Boot Animation. - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

How do I go about changing my boot animation for rooted OTA update. I've tried changing the boot animation.zip in /data/local.
If anyone could boint me in the right direction would be most appreciated.

have you tried pasting the bootanimation zip inside system/media.
P.s. you will see a folder named audio, DONT touch it

Tried the one in media with no success. :/

Try /data/animations ?

dpilcher said:
Try /data/animations ?
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There is no /data/animations. :/

Try system\customize\resource
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dased14 said:
Try system\customize\resource
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Didn't work.
Does anyone even have any idea about how to do this?

What's the exact name of the Rom your using might help find the right spot for it. Who built it (virus,myn,mik,ect....) every bit of info helps.
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From his first post it is HTC's 4.22.651.? OTA update and it seems to have been moved entirely as I tried while I was playing around with it to change the boot animation and it would not work for me either
Evo 4g running CM7 nightly 95

i just ripped that rom(supersonic_4.22.651.2_deodexed) apart and i found the bootanimation in system\customize\resource named SPC_bootanimation.zip

dased14 said:
i just ripped that rom(supersonic_4.22.651.2_deodexed) apart and i found the bootanimation in system\customize\resource named SPC_bootanimation.zip
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Sorry thought you were on 3.7, my bad. I believe he may be correct in the location, but also try
data/syscustomize/resource/
and do make sure you name it correctly with the underscore _ and not the . with lower case spc_bootanimation.zip . If you get the sound to work let me know, been trying for some time. Word is out that it needs to be named version11samelength.mp3 but I have had no success with either lower or upper case. But man do I have a sweet ani...eh D? lol

dased14 said:
i just ripped that rom(supersonic_4.22.651.2_deodexed) apart and i found the bootanimation in system\customize\resource named SPC_bootanimation.zip
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That's not there for me. Also, as stated I'm using the supersonic stock rom.
Nevermind there was a file there named that. Was just hidden for some reason. Just wrote over it with my custom bootanimation.zip and it worked. Thanks a bunch.
dpilcher said:
Sorry thought you were on 3.7, my bad. I believe he may be correct in the location, but also try
data/syscustomize/resource/
and do make sure you name it correctly with the underscore _ and not the . with lower case spc_bootanimation.zip . If you get the sound to work let me know, been trying for some time. Word is out that it needs to be named version11samelength.mp3 but I have had no success with either lower or upper case. But man do I have a sweet ani...eh D? lol
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There is a sound file there if you want to check.

tehbeetus said:
That's not there for me. Also, as stated I'm using the supersonic stock rom.
Nevermind there was a file there named that. Was just hidden for some reason. Just wrote over it with my custom bootanimation.zip and it worked. Thanks a bunch.
There is a sound file there if you want to check.
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glad you got it to work

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[Q] okay please explain

my evo 2.2 is already rooted with amon recovery but i cannot do adb commands before i was able to now i cant thnx for looking
Too much information..
Can you try asking your question again only this time try not to bombard us with so many details?
nebenezer said:
Too much information..
Can you try asking your question again only this time try not to bombard us with so many details?
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Epic
10-char
got a stock evo 2.1 rooted it.. with clockwork installed custom rom and kernel updated to 2.2 everything is okay used romanger to go back between clock work and arom... but still cant get the adb commands to work... actuall just trying to push a spc mp3 file tried replacing with root explorer no go
One thing a lot of us had trouble with going from 2.1 to 2.2 was the su app didn't like being bundled with a rom. Uninstall your su app and install the one from the market.
Let us know if this fixes it.
HELP
nebenezer said:
One thing a lot of us had trouble with going from 2.1 to 2.2 was the su app didn't like being bundled with a rom. Uninstall your su app and install the one from the market.
Let us know if this fixes it.
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tried that, only because i was not able to install (update) the one from the market so i uninstalled the on on the rom and installed the one from the market
i've read through tons of threads and it seems that alot of people are having issues replacing the spc mp3 file on 2.2
foresure84 said:
i've read through tons of threads and it seems that alot of people are having issues replacing the spc mp3 file on 2.2
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What is that file used for?
Where is it in the system?
Is that the audio that plays during the boot animation?
yes
nebenezer said:
What is that file used for?
Where is it in the system?
Is that the audio that plays during the boot animation?
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yes that's what i'm referring to the boot animation... by the way thnx for all you guy's support and patience with us noobs
Does adb recognize your phone?
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dglowe343 said:
Does adb recognize your phone?
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yes it does im assuming the stock recovery uses the red exclamation... now i have the yellow one i tried to remount and i get an error.....
so why must we adb on the 2.2 when the 2.1 all you needed was root explorer? to change boot animation and sound.....
The boot animation in 2.2 is a single .zip file. Boot animations are something I haven't gotten into much (on the EVO) so I'm not sure how it was on 2.1 but I'd guess it was more like the Hero where it was a .gif or two and a sound file.
When the boot animation is packaged in a single .zip file you can't just swap out parts of it. You'd have to unzip it, change what you want, and make sure the xml (if there's on in there) is adjusted accordingly. If you swapped the sound file for one that was of the same name you'd probably be fine to rezip and drop the whole zip back in there.
This is pure speculation though. I may be totally wrong. If I were gonna try to customize my boot though that's where I would start.
nebenezer said:
The boot animation in 2.2 is a single .zip file. Boot animations are something I haven't gotten into much (on the EVO) so I'm not sure how it was on 2.1 but I'd guess it was more like the Hero where it was a .gif or two and a sound file.
When the boot animation is packaged in a single .zip file you can't just swap out parts of it. You'd have to unzip it, change what you want, and make sure the xml (if there's on in there) is adjusted accordingly. If you swapped the sound file for one that was of the same name you'd probably be fine to rezip and drop the whole zip back in there.
This is pure speculation though. I may be totally wrong. If I were gonna try to customize my boot though that's where I would start.
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is it possible that you can take a look for me
You can use pushboot found in the development section to change the sound and/or the bootanimation.
foresure84 said:
is it possible that you can take a look for me
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Sure. Can you post the mp3 you want to use? If I can get it working I'll just shoot the finished package back to you.
attachment
here is the file
3 weeks of reading post and you send me a message on how to post an attachment ... lol if the xda members knew how overwhelming it can be for a noob lol
foresure84 said:
here is the file
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Cool, dl'ing virus rom now so I can see exactly what you're working with.
Are we sure you actually do have su permissions and it was just an issue with this boot animation package?
Can you mount your /system as R/W in root explorer?
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foresure84 said:
so why must we adb on the 2.2 when the 2.1 all you needed was root explorer? to change boot animation and sound.....
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Same goes for 2.2. Just swap out the files in /system/customize/resource/ I've also seen them in /system/media/ depending on which rom you're using.
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[Q] Removed Boot Sound - Permanently gone?

Soon after I rooted my phone on launch day, I manually disabled the boot sound (unfortunately, I don't remember which method). Now, regardless of which ROM I flash, I NEVER have a boot sound. Can someone help me out and let me know how I can about troubleshooting this further?
I've tried the obvious, by checking if the ROM I'm flashing has one (it does), and looking through Root Explorer to add a mp3 in various places, but nothing seems to work. Am I missing something very simple here?
you have to have a music file with the same name and format in the same location as in stock.
Same ROM's have different directory's for boot sound and animations. Check next two..
system/customize/resource (stock rom)
system/media (fresh & calkulin rom)
Edit: Btw I have try it, and does replace animation on Calkulin but still no sound... Which ROM are you using?
Rydah805 said:
you have to have a music file with the same name and format in the same location as in stock.
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This may be my issue. I'm using CM7 (DESTROYED - link to forum below) so there is no system/customize directory. Can I just create it and put something in there? Does it need to be named specifically? android_boot.mp3???
erik077 said:
Same ROM's have different directory's for boot sound and animations. Check next two..
system/customize/resource (stock rom)
system/media (fresh & calkulin rom)
Edit: Btw I have try it, and does replace animation on Calkulin but still no sound... Which ROM are you using?
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See above - CM7 - Destroyed. I don't have an issue with the animations at all, just the boot sounds.
Stock file is called SPC_animation_final.mp3 but check witch someone who have same rom like you.
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Can I just create it and put something in there? Does it need to be named specifically? android_boot.mp3???
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NO. You cant do that, must be specific (based on rom)
Tried to create system/customize/resource directory manually, copied the mp3 from system/media that came with the ROM and pasted into that new directory, renamed it android_audio.mp3 with no avail. Still no boot sound.
Tried renaming that to SPC_animation_final.mp3 and same result. Anything else I can try?
Send a PM to person who made that ROM...
erik077 said:
Send a PM to person who made that ROM...
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Will do - but realize this occurs regardless of which ROM I use. It's not ROM specific.
Thanks for the help all!
Try Fresh ROM, you should have sound saying "freshhh"
Sorry, I was thinking with Sense on my mind.
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You cannot do a boot sound on an AOSP rom.
Only Sense Roms.
nosympathy said:
You cannot do a boot sound on an AOSP rom.
Only Sense Roms.
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Really....wow. Was definitely not aware of that! I'll throw Fresh on there again tonight and see what I get. Maybe I've just had AOSP ROMS on there ever since. I thought I for sure tried out a few Sense, but maybe not.
Again - thanks to everyone. I didn't expect to get this much response. Really helps.
oubravs2b said:
Really....wow. Was definitely not aware of that! I'll throw Fresh on there again tonight and see what I get. Maybe I've just had AOSP ROMS on there ever since. I thought I for sure tried out a few Sense, but maybe not.
Again - thanks to everyone. I didn't expect to get this much response. Really helps.
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Yea, like they said, only sense roms have sound enable, no aosp, CM7 for example, support boot sounds.
teh roxxorz said:
Yea, like they said, only sense roms have sound enable, no aosp, CM7 for example, support boot sounds.
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Sure enough! Flashed Fresh and got boot sound. I could have sworn I had a Sense ROM in there somewhere in the past 6-9 months, but maybe not. Thanks again guys.
oubravs2b said:
Sure enough! Flashed Fresh and got boot sound. I could have sworn I had a Sense ROM in there somewhere in the past 6-9 months, but maybe not. Thanks again guys.
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No worries, it happens to the best of us.

Help with boot animation file

I changed all the colors in the 3D bootanimation that came out. When I run it. It only stays black I changes sizes of the images and everything. Also replaced the files in the stock bootanimation file. Also changed every image name but still nothing.
Can someone that knows how to make boot animations look at it and let me now what I did wrong ? I will thank you.....
papaslacker said:
I changed all the colors in the 3D bootanimation that came out. When I run it. It only stays black I changes sizes of the images and everything. Also replaced the files in the stock bootanimation file. Also changed every image name but still nothing.
Can someone that knows how to make boot animations look at it and let me now what I did wrong ? I will thank you.....
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It sounds like you just didnt zip it up correctly. The Bootanimation file has to be zipped with the "STORE" option.... as in NO compression.
try zipping it with the "store" option and copy/flash it over.
i will try that but i even just copied the images into the stock boot animation and didn't work also tried just couple images over the stock once and the when i ran it the stock once worked just not mine not sure if the images have to be in some kinda formate
Zipped it using STORE and the first folder works now thanks getting close just have to see whats going on in folder 2 thank for your help
i have it working for you. flashable zip.
looks cool even without 3d
thanks man you rock what did i do wrong
papaslacker said:
thanks man you rock what did i do wrong
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hell i dont remember now what i fixed in it, did it work for you and which did you use(might help me remember)one labeled media or the sense one(just says zip)
No they didn't work. the folder with the 3d images in don't load but thank for trying
That's what i can't get working
Sorry the one in the 3d-system-media folder worked look sweet thanks
papaslacker said:
Sorry the one in the 3d-system-media folder worked look sweet thanks
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I used those pics,I changed the desc,and the folder names and the one labeled media was signed
So the media one works fine for you, cause I tested the one for sense on mine

Changing the Verizon Boot Animation Sequence?

With S-OFF, I imagine this is possible. Has anyone done so?
godhamba said:
With S-OFF, I imagine this is possible. Has anyone done so?
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Yeah, you can do this. I use the Google Edition HTC One boot animation. Just Google it and you can find the file. Simply rename it bootanimation.zip and place it in /system/media. Make sure you replace the bootanimation.zip currently in there to something else such as bootanimation.bak. You might have to change permissions to rw-r-r as well.
my /system/media doesn't have an existing bootanimation.zip. Nevertheless I placed that file in that location, set permissions and the stock Verizon animation still showed. Now I'm stumped. Pulled the file from HERE, trying both a manual addition as well as flashing the flashable zip provided.
Frankie1588 said:
Yeah, you can do this. I use the Google Edition HTC One boot animation. Just Google it and you can find the file. Simply rename it bootanimation.zip and place it in /system/media. Make sure you replace the bootanimation.zip currently in there to something else such as bootanimation.bak. You might have to change permissions to rw-r-r as well.
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godhamba said:
my /system/media doesn't have an existing bootanimation.zip. Nevertheless I placed that file in that location, set permissions and the stock Verizon animation still showed. Now I'm stumped. Pulled the file from HERE, trying both a manual addition as well as flashing the flashable zip provided.
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Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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A ha! Thanks and thanks to @andybones who helped me out via PM.
jaydubbs said:
Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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jaydubbs said:
Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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Hmm... I did this and for some reason the boot animation wasn't replaced but the down animation works fine. Side note, does the boot sound in that folder play for anyone else?
HTC One s-off
On the stock HTC ROM, to change the boot animation, you have to change two files in 'system/customize/resource/' : "htc_bootup_one.zip" and "vzw_bootup.zip" (capitalization matters). They both have to be replaced with fully functional boot animations. When I changed mine, it wouldn't work if I just changed one or the other, I had to change both.
On the stock HTC ROM, to change your down animation, you have to replace "hTC_downanimation.zip" (capitalization matters) in '/system/customize/resource/' with a functioning down animation.
On custom ROMS, you have to look to find where it's at. Sometimes it's in 'system/media' named "bootanimation.zip", sometimes it's not. Remember, it has to be a functioning replacement, otherwise it will show the stock ANDROID boot animation.
IceDragon59 said:
On the stock HTC ROM, to change the boot animation, you have to change two files in 'system/customize/resource/' : "htc_bootup_one.zip" and "vzw_bootup.zip" (capitalization matters). They both have to be replaced with fully functional boot animations. When I changed mine, it wouldn't work if I just changed one or the other, I had to change both.
On the stock HTC ROM, to change your down animation, you have to replace "hTC_downanimation.zip" (capitalization matters) in '/system/customize/resource/' with a functioning down animation.
On custom ROMS, you have to look to find where it's at. Sometimes it's in 'system/media' named "bootanimation.zip", sometimes it's not. Remember, it has to be a functioning replacement, otherwise it will show the stock ANDROID boot animation.
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Actually, you don't have to replace the htc_bootup_one.zip. You can rename it to .bak and replace or do the same to the vzw_bootup.zip and it will work. I actually removed my htc_bootup_one.zip and replaced the vzw one and everything works fine. Probably helps that the boot up animation I use was made for the One variants that don't have anything to do with Verizon
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Actually, you don't have to replace the htc_bootup_one.zip. You can rename it to .bak and replace or do the same to the vzw_bootup.zip and it will work. I actually removed my htc_bootup_one.zip and replaced the vzw one and everything works fine. Probably helps that the boot up animation I use was made for the One variants that don't have anything to do with Verizon
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That's very odd. Now that I try it without the "htc_bootup_one.zip", it works, but it didn't when I originally replaced it. Very, very odd.
I grabbed a flashable boot animation (including audio) from the HTC One section and was finally able to get the animation to work after messing with the .xml file. Tried to throw the audio in with it and couldn't get it to work...I'm on Bonestock and noticed there wasn't any audio with the regular boot animation...could it be the Rom? Volume is up btw.
To get a better idea of what I did I'll include the tread. I wasn't able to flash, so I had to manually replace/rename the files in my system/customize/resource folder and then change the name for the boot animation in the .xml file. I tried to follow the steps to get the audio file included as well, but it just reverted to a basic android boot animation when I attempted that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
If there's not a solution, its not a big deal...I'm probably overlooking something. Thanks guys!
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I grabbed a flashable boot animation (including audio) from the HTC One section and was finally able to get the animation to work after messing with the .xml file. Tried to throw the audio in with it and couldn't get it to work...I'm on Bonestock and noticed there wasn't any audio with the regular boot animation...could it be the Rom? Volume is up btw.
To get a better idea of what I did I'll include the tread. I wasn't able to flash, so I had to manually replace/rename the files in my system/customize/resource folder and then change the name for the boot animation in the .xml file. I tried to follow the steps to get the audio file included as well, but it just reverted to a basic android boot animation when I attempted that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
If there's not a solution, its not a big deal...I'm probably overlooking something. Thanks guys!
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using xda app-developers app
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If I recall correctly, there is an option in the XML file that tells it not to play audio when it's not the first time you set up the phone, meaning it only plays on initial setup. You need to change that setting to play every time. I don't want audio on my boot animations, so I leave it alone.
IceDragon59 said:
If I recall correctly, there is an option in the XML file that tells it not to play audio when it's not the first time you set up the phone, meaning it only plays on initial setup. You need to change that setting to play every time. I don't want audio on my boot animations, so I leave it alone.
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Thanks for the quick response...I'll have to get in there and look around. With my skill level, I probably won't be able to find it, but I'll give it a shot.
brholt6 said:
Thanks for the quick response...I'll have to get in there and look around. With my skill level, I probably won't be able to find it, but I'll give it a shot.
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Add this code to the XML file.
Code:
audio="/system/customize/resource/MP3_file_name_here.mp3"
This is assuming the sound you want is located in the 'resource' folder. If not, give the correct path and filename. Hope this works for you.
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Add this code to the XML file.
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audio="/system/customize/resource/MP3_file_name_here.mp3"
This is assuming the sound you want is located in the 'resource' folder. If not, give the correct path and filename. Hope this works for you.
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I had tried that like it said in the OP, but for some reason when I added that in there it changed the boot animation completely and still with no audio. Ah well, it's probably more convenient with out it.
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Can the images be replaced with anything as long as the other file is correct?
Does anyone know?
Sooo... Tried flashing this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
But no worky... Might try and do it manually.... hmm... Still stock animation. I'm not sure what's going on....
Resource folder: http://i.imgur.com/a6ni4Oo.png (tried replacing the bootdownanimation back to .zip as well...
Also here is where the Boot Animations lie:
Stock ROMS use /system/customize/resource/hTC_bootup_one.zip
CM/AOSP ROMS use /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Google Edition ROMS that use /system/customize/resource/Google_bootanimation.zip
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I am having a hard time copying the file into the right folder, I get an error message about permissions but the folders are RW, using ES file explorer

Trying to create a boot animation for CM11

I've been trying to create a boot animation for CM11 using the attached file, but it's not working no matter what I try. Anyone have any ideas?
I've put the file in both data/local and system/media and neither is working.
Running CM 11 M8 on an i747.
Also, I am aware that the image quality is low. I'm just trying things out for now. Thanks!
slicetwo said:
I've been trying to create a boot animation for CM11 using the attached file, but it's not working no matter what I try. Anyone have any ideas?
I've put the file in both data/local and system/media and neither is working.
Running CM 11 M8 on an i747.
Also, I am aware that the image quality is low. I'm just trying things out for now. Thanks!
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Try this... at 30fps with only 20 images and 2 cycles it would've lasted a whole 1.33 seconds... I slowed it to 10fps and loop till boot is complete.. Don't forget to set permissions to rw-r--r-- as well
Still no luck. I have my entire system rw in es file Explorer. The zip over wrote the one I had in there. Still didn't work. Just getting the generic android name glimmering thing.
slicetwo said:
Still no luck. I have my entire system rw in es file Explorer. The zip over wrote the one I had in there. Still didn't work. Just getting the generic android name glimmering thing.
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Needs to be rw-r--r-- on the zip itself ... Just rw on the directory won't suffice... I always get that android logo when I forget to fix the permissions and es always changes them when I overwrite
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It worked! You're awesome. So what did you use to change the framers and such? Thanks!
slicetwo said:
It worked! You're awesome. So what did you use to change the framers and such? Thanks!
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Just edit the desc.txt in notepad++
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Groovy. Thanks again for all your help!
One last question, if you don't mind. I recreated the whole thing so that it'd be the resolution of the phone. The only thing I changed was the pixel dimensions in your txt file. Now, however, the boot up is just a blank screen. Any chance you may know what's wrong with the attached one? Is 1.83mb to big for a boot animation?
You zipped the whole folder... As in when I open the zip there is a folder called bootanimation... The part0 folder and the desc.txt should be at the root of the zip
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Still just a black screen. I give up. It was purely a vanity thing. New band logo and all.
What's weird is when I use the bootbox app to view it, it loads perfectly. Just doesn't load when I boot the phone.
Thanks for all your help.
slicetwo said:
Still just a black screen. I give up. It was purely a vanity thing. New band logo and all.
What's weird is when I use the bootbox app to view it, it loads perfectly. Just doesn't load when I boot the phone.
Thanks for all your help.
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Try this out
Nice! It's a bit skewed, but **** it! Hahaha. You kick ass! What did you do to fix it?
Idk.. I re-edited the desc.txt in an app that I know works without jacking up the encoding (droidedit free) and zipped it up with an app that I know works (rar for android)... I had the same issues the other day trying to zip one up with ES file Explorer, rom toolbox, and 7zipper, all with compression set to 'store only' ... Only rar for android would work
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Dope. I'll get both those apps.

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