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Change your boot splash screen to any custom one.

First of all, thanks to lukybandit and pof for their help and threads which made this possible.
This tutorial will allow you to change your initial splash screen to any 320 X 240 customized splash screen of your choice.
You will need to download 3 items below:
The nbimg 1.1.zip file made by pof
the 2 .zip files (1.) Excalibur-USPL-RUU.zip (2.) Excalibur USPL - CID BYPASS.zip
Unzip all 3 files and place the contents into "local disc C:" root directory.
first thing to do is to create a bitmap file ".bmp" with a 320 x 240 screen resolution. I recommend taking any image you make and using photoshop or gimp or even MS Paint to make the resolution 320 X 240 and then save it into "local disc C:" root directory. To make it easy to follow with this tutorial, save it with the file name of "MainSplash.bmp".
UPDATE 6/4/09: Additional instruction if you are not creating using MS Paint. Thanks to TheExpertNoob
If your "Designing" your 320x240 boot screen in Photoshop, save it, then flatten the image (discard hidden layers as well).
Once that is done, CTRL+A, CTRL+C (to copy whole flatten image from photoshop) open MS Paint and set the dimensions of a new file as 320x240 in MS Paint, CTRL+V, then save it as a 24-bit bitmap in MSPaint. (this seems to remove any "Information" Photoshop puts into the BMP file if you were save as in photoshop, which seems to cause the messed up boot screens. reopening a photoshop saved BMP in MSPaint won't work either.)
Then back in photoshop undo your "flatten image" to modify to your liking later.
If your still not having any luck, download one of the premade bootscreens found in these forums ex. HTC, flash it and start over with the above steps (so your overwriting your custome over a clean boot screen)
After you've created your .bmp file, the next thing you're going to do is to open up a command prompt and type: "cd c:\" . press enter. this should take you to a c:\ prompt.
Next you're going to type this:
Code:
nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000
press enter.
{{{Keeping mind of the upper or lower case of the letters (this is important!)
if it is a upper case "S" then it has to be a upper case "S" (not "s") and lower case "n" then use a lower case "n" (not "N").}}}
If you do it right, it should look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
you will end up getting two output files:
MainSplash.bmp.nb &
MainSplash.bmp.nbh
(you can delete the MainSplash.bmp.nb)
Next step is to rename the output file. (MainSplash.bmp.nbh)
Open the folder "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" and locate the file "ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh" use this exact file name to rename the file you just created. Once renamed you're going to cut and paste that file into the "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" folder and overwrite the original.
UPDATE 6/4/09: Alternate Instructions if doing this with Energy Based ROM: thanks killa-mckilla!
(Rename the file to EXCAIMG.bmb.nbh , not ExcaIMG_USPL_1110000unsigned.nbh)
Next, you need to prepare your phone for this flash of the splash screen.
( if your phone is not app unlocked this procedure WILL NOT WORK! If your phone is not app unlocked, please download and run the SDA_Application Unlock.zip file from your PC below)
You will need to power your phone off and remove your micro-SD card ( if you have it installed, if not just reboot it) now power your phone back on.
(this seems to work better when a non-sliding panel (chome) homescreen is active, so you may want to change this at this time if you are using a sliding panel homescreen.) ))
Connect your phone to your PC via activesync.
Open the folder named "Excalibur USPL- CID BYPASS" and run the file "Uspl.bat" follow the instructions on the screen and after abour the 3rd or fourth enter press your phones screen should turn white. You should hear the audible sound from your PC indicating that something was just disconnected. ( don't worry it should reconnect immediately ) Activesync will not detect your phone. this is normal.
Now you will open the folder "Excalibur-USPL-RUU" and you're going to run "ROMUpdateUtility.exe". follow the on-screen instructions. If done successfully, the RUU will give you a success screen and your phone will reboot. You should now see your newly created boot splash screen that you just created!.....I am currently pursuing how to also change the second splash screen (the windows mobile screen) and will update this tutorial when that happens. Let me know if any part of this is confusing or if you have any difficulty with the results.

Good post man, hopefully this will help a lot of people out with similar questions regarding this.

Hey Pudgedaddy, good post. I know this want work for me, but is there any way to change it without flashing? I would like to change but didn't know where to start.

showaco said:
Hey Pudgedaddy, good post. I know this want work for me, but is there any way to change it without flashing? I would like to change but didn't know where to start.
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I don't think so. The initial splash screen is part of the the ROM so you have to flash a .nbh file in order to change it.... as far as i know.

pudgedaddy said:
I don't think so. The initial splash screen is part of the the ROM so you have to flash a .nbh file in order to change it.... as far as i know.
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So this is the first splash? Not the second one, right?

showaco said:
So this is the first splash? Not the second one, right?
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Yes. In the case of excalibur users, it's either the HTC first boot screen, the t-mobile first boot screen, or the rogers first boot screen that they see as soon as they turn on the phone.

pudgedaddy said:
Yes. In the case of excalibur users, it's either the HTC first boot screen, the t-mobile first boot screen, or the rogers first boot screen that they see as soon as they turn on the phone.
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ok, 'cause on mine , I have a blue windows screen for a couple of seconds and then it changes to a green windows screen with the custom rom's name that stays on thru rest of boot process. I found a reg hack to change the second boot screen, thats why I was asking.

showaco said:
ok, 'cause on mine , I have a blue windows screen for a couple of seconds and then it changes to a green windows screen with the custom rom's name that stays on thru rest of boot process. I found a reg hack to change the second boot screen, thats why I was asking.
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what's the reghack that you use....? maybe i can change my second boot screen too.

The reg entries are at HKLM\System\Startup\1. In there you will only want two keys, one called Duration and the other Splash. If there is ay others, remove them. I have Duration set as dword and is 9000. Splash is image location. It should be in windows folder and word is jpg doesn't work but that gif does. I think png does also. You can do the same for HKLM\System\Shutdown\1. Image size is 320X240.

showaco said:
The reg entries are at HKLM\System\Startup\1. In there you will only want two keys, one called Duration and the other Splash. If there is ay others, remove them. I have Duration set as dword and is 9000. Splash is image location. It should be in windows folder and word is jpg doesn't work but that gif does. I think png does also. You can do the same for HKLM\System\Shutdown\1. Image size is 320X240.
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oh ok.... i have a variation of this same hack adapted from thw WM6 t-mo ROM for my phone. ( I actually have a thread that talks about how to do this with screens and sounds) anyway, with this hack i end up having 3 screens...... 1 my custom first boot screen, 2. the standard windows mobile screen, 3, my other custom boot screen using the reg hacks.
So i guess there's still something in the ROM that needs to be flashed to change the 2nd boot screen for the DASH

Im New Here And I Tried Doing This Step By Step But
I Just Cant Seem To Get It Right. My Command Promp Tells
Me That What I Wrote Down Cant Be Recognized As A Command. What Am I Doing Wrong???

CHEKO15 said:
Im New Here And I Tried Doing This Step By Step But
I Just Cant Seem To Get It Right. My Command Promp Tells
Me That What I Wrote Down Cant Be Recognized As A Command. What Am I Doing Wrong???
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you have to tell me SPECIFICALLY what step in this process you are in and what SPECIFIC error message came up. Then i can help

WELL IM DONE WITH THE FIRST 2 STEPS BUT
WHEN I TYPE DOWN THIS "nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000" THE COMMAND PROMPT
TELLS ME "nbimg is not recognized as internal or external command" what do i do wrong???

CHEKO15 said:
WELL IM DONE WITH THE FIRST 2 STEPS BUT
WHEN I TYPE DOWN THIS "nbimg -p 108514 -n -s -w 320 -h 240 -F MainSplash.bmp -T 0x600 -S 1024 -D EXCA10000" THE COMMAND PROMPT
TELLS ME "nbimg is not recognized as internal or external command" what do i do wrong???
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the nbimg.exe file and whatever .bmp file both have to be in the root C:\ directory.
basically, if you're starting out as "c:\ nbimg -p **********" the c:\ part if this assumes that anything you are running is in the c:\ root diretory. so when you type after that "nbimg" it is searcing got the program in c:\ only. it will not search your entire hard drive(s) for this app. secondly the .bmp has to be also in c:\ because nbimg.exe also only looks in whatever directory it is currenty in. Now technically this doesnt have to be in c:\ it can be anywhere you want.... say your desktop. but if you have it somewhere else, you'd have to change the active directory you're in before you start. Some people don't know how to get to the active desktop directory in a command prompt. I only listed the instructions to be placed in the C:\ root directory because it makes it a whole lot easier not having to type out the entire direcotry name. (so you type in " cd c:\ " instead of "cd c:\documents and settings\*username*\desktop\" to get to the active directory) which makes this less error prone with noobs running command prompt.

well i done these steps but now
it tells me " file:MainSplash.bmp..
could not open MainSplash.bmp"

CHEKO15 said:
well i done these steps but now
it tells me " file:MainSplash.bmp..
could not open MainSplash.bmp"
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is the .bmp you are trying to convert named "Mainsplash.bmp" ???
basically the mainsplash.bmp refernces the .bmp file you are converting. if your .bmp file is named something different, you need to either insert that filename.bmp in place of mainsplash.bmp or rename your file to mainsplash.bmp
edit: secondly if the file is named "MainSplash.bmp", do you have it in the same directory as nbimg.exe? if not it needs to be in the SAME DIRECTORY!
(ex: if nbimg.exe is in C: <root directory> then MainSplash.bmp need to also be in C: <root directory> )

Thanks Man I Finally Got It..
Thanks For The Steps And Keep On
Helping People.

help
Okey I have changed my second load screen and eveything works but when I look in eg edit for hklm/system/startup I cannot find it. I'm using a tilt. anythoughts

Hi, I tried this method step by step and got my splash to change, but the actual picture is really distorted compared to the original bmp pic. Not sure what happened there. I tried it using different bmp files and every time the splash screen is distorted. I am using Rickywatt v24 vanilla rom.

pcdo said:
Hi, I tried this method step by step and got my splash to change, but the actual picture is really distorted compared to the original bmp pic. Not sure what happened there. I tried it using different bmp files and every time the splash screen is distorted. I am using Rickywatt v24 vanilla rom.
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was the original image a 320X240 resolution? it HAS to be an original 320X240 ( and not a 240X320 ) resolution in order for the output to match the input.

[Q] Trouble Changing Boot Animation

Im running CM 6.1.1-Stable with pershoots kernel (rooted via gfree method) and I am trying to use the Droid X boot animation on my phone. However, I keep getting the default android bootanimation with silver text with the word "android" and some intermittent shining of the text.
I downloaded the bootanimation from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710204
I copied both the audio and the bootanimation.zip files to /system/media according to these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9118652&postcount=12
It erases the cyanogenmod boot animation, but instead i get the default silver android text bootanimation. I tried deleting the system/media/bootanimation.zip file and placing the new bootanimation.zip and audio in /data/local but this resulted in the same default bootanimation.
Am I missing something here? Most people seem to be able to easily change their bootanimation by pushing the file to /data/local, but for me, the cyanogenmod bootanimation in /system/media seems to take priority. Either way, pushing the bootanimation to either /system/media or /data/local is not working. Any ideas?
Also, do I need to do anything special to get the droid sound to work besides pushing it along with the bootanimation.zip file?

Anyone? Id really appreciate any insight that can be offered!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

it's because the first link is for changing the boot animation
the second link is for changing the splash image
you need to find the directions for overwriting the bootanimation, not the splash image.
fwiw, i was looking for the instructions when i found this thread

here's the instructions you're looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10230516&postcount=26

Are you doing an ADB Remount? Try this:
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
If it doesn't work for the /data/local then do the following:
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
NOTE: I put it in the code box because essentially that's what it is. Make sure when you do the ADB Push you put the full file path where the bootanimation.zip is located
Reboot the phone to see if it takes the change. Either that, or you can always try an ADB Shell > bootanimation. This will show the boot animation, and then just CTRL + C to stop it. But if the ADB shell doesn't show it, definitely try a reboot and let us know.
Good luck

Still the same
soliton_wave said:
Im running CM 6.1.1-Stable with pershoots kernel (rooted via gfree method) and I am trying to use the Droid X boot animation on my phone. However, I keep getting the default android bootanimation with silver text with the word "android" and some intermittent shining of the text.
I downloaded the bootanimation from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710204
I copied both the audio and the bootanimation.zip files to /system/media according to these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9118652&postcount=12
It erases the cyanogenmod boot animation, but instead i get the default silver android text bootanimation. I tried deleting the system/media/bootanimation.zip file and placing the new bootanimation.zip and audio in /data/local but this resulted in the same default bootanimation.
Am I missing something here? Most people seem to be able to easily change their bootanimation by pushing the file to /data/local, but for me, the cyanogenmod bootanimation in /system/media seems to take priority. Either way, pushing the bootanimation to either /system/media or /data/local is not working. Any ideas?
Also, do I need to do anything special to get the droid sound to work besides pushing it along with the bootanimation.zip file?
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I have exactly the same problem with my desire S. Nothing seems to be working apart from the regular android animation (not even the original rom animation which i re copied). Was this ever solved?

[Boot Animation] Android Bios Boot Animation

[Boot Animation] Android Bios Boot Animation​​
Thanks to frysee for creating the original. See his thread here with versions for other devices as well.
I have made some boot animations for our Galaxy Ace, wanna to share with you..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
- Download - boot animation
Android Bios Boot Animation CM7 Version
- Download - CM7 Version
Root Explorer method:
1. Rename the downloaded file to 'bootanimation.zip'
2. Put it on your SD card
3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media. This will replace the existing boot animation
4. Reboot your phone
ADB method:
1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk
2. Put android sdk in C:\
3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open cmd
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
-adb reboot
Im using Coderom v1, stock ROM not tested
sorry my bad english
note : animation duration depends on ROM boot time, so I can't guarantee it is running to the final screen on all devices
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Do i have to rename the file?

QNBT said:
Do i have to rename the file?
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yup, rename file download to bootanimation.zip

Im running stock gb 2.3.4 (xxxkph) and all i have i these files:
Would replacing the sanim.zip do anything?
Thanks in advance!

QNBT said:
Im running stock gb 2.3.4 (xxxkph) and all i have i these files:
Would replacing the sanim.zip do anything?
Thanks in advance!
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i never tried with stock rom, I try to help find a solution on google
try this method
DWYOR= Do With Your Own Risk
1. Rename the downloaded file to 'bootanimation.zip'
2. Put on your SD Card
3. Open Root Explore go to system/bin
4. Find samsungloop, then move them to another folder
5. Copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media
6. In folder /system/media rename all files *.qmg to *.qm (bootsamsung.qmg & bootsamsungloop.qmg)
7. Reboot
source in indonesian site
sorry my bad english

Thanks for the reply!
I will try that as soon as i have time, however, I did try this method without any success.
Nothing wrong with your English, u've been very helpful!

QNBT said:
Thanks for the reply!
I will try that as soon as i have time, however, I did try this method without any success.
Nothing wrong with your English, u've been very helpful!
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I like your font, can you share it?

Offtopic:
Mr0lala said:
I like your font, can you share it?
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I see you have good taste! Get Fontimizer @ the market for free and look for the font "TitilliumText22L001". There are thicker version of it as well - if you have trouble reading with that font.
Ontopic: Didn't work, but ill just wait for Cyanogen and use UOT Thanks!

Thank for shared

So Beautiful.. thanks for share

dhedee said:
[Boot Animation] Android Bios Boot Animation​​
Thanks to frysee for creating the original. See his thread here with versions for other devices as well.
I have made some boot animations for our Galaxy Ace, wanna to share with you..
- Download boot animation
Root Explorer method:
1. Rename the downloaded file to 'bootanimation.zip'
2. Put it on your SD card
3. Open Root Explorer and copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media. This will replace the existing boot animation
4. Reboot your phone
ADB method:
1. Make sure you have downloaded android sdk
2. Put android sdk in C:\
3. Set the directory of command prompt to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools. Click here for a video tutorial.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open cmd
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
-adb reboot
Im using Coderom v1, stock ROM not tested
sorry my bad english
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hey .. thanks for the new boot animation..
you said that your using coderom v1. can you please give me the link to download this rom. i'm looking for it from past many days and i dint find it yet.. thanks in advance..

abhi.bana said:
hey .. thanks for the new boot animation..
you said that your using coderom v1. can you please give me the link to download this rom. i'm looking for it from past many days and i dint find it yet.. thanks in advance..
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cek PM please

I love it so much! Thanks!

Sorry for bumping this I just couldn't find anything more updated.
I tried both ways and got trouble with them.
Tried to copy the file using Boot Explorer but was denied due to privileges.
Installed the SDK but had no idea how to use it.
Would anyone mind explaining how to enable the option of copying the file into the system folder or how to use the SDK software?
Thanks,
Sam.

SamBaum said:
Sorry for bumping this I just couldn't find anything more updated.
I tried both ways and got trouble with them.
Tried to copy the file using Boot Explorer but was denied due to privileges.
Installed the SDK but had no idea how to use it.
Would anyone mind explaining how to enable the option of copying the file into the system folder or how to use the SDK software?
Thanks,
Sam.
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boot explorer or root explorer ?
try this
- open root explorer /system/media
- tap the Mount R/W button at the top so that it reads Mount R/O instead.
- copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media
- reboot

It's Root Explorer, sorry about that.
And thanks, I was able to paste the file in the folder but nothing changed...
The folder has two .qmg files called "bootani.qmg" abd "samsungani.qmg"...
Do these have to be moved/deleted or something?

Why does the boot animation not complete?
the android logo(the text one) didn't appear or just skipped to the home screem after the boot?
Sorry for my bad english.

SamBaum said:
It's Root Explorer, sorry about that.
And thanks, I was able to paste the file in the folder but nothing changed...
The folder has two .qmg files called "bootani.qmg" abd "samsungani.qmg"...
Do these have to be moved/deleted or something?
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what rom you use?stock rom?
try this
dhedee said:
i never tried with stock rom, I try to help find a solution on google
try this method
DWYOR= Do With Your Own Risk
1. Rename the downloaded file to 'bootanimation.zip'
2. Put on your SD Card
3. Open Root Explore go to system/bin
4. Find samsungloop, then move them to another folder
5. Copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media
6. In folder /system/media rename all files *.qmg to *.qm (bootsamsung.qmg & bootsamsungloop.qmg)
7. Reboot
source in indonesian site
sorry my bad english
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urnamu said:
Why does the boot animation not complete?
the android logo(the text one) didn't appear or just skipped to the home screem after the boot?
Sorry for my bad english.
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animation duration depends on ROM boot time, so I can't guarantee it is running to the final screen on all devices

Guess it's gonna take another post...
The providers' logo is gone but the screen remains blank.
Is it because I did something wrong or is it due to a timing mishap (startup too short for the animation? - If so, where could I find shorter ones?)

SamBaum said:
Guess it's gonna take another post...
The providers' logo is gone but the screen remains blank.
Is it because I did something wrong or is it due to a timing mishap (startup too short for the animation? - If so, where could I find shorter ones?)
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boot animation it work or not?or work but not complete?

[Added Instructions 9/2] Boot/Down Animations from gdi2290

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
gdi2290 said:
I'm going to update this Thread later, when I find time, with my custom animations.
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Checkout more of my Work:
Splash Screens for Droid Incredible 2 by gdi2290
Stock Sense 3.0 Lock Screen from gdi2290
Forum Signatures for Droid Incredible 2 by gdi2290
Instructions for Boot Animations
Acquire a Droid Incredible 2
Obtain S-OFF
Download the bootanimation.zip
Install Optional: do a nandroid backup​File Explorer method:
1. If not already rename your boot animation to bootanimation.zip (VZW_bootanimation.zip for stock and Skyraider Zeus ROM)
2. Place file in the root of your SD card
3. Download either Root Explorer(recommended) or ES File Explorer
If your apps wont let you write in a read-only you may have to re-Superuser your apps​4. Open Root Explorer Press and Cut/Copy (or Move) bootanimation.zip
5. Go to
In CyanogenMod and other ASOP ROMs the directory for bootanimation are in
/system/media
For any Sense HTC ROMs (Skyraider and Virtuous Unity)
/system/customize/resource​6. In Root Explorer press [Mount R/W] to active [Mount R/O]
7. Rename your existing bootanimation.zip(or VZW_bootanimation.zip) to bootanimation.zip.bak
8. Paste (or Move) bootanimation.zip(or VZW_bootanimation.zip)
ADB method:
1. Download Android SDK
2. Place Android SDK in C:\
3. CD (change directory) in CMD (command prompt) to C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools.
4. Rename your boot animation to bootanimation and put it in C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
5. Open CMD (command prompt)
6. Type in order:
-adb remount
-adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip
In CyanogenMod and other ASOP ROMs the directory for bootanimation are in
/system/media
For any Sense HTC ROMs (Skyraider and Virtuous Unity)
/system/customize/resource​-adb reboot​
Reboot your phone
Press the Thanks button on my post.
Changelog
Forum Header, SkyRaider Zeus (boot and down animation)
9/5/2011 04:32 PM
Instructions
9/2/2011 12:15 PM
Edited OP
8/21/2011 10:24 AM
SkyraiderROM boot audio tutorial
8/30/2011 12:11 PM
Changed OP style; Added: Droid Bionic android_audio.mp3; Added: Stock HTC (boot animation );Stock HTC (down animation)
8/29/2011 11:43 AM
Initial Release
8/27/2011 02:09 AM
gdi2290 said:
Skyraider Zeus ROM - adding Audio to BootAnimation
He doesn't like boot audio, so you have to add it back in by editing the <BootConfiguration> in
Code:
/system/customize/CID/default.xml
Press and hold down the file to Select Open in Text Editor
Scroll down to the bottom and edit the <BootAnimation>
you may also want to remove "VZW_" from bootanimation just make sure you do the same in /system/customize/resource
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Boot Animations
Stock HTC
VirtuousROM 2.33
SkyRaider Zeus
Droid Bionic bootanimation.zip / Bionic Sound (thanks franklin270h)
​Down Animations
install just like bootanimations (backup your old file) and change permissions
Virtuous ROM 2.33
SkyRaider Zeus
Stock HTC
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gdi2290 said:
bootanimation.zip
.ogg sound file
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Can you please explain how to overwrite a current bootanimation? I've tried in several different ROMs to do it and I get an "overwrite failed" error message everytime.
To explain: using ES File Explorer, I copy (already set to R/W using Mount/System rw/ro app) the new bootanimation.zip from my sd card (renamed to match my current animation). I go to system/custom/resources folder and try to do a paste. I get a warning message asking if I am sure I want to "overwrite the current folder (contents will be merged)", I click yes, it looks like it is going work, and then I get the "overwrite failed" message. What am I doing wrong? I'm sure it is something simple I'm missing.
In any case, love your work. Keep it up!

HarleyChick said:
Can you please explain how to overwrite a current bootanimation? I've tried in several different ROMs to do it and I get an "overwrite failed" error message everytime.
To explain: using ES File Explorer, I copy (already set to R/W using Mount/System rw/ro app) the new bootanimation.zip from my sd card (renamed to match my current animation). I go to system/custom/resources folder and try to do a paste. I get a warning message asking if I am sure I want to "overwrite the current folder (contents will be merged)", I click yes, it looks like it is going work, and then I get the "overwrite failed" message. What am I doing wrong? I'm sure it is something simple I'm missing.
In any case, love your work. Keep it up!
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have you tried to rename your bootanimation.zip.old then paste this new one there. if that doesn't work you may have to re-Superuser your apps

Boot animation looks nice

Looks sweet. Can't wait to try it out.

Just installed. Looks pretty cool. Thanks.

gdi2290 said:
have you tried to rename your bootanimation.zip.old then paste this new one there. if that doesn't work you may have to re-Superuser your apps
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I finally got the animation to work, but where do you put the sound file?

HarleyChick said:
I finally got the animation to work, but where do you put the sound file?
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Code:
/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3
the file is .ogg not mp3 :\

How do I install down animation?
Sent from my ADR6350 using XDA App

egren58 said:
How do I install down animation?
Sent from my ADR6350 using XDA App
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install just like bootanimations (backup your old file) and change permissions

gdi2290 said:
/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3
the file is .ogg not mp3 :\
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I tried renaming it and copying it over, but it still doesn't make any sound on boot.

HarleyChick said:
I tried renaming it and copying it over, but it still doesn't make any sound on boot.
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I uploaded the mp3 version. Which ROM are you using? I still have to make it delay a few seconds to play correctly
via rooted Droid Incredible 2

gdi2290 said:
I uploaded the mp3 version. Which ROM are you using? I still have to make it delay a few seconds to play correctly
via rooted Droid Incredible 2
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When I click on your "link" for the mp3 version, it just opens a window and plays the sound - no download.
EDIT: Never mind - I figured it out. DOH!

HarleyChick said:
When I click on your "link" for the mp3 version, it just opens a window and plays the sound - no download.
EDIT: Never mind - I figured it out. DOH!
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lol yeah in chrome you have to download it since everything is sandboxed

gdi2290 said:
lol yeah in chrome you have to download it since everything is sandboxed
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I still can't get it to make any sound during boot. I must have something wrong. By the way, using Skyraider Zeus ROM.

HarleyChick said:
I still can't get it to make any sound during boot. I must have something wrong. By the way, using Skyraider Zeus ROM.
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For SkyraiderROM, he doesn't like boot, you have to add it back in by editing default.xml in
Code:
/system/customize/CID/default.xml
scroll down to the bottom
and edit the <BootAnimation>
Alternatively you can download this edited default.xml file I recommend the above method. Just make sure you rename your old file default.xml.bak
there is also a 1.1 update for Skyraider ROM

gdi2290 said:
For SkyraiderROM, he doesn't like boot, you have to add it back in by editing default.xml in
Code:
/system/customize/CID/default.xml
scroll down to the bottom
and edit the <BootAnimation>
Alternatively you can download this edited default.xml file, BUT I can't say for sure it will work I recommend the above method. Just make sure you rename your old file default.xml.bak
there is also a 1.1 update for Skyraider ROM
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Okay, well that is way too complicated for me. The animation works fine, its just the sound that is off and I can live with that.
Already have the 1.1 update. Love the ROM, but HATE the boot animation that comes with it.

HarleyChick said:
Okay, well that is way too complicated for me. The animation works fine, its just the sound that is off and I can live with that.
Already have the 1.1 update. Love the ROM, but HATE the boot animation that comes with it.
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here is a DROID audio lol its still a little off
I know what you mean lol I posted the stock unlock ring and I have downanimation in OP

gdi2290 said:
For SkyraiderROM, he doesn't like boot, you have to add it back in by editing default.xml in
Code:
/system/customize/CID/default.xml
scroll down to the bottom
and edit the <BootAnimation>
Alternatively you can download this edited default.xml file, BUT I can't say for sure it will work I recommend the above method. Just make sure you rename your old file default.xml.bak
there is also a 1.1 update for Skyraider ROM
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I can confirm that the default.xml you posted does in fact work, people just need to remember to give that file the correct permissions as well.
Droid bionic boot animation is awesome, let us know when you get the sound delayed by a few seconds so it can match up perfectly.

awesome! thank you"!

Remove AT&T logo?

Basically I want to get rid of the AT&T logo from the boot screen because I'm unlocked and on another carrier.
I've been trying to work out how to do this but to no avail. Apparently I need to hard root by doing this:
(from androidcommander.com)
Edit your boot image.
Pull out your boot.img.
Unpack.
Edit default.prop file, set value „ro.debuggable” to „1″.
Re-Pack.
Flash.
Can anyone tell me how to actually do this or if it's even possible on the Captivate Glide?

The AT&T logo at boot isn't part of the boot.img, that's the boot animation. Samsung uses their own format for the bootanim, so you can't just replace it with one of the thousands out there, but you should be able to replace it with the bootanim from another samsung phone. I'll see if I can dig up the link where someone replaced it with the anim from an SGIII.

bakageta said:
The AT&T logo at boot isn't part of the boot.img, that's the boot animation. Samsung uses their own format for the bootanim, so you can't just replace it with one of the thousands out there, but you should be able to replace it with the bootanim from another samsung phone. I'll see if I can dig up the link where someone replaced it with the anim from an SGIII.
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I know the boot.img doesn't contain the animation. But according to a guide that I read I have to edit the boot.img file in order to hard root the phone so that I can then delete the bootsamsung.qmg file which contains the AT&T animation so I can just have a blank screen at the startup.

I've never heard that called "hard root" before but it's baked into the keyboard light fix which you probably have installed anyway.
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Well, according to someone else, none of that is necessary, you can just replace the .qmg files and be set.
brunobbarcelos said:
I changed the bootanimation, now using the ICS stock from Galaxy SII. Just had to copy two .qmg files over the old ones, set the permissions, wiped cache and dalvik. Did this because while we don´t have custom kernel will not be possible to use .zip bootanimation and i couldn´t find a way to edit .qmg file.
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The Zip with ICS Galaxy SII boot files, i used only bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg.
Rename old ones
Copy new,
Change permissions,
Reboot cwm,
Wipe cache and dalvik,
Boot twice
(that´s how worked for me).
Permissions:
x x 0
x 0 0
x 0 0
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0 0 0
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Android Commander won't let me rename the bootsamsung.qmg file though so I don't see how I could replace it.

Did you make sure you mounted /system as rw? I was able to rename the files and copy over the new ones just fine through a terminal window.
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To clarify, I put the two .qmg files in /sdcard, and then did the following from a terminal (or adb shell):
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-num/p2 /system
mv /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg.bak
mv /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg.bak
cp /sdcard/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
cp /sdcard/bootsamsungloop.qmg /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
chmod 644 /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
chmod 644 /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
I didn't need to wipe cache or dalvik, and it worked perfectly on first reboot - I now have the Galaxy SII boot logo. I'm now off to poke around and see if I can find anything I like better.

Let me know if you find anything you like better. I'm thinking if I'm going to replace the AT&T logo I just want something generic, not the name of another phone model.

Yeah, I'm not big on having it say Galaxy SII at the bottom. Ideally I'd like the plain ICS animation, but I doubt any samsung phone came with that. Next up is anything that's just generic Samsung, and if that fails, I'm looking for something that just says Galaxy S, since the phone was sold as the Galaxy S Glide in Canada.

If there's a way to convert a normal bootanimation.zip into a bootsamsung.qmg that'd be ideal, but I don't think it can be done. Or if we could make the Glide accept a bootanimation.zip that'd be perfect.

There's no tool for converting that I know of, unfortunately. As for bootanimation.zip, once the ICS kernel sources get released that'll be possible. The current kernel doesn't have support for bootanimation.zip, but a few of the custom ones from GB added it, and it shouldn't be difficult to add to an ICS kernel.
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Unfortunately, it appears the Galaxy S III animations won't work. I assume the higher resolution is the problem, as I get just a black screen on boot. That's pretty disappointing, as this would've looked just fine. Anyone know another Samsung device that doesn't list it's model in the boot animation?

I haven't tried it yet on the SGH-I927, but a trick that we used on the Gio to change the boot animation was to overwrite/rename the /system/bin/samsungani file with /system/bin/bootanimation binary (which is also present on the stock ROM) which will either show the "stock" green Android text, or an appropriately formatted bootanimation.zip if present.
I'll get back to you guys later once I've had time to try it out.
There might also be a (non-animated) logo in boot.img, I haven't unpacked one yet to check it out.
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Quick update:
There is a logo in the boot.img (or somewhere else in the bootloader.)
The samsungani/bootanimation switcheroo has a bug: it doesn't stop. I opened the slider, and I can see the animation running in a loop on the left half of the screen. Had to issue a kill command via ADB to stop it.
If you want to stick to a stock kernel and unbrand the boot animations: copy /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg in place of bootsamsung.qmg, and then rename /system/media/video/shutdown/shutdown.qmg to something else.

Aha, I've located some decent model-free .qmg's, from the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. You can see the animation here on a Galaxy Ace Plus. File's were pulled from Cosmo123's post here.
I've pulled the files from his dump, and attached them here. I've also included a mediafire mirror.

Wow, that animation looks great. So I just follow the terminal instructions with those files from the Ace? Do I need to worry about getting rid of/replacing the PowerOn.wav?

I followed your instructions up to "cp /sdcard/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg" in Terminal Emulator, but when I clicked enter on that line it came up saying "sh: cp: not found". So I don't know why it's saying that if that means the qmg file isn't found because I put both the new qmg files onto the internal SD card. Any thoughts?

Well I managed to rename the qmg files and the PowerOn files on the phone so now I just have the static Samsung logo on startup. So actually I've fairly happy with just that. So if you don't know how to fix the terminal problem I was having it's OK. It'd just be handy to know what the problem was in case I need to copy anything onto the root in future.

bakageta said:
Aha, I've located some decent model-free .qmg's, from the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. You can see the animation here on a Galaxy Ace Plus. File's were pulled from Cosmo123's post here.
I've pulled the files from his dump, and attached them here. I've also included a mediafire mirror.
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This is exactly what I was looking for, and with the boot logo that came with the ICS Leak, I'm set :
PD: Anyone noticed that the Galaxy R just got an Update to ICS ?

liquidmetalrob said:
I followed your instructions up to "cp /sdcard/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg" in Terminal Emulator, but when I clicked enter on that line it came up saying "sh: cp: not found". So I don't know why it's saying that if that means the qmg file isn't found because I put both the new qmg files onto the internal SD card. Any thoughts?
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Ah, you don't have busybox installed. By default, our rom doesn't have several typical commands set up, it's the only device I've owned that didn't have cp out of the box. Go snag busybox and you'll be able to copy those files over.

bakageta said:
Did you make sure you mounted /system as rw? I was able to rename the files and copy over the new ones just fine through a terminal window.
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To clarify, I put the two .qmg files in /sdcard, and then did the following from a terminal (or adb shell):
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-num/p2 /system
mv /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg.bak
mv /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg.bak
cp /sdcard/bootsamsung.qmg /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
cp /sdcard/bootsamsungloop.qmg /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
chmod 644 /system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
chmod 644 /system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
I didn't need to wipe cache or dalvik, and it worked perfectly on first reboot - I now have the Galaxy SII boot logo. I'm now off to poke around and see if I can find anything I like better.
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Worked like a charm, on first reboot, like you, I didn't need to wipe anything. Just remember people, install Busybox before following this steps.