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Here's a tutorial for those wanting to make their own (animated) bootscreen for the HTC Hero. Decided to write it after I'd seen a couple of posts from people asking about this, and some encouragement from yet another. I've tried to write this in greatest detail possible, so everyone can have a go at doing this.
Tools
It's really quite simple, if you have the proper tools for the job:
SignAPK.jar + testkey.pk8 + testkey.x509.pem
SignAPK.cmd (batch file written by me to facilitate signapk.jar use)
Graphics editor that can work with animated GIF files (Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks recommended)
a plain text editor capable of editing UNIX files (if you're unsure about this, use the free, and open source Notepad++. You can get the Installer.exe here.)
These aren't required, but make things easier:
Android SDK Tools installed (working adb.exe at the very least)
Hero's stock bootscreen to start from)
I have attached two stock Hero bootscreens (one with and one without the HTC startup sound), as well a zip file with the signapk files.
Setting up SignAPK
First, make sure you have Java installed. If not go to www.java.com to install it.
Second, I recommend to unzip the SignAPK_xda.zip file to C:\SignAPK.
Lastly, add the signapk folder to your PATH environment variable:
[*]Go to Control Panel, System
[*]Click on "Advanced" (or "Advanced System Settings")
[*]Click the button "Environment Variables..."
[*]Locate the PATH variable under "User Variables" (or "System variables" if you want to use SignAPK under other user accounts) and double-click it to edit
[*]In the "Variable Value" field, at the end of the line, type a semi-colon and the path to the signapk files ;C:\SignAPK
[*]You could also add the path to your java.exe file here if you have troubles with running signapk.
A note on signapk.CMD
I wrote this batch file so it's possible to sign a zip file from a command line with the least amount of typing (saves time and less chance of a typo). It will check for java.exe and if it doesn't find it in your %PATH% it will let you know and try anyway. It will also prompt you to overwrite or not, if it finds the signed destination file already exists. Open in notepad to find out more.
Contents of bootscreen_stock.zip
You can delete the following three files, as they are created by the signing process:
META-INF\CERT.RSA
META-INF\CERT.SF
META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
This file contains the command to copy the files to the SYSTEM: volume on your device - you never need to edit this:
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
This file tells Android how and which files to display - open in Notepad++:
system\media\bootscreen\boot_animation.xml
Then we have the actual bootscreen files:
system\media\bootscreen\boot1.gif - shown first, and plays only once
system\media\bootscreen\boot2.gif - shown after first ends, and loops forever (i.e. until end of boot sequence)
system\media\bootscreen\boot_bg.gif - optional file, this file is used as background during entire boot sequence if the 2 aforementioned files are smaller than Hero's screen
system\media\bootscreen\boot.mp3 - optional sound file, played once during boot
boot_animation.xml file contents
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
* Copyright (C) 2008 HTC Inc.
*
-->
[COLOR="Red"]<!-- For new bootup animation
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
image2="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif" (optional)
image3="/system/media/bootscreen/boot3.gif" (optional)
screenX="100" (optional)
screenY="130" (optional)
image_bg = "/system/media/bootscreen/boot_bg.gif" (optional)
useAudio="1" // 1: true ; 0:false (optional)
/>
</BootConfiguration>
-->
[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]<!-- For cropped version -->
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
image2="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
image3="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
loopimage="/system/media/bootscreen/boot2.gif"
image_bg="/system/media/bootscreen/boot_bg.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
screenX="10"
screenY="180"
useAudio="1"
/>
</BootConfiguration>
[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]<!-- For full screen version -->
<!--BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation
image="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif"
audio="/system/media/bootscreen/boot.mp3"
useAudio="1"
/>
</BootConfiguration-->[/COLOR]
This is the file included with the stock bootscreen. This file actually contains 3(!) configurations, however the first and third (red-colored) have been commented out. In short, edit the middle (green-colored) "BootConfiguration" section.
Delete the line that begins with image3= as you won't need it.
If you do not wish to include a startup sound, delete lines starting with:
audio=
useaudio=
Alternatively, simply set useAudio=0
If you boot1.gif and boot2.gif files are both 320x480 pixels, delete lines starting with:
image_bg=
screenX=
screenY=
Alternatively, simply set screenX=0 and screenY=0
If you delete the audio= and image_bg= lines, you can ofcourse delete the files audio.mp3 and image_bg.gif to keep the update.zip as small as possible.
ScreenX and ScreenY are coordinates in pixels, that tell Android where to place the GIF files on the screen. Top-left of the screen would be ScreenX=0 and ScreenY=0; bottom-right would be ScreenX=320 and ScreenY=480. This means that if you make a GIF file that is 200 px wide and 180px high and you wish to center this on the screen, you'd use ScreenX=60 and ScreenY=150 (i.e. ScreenX=320-200=120/2=60 and ScreenY=480-180=300/2=150). If your GIF files are exactly 320x480 pixels, you can set ScreenX and ScreenY both to 0, or leave those two lines out entirely.
Creating a GIF animation from scratch
(boot1.gif and boot2.gif)
Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 (cannot speak for older versions, I think you'd need the now discontinued Adobe ImageReady instead):
Create a layer for each frame of your animation (yes, I didn't say creating an animation from scratch wouldn't be a lot of work)
Click Window -> Animation to show the Animation panel
Click the panel menu (top right icon in panel) and choose "Make Frames from Layers"
If the frames are loaded in reverse from what you intended, choose "Reverse Frames" from the Animation panel menu
From the panel menu, choose "Optimize Animation" and UNtick both "Bounding Box" and "Redundant Pixel Removal"
Finally, go to File -> Save for Web & Devices, UNtick "Transparency" and play with some of the options to reduce file size.
To (re-)open an animated GIF file in Photoshop CS4, go to File -> Import -> Video Frames to Layers and type in the file name box *.gif then hit the Enter key so you can see GIF files, browse to it, select and click Load.
Using Adobe Fireworks CS4:
Make sure the "States" panel is visible, via Window -> States
Create a new "State" for each frame of your animation
To set frame delays, or basically set how long each frame will be shown for, in 100ths of a second, select one or more states and right-click, choose "Properties"
Make sure you do not use transparency (this gave me problems)
To save, go to File -> Save As, set "Save as Type" to "Animated GIF (*.gif)" and "click Options"
Do check "Dither" for better looking gradients and transitions
Play with the options on the first tab to reduce file size
On the "Animation" tab, UNcheck "Crop each state" (don't do this and get some crazy glitchy results in your bootscreen)
Creating a GIF animation by converting a G1 bootscreen animation to Hero format
(boot1.gif and boot2.gif)
You can also import a bunch of PNG files as layers (and subsequently frames) from, for example, a G1 bootscreen.
The fastest way in my experience is simply using Fireworks' File -> Open dialog, make sure all files are in one directory, select them all, do check the "Open as Animation" checkbox and click "Open". This will open each file into its own state in one big file. Then use instructions above to set frame delays and proceed to save as animated GIF.
You can also do it in Photoshop, but this method is very slow, via File -> Scripts -> Load Files into Stack (UNtick "Create Smart Object after loading layers"). Then follow the steps above to create an animated GIF file.
Compiling your bootscreen
If you have the files you want, it's time to zip them and then sign the zip file.
Make a folder "mybootscreen" and unzip the stock bootscreen into that, so it looks like this:
META-INF\CERT.RSA
META-INF\CERT.SF
META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
system\media\bootscreen\boot_animation.xml
system\media\bootscreen\boot1.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot2.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot_bg.gif
system\media\bootscreen\boot.mp3
Delete those first 3 files, edit the XML file as needed and replace the GIF files with your own (see my explanations above).
Use for example 7-zip to select the 2 folders META-INF and system and click "Add" (to create new archive)
Make sure you set "Archive Format" to ZIP
Open a Command Prompt window (click Start, Run, type cmd and click OK, or if you have Vista or Windows 7, click Start, type cmd and hit Enter key)
Use this command to go to the directory with your zip file: CD /D C:\path\to\your\file
Type signapk mybootscreen.zip and hit Enter key
Barring any typo's you should now have a file named mybootscreen_signed.zip. You can copy that to the root of your SDCARD and flash it via your recovery image, or use DroidExplorer's flash function.
If this tutorial was of any use to you, or you have ideas to make it better, please reply and let me know. Thanks for reading!
EDIT (2010-04-11): updated SignApk_xda_v20100411.zip. Fixed a couple of forgotten quotes in signapk.cmd that made signing files with spaces in their filenames impossible. New zipfile attached.
wooooo THANKS!
THANKS A LOT! I have made the animated gifs and the sound, but I was insure how to sign and create the signed zip. I'll be trying this ASAP when Ive finished work. Ill keep you posted....
Thanks again m8.
Great guide, I have made my own bootscreen for the Villain rom, but for some reason, when i flash it to my hero, on boot, it plays less than a second of it, ad then messes up completely and displays random static like on an old tv, and then just a black screen for the remainder of the boot time
Help!! my gifs are not that big, i made sure of that (only slightly more than the stock) and i made them in photoshop CS4 with the animations panel, and followed your instructions to the letter.
Gifs are bellow, please help, as i would really like to release these, as i think they are really nice.
Boot1
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Boot2
Hey, very nice work! Try the zip I've attached. I think it came out great.
It boils down to a few small problems. Here are some steps I took to correct them:
Imported your files into PS as I described in the tutorial using "Video frames to Layers"
Edit -> Convert to Profile -> sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (UNcheck "Flatten Image")
For just boot1.gif in Animation Panel, bottom left, set looping to "Once"
For just boot1.gif via Image -> Image Size... -> Width:320px, Height:480px, Resolution:72dpi, Check Resample Image and set to "Bicubic"
File -> Save for Web & Devices, with these settings: Selective, Diffusion, UNcheck transparency, UNcheck interlaced, Colors:64 (as this is a grayscale animation, it looks fine), Dither:100%, Matte:none, Web snap:0%, Lossy:0, Metadata:none.
The end result is bigger files, but they work. The XML was fine.
Great! thanks a lot for your help, and your original guide, I might do a few more boot screens now as it looks really good (in my opinion)
mattyyey said:
THANKS A LOT! I have made the animated gifs and the sound, but I was insure how to sign and create the signed zip. I'll be trying this ASAP when Ive finished work. Ill keep you posted....
Thanks again m8.
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How'd it come out? Would love to see your results!
Really interessant, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this How-To!
For the signing process I haven't use your "signapk.cmd" (since I'm a linux user)But I have a question: testkey.x509.pem & testkey.pk8 you provied are only to sign app for the Hero? or is it a standard Android singning process? I mean... where are those key from?
For now i've just "resign" the stockbootscreen for "educational purpose", soon I'll try to create something, I hope
EDIT: Okay I was able to resign the original one correctly since I was able to flash it, BUT my bootscreen is still this nexus one animated. So maybe I don't understand wich bootscreen we actually modifing. I know this is not the really first one (this one is fine: spend one day to find that we need a custom SPL to change my ex horrible T-mobile first bootscreen to a Hero one) So why can't I remove the nexus one coming with aHero ROM?
EDIT2: using
Code:
./adb pull /system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif ./Desktop
I get the right image... that mean the files are correctly flashed on my ROM but nothing change so that mean aHero is using a different path for the 2nd bootscreen ???
Thanks for any hint
carbonyle said:
Really interessant, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for this How-To!
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You're most welcome!
carbonyle said:
For the signing process I haven't use your "signapk.cmd" (since I'm a linux user)But I have a question: testkey.x509.pem & testkey.pk8 you provied are only to sign app for the Hero? or is it a standard Android singning process? I mean... where are those key from?
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The signapk files (except signapk.cmd) came from a 5MB file named "AndroidMod.zip" that floats around the internet, so to speak. It also contains 3 img files, part of a tutorial I guess, which are not needed for signing. The testkey certificates were created by whomever made that zipfile. The credentials for those files are quite anonymous ("Android" and "[email protected]", etc), so they should be fine to use. You could use openssl to generate your own key files. I tried, and they generated okay, but zips signed with my own certificate wouldn't flash. Recovery (Amon RA) kept saying the files weren't signed. So if you figure out how to properly generate your own certificates, I'd love to hear it.
carbonyle said:
For now i've just "resign" the stockbootscreen for "educational purpose", soon I'll try to create something, I hope
EDIT: Okay I was able to resign the original one correctly since I was able to flash it, BUT my bootscreen is still this nexus one animated. So maybe I don't understand wich bootscreen we actually modifing. I know this is not the really first one (this one is fine: spend one day to find that we need a custom SPL to change my ex horrible T-mobile first bootscreen to a Hero one) So why can't I remove the nexus one coming with aHero ROM?
EDIT2: using
Code:
./adb pull /system/media/bootscreen/boot.gif ./Desktop
I get the right image... that mean the files are correctly flashed on my ROM but nothing change so that mean aHero is using a different path for the 2nd bootscreen ???
Thanks for any hint
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I don't know I'll download aHero and have a look.
EDIT: Okay, just had a quick look in "aHero07-signed.zip" and it appears Android 2.1 uses a different bootscreen format. Do this:
adb shell
cd /system/media
ls
Instead of a bootscreen directory you'll see a file "bootanimation.zip". Instead of 2 animated GIFs, it contains 2 directories. Each directory is an animation, with a bunch of PNG files for frames. A text file describes which dir is what animation (order of playback) and the delay between frames. If you want to convert a 1.5/1.6 bootscreen from GIFs to seperate PNGs for use in this new format, just open the GIF file in Photoshop (or GIMP I guess) as described and save each frame as a seperate file (Photoshop has a function or script for that, maybe GIMP does too).
Maybe you'll find more information in this thread. I got the Supernova bootscreen graphics (see my sig) from there, which I converted into a bootscreen for Cupcake.
Well, my experience from running 2.1, you can use the bootanimation.zip, or if you delete it and create the bootscreen folder, it also works.
I have the same problem though, when I load up my gif, using the old method, it looks like hells just got unleashed on the gif. Nothing in place, static, etc... I followed your tutorial, tried a couple things, nothing has been working so far...
EDIT: Nvm, found another program to remove the transparency, works now! Got bored, haven't seen any terminal style logins - this works great for my phone, the timing might be different for others though.
To get it working, just delete your bootanimation.zip and flash the zip as usual.
Boot1
Boot2
http://groups.google.com/group/admin-panel-dev/web/terminal_signed.zip
Great tutorial! And nice work that one is Warhawk
I have a problem. I made one by screen capturing some video. Converted it to .gif fine. I can play it in windows fine, but when flashing to android the image just gives a black screen (its only the gif area of the screen cos the animation is only 300x120.
I have provided the .gif above, if anyone can help.
Thanks
I went ahead and removed the transparency from the gif, it showed up on my Hero just fine when I zip/signed it.
Aaah Thanks so much buddy. I swear i tried that though (maybe i made a mistake)
Cheers so much!
I am getting an error after flashing. My installation aborts.
...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
E:Can't find update script
Installation aborted.
...
Can you help??
quan_one said:
I am getting an error after flashing. My installation aborts.
...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
E:Can't find update script
Installation aborted.
...
Can you help??
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Upload your update.zip. Some-one should be able to help.
Did you include the update-script to: \META-INF\com\google\android
Hey guys I created my own boot screen but I am failing to see why my gif will not display on my hero. I have created it from scratch being careful not to include any transparent images or layers but it still displays as a black screen. I am not sure what would cause my gif not to play on my phone other than a transparency issue.
Any help would be more than welcome.
(I am able to sign my zip and flash it no problem)
(edit: The image was my actual .gif but after upload it turn into a jpeg. I will host the file and upload from there.)
My stuff can be found here at mediafire : http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=43b651ad9cd91774e7c82ed4b8f0c380e53d1e35008d24d5d8c7c6998cb4ca21
.psd
signed zip
Thanks again!
rejectedkid said:
Hey guys I created my own boot screen but I am failing to see why my gif will not display on my hero. ...
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You need to go into mybootanimation_signed.zip\system\media\bootscreen and edit your boot_animation.xml.
phaelox said:
...ScreenX and ScreenY are coordinates in pixels, that tell Android where to place the GIF files on the screen. Top-left of the screen would be ScreenX=0 and ScreenY=0; bottom-right would be ScreenX=320 and ScreenY=480. This means that if you make a GIF file that is 200 px wide and 180px high and you wish to center this on the screen, you'd use ScreenX=60 and ScreenY=150 (i.e. ScreenX=320-200=120/2=60 and ScreenY=480-180=300/2=150). If your GIF files are exactly 320x480 pixels, you can set ScreenX and ScreenY both to 0, or leave those two lines out entirely...
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The difficult thing is that you have two .gifs that are diff sizes so not too sure what to do.
On the one I made, my .gifs are both the same resolution so the value I set for ScreenX and ScreenY work for both.
Look at some other people's .xml files and hope you find someone elses that also uses two different resolution .gifs.
ah. thanks for your input
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
And just because there are no transparent images that you can see or know you put in, doesn't mean that they aren't in there. For some reason, even if I untick Transparent layers in PS, I still get them. I went and got Animation Shop 3, optimized the gif after making it in PS, then re-wrote the file, and everything works fine.
Hope everything is working
Hi !
I have 2 questions :
First one :
To ddotpatel : Your bootscreen is really nice ! Is it working on any 2.1 rom or do I have to change it ? On which rom did you create it ?
And the second one, that tuto is working on 1.5 and 2.1 roms ? Because I heard that it was different to make an 1.5 bootscreen and an 2.1 one...
Thanks for your answers
I'm trying to compile some boot animations that are 320x480 for the Aria. This is all I got so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696193
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/56647-boot-animation-gallery.html
and here is a neat tool for previewing boot animations.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676385
I posted the links to give credit where it's due, as I didn't create any of this. If anyone knows of anymore 320X480 boot animations, post them here please.
Here's another page that I just found.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737873
Most of these are 478x318
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623960
which size do we want for our aria?
Thanks,
Mike
320x480 it's the same as the G1.
thanks
-Mike
just take a normal boot animation and resize it to 320 480
anyone have any good recomendations on bootanimations im addicted to mixing it up lol
IM running the nexus one boot up, looks very cool. I like the red rage one too but id like to speed it up a tad.
Here's my bootanimation.zip created specifically for the Aria (480 x 320).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=359230&d=1278999405
It's the green android peeking out from behind the HTC logo. Just adb push.
GIF shown below for preview.
Heres a Matrix boot animation. I didnt create this boot animation nor do I know who did. I got from the UOT Kitchen and modified it to work with our devices by changing the resolution.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7e01whe21xupkko
Can I just boot into clockwork and install the zip file from my sd card? I do not know anything about sdk tools
Thanks
durtydawg said:
Can I just boot into clockwork and install the zip file from my sd card? I do not know anything about sdk tools
Thanks
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if you have sdk installed its not that complicated.
Reboot your phone into recovery and go to the partition menu and mount system.
Put the bootanimation.zip file into your sdk>tools folder. Then startup a command prompt.
from there change to the directory of your sdk tools folder. For me I would type "cd C:\Users\Jason\Documents\android-sdk-windows\tools" and hit Enter, but it all depends on where you have sdk installed on your computer. Theres also a thread on here on how to make a cmd shortcut that takes you straight to that folder each time.
Then type these commands into the command prompt (w/o the "")
1. "adb shell" and hit Enter.
2. "cd /data/local" and hit Enter.
3. "rm bootanimation.zip" and hit Enter.
4. "cd /system/media/" and hit Enter.
5. "rm bootanimation.zip" and hit Enter.
6. "exit" and hit Enter.
7. "adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local" and hit Enter.
8. "adb reboot" and Enter and you should have yourself a new bootanimation
Edit: Steps 1-6 may be optional...Im not sure if you have to remove the previous bootanimation.zip from those folders before installing a new one...but I do it anyways just to be safe.
I'm using rage bootanimation however if anyone here has tried it on the aria will notice that the animation is either too long or too slow. I'm wondering if anyone can suggestion how I can make the animation faster or shorter. I prefer to make it faster if possible. TIA
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
Thanks for the info followed your directions to the letter but does not change my animation, I see where it loads it tells me the size of the file. But after reboot same ole screen.
I am running the ATT stock rom rooted would that be the issue? That its the stock rom?
Thanks again for all the help. I am loving this root stuff I must have fifty live wallpapers now, of course hardly ever use them just nice to do it if I want to instead of a company deciding what I can run or not run on something I paid for.
This is weird I used the boot animation preview tool to verify the zip file was good seen a button that said send to device clicked it rebooted phone and there it was.
Here is an animated gif I made of a droid commercial if someone wants to make boot animation out of it. I am not sure how to do it myself total noob to droid.
zeyoner said:
I'm using rage bootanimation however if anyone here has tried it on the aria will notice that the animation is either too long or too slow. I'm wondering if anyone can suggestion how I can make the animation faster or shorter. I prefer to make it faster if possible. TIA
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
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could you post a link to that rage bootanimation TIA. also i read at the top of this page where someone changed the resolution of a matrix boot animation to fit the aria using the uot kitchin i dont really know if that helps but maybe...
zeyoner said:
I'm using rage bootanimation however if anyone here has tried it on the aria will notice that the animation is either too long or too slow. I'm wondering if anyone can suggestion how I can make the animation faster or shorter. I prefer to make it faster if possible. TIA
Sent from my Liberty using XDA App
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Here's how you breakdown the desc.txt file with the bootanimation:
320 480 25
p 0 0 droid
the '320 480' is the resolution.
the '25' is the frames per second.
not sure what the 'p' stands for.
the first number after the 'p' is the number of times the animation will loop. '0' means infintely til the device boots.
the second number is how many 'fps' gap there is inbetween animation loops. '0' would mean it just continues to loop with no pause.
the 'droid' is the folder name that contains the .gif's for the animation. This will change based on the folder name.
Some bootanimations have more than one folder. Like the nexus bootanimation has a 'part0' and a 'part1' folder. The first folders .gif's are set not to repeat and the second folder is set to loop infinitely.
Here's an example:
480 320 30
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1
So you could either remove some of the gif's from the folders or you could simply speed up the fps for a faster boot animation.
i couldnt get this rage bootanimation to work so if someone does, please post a link to it..or if someone could help me that would also be cool thanks for any help guys
Like the title says, this is how to modify your Notification title drawer on the Captivate with Froyo like Tatuyama's theme's drawer(notification slide) for the i9000. This will tell you how to make it transparent and add a graphic or change the colors. This has been tested on Cog B7, dont think it works on i9000 roms like Shep's. I can help you though on this if you absolutely are dieing to do it. It will just take a little fandanglin and searching but can be done. I ripped apart Shep's rom and found all of Tat's mods, I jsut dont remember them off the top of my head..
I have also attached the drop bars from Tat's theme and another black AOSP bar should you want to use it. I have also included a PSD file to modify to your liking, my APK's for the frameworks I edited below (these include the tat icons already inside), a blank black background bar to use should you want, and other goodies for your modding needs. I have also slapped some screenies below to get an idea of wtf I am even talking about. Also if you use my Frameworks be aware that I am using the battery mod version "I" from that one thread, injected Tat's icons and goodies, and other MISC things.
I will try to do this as simple as possible. I dont linger in the themes area so you are pretty much on your own. I am going to write this tutorial based on Windows O/S and Adobe Photoshop. Attempt this at your own risk. If you biff it up its not my fault. I wrote the directions as I did it, and I am working great with awesome sauce dripping from my phone. I cannot be held responsible if you are below par of the preqs listed. I assume if you are going to attempt it you are competent and comfortable with all things required. However, should you somehow mess up, I do provide some SYA (save your ass) directions below. That being said, Good luck and Mod On!
Prerequisites:
1) ADB Dev Kit and experience using it (push, pull, shell)
2) Photoshop or other photo editing software & experience
3) Basic Windows experience: cut/copy/paste/rename/zipping/moving files. (if you use linux you shouldnt worry as you more than likely are a power user already and can cross apply).
Step 1: We need to download the APK's off the phone and get them ready for editing (or yank them out of the ROM package you download).
1) open a CMD (command prompt) window type:
adb pull /system/framework/twframework-res.apk C:\
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk C:\This will save the files to your root of C:. Should you want to do it elsewhere you can specify or else leave it blank and it will stick the files in your developer kit folder.
2) (OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED! STEP) Navigate to where you saved the files, right click and copy/paste to make a set of backups of these files.
3) Rename the .apk to .zip files. You can also associate your .apk to a program like WinRAR or WinZIP instead. This will open APK Files by default or optional secondary(open with). This makes the whole thing a lot easier as you can open the file(APK) and leave it up, make the edits and drop them directly back into the APK. KEEP FILE STRUCTURE PROPER!
4) Extract the APK files to seperate folders or dig out the below files for editing.
Step 2: Editing the proper files.
1) Navigate to twframework.apk's extracted folder from above or these files you extracted.
2) Find and open sub folder /res/
3) Once in /res/ find and open /drawable-hdpi/
4) Once in /drawable-hdpi/ locate the following files:
- status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
- status_bar_header_background.png (this is the 5 icons across the top of drawer)
- status_bar_close_on.png (this is the dropdown bar at the bottom of drawer)
- quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)
5) Open these files in Photoshop(or another editor)
6) Verify these are set to RGB not Index color mode so you can edit them.
7) Edit the layers to make them transparent. If there are not layers, right click and "create layer from background". You can then edit your layer settings. I set mine to 75% transparency in Photoshop, the actual background to 85% to darken it up a little. This will take some tweaking to get it just perfect for you. Make sure you save them in .png format with the same name they started with and not the PSD or "copy". Also you want non interlaced if it prompts you.
8) Do the same steps for the framework-res.apk.
- status_bar_item_app_background_normal.9.png (not sure if this one is necessary)
- status_bar_item_background_normal.9.png (this is teh notifications)
Step 3: Put it together and upload.
After you update the files, you will need to inject them back ito the APK's where you got them (/res/drawable-hdpi/). You can do this by opening the APK with Winzip/WinRAR/7zip and put them in there or if you extracted the entire contents just zip it all back up. You will need to remove the .zip extension if you went that route. Also, make sure you open it after zipping and verify it maintains the correct structure or you will be doing the recovery shuffle after you reboot. If you see only 1 folder in your zip this is WRONG! You need to see assets, RES, META-INF, and 2 other files in there(manifests and resources). If you see all these then you are ready to rock and roll.
After you get them back together upload them to your device using:
adb push <location of apk you edited>\framework-res.apk /sdcard/
adb push <location of apk you edited>\twframework-res.apk /sdcard/
then in teh same command prompt window (or another, whatever)
adb shell
su
cd sdcard
cp twframework-res.apk /system/framework/twframework-res.apk
cp framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
reboot
It shouldnt take but a second to come back up. You are done.
It may take a little bit of editing of the files to get them to look OK. I spent most of my day today getting mine together. You can use them if you like the "hootie edition" or just edit your own.
SEE POST #6 IF SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!!
Screenies:
http://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-1.pnghttp://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-2.pnghttp://www.wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-3.png
That looks fantastic. I want your notification drop down and all minus the owl of course and text, but can this be done by using metamorph instead of having to adb everything?
awsome write up. Looks pretty simple and I will attempt this when I get home today.
This is an absolutely EXCELLENT tutorial. Props to you. I will be doing this shortly to all my Captivates in the house, 3 in use, plus the 4th one I'm using as a Dev phone.
Hi,
I've followed your instructions. After the files have been pushed up, my phone goes through the usual errors due to the framework change. The problem I'm having is that after I restart my phone, the phone gets past the galaxy s screen, but then it goes black and does not respond. Any suggestions?
smeltn said:
That looks fantastic. I want your notification drop down and all minus the owl of course and text, but can this be done by using metamorph instead of having to adb everything?
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To be honest I have never used metamorph on the Captivate. On my G1 yes you could acheive that. I googled the metamorph tutorial Junkdruggler did and it looks rather lengthy and involved editing XML files. You can find that info here. Also, the files you would need to do my way with just a blank one are above. Just download the closebars zip and the "blank" zip. Then mod/inject your APK - or hell mine from above- and push it to your device. This is a rather quick ordeal.
thehavock18 said:
awsome write up. Looks pretty simple and I will attempt this when I get home today.
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miztaken1312 said:
This is an absolutely EXCELLENT tutorial. Props to you. I will be doing this shortly to all my Captivates in the house, 3 in use, plus the 4th one I'm using as a Dev phone.
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Thanks guys, took me a little while to figure it all out and a lot of framework pushing to get it just right Let me know how it turns out for you! Hell post some screenshots when you are done. I want to see them
gangpe said:
Hi,
I've followed your instructions. After the files have been pushed up, my phone goes through the usual errors due to the framework change. The problem I'm having is that after I restart my phone, the phone gets past the galaxy s screen, but then it goes black and does not respond. Any suggestions?
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Well, not sure what you mean "usual errors" with framework change? I havent ever had any issues with the framework replacements. I occasionally have then crash if I replace them while phone is on and not in recovery. A reboot fixes this though. Are you using a Cap rom or an I9000? This doesnt work on I9000 roms as thier APK's are slightly different- teh HDPI folder has a v4 at the end (IIRC). I can help you through this though if that's the case..
If it truly is a cap rom, I did experience a similar problem on my phone one time when I pushed the framework.apk. What had happened is I right-clicked the ROOT directory I had placed all the files in and said to zip it. This caused the folder to be INSIDE the zip. So the file structure went like this:
>>ZIP FILE I CREATED>>
--------->>FOLDER ALL FILES WERE IN>>
------------------>>FILE STRUCTURE OF THE ORIGINAL APK>>
Which should have been
>>ZIP FILE I CREATED>>
--------->>FILE STRUCTURE OF ORIGINAL APK>>
To better explain it- If you open the zip you created, do you see the RES folder, META-INF folder, assets folder, and then there will be 2 other files? Or do you see 1 single folder? If you see 1 single folder you zipped it up incorrectly. You will need to go into the folder and select all-> right click-> zip (send to-> compressed folder). This should fix it. If this isnt the case something else went horribly wrong. To fix it we will need to restore the original files you hopefully backed up. If you didnt back up you still arent totally hosed- just redownload the ROM you are running, open it up and navigate to the /system/framework folder and pull out the original frameworks. Then follow these instructions to get them back on the device.
Step 1:
A quick way to get out of this situation is to take the copies rename them back to twframework-res.apk and framework-res.apk (or pull from the original rom package as mentioned above).
Hopefully you have the 2e recovery kernel, as you need it to get back to where you started. If you cant do clockwork, well you may as well odin cause you are a few flashes behind anyway.
K, so first you will need to download the update.zip I have included with this post. This is the clockwork recovery file. You will next need to put your phone in reocvery mode. to do this do:
adb reboot recovery
Step 2:
Next you will need push that file you downloaded to your SD. to do that you need to:
adb push <location of downloaded>\update.zip /sdcard/
Now, once in recovery- tell it to reinstall packages. This may reboot the phone. If it does, tell it to reinstall packages again. This should get you to clockwork recovery.
Step 3:
once you have a green clockwork recovery screen, you will get the chance to SU via ADB SHELL. You can then repeat the pushing of your ORIGINAL fles back to your phone and retry the process.
You could also pull the files you pushed to see what went wrong- but do that first as if you push before they will be overwritten with the original files.
Looking into doing a little custom work but before I do. Like Tat's theme do you need to edit XML files for specific things like the pop ups being black. Or do I just get the naming right and put the proper PNG in the apk.
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Looking into doing a little custom work but before I do. Like Tat's theme do you need to edit XML files for specific things like the pop ups being black. Or do I just get the naming right and put the proper PNG in the apk.
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This is only for the notification drawer and not the actual pop ups. If you want to edit the popups you will need to edit the XML files.
Thanks for the quick response. I might have to dive into all the XML edits.
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Thanks for the quick response. I might have to dive into all the XML edits.
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If you do post a how to thread cause I would like to know how myself
status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
If I ONLY wanted to make the pull-down menu background transparent the above file would be the only one that I need to mod... correct??
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status_bar_background.9.png (actual background of the drawer)
If I ONLY wanted to make the pull-down menu background transparent the above file would be the only one that I need to mod... correct??
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That is correct.
The one problem though is the AT&T (carrier part) at the top is also transparent and you quickly notice it looks a little strange with your items not transparent. I tried to live with it for a little bit but ended up modding the rest too.
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That is correct.
The one problem though is the AT&T (carrier part) at the top is also transparent and you quickly notice it looks a little strange with your items not transparent. I tried to live with it for a little bit but ended up modding the rest too.
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quick_panel_list_bg_01.9 (seperator between carrier and application info)
is this the file for the AT&T carrier part??
The quick panel is actually the part that says "Notifications" or "On Going" below the AT&T part. THe AT&T and clear button is part of the actual background peice. So what happens is the AT&T part becomes transparent, while the notification peices are solid. It may not bother you but it bugged the crap out of me. It's personal preference really..
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The quick panel is actually the part that says "Notifications" or "On Going" below the AT&T part. THe AT&T and clear button is part of the actual background peice. So what happens is the AT&T part becomes transparent, while the notification peices are solid. It may not bother you but it bugged the crap out of me. It's personal preference really..
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I get it. Well I'll try it out and see... I guess no better way to learn then to experience it first hand Thanks!
I was able to take the Cog Beta 7 framwork and Tat's framwork. I pulled out all the changes from his theme and put them in cog beta 7. I actually did not have to edit any files and was able to apply it.
I had to change a few file names around so all the backgrounds / pop ups applied to the theme. I left DG's background.
I don't want to post it since it is not my own work but if you want to take a look at the framwork and twframwork I can send them PM.
notification bar??
What file is the actual notification bar with the battery/clock/etc... would it be inside twframework-res.apk or framework-res.apk?
EDIT: Just set background transparency to 80% in photoshop and changed the color to black. The transparency seems ok, but it resembles minimalistic theme too much... gonna fiddle with it some more today.
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What file is the actual notification bar with the battery/clock/etc... would it be inside twframework-res.apk or framework-res.apk?
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it is in the framework.apk. The notification bar's file is:
statusbar_background.9.png
This is confirmed. I j ust set mine to a gradient and it actually looks kind of good.
screenie:
http://wtfokc.com/sef****/snapshot-4.png
Hey Malfunction,
Finally got it working past the galaxy S screen, thanks for the info. One last question, then I should be out of your hair. Where can I change the settings for the media scanning icons? Currently, the white default icons are showing, but I'm trying to change that to the black SD card. I'm going to look into it myself too; figured I'd ask though.
Thanks,
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Hey Malfunction,
Finally got it working past the galaxy S screen, thanks for the info. One last question, then I should be out of your hair. Where can I change the settings for the media scanning icons? Currently, the white default icons are showing, but I'm trying to change that to the black SD card. I'm going to look into it myself too; figured I'd ask though.
Thanks,
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Good deal, glad you got it working. What was the problem?
As for the SDCard- depends which you need. In framework-res there are these 3:
stat_notify_sdcard.png
stat_notify_sdcard_prepare.png
stat_notify_sdcard_usb.png
I had to do some hunting to find out which program was the running process for the Media Scanner. It is "MediaProvider.apk" on your /system/app folder. I edited mine and it now works and has all the Tat icons loaded. Thanks for that heads up I hadnt noticed that little piece before you mentioned it.
I looked at Tat's ROM section and also saw that he has edited these, may consider if you are wanting to mimick his:
DownloadProvider (Market)
MediaProvider (Media Scanner)
Vending (Market)
PackageProvider.apk (Uninstallation Screen)
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk (Google Search)
Startup & Shutdown Animations from the Android Commercials -SHUTDOWN SOUND NOW WORKS!
--UPDATE MAR 29--
SOUND NOW RE-SYNCED.
Okay so I've finally spent the time to re-edit the sound on the Android Eats Apple startup animation numerous times to get it in sync with the video. I have also done some minor edits to the video. I'm using LeeDrOiD Version 2.0.0 (as 2.2.2 doesn't work with DSP Manager and I like lowering the treble on the so music/sounds/ringtones don't sound so harsh). I've updated the MegaUpload link with the new Andoroid Eats Apple Animation. I can't say whether the sound will be in sync with other verions/ROMS but it is in sync with LeeDrOiD 2.0.0. (I hope it's in sync with 2.2.2). Lastly make sure the option for fastboot is off or the whole animation and sounds will probably not load up fully.
--UPDATE FEB 18--
Great news!! I've solved the problem of how to make shutdown sounds work on the Desire HD!! I do believe this is a first as I've not found any info on Android phones so far except for the Samsung (Facinate, Captivate, ect). I've posted the Bad Android Shutdown Animation.zip at the end of the post. Make sure to follow the guide here to get the sounds to work on shutdown. The guide for the shutdown sound will be based on using LeeDrOiD HD ROMs which I'm using but I'm guessing it should be similar on other ROMs or even stock HTC ROMs with Root Access. So basically what you need to do is grab the .xml files located on your phone at "/system/customize/CID/". For me the two files are: "default.xml" and "LeeDrOiD.xml". For those not familiar with how to copy files to and from the system folders of your phone have a look below as I've explained how to use ADB for those basic commands. Okay so basically for me I've tested using LeeDrOiD HD 1.5.1 and also the version 2.0.0 (using his 2.0.3 Kernal). Using a text editor (notepad with wordwrap switched off is fine) just go to the bottom of the file and change the old lines which will be something like this:
<ShutdownConfiguration>
<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip" image="" fps="15" />
</ShutdownConfiguration>
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...change em to this:
<ShutdownConfiguration>
<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip" audio="/data/local/shutdown.mp3" useAudio="1" image="" fps="24" />
</ShutdownConfiguration>
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Ok now you can see that you're going to have to copy an animation zip file (in the same format as a startup animation) called "downanimation.zip" to "/system/customize/resource/" and also need to copy an MP3 file named "shutdown.mp3" to "/data/local/". Okay for those feelin lazy who are using LeeDrOiD HD 2.0.0 I've included the two .xml files so you don't even need to edit yours, you can just push em to you phone. I've posted the shutdown animation zip file below as I did have to re-edit the sound file to get it in sync for shutting down as it must use a different timing that when used as a startup sound... I did it on LeeDrOiD 1.5.1 so it may need a little adjustment for LeeDrOiD 2.0.0 or other ROMs. Sorry I don't have time now... I've gotta move interstate in a couple of days!! So anyway to adjust the sound sync you just edit the sound file in your favourite sound editing software and simply cut and paste sections of silence as needed. Audio editing software which shows a timline with increments down to less than 1 sec is ideal. Please look at the bottom of the post for the new zip files for the Shutdown Animation and the .xml files. --Have fun
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Hi guys,
I hope this is allowed...
I've been workin on getting a couple of the Android Commercials into Startup & Shutdown animations. It's taken a long time, mostly with the audio, editing to get it in sync and creating new sound to completely replace the one for the "Bad Android" one... Unfortunately at this stage the I couldn't get any shutdown sound to work on the Desire HD. The "Andoird Eats Apple" was designed as a startup and the Bad Android was designed as a shutdown... So you can get the idea of the sound I've shown it as two startup animations.
Here's the youtube links to see how the animations look on my phone:
"Android Eats Apple"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbd135qp-0M
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"Bad Android"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI_DITbtRFk
Here are links to the animations. If MegaUpload ****s itself or the files get removed just PM me and I'll try repost a link:
"Android Eats Apple Animation" (Updated 29-Mar-2011)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2QFQNAQ5
"Bad Android Startup Animation"
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HW7YHHIK
-Bordem Warning-
The info I've typed bellow is a rough guide how to use the files for your phone and how to create your own animations.
Okay so these are set to go for any 480x800 screen size. They are pretty easy to customise if your screen size is smaller or larger. The settings for the screen size are in the "desc.txt" file included. If you set your screen size in that file the bootanimation resizes it all on the fly. For the shutdown animation the changing the screen size in "desc.txt" doesn't seem to resize the images so instead use a simple program like Imagicon to do a batch resize of all the images. To be safe (for other phones) it's best to set no more than 24K colour.
Now on the ROM I'm using (LeeDrOiD HD) the startup "bootanimation.zip" and "android_audio.mp3" go in the "/data/local" folder on the phone. The shutdown "downanimation.zip" goes in the "/system/customize/resource" folder. Here are some simple tips using ADB and command prompt in windows. Make sure the USB cable is of course connected on charge only with USB Debugging on:
(always best to do this first)
"adb remount"
(an example of how to list the folder contents)
"adb ls /data/local"
(If you wanna backup the original then)
"adb pull /data/local/bootanimation.zip"
"adb pull /data/local/android_audio.mp3"
(backup shutdown animation)
"adb pull /system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip"
To copy the animations and sounds first move the above backed up originals to some other folder. Now copy and new "bootanimation.zip", "android_audio.mp3" or "downanimation.zip" to your folder on your PC where you have adb (usually "platform-tools). Now in command prompt do:
"adb remount"
"adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local"
"adb push downanimation.zip /system/customize/resource"
(for the startup sound)
"adb push android_audio.mp3 /data/local"
Lastly I've found the "desc.txt" doesn't seem to work to change or set the right frame rate when using the shutdown animation. Here's how to change it.
For me using LeeDrOiD HD custom ROM I have two files (pretty much the same) one called "default.xml" and the other "LeeDrOiD.xml" they are located in the "/system/customize/CID". You get the idea by now how to push & pull the files from your phone. Use a txt editor like notepad for both .xml files and you'll see down the bottom of the files a section for the shutdown animation that looks something like this:
<ShutdownAnimation image_png="/system/customize/resource/downanimation.zip" image="" fps="15" />
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Now you just change the number next to the fps to whatever frame rate per second you want. For example if you are using my "Bad Android" shutdown animation then set it to 24.
Lastly just remember that I've included both zip animations containing the "bootanimation.zip" file, this can easily just be renamed to "downanimation.zip" and placed in the appropriate folder and it works as the shutdown animation. If you decide to rename another startup animation other that "Bad Android" you'll want to set the frame rate. You already know how to set it as I explained above but you'll need to find what to set the frame rate at.... Open desc.txt contained in the "bootanimation.zip" file and you'll see something like: 480 800 30p
the 30p means 30 frames per second. So in this example you'd now change the fps of your .xml files also to 30.
The possibilities are really limitless for shutdown and startup animations. Once you grab your video, it could really be from almost any source. Put it in the free program Super and set output to sequence of images and then either .png or .jpg. You can also crop images, resize and stretch all with this very easily. If you have wide animations like the one I've used you can select them all in windows explorer in Vista or Windows 7 and right click and just choose rotate right. You can now create your own folders within a "startupanimation.zip" or "downanimation.zip". Make sure when you zip it you use a program where you can choose "store mode" which is using no compression, if not the animation won't work. You can google the desc.txt settings if you need for more help. Lastly if your animation won't show anything, I've found often it's the damn "desc.txt". For some reason everything in it looks perfect but it somehow is causing the animation to not work. Copy a new desc.txt from a working bootanimation.zip and then re-edit with your settings.
Alright enough of this jibber-jabber... time to try out the animations and if you're up for it try make some of your own? Hey I'm sure there'd be a million Bender from Futurama clips that'd be wikked as a boot animation with sound.
Take care
P.S. If you wanna change your splash screen use any 480x800 .bmp file in 24K colour with Android Flasher http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
nice i cant wait i like the 1st one its always nice to bash apple
yoshi thats some slick work mate, i can't wait
great work cant wait
Yoshi_523 said:
P.S. If you wanna change your splash screen use any 480x800 .bmp file in 24K colour with Android Flasher http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
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In this topic there is a topic to Desire splashes, do they also work for Desire HD?
Donny1987 said:
In this topic there is a topic to Desire splashes, do they also work for Desire HD?
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you cant use that tool..... download the radio flash tool from the radio thread and use that to flash splash1.img
how bout for 2.3.2 androind user? i found out those folder path are not identical with the tutorial
Originally posted by sub7evenhow bout for 2.3.2 androind user? i found out those folder path are not identical with the tutorial
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The startup & shutdown animations and sounds shouldn't be a problem to play with. At least in my experience when I've put ones on my phone that aren't right the thing just doesn't play but the phone still works okay. That having said it's always safest to have a ROM backup done first which is very easy once you have Eng S-Off and Clockwork Recovery Mod installed. I'd be a bit more wary about playing with the splash screen as they seem to involve the system partition area. Just use an app that will is recommended for your specific model of phone. And yes the link I gave for Android Flash is in a Desire phone thread but it works well for flashing the spash screen on a Desire HD phone.
Ok many phones and Android versions are going to have different locations for the startup and shutdown animations and sounds. Try google it and you may get some idea where to look. I'd then look around on your phone using "adb ls" as I talked about above or even easier is if you have a .zip file of say a custom ROM you are using have a look at in on your computer. It will have exactly the same folder layout in the .zip file as when the ROM is loaded on your phone. Look for the bootanimation.zip ect. Look in "system/media/ui" if the above folders mentions aren't what yours is using. If you look hard enough you should be able the files.
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In this topic there is a topic to Desire splashes, do they also work for Desire HD?
Originally posted by AndroHero
you cant use that tool..... download the radio flash tool from the radio thread and use that to flash splash1.img
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Hey I used Android Flasher 1.6.1 which is exactly the one listed in the link I gave from the DESIRE phone thread. YES it works 100% fine for flashing on a DESIRE HD. YES this was reccomended elsewhere in the splash screens thread as working for the DESIRE HD also. All you have to do it just check the bmp image is 480 pixels wide 800 pixels high and 24K colour then use the program. Follow the thread on Android Flasher for details on ALL the procedures you need done before using the program (basically make sure your phone is rooted with ENG S-OFF and of course Radio S-Off is always a good idea).
i found that, it was on system/media/ it works on the animation but not sound android_sound.mp3. still googling...
I'm trying to create my own custom boot animation but I have no idea why it's not working. I zip the file without compression but when I reboot my phone the screen just stays black
Do you know where to find a proper Guide?
Thanks
Donny1987 maybe this will help...
if your animation won't show anything, I've found often it's the damn "desc.txt". For some reason everything in it looks perfect but it somehow is causing the animation to not work. Copy a new desc.txt from a working bootanimation.zip and then re-edit with your settings.
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Basically I faced what you're facing a lot. The black screen. Firstly if you aren't familiar with the settings please google desc.txt settings. You'll get all that info pretty easy. For some unknown reason I had so copy new desc.txt files a few times then with a working original I'd edit with the right info.
If you have a non working animation I'd try working from the ground up... get a known working desc.txt from your phone or from a .zip you downloaded from a bootanimation that you've got to work on your phone. Next just put say 10 of your images that are the correct size and in the exact same folder layout as is the previous working bootanimation and as it says in the desc.txt. Now in making just a simple 10 image tester if it's playing at 30frames per second or higher then you could miss it playing if you have both the setting for loop off and the last image of your animation all black.
Once you have a working 10 image tester of your animation then go from there in stages. Try all your images maybe next then reboot, if all good then next boot maybe change the frame rate speed in the desc.txt and reboot. Ect ect. If you get stuck you can PM me. There's always the option I could take a look at the zip too.
Don't worry after my first tries after spending ages fiddling with images and getting a modified animation, it just didn't work at all. I deleted everything and gave up only to come back weeks later and crack it and realise how close I was last time and get animations I was much happier with.
Yoshi_523 said:
Donny1987 maybe this will help...
Basically I faced what you're facing a lot. The black screen. Firstly if you aren't familiar with the settings please google desc.txt settings. You'll get all that info pretty easy. For some unknown reason I had so copy new desc.txt files a few times then with a working original I'd edit with the right info.
If you have a non working animation I'd try working from the ground up... get a known working desc.txt from your phone or from a .zip you downloaded from a bootanimation that you've got to work on your phone. Next just put say 10 of your images that are the correct size and in the exact same folder layout as is the previous working bootanimation and as it says in the desc.txt. Now in making just a simple 10 image tester if it's playing at 30frames per second or higher then you could miss it playing if you have both the setting for loop off and the last image of your animation all black.
Once you have a working 10 image tester of your animation then go from there in stages. Try all your images maybe next then reboot, if all good then next boot maybe change the frame rate speed in the desc.txt and reboot. Ect ect. If you get stuck you can PM me. There's always the option I could take a look at the zip too.
Don't worry after my first tries after spending ages fiddling with images and getting a modified animation, it just didn't work at all. I deleted everything and gave up only to come back weeks later and crack it and realise how close I was last time and get animations I was much happier with.
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Thanks, that actually worked
Let's see what I can make
wow sounds..............
...interesting.
lol
got all working but wierdly enough the sounds seems to be out of sync for a second
edit: make that 2 seconds
this is excellent!!!
one problem how do i push sounds to downanimation?
ive got the apple one on the start up which is perfect but no sound on reboot.
thanks
edit my bad, just re read the first post...
hopefully that will soon work
rrrr ... i love your work ... big big thanks!
just a question, is it ok with you, if i change the Text to "Android Revolution HD" and put it in my Theme?
for sure, i´ll post you BIG BIG Credits on my Thread
hmm ... have to agree ... the sound is 2 seconds to late!
But just on "normal" reboot, on "Fast reboot" its working fine!
any ideas?
wow they both look great
will give it a try later and report if i also have some issues with the sound
hi guys,
the sound and the video are not synchronic, any ideas?
Hi All,
Back again to share my latest work. I have taken the Google Pixel XL boot animation and converted it to have a black background. Its 1440p resolution.
I spent a lot of time learning to make python plugin for use with GIMP image editor to apply a number of image processing procedures and then batch process all the boot animation files. The result is I can quickly do this conversion now in less than 5min! This plugin does not simply do background paint bucket fills. The problem I found with this is you are left with intermediate colours remaining on the edge of the google letters from the white background. You might be able to solve that by increasing the threshold but then you are left with pixel, jagged edges which also sux! Instead I played with RGB modes, selective selection by colour, alpha colour, etc, etc. The result is a black background, with nice edges of the coloured google letters, and I think i did a good job to keep original colours. Someone with a trained photoshop'd eye may beg to differ but I think its ok for now.
Only thing I ask for in return is give credit where credit is due if you include this in your work/projects.
If anyone is interested in have the Pixel boot animation for devices of other resolutions (e.g. Nexus 5X) let me know and send the original boot animation and I'll convert.
Paul.
Oh! And as always - DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!! I will take not responsibility.
God bless you developers and XDA
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Working all good and perfect... Looks regal in black
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Thank u for doing this I always hated the White BC it's so bright and now it's perfect.. thanks for sharing. God bless
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The background looks yellowish on my device
luthepa1 said:
Hi All,
Back again to share my latest work. I have taken the Google Pixel XL boot animation and converted it to have a black background. Its 1440p resolution.
I spent a lot of time learning to make python plugin for use with GIMP image editor to apply a number of image processing procedures and then batch process all the boot animation files. The result is I can quickly do this conversion now in less than 5min! This plugin does not simply do background paint bucket fills. The problem I found with this is you are left with intermediate colours remaining on the edge of the google letters from the white background. You might be able to solve that by increasing the threshold but then you are left with pixel, jagged edges which also sux! Instead I played with RGB modes, selective selection by colour, alpha colour, etc, etc. The result is a black background, with nice edges of the coloured google letters, and I think i did a good job to keep original colours. Someone with a trained photoshop'd eye may beg to differ but I think its ok for now.
Only thing I ask for in return is give credit where credit is due if you include this in your work/projects.
If anyone is interested in have the Pixel boot animation for devices of other resolutions (e.g. Nexus 5X) let me know and send the original boot animation and I'll convert.
Paul.
Oh! And as always - DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!! I will take not responsibility.
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Thanks man
Please. Can you make Pixel device style BootLogo (logo.bin)?
How to apply this? When i try to flash it using boot animations app by jrummy then it shows error "please select a valid file" even though i select the correct zip, is there any other way to flash ? Can i directly flash it using twrp ?
yeah i also tried to put the zip in system/media and replaced the old bootanimation.zip with the new one and put the permissions the same octal 644 still didn't work.
Looks much better than the white version. I didn't flash it though. Just extracted zip and placed the bootanimation file in system/media and set permissions to rw/r/r
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yeah i also tried to put the zip in system/media and replaced the old bootanimation.zip with the new one and put the permissions the same octal 644 still didn't work.
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I downloaded the zip then extracted it then found the boot animation.zip then went to system/media then renamed the original bootanimation.zip to .zip.bak then pasted the copied zip and made sure permissions was rw/r/r
Rebooted works great
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scoot0073 said:
I downloaded the zip then extracted it then found the boot animation.zip then went to system/media then renamed the original bootanimation.zip to .zip.bak then pasted the copied zip and made sure permissions was rw/r/r
Rebooted works great
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ok thanks can confirm that this worked for me the problem was I didn't extract the bootanimation from the zip file above. Also changed my permissions for octal 644 and it works.
Great job dev thanks
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drnbrk said:
Please. Can you make Pixel device style BootLogo (logo.bin)?
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From what I understand this is not possible on our device, or at least no one has figured how to do it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3260264
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AndrewM3 said:
ok thanks can confirm that this worked for me the problem was I didn't extract the bootanimation from the zip file above. Also changed my permissions for octal 644 and it works.
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Hmm I tried this. Not working for some reason. The zip has the right permissions and its in the right folder and I used the extracted zip as well. I'm on 6.0, do I need to be on nougat?
I'm getting a small lag spike right before it goes into the final G at the end. It freezes for a second and then finishes the animation. Any fixes?
i also made this for personal use but i simply used gimp to batch edit invert all whit eto black...retaining original rgb
UrbanLagoon said:
Hmm I tried this. Not working for some reason. The zip has the right permissions and its in the right folder and I used the extracted zip as well. I'm on 6.0, do I need to be on nougat?
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No. Boot animations are in no way whatsoever OS dependent. I have literally been using the same boot animation since Ice Cream Sandwich. It's been the exact install method since that time as well.
Download your boot animation. Use a file explorer to take a peek inside it. Do you see a "META-INF" folder inside? If yes, that's a flashable zip and you will be installing it via recovery.
If no, then you should see several folders named 'part0, part1, part2, part3, etc., along with a desc.txt. Inside each folder is a picture. Together they all make up the entire animation. The desc.txt tells it how to play. The speed, resolution & order of the animation. If that's what you see then that's the actual boot animation itself and in that case;
Use a file explorer with root permissions. Navigate to /system/media and you will see the stock 'bootanimation.zip'
If you're never going to use it again and you know it, you can delete it. Otherwise you can rename it exactly 'bootanimation.zip.bak' and just delete the .bak extension you added if you ever wish to revert (after deleting the custom boot animation you installed).
Another thing to note is that the new boot animation you're downloading here (or anywhere) must always be named exactly the same as stock. So say you download a Spiderman themed boot animation named "spidey_BA.zip" you will need to rename it "bootanimation.zip".
So once your old boot animation is either changed to bootanimation.zip.bak or deleted, move the file of your choice into /system/media. Once the new animation is there make sure you're setting the correct permissions. They should be exactly -rw-r--r-- (644).
That's it. Reboot. Enjoy your new boot animation.
So remember, if your zip has a "META-INF" folder inside of it, that is meant to be flashed in recovery. If it only has folders named part0, part1 part2...in that fashion + a desc.txt, that is the actual boot animation which needs to go to /system/media and have its permissions granted to 644. That's been the case for changing boot animations since I got on Android in 2010, probably longer than that, I'd imagine. Every single phone. Not trying to bash or anything just help you understand. If you followed these steps and you don't see a new boot animation then you are in fact doing something wrong.
It's pretty straightforward. You shouldn't have any trouble or mess anything up. Worst thing you could probably do is just delete any animations. That wouldn't even boot loop you. You'd either end up with a black screen or the old default 'Android' still image until your phone booted. Let me know if you need more help.
Just wow. The black is just immaculate.
Works great on my 7.1 ROM thanks!
Is there a white version for ROMs that don't already have it too please?