Why doesn't my boot animation work? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys. I can't figure out why this doesn't work.
I created a boot animation, which as far as I can tell follows the rules.
I uploaded it as bootanimation.zip to /system/media and it doesn't work. It shows me some odd boot animation with the text "android" in white in the middle of the screen instead. I have no idea as of what I'm doing wrong. I have a ZTE Axon 7 (A2017G). I verified that the file is located in /system/media and that it is in fact the same file I uploaded.
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nonamesl said:
Hey guys. I can't figure out why this doesn't work.
I created a boot animation, which as far as I can tell follows the rules.
I uploaded it as bootanimation.zip to /system/media and it doesn't work. It shows me some odd boot animation with the text "android" in white in the middle of the screen instead. I have no idea as of what I'm doing wrong. I have a ZTE Axon 7 (A2017G). I verified that the file is located in /system/media and that it is in fact the same file I uploaded.
Here's the link: Click me!
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I don't know why it shows a different animation. Maybe there's a "backup" somewhere.
Anyway, did you use store option when making the zip? Compressed zip's won't work.
Edit: I unpacked the zip and repacked with store. It got 1.5Mb bigger so you probably used compressed zip.

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tys0n said:
I don't know why it shows a different animation. Maybe there's a "backup" somewhere.
Anyway, did you use store option when making the zip? Compressed zip's won't work.
Edit: I unpacked the zip and repacked with store. It got 1.5Mb bigger so you probably used compressed zip.
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That's odd, I did use store... It's still 18MB even if I do it again.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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What am I doing wrong here?
EDIT: How did it get bigger than 18MB? The size of the original files altogether is 18MB...

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I downloaded the zip, unpacked and repacked using peazip and it got size around 19.5 Mb. That made me thing you didn't use store..but you did. Really strange!

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tys0n said:
I downloaded the zip, unpacked and repacked using peazip and it got size around 19.5 Mb. That made me thing you didn't use store..but you did. Really strange!
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I don't understand how this is possible.
I'm using WinRAR and the files before compression were 18.0MB. After compression the ZIP is also 18.0MB. How is it possible that for you it gets bigger by 1.5MB if the original files weren't that big?
I'll try peazip.
EDIT: Same results with peazip. That's really odd. Any chance you could send me your ZIP file? Or even better, confirm that my bootanimation works on your device?

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Totally strange we get different result with the same zip and software [emoji14] I have no idea why.
Yeah I can send you the file when I get home later today. What resolution is it made for?
My phone is 1280x720.

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Here's the file A2017G edited boot animation_new.zip
I also made one for testing, with changed desc.txt to match my screen and it worked fine on my samsung.