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[Q] Launcher question and I did my research

Hey guys i was wondering if there was an apk for the MIUI launcher b/c i really enjoy that launcher but it is unstable right now so if I can get a launcher that would be awesome.

I don't know but ill tell you how to get it. Download miui and then unzip the rom. Go to /system/app and look for an apk named launcher or something similar.
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do I extract the file then copy it to my sd card then install from there?
Thanks so much if this works and if it doesn't thanks for the idea!
I just tried it and all i got was "! application not installed" should i try to zip it and flash it? or is there any other route i can take?

Yeah you can push it to /system/app using adb, or copy and paste with root explorer, or make a flashable zip file.
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I am a big time noob, so what is the easiest way to do it. I have never used any of these routes and how do you zip a file so that it is flashable? thanks again so much for your help your are super helpful.

so i tried copying and pasting using root explorer and it did not work, i get a message saying "you cannot paste here becaue the file system is read only"

jiggajoe506 said:
so i tried copying and pasting using root explorer and it did not work, i get a message saying "you cannot paste here becaue the file system is read only"
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In the upper right corner there I'd a bottom theft says mount rw(read/write) push that then try to paste there, but a lot of the time that will not work so if it does not you can use adb. you plug your phone in with debugging on, place your apk in your sdk tools folder.
My sdk tooks folder is located at c:/androidsdk/tools and say the apk you are using the launcher.apk so i would open the cmd and use the following commands.
cd c:/androidsdk/tools
adb remount
adb push launcher.apk system/app
adb reboot
After each command wait till its done after last command your phone will reboot.
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Thanks a bunch for the advice but i have never used abd so I would need to know what the program is called and where to get it and what folder that is and maybe a few attempts at it. Sorry I'm such a noob, all I know how to do is download a rom or kernel and flash from recovery.

jiggajoe506 said:
Thanks a bunch for the advice but i have never used abd so I would need to know what the program is called and where to get it and what folder that is and maybe a few attempts at it. Sorry I'm such a noob, all I know how to do is download a rom or kernel and flash from recovery.
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we were all noobs at one point if you post your apk here i will make you a flashable zip

Wow thank you So much man you are awesome and so are the other fellows that helped. I gotta un-noob myself at some point in my life. This is the launcher I got when I went into the zip file and went to system/apps/ of the miui rom whether there are other things that make it the way it is I don't know. (folders and no app drawer)
Thanks again guys

jiggajoe506 said:
Wow thank you So much man you are awesome and so are the other fellows that helped. I gotta un-noob myself at some point in my life. This is the launcher I got when I went into the zip file and went to system/apps/ of the miui rom whether there are other things that make it the way it is I don't know. (folders and no app drawer)
Thanks again guys
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here is the flashable zip just put on your sdcard and flash from recovery besure to do a nandroid backup first and here is a link to using adb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719

roscoenr said:
here is the flashable zip just put on your sdcard and flash from recovery besure to do a nandroid backup first and here is a link to using adb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
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Your a lot of help.but kept force closing thanks for the extra work you did. Wish I could thank you more them once on here

not sure why it would be force closing unless it a bad apk if you find another apk you can open the zip up with 7-zip and replace the old one with the new one and close do not unzip it just open

[Q] Flashable Bootanimation.

Are there any flashable boot animations for the DHD?
and in particular, the droid x boot?
if there isn't could someone please tell me how to change mine to this? with links to the files? or a link to a flashable zip?

You don't need to flash them... just use Root Explorer and drop "bootanimation.zip" in \data\local
For the actual animations just search the Themes section in the Desire HD forum. You can also look in the Themes sections for original Desire as most of them should work too. I'm sure someone will have ported the Droid X one, if not try looking in the Themes sections of the Droid X forum... you get the idea

CitizenLee said:
You don't need to flash them... just use Root Explorer and drop "bootanimation.zip" in \data\local
For the actual animations just search the Themes section in the Desire HD forum. You can also look in the Themes sections for original Desire as most of them should work too. I'm sure someone will have ported the Droid X one, if not try looking in the Themes sections of the Droid X forum... you get the idea
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I have the files i want.
the bootanimation.zip and android_audio.zip
but how do I move them from my sd or computer into that folder ? I have the folder open in root explorer right now.
Edit: I worked it out now to test it
Edit: it did not work.

P1xelVandal said:
Edit: I worked it out now to test it
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Extract the zip file for the boot sound as it's the .mp3 you need to use. Bootanim stays as .zip
Reply back know how you get on / if you need any help etc.
Oh, and be sure to press the "Mount R/W" when in the correct folder in Root Explorer. Wont let you change anything otherwise

CitizenLee said:
Extract the zip file for the boot sound as it's the .mp3 you need to use. Bootanim stays as .zip
Reply back know how you get on / if you need any help etc.
Oh, and be sure to press the "Mount R/W" when in the correct folder in Root Explorer. Wont let you change anything otherwise
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wow I feel stupid. I was using the temp files from the top of the list in my sdcard XD thank you.
oh wait it didn't work xD I have bootanimation.zip and android_audio.mp3 in data/ local and it doesn't work. i've rebooted twice since they've been there. what else am I doing wrong ?

Try the two files I have attached and see if they work. You will need to extract the zip for the start sound as it wouldn't let me attach the mp3. Also, you will have to rename the other zip from black_bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip. I have loads of them so need to keep the file names different.
Reboot and they should work

Still no luck. even with your files, in data/local with r/w it just won't work? is it something to do with me being on the stock rom, kernel and radio?
I don't know but this is really weird ? could it be a permissions thing? thank you so much for trying to help me though.
it couldn't be that i'm using a mac could it?

No probs man
I've never had a poke around inside a stock ROM for DHD but I expect the files still go in the same place, so it must be a permissions thing as I doubt it would be radio or kernal related.
Silly question I should have maybe asked earlier... you have a rooted phone right? If not none of this will work!
As for a being on a Mac, shouldn't make a difference as you can transfer all the stuff to /data/local/ on your phone... only need a computer to put the files on your SD card if you didn't download them with your phone.

haha yes my phone is definitely rooted, I'm pretty sure I have radio and engineering S-OFF, I had SHIP, now I have ENG, I would really like to know what the problem is though.
would it be possible to fix the permissions ? should I use rom manager to fix them ? or do it manually in root explorer?
If it is a permission problem, rom manager's fix permissions option did not solve the problem.
It would be so much easier just having a flashable zip xD

You could give it a go with ROM Manager yeah.
I must admit, I'm stumped with this! I bet it's something really easy that we're both overlooking!

rom manager didn't work.
it has to be something obvious. I would flash a new rom, but then I need to flash a new radio, because last time I ran leedroid, and android revolution HD, my microphone wouldn't work so I had to restore my backup.
having to do all that just for a boot animation and sound would be such a pain.
Well I'm going to sleep, most likely, and hopefully someone will have worked something out by the time i get back or wake up.

You could push it with adb.
Sent from my DHD

jambamkin said:
You could push it with adb.
Sent from my DHD
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Yeah, that's definitely another option.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Or another option is that your current rom just does not read bootanimation from /data/local/. Try it with custom rom, or put it to /system/.. I do not remember which folder. But look for bootanimation.zip.

jambamkin said:
You could push it with adb.
Sent from my DHD
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I'm not sure how to use adb. or where to get the drivers.
jkoljo said:
Or another option is that your current rom just does not read bootanimation from /data/local/. Try it with custom rom, or put it to /system/.. I do not remember which folder. But look for bootanimation.zip.
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I found bootanimation, not .zip but i can't make the system file r/w only r/o

after much trial and error, i found it at last....
@P1xelVandal in case you had not installed any custom ROM then the original bootanimation.zip can be found in the following location:
/system/customize/resource
Rename the original one to bootanimation_bak.zip before replacing in case any error occurs.
And, of course, you have to mount the file system in R/W mode for the changes to take place.. worked fine for me... piece of cake now.

Bump...
I've also just read somewhere that you could try /system/customize/resource/
Let us know how you get on mate

I gave up and flashed a radio and Android Revolution HD. It works fine now. Thank you for helping
Sent from my Desire HD

i'm using gingerbread cynogenmod.. i couldn't find the folders.. at my case, the bootxxx.zip was at /system/media/ do i put the sound file here? and what is the appropriate name for it? thank u in advance.

sub7even said:
i'm using gingerbread cynogenmod.. i couldn't find the folders.. at my case, the bootxxx.zip was at /system/media/ do i put the sound file here? and what is the appropriate name for it? thank u in advance.
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android_audio.mp3 and it should go in the same place and rename the original/s

Accidentally deleted stock Task Manager!!

So i just installed the new BM 5.0 and i was deleting unwanted apps via Titanium Backup pro .. i was doing it so fast that i accidentally deleted task manager! now everytime i click on the widget "Active Application" it fore closes! i tried to look for the stock task manager in the app store but could not find it! is there a way to undo the delete without doing a nandroid restore?

Use the feature in Titanium that can pull apks from cwm backups. You should be able to fix it with that.

moondrius said:
Use the feature in Titanium that can pull apks from cwm backups. You should be able to fix it with that.
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thank u for your response! But i do not know how to do this feature you speak of, mind teaching me? thanks

schgittyfour said:
thank u for your response! But i do not know how to do this feature you speak of, mind teaching me? thanks
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1) Open TB
2) Go to Backup/Restore
3) Option soft key
4) More
5) Extract from Nandroid backup
6) Pick Task Manager
I personally tried it once and it didn't work for me, worst comes to worst I'll upload you the JobManager.apk (I assume that's the one you're talking about? The Samsung task manager?). But I assume it works, otherwise they wouldn't include the feature.

yoft1 said:
1) Open TB
2) Go to Backup/Restore
3) Option soft key
4) More
5) Extract from Nandroid backup
6) Pick Task Manager
I personally tried it once and it didn't work for me, worst comes to worst I'll upload you the JobManager.apk (I assume that's the one you're talking about? The Samsung task manager?). But I assume it works, otherwise they wouldn't include the feature.
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i tried those steps and did not find task manager .. i guess it wasnt backed up ... but i do have a scheduled back up every sundays ....i think its the samsung task manager, the icon was a pie graph .... it would be awesome sauce if u could upload it for me

schgittyfour said:
i tried those steps and did not find task manager .. i guess it wasnt backed up ... but i do have a scheduled back up every sundays ....i think its the samsung task manager, the icon was a pie graph .... it would be awesome sauce if u could upload it for me
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http://min.us/mj9kYFJoR
To install it, you'll need a file explorer with root access (ES File Explorer, ROOT File Explorer, etc.). Then you'll have to move it to /system/app (to get to /system you'll have to go one level up from /sdcard to get to the root folder /). Make the permissions read "rw- r-- r--" (how you do that depends on what file explorer you use) and then reboot. Should fix the issue.

yoft1 said:
http://min.us/mj9kYFJoR
To install it, you'll need a file explorer with root access (ES File Explorer, ROOT File Explorer, etc.). Then you'll have to move it to /system/app (to get to /system you'll have to go one level up from /sdcard to get to the root folder /). Make the permissions read "rw- r-- r--" (how you do that depends on what file explorer you use) and then reboot. Should fix the issue.
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the file does not exist or it is unavailable...

schgittyfour said:
the file does not exist or it is unavailable...
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I'm guessing you're doing it from your phone? Minus has a quirk with mobile sites. Download it from your computer or change your user agent to desktop.

yoft1 said:
I'm guessing you're doing it from your phone? Minus has a quirk with mobile sites. Download it from your computer or change your user agent to desktop.
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Who needs a pc nowadays anyways? hehe .... downloaded it with Dolphin browser and it worked, will let u know if this works!

so i am trying to move it to system/app ... but its saying it cant move because the file is read only..... im using Root Explorer btw....

schgittyfour said:
so i am trying to move it to system/app ... but its saying it cant move because the file is read only..... im using Root Explorer btw....
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It'll be an option in root explorer along the lines of "root access". I don't know the exact process because I use ES. Play around in the settings of root explorer until you find it. By default it's disabled to prevent users from actually screwing with their system operating system without knowing what they're doing.

did not find anything under settings but there was a button that said Mount R/O or Mount R/W ... so i selected the file to move then i went to system/app thrn i clicked the mount button on the top and it worked! Thank u so much for ur help and fast responds! u really saved mr from alot of grief.

schgittyfour said:
did not find anything under settings but there was a button that said Mount R/O or Mount R/W ... so i selected the file to move then i went to system/app thrn i clicked the mount button on the top and it worked! Thank u so much for ur help and fast responds! u really saved mr from alot of grief.
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Yeah it's the same thing, you're just allowing the system position to be written to. No problem. Is your task manager working as usual now?

yoft1 said:
Yeah it's the same thing, you're just allowing the system position to be written to. No problem. Is your task manager working as usual now?
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Yes it seems to be working lime its suppose to! But i wonder why its called Job Manager, and what i deleted was named Task Manager...?

schgittyfour said:
Yes it seems to be working lime its suppose to! But i wonder why its called Job Manager, and what i deleted was named Task Manager...?
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Not sure. Android has a native task manager other than the Samsung one so that might have anything to do with it

yoft1 said:
Not sure. Android has a native task manager other than the Samsung one so that might have anything to do with it
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thanks again!

so it seems like my task manager is having issues .. most of the time when i open it via "active applications" , its frozen, like i am unable to press anything ..i have to reboot always to make it work. budo u know how to fix this?

schgittyfour said:
so it seems like my task manager is having issues .. most of the time when i open it via "active applications" , its frozen, like i am unable to press anything ..i have to reboot always to make it work. budo u know how to fix this?
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Was it working fine when you first installed it? Either way, there's always 5 generic steps you should always take first when trying to resolve an issue:
1) clear application data
2) reboot to recovery and clear cache
3) clear dalvik cache
4) fix permissions
5) reboot
See if that fixes your issues

yoft1 said:
Was it working fine when you first installed it? Either way, there's always 5 generic steps you should always take first when trying to resolve an issue:
1) clear application data
2) reboot to recovery and clear cache
3) clear dalvik cache
4) fix permissions
5) reboot
i will try this and let u know! thanks
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it seem to have fixed the problem....thanks! .

[Solved]dialer stock rom

hi..i hav downloaded ex dialer script and apllied dat script via recovery mode,,,,nw my dialer is force closing...can anyone give me the script of stock dialer ...i dont want to format my phone...

krenlan said:
hi..i hav downloaded ex dialer script and apllied dat script via recovery mode,,,,nw my dialer is force closing...can anyone give me the script of stock dialer ...i dont want to format my phone...
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i've attached below the stock dialer tab

wat to do next
hey..i hav downloaed the file..wat to do next..i tried installing apk it didnt get installed and i changed to zip and tried from recovery operation aborted...plz help

krenlan said:
hey..i hav downloaed the file..wat to do next..i tried installing apk it didnt get installed and i changed to zip and tried from recovery operation aborted...plz help
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You need to goto /system/app and replace the dialertabactivity.apk with the one you want. Set permissions to rw-r--r-- and finally, reboot.

i tried and it sad move error...read only file system...i am using astro file manager...

krenlan said:
i tried and it sad move error...read only file system...i am using astro file manager...
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first make sure that you are rooted
second, use root explorer
set permissions from r/o to r/w
copy and paste the file to system/apps folder
then long tap the file and set permissions to:
r-w
r
r
lastly, restart your phone

phew..finally...thanks fellas...jus ne more thin..nw i hav 2 dialler and conatcts..hw to delete the xtra one...

krenlan said:
phew..finally...thanks fellas...jus ne more thin..nw i hav 2 dialler and conatcts..hw to delete the xtra one...
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Goto /system/app and delete the old dialertabactivity.apk and contacts.apk. Make sure system is mounted as r/w. If you are not sure which apks are the old ones, move one of the copies to another folder and reboot. If the dialer and contacts are not what you wanted, replace them with the one you moved to another folder.

wen i click on icon it says application is not installed in your phone...i check in folder too and there is only one dialeractivity file..

krenlan said:
wen i click on icon it says application is not installed in your phone...i check in folder too and there is only one dialeractivity file..
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Wipe dalvik cache.

thank yous guys..once again...

DC-MARVEL Bootanimation.zip [720p ]

British graphic designer Christian Tailor created this awesome animation of stylized Marvel and DC Comics heroes and villains, and now you can use it as the boot animation on your Android device.
It was later turned into default start up animation by Brian Roberts
HTML:
https://plus.google.com/+BrianRoberts
and later into a flashable zip by Ronald Valdes
HTML:
https://plus.google.com/+RonaldValdes
.
Now all I did was I took Christian Tailor's bootanimation which was 1080p and converted it into 720p which will fit perfectly on S3 or any 720p devices.
Here is the link to download,
MEGA LINK
HTML:
https://mega.co.nz/#!nlZW1KgK!QRm6Eq4AuNAI1Z6NZzdR0r7YaLwoa1eJ_-M6adM7k2A
DROPBOX LINK
HTML:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bm6xfg1doitjslv/dcmarvel720pbootanimation.zip
Install Instructions:
1. Your device need to be rooted. It won't work if your device is not rooted. How to root? Please check online. I hope samsung device users have custom rom with root and not stock rom with root. I have no idea how it works in other brand android devices, so proceed only if it is similar process as you find below.
2. This is not a flashable file, so you have to copy it into your system/media .
3. Use X-plore, make sure you have root access. To get root access, press configuration. Under Root access, select superuser + mount writable. I only know how to do this in xplore, i don't know how it works in other apps. So sorry. I will let you know how it works in other apps.
4. Now go to root/system/media and you will find bootanimation.zip . Copy it to your internal/external memory.
5. Delete the bootanimation.zip from system/media.
6. Now copy the dcmarvel720pbootanimation.zip to system/media and rename it to bootanimation.zip .
7. Now reboot your device.
8. Now Enjoy.
[By the way, I really don't know if I was allowed to post this or not. If I was not allowed, please comment here, and also I am sorry, I will remove it as soon as possible. If I am allowed then thank you. Please support the original people who did it.]

Hi. Good job bro. But, Can you tell how to install this? I tried via recovery and it failed... Tried putting in system/media and rebooted but the previous boot animation is still showing. I renamed the old bootanimation.zip first before trying.
Thanks

vikna said:
Hi. Good job bro. But, Can you tell how to install this? I tried via recovery and it failed... Tried putting in system/media and rebooted but the previous boot animation is still showing. I renamed the old bootanimation.zip first before trying.
Thanks
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In system/media, remove the previous boot animation. Either delete it or just copy it to your internal memory, but you will have to delete it in your system/media. Now save the dc-marvel bootanimation zip to system/media and rename it to bootanimation.zip
Now try rebooting. Hope it worked.

vikna said:
Hi. Good job bro. But, Can you tell how to install this? I tried via recovery and it failed... Tried putting in system/media and rebooted but the previous boot animation is still showing. I renamed the old bootanimation.zip first before trying.
Thanks
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Update : was using Cm11 theme before and this seemed to be the cause.restored the theme to default and placed the boot animation to system/media and it worked like a charm.
Thank you again

Very cool, but why must it call me a mother****er when I install it?
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Hmmm, when I replace the original bootanimation.zip with the Superhero one and restart, I only get flashing "android" text in the middle of the screen, it's animated so something is happening... but no heroes. Curious. Any ideas?
Thanks for bringing this to the forums btw and resizing it
EDIT: Found out why, I needed to change the permissions to rw-r-r

Demonhotrod said:
Hmmm, when I replace the original bootanimation.zip with the Superhero one and restart, I only get flashing "android" text in the middle of the screen, it's animated so something is happening... but no heroes. Curious. Any ideas?
Thanks for bringing this to the forums btw and resizing it
EDIT: Found out why, I needed to change the permissions to rw-r-r
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so did it work?

yusuf_fareed said:
so did it work?
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It did yes, I used ES file explorer (make it have root permissions) and if you go to more > properties permissions > change and set it to rw-r-r, the bootanimation then works

Haha, it's awesome! The size is a bit big, but that's not a problem. Thanks! :victory:

Didn't work for me?
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k6? said:
Didn't work for me?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app
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are you rooted? also are you using a custom rom?
it only works if you use both root and a custom rom,
as said in the instructions, make sure you have given superuser mount writable permissiom. Either delete the bootanimation.zip from you system/media or copy the bootanimation.zip to your internal memory or external memory if available.
now copy paste the dcmarvelbootanimation.zip to system/media and rename it to bootanimation [make sure it is still in zip format which means it is .zip]
now try rebooting.

yusuf_fareed said:
are you rooted? also are you using a custom rom?
it only works if you use both root and a custom rom,
as said in the instructions, make sure you have given superuser mount writable permissiom. Either delete the bootanimation.zip from you system/media or copy the bootanimation.zip to your internal memory or external memory if available.
now copy paste the dcmarvelbootanimation.zip to system/media and rename it to bootanimation [make sure it is still in zip format which means it is .zip]
now try rebooting.
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There we go! Now it works. Thanks

Working On Rooted Galaxy S3 4.3
Hi I managed to get it working on my galaxy s3 jellybean 4.3 (rooted, stock rom)
1. Put the file on your sd card
2.Open root explorer (or some sort of similar app)
3. under System/media move old bootanimation over to external SD card (or remove)
4. Find new bootanimation file, move to data/local
5. Rename file to bootanimation
6.change permissions to rw-r--r--
Restart phone and enjoy

Can someone please upload it to dropbox or google drive.
Its blocked in my country.

abhishekcal said:
Can someone please upload it to dropbox or google drive.
Its blocked in my country.
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hey abhishek, sorry for making it so late, I was quite busy. I am sure by the time you would have found a way to download this. But if in case you didn't here is the link to dropbox
HTML:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bm6xfg1doitjslv/dcmarvel720pbootanimation.zip

I really find it attractive

yusuf_fareed said:
hey abhishek, sorry for making it so late, I was quite busy. I am sure by the time you would have found a way to download this. But if in case you didn't here is the link to dropbox
HTML:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bm6xfg1doitjslv/dcmarvel720pbootanimation.zip
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U are right bro. I have somehow downloaded it. But thanks for taking out time and helping me. Greatly appreciated.
thanks again.

abhishekcal said:
U are right bro. I have somehow downloaded it. But thanks for taking out time and helping me. Greatly appreciated.
thanks again.
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I renamed the zip to bootanimation.zip and copied it to root/system/media.
but I am only getting an android logo as the boot animation, nothing like the stuff shown here.
I am rooted and unofficial cm12.

saggiboy231 said:
I renamed the zip to bootanimation.zip and copied it to root/system/media.
but I am only getting an android logo as the boot animation, nothing like the stuff shown here.
I am rooted and unofficial cm12.
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You have to change the permissions correctly.

oh yeah.. awesome boot animation