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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I have tried to add numerous different boot animation on my phone. From my understanding you place them in the system/media folder and replace the existing bootanimation.zip with the custom animation and reboot. However I have tried with 4 different animations and only got a black screen. I tried to unizip them and rezip them using 7.z and making sure I zip it with "store" to no avail. Any help is greatly appreciated here. Also does it matter it Im using Supermanager to move and rename the zips, or does it strictly have to be thru adb. (Though I have tried both)
Im running gingerblur 1.3 with honey glow theme and boot animation.
Dont unzip it. Put the bootanimation.zip in the system/media. I use Root Explorer.
WiredPirate said:
Dont unzip it. Put the bootanimation.zip in the system/media.
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What method would I use to zip a modified custom animation tho?
Krshaw18 said:
What method would I use to zip a modified custom animation tho?
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Oh. You asked how to install you should ask how to create, or how to zip.
I said in my original post that I have tried just placing it in the folder, and that I have tried to rezip them. My question was why it wasnt working, or what I was doing wrong.
Hello all, quick question. I rooted my LG Optimus T using z4root and Shorty after I downloaded "Root Tools" from the market. Really the only thing I used it for was to change my boot animations, I tried a few of them. Through the program it backed up my original animation in a zip file on my SD card. The program has an option to restore the original animation but it just won't allow me. Since I've done a full back up with Titanium Pro and a Band back up after installing a custom recovery. Is there another way to restore my boot animation from my SD card using Terminal Emulator or a copy paste?
You say you have the original boot animation then it's possible
Make sure the file is bootanimation.zip.
Things you need
1)Phone is Rooted
2)Root Explorer(Market)
3)Boot Animation (Original On Your SdCard)
Open your root explorer and find system. Then open that folder and choose media. That is where you should place your bootanimation.zip
Thanks, turns out I do not have the original boot animation that came with the phone. I must of missed the button when installing the new animation. I tried looking for one to download but did not have luck. Not that big of a deal, though.
Hi,
Is there any mod, which has the stock android 4 boot animation (like this)
I found this Thread, but he stopped developing and I love the stock boot animation. Is there one I can flash with cwm?
Thx
Michael
You only need root access and some file manager to change your boot animation. CWM is not necessary.
Use file manager that can mount system partition (probably need to check 'allow mounting system partition' in the settings) and replace /system/media/bootanimation.zip with your own custom animation (of course you should rename/backup your old/original bootanimation file just in case). Afterwards set permission of bootanimation.zip file to rw/r/r.
Ask creator of that thread to send you bootanimation.zip file, and you're set to go. Also there are tools for that, so if you want to, you can create an animation yourself.
I changed my boot animation few days ago, using this thread. Hope it helps you.
Thanks a lot a few minutes before I had found the windows boot animation too.
Here's a very nice site for boot animations. I'll try some
Hello, everyone. Recently, I installed the Legend port of CM9, but I really dislike the bootscreen, I prefer lighter, simpler images. Some days ago, the designer of the past CM bootscreens revealed the bootscreen for CM10 and provided download links on the video.
First, I'm kinda noobish to the Android scene and such, so I tried flashing the entire zip provided, but then noticed the zip had more zips, named "bootanimation.zip" and realized that was the thing I was supposed to flash. So, I went ahead and tried flashing the 480 vertical zip, but CMR kept throwing me errors, without even pointing what was wrong, it just didn't install it.
I've been looking for a bit about some issues, and then found that the desc.txt file includes the info needed, like height and width. So, I change width to 320 and keep height to 480, leaving the rest untouched. Didn't work either, so I'm asking you guys if I'm doing anything wrong.
Tech data:
- Running Cyanogenmod 9 b4 for HTC Legend.
- Opened zip files with 7zip and edited text files with notepad.exe
- Trying to flash through Clockwork Recovery.
Alxe said:
Hello, everyone. Recently, I installed the Legend port of CM9, but I really dislike the bootscreen, I prefer lighter, simpler images. Some days ago, the designer of the past CM bootscreens revealed the bootscreen for CM10 and provided download links on the video.
First, I'm kinda noobish to the Android scene and such, so I tried flashing the entire zip provided, but then noticed the zip had more zips, named "bootanimation.zip" and realized that was the thing I was supposed to flash. So, I went ahead and tried flashing the 480 vertical zip, but CMR kept throwing me errors, without even pointing what was wrong, it just didn't install it.
I've been looking for a bit about some issues, and then found that the desc.txt file includes the info needed, like height and width. So, I change width to 320 and keep height to 480, leaving the rest untouched. Didn't work either, so I'm asking you guys if I'm doing anything wrong.
Tech data:
- Running Cyanogenmod 9 b4 for HTC Legend.
- Opened zip files with 7zip and edited text files with notepad.exe
- Trying to flash through Clockwork Recovery.
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First of all that zip file is not a zip to flash, it is a animation package that android reads on boot you need to simply copy it into the /system/media folder, its also best not to mess with the stuff inside the zip if you haven't done any learning about what the stuff inside does.
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ranger4740 said:
First of all that zip file is not a zip to flash, it is a animation package that android reads on boot you need to simply copy it into the /system/media folder, its also best not to mess with the stuff inside the zip if you haven't done any learning about what the stuff inside does.
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You can also put it in data/local if you're doing nightlies it something that doesn't require a full wipe.
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ranger4740 said:
First of all that zip file is not a zip to flash, it is a animation package that android reads on boot you need to simply copy it into the /system/media folder, its also best not to mess with the stuff inside the zip if you haven't done any learning about what the stuff inside does.
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I know about the contents of the folder plus how the text file interacts with the system. (frames per second, location of each "part" of the entire animation.., to loop or not to loop) but seeing that, based on info found across the web, I could flash it, I tried becasue I think it's a cleaner way, rather than going into a file manager and placing the zip somewhere.