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I have read the posts on here but I still cannot seem to get mine to work. This is a multi-part question.
I have tried to mimic the file names, sizes of the images, made sure they were in PNG format, and used the text file and directory structure of a few different working boot animations. When I try and use it with my ROM, all it does is show a black screen where the boot animation should be.
I think I have an idea of what is wrong, does a boot nimation have to be signed before it is usable (like most other zip files do) or can you just make the folder and text file, zip it using 7-Zip and you are good to go?
I have no idea what I am doing wrong. That is about the only thing I can think of. I have tried different sized images, renaming my files different, and I still get the same results.
Any help greatly appreciated greatly!
(Before anyone says anything, I did a search and tried finding my answers and I am still stumped.)
ricsim78 said:
I have read the posts on here but I still cannot seem to get mine to work. This is a multi-part question.
I have tried to mimic the file names, sizes of the images, made sure they were in PNG format, and used the text file and directory structure of a few different working boot animations. When I try and use it with my ROM, all it does is show a black screen where the boot animation should be.
I think I have an idea of what is wrong, does a boot nimation have to be signed before it is usable (like most other zip files do) or can you just make the folder and text file, zip it using 7-Zip and you are good to go?
I have no idea what I am doing wrong. That is about the only thing I can think of. I have tried different sized images, renaming my files different, and I still get the same results.
Any help greatly appreciated greatly!
(Before anyone says anything, I did a search and tried finding my answers and I am still stumped.)
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can't help you with the issue itself, but you should drop a quick post linking to this thread in the Custom Boot Animations and Splash Screens sticky (in themes & apps), and ask someone there to take a look. Pseudoremora's a genius with this stuff.
Send me what you have (pm or post here doesnt matter) and I can take a look at it.
I edited a couple of bootanimations to my liking and I have a decent handle on how they work.
Thank you lovethyevo, I will attach it to this thread. Thank you very much and if you can help me, I will be most grateful!
Is this for sense based or cm? I can probably get it to work for sense based but cm places the files in a different area if I remember correctly.
lovethyEVO said:
Is this for sense based or cm? I can probably get it to work for sense based but cm places the files in a different area if I remember correctly.
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Yes, this is a Sense based ROM, I do not use CM and think I read the same (that CM stores it in a different place).
Thanks again!
fachadick said:
can't help you with the issue itself, but you should drop a quick post linking to this thread in the Custom Boot Animations and Splash Screens sticky (in themes & apps), and ask someone there to take a look. Pseudoremora's a genius with this stuff.
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Thank you, I will see what LovethyEVO comes up with and then ask there if he cannot get it. I wasn't sure if it was better to post here or there.
Update: Got about 98% of the animation to play. For some reason it's not playing the images that spell out the rom name.
Working on it though just letting you know.
100% working on my evo. All images play correctly. Enjoy.
would you guys be able to post the animation. I love looking at this kind of stuff.
I think the most important thing is to make sure that you have no compression for your zip file. I would set my pngs to 480x480 at 24 bit-depth and reuse the desc.txt files from other working boot animations.
nice one, lovethyevo - hey, have you guys had luck with something other than after effects to make the png's?
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mizzos4 said:
I think the most important thing is to make sure that you have no compression for your zip file. I would set my pngs to 480x480 at 24 bit-depth and reuse the desc.txt files from other working boot animations.
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Pngs for the evo can be 480x800 but at that size it would look better in 32 bit.
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nice one, lovethyevo - hey, have you guys had luck with something other than after effects to make the png's?
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I use and used gimp to fix the pngs on this animation. Very nice program but like everything else it takes a while to learn the basic stuff.
There are some .zip files that I will install in recovery mode and will confirm installation. When I reboot the phone, the apps or mods that I install will not have installed. I am stock rooted on Galaxy Note 2 on JB. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
Need more info.. and re word it a lil..and what mods are u flashing in what sequence?
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Need more info.. and re word it a lil
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Ok. Example: Say I take a .zip file that you have made for me and I download it. I boot into recovery mode and find the file and flash it, gives me the message that it has completed but when the phone reboots it's no where to be found. Did it not install or is there a place I need to look on my phone that it might be hidden?
just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
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just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
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Ok. The files that I've tried would be mods for toggles, keyboards, and different add ons. For the most part, all of the files that I've flashed have worked. The ones that didn't work I'm not disappointed that they didn't, I was just wondering if possibly there was something or somewhere that I needed to look to see if they actually did but needed to activate per say. Could you explain what you mean by "install routine baked in" please. I'm a noob and learning everyday.
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some of those zip files, were probably just a bunch of individual files, zipped up to save room, and make them just 1 file insted of many..
a "flashable" zip file will have a few folders, one being meta.inf, another being system, along with some others...
post one of those zips that you are having a problem with here, and we will take a look at it..
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Wase, let me see if I still have them on my phone. I know a couple that I tried were rom specific but one worked and one didn't. Those are the ones I expected not to work. Give me a minute to see what I still have.
http://db.tt/kXFyYyIJ
This is one that didn't work that is for ROM XXDLL4. Another file that I downloaded is the glass dialer did work. What I guess I'm asking is, why would one work but not the other. I know these were fir that specific rom, I'm just confused on why one would work and not the other.
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Sorry, I did not answer that part.
Boot into recovery>Find location where file was downloaded>Click to install>Confirm install>Install confirmed>Reboot.
I have tried wiping cache and not wiping cache.
Open up these "zips" and look inside..
yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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Exactly... use caution flashing "flashable" zips unless you know for a fact it accomodates your specific device. You need to look in the META-INF folder and review the updater-script. In there you will see specific BLKs (partitions) which are mounted/extracted/written/unmounted. Devices don't all use the exact same "/dev/block/mmcblk0xx" for /system or /data partitions. Some of these scripts are fairly universal but I've seen others which call specific devblock partitions.
Thank you everyone for the help on this. I finally got brave enough about a hour ago and flashed a custom rom fir the first time.
Thanks again for all the help and info.
With S-OFF, I imagine this is possible. Has anyone done so?
godhamba said:
With S-OFF, I imagine this is possible. Has anyone done so?
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Yeah, you can do this. I use the Google Edition HTC One boot animation. Just Google it and you can find the file. Simply rename it bootanimation.zip and place it in /system/media. Make sure you replace the bootanimation.zip currently in there to something else such as bootanimation.bak. You might have to change permissions to rw-r-r as well.
my /system/media doesn't have an existing bootanimation.zip. Nevertheless I placed that file in that location, set permissions and the stock Verizon animation still showed. Now I'm stumped. Pulled the file from HERE, trying both a manual addition as well as flashing the flashable zip provided.
Frankie1588 said:
Yeah, you can do this. I use the Google Edition HTC One boot animation. Just Google it and you can find the file. Simply rename it bootanimation.zip and place it in /system/media. Make sure you replace the bootanimation.zip currently in there to something else such as bootanimation.bak. You might have to change permissions to rw-r-r as well.
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godhamba said:
my /system/media doesn't have an existing bootanimation.zip. Nevertheless I placed that file in that location, set permissions and the stock Verizon animation still showed. Now I'm stumped. Pulled the file from HERE, trying both a manual addition as well as flashing the flashable zip provided.
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Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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A ha! Thanks and thanks to @andybones who helped me out via PM.
jaydubbs said:
Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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jaydubbs said:
Are you running a Sense rom? If so, the boot animations are located in System-Customize-Resource. There are two that you need to replace, one for booting up, vzw_bootup.zip, and one for shutting down, hTC_downamination.zip.
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Hmm... I did this and for some reason the boot animation wasn't replaced but the down animation works fine. Side note, does the boot sound in that folder play for anyone else?
HTC One s-off
On the stock HTC ROM, to change the boot animation, you have to change two files in 'system/customize/resource/' : "htc_bootup_one.zip" and "vzw_bootup.zip" (capitalization matters). They both have to be replaced with fully functional boot animations. When I changed mine, it wouldn't work if I just changed one or the other, I had to change both.
On the stock HTC ROM, to change your down animation, you have to replace "hTC_downanimation.zip" (capitalization matters) in '/system/customize/resource/' with a functioning down animation.
On custom ROMS, you have to look to find where it's at. Sometimes it's in 'system/media' named "bootanimation.zip", sometimes it's not. Remember, it has to be a functioning replacement, otherwise it will show the stock ANDROID boot animation.
IceDragon59 said:
On the stock HTC ROM, to change the boot animation, you have to change two files in 'system/customize/resource/' : "htc_bootup_one.zip" and "vzw_bootup.zip" (capitalization matters). They both have to be replaced with fully functional boot animations. When I changed mine, it wouldn't work if I just changed one or the other, I had to change both.
On the stock HTC ROM, to change your down animation, you have to replace "hTC_downanimation.zip" (capitalization matters) in '/system/customize/resource/' with a functioning down animation.
On custom ROMS, you have to look to find where it's at. Sometimes it's in 'system/media' named "bootanimation.zip", sometimes it's not. Remember, it has to be a functioning replacement, otherwise it will show the stock ANDROID boot animation.
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Actually, you don't have to replace the htc_bootup_one.zip. You can rename it to .bak and replace or do the same to the vzw_bootup.zip and it will work. I actually removed my htc_bootup_one.zip and replaced the vzw one and everything works fine. Probably helps that the boot up animation I use was made for the One variants that don't have anything to do with Verizon
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Actually, you don't have to replace the htc_bootup_one.zip. You can rename it to .bak and replace or do the same to the vzw_bootup.zip and it will work. I actually removed my htc_bootup_one.zip and replaced the vzw one and everything works fine. Probably helps that the boot up animation I use was made for the One variants that don't have anything to do with Verizon
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That's very odd. Now that I try it without the "htc_bootup_one.zip", it works, but it didn't when I originally replaced it. Very, very odd.
I grabbed a flashable boot animation (including audio) from the HTC One section and was finally able to get the animation to work after messing with the .xml file. Tried to throw the audio in with it and couldn't get it to work...I'm on Bonestock and noticed there wasn't any audio with the regular boot animation...could it be the Rom? Volume is up btw.
To get a better idea of what I did I'll include the tread. I wasn't able to flash, so I had to manually replace/rename the files in my system/customize/resource folder and then change the name for the boot animation in the .xml file. I tried to follow the steps to get the audio file included as well, but it just reverted to a basic android boot animation when I attempted that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
If there's not a solution, its not a big deal...I'm probably overlooking something. Thanks guys!
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brholt6 said:
I grabbed a flashable boot animation (including audio) from the HTC One section and was finally able to get the animation to work after messing with the .xml file. Tried to throw the audio in with it and couldn't get it to work...I'm on Bonestock and noticed there wasn't any audio with the regular boot animation...could it be the Rom? Volume is up btw.
To get a better idea of what I did I'll include the tread. I wasn't able to flash, so I had to manually replace/rename the files in my system/customize/resource folder and then change the name for the boot animation in the .xml file. I tried to follow the steps to get the audio file included as well, but it just reverted to a basic android boot animation when I attempted that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
If there's not a solution, its not a big deal...I'm probably overlooking something. Thanks guys!
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If I recall correctly, there is an option in the XML file that tells it not to play audio when it's not the first time you set up the phone, meaning it only plays on initial setup. You need to change that setting to play every time. I don't want audio on my boot animations, so I leave it alone.
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If I recall correctly, there is an option in the XML file that tells it not to play audio when it's not the first time you set up the phone, meaning it only plays on initial setup. You need to change that setting to play every time. I don't want audio on my boot animations, so I leave it alone.
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Thanks for the quick response...I'll have to get in there and look around. With my skill level, I probably won't be able to find it, but I'll give it a shot.
brholt6 said:
Thanks for the quick response...I'll have to get in there and look around. With my skill level, I probably won't be able to find it, but I'll give it a shot.
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Add this code to the XML file.
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audio="/system/customize/resource/MP3_file_name_here.mp3"
This is assuming the sound you want is located in the 'resource' folder. If not, give the correct path and filename. Hope this works for you.
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Add this code to the XML file.
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audio="/system/customize/resource/MP3_file_name_here.mp3"
This is assuming the sound you want is located in the 'resource' folder. If not, give the correct path and filename. Hope this works for you.
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I had tried that like it said in the OP, but for some reason when I added that in there it changed the boot animation completely and still with no audio. Ah well, it's probably more convenient with out it.
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Can the images be replaced with anything as long as the other file is correct?
Does anyone know?
Sooo... Tried flashing this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357926
But no worky... Might try and do it manually.... hmm... Still stock animation. I'm not sure what's going on....
Resource folder: http://i.imgur.com/a6ni4Oo.png (tried replacing the bootdownanimation back to .zip as well...
Also here is where the Boot Animations lie:
Stock ROMS use /system/customize/resource/hTC_bootup_one.zip
CM/AOSP ROMS use /system/media/bootanimation.zip
Google Edition ROMS that use /system/customize/resource/Google_bootanimation.zip
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I am having a hard time copying the file into the right folder, I get an error message about permissions but the folders are RW, using ES file explorer
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SOLUTION FOUND, much thanks to @DocHoliday77
See here for "bootanimation", "bootsamsung", and "bootsamsungloop" files or bottom of this post.
I unziped and I copied "bootanimation" to /system/bin and changed the permissions, I only needed the "bootanimation" file, I had to change permissions to rwe-re-re, other combinations might work/be better. If someone needs to use the other two files, they go in /system/media
Again, credit to @DocHoliday77 for the files!
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Hey everyone,
So, I tried changing my boot animation, and now I don't have any (it's just a black screen with the original sound)
(I'm on Candian Telus, with 4.4.2)
Basically what I'm asking/looking for is someone to attach a couple files off there phone so I can replace the ones that were altered through this tutorial, and hopefully get a boot animation back.
I'm not 100% sure if I need all of these, or if I may need more, but I have a pretty good idea of what was likely altered:
/system/bin/bootanimation (the extension-less file, this is one that I'm positive that got altered)
/system/bin/samsungani (possibly just and additon fr tutorial, unsure if needed. Information on if others have it would be awesome)
Any information on my situation would be amazing!
Have you tried factory reset (you'll lose data this way)?
Can you flash your ROM again (data will be wiped though)?
OKAstro said:
Have you tried factory reset (you'll lose data this way)?
Can you flash your ROM again (data will be wiped though)?
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No, I haven't tried either. I'm trying to avoid losing any data, if possible.
Also, I'm not sure if it will fix the problem since the files have been altered directly. (I'm not sure if it will just reset with the file it has now or not)
Any thoughts?
Factory resetting won't help since boot animation is on /system.
If you can't find them here you can always copy them from a stock rom.
Make sure the binary file is from the same build as your current rom. It might not matter, but it just might.
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Factory resetting won't help since boot animation is on /system.
If you can't find them here you can always copy them from a stock rom.
Make sure the binary file is from the same build as your current rom. It might not matter, but it just might.
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Yeah, I'm really hoping someone is nice enough to copy and paste their bootanimation file in here, but I doubt it'll happen...
Any tips/ideas on how to go about copying from a stock rom? (I'm new to a lot of this stuff, so I'm unsure of how to go about this)
you can search on google and download boot animations.
but like doc said , ' make sure is from same build cause it might just matter. i DL cm 10.1 from internet and works great .
just a thought.
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@mrrocketdog
It's not so much a boot animation itself that I'm having trouble with, but the actual system file called "bootanimation".
I believe when I tried to install a custom animation I/the files from a tutorial I was using altered it, and now it doesn't work whatsoever.
If you know of any boot animation tutorials/files that could fix this though that would be sick!
Either way thanks for the input!
You can try these if you like. I'm running Likewise rom right now, but they should work fine for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2969141&stc=1&d=1413149765
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DocHoliday77 said:
You can try these if you like. I'm running Likewise rom right now, but they should work fine for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2969141&stc=1&d=1413149765
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I love you. At first it didn't work but I changed some permission and now it's back to stock! Thank you sooo much!
Not to to add further trouble, but to prevent any future mishaps, could you point me in the right direction to getting a custom boot animation running?
maybe here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843830
if you use search a whole lot pops up.
good luck. :thumbup:
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There should be a thread(s) in the Themes and Apps section. I wouldn't use any not confirmed or made for the S3 though. And I wouldn't mess with that binary file either. (Unless specifically told to do so in one of our threads.) Any we have here should work fine just using the actual animation files.
Some threads may also have a return to stock zip file you can flash in recovery.
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think thats o.k. doc ? so maybe be REAL FREAKIN CAREFUL.
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Alright guys, sounds like a plan. I'll make sure to be a whole lot more careful this time around! Thanks a bunch!
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think thats o.k. doc ? so maybe be REAL FREAKIN CAREFUL.
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Are you referring to the one you linked to? To be perfectly honest I wouldn't try it. It was for the HTC One, right? I just don't know enough about HTC devices. It might be safe to use the animation, but it may just not work. (I doubt there'd be much danger of a hard brick though, but better safe....)
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yup, thats the one. i forget sometimes : READ READ READ. thanks for double checking behind me. will be more careful in future. dont want to cause xtra problems !!!!!!
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No problem. It could be perfectly ok to use, but since I don't know, I consider it a higher risk is all. Another thing to consider is if it's dpi is different the images probably wouldn't display correctly.
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@DocHoliday77
So after a while of researching I was thinking of downloading CyanogenMod, and the using that to do boot animation stuff, thoughts?
As long as it's from the S3 versions of cm, I believe it would be safe to try. Probably the worst that might occur would be no animation, like you already experienced. I don't use CM though, and don't really mess with the boot animation much to begin with, so it is possible it wouldn't work as expected, I'm just not sure on that. But it should be simple enough to get back to the stock animation with the files I posted before.
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Yeah, I guess that's really the worse that could happen, I've made a backup of my stock ROM so I should be able to go back if needed. Again, thanks for all the help!
I figure others would enjoy this. Please make a backup with TWRP before flashing (I experience no issues but you never know)
This replaces the Sprint Startup/Shutdown animations with Samsung's. (Including sounds)
If this is the wrong section please move it. I was going to post in Android Development but was unsure. Thanks!
Is there anyway to make custom intro animations or are we stuck with official samsung/sprint ones? Either way thank you!
Worked great for me, thanks!
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Is there anyway to make custom intro animations or are we stuck with official samsung/sprint ones? Either way thank you!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/themes-apps/custom-boot-animations-t3089208
Scroll down you should see 2 posts with some attachments.
Replace the files in system (the zip i uploaded) folder and flash them. (I haven't tested them but they should work. Make a backup just in case).
Quick Question
I am sorry, I am a noob, I downloaded this international s6 animation, how do i flash this, I know use twrp, but where am I supposed to place these and in which folder?
Lord Zaros said:
I figure others would enjoy this. Please make a backup with TWRP before flashing (I experience no issues but you never know)
This replaces the Sprint Startup/Shutdown animations with Samsung's. (Including sounds)
If this is the wrong section please move it. I was going to post in Android Development but was unsure. Thanks!
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I am sorry, I am a noob, I downloaded this international s6 animation, how do i flash this, I know use twrp, but where am I supposed to place these and in which folder?
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We were all noobs once.
First off. I am not sure that these still work. Be careful and make a backup in TWRP. See https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ck-up-restore-your-android-with-twrp-0175300/ for a guide.
Then plug your phone into your computer. You should be able to use Windows Explorer (or whatever you have) to explore your phone. You will see a whole bunch of file folders. Make a new one with a name that you can remember. I use "ROM" for mine, but you could call yours "Flash" or "Michael." Whatever you like. Put the zip file there.
Reboot to Recovery, which is TWRP. Select install and then navigate to the directory that you created, where you put the zip. Select it and flash.
You sir are awesome and a gentleman for responding, I watched some stupid video online where the guy had me extract the contrents manually change permissions, messed everything up. I am sort of Post Noob but still Noob with stupid questions like how to flash your zip, but not noob enough to not make recoveries, which i did. The only lingering issue I have is because I completely DeSprinted My Device to the point where nothing Sprint is Left anymore to send this phone to my cousin overseas, that the initial boot takes slightly longer. But it boots fine, the biggest bastard challenge was the sprint visual voicemail which i titanium froze and finally allowed me to enter a number....pheww. The dreaded sprint Boot Screen was all that was left and you sir helped me. Thank you very much. Thank you so so much. (I Swear Sprint is the Mobile Bloat Cancer of Modding)