ok so i was trying to learn how to edit the boot screen i pulled the files then repushed them back on there but i was wondering if there was a file size limit or picture limit im trying to do a scene from 300 and its not showing up it just shows a black screen when booting but it boots fine.
it comes out at about 500+ pngs. but is there another program i can use to convert the video to png or is there a better guide on how to do this...
I guess no one wants to help me lol
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Way to go for first spam post.
Anyways, I personally don't know, but if you look around themes and apps, you may find an answer there.
I don't know if there is a file size limit. But every phone I have had is very picky about image size, when I make one I will pull the orig and make a slight change like add.my name,if that works I then further modify making sure not to change the canvas size
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detcup4evr said:
I don't know if there is a file size limit. But every phone I have had is very picky about image size, when I make one I will pull the orig and make a slight change like add.my name,if that works I then further modify making sure not to change the canvas size
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i have the same size and everything... idk...this is getting annoying lol i really wanna make boot screens...
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i have the same size and everything... idk...this is getting annoying lol i really wanna make boot screens...
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Bootanimation.zips follow a specific pattern.
Two folders, one is the initial sequence and the other is the loop. A desc.txt file which tells the system what folders to play, how many times to repeat it, and the delay (in seconds) from the end of a folder to the start of the other or itself (loop folder for example).
The two folders can usually be named what you want but a common practice is to name them part0 and part1 where part0 is the initial sequence and part1 is the loop.
The images can be pngs or jpegs. The size of the images are usually 800x480 and the bit depth is usually automatic depending on the content of the image.
Last, when zipping the bootanimation you MUST zip it with the "store" or no compression option. This is usually where most people make their mistake.
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Bootanimation.zips follow a specific pattern.
Two folders, one is the initial sequence and the other is the loop. A desc.txt file which tells the system what folders to play, how many times to repeat it, and the delay (in seconds) from the end of a folder to the start of the other or itself (loop folder for example).
The two folders can usually be named what you want but a common practice is to name them part0 and part1 where part0 is the initial sequence and part1 is the loop.
The images can be pngs or jpegs. The size of the images are usually 800x480 and the bit depth is usually automatic depending on the content of the image.
Last, when zipping the bootanimation you MUST zip it with the "store" or no compression option. This is usually where most people make their mistake.
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what would i use to zip it then?
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i'm tring to make a boot animation and i have the pics as png in a folder,i have a desc, and i have signed and zipped it but when i try to install i get can't find update script. i have looked into other bootanimes and not all have that. so thats where im stuck if anyone could help me learn what i'm doing wrong that would be great. thx
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i'm tring to make a boot animation and i have the pics as png in a folder,i have a desc, and i have signed and zipped it but when i try to install i get can't find update script. i have looked into other bootanimes and not all have that. so thats where im stuck if anyone could help me learn what i'm doing wrong that would be great. thx
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How are you trying to install? Did you make sure you bootanimation.zip is a storage zip?
Trying to make it flashable through recovery, and I think on 7zip I used normal, but i'll check into that after I get home.
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Trying to make it flashable through recovery, and I think on 7zip I used normal, but i'll check into that after I get home.
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After creating your bootanimation -- You need to make sure that a couple things have been done correctly for the bootanimation to 1) Work and 2) Be able to be flashed via recovery.
1) To make the bootanimation work
a. Make sure that after creating the animation itself that the .zip you create has NO compression -- (e.g You use "store" mode, instead of "normal" -- both 7zip/Winrar have this feature)
b. Make sure the desc.txt file is properly formatted and has the correct folder names inside the file. Also make sure you have a carriage return (press enter) at the VERY last line of your desc.txt file
c) Make sure the .png filenames are somewhat sequential and organized. (e.g. BootUp001, BootUp002, BootUp003, etc)
2a) To make a flashable package
a. First create a folder to house the bootanimation and you'll also need to explicitly define the folder names that you want the animation to be pushed to. (e.g -- Inside lets say the "MyBootanimation" folder -- you should have three folders; they're names respectively are:: system/customize/resource
Inside the resource folder is where your newly created bootanimation.zip will go.
2b) To make the package flashable and work in recovery; you'll need a update-script file which should be in a folder called:: META-INF (ALL CAPS); inside that folder should reside, three more folders:: com/google/android/. The update-script file will go INSIDE the android folder.
I've attached a simple update-script file that will make your package flashable. Unzip the "Extract-ME" file and you'll find the file.
So, to get this to work, you'll open the "MyBootanimation folder and inside it should reside to folders (system (and it's subfolders); which houses the bootanimation and META-INF (and it's subfolders); which houses the update-script). You need to select both files and zip them up in NORMAL mode, not "store" mode. This will create your new package, which you then need to sign via whatever method you use. I use command line and I'd like not to explain that if I don't have to.
here's the file i'm working on if someone wants to take a look at it and tell me what i'm doing wrong that would help me out a lot.if you can i would like to know what is wrong so for future use and the knowledge.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/bootanimation1.zip
Lemme know if this helps...
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here's the file i'm working on if someone wants to take a look at it and tell me what i'm doing wrong that would help me out a lot.if you can i would like to know what is wrong so for future use and the knowledge.
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Two noticeable things:
1. Your images are 850 x 400 (resize all to 800 x 450)
2. Your .zip file is not arranged right.(look at my attached file, should give you an idea)
Your file is way too big to upload here so attaching the base file here for you to work with.
- First, zip the android folder,part2 folder and the desc.txt file as a storage, and name the file bootanimation.zip.
- Second, 7zip my file and navigate to customize>resource and replace the file there with the one you created in the previous step.
- Close and flash the file (This is in amend so you might want to use clockwork 2x (or equivalent RA) to flash it. Feel free to change the update script if you wish)
I tried this on my myn RLS5, works like a charm. Might want to change the desc.txt to match the image dimensions. (800 x 450)
I hope this helps.
PS: I Like the minion animation.
now it came up E:\wrong digest:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip huh?
i put the file here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco.zip
i know i'm a pain in the [email protected]@, thanks for all the help
edit: i figured out what i was doing wrong it was the way i was zipped files together. now to speed it up and maybe a loop
here's a working one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco1.zip. how do i speed it up to play more like the movie.
ps thanks to pseudoremora,theidlemonk for helping me figure out what i was doing wrong.
pm me your email...I'll send the file over...i am having trouble uploading it
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now it came up E:\wrong digest:customize/resource/bootanimation.zip huh?
i put the file here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/minionsdisco.zip
i know i'm a pain in the [email protected]@, thanks for all the help
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First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.
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First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.
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ok thanks,how would i compress it to make it smaller? and i want to speed it up to run more like the movie. i have it working it just runs kinda slow?
Not sure if you are on windows, but if you are then pngoptimizer does the trick (should be able to do multiple pngs at a time) and its free online. Also on windows I had an issue with the bootanimation.zip because windows kept adding the thumbs.* file in the two folders other than the desc.txt...that made my animation choppy. Just 7zip into you file and delete if you see it.
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First and foremost -- I don't know whose method recommended that you leave the "system" folder out of the flashing process, but that's a very incorrect way of doing this.
I've stated earlier that you need THREE folders -- SYSTEM, customize, and resource. You only have customize and resource. Your customize folder (and it's subfolders) needs to be placed inside a folder labeled "system".
Secondly, the command you're using in the update-script, while it will work now; will not work if someone decides to change the structure of your package in the future. The update-script I uploaded earlier allows for future flashing because anything placed inside the "system" folder (which Android 100% relies on) will always be flashed, as long as the structure is correct within the system folder.
You should remove the update-script you have now and place this one inside it (if you decide to use the method I've stated above). I've attached the file below (extract first).
Lastly, quite frankly; I've never seen a 60MB bootanimation before and to be honest, that's just unbelievably huge. You need to figure out either how to shorten your animation or to compress it in a manner which will lower its size.
Also, the native resolution for the EVO is 480 x 800 and not 450 x 800 for future reference.
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thanks for your help on this, i'm looking for any ideas on how to compress this to make it smaller in size(without losing any animations) i have been usiing 7zip to compress it
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thanks for your help on this, i'm looking for any ideas on how to compress this to make it smaller in size(without losing any animations) i have been usiing 7zip to compress it
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pngoptimizer as theidlemonk recommended should be used for each PNG file and hopefully should bring down the size a bit. Otherwise; it really comes down to cutting the animation.
I'm not saying you can't push a 60MB file onto your phone as a bootanimation; but I think it's huge waste of space for such a thing. You have to remember; we're only talking about the bootanimation here and quite frankly, the EVO tends to boot up rather quickly, so trying to show a clip from a movie really shouldn't be your goal -- if anything, you can take bits and pieces from the clip and use that instead.
Personally, I try to make my bootanimations minimal and light. The important part of the animation is actually the looping; so concentrate on that.
pseudoremora said:
pngoptimizer as theidlemonk recommended should be used for each PNG file and hopefully should bring down the size a bit. Otherwise; it really comes down to cutting the animation.
I'm not saying you can't push a 60MB file onto your phone as a bootanimation; but I think it's huge waste of space for such a thing. You have to remember; we're only talking about the bootanimation here and quite frankly, the EVO tends to boot up rather quickly, so trying to show a clip from a movie really shouldn't be your goal -- if anything, you can take bits and pieces from the clip and use that instead.
Personally, I try to make my bootanimations minimal and light. The important part of the animation is actually the looping; so concentrate on that.
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i'll look into pngoptimizer, now would i set eveything up the same for loop(with fewer animations)like i said this is the first one i have ever tried to make(i hope i get better as i do more) how would i add sound to one. and thx again guys for putting up with me and for all the help
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i'll look into pngoptimizer, now would i set eveything up the same for loop(with fewer animations)like i said this is the first one i have ever tried to make(i hope i get better as i do more) how would i add sound to one. and thx again guys for putting up with me and for all the help
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I'd advise you take a look at this post and this one also. I wrote that quite some time ago, however it's still very much applicable today.
Edit:: It's actually probably good to read the posts from pages 15, 16, and probably 17 as well in the links I've posted above.
what would you guys say is the best png optimizer to (less loss, better compression)
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what would you guys say is the best png optimizer to (less loss, better compression)
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Both of us just told you.
Use pngoptimizer. The program itself optimizes each png, taking away any erroneous data and leaves everything else intact; thus giving you a smaller .png file. Doing this for EACH .png file will result in a smaller bootanimation file.
PNGs can be optimized just so much, I would rather think more on the lines of what pseudoremora said: Cutting down animation to keep it minimal and light. Looping will also be a big part as you have over 300 images. Looping would reuse images and allow cutting of parts. (I hope I made sense).
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Both of us just told you.
Use pngoptimizer. The program itself optimizes each png, taking away any erroneous data and leaves everything else intact; thus giving you a smaller .png file. Doing this for EACH .png file will result in a smaller bootanimation file.
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Ok I wasn't sure if that was the name of it or a program type, Googled it and got a bunch of different ones just wanted to make sure. And yes I know its a large file and I will take both of your advice and cut it down. Again thanks for the time and help
I made a custom boot animation to go along with the theme that Shane6374 and I made (you can find our theme here: [THEME]Special Edition:midNIGHT ROM Autism Awareness Theme+LP+Icons+Boot Animation) and its not working. Basically what I did was I took a boot animation that works (its the one I am using now) and replaced the .png's with my own. But when I boot up all I get is a black screen until the phone boots. I have checked everything I can think of. The pics are the same dimensions, the same resolution, the same format. The only thing I see different is that mine uses more colors. IDK if that is a limitation on boot animations (but I doubt it). Does anyone have any ideas? There must be something I am missing. I'm going to post the bootanimation.zip I made here so feel free to download it and see if you can figure out what is wrong.
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I made a custom boot animation to go along with the theme that Shane6374 and I made (you can find our theme here: [THEME][EB13]Special midNIGHT ROM Autism Awareness Theme + Launcher Pro + Icons) and its not working. Basically what I did was I took a boot animation that works (its the one I am using now) and replaced the .png's with my own. But when I boot up all I get is a black screen until the phone boots. I have checked everything I can think of. The pics are the same dimensions, the same resolution, the same format. The only thing I see different is that mine uses more colors. IDK if that is a limitation on boot animations (but I doubt it). Does anyone have any ideas? There must be something I am missing. I'm going to post the bootanimation.zip I made here so feel free to download it and see if you can figure out what is wrong.
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Do not have the time do more than a quick look now. If someone doesn't beat me too it, I will see what I can find tmorrow.
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Do not have the time do more than a quick look now. If someone doesn't beat me too it, I will see what I can find tmorrow.
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Thanks. I've been beating my head against a wall over this for 4 days.
Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.
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Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.
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Thanks. I'm gonna give that a shot right now.
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Your desc.txt file is saved in windows format. it uses a different code for carriage returns than does unix formatted text files. you can just open it up in something like notepad++ and under edit-->EOL Conversion switch it to unix format and it should work.
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Thanks. I'm gonna give that a shot right now.
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Didn't work. You were right about the the format, so I changed it to Unix, but I still get a blank screen instead of the animation while its booting.
I uploaded the bootanimation.zip with the new desc.txt file just in case you wanted to double check.
Here is something interesting.....
I decided to look at the files in the bootanimation.zip on my phone. I used Root Explorer and went into the part0 folder. The images display just fine with Astro Image viewer, but Gallery just gives me a blank screen. I think its some sort of issue with the native image viewer not being able to display these images properly. If this were Windows I would say I am missing a driver, but its Linux.
So, I say again.....any ideas?
Oh. Your zip is compressed. Make sure you set it to no compression when you make your archive.
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Oh. Your zip is compressed. Make sure you set it to no compression when you make your archive.
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I started with the boot animation that is currently on my phone. I used 7zip to open the bootanimation.zip and replaced the original images with mine. I didn't change any compression settings (that I am aware of anyway).
I'm not sure about 7zip, I use winrar, but I imagine it might work similarly. If I just drag and drop files into and out of an archive it automatically compresses them. When I opened your archive the PNGs were ever so slightly compressed, not much since they are already so small, but any compression will stop it from playing. In winrar I just add the folder and txt file to a new archive and just use "store" as the compression method. I don't know what the setting is in 7zip but it probably has some similar setting.
OK, so now I need to figure out where the compression settings in 7zip are.
Thanks
There was also some issues with your file names. They need to be in the format "ANYNAME_00001.png" I believe. So you need to have any random name with an underscore, it doesn't matter what, but the numbering has to include 5 digits. I went ahead and did it and packaged it up for you. Works on my phone, Bonsai 3.0.1. Cool stuff!
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There was also some issues with your file names. They need to be in the format "ANYNAME_00001.png" I believe. So you need to have any random name with an underscore, it doesn't matter what, but the numbering has to include 5 digits. I went ahead and did it and packaged it up for you. Works on my phone, Bonsai 3.0.1. Cool stuff!
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Thanks! I knew it had to be something simple that I was missing. If I could hit the Thanks button 1000 times I would. I just flashed it on mine and it works.
Thanks again.
Frames can be named anything as long as th order is inlin for android to read properly.
Ex.
Name_001
Name_002
Name_003
Name_004
Name_005
Name_006
Name_007
Name_008
Name_009
Name_010 and so on.
Also use 7zip for zipping them up with it always set on store.
Another thing to watch out for is that when creating your part folders usin a pc running wndows, be careful not to let windows throw a hidden indexing file into the folder. This happens a lot and will give the animation the white flash screen that so many ppl have problems with, it can also cause the black nothing screen.
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Frames can be named anything as long as th order is inlin for android to read properly.
Ex.
Name_001
Name_002
Name_003
Name_004
Name_005
Name_006
Name_007
Name_008
Name_009
Name_010 and so on.
Also use 7zip for zipping them up with it always set on store.
Another thing to watch out for is that when creating your part folders usin a pc running wndows, be careful not to let windows throw a hidden indexing file into the folder. This happens a lot and will give the animation the white flash screen that so many ppl have problems with, it can also cause the black nothing screen.
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Thanks. This is my first one so I had a bit of a learning curve. I used up all my thanks on optmsprim2 but I'll come back tomorrow and get you.
BTW I looked but I can't find where you set the compression settings in 7zip. How do I set in on store?
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Thanks. This is my first one so I had a bit of a learning curve. I used up all my thanks on optmsprim2 but I'll come back tomorrow and get you.
BTW I looked but I can't find where you set the compression settings in 7zip. How do I set in on store?
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JB, I found it last night. When you "add to archive" the options for compression come up. It almost the same as in winrar.
Sent from my Epic 4G running the midNIGHT rom via Tapatalk
Everything works and its packaged up to flash with CW3.
Thanks a ton for your guys' help. Follow the link in the OP and go to post #2 for the Clockwork flashable zip
Can someone test these? I wasnt sure how or which format the boot animations were supposed to be; the first set is in full resolution (1900 by 1080 methinks) I also compiled a GIF, and a smaller set of images.
I used one of the many wonderful splash converter/genertor programs to make the IMG.
There are also two free wallpapers that I made (altair+tron to give you an idea)
I've tried just about every tutorial for flashing both a boot animation or a splash screen and I cant get either to work. I'm running unrevoked, my hboot is newer than 2.x, I tried formatting my (2gb; dont have another one) micro sd to fat32, I AM rooted (s-off) I have sdk and adb and the drivers all installed correctly. I'm zipping uncompressed with 7zip, (aes-256), editing text files with notepad(but i tried with and without editing), pushed the files into media, local, resources, and one more(but im to lazy to look up where) all with no results except having a blank black boot screen. I have tried using terminal emulator, file explorer, and many other things.(that's all I can pull off the top of my head right now) Any help is greatly appreciated!
As of yet I have no idea if any of these work(well except the wallpapers ), because none of the other boot animations OR splash screens work either... Maybe tomorrow ill try flashing a new rom and see if that fixes it. If they DONT work, please help me fix them/let me know what I did wrong. (because I have 3 more i'd like to finish making) I've spent the last 4 days trying to make this work and I'm pretty frustrated right now...
Well there are no files to test, and if you used unrevoked, you have to create your splash screen slightly different, and needs to be converted from a .nbg extension, not the .rgb656 extension.
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Well there are no files to test, and if you used unrevoked, you have to create your splash screen slightly different, and needs to be converted from a .nbg extension, not the .rgb656 extension.
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Strange... i attached them... here they are.. If i change the rom then the other tutorials should work?
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Strange... i attached them... here they are.. If i change the rom then the other tutorials should work?
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Again not attached. You have to wait til the uploader reaches 100% in the popup window or it won't attach.
Bootanimations:
sense > /system/customize/resource
AOSP > /system/media
I was waiting for it to load, went back to edit the post, and forgot to wait for it to finish... Then I couldn't edit/attach it for 5 minutes... But ya, it's attached now.. Sorry for the wait.
Hello? anyone? It's attached now...
taking a look.....
only the splash and wallpapers will work. the boots are all formatted incorrectly and it needs to be a series of .png's not one .gif.
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only the splash and wallpapers will work. the boots are all formatted incorrectly and it needs to be a series of .png's not one .gif.
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Thanks for looking. I wasn't sure because I've read on more than one thread that people had used Gif's. Im pretty sure at least two of the boots were png series.. How should I format them?
any1 here?
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Thanks for looking. I wasn't sure because I've read on more than one thread that people had used Gif's. Im pretty sure at least two of the boots were png series.. How should I format them?
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this was sent to me by another member here. your desc should read 480 800
each frame of vid needs to be 480x800 png(yes you have to have it frame by frame)
hope this helps some
"quoted from pseudoremora"
After creating your bootanimation -- You need to make sure that a couple things have been done correctly for the bootanimation to 1) Work and 2) Be able to be flashed via recovery.
1) To make the bootanimation work
a. Make sure that after creating the animation itself that the .zip you create has NO compression -- (e.g You use "store" mode, instead of "normal" -- both 7zip/Winrar have this feature)
b. Make sure the desc.txt file is properly formatted and has the correct folder names inside the file. Also make sure you have a carriage return (press enter) at the VERY last line of your desc.txt file
c) Make sure the .png filenames are somewhat sequential and organized. (e.g. BootUp001, BootUp002, BootUp003, etc)
2a) To make a flashable package
a. First create a folder to house the bootanimation and you'll also need to explicitly define the folder names that you want the animation to be pushed to. (e.g -- Inside lets say the "MyBootanimation" folder -- you should have three folders; they're names respectively are:: system/customize/resource
Inside the resource folder is where your newly created bootanimation.zip will go.
2b) To make the package flashable and work in recovery; you'll need a update-script file which should be in a folder called:: META-INF (ALL CAPS); inside that folder should reside, three more folders:: com/google/android/. The update-script file will go INSIDE the android folder.
So, to get this to work, you'll open the "MyBootanimation folder and inside it should reside to folders (system (and it's subfolders); which houses the bootanimation and META-INF (and it's subfolders); which houses the update-script). You need to select both files and zip them up in NORMAL mode, not "store" mode. This will create your new package, which you then need to sign via whatever method you use. I use command line and I'd like not to explain that if I don't have to.
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i have been doing further reasearch and experimentation... at the moment im waiting for my phone to boot and test the animation.(it failed) I found scripts for gimp that auto crop(with w/h and x-y offsets)/resize in batch so that can save lots of time there.
I'll follow your instructions and see how that works. Should I make the files inside system? (customize/resource) I'm currently running Kings UNleashed GB R3 NEON if that changes anything... i have HBOOT 2.10, and no ENG extended fastboot commands as far as I'm aware. Amon Ra supersonic-v2.3 recovery
If im successful in making the signed working file then ill post it up here =]
Okay, so I was unsuccessful... It installs properly, but the animation doesnt play; it black-screens, then finishes booting... help? I'll attach the whole signed zip so you have exactly what i have.
bootanimation.zip
EDIT: seem to be having a problem uploading the file i have it working for(system\customize\resource) will try to upload tomorrow
try this dropbox http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/tron1.zip
let me know if this works for you
I installed it and same thing; black screen.. you said you got it working? what did you do to make it work?
try this one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/tron2.zip
i renamed all the png(heard that it had to have at least 5 characters and ran those through png optimizer) renamed the folders and changed the desc to match.
i think your bootanimation maybe in (system\media)
try it and let me know
dased14 said:
try this one http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/tron2.zip
i renamed all the png(heard that it had to have at least 5 characters and ran those through png optimizer) renamed the folders and changed the desc to match.
i think your bootanimation maybe in (system\media)
try it and let me know
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Thanks =] will test.
this is an installable package, yes?
Yes, flashable zip
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Yes, flashable zip
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Rebooting now... and.... waiting................... and not working =[
thanks a lot for trying... You got it working on your phone? any1 else want to give it a try?
EDIT: would having a bootanimation in both customize/resource and System/media cause a conflict and so make neither work? I actually found customize/resource and put the file in there, but it doesn't work either... maybe if i remove it then the one in system/media can work...
EDIT AGAIN: apparently it has no effect =[
Yes plays a little slow, running myn's 2.2. Do you know where the bootanimation is on that rom that might help
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Yes plays a little slow, running myn's 2.2. Do you know where the bootanimation is on that rom that might help
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I've tried putting it in both applicable directories with no success... =/ what ROM are you using?
This is my first time trying to create a custom boot animation... I think its going to be great if someone would gladly help me out... I can't figure out what has gone wrong with it and why when I restart its just a black screen.. I appreciate everyone who can help me. Thank you... And Thank You XDA... I would upload it directly to xda but the file is too big... so here is the link to whoever wants to help me...
megaupload[dot]com/?d=7NK0BRHR
i noticed and changed alot with it also with the numbering system and still nothing just a black screen...
is it going to the right place some goto (system\customize\resource) some goto (system\media)
whats that ds.store file have never seen that in a evo bootanimation before
both folders are number the same that may make a differance
thing is hugh may want to cut it down maybe split the bigger one in two and remove the smaller and use later as different anime(even after running it through pngoptmizer still over 24.6 mb
hope this helps some
"quoted from pseudoremora"
After creating your bootanimation -- You need to make sure that a couple things have been done correctly for the bootanimation to 1) Work and 2) Be able to be flashed via recovery.
1) To make the bootanimation work
a. Make sure that after creating the animation itself that the .zip you create has NO compression -- (e.g You use "store" mode, instead of "normal" -- both 7zip/Winrar have this feature)
b. Make sure the desc.txt file is properly formatted and has the correct folder names inside the file. Also make sure you have a carriage return (press enter) at the VERY last line of your desc.txt file
c) Make sure the .png filenames are somewhat sequential and organized. (e.g. BootUp001, BootUp002, BootUp003, etc)
2a) To make a flashable package
a. First create a folder to house the bootanimation and you'll also need to explicitly define the folder names that you want the animation to be pushed to. (e.g -- Inside lets say the "MyBootanimation" folder -- you should have three folders; they're names respectively are:: system/customize/resource or system\media
Inside the resource folder is where your newly created bootanimation.zip will go.
2b) To make the package flashable and work in recovery; you'll need a update-script file which should be in a folder called:: META-INF (ALL CAPS); inside that folder should reside, three more folders:: com/google/android/. The update-script file will go INSIDE the android folder.
So, to get this to work, you'll open the "MyBootanimation folder and inside it should reside to folders (system (and it's subfolders); which houses the bootanimation and META-INF (and it's subfolders); which houses the update-script). You need to select both files and zip them up in NORMAL mode, not "store" mode. This will create your new package, which you then need to sign via whatever method you use. I use command line and I'd like not to explain that if I don't have to.
try this(sense base can get asop if thats need)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9628638/racecar.zip
dased14 said:
is it going to the right place some goto (system\customize\resource) some goto (system\media)
whats that ds.store file have never seen that in a evo bootanimation before
both folders are number the same that may make a differance
thing is hugh may want to cut it down maybe split the bigger one in two and remove the smaller and use later as different anime(even after running it through pngoptmizer still over 24.6 mb
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You can also change from png to jpeg. I redid one recently that was 61 mb with pngs, ended up at just over 4 mb with jpegs. Just a thought. And that ds.store, delete it.
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when i boot up it just loads a blank screen and does nothing...
any ideas?
cheers
1) The resolution must be 480x800
2) The images must be 24 bit depth, png files.
Failure to meet either of these requirements will result in a blank screen (i.e not displayed).
If these requirements are met, there shouldn't be a problem.
EDIT> Checking the properties of your images, they are 32 bit depth.
rootSU said:
1) The resolution must be 480x800
2) The images must be 24 bit depth, png files.
Failure to meet either of these requirements will result in a blank screen (i.e not displayed).
If these requirements are met, there shouldn't be a problem.
EDIT> Checking the properties of your images, they are 32 bit depth.
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annoyingly I actually had this boot once but the image was really stretched - after playing around I broke it so much I couldn't get it working again
edit: tried it in http://fs03n4.sendspace.com/dl/089f...65034f61e/w3pkuv/BootAnimationPreview.1.5.zip BootAnimationPreview and it failed- I re-zipp'd it up and it is now playing in the preview...
I think it was the way I zipped it - perhaps it compressed and screwed it up
started from scratch - re-zipped using 'store' as i think it compressed before - and working now... using 32 bit depth images too
Thats odd. Could have sworn they had to be 24 like splash1 (but BMP)
A bit of googling did seem to suggest that too - but then I saw one site said:
In the image editor of your choice, make all the image files for each part of your boot animation with the proper dimensions equal to your phone’s screen resolution, and save them in the respective folder for each part, in PNG format. Up to 32 bit PNGs are supported.
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http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-change-customize-create-android-boot-animation-guide/
I was about to re-size the png's but as it booted once but because of a bad desc.txt it was stretched - made me think it should work - the preview error seemed to suggest it couldn't read the .zip at all which made me think it was something I'd done compiling
I've had permission issues before so check the permission of the zip..
But i think permission problems wouldn't cause a blank screen... just putting it out there
BigMrB said:
I've had permission issues before so check the permission of the zip..
But i think permission problems wouldn't cause a blank screen... just putting it out there
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the attachment in post #3 works was the zip file trying to compress itself i think which screwed it up