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.
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So I found a boot animation I like. I used root explorer to replace the bootanimation.zip in the /system/media folder but it does nothing. The cyanogen boot animation still comes up. Is there something Im missing? Thanks.
kbizzle said:
So I found a boot animation I like. I used root explorer to replace the bootanimation.zip in the /system/media folder but it does nothing. The cyanogen boot animation still comes up. Is there something Im missing? Thanks.
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That should be the location it needs to be in.
I always used THIS when I first got my EVO. Requires ADB
dglowe343 said:
That should be the location it needs to be in.
I always used THIS when I first got my EVO. Requires ADB
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I appreciate it. Too lazy right now to use adb. LOL. Its not that important, was just curious why it didnt work by replacing it. I guess Im just wondering where it is still getting the stock boot animation considering I deleted it. Lol.
I'm using CM 6.1.2 and replacing the bootanimation.zip works for me. I always use the Froyo boot one I found.
kbizzle said:
So I found a boot animation I like. I used root explorer to replace the bootanimation.zip in the /system/media folder but it does nothing. The cyanogen boot animation still comes up. Is there something Im missing? Thanks.
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wrong step
copy bootanimation.zip to /data/local
Rotundjere said:
wrong step
copy bootanimation.zip to /data/local
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Actually, CM places the boot animation in the system/media folder. I routinely change it to my own with ES File Explorer, which has a "root option" under settings. Simply delete the unwanted zip and copy/paste the new one from your sd card ... reboot ... done.
so i went to replace the boot animation on the stock gb rom (before the late 2011 update) and it just shows up with the stock android boot. i went to system/customize/resources and pushed the animation there via root explorer. I then renamed it to bootanimation.zip which is the name of the stock boot animation. then i deleted the original stock boot from the system. after that i rebooted to check it out and it showed up with the android one. any ideas?
When using a stock rom based off of vow, you need to go to system/customize/resource and not replace bootanimation.zip, but instead VZW_bootanimation.zip.
collinray said:
When using a stock rom based off of vow, you need to go to system/customize/resource and not replace bootanimation.zip, but instead VZW_bootanimation.zip.
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i tried that too but got the same results. this is really starting to baffle me
SynysterSilence said:
i tried that too but got the same results. this is really starting to baffle me
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Check permissions with root explorer or give ROM Toolbox a try it's free.
cac2us said:
Check permissions with root explorer or give ROM Toolbox a try it's free.
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im trying an animation that isnt included in rom toolbox and root explorer wouldnt let me move a file to the system if i didnt have the right permission anyways
You replaced and renamed it VZW_bootanimation.zip and still nothing? That is odd because that is where VZW made the change to their stock ROM.
The key is to make sure it is named VZW_bootanimation.zip.
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You replaced and renamed it VZW_bootanimation.zip and still nothing? That is odd because that is where VZW made the change to their stock ROM.
The key is to make sure it is named VZW_bootanimation.zip.
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i got it working now using your method thanks. It didnt work at first but after reinstalling the rom and ONLY replacing the VZW one it worked.
EDIT: i was 100% sure i renamed it exactly right i copied and pasted the name of the file to the new boot and didnt work but like i said after a fresh reinstall i got it working.
awesome. +10
a side note....
congrats on a success!!! i have an evo 4g on sprint running shooter v5.3 and have been toying around with some ideas that worked out for me. My car charger took my internal connector out so i cant plug into a computer to adb blah blah blah....I use root explorer...
i opened up root explorer and on the phones files i went to;
data...
drm... (change ".zip" to ".bak" on original files to protect after extraction.)
The hTC_downanimation.zip that was the stock downanimation eventually became "hTC_downanimation.bak"
but before that i extracted the zip to play with the desc. and to have a copy of a working model. Then i have the boot animation app from the market, i dunno pick one, got an animation that had png files because thats what the original had... it wound up "android scribble". I wanted to mix it with the existing old school tv turning off animation so folder was pasted in with the original of the droid scribble so i had ;
desc
andriod
part01
in the desc it had :
800x480 60
p10 android
so i opened up the desc. in text editor( by long press-> text editor) changed it to read;
800x480 60
p10 android00
p00 android01
and saved it... so i had my fresh new desc. file and 2 part animation and i zipped it up renamed it "hTC_downanimation.zip" copy and pasted to the data/drm closed the app and rebooted... ahhh bang head .... nuthin no nothin stupid evo waste of life and time and i FORGOT to double check the permissions!!!!!!! so i am sitting through a reboot... nst... no rules fire grrrrrr get me back in root explorer stupid permission ... perm was stupid "rwe-r-e"... bang head !!!! Set permissions at rw-r-r !!!.... no fkn "e" close app reboot normal... success !!!! custom activity to impress my friends and family lmao.....It plays out the droid gets scribbled in a blue light blows out behind and then the tv shuts off... ahhh it flows ok just kool to be able to mix it up a bit with out plugging in.
In the good old day when we had so many gingerbread options, if your rom allowed it you could change boot animation simply put zip into system/media now that we are moving on to ICS that no longer works, I did some searching that a second file needs to be made or placed for it to work, I tried toolbox but most of those although they do work are droid themes or lame. So the question is was anyone able to change the boot animation with a ICS rom, without using toolbox, if so please post how you were able to do it. I love the android pissing on apple boot. Does any one have that anmation by chance most links I found were to megaupload which has been shut down.
Once you find the one you want just place it into system\media make sure its named bootanimation.zip
It works with dark side evolution ics. I know because I made a animation from scratch and I run it in my phone.
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robandcathy said:
In the good old day when we had so many gingerbread options, if your rom allowed it you could change boot animation simply put zip into system/media now that we are moving on to ICS that no longer works, I did some searching that a second file needs to be made or placed for it to work, I tried toolbox but most of those although they do work are droid themes or lame. So the question is was anyone able to change the boot animation with a ICS rom, without using toolbox, if so please post how you were able to do it. I love the android pissing on apple boot. Does any one have that anmation by chance most links I found were to megaupload which has been shut down.
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The problem with the bootanimation.zip file you were trying to use was that when I unzipped and took a look into the desc.txt file, the second line where it states what folder to run first was not named the same as the folder that contained the images. So when you were telling your phone to look in a certain folder it was never found. In case you run into other problems follow these basic steps.
You need to unzip it and make sure that it is filed in the correct order. When a bootanimation.zip is made it consist of a desc.txt and at least one folder with many or few .png images. The folder that contains the .png images must be named the same in the txt file. In order of course of how you want to see it run. All this is stated in the desc.txt.
And to put it on your phone just copy paste into system/media make sure that you can RW in that directory. Then reboot and your good.
Or an easier way just do adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media from platform tools in your SDK.
XDA upload wasn't working so here ya go!
Ok first off big thanks to cesar, I didnt get his post at first and didnt feel like bothering him any more as he has been much to helpful so in lamemans terms, you need it to be in a zip format when you put it into system/media.....within that zip should be a folder containing you pics and a text file (what ever the folder is called should also be referenced in the text file) I was a little lost when I saw boot and tried several different ways till I got it, and now I understand, also I think within the text file you can set the size of video on the first line. Again big thanks to Cesar.
What about power on sound?
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What rom you running?
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Darkside evolution 3 says it on my signature lol
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Im having some problems changing the sprint boot animation on my e4gt. Using ROM Toolbox, and attempting manually... I have copied the new bootanimation.zip files to the /system/media directory, verified the file is correct and all permissions set but no matter what I try, I cant seem to replace that same sprint splash screen. Where is the default splash screen located? I have a feeling Im looking in the wrong place.
I have also tried the /data/local directory too with no luck. The .gif looks like its 320x480 10FPS.
Im currently searching through all directories for any other files named bootanimation.zip but if anyone has any suggestions it would be appreciated.
UPDATE: Found it from Venum here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818542&page=3
"Here's your fix. If you are using a stock rom but a kernel that supports boot animation (and you are rooted), using rootexplorer or a similiar app go into system/bin. Find samsungani and rename it to samsungani.bak. Now find bootanimation in system/bin and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Thats it. Now all bootanimations correctly placed in the system/media file and named bootanimation will work upon boot... "
Don't feel bad just learned how to change my boot animations too. Mine is android beating Apple with bat and pissing on it.
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Just in time
I was just trying to figure this out when I ran across your thread. Thanks.
Have a nandroid backup just in case something goes wrong, Ive softbricked before many times actually just for trying to change a bootanimation. It can happen.
If you already have been using data/local for install location and its working for you great. I just noticed that i used my steps below but left out changing installation directory, so ive been installing to my data/local and my changes have been taking effect. After installing bootanimations i noticed my location was data/local then i went to change it to system/media and install a animation and nothing changes. So i am using data/local now as my target, im guessing if i were just to delete the boot zip from data/local my system/media bootzip will play only because i have a bootanimation.zip already installed to that directory as well, im not going to try it yet but maybe on a rainy day with downtime on my hands ill try it. But after all said the locations of install are working just fine, in the OP instructions are just one way of setting a valid default installation. Im guessing which ever location you started using first is the location you should continue to use.
Btw im on kuban2.1, stock FI27 , init.d support enabled
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826190
here is how to add init.d
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933849
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Preview http://postimage.org/image/3jonao4k9/ "COLORSPLASH"
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Preview; http://postimage.org/image/63yplvg6t/ "SAMMY"
There is a matching lock screen togo with.I'ts the sammylockscreenPNG.zip just rename the extension from .zip to .png
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I have any color you want just ask.
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you can download xxxxxxxxxxGIF.zip and rename the extension to .gif and then use RomToolBox to Automate the install. You need help just ask ill do my best.
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
NOTE:"Before using romtoolbox"Open romtoolbox go to bootanimations, press your menu softkey, press install location, change common locatioms value to /system/media/ select ok. Now If you are using a stock rom but a kernel that supports boot animation (and you are rooted), using rootexplorer or a similiar app go into system/bin. Find samsungani and rename it to samsungani.bak. Now find bootanimation in system/bin and rename bootanimation to samsungani. Thats it. Now all bootanimations correctly placed in the system/media will work upon boot... "
After the above has been setup on your device you can now navigate to your gif file in a file explorer app. Once you click the gif file window pops up and use gif to bootanimation, then choose to install..
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ONLY IF YOU ALREADY COMPLETED THE STEPS ABOVE;
If you already completed the above steps with naming samsungai to samsungani.bak, and bootanimation to samsungani in the /system/bin, and changed location install to /system/media/ then you can download the bootanimation.zip and manually copy paste it into /system/media/ via root explorer or you could even open romtoolbox goto bootanimations then choose local tab then find the bootanimation.zip click it then choose install, then reboot your phone.
Because this site has bugs when uploading i have to name bootanimations over and over again (they get overwritten) so you have to rename the bootanimation after downloading to bootanimation.zip
Reserved
All I get is a black screen with the original boot sound. I am using AGATS recovery
how did you install it what did you do exactly? Are u still able to boot your phone or is it stuck?
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which agat are you on?
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No4g4Me said:
how did you install it what did you do exactly? Are u still able to boot your phone or is it stuck?
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I am sorry sir for the trouble I figured it out. I changed the bootanimation.zip that was in data/local and it worked.
awesome. no prob.
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I am sorry sir for the trouble I figured it out. I changed the bootanimation.zip that was in data/local and it worked.
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so you installed the boot animation to data/local and it worked or thats what you did wrong? Just wanted to clarify what you mean. thanks.
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If you already have been using data/local for install location and its working for you great. I just noticed that i used my steps above but left out changing installation directory, so ive been installing to my data/local and my changes have been taking effect. After installing bootanimations i noticed my location was data/local then i went to change it to system/media and install a animation and nothing changes. So i am using data/local now as my target, im guessing if i were just to delete the boot zip from data/local my system/media bootzip will play only because i have a bootanimation.zip already installed to that directory as well, im not going to try it yet but maybe on a rainy day with downtime on my hands ill try it. But after all said the locations of install are working just fine, in the OP instructions are just one way of setting a valid default installation. Im guessing which ever location you started using first is the location you should continue to use.
Btw im on kuban2.1, stock FI27 , init.d support enabled