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[Q] Sense ROM custom shutdown animation?

So I've been making attempts at replacing my shutdown animation (on Evil's Sense G2-Z ROM), but have been having troubles.
I've created a shutdown animation at the same resolution as the original, and put that into a downanimation.zip with folder "android" and desc.txt, which sets the parameters for the shutdown animation (the downanimation.zip goes into /system/customize/resource). The desc.txt is the exact same as that in the original downanimation.zip. As far as I can tell, the only differences between my downanimation.zip and the original is file size (their images are very plain, whereas mine are a bit more detailed) and the timestamp.
Now here's where it gets really quite weird. If I edit one image and replace it from the original shutdown animation, it stops working. Which made me think that there's something messed up with how I'm zipping my files. BUT if I change the name of my downanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip (in the same folder as downanimation.zip), and reboot my phone, my shutdown animation works just fine as the startup animation.
So. Anyone have any ideas how to change the shutdown animation, or on what I'm doing wrong?

What are you using to zip the files?

ibemad1 said:
What are you using to zip the files?
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Yemuzip on OS X.

have you found a solution yet?
ive done the same thing, encountered a weird problem tho.
it only accepts a zip which is set to store not compressed for boot but shutdown none works.. i wonder if it is the file size that is the issue or something else.
if i changed the shutdown/downanimation i cannot boot into bootloader "pwr+vol down" on desire HD. have to boot to clockwork and adb shell rm /system/customize/resources/shutdown.zip/downanimation.zip and then it can boot into bootloader again but shutdown/restart screen would be blank.. weird.

Originally posted by aacrabtree
have you found a solution yet?
ive done the same thing, encountered a weird problem tho.
it only accepts a zip which is set to store not compressed for boot but shutdown none works.. i wonder if it is the file size that is the issue or something else.
if i changed the shutdown/downanimation i cannot boot into bootloader "pwr+vol down" on desire HD. have to boot to clockwork and adb shell rm /system/customize/resources/shutdown.zip/downanimation.zip and then it can boot into bootloader again but shutdown/restart screen would be blank.. weird.
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Yes all guides I've seen say that the bootanimation.zip on the Desire HD (/data/local/) needs to be zipped without compression (using "store" method of compression). I would assume it's safe to do the same thing for the shutdown animation. Thanks for the folder where the shutdown animations are stored on the Desire HD. I was having a little trouble finding it as it's different from other android phones. Just a spelling error though, it's /system/customize/resource/ not "resources"

SOLVED here. Tq.

Ironman Jarvis boot animation for Nexus 7

Can someone add the Jarvis boot animation for Nexus 7 ?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...at-with-your-iron-man-mk42-halloween-costume/

Locutus5382 said:
Can someone add the Jarvis boot animation for Nexus 7 ?
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...at-with-your-iron-man-mk42-halloween-costume/
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you can make it yourself with ROM toolbox.
in the boot animation section, there is an option for gif to boot. so you can save those gif and convert it to boot animation

TMK, the link is already ready to be a boot animation. It just needs to be renamed bootanimation.zip and pushed to system/media
As for the "proper" screen size for the N7 ... IDK, that'd be my only question
**edit: it is already named properly, so just push it to system/media ... and reboot, viola.

Mtk devices
C.Hatfield said:
TMK, the link is already ready to be a boot animation. It just needs to be renamed bootanimation.zip and pushed to system/media
As for the "proper" screen size for the N7 ... IDK, that'd be my only question
**edit: it is already named properly, so just push it to system/media ... and reboot, viola.
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:fingers-crossed: Please add (for noobs like me) boot sound will work if renamed to bootaudio.mp3
anyways I figured it out and thanks a lot coz i was unable to workout that fps part and my phone booted up before completing the animation.
Thanks a lot again(already hitted thanks ). :fingers-crossed:

[Q] Boot animation

Why are boot animations i am downloading not working? I'm making sure they are .zip and are named "boot animation.zip". I'm placing them in /data/local like i am told to but still just my normal stock boot animation, Any suggestions?

nty123 said:
Why are boot animations i am downloading not working? I'm making sure they are .zip and are named "boot animation.zip". I'm placing them in /data/local like i am told to but still just my normal stock boot animation, Any suggestions?
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The boot animation files are located in system/customize/resource. You'll have to match the name exactly to what the current animation is. Usually bootanimation.zip or hTC_bootup.zip (I think those are the right names)
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brholt6 said:
The boot animation files are located in system/customize/resource. You'll have to match the name exactly to what the current animation is. Usually bootanimation.zip or hTC_bootup.zip (I think those are the right names)
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thanks for your reply, i just checked what you said and all it shows up for me is /system/customize. No resource. when i go to /system/media/ there is a boot animation.zip but whenever i replace it, some random "android" boot logo appears. Is it that I'm on a GPE rom?

[Q] [HELP] Can't change boot animation

I am currently running S3Rx rom and tried to change the boot animation while following this tutorial. However, when I went to File Manager and selected my qmg files and attempted to move them to their respective folders, I was greeted with the following message: "The operation's command was not found or has an invalid definition."
How do I fix this? Thanks in advance!
SOLVED: Had to install Root Explorer.
On another note: how do I remove the Samsung boot logo and the Galaxy SIII branding that follows it? I've already replaced bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.gmg in system/media

draygun28 said:
On another note: how do I remove the Samsung boot logo and the Galaxy SIII branding that follows it? I've already replaced bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.gmg in system/media
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It has to be done in the kernel if I'm not mistaken.. I'm not sure if I've seen a tutorial for this but there may be

Changing Boot Animation?

Hey, guys! I haven't really posted on here yet. Though once I got my Pixel 2 XL and root was achieved I immediately got to work on modding. I hadn't ever rooted a device before and it took so much trial and error. But I've gotten to a point where I'm relatively comfortable with my device except for one issue: restarting my phone causes that AWFUL bright, max brightness screen to be displayed. Most of my apps and such are dark if I can help it.
I've been trying to flash/move the file/alter my boot animation using substratum, system/media/ in solid explorer, etc. No dice thus far! Substratum just gives me an error.
I'm not able to modify/rename things in system/media/ and have only managed thus far to copy/paste a .zip renamed to "bootanimation.zip" into the folder and overwrite the original. It definitely overwrote it. But now I just get a black screen with Android across it for an animation. I assume that's the OS fallback.
Is it just not possible yet in Oreo? I can deal with it. But it's bugging me and I don't know if I'm just missing something.

No need to flash a new boot animation, just take whatever boot animation zip file you want to change it to and replace the original one. The location is in system/media, the name you need to use for the zip is bootanimation, and once your new boot animation is in the system/media folder, change the permissions of the file so that it reads rw-r-r-
The boot animations in substratum themes often do not work, but any properly assembled bootanimation of the appropriate size will work when replaced in the above described method.

Definitely sounds like a permissions issue. Make sure you change the permissions for the zip file when it is in the system/media folder other wise any file you paste into that folder will just revert back to -rw-rw---- which of course will not play during the boot and you will experience the black screen.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852621
This might help also. But what he said too.

jasonstackhouse said:
No need to flash a new boot animation, just take whatever boot animation zip file you want to change it to and replace the original one. The location is in system/media, the name you need to use for the zip is bootanimation, and once your new boot animation is in the system/media folder, change the permissions of the file so that it reads rw-r-r-
The boot animations in substratum themes often do not work, but any properly assembled bootanimation of the appropriate size will work when replaced in the above described method.
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I just checked and it appears I do have the right permissions. Could it be the permissive thing, as mentioned below?

jasonstackhouse said:
Definitely sounds like a permissions issue. Make sure you change the permissions for the zip file when it is in the system/media folder other wise any file you paste into that folder will just revert back to -rw-rw---- which of course will not play during the boot and you will experience the black screen.
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I have it set for rw-r-r- and it is still just the black "Android" animation.

Finally got it fixed! Ultimately I found that setting permissions in solid explorer wasn't enough. I downloaded Root toolkit by cpu82 on here, mounted system r/w, then I moved things around.
Renamed original bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak, moved the new "bootanimation.zip" to the /system/media folder, set the permissions (as suggested on this post), then rebooted to test.
Other than the REALLY white Google splash screen with the unlocked lock icon, the boot animation is dark! I'm very pleased with it, as it now matches my system. Thanks for the help, guys! I just needed another way to make the system folder writable.

jgreen077 said:
Finally got it fixed! Ultimately I found that setting permissions in solid explorer wasn't enough. I downloaded Root toolkit by cpu82 on here, mounted system r/w, then I moved things around.
Renamed original bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak, moved the new "bootanimation.zip" to the /system/media folder, set the permissions (as suggested on this post), then rebooted to test.
Other than the REALLY white Google splash screen with the unlocked lock icon, the boot animation is dark! I'm very pleased with it, as it now matches my system. Thanks for the help, guys! I just needed another way to make the system folder writable.
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Does SafetyNet still pass when altering the boot animation in system?

ilal2ielli said:
Does SafetyNet still pass when altering the boot animation in system?
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Yes mine does

ilal2ielli said:
Does SafetyNet still pass when altering the boot animation in system?
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Mine does as well! It still has the white screen that shows the unlocked icon, but after that the boot animation kicks in.

jrbxx7 said:
Yes mine does
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jgreen077 said:
Mine does as well! It still has the white screen that shows the unlocked icon, but after that the boot animation kicks in.
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Thank you both for confirming. I had been waiting for someone to confirm, as I hadn't seen any information whether or not it would trip SafetyNet.