[Q] rooted samsung s3 stuck in boot animation through Rom Toolbox Pro - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I rooted my samsung for the first time Friday (worked out great). I just installed Rom Toolbox Pro & was looking through the features (I should of backed up first thing!) & decided to install a custom boot animation (big mistake!). The boot animation worked fine but even though the phone boots up & actually works, the screen is stuck in the boot animation state & will not bring up the home screen.
I've tried everything (actually learned quite a bit) using CWM to install boot animation disable zips, clear all kinds of caches, & even clear data & factory reset (lost everything). Even used odin3 to install Jelly Bean (originally ice cream sandwich 4.0.4.) & still this f$%^ing boot animation will not clear off the screen.
The phone still works to where I can answer & if I flip it on the side I can use the voice app with the home key to see half the screen (scrolling is a pain) but if I click to the home screen the dam boot animation takes over the whole screen again.
The firmware updates & zip files don't work. Is there a full android system out there to restore it or some way easy to get my home screen back. I really don't want to turn it to a brick if possible.
Thanks for all your help

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mcwalrath1969 said:
I rooted my samsung for the first time Friday (worked out great). I just installed Rom Toolbox Pro & was looking through the features (I should of backed up first thing!) & decided to install a custom boot animation (big mistake!). The boot animation worked fine but even though the phone boots up & actually works, the screen is stuck in the boot animation state & will not bring up the home screen.
I've tried everything (actually learned quite a bit) using CWM to install boot animation disable zips, clear all kinds of caches, & even clear data & factory reset (lost everything). Even used odin3 to install Jelly Bean (originally ice cream sandwich 4.0.4.) & still this f$%^ing boot animation will not clear off the screen.
The phone still works to where I can answer & if I flip it on the side I can use the voice app with the home key to see half the screen (scrolling is a pain) but if I click to the home screen the dam boot animation takes over the whole screen again.
The firmware updates & zip files don't work. Is there a full android system out there to restore it or some way easy to get my home screen back. I really don't want to turn it to a brick if possible.
Thanks for all your help
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is it Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 or I9305 or verizon ?
try this
anbech said:
1. If you haven’t already, you should check whether or not your phone is able to play custom bootanimations.
2. Download this bootanimation.zip, I’ve made only for testing, and place it in /data/local or /system/media folder. Or flash this with CWM: CWM_CustomBootanimation_Test.zip
3. Reboot, and if it’s still Samsung original booting sequence, it’s not enabled.
4. If you have a Samsung (touchwiz) based rom (stock), you can easily enable it with my cwm flashable zip, attached to this post.
5. Download both CWM_CustomBootanimation_Enable.zip and CWM_CustomBootanimation_Disable.zip, and place them at your internal sdcard. The reason I say you should get both, is because when trying out different animations, it can easily mess up the boot. If that happens it’s quite simple to just reboot into cwm, flash the disable zip, reboot, replace the animation with a working one, and reboot into cwm again and flash the enable zip. Should be easy for beginners.
**The test animation works for both ICS and JB**
Minimum requirements:
- CF-root with CWM
- Busybox
This has been reported working on:
[ICS]4.0.4 --> [JB]4.2.1 --> [JB]4.2.2 --> [JB]4.3
i9300, i9305, Sprint, Verizon and i747m devices.
Galaxy Note II - N7100
Galaxy Grand - i9082
And should in theory work on all other samsung android devices.
UPDATE:
made two new flashable zip files, that should work for 4.2.1.. it uses the AOSP "bootanimation"-file, that already has the "bootanimation.zip"-method implemented..
EDIT: it has been confirmed that this works for the 4.2.2 as well..​
UPDATE2:
if anyone is having issues having the Anbech-folder on internal sdcard, and cant remove it, then try flash the "CWM_RemoveAnbechFolder.zip"-file from the attachments..​
UPDATE3:
made 2 new flashzips:
Code:
CWM_CustomBootanimation_43_Enable.zip
CWM_CustomBootanimation_43_Disable.zip
they should work for any 4.3 sammy rom. make sure to get both files, as the disable-flashzip is handy if anything gets messed up ​
UPDATE4:
2 new flashzips:
Code:
CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Enable.zip
CWM_CustomBootanimation_44_Disable.zip
let me know how they work out, as i cant test them myself ​
if just half of those who uses my work, would hit the thanks-button, i would be very happy
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hound here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897969

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IGGYVIP said:
is it Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 or I9305 or verizon ?
try this
hound here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897969
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It's a Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 through GCI up in Alaska & I tried all those with no results. Thanks

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Will be on my pc in few hrs will get you guide to FULL STOCK via odin.
You can search yourself but make sure guide is for your model.

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IGGYVIP said:
Will be on my pc in few hrs will get you guide to FULL STOCK via odin.
You can search yourself but make sure guide is for your model.
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Thanks! I've looked for my full stock firmware for my model which is GT-I9300 but I'm in Alaska. The provider used international models which I don't know which to use. Will the FCC ID or SSN help?

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mcwalrath1969 said:
Thanks! I've looked for my full stock firmware for my model which is GT-I9300 but I'm in Alaska. The provider used international models which I don't know which to use. Will the FCC ID or SSN help?
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FULL GUIDE TO STOCK ROM (WARRANTY STATE)
Read very carefully as this process can kill your device
Happy flashing and let us know if you got rid of this boot animation

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ok, if you still can access your phone thats good news because i can hep you get your phone back to normal mode without harming any of your files or anything... what you need is a rooted (preferable identical to yours) android device.
1) in the second working device, use the filemanager of your choice that has root access and copy the file in system/media/bootanimation.zip to an accessable location in an ext sd.
2) since you can use your phone, install the app bootanimation changer in both the phones, use the second phone for navigational purposes... it helps you to see where you are in your misbehaving phone.
3) insert the sd card with the copy of the boot animation to the malfunctioning phone and start the device
4) open bootanimation changer in both phones, and using the working phone change the animation of the malfunctioning phone and you good to go!!:good:
get back for anything you didnt understand... hopefully it helps.