Hi, i am looking for the boot animation in the MIUI Rom and simply can't find it. Hopefully someone can point me to the right direction as i don't like the one that comes with S-Murphys Rom. Thanks!
I believe he has it stored in the folder system/media.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the reply but i have already checked that and it seems that there are only the Recovery.img and Audio there. Thanks though
shockem said:
Thanks for the reply but i have already checked that and it seems that there are only the Recovery.img and Audio there. Thanks though
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Have you tried flashing an animation of your choice from the UOT kitchen? That should overwrite it.
The UOT kitchen themes overwrite /system/media/bootanimation.zip
The MIUI-au rom doesn't seem to use this file (as there is no such file on the device).
For me, flashing a kitchen theme resulted in my phone hanging at boot time with the MIUI rom's boot animation, so I don't think that will work.
We do have a /system/bin/bootanimation, but that's an executable file. Maybe if we overwrite that with the executable from another ROM which does use /system/media/bootanimation.zip?
martijn_bakker said:
The UOT kitchen themes overwrite /system/media/bootanimation.zip
The MIUI-au rom doesn't seem to use this file (as there is no such file on the device).
For me, flashing a kitchen theme resulted in my phone hanging at boot time with the MIUI rom's boot animation, so I don't think that will work.
We do have a /system/bin/bootanimation, but that's an executable file. Maybe if we overwrite that with the executable from another ROM which does use /system/media/bootanimation.zip?
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Uh, oh..My bad. Sorry abt the suggestion! Thanks for the info
Well, after asking S-Murphy, i found out that you just have to place the one you like in System\media before flashing thats it Thanks for the suggestions!
So I performed a successful root last night of my Dinc and couldn't be happier it didn't brick! Now since I'm rooted, I have a few questions. Since I believe in fair play, I think I want to stay with the stock rom for now, and customize at a later date. I figure I should at least give it a fighting chance. Until then, I was wondering if I could at least install a custom boot animation, and a custom kernel.
Any decent out there for custom boot animation?
And is installing a custom kernel even possible with the stock rom?
By the way, I'm a new member, and look forward to gathering a lot of good information here. Thanks for having me!
The Black Droid said:
Any decent out there for custom boot animation?
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Yes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759691
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And is installing a custom kernel even possible with the stock rom?
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and Yes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866736
*Note that stock ROM is a Sense ROM, so make sure you don't try to use any AOSP Kernels.
I'd suggest chad's incredikernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848453
specifically:
http://chad0989.dyndns.org/2.6.32.27-incredikernel-12232010-plus25v.zip
I've tried a lot of kernels, and for Sense- none really compare to his. Great battery life and better performance.
Yes there are several kernals you can use. I currently have the following invisiblek kernal (download link)
http://android.grdlock.net/index.ph...ory=HTC Incredible/invisiblek/kernels/testing
I've been moving between Virtuous (a Sense ROM with a few needed tweeks), the current CyanogenMod nightly, and MIUI. All of which can be downloaded and installed through ClockworkMod's ROM Manager (available in the android market). Welcome and best of luck.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
farkmeil said:
Yes there are several kernals you can use. I currently have the following invisiblek kernal (download link)
http://android.grdlock.net/index.ph...ory=HTC Incredible/invisiblek/kernels/testing
I've been moving between Virtuous (a Sense ROM with a few needed tweeks), the current CyanogenMod nightly, and MIUI. All of which can be downloaded and installed through ClockworkMod's ROM Manager (available in the android market). Welcome and best of luck.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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invisiblek is pretty much the AOSP version of incredikernel.
So to say what I said before to the OP, if you're going to stick with the stock ROM then make sure you don't flash an AOSP Kernel (including invisiblek) !
Thanks for the quick responses guys. I'm pretty new to all of this, so I am going to need a step by step guide on how to add the custom boot anime and custom kernel. If you could provide links to these guides, you would be life savers. Thanks again!
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Thanks for the quick responses guys. I'm pretty new to all of this, so I am going to need a step by step guide on how to add the custom boot anime and custom kernel. If you could provide links to these guides, you would be life savers. Thanks again!
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The guide for the boot animation should be in the link provided at the top of the post.
For flashing a Kernel, basically just download the file and place it in the root of your SD card (not in any folders).
Then boot into recovery (boot while holding down arrow, scroll over to recovery, press power button) and install .zip from SD card. You'll find where you put it, then apply it and it'll restart and you'll have your new kernel.
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The guide for the boot animation should be in the link provided at the top of the post.
For flashing a Kernel, basically just download the file and place it in the root of your SD card (not in any folders).
Then boot into recovery (boot while holding down arrow, scroll over to recovery, press power button) and install .zip from SD card. You'll find where you put it, then apply it and it'll restart and you'll have your new kernel.
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I looked around in that thread, and believe it only gives you links to download splashes or boot animations, but no actual step by step instructions
I started out like you... rooted then stuck around on stock for awhile. Once I started into my first ROM, I've tried several now. It will blow your mind!
For your future reference, Warm 2.2 and Warm Z are fantastic, and are both Sense roms you will recognize.
For something completely different, try MIUI.
I have root explorer, so does this sound like the right way to install my new boot animation?
"Mount your droid to your PC and place the bootanimation.zip file at the root of your sdcard. Then using root explorer navigate to your sdcard, long press on the bootanimation.zip file until a popup menu appears. Select "Move" or "Copy". Once you select one, "Paste" and "Cancel" buttons will appear near the bottom of your screen. Now, press the back button to move to the root of your file system. Then navigate to data/local/ and then press "Paste". You'll be prompted to overwrite the existing bootanimation.zip. Press "OK". Then reboot."
So basically, I find the file I want to use as my new boot animation, then rename it bootanimation.zip, and proceed with the instructions. Sound about right? But what about the sound I want to go along with it? How do I tie this in with the boot animation?
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I have root explorer, so does this sound like the right way to install my new boot animation?
"Mount your droid to your PC and place the bootanimation.zip file at the root of your sdcard. Then using root explorer navigate to your sdcard, long press on the bootanimation.zip file until a popup menu appears. Select "Move" or "Copy". Once you select one, "Paste" and "Cancel" buttons will appear near the bottom of your screen. Now, press the back button to move to the root of your file system. Then navigate to data/local/ and then press "Paste". You'll be prompted to overwrite the existing bootanimation.zip. Press "OK". Then reboot."
So basically, I find the file I want to use as my new boot animation, then rename it bootanimation.zip, and proceed with the instructions. Sound about right? But what about the sound I want to go along with it? How do I tie this in with the boot animation?
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Also, When I use root explorer to look for the stock boot animation in data/local, it isn't there. I am using the stock rom on the dinc, so where is it???
Edit, I found the boot animation zip in system/customize/resource
So should I just move and paste my new boot animation here and label it VZW_bootanimation.zip like the stock one is labeled???
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Also, When I use root explorer to look for the stock boot animation in data/local, it isn't there. I am using the stock rom on the dinc, so where is it???
Edit, I found the boot animation zip in system/customize/resource
So should I just move and paste my new boot animation here and label it VZW_bootanimation.zip like the stock one is labeled???
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If I remember right, I mounted my SD card to my computer and just replaced it through my PC. I think the way you're doing it will work too, but best to get someone elses opinion since I changed mine weeks ago and don't fully remember how
you could also put the animation on your phone using the adb commands
adb devices
adb shell
cd /system/customize/resource
ls
(check for bootanimation.zip, if its there then delete it like so...)
rm bootanimation.zip
(then)
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource
If you find it being called VZW_animation.zip then rename the bootanimation.zip to that. Then delete the old one and push the new one in.
Pretty much the same dance if you're using terminal on your phone, you'd just have to cd to your sdcard and copy it to your bootanimation directory.
Also make sure you unmount system before you reboot if you use the adb route.
...wow can you tell I had some experiences making my boot animations work?
Do your self a favor and just go ahead and flash a new rom like incredibly re-engineered or something. I like the evo port in that rom a lot. I tried a few in the beginning and landed on this rom setup. Make sure you do a wipe first. Oh, always backup. Just do a quick backup of your stock rom, and then try out a few different roms. If you decide you'd like to stick with the stock rom, then just restore it and you're right back to where you were when you back'd it up.
Hey guys, did I flash a new kernel when I flashed incredibly re-engineered to my phone? Even if I have the stock kernel I still have no complaints with speed and I'm used to smartphone kind of battery life...I came from a windows phone...need I say more? Battery life is pretty darn good though, last the whole day, even when I've been using it a lot that day as an mp3 player or gps and wifi and what-ever. I even have the stock 1300 bat in her.
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Well guys, using root explorer, I made it all work. Wanted to share my final creation. I didn't delete the stock boot animation though, just renamed it(in case I need to send it in) but all seems to be running well. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxQvK8YVrY
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Well guys, using root explorer, I made it all work. Wanted to share my final creation. I didn't delete the stock boot animation though, just renamed it(in case I need to send it in) but all seems to be running well. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MxQvK8YVrY
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I don't care much for the audio clip though. Does anyone know where I can find a bunch of 15 second sound clips???
The Black Droid said:
So I performed a successful root last night of my Dinc and couldn't be happier it didn't brick! Now since I'm rooted, I have a few questions. Since I believe in fair play, I think I want to stay with the stock rom for now, and customize at a later date. I figure I should at least give it a fighting chance. Until then, I was wondering if I could at least install a custom boot animation, and a custom kernel.
Any decent out there for custom boot animation?
And is installing a custom kernel even possible with the stock rom?
By the way, I'm a new member, and look forward to gathering a lot of good information here. Thanks for having me!
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CyanogenMod all the way
WOOT!
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I don't care much for the audio clip though. Does anyone know where I can find a bunch of 15 second sound clips???
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that is pretty cool and the audio is not that bad but the graphics are way cool! excellent work!
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that is pretty cool and the audio is not that bad but the graphics are way cool! excellent work!
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Yeah, I have a feeling I'm going to become addicted to swapping them out
After trying a few ROMs with DK28, there were a few boot animations I liked, one of them being Nebula's. Is it possible to pull that out of the ROM install file and flash? If so which files are needed?
Thanks.
first;boot animations can be dangerous; playing around with them. Make sure to nand backup and/or keep odin at the ready
there is a bootanimation.zip in the system/media folder.
You can swap those out from one rom to another before you flash the rom.
I am not sure what type of update script you'd need, though. To just flash the animation one the rom is already installed.
here is a outside link talking about a honeycomb boot animation and how to get that on your phone; has some good info too.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...boot-animation-on-your-rooted-android-device/
... have fun and safe flashing.
So I've been cruisin' around the threads here and on rootzwiki looking to mod my newly rooted Gnex and I see most of the mods are using lingo I'm not familar with. Like systemui.apk dropping files here and there. I've used root explorer and I know how to mount r/w or whatever but I don't understand what to do and how to flash these mods. is there a tutorial somewhere?
First - an .apk file is just a compressed container that contains files just like a .zip file. In fact it is a zip file with certain Android specific folder structures, files, and "signatures".
Disclaimer - I don't mod or code on the Android platform and the following is based on my understanding of how Android works.
The SystemUI.apk is an Android system file that contains Android system ui code, layouts, and ui related content such as images and etc. What the modders have done is made changes to these code, layouts, and images to modify how the Andoid UI looks.
This SystemUI.apk file resides in a specific location on your phone. What most of the modders have done is made it easy for you and packaged this file into a zip file (which is usually what they give to you as a download) that you can flash via ClockworkMod recovery to automatically replace your stock SystemUI.apk copy with their modified copy.
If you are not familiar ClockworkMod recovery is the standard for flashing Mods, ROMs, and kernels onto your phone. Since you are rooted and want to tinker with your phone you should flash the CWM recovery to your phone if you haven't already. You can look up the many guides that show you how to do this.
To flash most of the mods you would download the .zip file to the internal storage on your phone. Then you would boot into CWM recovery (there are a couple of ways to do this - do a search) and choose the "Install zip from sdcard" and navigate to the file you downloaded. Flash the zip file and the mod should be installed for you.
Note: Many of the modders that make changes to the SystemUI.apk will have packaged this file into flashable zips. By flashing these zip files they overwrite the current SystemUI.apk on your phone. What this means is that if you flash a mod on top of another mod they will overwrite each other.
ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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They probably want you to change the systemui.apk and then push it to your phone. If this is not done correctly your system ui will disappear. Happened to me when I was trying to mod my softkeys.
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ok that clears some things up for me. I do have CWM flashed (currently sporting the touch version which is sweet by the way). So when a modder talks of the systemui.apk they are not asking for the user to do anything with the files, they are just explaing how the .zip file works? I guess I got confused because I thought that's what the modder was wanting me to do (change the Systemui.apk). I would simply flash the .zip then on reboot something crazy would happen like I'd lose my softkeys or the status bar would disappear. Thank God for Nandroid but after a while you get tired of trying to flash different mods because I have to go back and restore. I am currently running Android Revolution 2.1.2 but I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
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Most modders will not ask you to modify the SystemUI.apk yourself. This requires knowledge of how to package and sign the apk so it will work with Android. Most likely if the modder gives you specific details about files in the SystemUI.apk package they are just distributing information about how the modification works.
The current rom you're on is 4.0.2. I suspect the mod you flash is only compatible with 4.0.3 (most people tinkering with their phones have flashed to 4.0.3 ROMs now) and that's what caused your issues.
You don't necessarily have to nandroid - although it is very good practice. Before you flash mods if you either know files are being flashed or use a zip utility (i highly recommend 7zip) to inspect the .zip file provided by the modder you can use Root Explorer or ADB to backup the files that will be replaced. This way it would be an easy restore if something screws up. Note that this isn't 100% bulletproof since it really depends on what the mod is and what it's changing in the Android system.
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Most modders will not ask you to modify the SystemUI.apk yourself. This requires knowledge of how to package and sign the apk so it will work with Android. Most likely if the modder gives you specific details about files in the SystemUI.apk package they are just distributing information about how the modification works.
The current rom you're on is 4.0.2. I suspect the mod you flash is only compatible with 4.0.3 (most people tinkering with their phones have flashed to 4.0.3 ROMs now) and that's what caused your issues.
You don't necessarily have to nandroid - although it is very good practice. Before you flash mods if you either know files are being flashed or use a zip utility (i highly recommend 7zip) to inspect the .zip file provided by the modder you can use Root Explorer or ADB to backup the files that will be replaced. This way it would be an easy restore if something screws up. Note that this isn't 100% bulletproof since it really depends on what the mod is and what it's changing in the Android system.
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Well i guess im gonna hafta upgrade then wont I
Hey all,
as i wanted to use a different bootanimation i discovered that stock kernel doesn't like that .
So i thought that i could at least go back to the Original one without problems but that doesn't work either.
Do i have to flash a different kernel now to get rid of the lame stock animation or is there another way?
Put a bootanimation.zip in /data/local and it will play when you boot.
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Put a bootanimation.zip in /data/local and it will play when you boot.
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I put it in /data/local and in /system/media but it still just shows the stock one. fixing permissions didn't help either.
stock kernel shouldnt mess with bootanimations at all. maybe ramdisk/init.rc would, not sure if bootanimation service is there (i think so). i'm using JRO03L/3.0.31-custom and custom bootanim work fine from /data/local.
have you tried other bootanimations, or you only tried with one particular bootanim zip? maybe its not packaged right?
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bk201doesntexist said:
stock kernel shouldnt mess with bootanimations at all. maybe ramdisk/init.rc would, not sure if bootanimation service is there (i think so). i'm using JRO03L/3.0.31-custom and custom bootanim work fine from /data/local.
have you tried other bootanimations, or you only tried with one particular bootanim zip? maybe its not packaged right?
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I have read on this Forum that the stock kernel doesn't allow chanigng of the bootanimation.
I didn't know that and replaced the bootanimation in /system/media with one i downloaded and changed the name too bootanimation.zip.
It didn't work so i wanted to get back to the Original which i made a backup of. But now the one that was there in the first place doesn't work either.
Also /data/local never had a bootanimation.zip before i put it there myself.
The animation i have now is the stock android one (android in like.. a metalc blue thats blinking?!) and the bootanimation.zip is the on ethat came with the JB OTA.
Apparently the Kernel thing is bull and i am an idiot. The permissions wheren't changeed correctly and now everything works fine.
greetz Donsaibot
This might be a late reply but I had exactly the same problem like you .
I didn't know what was the reason . I fixed it by making a flashable boot animations in cwm.
It's easy to do .
1- Download an empty flashable boot animation zip file or make your own.
2- navigate to( data/local ) inside that zip file and paste your boot animation.zip there.
Note : Use astro file manager to move and paste your boot animation.zip there without extracting anything.
Make sure your boot animation file is called ( bootanimation.zip)
3- Flash in cwm and enjoy.
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I put it in /data/local and in /system/media but it still just shows the stock one. fixing permissions didn't help either.
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Did you rename it? It must be named bootanimation.zip and you must remove any other in there.
Data/local will override system media so whichever is in data/local will play.
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I already fixed it.
The permissions weren't changed correctly so the bootanim wasn't used.
Can you mark a thread as "Answered"?