Hello,
I have a rooted Gtablet running the latest ICS DRH Beta2(fixed) ROM. I surely have NOTHING against the boot animation zip file that comes loaded with the rom, but I just want to flash a different image there instead of seeing the 'Team DRH' boot image all the time. Has anyone tried doing so ?
Thanks,
David
Davy49 said:
Hello,
I have a rooted Gtablet running the latest ICS DRH Beta2(fixed) ROM. I surely have NOTHING against the boot animation zip file that comes loaded with the rom, but I just want to flash a different image there instead of seeing the 'Team DRH' boot image all the time. Has anyone tried doing so ?
Thanks,
David
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Since you are already running a Custom ROM you have options.
1st. Download and install ES File Explorer from the Market and go into the settings and grant it Superuser permmision and mark the System as RW. All that found on the bottom of the settings in the ES File Explorer settings.
2nd. Find a Custom bootanimation that you like. There is allot of them around so after downloading them you can open them up in ES and view the pictures to see which one that you like. I change the names just so that I know which one it is. Example: if it downloads with name bootanimation.zip rename it (xxxxxx)bootanimation.zip. The x is the name that you perferr.
3rd. Here is where it gets a bit tricky. After finding the one you like guide your way using ES to the system files. Upper corner says favorites and (/) means system. So the bootanimation would be found in ./system/media. Make backup if you need it by long press until option menu pops up and select Copy to. Now go back to Favorite/sdcard to where you store your new bootanimation. Rename just bootanimation.zip and then Copy to the ./system/media folder that you were in earilier. You will get a overright messeage just allow it and reboot and enjoy.
Dear nobe1976,
Thanks so much for your very informative reply, I already have the ES File Explorer software you mentioned installed on my gtablet. Also I have the Ghost Commander app installed, it also works well. Is there a certain place that has a good selection of boot animation files?
Thanks,
David
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I have a different boot animation on my phone and I'm not sure hot to apply it I don't have a pc so I want to do this straight through the phone I have sufb and astro file and the new boot animation shows up but I don't know where to put it any body know what I can do?
Willsnews
So just to be clear I have it on my phone but don't know how to switch between the stock and the new one x_x help me please I can't stand the stock animation t mobile gives
Willsnews
You want root explorer. First you want to extract the zip file that contains the boot animation that you want, using astro file manager. Then go into root explorer, and replace /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg and /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
That will replace the video. The bootup sound is /system/etc/PowerOn.wav
replace those files with the one from the zip.
The shutdown video is a handful of image files located in /system/media/video/shutdown
and the shutdown sound is /system/media/audio/ui/Shutdown_128.ogg
Any other program other than root explorer cause I can't buy it cause I can't put it on my bill?
Willsnews
I have sufbs astro and andexplorer can I use those to do it?
Willsnews
Astro file manager doesn't give me a extract option but sufbs does but I guess I need ther root explorer for this cause I haven't had any luck any other way if you do know of a way to do this with the things I have listed it would be awesome to know and thanks for the reply x_x
Willsnews
I also do not have busybox wil that make a difference?
Willsnews
i tried a different approach but it worked for me.
i used root explorer and deleted the .PNG files from
/system/media/video/shutdown
then, i used VirtualDub (free download, just google it) and opened a gif that i wanted to use as my shutdown animation
once in virtualdub, go to file, export, image sequence and change the name to
shutdown_
for the number of digits in select 1
then change output to .PNG
click ok.
Go to the folder that you exported it to and select 14 consecutive images that you want to use and change the file names in order to shutdown_1, shutdown_2 etc....
move these files to your external sd card.
Now go back into root explorer and find these files. Select all of them and move them to system/media/video/shutdown.
You are done. With this method you can use any .gif you want so long as it has only 14 frames. I'm sure there is a way you can use more than 14 frames but I haven't figured that out yet.
I followed all these steps.
1) I'm rooted
2) Have Root Explorer
When I go to paste my new .png files over the old ones, everything seems fine. But when I check the files, they are still the old ones.
Also when I try and delete some of them, they appear gone for a second, then re-appear.
I've tried changing permissions for the files / folders, which appears to work. But then when I look at the permissions again, they have been set back to the way they were before.
Any help appreciated.
Mike
Same thing for me, I have no idea where to go from here, all i know is i will do anything it takes to never have to see that eye sore of a pink square t mobile bootup again... Someone help a brotha out
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There is an app to do it on the evo... not that it helps us.
Yeah I figured this out while ago thank you his for trying to help me and the thread can be deleted or closed
willsnews said:
I have a different boot animation on my phone and I'm not sure hot to apply it I don't have a pc so I want to do this straight through the phone I have sufb and astro file and the new boot animation shows up but I don't know where to put it any body know what I can do?
Willsnews
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if you have CWM go to recovery and install the zip of your boot animation (if its not in a zip idk) but this worked for me
Hi all,
I have a question about the 2nd splash screen (commonly seen with the 'gtablet' logo on it). How can you change this image?
I am currently on BL1.2 using latest GTabComb ROM.
My startup sequence is:
1 - Nvidia TABLETMODZ Logo
2 - Black Screen with orange/yellow word ANDROID in capitals, small and to the left.
3 - ANIMATION: White background green ANDROID word gets punched out
4 - Lockscreen.
When i tried the Illuminate and Flashback ROMs the other day i noticed they have their own personalised 2nd splash screen. Any reason why GTabComb doesnt?
How can i change that?
Thanks
There is a whole forum called "G Tablet Themes and Apps" where you could've checked first before posting.
Oh really?
Wow ill be sure to check that out. Thanks for all your help...
Does anyone else know where I can find some info on this? I searched the different gtab forums and the themes section BEFORE I posted topic, but couldn't find anything. Anyone got a link maybe?
Cheers.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Found this guide a few months ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876488
However, I was using cm7 at the time and when you extract the boot.img files, you dont end up with similar named files as guide says. So I was unable to get it to work.
I will try it with gtabcomb rom and see how it goes.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
FarSight87 said:
Hi all,
I have a question about the 2nd splash screen (commonly seen with the 'gtablet' logo on it). How can you change this image?
I am currently on BL1.2 using latest GTabComb ROM.
My startup sequence is:
1 - Nvidia TABLETMODZ Logo
2 - Black Screen with orange/yellow word ANDROID in capitals, small and to the left.
3 - ANIMATION: White background green ANDROID word gets punched out
4 - Lockscreen.
When i tried the Illuminate and Flashback ROMs the other day i noticed they have their own personalised 2nd splash screen. Any reason why GTabComb doesnt?
How can i change that?
Thanks
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Go here http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/apps/blog/. You will see 2 how to's for Changing out the VS Logo & Changing out the boot animation. It may be what you want.
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Go here http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/apps/blog/. You will see 2 how to's for Changing out the VS Logo & Changing out the boot animation. It may be what you want.
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Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Yeah those How-Tos are just for The 1st boot Logo and the animation (Screens 1 & 3 of boot sequence). Im after a way to change the 2nd screen which normally has the 'gtablet' logo. Thanks though!
I tried this again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876488
Using the GTabComb 3.3 beta ROM.
But, i got errors in the terminal when trying to repack the boot.img file. Has anyone else done this successfully for this ROM?
FarSight87 said:
Using the GTabComb 3.3 beta ROM.
But, i got errors in the terminal when trying to repack the boot.img file. Has anyone else done this successfully for this ROM?
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Try the attached CWM flashable zip file. I managed to change that 2nd boot logo pretty easily. As the threads in the "Themes and Apps" sub-forum indicate, the /initlogo.rle file has to be changed. For some reason, however, that file doesn't show up in the root directory after the system has booted up.
On a Linux system, you can use rle.sh script in the mk-rle.zip attachment to create an initlogo.rle file from an arbitrary image file. The ImageMagick suite of programs will need to be installed, though, and you'll also have to figure out how to create a signed zip file to replace my initlogo.rle file with yours. There are plenty of guides online for this last step.
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Try the attached CWM flashable zip file. I managed to change that 2nd boot logo pretty easily. As the threads in the "Themes and Apps" sub-forum indicate, the /initlogo.rle file has to be changed. For some reason, however, that file doesn't show up in the root directory after the system has booted up.
On a Linux system, you can use rle.sh script in the mk-rle.zip attachment to create an initlogo.rle file from an arbitrary image file. The Imagemagic suite of programs will need to be installed, though, and you'll also have to figure out how to create a signed zip file to replace my initlogo.rle file with yours. There are plenty of guides online for this last step.
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Hey,
Thanks for posting some HELPFUL info
Ill have a crack and get back to you with the result.
Cheers.
2nd Splash screen - WORKS! Finally
Finally got it working thanks to rajeevp for posting the files!
For anyone else interested in how i did it and cant find anything else that works, try the following (Linux system only):
1. Download 2 attachments "mk-rle" and "custom-initlogo.rle-signed.zip" from either this post or rajeevp post (#7)
2. Extract 3 files in "mk-rle" to Desktop
3. Extract 2 folders "META-INF" and "tmp" to Desktop
4. Create image using GIMP Editor 1024x600 pixels Standard RBG
5. Save image as "splash.raw" to desktop selecting RAW Image Data Extension in GIMP when saving
6. Open terminal and cd to Desktop
7. Type
Code:
./to565 -rle < splash.raw > initlogo.rle
8. A "initlogo.rle" file will now be on the Desktop. Copy it into the "tmp" folder replacing the original
9. Select "META-INF" and "tmp" folder and compress to "2ndbootlogo.zip"
10. Connect gtab to PC and copy "2ndbootlogo.zip" to any folder on 14GB filesystem.
11. Restart into Clockworkmod Recovery and "Install zip from sdcard". Navigate to and select 2ndbootlogo.zip file
12. Restart gtab and voila!
Thanks again to rajeevp for the info.
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9. Select "META-INF" and "tmp" folder and compress to "2ndbootlogo.zip"
10. Connect gtab to PC and copy "2ndbootlogo.zip" to any folder on 14GB filesystem.
11. Restart into Clockworkmod Recovery and "Install zip from sdcard". Navigate to and select 2ndbootlogo.zip file
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As I mentioned in my post, you have to re-sign the new zip file. I'm surprised that CWM didn't complain when installing an unsigned zip file (or, in this case, a zip file containing an invalid checksum on one of the files).
Took me hours of reading to figure out something extremely simple. But, hopefully this will save some of the smart people here from having to expend energy belittliing retarded noobs like me.
When I flashed to SHOstock's ICS 2.2.6 I missed the droid animation he had with his GB 1.9.4. So I went searching on how to change it back.
It's pretty simple. All you have to do is.....
1. Get a file explorer with root access. I use ES File Explorer
2. Download any of the custom ROMs in GSII Development
3. Unzip the ROM, open System>media folder. Find the bootanimation zip file and copy that to a folder of your choice on your phone.
4. On your phone, open your file explorer and allow it root folder read/write access
5. Navigate to System>media folder and backup the original bootanimation zip, in case you ever want to replace it.
6. Navigate back to where you put the custom bootanimation zip and copy and replace that zip into the media folder on your phone.
You're done.
If there was audio to the bootanimation it's the same copy and paste process. The .wav file should be located in System>etc. It's named "PowerOn". Once you move that over you may have to change the file permissions to RW--R--R.
To change permissions in ES File Explorer you long press the icon. It'll pull up an "Operations" drop down. Scroll to "Properties". Click "Change". Then make sure User: read/write is checked. Group: read. Other: read Then click ok.
If the sound doesn't work you may have to rename the PowerOn.wav to "PowerOn.ogg"
I'll try and answer any questions you may have but keep in mind i've only had this phone for less than two weeks. I've been lurking and studying on XDA for even less. But i'll do my best.
Remember, before asking questions, searching/reading the forums is your best option. I'm still a total novice but because of this wonderful place i've managed to root my phone, installed several different kernels and themes and flashed two different ROMS
You can also put the bootanimation.zip file in data/local. This way you will preserve your stock bootanimation file.
Sent from my SGH-I777
Hey I'm not sure if this is recommended but I didn't see any instructions specifically for disabling the bootsound. I did find the location of it in this post so I just removed it and my phone stopped making noises when it boot up. I'll report back if any weird issues start happening.
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Hey I'm not sure if this is recommended but I didn't see any instructions specifically for disabling the bootsound. I did find the location of it in this post so I just removed it and my phone stopped making noises when it boot up. I'll report back if any weird issues start happening.
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Should be ok. Because if the animation didn't have sound to begin with the .wav file wouldn't be there.
Props to chetan_mohanty for the bootanimations.
Most of the links to the ba's are down but the MassEffect one is still active.
MassEffect - http://depositfiles.com/files/f461b8tt3
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W2jWIHSODw
You can thank him here or see his other animations.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20673303&postcount=1
Okay. First thanks to neutopian for the link. First thing you want to do is go and download the boot animation that you prefer from:
http://tinyurl.com/co9ulfv Not sure if you can post the full links here but at least this one is clickable?
(One of the bootanimations I clicked on was bogus so use your brain. The next three brought me right to the file download without visiting a website first.) Then go into ES file explorer On your phone and go into settings and make it writable by placing a check next to Root Explorer and Mount File System. Next I found the downloaded file and clicked into it and clicked Data then Local and found the actual boot animation zip and copied it to the root of the SD card so it would be easy to find. After that I renamed that file to SPC_bootanimation.zip. Now you go into system/customize/resource and delete the file labeled as SPC_bootanimation.(I saved a copy first and this must be done before you copy the file you're pasting in there. Don't know why but once I copied I couldn't delete the stock _bootanimation.zip file). Then I went back to the sd card and copied the renamed SPC_bootanimation file and pasted it in the resource directory where i deleted the original. Bingo, reboot and you will see your new animation. I did all of these steps in ES File Explorer.
Your folder may be in system/media depending on which rom you're using. I am on stock/ ultra smooth lscape Rosie by flex360.
P.S. the way I was messing up first was I was trying to rename the file I downloaded to spc_bootanimation not the bootanimation.zip file located inside of that original download in the Data/Local directory.
Also, I'm not an English major by any means, so if something is spelled incorrectly or the proper grammar wasn't used, sorry. I'm not looking for a lesson just looking to help out. heck if it's bad enough, just click on the donation tab next to my name and maybe I can afford some classes.
I'm using the bluplazmall boot animation. Looks really good.
http://gunnermike53.com/Themers/jaekar99/Galaxy-Nexus-403/BluPlazmaII-403-Nex.zip
Boot animation
MRBULLRED said:
Okay. First thanks to neutopian for the link. First thing you want to do is go and download the boot animation that you prefer from:
"link removed" Not sure if you can post the full links here but at least this one is clickable?
(One of the bootanimations I clicked on was bogus so use your brain. The next three brought me right to the file download without visiting a website first.) Then go into ES file explorer On your phone and go into settings and make it writable by placing a check next to Root Explorer and Mount File System. Next I found the downloaded file and clicked into it and clicked Data then Local and found the actual boot animation zip and copied it to the root of the SD card so it would be easy to find. After that I renamed that file to SPC_bootanimation.zip. Now you go into system/customize/resource and delete the file labeled as SPC_bootanimation.(I saved a copy first and this must be done before you copy the file you're pasting in there. Don't know why but once I copied I couldn't delete the stock _bootanimation.zip file). Then I went back to the sd card and copied the renamed SPC_bootanimation file and pasted it in the resource directory where i deleted the original. Bingo, reboot and you will see your new animation. I did all of these steps in ES File Explorer.
Your folder may be in system/media depending on which rom you're using. I am on stock/ ultra smooth lscape Rosie by flex360.
P.S. the way I was messing up first was I was trying to rename the file I downloaded to spc_bootanimation not the bootanimation.zip file located inside of that original download in the Data/Local directory.
Also, I'm not an English major by any means, so if something is spelled incorrectly or the proper grammar wasn't used, sorry. I'm not looking for a lesson just looking to help out. heck if it's bad enough, just click on the donation tab next to my name and maybe I can afford some classes.
I'm using the bluplazmall boot animation. Looks really good.
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I done this step by step and when I rebooted, I got a blank screen and other attempts has gotten me the old boot screen back. How can I fix this? Not sure what info you need but I am on HTC Evo 4G lte with all stock software. I am rooted and unlocked bootloader.
Sorry didn't notice this was a guide. I thought he qouted someojes from another thread and posted here. Sorry man.
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
the easiest way to find out where the bootanimation goes is by looking at the default.xml in system/customize/CID
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some devs not all change the location and names of their bootanimtions(no motter what rom i run i change mine to bootanimation in the defaut xml and name my animations that)
dased14 said:
the easiest way to find out where the bootanimation goes is by looking at the default.xml in system/customize/CID
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some devs not all change the location and names of their bootanimtions(no motter what rom i run i change mine to bootanimation in the defaut xml and name my animations that)
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I just took a look at my default.xml (running Sinister V11) and it says SPC_bootanimation.zip should be in /customize/resource. Yet, it's not there.
cabbieBot said:
I just took a look at my default.xml (running Sinister V11) and it says SPC_bootanimation.zip should be in /customize/resource. Yet, it's not there.
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Try renaming whatever bootani to that anyway and put it there. Might still work.... Can't hurt, right?
This is a guide that I do not remember being posted anywhere, but if it has been, mods feel free to remove
This is for Stock based touchwiz roms ONLY where the dev hasn't added a custom bootanimation, and instead the stock ATT globe animation (which is a .qmg file instead of a zip ) is present. CM, PA, or AOKP roms do not need this, as you can just replace the bootanimation.zip file in /system/media for them.
First off special credit goes to Androidmechanic for pointing me in the direction of the thread to do so located HERE
The thread has some pretty clear instructions, but apparently some people still had problems with getting it to work, so here's what I did:
1.) Download Busybox from the playstore, open up the app and follow the instructions to install it. Even if you already have busybox from a previous time, a clean install of a fresh one will make this process work.
2.) Download the Bootanimation4u.zip AND Bootanimationzip4u.Samsungani.Only.zip from the thread linked above.
3.) Reboot into recovery and flash the Bootanimation4u.Samsungani.Only.zip FIRST, then flash Bootanimation4u.zip (I'm not sure if it is needed to flash both, but this is what I did to get it working.
4.) Reboot. Then paste any existing Bootanimation.zip files that you may have into /system/media through use of a root browser (ES File explorer, Root Browser, etc)
OR
if you don't have any bootanimation.zip files handy
you can download Boot Animation from the playstore and download and install from a PLETHORA of bootanimations. If you choose to do this follow these instructions, courtesy of XDA user ReelFiles
- install Boot Animations Root from the Play Store.
- Go into the app's preferences and change install location to /system/media/ and leave the default filename (bootanimation.zip) and go back to the main screen.
-. Select any bootanimation from the Server tab and hit Install. (Tablet ones at the bottom of the list look best.)
- Select the installed bootanimation again and hit Resize. Set it to 800x1280 30FPS.
-Tap the options key and select "Preview current" Make sure you like it and reboot.
You don't have to delete the .qmg files that Samsung uses for their bootanimation for this to work, but if for some reason this doesn't work for you, try deleting them and see what happens
Once done your bootanimation should be set! Happy Flashing!
Any idea on how to change the shutdown animation?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
sgndroid1 said:
Any idea on how to change the shutdown animation?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
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Shutdown animation is located system/media/video/shutdown. There is a shutdown.qmg file. I replaced mine with the stock intl' Samsung shutdown qmg file. Looks much better.
I have a request to make.I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 running Lollipop 5.0.1 and i tried and flashed the file but nothing happened,but the reason is probably becouse i tried this method first ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ection-how-t1897969/post31833122#post31833122 ) and made a mess of things. Now i see only the Samsung GS4 inscription and the blank screen until the device boots up.I want to switch back to the default boot animation but i can't seem to get it back no matter what i try and i no longer have my system/bin folder bckp.If you can point me to where i can download one or you have it and can shre it with me i'll be immensely grateful.
I've a Samsung S3 I9300 with Android 4.4.4: this method works with my device?
And is there a collection of bootanimation here on XDA?
Thanks
anyone know how to go back to using qmg files?