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Does anyone know what the underlying mechanism for running the boot animation is? I have Android 2.2 on an HTC Incredible and replaced the VZW_Droid.mp3 and VZW_bootanimation.zip with some animations I did, but all I get on boot is a blank screen. Do the files in the zip have to be named the same way, or do they just have to be in alphabetical order?
Thanks!

adprice said:
Does anyone know what the underlying mechanism for running the boot animation is? I have Android 2.2 on an HTC Incredible and replaced the VZW_Droid.mp3 and VZW_bootanimation.zip with some animations I did, but all I get on boot is a blank screen. Do the files in the zip have to be named the same way, or do they just have to be in alphabetical order?
Thanks!
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post the animation zip file you are tryin to use and I will see if there are any obvious issues with it

I did a quick search and found this, not sure if this is what your looking for!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708316
ID

Cool, thanks guys. I will post when I get back home. I've been doing some searching as well and it seems that you have to set the compression mode to "store" when you create the archive. Not sure where to do this on a mac, but I'll see if I can figure it out.
As a side note, does anyone know what the fields in the desc.txt file are? I figured out the first two are image size, but any idea what the third number on the first line is? Frame rate maybe? And then the next lines specify directories, but I have no clue what the numbers in front of them mean.
Arg, sorry - second paragraph of questions answered in the thread IncredibleDoes posted...

SOLVED
Alright, the "store" problem was the issue. According to the zip documentation, "store" compression doesn't actually compress the files, it just archives them (I guess similar to .tar). So once I did that it worked fine. For anyone else using a Mac from the command line its
Code:
zip -r -Z store desc.txt part0 VZW_bootanimation.zip
You can, of course, specify other directories as well. The sound also started working once the animation did, nothing special there.
And now, I've posted the animation I made. Nothing special, I'm just a big half life fan and whipped this up with my very limited animating skills. Enjoy!
Hmm...won't let me upload the .mp3 file. I guess message me if you want it...

[Boot Animation] Nexus One boot animation

For those who would like to have Nexus One boot animation for your G2 ROMs
Requirements:
Permanent root (S-OFF)
adb OR RootExplorer
Recommendations:
NanDroid backup – Part of Clockwork Recovery
Instructions:
Download the bootanimation.zip attached in this thread and save it to your adb tools folder
Use adb to push it to your phone (see commands below)
If you'd like to keep the original boot animation but want the Nexus boot animation as default, use these commands:
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local
adb reboot
If you'd like to replace the current boot animation, use the commands below:
Code:
adb remount
adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media
adb reboot
Sorry, if this is repeated.
I take NO credit for this. This is all what I've found and learned from the forum. I thought I should share it with you guys. Enjoy!

Thank you for this. I had been wanting the N1 boot animation since moving to the G2 and here it is I installed it, and it worked fine. However, I did so in recovery via adb (had to do adb shell mount /data first though).
Probably will be doing it again once I have CM 6.1.0 installed.

randalla0622 said:
Thank you for this. I had been wanting the N1 boot animation since moving to the G2 and here it is I installed it, and it worked fine. However, I did so in recovery via adb (had to do adb shell mount /data first though).
Probably will be doing it again once I have CM 6.1.0 installed.
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I have been trying to get this Nexus One boot animation on my NAM Desire Z (unlocked, WWE Desire Z rom, s-off) all night, but it doesn't seem to take. Tried flashing in clockwork, pushing with adb like this, using root explorer, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?

mrmartin86 said:
I have been trying to get this Nexus One boot animation on my NAM Desire Z (unlocked, WWE Desire Z rom, s-off) all night, but it doesn't seem to take. Tried flashing in clockwork, pushing with adb like this, using root explorer, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?
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Anyone have any ideas?

You could try using boot animation changer lite from the market. Pretty easy to use and it backs up the stock animation if you want to revert.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

sandire said:
You could try using boot animation changer lite from the market. Pretty easy to use and it backs up the stock animation if you want to revert.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
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Awesome! Worked well, although the one they had for "Nexus One" has a weird lead into it.

mrmartin86 said:
Awesome! Worked well, although the one they had for "Nexus One" has a weird lead into it.
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Okay, I'm still trying to figure out how these worked. I took that boot animation by modifiying it (removing some of the pictures), renaming in order, and made sure the desc.txt was in the right format, then I write it back to /system/media. What am I missing here on how this works?
I've pushed the boot animation to these 3:
/data/local/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
I've attached the file I'm trying to write if you can see anything wrong it it. Thanks!

mrmartin86 said:
Okay, I'm still trying to figure out how these worked. I took that boot animation by modifiying it (removing some of the pictures), renaming in order, and made sure the desc.txt was in the right format, then I write it back to /system/media. What am I missing here on how this works?
I've pushed the boot animation to these 3:
/data/local/bootanimation.zip
/system/media/bootanimation.zip
/system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
I've attached the file I'm trying to write if you can see anything wrong it it. Thanks!
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Nevermind about this. I finally found out how to fix it. I mounted the /system file in terminal emulator, then manually copied and pasted the bootanimation into those 3 places from my sd card. But do you know where I can find the boot sound?
Got it. It's all in the /system/customize/resource folder. The audio is "android_audio.mp3"

mrmartin86 said:
Nevermind about this. I finally found out how to fix it. I mounted the /system file in terminal emulator, then manually copied and pasted the bootanimation into those 3 places from my sd card. But do you know where I can find the boot sound?
Got it. It's all in the /system/customize/resource folder. The audio is "android_audio.mp3"
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Last question, and I can put this to rest, so hopefully someone can answer it. What is the deal with the desc.txt file? I tried editing using both notepad (which I heard corrupts it) and wordpad, but it screws everything up. Here is the current settings:
512 256 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
And I'm trying to get it to be only 20 fps as so:
512 256 20
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
Is there a reason it won't work when I do that?

mrmartin86 said:
Last question, and I can put this to rest, so hopefully someone can answer it. What is the deal with the desc.txt file? I tried editing using both notepad (which I heard corrupts it) and wordpad, but it screws everything up. Here is the current settings:
512 256 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
And I'm trying to get it to be only 20 fps as so:
512 256 20
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
Is there a reason it won't work when I do that?
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Does anyone know? I can't seem to find anywhere that explains it well enough, and I'd like to be able to develop some different boot animations.

mrmartin86 said:
Does anyone know? I can't seem to find anywhere that explains it well enough, and I'd like to be able to develop some different boot animations.
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Well, since nobody seems to help, I kept looking and looking and hopefully I can help someone who is just as confused.
It was not the editing of the desc.txt file that caused the problem. It is when you zip the files, do not zip it with any compression. Simply zip it as a "store" option, and you should be fine if everything else is all set.

Thanks i love the boot animation!

[Q] Can somebody please check this boot animation??

Thanks for checking in, ok I opened the bootanimation-orig.zip with 7-Zip and copied out the part0 folder, changed each png to be black and white. Then dropped the files back in 7-Zip (it was named bootanimation.zip then) and then took that zip and put it in system/media folder in the theme I flashed. Basically Bionix 4.1
My phone boots fine, but the boot animation doesn't show anything. I just had a blank screen (seemingly) ... I was thinking maybe the whites aren't white enough?
Could someone take a peak, attached with the orig file and my bootanimation.zip that resulted in my edits.
Thanks a ton!!

I've run into this before - the solution, I've found, is to set the compression level to 'store'. It didn't seem to work any other way.

k0nane said:
I've run into this before - the solution, I've found, is to set the compression level to 'store'. It didn't seem to work any other way.
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Yep that was it. Thanks for that!

[Q] can't flash loading screen

Hi guys,
I recently rooted and S-OFF'ed my Desire. Really amazing. Everything went fine.
Really enjoying my phone more than ever before.
Now trying to flash my splash screen and boot loading screen.
I'm using Android Flasher 1.8.0 as suggested in the Noob tutorial section.
Splash screen went fine. Automatically reboots into fastboot. And flashes.
The tutorial doesn't actually doesn't go deeper into flashing the loading screen and whether or not it's supposed to automatically reboot into fastboot.
When i manually reboot into fastboot sometimes it can't find the process fastboot.exe and sometimes it can.
When it can it says it can't find my device when it's trying to flash the new loading screen. I don't understand why. Everything else i have tried works fine (except the first time i tried to S-OFF, it also said it couldn't find my device)
It did actually remove my RCmix-S loading screen. So now i only get a black screen when starting up. Everyhing still works fine though. Boots normally.
What should I do?

You cannot flash a new bootanimation with android flasher or fastboot. You have to replace the bootanimation.zip in /data/local or /system/media. You are s-off, so you can do this in os. Just use an explorer with root access (e.g. root explorer), mount /data or /system as r/w (read write) and replace the existing one with yours (but make a backup of the old before and make sure you used the correct resolution).

Okay that was kind of confusing then.
Still weird it's not recognizing my phone but is finding fastboot.exe
Anyway I got root explorer mounted /data/local and put a bootanimation.zip in the folder. It doesn't work though. Does it also have to be in /system/media
or just in one of them??
Thnx

It only has to be in /system/media.
SwiftKeyed from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App

i got a weird error trying to flash a new splash screen
"sending splash1...OKAY"
"writing splash1"...FAILED <remote not allowed>
phone is recognised in fastboot etc...
any ideas?
thanks

00mpollard said:
i got a weird error trying to flash a new splash screen
"sending splash1...OKAY"
"writing splash1"...FAILED <remote not allowed>
phone is recognised in fastboot etc...
any ideas?
thanks
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Do not post in a thread which has nothing to do with your problem! And use the search.

I tried putting it only in /system/media and only in /data/local.
Both don't work.
My loading screen is still total black. I don't get it. What am I doing wrong. Is there some other file interfering. Do I have to delete something else....

PixelApocalypse said:
I tried putting it only in /system/media and only in /data/local.
Both don't work.
My loading screen is still total black. I don't get it. What am I doing wrong. Is there some other file interfering. Do I have to delete something else....
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It does not have the correct resolution. It has to be 480x800.

Actually it has. I checked.
They are 480 x 800, 24 bit *.PNG. Downloaded these in the splash screen thread.
I got it sort of working now.
I renamed the zip to bootanim.zip instead of bootanimation.zip. Don't know if it should matter but now i'm getting a loading screen.
It's just text reading "Android" with a animated glow going over it.
This is not the one i put on the phone though. Not the pictures in the zip.
Is this some kind of default loading screen?
Which means it's still not working....

Which rom do you currently run? If a sense one, the bootanimation has to be in /data/local. If aosp one, it has to be in /system/media. That's the basic. Furthermore, in your bootanimation.zip has to be minimum two parts:
- one folder named part0
- one file named "desc.txt" (description file)
In the folder named part0 has to be the png files in the correct resolution (480x800x24). In the desc.txt you have to put the following ouput:
Code:
480 400 x p 1 0 part0
'480' is the width (not variable)
'800' is the height (not variable)
'x' is here just a placeholder. You have to replace with a number. This number sets the frames (your choice, what you set)
'1' is the count how often the bootanimation loops (your choice)
'0' sets the a pause (max 10 possible)
'part 0' sets the folder in which the bootanimation files are (not variable).
Source: http://android.modaco.com/topic/338...nimationzip-futurama-bender-bootanimationzip/

Woooot it's working!!
I'm using RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot which is a sense rom.
I put it in /data/local.
The animation was only 6 frames. Which was incorrect in the desc.txt.
Also using NO compression when zipping was the key.
Not knowing this is probably key to many people not getting this to work.
Maybe it's a good idea to have that tutorial be made a sticky or include it in the "Complete upgrading guide"
Thnx a lot MatDrOiD!

PixelApocalypse said:
Woooot it's working!!
I'm using RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot which is a sense rom.
I put it in /data/local.
The animation was only 6 frames. Which was incorrect in the desc.txt.
Also using NO compression when zipping was the key.
Not knowing this is probably key to many people not getting this to work.
Maybe it's a good idea to have that tutorial be made a sticky or include it in the "Complete upgrading guide"
Thnx a lot MatDrOiD!
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No problem. And you could make very happy if you press the thanks-button.

[BOOT ANIMATION] Matrix green landscape

this is a boot animation that i converted from the intro of matrix 1 movie. I do not own this animation the owners are the owners of the matrix movie.
i simply converted it to animation and formatted it for 1280 x 720 screens
it starts with matrix code then says "the matrix" and after that you get the green cursor blinking.
this took hours to do so thank me if you are thankful.
to make this your shutdown animation, name the zip "shutdownanimation.zip" (no caps) and drop and replace any existing file in /system/media/
if you want to save your old animation just rename it before you drop the file there. ( youll need to use a program like ES file explorder with root access and mount system directory in order for this to work ) then unmount after, and reboot.
same goes for bootanimation the file name is bootanimation.zip sometimes this goes in /system/media/ but more likely then not the boot animation goes in /data/local/ if you want to be safe just copy it to both locations. again ES file explorer is capable of accessing your data folder.
(root required)
any damage done to your phone is your own fault, only use this file if your phone has a screen resolution of 1280x720
if you have another resolution phone you can open the desc.txt file in notepad++ and change the resolution and it should work, just make sure you use the right resolution and you change the smaller number with the smaller number and larger with larger or else your image will be distorted.
note: this method can change most animation resolutions as long as the dimensions are somewhat similar. android will scale the files, if not you'll see distorted images or nothing.
SIDE NOTE: i recommend testing all animations with shutdownanimation.zip FIRST. this way if there is an issue you can pull your battery and boot into your phone and fix it, if you create a problem with bootanimation it could be a little harder to fix, although most of the time a faulty animation will be skipped by the system rather than causing boot loops (most of the time, i have heard of problems thats why i recomend trying any animation not verified working with your phone as a shutdownanimation first)
note on some custom roms like Cyanogenmod you don't want to use a shutdownanimation. because it's shutdown process is like 2 seconds, stock roms do alot of reflashing during shutdown (or something to that nature) and its more like an 8 second shutdown, in this case you'll see "phone shutting down" dialogue for 4-5 seconds" if you are getting that i would recommend using an animation as its much more pleasant to look at.

by the way this animation would look GREAT on a tablet, anything that's 1280x720 should be able to use the file straight up and any other resolution tablet just change the desc.txt file like i described above

KronicSkillz said:
by the way this animation would look GREAT on a tablet, anything that's 1280x720 should be able to use the file straight up and any other resolution tablet just change the desc.txt file like i described above
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another note is that if you unpack the zip at any time and have to repack it, use winrar and make sure you use compression method: STORE and not normal compression (this will cause black screen because the program expects a uncompressed zip file)

here is a matrix code animation that is portrait style instead of landscape with no "the matrix" words just the matrix code. i didn't make this one i just formatted it for 1280x720, i got it off the app "bootanimations root" and reformatted it.

if anyone is having trouble resizing an animation they like, post the animations .zip file here that you download for any other android phone or tablets animation that you want to use with your phone, give me the dimensions of your phone (this can be found by good your phones name and "specs" for instance for this phone lg p930 specs, youll get lists of specs for the phone, and it'll tell you this phone is 1280x720. so give me the zip from the animation you want to use and your phones resolution and i'll make the changes and repack the file for you. (if you dont use the right zip app and text editor it won't work)

Unable to flash it. Says invalid zip
TWRP latest
My phone is 720 p it is sure
Can u still help me?

This is my current boot animation
I found it has 3 parts while ur one has 1
In this animation please replace Part 2 by matrix Green
As I like part1& part3 but hate part2
I m on android 7.1.2 nougat
Mi REDME 3s prime
Custom rom RR 5.8.5