I was "messing" with creating boot animation for 4hr. Had to reformat and restore 3 times. I finally found a program Boot Animation Factory that let me preview the zip before I put on phone. I am using CM10 base ROM and the bootanimation.zip is in /system/media.
I do not have "sophisticated" photo editing programs, so I use Photo Studio 6 to create the text and my old PhotoSuite4 to fix the transparency. It took me few hours to make it. I use winrar for ziping. In winrar chose zip and store. Transfer trough usb to my sd card and copy to /system/media using Root Browser Lite(free). I am attaching my bootanimation.zip. Preview in Boot Animation Factory or trough adb.
Do not get scare - it is for fun.
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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
bump!
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
Alright, so I thought it'd be pretty cool if I could have my phone boot up with the Game Boy Advance sound and animation. Alas, I found it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986789
...for another phone! Damn!
I tried manually going about doing it, and I got everything assembled as a .psd... but then I lost it. And when I had it I couldn't figure out how to export each frame as different .png files.
So, that's why I'm asking you, fellow XDA member, to help me make my phone a GBA!
all you need to do for the animation is rename it to bootanimation.zip where it goes depends on the ROM you are using.
Sense (other than stock/Iced-Glacier) Desire HD, Desire Z ports
Copy/download the animation's zip to your SD card
must be named bootanimation.zip
Open Root Explorer
Copy the animation to /system/customize/resources (don't forget to mount the resources folder as r/w before copying)
Done!
Also Sense can have boot sounds (personally I would keep them under 30 seconds)
must be named android_audio (can be .mp3 or .wav)
Copy the audio file to /system/customize/resources (don't forget to mount the resources folder as r/w before copying)
Done!
Instructions CM 6/7:
Copy/download the animation's zip to your SD card
Open Root Explorer
Copy the animation from your SD card to /system/media/ (don't forget to mount the media folder as r/w before copying)
Done!
So the size of the image doesn't matter?
I just ran it on mine and the reason it has the dimensions it does because he is using an image that should be in landscape mode but has resized it to fit in portrait mode without distorting the image, it will run fine but it has a fairly large black band at the top and bottom. hope that helps.
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.
I am a Noob on Xda-Developers. Please forgive me for my English.
The Android boot animation is stored within one very special file named bootanimation.zip inside the phone’s memory. Change the .zip, change the animation. It’s as simple as that.
What’s not simple is how Android stores bootanimation.zip. For some unknown reason, Android actually keeps two copies of the animation file. One is stored at /data/local and the other at /system/media.
The difference between these locations is minor. The /data/local copy does not require root access. The phone also uses this animation before the other. The other one in /system/media does require root. However, installing a new animation to /system/media means that it will survive a factory reset. It’s a trade-off.
Regardless of which location you decide to use for your new boot animation, be absolutely sure to back up the original files. When replacing bootanimation.zip, keep a copy of the original .zip file saved to your computer. To be absolutely sure, you may want to make a Nandroid backup before doing any modifications.
How It Works
This section is intended to inform those who might wish to make their own start-up animation. If you have no interest in doing so, feel free to skip ahead. Understanding exactly how bootanimation.zip works is not necessary to install a new one.
If you copy bootanimation.zip to your computer and unzip it, inside will be a collection of files. There will be folders labeled part0, part1, part2 and so on. Also included will be desc.txt.
For our MIUI ROM, the boot animation was split into two parts. Part 0 had a huge list of image files which it used for the animation. Part 1 simply held the final screen at the end of the animation.
Desc.txt contains extremely simple instructions telling the phone how to run the animation. The first line lists the width, height, and frame rate of the animation. So 480 800 24 means to run the animation at 480×800 resolution and 24 frames per second.
The next two lines refer to the animation files. “P” invokes a part folder. The next number tells the phone how many times to play that part of the animation. So our second line “p 1 0 part0” means that the animation files in the part0 folder will play once. If we put zero, then the animation will loop until fully booted. The most notable use of looping animations is CyanogenMod 7’s spinning blue arrow.
The second number in that line is the pause time. This tells the phone how long it should pause DURING/BEFORE/AFTER/ the animation. Pause time is measured in frames, so 24 would be 24 frames of pause at 24 frames per second. Thus it pauses for one second. Our 0 means the phone pauses for zero frames (no time).
Creating Your Own Boot Animation
The first step is drawing the animation. Create a series of images which form one continuous animation. The frames must be labeled by increasing numbers, e.g. 000.png and 001.png and so on. Each part of the animation goes into a separate folder, starting with part0 and part1 and so on.
Finally open Notepad and write out a few lines of instructions. The first line should be the resolution and frame rate of the animation. The resolution must match that of your device. If you don’t know what that resolution is, see this page . The frame rate should match the one in the original desc.txt.
The next lines dictate the parts. Each part folder requires one line of instruction. Write out the numbers for each part of the animation. Once finished, save the file as desc.txt.
The final step is creating the .zip file. Select all the part folders and desc.txt. Right click on the files and select Send To > Compressed folder(Make sure that you select Store on Compression level). Windows should quickly create the new file. Be sure to name it bootanimation.zip and nothing else.
Various Methods of Changing the Boot Animation:
Installation by Flashing
Other themes come as .zip files which can be flashed within ClockworkMod. This is much easier and definitely recommended. When downloading a theme from XDA or elsewhere, be sure to check the page. It might be a flashable .zip.
To flash a .zip file, simply copy it to the SD card.
Reboot into recovery mode.
Now go to “Install .zip” and choose the file from your card. CWM should run the file.
Reboot once finished.
Installation by Copy/Paste
Copy your corresponding zip into your memory card.
Go to system/media & make a backup of bootanimation.zip.
Then copy your new bootanimation.zip from sd card & paste it to system/media.
Change permission to: rw-r-r
Reboot & enjoy
To change the boot audio:
Find an mp3. It should be relatively short as most phones don’t take much time to turn on.
Rename the mp3 to bootaudio.mp3.
Copy it to the SD card.
Now open Super Manager and copy the mp3 to /system/media.
Always make a Backup before doing any modifications
Try it with your own risk
I am not responsible it anything wrong happen with your mobile.
Donr forget to press THANKS button
Hello friends, i am here to share a tutorial for setting you own photo(or any) at startup. This image will appear after the boot image and animation so, you don't need to worry about loosing your favourite boot image and animation.
ROOT REQUIRED and any root browser that can copy paste in root folder.
I HAVE USED IT ON STOCK ROM ONLY IF IT WORKS FOR CUSTOM ROMS, PLEASE DO SHARE
For rooting and and cwm go to below link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292971
Request: please make a proper backup with cwm/twrp..
Steps :
1) firstly choose a picture that you want to use and edit it in you own style i edited my photo with Picsart photo editor and used some text.photo should be in 720×1280 resolution*.
2) open your root browser and got to system > media
You'll find a file named "bootanimation".
3) copy that zip in your sd card. Now open it,there will be two folders named part0 and part1. The part0 folder is boot animation so leave it that way.if you don't have part1 folder, make one.
4)Now rename the photo that you want to use as "056.png" and paste it in part1 folder.
5) finally replace the modified bootanimation.zip with original one**.
*to get your desired photo in 720×1280 ratio, view your photo in full screen mode,adjust it as you desire and take a screen snap.the sceen snap photo will be in 720×1280 ratio.
**Keep a copy of original bootanimation.zip for future use.
yup.... if a prsn opns dat zip fyl... he can easily undrstand da method
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i have tested this long time ago on stock and custom both failed...
instead of that use gif2bootanimation it works like charm and it's cwm method..:good: