I serendipitously discovered a PC utility for creating boot animations from GIF files. Navigate to this thread by Blufenix. It's self explanatory; just download the zip, extract, and run the Jar file.
Seems to work well. I used it to create this lovely Melanie Iglesias boot animation (attached, untested) :good:.
This is great! Check out the bootanimation I just made from Ace Ventura for my EVO 4G. Resolution 480x800. Feel free to use it yourself. Rename and place in the correct directory on your phone. Have fun!
Simba501 said:
I serendipitously discovered a PC utility for creating boot animations from GIF files.
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I'm glad you found my program useful! Feel free to submit suggestions for new features
jeffreylin_ said:
When I attempted to make one (launched from cmd), I got the following error:
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Processing animated gif...
Number of frames: 3
Exception in thread "Thread-3" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 4096
at com.sun.imageio.plugins.gif.GIFImageReader.read(Unknown Source)
at javax.imageio.ImageReader.readAll(Unknown Source)
at backend.createBootZip(backend.java:91)
at gif2bootGUI$9$1.run(gif2bootGUI.java:232)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
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Please provide a link to the gif so I can test it on my machine. Thanks.
Also, be sure to use the newest version: http://androidforums.com/app-game-a...nimated-gifs-boot-animations-adb-support.html
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The gif you provided is corrupted (specifically the first frame). I suggest you find a different source for this animation, or try to repair the gif with a tool like gifsicle, imagemagick, or some online gif editor. I tried to repair the gif myself (http://i.imgur.com/iLUXgw8.gif), but it looks bad (the first frame is a bit grainy), you can use it if you want, but I'm sure there is a better way to repair it.
jeffreylin_ said:
Ah, I see. Perhaps in the future you should implement a feature that notifies if the .gif is corrupted. I'll be using your image, it seems okay to me.
Oh, and how would one know if a gif is corrupted?
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Yes, I should include that feature. This is the first time I've seen a gif corrupted in this way, so I didn't know what to look for until now.
I discovered that the gif was corrupted by making my program skip processing of the first frame (which made it run fine). This got me suspicious, so I opened the gif in an editor and saved it again. The other frames remained identical, but the first frame changed.
Thanks for using my program, and if you need anything else just let me know!
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Also, it seems that my phone is 480 by 800, not the other way around. When this was made into a boot animation, the program appears to have rotated the frames and then converted it. So on my phone it is horizontal. Just thought you might want to know.
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Yes, that is an intended feature (I should probably make that more obvious with some kind of documentation). If the image is wider than it is tall, is will render in landscape. If you don't want that, you can try the "center frame" option. It will try to intelligently crop the sides of the image to fit your screen correctly, and render it right-side-up.
You should make more detailed instructions like
1. download
2. extract
3.open command window where you extracted (shift+ right click, open command window here)
4. type: "java -jar gif2boot.jar"
5. follow instructions on screen
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I'm glad you found my program useful! Feel free to submit suggestions for new features
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Where exactly does the bootanimation get stored when installed by ADB?
Proud2bNoob said:
Where exactly does the bootanimation get stored when installed by ADB?
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/data/local/bootanimation.zip
BLuFeNiX said:
/data/local/bootanimation.zip
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Thanks, I wanted to restore my previous one but changing it in /system/media didn't do a thing
Doesn't work in Ubuntu
Tried to run as root, but I still get "IO error: do you have sufficient permissions for the file system?". Is there anyone who has managed to run this on Linux?
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I no longer have time to maintain this. If any one wants to adapt off of my work, feel free. Just be sure to give credit
I have made a guide/application to make it very easy to make and flash a splash screen
THIS IS ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS!!!!
Requirements -
A Windows Computer Running Windows XP or Later
Attached Zip Package
A 480*800 bmp image you want to make your new splash screen
If you are unsure of the screen resolution of your device, check out this link...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Android_devices
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Credits go to the Following:
RUN THIS PROGRAM.CMD---> VibrantOwnr
nbimg.exe-----------------> Pau Oliva
adb.exe-------------------> Google SDK
fastboot.exe---------------> Google SDK
AdbWinApi.dll--------------> Google SDK
AdbWinUsbApi.dll-----------> Google SDK
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I am not responsible for anything you do to your phone. Everything you do, is your responsibility. End of Story.
This is a Beta, if you find any problems, please send me a PM. Thanks
Changelog said:
v0.02 Beta
Fixed Image Distortion Issue
v0.03
Fixed a lot of issues
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Image came out crazy distorted! Had to resort back to my old splash screen. Keep trying tho. Will try newer versions
Beast84 said:
Image came out crazy distorted! Had to resort back to my old splash screen. Keep trying tho. Will try newer versions
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did you try converting an img to a bmp or a bmp to an img?
EDIT:just realized i accidentally set it to 400*800 instead of 480*800
should work with the new image size
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did you try converting an img to a bmp or a bmp to an img?
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bmp to img. When I flashed it, the letters of the image were overlapped like 10 times on the screen.
Beast84 said:
bmp to img. When I flashed it, the letters of the image were overlapped like 10 times on the screen.
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i just realized i had posted the dimesions wrong (they are supposed to be 480*800 and not 400*800)
just updated it
also if you are still having problems, send me the image and i will see what i can do
VibrantOwnr said:
i just realized i had posted the dimesions wring (they are supposed to be 480*800 and not 400*800)
just updated it
also if you are still having problems, send me the image and i will see what i can do
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I'll try this first & let you know how it goes
EDIT... Just tried it & it worked! I knew the correct dimensions but totally just followed directions haha thanks
Hello,
I am about to write about it on my blog (with a backlink to this post and credits to you of course), and I am curious about whether this batch script is exclusively meant for myTouch 4G or will it work for any Android device? (Of course only provided that the bitmap's resolution matches the screen resolution of the device)
HQRaja said:
Hello,
I am about to write about it on my blog (with a backlink to this post and credits to you of course), and I am curious about whether this batch script is exclusively meant for myTouch 4G or will it work for any Android device? (Of course only provided that the bitmap's resolution matches the screen resolution of the device)
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For conversion to an img file (to make a splash screen), it should work for any device)
For conversion to an bmp file (to get an image from a splash screen) it should only work for devices whose dimensions match (480*800)
EDIT:if you have any dimensions/devices that you img to bmp conversion for, i would be more than happy to edit it
Beast84 said:
I'll try this first & let you know how it goes
EDIT... Just tried it & it worked! I knew the correct dimensions but totally just followed directions haha thanks
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Perfect...Great to Hear it
I know I'm not a NOOB, but what I'm I doing wrong? This script is now working, is just runs to the end, no prompting or nothing. Help please
stlouie65 said:
I know I'm not a NOOB, but what I'm I doing wrong? This script is now working, is just runs to the end, no prompting or nothing. Help please
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Does it ask what you want to convert or anything, or does it just open and close?
Just featured it here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...oid-splash-screen-with-splash-screen-creator/
HQRaja said:
Just featured it here: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...oid-splash-screen-with-splash-screen-creator/
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just spotted one error...you spelled my name wrong...
and thank you for posting it..
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Does it ask what you want to convert or anything, or does it just open and close?
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It doesn't ask anything. I've renamed my file SPLASH.BMP, I'm using Windows XP
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just spotted one error...you spelled my name wrong...
and thank you for posting it..
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Whoops, sorry...lemme fix that. And always a pleasure posting something useful, all credit and thanks to YOU for making it this simple and sharing it with us. =)
stlouie65 said:
It doesn't ask anything. I've renamed my file SPLASH.BMP, I'm using Windows XP
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i dont mean to go to the basics but be sure to click the RUN THIS ONE.bat file, not the nbimg.exe
but if that doesnt work, try downloading again to make sure you didnt get a bad download
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i dont mean to go to the basics but be sure to click the RUN THIS ONE.bat file, not the nbimg.exe
but if that doesnt work, try downloading again to make sure you didnt get a bad download
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No offense taken. I can take a IMG and it will convert to BMP, but I can't do it back. I will redownload and try again. Thanks for your help
stlouie65 said:
No offense taken. I can take a IMG and it will convert to BMP, but I can't do it back. I will redownload and try again. Thanks for your help
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no problem. if that doesnt work, try changing the image. i know that for some reason, i occasionally run into a bmp file that causes nbimg to just shut down. i dont know why but as soon as i use a different image it fixes itself.
VibrantOwnr said:
no problem. if that doesnt work, try changing the image. i know that for some reason, i occasionally run into a bmp file that causes nbimg to just shut down. i dont know why but as soon as i use a different image it fixes itself.
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Will do, I'll convert a few different jpg's
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Will do, I'll convert a few different jpg's
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i think i know your problem....this file cant convert jpg, they must be in bmp format
[TOOL] EZ Splash Screen Flasher and Image Converter>>Converts jpg, png and bmp files
This is a simple tool/script used to convert .jpg .png and .bmp files into the format used for the splash screen on your device. This can also be used to make a copy of your current splash screen or convert a splash screen image into a .png for you to edit. You can also flash the new image using this.
(Currently this has been confirmed working on the HTC devices below)
This is my first attempt at a script. With that being said...Please leave your feedback and ideas for possible updates or any issues. I also understand that there might be other tools like this on the forum but the one I found here didn't work on Windows XP. Plus I was wanting to learn a little about scripts and give people another EZ way to mod their device. There are some things I would like to add and a few little bugs. If some people like this I will make a updated version with more things and options. All the methods and things used in this zip can be found here on XDA. I just packaged them up and did the script.
I found most of the information for the script HERE and of coarse have learned tons in my time here on XDA, so much thanks to everyone here!!
Thanks to Iriscience and the links in his thread for the conversion tools.
And also option94 for his help.
The flash/backup splash option should work for any HTC devices that use a 480x800 splash screen but has been confirmed working with the MT4G, G2, EVO.
REQUIREMENTS
1. PC with Windows XP or better
2. Rooted HTC device with S=OFF and Eng Hboot (if only S=Off you can use Terminal Emulator method below for flash)
3. 480 X 800 png, jpg or bmp image
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Download the attached zip by clicking the rotating skull and then unzip
it to the desktop of your Windows PC.
2. Create or find the 480x800 image you want for your splash screen.
3. Go into the "Splash Flasher" folder you unzipped and place your image
in the "place-image-here" folder.
4. Click on the "CLICK-HERE.bat" and follow the on screen instructions.
NOTE: At this time this does not support having more than one of the
same image type in the "place-image-here" folder when converting and flashing.
Ie: You cant have more than 1 jpg, bmp, png or img in the folder at the same time.
You can have multiple images as long as they are not the same image type.
I don't accept donations but if you like my work
please hit the "THANKS" button
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Reserved for images
I would like to send out a big thanks to all the people here on XDA that have contributed to this collection. There are way to many to try and name. If you see your splash screen here, Thank you!!.
I was browsing the forums and came across a few splash screens that I liked and that were requested, so thought I would add them here for the Glacier family to enjoy.
As I collect more I will put links to the threads I have gotten them from so you can give thanks if you like.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Click on the image you like (it should open in a new window)
2. Right click on the image in the new window and choose "Save Picture As"
3. You can save it wherever you want (I suggest Desktop\Splash Flasher\place-image-here folder)
4. Convert your image to splash .img format and flash it using my script or the Terminal Emulator method I posted below.
IF you cant use the Splash Flasher/Converter, let me know and I can change any image to the correct splash .img format and post it up for you..
TrueBlue_Drew said:
Here is how to flash a new splash screen image to your phone using Terminal emulator. Please keep in mind that as with any mod you can damage your phone beyond repair if done incorrectly.
1. Rename your 480x800 .img file to custom.img and move it to your sdcard.
2.Open Terminal Emulator and type "su" to get a #
3.Then type this exactly as it appears and hit enter. Make sure not to make any mistakes!!!
Code:
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/custom.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19
It should show you that the file has transfered. You can now back out of terminal emulator and reboot your phone to see the new splash screen.
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Just remove the .zip from the name on the attatchments below and they are ready to flash.
Very nice... reminds me a little of the Splash Creator for the G1 that I use to make Splash Images for my wife's MT3G-Slide, but the nice added feature of flashing it as well.
Thanks for this, I wondered how to convert jpg/png to IMG files. Now to try and figure out photoshop.
I did a quick test of a file and it worked GREAT.
ziggy34 said:
Thanks for this, I wondered how to convert jpg/png to IMG files. Now to try and figure out photoshop.
I did a quick test of a file and it worked GREAT.
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If you have any troubles, or need help getting your images put together, let me know.
Awesome!
Just to help with clarity, the description says 480x800 (correct I think?), the requirements say 640x800, and the steps say 640x480. Unless I'm missing something.
darinmc said:
Awesome!
Just to help with clarity, the description says 480x800 (correct I think?), the requirements say 640x800, and the steps say 640x480. Unless I'm missing something.
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It is 480x800
If you try the wrong size the image won't come out right when you flash it. Other than that it wont mess up your phone or anything. I will make the changes. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Glacier
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Reserved for images
Just remove the .zip from the name and they are ready to flash.
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Thanks so much!
99danman said:
Thanks so much!
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No problem. I had to resize it and it made your guy look a little taller and skinnier but hopefully it looks ok for ya.
Will this work on GIFs .. I have an Special File that I have been trying to get created into a splash or Live wallpaper...
NvS said:
Will this work on GIFs .. I have an Special File that I have been trying to get created into a splash or Live wallpaper...
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This wont support gif's. If you would like to PM me your gif I will be happy to convert it so you can flash it. It will be a still shot though.
I love my new splash screen. And it made things extremely smooth.
I updated the OP with some new images that can be used as lockscreen wallpapers or converted and used as splash screens. Please feel free to make requests
quick question...was the script supposed to reboot the phone out of fastboot?
i flashed a few different screens and it never rebooted the phone out of fastboot
edit: forgot to say thanks a ton for this...been wanting to change that screen just most of the instructions were a little too overly complicated
Freek91 said:
quick question...was the script supposed to reboot the phone out of fastboot?
i flashed a few different screens and it never rebooted the phone out of fastboot
edit: forgot to say thanks a ton for this...been wanting to change that screen just most of the instructions were a little too overly complicated
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It should reboot after you flash a new splash screen. I will check it out and see if I left something out.
Thanks.
TrueBlue_Drew said:
It should reboot after you flash a new splash screen. I will check it out and see if I left something out.
Thanks.
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yeah its not a big deal but after doing 4 different screens now...after it says it flashed and the script says hit any key to continue and to make sure to say thanks
you hit any key and the phone just sits on the fastboot and you just have to goto reboot on the phone and all is good
but like i said...its not a big deal just wanted to point it out
and again thanks a bunch for this
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yeah its not a big deal but after doing 4 different screens now...after it says it flashed and the script says hit any key to continue and to make sure to say thanks
you hit any key and the phone just sits on the fastboot and you just have to goto reboot on the phone and all is good
but like i said...its not a big deal just wanted to point it out
and again thanks a bunch for this
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Ok...should be fixed now. Can you check it out and let me know.
Thanks
TrueBlue_Drew said:
Ok...should be fixed now. Can you check it out and let me know.
Thanks
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batch file needs a name change...it downloads as CLICK-HERE.bat.txt
And yeah its reboots itself in fastboot now
hopefully i didnt come across as a pain in the ass...just wanted to point out a couple things being i knew you wanted it to be automated
EDIT: i also noted the adb.exe process doesnt end in task manager when exiting the batch file after your done flashing...this doesnt need to be fixed...but i had noticed it earlier...just wanted to mention it...it may just be an issue on my end
Was wondering when you were finally going to post this. Worked great in my testing.
Freek91 said:
batch file needs a name change...it downloads as CLICK-HERE.bat.txt
And yeah its reboots itself in fastboot now
hopefully i didnt come across as a pain in the ass...just wanted to point out a couple things being i knew you wanted it to be automated
EDIT: i also noted the adb.exe process doesnt end in task manager when exiting the batch file after your done flashing...this doesnt need to be fixed...but i had noticed it earlier...just wanted to mention it...it may just be an issue on my end
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Ughh..sorry dude. I appreciate the help. Hopefully fixed now. You have to use the quit option to kill the adb server for now but I will change it and add it to all the functions that use adb/fastboot in a few.
Thanks again for all the help. Please let me know of anything else you find or ideas you have.
Thanks
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.
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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!!
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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 made (ported) a bootanimation. [MY FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO XDA SINCE I JOINED]
mixture of nexus 1(without the htc logo appearing)
+ a cyanogen 3d animation(which I got from nexus 1 themes and apps section)
+ android pissing on apple. ALL IN ONE!
http://db.tt/gMFnd2e
actually I made it for myself but thought of sharing it.
To port a animation which you like (to make is difficult than port)-
1. unzip 'bootanimation.zip' or any other name which you want to port.
2. you see 1 or 2 or more folders + a .txt file.
2. batch resize all png images in all those folders to 240*400 using 'Fast Stone Photo Resizer'.. no need to change anything else. (they would be of different resolution as they are made for different phone.)
3. edit using 'notepad++' the 'desc.txt' file and change the resolution value typed there to 240 400.
4. the folders and .txt file are ready.
5. archive these files using '7zip'
archive format- zip
compression level- store
don't change anything else and zip it.
6. YOUR BOOTANIMATION IS PORTED.
To apply custom bootanimation-
1. rename the zip to bootanimation.zip
2. move using root explorer to /data/local/ or /system/media/ either of them only, don't move to both!
3. remove 'playlogo' from /system/bin/
4. EVERYTHING DONE!! JUST REBOOT AND ENJOY!! :
WARNING- ITS THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION EVEN A NOOB CAN UNDERSTAND BUT EVEN THEN IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE. BACKUP 'playlogo' IN CASE YOU WANT TO REVERT TO ORIGINAL BOOTANIMATION AND REVERSE FOLLOW THE GUIDE.
ROOTED PHONE NEEDED.
this is just ported by me, made by different people. The guide I wrote was googled from different sources and I tried the simplest way for myself and thus for the post.
Good work !
1. use Fast Stone Photo Resizer for resizing the .png files
2. notepad++ for editing desc.txt file, not the windows notepad.
3. 7zip, not winzip/winrar/anything else.
this is all I needed to port bootanimation.
Mod edit : remove the same
dont ask for the thanks button it is to be given by the member of his own free will & not to be asked for
Edit: solved. post delete.
I have
1.uploaded the file over xda.
2. added a download link for non xda members.
If you want to mix animations as I have done, maintain the animation sequence by renaming the files in sequence you want to play your animation, in those 2 folders.
You can better unzip my animation and check what I have done about mixing different animations and it's sequence.
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Hey i already made a thread on this long time ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024665
But I didn't steal your stuff. And I ported and mixed 3 animations into one for my personal use, just sharing the animation and ' how to do it'.
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Hey i already made a thread on this long time ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024665
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But I didn't steal your stuff. And I ported and mixed 3 animations into one for my personal use, just sharing the animation and ' how to do it'.
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Chill dude
Was just telling
Can I link these bootanim in my thread with credits?
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Can I link these bootanim in my thread with credits?
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Ya Sure..
Thanks
Ported? when I want to use boot animation from other device(galaxy tab.animation 800x600), I only coppy animation in system/media, and this work awersome.. I think, that resize is only waste of time...IMHO
I used irfanview to batch resize and windows notepad to edit the file.
Ziped the files with winrar.
It works great! Thanks for the infos!
Glebko said:
Ported? when I want to use boot animation from other device(galaxy tab.animation 800x600), I only coppy animation in system/media, and this work awersome.. I think, that resize is only waste of time...IMHO
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No not just ported, I edited them to add the android pissing on apple in place of that htc logo + there is a bit of cm7. I mean I edited that 'nexus one bootanimation'
LarryMetal said:
I used irfanview to batch resize and windows notepad to edit the file.
Ziped the files with winrar.
It works great! Thanks for the infos!
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Ya irfanview is a nice 'open source' alternative.
I used 7zip because I love 'open source', anyway that 'compression - store' is important.
But I read somewhere that windows notepad adds 'something' which I don't know, to the text file making it difficult or unreadable for android, result-black boot screen, again I am not sure. never tried it.
Notepad++ does no such thing.
So I recommended it.
very very cool boot animation.. thanks a lot!!
would be more enjoyable if that pissing scene could last a bit longer!!
neo1691 said:
very very cool boot animation.. thanks a lot!!
would be more enjoyable if that pissing scene could last a bit longer!!
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Hi
Actually the frame rate is bit high,18/s
Maybe reducing it to 15 or 16 would be fine.
Also, in the original pissing animation, pissing scene loops and so lasts longer. Here it plays only once.
adding new pictures for pissing scene is possible but it would be a painful job, renaming and all those stuff again!
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Actually the frame rate is bit high,18/s
Maybe reducing it to 15 or 16 would be fine.
Also, in the original pissing animation, pissing scene loops and so lasts longer. Here it plays only once.
adding new pictures for pissing scene is possible but it would be a painful job, renaming and all those stuff again!
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well that explains everything!!
Awesome, great work!
If you unlock your bootloader, it will put an annoying warning message instead of the usual greeting screen when you first boot up.
If you want to restore to stock logo screen, go to Hashbang173's thread.
If you want to restore your custom greeting, follow the steps below:
1. Download the XT1575-logo-new-9-14-15.zip file from Hashbang173's thread and extract the logo.bin file.
2. Connect your phone to your computer. Then run this:
Code:
adb shell su -c “dd if=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/clogo of=/sdcard/clogo.bmp”
3. Then you can use a file browser app, go to your sdcard, and email the clogo.bmp to yourself. This clogo.bmp is your original custom greeting screen. You can actually customize that file if you want a different picture.
4. Next, download the boot logo maker by caitsith2.
5. Run the logo maker and load the logo.bin from hashbang173 that you downloaded at the beginning.
6. Replace the logo-boot and logo-unlocked image with your clogo.bmp file.
7. Save the project in the boot logo maker. It will create a flashable zip file.
8. Extract the new logo.bin from that new zip, then flash it via fastboot (replace /path/to/logo.bin with the actual path to the new logo.bin you just extracted):
Code:
fastboot flash logo /path/to/logo.bin
I've uploaded a template logo.bmp file that you can edit and use for the moto maker to make your own custom greeting. If you want to make your own, skip step 2, and use the uploaded logo.bmp to edit as step 3. Dimensions for your custom image needs to be 1440x2560 pixels.
Credit
@Hashbang173 for creating the original logo restore.
@caitsith2 for the logo maker tool.
@vnphantom for figuring out how to retrieve your custom boot screen.
Thank you for this!
Mine is saying Not Found. Is there a way for me to just make my own with it saying whatever I want?
CJ-Wylde said:
Mine is saying Not Found. Is there a way for me to just make my own with it saying whatever I want?
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Sure. Simply make an image to replace it. I'm assuming any file format would work, but the one pulled from the phone was a BMP file with dimensions 1440x2560 pixels.
I'll upload a template to the OP.
I keep getting Failed at barcodes Produced file is 96889 Bytes Too Large. Already tried lowering down the image resolution to make file smaller but still no success. Any tips?
Tabaqui said:
I keep getting Failed at barcodes Produced file is 96889 Bytes Too Large. Already tried lowering down the image resolution to make file smaller but still no success. Any tips?
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I am using this tool to create custom logos. You can also fully customize the battery charger and bootloader images (like the android with his belly open).
For the logo file I'm saving them as 1400x2560 24bit .png files. (but in the tool you can see the resolution for the other types.
1) Open the logo.bin from this thread.
2)Replace whichever images you want
3) Save as zip
4) take the bin file from the zip and flash it with fastboot... fastboot flash logo mylogo.bin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto...ource-t2848667
To scare away the snoops...
https://imgur.com/Esu7I9s
ErikHellstrom said:
I am using this tool to create custom logos. You can also fully customize the battery charger and bootloader images (like the android with his belly open).
For the logo file I'm saving them as 1400x2560 24bit .png files. (but in the tool you can see the resolution for the other types.
1) Open the logo.bin from this thread.
2)Replace whichever images you want
3) Save as zip
4) take the bin file from the zip and flash it with fastboot... fastboot flash logo mylogo.bin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto...ource-t2848667
To scare away the snoops...
https://imgur.com/Esu7I9s
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It finally worked by using jpeg and reducing the file to 85kb. Sadly the image looks kind of blurry on my phone
Tabaqui said:
It finally worked by using jpeg and reducing the file to 85kb. Sadly the image looks kind of blurry on my phone
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Mine worked at 191K. I read that the reason the default logo screens are mostly one color is to reduce size. So going with a circle of detail in the middle of rectangle of one color can help.
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Mine worked at 191K. I read that the reason the default logo screens are mostly one color is to reduce size. So going with a circle of detail in the middle of rectangle of one color can help.
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I guess that's why it was giving me issues, since I am not using a one color image. I just re-sized one of the icons in the picture and reduced the image to the same 85kb and it wont work again. Even by reducing it at 74kb. Ill attach the image in case you want to take a look at it
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I guess that's why it was giving me issues, since I am not using a one color image. I just re-sized one of the icons in the picture and reduced the image to the same 85kb and it wont work again. Even by reducing it at 74kb. Ill attach the image in case you want to take a look at it
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you should be able to get it in at 1.5 mb
ErikHellstrom said:
you should be able to get it in at 1.5 mb
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Already tried every format to save it in photoshop and still doesnt work . Ill try asking in the tool's thread to see if photoshop has something to do or what.
Tabaqui said:
Already tried every format to save it in photoshop and still doesnt work . Ill try asking in the tool's thread to see if photoshop has something to do or what.
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Try this one. Unzip it, then flash in fastboot.
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Try this one. Unzip it, then flash in fastboot.
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Thanks :good: it worked. Ill like to know though, how were you able to make the bootlogo maker accept the big image.??
Tabaqui said:
Thanks :good: it worked. Ill like to know though, how were you able to make the bootlogo maker accept the big image.??
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Your dimensions were off. I simply stretched it out to the dimensions mentioned earlier. I've edited the OP to reflect dimensions for custom images.
When I pulled the logo, I saved the files as .png... and that's how I save my edits. .png is better at stretching/shrinking and not looking bad. My logo.bin file was 2.43/MB and had no problem..
Plus, I use paint.net to edit... it's free and you can do a lot of stuff with it.. .
Anyone willing to make a video of how to??
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Anyone willing to make a video of how to??
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This is what I did... post #83 with link....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/logo-remove-unlocked-bootloader-warning-t3201141/page9
Decided to recycle an image I've been using since the HTC Vision days. Feel free to use it, just remember that I had to upload it in .jpg format.
Finally decided to root my phone and this was one of the first things i had to do.
I'm a huge kindgom hearts fan and FF7 fan so i had to get cloud as my boot image, after some snooping this is what i came up with. Feel free to use
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I guess that's why it was giving me issues, since I am not using a one color image. I just re-sized one of the icons in the picture and reduced the image to the same 85kb and it wont work again. Even by reducing it at 74kb. Ill attach the image in case you want to take a look at it
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I had the same thing happen when I stretched the image. I had to just leave the image centered. If you stretch it size of image increases and may be too big. I saved in .bmp, but png worked as well. Good luck.
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Tabaqui said:
Already tried every format to save it in photoshop and still doesnt work . Ill try asking in the tool's thread to see if photoshop has something to do or what.
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Okily dokily. Here is how it worked for me using Photoshop.
Open a new image 1440 pixels X 2560 pixels, resolution 96px/in
Paste the image in, make changes etc. Make sure the image takes up all the room you want. You don't want to stretch it later.
Go to save as and choose jpeg.
Image options should pull up. Choose low quality. If it is over 100K use the slider to lower it even more. I'm not sure exectly where the cutoff is, but mine worked at 85.1k