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just like the title says, boot animations dont work. Since i loaded the 1.3 rom into my phone, no boot animations have shown up. My phone would load from the Vibrant screen, into a completely black screen that lasts about 5 seconds, into the home screen. I then tried to load a different boot animation and nothing happens, just the same black screen. So i guess my questions are 1) why wont the other boot animations i loaded work? and 2) is the black screen the stock bionix boot animation?
Lick My Toes said:
just like the title says, boot animations dont work. Since i loaded the 1.3 rom into my phone, no boot animations have shown up. My phone would load from the Vibrant screen, into a completely black screen that lasts about 5 seconds, into the home screen. I then tried to load a different boot animation and nothing happens, just the same black screen. So i guess my questions are 1) why wont the other boot animations i loaded work? and 2) is the black screen the stock bionix boot animation?
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try re-flashing the ROM
what kernel are you running? it must be a kernel that supports bootanimation.zip.
stock kernel does not, fyi
also make sure that the bootanimation.zip is tailored for the vibrant (.png resolution), and that images are named correctly, and that the folder structure is accurate if you made changes. the desc.txt file inside the zip calls for a certain number of images that have a certain name.
if that confuses you^^^ then just remember this: if you make changes to a bootanimation.zip, always make sure your changes mirror the original setup (image size, name, type, folder structure, same desc.txt file, etc.)
check on this stuff and then post back with what you find
Mr. Apocalypse said:
try re-flashing the ROM
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arrrghh...this and "ODIN back to stock" have become everyones answer to every problem!!!!
there are plenty of other steps he can take before going through the trouble of reflashing the ROM.....people will never learn anything if they just reflash or ODIN everytime something happens
Mr. Apocalypse said:
try re-flashing the ROM
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i did this...several times actually and same thing happens. even ODINed back to stock with no different results.
TopShelf10 said:
what kernel are you running? it must be a kernel that supports bootanimation.zip.
stock kernel does not, fyi
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what does the stock bionix boot animation look like? And to make it clear... the stock kernel that came with bionix doesnt support bootanimations? i have loaded different ones (boot animations) before on Nero, and they worked perfectly. I grabbed them right here on xda. So i somewhat have an idea of what im doing. But i havent messed with any kernels since i loaded this rom, maybe i need to flash a different one? any suggestions?
also....i too am from boston
Lick My Toes said:
i did this...several times actually and same thing happens. even ODINed back to stock with no different results.
so the stock kernel that came with bionix doesnt support bootanimations? i have loaded different ones before on Nero, and they worked perfectly. I grabbed them right off here on xda. So i somewhat have an idea of what im doing. But i havent messed with any kernels since i loaded this rom, maybe i need to flash a different one? any suggestions?
also....what does the stock bionix boot animation look like?
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i dont know what kernel comes with bionix, it will say in the OP of the ROM....and i dont know what the bootanimation looks like....never used the ROM
Lick My Toes said:
i did this...several times actually and same thing happens. even ODINed back to stock with no different results.
what does the stock bionix boot animation look like? And to make it clear... the stock kernel that came with bionix doesnt support bootanimations? i have loaded different ones (boot animations) before on Nero, and they worked perfectly. I grabbed them right here on xda. So i somewhat have an idea of what im doing. But i havent messed with any kernels since i loaded this rom, maybe i need to flash a different one? any suggestions?
also....i too am from boston
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The stock Bionix-V boot animation is black w/ "Team Whiskey" appearing in white letters repeating....the kernel that Bionix-V comes with DOES support bootanimation.zip....cuz i'm using my Matrix Red one now.....if it didn't have a bootnaimation.zip then it would just show the stock "Android" boot screen....so its is something that you're doing wrong....are you grabbing some that are from other phone forums on XDA or are you getting them from Vibrant section of XDA?
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The stock Bionix-V boot animation is black w/ "Team Whiskey" appearing in white letters repeating....the kernel that Bionix-V comes with DOES support bootanimation.zip....cuz i'm using my Matrix Red one now.....if it didn't have a bootnaimation.zip then it would just show the stock "Android" boot screen....so its is something that you're doing wrong....are you grabbing some that are from other phone forums on XDA or are you getting them from Vibrant section of XDA?
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im getting them from right here in the vibrant section. and theres no way i did anything wrong because i havent seen a boot animation since the FIRST flash (1.3) it has always gone VIBRANT > BLACK SCREEN > UI. No stock android bootscreen no nothing! when i originally loaded bionix V, the TW boot animations worked and showed up. But it hasnt since i updated to 1.3....
go into system/media with root explorer or super manager and rename bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak then use it to move your bootanimation.zip you want to use into system/media and make sure you set permissions to rw--r--r--
Lick My Toes said:
just like the title says, boot animations dont work. Since i loaded the 1.3 rom into my phone, no boot animations have shown up. My phone would load from the Vibrant screen, into a completely black screen that lasts about 5 seconds, into the home screen. I then tried to load a different boot animation and nothing happens, just the same black screen. So i guess my questions are 1) why wont the other boot animations i loaded work? and 2) is the black screen the stock bionix boot animation?
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i have the same problem!!
i have the same problem, no matter which boot animation i put - it doesnt work.
it shows the original android boot animation.
the thing is that team whiskey's boot animation DOES works..
** UPDATE **
I found the solution!!
I used ES File manager to copy the file, but this app doesnt has CHMOD changing.
you need to give the .zip file CHMOD 777 (read/write/execute permissions) in order it to work.
Try using "Absolute System" from the android market I'm running bionix as well and it works perfect for me, and it is SUPER easy to use
So I just flashed this ROM VIA Odin and I'm a bit worried.
Here is what I'm noticing:
When I first booted the phone everything was very glitchy looking which didn't worry me too much because it was the first boot. I rebooted it after 15min or so and is was still glitchy. It was just a bunch of different pixels. I went into my camera and it looked the exact same. Every once in a while I'll do something and then it will look really glitchy and not show anything, and then it will subside. Is anyone experiencing this? Was it a bad flash or is this normal with a freshly installed ROM?
Flash a gingerbread bootloader. That will fix the rainbow effect, as it is called on these boards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
Dragonkai said:
So I just flashed this ROM VIA Odin and I'm a bit worried.
Here is what I'm noticing:
When I first booted the phone everything was very glitchy looking which didn't worry me too much because it was the first boot. I rebooted it after 15min or so and is was still glitchy. It was just a bunch of different pixels. I went into my camera and it looked the exact same. Every once in a while I'll do something and then it will look really glitchy and not show anything, and then it will subside. Is anyone experiencing this? Was it a bad flash or is this normal with a freshly installed ROM?
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pepperbreath said:
Flash a gingerbread bootloader. That will fix the rainbow effect, as it is called on these boards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
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i was experiencing the same problems as you and most of them were solved by flashing the bootloader and the sgs2 camera needs to be flashed sepratly (i think)
Turn off the screen and turn it back again and it will all clear up.
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Hopefully they can start making flashing the bootloader flash by default. It would calm a lot of nerves.
i dont have rainbow apart from on boot up and i dont have the bootloaders
I tried to flash a stock boot logo on "That ROM", and the boot logo looked like someone smeared a wet paint canvas. So I made this in case someone else wants to get back to stock.
Nothing special. Just sharing.
Flash with CWM at your own risk.
Just a tiny observation - I see you're mounting /system in your update script, not sure that does anything or is even needed?
I couldn't be bothered to create a new package. I just used a zip I had on my PC and modified it.
Hmm idk why but i been trying to flash this logo using moto-fastboot but it doesnt seem to work just black screen then bootanimation starts
Are you trying to flash this on a CM ROM or Gingerbread?
This is for "That ROM", probably won't work on anything else.
Yeh i tried on CM10
If it's just a boot logo it shouldn't matter what it's flashed on. It's just an image that's loaded when the phone boots.
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LifelessRaptor said:
If it's just a boot logo it shouldn't matter what it's flashed on. It's just an image that's loaded when the phone boots.
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Why don't you try it and let us know. The previous person to try it confirmed it didn't work on CM10.
I'm flashing CM10 whenever I get a charge. I'll let you know.
EDIT: I gave it a shot and the install failed. Not entirely sure. Doesn't appear my Atrix is gonna finish booting any time soon.
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I've been using the euphoria ROM for a few months now with no incident. The phone has never given me problems of any sort, well the bad GPS, but that's a known issue.
Anyhow the other night went to bed without charging my phone. In the middle of the night I woke up and realized it was not charging, so I connected the charger and went back to bed. However by that time my phone has fully discharged so I got the battery graphics.
In the morning when I tried to turn the phone on I got the spiral boot icon and then a black screen.
I've tried to get the recovery mode but to no avail. I know the phone is somewhat working because i get the spiral boot animation and the charging graphics but i cannot get the phone to turn on. Did anybody know a fix, any advice will help.
Thanks in advance
=X=
I like your name, X (thats my nickname around here )
Anyways, when you plug it in, does the charging stuff come up? (if yes, how much battery do you suppose its at?)
Have you tried download mode? (take out battery, plug in USB, put battery back in while holding... I think its vol up and down + power, after it says VIBRANT let power go)
I'm not sure if your phone even goes that far.
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
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=X= said:
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
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Just curious, what ROM/kernel were you on?
Also, by the spiral graphics are you talking about the bootanimation?
Are you on Froyo bootloaders or Gingerbread bootloaders?(if you don't know and have never messed with bootloaders its froyo)
I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
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I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
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Well the bootloader doesn't really use a GUI. You might be talking about the recovery, the one with "reboot system" and "install zip from sdcard"
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
=X=
=X= said:
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
=X=
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Wait.. so when you tried my method your phone actually booted all the way up??
I was planning for you to go to Download mode and ODIN, but err..
Next time you go to recovery
*make sure you have a ROM in your sd card that is safe to flash, even if its chimera*
wipe data/factory reset
mount/storage > format system
flash your ROM in sd, then reboot
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
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=X= said:
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
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:l, pretty sure you're confused, and the bootloader is not corrupted. If bootloader was corrupted, your phone would never start without a JTAG again.
Anyways, get into recovery, and flash chimera or any other safe rom you have, and see if it boots up. I think it may be something with Chimera.
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:l, pretty sure you're confused
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Wouldn't be the first time
I'll reinstall the ROM thx
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Just a suggestion, don't re-install Chimera... Or at the very least, don't use it as a daily driver. I stand by that for two reasons. For one, Chimera may have been the reason you got into this problem in the first place. The second reason being... Well... Er... Chimera v2.2 isn't the best ROM out there, and it's kinda dated... I'm sure there's others that would agree. I mean there's plenty of other ICS ROMs available that run much better. Jellybean ROMs have also reached a point of stability, so there's some good Jellybean flavored options to choose from as well. Personally, I'm running ParanoidAndroid (JB) and I'm lovin' it.
Just my two cents... But if you like Chimera, then stick with it. It's definitely a usable ROM.
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I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
=X= said:
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
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Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
=X= said:
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
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Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
xriderx66 said:
Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
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No it did not work. I thought all was good. It seemed to work when I performed a soft shutdown. Then I tried a cold boot: shutdown the phone, pulled the battery and on startup the phone would not work.
N00B_IN_N33D said:
Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
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Awesome thanks for the links. It sounds like paranoid android will for my likes. I'm going to update my phone with that rom.
I'm still having problems with my phone however.
So I've upgraded my phone to the latest ParanoidAndroid but I'm still getting the same problem.
All works fine once it's running but I have to use the USB and three finger boot to get the phone to start, once I'm in the recovery mode selecting her restart launches the OS .
However trying to start the phone from a cold boot does not seem to work...any ideas anyone?
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May be you need a new battery how long you have the current battery.
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It's probably not bootloader-related, but for what it's worth, froyo bootloaders don't work well with ICS Roms.
Chances are it's just a ROM issue, but if that fails just ODIN to default, re-root, install GB bootloaders, etc. (Basically, start over)
I have run many ICS and JB ROMs without issue running froyo boots. It was mostly GB ROMs that had issue and needs GB boots. I don't suspect that to be the issue however, it won't hurt to try it.
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After flashing Wizzed Bean RLS7 in SS 3.05, my XT912 does not boot up. It just has a black screen. What did I do wrong? Thanks.
Razr1 said:
After flashing Wizzed Bean RLS7 in SS 3.05, my XT912 does not boot up. It just has a black screen. What did I do wrong? Thanks.
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I doubt you did anything wrong, I myself went to that ROM first and was unable to get past a black screen either, and I even let it sit and tried to get into it to see what was going on, but gave up. It's the Dev's fault here, something is not working right, his file is corrupted, or there is a second file needed or something, but no instructions really.
Just find a different ROM like RaZR3Ds.JB.ROM.FiNaL-R3Ds by fkfmfz, it's the same type of ROM as Wizzed, but it's got an inverted theme and according to the Dev is bug free.
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I doubt you did anything wrong, I myself went to that ROM first and was unable to get past a black screen either, and I even let it sit and tried to get into it to see what was going on, but gave up. It's the Dev's fault here, something is not working right, his file is corrupted, or there is a second file needed or something, but no instructions really.
Just find a different ROM like RaZR3Ds.JB.ROM.FiNaL-R3Ds by fkfmfz, it's the same type of ROM as Wizzed, but it's got an inverted theme and according to the Dev is bug free.
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That's a great srom suggestion! Thanks. And I agree that something is wrong with Wizzed bean. I let it sit all night and nothing happened!
Razr1 said:
That's a great srom suggestion! Thanks. And I agree that something is wrong with Wizzed bean. I let it sit all night and nothing happened!
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Yeah, it is the ROM, flashed 3 different ones last night and they all worked, but that one doesn't; and I don't have the time to tear apart his ROM to see what's wrong, but from just trying to install and then wiping the install (which was too quick) points in the direction it's not writing properly to the correct partitions. I'm guessing it's meant for BS or CM, not SS or BMM (it's just documented wrong) OR one of the most recent commits broke it and he doesn't know it.
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