4.office.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/Android/bootanimations
Enjoy.
does anyone know if you can add sound to the animation? and if so how?
Here is the bootanimation i made for my 70.Just rename it to bootanimation.zip and paste in the /data/customization folder. (if that folder does not exist then just make it) I have more if you would like them let me know.
To Saprano614, WDL1908, or anyone else....
How do I apply a new custom boot screen animation??
I've tried numerous times putting new bootscreen animations in .zip folders in the /data/customization folder I had to create and I'm confused with how it's supposed to be applied?! Do I put it in the /data/customization folder and reboot... because I've done exactly that, time and time again but I still get nothing and it still loads the same boring factory bootscreen? Do I need to do something different or additional?? = ( Also, do I extract the bootscreen out of the zipped folder and put it in the /data/customization folder or just keep it zipped and copy there?
spicy_puerto_rican said:
To Saprano614, WDL1908, or anyone else....
How do I apply a new custom boot screen animation??
I've tried numerous times putting new bootscreen animations in .zip folders in the /data/customization folder I had to create and I'm confused with how it's supposed to be applied?! Do I put it in the /data/customization folder and reboot... because I've done exactly that, time and time again but I still get nothing and it still loads the same boring factory bootscreen? Do I need to do something different or additional?? = ( Also, do I extract the bootscreen out of the zipped folder and put it in the /data/customization folder or just keep it zipped and copy there?
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you leave the zip as it is, but you have to edit a line and put a line in
/init.rc
first (in init.rc) undocument
Code:
# export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
to
Code:
export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
then, after this existing lines
Code:
service media /system/bin/mediaserver
user media
group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw
ioprio rt 4
insert ( or in the newer uruk versions, undocument) the lines
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service bootanim /system/bin/bootanimation
user graphics
group system audio graphics
disabled
oneshot
this gives you the animation after message "switching to rootfs" till the homescreen appears
its also possible to remove the urukdroid logo, but therefore initramfs.cpio.gz has to be edited
(/etc/scripts/init_lib.sh in initramfs)
the second part of uruk animation is in
/system/bin/show_logo.sh
it also can be deactivated by editing the file (but do not delete it, because its used for other things too)
I use the app su file manager & terminal. Conect you tab to your pc paste the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard. Then unplug the usb. Then with su file manager or another superuser permited file browser copy thr bootanimation.zip and then browse to the /data/customization folder. Make sure that it is in the correct /data folder. There is one on the sdcard and one on the device. if u use the file browser I do then hit back button till it asks if you want to exit but hit cancel. Then look for the Data file. That is the one you need. Then reboot. Again must be in the /data/customization folder not the /sdcard/data/customization folder.
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you leave the zip as it is, but you have to edit a line and put a line in
/init.rc
first (in init.rc) undocument
Code:
# export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
to
Code:
export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
then, after this existing lines
Code:
service media /system/bin/mediaserver
user media
group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw
ioprio rt 4
insert ( or in the newer uruk versions, undocument) the lines
Code:
service bootanim /system/bin/bootanimation
user graphics
group system audio graphics
disabled
oneshot
this gives you the animation after message "switching to rootfs" till the homescreen appears
its also possible to remove the urukdroid logo, but therefore initramfs.cpio.gz has to be edited
(/etc/scripts/init_lib.sh in initramfs)
the second part of uruk animation is in
/system/bin/show_logo.sh
it also can be deactivated by editing the file (but do not delete it, because its used for other things too)
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Ok this is only needed if you are using uruk. If have rooted using churli's method then my above instructions are all yoi need.
saprano614 said:
I use the app su file manager & terminal. Conect you tab to your pc paste the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard. Then unplug the usb. Then with su file manager or another superuser permited file browser copy thr bootanimation.zip and then browse to the /data/customization folder. Make sure that it is in the correct /data folder. There is one on the sdcard and one on the device. if u use the file browser I do then hit back button till it asks if you want to exit but hit cancel. Then look for the Data file. That is the one you need. Then reboot. Again must be in the /data/customization folder not the /sdcard/data/customization folder.
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i followed these instrustions yet i still cant get the animation to work im new to all of this but i have done well with my evo lol it cooperates much better than this 101 does though lol please help.
you have root? make sure to copy the .zip file to the /data/customization folder. also it must be named bootanimation.
I did this as well but still no boot screen I'm wondering if the kernel I'm using doesn't support custom boot animations PR if that has anything to do with it at all
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dalton1091 said:
I did this as well but still no boot screen I'm wondering if the kernel I'm using doesn't support custom boot animations PR if that has anything to do with it at all
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nothing to do with the kernel, you must edit the /init.rc and enable the bootanimation, as written above
Hello!
I've made my first boot animation for my phone (atrix 4G)... But I still have a few problems. Maybe someone can help me?
First, when the phone is booting, my animation is displayed but only for a few second (maybe 2 or 3) before a black screen appears until the phone ended to boot (about 15/20 sec.). What I don't understand, is that the animation is normally during about 12 sec... First mistery!
The second one is that no sound is playing during the animation... But I put a .ogg file in system/media folder and entered the command line in the desc.txt file with the right name.
Here is what I have in my desc file:
540 960 25
p 0 0 JM
s JM.ogg
I don't understand where is the problem...
Thanks a lot if someone has an idea.. And sorry for my aproximative english!
misterantrios said:
Hello!
I've made my first boot animation for my phone (atrix 4G)... But I still have a few problems. Maybe someone can help me?
First, when the phone is booting, my animation is displayed but only for a few second (maybe 2 or 3) before a black screen appears until the phone ended to boot (about 15/20 sec.). What I don't understand, is that the animation is normally during about 12 sec... First mistery!
The second one is that no sound is playing during the animation... But I put a .ogg file in system/media folder and entered the command line in the desc.txt file with the right name.
Here is what I have in my desc file:
540 960 25
p 0 0 JM
s JM.ogg
I don't understand where is the problem...
Thanks a lot if someone has an idea.. And sorry for my aproximative english!
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For Gingerbread, the sound file has to be in /system/media/notifications
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could you post the zip? I don't see anything wrong with it, other than the previously mentioned fix for the sound, maybe I could find the problem with a more hands on approach
I have had problems in the past when using upper case to name folders and audio files with boot animations. Never knew why I would have issues, but I always use lower case for everything now just as a matter of course. Also, as previously mentioned, you need to change the location of your audio file.
It may also be because you have only one animations folder. I have done a lot of boot animations, and always have a part0 and part1 folder and haven't had problems.
540 960 25
p 1 0 jm
s jm.ogg
p 0 0 jm2
How are you zipping the boot animations?
Should be using 7-Zip with format set to zip, and compression level set to store.
First of all, thanks for the sound fix, it just works great in the right folder...
It may also be because you have only one animations folder. I have done a lot of boot animations, and always have a part0 and part1 folder and haven't had problems.
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I tried to create two folders... Same issue...
My file is zipping with winrar, using "simple storage" mode. But if there were a problem with the zipping, I think the bootanimation shouldn't work at all. Mine is working... But for a few seconds only!
thewarhawk said:
could you post the zip? I don't see anything wrong with it, other than the previously mentioned fix for the sound, maybe I could find the problem with a more hands on approach
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A attached the zip if someone wants to take a look...
misterantrios said:
First of all, thanks for the sound fix, it just works great in the right folder...
I tried to create two folders... Same issue...
My file is zipping with winrar, using "simple storage" mode. But if there were a problem with the zipping, I think the bootanimation shouldn't work at all. Mine is working... But for a few seconds only!
A attached the zip if someone wants to take a look...
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AFAIK the folders names that contain the main animation and the looping part must be named "part0" for main animation and "part1" for the loop. So not "JM" and "JM0" but "part0" and "part1". But I think your desc.txt goes along with the two folder names that you had, so maybe change it like a regular desc.txt that goes along with the folder names part0 and part1.
Finally I used the original bootanimation folder from ATT and just put my images instead of the ATT's and it just work fine.
I can't understand what's the trouble with my file, but now it's working.
A attached the zip if someone wants to take a look...
AFAIK the folders names that contain the main animation and the looping part must be named "part0" for main animation and "part1" for the loop. So not "JM" and "JM0" but "part0" and "part1". But I think your desc.txt goes along with the two folder names that you had, so maybe change it like a regular desc.txt that goes along with the folder names part0 and part1.
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I don't think this is the problem because in the original bootanimation, folders are named "ATT", "ATT Freeze", "Intro"... Not Part1, Part 2...
So, I'll put the tread in solved... even if it isn't really! Thanks for your help!
Here is your bootanimation fixed and working fine. I just downloaded your animation, then changed some stuff around, rezipped with 7-Zip, and uploaded again.
Maybe looking at this will help you for the future.
Cheers!
I have a U.S. Sprint LG G3 I'm trying to load custom animations on and it's giving me a heck of a time accomplishing that..
I'm trying to copy a bootanimation.zip into /carrier/cust/poweron (and a shutdownanimation.zip into /carrier/cust/poweroff) and ES File Explorer is telling me the copy task failed, with no further information.
I used stump root to root, have SU installed. ES file has root explorer enabled, rights have been granted. etc.
I can copy smaller files into those directories just fine, but over a certain size they fail. The percentage that the copy fails at amounts to the same amount of MB (that is, a 100MB file might stop at 17.5%, and a 50MB file will stop at 35% - both at what would be 17.5MB).
I can copy larger files other places, like /system/media. No problem there. I have like 20 GB of internal storage free. And worse, I was copying the same dang file into the same folder just fine earlier in the day. If I don't place another copy of the bootanimation.zip file in this folder, I get nothing but a black screen after the LG splash during boot (side note, wtf is the deal with needing 3 copies of the same bootanimation.zip or it won't work.. why on earth would it work like that).
No friggin clue why it constantly gives me a copy task failed message now. Any ideas?
qstarin said:
I have a U.S. Sprint LG G3 I'm trying to load custom animations on and it's giving me a heck of a time accomplishing that..
I'm trying to copy a bootanimation.zip into /carrier/cust/poweron (and a shutdownanimation.zip into /carrier/cust/poweroff) and ES File Explorer is telling me the copy task failed, with no further information.
I used stump root to root, have SU installed. ES file has root explorer enabled, rights have been granted. etc.
I can copy smaller files into those directories just fine, but over a certain size they fail. The percentage that the copy fails at amounts to the same amount of MB (that is, a 100MB file might stop at 17.5%, and a 50MB file will stop at 35% - both at what would be 17.5MB).
I can copy larger files other places, like /system/media. No problem there. I have like 20 GB of internal storage free. And worse, I was copying the same dang file into the same folder just fine earlier in the day. If I don't place another copy of the bootanimation.zip file in this folder, I get nothing but a black screen after the LG splash during boot (side note, wtf is the deal with needing 3 copies of the same bootanimation.zip or it won't work.. why on earth would it work like that).
No friggin clue why it constantly gives me a copy task failed message now. Any ideas?
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Not sure why the copy won't work, but those directories aren't where you want to put your custom boot animations anyway. What you need to do is delete or rename the animations in those folders, and then copy your custom ones into system/media. Here's a more detailed explanation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/themes-apps/stock-boot-animations-guide-t2881117
I gave up on ES File Explorer a couple of versions ago, finding it a bit confusing and unreliable. Give FX a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx.rr (root add-on)
meyerweb said:
Not sure why the copy won't work, but those directories aren't where you want to put your custom boot animations anyway. What you need to do is delete or rename the animations in those folders, and then copy your custom ones into system/media. Here's a more detailed explanation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-lg-g3/themes-apps/stock-boot-animations-guide-t2881117
I gave up on ES File Explorer a couple of versions ago, finding it a bit confusing and unreliable. Give FX a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx.rr (root add-on)
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You are right, playing with it some more I do not appear to need the /carrier/cust folders. My head was swimming with how many times I tried putting zips in place and rebooting yesterday.
I wonder what the problem could be, then. I have no issues getting animations I downloaded from here to work. I was also able to use this site someone made to turn the vertical octopus gif from that thread into a working boot animation.
But when I try to put together an animation from this gif, I've had no success.
I've tried splitting the frames out with both Irfanview & ImageMagick. Then resizing from 480x480 to both 960x960 and 1440x1440 - then expanding the canvas to 1440x2560 and filling the new background in with black. Again, I've performed these manipulations with both IrfanView & ImageMagick.
I've tried jpg's and png's with varying levels of image compression as well as both 24 and 32 bit png's.
In the desc.txt file I've tried 30, 45, and 60 frames per second. For the part line I've tried:
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part0
c 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part0 (repeat this line x10)
And the zip I create uses Store compression (no compression), created with WinRAR.
I've tried connecting with adb and running the bootanimation command. When I have a working boot animation that I've downloaded, the command echos the string bootanimation at the prompt, and my phone screen flashes black for a split second. When I try the command with my custom animation in place, nothing is echoed at the prompt - no error messages or anything - and nothing happens on the phone.
I always get just a black screen on boot or shutdown trying my zip. Perhaps it's some issue with the images and the way I'm creating them.. or maybe I'm missing something simple. I put a few variations I've tried up in a dropbox folder if anyone cares to look and help.
I may have time to play around with this later in the week and see if I can get anything working. In the mean time, here's a different thread on converting GIFs to boot animaions. Maybe something here will work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559670
qstarin said:
You are right, playing with it some more I do not appear to need the /carrier/cust folders. My head was swimming with how many times I tried putting zips in place and rebooting yesterday.
I wonder what the problem could be, then. I have no issues getting animations I downloaded from here to work. I was also able to use this site someone made to turn the vertical octopus gif from that thread into a working boot animation.
But when I try to put together an animation from this gif, I've had no success.
I've tried splitting the frames out with both Irfanview & ImageMagick. Then resizing from 480x480 to both 960x960 and 1440x1440 - then expanding the canvas to 1440x2560 and filling the new background in with black. Again, I've performed these manipulations with both IrfanView & ImageMagick.
I've tried jpg's and png's with varying levels of image compression as well as both 24 and 32 bit png's.
In the desc.txt file I've tried 30, 45, and 60 frames per second. For the part line I've tried:
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part0
c 1 0 part0
p 1 0 part0 (repeat this line x10)
And the zip I create uses Store compression (no compression), created with WinRAR.
I've tried connecting with adb and running the bootanimation command. When I have a working boot animation that I've downloaded, the command echos the string bootanimation at the prompt, and my phone screen flashes black for a split second. When I try the command with my custom animation in place, nothing is echoed at the prompt - no error messages or anything - and nothing happens on the phone.
I always get just a black screen on boot or shutdown trying my zip. Perhaps it's some issue with the images and the way I'm creating them.. or maybe I'm missing something simple. I put a few variations I've tried up in a dropbox folder if anyone cares to look and help.
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meyerweb said:
I may have time to play around with this later in the week and see if I can get anything working. In the mean time, here's a different thread on converting GIFs to boot animaions. Maybe something here will work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559670
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I've been hesitant to try an app, the boot animation installers have a lot of iffy reviews, and I've read ROM Toolbox is buggy on the G3 too. I haven't unlocked the bootloader and gone through flashing the stock rom yet on this device so I'm not quite ready to potentially soft-brick the phone.
I'm also a software developer by trade, and constructing and manually installing a boot animation is well within my comfort zone. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
The command I was using to split the gif with ImageMagick is
convert -coalesce b.gif -resize 300% -background black -gravity center -extent 1440x2560 -units PixelsPerInch -density 96 frames/b%03d.png
I did notice that if I leave out the canvas expansion I end up with a 8bpp palette -ized png, which has considerably smaller file size. I didn't figure out how to get the expanded png's in that format yet because I wasn't sure if it would even work for the boot animation.
Well I put TWRP and BarRin ZV6 on it now so I'll have to try give ROM Toolbox a shot.
So here's where I'm at - this is the bootanimation.zip - and I can't see what I'm doing wrong. I split the gif and then resize the png's, in separate steps because if I combine them I get weird artifacts in the images.
Code:
convert -coalesce b.gif frames/%03d.png
convert frames/*.png -resize 250% -background "#000000" -gravity center -extent 1440x2560 png24:part0/%03d.png
desc.txt (saved in utf-8 without BOM, line endings are {CR}{LF} - working boot animations I've downloaded use this line ending)
Code:
1440 2560 30
p 1 0 part0
Zipped with store, permissions set, nothing in the zip besides the desc.txt and part0/*.png. Black screen. I don't know what else to try; I've tried every variation I can think of.
This is frustrating. Every animation I try from this G3 thread of them works fine. I can unzip them and edit the desc.txt (change frame rate), rezip them, and they work fine. So I don't think I'm doing anything wrong with the desc.txt file (syntax or encoding) or while creating the zip.
I've taken some others, like the code one in 1080x1920 from this thread, and have no luck. I've tried installing it as-is, changing only the resolution in the desc.txt file, and resizing the images as well as changing the res in desc.txt. Always a black screen.
I mentioned an octopus gif before, and was able to get a working 1440x2560 boot animation using this site: http://gif2boot.ifc0nfig.com/ But it has a 3MB upload limit. I took the working boot animation generated from there and unzipped it, cut the png's down then doubled their size back to 1440x2560, zipped it back up and that didn't work either.
Code:
convert orig/*.png -gravity center -extent 720x1280 -resize 1440x2560 part0/X%05d.png
I also tried just converting them from 32 bit (originals, which work) to 24 bit (which is recommended) PNG's. Black screen. Tried converting to jpg's, no dice.
So I'm thinking nothing I touch with ImageMagick works, but I took the Gold Cross Bones from here and swapped black for white. That actually worked. So did converting it to 24bit PNG's. I'm so lost.
qstarin said:
So here's where I'm at - this is the bootanimation.zip - and I can't see what I'm doing wrong. I split the gif and then resize the png's, in separate steps because if I combine them I get weird artifacts in the images.
Code:
convert -coalesce b.gif frames/%03d.png
convert frames/*.png -resize 250% -background "#000000" -gravity center -extent 1440x2560 png24:part0/%03d.png
desc.txt (saved in utf-8 without BOM, line endings are {CR}{LF} - working boot animations I've downloaded use this line ending)
Code:
1440 2560 30
p 1 0 part0
Zipped with store, permissions set, nothing in the zip besides the desc.txt and part0/*.png. Black screen. I don't know what else to try; I've tried every variation I can think of.
This is frustrating. Every animation I try from this G3 thread of them works fine. I can unzip them and edit the desc.txt (change frame rate), rezip them, and they work fine. So I don't think I'm doing anything wrong with the desc.txt file (syntax or encoding) or while creating the zip.
I've taken some others, like the code one in 1080x1920 from this thread, and have no luck. I've tried installing it as-is, changing only the resolution in the desc.txt file, and resizing the images as well as changing the res in desc.txt. Always a black screen.
I mentioned an octopus gif before, and was able to get a working 1440x2560 boot animation using this site: http://gif2boot.ifc0nfig.com/ But it has a 3MB upload limit. I took the working boot animation generated from there and unzipped it, cut the png's down then doubled their size back to 1440x2560, zipped it back up and that didn't work either.
Code:
convert orig/*.png -gravity center -extent 720x1280 -resize 1440x2560 part0/X%05d.png
I also tried just converting them from 32 bit (originals, which work) to 24 bit (which is recommended) PNG's. Black screen. Tried converting to jpg's, no dice.
So I'm thinking nothing I touch with ImageMagick works, but I took the Gold Cross Bones from here and swapped black for white. That actually worked. So did converting it to 24bit PNG's. I'm so lost.
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It didnt work because you need a good root browser (not es file us like root browser)
1619415 said:
It didnt work because you need a good root browser (not es file us like root browser)
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I've gone into a terminal on the phone and verified the permissions are correct and the file size exactly matches (haven't compared a hash though). Also, the same zips always work, and the same ones always don't. It's got nothing to do with the file explorer imho.
qstarin said:
I've gone into a terminal on the phone and verified the permissions are correct and the file size exactly matches (haven't compared a hash though). Also, the same zips always work, and the same ones always don't. It's got nothing to do with the file explorer imho.
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Ok well it could just be that the zips are bad or your not placing it in the correct spot (like a folder) try changing your rom
1619415 said:
Ok well it could just be that the zips are bad or your not placing it in the correct spot (like a folder) try changing your rom
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The zips open fine and I can extract individual files onto the phone, which I have no problem viewing in the gallery. Other animations I put in place work so I am getting it in the right folder, and the rom shouldn't really matter but I've tried this on the stock rom and BarRin ZV6.
qstarin said:
The zips open fine and I can extract individual files onto the phone, which I have no problem viewing in the gallery. Other animations I put in place work so I am getting it in the right folder, and the rom shouldn't really matter but I've tried this on the stock rom and BarRin ZV6.
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Are you trying to extract the images for your boot animations on your phone? Or are you trying to make you own bootanimation.zip?
qstarin said:
The zips open fine and I can extract individual files onto the phone, which I have no problem viewing in the gallery. Other animations I put in place work so I am getting it in the right folder, and the rom shouldn't really matter but I've tried this on the stock rom and BarRin ZV6.
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This might sound a little stupid but maybe the phone just dosent like thoses. Or you may have done it in a way that the hardware/software may block it.