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Boot animations?

I'm trying to change the animation on my AT&T branded Play. All I can get is the stock Android blue/green letters for a boot screen, which is the default android system boot screen. While this is a step in a much better direction than the crappy AT&T screen, I want a PSX or PSP boot animation on there. I've tried using a root file explorer to move it to system/media where it seems the original is found. Renaming the original so it won't use it and renaming my desired screen to bootanimation.zip. This yields only the stock Android animation though.
Does it need a special boot animation file to work? I can't believe I couldn't find anything on this through a search, either I didn't look hard enough or it doesn't exist I guess.
Any help is appreciated.

I used to flash them on my EVO but now I use Absolute System Root Tools to set the boot animation, because I used Zergrush and have a locked bootloader. I assume you have root access since you are using Root Explorer... I'm not sure how to set one with the method you're trying, but Absolute worked just fine for setting the Nexus S animation... get it... NeXus.. Xperia... lol. Good luck!
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I don't know if AT&T has fiddled with your phone so it sets the boot animation with another method somehow. It should be as simple as you have done. Just replacing "bootanimation.zip" in /system/media/ with the one you download, assuming it is created correctly. I have changed mine this way to a Super Mario bootanimation and it works fine.
Also try Absolute System Root Tools as previous poster said. You can't set your own bootanimation with it though as far as I know. Just a big list to chose from.

nice one thanks , works on rooted play

jeffesaurusrex said:
I'm trying to change the animation on my AT&T branded Play. All I can get is the stock Android blue/green letters for a boot screen, which is the default android system boot screen. While this is a step in a much better direction than the crappy AT&T screen, I want a PSX or PSP boot animation on there. I've tried using a root file explorer to move it to system/media where it seems the original is found. Renaming the original so it won't use it and renaming my desired screen to bootanimation.zip. This yields only the stock Android animation though.
Does it need a special boot animation file to work? I can't believe I couldn't find anything on this through a search, either I didn't look hard enough or it doesn't exist I guess.
Any help is appreciated.
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Make sure when you .zip up your bootanimation. You do it with no compression. Otherwise it won't work.

Add Downanimation.zip to CyanogenMod 7.0.3

Hi,
I'm looking at doing a full customization of my phone and I was wondering is it possible to add a downanimation.zip - a power off animation.
If it is, how would I do this? I've had a scan through the ROM zip and can't seem to find anything to help clear this up.
EDIT: I have downloaded a downanimation from here, resized it to 240 x 320 and followed syu78 instructions - "Download and move zip file into /system/media"
But, this has not worked, I still get the Power Off with Spinning Circle popping up instead?
EDIT2: I used this thread by Scratch0805 for creating a bootanimation with sound, could a similar script be used for doing downanimation with sound?

GlennBrownie said:
Hi,
I'm looking at doing a full customization of my phone and I was wondering is it possible to add a downanimation.zip - a power off animation.
If it is, how would I do this? I've had a scan through the ROM zip and can't seem to find anything to help clear this up.
EDIT: I have downloaded a downanimation from here, resized it to 240 x 320 and followed syu78 instructions - "Download and move zip file into /system/media"
But, this has not worked, I still get the Power Off with Spinning Circle popping up instead?
EDIT2: I used this thread by Scratch0805 for creating a bootanimation with sound, could a similar script be used for doing downanimation with sound?
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i dont actually know, but i am very interested in this, as it would be nice to have the option

Have you tried looking at the ROM of a device that uses it? And then try and make a work-around?

nejc121 said:
Have you tried looking at the ROM of a device that uses it? And then try and make a work-around?
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Yes,
I've read a bit about it - I can't remember where it was but I read about it being somewhere in /system/customize/
which I thought was on Sense ROM's??
I have also found a thread on CyanogenMod's forum saying that it is in /system/media and is either a downanimation.zip or a folder called shutdown - /system/media/shutdown
Anyone know any similar devices to ours that has a working downanimation? maybe the HTC Hero?

**BUMP**
anyone able to help develop this?

[Q] Change boot animation on roalex ICS for Bravo

Hi all,
I looked and tried for a while now, but I'm not able to change my boot animation on the COS ICS by roalex. A bootanimation.zip stored in system/media and/or in data/local doesn't work for me. I'm shure it changed in general in ICS. Can anybody help me please to find a way to change my boot animation?
Some ICS threads recommend to store in system/customize/resource, but I don't have a customize file.
For all changes I use root explorer.
Thanks and have a nice day!

What do you mean with "does not work"? Is any bootanimation shown or do you just get a black screen? Did you make your named it correctly and really replaced the old bootanimation?

Thanks for your answer
The bootscreen in general works. In settings I can enable and disable boot animation. When I enable boot, then the old school android boot animation is showed. I think this is maybe a fallback mode, when there is no bootanimation.zip. But I don't know.
When I look into /system/media and /data/local after a fresh installation, then there is no bootanimation.zip. Maybe the builder of this ROM has diasabled custom boot images to speed up the device (it is indeed very fast).
And because he has disabled boot animation per default, I'm not able to set up my own.
It's not the first time I created my own animation, so I'm shure it works at least in gingerbread.
My new question should be now, how to enable bootanimation in this special case, when it is disabled by default?
I suggest, that this is no big deal, when this doesn't work on this rom. I can live without a nice boot animation. It's more for my general comprehension, how android is working.

aplysia said:
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Some ICS threads recommend to store in system/customize/resource, but I don't have a customize file....!
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I guess you mean folder, not file, don't you?

Yes, indeed. Sorry.

Tried to create folderpath (/customize/resource) yourself and then move the bootnanimation.zip there?
BEFORE TRYING, MAKE A NANDROID-BACKUP!!!

Ok it didn't work for me. I'm a backup profi now, but nothing seems to work.
It's ok for me, I'll close this thread now.
Gracias!

It works flawless on my HTC Desire with this ROM.

aplysia said:
Ok it didn't work for me. I'm a backup profi now, but nothing seems to work.
It's ok for me, I'll close this thread now.
Gracias!
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I know the issue......install disk usage and tell me size of your system partition free space, then tell the size of bootanimation.....it always happens when space not enough.....Android tries to write your file, and if no space, it just shows.that file is written.....please check free space and tell.....
Regards
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[Q] How to have a custom splash screen?

at the title say, how to have a custom splash screen(BOOT LOGO and BOOT ANIMATION) on our gio? if anyone can answer my question will be highly appreciated im rooted and running on a cm7

Ali.exe said:
at the title say, how to have a custom splash screen on our gio? if anyone can answer my question will be highly appreciated im rooted and running on a cm7
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well the splash screen has to be compatible with your screen size so pick one here on xda on gio themes and apps section, the Ace has the same resolution so you can take one from ace's thread with themes and apps to, you download one, put on your sd card, then go to root explorer in SISTEM>MEDIA and delete bootanimation.zip, then go to the bootanomatoin.zip you doe\wnloaded prewiously and copy it to SISTEM>MEDIA and press it long, you wil see a submenu with one option = permissions. Press it and set this: owner rear &write, group read, others read. OOO and if it says thatr it cant be changet you will see a option in the upper left corner sayng "mount R/W pres and retri then reboot and thats it

dark'em said:
well the splash screen has to be compatible with your screen size so pick one here on xda on gio themes and apps section, the Ace has the same resolution so you can take one from ace's thread with themes and apps to, you download one, put on your sd card, then go to root explorer in SISTEM>MEDIA and delete bootanimation.zip, then go to the bootanomatoin.zip you doe\wnloaded prewiously and copy it to SISTEM>MEDIA and press it long, you wil see a submenu with one option = permissions. Press it and set this: owner rear &write, group read, others read. OOO and if it says thatr it cant be changet you will see a option in the upper left corner sayng "mount R/W pres and retri then reboot and thats it
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i was about to read a thread about that changing the boot animation thanks for explaining it to me but it was not the one im asking for, its not the bootanimation but the "splash screen", where the "Galaxy Gio" appears from booting up i want to change that splash screen if possible

Its inside the kernel
But a little bit harder to mod
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voetbalremco said:
Its inside the kernel
But a little bit harder to mod
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ah i see.... i have no idea about kernel is it that hard?

can someone help me
been reading on some threads now, regarding on changing splash screen and for me it was confusing because i'm not a developer and have really no idea on android programming, on some other threads they have a flash-able splash screens to choose from, can anyone make like those on our gio?... im still running on a cm7 rom

AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2

*This is for Toro (VZW Galaxy Nexus) right now, may be ported later.*
I will include a Gapps download below a little later!
It is Android for right now, but contains all the Ubuntu files necessary to create the Ubuntu filesystem and boot into it.
I need help though making this part happen.
So, as a fledgling developer with not a terribly large amount of ROMs produced and some issues with my currently released versions, I decided to go back to simplicity and mod a small version of SlimBean ROM, adding in the necessary Ubuntu files to create a composite OS, containing both Android and Ubuntu. I still haven’t figured out how to get into the Ubuntu file system, but if someone would like to help me on that, it would be appreciated!
Some things to note:
• Since it is based on SlimBean, many parts of the ROM are SlimBean parts, such as the wallpaper.
• The Settings app is also very similar to the SlimBean ROM.
• It is fairly stable and does fix the issue sometimes present on 4.2.1 where activating WiFi disengages the internet capability of the device, until you re-enable just cellular data.
• I have not tested it to the fullest extent; hence, it is still in Alpha stage. I would also welcome the help of anyone who wants to beta test, and post back to this thread any breakthroughs.
• I hope this works (crossing my fingers)!
• Download links and install instructions below.
*****
• Important: I accept no responsibility to harm to your device and others (people included) from the use of this ROM. I will not settle for your yelling and screaming about your bricked device. You have been warned!!!!
*****
Installation: (very similar to SlimBean procedure)
• Boot into CWM recovery
• MAKE A NANDORID BACKUP!!!!!!!!!
• Wipe Data/Factory Reset
• Wipe Cache
• Wipe /system in Mounts and Storage
• Install using install from sdcard command in Home Screen of Recovery
• If you want, install the Gapps you downloaded below and placed with ROM zip file.
• Reboot into your new ROM!!!!
Updates and Edits will be posted later.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390331926465740927
EDIT: I am re-posting the rom in the way kicker22004 got it to work in a minute. I will post the updated url below. Also, I am prepared to release the other file, Quantal-UI, which when combined with the ROM, should allow dual-boot and/or side-by-side booting. Again, this will take some major hacking and feats of mastery to attain. kicker22004, If you do not mind, take the Quantal file and help me find a way to dual-boot. It seems like a thing where we need a custom kernel to dual-boot and affiliated files. I am also willing to open this up to other ideas and file changes, as long as I can repost up here in OP section, giving thanks though to the people who helped out.
AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2.4: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390334956548390937
Quantal: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390334956548390922

Nice thanks for the development
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I'm not sure I get what this ROM is. Can you explain further (or post screenshots) of this "Android/Ubuntu" hybrid?

I downloaded and was going to flash but it aborts the download. Not sure the problem here. Tried in both TWRP and CWM recovery.

interesting, you have me curious but need a little more info/screen shots

I downloaded (the most recent) and tried to flash through twrp and cwm and both failed immediately during the installation process.
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elidog1 said:
I downloaded (the most recent) and tried to flash through twrp and cwm and both failed immediately during the installation process.
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Same as here. I re-downloaded and am about to try and reflash.
EDIT: Still fails right away.

What's this suppose to be exactly. We need more info on this since it won't flash for anyone
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AndrevRoot said:
*This is for Toro (VZW Galaxy Nexus) right now, may be ported later.*
I will include a Gapps download below a little later!
So, as a fledgling developer with not a terribly large amount of ROMs produced and some issues with my currently released versions, I decided to go back to simplicity and mod a small version of SlimBean ROM, adding in the necessary Ubuntu files to create a composite OS, containing both Android and Ubuntu. I still haven’t figured out how to get into the Ubuntu file system, but if someone would like to help me on that, it would be appreciated!
Some things to note:
• Since it is based on SlimBean, many parts of the ROM are SlimBean parts, such as the wallpaper.
• The Settings app is also very similar to the SlimBean ROM.
• It is fairly stable and does fix the issue sometimes present on 4.2.1 where activating WiFi disengages the internet capability of the device, until you re-enable just cellular data.
• I have not tested it to the fullest extent; hence, it is still in Alpha stage. I would also welcome the help of anyone who wants to beta test, and post back to this thread any breakthroughs.
• I hope this works (crossing my fingers)!
• Download links and install instructions below.
*****
• Important: I accept no responsibility to harm to your device and others (people included) from the use of this ROM. I will not settle for your yelling and screaming about your bricked device. You have been warned!!!!
*****
Installation: (very similar to SlimBean procedure)
• Boot into CWM recovery
• MAKE A NANDORID BACKUP!!!!!!!!!
• Wipe Data/Factory Reset
• Wipe Cache
• Wipe /system in Mounts and Storage
• Install using install from sdcard command in Home Screen of Recovery
• If you want, install the Gapps you downloaded below and placed with ROM zip file.
• Reboot into your new ROM!!!!
Updates and Edits will be posted later.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390331926465740927
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Give me a few days to fix a few issues.

Always support the new devs.

Work-around
Terrell1433 said:
Same as here. I re-downloaded and am about to try and reflash.
EDIT: Still fails right away.
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I keep having issues myself, and have decided to (as OP) go a different route. I will release a working, restorable/flashable file, that I hav compiled from my own phone, though it is not set up in any way. I will put it out by Tuesday of this coming week.
It will boot, run linux...I promise!
I have already downloaded the files from my phone, just waiting for tomorrow to do the grunt work of putting the flashable zip together.
-Andrevroot

AndrevRoot said:
I keep having issues myself, and have decided to (as OP) go a different route. I will release a working, restorable/flashable file, that I hav compiled from my own phone, though it is not set up in any way. I will put it out by Tuesday of this coming week.
It will boot, run linux...I promise!
I have already downloaded the files from my phone, just waiting for tomorrow to do the grunt work of putting the flashable zip together.
-Andrevroot
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Thank you, no need to hurry! Don't want you to think I was trying to rush you on this. I'm not a developer but I understand how hard this stuff can be to port/get working at times. Simply just wanted to let you know my experience so you had something to build off of.

I fixed the issue of it not flashing. I got it to flash but after it passes the Google logo it doesn't boot. Just a black screen. Here's the link anyways I'll look into it not booting. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4romci4spsqbt3u
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Thanks for the development, but I do wish to echo the previous questions. What do you mean by composite OS? Will it be a hybrid of Ubuntu Mobile and Android or just Android with the ability to run Ubuntu software? Just looking for a full explanation. Thanks!
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ok i'm truly lost as to what we have here.. i got the first rev1 working and now this....but it looks like android.? Second OP i will help you with your flashing issue......when you are zipping them...your putting them in a folder named AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2...or whatever rev your on. then you are zipping that folder. this is causing the error because it's /AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2/AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2/*...instead of just /* all you have to do is see your files (META-INF,system,Boot.img) select them all and zip with winrar.... select store on compression method and then you will have your flashable zip. So to those wanting to try this follow my guide...
Extract his .zip
open all folders til you see (META-INF,system,Boot.img)
Highlight all 3 and right-click (add to archive...)
select zip
select (STORE) under compression method.
you will be left with a new .zip file..move to sdcard and flash or sideload.
To OP i'm not trying to come off rude. just wanting to help you understand what happened here and to get ppl testing.
Thank You BTW, but we do need more info as to what this is..because to most it looks just like android.
Update: for those of you who have rev3.2 i can confirm it doesn't boot.

kicker22004 said:
ok i'm truly lost as to what we have here.. i got the first rev1 working and now this....but it looks like android.? Second OP i will help you with your flashing issue......when you are zipping them...your putting them in a folder named AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2...or whatever rev your on. then you are zipping that folder. this is causing the error because it's /AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2/AndrevrootUbuntu-A1Rev3.2/*...instead of just /* all you have to do is see your files (META-INF,system,Boot.img) select them all and zip with winrar.... select store on compression method and then you will have your flashable zip. So to those wanting to try this follow my guide...
Extract his .zip
open all folders til you see (META-INF,system,Boot.img)
Highlight all 3 and right-click (add to archive...)
select zip
select (STORE) under compression method.
you will be left with a new .zip file..move to sdcard and flash or sideload.
To OP i'm not trying to come off rude. just wanting to help you understand what happened here and to get ppl testing.
Thank You BTW, but we do need more info as to what this is..because to most it looks just like android.
Update: for those of you who have rev3.2 i can confirm it doesn't boot.
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As I said in a previous post, I am working on a more stable version right now, but it will take some time. I will add a file up above, which might help out the devs. I will re-compile the zip as you said above. Do not use A1Rev3.2!!!!!

jimmyhook said:
Thanks for the development, but I do wish to echo the previous questions. What do you mean by composite OS? Will it be a hybrid of Ubuntu Mobile and Android or just Android with the ability to run Ubuntu software? Just looking for a full explanation. Thanks!
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I have edited the original post. See second paragraph. Sorry for being unclear.

Esteway.619 said:
I fixed the issue of it not flashing. I got it to flash but after it passes the Google logo it doesn't boot. Just a black screen. Here's the link anyways I'll look into it not booting. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4romci4spsqbt3u
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Please do, although I believe Kicker 22004 already did.

Are you trying to get a Ubuntu on Android setup where its Android on the phone but when hooked up to a MHL or dock, it outputs the Ubuntu desktop to television/monitor? If so, your better off cross compiling CM10.1 source with parts of the Ubuntu touch ARM source code since it shares a lot of the same libs. This is what Motorola did when they made Webtop which is very similar concept to Ubuntu on Android.
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still pretty curious/confused as to what this is. maybe a video or screen shots will encourage more people to try this out and help.