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Has anyone figured out how to change the boot animation?
It seems it's stored in /system/media/bootanimation.zip
I tried replacing the .PNG images inside the archive and that didn't work, although I might have messed up something. I'm just glad to be rid of that dreadful SE color splash until someone else finds a solution.
finished playing with this a little while ago... when you replace the files you must use no compression, ie store. i've attached one with the android robot waving (cropped from nexus) simple, but at least the splash is gone
toreador514 said:
finished playing with this a little while ago... when you replace the files you must use no compression, ie store. i've attached one with the android robot waving (cropped from nexus) simple, but at least the splash is gone
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Thanks for this! Looks so sweet!!
strange... I replaced one frame to see if it changed and saw nothing ( i put a big red X across one image ). I did use no compression ( kept the zip open in winrar and saved )
will try again!
morning_wood said:
strange... I replaced one frame to see if it changed and saw nothing ( i put a big red X across one image ). I did use no compression ( kept the zip open in winrar and saved )
will try again!
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i finally found it for sure...from the zip above extract them all put your images in an then add in a zip file all of them again but you have to rename it as bootanimation.zip and you have to choose at winrar compression method store...its final and you can put anything you want...
Thank you for helping me sort this out.
Here's GLa’DOS "Android Scribble" animation for the x10 mini.
Apparently anim2 lasts a couple of seconds, and anim3 last the longest.
I lost my first x10 mini, so I added a name and telephone number for my animation after posting (and a lock screen for the phone).
if anyone want me to make any anime feel free...
here is my first one and of course greek...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/enormous101/Untitled.gif
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/enormous101/Untitled1.gif
http://www.mediafire.com/?abm54nd13pocn1d
Noice one peeps.
Simplified it a bit down to one folder now though.
Got mine working now (needs 24bit png)
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Hi Guys.
I've been trying to change the bootanimation, but as
I'm a little slow to understand, I have no doubt
to decompress it and stuff.
Who can explain me the luxuries of details please?
It would be a great help ...
FreddyStark said:
Hi Guys.
I've been trying to change the bootanimation, but as
I'm a little slow to understand, I have no doubt
to decompress it and stuff.
Who can explain me the luxuries of details please?
It would be a great help ...
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1 root your phone
2 download rootexplorer(<---and install it) & any bootanimation.zip you want
3 open rootexplorer and go to your sdcard hold down your finger and choose copy
4 then go to system/media
5 at the upper of your root explorer its a button that says mount r/w make it says by pushing it mount r/o
6 push the button paste and then when it says ovewrite push yes
7 reboot and you r ready!!!!
if i make it a single file you will not have the option when the first animation is over the second to be anime it will be a still picture if you want that just leave one image in the second folder..because it have 2 phases of animation..!!!!(if you remember first when the colours where mixing and then the still image with sony ericsson logo and letters)
I've been trying to edit the desc.txt file so I can have a little more flexibility but even if I save it without making any changes it stops working.
After a look around the interwebs someone mentioned saving in the UNIX format, so I used Notepad ++ in UNIX and tried editing/saving in that but there's still problems, sometimes it doesn't work at all and sometimes it only shows the first folder.
Also, are there any limitations as to framerate and how many files can go in the part0/part1 folders (revision of enormous101's bootanimation.zip).
Finally, is it ok to add a part2?
do not use compression - use Winrar and select "store"
Mitchio said:
I've been trying to edit the desc.txt file so I can have a little more flexibility but even if I save it without making any changes it stops working.
After a look around the interwebs someone mentioned saving in the UNIX format, so I used Notepad ++ in UNIX and tried editing/saving in that but there's still problems, sometimes it doesn't work at all and sometimes it only shows the first folder.
Also, are there any limitations as to framerate and how many files can go in the part0/part1 folders (revision of enormous101's bootanimation.zip).
Finally, is it ok to add a part2?
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as i mentioned part 2 is when the bootanimation of sony ericsson stays frozen you can add anything you want and its safe to play with part two.. no limitation except your internal storage!!!!what exactly are you trying to do with desc?may i help you?if you find my preview posts at the first page you will find to download the bootanimation.zip with two parts so unzip it and when you add your images zip it with winrar at store compression mode...
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do not use compression - use Winrar and select "store"
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Already doing that.
Maybe a stupid idea, but... has anyone tried to use transparent images?
I want to watch the kernel booting
edit: Forget this.
Nice thread!
I was wondering about the desc.txt file. I am using the Rogers 2.1 firmware and I want to remove the Rogers screen that shows up just before desktop loads. The PNG file for the Rogers screen is located in Anim5 and I was wondering if I just removed the entry for anim5 in the desc file, would that do the trick? I've already moved the original bootanimation.zip file onto my computer so it is backed up but I was just wondering if this would work. I am using a X10 but it seems like the file system is the same which is why I'm asking here. Any help would be appreciated!
hope helped
JDwan said:
Nice thread!
I was wondering about the desc.txt file. I am using the Rogers 2.1 firmware and I want to remove the Rogers screen that shows up just before desktop loads. The PNG file for the Rogers screen is located in Anim5 and I was wondering if I just removed the entry for anim5 in the desc file, would that do the trick? I've already moved the original bootanimation.zip file onto my computer so it is backed up but I was just wondering if this would work. I am using a X10 but it seems like the file system is the same which is why I'm asking here. Any help would be appreciated!
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if you dont know how to change desc.txt then dont...unzip the bootanimation.zip change the images inside anim5 folder and then zip it but at compression mode use ''store'' instead of everything else and just put it in your phone...i cant change your desc.txt and make it into two folders because i dont own x10...
enormous101 said:
if you dont know how to change desc.txt then dont...unzip the bootanimation.zip change the images inside anim5 folder and then zip it but at compression mode use ''store'' instead of everything else and just put it in your phone...i cant change your desc.txt and make it into two folders because i dont own x10...
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Thanks for your response! From what I've been reading, it seems that if I remove the entry for anim5 in the desc.txt, that it won't load that animation. It just seems easier to do this than to replace the image in that folder. Though the problem would then be making changes to a UNIX based txt file using a Windows OS and then the phone not recognizing the desc.txt file based on it being in the wrong format.
Anyway, I suppose I could just copy over the last image in anim4 and replace the one in anim5 with that and that would be the easier solution (as per your suggestion).
Here is the thread I was reading where it describes the desc.txt file and how to modify your boot animation.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/33932-bootanimation-zip-file-explained.html
Does anyone have a working bootanimation.zip without the AT&T logo? I tried editing the original one but I ended up with a blank boot animation screen.
you should be able to search the forum for whatever boot animation you want. Granted they won't be the proper resolution if you pick one with black edges you will be fine. I was using one on a previous flash just fine.
I'll try to find the thread where I found mine
Edit: found it at this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985251
sweet, so exisiting bootanimations work, I can use my old one again haha.
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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!!
kmiller8 said:
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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My bad mate, forgot to mention that. I make mine with Winzip 15 Pro and set it to No Compression (from my experience, no compression is a requirement).
I may end up doing a tutorial on all this on my blog. If I do, I'll post a copy here and link as well (I like screenshots on my blog, lol).
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My bad mate, forgot to mention that. I make mine with Winzip 15 Pro and set it to No Compression (from my experience, no compression is a requirement).
I may end up doing a tutorial on all this on my blog. If I do, I'll post a copy here and link as well (I like screenshots on my blog, lol).
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Yea i ended up googling and it showed that if the .zip is compressed it will just show a blank screen.
Definitely do a tut, I really wanna start making some Atrix boot animations
kmiller8 said:
Ohh, so what you want is the default bootanimation without the ATT part!
I've personally never worked with bootanimations before, but using MrSER's guide above, i'll try to do that for you.
EDIT: yea... I only get the blackscreen too, really weird...
EDIT 2: figured it out. if you're using WinRAR, when you go to make a .zip, choose "store" instead of "normal" compression, and it should work just fine. I have attached the Default bootanimation.zip without the ATT part
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thanks for the bootanimation.zip, i did chmod 644 it before cp to /system/media to match the perms on the original bootanimation.zip, but i did a reboot and it worked fine. it's nice not having the att logo during boot, and having att removed from the notification bar with the ginerblur mod too. feels good man!
What folder do you put the animation in?
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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
So far I've found a lot of helpful threads on boot animations... I am simply modifying the existing one on my phone...
what I'm trying to do...
when a thunderbolt boots up it says "HTC"
then it says "HTC quietly brilliant"
then the thunderbolt clip with BAMF in the bottom right corner...
I WANT to replace the .PNG file that has "HTC quitly brilliant" to "HTC quietly rooted" with a pic of an android eating an apple...
THATS IT... I have made the picture i want in photoshop, named it the same name...
I have copied the zip off my phone, put that picture (png file) over the existing one in the .zip.... then renamed the bootanimation.zip file in my phone to bootanimation_original.zip and copied the new verizon to the same file as bootanimaton.zip... the phone boots... says "HTC" then its black and goes straight into the thunderbolt boot thing...
the only thing i can think is that the file is too big... the original is about 14kb the new one is 26kb... I tried saving it smaller but that was as small as i can get it through photoshop...
any help would be much appreciated!... (i also changed the file to 'read only' as the original was also)
please help!
thank you!
So if i understand correctly, you are seeing the rest of the animation.
If that's the case, then it has to be a problem with the image. It could be something as simple as the file name.
If you can't get it figured out, post it here as an attachment and I would be happy to take a look at it for you.
Sent from my B.A.M.F. Thunderbolt
I don't think the file size matters i have made a bunch of different ones. One thing to check is inside the bootanimation.zip file there is a text document called Desc.txt you have to adjust your desc file accordingly. Mainly you want your image width and height.
your desc should look something like this
"480 800 15p 1 45 androidp 1 1 VZWp 1 300 progress"
480 and 800 being you width and height, 15p is your frames per second, 1 is the number of times for the video to loop( change to 0 if you want that animation to loop to boot is complete), and not sure about the 45 i think how long to wait before starting images in the VZW folder. and same goes for numbers after VZWp. Also not sure on the progress most likely to hold last image till boot process is completed.
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Also when you re compress the ZIP file make sure you change the setting for compression method to "Store"
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So if i understand correctly, you are seeing the rest of the animation.
If that's the case, then it has to be a problem with the image. It could be something as simple as the file name.
If you can't get it figured out, post it here as an attachment and I would be happy to take a look at it for you.
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Correct, I CAN see the rest of the animation, just NOT that part I replaced... here's how I did it at first... at first I just copied the file out, made the adjustments I waned, and then dragged and dropped it back in the zip'd folder (I use windows XP if that makes any difference) it put my file over the existing one in the .zip.... then i put that in place of the bootanimation.zip on the phone...
THEN i tried downloading 7-Zip... i unzipped the whole file, put my file in, re-zipped my whole folder with NO compression... that killed the entire animation boot up thing all together... I'm using se explorer with root permissions to put these in the system/media folder...
so... yeah... not getting very far...
Tried attaching the .zip but it was 11mb and i can only post up to 8mb .zips... i'll post JUST the image, which is the correct width/height...
it is also named exactly what the other file was named...
I'm not sure what bootanimation file you are starting with but since you say it says BAMF I'll assume it's the bootanimation from the das BAMF ROM.
Actually, I made the bootanimations for the BAMF ROMS.
The only thing that confuses me is that it is only about 4MB in size?
Attached is the one from the BAMF ROM with your picture in it.
Just rename it to bootanimation.zip, put it on tour TB and see if that's the one you wanted.
I put it on my phone to test and it works as it should.
I realize this thread is a bit old, but I'm having a similar problem.
I'm using cyanogenmod on my thunderbolt, but since I like red, I thought I'd try changing the boot anim.
So I extracted the original boot anim and hue shifted the images, then re-zipped it and i get nothing at all. Putting the original back works fine. Is there maybe something that 7-zip does to make it not work, or maybe something that photoshop did to the images? I have opened the zip that i made on the phone and viewed the images there so the gallery can read the images once extracted from the zip. (If that makes a difference.)
Edit: Apparently my problem was that the only way to get it to show was to use store for the zip compression.
So I wanted an appropriately shiny boot animation for my newly Fresh-rommed Evo, and I found this page:
http://droidmodderx.com/galaxynexus/how-to-install-100s-of-bootanimations-for-your-galaxy-nexus (Full of previews, will bog your computer down!)
That phone has the same screen resolution, 720 x 1280, so most of these seem to work for me. I didn't bother with flashing them from recovery, as the bootanimation.zip file can be easily extracted and placed in /system/media using Root Explorer. Your mileage may vary. I am using Spyro at the moment, nice ICS-ish colors.
SOME of them did not work, or rather they worked, with intermittent flashes of a white screen..I am not sure but suspect it's something to do with frame rate? Anyone?
Updates.................
Directories: Your individual rom maker may have put the animation package in one of several locations. These include:
/system/media
/system/customize/resource
/data/local
I have seen still other locations used on my old EVO 4G (and new roms are coming out all the time), so if you just cannot find anything, try doing a search for 'animation.zip' from the root level, with your file browser.
Filenames: Your rom maker may have used one of several slightly different name variants for the bootanimation.zip package; it really depends on what they started out with as a base. Sense-based roms, for example, will tend to change things up. You might have an 'HTC_bootup_one.zip' instead of a 'bootanimation.zip'. You can't go wrong by naming your new package the exact same thing, and putting it in the same folder. (BUT you also have the option of deleting all oddly named animation packages you find in odd locations on your phone, and just using the standard 'bootanimation.zip' and putting it in /system/media. This is the Android standard location, and it will almost certainly look there if it can't find it elsewhere. Note that if you do this and fail to find and delete the other package, it will still use the other instead.)
Permissions: You shouldn't need to change permissions on the package file, at least that's never been an issue for me. If you are having problems there, I'd suggest trying the standard 644 setting one usually finds in the system folder, or RW-R--R--. (As long as the file is Readable by the owner, I would think that it would work.)
I can't delete or change these files! You may be using ES File Explorer, which is not the easiest app to drive. It requires root permission being set in its settings, and if you don't do that, hilarity can ensue. (I again recommend Root Explorer by Speed Software, which is not free but gives the most straightforward file browsing experience you can imagine, a big plus if you're new to rummaging around in your phone's innards!)
You absolutely cannot play with this stuff without root, so don't even try, okay? And when you want to change anything in a root-level folder, you will need to remember to set that folder RW (read/write), and then remember to set it back to RO (read only) when you are done, yes? You smart folks already know these things, I just want to make this post as complete as possible.
But I need MORE animations! I found the link above by googling 'bootanimation.zip 720x1280' so have at it!
If you've any more questions, please ask..
Worked great for me, thanks!
-Mike
What about activating sound?
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What about activating sound?
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Well, if you want sound and the animation doesn't include it, it is possible to add any fairly short sound in .ogg format to the same /system/media folder, and call it with an edit to the bootanimation.zip file. (You'll need to call it from the desc.txt file inside the zip.)
Say you have a sound picked out and converted, and it's called evoboot.ogg. Your desc.txt will need to include the line:
s evoboot.ogg
There are some tutorials on building these animations from scratch, if you look around on here, like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420991
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You can also use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321360
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I have been wanting to change Boot Animations - and I have done it on other phones and ROMS I have used - but I am a little confused - I went to my system/media folder and there isn't a boot anmiation file in that folder now - The Rom I am using (Charmeleon or something like that) has a boot animation of some kind - but it must be in a different folder - any suggestions?
mocsab said:
I have been wanting to change Boot Animations - and I have done it on other phones and ROMS I have used - but I am a little confused - I went to my system/media folder and there isn't a boot anmiation file in that folder now - The Rom I am using (Charmeleon or something like that) has a boot animation of some kind - but it must be in a different folder - any suggestions?
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I use the same rom. The file is in system/customize/resource. You have to rename the bootanimation to hTC_bootup_one.zip. Also don't forget to make the permissions match.
I am very much looking forward to trying some of these out tomorrow when I get off of work!! I've read through the two guides on making your own and implementing your own sound files. These sound very exciting as well, but I feel they are over my head still. I am going to pace myself a bit and wait to try them.. but soon I will try.. But for now there are just so many to choose from.
ducky1131 said:
I use the same rom. The file is in system/customize/resource. You have to rename the bootanimation to hTC_bootup_one.zip. Also don't forget to make the permissions match.
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Could you expand on how to make permissions match. I found two files in that directory that has me confused. One is hTC_bootup.zip and one is SPC_bootanimation.zip. Which do I change? Also it seems that I can't delete the spc one to put the zip I downloaded in its place. Am I making this harder than it really is?
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Could you expand on how to make permissions match. I found two files in that directory that has me confused. One is hTC_bootup.zip and one is SPC_bootanimation.zip. Which do I change? Also it seems that I can't delete the spc one to put the zip I downloaded in its place. Am I making this harder than it really is?
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Got it. Thanks.
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Got it. Thanks.
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Got what? Can anyone elaborate?
I'm wanting to know this too, because I tried some other boot animations from an HTC ONE series phone, and it didn't work.
These were mentioned here on the boards earlier, and I tried to use a flashable "beats" BA, but it did not work. Also tried the "suckerpunch" BA manually by going into system/customize/resource, and THAT did not work either.
A guide would be greatly appreciated, and a sticky should be made for boot animations, as well as splash screens.
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Got what? Can anyone elaborate?
I'm wanting to know this too, because I tried some other boot animations from an HTC ONE series phone, and it didn't work.
These were mentioned here on the boards earlier, and I tried to use a flashable "beats" BA, but it did not work. Also tried the "suckerpunch" BA manually by going into system/customize/resource, and THAT did not work either.
A guide would be greatly appreciated, and a sticky should be made for boot animations, as well as splash screens.
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Where did those animations come from that you mentioned? Cause i doubt the names are correct for this phone
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Okay. First go download the boot animation that you like 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 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
I updated my post, does it answer your questions? If not, or if you would like to correct a point, let me know.
dased14 said:
Where did those animations come from that you mentioned? Cause i doubt the names are correct for this phone
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they are correct when your running a one x rom port. thats what hes referring to joelz rom.
thanks, I can't stand the stock animation and haven't found much so far for the EVO LTE. Lots of stuff out there for the G Nex!!
what you looking for?
Ok maybe I'm just retarded, or just a little rusty on my adb. Tried this in RootExplorer, didn't work. Tried it using adb, didn't work either. It's saying /system is mounted as Read-Only. I tried an app called SUFBS and made sure that it was mounted as Read-Write, and it failed. In adb, I'm navigating to the correct folder, "adb devices" to make sure it's showing up, "adb remount" which is succeeding, then "adb push SPC_bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/" and it's giving the Read-only error. I'm running ViperRom 1.2.1 and am S-Off. Anybody got any pointers? Oh and btw, I did extract the bootanimation.zip from the .zip file I downloaded from the website in the op.
I am curious what root explorer is saying when in that directory..does the button at the top allow you to set it RW?
It's not showing an icon for rw or anything. May be a different, crappier version? It's the one that came with ViperROM. That SUFBS app is very similar, and I chose rw in it, found the bootanimation.zip file on my sd card, moved it to /system/customize/resource, and it showed it moving the file, but it never showed up.
Edit: It's RootBrowser. Nonetheless, SUFBS is essentially the same thing. I'm curious though why I can mount as read-write in that app, yet adb says its read-only.
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.