Editing the boot/Shutdown APK - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Going through trial and error wondering why i cant find boot animations zip or folder on the system partition of my epic, i realized they are now using a .qmg file for the shutdown and boot animation.
i know as of right now no one has been able to get there hands on qurans software i know that. but i know to shut down the phone android uses a shutdown apk that has a butch of scripts to close all the apps and clear the memory and whatever else, but there has to be in that apk a script to run the shutdown animation.
is there an boot apk somewhere in the kernal too? would that be to edit the scripts to have it execute pictures instead of qmg?
and am i assuming anything here? cuz am really just THINKING i know what its does cuz it would make sense to me. lol
the real question: is it possible to edit that apk and have it execute all of the pictures of a normal boot or shutdown animation instead of the .qmg file??
i can be bad at explaining things. sorry.

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[Q] Splash and boot animation; im not sure if i did it right...

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.
teh roxxorz said:
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.
dkdude36 said:
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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dased14 said:
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?

[Q] MIUI Custom Bootanimation

I was wondering whether or not it was possible to change the boot animation of MIUI with the animation of your choice. I know you can get MIUI boot animations from what I would assume "MIUI store". I wanted to put a boot animation that I have(Barbershop Android/Apple thing). I know you can do it on normal android by replacing it in /System/Media/ but that does not work in MIUI. I really don't like the boot animations from MIUI.
i'm showing thats where it goes is system/media named bootanimation, thats in 1.8.5.
try using root explorer to move the animation that you want to that location and check that the permissions are set to rw-r-r.
Make sure the boot animation is in the /system/media folder, and the name is bootanimation, so the total name will be bootanimation.zip; also make sure all the correct files are inside the zip.
For MIUI, you have to add it into your theme mtz or make an mtz with the boot animation and select it from theme manager. MIUI doesn't use the bootanimation in /system/media unless you select the "default" boot animation in theme manager. I'm not sure if you could simply replace the bootanimation.zip and then reapply the default theme boot animation. Try that out, if it doesn't work I'll explain how to make an mtz with the boot animation or if you want I can make it for you.
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Thanks jane. I replaced the boot animation in /System/Media/ and switched it to default, i tried that before but i didn't realize that you had to change it to default.
Thanks a lot.
The miui boot ani's are in mtz format correct? How would I go about making that into a bootanimation.zip?
Eris _2.1_2010 said:
The miui boot ani's are in mtz format correct? How would I go about making that into a bootanimation.zip?
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If you have an mtz with a boot animation that you want to use for another rom, change the mtz extension to .zip. Extract the zip file and you'll see a folder named "boots", inside that folder is the bootanimation.zip
The boot animation itself is not in mtz format, it's still your normal "bootanimation.zip", but if it's a part of a theme then the theme will be in mtz format.
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i was on Huawei x6 variant and while changing the boot animation from theme i ended up putting a corrupt (i guess so) android 4 bootanimation and it was stuck at the boot animation screen.
i was searching google and ended up here which i found useful. thanks
but it didnt help me to resolve .. but shed some light.
luckily i had access to the phone with QtADB
the active boot animation MIUI rom uses is located in the /data/system/theme/boots/
the theme folder itself is the whole modded theme of yours.
so changing the animation (zip file) here will be as good as changing from theme edit option . just wanted to share this
so then how would you go around converting a .zip boot ani to .mtz?
if you have an mtz(have to have the folders right), so use an old one and replace the bootanimation.zip with the one you want to use and when zipping it up(normal in 7zip)
type xxxxx(name you want to call it).mtz and 7zip will make it a mtz that you place on sdcard and then open theme changer and it should be there
Running latest MIUI I have .mtz files for Boot Animations, Fonts, Icon Sets etc in /sdcard/MIUI/theme/ and then go into Settings/Themes and manage it all there with Customize function.
It is hit or miss simply renaming a .zip to .mtz but have found it to work but if it doesn't I have had some serious FC issues and had to restore from last CW backup. I use Boot Manager if I want a virtual ROM I can mess up and restore on the fly without rebooting.
this is how I able to change my boot animation on my galaxy s gti9000 it might help u. (please note me using different phone)
steps
1. take any bootanimation.zip of your choice download it in your pc.
2. In your pc create one folder called boots.
3. put bootanimation.zip in boots folder.
4. take any .mtz file and open it (using win.rar)
5. delete the data of .mtz file keep any 1 file because if you delete everything windows will delete .mtz file it self.
6. now put the boot folder in .mtz file
7. delete remaining 1 file which you kept as it is in step 5.
8. rename the .mtz file as 1bootanimation.mtz (or u can give any name but remember it)
9. now take your phone and connect it to your pc
10. open file explorer in your mobile
11. paste the 1bootanimation.mtz into sdcard/miui/theme
12. now go to theme apps and select 1.bootanimation and apply it
it should change your boot animation and this way you can have multiple bootanimation and apply it whenever you like it.
zailer said:
i was on Huawei x6 variant and while changing the boot animation from theme i ended up putting a corrupt (i guess so) android 4 bootanimation and it was stuck at the boot animation screen.
i was searching google and ended up here which i found useful. thanks
but it didnt help me to resolve .. but shed some light.
luckily i had access to the phone with QtADB
the active boot animation MIUI rom uses is located in the /data/system/theme/boots/
the theme folder itself is the whole modded theme of yours.
so changing the animation (zip file) here will be as good as changing from theme edit option . just wanted to share this
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Good to know thanks for posting this useful information
plainjane said:
For MIUI, you have to add it into your theme mtz or make an mtz with the boot animation and select it from theme manager. MIUI doesn't use the bootanimation in /system/media unless you select the "default" boot animation in theme manager. I'm not sure if you could simply replace the bootanimation.zip and then reapply the default theme boot animation. Try that out, if it doesn't work I'll explain how to make an mtz with the boot animation or if you want I can make it for you.
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Hi Could you please temme how to make a mtz bootanimation or is there a tutorial anywhere ....thanks

[Q] Boot Animation Problem

I have recently rooted my HTC incredible 2 and i have been trying to get a custom boot animation for it. i have downloaded countless apps and even tried methods with the computer all of which have failed. i have been using root explorer to search through my files trying to find bootanimation.zip but the only place i can even find anything titled bootanimation is in the system/bin file and i cannot customize or delete it or i lose my boot animation completely. any ideas on what i can do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237070
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173373
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161543
Hope these help. I am sure there are more posted here on XDA and other forums but these are 3 I could think of off the top of my head.
Aosp: rename file to bootanimation.zip and place in system/media
Sense: same rename but place in /system/customize/resource
Reboot
not fixed yet
im having same problem and im looking for some fix in a few days...lol
i think my problem is my firmware...gingerbread 2.3.6, i´ve tried all i guess and i dont get nothing.
past System/media dont have any file with name bootanimation.zip to replace
and when we past some there only 1 bootani... results in my galaxy s i9000.
others just block, with black screen or with animation, but dont pass that.
my phone dont iniciate.
i´m almoust sure u can understand me but...sorry about my bad english.

[TEAM REJECTZ][How to ]6/14/2012[BOOT ANIMATIONS] SMALLVILLE "kick ace"

UPDATE 4th POST
This is just a start of some of my favorite boot animations. These boot animations are raw. I did not make them flashable because CWM zips are kernel sensitive and this way everyone with a kernel that has added boot support can use them. The PLAYSTATION boot animation has power on sound too!!!! Great for the new FF11 kernel (thanks Agat63, sfhub) and for Mijjahz new Blend No Name (FF11) AND the (el29) version of Mijjahz Blend 3.0. * Thanks goes out to mijjahz for helping me out, and for his awsome ROMS. Of course as long as your kernel provides boot animation support these will work. I've tested all the boot animations here and that I will post later. Also this is just the start to a collection that I've gained from everywhere on the net so I'm not sure who made all these. Thanks goes out to all the animators who made these as well. Also, some of these I HAVE made, so thanks to me as well lol. Ok so here we go.
Devs: I don't mind if you want to use one of my boot animations, just let me know first and give me credit on your thread.
1. download zip to your sd card
2. Make nandroid back up
3. push to /system/media with root explorer or ES file exporer. (if its the PowerOn .wav for boot anim push to /system/etc. edit:For ICS PowerOn.wav and PowerOn.ogg are required! Just make a copy of the wave file and rename the extention to .ogg and place in </system/etc> with the PowerOn.wav)
4. Delete old boot animation.zip and sanim.zip.
5. Rename your boot animation.zip of choice to "bootanimation.zip"
6. Make a copy of your new "bootanimation.zip" and paste there in /system/media. Rename the copy "bootanmimation_copy.zip" to sanim.zip
7. Reboot.- enjoy
Always make a nandroid backup when working with the system files and bootloader. I am not responsible for what you do.. laddie dah.. you know the drill.
BOOT ANIMATIONS
1. PLAYSTATION. This is the original Playstation boot animation with the power on .wav. Turn your e4gt into a retro game console. This one is on my phone.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
http://www.4shared.com/music/XvJNAxuH/PlaystationPowerOn.html
http://www.4shared.com/zip/6Xpn0T9h/Playstationbootanimation.html
2. apple "deathstar" blows up!
http://www.4shared.com/zip/FnIVZrMh/death_star_bootanimation.html
NEW!! -->DeathStar boot sound!!!
3.The Simpsons
http://www.4shared.com/zip/oN7ihNSC/The_Simpsons_bootanimation.html
-> ->New Boot Sound simpsons_theme.wav
4.Android Cyborg
http://www.4shared.com/zip/SnfS8z1j/cyborg.html
5.Android MW3
http://www.4shared.com/zip/BO3oVfUg/androidmodernwarbootanimation.html
Ok, thats all for now.. I will update this periodically over the next few days. I have plenty more but wanna see if there is a demand for kick ace boot animations first. So stop back here cause there will be another post. or update.
UPDATE 5/16/12 MORE KICK ACE BOOT ANIMATIONS
Here are a few more boot animations. I got some poweron sound wav files for fun. Its like they forgot about them or something. Anyway, to change your BOOT SOUND..
DIRECTIONS:
make sure you mount your sd card in root explorer as read/write
1. Download wav file to your sd with your boot animation. after pushing boot animation as described in the above post, go to the folder that the wave file is in. Copy paste into "/system/etc."edit:For ICS PowerOn.wav and PowerOn.ogg are required! Just make a copy of the wave file and rename the extention to .ogg and place in </system/etc> with the PowerOn.wav)
2. delete old "PowerOn.zip"/"PowerOn.ogg". Paste wav file of your boot animation.
3.Hard press on the wav file and rename it to "PowerOn.zip/.ogg". If you don't rename it exactly with the capital "P" and"O", then it WONT WORK.
4.Reboot. ENJOY
1. (Samsung Captivate) This is my Captivate ..Full Metal CaptivateSpells out .."this is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine" and fades into the Samsung Galaxy "S". All the whileBOOT SOUND in cadence "this is my rifle this is my gun. This ones for fighting this one's for fun."
http://www.4shared.com/zip/JY2qe987/full_metal_galaxy_s_bootanimat.html
This one with boot sound!!!http://www.4shared.com/music/JicRWhZM/myriflePowerOn.html
2. Family Guy's "Drunken Clam"
http://www.4shared.com/zip/PVCggvA8/DrunkenClam.html
3. The TRANSFORMERS intro. also with YOUR choice of boot sound! I couldn't decide which boot poweron sound was better... so I'm posting both. Gimme some feed back as to which one you like more
transformers.bootanimation.zip
1.transformers optimus "autobots boot sound"http://www.4shared.com/music/BTpPMKs0/autobots.html
2.transformers movie intro power on boot soundhttp://www.4shared.com/music/-g_NktsD/Transformer_movie_BeginningPow.html
4. Modern warfare 2.
http://www.4shared.com/zip/8f837eM5/mw2.html
I will update with some more boot animations periodically over the next few days. If you have any you would like to post here feel free. If you want a particular boot animation, PM me. If you want some boot sound wav files, PM me. If you like this post give me some love and thank me please. I will update over the next few days after I try out the latest ROMs and work some more on some themes to come...
UPDATE: 5/28/2012A COUPLE MORE ..KICK ACE BOOT ANIMATIONS
Android Boing
Boing Boot Animation ZIP File
Apple Smash
Android smashes apple
Apple Smash Boot Animation
Windows 7 Phone Now you can make your Android look like a Windows 7 Phone
Windows7.bootanimation
ooh-->windows boot sound Windows boot sound
Some of you may remember the old BBC show Dr.WhoDr.Who
Dr.Who boot animation
->--> Boot SoundDR.Who boot sound
I made this boot animation with a big thanks and shout out to esoteric who gave me the idea for her young man. Hope you enjoy this one, I made it from the official game trailor
SkyRim
SkyRim bootanimation
ooh ya boot sound-->SkyRim boot sound
Dark Knight Rises This is truly "kick ace" from the new Batman movie trailor. I made this
DarkKnight_bootanimation
DarkKnight_bootsound
XBOX-bootup For all you XBOX fans out there. I made this
XBOX_bootanimation.html
you know you love it,, bootsound babyXBOX_PowerOn.html
UPDATE!!!6/06/12"The Hunger Games"
Coming Soon!! "DC Comics themed" bootanimations!!
I made this from the official movie trailor. I also rotated it 90 degrees so it would have that widescreen look to it.So when you boot up with this boot animation, rotate the screen. Now without further babbling from me......
Here is The Hunger Games
Dont forget boot sound-->HungerGames_PowerON
TheHungerGames
Update!! 6/14/2012
This update is one that I've always wanted to do. Also if you love it let me know. I've scaled it like the Hunger games in the 90degree rotation like a wide screen. So for all you SUPERMAN fans out there..I present..
Smallville
boot sound--->Smallville PowerOn by Remi Zero
Smallville_bootanimation
nice boot animations ill have to give them a try
Linux215 said:
nice boot animations ill have to give them a try
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Thanks man. Keep checking back cause I got a ton more i'll be posting over the next few days. These are guaranteed to make ya go ... damn!!!
Timmetal how do i get sound for the first one, playstation wav. Where is that one being pushed to system/ _____ I know where bootanimaton goes, does the sound go to same place, also will these work on blazer ROM 4.1 el29?
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Timmetal how do i get sound for the first one, playstation wav. Where is that one being pushed to system/ _____ I know where bootanimaton goes, does the sound go to same place, also will these work on blazer ROM 4.1 el29?
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The.wav file is pushed to "/system/etc". Just copy paste the file there and then hard press and change file permissions to that of all the other system files. If you already have sound at boot up then delete that wav. File and replace it. Also make sure to rename to "PowerOn.zip" I'm pretty sure blazer 4.1 doesn't have a sound file so just paste it in /system/etc. Also if my memory serves blazer 4.1 supports boot animation unless you flashed a stock kernel or other kernel that doesn't support boot animation over the kernel provided in blazer, so to answer your question, yes all the boot animations will work no matter what ROM you are on providing that you have a kernel that supports boot animation, from ICS to GB. Just as long as you're not on a stock kernel. Im using rogue 1.4.1... gunslinger I believe. The only stock kernel I know of that supports boot animation is the new (ICS ) FE10 modified kernel with UN-Locked recovery.(thanks sfhub) Give me thanks if I helped you out.
Thanks Timmetal bout to try it now..
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Thanks Timmetal bout to try it now..
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No prob. Come back in a few hours, I'm about to post some more!
Thanks.. this will help us make our E4GT's really ours.
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Thanks.. this will help us make our E4GT's really ours.
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I appreciate the support.
I just get a black screen and no sound. I've tried sound file as PowerOn.zip and PowerOn.ogg. If I flash another boot ani from one made to be kernel flashable they work. I'm baffled.
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I just get a black screen and no sound. I've tried sound file as PowerOn.zip and PowerOn.ogg. If I flash another boot ani from one made to be kernel flashable they work. I'm baffled.
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I made the instructions in the op pretty specific I thouht, but it still might be confusing. Ok as for three black screen. Means it wasnt installed incorrectly. Make sure you delete both of the original files in/system media. BOTH the bootanimation.zip and the sanim.zip file. Now you need to replace those files. take your new boot animation and rename it to "bootanimation.zip" with out the quotes. Now copy paste it /system/media. Now take that same file you just copied and copy it again to same location. rename the second bootanimation.zip to"sanim.zip". Now hard press on both of your newly renamed files and set the permeissions to that of the rest of the system folders. . ..
Reboot...
Now for sound. You had it named right. PowerOn.wav but it needs tho be pushed to /system/etc. Reboot. You good buddy. Now if it still doesn't work and you followed this specifically, then you need a kernel that supports boot animation. I would tell you how tho hack a stock kernel but its a little complicated i think. Hope this works out for you man.
Can't get sound to work on CM9.
Named right. Permissions set.
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Got the animations... now for sound
got the animations running but im having trouble with the sound. Copied the sound file to system/etc and renamed it PowerOn.zip. Still not working . Thanks for the help
Ok got everything working
Ok its working now. Had to change the file name for the sound to "PowerOn.ogg"
scubasteve19842004 said:
Ok its working now. Had to change the file name for the sound to "PowerOn.ogg"
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Tried that too. Didn't work for me.
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I made the instructions in the op pretty specific I thouht, but it still might be confusing. Ok as for three black screen. Means it wasnt installed correctly. Make sure you delete both of the original files in/system media. BOTH the bootanimation.zip and the sanim.zip file. Now you need to replace those files. take your new boot animation and rename it to "bootanimation.zip" with out the quotes. Now copy paste it /system/media. Now take that same file you just copied and copy it again to same location. rename the second bootanimation.zip to"sanim.zip". Now hard press on both of your newly renamed files and set the permeissions to that of the rest of the system folders. . ..
Reboot...
Now for sound. You had it named right. PowerOn.wav but it needs tho be pushed to /system/etc. Reboot. You good buddy. Now if it still doesn't work and you followed this specifically, then you need a kernel that supports boot animation. I would tell you how tho hack a stock kernel but its a little complicated i think. Hope this works out for you man.
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Honestly, I felt your instructions were very clear as well.
I'm using sfhub's "plus" kernel, which supports boot animation, I can flash a few other animations that were packaged for for install from recovery. I definitely had the PowerOn.zip(.ogg) file in /system/etc, and verified it would play as a .ogg using vlc.
One little deviation that I did have to apply - it is the death star ani that I want to use, but it's several MB to large for my stock el16 + ICS theme, so I removed about half the frames, but renumbered them all meticulously. Maybe I screwed the pooch there but I didn't see anything about the file structure that would indicate that. I'm going to try it all again. My best guess is that I have the permissions wrong. I even tried packaging them for recovery flash, but I fear I'm reaching there.. it flashed but still no go.
Could it because I'm manipulating the zip contents and re-zipping from windows?
Thanks for your help, these anis are awesome.
Ok its working now. Had to change the file name for the sound to "PowerOn.ogg"*
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glad you got it working.
Honestly, I felt your instructions were very clear as well.I'm using sfhub's "plus" kernel, which supports boot animation, I can flash a few other animations that were packaged for for install from recovery. I definitely had the PowerOn.zip(.ogg) file in /system/etc, and verified it would play as a .ogg using vlc.*One little deviation that I did have to apply - it is the death star ani that I want to use, but it's several MB to large for my stock el16 + ICS theme, so I removed about half the frames, but renumbered them all meticulously. Maybe I screwed the pooch there but I didn't see anything about the file structure that would indicate that. I'm going to try it all again. My best guess is that I have the permissions wrong. I even tried packaging them for recovery flash, but I fear I'm reaching there.. it flashed but still no go.Could it because I'm manipulating the zip contents and re-zipping from windows?*Thanks for your help, these are are awesome.
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It seems like you are putting too much into it. If you are trying to rebuild the animation you may have to edit the script file associated with it to compensate for frame speed. Tell me how that turns out. There are several online converters to help with a project like that. I will not write a whole tutorial on how to make a boot animation at this time. Maybe a future post. There is a nice batch file you can use called boot animation creator. You can find it by using the xda search tool.
I've tried 2 different kernels that have boot animation support and it's not working any way I try to update it. I follow your instructions exactly. I use Explorer ES, I copy the file twice renaming bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip in the system/media folder after deleting the old ones and it's just the stock SG2 boot load screen. What am I doing wrong? I'm definitely rooted, I've tried 3 different permissions settings from different folders in the area. Everything else is still fine I just can't change my boot screen, any tips?
Specifically I'm on FE16 Repack with ACS recovery. I also tried FD26 one with rogue and it didn't work either. Same stock boot screen.
Second edit - I thought I could extract the zip and use that bootanimation.zip but I still get the same stock animation.
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I've tried 2 different kernels that have boot animation support and it's not working any way I try to update it. I follow your instructions exactly. I use Explorer ES, I copy the file twice renaming bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip in the system/media folder after deleting the old ones and it's just the stock SG2 boot load screen. What am I doing wrong? I'm definitely rooted, I've tried 3 different permissions settings from different folders in the area. Everything else is still fine I just can't change my boot screen, any tips?
Specifically I'm on FE16 Repack with ACS recovery. I also tried FD26 one with rogue and it didn't work either. Same stock boot screen.
Second edit - I thought I could extract the zip and use that bootanimation.zip but I still get the same stock animation.
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OK, firstly, let me suggest to try and use root explorer instead of ES file explorer. Es file explorer its a good program, but ive had issues while trying to over write files with it. Make sure that r/w is mounted on the sd. Also ensure that it has super user permissions prior to attempting to over write. You can check if your file explorer has su/permissions by looking in your app drawer and clicking on super user. This will bring up a list of apps that have su enabled. If your file explorer doesn't have super user permissions it will look like its over writing the file when its not. Finally if none of that works, try going into /system/bin/samsungani and rename toto something else... (i.e. samsungani.old)then rename /system/bin/bootanimation to /system/bin/samsungani.
Then it should change the boot animation kernel settings and load whatever bootanimation is at /system/media/sanim.zip, unless the kernel wasn't built from source. (some ICS leaks, AOKP/AOSP/CM9). You can also try running Calkins modified format to wipe your dalvik cashe after installing a new boot animation but PRIOR to rebooting. Some times data has a way of Swyping through from one ROM to the next while flashing. Hopefully one of these suggestions will get your boot animation up and running. Lemme know how it goes and gimme thanks if I helped you out.

[Q] Splash screen modification?

When I had my old T-Mo G2 (HTC Vision) I changed my splash screen and boot animation. On every device I've had since, I've been able to change the boot animations but changing the splash image has apparently either become impossible or fallen out of style. Does anyone know what's up with the splash screens? Did they get baked into some deep code or something? I found an old tutorial for doing it on some obsolete phone and it said you had to use android-info.txt but that's something that isn't used anymore. I'm just kind of a mod junky and I like my phone to be MY phone. Just wondering if anyone has any insight on the matter. Or is even reading this.
Assuming you're rooted and you make backups of the files you change.
You will want to change the bootanimation.zip file and the shutdownanimation.zip file in the system/media subdirectory. There are poweron.ogg and poweroff.ogg files in the system/media/audio/ui directory too. Make sure you set the permissions correctly. Also you may want the files to be in the same resolution as the L3 so they display correctly.

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